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VK (VKontakte), QZone, Orkut, and XING are (at 2014) international competitors of? | Top International Social Networks You Didn’t Know Existed Top International Social Networks You Didn’t Know Existed Tags: Social Media • Social Networks Given the increasingly global world of commerce in which we live, business owners still take a highly ethnocentric approach to social media. While it is estimated that 76% of businesses use social network sites to promote their business, a very small number use social networks that are popular outside their own nation of origin. That is because, in some cases, businesses are not capable of fulfilling orders internationally. But businesses who provide services that can be purchased internationally should make an effort to establish an international social media presence that can be maintained on various social networks that see heavy usage in other countries. China Because Facebook is banned in China, a number of regional sites have cropped up to fight for market share. Sina Weibo Literally translated to mean “New Wave Microblog,” Sina Weibo is a Chinese migroblogging website (akin to Twitter) in use by over 30% of Chinese Internet Users. Reported to have 368 million registered users in mid-2012, users post over 100 million messages every day. It’s heavily adopted by businesses: 5,000 businesses and 2,700 media organizations in China use Sina Weibo. Unique Properties: Sina Weibo is heavily used by celebrities and popular figures: the top 100 users had over 485 million followers combined, an average of one million followers each. If you get big on Sina Weibo, you get -very- big. Cons: Sina Weibo cooperates with the Chinese Government’s policy of internet censorship. Sina Weibo blacklists some keywords and the site does not support URL shortening services which can mask the identity of a site. Sina Weibo is estimated to employ 1,000 people specifically to monitor the massive influx of posts in compliance with censorship regulations. Opportunities for Businesses: The most evident opportunity is to partner with one of Sina Weibo’s most popular celebrities on an endorsement deal, which easily allows a business to reach tens of millions of fans throughout the network. Advertising and media agencies with a presence in China, like MediaCom, can help implement a strategy like this. Renren Literally translated as “Everyone’s Website,” Renren is a Chinese remake of Facebook. With 160 million registered users and a total of 31 million active users monthly, Renren is one of the most popular Chinese social networks. Unique Properties: On Renren, users earn “points” for activities like logging in, posting status messages, commenting, and receiving comments. As users earn points, their “level” on the site increases, which unlocks special emoticons, profile skins, and the ability to “go invisible” and view other users’ profiles without their knowledge. Renren also has a virtual currency, much like Facebook’s, which allows users to send gifts, exchange for social gaming perks, and advertise. Opportunities for Businesses: To us, Renren seems to be an opportunity much like Facebook. Set up a profile for your business and begin interacting with customers and fans to generate engagement. Douban Douban is another large Chinese social network, with 53 million registered users as of 2001. Cons: Douban exercises censorship in line with the Chinese Government’s policies. All content passed through Douban is censored. Experts are unsure whether or not Douban may be banned by the Chinese Government in 2013. Unique Properties: Douban provides an online music, movie, and book database that users can utilize as a recommendation engine. It serves ratings and reviews for both registered and unregistered users. Douban has a high index among intellectuals discussing social issues. Opportunities for Businesses: Particularly if your business is in the content industry, Douban provides an opportunity to reach new minds and start discussions about your content. It’s a must-have social network for music, book, or film publishers. Qzone A fast-growing social network with 597 million users and 150 million acti | quizballs 50 -- part 2 - Google Groups quizballs 50 -- part 2 41. What Cumbrian town was used as a 2007 pilot for the digital TV switch-over? 42. It was announced in April 2007 that Lord Justice Scott Baker would replace Baroness Butler-Sloss in what position? 43. What remarkable sale price did Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull achieve? 44. Which world champion 400m runner successfully overturned her Olympic Games ban for missing drug tests? 45. Monks featured strongly in the September protests in which country? 46. Which northern England city was flooded by torrential rain on on 25 June 2007? 47. In what US city did Barack Obama announce his presidential candidacy in February 2007? 48. Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big Brother TV Show racism uproar? 49. Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007 as prime minister of which country? 50. Which corporation bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240m? 51. The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain? 52. The two CDs lost by the UK department HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) contained personal details of 20m people relating to claims of what? 53. Who resigned as England cricket coach after the 2007 Ashes series 5-0 defeat? 54. What nickname was used by the media for the senior policeman in charge of the Cash for Honours investigation? 55. In May 2007 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the biggest what in history to date? 56. Intensive British forces operations in Afghanistan through 2007 were centred in which province? 57. In what significant UK location was the August 2007 Climate Change Camp sited? 58. Which movie star left the much publicized 'rude pig' phone message for his twelve year old daughter? 59. In a bizarre 2007 confessional frenzy, Ruth Kelly, Jacqui Smith, Harriet Harman, Hazel Blears and Alistair Darling where among several British government ministers to make what admission? 60. At the end of 2007 how many England Premiership football (soccer) clubs were foreign owned? 61. In June 2007 the Millennium Dome re-opened under what name? 62. Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing over the Nevada Desert in September 2007? 63. The perfume brand 'Mwah' was launched in 2007 by which 'celebrity'? 64. What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule? 65. Who resigned as World Bank President after failing to disprove allegations of his nepotism? 66. Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup? 67. Following an Ofcom investigation which TV company was judged in September 2007 to be the worst offending in the premium line phone-in scandals? 68. What film won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture? 69. Speculation towards the end of 2007 suggested that Rupert Murdoch's News International Group was in discussion to buy what significant business networking website? 70. Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when refused entry to the country? 71. What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007? 72. Who made this amusing statement: "I have expressed a degree of regret that may be equated with an apology..." ? 73. Whose secret donations of over half a million pounds caused a big problem for the Labour Party when they were exposed in November 2007? 74. Who became the new French president in 2007? 75. Who was charged with fraud when he reappeared five years after going missing in a canoe off the Cleveland coast? 76. Clarence Mitchell was appointed media spokesman for whom in September 2007? 77. Which Formula One racing team was expelled from the 2007 Constructors Championship for spying on a competitor? 78. Blake Fielder-Civil achieved notoriety as whose errant husband? 79. Which former newspaper owner and business mogul was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for fraud in December 2007? 80. Which major city switched off its lights for an hour on the evening of 31 March 2007 as a political statement about climate change? 81. What was the village and laboratory site na |
Which English beer is known as ‘Newkie Brown’? | Best of the Browns: Newkie | BREWPUBLIC.com Best of the Browns: Newkie Tweet Brown ales aren’t known for being at the top of the charts among Northwest beer geeks (now that this has been said maybe a new trend will emerge?) but one thing is for sure, it’s hard to beat a good English nut brown. Newcastle Brown has for years been a staple of pub goers across the Pond. With today’s ever-growing craft beer market, such a well crafted brew is oft forgotten by those in search of the next imperial barrel-aged sour bomb, but anyone who enjoys a favorable session brew, Newkie is where it’s at. Granted, you might say that Newkie sold out to the man when they moved out of Newcastle upon Tyne under the conglomerate swoop of Heineken International in 2005. This is a sad fact of the multinational world we live in, but in looking at the bottom line, Newkie is one hell of a brew. Further, the beloved brown ale at least moved to John Smith’s Brewery in Tadcaster (also under the greater Heineken umbrella), themselves known for their impeccable example of the style. While sites like RateBeer and Beer Advocate may never acknowledge the full scope of craftsmanship involved in producing such a historic lighter recipe, we tip our hat to Newkie’s caramel body, signature nutty, bready yeast character, bready toffee notes, and mild hops snap. A mild carbonic mouthfeel and wonderfully smooth finish makes the stuff extremely quaffable. If you haven’t experienced one recently, go give it a try. Cheers! | Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 12th October – The Questions 12th October – The Questions Specialist questions set by Waters Green Rams. General knowledge questions set by Church House, Bollington. All vetted by Harrington Academicals. SPECIALIST ROUNDS- 1. SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE 2. SCIENCE 5. TIME FOR THE KIDS 6. POLITICS ROUND ONE - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE – News stories of the summer 1. Which actor, born Bernard Schwartz in 1925, died in September 2010? TONY CURTIS 2. In June, Princess Victoria married her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. Of which country is she a princess? SWEDEN 3. Which 74 year-old singing Dame received poor reviews when she appeared on a UK stage for the first time in 30 years at the London O2 in May? JULIE ANDREWS 4. What name was given to the tent city that was set up at the top of the San Jose pit shaft in Chile, where 33 miners were trapped? CAMP ESPERANZA (original Spanish name) or CAMP HOPE 5. Goodluck Jonathan became President of which country in May? NIGERIA 6. The Savile Enquiry finally delivered its findings on which event of 38 years ago? BLOODY SUNDAY (January 1972 in Derry) 7. Why was Mary Bale in the news in August? She was filmed on CCTV putting a CAT into a WHEELIE BIN in Coventry. 8. Which major New Zealand city was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale? CHRISTCHURCH Supp 1 Which company, with its head-quarters in Windermere, was declared the UK’s best retailer by Which? Magazine? LAKELAND Supp 2 Why was Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida in the news in September? He planned to BURN copies of the KORAN outside his church. ROUND TWO – SCIENCE 1. Which scientist was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and died at Down House in Kent in 1882? CHARLES DARWIN 2. Which acid was traditionally known as Oil Of Vitriol or Spirit Of Vitriol? SULPHURIC ACID 3. Which heavenly body has moons called Charon, Nix and Hydra? PLUTO 4. William was in prison in 1770, when he invented the toothbrush. What was his surname, still famous in that field today? ADDIS 5. Besides the elephant, which other African mammal is a source of ivory? HIPPOPOTAMUS 6. An amalgam is a compound containing which metal? MERCURY 7. What name is given to a triangle with sides of unequal length? SCALENE 8. What does a Campbell-Stokes Recorder Record? SUNSHINE (not temperature) Supp 1 Scientist William Harvey (born 1578) is famous for his research into what? THE BLOOD (circulation etc.) Supp 2 What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen? OZONE ROUND THREE – SPORT 1. Tony McCoy finally won his first Grand National in 2010 on his 15th ride in the race. Which horse did he ride? DON’T PUSH IT 2. Name either of the 2008 Ryder Cup captains. PAUL AZINGER or NICK FALDO 3. Which sport would you be taking part in if you used a monkey climber, waggler and a plumb? ANGLING / COARSE FISHING 4. Which county won the 2010 County Cricket Championship? NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 5. Which team won the 2010 Rugby League Challenge Cup? WARRINGTON WOLVES ( bt. Leeds Rhinos 30-6 in the final). Accept WARRINGTON. 6. Where will the final race in the 2010 Formula One Series be held? YAS MARINA circuit in ABU DHABI (accept either) 7. According to Wikipedia, which English football ground has the widest pitch and boasts the tallest floodlights? EASTLANDS (home of Manchester City) 8. Which football club holds the record for the fewest wins in a season in the Premier League? DERBY COUNTY – in 2007/8, their record was Played 38, Won 1, Drawn 8, Lost 29. Supp 1 How many times did Alex Higgins win the World Snooker Championship? TWO Supp 2 Which Rugby Union club has made their Premiership debut in the 2010/11 season? EXETER (Chiefs) ROUND FOUR – GEOGRAPHY 1. Which Irish port was known as Kingstown from 1821, after a visit by George IV, until 1921? DUN LAOGHAIRE (pronounced DUNLEARY) 2. Between 1947 and gaining independence in 1971, by what name was the present-day country of Bangladesh known? EAST PAKISTAN 3. Name an African country that, in its normal English spelling, contains the letter Q. MOZAMBIQUE or EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 4. The islands of Hokkaido a |
Which region in the Pacific ocean is also the name of a character in the Dr. Doolittle' stories? | name of a character in the Dr. Doolittle stories | fasab Home Posts tagged 'name of a character in the Dr. Doolittle stories' name of a character in the Dr. Doolittle stories “Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy” . Welcome to another quiz day on the fasab blog. As usual a random selection of questions, some quite difficult, but some that you should find easy enough. When you are done check the answers which are waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below – but NO cheating! Enjoy. Q. 1: What is the name of the art form that translated means ‘beauty writing’? . . Q. 2: The Blue Fairy is a kindly figure in which Disney classic? (Now you knows this!) . Q. 3: What is the name of the Spanish soup served cold? . Q. 4: What is the longest poisonous snake in the world? . . Q. 5: Eric Weisz is still believed by some to have made the first successful powered flight in Australia on March 18, 1910. Weisz was better known around the world under which stage name? . . Q. 6: Which region in the Pacific ocean is also the name of a character in the Dr. Doolittle stories? . . Q. 7: What is the name of the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery and in which country is it located? (a point for each answer) . Q. 8: Contestants from which three countries have won the most Miss Universe titles? (Take some bonus points if you know how many titles they have won.) . . Q. 9: Which word, used in the world of espionage, stems from John Le Carre’s 1974 novel ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’? . Q. 10: ‘Kristal’ and ‘Krug’ are examples of which wine? . Q. 11: In space an ‘Event Horizon’ surrounds what kind of region? . Q. 12: Who was the first Hollywood actress to appear on a postage stamp? . . Q. 13: When the definition of a desert is ‘an area with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimetres per year’; on which continent is the largest desert in the world? . Q. 14: ‘Varig’ is the national airline in which country? . . Q. 15: Name the American artist who uses Campbell’s Soup cans in his pop art? . . Q. 16: What did American POW’s call the Hoa Lo prison camp in North Vietnam? . . Q. 17: Widely used to orient buildings and even furniture, the term ‘Feng shui’, what is the English translation of this term? (Two words.) . Q. 18: Which breed of horse is also the name for a kind of bean? . . Q. 19: Who was the only heavyweight champion to finish his boxing career with a perfect record? (49 wins-0 defeats). . . Q. 20: Which film producer with a vegetable as a last name, was, until his death, involved in most of the James Bond films? > Q. 4: What is the longest poisonous snake in the world? A. 4: The King Cobra. . . Q. 5: Eric Weisz is still believed by some to have made the first successful powered flight in Australia on March 18, 1910. Weisz was better known around the world under which stage name? A. 5: Harry Houdini. . . Q. 6: Which region in the Pacific ocean is also the name of a character in the Dr. Doolittle stories? A. 6: Polynesia. In the series of books, Polynesia is Doctor Dolittle’s parrot. . . Q. 7: What is the name of the world’s oldest licensed whiskey distillery and in which country is it located? (a point for each answer) A. 7: Old Bushmills Distillery, located at Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. . Q. 8: Contestants from which three countries have won the most Miss Universe titles? (Take some bonus points if you know how many titles they have won.) A. 8: USA (8: 1954, 1956, 1960, 1967, 1980, 1995, 1997, 2012), Venezuela (6: 1979, 1981, 1986, 1996, 2008, 2009), and Puerto Rico (5: 1970, 1985, 1993, 2001, 2006). . . Q. 9: Which word, used in the world of espionage, stems from John Le Carre’s 1974 novel ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’? A. 9: Mole. Q. 11: In space an ‘Event Horizon’ surrounds what kind of region? A. 11: A Black hole. . Q. 12: Who was the first Hollywood actress to appear on a postage stamp? A. 12: Grace Kelly. . . Q. 13: When the definition of a desert is ‘an area with an average annual precipitation of less than 250 millimetres per year’; on which | Tom Dooley | Kingston Trio | Paul Slade - Journalist View as single page "The community in the vicinity of this tragedy is divided into two separate and distinct classes. The one occupying the fertile lands adjacent to the Yadkin River and its tributaries is educated and intelligent, and the other, living on the spurs and ridges of the mountains, is ignorant, poor and depraved. A state of morality unexampled in the history of any country exists among these people, and such a general system of freeloveism prevails that it is 'a wise child that knows its own father'." - New York Herald, May 2, 1868, on Wilkes County, North Carolina. "And so you dance and drink and screw, Because there's nothing else to do." - Jarvis Cocker, Common People. Sometimes, it's not the information a song contains which gives it its power, but precisely what it chooses to leave out. The Kingston Trio's 1958 recording of Tom Dooley scored a top five hit on both sides of the Atlantic and dragged the burgeoning folk revival from a few Greenwich Village cafes to the global stage. It's a sparse 16 lines long - just 82 words in all - and the sheer economy this forces on its bare-bones tale guarantees that the record will raise many more questions than it answers. The Kingston Trio's disc prompted the same question in every listeners' mind: 'What is this?' We're introduced to a man called Tom Dooley and told he's due to hang tomorrow morning for stabbing an unnamed beauty to death. If it hadn't been for this Grayson fellow, he'd have been safe in Tennessee instead. Listen again, and you may pick up from the spoken word introduction that some sort of romantic triangle was involved. It's not much, is it? And yet this rudimentary tale was enough to ensure the record sold six million copies round the world, topping the charts not only in America, but in Australia, Canada and Norway too. Only Lonnie Donegan's canny decision to quickly cut his own competing version - itself a sizable UK hit - kept the Trio's original from scoring the top spot in Britain too. Dooley's ballad and the killing that inspired it have been firmly cemented in the public imagination ever since, spilling over into movies, comedy, theatre and every other medium. In his 1997 book Invisible Republic, Greil Marcus calls the Trio's record "insistently mysterious" and suggests it's the very paucity of information it offers which makes the song so fascinating. The singer clearly sympathises with Dooley - "Poor boy, you're bound to die" - and invites us to do likewise. But how can we oblige when he refuses to tell us who it was that Dooley killed, why he did so or what the extenuating circumstances might be? Where did all this happen? And when? Who was Grayson, how did he thwart Dooley's planned escape and what's so special about Tennessee? And why have these innocent-looking preppy boys, with their short hair, slacks, and crisp stripy shirts, chosen such a violent song? A quick glance at the discs surrounding Tom Dooley in the US chart that autumn confirms how awkwardly it sat with the era's sugary norm. Dooley's tale of slaughter and despair made a strange bedfellow for Rockin' Robin, Queen of the Hop and The Chipmunk Song. Conway Twitty's cornball country reading of It's Only Make Believe was the single that preceded Tom Dooley at Number One, and it was The Teddy Bears' winsome To Know Him is to Love Him that dislodged it. Small wonder, as Marcus says, that Dooley's disc prompted such a nagging question in listeners' minds whenever it was played: "What is this?" That question was only heightened by the many bizarre spin-offs which Dooleymania produced. The first to show through were a batch of late fifties "answer songs", such as Merle Kilgore's Tom Dooley Jr, Russ Hamilton's The Reprieve of Tom Dooley and The Balladeers' Tom Dooley Gets the Last Laugh. These were typically facetious attempts to cash in on the original hit's popularity, with The Balladeers' disc, for example, giving Tom an unlikely escape on the gallows. "There on his toes he balanced |
How many spaces does a standard ‘Connect Four’ game have? | Connect Four - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Connect Four Jump to: navigation , search For other reading until then, Sterling Publishing and Hasbro are supposed to release a book soon by James Allen entitled, The Complete Book of Connect Four. In addition, refer to the Additional Resources section . Wikipedia has related information at Connect four Contents Theory[ edit ] The board has 42 spaces: 7 columns (vertical lines) and 6 rows (horizontal lines). When all 42 spaces are empty, it is the first player's (Red) turn to move. It is Red's turn again when there are 40 empty spaces, and again when there are 38 empty spaces. There is a pattern: when the number of empty spaces is even, it is Red's turn to move. Conversely, when there are an odd number of empty spaces, it's Black's turn. Often there are certain spaces that both players want to occupy and don't want the opponent to occupy. These shall be referred to as "critical" spaces. A wise player will never move under a critical space, but instead wait for the opponent to do so. If both players play this way, no critical space will be playable until one player is forced to move under it due to having no other options (this situation is known as "zugzwang"). Who gets to occupy critical spaces depends, of course, on whose turn it will be when the only playable spaces are those directly below the critical spaces. This depends on the number of empty spaces remaining on the board when the only playable spaces are those directly below the critical spaces. Whether or not that number is even or odd can be predicted based on how many spaces are above the above the critical spaces (whether the critical spaces are on even rows or odd rows*), and how many critical spaces there are. *Note: "odd rows" refers to the 3rd and 5th row up, and excludes the bottom row because its spaces are always playable. A critical space on an even row has an even number of empty spaces above it. For instance, the 2nd row has four rows above it, therefore any space on the 2nd row has 4 spaces above it. A critical space on an odd row has an odd number of empty spaces above it. If the only critical space is even (on an even row), the number of empty spaces remaining when a player is forced to move underneath the empty space is even. For example, if the critical space is on the 2nd row, there will be 6 empty spaces remaining (one full column) when the move underneath the critical space is forced. An even number of empty spaces means it is Red's turn, therefore Red must move under the critical space and Black will occupy the critical space. If there are multiple critical spaces and all of them are even, the number of empty spaces remaining when Zugzwang occurs is: (even #) + (even #) = (even #) and therefore it will be Red's turn when Zugzwang occurs and Black will occupy the critical spaces. If the only critical space is odd (on an odd row), there will an odd # of empty spaces when Zugzwang occurs. Therefore it will be Black's turn, and therefore Red will get the critical space. If there are 2 critical spaces and both are odd, the sum of empty spaces when Zugzwang occurs will be: (odd #) + (odd #) = (even #) and therefore it will be Red's turn to move, allowing Black to occupy whichever critical space Red move under. If Black's occupation of that critical space does not end the game, the game will continue until another zugzwang occurs. In that situation, there will be one critical space on an odd row, which is the same situation as previously described. Red will therefore occupy the 2nd critical space. The following generalization can be made: For any even # of odd-row critical spaces, Black will get the 1st, 3rd, etc., and Red will get the 2nd, 4th, etc. If there are 3 critical spaces and all 3 are odd, the sum of empty spaces when Zugzwang occurs is: (odd #) + (odd #) + (odd #) = (odd #) resulting in Black's turn and therefore Red's occupation of whichever critical space Black chooses to give Red. If Red's occupation of that critical space does not end the game, the game wil | Index-a Don't Forget To Hit <ESC> before going to a different page. Let's play a game of 30 questions. No, not that old standard of 20 questions, but one with an extra 10 questions added in and one that uses numeric answers (from 1 to 30). If you get stumped, go on to the next one. Perhaps the answer you need will be one of those left over when you complete all the questions you're sure of. Each answer is a number. The answers are the numbers 1-30. Each number appears only once. (Obviously) the questions are not in the right order.. 1. Aside from an extra 385 yards, how many miles is a marathon race? 2. If 27 solid cubes are formed into one big 3x3x3 cube how many individual cubes, at most, are visible from any single angle? 3. In the movie Spinal Tap what number is: "Well, it is one louder.."? 4. 'Via Dolorosa' is the (how many) Stations of the Cross, the Christian ritual tracing the key stages of the death of Jesus, beginning with his condemnation and ending with his being laid in the tomb? 5. How many dots are on a (standard 1-6) die? 6. The Russian 'Crimea Highway' trunk road from Moscow to the Crimea in Ukraine is the M (what)? 7. What number, between two hyphens, is used by journalists, etc., to mark the end of a newspaper or broadcast story? 8. How many unique dominoes are in a standard 'double six' set? 9. What number turned on its side (rotated 90 degrees) is the symbol for infinity? 10. The Marvel Comics superhero team led by Mr Fantastic was the Fanstastic (what)? 11. What is the larger number of the binary system? 12. Japanese haiku poems loosely comprise how many syllables? 13. The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are respectively (what number)-and-half degrees north and south of the Equator? 14. What number is Hurricane on the Beaufort Scale? 15. Greek deka, and Latin decem, are what number? 16. Conventionally how many books are in the Bible's New Testament? 17. How many legs (or arms) are most usually on a starfish? 18. A lunar month is an average (how many) days plus 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds? 19. 'Roaring' refers to what pluralised number in describing a 1900s decade of western world prosperity? 20. Traditionally what number of years anniversary is symbolized by silver? 21. What is generally stated to be the number of major joints in the human body? 22. What number is the French coded slang 'vingt-deux!', which warns that police are coming? 23. What is the only number that equals twice the sum of its digits (digit means numerical symbol)? 24. The early/mid-1900s American vaudeville comedy act was called the (how many) Stooges? 25. Any line of three numbers in the 'magic square' (a 3 x 3 grid of the numbers 1-9) adds up to what? 26. What is the international SPI resin/polymer identification coding system number (typically shown within a recycling triangle symbol) for polystyrene? 27. Traditionally the diameter of the 45rpm gramophone record is (how many) inches? 28. Pure gold is (how many)-carat? 29. The expression 'On cloud (what)' refers to being blissfully happy? 30. Each player begins with (how many) pieces in a game of chess? Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan (born 13 May 1950) is a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. Kirwan's first recorded work with the band was on the huge instrumental hit single "Albatross". Green later stated that, "I would never have done "Albatross" if it wasn't for Danny. I would never have had a number one hit record." The B-side of the single was Kirwan's first published tune, the instrumental "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues". This was an old clarinet piece, written by Joe Venuti and Adrian Rollini, and recorded by the Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang Blue Five in 1933. Kirwan had adapted the piece for himself and Green to play on |
What is the main unit of currency in Turkey? | Turkish monetary unit - definition of Turkish monetary unit by The Free Dictionary Turkish monetary unit - definition of Turkish monetary unit by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Turkish+monetary+unit Related to Turkish monetary unit: Turkish lira ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: monetary unit - a unit of money Turkish lira , lira - the basic unit of money in Turkey kurus , piaster , piastre - 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey asper - 20 aspers equal 1 kurus in Turkey Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | MYR - Malaysian Ringgit rates, news, and tools MYR - Malaysian Ringgit Malaysia, Ringgit The Malaysian Ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. Our currency rankings show that the most popular Malaysia Ringgit exchange rate is the MYR to USD rate . The currency code for Ringgits is MYR, and the currency symbol is RM. Below, you'll find Malaysian Ringgit rates and a currency converter. You can also subscribe to our currency newsletters with daily rates and analysis, read the XE Currency Blog , or take MYR rates on the go with our XE Currency Apps and website. |
"Who described a Hollywood studio set as, ""The biggest train set a boy ever had?""" | Orson Welles - Biography - IMDb Orson Welles Biography Showing all 184 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (82) | Personal Quotes (73) | Salary (17) Overview (4) 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Mini Bio (1) His father was a well-to-do inventor, his mother a beautiful concert pianist; Orson Welles was gifted in many arts (magic, piano, painting) as a child. When his mother died (he was seven) he traveled the world with his father. When his father died (he was fifteen) he became the ward of Chicago's Dr. Maurice Bernstein. In 1931, he graduated from the Todd School in Woodstock, Illinois; he turned down college offers for a sketching tour of Ireland. He tried unsuccessfully to enter the London and Broadway stages, traveling some more in Morocco and Spain (where he fought in the bullring). Recommendations by Thornton Wilder and Alexander Woollcott got him into Katherine Cornell's road company, with which he made his New York debut as Tybalt in 1934. The same year, he married, directed his first short, and appeared on radio for the first time. He began working with John Houseman and formed the Mercury Theatre with him in 1937. In 1938, they produced "The Mercury Theatre on the Air", famous for its broadcast version of "The War of the Worlds" (intended as a Halloween prank). His first film to be seen by the public was Citizen Kane (1941), a commercial failure losing RKO $150,000, but regarded by many as the best film ever made. Many of his next films were commercial failures and he exiled himself to Europe in 1948. In 1956, he directed Touch of Evil (1958); it failed in the United States but won a prize at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. In 1975, in spite of all his box-office failures, he received the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 1984, the Directors Guild of America awarded him its highest honor, the D.W. Griffith Award. His reputation as a filmmaker has climbed steadily ever since. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan < stephan@cc.wwu.edu> Spouse (3) Frequently cast Joseph Cotten , Everett Sloane and Oja Kodar Frequently wrote, directed and starred in films that feature the rise and fall of main characters (Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941), Gregory Arkadin in _Confidential Report (1955)_, Detective Hank Quinlan in Touch of Evil (1958)) who, in classic Shakespearean style, are unmade by their own vices. Known for his use of low camera angles, tracking shots, deep focus and elaborate crane shots in his films. Trivia (82) Once ate 18 hot dogs in one sitting at Pink's, a Los Angeles hot dog stand. Welles' Oscar statuette sold for $861,542, when it was auctioned by Nate D. Sanders Memorabilia on December 20, 2011. H.G. Wells was driving through San Antonio, Texas, and stopped to ask the way. The person he happened to ask was none other than Welles', who had recently broadcast "The War of the Worlds" on the radio. They got on well and spent the day together. ABC-TV wanted him to play Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island (1977), but the series' producer, Aaron Spelling , insisted on Ricardo Montalban . He died on the same day as his The Battle on the River Neretva (1969) co-star Yul Brynner : October 10, 1985. Ashes are buried inside an old well covered by flowers, within the rural property of the now-deceased, then-retired bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez , Ronda, Malaga, Spain. One of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. The other five actors are: Paul Muni , Lawrence Tibbett , Alan Arkin , James Dean and Montgomery Clift . On October 30, 1938, he directed "The Mercury Theatre On the Air" in a dramatization of "The War of the Worlds", based on H.G. Wells ' novel. Setting the events in then-contemporary locations (The "landing spot" for the Martian invasion, Grover's Mill, New Jersey, was chosen at random with a New Jersey road map) and dramatizing it in the style of a musical program interrupted by news bulletins, complete with eyewitness accounts, it caused a nationwide panic, with many listeners f | Charles Laughton Profile Remind Me Charles Laughton - 8/7 Charles Laughton was an unlikely actor physically. Overweight and homely, he famously said, "I have a face like the behind of an elephant" and "I have a face that would stop a sun dial and frighten small children." Laughton was probably one of the few actors to have an honest opinion of himself. "A bank clerk can afford to think he looks like Clark Gable and be wrong. But a movie star must be objective. He has to know his face and personality so he can capitalize on them. If he thinks too highly of his talents, he is at once disillusioned when he views his latest picture. The bubble of an actor's ego is punctured the day he sees his image on the screen. His most horrible moments are watching himself in a bad performance." He was born to Robert and Elizabeth Conlon Laughton on July 1, 1899 in his parents' hotel, The Victoria, in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. He attended Stonyhurst but did not complete the certificate that would have enabled him to go to a University. Instead, at 18, he went into the Army as a private, turning down the commission he could have had, given his education and background. He later explained it by saying, "I did not want to command...to take responsibility for other people's lives." He went to France with the Royal Huntingdonshire Rifles where he was involved in a horrifying battle, of which he rarely spoke. His wife, actress Elsa Lanchester, later said that he told her he had had to stab several men to death. Right before the end of the war, he was gassed, which resulted in lifelong reoccurring rashes on his back. While his throat was affected, it soon healed and he was released from military service in 1919. Laughton's parents had purchased the Pavilion Hotel and his father sent him to the famous Claridge's Hotel in London to learn the business as a clerk. At night, he used his money to buy theater tickets, once seeing the same play thirteen times. He returned to Yorkshire temporarily, and began to act and direct plays for The Scarborough Players. In 1923, he returned to London, where, with his family's support, he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, winning the Bancroft Gold Medal (the top prize) for The Merry Wives of Windsor the following year. His first professional stage appearance was on April 28, 1926, when he played Osip in The Government Inspector at the Barnes Theater. Throughout the late 1920s, Laughton made a name for himself in roles like Hercule Poirot in Alibi the title role in Arnold Bennett's Mr. Prohack, with future wife Elsa Lanchester in the cast, Charles Dickens' Mr. Pickwick, and William Marble in Payment Deferred. His success in Payment Deferred brought him and Elsa Lanchester to New York in September 1931 to do the show on Broadway. The play received excellent reviews but the subject was too down-beat for audiences in the Great Depression and it closed after three weeks. Laughton then revised his role as Hercule Poirot in Alibi which also closed after three weeks and the couple returned to London. Laughton had appeared in a few silent comedies in England with Lanchester, Daydreams, The Tonic (written for her by H.G. Wells), and Blue Bottles in 1928. The two also performed The Ballad of Frankie and Johnnie in a 1930 film revue called Comets. His performance in Payment Deferred brought him to the attention of Hollywood and the Laughtons were soon on their way back to the United States where he was signed to a contract at Paramount. His first role for the studio was in the horror film The Old Dark House (1932) opposite Boris Karloff and Gloria Stuart. He would also recreate Payment Deferred (1932) on screen. In 1932 alone, he made six films, which included playing the Emperor Nero in Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross. Back in England, Laughton turned down $2,500 a week in films to return to the stage for the 1933-34 Old Vic season. He also managed to squeeze in a film for producer Alexander Korda, The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), co-starring Elsa Lanchester as Anne of Cleves. The role made |
'Acorn' and 'Goose' are the two basic types of what, often found on large sea mammals? | Barnacles of British Columbia Acorn Barnacle ( Belanus glandulus ), photo by Aaron Baldwin Reprinted from Ira Cornwall's The Barnacles of British Columbia, published by View our Barnacle Atlas Pages Introduction At first sight, barnacles look like slight projections of the rocks on which they grow, but closer inspection will show that each contains a well developed animal which is wonderfully adapted to its mode of life. There is not just one kind of barnacle, as a casual observer might think, but there are four or five hundred kinds, or species, in the world. Some of them have taken strange places in which to live: one species is found only on the tongue of a certain turtle; another bores holes in soft rock; one species has developed a float; several species are found only in very deep water. Others are found only between high- and low-tide marks, where they grow in such profusion that they appear to be the dominant group of living things in this zone. Still others live mostly embedded in the skin of whales or attached to the tip of the whale's flipper. Others again (e.g. Saculina) are whollly parasitic, living upon crabs of several species. These last are degenerate forms, however, and are not included in this booklet. The question arises: What is a barnacle? Simply answered, a barnacle or cirriped is a crustacean, a relative of the crab, lobster and sand-flea, that has attached itself permanently to some object larger than itself. A shell has developed in which it lives, and its legs have become modified into most efficient sweeps for the capture of the small sea-creatures and organic material on which it feeds. If a barnacle is examined, it will be seen that the opening at the summit of the shell is closed by four movable plates hinged like folding doors. When these are opened, the sweep may be protruded; when they are closed, the barnacle is protected from enemies and from drying when exposed to the air. When one walks over rocks at low tide, a slight grating or bubbling noise may be heard. This is caused by the barnacles closing their doors more tightly, an action which may be induced even by the passing of a shadow. Except in the case of groups such as "acorn barnacles", "goose barnacles", and "whale barnacles", these creatures do not have common or vernacular names. It is necessary therefore to use scientific names for the various species. Types of Barnacles There are two divisions of the barnacles or "Cirripedia", namely the acorn or "sessile", and the goose or "pedunculate". In both of these, the internal anatomy is much the same, but their outside appearance is very different. The sessile barnacles have calcareous shells fixed directly to some support, while the pedunculate barnacles have the body-chamber, or "capitulum" on the end of a flexible stem, the "peduncle". The peduncle, in turn, may be fixed to a floating object, or, in one case, to a float produced by the cement gland. Certain sessile barnacles are to be found on whales, and these are known by the general term 'whale barnacle'. However, two species of the pedunculate barnacle Conchoderma are commonly found attached to certain whale barnacles, and these are often called whale barnacles for convenience. The number of plates forming the shell of the different genera of sessile barnacles varies from eight in Catophragmus (Bermuda, Hawaiian Islands, and New South Wales) to one in Pyrgoma (West Indies), in which all of the plates are fused together to form a solid ring. On the British Columbia coast, there are only two genera of sessile barnacles--Balanus and Chthamalus. They each have six triangular plates forming the conical shell, but the arrangement of the plates differ. In some sessile barnacles, the plates forming the wall are solid. In others, they are double, being formed by the inner and outer 'lamina', the space between them being filled by the 'parietal' tubes. These tubes run from the 'basal' part of the plates to the 'apex', and in several species they have 'cross septa' dividing the tubes into a series of cells. 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How does Baldrick describe his ‘plans’ in the UK television series ‘Blackadder’? | Learn and talk about Blackadder, 1980s British television series, 1983 British television programme debuts, BBC television sitcoms, Blackadder Website Blackadder is a series of four BBC1 period British sitcoms , along with several one-off installments. All television episodes starred Rowan Atkinson as the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder , and Tony Robinson as Blackadder's dogsbody , Baldrick . Each series was set in a different historical period, with the two protagonists accompanied by different characters, though several reappear in one series or another, for example Melchett ( Stephen Fry ) and Lord Flashheart ( Rik Mayall ). The first series, The Black Adder , was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent episodes were written by Curtis and Ben Elton . The shows were produced by John Lloyd . In 2000, the fourth series, Blackadder Goes Forth , ranked at 16 in the " 100 Greatest British Television Programmes ", a list created by the British Film Institute . Also in the 2004 TV poll to find " Britain's Best Sitcom ", Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time, topped by Only Fools and Horses . It was also ranked as the 20th-best TV show of all time by Empire magazine. [1] Contents Premise[ edit ] Although each series is set in a different era, all follow the "misfortunes" of Edmund Blackadder (played by Atkinson), who in each is a member of a British family dynasty present at many significant periods and places in British history. It is implied in each series that the Blackadder character is a descendant of the previous one (the end theme lyrics of series 2, episode "Heads", specify that he is the great-grandson of the previous), although it is never specified how or when any of the Blackadders (who are usually single and not in a relationship) managed to father children. [2] As the generations progress, each Blackadder becomes increasingly clever and perceptive, while the family's social status steadily erodes. However, each Blackadder remains a cynical, cowardly opportunist, maintaining and increasing his own status and fortunes, regardless of his surroundings. The life of each Blackadder is also entwined with his servant, each from the Baldrick family line (played by Tony Robinson ). Each generation acts as the dogsbody to his respective Blackadder. They decrease in intelligence (and in personal-hygiene standards) as their masters' intellect increases. Each Blackadder and Baldrick is also saddled with tolerating the presence of a dim-witted aristocrat . This role was taken in the first two series by Lord Percy Percy , played by Tim McInnerny ; with Hugh Laurie playing the role in the third and fourth series, as Prince George, Prince Regent ; and Lieutenant George , respectively. Each series was set in a different period of British history , beginning in 1485 and ending in 1917, and comprised six half-hour episodes. The first series, made in 1983, was called The Black Adder and was set in the fictional reign of " Richard IV ". The second series, Blackadder II (1986), was set during the reign of Elizabeth I . Blackadder the Third (1987) was set during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the reign of George III , and Blackadder Goes Forth (1989) was set in 1917 in the trenches of the Great War . Series and specials[ edit ] Main article: The Black Adder The Black Adder, the first series of Blackadder, was written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson and produced by John Lloyd . It originally aired on BBC1 from 15 June 1983 to 20 July 1983, and was a joint production with the Australian Seven Network . Set in 1485 at the end of the British Middle Ages , the series is written as an alternative history in which King Richard III won the Battle of Bosworth Field only to be mistaken for someone else and murdered, and is succeeded by Richard IV ( Brian Blessed ), one of the Princes in the Tower . The series follows the exploits of Richard IV's unfavoured second son Edmund, the Duke of Edinburgh (who calls himself "The Black Adder") in his various attempts to increase his standing with | Wallander (Series) - TV Tropes Ate His Gun : Happens in the Swedish episode The Secret. In the final episode of the Henriksson version, Wallander himself almost does this after his Alzheimer's is exposed, which will end his career, literally loading his pistol and putting it in his mouth. He is however unable to pull the trigger. Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other : Many of the scenes between Wallander and his daughter Linda turn out this way. Although they have the unerring knack of infuriating each other and often argue, they still care very deeply for each other. Big Damn Heroes : Martinsson in the Branagh version of One Step Behind, who follows Kurt to his house, and shoots Åke before he can shoot Linda. Bilingual Bonus : Some of the written Swedish in the British version. For example, when Wallander checks his inbox, viewers are treated to a bunch of annoying emails from Tom Hiddleston 's character Magnus Martinsson, with headlines like "Vem stängde inte av kaffebryggaren?" ("Who left the coffee maker on?") and "Glöm inte möte med Martinsson!" ("Don't forget meeting with Martinsson!"). It's worth pointing out that the Swedish Wallander is fluent in English and uses it on a few occasions. Blood from the Mouth : In Firewall, this is how you can tell that Ella's not going to make it. Indeed she seems to have been shot in the gut. Averted in The Man who smiled, although it would have been fatal without Wallander's prompt intervention. Used at the end of the Swedish episode Blodsband to show that Oskar Ung has been fatally shot. Buffy Speak : Kenneth Branagh's Wallander is really good at muttering half cut off, incomprehensible words when he is distracted. Bury Your Gays : Svedberg in One Step Behind ends being this, killed by one of the men he was involved with, who ended up having been a mass murderer who preyed on happy people. He killed Svedberg because he was too close to discovering his secret. Averted with the others in the novel. Butt Monkey : Wallander can't even go out to eat without the universe abusing him. In one episode, Nyberg forgets his wallet and Kurt's card is out of date, so they come off looking like bums and get yelled at by an angry waitress. He also survives an assassination attempt because he trips over a rug. In the Swedish films starring Krister Henriksson, Officer Svartman is undoubtedly also a Butt Monkey. He gets shot at, beaten by thugs, has something horrendous done to a sensitive part of his body and has his car shot to pieces by mooks. Character Outlives Actor : Johanna Sällström (Linda Wallander) killed herself in 2007 between the first and second seasons of the TV 4 series. Linda was written out of the second season and recast for the third. Cult : Wallander investigates one in Before the Frost. Corrupt Politician : In Sidetracked, a former Minister of Justice is murdered because of his shady past and using his influence to cover up what he had really been up to. Dead Person Conversation : The final scene of The Troubled Man features one between Wallander and his father, who consoles Wallander about his memory loss. Deus Angst Machina : While True Art Is Angsty , the Branagh adaptations could possibly be called "Wallander's Horrible Life". In the novels, Wallander is often generally unsatisfied with his life, with no idea how to improve it. In The Dogs of Riga, he's so fed up with life that he experiences chest pains and nearly quits police work to take up a much less stressful job in security instead. That said, in the novels he does have some happy experiences, especially when he's spending time with Linda or his Latvian girlfriend Baiba. Dirty Communists : Deconstructed. The second volume, The Dogs of Riga, mostly takes place in the then-totalitarian state of Latvia, which was in the process of falling apart in the time frame of the series (it had fallen apart the year before the novel was written, although it wasn't entirely clear what would be happening to the country at that point). It is quite clear that Mankell, while sympathetic to the ideals communism was avowedly inte |
Where is the lowest point in Africa. | The Lowest Places Below Sea Level on Each Continent The Lowest Places Below Sea Level on Each Continent Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters Thanks, You're in! What I Learned About Today You might also enjoy: Health Tip of the Day Recipe of the Day There was an error. Please try again. Please select a newsletter. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? Lowest Point in the World (and Asia) Dead Sea shore, Israel-Jordan: 1369 feet / 417.5 meters below sea level Lowest Point in Africa Lake Assal, Djibouti: 512 feet / 156 meters below sea level Lowest Point in Australia Lake Eyre: 52 feet / 12 meters below sea level Lowest Point in Europe Caspian Sea shore, Russia-Iran-Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan: 92 feet / 28 meters below sea level Lowest Point in Western Europe Tie: Lemmefjord, Denmark and Prins Alexander Polder, Netherlands: 23 feet / 7 meters below sea level Lowest Point in North America Death Valley , California: 282 feet / 86 meters below sea level Lowest Point in South America Laguna del Carbon (located between Puerto San Julian and Comandante Luis Piedra Buena in the province of Santa Cruz): 344 feet / 105 meters below sea level Lowest Point in Antarctica The Bentley Subglacial Trench is approximately 2540 meters (8,333 feet) below sea level but is covered with ice; if Antarctica's ice were to melt, exposing the trench, it would be covered by sea so it is a quasi-lowest point and if one ignores the reality of the ice, it is the lowest point "on land" on the earth. | Log In - New York Times Log In Don't have an account? Sign up here » In order to access our Web site, your Web browser must accept cookies from NYTimes.com. More information » |
In anatomy, if something is ‘subcostal’ it is situated or performed below which part of the body? | Arterial Supply Anatomy: Overview, Gross Anatomy, Microscopic Anatomy Arterial Supply Anatomy Author: María-Teresa González-López, MD; Chief Editor: Thomas R Gest, PhD more... Share Overview Overview Arteries are the large vessels that carry oxygenated blood away from the heart (except for the pulmonary circuit, in which the arterial blood is deoxygenated). The distribution of the systemic arteries is like a ramified tree, the common trunk of which, formed by the aorta, commences at the left ventricle, while the smallest ramifications extend to the peripheral parts of the body and the contained organs (see the image below). Arterial supply, anterior view. The arteries, in their distribution, communicate with one another (forming what are called anastomoses) and end in minute vessels, called arterioles, which in their turn open into a close-meshed network of microscopic vessels, termed capillaries, the true deliverers of oxygen and nutrients to the cells. Arteries are found in all parts of the body, except in the hairs , nails , epidermis , cartilages, and cornea. The larger trunks usually occupy the most protected situations; in the limbs, they run along the flexor surface, where they are less exposed to injury. Next: Gross Anatomy Aorta The aorta commences at the upper part of the left ventricle. After ascending for a short distance, it arches backward and to the left side; it then descends within the thorax on the left side of the vertebral column, passes into the abdominal cavity through the aortic hiatus in the diaphragm, and ends opposite the lower border of the fourth lumbar vertebra by dividing into the right and left common iliac arteries. Ascending aorta The ascending aorta commences at the upper part of the base of the left ventricle. At its origin, it presents (opposite the segments of the aortic valve) 3 small dilatations called the aortic sinuses. At the union of the ascending aorta with the aortic arch, the caliber of the vessel is increased. This dilatation is termed the bulb of the aorta. The only branches of the ascending aorta are the 2 coronary arteries, which supply the heart; they arise near the commencement of the aorta immediately above the attached margins of the semilunar valves. Aortic arch The aortic arch forms 2 curvatures, one with its convexity upward and the other with its convexity forward and to the left. As the vessel runs backward, its left side is in contact with the left lung and pleura. Three branches are given off from the arch of the aorta: the brachiocephalic trunk, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery. The brachiocephalic trunk is the largest branch of the arch of the aorta and divides into the right common carotid and right subclavian arteries. Descending thoracic aorta The descending thoracic aorta is contained in the posterior mediastinum. At its commencement, it is situated on the left of the vertebral column. As it descends, it approaches the median line; at its termination, it lies directly in front of the column. The branches of this segment are divided into 2 sets, visceral (pericardial, bronchial, esophageal, and mediastinal) and parietal (subcostal, superior phrenic, and posterior intercostal). Usually, 9 pairs of posterior intercostal arteries arise from the aorta. Abdominal aorta The abdominal aorta begins at the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm, in front of the lower border of the body of the last thoracic vertebra. It descends in front of the vertebral column and ends on the body of the fourth lumbar vertebra, commonly a little to the left of the midline, by dividing into the 2 common iliac arteries. The branches may be divided into 2 sets, visceral (celiac, superior mesenteric, inferior mesenteric, middle suprarenal, renal, testicular, and ovarian) and parietal (inferior phrenic, lumbar, middle sacral, terminal branches, and common iliac). Arteries of trunk Celiac trunk The celiac trunk is a short thick trunk that arises from the front of the aorta, just below the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm. It passes forward nearly horizontally and div | BIO 312 Study Guide (2014-15 Maher) - Instructor Maher at University Of Wisconsin - La Crosse - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. BIO 312 Study Guide (2014-15 Maher) BIO 312 Study Guide (2014-15 Maher) StudyBlue Simple Squamous Epithelium Fxn: diffusion & filtration Location: lining of ventral cavity, heart, blood vessels, internal organs (endothelium). kidney (glomerular capsue). aleovli (air sacs) Simple Cuboidal Epithelium Location: glands, ducts, kidney tubules Advertisement ) Simple Columnar Epithelium Fnx: secretion & absorption (goblet cells - special columnar cells that secrete mucus along lumen of intestines & trachea) Location: lumen of digestive tract, gallbladder, uterine (fallopian) tubes, collecting ducts of kidneys Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium Location: lumen of nasal cavity, trachea, & bronchi. portions of male reproductive tract Stratified Squamous Epithelium Location: epidermis of skin. lining of mouth, pharynx, esophagus, rectum, anus, vagina. Loose (Areolar) CT Fxn: wraps & cushions organs, connects epithelium to underlying tissues (under basal membrane) Location: beneath epithelium (lamina propria), surrounding organs & capillaries Dense Regular CT Location: tendons, aponeuroses (muscle sheath), ligaments Dense Irregular CT Location: joint capsules, dermis of skin, submucosa (beneath mucus membrane) of digestive tract Adipose Tissue Location: hypodermis. surrounds kidneys, eyes, other organs. breast tissue. basal cell carcinoma -small shiny bump with pearly edges squamous cell carcinoma -metastasize to lymph nodes if untreated -raised, red, scaly -found on scalp, ears, lower lip, back of hand malignant melanoma -origin: melanocytes of pre-existing mole -most deadly -metastasizes quickly, drug resistant, early detection is crucial - sensory neurons - conduct sensory info from PNS to CNS - cell body located in dorsal root ganglia Advertisement - uncommon/special; located in eye, ear, nose - aka motor neurons - can also be interneurons (build bridge between sensory & motor neurons) - located in ventral & lateral horns of spinal cord (CNS) tests ability to differentiate between two points on skin being stimulated simultaneously Circumduction no blood vessels within tissue basement (basal) membrane forms border between epithelium and loose CT (lamina propria) cell -hair-like organelles on cell surface that move liquids (ie. mucus) -found on apical surface of pseudostratifed columnar epithelium. squamous simple squamous epithelium lining heart, blood vessels, and ventral body cavity histology groups of cells similar in structure, function, and embryonic origins anatomy Studies the structure of the body parts and their relationships to one another physiology study of body function Physiology Studies the function of the body: how the body parts work and carry out their life-sustaining activities standard anatomical position -used when applying anatomical & directional terms -standing with feet flat and palms facing inwards body cavities internal chambers that house organs (dorsal & ventral) section of ventral cavity containing heart & lungs abdominal cavity urinary bladder, reproductive organs, distal portions of digestive tract longitudinal sections cut structure along long axis (ex. blood vessel looks like "l") cross-sections cut structure perpendicular to long axis (ex. blood vessel looks like "o") organ structure composed of two or more types of tissue that perform a specific function in body organ system group of organs acting together to perform specific body function surface anatomy external landmarks that provide road map for location of internal structures palpation feeling body surface with hands (ex. locating artery in wrist to take pulse) connective tissues perform a variety of functions: binding, support, insulation, transportation mesenchyme embryonic tissue that gives rise to connective tissues matrix; matrices non-living, acellular network of cells, fibers, and ground substance fibers provide support ne |
A century covers how many years? | How Do Centuries Work How Do Centuries Work What is a century and how do you work out what century you are in? Asked on Ashley Kannan | Middle School Teacher | (Level 3) Distinguished Educator Posted on July 3, 2009 at 7:37 AM A century is defined as a 100 year period. Currently, we are in the 21st century, meaning we are in the years beginning with 2000. It is a bit confusing in terms of understanding the relationship between years and century. Reflecting on it, thought, it makes sense. The years we are in is always one behind the century number. This is because it takes 100 years to mark a century. For example, the 19th century is considered the 1800s, because it is one behind the century number. The 16th century covers the 1500s. This same logic is why we are in the 21st century. like 2 dislike 0 dbello | High School Teacher | (Level 1) Educator Posted on July 3, 2009 at 12:54 PM A century is any 100 year period, however the accepted calendar century of today was instituted in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. Known as the Gregorian calendar, his confirmation of 'Anno Domini' cites Jesus' life as the basis of our calendar time. Pope Gregory XIII 'bull' (document) defined our modern definition of a century from the birth of Jesus as year 1, however the years 1 to 100 were recognized as the time of Jesus, while the following years beginning with the year 101 were recognized as the years after Jesus. 'Anno Domini' translated is 'In the year of our Lord' (meaning after the Jesus' time on earth) this is why 2009 is the 21st century. Just an F.Y.I.- The influence of the Roman Empire was and still can be found everywhere. In this case the history of the word 'century' could be traced to the ancient Roman 'centurion'. A Roman officer in charge of a 'century' originally made up of 100 men. like 1 dislike 0 July 3, 2009 at 1:01 PM We measure and record passage of time using different units of time such as hours, days, weeks, months and years. A day is the time taken by the Earth for one complete revolution around its axis. An year is the time taken by the earth for one complete rotation around the sun. This equal to 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds. In the past, different countries have devised different calendars to measure and record time. Some of these calenders are still used by some people in a limited. But the most widely used calender, which is also the internationally accepted common calendar, is the Gregorian calendar devised in 1582. Some corrections were made in this calendar to take into account the improved measurement of period of days and year with advancement of science. In this calendar the counting of years is supposed to start from the year of birth of Jesus Christ. As per this calendar the current year going on is year 2009. Century refers to blocks of hundred year periods starting from January 1 of year 1, and continuing up to December 31 of year 100. The second century started immediately in completion of first century and ended on December 31, 200. The twentieth century started on January 1, 1901, and ended on December 31, 2000. It will not be out of place to point out that many companies projected the day January 1, 2000 as the start of the twenty-first century, but that is not the real start of twenty-first century. These companies projected that as start of twenty-first century, perhaps in their hurry to to use this event as an occasion to make extra money by organizing events to celebrate it, and by linking marketing of their products to this occasions. | 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. 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Which actress played Samantha in the comedy series Bewitched | Bewitched (TV Series 1964–1972) - 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 A witch married to an ordinary man cannot resist using her magic powers to solve the problems her family faces. Creator: Endora and Clara have their powers switched when Endora is exposed to an extinct Do-Do bird. 9.3 After wishing to be his boss for a day, Darrin turns into Larry Tate. 9.3 Endora puts a spell on Darrin which causes his ears to grow anytime he lies. Unfortunately he has a surprise present for Samantha which he has to be sneaky about. 9.3 a list of 43 titles created 11 Apr 2013 a list of 30 titles created 21 Apr 2014 a list of 25 titles created 18 Mar 2015 a list of 31 titles created 12 Jun 2015 a list of 25 titles created 01 Jan 2016 Search for " Bewitched " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 4 Golden Globes. Another 13 wins & 27 nominations. See more awards » Photos A United States astronaut finds his life vastly complicated when he stumbles on to a bottle containing a female genie. Stars: Barbara Eden, Larry Hagman, Bill Daily A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely. Stars: Fred Gwynne, Al Lewis, Yvonne De Carlo The misadventures of a blissfully macabre but extremely loving family. 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Stars: Eddie Albert, Eva Gabor, Tom Lester A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents, and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same. Stars: Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Ralph James The misadventures of a suburban boy, family and friends. Stars: Jerry Mathers, Hugh Beaumont, Barbara Billingsley The misadventures of a TV writer both at work and at home. Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Rose Marie Edit Storyline The young executive of an advertisement agency, Darrin Stephens marries a beautiful woman, Samantha Stephens. On their honeymoon, Sam discloses a secret to him: she is a witch with magic powers. He makes her promise him that she will live like a mortal, without using witchcraft and spells in their lives, but sometimes she uses her magic to help Darrin and herself. Sam's mother, Endora does not accept her mortal son-in-law, hates him and can hardly say his name correctly. In the suburb of Westport, Connecticut in the street of Morning Glory Circle, where they live, their curious next-door neighbor Gladys Kravitz suspect Samantha, but can never prove the weird situations she sees to her husband Abner Kravitz. Darrin works in the McMahon and Tate ad agency with Larry Tate, who is married to Louise Tate. Samantha frequently receives her witch aunts in her house, specially her sweet old Aunt Clara. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 17 September 1964 (USA) See more » Also Known As: The Witch of Westport See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Bernard Fox appeared earlier on the show as a wit | Royal baby - who's next in line? Guide to the new line of succession to the British throne | Daily Mail Online Femail Today Keeping everyone guessing! Amal Clooney wears loose-fitting two-piece for appearance in Davos with husband George after pregnancy rumors 'Zits and all!' 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"Which word for a place of noise and confusion comes from the Greek, literally meaning ""all demons""?" | Pandemonium - definition of pandemonium by The Free Dictionary Pandemonium - definition of pandemonium by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pandemonium pan·de·mo·ni·um (păn′də-mō′nē-əm) n. A condition or scene of noisy confusion: "The whole lobby was a perfect pandemonium, and the din was terrific" (Jerome K. Jerome). See Synonyms at noise . [From Pandæmonium, capital of Hell in Paradise Lost, an epic poem by John Milton : Greek pan-, pan- + Greek daimōn, lesser god, demon; see demon + New Latin -ium, neuter n. suffix; see -ium.] pan′de·mo′ni·ac (-nē-ăk′) adj. pandemonium 1. wild confusion; uproar 2. a place of uproar and chaos [C17: coined by Milton to designate the capital of hell in Paradise Lost, from pan- + Greek daimōn demon] ˌpandeˈmoniˌac, pandemoniacal, pandemonic adj pan•de•mo•ni•um (ˌpæn dəˈmoʊ ni əm) 1. wild uproar or disorder; tumult. 2. a place or scene of turmoil or utter chaos. 3. (often cap.) the abode of all the demons. [1667; after Pandaemonium, Milton's name in Paradise Lost for the capital of hell] pandemonium - Literally means abode of all demons (or hell), from Greek pan-, "all," and daimon, "demon(s)." See also related terms for hell . Pandemonium 1. the abode of all demons; Heil. 2. any scène of wild confusion or disorder. 1. the abode of all demons; Hell. 2. (l.c.) any scene of wild confusion or disorder. a place or gathering of wild persons; originally denoted hell [from Paradise Lost]. Examples: pandemonium of dancing and whooping, 1865; of devils; of iniquity, 1800. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: bedlam , chaos , topsy-turvydom , topsy-turvyness confusion - disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably; "the army retreated in confusion" balagan - a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian); "it was utter and complete balagan!" pandemonium pandemonium [ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm] N (= chaos) → jaleo m, desmadre m at this there was pandemonium → en esto se armó un tremendo jaleo , en esto se armó las de Caín it's sheer pandemonium! → ¡es un desmadre ! pandemonium Pandemonium broke out → Un vacarme infernal éclata . It's pandemonium! BUT C'est la confusion!. pandemonium n → Chaos nt; at this there was pandemonium or pandemonium broke out → daraufhin brach ein Chaos aus or die Hölle los ; scenes of pandemonium → chaotische Szenen pl; judging by the pandemonium coming from the classroom → dem Höllenlärm in der Klasse nach zu urteilen pandemonium pandemonium (pӕndiˈmouniəm) noun a state of noise and confusion. There was pandemonium in the classroom before the teacher arrived. pandemonium ضَجَّه، صَخَب безредие pandemônio vřava der Höllenlärm vild forvirring πανδαιμόνιο pandemonio , estruendo infernal korralagedus ja põrgulärm جنجال؛ غوغا sekasorto vacarme מהומה कोलाहल, हो-हल्ला urnebes, metež zűrzavar kekalutan ringlulreið pandemonio 大騒ぎ 아수라장 tikras pragaras, maišatis šausmīgs troksnis; kņada; jandāliņš hiruk-pikuk tumult vilt kaos , forvirring zamieszanie , piekło غرغړې، شوراوزوږ، دشيطانانو اوديوانوماڼۍ pandemónio vacarm шум ; столпотворение vrava; blázinec peklenski hrup halabuka tumult, kaos, oväsen ความโกลาหล kargaşa 極端混亂嘈雜的 справжнє пекло; сум'яття شوروغوغا sự huyên náo 大混乱的场面，嘈杂 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Order and Disorder References in classic literature ? There were days when she was unhappy, she did not know why,--when it did not seem worth while to be glad or sorry, to be alive or dead; when life appeared to her like a grotesque pandemonium and humanity like worms struggling blindly toward inevitable annihilation. View in context Round went the busily revolving machinery, kept in motion by the scissor-grinder's foot, and wore away the hard steel against the hard stone, whence issued an intense and spiteful prolongation of a hiss as fierce as those emitted by Satan and his compeers in Pandemonium, though squeezed into smaller compass. View in context Th' other way SATAN went d | Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information. |
What does the Latin phrase ‘lapsus linguae’ mean in English? | Lapsus | Define Lapsus at Dictionary.com lapsus [lap-suh s; Latin lahp-soo s] /ˈlæp səs; Latin ˈlɑp sʊs/ Spell 1660-70; < Latin lāpsus; see lapse lapsus calami [lahp-soo s kah-lah-mee; English lap-suh s kal-uh-mahy, -mee] /ˈlɑp sʊs ˈkɑ lɑˌmi; English ˈlæp səs ˈkæl əˌmaɪ, -ˌmi/ Spell a slip of the pen. lapsus linguae [lahp-soo s ling-gwahy; English lap-suh s ling-gwee] /ˈlɑp sʊs ˈlɪŋ gwaɪ; English ˈlæp səs ˈlɪŋ gwi/ Spell a slip of the tongue. Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for lapsus Expand Historical Examples "This man met me at the train when my depot came in," I continued, excitedly, in lapsus lingu. | Appendix:List of Latin phrases - Wiktionary Appendix:List of Latin phrases Appendix: *List of Latin phrases Warning, this page may be too large for some browsers. If so, the sections can be reviewed individually: This appendix lists direct English translations of Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of Ancient Rome: Contents A B C D E F G H I J L M N O P Q R S T U V This list is a combination of the three divided pages, for users who have no trouble loading large pages and prefer a single page to scroll or search through. The contents of the list cannot be edited here, and are kept automatically in synch with the divided lists (A-E), (F-O) and P-Z) through template inclusion. a bene placito "from one who has been pleased well" Or "at will", "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum ("at pleasure"). abusus non tollit usum "abuse does not preclude proper use" a caelo usque ad centrum "from the sky to the center" Or "from heaven all the way to the center of the earth". In law, can refer to the obsolete cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos maxim of property ownership. a capite ad calcem From top to bottom; all the way through. Equally a pedibus usque ad caput. a contrario "from the opposite" Equivalent to "on the contrary" or "au contraire". An argumentum a contrario is an "argument from the contrary", an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. a Deucalione a fortiori "from the stronger" Loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger reason". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary. a mari usque ad mare "from sea to sea" From Psalm 72:8, "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae" ( KJV : "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth"). National motto of Canada . a pedibus usque ad caput "from feet to head" Completely. Similar to the English expressions "from tip to toe" or "from top to toe". Equally a capite ad calcem. See also ab ovo usque ad mala. a posse ad esse "from being able to being" "From possibility to actuality" or "from being possible to being actual" a posteriori "from the latter" Based on observation (i.e., empirical knowledge ), the reverse of a priori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known after a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something that can be known from empirical experience. a priori "from the former" Presupposed, the reverse of a posteriori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known or postulated before a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something that can be known without empirical experience. In everyday speech, it denotes something occurring or being known before the event. ab absurdo "from the absurd" Said of an argument that seeks to prove a statement's validity by pointing out the absurdity of an opponent's position (cf. appeal to ridicule ) or that an assertion is false because of its absurdity. Not to be confused with a reductio ad absurdum , which is usually a valid logical argument. ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia "a consequence from an abuse to a use is not valid" Inferences regarding something's use from its misuse are invalid. Rights abused are still rights (cf. abusus non tollit usum). ab aeterno "from the eternal" Literally, "from the everlasting" or "from eternity". Thus, "from time immemorial", "since the beginning of time" or "from an infinitely remote time in the past". In theology, often indicates something, such as the universe, that was created outside of time. ab antiquo ab extra "from beyond" A legal term meaning "from without". From external sources, rather than from the self or the mind (ab intra). ab hinc Often rendered abhinc (which in Latin means simply "since" or "ago"). ab imo pectore "from the bottom |
Which year of the 20th century saw the deaths of Linda McCartney, Frank Sinatra, Catherine Cookson and Justin Fashanu? | BBC News | Themes | Goodbyes The BBC's Richard Anthony Baker remembers Frank Sinatra Riding into the sunlight Linda McCartney became a renowned photographer and animal rights activist The death of Linda McCartney also received widespread coverage and the tributes were warm and unstinting in praise of her courage in the face of the cancer which killed her at 56. Her husband, former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, memorably described how - in her final moments - he told her to imagine the two of them riding on horseback through sunlit bluebell woods. If Lady Linda became best known through her husband, then the reverse was true of Sonny Bono , who died in a skiing accident in January, bringing to an end a career which started in music with his wife Cher and ended in politics, in the US Congress. Almost up with Ol' Blue Eyes in legendary status was the 'First Lady of Country', Tammy Wynette , who died after a long history of health problems at the age of 55. Silver screen now dulled If the title 'First Lady of the Jungle' had been available in the 1930s, then there was no doubt that it would have belonged to Maureen O'Sullivan , who played Jane to Johnny Weissmuller's Tarzan - the role for which she will always be remembered despite starring in films as diverse as Anna Karenina and A Day At The Races. The King of the Cowboys rode off into the sunset Among other film greats to pass away in 1998 were King of the Cowboys Roy Rogers and the Singing Cowboy, Gene Autry . On the other side of the camera, film enthusiasts all over the world mourned Japan's Akira Kurosawa . He was the director responsible for masterpieces such as Rashomon, the Seven Samurai - the model for the Magnificent Seven - Ran and Kagemusha. The man who created Batman and worked as a consultant on the recent films, Bob Kane , died aged 83 in November. Final chords As well as Frank Sinatra and Sonny Bono, the world of music lost names such as jazz musician Benny Green and classical composers Alfred Schnittke and Sir Michael Tippett . The last-named was one of the finest musicians in the United Kingdom and 1998 seemed to hit hard the ranks of entertainers from the British Isles. Widely differing in their music but also among those who played their final tunes were popular singer Dorothy Squires , aged 83, and rock drummer Cozy Powell , whose death in a car crash was unfortunately heard by his girlfriend as he spoke to her on her mobile phone. Comic talent Among those no longer with us are the very English comedians, satirists and all-round wits Frank Muir , a veteran of TV's Call My Bluff, and John Wells , the writer of Private Eye's "Dear Bill" letters - supposedly from Mrs Thatcher's husband, Denis. British comedy also lost writer Johnny Speight who created the TV series Till Death Us Do Part and its notoriously bigoted main character, Alf Garnett. One of the programme's actresses, comedy veteran Patricia Hayes , also parted company with the world, as did comedienne Betty Marsden , star of radio's Round the Horne. 'Father Ted' Dermot Morgan died suddenly at 45 Well-loved in the UK although from the Irish Republic was Father Ted star Dermot Morgan who died in March aged 45, at the peak of his career. Remembering Dermot Morgan The BBC's Leo Enright on the untimely death of the 'Father Ted' star More serious members of the British acting profession to make their final exit in 1998 included post-war screen and stage idol Michael Denison ; Joan Hickson , TV's quintessential Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's elderly female detective; and playwright Francis Durbridge , creator of detectives such as Paul Temple. And if all the above could have been gathered together for a single show, then there is no doubt who would have been the producer - Lord Grade , the TV, film and theatrical impresario who died in November at the age of 91. A poetic legacy In the field of literature, the name of Ted Hughes stands out. The Poet Laureate died at the end of October, aged 68, and went to his grave to the sound of his own poems read by Nobel literature prize-winner Seamus Heaney. The poet | Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri |
Which fictional detective lived at 56b Whitehaven Mansions? | Whitehaven Mansions Whitehaven Mansions Whitehaven Mansions Whitehaven Mansions A popular question asked at Hercule Poirot Central is: where in London is Whitehaven Mansions, Hercule Poirot's home as seen on the television series "Poirot"? Such a question deserves an article, c'est vrai. It is found on Charterhouse Square in London. Many buildings surround the square, but the residential building known as Florin Court (known as Poirot's "Whitehaven Mansions") is located on the eastern side of a park there. Finished in 1936, the building houses a swimming pool in the basement and a roof garden (as seen on satellite images). Florin Court (and Charterhouse Square) is just north of the Museum of London (at London Wall). The Museum of London's postcode is EC2Y 5HN, whereas it is known that Charterhouse Square's postcode is EC1. For visitors not familiar to London, Charterhouse Square is just west of Goswell Road/Aldersgate Street and one block north of Beech Street. One can always go to Holborn Circus, and from there take Charterhouse Street in a northeast direction up to the Square. Another thing: if you're near the Barbican Centre, home of the London Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Shakespeare Company, you know you're close. The Barbican Centre is adjacent to the Museum of London. There are some excellent photos of Florin Court (and Charterhouse Square) on the flickr site . The following satellite images below are taken from Google Earth. I have labeled a few places for idea of proximity/location. To enlarge a picture below, simply click on it. All original content © 2016, Hercule Poirot Central. This site is not endorsed by Agatha Christie Ltd. or the Acorn Media Group. | Sherlock Holmes | fictional character | Britannica.com fictional character The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes, fictional character created by the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . The prototype for the modern mastermind detective , Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world’s first and only “consulting detective,” he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London , the south of England , and continental Europe. Although the fictional detective had been anticipated by Edgar Allan Poe ’s C. Auguste Dupin and Émile Gaboriau ’s Monsieur Lecoq, Holmes made a singular impact upon the popular imagination and has been the most enduring character of detective fiction. (See also Sherlock Holmes: Pioneer in Forensic Science .) Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in one of several movies in which he played the detective created … The Granger Collection, New York Conan Doyle modeled Holmes’s methods and mannerisms on those of Dr. Joseph Bell, who had been his professor at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. In particular, Holmes’s uncanny ability to gather evidence based upon his honed skills of observation and deductive reasoning paralleled Bell’s method of diagnosing a patient’s disease. Holmes offered some insight into his method, claiming that “When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” His detecting abilities become clear, though no less amazing, when explained by his companion, Dr. John H. Watson , who recounts the criminal cases they jointly pursue. Although Holmes rebuffs praise, declaring his abilities to be “elementary,” the oft-quoted phrase “Elementary, my dear Watson,” never actually appears in Conan Doyle’s writings. Sherlock Holmes (right) explaining to Dr. Watson what he has deduced from a pipe left behind by a … Photos.com/Jupiterimages Watson’s narrations describe Holmes as a very complex and moody character who, although of strict habit, is considerably untidy. His London abode at 221B, Baker Street, is tended by his housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson. Holmes appears to undergo bouts of mania and depression, the latter of which are accompanied by pipe smoking, violin playing, and cocaine use. Throughout the four novels and 56 short stories featuring Holmes, a number of characters recur, including the bumbling Scotland Yard inspector Lestrade ; the group of “street Arabs” known as the Baker Street Irregulars, who are routinely employed by Holmes as informers; his even wiser but less ambitious brother, Mycroft; and, most notably, his formidable opponent, Professor James Moriarty , whom Holmes considers the “Napoleon of crime.” Similar Topics Humpty Dumpty Claiming that Holmes distracted him “from better things,” Conan Doyle famously in 1893 ( The Final Problem) attempted to kill him off; during a violent struggle on Switzerland’s Reichenbach Falls , both Holmes and his nemesis , Professor Moriarty, are plunged over the edge of the precipice . Popular outcry against the demise of Holmes was great; men wore black mourning bands, the British royal family was distraught , and more than 20,000 readers cancelled their subscriptions to the popular Strand Magazine, in which Holmes regularly appeared. By popular demand, Conan Doyle resurrected his detective in the story The Adventure of the Empty House (1903). Holmes remained a popular figure into the 21st century. Among the most popular stories in which he is featured are The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892), The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892), The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (1904), and the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). Holmes’s character has been translated to other media as well, and he is widely known on both stage and screen. The earliest actor to have essayed the role is William Gillette (a founding member of the New York Holmes society still known as the Baker Street Irregulars), who gave several popular theatrical portrayals at the turn of the 20th century. Those who have appear |
How many metatarsal bones are in each human foot? | Bones of the Foot - Tarsals - Metatarsals - Phalanges - TeachMeAnatomy The human foot is a very complex and highly developed structure. The bones of the foot provide mechanical support for the soft tissues, helping the foot withstand the weight of the body. The bones of the foot can be divided into three categories: Tarsals – A set of seven irregularly shaped bones. They are situated proximally in the foot, in the ankle area. Metatarsals – These bones connect the phalanges to the tarsals. There are five in number – one for each digit. Phalanges – The bones of the toes. Each toe has three phalanges – a proximal, intermediate and distal (except the big toe, which only has two phalanges). Fig 1.0 – Overview of the bones of the human foot. Tarsals The tarsal bones of the foot are organised into three rows; proximal, intermediate and distal. Proximal Group The proximal tarsal bones are the talus and the calcaneus. They form the bony framework around the proximal ankle and heel area. The talus is the most superior of the tarsal bones. It has three articulations: Superiorly: Ankle joint – between the talus and the bones of the leg (the tibia and fibula). Inferiorly: Subtalar joint – between the talus and calcaneus. Anteriorly: Talonavicular joint – between the talus and the navicular. The main function of the talus is to transmit forces from the tibia to the heel bone (known as the calcaneus). Whilst numerous ligaments attach to the talus, it is not a site of muscle attachment or origin. Fig 1.1 – The tarsal bones of the foot. The calcaneus lies underneath the talus, and has two articulations: Superiorly: Subtalar joint – between the calcaneus and the talus. Anteriorly: Calcaneocuboid joint – between the calcaneus and the cuboid. It is thick and sturdy, acting to transmit forces from the talus to the ground. The posterior aspect of the calcaneus is marked by calcaneal tuberosity, to which the Achilles tendon attaches. Intermediate Group The intermediate row of tarsal bones contains one bone, the navicular (given its name because it is shaped like a boat). It articulates with the talus posteriorly, the cuneiform bones anteriorly, and the cuboid bone laterally. On the plantar surface of the navicular, there is a tuberosity for the attachment of the tibialis posterior tendon. Distal Group In the distal row, there are four tarsal bones – the cuboid and the three cuneiforms. These bones articulate with the metatarsals of the foot. The cuboid is the most lateral bone in the distal row, articulating with the calcaneus posteriorly, and two metatarsals anteriorly. As the name suggests, it is shaped like a cube. The inferior surface of the cuboid is marked by a groove for the fibularis longus muscle. The three cuneiforms (lateral, intermediate and medial) are wedge shaped bones. They articulate with the navicular posteriorly, and the metatarsals anteriorly. The shape of the bones helps form a transverse arch across the foot. Clinical Relevance: Fractures of the Talus and Calcaneus The talus and the calcaneus sit in the proximal part of the foot and ankle, and are involved in transmitting forces from the body to the ground. They are the most frequently fractured of all the tarsal bones. Talus Talar fractures occur in two places – the neck of the talus, or the body: Neck fractures are caused by excessive dorsiflexion of the foot. The neck of the talus is pushed against the tibia. In this type of fracture, the blood supply to the talus may be disturbed, leading to avascular necrosis of the bone. Body fractures usually occur from jumping from a height. In any fracture of the talus, the malleoli of the leg bones act to hold the fragments together, so there is little displacement of the fracture pieces. By Jojo (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons Fig 1.2 – X-ray of a calcaneal fracture. Calcaneus The calcaneus is often fractured in a ‘crush‘ type injury. The most common mechanism of damage is falling onto the heel from a height – the talus is driven into the calcaneus. The bone can break into several pieces – known as a comminuted | Overspill Overspill 5A: Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate 6A: Tea 18A: The white of an egg 19A: Tomato 33A. Kings cross and Charing cross 34A. Pennsylvania 35A. KLM or Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) 36A. Caracus 41A. New Guinea (Greenland is the largest) 42A. Eros 64A: The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip 65A: Captain James Cook! 66A: Bones in the Hand 67A: John D. Rockefeller 69A: The eye (inflammation of the cornea) 70A: Mormons 72A: Princess Diana was killed in a car crash. 73A: Leprosy 79A: Schutzstaffel or ‘Protection Squad 80A: The 16th 83A: Fractures of the bone 84A: Leg 108A. 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Gross injustice BIG BLOG QUIZ 2011 Thank you those of you that have pointed out the repeats, the questions are compiled from various web sources, just go with it, cheers x For everyone who loves a quiz but cant take part in the live twitter quizzes i thought i would do an 'at home' quiz If you want your efforts scored email your answers to me at scaryeye@hotmail.com Id rather people didnt cheat and google all the answers but hey....its your karma Closing date is Noon on January 1st 2012 2011 Big Quiz – Qs 1 Q: Kulfi is a type of which Indian food? 2 Q: In the Wild West, what did the Red Indians call whisky? 3 Q: It means Aunt Mary in English, but by what name do we usually know this drink? 4 Q: What is the name of the baked, light, sweet or savoury, dish whose name derives from the French 'to puff up'? 5 Q: Which three flavours make up a Neapolitan ice cream? 6 Q: Which beverage may be black or green? 7 Q: What does a ‘Sommelier’ Do? 8 Q: A bottle equivalent to 20 Bottles of wine is called what? 9 Q: Which part of a cow is used to make tripe? 10 Q: What type of fruit is a cantaloupe? 11 Q: Which vegetable is also known as an egg plant? 12 Q: What is a baby oyster called? 13 Q: Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable? 14 Q: What ty |
In which country is the city and naval base of Cadiz? | Naval Station Rota Naval Station Rota Welcome to Naval Station Rota Welcome to Naval Station Rota, Spain - the Gateway to the Mediterranean Installation Information NAVSTA Rota plays a crucial role in supporting our nation’s objectives and defense, providing unmatched logistical support and strategic presence to all of our military services and allies. NAVSTA Rota supports Naval Forces Europe-Africa, 6th Fleet and COCOM strategic priorities by providing airfield and port facilities, security, force protection, logistical support, administrative support and emergency services to all U.S. and NATO forces. Situated on a 6,100-acre Spanish Navy base, NAVSTA Rota provides cargo, fuel and logistics support to units transiting the region, supporting U.S. and NATO ships with three active piers; U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force aircraft with a 670-acre airfield; and the largest weapons and fuels facilities in Europe, all located within a single, secure fence-line. Under the guidance of the Agreement on Defense Cooperation (ADC), the U.S. and Spanish navies work together and share many facilities. The Kingdom of Spain is a very important ally to the United States for projecting military power into the Mediterranean, North Africa, and Middle East. We have significant shared security interests, and Spain has traditionally supported U.S. forces deployments and operations with U.S. forces departing Spain directly into international air and sea space. The vision of NAVSTA Rota is to continue to excel as an enduring, strategically-located naval installation, providing operational and logistical support to all tenant commands and transiting warfighters. | Rodrigo Diaz " El Cid" de Vivar (d 1099) Bio Sketch - Photos and Stories — FamilySearch.org Rodrigo Diaz " El Cid" de Vivar (d 1099) Bio Sketch · · BIO: The Cid; buried in the Cloister of San Pedro de Cardena, at Burgos, Spain. ** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CastilNob.htm#ElviraRodriquezMRamiroNavarre, as of 11/6/2014 RODRIGO Díaz de Vivar (Vivar near Burgos [1043]-Valencia [10] Jul 1099, bur monastery of San Pedro de Cardeña). The Historia Roderici names Rodrigo Díaz el Campeador as son of “Diego Laínez…[and] the daughter of Rodrigo Álvarez”[392]. The "Corónicas" Navarras name "Rodric Diaç" as the son of "Díac Layniç" and his wife "fija de Roy Díaz Álvariz d'Esturias", specifying that "el rey don Sancho de Castieylla" raised him after his father died[393]. Known as "El Cid Campeador". He was brought up in the household of Sancho, future Sancho II King of Castle, and fought with the prince at the battle of Graus 8 May 1063[394]. Alférez of Sancho II King of Castile 1066[395]. "Ruderigo Didaz" accepted as his wife "Scemena filia Didago ducis de terra Asturiense" and granted property "in territorio Kastelle…in Cavia" to her, including "villas que michi saccarunt Albaro Faniz et Albaro Albariz sobrinis meis", with "comes Petro Assuriz et comes Garsea Ordonniz" as guarantors, by charter dated 19 Jul 1074[396]. “Munnioni comite, Gundissalbo comite, Didaco Gundissalbiz...Gundissalbo Albariz, Albaro Gundissalbiz, Rodrico Diaz” subscribed the charter dated 1 Jun 1079 under which "Maria" donated property “in Aquilare medietatem...monasterio de Sancti Martini...alio monasterio in Aquilare, Sancta Juliana” to San Pedro de Cardeña[397]. "...Rodrigo Didaz..." confirmed the charter dated 8 May 1080 under which King Alfonso VI decreed that no representative of the king could enter Sahagún[398]. Lord and independent ruler of Valencia 1094-1099. Dozy highlights a passage, written by Ibn-Bassâm in 1109, which records that "un chien de Galice appelé Rodrigue et surnommé le Campéador" captured Valencia in "488"[399]. The "Corónicas" Navarras record that "meo Çid" died in Valencia in May 1132 and was buried "a Sanct Per de Cardeyna, prob de Burgos"[400]. The Chronicon Burgense records the death in 1099 of “Rodericus Campidoctor”[401]. m ([19 Jul] 1074) JIMENA Díaz, daughter of conde DIEGO Fernández & his second wife Cristina Fernández (-1106). The "Corónicas" Navarras record that "este meo Çid" married "dona Xemena, nieta del rey don Alfonsso, filla del conte don Diago de Asturias"[402]. "Rodric Diaz et uxor mea Scemena" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 12 May 1076[403]. She attempted to retain control of Valencia after her husband's death but finally evacuated the city in [Apr/May] 1102. The Anales Toledanos record the death in 1106 of “Dona Ximena su muger [del Cid]”[404]. Rodrigo & his wife had three children: (a) DIEGO Rodríguez (-killed in battle Consuegra 1097). (b) ELVIRA [Cristina] Rodríguez ([1080]-). m ([1100]) RAMIRO Sánchez de Navarra Señor de Monzón y Urroz, son of SANCHO García de Navarra Señor de Uncastillo y Sangüesa & his first wife Constanza Sánchez (-[Jan/Feb] 1116). (c) MARÍA [Sol] Rodríguez (-[4 Aug 1104/before 1 Nov 1106]). [m firstly (1098) Infante don PEDRO de Aragon y Navarra, son of PEDRO I King of Aragon and Navarre & his first wife Agnès d'Aquitaine (-1 Feb 1104, bur 18 Aug 1104 San Juan de la Peña[414]).] m [secondly] ([1104]) as his first wife, RAMÓN BERENGUER III "el Grande" Conde de Barcelona, son of RAMÓN BERENGUER II "Cap d'Estopes" Conde de Barcelona & his wife Mathilde di Apulia (11 Nov 1082-19 Jul 1131). ** from The Making of Spain (Gabriel Jackson) p 64+ ...The Cid had been the field commander of the Castilian armies under Sancho, and had administered the oath which had made possible the accession of Alfonso in 1072. He had performed several dipolomatic services for Alfonso, and the latter, seeking a firm conciliation with his formidable vassal, had offered in marriage in niece Jimena. In 1081 the Cid had conducted an un |
Tenzing Norgay was famous for his activities in what field? | Tenzing Norgay - Biography Contact Us The world would have given its acclaim to any climber who was first on the summit of the world's highest mountain, but for Tenzing Norgay there was a special glory in this achievement. Over a period of nearly twenty years, he had made himself a part of every expedition that set out to put a man on the top of Mt. Everest. He had climbed as a lowly porter and as a respected member of the climbing team. He had accompanied large, confident armies (such as the 1936 and 1953 British Everest Expeditions) on their way to the summit, but he had also gone to the mountain with a solitary climber, Earl Denman, in 1947, on the chance that even this might give him an opportunity to get to the top. By 1953, he had probably spent more time on Mt. Everest than any other human being - and had come closer to its summit. Only months before his successful climb with Edmund Hillary, he and Raymond Lambert of the 1952 Swiss expedition, had come within 1,000 feet of the summit -- the highest point that anyone had reached until then. Unlike most of his fellow Sherpas of the time for whom, by and large, climbing was just a challenging way of making a living, Tenzing desperately wanted to get to the summit of Mt. Everest and devoted most of his life to this goal. "For in my heart," he once said, "I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth." If there was ever anyone who deserved to get there first, it was Tenzing. But there are other reasons why it was appropriate that he have that honor, with Sir Edmund Hillary. Until World War II, most of Asia had been under the domination of the West. By the early 1950s, its people were beginning at last to feel their own strength and identity, and Tenzing, by achieving a goal that the whole world recognized as one of its highest, provided a focus for a new kind of pride and a new view of the future. "For millions in the world today," wrote James Ramsay Ullman not long after the climb, "Tenzing is a manifestation of godhead: an avatar of the Lord Siva, a reincarnation of the Buddha. For still other millions, too sophisticated to confuse man with deity, he is a mortal figure of supreme significance. Symbolically as well as literally, Tenzing on Everest was a man against the sky, virtually the first humbly born Asian in all history to attain world stature and world renown. And for other Asians his feat was not the mere climbing of a mountain, but a bright portent for themselves and for the future of their world." Tenzing's birth may have been humble, as Ullman says, but it also had lucky portents. His parents lived in the high mountain village of Thame in Nepal, but at the time of his birth, his mother was on pilgrimage to a holy place called Ghang La in eastern Nepal. Tenzing, whose name was changed by a high lama from Namgyal Wangdi to the name we know him by today ("Norgay" means "fortunate"), always believed himself to have a special luck and favor. He knew early in his life that his destiny lay beyond tending yaks in the high mountains, and by the time he was 13, had already made a secret trip to Kathmandu, Nepal's big city. Five years later, he moved (again without the permission of his parents) to Darjeeling in India, where he hoped to be able to join one of the British expeditions to Mt. Everest that were being organized there. Nepal at that time was closed to foreigners, which meant that all attempts on the mountain were from the north side. Starting with their first expedition in 1921, the British had drawn on Darjeeling's large Sherpa population for help in getting to Everest as well as climbing it. By something of a fluke, Tenzing got himself onto Eric Shipton's 1935 Everest Expedition. He was 19 at the time and newly married -- to Dawa Phuti, a Sherpa girl living in Darjeeling. His performance on this climb was such that he had no trouble in being hired on later British Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. When World War II put an end to large, official Everest expeditions, he allowed himself to be persuaded to jo | Sports Sports With which sport would you most associate the commentator Ted Lowe? The 'Green Jacket' is presented to the winner of which sporting event? From what bridge does the Oxford/Cambridge boat race start? In which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his first Olympic gold medal? In what sport do players take long and short corners? By what name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known? For half a mark each, give the nationality and the team (2003) of Fernando Alonso, the youngest-ever grand prix winner? What is the 'perfect score' in a game of Ten Pin Bowling? Which current premier league football team had an obsolete nickname of the Glaziers? What is the name of the new Leicester Football club stadium? What is the highest-achieveable break in snooker? |
In heraldry which word describes an animal with its body resting on its leg and with its head raised? | Heraldic Terms Allumee - This term is used to describe the eyes of animals when they are red. Ambulant - Walking. Armed of - applies to a beast of prey when his teeth and claws are differently colored from the rest of his body. It applies also to predatory birds when their talons and beaks are differently colored from the rest of the body. Aspectant - A term applied to two birds facing each other, or looking at each other. Assaultant - Assailant. Applied to a predatory animal when represented as if leaping on its prey. Assurgent - Rising out of. At Gaze - Applied to the hart, buck, stag or hind when represented full-faced, or with the face directly to the front. Attire - The single horn of a stag. (The plural attires is used for two horns). Attired - Ornamented with horns or antlers. Applied to the stag or hart. A reindeer is represented with double attires - one pair erect and the other drooping. Aversant - Turned away. Applied to a hand of which only the back can be seen. Sometimes called dorsed. Banded - When a garb is bound together with a band of a different tincture it is described as banded of that tincture. Barbed - Bearded. Usually specifically of the arrow; also, of the five leaflets in the compound leaf of some roses. Beaked - When the beak and legs of a bird are of a different tincture from the body it is said to be beaked and membered of that tincture. Belled - When a falcon or hawk has bells affixed to its legs it is said to be belled. Boltant - Bolting; springing forward. (Used of a hare or rabbit. Caboshed - The head of a beast borne full-faced, and without any neck showing. It has been cut off. Close - The wings of a bird close to the body. Collared - wearing a collar. Combatant - A term applied to beasts borne face to face, as in the attitude of fighting. Confronte - Face to face; two animals facing each other. Couped - Said of an animal having the head or any limb cut clean off from the body. Coward - Said of beasts represented with the tail between the legs. Defamed - An epithet applied to an animal which has lost its tail. Dismembered - Applied to birds having neither feet nor legs; also, to animals whose members are separated. Displayed - Said of any bird of prey borne erect, with the wings expanded. Applied especially to the eagle. Dormant - In a sleeping posture. Embrued - Said of the mouths of beasts when bloody from devouring their prey; also applied to a weapon represented as covered or sprinkled with blood. Enfiled - Used to describe a sword drawn as transfixing the head of a man or animal, a coronet or other object. Erased - A term applied to the head of an animal or other bearing having the appearance of being forcibly torn off, leaving jagged or uneven ends. Eradicated - A tree torn up by its roots. Free - A term applied to a horse when represented in a field. Fructed - Bearing fruit. Applied to a tree or plant when so represented. Furnished - Said of a horse when borne bridled, saddled and completely caparisoned Garb - A sheaf of wheat. This was a popular bearing, especially in Cheshire. Sometimes it is banded of a different color. Gardant - Applied to a beast represented full-faced, or looking at the spectator, whether the animal be rampant, passant or otherwise. A beast of the chase - such as the hart, stag or hind - when depicted in this attitude is described as at gaze. Genuant - Kneeling Gradient - Applied to a tortoise represented as walking. Haurient - Applied to a fish when borne palewise, or | YouTube Undo Close "INDIAN BRAZILIAN LAMB..." The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. Sorry about that. |
What was Michelangelo's first name? | Michelangelo - Name Meaning, What does Michelangelo mean? What does Michelangelo mean? Michelangelo [ mi chelan-ge-lo] as a boys' name. Combined form of Michael (Hebrew) "who is like God?" and Angelo (Greek) "messenger". Use, mostly Italian, probably refers to Michelangelo Buonarroti, the great Italian Renaissance sculptor-artist. Associated with: greek , messenger (prophet), great , renaissance (medieval). Variations 1 different relation via Michael: Michaelangelo . Creative forms: Michelangelo Augustus (M.A.), .. How popular is Michelangelo? Michelangelo is an uncommon given name for men and an equally unique surname for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. Census) Michelangelo entered the list in 2014 and reached its peak position of #1910 in the U.S. in 2015. (Top Baby Names, 2015) Which version is better? with similar and related boy names. Michael (#9 from current records), Angelo (#298) and Michaelangelo are the prominent alternative forms of Michelangelo (#1910 from current records). These forms of Michelangelo were at the apex of their popularity 65 years ago (usage of 4.2%) and have become significantly less popular since (usage 0.8%, down 80.3%), with the form Michael falling out of fashion. Angelo is the most contemporarily stylish name for newborns in this list. | History of First Names History of First Names included in First Name Almanac Given names most often derive from the following categories: Aspiring personal traits (external and internal). For example, the name Clement means "merciful" . English examples include Faith, Prudence, August(us), and Fido (The last coming from the Latin word 'fides' meaning 'faith'). Occupations, for example George means "farmer" Circumstances of birth, for example Thomas meaning "twin" or the Latin name Quintus, which was traditionally given to the fifth male child. Objects, for example Peter means "rock" and Edgar means "rich spear" Physical characteristics, for example Calvin means "bald". Variations on another name, especially to change the sex of the name (Pauline, Georgia) or to translate from another language (for instance, the names Francis or Francisco that come from the name Franciscus meaning "Frenchman") Surnames, for example Winston, Harrison, and Ross. Such names are common in upper-class American families and often come from families that are frequently intermarried with the family bearing the individual's surname Places, for example Brittany and Lorraine. Time of birth, for example day of the week, as in Kofi Annan, whose given name means "born on Friday", or the holiday on which one was born, for example, the name Natalie meaning "[born on] Christmas day" in Latin. Combination of the above, for example the Armenian name Sirvart means "love rose" Names of unknown or disputed etymology, for example Mary. In many cultures, given names are reused, especially to commemorate ancestors or those who are particularly admired, resulting in a limited repertoire of names that sometimes vary by orthography. The most familiar example of this, to Western readers, is the use of Biblical and saints' names in most of the Christian countries (with Ethiopia, in which names were often ideals or abstractions — Haile Selassie, "power of the Trinity"; Haile Miriam, "power of Mary" — as the most conspicuous exception). However, the name Jesus was considered taboo or sacrilegious in some of the Christian world. Similarly, the name Mary, now popular if not ubiquitous among Christians, particularly Roman Catholics, was considered too holy for secular use until about the 12th century. In countries that particularly venerated Mary, this remained the case much longer; in Poland, until the arrival in the 17th century of French queens named Marie. Most common given names in English (and many other European languages) can be grouped into broad categories based on their origin: Hebrew names, most often from the Bible, are very common in — or are elements of names used in — the historically Christian countries. Some have elements meaning "God", especially "El." Examples: Michael, Joshua, Daniel, Joseph, David, Adam, Elizabeth, Hannah and Mary. There are also a handful of names in use derived from the Aramaic, particularly the names of prominent figures in the New Testament — such as Thomas, Martha and Bartholomew. All of the Semitic peoples of history and the present day use at least some names constructed like these in Hebrew (and the ancient Hebrews used n |
The EEC (European Economic Community) was created by the 1957 ‘Treaty of….’where’?. | European Economic Community - YouTube European Economic Community Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Aug 30, 2014 The European Economic Community (EEC) was an international organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957. Its aim was to bring about economic integration, including a common market, among its six founding members: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany. The EEC was also known as the Common Market in the English-speaking world and sometimes referred to as the European Community even before it was officially renamed as such in 1993. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video Category | BBC ON THIS DAY | 1 | 1973: Britain joins the EEC 1973: Britain joins the EEC The United Kingdom has become a fully-fledged member of the European Economic Community. Ireland and Denmark also joined Britain in becoming the newest members of the community, bringing the total number of member states to nine. At midnight last night a Union Jack flag was raised at the EEC's headquarters in Brussels to mark the occasion. Celebrations were held in the city and one of Britain's new European Commissioners, George Thomson, joined revellers in a torch lit procession. Prime Minister Edward Heath is optimistic that Britain's membership of the community will bring prosperity to the country. He said: "It is going to be a gradual development and obviously things are not going to happen overnight. "But from the point of view of our everyday lives we will find there is a great cross-fertilisation of knowledge and information, not only in business but in every other sphere. "And this will enable us to be more efficient and more competitive in gaining more markets not only in Europe but in the rest of the world." More than 1,000 Britons will relocate to Brussels over the coming months to take up their places as civil servants of the community. Britain will be given four votes within the council, which proposes policies on issues ranging from the environment to public health. Membership applications by the UK to join the EEC were refused in 1963 and 1967 because the French President of the time Charles de Gaulle doubted the UK's political will. It is understood, however, his real fear was that English would suddenly become the common language of the community. |
Alphabetically, which is the last book of the New Testament? | New Testament Books | CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry The New Testament has 27 books total, which consist of . . . Historical Books--Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts Pauline Epistles--Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon Non-Pauline Epistles--Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation A list of books with brief descriptions of contents. Historical Books Matthew--Presents Jesus as the Messiah. Genealogy of Jesus through Joseph. Fulfillment of O.T. prophecy. Mark--Presents Jesus as the Servant. 1/3 of the gospel deals with the last week of His life. Luke--Presents Jesus as the Son of Man to seek and save the lost. Genealogy of Jesus through Mary. Largest of the gospels. John--Presents Jesus as God in flesh, the Christ, so that you might believe. Acts--Historical account from Jesus’ ascension to travels of Paul in his missionary journeys. Pauline Epistles Romans--A systematic examination of justification, sanctification, and glorification. Examines God’s plan for the Jews and the Gentiles. 1 Corinthians--This letter deals with factions and corrections due to immorality, lawsuits, and abuse of the Lord’s Supper. Also mentions idols, marriage, and the resurrection. 2 Corinthians--Paul’s defense of his apostolic position. Galatians--Paul refutes the errors of legalism and examines the proper place of grace in the Christian’s life. Ephesians--The believer’s position in Christ and information on Spiritual warfare. Philippians--Paul speaks of his imprisonment and his love for the Philippians. He exhorts them to godliness and warns them of legalism. Colossians--Paul focuses on the preeminence of Jesus in creation, redemption, and godliness. 1 Thessalonians--Paul’s ministry to the Thessalonians. Teachings on purity and mention of the return of Christ. 2 Thessalonians--Corrections on the Day of the Lord. 1 Timothy--Instructions to Timothy on proper leadership and dealings with false teachers, the role of women, prayer, and requirements of elders and deacons. 2 Timothy--A letter of encouragement to Timothy to be strong. Titus--Paul left Titus in Crete to care for the churches there. Requirements for elders. Philemon--a letter to the owner of a runaway slave. Paul appeals to Philemon to forgive Onesimus. Non Pauline Epistles Hebrews--A letter to the Hebrew Christians in danger of returning to Judaism. It demonstrates the superiority of Jesus over the O.T. system. Mentions the Melchizedek priesthood. (Hebrews may be of Pauline origin. There is much debate on its authorship). James--a practical exhortation of believers to live a Christian life evidencing regeneration. It urges self-examination of the evidence of the changed life. 1 Peter--Peter wrote this letter to encourage its recipients in the light of their suffering and be humble in it. Mentions baptism. 2 Peter--Deals with the person on an inward level, warnings against false teachers, and mentions the Day of the Lord. 1 John--John describes true fellowship of the believers with other believers and with God. God as light and love. Encourages a holy Christian walk before the Lord. Much mention of Christian love. 2 John--Praise for walking in Christ and a reminder to walk in God’s love. 3 John--John thanks Gaius for his kindness to God’s people and rebukes Diotrephes. Jude--Exposing false teachers and uses O.T. allusions to demonstrate the judgment upon them. Contends for the faith. Revelation--A highly symbolic vision of the future rebellion, judgment, and consummation of all things. | FAQ-Misc I have an article on my web site at http://bible-truth.org/Apocrypha.html titled "The Apocryphal Books - Are they lost books of the Bible?" This explains in some detail why no Bible believing church or Christians accept the Apocryphal books as inspired of God. Answer: I have not heard of the HCSB so I did a little research. What I found is that this translation is based on the same Greek text (NT) as all the modern translations. Holman makes the following statement. "The textual base for the New Testament [NT] is the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece, 27th edition, and the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament, 4th corrected edition. The text for the Old Testament [OT] is the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 5th edition." (http://www.biblegateway.com/versions/Holman-Christian-Standard-Bible-HCSB/ ) It is not then based on the TR and the Majority text, but on the corrupt mss of Alpeh, A, B and a handful of other Eastern mss, which are clearly corrupted. I would think that if someone did a careful comparison the same problems as with the NIV, etc would be present. If you want a accurate and trustworthy text...the KJV is still the translation to use. |
What is the northernmost point in all U.S. territory? | Extreme Points of the United States Extreme Points of the United States Description view trip reports Extreme points lie farther north, east, south, and west than any other point of a specific region. Here, we limit consideration to the contiguous 48 United States; the entire 50 states (so including Alaska and Hawaii); and all United States territory. We also consider the lowest and highest elevation points to be extrema. An excellent reference with several tables and illustrations is available at wikipedia.org . The 180th meridian, being at an arbitrarily selected location, poses certain issues for defining "easternmost" and "westernmost". This is especially true since Alaska crosses this meridian and hence contains land in the Eastern Hemisphere. We discount calling such land "easternmost" as a silly fiction generated by the date line's arbitrarily-selected location. We define being east of a location if the shortest path, a great circle track, contains an east component, i.e. a true course on departure from 0° to 180°. A point is west of one's location if the great circle track has a true course on departure from 180° to 360°. The following extreme points are abstracted from the above wikipedia page, and are reproduced here for the reader's convenience. Coordinates use the NAD27 datum except where indicated by "datum uncertain" for certain extrema lying outside the contiguous 48 states. Here, the corresponding references do not specify the datum. Please E-mail the webmaster with any corrections, comments, and updates. Contiguous 48 United States Northernmost - Northwest Angle, Minnesota (49.38407°N, 95.15274° W) Southernmost1 - Cape Sable, Florida (25.11567° N, 81.08579° W) The southernmost point on the mainland. - Ballast Key, Florida (24.52° N, 81.965° W) The southernmost land permanently above the waterline. Easternmost - West Quoddy Head, Maine (44.81335° N, 66.94975° W) The easternmost land permanently above the waterline. Sail Rock, just offshore, is occasionally underwater. Westernmost - Cape Alava, Washington (48.16974° N, 124.73004° W) The westernmost point on the mainland. - Bodelteh Islands, Washington (48.17761° N, 124.76479° W) The westernmost land permanently above the waterline. Highest - Mount Whitney, California (14,494 feet) The new NAVD88 vertical datum yields 14,505 feet. Lowest - Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California (-282 feet) 1 Key West, Florida falsely bills itself as being the southernmost land in the forty-eight states. 50 United States Northernmost - Point Barrow, Alaska (71.39040° N, 156.47741° W) Southernmost - Ka Lae, Hawaii (18.91023° N, 155.67927° W) Easternmost - West Quoddy Head, Maine (44.81335° N, 66.94975° W) The easternmost land permanently above the waterline. Sail Rock, just offshore, is occasionally underwater. Westernmost - Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska (65.64° N, 168.12° W) datum uncertain The westernmost point on the North American continent. - Peaked Island, offshore from Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska (52.92° N, 172.44° E) datum uncertain Highest - Mount McKinley, Alaska (20,320 feet) Known also by its native name, "Denali". Lowest - Badwater Basin in Death Valley, California (-282 feet) All United States Territory Northernmost - Point Barrow, Alaska (71.39040° N, 156.47741° W) Southernmost - Rose Atoll, American Samoa (14.374° S, 170.7595° W) datum uncertain Easternmost - Point Udall, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands (17.7555° N, 64.5650° W) datum uncertain Westernmost - Udall Point, Guam (13.4475° N, 144.6182° E) datum uncertain Highest - Mount McKinley, Alaska (20,320 feet) Known also by its native name, "Denali". Lowest - Badwate | The Quick 10: 10 Extreme Points in the United States | Mental Floss The Quick 10: 10 Extreme Points in the United States Image credit: Like us on Facebook We're working on planning our annual Halloween trip to Disney, but we're thinking about veering a little bit off of our usual trip this year to spend a couple of days in Key West. So I was researching the city to see what _flossy stories it could hold (a lot) when I discovered that it's the southernmost point in the United States... or is it?! See #7 for that little debate. Anyway, it made me wonder what other far-flung spots lie in the U.S., and here is the answer: 1. Point Barrow, Alaska - Northernmost Point in the U.S. Named for geographer Sir John Barrow, Point Barrow is often the starting point for Arctic expeditions. Sadly, it was also the ending point for entertainer Will Rogers and his pilot in 1935. Their airplane crashed near there on their way from Fairbanks. Point Barrow was also the test point for sounding rockets between 1965 and 1972. 2. Ka Lae, Hawaii - Southernmost Point in the 50 states. It's also known, fittingly, as South Point. But it might as well be known as Hawaii's Windy City, because this place is blustery. Some of the trees have been blown sideways for so long that they just grow that way now. 3. Peacock Point, Wake Island - First sunrise in all U.S. territories. It's actually an entire day ahead of the 50 states, so of course it has the first sunrise. 4. Cape Wrangell, Attu Island, Alaska - Last sunset in all U.S. territories. Attu Island is special for a few reasons. There's the last sunset thing, obviously, but it's also the westernmost point on all land on earth according to the path of the International Date Line. Finally, it was the site of the only battle during WWII to take place on American soil - that's the peace memorial there in the picture. 5. Mount Whitney, California - Highest elevation in the 48 contiguous states. You might think the highest elevation would be somewhere in Colorado, but you'd be wrong (I was). In fact, the highest elevation is just 76 miles from the lowest elevation... 6. Badwater Basin, Death Valley, California - Lowest elevation in all U.S. territories. Yep, California has it all. At 282 feet below sea level, Badwater Basin is actually the lowest point in all of North America, not just the U.S. You can't actually get to the lowest point because it's so hazardous to get there, so the sign commemorating the spot is located at a spring-fed pool next to the road. 7. Western Dry Rocks, Florida - Southernmost point in the 48 contiguous states. It's still a part of Key West, I believe, but the southernmost point in the states isn't that big buoy-looking thing tourists like to get their pictures by in the town that Hemingway used to haunt. It's really the Western Dry Rocks, but maybe it doesn't really count since it's not always above land (it depends on the tide). Even if we don't count it, that buoy still isn't the southernmost point - that title belongs to a bit of land on the Truman Annex of Key West, but because that land belongs to the Navy and isn't accessible to the public, the photo op was created at the next-most southern point. I guess it wouldn't be quite as impressive if the buoy read, "The Southernmost Point in the Continental U.S.A. that's always above land and is accessible to the public." 8. Ipnavik River, Alaska - Most remote point in all U.S. territory. It's more than 120 miles away from the nearest sign of civilization and has been called "the largest tract of undisturbed public land in the United States." And I thought my in-laws were remote when they lived an hour from the nearest Wal-Mart! 9. Smith County, Kansas - the center of the 48 contiguous states. It's near the city of Lebanon and is almost in Nebraska. And hey, if you're doing a road trip of extreme points, take a quick jaunt over to Osborne County, which is right next door: it's home to the geodetic center. I had to look that one up too: it's the reference point for all land survey measurements. Read more about it here . 10. |
Built 1723-25, the famous Spanish Steps are in which capital city? | 10 Best Cheap Hotels in Spanish Steps, Rome - Hotels.com Pay now or later on most rooms Free cancellation on most rooms Price Guarantee Best Cheap Spanish Steps, Rome Hotels Few areas of Rome place you closer to the treasures of the Eternal City than the neighborhood around the iconic Spanish Steps. Located to one side of the picturesque Piazza di Spagna, this district’s highlight is the exquisite 18th-century flight of marble stairs—one of Rome’s most emblematic sights made famous by the 1950s Hollywood blockbuster, Roman Holiday. The district is also surrounded by a myriad of world-famous landmarks and timeless architectural wonders, making it the perfect base from which to recreate your very own Roman holiday. Hotels near the Spanish Steps This part of Rome draws more tourists than almost any other neighborhood, meaning there’s a wide range of accommodation near the Spanish Steps for every traveler. Hotel Anahi is a fantastic budget hotel offering charming rooms at competitive prices. Close by is Hotel Manfredi Suite in Rome, a top-rated 3-star hotel near Piazza di Spagna featuring a sauna and hot tub. For a luxury Roman vacation, book into the River Palace Hotel, a popular 4-star hotel close to the Spanish Steps where you can enjoy elegant old-world décor right in the city center. Things to see near the Spanish Steps Situated on the right bank of the River Tiber in the center of ancient Rome, the area around the Spanish Steps contains some of the most prized historic and cultural treasures the Eternal City has to offer. Millions of tourists flock to the neighborhood every year to see sights such as the Trinità dei Monti. Consecrated in 1585, this late Renaissance church holds a commanding position at the top of the Spanish Steps, and contains many wonderful frescoes and paintings by Italian masters. At the bottom of the 135 steps sits another famous institution, the Keats-Shelley Memorial House. The famous Romantic poet John Keats lived out his final months in this building, which now serves as a museum dedicated to the memory of the beloved Englishman. Just a few feet away, the ornate marble Fontana della Barcaccia, crafted by Pietro Bernini in 1627 and now one of Rome’s most famous fountains, is the perfect footnote to the elegant steps. Good for shoppers The neighborhood around the Spanish Steps is quintessentially Roman, with stately buildings and ancient churches nestling beside world-class gelaterias, pizzerias, and—naturalmente—fashion boutiques. This area is the epicenter of retail in the city, and locals and tourists alike throng the narrow streets to discover the latest offerings in European fashion. Stroll out the door of your Spanish Steps hotel to Via del Corso, the city’s main fashion thoroughfare, where well-known brands vie for your attention. If it’s high-end designer outlets you’re after, then head down the adjacent Via Condotti, where the likes of Gucci, Armani, and Prada all have a presence. How to get to the Spanish Steps Getting to the Spanish Steps from Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci and Ciampino airports is quick and easy. Bus and rail connections are available from both airports to Termini, the city’s main transport hub. Here, travelers can change to the metro and get to Piazzi di Spagna in a matter of minutes. Thanks to its pedestrianized streets and 1-way traffic system, most visitors to this neighborhood find traveling by metro or exploring on foot the best way to take in the area’s many famous sights. There are also a host of public transit options for those wishing to travel a little further afield. | 10 cent 10 cent Emergency liquidity assistance (ELA) and monetary policy Monetary policy Read about the ECB’s monetary policy instruments and see the latest data on its open market operations. Public consultations Payments & Markets Find out how the ECB promotes safe and efficient payment and settlement systems, and helps to integrate the infrastructure for European markets. 10 cent Andorra Andorra signed a Monetary Agreement with the European Union on 30 June 2011. As a result, Andorra can use the euro as its official currency and issue its own euro coins. All the coins feature the 12 stars of the European flag. The 10, 20 and 50 cent coins show the Romanesque church of Santa Coloma. Andorra Austria Austria chose to produce a series of coins illustrating flowers, architecture and famous people from its history. The designs were chosen by a national panel and public opinion poll. Austrian artist Josef Kaiser created the designs. St. Stephen's Cathedral, one of the jewels of Viennese Gothic architecture and a popular tourist venue, is depicted on this coin. Austria Belgium Belgium's euro coins were designed by Jan Alfons Keustermans, Director of the Municipal Academy of Fine Arts of Turnhout. There are three series of coins in circulation. All are valid. The first series depicts King Albert II in the inner part of the coin, while the royal monogram - a capital "A" underneath a crown - among 12 stars, symbolising Europe, as well as the year of issuance appear in the outer part. In 2008, Belgium slightly modified the design in order to comply with the European Commission's guidelines. The coins of the second series also show King Albert II, but the royal monogram and the year of issuance now appear in the inner part of the coin, as do the mint marks and the country code for Belgium, "BE". In 2014, Belgium introduced the third series of euro coins, which show King Philippe, his royal monogram "FP" and the country code for Belgium, "BE". The mint marks appear on either side of the year of issuance. Belgium Cyprus Featured on the 10, 20 and 50-cent coins is the Kyrenia ship, a trading vessel which dates back to the fourth century BC and a symbol of Cyprus's seafaring history and its importance as a centre of trade. Cyprus Estonia The design for the national side of Estonia’s coins is the same for all denominations. It features a geographical image of Estonia and the word "Eesti", which means "Estonia". Estonia Finland Finland chose three designs based upon motifs similar to those used before on national coins. 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50-cent coins: these show the Finnish heraldic lion in a reproduction of a design by the sculptor Heikki Häiväoja. The heraldic lion in a variety of designs has been used on several Finnish coins over the years, for example on the 1 markka coins between 1964 and 2001. Finland France Over 1,200 designs were considered for the national side of the French coins. A panel chaired by the Minister for Economic Affairs and Finance chose three designs, each for certain specific denominations. The panel consisted of experts in numismatics, artists, a former Member of the European Commission (Christine Scrivener), Members of Parliament, the French Mint Director Emmanuel Constans, the General Engraver Pierre Rodier and the actress Irène Jacob, along with members of professional bodies. They selected the following designs: 10, 20 and 50-cent coins: the theme of the sower is a constant in the history of the French franc. Designed by Laurent Jorlo, "this modern, timeless graphic represents France, which stays true to itself, whilst integrating into Europe". France Germany German officials and experts in numismatics chose three different designs for their euro coins. 10, 20 and 50-cent coins: the Brandenburg Gate, a symbol of the division of Germany and its subsequent reunification, is the motif used on these coins. The perspective of the design, by Reinhard Heinsdorff, emphasises the opening of the gate, stressing the unification of Germany and Europe. Germany Greece The Minister for the National Economy and the Gov |
Who is the husband of Dutch model Lara Stone? | Lara Stone 'cried the whole day' on son's first birthday Lara Stone admits she 'cried the whole day' on son Alfred's first birthday July 15, 2014 by hellomagazine.com Lara Stone admits she 'cried the whole day' on her son Alfred's first birthday as she talks candidly about motherhood and learning to love her 'arm flab' With her usual charm and candour, Lara Stone has opened up about motherhood – and learning to love her imperfections. The 30-year-old supermodel, mum to one-year-old Alfred with husband David Walliams , spoke to The EDIT about life since becoming a mummy. CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE Lara Stone has opened up on motherhood in a candid new interview "On his (Alfred's) birthday, I cried the whole day," the star admitted to Net-A-Porter's digital magazine. "When they're born and just a helpless little blob laid on your chest, they're so vulnerable and little. And now he's this huge monster – in the loveliest way. "He doesn't really say words, but he can make himself understood," she added with a smile. "He's very strong-minded and he knows exactly what he wants to do, and if it's not right he'll have a huge tantrum. He's completely hilarious – this little boy, stamping his little foot." Asked if she recognises parts of herself in her son, Lara replied, "Yeah, the tantrums, but I don't look as cute as him when I do it." That refreshingly down-to-earth attitude was something that Lara employed when it came to giving birth. Lara Stone and her husband David Walliams welcomed Alfred on 6 May 2013 Speaking about the pressure put on women to give birth as naturally as possible, the Dutch model noted, "The only thing that should matter is that you and your baby are both healthy – alive, even, by the end of giving birth. "I had friends who said they were going to have a water birth, music and candles. I was like, 'Who gives a s*** if you had an epidural or a C-section or you just breathed through it?' "The reward at the end of it isn't that you can say to your friends 'I had a natural birth'. Your reward is that you have a beautiful healthy baby." Lara returned to work four months after giving birth to Alfred, and she has admitted that struggling with her changing body during pregnancy meant she was nervous to get back in front of the camera. Lara Stone pictured at seven months pregnant "If it wasn't for my job, I'm not sure how worried I would have been about the whole thing," she admitted. "During my pregnancy I wasn't exercising a lot…. I was huge." The star, who has been working out with Bodyism Gym founder James Duigan since her son was six weeks old, has finally learnt to embrace her post-baby shape. "I'm just trying to accept it right now. And it's ok, because the things women can do with their bodies are amazing. "You have to sit there and really think about it: 'Oh, I grew this little person's fingernails in my tummy.' After that, do you really give a s*** about arm flab? Because I don't." | Doctor Zhivago - Lara's Theme - YouTube Doctor Zhivago - Lara's Theme 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 Nov 7, 2007 Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. I have decided to disable the comments on this video due to spamming and rude comments about the fact that I used photos from both the 1965 film and the 2003 miniseries, the latter of which was NOT a remake, and has its own merits. I appreciated how popular this video has become and thank you for making that possible, and I hope you still enjoy the video. You can always watch and comment on my video using this theme music with clips from the 1965 movie: Photos from the film versions of "Doctor Zhivago" set to Lara's Theme from the 1965 film, performed by the 101 Strings Orchestra. Category |
In which year did Mother Theresa of Calcutta win the Nobel Peace Prize? | Mother Teresa - Biographical Mother Teresa The Nobel Peace Prize 1979 Mother Teresa Questions and Answers on Mother Teresa Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje * , Macedonia, on August 26 ** , 1910. Her family was of Albanian descent. At the age of twelve, she felt strongly the call of God. She knew she had to be a missionary to spread the love of Christ. At the age of eighteen she left her parental home in Skopje and joined the Sisters of Loreto, an Irish community of nuns with missions in India. After a few months' training in Dublin she was sent to India, where on May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta, but the suffering and poverty she glimpsed outside the convent walls made such a deep impression on her that in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent school and devote herself to working among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Calcutta. Although she had no funds, she depended on Divine Providence, and started an open-air school for slum children. Soon she was joined by voluntary helpers, and financial support was also forthcoming. This made it possible for her to extend the scope of her work. On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa received permission from the Holy See to start her own order, "The Missionaries of Charity", whose primary task was to love and care for those persons nobody was prepared to look after. In 1965 the Society became an International Religious Family by a decree of Pope Paul VI. Today the order comprises Active and Contemplative branches of Sisters and Brothers in many countries. In 1963 both the Contemplative branch of the Sisters and the Active branch of the Brothers was founded. In 1979 the Contemplative branch of the Brothers was added, and in 1984 the Priest branch was established. The Society of Missionaries has spread all over the world, including the former Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. They provide effective help to the poorest of the poor in a number of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and they undertake relief work in the wake of natural catastrophes such as floods, epidemics, and famine, and for refugees. The order also has houses in North America, Europe and Australia, where they take care of the shut-ins, alcoholics, homeless, and AIDS sufferers. The Missionaries of Charity throughout the world are aided and assisted by Co-Workers who became an official International Association on March 29, 1969. By the 1990s there were over one million Co-Workers in more than 40 countries. Along with the Co-Workers, the lay Missionaries of Charity try to follow Mother Teresa's spirit and charism in their families. Mother Teresa's work has been recognised and acclaimed throughout the world and she has received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971) and the Nehru Prize for her promotion of international peace and understanding (1972). She also received the Balzan Prize (1979) and the Templeton and Magsaysay awards. From Nobel Lectures , Peace 1971-1980, Editor-in-Charge Tore Frängsmyr, Editor Irwin Abrams, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 1997 This autobiography/biography was written at the time of the award and first published in the book series Les Prix Nobel . It was later edited and republished in Nobel Lectures . To cite this document, always state the source as shown above. * Former Uskup, a town in the Ottoman Empire. ** Mother Teresa's date of birth is disputed: "So unconcerned was she about accuracy in relation to the chronicling of her own life, and so disinclined actually to read anything written about her, that for many years and in a succession of books her birthdate was erroneously recorded as 27 August 1910. It even appeared in the Indian Loreto Entrance Book as her date of birth. In fact, as she confided to her friend, c | MCQ-test Questions and Answers | Library and Information center@KV Peringome Library and Information center@KV Peringome Reader’s Club and Library and Information Center National Library Week celebration 2012 Know Your Literature 1. Who invented movable type printing? (C) Johannes Gutenberg 2. What was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson? (D) Lewis Carroll 3. What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens’ pen-name? (B) Mark Twain 4. The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) code was increased to how many digits from 1 January 2007? (A) Thirteen 5. What is the pen-name of novelist Mary Ann Evans (1819-80)? (D) George Eliot 6. French writer Sully Prudhomme was the first winner of what prize in 1901? (C) Nobel Prize for Literature 7. “Make then laugh; make them cry; make them wait…” was a personal maxim of which novelist? (B) Charles Dickens 8. Which Indian author wrote the English novel called ‘Untouchable’ (novel) in 1935? (D) Mulk Raj Anand. 9. R.K.Narayan has his stories centered on which imaginary place? (D) Malgudi 10. Which Indian writer has a National Park named after him? (B)Jim Corbett 12. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel prize for writing: (C) Gitanjali 13. What is the pen name of V V Ayyappan – (B) Kovilan 14. What is the pen name of P C Kuttikrishnan- (D) Uroob 15. ______________is a Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala, India, who won Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007 (C) O.N.V. Kurupu 16. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 (C) Mo Yan 17. Hilary Mantel’s book _______________ won Man Booker Prize 2012 (B) Bring up the Bodies 18. _____________________is the autobiography of Adolf Hitler (A) Mein Kampf 19. Who wrote “Glimpses of world history” (A)Jawaharlal Nehru 20. ____________________is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. (D) The Story of My Experiments with Truth 21. The famous book “ The count of Monte Cristo” written by (C) Alexandre Dumas 22. _______________________________is the author of Harry Potter series stories (B) J. K. Rowling 23. Who wrote the English novel called ‘Angry river’ (A) Ruskin Bond 24. ________________________________ is the autobiography of A. P. J Abdul Kalam. (C) Wings of fire 25. The Diary of a Young Girl is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by ______________while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. (B) Anne Frank 26. The Story of My Life, first published in 1903, is autobiography of ___________ (A) Helen Keller 27. The Evolutionary biology book the origin of species written by________________________________ (A) Charles Darwin 28. Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Latin for “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy”, often referred to as simply the Principia, is a work in three books by___________________________ (D) Sir Isaac Newton 29. Who was the Indian author won Man Booker Prize for his book “The white tiger” in 2008 (B) Aravind Adiga 30. It is considered to be the first Malayalam novel. (C) Kundalatha |
What epidemic killed more than 3% of the world's population? | The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 The Deadly Virus The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 True or False? The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 killed more people than died in World War One. View the Documents and Photos Hard as it is to believe, the answer is true. World War I claimed an estimated 16 million lives. The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history. The plague emerged in two phases. In late spring of 1918, the first phase, known as the "three-day fever," appeared without warning. Few deaths were reported. Victims recovered after a few days. When the disease surfaced again that fall, it was far more severe. Scientists, doctors, and health officials could not identify this disease which was striking so fast and so viciously, eluding treatment and defying control. Some victims died within hours of their first symptoms. Others succumbed after a few days; their lungs filled with fluid and they suffocated to death. The plague did not discriminate. It was rampant in urban and rural areas, from the densely populated East coast to the remotest parts of Alaska. Young adults, usually unaffected by these types of infectious diseases, were among the hardest hit groups along with the elderly and young children. The flu afflicted over 25 percent of the U.S. population. In one year, the average life expectancy in the United States dropped by 12 years. It is an oddity of history that the influenza epidemic of 1918 has been overlooked in the teaching of American history. Documentation of the disease is ample, as shown in the records selected from the holdings of the National Archives regional archives. Exhibiting these documents helps the epidemic take its rightful place as a major disaster in world history. | YouTube Undo Close "Dr Hook ~ Sy..." The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. Sorry about that. |
Which 1950s film features a motorcycle gang called the Black Rebels? | THE 13 REBELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB | 1953’s “THE WILD ONE” INSPIRATION | The Selvedge Yard by JP THE 13 REBELS MOTORCYCLE CLUB | 1953’s “THE WILD ONE” INSPIRATION 13 Rebels MC member Ardin Van Syckle. We’re talkin’ standup guys, not hoodlums– former flyers and servicemen in WWII looking to keep the rush alive. They were solid citizens who loved the sport and brotherhood of riding– accomplished racers, builders and all-around honorable men. 1953’s iconic biker flick The Wild One starring Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin, was loosely based on two actual California motorcycle clubs of the day having a highly charged clash in the small town of Hollister, CA. Brando portrayed 13 Rebels leader Shell Thuet , while Lee Marvin’s character “Chino” was based on “Wino Willie” Forkner of The Boozefighters . Fact is– the gangs were not rivals (although “Wino Wilie” was an ex-member of the 13 Rebels— asked to leave actually for rowdy behavior) and the Hollister incident never happened, at least not to the extent that LIFE magazine or The Wild One portrayed it. Yeah, some guys drank and drag raced a little– it happens. What else happened was a counterculture was born– rolled Levi 501 jeans , boots and leathers (Hello Schott Perfecto!) became the uniform that rebels and bikers lived in, and that polite society demonized. LIFE magazine’s infamous 1947 staged photo that fueled the Hollister biker stories and legends. 13 Rebels MC history– The 13 Rebels Motorcycle Club (13 RMC) was started in 1937 by Ernest “Tex” Bryant. “Tex” and the other 12 top-seated motorcycle racers from Southern California made up the founding members of the club. The 13 Rebels MC was, and still is, an American Motorcycle Association (AMA) sanctioned club. While not the oldest MC in the U.S (that being the Yonkers MC of Yonkers, NY established in 1903), the 13 RMC has a rich racing tradition and colorful history that has shaped American motorcycle folklore. Shell Thuet of 13 RMC working on a HD Knucklehead, 1946. Some of the club’s legendary members include Shell Thuet , who raced and built many independent and factory-sponsored racing bikes throughout the years; John and Ernie Roccio, who raced in the U.S. as well as on the U.S. Motorcycle Racing Team throughout Europe during the 1950’s; William “Wino Willie” Forkner, who left the 13 Rebels MC in 1946 and started the Boozefighters MC and Elmo Looper who was better known for saving Crocker Motorcycles from extinction by buying what was left of Crocker Motorcycle parts from AL Crocker. Many of these parts have helped otherwise unrestorable motorcycles come back to life. Elmo Looper of 13 Rebels MC aboard his custom Excelsior Super X racer with Crocker oil pumps for street use. The 13 Rebels Motorcycle Club is still in existence today with chapters in various states. The Club is still sanctioned by the AMA. It has been awarded the organization’s “historical status”, meaning the club has been verified by the AMA as being over 50 years old. The 13 Rebels MC exists to carry on the spirit and tradition of the original motorcycle clubs. We are a family-oriented motorcycle club bound by brotherhood, camaraderie, and the love of the sport of motorcycling. 13 Rebels MC members 1939 Southern California Motorcycle Rally & Convention Ardin Van Syckle with Hollister trophy, 1947 13 Rebels MC banner 13 Rebels’ member dues card 13 Rebels MC group shot at a restaurant 13 Rebels MC sweater (front) — awesome stitched-on felt applique 13 Rebels MC sweater (back) Rebel Horn of 13 Rebels MC at the races 13 Rebels Motorcycle Club President Shell Thuet, 1953 Marlon Brando as Johnny in the iconic biker film The Wild One Marlon Brando (and gang) as Johnny in 1953’s The Wild One Share this: | Henry Rubin: Paranoia in Science Fiction Films of the 1950’s Paranoia in Science Fiction Films of the 1950’s Paranoia in Science Fiction Films of the 1950’s The appealing nature of Science Fiction Films is their ability to use scientific possibilities and radical social arguments to convey their controversial narratives. Richard Hodgens believes some of the most original and thoughtful contemporary fiction has been represented in the Science Fiction film genre (Hodgens 30). So in a broader sense any style, vision or mood can be conveyed within the limitless boundaries of the Science Fiction narrative, especially during the 1950’s in US cinema. This belief is also echoed by Peter Nicholls who argues science fiction was deemed socially insignificant and could play host to political criticism of a kind which might elsewhere have attracted attention of Joseph McCarthy and his Un-American Activities Committee (Clute). Dr. Miles J. Bennell (Kevin McCarthy) is the panicked stricken physician in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). Dr. Bennell in the trailer looks into the camera and screams in desperation “They’re here already! You're next! You're next, you're next!” (Invasion of the Body Snatchers Trailer). This line of dialogue from the trailer of Don Siegel’s classic Science Fiction “B” movie sums up the fear and paranoia represented in Hollywood’s Science Fictions films of the 1950’s. These films allowed Hollywood to explore the pervasive anxiety caused by Cold War politics; these films target the ambivalence towards America’s creation of the very weapons that helped catapult the United Sates into superpower status as well as the generalized fear of nuclear proliferation. The Soviet Union extended its control across the continent of Central Europe in 1945. Winston Churchill sent a top-secret telegram to President Truman on May 12, 1945, and he confided with Truman of his uncertainty of what was going on behind the Soviet Union’s Iron Curtain (Churchill 1). The telegram was the first time the Prime Minister of England used his now famous term “Iron Curtain” and may have been the original seed of paranoia which ended up sweeping through the United States as the threat of communism grew under the leadership of Joseph Stalin. As the director and principal scientist of the Manhattan Project at the Los Alamos research lab in Alamogordo, New Mexico, J. Robert Oppenheimer witnessed the first explosion of the atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert. "We knew the world would not be the same" (A Science Odyssey). A collective paranoia was triggered in 1945 and would expand during the 1950’s starting with the end of World War II and the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. With the threat of nuclear weaponry and radiation, Hollywood recognized and capitalized on this postwar “atomic age” anxiety. In The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Michael Rennie stars as Klaatu, an alien from a distant planet whose spaceship lands on a baseball diamond in Washington D.C. Klaatu wishes to meet the representatives of earth to deliver a vital message, warning the citizens the dangers of atomic technology. “It is no concern of ours how you run your own planet, but if you threaten to extend your violence, this Earth of yours will be reduced to a burned-out cinder your present We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you” (The Day the Earth Stood Still). The warning is a similar approach the United States took in cautioning the Japanese during the last days of the war. The United States military dropped leaflets on the Japanese people after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima warning the populace the United States was in possession of the most destructive force ever devised by man (American Experience). In addition, the leaflets encouraged the Japanese to evacuate their cities before the second bomb was dropped, even though they had little chance to escape or surrender. In this chilling spectacle of art imitates life, both invaders intended to warn the populations about the looming dangers through fear and paranoia which jolted the peo |
What is the highest mountain in Japan? | Highest Mountain - Nature - Explore Japan - Kids Web Japan - Web Japan Kids Web Japan Q. What is the highest mountain in Japan? Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest peak at 3,776 meters. A. Three-fourths of Japan is covered by mountains, and tall mountain ranges run roughly through the center of the Japanese archipelago like a spine. In central Honshu, Japan's main island, rises the majestic Japan Alps, a chain of mountains reaching 3,000 meters (approximately 9,800 feet) high. Between the Japan Alps and Tokyo lies Mt. Fuji, a beautiful, conical peak that is the country's tallest mountain at 3,776 meters (12,390 feet). It slopes very gently toward the foot, however, and the entire area around the base is a national park. In the summer many people climb to the top of Mt. Fuji. Even in July and August, temperatures at the mountaintop reach only around 5 to 6 degrees Celsius (41 to 43 degrees Fahrenheit). In 2013, Mt. Fuji "Fujisan" was inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List for its significant influence on culture and art, not only in Japan but also throughout the world. | The Volcanic TIbesti Mountain Range. - Cairo to Lagos - Cairo to Lagos - Tibesti Mountains The Volcanic TIbesti Mountain Range. Close The Volcanic TIbesti Mountain Range. Hidden in the mountains are hundreds of rock paintings and carvings created by early humans who inhabited the mountains. Now the mountains are home to the Toubou tribesmen, who live in the heat and aridity of the desert. The Tibesti Mountains cover an area of 30,000km². The Tibesti are a collection of huge dark volcanoes, built from the debris and lava from eruptions over millions of years. The tallest volcano in the Tibesti Range, Emi Koussi, is 3,415m tall. The Tibesti are the highest mountains in the Sahara, piercing the surrounding desert. |
"Which American President used the slogan: ""It's morning again in America"" for his presidential campaign?" | Presidential-Project - Ronald Reagan Presidential-Project President Ronald Reagan was a member of the Republican Party. Path to President Reagan became the Governor of California in 1967. He also was re-elected Governor in 1970. Reagan's ran for the Republican Party's nomination for president in 1976, but lost to incumbent President Gerald Ford. Then in 1980, Reagan made a successful bid for Republican nomination and was subsequently re-elected President for a second term. He was President from 1981-1989. Campaign Slogan/Platform Ronald Reagan had two different campaign slogans. His first one, which he used during his campaign in 1980, was, "are you better off than you were four years ago?" His second campaign slogan, "It's morning again in America," was used in his 1984 campaign. Reagan's campaign platform was to stimulate the economy by lowering taxes, have government interfere less with people's lives, states’ rights, and a strong national defense. Election Results Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1981 and then a second time in 1985. The results after his election were considered a "landslide election" in 1981 and were as follows: He received 50.8% of the popular vote with Jimmy Carter having 41%. His number of Electoral College votes was 489 out of 538. Carter took the other 69 votes. Reagan's results after his 1985 election were: He had 58.8% of the popular vote with Walter Mondale having 40.5%. His number of Electoral College votes was 525 out of 538. This election was another, even larger, landslide for Reagan. 1981 electoral votes Country Issues Reagan faced many international issues during his presidency. Here are two: President Ronald Reagan, citing the threat posed to American nationals on the Caribbean nation of Grenada by that nation’s Marxist regime, orders the Marines to invade and secure their safety. There were nearly 1,000 Americans in Grenada at the time, many of them students at the island’s medical school. In little more than a week, Grenada’s government was overthrown. The situation on Grenada had been of concern to American officials since 1979, when the leftist Maurice Bishop seized power and began to develop close relations with Cuba. In 1983, another Marxist, Bernard Coard, had Bishop assassinated and took control of the government. Protesters clashed with the new government and violence escalated. Citing the danger to the U.S. citizens in Grenada, Reagan ordered nearly 2,000 U.S. troops into the island, where they soon found themselves facing opposition from Grenadan armed forces and groups of Cuban military engineers, in Grenada to repair and expand the island’s airport. Matters were not helped by the fact that U.S. forces had to rely on minimal intelligence about the situation. (The maps used by many of them were, in fact, old tourist maps of the island.) Reagan ordered in more troops, and by the time the fighting was done, nearly 6,000 U.S. troops were in Grenada. Nearly 20 of these troops were killed and over a hundred wounded; over 60 Grenadan and Cuban troops were killed. Coard’s government collapsed and was replaced by one acceptable to the United States. Afterwards, Reagan withdrew American forces. In 1986, the U.S. launched several airstrikes on a number of targets in Libya. The attacks were supposed to stop Muammar Gaddafi, the leader of Libya, from aiding terrorists. Intel found showed Qdoba as providing a bomb that terrorists used in Milan injuring 63 U.S. citizens. After the attacks were carried out, Reagan addressed the nation from the oval office. He said, "When our citizens are attacked or abused anywhere in the world on the direct orders of hostile regimes, we will respond so long as I'm in this office." Domestic Issues Reagan also faced numerous domestic issues during his presidency. Here are two: In August of 1981, U.S. Air Traffic Controllers went on strike. By going on strike they violated a federal regulation prohibiting government unions from striking as well as became a threat to America's economy by bringing air travel to a halt. Reagan gave the air traffic contro | The Golden Age Of Blacks In Television: The Late 1960s The Golden Age Of Blacks In Television: The Late 1960s "Golden Age" is a term to label that period in the history of a nation, movement, artistic medium or the like during which its greatest achievements were realized. It is not an absolute term since it does not intend to describe the best possible epoch. That being the case, there can be no doubt that for African Americans in television, the last half of the 1960s was a Golden Age. Speaking in July 1964, Frank Stanton, president of CBS, called upon broadcasters to launch a "mighty and continuing editorial crusade" in support of civil rights. In an address to the National Broadcast Editorial Conference of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Stanton called for commitment and advocacy. President Lyndon B. Johnson having recently signed the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1964, Stanton spoke now of the "pivotal point in our history" and of the need for television to utilize its "editorial strength boldly, imaginatively and with insight and wisdom." This was a significant speech for it revealed the sensitivity and involvement many TV executives felt toward the civil rights movement, and toward the fact that the government and the nation supported racial reform. Stanton suggested this when he directed broadcasters to "use their 5,000 voices heard on 156 million radio sets and 61 million television sets, in a mighty continuing editorial crusade to make this new law work." In part, the changing complexion of TV in the late 1960s was a reflection within the industry of the changes wrought by the great social and legal movement that was the push for civil rights. Until this date there had been few sponsored network shows headed by black actors. Serious entertainers such as Billy Daniels in 1952 and Nat King Cole in 1956-1957 had failed to gain or maintain popularity. The only successful programs, Beulah and Amos ‘n’ Andy, may have amused enough people to keep them viable for several seasons, but they resurrected minstrel-show stereotypes thought by many to have been abandoned following World War II. 1960s Series Featuring Blacks as Stars, Co-Stars, or Continuing Characters Sing-Along with Mitch (1961-1966) The Lawrence Welk Show (1964-1971) Rawhide (1965) The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1973) The Silent Force (1970-1971) Now, in the second half of the 1960s, there were more than two dozen programs featuring black actors as leading characters, or in prominent, regular supporting roles. As in most of commercial TV, many of the series achieved limited success and were quickly canceled. Several programs, however, were ratings favorites and lasted for years. It is important, too, that relative to their counterparts in earlier decades, the shows in this period were practically free of racial stereotyping. The above list indicates the scope of network programming featuring African-American stars in this Golden Age. As it affected the history of blacks in American television, the most crucial series in the latter half of the 1960s was I Spy. The program premiered in 1965 and co-starred Bill Cosby and Robert Culp. It was clearly intended to capitalize on the popular interest in espionage dramas created by Sean Connery's success in several James Bond feature films, and by The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a successful TV series of the previous season. I Spy related the exploits of two secret agents operating around the world to protect U.S. national interests. But unlike other spy shows on network TV—Honey West, The Avengers, Secret Agent, as well as The Man from U.N.C.L.E.—this program mixed its international intrigue with a slight touch of American wit. This was because of the presence of Bill Cosby. I Spy was the first network dramatic series to star a minority actor. Not since the demise of Harlem Detective in 1954 had television attempted to feature a black detective hero. And Harlem Detective, of course, was a local show in New York City, not a network production. When I Spy premiered, NBC officials seemed pleased th |
Gingerbread men were first attributed to which English monarch, who allegedly served them to foreign dignitaries? | History of Gingerbread | Confectionary Chalet Search History of Gingerbread This following information was compiled from a variety of resources. Very interesting facts and history on Gingerbread. More information and recipes will be updated in the future; continue checking back for updated information. If you have any further History to share, please Contact Us , Kathleen at Confectionary Chalet. Thank you! Interesting Facts about Gingerbread Gingerbread is a sweet food-product flavored with ginger and typically using honey or molasses rather than just sugar . Gingerbread foods vary, ranging from a soft, moist loaf cake to something close to a ginger biscuit . The different types likely share a common origin. Originally, the term gingerbread referred to preserved ginger . It then referred to a confection made with honey and spices . Gingerbread is often used to translate the French term pain d’épices (literally “spice bread”) or the German term Lebkuchen or Pfefferkuchen (pepperbread, literally: pepper cake). The term Lebkuchen is unspecified in the German language. It can mean Leben (life) or Laib (loaf), while the last term comes from the wide range of spices used in this product. Gingerbread was brought to Europe in 992 by the Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis (Gregory Makar) (Grégoire de Nicopolis). He left Nicopolis Pompeii, to live in Bondaroy (France), near the town of Pithiviers . He stayed there seven years, and taught gingerbread baking to French Christians. He died in 999. During the 13th century, gingerbread was brought to Sweden by German immigrants. In 15th century Germany, a gingerbread guild controlled production. Early references from the Vadstena Abbey show how the Swedish nuns were baking gingerbread to ease indigestion in 1444. It was the custom to bake white biscuits and paint them as window decorations. The first documented trade of gingerbread biscuits dates to the 17th century, where they were sold in monasteries, pharmacies and town square farmers’ markets. In Medieval England gingerbread was thought to have medicinal properties. One hundred years later the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire , UK became known for its gingerbread, as is proudly displayed on their town’s welcome sign. The first recorded mention of gingerbread being baked in the town dates back to 1793; however, it was probably made earlier, as ginger was stocked in high street businesses from the 1640s. Gingerbread became widely available in the 18th century. In England, gingerbread may refer to a cake, or a type of cookie / biscuit made with ginger. In the biscuit form, it commonly takes the form of a gingerbread man . Gingerbread men were first attributed to Queen Elizabeth I, who allegedly served the figurines to foreign dignitaries. Today, however, they are generally served around Christmas. Parkin is a form soft gingerbread cake made with oatmeal and treacle which is popular in northern England. In the United States , this form of gingerbread is sometimes called “gingerbread cake” or “ginger cake” to distinguish it from the harder forms. French pain d’épices is somewhat similar, though generally slightly drier, and involves honey rather than treacle. Original French gingerbread did not contain ginger. In Germany gingerbread is made in two forms: a soft form called Lebkuchen and a harder form, particularly associated with carnivals and street markets such as the Christmas markets that occur in many German towns. The hard gingerbread is made in decorative shapes, which are then further decorated with sweets and icing. The tradition of cutting gingerbread into shapes takes many other forms, and exists in many countries, a well-known example being the gingerbread man . Traditionally, these were dunked in port wine . In the Nordic countries, the most popular form of ginger confection is the pepperkaker ( Norwegian ), pepparkakor ( Swedish ), brunkager ( Danish ), piparkökur ( Icelandic ), piparkakut ( Finnish ) and in the Baltic countries piparkūkas ( Latvian ) or piparkoogid ( Estonian ). They are thin, very brittle cookies | Book review: All for the King's Shilling, The British Soldier Under Wellington, 1808-1814 - napoleon.org facebook The expression “scum of the earth” uttered by Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, has become etched in history as a great commander's miserable opinion of his men. In a letter to Henry, Third Earl Bathurst, from Huarte Spain, on 2 July, 1813, Wellington wrote, “we have in the service the scum of the Earth as common soldiers.” His opinion did not change with time. On 4 November, 1813, he declared in a conversation with Philip Henry, Fifth Earl Stanhope, “I don't mean to say that there is no difference in the composition or therefore the feeling of the French army and ours. The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the Earth—the mere scum of the Earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterward. The English soldiers are fellows who have enlisted for drink—that is the plain fact—they have all enlisted for drink.” In his new addition to the University of Oklahoma Press' Campaigns and Commanders series, All for the King's Shilling, Edward J. Coss, assistant professor of military history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, tries to bring to light the soldier's real motives for enlisting in the British army in the 19th century, as well as the real reason that Wellington's “scum of the earth” won so many victories against the Imperial French army. In the process of researching fourteen British line regiments, four cavalry regiments, and the Artillery Corps in the National Archives at Kew (formerly called the Public Record Office) outside London, Coss found that the majority of their personnel were laborers, drafted because they could not find any work in the cities. A great rise in the British population, combined with the increasing use of machines in industrial production left many workers facing prospects of starvation. For many, the only alternative was to enlist in one of the king's regiments. Of those unemployed enlistees, 48 percent were of Irish origin. The regular army had a bad reputation in Britain at that time and Coss makes clear how bad conditions were for the common soldier. Exhausted from continuous marches, short on food and supplies, with wages always delayed by the government, the British soldier was compelled to survive by plundering the local populations of Portugal and Spain. Although Wellington criticised those who opposed flogging as a method of punishment—in his mind, the only way to keep discipline—he was well aware of why his troops resorted to looting. In a series of letters he demanded a proper supply system for the army and complained that the government seemed to care less about the fate of his soldiers and their families than it did for the families of those serving in the home militia. Wellington himself sometimes permitted his soldiers to loot, as happened in the second siege of Badajoz, rationalizing, “I believed it has always been understood that the defenders of a fortress stormed have no claim to quarter.” During the plundering that followed the fall of Badajoz, Wellington recalled one drunken soldier, “heavily laden with plunder,” telling him, “We poor Fellows, fights hard and gets nothing,” to which the general said nothing in reply. Coss believes that the common British soldiers, underfed, sometimes barefoot, neglected by their country, could only survive by supporting each other. Sleeping in groups of six to fend off the cold at night developed a tight cohesion among the men. If someone in the group wronged one of his comrades the grave penalty was ostracism. As Coss writes, the British rank and file may have earned their daily shilling from the king, but they fought for each other. In spite of the Royal Navy's great victory of Trafalgar in 1805, it is quite possible that Napoleon would have ultimately victorious had it not been for Wellington's “scum”. Combining a brilliant commander with the comradeship that developed amon |
In the Star Wars series of films Princess Leia is whose twin sister? | Daisy Ridley, Daughter of Han Solo and Leia in Star Wars? · Guardian Liberty Voice Share on Facebook Follow on Facebook Add to Google+ Connect on Linked in Subscribe by Email Print This Post When the entire main cast of Star Wars Episode VII was announced on April 29, there was much speculation on Twitter about who Daisy Ridley is. The new female lead is almost unknown to the public prior the announcement. Other than a few images online and an updated information about her role in the upcoming Star Wars film on IMDB, little is known about the British actress who had appeared a number of TV series, such as Casuality and Toast of London, and a recent film Scrawl. Many Star Wars zealots and fans speculated that Daisy Ridley may play the role of Han Solo and Princess Leia’s daughter, Jaina Solo. In July 2013, IGN speculated that Star Wars Episode VII will focus more on the children of heroes from the original trilogy, featuring the son and daughter of Han and Leia, Jacen and Jaina Solo. While there is no official announcement about any of the cast playing Jacen or Jaina, the rumor about Ridley started with a black and white photo of the entire cast sitting in a circle with Ridley sitting between Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, who are reprising their famous roles of Solo and Leia, respectively. “FridayFilmCulb” on Twitter tweeted, “Daisy Ridley sitting inbetween Ford and Fisher? She must be their daughter.” If Daisy Ridley will play the daughter of Han Solo and Princess Leia in the next Star Wars film, just who is Jaina Solo? In the Expanded Universe of Star Wars, Jaina is the twin sister of Jacen, who was born about nine years after the Battle of Yavin from Star War: A New Hope. Like her father, she was one of the few best pilots in Rogue Squadron and was adept in machinery. Jaina also inherited Leia’s sensitivity to the Force, making her a Jedi Knight like her uncle Luke Skywalker. Most illustrations of Jaina Solo, such as the picture (by artist Chris Trevas) next to Daisy Ridley’s photo, depict her as young and wise yet determined. Others depict her as a fierce young warrior, like the one by artist Jason Felix below. If Ridley is to play such a physical role as a Jedi Knight, she will have to train for at least six months of the art of the lightsaber as well as developing a physique that matches Jaina’s. If Daisy Ridley plays Jaina, who will play her twin brother? It’s not quite known yet, and Disney — who bought LucasArts in 2012 and took over the Star Wars franchise — revealed almost nothing about the plot. It may or may not follow the story as written and told in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. What is known is that Episode VII will take place about 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. Whether or not she plays the role of Han and Leia’s Jaina Solo, Daisy Ridley may become one of the most promising new celebrities in the new Star Wars film, along with John Boyega, Oscar Issac, and Adam Driver whose roles are not currently yet known. Filming is currently taking place at Pinewood Studios in London. The Star Wars saga will strike back in theaters on December 18, 2015. | Lightsaber - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lightsaber Prop of Luke Skywalker 's second lightsaber hilt A plot element from the Star Wars franchise First appearance Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) Genre Jedi , Sith A lightsaber is a science fiction weapon in the Star Wars movies and Expanded Universe . The lightsaber consists of a polished metal hilt which projects a blade of energy ( plasma ) about one meter long. The lightsaber is the signature weapon of the Jedi order and their Sith counterparts, both of whom can use them for offence, or to deflect blaster bolts. Its distinct appearance was created using rotoscoping for the original trilogy , and digitally for the prequel trilogy. The lightsaber first appeared in the original Star Wars film ( 1977 ) and every Star Wars movie to date features at least one lightsaber duel . In 2008 , a survey of approximately two thousand film fans found it to be the most popular film weapon. [1] The lightsaber's blade cuts through most substances without resistance. It leaves cauterized wounds in flesh, but can be deflected by another lightsaber's blade, or an energy shield or wall. Some vibroswords and shields made with cortosis are also able to deflect them, as seen first in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and, later on, in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, and The Force Unleashed . An active lightsaber gives off a distinctive hum, which rises in pitch and volume as the blade is moved rapidly through the air. Bringing the blade into contact with an object or another lightsaber's blade produces a loud crackle. The term "lightsaber" has been applied to other similar weapons in science fiction . Contents Production Visual effects Animator Nelson Shin was tasked with drawing the lightsaber to match the film scenes that the film producers brought. Shin explained to the people from Lucasfilm that since the lightsaber is made of light , the sword should look "a little shaky" like a fluorescent tube. He suggested inserting one frame that was much lighter than the others while printing the film on an optical printer , making the light seem to vibrate. Shin also recommended adding a degausser sound on top of the other sounds for the weapon since the sound would be reminiscent of a magnetic field. The whole process took one week, surprising his company, and Lucasfilm demonstrated the film to him, having followed his suggestions, including using an X-Acto knife to give the lightsaber a very sharp look. [2] Sound The lightsaber sound effect was developed by sound designer Ben Burtt as a combination of the hum of idling interlock motors in aged movie projectors and interference caused by a television set on an unshielded microphone . Burtt discovered the latter accidentally as he was looking for a buzzing, sparkling sound to add to the projector motor hum. [3] The pitch changes of lightsaber movement were produced by playing the basic lightsaber tone on a speaker and recording it on a moving microphone, generating Doppler shift to mimic a moving sound source. [3] Off film, advanced micro controller boards are now used to produce lightsaber sounds. These are commonly referred to as " sound boards ". Prop construction For Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, the original film prop hilts were constructed from old camera-flash battery packs and other pieces of hardware. The "switched-on" sword props were designed with the intention of creating an "in-camera" glowing effect. The "blade" was three-sided and coated with a retroreflector array—the same sort used for highway signs . A lamp was positioned to the side of the taking camera and reflected towards the subject through 45-degree angled glass so that the sword would appear to glow from the camera's point-of-view. Depiction Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn |
Who won the Australian Open Men’s Tennis Championship? | The Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2016 | Tournament Details The Australian Open Tennis Tournament 2016 | Tournament Details Australian Open Tournament 2016 While tennis may not be the first sport thought of by many sport event goers, for tennis fanatics there is nothing better than the four Grand Slams – Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. While to some tennis may seem like an easy sport, it takes years of dedication and hard work to master and perfect the technique to correctly play the sport. When it comes to watching tennis there is lots of excitement and sometimes even tension in the air. Tennis tournaments are just like many other sport tournaments where players compete against each other to try to make it to the final match. Every year the Australian Open brings many fans to Melbourne Park to watch and enjoy a sport that has been raved about for many years. While enjoying the breathtaking atmosphere, fans are holding their breath while watching their favourite players every shot. The 2016 Australian Open is promising to be even greater than previous years as the top tennis champions are set to compete against each other making the run for the title closer than ever. So if you want to be in the crowd while the tennis champs take on each other get in early and get your tickets at http://www.queenoftickets.com/sports-tickets/australian-open before they sell out and you miss out. 2016 Australian Open – players to watch As mentioned above, the 2016 Australian Open has many players to watch and keep your eye on. If you are already a tennis fan, you may already know who you are looking forward to seeing play at the tournament. Some players that all tennis fans may want to keep their eyes on include Stanislas Wawrinka, Rafael Nadal and Dominika Cibulkova. If you are interested in the Australian Open these are definitely some of the players to watch out for. Check out more information on these awesome players here . When is the Australian Open 2016 Tennis Tournament? Like any tennis tournament, the Australian Open is made up of seven rounds (round 1, Round 2, Round 3, Round 4, Quarter Finals, Semi Finals and the Finals). As the players’ advances through each round, the competition gets tougher and tougher and for the fans this means more excitement and more sitting on the edge of their seats waiting to see who will win this prestigious tournament in 2016. If you have been to any of the previous Australian Open Tournaments then you know exactly what this means. The 2016 schedule for the Australian Open looks like this: Round 1 • Monday, January 18, 2015: 11:00 AM - Day Session • Monday, January 18, 2015: 7:00 PM – Night Session • Tuesday, January 19, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Tuesday, January 19, 2015: 7:00 PM –Night Session Round 2 • Wednesday, January 20, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Wednesday, January 20, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session • Thursday, January 21, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Thursday, January 21, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session Round 3 • Friday, January 22, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Friday, January 22, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session • Saturday, January 23, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Saturday, January 23, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session Round 4 • Sunday, January 24, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Sunday, January 24, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session • Monday, January 25, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Monday, January 25, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session Quarter Finals • Tuesday, January 26, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Tuesday, January 26, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session • Wednesday, January 27, 2015: 11:00 AM- Day Session • Wednesday, January 27, 2015: 7:00 PM- Night Session Semi Finals • Thursday, January 28, 2015: 11:00 AM Women’s Semi Finals • Thursday, January 28, 2015: 7:00 PM- Men’s Semi Final 1 • Friday, January 29, 2015: 4:00 PM- Men’s Semi Final 2 Finals • Saturday, January 30, 2015: 1:00 PM- Women’s Final • Sunday, February 31, 2015: 4:00 PM- Men’s Final The 2016 Australian Open is bound to bring a lot of fans together to watch their favourite players compete for a sport in the | Ten women tennis players who achieved a career Grand Slam | Zee News Ten women tennis players who achieved a career Grand Slam Last Updated: Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 14:20 0 Follow @ZeeNewsSports Zeenews Sports Bureau New Delhi: After winning Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008, the new World No 1 Maria Sharapova completed her Grand Slam and became only the 10th women in the history to do so. The 25-year-old Russian underwent a shoulder surgery four years back after which she was uncertain about her future, she overcame all the hurdles to achieve the historic feat. Here is a list of all the ten women tennis players who have completed a career Grand Slam. 1) Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA): Fondly known as the Little Mo, Maureen was the first female tennis player to complete a career Grand Slam in the same year. Australian Open: (1953) Wimbledon: (1952, 1953, 1954) US Open: (1951, 1952, 1953) 2) Doris Hart (USA): During her childhood, the American suffered from osteomyelitis, which resulted in a permanently impaired right leg. In spite of that, she has won 14 singles titles at major tournaments. Australian Open: (1950) French Open: (1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953) Wimbledon: (1947, 1951, 1952, 1953) US Open: (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) 3) Shirley Fry Irvin (USA): Just like Maria Sharapova, the American has also won just four grand slams at the major tournaments. Australian Open: (1957) Wimbledon: (1956) US Open: (1956) 4) Margaret Court (Australia): She has the record of winning the Australian Open for seven consecutive times. Australian Open: (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) French Open: (1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973) Wimbledon: (1963, 1965, 1970) US Open: (1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973) 5) Billie Jean King (USA): She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women`s doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Australian Open: (1968) Wimbledon: (1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975) US Open: (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974) 6) Chris Evert (USA): The former World No. 1 won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. Australian Open: (1982, 1984) French Open: (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986) Wimbledon: (1974, 1976, 1981) US Open: (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982) 7) Martina Navratilova (Czech): Along with Margaret Court and Doris Hart, the 56-year-old has a unique record of winning a career Grand Slam in singles, women`s doubles, and mixed doubles (called the Grand Slam "boxed set"). She has also won the women’s singles title at the Wimbledon for a record nine times. Australian Open: (1981, 1983, 1985) French Open: (1982, 1984) Wimbledon: (1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990) US Open: (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987) 8) Steffi Graf (Germany): The German is the only singles player to have achieved a Calendar Year Grand Slam while playing on all three major types of tennis courts (grass courts, clay courts and hard courts). Australian Open (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994) French Open: (1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999) Wimbledon: (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996) US Open: (1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996) 9) Serena Williams (USA): The former World No 1 who dominated women tennis for quite some time with her powerful strokes is the recent women tennis player to hold a career slam simultaneously. Australian Open: (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010) French Open: (2002) Wimbledon: (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010) US Open: (1999, 2002, 2008) 10) Maria Sharapova (Russia): The Women`s Tennis Association has ranked Sharapova World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions, the first time being on August 22, 2005. The Russian has been has been in seven Grand Slam finals with a record of 4–3. Australian Open: (2008) |
What wood was traditionally used to make Chippendale furniture? | Everything you need to know about Chippendale furniture Everything you need to know about Chippendale furniture 1 comment Chippendale is a style of furniture that became popular towards the end of the 18th century, designed by English cabinet maker Thomas Chippendale – after whom the style is named. Chippendale furniture is as popular as ever today, helping people create a period elegance in their homes. If you want to learn more about the popular style of furniture and its origins, read on. Who was Thomas Chippendale? Thomas Chippendale was born in the early 1700s but little more is known of his early life until he married in 1748. A few years later, he moved to the edge of Covent Garden and set up home, as well as establishing workshops where he made furniture. In 1754, Chippendale published a collection of furniture designs called Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, which was enormously well-received by the public at the time. He was elected to the Society of Arts in 1759 and partnered with upholsterer James Rannie for a number of years until Rannie’s death, when Chippendale recruited his clerk Thomas Haig. Chippendale married again in 1777 after the death of his first wife in 1772, and died in 1779 from tuberculosis. Styles of Chippendale furniture The Chippendale style is often described as being an anglicised type of Rococo, and Rococo is one of the styles Chippendale encompasses, along with Gothic and Chinese. Rococo Chippendale furniture often displays French influence, with chairs based on Louis XV designs, although usually less ostentatious. The ribbonback chair with a broad seat and cupid’s bow-style back rail is perhaps the most famous Chippendale design. Gothic Chippendale furniture is characterised by s-shaped curves and pointed arches in the backs of chairs, while Gothic bookcases were triangular at the top and had wooden glazing bars to hold the glass in place. Chinese Chippendale creations often included cabinets and shelves for china, and typically features pagoda-style pediments and glazing bars arranged in a fretwork design. This fretwork was also used on the edges of tea tables and on the backs and legs of chairs, often coated with lacquer. Modern Chippendale furniture Chippendale furniture continues to be popular in modern times as the furnishings are not only attractive and help to create an upmarket, classic feel in the home, they are also hardwearing and long-lasting. While original furniture from the 1700s is hard to come by – especially in a well-preserved form, you can invest in replica pieces made from solid mahogany that is virtually undetectable as a modern equivalent. Mahogany is a reddish-brown hardwood that is extremely durable and ideal for carving. It resists wood rot and can be transformed into items of furniture that, with little maintenance, will last for years. You’ll find bedside tables, writing desks and dressing tables among the Chippendale furniture available, and simply need to wipe the furnishings down with a damp cloth to remove dust that has settled. To keep your mahogany Chippendale furniture in good condition, avoid placing it near to sunlight, as this can cause the wood’s colour to fade. Similarly, furnishings should not stand near to radiators or fireplaces. Avoid placing hot dishes directly on your Chippendale furniture, and use coasters lined underneath with felt, as other materials may scratch or damage the wood. You can also add extra shine to your furniture by giving it a regular polish when the pieces are beginning to look a little dull. | Stamford Lincolnshire United kingdom Local Martin Smith's History of Stamford The recorded history of Stamford goes back well over 1,000 years. It first came to prominence in the 9th and 10th centuries when it became one of the 5 controlling boroughs of Danelaw. It was one of the first towns to produce glazed wheel-thrown pottery after the departure of the Romans. Stamford prospered under the Normans with an economy based mainly on wool; it was particularly famous for its woven cloth called haberget. The town's excellent communication routes via the Great North Road and via the River Welland to the North Sea ensured the success of its trade. By the 13th century Stamford was one of the 10 largest towns in England. It had a castle, 14 churches, 2 monastic institutions, and 4 friaries; parliaments met here and there was a tradition of academic learning which finally led to the establishment of a short-lived breakaway university in the mid 14th century. Many buildings survive from this period including the early 12th-century St Leonard's Priory; the magnificent early 13th-century tower of St Mary's Church; the rich 13th-century arcades in All Saints' Church; fine 13th-century stone-built hall houses and undercrofts, and the 14th-century gateway to the Grey Friary. The removal of the main wool trade to East Anglia in the 15th century forced the town into decline, and the trade that remained was concentrated in the hands of rich merchants like the Browne family. These merchants helped rebuilt many of the churches in the mid-late 15th century including St John's; St Martin's and All Saints' which are fine examples of Perpendicular Gothic architecture. William Browne also founded an almshouse which remains one of the best surviving medieval almshouses in England, complete with exemplary stained glass. While the overall decline continued into the 16th century, Stamford was linked to national affairs by the fact that a local man, William Cecil, became secretary of state to Queen Elizabeth I. He built a palatial mansion just outside Stamford for his mother and Burghley House survives as one of the crowning glories of the Tudor age. The great tombs of Cecil and his descendants lie in St Martin's Church. The town escaped the civil war relatively unscathed despite Oliver Cromwell's siege of Burghley House and the visit of the fugitive King Charles in May 1646. After the Restoration of 1660, the town recovered as improvements to the Great North Road encouraged road trade and the river was made navigable again by a canal. Everyone who travelled north passed through Stamford and the coaching trade elevated old medieval inns like the George into major nationally renowned hostelries. Prosperous professional men and merchants were attracted to the town and they built their fine vernacular and later Classical or Georgian houses which today provide the backbone of the town's fabric. It is the consistency and quality of these houses and the exceptional streetscapes they create, which encouraged the BBC to film 'Middlemarch' in the town. The arrival of the railway in the 1830s signalled a death blow to the coaching trade and so to Stamford's fortunes. The main line to the north bypassed the town and so stunted industrial development. However, like many eastern shire towns, Stamford produced skilled agricultural engineers such as Blackstone's. The lack of industrialisation together with the traditional, almost feudal, relationship between town and house (the Cecils of Burghley were Stamford's landlords) preserved and pickled the town so that today the historic urban fabric survives almost unscathed. Stamford is a unique treasure trove of provincial English architecture built in the finest stone that this country has to offer. Today Stamford prospers as a small market town of around 18,000 inhabitants with a mixed economy based on industry, services, agriculture, and tourism. |
Which actor appeared as Fancy Smith in Z-cars? | Z cars the first episode ever Pt. 2. of 4 - YouTube Z cars the first episode ever Pt. 2. of 4 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jan 22, 2013 Police constables Fancy Smith (Brian Blessed) Jock Weir (Joseph Brady) are Z victor 1 while PC Lynch (James Ellis) and Bob Steele (Jeremy Kemp) are Z victor 2. in the second part of Four of a kind. Category | 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 |
Name the only county in Southern Ireland (Irish Rep.) that begins with the initial letter 'T'? | Ireland travel guide - Wikitravel For other places with the same name, see Ireland (disambiguation) . Ulster directs to here. For other places with this name, see Ulster (disambiguation) Ireland is an island in north-western Europe which has been divided politically since 1920. Most of the island is made up of Ireland (Irish: Éire, also known as Poblacht na hÉireann = the Republic of Ireland). The remainder is Northern Ireland , which is part of the United Kingdom . Understand[ edit ] The island of Ireland historically consists of 32 counties, of which six, collectively known as Northern Ireland , have remained as part of the United Kingdom since the rest of Ireland gained self government in 1922. The name "Ireland" applies to the island as a whole, but in English is also the official name of the independent state (ie the 26 counties which are not part of the United Kingdom), since 1921. Celtic tribes settled on the island in the 4th century BC. Invasions by Norsemen that began in the late 8th century were finally ended when King Brian Boru defeated the Danes in 1014. Norman invasions began in the early 12th century and set in place Ireland's uneasy position within England's sphere of influence. The Act of Union of 1800 - in which Catholics, 90% of the Irish population, were excluded from Parliament - saw Ireland joining the United Kingdom. In the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century the subject of Irish home rule was a major debate within the British parliament. After several failed attempts, a Home Rule bill finally passed through parliament in 1914 though the start of the first world war saw its indefinite postponement due to heavily armed unionist opposition. A failed rebellion on Easter Monday in 1916, (after which 15 of the surrendered leaders were shot by firing squad and 1 hanged) showed a hint of things to come with years of war to follow, beginning with the Irish War of Independence (1919-1921) and continuing with the Irish Civil War (1922-1923). Eventually a somewhat stable situation emerged with the self government of 26 of Ireland's counties known as the Irish Free State; the remaining six, located in the north of the country comprising two-thirds of the ancient province of Ulster, remained part of the United Kingdom — a status that has continued to the present day. In 1949 the Irish Free State became "Ireland" (a.k.a. the Republic of Ireland) and withdrew from the British Commonwealth of Nations. Ireland's history post-partition has been marked with violence, a period known as "The Troubles", generally regarded as beginning in the late 1960s, which saw large scale confrontation between opposing paramilitary groups seeking to either keep Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom or bring it into Ireland [1] as well as with the security forces. The Troubles saw many ups and downs in intensity of fighting and on many occasions they even spread to terrorist attacks in Britain and continental Europe. Both the government of the UK and Ireland were opposed to all terrorist groups. A peace settlement known as the Good Friday Agreement was finally approved in 1998 and is currently being implemented. All signs point to this agreement holding steady. Though a relatively poor country for much of the 20th century, Ireland joined the European Community in 1973 (at the same time as the United Kingdom). Between the mid 1990s and late 2000s, Ireland saw massive economic boom (called 'The Celtic Tiger'), becoming one of the richest countries in Europe. However, the global banking crisis and subsequent recession have hit Ireland hard, and high levels of unemployment have returned. Regions[ edit ] Historically, Ireland was divided into four ancient provinces, namely Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster, however these have no administrative significance today. Internationally, the best known of these of course is Ulster, since it is used as an umbrella term to describe Northern Ireland , although three of its nine counties are within Ireland. Most unknown is the fourth county in Ireland which mainly | South Carolina State Facts - 50States.com South Dakota South Carolina Facts and Trivia Campbell's Covered Bridge built in 1909, is the only remaining covered bridge in South Carolina. Off Hwy 14 near Gowensville. The salamander was given the honor of official state amphibian. The walls of the American fort on Sullivan Island, in Charleston Harbor, were made of spongy Palmetto logs. This was helpful in protecting the fort because the British cannonballs bounced off the logs. The City of Myrtle Beach is in the center of the Grand Strand, a 60-mile crescent of beach on the South Carolina coast. In the last 25 years, Myrtle Beach has developed into the premier resort destination on the East Coast. South Carolina entered the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state. David Robert Coker (1870-1938) conducted his early crop-improvement experiments on the family plantation in Hartsville. Beginning with 30 experimental cotton selections and methodically applying the latest techniques in the scientific breeding of crops, the work of Coker Experimental Farms played a great role in the agricultural revolution in the South. The state dance of South Carolina is the Shag! The first battle of the Civil War took place at Fort Sumter. South Carolina is the nation's leading peach producer and shipper east of the Mississippi River. Before being known as the Palmetto State, South Carolina was known as, and had emblazoned on their license plates, the Iodine State. The only major league baseball player to wear the name of his hometown on his uniform was pitcher Bill Voiselle. He wore number 96. The Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame features champion thoroughbred flat racers and steeplechase horses trained in Aiken. The Black River Swamp Preserve is located near Andrews. This slow-moving river is characterized by high concentrations of organic carbon, which accounts for the tea-colored water and gives rise to the diverse habitats in its widespread floodplain. Batesburg-Leesville is home to the annual South Carolina Poultry Festival held in early May. South Carolina's smallest county is McCormick at 360 square miles while the largest county is Horry at 1,134 square miles A noble Catawba Indian who befriended early Camden settlers, King Haiglar is often called "The Patron Saint of Camden." Today, he reigns over Camden in the form of a life-sized weather vane which graces the tower of what once was the circa-1886 Opera House. Chapin is known as the Capital of Lake Murray. Sumter has the largest Gingko farm in the world. Stretching 60 miles from Little River to Georgetown, South Carolina's Grand Strand is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the United States. The Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel was started in 1856 by a railroad company and is bored for more than a mile into the granite heart of fabled Stumphouse Mountain. The coming of the Civil War in 1859 ended the work on the project. Some years ago, Clemson University made Blue Mold Cheese in the tunnel successfully for the first time in the South. Tyler Brothers Work Shoe and Boot Company in Wagener produces 8 major brands of OSHA approved safety footwear, including such famous brands as Redwing, Georgia, Northlake, and Wolverine. The Board of Public Works in Gaffney built an elevated water storage tank in the shape of a peach in 1981. The Edisto River Canoe & Kayak Trail covers 66 miles of the river for which it's named. The Edisto is reputed to be the world's longest free-flowing "blackwater" stream. "Blackwater" is a term that not only describes the color of the tannin-rich water, but also refers to the peaceful rate of flow that characterizes such rivers. The Argent train Engine No. 7 was donated to the town of Hardeeville upon the closing of the Argent Lumber Company. This narrow gauge train is a rarity and attracts many people from across the nation. The first boll weevil found in South Carolina is on display at the Pendleton District Agricultural Museum. 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Who received a replacement gold medal at the 1996 Olympics for the one he allegedly threw away after being refused service in a whites-only restaurant in his home town? | Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (1942- ) Background and Early Years Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born in Louisville, Ky., on January 17 , 1942 . His father, Cassius Sr. painted billboards and signs, while his mother, Odessa Grady , was a housewife. Although Cassius was a Methodist , he allowed Odessa to bring up both Ali and his brother, Rudy Clay, as Baptist . Ali barely graduated from Louisville Central High School, though he was a local basketball power. By this time, he had already taken up boxing and was excelling at it; he often traveled to fight on weekends. Ali was first directed toward boxing by a Louisville police officer Joe E. Martin , who first met 12-year-old Ali fuming over his stolen bicycle. However, without Martin knowing, Ali had already begun training with Fred Stoner at another gym. In this way, Ali continued making $4 a week on Tomorrow's Champions, a TV show that Martin hosted. He benefitted from the coaching of the more-experienced Stoner, who continued working with Ali throughout his amateur career. Ali trained in Tae kwon do under Grand Master Jhoon Rhee , the Father of American Taekwondo. At the end of his amateur career, Ali’s record was 100 wins and five losses. His last amateur loss was to Kent Green of Chicago, who could say he was the last person to defeat the champion until Ali lost to Joe Frazier in 1971 as a professional boxer. Under Stoner's guidance, Ali went on to win six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two national Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title and the Light Heavyweight gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome . After his Olympic triumph, Ali came back to the States to begin his professional career. There, on October 29 , 1960 , he won his first professional fight, a six-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker , who was the police chief of Fayetteville, W.Va . A popular urban legend about him states that after being refused service at a “Whites only” restaurant and fighting with a White gang, Ali threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River . Whether this is true is still debated, although he was given a replacement medal decades later at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he lit the torch to start the games. Ali has been married four times and has seven daughters and two sons. Ali met his first wife, waitress Sonji Roi, approximately one month before they married on August 14 , 1964 . Roi's objections to certain Muslim customs in regard to dress for women contributed to the breakup of their marriage. They divorced in January of 1966 . On August 17 , 1967 , Ali married 17-year-old Belinda Boyd . After the wedding, she converted to Islam and changed her name to Khalilah . They had four children together: daughters, Maryum, Jamillah and Liban and a son, Muhammad Jr. Later, Ali had an affair with a young woman named Veronica Porsche around 1975 . By the summer of 1977 , Ali's second marriage was over and he had married Veronica. At the time of their marriage, they had a baby girl, Hana, and Veronica was pregnant with their second child. Their second daughter, Laila , was born in December of 1977 . By 1986 , Ali and Veronica were divorced. On November 19 , 1986 , Ali married Yolanda “Lonnie.” They had been friends since 1964 back in Louisville . Their mothers were close friends. They have one adopted son, Asaad. Ali has two other daughters, Miya and Khaliah, from extramarital relationships. Ali currently lives in Scottsdale, Ariz ., with his fourth wife, Lonnie. Boxing Anomaly Standing tall, at 6 feet, 3 inches, Ali had a highly unorthodox style for a heavyweight boxer. Rather than the normal method of carrying the hands high to defend the face, he instead relied on foot speed and quickness to avoid punches and carried his hands low. From 1960 to 1963, the young fighter already amassed a record of 19-0, with 15 knockouts. He defeated boxers such as Tony Esperti, Jim Robinson, Donnie Fleeman, Alonzo Johnson, George Logan, Willi Besmanoff, Doug Jones , Henry Cooper and Lamar Clark, who had won his previous 40 bouts by knockout. 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Which car company produces a model called the 'Charade'? | Daihatsu Parts & Spare Parts Online | AutoPartsWarehouse Tweet Daihatsu: The World's Trusted Engine and Car Manufacturer Known for its small cars and off-road vehicles, Daihatsu is considered as one of the oldest car manufacturers in Japan today. During its early years, Daihatsu was known as Hatsudoki Seizo Co. Ltd.?an internal combustion engine manufacturing company that was focused mainly on producing industrial engines. With the emergence of automobiles, Hatsudoki created two prototype trucks that performed really well and because of this, the brand decided to pursue making cars. In 1930, the brand launched its first production vehicle that was known as the Model HA. This three-wheeler ride is the first domestically produced car in Japan, making it an important milestone in the history of Japanese automobiles. It was not until 1951 that the company's name was changed to Daihatsu, which means "Osaka Great Manufacturer". The following decade, Daihatsu entered into an agreement with multinational Japanese automaker Toyota. And after several years, the brand finally found its way to American shores when two models were launched in the US?Charade and Rocky. During the 80s, Daihatsu found great success in terms of sales, but before the year 1999 ended, it officially became a part of the Toyota family. Hijet Daihatsu's Hijet is the brand's famous line of micro vans and pickup trucks. Starting its production in 1960, this line is considered as the rival of Honda's Acty, Subaru's Sambar, Mitsubishi's Minicab, and Suzuki's Carry. The first Hijet was equipped with a 360 cc two-stroke engine and overtime, this evolved into better versions as the brand adapted the latest technological advancements from the automotive industry. The fifth generation Hijet was the first to receive a ton of attention from the export market. This vehicle was characterized by a matured body style appearance that came along with a 182 cm wheelbase. It also came in several versions starting the Jumbo?an extended cab high-roof truck that had a very balanced look. After that came the Climber?a four-wheel-drive high-profile tire version. And last but definitely not least was the Daihatsu Atrai?a passenger van that was offered with a turbo engine version. Diesel Motor Manufacturing Because Daihatsu was initially a producer of engines, it decided to come up with a spin off engine manufacturing arm in 1966. This brand-new company was known as the Daihatsu Diesel Motor Manufacturing Company. This brand provides the market with heavy-duty marine engines and diesel generators. After acquiring an ISO9001 accreditation in 1994, the company remains to be one of the most trusted engine manufacturers in the world today. 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Who introduces the Radio 4 quiz 'Counterpoint'? | BBC Radio 4 - Radio 4 Quiz - Downloads Radio 4 Quiz Brain of Britain Radio 4 Quiz Podcast Intelligent and challenging quiz games on BBC Radio 4. Featuring Round Britain Quiz, Counterpoint and Brain of Britain with Quiz Masters including Paul Gambaccini, Tom Sutcliffe and Russell Davies. Updated: weekly | QI - BBC2 Panel Show - British Comedy Guide John Lloyd and Piers Fletcher QI is a panel game which believes that everything in the world is quite interesting, provided that you look at it in the right way. To quote original host Stephen Fry : "Now, the rules are simple. Scoring is my business. Points are given and points are taken away. They are taken away for answers which are both obvious and wrong, and they're given, not so much for being correct, as for being interesting. Their level of interestingness is impartially determined by a demographically selected customer-service focus consultancy, broken down by age and sex - i.e. me. Because there is no-one more broken down by age and sex." Each show features the host, Stephen Fry (Series A-M) and then later Sandi Toksvig (Series N onwards), and four panellists, including resident player Alan Davies , answering questions that are so difficult that no-one expects to get any of the answers right. Thus points are given for answers that may not be right but are interesting. Points are taken away (often from Alan), to answers that are not only wrong but are pathetically obvious. QI is the show that proves that almost everything you know about the blue whale is wrong, the issue of how many moons the Earth has is a lot more complicated than you expect, and that there is something interesting to say about the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is. |
Monterey Jack, Manchego, and Wensleydale are all types of what? | Off the top of your head, how many different cheeses can you name? - Quora Quora Written Oct 12, 2013 Wenslydale, gouda, edam, Norwegian jarlsberg, Venuzualian beaver cheese, Camembert (I don't care how runny it is), brie, roquefort, Cheddar (although there's not much call for it round these parts), SHUT THAT BLOODY BAZOUKI UP! Bell Payese, Stilton, Lancashire, White Stilton, Double Gloucester, Smoked Austrian, Sage Derby, Gorgonzola, Mozarella, Parmesan, Ilchester. Limburger Tracey Bryan could probably name some more cheesy comestibles. Written Oct 12, 2013 Cheddar, smoked gouda, Stinking Bishop, feta, brie, paneer, cream cheese, queso fresco, American, Colby jack, provolone, munster, pepper jack, blue cheese, Roquefort, Havarti, Dubliner, parmesan, beer cheese, Cheese Whiz (it goes on a cheesesteak so I count it), marscapone, crème fresche, camembert, goat cheese, and head cheese. Written Oct 12, 2013 Stilton, cheddar, mozzarella, Gorgonzola, Wensleydale, mimolette, epoisses, manchego, asiago, jarlsberg, parmigiano, burrata, brie, Roquefort, Limburger, Gruyere, cotija, muenster, havarti, reblochon, st marcellin, st agur, paneer, ricotta, Edam, Gouda, Camembert, raclette, queso fresco, crottin, vacherin, morbier, chèvre, Monterey Jack, provolone, fontina, feta... That's all I can come up with. I don't consider Kraft singles or Velveeta to be real cheese. Written Aug 28, 2012 This ranks up there in my set of puppy photos - she was about 12 weeks old and would get tired out on her (short) walks. This was her passive aggressive way of saying 'I'm done'. Also this, from about 10 weeks old - my husband saying good bye in the morning. She came and sat on our feet so we'd stay put. Written Feb 7, 2014 An easy way to create and remember relatively secure passwords. Choose a random word or two that you like, and then instead of typing the characters out as they were on the keyboard, type the corresponding characters on the row on top. For example if I think of "Friday" as my password, it would translate to "R48eq6" Edit: Written Aug 19 Yes. I woke up one morning and there was a woman standing over my bed, staring at me. I blinked, and she was gone. But I am positive she was there. Twenty years later, my mother and I were going through some photos to put on display at my father’s funeral. Then I saw a picture of the woman who I saw in my room that morning. I remembered her face very clearly. I had never seen this picture before.... | Chef who created snail porridge cooks up bangers and mash for his television debut | The Independent Chef who created snail porridge cooks up bangers and mash for his television debut Thursday 16 February 2006 00:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Heston Blumenthal, the culinary pioneer whose most famous dish is snail porridge, is to join the ranks of the celebrity chefs Gordon Ramsay and Delia Smith by fronting a prime-time television series. Rather than teach the public how to make his signature experimental dishes, such as green tea and lime mousse in liquid nitrogen, the chef will opt for more popular fare for a BBC2 show this summer. He will apply his scientific approach, known as "molecular gastronomy" (a term he dislikes), to well-known dishes such as fish and chips and bangers and mash. A recipe at the end of each show of the series - Perfection: Heston Blumenthal - will explain how to cook the dish at home. Blumenthal, who runs the Fat Duck in Bray, Oxfordshire, said: "It's the Fat Duck approach but adapted to everyday dishes. We haven't necessarily gone for the most expensive ingredients but expense is not a consideration. If people can't get part of the equipment then we have found an alternative." Blumenthal, one of a trio of British chefs with three Michelin stars, believes the series will spread his scientific approach and safeguard his financial future. A book accompanying the series is likely to sell well. Like Jamie Oliver's Italy series for Channel 4, Blumenthal travelled with a film crew to France, Germany, Italy and the United States. But he had to do so before he had a risky "spinal fusion" operation in November that was to end decades of crippling back pain. After months recuperating, the 39-year-old chef is scheduled to finish the eight-part series in the studio by the end of next month. Due for broadcast in August, the show features six savoury dishes: fish and chips, bangers and mash, spaghetti bolognese, pizza, steak and salad, and roast chicken and potato; and two desserts: treacle tart and Black Forest gateau. For each dish, Blumenthal examined the properties of the individual ingredients, and investigated how to prepare and cook them. His research on pizza took him to Naples, where he saw how the pizza flour was made in a flourmill, tested the gluten in the dough, checked levels of pectin in the tomatoes and the temperature of the ovens. For the perfect pizza, his search took him to a New York strip joint, the Penthouse Executive Club, reputed to serve the best steak in the world. He said: "We had this bizarre evening where we were eating steak with women taking their clothes off in the background. It was the best steak I have had." For the Black Forest gateau, the chef went to Germany and had a perfumer recreate the smell of kirsch. To create the best fish and chips, he tested 25 varieties of potato. The bangers and mash programme involved a trip to a pig farm in Northumberland. Although well known to foodies, the show will raise the public profile of Blumenthal, whose most high-profile television work was a five-minute slot on BBC2's Full On Food last year. He filmed a series, Kitchen Chemistry, for the Discovery satellite channel five years ago but said he considered Perfection to be his first proper television series. He said he wanted to share his "child-like inquisitiveness" about food to a wider audience, and to make some money. "Margins at the Fat Duck are so tight," he said. "After the third Michelin star and Restaurant of the Year I thought I wanted to get some financial security for my family without losing my integrity and hopefully this will achieve that." Recipes for television success Delia Smith A shy cookery writer, this matronly brunette taught the nation to cook with a series of easy-to-understand shows with such names as How To Cook. Jamie Oliver Essex boy Oliver's laddish approach to food on his show The Naked Chef led to greater fame and a TV campaign to make children eat healthily - Jamie's School Dinners. Rick Stein Stein's passion for fish is reflected in t |
Which word completes the name of the clothing retailer 'Abercrombie and .....'? | Abercrombie & Fitch Employment Discrimination | NAACP LDF Abercrombie & Fitch Employment Discrimination Sign up to receive email updates from LDF. Related Files LDF Statement on United States Supreme Court Ruling in Abercrombie & Fitch Discrimination Case Find A Case Can't find the case or issue you're looking for? Use our search tool to sort through the complete list. Economic Justice | Employment Discrimination In June 2003, LDF filed a class action lawsuit, Gonzalez v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, against national clothing retailer, Abercrombie & Fitch. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, charged that in addition to selling so-called "classic" looks, Abercrombie also practiced a classic form of discrimination against African-American, Latino and Asian American applicants and employees. The suit alleged that Abercrombie refused to hire qualified minority applicants as Brand Representatives working on the sales floor while discouraging applications from minority candidates. It also charged that in the rare instances when minorities were hired, they were given undesirable positions to keep them out of the public eye. The suit was filed by nine young adults of color who were refused sales jobs or terminated based on their race and sued on behalf of themselves and others treated similarly. LDF joined with the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, and the law firm of Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein to represent the plaintiffs. The suit asked that the court order Abercrombie & Fitch to end its discriminatory policies and practices, as well as award the plaintiffs and class members back pay and monetary damages. The class grew as other minority applicants and employees across the country joined the original plaintiffs. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission then joined the suit in 2004. The law firms of Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C. and Minami, Lew & Tamaki were added as co-counsel representing the plaintiffs. In November 2004, LDF and co-counsel reached a settlement with the company, winning $40 million dollars for rejected applicants and employees who had been discriminated against by the company. The settlement’s consent decree also required the company to institute a range of policies and programs to promote diversity among its work force and to prevent discrimination based on race or gender. To ensure compliance with the provisions of the consent decree, Abercrombie & Fitch was instructed to name a Vice-President for Diversity, who reports directly to the CEO, and to provide diversity training for all employees with hiring authority. A new internal complaint procedure also provided employees with a mechanism to report problems. Additionally, the settlement required the store to establish "benchmarks" for the hiring and promotion of African-Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and women while reporting its progress toward these goals at regular intervals to the plaintiffs' attorneys and to a Special Master named by the court. Further, the company was required to hire 25 recruiters to seek out minority employees. The company was also barred from utilizing its previous recruitment strategies, such as targeting particular predominately white fraternities or sororities. LDF, as part of the broad coalition of civil rights groups representing the Plaintiffs, brought an end to Abercrombie & Fitch’s unacceptable employment practices by identifying and preventing the continued use of the company’s discriminatory recruitment, hiring, job assignments, promotion, and training of employees. | Questions on HRM | Human Resource Management Human Resource Management HR training is an powerful integer in all businesses sector method, nevertheless companies don't decide the impact of hr training programmes more than the staff. HR training is helpful only if it produces desired outcome. When the administration is implementing a hr training programme, there ought to be an model facility on which the assessment strategy may be improved, and classification of strength of hr training and usage activities could be through. Categories Full 100 Marks Project reports & guidance on - =>Marketing 1. What psychological methodology does NLP stand for? Ans- Neuro-Linguistic Programming 2. David McLelland's motivational theory identified three principal motivational needs which he said each of us possesses to varying degrees, and which characterise our motivational behaviour; what are these three motivational needs? Ans- Achievement (n-ach), the need to achieve things; Authority/Power (n-pow), the need to have impact, influence and authority; and Affiliation (n-affil), the need for relationships, interaction and acceptance among other people (or words to similar effect as these definitions) 3. Which organisation produces the UK's ABC1C2 (etc) Social Grade Classifications Statistics? Ans- NRS Ltd (National Readership Survey) 4. What does the selling acronym AIDA stand for? Ans- Attention, Interest, Desire, Action 5. Who developed the 'Equity Theory' of job motivation in the 1960's? Ans- J Stacey Adams 6. What does the financial abbreviation P&L stand for? Ans- Profit and Loss (Profit and Loss Account) 7. Who developed the ten stages of corporate life cycle, starting with Courtship and Infancy and ending in Bureaucracy and Death? Ans- Dr Ichak Adizes 8. The Ansoff matrix correlates what two aspects of business development from the 'new' and 'existing' perspectives? Ans- Products and Markets 9. In selling and communications, what do 'open questions' generally achieve? Ans- Open questions gather information, improve understanding, and build rapport by encouraging the other person to talk and explain things, including how they feel about things. 10. Albert Mehrabian researched and published a now widely referenced set of statistics for the effectiveness of spoken communications; what three types of communication did he identify and what percentages for each did he attach to each type in terms of the percentage of meaning (or understanding) that each communication type conveyed from person to person in his study? Ans- Mehrabian's research stated that: 7% of meaning conveyed is in the words that are spoken; 38% of meaning conveyed is in the way that the words are said (paralinguistic); and 55% of meaning conveyed is in facial expression. 11. In business accounts and financial reporting, expenses which change according to scale of performance or usage or demand are known as what? Ans- Variable Costs 12. What is the name of Ingham and Luft's model and theory which deals with hidden and open areas of knowledge about a person? Ans- The Johari Window 13. The '360 degree' appraisal method collects feedback from whom, about whom? Ans- '360 Degree' feedback appraisal collects the views from people who work with the appraisee, about the appraisee, including subordinates, peers, upline managers; effectively anyone who comes into contact with the appraisee and who is happy to provide constructive feedback about the appraisee's strengths and areas for improvement. 14. What are the four levels of learning evaluation defined in Donald Kirkpatrick's model? Ans- 1. Enjoyment; 2. Transfer of learning; 3. Application of learning; 4. Effect of application (or words to the same effect as these four definitions) 15. What is the correct ascending order of these human needs according to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs: Esteem, Safety, Belongingness and Love, Self-Actualisation, Biological and Physiological? Ans- Biological and Physiological Needs (basic life needs - shelter, food, drink, sleep, etc); Safety Needs (security, protection, law, etc); Belongingness an |
Piscine Molitor Patel is better known by what highly abbreviated name, being the central character of an eponymously titled novel? | 2016-10-13T12:30:52.145-07:00 John's Immortal Evening <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gjf8q10PBPw/Vussea3pzHI/AAAAAAAAAac/QlkdSp2lQNQ-cpRYHyuInXmMHGm_3S7ag/s1600/Being%2BMortal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="men's book club group discussion review Being Mortal Atul Gawande" border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Gjf8q10PBPw/Vussea3pzHI/AAAAAAAAAac/QlkdSp2lQNQ-cpRYHyuInXmMHGm_3S7ag/s1600/Being%2BMortal.jpg" title="" /></a></div><b>Acknowledgments</b><br />The meal John prepared on Tuesday would rank among our top five--if we had such rankings. Aided by Dean, Tom, and Mark, John prepared and named the following courses, each reflecting a different sentiment evoked by our book:<br /><br /><i>Blood, heart, and liver</i>. Essential to our circulation, blood was transfused as bloody martinis, served from a hanging IV drip bag. Our most important muscle, heart was rendered into skewered calves hearts sourced from a grass-fed beef producer in West Marin. And liver was transformed into a foie gras brought in fresh from Sonoma and served on toast. A fine starting course.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Eat Your Veggies</i>. With this life-enhancing mandate, we weren't allowed to be choosy. John served us a soup pureed from his own selection of organic vegetables from the farmers market.<br /><i></i><br /><i>Last Supper</i>. When confronted with one's mortality, only the best will do. John obliged with a filet mignon, <i>sous vide,</i> accompanied by mashed cauliflower and bacon jam and smashed potatoes with caramelized shallots.<br /><br /><i>Brain Brownies</i>. What else but scratch brownies and vanilla ice cream topped with a bourbon and orange bitters drizzle? Well, here's what else: for a touch of verisimilitude, mini brain lobes in the form of walnut halves atop each brownie.<br /><br />Thank you, John, and we hope you enjoy your well-deserved trip to Iceland. We also owe thanks to Paul (and his ever-patient and absent wife Jane) for allowing us, our guests, and a photographer to take over his beautiful home for a night. <br /><br /><b>The Book</b><br />Atul Gawande's <i>Being Mortal</i> is one physician's attempt, in plain English, to expose our frequent resort to aggressive medical intervention as we approach the end of life. Whether through experimental therapies, life-sustaining assistance, or institutional confinement, we too often seek to extend life without understanding the implications or the alternatives.<br /><br />Gawande's presentation was disturbing and enlightening at the same time. I felt that his book was a barometer (measured by one's level of unease while reading it) for our readiness to make the hard decisions that lie ahead. Almost everyone shared his own story of family illness and death to illustrate our collective discomfort with what may be an unclear or even false choice as the end nears (i.e., quality over quantity). While Armando, always the naturalist, read <i>Being Mortal</i> as a field guide to getting old, the scientist in Roy wasn't persuaded. He found Gawande's prescriptions premature in a world of constant innovation and advancement.<br /><br />Gawande's recurring question to end-stage patients is: what do you most want and what are you willing to give up in order to get it? Illustrated by the stories of his patients, Gawande claims that quality of life is desired most and that, surprisingly, less intervention can prolong rather than shorten life. We discussed his premise and the anecdotes sprinkled through the book (guest Mark declared the book a sales pitch for hospice care; guest Keith noted his personal connection to Sara Monopoli, one of Gawande's featured patients). In the end, Paul pronounced <i>Being Mortal</i> the "most relevant" book we've read given its insistence that we set clear expectations for the end of our lives.&nbs | Book Some of the book titles and authors mentioned on the television show Jeopardy Edmund Hoyle, Alfred Nobel, Cecil Rhodes, Joseph Pulitzer, Hugo Awards are a set of awards given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. Books I want to read again by Ray Sahelian, M.D. A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures. I wish i had more time to read books, I tend to gravitate more towards watching the latest news on TV and watch the History channel Bradstreet, to my dear and loving husband Edwards, fire and brimstone lectures, great awakening Thomas Paine 1718-1799 common sense 1776, the American crisis 1776-83-these are the times that try mens souls, the Rights of Man 1791, James Fenimore Cooper 1789-1851 Deerslayer frontiersman Natty Bumppo is the protagonist of pentalogy of novels known as the Leatherstocking Tales. he adopts life of natives. Last of the Mohicans (Unkas is indian during french and indian war). Pathfinder Dew-of-june, an Indian heroine, appears in his novel "The Pathfinder" Pioneers Clement Moore 1779�1863 Professor of Oriental and Greek Literature. yuletide poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" stockings were hung by the chimney with care Washington Irving 1783-1859 History of New York by Diedrich Kickerbocker was actually written by him Rip Van Winkle fell asleep in Catskill mountains for 20 years Legend of Sleepy Hollow Ichabod Crane terrorized by Brom Bones dressed up as headless horseman to scare the schoolmaster away from Katrina, the almighty dollar that great object of universal devotion throughout our land. Nathaniel Hawthorne 1804-1864 themes of sin and guilt, Massachusetts author whose last completed novel, �The Marbel Faun�, is set in Italy Blithdale romance, House of seven Gables. Colonel Pyncheon is cursed by convicted wizard Matthew Maule Scarlett Letter a, hester prynne is convicted of adultery, Arthur Dimsdale is the father of Hester Prynne's daughter Pearl Twice told tales. collection contains 39 of his stories Richard Henry Dana 1815�1882 lawyer from Massachusetts, the memoir Two Years Before the Mast. voyage he took around Cape Horn 1850 to 1900 Ned Buntline 1823-1886 dime novels and the Colt Buntline Special he is alleged to have commissioned from Colt's Manufacturing Company. Horatio Alger 1832�1899 best known for his many formulaic juvenile novels about impoverished boys and their rise from humble backgrounds. Among his many books for boys are the Ragged Dick and Tattered Tom series Bryant, thanatopsis Herman Melville, 1819-1891 Billy Budd Melville title sailor who personifies innocence Moby Dick white sperm whale, call me Ishmael, first published in 1851, captain Ahab's harpoon. He's a weak-willed king in the Old Testament or a whaler captain in "Moby Dick" Ahab. Queequeg is the first principal character encountered by the narrator, serves as the chief harpooner aboard the Pequod. Omoo", is subtitled "Adventures in the South Seas" Typee He lived for several weeks among the cannibalistic Typee before he wrote the book of the same name Edward Everett Hale 1822 � 1909) Unitarian clergyman. and author of Man without a Country It's where Philip Nolan asked to be buried at sea Lew Wallace, 1827-1905 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel published on 1880. Considered the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century Bret Harte 1836-1902 pioneering life in California. The Outcasts of Poker Flat Mark Twain 1835�1910 Samuel Langhorne Clemens, grew up in Hannibal, Missouri. A reporter for the Virginia City, Nev. Territorial Enterprise first used this byline Mark Twain in 1863, "Always do right." he wrote; "This will gratify some people and astonish the rest" The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel , Merlin the Magician cast a spell putting this title character to sleep for 1,300 years Innocen |
What was the name of Hanna-Barbera's space-age counterpart to The Flintstones? | Top 10 Best Hanna-Barbera Cartoons - Listverse Top 10 Best Hanna-Barbera Cartoons JFrater, and astro January 29, 2009 I have to confess that while I don’t watch television much these days, as a kid I adored the cartoons of Hanna-Barbera. They were always colorful and fun, and I have many happy memories of early weekend mornings in front of the tele before rushing off to play for the day. These cartoons are not full of skimpily clad girls with attitudes that would make an adult blush (as so many are today) – they are from the good old days of innocent entertainment. This broad selection covers some of my favorites, and definitely the top of the pick. I hope this list as fun a trip down memory lane for you all as it was for me. 10 The Herculoids Together, the Herculoids battled to defend their planet from menaces on Quasar and from Outer Space. All of the Herculoids displayed Human-level intelligence, and Zandor & Tarra displayed a working knowledge of complex alien technologies as well as the ability to pilot interstellar spacecraft. Although the “speech” of their companions was limited and repetitive, Zandor, Tarra and Dorno (c.f.The Mutoids: “Gleep says that the aliens who landed are attacking Dorno and Tundro.”) demonstrated that Gloop & Gleep, at least, had a comprehensive mode of communication, and that they could at least understand and interpret the “language”. In reality, the voices were brief tracks supplied by two actors and reused throughout the series, in keeping with Hanna-Barbera’s thrifty ethos. 9 The Quick Draw McGraw Show Quick Draw McGraw is the anthropomorphic cartoon horse, the third cartoon television production created by Hanna-Barbera following their success with The Ruff & Reddy Show and The Huckleberry Hound Show. It debuted in 1959. Quick Draw was usually depicted as a sheriff in these short films set in the American Old West. Each episode was approximately six minutes long; this allowed four episodes per half-hour program with commercial advertisements in between. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey, who spoke English with a Mexican accent. Quick Draw satirized the westerns that were popular among the American public at the time. His character was well-intentioned, but somewhat dim. 8 The Huckleberry Hound Show One of the very first HB cartoons, beginning in 1958, and lasting 69 episodes. The Huckleberry Hound Show was probably the series that truly made Hanna-Barbera a household name, and is often credited with legitimizing the concept of animation produced specifically for television; it won an Emmy award in 1961. Three segments were included in the program: one featuring Huckleberry Hound; Yogi Bear and his sidekick Boo Boo; and Pixie and Dixie, two mice who in each short found a new way to outwit the cat Mr. Jinks. 7 Yogi Bear Yogi Bear made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. He was the first break-out character created by Hanna-Barbera Studios, and was eventually more popular than Huckleberry Hound. In 1961 he was given his own show, The Yogi Bear Show, which also included the segments Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle. Yogi was one of several Hanna-Barbera characters to have a collar, which allowed the body to be kept static and to redraw just the head in each frame when he was speaking, thus reducing the number of drawings needed for a seven-minute cartoon from 14,000 to around 2,000. 6 Johnny Quest Jonny Quest was about a boy who accompanies his father on extraordinary adventures. It featured more realistic violence than earlier Hanna-Barbera programs, adding suspense and impact to the show. This, the first of several Hanna-Barbera action-based adventure shows, ran on ABC in prime time for one season in 1964–1965. The series was inspired by the James Bond film Dr. No, and its visual style was unusual for its time, combining a fairly realistic depiction of human figures and objects with fairly limited animation techniques. The series made heavy use of rich music scores, offscreen impacts with sound effects, r | John Laurie: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland Dumfries John Laurie lived from 25 March 1897 to 23 June 1980. He was an actor who is best remembered for his role as Private James Frazer in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. John Paton Laurie was born in Dumfries, the son of a mill worker. He was educated at Dumfries Academy and would have gone on to train as an architect had he not volunteered for service in World War One. After the war, Laurie trained to become an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and he first acted on stage in 1921. He went on to spend much of the time between 1922 and 1939, playing Shakespearian parts including Hamlet, Richard III and Macbeth at the Old Vic or in Stratford-upon-Avon. He also starred in his friend Laurence Olivier's three Shakespearean films, Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955). He and Olivier also appeared in As You Like It (1936). Another notable pre-war performance was given in Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film The 39 Steps. During the Second World War, John Laurie served in the Home Guard, the only future Dad's Army cast member to do so. He also starred in wartime films such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Way Ahead (1944), and Fanny by Gaslight (1944). He made ten more films after the war, but it was in Dad's Army that he really made his name. 80 episodes were made which were broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. Dad's Army also spawned a radio series, a feature film and a stage show. John Laurie starred as Private James Frazer, a dour Scottish undertaker with the catch-phrase of "We're doomed, I tell ye!" Regularly reaching an audience of 18 million viewers in the 1970s, Dad's Army is still repeated on BBC TV today. John Laurie died in 1980 at the age of 83 at Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. |
Which British architect designed the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg? | The European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights / The European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights is an international court set up in 1959. It rules on individual or State applications alleging violations of the civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights. Since 1998 it has sat as a full-time court and individuals can apply to it directly. In almost fifty years the Court has delivered more than 10,000 judgments. These are binding on the countries concerned and have led governments to alter their legislation and administrative practice in a wide range of areas. The Court's case-law makes the Convention a powerful living instrument for meeting new challenges and consolidating the rule of law and democracy in Europe. The Court is based in Strasbourg, in the Human Rights Building designed by the British architect Lord Richard Rogers in 1994 – a building whose image is known worldwide. From here, the Court monitors respect for the human rights of 800 million Europeans in the 47 Council of Europe member States that have ratified the Convention. How the Court works Registry Article 25 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides that: "The Court shall have a registry, the functions and organisation of which shall be laid down in the Rules of Court." The task of the Registry is to provide legal and administrative support to the Court in the exercise of its judicial functions. It is therefore composed of lawyers, administrative and technical staff and translators. There are currently some 640 staff members of the Registry, 270 lawyers and 370 other support staff (see the Organisation Chart below). Registry staff members are staff members of the Council of Europe, the Court's parent organisation, and are subject to the Council of Europe's Staff Regulations. Approximately half the Registry staff are employed on contracts of unlimited duration and may be expected to pursue a career in the Registry or in other parts of the Council of Europe. They are recruited on the basis of open competitions. All members of the Registry are required to adhere to strict conditions as to their independence and impartiality.The head of the Registry (under the authority of the President of the Court) is the Registrar, who is elected by the Plenary Court (Article 25 (e) of the Convention). He/She is assisted by one or more Deputy Registrars, likewise elected by the Plenary Court. Each of the Court's five judicial Sections is assisted by a Section Registrar and a Deputy Section Registrar. The principal function of the Registry is to process and prepare for adjudication applications lodged by individuals with the Court. The Registry's lawyers are divided into 31 case-processing divisions, each of which is assisted by an administrative team. The lawyers prepare files and analytical notes for the Judges. They also correspond with the parties on procedural matters. They do not themselves decide cases. Cases are assigned to the different divisions on the basis of knowledge of the language and legal system concerned. The documents prepared by the Registry for the Court are all drafted in one of its two official languages (English and French). In addition to its case-processing divisions, the Registry has divisions dealing with the following sectors of activity: information technology; case-law information and publications; research and the library; just satisfaction; press and public relations; language department and internal administration. It also has a central office, which handles mail, files and archives. | English Religious Architecture English religious Architecture Essay David Walker, English Religious Architecture of the Fifties (2008) “No-Fines” Churches in Coventry | St Aidan’s Church, New Parks, Leicester | St Hugh’s Church, Eyres Monsell, Leicester | St Paul’s Church, Ecclesfield, Sheffield | St Catherine of Siena’s Church, Woodthorpe, Sheffield “No-Fines” Churches in Coventry In November 1953 the Church Commissioners informed Neville Gorton, Bishop of Coventry, that once the New Housing Areas (Church Buildings) Measure attained Royal Assent, his diocese would receive £30,000 to be expended between January 1954 and June 1956 on buildings for “qualified areas” – those in which the population had increased by 5,000 or more since April 1945. The diocese must also spend £30,000 of its own funds on buildings in new housing areas, qualified or not, before January 1959. The Commissioners required that parish church designs should be submitted to them for inspection. They remembered the Church’s ministry had come very late to many towns which sprang up during the Industrial Revolution, with long-lasting consequences, and they were determined that should not happen again.[1] The Church Extension Committee asked Beecham Buildings to design a church and hall for Tile Hill North, Henley Green and Willenhall.[2] Each church was to be built in the heart of its community: the Tile Hill and Willenhall churches stand opposite the local social clubs, and had a decision not been taken to build the third church at Wood End rather than Henley Green, that would have been near a club too. Beechams’ estimate for Tile Hill was £12,924. The Church Extension Committee recommended that the Pastoral Committee adopt the proposals for both Tile Hill and Henley Green with improvements, leaving Willenhall until more money was available. Although the funding seemed generous, a decision was taken to build church and hall at Tile Hill only, and erect hall-churches at Henley Green and Willenhall. Gorton found that unacceptable.[3] On 20 July 1954 he wrote to Basil Spence to see what might be done, a challenge accepted three days later – “I am certain that we can find a simple, direct, topical and traditional solution which should be serviceable to the Church yet inexpensive – and I carefully avoid the word ‘cheap’.”[4] Gorton explained that “Willenhall includes an arrangement of existing trees, in fact I think all the sites have trees which could be kept and would add to amenities of the approach and layout.”[5] He added that George Wimpey & Company were working in Canley and might build a vicarage there. Perhaps during a subsequent conversation, Spence suggested a solution – an annotation on Gorton’s letter read: “It is a marvellous idea. Leave it to you.” On 29 July Spence mentioned sketches he would show Gorton on the latter’s return from holiday, and promised to discuss “the application of this principle” with Donald Gibson, Coventry’s city architect.[6] The “principle” was use of Wimpey’s “no-fines” concrete – an economical mix without fine materials – which when poured into re-usable moulds created standard constructional units for simple, cheap and rapid building.[7] Spence and Gorton met Sir Godfrey Mitchell, Wimpey’s chairman, in the hope of persuading him to build three churches for £50,000 – a sum equivalent to the War Damage compensation for a single city church. At the meeting Spence produced impromptu sketch plans and a perspective with his fountain pen, smudging the blue ink to create clouds. Mitchell concluded the proposals were practical.[8] Spence envisaged a plain dignified structure, 90 feet by 30 on plan, accommodating 250 parishioners. It had a concrete floor-slab and reinforced concrete portal frames which internally buttressed walls of “no-fines” construction, so that inside the nave was articulated as eight bays 10 feet long and end-bays 5 feet long.[9] Externally the walls were rendered in a stove aggregate, and internally they were whitewashed. The timber-framed double-pitch roof covered in fural aluminium was pitched at 14 d |
Rapa Nui National Park is a world heritage site belonging to which country? | Rapa Nui National Park - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports Connections Rapa Nui National Park and its stone sculptures are testimony to an isolated cultural evolution. Rapa Nui is the indigenous name of Easter Island. It's a volcanic island, with still two large craters: Rano Kau and Rano Raraku. The most characteristic cultural feature of Rapa Nui are the huge moai, found all over the island. These figures were created to represent the important ancestors of each clan. As time went by, their forms became more stylized and they increased in size. Rapa Nui is considered one of the most isolated inhabited places in the world. Almost 2000 km distant is Pitcairn, the closest inhabited island. Its 4100 km to Tahiti and 3700 km to the Chilean coast. Nevertheless, Rapa Nui belongs to Polynesia, a geographic area defined by an imaginery triangle whose verticles are New Zealand, Hawaii and Rapa Nui itself. All the islands have a common cultural tradition, whose roots extend back to the second millenium BC. Around 400 AD, Rapa Nui was colonized by Polynesians. They arrived in big canoes, and took with them many cultural elements that had developed on the other Polynesian islands. Map Visit March 2002 I spent 5 days on Easter Island - making a dream come true. Reading the books by Thor Heyerdahl as a child, I never imagined I would set foot on this remote island. But times have changed the last 15 years: travelling around the globe has become much easier and cheaper. As has to be expected, I didn't find a lost paradise here. It's quite an expensive destination, geared to the wealthy western traveller. But I had a fine time here. I walked, cycled and drove around the island. From ahu with or without moai to petroglyph to vulcano. Rapa Nui is an open air museum in the best sense of the word. The sight I probably liked best is Tongariki, the ahu with 15 moai in a row. Maybe that's because this was my reward after cycling 2,5 hours on Easter Island's roads that know no shade. Community Reviews Solivagant - May 2012 It is an unfortunate fact that long-anticipated visits to “iconic” WHS can often disappoint, but ours to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) most certainly did not! This, despite the fact that we had but a mere 7 hours ashore during a trans-Pacific cruise which took us on the “Heyerdal” sea route from the Peruvian coast taking 5 days on our cruise ship and then onward into “Polynesia proper”. However you get there, Easter Island is an expensive and logistically awkward destination – most visitors will either fly through Papeete or do Santiago return. It certainly justifies more than the short day we gave it, but we were able to take in the main sites with reasonable free time. It would of course have been nice to return at different times of day for optimal photographic conditions and to have explored the less famous locations. On arrival you have the choice of minibus tours, private taxi, rent-a-car, bicycle or walking. We took the former in the morning and then a taxi in the afternoon. As regards walking and bicycle – well, it may look a mere “speck” on the World map, but it is a bit bigger “on the ground”! The main “town” of Hanga Roa is actually a very spread out village now full of restaurants, guest houses and the accoutrements of a tourist centre – just walking around it from your guest house could take a while but there are nearby walkable sites which could be very pleasant to reach along cliff paths. The other main sites are across the island and you would need to be prepared for a reasonable all day cycle ride to reach them. So what did we see? a. Ahu Tahai. Walkable just north of Hanga Roa so no problem to take in. It actually covers 3 different Ahu and Tahai is in the middle with its “restored” coral eyes. b. Ahu Tongariku. 15 moai restored by anastylosis from both their late-moai cult destruction and by a major tsunami in 1960. Yes, it is almost entirely a reconstruction (it isn’t even known which moai were originally placed where), but its location in front of surf and cliffs is stunning, as is its s | UNESCO World Heritage Centre - Sites in Norway, Germany, Israel, UK and USA inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List Sites in Norway, Germany, Israel, UK and USA inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List Sunday, 5 July 2015 at 13:30 Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (01/07/2012) © Department for Heritage Preservation Hamburg picture library / Nicolai Wieckmann | Image Source: Nomination file The World Heritage Committee this morning approved the inscription of five cultural sites on World Heritage List: Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site in Norway, Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus in Germany, Necropolis of Beth She’arim—a Landmark of Jewish Revival in Israel, The Forth Bridge in Scotland (United Kingdom) and San Antonio Missions in the United States of America. Rjukan-Notodden Industrial Heritage Site (Norway) — Located in a dramatic landscape of mountains, waterfalls and river valleys, the site comprises hydroelectric power plants, transmission lines, factories, transport systems and towns. The complex was established by the Norsk-Hydro Company to manufacture artificial fertilizer from nitrogen in the air. It was built to meet the Western world’s growing demand for agricultural production in the early 20th century. The company towns of Rjukan and Notodden show workers’ accommodation and social institutions linked by rail and ferry to ports where the fertilizer was loaded. The Rjukan-Notodden site manifests an exceptional combination of industrial assets and themes associated to the natural landscape. It stands out as an example of a new global industry in the early 20th century. Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District with Chilehaus (Germany) — Speicherstadt and the adjacent Kontorhaus district are two densely built urban areas in the centre of the port city of Hamburg. Speicherstadt, originally developed on a group of narrow islands in the Elbe River between 1885 and 1927, was partly rebuilt from 1949 to 1967. It is one of the largest coherent historic ensembles of port warehouses in the world (300,000 m2). It includes 15 very large warehouse blocks as well as six ancillary buildings and a connecting network of short canals. Adjacent to the modernist Chilehaus office building, the Kontorhaus district is an area of over five hectares featuring six very large office complexes built from the 1920s to the 1940s to house port-related businesses. The complex exemplifies the effects of the rapid growth in international trade in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal (Israel) — Consisting of a series of catacombs, the necropolis developed from the 2nd century BCE as the primary Jewish burial place outside Jerusalem following the failure of the second Jewish revolt against Roman rule. Located southeast of the city of Haifa, these catacombs are a treasury of artworks and inscriptions in Greek, Aramaic and Hebrew. Beth She’arim bears unique testimony to ancient Judaism under the leadership of Rabbi Judah the Patriarch, who is credited with Jewish renewal after 135 CE. The Forth Bridge (United Kingdom) — This railway bridge spanning the estuary of the Forth River in Scotland is the world’s longest multi-span cantilever bridge. It opened in 1890 and continues to carry passengers and freight. Its distinctive industrial aesthetic is the result of a forthright and unadorned display of its structural components. Innovative in style, materials and scale, the Forth Bridge is an important milestone in bridge design and construction during the period when railways came to dominate long-distance land travel. San Antonio Missions (United States of America) — The site encompasses a group of five frontier mission complexes situated along a stretch of the San Antonio River basin in southern Texas, as well as a ranch located 37 kilometres to the south. It includes architectural and archaeological structures, farmlands, residencies, churches and granaries, as well as water distribution systems. The complexes were built by Fr |
Which animal is the smallest true monkey? | Top 10 Smallest Animals in the World - OneKind OneKind Home | Animal top 10s | Top 10 Smallest Animals Top 10 Smallest Animals Its amzing man .I never seen before.Top 7 animales Animals come in all shapes and sizes - some small animals can be really small! There are some invertebrates that are not even visible to the human eye: some mites are known to measure only 200μm (0.0002mm) in length, a parasitic wasp can be as small as 139μm (0.0001mm) long, and there’s a tiny beetle which is less than 1 mm long. Given the minute size of these animals, who knows what we have yet to discover! Here is a selection of the smallest vertebrate animals on earth. Some people think the smallest animals are the shortest in height, or length, or the lightest. Which ever way you measure them these really are some amazing little animals. Paedocypris The Paedocypris (Paedocypris) is the smallest fish, at only 7.9mm in length. They are also considered the smallest vertebrate. It is found in the peat swamp forests of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island and can survive extreme drought due, in part, to their small size (7.9 mm long at maturity). Picture Credit: Tikhaus (Wiki Commons User) Slender Blind Snakes Slender Blind Snakes or Thread Snakes(Leptotyphlopidae) are thought to be the world’s smallest snakes at about 11cm (4.3″) in length. They are found in North and South America, Africa, and Asia. There are 87 different species of these snakes. They are adapted to burrowing, feeding on ants and termites. Most species suck out the contents of insect bodies and discard the skin. Picture Credit: Maximillian Paradiz (Wiki Commons User) Read More Kitti's Hog-Nosed Bat The Kitti’s Hog-nosed Bat (Craseonycteris thonglongyai), or Bumblebee Bat from Thailand and Burma is the smallest bat, at 30–40mm (1.1 – 1.6″) in length and 1.5 to 2g(0.05 – 0.07oz) in weight. It is about the same size as a bumblebee and has a distinctive pig-like snout. It lives in limestone caves along rivers, with an average of 100 individuals living in a single cave. Read More Bee Hummingbird The Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) is the smallest bird and the smallest warm-blooded vertebrate. It measures 5.7cm (2.2″) in length and 1.8g (0.06oz) in weight. The size of its nest measures 2cm wide and 3cm deep. Speckled Padloper Tortoise The world’s smallest turtle is the Speckled Padloper Tortoise (Homopus signatus) from South Africa. The males measure 6–8cm (2.4 – 3.1″), while females measure up to almost 10cm (4″). Picture Credit: Abu Shawka Wiki Commons Etruscan Shrew The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), also known as the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew or the White-toothed Pygmy Shrew weighs only 1.2 to 2.7g (0.04 – 0.1 oz), so could be considered the world’s smallest mammal, although it is slightly longer than the Bumblebee Bat at 36 to 53mm (1.4″ – 2″) from its head to the base of the tail. The Etruscan shrew’s brain is the largest in ratio to its body weight of all animals, larger even than that of a human! Picture Credit: Lies Van Rompaey (Wiki Commons User) Read More Paedophryne amauensis The smallest frog in the world is the Paedophryne amauensis. Only discovered in 2009, it does not have a comon name yet so is just known by its scientific name. With an average body size of just 7.7 millimetres (0.3″!) it is also the world’s smallest known vertebrate! Picture Credit: Rittmeyer EN, Allison A, Gründler MC, Thompson DK, Austin CC (Wiki Commons) Read More Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur The smallest known primate is the Madame Berthe’s Mouse Lemur (Microcebus berthae), found in Madagascar, with an average body length of 92 mm (3.6″) and weight of around 30g (1oz). It is found in the Kirindy Mitea National Park in Western Madagascar. Picture Credit: FC Casuario (Wiki Commons User) Read More Pygmy Marmoset The Pygmy Marmoset or Dwarf Monkey (Cebuella pygmaea) is the world’s smallest monkey. It is native to the rainforest canopies of Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. One of the smallest primates and the smallest true monkey, with a body length, not including the tail, ranging from 14 to | 1100-1199 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. 1100-1199 Which city does the statue of Jesus Christ, better known as Christ the Redeemer, overlook? 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What is the Christian name of the title character in the 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens? | The Pickwick Papers | All The Tropes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia All The Tropes Wiki Haiku • Laconic Full title The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, but usually known under this title. Charles Dickens ' first novel and still one of his best known, it's a far more comedic read than his later stuff, although with strong touches of darkness, especially the Fleet Prison part of the book. First published in 1837 (but set in 1827-28, a fact Dickens sometimes forgot in his writing ), it was originally a 20-part serial. It follows the misadventures of a bunch of comedy clichés as they go about southern England. Along the way, a variety of interesting side-stories are related. It wasn't doing too well, sales wise, until Samuel Weller entered the story. Weller, an early example of the chirpy Cockney archetype, is prone to punching people with little provocation, dispensing Cockney wisdom and engaging in an entire series of "as the X said" jokes, but adding something before and afterwards, such as: "Wotever is, is right, as the young nobleman sveetly remarked wen they put him down in the pension list cos his mother's uncle's vife's grandfather vunce lit the king's pipe vith a portable tinder-box". As can be seen from the above quote, the Cockney accent has changed a lot since 1837; without Dickens's habit of using Funetik Aksent to show Weller's pronunciation, this fact would be unknown to modern linguists. The book became a literary phenomenon, Weller became a very popular character and the book became subject to one of the earlier major cases of book piracy. Contains the best surviving fictional account of a pre-1832 British by-election, an account of the Fleet debtors' prison that was a major eye-opener at the time and some rather good Lampshade Hanging on a couple of tropes. Includes a character, Joe, who is rather obese and falls asleep frequently with no warning. This is exactly like the condition Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome , which is also known as "Pickwickian syndrome" because of it. This book contains examples of: | Famous Rabbits Rabbits in Myth and Folklore The Lunar Year of the Rabbit The rabbit is one of twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac, celebrated once every tweleve years. Centzon Totochtin In Aztec mythology, the Centzon Totochtin ("four-hundred rabbits") are a group of deities who meet for frequent parties; they are divine rabbits, and the gods of drunkenness. Nanabhozo or Mahnabohzo Nanabozho is a Native American creator figure who takes the shape of a rabbit and is characterized as a trickster. 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In which country are the Papal guards recruited? | Why the Swiss Protect the Pope - ABC News ABC News Why the Swiss Protect the Pope By ANN WISE Email Just as it did 500 years ago, the pope's Swiss Guard marched, with quite some fanfare, into Rome today. It was commemorating the 500th anniversary of the establishment of the Swiss Guard, the world's smallest army, by retracing the footsteps of the first 150 Swiss Guards who came to Rome in 1506 at the request of Pope Julius II. About 80 former Swiss Guards, ranging in age from 30 to 76, were met in Rome by city officials, military bands and active Swiss Guards in full uniform. They all marched from downtown Rome to the Vatican, where they received warm greetings and a blessing from Pope Benedict XVI. Today's festive march was just one of a series of celebrations that will culminate with a papal mass and the formal swearing in of new recruits in St. Peter's Square on May 6. Why the Swiss? How did the Swiss come to protect the pope? During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Switzerland earned a reputation for having Europe's most reliable mercenaries -- valorous soldiers who were virtually unbeatable and never switched sides. Various European royals used small corps of Swiss mercenary soldiers to protect themselves and their palaces. Pope Julius II had admired the Swiss soldiers, who defended the king of France, and he requested a contingent of 200 to serve as his personal bodyguards and to defend his palaces. Only 150 were available at the time, and they arrived in Rome on Jan. 21, 1506, after marching for three months. And they were soon put to the test. During the Sack of Rome on May 6, 1527, 147 Swiss Guards were killed defending Pope Clement VII, who managed to escape to the fortress of Castel Sant' Angelo escorted by the remaining 22 guards. It is in remembrance of this occasion that new recruits are sworn in every year on May 6. Today there are 110 Swiss Guards at the Vatican, recruited from a group of Swiss towns and villages that for centuries have provided soldiers for the popes. But don't let the history and the beautiful Renaissance uniforms fool you. The Swiss Guard today is a modern force, with important duties within the Vatican -- from forming elaborate ceremonial pickets on special occasions and for distinguished visitors to fulfilling simple desk guard duty at entrances to Vatican City to protecting the pope on foreign travels. And not just anyone can join: You must be Swiss, Catholic, male, tall (at least 5 feet, 9 inches), have an "irreproachable" reputation and have served at least two years in the Swiss army. It is not an occupation for a lifetime, either. Most guards serve from two to three years before returning home to Switzerland. 0 Shares | The Vatican: Rome, Lazio, Italy The Vatican The Vatican City / Citta del Vaticano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) More than just a city, the Vatican is actually the world's smallest independent sovereign state, established by the Lateran Treaties in 1929. It is ruled by the Pope and covers an area of just 108 acres / 43 hectares. Close to the right bank of the River Tiber, the Vatican City has its own civil and judicial systems, post office, bank, newspaper, radio station, supermarket and railway station. Often referred to as the Holy See, the most popular places to visit include St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. The Pope usually gives a public audience at 11:00 every Wednesday, and if you wish to attend you should apply at the nearby Prefetura della Casa Pontifica on the day before. Vatican Gardens (Giardini del Vaticano) These beautfiul gardens can only be seen with a guided tour and this should be booked at the tourist office, at least 24 hours ahead. The Vatican Gardens contain monuments, fountains, grottoes and forticifications, dating from the 9th century to the present day. There are many styles of garden, all immaculate and maintained by 30 full-time gardeners. Gardens include a formal Italian garden, a French garden filled with flowers, a romantic English landscape and a small wooded area. Covering 40 acres / 16 hectares, tours take place on Monday, Tuesday, Thurday, Friday and Saturday from March to October, and at other, less frequent times for the rest of the year. Regulations prohibit photography in the gardens. St. Peter's Basilica / Church (San Pietro in Montorio) Address: Piazza San Pietro, Rome 00193 Tel: +39 (0) 6 98853 18 First opened in 326 AD, this great temple stands over the tomb of St. Peter, the founder of the Church of Rome. It was torn down during the Renaissance, to make way for a grand basilica which took around 150 years to complete. The dome, which dominates the church, was designed by Michelangelo and you can reach the top by using an elevator and stairs, where there are some stunning panoramic views of the city, from over 100 metres / 328 feet high. The church contains a number of well-known works, including the canopy over the high altar, a majestic creation by Bernini, the gilt bronze Chair of St. Peter, the monument to Clement XIII by Canova, and Michelangelo's famous 'Pietà', a wonderful marble sculpture. The Basilica is nowadays 187 metres / 613 feet long and 132 metres / 432 feet high and is the heart of Christianity. The cavernous interior holds a staggering 60,000 people for services and blessings. Vatican Museums (Musei Vaticani) Address: Viale Vaticano, Rome, Italy Tel: +39 (0) 6 6988 4947 The Vatican Museums are a group of palaces which house some of the most important collections in the world. There are several exhibitons, including the Etruscan Museum, Raphael Rooms and Loggias, the Egyptian Museum and the world-famous Sistine Chapel, which is probably the most important part of this vast museum complex. Also worth a visit are Raphael's Rooms (Stanze di Raffaello), several rooms of the Vatican apartment that were painted by Raphael at the request of Pope Julius II. The Vatican Museums are part of the Vatican Palace, which has been the official residence of the Pope since 1377. With painted ceilings, chapels, an estimated 1,400 rooms and many galleries, there are approximately 5 miles / 8 km of exhibits. Open hours: daily - 08:45 to 16:45, Satudays to 13:45 Admission: charge - free entrance every last Sunday of the month The Sistine Chapel (Cappella Sistina) Built for Pope Sixtus IV in 1475, the Sistine Chapel is probably the Vatican's ultimate building and crowning glory. In 1483 it was decorated by some of the best painters in the world - Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, Pinturicchio, Signorelli and others. However, it was Michelangelo whose painting of the vast ceiling and his masterpiece 'The Last Judgment', that have made this chapel famous throughout the world. Pope Julius II ordered Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Chapel in 1508 and this was an enormous task to underta |
How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdle race? | How many hurdles are there in 400 meter race? : GK How many hurdles are there in 400 meter race? How many hurdles are there in 400 meter race? : QUESTION : There are 100 10 hurdles in a 110 meter hurdles Race. How many hurdles are there in 400 meter race? ANSWER : 10 | 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 |
In contract rubber bridge, how many points are awarded for successfully making a non-vulnerable contract of four Spades? | How to Play Contract Bridge How to Play Contract Bridge Scoring Contract Bridge is an auction and trick-taking card game for four players. The aim of the game is to earn points by winning as many tricks as possible. The players are divided into two teams of two. Each player is designated a compass direction, with partners sitting opposite each other (i.e. East-West will play against North-South). The game is played with a single standard 52-card deck, although having two decks available can move the game along more quickly. Bridge is played over a series of hands. Each hand consists of two parts: the auction, where the partnerships bid against each other based on how strong they think their cards are; and the play, where teams try to win enough tricks to make or defeat the contract reached in the auction. Points are awarded depending on success or failure, and then another hand begins. Winning enough points earns a partnership a game. Winning two games makes a rubber (except in Duplicate Bridge, where each hand is treated independently). The Deal One player is designated the dealer. He shuffles the deck and deals them all out clockwise, starting with the player to his left. Each player takes their 13 cards, looks at them and then sorts them. Cards are divided by suit and ordered by rank, with ace being the highest and 2 the lowest. The difference between the suits is important for the auction and scoring, but not for play. Once the hand is completed, the player to the dealer's left becomes the new dealer and a new hand begins. If you're playing with two decks, the deck not being used for the hand can be shuffled and placed ready for the next dealer to make the game flow more quickly. Bridge is a trick-taking game. If you know how to play other popular games like Whist, Hearts or Spades then you'll find that the cardplay of Bridge is very similar. Although the auction comes first (see below), it's easier to understand once you know the basics of play. All you need to know for now is that the auction will determine the contract for the hand. The contract will specify a number of tricks and a suit for trumps (although there may be No Trumps). The team that bids the highest is the declaring side. The other team is the defending side. The declaring side will try to win the number of tricks bid, while the defending side will try to stop them. A trick is a set of four cards, one from each player. The player to the left of the declarer (see below) leads the first card of the hand and play proceeds clockwise until all four players have played. The first card of each trick determines the suit. If possible, players must follow suit by playing a card of the same suit from their hand. If no such card is available, then another card may be discarded, but it cannot contribute to the trick unless it's a trump (see below). The player who contributed the highest ranking card wins the trick for their team and gets to start the next trick. Once all thirteen tricks have been played, each pair counts up how many they've won. If the declaring side has made their bid (or higher) then the contract was successful. If not, the contract was defeated and the defending team will score penalty points. Trumps If the auction (see below) resulted in a suit contract, then than suit will be trumps for the entire hand. Players must still follow suit if they can, but if they've run out of the chosen suit they may play a card from the trump suit instead. This is known as ruffing. A trump beats cards from all other suits, so ruffing is a very powerful technique. If two or more trumps are played in the same hand, then the highest trump wins the trick. Dummy The dummy separates Bridge from most other trick-taking games. Every hand, one member of the declaring side sits out as the dummy. Their entire hand is placed faced up on the table for all players to see. Although the order of play doesn't change, the declarer decides which cards to play from both his hand and dummy's. Once the contract has been decided, the pairs are split into the declaring and defending | gebze 101 Jeopardy Template Which creature was a threat to holiday makers in Jaws? 100 How many legs has a spider got? 100 Who painted the Mona Lisa? 100 In which city is Hollywood? 100 What is Turkish delight Invented by Haci Bekir Effendi at his Istanbul shop in 1777 what is the globally consumed 'lokum' more famously called? 200 what famous rapper appeared in the movie 8 mile? 200 which animal lays the biggest eggs 200 Who wrote Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Hamlet? 200 What's the name of the famous big clock in London? 200 What falling fruit supposedly inspired Isaac Newton to write the laws of gravity? 300 Which Tom played spy Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible? 300 What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard? 300 What is Hula Hoop One of the most popular toys of all time is a plastic ring with a Hawaiian name. What is it? 300 |
In Greek mythology who was the son of Poseidon and God of the Wind? | AEOLUS - the Greek God of the South Wind (Greek mythology) AEOLUS Also known as AEOLOS, AIOLOS God of the South Winds The son of POSEIDON , he stores his winds in goatskin bottles. Used with care they are beneficial but popping corks with abandon brings on tempests. SISYPHUS claimed AEOLUS was his dad, but you know what a shifty character he was, so don’t let him cloud your judgment. AEOLUS FACTS AND FIGURES In charge of : the South Wind God of : South Wind Celebration or Feast Day : Unknown at present Good/Evil Rating : Unknown at present Popularity index : 25247 Cite this Link to this page HTML: To link to this page, just copy and paste the text below into your blog, web page or email. <a href="http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=AEOLUS">Godchecker entry on AEOLUS, the Greek God of the South Wind</a> BBCODE: To link to this page in a forum post or comment box, just copy and paste the text below: [url=http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/greek-mythology.php?deity=AEOLUS]Godchecker entry on AEOLUS, the Greek God of the South Wind[/url] Cite this article Here's the info you need to cite this page. Just copy the text in the box below. Saunders, Chas, and Peter J. Allen, eds. "AEOLUS - the Greek God of the South Wind (Greek mythology)." <em>Godchecker</em>. Godchecker.com / CID, 31 Oct. 2013. Web. 19 January 2017. . 31 October 2013 by Rowan Allen. Editors: Peter J Allen, Chas Saunders References: Coming soon. | Mozart’s great choral opera: Idomeneo Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2010 Photo: Rocco Casaluci 1781 Idomeneo Teatro Comunale di Bologna 2010 Photo: Rocco Casaluci In 1780, a commission from Munich finally arrived: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was to compose an opera seria, the story of the king of Crete: “Idomeneo”. Colloredo granted him six weeks' leave. After three days on the stage coach, Mozart finally arrived in Munich. Here, optimal working conditions awaited him: his beloved Mannheim orchestra and the world famous ensemble of singers of the Elector of Pfalz, Karl Theodor, were at his disposal. He had already collaborated with the theatre director Joseph Count Seeau in Munich during the production of “La Finta Giardiniera” . The libretto was based on the tragedy “Idoménée” by Antoine Danchet. It was reworked into Italian for Mozart’s opera by the court chaplain Varesco of Salzburg. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart exerted great influence over the libretto. He was determined to break old rules and to create something completely new and exciting. Working with Varesco could not have been unproblematic… Of gods and men … “Idomeneo” by Mozart is based on material from ancient antiquity and tells the story of the king of Crete, Idomeneus. During his return from the Trojan War he gets into distress at sea. To survive, he vows to the god of oceans, Poseidon, to sacrifice the first man he encounters after his rescue. His son Idamante is romantically involved with Ilia, a Trojan prisoner of war, and wants to marry her. But Elektra covets the prince as well. When Idamante learns of the disaster that struck his father’s fleet, he is convinced that Idomeneo is dead. Idamante stands grieving at the beach when his father’s ship lands. He is overjoyed to see his father alive. However, Idomeneo is struck by terror: his son is the first human being he encounters on dry land. Is it possible to disappoint a god? Mozart’s Idomeneo wants to save the life of his son at all costs. He sends him away to Elektra’s home country, in the company of Elektra herself. But Poseidon will not be deceived. A terrible storm destroys Idamante’s ship and a sea monster appears to claim the prince’s life. Before Idamante sets out to challenge the sea monster, he and Ilia confess their love for one another. Facing the threat of the sea monster, Idomeneo is forced to divulge which sacrifice the monster demands: his son. A human sacrifice is prepared at the temple of Poseidon. Idomeneo himself shall kill his son. In despair, Ilia interposes herself between the men. Finally, the voice of the oracle declares that Idamante can stay alive if Idomeneo abdicates and makes Ilia queen. Mozart’s opera – a treasure trove of recitatives, effects, choir and ballet scenes Mozart’s “Idomeneo” is a lyrical tragedy and is considered Mozart’s greatest choral opera. It is composed in the baroque tradition of the opera seria; however, Mozart excels at giving it new traits and forms. He also exerted his influence on the dramaturgy, shortened parts to increase their effect, increased the suspense with a dense use of instruments and wrote the marvellous ballet music. The premiere in Munich in 1781 at the Residenz Theatre was a great success. Mozart stayed three months instead of six weeks and enjoyed the carnival season to the full. He felt no urge to return to Salzburg… |
What nationality is Richard Clayderman | Richard Clayderman biography, birth date, birth place and pictures Email Print Richard Clayderman (born Philippe Pagès) is a French pianist who has released numerous albums including the compositions of Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint, instrumental renditions of popular music, rearrangements of movie soundtracks, ethnic music, and easy-listening arrangements of most popular works of classical music. Richard Clayderman's billing as the world's most popular pianist was put to the test during an interview on the "Late Night with David Letterman" show. The Christian Science Monitor reported that Letterman, in order to judge Clayderman's reputation as a household name, placed a random telephone call to a home in Norway. The family not only knew him but owned several of his albums. Born in France with the name Phillipe Pages, he took the stage name Clayderman (from his great-grandmother) because his real name was pronounced differently in every country. His father was a piano teacher and began teaching him classical piano at a young age. Clayderman entered the Paris Conservatory at age 12 and won first prize for piano at 16. When he found it difficult to make a living as a classical pianist, he turned to popular music and toured with French rock musician Johnny Hallyday. The turning point for Clayderman came when two record producers asked him to record "Ballad pour Adeline." That record, which helped launch his career into popular music, has sold over 20 million copies in 38 countries. Clayderman's shift from classical to popular music not only allowed for his remarkably successful career but moved him into an area of music which he feels more closely reflects his personality. Although he still plays classical music on stage, for his United States concerts he focuses on romantic interpretations of popular American melodies. "I think there is a need for this kind of romantic music, " he told the Christian Science Monitor, "because we live in a world [where] terrible things are happening, and people need music to feel a bit cool and relaxed. I think a proportion of my audience also listens to other styles. For example, I'm sure the young people like rock 'n roll music. But through my playing they discover a new kind of music--classical, because sometimes I play that on stage." In a review of his 1985 New York debut at Carnegie Hall, Variety suggested that, besides his repertoire and lush playing style, "Clayderman's main appeal lies in his youth and boyish good looks.... Coupled with his gentlemanly charm and his thick French accent, they promise to rope in the romantically inclined middle-aged Yank ladies who cotton to this ilk of soothing entertainment." The Los Angeles Times, also reporting on a performance from his first American tour, objected to the canned quality and cuteness of his audience interaction, but praised the show as "otherwise well constructed, with a good balance of original and established songs, and of romantic ballads and high-stepping rhythm pieces." For his American concerts he performed with a 16-piece orchestra and offered romantic crowd pleasers like "Feelings," "The Way We Were," and "Chariots of Fire." The Christian Science Monitor remarked that, heard along with the orchestra, his performance had the "solidity and strength that spring from his training as a classical pianist." His concerts are marked by standing ovations and multiple encores. For People to accuse Clayderman of displaying "all the emotions of a turnip" and for Rolling Stone to describe him as a "schlock pianist" is perhaps unfair. He may not be Horowitz but his music does fill a need as evidenced by over two hundred gold and platinum records and international sales reported at over 40 million albums. "If the sales figures Columbia claims are true," Stereo Review noted in 1987, "he is probably the most successful pianist in the world today." | Clarion Spring 2014 by Barton Court Grammar School (page 51) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ 51 16 Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher and The Tell Tale Heart? 17 What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? 18 Which Russian writer wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment? 19 "Reader, I married him," appears in the conclusion of what Charlotte Bronte novel? 20 The ancient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single plotline, single location, and what other single aspect? 21 Who wrote Brighton Rock (1938) and Our Man in Havana (1958)? 22 "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice which I've been turning over in my mind ever since," is the start of which novel? 23 In the early 1900s a thriller was instead more commonly referred to as what sort of book? 24 Which novel begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife..."? 25 Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima committed what extreme act in 1970 while campaigning for Japan to restore its nationalistic principles? 26 Jonathan Harker's Journal and Dr Seward's Diary feature in what famous 1897 novel? 27 What is the technical name for a fourteen-lined poem in rhymed iambic pentameters? 28 "Make then laugh; make them cry; make them wait..." was a personal maxim of which novelist? 29 What term for a short, usually witty, poem or saying derives from the Greek words 'write' and 'on'? 30 What was the original title of the book on which the film Schindler's List was based? Mark out of 30 ? Answers窶馬o peeking before you have finished! 1 Novella, 2 Lord Alfred Tennyson , 3 Lady Chatterley's Lover, 4 Anne Brontﾃｫ, 5 Beowulf, 6 Existentialism, 7 Farce or farcical , 8 Magazine, 9 Isaac Newton , 10 Renaissance, 11 Copyright, 12 Metre, 13 Seventeen, 14 A Clockwork Orange, 15 Frankenstein, 16 Edgar Allen Poe , 17 Montague and Capulet, 18 Fyodor Dostoevsky , 19 Jane Eyre , 20 Time , 21 Graham Greene, 22 The Great Gatsby , 23 Shocker , 24 Pride and Prejudice , 25 Suicide, 26 Dracula , 27 Sonnet, 28 Charles Dickens, 29 Epigram , 30 Schindler's Ark Barton Court Grammar School Follow publisher Unfollow publisher Be the first to know about new publications. |
Which Australian partnered John Lloyd to three Grand Slam Mixed Doubles titles in the 1980s? | John Lloyd (tennis) - YouTube John Lloyd (tennis) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Oct 16, 2014 John Lloyd (born 27 August 1954, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England) is a former professional tennis player who reached an ATP world ranking of 21 from 23 July 1978 to 30 July 1978 and who was ranked as UK number 1 in 1984 and 1985. He now works as sports commentator. During his career, he reached one Grand Slam singles final and won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles with tennis partner Wendy Turnbull, the French Open in 1982 and Wimbledon in 1983 and 1984. He was the first husband of the former top woman player Chris Evert and is the younger brother of the former British Davis Cup captain David Lloyd. This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video Category | Tennis Players Who Changed the Game: Margaret Court Smith | Bleacher Report Tennis Players Who Changed the Game: Margaret Court Smith By R L , Senior Analyst Dec 3, 2008 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse more stories 1.1K Comments Put your notes away. It's time for a pop quiz. Which female tennis player won the most Grand Slam Singles titles? The majority would believe Steffi Graf and her 22 titles. I know I did. The fact is, there's a bit of a technicality involved. Margaret Court Smith won 24 Grand Slams over her illustrious career. Now here's the catch. All of her titles before 1969 aren't included because the tournaments weren't won in the open era. French Open was once the French Championships, the U.S Open was previously the U.S Championships, and the Australian Open was the Australian Championships. Only Wimbledon's name remained identical. It's clear that she won 24 titles, but when you look at the standings among other ladies, she's credited with just the 11. I found this particularly interesting when I stumbled across it. Nonetheless, Smith was much before my time. She won her first singles title at the Australian Championships in 1960, approximately 28 years before my birth. Two years later, she won three of the four major tournaments. Wimbledon dodged her grasp until 1963 when she became the first Australian woman to win its singles title. In 1965, she won three of the four majors in singles competition along with all four Grand Slam mixed doubles tournaments. In singles and mixed doubles competition, she won three of the four major titles of each in 1969. It was in 1970, when she won all four Grand Slam singles tournaments in one year, earning herself a "boxed set." Only Maureen Connolly Brinker in 1953, and Steffi Graf in 1998, won all four titles in one calendar year among women. Her last big year was in 1973. Again, she won three of four in singles and doubles competition for Grand Slams. Smith played her final Grand Slam singles match at the 1975 U.S Open, losing to Martina Navratilova in the quarterfinals. Overall, the Australian won a record 62 Grand Slam titles (24 singles, 19 doubles, and 19 mixed doubles). Ready for some scary statistics? Out of the 47 Grand Slam singles tournaments she played, Smith reached the finals in 29, the semifinals in 36, and the quarterfinals in 43. In all competitions, she was victorious in 62 of the 85 Grand Slam finals she played, which includes a 24-5 record in singles. She remains the only player to have won every major in a calendar year in both singles and mixed doubles. The No. 1 ranking was hers on six different occasions (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1969, 1970). Against top 10 opponents, her record was 297-73 in singles action. Bottom line: The numbers tell the story. The International Tennis Hall of Fame states the following: "For sheer strength of performance and accomplishment there has never been a tennis player to match her." |
"The UK TV series ""Doctor in the House"", based on books by Richard Gordon, was set in which hospital?" | Doctor in the House (TV Series 1969–1970) - 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 "Doctor in the House" follows the misadventures of medical students Michael Upton, Duncan Waring, Paul Collier and Dick Stuart-Clark. The lads basically mean well, but their habits of ... See full summary » Creator: It's time for the lads to take their qualifying exams and Michael is so anxious to stay awake for them he takes pep pills - which turn out to be sleeping pills. Thus he falls asleep on the bus on his... 8.6 Upton and Waring have been chosen to observe Loftus on a two week residency in surgery but Upton is terrified and has a nightmare about an operation. When his friends reveal his phobia to the ... 8.0 Waring volunteers to be hypnotized in a class by Dr. Towers but is actually faking it. Later Upton does successfully hypnotize him, getting him to mark at the mention of the word Dog. This annoys ... 7.9 a list of 6928 titles created 12 Jun 2011 a list of 133 titles created 20 Oct 2011 a list of 93 titles created 21 Jul 2014 a list of 33 titles created 15 Oct 2014 a list of 47 titles created 10 months ago Title: Doctor in the House (1969–1970) 7.9/10 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. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? Doctor at Large (TV Series 1971) Comedy Following his student misadventures in Doctor in the House (1969), Michael Upton ( Barry Evans ) starts out on an equally fun-filled but disaster-prone solo career. He moves through a variety... See full summary » Stars: Barry Evans, George Layton, Geoffrey Davies The continuing misadventures of Duncan Waring ( Robin Nedwell ), Dick Stuart-Clark ( Geoffrey Davies ) and Paul Collier ( George Layton ) see them move further up the promotion ladder, but no ... See full summary » Stars: Robin Nedwell, George Layton, Geoffrey Davies Doctor at Sea (TV Series 1974) Comedy The continuing adventures of the boys from "Doctor In The House", "Doctor At Large" and "Doctor In Charge". When Dick (Geoffrey Davies) finally gets himself the sack from St Swithin's, ... See full summary » Stars: Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, Ernest Clark Barry Evans plays a put-upon language teacher who tries to make a living by teaching English to immigrants. With pupils from India, France, China, and many other countries, his lessons do ... See full summary » Stars: Barry Evans, George Camiller, Jacki Harding Duncan ( Robin Nedwell ) and Dick ( Geoffrey Davies ) return from their escapades on the MS Begonia ('"Doctor at Sea" (1974)') and manage to wangle new jobs at St Swithin's Hospital. ... See full summary » Stars: Robin Nedwell, Geoffrey Davies, Ernest Clark Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long suffering tenants. Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington, Frances de la Tour The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for Dr Watt, Detective-Sergeant ... See full summary » Director: Gerald Thomas Jack-the-lad bus driver and conductor Stan and Jack enjoy the female employees more than their work and Inspector Blake is relentless in his attempts to make their lives a misery. Stars: Anna Karen, Bob Grant, Stephen Lewis The original rapid fire sketch comedy show. Stars: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Ruth Buzzi Arthur Daley, a small-time conman, hires former boxer Terry McCann to be his 'minder', so Terry can protect him (Arthur) from other, small-time, crooks. While Terry is trying his hardest to... See full summary » Stars: George Cole, Glynn Edwards, Dennis Waterman A retired intelligence agent turned private detective helps various threatened clients to e | Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 2nd February - The Questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League SET BY THE ROBIN HOOD 1. Arts and Entertainments 8. Sport (Pics) Apologies for the smaller than traditional pictures…we live in austere times. sorry I'm having some problems with the pictures - I'll come back to it but have posted in the meantime - Nick Arts and Ents – Waxing Lyrical. Identify either the song/novel/poem OR the singer/band/author as appropriate. Q1 With reference to our stay in the A-League…. 2002 Song, taken from album “A rush of blood to the head” – Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh take me back to the start Coldplay or “The Scientist” 1993 Song taken from album “Pablo Honey” I’m a _BLANK_, I'm a weirdo, What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. I only knew what hunted thought quickened his step, and why He looked upon the garish day with such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved and so he had to die. Oscar Wilde or “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” Q4 My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunkMy heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk Ode to a Nightingale – John Keats Q5 1987 Song taken from the album “Actually” At school they taught me how to be so pure in thought and word and deed They didn't quite succeed Pet Shop Boys or “It’s a Sin” Q6 1967 Song from an eponymous album The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray Procol Harum or “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Q7 "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Leo Tolstoy or “Anna Karenina” Q8 1963 Novel "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York." Sylvia Plath, or “The Bell Jar” S1 Supp 1 1989 Novel "To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die." Salman Rushdie or “The Satanic Verses” S2 Song – Original Artist from 1975 or title Required She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair Hallelujah or “Leonard Cohen” Geography – Picture Round. Identify the country from the image provided. Q1 S1 / VI 1 SUPP/VISUALLY IMPAIRED 1. Kinshasa is one of the 20 biggest cities (by population) in the world. In which country is it found. DR Congo (accept Zaire with reluctance) S2/ VI 2 Dili is the capital of which country which achieved independence in 2002. East Timor/ ( or Timor-Leste) Runners Up – in honour of the position the Robin keeps achieving on a Tuesday night. In each case you will be given the name of a winner of an event. Name the memorable 2nd placer. Q1 1997 General Election. Enfield Southgate constituency. Winner, Stephen Twigg (Labour) Michael Portillo (..were you still up for him?...) Q2 2015. General Election. Twickenham Constituency. Winner, Tania Mathias (Conservative) Vince Cable 2002 Pop Idol. Winner – Will Young Gareth Gates 2009 Britain’s Got Talent. Winner – Diversity Susan Boyle 2015. General Election. Thanet South Constituency. Winner Craig Mackinlay (Conservative) Nigel Farage 2015 General Election. Bradford West constituency. Winner Naseem Shah (Labour) George Galloway 1990-1994. 5 World Snooker Championship Finals. Winners – Stephen Hendry and John Parrott Jimmy White 1993 Wimbledon Ladies Singles (tearfully). Winner: Steffi Graf Jana Novotna 2000 US Presidential Election. Winner: George W. Bush Al Gore Science – Periodic Table. All of these are chemical elements – but there are other routes to the answer if you are not a scientist. Slight errors in the ending of the name should be tolerated. Q1 Atomic Number 84. Radi |
What is the modern birthstone for July? | 6 Choices of July Birthstone | Kamayo Jewelry 6 Choices of July Birthstone by Deomar Pandan What is the birthstone for July? As a matter of fact, the question is more correctly asked, what are the birthstones for July? There are in total six birthstones of July, the seventh month of the year. What are the different July birthstones? Here in this article we go over the 6 types of July birthstone. Ruby the red precious stone Source: Humanfeather via Wikimedia Commons July Birthstones Ancient: Ruby, Onyx, Sardonyx & Carnelian Tibetan: Ruby The glowing ruby shall adorn, Those who in July are born; Then they’ll be exempt and free From love’s doubts and anxiety. — Gregorian birthstone poem Ruby is the modern birthstone for July, both in the United States and Britain. Ruby was likewise a traditional birthstone of July, as well as the July birthstone from as far as back as the ancient Polish, Russian, Tibetan and old Hindu (Ayurvedic) calendar. This gemstone for July is the red variety of corundum, which in a different color would be otherwise called sapphire. Ruby is a highly valuable gemstone, which is the reason the why this July gemstone remains among the 4 precious stones of the modern day. The July stone is traditionally believed to boost mental strength and reinforce courage. Carnelian Necklace Carnelian Carnelian has been designated as modern birthstone for July in Britain alongside ruby. Carnelian was also the July birthstone in the old Arabic calendar. Before the gemstone appeared in these calendars as the stone for July, carnelian was a zodiac stone for Leo, which falls partly on the month of July. This birthstone of July is the red variety of chalcedony. The July gemstone is believed to fuel passion and desire. See also Carnelian: Stone of Passion . Black Onyx Necklace Onyx Onyx is a traditional birthstone for July, and is the ancient July birthstone going back to the old Roman, Italian and Hebrew calendar. Before the gemstone materialized in these ancient calendars as the birthstone of July, onyx was the main zodiac stone for Leo, which falls partly on the month of July. This July gemstone is banded agate of black and white, but is most popularly known as the black variety of chalcedony. The July stone is a grounding stone believed to absorb negative energy. See also The Black Onyx: Stone of Power . Sardonyx Necklace Sardonyx Sardonyx is a birthstone for July in the old Russian calendar. Before the gemstone became the July birthstone in the ancient Russian calendar, sardonyx was a zodiac stone for Leo, which falls partly on the month of July. This gemstone for July is the variety of onyx occurring in bands of white and red. These bands are composed of white chalcedony and sard respectively, sard being the darker shade of carnelian. The July stone is believed to keep a person brave. See also Sardonyx: Stone of Valor . A magnificent blue sapphire ring Source: Stanislav Doronenko via Wikimedia Commons Sapphire Sapphire is the birthstone for July in the Hindu calendar. This July birthstone is precious corundum occurring in a variety of colors except red, which be otherwise called ruby. Sapphire is a highly valuable gemstone. This consistently high value keeps this July gemstone among the 4 precious stones of the modern age. The July stone is believed to bring inner peace and counteract depression. Turquoise Necklace Turquoise Turquoise is also known as a traditional birthstone for July, though most popular as the December birthstone. Turquoise is a valuable, rare opaque stone ranging in color from green to blue. This July birthstone is believed to bring clarity of mind and spiritual discernment. July Birthstone Color What color is July birthstone? The choices of modern birthstones for July in Britain are indicative of the July stone color. The most popular modern, traditional, as well as ancient birthstone of July, ruby, is red in color. Carnelian, the alternate birthstone for July in Britain and the July gemstone in the ancient Arabic calendar, is also red. Therefore, it is apparent that the July birthstone color is re | 4 Choices of January Birthstone | Kamayo Jewelry 4 Choices of January Birthstone by Deomar Pandan What is the birthstone for January? As a matter of fact, the right question would be, what are the birthstones for January? There are all in all four birthstones of January, the first month of the year. What are the different January birthstones? Here we list the 4 types of January birthstone. Ancient Italian & Russian: Garnet & Red zircon Tibetan: Emerald By her who in this month is born No gem save garnets should be worn; They will ensure her constancy, True friendship, and fidelity. — Gregorian birthstone poem Garnet is the most widely accepted birthstone for January. Garnet is the traditional as well as the modern January birthstone. Garnet was also consistently designated as the gemstone for January in the ancient Roman, Italian, Polish, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic and old Hindu (Ayurvedic) calendars. Before the gemstone was made the birthstone of January, garnet was the zodiac stone for Capricorn and Aquarius, both falling partly on the month of January. Garnet is a valuable gemstone cherished since antiquity. While most expensive in its green variety called demantoid, garnet is most commonly a red gemstone. Accordingly the color of garnet regarded as stone for January is the red garnet, which comes from several garnet species, namely, almandine, pyrope, spessartine, andradite and grossular. This January gemstone is believed to bestow strength and protection. The January stone is also regarded as a symbol of friendship, exchanged between friends to express affection, and in the hope that they would meet again in the future. Zircon in different colors, including red Source: Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0 Red Zircon Zircon is a transparent gemstone that makes excellent substitute to diamond. While most popular in its blue color, zircon also occurs in red, in which case the gemstone is called hyacinth, or jacinth. This red zircon is the birthstone for January in the ancient Italian and Russian calendar. While hyacinth is the red variety of zircon, this January birthstone may also hold traces of yellow. The January stone is believed to enhance peace of mind, as well as bring prosperity. An emerald ring with diamonds on the side Source: gemteck1, CC BY 2.0, via flickr Emerald Emerald is the birthstone for January in the old Tibetan calendar. This January birthstone is the green variety of beryl, and is, not only one of the most expensive gemstones in the world, but is also among the only four gemstones regarded as precious stones in the modern day. This birthstone of January is prized mostly for its color, the verdant green. When beryl occurs in a color beside green, the gemstone would be called by a different name — aquamarine when blue, for instance, and heliodor when yellow — and the stone would be accordingly less expensive. The January gemstone, emerald, is believed to bring well-being, as well as stimulate clairvoyance. Ruby the red precious stone Source: Humanfeather via Wikimedia Commons Serpent Stone Serpent stone is the birthstone for January in the Hindu calendar. The identity of this January birthstone is rather dubious. Some say that the name serpent stone refers to ruby, which would make sense; since ruby is the birthstone for Capricorn — which falls partly on the month of January — and is a gemstone that is red in color, similar to the other birthstones for January, namely, garnet and red zircon. Others, however, insists that serpent stone is just that, serpent stone, better known as black stone or snake stone. This January stone consists of black animal bones believed to heal snake bites. January Birthstone Color What color is January birthstone? Given the limited choices of birthstones for January, and how they are definitively described by color, January birthstone color is undoubtedly red, specifically deep red. Garnet, the foremost birthstone for January, occurs most commonly as red stones, and is widely thought of as red since ancient times. The next January gemstone, hyacinth, is also a red gemsto |
Scapa Flow is a body of water in which Scottish island group? | Scapa Flow (Covenant) | Ars Magica Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Biluous of House Bonisagus , from the Rhine Tribunal , joined 821 . All save Biluous had participated in the war between the Order and Damhan-Allaidh . The Covenant was founded in the wake on that conflict and of the acceptance of House Ex Miscellanea into the Order. Biluous was a latecomer, a rare Bonisagus whose talents and training would have enabled him to take an active role in the war, but he arrived just as the forces of Pralix overcame the Spider for the final time. Instead, Biluous set out exploring a land that was unfamiliar to him, gathering companions over the course of several years and eventually settling as a group in the Orkneys , rich in magical resources almost untapped in the young Loch Leglean Tribunal . Conflicts with the Northmen Edit Far from peacefully settling down in a post-war tribunal, the Magi of Scapa Flow came into almost immediate conflict not only with the Norse who ruled the Orkneys but with the pagan rune-wizards who accompanied them. Isolated from aid, the Magi were forced to rely upon their own wits and resources for decades in a number of struggles with the Northmen. It was not until the arrival of a new Magus that the situtaion would finally resolve itself. Niall O'Eoghanacht , of House Ex Miscellanea , from the Hibernia Tribunal , joined 847 . Half-Norse himself and fluent in their language and customs, Niall had been trained by a follower of Jerbiton who was outraged when his apprentice joined Ex Miscellanea upon passing the Gauntlet. Forced to depart from Ireland , Niall was shipwreched upon Hoy in 844 during a storm of Biluous' conjuring, and came into the care of the Magi of Scapa Flow, of which he later became a member. Over the course of the next several years the conflict with the Norsemen intensified, and Erich of Brandenburg met his end in a confrontation with them in 848 . Shortly afterward Niall, the only member of the covenant with the Gentle Gift, neccessary because the Norse sorcerers did not possess the Parma Magica , was able to negotiate a cessation of hostilities. From Conflict to Alliance Edit Peace reigned for two decades while the Magi of Scapa Flow gradually built trust between themselves and the Norse Magi in violation of the Code of Hermes . In 876 , however, the Quaesitor Vermithraxus Metus visited Scapa Flow, and at the Tribunal of 879 the Covenant was condemned, forced to pay a fine of four rooks of vis , and ordered to exterminate the runic sorcerers of the Orkneys or recruit them into the Order. Niall, as the primary peacemaker, was additionally punished with the loss of his familiar . Even so, determined, Niall matched wits with the canny Norse and eventually brought several rune magi into House Ex Miscellanea in 884 , while secretly protecting others. Edit As the summer Covenant began to shift into Autumn, the Norse Magus Yngvar, unable to master anything but the barest rudiments of Hermetic Magic, began to train apprentices, all of whom were assisted by Niall and Biluous, becoming a unique mystery lineage, the Sons of Yngvar , within Ex Miscellanea which endures today, incorporating the old runic secrets into their otherwise Hermetic Magic. None of these ever formally joined Scapa Flow, howewver, and most departed after passing their Gauntlets. Hjalmar, however, had discovered a secret akin to the Bjornaer Heartbeast during his own training many years before and was initiated by Bledri into that House in 904 . This caused a rift within the Covenant for reasons that remain unclear, and by 905 both Bledri and Hjalmar departed Scapa Flow for Parts unknown. Seigleif Thorgeldson, while nominally in residence at the Covenant, was consumed with his own affairs and away much of the time. His fate is not recorded, and his name is still on the now-ancient membership rolls of Scapa Flow. In 917 Eirik departed on a voyage to Iceland in the company of Fearghus MacGregor , a Scottish Magus, and did not return, although a tale reached the ears of Biluous many years later that they voyage h | The Lodge, Cottages in Dumfries and Galloway | Scottish Cottages Dumfries & Galloway holiday guide About the local area Loch Ryan is a sea loch which acts as a natural harbour providing calm waters for the ferries operating between Scotland and Northern Ireland. A voyaging ferry ablaze with lights against a clear night time sky is a sight to behold! Stranraer is the largest settlement on the loch’s shores and the town is reached in just over a mile; a very pleasant walk along the loch side. For children Agnew Park has pedal boats, train rides, an adventure playground and crazy golf and thanks to its unique geographical position the area is touched by the warm breezes of the Gulf Stream, however if it does rain there is always the leisure pool! As one would expect from the gentle climate, this country has some beautiful, diverse and spectacularly stunning gardens on offer including, Logan Botanic Gardens, Castle Kennedy and Glenwhan gardens, all being within a short distance. With around 200 miles of amazing coastline on offer, the area boasts some stunning beaches and on many days the only footprints in the sand will be your own. The coastline north and south of Portpatrick is indented with secluded bays and beaches - Morroch Bay, Sandeel Bay, Lairds Bay and perhaps the loveliest of them all, Killantringan. Portpatrick is cradled at the foot of rocky cliffs and looks across 22 miles of the Irish Channel to Donaghdee. This is where the annual lifeboat week and the acclaimed folk festival is held. Just down the road from here is Port Logan where the BBC’s 2000 Acres of Sky was filmed. Stranraer is a great centre for the serious walker and it is skirted by the Southern Upland Way which runs 212 miles from Portpatrick in the west across the South of Scotland to Cockburnspath on the east coast. If you wish to venture a little further then head for the Galloway Hills where there is some seriously challenging walking to be had. The area is a haven for golfing enthusiasts with a plethora of excellent courses; 18 holes of golf at Creachmore, Glenluce or Dunskey at Portpatrick. Further east is a championship course at Southerness and you could spend a day in the area calling in at the Artisit’s Town of Kirkcudbright, The Granite Town of Dalbeattie and Scotland’s Book town at Wigtown. Let’s not forget the cycling enthusiasts too as the area has a good choice of world class cycling on offer with various venues offering the 7Stanes world acclaimed mountain biking experience. A really different experience would be to visit Logan Fish Pond, a fish larder for storing live sea fish within a natural rock formation on the shore. Recent additions to the original pond now include Touch Pools, Cave quarium and Gift Shop. On the rocks next to the Fish Pond is the Bathing Hut, now restored and open for viewing. Since early times the area’s proximity to Ireland has established close links with the Emerald Isle and why not take the fast ferry across the water and see for yourself how green it is on the other side! Belfast has some excellent shopping on offer for a day of retail therapy. Scotland’s most southerly point is at the Mull of Galloway which unbelievably is further south than Hartlepool. On a clear day, Ireland, The Isle of Man and Cumbria are visible! 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In the Bible, whose first husband was Uriah the Hittite? | Daily Bible Study - Uriah The Hittite Questions? Search all 6,500+ Bible studies on this website. Just type in topic word(s) or a question. Due to extensive use of high-quality maps and illustrations, this educational website is best-viewed with a minimum screen-resolution width of 1280 pixels Uriah The Hittite by Wayne Blank Uriah, whose name in Hebrew means The Lord is Light, was a Hittite, the first husband of Bathsheba (who later became the mother of Solomon with her second husband, David). Uriah was a loyal and obedient servant and soldier whose killing by David to cover up an act of adultery is one of the most tragic and disgraceful incidents in all Bible History . "One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of the palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. The woman was very beautiful, and David sent someone to find out about her. The man said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" Then David sent messengers to get her. She came to him, and he slept with her. Then she went back home. The woman conceived and sent word to David, saying, "I am pregnant." "So David sent this word to Joab: "Send me Uriah the Hittite." And Joab sent him to David. When Uriah came to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the soldiers were and how the war was going. Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house and wash your feet." So Uriah left the palace, and a gift from the king was sent after him. But Uriah slept at the entrance to the palace with all his master's servants and did not go down to his house." "When David was told, "Uriah did not go home," he asked him, "Haven't you just come from a distance? Why didn't you go home?" "Uriah said to David, " The Ark and Israel and Judah are staying in tents, and my master Joab and my lord's men are camped in the open fields. How could I go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As surely as you live, I will not do such a thing!" "Then David said to him, "Stay here one more day, and tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. At David's invitation, he ate and drank with him, and David made him drunk. But in the evening Uriah went out to sleep on his mat among his master's servants; he did not go home." "In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. In it he wrote, "Put Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest. Then withdraw from him so he will be struck down and die." "So while Joab had the city under siege, he put Uriah at a place where he knew the strongest defenders were. When the men of the city came out and fought against Joab, some of the men in David's army fell; moreover, Uriah the Hittite died." "Joab sent David a full account of the battle. He instructed the messenger: "When you have finished giving the king this account of the battle, the king's anger may flare up, and he may ask you, 'Why did you get so close to the city to fight? Didn't you know they would shoot arrows from the wall? Who killed Abimelech son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you get so close to the wall?' If he asks you this, then say to him, `Also, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead.'" "The messenger set out, and when he arrived he told David everything Joab had sent him to say. The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us and came out against us in the open, but we drove them back to the entrance to the city gate. Then the archers shot arrows at your servants from the wall, and some of the king's men died. Moreover, your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead." "David told the messenger, "Say this to Joab: 'Don't let this upset you; the sword devours one as well as another. Press the attack against the city and destroy it.' Say this to encourage Joab." "When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for him. After the time of mourning was over, David had her brought to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing David ha | Bible Jokes This page has been visited times. Bible Puns, Jokes & Riddles Q: Why couldn't anyone play cards on the ark? A: Because the animals were on the deck. * Q: Where was Solomon's temple located? A: On the side of his head. * Q: Which old testament character was know for having a foul mouth at a young age? A: Job - He cursed the day he was born. (Job 3:1) * Q: Where is baseball mentioned in the bible? A:- In the big inning (Genesis 1:1) - Genesis 3:6- Eve stole first and Adam stole second - Rebekah went to the well with a "pitcher" - Exodus 4:4 "And he put out his hand, and caught it" - Numbers 11:32 "Ten homers" - Proverbs 18:10 "The righteous run into it, and is safe - Ezekiel 36:12 "Yea, I will cause men to walk" * Q: Who was the shortest man in the Bible? A: (Some think it was Zacheus, some Nehemiah (Knee-high Miah, Others thinks it was Bildad the Shuhite (shoe hight), but in fact, It was Peter - he slept on his watch! * Q: Why did Moses cross the red sea? A: To get to the other side - weren't you tired of all those 'Why did the chicken cross the road' jokes? * Q: What man is known for having killed 1/4 of the world's population in one day? A: Cain when he killed Abel. * Q: How long did Cain hate his brother A: As long as he was able (Abel) * Q: Where does it talk about Honda cars in the Bible? A: In Acts 1:14_"These all continued with one accord" * Q: In what place in the world did the cock crow when all the world heard him? A: On Noah's ark * Q: What were the Phoenicians famous for? A: Blinds * Q: Why was Moses the most wicked man in the Bible? A: Because he broke the Ten Commandments all at once. (Exodus 32:19) * Q: At what time of the day was Adam created? A: A little before Eve. * Q: What man in the Bible had no parents? A: Joshua, the son of Nun. * Q: Who was the most popular actor in the Bible? A: Samson. He brought the house down * Q: If Moses were alive today, why would he be considered a remarkable man? A: Because he would be several thousand years old. * Q: Why was job always cold in bed? A: Because he had such miserable comforters * Q: Who was the straightest man in the Bible? A: Joseph - Pharoah made a ruler out of him. * Q: If Methuselah was the oldest man in the Bible (969 years old), why did he die before his father? A: His father is Enoch. Enoch never died, God took him. * Q: How can we assume that the woman at the well was overweight? A: The passage says that she was a woman of "some area" (Samaria) * Q: Were Joseph's parents cannibals? A: I don't know... but they did call their daughter Dinah. * YOUR JOKE OR RIDDLE COULD GO RIGHT HERE... |
The Rock of Gibraltar and Mt Abyla on the African coast were known as what? | Pages - The People of Gibraltar The People of Gibraltar BC - The Pillars of Hercules The northern Pillar of Hercules ( 1910s - Allan Stewart) If a Gibraltarian were asked by a visiting friend about the Pillars of Hercules his probable response would be - "You are standing on one of them, mate". If they happened to be somewhere on the eastern side of the Rock, a vaguely familiar looking mountain on the other side of the strait would be pointed out and identified as perhaps being the second one. This would probably be followed by a short explanation as to how a mythical Hercules had ripped the place apart sometime in the very distant past thereby creating the Strait of Gibraltar. We are not just proud of being British - sometimes we are proud of our classical heritage as well. The Pillars of Hercules - the classical view (1450s - Nicolas Germanus - Detail ) The truth is that until I started my research for this essay the above was about the sum total of my own knowledge about the famous Pillars - including the fact that I was not entirely sure as to the actual location of the far less important Pillar - from a Gibraltarians' point of view of course - on the other side of the Strait. I have since realised that I am not alone. It seems that the person responsible for the myths about Hercules was Peisander of Rhodes, a 7th century BC Greek epic poet who apparently got the story from an unknown Pisinus of Lindus who almost certainly plagiarised it from somebody else. In other words it's a pretty old story. According to Peisander's version Heracles - the name was later Romanised to Hercules - was advised by the Oracle at Delphi to submit to his cousin King Eurystheus and perform whatever labours he might set him. Of the twelve which he eventually carried out it is the tenth that concerns us here. It involved the capture of the cattle of the monster Geryon which meant that Heracles had to get himself to the island of Gades - today's Cadiz - where apparently Geryon had his cattle ranch. When Hercules found his passage from the Mediterranean into the Atlantic Ocean obstructed by mountains he simply rent them apart with his sword forming the Straits of Gibraltar. The two bits of mountain that were left over on either side were Gibraltar - Mons Calpe - to the north and Mount Abyla to the south - the Pillars of Hercules. But let me nitpick. First of all it is worth noting that the creation of the Pillars of Hercules was not one of his labours. Rather than take the obvious and easier overland route to Cadiz Heracles inexplicably opted to go by sea and created a massive bit of extra work for himself. Another oddity is that although Peisander always went out of his way to depict Heracles wielding an enormous club he had him use a sword for this one. Another interpretation - Heracles using neither sword nor club - but simply brute force - to create the two "Pillars" ( 1634 - Francisco de Zubarán ) This illustration on a recent Gibraltar stamp issue also suggests a hands-on approach But perhaps the most awkward bit is the use of the words "Pillars" to describe Gibraltar and Abyla - the name of the unimportant one on the other side. And whichever mountain one chooses to call Mount Abyla on the African coast - and there is a choice of two - they do not look like pillars at all - particularly not el Hacho which is a rather insignificant hill being less than half the height of the Rock of Gibraltar. Mount Hacho - not the most imposing of hills - also known by some as Mount Abyla (old postcard ) Looking up this quirk in various encyclopaedias and elsewhere I have found out that many people consider that the not so nearby but far more imposing Jebel Musa or Apes Hill is a much more likely candidate. The fact that there are ruins on its summit that are thought to be the remains of a temple to Heracles - makes it an interesting alternative. Looking south from Gibraltar with Jebal Musa in the distance - Is this the real Mount Abyla? (1883 - General John Miller Adye) ( See LINK ) The problem is that our ancient classical scholars wer | 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? 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What is the SI Unit of Luminous Intensity? | SI Units Explained - The candela Go to the SI Units Explained Page How much brighter is a flashlight (torch) than a candle? Clearly it depends on how powerful the flashlight is, but there are other factors too. For example, the candle spreads its light in all directions whereas the flashlight is highly directional. This makes direct comparisons a little tricky, but not impossible. This is where the SI quantity of luminous intensity is useful. It has the SI unit candela and the symbol cd. The cendela (cd) How many candles are as bright as a flashlight? The next SI Unit is the kilogram (kg) . One of the extraordinary things about the kilogram is that it’s a real object, hidden in a nuclear bomb-proof bunker outside Paris. Other SI units are available from the menus at the top of the page. For much of history the candle was used as a measure of the intensity of light. This made sense in a world without light bulbs or other forms of artificial light, even if each country tended to use a slightly different kind of candle as its "standard". Things started to get complicated not just with the invention of light bulbs, but also with a greater understanding of the different colours of light. For example, the Sun's light is composed of all of the different colours mixed together, but, as seen from space, is faintly yellow in colour, meaning that it shines slightly more brightly in yellow than the other colour components. For these and other reasons a better definition of luminous intensity was needed. The modern SI quantity of luminous intensity takes into account the colour of the light and its direction. It is based on a frequency (light colour) of 540 x 1012 cycles per second ( hertz ), which is roughly yellowish-green and is a colour that the human eye is highly sensitive to. Now the surprisingly easy bit. One candela is almost exactly equivalent to one candlepower (I did say it was easy!). So why is comparing a candle and flashlight tricky? To answer this we need to consider how the light spreads out from its source as well as taking into account a derived quantity called lumens . Candlepower and candela are both measurements of light at source, but neither tells us how powerful the light is some distance away from the source. Instead, we measure the amount of light illuminating a surface area, which is called, naturally enough, the illuminance. The result is measured in lumens, with 1 lumen = 1 candela x steradian. For our purposes here we can think of the the latter term as an area, as the following example illustrates: Imagine a transparent 1 metre radius sphere surrounding a candle. Its surface area will be given by 4 pi r2, so the surface area of our sphere is: Seen from space the Sun is yellow in colour 4 pi 12 = 12.57 m2 The amount of energy passing through 1 square metre of the transparent sphere is 1 lumen, and so it follows that 1 candlepower is 12.57 lumens. Many bulbs are now rated by the amount of illumination given at a distance. In SI units the standard is 1 lumen per square metre and called 1 lux. Now let's return to flashlights, most of which are designed to be highly directional. If we have a 1 candela (i.e. candlepower) flashlight which just happens to have a beam that illuminates 1 square metre from 1 metre distance then that square metre will have an illumination of 12.57 lumens, as compared with 1 lumen for the candle. This is why it's not straightforward to compare the output of a flashlight with a candle. In short, when we want to measure how powerful a light source is we need to consider its nature or purpose - a half candlepower flashlight will be more useful than a candle for finding something in the distance at night. In this case the candle has more candlepower (i.e. a high candela rating) at its source, but the flashlight's light is focused and so more useful. Finally, to put things into perspective, it's worth noting that a full moon on a clear night results in the Earth being illuminated by about a quarter of 1 lux at the Earth's surface. In comparison a typical living room will hav | Glossary of Space Terms from A-Z: Astronomy Dictionary & Terminology – PlanetFacts.org The Moon Space Terms If you ever wonder the meaning of an astronomical word, search no further and browse below to find the definition of the space term. The following are terms from A-Z related to space & astronomy: -A- Absolute magnitude – also known as absolute visual magnitude, relates to measuring a heavenly object’s brightness when viewed from 10 parsec or 32+ light years. Absolute zero – The international community agreed to define absolute zero as equivalent to −273.15°C on the Celsius scale or−459.67°F on the Fahrenheit scale. It is the theoretical temperature entropy reaches its minimum value. Absorption lines are a dark feature in the spectrum of a star formed by cooler gases in a star’s outer layer. Accretion disks arise when material, usually gases, are transferred from one celestial object to another. There are two places astronomers find accretion disks, binary star systems and galactic nuclei. Achromatic lens is a combination of lenses made of different glass. These bring two wavelengths into focus (normally red & blue) on the same plane. Achromatic lenses are used to take chromatic aberrations away from images. Active galactic nuclei is a region in the center of a galaxy that has a higher than normal brightness. It is a class of galaxies that emit a large amount of energy from their center more than ordinary galaxies. Active optics – Technology developed in the 80’s for reflecting telescopes. The construction enables telescopes to move 8 meter primary mirrors. As the name suggests, it works by “actively” adjusting the telescope mirrors. Adaptive optics – technology used to improve performance of optical systems through the reduction of rapidly changing optical distortion. It is used to remove atmospheric distortion through the use of astronomical telescopes and laser communication. Airy disk – Named after George Airy, it is the central spot in a diffraction pattern of a stars image in focus in a telescope. Albedo is the ratio that light is reflected by a planet or satellite to that received by it. It is the ratio of total-reflected light. Altazimuth mount is a two-axis mount used to support and rotate an instrument in two common perpendicular axes, vertical (altitude) and horizontal (azimuth). Altitude is the height of anything above given a planetary reference plane. In astronomy the angular distance of a heavenly body above the horizon. Anaglyph is a composite picture printed in two colors to produce a 3D image viewed through eye glasses having lenses of the same colors. Andromeda galaxy is a spiral galaxy that is nearly two and a half million light years away in the constellation Andromeda. Angular size is the angle between two lines of sight to its two opposite sides. It is a measure of how large an object actually appears to be. Anisotropy is the state of being directionally dependent. The property of being anisotropic and having a different value when measured in different directions. Annular eclipse , a solar eclipse in which the moon covers all but the bright ring around the circumference of the sun. When Sun and Moon are exactly in line, because the Moon is smaller, the Sun appears as a bright ring (annulus) surrounding the moon. Antimatter is matter composed of anti-particles: antiprotons, antineutrons, and positrons. Hypothetically a type of matter identical to physical matter except that the atoms are made of: anti-electrons, anti-protons, and anti-neutrons. Aperture is a hole, gap, or slit and any other small opening. Diameter of the objective of a telescope. Aphelion is the point of orbit of a planet or comet which is farthest away from the sun. Panchromatic – sensitive to light of all colors in the visible spectrum. Apogee is the point in the orbit of an object (moon, satellite, etc…) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth. Apparent magnitude is the measure of brightness of a celestial body as seen from Earth as seen without atmosphere. Apparition i |
In English mythology, who were Galligantus and Bunderbore? | English folklore - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics Culture of England Did you know ... Encyclopedia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia English folklore is the folk tradition which has developed in England over a number of centuries. Some stories can be traced back to their roots, while the origin of others is uncertain or disputed. England abounds with folklore, in all forms, from such obvious manifestations as the traditional Robin Hood tales, the Brythonic -inspired Arthurian legend , to contemporary urban legends and facets of cryptozoology such as the Beast of Bodmin Moor . Morris dance and related practices such as the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance preserve old English folk traditions, as do Mummers Plays . Pub names may preserve folk traditions. Most folklore traditions are no longer widely believed. Whereas some traditions were once believed across the whole of England, most belong to specific regions: Contents Brutus of Troy , the legendary founder of London Clapham Wood , an area of strange activity Gog and Magog , legendary giants and guardians of the City of London Hengest and Horsa , legendary founders of Saxon England English folklore in other media English folklore crops up in books, films and comic books and these appearances include: Herne the Hunter and other references to English folklore and Arthurian legend can be found in Susan Cooper's books, The Dark Is Rising . The name Springheel Jack is used in the Bethesda Softworks game Oblivion in a Thieves Guild Quest Line* See also Opie, Iona, and Peter Opie , The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren, 1959 Opie, Iona, and Peter Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, (2nd edn) 1997 Opie, Iona, and Moira Tatem, A Dictionary of Superstitions, 1989 Paynter, William H. and Jason Semmens, The Cornish Witch-finder: William Henry Paynter and the Witcher, Ghosts, Charms and Folklore of Cornwall, 2008 Roud, Steve, The Penguin Guide to the Superstitions of Great Britain and Ireland, 2004 Simpson, Jacqueline, and Steve Roud, A Dictionary of English Folklore, 2000 Vickery, Roy, A Dictionary of Plant Lore, 1995 Westwood, Jennifer, and Jacqueline Simpson, The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's legends, 2005 External links Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales (1849) , by James Halliwell, a discussion on the origin of English folk tales and rhymes. | "Masterminds" - Manchester Evening News, November 7, 2015 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Playboy Russia covergirl Maria Kozhevnikova, boxer Nikolai Valuyev, and tennis player Marat Safin shared which honour in December 2011? 2. What William S Burroughs 1961 book popularised the rock music term 'heavy metal', and provided the names for at least two rock bands of the 1970s? 3. What main religion celebrates festivals including Nuakhai, Yatra (or Zatra/Jatra), Pongal, Holi and Shigmo? 4. Which country experienced the Velvet Revolution in Nov-Dec 1989? 5. According to the UK General Teaching Council how many of the 28,000 newly qualified teachers in 2010 had a computerrelated degree: 3; 30; 300 or 3,000? 6. Spell the word: Remanisence; Reminissense; Remeniscence; or Reminiscence? 7. What ancient Sanskrit word loosely meaning 'region' commonly now refers to people (and culture, products, etc) of Indian sub-continent origins? 8. Whom did Forbes Magazine list as the most powerful woman in the Southern Hemisphere in 2011? 9. Unrelated, what is a set of slats and a museum? 10. What ship, whose name means thunderbolt, was Nelson's flagship 1799-1801, and later a training ship for boys? 26 11. The Showa period of Japan coincided with what Emperor's reign? 12. Michael Morpurgo, author of the children's book War Horse, on In state Luther which the 2012 Spielberg film (of the same name) is based, held what UK position from 2003-5? 13. What fashionable Mediterranean resort hosted the G20 international economics conference at the height of the Greek Euro membership crisis? 27 14. How many cubic metres is the space in a room four metres square and three metres high? 15. Which politician bowled faster than Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts? 16. What element is also known as hydrargyrum? David shows around 17. 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Which team did Brett Faure play for in the NFL in 2010? | Brett Favre on why he played in 2010: “First of all, the money” | ProFootballTalk Brett Favre on why he played in 2010: “First of all, the money” Posted by Michael David Smith on July 19, 2012, 9:15 PM EST Getty Images If Brett Favre had retired for good after the 2009 season, he would have left near the top: He had a brilliant season in Minnesota, with the best stats of his career, he led the Vikings to the NFC Championship Game, he extended his consecutive games record another 16 games, and he was one of the most respected men in the NFL. Instead, Favre came back to the Vikings for one more season in 2010, and it was a mess: He had the worst stats of his career, the Vikings were a bad team, his consecutive games streak came to an end and his reputation was tarnished by sexual harassment accusations stemming from his year with the Jets that might not have ever become public if he hadn’t remained in the public eye. So why did Favre return? He did it for the same reason most people do their jobs: For the money. “First of all, the money was too good,” Favre told Deion Sanders on NFL Network. “The money was too good, and I hate to say it’s about money. But, you know, I felt the money was a lot.” Favre initially signed a two-year, $25 million contract with the Vikings that paid him $12 million in 2009 and $13 million in 2010, but as the Vikings tried to convince him to return for the second year of that deal, they gave him a pay raise to $16.5 million that year , plus $3.5 million in incentives tied to postseason performance. That postseason performance never came, of course, and Favre told Sanders that he hadn’t expected to make the playoffs in that final year. Favre said “it was going to be next to impossible” to have as good a year in 2010 as the Vikings had in 2009. “Now, that’s not to say I didn’t give my all,” Favre said. “It just wasn’t to be, and I think I knew that. I really know it now.” And Favre also knows that he’s now many millions of dollars richer than he would have been if he had retired after the 2009 season. Share this: anygivenwednesday13 says: Jul 19, 2012 9:20 PM And not a single reader in there heart of hearts wouldn’t have done the same (minus the sending self shots of lil’Brett). Jul 19, 2012 9:21 PM Douche packfaninchitown says: Jul 19, 2012 9:22 PM Second of all, they sent the three supplicants to beg my return which is only fitting… Jul 19, 2012 9:23 PM And suddenly, I like Favre even more. Jul 19, 2012 9:25 PM I am surprised. I thought it was because he wanted to beat the Packers. brenenostler says: Jul 19, 2012 9:26 PM Can’t blame him, but I would have retired after 2009. The initial reason he joined the Vikings was to beat Green Bay, and he did twice in 2009. He did not in 2010. nyyjetsknicks says: Jul 19, 2012 9:28 PM I don’t recall seeing Mississippi on Forbes most expensive zip codes. I’m pretty I can live in that flyover state with the change in most peoples couches. jjrs89 says: Jul 19, 2012 9:28 PM And in the spritz of real talk, Jenn Sterger has some top shelf tatas grandpoopah says: Jul 19, 2012 9:29 PM Brett Favre: A Caricature of Himself chargerdillon says: Jul 19, 2012 9:30 PM Agreed, honesty can do wonders for your image. Favre will always be the Packers gunslinger from the 90’s in everybodys memory Every player out there puts their body on the line, you think any single other athelete wouldn’t have taken his deal? thejuddstir says: Jul 19, 2012 9:31 PM Hey, it’s great to hear some Brett Favre stories again, get’s sickening reading about Vilma and his Bandito’s. monkeyhateclean says: Jul 19, 2012 9:33 PM $12 mil buys a lot of flood insurance from Packer tears. Considering his first season as a Vike was the best of his illustrious career, I’d say he made the right choice. The Packer hate will eventually subside. They’ll retire his number and put him right next to Starr and the others. Count on it. Jul 19, 2012 9:33 PM Brett Favre is the most overrated athlete in the history of organized sports. calizcowboyz says: Jul 19, 2012 9:35 PM FINALLY! Thank you for your Hones-tie! Much res | Super Bowl: New Orleans Saints Defeat Indianapolis Colts to Win Super Bowl - ABC News ABC News Super Bowl 2010 Champions New Orleans Saints March Home By SABRINA PARISE The New Orleans Saints headed home today after defeating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win their first Super Bowl championship . It was an emotional victory Sunday for a city still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina. "We gained so much strength from our fans, from the people of New Orleans, just knowing how much they care about us," Saints quarterback Drew Brees said on " Good Morning America " today. "And we take that as a sense of responsibility just to be able to give New Orleans the championship they deserve." Play null Fans streamed onto New Orleans' Bourbon Street Sunday night for a French Quarter celebration. "All we've wanted to do is win a championship for them just because we know what it means for those people, those people who have been through so many hardships," said Brees, the game's most valuable player. The Colts dominated the first quarter of the game, leading by 10 points after Colts quarterback Peyton Manning led a 96-yard touchdown drive. But the Saints battled back. They had two field goals in the second quarter. They began the second half of the game with a successful onside kick that ended in a touchdown. "We knew we were going to have to pull out all the stops to beat those guys. ... It was up and down, we had a slow start but we were able to pick up that momentum going into halftime with that two-minute drive and then just start the second half, the onside kick, that just goes to show you that, listen, we were there to turn it loose, leave it all out on the field," Brees said. Brees tied the Super Bowl record for completed passes, completing 32 of 39. He now belongs to a very exclusive club of quarterbacks. "If you make a list of the top quarterbacks in the NFL right now and you don't include Drew Brees, then you simply don't know what you're talking about," said Mike Greenberg, host of " Mike and Mike in the Morning" on ESPN . Drew Brees' Launch to Stardom Brees described the victory as surreal. "You play your whole life for a moment like that and it is something we have dreamed about ever since coming to New Orleans four years ago and to now be sitting here as Super Bowl champs, there is no feeling like it," Brees said. 'Who Dat' Nation Rejoices No one celebrated the Saints' victory more than the fans known as "Who Dat" Nation. The phrase "who dat" was first coined more than a 100 years ago with roots in New Orleans' multicultural society. "It started in minstrel shows at the beginning of the 20th century," one Tulane University historian said. "They were the precursors to blues and jazz and years later was picked up by sports fans as a way to cheer on fans in the later part of the century." The chant, "Who dat say they gonna beat dem Saints? Who dat? Who dat?" was adopted by the team in 1983, and made popular by the New-Orleans-born R&B singer Aaron Neville. As the team's fortune's improved this season, so did the popularity of the chant. |
Two Books of the Old Testament begin with the letter L. One is Leviticus. What is the other? | The Old Testament Books CHAPTER 1 The Old Testament Books The Bible is a whole library bound up in one volume. The word "BIBLE" means "BOOKS," and altogether there are 66 books in the Bible: THE OLD TESTAMENT This set of lessons introduces the 39 books that are found in the Old Testament. The Four Groups of Old Testament Books All of the 39 Old Testament books can be put into four groups: GROUP 1 The Books of Moses (the Books of the Law) Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy (The History of God's People Israel) Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings, 1 and 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon The Major Prophets (the Longer Books) Isaiah, Jeremiah, (Lamentations), Ezekiel, Daniel The Minor Prophets (the Shorter Books) Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi Learning the names of the 39 Old Testament books so you can say them and write them in their correct order would be a very helpful project. Then, when your Pastor tells you to turn to the book of Daniel, you would know that this book is located after the book of _____________ and before the book of _________________________. Who Wrote These Books? The Bible, Gods Word, was written by many different men. Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible. Other men wrote the remaining books. The Bible writers lived at different times. Malachi wrote his book about 1000 years after Moses wrote his books. The Bible writers were men who had different occupations. David and Amos were shepherds. Joshua was a soldier. Solomon and David were kings. Samuel (who may have written Judges and Ruth) was a priest. Ezra was a scribe (Bible teacher). Daniel was an important government official. God used all of these different men in a very special way. Even though the Bible was written by men, we must never forget that it was also written by God. We learn in 2 Peter 1:21 that "holy _______ of God (such as Moses, David, Isaiah and Daniel) spake (spoke) as they were moved by the _________________ _________________." God moved these men in a very special way so that what they wrote was exactly what God wanted them to write. God made sure that these men did not write down anything that was false or incorrect. We must never forget that the Bible is God's Word. Even though He used many men to write the Bible, God is the one true Author. Most of the Bible is Made Up of the Old Testament The Old Testament has 39 Books; the New Testament only has 27. There are 929 chapters in the Old Testament; the New Testament only has 260 chapters. The Old Testament makes up about three-fourths of the Bible, and the New Testament makes up about one-fourth of the Bible. To see how big the Old Testament is compared with the New Testament, try this experiment. Take your Bible and with one hand hold together all the Old Testament books (from Genesis to Malachi). With the other hand hold together all the New Testament books (from Matthew to Revelation). Then compare how many pages each hand is holding. Some Dates To Remember The events that we read about on the pages of the Old Testament happened before Christ was born in Bethlehem. If we say that Solomon became king in 971 B.C. this means that he became king 971 years BEFORE CHRIST was born in Bethlehem. Here are four dates that might be helpful to remember: Abraham lived about 2000 B.C. Moses lived about 1500 B.C. David lived about 1000 B.C. The Jewish temple which Solomon built was destroyed by the Babylonians about 500 B.C. (the exact date was 586 B.C.) His Story The Bible is Gods HISTORY book. It tells us all about the history of the world from the very beginning (Genesis 1:1) to the very end (Revelation 21-22). As we read the Bible we learn that HISTORY is really HIS STORY. History is Gods story! Many peo | 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. |
Which late actor/comedian is credited with saying ‘A day without laughter is a day wasted’? | A Day Without Laughter is a Day Wasted | Quote Investigator A Day Without Laughter is a Day Wasted Charlie Chaplin? Steve Martin? Groucho Marx? Nicolas Chamfort? Dear Quote Investigator: The following guideline for living makes sense to me, so I try to find humor in something every day: A day without laughter is a day wasted When I read this maxim originally it was credited to Charlie Chaplin, but I once heard it attributed to Groucho Marx. Do you know who said it and on what occasion? Quote Investigator: This principle is sometimes credited to popular comedic entertainers such as Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx, but the idea was expressed more than two centuries ago. The French writer Nicolas Chamfort was famous for his witticisms and epigrams. In 1795 the periodical Mercure Français reprinted the following saying from one of his manuscripts [MFNC]: La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l’on n’a pas ri. The earliest instance of this aphorism in the English language located by QI is dated 1803 in a periodical titled “Flowers of Literature” in a section titled “Laughing” [FLFB]: I admire the man who exclaimed, “I have lost a day!” because he had neglected to do any good in the course of it; but another has observed that “the most lost of all days, is that in which we have not laughed*;” and, I must confess, that I feel myself greatly of his opinion. The asterisk footnote pointed to the bottom of the page where the French phrase listed above was presented. The text did not identify Chamfort as the author of the saying, but it did give his precise French wording as the source of the English epigram. Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. In 1817 a book describing the experiences of an English visitor to Paris was published. The visitor indicated that the saying was well known in his social circle in Paris, and he provided a translation but not an attribution [SPWJ]: The news of the day followed. Everyone seemed to subscribe to the opinion that—’La plus perdue de toutes les journées est celle où l’on n’a pas ri,’ – the most lost of all days is that in which one has not laughed. In 1880 an essay on “Wit and Humour” was published that contained a statement echoing the words of Chamfort without naming him [MLNC]: A Roman emperor who did no useful work on a certain day said that he had lost that day. Someone in later times said that if he passed a day without laughing he should consider it a lost day. In 1887 an address delivered before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution on the topic of aphorisms included the saying and credited it to Chamfort [AAJM]: We cannot be surprised to hear of the lady who said that a conversation with Chamfort in the morning made her melancholy until bedtime. Yet Chamfort is the author of the not unwholesome saying that, “The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.” One of his maxims lets us into the secret of his misanthropy. “Whoever,” he said, “is not a misanthropist at forty, can never have loved mankind.” In 1896 the phrase in French and English was included in a reference called “The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations” and was ascribed to Chamfort. Here is the English translation provided [CPQC]: The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed. In 1955 the idea of the maxim was expressed in a syndicated newspaper column titled “Sketches” by Ben Burroughs [BBWD]: When a day goes by without a smile … or hearty bits of laughter … it is indeed a wasted day … and will be ever after … In 1957 an index covering periodicals from the Soviet Union included an article title from a magazine abbreviated “ussr”. A version of the saying appeared in the article title [CDSP]: Grigori Alexandrov says day without laughter is day wasted [illus] ussr aug ’56, 22-23 In 1969 the syndicated newspaper column “Sketches” repeated the text that contained the saying that appeared in 1955. This reappearance provided continuing circulation for the expression [BBW2]. In 1979 an article about the death of George Q. Lewis, “the nation’s fore | BBC - BBC TV blog: Pointless: How I became the co-host Richard Osman | 12:57 UK time, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 So Pointless started at 5.15pm on BBC One on Monday, launching with a week of celebrity programmes. We've already done over 100 shows on BBC Two and now we're making the big leap up to BBC One. Very exciting. In one swoop I will go from being "Whassisname, that bloke from that thing on BBC Two," to "Whassisname, that bloke from that thing on BBC One". Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman If you haven't seen it - for example, you might have a job - Pointless is a quiz show where you win by giving obscure answers to simple questions. We also like to have some fun along the way. The wonderful Alexander Armstrong is the host and I'm his 'pointless friend', providing extra facts, trying to tell jokes, and adding to the Brokeback Mountain -style sexual frisson of the show. I had never appeared on TV before. My background is behind the camera. First as a writer on shows like Have I Got News For You and Whose Line Is It Anyway? , and then as a producer on shows as varied as Deal Or No Deal , Total Wipeout and 8 Out Of 10 Cats . My new TV presenting career came as an unexpected but lovely surprise. So how did it happen? Well, my day job now is creative director of Endemol UK , and part of that role is trying to sell new shows to TV channels. The Endemol creative team had come up with the format for Pointless and we headed off to the BBC to do a run through of the show for the brilliant Liam Keelan and Pam Cavannagh, who run the whole of BBC Daytime. In this run through, the executive producer of Pointless, Tom Blakeson , played the role of the host, and I played the role of co-host. Liam and Pam were sufficiently impressed/hoodwinked that they bought the show. Hooray! Barney Harwood and Helen Skelton on Pointless Celebrities Alexander was the perfect choice as host - warm, witty, clever, sickeningly talented and handsome - but Liam and Pam wondered if I might like to be the co-host for real? I pretended to consider the offer for nearly two to three seconds, but inside I couldn't have been more excited. I love television, I love its presence in the corner of every living room in Britain, I love the sense of belonging that television uniquely can bring. To me, actually appearing on TV - in a quiz, my favourite thing, filming at BBC Televison Centre - is a dream come true. Excuse me while I get teary-eyed for a bit. I just hope you enjoy the show as much as we enjoy making it. So, that's the story so far. Now, though, it's the move to BBC One, to the slot filled so brilliantly for so long by Anne Robinson . We're not the Weakest Link ... hello. Richard Osman is the co-host of Pointless Celebrities and Pointless . Pointless Celebrities is a week of special episodes on BBC One at 5.15pm until Friday, 8 July. The regular quiz show Pointless resumes on BBC One at 5.15pm on Monday, 11 July. Comments made by writers on the BBC TV blog are their own opinions and not necessarily those of the BBC. |
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For posts specifically about fire extinguishers – click here Need further information or would like to speak to one of our sales department? Call our head office on: 08000 234114 or email at | Coke | Article about coke by The Free Dictionary Coke | Article about coke by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/coke coke, substance obtained by the destructive distillation distillation, process used to separate the substances composing a mixture. It involves a change of state, as of liquid to gas, and subsequent condensation. The process was probably first used in the production of intoxicating beverages. ..... Click the link for more information. of bituminous coal coal, fuel substance of plant origin, largely or almost entirely composed of carbon with varying amounts of mineral matter. Types There is a complete series of carbonaceous fuels, which differ from each other in the relative amounts of moisture, volatile matter, ..... Click the link for more information. . Coke bears the same relation to coal as does charcoal charcoal, substance obtained by partial burning or carbonization (destructive distillation) of organic material. It is largely pure carbon. The entry of air during the carbonization process is controlled so that the organic material does not turn to ash, as in a conventional ..... Click the link for more information. to wood. A hard, gray, massive, porous fuel, coke is the solid residue remaining after bituminous coal is heated to a high temperature out of contact with air until substantially all components that easily vaporize have been driven off. The residue is chiefly carbon, with minor amounts of hydrogen, nitrogen, sulfur, and oxygen. Also present in coke is the mineral matter in the original coal, chemically altered and decomposed. Since the vapor-producing constituents are driven off during coke production, coke is an ideal fuel for stoves and furnaces in which the environment is unsuitable for the complete burning of bituminous coal itself. In the form of oven coke it is primarily used when a porous fuel with few impurities and high carbon content is desired, as in the blast furnace blast furnace, structure used chiefly in smelting. The principle involved in this means of extracting metals is that of the reduction of the ores by the action of carbon monoxide, i.e., the removal of oxygen from the metal oxide in order to obtain the metal. ..... Click the link for more information. to make iron. Coke is also used in other metallurgical processes, such as the manufacture of ferro-alloys, lead, and zinc, and in kilns to make lime and magnesium. Exceptionally large strong coke is known as foundry coke and is used in foundry cupolas to smelt iron ores. The smallest sizes of coke are used to heat buildings. The majority of coke produced in the United States comes from byproduct coke ovens. The coke is prepared in retorts or furnaces of silica brick, and the byproducts (chiefly ammonia, coal tar, and gaseous compounds) are saved. These volatile gases are collected and sent to the byproduct plant where various byproducts are recovered. In nonrecovery coke plants, originally referred to as beehive ovens, the coal is carbonized in large oven chambers; the partially combusted gases collect in a common tunnel and exit via a stack. In recovery coke plants the waste gas exits into a waste heat recovery boiler which converts the excess heat into steam for power generation. Petroleum coke is the solid residue left by the cracking process of oil refining. Natural coke, or carbonite, is formed by metamorphism metamorphism, in geology, process of change in the structure, texture, or composition of rocks caused by agents of heat, deforming pressure, shearing stress, hot, chemically active fluids, or a combination of these, acting while the rock being changed remains essentially in the ..... Click the link for more information. from bituminous coal when intrusive igneous rock cuts across a vein of coal. Coke a man-made solid fuel of high strength; it is produced by heating natural fuels or products of their processing to high temperatures (950°–1050°C) in the absence of air. A distinction is made among coal, pitch, and petroleum coke, depending on the type of the raw material. Most |
Name the Leicester City FC striker who in 2016 broke the record for scoring in consecutive Premiership games? | TwoReport | Sports Ikorodu United 0 MFM FC 0 Analysis: Five Things We Learnt From Onikan Stadium Sunday March 6, 2016 was not anticipated to be like any other regular day. Unlike previous Saturday which saw an early morning downpour of rain; this Sunday was not to be so: the weather was clement. ... Read more Continental Challenge Force NPFL Clubs To Reschedule Three clubs of the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL), have had their Match Day 2 & 3 fixtures rescheduled. This announcement was conveyed in a press release from the league’s governing bod... Read more #TRFutsal: Draw Concluded for Futsal AFCON Final Draw for the Futsal, African Cup of Nations was concluded on Wednesday in Johannesburg, South Africa. Host nation South Africa, will feature in Group A while the sports best ranked team on the con... 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Read more This Player Can’t Stop Scoring and 2 Other Things That Happened Over the Weekend So Leicester City FC striker Jamie Vardy broke English Premier League record, scoring in 11 consecutive matches. Ruud van Nistelrooy previously held the record for 10 consecutive games when he played ... Read more A Win for Warri Wolves in Aba is Slim But Possible Warri Wolves have all the motivation needed to have their name etched with gold in the annals of the Nigeria Professional Football League. A league win in today’s fixture against top-of-the-table En... Read more GOLDEN EAGLETS MAKE SEMI-FINALS IN A FIVE MINUTES BLITZ Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets secured passage to the semi-finals at the FIFA U-17 World Cup™ with an emphatic win against Brazil. The reigning champions had a five minutes blitz scoring three goals in ... Read more Sunshine Stars FC vs. Rangers International FC to Get New Fixture Schedule What is described as “a minor adjustment” to the Glo Premier League’s Match Day 34 fixture, has been made by the League Management Company (LMC). The fixture in question is the match between ... Read more « | Premier League History, Origins & List of Past Champions Discover the origins and history of the top tier of English football The 2016/17 season marks the 25th of the Premier League after its formation in 1992. After numerous discussions with football authorities, players and television broadcasters, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League in May 1992 and the Premier League was formed with the inaugural campaign starting on Saturday 15 August of that year. Below, each of the 24 seasons has been charted with the story of how the titles were won and the players who starred. From 2011/12's incredible finale, to Arsenal's "Invincibles", as well as each of Manchester United's record 13 triumphs, find out more about the rich history of the Premier League. Season Reviews 1992/93 Manchester United In the opening season of 1992/93, 22 clubs competed in the competition, with Brian Deane of Sheffield United scoring the first goal in what was known at the time as the FA Premier League. The inaugural members of the Premier League were: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Utd, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon. A total of 47 clubs have played in the Premier League since its inception, with Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Man Utd, and Spurs participating in every campaign to date. AFC Bournemouth are the latest team to play in the competition having been promoted to the top flight in 2015. At the end of each season, the bottom three clubs are relegated, with three promoted clubs from the Football League's Championship replacing them. The only exception to this was in the 1994/95 season when the League decided to reduce the number of clubs to 20. As a result, Crystal Palace joined Norwich, Leicester City and Ipswich in being relegated from the Premier League at the end of the 1994/95 season, with only two clubs replacing them from Division One, as the Championship was known then. Apart from the opening campaign in 1992/93, every season of the Premier League has had a title sponsor. From the 1993/94 season, England’s top flight was known as the FA Carling Premiership, before the sponsorship changed in 2001 to Barclaycard until 2004. The title of the competition then changed to the FA Barclays Premiership, with this being amended to Barclays Premier League ahead of the 2007/08 campaign. Season 2015/16 marked the final campaign of a title sponsor arrangement, with the competition name becoming Premier League from 2016/17. Manchester United were the first winners of the competition, finishing 10 points clear of Aston Villa, and have been PL champions on 13 occasions in total. Blackburn won the title once, in 1994/95, while Arsenal triumphed in 1997/98, 2001/02 and 2003/04. Chelsea became the fourth club to win the PL, in 2004/05, and have since gone on to claim the title three more times, 2005/06, 2009/10 and 2014/15. Man City have won the title twice, securing the trophy in dramatic fashion in 2011/12 with a goal in stoppage time of the final day, and again in 2013/14. Leicester are the latest and sixth club to win the Premier League, completing a remarkable title triumph a year after a successful battle against relegation. The most successful manager in the competition is Sir Alex Ferguson who has guided Manchester United to all their Premier League successes. He also holds the record for being the longest serving manager in the Premier League, spending 21 years there since its inception in 1992 before retiring at the end of the 2012/13 season. Ryan Giggs made 632 Premier League appearances for Manchester United, more than any other player Ryan Giggs participated in every title-winning year for Manchester United and the Welshman has also played the most matches in the Premier League, amassing 632 appearances. Former Newcastle United, Blackburn Rovers and Southa |
In which film did Sidney Poitier play a disruptive pupil, and Glenn Ford a harassed teacher? | Project MUSE - Blackboard Jungle: The Ethnographic Narratives of Education on Film The Ethnographic Narratives of Education on Film Dan Leopard (bio) Abstract In this essay, the 1955 film Blackboard Jungle serves as the conceptual template for an examination of otherness and authenticity as expressed through the narrative tropes of the arrival scene and the pedagogical breakthrough in fiction films that feature teachers as protagonists and ethnographies that foreground the ethnographer as subject. Emotion and memory bring into play a category with which film theory—and cultural theory more generally—are ill equipped to deal: experience. Indeed they have been wary of making any attempt to tackle it, and quite rightly so. For experience is not infrequently played as the trump card of authenticity, the last word of personal truth, forestalling all further discussion, let alone analysis. Nevertheless, experience is undeniably a key category of everyday knowledge, structuring people's lives in important ways. —Annette Kuhn, Family Secrets 1 Arrival Scenes: "Into a Clawing Jungle." In the opening of the film Blackboard Jungle (1955), Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford), the teacher-protagonist, exits the elevated rail platform, having ridden the train to North Manual High School in New York City. The landscape he enters is bleak. Young children play in a funnel of water splashing out of a fire hydrant, evoking myriad photographs depicting urban slum life. Dadier stands seemingly shell-shocked at what he witnesses. As he walks tentatively toward the school, his figure passes through the frame, momentarily blotting out the signs of decay and delinquency. He enters the schoolyard through crumbling concrete and rusted iron gates. Students crowd the yard. Some loiter about, others cavort in characteristic teenage movie style—dancing and swaggering—they all seem to be hoodlums. One kid plays with a knife; another kid glares at Dadier as he enters their territory. Another arrival of a different sort: I park my car in the visitor's lot at John Trauber High School in Vista Valley, California. Although the location is suburban, the city of Vista Valley has a reputation for gangs and a history of animosity between [End Page 24] the largely poor Latino community of former migrant farm workers and the largely middle class Anglo community that runs the city government, police force, and school district. Upon hearing that I had applied for a job at Trauber High, a friend who had worked with me in a San Francisco middle school passed along a newspaper clipping that described the stabbing death of a parent at the school. According to the news story, the parent, the father of a student in the school band, had been waiting to pick up his child after an evening concert. As he sat in his car he was confronted by two "gangbanger" boys, and an angry exchange of words followed. During the argument—witnesses said that the disagreement arose because one of the teenage boys sat on the hood of the father's car—a knife was pulled, and the father was stabbed. He bled to death before an ambulance could arrive. My friend asked me if I really wanted to teach in a district that had such violent students. Of course, this was coming from someone who had spent her entire career as a teacher and administrator in San Francisco Unified—a school district with a troubled reputation of its own. Click for larger view Figure 1. Richard Dadier arrives at North Manual High School in Blackboard Jungle (Warner Brothers, 1955). As I walked across the lot I noticed a group of Latino boys playing basketball in the courts abutting the parking area. They were muscular and tattooed. Sweat dripped from their tanned skin as they roughly jostled each other for position under the basket. Their intense physicality intimidated me, but they for the most part ignored my presence as I passed by. With their shouting and rough play, these young men evoked for me the perpetrators of the father's stabbing no matter how much I told myself that they were totally unrelated to the incident. Forty years se | Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field - Apr 13, 1964 - HISTORY.com Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field Share this: Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field Author Sidney Poitier wins Best Actor Oscar for Lilies of the Field URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1964, Sydney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the Field (1963). Poitier was born in 1924, while his parents were visiting the United States from the Bahamas, where his father was a tomato farmer. As a teenager, Poitier dropped out of school and returned to America to enlist in the U.S. Army during World War II. After his military stint, he became interested in theater and applied to the American Negro Theatre in New York City. Rejected initially because of his strong island accent, Poitier trained himself in American enunciation and reapplied, this time successfully. He debuted on Broadway in 1946 in an all-black production of Lysistrata, and by 1950 he was appearing in Hollywood films, beginning with No Way Out. By consistently refusing to play the stereotypical roles that were offered to him as a black actor, Poitier blazed a trail for himself and the performers who followed him. By the time he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for The Defiant Ones (1958), his work in such films as The Blackboard Jungle (1955) had made him America’s first prominent black film star. With his historic Oscar win for Lilies of the Field, Poitier became only the second African American to win an Academy Award. The first was Hattie McDaniel, who won in the Best Supporting Actress category in 1939 for Gone with the Wind. McDaniel played Mammy, the tough but indulgent slave governess to the spoiled Southern belle Scarlett O’Hara. Critics of the film, including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), later pointed to the role as an example of the typical black stereotypes that Hollywood was keeping alive. When presenting Poitier with his Oscar statuette, the actress Ann Bancroft congratulated him with a kiss on the cheek, a gesture that caused a mild scandal among the show’s most conservative audiences. Poitier took part in a more momentous kiss three years later, when he and Katherine Houghton shared the first interracial on-screen kiss in Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967). Related Videos |
What was the six letter name given to the clothes shop opened by Mary Quant on London's King's Road in 1955 ? | sixties « Another Nickel In The Machine Bazaar in 1955 Bazaar and the Markham Arms (now a Santander bank) today The King’s Road in 1958. The Bluebird Garage can be seen down the road at numbers 330-350. The garage was opened in 1923 and was the largest in Europe with room for 300 cars in the main garage. The King’s Road today-ish. The garage is now a restaurant of course. The shop, which they called Bazaar, opened in November 1955 and was an almost immediate success with the stock flying out of the door. Although initially this was partly to do with naively selling their clothes and accessories too cheaply thus not only losing money on everything they sold but also upsetting the local shops and their wholesalers by undercutting the fixed retail prices. It wasn’t long, however, that the trio of entrepreneurs realised that by luck they were on to a huge thing: We were in at the beginning of a tremendous renaissance in fashion. It was not happening because of us. It was simply that, as things turned out, we were a part of it. Mary Quant and Alexander Plunket Green Mary Quant and APG worked incredibly hard. They had also opened a restaurant in the basement of Markham House which soon became the place to come to in Chelsea. But if they worked hard they also played hard – incredibly they were still both only twentyone. According to Quant the couple always found time to visit the music hall shows at the Chelsea Palace theatre down the road from Bazaar. At the time the shows were often slightly risqué in nature. “We went once a week” said Mary. “the Chelsea Palace chorus girls wore very naughty fur bikini knickers.” It must have been a very funny show… Paul Raymond’s ‘Burlesque’ was performed at the Chelsea Palace in 1955 Burlesque by Paul Raymond – how kind of Jeye’s Fluid to sponsor the show (see the bottom of the bill) Chelsea Palace of Varieties The Chelsea Palace of Varieties had opened for business in 1903 at 232-42 King’s Road on the corner of Sydney Street opposite the Town Hall. It seated 2524 people. Marie Lloyd appeared there in 1909 and performed an act so vulgar that a complaint was made to the London County Council. By 1923 it started to be used as a cinema as well as showing straight plays and ballets. In 1925 it was taken over by Variety Theatres Consolidated and from then until its closure in March 1957 it presented live theatre, often of a risque nature. One of the shows put on in 1955 called ‘Burlesque’ was produced by Paul Raymond at the beginning of his career. During the latter part of 1956 the Chelsea Palace ran a Radio Luxembourg talent competition and it was won for four weeks in a row by the Fantasie coffee shop regulars – the Chas McDevitt Skiffle Group. McDevitt described his flat in Chelsea at the time: The flat I the King’s Road was an ideal pad in an ideal position. It provided a haven for many an itinerant jazzer, visiting American folkies and unsuspecting embryo groupies. During the Chelsea Palace talent contests McDevitt met a twenty year old Glaswegian singer called Anne Wilson whose stage name was Nancy Whiskey. Within six months Nancy Whiskey and McDevitt’s skiffle group had recorded a single called Freight Train. Amazingly, to most people concerned, it actually ended up in the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. They even appeared on the Ed Sullivan show in the US along side the Everly Brothers six years before the Beatles’ famous appearance. The particularly British institution of skiffle only lasted two or three years perhaps but its influence was long-lasting. It was a do-it-yourself reaction to the bland mediocrity that many young people felt about the popular music of the time. This was echoed twenty years later in the mid-seventies with punk which had a lot of similarities with skiffle. The Kings Road played its part in that too. With his new success Chas McDevitt opened his own coffee bar in Berwick Street in Soho which he called, of course, the Freight Train coffee bar. The swinging sixties were a bit of a myth this is what the King’s Road really looked like. The King’s Road: Su | Ealing Studios Collection: Volume 1 1949 Blu-ray: Amazon.co.uk: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Joan Greenwood, Dennis Price, Sidney James, Robert Hamer, Alexander Mackendrick, Charles Crichton: DVD & Blu-ray By Amazon Customer on 3 May 2014 Verified Purchase THE EALING STUDIOS COLLECTION VOL.1 [1949/1951/1951] [Blu-ray] A Hilarious Study of the Gentle Art of MURDER! The Men Who Broke the Bank – And Lost the Cargo! The Classic Ealing Comedy – Spotless Restored! Ealing Studios’ output from the 1940s and the 1950s helped define what was arguably the golden age for British cinema. This Blu-ray collection brings together three much loved comedy classics, directed by Ealing stalwarts Robert Hamer, Charles Crichton and Alexander Mackendrick, and starring the great Sir Alec Guinness in some of his most memorable roles. FILM FACT: Kind Hearts and Coronets: This is listed in Time magazine's top 100 and also in the BFI [British Film Institute] Top 100 British films. In 2011 the film was digitally restored and re-released in selected British cinemas FILM FACT: Lavender Hill Mob: The title refers to Lavender Hill, a street in Battersea, a district of South London, in the postcode district SW11, near to Clapham Junction railway station. Audrey Hepburn makes an early film appearance in a small role as Chiquita near the start of the film. Robert Shaw also made his first film appearance, playing a police laboratory technician towards the end of the film. English actress Patricia Garwood made her first film appearance in this film at the age of nine. British 1960s children's television icon Valerie Singleton also had an uncredited part in the film. FILM FACT: The Man in the White Suit: It followed a common Ealing Studios theme of the "common man" against the Establishment. In this instance the hero falls foul of both trade unions and the wealthy mill owners who attempt to suppress his invention. 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Which green vegetable belongs to the Brassica Oleracea Italica group of plants? | Learn2Grow Broccoli General Description One of the most familiar green vegetables, broccoli (also known as Italian or sprouting broccoli) is an excellent choice for the garden. Typically grown as an annual, this cool season vegetable traces its ancestry to Brassica oleracea, a fleshy-leaved, short-lived perennial from coastal areas of western and southern Europe. It is grown for its fleshy heads of flower buds, which are harvested and eaten before the flowers open. Some broccoli varieties produce a large central head with relatively few side shoots; others produce an abundance of smaller heads. The heads are borne on thick erect stalks above whorls of long leathery blue-green leaves. Broccoli varieties usually have green heads, although purple-headed cultivars are available. Hybrids between cauliflower and broccoli are also available; they typically have yellow-green or purple heads. Plants do poorly in hot weather, becoming lanky and flowering ("bolting") rather than remaining in bud. Depending on the variety, broccoli takes 55 to 100 days from sowing to harvest. This cool weather crop prefers full sun and fertile, organic-rich garden soil with ample drainage. Broccoli should be planted as seed or transplants in early spring before temperatures heat up, or in summer for fall harvest. It makes an excellent winter or early spring crop for areas with mild winters. Harvest heads promptly to prevent bolting and to initiate development of side shoots. Broccoli is rewarding to grow and well worth the effort. As with all members of Brassica oleracea, it is susceptible to cabbage loopers and several other types of caterpillars. Characteristics 6 - 11 Sunset Zone A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Plant Type Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer Native To | Saudi Aramco World : A Harvest of Legume Research Volume 39, Number 3May/June 1988 Send this article to a friend. A Harvest of Legume Research Written by Lynn Teo Simarski Photographs courtesy of ICARDA Even before Esau sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of red-lentil pottage, legumes - plants of the pea family - have provided important staple foods in the Middle East and North Africa. Today, legumes are the basic ingredients of such staff-of-life dishes as the Egyptian laborer's breakfast dish of ful mudammas, the Yemeni farmer's bowl of shurbat adas, the Syrian city-dweller's scoop of hummus bi tahinah, and the Turkish movie-goer's bag of toasted leblebi. Of the more than 14,000 species of legumes, including important fodder plants like alfalfa, three species account for two-thirds of the legumes produced today for human consumption in the Middle East and North Africa. They are faba beans (Vicia faba), lentils (Lens culinaris), and chickpeas (Cicer arietinum). Only cereal production surpasses "the big three" in the region's rainfed agriculture. Legumes, also known as pulses, confer special dietary and agricultural benefits that make them particularly valuable. Nonetheless, modern agricultural research has long bypassed them in favor of breeding new types of wheat and other crops. Unimproved local varieties of legumes suffered from low yields and unstable harvests, and in recent times the farmers of the Middle East began to abandon them for more dependable crops that had profited from scientific improvement. But now the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), headquartered in Aleppo, Syria, is attempting to reverse the outlook for legumes, as part of its mission to improve the region's production of basic food crops. Agricultural scientists such as those at ICARDA use crop plants' genes - the blueprints of inherited traits - to produce better plants for farmers. They often utilize "landraces" of crops, the unimproved local strains that farmers have cultivated for centuries, as a starting point, identifying plants that show desirable characteristics, such as tallness, abundant pods, or resistance to some insect pest. Then, they cross different plants with each other to produce, over time, a new variety with all the desirable traits. Local scientists from Morocco to Pakistan then test ICARDA crop lines under a wide array of local conditions, breeding for their particular environment. It is the task of national research and extension programs to refine the new crop lines - and ICARDA's new technologies - and disseminate them to farmers. A prime reason legumes have played a vital role in the region's traditional farming systems is their ability to take nitrogen directly from the atmosphere and "fix" it in a form plants can use. Because legumes leave surplus nitrogen behind in the soil to nourish subsequent crops such as corn and wheat, they save the farmer the cost of artificial nitrogen fertilizer. Once in the pot, legumes are rich in fiber and contain two to four times the protein of cereals - hence their nickname, "the poor man's meat." Legumes and cereals eaten together supply complementary amino acids - the building blocks of protein - thus providing better nourishment than if either type of food were eaten alone. Traditional diets the world over mix grains and pulses - rice and soy in Japan, corn and beans in Mexico, rice and lentils in the Middle Eastern dish mujaddarah. Ancient sources confirm that the "big three" legumes, which were first domesticated in the Middle East, have been eaten for millennia. Faba beans, which originated in west or central Asia, are mentioned in Hittite texts and the Bible; Ramses II of ancient Egypt is known to have offered 11,998 jars of beans to the god of the Nile. The dominant food legume in North Africa today, faba beans supply the main ingredient of ful mudammas, Egypt's national dish, which is also served with tomatoes, onion, olive oil, lemon, and hard-boiled eggs. Faba beans are also used in a Levantine salad and to "decorate" North African |
Who is the TUC General Secretary? | Trades Union Congress - TUC chooses new General Secretary Home › About the TUC › TUC chooses new General Secretary TUC chooses new General Secretary Share this page date: Tuesday 10 July 2012 embargo: For immediate release Frances O'Grady is to take over from Brendan Barber as TUC General Secretary when he retires at the end of the year. Ms O'Grady, who is the TUC's current Deputy General Secretary, was the only candidate nominated by unions and will become General Secretary Designate at the 144th Congress in Brighton this September. Frances O'Grady said: 'This is a great honour. Never has a strong responsible trade union movement been so needed. With austerity policies biting hard and with no evidence that they are working, people at work need the TUC to speak up for them. 'We must be the advocates of the growth and jobs alternative. And with the policy prescriptions of the last thirty years increasingly discredited, we have the best opportunity in a generation to help build a fair, productive and green economy that works for ordinary people. 'Brendan has been a great servant of the TUC, well-respected both within and beyond our ranks. He leaves a firm foundation on which to build.' NOTES TO EDITORS: - Frances O'Grady will be the first woman General Secretary of the TUC. She has been an active trade unionist and campaigner all her working life. She has been employed in a range of jobs from shop work to the voluntary sector. - Before the TUC, Frances worked for the Transport and General Workers Union where she worked on successful campaigns to stop the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board and for the introduction of a national minimum wage, equal pay for women, and on a range of industrial wage claims. - In 1994 Frances was appointed as TUC Campaigns Officer and ran campaigns for equal rights for part-timers and against low pay. In 1997, she was appointed to head up the New Unionism campaign and launched the TUC's Organising Academy. As well as driving new recruitment campaigns in call centres, supermarkets and new media, the Academy set out to attract a generation of new 'young guns' into the trade union movement and shift the 'male, pale and stale' stereotype to a profile that better fits a six million plus membership that is now 50:50 men and women. - Frances went on to head up the TUC's organisation department in 1999 and reorganised local bargaining for skills projects into the unified national brand of unionlearn which has grown to help a quarter of a million workers into learning every year - a track record of success that continues to attract the support of hundreds of employers and public funding from the government. - As Deputy General Secretary since 2003, Frances led on winning the 2012 Principles of Co-operation Agreement with the Olympic Authorities, guaranteeing on-site minimum standards for local jobs, health and safety and the London living wage. Frances has also led on industrial policy, arguing the case for a strategic approach to rebalancing the economy in the wake of the financial crash. Fair pay remains a core ambition and she represents the TUC on the Low Pay and the High Pay Commissions, and on the Resolution Foundation's Commission on Living Standards. Frances is a strong believer in protecting the public service ethos, opposes privatisation and leads the TUC campaign to save the NHS. - Frances was born in Oxford, has two adult children and lives in North London. - All TUC press releases can be found at www.tuc.org.uk - Follow the TUC on Twitter: @tucnews - Congress 2012 will be held at the Brighton Centre from Sunday 9 September to Wednesday 12 September. Free media passes can be obtained by visiting www.tuc.org.uk/mediacredentials and completing an online form. Applications must be in by noon on Wednesday 29 August. Any received later than that will be processed in Brighton and will cost £50. Please note that the Brighton Centre requires 60 days' notice for telephone line facilities. Details available on the link above. Contacts: | Port of Spain, capital city of Trinidad and Tobago All... Port of Spain, capital city of Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain is the cultural and political heart of Trinidad and Tobago, stretching from the foothills of the Northern Range to the shores of the Gulf of Paria. Once a muddy little seaport, the city has grown to become one of the Caribbean's busiest commercial centers and a hub of artistic activity. The best way to explore the city is on foot. In the downtown area, start your visit at Independence Square, which is dissected by the Brian Lara Promenade. Locals playing chess under the shady trees are a common sight, and visitors can often catch a free street performance around the square in the afternoons. The promenade's western half is dominated by the International Waterfront Centre, one of the most ambitious construction projects sponsored by the former government. The complex includes a luxurious hotel, theater space, a waterfront park, shops and a large conference center. At the end of the promenade sits the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. Built in 1832, the church is known for its beautiful stained-glass windows that tell the story of Trinidad's history in glorious colors and details. Beyond the cathedral lies the streets of the old Spanish town. The city is home to a handful of interesting museums. The most popular is the National Museum, situated at the Savannah district's southern end on Frederick Street. The vast permanent collection highlights the colonial history and recent past of the island. The highlight of the museum is the exhibition detailing the lives and work of the La Borde family who from 1969 to 1973 became the first Trinidadians to circle the globe in the Hummingbird, a small yacht. The family completed a second circumnavigation in the Hummingbird II, which is now on display next to the museum. The National Library is also worth a visit. Located at the corner of Abercromby and Hart Streets, the collection highlights West Indian works and provides a good introduction to the heritage of the island's people. The complex also includes a cinema and amphitheater. Another fascinating sight is the Museum of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service. Located in the old police headquarters, the museum outlines the history of the service and is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The city's largest green space is the Queen's Park Savannah. The park is often filled with kite-flyers, cricketers, picnickers and joggers in addition to vendors selling local treats like coconuts and oysters. The 260-acre park is over 180 years old, giving it the distinction of being the West Indies' oldest recreation grounds. Not far from the park is the recently renovated Emperor Valley Zoo, home to hundreds of animals, walking paths and a chic outdoor cafe. The nearby Botanical Gardens are home to some of the oldest trees and plants in the hemisphere, and more than 200 species of orchids grow on the lush grounds. The best time to visit Port of Spain is during Carnival, an extravagant celebration held in the days before Lent. Calypso competitions, parades, music performances and dances take over the city streets, and locals don elaborate costumes as they dance to soca and steel drum bands until the wee hours. Port of Spain Geographical Location Port of Spain is located to the north of Trinidad and Tobago facing the Caroni Swamp and Gulf of Paria. Although it is only the third largest city in Trinidad and Tobago, it is the most developed. The population of Port of Prince according to its last census in 2000 was 50,000 people. Port of Spain Language Although Spanish is spoken in Port of Spain, the official language is English. A Caribbean dialect of Hindi is also spoken in some areas as well as French and Chinese. Port of Spain Predominant Religion 26% Roman Catholic |
Who played 'Frank Churchill' in the 1996 film 'Emma'? | Emma Movie Review & Film Summary (1996) | Roger Ebert Tweet “Emma” is the fourth recent version of an Austen novel, after “ Persuasion ,” “Sense and Sensibility” and the TV adaptation of “ Pride and Prejudice .” (As a bonus, the Beverly Hills comedy “ Clueless ” was based on the same story.) It is not about very much--about the romantic intrigues of a small group of people who will all more or less have to marry one another sooner or later, if they haven't already. Advertisement Either you are in sympathy with this material or you are not. I had to smile at an undergraduate's review of the movie, posted on the Internet, which complains that “a parade of 15 or 20 or 8 billion supporting characters waltzes through the scenes. Each is called Mister or Miss or Mrs. Something, and each of them looks and acts exactly the same (obnoxious).” I am not sure you can look obnoxious, but never mind. It may be that young people in a permissive age do not have sympathy for a movie in which a busybody matchmaker spends her days trying to pair off unwilling candidates for matrimony. Yet in its high spirits and wicked good humor, “Emma” is a delightful film--second only to “Persuasion” among the modern Austen movies, and funnier, if not so insightful. Gwyneth Paltrow sparkles in the title role, as young Miss Woodhouse, who wants to play God in her own little patch of England. You can see her eyes working the room, speculating on whose lives she can improve. She takes as a project Harriet Smith ( Toni Collette ), a respectable young woman of imperfect pedigree, insisting that she marry the Rev. Elton ( Alan Cumming ). Miss Smith would much sooner marry a local farmer, but Emma won't hear of it. When the poor farmer sends Miss Smith a letter of proposal, she shows it to Emma, who sniffs, “It is a good letter. One of his sisters must have helped him.” Miss Smith is so uncertain of herself that she turns down the farmer, only to discover that the Reverend doesn't love her--he loves Miss Woodhouse (“I have never cared for Miss Smith,” he tells Emma, “except as your friend”). This should be a lesson for Emma, but she'll need more than one. Stories like this are about manners, nuance and the way that one's natural character tugs against the strict laws of society. In a time when most people traveled little and diversion was largely limited to local parties, three-volume novels and church services, gossip was the great pastime. Local characters were prized because they gave you someone to talk about, and “Emma” has its share, most delightfully Mrs. Elton ( Juliet Stevenson ), who praises herself incessantly by quoting others (of her musical talent, she says, “I myself don't call it great. I only know that my friends call it so”). Advertisement Other local color is provided by Miss Bates and her deaf mother, Mrs. Bates. (They are played by Sophie Thompson and Phyllida Law , who are Emma Thompson's sister and mother.) Miss Bates says everything three times and Mrs. Bates never hears it, and when Emma is unforgivably rude to poor Miss Bates it is the upright Mr. Knightley ( Jeremy Northam ), her brother-in-law, who dresses her down, giving her a stern lecture on her responsibilities under the class system. Emma thinks of Knightley as a brother. She is interested in the Reverend not at all. There is a dashing young bachelor in the neighborhood named Frank Churchill ( Ewan McGregor ) who seems cast as her beau (he rescues her when her carriage gets mired in the river, and again when she is threatened by gypsies). But he has other plans, too, and in the fullness of time Austen sees that everyone gets what they deserve, or in Emma's case perhaps rather more. Popular Blog Posts | John Laurie: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland Dumfries John Laurie lived from 25 March 1897 to 23 June 1980. He was an actor who is best remembered for his role as Private James Frazer in the BBC sitcom Dad's Army. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. John Paton Laurie was born in Dumfries, the son of a mill worker. He was educated at Dumfries Academy and would have gone on to train as an architect had he not volunteered for service in World War One. After the war, Laurie trained to become an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and he first acted on stage in 1921. He went on to spend much of the time between 1922 and 1939, playing Shakespearian parts including Hamlet, Richard III and Macbeth at the Old Vic or in Stratford-upon-Avon. He also starred in his friend Laurence Olivier's three Shakespearean films, Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955). He and Olivier also appeared in As You Like It (1936). Another notable pre-war performance was given in Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 film The 39 Steps. During the Second World War, John Laurie served in the Home Guard, the only future Dad's Army cast member to do so. He also starred in wartime films such as The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), The Way Ahead (1944), and Fanny by Gaslight (1944). He made ten more films after the war, but it was in Dad's Army that he really made his name. 80 episodes were made which were broadcast on BBC television between 1968 and 1977. Dad's Army also spawned a radio series, a feature film and a stage show. John Laurie starred as Private James Frazer, a dour Scottish undertaker with the catch-phrase of "We're doomed, I tell ye!" Regularly reaching an audience of 18 million viewers in the 1970s, Dad's Army is still repeated on BBC TV today. John Laurie died in 1980 at the age of 83 at Chalfont St Peter in Buckinghamshire. |
"Which Norwegian dramatist wrote the plays ""A Doll's House"" and ""Ghosts""?" | HENRIK IBSEN - 1828-1906 HENRIK IBSEN - 1828-1906 Norwegian playwright, considered the "Father of Realism." As director of two different theatres (one in Bergen, one in Christiana [Oslo]), Ibsen learned the craft of playwriting by directing over 100 plays and then beginning to write his own plays. His early plays were written in verse and deal with the history/mythology of Norway. In his middle period, he wrote realistic plays based on the Well-Made Play formula. The Well-Made Play (WMP) is a play with a strictly defined format, or formula. There is careful exposition and a structuring of events that lead to an inevitable conclusion. Even though the conclusion is inevitable, there is much suspense getting to it. The WMP is essentially a conflict between good and evil, with the good forces winning out in the end by a surprising twist (but logical) twist in the plot. Ibsen reshapes the WMP's focus on events into a focus on social problems. In the case of A Doll House, the focus is on the lack of options for women in society. Really, one could say it is a study of the lack of options for all people in society. Ibsen refined the WMP format and made it more realistic--for example, discarding asides and soliloquies, motivating all exposition, attributing character behavior to environment and heredity. Internal psychological motivation is emphasized, and his plays are essentially problem plays, with the problems being a social issue. Ibsen�s second play (of the middle period) A Doll House (1879) angered people, but his next play, Ghosts (1882) outraged audiences. Some of the contemporary reviews said of Ghosts: "This disgusting representation. . . . An open drain; a loathsome sore unbandaged; a dirty act done publicly. . . . Absolutely loathsome and fetid. . . . Crapulous stuff," [London Daily Telegraph on the 1891 London premiere of Ghosts]. This is a play without a single obscenity, sexual innuendo, or act of violence. What Ghosts does is realistically explore marriage in the Victorian age. Ghosts was actually written in response to the criticism of Nora in The Doll House for leaving her children/marriage. In Ghosts, Ibsen showed what happened to a woman who didn't leave. In so doing, he once again threw a spotlight on the hypocrisy that was taken for granted at that time and the limited options available to women. "Because of their harsh subject matter, their commitment to rigorous investigation, and their unsentimental. . .analysis, Ibsen's realistic plays shocked and dazzled all of Europe during the 1890s. . . ." [Theatre R. Cohen--212-213]. Further, Ibsen led the way for other realistic playwrights. His plays set off a controversy that spread throughout the world, sweeping the realistic movement along with it. Ibsen and his plays changed the way that theatre was written and performed forever. Notes on A Doll House The title is not the possessive. By changing it to the above, Torvald is included. Ibsen's play is not just about Nora, it is about Torvald also. Ibsen is saying as the play opens, at least, both Nora and Torvald are posing as the couple on top of the wedding cake. In other words, they are each playing their idea of being married, rather than dealing with the realities. What is ironic is that while Nora perceives herself as a doll because first her father and then her husband has had control of her, Torvald is also a doll in that he is manipulated as a puppet would be by public perception--afraid of what his co-workers would think of his friendship of Krogstad. When the play opens, we see Nora alone in the house. As the play ends, Torvald is left alone. As Christine and Krogstad find happiness together as a couple, Nora and Torvald's marriage is breaking apart. There are many parallels in this play. But the crux of the play is Nora's and Torvald's relationship. At the play's end, Nora has gone from being a child or plaything through the painful process of becoming a human being whereas Torvald is more pathetic becau | Toby Stephens: Being born into the theatre was a mixed blessing - Telegraph Toby Stephens: Being born into the theatre was a mixed blessing Actor Toby Stephens tells Tim Walker why having famous parents isn't always easy. Toby Stephens, above, is preparing for a role in Ibsen's 'A Doll's House' at the Donmar Warehouse Photo: MARTIN POPE By Tim Walker 7:00AM BST 21 May 2009 It amuses Toby Stephens to see himself occasionally mooted as a successor to Daniel Craig as James Bond. "God knows, I could use the money, but it won't happen," the 40-year-old actor says. "They had enough problems with a blond Bond. The idea of someone with reddish hair getting the part would cause insurrection." The son of Dame Maggie Smith and the late Sir Robert Stephens has a nice line in self-deprecation. He has, however, notched up some fine performances over the years: Edward Rochester in Jane Eyre for the BBC, the title role in an RSC production of Coriolanus, and, more recently, King John in Robin Hood. His one brush with Bond – as the baddy in Die Another Day with Pierce Brosnan – was, he says now, something of an aberration. "I have no idea how I got the part. I remember meeting Lee Tamahori, the director, and asking him about my character, as they had only sent me three pages of script. He said, 'Well, in a nutshell, you are playing a Korean who has been genetically modified into being a westerner', and I must say he lost me somewhere in that sentence. I had a lot of fun making that film, but honestly it wasn't where I came from or what I was a part of, and I subsequently just got on with what I had been doing before." Stephens is about to open in a production of Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse in Covent Garden, and it is clearly his stage work – along with his family – that mean the most to him. Anna-Louise, his New Zealand-born actress wife of the past eight years, has just presented him with an 8lb 4oz baby girl whom they have called Tallulah. They already have a boy named Eli, who was born in 2007. Toby says Dame Maggie took a sharp intake of breath at the name of her granddaughter. "She thought of Tallulah Bankhead, a Hollywood actress of some repute. 'I love the name, of course, but you must understand she was a very naughty woman,' she told me. 'She was addicted to cocaine and had, among other things, a huge lesbian following.' " Related Articles Maggie Smith's actor son Toby Stephens pleads for 'class-blind’ casting 03 Oct 2012 One can imagine his mother delivering the lines with her customary relish, but then she is – as Sir Robert once was – a larger-than-life character. There was a time when Toby resented all the questions about his parents, who starred together in the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. But now he understands the fascination that they both continue to garner, and it makes him feel proud. Sir Robert was still married to his second wife when he met Maggie while working at the National Theatre in the mid-Sixties, and, after a torrid affair, they became man and wife in 1967, 10 days after the birth of their first son, Christopher. Toby eschews the glamorous life that they lived, and one suspects there is a somewhat studious normality about his family life in north London. He says he seldom, if ever, goes to showbusiness parties. He has clearly learnt the lessons from his parents' stormy eight-year union: the rows, the ceaseless media attention and his father's drinking and philandering. Ten years ago, Stephens realised he had inherited his father's addiction to alcohol, and, as it was beginning to take its toll on his work on stage, he decided never to drink again. Sir Robert died at the age of 64 in 1995 after liver and kidney transplants, but would have been furious if anyone had ever suggested he was an alcoholic. "Of course he was an alcoholic in the same way that I am, in that he had no control over his drinking. If I were to have one drink now, I would want another and it would be agony if I couldn't. I simply decided to spare myself that by not allowing myself the first glass. People |
A seismograph is an instrument which measures and records details of what? | seismograph - definition of seismograph in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of seismograph in English: seismograph An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration. Example sentences ‘Noaa would record the earthquake on seismographs and issue bulletins about the progress of a tsunami.’ ‘A series of digital seismographs installed around the volcano provide a continuous stream of data to the observatory.’ ‘Each country affected by the disaster is to set up a tsunami warning centre to receive information from the pressure gauges, seismographs and wave sensors that will survey the ocean basin.’ ‘Just as a scientist reads a seismograph to measure movements in the ground, the character of a government can be judged by the way it treats the most disadvantaged layers of society.’ ‘Tremors had been recorded in 1908 on a seismograph 4,000 kilometers west of St. Petersburg.’ ‘Later, earthquake seismographs were developed that recorded digitally, and today virtually all modern seismic recordings are digital and thus involve some sort of signal processing.’ ‘This is similar to seismologists using seismographs on Earth to detect earthquakes.’ ‘Richter, who worked in southern California, using data from seismographs - which measure earth movement - devised a method to calculate where an earthquake began, or its epicenter, and its magnitude.’ ‘What comes out of the laboratory and what is measured in the real world by surface seismographs leaves a gap.’ ‘Aftershocks continued for several years, and small earthquakes still waggle seismographs in the region.’ ‘Since there were no seismographs operating in Alaska at that time and no reports of surface faulting in the remote Alaska Range, the location of the 1912 shock is poorly known.’ ‘Eventually the parties agreed on a strict monitoring plan relying on seismographs and strain gauges to assess the effect on the structure as crews installed the caissons.’ ‘All told, 1,200 seismographs - including 800 borrowed from the United States - are being used in the $423,000 project.’ ‘The seismographs recorded the waves from that earthquake and from magnitude 2.1 and 2.8 earthquakes beneath the Cascade Mountains, even though the shaking was too small to be felt by residents.’ ‘A seismograph at Ferris High School showed the trembling lasted for more than 30 seconds with two distinct spikes in intensity.’ ‘With more earthquakes, more and better seismographs recording quakes, and more comprehensive compilations of seismic data, seismologists are sharpening their view of the African plume.’ ‘Traditional seismographs record straight-line movements, for example shaking, whereas ring lasers measure rotational movements like rolling or twisting.’ ‘A series of digital seismographs around the volcano provide a continuous stream of data to the observatory in Goma.’ ‘Old-style seismographs recorded the jiggling of an earthquake on a rotating drum.’ ‘The observatory contained a seismograph to record mining tremors, an evaporation pan and a device to record lightening strikes which are particularly virulent on the Witwatersrand.’ Pronunciation Which of the following is a type of wild cat? cheater Which of the following is a type of wild cat? 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Because most of these occur under the ocean or in underpopulated areas, they pass unnoticed by all but seismologists. Moderate to strong earthquakes can cause more significant destruction if they occur closer to the earth's surface. Notable earthquakes have occurred at Lisbon, Portugal (1755); New Madrid, Mo. (1811 and 1812); Charleston, S.C. (1886); Assam, India (1897 and 1950); San Francisco (1906); Messina, Italy (1908); Gansu, China (1920); Tokyo, Japan (1923); Chile (1960); Iran (1962); S Alaska (1964); Managua, Nicaragua (1972); Guatemala (1976); Hebei, China (1976); Mexico (1985); Armenia (1988); Luzon, Philippines (1990); N Japan (1993); Kobe, Japan (1995); Izmit, Turkey (1999); central Taiwan (1999); Oaxaca state, Mexico (1999); Bam, Iran (2003); NW Sumatra, Indonesia (2004); Sichuan, China (2008); S Haiti (2010); Chile (2010); South Island, New Zealand (2010, 2011); and NE Japan (2011). The Lisbon, Chilean, Alaskan, Sumatran, and NE Japan earthquakes were accompanied by significant tsunamis . Twelve of the twenty largest earthquakes in the United States have occurred in Alaska. Most of the largest in the continental United States have occurred in California or elsewhere along the Pacific Coast, but the three New Madrid earthquakes (1811–12) also were among the largest continental events, as was the Charleston, S.C., earthquake (1886). On Good Friday 1964, one of the most severe North American earthquakes ever recorded struck near Anchorage, Alaska, measuring 8.4 to 8.6 in magnitude. Besides elevating some 70,000 sq mi (181,300 sq km) of land and devastating several cities, it generated a tsunami that caused damage as far south as California. Other recent earthquakes that have affected the United States include the Feb., 1971, movement of the San Fernando fault near Los Angeles. It rocked the area for 10 sec, thrust parts of mountains 8 ft (2.4 m) upward, killed 64 persons, and caused damage amounting to $500 million. In 1989, the Loma Prieta earthquake above Santa Cruz shook for 15 seconds at an magnitude of 7.1, killed 67 people, and toppled buildings and bridges. In Jan., 1994, an earthquake measuring 6.6 with its epicenter in N Los Angeles caused major damage to the city's infrastructure and left thousands homeless. Sections in this article: |
The Autoroute du Soleil is the name given to the A6 from Paris to Lyon, it continues from there as the A7, to which city? | motorway aires - aires on the busy A7 autoroute | France zone at abelard.org aires on the busy A7 autoroute Motorway aires are designed to provide a suitable environment for relaxing, refreshing and recovering during the long, hard journeys. As well as facilities of often dubious nature, picnic tables and seats, a telephone kiosk, there are often optional extras such as a play area or a display related to some local interest or event. the a7 autoroute (going south from lyon to marseilles) A7 is called the Autoroute du Soleil - the motorway of the Sun (this name is also given to the A6 which adjoins the A7 north of Lyon). It certainly take its users from grey northern climes down to the sunny south and the Mediterranean holiday resorts. the motorway of heavy traffic As you will know from elsewhere in the France zone, I tend to keep away from cities, and Lyon is the third biggest city in France after Paris and Marseilles This is where the mighty and turbulent Rhone river turns southward and heads between the Alps and the Massif Central, on its journey to the Mediterranean. First opened in 1951, the 302-km long A7 motorway follows the Rhone for much of its route, until the motorway diverts eastwards at Orange to end near Marseilles on the Mediterranean Sea. The Rhone continues south into the 300 square mile [780 square kilometres] delta of the Camargue. All around the largest cities of France tend to be crowded, rather unpleasant motorway ring roads, and Lyon is no exception. Thus, as you approach or leave these conurbations, the aires are generally dusty, unpleasant, polluted, crowded, noisy and otherwise do not find a place on our best aires guide. So if you are intending to spend time in these havens, and you are approaching or leaving the largest towns and cities, either stop before the countryside starts to smoke up, or expect to drive twenty or thirty miles away from the next city centre before the greatest marvels of airesdom become available. The geography of the motorways around Lyon make it convenient to split the aires guide into four parts: north, east, south and west. This page is the southbound section. The westbound section (incomplete - 11.09.2006] is on the A89 page . North and east have yet to be born. The A7 motorway is a heavily used north-south artery, taking traffic from northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany down to Marseilles, Provence and the Mediterranean, and on to Italy and Spain. Other traffic is local, the A7 serving the highly industrial Rhone Valley from Lyon to Vienne, Valence, Orange and Avignon. There are also east-west connections to St Etienne, Grenoble and Aix. The heavy industry means that the Rhone Valley often has severe air pollution. Even on hot summer days, it is wiser and more pleasant on some stretches to drive with windows shut and rely on your car’s air conditioning. The third main group of users for the A7 is holiday makers. The A7 pretty well always has a heavy traffic load. During work holidays [ les congés] which, as well as the summer holidays, include Christmas and Easter, as well as extended weekends when a one-day public holiday falls a day or two before or after Saturday and Sunday.(Public holidays include Pentecost/Whitsun, 1st May - Workers’ Day, 8th May - 1945 Victory, Ascension, 14th Juillet - Bastille Day, 15th August - Assumption, 1st November - All Saints. At these times, the normally busy A7 becomes saturated with vehicles, with sometimes 100s of kilometres of traffic jams [bouchons, embouteillages ], particularly going south at the start of the congés and going north towards their end. The heavy traffic load is even greater still during the last week of July and the first week of August, when those who take their summer holiday during July [the juilletistes] return home, while those who take their holiday in August [the aoutiens] are departing, and are all travelling in the grand autoroute holiday chassé-croisé . The best way to avoid being involved in this slow-moving, sometimes fraug | At the Moulin Rouge | The Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago 48 7/16 x 55 1/2 in. (123 x 141 cm) Stamped lower left with monogram Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection , 1928.610 Because of childhood injuries that left his legs crippled, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec often felt left out of the aristocratic world into which he had been born and lived at times on the margins of society. He frequented the Moulin Rouge, a famous Parisian nightclub named for the red windmill on its roof. In this painting of the club, he depicted many of his friends and favorite entertainers. In the background , La Goulue, the Moulin Rouge’s reigning dance star, adjusts her red hair while the dwarfish Toulouse-Lautrec and his tall cousin, Gabriel Tapié de Céléyran, walk toward the left. The glum assembly of characters seated around the table includes writer Edouard Dujardin, entertainer La Macarona, photographer Paul Sescau, winemaker Maurice Guibert, and another redhead, perhaps entertainer Jane Avril. The woman with the green face illuminated by artificial light is May Milton, another popular dancer of the day. Toulouse-Lautrec’s Post-Impressionist style is a highly personal combination of the Impressionists’ interest in contemporary subject matter and his own expressionistic color and line. The eerie green light of the interior evokes an unhealthy atmosphere. The artist then added to the visual drama by using different lines, such as the curving silhouette of La Goulue fixing her hair, the collar of Avril’s coat, and the outline of Milton’s sleeve. These lines contrast with the strong diagonals of the banister and the floorboards, which rush forward toward the viewer, enhancing the lively mood of the decidedly worldly setting. |
Ergophobia is the morbid fear of what? | Ergophobia | definition of ergophobia by Medical dictionary Ergophobia | definition of ergophobia by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ergophobia Psychology Fear of work. See Phobia . ergophobia (ĕr″gō-fō′bē-ă) [″ + phobos, fear] Morbid dread of working. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`Bike +A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually?`Hum +Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015?`Eisenhower +Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called? `Tidal +At auction in 2015, $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original handrwitten lyrics for which 1971 big hit song? `American Pie +In 2015 what global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its 114 competitors, for the first time since 1951 inception? `Miss World +Which vast tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' branded intelligent home store in Palo Alto California in 2015?`Google +In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age to what?`18`eighteen +The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as?`Camel Flu +Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what extraordinarily successful book?`Fifty Shades of Grey`50 shades of grey +Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015?`Rupert Murdoch`murdoch +In 2015 a new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that leader Kim Jong-un learnt to drive at age?`3`three +Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?`Toyota +In 2015 evidence of water was found on which planet?`Mars +Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?`India +Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open?`Stan Warwinka`warwinka +What company launched the S6 Edge smartphone?`Samsung +Which leading professional networking tech corporation, whose main revenue is selling user access/details to recruiters, bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?`Linkedin`linked in +'Dismaland' was the temporary theme park/exhibition of which famous 'anonymous' artist?`Banksy +Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?`Volkswagen`vw +In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?`Russia +The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015?`eighty`80`80th +Name the Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?`Charlotte +The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled?`Fury Road`mad max: fury road`mad max fury road +The Magna Carta, signed in London, and inspiring constitutional rights globally thereafter, was how many years old in 2015?`eight hundred`800 +In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in what country?`Indonesia +Olav Bjortmont became 2015 world champion in?`Quizzing`quiz +Lars Lokke led his centre-right party to 2015 government election victory in what country?`Denmark +Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the...?`Priv +Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called "Music... "?`Stories +Eddie Jones was appointed head coach of which English sporting team in 2015?`Rugby Union`rugby +According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular among USA children?`Apples`apple +Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey celebrated what birthday in 2015?`49`fourty-nine`fourty nine`49th +Jon Snow was killed off in what TV series in 2015, adapted from GRR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?`Game of Thrones +Finance minister Yanis Yaroufakis caused comment for not wearing a tie in February 2015 when negotiating the debts for which nation?`Greece +What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?`Canada +What iconic equine-alluding company, in countless books/films/cowboy holsters, filed for bankruptcy in 2015?`Colt +Due to a 2015 contamination scandal in India/Afica, which corporation destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi noodles?`Nestle +How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015?`60`sixty +It was announced in 2015 that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced on?`$10 bill`$10`tendollars`ten dollar bill`ten |
What colour is an emu's egg | Sculpting Emu Eggs: The Color is in the Shell Sculpting Emu Eggs: The Color is in the Shell 11/16/2009 3:20:14 PM Tags: poultry , home business , As the emu fad was passing in 1994, Chuck DeCourley and his wife, Sue, bought a pair of emus. He was looking for a marketable use for the eggs, perhaps something artistic, but simply painting the shells seemed too obvious. Then DeCourley learned of a unique feature of emu eggs — the shells are made of three distinct layers, each of a different color. There are three primary layers in the shell of an emu egg. The outside is dark green. The middle layer is teal, and the inside layer is nearly white. Occasionally there is a fourth layer, which is thin and rather gray, between the outside layer and the teal layer. Carving the eggshells seemed to use the colors of each layer to the best advantage. So in 1997, after doing some research, DeCourley purchased an engraving system. He taped a snowflake pattern onto an eggshell and started carving. That was a crude experiment, but it was the beginning of a hobby that has held DeCourley’s interest for more than a decade. In January 1998, DeCourley’s father, who was in a nursing home, suggested DeCourley try carving playing cards into an egg. That was supposed to be a practice project, too, but DeCourley was able to give the finished carving to his father for his 68th birthday. His father, being nearly blind at the time, was able to feel the precision carving of the egg and was pleased with the gift. Getting Ready to Sculpt To clean the eggs, DeCourley drills a three-eighths-inch hole into the large end of the egg with a diamond bit. Regular drill bits can cause hairline cracks that can’t be easily seen. These cracks would ruin the egg during the carving process. Eggs should be cleaned out when fresh or, at the very least, within three to four months of being laid. Some people use a sander to create a hole in the egg, but the holes generally get large. Egg contents can be shaken out, or you can use an “egg-sucking bucket:” a vacuum device to remove the contents of eggs. After this, use a 25-percent bleach solution to remove the lining of the egg. Be sure to use rubber gloves when working with bleach, and avoid the fumes by working in a properly ventilated area. The solution only needs to be left in the egg for a few minutes, but then needs to be rinsed out thoroughly. The outside (dark-green) layer won’t fade if exposed to the bleach solution for a short amount of time, but if left for several hours will cause discoloration. Shells are then coated with Krylon clear acrylic. This gives the eggs a non-yellowing, UV-resistant coating, but the carving will still turn a sort of sepia color if left in sunlight or under fluorescent lights. Carvings are best displayed under incandescent light. It is also important to protect the inside of the shells, as the white layer is only 0.005- to 0.006-inch thick. For this, you could use a mixture of 50 percent Elmer’s glue and 50 percent water. Coat the inside of the egg several times with this mixture prior to working on the egg. If you consider carving chicken or goose eggs, in which case you might have larger empty spaces or fine filigree work, this is an especially important part of the process. When choosing a design, be careful to choose a pattern that is not under copyright protection if you plan to sell the carving. Then simply use a copy machine to reduce the pattern to the size you need and attach it to the eggshell with glue stick. The glue softens the paper; and if the paper creases during application, simply dampen the paper and reglue it. After the glue dries, you’re nearly ready to start carving, but remember: Safety first. The calcium dust caused by the carving process is fine. DeCourley recommends using a dust collector box with a vacuum system. He also sculpts the egg under a Plexiglas shield and wears earplugs while working, as the drill used in carving produces a high-pitched (and loud) noise. Equipment for Carving Eggs DeCourley’s tool of choice is a “Turbocarver,” which is an air-powere | World's Easiest Quiz How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur The Canary Islands are named after what animal? Dogs What was King George VI's first name? Albert What color is a purple finch? Crimson Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand |
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"Which 'duck' opened a 1982 number four with ""I wish I could fly way up to the sky, but I can't""?" | Obituary: I created a monster - BBC News BBC News Obituary: I created a monster 28 April 2015 Close share panel Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Keith Harris and Orville made several appearances at the Royal Variety Performance in the 1980s Keith Harris, the ventriloquist famed for working with his puppet Orville, has died aged 67 after a battle with cancer, his agent has confirmed. "I obviously created a monster," Keith Harris told Louis Theroux in 2008. "It's very hard to get away from that. "Everybody knows Orville, not everybody knows Keith Harris." The children's entertainer insisted he was not bitter - Orville had made him a household name, after all - but he could never escape the nappy-wearing, flightless bird. "I can't say he's been a burden, but he put me into a pigeon-hole." Early start Born in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Harris was introduced to showbusiness at a young age, when his father, Norman, incorporated him into his stage show, performing in working men's clubs around the UK. From the age of six, he would sit on his father's knee and pretend to be a puppet called Isaiah - "because one eye's higher than the other". Theatre became a safe haven from school, where he struggled with reading and was labelled "thick". He later discovered he had dyslexia. By 14, he had turned professional, becoming a solo act after Norman retired. Image caption One of Harris's earlier characters was Percy Picktooth, a gregarious rabbit He appeared in summer seasons at holiday resorts before booking his first TV appearance on Let's Laugh, which aired in the same week he auditioned for Opportunity Knocks. At the time, his main character was Freddy the Frog, a puppet who said he was going to be Prime Minister "because he was always in deep water and he had a big mouth". But it was Orville that made him a household name. The idea for the puppet - which was later insured for £100,000 - came to him while he was starring with the Black and White Minstrels in Bristol. "I just happened to have this green fur lying about and had this idea for a little bird that was green and ugly and thought he wasn't loved," he told the Independent in 2002. He sent a rough sketch to his puppet maker, but was disappointed with the result. "I hated him," he confessed. "But I took him to the girls in the dressing room next door and they said, 'ah, ain't he lovely'. "The first time I used him he was an instant hit. There were tears in people's eyes." Image caption Cuddles catch-phrase, "I hate that duck", may have been a vessel for Harris's own feelings The bird was named after the American aviator Orville Wright, who, with his brother, Wilbur, made the first manned powered flight in 1903. It was a name laden with irony, as Orville - a shy, under-confident orphan - could not fly. The success of the puppet and his simian nemesis Cuddles earned Harris a Saturday evening TV show that ran for eight years. Orville also became an unlikely chart star when Harris released a single in 1982. Orville's Song, popularly known as I Wish I Could Fly, reached number four, selling more than 400,000 copies. Media captionWatch the Orville Song But not everyone was a fan. After one Royal Command Performance, a reviewer wrote: "I'm sure Charles and Diana would like to take a gun and blow the duck's head off." Harris had the last laugh, though, as the day after the performance, he was invited to perform at Prince William's third birthday. "I arrived there and Charles came out and we had a Pimms," he later recalled. "Diana helped me in with the boxes, she was absolutely lovely. We were asked back to do Prince Harry's third birthday, too. "Diana sent us a lovely letter saying: 'The Princess hopes that Orville did not suffer from too much bruising after the rather rough patting he received from one or two of the smaller members of the audience.'" Depression But the success didn't last. After The Keith Harris Show ended in 1990, the characters were given a lower-profile series called The Quack Chat Show, after which television work dried up altogether. Harris did not adjust w | Passable Literature Trivia Quiz In which book would you find a Heffalump? Which detective had a landlady called Mrs. Hudson? Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? Which of Alexandre Dumas' 'Three Musketeers' real identity is Comte de la Fère? In which language did Vladimir Nabokov write Lolita? Which 1949 novel begins 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?' How many lines are there in a sonnet? Don Diego de la Vega is the secret identity of which hero? 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What was the birth surname of the man who became to be known as Vladimir Lenin? | Biography for Kids: Vladimir Lenin Biography: Where did Vladimir Lenin grow up? Vladimir Lenin was born in the city of Simbirsk in the Russian Empire on April 22, 1870. His birth name was Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov. Lenin's parents were both well educated and his father was a teacher. Growing up Lenin attended school and was an excellent student. He also enjoyed the outdoors and playing chess. When Lenin was sixteen years old, his father died. This made Lenin angry and he said he no longer believed in God or the Russian Orthodox Church. A year later, Lenin's older brother Sacha joined a revolutionary group that planned to assassinate the Tsar (the Russian monarch). Sacha was caught and was executed by the government. Becoming a Revolutionary Lenin continued with his education at the Kazan University. While at university he became involved with politics and revolutionary groups. He began to study Karl Marx and became convinced that Marxism was the ideal form of government. At one point he was arrested and kicked out of the university, but he was later allowed to return. After graduating he worked as a lawyer. Exile from Russia Lenin continued his work as a revolutionary. He moved to St. Petersburg where he quickly became a leader among the Marxists. He constantly had to hide from the police and government officials as spies were everywhere. Eventually, Lenin created his own group of Marxists called the Bolsheviks. In 1897, Lenin was arrested and exiled to Siberia for three years. Upon his return in 1900 he continued to foster revolution and push Marxism. However, he was banned from St. Petersburg and was under the watchful eye of the police. He spent much of his time over the next several years in Western Europe where he wrote communist papers and planned for the coming revolution. World War I When World War I broke out in 1914, millions of Russian workmen and peasants were forced to join the army. They were sent into battle under terrible conditions. They often had little training, no food, no shoes, and sometimes were forced to fight without weapons. Millions of Russian soldiers were killed under the leadership of the Tsar. The Russian people were ready to revolt. February Revolution In 1917, the February Revolution occurred in Russia. The Tsar was overthrown and the government was run by the Provisional Government. With Germany's help, Lenin returned to Russia. He began to speak out against the Provisional Government. He said it was no better than the Tsarist government. He wanted a government ruled by the people. Bolshevik Revolution In October of 1917, Lenin and his Bolshevik Party took over the government. Sometimes this takeover is called the October Revolution or the Bolshevik Revolution. Lenin established the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and he was the leader of the new government. Lenin leading the Bolshevik Revolution Photo by Unknown Leader of the Soviet Union Upon establishing the new government, Lenin made many changes. He immediately established peace with Germany and exited World War I. This was what Germany was hoping for when they helped him sneak back into Russia. He also took land from the rich landholders and divided it up amongst the peasants. Russian Civil War For the first several years of leadership, Lenin fought a civil war against the anti-Bolsheviks. He was a brutal leader. He stomped out all opposition, killing anyone who spoke out against his government. Like the Tsar before him, he forced peasants to join his army and also took food from the peasants to feed his soldiers. The civil war destroyed much of Russia's economy and millions of people starved to death. During the Russian Civil War, Lenin established War Communism. Under War Communism the government owned everything and soldiers could take what they needed from the peasants. After the war, with the economy failing, Lenin began the New Economic Policy. This new policy allowed some private ownership and capitalism. The Russian economy recovered under this new policy. When the Bolsheviks finally won the civil war, Lenin estab | Joseph Stalin - Biography - IMDb Joseph Stalin Biography Showing all 95 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (3) | Trivia (71) | Personal Quotes (12) Overview (5) 5' 6" (1.68 m) Mini Bio (1) Joseph Stalin (a code name meaning "Man of Steel") was born Iosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in 1879 in Gori, Georgia, the Transcaucasian part of the Russian Empire. His father was a cobbler named Vissarion Dzhugashvili, a drunkard who beat him badly and frequently and left the family when Joseph was young. His mother, Ekaterina Gheladze, supported herself and her son (her other three children died young and Jopseph was effectively an only child) by taking in washing. She managed, despite great hardship, to send Joseph to school and then on to Tiflis Orthodox Theological Seminary in Tbilisi, hoping he would become a priest. However, after three years of studies he was expelled in 1899, for not attending an exam and for propagating communist ideas and the books of Karl Marx . Since 1898, Stalin became active in the Communist underground as the organizer of a powerful gang involved in a series of armed robberies. After robbing several banks in southern Russia, Stalin delivered the stolen money to V.I. Lenin to finance the Communist Party. Stalin's gang was also involved in the murders of its political opponents; Stalin himself was arrested seven times, repeatedly imprisoned, and twice exiled to Siberia between 1902 and 1913. During those years he changed his name twice and became more closely identified with revolutionary Marxism. He escaped many times from prison and was shuttling money between Lenin and other communists in hiding, where his intimacy with Lenin and Bukharin grew, as did his dissatisfaction with fellow Communist leader Leon Trotsky . In 1912 he was co-opted on to the illegal Communist Central Committee. At that time he wrote propaganda articles, and later edited the Communist paper, "Pravda" (Truth). As Lenin's apprentice he joined the Communist majority (Bolsheviks), and was responsible for the consolidation of several secret communist cells into a larger ring. Stalin's Communist ring in St. Petersburg and across Russia played the leading role in the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the revolution the Bolsheviks Communists grabbed the power, then Communists murdered the Tsar and the Russian royal family. Stalin and Lenin took over the Tsar's palaces and used the main one in Kremlin as their private residence. Lenin appointed Stalin the People's Commissar for Nationalities in the first Soviet government and a member of the Communist Politburo, thus giving him unlimited power. Stalin led the "Reds" against anti-Communist forces known as the "Whites" and also in the war with Poland. He also organized "Red Terror" in Tsaritsin (later renamed Stalingrad). With his appointment as General Secretary to the Party Central Committee in 1922, a post he held for the next 30 years, until his death, he consolidated the power that would ensure his control of the country after Lenin's death in 1924. He also took, or gave himself, other key positions that enabled him to amass total power in the Party and Soviet government. Stalin was known for his piercing eyes and terrifying stare, which he used to cow his opponents into submission during private discussions. In 1927 Stalin requested medical help for his insomnia, anger and severe anxiety disorder. His doctors diagnosed him as having "typical clinical paranoia" and recommended medical treatment. Instead, Stalin became angry and summoned his secret service agents. The next day the chief psychiatrist, Dr. Bekhterev, and his assistants died of poisoning. In addition, before the doctors' diagnosis about Stalin's mental condition could become known, he ordered the executions of intellectuals, resulting in the murders of hundreds of thousands of doctors, professors, writers, and others. Stalin's policy of amassing dictatorial power under the guise of building "socialism in the country" resulted in brutal extermination of all real and perceive |
Since September 1997, what has been the rate of VAT on domestic fuel, the lowest permitted under EU law? | VAT Notice 708: buildings and construction - GOV.UK GOV.UK VAT Notice 708: buildings and construction Updated 23 August 2016 Do you have any comments or suggestions? Foreword This notice cancels and replaces Notice 708 (August 2014) and a number of amendments. The details of the changes to the previous version can be found in paragraph 1.2 of this notice. 1. Introduction 1.1 What is this notice about? This notice explains: when building work can be zero-rated or reduced-rated at 5% when building materials can be zero-rated or reduced-rated at 5% when the sale, or long lease, in a building is zero-rated when developers are ‘blocked’ from deducting input tax on goods that are not building materials when a builder or developer needs to have a certificate from his customer, confirming that the building concerned is intended to be used for a purpose that attracts the zero or reduced rate when a customer can issue that certificate to a builder or developer what happens when a certificated building is no longer used for the purpose that attracted the zero rate, the use for that purpose decreases or the building is disposed of the special time of supply rules for builders when a business, on using its own labour to carry out building work on a building or civil engineering structure that it occupies or uses, must account for a self-supply charge Further information on the above can be found in HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC ’s) technical manual on VAT Construction VCONST . 1.2 What’s changed? The following changes have been made to this Notice. Paragraph 2.1 has been amended to show that a dwelling can consist of more than one building. 1.3 Who should read this notice? You may find this notice useful if you: are a contractor or subcontractor are a developer need to issue a certificate in order to obtain zero-rated or reduced-rated building work need to issue a certificate in order to buy, or long lease, a zero-rated building, or have issued the certificate mentioned above and obtained zero-rating but either no longer intend to use the building for a qualifying purpose or dispose of the building This notice may also be useful if you, as the customer or client of a contractor, subcontractor or developer, wish to satisfy yourself as to the correct liability of the supplies of goods and services being made by them to you. This is especially so in the case of DIY House Builders and Convertors (‘self-builders’), who contract VAT registered builders or tradesmen to carry out construction or conversion services and are charged VAT on those services. Some, if not most, of the VAT charged can be recovered by the self-builder through the provisions of the DIY House Builders and Convertors VAT Refund Scheme but only where that VAT that has been correctly charged in the first place. Further information about the DIY Scheme can be found on HMRC ’s website, go to Reclaim VAT on a new home or converting a building into a home . 1.4 What law is covered in this notice? The Value Added Tax Act 1994, Section 30 holds that goods and services specified in Schedule 8 to the Act are zero-rated. Schedule 8, Group 5 (as amended by SI 1995/280, SI 1997/50, SI 2001/2305, SI 2002/1101 and SI 2010/486) specifies when the construction (and the supply of building materials with those services), conversion of a non-residential building (and the supply of building materials with those services), sale, or long lease of a building is zero-rated. Schedule 8, Group 6 (as amended by SI 1995/283, SI 1995/1625 (NI 9) and the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1997) specifies when the alteration (and the supply of building materials with those services), sale, or long lease of a protected building is zero-rated. The Value Added Tax Act 1994, Section 29A (as inserted by the Finance Act 2001, section 99(4)) holds that goods and services specified in Schedule 7A to the Act are reduced-rated. Schedule 7A, Group 6 (as inserted by Finance Act 2001, section 99(5) and amended by SI 2002/1100) specifies when a residential conversion is reduced-rated. Schedule 7A, | Denmark and the United Kingdom obtained special opt outs - BANKING - 101 View Full Document Denmark and the United Kingdom obtained special opt-outs in the original Maastricht Treaty . Both countries are legally exempt from joining the eurozone unless their governments decide otherwise, either by parliamentary vote or referendum . Sweden , which joined the EU in 1995 after the Maastricht Treaty was signed, is required to join the eurozone under the terms of its accession treaty as soon as it fulfils the convergence criteria, which include being part of ERM II for two years. However, the Swedish people turned down euro adoption in a 2003 referendum and since then the country has intentionally avoided fulfilling the adoption requirements by not joining ERM II, which is voluntary. Interest in joining the eurozone increased in Denmark, and initially in Poland, as a result of the 2008 financial crisis. In Iceland, there was an increase in interest in joining the European Union, a pre-condition for adopting the euro. However, by 2010 the debt crisis in the eurozone caused interest from Poland, as well as the Czech Republic, to cool. Lithuania adopted the euro in 2015. This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document Non-member usage The euro is also used in countries outside the EU. Four states – Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, and Vatican City have signed formal agreements with the EU to use the euro and issue their own coins. Nevertheless, they are not considered part of the eurozone by the ECB and do not have a seat in the ECB or Euro Group. Kosovo and Montenegro officially adopted the euro as their sole currency without an agreement and, therefore, have no issuing rights. These states are not considered part of the eurozone by the ECB. However, sometimes the term eurozone is applied to all territories that have adopted the euro as their sole currency.Further unilateral adoption of the euro (euroisation), by both non-euro EU and non-EU members, is opposed by the ECB and EU. Expulsion and secession Although the eurozone is open to all EU member states to join once they meet the criteria, the treaty is silent on the matter of states leaving the eurozone, neither prohibiting nor permitting it. Likewise there is no provision for a state to be expelled from the euro.Some, however, including the Dutch government, favour such a provision being created in the event that a heavily indebted state in the eurozone refuses to comply with an EU economic reform policy.Jens Dammann This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. 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In which city are the headquarters of the Fiat car company? | Fiat History | Italy Fiat History Submitted by admin on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 00:00 The logo of FIAT, one of Italy's best known companies Fiat has held a leading role in the automotive industry since its inception in 1899, at the dawn of Italian industrialization. From the moment they first appeared on the market, Fiat products, today ranging well beyond automobiles, have been extensively developed and recognized worldwide. Its logo has become a great status symbol due to a history of superior cars, prestige, history and tradition. Fiat 1899 to 1911 The charter of Società Anonima Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino or Fiat, was signed on July 11, 1899. Giovanni Agnelli was on the Board of Directors, but quickly distinguished himself as the Company's innovator. He was determined Fiat would be highly successful and had great strategic vision. Because of these qualities, he became Managing Director of Fiat in 1902. Fiat's First Factories and Races In 1900, the first Fiat factory opened in corso Dante, in Turin, with a workforce of 150 people. Fiat saw 24 cars roll off the assembly line that first year, including the company's first model, the 3 ½ CV. By 1904, a Fiat logo had been designed as an oval with a blue background. When Italy hosted the first Car Tour of the country, nine Fiats crossed the finish line. By 1902, driver Vincenzo Lancia won the Sassi-Superga uphill race, in the famous Fiat 24 hp model. Giovanni Agnelli, President of Fiat, represented the company on the racetrack, driving an 8 hp Fiat in the second Italian Car Tour and set a record in that race. In 1908, Fiat opened the Fiat Automobile Company in the US. The Company grew in leaps and bounds: at that time, a Fiat was a luxury item in America, costing thousands more than the average domestic car of the period. Fiat continued to grow at a swift rate and it wasn't long before the company expanded its product line with trucks, trams, marine engines and commercial vehicles. Towards the end of Fiat's early production period, the company was to undergo some changes, and overhaul its production. Fiat began fitting its cars with electrical accumulators, and also patented the cardan transmission. The Lingotto is a cornerstone of Fiat's history (by Alessadro at flickr.com) Under the new leadership of Giacomo Malle Trucco, construction of the famous Lingotto factory began in 1916. It was to be the largest factory in Europe, with a unique five floors assembly line that finished with a futuristic test track constructed on the building's roof. The factory was completed in 1922 and became the symbol of the automotive industry in Italy for decades to come. During WWI Fiat devoted itself to supplying the Allied Forces with weapons, aircraft and vehicles. New Sectors Fiat began to explore new sectors before and after WWI, becoming active in electricity, public transportation lines, railways and the steel industry. A subsidiary was established in Russia and Fiat Lubrificanti was founded. Crisis and Recovery When the war ended, a time of crisis hit Fiat and the company's factories were briefly held by workers of the Italian Socialist Party in 1921. Fortunately recovery came quickly and, by 1923, Fiat was already showing signs of growth, due in part to some very effective cost-cutting policies. At this time, Giovanni Agnelli was promoted to the position of CEO of Fiat. Several new car models were released, including the four-seat 509. Fiat set a goal to create industrial mass production in order to decrease the cost of their cars. A holding company was established to enable purchasers to pay for Fiats through installments. As the company grew worldwide, Fiat also grew internally between 1912 and 1925. They were quick to recognize their employees' needs and established a health care plan, sports clubs and specialized schools. Fiat Topolino: a piece of Fiat History (by argentum nitricum at flickr.com) When Mussolini's come to power in Italy, Fiat had to abandon many of its plans for an international presence. Fiat would now concentrate on producing the ne | Car Company Logos Car Company Logos By Mary Gormandy White In addition to being an essential part of advertising and brand identity, car company logos provide a powerful visual image for auto consumers. Each automobile manufacturer has a unique logo, many of which have changed dramatically over the years. In some cases, these logos are tied to the company's history in surprising ways. List of Car Company Logos Abarth Now Fiat's racing arm, Abarth's logo is rich with meaning. The scorpion represents the Zodiac sign of company founder Karl Alberto Abarth, and the shield is a symbol of passion and triumph. The colors beneath the name represent the Italian flag. Acura Honda's luxury brand features a logo that looks like a stylized letter "A" inside a circle. The symbol also represents the caliper, an important precision engineering tool. Aixam Now Aixam Mega, the logo for this French microcar manufacturer is simple and elegant, spelling out the company's original name and calling out the first letter with a bold "A" (or "M" in some cases) inside a circular graphic. Alfa Romeo This Italian exotic car brand has a complicated, circular logo featuring a red cross and a green snake with a dragon's head. These symbols represent the city of Milan, where the company was founded. Aston Martin The British luxury car brand has an iconic logo of a pair of wings with the company name. A version of this logo has graced Aston Martin cars since the 1920s. Audi This German automaker's four interlocking rings represent this history of the company as it started out as four smaller companies. Bajoun Bajoun is a General Motors brand made and sold only in China. The name means "treasured horse" - and that's exactly what the logo depicts. Bentley The British exotic car manufacturer features a winged logo with a letter "B" in the center. The wings in this logo call up the company's aerospace roots. BMW BMW's blue and white checkerboard pattern represents an airplane propeller, since BMW was originally an airplane manufacturer. The logo's colors and checks are from the Bavarian flag, where the company was founded. Buick This American car brand features a logo with three shields inside a circle. The idea for the shield came from the Buick family crest. Cadillac Cadillac has had many logos over the years. This current version features two stalks of wheat with a shield in the center. Chevrolet One of the most iconic American car logos, the symbol for Chevrolet is a simple angled cross with a longer horizontal line. The design is referred to as the Chevrolet bowtie. Chrysler There are several versions of the Chrysler logo, but the most recognizable is a pentagon with a star in the center, referred to as the Chrysler Pentastar. The current version is sleeker and simpler, suggesting wings. Citroen The double chevrons in Citroen's logo represent the Helical Gear, a Citroen invention that is used in every modern automobile. They also represent the company's commitment to technical innovation. Dacia This Romanian car brand has been part of Renault since 1999.The company is bold and simple, highlighting the company name in a shade of blue representative of one of the colors of the Romanian flag, on a bold, silver-tone graphic. Daewoo The modern logo of this Korean General Motors brand still bears the crown-shaped emblem from the company's early days. The shape is similar to that of a now defunct, but once popular, football club in South Korea. Daimler The Daimler logo is simple and elegant, conveying the same sense of understated luxury that this German car manufacturer is known for around the world. Datsun The Datsun brand is exclusive to Japan and emerging markets like India. The logo places the brand front and center, superimposed over a striking chrome and blue graphic. Denza As the first Chinese car brand dedicated to new energy vehicles, Denza's logo represents the company's values of responsibility to nature and society Dodge The logo for this American brand features is the manufacturer's name in simple block lettering. The two red stripes represent sp |
What is the total if you add the number shirts of the two flankers in rugby union? | Rugby Program | Rugby Ashley Jones Common Injuries/PrevalenceGarraway et al (2000) concluded in a study of professional rugby players, that an injury occurred for every 59 minutes of play and that the majority of injuries were to the knee, hip and thigh. In a New Zealand study (Bird et al, 1998), the injury rate was cited as 10.9 injuries per 100 player games. The lower limb was most injured both in games and during practice, with the most frequently occurring types of injuries, sprains and strains. It is interesting to note that more injuries occurred during practice rather than games. In games, the tackle was the most common game event to lead to an injury taking place. Foul play accounted for 13% of all injuries from this study. The results of this study contrast sharply with an earlier (Lewis et al, 1996) analysis of injury. They concluded that rucking produced the greatest number of injuries for men and youths while the tackle was the instrument of the game causing more injuries for women. Foul play accounted for 33% of injuries for men but only 17% and 19% for women and youths. An interesting study (Watson, 1995) on injuries in football from a posture and mechanics perspective, gives excellent insight into the effectiveness of a prescreening procedure linked to an individualised prehabilitation training program. The results of the two year study showed that players who suffered ankle injuries had a lower mean score for ankle mechanics than those who remained injury free. Knee injuries correlated very highly with lumbar lordosis and sway back. Whilst those players suffering back injuries were associated with poor shoulder symmetry, scapulae abduction, back asymmetry and spiral malalignments such as kyphosis lordosis and scoliosis. The study concludes by suggesting than “an intervention to improve body mechanics would be likely to reduce the incidence of sports injuries in football”. Prevention/Minimisation Strategies Musculoskeletal screening of all players and an individualised prehabilitation training program designed for year round use. Adherence to a year round strength and conditioning program. Vigilance of officials to foul play and severe penalties for instigators of foul play. Education of players for the laws of the game. Increased refereeing at the tackle and ruck/maul. Use of protective gear at practice and especially during games. Ensure selection of players for specific positions is based around the knowledge and experience of the player having played in the position and having the body type to fill the demands of the position. In unit games depower the scrum engagement, use of under 19 law may be: “Front row coming together. Each prop touches the opponents upper arm and then pause before the front rows meet. The sequence should be crouch, touch, pause, engage”. Or pack uncontested scrums to minimise any injury potential. Strength & Conditioning 1. Warm Up – Dynamic Movement Drills Work through this list of exercises and perform the movement over 22 metres where applicable or for 15 repetitions each leg, prior to performing the movements move around at a progressively quicker pace for 5 minutes. High knees – side to side 2. Jump Training for Wingers/Fullback and Lineout Jumpers The loading phase of each jump should be as brief as possible. Every jump should emphasise a vigorous thrusting up of the arms. Time will simply be wasted if your effort is not maximal. Rest between 1 and 2 minutes between sets and initially perform 1 set of 4 different exercises for 10 repetitions per set, a total of 40 contacts. Increase this by 10 contacts per week until you are at 100 contacts per workout, do not exceed 100 contacts per workout. You should do the jump workout twice per week after you have completed the dynamic warm up drills above and before any other training. Vertical jumps One step forward and vertical jump One step backward and vertical jump One step sideways and vertical jump Bench blasts – one foot is on a workout bench and the other is on the floor, push off high into the air and a | Rugby Football History Introduction The first games were held in Athens in 1896 but did not include Rugby. Rugby was added to the Olympic program for the second Olympiad and featured in the games held at Paris in 1900, London in 1908, Antwerp in 1920, and Paris again in 1924. Shortly after the Paris Games, the IOC cancelled rugby as an Olympic sport - even though rugby sold more tickets than the track and field events celebrated in the movie about the 1924 Olympics, "Chariots of Fire." Read about Rugby in the Olympics here Then it was cast out until a decision was made on October 9th, 2009 to introduce Rugby Sevens. In 1928 the IOC turned down the request to stage rugby at the Amsterdam games. Three factors were believed to be behind this: the IOC wanted more emphasis on individual sports; women's athletics had swollen the number of competitors; and the sport did not receive the backing that it should have from the British entries. Officials also cited the French crowds' behavior and the lack of widespread international participation. Both the Soviet Union in 1980 and South Korea in 1988 made attempts to have rugby readmitted, and it should be pointed out that South Korea came desperately close to achieving their aim. In a survey held by the Washington Post, Rugby was the most popular sport requested to be added to the Olympics so it was only a matter of time before it was included. Here I've collected various articles/information pertaining to attempts to re-instate Rugby as an Olympics event: Friday 18th February 2005 WWW.IRB.com Rugby aiming for Olympic glory once more As representatives of the International Olympic Committee visit London to consider which city should host the 2012 Olympic Games, the rugby world is in the middle of a lobbying process which hopes to make rugby sevens an Olympic sport for the 2012 Olympic Games. Although rugby has not appeared in the Olympics for the last 80 years, the 15-a-side version has appeared in four of the games (1900, Paris; 1908, London; 1920, Antwerp and 1924, Paris). The last time it appeared there were three countries involved (Romania, USA and France) and the USA beat France 17-3 in the final. As the match finished, the partisan French crowd were so riled by the result that there was a pitch invasion and several American supporters were beaten unconscious. Whether this was the reason for rugby's expulsion from the Games or whether it was the departure of the rugby loving Baron Pierre de Coubertin as IOC President, is not clear, but after an eighty year absence the International Rugby Board is currently in the middle of a new lobbying process which, it hopes, will enable the sevens version of the sport to be included. Mark Egan, Sevens Tournament Manager of the International Rugby Board, explains, “The IOC are meeting in Singapore in early July. Their main decision is regarding the host city but they are also debating whether to alter the programme of sports within the 2012 Olympics. Rugby is one of five sports being considered for inclusion along with golf, squash, karate and roller sports. We have previously been through this process and rugby was recommended to be included but the programme didn't change. To enable a new sport to become involved, there is the possibility that it would need to replace one of the existing sports as there are concerns by the IOC about the increasing size of the games, so it's not a straight forward process. There is no assurance that the programme will change but we are doing everything we can to persuade them that rugby sevens would make a great Olympic sport.” The IRB is currently going through a thorough consultation and lobbying process and an application was submitted to the IOC in November. We are working closely with the IOC, providing them with information about sevens and rugby in general.” Egan believes that it is the sevens version of the sport which would make an ideal Olympic event, “If rugby is included it will be the sevens format. Rugby union is a global sport with 116 member unions. S |
a In 2013 who won the Best Director Oscar? | Best Director Winner: Ang Lee Wins Oscar At 85th Annual Academy Awards | The Huffington Post Best Director Winner: Ang Lee Wins Oscar At 85th Annual Academy Awards 02/24/2013 11:37 pm ET | Updated Feb 25, 2013 190 The Oscars took place in Los Angeles on Sunday, with Ang Lee being named 2013's Best Director winner. "Thank you Movie God," he said as he accepted his award. Lee won for "Life of Pi," leaving David O. Russell ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Steven Spielberg ("Lincoln"), Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild") and Michael Haneke ("Amour") winless on Sunday night. There's one name missing from that list: Ben Affleck. The "Argo" director was snubbed by Academy voters then proceeded win directing honors at virtually every single other major award show. "Argo" was nominated for Best Picture. Spielberg was thought to be the favorite for this category. The famed director has won twice before, 1993's "Schindler's List" and 1998's "Saving Private Ryan." Last year, Michel Hazanavicius won this award for "The Artist," a silent film that also earned star Jean Dujardin a Best Actor Oscar. Kathryn Bigelow, who won in 2011 for "The Hurt Locker" and directed this year's Oscar-nominated "Zero Dark Thirty," was also snubbed. Seth MacFarlane hosted this year's awards. For more on the Oscars' 2013 ceremony, including a full list of Academy Awards winners, check out the live blog below. 2013 Oscars | Here's why Birdman didn't deserve to win the Best Picture Oscar — and why it did - Vox Here's why Birdman didn't deserve to win the Best Picture Oscar — and why it did Michael Keaton and Edward Norton star in Birdman, which won Best Picture at the Oscars. Fox Searchlight Birdman , Alejandro González Iñárritu's bleak backstage comedy, seemingly filmed in one take, was named Best Picture at the Oscars Sunday, February 22, 2015. But did it deserve the award? We've got one writer in favor of the film and one who didn't like it as much. The case for Birdman By Alex Abad-Santos There's a moment in Birdman, which just won Best Picture at the 87th annual Academy Awards, that's slight but revealing. Edward Norton , playing method actor extraordinaire Mike, needles and prods Michael Keaton's Riggan about the fake gun he uses during the final scene of their play. "I don't even feel threatened at all," Mike says, eyes squinting. He's glaring, imploring Riggan to push himself and the play toward something greater. His argument: if art isn't making you feel something real, something uncomfortable, it's not inspiring. Norton's electric flourish seamlessly describes the swirling piece of cinema that is Birdman. It's a movie that challenges the way we absorb art, snarks on the idea of culture, spits in the face of critics, and makes no apologies or explanations for moments that would seem to warrant them. And it's a film that's also very worthy of its Best Picture win. There isn't a better ensemble cast this year Back in October, the initial rumblings surrounding Birdman suggested this was the film that was going to make Michael Keaton a movie star again. His scraggly, acidic take on the pained and burnt out Riggan is mesmerizing. It's as if Keaton is dumping Riggan's soul into a garbage disposal and holding down the switch At times, like when he's confronting the chilly New York Times critic Tabitha ( Lindsay Duncan ), it's as if he's dumping Riggan's soul into a garbage disposal and holding down the switch. These scenes are pure, pained magic. And moments later, he's soaring, cawing, and bending himself into physical comedy feats we haven't seen from the actor since Beetlejuice . Keaton's is a fantastic performance, but it's not the only one in the movie. Norton and Emma Stone were rightfully nominated in the supporting categories this year as well. The two buoy Keaton, giving him a blowhard rival to spar with and a daughter who reflects the consequences of Riggan's narcissism. Stone offers the kind of performance that in any other year (a year where someone doesn't devote 12 years of their life to a film like Patricia Arquette did) would warrant an Oscar win. Her chemistry with Norton, and the desperate emptiness that connects their two characters, could have easily taken up more of the film. Instead, it becomes a kind of seasoning, used here and there to highlight what's going on. That could apply to rest of the cast, too. Naomi Watts , Zach Galifianakis , Andrea Riseborough , and Amy Ryan all find ways to provide glimmers of humor or hushed humanity throughout this dark, snappy, film. In a lot of movies, you find yourself missing characters and the actors that play them when they're not on screen. Birdman is the only one this year where I missed the entire supporting cast. The One-Shot Wonder The most ambitious and perhaps the most divisive feature of Alejandro González Iñárittu's film is that the vast majority of it is made to look like a single shot. Cinematography, of course, does not a Best Picture make. And these sorts of devices don't necessarily make art better. But I can't help but appreciate the thoughtfulness that Iñárittu wove into his one-shot conceit. Perhaps it's because I haven't been in the depressing underbelly of a theater, but the pacing and composition of his shots — the zooming through narrow hallways, the use of levels to differentiate different scenes, the angles through which we see nooks and crevices of the St. James Theater — is spell-binding. One moment, the theater feels claustrophobic, like a |
John Bacchus played by Lee Ingleby is the sergeant to which TV police inspector? | BBC One - Inspector George Gently - John Bacchus Inspector George Gently John Bacchus Played by Lee Ingleby Bacchus was married to his Chief Constable’s daughter, Lisa, with a small daughter Leigh-Anne. He didn’t love Lisa but married her as she was pregnant, and because his father-in-law told him his career would be over if he didn’t. He was desperate to go to London and join the Met, but had snookered himself. He divorced Lisa – on her wishes – in series 4 and only occasionally sees his daughter. Bacchus is an intelligent and brilliant cop, but he doesn’t always play by the book. Lacking in patience he often wants to sprint through a case, leading him to cutting corners and sometimes breaking the law. Bacchus probably has a chip on both shoulders – he hates people cleverer and richer than him as well as hating people more stupid and poorer than him. | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series 1993–1999) - 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 Homicide: Life on the Street TV-14 | A police homicide investigation unit investigates violent crimes in the city of Baltimore. Creator: John Lange (Vincent D'Onofrio) becomes pinned between a subway train and the station platform. The Baltimore homicide department is called to investigate whether a crime has been committed or whether... 9.6 Bayliss and Pembleton bring in Risley Tucker, an Arabber, as the prime suspect in the murder of 11-year-old Adena Watson. With a ten-hour time limit, they try one last interrogation in a desparate ... 9.5 The department and community press the Homicide Unit to solve a cop-involved killing. With the lives and reputations of fellow officers at stake... 8.8 a list of 24 titles created 03 Apr 2011 a list of 23 titles created 17 Jan 2012 a list of 40 titles created 25 Jan 2012 a list of 22 titles created 04 Oct 2013 a list of 25 titles created 08 Nov 2013 Title: Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) 8.6/10 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 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 21 wins & 82 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline A one-hour drama inspired by David Simon's acclaimed non-fiction book "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets." It is at once a mundane yet compelling look in and around a Homicide unit of the Baltimore Police Department, a group of determined individuals who are committed to their grim job at hand. Written by Karina Santos <tallulahg@aol.com> 31 January 1993 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Barry Levinson wanted Richard Belzer as Munch after hearing him on "The Howard Stern Radio Show". NBC suggested Jason Priestley but Levinson refused. Belzer was the last cast member hired. See more » Goofs A couple of times, reference is made to the other shift of the Homicide detectives as being the "night shift". However, at the time, the squads of the Homicide department regularly rotated shifts so that no one group of detectives would routinely have the night shift. See more » Quotes Det. John Munch : [coming out of a bar and then saluting an American flag] I'm too damn sober. Referenced in Frequency (2000) See more » Frequently Asked Questions User Reviews From Book by former Baltimore Sun Crime Reporter, David Simon . Character Driven Series without becoming Soap Opera. Bold, Innovative, Unique and Very Memorable. (United States) – See all my reviews Ever since first encountering this Series, its title has held a certain fascination for this writer. First of all we have HOMICIDE, now that makes perfect sense. We've all heard that term used in countless Feature Films, Radio Dramas, TV Series, Pulp Magazines, Detective Novels, etc. Then we have the second part of the Title, "Life on the Streets", the Sub-Title if you will. This is also a very descriptive, loaded phrase. The discussion of being "on the Street" is certainly an authentic phrase, used by the "Real Police" as much as by any authors. But try putting the two together, as has been done here in this series and in the book that proceeded it, and what do you get? "HOMICIDE:Life On The Streets", is our answer but of course. But this is one Title that appears to be an instant oxymoron, for the juxtaposition of the two elements just doesn't blend. It would be much like blending Fire and Water, this Homicide & Life. And yet, we do see what the Series creator Paul Attinsano is driving at. Either term by itself would not be adequate. It's just another case of the sum of the parts equaling more than the total. Okay, now that we have that out of the way, let's start off by saying that there has never been a dramatic series that has started out to have such a high quality of story line and writing, |
Which ball game was invented by Dr James Naismith in Massachusetts USA in 1891? | Basketball | James Naismith History The Origin of the Game of Basketball 1891 - Springfield, Massachusetts, USA One of the most popular sports in the world, played daily by millions of people had humble beginnings. Basket Ball (as originally spelled); created in 1891 in a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA gymnasium has grown into a game played worldwide by more than 300 million people. The person responsible for the popular game was Dr. James Naismith (1861-1939). Dr. Naismith was a Canadian-American Physical Education teacher at the School for Christian Workers located in Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1891, under direction from Dr. Luther Gulick, the head of the School, Naismith was given 14 days to create an indoor game. The goal of this directive was to provide a creative and healthy indoor “athletic distraction” for a rowdy class of students during the brutal New England winter. James Naismith Naismith’s invention did not happen quickly. He struggled to come up with a game that met the objectives of his directive. At first he thought to bring outdoor games such as soccer or lacrosse inside. However, such outdoor games were not feasible due mainly to the small indoor space of the school gymnasium. Running out of time and at the limits of his patience, Naismith recalled a game he played as a child in Canada. Called “duck on a rock”, the game involved tossing rocks at another, larger rock atop a boulder and knocking the rock down. He also remembered observing rugby players throwing a ball into a box in the gymnasium. With creativity now flowing through his mind, Naismith had the idea of attaching boxes high on the wall and having players attempt to throw a ball into the box as a score. Having trouble finding boxes, Naismith used discarded peach baskets from the school cafeteria. Confronted with the problem of constantly needing someone to remove the ball from the basket, Naismith cut out the bottom of the basket, allowing the ball to fall through. It is believed that Naismith drew up the rules of his new game of Basketball in about an hour. Most of these rules still apply today. The game of Basketball became an instant success. The students found the game easy to play and the rules easy to understand. Moreover, the idea of getting a good exercise workout without having to go outside in the very cold winter was very attractive to the players and the coaches. The fans also liked the idea of not having to go outside in the cold to watch this new and fun game. Basketball became popular very quickly and its popularity spread widely. The graduates of the YMCA school traveled across the country and introduced their new game to people in towns and cities across the land. Naismith and his players disseminated the rules of Basketball freely and the need for an indoor sport by many schools and organizations helped spread the popularity of the game. As Basketball grew in popularity, Naismith did not engage in promotion of the game or push for publicity or self-promotion. His main interest was his career as a physical educator. He embraced recreational sports but was not enamored with the glory of competitive athletics. Naismith was a serious student and he was most proud to have earned four degrees in diverse fields of Religion, Physical Education, Philosophy and Medicine. Naismith never imagined or witnessed the immense popularity and huge financials of Basketball as we know it today. His biggest reward was when he was sponsored by the National Association of Basketball Coaches to witness his game of Basketball become an official Olympic sport at the 1936 Games held in Berlin. Naismith never earned money or fame for his unique invention during his lifetime. However, after his death in 1939 his many accomplishments and his historic invention of Basketball were widely and enormously acclaimed. Naismith’s name adorns the world’s only Basketball Hall of Fame. Naismith’s legacy includes coaching and launching the first great college Basketball coach, Forrest “Phog” Allen (1885-1974). Allen played | History - Nebraska Youth VolleyBall Nebraska Youth VolleyBall History Volleyball's history On February 9, 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts (USA), William G. Morgan , a YMCA physical education director, created a new game called Mintonette as a pastime to be played (preferably) indoors and by any number of players. The game took some of its characteristics from tennis and handball . Another indoor sport, basketball , was catching on in the area, having been invented just ten miles (sixteen kilometers) away in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts , only four years before. Mintonette was designed to be an indoor sport, less rough than basketball, for older members of the YMCA, while still requiring a bit of athletic effort. The first rules, written down by William G Morgan, called for a net 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) high, a 25 ft × 50 ft (7.6 m × 15.2 m) court, and any number of players. A match was composed of nine innings with three serves for each team in each inning, and no limit to the number of ball contacts for each team before sending the ball to the opponents’ court. In case of a serving error, a second try was allowed. Hitting the ball into the net was considered a foul (with loss of the point or a side-out)—except in the case of the first-try serve. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College ), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball"). Volleyball rules were slightly modified by the International YMCA Training School and the game spread around the country to various YMCAs. Excerpt courtesy of en.wikipedia.org/ |
Which rapper’s real name is Shawn Carter? | Rapper Jay-Z Sentenced To Probation | Billboard Rapper Jay-Z Sentenced To Probation 12/7/2001 COMMENTS As expected, rapper Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter) has been sentenced to three years probation for stabbing a record producer at a New York nightclub, prosecutors said. The Grammy-winning artist ... As expected, rapper Jay-Z (real name: Shawn Carter) has been sentenced to three years probation for stabbing a record producer at a New York nightclub, prosecutors said. The Grammy-winning artist pleaded guilty in October to misdemeanor assault, admitting he stabbed Lance "Un" Rivera at a club party on Dec. 1, 1999. Carter accused Rivera of making and selling counterfeit copies of one of his recordings, then stabbed him with a five-inch knife at least twice, according to a police account. As part of a plea agreement, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Micki Scherer sentenced Carter, 31, to three years probation. The rapper refused to talk to reporters, but his lawyer, Ben Brafman, said his client was pleased the case was resolved. Rivera, 35, did not file a lawsuit against the rapper, and the two settled out of court for between $500,000 and $1 million. Rivera later told prosecutors he was not interested in pursuing the case. As previously reported , Jay-Z's episode of MTV2's "Unplugged" series is scheduled to air Dec. 15 on the network. The performance, which finds him backed by an acoustic band and a string quartet, features a cameo appearance by Mary J. Blige. Copyright 2001 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | 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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Who, an ironmonger by trade, created the first practical steam engine to pump water from mineshafts? | Thomas Newcomen (Author of Economics of power in Alabama ) edit data Thomas Newcomen (February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor who created the first practical steam engine for pumping water, the Newcomen steam engine. He was an ironmonger by trade and a Baptist lay preacher by calling. He was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England, to a merchant family on 24 February 1664. In those days flooding in coal and tin mines was a major problem, and Newcomen was soon engaged in trying to improve ways to pump out the water from such mines. His ironmonger's business specialized in designing, manufacturing and selling tools for the mining industry. Newcomen's great achievement was his steam engine, developed around 1710, combining the ideas of Thomas Savery and Denis Papin. It is likely that Newcomen was alread Thomas Newcomen (February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor who created the first practical steam engine for pumping water, the Newcomen steam engine. He was an ironmonger by trade and a Baptist lay preacher by calling. He was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England, to a merchant family on 24 February 1664. In those days flooding in coal and tin mines was a major problem, and Newcomen was soon engaged in trying to improve ways to pump out the water from such mines. His ironmonger's business specialized in designing, manufacturing and selling tools for the mining industry. Newcomen's great achievement was his steam engine, developed around 1710, combining the ideas of Thomas Savery and Denis Papin. It is likely that Newcomen was already acquainted with Savery, whose forebears were merchants in south Devon. Savery also had a post with the Commissioners for Sick and Hurt Seamen, which took him to Dartmouth. Savery had devised a 'fire engine', a kind of thermic syphon, in which steam was admitted to an empty container and then condensed. The vacuum thus created was used to suck water from the sump at the bottom of the mine. The 'fire engine' was not very effective and could not work beyond a limited depth of around thirty feet. Newcomen replaced the receiving vessel (where the steam was condensed) with a cylinder containing a piston based on Papin's design. Instead of the vacuum drawing in water, it drew down the piston. This was used to work a beam engine, in which a large wooden beam rocked upon a central fulcrum. On the other side of the beam was a chain attached to a pump at the base of the mine. As the steam cylinder was refilled with steam, readying it for the next power stroke, water was drawn into the pump cylinder and expelled into a pipe to the surface by the weight of the machinery. Newcomen and his partner John Calley built the first successful engine of this type at the Conygree Coalworks near Dudley in the West Midlands. A working replica of this engine can be seen at the Black Country Living Museum nearby. Newcomen died in 1729, and his body was buried at Bunhill Fields, a cemetery in north London; the exact location of his grave is now not known. By 1733 about 125 Newcomen engines had been installed by Newcomen and others in most of the important mining districts of Britain and on the Continent of Europe: draining coal mines in the Black Country, Warwickshire and near Newcastle upon Tyne; at tin and copper mines in Cornwall; and in lead mines in Flintshire and Derbyshire, amongst other places. There are examples of Newcomen engines in the Science Museum (London) and the Ford Museum, Dearborn amongst other places. In 1964 the Newcomen Society of London arranged for a Newcomen engine at Hawkesbury Junction, Warwickshire to be transferred to Dartmouth, where it can be seen working using a hydraulic arrangement instead of the steam boiler. According to Dr. Cyril Boucher of the Newcomen Society, this Memorial Engine dates from about 1725, with new valve gear and other parts added later. Perhaps the last Newcomen-style engine to be used commercially – and the last still remaining on its original site – is at the Elsecar Heritage Centre, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire. The only Newcomen engines that ca | Bill Sherwood's Trivia Page - archive page 4 On to page < 1 > < 2 > < 3 > < 5 > < 6 > The flag of the Philippines is the only national flag that is flown differently during times of peace or war. A portion of the flag is blue, while the other is red. The blue portion is flown on top in time of peace and the red portion is flown in war time. The phrase "sleep tight" originated when mattresses were set upon ropes woven through the bed frame. To remedy sagging ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the rope. It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then the frog uses it's forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again. A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat. The arteries and veins surrounding the brain stem called the "circle of Willis" looks like a stick person with a large head. Welsh mercenary bowmen in the medieval period only wore one shoe at a time. Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world. The gene for the Siamese colouration in animals such as cats, rats or rabbits is heat sensitive. Warmth produces a lighter colour than does cold. Putting tape temporarily on Siamese rabbit's ear will make the fur on that ear lighter than on the other one. There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. Venetian blinds were invented in Japan. Armoured knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute. Soldiers from every country salute with their right hand. Medieval knights put sharkskin on their sword handles to give them a more secure grip; they would dig the sharp scales into their palms. "Freelance" comes from a knight whose lance was free for hire, i.e. not pledged to one master. Giving the Finger Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew"). Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!" Over the years some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say (like "pleasant mother pheasant plucker," which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird." (This is but one possible explanation that I know of) It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces. In the 1983 film "JAWS 3D" the shark blows up. Some of the shark guts were the stuffed ET dolls being sold at the time. Spider Monkeys like banana daiquiris. Dinosaur droppings are called coprolites, and are actually fairly common. The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. The first letters of the months July through November, in order, spell the name JASON. Moisture, not air, causes superglue to dry. Cyano-acrylate glues (Super glues) were invented by accident. The researcher was trying to make optical coating materials, and would test their properties by putting them between two prisms and shining light through them. When he tried the cyano-acrylat |
At which Grammar School is 'Mr. Cleaves' a bizarre teacher, in the first series of 'Little Britain'? | Mr. Cleaves | Little Britain Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Mr. Cleaves is a school teacher at the fictional school 'Kelsey Grammar School' . He is known for being a strict teacher who is very hypocritical, especially towards his students. He is one of the main antagonists in the first series. Things he's done Edit Demanding silence of his pupils during examinations while he would play the saxophone, vacuum, or set off fireworks. Asking students to read parts of novels aloud and, after a few words, cutting in and asking someone else (or a group of students) to read. Asking students to read with a Scottish brogue or "in the style of the Elephant Man. Playing the videotape of the book the class is reading when he himself proves unable to read with any fluency. Handing back tests on subjects such as popular British snackfoods and their properties, by throwing them ferociously across the classroom, and even to a student who is in hospital. "Smoky Beckham" was One. Kelsey Grammar School's Robot Edit One of the sketches centred around the school features a careers adviser robot as apposed to Mr Cleaves. The boy who he was advising says he wants to go into catering, but the robot told him their would be no jobs for humans in the future, robots would have all jobs. Then he prints out a booklet about robots and gives it to the boy. Then the boy leaves and the robot states "I am a robot". Appearences Edit Unlike most other sketches, Mr Cleaves and the Kelsey Grammar School in general only appeared in the first series, and was never seen in the second and third series. Despite this, the school and Mr Cleaves where one of the 'most seen' in the first series, although most sketches were very short being less than a minute long, usually around 30 seconds; this meant 2-3 sketches in each episode was common. Strangely, the sketch of Mr Cleaves 'introducing' himself to the class as a Biology teacher (even though he writes Mr Wells, French on the chalkboard) is seen well into the first series in episode 7, even though we see him and the class in every episode before that. | PLEASE SIR! | A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW PLEASE SIR! / THE FENN STREET GANG (1968) Possibly inspired by the 1967 Sidney Potier movie, 'To Sir, With Love' -'Please Sir!' starred former Emergency Ward 10 actor John Alderton as newly qualified teacher Bernard Hedges (specialising in History and English), as he tried to tame the most unruly class at Fenn Street School; 5C. On his first day at school Bernard crossed swords with caretaker Norman Potter (Deryck Guyler), a former Desert Rat with delusions of grandeur, although with some credibility as he was the right hand man of incompetent headmaster, Maurice Cromwell (Noel Howlett), who in turn was the subject of infatuation by formidable deputy head Doris Ewell (Joan Sanderson). This trio virtually ran the school much to the resignation of the rest of the disillusioned staff and the last thing they wanted to disturb the balance was a young schoolmaster fresh out of teachers training college and full of bright ideals about modern teaching. In order to curb Bernard's naïve enthusiasm it was conspired between the trio to give him a class of 'no-hopers', namely 5C. In their last year at school the pupils of this class were an uneducable bunch of delinquents who were simply biding their time until the final bell sounded on the last day of term. This of course did not involve participating in any school activities such as lessons. However, through a series of (comical) events Bernard managed to win over not only the staff but also the class of pupils (who nicknamed him 'Privet' Hedges) that contained 'hard case' Patrick Duffy (Peter Cleall), the tough talking but wimpish Frankie (Hank) Abbott (David Barry), slow witted Dennis Dunstable (Peter Denyer), flirtatious Sharon (Penny Spencer in the first two season's, Carol Hawkins thereafter), and Maureen (Liz Gebhart), who had a crush on her teacher. Support on the teacher front came from Richard Davies who gave a first class performance as the down to earth no-nonsense Welsh science teacher, Mr Price, and the aging Eric Chitty as Mr Smith, a teacher that was clearly beyond retirement age at the series outset. In fact most of the actors who played the students were already in their twenties when Please Sir! began in 1968 and two years later (at the end of the longest last year in school history) the pupils were clearly showing their age. The series made stars of several actors although oddly none of the students found lasting television fame. LWT Head of Light Entertainment, Frank Muir, cast Alderton as Bernard Hedges after he had spotted him as a teacher in the opening episode of Never A Cross Word. After leaving Fenn Street School the actor went on to several successful series such as Upstairs, Downstairs, it's spin-off series Thomas and Sarah, the LWT sitcom No-Honestly and a series of Wodehouse plays (Wodehouse Playhouse) for BBC (all of which Alderton co-starred alongside his wife, Pauline Collins), and the BBC sitcom My Wife Next Door with Hannah Gordon. Joan Sanderson won television immortality as Mrs Richards, the hotel guest with hearing problems in Fawlty Towers and after Please Sir! had finished she teamed up again with Deryck Guyler (who was originally cast as Fenn Street's headmaster) on a BBC radio show (also penned by the same writers), You're Only Young Once. A 1971 feature movie was released in which Bernard meets and begins to date Penny Wheeler (Jill Kerman), and this was carried on in subsequent TV series of Please Sir! and its predecessor, The Fenn Street Gang (which in turn spawned Bowler), which briefly followed the fortunes of the pupils after they left school. The series was the creation of former school chums and a new-to-television comedy writing team of John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, who went on to write Get Some In!; Ever Decreasing Circles; As Time Goes By and the enormously successful The Good Life. Actor David Barry has fond memories of working on the show and told Television Heaven that he thought the writing was always of the highest quality. "(They) wrote some wonderful comedy dialogue," he said, not |
In which US state is Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport ? | About Us | Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport Little Rock About Us About Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport is Arkansas’s largest commercial service airport, with nearly two million passengers annually. Also known as Adams Field, Little Rock’s airport hosts six airlines with dozen of daily departures and nonstop service to 14 destinations. At Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport, our main goal is to provide you, the passenger, with the best travel experience possible. Our Mission Statement reads: “To pursue all “Opportunities in Flight” to safely and efficiently connect our customers with the world and to promote economic development for all aeronautical activities.” We also strive to be a positive part of our community. To that end, our goals include: To build a state-of-the-art terminal facility to meet future demand To develop and implement a plan that attracts all levels of corporate aviation to the airport To locate additional sources of funding To become the employer of choice in the community To complete current land acquisition programs within the next three years To promote industrial development To continue to improve air service To continue to promote and enhance disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE) participation. We hope you enjoy your experience at Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport. Please contact us with any questions you may have. | Pennsylvania - U.S. States - HISTORY.com Motto: Virtue, Liberty and Independence Tree: Hemlock Bird: Ruffed Grouse Interesting Facts Named by Governor William Penn after his arrival in the New World in 1682, Philadelphia combined the Greek words for love (phileo) and brother (adelphos), engendering its nickname of “the city of brotherly love.” Although born in Boston, Philadelphia claims Ben Franklin as one of its sons as the renowned statesman, scientist, writer and inventor moved to the city at the age of 17. Responsible for many civic improvements, Franklin founded the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1731 and organized the Union Fire Company in 1736. On September 18, 1777, fearing that the approaching British army would seize and melt the Liberty Bell for ammunition, 200 cavalrymen transported the iconic symbol of freedom by caravan from the Philadelphia State House to the basement of the Zion Reformed Church in Allentown, where it remained until the British finally left in June of 1778. Now the largest city in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia served as the nation’s capital from 1790 until a permanent capital was established in Washington, D.C., in 1800. Both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were signed in Philadelphia. In July of 1952, Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine from the killed virus at the University of Pittsburgh. First tested on himself and his family, the vaccine was made available nation-wide a few years later, which reduced the number of polio cases from nearly 29,000 in 1955 to less than 6,000 in 1957. In 1903, the Boston Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates competed against each other in the first official World Series of Major League Baseball at Exposition Park in Pittsburgh. In the best-of-nine series, Boston won five games to three. The worst nuclear accident in United States history occurred on March 28, 1979, on Three Mile Island near Harrisburg. Caused by a series of system malfunctions and human errors, the plant’s nuclear reactor core partially melted, and thousands of residents were evacuated or fled the area, fearing exposure to radiation. William Penn initially requested his land grant be named “Sylvania,” from the Latin for “woods.” Charles II instead named it “Pennsylvania,” after Penn’s father, causing Penn to worry that settlers would believe he named it after himself. Tags |
Who won a Middleweight Boxing gold medal for Great Britain at the Beijing Olympics? | Olympics: James DeGale wins gold for Britain in middleweight boxing | Sport | The Guardian Olympics: James DeGale wins gold for Britain in middleweight boxing · Middleweight lands nineteenth gold of Games for Britain · Londoner beats Cuban but fails to win over crowd James DeGale wins gold for Great Britain. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/Guardian Saturday 23 August 2008 10.55 EDT First published on Saturday 23 August 2008 10.55 EDT Share on Messenger Close The unexpectedly long journey of British middleweight James DeGale at these Olympics today ended with a gold medal after he beat Cuba's Emilio Correa 16-14 on points. It was surely the scrappiest, messiest, ugliest contest of these Games - DeGale was even bitten by his opponent in the first round - but the genial 22-year-old from Harlesden was able to survive a raging comeback to become Britain's first Olympic boxing gold medallist since Audley Harrison in 2000. "There were only a few bits of the fight when I boxed like I wanted to," DeGale admitted, beaming from ear to ear. "But I've got the gold medal and that's what matters. I can't believe I've got it round my neck." Three times the fighters ended up on the floor as they tangled with each other, and there was plenty of holding and Saturday night swings too. It was so messy that it was hard to pick who was at fault, but the crowd clearly believed it was DeGale for immediately after he was awarded the win there was loud booing in the arena and chants of 'Cuba! Cuba! Cuba!' Afterwards DeGale admitted that he been "upset" by the reaction, adding: "It was disrespectful of the crowd. I don't know what they were doing. There was lots of holding and it was very scrappy, but most of it came from him. I was trying to wriggle free because I do my best boxing on the outside." There was certainly plenty of boxing from DeGale in the first round as his slick counters quickly established a 4-1 lead. Correa was already getting frustrated and just before the bell he was docked two points for biting DeGale in the chest. "He definitely bit me - look," he told journalists afterwards, pulling down his GB vest to reveal a series of small bite-marks on his left breast. "He got me with his gold teeth." Correa disagreed saying: "That's not a bite mark, it's the same as the marks he [already] has on his chest." With the scoring so low at these Games, Correa had to come out swinging in the second round, and that's exactly what he did. His approach got the crowd on his side and they booed loudly when he appeared to catch DeGale with a meaty hook that went unrecorded by the judges. The Cuban's tumbling, swing-on-sight approach made for an increasingly untidy bout and twice in quick succession the fighters tangled with each other and ended up on the floor. Going into the third, DeGale had increased his lead to six points - and rightly decided to get on his bike. However, after loud boos from the crowd he was harshly given a two-point deduction for holding. That pepped up Correa, who scored another three points in the second half of the round to close the gap to 12-10. The fight continued to be scrappy and both men again ended on the floor at the start of the fourth. The Cuban briefly pulled it back to 12-11 but DeGale scored two further points with his slithering jab to go 14-11 up. He looked to be home and hosed but in the last 90 seconds of the fight the Cuban threw everything at him. By the end DeGale was clinging on, and he was booed again at the bell and before the medal ceremony, but with a gold medal around his neck he soon had more important things to think about - including whether he would turn pro or not. Afterwards he insisted he would stay as an amateur for the London Olympics, provided his coach, Terry Edwards, remained in charge of the national team and he was given "sensible money" to train and provide for his family. "I want to win a gold medal in my home town of London," he said. "Obviously the money will have to be nice, and it will be hard to say no if they offer me £1m [to turn pro] but I want to sign a contract [to stay as an ama | London 2012 Olympics saw Team GB men and women clinch 29 Olympic gold medals | Daily Mail Online comments Britain's athletes at the Olympics did not just exceed expectations, they smashed them, and in doing so a series of previously little-known athletes became household names. The total of 65 medals, including 29 golds, is the best tally recorded by Britain at any Olympics since 1908 - and 18 more than won in Beijing four years ago. It was also the Games when British women came to the fore - with first ever golds in rowing, stunning performances in cycling, Jessica Ennis in the stadium, and several riders in the equestrian events. Colin Moynihan, chairman of the British Olympic Association, said: 'It's the greatest team we have ever sent to an Olympic Games.' For IOC president Jacques Rogge, there was no doubt that Britain's record medal haul had been hugely important for the overall success of the Games. He said: 'London was a dream for a sports lover. Since the awarding of the Games in Singapore in 2005 I have said that we need home gold medals and that is so important for the mood of the general public. We had to wait two days but then it accelerated and it has been fantastic.' Scroll down for video Great Britain finished third in the overall medals table - one place better than hoped. Right, the breakdown of which sports brought in the medals Wednesday, August 1 Women's Pairs, Rowing Bradley Wiggins, Cycling, time trial World's best: Helen Glover and Heather Stanning stand proudly with their gold medals after winning the women's pair final at Eton Dorney Fervent support: Packed grandstands patriotically roar on the British rowers at Eton Dorney Support: Huge crowds lined the route to cheer Wiggins on to glory as he claimed GB's second gold of the Games Champion: Wiggins, posing with his gold after the time trial, briefly became Britain's most decorated Olympian - until Chris Hoy's Olympics started Thursday, August 2 Peter Wilson, Shooting, double trap Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott, Canoe Slalom, C2 double Men's team sprint, Cycling Farmer's son Peter Wilson, from Dorset, took gold in the Double Trap shooting - thanks to coaching sessions on Skype from a member of the Dubai royal family Double quick: Tim Baillie and Etienne Stott took a gold just two minutes after Wilson won in the trap shooting Right on track: Chris Hoy (right), Jason Kenny (left) and Philip Hindes took gold in the men's team sprint on Day Six of the Olympics Friday August 3 Men's team pursuit, Cycling Victoria Pendleton, Cycling, women's keirin Rowed to glory: Anna Watkins (right) and Katherine Grainger celebrate winning gold in the women's double sculls at Eton Dorney Fast and glorious: Britain's Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Steven Burke and Peter Kennaugh on their way to gold in the final of the men's team pursuit Golden boys: (Left to right) Clancy, Burke, Kennaugh and Thomas with their medals Victoria Pendleton clinches gold in the women's keirin before celebrating with the velodrome crowd with a huge union jack Saturday, August 4 Shortly before lunchtime Andrew Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Tom James and Alex Gregory were victorious at Eton Dorney in the men's four. It triggered a gold rush, the likes of which had never been experienced by British Olympians. Also on the water, Sophie Hosking and Katherine Copeland claimed gold with an emphatic win in the women's double scull, before Team GB continued their domination in the velodrome with victory in the women's team pursuit. Then came those golden performances by Jess Ennis in the heptathlon, Greg Rutherford in the long jump and Mo Farah in the 10,000m to round off a remarkable day for British sport. Winning team: The men smiled widely during the medal ceremony for the Men's Four Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at Eton Dorney Delight: Andrew Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Tom James and Alex Gregory led from the start to extend Britain's dominance over the Olympic event to 16 years Scream if you've gone fastest: Sophie Hosking (left) and Katherine Copeland react in joy and shock af |
What type of rock is formed when lava or magma cools? | Three Types of Rocks That Form When Lava Cools | Sciencing Three Types of Rocks That Form When Lava Cools By Hanna Lee Tidd Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images Lava rock, also known as igneous rock, is formed when volcanic lava or magma cools and solidifies. It is one of the three main rock types found on Earth, along with metamorphic and sedimentary. Typically, eruption occurs when there is an increase in temperature, a decrease in pressure or a change in composition. There are over 700 types of igneous rocks, all of which have diverse properties; however, they can all be classified into three categories. Extrusive Extrusive, also known as volcanic, rocks are a type of igneous rock that form at the crust's surface as a result of volcanic activity. This type of rock occurs when lava flows on or above the Earth's surface and cools down rapidly. The lava comes from the upper mantle layer, 30 to 90 miles beneath the surface, and cools within a few weeks. Because the magma cools and solidifies quickly, the crystals that form do not have time to grow very large, and therefore most extrusive rocks are finely grained. The most common type of extrusive rock is basalt. Intrusive Intrusive, or plutonic, igneous rocks form underneath the Earth's surface when magma flows into underground chambers or tunnels. The rock is not exposed to the atmosphere above surface, so the magma cools slowly which allows large mineral crystals to form within the rock. It takes thousands of years for Intrusive rocks to form. A mass of this rock type is called an “intrusion.” Granite is the most common type of intrusive igneous rock. Hypabassal Hypabassal, or subvolcanic, rock derives from magma that has solidified at a shallow depth of the volcano, mainly in dykes and sills. This type of rock is formed in between extrusive and intrusive rock, and similarly has a texture in between that of intrusive and extrusive rock. This type of rock is rarer than extrusive and intrusive varieties, and often occurs at continental boundaries and oceanic crusts. Andesite is the most common type of hypabassal rock. Other Types Over 700 different types of igneous rocks have been discovered to date. These vary in terms of appearance, grain size and amount of time that it takes for the lava to cool. A common igneous rock rule is that if lava cools at a faster rate, the rock formed will have finer grains and have a glassy appearance; if rock cools at a slower rate, the grains will be larger and more coarse. Porphyritic rock is a type that has a combination of large and small grains; this occurs when a rock has a mixed cooling history. References | Cwm Idwal Cwm Idwal OS Grid ref:- SH655619 Llyn Idwal and Tryfan The spectacular hanging valley of Cwm Idwal, surrounded by the high peaks of Y Garn (3,107 feet / 947 metres) and Glyder Fawr (3,278 feet / 999 metres), lies in the Glyderau mountain range and is a classic example of a landscape which was dramatically sculptured by ice thousands of years ago. Llyn Idwal, measuring 800 metres long by 300 metres wide, is surrounded by towering high crags, screes, glacial moraines and wind shattered rocks, is named after Idwal, the son of one of the ancient Princes of Wales, Owain, Prince of Gwyneddd, legend relates Idwal was murdered by being drowned in the lake. Tradition further states that no bird flies over the lake, as a result of Idwal's terrible fate. The Cliffs of Cloqwen y Geifr The dark and brooding cliffs of Cloqwen y Geifr ( the Cliff of the Goat) form a dramatic backdrop to the lake. The plume of steam that rises from a crack in the towering rocks above, once viewed as having sinister origins, bestows another name on the area- Devil's Kitchen. The steam, however is actually the result of moist air coming into contact with the rock face, which forces it upwards, causing it to cool and condense, forming swirling clouds. Devil's Kitchen is known in Welsh as Twll Du, meaning black hole. Cwm Idwal is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), the cwm was also the first nature Reserve in Wales, being designated as such in 1954. Its fascinating geological features drew the famous nineteenth century naturalist Charles Darwin to the area. The area around the lake has much interesting geology and botany and is popular for walking, climbing and, in the winter months, ice climbing. The Idwal slabs and the cliffs around the head of Cwm Idwal are a particularly popular for rock climbing. Two further hanging valleys, Cwm Clyd, to the west and Cwm Cneifon, on the eastern side open into Cwm Idwal. Cwm Idwal is one of the best areas to see plants which were once very common during the cold glacial periods.The Cwm is the most southerly place in the British Isles where Arctic plants such as moss campion and some alpine saxifrages, including tufted saxifrage (Saxifraga cespitosa) and Saxifraga nivalis are found to grow in the cracks and crevices. The fascinating insectivorous butterwort catches insects in its leaves. The Snowdon lily (Lloydia Serotina), a protected species, also inhabits the area, a plant which can only be found in Britain, on Mount Snowdon and the surrounding area, it appears that the Snowdon Lily, known in Welsh as brwynddail y mynydd, has never had a wider British distribution. It is the only member of the genus Lloydia to survive outside central and eastern Asia. The purple veined, white flowers bloom from June onwards. The Snowdonia hawkweed, (Hieracium snowdoniense) is only known to occur in Cwm Idwal. Parts of ancient birch trees may be found buried in peat, even though there are no birches grow nearby today, itself suggestive that the Welsh uplands were formerly far more wooded than they are today. Snowdon Lily image copyright Chris Dixon The Route to Cwm Idwal Distance - around 2.5 km A highly panoramic short walk in the Glyderau range, which involves little ascending. *Commencing at the car park at Ogwen Cottage off the A5 by Lyn Ogwen, keep to the left passing the Information Centre and follow the path which leads upwards along the course of the waterfall, continuing on to pass through an iron gate. * Continue to follow along the clear stone path, passing a further picturesque waterfall via a wooden bridge. * Follow along the path, which provides panoramic views of Tryfan, Llyn Ogwen and Pen yr Ole Wen, passing the waterfalls at the outflow of Llyn Idwal on the right, until arriving at Cwm Idwal. *Proceed along the track to the left or right to circumnavigate the lake. * Retrace your steps to return to Llyn Ogwen. |
Who married TV and radio personality David Mitchell in 2012? | David Mitchell marries girlfriend Victoria Coren in a lavish ceremony and Peep Show co-star Robert Webb is his best man | Daily Mail Online comments He is already known as one half of a double act – but yesterday David Mitchell officially became part of a rather more glamorous duo. The actor married writer and presenter Victoria Coren in front of a host of other television stars, including comedian David Baddiel and his actress wife Morwenna Banks, and former Blue Peter host Konnie Huq. Mitchell, 38, arrived at St Peter's Church in Belsize Park, North London, with his best man and comedy partner Robert Webb. Just married: David Mitchell tied the knot with Victoria Coren on Saturday in a star-studded wedding in North London The pair, who met at Cambridge University, starred in Peep Show – Channel 4's longest-running sitcom – and BBC2 sketch show That Mitchell And Webb Look. Miss Coren, 39, who wore a fishtail dress, was given away by her brother, food critic Giles, and her bridesmaids included presenter Claudia Winkleman. The bride is a professional poker player and hosts BBC4 quiz show Only Connect. She began dating Mitchell in 2010, but he has admitted being 'smitten' with his 'clever, funny, beautiful' wife since they met in 2007. The bride looked lovely in a traditional white wedding gown, which featured lace sleeves and a figure hugging bodice with a mermaid silhouette. She opted for a classic veil and kept her long blonde locks down and her make-up natural, while David went for a quintessentially English black tailcoat over his grey suit. Both David and Victoria beamed as they made their way into St Peter's Church to promise each other eternal faith. Mr and Mrs Mitchell: The comedian kisses his bride as they leave St Peter's Church following the ceremony The happy couple: Both the bride and the groom beamed as they made their way to a no doubt lavish reception The ceremony was attended by a range of celebrity friends, including Jimmy Carr, David Baddiel and Claudia Winkleman. And David's comedic partner and Peep Show co-star Robert Webb acted as best man, following his friend into the church to no doubt give him some last minute words of encouragement before the couple said their 'I do's'. David, 38, has been dating Victoria, 39, the daughter of late TV personality Alan Coren, since 2010 and popped the question in March of this year. Best man: David was seen earlier on Saturday making his way to the church in North London with comedic partner and best man Robert Webb in tow Groomsmen: The comedian didn't show any signs of nerves as he was about to tie the knot with the love of his life, Victoria Coren A British wedding: The Peep Show star looked dapper in a quintessentially British tailcoat over his grey suit The pair actually met at a showbiz party in 2007, and even though David admitted he was instantly smitten with the fellow writer and broadcaster, three years went by before they actually got together. She was in a relationship with someone else at the time and turned down the comedian's advances. In his autobiography 'Back Story', David spoke out about the agony of not being with the love of his life for those years, and how it led him to midnight walks in the park and frequent visits to the pub. ‘I was hopelessly in love. I told no one about it,’ the star discloses in his book. ‘I didn’t tell my closest friends or my parents of the enormous sadness that overshadowed my life.’ And the bride wore white: Victoria looked angelic in her stunning trumpet gown as she's helped by her bridesmaids, including Claudia Winkleman Traditional bride: The 39-year-old broadcaster opted for a classic veil over her white trumpet-style gown ‘I started walking for my back,’ he writes. ‘I kept going because of her. It made thinking about her more bearable.’ ‘I’d always liked getting drunk in the pub or at parties – now I had a real use for it.' 'You could use it to speed up time – almost like cutting to the next morning’s hangover. So I did that. A lot. A few times, when drunk, I’d get off with someone. The booze a | 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? 2. 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Mikhail Fokine was the chief choreographer to which ballet company from 1909 -1914? | Mikhail Fokine (1880-1942) Home / Andros / Biographies Mikhail Fokine (1880-1942) Mikhail Fokine is probably the best known choreographer of the 20th century. His ballets are still in the repertoire of most ballet companies. His staging of his Les Sylphides has been restored to American Ballet Theatre by Sallie Wilson. In my opinion it is a perfect ballet. Fokine originally choreographed Chopiniana (later renamed Les Sylphides) for a performance outside the Maryinsky in 1907, while still a dancer with the Maryinsky company. Mikhail was born in St. Petersburg April 25, 1880 and studied at the Imperial School, graduated at the age of 18 and entered the Maryinsky Theatre. He was promoted to soloist in 1904. He started teaching at the Imperial School in 1902, and choreographed his first ballet Acia and Galatea in 1905, for a student performance. A year earlier he had submitted a scenario for Daphnis and Chloe to the authorities, expressing his ideas that more attention should be paid to the integration of story, music, scenic design and choreography. In 1907 he created The Dying Swan for Anna Pavlova , which became her most famous solo. The first ballet Fokine choreographed for the Maryinsky Theatre was Le Pavillon d'Armide, and this ballet was also in the repertoire of the first season of the Diaghlev's Ballets Russes, in Paris in 1909. He became Diaghlev's chief choreographer, although, he continued to dance in Russia until 1918. Fokine was a strong dancer, but he will be remembered most for his great contribution in changing ballet. His ideas and changes were comparable to those of Jean-Georges Noverre and Salvatore Viganò, and he paved the way for Antony Tudor. Fokine left the Ballets Russes in 1912 because he was jealous that Diaghilev was favoring Vaslav Nijinsky 's choreography. He pursued a career as a freelance artist, working mostly in Scandinavia until he settled in the United States in 1923. He took many trips to revive the successes he had created for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Mikhail restaged his Les Sylphides for Ballet Theatre's first performance in 1940 at New York's Center Theatre. Fokine married Vera Antonovna, and their son Vitale, became a teacher in New York City. Many members of his family are still involved with dance in America. Some of the most famous of his 60 ballets are: Le Pavillon d'Armide Not to make combinations of ready made steps Dancing serves as an expression of its dramatic action Dancers can and should be expressive from head to foot All the arts should have complete equality (First published January 1995) | Index-a What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for? Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia? 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"In which European city is the criminal society called the ""Camorra"" based?" | Italian mafia: Who are Cosa Nostra, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita? Italian mafia: Who are Cosa Nostra, Camorra, 'Ndrangheta and Sacra Corona Unita? May 7, 2015 19:40 BST Mafia boss, Toto Riina was arrested in 1993 (Reuters) The Italian organised crime scene has long been dominated by a multitude of clans and mob families, all generally referred to as "mafia". The term broadly implies these gangs, besides running a series of illicit businesses, also pervade the social environment in which they operate, influencing aspects of public and private life to cement their power. Based on the location of their heartlands, the various clans are traditionally divided in four umbrella groups: Cosa Nostra in Sicily, Camorra in Campania, 'Ndrangheta in Calabria and the Sacra Corona Unita in Apulia. Belonging to one group does not translate into an automatic alliance to other gangs populating them, as families are actually often at war with each other. Nevertheless, geographical contiguity does come with some shared distinctive traits. IBTimes UK takes a look at them. A map of Italy's four mafia groups and their regions of originIBTimes UK Sicilian mafia - Cosa Nostra Sicilian mafia is the oldest of the four Italian crime syndicates and, in fact, the term "mafia" was initially exclusively used to indicate what would have later become known as Cosa Nostra. "The issue of Cosa Nostra has been under the spotlight of public debate basically since the Italian unification (1861)," said mafia expert Salvatore Lupo, a professor of contemporary history at the University of Palermo. "Particularly in the city of Palermo and the surrounding province, we can trace some clans way back into the past, with a certain degree of continuity in their main family, stronghold and characteristic crimes." Illicit businesses Cosa Nostra reached its power peak in the 1980s and up to the early 1990s under the rule of Salvatore Riina, infamously known as the boss of bosses. Before his arrest in 1993, Riina waged an all-out war against the state with a series of high-profile assassinations, including those of carabinieri police general Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa and anti-mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino . The confrontation resulted in a heavy crackdown by authorities that, in the span of two decades eventually succeeded in significantly curbing Cosa Nostra's power. Once one of the main global drug-smuggling players, today the Sicilian mafia is mainly involved in local criminal activities, such as infiltrating public construction works and running extortion rackets. Curiosity According to Lupo, Cosa Nostra is the most bourgeoisies of mafias, as it has historically penetrated all levels of society, with associates holding medium and high political and business roles. 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The 1618 'Defenestration of Prague' triggered which war? | Defenestration of Prague | 1618 | Britannica.com Defenestration of Prague Citizen Genêt Affair Defenestration of Prague, (May 23, 1618), incident of Bohemian resistance to Habsburg authority that preceded the beginning of the Thirty Years’ War . In 1617 Roman Catholic officials in Bohemia closed Protestant chapels that were being constructed by citizens of the towns of Broumov and Hrob, thus violating the guarantees of religious liberty laid down in the Letter of Majesty (Majestätsbrief) of Emperor Rudolf II (1609). The tower at Hradčany (Prague Castle), the site of the Defenestration of Prague. DigitalExtropy In response, the defensors, appointed under the Letter of Majesty to safeguard Protestant rights, called an assembly of Protestants at Prague , where the imperial regents, William Slavata and Jaroslav Martinic , were tried and found guilty of violating the Letter of Majesty and, with their secretary, Fabricius, were thrown from the windows of the council room of Hradčany ( Prague Castle ) on May 23, 1618. Although inflicting no serious injury on the victims, that act, known as the Defenestration of Prague, was a signal for the beginning of a Bohemian revolt against the Habsburg emperor Ferdinand II , which marked one of the opening phases of the Thirty Years’ War. Learn More in these related articles: Bohemia historical country of central Europe that was a kingdom in the Holy Roman Empire and subsequently a province in the Habsburgs ’ Austrian Empire. Bohemia was bounded on the south by Austria, on the west by Bavaria, on the north by Saxony and Lusatia, on the northeast by Silesia, and on the... Thirty Years’ War (1618–48), in European history, a series of wars fought by various nations for various reasons, including religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial rivalries. Its destructive campaigns and battles occurred over most of Europe, and, when it ended with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648,... in history of Europe: The crisis in the Habsburg lands The Defensors created by the Letter of Majesty expressed strong objection to these measures and summoned the Estates of the realm to meet in May 1618. When the regents declared the meeting illegal, the Estates invaded the council chamber and threw two Catholic regents, together with their secretary, from the window. Next, a provisional government (known as the Directors) was created and a small... 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Dominated the political scene during the reigns of George I and George II. George II made Walpole a gift of 10 Downing Street. Walpole resigned as a consequence of his perceived mis-handling in dealing with the War of Jenkins' Ear . Whig 1742-43 Earl of Wilmington - Suffering poor health for most of his time as Prime Minister, he died in office. Whig 1743-54 Henry Pelham - During his time in the post he oversaw the the British involvement in the War of the Austrian Succession in 1744-48, the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the adoption of the Gregorian calender . He died in office. Whig 1754-56 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle - Assumed the office of Prime Minister just 10 days after the death of his brother Henry Pelham. During the Seven Years' War, he was blamed for the loss of Minorca and was replaced by the Duke of Devonshire. Whig 1756-57 William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire - In a government effectively controlled by Pitt the Elder, Devonshire's administration was brought to end following the dismissal of Pitt by the king, it was replaced by the Second Newcastle Ministry. Whig 1757-62 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle - Returning to office with Pitt the Elder as Southern Secretary, this government helped steer Britain to ultimate victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. Whig 1762-63 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - A favourite of George III, he was the first Scot to hold the top office. Unpopular with the 'great unwashed', he introduced a tax on cider in order to help pay for the Seven Years' War. He resigned following fierce criticism of his handling of the peace negotiations. Tory The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Melbourne 1828-30 Arthur Welleslley, 1st Duke of Wellington - The second Irish-born Prime Minister and second veteran general, perhaps more famous as a soldier of the Napoleonic Wars than a politician. Is said to have commented after his first Cabinet meeting: “An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.” He introduced the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, removing many of the restrictions on Catholics in the UK. Resigned after a vote of no confidence. Tory 1830-34 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey - Famous for the blend of tea named after him, his political achievements included the Reform Act of 1832, which started the process of electoral change that we recognise today. His other legacies included the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire and restrictions concerning the employment of children. He resigned after disagreements over his Irish policies. Whig 1834 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - The last Prime Minister to be dismissed by a Sovereign, King William IV. Whig 1834-35 Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet - At the second time of asking, Peel accepted King William IV’s invitation to form a government. Head of a minority government, he resigned following a number of defeats in Parliament. Whig 1835-41 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - Returning to office for the second time, Melbourne found the new Queen Victoria much more agreeable than William IV. Tutoring the young queen in the ways of politics, they formed a close relationship. He resigned after a series of parliamentary defeats. Whig 1841-46 Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet - Returning to office for the second time, Peel introduced important employment laws that banned women and children from working underground in mines, in addition The Factory Act of 1844 limited the hours of work for children and women. Unable to feed a starving Ireland, he finally succeeded in repealing the Corn Laws. Conservative 1846-52 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - Russell was the last Whig Prime Minister. His Public Health Act of 1848 improved the sanitary conditions of towns and cities. He was in office at the time of The Great Exhibition of 1851 . Whig 1852 Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby - Co |
The diameter of a standard CD measures how many centimetres? | CD Measurements | Dimensions Info CD Measurements As a standard in storing audio and digital data, we tend to think of the Compact Disc as a relatively recent innovation. But in fact, the format has been around since the 1980’s, and the technology had been in development as far back as the 1970’s. Spinning-off from the Laserdisc video format, Sony had been developing optical digital audio disc technology, with public demonstrations in September 1976 and September 1978. Philips would demonstrate their own prototype in March 8, 1979. Later that same year, both firms jointly began developments on the Compact Disc-Digital Audio (CD-DA) format. Following a year of discourse and testing, the co-manufacturing effort would yield the Red Book audio CD standard. The first CD test recording, Richard Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie (“An Alpine Symphony”) by the Berlin Philharmonic, was pressed in 1981. In October 1, 1982, Sony unveiled the first CD player, the CDP-101, and the first commercially-released CD album (“52nd Street” by Billy Joel). In 1983, Sony and Philips co-produced the Yellow Book CD-ROM standard, which now enabled the compact disc to store read-only digital information for use on a computer. The most common measurement for a regular compact disc is a diameter of 120 mm (12 cm). These standard-sized CD’s can contain 74 up to 99 minutes of sound and are capable of holding 650 to 870 MB of digital data. This size has since been used for successive CD formats such as Super Audio CD (SACD), Super Video CD (SCVD), Digital Versatile Disc (DVD), High Definition DVD (HD DVD), and Blu-ray. Mini CD’s have a measurement of 80 mm (8 cm), with an audio capacity of 21 to 24 minutes and a CD-ROM data capacity of 185 to 210 MB. The format was initially intended for CD singles, but it never really caught on. At present, most singles (referred to as Maxi singles) are released on the 120 mm standard compact disc size. Mini-CD’s are still in use as device drivers. Aside from the two standard CD measurements, there are also so-called Novelty CD’s that come in various sizes and shapes. Mainly used for marketing purposes, the most frequent variety is the “Business card” CD, which is basically a single compact disc with the top and bottom portions of it removed to make it look like a business card. Its diameters are 85×54 mm to 86×64 mm, with a 6-minute audio capacity and a 10 to 65 MB data capacity. Follow Us! | Sports Sports With which sport would you most associate the commentator Ted Lowe? The 'Green Jacket' is presented to the winner of which sporting event? From what bridge does the Oxford/Cambridge boat race start? In which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his first Olympic gold medal? In what sport do players take long and short corners? By what name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known? For half a mark each, give the nationality and the team (2003) of Fernando Alonso, the youngest-ever grand prix winner? What is the 'perfect score' in a game of Ten Pin Bowling? Which current premier league football team had an obsolete nickname of the Glaziers? What is the name of the new Leicester Football club stadium? What is the highest-achieveable break in snooker? |
Which piece of classical music was heard at the beginning of the Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey ? | 2001: a space odyssey - The Music THE MUSIC To compose the music for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Stanley Kubrick called upon Alex North, who had written the score for Spartacus (the film that had made Kubrick bankable, after Paths of Glory had earned him his art-film credentials). North was mostly a composer of jazz-based music for "small subject" films - A Streetcar Named Desire; Death Of A Salesman; Unchained; The Rainmaker; The Long, Hot Summer; The Children's Hour; The Misfits; Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? Composing the music for the epic Spartacus led to more "spectacular" scores, such as Cleopatra, The Agony And The Ecstasy, and Shoes Of The Fisherman. But from the very beginning of the 2001 project, something was wrong. Kubrick "was direct and honest with me concerning his desire to retain some of the 'temporary' music tracks which he had been using," North would later recall. "Somehow I had the hunch," he said, "that whatever I wrote to supplant Strauss' 'Zarathustra' would not satisfy Kubrick." He was right. Neither the director nor the composer could finally live with a score that was part North's original work and part excerpts from classical pieces. The "temporary" tracks were what Kubrick used in the completed film. Whatever the motivation behind it, Kubrick's decision to use preexisting classical music - like everything else about 2001 - went against the grain of the science-fiction film genre. Most of what passed for science-fiction films before 2001 employed fairly conventional film music, though the best of them were often distinguished by futuristic experimentation, such as Bernard Herrmann's remarkable score for The Day The Earth Stood Still, the "electronic tonalities" created by Luis and Bebe Barron for Forbidden Planet, and the theramin-based "space music" that quickly became a cliché. "'The Blue Danube,'" Kubrick remarked in an interview, "gets about as far away as you can from the cliché of space music." Both the most widely loved and the most frequently lampooned of the waltzes of Johann Strauss Jr., "The Blue Danube" was given new life when Kubrick associated it with the dancelike poetics of weightlessness. So hauntingly perfect was his use of the Strauss waltz to accompany the graceful descent of spacecraft in silent space that today few people can think of either without the other. Perhaps sensing the rightness of this conjunction of music and image, Kubrick reprised the waltz for the film's end titles, sending the audience away with something they could hum and deftly supplanting the disturbing open-endedness of his finale with comfortingly familiar rhythm and melody. There is a certain irony in Kubrick's decision to use a composition of Aram Khachaturian's in 2001 in preference to Alex North's music: North had scored Spartacus, Kubrick's film of the epic story of gladiator/slave rebellion that Khachaturian had himself scored for ballet. Khachaturian worked on his Spartacus music beginning as early as 1950, producing three different versions - the final one of which was premiered in 1968, the same year that 2001 appeared. Much earlier, Khachaturian had composed the popular Gayane, a massive four-act ballet about crisis and reconstruction on a Soviet collective farm, filled with spirited Russian dances, of which the popular concert piece "Sabre Dance" is best known. Kubrick's use of the languid, melancholic Adagio from Gayane to accompany the flight of Discovery toward Jupiter is a stroke of genius. It amplifies the monotony of the astronauts' existence aboard the ship and adds an overtone of near-hopelessness. The crew is, after all, not only in an empty and sterile environment but also millions of miles from home (and, as we later learn, doomed never to return). The mood created by this use of the Khachaturian adagio finds a more recent echo in Oliver Stone's Platoon (1986): Samuel Barber's mournful Adagio For Strings floods the film with foreboding and despair as a yawning air transport disgorges its cargo of doomed recruits on | 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 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 2001: A Space Odyssey ( 1968 ) G | From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer H.A.L. 9000, sets off on a quest. Director: a list of 28 titles created 24 Apr 2011 a list of 30 titles created 06 Feb 2012 a list of 25 titles created 02 Apr 2013 a list of 23 titles created 28 Nov 2014 a list of 24 titles created 10 months ago Title: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards » Videos 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X In future Britain, Alex DeLarge, a charismatic and psycopath delinquent, who likes to practice crimes and ultra-violence with his gang, is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan. Director: Stanley Kubrick A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Director: Stanley Kubrick A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Director: Stanley Kubrick During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Director: Francis Ford Coppola An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. Director: Stanley Kubrick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.5/10 X After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as distress call, their landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform. Continuing their journey back to Earth with the attacked crew having recovered and the critter deceased, they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun. Director: Ridley Scott Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown. Director: Robert Zemeckis A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. Director: Martin Scorsese A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. Director: Milos Forman After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. Director: Quentin Tarantino Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. Director: Steven Spielberg The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino Edit Storyline "2001" is a story of evolution. Sometime in the distant past, someone or something nudged evolution by placing a monolith on Earth (presumably elsewhere throughout the universe as well). Evolution then enabled humankind to reach the moon's surface, where yet another monolith is found, one that signals the monolith placers that humankind has evolved that far. Now a race begins between computers (HAL) and human (Bowm |
With which English county do you most associate stargazy pie? | Jim's Quizzer | Free quizzes for ever | Page 6 Free quizzes for ever The first of an occasional “themed” quiz for you. The Film Quiz 1 1 “Nobody Does It Better” is the theme from which of the Bond films? 2 In what type of book shop did Hugh Grant’s character work in Notting Hill? 3 What was the name of the forest planet in the film Avatar? 4 Who played Dr Who in the 1965 film Doctor Who & the Daleks? 5 Apart from Earth, which other planet features in the Schwarzenegger film Total Recall? 6 Who was Whoopie Goldberg hiding from in Sister Act? 7 Which film was the first to feature the Sensurround special effect in cinemas? 8 Which of the Marx Brothers played the piano? 9 In which 1992 film did Sharon Stone show Michael Douglas that she wasn’t wearing underwear? 10 Which comedian played Billy Bones in A Muppet Treasure Island in 1996? 11 Which Marilyn Monroe film shares its name with a 1966 hit by the Hollies? 12 Tom Dick & Harry were the 3 tunnels in The Great Escape but which one did they escape from? 13 Which country’s bobsleigh team features in the film Cool Runnings? 14 What was the first name of Macauley Culkin’s character in Home Alone? 15 The animated film Tangled features which fairy tale character? Answers 1 The Spy Who Loved Me 2 Travel 1 Which hat is named after a city in Morocco? 2 What was the price on the Mad Hatter’s hat in Alice in Wonderland? 3 Which military headgear is also the surname of a famous football manager? 4 The name of which hat is part of the title of a classic F Scott Fitzgerald book? 5 Who had a top 10 hit in 1975 with All Around My Hat? Precious Stones 6 America & Love on the Rocks by Neil Diamond feature on the soundtrack of which 1980 film? 7 Beryl the Peril featured in which comic? 8 In which year was Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee? 9 The end theme to which TV series was a song called “Aqua Marina” (which is nearly a precious stone)? 10 What were the names of Alf Garnett’s wife, daughter & son-in-law in Till Death Us Do Part? Sex Scandals 11 What was the name of the White House intern who didn’t have sex with Bill Clinton (he said)? 12 Who was given 4 years in prison for perjury after an encounter with Monica Coghlan in Mayfair in 1987? 13 What was the name of the assistant that David Beckham was supposed to have had an affair with? 14 Which singer was arrested for a lewd act in the restroom of the Will Rogers Memorial Park, Beverley Hills in 1998? 15 Who resigned from MacMillan’s government as a result of an affair with Christine Keeler & what was he Minister for? Eighties 16 In 1984, which hotel in Brighton was bombed by the IRA in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher? 17 What was the name of the budget trans-Atlantic service operated by Laker Airways which went bust in 1982? 18 Who was minister of Health who caused a panic about salmonella in eggs in 1988? 19 At which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his 1st Gold Medal? 20 What was the name of the volcano that erupted in the USA in 1980 & in which US State is it? General Knowledge 21 Which current BBC TV series is based on books written by Winston Graham? 22 What is the last US State alphabetically? 23 Who played Millie in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie? 24 Caroline Lucas is joint leader of which British political party? 25 How many sides does a heptagon have? 26 The main character says “Good luck, everyone” & blows a whistle at the end of which TV series? 27 Guernica by Picasso was painted in response to bombings during which war? 28 Which of his senses did Stevie Wonder lose in a car accident in 19 | Fish Recipe Stargazy Pie Menu Fish Recipe Stargazy Pie Star Gazy Pie Serves 8. There are as many variations of this classic Cornish fish recipe as there is fish in the sea. Some recipes suggest use small mackerel, herring, and sardine, but we will use only one fish the humble pilchard. Stargazy Pie Ingredients: Serves 8. Ingredients. One 8" (200mm) shallow pie dish. 6 to 8 pilchard. 2 eggs. 3 rashers bacon. 1 lemon. One medium sized onion. Salt and pepper to season, (sea salt for greater authencity). Parsley and tarragon for flavouring and garnish. Cornish Fish Recipe Method Gut, clean and bone the fish, leaving on the heads and tails. (You may find the flesh is so fresh you can pull the backbone free just using your fingertips without needing a knife.) Take the onion. Finely chop. Chop into squares the bacon. Cut the lemon in half; set two slices from to one side for decoration. Squeeze and save the juice. Finely grind the rind. Boil until soft, not hard two free-range eggs. Cut into small dices. Either mix and roll enough ingredients to make approx. 500g of shortcrust or flaky pasty. (We suggest if you don't have the patience buy some ready prepared frozen pasty from the your local supermarket. Cut the thawed pasty mixture into two halves.) Roll one half down to thickness sufficient to cover the base of your pie dish. Cut off the overlapped edges. Coat the edge with either milk or water to ensure the pasty lid will stick. Either then: Carefully your pilchards, into the bottom of the dish arranging them, like the spokes of a wheel, around the edge of your dish. Place the mixed chopped onion, eggs and bacon in the gaps between the fish. Some recipes suggest stuffing the with half the finely chopped mixture, but given the small gut of the pilchard is it worth trying to do so? Add the lemon juice and cover with your pasty lid pressing down around the fish to seal the pie, trim the edges of overlapping pasty and crimping the edges in true Cornish style. Or (and we find this more authentic) place all your chopped ingredients, including seasoning into the dish. Cover with pasty lid, trim the edges of overlapping pasty, crimp as above, then carefully cut slits into the pasty, hold open with blade of a knife, and gently push the whole fish into the slots, leaving just the heads or tails showing. Add the lemon juice and then seal the slits. Coat the now completed pie with a beaten egg. Cooking your Pie Place in the middle of a pre-hearted oven gas mark 6, 200 c for around 30 minutes, until golden brown. For larger pies more time might be needed before it is cooked. Serve piping hot with sprig of parsley garnish and Cornish new potatoes. Star Gazy Pie History and Folklore-Cornwall Star Gazy Pie is a dish unique to Mousehole (a fishing village in West Cornwall with a most beautiful harbour). Prepared in the Ship Inn, ate on 23rd December- Tom Bawcock's Eve. Long ago Winter storms had prevented the fishing boats putting to sea. In a lull in the bad weather one of their number Tom Bawcock managed to catch enough fish to prevent the village from starving. A pie of many fishes was made from the catch -Star Gazy Pie. Nowadays the village is famous for its Christmas Lights A spectacular and dazzling Display of Illuminations from Dancing Reindeer to Santa Claus, to Christmas Pudding complete with sprigs of holly. A church with music playing. A cross with two angels. And not forgetting a Star Gazy Pie in lights. |
Which 1980 supergroup consisting of George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison, Tom Petty and Bob Dylan decided to use a word with a single 'L' instead of a double 'L' in their name because the band started in America and consisted of three Americans and only two Britons? | [Blog] Ric Zweig - Singer, Songwriter Evidence Of A Divine Being Posted on: 10/18/2015 Mankind has debated the existence of a higher and divine being since the advent of thought itself. Of course, such beliefs are based on faith and faith alone. If in fact, there exists such an entity, it has chosen so far not to reveal itself. So we are left to look for evidence of its existence by the reality of the world we live in. We here at the Ric Zweig Blog have been blessed to have known several breathtakingly beautiful women in our, to date, long life. When one comes across such a woman who is without flaw and possessed of truly perfect form and shape, it seems to suggest only a higher being could be responsible for its creation and existence. To us, it seems improbable that such an example of the perfect female form could just be an accident and not the result of some intelligent happenstance. The same argument could be raised with regard to the creation of great art. When confronted with the genius of an artist such as Leonardo Da Vinci, it becomes difficult to assume this is due to pure randomness, as opposed to intelligent design. The same could be argued with regard to music, and particularly the playing of the electric guitar. In today's world only one musician exemplifies the necessary genius to play the instrument to the absolute highest level of perfection. That person is John Mayer. Therefore, we boldly submit that Mayer's out of this world skill level is compelling evidence of the existence of a divine being. For support, we offer his live performance of his composition "Gravity", in particular, the 8 minute and 25 second version readily available on You Tube. Mayer hits notes with his playing that no previous guitar player has ever been able to achieve. It is beyond brilliant in its tonal essence. It is simply so definitively pleasing to our sense of hearing, that it only can exist due to some divine energy at play. This is NOT to suggest that Mayer himself is God or even God-like, but rather that some divine force is channeled through Mayer's being that allows him to play in the manner he does. Take a few minutes to listen to the particular version of "Gravity" cited above and let us know whether you agree. RZ Janet Jackson - Legendary Rock Star Posted on: 10/11/2015 Every year about this time the people who determine who gets into the Cleveland, Ohio Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame embarrass themselves once again with their annual nominations. This year, despite overwhelming odds to the contrary, they achieved a new low with their nomination of former pop star, Miss Janet Jackson. Jackson's nomination to the HOF makes as much sense as a future nod to Tiny Tim, who must be breathless in anticipation of his potential future nod. Janet Jackson is to Rock music what Mickey Klutz is to baseball. (Look him up, baseball fans). Jackson is to Rock music what the Edsel is to cars. Or Doonesbury is to the Nobel Prize for literature. Jackson NEVER recorded a single rock tune in her long career. She never sang a single Rock musical note. Her nomination is a crude insult to legitimate rock artists. It is simply a nod to commercialism and a deeply pathetic gesture to make the show more palatable and relevant to a vasty declining audience. Rock 'n Roll music IS Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis and Elvis Presley. It IS NOT Frankie Avalon and especially NOT Janet Jackson. There crass decision makers make a mockery of an art form that deserves respect. Or as Woody Allen once said, "A sham of a mockery, a mockery of a sham". Very appropo Mr. Allen. Legitimate deserving members of the Hall have been sold out too many times in the name of crass greed with zero regard for who actually should be in. Shame on them once again, until at least next year, when it might be your year, Tiny Tim. RZ Jools Posted on: 10/04/2015 We have changed our opinion. We are talking about one of the most frequently played and most popular shows on the Paladia television network, namely "Later...With Jool | 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 |
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