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Which singer released a 2007 album entitled ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’?	Rihanna \| MUSFAN – Search and listen songs Clear Playlist Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known by her stage name, Rihanna, is a Bajan singer. Her song Umbrella was one of the highest-selling songs of 2007 and her 3rd album Good Girl Gone Bad was critically acclaimed, helping propel her to superstar status. She has attained thirteen Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far and is the second Bajan artist to win a Grammy Award. She is also a cultural ambassador for Barbados. Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor, and Monica Fenty, an accountant. Her mother, a native of Guyana, is Afro-Guyanese and her father is Bajan and Irish. She is the oldest of three siblings; two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. She began singing at around the age of seven. Her childhood was deeply affected by her father's addiction to crack cocaine and parent's rocky marriage, which ended when she was fourteen years old. Rihanna attended Charles F. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen. In 2004 she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant. She was an army cadet in a sub-military programme that trained with the military of Barbados and Shontelle was her drill sergeant. At the age of 15, she formed a girl group with two of her classmates. In 2003, friends introduced Rihanna and her two bandmates to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. The group auditioned for Rogers, who said that "the minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." While auditioning for Rogers, Rihanna sang Destiny's Child's cover of "Emotion". Over the next year, Rihanna and her mom shuttled back and forth to Rogers home in Stamford, Connecticut. Then, shortly after turning 16, she relocated in the United States and moved in with Rogers and his wife. Carl Sturken helped Rihanna record a four-song demo, which included the ballad "The Last Time," a cover of Whitney Houston’s hit "For the Love of You" and what would become her first hit, "Pon de Replay" to send to various recording companies. It took a year to record the demos, because she was going to school and would only record during summer and Christmas school breaks. Rihanna's demo made its way to Def Jam, which invited her to audition for the label's then-president, Jay-Z, who quickly signed her. Rihanna broke into the recording industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album Music of the Sun, which features the number 2 hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one single, "SOS, which sampled the popular 80s track "Tainted Love". "Unfaithful" was also released and was fairly successful. Rihanna released her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, in June 2007. Prior to the release of the album, she spent the week of the Grammys writing songs for the album with Ne-Yo. She adopted a more sexual image while recording the album, eventually dying her hair black and cutting it short. Rihanna worked with Timbaland and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, as well as previous musical collaborators such as Stargate, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers to re-imagine her album compositions with uptempo dance tracks. Rihanna commented, "I want to keep people dancing but still be soulful at the same time. You feel different every album, and [at] this stage I feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo [songs]." The album topped the charts in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Russia and Ireland, and peaked at number two in the United States and Australia. Unlike previous work, the album featured a more dance-pop sound instead of the dancehall, reggae and ballad styles. The album received positive reviews by critics, becoming her most critically acclaimed album at that time compared to her previous efforts. It yielded eight hit singles - "Umbrella" "Shut Up and Drive", "Don'	Quiz Link 4 1. Who founded the Tamla Motown record label? Berry Gordy 2. What folksy British singer-songwriting guitarist was famous also for his whistling? Roger Whittaker 3. What was Hugo Montenegro's instrumental hit, composed by Ennio Morricone for the film of the same name? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 4. Tom Parker managed which huge star? Elvis Presley 5. Who won (barefoot) the British Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on String? Sandie Shaw 6. Who originally fronted Herman's Hermits? Peter Noone 7. Which jazz singer, whose career actually spanned the 1930s-90s, was known as the First Lady of Song? Ella Fitzgerald 8. Which singer played Alfie's girlfriend Siddie in the 1966 film? Millicent Martin 9. What name was given to the 1950-60s mainstream country music style of artists including Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Jim Reeves, and Charlie Rich? Nashville Sound 10.What Canadian-born teen idol of the 1950s-60s wrote the lyrics to Sinatra's song My Way? Paul Anka 11.Which harmonica-paying frontman of Manfred Man sang on their early hits and later became a successful radio presenter? Paul Jones 12.What group became famous in the 1960s for their parody impressions of other hit songs? The Barron Knights 13.Peter Potter in the USA and David Jacobs in the UK presented which pop music TV show? Juke Box Jury 14.What was the 1962 space-age instrumental hit by the Tornados? Telstar 15.Who wrote and sang the novelty hit Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, about Camp Granada? Allan Sherman ~
In 1843 stamps were issued in two more countries. Those from Switzerland were issued by the cities of Zurich and Geneva. Which country was the second to issue stamps, known as 'Bull's Eyes', which were valid throughout the entire country?	Stamps auction catalogue: Empire of Brazil by David Feldman - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ Empire of Brazil THE MEYER COLLECTION Thursday, October 4, 2007 at 16h00 The new 2007 Brazilian Empire Stamp Catalogue by Meyer see pages 80 onwards POSTAL HISTORY: Lot Nos. Pre-adhesive & stampless covers. . . . . . . . . . . . 20000-20010 British Post Offices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20011-20012 1843 "BULL'S EYES": Superb complete unused set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20013 30r to 90r values specialised. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20014-20065 Cancels & Usage by Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20066-20102 America's First Complete Issue Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20103 See also special catalogue 1844 "INCLINADOS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20104-20137 1850 "VERTICAIS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20138-20174 1854-61 "COLORIDOS" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20175-20190 1866 EXPERIMENTAL PERFORATIONS . . . . . . . . 20191-20200 1866 DOM PEDRO II - Perforated . . . . . . . . . . . .20201-20216 1876 DOM PEDRO II - Rouletted. . . . . . . . . . . . . 20217-20226 1877-78 DOM PEDRO II - "White Beards". . . . . .20227-20233 1878-88 LATER IMPERIAL ISSUES. . . . . . . . . . . 20234-20259 TELEGRAPHS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20265-20267 POSTAL STATIONERY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20268 David Feldman SA, 175 route de Chancy, P.O. 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Every Internet bidder is automatically awarded a credit limit of CHF 20'000 or equivalent in Euro. If more is required before the sale just send us an E-Mail at: “accounts@davidfeldman.com” mention ing the new desired credit limit. During the sale you can ask to increase your credit limit through the “Finance” page of the Live Auction Software. Please note that in this case a few minutes could be needed to receive the answer. Because of persons who have missed lots because of auction speed, we strongly urge you to E-Mail usa listing of all lots or groups of lots on which	Some Famous Horses Visit The Long Riders' Guild! Website designed by Basha O'Reilly Some Famous Horses Babieca horse of Ruy Diaz or El Cid whose last instruction was that his body be secured on Babieca, in full armor and with sword raised. When they led the Spanish knights into battle, the moors fled, crying that El Cid had risen from the dead. Ball Brigadier General Francis Marionï¿½s sorrel gelding he captured and named after a British colonel he defeated in a battle near Georgetown, South Carolina Bijou horse of Count Johan Augustus Sandels, Swedish Fieldmarshall, Finnish War 1808-1809 Black Bess highwayman Dick Turpin's horse Black Nell Wild Bill Hickok's horse Black Jack last Quartermaster-issued U.S. Army horse, died February 6, 1976 Blackie Chief Sitting Bullï¿½s horse Blueskin one of General Washington's horses Brown Beauty Paul Revere borrowed this horse for his famous ride Bucephalus Alexander the Great's horse, name means ï¿½oxheadï¿½ Burmese Queen Elizabeth IIï¿½s favourite, a gift from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Buttermilk Dale Evans' horse Byerly Turk one of three stallions from whom all Thoroughbreds are descended Champion Gene Autrey's horse Chetak war horse of Rana Pratap of Mewar in India Cincinnati one of Ulysses S. 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Where did George Washington's army endure the winter of 1777-78?	Washington at Valley Forge [ushistory.org] Valley Forge Washington's army had spent the summer of 1777 fighting a string of losing battles. The Americans harassed the British army in skirmishes and minor battles for much of the fighting season. In the fall, the Americans showed pluck at the Battle of Brandywine in September and the Battle of Germantown in October. Yet the Americans were unable to keep the British out of Philadelphia. In December, Washington marched his tired, beaten, hungry and sick army to Valley Forge, a location about 20 miles northwest of British-occupied Philadelphia. From Valley Forge, Washington could keep an eye on General Howe's British army ensconced in Philadelphia. At Valley Forge, there were shortages of everything from food to clothing to medicine. Washington's men were sick from disease, hunger, and exposure. The Continental Army camped in crude log cabins and endured cold conditions while the Redcoats warmed themselves in colonial homes. The patriots went hungry while the British soldiers ate well. Terms of enlistment were ending for many soldiers in Washington's army. The General wondered if he would even have an army left when the spring thaw finally arrived. Washington under Siege Great events generate great legends. Did an Oneida woman named Polly Cooper, really ease the suffering of Washington and his troops at Valley Forge? Historians may never know for sure, but the legend lives on. General Washington was upset that local farmers were hoarding much-needed food waiting to earn higher profits in the spring. Some farmers even sneaked grain into Philadelphia to feed the British army, who paid in gold or silver. With each passing night came more desertions. Washington grew privately disgusted at the lack of commitment of his so-called patriot fighters. Then there was the grumbling of some in Congress and among some of Washington's own officers. Washington's leadership skills were openly questioned. Many said General Horatio Gates was better-suited to leading the army. After all, hadn't he scored a major victory in October at the battle of Saratoga.? Within the environment of cold, deprivation, and rebellion, how long could Washington and his army endure? Conditions at Valley Forge Head Quarters, Valley Forge, February 16, 1778 Dear Sir: It is with great reluctance, I trouble you on a subject, which does not fall within your province; but it is a subject that occasions me more distress, than I have felt, since the commencement of the war; and which loudly demands the most zealous exertions of every person of weight and authority, who is interested in the success of our affairs. I mean the present dreadful situation of the army for want of provisions, and the miserable prospects before us, with respect to futurity. It is more alarming than you will probably conceive, for, to form a just idea, it were necessary to be on the spot. For some days past, there has been little less, than a famine in camp. A part of the army has been a week, without any kind of flesh, and the rest for three or four days. Naked and starving as they are, we cannot enough admire the incomparable patience and fidelity of the soldiery, that they have not been ere this excited by their sufferings, to a general mutiny or dispersion. Strong symptoms, however, discontent have appeared in particular instances; and nothing but the most acitive efforts every where can long avert so shocking a catastrophe. Our present sufferings are not all. There is no foundation laid for any adequate relief hereafter. All the magazines provided in the States of New Jersey, Pensylvania, Delaware and Maryland, and all the immediate additional supplies they seem capable of affording, wil not be sufficient to support the army more than a month longer, if so long. Very little been done to the Eastward, and as little to the Southward; and whatever we have a right to expect from those quarters, must necessarily be very remote; and is indeed more precarious, than could be wished. When the forementioned supplies are exhausted, what a terrible crisis	Battle of Yorktown begins - Sep 28, 1781 - HISTORY.com Battle of Yorktown begins Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1781, General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. Earlier, in a stroke of luck for the Patriots, the French fleet commanded by Francois, Count de Grasse, departed St. Domingue (the then-French colony that is now Haiti) for the Chesapeake Bay, just as Cornwallis chose Yorktown, at the mouth of the Chesapeake, as his base. Washington realized that it was time to act. He ordered Marquis de Lafayette and an American army of 5,000 troops to block Cornwallis’ escape from Yorktown by land while the French naval fleet blocked the British escape by sea. By September 28, Washington had completely encircled Cornwallis and Yorktown with the combined forces of Continental and French troops. After three weeks of non-stop bombardment, both day and night, from cannon and artillery, Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown on October 17, 1781, effectively ending the War for Independence. Pleading illness, Cornwallis did not attend the formal surrender ceremony, held on October 19. Instead, his second in command, General Charles O’Hara, carried Cornwallis’ sword to the American and French commanders. Although the war persisted on the high seas and in other theaters, the Patriot victory at Yorktown ended fighting in the American colonies. Peace negotiations began in 1782, and on September 3, 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed, formally recognizing the United States as a free and independent nation after eight years of war. Related Videos
Who lived under the pseudonym of Harriet Brown in New York form the 40s to the 90s?	Old Time Movie Queens - Their Last Photos Old Time Movie Queens - Their Last Photos No longer glamorous. Old and about to die. Hedy Lamarr. Lucy. One month before death. by Anonymous Maybe no the last, but in the last few months. by Anonymous Marlene Dietrich. Dead 4 months later. by Anonymous reply 5 05/15/2016 That isn't Marlene...even though it appeared as such in magazines. This is her last photo, she still looks pretty good and like herself ( as remarked upon by Max Schell in his bio of her in which she refused to appear on camera and via audio only ). by Anonymous Garbo, still stylish at 84. by Anonymous That look on Garbo's face... she was still sexy even then. by Anonymous reply 8 05/15/2016 R8 I feel like I can truly appreciate how rare her beauty was by how she is still beautiful and fascinating to look at, at 84. Great bone structure and clear eyes. by Anonymous reply 10 05/15/2016 Bette Davis last appeared before cameras at the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain in 1989. by Anonymous reply 11 05/15/2016 Dietrich is still recognizably Dietrich, one of a kind. If the photo of Hedy Lamarr was taken in 1991, as the wording makes it appear, she would have been 77 and looks pretty damn good, even doing her best to disguise herself. Garbo was still strikingly beautiful, though probably more so if her hair had not been worn long like that. by Anonymous reply 13 05/15/2016 Joan looks pretty good in that photo at R1. I think it was probably taken in the 60s and not so close to her death in 1977. by Anonymous Wow, sad pic of Elizabeth. by Anonymous reply 17 05/15/2016 R14, that pic of Joan is labeled as being in 1976. Same with his one. Both look very retouched nonetheless. by Anonymous reply 18 05/15/2016 Bette Davis aged probably the worst out of all her contempoaries. Poor soul. I recall seeing her on interviews in the late 80s as a kid, and thinking that she bore no resemblance to the woman I watched on TV in afternoon movie double bills. She becaome almost a weird spectacle in her final days. Joan crawford I think, was a virtual recluse the few years before her death, I think the last footage of her is a grainy video of her at some function in 1974. It's on the net. by Anonymous reply 19 05/15/2016 Wow, didn't think Joan still looked so "Joan " at that late date. Or even consented to being photographed. by Anonymous reply 20 05/15/2016 I think Joan Crawford realised in the mid 70s that she was looking old and haggad, and she shunned public functions. I read that friends had to coax her out at this period, because she was too exhausted to put all the effort into glamming up anymore. Which is understandable really, she's been doing it all her life, there has to come a time when you just be yourself, for yourself! by Anonymous I think Myrna Loy looks like herself in [r31] - she's just little old lady Myrna Loy! by Anonymous 05/15/2016 [QUOTE]Davis and Taylor definitely looked the worst. Probably agree. It's not that Taylor looks so horrible, it's just that it's so shocking from how most remember seeing her. by Anonymous reply 46 05/15/2016 I didn't know it was the same function, R43. I didn't know there was video footage from the event either, since all that has been written about it seems to focus on how upset she was about the photos. by Anonymous reply 47 05/15/2016 I remember buying SPY magazine and passing my old issues along to my mother who thought it was "delicious fun" until she saw the "separated at birth" with that shot of Bette Davis and "tree from the Wizard of Oz" "Now that is too mean!" She said. by Anonymous Gloria Swanson, R58. In 1982. She died in 1983. by Anonymous reply 62 05/15/2016 R27: Many actresses from that era got their eyebrows shaved off and repainted by the make up department, and some women's didn't grow back. Here's one, R58/Travis, late 70s (she made it to '81, I believe) she still looks fab. She was, as you probably know, an early proponent of vegetarianism and "healthy eating". Apparently it worked for her. by Anonymous reply 63 05/15/2016 But what was great about Bett	The Big Apple: “One more drink and I’d have been under the host!” Entry from February 03, 2011 “One more drink and I’d have been under the host!” Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was known for her wit and often lunched at the Algonquin Hotel (59 West 44th Street in Manhattan), forming a “Round Table” of gossip and ideas with other writers from 1919 until the 1930s. She was cited by 1944 as having said, “One more drink and I’d have been under the host!” This fuller expression has been cited since at least 1965 (Parker’s authorship is not certain, although it’s been printed on Algonquin cocktail napkins): “I can take one martini, Two at the very most. Three put me under the table, And four put me under the host.” Wikipedia: Dorothy Parker Dorothy Parker (August 22, 1893 – June 7, 1967) was an American poet and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles. From a conflicted and unhappy childhood, Parker rose to acclaim, both for her literary output in such venues as The New Yorker and as a founding member of the Algonquin Round Table. Following the breakup of the circle, Parker traveled to Hollywood to pursue screenwriting. Her successes there, including two Academy Award nominations, were curtailed as her involvement in left-wing politics led to a place on the infamous Hollywood blacklist. Parker went through three marriages (two to the same man) and survived several suicide attempts, but grew increasingly dependent on alcohol. Dismissive of her own talents, she deplored her reputation as a “wisecracker”. Nevertheless, her literary output and reputation for her sharp wit have endured. (...) Algonquin Round Table years In 1921, her career took off while she was writing theatre criticism for Vanity Fair, which she began to do in 1918 as a stand-in for the vacationing P. G. Wodehouse. At the magazine she met Robert Benchley, who became a close friend, and Robert E. Sherwood. The trio began lunching at the Algonquin Hotel on a near-daily basis and became founding members of the Algonquin Round Table. The Round Table numbered among its members the newspaper columnists Franklin Pierce Adams and Alexander Woollcott. Through their re-printing of her lunchtime remarks and short verses, particularly in Adams’ column “The Conning Tower,” Dorothy began developing a national reputation as a wit. 1975, ©1974. Pg. 70: I remember a very famous female star in Hollywood who, when I asked her at a party if I could get her another martini, said, “I only have one. If I have two, I’m under the table. And if I have three, I’m under the host.” 23 December 1988, New Orleans (LA) Times-Picayune, “Here’s to those who sent toasts” by Angus Lind, pg. E3, col. 1: To a dry martini Angie, as well as Harry Gamble of New Orleans and Peter Low of Metairie, also sent in nearly-similar versions of this one, to be offered by a woman: “Here’s to the dry martini; Always a perfect toast; Three, I’m under the table, Four, I’m under the host.” A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York By Kevin C. Fitzpatrick Berkeley, CA: Roaring Forties Press 2005
Meles Meles is the Latin name for which European mammal?	Latin Stuff Latin Stuff about Badgers Eurasian Badger The British Badger is one of the better known badgers across the world. More correctly, the British Badger should be known as the European or Eurasian badger - because it lives in Europe and Asia (including in some parts of China and even Japan). Meles meles The Scientific name for a "British" badger is Meles meles (in the Melinae Sub-Family, part of the Mustelidae family - all members of a group of animals called the Carnivora). Although this would suggest that the badger is a carnivore, it is actually an omnivore (meaning that it eats both meat and plants). Animals are given scientific names so that experts can put different species into related groups. For example: Animals are classed as Mammals (part of the Mammalia class). Within this, animals are divided into Carnivores (part of the Carnivora order of animals). Within the Carnivores, animals are sub-divided again, into Mustelids (part of the Mustelidae Sub-family). Once again the Mustelids are divided into the main Badgers Sub-family of Melinae. The different species of true badger are then included within this Melinae Sub-family. One such species is the "British" (or Eurasian) badger, called Meles meles according to its latin Genus. If these names seem strange, it is because most species were first categorised by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th Century, and Latin was the language which was used for science in those days. Although, we use the term "Latin" names, the actual names may be based on Latin or Greek. Weasel Family Other animals in the Mustelids, include Weasels , Stoats , Polecats , Ferrets , Mink and Pine Martens . This may seem a bit surprising at first, because most weasel-like animals have long, thin bodies and long tails. Badgers (like Otters and Wolverines ) look very different, with their short stocky bodies, short tails and short powerful legs (they look more like small bears). However, in common with other weasel-like animals, badgers have long strong claws on their front feet - though these are designed for digging, and not scampering through the tree-tops. Unlike many related species, the badger has a spine which is less flexible than species such as martens, polecats and wolverines. Origin of Meles meles The origin of Meles meles is not entirely certain. Even the most useful reference work on the subject is the Badgers (written by Ernest Neal and Chris Cheeseman) is a little sketchy. This book suggests that primitive badger-forms existed as long ago as 4 million years - possibly coming from the Pliocene genus Melodon in China. The original Meles line then evolved from the temporate forests of Asia, spreading West into Europe. The earliest fossil of the genus Meles is Thoral's badger (Meles Thorali) and was in France at Saint-Villier, near Lyons, and is perhaps 2 million years old. Other similar fossils were found in China, so this species was probably very widespread. By the early to middle Pleistocene, Europe was inhabited by badgers similar to the modern species. These are now referred to as the sub-species Meles meles atavus (Kormos). The Tree Mellivora capensis The Honey Badger NOTE: It should be seen from the above diagram, that Honey Badgers are not really badgers; as they are not part of the same sub-family as the "true badgers". However, Honey Badgers are so similar in form and habits and share the same common name, so they are included here. It seems a shame to exclude them, as they are very nearly as cute as "our" British badger; and are persecuted in Africa. Eurasian Badger Subspecies We describe our badger as the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) because this is the name very commonly used in the various books about badgers; and the name used in the overwhelming majority of peer-review science journals. It	Hellenistic Art (3rd-1st centuries BC) Author(s): Marie-Bénédicte Astier This graceful statue of a goddess has intrigued and fascinated since its discovery on the island of Melos in 1820. Is it Aphrodite, who was often portrayed half-naked, or the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on Milo? The statue reflects sculptural research during the late Hellenistic Period: classical in essence, with innovatory features such as the spiral composition, the positioning in space, and the fall of the drapery over the hips. The discovery of a mutilated masterpiece The Venus de Milo was discovered in 1820 on the island of Melos (Milo in modern Greek) in the south-western Cyclades. The Marquis de Rivière presented it to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre the following year. The statue won instant and lasting fame. Essentially two blocks of marble, it is comprised of several parts which were sculpted separately (bust, legs, left arm and foot) then fixed with vertical pegs, a technique which was fairly common in the Greek world (especially in the Cyclades, where this work was produced around 100 BC). The goddess originally wore metal jewelry — bracelet, earrings, and headband — of which only the fixation holes remain. The marble may have been embellished with (now faded) polychromy. The arms were never found. A mysterious goddess with neither name nor attributes The goddess is shrouded in mystery, her attitude a persistent enigma. The missing pieces of marble and absence of attributes made the restoration and identification of the statue difficult. A whole range of positions have been suggested: leaning against a pillar, resting her elbow on Ares' shoulder, or holding a variety of attributes. According to whether she held a bow or an amphora, she was Artemis or a Danaid. She is popularly thought to represent Aphrodite, because of her half-nakedness and her sensual, feminine curves. She may have held an apple — an allusion to the Judgement of Paris — a crown, a shield, or a mirror in which she admired her reflection. However she might also be the sea goddess Amphitrite, who was venerated on the island of Milo. A Hellenistic creation: a blend of classical tradition and innovation The statue has sometimes been thought to be a replica, freely inspired by an original from the late 4th century BC, because of its resemblance to the Aphrodite of Capua (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples) — a similar style Roman work, copy of a Greek original. The Venus de Milo certainly revives the classical tradition, but would appear to be a classicizing re-creation dating from the late 2nd century BC. The goddess's air of aloofness, the harmony of her face and her impassivity are stamped with the aesthetics of the 5th century BC; the hairstyle and delicate modeling of the flesh evoke the works of 4th-century sculptor Praxiteles. However, the sculpture reflects innovations that appeared during the Hellenistic period, between the 3rd and 1st centuries BC. The spiral composition, the positioning of the figure in three-dimensional space, and the small-breasted, elongated body are characteristic of this period. The goddess is arrested in time, holding her legs together as the drapery slides over her hips. Her nudity contrasts with the effects of light and shade of the finely-detailed drapery. Bibliography Laugier (L.), « La Vénus de Milo », Feuillet pédagogique du Musée du Louvre, 3, n°50, Paris, 2001. D’après l’antique, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2000, p. 432-433, p. 441, n° 235. Ridgway (B. S.), Hellenistic Sculpture, II, 2000, p. 167-171, ill. 21, fig. 5. Hamiaux (M.), Les sculptures grecques, II, Paris, 1998, p. 41-44, n° 52. Havelock (C. M.), The Aphrodite of Knidos and Her Successors, A Historical Review of the female Nude in Greek Art, University of Michigan, 1995, p. 93-98, fig. 13. Haskell (Fr.), Penny (N.), Pour l’amour de l’art antique : la statuaire gréco-romaine et le goût européen 1500-1900, Paris, 1988, p. 363-365, n° 178, fig. (éd. anglaise, Taste and the antique : the lure of classical sculpture 1500-1900, New Haven, 1981). Pasquier (A
What is the nearest state, dependency or principality to the UK not in the EU?	EU or Not? Quiz British overseas territory but part of EU, with some exemptions. Réunion Overseas department of France in Indian Ocean; OMR. Slovenia First of the 'new' members states to join the Euro group. French Polynesia Overseas country of France in the Pacific; OCT. Isle of Man British Crown dependency, free movement only of goods, not services and capital. Sint Maarten Constituent country of the Netherlands and OCT since 2010. Shetland Islands Scottish archipelago and integral part of UK and EU. Guyana Independent country even before the UK joined the EU. Liechtenstein Alpine principality, member of EEA and EFTA but not EU. Faroe Islands Self-governing dependency of Denmark but explicitly outside EU. Clipperton Island Uninhabited island in eastern Pacific that came under direct authority of the minister of Overseas France in 2004 and became EU territory. Romania British overseas territory in the Caribbean; OCT. Ceuta and Melilla Spanish sovereign territories in northern Africa and part of EU with some exemptions. Canary Islands Autonomous community of Spain in Atlantic; OMR. Norway Kingdom in Scandinavia that has voted against EU-membership in referendum twice. French Guiana Overseas department of France in South America; OMR. Åland Islands Autonomous region of Finland, part of EU but with special exemptions. Kosovo Not a member of the EU, although it does use the Euro. Bermuda British overseas territory in the Atlantic; OCT. New Caledonia Special collectivity of France in southwest Pacific; OCT. Greenland Autonomous country of Denmark, part of EU until 1985 but then became OCT after referendum. Saint Martin Overseas collectivity of France and part of EU unlike Dutch part of island. Akrotiri and Dhekelia British sovereign bases on Cyprus that became EU territory with accession of Cyprus. Saba Special municipality of the Netherlands but will remain OCT at least until 2015. Azores Autonomous region of Portugal in the Atlantic; OMR. Monaco Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Isle of Man Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Greenland Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Sint Maarten Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Saba Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Åland Islands Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. New Caledonia Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Kosovo Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Monaco Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Liechtenstein Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Norway Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Switzerland Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Faroe Islands Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Guyana Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Croatia Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Bermuda Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Turks and Caicos Islands Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. French Polynesia Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Gibraltar Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Réunion Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Saint Martin Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Akrotiri and Dhekelia Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Ceuta and Melilla Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. French Guiana Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Clipperton Island Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Romania Principality on the Mediterranean, non-EU member but does use Euro. Slovenia Principality on the Mediterranean, n	2007 UK New Coin Designs 2007 UK New Coin Designs During 2008 , all the familiar British circulation coin designs will be withdrawn and replaced. 2007 UK New Coin Designs Initial comments and reactions to the announcement about the new coin designs following Gordon Brown's announcement in the House on Thursday 15th June 2006 The most immediate and vociferous comments were directed at the proposed two pound coin to commemorate the tercentenary of the Act of Union Between England and Scotland. Act of Union Between England and Scotland Tercentenary Two Pounds 1707 - 2007 According to the (Scottish) Daily Record: Gordon Brown was yesterday slammed for ordering a new coin to mark the Act of Union between Scotland and England. The commemorative £2 coins will be minted next year to mark 300 years since the original Scottish parliament was closed. SNP leader Alex Salmond claimed the Chancellor was trying to woo voters down south after admitting he was backing England in the World Cup. Salmond said: "There is no end to Gordon Brown's capacity for self-promotion and his determination to prove his British credentials." He dubbed the coin the "Brownie - full of brass, not very popular, soon to be devalued". He told MPs: "It's going to become a collector's item as the Union passes into history," But Commons leader Jack Straw replied: "You will be passing into history a long time before the Union." The Treasury are keeping the design of the new coin under wraps until it is approved by the Queen. We originally thought the "Brownie" comment was aimed at the new Centenary of the Scouting Movement Fifty Pence. It would have been wittier and more relevant as Brownies are the junior female version of scouts. The Scotsman: A SPECIAL £2 coin to mark the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union between England and Scotland is to be minted next year, it was announced today. Hundreds of thousands of the commemorative coins will go into circulation along with a similar £2 piece to mark the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade alongside the existing regulation coin. But SNP leader Alex Salmond warned that it would have the same rarity value as the proposed stamp to celebrate a Scottish soccer World Cup victory in 1978. He said he would shortly be announcing a competition for the design of a new coin to mark Scotland's regaining of national independence. Chancellor Gordon Brown announced that the Queen had approved the new coin as she celebrated her 80th birthday, due on Saturday, at a special service at St Paul's Cathedral. A Royal Mint spokesman said the new £2 coins would be issued alongside the regulation version which on the reverse side from the Queen's head figures concentric circles signifying the nations' industrial and technological development. The BBC: Special coin to mark Act of Union A £2 coin will be issued next year to mark the 300th anniversary of the Act of Union between England and Scotland, Chancellor Gordon Brown has said. There will also be a commemorative £2 coin to mark 200 years since the abolition of slavery, he told MPs. And a collectable crown piece worth £5 will mark the Queen and Prince Philip's diamond wedding anniversary. "Collector versions of all these coins will be released at a premium above face value," Mr Brown said. A statement issued by Mr Brown, who is Scottish and widely tipped to become prime minister next year, said the Queen had approved his recommendation that a coin be issued to mark the unification of England and Scotland into Great Britain in 1707. Mr Brown also said there would be a special 50p coin to commemorate the centenary of the Scouting movement. All the special coins will be available in collectable versions and the three lower value coins will also be available from banks and post offices later in 2007. The Times Online: Gordon Dazzles as Tories Stay Out of the Game Parliamentary Sketch by Ann Treneman Where's George? That was the cry from the Labour benches aimed at the empty place on the Tory front bench where George Osborne should have been. Gordon Brown is still not very good at
Where is a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings consisting primarily of realistic images of large animals?	Lascaux cave paintings in Montignac, France (Google Maps) - Virtual Globetrotting Montignac , France (FR) Lascaux is the setting of a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings. The original caves are located near the village of Montignac, in the Dordogne département. They contain some of the best-known Upper Paleolithic art. These paintings are estimated to be 17,000 years old. They primarily consist of realistic images of large animals, most of which are known from fossil evidence to have lived in the area at the time. In 1979, Lascaux was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list along with other prehistoric sites in the Vézère valley. Google Maps	Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information.
Xuan (or Shuen) paper is commonly known by what name?	Chinese Painting Rice Paper and Supplies @ BlueHeronArts Reviews Large sheet size 27.5"x54"(69x138cm) *Sold in bundles of 5. 10, 50, 100. Please see quantity prices below to order. This government-owned "Red Star" brand, Single ply raw xuan(Sheng xuan) paper is the best known brand name of brush painting paper in China. The handmade Red Star Xuan Paper in Jing Country Anhui, or Rice paper as it is known to the west, is not made from rice straw or bamboo pulp. Rather it's from the bark fiber of a special tree called Qintan or Than trees(Pteroceltis Tatarinowii Maxim). This tree's bark fiber can be peeled and grow back again and again. Because of these special fiber, top quality xuan paper can last for hundreds of years. The Red Star paper belongs to the Clean-Bark or Fine-Bark category which contains more than 60% Qintan fibers. When light ink is applied on it, the ink would get rich tones, kept fresh but not turning gray; when watercolors are applied, it would show mellowness but not stiff; smear smoothly, with good absorbent capability. In cotton white and firm texture, it is good for both calligraphy and painting, perfect for painting flower and birds, figures, animals and landscape painting. Red Star Xuan is very sensitive with superb absorbency. Strong Qintan fiber makes it very strong during repeated washing or wet mounting. I would strongly recommend it to experienced Chinese painting artist and advanced sumi-e students to try and see what's authentic Chinese Xuan paper.	Dragon Boat Festival in China Home Calendar Holidays China Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Festival in China The Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Festival, Duānwǔ Jié, Double Fifth, Tuen Ng Jit) is a traditional holiday that commemorates the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan (Chu Yuan). The festival occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month on the Chinese lunisolar calendar. What Do People Do? The Dragon Boat Festival is a celebration where many eat rice dumplings (zongzi), drink realgar wine (xionghuangjiu), and race dragon boats. Other activities include hanging icons of Zhong Kui (a mythic guardian figure), hanging mugwort and calamus, taking long walks, writing spells and wearing perfumed medicine bags. All of these activities and games such as making an egg stand at noon were regarded by the ancients as an effective way of preventing disease, evil, while promoting good health and well-being. People sometimes wear talismans to fend off evil spirits or they may hang the picture of Zhong Kui, a guardian against evil spirits, on the door of their homes. In the Republic of China, the festival was also celebrated as "Poets' Day" in honor of Qu Yuan, who is known as China's first poet. Chinese citizens traditionally throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water and it is also customary to eat tzungtzu and rice dumplings. Public Life The festival was long marked as a cultural holiday in China. However, it wasn’t until 2008 that the Dragon Boat Festival was recognized as a traditional and statutory public holiday in the People's Republic of China. Background Many believe that the Dragon Boat Festival originated in ancient China based on the suicide of the poet and statesman of the Chu kingdom, Qu Yuan in 278 BCE. The festival commemorates the life and death of the famous Chinese scholar Qu Yuan, who was a loyal minister of the King of Chu in the third century BCE. Qu Yuan’s wisdom and intellectual ways antagonized other court officials, thus they accused him of false charges of conspiracy and was exiled by the king. During his exile, Qu Yuan composed many poems to express his anger and sorrow towards his sovereign and people. Qu Yuan drowned himself by attaching a heavy stone to his chest and jumping into the Miluo River in 278 BCE at the age of 61. The people of Chu tried to save him believing that Qu Yuan was an honorable man; they searched desperately in their boats looking for Qu Yuan but were unable to save him. Every year the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated to commemorate this attempt at rescuing Qu Yuan. The local people began the tradition of throwing sacrificial cooked rice into the river for Qu Yuan, while others believed that the rice would prevent the fishes in the river from eating Qu Yuan’s body. At first, the locals decided to make zongzi in hopes that it would sink into the river and reach Qu Yuan's body. However, the tradition of wrapping the rice in bamboo leaves to make zongzi began the following year. Symbols A dragon boat is a human-powered boat or paddle boat that is traditionally made of teak wood to various designs and sizes. They usually have brightly decorated designs that range anywhere from 40 to 100 feet in length, with the front end shaped like open-mouthed dragons, and the back end with a scaly tail. The boat can have up to 80 rowers to power the boat, depending on the length. A sacred ceremony is performed before any competition in order to “bring the boat to life” by painting the eyes. The first team to grab a flag at the end of the course wins the race. The zong zi is a glutinous rice ball with a filling and wrapped in corn leaves. The fillings can be egg, beans, dates, fruits, sweet potato, walnuts, mushrooms, meat, or a combination of them. They are generally steamed. It is said that if you can balance a raw egg on its end at exactly noon on Double Fifth Day, the rest of the year will be lucky. The hanging of calamus and moxa on the front door, the pasting up pictures of Chung Kuei, drinking hsiung huang wine and holding fragrant sachets are said to
"Which early US President said ""if you want something that you've never had, you must be willing to do something that you've never done""?"	Lyndon B. Johnson - Wikiquote Lyndon B. Johnson Jump to: navigation , search There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights. Lyndon Baines Johnson ( August 27 , 1908 – January 22 , 1973 ), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician . After serving a long career in U.S. legislatures, Johnson became the Vice President of the United States of America under John F. Kennedy , from 1961 to 1963. A Democrat , Johnson became the 36th U.S. president , from 1963 to 1969, after Kennedy's assassination . Contents Quotes[ edit ] At times history and fate meet at a single time in a single place to shape a turning point in man's unending search for freedom. The challenge of the next half century is whether we have the wisdom to use that wealth to enrich and elevate our national life, and to advance the quality of our American civilization…. I do not find it easy to send the flower of our youth, our finest young men, into battle. A democracy works best when the people have all the information that the security of the Nation permits. No one should be able to pull curtains of secrecy around decisions which can be revealed without injury to the public interest. To deny a man his hopes because of his color or race, his religion or the place of his birth is not only to do injustice; it is to deny America and to dishonor the dead who gave their lives for American freedom. Freedom of information is so vital that only the national security, not the desire of public officials or private citizens, should determine when it must be restricted. The United States is an open society in which the people's right to know is cherished and guarded. The only real road to progress for free people is through the process of law. Eisenhower used to tell me that this place was a prison. I never felt freer. Justice means a man's hope should not be limited by the color of his skin. The war in Vietnam is not like these other wars. Yet, finally, war is always the same. It is young men dying in the fullness of their promise. It is trying to kill a man that you do not even know well enough to hate. Therefore, to know war is to know that there is still madness in this world. Make no mistake about it... We are going to win. The people of Vietnam, north and south, seek the same things. The shared needs of man, the needs for food and shelter and education, the chance to build and work and till the soil, free from the arbitrary horrors of battle, the desire to walk in the dignity of those who master their own destiny. For many painful years, in war and revolution and infrequent peace, they have struggled to fulfill those needs. It is a crime against mankind that so much courage, and so much will, and so many dreams, must be flung on the fires of war and death. Making a speech on economics is a lot like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else. Private comment, as quoted in Name-Dropping (1999) by John Kenneth Galbraith , p. 149. If the circumstances make it such that you can't fuck a man in the ass, then just peckerslap him. Better to let him know who's in charge than to let him think he's got the keys to the car. Private comment, found in White House Tapes: Eavesdropping on the President (2003) edited by John Prados. Eisenhower used to tell me that this place was a prison. I never felt freer. 1948[ edit ] Speech in Austin (1948)[ edit ] This civil rights program about which you have heard so much is a farce and a sham; an effort to set up a police state in the guise of liberty. I am opposed to that program. I fought it in the Congress. 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Who escaped to the Isle of Skye, assisted by Flora MacDonald?	Flora MacDonald (1722 - 1790) - North Carolina History Project Written by Jonathan Martin Since the reign of King James, Scottish Jacobites longed for a Scottish king to become king of England. In the late seventeenth century, Scottish citizens united behind King James’s son, Edward Stuart or the Old Pretender, with the hope to return a Scotsman to the English throne. The group became known as the Jacobites. However, the Old Pretender failed to become king, but Charles Stuart, King James’s grandson or the Young Pretender, attempted his claim to power in the mid-1740s. In 1772, Flora MacDonald, was born to Ranald and Marion MacDonald in the Scottish isles of Hebrides. Much of Flora’s early life has been the subject of folklore, but she became involved in the Jacobite rebellion in from 1745 until 1746. Although much of Flora’s life remains a mystery and the subject of myth, historians agree that the Jacobite heroine assisted Prince Charles Stuart in his escape after he was defeated at Culloden in the spring of 1746. King George II hoped to quell the Jacobite movement after Prince Stuart’s defeat so the English army pursued Stuart. Prince Charles rushed to the Scottish Hebrides islands and he was in desperate need of help. According to legend, Flora MacDonald and her friends met Charles and she dressed the prince as the maid Betty Burke. After the group made it safely to Skye, another Scottish island, Charles went on to escape to France. The English army eventually caught Flora, and they imprisoned her for her role in the Jacobite rebellion. In 1747, MacDonald was exonerated and she had become a celebrity in her native land for her aid to Prince Charles. Three years after her release she married Allan MacDonald, and in 1774, the couple, along with their two sons, moved to Cheek’s Creek in present-day Montgomery County, North Carolina . The MacDonald family were well-received by the Highland Scots in the colony, as many Scottish immigrants heard the exploits of Flora’s heroism. However, Allan MacDonald, who received a commission from the English crown, and his family remained Loyalists during the eve of the American Revolution. Governor Josiah Martin, in need of troops to fight the growing Patriot forces, asked for Highlanders to join the Loyalist cause in 1775. Allan MacDonald assembled with the British army at the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge . The Patriots won the short skirmish at Moore’s Creek Bridge, and Flora’s husband and son were captured by the North Carolina militiamen. Flora was isolated for several years, and the Patriots seized her family’s plantation at Cheek’s Creek. Finally, after years of separation from her husband and son, Flora was rejoined her family in New York in 1778. Allan and the MacDonald family moved to Nova Scotia, but Flora returned to her native land in 1779. The Jacobite heroine passed away on March 4, 1790 on the Scottish isle of Skye. Today, Flora MacDonald’s story continues to live on in North Carolina among the Highland Scot descendants in both song and folklore. John J. Toffey composed a historically based biography of Flora MacDonald known as A Woman Nobly Planned. In addition, Alexander MacGregor’s Life of Flora MacDonald (1882) became a popular biography of the Jacobite heroine. Sources “Flora MacDonald Homesite.” William S. Powell, ed. Encyclopedia of North Carolina (University of North Carolina Press: Chapel Hill, NC 2006). “Flora MacDonald.” North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program website. A Division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?ct=ddl&sp=search&k=Markers&sv=H-83%20-%20FLORA%20MacDONALD, (May 28, 2012). “Flora MacDonald: ‘The Bright and Particular Star.’” Deanna Kerrigan. North Carolina Museum of History. http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/workshops/womenshistory/flora.html, (May 28, 2012). Entry Sign up for updates from the North Carolina History Project Email This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. This iframe contains the logic required to handle AJAX powered Gravity Forms. 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Who did Peter Sellers marry in 1964?	Peter Sellers - Biography - IMDb Peter Sellers Biography Showing all 77 items Jump to: Overview (4) \| Mini Bio (1) \| Spouse (4) \| Trade Mark (5) \| Trivia (48) \| Personal Quotes (14) \| Salary (1) Overview (4) 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Mini Bio (1) Often credited as the greatest comedian of all time, Peter Sellers was born to a well-off English acting family in 1925. His mother and father worked in an acting company run by his grandmother. As a child, Sellers was spoiled, as his parents' first child had died at birth. He enlisted in the Royal Air Force and served during World War II. After the war he met Spike Milligan , Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine , who would become his future workmates. After the war, he set up a review in London, which was a combination of music (he played the drums) and impressions. Then, all of a sudden, he burst into prominence as the voices of numerous favorites on the BBC radio program "The Goon Show" (1951-1960), and then making his debut in films in Penny Points to Paradise (1951) and Down Among the Z Men (1952), before making it big as one of the criminals in The Ladykillers (1955). These small but showy roles continued throughout the 1950s, but he got his first big break playing the dogmatic union man, Fred Kite, in I'm All Right Jack (1959). The film's success led to starring vehicles into the 1960s that showed off his extreme comic ability to its fullest. In 1962, Sellers was cast in the role of Clare Quilty in the Stanley Kubrick version of the film Lolita (1962) in which his performance as a mentally unbalanced TV writer with multiple personalities landed him another part in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964) in which he played three roles which showed off his comic talent in play-acting in three different accents; British, American, and German. The year 1964 represented a peak in his career with four films in release, all of them well-received by critics and the public alike: "Dr. Strangelove," for which he was Oscar nominated, "The Pink Panther," in which he played his signature role of the bumbling French Inspector Jacques Clouseau for the first time, its almost accidental sequel, "A Shot in the Dark," and "The World of Henry Orient." Sellers was on top of the world, but on the evening of April 5, 1964, he suffered a nearly fatal heart attack after taking amyl nitrites (also called 'poppers'; an early type of Viagara-halogen combination) while engaged in a sexual act with his second wife Britt Eckland. He has been working on Billy Wilder's "Kiss Me, Stupid" (1964). In a move Wilder later regretted, he replaced Sellers with Ray Walston rather than hold up production. By October 1964, Sellers made a full recovery and was working again. The mid-1960s were noted for the popularity of all things British, from the Beatles music (who were presented with their Grammy for Best New Artist by Sellers) to the James Bond films, and the world turned to Sellers for comedy. "What's New Pussycat" (1965) was another big hit, but a combination of his ego and insecurity was making Sellers difficult to work with. When the James Bond spoof, "Casino Royale" (1967) ran over budget and was unable to recoup its costs despite an otherwise healthy box-office take, Sellers received some of the blame. He turned down an offer from United Artists for the title role in "Inspector Clouseau" (1968), but was angry when the production went ahead with Alan Arkin in his place. His difficult reputation and increasingly erratic behavior, combined with several less successful films, took a toll on his standing. By 1970, he had fallen out of favor. He spent the early years of the new decade appearing in such lackluster B films as "Where Does It Hurt?" (1972) and turning up more frequently on television as a guest on "The Dean Martin Show" and a Glen Campbell TV special. Inspector Clouseau came to his rescue when Sir Lew Grade expressed an interest in a TV series based on the character. Clouseau's creator, writer-director Blake Edwards, whose career had also seen better days, convinced Grade to bankroll a feature instead, and "Re	Tony Hatch on Apple Music To preview a song, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to buy and download music. Biography Although Tony Hatch had success in various segments of the entertainment industry from the '60s onwards, he'll be best remembered for his work as a producer and songwriter for several British pop and rock stars in the '60s. As a staff producer at Pye Records, Hatch worked with the Searchers, Petula Clark, his wife, Jackie Trent, and on several mid-'60s singles by David Bowie, long before that singer had become famous. Hatch's productions boasted a clean and well-arranged sound that, particularly on his collaborations with Petula Clark, displayed some traces of mainstream pop and Broadway. Hatch started notching up successes as a songwriter in the early '60s, including Garry Mills' "Look for a Star." His most significant role in straight British rock music was as producer during the Searchers' 1963-1966 commercial prime, a span which saw them ring up all of their big hits. The Searchers' records boasted well-balanced vocal harmonies and melodic guitars, sometimes played on 12-string models, that at their most progressive anticipated the jangle that would become a prime feature of folk-rock. Hatch also wrote their second British hit single, "Sugar and Spice," under the pseudonym Fred Nightingale. Hatch left his biggest imprint, however, on the big international hits by Petula Clark in the mid-'60s. These had enough mod swing to sell to a rock audience, but also enough show-bizzy horns and theatrical-type piano to bring in older listeners. The arrangements had a grand sweep that recalled stage musicals. In addition to producing, Hatch was vital to Clark as a songwriter, supplying, either as sole author or co-writer (sometimes with Clark herself), much of her best material: "Downtown," "My Love," "I Know a Place," "Call Me," and "A Sign of the Times," to name just the most celebrated examples, are all Hatch compositions. Hatch also deserves a good deal of credit for putting Clark in the international spotlight to begin with. In 1964, Clark was on the verge of giving up on maintaining her stardom in England, in favor of focusing her efforts on France (where she was very big, and often recorded in the French language). Hatch went to France to play her some songs to consider recording for the English-speaking market, and wasn't able to come up with anything Petula liked until, out of desperation, he played a composition influenced by American soul, although he didn't think Clark was a suitable artist for it. This was, of course, "Downtown; " Clark loved it, recorded it, and her career revived in England, the single also becoming her first American hit. Hatch had a fair amount of success with a singer/songwriter who somewhat recalled Petula Clark, but who was even more in the mainstream pop realm, Jackie Trent. Trent and Hatch also began writing together, getting a number one British hit with "Where Are You Now (My Love)" in 1965. The Hatch-Trent songwriting team couldn't come up with other big British hits for Trent, but did pen some hits for Clark, such as "Colour My World" and "Don't Sleep in the Subway." Moody balladeer Scott Walker had a British hit with Hatch-Trent's "Joanna." Hatch also recorded some duets with Trent and made some instrumental recordings under his own name, which gathered some belated hipness when they were included on some CD compilations geared toward the lounge revival crowd. Hatch had a small part in David Bowie's early career, producing three singles in 1966. This was a time at which the young Bowie, still in his teens, was still groping for a style, and mixing Hatch's orchestral predilections with whatever Bowie was coming up with was a bit of a mismatch. Hatch's stamp is particularly audible from the best track from Bowie's brief stay with Pye Records, "Can't Help Thinking About Me," which has a piano sound straight out of Petula Clark's "Downtown." In the '70s, Hatch had some more success as a producer of British hits by singers' acts not remembered much nowaday
What is the name of four of the five cats owned by the family in The Simpsons?	Snowball V \| Simpsons Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Dan Castellaneta Snowball V, commonly referred to as Snowball II, is the Simpsons' fifth cat and looks exactly the same as the original Snowball II , which was killed when Dr. Hibbert 's Mercedes-Benz hit him. The Crazy Cat Lady throws the cat at Lisa while she is mourning the deaths of the other cats that she kept ( Snowball III and Coltrane (Snowball IV). He and Santa's Little Helper are the two current pets of the Simpson family . Contents [ show ] Biography After the Crazy Cat Lady throws the cat at her feet saying that she doesn't want it anymore, Lisa tells it to leave, because any cat that she owns is unlucky and is certain to be killed. As the cat starts to cross Evergreen Terrace , Gil drives by in his car. Gil swerves to miss the cat, hits a tree, and his car bursts into flames, which means that Gil will be able to use the insurance money to buy food. Since the cat is unhurt, Lisa takes it as a sign of good luck and adopts her. [1] Lisa chooses to keep Snowball Lisa renames Snowball V "Snowball II," in her words, "to save money on a new dish." She also vows to pretend the whole thing never happened (i.e., two adopted cats dying in quick succession). Principal Skinner , who happens to be walking by and overhears Lisa talking to the cat, asks "Isn't that a cheat?", to which Lisa replies "I guess it is, Principal Tamzarian" (referring to when he admitted he was not the real Seymour Skinner, while knowing that the citizens of Springfield should never speak of that again). [2] The cat later becomes overweight after abandoning the Simpsons for brief periods to visit a different family. At the other family's house, she is fed, taught tricks and given the name "Smokey". [3] There is suspicion that Snowball V is in fact Snowball II, but there is no proof, except for that she looks like an exact replica, but in real life many cats look identical. She may even be related to her or an identical twin. However the answer to that happens to be unknown. Appearances	Mrs. Dale's Diary Mrs. Dale's Diary The first post-war soap on British radio was Mrs. Dale's Diary and was first broadcast on the Light Programme at 4pm on Monday 5th. January 1948. Who could forget Marie Goossens' harp introduction to the programme or the reflective comments of Dr. Dale's ever-earnest wife? The title character was a nice middle-class doctor's wife, Mary, and her husband Jim who lived at Virginia Lodge in the Middlesex suburb of Parkwood Hill. They had a son called Bob played by Nicholas Parsons, Hugh Latimer, Derek Hart, and by Leslie Heritage for nearly twenty years. and a daughter called Gwen who was successively Virginia Hewitt, Joan Newell, Beryl Calder and (for many years) Aline Waites. Bob was married to Jenny and they had twins. Gwen was married to her, not always faithful, husband David who was Jenny's brother but was eventually left a widow when David was killed water skiing in the Bahamas whilst holidaying with his rich mistress. Derek Nimmo was brought in at this time to play Jago Peters a boyfriend for Gwen. Mrs. Dale's sophisticated sister, Sally, (always pronounced "Selly") lived in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, and ran a dress shop and also had a country cottage with a housekeeper called Zenobia. There was also a char lady called Mrs. Morgan (played by Grace Allardyce) who subsequently married Mr. Maggs (played by Jack Howarth). The neighbour across the road, the grumpy Mrs Mountford (played by Vivienne Chatterton) had a nervous companion called Miss Marchbanks and a parrot called Coco along with a liking for chocolate cake. An occasional character was Mrs. Leathers who was a Cockney and rather common (played by Hattie Jaques). Mrs. Freeman (or Mother-in-Law as Dr. Dale always used to call her) had a cat named Captain (always pronounced "Kepton"). The milkman was played by Michael Harding. Eventually the stories were relocated to a town called Exton and the cast had to roughen up the famous cut glass vowels and become a different kind of family. Gwen became a mature student and the characters started to have a social conscience. The Queen Mother reportedly commented about the programme, 'It is the only way of knowing what goes on in a middle-class family'. Radio comics loved to spoof the programme, using the soul-searching comment, "I'm awfully worried about Jim" as allegedly uttered by the indefatigable diarist. The final episode, in 1969, featured Gwen's engagement to a glamorous TV professor played by John Justin. short radio clip A 1952 publicity picture of the cast: Dr. Dale (Douglas Burbidge) with his hands on the shoulders of Mrs. Dale (Ellis Powell). The other characters are daughter Gwen (Joan Newell) sitting far left; Mrs. Freeman (Dorothy Lane) seated second left; Isabel Fielding (Thea Wells) standing; son Bob (Derek Hart) centre; and daily help Mrs. Morgan (Grace Allardyce) standing far right. Mrs. Dale's sister, Sally Lane (Thelma Hughes) is seated bottom right. Main Cast List: Mrs. Dale: Ellis Powell, Jessie Matthews Dr Dale: Douglas Burbidge, James Dale (honestly!), Charles Simon Bob Dale: Hugh Latimer, Leslie Heritage, Nicholas Parsons, Derek Hart Jenny Dale: Julia Braddock, Shirley Dixon, Mary Steele, Sheila Sweet Gwen Dale/Owen: Virginia Hewitt, Joan Newell, Beryl Calder, Aline Waites David Owen: Anthony James, Frank Partington, Gordon Morrison, John Spingett, Robin Lloyd, Lee Peters Mrs. Freeman (Mrs. Dale's Mother): Courtney Hope, Dorothy Lane Sally Lane (Mrs. Dale's sister): Thelma Hughes, Margaret Ward Isobelle Fielding: Thea Wells Mr. Maggs: Jack Howarth (later to become Albert Tatlock in Coronation Street) Mrs. Morgan / Maggs: Grace Allardyce Mrs. Leathers: Hattie Jaques Monument (the gardener): Charles Lamb Milkman: Michael Harding Scriptwriter was Jonquil Anthony The soap ran from January 1948 until April 1969, by which time it had been renamed 'The Dales'. A total run of 5531 episodes. In the mid-'60s, the theme was updated by Ron Grainer. Here are clips of the beginning and ending music: Ending Theme Aline Waites (1969) With grateful thanks to Aline Waites who
Dame Evelyn Glennie, who is profoundly deaf, is a world-renowned what?	Dame Evelynn Glennie says ‘I can’ for disability charity campaign Dame Evelynn Glennie says ‘I can’ for disability charity campaign “For me, listening is about more than hearing” Thursday 8 May Tweet - May 08 at 8:43 AM World renowned solo percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie DBE has joined a number of celebrities, Paralympians and personalities helping to drive a new national campaign. Disability charity Papworth Trust is encouraging everyone to see people for what they can do with its I can campaign, launched yesterday. It features a new television advertisement, as well as posters on billboards and leaflets. Dame Evelyn, who lives in Cambridgeshire, features in the posters along with other inspirational figures fronting the campaign including Professor Stephen Hawking, quadruple amputee and mountaineer Jamie Andrew, and Paralympians Jonnie Peacock, Pam Relph, and Fran Williamson. “Achievement comes from listening. For me, listening is about more than hearing,” is the quote from Dame Evelyn which features on the poster. Dame Evelyn, who is profoundly deaf, has produced acclaimed work in the classical, pop, and avant-garde fields. She performed at the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics leading a 1,000-drummer ensemble performing in the Pandemonium segment of the Danny Boyle-directed show. Papworth Trust’s Director of Strategy and Marketing, David Martin said, “We are really proud that Dame Evelyn and so many inspirational people have joined us to spread the message of our I can campaign. Dame Evelyn is a great example of being seen for what she can do and is an inspiration to us all. “What drives us here at Papworth Trust is a passion to create a world where we are seen for what we can do, working together for equality, choice and independence. “We support more than 20,000 people, their families and carers every year. Our services have been created with the people we work with, to support them to live their lives to the full. We aim to achieve our vision by inspiring everyone to try to change our world and work together so that we can make a difference.” Please visit www.papworthtrust.org.uk to find out more about Papworth Trust’s I can campaign and their essential services for disabled and older people.	Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY Questions set by the Waters Green Lemmings and the Bate Horntails. ROUND ONE: Q1: The characters Vladimir and Estragon appear? A: Waiting for Godot. Q2: What relation was Pliny the Younger to Pliny the Elder? A: Nephew. Q3: Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed “Princess Pushy”? A: Princess Michael of Kent. Q4: What was the name of Perry Mason’s secretary? A: Della Street. Q5: What famous French film production/newsreel brand, established in 1896, was the first major movie corporation? A: Pathé (Pathé Frères - Pathé Brothers) Q6: Which King conferred the title “Royal and Ancient” on the Golf Club at St. Andrews? A: William IV. Q7: In which U.S. state is the vast majority of Yellowstone National Park? A: Wyoming. Q8: Which was the last British group to win the Eurovision Song Contest? A: Katrina and the Waves (in 1997 with Love Shine A Light). Q9: In October 2013, Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Driver’s Championship for the 4th consecutive time, but how many other people have achieved this feat? A: Three: (Juan Manuel Fangio; Alain Prost; Michael Schumacher). Q10: Which country finished third in the 1966 World Cup? A: Portugal. Q11: What was the surname of Art Historian and nun, Sister Wendy? A: Becket. Q12: What is the capital of Tajikistan? A: Dushanbe. Q13: Which Beatles album followed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? A: Magical Mystery Tour. Q14: Which detective was created by W J Burley? A: Wycliffe. Q15: Which of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five owned Timmy the Dog? A: George. Q16: In which prison was the television series “Porridge” set? Slade. Q17: Where in the human body is the radius? A: The forearm (accept arm). Q18: To which country do the islands of Spitzbergen belong? A: Norway. Q19: In which year was the Festival of Britain? A: 1951. Q20: In whose shop window did Bagpuss sit? A: Emily’s. Q1: At which English racecourse would you find Devil’s Dyke? A: Newmarket. Q2: Which is the largest moon in the Solar System? A: Ganymede. Q3: How many Nobel Prizes are usually awarded each year? A: Six: (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics). Q4: Who was the last King of Italy?
What had to occur for a round to end when John L. Sullivan beat Jake Killrain in 75 rounds, in 1889?	Jake Kilrain vs. John L. Sullivan - BoxRec Jake Kilrain vs. John L. Sullivan From BoxRec Jump to: navigation , search 1st round action John L. Sullivan swept into the full tide of his popularity after his decisive defeat of “Paddy” Ryan. For the next five years he toured the country, meeting ambitious youngsters ostensibly for "exhibitions" and demolishing them regularly with the terrible right-hander which ranks historically among such lethal instruments as the battleaxe of the Lion. Heart and the sleeping potion of the Borgias, partaking of the nature of both. His offer of $1,000 to any one who would knock him out was the standing joke of the time. Several fighters of promise and reputation were also matched against him, for if Sullivan met the contemporary sporting demand as a hero he was not without enemies who would have liked nothing quite so well as to see him beaten. "Anything and anybody to whip Sullivan!" was the word in certain circles of the world of sport. His failure to stop "Tug" Wilson in four rounds was a ray of light to this contingent. It expected great things of Herbert A. Slade, the Maori. Its hopes were pinned again to "Paddy" Ryan in 1886, but Sullivan simply crushed his old antagonist. Its persistent assertions that the champion's day had passed found some ground the following year, when Sullivan broke his left arm in the fight with "Patsy" Cardif. Finally, in 1888, it took heart from the draw with "Charley" Mitchell. Sullivan's prestige undoubtedly suffered a decided, if temporary, setback from this affair. Mitchell was a skilful and a wary boxer. He met the champion for $5,000 and the title at Chantilly, Prance, and dodged himself through thirty-nine rounds in safety, following "Tug" "Wilson's tactics. The event was hailed as Sullivan's Waterloo." It was declared that he had always been greatly overestimated and that he must fall before the next first class fighter to face him. Here at last was the great John L. brought low. It needed but one more trial to remove him from the honor. "Jake" Kilrain was chosen to do the removing. He had been importunate with his challenges since the Cardiff fight, and Sullivan at length accepted him. IT was a great day for such as love to count themselves wise beyond the run. It was this way, they figured, Sullivan never had the courage to fight a mouse more rounds than he could count upon his fingers and would be worthless if carried any distance, Kilrain was fast, clever and sure to prolong the interview, being best at the fag end of a1 lone battle. Ergo, Kilrain must win, greatly to the profit and satisfaction of the sapient. But other points of wisdom wore eagerly whispered about the crannies of New Orleans, where the fight loving had gathered on July 7, 1889. The champion had been living well, altogether too well, it appeared. In training he had seemed actually to be swathed in flabbiness. Moreover, that broken left arm had never properly been tried out since the accident two years before. Again, time and place gave promise of in tense heat, which could not fail to be irksome to the heavy Sullivan and sapping to his strength. Still again, Kilrain had been trained by "Charley" Mitchell, who had stalled off the big fellow so successfully. And last, Sullivan never did amount to much anyway. So there you were. Of the reasons so laboriously collected by the knowing ones, the most attractive had to do with the brevity of all of Sullivan's fights. It was an indisputable fact that up to the Mitchell sprinting race at Chantilly no one had ever stayed more than nine rounds -with the champion. And it was quite possible that if an opponent could manage to keep clear of that clubbed right until Sullivan was blown and weary the greatest hitting fighter the ring has ever seen might henceforth be powerless. It was possible because no one was In a position to prove the contrary. Meanwhile the great majority of boxing enthusiasts throughout the country, including most of those fortunate enough to be on hand at New Orleans, held fast by their faith in John L. Sullivan. They did	Shooting Sports USA \| A Short History of American Target Development and Evolution A Short History of American Target Development and Evolution by Hap Rocketto - Sunday, July 5, 2015 SUBSCRIBE Cast iron targets were the norm in competitive shooting, prior to the advent of paper targets. The first competitive shooting target in the United States was little more than a black circle drawn on a blazed tree trunk with a piece of charcoal pulled from a campfire. Frontiersmen would pace off a distance, perhaps eight, nine, or ten rods, shoot three or five shots at the mark, insert pegs into the holes, and stretch a string around them. In the end, the rifleman with the shortest string was the winner. With the formation of the National Rifle Association of America in 1871, long range target shooting changed remarkably. Riflemen would assemble at the NRA Range at Creedmoor, Long Island, and launch massive .45-caliber 530 grain soft lead bullets, propelled by 90 grains of black powder at a stately 1400 feet per second, towards iron plates arranged at up to 1000 yards. Even before the smoke cleared, the clanging of the lead slug against the metal target gave a satisfying feeling to competitors on the firing line waiting for the target marker to signal the location and value of the shot. At 200 and 300 yards they shot at the "third class" target, a six-foot by four-foot cast iron slab with an eight-inch black bullseye worth five points, four points were earned by hitting the 26-inch "center" ring. A hit inside a 46-inch circle was an "inner" or "magpie", worth three points, while any shot outside of the rings, but still on the target face, was worth two points and called an "outer." The “pits” were dug in front of the target. For 25¢ a session, young men would mark the shot location and value with a paddle and then, with a brush attached to a long stick, dab a little paint over the pockmark to offer a clean target for the marksman's next shot. The "second class" target was used at 400 to 600 yards. Painted on a six-foot by six-foot plate was a 22-inch bullseye which was surrounded by a 38-inch "center", a 54-inch "inner" and, a 70-inch "outer." Anything outside of the rings was a miss. Beyond 600 yards, they aimed at a "first class" target; a six-foot tall 12-foot wide rectangle of cast iron. The 36-inch bullseye was surrounded by a 54-inch concentric "center" circle. A six-foot square surrounded the circles and formed the "inner". The "outer" was a three-foot by six-foot wing on each end. A deep pit, from which comes our modern term for the area where targets are serviced, was dug in front of the target. In it crouched, according to A.H. Gildersleeve, one of the Gilded Age's prominent long range shots and an NRA President—an "intelligent country boy" working as a target marker. For as much as 25¢ a session, a princely sum at the time, the lad would mark the shot location and value with a paddle and then, with a brush attached to a long stick, dab a little paint over the pockmark to offer a clean target for the marksman's next shot. A simple code that was used for scoring consisted of colored discs that communicated a shot’s value. From Iron to Paper With the introduction of printed paper targets, the iron target faded away and the more familiar window sash target frame became popular for its practicality and economy. The Sliding, or Brinton Target, so called because it was first employed on the Brinton Rifle Range, near Elizabeth, NJ, is a familiar piece of range equipment, virtually unchanged for six generations, to military and civilian riflemen alike. As late as World War II, U.S. Cavalry troopers were required to shoot dismounted, single handed, at 15 and 20 yards on the Army Target "L". After they qualified on foot, they would then repeat the course of fire, this time astride a horse at the gallop. Paper targets were fixed to a heavy muslin, called target cloth, using wheat paste. Pasters, named for the glue used to apply them, were patches of black or buff colored paper used to cover shot holes. Later some unknown innovator de
In which European city would you find the 'Spanish Steps'?	Rome Italy Travel Guide and Tourist Attractions By Martha Bakerjian Rome Overview: Rome, the Eternal City, is a top travel destination in Italy with many interesting attractions. Today's Rome, Roma, is a vibrant and lively city with reminders of its past everywhere. The visitor encounters ancient monuments, medieval and Renaissance buildings and fountains, and great museums . Rome is the capital of modern Italy and boasts many fine restaurants and cafes, good nightlife, and lively streets and squares. Although it's a huge city, the historic center is fairly compact. Rome Location: Rome is in Central Italy, not far from the west coast. The main port today is Civitavecchia, where cruise ships docks to visit Rome. See Civitavecchia to Rome Transportation for information about getting to the city or airport from the port. Transportation to Rome: The best way to arrive in Rome is by train. The main station, Stazione Termini is close to the historic center. There are several outlying stations, too. You can also arrive by bus near Termini station or in Piazzale Tiburtina in front of the Tiburtina train station. continue reading below our video Tips for Visiting Rome The main airport, Fiumicino, is a major international airport and visitors from the United States often arrive here. You can take a train into the city from the airport (see Fiumicino to Rome transportation ). You'll probably want to avoid driving in Rome. Public Transportation in Rome: Rome has an extensive bus and metro system (Metripolitana) so you can get almost anywhere on public transportation, although it's often crowded. Be aware of pickpockets when riding in crowded subway cars and buses. There's a good transportation map, Roma, that's worth buying if you plan to use public transportation. Look for it in tourist offices, newspaper stands, or souvenir shops. If you plan to take a taxi in Rome, check these Rome Taxi Tips to avoid being overcharged. Tourist Information Offices: There is a tourist office in the train station that can help you find a hotel and gives out maps and information. Most staff at tourist offices speak English. The main office is on Via Parigi near the Piazza della Republica and there are tourist offices near several of the main attractions. Rome Festivals and events: During the summer there are many music and cultural events. The Festa di San Giovanni, June 23-24, is an important festival with dancing, music, and food. Around Christmas, there are nativity scenes in many churches and a big Christmas market in Piazza Navona (see Christmas in Rome ). Rome is a top place to celebrate New Year's Eve and there's a big party in Piazza del Popolo . There are religious festivals and processions during the week before Easter both in the city and at the Vatican. See Rome Month by Month to find top events during your visit. Pickpockets in Rome: Be aware of pickpockets especially in the train station, on the metro, and in crowded tourist areas. Pickpockets may be groups of children, people trying to get you to read something, or even a woman carrying a baby in a blanket or shawl. As in all crowded places and big cities, you should always carry your credit cards, money, and passport in a travel pouch under your clothing. Rome Hotel and Lodging Recommendations: Places I've stayed in Rome and recommend: Daphne Inn - a small, personal bed and breakfast with two central locations. They even give you a cell phone so you can call them if you need help or suggestions. Hotel Residenza in Farnese - nice 4-star hotel in a great location near Campo di Fiori. Hotel des Artistes - large but quiet budget to moderate accommodations near the train station. The private rooms are very nice and there are dorm beds available, too. See Where to Stay in Rome for top-rated lodging choices from budget to luxury in all parts of the city including the historic center and near Termini Station . Rome Weather: Rome has a Mediterranean climate. It is sometimes unpleasantly hot in the summer. Romans will tell you the best weather is to be had in October. They even have a word, ott	Index-a What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for? Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia? G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention? Name the core specialism of notable Anglo-Danish industrialist Sir Ove Nyquist Arup (1895-1988) and the global (Arup Group) corporation he created: Pharmacy; Structural engineering; Shipbuilding; or Food canning? The famous guitar maker founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1902 is: Gibson; Fender; Rickenbacker; or Gretsch? Calabria, flanked by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, is the southern peninsular of which country? In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly: Coil; Rhythm; Pill; or Condom? What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912: Rubber; Cotton; Gold; or Silk? What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above? If a fifth of the charges in a $60 bill are discounted by 25%, what is the total cost? What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive? The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art? Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil? What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval? Ogilvy & Mather, WWP and James Walter Thompson famously operate in: Law; Advertising; Auditing; or Architectural design? What mathematical term originated from Arabic 'awar', meaning 'damage to goods', evolving through French terminology for an apportionment of shipping liabilities between owners of vessel and cargo? What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)? Avian refers to: Birds; Bees; Apes; or Vikings? Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications? Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936? Brazil's first ever football match as a national team was in 1914 at Laranjeiras stadium, Rio de Janeiro state, against: Argentina; USA; Prussia; or Exeter City? What is/are 'pince-nez': Cream and wine sauce; Ferry tug-boats; Armless spectacles; or Four-legged trousers for dogs? The Arabic term 'Al-jebr' (reunion of broken parts) is famously associated with: Disaster relief; TV news; Twin skyscrapers; or Algebra? The UHF wireless technology developed by Eriksson in 1994 for data transfer between devices in close proximity is: Silverlip; Bluetooth; Rednose; or Goldeye? What is the '1c Magenta', which (at $20m) became the most expensive man-made object ever in terms of weight to value? A circular partner-swapping ballroom dance, named after a 1700s maritime leader, is the: William Bligh; Paul Jones; Horatio Nelson; or James Hook? The Stone Age was roughly how many years ago: 4-5,000; 50-100,000; 500,000-1million; or 1-2m? Originally a French portmanteau word combining a shoe and boot, what means 'wilfully destroy'? What is the recurring number when two-thirds is expressed as a decimal? A lodestone (or loadstone, from old English meaning 'leading-stone' or 'way-stone') is a naturally occurring what? Which controversial Swiss sports head, accused of racism, sexism and corruption 1990s-2000s, was once president of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders, which advocated women should not replace stockings and suspenders with pantyhose? Bambino is the family trust of which controversial business mogul, subject to criminal proceedings in Germany 2014? Boundary-pushing Dutch media corporation Endemol sought participants in 2014 for a reality show requiring the group to: Marry each other; Marry animals; Have face transplants; or Live indefinitely on Mars? The volcano Olympic Mons, three times taller than Mount Everest, and the highes
The Kingdom of Lesotho is completely surrounded by which country?	Lesotho Map / Geography of Lesotho / Map of Lesotho - Worldatlas.com Print this map Lesotho, officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a mountainous, landlocked country completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa , that was first settled by Bantu speaking people who called themselves the Basotho. During the 19th century, the Basothos fought a series of wars, under the ruling of Moshoeshoe, against Boer settlers from the Netherlands , resulting in an extensive loss of land. By 1868, the land (known as Basutoland) was placed under British protection, and the Boers were ordered to leave. In 1869 a treaty between the Boers and British was signed defining boundaries between the two. Unrest soon followed for the Basotho peoples, and they began fighting amongst themselves over the new land divisions. The Boers inability to control their territory resulted in the British regaining authority in 1884, and when the Union of South Africa was founded in 1910 Britain moved to transfer Basutoland into the new Union - much to the opposition of the people. The annexation was suspended, and in 1959 the new constitution allowed Basutoland its first elected legislature. On October 4, 1966, Basutoland attained full independence, and was renamed the Kingdom of Lesotho. The Basotho National Party ruled until 1970, then a "de facto" government ruled until 1986 when a military coup forced the leader, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, out of office. Executive powers were then granted to the ceremonial monarch, King Moshoeshoe II. However, in 1987, the King was exiled after he prepared a document indicating how he wanted additional executive powers. His son, Letsie III, became King. In 1993, democratic government returned and Moshoeshoe II returned from exile as a regular citizen. In 1994, King Letsie III entered into negotiations to reinstate his father as the head of state. Letsie III abdicated the throne in favor of his father in 1995, but in January 1996, assumed the throne again after Moshoeshoe II died in an automobile accident. In 1998 the electoral structure of the country was reviewed, and the result was a brand new electoral system, one that ensured that the opposition would be represented in the National Assembly. Successful elections were held under this new system in May 2002. Lesotho now has a parliamentary form of government, with the Prime Minister as head and with executive authority. The king no longer possesses any executive authority, and is prohibited from participating in political initiatives and serves primarily in a ceremonial capacity. Lesotho's main economy is based on the exportation of diamonds along with water sold to South Africa . Regardless, nearly 40% of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day. See Also	Jeopardy Night -- BYOJeopardy Jeopardy Night What is the tallest mountain in Africa? Geography Which Indian festival is celebrated once every twelve years? RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY Falafal Which is the longest running film in indian cinema so far? Movies Largest Footwear Retail Chain in India About India This island is also considered a continent. Geography KRISHNA & RAMA ARE BOTH CONSIDERED AVATAR OF THIS HINDU GOD RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY Tarzan Which Walt Disney Movie Is It? (1999) He was raised by gorillas in the jungle, and didn't even know that he was a human being until he stumbled upon a party of explorers. Now he's torn between loyalty to his gorilla family and his new found friends, and he must decide which group he belongs with. Movies Oldest Stock Exchange in India About India Alaska Which american states has more active volcanoes than all other states combined? Which American state has more active volcanoes than all other states combined? - See more at: http://www.readersdigest.com.au/geography-trivia#sthash.kbZvbw5G.dpuf Name the smallest island shared by two countries. Name the smallest island shared by two countries Name the smallest island shared by two countries Name the smallest island shared by two countries Geography 3 pt Mahashivarathri One of the Hindu festivals is celebrated by fasting throughout the day and staying awake at night in prayer. Which is this festival? RELIGION & MYTHOLOGY
Which serial killer lived at 10 Rillington Place?	10 Rillington Place (1971) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Based on the real-life case of the British serial killer John Christie, and what happened to his neighbours Tim and Beryl Evans. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 21 titles created 08 Sep 2011 a list of 35 titles created 03 Oct 2011 a list of 31 titles created 24 Jun 2013 a list of 47 titles created 29 Oct 2015 a list of 23 titles created 10 months ago Title: 10 Rillington Place (1971) 7.6/10 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. Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. See more awards » Photos Rillington Place (TV Mini-Series 2016) Crime A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s. Stars: Jodie Comer, Tim Roth, Nico Mirallegro A series of brutal murders in Boston sparks a seemingly endless and increasingly complex manhunt. Director: Richard Fleischer A young blind woman is pursued by a maniac while staying with family in their country manor. Director: Richard Fleischer An idealistic rookie cop joins the LAPD to make ends meet while finishing law school, and is indoctrinated by a seasoned veteran. As time goes on, he loses his ambitions and family as police work becomes his entire life. Director: Richard Fleischer Edit Storyline London, 1949. John Christie is an unassuming, middle-aged man who, along with his wife Ethel, lives in the ground-floor flat at 10 Rillington Place. His demeanor masks the fact of being a serial killer. His modus operandi is to act as a person with a medical background, lure unsuspecting women to his apartment on the pretense of curing them of some ailment, knock them unconscious with carbon monoxide gas, gain his sexual release through contact with the unconscious body, then strangle the victim dead before disposing of the body somewhere in the house or outside area. His next intended target is Beryl Evans, a young woman who has just moved into the top flat in the house. Beryl's husband, Tim Evans, is an illiterate man who likes to put on airs. Already with an infant daughter named Geraldine, the Evanses learn they are going to have another baby, which they cannot afford to have, nor can they afford to abort the pregnancy. This problem, on top of the constant issue of lack of money ... Written by Huggo The true story of John Christie - the serial killer. See more » Genres: 29 January 1971 (UK) See more » Also Known As: 10 Rillington place See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia The movie's closing epilogue states: "Christie confessed his crimes and was hanged at Pentonville Prison. Twelve years later Timothy John Evans was pardoned, his body exhumed and reburied in consecrated ground". See more » Goofs The caption '1949' appears on the screen as the Evans family come to view the top floor of 10 Rillington Place, but in fact they moved in in 1948. See more » Quotes Timothy John Evans : How do you actually do it? John Reginald Christie : That's something only doctors and myself know about, it has to be secret you understand. See more » Crazy Credits Prologue to opening credits: "This is a true story Whenever possible the dialogue has been based on official documents" See more » Connections Referenced in Nekromantik (1987) See more » Frequently Asked Questions (derby, kansas usa) – See all my reviews This British thriller is one of the best films I have ever seen. It tells the story of John Christie, the serial killer whose "career" lasted from the middle 1940's until the early 1950's. The name is taken from the scene of the murders; 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill, London. Chillingly portrayed by the great actor Richard Attenborough , Christie was a little mouse of a man who first lured	Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: February 2012 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Specialist Rounds 21 February 2012 Tonight’s specialist questions have been set by the Puss In Boots, and vetted by the Albion. Entertainment: Radio Ha Ha Q1. What four unimaginative new names were given to the Home Service, Light and Third Programmes and their associated services following a reorganisation on 30 September 1967? A1. BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4 [all four station names required]. Q2. The Mary Whitehouse Experience was Radio 1’s first attempt at a comedy series in 1989. The four original writers included Rob Newman and Hugh Dennis. Name one of the other two who went on to TV fame? A2. David Baddiel or Steve Punt Q3. The Million Pound Radio Show that aired in the mid-1980s launched the career of which TV funny man that went on to make ‘loadsamoney’? A3. Harry Enfield Q4. Which long-running topical television panel game was a taken from an idea first tested by Radio 4’s The News Quiz? A4. Have I Got News for You Q5. What was peculiar about Radio 4’s eight-and-a-half hour continuous broadcast on Boxing Day 2000? A5. Uninterrupted and unabridged reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (because JK Rowling refused to let it be serialised). Q6. Jack Dee now gives the panel members of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue silly things to do, but whose famous jazz-trumpet playing shoes did he fill? A6. Humphrey Lyttelton Q7. Where is the radio show Old Harry’s Game set? A7. Hell Q8. Who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, originally a radio comedy, first broadcast in 1978? A8. Douglas Adams Supplementaries Q9. In which BBC Radio programme could you have found the characters Neddie, Eccles, Min, Major Bloodknock and Count Moriarty? A9. The Goon Show Q10. Mark Steel presenter of Mark Steel’s in Town, also writes a column for which national daily newspaper? A10. The Independent or the "i" Geography Q1. The Oresund bridge joins two European countries - name either of them. A1. Sweden or Denmark Q2. Which river separates Devon and Cornwall? A2. Tamar Q3. Which Motorway links Glasgow and Edinburgh? A3. M8 Q4. Which Motorway links Coventry and Leicester? A4. M69 Q5. Which is the only English port offering passenger ferry services to the Republic of Ireland? A5. Liverpool Q6. Which is the only English port offering passenger ferry services to Scandinavia? A6. Harwich (runs to Esbjerg in Denmark) Q7. Which British National Park has the longest Coastline? A7. Pembrokeshire Coast (260 miles) Q8. Near which British city would you find the mumbles? A8. Swansea Q9. What is the highest denomination Euro banknote available? A9. 500 Euro Q10. St Davids, St Thomas and St James Park are all railway stations in which British City? A10. Exeter Q1. Who was the maternal grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany? A1. Queen Victoria of Great Britain Q2. What was St Petersburg known as between 1914 and 1924? A2. Petrograd [and then Leningrad until 1991 but I specifically want “Petrograd”] Q3. Who was Chancellor of West Germany at the time of its reunification with East Germany? A3. Helmut Kohl Q4. The Falange were a far right wing group holding power from the 1930s to 1970s in which European country? A4. Spain Q5. In which year did Ted Heath's Government impose the "Three Day Week"? A5. 1974 [leeway 1973-1975] Q6. Which British Prime Minister lived at Chartwell in Kent from 1924 to 1965? A6. Winston Churchill Q7. Apart from West Germany and France, name one other of the founding members in 1952 of the European Coal and Steel Community? A7. Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg Q8. In 1963, which French president vetoed the UK's application to join the European Economic Community? A8. Charles De Gaulle Supplementaries Q9. What was the name of the trade union that went on strike at the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk in 1980? A9. Solidarity ("Solidarnosc" if anyone can remember the Polish). Q10. What is the name of the Bosnian town, infamous as the site of the July 1995 mass murders perpetrated by Ratko Mladic's forces? A10. Srebrenica [pronounced Sreb-ren-it
Which football team are nicknamed the tractor boys?	Soccer Club Nicknames And What They Mean Soccer Club Nicknames And What They Mean Soccer Club Nicknames And What They Mean A selection of the weird and wonderful club nicknames in world soccer Juventus' nickname reflects a long and successful history. Valerio Pennicino / Getty Images By Stewart Coggin Updated April 23, 2016. The origins of some soccer club nicknames are fascinating, often unique to a certain area or moment in history. It is common for clubs to have a variety of nicknames, but here are 10 of the most interesting ones. Arsenal (the Gunners) The club was formed in 1886 by workers at Woolwich Arsenal Armament Factory. Initially called Dial Square, the club would be renamed as Woolwich Arsenal before dropping the prefix in 1913. The connection to the Armament Factory remained despite the club moving to north London, and they are still known as the Gunners. River Plate (millionaires) The Argentinean giants became known as Los Millionaros (millionaires) after they moved from Boca, a working class district of Buenos Aires to a wealthier area in 1938. The Spanish club are known as Los Colchoneros (the mattress makers) because their shirts resemble a traditional pattern on Spanish mattresses. continue reading below our video The Fastest Miles Ever Run Everton (the Toffees or Toffeemen) There are several explanations for the origin of this moniker. Some believe it hails from a toffee shop near the ground which sold the Everton Mint, while another explanation is that ‘Toffees’ was a nickname for the Irish, of whom there were many in Liverpool. FC Koln (billy goats) The club were founded in one of the working class districts of the Rhineland city, and goat is a derogatory name for the poor. Geissbock (billy goat) stuck and Koln still parade a mascot goat called Hennes – after former coach Hennes Weisweiler – before every home match. Nimes (the Crocodiles) The emblem of the French city is a crocodile tied to a palm tree. Nimes was once a favorite resting place of Roman soldiers who had conquered Egypt (the crocodile stands for Egypt and the palm symbolizes victory). The shirt has a crocodile graphic on the body. Ipswich Town (the Tractor Boys) The English club are widely known as the ‘Blues’ or ‘Town’, but acquired a new nickname during their first appearance in the Premier League. Ipswich are called The Tractor Boys because of the agricultural links to the area. When they played Birmingham City, the opposition fans sang “no noise from the Tractor Boys” during a routine win, and soon their own supporters began using the name to refer to themselves as they jovially highlighted the club’s lack of glamor compared to their more illustrious opponents. Galatasaray (Cim Bom Bom) The Turkish club, set up by students of a French high school, went on tour to Switzerland in the early 1900s where they learnt a Swiss song called Jim Bom Bom. Once they returned home it got lost in translation. Olympiakos (legend) The Greek outfit became known as Thrylos (legend) after a successful run in the 1930s which garnered six league titles. For a spell, the side featured a forward line made up exclusively of the five Andrianopoulos brothers.	LewisWright's Blog :: Championship Predictions 2016/17 (Part 4/4) Championship Predictions 2016/17 (Part 4/4) Lewis Wright , LewisWright's Blog on August 05 0 So here we are, after three quiet months without competitive domestic football, England's second tier is back and promises to be as competitive as ever. Fulham host Newcastle in the first match of the season tonight and ahead of the hotly anticipated fixture, I have attempted to predict where each of the 24 teams will be placed come the final round of fixtures on May 7. Parts one to three have focused on the teams placed 24th - 7th, and that leaves this final blog to preview the sides that I have positioned in the top six. Which team will have their hands on the English Championship trophy on May 7? 6th – Ipswich Town Ipswich fans have been crying out for owner Marcus Evans to spend some money on new players, with manager Mick McCarthy – now the division’s longest serving boss – incredibly only paying a fee for five players ahead of this summer’s transfer market. The Yorkshireman has been given money to spend of late however, even if it scarcely compares to that of many of the other clubs who would be considered their promotion rivals ahead of the 2016/2017 campaign. With academy product Matt Clarke going the other way, Town have captured arguably the most promising young defender from the lower leagues in Adam Webster, while Paul Digby, Grant Ward, and Conor Grant have all joined the 21 year-old at Portman Road ahead of the new season. Another relatively quiet window in terms of players joining the club, the Ipswich faithful will be reassured by the lack of activity in the other direction. The likes of Luke Varney, Kevin Foley, and Jay Tabb have all been shown the exit door by McCarthy, but, crucially for the Tractor Boys, strikers David McGoldrick, Freddie Sears and Daryl Murphy all remain at the club, while talented midfielder Teddy Bishop is back fully fit after missing almost the entirety of last season. 5th – Derby County Derby have been promising their fans promotion for what seems an eternity, falling just short in each of the previous three campaigns (3rd, 8th, 5th). The club have also been through five managers in that short period of time, including former England boss Steve McLaren. Nigel Pearson is the latest man to be tasked with finally guiding this underperforming side back into the Premier League after what has already been an eight year absence. Somewhat surprisingly given their transfer activities of recent years, Pearson has not brought in any new players this summer. But new faces were not what the club needed, with a squad that oozes class at this level, the former Leicester manager has more than enough quality to be aiming for the play-offs at the very minimum. The Rams could miss the experience of Jake Buxton and Stephen Warnock, who are both on their way to Wigan after a number of successful seasons at Pride Park. Where some might interpret the lack of activity as a sign of Pearson’s struggle to bring in new faces, I would argue that it should be viewed as a positive that the squad are content with their new boss and the ideas that he has brought to the club during pre-season. The charismatic Nigel Pearson has returned to football management to take charge at Derby County. 4th – Brighton & Hove Albion Aside from a manager who will feature later on and has continued his tenure at Newcastle United, Brighton boss Chris Hughton is, in my opinion, the top coach outside of the Premier League. The former Republic of Ireland international has already guided former club Newcastle to a Championship title during a season in which he was also named manager of the year, and his new four-year deal at the Falmer Stadium is yet another sign of how content the board are with their current boss. Moving away from the coaching staff and towards the players, many at Brighton will be disappointed with the departure of Iñigo Calderón, who has been an excellent servant for the club, but, perhaps more importantly, those joining The Seagulls will certainly excit
Thomas Keneally, author of ‘Schindler’s Ark’ was born in which country?	Thomas Keneally (Author of Schindler's List) edit data Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction. He is best known for writing Schindler's Ark, the Booker Prize-winning novel of 1982, which was inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. The book would later be adapted to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Often published under the name Tom Keneally in Australia. Life and Career: Born in Sydney, Keneally was educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, where a writing prize was named after him. He entered St Patrick's Seminary, Manly to train as a Catholic priest but left before his ordination. He worked as a Sydney schoolteacher before his succe Thomas Michael Keneally, AO (born 7 October 1935) is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction. He is best known for writing Schindler's Ark, the Booker Prize-winning novel of 1982, which was inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor. The book would later be adapted to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Often published under the name Tom Keneally in Australia. Life and Career: Born in Sydney, Keneally was educated at St Patrick's College, Strathfield, where a writing prize was named after him. He entered St Patrick's Seminary, Manly to train as a Catholic priest but left before his ordination. He worked as a Sydney schoolteacher before his success as a novelist, and he was a lecturer at the University of New England (1968–70). He has also written screenplays, memoirs and non-fiction books. Keneally was known as "Mick" until 1964 but began using the name Thomas when he started publishing, after advice from his publisher to use what was really his first name. He is most famous for his Schindler's Ark (1982) (later republished as Schindler's List), which won the Booker Prize and is the basis of the film Schindler's List (1993). Many of his novels are reworkings of historical material, although modern in their psychology and style. Keneally has also acted in a handful of films. He had a small role in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (based on his novel) and played Father Marshall in the Fred Schepisi movie, The Devil's Playground (1976) (not to be confused with a similarly-titled documentary by Lucy Walker about the Amish rite of passage called rumspringa). In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). He is an Australian Living Treasure. He is a strong advocate of the Australian republic, meaning the severing of all ties with the British monarchy, and published a book on the subject in Our Republic (1993). Several of his Republican essays appear on the web site of the Australian Republican Movement. Keneally is a keen supporter of rugby league football, in particular the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles club of the NRL. He made an appearance in the rugby league drama film The Final Winter (2007). In March 2009, the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, gave an autographed copy of Keneally's Lincoln biography to President Barack Obama as a state gift. Most recently Thomas Keneally featured as a writer in the critically acclaimed Australian drama, Our Sunburnt Country. Thomas Keneally's nephew Ben is married to the former NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally. ...more	Spielberg Wins at Last With 7 Oscars for 'Schindler's List' - NYTimes.com Spielberg Wins at Last With 7 Oscars for 'Schindler's List' By WILLIAM GRIMES Published: March 22, 1994 "Schindler's List," Steven Spielberg's wrenching drama about the Holocaust, dominated the 66th annual Academy Awards last night, winning seven Oscars, including those for best picture and best director. The film, which was lavishly praised by the critics and scored a solid hit at the box office, was considered a shoo-in in both categories. The awards were a milestone in Mr. Spielberg's career. Although he is the most commercially successful director in Hollywood history, an Oscar, and recognition by the academy as a serious cinematic artist, eluded him until last night. He was previously nominated as a director three times, for "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial." As a producer, he had been nominated twice, for "E.T." and "The Color Purple." "Schindler's List" won Oscars for Janusz Kaminski's cinematography and Steven Zaillian's screenplay, adapted from the novel by Thomas Keneally. It also won for art direction, original score and editing. 3 for 'Jurassic Park' Such was the wave of acclaim surrounding "Schindler's List" that it seemed to pass almost unnoticed that last year Mr. Spielberg also directed the biggest moneymaker in movie history, "Jurassic Park," which picked up awards for visual effects, sound and sound-effects editing. In his acceptance speech for the directing award, Mr. Spielberg, who was greeted with a standing ovation, brandished his statuette and said, "I have friends who have won these before, but I swear I have never held one before." Visibly moved and fighting back tears, he concluded his thanks by invoking the memory of the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. The only competition to "Schindler's List" came from "The Piano," which won three awards. Holly Hunter was named best actress for her performance as a mute mail-order bride in 19th-century New Zealand, and Anna Paquin, 11, was named best supporting best actress for her role as the daughter. The film also won the award for best original screenplay, written by its director, Jane Campion. "In the Name of the Father," which received seven nominations, failed to win a single award. The award for best actor went to Tom Hanks, for his role in "Philadelphia" as a lawyer dying of AIDS who sues the firm that dismissed him. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Hanks, his voice quavering with emotion, thanked his colleagues on the film, especially Denzel Washington, and his high school drama teacher, who once advised him, "Act well the part, there the glory lies." Mr. Hanks also paid tribute to those who have died of AIDS, saying "the heavens are too crowded with angels." Ms. Hunter, in her acceptance speech, looked out to Ms. Campion and said: "I love you, I love you. Thank you for giving me a character that was so difficult to say goodbye to." Tommy Lee Jones, who played the hard-nosed deputy marshal in "The Fugitive," received the Oscar for best supporting actor. In his acceptance speech, Mr. Jones, the crown of whose head was shaved for a role, said, "There is only one thing a man can say at a moment like this: I am not bald." A Minimum of Politics This year's ceremonies started on a note of uncertainty, as Billy Crystal had stepped down after four years as host. His successor, Whoopi Goldberg, wearing a floor-length brown velvet dress, swept to the front of the stage and immediately addressed the great unstated question of the evening: Would the outspoken, unpredictable comedian behave herself? "There haven't been this many executives sweating over one woman since Heidi Fleiss, baby," she said. Then, promising to get her political concerns out of the way early, she reeled off a rapid-fire litany of slogans, beginning with "save the whales" and concluding with "let Frank Sinatra finish" and "somebody stop these damn earthquakes." Crashing right through the taste barrier, Ms. Goldberg also called for Lorena Bobbit
What is the largest living sub-species of the tiger?	Iconic Cats: All 9 Subspecies of Tigers Iconic Cats: All 9 Subspecies of Tigers By Live Science Staff \| November 16, 2010 02:39pm ET MORE Sumatran Tiger Credit: © Iorboaz, dreamstime Tigers are the largest members of the cat family (Felidae) and one of the most charismatic endangered species on the planet. Over the last century, tiger numbers have fallen by about 95 percent and tigers now survive in 40 percent less of the area they occupied just a decade ago, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Tigers have the species name Panthera tigris. There are nine subspecies of tigers, three of which are extinct. A meeting set to begin in Russia on Sunday (Nov. 21) will examine some of the issues facing tigers in the wild and efforts to better conserve the six surviving tiger subspecies. Here we look at what sets each of these species apart. Amur (or Siberian) tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) Credit: David Lawson / WWF-UK. Amur tigers (also known as Siberian, Manchurian, Ussurian, or Northeast China tigers) are the largest of the tiger subspecies. Males can grow up to more 10.5 feet (3.3 m) from head to tail and weigh up to 660 pounds (300 kilograms). Females are smaller, reaching just 8.5 feet (2.6 m) in length and about 200 to 370 pounds (100 to 167 kilograms) in weight. Amur tigers have paler orange fur than the other tiger species and brown instead of black stripes. They have white chests and bellies and a white ruff of fur around their necks. According to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Save the Tiger Fund, wild Amur tigers are found in two main populations in in the Russian Far East, the primary population of about 450 individuals covers 60,000 square miles (156,000 sq km) in Primosky and Khabarovski Krais, and another small population of about 35 individuals occurs on the Russia-China border and into northeast China. Officials representing China's Jilin province and Russia's Primorsky province, areas just north of the Korean peninsula, recently signed an agreement to set up a protected area straddling their countries' common border to safeguard the tiger, which is listed as Endangered on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. Like many other threatened species, Amur tigers are being bred in zoos around the world to boost their populations and maintain healthy genetic stocks. Amur tiger triplets born in September recently made their public debut at the Pittsburgh Zoo. The Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo also has a set of Amur tiger cubs. Indian (or Bengal) tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) Credit: stock.xchng The most numerous of the tiger species, the Bengal tiger is found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan. India is home to the largest population, estimated to between 2,500 and 3,750 individuals, according to the Save the Tigers Fund. While most Bengal tigers have the coloration typically associated with their species, a recessive gene for coloration causes some to be cream or white in color instead of orange, according to the WWF. These "white" tigers are rarely found in the wild. Wild tigers dwell in dry and wet deciduous forests, grassland and temperate forests and mangrove forests. While this subspecies has more individuals left in the wild than its brethren, it is still listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) Credit: © Xiaobin Qiu, dreamstime Found in central and eastern China, the South China tiger is listed as Critically Endangered on the Red List one step higher than Endangered. According to the WWF, the South China tiger is estimated to be functionally extinct. Currently 47 South China tigers live in 18 zoos, all in China, the WWF says. Exact numbers of wild tigers, if there are any left, are unknown. Only 40 years ago there were reputed to be more than 4,000 tigers, but the government declared them pests, and they were hunted, according to the Save the Tigers Fund. Field surveys conducted in 1987 and 1990 found evidence of a few tigers in the remote mountains of Guangdong, Hunan, and F	Silvergate Prep Jeopardy Template 100 Princess Peach In video gaming, what is the name of the princess whom Mario repeatedly stops Bowser from kidnapping? 100 What does Woody from Toy Story have in his boot? 100 We just set a goal, talkin' matchin' Lambos 100 what is the hottest planet 100 Who was the second president of the United States? 200 What Nintendo system was released after the N64 and before the Wii 200 What animals portray surfer dudes in Finding Nemo? 200 Chains Nick jonas I gave all my heart but she won't heal my soul She tasted a break and I can't get more 200 All land-dwelling living things depend upon what source of energy 200 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 300 What color is the ring of death on an Xbox that signifies a hardware failure? 300 Which Princess is in the Disney classic Aladdin? 300 Drake best i ever had Cause she hold me down every time I hit her up When I get right I promise that we gone live it up 300 The only planet that has a day longer than its year is ... 300 What did "prohibition" outlaw in the early 1900s? 400 In Mortal Kombat, what phrase is heard when scorpion uses his spear. 400 Which film does Eddie Murphy do the voice-over for a red Chinese dragon? 400 Beyonce irreplaceable Because you was untrue Rollin' her around in the car that I bought you Baby drop them keys Hurry up before your taxi leaves 400 Who was the first American to Orbit the Earth 400 Who allied with America during the Revolutionary war 500 The legend of Zelda Which 1986 Nintendo game is set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, and centres on a boy named Link? 500 Name the rock on which Simba will stand as King in Lion King 500 I want it that way Backstreet Boys Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why
Who won the Scottish FA Cup in 2014?	My Football Facts & Stats \| Scottish Football \| All-Time Trophy Winners Scottish Football All-Time Trophy Winners 1873-74 to 2015-16 Scottish Football All-Time Trophy Winners 1873-74 to 2015-16 Table detailing the distribution of the 326 Scottish domestic trophies awarded from season 1873-74 to 2015-16 plus the three major European honours won by Scottish clubs. The first Scottish League Championship in 1890-91 was shared between Dumbarton and Rangers after both teams finished level on points and a subsequent play-off match was also drawn. The 2013 Scottish League Cup Final was won by St Mirren for the first time, while St Johnstone won their first trophy in 110 years when they won the Scottish FA Cup in 2014. Inverness Caledonian Thistle won their first trophy when they lifted the 2014-15 Scottish FA Cup.	FA Cup final 2009: Everton dared to dream of beating Chelsea - Telegraph Chelsea FA Cup final 2009: Everton dared to dream of beating Chelsea For 20 minutes most of England dreamed. They dreamed that there was still magic in the FA Cup, they dreamed that the workers could overthrow the plutocrats. Not their day: the Everton fans were hoping of an upset after Louis Saha scored after 25 seconds Photo: PA By Mark Reason 11:27PM BST 30 May 2009 They dreamed that there was still a point to the world's oldest cup competition. Then Didier Drogba appeared like the dark lord in the middle of Everton's mortal defence and put an end to such fanciful nonsense. When Louis Saha had scored the fastest goal in FA Cup history after just 25 seconds it was like the hope diamond. The Everton fans surged up. All the way to Wembley they had sung their songs in vocal defiance of Chelsea's pitifully muted support. But now they really believed. They believed it was possible to beat a richer and better team. The Everton players ran around like wild men. When has Saha ever worked this hard. Steven Pienaar was heroic and Marouane Fellaini was giving Chelsea no end of bother. Then little by little, Everton started to come apart at the seam. It was the right hand seam of the team and it was starting to fray. Related Articles Terry denies Makelele claims 29 May 2009 You wouldn't wish it on anyone but Tony Hibbert, the Everton right back, was freezing in the sunshine. Slow to see the problem Phil Neville was not covering far enough across from his central position and Leon Osman was not working hard enough to get back. It proved Everton's downfall. Once again Chelsea found room down their left and Florent Malouda, the game's outstanding player, curled in a cross that Drogba headed in. That was it. Everton's manager David Moyes tried to plug the gap at half-time. He pulled Hibbert off, told Osman to sit deeper and moved Neville further across, filling in for his captain with Fellaini. Futile. It was like building the Thames barrier out of Lego. Even the switch contributed, in a mocking way, to Chelsea's winning goal. When Frank Lampard turned on the edge of the box Neville would have been there in the first half. But having to scramble across from his wider position, he was wrong footed and Lampard does what he does best. Shoot. The sight of Roman Abramovich smiling like the white witch will have done little to soften the misery of the Everton fans as Chelsea crushed their team and powered on to deserved victory. But at what cost to football. There was a posse of Everton fans heading towards the stadium before the start wearing blue T-shirts with the script: "Rage like lions after slumber, in unvanquishable number, shake your chains to earth like dew, which in sleep had fallen on you, ye are many, they are few." It's not often you walk down Wembley Way and get an eyeful of Percy Bysshe Shelley, but you could see where the northern lads were coming from. There was hardly a Chelsea fan in sight in the hours leading up to the kick-off. They were probably all still in the boozers off the King's Road. The Chelsea fans were the few. There seemed a feeling of "just another cup final" coming out of West London. The fans just about turned up in time for kick-off, sending a huge blue "Chelsea FC Thank You Guus" rippling across their outstretched hands, but they didn't have a lot to say for themselves. When the London Gospel Community Choir, decked out in the type of white suits that Liverpool players used to wear to Cup finals, gave a thrilling rendition of Abide with me it almost sounded like a personal plea from Abramovich. Unfortunately a lot of neutrals, who used to love the strollers from Stamford Bridge in the days of Charlie Cooke and Peter Osgood, can't abide Chelsea any more. They can't abide the fact that the FA Cup has been turned into the personal property of the big four. Once the glory of English football, the FA Cup is now a second rate, four team play-off that lags f behind the Champions League. OK, so occasionally miracles do happen. Last y
What word links these: detector, polish, scrap	metal - English-Spanish Dictionary - WordReference.com metal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. (gold, silver, etc.) metal nmnombre masculino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente masculino ("televisor", "piso"). The government is talking about mining asteroids for metals. metal adjadjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house." (made of metal) metálico/a adjadjetivo: Describe el sustantivo. Puede ser posesivo, numeral, demostrativo ("casa grande", "mujer alta"). She's carrying water in a metal pail. metal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. informal (music: heavy rock) (voz inglesa) heavy metal loc nom mlocución nominal masculina: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como sustantivo masculino ("ojo de buey", "agua mala"). metal nmnombre masculino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente masculino ("televisor", "piso"). Erin liked to listen to metal. metal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. (road metal) grava nfnombre femenino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente femenino ("mesa", "tabla"). The construction worker poured road metal into the pot hole. metal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. (glass) The glassblower turned the metal on the rod. metal [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." (put road metal on) poner grava loc verblocución verbal: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como verbo ("sacar fuerzas de flaqueza", "acusar recibo"). The city metaled the damaged roads. metal [sth] vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat." (cover with metal) metalizar ⇒ vtrverbo transitivo: Verbo que requiere de un objeto directo ("di la verdad", "encontré una moneda"). cubrir de metal loc verblocución verbal: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como verbo ("sacar fuerzas de flaqueza", "acusar recibo"). The jeweler metaled the stone figurine. babbit metal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. (soft alloy) metal Babbitt grupo nomgrupo nominal: Expresión que combina un sustantivo con sus modificadores y complementos, que forman una expresión compuesta usual, sin llegar a ser una locución nominal fija ("adjudicación de herencia", "despedida de soltero"). metal de cojinete grupo nomgrupo nominal: Expresión que combina un sustantivo con sus modificadores y complementos, que forman una expresión compuesta usual, sin llegar a ser una locución nominal fija ("adjudicación de herencia", "despedida de soltero"). base metal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. (non-precious metal) metal común nmnombre masculino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente masculino ("televisor", "piso"). It was a cheap base metal but the gold plating made it look expensive. earth metals nplplural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors." (metallic minerals) metales térreos nmplnombre masculino plural: Sustantivo masculino que se usa únicamente en plural ("maritates", "víveres"). heavy metal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. (metal with high density) metal pesado loc nom mlocución nominal masculina: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como sustantivo masculino ("ojo de buey", "agua mala"). Heavy metals, like lead and mercury, are toxic and therefore are a frequent environmental problem. heavy metal nnoun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. (hard rock music) (voz inglesa) heavy metal loc nom mlocución nominal masculina: Unidad léxica estable formada de dos o más palabras que funciona como sustantivo masculino ("ojo de buey", "agua mala"). heavy nmnombre masculino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente masculino ("televisor", "piso"). She was not pleased when her son's heavy metal band began practicing in the basement. rock metálico loc nom mlocución nominal masculina: Unidad léxica estable	Salzburg and Dresden – The Denver Post Editorial: Jeffco activists court disaster in Dinosaur Ridge dealership fight 1. To see some of the locations for the movie “The Sound of Music” you would stop in Salzburg, a famous city in which landlocked country? 2.Sugar cane is used to produce ethanol, which provides approximately 40 percent of the fuel used in which large South American country? 3. The Suleimaniye (soo-lee-MAN-ee-ay) Mosque, built to honor a 16th-century Ottoman ruler, can be seen in what city? 4. What is the name of Canada’s largest lake, which is located in the Northwest Territories? 5. What South American country is separated from Trinidad and Tobago by a narrow strait called the Serpent’s Mouth? 6. What European country established a trading base in Macau in 1557? 7. In the 1950s, the North African colonies of Algeria and Tunisia gained independence from which country? 8. Famous for its baroque palaces and formal gardens, Dresden, known as the “Florence of the Elbe River,” is found in which country? 9. The Vakhan Corridor, a narrow stretch of land separating Tajikistan from Pakistan, is part of which country? 10. Poland is bordered to the north by the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia and which sea? ANSWERS: 1. Austria 2. Brazil 3. Istanbul 4. Great Bear Lake 5. Venezuela 6. Portugal 7. France 8. Germany 9. Afghanistan 10. Baltic Sea National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society Denver International Airport has nation’s fastest public Wi-Fi speeds — and it’s free January 19, 2017, 10:28 am Denver International Airport had the fastest Wi-Fi speeds among the 20 busiest airports, according to Ookla testing in the fourth quarter of 2016. January 18, 2017, 12:39 pm Tired of your ear buds falling out all the time? Try these headphones. 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A 'Royal Sovereign' is a variety of which fruit?	Strawberry Plants 'Royal Sovereign' (12 plants) : Pomona Fruits, Buy Fruit Trees, Soft Fruit Bushes, Apple Trees, Raspberry Canes, Grape Vines, Strawberry Plants Carriage & packing charges Our standard delivery charge to mainland UK is £7.95. Some items (where stated) are p&p inclusive. If you are only ordering items that are p&p inclusive, the standard delivery charge does not apply. Deliveries to the Scottish Islands and Highlands, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and addresses with the following postcode prefixes may incur surcharges: AB31-38, AB40-56, HS, IV, KA27-28, KW, PA20-88, PH4-50, ZE, GY, JE, IM, BT Please contact us for a quote to these destinations. We regret we are unable to deliver outside the British Isles. Despatch Dates We regret we are unable to give precise delivery dates as weather conditions can affect the despatch schedule. The following information should only be used as a guide on the understanding that we may not be able to keep to these dates precisely. Fruit trees, soft fruit bushes & hedging (bare root) Bare root fruit trees, soft fruit bushes and hedging will be despatched from late November until early May. Orders placed before mid November will usually be despatched by mid December. Orders placed after mid November will usually be delivered within 28 days of the order being placed. Orders placed from mid April onwards will be despatched within 14 days. Fruit trees & soft fruit bushes (pot grown) Pot grown fruit trees are available May to September and will be despatched within 28 days. Cell grown raspberries are available from late May to mid July and will be despatched within 28 days. Blackberries, blueberries, cranberries, honeyberries, lingonberries, figs, goji berries and pot grown grapes, gooseberries and currants will be despatched within 28 days unless ordered with plants that are due to be despatched at a later date. Under these circumstances, to avoid additional carriage charges, the entire order will be sent together when everything is available. Strawberry plants Fresh dug strawberry plants will be despatched from October to late November. Coldstored strawberry plants will be despatched from mid March to mid July. Orders placed during these periods will usually be delivered within 28 days. Some varieties are only available as coldstored plants (see product description for availability). Asparagus crowns Asparagus crowns will be despatched from late March/early April to late May. Orders placed during this period will usually be despatched within 14 days. Hardware Hardware will be despatched within 28 days unless ordered with plants that are due to be despatched at a later date. Biological Controls (Natural Predators) Natural Predators are despatched at the appropriate time for application (see product description for detailed information). When "in season" they are despatched direct from our supplier in batches on a weekly basis - we send orders to our supplier every Thursday and they despatch these orders Wednesday the following week by first class post.	Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`Bike +A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually?`Hum +Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015?`Eisenhower +Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called? `Tidal +At auction in 2015, $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original handrwitten lyrics for which 1971 big hit song? `American Pie +In 2015 what global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its 114 competitors, for the first time since 1951 inception? `Miss World +Which vast tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' branded intelligent home store in Palo Alto California in 2015?`Google +In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age to what?`18`eighteen +The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as?`Camel Flu +Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what extraordinarily successful book?`Fifty Shades of Grey`50 shades of grey +Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015?`Rupert Murdoch`murdoch +In 2015 a new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that leader Kim Jong-un learnt to drive at age?`3`three +Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?`Toyota +In 2015 evidence of water was found on which planet?`Mars +Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?`India +Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open?`Stan Warwinka`warwinka +What company launched the S6 Edge smartphone?`Samsung +Which leading professional networking tech corporation, whose main revenue is selling user access/details to recruiters, bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?`Linkedin`linked in +'Dismaland' was the temporary theme park/exhibition of which famous 'anonymous' artist?`Banksy +Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?`Volkswagen`vw +In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?`Russia +The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015?`eighty`80`80th +Name the Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?`Charlotte +The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled?`Fury Road`mad max: fury road`mad max fury road +The Magna Carta, signed in London, and inspiring constitutional rights globally thereafter, was how many years old in 2015?`eight hundred`800 +In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in what country?`Indonesia +Olav Bjortmont became 2015 world champion in?`Quizzing`quiz +Lars Lokke led his centre-right party to 2015 government election victory in what country?`Denmark +Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the...?`Priv +Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called "Music... "?`Stories +Eddie Jones was appointed head coach of which English sporting team in 2015?`Rugby Union`rugby +According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular among USA children?`Apples`apple +Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey celebrated what birthday in 2015?`49`fourty-nine`fourty nine`49th +Jon Snow was killed off in what TV series in 2015, adapted from GRR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?`Game of Thrones +Finance minister Yanis Yaroufakis caused comment for not wearing a tie in February 2015 when negotiating the debts for which nation?`Greece +What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?`Canada +What iconic equine-alluding company, in countless books/films/cowboy holsters, filed for bankruptcy in 2015?`Colt +Due to a 2015 contamination scandal in India/Afica, which corporation destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi noodles?`Nestle +How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015?`60`sixty +It was announced in 2015 that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced on?`$10 bill`$10`tendollars`ten dollar bill`ten
Who in May 2009 was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson?	How Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson \| US news \| The Guardian Phil Spector How Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson The second trial of Harvey Phillip Spector for the murder of Lana Clarkson was dominated by one phrase: "I think I killed someone" Actor Lana Clarkson, who was killed by Phil Spector in 2003. Photograph: AP Dan Glaister in Los Angeles Monday 13 April 2009 19.46 EDT First published on Monday 13 April 2009 19.46 EDT Close This article is 7 years old The second trial of Harvey Phillip Spector for the murder of Lana Clarkson was dominated by one phrase: "I think I killed someone." The 69-year-old record producer, creator of pop's "wall of sound", was said to have uttered that phrase as he emerged from his home in the small hours of Monday, 3 February 2003. Behind him, slumped in a fake Louis XIV chair, lay the body of Clarkson, a 40-year-old actor he had met earlier that night when she was working at the House of Blues venue on the Sunset Strip The full force of Los Angeles's celebrity crime armada descended: news helicopters hovered overhead, high-priced lawyers – celebrities in their own right – were summoned, news crews and the idly curious gathered to peer through the iron railings of Spector's home. Spector, too, played the part, seeming to revel in a return to the spotlight. He provided other staples of the Hollywood justice story: the tirade on the steps of the courthouse, the elaborate and downright weird hairdo, the rococo attire, the trophy wife, the phalanx of bodyguards. "She kissed the gun," he told one interviewer. While the first trial was dominated by forensics and the finer points on how blood spatters, the rerun came down to an elaborate game of did he, didn't he, involving meditations on memory, suggestibility and English language proficiency. At the centre of the dispute was Spector's stand-in chauffeur on the night of Clarkson's death, Adriano de Souza, a Brazilian student who proved an unflappable witness. Despite his occasional awkwardness with English, De Souza recounted how he had collected Spector for an evening out that had seen him visit a clutch of Hollywood haunts, Trader Vic's and Dan Tana's, imbibe a huge amount of alcohol – "navy grog", 150-proof tequila – and share his evening with two dates before ending at the House of Blues. There, Spector met Clarkson, an actor whose role, far removed from the showbusiness recognition she craved, was to guard the VIP area. Initially she took the freakishly coiffed Spector for a woman, before being corrected by the management and told to treat him "like gold". After some persuasion she agreed to go home with Spector for a nightcap, watching Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye in the back of the Mercedes S430 limousine driven by De Souza on the way to "Phil Spector's Pyrenees castle", a 33-room turreted mansion perched on a hill in the unprepossessing Los Angeles suburb of Alhambra. Two hours later, she was dead. For the second trial, almost six years after Clarkson's death, Spector downsized. Gone was the retinue of heavies that had marched into court with him every day the first time around. He was accompanied by just one bodyguard, and his young wife, Rachelle. His legal team was reduced to a single lawyer, Doron Weinberg. Facing him was the same lead prosecutor from the first trial, Alan Jackson. Without the theatrics of that trial, Weinberg's speciality was studied doubt. De Souza, he noted, had been through eight variations of the phrase "I think I killed someone" in recounting events to investigators. Surely that suggested sufficient doubt to acquit, Weinberg argued. But ultimately, Spector came up against a barrage of evidence. Clarkson had given no indication that she was suicidal, the defence's proffered explanation. Why would someone who was just about to shoot themselves go out and buy multiple pairs of shoes? The trial heard expert testimony that people rarely kill themselves on the spur of the moment, and almost never at the home of a stranger. More damning for the defence was the judge's decision	London - Chelsea Flower Show - Photos of the week - The week in pictures - May 21-27, 2016 - Pictures - CBS News West Point cadet in tears The most compelling images from the week's news, May 21-27, 2016. Soon-to-be pinned 2nd Lt. Alix Schoelcher Idrache, with his face covered in tears, looks back at the crowd during the commencement ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, May 21, 2016. In seven years, Indrache went from speaking basic English in a working class neighborhood in Port-au-Prince to graduating from one of the most prestigious military and educational institutions in the United States. This July, Idrache will enter the Army Aviation Center for Excellence at Fort Rucker, Alabama, as West Point's top-ranking graduate this year in physics. This July, Alix train to be a pilot at Fort Rucker, Alabama, as West Point's top-ranking graduate this year in physics. By CBSNews.com Senior Photo Editor Radhika Chalasani Credit: Staff Sgt Vito T. Bryant/Army London - Chelsea Flower Show The stigma of a Meconopsis 'Slieve Donard' is seen at the Chelsea Flower Show in London, May 24, 2016. Credit: Stefan Wermuth/REUTERS Topless Hillary supporters Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton takes a photo with supporters John Nelson, 32, (L) and Dan Stifler, 32, (C) after speaking at the UFCW Union Local 324 in Buena Park, California, May 25, 2016. Credit: Lucy Nicholson REUTERS Ukrainian pilot releasaed Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko reacts at Boryspil International airport outside Kiev, May 25, 2016. Savchenko spent nearly two years in detention for Russian allegations she was involved in the killing of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine in 2014. She was convicted earlier this year, but was traded for Russian captivse. Credit: Gleb Garanich/REUTERS Fleet Week The wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan passes the Statue of Liberty as it arrives in New York Harbor to mark the beginning of Fleet Week in New York City, May 25, 2016. Credit: Lucas Jackson/REUTERS Mount Sinabung Primary school children wear masks while studying in the classroom in Karo district, North Sumatra province, on May 24, 2016, as Mount Sinabung is seen spewing out volcanic ash through the school window reflection. Indonesian rescuers searched for survivors in scorched villages and devastated farmlands after the volcano erupted in clouds of searing ash and gas, killing seven and leaving others fighting life-threatening burns. Credit: Fatima Elkareem/AFP/Getty Images 5000 Poppies Garden A volunteer stands to the entrance of the 5000 Poppies Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show in London on May 23, 2016, the garden, created by Australians Lynn Berry and Margaret Knight is a tribute to their fathers who both fought in WWII. The Chelsea flower show, held annually in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, runs from May 24-28. Credit: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images New Delhi - Plane crash Indian bystanders and emergency personnel gather around the wreckage of an aircraft which crash landed in a field on the outskirts of New Delhi on May 24, 2016. An air ambulance crash landed in a field near New Delhi airport on Tuesday, but all seven people on board survived, police said. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images Obama in Vietnam President Barack Obama speaks at the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative town hall event in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25, 2016. Obama urged communist Vietnam on May 24 to abandon authoritarianism, saying basic human rights would not jeopardize its stability, after Hanoi barred several dissidents from meeting Obama. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images France - Giraffes A giraffes nuzzles another giraffe at the African Reserve (Réserve Africaine ) of Sigean, southern France on May 24, 2016. Credit: Raymond Roig/AFP/Getty Images Migrants rescued off Libya Migrants are seen on a capsizing boat before a rescue operation by Italian navy ships "Bettica" and "Bergamini" off the coast of Libya in this photo released on May 25, 2016. Twenty two separate coast guard rescue operations were conducted in
Halophytes are plants adapted to growing in which conditions?	Greening the desert: Growing halophytes on unproductive land with saltwater irrigation \| Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Greening the desert: Growing halophytes on unproductive land with saltwater irrigation By A.L. Smith January 26, 2015 It sounds almost too good to be true – converting wasteland to productive fields and using ocean water, not fresh, to do it. Maybe, but then again, these plants have been used for centuries as sources for food in coastal communities [1] and scientific research into their potential dates back at least to the 1950’s [2]. Current experiments are being conducted by Edward Glenn of the University of Arizona and Dennis Bushnell at NASA’s Langley Research Center [3] and what they are finding holds promise for sustainably cultivating these plants to not only produce oil seeds, animal feed, medicines, cosmetics, and leafy vegetables for human consumption; but to use them to sequester carbon, remediate saline soils and even extract heavy metals from contaminated sites. But what are these miracle plants? Halophytes are plants that have evolved to survive and reproduce in the high saline conditions found in coasts, wetlands, and inland deserts. These plants have developed complex mechanisms on many levels to cope with their environment. Not only are they salt-tolerant, many species can survive in waterlogged soil or even completely submerged in saltwater. Because their adaptations occur at the plant, cellular, and molecular levels, there is not simply a single gene that can be spliced into conventional crops to confer these benefits – attempts to do so have not been successful [1, 2]. But there are many types of these plants, at least 2,600 [3] and upwards of 4,000 [4], and different varieties can be cultivated for a range of products and to thrive in a variety of soil conditions and climate zones. Researchers from our own University of Delaware, John Gallagher and Denise Seliskar, have done work with the seashore mallow, a plant that can grow in salty and desert soils and accept seawater for irrigation. This no-invasive plant can produce seeds that are around 20% oil, making it comparable with soybeans as a base for biofuels. Other parts of the plant can be used for animal feed, cloth production, and for mulch or animal bedding [3]. Halophytes can also be used to restore damaged soil, because they can absorb salt and heavy metals, and thereby helping to reclaim the 40% of irrigated land that has been lost to salt intrusion and the 10 million hectares we lose every year [5], not to mention the potential for brownfield rehabilitation. Halophyte agriculture could also play a synergistic role in the world’s fastest growing form of food production – aquaculture [6]. As we continue to deplete the world’s wild fisheries, a new market for farm raised fish has developed and continued to grow since the early 1980’s to meet our expanding appetite. Though these fisheries help to provide the world with protein and relieve some of the stress on our natural fisheries, the effluent they produce can be toxic to marine life if it is just dumped back into the ocean. Enter halophytes. For these plants, the salty and waste laden effluent could actually represent a source of the nutrients they need, mainly nitrogen and phosphorous [7]. By combining these two forms of food production we could be on our way to developing a sustainable form of food production that could be easily adopted anywhere in the world where there is desert land near a large body of saltwater. Possibilities for Africa and the Middle East spring immediately to mind. As I write this I wonder why we do not have halophyte fields everywhere where conditions warrant their use. The only answer I can think of, or at least one of the most probable, is that it is immense and complex undertaking to develop a productive agriculture system for a whole new ecological group of plants. Knowing which plants are right for which soils and for what final products will require agro-scientists to work closely with local farmers who are knowledgeable about	YouTube Undo Close "Carly Simon - Nob..." The YouTube account associated with this video has been terminated due to multiple third-party notifications of copyright infringement. Sorry about that.
Tiger Beer originates in which Commonwealth country?	Tiger delivery Singapore - AsherBWS Founded : 1932 Singapore’s first locally brewed beer. Available in more than 60 countries worldwide. Tiger beer can was featured in the 2002 movie The Transporter with Jason Statham. Crates of Tiger Beer also appeared in the 2008 film Tropic Thunder. In 2001 Hong Kong action thriller The Accidental Spy played by Jackie Chan, Tiger beer was the preferred beer that was featured.	Medal Tally for the Commonwealth Games Home > Events > Multi > Commonwealth Games > Medals > Tally Commonwealth Games Medal Count Medal counts in the Commonwealth Games tend to be heavily slanted towards the largest, industrialized nations such as England, Australia and Canada, making the games somewhat one-sided. Australia has dominated recently, finishing in the top position for the previous six Commonwealth Games. The limited success of the smaller nations are a source of national pride, and give them a feeling of being part of the greater Commonwealth group. Host nations get a medal boost too, highlighted by the success of India in 2010. The following list includes the first four ranked teams for each year. Ranking is based first on the number of gold medals, then silver and bronze. Occasionally ranking based on the total number of medals will give a different order. See the full ranking list from the years 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , and 2014 . List of the top medal winning countries for each Games Year
Which parallel was the truce line in the Korean War?	Eisenhower Presidential Library The Korean War After five years of simmering tensions on the Korean peninsula, the Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when the Northern Korean People's Army invaded South Korea in a coordinated general attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel, the line dividing communist North Korea from the non-communist Republic of Korea in the south. North Korea aimed to militarily conquer South Korea and therefore unify Korea under the communist North Korean regime. Concerned that the Soviet Union and Communist China might have encouraged this invasion, President Harry S. Truman committed United States air, ground, and naval forces to the combined United Nations forces assisting the Republic of Korea in its defense. President Truman designated General Douglas MacArthur as Commanding General of the United Nations Command (UNC). The first several months of the war were characterized by armies advancing and retreating up and down the Korean peninsula. The initial North Korean attack drove United Nations Command forces to a narrow perimeter around the port of Pusan in the southern tip of the peninsula. After the front stabilized at the Pusan perimeter, General MacArthur surprised the North Koreans in September 1950 with an amphibious landing at Inchon behind North Korean lines, forcing the North Koreans to retreat behind the 38th parallel. In October, the United Nations, urged by the United States Government, approved the movement of UN forces across the 38th parallel into North Korea in an effort to unify the country under a non-communist government. In spite of warnings issued by the Chinese Government, the United Nations forces moved toward the Yalu River, marking the North Korean border with Manchuria. Discounting the significance of initial Chinese attacks in late October, MacArthur ordered the UNC to launch an offensive, taking the forces to the Yalu. In late November the Chinese attacked in full strength, pushing the UNC in disarray south of the 38th parallel with the communist forces seizing the South Korean capital, Seoul. In early 1951 the Chinese offensive lost its momentum and the UNC, bolstered by the revitalized 8th U.S. Army led by General Matthew B. Ridgway, retook Seoul and advanced back to the 38th parallel. From July 1951, until the end of hostilities the battle lines remained relatively stable and the conflict became a stalemate. The Truman Administration abandoned plans to reunite North and South Korea and instead decided to pursue limited goals in order to avoid the possible escalation of the conflict into a third world war involving China and the Soviet Union. When General MacArthur publicly challenged the Truman Administration's conduct of the war, the President, "...concluded that...MacArthur is unable to give his wholehearted support to the policies of the United States Government..." and relieved him from command in April 1951, replacing him with General Ridgway. Acting on a campaign pledge, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower went to Korea on December 2, 1952. After visiting the troops, their commanders and South Korean leaders, and receiving briefings on the military situation in Korea, Eisenhower concluded, "we could not stand forever on a static front and continue to accept casualties without any visible results. Small attacks on small hills would not end this war." President Eisenhower sought an end to hostilities in Korea through a combination of diplomacy and military muscle-flexing. On July 27, 1953, seven months after President Eisenhower's inauguration as the 34th President of the United States, an armistice was signed, ending organized combat operations and leaving the Korean Peninsula divided much as it had been since the close of World War II at the 38th parallel. The Korean U.N. "police action" prevented North Korea from imposing its communist rule on South Korea. Also, the United States' actions in Korea demonstrated America's willingness to combat aggression, strengthened President Eisenhower's hand in Europe as he sought to organize European	Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information.
Which film director dived to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in March 2012?	Mariana Trench: James Cameron completes record-breaking mission \| Film \| The Guardian James Cameron Mariana Trench: James Cameron completes record-breaking mission Titanic director becomes first person to perform solo voyage to floor of seven-mile-deep canyon – the oceans' deepest point Monday 26 March 2012 07.16 EDT First published on Monday 26 March 2012 07.16 EDT Close This article is 4 years old The film director James Cameron was today described as a real-life Avatar after he returned safely from a one-man mission to the Mariana Trench , the deepest point of Earth's oceans. Cameron emerged from his 12-tonne, lime green submarine, Deepsea Challenger, early this morning after travelling nearly seven miles down to the desert-like bottom of the trench. His ship was equipped with 3D cameras to shoot footage for a planned documentary, using lighting from a spectacular eight-foot tower of LEDs. The director of Titanic and Avatar , who has maintained a long-term interest in the secrets of the oceans' depths, was able to direct and film the action from within the sub. "There is scientific value in getting stereo images because ... you can determine the scale and distance of objects from stereo pairs that you can't from 2D images," Cameron told National Geographic News ahead of the dive. As he reached the bottom of the trench, which is about 200 miles south-west of the Pacific island of Guam, Cameron sent out a tweet reading: "Just arrived at the ocean's deepest pt. Hitting bottom never felt so good. Can't wait to share what I'm seeing w/ you" . James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger submersible. Photograph: Reuters The Mariana is 120 times larger than the Grand Canyon and more than a mile deeper than Mount Everest is tall. The dive was the first into the depths of the trench since Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard and US navy captain Don Walsh spent 20 minutes there in 1960. Unlike Cameron, they were unable to see – let alone film – very much as their submarine kicked up too much mud from the ocean floor. Expedition doctor Joe MacInnis said Cameron's journey had been "the ultimate test of a man and his machine", describing his friend as a real-life "avatar". He said: "He's down there on behalf of everybody else on this planet. There are seven billion people who can't go, and he can. And he's aware of that." The expedition was organised and funded by Cameron himself, an oceanography enthusiast since childhood, along with the National Geographic Society, Rolex and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The director, 57, has undertaken 72 deep-sea submersible dives, 33 of which were to the wreckage of the Titanic, the subject of his 1997 hit film. He expects the trip to the Mariana Trench to be the first of many. Expedition member Patricia Fryer told National Geographic News the Deepsea Challenger's journey to the depths was far more useful scientifically than cheaper unmanned missions. "The critical thing is to be able to take the human mind down into that environment," said the marine geologist. "To be able to turn your head and look around to see what the relationships are between organisms in a community and to see how they're behaving – to turn off all the lights and just sit there and watch and not frighten the animals, so that they behave normally. That is almost impossible to do with an ROV [remotely operated vehicle]." The Titanic director had to develop a special camera to withstand the 11km descent into the Pacific Ocean, writes Andrew Pulver Published: 29 Mar 2012 Film-maker describes the Mariana trench as 'very lunar' after completing a dive only ever done by two others Published: 26 Mar 2012 Film-maker and explorer hands one-man craft that plunged him to Pacific Ocean's deepest point to oceanographic institute Published: 26 Mar 2013 Footage has been released from the film director's voyage to the Mariana Trench, the deepest point of the Earth's oceans Published: 27 Mar 2012	Bear Grylls — The Movie Database (TMDb) Report Biography Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls (born 7 June 1974) is a British adventurer, writer and television presenter. He is widely known for his television series Man vs. Wild (2006–2011), originally titled Born Survivor: Bear Grylls in the United Kingdom. Grylls is also involved in a number of wilderness survival television series in the UK and US. In July 2009, Grylls was appointed the youngest-ever Chief Scout in the UK at age 35. Grylls was born in Donaghadee, County Down, Northern Ireland.He grew up in Donaghadee until the age of four, when his family moved to Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. He is the son of Conservative politician Sir Michael Grylls, who was implicated in the cash-for-questions affair, and Lady Sarah Grylls. Lady Grylls is the daughter of politician Patricia Ford, briefly an Ulster Unionist Party MP, and cricketer and businessman Neville Ford. Grylls has one sibling, an elder sister, Lara Fawcett, a cardio-tennis coach, who gave him the nickname 'Bear' when he was a week old. Grylls was educated at Ludgrove School and Eton College, where he helped start its first mountaineering club, and Birkbeck, University of London, where he graduated with a degree, obtained part-time, in Hispanic studies in 2002. He graduated from the University of West of England. From an early age, he learned to climb and sail with his father, who was a member of the prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron. As a teenager, he learned to skydive and earned a second dan black belt in Shotokan karate. At age eight he became a Cub Scout. He speaks English, Spanish, and French. He is a Christian, and has described his faith as the "backbone" in his life. Grylls married Shara Cannings Knight in 2000. They have three sons. In August 2015, it was reported that Grylls had deserted his young son, Jesse, on Saint Tudwal's Island along the North Wales coast, as the tide approached, leaving him to be rescued by the RNLI. The RNLI later criticised him for the stunt, saying its crew "had not appreciated" that a child would be involved.
Which WWI battle occurred on a peninsular south of Istanbul in Turkey?	Tour the WW1 battle sites of Turkey's Gallipoli peninsula near Istanbul \| Daily Mail Online comments There's something life-changing about a trip that's half-pilgrimage, half-holiday - as I found when I went on the trail of my ancestor, killed in 1915 at Gallipoli. My great-grandfather, the 5th Earl of Longford - father of the late Lord Longford, the prisons and anti-pornography campaigner - was one of the 34,000 Allied soldiers who died in the eight-month-long, disastrously bloody campaign. This year marks the 95th anniversary of the battle - and of my great grandfather's death. I set out thinking it would be a worthy but mournful pilgrimage. I ended up stumbling upon an unspoilt chunk of heart-stoppingly pretty Turkish coastline, free from the tourist developments that have scarred so many resorts further east. Safe harbour: Kilibahir port, near Gallipoli. Churchill's plan involved sending a flotilla of ships up the Dardanelles in World War I The Gallipoli peninsula is around 150 miles south-west of Istanbul, with the Aegean on one side, and a thin channel of water, the Dardanelles, on the other, leading down from the Black Sea. The fatal campaign had been dreamt up by Winston Churchill. His idea was to send a flotilla of ships up the Dardanelles, take Istanbul and bring victory in World War I. Ironically, those eight terrible months in 1915 ensured the area was made a national park, meaning Gallipoli's gently rolling hills and fields will remain unspoilt for ever. The air is rich with sweet-smelling rosemary, juniper and wild thyme. Nightingales roost here, sending out their liquid songs across the vineyards. In spring, rich patches of wildflowers are strewn across the cliffs the Allies fought so hard to take. The 5th Earl of Longford was one of the 34,000 Allied soldiers who died at Gallipoli The beaches where they landed are deserted and sheltered, the water warm. You pretty much get the place to yourself, but for the gardeners of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, cropping the graveyards with military precision, and farmers tending their vines. Turkish wine, by the way, is underrated. On the first evening, I took the edge off my tiredness with a bottle of Kavaklidere Anatolian, a dryish white wine. Look out, too, for Narbag, Turasan and Doluca wines. There are two ways to visit Gallipoli. Holts Tours, the battlefield specialist, takes a six-day tour around all the major battle sites. I preferred to go alone, flying to Istanbul, followed by a leisurely day's journey south to Gallipoli. As you drive on the empty, well-kept road that weaves down the peninsula, on the right lies the Aegean Sea and, beyond, Greece. Far in the distance lies Skyros, the island, where the poet Rupert Brooke died from a mosquito bite on his way to Gallipoli. To your left you have the Dardanelles and can see clearly across the blue-green water to the hazy, beige hills of Asia, only three miles away. This stretch of the Dardanelles - also called the Hellespont - was swum by Lord Byron two centuries ago, in homage to the ancient Greek lovers, Hero and Leander. Every night, Leander would swim across the treacherous water, flowing fast and cold, south from the Black Sea, to see his lover, Hero, guided there by the flame she lit in her tower house. One wintry night, the wind blew out Hero's flame, and Leander, lost in the swirling waters, drowned. I stopped for lunch in Gelibolu - or Gallipoli, the town that gave the campaign its name, although it is some way north of the battlefields. The seafood is cheap and fresh here, much of it plucked straight from the Dardanelles; and the thin trickle of tourists hasn't diluted standards. Restaurants and cafes are strung all around the harbour, clustering round a handsome Byzantine tower. A domed plateful of sardalya (fresh, grilled sardines) at the Gelibolu Restaurant, followed by baklava (flaky, honey-soaked, pistachio nut-pastry), went well with a bottle of Efes beer. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share After lunch, I headed further south. It's easy to find your way along the em	Salamanca \| Britain's Greatest Battles \| Online Exhibitions \| National Army Museum, London Legacy The Context The Peninsular War began with the French and Spanish invasion of Portugal in 1807. In 1808 Napoleon turned on his Spanish ally, placing his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne. An expeditionary force commanded by Arthur Wellesley was despatched to Portugal and enjoyed initial success, defeating the French at Vimeiro in August 1808. By 1812 Wellington had secured Lisbon behind the Lines of Torres Vedras and then driven French troops from Portugal. The beginning of 1812 saw Wellington take the offensive into Spain. The town of Ciudad Rodrigo was taken on 8 January and, following a costly assault, the formidable fortress of Badajoz fell to the allied force of Britain, Spain and Portugal on 6 April. While there were 230,000 French troops in Spain at this time, they were divided between five armies and Napoleon’s imminent campaign against Russia meant that reinforcements were not available. Wellington had ensured French forces were held in place by Spanish regular and guerrilla actions that pinned them down throughout the peninsula. Once General Rowland Lord Hill severed communications between Marshal Marmont and Marshal Soult, capturing the Tagus crossing at Almaraz in May, Marmont’s isolation made him Wellington’s prime target. Wellington marched on Salamanca and entered the city on 17 June. Ten days later he took three of the outlying forts in an attempt to force Marmont into action. With Marmont unwilling to commit, Wellington moved out to manoeuvre against him, probing for an advantage that would allow him to force a battle. Wellington’s intelligence reports, however, warned that Marmont was soon to be reinforced by troops sent by Joseph Bonaparte. Fearing he had lost the initiative, Wellington was forced to consider the abandonment of Salamanca and retreat back to Portugal. The Armies Marshal Auguste Marmont (1774-1852) was a skilled artillery officer who had been an aide to Napoleon in his 1796 campaign in Italy. Once Marshal Massena was defeated decisively by Wellington at Fuentes de Onoro (1811), Marmont replaced him as commander of the Army of Portugal. By July 1812 this army consisted of 50,000 men and 78 guns. Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley (1762-1852), Earl of Wellington, had been appointed to command in Portugal on 6 April 1809, following the death of General Sir John Moore. He had made his name in a series of campaigns in India, including significant victories against Tipu Sultan in 1799 and at Assaye in 1803. He had already had success against the French in the peninsula, defeating them at Talavera in July 1809, for which he was given the title Earl of Wellington. At Salamanca, Wellington’s army was 48,000-strong and included contingents of both Portuguese and Spanish troops. He also commanded 60 guns. The Battle By 22 July 1812 the two armies were west of Salamanca. Skirmishes broke out around two flat-topped hills that dominated the area, known as the Greater and Lesser Arapiles. The British occupied the Lesser whilst the French had the Greater. As the armies continued to move south-west, with Marshal Marmont attempting to block Wellington’s route to Portugal, Wellington’s forces remained hidden behind ridges north east of the Lesser Arapile. Marmont believed he knew his enemy. Wellington was a defensive general and would not be attacked on ground not of his own choosing. When Marmont noticed dust clouds created by Wellington’s baggage train, he believed his whole army to be in retreat. He instantly ordered three divisions to sweep quickly westwards to cut off Wellington’s escape. Wellington immediately seized his opportunity. Realising that Marmont had overstretched his forces, he launched a series of hammer-blows against the French columns. Major-General Edward Pakenham’s 3rd Division surprised Marmont’s left wing, which was shattered. Wellington then unleashed Major-General John Gaspard Le Marchant’s cavalry brigades, causing further havoc amongst French lines and accounting for ‘40,000 Fren
Between April and July 1997 Andrew Cunanan killed 5 people (beginning with Jeffrey Trail in Minneapolis, David Madson, near Rush City, Minnesota, Lee Miglin in Chicago, William Reese in Pennsville, New Jersey) before shooting himself. Who was his 5th victim, shot in Miami Beach, Florida?	The Killer's Trail \| Vanity Fair Twitter In Miami’s pagan, over-the-top South Beach, particularly among the large gay contingent, Gianni Versace had been a tanned, adored idol. Now the emperor lay dead, gunned down almost Mob-style on the steps of his lavish Mediterranean villa, shot in the head and face in broad daylight. The [#image: /photos/54cc0c54998d4de83ba4c613]prime suspect, dressed in nondescript shorts and a baseball cap, came in close for the kill and then coolly walked away along Ocean Drive. He knew very well that the act of murdering Versace, the Calabrian-born designer whose flamboyant clothes virtually defined “hot,” who tarted up the likes of Princess Diana and Elizabeth Hurley but whose gowns also made Madonna and Courtney Love more elegant, would instantly catapult him to where he had always fantasized being: at the center of worldwide attention. Until recently, Andrew Cunanan, 27, was just a gay gigolo down on his luck in San Diego. A voracious reader with a reported genius-level I.Q., he coveted the lifestyles of the rich and famous. He tracked possible sugar daddies with care and would say with a pout that he didn’t know whether to fly to New York or Paris for dinner. He could describe the texture and delicacy of the blowfish he claimed to have eaten at an $850 Japanese lunch. Or he could say of a work of art what year it had been painted, who had owned it through the centuries, what churches it had hung in. His wit was biting, his memory photographic. Cunanan’s story is a singular study in promise crushed. Wherever he went, he craved the limelight and aspired to the top, whether through charm or falsehood. In the end he reached an exclusive pinnacle that provided him with the celebrity he had always sought: he became America’s most wanted fugitive. More than a dozen law-enforcement bodies, including the F.B.I., were seeking to question him not only about Versace’s murder but also about four others that took place between April 27 and May 9. The sadistic savagery of those crimes reverberated throughout America’s gay communities. Two of Cunanan’s alleged victims, Jeffrey Trail, 28, and David Madson, 33, looked as if they had walked off a Kellogg’s Corn Flakes box: from upright, loving, midwestern families, they were intelligent, handsome, and well liked. Cunanan considered Trail, a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis, to be his best friend, and referred to him as “my brother.” Madson, a rising architect, was the great unrequited love of Cunanan’s life. Although they had broken up in the spring of 1996, Cunanan still kept Madson’s picture taped to his refrigerator door. The third victim, esteemed in Chicago political and social circles, was much older and very rich, a type Cunanan was known to research carefully. Real-estate tycoon Lee Miglin, 75, also professed to have been happily married for 38 years. The Miglin family has vociferously denied that Lee or his 25-year-old son, Duke, a fledgling actor in Hollywood who has a bit part in this summer’s Air Force One, ever met Cunanan. The fourth dead man, William Reese, a 45-year-old caretaker of a Civil War cemetery in New Jersey with a wife and son, is considered by clinicians who study serial killers a “functional homicide.” Unlike the other victims, Reese was probably murdered simply for his 1995 red Chevrolet pickup truck. Trail, Madson, and Miglin, however, carried the personal signature of what criminologists call a “pathological, sadistic sexual offender.” The killer’s trail ended on July 23, when a caretaker checking on an unoccupied houseboat anchored off Collins Avenue, less than three miles north of Versace’s mansion, discovered someone inside and heard a shot. He immediately notified police, who moved in a swat team and lobbed tear gas into the houseboat. It took more than 12 hours for police to announce that they had finally found the body of Andrew Cunanan in a second-floor bedroom. They said that he had shot himself in the mouth and left no suicide note. By hiding in Miami after Versace’s murder, Cunanan had broken his usual patter	27: A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse: Howard Sounes: 9780306823688: Amazon.com: Books From Booklist Rolling Stones cofounder Brian Jones drowned in his swimming pool; Jimi Hendrix overdosed and choked on his own vomit in a London hotel; Janis Joplin overdosed on heroin; Jim Morrison died of heart failure while in the bathtub of a Paris hotel room; Kurt Cobain committed suicide by shooting himself; Amy Winehouse drank herself to death. All are members of the notorious 27 Club: they all died prematurely young at the age of 27. Their stories are fascinating pieces of music trivia, but Sounes (Fab, 2010) is interested in why they behaved the way they did. What specifically made them so self-destructive? (Sounes includes an appendix of an additional 44 members of the 27 Club, including the bluesman Robert Johnson.) Although only Cobain deliberately committed suicide, Sounes argues that all six killed themselves. All were intelligent and talented, he maintains, but most had personality problems of some sort, such as depression or bipolar disorder; in addition, many were the children of divorced parents and had low self-esteem. Fans of these musicians will be intrigued and saddened by this fascinating and tragic account. --June Sawyers --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. Review Praise for 27 This fine study looks at the tragic history of the 27 Club. Much of the book's power lies in its refusal to pander to the romantic-melancholy notion of the tortured young artist who lives fast and dies young. Instead the squalor and chaos of their everyday existence is exposed in uncompromising detail. This book is not about more rock star mythologizing. It's about skewering the mystery of the 27-connection, by exposing its all-too-tragic reality.”Sunday Times (UK) In a multi-stranded biography, Howard Sounes has set himself the task of finding a link between the lives and deaths of these six rock stars. Sounes's masterstroke is to unearth forensic levels of detail on his subjects. He has pulled off what could have been a tasteless project with sensitivity.”The Times (UK) This book is the first time that these committee members, as it were, of the 27 Club have been buried together under the same covera gruesomely enjoyable read.”The Spectator (UK) The 27 Club is the exclusive members-only society that music stars don't want to join. Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Brian Jones all died aged 27 and the biographer Howard Sounes uses this unhappy coincidence [to look] at the rock-star trajectory that brought them all to a premature end. Recommend[ed].”New Statesman (UK) Sounes mixes biography with investigative journalism, social science, and rock history into a work that is as engrossing as it is depressingThough he doesn't pull any punches when it comes to sensitive information about his subjects, he does write with a care that is refreshing for a topic that could easily devolve into ambulance chasing. Sounes, a true crime writer, is especially incisive when it comes to dispatching conspiracy theories built around many of these deaths. He captures the sad truth behind a club for which a youthful death is the only entrée.”Publishers Weekly, 9/23/13 If you like reading about brilliant young people destroying themselves, this is your bookHard living started early will take its toll, and it's not a complete coincidence they all died when they did, but it's not a mystic number either, and Sounes disposes easily with the conspiracy theories that have collected around the dead stars.”The Age (Australia), 9/21/13 [Sounes] is a tenacious researcher[He] painstakingly demolishes conspiracy theories and other forms of magical thinking.”The Observer (UK), 8/17/13 Sounes offers a stern corrective to the adage that it's better to burn out than to fade away. The author takes a refreshingly skeptical view of the belief that a conspiracy accounts for the deaths of
John Scopes was put on trial in 1925 in the USA for teaching the theories of which scientist?	An introduction to the John Scopes (Monkey) Trial Darrow questions Bryan during the Scopes Trial (July 20, 1925) (Smithsonian) The early 1920s found social patterns in chaos. Traditionalists, the older Victorians, worried that everything valuable was ending. Younger modernists no longer asked whether society would approve of their behavior, only whether their behavior met the approval of their intellect. Intellectual experimentation flourished. Americans danced to the sound of the Jazz Age, showed their contempt for alcoholic prohibition, debated abstract art and Freudian theories. In a response to the new social patterns set in motion by modernism, a wave of revivalism developed, becoming especially strong in the American South. Who would dominate American culture--the modernists or the traditionalists? Journalists were looking for a showdown, and they found one in a Dayton, Tennessee courtroom in the summer of 1925. There a jury was to decide the fate of John Scopes , a high school biology teacher charged with illegally teaching the theory of evolution. The guilt or innocence of John Scopes, and even the constitutionality of Tennessee's anti-evolution statute , mattered little. The meaning of the trial emerged through its interpretation as a conflict of social and intellectual values. William Jennings Bryan , three-time Democratic candidate for President and a populist, led a Fundamentalist crusade to banish Darwin 's theory of evolution from American classrooms. Bryan's motivation for mounting the crusade is unclear. It is possible that Bryan, who cared deeply about equality, worried that Darwin's theories were being used by supporters of a growing eugenics movement that was advocating sterilization of "inferior stock." More likely, the Great Commoner came to his cause both out a concern that the teaching of evolution would undermine traditional values he had long supported and because he had a compelling desire to remain in the public spotlight--a spotlight he had occupied since his famous "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic Convention. Bryan, in the words of columnist H. L. Mencken , who covered the Scopes Trial, transformed himself into a "sort of Fundamentalist Pope." By 1925, Bryan and his followers had succeeded in getting legislation introduced in fifteen states to ban the teaching of evolution. In February, Tennessee enacted a bill introduced by John Butler making it unlawful "to teach any theory that denies the story of divine creation as taught by the Bible and to teach instead that man was descended from a lower order of animal	Galileo, Aristotle, and Inertia \| Gary Garber's Blog Gary Garber's Blog z Galileo, Aristotle, and Inertia If you ask an elementary school student what Galileo discovered, they might tell you that Galileo discovered gravity. In truth, gravity was discovered by a gentleman by the name of Ug, who lived in a cave in northern Europe approximately 30,000 years ago. Common legend also has it that Galileo proved that gravity pulls on all objects equally. He proved this by dropping two objects of the same size but different weights, such as a lead ball and a wooden ball. Most historical records indicate that Galileo himself probably never performed this experiment, although he discussed the ideas. Of course, actually performing this experiment with accuracy in the year 1600 would have been difficult due to air resistance and the technology of the times. Simon Stevinus is reported to have actually performed this experiment among others. In modern times, to eliminate air resistance, David Scott performed this experiment during the Apollo 15 mission to the moon. Another great myth is that Galileo invented the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method is taught widely in science classroom and is often used from local science fairs to NASA educational demonstration. The idea of the Scientific Method is that a student develops a hypothesis, designs an experiment, gathers data, analyzes the data and make conclusions. Although a nice idea in theory, scientists do NOT actually use the Scientific Method. In fact, it should be noted that the National Academy of Science in their Next Generation Science Standards clearly states that there is not one method for doing science. Scientists use a combination of planned experimentation, modeling, trial and error, and pure exploratory research. There is a nice article of further reading in Student Science (for which I was interviewed). To emphasize this myth I quote Harmon Craig, the 1998 winner of Balzan prize (equivalent of Nobel in natural science). “I’m being damned by reviewers who write that I don’t use the scientific method – that is, going in with some nice, carefully outlined hypothesis in which you pretty much know in advance what you’re going to find out and what you’re going to do with the information after you find it. Well, the scientific method is what you learned in My Weekly Reader when you were in grammar school, but no first-rate scientist uses it. I say, if I knew what I was going to find out, I wouldn’t do that study: I would do something else.” So where did this idea come from? The Scientific Method was developed in 1934 by Karl Popper. Another interesting myth is that Galileo invented experimentation. Again, he was beaten to the punch by Ug the Caveman, who invented the wheel. Galileo did promote the use of experimentation, and popularized the used of experimentation in developing arguments. Instead of tall towers, most of Galileo’s experiments were with inclined planes. If a ball rolls down a hill, when it reaches the level part of the hill, eventually the ball will come to a stop. Galileo’s explanation of what is happening to the ball revolutionized our ideas of how objects move. In his great text, Physica, Aristotle provides an explanation of motion. Objects have a natural place which they seek. For instance, objects made of wood, rock, and metal tend to seek out the Earth as that is their natural place to be. Objects made from air seek out the heavens and will tend to rise. This is natural motion. Violent motion would be something we do against an objects nature. So an exerted force will cause an object to move. Thus consider a ball rolling across the ground. It eventually comes to rest. Aristotle would have said since we are no longer rolling the ball, we are no longer exerting a violent action on it. Thus its natural place is to come to rest. Given this logic, one might expect the world to behave in the same way awhen a coyote runs off a cliff , and once he is self-aware of his situation, he suddenly plummets to the canyon below. However, that is not
Justin Lee Collins hosts which TV show?	Justin Lee Collins \| comedian \| awards host \| TV presenter Justin Lee Collins Justin Lee Collins is a television and radio presenter, and occasional singer. Hailing from Bristol, he is well known for his West Country accent. Winner of the Loaded LAFTAS ‘Funniest Man’ award in 2010, Justin also won the ‘Television Presenter of the Year’ Award at the 2009 Royal Variety Club Awards. Along with Alan Carr, Justin hosted the Channel 4 comedy-variety Friday Night Project from 2006, and went on to host The Sunday Night Project when the show moved to Sunday nights for its seventh series in 2008. Series Eight was the final series of the ‘Project’ and aired in 2009. In September 2009 Justin’s autobiography Good Times! was published by Ebury Press. Justin has fronted a myriad of personal documentaries for various channels, including a number of Bring Back… shows for Channel 4, and a series for Channel 4 entitled The Convention Crasher. Following this, Justin hosted his own talk show, The Justin Lee Collins Show on ITV in 2009, which focused on topical issues, but with a comedic twist. In 2009, after signing an exclusive deal with Five, Justin hosted the channel’s game show Heads Or Tails, where players could win up to £1million by correctly calling coin flips. Early 2010 saw him host his own ten-part entertainment chat show for Five, Justin Lee Collins: Good Times, in which he interviewed some of the most interesting and topical guests in town, with a musical act from pop, rock or theatre performing at the end of each show. 2011 has seen Justin front Justin Lee Collins: Turning Japanese, a three part series about Japanese culture for Channel Five, as well as Steven Seagal v. Justin Lee Collins, a one-off documentary in which Justin goes head to head with Steven Seagal! Justin also recently presented a run of the Saturday afternoon show on Xfm 104.9. Justin is available for corporate events. His warm personality, enthusiasm, and charm make him a wonderful host for a variety of events. Previous corporate work includes hosting large-scale awards and corporate entertainment evenings, including the Slimming World Awards, the Nabs Big Bash flagship annual fundraising event, the GO Belfast Magazine Awards, and the ‘Superdrug StarStruck’: bi –annual fundraiser in aid of Cancer Research UK, NSPCC and Teenage Cancer Trust. Justin has also hosted more business events, like the Halifax Community Bank Plenary sessions. Justin is a talented singer and he contested to represent the UK and Ireland in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, with a song written by Boyzone star Ronan Keating. Where appropriate, Justin can even perform a bit of cabaret at corporate events!	Through the Keyhole - UKGameshows Through the Keyhole Leigh Francis as "Keith Lemon" (2013-) Co-hosts Lisa Snowdon and Stefanie Powers (2007-8) Dawn Porter (2011 special) Dave Berry (Regular Panellist: 2013) Broadcast TV-am (insert in Good Morning Britain), 1983-? Yorkshire Television for ITV, 3 April 1987 to 1 May 1995 (108 episodes in 8 series + 7 specials) Paradine Productions for Sky One, 22 February to 23 May 1996 (14 episodes in 1 series) Paradine Productions for BBC1, 7 April 1997 to 3 May 2004 (6 series) Paradine Productions for BBC Two, 27 February 2006 to 4 June 2008 (65 episodes in 3 series) bbc.co.uk webcast, 5 to 6 March 2011 ( 24 Hour Panel People ) Talkback for ITV, 31 August 2013 to present Synopsis Loyd Grossman has one of the most unique, yet most imitated voices on television. It's posh English/Bronx and it does have to be said, if it wasn't for Loyd the show wouldn't be nearly as popular as it was. (And to prove it, it wasn't.) Loyd treks through famous people's houses looking for clues as to who's house it is. Then the three celebrity panellists (back in the day, you'd be guaranteed either Willie Rushton, Eve Pollard or that bloke from Call My Bluff ) by making assumptions and asking questions have to guess who it is. Holding the key to a Frosty heart This is usually with help from David "Hello, good evening and welcome" Frost and the audience who go into spontaneous clapping fits when they say something that's correct. When they guess who it is or they can't guess we are told who it is and they come out through a giant keyhole and have a chat. So let's look at the evidence: The spontaneous clapping, the so-simple-it-hurts game element, my voice. Who'd watch a game show like this? "David, it's oeverr to yewww". Holding the ke--wait. By the time of the 2004 series, Loyd had gone off to "concentrate" on his sauces, leaving Catherine Gee from BBC2's Looking For Houses In Picturesque Villages to follow in his footsteps, and she was alright, but she wasn't Loyd. Also she used to do an intro piece at the start of the show about what was coming up, which was really annoying. After David Walliams gave the show a 24 Hour Panel People Comic Relief treatment in 2011, ITV regained its rights to screen the show in 2013 and has decided to juice up the format with "Keith Lemon" ( Leigh Francis ) as the new host. Catchphrases "And now it's time to meet our panel... and what a panel they are." "This should tell us something, maybe quite a bit, about the persons that live there..." "Watch closely because, remember, the clues are there, as we go through... the keyhole." "Who'd live in a house like this? David, it's over to you." "And now for our studio audience, but not for our panel, here's whose house it is." "You be Sherlock to their Ho(l)mes." Theme music Original music for YTV version by James Simpson and Philip Pope. Trivia The format began as a segment on TV-am in 1983 in which Loyd Grossman was given the keys to the home of a celebrity and Loyd himself had the guess the identity of that celebrity. A spoof edition once featured Peter Cook impersonating Loyd, and looking around Loyd's own home. In 2007, Bad Girls actress Antonia Okonma pretended to live in a £1million flat. However, in fact she lived with her parents in a council flat in North End Road, Olympia. It is thought she borrowed a friend's apartment for the purposes of the programme. The Sun newspaper, who broke the story, also revealed that participants are paid £850, in addition to the famous gold key, to be on the show. By an unfortunate coincidence, the new Keith Lemon version of the show happened to debut on the very day that David Frost died, though the news didn't break until the following morning. Web links
"What 1967 film had the tagline ""This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future.""?"	The Graduate - Wikiquote The Graduate Jump to: navigation , search The Graduate is a 1967 film about Ben, a recent college graduate who is talented but aimless, who is seduced by Mrs. Robinson, the wife of his father's business partner. As he embarks on a tawdry affair with her, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with the the world his parents live in and their expectations for him, and he finds himself falling for Mrs. Robinson's daughter Elaine. This is Benjamin. He's a little worried about his future. Contents Benjamin Braddock[ edit ] I've had this feeling ever since I graduated. This kind of compulsion that I have to be rude all the time...It's like I was playing some kind of game, but the rules don't make any sense to me. They're being made up by all the wrong people. I mean no one makes them up. They seem to make themselves up. Mr. Robinson[ edit ] I wish I was that age again because Ben...you'll never be young again...Ben, can I say something to you?...uh, how long have we known each other now? How long have you and I known each other? How long have your dad and I been partners?...I watched you grow up, Ben...In many ways, I feel as though you were my own son...So I hope you won't mind my giving you a friendly piece of advice...I think you ought to be taking it a little easier right now than you seem to be...Sow a few wild oats, take things as they come, have a good time with the girls and so forth...You have yourself a few flings this summer. I'll bet you're, you're quite a ladies man...You look to me like the kind of guy who has to fight 'em off. [To Mrs. Robinson, who enters] Now doesn't he look to you like the kind of guy who has to fight 'em off? Benjamin: I guess about my future. Mr. Braddock: What about it? Benjamin: I don't know. I want it to be... Mr. Braddock: ...to be what? Benjamin: ...Different. Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word. Benjamin: Yes, sir. Mr. McGuire: Are you listening? Benjamin: Yes, I am. Mr. McGuire: Plastics. Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean? Mr. McGuire: There's a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it? Note: the bolded line is ranked #42 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson, if you don't mind my saying so, this conversation is getting a little strange. Now, I'm sure that Mr. Robinson will be here any minute now and - Mrs. Robinson: No. Benjamin: What? Mrs. Robinson: My husband will be back quite late. He should be gone for several hours. Benjamin: Oh my God. Benjamin: For God's sake, Mrs. Robinson, here we are, you've got me into your house. You give me a drink. You put on music, now you start opening up your personal life to me and tell me your husband won't be home for hours. Mrs. Robinson: So? Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson - you are trying to seduce me .... Aren't you? Mrs. Robinson: Well, no. I hadn't thought of it. I feel very flattered. Benjamin: Mrs. Robinson. Will you forgive me for what I just said? Note: the bolded line is ranked #63 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema. Mrs. Robinson: What are you so scared of? Benjamin: I'm not scared, Mrs. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson: Then why do you keep running away? Benjamin: Because you're going to bed. I don't think I should be up here. Mrs. Robinson: Haven't you ever seen anybody in a slip before? Benjamin: Yes, I have, but I just...Look, what if Mr. Robinson walked in right now? Mrs. Robinson: What if he did? Benjamin: Well, it would look pretty funny, wouldn't it? Mrs. Robinson: Don't you think he trusts us together? Benjamin: Of course he does, but he might get the wrong idea. Anyone might. Mrs. Robinson: I don't see why? I'm twice as old as you are. How could anyone think that... Benjamin: But they would! Don't you see? Mrs. Robinson: Benjamin. I am not trying to seduce you! Benjamin: I know that, but please, Mrs. Robinson. This is difficult.. Mrs. Robinson: Would you like me to seduce you? Benjamin: What? Mrs. Robinson: Is that what you're trying to tell m	IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "%22Karaoke%22 " Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "%22Karaoke%22 " 1-50 of 162 names. Spencer Locke Born in 1991 in Winter Park, Florida, Spencer began to show an interest in the arts at a young age. When asked in school to draw what she would be when she got older, 6 year old Spencer drew herself on-stage with a star over her head. Two years later, she had enrolled in acting classes and immediately started booking numerous television commercials in the Orlando, Florida area. With sights set high, 11 year-old Spencer and family set off to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams. Within a year's time, she booked a guest starring role on CBS's "Without A Trace" and a role in Sony Pictures' feature film "Spanglish". Shortly thereafter, Spencer began recurring as "Bitsy" on the Nickelodeon series "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide". In 2004, Spencer stole the hearts of producers Robert Zemeckis, Steven Speilberg and director Gil Kenan and won the lead role of "Jenny" in Sony Pictures / Imagemovers' feature film, "Monster House". This was one of the first "Motion Capture" films of the time. She was nominated for an Annie Award for her role role as "Jenny". At 14 years of age, Spencer booked the lead role of "K-Mart" in "Resident Evil: Extinction". Her character lived to see the 4th installment, "Resident Evil: Afterlife", which was released in 2010. Spencer has guest starred in numerous television shows throughout this time such as "Cougar Town", " In Plain Sight", "Vampire Diaries", "Cold Case", and "Love Bites". She most recently filmed a movie for Lifetime called "Bling Ring", which airs this summer. In 2008, Spencer filmed an independent mini-series called "Twentysixmiles" which is looking for distribution. Spencer has also had the opportunity to be a part of a couple of independent films such as "Karaoke Man", and has a lead role in Joseph Kahn's "Detention", which has recently been acquired by Sony Films for worldwide distribution. Spencer lives in Los Angeles with her family and looks forward to a bright future. Chazz Palminteri Bronx-born and raised Chazz Palminteri was a natural choice to continue the Italianate torch in film. In the tradition set forth in the 1970s by such icons as director Martin Scorsese and actors Robert De Niro , Al Pacino , John Cazale and Joe Pesci , Palminteri has brought grit, muscle and an evocative realism to the sidewalks of his New York neighborhood, violent as they are and were. Chazz was born Calogero Lorenzo Palmenteri in 1952 in the Bronx, New York, the son of Rose, a homemaker, and Lorenzo Palminteri, a bus driver. He grew up in a tough area of the Bronx, giving him the life lessons that would later prove very useful to his career. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School and started out pursuing his craft in 1973 studying at the Actor's Studio. He appeared off-Broadway in the early 1980s while paying his dues as a bouncer and doorman in nightclubs, among other jobs. In 1986 he headed west and found that his ethnic qualifications was well-suited for getting tough-talker parts. Slick attorneys, unflinching hoods and hard-nosed cops were all part of his ethnic streetwise persona in such TV shows as Wiseguy , Matlock and Hill Street Blues . In films he started off playing a 1930s-style gangster in Sylvester Stallone 's Oscar . Although his roles were sharp, well-acted and with a distinct edge to them, there was nothing in them to show that he was capable of stronger leading parts. In 1988 he wrote for himself a play entitled "A Bronx Tale," a powerful one-man stage commentary in which he depicted his bruising childhood in great detail, which included witnessing gangland slayings. Palminteri brought each and every character to life (18 in all) in this autobiographical piece -- his friends, enemies, even his own family. He showcased for years in both Los Angeles and New York, finally sparking the interest of his film idol, Robert De Niro . DeNiro, wanting to direct for the first time, saw the potential of this proje
Yellow Fever is generally carried/transmitted by?	Transmission \| Yellow Fever \| CDC Yellow Fever ShareCompartir Yellow fever virus is an RNA virus that belongs to the genus Flavivirus. It is related to West Nile, St. Louis encephalitis, and Japanese encephalitis viruses. Yellow fever virus is transmitted to people primarily through the bite of infected Aedes or Haemagogus species mosquitoes. Mosquitoes acquire the virus by feeding on infected primates (human or non-human) and then can transmit the virus to other primates (human or non-human). People infected with yellow fever virus are infectious to mosquitoes (referred to as being "viremic") shortly before the onset of fever and up to 5 days after onset. Yellow fever virus has three transmission cycles: jungle (sylvatic), intermediate (savannah), and urban. The jungle (sylvatic) cycle involves transmission of the virus between non-human primates (e.g., monkeys) and mosquito species found in the forest canopy. The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes from monkeys to humans when humans are visiting or working in the jungle. In Africa, an intermediate (savannah) cycle exists that involves transmission of virus from mosquitoes to humans living or working in jungle border areas. In this cycle, the virus can be transmitted from monkey to human or from human to human via mosquitoes. The urban cycle involves transmission of the virus between humans and urban mosquitoes, primarily Aedes aegypti. The virus is usually brought to the urban setting by a viremic human who was infected in the jungle or savannah. File Formats Help:	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
Which restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, was at the centre of a novovirus scare in 2009?	Heston Blumenthal puts Fat Duck restaurant closure down to norovirus \| Life and style \| The Guardian Close This article is 7 years old The health scare that forced the closure of Heston Blumenthal's Fat Duck restaurant may have been caused by the highly infectious norovirus bug, the chef has disclosed in a magazine interview. The £130-a-head eaterie in Bray, Berkshire, was shut for a fortnight after 40 people complained of diarrhoea and vomiting. Blumenthal closed the restaurant as a precaution while tests were carried out and samples taken from staff and diners. He told Australia's Hospitality magazine the cause was "categorically not food poisoning" and that "the only thing that has come up is that three staff and five customers have been tested positive for something called norovirus". The virus is known more commonly as "winter vomiting disease". Support from potential customers had been incredible, he said. "It's affected the restaurant big time because we had to cancel 800 people because of the closure, but in terms of the business and people wanting to come in then no." He said: "For the past five years we've been sending food off every month for sampling and I don't know of any other restaurant in the country that does that. We also have a company that has been looking after our health and safety stuff for the last five years." The restaurant, which has three Michelin stars and employs 45 chefs and 25 front-of-house staff, has a 17-course taster menu, costing £130, and can take three hours or more to finish. It is also renowned for Blumenthal's gastronomic inventions, such as snail porridge and scrambled egg and bacon ice-cream. Among those taken ill were the boxing promoter Frank Warren and the television sports presenter Jim Rosenthal. The Health Protection Agency, which said it had received a total of 400 complaints after the media publicity, gave the all-clear while continuing investigations. Last week, it said the Fat Duck had complied with its recommendations, including a risk assessment of all food storage and preparation. The agency's website says norovirus is the most common cause of infectious gastroenteritis in England and Wales. Its effects are generally mild, with people recovering in two to three days.	The Fat Duck in Bray Berkshire - Heston Blumenthal's gastronomic HQ – pricey, pretentious, perfect. High Street Bray Berkshire SL6 2AQ 01628 580 333 We say Before Heston Blumenthal was a supermarket evangelist, a TV stalwart and a saviour of service station dinners, he was a chef with some remarkable ideas – and the Fat Duck is where he tried them out. Opened in 1995, and earning three Michelin stars in 2004, Blumenthal's first restaurant made his reputation and became the most talked-about dining experience in the country. Its dishes, from triple-cooked chips to bacon & egg ice cream, have become modern classics – loved and ridiculed in equal measure. Blumenthal's interest in experimental food and mad-scientist sensory combinations means dining at the Fat Duck is something akin to visiting a theatre or gallery: you go to admire, to be surprised and provoked, not just (God forbid) to eat, or even have a great evening. The tasting menu – from Nitro Poached Aperitifs to Whisk(e)y Wine Gums – demands operatic commitment, too: it costs £180 per head, and takes a good 3–4 hours to be served. Whether you love it or steer clear will largely depend on your wallet and your willingness to indulge Blumenthal's brilliantly crafted, impeccably served whimsies. Pretentious, pricey and a bit 'early noughties', yes – but still a dinner to remember forever. Book well ahead. Are you the owner? If you're the owner of this place you can sign up for a 'Featured Owner' account so that you can add your own text, images and more...
What city is the seat of the Netherlands' government?	The Hague \| national seat of government, Netherlands \| Britannica.com national seat of government, Netherlands Written By: Alternative Titles: Den Haag, La Haye, ’s-Gravenhage Spotlight / Society Learn more about this topic 1 Learn about the seat of the court The Hague, Dutch ’s-Gravenhage or Den Haag, French La Haye, seat of government of the Netherlands . It is situated on a coastal plain, with the city centre just inland from the North Sea . The Hague is the administrative capital of the country and the home of the court and government, though Amsterdam is the official capital. The Hague, Neth. Andrew Ward—Life File/Getty Images The city’s name recalls the hunting lodge of the counts of Holland, which was located in a woodland area called Haghe, or “hedge” (whence ’s-Gravenhage, “the counts’ private enclosure”). Count William II built a castle there in 1248, around which several buildings—including the Knights’ Hall (1280)—came to be clustered, and these became the principal residence of the counts of Holland. These buildings now form the Binnenhof (“Inner Courtyard”) in the old quarter of the city. About 1350 an artificial lake, the Hofvijver, was dug just to the north of the Binnenhof and still forms one of the many attractions of the city. A commercial district grew up around the Binnenhof in the 13th and 14th centuries. In the 16th century Holland became the chief centre of Dutch resistance to Spanish Habsburg rule, and in 1559 William I , stadtholder of the Netherlands, made The Hague his capital. About 1585 the States-General, along with other bodies of the Dutch Republic’s central government, established themselves in the Binnenhof. William’s son, Prince Maurice of Orange, soon took up residence in The Hague, and at his initiative in 1616 a web of canals was constructed around the city that continued to define its borders to the mid-19th century. In the 17th century, when the Dutch Republic played a leading role in Europe, The Hague became a centre of diplomatic negotiation. From 1795 to 1808 The Hague served as the capital of the French-controlled republic of Holland, and with liberation from the French the city alternated with Brussels as the meeting place of the States-General of the enlarged Kingdom of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1830. After 1850, when the revenues from the Dutch East Indies started to pour in, the city prospered. As a result of the international conferences ( Hague Convention ) held there in 1899 and 1907, The Hague became a permanent centre of international law. After a long sojourn in Amsterdam, the Dutch central government returned to The Hague in 1913. The city grew rapidly in the 20th century, and new districts linked it with the popular sea resort of Scheveningen, Rijswijk , Voorburg, and other adjoining municipalities. Related Topics William II There is little heavy industry in The Hague, which is basically a centre of government and corporate administration. The States-General (Parliament) meets in the Knights’ Hall, and government departments and foreign embassies occupy other buildings in the old quarter of the city. Most of the city’s business firms are engaged in trade, banking, insurance, or other services. Several large oil companies also have their international headquarters in the city. The Hague is also a leading centre for international conferences. The city’s industries include printing and publishing, electronics, food processing, and the production of ceramics, furniture, glass, and various luxury consumer items. European Patent Office in The Hague. Metatron The Binnenhof is surrounded by buildings dating from the 15th to the 18th century. Among these historical landmarks are the Great Church of St. Jacob (Jacobskerk; 1399), which has the largest carillon in the Netherlands; the Protestant New Church (1654); the royal palace on the Noordeinde (16th century); the royal palace known as the House in the Wood (Huis ten Bosch; 1645–47); and the old Renaissance-style town hall (1564), which was subsequently enlarged several times. To the north, the United Nations’ Internat	Suriname: Maps, History, Geography, Government, Culture, Facts, Guide & Travel/Holidays/Cities Former Dictator Bouterse Returns to Power Geography Suriname lies on the northeast coast of South America, with Guyana to the west, French Guiana to the east, and Brazil to the south. It is about one-tenth larger than Michigan. The principal rivers are the Corantijn on the Guyana border, the Marowijne in the east, and the Suriname, on which the capital city of Paramaribo is situated. Government Constitutional democracy. History Suriname's earliest inhabitants were the Surinen Indians, after whom the country is named. By the 16th century they had been supplanted by other South American Indians. Spain explored Suriname in 1593, but by 1602 the Dutch began to settle the land, followed by the English. The English transferred sovereignty to the Dutch in 1667 (the Treaty of Breda) in exchange for New Amsterdam (New York). Colonization was confined to a narrow coastal strip, and until the abolition of slavery in 1863, African slaves furnished the labor for the coffee and sugarcane plantations. Escaped African slaves fled into the interior, reconstituted their western African culture, and came to be called “Bush Negroes” by the Dutch. After 1870, East Indian laborers were imported from British India and Javanese from the Dutch East Indies. Known as Dutch Guiana, the colony was integrated into the kingdom of the Netherlands in 1948. Two years later Dutch Guiana was granted home rule, except for foreign affairs and defense. After race rioting over unemployment and inflation, the Netherlands granted Suriname complete independence on Nov. 25, 1975. A coup d'état in 1980 brought military rule. During much of the 1980s, Suriname was under the repressive control of Lieut. Col. Dési Bouterse. The Netherlands stopped all aid in 1982 when Suriname soldiers killed 15 journalists, politicians, lawyers, and union officials. Defense spending increased significantly, and the economy suffered. A guerrilla insurgency by the Jungle Commando (a Bush Negro guerrilla group) threatened to destabilize the country and was harshly suppressed by Bouterse. Free elections were held on May 25, 1991, depriving the military of much of its political power. In 1992 a peace treaty was signed between the government and several guerrilla groups. In March 1997, the president announced new economic measures, including eliminating import tariffs on most basic goods, coupled with strict price controls. Later that year, the Netherlands said it would prosecute Bouterse for cocaine trafficking. Public discontent over the 70% inflation rate prompted President Jules Wijdenbosch to hold elections in May 2000, a year ahead of schedule. The New Front for Democracy and Development, a coalition led by former president Ronald Venetiaan, won the election. Venetiaan was reelected in Aug. 2005. In May 2006, torrential flooding left more than 20,000 homeless. In July 2007, a United Nations tribunal settled a long-simmering maritime dispute between Suriname and Guyana. The UN redrew the maritime border to give both countries access to an area potentially rich in oil deposits.
Cape Hatteras in North Carolina is the nearest land to which UK overseas territory?	About Bermuda – its History, Geography, and Life Local Weather About Bermuda – its History, Geography, and Life Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory made up of a group of islands in in the North Atlantic Ocean with a land mass of 21 square miles (54 kilometres). The closest point of land is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on the east coast of the United States of America being about 1,030 kilometres or 640 miles to the west-northwest. Spaniard Juan de Bermudez discovered Bermuda in 1505 and the islands were named after him. The islands were never claimed for Spain and it wasn’t until 1609 when British settlers sailing to Jamestown in Virginia were shipwrecked in a hurricane that Bermuda was first inhabited. The stranded settlers built two ships whilst in Bermuda and sailed to Jamestown leaving two men to officially settle in Bermuda. The first capital, St Georges, was established in 1612 with the capital now being Hamilton. Bermuda is the most populous remaining British Overseas Territory with a population of 64,268 (2010 Census). Bermuda’s main economy was tourism until the late 1970’s when International Business took over. A steady stream of offshore companies invested in Bermuda, hiring locals and calling Bermuda home due to its strong regulatory system, proximity to the US and British law. The mainstay of the economy is now Reinsurance and Insurance which provides many Bermudians and expatriates their jobs. Bermudians enjoy a high quality of life with a GDP as of 2009 at $5.85bn giving a per capita GDP of $86,000 making the island one of the highest per capita to GDP ratio’s in the world. Bermuda is the northernmost point in the supposed Bermuda Triangle, with Miami and Puerto Rico the other two points. Please see below link for more general Bermuda information: www.bermuda-online.org Things to expect when you live here There are a lot of differences between working in a large city such as London and working in Bermuda. For one, your commute will likely take in ocean views, warm breezes and sunshire and of course, it will take only an average of 15 minutes, depending on where you live. You may even be able to see Jonny Barnes on your daily moped ride to work. You may also find yourself waving at this icon of Bermuda as he greets all the morning commuters, rain or shine. He is a retired bus driver who upon finishing his career has stood at the foot of the lane round-a-bout from 1986 to wave everybody commuting into work each morning telling them that he loves them and spreads his zest for life. In Bermuda, it is very common to greet everyone you meet whether in the street, shop or office with a, “Good Morning” or “Good Afternoon” depending on time of day. Local Bermudians expect this customary greeting so become accustomed to doing this all of the time. Bermuda does not produce many goods, except for the local rum, Goslings Black Seal, the main ingredient of the world famous Dark n Stormy. Due to the size of the island, the majority of goods are imported and so the cost of daily living can be quite expensive. Many of the daily staples such as milk, cereal or bread will be often be twice as expensive as in the UK or United States. There is however less income tax here, or actually ZERO income tax which makes affording those goods easier. As Bermuda has no income tax, the government generates a large proportion of its revenue from duties on products brought in overseas. There is a heavy duty on boats and luxury cars for example, over 100% in some cases. Moving here from abroad Finding work in Bermuda can be difficult as you are not allowed to come to the island and search for a job. The best way is to use our site to search for jobs! If that fails check out one of the recruiting agency websites listed below:	history of United Kingdom \| Britannica.com History of United Kingdom THIS IS A DIRECTORY PAGE. Britannica does not currently have an article on this topic. Nuclear tests in the South Pacific Islands in the South Pacific were used extensively for nuclear tests between 1945 and 1995. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. British troops wading through the river at the Battle of Modder River, Nov. 28, 1899, during the South African War (1899–1902). Photos.com/Thinkstock Queen Victoria’s coronation, 1837. The Print Collector/Heritage-Images England during the Civil Wars. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. European penetration into western Africa in the late 19th century. From J. Fage, An Atlas of African History; Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. Map depicting the member countries and partner countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Ancient Britain. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Membership change, by county, in the House of Commons as a result of the Reform Act of 1832 (England only). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The British battleship Queen Elizabeth leading the surrendering German fleet, November 21, 1918. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. British soldiers of the North Lancashire Regiment passing through liberated Cambrai, France, October 9, 1918. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. British troops passing through the ruins of Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium, September 29, 1918. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Ecstatic crowds in London celebrating the end of the European phase of World War II, May 8, 1945. Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images Overview of aerial bombardment in Europe during World War II, with a detailed discussion of the Battle of Britain. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Learn about the concurrent growth of the British Empire and the English language. © Open University (A … A newsreel from 1958 reporting on efforts to lower trade barriers between the United Kingdom and continental Europe. Stock footage courtesy The WPA Film Library Overview of the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, 1940. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Towering English figures in exploration, science, and the arts during the reign of Elizabeth I. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Description of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Harold Macmillan discussing Britain’s position relative to the European Common Market, 1956. Stock footage courtesy The WPA Film Library An overview of the Great Famine in Ireland. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. “Britain’s H-Bomb,” newsreel on the test of Great Britain’s first thermonuclear weapon, May 15, 1957. Stock footage courtesy The WPA Film Library Overview of the Normandy Invasion. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Overview of Queen Victoria’s reign. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Overview of the Dominican Republic. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Women in the workplace in Britain during World War I. Stock footage courtesy The WPA Film Library “Keren Occupied,” Pathé Gazette newsreel following the defeat of Italian forces by the British near Keren, Eritria, March 26, 1941. Stock footage courtesy The WPA Film Library Learn about this topic in these articles: in United Kingdom: Ancient Britain Archaeologists working in Norfolk in the early 21st century discovered stone tools that suggest the presence of humans in Britain from about 800,000 to 1 million years ago. These startling discoveries underlined the extent to which archaeological research is responsible for any knowledge of Britain before the Roman conquest (begun ad 43). Britain’s ancient history is thus lacking in detail,... in history of Europe: Nobles and gentlemen ...and the rest. In France, above knights and esquires without distinctive title, ranged barons, viscounts, counts, and marquises, until the summit was reached with dukes and princes of the blood. In Britain, by contrast, only peers of the realm, whether entitled duke, marquess, earl, or baron, had corporate status: numbering under 200, they enjoyed few special privileges beyond membership of the... in history of Europe: Nob
When was Vatican City, the smallest independent sovereign state in the world, established?	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	John Paul I elected Pope \| World History Project Aug 26 1978 John Paul I elected Pope Pope John Paul I (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. I, Italian: Giovanni Paolo I), born Albino Luciani, (17 October 1912 – 28 September 1978), reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and as Sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, resulting in the most recent Year of Three Popes. John Paul I was the first Pope born in the 20th century. In Italy he is remembered with the affectionate appellatives of "Il Papa del sorriso" ("The smiling Pope") and "Il sorriso di Dio" ("God's smile"). Luciani was elected on the fourth ballot of the August 1978 papal conclave. He chose the regnal name of John Paul, the first double name in the history of the papacy, explaining in his famous Angelus that he took it as a thankful honour to his two immediate predecessors: John XXIII, who had named him a bishop, and Paul VI, who had named him Patriarch of Venice and a cardinal. He was also the first (and so far only) pope to use "the first" in his regnal name. In Italy he is remembered with the affectionate appellatives of "Il Papa del Sorriso" (The Smiling Pope) and "Il Sorriso di Dio" (God's Smile). John Paul I pictured in a coin. Observers have suggested that his selection was linked to the rumored divisions between rival camps within the College of Cardinals: Conservatives and Curialists supporting Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, who favored a more conservative interpretation or even correction of Vatican II's reforms. Those who favored a more liberal interpretation of Vatican II's reforms, and some Italian cardinals supporting Cardinal Giovanni Benelli, who was opposed because of his "autocratic" tendencies. The dwindling band of supporters of Cardinal Sergio Pignedoli, who was allegedly so confident that he was papabile that he went on a crash diet to fit the right size of white cassock when elected.[citation needed] Outside the Italians, now themselves a lessening influence within the increasingly internationalist College of Cardinals, were figures like Karol Cardinal Wojtyła. Over the days following the conclave, cardinals effectively declared that with general great joy they had elected "God's candidate". Argentine Eduardo Francisco Cardinal Pironio stated that, "We were witnesses of a moral miracle." And later, Mother Teresa commented: "He has been the greatest gift of God, a sunray of God's love shining in the darkness of the world." Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad, who was present at his installation, collapsed and died during the ceremony, and the new Pope prayed over him in his final moments. Source: Wikipedia Added by: Kevin Rogers Pope John Paul I was the predecessor to the highly popular Pope John Paul II, but don't feel bad if you do not remember him, because his term as a Pope was short lived. In fact, it only lasted 33 days before Pope John Paul I died in office. So who was Pope John Paul I, where did He come from and what were His accomplishments? A Short Biography of Pope John Paul 1: His real name is Albino Luciani. He was born on October 17 1912 in Belluno Italy. He entered the minor seminary at Feltre on October 1, 1923. He became an ordained priest on July 7, 1935 in St Peter's Church Belluno. He became crate on Forno di Canale on July 8 of 1935. He was the Chaplain and teacher at the Technical Institute for Miners in Agordo from 1935-1937. He was appointed Vice Rector of Seminary at Belluno from 1935-1947. He received a Doctorate in Theology in 1950. Consecrated as Bishop of Vittorio Vento on December 27, 1958. Was named Patriarch of Venice on December 15, 1969. Was made a Cardinal on March 5, 1973. Was elected Pope on August 26, 1978 and adopted the name of Pope John Paul I. The Religious Figure Pope John Paul I who was born Albino Luciani was a devout religious man who dedicated his life to the Catholic Church almost from the first time he could. As you can see from the brief biography above -- from the time he entered the Seminary in 1923 to the time he w
Om which country does Singha beer originate?	Singha \| Boon Rawd Brewery Co., Ltd \| BeerAdvocate Boon Rawd Brewery Co., Ltd Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00% Availability: Year-round Added by UncleJimbo on 07-20-2001 BEER STATS look: 3 \| smell: 3.5 \| taste: 3.25 \| feel: 3.25 \| overall: 3.25 This is a decent beer, but I really had to concentrate to find its flavor. Even a lager should have a distinct flavor that you shouldn't have to strain to find. 160 characters look: 4 \| smell: 3.5 \| taste: 3 \| feel: 2 \| overall: 2.25 Review: 330 ml Bottle of Singha Premium Import: ABV: 5% The bottle top has Singha’s dragon logo which looks pretty cool and there is a yellow lion on the front of the bottle. We are also told that this is "The original Thai beer since 1933." On pour we get a light gold looking beer, very clear, that produces a massive frothy white head which eventually flattens afterwards to die out. It is very fizzy and lively, a lot of carbonation. No lacing but a perfectly clear looking beer........... Has a very nice beery smell, faint but pleasant. Of grains, light malts and lager hops. Ok....... The taste is a bit sweet at the start.......caramel and malt sweetness Bitter after taste, which is a little strong, a little too hoppy It is sessionable alright, but there really isn't a whole lot of good tastes in the beer Could work as a session beer, but might get sickly after a while, can taste a bit like washing up liquid if you ask me......not a great beer overall. 976 characters 2.96/5 rDev -2% look: 3 \| smell: 2.5 \| taste: 3.25 \| feel: 2.75 \| overall: 3 It is ok but there is not much of anything here. More rice taste bt that is not always bad. It does have the charastics of a traditional pale ale. 150 characters 3.03/5 rDev +0.3% look: 3.5 \| smell: 3 \| taste: 3 \| feel: 3 \| overall: 3 Pours pale yellow. Lots of carbonation apparent. Not much aroma. Taste is generic pilsner, white bread with a grassy finish. No real off/skunky flavors. Light and drinkable, plenty of carbonation. Overall: went well with Thai food and surpassed my low expectations. 270 characters 3.2/5 rDev +6% look: 3 \| smell: 3 \| taste: 3 \| feel: 3 \| overall: 4 I was in Thailand for 2 weeks. I tried about 4 different types of beer while there. I would say Singha was the best. I would rate this beer high for being in Thailand. Especially in the Thai heat it was light and refreshing. If I had it in the United States I wouldn't rank it as high I would probably give it a rating similar to a Coors light. 349 characters 2.9/5 rDev -4% look: 3.75 \| smell: 3 \| taste: 3 \| feel: 2 \| overall: 2.75 From Festival de las Naciones. In Teku glass. Watching Los Soprano 4x02. At first it seems pleasant, a bit above standard lagers, with a nice yet a bit alcoholic sweetness. But it goes up to the head pretty quickly, much more one than would expect from its only 5% ABV. 269 characters look: 3.75 \| smell: 3.25 \| taste: 3.25 \| feel: 3.75 \| overall: 3.25 Poured from bottle into a pint glass Appearance – The beer pours a clear golden color with a big head of fizzy white foam. The head has a moderate level of retention fading to leave tons of nice foamy lace on the sides of the glass. Smell – The aroma of the brew is heaviest of a grainy and slightly bready smell mixed with some aromas of hay. Along with these smells comes some light grassy smells and a bit of caramel. Taste- The taste begins with light bready taste mixed with a little bit of a caramel sweetness. The caramel sweetness grows stronger in nature as the taste advances with some light fruity tastes of apple and pear joining the taste as well. Upfront there is a little bit of a grassy and herbal which end up fading some as the taste advances, leaving one in the end with a clean bready taste to linger on the tongue. Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is on the average to thinner side with a carbonation level that is rather normal. For the lighter bready and mild hop flavors of the brew the feel is rather nice and makes for an easy sipping beer. Overall – OK and easy drinking for a pale lager, but nothing that is worth going out	President allows singing of National Anthem in Tamil- Mano - Daily Mirror - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Headlines President allows singing of National Anthem in Tamil- Mano 2015-03-18 06:58:39 80 37546 In a major reconciliatory move, President Mathripala Sirisena will be sending a circular to all institutions saying that there is no bar on singing the Lankan national anthem in Tamil. He will thus be lifting an unofficial ban existing since 2010, when President Mahinda Rajapaksa let it be known that government will frown on singing the anthem in Tamil. Schools and other institutions, which were using the Tamil version of “Sri Lanka Matha, Apa Sri Lanka” since 1951, stopped doing so. Sirisena announced his decision to lift the language bar when the leader of the Democratic Peoples’ Front (DPF), Mano Ganeshan, raised the issue at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Tuesday. “The President said that he would send a circular saying that there is no ban on singing the national anthem in Tamil. He also said that he would have the matter cleared by the National Security Council,” Ganeshan has told the New Indian Express. It was in 1951 that newly independent Lanka adopted Shantiniketan-trained Ananda Samarakoon’s Sinhalese-language song “Sri Lanka Matha, Apa Sri Lanka” as the national anthem. Simultaneously, a Tamil version, “Sri Lanka Thaaye Nam Sri Lanka”, composed by the Lankan Tamil poet, M.Nallathambi, was also adopted. For decades, both versions were sung, although only the Sinhalese version had constitutional sanction. But the victory of the Lankan armed forces over the Tamil Tigers in 2009, resulted in Sinhalese-nationalist parties like the National Freedom Front (NFF) and the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) demanding a ban on the Tamil version on the ground that countries sanction use of only one language for singing the national anthem. On December 12, 2010, Home Minister W.D.John Senewiratne introduced a cabinet paper to officially disallow singing the anthem in Tamil. President Rajapaksa, who headed the cabinet, did not officially commit himself to Senewiratne’s proposal, but word went around that his government did not favor the use of the Tamil version. In the Tamil areas, the Security Forces insisted on the use of the Sinhalese version only. The Tamils’ argument that in several countries, including Canada and South Africa, the anthem is sung in different languages fell on deaf ears. Recommended Articles Cheers Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:42 Is he brave enough to lead the country with the decisions he is making and soon UNP will blame him and will wash their hands Reply : 136 116 Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:42 Good move. Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:47 Hari shok. Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:49 what about allowing to sing the national anthem in ENGLISH Reply : 45 258 willowsd Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:59 If it was allowed since 1951, then there is no issue in lifting the restriction now Reply : 44 244 Marikkar Wednesday, 18 March 2015 12:59 This is just a matter of pleasing a particular community which has no common or specific interest towards Mother Lanka. I personally believe that the national anthem should be sung only in one language. Reply : 339 238 JDL Wednesday, 18 March 2015 13:01 Very Good move. Regardless of the language use to sing National anthem what most important is that it stays closer to heart of people. Since both sinhala Reply : 63 167 Wednesday, 18 March 2015 13:02 Its good idea we wanna be together. Reply : 49 176 ABC Wednesday, 18 March 2015 13:05 Are there any countries in the world sing national anthum in different language i am not sure via DM Android App Reply : 128 76 cyril n Wednesday, 18 March 2015 13:13 Good move. Every possible acts must be explored to bring down the misunderstandings and suspicions, hiw small they may be. Reply : 27 114 cyril n Wednesday, 18 March 2015 13:13 Good move. Every possible acts must be explored to bring down the misunderstandings and suspicions, hiw small they may be. Reply : 1
Which motorway connects London to Swansea?	How to Get to Swansea from London by Train, Bus and Car By Ferne Arfin Updated August 09, 2016. Getting to Swansea, on the coast of South Wales, takes time. It's at least a short break commitment - not a day trip - but it's well worth it. Swansea is the gateway to T he Gower and some of Britain's most beautiful beaches . It's also the hometown of Catherine Zeta Jones. And - take my word for it - the Mumbles Pier is where to find the best paper cones full of chips (French fries) on earth. Use these information resources to compare travel alternatives and to plan your journey. How to Get to Swansea By Train Great Western runs direct trains from London Paddington Station to Swansea every few hours. The trip takes about three hours and in 2016 their cheapest round trip fare was about £58.50 for off-peak services when purchased in advance as two single (one way) tickets. Book Train Tickets for the UK UK Travel Tip - Finding the right combination of one-way tickets to arrive at the cheapest fare for a longer journey can be confusing and time consuming. You can spend a lot of time trying out different combinations. It's easier to let National Rail Enquiries do it for you with their cheapest fare finder. To get the best fare, be flexible about travel time and click the "All Day" button on the far right of the form. continue reading below our video Best Road Trip Apps By Bus National Express Coaches from London to Swansea take between 4 1/2 and 5 1/2 hours going and up to 7 hours returning (on a late bus). You can spend about £46 on a round trip but if you buy your tickets in advance and you are willing to leave about mid day in both directions, you could spend as little as £17. Cheap, non-refundable tickets, known as fun fares are available on a first come, first served basis to advance ticket buyers. The best way to find these bargain fares is to use the Cheap Fare Finder to discover the lowest prices and special offers. Buses travel between Victoria Coach Station in London and Swansea several times a day. Bus tickets can be purchased online. There may be a booking fee from 50 pence to £2 depending upon the type of ticket you buy. Paper tickets, e-tickets that you print yourself and m-tickets for mobile phones are all available. Book Bus Tickets in the UK By Car Swansea is 187 miles west of London via the M4 and A483 roads. It takes at least 3 hours 40 minutes to drive and, given the erratic traffic on the M4 (the main route to London from Heathrow), it can take a lot longer. Remember too that gasoline, called petrol in the UK, is sold by the liter (a little more than a quart) and the price is usually between $1.50 and $2 a quart Use the Automobile Association Route Planner to map a route with suggested stopovers and gasoline stations. Check Daily Petrol (Gasoline) Prices If You Do Decide to Stay Swansea is a small city with a university so at certain times of year - during special campus events, start and end of term - it can be hard to book a room. Plan well ahead if that's when you are traveling.	Learn and talk about M18 motorway (Great Britain), Motorways in England, Roads in Doncaster, Roads in Yorkshire Route[ edit ] The M18 runs in a north east/south west direction from junction 32 of the M1 motorway to junction 35 of the M62 motorway . It passes east of Rotherham , southeast of Doncaster and Armthorpe , and west of Thorne . It meets the A1(M) at junction 2 (A1(M) junction 35)--known as the Wadworth Interchange—and the M180 motorway at junction 5. Access to Doncaster is provided from junctions 3 ( A6182 ) and 4 ( A630 ) Much of the M18 is a two lane dual carriageway, and carries relatively low volumes of traffic. However, the section linking the M1 and A1(M) is much busier and has three lanes in each direction. It then passes over the Wadworth Viaduct. To the north it then crosses the East Coast Main Line , and until its closure and the dismantling of the pit head gear, a large colliery could be seen to the south at Rossington . Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme[ edit ] The Finningley and Rossington Regeneration Route Scheme (FARRRS) is a new road scheme [1] which runs from the M18 at Junction 3 to Robin Hood Airport , improving access primarily to the Airport but also to Rossington and the new Doncaster iPort . Work started in 2013 and the road became operational in February 2016. [2] The road runs, at first as a dual carriageway and then as single carriageway from the M18 junction 3 to Parrots Corner and the A638, where it terminates and travellers need to follow existing roads (A638 and Hurst Lane) to the airport itself. In order to provide better access to FARRRS and Doncaster town centre, a section of the M18 between junction 2 (A1(M)) and junction 3 ( A6182 ) northbound was upgraded to 3 lanes, between 20 June 2014 and 12 June 2015. [3] Junction 1 to Junction 2 opened in 1967 Junction 5 to Junction 6 opened in 1972 Junction 6 to Junction 7 opened in 1975 Junction 4 to Junction 5 opened in 1977 Junction 2 to Junction 4 opened in 1979 The M18 was originally to be part of the M1, but it was decided to route the M1 towards Leeds instead of Doncaster , and the routing of what would have been the M1 east of Sheffield became the M18. [4] Junctions[ edit ] Data from driver location signs are used to provide distance and carriageway identifier information. [5] The location sequence is a continuation of the M1 location sequence. M18 motorway junctions
Take marshmallows, graham crackers and chocolate - what do you get?	Chocolate Chip Graham Cracker Cookies \| My Baking Addiction Chocolate Chip Graham Cracker Cookies posted by Jamie on March 13, 2015 Karly from Buns in My Oven is sharing one of her favorite cookie recipes with you today. If you’ve never met Karly before, now’s your chance to know someone awesome! You’re going to love every single recipe on her site. Thanks for guest posting, Karly! So, there I was standing in the pantry, feeling like I needed a cookie. Then I saw the oats and thought, hey, I’ll make some oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Then I saw the graham crackers and I thought, nope. Forget the oats. I’m grinding up some graham crackers and turning them into cookies. A cracker cookie! A delicious, chocolate filled graham cracker cookie that makes me weep with joy. So, that’s how these happened. Now you know. The texture is a bit different from your average cookie and the flavor really does shout graham crackers if you ask me. The melty chocolate chips are optional, except not, because chocolate. Chocolate Chip Graham Cracker Cookies – a cracker cookie? Yep, and it’s delicious! Just wait until you see what I do to this cookie base next time. I have grand plans. Oh, do I have grand plans. UPDATED: I turned these into s’mores cookies ! Chocolate Chip Graham Cracker Cookies Yield: 15 cookies 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature 1 cup brown sugar 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs 3/4 cup all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda Preheat oven to 350°F. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until creamy Beat in the vanilla and egg until well combined. In a medium bowl, combine the graham cracker crumbs, flour, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add to the butter mixture until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips. Using a medium cookie scoop, drop balls of dough onto a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake for 7 minutes. Cookies will look slightly underdone, but should set up nicely as they cool. adapted from Land O'Lakes Best Ever Oatmeal Cookies recipe	General Knowledge Quiz - By Zarbo84 The fictional character John Clayton is better known by what name? La Paz is the administrative capital of which South American country? Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name? The medical condition ‘aphonia’ is the inability to do what? In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the king of which Island? Who played the title role in the 1953 film ‘The Glenn Miller Story’? A third wedding anniversary is traditionally represented by which material? In the Bible, what sign did God give Noah that the earth would not be flooded again? In August 2011 NASA announced that photographic evidence had been captured of possible liquid water of which planet in our solar system? The restored tomb of which dramatist was unveiled in Paris in November 2011, after being ruined by lipstick smears left by thousands of kisses? What was the name of the hurricane which hit the East Coast of America in August 2011? On 11th March 2011 a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of which country? Convict George Joseph Smith was known as the ‘Brides in the ‘what’ murderer’? In the human body, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis is commonly known by what name? A peregrine is what type of bird? What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant? Which British pop musician/actor was actress Sadie Frost’s first husband? British singer Gaynor Hopkins is better known by what name? Who played Ron Kovic in the 1989 film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’? Ben Gurion International Airport is in which country? Which basketball star is kidnapped by cartoon characters in the 1996 film ‘Space Jam’? 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Who won the 2012 series of X Factor?	Who Won X Factor 2012? \| Hobbyings Who Won X Factor 2012? December 9, 2012 Question: Who won the 2012 series of the X Factor in the UK? Answer: The 2012 season of the UK X Factor was won by Middlesbrough resident James Arthur. The final which was held at the Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, England and was decided on Sunday the 9th of December. During the live finals James only once found himself in the bottom two with regards to the weekly public vote. Winner James defeated runner-up and former Swindon ASDA supermarket worker, Jahmene Douglas in the final. Both finalists were mentored throughout the X Factor series by American judge Nicole Scherzinger. Nicole was the first judge to mentor both of the acts who made it to the final two. After winning the show James Arthur went on to release his winners single Impossible. Watch the video of James Arthur singing Impossible live below: Going into the final Jahmene was expected to win and had been the bookies favorite. Related Pages	Ella Henderson - Music on Google Play Ella Henderson About the artist Gabriella Michelle "Ella" Henderson is an English singer and songwriter. She was a contestant in the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012 and got into the final 12, finishing in sixth place, despite being a strong favourite to win. She was subsequently signed to Syco Music. Henderson's first single, "Ghost", co-written with Ryan Tedder, was released on 8 June 2014 and gave Henderson her first number one song on the UK Singles Chart while remaining in the top five of the chart for eight consecutive weeks. It has subsequently been certified Platinum for sales in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. 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What was the title of Good Charlotte's 2010 album?	Download [Album] Good Charlotte – Cardiology [2010 Grouprip] Rock sensations Good Charlotte are back with their highly anticipated fifth full-length album Cardiology almost exactly 10 years after their self-titled debut put them on the map as one of the most exciting bands of the decade Originally formed as a pop-punk band in Waldorf, Maryland, in 1996, Good Charlotte – vocalist Joel Madden, guitarist Benji Madden, guitarist Billy Martin, bassist Paul Thomas and the latest edition, drummer Dean Butterworth have penned countless mainstream radio hits such as “The Anthem,” “Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous” and “Hold On However more importantly the band have constantly reinvented themselves and refused to limit their potential, whether that means supporting Justin Timberlake on his FutureSex/LoveShow tour or collaborating with Avenged Sevenfold's M. Shadows and Synyster Gates on their hit single “The River” from Good Charlotte's 2007 full-length Good Morning Revival. That adventurous musical persona continues with Cardiology, an album that features everything from the dance floor-friendly first single “Like It's Her Birthday” to future GC anthems such as “Silver Screen Romance,” while still effortlessly retaining the band's signature sound in the process. While in some ways Cardiology is a return to form for these multiple Warped Tour headliners, it also manages to work in elements from throughout the band's classic catalog to create an album that simultaneously summarizes what Good Charlotte are all about and hints at where they are headed in the future While musical trends can be fleeting, Good Charlotte have always proved themselves to be a constant in the music world by sticking to their punk roots without being afraid to expand their horizons and bring in new influences – and Cardiology is just the latest chapter in the band's already unparalleled career We can't wait to see what the second decade holds in store with Good Charlotte and share Cardiology with the band's myriad fans and supporters who have been clamoring for this record.	Duffy \| New Music And Songs \| Duffy About Duffy Emerging during the same boom of retro U.K.-based singers that launched Amy Winehouse, Duffy distinguished herself with a melodic, vintage voice that brought to mind such '60s artists as Dusty Springfield and Petula Clark. Born in the small coastal town of Nefyn on the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales, Amy Ann Duffy began singing at an early age. With a record collection limited to her parents' classic LPs, though, she had few influences to draw from. Her father's VHS tapes of the 1960s television rock show Ready Steady Go! thus became one of her biggest sources of inspiration, and Duffy started performing with various bands throughout her teenage years, sporting a charmingly retro sound that caught the ear of Rough Trade Records owner Jeannette Lee in 2004. Lee helped nurture the singer's talent by pairing her up with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler. The duo co-wrote several songs, including the single "Rockferry," which revealed Duffy's knack for soulful music inspired by Stax and Motown. "Rockferry" became the title song of Duffy's debut album, which was released on Polydor in 2008. However, it took a different song -- "Mercy" -- to make her an international star. "Mercy" topped the charts in the U.K., the first song by a Welsh female in a quarter-century to hit number one, and the follow-up single, "Warwick Avenue," peaked at number three. Overseas, "Mercy" also scored platinum status in America. Rockferry became one of the year's most popular records, selling over two million copies in the U.K. alone, winning a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album, and going multi-platinum in multiple other countries. Duffy began working on her second album in 2009, taking some time off to make her acting debut in the 2010 drama Patagonia. Meanwhile, recording sessions for the album took place in England and New York, with Albert Hammond pulling a double shift as producer and co-writer. The result, Endlessly, was released in November 2010. ~ Matt Collar & Andrew Leahey, Rovi
Ruth Jones played which part in 'Gavin and Stacey' on television?	Ruth Jones - TV.com Ruth Jones EDIT Ruth Jones is best known for her comedic roles as Myfanwy the barmaid in Little Britain and as Nessa in Gavin And Stacey (a show which she co-writes with James Corden). 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Redford played Nathan D. Muir, the veteran CIA operative who took rookie Tom Bishop (Pitt) under his wing. Muir’s cynicism eventually clashes with Bishop’s idealism after nearly ten years on the job, and the two split after a morally disastrous mission in Beirut during the Lebanese Civil War. Continue reading → Paul Newman, Katharine Ross, and Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Vitals Robert Redford as Harry Longbaugh, aka “The Sundance Kid”, American outlaw and sharpshooter Colorado to Bolivia (via New York City), Spring 1901 Background For Throwback Tuesday (that’s a thing, right?), BAMF Style is focusing on another BAMF hero – Robert Redford, who celebrated his 78th birthday yesterday – in the role that arguably shot his career into megastardom. As Harry Longbaugh, alias “The Sundance Kid”, Redford played a level-headed – if pessimisitc – ying to the optimistic dreamer Butch Cassidy played by Paul Newman. Butch and the Kid were outlaws, killers, and thieves, but William Goldman’s script, George Roy Hill’s direction, and Newman and Redford’s bickering chemistry reinvented the two bandits’ image. Continue reading → Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby (1974), posing with his yellow 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I convertible. Vitals Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, romantic millionaire and shady bootlegger New York City, Summer 1925 Film: The Great Gatsby Release Date: March 29, 1974 Director: Jack Clayton Costume Designer: Theoni V. Aldredge Background Well, it’s the arbitrarily-chosen second week of June, which means it’s time for the third semi-annual Car Week! I’m kicking off this week by focusing on a very iconic car in both literature and film – Jay Gatsby’s big yellow Rolls-Royce tourer, a symbol of the era’s destructive opulence. Continue reading → Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby in 1974’s The Great Gatsby. Vitals Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, enigmatic millionaire and eager romantic Long Island, NY, midsummer 1925 Film: The Great Gatsby Release Date: March 29, 1974 Director: Jack Clayton Costume Designer: Theoni V. Aldredge Background According to tradition passed down to us from generations of snobs, Labor Day is the last socially acceptable day for Americans to wear white prominently. If you’re scrambling to get your white in before your country club bars you for showing up in October with your favorite ivory sport coat, follow Gatsby’s example to make a solid impression. Continue reading → Robert Redford’s Gray Suit in The Sting Robert Redford as Johnny Hooker in The Sting (1973). Yesterday was the 77th birthday of BAMF Style favorite Robert Redford. With a resume including the Sundance Kid , Jay Gatsby , Three Days of the Condor , Havana, and – of course – The Sting , Redford provides plenty of material for sartorial BAMFery. Vitals Robert Redford as Johnny Hooker, small-time Depression-era grifter Chicago, September 1936 Release Date: December 25, 1973 Director: George Roy Hill Costume Designer: Edith Head Background The Sting has always been one of my favorite films and was one of the first to convince me to wear suits more often. Continue reading → Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby in the 1974 adaptation of The Great Gatsby. The little girl on his left is Patsy Kensit, who would later play Mel Gibson’s ill-fated love interest in Lethal Weapon 2. Vitals Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, enigmatic millionaire and eager romantic Long Island, NY, late summer 1925 Film: The Great Gatsby Release Date: March 29, 1974 Director: Jack Clayton Costume Designer: Theoni V. Aldredge Background So today is the day that Baz Luhrmann is releasing his interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel The Gr
Walter Fredrick Morrison sold the rights to his Pluto Platter in 1955, but under what name did this toy become popular?	The History of the Frisbee - Who Invented the Frisbee? The History of the Frisbee By Mary Bellis Updated August 13, 2016. Every object has a history, and behind that history an inventor. Sometimes who was first can be a topic for hot debate. Often several people independent of each other will all think of the same good idea at around the same time and will later argue "No it was me, I thought of it first." For example, many people have claimed to have invented the Frisbee. The legend behind the “Frisbee” name The Frisbie Baking Company (1871-1958) of Bridgeport, Connecticut, made pies that were sold to many New England colleges. Hungry college students soon discovered that the empty pie tins could be tossed and caught, providing endless hours of game and sport. Many colleges have claimed to be the home of 'he who was first to fling.' Yale College has even argued that in 1820 a Yale undergraduate named Elihu Frisbie grabbed a passing collection tray from the chapel and flung it out into the campus, thereby becoming the true inventor of the Frisbie and winning glory for Yale. continue reading below our video Should I Buy my House or Continue to Rent? That tale is unlikely to be true since the words “Frisbie's Pies” was embossed in all the original pie tins and it was from the word “Frisbie” that the common name for the toy was coined. Early inventors In 1948, a Los Angeles building inspector named Walter Frederick Morrison and his partner Warren Franscioni invented a plastic version of the Frisbie that could fly further and with better accuracy than a tin pie plate. Morrison's father was also an inventor, who invented the automotive sealed-beam headlight. Another interesting tidbit was that Morrison had just returned to America after World War II, where he had been a prisoner in the infamous Stalag 13. His partnership with Warren Franscioni, who was also a war veteran, ended before their product had achieved any real success. The word 'Frisbee' is pronounced the same as the word “Frisbie.” Rich Knerr (Wham-O) was in search of a catchy new name to help increase sales after hearing about the original use of the terms “Frisbie” and “Frisbie-ing.” He borrowed from the two words to create the registered trademark “Frisbee.” Soon after, sales soared for the toy, due to Wham-O's clever marketing of Frisbee playing as a new sport . In 1964, the first professional model went on sale. Ed Headrick was the inventor at Wham-O who patented Wham-O's designs for the modern frisbee (U.S. patent 3,359,678). Ed Headrick's Frisbee, with its band of raised ridges called the Rings of Headrick, had stablized flight as opposed to the wobbly flight of its predecessor the Pluto Platter. Headrick, who invented the Wham-O Superball that sold over twenty-million units, held the utility patent for the modern day Frisbee, which has sold over two hundred million units to date. Mr. Headrick led the advertising program, new products program, was vice president of research and development, executive vice president, general manager and also served as CEO for Wham-O Incorporated over a ten-year period. The patent drawing at the top of this article is from U.S. patent 3,359,678 and was issued to Headrick on December 26, 1967. Today, the fifty-year-old Frisbee is owned by Mattel Toy Manufacturers, one of at least sixty manufacturers of flying discs. Wham-O sold over one hundred million units before selling the toy to Mattel.	Pluto and the Solar System \| IAU Pluto and the Solar System Pluto and the Developing Landscape of Our Solar System The discovery of Pluto Nearly eighty years ago an astronomer working at the Lowell Observatory in the United States made a discovery that would ultimately initiate a dramatic change in the way we look at our Solar System. The young astronomer was Clyde Tombaugh, an observing assistant working at the observatory made famous by the great astronomer Percival Lowell. Tombaugh was continuing the search for an elusive planet – planet X – that Lowell had believed (incorrectly) to be responsible for perturbing the orbits of Uranus and Neptune. Within a year, after spending numerous nights at the telescope exposing photographic plates and months tediously scanning them for signs of a planet, Tombaugh saw what he was looking for. At around 4pm on the afternoon of 18 February 1930 Tombaugh began comparing two plates taken in January that year showing a region in the constellation of Gemini. As he flicked from one plate to the other, trying to see if something moved slightly between the two (the tell-tale sign of the planet he was hunting), he spotted something. In one part of the frame a small object flitted a few millimetres as he switched between the two plates. Tombaugh had found his new planet! (Stern & Mitton, 2005) The changing landscape of the Solar System The object Tombaugh had discovered was named Pluto, a name officially adopted by the American Astronomical Society, the Royal Astronomical Society in the UK and the IAU. It is a frigid world, billions of kilometres from Earth, and 30 times less massive than the then-smallest known planet, Mercury. But Pluto was not alone. It was found to have five satellites. The largest, Charon, was discovered in 1978. The smaller four were discovered using the Hubble Space Telescope in 2005, 2011 and 2012 and officially named Nix, Hydra, in early 2006 ( read more ) , Kerberos and Styx in 2013 ( read more ) by the IAU. The view of our Solar System's landscape began to change on August 30, 1992 with the discovery by David Jewitt and Jane Luu from the University of Hawaii of the first of more than 1000 now known objects orbiting beyond Neptune in what is often referred to as the transneptunian region. More generally these bodies are often simply labelled as Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). With so many Trans-Neptunian Objects being found, it seemed inevitable that one or more might be found to rival Pluto in size. On the night of the 21 October 2003, Mike Brown from Caltech, Chad Trujillo from the Gemini Observatory and David Rabinowitz from Yale University were using a telescope and camera at the Palomar Observatory in the US to search the edge of the Solar System. That night they imaged a region of sky showing an object moving relative to the background stars. Later analysis showed that they had discovered another cold world, around 2500 km across, orbiting the Sun. Subsequent observations showed that the new object, initially named 2003 UB313 according to the International Astronomical Union's protocol on the initial designation of such objects, was more massive than Pluto and that it too had a satellite ( read more ). With an object larger and more massive than Pluto now beyond Neptune and ever more of these Trans-Neptunian Objects being discovered, astronomers were beginning to ask: "Just what constitutes a planet?" A new class of objects and how to define a planet The IAU has been responsible for the naming and nomenclature of planetary bodies and their satellites since the early 1900s. As Professor Ron Ekers, past president of the IAU, explains: Such decisions and recommendations are not enforceable by any national or international law; rather they establish conventions that are meant to help our understanding of astronomical objects and processes. Hence, IAU recommendations should rest on well-established scientific facts and have a broad consensus in the community concerned .( read the full article on page 4 of the IAU GA Newspaper ) The IAU decided to create a commit
The Cadbury Report of 1992 established the first major code for what regulatory aspect of business/economics?	cadbury \| Board Of Directors \| Corporate Governance corporate governance You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 4 to 32 are not shown in this preview. You're Reading a Free Preview Pages 38 to 90 are not shown in this preview. This action might not be possible to undo. Are you sure you want to continue? CANCEL We've moved you to where you read on your other device. Get the full title to continue Get the full title to continue reading from where you left off, or restart the preview. Restart preview	Sir John Houblon (1632–1712), First Governor of the Bank of England (1694–1697) \| Art UK Art UK \| Discover Artworks Sir John Houblon (1632–1712), First Governor of the Bank of England (1694–1697) Sir John Houblon (1632–1712), First Governor of the Bank of England (1694–1697) Start a discussion on Art Detective Notes Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account. Discard changes You can help us tag artworks on Tagger . The tags above come from the public, and also from an image recognition project run by the Visual Geometry Group, University of Oxford . Bank of England Museum Threadneedle Street, London, Greater London EC2R 8AH England Not all locations are open to the public. Please contact the gallery or collection for more information Catherine Taylor (d.1757) The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford Edward Coke (1552–1634), Lawyer, Legal Writer and Politician Trinity College, University of Cambridge Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lindsey Birmingham Museums Trust Mary Harpur (d.1752), Lady Holte (?) National Trust, Calke Abbey William Wake (1657–1737), Archbishop of Canterbury Lambeth Palace John Pearson (1613–1686), Master (1662–1672), Bishop of Chester (1672–1686) Trinity College, University of Cambridge Samuel Gale (1682–1754) Society of Antiquaries of London: Burlington House How you can use this image © All rights reserved All images on Art UK are protected by copyright and image permissions vary across the Art UK website. Please check individual artwork pages for information about permitted use. This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Some images on Art UK are available to purchase as prints and may be available to license for commercial purposes through the Art UK Shop . For all other types of use please contact the owning collection. Their website may have more information about permitted uses and licensing.
What was the name of the language spoken by the Inca?	Inca Language More Articles Inca Language In several Spanish documents from after the Conquest, there are references to a 'secret language' spoken by the Inca nobility that most people could not understand. It suits the Quechua Academy in Cuzco to claim that this was some more original or perfect form of the language, they claim that they alone speak the perfect, pure Quechua and are therefore in a unique position to decree standards for the language. In truth, however, there is no single Quechua language--instead there is what linguists called a dialect chain across most of Western South America, in which speakers of one Quechua language can understand the languages spoken by their immediate neighbors, but not a language further from them. Quechua is divided into a number of dialects. The major division is into 'Central' and 'Peripheral' Quechua. These are not normally mutually intelligible. Mutual intelligibility is tricky, however (see the linguistics FAQ on'languages vs. dialects'). Speakers of the modern Quechua dialects don't interrelate much (if they do much travelling, they know Spanish), and so don't have the habit of deciphering other dialects. Quechua has been heavily influenced by Spanish, of course. Some 30% of the lexicon, even in monolingual speakers, comes from Spanish. Inorder to learn Quechua, it requires some vast changes of mind-set as learners try to master bipersonal conjugation, conjugation dependent on mental state and veracity of knowledge, spatial and temporal relationships, and numerous cultural factors. Quechua has a three-vowel system: a, i, u. The vowels, like computer geeks, spread out to fit the space available-- an i, for instance, may be heard as [i], [I], or [e]. Bilingual Quechua speakers may approximate the five-vowel Spanish system (but they often get it wrong, producing a distinctive Quechua accent called motosidad). The Incan language was based on nature. All of the elements of which they depended, and even some they didn't were give a divine character. They believed that all deities were created by an ever-lasting, invisible, and all-powerful god named Wiraqocha, or Sun god. The King Incan was seen as Sapan Intiq Churin, or the Only Son of the Sun. Quechua was very distinctive language. Inca were very accurate in their language. The only imperfection that the Inca language had was that it did not have a written language. This would have really affected many of the Inca citizens. Quechua was under a certain procedure of only oral communication. The oral communication was mainly to maintain their culture. Inca traditions survive stubbornly in Peru today. In remote villages older people speak only Quechua, the Inca language. They also keep Inca customs in food, music, and religion that have all but died out in urban areas.	Indians \| Disney Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia [Source] The Indians are the characters in Peter Pan . They lived in the Indian Camp of Neverland . As their chief pointed out, for "many moons", they have been fighting the Lost Boys in innocent challenges, and the winners always turned the losers loose (sometimes the winners are the Indians; anytime else, it is the Lost Boys). Contents [ show ] Development Originally, the Indians were to have a somewhat larger role than now. In the first scene for Never Land, the Indians were to be involved in a chase including the Lost Boys and the Pirates. Later on, after Peter Pan rescued Tiger Lily, they became security guards for Hangmen Tree, Peter Pan's hideout and battle with the pirates during an ambush. Appearances Jake and the Never Land Pirates None of the Indians make an appearance but in the episode " Basketballs Aweigh ", a basketball court built by the Indians was visited by Jake and his crew as well as Captain Hook. When first seen, vocalizations of the Indians were briefly heard. Racial stereotyping of Native Americans Although loved by families for decades, Peter Pan has been seen as politically incorrect in recent years due to the way Disney portrayed the Native American "Indians" in the film. They are stereotypical and considered by some to be offensive. They are displayed as wild, savage, violent and speak in a stereotypical way. The characters often call them savages and at one point Captain Hook refers to them as "redskins". John, Michael, and the Lost Boys go hunting them like animals (the Lost Boys mention tigers and bears as other alternatives). The "What Made the Red Man Red?" song is highly controversial because the Indians themselves are reflecting on how they got the color of skin; that Indian men maintain a permanent blush due to their constant pursuit of Indian women, and that asking "How?" is a major catalyst for Indian education. These stereotypes are present in J.M Barrie's play and many films of the time (mainly Westerns and cartoons). Marc Davis, one of the supervising animators of the film said in an interview years after the production that "I'm not sure we would have done the Indians if we were making this movie now. And if we had we wouldn't do them the way we did back then." Gallery
The medical term ‘Prominentia Laryngea’ is commonly known as which part of the body?	Prominence \| definition of prominence by Medical dictionary Prominence \| definition of prominence by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/prominence [prom´ĭ-nens] a protrusion or projection. frontonasal prominence an expansive facial process in the embryo that develops into the forehead and bridge of the nose; called also frontonasal process . laryngeal prominence a subcutaneous prominence at the front of the throat produced by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx; popularly known as Adam's apple . mandibular prominence the ventral prominence formed by bifurcation of the first branchial arch (mandibular arch) in the embryo, which unites ventrally with its fellow to form the lower jaw; called also mandibular process . maxillary prominence the dorsal process formed by bifurcation of the first branchial arch (mandibular arch) in the embryo, which joins with the ipsilateral median nasal process in the formation of the upper jaw. Called also maxillary process . prom·i·nence prominence /prom·i·nence/ (prom´ĭ-nins) a protrusion or projection. frontonasal prominence frontonasal process ; an expansive facial process in the embryo that develops into the forehead and bridge of the nose. laryngeal prominence Adam's apple ; a subcutaneous prominence on the front of the neck produced by the thyroid cartilage of the larynx. mandibular prominence mandibular process ; the ventral prominence formed by bifurcation of the mandibular (first pharyngeal) arch in the embryo, which unites ventrally with its fellow to form the lower jaw. maxillary prominence maxillary process ; the dorsal prominence formed by bifurcation of the mandibular (first pharyngeal) arch in the embryo, which joins with the ipsilateral medial nasal prominence in the formation of the upper jaw. nasal prominence, lateral the more lateral of the two limbs of a horseshoe-shaped elevation in the future nasal region of the embryo; it participates in formation of the side and wing of the nose. nasal prominence, medial the more central of the two limbs of a horseshoe-shaped elevation in the future nasal region of the embryo; it joins with the ipsilateral maxillary prominence in the formation of half of the upper jaw. prominence	Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: February 2016 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League All questions set by the Dolphin Dragons And Vetted by the Harrington B & the Cock-a-2 (thoroughly – thanks!) 4. Shakespeare’s Heroines (Don’t Panic!) 5. Science (and Technology) Round 1: Children’s Favourites 1. Who wrote the Five Find-outer books? Enid Blyton 2. On children’s TV, Charlie has a little sister. Who? Lola 3. Who sang “I’m a pink toothbrush”, a favourite on Children’s Favourites? Max Bygraves 4. And who owned a magic piano? Sparky 5. Lala and Tinky Winky were two of the Teletubbies. Name one of the others. Po and Dipsy 6 Who wrote Five Children and It? E. Nesbit 7. Mary Lennox is the heroine of which book by Frances Hodgson Burnett? The Secret Garden 8. Anthony Buckridge wrote a series of books about which schoolboy, who is named in the all the titles Jennings 9.For which famous children’s favourite were Mary Tourtel, and then Alfred Bestall, responsible? Rupert the Bear 10. What was the name of the housekeeper in the Brown’s household in the Paddington Bear stories? Mrs Bird. 1.What is the real meaning of Unready, in Ethelred the Unready? Refusing to take advice (un-rede-y) Accept an answer which conveys this meaning! 2.Which Turkish leader inspired the troops of the Ottoman Empire at Gallipolli in 1915, and later led his nation, introducing many modernisations? Mustafa Kemel aka Kemel Attaturk 3.What was the title of the highest official in Ancient (Republican) Rome? Two were elected annually. Consul 4.Which ancient Roman town was destroyed along with Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD? Herculaneum 5. The subject of much scorn from Churchill, who was the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland during World War II? Eamonn De Valera 6.What part of the body was covered by the piece of armour called a coif? The head (it was a sort of under-helmet, or occasionally helmet, usually of chain mail) 7.Which country fought the Winter War of 1939-40, against the USSR? Finland 8.Which English king was nicknamed Lackland? John Supplementaries What was the job of a reeve, in medieval England? A sort of farm-manager (Slightly lower than a bailiff, and the term could be used for a minor court official) What, in medieval England, was a houpellande? A robe, a sort of overdress Round 3: Arts and Entertainment 1. Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera is subtitled “the Peer and the Peri”? Iolanthe 2. In Pride and Prejudice who (eventually) marries Lydia Bennett? George Wickham 3. In which Dickens’ novel is the heroine called Estella? Great Expectations 4. Which 60’s group was famous for parodies of such songs as the Supremes’ Baby Love? The Barron Knights 5. Where has Boy George recently succeeded Sir Tom Jones? The Voice (BBC TV) 6. Which other famous composer was born in the same year as Bach and Scarlatti (1685)? Handel 7. What was the name of the 2014 film starring Benedict Cumberbach as Alan Turing? The Imitation Game 8. Who took over from Matt Smith as the Doctor in Dr Who? Peter Capaldi Supplementaries Who is the only chart act to appear twice in the top 10 of best selling UK singles of all time? Boney M Who has been the Doctor in Doctor Who, Margery Allingham’s detective Campion in the TV series of that name, and a vet in all Creatures Great and Small? Peter Davison Round 4: Shakespeare’s Heroines (Don’t Panic!) All the questions in this round concern women who share their first names with Shakespearean heroines 1.Which poet had a muse called Beatrice? Dante. 2.In Call the Midwife, Miranda Hart plays Camilla Noakes. By what nickname is the character better known? Chummy 3.Who wrote about a private detective, Cordelia Grey, in the book “An Unsuitable Job for a Woman”? PD James 4.Who does Hermione marry in the Harry Potter books? Ron Weasley 5.The actress, Helena Bonham Carter is the great-granddaughter of which Prime Minister? HH Asquith 6.In the late 15th century, Ferdinand and Isabella ruled Spain jointly. Of which region of Spain was Isabella queen in her own right? Castille 7.Cate Blanchett played which character in the films of Lord of the R
When testing his sound equipment inventions, including the first ever recording (on phonograph cylinder in 1878), Thomas Edison often recited?	Edison: His Life and Inventions - a 1929 book by Dyer and Martin EX-PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Published in New York by Harper Brothers, 1929 THE PHONOGRAPH AT the opening of the Electrical Show in New York City in October, 1908, to celebrate the jubilee of the Atlantic Cable and the first quarter century of lighting with the Edison service on Manhattan Island, the exercises were all conducted by means of the Edison phonograph. This included the dedicatory speech of Governor Hughes, of New York; the modest remarks of Mr. Edison, as president; the congratulations of the presidents of several national electric bodies, and a number of vocal and instrumental selections of operatic nature. All this was heard clearly by a very large audience, and was repeated on other evenings. The same speeches were used again phonographically at the Electrical Show in Chicago in 1909--and now the records are preserved for reproduction a hundred or a thousand years hence. This tour de force, never attempted before, was merely an exemplification of the value of the phonograph not only in establishing at first hand the facts of history, but in preserving the human voice. What would we not give to listen to the very accents and tones of the Sermon on the Mount, the orations of Demosthenes, the first Pitt's appeal for American liberty, the Farewell of Washington, or the Address at Gettysburg? Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. We have some idea how the ancients looked and felt and wrote; the abundant evidence takes us back to the cave-dwellers. But all the old languages are dead, and the literary form is their embalmment. We do not even know definitely how Shakespeare's and Goldsmith's plays were pronounced on the stage in the theatres of the time; while it is only a guess that perhaps Chaucer would sound much more modern than he scans. The analysis of sound, which owes so much to Helmholtz, was one step toward recording; and the various means of illustrating the phenomena of sound to the eye and ear, prior to the phonograph, were all ingenious. One can watch the dancing little flames of Koenig, and see a voice expressed in tongues of fire; but the record can only be photographic. In like manner, the simple phonautograph of Leon Scott, invented about 1858, records on a revolving cylinder of blackened paper the sound vibrations transmitted through a membrane to which a tiny stylus is attached; so that a human mouth uses a pen and inscribes its sign vocal. Yet after all we are just as far away as ever from enabling the young actors at Harvard to give Aristophanes with all the true, subtle intonation and inflection of the Athens of 400 B.C. The instrument is dumb. Ingenuity has been shown also in the invention of "talking-machines," like Faber's, based on the reed organ pipe. These autom- ata can be made by dexterous manipulation to jabber a little, like a doll with its monotonous "ma-ma," or a cuckoo clock; but they lack even the sterile utility of the imitative art of ventriloquism. The real great invention lies in creating devices that shall be able to evoke from tinfoil, wax, or composition at any time to-day or in the future the sound that once was as evanescent as the vibrations it made on the air. Contrary to the general notion, very few of the great modern inventions have been the result of a sudden inspiration by which, Minerva-like, they have sprung full-fledged from their creators' brain; but, on the contrary, they have been evolved by slow and gradual steps, so that frequently the final advance has been often almost imperceptible. The Edison phonograph is an important exception to the general rule; not, of course, the phonograph of the present day with all of its mechanical perfection, but as an instrument capable of recording and reproducing sound. Its invention has been frequently attributed to the discovery that a point attached to a telephone dia	TED Talks \| TED.com TED Talks 2300+ talks to stir your curiosity Find just the right one Browse all talks Subscribe to receive email notifications whenever new talks are published. Daily Please enter an email address. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? Please check Daily or Weekly and try again. Please check your details and try again. Please check your details and try again. Sorry, we're currently having trouble processing new newsletter signups. Please try again later. Thanks! Please check your inbox for a confirmation email. If you want to get even more from TED, like the ability to save talks to watch later, sign up for a TED account now .
Mycroft is the older brother of which fictional detective?	Sherlock Holmes biography \| birthday, trivia \| Fictional Detective \| Who2 Sherlock Holmes Biography Fictional Detective Sherlock Holmes is the fictional creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , who wrote about the amazing detective in a series of 60 stories published between 1887 and 1927. Sherlock Holmes was famous for his extra-keen powers of observation and deduction, which he used to solve perplexing crimes and mysteries. He operated from his flat at 221b Baker Street in London, assisted by his friend Dr. Watson . The nefarious criminal Professor Moriarty appears as Holmes’s antagonist in some of the tales. Sherlock Holmes was an immediate hit in Doyle’s day and has remained so popular that he is sometimes mistaken for a real historical figure. Among the most famous Holmes stories are A Study in Scarlet (the first Sherlock Holmes story, 1887) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). Extra credit Sherlock Holmes was played by actor Basil Rathbone in a popular series of movies from 1939-46. In the 1980s and 1990s, Holmes was portrayed on television by Jeremy Brett ; Holmes was played by Robert Downey, Jr. in the 2009 action feature film Sherlock Holmes (and a 2011 sequel); and in 2010, the BBC began a modern-day version of the tales with Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes… Sherlock Holmes has an older brother, Mycroft, who appears in a few of the stories. Mycroft has powers of deduction which are supposedly even greater than Sherlock’s, but lacks the energy to pursue them… The Guinness Book of World Records said in 2012 that Sherlock Holmes had been portrayed more times on film and television than any other literary character.	List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC - WikiVisually FEATURED ARTICLES · CHANGE LANGUAGE · hover over links in text for more info click links in text for more info List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2014) Children's television programmes can be found at List of BBC children's television programmes . Contents Comedy[ edit ] The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two 2004–2007, BBC One 2009 and 2013–present) (From 2013 as Catherine Tate's Nan) Not Going Out (BBC One 6 October 2006–present) Citizen Khan (BBC One 27 August 2012 – present) Cuckoo (BBC Three 25 September 2012 – present) Blandings (BBC One 13 January 2013–present) Count Arthur Strong (BBC Two 8 July 2013 – 13 August 2013, BBC One 6 January 2015 – present) Badults (BBC Three 23 July 2013 – present) Still Open All Hours (BBC One 26 December 2013 – present) Boomers (BBC One 15 August 2014 – present) Uncle (BBC Three 13 January 2014 – present) Inside No. 9 (BBC Two 5 February 2014–present) W1A (BBC Two 19 March 2014 – present) continuation of Twenty Twelve (otherwise known as Two Thousand Twelve) (BBC Two 14 March 2011 – 24 July 2012) Tracey Ullman's Show (BBC One 11 January 2016–present) Mum (BBC Two 13 May 2016–present) Love, Nina (BBC One 20 May 2016–present) Drama[ edit ] Doctor Who (BBC One 23 November 1963 – 6 December 1989; 27 May 1996; 26 March 2005 – present) Silent Witness (BBC One 21 February 1996 – present) Jonathan Creek (BBC One 10 May 1997 – present) Inspector George Gently (BBC One 8 April 2007 – present) Sherlock (BBC One 25 July 2010 – present) Case Histories (BBC One 5 June 2011 – present) Call the Midwife (BBC One 15 January 2012 – present) The Syndicate (BBC One 27 March 2012 – present) Line of Duty (BBC Two 26 June 2012 – 2016, BBC One 2017-present) Murder (BBC Two 26 August 2012–present) Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One 20 November 2012 – present) Ripper Street (BBC One 30 December 2012 – present) Father Brown (BBC One 14 January 2013 – present) Shetland (BBC One 10 March 2013 – present) WPC 56 (BBC One 18 March 2013–present) Our Girl (BBC One 24 March 2013 – present) The Village (BBC One 31 March 2013 – present) The Fall (BBC Two 13 May 2013 – present) Peaky Blinders (BBC Two 12 September 2013–present) Hinterland (BBC One Wales 4 January 2014 – present, BBC Four 28 April 2014 – present) Happy Valley (BBC One 29 April 2014 – present) In the Club (BBC One 5 August 2014 – present) The Missing (BBC One 28 October 2014 – present) Poldark (BBC One 8 March 2015 – present) Ordinary Lies (BBC One 17 March 2015 – present) Doctor Foster (BBC One 9 September 2015 – present) River (BBC One 13 October 2015 – present) The A Word (BBC One 22 March 2016 – present) New Blood (BBC One 9 June 2016 –present) Class (BBC Three 22 October 2016) [1] Have I Got News for You (BBC One & BBC Two 28 September 1990–present, repeated on Dave) QI (BBC One, BBC Two & BBC Four 11 September 2003–present, repeated on Dave) Mock the Week (BBC Two 5 June 2005–present, repeated on Dave) EastEnders (BBC One 19 February 1985–present) Casualty (BBC One 6 September 1986–present) Holby City (BBC One 12 January 1999–present) Doctors (BBC One 27 March 2000–present) For What It's Worth (BBC One 4 January 2016–present) Think Tank (BBC One 21 March 2016–present) The Code (BBC One 18 April 2016–present) Blue Peter (BBC One 1958–2012, CBBC 2013–present) Countryfile (BBC One 1988–present) Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One 2004–present) The Apprentice (BBC Two 2005–2006, BBC One 2007–present) The Graham Norton Show (BBC One February 2007–present) Backchat (BBC Three 2013-2014, BBC Two 2014-present) Revenge of the Egghead (BBC Two 2014–present) Killer Magic (BBC Three March 2015 – present) Anansi Boys (BBC One 2017) Taboo (BBC One 2017) 199 Park Lane (BBC One 1965) 1990 (BBC Two 1977–1978) 2000 Today The BBCs Millennium Broadcast (BBC One 31 December 1999 –
Which subterranean animal shares its name with a measurement of substance?	Plant and Animal Cell Structures Plant and Animal Cell Structures Plant and Animal Cells -Is the basic unit of organisms -Discovery made possible by the invention of the microscope Robert Hooke used the first compound microscop e to view thinly sliced cork cells - Compound microscopes use a series of lenses to magnify in steps -Hooke was the first to use the term " cell " Cell Theory states the following: -All organisms are made up of one or more cells -The cell is the basic unit of organization of all organisms -All cells come from other cells already in existence Levels of Organization in Living Organisms : - Atoms (smallest unit of matter both living and non-living ) - Molecules (building blocks of matter composed of two or more atoms ) - Organelles (parts of a cell that carry out a particular function or role and are made of molecules) - Cell (is the smallest unit of life and the building block of all living organisms) - Tissues (tissues are formed when cells combine to carry out a task. Muscles used to move your eyes are tissues) - Organs (when two or more tissues combine and work together. Examples are the heart or stomach organs) - Systems (Organs work together in systems, such as stomach, liver, and pancreas that work together in our digestive system) - Organisms (Human beings are organisms that are composed of many systems) Organism - Organ - Cell We can observe from this diagram that cells are very small and are the building block of living organs , which in turn make up the human organism . Turn the page to see the various organelles - the small parts that make up cells... Created with CAST's UDL Book Builder Parts of a Cell The parts of the cell ( organelles ) that are important for you to know are: the Nucleu s , Cytoplasm , Mitochondrion , Vacuole , Endoplasmic Reticulum , Golgi Bod y , Cell Membrane , Cell Wall , and Chloroplast Watch a video for an overview of the parts of a cell. Come back to this section later to play an Organelles Matching Game Nucleus The nucleus controls all the activities of the cell. It is the brain of the cell, and contains the DNA which holds hereditary instructions for things like height, and eye, and hair color. Both plant and animal cells have a nucleus. Created with CAST's UDL Book Builder Golgi Body The Golgi Bod y packages and transports proteins, and holds waste products until the cell is ready to get rid of them. The Golgi Body is a specialized part of the ER (Endoplasmic Reticulum). Both plant and animal cells have a Golgi Body. Created with CAST's UDL Book Builder Cell Membrane The Cell Membrane separates the inner parts of the cell from the surrounding environment . This is a semi-permeable membrane, in that it allows some things in such as water and food molecules, but keeps out other things that may be harmful or unnecessary. Both plant and animal cells have a Cell Membrane. Review the parts of the cell you have learned thus far through this interactive game . Created with CAST's UDL Book Builder Cell Wall Found only in plant cells, the Cell Wall , provides protection and strength for the cell. This is a non-living part of the cell. Created with CAST's UDL Book Builder Chloroplast Chloroplast is found only in plant cells. It contains a pigment called chlorophyll which gives color to plants. This also provides a large surface area to collect sunlight for photosynthesis . Watch a video that provides an inward picture of a plant cell. Check your understanding of plant and animal cells by viewing this model.	The PeopleString Story The PeopleString Story Fun Food Trivia Fun food trivia questions and answers. What milk product did the U.S. Agriculture Department propose as a substitute for meat in school lunches, in 1996? A: Yogurt. What breakfast cereal was Sonny the Cuckoo Bird "cuckoo for"? A: Cocoa Puffs. Why was the Animal Crackers box designed with a string handle? A: The animal shaped cookie treats were introduced in 1902 as a Christmas novelty, and packaged so they would be hung from the Christmas trees. On what vegetable did an ancient Egyptian place his right hand when taking an oath? A: The onion. Its round shape symbolized eternity. How many flowers are in the design stamped on each side of an Oreo cookie? A: Twelve. Each as four petals. Black-eyed peas are not peas. What are they? A: Beans What European nation consumes more spicy Mexican food than any other? A: Norway What part of the banana is used to make banana oil? A: No part. Banana oil, a synthetic compound made with amyl alcohol, is named for its banana-like aroma. Under what name did the Domino's Pizza chain get its start? A: DomNick's What was margarine called when it was first marketed in England? A: Butterine What are the two top selling spices in the world? A: Pepper is 1st and mustard is second. What was the name of Cheerios when it was first marketed 50 years ago? A: Cheerioats What flaver of ice cream did Baskin-Robbins introduce to commemorate Americ's landing on the moon on July 20, 1969? A: Lunar Cheescake What is the most widely eaten fish in the world? A: The Herring What is the name of the evergeen shrub from which we get capers? A: The caper bush. What fruits were crossed to produce the nectarine? A: None. The nectarine is a smooth skinned variety of the peach. What animals milk is used to make authentic Italian mozzarella cheese? A: The water buffalo's. What nation produces two thirds of the world's vanilla? A: Madagascar. Why did candy maker Milton S. Hershey switch from making caramels to chocolate bars in 1903? A: Caramels didn't retain the imprint of his name in summertime, chocolate did. What was the drink we know as the Bloody Mary originally called? A: The Red Snapper, which was its name when it crossed the Atlantic from Harry's New York Bar in Paris. What was the first commercially manufactured breakfast cereal? A: Shredded Wheat. When Birdseye introduced the first frozen food in 1930, what did the company call it? A: Frosted Food. Company officials feared the word frozen would suggest flesh burns. The name was changed to frozen soon after. What American city produces most of the egg rolls sold in grocery stores in the United States? A: Houston, Texas. What was the first of H.J. Heinz' "57 varieties"? A: Horseradish, marketed in 1869 What is the literal meaning of the Italian word linguine? A: Little tongues. Where did the pineapple plant originate? A: In South America. It didn't reach Hawaii until the early nineteenth century. What recipe, first published 50 years ago, has been requested most frequently through the years by the readers of "Better Homes and Garden"? A: The recipe for hamburger pie, which has been updated and republished a number of times over the years. What is the only essential vitamin not found in the white potato? A: Vitamin A PeopleString Homepage & Mailbox-CashBox Tutorial Learning all the new things necessary for you to become efficient on the PeopleString Homepage can be a bit confusing when you are a new member. This video will help you to become more familiar with some of the functions of the PeopleString Homepage. I hope you find that this will also help you to become better at recommending PeopleString to your friends, family and interested people of the world. Thinking of joining the PeopleString team? There is no better time than now, as the Ground Floor opportunities are filling up fast. Just click on the this link for more info. The PeopleString Story PeopleString 'Where You Own the Web'. It is the new wave in relationship and social communities; it has the Creativity, Culture, Expressive Forums and p
Renaissance is an Anglicized-French word meaning?	CityPages November 2015 by CityPages Kuwait - issuu issuu 71 NOVEMBER 2015 issuu.com/citypageskuwait Scan this QR code with your smart phone /tablet and enjoy reading CityPages. To read it on your computer, simply visit the web link above. ‘Looking to the stars’ pinterest.com/citypagesmag Scan this QR code with your smart phone /tablet and enjoy reading and sharing slective pages from this issue of CityPages. To read it on your computer, simply visit the web link above. LIFESTYLE / PEOPLE / EVENTS / FASHION The Avenues -Phase 3 - Soku 22200989 contents ISSUE 71, VOLUME 5, NOVEMBER 2015 ENTERTAINMENT 87. Top Music Charts 88. November Movie Releases FASHION 108. Citypages Fashion Report 111. The Style Code 112. Fashion News FEATURES 16. Teenagers And The Power Struggle 18. Carry On Camping 20. Take That: Live In Dubai 28. Eccentric Teachers 31. ‫املال أم الوقت ؟‬ 32. Failure Is The New Beginning 35. ‫تسامح لتستمر‬ 36. 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Lightning lit up the sky, thunder rumbled angrily over the city and the rain washed away the last of summer. But along with the new season comes a new, positive energy and a host of fresh ideas; both of which you will find in this issue of CityPages. When it comes to fresh ideas, Kuwait’s new social platform ‘Societe!’ knows exactly how to turn those ideas into reality. With their common sense approach and passionate encouragement, you too could realise your dreams and see your very own ambition come to life. R	Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY Questions set by the Waters Green Lemmings and the Bate Horntails. ROUND ONE: Q1: The characters Vladimir and Estragon appear? A: Waiting for Godot. Q2: What relation was Pliny the Younger to Pliny the Elder? A: Nephew. Q3: Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed “Princess Pushy”? A: Princess Michael of Kent. Q4: What was the name of Perry Mason’s secretary? A: Della Street. Q5: What famous French film production/newsreel brand, established in 1896, was the first major movie corporation? A: Pathé (Pathé Frères - Pathé Brothers) Q6: Which King conferred the title “Royal and Ancient” on the Golf Club at St. Andrews? A: William IV. Q7: In which U.S. state is the vast majority of Yellowstone National Park? A: Wyoming. Q8: Which was the last British group to win the Eurovision Song Contest? A: Katrina and the Waves (in 1997 with Love Shine A Light). Q9: In October 2013, Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Driver’s Championship for the 4th consecutive time, but how many other people have achieved this feat? A: Three: (Juan Manuel Fangio; Alain Prost; Michael Schumacher). Q10: Which country finished third in the 1966 World Cup? A: Portugal. Q11: What was the surname of Art Historian and nun, Sister Wendy? A: Becket. Q12: What is the capital of Tajikistan? A: Dushanbe. 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"Johnny Weissmuller, the star of 12 ""Tarzan"" films between 1932 and 1948, won 5 Olympic gold medals in the 1920s in what sport?"	Johnny Weissmuller - Biography - IMDb Johnny Weissmuller Biography Showing all 52 items Jump to: Overview (5) \| Mini Bio (1) \| Spouse (6) \| Trade Mark (3) \| Trivia (27) \| Personal Quotes (9) \| Salary (1) Overview (5) 20 January 1984 , Acapulco, Mexico (pulmonary edema following a series of strokes) Birth Name 6' 3" (1.91 m) Mini Bio (1) Johnny Weissmuller was born as Peter Johann Weißmüller in Freidorf, today a district of the city of Timisoara in Romania, then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Weissmuller would later claim to have been born in Windber, Pennsylvania, probably to ensure his eligibility to compete as part of the US Olympic team. Weissmüller was one of two boys born to Petrus Weissmuller, a miner, and his wife Elisabeth Kersch, who were both Banat Swabians, an ethnic German population in Southeast Europe. A sickly child, he took up swimming on the advice of a doctor. He grew to be a 6' 3", 190-pound champion athlete - undefeated winner of five Olympic gold medals, 67 world and 52 national titles, holder of every freestyle record from 100 yards to the half-mile. In his first picture, Glorifying the American Girl (1929), he appeared as an Adonis clad only in a fig leaf. After great success with a jungle movie, MGM head Louis B. Mayer , via Irving Thalberg , optioned two of Edgar Rice Burroughs ' Tarzan stories. Cyril Hume , working on the adaptation of Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), noticed Weissmuller swimming in the pool at his hotel and suggested him for the part of Tarzan. Weissmuller was under contract to BVD to model underwear and swimsuits; MGM got him released by agreeing to pose many of its female stars in BVD swimsuits. The studio billed him as "the only man in Hollywood who's natural in the flesh and can act without clothes". The film was an immediate box-office and critical hit. Seeing that he was wildly popular with girls, the studio told him to divorce his wife and paid her $10,000 to agree to it. After 1942, however, MGM had used up its options; it dropped the Tarzan series and Weissmuller, too. He then moved to RKO and made six more Tarzans. After that he made 16 Jungle Jim (1948) programmers for Columbia. He retired from movies to run a private business in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu> Spouse (6) Trade Mark (3) muscular pectorals Best known as one of the most popular on screen Tarzan and for inventing his trademark roar. Showing his swimming skills in Tarzan films. Trivia (27) Born at 6:30pm-LMT Swimmer/actor, won five Olympic gold medals He was born in Freidorf, today Romania. His parents, Elisabetha (Kersch) and Petrus Weißmüller, a miner, were both Banat Swabians (ethnic Germans) and Hungarian citizens. They came to America when he was three years old. Because of Olympic eligibility issues, he told everyone he was born in Windber, Pennsylvania, USA. Won 5 Olympic Gold Medals 1924-1928 for swimming. Broke the record in each race. From 1921-1929 he won every free style race he entered. Had three children with Beryl: Johnny Weissmuller Jr. , Heidi Elizabeth Weissmuller and Wendy Anne Weissmuller. Weissmuller had a close call in Cuba during the time of the Cuban Revolution. While playing golf, he and his friends found themselves suddenly surrounded by a group of Fidel Castro 's soldiers intent on kidnapping them, or worse. Thinking fast, Weissmuller immediately gave his trademark Tarzan yell. The soldiers immediately recognized it and were so delighted to meet Tarzan that they began to clap and escorted the group back to a safe area, where Weissmuller was presented a $100 bill. When Weissmuller was introduced to the first Cheetah in his Tarzan films in 1931 (he worked with 8 chimpanzees altogether), the chimp's trainer told him to show no fear or the animal would attack him. As Weissmuller, dressed in his Tarzan loincloth and hunting knife, walked up to the animal, it bared its teeth, growled at him and lunged as if to attack him. Weissmuller took the knife out of the sheath and held it in front of the chimp's nose, to make sure h	Famous Born Texans Famous Born Texans "Texas Born and Texas Bred ....When I die I'll Be Texas dead!" Abbott Willie Nelson was born in Abbott, Texas on April 30, 1933 Country music singer and songwriter. Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings were combined into a genre called outlaw country ("outlaw" because it did not conform to Nashville standards). They released an album called Wanted: The Outlaws! (Jessi Colter and Tompall Glaser), country music's first platinum album. In 1978, he had two more platinum albums, Waylon and Willie (a collaboration with Jennings) and Stardust. Willie Nelson has also been in several movies, which include Honeysuckle Rose, Barbarosa, Gone Fishinï¿½, and The Dukes of Hazzard. He has also made a guest appearance in numerous TV shows. Abilene Shae D'Lyn was born Shae D'lyn Sherertz in Abilene, Texas November 24, 1963. She is an actress known for her roles as Jane Cavanaugh in the series Dharma & Greg and as Cousin Vicki in the National Lampoon comedy Vegas Vacation. John Derran Lackey was born in Abilene, Texas on October 23, 1978. He is a starting pitcher for Los Angeles Angels. Lee Roy Parnell was born in Abilene, Texas on December 21, 1956. He is a country music singer, most famous for Tender Moment and What Kind of Fool Do You Think I Am. Aguilares Pedro Gonzales-Gonzales was born Ramiro Gonzalez Gonzalez in Aguilares, Texas on December 21, 1926 and died on February 6, 2006) was an American character actor best known for his appearances in a number of John Wayne movies. AlanReed Billie Sol Estes (born 1924) was a scandal-ridden Texas-based financier best known for his association with U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and for having accused Johnson of a variety of crimes, including the assassination of his presidential predecessor, John F. Kennedy. Estes was born in Alanreed in west Texas. He amassed his fortune through the federal surplus grain program. After marrying in 1946, he moved to Pecos, the seat of Reeves County in southwest Texas, where he sold irrigation pumps powered by natural gas. He channeled those profits to launch still another successful business selling anhydrous ammonia fertilizer.[2] Mr. Estes currently lives in Granbury, Texas. Allen Matt Barr was born in Allen, Texas on February 14, 1984. He is a television and film actor. Amarillo Candace Camp was born in Amarillo, Texas on May 23, 1949. She is a best-selling writer of romance novels. She has also published under the pen names Lisa Gregory, Sharon Stephens, Kristen James. Cyd Charisse was born Tula Ellice Finklea in Amarillo, Texas on March 8, 1921. She was a dancer and actress, staring in such films as ï¿½Singing in the Rainï¿½ and 'The Band Wagon.ï¿½ Joe Ely was born in Amarillo, Texas on February 9, 1947. From the time he was 12 lived in Lubbock and is now an Austin, Texas honky-tonk/country musician. Jimmie Dale Gilmore was born in Amarillo, Texas on May 6, 1945. He is a country singer, songwriter, actor, recording artist and producer, currently living in Austin, Texas. He was raised in Lubbock. Carolyn Jones was born in Amarillo, Texas on April 28, 1930 and died on August 3, 1983. She was an actress, best remembered for playing the role of Morticia Addams in the classic TV Series The Addams Family. Andrews County Elmer Kelton was born in Andrews County, Texas April 29, 1926. He is an author, known for his Westerns. He graduated from the University of Texas in 1948. Anson Jeannie C. Riley was born in Anson, Texas on October 19, 1945. She is a country singer, best known for her country and pop hit Harper Valley PTA. She was the first woman to have a single become a Country and Pop #1 hit at the same time. Arlington Benjamin Grieve was born in Arlington, Texas on May 4, 1976. He is an outfielder for the Chicago White Sox. He has also played with the Oakland Athletics (1997-2000), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2001-2003), Milwaukee Brewers (2004), and Chicago Cubs (2004 & 2005). Hunter Pence was born in Arlington, Texas on April 13, 1983. He is an outfielder with the Houston Astros
"The songs 'Too darn hot"" and ""True love"" come from which Cole Porter musical which was filmed in 1956 starring Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly?"	Cole Porter / Songs in Films "They All Fall in Love" Beaches (1988) "I've Still Got My Health" - Bette Midler Because You're Mine (1952) "You Do Something to Me" - Mario Lanza Being Julia (2004) "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra Blazing Saddles (1974) "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Cleavon Little Born to Dance (1936) Original film score (more info) The Boys in the Band (1970) "Anything Goes" - Harpers Bizarre "It All Belongs to You" (more info) Breakfast on Pluto (2005) "Why Am I So Gone About That Gal" - Mitzi Gaynor and Gene Kelly Broadway Melody of 1940 (1939) Original film score (more info) Buena Vista Social Club (1999) "Begin the Beguine" "Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson and his Commanders Can-Can (1960) Film adaptation of stage show (more info) Castle on the Hudson (1940) "Begin the Beguine" (instrumental) Children of the Revolution (1996) "Begin the Beguine" - The Paul Grabowsky Orchestra "I Get a Kick Out of You" "Just One of Those Things" - Louis Armstrong "You're the Top" - Louis Armstrong Chocolate com Pimenta (2003) "Night and Day" - Ella Fitzgerald "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Steve Tyrell "Toda vez que eu digo adeus (Ev'ry Time You Say Goodbye)" - C�ssia Eller Chopper (2000) "Don't Fence Me In" - Frankie Laine Confetti (2006) "Night and Day" - Ella Fitzgerald De-Lovely (2004) Film with an interpolated Porter score (more info) Deconstructing Harry (1997) "Rosalie" - The Savoy Hotel Orpheans The Desk Set (1957) "Begin the Beguine" - Katherine Hepburn Divine Inspiration (2002) "I've Got You Under My Skin" - John Gunnery "It's Alright With Me" - John Gunnery "Why Can't You Behave?" - Patrica Watson "I Concentrate on You" - Celia Wells "You're the Top" - Celia Wells and John Gunnery Don't Fence Me In (1945) "Don't Fence Me In" - Roy Rogers Dream for an Insomniac (1998) "Night and Day" - Frank Sinatra Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) Film adaptation of stage show (more info) Earthly Possessions (1999) "Begin the Beguine" - Rick Hardeman Easy to Love (1953) "Easy to Love" - Tony Martin The Eddie Duchin Story (1956) "Just One of Those Things" - Carmen Cavallaro "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Leo Reisman and His Orchestra Edward II (1991) "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Annie Lennox Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) "Love for Sale" - Julie London Entertaining the Troops (1994) "Night and Day" - Dinah Shore Everyone Says I Love You (1996) "Looking at You" - Alan Alda Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972) "Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson and His Commanders Evil Under the Sun (1982) Film with an interpolated Porter score (more info) Eye for an Eye (1996) "Anything Goes" - Mitzi Gaynor Film adaptation of stage show (more info) Forget Paris (1995) "Just One of Those Things" Frantic (1988) "I Love Paris" - Harrison Ford Frauds (1993) "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Marcia Hines with the Bob Cousins Big Band "It's DeLovely" - Bob Cousins Big Band Freaky Friday (2003) "I've Got You Under My Skin" French Kiss (1995) "I Love Paris" - Toots Thielemans "I Love Paris" - Ella Fitzgerald The Gay Divorcee (1934) Film adaptation of stage show (more info) Grand Slam (1933) "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" A Grande Arte (1991) "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Sarah Chrétien Great Expectations (1998) The Great White Hype (1996) "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Lou Rawls and Biz Markie Hannah and Her Sisters (1996) "I'm in Love Again" - Bobby Short The Hard Way (1943) "I Get a Kick Out of You" (instrumental) "Night and Day" (instrumental) "I Get a Kick Out of You" (instrumental) High Society (1956) Original film score (more info) Hollywood Canteen (1944) "Don't Fence Me In" (more info) Hollywood Handicap (1938) "Rosalie" - The Original Sing Band Honeymoon for Three (1941) The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" "You Do Something to Me" - Peg La Centra "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Peg La Centra Husbands and Wives (1992) "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra I Dood It (1943) "Swingin' the Jinx Away" - Eleanor Powell (film footage fro	- Matt Monro - The singers singer - Anthony Newley Anthony George Newley, who died at age 67, was an actor, singer, songwriter and director of unusual versatility; his career spanned more than 50 years and embraced film, repertory theatre, rock and roll, comedy revues, music hall and television. Born Sept. 24, 1931, in Oswald Street, Hackney, east London, his education, at the Mandeville School for Boys, Clapton, was interrupted by the Blitz and he was evacuated to Morecambe, Lancashire, where he was fostered by George Pesckett, a former music hall performer who first introduced the boy to the theatre. After the war ended, Newley worked briefly in an insurance office until he saw an advertisement for the Italia Conti stage school, where - aged 14 - he was accepted as a pupil and tea boy. He had only been at the school for a few weeks when the film director Geoffrey de Barkus came to look for a boy to play the title role in The Adventures of Dusty Bates. Newley got the part at the age of 14. He also trained for the stage with the Dewsbury Repertory Co. He was the original East End boy made good, born illegitimately in Hackney and leaving school at 14. He then found success as a child actor, most notably as the Artful Dodger in David Lean's 1948 film Oliver Twist. Propelled by his role in Oliver Twist at the age of 17, Newley made his U.S. debut in 1956, appearing in six films that year. In the 1950s and 1960s, Newley was everywhere - on the screen, on television and, seven times, in the top ten. His singing career came about almost by accident. In 1959, he took the part of rock and roll star Jeep Jackson - a spoof on Elvis Presley - in the film Idle on Parade. A ballad from the film, I've Waited So Long, took Newley to the top of the British charts and started a three year run of hits which included Personality, If She Should Come to You, And The Heavens Cried and the novelty numbers Pop Goes the Weasel and Strawberry Fair. He also had two No 1’s, with Why and Lionel Bart's Do You Mind? "So overnight I had this incredible power," he said years later. "I was a rock and roll singer and it lasted for ten wonderful years." His film appearances included Doctor Dolittle and The Cockleshell Heroes. But he is likely to be best known for co-writing and starring in the hit musicals Stop the World I Want to Get Off and The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd, as well as a number of best-selling hit singles, including What Kind Of Fool Am I?, The Candy Man and Goldfinger. In 1987 he and frequent collaborator Leslie Bricusse were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Stop the World was a landmark in the history of the British musical, notable for its freedom of form and cynicism of content as it charted the bitter-sweet rise of its central character, played by Newley, from teaboy to millionaire. For Newley, its lasting legacy was its songs. They included Gonna Build a Mountain (a hit for Matt Monro in the UK) and What Kind of Fool Am I? which sold more than a million records and became his signature tune. Stop the World for which he was the director, star and co-author (with his long-time collaborator, Leslie Bricusse), was his greatest showcase. The show was conceived as "a simple, light-hearted satirical life cycle of the seven ages of man." (Namely, youth-and-adolescence, decision, sophistication, maturity, sagacity, retirement and senility.) In the UK, it played to packed houses for 15 months before transferring to Broadway in 1962, where it ran for 555 performances. An allegory about acquiring fame and power but ending up disillusioned, Stop the World was a tour de force for the star, who portrayed a symbolic Everyman named Littlechap. In the States he became one of the very few British crooners to make it big on the US cabaret circuit (In Las Vegas he commanded the same attention as Tony Bennett, Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra) and his Cockney rags-to-riches story made him a chat show favourite. In 1977 he was voted the Male Musical Star of t
What book's characters included two pigs named Napoleon and Snowball?	SparkNotes: Animal Farm: Character List Character List Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Napoleon - The pig who emerges as the leader of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Joseph Stalin, Napoleon uses military force (his nine loyal attack dogs) to intimidate the other animals and consolidate his power. In his supreme craftiness, Napoleon proves more treacherous than his counterpart, Snowball. Read an in-depth analysis of Napoleon. Snowball - The pig who challenges Napoleon for control of Animal Farm after the Rebellion. Based on Leon Trotsky, Snowball is intelligent, passionate, eloquent, and less subtle and devious than his counterpart, Napoleon. Snowball seems to win the loyalty of the other animals and cement his power. Read an in-depth analysis of Snowball. Boxer - The cart-horse whose incredible strength, dedication, and loyalty play a key role in the early prosperity of Animal Farm and the later completion of the windmill. Quick to help but rather slow-witted, Boxer shows much devotion to Animal Farm’s ideals but little ability to think about them independently. He naïvely trusts the pigs to make all his decisions for him. His two mottoes are “I will work harder” and “Napoleon is always right.” Read an in-depth analysis of Boxer. Squealer - The pig who spreads Napoleon’s propaganda among the other animals. Squealer justifies the pigs’ monopolization of resources and spreads false statistics pointing to the farm’s success. Orwell uses Squealer to explore the ways in which those in power often use rhetoric and language to twist the truth and gain and maintain social and political control. Read an in-depth analysis of Squealer. Old Major - The prize-winning boar whose vision of a socialist utopia serves as the inspiration for the Rebellion. Three days after describing the vision and teaching the animals the song “Beasts of England,” Major dies, leaving Snowball and Napoleon to struggle for control of his legacy. Orwell based Major on both the German political economist Karl Marx and the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilych Lenin. Read an in-depth analysis of Old Major. Clover - A good-hearted female cart-horse and Boxer’s close friend. Clover often suspects the pigs of violating one or another of the Seven Commandments, but she repeatedly blames herself for misremembering the commandments. Moses - The tame raven who spreads stories of Sugarcandy Mountain, the paradise to which animals supposedly go when they die. Moses plays only a small role in Animal Farm, but Orwell uses him to explore how communism exploits religion as something with which to pacify the oppressed. Mollie - The vain, flighty mare who pulls Mr. Jones’s carriage. Mollie craves the attention of human beings and loves being groomed and pampered. She has a difficult time with her new life on Animal Farm, as she misses wearing ribbons in her mane and eating sugar cubes. She represents the petit bourgeoisie that fled from Russia a few years after the Russian Revolution. Benjamin - The long-lived donkey who refuses to feel inspired by the Rebellion. Benjamin firmly believes that life will remain unpleasant no matter who is in charge. Of all of the animals on the farm, he alone comprehends the changes that take place, but he seems either unwilling or unable to oppose the pigs. Muriel - The white goat who reads the Seven Commandments to Clover whenever Clover suspects the pigs of violating their prohibitions. Mr. Jones - The often drunk farmer who runs the Manor Farm before the animals stage their Rebellion and establish Animal Farm. Mr. Jones is an unkind master who indulges himself while his animals lack food; he thus represents Tsar Nicholas II, whom the Russian Revolution ousted. Mr. Frederick - The tough, shrewd operator of Pinchfield, a neighboring farm. Based on Adolf Hitler, the ruler of Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 1940s, Mr. Frederick proves an untrustworthy neighbor. Mr. Pilkington - The easygoing gentleman farmer who runs Foxwood, a neighboring farm. Mr. Frederick’s bitter enemy, Mr. Pilkington represents the	List of Shows, Films and Comics in Snafu Comics \| Snafu Comics Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia List of Shows, Films and Comics in Snafu Comics 627pages on Share 300 is a 2006 fantasy war film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Both are fictionalized retellings of the Battle of Thermopylae which took place between Greece and Persia (modern day Iran), within the Persian Wars. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. It was filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. The plot revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian "god-King" Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios (David Wenham). Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy. Grim Tales A Spartan Shield can be seen as one of the many artifacts in Mandy's Vault . Adventure Time is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of Finn, a 15-year-old human boy, and his best friend Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. Ward describes Finn as a "fiery little kid with strong morals", while Jake is based on Tripper Harrison, Bill Murray's character in the movie Meatballs. The series is based on a short produced for Frederator's Nickelodeon animation incubator series Random! Cartoons. After the short became a viral hit, Cartoon Network picked it up for a full-length series that previewed on March 11, 2010 and officially premiered on April 5, 2010, and the series has been a critical and commercial success. Grim Tales The Nightosphere appears as one of the great five realms in the Underworld with Hunson Abadeer being its ruler as well as one of the big five Overlords. Hunson stays true to his Adventure Time version as very comedic yet menacing ruler. He indirectly mentioned his daughter Marceline as well. The Skeleton Guardian from The Land of Dead appeared in the background after the fight of Mimi and Mina. The Half Demon Monster also appeared when the Nightosphere was introduced, meaning it roams the Nightosphere. Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi The April Fool's Page, Get Inside Your Friends, is completely drawn in the style of Adventure Time. GIR even transformed into a sandwich which happens to be Jake's favorite snack. Angry Birds is a strategy game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple's iOS in December 2009. Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apple's App Store, which has prompted the company to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphones, such as those using the Android operating system, among others. In the game, players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed on or within various structures, with the intent of destroying all the pigs on the playfield. As players advance through the game, new birds appear, some with special abilities that can be activated by the player. Rovio Mobile has supported Angry Birds with numerous free updates that add additional game content, and the company has even released stand-alone holiday and promotional versions of the game. Angry Birds has been praised for its successful combination of addictive gameplay, comical style, and low price. Its popularity led to versions of Angry Birds being created for personal computers and gaming consoles, a market for merchandise featuring its characters and even long-term plans for a feature film or television series. With a combined 500
Who had a hit in 1965 with 'England Swings'?	Roger Miller... "England Swings" 1965 - Interactive Chords and Diagrams - Chordify Roger Miller... "England Swings" 1965 Loading the chords for 'Roger Miller... "England Swings" 1965'. guitar Similar to Roger Miller... "England Swings" 1965 Instant chords for any song Tune into chords Please get Chordify Premium in order to upload files. No search results Chordify is an online music service - made for and by music enthusiasts - that transforms any song into chords. Search for any song on Youtube, Soundcloud or Deezer, or paste a link for any of these services. Log in with Facebook	Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri
What is the name of the process by which plants obtain carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water?	Plants make their own food thru the process of photosynthesis Photosynthesis, Respiration, Transpiration Plants are self-sufficient. They make their own food thru the process of photosynthesis using light energy to make sugars from carbon dioxide (C02) and water (H20). The three major functions that are basic to plant growth and development are: � Photosynthesis � the process of capturing light energy and converting it to sugar energy, in the presence of chlorophyll using CO2 and H2O, � Respiration � the process of metabolizing (burning) sugars to yield energy for growth, reproduction and other life processes, and � Transpiration � the loss of water vapor through the stomata of leaves. Photosynthesis A primary difference between plants and animals is the plant�s ability to manufacture its own food. In photosynthesis carbon dioxide from the air and water from the soil react with the sun�s energy to form carbohydrates (sugars and starches). Photosynthesis literally means to put together with light. The photosynthetic process occurs only in the chloroplasts, tiny subcellular structures contained in the cells of leaves and green stems. In photosynthesis, the sun�s energy combines hydrogen from water (H20) with carbon dioxide (CO2) turning them into carbohydrates. Oxygen (O2) is given off as a by-product of photosynthesis. The chemical equation for the process of photosynthesis is: 6CO2 + 6H20 + light C6H12O6 + 6O2 This process is directly dependent on the supply of water, light and carbon dioxide. Any one of the factors on the left side of the equation (carbon dioxide, water, or light) can limit photosynthesis regardless of the availability of the other factors. If any one of these factors is limiting, then the whole process slows down or stops. An implication of drought or severe restrictions on landscape irrigation is a reduction in photosynthesis and thus a decrease in plant vigor. In a tightly closed greenhouse there can be very little fresh air infiltration and CO2 levels can become limiting. This in turn limits plant growth because the production of sugars needed to do the work involved with growing is limited. Many greenhouses provide supplemental CO2 to stimulate plant growth. The rate of photosynthesis is somewhat temperature dependent. For example, with tomatoes, when temperatures rise above 96 degrees Fahrenheit the rate of food used by respiration rises above the rate that food is manufactured by photosynthesis. Plant growth comes to a stop and produce loses its sweetness. Respiration In respiration, plants (and animals) convert the sugars back into energy for growth and to energize life processes (metabolic processes). The chemical equation for respiration shows that the sugars from photosynthesis are combined with oxygen. Notice that the equation for respiration is the opposite of photosynthesis. C6H12O6 + 6O2 6CO2 + 6H20 + energy Chemically speaking, the process is similar to the oxidation that occurs as wood is burned, producing heat. When compounds combine with oxygen, the process is often referred to as burning. For example, athlete�s burn en	Science test chapter 15 - Science with Gurholt at La Crescent Middle School - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. Science test chapter 15 Structure that can be found in insects, arachnids, and crustaceans Stages of complete metamorphosis why an arthropod sheds its exoskeleton gills Where a crayfish gets its oxygen through antennae organs grasshopper uses for smelling 2nd stage of grasshopper's metamorphosis nymph Who is faster centipedes or millipedes? centipedes Do crustaceans and arachnids have jointed legs? Yes How many legs do insects have attached to the thorax 6 True or False? Insects have the largest number of animals on Earth. True Only invertebrates that can fly. Arthropods Pairs of legs arachnids have four only arthropod class with 2 pair of antennae crustacean Invertebrates with both simple and compound eyes insects Process in which exoskeleton is shed molting Air holes in abdomen of grasshopper spiracles true or false: stomach and intestines of arthropods are found in the abdomen True an insect pupa eats a great deal and grows quickly True True or false: Crafish see images with both compound and simple eyes false means by which spiders breath Parts of a grasshopper identify these organisms and list the characteristics that helped you identify each invertebrate. centipede arachnid millipede * The material on this site is created by StudyBlue users. StudyBlue is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by the academic institution or instructor. Words From Our Students "StudyBlue is great for studying. I love the study guides, flashcards and quizzes. So extremely helpful for all of my classes!" 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The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbour was a gift in 1886 to the USA by whom?	Statue Of Liberty National Monument (U.S. National Park Service) Contact Us Liberty Enlightening the World "The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World" was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886. It was designated as a National Monument in 1924. Employees of the National Park Service have been caring for the colossal copper statue since 1933.	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? Rio de Janeiro In an all-black cast, who played the role of Brick in the 2008 revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"? Terrence Howard Advertisement ) What term describes the purchase of securities with borrowed money using the shares themselves as collateral? Buying on Margin In the sequence of presidential succession, who is next in line after the vice president? Speaker of the House Created by Ruth Handler, which 12-inch follower of fashion has been every girl's best friend since 1959? Barbie For which film did Kathy Bates win an Oscar in 1991? Misery Which country is home of port wine? Portugal The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is geographically part of which continent? Asia Which city was hit by the second American atomic bomb in 1945? Nagasaki What does a person with mythomania tend to? Tell lies What is the latin term for the science of languages? Linguistics Which Agatha Christie's fictional characters is the only one to have been given an obituary in the N.Y. Times? Hercule Poriot Guns N' Roses guitarist Saul Hudson is better known by what name? Slash Which land animal species lives the longest? Turtle Which militant Lebanese political group sparked a 2007 attack after capturing two Israeli soldiers? Hezbollah How many calories equal 42 Joules: about 1, 10 or 42? Ten Jumping and dressage are events in which Olympic competition? Equestrian What message delivery system did U.S. computer technician Raymond Tomlinson invent at the beginning of the 1970's? E-mail What is the gesture of submission, originating in imperial China, in which you kneel and touch the ground with your forehead? Kowtow On what sitcom did John Larroquette win three straight Best Supporting Actor Emmy Awards? Night Court What is the most distinctive exterior feature on a Russian Orthodox church? The Onion Dome Which 1957 Broadway musical is loosely based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? West Side Story What is the name for the valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings? Price Earning Ratio What country issues gold coins called Krugerrands? South Africa In the 1960s, IBM designed a new typing head to reduce jams in typewriters. What shape was it? A ball Who directed "The Color Purple" in 1985? Steven Speilberg What does an oenologist specialize in? Wine What dam created Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S.? Hoover Dam Named after the city where they signed the pact in 1955, where did eight eastern European states agree to form a political alliance? Warsaw What part of the body is affected by a swelling known as a periodontal disease? Gums Which Polynesian word means "forbidden"? Taboo Which novel by J.D. Salinger that is still controversial today features Holden Caulfield as the protagonist? The Catcher in the Rye According to the classic Van Morrison song, who "comes around here bout mid-night?" Gloria What is a tapaculo: a fish, a rodent or a bird? A bird Who did Hugo Chavez refer to as "the devil" in a 2006 speech to the UN General Assembly? George W. Bush Which temperature scale has its absolute zero at minus 273.15 degrees Celsius? Kelvin In which chess move are the rook and the king used at the same time? Castling Which frequency band uses the abbreviation "U.H.F." Ultra High Frequency In which country did T'ai Chi originate? China What character on NCIS is commonly referred to as "Ducky"? Dr. Mallard By what name is the collection of Egyptian tombs across the Nile from Luxor better known? Valley of the Kings "Les Miserables" is a musical based on a novel by which writer? Victor Hugo What term describes the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from a difference in price? Arbitrage (riskless profit) What president extended a "Good Neighbor Policy" to countries in South America, Central America and the Carribean? Franklin Delano Roose
The comet Shoemaker broke apart and collided with which planet in our solar system in July 1994?	Remnants of 1994 Comet Impact Leave Puzzle at Jupiter Remnants of 1994 Comet Impact Leave Puzzle at Jupiter By Robert Roy Britt \| August 23, 2004 06:06am ET MORE Six exposures from the Hubble Space Telescope were combined to create this mosaic of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 on May 17, 1994. When the comet was observed, its train of 21 icy fragments stretched across 710 thousand miles (1.1 million km) of space, or 3 times the distance between Earth and the Moon. Credit: H.A. Weaver, T. E. Smith (STScI), NASA Jupiter's atmosphere still contains remnants of a comet impact from a decade ago, but scientists said last week they are puzzled by how two substances have spread into different locations. The new study also discovered two previously undetected chemicals in Jupiter's air. Grasping what chemical compounds are in and above the Jovian clouds and how they move about could help scientists understand planets outside our solar system, too, said the researchers who produced the work. From July 16 through July 22, 1994, more than 20 fragments of Comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the gaseous planet, all coming in at about the same latitude, 45 degrees south. Fragments up to 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) sent plumes of hot gas into the Jovian atmosphere. Dark scars lasted for weeks. Shocks created by the impacts led to high-temperature chemical reactions that produced hydrogen cyanide, which remains in the air but has been spread around a bit in the years since. The comet also delivered carbon monoxide and water, which through an interaction with sunlight, scientists suspect, was converted to carbon dioxide. The Cassini spacecraft, now at Saturn, examined Jupiter as it swung by. The new study draws on infrared data from Cassini collected in 2000 and 2001. The hydrogen cyanide has diffused some both north and south, mixed by wave activity, explained Michael Flasar of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. Jupiter's cloud bands carry material around the planet swiftly, but the bands do not mix easily. Not surprisingly, hydrogen cyanide is most abundant in a belt at the latitude where the comet was absorbed. At five degrees of latitude change in both directions, its presence drops off sharply. The highest concentration of carbon dioxide, however, has shifted away from the latitude of the impact. It is most prevalent poleward of 60 degrees south and decreases abruptly, toward the equator, north of 50 degrees south. Another smaller spike in its presence occurs at high northern latitudes, around 70 to 90 degrees north. Perhaps the two chemicals got distributed at different altitudes, and are being moved around by different currents, Flasar told SPACE.com. Or maybe the formation of the carbon dioxide was more complex than thought. He said it might have involved carbon monoxide first moving away from the impact area and then interacting with other substances at higher latitudes before being converted to carbon dioxide. "At high latitudes, precipitation of energetic oxygen ions probably occurs, associated with Jupiter's magnetically induced lights, known as aurora," Flasar explained. "These energetic ions could react with Jupiter's atmosphere to produce hydroxyl, which can oxidize carbon monoxide to produce carbon dioxide." If all that sounds complicated, you're not alone in wondering what's going on. "We're scratching our heads, and we need to work through these, and perhaps other, scenarios," said Flasar, who is principal investigator for Cassini's Composite Infrared Spectrometer. The study, led by Virgil G. Kunde of the University of Maryland, was published Thursday in the online version of the journal Science. The work also uncovered two new compounds, diacetylene and a so-called methyl radical, which are products of the breakup of methane by ultraviolet radiation from the Sun. These were expected but had not been observed at Jupiter before. So far as astronomers know, the more than 100 giant planets found outside our solar system might be something like Jupiter. Only one has had its atmosphere probed. Better knowledge of the substances in	My Questions - Documents Documents Share My Questions Embed <iframe src="http://docslide.us/embed/my-questions.html" width="750" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://docslide.us/documents/my-questions.html" title="My Questions" target="_blank">My Questions</a></div> size(px) Download My Questions Transcript Chemically pure gold contains how many carats? What is the tallest and thickest type of grass? What was the surname of the family who employed Julie Andrews' character in 'The Sound Of Music'? Which nation has won the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other? What is the most common gas in the air we breathe? Which three different actors played Batman in the movies between 1989 and 1997? 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The story of a man who was too proud to run – (1952)?	rompedas: THE STORY OF A MAN WHO WAS TOO PROUD TO RUN THE STORY OF A MAN WHO WAS TOO PROUD TO RUN High Noon on main street From Madrid Miner's photostream at flickr.com High Noon (1952) is possibly the all-time best Western film ever made - a successful box-office production by Stanley Kramer and director Fred Zinnemann [who also directed From Here to Eternity (1953) and A Man For All Seasons (1966)]. The Western genre was employed to tell an uncharacteristic social problem tale about civic responsibility, without much of the typical frontier violence, panoramic landscapes, or tribes of marauding Indians. One of the film posters described the theme of the deserted, lone marshal who stubbornly insisted on delaying his newly-married life with a pacifist Quaker wife (symbolic of US isolationists) in order to stay and confront his former nemesis and paroled murderer - Frank Miller: The story of a man who was too proud to run. The dramatic, tightly-compressed, austere black and white film with high-contrast images was shot in a spare 31 days, and the physically-pained, ravaged look etched on 51 year old Gary Cooper's gaunt face was due to actual illness (a recurring hip problem, bleeding stomach ulcers, and lower back pain), and emotional stress due to his recent breakup with actress Patricia Neal after a three-year, well-publicized affair while separated from his wife. The time span of the film (about 105 minutes) approximates the actual screen length of the film - 85 minutes - accentuated by frequent images of the clock as time rapidly dissipates before the final showdown. Cameraman Floyd Crosby's years of filming New Deal documentaries is evident in the film's sparseness, static compositions, and authentic feel. This simple, stark, low-budget Western classic, with a total budget of $750,000, was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture (won by Cecil B. DeMille's circus epic The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)), Best Director, and Best Screenplay - it was awarded four awards: Best Song for "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin')" (sung by Tex Ritter throughout the film, lyrics by Ned Washington, music by Dimitri Tiomkin), Best Scoring of a Dramatic Picture (Dimitri Tiomkin), Best Film Editing (Elmo Williams and Harry Gerstad), and Best Actor for Gary Cooper's performance - his second Oscar after a win for Sergeant York (1941). (Cooper's win was an unusual honor, since Western films (and acting roles) are rare nominees and winners in Academy history! The film's theme song was made a popular hit by Western singer Frankie Laine.) Presumably, the Academy felt obligated to honor one of filmdom's greatest directors (DeMille) with the Best Picture Oscar, as his career was coming to an end. (High Noon (1952) , review by Tim Dirks at filmsite.org) Grace Kelly Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly as newlyweds Will and Amy Kane From movie...ine.co.uk Directed by Fred Zinnemann, High Noon stars Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly as newlyweds Will and Amy Kane. Will has recently decided to retire as the marshal of Hadleyville, a small town in New Mexico. When Kane learns that Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald), a criminal Kane put behind bars, is about to be released from prison, Kane must postpone his new life with his new wife. After all, Miller has already declared revenge on Kane when the clock hits twelve and Kane destroy the whole town to get to him. To protect the town, Kane sticks around to stand his ground. The town isn’t as courageous as Kane though, and he has a hard time trying to find people to get his back. Soon Frank hops on the train headed toward Hadleyville with three of his gang members. Time keeps ticking and everyone has an excuse not to help Kanel. Amy, who just wants to leave town, threatens to leave Kane if he doesn’t come with. Unlike her new husband, she doesn’t believe in violence and wants no part of it. As the clock strikes high noon, Kane must face off alone with one of the most dangerous criminals in the west. Cue the slow cowboy music and release the tumbleweeds. This shootout is history in the making. Wri	Mrs. Dale's Diary Mrs. Dale's Diary The first post-war soap on British radio was Mrs. Dale's Diary and was first broadcast on the Light Programme at 4pm on Monday 5th. January 1948. Who could forget Marie Goossens' harp introduction to the programme or the reflective comments of Dr. Dale's ever-earnest wife? The title character was a nice middle-class doctor's wife, Mary, and her husband Jim who lived at Virginia Lodge in the Middlesex suburb of Parkwood Hill. They had a son called Bob played by Nicholas Parsons, Hugh Latimer, Derek Hart, and by Leslie Heritage for nearly twenty years. and a daughter called Gwen who was successively Virginia Hewitt, Joan Newell, Beryl Calder and (for many years) Aline Waites. Bob was married to Jenny and they had twins. Gwen was married to her, not always faithful, husband David who was Jenny's brother but was eventually left a widow when David was killed water skiing in the Bahamas whilst holidaying with his rich mistress. Derek Nimmo was brought in at this time to play Jago Peters a boyfriend for Gwen. Mrs. Dale's sophisticated sister, Sally, (always pronounced "Selly") lived in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, and ran a dress shop and also had a country cottage with a housekeeper called Zenobia. There was also a char lady called Mrs. Morgan (played by Grace Allardyce) who subsequently married Mr. Maggs (played by Jack Howarth). The neighbour across the road, the grumpy Mrs Mountford (played by Vivienne Chatterton) had a nervous companion called Miss Marchbanks and a parrot called Coco along with a liking for chocolate cake. An occasional character was Mrs. Leathers who was a Cockney and rather common (played by Hattie Jaques). Mrs. Freeman (or Mother-in-Law as Dr. Dale always used to call her) had a cat named Captain (always pronounced "Kepton"). The milkman was played by Michael Harding. Eventually the stories were relocated to a town called Exton and the cast had to roughen up the famous cut glass vowels and become a different kind of family. Gwen became a mature student and the characters started to have a social conscience. The Queen Mother reportedly commented about the programme, 'It is the only way of knowing what goes on in a middle-class family'. Radio comics loved to spoof the programme, using the soul-searching comment, "I'm awfully worried about Jim" as allegedly uttered by the indefatigable diarist. The final episode, in 1969, featured Gwen's engagement to a glamorous TV professor played by John Justin. short radio clip A 1952 publicity picture of the cast: Dr. Dale (Douglas Burbidge) with his hands on the shoulders of Mrs. Dale (Ellis Powell). The other characters are daughter Gwen (Joan Newell) sitting far left; Mrs. Freeman (Dorothy Lane) seated second left; Isabel Fielding (Thea Wells) standing; son Bob (Derek Hart) centre; and daily help Mrs. Morgan (Grace Allardyce) standing far right. Mrs. Dale's sister, Sally Lane (Thelma Hughes) is seated bottom right. Main Cast List: Mrs. Dale: Ellis Powell, Jessie Matthews Dr Dale: Douglas Burbidge, James Dale (honestly!), Charles Simon Bob Dale: Hugh Latimer, Leslie Heritage, Nicholas Parsons, Derek Hart Jenny Dale: Julia Braddock, Shirley Dixon, Mary Steele, Sheila Sweet Gwen Dale/Owen: Virginia Hewitt, Joan Newell, Beryl Calder, Aline Waites David Owen: Anthony James, Frank Partington, Gordon Morrison, John Spingett, Robin Lloyd, Lee Peters Mrs. Freeman (Mrs. Dale's Mother): Courtney Hope, Dorothy Lane Sally Lane (Mrs. Dale's sister): Thelma Hughes, Margaret Ward Isobelle Fielding: Thea Wells Mr. Maggs: Jack Howarth (later to become Albert Tatlock in Coronation Street) Mrs. Morgan / Maggs: Grace Allardyce Mrs. Leathers: Hattie Jaques Monument (the gardener): Charles Lamb Milkman: Michael Harding Scriptwriter was Jonquil Anthony The soap ran from January 1948 until April 1969, by which time it had been renamed 'The Dales'. A total run of 5531 episodes. In the mid-'60s, the theme was updated by Ron Grainer. Here are clips of the beginning and ending music: Ending Theme Aline Waites (1969) With grateful thanks to Aline Waites who
Who won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland?	Winners of the 1970s - What happened to them? \| News \| Eurovision Song Contest Winners of the 1970s - What happened to them? ABBA in Brighton after their victory in 1974 Published 18 Aug 2011 at 23:06 Written by Tweet We've looked at the winners of the 50s and 60s to see what happened to them and now we take a peek at another iconic era in Eurovision Song Contest history - The 1970s! The 1970s was a very iconic decade for Europe's favourite TV show. It is a decade that produced some of the contest's most memorable winners, some of whom are still household names today. Take a look below at the ten winners who took Europe by storm in the 70s.... And maybe, just maybe you will recognise a few of them! 1970 - Dana (Ireland) Born Rosemary Brown in 1951, Dana began her life in a musical family. She walked in the footsteps of her mother and father and won talent competitions, subsequently catching the eye of a producer in 1965 after winning a folk music competition. Dana made an attempt enter the Eurovision Song Contest in 1969, coming second in the Irish National Song Contest with the song Look Around. The next year she was invited to compete again with the song All Kinds Of Everything, which went on to win the competition on the 21st of March 1970 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. It was Ireland's first ever win at the competition and her song was a hit all over the world. After the competition, Dana went on to have mixed success, releasing various singles and albums. She also tried out a bit of acting and released an autobiography. Outside of music, Dana went on to have a formiddable career as a politician, coming third in the Irish presidential election in 1997. In 1999 she was elected to the European Parliament and tried to enter local politics in the early 2000s. Most recently Dana has put her political career on hold and returned to showbusiness, appearing on a celebrity dancing competition and released her own record label. 1971 - Séverine (Monaco) Séverine appeared under a number of stage names before entering Europe's favourite TV show. Early in her career she was known as "Celine" when performing with various bands and then in 1968 she appeared as "Robbie Lorr" performing at the Golf Drouot music club in Paris. In 1969 the stagename "Séverine" appeared and she signed a record contract. Her success came when she represented Monaco at the Eurovision Contest held at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland on the 3rd of April 1971. Her song, Un banc, un arbre, une rue became an instant hit all over Europe. Following her win, Séverine had success in her native France but most notably in Germany where a number of her songs were big schlager hits. She also appeared on the coveted programme, ZDF-Hitparade a number of times and appeared in the German national final in 1975 and 1982 where she came 7th and 10th respectively. Most recently Séverine has released further material as well as performing back in France and in 2006 she accompanied the Monaco's delegation to Athens. She has also been working as a singing teacher in Paris. 1972 - Vicky Leandros (Luxembourg) Vicky Leandros was born in 1949 on the island of Corfu in Greece, into a musical family. Her father Leo Leandros was already an established artist and composer. Vicky grew up in Germany and started singing at a young age, releasing her first single in 1965. In 1967, Vicky represented Luxembourg in Vienna with the song, L'amour est bleu, which came 4th. It was a however, a huge hit all over world and has been covered by many artists. Vicky continued to release singles and appeared on a number of TV shows, including hosting a show on the BBC in the UK called Music My Way, before once again representing Luxembourg in 1972 with the song Après Toi. This was again a huge hit for Vicky and paved the way for a long career, which saw her have success in Europe, Canada, the USA and Japan inparticular. Throughout the 80s and 90s Vicky's success continued and she notably recorded the German version of the Titanic sound track, My Heart Will Go On in the late 90s. Most recently, Vicky	Ireland Picks Ulster Woman as President - The New York Times The New York Times World \|Ireland Picks Ulster Woman as President Search Continue reading the main story Mary McAleese, 46, a law professor from the British province of Northern Ireland, has won the Presidency of the Irish Republic, becoming the first northerner ever to hold the office, according to official results announced today. At the start of the campaign, people wondered whether her northern upbringing and distinct northern accent would hurt her. But tonight it seemed clear that voters saw her as someone who could help the Northern Ireland peace effort. She was also an able television performer, more eloquent in debate than her four rivals in Thursday's vote. By wearing her hair short and her jackets long, she imitated the style of Mary Robinson, whom she will succeed as the country's eighth President, a position that is largely ceremonial but also important to the Irish national identity and the country's image abroad. Ms. McAleese began promoting Ireland immediately after she was declared the winner. The Irish people, she said, would be ''key players not only on the European stage, but globally.'' The turnout was one of the lowest in Irish history, with only about half the eligible voters going to the polls. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Ms. McAleese, with 58.7 percent of the vote, was declared victor over her closest rival, Mary Banotti the candidate of the country's second-strongest party, Fine Gael, and a member of the European Parliament. She took 41.3 percent of the vote. The other three candidates were eliminated during the count under Ireland's system of proportional representation. Rosemary Scallon, a singer known professionally as Dana, would have come in third. The other two contenders were Adi Roche, known for her campaigns against nuclear power and weapons, and Derek Nally, a retired police sergeant. During the campaign Ms. McAleese was attacked by Fine Gael, which portrayed her as being ideologically close to Sinn Fein, the political wing of the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Ms. McAleese said her contact with Sinn Fein was normal for any official trying to make peace, and that she had nothing to do with the I.R.A. The President's role in the issue is a matter of setting a tone, rather than direct involvement. Ms. McAleese, who describes herself as a practicing Catholic, reassured Protestant unionists, noting that she was born in the north ''and reared in a unionist environment'' and had contact with ''many people whom I love very very deeply.'' She added that in the north, where her husband, Martin, a dentist, and three children live, she has ''a deep loving affection even in spite of the harsh language of contempt, despite the awful violence that's been visited upon us. I'm hoping that as the violence fades and the language softens that we will find our way back to mutual affection and generosity.'' Ms. McAleese, a professor and vice chancellor at Queens University in Belfast, the northern capital, has also taught at Trinity College in Dublin and worked as a news presenter on Irish national television. The eldest of nine children, she is personally opposed to abortion and divorce, the most volatile social issues here. But she said during the campaign that if the Parliament approved a liberalization of the restrictive abortion law, she would sign it. The six-week campaign was often nasty, and, in one respect, it was a continuation of what is known here as ''Civil War politics.'' Ms. McAleese's main support came from Fianna Fail, the party descended from the faction of rebels that rejected the treaty of Irish independence signed with Britain 75 years ago, creating the British province to the north. These forces, led by Eamon de Valera, who served as Prime Minister and President, started a civil war. Supporters of the treaty, led by Michael Collins, won the war and eventually became Fine Gael, now the largest opposition party. Since then, Fianna Fail has generally favored the goals of Sinn Fein, the political wing of th
On which famous river would you find the Cat and Mouse castles ?	Cat & Mouse Castles - Castle Quest Castle Quest I have been trying to find the answer to the following for 2 weeks now - and have just seen this site! Please help if you can!! Where and on which famous river would you find the Cat & Mouse Castles? Hoping for a favourable response to solve my problem Many thanks unregistered posted 10-19-99 02:04 PM A quick search on the web got this answer to your query. St. Goarshausen on the river Rhine -- This ancient town is known for its cat and mouse castles. The Burg Katz (Castle Kat) was built in 1372 by aristocrats who gave the neighboring Durenberg Castle the name Burg Maus (Castle Mouse). ------------------ Neurotics build castles in the air, psychotics live in them, Psychiatrists charge the rent, art therapists do the interior design and nurses clean out the garderobes! jfm1963 posted 03-12-2004 04:03 PM Do you have any idea where I can find some information as to who live in the Castle Maus? I have records that indicate that some of my ancestors left the Castle Maus around the 1830. ipflo Unfortunately it doesn't say much about the owners after 1800s. It only says that the castle became a ruin, but maybe you can email them for more info. Merlin http://www.bti-net.com/burgen/burg/1601.htm They say there that the family von Nassau sold Burg Maus 1806 for deconstruction. From www.burgenreich.de I got the information that the ruin was bought by a local wine-maker at 1819. At the end of the 19th century, it came in the posession of an architect named G�rtner who did the reconstruction from 1900 to 1906. jfm1963 I need help in translating those websites into English. Anyone out there willing to help? ipflo on www.altavista.com you can find a tool with which you can translate websites from german to english. jfm1963 posted 03-15-2004 02:13 PM Merlin, do you have any idea what the wine makers name was? And thanks ipflo for the translation site! Merlin I'm sorry, but searching the net I couldn't find his name. More sites with information about the castle: posted 03-18-2004 05:09 PM Do any of you have any contacts that you can check out the family of a Johann Georg Maus? He apparently lived in the castle until they fled from the area for America around the 1830 or 1840's. Merlin Are you sure about that? In the time period you suggest, castle Maus was already in ruins. And the 'Maus' in the castles name was not connected to the name of a family - it's original name was Durenberg. The neighboring castle on the other side of the Rhine is castle 'Katz' - named after the counts of Katzenellnbogen (which means "cat's ellbow"). It was more kind of a joke that the bishop who owned Durenberg in the 14th century und who was not a freind of the counts named his castle 'Maus'. jfm1963 posted 03-22-2004 09:20 AM This is the account I have from a relative of mine and it suggests that they came from their castle on the Rhine: "The Maus family fled from Germany about 1830. Their home was the ancestral castle, the Maus Tower on the Rhine, province of Hesse-Darmstadt. The father was a Lutheran Bishop. Son Frederick was also studying for the ministry and had been to Munich and absorbed revolutionary ideas. The duke of the province was in the habit of coming personally to the village on the Maus estate to gather taxes. On one occasion he encountered Frederick on the street and the young man stubbornly refused to lift his hat to the duke. The duke lifted his cane and knocked the hat off. Frederick seized the cane, whacked the duke on the head and threw the cane beside him on the ground. It was dusk, and people of the village had gone into their homes for the night, so there was no witness to the scene. Frederick immediately hastened up the hill to the castle to tell his family what he had done. The table was set and the family was ready to sit down to the evening meal. Instead, however, they hastily gathered whatever valuables they could carry, mounted horses, crossed the Rhine, and escaped into France und	Canal & River Explorers - london London's canals and rivers Our guided walks at Limehouse, Brentford and Enfield are well established and have been awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge. You will compare the nearest river with the canal, find out how a lock works, learn about the local history and spot the surprisingly wide variety of waterbirds. During most of our walks children have spotter books to complete. More about London's canals and rivers Our Explorers team love researching and planning walks in new locations so we can also lead walks in Southall, Hackney, Waltham Forest and Broxbourne. There’s always a fascinating local story to tell so please contact us if you would like a guided walk near your school. If you are concerned about safety – don’t worry – our volunteers are always willing to give a water assembly in your school and we always teach the children how to be safe near water before we set off. All our guided walks and talks in London are free of charge! The Grand Union Canal at Brentford Outreach in your school A visit to your local canal or river in London is an ideal topic for delivering the new National Curriculum requirements for geography fieldwork and a local area history study. Before your guided walk our volunteers will visit your class to give an illustrated talk about your local river or canal. Each talk lasts about an hour and can be adapted for Key Stage 1 or 2. All about the River Lea This talk traces how the river has been used over the past 1000 years from Viking invaders to its role in the Olympic Park. Is it a river or a canal? Is it spelt Lea or Lee? Why is the river important for fishing, cucumbers and guns? Children will have lots of archive pictures to look at, some objects relating to life on the canal to handle (no guns!) and some costumes to wear. All about the Grand Union Canal This talk looks at the importance of the Grand Union canal as a major trade route from London to the Midlands. When and how was it built? What cargoes were carried? How long is it? What jobs would children have done on the canal? Children will have lots of archive pictures to look at, some objects relating to life on the canal to handle and some costumes to wear. All about the Limehouse Cut This talk looks at why the Limehouse Cut was built. Where is it and why is it called a cut? What’s the link to Eastenders? What is a ropewalk? What would Limehouse Basin have looked like in the past? Children will have lots of archive pictures to look at, some objects relating to life on the canal to handle and some costumes to wear. All about the Regent’s Canal This talk is about the Regent’s Canal which was built to link the River Thames at Limehouse to the Grand Union Canal in Paddington . Why was it built? What cargoes were carried on the canal? What is its link to Norway and ice? What happened after the railways were built? Children will have lots of archive pictures to look at, some objects relating to life on the canal to handle and some costumes to wear. The River Lea at Enfield Limehouse Basin
In November 1994 who became the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in history by defeating Michael Moorer?	George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ - Nov 05, 1994 - HISTORY.com This Day in History: 11/05/1994 - Foreman is Oldest Champ On this day in 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing's oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to "all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail." Born in 1949 in Marshal, Texas, Foreman had a troubled childhood and dropped out of high school. Eventually, he joined President Lyndon Johnson's Jobs Corps work program and discovered a talent for boxing. "Big George," as he was nicknamed, took home a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, after winning his first 37 professional matches, 34 by knockout, Foreman KO'd "Smokin'" Joe Frazier after two rounds and was crowned heavyweight champ. At 1974's "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasha, Zaire, the younger, stronger Foreman suffered a surprising loss to underdog Muhammad Ali and was forced to relinquish his championship title. Three years later, Big George morphed from pugilist into preacher, when he had a religious experience in his dressing room after losing a fight. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister in Houston and founded a youth center. A decade later, the millions he'd made as a boxer gone, Foreman returned to the ring at age 38 and staged a successful comeback. When he won his second heavyweight title in his 1994 fight against Moorer, becoming the WBA and IBF champ, Foreman was wearing the same red trunks he'd had on the night he lost to Ali. Foreman didn't hang onto the heavyweight mantle for long. In March 1995, he was stripped of his WBA title after refusing to fight No. 1 contender Tony Tucker, and he gave up his IBF title in June 1995 rather than fight a rematch with Axel Schulz, whom he'd narrowly beat in a controversial judges' decision in April of that same year. Lead Story George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ Share this: George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ Author George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ URL Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1994, George Foreman, age 45, becomes boxing’s oldest heavyweight champion when he defeats 26-year-old Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. More than 12,000 spectators at the MGM Grand Hotel watched Foreman dethrone Moorer, who went into the fight with a 35-0 record. Foreman dedicated his upset win to “all my buddies in the nursing home and all the guys in jail.” Born in 1949 in Marshal, Texas, Foreman had a troubled childhood and dropped out of high school. Eventually, he joined President Lyndon Johnson’s Jobs Corps work program and discovered a talent for boxing. “Big George,” as he was nicknamed, took home a gold medal for the U.S. at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. In 1973 in Kingston, Jamaica, after winning his first 37 professional matches, 34 by knockout, Foreman KO’d “Smokin'” Joe Frazier after two rounds and was crowned heavyweight champ. At 1974’s “Rumble in the Jungle” in Kinshasha, Zaire, the younger, stronger Foreman suffered a surprising loss to underdog Muhammad Ali and was forced to relinquish his championship title. Three years later, Big George morphed from pugilist into preacher, when he had a religious experience in his dressing room after losing a fight. He retired from boxing, became an ordained minister in Houston and founded a youth center. A decade later, the millions he’d made as a boxer gone, Foreman returned to the ring at age 38 and staged a successful comeback. When he won his second heavyweight title in his 1994 fight against Moorer, becoming the WBA and IBF champ, Foreman was wearing the same red trunks he’d had on the night he lost to Ali. Foreman didn’t hang onto the heavyweight mantle for long. In March 1995, he was stripped of his WBA title after refusing to fight No. 1	Most Famous Boxers – List of Famous Boxers in History Nationality: American Known For: First African American to be the world heavyweight boxing champion. Nicknamed the “Galveston Giant,” Jack Johnson was widely considered to be the most famous African American on the planet for more than a decade as he dominated the world of boxing. Notably, Johnson had his success during the time period when Jim Crow laws were still in effect. In fact, both of his parents had been slaves. Racism ran deep at that time and when Johnson became world heavyweight boxing champion, many whites were furious. Nationality: American Known For: Holding the world heavyweight boxing champion title 1919 through 1926 Jack Dempsey was known as “The Manasa Mauler” and was celebrated for his offensive style and powerful blows. Of his 65 recorded wins in the ring, 51 were by knockout. Dempsey was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. His fights drew in large crowds, often setting attendance records. Additionally, The Associated Press named Dempsey as being the best boxer to fight during the span of 1900 to 1950. Nationality: American Known For: Being the world heavyweight champion for almost 12 years (longest in history). Called the “Brown Bomber,” Joe Louis successfully defended his world heavyweight championship title 25 times. He was known as being a very generous and kind man – even donating his winnings twice to military rellief during World War II. In 1982 Louis was posthumously honored with the Congressional Gold Medal. He was later named a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Nationality: American Known For: Often argued to be the greatest boxer of all time. Originally named Walker Smith Jr., Sugar Ray Robinson got his name after using the Amateur Athletic Union card of a fellow boxer named Ray Robinson. After becoming pro in 1940, he won his first 40 bouts in a row. He had an astonishing record of 175 wins – 110 of which were knockouts – and only 19 losses. He even had a streak of 91 wins in a row that lasted for 8 years between 1943 and 1951. Nationality: American Known For: His legendary fights with Sugar Ray Robinson. Jake Lamotta was the inspiration behind the movie “Raging Bull” that starred Robert De Niro. He was the first boxer to ever beat Sugar Ray Robinson. He was known for being able to take a beating and still continue fighting. He was only knocked out one time in his 100-plus fight career and only lost 9 times. Nationality: American Known For: Was undefeated for his entire professional career. Rocky Marciano went 49 and 0, including 43 wins by knockout during his time spent as a professional boxer. He was not known to have an accurate punch; however, when he landed a blow it was usually devastating. Tragically, he died in a plane crash the day before his 46th birthday. Marciano was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Nationality: American Known For: Learning how to box while in jail. Charles L. “Sonny” Liston was a gifted boxer who lived a very troubled life. Liston was known to struggle with alcohol addiction, but his physical skills still allowed him to shine in the ring. He became the world heavyweight champion in 1962 after knocking out Floyd Patterson in the very first round. Nicknamed “The Big Bear,” Liston had a professional record of 50 – 4, with 39 knockouts. Nationality: American Known For: Being wrongfully convicted of murder and put in prison for almost two decades. Ruben “The Hurricane” Carter was known for his incredibly fast punches, but even more well-known for his struggles to be freed from prison. He and a friend were wrongfully accused of a triple homocide in June of 1966. The ensuing investigation was not conducted professionally and many believe that Carter was framed. While in prison, Carter wrote a book about his innocence entitled “The 16th Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472.” He was eventually freed in 1985. Nationality: American Known For: His outspoken ways and historic fights. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., Muhammad Ali dubbed hiim
Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte are characters in which 1980’s UK television drama series?	Charles Ryder - Brideshead Revisited (UK) Characters - ShareTV Season 1 / Episode 11: - Brideshead Revisited Charles Ryder: The chapel showed no ill effects of its long neglect. The paint was as fresh and bright as ever. And the lamp burned once more before the altar. I knelt and said a prayer - an ancient, newly-learned form of words. I thought that the builders did not know the uses to which their work would descend. They made a new house with the stones of the old castle. Year by year the great harvest of timber in the park grew to ripeness, until, in sudden frost, came the Age of Hooper. The place was desolate and the work all brought to nothing. Quomodo sedet sola civitas - vanity of vanities, all is vanity. And yet, I thought, that is not the last word. It is not even an apt word - it is a dead word from ten years back. Something quite remote from anything the builders intended had come out of their work and out of the fierce little human tragedy in which I played. Something none of us thought about at the time. A small red flame, a beaten copper lamp of deplorable design, re-lit before the beaten copper doors of a tabernacle. This flame, which the old knights saw from their tombs, which they saw put out: the flame burns again for other soldiers far from home - farther, in heart, than Acre or Jerusalem. It could not have been lit but for the builders and the tragedians. And there I found it that morning, burning anew among the old stones.	Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information.
Of which 19th century movement were William Lovett and Feargus O'Connor leading figures?	BBC - History - British History in depth: The Chartist Movement 1838 - 1848 Print this page The 1848 Petition In the years 1839, 1842 and 1848, the Chartist Movement urged Parliament to adopt three great petitions. Of these, the best known is the final petition, with six million signatures (although a number of these were later found to be fake), presented to Parliament on 10th April 1848 after a huge meeting on Kennington Common. This event achieved great prominence in the story of Chartism, due largely to the reaction of the authorities as they faced the challenges of that turbulent year. The presentation of the petition came at a time of much violent change in Europe; Louis Philippe had been removed from the French throne in February 1848, and revolutions were soon to convulse other European capitals. These events had given great heart to the Chartist leaders, although they were already much encouraged by the election to Parliament, in July 1847, of their most popular leader, Feargus O'Connor. ...some of the propertied classes had come to believe that the Chartists intended revolution... Working people had proclaimed themselves as Chartists at crowded meetings throughout March 1848. The authorities had viewed this campaign with great concern, and some of the propertied classes had come to believe that the Chartists intended revolution, even though the Movement's leaders always emphasized their commitment to peaceful protest. The government's concern led to Queen Victoria being dispatched to the Isle of Wight for her safety, and the Duke of Wellington - with thousands of soldiers and special constables - was brought in to defend London. Top Demonstration in London The petition was delivered to Westminster in three cabs © The government decided to ban the proposed procession with the petition to the House of Commons. The Chartist leader, O'Connor, complied with this ban. This was not - as his many enemies were keen to observe after the event - because he was a frightened blusterer, but because he knew that in any confrontation with soldiers it would be the demonstrators who would be killed or wounded. The petition was eventually conveyed from Kennington Common to the House of Commons by three cabs, with O'Connor and the other Chartist leaders walking alongside. The propertied classes now sought to present the Chartist petition and demonstration of 1848 as a 'fiasco'. No part of the Chartist petition of 1848 survives - though a fragment of an earlier one does - but within two days of its presentation O'Connor was informed that the number of genuine signatures on it was far fewer than the six million the Chartists claimed. In 17 hours, 13 clerks had apparently counted 1.9 million signatures; O'Connor expressed scepticism that such a task could have been completed by such a small number of people in such a short time. If pseudonyms such as 'Victoria Rex' and 'No Cheese' were used, this did not necessarily mean these signatures were forgeries; for some Chartists it was necessary to keep their identities secret from employers. The propertied classes now sought to present the Chartist petition and demonstration of 1848 as a 'fiasco'. This was the line taken by the newspapers in the days after the event, and was confirmed in Charles Kingsley's 'Alton Locke' (1850). Despite this, Chartists such as Thomas Clark, who had walked alongside the cabs carrying the petition, looked back on the events of 1848 with great pride. Their intentions had been peaceful; the aggressive militarisation of the capital had been unnecessary. Top The Chartist story Feargus O'Connor: 'The Lion of Freedom' © In the lead up to the events of 1848, the People's Charter was published - in May 1838 - as a draft parliamentary bill. It contained six points: manhood suffrage; the ballot; abolition of property qualifications for MPs; payment of MPs; equal electoral districts; and annual elections. Thousands of working people had rallied together on the basis of this charter, and hundreds of them had gone to prison for their beliefs. William Lovett w	Famous birthdays in November through history - born on this day in history 1 Nov. 1762 Spencer Perceval, British Prime Minister who was assassinated in the House of Commons in 1812 by a Liverpool merchant who blamed the government for his bankruptcy. 2 Nov. 1815 George Boole, son of a Lincolnshire cobbler, who despite having no formal education and no degree, was appointed Professor of Mathematics at Cork University in 1849.The logic of his Boolean algebra remains essential to the design of circuits and computers. 3 Nov. 1919 Sir Ludovic Kennedy Edinburgh -born TV broadcaster and writer, joined the BBC in the 1950’s as librarian – editor – interviewer - newscaster, etc., noted for his just stance, his many books include Ten Rillington Place and Euthanasia: the good death. 4 Nov. 1650 William III, Dutch-born King of Great Britain and Ireland who just happened to be passing Torbay with an army of English and Dutch troops when Parliament declared the throne empty. 5 Nov. 1935 Lester Keith Piggott, widely considered to be the most brilliant jockey since World War II , he rode his first winner in 1948, and went on to win 30 Classics, including nine Derbies. 6 Nov. 1892 Sir John Alcock, Manchester-born pioneer aviator who in 1919 made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic with Sir Arthur Whitten-Brown in a Vickers-Vimy biplane. 7 Nov. 1949 Su Pollard, comedy actress, best remembered for her role as Peggy the downtrodden cleaner in the 1970’s ‘Hi De Hi’, TV series. 8 Nov. 1656 Edmond Halley (note the spelling!), English Astronomer Royal and mathematician who was the first to realise that comets do not appear randomly, best remembered for the comet named after him and not Bill. 9 Nov. 1841 Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, considered by his mother Queen Victoria to be “too frivolous” for politics. He was a keen sportsman and gambler. 10 Nov. 1697 William Hogarth , son of a London teacher. He studied painting under Sir James Thornhill, with whose daughter he eloped in 1729. His social commentaries of the day concerning ‘men of the lowest rank’, are recorded in his prints Gin Lane and Beer Street (1751). 11 Nov. 1947 Rodney Marsh, cricketer who made his debut as a wicket-keeper for Australia in 1970 and continued in that role for 14 years, making a record total of 355 dismissals; many, many, many of them English. 12 Nov. 1940 Screaming Lord Sutch, 1960’s pop singer, politician, leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, died 16th June 1999 … his eccentricity lives on through us all! 13 Nov. 1312 Edward III, English King who attempted to restore some order back into the monarchy following his father’s chaotic reign, but did not appear to help matters by claiming the French Crown, declaring war against Philip VI and starting the Hundred Year War. 14 Nov. 1948 Charles, Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne, married Lady Diana Spencer in 1981, they divorced in 1996. 15 Nov. 1708 William Pitt the Elder, English Whig politician also known as the ‘Great Commoner’. As Paymaster of the Forces 1746-55, he broke with tradition by refusing to enrich himself. Following his death in1778 the government voted £20,000 to pay off his debts. 16 Nov. 1811 John Bright, son of a Rochdale cotton-spinner, became an MP in 1843. A leading opponent of the Corn Laws and a staunch supporter of the Peace Society, he denounced the Crimean War. 17 Nov. 1887 Bernard Law Montgomery (of Alamein), British Field-Marshal of World War II whose many victories in battle included the defeat of Erwin Rommel’s army in North Africa 1942. He was known as a ‘soldiers general’ and considered by some to be the best British Field Commander since the Duke of Wellington . 18 Nov. 1836 Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck) Gilbert, best remembered as librettist of Arthur Sullivan’s light comic operas, their partnership started in 1871 creating masterpieces such as HMS Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance. 19 Nov. 1600 Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland who, after upsetting the Puritans and Scots, alienated the rest of the nation with h
What is the English translation of the words Straße, rue, and calle?	German Translation of “street” \| Collins English-German Dictionary Looking back in the driving mirror Gail wondered why the street suddenly looked empty. Jon Cleary YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002) Loclon fretted at the time it was taking the noisy floats to move down the street. Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001) She liked to make love on the balcony with people passing in the street below. Robert Wilson THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)	rue - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com Random Word rue To rue is to feel regret or remorse for something. If that position at the deli ended up involving a reality TV show that made everyone famous, you may rue the day you turned down the job. Rue comes from the Old English word hreowan, meaning "to make sorry," and rue can still sum up a lot of sorrow in one small syllable. Rue is a modern verb that often looks back on the past. Shakespeare made famous the phrase "rue the day," meaning you bitterly regret a moment. For example, you might rue the day you had your first coffee if you become hopelessly addicted to it.
Name the most southerly county in the Republic of Ireland?	Ireland's counties and provinces \| Ireland.com Home Discover Ireland Ireland's counties and provinces The island of Ireland is made up of four provinces and 32 counties, and they all have their own unique charms and traditions Glenveagh National Park, County Donegal Connacht Connacht is largely made up of counties on Ireland's western coast. Roscommon is the only county landlocked county in the province. Connacht is home to stunning scenery, including Connemara , Achill Island, and Sligo’s world-renowned surfing coast. Many parts of the province retain their very strong Gaelic traditions, in particular the Aran Islands. The Irish language is spoken throughout Connacht's Gaeltacht (Irish speaking) areas. The five counties of Connacht are Galway , Leitrim , Mayo , Roscommon and Sligo . Clogher Bay, Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry Leinster This eastern province is home to the Republic of Ireland’s capital city Dublin , originally founded by the Vikings. Today, rarely a week goes by without some form of festival happening in the city. Leinster is now the most populated province on the island, with over half the population of the Republic of Ireland living there. The area was heavily colonized over the centuries and, as a result, it's home to many fine examples of medieval, Norman, Georgian and Neolithic architecture. Carlow , Dublin , Kildare , Kilkenny , Laois , Longford , Louth , Meath , Offaly , Westmeath , Wexford and Wicklow are the counties that make up the Leinster region. Munster Two of Ireland’s largest counties are found in Munster: Cork and Kerry . Both have their own names they like to go by. In Cork they consider themselves the “People’s Republic of Cork”, because if there is one thing people from Cork love, it’s Cork. It's also affectionately known as the gourmet county, because of its excellent culinary expertise. “The Kingdom of Kerry” is renowned for its spectacular golf courses and it has won the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championships more times than any other team. Plus it has lush green scenery and a stunning coastline that is coveted by visitors while the town of Dingle boasts its own resident dolphin called Fungi (so popular he even has his own Twitter account .) The lunar Burren and Cliffs of Moher are in County Clare and several ancient castles populate the counties of Limerick , Tipperary and Waterford . Waterford is renowned for its exquisite hand-cut crystal glass. Munster’s counties are Clare , Cork , Kerry , Limerick , Tipperary and Waterford . Ulster The combined influences of several different cultures – the Ulster Scots, the Gaels, the Normans and the Anglo-Normans – have sculpted and colored the Ulster landscape in a particularly unique manner. Natural beauties such as Donegal’s Glenveagh National Park, the Mourne Mountains in County Down , Fermanagh’s Lakelands and the Giant’s Causeway in Antrim (seen in all its glory here in Ben Joyner’s competition winning video ) make this part of the island a spectacular place to visit. Meanwhile, the capital of Northern Ireland, Belfast city , played its part in making maritime history as the birthplace of the world's most famous ship: the Titanic .	Visit Ireland - Attractions and Activities: Top Attractions Save Target As... (IE) or Save Link As... (Netscape) COUNTY ANTRIM Belfast City (Beal Feirste) is the capital of Northern Ireland and is located in County Antrim. The city offers easy access with a choice of two airports. Located in the city at Belfast Lough is Belfast Harbour Airport, Belfast International Airport is 12 miles west of the city. At Belfast Port, harbour ferries arrive from Scotland and the U.K. History and politics play a major role in the fabric of Belfast, where the culture that has evolved here is different than other parts of Northern Ireland. It is rich in a diversity of cultures in art, music, dance, sports, shopping, attractions and historical sites. Once you are in Belfast, take advantage of what it has to offer, with a city tour bus or Black Taxi tours. City Hall is located on Donegall Square. It dominates the area with its magnificent architecture of classical renaissance style with fine Portland stone exterior and Italian marble interior. It was completed in 1903. Ulster Museum is noted for its Irish antiquities, Ulster history and displays of art, The Early Ireland Gallery (10,000 BC to 1,500 BC), and treasures from the Armada shipwreck, Girona. Linen Hall Library, located on Donegal Square, was established in 1788. It houses an Irish collection of over 20,000 volumes and a Robert Burns collection. Crown Liquor Saloon is the most famous pub in Belfast. The building is of Victorian architecture, with the outside covered in thousands of colorful tiles. The inside décor has stained and painted glass, carved oak screens and mahogany furniture. Grand Opera House offers a variety of musical programs. The Botanic Gardens, the rose gardens and herbaceous borders were established in 1920. Two greenhouses dominate the gardens. The Palm House has a conservatory containing tropical plants like coffee, sugar, and banana plants. The Tropical Ravine has a high walkway that provides a great viewpoint. Queen's University dates from 1849 and offers a Visitor Center with historical exhibitions. The architecture is something to be noted. St. Anne's Cathedral, an Anglican Church, was built between 1899 and 1927. It incorporates part of the original building. There are beautiful mosaics within the church. The Golden Mile has restaurants, galleries, entertainment venues, and pubs. Culturlann Macadam O'Fiaich, on the Falls Road, is Belfast's main Irish language arts center. There are many murals painted on the buildings that depict the plight of Irish Catholics from An Gorta Mor to the 21st Century. Fernhill House: The People's Museum tells the history of the Protestants in the Shankill District. The murals painted on the buildings depict their story over the past 30 years. Belfast Zoo houses 40 endangered species of animals. It has won national and international acclaim for rare animal breeding. Belfast Castle was built in 1870 and was the former home of the Donegall family. It offers a spectacular view of the city. There is a heritage center, antique shop, and children's play area on the premise. COUNTY CLARE County Clare, steeped in history, offers beautiful seascapes, landscapes, lakes, cliffs, caves and music. There is a multitude of activities to enjoy indoors and out. Here we have highlighted The Burren, The Cliffs of Moher, and Bunratty Castle and Folk Park. The Burren in Irish, bhoireann meaning "stony place", is over 500 square miles of karstic limestone. It is in the northwest corner of County Clare. The area is a haven for botanists and ecologists because of the unique flora and rock. The ground surface is a floor of gray rock with long parallel grooves, known as grykes. Rainwater seeps through the porous rocks to the underground caves and lakes that swell with overflow, appearing in full lakes that disappear after the rain. There is an amazing variety of flora with Arctic, Alpine, and Mediterranean plants growing in spring and summer. It has an amazing range of color in the flowers, ferns and mosses. You can walk your way to the discovery of anc
T E Lawrence was known as Lawrence of where?	Lawrence of Arabia . T.E. Lawrence . Top 10 Facts \| PBS Lawrence of Arabia was a celebrity during his life time, but there are many things about him that remain less well-known. Here's the top 10 lesser-known Lawrence-isms... T.E. Lawrence was only 5'5" tall. Though robust, lively and intelligent his height was possibly stunted by a dose of mumps in childhood. At that time, the average height for men was 5'9". Lawrence's head looked too big for his body. He was very conscious of his stature, and from an early age set out to strengthen himself by cycling everywhere. An unsettled childhood undoubtedly contributed to Lawrence's passion for travel and adventure. His parents never stayed in one place for long - none of the five Lawrence boys were born in the same country: Robert in Ireland, T.E. in Wales, William in Scotland, Frank in Jersey, off England, and Arnold in Britain. In particular, the years he spent in France as a small boy broadened his mind to the outside world, exposing him to another language, people and culture, perhaps why he never developed the insular attitudes prevalent at the time. Lawrence was a staunch vegetarian. In France in 1906 he was pleased to see one morning that "nothing had to be killed to feed us", though he was warned by his French host family that "vegetarians fill an early grave" and was pressured to eat meat. His clean-living life-style included complete abstinence from alcohol and tobacco. Lawrence left an unusual legacy when he designed a set of stamps for the Grand Sharif of Mecca. After launching the Arab Revolt in June 1916 Sharif Hussein wanted an independent Arab postal service to help provide him legitimacy. In Egypt Lawrence spent many hours wandering the corridors of the Cairo Museum searching for suitable arabesque designs, before drafting and printing the stamps in defiance of the Turkish authorities in Constantinople. What's in a name? To Lawrence, it seemed, not a lot. During his childhood the illegitimate Thomas Edward grew up under the assumed family name of Lawrence and was known as Ned by his brothers, though he often referred to himself as T.E. After World War I, to escape his celebrity, Lawrence joined the ranks of the Royal Air Force under the assumed name John Hume Ross. He was found out and then enlisted in the Tank Corps as Thomas Edward Shaw, a name that remained with him when he transferred back into the R.A.F. and up until the day he died. His only return to the name Lawrence was to publish his seminal work The Seven Pillars of Wisdom in 1926. Lawrence loved exploring the Middle East. He once walked 1100 miles in three months across mountains and deserts in order to get an insight into Arab life. On his first trip to Syria as a student, Lawrence was beaten so badly he nearly died. He never told his mother. Lawrence was a scruffy officer. His army superior, Ronald Storrs, remembered Lawrence had - and deserved - the title of the 'untidiest officer in the British Army'. His uniform was never put on quite right; his Sam Browne belt was as often as not buckled loose over his unbuttoned shoulder strap, or he'd forget to put it on at all. He also had an instant disrespect for army officers, his general lack of respect for authority being a theme running through his life. Much of Lawrence's early life was spent preparing himself for later adventures. In his teens he cycled across France; as a university student he endured intense heat and illness and a mugging while he walked across Syria; he pushed his intellectual powers working through the night as a school boy; he tested his short but sturdy frame cycling up hills and walking down them; he tested his stamina by depriving himself of food and water for long periods. Lawrence was unknown in his native Britain during World War I. It was not until Lowell Thomas brought his slide and lantern show to London in 1919 that the British liaison officer to the Arabs became a celebrity. The British Army made efforts to suppress his image during the war to protect him. Although the	Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain by J. Zimmerman Several of the other Laureates were famous poets, particularly Ted Hughes , Robert Southey , John Masefield , Sir John Betjeman , Cecil Day-Lewis , and the current Laureate, Andrew Motion . History and responsibilities. In Great Britain, the Poet Laureate is: The realm's official poet. A member of the royal household. Charged with writing verses for court and national occasions (such as for a Royal Wedding or the New Year). Awarded the position for life. Chosen by the British reigning monarch, from a list of nominees that the Prime Minister compiles after a poet laureate dies. Shortly after the 1668, the position became the Poet Laureate of Great Britain in 1707, when The Act of Union created "Great Britain" as the political name of England, Scotland, and Wales. The name Laureate derives from the Latin laureatus ("crowned with laurel"). It comes from an ancient Roman tradition of honoring a person (especially a poet) who has shown excellence of achievement. The honor is signified by presenting the person with a wreath of laurel leaves. FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on the Poets Laureate of Great Britain. What does "Laureate" mean? Answer . Who was the best? Most frequently this is said to be Tennyson . John Dryden (1631-1700). Laureate 1668-88. Appointed in 1668 by King Charles II, who gave John Dryden a formal royal warrant that awarded him the official titles of Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal. This role continued under King James II. As a powerful satirist, Dryden was a strong advocate and spokesman for his monarch, and "the best poet, dramatist, translator and critic of the age" [ Levin in Verses of the Poets Laureate] In 1689, sacked [or fired] by William III for failing to take an oath of allegiance. Thomas Shadwell (1643?-1692). Laureate 1689-92. The successful dramatist Thomas Shadwell was chosen in large part because he was a Protestant Whig, essential to replace the Catholic Dryden. met an inglorious end in 1693, A weak poet, a heavy drinker, and an opium user, Shadwell died from an overdose of opium, which he took in part to relieve his gout. He was said to have found the laureateship unimportant. Disrespected by John Dryden , among others, for his poetry as well as for his politics. Shadwell wrote a yearly ode on the monarch's birthday, and introduced the tradition of writing a New Year ode; his odes are crashingly uninspired and mechanistic, as if written by an unusually dimwitted computer program. Nahum Tate (1652-1715). Laureate 1692-1715. Born in Dublin, Tate was awarded the Poet Laureate position (and its £100 per year) but the post of Historiographer Royal (and its annual £200) became a separate assignment. Tate is most known today for his authorship of the widely loved Christmas carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night". He is notorious for his (creative?) revision of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, giving it a happy ending. In response to public events, Tate wrote poems for victories against the French (1704), the Act of Union between the Parliaments of England and Scotland (1707), and the signing of the Peace of Utrecht with France (1713). Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Laureate 1715-18. Nicholas Rowe was celebrated as a dramatist rather than as a poet. The Poet Laureate's role was now general praise of the sovereign, rather than political and historical. In addition to the annual New Year ode, the Laureate acquired the duty of writing a birthday ode to the monarch, a practice which was to last over 100 years. Laurence Eusden (1688-1730). Eusden never published a book of poetry. His work is mediocre. Colley Cibber (1671-1757). The poetry of dramatist Colley Cibber was conscientious but not inspired. William Whitehead (1715-85). Laureate 1757-85. [The appointment was first offered to and declined by Thomas Gray.] William Whitehead (a respectable though perhaps dull dramatist) was good humored and amiable. For example, h
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When you click on a Sponsored Product ad, you will be taken to an Amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it. To learn more about Amazon Sponsored Products, click here . Resonance: Guidelines to Superintelligent Artificial Intelligence through Exploring the Nature of the Universe J.B. Amber Alisha Usagi Serena ChÅ«ko Mouse Noire Uni Resonance is an attempt to answer every question related to interactions, life, the mechanics of consciousness, faith, origins, and all of reality. Kindle Edition Designed to Evolve: Discovering God through Modern Science Christopher Davis Was the universe created by God? Or was it the result of purely random processes? Explore the evidence in this exciting new book! Editorial Reviews About the Author Charles Darwin was an English naturalist and author best-known for his revolutionary theories on the origin of species, human evolution, and natural selection. A life-long interest in the natural world led Darwin to neglect his medical studies and instead embark on a five-year scientific voyage on the HMS Beagle, where he established his reputation as a geologist and gathered much of the evidence th	William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898) [ Victorian Web Home —> Political History —> Prime Ministers ] William Ewart Gladstone served as Prime Minister four times — from 3 December 1868 to 17 February 1874; from 23 April 1880 to 9 June 1885; from 1 February to 20 July 1886; and from 15 August 1892 to 2 March 1894. Gladstone, who was born on 29 December 1809 at Rodney Street, Liverpool, was the fourth son and fifth child of a family of six born to Sir John Gladstone and his wife Anne Mackenzie Robertson. Sir John Gladstone made his fortune in trade especially with America and the West Indies: it was there that he owned sugar plantations. William Gladstone was educated at a preparatory school at Seaforth Vicarage near Liverpool before attending Eton between 1821 and 1827. From there he went to Christ Church, Oxford, between 1828 and 1831. In 1831 he spoke at the Oxford Union against the Reform Act, saying that any electoral reform would lead to revolution. His Degree was in Classics but he also studied Mathematics and in 1831 was awarded a Double First in the subjects. In the 1832 election following the passing of the Reform Act he was elected as the Tory MP for Newark-on-Trent, on the influence of the Duke of Newcastle; he took the seat of Michael Sadler, the factory reformer . He then went on a Grand Tour of Europe, visiting Belgium, France and various centres in Italy. On his return in 1833 he entered Lincoln's Inn, but by 1839 he had requested that his name should be removed from the list because he no longer intended to be called to the Bar. Gladstone's maiden speech was made on 3 June 1833 during the Committee stage of the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery in the British empire. His father was a West Indian slave-owner and Gladstone defended him against allegations of maltreating his slaves. The following year Gladstone was appointed as a junior Lord of the Treasure by Sir Robert Peel who had just formed his first ministry. Two weeks later Disraeli and Gladstone met for the first time: Gladstone was appalled by Disraeli's "foppish" attire. Later in life the two would become great parliamentary rivals; there was no friendship between them throughout their long political lives. On 27 January Gladstone was made Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies but his appointment lasted only until April when Peel resigned. In June 1839 Gladstone became engaged to Catherine Glynne, the daughter of Sir Stephen Glynne of Hawarden Castle. The Glynnes were an old Whig family and Catherine was related through the maternal line to the Grenville family. The couple were married the following month and had a family of four boys and four girls. In January 1840 Gladstone began his work of rescuing and rehabilitating London prostitutes, and in 1848 he founded the Church Penitentiary Association for the Reclamation of Fallen Women. Following the defeat of Lord Melbourne 's government in 1841, Sir Robert Peel formed his second ministry and Gladstone was appointed to the post of Vice-President of the Board of Trade; he accepted reluctantly on the grounds that his lack of knowledge of trade made him unfit for the appointment. It was in his official capacity that he first dined with Queen Victoria at Buckingham palace and was appalled to find that there was no chaplain present and that grace was not said prior to the meal. In May 1843 Gladstone was made President of the Board of Trade and a Cabinet member; he was responsible for the passing of the ' parliamentary train Act ' in 1844 that provided for one train each way, each day, carrying third class passengers at no more than 1d. per mile at not less than 12 miles per hour. In 1838 Gladstone had published his book The Church and its Relations to the Church, in which he said that the State possessed a conscience and had a duty to distinguish between truth and error in religion. Doctrinal differences were, therefore, matters of great importance. The Established Church w
Which Jazz great passed away in December 2012 at the grand age of 92	Jazz great Dave Brubeck dies in Connecticut Jazz great Dave Brubeck dies in Connecticut Dave Brubeck died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital, in Norwalk, Conn. Post to Facebook Jazz great Dave Brubeck dies in Connecticut Dave Brubeck died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital, in Norwalk, Conn. Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/TI0RSY CancelSend A link has been sent to your friend's email address. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. 52 To find out more about Facebook commenting please read the Conversation Guidelines and FAQs Jazz great Dave Brubeck dies in Connecticut Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY Published 12:00 p.m. ET Dec. 5, 2012 \| Updated 4:47 p.m. ET Dec. 5, 2012 x Share azz composer and pianist Dave Brubeck, whose pioneering style in pieces such as "Take Five" caught listeners' ears with exotic, challenging rhythms, has died. (Dec. 5) The jazz musician was one day shy of his 92nd birthday. American composer, pianist and jazz musician Dave Brubeck. (Photo: AP) Jazz musician Dave Brubeck died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital, in Norwalk, Conn., his longtime manager-producer-conductor Russell Gloyd tells the Chicago Tribune . Brubeck, who would have turned 92 on Thursday, died of heart failure, en route to "a regular treatment with his cardiologist," said Gloyd. STORY: Brubeck defied convention A birthday party was planned in the town of Wilton, Conn., featuring his son, Darius Brubeck; Richie Cannata, sax player for Billy Joel; and Bernie Williams, former New York Yankees star. The pianist, regarded as one of the greatest of American jazz musicians, reached pop star status with recordings including Take Five and Blue Rondo a la Turk, both of which appeared on Brubeck's acclaimed 1959 album, Time Out. Both also showcased Brubeck's fondness for unusual time signatures. Take Five is in 5/4 time; Blue Rondo is in 9/8 time. Posted! A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Dave Brubeck, a pioneering jazz composer and pianist, died Dec. 5 of heart failure, after being stricken while on his way to a cardiology appointment with his son. He would have turned 92 on Dec. 6. In this July 2007 file photo, Brubeck is seen rehearsing at Sirius Satellite Radio studios in New York. Richard Drew, AP According to Brubeck's website, he first began playing in nightclubs in California at the age of 14. Sony Music Entertainment Recorded with The Dave Brubeck Quartet in 1959, 'Time Out' was the first jazz album to sell more than a million copies. It includes Brubeck's signature piece, 'Take Five.' Sony Music Entertainment An undated photo of Brubeck, on piano, with the other members of the quartet, Paul Desmond on saxophone, Eugene Wright on bass and Joe Morello on drums. Sony Music Entertainment Brubeck, seated, at work in the studio with his son Chris Brubeck and James Moody. Brubeck toured with three of his sons, billing themselves as 'Two Generations of Brubeck.' Jack Renner, TelArc Host Ramsey Lewis, left, with Brubeck and Dr. Billy Taylor on the 2006 television show 'Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis.' Taylor died on Dec. 28, 2010. LRS Media Still performing in his late 80s, Brubeck played at the Great Night In Harlem benefit concert at the Apollo Theater in May 2008 in New York. Jim Spellman, WireImage Brubeck, seated, shares a moment with his fellow Kennedy Center honorees, from left, Grace Bumbry, Robert De Niro, Bruce Springsteen and Mel Brooks at the State Department following the Kennedy Center Honors gala dinner in December 2009. Kevin Wolf, AP Like this topic? You may also like these photo galleries: Replay	Detroit's own, jazz great Milt Jackson \| African American Registry Detroit's own, jazz great Milt Jackson Milt Jackson Date: Mon, 1923-01-01 Milt Jackson was born on this date in 1923. He was an African American jazz musician, the first and most influential vibes player of the modern jazz era. He was born in Detroit. At age 16, Jackson began playing vibes or vibraphone professionally. He attended Michigan State University and joined Dizzy Gillespie's sextet in 1945; he then worked with Gillespie's big band and later returned to play vibes and piano in Gillespie's sextet from 1950 to 1952. During this time, he freelanced with leading bop musicians in New York City and played in the Woody Herman band. Also called “BAGS,” Jackson was a cofounder of the Modern Jazz Quartet (MJQ), which was his principal performance mouthpiece from 1952 to 1974. Meanwhile, he also recorded often as sideman, including classic sessions with Thelonious Monk--Evidence, Criss Cross, and Miles Davis Bags' Groove; and as leader, including sets with top tenor saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, John Coltrane, and Lucky Thompson. Jackson’s fluent playing had an undeniable swing that is heard in long lines of eighth and sixteenth notes. He created an original style out of bebop's advanced harmonies and irregular beats. His sensitivity to balance and contrast made much of his playing with the MJQ gentle when compared with his aggressive work in his own groups. Milt Jackson died in 1999. Reference: by Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated, New York Copyright 1976
The Secret Garden and Little Lord Fauntleroy are works by which writer?	Frances Hodgson Burnett - IMDb IMDb Writer Born in Manchester, England on November 24 1849, Frances Eliza Hodgson was the eldest daughter in a family of two boys and three girls. After her father's death when she was three years old, the Hodgsdons experienced severe financial difficulties. As a young girl, she would scrawl little stories on sheets of old notebooks, as she was unable to ... See full bio » Born: a list of 87 people created 03 Mar 2012 a list of 31 people created 25 Mar 2013 a list of 24 people created 29 Aug 2014 a list of 37 people created 11 months ago a list of 93 people created 2 weeks ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Frances Hodgson Burnett's work have you seen? User Polls 2015 The Misselthwaite Archives (TV Series) (novel "The Secret Garden" - 42 episodes) - New Beginnings (2015) ... (novel "The Secret Garden") - Lost and Found (2015) ... (novel "The Secret Garden") - Memories (2015) ... (novel "The Secret Garden") - Flashback (2015) ... (novel "The Secret Garden") - Planning Committee (2015) ... (novel "The Secret Garden") 2012 The Making of a Lady (TV Movie) (novel 'The Making of a Marchioness') 2009 A Little Princess (TV Series) (based on the novel by - 10 episodes) - Episode #1.10 (2009) ... (based on the novel by) - Episode #1.9 (2009) ... (based on the novel by) - Episode #1.8 (2009) ... (based on the novel by) - Episode #1.7 (2009) ... (based on the novel by) - Episode #1.6 (2009) ... (based on the novel by) 2007 Princess Sarah (TV Series) (story) 2006 Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry (TV Series) (original story: "A Little Princess" - 5 episodes) - Tsukisenu onshû (2006) ... (original story: "A Little Princess") - Rîzunâ sêna (2006) ... (original story: "A Little Princess")	00.06.05: Mr. McGregor�s Garden, Peter Rabbit, & The Plant-tastic World of Photosynthesis Mr. McGregor�s Garden, Peter Rabbit, & The Plant-tastic World of Photosynthesis by
"Can you identify the play by William Shakespeare in which the quote: ""If music be the food of love, play on"" appears?"	William Shakespeare (Character) - Quotes William Shakespeare (Character) Christopher Marlowe : What is the story? William Shakespeare : Well, there's this pirate. - In truth I have not written a word. Christopher Marlowe : I thought your play was for Burbage. William Shakespeare : This is a different one. Christopher Marlowe : A different one you haven't written? [after sex] William Shakespeare : Hmm? Viola De Lesseps : And that was only my first try. Lord Wessex : I cannot shed blood in her house, but I will cut your throat anon. Do you have a name? William Shakespeare : Christopher Marlowe, at your service. Viola de Lesseps : [as Thomas Kent] Tell me how you love her, Will. William Shakespeare : Like a sickness and its cure together. William Shakespeare : His name is Mercutio. Ned Alleyn : What's the name of the play? William Shakespeare : [prompting him] Go on! William Shakespeare : I'm done with theater. The playhouse is for dreamers. Look what the dream brought us. Viola De Lesseps : It was we ourselves did that. And for my life to come, I would not have it otherwise. Viola De Lesseps : I loved a writer and gave up the prize for a sonnet. William Shakespeare : I was the more deceived. Viola De Lesseps : Yes, you were deceived, for I did not know how much I loved you. [Saying their goodbyes] William Shakespeare : You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die. William Shakespeare : It is not a comedy I'm writing now. William Shakespeare : Love knows nothing of rank or river bank. William Shakespeare : Love denied blights the soul we owe to God. William Shakespeare : A broad river divides my lovers: family, duty, fate. As unchangeable as nature. William Shakespeare : You see? The comsumptives plot against me. "Will Shakespeare has a play, let us go and cough through it." William Shakespeare : A lowly player. Viola De Lesseps : Alas indeed, for I thought you the highest poet of my esteem and writer of plays that capture my heart. William Shakespeare : Oh - I am him too! [last lines] William Shakespeare : My story starts at sea, a perilous voyage to an unknown land. A shipwreck. The wild waters roar and heave. The brave vessel is dashed all to pieces. And all the helpless souls within her drowned. All save one. A lady. Whose soul is greater than the ocean, and her spirit stronger than the sea's embrace. Not for her a watery end, but a new life beginning on a stranger shore. It will be a love story. For she will be my heroine for all time. And her name will be Viola. William Shakespeare : Can you love a fool? William Shakespeare : Follow that boat! First Boatman : Right you are, guv'nor!... I know your face. Are you an actor? William Shakespeare : [oh God, here we go again] Yes. First Boatman : Yes, I've seen you in something. That one about a king. First Boatman : I had that Christopher Marlowe in my boat once. Viola De Lesseps : I have never undressed a man before. William Shakespeare : It is strange to me, too. Viola De Lesseps : You have never spoken so well of him before. William Shakespeare : He was not dead before. William Shakespeare : You still owe me for One Gentleman of Verona. William Shakespeare : My muse, as always, is Aphrodite. Philip Henslowe : Aphrodite Baggett, who does it behind the Dog and Crumpet? William Shakespeare : You, sir, are a gentleman. Ned Alleyn : And you, sir, are a Warwickshire shithouse. William Shakespeare : I have a wife, yes, and I cannot marry the daughter of Sir Robert De Lesseps. You needed no wife come from Stratford to tell you that, and yet, you let me come to your bed. Viola De Lesseps : Calf-love. I loved the writer and gave up the prize for a sonnet. Viola De Lesseps : It is a house of ill repute! William Shakespeare : It is, Thomas, but of good reputation. Come, there's no harm in a drink! Philip Henslowe : Will! Where is my play? Tell me you have it nearly done! Tell me you have it started. [desperately] "The Twilight Zone: The Bard (#4.18)" (1963) William Shakespeare : [In resp	Open Source Education: Shakespeare: Pursued by a Bear Tuesday, February 15, 2011 Pursued by a Bear Last year, for New Play Project's Bad Play Project, where playwrights were encouraged to write purposely bad plays, I wrote a play based off of that famous (infamous?) stage direction in The Winter's Tale. Since I am reading that play again, I thought I'd share that (bad) play with you here: Pursued by a Bear Scholar: Good evening and welcome to tonight's scholarly look at The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare. I'll be your scholar and host, Professor Geoffrey Spencer Hall. We begin tonight where we left off yesterday, with Act III, Scene 3, the sea coast of Bohemia: a shipwreck. This scene is possibly one of the more famous of this somewhat less than famous work by the Bard. Here we met Antigonus, a lord of Sicilia, carrying the infant daughter of King Leontes, who has been banished by the mad king who suspects the child of being the issue and evidence of adultery on the part of his wife and queen. Antigonus cannot bear to see the young innocent child killed, so he has a plan: he will leave her on the shore in the hopes that someone will find her. And just as he is abandoning her we have the most famous stage direction ever written: "Exit, pursued by a bear." (Enter Antigonus, running, pursued by a bear) Ant- Aaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Bear! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Sch- There actually is no bear. Ant- Aaaaaaaaaaaaa -- What? But I'm being pursued by a bear. Sch- No, you're not. Ant- Yes, I am. It says right there in the script, "Exit, pursued by a bear." ! Sch- Yes, that's what the script says, but there is no actual bear. Ant - Then what's that pursuing me? Sch- The bear is merely a symbol, it never actually existed. Shakespeare uses the bear as a symbol of Mother Nature, of nature, and of mothers in general. It is a well known adage that one must never come between a mother bear and her cubs; her rage at anyone seen to be meddling with her offspring is legendary. And here Shakespeare uses a bear to exact Nature's revenge upon the character of Antigonus, who is in the very act of exposing a child to the elements. Ant- I didn't mean to, I am bound to serve my king! I wasn't going to kill her, I swear! Sch- Of course you weren't! Not after that dream you had last night. Ant- How do you know about my dream? Sch- It's in the script, you give a big long monologue about it, describing how Hermoine, the queen and mother to this child, appeared to you in a vision. How you know by this apparition that she has died, most likely from grief at being spurned by her husband, labeled adulteress and traitor by her king, and having her newborn daughter ripped from her to be disposed of. She threatened you for undertaking this act, the will of your mad king, her husband, and swore in her wrath that you would never again see your own wife. Ant- Wow! That's exactly what happened! You're good. Sch- Four centuries of scholars have debated on this subject. In your dream you saw the mother of the child you intended to kill come to avenge the wrongs done against her, and when you were about to leave her child to be exposed and die of the elements, the ultimate angry mother figure, the bear, appears to pursue and devour you. Ant- You mean I'm going to get eaten, too? That sucks! I'm just doing what I'm told. Sch- Indeed you are. It seems Shakespeare is making a point here that was way ahead of its time, and would not become official until the Geneva Convention: that soldiers are not exempt from warcrimes or crimes against humanity simply because they were following orders. You were expected to disobey inhumane orders. What are you, a Nazi? Ant- What's a Nazi? (Sound cue: Bear roar and crashing through trees) Ant- What was that? Sch- What was what? Ant- That roaring and crashing sound I just heard? Is that the bear coming to get me? Sch- Don't be ridiculous! I've told you there is no bear. Ant- I know, I know. It's a symbol. But I'm pretty sure I just heard a bear. Sch- No, you didn't.
Which actor, born in Hayfield in 1915, supplied the voices of the Mr Men on TV?	Arthur Lowe - IMDb IMDb Actor \| Soundtrack Lowe, rotund and professionally indefatigable, rightly gained acclaim as an accomplished comedy character actor; fondly remembered as the irascible "Captain Mainwaring" in the Home Guard comedy series Dad's Army (1968-1977), and as Coronation Street (1960)'s "Leonard Swindley". The only child of a Derbyshire railworker, Lowe gained valuable ... See full bio » Born: a list of 39 people created 26 Oct 2011 a list of 31 people created 19 Dec 2011 a list of 47 people created 25 Feb 2015 a list of 35 people created 06 May 2015 a list of 348 people created 11 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Arthur Lowe's work have you seen? User Polls Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 nominations. See more awards » Known For Dad's Army Capt. 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(performer: ""See, Amid The Winter's Snow"" aka Hymn For Christmas Day) 1969 The Coward Revue (TV Movie) (performer: "Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun") Hide 1982 Looks Familiar (TV Series) Himself - Panellist 1982 Pebble Mill (TV Series) Himself 1978 Prismo Club (Documentary short) Himself - Commentator 1977 Our Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest 1977 Going for a Song (TV Series documentary) Himself - On-screen Participant 1971-1976 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) Himself / Himself - Guest 1970 Holiday Startime Special (TV Movie) Himself 1970 The Golden Shot (TV Series) Himself 2016/I 2016: We Remember Part One (TV Movie documentary) Acting Roles (uncredited) 2007 The Story of Jackanory (TV Movie documentary) Himself - 'Jackanory' Storyteller 2007 Timeshift (TV Series documentary) Himself - Storyteller, Jackanory Personal Details Other Works: He acted in Irving Berlin 's musical, "Call Me Madam", at the Coliseum in London, England with Anton Walbrook , Billie Worth , Jeff Warren and Frank Wilson in the cast. See more » Publicity Listings: 2 Print Biographies \| 1 Portrayal \| 1 Interview \| 3 Articles \| 2 Magazine Cover Photos \| See more » Height: Did You Know? Personal Quote: An actor is an actor is an actor. The less personality	BBC - South Yorkshire Sense of Place - Barry Hines Contact Us South Yorkshire People: Barry Hines Above: David Bradley as Billy Casper and the late Brian Glover as Mr. Sugden in the original film of "Kes". Sheffield-based Barry Hines is the famed author of "A Kestrel for a Knave", amongst other novels. We caught up with him for an exclusive interview... PRINT THIS PAGE View a printable version of this page. An entertaining and charming man, Barry Hines, of Kes fame, agreed to be interviewed at his desk. This Barnsley/ Sheffield United fan wrote a number of novels and screenplays before and after Kes and he is in the process of writing Springwood Stars, a novel about a football team in the 20s. He describes it as more dramatic and completely different to anything he has ever written before. Barry Hines wanted to write about real working-class people His inspiration He started to write, he says, because he read and wanted to read novels that, like Allan Sillitoe and Stan Barstows work, had real working class men and women as their main characters. His first novel was called The Blinder. It was based to a certain extent on himself and his aspirations; an extremely academic footballer with 4 A levels and the chance of playing for Manchester United. He says he wrote with more energy then and that those novels are so far away that he no longer feels they are anything to do with him. Hines shies away from the whole Kes thing and finds it mildly amusing that people are still performing the play, a combination of modesty and real disbelief. He says, Theyve done it in all sorts of ways, theyve even done a musical, all thats left is to do it on ice. In Hines's opinion, the best thing he has written is a short play called Two Men from Derby which he claims wrote itself. It was based on the experience of his granddad, who had a great talent for football but never realised his potential as he was a bit of a Jack the Lad. About Kes Hines talks about how he came to choose a bird in the novel; he and his brother used to watch them nesting every year in a wall close to his home and they always wanted one. They dont like to make eye contact, he says of hawks, they sulk, it makes them feel uncomfortable. Although he claims the character of Billy is not him, he hints at a relatively wide knowledge of kestrels and their habits as is evident from the novel. Hines kept baby magpies as a child and humorously related his experiences of stealing them from their nests (something he regrets now), fattening them up on scraps of food and having them flying around the house until they were strong enough to be set free, which would roughly coincide with the time his mother said that bird has to go. The bird would always sit on the windowsill outside and look in, he reminisces, before it finally flew away. Barry Hines based his characters in Kes on stereotypical characters around him at the time and admits that he sympathises more with the character of Mrs Casper, the struggling mother trying to raise two boys and hold down a full-time job, now that he is an older man. Barry Hines today These days Barry Hines reads mainly American novels because of their energy. He comments on the vigour
What is the capital of the French region of Picardy?	Guide to Picardy and its main tourist attractions. About-France.com Gites in Picardy Since 2016, Picardy has been combined with the larger region to the north, Nord– Pas-de-Calais , to make up a larger region which has curiously been given the name Hauts de France, though it is probably the most low-lying of all the regions in France. Picardy - or Picardie as it is written in French - consists of three departments, the Oise (60), capital Beauvais; the Aisne (02) capital Laon, and the Somme (60), whose capital Amiens, is also the regional capital. In historic terms, the southern part of this modern region, including virtually all of the Oise department, was not part of the Province of Picardy, but was added to the region when it was created in the twentieth century. Lying in the historic centre of action of western Europe, in the triangle between Paris, Amsterdam and London, Picardy is an area with a very rich history. It was in this part of France that were fought some of the most famous battles of French and European history, notably the battle of Crécy, and the battle of the Somme. And in the course of the last thousand years, areas that are now part of modern region of Picardy have been ruled over at different times by the English, the Habsburgs, the Spanish and the French. Laon cathedral (12th century) , and city ramparts In past centuries, the region was relatively prosperous; its productive farmlands, including a large expanse of flat or relatively flat land, created wealth in local towns and cities, a wealth now reflected in the many fine gothic churches and cathedrals of the region. In modern economic terms, Picardy is a region that is divided quite distinctly into two areas. The department of the Oise and the southern tip of the Aisne, in the south of the region, are economically attached to the Paris region; towns like Beauvais, Chantilly and Compiègne, though towns in their own right, form part of the outer circle of suburban Paris, with many people commuting from here into Paris. Even Amiens, the regional capital, is sufficiently close by commuter train to be home to many people working in Paris; though in the case of Amiens, which is an industrial and commercial city, people commute both ways. As for the northern part of the region, including the departments of the Somme and most of the Aisne, these areas are largely agricultural. Agriculture in the region is particularly centered on cereals and crops. And while cereal production is the the principal agricultural activity of the region, Picardy is also the leading French region for the production of sugar beet (37% of total national production), France being the world's largest producer of sugar beet. Reaching Picardy : By train from Paris Gare du Nord , or from Lille, Calais or Boulogne By car from the UK: the easiest way is to cross to Calais, then drive down either of the motorways in the direction of Paris or Reims. Whether taking the A16, the A26 or the A1 motorway, drivers driving south from Calais will find themselves in Picardy within an hour. By plane: Beauvais has an airport with direct low-cost flights from the UK. Otherwise, Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport is just a few kilometres from the southern limits of the Picardy region. Main tourist attractions and sites in Picardy Somme area Albert, Thiepval (80): Sites and monuments to the victims of the Great War, notably the Battle of the Somme. (see WW1 sites and map ). There are many more First World War sites and monuments in Picardy Amiens (80): One of the finest of the main mediaeval gothic cathedrals of France. Baie de Somme (80): important wetland area at the mouth of the river somme, famous for its wildlife ( bird sanctuary ). there is also a small steam railway popular with tourists. Péronne (80) : Historial de la Grande Guerre - Museum of the Great War. Trilingual displays, Samara (80) Between Abbeville and Amiens. Prehistoric living history museum on the site of a prehistoric settlement and Roman oppidum. Reconstructed prehistoric dwellings, animations Ai	General Knowledge #4 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. General Knowledge #4 Which European capital has a skyline dominated by St Stephen�s cathedral? Vienna Shogi is a Japanese form of which boardgame? Chess Which astronomer discovered the planet Uranus? Herschel, What type of vessel to explore ocean depths was invented in 1947 by Auguste Piccard? 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What was the world's first jet-driven airliner to enter commercial service?	History of Aviation - First Flights History of Aviation - First Flights Registration Options Deregulation Economics Glossary Environment Airports ATC How They Fly History Safety Structure History of Aviation - First Flights On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright capped four years of research and design efforts with a 120-foot, 12-second flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina - the first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. Prior to that, people had flown only in balloons and gliders. The first person to fly as a passenger was Leon Delagrange, who rode with French pilot Henri Farman from a meadow outside of Paris in 1908. Charles Furnas became the first American airplane passenger when he flew with Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk later that year. History of Aviation - First Flights On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright capped four years of research and design efforts with a 120-foot, 12-second flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina - the first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. Prior to that, people had flown only in balloons and gliders. The first person to fly as a passenger was Leon Delagrange, who rode with French pilot Henri Farman from a meadow outside of Paris in 1908. Charles Furnas became the first American airplane passenger when he flew with Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk later that year. History of Aviation First Flights On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright capped four years of research and design efforts with a 120-foot, 12-second flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina - the first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. Prior to that, people had flown only in balloons and gliders. The first person to fly as a passenger was Leon Delagrange, who rode with French pilot Henri Farman from a meadow outside of Paris in 1908. Charles Furnas became the first American airplane passenger when he flew with Orville Wright at Kitty Hawk later that year. The first scheduled air service began in Florida on January 1, 1914. Glenn Curtiss had designed a plane that could take off and land on water and thus could be built larger than any plane to date, because it did not need the heavy undercarriage required for landing on hard ground. Thomas Benoist, an auto parts maker, decided to build such a flying boat, or seaplane, for a service across Tampa Bay called the St. Petersburg - Tampa Air Boat Line. His first passenger was ex-St. Petersburg Mayor A.C. Pheil, who made the 18-mile trip in 23 minutes, a considerable improvement over the two-hour trip by boat. The single-plane service accommodated one passenger at a time, and the company charged a one-way fare of $5. After operating two flights a day for four months, the company folded with the end of the winter tourist season. World War I These and other early flights were headline events, but commercial aviation was very slow to catch on with the general public, most of whom were afraid to ride in the new flying machines. Improvements in aircraft design also were slow. However, with the advent of World War I, the military value of aircraft was quickly recognized and production increased significantly to meet the soaring demand for planes from governments on both sides of the Atlantic. Most significant was the development of more powerful motors, enabling aircraft to reach speeds of up to 130 miles per hour, more than twice the speed of pre-war aircraft. Increased power also made larger aircraft possible. At the same time, the war was bad for commercial aviation in several respects. It focused all design and production efforts on building military aircraft. In the public's mind, flying became associated with bombing runs, surveillance and aerial dogfights. In addition, there was such a large surplus of planes at the end of the war that the demand for new production was almost nonexistent for several years - and many aircraft builders went bankrupt. Some European countries, such as Great Britain and France, nurtured commercial aviation by starting air	Film History Milestones - 1927 Event and Significance 1927 Fox released They're Coming to Get Me (1927), a five-minute black and white short that was the first 'talkie' using the Movietone system. The first feature film released using the Fox Movietone system was Sunrise (1927) , directed by F. W. Murnau -- the first professionally-produced feature film with an actual soundtrack. 1927 The effective end of the silent era of films came when Warner Brothers produced and debuted The Jazz Singer (1927) , the first widely-screened feature-length talkie or movie with dialogue. The musical, starring popular vaudevillian Al Jolson, had accompanying audio (with a sound-on-disc technology) which consisted of a few songs by Jolson and a few lines of synchronized dialogue. In his nightclub act in the film, Jolson presented the movie's first spoken ad-libbed words: "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet." The film had about 350 spontaneously ad-libbed words. 1927 Fox's Movietone newsreel, the first sound news film, was produced. The first recording of a news event was the takeoff of Charles Lindbergh's plane from New York on May 20, 1927 on his historic flight across the Atlantic to Paris, the inspiration to create Movietone News. 1927 At the height of his career during the decade of the 20s, comedian Buster Keaton (known as "The Great Stone Face" who equally rivaled silent comic director/star Charlie Chaplin), made many short films and twelve feature films, including his timeless masterpiece The General (1927) . It is regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies (and Keaton's own favorite) - and undoubtedly the best train film ever made. The chase comedy based on a true Civil War incident received both poor reviews by critics (it was considered tedious and disappointing) and weak box-office results (about a half million dollars) when initially released in the late 1920s, and it led to Keaton's loss of independence as a film-maker and a restrictive deal with MGM. It would take many decades for the film to be hailed as one of the best ever made. His distinctive films were noted for their trademark wit, satire, acrobatic agility and stunt-work, and fantasy. Other well-known works at this time included Our Hospitality (1923), The Navigator (1924), Sherlock, Jr. (1924), and Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) . 1927 Director Abel Gance's celebrated epic silent film Napoleon (1927, Fr.) premiered in Paris, France, over 100 years after the military leader's death in 1821. It experimented with wide-screen and multi-screen effects, used rapid-fire editing (influenced by Eisenstein's Potemkin (1925)), free-wheeling camera movement (influenced by Murnau), and a unique multi-projector system. The final sequence was to be screened via triple projection as a triptych. It was the precursor to the wide-screen Cinerama process that debuted in 1952. 1927 Director Fritz Lang's classic dystopian vision of the future, the expressionistic Metropolis (1927, Germ) set in the year of 2000, exploited massive sets and lavish set design, clever special effects, stylistic shadowing, oblique camera angles and labryinths, and physical effects like realistic miniatures (one of their first uses) and hydraulically-produced flooding. It was considered a costly box-office disaster at the time and its notorious German producer, the UFA (Universumfilm Aktiengesellschaft) had to be bailed out by U.S. interests. Brigitte Helm served as the film's real Maria (an oppressed working girl) and as the evil robotic doppelganger of herself - cinematic history's first android or robot. 1927 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) was founded, with 36 members (composed of actors, directors, writers, technicians, and producers). The organization's first president was Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., a
What is a female mouse called?	What is a female mouse called? \| Reference.com What is a female mouse called? A: Quick Answer A female mouse is called a doe. Buck refers to a male mouse, and a baby mouse is called a pinky or kitten. A doe can become pregnant at six to eight weeks old. Full Answer The female mouse produces five to 10 kittens in one litter. It gives birth after three weeks of pregnancy. The kittens are usually born with their eyes closed and hairless. A doe can produce more than 100 babies every year. A mouse, which has a normal lifespan of one to two years, is between 15 to 20 centimeters in length with a weight of 30 to 60 grams. Belonging to the Muridae family, a mouse can run at 12 kilometers per hour.	The Mousetrap \| Agatha Christie Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Share The cover of the original programme. Note that it doesn't actually include the play's title. The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie . The Mousetrap opened in the West End of London in 1952, and has been running continuously since then. It has the longest initial run of any play in history, with over 24,500 performances so far. It is the longest running show (of any type) of the modern era. The play is also known for its twist ending, which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre. Contents [ show ] History The play began life as a short radio play broadcast on 30 May 1947 called Three Blind Mice in honour of Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. The play had its origins in the real-life case of the death of a boy, Dennis O'Neill, who died while in the foster care of a Shropshire farmer and his wife in 1945. The play is based on a short story, itself based on the radio play, but Christie asked that the story not be published as long as it ran as a play in the West End of London. The short story has still not been published within the United Kingdom but it has appeared in the United States in the 1950 collection Three Blind Mice and Other Stories . When she wrote the play, Christie gave the rights to her grandson Mathew Pritchard as a birthday present. Outside of the West End, only one version of the play can be performed annually and under the contract terms of the play, no film adaptation can be produced until the West End production has been closed for at least six months. The play had to be renamed at the insistence of Emile Littler who had produced a play called Three Blind Mice in the West End before the Second World War. The suggestion to call it The Mousetrap came from Christie's son-in-law, Anthony Hicks. In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, "The Mousetrap" is Hamlet's answer to Claudius's inquiry about the name of the play whose prologue and first scene the court has just observed (III, ii). The play is actually The Murder of Gonzago, but Hamlet answers metaphorically, since "the play's the thing" in which he intends to "catch the conscience of the king." The play's longevity has ensured its popularity with tourists from around the world, and in 1997, with producer Stephen Waley-Cohen, it helped spawn a theatrical education charity, Mousetrap Theatre Projects, which helps young people experience London's theatre. Tom Stoppard's play The Real Inspector Hound parodies many elements of The Mousetrap, including the surprise ending. Theatrical performances Richard Attenborough and his wife Sheila Sims starred in the original production As a stage play, The Mousetrap had its world premiere at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham on 6 October 1952. It was originally directed by Peter Cotes, elder brother of John and Roy Boulting, the film directors. Its pre-West End tour then took it to the New Theatre Oxford, the Manchester Opera House, the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool, the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, the Grand Theatre Leeds and the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham before it began its run in London on 25 November 1952 at the New Ambassadors Theatre . It ran at this theatre until Saturday, 23 March 1974 when it immediately transferred to the St Martin's Theatre, next door, where it reopened on Monday, 25 March thus keeping its "initial run" status. As of 13 October 2014 it has clocked up a record-breaking 25,000 performances, with the play still running at St Martin's Theatre . The director of the play for many years has been David Turner. Christie herself did not expect The Mousetrap to run for such a long time. In her autobiography, she reports a conversation that she had with Peter Saunders: "Fourteen months I am going to give it", says Saunders. To which Christie replies, "It won't run that long. Eight months perhaps. Yes, I think eight months." When it broke the record for the longest run of a play in the West End in September 1957, Christie received a mildly grudging telegram from fellow playwright Noël
What is the national bird of Poland	PPT - National parks in Poland PowerPoint Presentation - ID:5220599 A tour around the most remarkable national parks in Poland Thare are 23 national parks in Poland. They were established to preserve the most beautiful places, plants and endangered species.They are really worth seeing.We are going to show some of them. Białowieża National Park Białowieża National Park is part of the Bialowieża Forest. Bialowieza Primaeval Forest is an ancient virginal forest straddling the border between Belarus and Poland. On the Polish side of the forest it is partly protected as Białowieża National Park, and occupies cover 10,502 ha Approximately 100,000 tourists visit the Polish part of the Forest annually. Słowiński National Park Slowinski National Park lies in the central part of the Polish coast, between Łeba and Rowy, in the Pomorskie Voivodeship The northern border of the Park is formed by 32.5 km of the Baltic Sea coastline. The Park was established in 1967 and cover the area of 18,069 ha Park allows hiking as the only form of tourism. There are 140 km of walking trails which lead through the most representative parts of the Park nature and landscape. Tatra National Park Tatra National Park is located in the southern part of Poland, in Małopolskie Voivodeship, on the border with the Slovakia. The National Park was established in 1954 and cover the area of 21,556 ha. Tatra National Park covers only 0.07% of the area of Poland, it is however, each year visited by about 3 million people, which constitutes about 8% of the country population. Bieszczady National Park Bieszczady National Park is the third largest national park in Poland. It is located in the far south-east, in Podkarpackie Voivodeship, at the borders with the Slovakia and Ukraine. Bieszczady National Park was established in 1973 with an area of 59,55 sq. km. It protected then only a few patches of the most valuable areas - fragments of mountain meadows and surrounding forest. There are good conditions for the tourism, especially for hiking, horseriding, cross country skiing, cycling and natural photography. Wolin National Park Wolin National Park is located at the mouth of the Odra river, in the north-west Poland, in Zachodniopomorskie Voivodeship, close to the Polish-German border. Park area is 10,937 ha and includes 4,458 ha of forests. Area of 224 ha is strictly protected. It is 6 forests zones. The continental part of the Park is very diverse. Its representative feature is a cliff coastline, about 15 km long and up to 95 m high. It is destroyed by sea storms and, as the result, steps back by about 80 cm of a cliff coastline every year. The fauna of the Island is very diversified and represented by many rare species. Over 230 species of birds have been observed in the Park, including sea eagle, northern hobby, honey buzzard, kestrel. The Park has a well developed tourist infrastructure, which includes the natural history museum, environmental education centres, exhibition of European bison, and a network of tourist trails, interpretative paths and bicycle routes, many viewing points, as well as car parks and recreation sites. Karkonosze National Park The Karkonosze National Park is located within the Dolnoslaskie Voivodeship, in the south-western Poland on the border with the Czech Republic. The Park was established in 1959 to include an area of 5,510 ha. The present area of the Park covers 5,576 ha The Karkonosze are the highest range of the Sudetes. The Black Ridge, Kowary Ridge and Lasocki Ridge of the Karkonosze are composed of metamorphic rocks. The Karkonosze National Park is visited by a million of tourists every year. The tourist infrastructure includes 112 km of walking routes, 10 ski lifts, and 12 mountain hostels. Kampinos National Park Kampinos National Park is situated in Mazowieckie Voivodeship, north-west of the neighbouring city of Warsaw. It occupies a part of the Vistula proglacial valley in the Warsaw Basin with a large forest complex - Kampinos Primeval Forests. Kampinos National Park was established in 1959 cover the area of 40,700 ha.Currentl	Cyprus national flower \| My Flower's Blog The national flower is lilium bosinacune. LILIUM It has bulbs 6-7 cm in diameter. The flowers form racemes that contains six flowers or more with no fragrance. Flowering in July. BULGARIA National flower is the rose . CROATIA National flower is the iris. IRIS It takes its name from a Greek word that means rainbow. Are perennial herbs, growing from rhizomes, on drier climate, from bulbs. They have long erect flowering stems. The three sepals expand from their narrow base. CYPRUS The national flower is the cyclamen. CYCLAMEN This flower can grow and bloom on a rock because of its strength and its capability to survive. Are perennial herbaceous plants with underground tuber which produce leaves in late winter and flowering in autumn. CZECH REPUBLIC National flower is the rose . DENMARK The national flower is the red clover. RED CLOVER The red clover grows up to 16 inches, with a hairy upright stem. The leaves are made up of three oval leaflets with a white V mark in the center,call chevron. ESTONIA The national flower is the cornflower . CORNFLOWER The cornflower has grown in Estonia soil for more than 10.000 years. The plant grows in dry fields ,creating a strong connection in the minds of Estonians. FINLAND The national flower is the Lilly of the valley. LILLY OF THE VALLEY This flower is known for its sweet and strong smell. Is considered as a symbol of love and purity. FRANCE The national flower is the fleur de lys. FLEUR DE LYS The water iris is the march plant for excellence , whose bright yellow large flowers blooms from June to September. The flag of the kings of France has three of this iris. GEORGIA We couldn´t find an official flower . GERMANY
"Which military decoration is awarded to recognize people ""being wounded or killed in any action against an enemy of the United States or as a result of an act of any such enemy or opposing armed forces""?"	Purple Heart \| Military Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Defense Meritorious Service Medal [2] Purple Heart Ribbon The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have been wounded or killed while serving on or after April 5, 1917 with the U.S. military . With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit , which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth, the Purple Heart is the oldest military award that is still given to members of the U.S. military, the only earlier award being the obsolete Fidelity Medallion . The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located in New Windsor, New York. Contents Edit The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit , was established by George Washington —then the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army – by order from his Newburgh, New York headquarters on August 7, 1782. The Badge of Military Merit was only awarded to three Revolutionary War soldiers and from then on as its legend grew, so did its appearance. Although never abolished, the award of the badge was not proposed again officially until after World War I . [3] [4] On October 10, 1927, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Pelot Summerall directed that a draft bill be sent to Congress "to revive the Badge of Military Merit". The bill was withdrawn and action on the case ceased on January 3, 1928, but the office of the Adjutant General was instructed to file all materials collected for possible future use. A number of private interests sought to have the medal reinstituted in the Army. One of these was the board of directors of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum in Ticonderoga, New York . On January 7, 1931, Summerall’s successor, General Douglas MacArthur , confidentially reopened work on a new design, involving the Washington Commission of Fine Arts. This new design was issued on the bicentennial of George Washington's birth. Elizabeth Will, an Army heraldic specialist in the Office of the Quartermaster General , was named to redesign the newly revived medal, which became known as the Purple Heart. Using general specifications provided to her, Will created the design sketch for the present medal of the Purple Heart. Her obituary, in the February 8, 1975 edition of The Washington Post newspaper, reflects her many contributions to military heraldry. Sign on Interstate 35 designating the Purple Heart Trail. Purple Heart Memorial, Westland, Michigan The Commission of Fine Arts solicited plaster models from three leading sculptors for the medal, selecting that of John R. Sinnock of the Philadelphia Mint in May 1931. By Executive Order of the President of the United States , the Purple Heart was revived on the 200th Anniversary of George Washington's birth, out of respect to his memory and military achievements, by War Department General Orders No. 3, dated February 22, 1932. The Purple Heart award is a heart -shaped medal within a gold border, 1 3⁄8 inches (35 mm) wide, containing a profile of General George Washington . Above the heart appears a shield of the coat of arms of George Washington (a white shield with two red bars and three red stars in chief) between sprays of green leaves. The reverse consists of a raised bronze heart with the words FOR MILITARY MERIT below the coat of arms and leaves. The ribbon is 1 and 3⁄8 inches (35 mm) wide and consists of the following stripes: 1⁄8 inch (3 mm) white 67101; 1 1⁄8 inches (29 mm) purple 67115; and 1⁄8 inch (3 mm) white 67101. [3] Devices Additional awards of the Purple Heart are denoted by oak leaf clusters in the Army and Air Force , and additional awards of the Purple Heart Medal are denoted by 5/16 inch stars in the Navy , Marine Corps , and Coast Guard . [2] The criteria were announced in a War Department circular dated February 22, 1932 and authorized award to soldiers, upon their request, who had been awarded the Meritorious Service Citation Certificate , Army Wound Ribbon , or were authorized to wear Wound Chevrons subsequent to April 5, 1917, the day before the United States entered World War I . Th	Account Suspended Account Suspended This Account has been suspended. Contact your hosting provider for more information.
Cricketing brothers Ian & Greg Chappell have both captained Australia. A third Chappell brother has also played for his country, what is his name.	Ian Chappell: Charismatic, candid and controversial — one of the greatest captains in history - Cricket Country › Ian Chappell: Charismatic, candid and controversial — one of the greatest captains in history Ian Chappell, born September 26, 1943, was one of the most charismatic captains of Australia and one of the most controversial characters in the game. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man who was the architect behind the image of the Ugly Australians. \| Updated : September 2, 2015 9:15 PM IST Ian Chappell © Getty Images Ian Chappell, born September 26, 1943, was one of the most charismatic captains of Australia and one of the most controversial characters in the game. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man who was the architect behind the image of the Ugly Australians. The triumph at The Oval “I think we are the better team. And if we go home two-all, we will have been seen as one,” Ian Chappell ’s simple words rang loud and clear around the dressing room, sparking resolve and lighting the fire. The team was young. Ross Edwards at 30 was the eldest. Besides, Australia had been going through a harrowing period. They had won just one of the last 15 Tests, when Bob Massie’s magical swing had turned the game their way at Lord’s in the current series. But, as they went into The Oval, Ray Illingworth’s hardened men led the series 2-1 aided by the fusarium Test at Headingley . Now the team wanted to drag Australia out of the trough. They wanted to be a champion side. They wanted to be a part of the celebrations that were encouraged by their captain whenever they won. They wanted it for themselves and their captain. Dennis Lillee charged in to take 5 for 58. The Chappell brothers Ian and Greg hit hundreds, securing a 115-run lead. This was the first time in the history of Test cricket that a pair of brothers had scored centuries in the same innings, and parents Jeanne and Martin watched from the stands. England fought back, scoring 356, but Lillee captured five more. At 137 for 4 the target of 242 looked dicey. But, Paul Sheahan held firm and Rod Marsh walked in at the fall of the fifth wicket to smack 43 from just 51 balls. The young brigade had squared the series. Marsh and Sheahan ran off the field, swinging their bats around their heads, having scripted the most significant win in Australian cricket since 1948. And on reaching the dressing room, the wicketkeeper leapt onto the table, giving a full-throated rendition of the song that has become part of the folklore of the baggy green: “Under the Southern Cross I stand A sprig of wattle in my hand, A native of my native land, Australia, you f***ing beauty.” It marked the advent of the new Australian side, the best in the world, a bunch of tough, competitive individuals of brimming talent, led by one of the most charismatic captains of all time. The win even led Arthur Gilligan, the old England captain, rival turned greatest friend of former Australian skipper Vic Richardson, to pen a letter to Jeanne Chappell — daughter of Richardson and the mother of the Chappell brothers. Heaping glorious praise on the young team, Gilligan wrote, “Ian has led his team magnificently during the whole of the 1972 tour — a very great credit to him and all the boys. I am sure you are both very pleased to have had two sons who have achieved greatness over here.” Amidst all the celebration, the young captain was both gracious and honest enough to observe that Australia may well have won the Ashes if Bill Lawry had toured instead of the New South Wales opener Bruce Francis. This was both a touching and a gutsy tribute, especially given the story behind Chappell’s ascension to the top job. The road to the top Chappell had replaced Lawry during the 1970-71 series against England , when the great Australian opener paid the price for standing up for his players. In late 1969, Australians had slogged their way through the hardships of the Indian tour, roughing it out in shabby, dingy hotels. In spite of	Eighth Cricket World Cup 2003 - ICC World Cup 2003 Results - 8th ODI World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya 6th Match, Group A - United Arab Emirates v Afghanistan at Abu Dhabi Afghanistan won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) South Africa, Zimbabwe & Kenya hosted the eighth (8th) ICC Cricket World Cup, in 2003. The ODI tournament was won by Australia. Eighth Cricket World Cup 2003 The eighth edition of ODI World Cup was played in three countries, comprising of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya, from February 9 to March 24, 2003. It saw the number of participating teams increase to 14, comprising of Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, and Zimbabwe, along with the ICC Trophy Qualifiers - Canada, Namibia, and the Netherlands. A total of 54 matches were played in the tournament (the most in World Cup history so far), following the same format that was introduced in 1999. The 8th ICC Cricket World Cup saw the teams being divided into two groups, each with seven teams. The top three teams of each group, i.e. Australia, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, and Zimbabwe, competed with each other in the 'Super-6' stage. Out of these, Australia, Sri Lanka, India and Kenya qualified for the semi-finals. The final was played between Australia and India, with the former defeating the latter by 48 runs. Ricky Ponting was named "Man of the Match" in the final; while Sachin Tendulkar was awarded 'Player of the Series' (he also scored the maximum runs � 673). Chaminda Vaas took the maximum number of wickets (23) in the series. 2003 ICC World Cup statistics Administrator - International Cricket Council Attendance - 626,845 (11,608 per match) Most runs - Sachin Tendulkar (673) Most wickets - Chaminda Vaas (23) Player of the series - Sachin Tendulkar (India) Results Summary Group A Zimbabwe v Namibia at Harare, Feb 10, 2003, Zimbabwe won by 86 runs (D/L method) (Zim 340/2; Nam 104/5) Australia v Pakistan at Johannesburg, Feb 11, 2003, Australia won by 82 runs (Aus 310/8; Pak 228) India v Netherlands at Paarl, Feb 12, 2003, India won by 68 runs (Ind 204; NL 136) Zimbabwe v England at Harare, Feb 13, 2003, Zimbabwe won by a walkover without a ball bowled Australia v India at Centurion, Feb 15, 2003 Australia won by 9 wickets, (Ind 125; Aus 128/1) England v Netherlands at East London, Feb 16, 2003, England won by 6 wickets (NL 142/9; Eng 144/4) Namibia v Pakistan at Kimberley, Feb 16, 2003, Pakistan won by 171 runs (Pak 255/9; Nam 84) England v Namibia at Port Elizabeth, Feb 19, 2003, England won by 55 runs (Eng 272; Nam 217/9) Zimbabwe v India at Harare, Feb 19, 2003, India won by 83 runs (Ind 255/7; Zim 172) Australia v Netherlands at Potchefstroom, Feb 20, 2003, Australia won by 75 runs (D/L Method) (Aus 170/2; NL 122) England v Pakistan at Cape Town, Feb 22, 2003, England won by 112 runs (Eng 246/8; Pak 134) India v Namibia at Pietermaritzburg, Feb 23, 2003, India won by 181 runs (Ind 311/2; Nam 130) Zimbabwe v Australia at Bulawayo, Feb 24, 2003, Australia won by 7 wickets (Zim 246/9; Aus 248/3) Netherlands v Pakistan at Paarl, Feb 25, 2003, Pakistan won by 97 runs (Pak 253/9; NL 156) England v India at Durban, Feb 26, 2003, India won by 82 runs (Ind 250/9; Eng 168) Australia v Namibia at Potchefstroom, Feb 27, 2003, Australia won by 256 runs (Aus 301/6; Nam 45) Zimbabwe v Netherlands at Bulawayo, Feb 28, 2003, Zimbabwe won by 99 runs (Zim 301/8; NL 202/9) India v Pakistan at Centurion, Mar 1, 2003, India won by 6 wickets (Pak 273/7; Ind 276/4) Australia v England at Port Elizabeth, Mar 2, 2003, Australia won by 2 wickets (Eng 204/8; Aus 208/8) Namibia v Netherlands at Bloemfontein, Mar 3, 2003, Netherlands won by 64 runs (NL 314/4; Nam 250) Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Bulawayo, Mar 4, 2003, No result (Pak 73/3) Group B South Africa v West Indies at Cape Town, Feb 9, 2003, West Indies won by 3 runs (WI 278/5; SA 275/9) New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Bloemfontein, Feb 10, 2003, Sri Lanka won by 47 runs (SL 272/7; NZ 225) Bangladesh v Canada at Durban, Feb 11, 2003, Can
In which films do the characters Peter Venkman, Ray Stantz, Egon Spengler and Winston Zeddemore appear?	Winston Zeddemore/Animated \| Ghostbusters Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia Ernie Hudson auditioned for the role. [12] A chair in Wat 's house trap reminded Winston of one his grandmother had. [13] During a surprise birthday party, it is revealed Winston's favorite flavor of cake is Blueberry Fudge. [14] Winston is shown to be an expert shot with a Particle Thrower, he used a one with a scope attached in the pursuit of the Winged Bullfrog ghost before the team took a jet to Hollywood and consult on the making of a movie about them. Winston was always advised by his father to learn by doing. [15] Winston always wanted to swing around like Tarzan and got the chance to against Captain Jack Higgins . [16] Before becoming a Ghostbuster, Winston didn't believe in the paranormal. [17] Winston loyally supports the rather unsuccessful Jaguars baseball team. [18] [19] The license plate of Winston's car is "BIG-042" [20] Winston always wanted to play Major League Baseball. [21] Winston grew up watching Walt Fleischman cartoons. [22] " Boo-Dunit " revealed Winston's interest in the mystery genre. It comes into play again in " Elementary My Dear Winston " [23] Winston admitted he could never pull off a bluff. [24] Winston sometimes regrets answering the ad the Ghostbusters placed during the events of the first film . [25] Winston is afraid of needles. [26] Winston used to be a construction worker. [27] Winston played basketball during his childhood. [28] Charles Foster Hearse's red sled reminded Winston of one he had when he was a child. [29] Winston is revealed to be the reincarnation of Shimabuku , the leader of the Ibandi tribe of Tangalla. [30] Winston revealed that as a child, he listened to his grandmother's stories from Africa and Puerto Rico about voodoo but never believed in it. [31] Ray and Winston both like game shows. [32] Winston mentions some of his cousins live in Bismarck. [33] Winston's hobbies are music and Biblical studies. [34] Winston confesses to taking $20 out of petty cash for his girlfriend. [35] Winston found chocolate mousse unappetizing when it was served by the Macabre Family in " Loathe Thy Neighbor ." Winston, like the other Ghostbusters, is recognized by ghosts (much like Boogieman knew Egon's ) already know them by name, such as in " The Old College Spirit " and " Copycat ." Until he gave it to The Collector , Winston wore one half of The Key on a simple necklace. It was a centuries old family heirloom. [36] Winston was once tricked into filming a Fizz Up commercial. [37] During the Al Capone TV special, Winston wanted to say "Hi" to his mother in New Jersey. [38] Winston once played a horn rather badly and noted it's been awhile. [39] In the first draft of the " Slimer Streak " script, it was revealed Ed Zeddemore and Winston put together a train set during Winston's childhood. Winston's first and best train set was sent to the Firehouse in the episode. [40] When Winston was a child, his aunt once took him to the original Penn Station. [41] Winston used to be very skilled at playing pinball games. [42] When he was 12 years old, Winston wanted a horse but his mom told him he couldn't because they lived in an apartment. [43] Winston always wanted to go up into space since he was a child. [44] Winston gets sea sick over rough waters. [45] Winston once served in the military but doesn't recall boot camp too fondly. [46] Winston has some fluency in Spanish, he translates the warning on the map of the Temple of Quetzalcoatl . [47] Edit ↑ Winston Zeddemore (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - " The Brooklyn Triangle " (1988) (DVD ts. 11:57-11:58). Time Life Entertainment. Winston says: "I learned this from you when I was a kid." ↑ Winston Zeddemore (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - " The Brooklyn Triangle " (1988) (DVD ts. 11:59-12:02). Time Life Entertainment. Winston says: "Remember that old truck you always used to get locked out of so you rigged your door opener?" ↑ Winston Zeddemore (2009). The Real Ghostbusters - " The Ghostbusters in Paris " (1986) (DVD ts. 10:00-10:02). Time Life Entertainment. Winston says:	Emmet Brickowski \| Heroes Wiki \| Fandom powered by Wikia The Chosen One / Zero to Hero “ Hello. I'm Emmet. I'm just gonna come right out. I have no idea what's going on. At all. „ ~ Emmet when he is brought up to the royal court Emmet Brickowski is a regular Lego construction worker and the main protagonist of the 2014 Lego crossover film, The Lego Movie. He is called up as "The Special" (in other words, "The Chosen One") by the Master Builders's leader Vitruvius to stop the evil President Business from destroying Lego World. In order to do so, he reluctantly teams up with a tough-as nails spy Wyldstyle whom he develops a crush on, Vitruvius, and even Batman to stop Business. He is voiced by Chris Pratt, who also played Peter Quill/Star Lord and Owen Grady . Contents [ show ] History At first, he lives an average ordinary day at the town of Bricksburg with the other construction workers, until he spots a hooded girl running away after Emmet falls in love upon first sight, He tries to follow her to apologize, but falls down a long hole and stumbles upon the Piece of Resistance. Emmet is later woken up by Bad Cop and interrogated to know where he got the Piece of Resistance. When Emmet can't comply, Bad Cop orders the robots to take Emmet to the melting chamber. Wyldstyle, the girl he saw the construction site saves him by building a mortorcycle and evading Bad Cop and the robots. Wyldstyle gets upset that Emmet is not that creative and tells him to follow her to go to the cantina bar to meet Virtuvius. Vitruvius is about to train Emmet, but Sheriff Notarobot and a ton of Deputrons try to break into the hiding spot to catch them but Emmet, Wyldstyle, and Vitruvius manage to evade them and Batman joins the group. They later get to Cloud Cuckoo Land the home of Princess Uni-Kitty and she leads them to the Puppy Court where the Master Builders gather and meet. Emmet tells them that he is the least qualified person to lead them, which causes the Master Builders to get angry at him and disband. Suddenly a golf ball is tossed at them, and a ton of robot ships surround the area. The group meet Benny a blue classic spaceman that is obsessed with building spaceships joins the group. Bad Cop tries to stop them, but they manage to dive underwater with a custom submarine and evade him. Emmet tries to comfort Unikitty on the loss of her destroyed homeland, but only makes it a bit worse. The sub suddenly explodes, but the group manage to save themselves by using the double decker couch idea that Emmet had at his vision. Metalbeard , then gets them all to his pirate ship and sets sail for the Octan corporation with Emmet giving out a complex plan to stop Lord Business from using the Kragle.Wyldstyle reveals Emmett she wanted to be the special and it turned out to be Him, Emmet reveals that when met at night during the road and told him it was important it was the first time someone said something. Wyldstyle also reveals that his real name is Lucy and Emmet says it's a nice name. About to take both hands are interrupted by Batman. Some seconds later continue with the plan It looked like the plan would work, but unfortunately, the plan fails when Wyldstyle and the others are captured by Bad Cop and the drones. Emmet gets captured too, and just when it looks like they are about to get imprisoned in the Think Tank, Vitruvius is able to fend off the drones but is killed when Lord Business decapitates him with a penny. His last words to Emmet was that he made up the prophecy before succumbing to his wound. Emmet is tied up to an explosive battery linked to the Think Tanks, while Lord Business cuts the Piece of Resistance off Emmet with an Exacto Knife and tosses it into the abyss of no return. The ghost of Vitruvius (tied to yarn) tells Emmet that he made up the prophecy because he told him he is not the only one that is special. Emmet then sacrifices his life, saving and freeing everybody by jumping into the abyss of no return. Inspired, the Master Builders make Wyldstyle "The Special" and she tells them to be creative and make all sorts of
In British history, how many Tolpuddle Martyrs were there?	The Tolpuddle Martyrs \| Historic UK By Ellen Castelow , Contributing Writer \| Comments Throughout history, tales of brave, courageous people being executed for their beliefs, usually religious ones, are well known but the men who became known as the Tolpuddle Martyrs were not persecuted for their religion. Tolpuddle is a village near Dorchester in Dorset , where in the years 1833 and 1834 a great wave of trade union activity took place and a lodge of the Friendly Society of Agricultural Labourers was established. Entry into the union involved payment of a shilling (5p) and swearing before a picture of a skeleton never to tell anyone the union's secrets. Lord Melbourne was Prime Minister at this time and he was bitterly opposed to the Trade Union Movement, so when six English farm labourers were sentenced in March 1834 to 7 years transportation to a penal colony in Australia for trade union activities, Lord Melbourne did not dispute the sentence. The labourers were arrested ostensibly for administrating unlawful oaths, but the real reason was because they were trying to protest at their already pitiful wages. The labourers at Tolpuddle lived in meagre poverty on just 7 shillings a week and wanted an increase to 10 shillings, but instead their wages were cut to 6 shillings a week. The Whig government had become alarmed at the working class discontent in the country at this time. The government and the landowners, led by James Frampton, were determined to squash the union and to control increasing outbreaks of dissent. Six of the Tolpuddle labourers were arrested: George and James Loveless, James Brine, James Hammett, Thomas Stansfield and his son John. It was George Loveless who had established the Friendly Society of Agricultural Workers in Tolpuddle. At their trial, the judge and jury were hostile and the six were sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia. After the trial many public protest meetings were held and there was uproar throughout the country at this sentence, so the prisoners were hastily transported to Australia without delay. The people were incensed at this treatment and after 250,000 people signed a petition and a procession of 30,000 people marched down Whitehall in support of the labourers, the sentences were remitted. After some delay, the the six were given a free passage home from Australia. When finally home and free, some of the 'martyrs' settled on farms in England and four emigrated to Canada. The tree under which the 'martyrs' met is now very old and reduced to a stump, but it has become a place of pilgrimage in Tolpuddle, where it is known as the 'Martyrs Tree'. A commemorative seat and shelter was erected in 1934 on the green by the wealthy London draper Sir Ernest Debenham. The story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs is perhaps the best known case in the early history of the Trade Union Movement. Useful Information: Tolpuddle Martyrs Rally - third week in July The annual festival to commemorate the memory of the struggle of the Tolpuddle Martyrs is held on the third weekend of every July in the Dorset village of Tolpuddle. International speakers join with workers' representatives, and progressive musicians and artists to make it an occasion to remember. Shire Hall, Dorchester Built in 1797, this Grade I Listed Building was designed by London architect Thomas Hardwick. It retains the courtroom where the Tolpuddle Martyrs were sentenced to transportation to Australia for their part in the early trade union movement in 1834. It appears today as it did at that time. Under the court are the cells in which prisoners were kept while waiting for their appearance in court. Tweet If you enjoyed this article, you might also like... The Rebecca Riots - The Rebecca Riots were in fact a series of protests that took place between 1839 and 1843, throughout the rural areas of west Wales ...The protesters were mainly simple farming folk who had been angered ... Dorchester - Thomas Hardy's Casterbridge, and its history ... Ascott Martyrs - A true story of 16 indomitable women and their struggle for justice	Tolpuddle - the original martyr's Chapel saved \| IBEX - The Churches working with the Economy - Central South Coast Contact Tolpuddle – the original martyr’s Chapel saved I remember from my schooldays in the 1960’s learning about the Tolpuddle martyrs. Little did I realise at the time their significance, both to the Church and to the Trade Unions. In recent years I have become more involved in the Tolpuddle festival and other things around the story, and have learnt that the current Methodist Chapel in the Village is not the one that was used by the martyrs, but that this original building was owned by a local farmer, had been used as a store and was falling in to disrepair. This was a building significant architecturally, a particularly fine example of an early 19th century Methodist village Chapel, let alone its enormous historical significance as the spiritual home of those six men, who were motivated in their quest for justice by their faith. I received the news a few days ago that a Trust specially formed for the task has been successful in purchasing the building, and that work has already started through English Heritage to secure the building and bring the deterioration to a halt. Herewith the text of the Press Release: Tolpuddle’s Historic Former Methodist Chapel Acquired A Grade II* listed former Methodist Chapel built in 1818 in Tolpuddle, Dorset has been purchased by a newly formed Building Preservation Trust helped by funds and expert advice from English Heritage. Emergency repairs to stabilise the cob walls and to make the building wind and water tight started today (Tuesday 17th February 2015), funded by a £9500 grant from English Heritage and managed by the Tolpuddle Old Chapel Trust (TOCT). It is hoped that the major conservation works will be completed by 2018 to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the opening of the building. Andrew McCarthy, Chairman of The Tolpuddle Old Chapel Trust (TOCT), said: “We are committed to sympathetically restoring this historically important former chapel which was once used for worship by at least four of the six Tolpuddle Martyrs and three of them may well have preached from its pulpit” Andrew continued: “We are grateful to English Heritage and other partners who are helping to save this unique building for future generations to visit and enjoy. We look forward to consulting local people about possible future uses for the building once renovation work is complete.” Sarah Ball, Heritage at Risk Architect for English Heritage in the South West said: “We are very pleased that the Tolpuddle Old Chapel Trust has now secured ownership of this fascinating former chapel. The building is of real and very great historical interest. Our grant will enable much needed emergency work to be carried out to ensure its structural stability. We are looking forward to working with the Trust as they explore sympathetic and sustainable new uses and the repair of the building.” Gavin Richards of AHF said “The Architectural Heritage Fund exists to support the re-use of redundant historic buildings around the UK. We are delighted to support a new local Trust in its efforts to bring this modest yet internationally important building back into sustainable use and, ultimately, see it removed from the Heritage at Risk Register.” The development of the former Chapel will also help to enhance the visitor and tourist experience as part of the ‘rural life’ heritage corridor linking Dorchester with Hardy’s Birthplace, Athelhampton House and Tolpuddle. The former Chapel is featured on the new Audiovisual Trail being developed by the Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum . The continued existence of this chapel can be confirmed through to 1843, and it may well have remained in use until a new village Methodist chapel was built in 1862-63. For the next 150 years it has been used for agricultural purposes. Contact David Wrighton, Team Leader, E-mail: tl@ibexsouthcoast.org.uk
Which composer wrote the scores for the Hitchcock thrillers Psycho and Vertigo?	Bernard Herrmann - an overview of the composer and his music for film and television All Film Composers Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) - perfect partner to Hitchcock thrillers While the name Alfred Hitchcock is universally well known, that of Bernard Herrmann is relatively unknown outside of musical circles. Yet his music has accompanied the Director's finest work and is every bit as accomplished and inventive. Whether it is the screaming strings from Psycho, the dizzying arpeggios from Vertigo or the bird sounds edited together as the soundtrack to The Birds, Herrmann always rose to the challenge. See our article Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann: Torn Curtain by Steve Vertlieb for a wealth of information about the stormy relationship between these creative geniuses and the films they made together. Before the association with Hitchcock, Herrmann's first film (now frequently listed by film critics as the finest ever made) was Citizen Kane, having worked with Orson Welles during his radio days. He also went on to work with Welles on "The Magnificent Ambersons". The French director Francois Truffaut also used Herrmann's talents for two of his films, The Bride Wore Black and Fahrenheit 451. Since Truffaut is known to have idolised Alfred Hitchcock's directorial talent, it was perhaps this association which prompted Truffaut to seek out Herrmann in this way. There are not many composers who have appeared on the film screen (coincidentally Truffaut's frequent composer partner Georges Delerue has done so in "Shoot the Pianist"), but Bernard Herrmann played the part of the conductor in the climax of Hitchcock's 1956 remake of "The Man Who Knew Too Much" set in the Royal Albert Hall. Herrmann conducts Arthur Benjamin's "Storm Clouds Cantata" (which Herrmann admired from Hitchcock's original 1934 version, adapting it only slightly), while Doris Day and James Stewart try to stop an assassination attempt due to coincide with a climactic cymbal crash (here is the concert scene on youtube). Herrmann is even credited as conductor on the poster in an earlier scene outside the hall. The film also features bold percussion music during the opening titles. The London Symphony Orchestra were so impressed by Herrmann's musical knowledge that when filming was completed, they presented the composer/conductor with a book inscribed "To Bernard Herrmann: The Man Who Knows So Much". Herrmann's theme for Cape Fear with its 4-note brass motive (watch out for the Simpsons "Thomsons" episode which parodies this) was re-used in the remake of that film by Elmer Bernstein . The association with Hitchcock came to an end when the director famously rejected his score for Torn Curtain when the composer's fittingly dark orchestration clashed with the Hollywood desire to emphasise the movie's romantic interest. Although the director then chose John Addison to score the movie, he decided to show the key murder scene most effectively without any musical accompaniment. However Bernstein also included some of the unused music from Torn Curtain in the remake of Cape Fear, and the full Herrmann version of the score has since been recorded. This is full of the tension to be expected in the real spy business, with only some brief relief in the form of a waltz. His musical style was bold and direct, yet certainly not typical of the day. Rather than full-blown themes, his knack was to select and develop simple mottos such as those high-pitched Psycho violins or in Vertigo those augmented chord arpeggios that seemed to encapsulate the whole concept of the movie. The orchestration also tended to be unusual but again tailored perfectly to the particular need. Psycho used strings only, which seemed to match the black and white photography. The orchestration for that rejected score for Torn Curtain was played using large numbers of flutes, horns and trombones. By way of contrast Fahrenheit 451 employs lots of tuned percussion. In a number of ways, Herrmann's musical style follows in the footsteps of Miklos Rozsa being bold and dark and an integral part of the film experie	The Graduate - Soundtrack Mrs. Robinson Additional music composed and conducted by David Grusin Rarely has a soundtrack not only complimented a movie but enhanced it. The songs of this film in music and lyrics perfectly express the inner beings of the characters. "Sounds of Silence" is the anthem, a common thread that winds throughout the movie. And how perfect of a selection it is of the ancient song "Scarborough Fair" to deal with the timeless themes of the film. It is so hauntingly beautiful. And "Mrs. Robinson" has become a piece of Americana, a sympathetic song for an unsympathetic character. The combined impact of the cinematography and the music evoke a powerfully moving experience. Simon & Garfunkel and "The Graduate" Excerpts from: The Acoustic Guitar Collection on The Sounds of Silence Bookends - the Simon and Garfunkel Story A moderately successful novel by Charles Webb was published in 1963 called The Graduate. It charted those changing values but it took film director Mike Nichols to clarify that dissatisfaction. Nichols had first come to prominence in America with his partner Elaine May in the early Sixties, when the duo wrote and performed deliciously sharp satiric sketches. When the partnership split, Nichols went on to direct the film of Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. It won her an Oscar, and Nichols was suddenly hot. For his second film, he chose the unknown Dustin Hoffman to play the eponymous hero of Webb's novel. Nichols had heard his brother's copy of Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme, and approached Simon to write the soundtrack for The Graduate. Simon had read the novel, and dismissed it as only an English major could as "bad Salinger . . . I didn't like anything about the film at first. I was only impressed with Mike Nichols who asked us to do it." Clive Davis at CBS thought it would be a good career move for the duo as well, and "grabbed" the rights for the film soundtrack, assuming Simon would come up with enough new material to fill it. The song most associated with The Graduate, Mrs Robinson, wasn't even fully used in the film. Simon and Garfunkel saw some of the film's rushes and, as nothing immediately suggested itself in the way of new songs, they decided to slot older songs in as a temporary measure, until Simon had got round to writing specific new material. But Mike Nichols was happy with the way that Sounds of Silence, Scarborough Fair, April Come She Will and Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine slotted in and decided to keep them on the soundtrack. Simon and Garfunkel then went back to resume work on their next proper album, Bookends. But Clive Davis was worried about the soundtrack for The Graduate, which he envisaged as an album of fresh S&G material. Simon was emphatic that he had no more material for the album. It wasn't until Davis saw the finished film did he realise that Dave Grusin's additional mood music could be used to pad out an album which only featured about 15 minutes worth of Paul Simon songs. He approached Mort Lewis, Simon and Garfunkel's manager, with the idea, but neither he nor Simon or Garfunkel were keen. All three felt that a Simon and Garfunkel album should be just that: new songs, a S&G picture on the cover etc. Davis felt that the film soundtrack would help them reach a far wider audience but Simon was insistent, he told Davis: "We've been working on the Bookends album a long time, we love it, and we think it's a major creative breakthrough. We don't want to wait six months to release it just because of your commercial problems." Davis promised that The Graduate and Bookends would be released simultaneously, which would, if anything, enhance not only their reputation, but also stimulate sales. Eventually and reluctantly, Simon, Garfunkel and Lewis agreed. Ironically, it was the success of The Graduate which commercially established Simon and Garfunkel, the album neither wanted released. The Graduate was one of those rare films which perfectly captured the feeling of the times, and spawned a whole clutch of der
Stephen Hester is the CEO of which bank?	Stephen Hester takes charge at troubled insurance group RSA \| Business \| The Guardian Stephen Hester Stephen Hester takes charge at troubled insurance group RSA Former RBS chief to earn £1.26m in pay and perks – although bonuses and share options could take total package to £5m Stephen Hester was paid £1.2m a year at RBS – although he bowed to pressure to give up a £1m bonus in 2012. Photograph: David Moir/Reuters Tuesday 4 February 2014 13.51 EST First published on Tuesday 4 February 2014 13.51 EST Close This article is 2 years old Stephen Hester, the executive who was forced out of the bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland , is to take charge of the troubled insurer RSA. Hester, a Yorkshire-born banker who has never worked in the insurance industry, will get £1.26m in annual pay and perks as chief executive of RSA, the 304-year old general insurer embroiled in scandal and profit warnings. At RBS Hester was paid £1.2m, but he is far more likely to earn a bonus at the insurer and his total pay package could be worth £5m by next year. As chief executive, Hester is entitled to a bonus of 80% of his annual salary, and could be awarded share options worth up to £2.85m in 2014, and £2.2m in subsequent years, for "the achievement of stretching performance conditions" - although they would not be available to collect until 2017. While at RBS Hester bowed to huge political pressure in giving up a £1m bonus in 2012 , an issue he later said brought him to the brink of resignation. While his move to RSA was greeted with talk of 'frying pans and fires' on Twitter, the markets gave the appointment the thumbs up: RSA's share price rose almost 3% to 99p. Hester said he was delighted to be asked to lead the insurer, but warned that the group had to do better. "The challenges of recent months have demonstrated that we have not lived up to our stakeholders' expectations and performed to our true potential. We have an obligation to deliver shareholder value and excellent products and services that provide everyday protection for our customers." "I look forward to getting started immediately and working closely with the board on the business review to ensure that we are able to deliver strength and value to all of our stakeholders and re-emerge as an attractive, solidly performing group." RSA, which insured the home of Captain James Cook in the 1760s while he was on his voyage to the new world, issued three profit warnings in the final weeks of 2013 as storms battered the country, raising payouts to householders. Analysts predict that bad weather will cost the insurer £35m. But the storms have been dwarfed by accounting irregularities at RSA's Irish division, which have left it with a £200m black hole in its finances. Senior executives have been sacked and group chief executive Simon Lee stood down late last year. Hester earned his turnaround spurs at RBS, being drafted in at the height of the financial crisis in 2008 after a £45m bailout left the taxpayer owning 81% of the bank. During his tenure, RBS shed 39,000 jobs – around one in four of its staff – and stepped back from complex overseas operations that had contributed to its troubles. Hester's abrupt departure from RBS came last June, as it began to prepare for eventual privatisation. He had been reluctant to stay at RBS for as long as the board wanted, but said he would have preferred to stay longer and see the bank return to private ownership. Insurance group aims to raise money from shareholders via a rights issue and by selling off businesses Published: 27 Feb 2014 Nils Pratley: Stephen Hester probably had to employ art as well as science in deciding how much capital RSA requires Published: 27 Feb 2014 Accounting irregularities in Ireland and bad weather have hampered finances of company, which is worth about £3.5bn Published: 23 Feb 2014 Leading shares move higher in quiet trading despite weak Japanese figures Published: 17 Feb 2014	Exodus continues as another top boss checks out at Tesco \| This is Money Exodus continues as another top boss checks out at Tesco comments The exodus of top talent at Tesco continued yesterday as Britain’s biggest retailer announced the architect of its move into banking is its latest high level departure. Tesco veteran Andy Higginson, who rose from finance director to chairman of Tesco Bank during a 15 year stint, will head through the checkout for one final time next September. The 54-year-old, who is also a non-executive director at BSkyB, said he plans to retire and ‘move on to the next phase of my career’. Talent exodus: The grocer's top team has been hit by a wave of defections since Sir Terry Leahy quit The firm said he will not receive any pay-off or payment in lieu of notice. The loss of Higginson, who has helped transform the grocer into a major player on the international stage, is a significant blow and comes after a period of unprecedented change in which Tesco (down 0.1p to 379.85p) has haemorrhaged senior executives. Earlier this year it lost chief executive Sir Terry Leahy, the mastermind of its current strategy, who passed on the reigns to Philip Clarke. RUTH SUNDERLAND: Libya's wealth of opportunity Then Marks & Spencer poached its highly regarded head of internet Laura Wade-Gery and Tesco mobile boss Lance Batchelor jumped ship to Dominos Pizza. In May chairman David Reid said he would head for the hills and there has been a raft of other lower level departures. Fresh food director Colin Holmes has also left, along with Mark Horrobin, chief operating officer of Tesco Mobile. Retail analyst Clive Black, at broker Shore Capital, said: ‘Tesco has surprised us with the announcement of an impending change in its senior management team. ‘Losing someone of Higginson’s capability and experience can only be regarded as a loss to the business. ‘Higginson transformed the business from a reasonably value based domestic grocer into a truly multi-channel and international business, now the third largest retailer in the world.’ He was finance and strategy director for 11 years and took up a new role to lead the retailing service division in 2008 – which includes Tesco Bank. In his most recent position he migrated Tesco Bank onto its own platform and oversaw the online and telecoms divisions and the integration of the firm behind Tesco Clubcard. The grocer said: ‘Tesco announces that Andrew Higginson, chief executive of retailing services, has informed the company of his intention to retire next year, on September 1, 2012.’ Chief executive Philip Clarke said: ‘I respect Andy’s decision to move on and am grateful that he has given me sufficient notice to effect proper succession planning.’
From what did Robert the Bruce die in 1329?	King Robert the Bruce of Scotland \| Britroyals Name: King Robert the Bruce of Scotland Father: Robert de Brus Mother: Marjory Countess of Carrick Relation to Elizabeth II: 19th great-grandfather House of: Bruce Born: July 11, 1274 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire Ascended to the throne: February 10, 1306 aged 31 years Crowned: March 27, 1306 at Scone Abbey, Perthshire Married:(1) Isabella of Mar, 1295 Married:(2) Elizabeth de Burgh, 1302 Children: Marjorie, David, John, Matlida, Margaret plus several illegitimate Died: June 7, 1329, at Cardross, Dumbartonshire, aged 54 years, 10 months, and 26 days Buried at: Dunfermline Abbey (body) and Melrose Abbey (heart) Succeeded by: his son David After Balliol�s abdication in 1296 Scotland was without a monarch for 10 years and ruled remotely by King Edward I of England. Scots national resistance developed into a war of independence in which William Wallace and then Robert Bruce played a leading role. Wallace won a victory over the English at Stirling Bridge in 1297 and proclaimed himself Guardian of Scotland. The following year Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated William Wallace at Falkirk. Wallace went underground but was captured and in 1305, tried and hung in London. In 1298 Robert Bruce took over the title of Guardian of Scotland and, having killed his rival John Comyn, claimed the throne as the great-great grandson of David I and in 1306 had himself crowned king at Scone as Robert I. Independence was made easier by the death of Edward I as he set out to claim back Scotland. Bruce set about removing the English from Scotland and by early 1314 Stirling was the only castle in English hands. An English army sent to break the siege was routed by Bruce�s smaller Scottish force at Bannockburn in June 1314. Six year later in 1320 Bruce and the Scottish nobles issued the Declaration of Arbroath asserting Scottish Independence �For as longs as one hundred of us shall remain alive we shall never in any wise consent to submit to the rule of the English, for it is not for glory that we fight � but for freedom alone.�. However, a truce with Edward II of England failed to stop hostilities which continued until Edward II was deposed in 1327. The Treaty of Edinburgh between Robert I and Edward III in 1328 recognised Scotland's independence, ending the 30 years of Wars of Independence. Edward agreed to the marriage of Robert Bruce�s son David to his younger sister Joan daughter of Edward II. Robert Bruce died at his house in Cardross a year later of a serious illness described by some as leprosy. Timeline for King Robert the Bruce of Scotland Year	Battle of Bannockburn Battle of Bannockburn Robert the Bruce’s iconic victory of the Scots over the English Robert de Bruce addresses his troops before the Battle of Bannockburn on 23rd June 1314: click here to buy this picture The previous battle in the British Battles series is the Battle of Hastings The next battle in the British Battles series is the Battle of Sluys Date: 23rd and 24th June 1314. Place: In Central Scotland, to the South of Stirling. The Royal Arms of England at the time of Edward II: Battle of Bannockburn 23rd June 1314: picture by Mark Dennis, Ormond Pursuivant War: The Scottish War of Independence against the English Crown of Edward I and Edward II. Contestants: A Scots army against an army of English, Scots and Welsh. Generals: Robert the Bruce, King of the Scots, against Edward II, King of England. Size of the Armies: There is great controversy over every aspect of the Battle of Bannockburn due to the lack of contemporary accounts. The eminent Scottish historian William Mackenzie came to the conclusion that the English army comprised around 3,000 mounted men, knights and men-at-arms, and around 13,000 foot soldiers, including a detachment of Welsh archers. William Mackenzie put the Scots at around 7,000 men. Robert de Bruce’s army comprised foot soldiers with a force of around 600 light horsemen commanded by Sir Robert Keith, the Marischal. Winner: The Scots trounced the English in the 2 day battle. Uniforms and equipment: In order to re-conquer Scotland from Robert the Bruce King Edward II of England summoned his feudal army. The most important element in the feudal array was the mounted knighthood of Angevin England. A fully equipped knight wore chain mail, re-enforced by plate armour, and a steel helmet. He carried a shield, long lance, sword and, according to taste, axe or bludgeon and dagger. He rode a destrier or heavy horse strong enough to carry a fully equipped rider at speed. The heraldic devices of the knight were emblazoned on his shield and surcoat, a long cloth garment worn over the armour, and his horse’s trappings. An emblem might be worn on the helmet and a pennon at the point of the lance. Other knights on the field, including enemies, would be able to identify a knight from the heraldic devices he wore. Socially inferior soldiers such as men-at-arms would wear less armour and carry a shield, short lance, sword, axe, bludgeon and dagger. They rode lighter horses. Knights of the period of the Battle of Bannockburn 23rd and 24th June 1314: picture by Edward Burne-Jones : click here to buy this picture Within each army units comprised men raised from particular areas or a nobleman’s household knights and men-at-arms. In the English army the King’s household provided a sizeable and homogenous fighting force. The foot soldiers on each side fought with whatever weapons they had, which might be bows, spears, swords, daggers, bill hooks, bludgeons or any other implement capable of inflicting injury. They wore metal helmets and quilted garments if they could get them. Traditional feudal armies of the time considered battle to be an exercise between mounted knights. No account was taken of those further down the social scale and little sensible use made of them. For the English the battle was to be decided by the attack of their cavalry. The dismounted soldiers were present for other purposes, largely menial, in the eyes of the knighthood. Battle of Bannockburn 24th June 1314: picture by Willilam Hole RSA Because of the nature of the guerrilla war Robert de Bruce and the Scots had been fighting over the previous years against the English they had few mounted knights available for the battle. The Scots army comprised foot soldiers mostly armed with spears and that was the force Robert the Bruce had to rely upon. While Bannockburn is held up as an important event for Scottish nationalism it is intriguing to remember that the knights on each side were essentially of the same stock, Norman-French or Northern European. The language spoken was in many instances still
For her role in which film did Jane Darwell win the 'Oscar' for Best Supporting Actress in 1940 when aged 61?	Greatest Films of 1940 The Bank Dick (1940) , 73 minutes, D: Eddie Cline A great classic W. C. Fields comedy, with wonderful sight gags and one-liners. Fields (in his last major film role) credited himself as screenwriter Mahatma Kane Jeeves (similar to "My hat, my cane, Jeeves!"). A drunken, unemployed no-account, henpecked husband in Lompoc, California (pronounced Lompoke) - Egbert Souse (W. C. Fields) (pronounced "Soo-zay") - inadvertently foiled a bank robbery in town, and was rewarded for his accidental heroism with an in-bank position as a guard (or "dick"-detective) by grateful bank president Mr. Skinner (Pierre Watkin). Egbert's most frequent visits were to the Black Pussy Cat Cafe for stiff drinks. Egbert was conned by J. Frothingham Waterbury (Russell Hicks) to fund a flimsy mining operation, Beefsteak Mines. He convinced bank clerk Og Oggilby (Grady Sutton) - his future son-in-law, the dim-witted fiancee of his daughter Myrtle (Una Merkel), to embezzle $500. And then he had to avoid having auditing bank examiner J. Pinkerton Snoopington (Franklin Pangborn) discover his crime by slipping him a drink. Hilarious, bumbling antics ensue, concluding with another bank robbery and a classic car chase sequence, with Egbert taken as hostage. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), 90 minutes, D: Dorothy Arzner An early feminist-minded film, and a critical and commercial box-office failure, from pioneering butch-lesbian Dorothy Arzner (and regarded as her best) - one of the few female Hollywood directors at the time, and featuring one of Lucille Ball's better film roles. Not to be confused with the 1933 film of the same name. This backstage musical was taglined: "Heartbreak Behind Gayety of a Girly-Girl Show!" and pitted the two dichotomous female leads against each other - a good girl vs. bad girl representing two opposite styles of dance (burlesque and ballet). Aspiring 'serious' but poor ballerina Judy O'Brien (young Maureen O’Hara in her third Hollywood film), an Irish redhead, and her outrageous, gold-digging, ambitious friend Bubbles (Lucille Ball) were introduced as two chorus girls stranded in Akron, Ohio before they traveled separately back to New York City to find work. Bubbles (renamed "Tiger" Lily White) became a cheap burlesque stripper in a live show, while Judy struggled in dance school with her Russian dance teacher/mentor Madame Lydia Basilova (Maria Ouspenskaya). With a cruel and cutthroat gesture, Bubbles hired the desperate Judy to dance ballet immediately after her own act, knowledgeable that "stooge" Judy would be greeted with hostile jeers, boos, and laughter from the voyeuristic dirty-old-man audience, and would - of course - demand an encore by Bubbles (who only stripped to a hula skirt and bra!). Besides an on-stage catfight, the film's most remarkable sequence was Judy's celebrated lecture-speech delivered at the climax to the males of a jeering burlesque audience who were mocking her classical dance act. Fantasia (1940) , 120 minutes, D: Ben Sharpsteen and Disney An innovative and revolutionary animated classic from Walt Disney (his third feature animation), combining classical music masterpieces with imaginative visuals, presented with conductor Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra. It was the first commercial American film to use stereophonic sound as well as the first and only film recorded in pioneering Fantasound. An updated version was created almost 60 years later, Fantasia/2000 (1999) - the first feature length animated film to be presented in IMAX, with	2004 Academy Awards® Winners and History Shrek 2 (2004) Actor: JAMIE FOXX in "Ray," Don Cheadle in "Hotel Rwanda," Johnny Depp in "Finding Neverland," Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Aviator," Clint Eastwood in "Million Dollar Baby" Actress: HILARY SWANK in "Million Dollar Baby," Annette Bening in "Being Julia," Catalina Sandino Moreno in "Maria Full of Grace," Imelda Staunton in "Vera Drake," Kate Winslet in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" Supporting Actor: MORGAN FREEMAN in "Million Dollar Baby," Alan Alda in "The Aviator," Thomas Haden Church in "Sideways," Jamie Foxx in "Collateral," Clive Owen in "Closer" Supporting Actress: CATE BLANCHETT in "The Aviator," Laura Linney in "Kinsey," Virginia Madsen in "Sideways," Sophie Okonedo in "Hotel Rwanda," Natalie Portman in "Closer" Director: CLINT EASTWOOD for "Million Dollar Baby," Taylor Hackford for "Ray," Mike Leigh for "Vera Drake," Alexander Payne for "Sideways," Martin Scorsese for "The Aviator" This year's Best Picture nominees had tearjerker themes, including obsessive-compulsive mental disorder, euthanasia, heroin addiction, and other similar downbeat themes. Three of the Best Picture nominees were biopics and based on real people: The Aviator (an epic about reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes), Finding Neverland (a whimsical tale about the creation of Peter Pan by Scottish playwright James M. Barrie), and Ray (a biography of blind musician Ray Charles). The other two were intimate character studies: Million Dollar Baby (a tearjerking drama about an ex-boxer who reluctantly trains a waitress (Hilary Swank) to become a professional boxer), and Sideways (a light, ensemble comedy, quirky romance, and character study about the adventures of two middle-aged, emotionally-constricted buddies in California's wine country for a week of wine-tasting). The final tally of nominations and wins for each Best Picture nominee came down to an almost-even split in Oscar wins for Million Dollar Baby and The Aviator, with the former taking the top honors, although The Aviator had more total Oscars: Million Dollar Baby (with 7 nominations, with three of the nominations going to director/producer/star Eastwood, resulting in 4 wins including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor) - the two performance wins marked the second year in a row that an Eastwood picture won two of the four acting Oscars (Tim Robbins and Sean Penn won acting awards for Mystic River (2003)) - in six of the last ten years, the Best Picture winners had a central character who died at the end The Aviator (with 11 nominations and 5 wins, including Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Supporting Actress, Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography) - this marked only the third time in 21 years that the film with the most nominations did not win Best Picture Ray (with 6 nominations and two wins for Best Actor and Best Sound Mixing) Finding Neverland (with 7 nominations and only one win for Best Original Score) Sideways (with 5 nominations and only one win for Best Adapted Screenplay - for director Alexander Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor, from a book by first-time novelist Rex Pickett) Unlike recent years 2003, 1997, and 1996, no one film dom
Which Barrow-in-Furness born ex-England footballer played for Blackpool from 1964 to 1967 before moving to a Merseyside club?	BBC - Liverpool - Sport - Emlyn Hughes dies You are in: Liverpool > Sport > Football > Liverpool FC > Emlyn Hughes dies Emlyn Hughes dies by Helen Brown Emlyn Hughes, the former Liverpool captain, has died aged 57. He'd been suffering from cancer. Former Liverpool and England captain Emlyn Hughes was one of the most successful footballers of his generation. Raising the European Cup He was nicknamed the Crazy Horse during his thirteen year spell with the Reds; during his time at Anfield he won five league titles, two European Cups, one FA Cup and two UEFA Cups, was awarded the OBE in 1980 and won 62 caps for his country. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness on August 28, 1947 and began his footballing career at Barrow before moving to Blackpool. Bill Shankly signed the 19-year-old Hughes in 1967 for £65,000 and told the press that one day the player would captain England. He became Liverpool captain in 1973, taking over from Tommy Smith and his years at Anfield were the most successful in the club’s history. Hughes twice lifted the European Cup, first in Rome in 1977, then at Wembley in 1978. He later said: “To lift the European Cup again was very special. That is something very few people get to do.” Hugging manager Bill Shankly He eventually made 650 appearances for the Reds and captained his country 23 times, being named Footballer of the Year in 1977, and could play full back, centre back and midfield. He left Liverpool in 1979 to join Wolverhampton Wanderers for £90,000 and with them won the League Cup – the only piece of silverware to have eluded him at Anfield. He then played for Hull City, Mansfield Town and Swansea before a relatively unsuccessful spell as manager of Rotherham. He retired from football altogether in 1983 and went on to enjoy a successful television career, appearing as a captain alongside Bill Beaumont on the BBC’s A Question of Sport and on the TV show Sporting Triangles. He also had a passion for horses and was a regular at race meets. Crazy Horse in action His later years were spent living in Yorkshire, living in a quiet cul-de-sac just outside Sheffield, and it was there he collapsed. He was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour in August 2003 and, after an operation to remove as much of the tumour as possible, began chemotherapy and radiotherapy. In February 2004 he escorted his daughter, Emma, down the aisle when she got married to David Stones in St Paul’s cathedral in London. In an interview in March 2004, Hughes said: 'The doctors have said to me: "Emlyn, go about your life as if nothing's happened". I can't drink on chemo, but when I'm off the tablets I will be able to have a pint and go out for a good meal. I've been waiting for somebody to say: "Jesus, Hughesy, you look rough", but they don't. They're more likely to say: "You're kidding, there's nothing wrong with you". It's still a horrible, horrible thing, but you don't need to die now. You can fight it.' Emlyn leaves a wife, Barbara, and two children. last updated: 10/11/04	2001 KO Final February, which ex-PM was awarded an earldom on his 90th birthday ? Harold Macmillan B1 A member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, who celebrated his 100th birthday in November 1984 ? Mannie Shinwell Which government department banned trades unions causing a national outcry ? GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) Outside which foreign government building was policewoman Yvonne Fletcher shot and fatally wounded ? Libyan People's Bureau or Libyan Embassy A3 In the course of a violent argument in April, which recording artist was shot and killed by his father ? Marvin Gaye In October, who was killed by members of her own bodyguard ? Indira Ghandi A4 In March the British government announced its approval of the sale of which shipyard on the lower Clyde to Trafalgar House ? Scott Lithgow B4 In October which bank, a bullion dealer, was rescued from debts of around ï¿½250 million by a Bank of England buy-out ? Johnson Matthey Subject: ï¿½One Word Cinemaï¿½ Answers A1 A 1992 Oscar winning Clint Eastwood film in which a former hired killer turned unsuccessful farmer returns to his old ways in pursuit of a $1,000 reward ? Unforgiven B1 A 1972 John Boorman film in which a leading character, played by Ned Beatty, is raped by a ï¿½Hillbillyï¿½ ? Deliverance A2 A 1929 film, Hitchcockï¿½s first talkie, in which a Scotland Yard Inspector is placed in a difficult position when he discovers his girlfriend has committed a murder ? Blackmail B2 Set in Rio, a 1946 Hitchcock film with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman in which a woman marries a Nazi renegade to help the US Government ? Notorious A3 A 1916 film by D.W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish in one of four intercut stories including Balshazzarï¿½s Feast and the St Bartholomewï¿½s Day Massacre ? Intolerance B3 A 1967 camped-up version of Faust in which a short order cook is saved from suicide by Mr Spiggott - who offers him 7 wishes in exchange for his soul ? Bedazzled A4 A 1924 Erich von Stroheim film in which an ex-miner turned dentist kills his avaricious wife and her lover ? Greed B4 Set in the mid 19th century, a 1999 film starring Guy Pearce & Robert Carlyle in which a cannibalistic officer commands an isolated army outpost ? Ravenous Answers A1 The liqueur Curaï¿½ao (say ï¿½Koor-a-sowï¿½) is traditionally flavoured with sugar & which fruit ? Orange B1 Which spirit takes its name from a place near Guadalajara (say ï¿½Gwadlaharaï¿½) where the conquistadors first developed it from a variety of Aztec drink ? Tequila A2 With a peculiar but agreeable taste, which coarse & potent liquor is made in the East Indies from a variety of sources, including fermented rice & coconut juice ? Arrack B2 Used to season food & fruit as well as alcoholic drinks, which flavouring is prepared with oil distilled from the aromatic bark of two S. American trees blended with herbs, and bears the former name of a port in Venezuela ? Angostura (now called Cuidad Bolivar) A3 Derived from a town in north east Hungary, what name is shared by a grape variety and a golden-yellow coloured, sweet, aromatic wine ? Tokay (from Tokaj) Subject: Wordgame ï¿½Noï¿½ as in ï¿½Noteï¿½ Answers ï¿½ a spout on a hose etc. from which a jet issues ? Nozzel ï¿½ a small round piece of meat or a chocolate made with hazelnuts ? Noisette ï¿½ something or someone absolutely un
Which Shipping Weather Forecast Area covers the Shetland Isles?	Shipping forecast - Met Office Shipping forecast Shipping forecast and gale warnings Issued at 1130 UTC on Wednesday 18 January 2017 For the period 1200 UTC Wednesday 18 January to 1200 UTC Thursday 19 January 2017 The general synopsis at 0600 High eastern Europe 1041 with strong ridge extending westwards across England and Wales, slow moving with little change by 0600 tomorrow. Low Norwegian Sea 991 moving away rapidly northeastwards Sea area Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times. Sea state Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times. Sea state Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times. Sea state Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5, increasing 6 at times. Sea state Southwesterly veering westerly 3 or 4. Sea state Dogger Wind In northwest, southwesterly veering westerly 3 or 4. In southeast, westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Sea state In northwest, slight. in southeast, slight or moderate. Weather In northwest, fair. In southeast, occasional drizzle, fog patches. Visibility In northwest, moderate or good. In southeast, moderate, occasionally very poor. Fisher Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Sea state Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 at first. Sea state West or southwest 4 or 5, decreasing 3 later. Sea state Moderate or good, occasionally very poor. Thames Trafalgar forecast - Issued: 0015 UTC on Wednesday 18 January 2017 Wind Northeasterly 4 or 5, occasionally 6 in northeast. Sea state Moderate, occasionally rough in north and east. Weather Gale warning - Issued: 0951 UTC on Wednesday 18 January 2017 Northeasterly gale force 8 imminent Wind In southeast, northeasterly 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first. In northwest, easterly or southeasterly 5 or 6. Sea state In southeast, moderate or rough. in northwest, moderate, occasionally rough. Weather Easterly or southeasterly 5 or 6. Sea state Southeast backing east later, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later. Sea state Southeast backing east later, 3 or 4, occasionally 5 later. Sea state Southerly 5 or 6, occasionally 7 in west. Sea state Bailey Wind In south, southwesterly 5 to 7. In north, southwesterly becoming cyclonic for a time later, 5 to 7. Sea state In south, occasional drizzle. In north, occasional rain. Visibility In south, good, occasionally moderate. In north, good, becoming moderate or poor. Fair Isle Gale warning - Issued: 1554 UTC on Tuesday 17 January 2017 Southwesterly gale force 8 expected soon Wind Southwest 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8 at first. Sea state Moderate or good, occasionally poor. Faeroes Southwesterly becoming cyclonc later in north, 5 to 7. Sea state Moderate or good, occasionally poor. Southeast Iceland Gale warning - Issued: 2141 UTC on Tuesday 17 January 2017 Southwesterly severe gale force 9 decreasing gale force 8 soon Wind Westerly or southwesterly, becoming cyclonic 5 to 7, occasionally gale 8. Sea state Good, becoming moderate or poor later. There are no gale warnings currently in force for the selected sea area. Shipping forecast and gale warnings The shipping forecast is issued four times a day at 2300, 0500, 1100, 1700 UTC and covers a period of 24 hours from 0000, 0600, 1200 and 1800 UTC respectively. The waters around the British Isles are divided into 31 sea areas shown on the map. The forecast contains details of gale warnings in force, a general synopsis and sea-area forecasts containg forecast wind direction and force, weather and visibility. Gale warnings are issued as required throughout the day (for winds of Gale Force 8 or more). 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We are a national library and archive and are open to everyone with an interest in weather and climate. Our History The Met Office was founded 1854 as a small department in the Board of Trade under the leadership of Captain (later Vice-Admiral) Robert FitzRoy to advise on weather and marine currents to the marine community. The library & archive started life as one collection that grew from the very beginnings of the office. Although today our collections are housed separately for good archival reasons they are close in proximity and remain very much a joint complementary collection supported by a close team. The Library really emerged from the time of Robert Scott the second CE. A first mention of the Library was in 1870 when it contained 1200 volumes and pamphlets. The early library was mentioned in an article from the 1981 issue of Meteorological Magazine entitled "Reminiscences of the Meteorological Office 1898-1910" where it describes "..the principal part of the library was located in the room of the head of the office Dr RH Scott....over the course of years the accession of books and bound volumes of observations had overflowed into other rooms and the increasing weight of several thousand of marine meteorological logs caused some of the floor joists to sag and it became necessary for iron girders to be put in to hold up the floors" In 1910 to office moved from Victoria Street (which it outgrew) to Exhibition Road in South Kensington. A decision taken at a meeting of the Meteorological Committee on 29 April 1914 saw the Met Office accept responsibility for the official custodianship of met related records - to house the charts, weather diaries, original weather records, ships logs and met logs from expeditions. The 1958 Public Records Act made the Lord Chancellor responsible for the selection and preservation of important public records and in a letter dated 3 May 1962 he designated the Met Office at Bracknell as the official national Place of Deposit for meteorological records. For the first time the Library and Archive were held in separate locations (the library at HQ and the Archive at Eastern Road and then Scott Building). In 2003 the Library relocated to Met Office HQ in Exeter and in 2005 the National Meteorological Archive was opened to the public at Great Moor House - a building we share with Devon Heritage Centre. We now benefit from purpose built archive repositories and in 2011/12 National Meteorological Archive along with Devon Records Office achieved National Archive approval as a record repository for the first time. Our Mission and Policies The NMLA follows a range of guiding principles when carrying out our activities. 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Who was the first Children’s Laureate?	About the Children's Laureate \| Children's Laureate About the Children's Laureate Who is the current Waterstones Children's Laureate? Chris Riddell is the current Children's Laureate. What is the Waterstones Children's Laureate? The role of Children's Laureate is awarded once every two years to an eminent writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field. The Children's Laureate receives a bursary of £15,000 and a specially designed and inscribed silver medal . Where did the idea come from? The idea for the Children's Laureate originated from a conversation between (the then) Poet Laureate Ted Hughes and children's writer Michael Morpurgo. They considered it an appropriate and timely way to combine the celebration of excellence in writing and illustration for children with honouring individuals who have made a significant and lasting contribution to the world of children’s books. Quentin Blake was the first Children's Laureate (1999-2001), followed by Anne Fine (2001-2003), Michael Morpurgo (2003-2005), Jacqueline Wilson (2005-2007), Michael Rosen (2007-2009), Anthony Browne (2009-2011), Julia Donaldson (2011-2013), Malorie Blackman (2013-2015) and Chris Riddell (2015-2017). Each Children’s Laureate has taken the opportunity to promote particular aspects of children’s books. These have included visual literacy, readers with disabilities, poetry, storytelling, illustration, drama, writing for young adults and more. What area does the Laureate cover? The role of Children's Laureate covers the UK: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Wales also has its own Young People’s Laureate and Bardd Plant Cymru (Welsh Children’s Poet Laureate) For information about the Irish Children's Laureate, visit the Laureate na nÓg website . Who selects the Waterstones Children's Laureate? The selection panel consider nominations from a range of organisations representing librarians, critics, writers, literature development workers and booksellers, including the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). They also look at suggestions from children, who are able to put forward their ideas for who should be the next Children's Laureate through this website. The selection panel for 2015-2017 were the Children’s Laureate Steering Group, joined by Melissa Cox – head of books, Waterstones Matthew Burton – assistant head, Thornhill Community Academy What are the criteria for selecting the Children's Laureate? The selection process takes into account the following criteria: exceptional talent in writing or illustration contribution to creating the next generation of readers, writers and illustrators excellence developed through an eagerness to explore and experiment with ideas, genres and the possibilities of their craft substantial publishing record significant profile in the industry and amongst their peers interest in raising the profile of books for children, and for their writers and illustrators Who runs the Waterstones Children's Laureate? The Children's Laureate is managed by BookTrust, who support the Laureate, organise the four official Children's Laureate events per year, raise funds and run the official website. BookTrust work with Riot Communications on the Children's Laureate's press and PR. Book Trust work closely with the Children's Laureate steering committee, made up of representatives of the children's book world, who provide a range of expertise and guidance with which to support the Children's Laureate's work. The current steering committee comprises: How can I invite the Children's Laureate to visit my school, library or festival? If you would like to invite Chris Riddell to visit you for an event at a school, library or other venue during his time as Laureate, please contact Catherine Alport at Catherine.Alport@Macmillan.com Please note that the Children's Laureate receives a huge volume of invitations, and only a limited number of events will be available. How can I get in touch with	Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain by J. Zimmerman Several of the other Laureates were famous poets, particularly Ted Hughes , Robert Southey , John Masefield , Sir John Betjeman , Cecil Day-Lewis , and the current Laureate, Andrew Motion . History and responsibilities. In Great Britain, the Poet Laureate is: The realm's official poet. A member of the royal household. Charged with writing verses for court and national occasions (such as for a Royal Wedding or the New Year). Awarded the position for life. Chosen by the British reigning monarch, from a list of nominees that the Prime Minister compiles after a poet laureate dies. Shortly after the 1668, the position became the Poet Laureate of Great Britain in 1707, when The Act of Union created "Great Britain" as the political name of England, Scotland, and Wales. The name Laureate derives from the Latin laureatus ("crowned with laurel"). It comes from an ancient Roman tradition of honoring a person (especially a poet) who has shown excellence of achievement. The honor is signified by presenting the person with a wreath of laurel leaves. FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on the Poets Laureate of Great Britain. What does "Laureate" mean? Answer . Who was the best? Most frequently this is said to be Tennyson . John Dryden (1631-1700). Laureate 1668-88. Appointed in 1668 by King Charles II, who gave John Dryden a formal royal warrant that awarded him the official titles of Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal. This role continued under King James II. As a powerful satirist, Dryden was a strong advocate and spokesman for his monarch, and "the best poet, dramatist, translator and critic of the age" [ Levin in Verses of the Poets Laureate] In 1689, sacked [or fired] by William III for failing to take an oath of allegiance. Thomas Shadwell (1643?-1692). Laureate 1689-92. The successful dramatist Thomas Shadwell was chosen in large part because he was a Protestant Whig, essential to replace the Catholic Dryden. met an inglorious end in 1693, A weak poet, a heavy drinker, and an opium user, Shadwell died from an overdose of opium, which he took in part to relieve his gout. He was said to have found the laureateship unimportant. Disrespected by John Dryden , among others, for his poetry as well as for his politics. Shadwell wrote a yearly ode on the monarch's birthday, and introduced the tradition of writing a New Year ode; his odes are crashingly uninspired and mechanistic, as if written by an unusually dimwitted computer program. Nahum Tate (1652-1715). Laureate 1692-1715. Born in Dublin, Tate was awarded the Poet Laureate position (and its £100 per year) but the post of Historiographer Royal (and its annual £200) became a separate assignment. Tate is most known today for his authorship of the widely loved Christmas carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night". He is notorious for his (creative?) revision of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, giving it a happy ending. In response to public events, Tate wrote poems for victories against the French (1704), the Act of Union between the Parliaments of England and Scotland (1707), and the signing of the Peace of Utrecht with France (1713). Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Laureate 1715-18. Nicholas Rowe was celebrated as a dramatist rather than as a poet. The Poet Laureate's role was now general praise of the sovereign, rather than political and historical. In addition to the annual New Year ode, the Laureate acquired the duty of writing a birthday ode to the monarch, a practice which was to last over 100 years. Laurence Eusden (1688-1730). Eusden never published a book of poetry. His work is mediocre. Colley Cibber (1671-1757). The poetry of dramatist Colley Cibber was conscientious but not inspired. William Whitehead (1715-85). Laureate 1757-85. [The appointment was first offered to and declined by Thomas Gray.] William Whitehead (a respectable though perhaps dull dramatist) was good humored and amiable. For example, h
Making his debut for Southampton in 1998, who was the first Latvian footballer to play in the Premier League?	Southampton's greatest Premier League XI: Matt Le Tissier, Adam Lallana and Wayne Bridge make the cut but who else features? \| Daily Mail Online Southampton's greatest Premier League XI: Matt Le Tissier, Adam Lallana and Wayne Bridge make the cut but who else features? Morgan Schneidelin and Jose Fonte are the only current Saints players Matt Le Tissier lines up alongside Adam Lallana and Marian Pahars James Beattie pips Rickie Lambert to the lone striker role But who else features in Southampton's greatest Premier League XI? On the back of the club's highest Premier League finish and points tally, there is an argument for naming Ronald Koeman's strongest 11 as Southampton's best of the modern era. But three words put the kibosh on that fanciful theory: Matthew. Le. Tissier. The team does, however, line up in Koeman’s favoured 4-2-3-1 formation to get the best out of the ridiculously gifted Channel Islander. So how many of the current crop get in? And is there a place for Agustin Delgado? Matt Le Tissier celebrates scoring one of his 100 Premier League for Southampton against Newcastle ANTTI NIEMI Entering his first full season with the club in 2002, Gordon Strachan persuaded thrifty chairman Rupert Lowe to part with £2million to bring the Finn south of the border from Hearts. It was money well spent. Unflappable and bold, agile and alert, his command of the area and superb shot-stopping saw him quickly displace the popular Paul Jones. Fans warmed to Niemi's cool head at the back of a defence which was the bedrock of an eighth-placed finish - then the club's highest in the Premier League - and a trip to the FA Cup final in his first season. Manchester United were said to be suitors, but a spate of knee injuries meant he missed chunks of the 2004-05 season, a major factor in the club's first relegation for 27 years. Antti Niemi joined Southampton from Hearts in 2002 and quickly endeared himself to the club's fans JASON DODD A swashbuckling right back in the mould of Nathaniel Clyne is all the rage nowadays, but let’s wait a while before throwing 16 years and 398 appearances onto the scrapheap. He was also a bargain, with Chris Nicholl paying non-League Bath City £15,000 in 1989. Reliable, committed and capable of playing at centre half, the dogged Dodd put his body on the line and was always a willing outlet on the right. He chipped in with the odd screamer too, and let's not forget the one scored directly from a corner against Portsmouth. Sebastian Schemmel didn't touch it. Former Saints right back Jason Dodd clashes with former Chelsea midfielder Dennis Wise MICHAEL SVENSSON The heart says ‘Super Ken' Monkou but the head says Svensson, who, like Niemi, joined in 2002 and slotted in seamlessly. Affectionately known as ‘Killer’ for his no-nonsense approach, he forged an instant understanding with Claus Lundekvam after a £2m move from Troyes. An excellent reader of the game, he was strong on the ground, fierce in the air and a danger from set pieces too. But the Swedish international sustained a knee injury in the warm up against Portsmouth in 2004 and was never the same again. He missed the entire relegation season and boy did it show. Michael Svensson, nicknamed Killer for his no-nonsense approach, challenges Ryan Giggs JOSE FONTE Another no-frills defender, the powerful Portuguese played his part in the rise through the divisions, and kept his place in the top flight under Nigel Adkins, Mauricio Pochettino and Koeman, who made him captain. Dependable and brave, he won the fans' player of the season award in 2014, and his song 'Jose Fonte, baby! Jose Fonte wooaaah!' regularly reverberates around St Mary's. He marshalled a defence - without the departed Dejan Lovren and Luke Shaw, remember - which conceded 33 goals last season, one more than the hallowed rearguard of Jose Mourinho’s champions. Composed and controlled, his recent form earned him a richly-deserved international call-up. Gets the nod ahead of Dean Richards and Lundekvam, who misses out by an underhit backpass. Jose Fonte helped Southampton rise through th	Index-a This Week's Puzzles So You Think You Know Soccer A soccer goal is what dimensions, yards wide and feet high: 8x7; 7x8; 8x8 or 9x8? According to FIFA World Cup rules which flag must be displayed inside each match stadium besides those of FIFA/Fair Play, and the two competing nations? Approximately how many million people play regular organized football in the world (at the early 2000s): 5; 25; 65; or 250? The word soccer derives from: Sock; Association; Kosher; or Socrates? What is not required by the rules of soccer: Goal net; Penalty spot; Specified ball pressure; or Shin guards? The 2014 World Cup Finals allocated European and African teams respectively how many places: 3 and 9; 4 and 10; 5 and 13; or 6 and 15? What city/club football rules, which spread widely in the late 1800s, introduced heading, corners, throw-ins, changing ends, and the goal crossbar: Sheffield; Paris; Milan; or Berlin? FIFA's 2014 World Cup Finals/Qualifying rules dictate a match squad of how many players: 18; 23; 26; or 30? In the 2010 World Cup Final, Jo'bulani was the: Winner's national anthem; Winning goalscorer; Ball; or Trumpet-like horn blown by fans? The minimum rest-period between two games for any team at the 2014 World Cup is how many hours: 24; 36; 48; or 72? Soccer rules award what after an 'own goal' directly from a throw-in: Goal; Penalty; Corner; or Drop-ball? The headquarters of FIFA are in Brussels; London; Zurich, or Oslo? Who has made the World Cup footballs since 1970: Adidas; Puma; Umbro; or Nike? The World Cup Qualifiying matches between El Salvador v Honduras in 1969 coincided with what mutual event: Independence; Earthquake; Drought; or War? The first ever ï¿½100,000 (or above) football transfer, in 1961, was: Bobby Moore; Pele; Dennis Law; or Eusebio? A white ball was first used in a World Cup in: 1930; 1950; 1966; or 1982? The centre circle of a soccer pitch is used only at kick-offs/re-starts, and in which other game feature? Matthias Sammer, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, and Luis Figo won what between 1990-2002: European Cup; World Cup; Golden Boot; or European Footballer of the Year? The first, second and third placed teams at the 2014 World Cup receive how many medals: 20; 30; 40 or 50? 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Walter Winterbottom preceded whom as the England Football manager?	Walter Winterbottom Obituary 1913 - 2002 (from BBC SPORT FOOTBALL Football mourns Sir Walter) The first ever England football manager, Walter Winterbottom, has died aged 88. Walter's long career was before the remit of this site, but nobody would deny the influence that his coaching style had on the generation of managers and coaches that were prominent in the 70-71 season. Here is some of the ways that Walter has been commemorated on the Net Brian Glanville at Guardian Unlimited Football News Sir Walter Winterbottom reports Walter Winterbottom, who has died aged 88, was the first full-time manager of the England football team, and kept the job for an astonishing 16 years, from 1946 to 1962. During this time England consistently qualified for the World Cup, although in the 1950 tournament in Brazil they lost 1-0 to the United States - possibly the greatest humiliation in the history of English football. Winterbottom was concurrently director of coaching at the Football Association, and significantly was wont to say that he considered this the more important of his two jobs. When his mentor, the FA secretary Sir Stanley Rous, retired in 1962, everyone expected Winterbottom to become the new secretary. But journalists who supported him overplayed their hand, with the result that Professor Sir Harold Thompson, who detested Rous, succeeded in steering through a compromise candidate. Winterbottom instead became secretary of the Central Council of Physical Recreation. The charge that Winterbottom could never communicate with England players because he had not played professional football himself was unfair. He had in fact played it with some success. Born in Lancashire, Winterbottom was educated at Oldham grammar school and Chester College. It was there that he met Eddie Lever, a Portsmouth footballer whose career had just been ended by a knee injury. In later years, Lever would become the Portsmouth manager. Long conversations about tactics stimulated the young Winterbottom. "It was largely from Eddie Lever's knowledge," he admitted, "that I got my yearning for the game." Winterbottom then became a schoolmaster. He taught for three years in Oldham, playing centre-half meanwhile for Royston Amateurs in the Lancashire and Cheshire League, and for Mossley. It was here that he was spotted by Manchester United's legendary chief scout, Louis Rocca; and the money he earned from turning professional with United allowed him to study at Carnegie physical training college, where eventually he joined the staff. His debut for United was in 1934, in a League match versus Leeds, which he remembered chiefly because he had eaten something that upset him and felt violently ill. Yet he played well enough to displace, for a time, one of United's salient pre-war players, George Vose. Spinal trouble put him prematurely out of the game, and when the second world war broke out in 1939 he joined the RAF, becoming chief instructor of physical training at RAF Cosford, then head of physical training at the Air Ministry. He later resumed his playing career, turning out as a guest for Chelsea at half back and full back, and was even named twice as an England reserve. A star he may not have been, but he had every right to call himself a first-class footballer. When he was appointed England manager and senior FA coach in 1946, he inaugurated a series of courses. He was concurrently in charge of the senior, amateur and youth international teams - the latter a new departure - till pressure of work obliged him to give up the last two responsibilities. He found himself confronted by a welter of prejudice and ignorance. If the FA coaching scheme may in later years have ossified into a new orthodoxy, initially it had much to offer; and much to contend with. At many clubs, training still consisted of endless running round the track, with nothing seen of the ball, the theory being that the less players saw of it during the	Premier League Managerial Moves By Season \| The Sack Race Betting Offers List of Premier League Managerial Moves By Season Since 1992 Since its inception in 1992, the Premier League has been nothing short of a rollercoaster for managers with an average of eight top flight teams per season making a change, whether it is forced upon them after a manager resigns or is porched by another club or through choice following a sacking. Below is the full list of managerial departures that have occured (broken down by each season) since the Premier League began. Managers have been taken to have been dismissed, resigned or departed for health reasons where they were officially announced by the club as the permanent appointment be it on a long term contract or until the end of a given season. 1992/1993 Season Mick McGiven - Ipswich (demoted to assistant manager) Total managerial changes for the season - 7 1994/1995 Season Billy Bonds - West Ham (resigned) November 1994 Ossie Ardiles - Tottenham Hotspur (sacked) Mike Walker - Everton (sacked) Gerry Francis - Queens Park Rangers (left to move to Tottenham) Ron Atkinson - Aston Villa (sacked) Brian Little - Leicester City (resigned to join Aston Villa) December 1994 John Lyall - Ipswich Town (resigned) February 1995 Phil Neal - Coventry City (sacked) George Graham - Arsenal (sacked) John Deehan - Norwich City (resigned) May 1995 Alan Smith - Crystal Palace (sacked) Trevor Francis - Sheffield Wednesday (sacked) Brian Horton - Manchester City (sacked) June 1995 Kenny Dalglish - Blackburn Rovers (retired) July 1995 Alan Ball - Southampton (left to join Man City) Total managerial changes for the season - 15 1995/1996 Season Roy McFarland - Bolton Wanderers (sacked) May 1996 Glenn Hoddle - Chelsea (left to take the England job) June 1996 Total managerial changes for the season - 3 1996/1997 Season Alan Curbushley - Charlton Athletic (resigns) Steve McClaren - Middlesbrough (left to become England manager) July 2006 David O'Leary - Aston Villa (sacked) Total managerial changes for the season - 9 2006/2007 Season Iain Dowie - Charlton Athletic (sacked) December 2006 Alan Padrew - West Ham United (sacked) Les Reed - Charlton Athletic (sacked) April 2007 Sam Allardyce - Bolton Wanderers (resigned) May 2007 Stuart Pearce - Manchester City (sacked) Glenn Roeder - Newcaster United (resigned) Neil Warnock - Sheffield United (resigned) Paul Jewell - Wigan Athletic (resigned) Total managerial changes for the season - 9 2007/2008 Season Jose Mourinho - Chelsea (mutual consent) October 2007 Sammy Lee - Bolton Wanderers (mutual consent) Martin Jol - Tottenham (sacked) Chris Hutchings - Wigan (sacked) Steve Bruce - Birmingham City (left to join Wigan) Billy Davies - Derby County (sacked) December 2007 Roberto Mancini - Manchester City (sacked) Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United (retired) David Moyes - Everton (left to join Man Utd) Rafa Benitez - Chelsea (interim contract not renewed) Total managerial changes for the season - 9 2013/2014 Season Paolo Di Canio - Sunderland (sacked) October 2013 Ian Holloway - Crystal Palace (sacked) December 2013 Steve Clarke - West Brom (sacked) Andre Villas-Boas - Tottenham (sacked) Malky Mackay - Cardiff City (sacked) February 2014 Michael Laudrup - Swansea City (sacked) Rene Meulensteen - Fulham (sacked) Chris Hughton - Norwich City (sacked) David Moyes - Manchester United (sacked) May 2014 Pepe Mel - West Bromwich Albion (mutual consent) Tim Sherwood - Tottenham Hotspur (sacked) Mauricio Pochettino - Southampton (resigned)
In 2011 the US National Research Council suggested a clean-up of what exponentially increasing debris problem, using magnets, nets, and giant umbrellas?	Information Technology in Global Society Information Technology in Global Society Tuesday, June 19, 2012 End of year reflection for my Grade 12 The IB is keen on reflection and so here you go, a reflection on a year's teaching of my Grade 12 ITGS group. If you have read this far you are clearly interested so I'll try and be honest and make some sense of it all! This was the very first time for me teaching this course. I must say I liked it but the examination at the end didn't really reflect what an interesting subject it really is! ITGS is dynamic in way that no other subject can possibly be. As far as I am concerned the whole ITGS thing is going galactic, so I'd be prepared to take the Global out and use Galactic instead. Information Technology in a Galactic Society. Yes, it is simply astonishing what goes on in this world of science fiction as it rapidly becomes science fact. To keep up is a full time job. Fine for me, as a well paid and dedicated teacher, but not so easy for my fee paying students who had other pressures on them from their "more important" and pressing subjects. Plus not many had got to that perverse stage in life where actually reading about the latest ITGS stories was fun! OK so let's start at the beginning. I inherited "my" students from another teacher who'd left. So far, so obvisous. Reading between the lines of a mass exodus of teachers from the school and a vast intake of new teachers I think he had shipped out at the last minute (or was that the other IT teacher who was hijacked?). I will never know but anyhow we never met and a handover email never really explained what things were really like in a school thousands of miles away. Of course nothing was really said by email about students and somehow I vastly overestimated their ability and interest in the whole IB thing! The IB is good at making out it is somehow superiour and I thought I was coming into an intellectual hothouse. No one told me otherwise but I really don't know where this all came from. Probably because it has taken me a year to work out some of the basic jargon: PYP, MYP, IB, etc. Also I did not understand the student group dynamics. If I had done, I possibly would never have got on the plane. This was a complicated group containing a soft core of the totally disinterested! I could write a whole load about this but suffice to say, kids are kids, and it doesn't matter what "education" system they are under they are all basically the same as their parents and teachers...mostly lazy and will take the most direct path between place A and B which involves the least possible of everything, including work, to get the pass grade that is just good enough for whatever their ambitions are. Systems: The students had grown up on their LMS (learning management system) which was based around Moodle. A system that I had never used and one that looked unattractive. I decided not to go with it as Mahara had been introduced to them (I thought) and I wanted to invest my time in learning that system. They took to it very poorly indeed, with only the brighter students seeming to know how to use it for their own eportfolio work. Coming to an IB school I assumed that the high ideals of this holy educational examination system would be beyond grades and the love of learning and all that stuff would be at the forefront. Forget all that, I've never met students that are so wholly only interested in their grades. To complicate matters, the course for ITGS was changed for examination in 2012 (I assume with considerable warning). Thus my students were the first not to do a portfolio section. Timings for the papers were changed for the 2012 examination too, as well as weightings of papers. Confusingly, the students were sure that a considerable amount of their efforts in their Year 11 had been focused on their portfolio grade, which they assumed was worth something in the overall examination assessment wise. Sadly for them this was not the case and, although no doubt a worthwhile exercise, it was probably explained incorrectly to them and much of their	NASA Data Suggests the Sun's Magnetic Field is about to Flip Space According to data from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. Watch this new four minute ScienceCast video to learn more details. A new ScienceCast video anticipates the reversal of the sun’s global magnetic field. Image Credit: [email protected] Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic field is about to flip. “It looks like we’re no more than three to four months away from a complete field reversal,” said solar physicist Todd Hoeksema of Stanford University. “This change will have ripple effects throughout the solar system.” The sun’s magnetic field changes polarity approximately every 11 years. It happens at the peak of each solar cycle as the sun’s inner magnetic dynamo re-organizes itself. The coming reversal will mark the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24. Half of “solar max” will be behind us, with half yet to come. Hoeksema is the director of Stanford’s Wilcox Solar Observatory, one of the few observatories in the world that monitors the sun’s polar magnetic fields. The poles are a herald of change. Just as Earth scientists watch our planet’s polar regions for signs of climate change, solar physicists do the same thing for the sun. Magnetograms at Wilcox have been tracking the sun’s polar magnetism since 1976, and they have recorded three grand reversals—with a fourth in the offing. Solar physicist Phil Scherrer, also at Stanford, describes what happens: “The sun’s polar magnetic fields weaken, go to zero and then emerge again with the opposite polarity. This is a regular part of the solar cycle.” A reversal of the sun’s magnetic field is, literally, a big event. The domain of the sun’s magnetic influence (also known as the “heliosphere”) extends billions of kilometers beyond Pluto. Changes to the field’s polarity ripple all the way out to the Voyager probes, on the doorstep of interstellar space. When solar physicists talk about solar field reversals, their conversation often centers on the “current sheet.” The current sheet is a sprawling surface jutting outward from the sun’s equator where the sun’s slowly rotating magnetic field induces an electrical current. The current itself is small, only one ten-billionth of an amp per square meter (0.0000000001 amps/m2), but there’s a lot of it: the amperage flows through a region 10,000 km thick and billions of kilometers wide. Electrically speaking, the entire heliosphere is organized around this enormous sheet. The heliospheric current sheet separates regions of the solar wind where the magnetic field points toward or away from the Sun. The complex field structure in the photosphere simplifies with increasing height in the corona until a single line separates the two polarities at about 2.5 solar radii. That line is drawn out by the radially accelerating solar wind to form a surface similar to the one shown in this idealized picture. The surface is curved because the underlying magnetic pattern rotates every 27 days with the Sun. It would take about 3 weeks for material near the current sheet traveling at 400 km/s in the solar wind to reach the orbit of Jupiter, as depicted here. In reality the surface becomes increasingly distorted because of variations in the solar wind speed along the surface and other dynamic effects operating in the interplanetary medium. The shape of the current sheet usually evolves slowly – over months – as the large-scale pattern of the Sun’s field changes in response to the emergence and decay of solar active regions. Coronal mass ejections often disrupt the background pattern temporarily, but sometimes the changes are permanent. During most of the solar cycle the current sheet is basically a tilted dipole with varying degrees of quadrupole distortion. Near solar maximum the dipole decays leaving a much more complicated structure. This picture shows the heliospheric current sheet as it might appear during the rising phase of the cycle, when the dipole and q
James Bond, 007, had four colleagues: 006, 008, 009 and which other?	James Bond 007 :: MI6 - The Home Of James Bond Killed by a KGB assassin during the exercise attack on Gibraltar in "The Living Daylights". 006 Alec Trevelyan, believed to have been killed while on a mission with 007 to destroy a Russian chemical weapons facility. 006 later appeared in a new guise as the head of the Janus crime organization in "GoldenEye". 008 008 is mentioned in multiple films by M, but never appears on screen. He is first mentioned in "Goldfinger" as a backup replacement if 007 fails his mission, and most recently in "The Living Daylights". 009 Killed in East Germany by Mischka and Grischka, the two knife-throwing twins. 009 makes a spectacular entrance to the British Embassy, dressed as a clown and holding a Faberg� egg in "Octopussy". 0012 The novelisation of "The World Is Not Enough" lists the agent Bond refers to in the banker's office opening scene as 0012, rather than just "an MI6 agent". Literary Colleagues In Ian Fleming's "Moonraker", James Bond is described as being the senior member of only three agents in the double-0 section. The two other agents were 008 - who had just escaped from East Berlin, and 0011 - who had vanished from Singapore two months before the mission. 008 made another appearance in "Goldfinger" where he is listed as the replacement for 007 should he fail (the film adaptation is loyal to this). 0011 was not so lucky, and did not get mentioned in any of the later Fleming adventures. 009 was introduced in "Thunderball" as another member of the sections. Bond was also in competition with 006 in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" to be first to win Mary Goodnight's heart. 006 is described as an ex-Royal Marine. Fleming only mentioned four other agents in the double-0 section alongside 007, and never once as a plotline to a story - a thread that has been used on numerous occasions throughout the film series.	51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) 51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) Description This article is from the James Bond FAQ , by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others. 51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) In the James Bond films, a number of 00 agents have been depicted over the years: 002 - Bill Fairbanks, assassinated in Beirut by Francisco Scaramanga in 1969 ("The Man With The Golden Gun"); replaced by another agent who is quickly captured during a training mission at Gibraltar ("The Living Daylights") 003 - Found dead in the Siberian ice ("A View To A Kill") 004 - Assassinated during a training mission at Gibraltar ("The Living Daylights") 006 - Alec Trevelyan, listed dead by MI6 at the hands of Soviet Colonel Ourumov during a mission with 007 to blow-up a Soviet nerve gas factory...at least for a while ("GoldenEye") 008 - Bond's replacement, should he be unable to complete his mission ("Goldfinger" and "The Living Daylights") 009 - Assassinated in West Berlin by a circus knife-thrower after stealing a Faberge egg ("Octopussy"); a new 009 was named as the man who put the bullet in Renard's head ("The World Is Not Enough") 0012 - Technically unnamed in the film, the novelization of "The World Is Not Enough" has Bond avenging his death in the opening scene. On screen he is simply referred to as an MI6 agent In addition, the movie "Thunderball" has Moneypenny state the "every Double-O man in Europe" is in the conference room, and Bond arrives as the ninth agent to be briefed. Whether this means that the agents are 001 through 009 or not is never stated, as it COULD be 002 through 0010, for instance. And perhaps we should consider that some Double-0's were not in Europe and missed the meeting. Sharp eyes also could not miss the moment in "The World Is Not Enough" when Moneypenny distributes assignment folders to other agents, one of which is a woman. While Miranda Frost in "Die Another Day" is an MI6 agent, it is never stated she is a "Double-O", and we only learn that her experience was three years in cryptography before the Graves' assignment. For the novels according to Ian Fleming, James Bond was originally the senior member of only three agents in the Section. At the time of the "Moonraker" mission, 008 (known only as 'Bill') had just escaped from East Berlin, while 0011 had vanished in Singapore just two months before. Although 008 surfaced again in "Goldfinger" (listed as Bond's replacement, should he have failed), 0011 was never heard from again. 009 was briefly mentioned in "Thunderball". In "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Bond was even odds to "get" Mary Goodnight first with an ex-Royal Marine Commando who was 006, making Fleming's total of 00 agents -- including 007 -- five. Kingsley Amis' "Colonel Sun" noted that the head of station G in Athens had served as "005" before "an eye defect had begun to impair his ability with firearms." (Submitted by Donal Rogers <donalrogers@iolfree.ie>) In "Zero Minus Ten" Raymond Benson includes a scene with the "Single-O's" who are working toward a "00" classification.
To which island did the singer Gracie Fields retire	Capri Island - La Canzone del Mare La Canzone del Mare Contacts Gracie Fields La Canzone del Mare was realised on the site of an ancient fort embedded in the rock, once home to Gracie Fields: the singer who decided to pass the later years of her life on the island of Capri. La Canzone del Mare was designed so as to provide a secluded and luxurious retreat where to entertain an elite group of friends. Among Fields most famous songs, there is the ballad The Isle of Capri, written by Jimmy Kennedy and arranged by Will Grosz, which tells of a summer love, illuminated by the moon of Capri. History The name of La Canzone del Mare takes its inspiration from the song of the Sirens and the episode in the Odysseus which recounts how Ulysses, sailing in the vicinity of an island which many identify as being that of Capri, requested that his crew tied him to the ships mast so as to be able to listen to the enticing song of the Sirens, song used by the mythical creatures to lure sailors ashore, and thus to their death. La Canzone del Mare occupies an important place in the history of Capri, having been a major protagonist in the 1950s and 1960s: by many considered to be the islands golden years. A great number of those celebrities who habitually took up residence on the island each summer passed their days sunbathing on the poolside of La Canzone del Mare. A place where many a love story began (few of which were to survive beyond the summer), and numerous important business deals were made, La canzone del Mare was also to function as showcase for fashion items which have since been worn for more than half a century: such as the "Capri pants" and the bikini. Today as in the past, those in search of that rare combination of glamour, privacy, and relaxation, continue to choose La Canzone del Mare.	1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? - Liverpool Echo News 1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? 3. For which series of films were the actors Kenneth Williams and Sid James best known? 4. What is the name given to the largest bee in a hive? 5. Which alternative word for the Devil is a Hebrew word with translates as “Lord Of The Flies”? 6. On which TV island might you have found actor Ricardo Montalban? 7. Mozart’s opera, which was a continuation of The Barber Of Seville, was called The Marriage Of . . . who? 8. What is the nearest planet to the Sun? 9. What was the name of the road sweeper played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools And Horses? 10. What connects the answers above? 11. What was the nickname of the first Spice Girl to go solo? 12. Which of the following events did Carl Lewis not win a gold medal for at the 1984 Olympics? Long Jump, 400m or 100m relay? 13. Which two actors were nominated for best actor awards at the Oscars in 1991, both for playing wheelchair-bound characters? 14. How is Eldrick Woods better known? 15. Who did Iain Duncan Smith beat in September, 2001, to become the leader of the Conservative Party? 16. Who was the main villain in the cartoon Wacky Races? 17. When the band Hear‘say formed, who was the oldest member at 24? 18. What is the name of the third book of the Bible? 19. What was advertised with Eva Herzagovia using the slogan “hello boys”? 20. Which model gave birth to her daughter, Lola, in September, 2002? 21. “All children, except one, grow up” is the opening line from which famous story? 22. How are Fizz, Milo, Jake and Bella better known collectively? 23. What number on the Beaufort Scale represents a hurricane? 24. In which film did Jodie Foster play a character called Tallulah? 25. What is pathophobia the fear of? 26. What was the title of the TV show Bonanza changed to? 27. What mountain range is the natural habitat of the llama? 28. What nationality was scientist Marie Curie? 29. Who played the title role in the TV series Worzel Gummidge? 30. Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter when it was first introduced in 1957? 1. Mama Mia; 2. Galileo; 3. Carry On; 4. Queen; 5. Beelzebub; 6. Fantasy; 7. Figaro; 8. Mercury; 9. Trigger; 10. The song Bohemian Rhapsody; 11. Ginger Spice; 12. 400m; 13. Tom Cruise (for Born On The Fourth Of July) and Daniel Day-Lewis (for My Left Foot); 14. Tiger Woods; 15. Ken Clarke; 16. Dick Dastardly; 17. Kym Marsh; 18. Leviticus; 19. The Wonderbra; 20. Kate Moss; 21. Peter Pan; 22. The Tweenies; 23. 12; 24. Bugsy Malone; 25. Illness; 26. Ponderosa; 27. Andes; 28. Polish; 29. Jon Pertwee; 30. Frisbee Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
On the UK television game show ‘The Chase’ which chaser is known as ‘The Governess’?	Bradley Walsh :: TV :: The Chase - Meet the Chasers The Chase - Meet the Chasers The Chase - Meet the Chasers Bradley Walsh hosts the show, but the brains behind The Chase are the four Chasers who aim to beat the contestants. Paul Sinha Paul Sinha, is brand new to the show and will be seen in series 4. He is a qualified GP and an award winning stand-up comedian, but has a passion for quizzes. Although he has appeared on Are You An Egghead?, Brain of Britain, Mastermind, University Challenge and The Weakest Link he has yet to win any of them, but has come close. He achieves a high ranking at the British Quiz Association, but will that be enough to beat the contestants in Series 4? Mark Labbett Mark Labbett, otherwise known as The Beast has appeared twice on Who Wants to be a Millionaire? winning a total of £48,000. He came second in The National Lottery People's Quiz, and won BBC Four quiz Only Connect. He has been on Mastermind, University Challenge, 15 to 1 and even put up his own ï¿½1,000 to compete on the knock out tournament "Grand Slam". Mark is a maths teacher from Wales, and is a pub quiz champion. Shaun Wallace Shaun Wallace is a barrister from North London. He won the title Mastermind Champion 2004. Living in the shadows of Wembley stadium his specialist subject is of course football. Other television quiz appearances include Egg Heads, 15 to 1, Greed, Beat the Nation, Brainteaser, and the Weakest Link. Anne Hegerty Anne Hegerty joined Mark and Shaun on Series two, but has proven to hold the highest catch rate in the first 3 series. A freelance editor and journalist, Anne is known as The Governess she was a proof reader and lives in Manchester. Anne too has a long list of previous game show appearances including the original series of Mastermind with Magnus Magnusson. She then returned for the new Mastermind with John Humphrys, 15 to 1, Todayï¿½s The Day, Are You An Egghead?, and Brain of Britain. Be A Contestant On The Chase Fancy your chances? Fill out the application form if you think you can take on The Chasers. The Chase: US Edition The Beast takes on the Americans in The Chase USA . The Chase App on Itunes Download now The Chase app for your Apple iphone, ipad & ipod touch that allows you to play against the chasers. The Chase Board Game	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 2ï¿½ 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 ï¿½100,000 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
What is the name of the Jamaican netball team?	Jamaican Netball - A Brief Introduction Jamaican Netball Jamaican Netball by Shermaine Anderson-Gayle Posted 12/13/2009 Jamaica, no stranger in international sport circles, continues to reap great sporting success, perhaps making bigger and richer countries envious of our achievements. And this, our number one female sport is a testament to that. Jamaica's netball team has consistently rank in the top 5 countries in the world! The national team is known appropriately called the Sunshine Girls. We have 4 squads; the under 13, under 16, under 21 and the senior squad. Netball was introduced to Jamaica by English women who came to teach in our girls secondary schools. The game became apart of the physical education programme since 1909. Netball’s popularity among Jamaicans began to grow as it was introduced to various clubs, schools, churches and businesses island wide. The Jamaica Netball Association became affiliated to the West Indies Netball Board in 1959. The first Jamaican netball team was founded in 1959 and was invited to play in the West Indies Tournament in Montserrat in August 1959. And little background to the sport? Sure! Netball was invented by Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian physical education teacher. Dr. Naismith main goal was to keep his students physically occupied indoors during the winter months. Netball is based on running, jumping, throwing and catching. A team has 12 players but only 7 are played on court on each team in any game. It is played into four 15 minutes segments called quarters with teams changing shooting positions at the end of each quarter. The game begins with a center pass, and center pass is changed after a goal is scored. Netball is a non contact sports, which means no player should be in personal contact with an opponent. All attempts to score a goal must be taken inside of the semicircular area around the goal post. This area is called the goal area. The sport is similar to basketball in many respects, but differs in a few key ways. For example: The hoop is smaller and there is no backboard. Players must not run or dribble with the ball. Ball is smaller. Like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/myislandjamaica Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/myislandjamaica New! Comments Have your say about what you just read! Leave me a comment in the box below. Articles You Might Have Missed... Thanks For Reading! Like What You Just Read? Please join me in my effort to share the beauty and uniqueness of Jamaica with the world. You can do so by sharing this insightful narrative on the social media of your choice and ask others to do the same (BELOW). Need Help? We have a cherry list of top Jamaican companies that might be able to help you. Please click here to see them, our preferred partners and site sponsors. Get Exclusive Updates & Tips! You are also welcome to join my special friends list and receive exclusive updates (like this), tips, trivia and stories from lovers of Jamaica! I'll Gift You A FREE COPY of my eBook, 101 Intriguing Facts About Jamaica - just for subscribing! Just enter your email & name below:	Junior rowing history made at Henley - worldrowing.com Junior rowing history made at Henley 02 July 2012 History was made at Henley Royal Regatta, in Great Britain this year, as junior girls raced down the booms for the first the time in the quadruple sculls. SHARE In the absence of the majority of Olympic-bound crews, American universities ruled the eights events, and under-23 crews aiming for the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania in just over a week’s time also shone. Alice White, Pippa Birch and Jo Unsworth of Henley Rowing Club celebrate after winning the final of the Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls during the final day of the 2012 Henley Royal Regatta Henley Rowing Club became the first junior women to win at Henley Royal Regatta in the Junior Women’s Quadruple Sculls and they did it in style on their home stretch of water. They beat Canford School, Great Britain by 2 ½ lengths in the final on Sunday in a time of 8:44. In the men’s eights events, the elite Grand Challenge Cup and the intermediate Ladies Challenge Plate were both won by American crews, the Grand itself being an all-American final. California Rowing Club dismissed Brown University by 1 ¼ lengths in the final of the elite eights whilst in a thrilling race in the Ladies Challenge Plate, Havard University rowed through Leander Club in the dying metres to win by just one foot in a time of 6:33, at time three seconds faster than the elite event. Australian crews will be very happy with a hat-trick of victories in elite events. It was a down-under battle in the men’s four, the Stewards Challenge Cup, as under-23 crews representing Australia and New Zealand faced each other. Australia got the advantage early on, and won by 2/3 of a length over the Kiwis, representing Waiariki Rowing Club. The Australian women’s quadruple sculls, who are also the under-23 crew competing in Trakai, saw off the Olympic women’s crew from The Netherlands with considerable ease, leading from the start to win with an official verdict of “easily”. The third trophy was won in the men’s quadruple sculls, the Queen Mother Challenge Cup, against the Canadian club Victoria City Rowing Club by a small margin of 2/3 of a length. Members of the Havard University Crew celebrate winning The Ladies' Challenge Plate during the fifth day of the 2012 Henley Royal Regatta The Princess Royal Challenge Cup, the women’s single sculls, was contested by a field of talent, including Sanita Puspure of Ireland, the only Irish boat to have qualified for the Olympic Rowing Regatta, under-23 Estonian Kaisa Pajusalu and Italy’s Laura Schiavone, as well as lightweights Imogen Walsh of Great Britain and Alice McNamara of Australia. However it was Isolda Penney of Canada, who last competed internationally in 2010, who took the honours, dispensing Puspure on Saturday in the semifinal, and winning the final on Sunday “easily” against Pajusalu. In the Diamond Sculls, the men’s single sculls, Peter Lambert of South Africa took home the honours, beating Graeme Thomas in the final. Thomas is part of the GB Rowing Team, and recently finished fourth at the third stage of the 2012 Samsung World Rowing Cup series, whilst Lambert finished eighth at the second stage of the Samsung World Rowing Cup. British under-23 sculler Jonathan Walton put in a good performance to make the semifinals on Saturday to be thwarted by Thomas, whilst Andrew Campbell was beaten by Lambert at the same stage. The men’s pair was contested by several crews who have not qualified for the Olympic Games including Michael Blomquist and James Koven of the United States of America, Daniel Ritchie and Tom Broadway of Great Britain and France’s Michael Molina and Benjamin Lang. Molina and Lang, who had an extraordinary race with Ritchie and Broadway in the semifinal to make the final, beat Greece’s Konstantinos Christomanos and Apostolos Lampridi to win the Silver Goblets and Nickalls’ Challenge Cup “easily”. The women’s eight event, the Remenham Challenge Cup, was won by a senior development crew from Western Rowing Club, Canada.
What make of car was Mike Hawthorn driving when he won the F1 World Drivers Championship in 1958	Mike Hawthorn - 1958 Mike Hawthorn Share Mike Hawthorn loved life, drove fast and died young. Big, blond and boisterous, he often raced wearing a broad grin and a bow tie. He regarded motorsport as a quick way to further the fun he constantly pursued. When his pastime became a profession he partied as hard as he drove, though his career was also tinged by tragedy, scandal and personal misfortune. Near the end he found Formula One racing no fun at all, but he went out a winner. Other champions were greater drivers but none was a more colourful personality. Had he been born a decade earlier John Michael Hawthorn might have been a heroic Spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain. Instead, the circumstances in his formative years led him into motorsport and he became Britain's first world driving champion. Two year's after Mike's birth on April 10, 1929, his racing enthusiast father Leslie bought a garage near the Brooklands circuit in Farnham, Surrey, where he had raced motorcycles prior to World War II. Inspired by the proximity of Brooklands, and by the atmosphere in the Hawthorn garage where cars and motorcycles were prepared for competition, Mike was only nine years old when he decided he wanted to become a racer. Next Previous 1 / 7 Silverstone, July 1953: Fresh from his maiden Formula One win in France, Mike Hawthorn chats with Ferrari team manager Nello Ugolini ahead of the British Grand Prix. © Sutton Images Silverstone, July 1953: Hawthorne lines up on the grid for the British Grand Prix after qualifying third. Pole sitter Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) is on the far side, then Jose Froilan Gonzalez (Maserati), Hawthorn (Ferrari) and Juan Manuel Fangio (Maserati). © Sutton Images Silverstone, July 1953: Hawthorn (nearest) in the cockpit of the Ferrari 500 ahead of the Formula Libre Trophy race that followed the British Grand Prix. Also pictured are, far side, Juan Manuel Fangio (BRM), then Guiseppe Farina (Thin Wall Special) and Ken Wharton (BRM). © Sutton Images Goodwood, September 1953: The start of the non-championship Formula One Woodcote Cup race. On pole, far side, is Juan Manuel Fangio (BRM), then Hawthorn (Ferrari), Roy Salvadori (Connaught) and Ken Wharton (BRM). © Sutton Images Crystal Palace, July 1955: Race winner Mike Hawthorn leads in his Maserati 250F during the non-championship London Trophy Formula One event. Following him around South Tower Bend are Horace Gould (Maserati 250F) and Harry Schell (Vanwall VW2). © Sutton Images Nurburgring, Germany. 2-4 August 1957. Mike Hawthorn (Lancia-Ferrari D50 801) 2nd position. World Copyright - LAT Photographic 1953 Grand Prix de Rouen. Rouen-les-Essarts, France. 28 June 1953. Giuseppe Farina and Mike Hawthorn (both Ferrari 500). They finished in 1st and 2nd position respectively, portrait. World Copyright: LAT Photographic His education, at a prominent Public School followed by studies at Chelsea technical college and an apprenticeship with a commercial vehicle manufacturer, was intended to prepare him for a career at the Farnham garage. Meanwhile, his father also encouraged Mike's interest in motorsport, providing him with motorcycles, then cars for local competitions. Mike also sped around the countryside as the ringleader of a group of hell-raising friends searching for girls and pints of beer in pubs. In 1950 he began winning races in a small Riley sportscar bought for him by his father. Three years later the 'Farnham Flyer' was driving a Formula One car for Enzo Ferrari. Mike's meteoric rise from club racer to Grand Prix driver took place within on one momentous afternoon at the 1952 Easter Meeting at the Goodwood circuit. It was his first competition in a single seater, a Formula Two Cooper-Bristol provided for him by a family friend, and the opposition included the famous Argentine drivers Juan Manuel Fangio and Froilan Gonzalez. Mike won the F2 race from pole position, then also finished first in the Formula Libre race and was a sensational second in the main event, for Formula One cars. Impressive results aside, the Farnham Flyer was a commanding figure i	Motor racing-Triple F1 world champion Brabham dead at 88 Motor racing-Triple F1 world champion Brabham dead at 88 (adds Jones, Australian PM tributes in pars 6-8) By Nick Mulvenney SYDNEY, May 19 (Reuters) - Australian Jack Brabham, who won three Formula One world titles and is the only man to have won the championship driving a car bearing his name, died at the age of 88 on Monday. A fierce competitor, brilliant engineer and astute businessman, Brabham claimed the Formula One titles in 1959 and 1960 for Cooper Racing before going on to win a third in 1966 for the Brabham marque. He died at his home on Australia's Gold Coast. "It's a very sad day for all of us," his youngest son David, who also raced in Formula One, said in a statement. "My father passed away peacefully at home at the age of 88 this morning. He lived an incredible life, achieving more than anyone would ever dream of and he will continue to live on through the astounding legacy he leaves behind." Described by 1980 world champion Alan Jones as "inspirational" to the Australian drivers that followed the trail he blazed, Brabham was also the subject of a tribute from his country's Prime Minister, Tony Abbott. "Australia has lost a legend," Abbott said in statement. "With his pioneering spirit, Sir Jack Brabham personified many great Australian characteristics. "He was respected and admired for his spirit, and for his great skill as an engineer." A former Royal Australian Air Force mechanic, Brabham began racing midget cars on cinder tracks in Australia in 1948 before moving to Britain to pursue his career in Formula One in the mid 1950s. Brabham became the first Australian to win the Formula One title in 1959, famously pushing his car uphill to the finishing line to seal the triumph after running out of fuel on the final lap at the U.S. Grand Prix at Sebring. After his second triumph for Cooper, Brabham set up a company with friend and fellow Australian Ron Tauranac to design and build their own cars, one of which he drove to the Formula One title in 1966 at the age of 40. "NATURAL SPORTSMANSHIP" "On track he was always the toughest of tough competitors, tough sometimes to the point at which I'd wonder how could such a nice bloke out of a car grow such horns and a tail inside one," his British rival Stirling Moss recalled in the foreword to the "The Jack Brabham Story" in 2004. "You'd always know when Jack was on a charge because he'd crouch down and almost disappear within the cockpit. Tail-out, broadsiding, showering me with gravel and tuffets from the verge. "Dear me, you could take the Aussie out of the dirt tracks but you couldn't take the dirt tracks out of the Aussie. But the greater side of Jack's character was always his natural sportsmanship." Nicknamed "Black Jack" for his mop of dark hair and taciturn nature, Brabham would become "Geriatric Jack" as he raced on into his 40s, his last victory coming at the 1970 South African Grand Prix in his final season when he was 43. In total, Brabham raced in 126 grands prix, taking pole position 13 times and winning 14 races. After retirement, Brabham sold his his team to Bernie Ecclestone, the Briton who would go on to run the sport, and returned to Australia. He was knighted for services to motor sport in 1979. His sons Geoff, Gary, and David later forged their own careers in motorsport, while the Brabham team name remained in Formula One until the early 1990s. "The word 'legend' is often used to describe successful sportsmen, but often it exaggerates their status. In the case of Sir Jack Brabham, however, it's entirely justified," McLaren team boss Ron Dennis, who worked on the Cooper and Brabham teams in the 1960s, said in a tribute. "A three-time Formula One world champion, he remains the only driver to win a Formula One world championship driving a car bearing his own name - a unique achievement that will surely never be matched." (Additional reporting by Greg Stutchbury and Alan Baldwin, Editing by Ian Ransom) Reblog
Which European city was known as Olisipio by the Romans?	10 Ancient Cities Still Around Today - Listverse 10 Ancient Cities Still Around Today Jamie Frater December 1, 2012 I am fascinated by ancient history and the cities in which history played out. While the vast majority of the famous places from the past are now gone, a number still remain – some small and others huge. This list takes a look at ten ancient cities that are still functioning today. I have chosen a day shot and a dusk or night shot for each city. There are definitely some great tourist destinations in this list. 10 Plovdiv Founded: Pre 400 BC Plovdiv is in modern day Bulgaria. When it was founded it was called Eumolpias and was a Thracian settlement. It was conquered by the Macedonians and ultimately became part of what is now known as Bulgaria. It is second in size and importance to the capital city of Sofia which is about 150 kilometres away from it. 9 Jerusalem Founded: 2000 BC Jerusalem is one of the oldest cities in the world and it is considered a holy city by Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. It is capital city of Israel (though not all countries recognise this fact). In antiquity it was the famed City of David from the Bible and later the place where Jesus began his last week of life. 8 Xi’an Founded: 1100 BC One of the four great ancient capitals of China, Xi’an is now the capital of the Shaanxi province. The city is full of ancient ruins, monuments, and still contains the ancient wall built in the Ming Dynasty – pictured here. It also holds the tomb of Qin Shi Huang which is most famous for the terracotta army. 7 Cholula Founded: 500 BC Cholula is in the Mexican state of Puebla which started out as a pre-columbian city. Its most famous site is the Great Pyramid of Cholula which now looks like a hill with a church atop; in fact the hill is the pyramid base. The pyramid temple is the largest in the new world. 6 Varanasi Founded: 1200 BC Varanasi (also known as Benares) is in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Jains and Hindus consider it to be a holy city and believe that if you die there you will attain salvation. It is the oldest habited city in India and one of the oldest in the world. Found along the river Ganges are gats – stops along the way in which believers can perform religious ablutions in the river. 5 Lisbon Founded: 1200 BC Lisbon is the largest city and the capital of Portugal. It is the oldest city in Western Europe – predating London, Rome, and the like. Religious and funerary monuments exist there from the neolithic age and archeological evidence also suggests that it was once an important trading post for the Phoenicians. In 1755 it was struck by a devastating earthquake which almost completely destroyed it due to the fires and a Tsunami – it is one of the deadliest quakes in history. 4 Athens Founded: 1400 BC Athens it the capital city of Greece and it is also the largest city. Its 3,400 year history is a fascinating one and much of the culture and customs of the ancient Athenians found there way into many other cultures due to its dominance in the region as a vast city-state. The multitude of archeological sites make this the perfect city for visit for anyone with a passion for European history and culture. 3 Damascus Founded: 1700 BC Damascus is the capital of Syria and home to over 2.6 million people. The recent civil uprisings have unfortunately caused a great deal of damage to one of history’s most significant and oldest cities. It has been named in the top 12 cultural heritage sites most in danger of being destroyed or suffering irreparable loss. Only time will tell whether this ancient city will survive or be relegated to history as another ancient city lost to the world. 2 Rome Founded: 753 BC Rome began as a collection of small urban villages which ultimately became the city-state that ruled one of the greatest empires known to man. The Roman Empire (which grew from the Roman Republic) was relatively short lived – lasting from its founding in 27 BC with its first Emperor Augustus to its last, Romulus Augustulus, who was deposed in 476 AD (though the Eastern Roman Empire su	Wars of the Second Triumvirate: Battle of Philippi Wars of the Second Triumvirate: Battle of Philippi Octavian. Public Domain The Battle of Philippi was part of the War of the Second Triumvirate (44-42 BC). Dates: Fought on two separate dates, the Battle of Philippi took place on October 3 and 23, 42 BC. Armies & Commanders: 19 legions, 33,000 cavalry, over 100,000 total Brutus & Cassius 17 legions, 17,000 cavalry, approximately 100,000 men Battle Summary: Following the assassination of Julius Caesar , two of the principle conspirators, Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus fled Rome and took control of the eastern provinces. There they raised a large army consisting of the eastern legions and levies from local kingdoms allied to Rome. To counter this, the members of the Second Triumvirate in Rome, Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, raised their own army to defeat the conspirators and avenge Caesar's death. Leaving Lepidus in Rome, Octavian and Antony marched east into Macedonia seeking the enemy. As they moved forward, they dispatched Norbanus and Saxa ahead with eight legions to search for the conspirator's army. Moving along the Via Egnatia, the two passed through the town of Philippi and assumed a defensive position in a mountain pass to the east. Moving west, Brutus and Cassius wished to avoid a general engagement, preferring to operate on the defensive. After flanking Norbanus and Saxa out of their position and forcing them to retreat, the conspirators dug in to the west of Philippi, with their line anchored on a marsh to the south and steep hills to the north. Aware that Antony and Octavian were approaching, the conspirators fortified their position, which straddled the Via Egnatia, and placed Brutus' troops to the north of the road and Cassius' to the south. The Triumvirate's forces soon arrived and Antony arrayed his men opposite Cassius, while Octavian faced Brutus. Eager to begin the fighting, Antony tried several times to bring about a general battle, but Cassius and Brutus would not advance from behind their defenses. Seeking to break the deadlock, Antony began building a causeway through the marshes in an effort to turn Cassius' right flank. Quickly understanding the enemy's intentions, Cassius began building a transverse dam and pushed part of his forces south in an effort to cut off Antony's men in the marshes. This effort brought about the First Battle of Philippi on October 3, 42 BC. Attacking Cassius' line near where the fortifications met the marsh, Antony's men swarmed over the wall. Driving through Cassius' men, Antony's troops put them to rout and seized their camp. To the north, Brutus' men, seeing the battle in the south, attacked Octavian's forces. Catching them off guard, Brutus' men drove them from their camp, forcing Octavian to hide in a nearby swamp. As they moved through Octavian's camp, Brutus' men paused to plunder the tents allowing the enemy to reform and avoid a rout. Unable to see Brutus' success, Cassius fell back with his men. Believing that they had both been defeated, he committed suicide. As the dust settled, both sides withdrew to their lines with their spoils. Robbed of his best strategic mind, Brutus decided to attempt to hold his position with the goal of wearing down the enemy. Over the next three weeks, Antony began pushing south and east through the marshes forcing Brutus to extend his lines. While Brutus wished to continue delaying battle, his commanders and allies became restless and forced the issue. Surging forward on October 23, Brutus' men met Octavian and Antony's in battle. Fighting at close-quarters, the battle proved very bloody as the Triumvirate's forces succeeded in repelling Brutus' attack. As his men began retreating, Octavian's army captured their camp. Deprived of a place to make a stand, Brutus ultimately committed suicide and his army was routed. Aftermath & Impact: The casualties for the First Battle of Philippi were approximately 9,000 killed and wounded for Cassius and 18,000 for Octavian. Casualties are not known for the
What is modern Turkey's capital city?	What is the Capital of Turkey? - Capital-of.com Dates of religious and Civil holidays around the world. www.when-is.com Capital of Turkey The Capital City of Turkey (officially named Republic of Turkey) is the city of Ankara. The population of Ankara in the year 2008 was 71,517,100 (12,573,836 in the metropolitan area). Turkey is a Turkish speaking country on the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea. Additional Information	ExchangeRate.com - Currency Information Turkish Lira \| Post \| View The Turkish lira (Turkish: Türk lirası) is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş. The symbol is TL and the ISO 4217 code is TRY. All notes and coins of Turkish Lira have portraits of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from different points of his life since 1930s (with the exception of some notes of second emission, 1937-1942, which features İsmet İnönü) on the obverse side. History First lira The lira was introduced in 1844. It replaced the kuruş as the principal unit of currency, with the kuruş continuing to circulate as a subdivision of the lira, with 100 kuruş = 1 lira. The para also continued to be used, with 40 para = 1 kuruş. Until the 1930s, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with پاره for para, غروش for kuruş and ليرا for lira (تورك ليراسي for "Turkish lira"). In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French. Between 1844 and 1881, the lira was on a bimetallic standard, with 1 lira = 6.61519 grams pure gold = 99.8292 grams pure silver. In 1881, the gold standard was adopted and continued until 1914. World War I saw Turkey effectively depart from the gold standard with the gold lira being worth about nine lira in paper money by the early 1920s. After periods pegged to the British pound and the French franc, a peg of 2.8 lira = 1 U.S. dollar was adopted in 1946 and maintained until 1960, when the currency was devalued to 9 lira = 1 dollar. From 1970, a series of hard, then soft pegs to the dollar operated as the value of the lira began to fall. Because of the chronic inflation experienced in Turkey from the 1970s through to the 1990s, the lira experienced severe depreciation in value. Turkey has had high inflation rates compared to developed countries but has never suffered hyperinflation. From an average of 9 lira per U.S. dollar in the late 1960s, the currency came to trade at approximately 1.65 million lira per U.S. dollar in late 2001. This represented an average inflation of more than 40% per year. * 1966 — 1 U.S. dollar = 9 lira * 1980 — 1 U.S. dollar = 90 lira * 1988 — 1 U.S. dollar = 1,300 lira * 1995 — 1 U.S. dollar = 45,000 lira * 1996 — 1 U.S. dollar = 107,000 lira * 2001 — 1 U.S. dollar = 1,650,000 lira * 2004 — 1 U.S. dollar = 1,350,000 lira * 2005 — 1 U.S. dollar = 1.29 new lira (The use of New Turkish Lira, which drops 6 zeros from the currency Turkish Lira, was implemented in 2005) * 2007 — 1 U.S. dollar = 1.26 new lira * 2008 — 1 U.S. dollar = 1.55 new lira * 2009 — 1 U.S. dollar = 1.48 new lira (Turkish Lira and New Turkish Lira were used together in 2005. After 2009, New Turkish Lira was converted to Turkish Lira, but New Turkish Lira was used as currency until 31 December 2009) * 2010 — 1 U.S. dollar = 1.39 lira (Last updated on October 8, 2010) In its last few years the Turkish lira stabilized and even rose against the U.S. dollar and the euro. The Guinness Book of Records ranked the lira as the world's least valuable currency in 1995 and 1996, and again in 1999 through 2004. The lira had slid in value to such an extent that one original gold lira coin could be sold for approximately 120,000,000 lira prior to the 2005 revaluation. Second lira In late December 2003, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey passed a law that allowed for the removal of six zeroes from the lira, and the creation of a new currency. It was introduced on 1 January 2005, replacing the previous lira (which remained valid in circulation until the end of 2005) at a rate of 1 second lira (ISO 4217 code "TRY") = 1,000,000 first lira (ISO 4217 code "TRL"). With the revaluation of the Turkish lira, the Romanian leu (also revalued in July 2005) briefly became the world's least valued currency unit. In the transitional period between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2008, the second lira was officially called Yeni Türk Lirası (New Turkish lira). It was officially abbreviated "YTL" and subdivid
The year 1819 is significant for lovers of English poetry because of the publication of six famous odes by whom?	John Keats - John Keats Poems - Poem Hunter John Keats - John Keats Poems - Poem Hunter Do you like this poet? John Keats Poems A Thing Of Beauty (Endymion) A thing of beauty is a joy for ... Bright Star Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou ... When I Have Fears When I have fears that I may cease to be ... Ode On A Grecian Urn Thou still unravish'd bride of ... His Last Sonnet Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou ... All poems of John Keats » Search in the poems of John Keats: John Keats was an English Romantic poet. He was one of the main figures of the second generation of romantic poets along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley, despite his work only having been in publication for four years before his death. Although his poems were not generally well received by critics during his life, his reputation grew after his death, so that by the end of the 19th century he had become one of the most beloved of all English poets. He had a significant influence on a diverse range of later poets and writers. Jorge Luis Borges stated that his first encounter with Keats was the most significant literary experience of his life. The poetry of Keats ... more » Click here to add this poet to your My Favorite Poets. Quotations more quotations » ''Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.'' John Keats (1795-1821), British poet. letter, Oct. 9, 1818. Letters of John Keats, no. 90, ed. Frederick Page (1954). Despite Shelley's assertion ... I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religionI have shuddered at it. I shudder no moreI could be martyred for my religionLove is my religionI could die for tha... John Keats (1795-1821), British poet. letter, Oct. 13, 1819, to his fiancée Fanny Brawne. Letters of John Keats, no. 160, ed. Frederick Page (1954). ''Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul?'' John Keats (1795-1821), British poet. letter, Feb. 14-May 3, 1819, to his brother and sister-in-law, George and Georgiana Keats. Letters of John Keats... ''It appears to me that almost any man may like the spider spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel.'' John Keats (1795-1821), British poet. letter, Feb. 19, 1818. Letters of John Keats, no. 48, ed. Frederick Page (1954). ''You speak of Lord Byron and methere is this great difference between us. He describes what he seesI describe what I imagine. Mine is the hardest task.'' John Keats (1795-1821), British poet. letter, Sept. 17-27, 1819, to his brother and sister-in-law George and Georgiana Keats. The Letters of John Keat...	University of South Carolina Libraries - Rare Books and Special Collections Introduction \| Island 1 \| Island 2 \| Island 3 \| Island 4 Introduction When Walt Whitman published his first edition of Leaves of Grass on or around the fourth day of July in 1855, he believed he was embarking on a personal literary journey of national significance. Setting out to define the American experience, Whitman consciously hoped to answer Ralph Waldo Emerson's 1843 essay, "The Poet," which called for a truly original national poet, one who would sing of the new country in a new voice. The undertaking required unlimited optimism, especially considering the fact that Whitman had published only a small handful of poems prior to 1855; however, Whitman felt confident that the time was ripe and that the people would embrace him. This optimism and confidence resulted largely from his awareness of the tremendous changes in the American literary world that had taken place during his lifetime. At the time of Whitman's birth in 1819, the Constitution and the democratic ideas upon which this country was founded were only a generation old; America was a land of seemingly unlimited space, resources, and possibilities, yet a land with no cultural roots to call its own. In 1820, a year after Whitman's birth, Sydney Smith of Britain's Edinburgh Review was prompted to ask, "In the four quarters of the globe, who reads an American book?" But the period between Smith's remark and the publication of Whitman's first edition of Leaves of Grass in 1855 was one of remarkable and unprecedented change in America, particularly in the world of books. By 1855, America could boast one of the world's largest and most advanced publishing industries, producing distinctly "American" books by authors such as Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Stowe, Fuller, Thoreau, and Emerson. The amazing growth of American literature and of the supporting publishing industry was the result of a self-conscious effort by authors and publishers to establish for America a literary culture of its own. The resulting increase in, or rather the sudden appearance of, authorship in this country was made possible only through American ingenuity, innovation, and technology in publishing. In short, the advent of modern publishing practices during this period brought books to the people in heretofore unimaginable numbers, spawning as a result one of the greatest periods in the history of American literature. Working as a printer, editor, jounalist, and publisher during the years of the publishing industry's phenomenal growth, Whitman became keenly aware that the tools necessary for his emergence as the new, democratic poet were at his disposal. He believed he could bring poetry to the common people, and with the publication of his 1855 Leaves of Grass, he assumed for himself the role of the American Poet, referring to himself as "one of the roughs," a common man. Whitman carefully continued to cultivate his literary personality throughout his career, especially through the relatively new field of photography. As he revised and enlarged Leaves of Grass (8 editions and numerous printings would appear between 1855 and 1891), Whitman's goal as the self-styled national poet became more clearly defined. Leaves of Grass is essentially a poem in process, with each succeeding edition representing a unique period in the poet's life as well as the nation's. This is perhaps best illustrated by Whitman's Civil War poetry. Originally published in 1865 as a separate volume entitled Drum Taps, these poems were later integrated intoLeaves of Grass, growing in importance in the book as the war's historical significance became clearer in Whitman's mind. He would eventually claim that Leaves of Grass "revolves around that four year's war, which, as I was in the midst of it, becomes, in "Drum-Taps," pivotal to the rest entire." Today, more than a century after the publication of the final edition of Leaves of Grass, Whitman's place in American literary history often seems as nebulous and enigmatic as the ideas upon which America w

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