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Who painted the canvas known as Bubbles, later used in adverts for Pears Soap?
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Artwork details, Liverpool museums See a larger version About the artwork One of the most famous paintings by the Victorian artist Sir John Millais has been placed on long loan at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. It has been lent by Unilever. 'Bubbles' was painted in 1885-6. It shows a boy blowing bubbles with a pipe and a bowl of soap suds. The boy was the artist’s grandson, Willie James, aged about four: he later became an Admiral. To get round the problems of painting the bubbles, the artist had a glass sphere specially manufactured. Millais originally titled his painting 'A Child’s World' but it was later changed to 'Bubbles'. As a young man, Millais was one of the chief artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood , which set out to attack the complacency of the Royal Academy. He painted masterpieces such as 'Isabella' ( Walker Art Gallery ) and ' Ophelia ' ( Tate Britain ) in a new style with bright colours, wiry outlines and minute detail. By the time he painted 'Bubbles', Millais was in his 50s. He had abandoned the Pre-Raphaelite style and had adopted darker colours and looser brushwork. No longer a rebel, he had joined the Royal Academy and had become a pillar of the art establishment. Much of his work at this stage in his career featured sentimental portrayals of small children. Other examples, at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, are 'Little Speedwell’s Darling Blue' and 'The Nest'. Although 'Bubbles' may appear sentimental to modern taste, it has a serious meaning. Millais was using a symbol with a long tradition behind it. 'Bubbles' are fragile and have a brief moment of beauty before they burst. In the 17th century Dutch artists painted children blowing bubbles to convey the brevity of human life, the transience of beauty and the inevitability of death. This theme appealed to Millais and is a key to several other of his paintings, such as ' Spring (Apple Blossoms) ' also at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. Amongst the beauty of the young girls and the spring flowers in this picture, Millais painted a scythe, to indicate that beauty fades and that death awaits us all. This aspect of 'Bubbles' was not obvious to the Victorians. Victorian artists associated childhood with sweetness and innocence. The attitude is seen in the book illustrations of Kate Greenaway and in historical pictures such as 'And when did you last see your father?' by W. F. Yeames (Walker Art Gallery). It had also been seen in the 18th century in pictures like ' The Age of Innocence ' (Tate Britain) by Sir Joshua Reynolds , who was much admired by Millais. The interpretation of childhood changed radically after Freud wrote about it as a troubled period of latent sexuality, but it would be unhistorical to expect Millais to reflect these ideas in his work. Listen to a recording of Julian Treuherz's gallery talk on 'Bubbles' online now . The painting was brought from Millais by Sir William Ingram, proprietor of the Illustrated London News, a popular magazine with a wide circulation. Ingram also bought the copyright from the artist. He published 'Bubbles' as a special presentation colour print with the Christmas number of the magazine in 1887. (Other paintings of children by Millais had been published with previous Christmas numbers with great success.) Before its appearance in the magazine, the painting with its copyright was sold to A & F Pears, manufacturers of Pears soap. The Managing Director of Pears, Thomas Barrett, was a pioneer of modern advertising methods, and he and William Lever of Lever Brothers, makers of Sunlight Soap, were great rivals, each spending vast sums on promoting their brands. Barrett turned 'Bubbles' into an advertisement by adding a bar of soap in the foreground. Millais was furious, but he could do nothing about it. Millais was unfairly criticised for degrading his art, but as the copyright owner, Barrett was within his rights. And the use of the painting for advertising meant that the picture became the best known of all his works. Lever responded to Barrett’s initiative in 1889 by purchasing ' The New Frock ' by Frith and using
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Georges Braque Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story Web Services & Hosting by The Computer Studio | Designed by DesArtLab Cubism Cubism Cubism was developed by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque between 1907-1911, and it continued to be highly influential long after its decline. This classic phase has two stages: 'Analytic', in which forms seem to be 'analyzed' and fragmented; and 'Synthetic', in which pre-existing materials such as newspaper and wood veneer are collaged to the surface of the canvas. Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Picasso dominated European painting in the first half of the last century, and remains perhaps the century's most important, prolifically inventive, and versatile artist. Alongside Georges Braque, he pioneered Cubism. He also made significant contributions to Surrealist painting and media such as collage, welded sculpture, and ceramics. Fauvism Fauvism Fauvism was an early twentieth-century art movement founded by Henri Matisse and André Derain. Labeled as "wild beasts", Fauve artists favored vibrant colors and winding gestural strokes across the canvas. Pop Art Pop Art British artists of the 1950s were the first to make popular culture the dominant subject of their art, and this idea became an international phenomenon in the 1960s. But the Pop art movement is most associated with New York, and artists such as Andy Warhol, who broke with the private concerns of the Abstract Expressionists, and turned to themes which touched on public life and mass society. Henri Matisse Henri Matisse Henri Matisse was a French painter and sculptor who helped forge modern art. From his early Fauvist works to his late cutouts, he emphasized expansive fields of color, the expressive potential of gesture, and the sensuality inherent in art-making. Jim Dine Jim Dine Jim Dine is an American painter commonly associated with the Neo-Dada and Pop art movements. In addition to showing alongside such Pop icons as Warhol, Lichtenstein and Ruscha, Dine is also well known for collaborating with Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg and John Cage on a series of "happenings". Wayne Thiebaud Wayne Thiebaud Wayne Thiebaud is an American painter, commonly associated with the Pop art movement. Thiebaud's paintings often employ seemingly mundane subject matter, such as candy, pastries, toilets, shoes, and other popular consumer items. Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne was an influential French Post-Impressionist painter whose depictions of the natural world, based on internal geometric planes, paved the way for Cubism and later modern art movements. Camille Corot Camille Corot Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot was a nineteenth-century French painter and printmaker. Best known for his landscape paintings rendered in a Neo-Classical tradition, Corot's practice of painting outside in the open air was highly influential to many of the French Impressionists. Gustave Courbet Gustave Courbet Gustave Courbet was a French painter and chief figure in the Realist movement of the mid-nineteenth century. His paintings often contained an emotional bleakness, and were praised for their precision and use of light. Along with Delacroix, Courbet was a key influence on the Impressionists. Édouard Vuillard Édouard Vuillard Edouard Vuillard was a French Post-Impressionist painter especially known for his interiors and domestic scenes. A member of the Les Nabis group, his works are characterized by rough areas of color, pointillist daubs and dots, and decorative patterns that spread out across background fabrics and wallpaper. Juan Gris Juan Gris Juan Gris was a Spanish painter and sculptor, and one of the few pioneers of Cubism. Along with Matisse, Léger, Braque and Picasso, Gris was among the elite visual artists working in early-twentieth-century France. André Derain André Derain André Derain, the co-founder of Fauvism, was a French artist whose paintings exhibit the writhing energetic lines and bright colors characteristic of the movement. He strove to keep art modern and current throughout his career. Henri Laurens Henri Laurens Henri Laurens wa
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What is the capital of Guernsey, Channel Islands?
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St Peter Port, Guernsey - Things to Do & See | VisitGuernsey Things To Do St Peter Port With its cobbled streets and picturesque seafront marina and historic gardens, it is easy to see why St Peter Port is considered one of Europe's prettiest harbour towns. Guernsey's capital has been a busy port since Roman times. Castle Cornet has stood guard over the town for 800 years. Once cut off by the tide, it now provides a spectacular backdrop to the town as well as staging theatre productions and musical events. St Peter Port's centrepiece is its beautiful church, which is believed to be the closest church to a pub in the British Isles. If you want to learn more about the island's history, head to the Guernsey Tapestry at the Gallery in St James Concert Hall , wander through the beautiful Candie Gardens or explore Hauteville House , home to French writer Victor Hugo. If you would rather just take it easy, explore the boutique shopping, then sit back and relax with a coffee or bite to eat and watch the world go by. At the top of town is Candie Gardens . Once the formal gardens of a private home, they are now open for the public to enjoy and house the Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery . The tearoom has lovely views over the town and across to neighbouring islands. Castle Cornet has been at the forefront of the island's history for hundreds of years and there are five museums inside its walls to explore. La Vallette Underground Military Museum covers all aspects of Guernsey's military history. It is situated at the south of St Peter Port, alongside the Victorian Bathing Pools and The Guernsey Aquarium . The Old Victorian Shop in Cornet Street acts as a historic shop and museum, which highlights islanders home life of the past. The street weaves up to the top of Tower Hill, an area of town steeped in folklore and tales of witches and ghosts. A short walk further up the hill takes you to the door of Hauteville House, where Victor Hugo lived between 1856 and 1870. His town house has been preserved as a museum, which captures the French writer's eccentric life with its amazing collection of furniture and artefacts. If you want to uncover more about St Peter Port's hidden past, Accredited Guides are available to take you on a variety of guided walks or pick up a copy of our Map of St Peter Port from the Guernsey Information Centre , with five trails taking you to different areas of the town. View the webcam from the Old Government House Hotel below!
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Europe Jeopardy Template Which of the contiguous forty-eight states has the largest land area? 100 What is Columbia. What is the city, located on the Conagree river, that is the capital of South Carolina? 100 What is the Arctic Ocean. The northern part of Russia borders what ocean? 100 In what mountain range is the country of Switzerland found? 100 What is the Northern hemisphere and the Eastern hemisphere. In what hemispheres is Russia located? 200 What is the Ural Mountains. What mountains divide the European part of Russia from the Asian part? 200 Vienna is the capital of what European Country? 200 What is the North Sea. What sea touches the shores of England, Scotland, Netherlands, Denmark, and Norway? 200 In what direction are you traveling when driving from Budapest to Warsaw? 200 Which country is farther south: Portugal or Spain? 300 What is the name of the long mountain range located on the Italian peninsula? 300 Does the Prime Meridian pass through the North or South Pole? 300 Which U.S. city is farthest north: Los Angeles, San Diego, or San Francisco? 300 What country has a land border with Denmark? 300 What is the United Kingdom. The island of Bermuda is a colony of what nation? 400 What is the Caucasus Mountains. What mountain range separates Europe and Western Asia between the Black and Caspian Seas? 400 What is the Vatican City and Monaco. Name the two smallest countries in the world, both located in Europe, and both less than one square mile in size. 400 What is Asia, Europe, and North America. What three continents does the Arctic Circle pass through? 400 Madrid is to Spain as what is to France? 400 What is Ankara, Turkey. What is the capital of the only country that borders both the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea? 500 What is Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, and Denmark. What countries border the Baltic Sea? 500 Who owns the Azores Islands? 500 Is most of Turkey located in Europe or Asia? 500
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With what was Edith Head, who was nominated for 35 Oscars (including every year from 1948 to 1966), associated?
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Edith Head - Biography Edith Head, American (1897 - 1981) Edith Head (October 28, 1897 – October 24, 1981) was an American costume designer who had a long career in Hollywood that garnered eight Academy Awards—more than any other woman in history. She was born Edith Claire Posener in Searchlight, Nevada , the daughter of Max Posener and Anna E. Levy. Her father was a mining engineer in the gold mine there. Whether her parents were married is unknown but, in 1901, her mother married Frank Spare and Edith was passed off as his child. Though her birth parents were Jewish, Head would claim to be a Catholic later in life. She moved to San Bernardino, California at an early age. She received a BA in French at the University of California at Berkeley in 1918 and an MA in Romance Languages from Stanford University in 1920. She became a Languages teacher (specializing in French). Her first teaching position was at Bishops School in La Jolla, California; however after one year she took a position teaching both Languages and Art at Hollywood School for Girls. To improve her drawing skills (which at this point were rudimentary) she took evening art classes at Chouinard Art College. On July 25, 1923, she married Charles Head, the brother of one of her Chouinard classmates, Betty Head. This marriage was short-lived, ultimately ending in divorce in 1936, after a number of years of separation, though Edith continued to be known professionally as Edith Head until her death. In 1924, despite lacking art design or costume design experience, Head was hired as a costume sketch artist at Paramount Pictures in the costume department. Later Head admitted to borrowing another student's sketches for her job interview. She began designing costumes for silent films commencing with The Wanderer in 1925, and by the 1930s had established herself as one of Hollywood's leading costume designers. She worked at Paramount for 44 years until she went to Universal Pictures on March 27, 1967, possibly prompted by her extensive work for director Alfred Hitchcock, who had moved to Universal in 1960. She married set designer Wiard Ihnen on September 8, 1940. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1979. During her long career she was nominated for 35 Academy Awards, including every year from 1948 through 1966, and won eight times – more Oscars than any other woman. She was responsible for some of the best-known Hollywood fashion images of her day, with her costumes being worn by the most glamorous and famous actresses in films. Head's influence on world fashion was far reaching, especially in the 1950s when she began appearing on Art Linkletter's television program and writing books on fashion. Although Head was featured in studio publicity from the mid-1920s onward, she was originally over-shadowed by Paramount's Head Designer, first Howard Greer then Travis Banton. It was only after Banton's resignation in 1938 that she achieved fame as a designer in her own right. Her association with the "sarong" dress designed for Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane made her well known among the general public, albeit as a more restrained designer than either Banton or Adrian. In 1944 she gained public attention for the top mink-lined gown she was credited with designing for Ginger Rogers in Lady in the Dark, which gained notoriety as it was counter to the mood of wartime austerity. The institution of an Academy Award for Costume Designer in 1949 further boosted her career as it began her record breaking run of Award nominations and awards, beginning with her nomination for The Emperor Waltz. Head was known for her low-key working style, and unlike many of her male contemporaries usually consulted extensively with the female stars she worked with. As a result she was a favorite designer for several of the leading female stars of the 1940s and 1950s: Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Barbara Stanwyck, Shirley Maclaine and Anne Baxter, and was frequently 'loaned' out by Paramount to other studios at the request of their female stars. She was also kn
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The UK Number Ones : 1950s Sheet Music Sales Week Ending SONG TITLE Notable Recording(s) + Artist Links Weeks COMMENT 7 Jan 1950 You're Breaking My Heart Ink Spots 2 They were a top close-harmony singing act of black Americans. 21 Jan 1950 Hop Scotch Polka Billy Whitlock 1 Whitlock wrote the piece with that title, but called it "Scotch Hot" on the recording! 28 Jan 1950 The Harry Lime Theme Anton Karas 4 (Returned for 3 weeks from w/e 18/2/50) Famed theme from the spy film "The Third Man", starring Orson Welles. The theme was composed by the performer. 4 Feb 1950 Dear Hearts And Gentle People 1: Dinah Shore Song was a radio favourite on the "Billy Cotton Band Show". 11 Mar 1950 Music! Music! Music! Teresa Brewer 6 First major hit for the girl from Ohio. She later did badly against UK cover versions. 22 Apr 1950 (If I Knew You Were Comin') I'd've Baked A Cake Eve Young & The Homesteaders 1 Another happy-go-lucky radio favourite which Billy Cotton helped to popularise. 29 Apr 1950 My Foolish Heart Billy Eckstine 11 He was a deep-voiced star from the 1930s, still very popular throughout the 50s. 8 Jul 1950 Bewitched (Bothered and Bewildered) 1: Doris Day Written by Rodgers & Hart. Recorded by Doris Day in 1949. 9 Sep 1950 Silver Dollar (Roll, Roll, Roll) Eve Young & The Homesteaders 7 Similar style to Eve's previous hit, got the musicians buying again. 28 Oct 1950 Goodnight Irene 1: Frank Sinatra 2: Jo Stafford 4 A version by the Gordon Jenkins Orch was at no 1 in the US for 13 weeks. 25 Nov 1950 Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer 1: Gene Autry Christmas song that has remained ever popular since. 6 Jan 1951 I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat Mel Blanc 3 Based on a line from the Tweetie Pie cartoons. Mel was the cartoon voice. 27 Jan 1951 Beloved, Be Faithful 1: Teddy Johnson Both of these were top British balladeers of their time. 3 Feb 1951 The Petite Waltz 1: Anne Shelton At this time, the most popular dance by far was the waltz. 17 Feb 1951 The Tennessee Waltz 1: Patti Page 2: Anita O'Day 9 The US country music star (Patti Page) battled it out in the UK with a jazz music star (Anita O'Day) a country music waltz. 21 Apr 1951 Mockin' Bird Hill Les Paul & Mary Ford 10 They were of multi-track recording and amplified electric guitars. 30 Jun 1951 With These Hands Nelson Eddy & Jo Stafford 3 Hits for Shirley Bassey in 1960 and Tom Jones in 1965. 21 Jul 1951 My Resistance Is Low Hoagy Carmichael 4 Written by the singer. Hit for Robin Sarstedt in 1976. Cole's version is now best known, but it was Young's first major success. 10 Nov 1951 Longing For You Teresa Brewer 11 Melody based on the classical piece "Waltz Dream" by Oscar Straus. 12 Jan 1952 The Loveliest Night Of The Year 1: Mario Lanza Was on the chart for a record 32 weeks before making No 1. 23 Feb 1952 There's Always Room At Our House Guy Mitchell 4 First major recording for this US singing star. 22 Mar 1952 Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole 10 All-time Nat 'King' Cole classic. 24 May 1952 A-round The Corner Jo Stafford 3 She was the most popular American female singer in the UK at this time. 14 Jun 1952 Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart Vera Lynn 10 Immensely popular with people who remembered the war years. 23 Aug 1952 The Homing Waltz 1: Vera Lynn Successive No 1s for Vera Lynn recordings. 25 Oct 1952 Here In My Heart Al Martino 8 Became the first No 1 on the record-sales chart. 27 Dec 1952 You Belong To Me 1: Jo Stafford It was Jo Stafford's version that topped the infant records chart. 7 Feb 1953 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes Perry Como 1 Como's version topped the record charts in UK and US. 14 Feb 1953 Broken Wings 1: Stargazers 2: Dickie Valentine 3: Art & Dottie Todd 6 These three versions were UK hits, but the Stargazers took it to No 1 in the records chart. 28 Mar 1953 (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window 1: Patti Page Both UK record hits, but Lita Roza made it to the top. 9 May 1953 In A Golden Coach 1: Billy Cotton Band Celebrating the c
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'High Numbers' was the former name of which pop group?
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History - The Who Official Website History THE STORY OF THE WHO 1944-2016 Roger Harry Daltrey born in Shepherds Bush, London. John Alec Entwistle born in Chiswick, London. 1945 19 May Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend born in Chiswick, London. His father, Cliff, is a professional saxophonist and his mother, Betty, is a singer. Keith John Moon born in Wembley, Middlesex. 1959 Pete and John form The Confederates, a trad jazz outfit, while at Acton County School. Pete plays the banjo and John the French horn. Roger attends the same school, a year ahead of them. 1961 September Pete enrolls at Ealing Art School; art college being the classic training ground for British rock stars of the Sixties, while John works for the Acton tax office. Roger becomes a sheet metal worker, building his own guitars. His group, The Detours, originally a skiffle group, formed at Acton County School, recruits John on bass guitar. 1962 Pete is added on guitar at John’s suggestion. Behind the drums is Doug Sandom and Colin Dawson is the up-front vocalist. Keith, unknown to Pete, Roger and John at this point, starts the first of what he estimates to have been “23 jobs in two years”. He also plays drums with the group, Mark Twain & The Strangers. 1963 Rogers assumes the role of lead singer in The Detours after kicking out Colin Dawson. They become a hard working semi-pro rock’n’roll/R&B quartet on the west London circuit of pubs, clubs and ballrooms. 1964 February The Detours change their name to The Who at the suggestion of Pete’s art school friend Richard Barnes. The Who acquire the managerial services of Helmut Gorden, a doorknob manufacturer from Shepherd’s Bush. April After an impromptu audition at the Oldfield Hotel in Greenford, west London, Keith Moon, who had been drumming for the past year in local Wembley group, Clyde Burns & The Beachcombers, joins The Who. The group had been using session drummer Dave Golding following the departure of Doug Sandom. That same month, mod fanatic Peter Meaden becomes the group’s publicist, changes their name to The High Numbers and moulds them into a mod band. 3 July ‘I’m The Face/’Zoot Suit’ by The High Numbers is released by Fontana Records. It fails to chart. August Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp oust Meaden as The High Numbers’ management after Lambert sees them performing at the Railway Hotel, Harrow, the previous month. August/September The High Numbers are bottom of the bill during a series of Sunday concerts throughout Britain, promoted by Arthur Howes. On the bill in Blackpool on 16 August are The Kinks and headliners, The Beatles. The High Numbers also make their TV début on BBC-TV’s The Beat Room, broadcast 24 August. September Pete smashes his first guitar – by accident – at the Railway Hotel in Harrow. In his frustration he deliberately reduces it to splinters, thereby igniting the most exciting live act pop has ever seen. A week later at the same venue, Keith smashes his drum-kit to demonstrate solidarity. October The group audition for EMI Records at London’s Abbey Road Studios. They request more original material so Lambert and Stamp urge Pete to write his own songs. The group sign with independent producer Shel Talmy’s recording company, Orbit Music. The High Numbers become The Who again. 24 November The group starts a 16-week residency at London’s Marquee Club. The shows soon become sell-outs, but the equipment smashing takes its toll on the group’s finances. 1965 15 January ‘I Can’t Explain’, produced by Shel Talmy, is released on Brunswick in the UK. After a struggle it reaches number eight in the UK charts. 29 January The Who appear on the classic British TV show Ready Steady Go! for the first time. The Who’s first BBC radio session on The Joe Loss Pop Show. 21 May ‘Anyway Anyhow Anywhere’ is released on Brunswick. Featuring uncontrolled feedback, it is a deliberate attempt to translate the group’s stage show to record. The Who promote it on the TV show Ready Steady Go! which later adopts it as their theme tune for a spell. The record reaches n
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The Animals | New Music And Songs | The Animals About The Animals One of the most important bands originating from England's R&B scene during the early '60s, the Animals were second only to the Rolling Stones in influence among R&B-based bands in the first wave of the British Invasion. The Animals had their origins in a Newcastle-based group called the Kansas City Five, whose membership included pianist Alan Price, drummer John Steel, and vocalist Eric Burdon. Price exited to join the Kontours in 1962, while Burdon went off to London. The Kontours, whose membership included Bryan "Chas" Chandler, eventually were transmuted into the Alan Price R&B Combo, with John Steel joining on drums. Burdon's return to Newcastle in early 1963 heralded his return to the lineup. The final member of the combo, guitarist Hilton Valentine, joined just in time for the recording of a self-produced EP under the band's new name, the Animals. That record alerted Graham Bond to the Animals; he was likely responsible for pointing impresario Giorgio Gomelsky to the group. Gomelsky booked the band into his Crawdaddy Club in London, and they were subsequently signed by Mickie Most, an independent producer who secured a contract with EMI's Columbia imprint. A studio session in February 1964 yielded their Columbia debut single, "Baby Let Me Take You Home" (adapted from "Baby Let Me Follow You Down"), which rose to number 21 on the British charts. For years, it was rumored incorrectly that the Animals got their next single, "House of the Rising Sun," from Bob Dylan's first album, but it has been revealed that, like "Baby Let Me Take You Home," the song came to them courtesy of Josh White. In any event, the song -- given a new guitar riff by Valentine and a soulful organ accompaniment devised by Price -- shot to the top of the U.K. and U.S. charts early that summer. This success led to a follow-up session that summer, yielding their first long-playing record, The Animals. Their third single, "I'm Crying," rose to number eight on the British charts. The group compiled an enviable record of Top Ten successes, including "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" and "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place," along with a second album, Animal Tracks. In May of 1965, immediately after recording "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place," Alan Price left the band, citing fear of flying as the reason; subsequent biographies of the band have indicated that the reasons were less psychological. When "House of the Rising Sun" was recorded, using what was essentially a group arrangement, the management persuaded the band to put one person's name down as arranger. Price came up the lucky one, supposedly with the intention that the money from the arranger credit would be divided later on. The money was never divided, however, and as soon as it began rolling in, Price suddenly developed his fear of flying and exited the band. Others cite the increasing contentiousness between Burdon and Price over leadership of the group as the latter's reason for leaving. In any case, a replacement was recruited in the person of Dave Rowberry. In the meantime, the group was growing increasingly unhappy with the material they were being given to record by manager Mickie Most. Not only were the majority of these songs much too commercial for their taste, but they represented a false image of the band, even if many were successful. "It's My Life," a number seven British hit and a similar smash in America, caused the Animals to terminate their association with Most and with EMI Records. They moved over to Decca/London Records and came up with a more forceful, powerful sound on their first album for the new label, Animalisms. The lineup shifts continued, however: Steel exited in 1966, after recording Animalisms, and was replaced by Barry Jenkins, formerly of the Nashville Teens. Chandler left in mid-1966 after recording "Don't Bring Me Down," and Valentine remained until the end of 1966, but essentially "Don't Bring Me Down" marked the end of the original Animals. Burdon re-formed the group under the aegis of Er
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Who designed the National Trust's symbol? Who designed the National Trust's symbol? The National Trust symbol at Lindisfarne Castle. Image courtesy of timparkinson on Flickr CC-BY-2.0 Oak leaves are the logo of the National Trust. While researching the National Trust and the acquisition of their first property of the Clergy House in Alfriston , Sussex, we came across many claims on the internet that the National Trust's symbol was inspired by a carving of an oak leaf to be found in the Clergy House. Image on Wikipedia . We thought I would look into this, but found nothing to support this assertion. The symbol came about as a result of a competition announced by the National Trust in 1935. The entrants were asked to design a symbol representing the National Trust which would be suitable for placing on various signs, notice boards and on their stationery. The adaptability of the design for all types of materials and surfaces was most important. A prize of £30 was offered for the winning design. No other criteria was stipulated. [1] One hundred and nine designs were submitted, but none were thought suitable. It was decided to hold the completion again, but limit it to six designers who would be specially invited to submit their designs. This time they were asked to submit designs based on either an English lion, the rose, or the oak, as these were though to best represent English heritage. [2] [3] The winning design was by artist Joseph Armitage (1880-1945). His other works included decorated carvings on St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; the Bank of England, and South Africa House. We could find nothing to suggest that the Clergy House inspired Armitage, and in The Thirties Society Journal , Edward Armitage wrote of his father's life and career and there is no mention of Alfriston or Clergy House. It seems therefore, that Armitage was only sticking to the his brief. In 1936, Armitage's design started to appear on signs at National Trust properties. [1] Manchester Guardian 20 May 1935 [2] Manchester Guardian 30 July 1935 [3] The Times, 19 February 1936
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Australian National Flag and Other Flags of Australia Australian National Flag The National Flag of Australia contains three elements: The British Union Jack on a blue field - reflecting the historical origins of the Australian flag, The Southern Cross - reflecting Australia's geographic position in the Southern Hemisphere, and A seven pointed star - representing the Federation of six states, with an additional point to represent the territories collectively. In addition to the Australian National Flag, there are several other flags used by the Australian Defence Forces and Commonwealth Government agencies. The Australian Army does not have a separate flag, but uses the Australian National Flag. The Australian Aboriginal flag and the Torres Strait Islanders flag in 1995 were proclaimed to be Flags of Australia under the Flags Act 1953. Special flags are also used by HM the Queen when in Australia and by the Governor General. Other Flags of Australia The Australian Defence Force Ensign - the flag represents the Australian Defence Force and the three services collectively. The dark blue stripe and the anchor in the central emblem represent the RAN, the red stripe and the crossed swords for the Australian Army, whilst the light blue stripe and eagle is for the RAAF. The Australian White Ensign - the national flag for use by commissioned warships and shore establishments of the Royal Australian Navy. The flag is flown by warships from the ensign staff at the stern. The blue Australian national flag is flown on the jack-staff at the bow, when vessels are in port. Prior to 1967, the RAN used the British White Ensign. The RAAF Ensign - the official flag of the Royal Australian Air Force. The flag is flown at RAAF bases. Originally adopted in 1949, the ensign was modified in 1982 when the roundel was altered to include a red kangaroo. During World War II, the RAAF used the flag of the British Royal Air Force. The Australian Red Ensign - the national flag for use by ships registered in Australia. From 1981 yachts and small ships may use the blue Australian National Flag in place of the Australian Red Ensign. The Customs flag - the flag used by vessels in the service of the Australian Customs Service. The flag is also painted on the fuselage of aircraft undertaking Customs duties. The Australian Civil Aviation flag - originally used by aircraft (flown from the pilot's window after landing) and flown at all Australian airports and other properties controlled by the Department of Civil Aviation, the flag is now only used by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Airservices Australia. The Australian Federal Police flag - used on buildings and facilities operated by the Australian Federal Police. The flag was adopted in 1981. The checked border is part of the design, not a fringe. Australian Aboriginal Flag - A flag to represent and identify Australian Aboriginal people did not exist until 12 July 1971 when a flag designed by Mr Harold Thomas was first flown in Adelaide. The red stripe represents the land and the black symbolises the Aboriginal people. The yellow circle represents the Sun, the giver of life. Copyright of the Aboriginal Flag is owned by Mr Thomas who has granted an exclusive manufacturing licence to Carroll and Richardson Flagworld Pty Ltd. Originally designed in the proportions 3x5 the flag is now only available in the proportions of 1x2. Torres Strait Islander Flag - A flag was adopted in May 1992 to represent the Torres Strait Islanders. The design is attributed to Mr Bernard Namok and copyright is owned by the Torres Strait Island Coordinating Council. The green stripes represent the land, the blue stripe represents the sea and the black symbolises the people. The central device is a Dhari, a dancer's headdress with a 5-pointed star star to symbolise the five island groups in Torres Strait. Australian South Sea Islanders Flag - South Sea Islanders are descendants of islanders brought from various Pacific islands from 1863 to 1904 to work as labourers i
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Derived from the French word meaning to brood or hatch, what term refers to a male phantom or sympathetic pregnancy syndrome in response to a wife or partner's real pregnancy?
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Sister Act: A New Take On Dorothy Wordsworth : NPR List price: $30 Crossing the Threshold "A wedding or a festival, A mourning or a funeral." —WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, "Ode: Intimations of Immortality" "...in our life alone does Nature live— Our's is her Wedding-garment, our's her Shroud!" —SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, "Dejection: An Ode" She can stand it no longer. When she looks from her window at the two men running up the avenue to tell her that the wedding is over, she throws herself down on the bed, where she lies in a trance, neither hearing nor seeing. Earlier that morning the groom had entered her room and she had removed the ring, which she had been wearing all night, and handed it back to him with a blessing. He had then returned it to her finger, blessing it once more, before leaving for the church to bind himself to another. When she is told by the bride's sister that the newlyweds are coming, she somehow rises from her bed and sends herself flying down the stairs and out the front door, her body moving against her own volition, not stopping until she is in the arms of the groom. Together they cross the threshold of the house, where they wait to greet the bride. Dorothy Wordsworth's journal entry for October 4, 1802, describes her brother William's marriage to Mary Hutchinson from the perspective of her bedroom at Gallow Hill, the Hutchinsons' Yorkshire farm, where she waited for the couple to return from the local church at Brompton. She was too distraught to attend the ceremony herself. For readers of her journals, Dorothy's account of William's wedding morning comes as a surprise, and not only because of the peculiar early-morning ceremony performed between the brother and the sister and the intensity of her physical response to the event. It strikes a new tone in her writing: after two and a half years of recording what she sees, she now records what she feels about something she has not seen, and it is typical of Dorothy Wordsworth that this long-awaited focus on herself comes just as she is going out of focus, slipping into a semiconscious state as one chapter of her life closes and the next begins. Following her description of Wordsworth's wedding, Dorothy's journal seems to lose its purpose. One of her final entries, made a few months later in the new year not long after she had turned thirty-one, has her resolving to keep the project going in a fresh notebook bought during the summer in France: I will take a nice Calais Book & will for the future write regularly &, if I can legibly, so much for this my resolution on Tuesday night, January 11 1803. Now I am going to take Tapioca for my supper, & Mary an Egg, William some cold mutton, his poor chest is tired. Six days later, her final entry, headed Monda[y], is left blank. In many cases, people turn to their journals when there is nowhere else to turn, when they need to divide themselves into two in order to talk. But in the case of Dorothy Wordsworth, it was when her life alone with her brother was shattered that she stopped writing, as if writing and William were bound up with one another. This is the story of four small notebooks whose contents Dorothy Wordsworth never meant to be published, and which have become known as the Grasmere Journals. In tightly compressed entries that are mostly regular and mostly legible, they describe a routine of mutton and moonscapes, walking and headaches, watching and waiting, pie baking and poem making. Their style, at times pellucid, at times opaque, lies somewhere between the rapture of a love letter and the portentousness of a thriller; the tight, economical form they adopt is that of the lyric, but in the grandness of their emotions they are yearning toward the epic. The quickly scribbled pages catch the sights and sounds that other eyes and ears miss: the dancing and reeling of daffodils by the lakeside, the silence of winter frost on bare trees, and the glitter of light on a sheep's fleece. They record the love between a brother and a sister, and climax with Dorothy's "str'nge fits of passion," to use Wordsworth's en
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Wayne Rooney marries Coleen McLoughlin - Telegraph Wayne Rooney marries Coleen McLoughlin Wayne Rooney and Coleen McLoughlin have married on the Italian Riviera. The couple tied the knot in an Italian villa Photo: GETTY By Anita Singh 11:26AM BST 12 Jun 2008 The couple, both 22, exchanged vows in a 17th century villa - in the pouring rain. After days of blue skies and glorious sunshine, the heavens opened moments before the ceremony began. The Manchester United and England footballer and his wife were accompanied by just a handful of witnesses, including their parents. Two silver people carriers swept through the wrought-iron gates just before 10am, followed close after by two black Mercedes. Every car had blacked-out windows - all the better to protect the couple's £2.5m exclusive deal with a glossy magazine. Related Articles 11 Jun 2008 Burly British security guards patrolled the parameter and a dozen local carabineri were drafted in to help. The ceremony lasted half a hour and afterward the wedding party drank champagne in the gardens during a brief break in the rain. They were given a police escort as they left the venue. The wedding breakfast is tipped to take place at La Cervara, a mediaeval abbey perched on a hilltop outside Portofino. Only 65 guests have been invited for the week long nuptials. A second, and rather less glamorous, party will take place in the couple's native Liverpool later this month.
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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
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Aleutian Islands | Geology Page Aleutian Islands tweet Convergent Boundary – Aleutian Islands The Aleutian Trench (or Aleutian Trough) is a subduction zone and oceanic trench which runs along the southern coastline of Alaska and the adjacent waters of northeastern Siberia off the coast of Kamchatka Peninsula. It is classified as a “marginal trench” in the east as it runs along the margin of the continent. The trench gives rise to the island arc Aleutian Islands where it runs through the open sea. The trench extends for 3,400 km from a triple junction in the west with the Ulakhan Fault and the northern end of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, to a junction with the northern end of the Queen Charlotte Fault system in the east. The Aleutian Trench is a convergent plate boundary. The trench forms part of the boundary between two tectonic plates. Here, the Pacific Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate at an angle of nearly 45 degrees. The rate of closure is 3in. (8 cm) per year. The Aleutian Islands are a chain of 14 large volcanic islands and 55 smaller ones, forming part of the Aleutian Arc in the Northern Pacific Ocean, occupying an area of 6,821 sq mi (17,666 km²) and extending about 1,200 mi (1,900 km) westward from the Alaska Peninsula toward the Kamchatka Peninsula, marking a line between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Crossing longitude 180°, they are the westernmost part of the United States . Nearly all the archipelago is part of Alaska and usually considered as being in the “Alaskan Bush”, but at the extreme western end the small, geologically related, and remote Commander Islands are in Russia. The islands, with their 57 volcanoes, are in the northern part of the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Alaska Marine Highway (a ferry service) passes through the islands. The north side of the trench slopes 3°–4° and the south side l°–4°. This process has created the Aleutian Arc. The deepest part of the Aleutian trench has been measured at 7,822 metres (25,663 ft) at 51.21°N, 174.83°E., located about 145 km SSW of Buldir Island. North of the trench, a string of volcanoes and associated islands have formed where melting of the crust has been caused by the descending plate beneath them. Center pressure: 10762psi (732atm), 74 MPa (732atm) Metric units.[ Variations in total magnetic intensity (residual) of more than 600 γ were found in the center of the trench and more than 1100 γ on the southern flank. More Information About :
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Index-a This Week's Puzzles So You Think You Know Soccer A soccer goal is what dimensions, yards wide and feet high: 8x7; 7x8; 8x8 or 9x8? According to FIFA World Cup rules which flag must be displayed inside each match stadium besides those of FIFA/Fair Play, and the two competing nations? Approximately how many million people play regular organized football in the world (at the early 2000s): 5; 25; 65; or 250? The word soccer derives from: Sock; Association; Kosher; or Socrates? What is not required by the rules of soccer: Goal net; Penalty spot; Specified ball pressure; or Shin guards? The 2014 World Cup Finals allocated European and African teams respectively how many places: 3 and 9; 4 and 10; 5 and 13; or 6 and 15? What city/club football rules, which spread widely in the late 1800s, introduced heading, corners, throw-ins, changing ends, and the goal crossbar: Sheffield; Paris; Milan; or Berlin? FIFA's 2014 World Cup Finals/Qualifying rules dictate a match squad of how many players: 18; 23; 26; or 30? In the 2010 World Cup Final, Jo'bulani was the: Winner's national anthem; Winning goalscorer; Ball; or Trumpet-like horn blown by fans? The minimum rest-period between two games for any team at the 2014 World Cup is how many hours: 24; 36; 48; or 72? Soccer rules award what after an 'own goal' directly from a throw-in: Goal; Penalty; Corner; or Drop-ball? The headquarters of FIFA are in Brussels; London; Zurich, or Oslo? Who has made the World Cup footballs since 1970: Adidas; Puma; Umbro; or Nike? The World Cup Qualifiying matches between El Salvador v Honduras in 1969 coincided with what mutual event: Independence; Earthquake; Drought; or War? The first ever �100,000 (or above) football transfer, in 1961, was: Bobby Moore; Pele; Dennis Law; or Eusebio? A white ball was first used in a World Cup in: 1930; 1950; 1966; or 1982? The centre circle of a soccer pitch is used only at kick-offs/re-starts, and in which other game feature? Matthias Sammer, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, and Luis Figo won what between 1990-2002: European Cup; World Cup; Golden Boot; or European Footballer of the Year? The first, second and third placed teams at the 2014 World Cup receive how many medals: 20; 30; 40 or 50? Soccer has been an Olympic event since: 1900; 1964; 1992; or 2002? PAGE 6
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Allium sativum (garlic) | Plants & Fungi At Kew Garlic is native to Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Tadzhikistan and Uzbekistan) and northeastern Iran. It is widespread in cultivation. Hand-coloured engraving of Allium sativum (garlic), by William Woodville (1793) Description Overview: A bulbous herb growing to about 60 cm tall. Bulb: Rounded, composed of up to about 15 smaller bulblets known as cloves. Cloves and bulbs are covered by a whitish or pinkish tunic (papery coat). Leaves: Four to twelve long, sword-shaped leaves attached to an underground stem. Flowers: Borne in a dense, spherical cluster on a spike (flower stalk) up to 25 cm long. The young flower head is enclosed in a long-beaked pair of enclosing bracts, which become papery and split to reveal the flowers. Individual flower stalks arise from a common point. Flowers are greenish-white or pinkish with six perianth segments (sepals and petals) about 3 mm long. Bulbils (asexual propagules), which resemble tiny cloves, are often interspersed among the flowers. Fruits: Flowers usually abort before developing to a stage at which fertilisation could take place. Seeds: Not usually produced in the wild but have been produced under laboratory conditions. With a black coat, similar to onion seeds, but approximately half the size. Uses Food and flavouring Sliced, fried garlic from India was exported to Burma where it was eaten with pickled tea. Garlic has been used as a food and flavouring agent for thousands of years. After onion, garlic is the most widely consumed bulb. Almost 10 million tons of garlic is produced each year. The world's largest producers include China, Korea, India, USA, Spain, Egypt and Turkey. Garlic bulbs are sold fresh or processed to produce a dry powder or oil. Garlic is popular in French, Spanish, Portuguese and South Asian cuisine. The bulb is the most commonly used part but chopped leaves are sometimes also used. Garlic is one of the most frequently used plants in many parts of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, and there are many ways of using it. Garlic is used not only to flavour curries but can be used in drinks and savoury desserts. To add a mild flavour to food the fresh cloves are cooked whole. If a stronger flavour is required, garlic cloves are crushed or ground and added to the dish. Garlic should not be cooked for too long as it can become bitter. Often garlic heads with small cloves have a stronger flavour than larger ones. Oil is processed from garlic and used commercially as flavouring. It can be added to flavour otherwise bland vegetable oils. Garlic is not popular with everyone. Members of certain religious groups in India, such as Jainism and Brahman Hinduism, are forbidden to eat onion-related plants like garlic. The reasons differ in each case. Jains consider use of garlic to be too damaging to the plant, while some Hindus consider garlic too stimulating. Traditional medicine Garlic is one of the oldest plants to be widely used as a medicine. In most corners of the world, it is regarded as an aphrodisiac. Its medical qualities have been recognised since ancient times and feature widely in traditional remedies. The bulbs are the most frequently used part of the plant. In India they are prepared in several ways including extracting the juice or pulping the bulb to a paste. This has been taken to relieve problems such as coughs and fevers or applied externally to prevent greying of hair and to improve skin conditions such as eczema and scabies. It has even been applied to the noses of hysterical girls to calm them down! Garlic bulbs from Madhya Pradesh (from Kew's Economic Botany Collection). Warmed garlic juice or a mixture made with oil and boiled bulbs have been dropped into the ear to relieve earache and deafness. In Ayurvedic and Siddha medicine, garlic juice has been used to alleviate sinus problems. In Unani medicine, an extract is prepared from the dried bulb that is inhaled to promote abortion or taken to regulate menstruation. Unani physicians also use garlic to treat paralysis, forgetfulness, tremo
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Vegetables - A Guide to World Vegetables A Guide to World Vegetables A CONSUMER’S GUIDE TO WORLD VEGTABLES © DONALD D. HEATON - APRIL 03, 2007 Dedicated to my wife “Fern” and “Aunt Bobbi” THE AUTHOR Mr. Heaton has been involved with the produce industry for over 50 years. Over the years, he was involved with produce seminars and the procurement of and presentation of produce. He has authored retail produce manuals and articles on produce quality as well. INTRODUCTION Most people in the United States do not eat enough fruits and vegetables. The fast paced world we live in, our demand for convenience foods have made us “fast food” addicts. We are suffering from a “fresh” fruit and vegetable deficit that is growing larger each year. There is no such thing as a “convenience or fast food” that will make up this shortage. Over the last few decades our growing connection with Asia has had a large influence on the food we eat today. Many of these plants originated from tropical parts of Asia, particularly China, where they have been cultivated and used for centuries. Most of these plants have strong and distinctive flavors, are fast growing, tender, and have a variety of parts of the plant that can be used. In the process of putting this guide together I have listed some of the more popular Asian varieties. This guide gives you a short history on the vegetable, its common and uncommon name(s), and the family or species name. It also gives a description of its appearance, its usage’s, nutritional values, when it should be available, and where possible, a photograph or illustration. The indigenous names mentioned in this guide are the ones familiar to their ethnic groups and may not be as well known in this country This vegetable guide was also created for the consumer and world traveler who want to discover what opportunities in nutritional and culinary delights a particular vegetable has to offer. It will give answers to most questions asked. PREFACE In the broadest sense, the word “vegetable” refers to any kind of plant life or plant product. Under general terms it means the fresh edible portion of an herbaceous plant that is consumed either raw or cooked. By legal definition, vegetable is a plant or plant part that is usually consumed with the main course of a meal, while those mainly used as desserts are considered fruits. Thus, while cucumbers and tomatoes are botanically fruits, they are still considered vegetables. Most vegetables are naturally low in fat and calories. None has cholesterol. They are an important source of potassium, dietary fiber, folate (folic acid), vitamin A, C, E, D, and K as wells as essential minerals needed for good health. As our knowledge increases and the availability of these uncommon fruits and vegetables become more extensive, the produce consumer of the 21st Century will have a never-before-known diversity of produce. The World of Vegetables Achira: (Canna edulis) Also known as edible canna, achira is native to the Andean mountains and widely grown in Vietnam, Laos, and southern China where it grows in the tropical highlands. Achira is actually a rhizome that can be eaten either raw or cooked. It is the source of canna starch which is used as arrowroot. The arrowroot is obtained by rasping the rhizome to a pulp, then washing and straining to get rid of the fibers. This starch is very digestible. The very young rhizomes can also be eaten cooked; they are sweet but fibrous. The direct consumption of canna seems to be slowly fading, mainly due to the long cooking time required to soften the rhizome’s flesh. However, in Vietnam and southern China, it is now being used as a source of starch in the manufacture of transparent noodles. Canna starch has the largest grains known and settles quickly out of a suspension of grated rhizome tissue. The starch recovery is high; 80% starch content and high in amylose, similar to mung bean starch, the traditional starch for transparent noodles, however, canna starch is less expensive to produce. The rhizomes contain about 25% starch. T
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1000+ images about Handmade Pottery on Pinterest | Pottery, Stoneware and Ceramic pottery Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas Handmade Pottery I enjoy hand building clay and admire unique glazes, and especially appreciate a rustic technique and point-of-view. 3.08k Pins2.56k Followers
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BBC NEWS | UK | England | Kent | Heath's days in Kent remembered Heath's days in Kent remembered Sir Edward Heath learned to sail at Broadstairs in the 1950s Former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath has been described as a shy man who loved sailing, by the ex-commodore of the club where he learned the sport. Sir Edward, who died on Sunday, was born in Broadstairs, Kent, in 1916. He was a keen sailor, winning the Admiral's Cup in the 1970s, and learned the sport at Broadstairs Sailing Club. Richard Noble, who was a commodore at the club, said Sir Edward was shy but was always relaxed when he came back to visit, even as prime minister. Mr Noble said: "He was a good sailor. He joined the club in 1952, was taught to sail by a chap called Gordon Knight who was a local schoolmaster. It's a pity he didn't marry his girlfriend, but apparently she got a bit fed up waiting for him to pop the question Richard Noble, former commodore, Broadstairs Sailing Club "He owned a couple of dinghies here, a snipe called Blue Heather and subsequently a more exciting fireball called Blue Heather II. "He visited the sailing club at Broadstairs quite often when he was prime minister. "He used to have a beer and used to mix quite freely with people. I would think he probably felt more relaxed. "He often used visited the local pub on the pier where he was naturally very popular. Sir Edward Heath represented Old Bexley and Sidcup for over 50 years "It's a pity he didn't marry his girlfriend, but apparently she got a bit fed up waiting for him to pop the question." Mr Heath led the country from 1970 to 1974, when he was beaten by Labour, led by Harold Wilson. He was succeeded as Conservative leader by Margaret Thatcher. He represented the Old Bexley and Sidcup constituency, on the fringes of Kent and London, from 1950 until 2001. Current Conservative Party leader Michael Howard, whose Folkestone and Hythe seat is in Kent, said: "He was one of the political giants of the second half of the 20th Century." "He was the last Conservative leader who served in World War II and undoubtedly his contribution, both before he became prime minister and as prime minister, to the political life of our country was enormous."
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How Hot is Venus? How Hot is Venus? By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor | November 16, 2012 06:15pm ET MORE Although it is the second planet from the sun, Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system. The reason Venus is hotter than even Mercury is not because of its position in the solar system but because of its thick, dense cloud layer. The lower left of this image shows a differential temperature map (not absolute values) of the venusian cloud tops, derived from the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer, VIRTIS, on the planet’s night-side. The darker the region, the colder the cloud tops. Credit: ESA/MPS/DLR/IDA VIRTIS infrared image: ESA/VIRTIS/INAF-IASF/Obs. de Paris-LESIA A warm blanket Venus is the planet most similar to the Earth in terms of size and mass , but its atmosphere causes huge differences in the temperatures of the two planets. The distance to Venus from the sun plays only a small role in the cause of its elevated heat wave. The atmosphere of Venus is made up almost completely of carbon dioxide, with traces of nitrogen. Much of the hydrogen in the atmosphere evaporated early in the formation of Venus , leaving a thick atmosphere across the planet. At the surface , the atmosphere presses down as hard as water 3,000 feet beneath Earth's ocean. The average temperature on Venus is 864 degrees Fahrenheit (462 degrees Celsius). Temperature changes slightly traveling through the atmosphere, growing cooler farther away from the surface. Lead would melt on the surface of the planet, where the temperature is around 872 F (467 C). Temperatures are cooler in the upper atmosphere, ranging from (minus 43 C) to (minus 173 C). Balmy all year-round Temperatures on Venus remain consistent over time. For one thing, the planet takes 243 Earth days to spin once on its axis (and it spins backwards, at that; on Venus, the sun rises in the west and sets in the east). The nights on Venus are as warm as the days. Venus also has a very small tilt of only 3.39 degrees with respect to the sun, compared to 23.4 degrees on Earth. On our planet, it is the tilt that provides us with the change in seasons; the hemisphere slanted closer to the sun feels the heat of spring and summer. The lack of tilt means that even if Venus got rid of its overheated atmosphere , it would still feel fairly consistent temperatures year round. The lack of significant tilt causes only slight temperature variations from the equator to the poles, as well. — Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor Related:
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The Solar System – Basic Astronomy of the Planets used in Jyotish | Vedic Astrology Spiritual Portal – Heavenly Observer Vedic Astrology Spiritual Portal – Heavenly Observer Posted on December 5, 2010 by venoastrology In our solar system, Sun is situated in the centre with nine planets revolving around it : Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. In Jyotish we generally don’t use Uranus, Neptune or Pluto however there are many modern astrologers who have incorporated it into their work. Also in Jyotish we use the nodal points of the Moon. The ascending node we call Rahu and the descending node we call Ketu. In Jyotish we also include the Moon as a planet even though it isn’t regarded as a planet, but a satellite of the earth. Sun Sun is the closest star to Earth. Its distance to earth varies between 14 7 103,000 km and 152,106,000 km away. It is 109.3 times that of the Earth’s diameter. It is a mass of gases and coverts hydrogen to helium at temperatures of around 2, 7000,000 degrees Farenheit which releases tremendous amounts of energy. Its rotation period at equator is 26.9 Earth days and at its poles is 31.1 Earth Days. The earth goes round the Sun once every 365 days which is our solar year. We cannot live without the Sun. It is responsible for daylight, for sustaining life on the planet and its importance has been worshipped by all ancient and modern civilizations. In Jyotish, Sun being a hot planet rules over things like anger, leadership, masculine assertiveness and power. It also rules the soul. Moon Moon is a solid mass and appears spherical. It is approximately one quarter the size of earth and one sixth of Earth’s gravity. It is earth’s only satellite. It is close to earth with a mean distance of 384,000 km. It is covered with craters, mountains and valleys and has weak gravity and almost no atmosphere. It takes approximately 28 days to rotate on its axis and roughly that to also orbit the earth . The period between the full Moon and next full Moon is called the synodic or lunar month and is 29.5306 days. We only see one face of the Moon and its shape appears to change due to the amount of light shining on it depending on the relative positions of Sun-Earth-Moon. The new Moon and full Moon are particularly important times in Vedic Astrology. In Astrology Moon governs our emotional and psychological psyche and represents the feminine mother energy. Mercury Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun and smallest planet in the solar system. It is a planet of extreme temperatures with a very dry, hot and almost airless atmosphere. Its mean distance from Sun is 58,000,000 km. Because it is close to the Sun, it is difficult to see most times. Mercury moves around the Sun faster than any planet. It travels about 48km per second and takes around 88 days to orbit the Sun. It is nearest to Earth after 116 days which is known as the synodic period of a planet. Mercury rotates once every 59 earth days. Its slow rotation on its axis and rapid movement around the Sun means that one day on Mercury is the equivalent of 176 Earth days. Mercury is the second densest major body in the solar system after Planet Earth . Mercury’s smaller mass makes its force of gravity only about a third as strong as that of the Earth. An object that weighs 100 pounds on the Earth would weigh only about 38 pounds on Mercury.In Astrology Mercury among many other things represents agility, intellectual acumen, lightness and flexibility. Venus Venus is the second closest planet to the Sun next to Mercury. It is the brightest natural object in the night sky besides the Moon. It takes 225 earth days to revolve around the Sun and undergoes phase changes similar to the Moon. Venus is very special to the ancients and the Mayans based their calendar on it. It is smaller than earth and one venus day (rotation on its axis) is equivalent to 243 earth days. In Astrology it is the planet of arts, love and beauty. It is the guru of Asuras and represents goddess Laxmi in the vedic pantheon. Earth Eart
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Haptics | Define Haptics at Dictionary.com haptics noun, (used with a singular verb) 1. the branch of psychology that investigates sensory data and sensation derived from the sense of touch and localized on the skin. 2. Digital Technology. the study or use of tactile sensations and the sense of touch as a method of interacting with computers and electronic devices: Haptics allows you to feel and manipulate digitized objects in a virtual 3D environment. Origin of haptics of or relating to the sense of touch: the haptic sensation of holding a real book in your hands. 2. Digital Technology. of or relating to tactile sensations and the sense of touch as a method of interacting with computers and electronic devices: smartphones that incorporate haptic feedback; haptic technology. a vibration or other tactile sensation received from a computer or electronic device: You can save power by adjusting the haptics and brightness of your phone. an input or output device that senses the body's movements by means of physical contact with the user: joysticks and other haptics. Origin Expand 1860-70; < Greek haptikós ‘able to grasp or perceive,’ equivalent to háp(tein) ‘to grasp, sense, perceive’ + -tikos -tic Dictionary.com Unabridged British Dictionary definitions for haptics Expand relating to or based on the sense of touch Word Origin C19: from Greek, from haptein to touch Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for haptics Expand 1895, from haptic ; see -ics . haptic adj. "pertaining to the sense of touch," 1890, from Greek haptikos "able to come into contact with," from haptein "to fasten." Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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The Thinking Woman’s Crumpet | Savage Minds The Thinking Woman’s Crumpet Rex (this entry is CC’d. If anyone wants to download some pictures, do a voice over, and throw this up on our Khan Academy for Anthropology, be my guest) Anthropology is, in many ways, the art of taking implicit, taken-for-granted meanings and making them explicit. This is important because human beings cram a tremendous amount of meaning into everything we do, and yet much of the time we are only vaguely conscious of the meanings we surround ourselves with — and if you are a cultural outsider, you may miss them entirely. Just as learning the grammar of a language will help you understand it and write clearly in it, learning to make cultural meanings explicit helps us understand and express ourselves to others. Take, for instance, the thinking woman’s crumpet. The other night I was watching a documentary about Shakespeare written and presented by the historian Michael Wood. As the documentary went on and I spent more and more time watching Michael Wood describe the Tudor police state with great enthusiasm, it occurred to me that he might be physically attractive. So I turned to my wife and asked: “is he attractive?” She thought for a minute and said she didn’t think so. But since she is a professor, just to be sure, she looked him up on wikipedia. “Apparently,” she said, “he’s the thinking woman’s crumpet.” If you are British, or an anglophile American, it is not too hard to understand what it means to say “Michael Wood is the thinking woman’s crumpet”. Implicitly, you might understand that educated middle-class women find Michael Wood attractive even though he is not conventionally attractive. But as an anthropologist, I want to move beyond this implicit awareness to a richer, more explicit understanding of this phrase, an understanding of it that explains what it means even if you don’t even know what a crumpet is, much less what it symbolizes to the British. I’ll begin by talking about what it means to be a ‘thinking woman’ and then I’ll move on to the ‘crumpet’. The noun phrase “thinking women” seems at first cut to describe women who think, but this is not exactly right. I’m not British and not an anthropologist of Britain, so I may not have all the details right (anthropologists are, like everyone else, fallible). But the UK is a class-conscious place and I think that the term is meant to invoke a certain socioeconomic position and the entire set of habits and dispositions that come along with it: affluent and educated, refined enough to be attracted to someone’s personality as well as their looks, etc. ‘Thinking woman’ is just two words but for those with the cultural knowledge necessary to decode them it summons up an entire way of classifying people which is more or less systematic. In particular, it implicitly defines large swaths of the population as people who ‘don’t think’. These people are usually less wealthy, less educated, and less powerful than ‘thinking people’. Anthropology as a discipline often finds these kinds of systems of inequality hiding within our implicit meanings, and as a result we’ve grown to be very mindful of the way that power and inequality are omnipresent in human life. In addition to class, the phrase “thinking woman’s crumpet” has a lot of implicit things about gender relations in the UK within it, things which can be (as we anthropologists like to say) ‘unpacked’ or made explicit. The term is actually a transformation of the pre-existing phrase ‘thinking man’s crumpet’. The phrase was (according to Wikipedia and Google) originally used to describe Joan Bakewell, a TV presenter in the sixties. The comedian who invented it did so as a joke but, like most labels that stick, it made explicit a set of ideas and desires that were at work implicitly. Bakewell was intelligent, articulate, and chic and object of desire for male viewers of a certain social position. Something happens when you turn the phrase around so that women, rather than men, want ‘crumpet’. The idea that ‘thinking women’ can want ‘crumpet’ has a c
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Game show legends - snopes.com Game show legends 14 September 2007, 09:31 AM F.T.M Just got this in my Inbox, It's long but there's some right crackers in among 'em.... QUIZMANIA (ITV) Greg Scott: We're looking for an occupation beginning with 'T'. Contestant: Doctor. Scott: No, it's 'T'. 'T' for Tommy. 'T' for Tango. Contestant: Oh, right . . . (pause) . . . Doctor. DANNY KELLY SHOW (RADIO WM) Kelly: Which French Mediterranean town hosts a famous film festival every year? Contestant: I don't know, I need a clue. Kelly: OK. What do beans come in? Contestant: Cartons? BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2) Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is? Contestant: Geography isn't my strong point. Theakston: There's a clue in the title. Contestant: Leicester. Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World? Contestant: I don't know. White: I'll give you some clues: what do you call the part between your hand and your elbow? Contestant: Arm. White: Correct. And if you're not weak, you're...? Contestant: Strong. White: Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name? Contestant: Louis. White: Well, there we are then. So who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World? Contestant: Frank Sinatra? Alex Trelinski: What is the capital of Italy? Contestant: France. Trelinski: France is another country. Try again. Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm. Trelinski: Wrong, sorry, let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon? Contestant: Sorry, I don't know. Trelinski: Just guess a country then. Contestant: Paris. Jeremy Paxman: What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'? Contestant: Homosexuals. Paxman: No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you. THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2) Anne Robinson: Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: prison, or the Conservative Party? Contestant: The Conservative Party. DJ Mark: For Pounds 10, what is the nationality of the Pope? Ruth from Rowley Regis: I think I know that one. Is it Jewish? THE WEAKEST LINK Anne Robinson: In traffic, what 'J' is where two roads meet? Contestant: Jool carriageway? Bamber Gascoigne: What was Gandhi's first name? Contestant: Goosey? Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963? Contestant: I don't know, I wasn't watching it then. RTE RADIO 2FM (IRELAND) Presenter: What is the name of the long- running TV comedy show about pensioners: Last Of The ...? Caller: Mohicans. Greg Scott: We're looking for a word that goes in front of 'clock'. Contestant: Grandfather. Scott: Grandfather clock is already up there, say something else. Contestant: Panda. PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC RADIO MANCHESTER) Phil: What's 11 squared? Phil: I'll give you a clue. It's two ones with a two in the middle. Contestant: Is it five? Q: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman? A: Forrest Gump. : On which street did Sherlock Holmes live? Contestant: Er . . . Presenter: Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world? Contestant: Barcelona. Presenter: I was really after the name of a country. Contestant: I'm sorry, I don't know the names of any countries in Spain. RADIO 1 EARLY MORNING SHOW Presenter: How many toes would three people have in total? Contestant: 23. NOTTS AND CROSSES QUIZ (BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM) Jeff Owen: In which country is Mount Everest? Contestant (long pause): Er, it's not in Scotland, is it? THE MICK GIRDLER SHOW (BBC RADIO SOLENT) Girdler: I'm looking for an island in the Atlantic whose name includes the letter 'e'. Contestant: Ghana. Girdler: No, listen. It's an island in the Atlantic Ocean. Contestant: New Zealand. Question: What is the world's largest continent? Contestant: The Pacific ROCK FM (PRESTON) Presenter: Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. Contestant: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV) Steve Le Fevre: What was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918? Contestant: Magna Carta. O'Brien: How many kings of England have
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed - Jun 19, 1953 - HISTORY.com Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed Share this: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed Author Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed URL Publisher A+E Networks Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, a married couple convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951, are put to death in the electric chair. The execution marked the dramatic finale of the most controversial espionage case of the Cold War. Julius was arrested in July 1950, and Ethel in August of that same year, on the charge of conspiracy to commit espionage. Specifically, they were accused of heading a spy ring that passed top-secret information concerning the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. The Rosenbergs vigorously protested their innocence, but after a brief trial in March 1951 they were convicted. On April 5, 1951, a judge sentenced them to death. The pair was taken to Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York, to await execution. During the next two years, the couple became the subject of both national and international debate. Many people believed that the Rosenbergs were the victims of a surge of hysterical anticommunist feeling in the United States, and protested that the death sentence handed down was cruel and unusual punishment. Most Americans, however, believed that the Rosenbergs had been dealt with justly. President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke for many Americans when he issued a statement declining to invoke executive clemency for the pair. He stated, “I can only say that, by immeasurably increasing the chances of atomic war, the Rosenbergs may have condemned to death tens of millions of innocent people all over the world. The execution of two human beings is a grave matter. But even graver is the thought of the millions of dead whose deaths may be directly attributable to what these spies have done.” Julius Rosenberg was the first to be executed, at about 8 p.m. on June 19, 1953. Just a few minutes after his body was removed from the chamber containing the electric chair, Ethel Rosenberg was led in and strapped to the chair. She was pronounced dead at 8:16 p.m. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths. Two sons, Michael and Robert, survived them. Related Videos
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Zahn Family Jeopardy Jeopardy Template The brand of underwear Marty McFly wears in Back to the Future 200 What is The Boston Tea Party This took place on Griffin's Wharf in America in 1773. 300 How many of the United States Supreme Court Justices are women? 300 Who is Lord Alfred Tennyson? He wrote the famous 1855 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade 300 What is Pi Math whiz Ferdinand von Lindemann determined this mathematical symbol to be a transcendental number in 1882. 300 Alfred Hitchcock used this to portray blood in the shower scene of Psycho 300 Who is Rosie the Riveter Norman Rockwell's illustration of this US iconic World War II heroine appeared on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in May 1943 400 What is The Wounded Warrior Project? This charity for veterans has recently been under fire for blowing millions of dollars in donation money on spoils for its staff. 400 This famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus' 400 What is a conjunction? The part of speech that the word "but" plays in the following sentence: Sam wants to play Xbox, but he hasn't gotten his reading done yet. 400 The date of Harry Potter's birthday 400 Who is Spiro Agnew In October 1973, he resigned as Vice President of the US, and then pleaded no contest to the charges of income tax evasion in a federal court in Baltimore 500 Both Turkish and NATO radars detected a jet from this country violating Turkish airspace 500 He wrote the 1513 guide to leadership (titled in English) The Prince 500 Light reactions, and the Calvin cycle are the two stages of this. 500 The only non Jedi in the original Star Wars trilogy to use a lightsaber 500
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Fiji Facts, Capital City, Currency, Flag, Language, Landforms, Land Statistics, Largest Cities, Population, Symbols (conversion rates) One Fiji Dollar Ethnicity: Fijian 57.3% (predominantly Melanesian with a Polynesian admixture), Indian 37.6%, Rotuman 1.2%, other 3.9% (European, other Pacific Islanders, Chinese) GDP total: $3.792 billion (2010 est.) GDP per capita: $4,300 (2010 est.) Language: English (official), Fijian (official), Hindustani Largest Cities: (by population) Suva, Lautoka, Nadi, Lambasa, Ba Name: "Fiji" is derived from the name of the main island Viti Levu National Day: Second Monday of October Religion: Christian 64.5% (Methodist 34.6%, Roman Catholic 9.1%, Assembly of God 5.7%, Seventh Day Adventist 3.9%, Anglican 0.8%, other 10.4%), Hindu 27.9%, Muslim 6.3%, Sikh 0.3%, other or unspecified 0.3%, none 0.7%
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BEACH CLASS the best beaches to visit around the world today we go to speak about Polynesia: Polynesia is generally defined as the islands within the Polynesian triangle. The term "Polynesia", meaning many islands, was first used by Charles de Brosses in 1756, and originally applied to all the islands of the Pacific. Jules Dumont d'Urville in an 1831 lecture to the Geographical Society of Paris proposed a restriction on its use. Geographically, and oversimply, Polynesia may be described as a triangle with its corners at Hawaii, New Zealand and Easter Island. The other main island groups located within the Polynesian triangle are Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia. A Polynesian island group outside of this great triangle is Rotuma which is the north of the Fijian islands. There are also small outlier Polynesian enclaves in Papua New Guinea, the Solomons, The Caroline Islands, some of the Lau group to Fiji's southeast and in Vanuatu. However, in essence, Polynesia is an anthropological term referring to one of the three parts of Oceania (the others being Micronesia and Melanesia) whose pre-colonial population generally belongs to one ethno-cultural family as a result of centuries of maritime migrations. Postado por
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"""Suicide Is Painless"" Is associated with which American TV Show?"
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Suicide is Painless (M.A.S.H Theme) - YouTube Suicide is Painless (M.A.S.H Theme) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 1, 2009 This is one of my favorite songs... because it's one of my favorite shows ^_^ Lyrics: Through early morning fog I see visions of the things to be the pains that are withheld for me I realize and I can see... that suicide is painless It brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. The game of life is hard to play I'm gonna lose it anyway The losing card I'll someday lay so this is all I have to say. suicide is painless It brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. The sword of time will pierce our skins It doesn't hurt when it begins But as it works its way on in The pain grows stronger...watch it grin. suicide is painless It brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. A brave man once requested me to answer questions that are key is it to be or not to be and I replied 'oh why ask me?' suicide is painless it brings on many changes and I can take or leave it if I please. ...and you can do the same thing if you please...... Category
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NYC Population Complete Analysis of U.S. Census Bureau Estimates for July 1, 2015 Introduction The U.S. Census Bureau prepares estimates of total population for all counties in the United States on an annual basis, using a demographic procedure known as the “administrative records method” (described below). This method assumes that post-census population change can be closely approximated with vital statistics data on births and deaths, along with other administrative and survey data that provide a picture of migration patterns. Total Population According to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, New York City’s population increased from 8,175,1331 in April of 2010 to 8,550,405 in July of 2015. This is an increase of 375,300 residents or about 4.6 percent over the 2010 mark. Among the boroughs, Brooklyn saw the largest change in population in this 63-month period, growing by 5.3 percent or 132,000 persons, followed by the Bronx (5.1 percent or 70,300 persons), Queens (4.9 percent or 108,400 persons), and Manhattan (3.7 percent or 58,600 persons). The lowest growth occurred in Staten Island (1.2 percent or 5,800 persons). New York City’s population increase since April of 2010 represented 89.8 percent of the total increase in New York State, which raised the city’s share of the State’s population, from 42.2 percent to 43.2 percent. Components of Population Change Demographers divide population change into components. Natural increase represents the difference between births and deaths. Net migration represents the balance between persons entering and leaving an area. Together, these components describe how populations change over time. The U.S. Census Bureau constructs population estimates for all counties in the United States by separately estimating the components of change. Births and deaths are compiled using data from the national vital statistics system. Net migration is calculated by estimating the rate of net migration for persons coming in from and leaving for other counties in the 50 states (net domestic migration) and the balance of people who immigrate from and emigrate to other nations and Puerto Rico (net international migration). The net domestic migration rate is derived using income tax returns from the Internal Revenue Service and Medicare enrollment data from the Social Security Administration (see methods discussion below). It is important to keep in mind that New York City has a very dynamic population, with several hundred thousand people coming and going each year. This “churn” has long characterized the City, and represents a fluidity that is difficult to characterize using the net migration measures presented herein. This dynamism is a testament to the City being a magnet for those seeking opportunities, then moving on, only to be replaced by the next set of individuals aspiring for a better life. This very vibrant picture is what makes New York City’s population extraordinary and different from most other places in the nation and, perhaps, the world. The most recent estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate the following for the 2010-2015 period: a) Positive natural increase – the surplus of births over deaths added 341,300 persons to New York City’s population between April of 2010 and July of 2015. b) Net migration was positive for the city overall, with a net migration gain of 49,600 persons for the period. While small by the standards of the City’s overall population, the picture of positive net migration represents a reversal of longstanding pattern of population losses through migration. The recent gain through migration was the result of a net inflow of 452,500 persons through international migration, which offset a net domestic migration loss of 402,900 persons. For the first time in over a half-century, migration fueled population growth. c) Every borough, except Staten Island, displayed positive net migration between April 2010 and July of 2015. New Patterns of Recent Growth: 2014-2015 vs. 2010-2014 The robust pace of grow
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The FunBoxs Biggest Quiz Ever .. | Page 2 | Orphelia's FunBox 2 Main forum | Guild Forums | Gaia Online Orphelia's FunBox 2 Main forum Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:36 pm 6501..In fashion correspondent and bar are types of what item? 6502..Artemis is Greek Goddess of what - only one among all Gods? 6503..25% of the adult male population of the UK are what? 6504..Churchill, Iroquois, Owen and Smiths are all what? 6505..A company called Symbol owns patent to what common item? 6506..What can you find on California's Mount Cook? 6507..Fescue, Foxtail, Ruppia and Quitch are types of what? 6508..In the twelve labours of Hercules what did he do third? 6509..In Heraldry what symbol is a lymphad? 6510..What job links Paul Clifford, Claude Duval, Capt. Macheath? 6511..Whose cases were Empty House Copper Beeches Black Peter? 6512..Which King is known as The Suicide King? 6513..In Costa Rica and El Salvador you spend what? 6514..In the Christmas song your true love gave you give eight what? 6515..Name the Capital of the Ukraine? 6516..What was the name of the dog in Peter Pan? 6517..UK football Derby County home the Baseball Ground nickname? 6518..Every 12 seconds in USA someone does what in a Holiday Inn? 6519..Who rode a horse called Lamri? 6520..Which stringed instrument is blown to produce sound? 6521..Bear, Bird, Goat, Eagle, Swan and Rabbit what links in Ireland? 6522..Hera in Greece Juno in Rome Goddesses of what? 6523..In Japan what is an obi? 6524..Honi soit qui mal y pence is the motto of what organisation? 6525..What is unusual about The lake of Monteith in Scotland? 6526..Which tree is sacred to Apollo (Daphne changed into one)? 6527..Who wrote The Dong with the Luminous Nose and The Jumblies? 6528..What are Blur Crow, Brimstone, Owl and Ringlet types of? 6529..The liquor Curacao is flavoured with what? 6530..In French legend who is the lover of Abelard? 6531..If a male a** is a Jackass what is a female called? 6532..What are Luster, Moreen, Mungo and Nankeen types of? 6533..In George Orwell's Animal Farm what type of animal was Muriel? 6534..In London what links Lambeth, St James and Westminster? 6535..What does an icthyophage do? 6536..Oswestry founded in 1407 is Britain's oldest what? 6537..In mythology who married the beautiful maid Galatea? 6538..In Bradshaws you would find information about what? 6539..The Romans called it Mamcunium what is this English city? 6540..Shakespeare wrote Cruel only to be kind in what play? 6541..Traditional 7 Seas N S Atlantic N S Pacific Arctic Antarctic?? 6542..Launfal, Pelleas and Tristram were part of what group? 6543..Who wrote the humorous books on One Upmanship? 6544..Greek Roman Apollo Babylonian Marduk Indian Vishnu gods?? 6545..Which English King rode a horse called White Surrey? 6546..Billycock, Wideawake, Gibus and Mitre all types of what? 6547..Quilp (A Dwarf) is a character in which Dickens novel? 6548..What word can be added to Fae, Fen, Bil, Goose to make fruit? 6549..Caracul, Dorset, Urial, Mufflon and Jacobs are types of what? 6550..What are Strength, Chariot and Hermit? 6551..Belly, Block, Blout, Nut, Rib and waist are all parts of what? 6552..Mauna Loa, Paricutin, Surtsey and Susya are all what? 6553..Which countries leader was an extra in Hollywood? 6554..BOZ was the penname if which writer? 6555..What bird is sometimes called the Yaffle? 6556..What organisation is known as the Society of Friends? 6557..Balein, Boops, Fin, Grampus and Pothead are types of what? 6558..The Ten Commandments what was number four? 6559..Who wrote the play Androcles and the Lion? 6560..What country was ruled by the Schleswig-Holstein dynasty? 6561..In France what take place at Auteuil, Saint-Cloud and Chantilly? 6562..A Tiercel is the correct name for a male what? 6563..An algophile loves what? 6564..Who is the Roman Goddess of invention and wisdom? 6565..What would you do with a celesta? 6566..What would you do if someone gave you a Twank? 6567..What is the subject of the reference book Janes? 6568..Which spice comes in hands? 6569..What would you expect to see at Santa Pod? 6570..What doe
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SparkNotes: A Tale of Two Cities: Analysis of Major Characters Analysis of Major Characters A Tale of Two Cities Charles Dickens Themes, Motifs & Symbols Sydney Carton Sydney Carton proves the most dynamic character in A Tale of Two Cities. He first appears as a lazy, alcoholic attorney who cannot muster even the smallest amount of interest in his own life. He describes his existence as a supreme waste of life and takes every opportunity to declare that he cares for nothing and no one. But the reader senses, even in the initial chapters of the novel, that Carton in fact feels something that he perhaps cannot articulate. In his conversation with the recently acquitted Charles Darnay, Carton’s comments about Lucie Manette, while bitter and sardonic, betray his interest in, and budding feelings for, the gentle girl. Eventually, Carton reaches a point where he can admit his feelings to Lucie herself. Before Lucie weds Darnay, Carton professes his love to her, though he still persists in seeing himself as essentially worthless. This scene marks a vital transition for Carton and lays the foundation for the supreme sacrifice that he makes at the novel’s end. Carton’s death has provided much material for scholars and critics of Dickens’s novel. Some readers consider it the inevitable conclusion to a work obsessed with the themes of redemption and resurrection. According to this interpretation, Carton becomes a Christ-like figure, a selfless martyr whose death enables the happiness of his beloved and ensures his own immortality. Other readers, however, question the ultimate significance of Carton’s final act. They argue that since Carton initially places little value on his existence, the sacrifice of his life proves relatively easy. However, Dickens’s frequent use in his text of other resurrection imagery—his motifs of wine and blood, for example—suggests that he did intend for Carton’s death to be redemptive, whether or not it ultimately appears so to the reader. As Carton goes to the guillotine, the narrator tells us that he envisions a beautiful, idyllic Paris “rising from the abyss” and sees “the evil of this time and of the previous time of which this is the natural birth, gradually making expiation for itself and wearing out.” Just as the apocalyptic violence of the revolution precedes a new society’s birth, perhaps it is only in the sacrifice of his life that Carton can establish his life’s great worth. Madame Defarge Possessing a remorseless bloodlust, Madame Defarge embodies the chaos of the French Revolution. The initial chapters of the novel find her sitting quietly and knitting in the wine shop. However, her apparent passivity belies her relentless thirst for vengeance. With her stitches, she secretly knits a register of the names of the revolution’s intended victims. As the revolution breaks into full force, Madame Defarge reveals her true viciousness. She turns on Lucie in particular, and, as violence sweeps Paris, she invades Lucie’s physical and psychological space. She effects this invasion first by committing the faces of Lucie and her family to memory, in order to add them to her mental “register” of those slated to die in the revolution. Later, she bursts into the young woman’s apartment in an attempt to catch Lucie mourning Darnay’s imminent execution. Dickens notes that Madame Defarge’s hatefulness does not reflect any inherent flaw, but rather results from the oppression and personal tragedy that she has suffered at the hands of the aristocracy, specifically the Evrémondes, to whom Darnay is related by blood, and Lucie by marriage. However, the author refrains from justifying Madame Defarge’s policy of retributive justice. For just as the aristocracy’s oppression has made an oppressor of Madame Defarge herself, so will her oppression, in turn, make oppressors of her victims. Madame Defarge’s death by a bullet from her own gun—she dies in a scuffle with Miss Pross—symbolizes Dickens’s belief that the sort of vengeful attitude embodied by Madame Defarge ultimately proves a self-damning one. Doctor Manette Di
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Charles Dickens Biography Charles Dickens Biography Bookmark this page Manage My Reading List Charles Dickens (1812-70) was born in Portsmouth, on the south coast of England, but his family moved to Chatham while he was still very young. His most pleasant childhood years were spent in Chatham, and re-creations of these scenes appear in a disguised form in many of his novels. His father, John Dickens, was a minor clerk in the Navy Pay Office and, like Mr. Micawber in David Copperfield, was constantly in debt. In 1822, John Dickens was transferred to London, but debts continued to pile up, and the family was forced to sell household items in order to pay some of the creditors. Young Charles made frequent trips to the pawnshop, but eventually his father was arrested and sent to debtors' prison, and at the age of twelve, he was sent to work in a blacking warehouse, where he pasted labels on bottles for six shillings a week. This experience was degrading for the young boy, and Dickens later wrote: "No words can express the secret agony of my soul. I felt my early hopes of growing up to be a learned and distinguished man, crushed in my breast." The situation is an exact parallel to David Copperfield's plight at the wine warehouse. Even after his father was released from prison and the family inherited some money, his mother wanted him to continue with his job. Later, for two and a half years, Dickens attended school at Wellington House Academy, and then in 1827, at the age of fifteen, he began work as a clerk in a law office and taught himself shorthand so he could report court debates. At the same time, he was learning about life in London and frequently attended the theater, even taking acting lessons for a short time. Meanwhile, Dickens had fallen in love with Maria Beadnell, a frivolous young girl whose father objected to his daughter's being courted by a young reporter from a lower middle-class background. Nothing came of this relationship, but it probably intensified Dickens' efforts to make something of himself. In 1832, he began working as a parliamentary reporter for two London newspapers, and two years later, he joined a new paper, the Morning Chronicle, where he was asked to write a series of sketches about London life. This request resulted in Sketches by Boz, which appeared in installments that were later, in 1836, published in book form. Dickens' career as an author was begun. This led to an offer to write a monthly newspaper series about a group of humorous English clubmen. These pieces became The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, and after they appeared, Dickens' reputation as a writer was assured. He now felt financially secure and quit his job as a parliamentary reporter to devote all his time to writing. He married Catherine Hogarth in April 1836; however, the marriage was never a happy one and Dickens separated from his wife twenty years later. His writing output increased, and a number of novels, including Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, were published — first in monthly installments and then as novels. By the 1840s, Dickens was the most popular writer in England. In 1849, he began one of his most important novels, David Copperfield. His friend John Forster proposed that he tell the story in the first person, and this suggestion proved to be a perfect method for Dickens to fictionalize the background of his early life. David Copperfield became the "favorite child" of its author and in it Dickens transcribed his own experiences, producing not only a fine novel, but a disguised autobiography as well. But the novel is not pure biography; rather, it is Dickens' experiences made into fiction. In the novel, David escapes from the warehouse to a sympathetic aunt, and he marries Dora after the "timely" death of her father. This did not happen in real life, and it is almost as though Dickens were reconstructing parts of his childhood the way he wished it had been. In the novel, too, Dickens shows his contempt for his parents (in the guise of the Murdstones) for sending him to the blacking factory, a
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Errol Flynn - Biography - IMDb Errol Flynn Biography Showing all 105 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (67) | Personal Quotes (17) | Salary (9) Overview (5) 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (2) Errol Flynn was born to parents Theodore Flynn , a respected biologist, and Marrelle Young, an adventurous young woman. Young Flynn was a rambunctious child who could be counted on to find trouble. Errol managed to have himself thrown out of every school he was enrolled in. In his late teens he set out to find gold, but instead found a series of short lived odd jobs. Information is sketchy, but the positions of police constable, sanitation engineer, treasure hunter, sheep castrator, shipmaster for hire, fisherman, and soldier seem to be among his more reputable career choices. Staying one jump ahead of the law and jealous husbands forced Flynn to England. He took up acting, a pastime he had previously stumbled into when asked to play (ironically) Fletcher Christian in a film called In the Wake of the Bounty (1933). Flynn's natural athletic talent and good looks attracted the attention of Warner Brothers and soon he was off to America. His luck held when he replaced Robert Donat in the title role of Captain Blood (1935). He quickly rocketed to stardom as the undisputed king of swashbuckler films, a title inherited from Douglas Fairbanks , but which remains his to this day. Onscreen, he was the freedom loving rebel, a man of action who fought against injustice and won the hearts of damsels in the process. His off-screen passions; drinking, fighting, boating and sex, made his film escapades seem pale. His love life brought him considerable fame, three statutory rape trials, and a lasting memorial in the expression "In like Flynn". Serious roles eluded him, and as his lifestyle eroded his youthful good looks, his career declined. Troubles with lawsuits and the IRS plagued him at this time, eroding what little money he had saved. A few good roles did come his way late in life, however, usually aging alcoholics, almost mirror images of Flynn. He was making a name as a serious actor before his death. Errol Flynn wrote an autobiography entitled "My Wicked, Wicked Ways". In the autobiography Flynn mentions his pilot, Barry Mahon throughout the book. Barry Mahon was a decorated fighter pilot who shot down more enemy aircraft than any other pilot in history. He was also the only man to escape from the Germans twice in World War II and the Hollywood movie, THE GREAT ESCAPE starring Steve McQueen, was based on Barry's life and this true-life adventure. It was thus only fitting that Errol Flynn, constantly fleeing from IRS agents, pissed off women and and law suits would hire Barry Mahon to be his personal pilot. But what is stranger than this is that. in later years. Barry Mahon would become Errol Flynn's personal manager and CEO of his production company, giving up flying to produce motion pictures. Accordingly, after Errol passed away, Barry Mahon and his daughter, producer Doris Keating, were able to purchase the literary rights to Errol Flynn's autobiography ("My Wicked Wicked Ways"). Based upon this and the track record established by Doris Keating with 4 prior TV movies, CBS granted a license agreement to Doris Keating Productions and, working with Columbia Pictures TV, Keating produced an extremely classy and well-cast Movie-of-the-Week which aired on CBS to rave reviews. This movie, a must-see bio-picture, does great justice to legend of Errol Flynn, and although it did not "white wash" the trouble Flynn got into in later years, it accurately reported that he was innocent of all charges brought against him. Unfortunately, these false charges contributed to the ruin of Errol Flynn's career as movie studios and the public are often fickle or unforgiving. He is considered one of the greatest movie swashbucklers of the sound period. Usually had a moustache Trivia (67) Father, with Patrice Wymore of Arnella (25 December 1953 - 21 September 1998) Father with Nora Eddington of Deirdre Flynn (born
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Walpole and Maugham: An Uneasy Friendship Walpole and Maugham: An Uneasy Friendship By Selina Hastings Somerset Maugham Pages from Hugh Walpole's diary. There are two collections at the Ransom Center—comprising letters, an unpublished diary, and the manuscript of a novel, Cakes and Ale—that shed a fascinating light on a bizarre friendship between a couple of twentieth-century writers, Hugh Walpole and William Somerset Maugham. Walpole was one of the most prominent figures in literary London between the wars, exceptionally prolific and insatiably ambitious. By 1930 he had achieved a satisfyingly high profile: author of numerous popular novels, chairman of the Book Society, busy on numerous boards and committees, a devoted friend to the famous. Among these famous friendships, Walpole prized highly that with his fellow novelist, Somerset Maugham. The two men had known each other for over 20 years, Walpole rather in awe of the richer, cleverer, and more successful older man. For his part, Maugham had always regarded Walpole as a foolish fellow, although over time he had grown quite fond of him and enjoyed watching the spectacle he made of himself. Recently, however, the ruthlessness of Walpole's self-promotion coupled with a notable lack of generosity—"he was mean as cat's meat," said Maugham—had begun to repel him, and when in 1929 he began work on a new novel, he was unable to resist the temptation of guying Walpole, portraying him as the protagonist, Alroy Kear, a conceited, third-rate writer who forwards his career by shameless flattery of the great and the good. Cakes and Ale was published on September 30, 1930. A new novel by Somerset Maugham was naturally a noteworthy event; no one, however, could have foreseen the brouhaha that broke out over the envenomed portrait of Hugh Walpole, described by one commentator as "one of the most memorable literary dissections since Dickens's treatment of Leigh Hunt as Mr. Skimpole in Bleak House." Walpole himself, completely unsuspecting, had received an advance copy a few days before publication. On September 25, he notes in his diary that he returned from a visit to Cambridge in the morning, attended a meeting of the Book Society, and in the evening had gone with a friend to the theater. Arriving home after midnight, he had started to undress when he caught sight of Maugham's book on his bedside table. Idly he picked it up and began to read. "Read on with increasing horror," he recorded. "Unmistakeable portrait of myself. Never slept!" At 4 a.m., by now in a frenzy, he telephoned Maugham's publisher, A. S. Frere, imploring him to stop publication. All the next day, "dreadfully upset," Walpole spent calling on friends, desperate to know what was being said. Most did their best to persuade him he was imagining it, while others swore that Maugham was already strenuously denying the rumour. "But how can he," wailed Walpole, "when there are in one conversation the very accents of my voice?... He has used so many little friendly things and twisted them round." When Walpole finally summoned the courage to write to Maugham, complaining of the cruel treatment he had received, Maugham professed astonishment. It had never occurred to him, he claimed, "that there was any resemblance between the Alroy Kear of my novel & you... I suggest that if there is anything in him that you recognise it is because to a great or less extent we are all the same." In reply to this deeply disingenuous explanation ("Hugh was a ridiculous creature and I certainly had him in mind when I wrote Cakes and Ale," Maugham admitted later), Walpole wrote that naturally he accepted Maugham's word on the matter, although in truth he did nothing of the sort, and for weeks continued to agonize over the subject, rehearsing it again and again to anyone who would listen. At the end of the year the fuss finally died down, and the relationship between the two men continued amicably, at least on the surface: when Walpole's new novel, Judith Paris, came out the following summer Maugham sent him a jokey telegram of congratulation si
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Gioacchino Rossini - La gazza ladra - Overture - YouTube Gioacchino Rossini - La gazza ladra - Overture Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 22, 2011 La gazza ladra (The Thieving Magpie) is a melodramma or opera semiseria in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto was by Giovanni Gherardini after La pie voleuse by JMT Badouin d'Aubigny and Louis-Charles Caigniez. It was first performed on 31 May 1817 at La Scala, Milan. Category
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"Masterminds" - Manchester Evening News, November 7, 2015 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Playboy Russia covergirl Maria Kozhevnikova, boxer Nikolai Valuyev, and tennis player Marat Safin shared which honour in December 2011? 2. What William S Burroughs 1961 book popularised the rock music term 'heavy metal', and provided the names for at least two rock bands of the 1970s? 3. What main religion celebrates festivals including Nuakhai, Yatra (or Zatra/Jatra), Pongal, Holi and Shigmo? 4. Which country experienced the Velvet Revolution in Nov-Dec 1989? 5. According to the UK General Teaching Council how many of the 28,000 newly qualified teachers in 2010 had a computerrelated degree: 3; 30; 300 or 3,000? 6. Spell the word: Remanisence; Reminissense; Remeniscence; or Reminiscence? 7. What ancient Sanskrit word loosely meaning 'region' commonly now refers to people (and culture, products, etc) of Indian sub-continent origins? 8. Whom did Forbes Magazine list as the most powerful woman in the Southern Hemisphere in 2011? 9. Unrelated, what is a set of slats and a museum? 10. What ship, whose name means thunderbolt, was Nelson's flagship 1799-1801, and later a training ship for boys? 26 11. The Showa period of Japan coincided with what Emperor's reign? 12. Michael Morpurgo, author of the children's book War Horse, on In state Luther which the 2012 Spielberg film (of the same name) is based, held what UK position from 2003-5? 13. What fashionable Mediterranean resort hosted the G20 international economics conference at the height of the Greek Euro membership crisis? 27 14. How many cubic metres is the space in a room four metres square and three metres high? 15. Which politician bowled faster than Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts? 16. What element is also known as hydrargyrum? David shows around 17. Whose father wrote and sang the popular Secret Lemonade Drinker song in the award-winning British 1970s-80s R Whites Lemonade TV advert ? … Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details Newspapers Encyclopedia Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details
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03/10/2010 Jeff Riggenbach [This article is transcribed from the Libertarian Tradition podcast episode "Yevgeny Zamyatin: Libertarian Novelist."] When we think of the libertarian tradition, we tend naturally to think of political philosophers and economists of the past. But surely one part of the libertarian tradition belongs to novelists and other fiction writers. In earlier podcasts in this series , I've already discussed two such figures: Ayn Rand, whose 1957 novel, Atlas Shrugged, is, arguably, one of the half-dozen most important libertarian works of the 20th century, and John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, the professor of philology at Oxford whose giant fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, published just a few years before Atlas Shrugged, is arguably the most culturally influential single novel published in English in the 20th century. This week, I'd like to talk about a writer whose level of influence has been much more modest, but whose indirect influence has nevertheless been considerable. Regular listeners to this series know what I mean by indirect influence. I gave an example of it just last week, when I discussed the life and career of Isabel Paterson. Paterson's libertarian classic, The God of the Machine, has never reached a wide readership, but, thanks to the effort of her protégé, Ayn Rand, Paterson herself has influenced millions of readers who have never even seen a copy of The God of the Machine. The writer I'm talking about today wrote a novel in which a citizen of a totalitarian state of the future meets a woman and becomes obsessed with her. He begins a forbidden sexual affair with this woman, meeting with her illicitly in a very old part of the city where the intrusive gaze of the all-encompassing government doesn't seem to penetrate. Through his relationship with her, he becomes involved in the organized underground opposition to the all-encompassing government — an opposition he had never previously realized existed at all. Ultimately, he and the woman are caught, imprisoned, and tortured. In the end, he is sincerely repentant of his crimes and is completely devoted to the all-encompassing government that has done him all this harm. A familiar story, no? Can you tell me what novel I've just described? Ah, I see a hand in the back of the room. Yes? "George Orwell's 1984," you cry out confidently. And your answer is correct, but only as far as it goes, which is, perhaps, not quite as far as you thought it would. That is a description of the plot of 1984, which was published, as we all know, in 1949. But Orwell adapted the plot of 1984 from another novel, one originally published 25 years earlier in 1924. That earlier novel was entitled, simply, We. It was the work of a not-very-well-known Russian writer, Yevgeny Zamyatin. Zamyatin was not very well known outside Russia when We was first published, and he was still not very well known in the West 25 years later, when Orwell published 1984. He remains not very well known in the West to this day. Nineteen Eighty-Four, by contrast, is extremely well known in the West today, particularly in England and the United States, where words and phrases like "Newspeak," "doublethink," "thoughtcrime," and "Big Brother Is Watching You" are familiar to millions who have never read the novel from which they come. And there is no getting around the similarities between 1984 and Zamyatin's We. The leader of the totalitarian state is called "The Benefactor" instead of "Big Brother," but the basic events of the story are fundamentally the same. And we know that George Orwell did read We several years before he wrote 1984. As Natasha Randall, the translator of the current Modern Library edition of Zamyatin's novel, told an interviewer for New York City public radio station WNYC in 2006, Orwell made no secret of his admiration for We. Randall explains, Orwell certainly read it. Actually, he read it I think in the early '40s, so about 8 years before he wrote his 1984. He had said that it was a great inspiration to him in writing 1984. Orwell also said that he thinks that Huxley
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YouTube | Logopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia 2015–present 2005–2011 The logo consists of the black word "You" and a red rounded rectangle with the word "Tube" in it next to it. This logo is still being used on some other pages. Logo with the slogan "Broadcast Yourself". Notice that the red square looks different in this variation. Add a photo to this gallery 2011–2013 This modification of the YouTube logo was introduced in July 2011 as a part of the Cosmic Panda experiment. It officially became the new logo a few months later. It has the red square in a darker color this time. Also, starting in 2012, the slogan "Broadcast Yourself" was retired. 2013–2015 On December 19, 2013, the red rectangle was made lighter in color. Also, the word "You" was made more black and the shadow behind the word "Tube" was removed. This is still used as a secondary logo. Alternate Version, only for social media.
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January 19, 2012 by Martlet - issuu issuu THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA’S INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER JANUARY 19, 2012 • VOLUME 64 • ISSUE 20 • MARTLET.CA ARE YOU A TECH JUNKIE? 17 5 WHAT NOT TO WEAR 10 A CALL TO THUMBS 13 GIFT OF GAB GIVES BACK EVENTS ALL WEEK LONG AT FELICITA’S MONDAY Jamaraoke 9 pm VER! NO CO ! NDAY O M Y EVER TUESDAY Battle of the Bands Competition 9 pm Karaoke 8 pm See felicitas.ca for weekly events AY! UESD Starts Jan 25 EVERY WEDNESDAY! Y! RSDA Premium Bottles $4.25 Buy one get one 50% off Appies www.felicitas.ca !"#$%&$'($)*+$),&-$%$'($. !"#$%&$'($)*+$),&-$%$'($. !"#"$%&'%"($%#)"%*$+,-").%)/0("%&+%"($%12/3%3#456-7% !"#"$%&'%"($%#)"%*$+,-").%)/0("%&+%"($%12/3%3#456-7% /+%"($%!"6*$+"%1+/&+%86/9*/+0: /+%"($%!"6*$+"%1+/&+%86/9*/+0: ;<$)/+0%"($%4&-"%3&45)$($+-/=$%*$+"#9%-$)=/3$-% #=#/9#>9$: ;<$)/+0%"($%4&-"%3&45)$($+-/=$%*$+"#9%-$)=/3$-% ?9$#-$%3#99%'&)%.&6)%+$@"%*$+"#9%#55&/+"4$+"A #=#/9#>9$: 250‐380‐1888 ?9$#-$%3#99%'&)%.&6)%+$@"%*$+"#9%#55&/+"4$+"A BBB:3#456-*$+"#93$+")$:3&4 250‐380‐1888 BBB:3#456-*$+"#93$+")$:3&4 New patients always welcome! NEWS The Martlet staff has survived #nash74 #barfipelago and returns to print another week! Now, who wants a beer? Journalism conference goes viral More than 75 student journalists fall ill at national conference in Victoria DYLAN WILKS – NEXUS (CAMOSUN COLLEGE) VICTORIA (CUP) — It spread very, very quickly. Just one person likely hadn’t washed their hands properly; that’s how a norovirus-like illness infected more than 75 delegates attending the Canadian University Press national conference at the Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites in Victoria, B.C. “It’s highly likely that a student brought it in,” said Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) spokesperson Shannon Marshall. “There were no reports of illness from the hotel staff at all [before the conference], and our health protection officers have ruled out food poisoning.” Norovirus isn’t a pleasant experience. Sufferers feel like death. Symptoms include nausea, headaches, muscle aches, vomiting and diarrhea. It’s a common cause of gastrointestinal illness — what used to be called simply the “stomach flu” — and spreads very quickly. Anyone can get it because of how easily it’s transmitted. The virus can survive on surfaces, and touching any contaminated surface and then touching your mouth can spread it. Exposure to those who have vomited due to the virus can also contaminate others. The trouble started as Chris Jones, a writer for Esquire and ESPN magazine, gave the final keynote speech on the evening of Jan. 14. He noticed delegates began getting up to leave while he was still speaking. After the speech ended, event organizer Jason Schreurs approached Jones and informed him that people had left due to illness. The severity of the situation didn’t become apparent to Jones until much later. “After the speech, I talked to quite a few people and shook a lot of hands,” said Jones, “and I went to bed because I was pretty tired and jet-lagged. And then Jason called at 11 o’clock to see if my wife and I were okay.” They were. But it didn’t last. “About five minutes later, it was just the most calamitous vomiting of my life, and there was just no holding it back. I was puking out of my eyeballs; I was screaming at the toilet.” Since he was only ill for about 20 minutes before feeling better, Jones thought he had simply been food poisoned. But when his wife returned from the hotel lobby she came back and let him know the situation: that it wasn’t food poisoning at all. The national conference had gone viral. “I gotta tell ya,” Jones recalled. “I have never puked like that — and I went to college.” Delegates left after Jones’ keynote to bus to the gala event at the University of Victoria’s Vertigo nightclub. On one of the buses, unfortunate delegate Brennan Bova from the Fulcrum in Ottawa had someone vomit on his head. Twitter exploded with reports of illness from delegates. There weren’t just a few people sick; there were dozens. Conference organizers quickly cancelled the gala event. Management at the Harbour Towers and B.C.
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Work : Summaries & Interpretations : Animal Farm // George Orwell // www.k-1.com/Orwell Symbolism / Interpretation Summary The story takes place on a farm somewhere in England. The story is told by an all-knowing narrator in the third person. The action of this novel starts when the oldest pig on the farm, Old Major, calls all animals to a secret meeting. He tells them about his dream of a revolution against the cruel Mr Jones. Three days later Major dies, but the speech gives the more intelligent animals a new outlook on life. The pigs, who are considered the most intelligent animals, instruct the other ones. During the period of preparation two pigs distinguish themselves, Napoleon and Snowball. Napoleon is big, and although he isn't a good speaker, he can assert himself. Snowball is a better speaker, he has a lot of ideas and he is very vivid. Together with another pig called Squealer, who is a very good speaker, they work out the theory of "Animalism". The rebellion starts some months later, when Mr Jones comes home drunk one night and forgets to feed the animals. They break out of the barns and run to the house, where the food is stored. When Mr Jones sees this he takes out his shotgun, but it is too late for him; all the animals fall over him and drive him off the farm. The animals destroy all whips, nose rings, reins, and all other instruments that have been used to suppress them. The same day the animals celebrate their victory with an extra ration of food. The pigs make up the seven commandments, and they write them above the door of the big barn. They run thus: Whatever goes upon two legs is an enemy. Whatever goes upon four legs, or has wings is a friend. No animal shall wear clothes. No animal shall sleep in a bed. No animal shall drink alcohol. No animal shall kill another animal. All animals are equal. The animals also agree that no animal shall ever enter the farmhouse, and that no animal shall have contact with humans. This commandments are summarised in the simple phrase: "Four legs good, two legs bad". After some time, Jones comes back with some other men from the village to recapture the farm. The animals fight bravely, and they manage to defend the farm. Snowball and Boxer receive medals of honour for defending the farm so bravely. Also Napoleon, who had not fought at all, takes a medal. This is the reason why the two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, often argue. When Snowball presents his idea to build a windmill, to produce electricity for the other animals, Napoleon calls nine strong dogs. The dogs drive Snowball from the farm, and Napoleon explains that Snowball was in fact co-operating with Mr Jones. He also explains that Snowball in reality never had a medal of honour, that Snowball was always trying to cover up that he was fighting on the side of Mr Jones. The animals then start building the windmill, and as time passes the working-time goes up, whereas the food rations decline. Although the "common" animals have not enough food, the pigs grow fatter and fatter. They tell the other animals that they need more food, for they are managing the whole farm. Some time later, the pigs explain to the other animals that they have to trade with the neighbouring farms. The common animals are very upset, because since the revolution there has been a resolution that no animal shall trade with a human. But the pigs ensure them that there never has been such a resolution, and that this was an evil lie of Snowball. Shortly after this decision the pigs move to the farmhouse. The other animals remember that there is a commandment that forbids sleeping in beds, and so they go to the big barn to look at the commandments. When they arrive there they can't believe their eyes, the fourth commandment has been changed to: "No animal shall sleep in bed with sheets". And the other commandments have also been changed: "No animal shall kill another animal without reason", and "No animal shall drink alcohol in excess". Some months later a heavy storm destroys the windmill,
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Clarion Spring 2014 by Barton Court Grammar School (page 51) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ 51 16 Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher and The Tell Tale Heart? 17 What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? 18 Which Russian writer wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment? 19 "Reader, I married him," appears in the conclusion of what Charlotte Bronte novel? 20 The ancient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single plotline, single location, and what other single aspect? 21 Who wrote Brighton Rock (1938) and Our Man in Havana (1958)? 22 "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice which I've been turning over in my mind ever since," is the start of which novel? 23 In the early 1900s a thriller was instead more commonly referred to as what sort of book? 24 Which novel begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife..."? 25 Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima committed what extreme act in 1970 while campaigning for Japan to restore its nationalistic principles? 26 Jonathan Harker's Journal and Dr Seward's Diary feature in what famous 1897 novel? 27 What is the technical name for a fourteen-lined poem in rhymed iambic pentameters? 28 "Make then laugh; make them cry; make them wait..." was a personal maxim of which novelist? 29 What term for a short, usually witty, poem or saying derives from the Greek words 'write' and 'on'? 30 What was the original title of the book on which the film Schindler's List was based? Mark out of 30 ? Answers窶馬o peeking before you have finished! 1 Novella, 2 Lord Alfred Tennyson , 3 Lady Chatterley's Lover, 4 Anne Brontﾃｫ, 5 Beowulf, 6 Existentialism, 7 Farce or farcical , 8 Magazine, 9 Isaac Newton , 10 Renaissance, 11 Copyright, 12 Metre, 13 Seventeen, 14 A Clockwork Orange, 15 Frankenstein, 16 Edgar Allen Poe , 17 Montague and Capulet, 18 Fyodor Dostoevsky , 19 Jane Eyre , 20 Time , 21 Graham Greene, 22 The Great Gatsby , 23 Shocker , 24 Pride and Prejudice , 25 Suicide, 26 Dracula , 27 Sonnet, 28 Charles Dickens, 29 Epigram , 30 Schindler's Ark Barton Court Grammar School Follow publisher Unfollow publisher Be the first to know about new publications.
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Definition of psalm - Merriam-Webster's Student Dictionary sälm Function: noun Etymology: Old English psealm "psalm," from Latin psalmus (same meaning), from Greek psalmos "psalm," literally, "twanging of a harp," from psallein "to pluck, play a stringed musical instrument" 1 : a sacred song or poem 2 capitalized : one of the hymns that make up the Old Testament Book of Psalms Word History The Greek word psallein originally meant "to pull" or "to pluck." It then came to be used with the meaning "to play a stringed musical instrument." From this verb came the noun psalmos, which literally meant "the twanging of a harp." Since harp music often accompanied singing, psalmos took on the meaning of "a song sung to harp music" and later simply "a song or poem." It was borrowed into Latin as psalmus and came into English as psalm.
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lute | musical instrument | Britannica.com musical instrument theorbo Lute, in music , any plucked or bowed chordophone whose strings are parallel to its belly , or soundboard, and run along a distinct neck or pole. In this sense, instruments such as the Indian sitar are classified as lutes. The violin and the Indonesian rebab are bowed lutes, and the Japanese samisen and the Western guitar are plucked lutes. European lute. Cezar Mateus In Europe, lute refers to a plucked stringed musical instrument popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. The lute that was prominent in European popular art and music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods originated as the Arab ʿūd . This instrument was taken to Europe in the 13th century by way of Spain and by returning crusaders and is still played in Arab countries. Like the ʿūd, the European lute has a deep, pear-shaped body, a neck with a bent-back pegbox, and strings hitched to a tension, or guitar-type, bridge glued to the instrument’s belly. European lutes have a large, circular sound hole cut into the belly and ornamented with a perforated rose carved from the belly’s wood. The earliest European lutes followed the Arab instruments in having four strings plucked with a quill plectrum. By the mid-14th century the strings had become pairs, or courses. During the 15th century the plectrum was abandoned in favour of playing with the fingers, movable gut frets were added to the fingerboard, and the instrument acquired a fifth course. By the 16th century the classic form of the lute was established, with its six courses of strings (the top course a single string) tuned to G–c–f–a–d′–g′, beginning with the second G below middle C. Playing technique was systematized, and the music was written in tablature (a system of notation in which a staff of horizontal lines represented the courses of the lute), and letters or figures placed on the lines denoted the fret to be stopped and the strings to be plucked by the right hand. Manuscript of compositions by Italian lutenist and composer Vincenzo Capirola, c. 1517. The Newberry Library, General Fund, 1904 (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Similar Topics lute - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) Extremely popular in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries, the lute is a stringed instrument that evolved from a Middle Eastern precursor-the ’ud (or oud). Of Persian and Arabian descent, the ’ud was brought to Spain by the Moors and spread throughout Europe during the time of the Crusades. By the 14th century a standardized lute had emerged. The lute is shaped somewhat like half a pear, with a large convex-backed body and a short neck with a fretted fingerboard. Its distinctive pegbox, or head, is bent backward at nearly a right angle to the fingerboard. Early lutes probably had four pairs, or courses, of strings. Until the latter part of the 17th century, lute strings usually were made of gut; thereafter the use of covered wire strings became prevalent. The perforated sound hole of the lute is carved with intricate patterns and is called a "rose." Like the ’ud, the early lute was played with a plectrum, or pick. During the latter half of the 15th century, however, the technique was established of striking the strings with the fingers instead of with the plectrum. By the end of the century the lute had acquired additional strings-as many as seven courses were not uncommon. As the instrument continued to evolve, even more courses of strings were added. (See also Crusade; Moors; stringed instruments.) Article History
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How to: Measure a duvet warmth with tog... | Crane & Canopy | Blog How to: Measure a duvet warmth with tog measurements We’ve talked about different types of duvets and the materials they’re made of but another factor to take into consideration is the tog. Yes, you heard that measurement right…now what the heck is that?! The tog is a measure of thermal resistance of a unit area most commonly used in the textile industry. It originates from the informal word ‘togs’ for clothing which was most likely derived from the word toga. A tog is 0.1 m2K/W which means that the thermal resistance in togs is equal to ten times the temperature difference between the two surfaces of a material, when the flow of heat is equal to one watt per square meter. Confused yet? Basically duvets are measured in togs and each tog measurement refers to how warm your duvet will keep you. A duvet works by trapping heat from the body, cocooning your body for warmth and comfort throughout the night. The tog rating describes how well the duvet will retain heat. A lightweight summer duvet is 3.0-4.5 tog. This is ideal for warmer climates and will help wick moisture away from the body and retain enough heat to keep you the perfect temperature. A spring or autumn weight is 7.0-10.5 tog. This will have enough warmth to keep you comfortable without being too warm. A winter weight duvet is 12.0-13.5 tog. This is exceptionally well at retaining body heat. An all seasons duvet is a 15.5 tog (4.5+9) and consists of two separate duvets. The two duvets, 4.5 and 9.0, combine intelligently to for a 13.5 tog which is suitable for winter temperatures and effectively provides a year round solution. Tags
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Louis Bl�riot Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. Louis Bl�riot Louis Bleriot graduated with a degree in Arts and Trades from Ecole Centrale Paris. After successfully establishing himself in the business of manufacturing automobile headlamps, at age 30 he began his lifelong dedication to aviation. In 1907 he made his first flight at Bagatelle, France, in an aircraft of his own design, teaching himself to fly while improving his design by trial and error. In only two years his new aviation company was producing a line of aircraft known for their high quality and performance. Louis Bleriot achieved world acclaim by being the first to fly an aircraft across the English Channel, a feat of great daring for those times. On July 25, 1909, in his Model X125 horsepower monoplane, he braved adverse weather and 22 miles of forbidding sea and flew his machine from Les Barraques, France to Dover, England. This 40 minute flight won for him the much sought after London Daily Mail price of 1000 pounds sterling. In the 1914-1918 War his company produced the famous S.P.A.D. fighter aircraft flown by all the Allied Nations. His exceptional skill and ingenuity contributed significantly to the advance of aero science in his time, and popularized aviation as a sport. He remained active in the aero industry until his death on August 2, 1936. The Flight First Channel Crossing by Air At the first light of dawn on the morning of July 25, 1909, Frenchman, Louis Bl�riot gave his crew the signal to release his small wood and fabric Model XI aeroplane. It crossed the grassy paddock and bounded into the air crossing the cliffs at Sangatte France, near Calais, and ventured out over the English Channel. Travelling at just over 40 miles per hour, and at an altitude of about 250 feet, the little monoplane out-paced its naval escort ship, the Escopette, which carried his wife Alicia. Within minutes Bl�riot was on his own over the channel and due to weather conditions could not see either coast for part of the flight. Finally, thirty-six minutes after his departure, fighting dangerous cliff-side gusts, Bl�riot put down on English soil near Dover Castle. It must have been a dramatic scene for the small group of on-lookers as his plane dodged several brick buildings, was tossed about in the wind, and as Bl�riot cut the motor the craft dropped into a grassy field smashing the propeller and undercarriage. His daring effort had landed him the coveted Daily Mail Prize of 1,000 Pounds Sterling. Thirty-six minutes was not one of the longer flights of 1909. There had been a number of duration and distance records considerably longer, but no one had yet successfully crossed the channel. Record flights were typically conducted over earth, and not water, so that when problems occurred (and they usually did) one could set down in a field or on a road. Fellow aviator Hubert Latham attempted the cross the Channel just days
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Bleriot's Cross Channel Flight Available in Fran�aise, Espa�ol, Portugu�s, Deutsch, Россию, 中文, 日本, and others. Old News he following account of Louis Bleriot's flight across the English Channel appeared in the 31 July 1909 edition of Flight, an English magazine devoted to the new field of aviation. It includes information from several eyewitnesses to the historic event. M. Bleriot's great success is a fitting sequel to Mr. Latham's splendid failure; there should be no jealousy in comparison, both are working in the cause of flight. M. Bleriot reflects glory on his defeated rival at the same time that he is crowned with the laurels of victory himself. And M. Bleriot deserves his success; how much, none save those who have followed his history in flight know. There were days not long since when M. Bleriot used to tumble with his machine with almost monotonous persistency; yet he kept on, in spite of criticisms. In those days, too, he was still trying to fly a monoplane, and monoplanes were not very popular just then, for there were not wanting critics who almost went as far as saying that they would not fly at all. M. Bleriot is the champion of the monoplane, and he has done more than anyone else to develop it. Moreover, he is engineer and pilot combined, and the machine with which he has crossed the Channel, and thereby traced his name indelibly on the pages of history, is his own machine, the work of his own brain, and if the truth were known, contains, we dare say, a good deal of his own handicraft as well. He is not only a worker, he is a sportsman, is M. Bleriot, and most thoroughly deserves every prize he has won. It is rather apt to be forgotten how very early M. Bleriot commenced his aviation experiences. As long ago as 1906 an illustration appeared in The Auto-motor Journal of May 26th, of an aeroplane which MM. Bleriot and Voisin had constructed for experimental work on Lake Enghien. It was a curious machine that, but it has this much of especial interest, that it was designed for use over water. In the following year, 1907, M. Bleriot had built and was trying at Issy, near Paris, a monoplane which does not differ in essentials from the machine which is on view this week at Selfridge's. What mishaps he used to have in those days! Almost every other time that he succeeded in getting off the ground he returned to earth with a crash; he always broke something, but it was never himself, always did this persevering pilot seem to bear a charmed life. As a matter of fact, he used to take what precautions he could, and he himself, as we mentioned last week, attributes many of his escapes to a little trick which he had of throwing himself on to one of the wings of his flyer when he saw that a catastrophe was imminent. M. Bleriot worked on the principle that it was impossible to save both man and machine. When M. Bleriot had advanced in the art of flight until he was easily among the two or three genuine pilots of the day, he conceived the idea of making quite a small machine, which type has since been known as his short-span flyer "No. 11." It was shown first of all at the Paris Salon at the end of last year, and attracted a very great deal of attention on account of its compact appearance. It was such a flyer as many had set their hearts upon, but as many more had deemed impracticable. No one foresaw then that this was to be the epoch-making machine with which he should fly 25 miles across country on July 17th and 31 miles across the sea on July 25th. True, the dimensions of the span are somewhat larger as the result of alterations which followed various preliminary experiments, but that it is still to all intents and purposes the same compact machine must have been apparent to all who took the unique opportunity of seeing it at Dover or during the past few days in London at the Selfridge showrooms. By his two great flights across country and
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What cocktail, first written about in 1876, consists of gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water, and is served in a namesake glass?
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Bartending/Cocktails/Glossary - Wikibooks, open books for an open world Bartending/Cocktails/Glossary Bartending Guide · Cocktails (section) · Cocktails (category) This is an A–Z list of all cocktail recipes in the Wikibooks Bartending Guide . Since this is a manually edited list, you also might want to check the automated category listing for new entries not yet added to this list. Adding a new cocktail? Please use the new template {{ Cocktails list entry }} to help us get things organized. Thanks! Please note: To make it easier to maintain this list into the future, sections are being moved one letter at a time into subpages. Until that process is complete, you will need to use the contents list below or scroll down the page. Eventually, the contents list above will be all that you need. We apologize for the inconvenience. On this page: 1 oz (3 cl) vodka 1 oz (3 cl) rum 1 oz (3 cl) tequila 1 oz (3 cl) gin 1 oz (3 cl) blue Curaçao splash of sour mix top with 7-Up or other citrus soda Description: Typically a pale, semi-translucent blue in color. Method: Pour equal parts of vodka, rum, tequila, gin, and blue Curaçao. Add a splash of sour mix, and then top up with 7-Up. Serve on the rocks in a highball glass. Note: In some places, a more polite name is used, such as AMF, Blue Motorcycle, or China Blue. 1 tsp Bailey's Irish Cream Blue Curacao (optional) 2 drops of Grenadine syrup Description: Looks almost exactly like it sounds. Appears as a small brain at the top of the shot glass with a layer of red at the bottom. Method: Fill shot glass halfway with Peach Schnapps. Slowly add about 1 tsp Bailey's Irish Cream until the shot glass is almost full. Optionally add a little Blue Curacao and finally add 2 drops of Grenadine syrup. Tabasco sauce ground cinnamon Method: Mix equal parts vodka and Tabasco sauce in a shot glass. Carefully ignite it with a lighter. It may be necessary to warm the drink a bit to get it to burn. While it burns, sprinkle some ground cinnamon on the flame and watch it burn. 1 part sloe gin top with orange juice Method: Pour and then shake with ice and strain into shot glass or cordial. Slam it down. Notes: If you have no sloe gin, grenadine syrup can be substituted. Drink as a shooter or as a cocktail. See also: ½ oz (1.5 cl) gin or brandy ½ oz (1.5 cl) heavy cream ½ oz (1.5 cl) white crème de cacao nutmeg descr = After-dinner cocktail Method: Combine ingredients over ice, shake, and strain into a cocktail glass. Sprinkle nutmeg on top. Note: It is said to be named after Czar Alexander II of Russia. 1 oz (3 cl) amaretto liqueur 4 oz (12nbsp;cl) cream 1 oz (3 cl) Campari 1 oz (3 cl) red vermouth A splash of soda water Description: Before-dinner cocktail Method: Mix the ingredients directly in an old-fashioned glass filled with ice-cubes, add a splash of soda water, and garnish with half orange slice. An IBA Official Cocktail: Official Website See also: 1½ oz (4.5nbsp;cl) gin 1½ oz (4.5nbsp;cl) bourbon 2 dashes Angostura bitters Muddle orange peel in bitters and 1 oz (3 cl) of gin. Add the remainder of the gin, the bourbon, and ice. Stir 30 seconds to awaken the aromatics of the liquors. Strain into an Old Fashioned glass, and fill the glass with ice. Garnish with sour cherries. 1 oz (3 cl) gin (sometimes vodka is substituted) 2 oz (6nbsp;cl) citrus soda Method: Fill a highball glass with ice. Pour ingredients over the ice. Stir gently, and serve Notes: Named after the stinging nightwasp of Brazil. The apoica is a relatively easy to prepare alternative to a gin and tonic. See also: Bartending Guide entry Apple Martini (aka Appletini) Vodka and either apple juice, apple cider or apple liqueur. Typically, the apple vodka is shaken or stirred with a sweet and sour mix and then strained into a Martini glass. May be garnished with a slice of Granny Smith apple. Apple Pie Shooter 2 oz (6nbsp;cl) apple juice, 1 oz (3 cl) vodka, whipped cream in a can, and cinnamon sugar in a salt or pepper shaker. Two people are required. The designated drinker sits in a chair with head back and mouth open. The second pers
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Bronx #1 (Original) Cocktail Recipe Orange zest twist (discarded) & Luxardo Maraschino cherry Comment: A serious, dry, complex cocktail. Less bitter than many of its era, but still challenging to more tender modern palates. Variant: 1/ Bloody Bronx - made with the juice of a blood orange. 2/ Golden Bronx - with the addition of an egg yolk. 3/ Silver Bronx - with the addition of egg white. 4/ Income Tax Cocktail - with two dashes Angostura bitters. Also see the Abbey Martini and Satan’s Whiskers. About: Created in 1906 by Johnny Solon, a bartender at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (the Empire State Building occupies the site today), and named after the newly opened Bronx Zoo. This is reputedly the first cocktail to use fruit juice. In his 1935, The Old Waldorf-Astoria book, A.S. Crockett published what he says is “Solon’s own story of the Creation - of the Bronx: We had a cocktail in those days called the Duplex, which had a pretty fair demand. One day, I was making one for a customer when in came Traverson, head waiter of the Empire Room - the main dining room in the original Waldorf. A Duplex was composed of equal parts of French [dry] and Italian [sweet] Vermouth, shaken up with squeezed orange peel, or two dashes of Orange Bitters. Traverson said, “Why don’t you get up a new cocktail? I have a customer who says you can’t do it." "Can’t I?" I replied. “Well”, I finished the Duplex I was making, and a thought came to me. I poured into a mixing glass the equivalent of two jiggers of Gordon Gin. Then I filled the jigger with orange juice, so that it made one-third of orange and two-thirds of gin. Then into the mixture I put a dash of each Italian and French Vermouth, shaking the thing up. I didn’t taste it myself, but I poured it into a cocktail glass and handed it to Traverson and said: “You are a pretty good judge. (He was.) See what you think of that.” Traverson tasted it. Then he swallowed it whole. “ ‘By God!’ he said, you’ve really got something new! That will make a big hit. Make me another and I will take it back to that customer in the dining room. Bet you’ll sell a lot of them. Have you got plenty of oranges? If you haven’t, you had better stock up, because I’m going to sell a lot of those cocktails during lunch. "The demand for Bronx cocktails started that day. Pretty soon we were using a whole case of oranges a day. And then several cases. "The name? No, it wasn’t really named directly after the borough or the river so-called. I had been at the Bronx Zoo a day or so before, and saw, of course, a lot of beasts I had never known. Customers used to tell me of the strange animals they saw after a lot of mixed drinks. So when Traverson said to me, as he started to take the drink in to the customer, “What’ll I tell him is the name of this drink?” I thought of those animals, and said: “Oh, you can tell him it is a ‘Bronx’.” Buy ingredients makes this drink 15 times Add to basket makes this drink 33 times Add to basket
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Germany's Best Selling Newspaper Just Published A Map Of The Biggest Breasts In The World - Business Insider Germany's Best Selling Newspaper Just Published A Map Of The Biggest Breasts In The World Apr. 26, 2012, 12:00 PM 45,800 German newspaper Bild, which has a daily circulation of 3 million and and only recently decided to stop featuring topless models on its front page , has just published a map that shows which countries have the biggest breasts in the world — under the inspired title "Russian Women Have The Tightest Baskets" . We've included a translation below (click to see original): bild.de It's not the first hard latest hard hitting article from the German newspaper, after a similar map of penis size by country. However, there may be a flaw in the data — The German blog BILDBlog points out that statistics for Germany seem to be wrong , and that the top category of "greater then D-cup" doesn't really make sense.
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The Golden Years: 1982 Deaths Music The big hits of 1982 came from The Jam with Town Called Malice, Dexy's Midnight Runners had Come On Eileen, Bucks Fizz with Land of Make Believe, Odyssey did Inside Out, and Adam and the Ants had Goody Two Shoes. German group, Kraftwerk got to #1 with The Model. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder had Ebony and Ivory at #1, while Tight Fit revived The Tokens' 1961 hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Sting covered Spread A Little Happiness, while Japan covered the old Smokey Robinson and the Miracles classic, I Second That Emotion. 1982 was the year of the “New Romantics”. Posters of Spandau Ballet, Duran Duran, ABC, Haircut 100, Flock Of Seagulls, and Wham, were on the bedroom walls of millions of young girls. Culture Club, led by Boy George, had their first hits, as did Yazoo, Tears For Fears, and Simple Minds. Elton John, Carly Simon, and Marvin Gaye were all back in the charts of 1982, while the Motown record label got a rare 80s number one with I've Never Been To Me by Charlene, that originally flopped when released in 1977. Irene Cara's Fame finally charted in the UK, having been a US hit in 1980. J Geils Band had Centerfold and Freeze Frame, Steve Miller finally got a UK top 10 hit with Abracadabra, as did fellow Americans John Cougar with Jack & Diane, and Survivor with Eye of the Tiger. Toni Basil scored with Mickey, Soft Cell had Torch, Human League had Mirror Man, and 14 years after his #1 with The Equals on Baby Come Back, Eddy Grant was back at #1 with I Don't Wanna Dance. Novelty hits of 1982 came from Renee & Renato with Save Your Love, Seven Tears by The Goombay Dance Band, Nicole—who won Eurovision—with A Little Peace, Trio with Da Da Da, Keith Harris & his duck Orville, Brown Sauce from TV's Swap Shop with I Wanna Be A Winner, and Brat who imitated tennis player John McEnroe's on court tantrums on Chalk Dust (The Umpire Strikes Back). Ex-lead singer of The Damned, Captain Sensible, was the surprise hit of 1982, as his version of Happy Talk hit #1. News Argentina invaded The Falkland Islands. British forces recaptured the islands in June, and Argentina surrendered. Michael Fagin broke into The Queen's bedroom for a chat. Henry VIII's warship, the Mary Rose, was raised from the seabed off Portsmouth. Prince William was born. IRA bombs exploded in parks in London. 20,000 Women circled the American airbase at Greenham Common to protest against the new Cruise missiles. Laker Airways collapsed. The Belfast car firm, DeLorean, went bust. Erika Roe streaked at an England vs Australia match. Mark Thatcher went missing in the Sahara Desert for 3 days. Prince Andrew went on holiday with model Koo Stark. Snow caused chaos in the worst winter for 20 years. 78 were killed, when a Boeing 747 crashed in blizzard conditions in America. Unemployment hit 3 million for the first time since the 1930s. A state of emergency was declared in Nicaragua. Israel invaded the Lebanon. The Iran/Iraq war escalated as Iran's Ayatollah Khomeni called on the Iraqis to rise up and overthrow Saddam Hussein. Plain-clothed police fired on members of the banned Solidarity trade union in Poland. Leader of the union, Lech Wałęsa, was freed after a year in detention. Australians Lindy & Michael Chamberlain went on trial, after claiming their baby was killed by a dingo. Ozzy Osbourne was taken to hospital, after biting the head off a live bat thrown at him during a concert. Actress Sophia Loren was jailed in Italy for tax evasion. Elvis Presley's mansion, Graceland, was opened to the public. Pope John Paul II visited Britain. Paul Weller announced The Jam were splitting up. Michael Jackson released his album Thriller. New in 1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Blade Runner An Officer and a Gentleman Ghandi
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What is the name of the stage musical featuring the songs of the Kinks?
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Sunny Afternoon: The Hit Musical About The Kinks Tour Dates Filled with classic hits including Waterloo Sunset, You Really Got Me, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, This Time Tomorrow, and Lola, Sunny Afternoon is on tour now. Sunny Afternoon is the story of The Kinks’ rise from life on a dead end street to living the rock star dream of fame, fortune and glory. It’s a musical like no other, offering a real glimpse inside one of Britain’s greatest bands, on a journey through the euphoric highs and agonising lows of pop success. The Kinks enjoyed a string of chart-topping successes, and you can sing and dance along to all your favourites as the electrifying story unfolds. Going where other musicals don’t dare, Sunny Afternoon exposes the loves and losses that the band encountered on their road to fame, and delivers an emotional punch that will warm your heart and leave you buzzing for weeks. Discover how The Kinks found their iconic sound and along the way invented a whole new genre of rock. Experience the thrill of the music and the power of a live Kinks performance. Witness the band’s beginnings, as brothers Dave and Ray Davies join forces and write their first songs. Discover how they got their risqué name. Relive their barnstorming debut on Top Of The Pops, their troubled American tour, and their triumphant comeback.
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Music Gates: Thin Lizzy-Whiskey in the jar Thursday, May 26, 2011 Thin Lizzy-Whiskey in the jar Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band formed in Dublin in 1969. The two founding members, drummer Brian Downey and bass guitarist/vocalist Phil Lynott met while still in school. Lynott assumed the role of frontman and led them throughout their recording career of thirteen studio albums. Thin Lizzy are best known for their songs "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak" and "The Boys Are Back in Town", all major international hits still played regularly on hard rock and classic rock radio stations. After Lynott's death in 1986, various incarnations of the band have emerged over the years based around guitarists Scott Gorham and John Sykes, though Sykes left the band in 2009. Thin Lizzy's de facto leader, Lynott was composer or co-composer of almost all of the band's songs. He was one of the few black musicians to achieve commercial success in hard rock, and the first black Irishman to do so. Thin Lizzy boasted some of the most critically acclaimed guitarists throughout their history, with founders Downey and Lynott as the rhythm section, on the drums and bass guitar. As well as being multiracial, the band drew their members not only from both sides of the Irish border but also from both the Catholic and Protestant communities during The Troubles. Their music reflects a wide range of influences, including country music, psychedelic rock, and traditional Irish folk music, but is generally classified as hard rock or sometimes heavy metal. Rolling Stone magazine describes the band as distinctly hard rock, "far apart from the braying mid-70s metal pack". Allmusic critic John Dougan has written that "As the band's creative force, Lynott was a more insightful and intelligent writer than many of his ilk, preferring slice-of-life working-class dramas of love and hate influenced by Bob Dylan, Van Morrison, Bruce Springsteen, and virtually all of the Irish literary tradition." Van Morrison, Jeff Beck and Jimi Hendrix were major influences during the early days of the band, and later influences included American artists Little Feat and Bob Seger. "Whiskey in the Jar" is a famous Irish traditional song, set in the southern mountains of Ireland, with specific mention of Cork and Kerry counties, as well as Fenit, a village in Kerry county. It is about a highwayman, or perhaps a footpad, who is betrayed by his wife or lover, and is one of the most widely performed traditional Irish songs. It has been recorded by numerous professional artists since the 1950s. The song first gained wide exposure when the Irish folk band The Dubliners performed it internationally as a signature song, and recorded it on three albums in the 1960s. Building on their success, the Irish rock band Thin Lizzy hit the Irish and British pop charts with the song in the early 1970s. The American metal band Metallica brought it to a wider rock audience in 1998 by playing a version very similar to that of Thin Lizzy's with a heavier sound, and won a Grammy for the song in 2000 for Best Hard Rock Performance. " The above text is a mashup from Wikipedia." Posted by
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Name the saint who as abbot of Lindisfarne promoted the cause of Celtic Christianity at the Great Synod of Whitby.His body lies in Durham Cathedral?
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Internet History Sourcebooks Bede: The Life and Miracles of St. Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindesfarne (721) Author Bede was born in 673, in Northumberland, became a monk and died at Jarrow in 735. His modern feast day is May 25. He was one of the most important intellects, and most prolific writers of his time. Among his other accomplishments was in becoming the only Englishman in Dante's Divine Comedy. His most important work his is History of the English Church and People, but he wrote many others - biblical commentaries and hagiography in particular. Saint Bede's Life of St. Cuthbert, given here complete in the translation by J.A. Giles, recounts the life of Cuthbert, famed in his time as a miracle worker. Cuthbert was probably born in Northumberland circa 634. He was educated by Irish monks at Melrose Abbey. At various times in his life, Cuthbert was a monk, a solitary, and - briefly - a bishop. He died on Farne Island in 687. His feast day is March 20. An early anonymous Life of Cuthbert was written about 700, but the discovery of Cuthbert's uncorrupt body gave a new impetus to the cult, and Bede used the earlier Life to write his own verse Life, around 716, and this, longer, prose Life around 721. This includes ten chapters of new material, derived from Herefrith (3, 6, 8-9, 19, 23, 31, 35, 43, and 46). Both the anonymous (in 7 manuscripts) and Bede's life (in 38 manuscripts) survive. Bede's version was used for two famous 12th-century illuminated [Oxford, Univ. Col MS 165, and Brit. Mus. Yates Thompson MS 26]. [Farmer, 16-17]. Relics The relics of St. Cuthbert have a particularly well documented history. As indicated it was the discover of the incorrupt body which led Bede to write. In 875, after the second Viking raid on Lindesfarne, the body was moved to Northumbria, and rested at several sites until in 995 the casket was moved to Durham, and enshrined there on September 4, 999. There it was visited by William the Conqueror in 1069. Later it was moved to Durham Cathedral. In 1104, when Cuthbert had been dead 418 years, the casket was opened, and the body was found to be still smelling sweet, and uncorrupt. Throughout the middle ages, Durham was the major pilgrimage center of the North of England, and Cuthbert the most famous saint. The commissioners of Henry VIII were sent to destroy the tomb in 1537. Archbishop Charles of Glasgow, who wrote a History of St. Cuthbert, (London: New York: 1887) reports that:- [Dr. Lee, Dr. Henly and Mr. Blythman on approaching the Shrine] found many valuable and goodly jewels
After the spoil of his ornaments and jewels they approached near his body, expecting nothing but dust and ashes: but, perceiving the chest he lay in strongly bound with iron, the goldsmith
broke it open, when they found him lying whole uncorrupt with his face bare, and his beard as of a fortnight's growth, and all the vestments about him as he was accustomed to say mass. The monks were allowed to bury him on the ground under where the shrine had been. This was opened again in 1827, at which time a skeleton, swathed in decayed robes, was found. The designs matched those described in the 1104 accounts, although some argued the real body was elsewhere. [Cruz, 54-55]. The question of how one tackles stories like those of Cuthbert's relics is an important one for historians of sanctity. In the late 19th century, St. Cuthbert's name became attached to the co-operative retail society of Southeast Scotland, and his name still adorns countless store fronts, being among the most familiar of all early English saints. PREFACE To the holy and most blessed Father Bishop Eadfrid, and to all the Congregation of Brothers also, who serve Christ in the Island of Lindisfarne, Bede, your faithful fellow-servant, sends greeting. INASMUCH as you bade me, my beloved, prefix to the book, which I have written at your request about the life of our father Cuthbert, of blessed
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History - Lichfield Cathedral Donate Our History Christmas Day 700 saw the consecration of the first cathedral in Lichfield, and, as there was a church (St Mary’s) here perhaps built in 659, and possibly others in between, Lichfield is among the earliest centres of Christian worship in the UK. After the invasion of 1066 the Normans built a new cathedral (of which only few traces remain), and a century or so later that was rebuilt in the Gothic style, and completed by c. 1340. Besieged three times in the Civil War it suffered drastic damage, more than any other of our Cathedrals. Rapidly repaired in a mere nine years its interior was rearranged at the end of the eighteenth century, and then ‘restored’ in the 19th century by Sir George Gilbert Scott, and that is the Cathedral we have today. The only English medieval cathedral to have three spires – known locally as the ‘Ladies of the Vale’ – it is one of the most elegant in the country. St Chad came in 669 to be the first Bishop in Lichfield, and so impressive was his teaching and so genuine was the way he practised what he preached, that on his death his remains quickly became venerated and a place of pilgrimage. Among the cathedral’s many treasures, from the time of the Anglo Saxons (probably under King Offa) we have the exquisite 8th century sculpture of the ‘Lichfield Angel’ from the St Chad’s tomb chest, as well as the St Chad Gospels - perhaps a little younger than the Lindisfarne Gospels but older than the Book of Kells. Norman and Gothic Cathedrals Bishops Lymesey and de Clinton built the Normal Cathedral and Clinton fortified the Close with a wall. In the 13th c. Bishop de Langton strengthened that surrounding wall for the Close and crenellated it; he paid £2,000 for a sumptuous shrine for St Chad, and he financed the completion of the Lady Chapel. He was also the Treasurer of England. His magnificent Bishop’s Palace in the Close was fit for a king, and kings did come to stay there. With very many pilgrims flocking to the shrine the cathedral flourished during the time of the Plantagenet kings. Many of the Bishops and Deans appointed then were Close to the ruling dynasty and the proximity of the Diocese to the rebellious Welsh made Lichfield a key strategic settlement during this period. It played an important role in regional and national political life and influenced heavily the planning of the City of Lichfield that grew up around it. Civil War Unfortunately the great wall around the Close proved to be the Cathedral’s undoing during the 17th century since it turned the cathedral and Close into an ideal garrison, first for the Royalists, then for the Roundheads, then again for the Royalists and finally the Roundheads until the Restoration. During these sieges cannonballs destroyed both the roof and the central spire. The Restoration (1660) found the cathedral and Close in a state of ruination, because the Roundheads had destroyed statues, monuments, documents, carvings and left very little roof. Lichfield’s cathedral suffered more than any other cathedral at the hands of the devastators. Recovery Cathedral and Close flourished again in the 18th c. and grew in national importance, becoming a centre of culture and learning. With the development of Erasmus Darwin and his colleagues of the Lunar Society, Samuel Johnson and the great antiquarian, Elias Ashmole, Lichfield became a notable centre. Here was an interesting dynamic with religion and scientific advancement creatively interrelated alongside music, literature and culture, with Lichfield regarded as a major centre of enlightenment within Europe. Victorian Restoration A major and sensitive restoration of the cathedral came under Sir George Gilbert Scott and is son, Oldrid, in the 19th century. Outside statues were replaced on the West Front, and around the cathedral we now have over 160 ornate carved figures of kings, queens and saints. The cathedral’s interior today, with the very fine Skidmore Screen, the choir stalls and the Minton tiles (inspired by the medieval tiles still on the floor of
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Oppenheimer security hearing Oppenheimer security hearing Oppenheimer was probed in a controversial four-week hearing in 1954. The Oppenheimer security hearing was a 1954 proceeding by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) that explored the background, actions, and associations of J. Robert Oppenheimer , the American scientist who had headed the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II , where he played a key part in the Manhattan Project that developed the atomic bomb . The hearing resulted in Oppenheimer’s Q clearance being revoked. This marked the end of his formal relationship with the government of the United States, and generated considerable controversy regarding whether the treatment of Oppenheimer was fair, or whether it was an expression of anti-Communist McCarthyism . Doubts about Oppenheimer’s loyalty dated back to the 1930s, when he was a member of numerous Communist front organizations, and was associated with Communist Party USA members, including his wife and his brother. These associations were known to Army Counter-intelligence at the time he was made director of the Los Alamos Laboratory in 1942, and chairman of the influential General Advisory Committee of the AEC in 1947. In this capacity Oppenheimer became involved in bureaucratic conflict between the Army and Air Force over the types of nuclear weapons the country required, technical conflict between the scientists over the feasibility of the hydrogen bomb , and personal conflict with AEC commissioner Lewis Strauss . The proceedings were initiated after Oppenheimer refused to voluntarily give up his security clearance while working as an atomic weapons consultant for the government, under a contract due to expire at the end of June 1954. Several of his colleagues testified at the hearings. As a result of the two to one decision of the hearing’s three judges, he was stripped of his security clearance one day before his consultant contract was due to expire. The panel found that he was loyal and discreet with atomic secrets, but did not recommend that his security clearance be reinstated. The loss of his security clearance ended Oppenheimer’s role in government and policy. He became an academic exile, cut off from his former career and the world he had helped to create. The reputations of those who had testified against Oppenheimer were tarnished as well, and Oppenheimer’s reputation was later partly rehabilitated by Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson . The brief period when scientists were hailed as heroes uniquely qualified to comment on public policy was ended, and scientists working within the government were on notice that dissent was no longer tolerated. Contents Background Robert Oppenheimer Before World War II , J. Robert Oppenheimer had been professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley . The scion of a wealthy New York family, [1] he was a graduate of Harvard University , and had studied in Europe at the University of Cambridge in England, [2] the University of Göttingen in Germany (where he had earned his doctorate in physics under the supervision of Max Born at the age of 23), [3] and the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. [2] As one of the few American physicists with a deep understanding of the new field of quantum mechanics , he was hired by the University of California in 1929. [4] [5] As a theoretical physicist, Oppenheimer had considerable achievements. In a 1930 paper on the Dirac equation , he had predicted the existence of the positron . A 1938 paper co-written with Robert Serber explored the properties of white dwarf stars. This was followed by one co-written with one of his students, George Volkoff , in which they demonstrated that there was a limit, the so-called Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit , to the mass of stars beyond which they would not remain stable as neutron stars and would undergo gravitational collapse. In 1939, with another of his students, Hartland Snyder , he went further and predicted the existence of what are today known as black holes . It would be decades be
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Watergate - The Committee to Re-elect the President The Committee to Re-elect the President Nixon Forms the CRP The Committee to Re-elect the President, abbreviated as CRP, later nicknamed CREEP, was a fund-raising organization for President Nixon's 1972 election campaign. Many of its members were later indicted with criminal charges relating to their actions within the CRP. The members of the Committee to Re-elect the President were: Kenneth H. Dahlberg - Campaign Midwest Finance Chairman E. Howard Hunt - Campaign member Fred LaRue - Campaign Political Operative G. Gordon Liddy - Campaign member Jeb Stuart Magruder - Campaign Manager James W. McCord - Campaign Security Coordinator John N. Mitchell - Campaign Director Donald Segretti - Campaign Political Operative Hugh W. Sloan, Jr. - Campaign Treasurer Maurice Stans - Campaign Finance Chairman "Dirty Tricks" Donald Segretti was in charge of the many "dirty tricks" carried out by the CRP. These acts included the break-in to Nixon critic Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist's office, the FBI investigation of CBS reporter Daniel Schorr, and plans by G. Gordon Liddy to have newspaper columnist Jack Anderson assassinated. CRP funds amounting to $500,000 were used to pay lawyer's fees for the five Watergate burglars. When discovered, this linked the crime back to the White House, igniting a huge political scandal.
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desperate remedies : definition of desperate remedies and synonyms of desperate remedies (English) 5 External links Plot summary In Desperate Remedies a young woman, Cytherea Graye, is forced by poverty to accept a post as lady's maid to the eccentric Miss Aldclyffe, the woman whom her father had loved but had been unable to marry. Cytherea loves a young architect, Edward Springrove, but Miss Adclyffe's machinations, the discovery that Edward is already engaged to a woman whom he does not love, and the urgent need to support a sick brother drive Cytherea to accept the hand of Aeneas Manston, Miss Adclyffe's illegitimate son, whose first wife is believed to have perished in a fire; however, their marriage is almost immediately nullified when it emerges that his first wife had left the inn before it caught fire. Manston's wife, apparently, returns to live with him, but Cytherea, her brother, the local rector, and Edward come to suspect that the woman claiming to be Mrs. Manston is an imposter. It emerges that Manston killed his wife in an argument after she left the inn, and had brought in the imposter to prevent his being prosecuted for murder, as the argument had been heard (but not seen) by a poacher, who suspected Manston of murder and had planned to go to the police if his wife did not turn up alive. In the novel's climax, Manston attempts to kidnap Cytherea and flee, but is stopped by Edward; he later commits suicide in his cell, and Cytherea and Edward marry. Publishing History After Hardy had trouble publishing his first novel , he was told to "attempt a novel with a purely artistic purpose, giving it a more 'complicated' plot than was attempted with his first, unpublished novel ." The publication of Desperate Remedies was Hardy's breakthrough, and the first of a long string of novels that propelled him to the forefront of Victorian letters. [1] Criticism Some critics cite "quasi-gothic" elements in Desperate Remedies. It was positively reviewed in the Athenaeum and Morning Post . However, the review in the Spectator excoriated Hardy and his work, calling the book "a desperate remedy for an emaciated purse" and that the unknown author had "prostituted his powers to the purposes of idle prying into the way of wickedness." [2] Hardy wrote of the review, "alas... the Spectator brought down its heaviest leaded pastoral staff on the prematurely happy volumes...the bitterness of that moment was never forgotten, at that moment I wished I was dead." [3] References ^ C.J.P. Beatty's introduction to the 1975 publication of Desperate Remedies ^ Tomalin, Claire. "Thomas Hardy." New York: Penguin, 2007. ^ F.E. Hardy, The Life of Thomas Hardy 1840-1928 (1962) pg.84 External links
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What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? Billy The Kid How many stories did each of the World Trade Towers have? 110 What is the name of the cafe in Coronation Street? Roy's Rolls According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace? 775 What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world? London Gatwick By number of films made, which country has the largest film industry? India Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Muhammad Ali On what day of the year is St George's day held? 23rd of April The scientific unit lumen is used in the measurement of what? Light Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle? Apollo 15 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? Stephenie Meyer What is the capital of India? New Delhi Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Edward Lear Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? Haiti In which city is the European Parliament based? Strasbourg Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit? Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c
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Biao Yuen - IMDb IMDb 31 December 2016 3:54 PM, UTC NEWS Actor | Stunts | Miscellaneous Crew Yuen Biao is regarded as one of the most acrobatic martial artists ever. Unfortunately, he is still underrated and not as popular as other contemporaries such as Jackie Chan , Sammo Kam-Bo Hung , and Jet Li even though he is the most critically acclaimed out of all of them and the most talented as well. And now he is receiving a cult following due ... See full bio » Born: a list of 21 people created 16 Jan 2011 a list of 111 people created 02 Mar 2011 a list of 23 people created 11 Mar 2011 a list of 10 people created 02 Mar 2014 a list of 29 people created 28 Jun 2015 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Biao Yuen's work have you seen? User Polls 1 win & 4 nominations. See more awards » Known For 1998 Righteous Guards (TV Series) Sima Bu Ping 1988 Dragons Forever (stunts - uncredited) 1987 Eastern Condors (stunt coordinator) / (stunt performer - uncredited) 1986 Above the Law (stunt coordinator) / (stunt performer) 1986 Rosa (stunt coordinator) 1985 My Lucky Stars (stunt coordinator) 1984 Wheels on Meals (fencing double: José Sancho - uncredited) / (stunt double) 1981 The Prodigal Son (stunt coordinator) 1981 Game of Death II (assistant stunt coordinator) / (stunt double: Bruce Lee) / (stunt double: Tai Chung Kim) / (stunts) 1980 The Victim (martial arts and acrobatics double: Wilson Tong) / (stunts) 1980 The Young Master (martial arts and acrobatics double - uncredited) 1978 Drunken Master (additional stunt double: Jackie Chan - uncredited) 1978 Game of Death (stunt double: Bruce Lee - as Bill Yuen) 1976 Shao Lin men (stunt double) 1973 Enter the Dragon (stunt double: Bruce Lee - uncredited) / (stunts - uncredited) 1972 Hapkido (stunts - uncredited) 1983 Winners & Sinners (action choreographer) 1982 Ren xia ren (action choreographer - as Bill Yuen) / (double: martial arts and acrobatics) 1982 Tai fong siu sau (action director) / (double: martial arts and acrobatics) 1981 Game of Death II (assistant action director) / (double: martial arts and acrobatics) 1980 Spooky Encounters (action choreographer) / (double: martial arts and acrobatics) 1980 Two Toothless Tigers (action director) / (double: martial arts and acrobatics) 1980 The Victim (action choreographer) 1979 Odd Couple (assistant action director) / (double: martial arts and acrobatics) 1978 Lao hu tian ji (double: martial arts and acrobatics) 1978 Warriors Two (double: martial arts and acrobatics) 1978 Game of Death (action choreographer - uncredited) / (double: martial arts and acrobatics - uncredited) 1977 Snuff Bottle Connection (double: martial arts and acrobatics) / (martial arts choreographer) 1977 Death Duel (martial arts and acrobatic double)
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Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri
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Quote by Winston Churchill: “A sheep in sheep’s clothing. [on Clement Attlee]” “A sheep in sheep’s clothing. [on Clement Attlee]” Read more quotes from Winston Churchill Share this quote: Friends Who Liked This Quote To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!
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Winston Churchill: 1940, 1949 - Person of the Year: A Photo History - TIME Person of the Year: A Photo History AP Winston Churchill was named TIME's Man of the Year in 1940 and 1949 Said TIME in naming him its Man of the Year for 1940, "Winston Churchill is described as the 'savior of his country.' He best personified the kind of leadership Britain needed during World War II a larger-than-life figure who pronounced dreams of victory when all seemed lost. As an English statesman, author and prime minister, it would be his masterful speeches that dominate his legacy. Serving as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1939 to 1940, he offered all of himself in his words 'blood, toil, tears, and sweat.'" He rallied his countrymen in their resolve against the Nazis by saying, "For a thousand years, men will still say: 'This was their finest hour.' Researched by Joan Levinstein, the Time Inc. Research Center
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Timeline Of The Tet Offensive of the Vietnam War By Jennifer Rosenberg Updated October 20, 2015. Tet Offensive (1968): U.S. troops had been in Vietnam for three years before the Tet Offensive, and most of the fighting they had encountered were small skirmishes involving guerilla tactics. Although the U.S. had more aircraft, better weapons, and hundreds of thousands of trained soldiers, they were stuck in a stalemate against the Communist forces in North Vietnam and the guerilla forces in South Vietnam (known as the Viet Cong). The United States was discovering that traditional warfare tactics did not necessarily work well in the jungle against the guerilla warfare tactics they were facing. In early 1968, General Vo Nguyen Giap , the man in charge of North Vietnam's army, believed it was time for the North Vietnamese to make a major surprise attack on South Vietnam . After coordinating with the Viet Cong and moving troops and supplies into position, the Communists made a diversionary attack against the American base at Khe Sanh on January 21, 1968. continue reading below our video Overview of the Vietnam War On January 30, 1968, the real Tet Offensive began. Early in the morning, North Vietnamese troops and Viet Cong forces attacked both towns and cities in South Vietnam, breaking the ceasefire that had been called for the Vietnamese holiday of Tet (the lunar new year). The Communists attacked around 100 major cities and towns in South Vietnam. The size and ferocity of the attack surprised both the Americans and the South Vietnamese, but they fought back. The Communists, who had hoped for an uprising from the populous in support of their actions, met heavy resistance instead. In some towns and cities, the Communists were repelled quickly, within hours. In others, it took weeks of fighting. In Saigon, the Communists succeeded in occupying the U.S. embassy, once thought impregnable, for eight hours before they were overtaken by U.S. soldiers. It took about two weeks for U.S. troops and South Vietnamese forces to regain control of Saigon; it took them nearly a month to retake the city of Hue. In military terms, the United States was the victor of the Tet Offensive for the Communists did not succeed in maintaining control over any part of South Vietnam. The Communist forces also suffered very heavy losses (an estimated 45,000 killed). However, the Tet Offensive showed another side of the war to Americans, one which they did not like. The coordination, strength, and surprise instigated by the Communists led the U.S. to realize that their foe was much stronger than they had expected. Faced with an unhappy American public and depressing news from his military leaders, President Lyndon B. Johnson decided to end the escalation of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
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The History Place - Genocide in the 20th Century: Rwanda 1994 Beginning on April 6, 1994, and for the next hundred days, up to 800,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia using clubs and machetes, with as many as 10,000 killed each day. Rwanda is one of the smallest countries in Central Africa, with just 7 million people, and is comprised of two main ethnic groups, the Hutu and the Tutsi. Although the Hutus account for 90 percent of the population, in the past, the Tutsi minority was considered the aristocracy of Rwanda and dominated Hutu peasants for decades, especially while Rwanda was under Belgian colonial rule. Related Map Central Africa Following independence from Belgium in 1962, the Hutu majority seized power and reversed the roles, oppressing the Tutsis through systematic discrimination and acts of violence. As a result, over 200,000 Tutsis fled to neighboring countries and formed a rebel guerrilla army, the Rwandan Patriotic Front. In 1990, this rebel army invaded Rwanda and forced Hutu President Juvenal Habyalimana into signing an accord which mandated that the Hutus and Tutsis would share power. Ethnic tensions in Rwanda were significantly heightened in October 1993 upon the assassination of Melchior Ndadaye, the first popularly elected Hutu president of neighboring Burundi. A United Nations peacekeeping force of 2,500 multinational soldiers was then dispatched to Rwanda to preserve the fragile cease-fire between the Hutu government and the Tutsi rebels. Peace was threatened by Hutu extremists who were violently opposed to sharing any power with the Tutsis. Among these extremists were those who desired nothing less than the actual extermination of the Tutsis. It was later revealed they had even drawn up lists of prominent Tutsis and moderate Hutu politicians to kill, should the opportunity arise. In April 1994, amid ever-increasing prospects of violence, Rwandan President Habyalimana and Burundi's new President, Cyprien Ntaryamira, held several peace meetings with Tutsi rebels. On April 6, while returning from a meeting in Tanzania, a small jet carrying the two presidents was shot down by ground-fired missiles as it approached Rwanda's airport at Kigali. Immediately after their deaths, Rwanda plunged into political violence as Hutu extremists began targeting prominent opposition figures who were on their death-lists, including moderate Hutu politicians and Tutsi leaders. The killings then spread throughout the countryside as Hutu militia, armed with machetes, clubs, guns and grenades, began indiscriminately killing Tutsi civilians. All individuals in Rwanda carried identification cards specifying their ethnic background, a practice left over from colonial days. These 'tribal cards' now meant the difference between life and death. Amid the onslaught, the small U.N. peacekeeping force was overwhelmed as terrified Tutsi families and moderate politicians sought protection. Among the peacekeepers were ten soldiers from Belgium who were captured by the Hutus, tortured and murdered. As a result, the United States, France, Belgium, and Italy all began evacuating their own personnel from Rwanda. However, no effort was made to evacuate Tutsi civilians or Hutu moderates. Instead, they were left behind entirely at the mercy of the avenging Hutu. Back at U.N headquarters in New York, the killings were initially categorized as a breakdown in the cease-fire between the Tutsi and Hutu. Throughout the massacre, both the U.N. and the U.S. carefully refrained from labeling the killings as genocide, which would have necessitated some kind of emergency intervention. On April 21, the Red Cross estimated that hundreds of thousands of Tutsi had already been massacred since April 6 - an extraordinary rate of killing. The U.N. Security Council responded to the worsening crisis by voting unanimously to abandon Rwanda. The remainder of U.N. peacekeeping troops were pulled out, leaving behind a only tiny force of about 200 soldiers for the entire country. The Hutu, now without opposition from the world community, engaged in genocidal mani
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French Accents - Diacritical Marks Used in French French Accents Do accents in French really mean anything? Tom Merton/Caiaimage/Getty Images By Laura K. Lawless Updated October 02, 2016. There are four French accents for vowels and one accent for a consonant. For specific information on what the accents do to change the pronunciation of the letters they modify, please see the appropriate letter pages. The accent aigu ´ (acute accent) can only be on an E . At the beginning of a word, it often indicates that an S used to follow that vowel, e.g., étudiant (student). The accent grave ` (grave accent) can be found on an A , E , or U . On the A and U, it usually serves to distinguish between words that would otherwise be homographs ; e.g., ou (or) vs où (where). The accent circonflexe ˆ (circumflex) can be on an A , E , I , O , or U . The circumflex usually indicates that an S used to follow that vowel, e.g., forêt (forest). It also serves to distinguish between homographs; e.g., du ( contraction of de + le) vs dû ( past participle of devoir). The accent tréma ¨ (dieresis or umlaut) can be on an E , I , or U . It is used when two vowels are next to each other and both must be pronounced, e.g., naïve, Saül. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World The cédille ¸ (cedilla) is found only on the letter C . It changes a hard C sound (like K) into a soft C sound (like S), e.g., garçon. The cedilla is never placed in front of E or I, because C always sounds like an S in front of these vowels. It is essential to put accents in their proper places - an incorrect or missing accent is a spelling mistake just as an incorrect or missing letter would be. The only exception to this is capital letters, which are often left unaccented - learn more .
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Index-a Don't Forget To Hit <ESC> before going to a different page. Let's play a game of 30 questions. No, not that old standard of 20 questions, but one with an extra 10 questions added in and one that uses numeric answers (from 1 to 30). If you get stumped, go on to the next one. Perhaps the answer you need will be one of those left over when you complete all the questions you're sure of. Each answer is a number. The answers are the numbers 1-30. Each number appears only once. (Obviously) the questions are not in the right order.. 1. Aside from an extra 385 yards, how many miles is a marathon race? 2. If 27 solid cubes are formed into one big 3x3x3 cube how many individual cubes, at most, are visible from any single angle? 3. In the movie Spinal Tap what number is: "Well, it is one louder.."? 4. 'Via Dolorosa' is the (how many) Stations of the Cross, the Christian ritual tracing the key stages of the death of Jesus, beginning with his condemnation and ending with his being laid in the tomb? 5. How many dots are on a (standard 1-6) die? 6. The Russian 'Crimea Highway' trunk road from Moscow to the Crimea in Ukraine is the M (what)? 7. What number, between two hyphens, is used by journalists, etc., to mark the end of a newspaper or broadcast story? 8. How many unique dominoes are in a standard 'double six' set? 9. What number turned on its side (rotated 90 degrees) is the symbol for infinity? 10. The Marvel Comics superhero team led by Mr Fantastic was the Fanstastic (what)? 11. What is the larger number of the binary system? 12. Japanese haiku poems loosely comprise how many syllables? 13. The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are respectively (what number)-and-half degrees north and south of the Equator? 14. What number is Hurricane on the Beaufort Scale? 15. Greek deka, and Latin decem, are what number? 16. Conventionally how many books are in the Bible's New Testament? 17. How many legs (or arms) are most usually on a starfish? 18. A lunar month is an average (how many) days plus 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds? 19. 'Roaring' refers to what pluralised number in describing a 1900s decade of western world prosperity? 20. Traditionally what number of years anniversary is symbolized by silver? 21. What is generally stated to be the number of major joints in the human body? 22. What number is the French coded slang 'vingt-deux!', which warns that police are coming? 23. What is the only number that equals twice the sum of its digits (digit means numerical symbol)? 24. The early/mid-1900s American vaudeville comedy act was called the (how many) Stooges? 25. Any line of three numbers in the 'magic square' (a 3 x 3 grid of the numbers 1-9) adds up to what? 26. What is the international SPI resin/polymer identification coding system number (typically shown within a recycling triangle symbol) for polystyrene? 27. Traditionally the diameter of the 45rpm gramophone record is (how many) inches? 28. Pure gold is (how many)-carat? 29. The expression 'On cloud (what)' refers to being blissfully happy? 30. Each player begins with (how many) pieces in a game of chess? Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan (born 13 May 1950) is a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. Kirwan's first recorded work with the band was on the huge instrumental hit single "Albatross". Green later stated that, "I would never have done "Albatross" if it wasn't for Danny. I would never have had a number one hit record." The B-side of the single was Kirwan's first published tune, the instrumental "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues". This was an old clarinet piece, written by Joe Venuti and Adrian Rollini, and recorded by the Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang Blue Five in 1933. Kirwan had adapted the piece for himself and Green to play on
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The Story of the Beatles' First Apple Release, 'Revolution' Subscribe to Ultimate Classic Rock on On Aug. 26, 1968, the Beatles launched their Apple Records label with their new single, John Lennon ‘s politically minded “Revolution.” The song was recorded twice, first as a slow blues – called “Revolution 1″ and released on The Beatles – and then as a searing rocker. This doesn’t include the experimental “Revolution 9,” which bears no major relation to either version, other than in name, but was built from the last six minutes of the final take of “Revolution 1.” Even though they had stayed away from making political statements throughout their career, Lennon wanted to release “Revolution 1″ as a single. But the other members of the band felt it lacked power and recorded a new version on July 10, with Nicky Hopkins overdubbing electric piano, including a solo, the next day. The song’s distinctive opening buzz-saw guitar lick – played by Lennon and George Harrison simultaneously – was achieved by overloading the signal through pre-amps and directly injecting it into the console. Even for the Beatles, this was not allowed at the still-somewhat conservative Abbey Road Studios. Fortunately, nobody found out about it. There was one other main difference between the two versions. Just before the first chorus of “Revolution 1,” Lennon sings, “But when you talk about destruction / Don’t you know that you can me out…in” due to his mixed feelings on the subject. On the single, he only sings “out.” The song came out in the U.S. on Aug. 26, 1968, and in the U.K. four days later. And if you needed any more proof of the Beatles’ greatness, “Revolution,” which would have been a career highlight for thousands of bands, was relegated to the B-side. The A-side was “ Hey Jude ,” which stayed at No. 1 in the U.S. for nine weeks, a then-record. The Top 100 Rock Albums of the ’60s Image of
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'Abbey Road' vs. 'Let It Be': Which Was the Beatles' Last Album? - Rolling Stone The 100 Greatest Beatles Songs It's a grey area what counts as a Beatles album and what's merely a Beatles project. (In the 1970s, fans argued over whether Hey Jude and Hollywood Bowl were official Beatles albums. Nobody argues about that anymore.) Capitol, for obvious reasons, would probably like to err on the side of counting projects as albums, although they still show heroic restraint and taste when it comes to respecting the core canon. (Like, they count Magical Mystery Tour as an official album, but they know better than to make claims for The Beatles' Reel Music.) Anyone would have to agree Let It Be is in the grey area, but from my fan perspective, it's on the Hey Jude side of the line, along with Yellow Submarine. If you want to claim the Beatles made 11 studio albums, I can see that, and if you want to claim the Beatles made 13 studio albums, counting Let It Be and Yellow Submarine, I can see that too. I can even see stretching it to 14 with Hey Jude. (That one was a Capitol hodgepodge from early 1970.) Magical Mystery Tour is in the grey area – the Beatles released it as a 6-song U.K. EP, but it got padded into a U.S.-only 1967 album, so it's about as legit as Hey Jude. But it's been a long time since I've heard anyone try to read it out of the canon, and it's a case where sheer quality makes a difference. (Not even a strict-constructionist hardliner would claim the EP is better because it leaves out "Strawberry Fields Forever.") If someone tried to argue the Beatles only made 10 albums, because Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine and Let It Be are mere footnotes, I would basically assume they were an idiot, regardless of whether or not it's a valid point. (All idiots have a valid point, right? Not having a valid point doesn't make you an "idiot," just a "rock critic.") So let's put it this way. Let It Be is the final Beatles album, not Abbey Road. . . but only if it's a Beatles album. Can you argue that Let It Be is a Beatles album, yet not the Beatles' final album? No, not really, because it includes a tiny amount of music they made in 1970. So here's my reluctant conclusion, at least as of today. I like Abbey Road better. Sentimentally, for me, it's the one I think of as the end. However, unfortunately, Let It Be is the last Beatles album. I would love it if you could change my mind about that. Don’t Miss a Story Sign up for our newsletter to receive breaking news directly in your inbox. We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy How we use your email address Trending Ranked on a scale from 1 to 10, the trending score reflects the number of users reading a story in real time. What is this?
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Jesse OWENS - Olympic Athletics | United States of America Jesse OWENS Jesse Owens became a sporting legend for his achievements at the 1936 Berlin Games. Sporting history In 1935, Jesse Owens made sporting history when he broke five world records and equalled a sixth in the space of 45 minutes. One of these world records, 8.13m in the long jump, would last for 25 years. Berlin 1936 At the 1936 Berlin Games, Owens won four gold medals, in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and the long jump. He managed to break or equal nine Olympic records and also set three world records. One of those world records was in the 4x100m relay. The quartet set a time that wouldn’t be bettered for 20 years. Defying Hitler Adolf Hitler hoped that the 1936 Berlin Games would prove his theory of Aryan racial superiority. Instead, Owens’ achievements led the people of Berlin to hail him, an African-American, as a hero. Posthumous honours Jesse Owens died of lung cancer in 1980. Since then a street and a school have been named after him in Berlin, two US postage stamps have been issued in his honour, and a memorial park has been opened in Alabama, amongst other tributes.
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1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? 3. Will Young has been invited to take part in which panel show after saying he is a fan? 4. Nasty Nick Cotton is to return to which TV soap? 5. Which author earns £3m a week in royalties, it was revealed this week? 6. Which band release the album Dig Out Your Soul on Monday? 7. In which year was a World Cup final first decided on penalties? 8. What is the tallest and thickest kind of grass? 9. Which TV cast had a hit with Hi-Fidelity? 10. What nationality was the composer Handel? 11. What is most expensive property in the board game Monopoly? 12. Which Scandinavian group had a top 20 hit in 1993 called Dark Is The Night? 13. In which century was King Henry IV of England born? 14. Who directed the film Alien? 15. Who was the only person to win a medal for Ireland at the Sydney Olympics in 2000? 16. What did Nicholas Copernicus argue was at the centre of our universe, and what was the common belief before then? 17. Which three American states begin with the letter O? 18. In what year did Ruth Ellis become the last woman to be hanged in England? 19. Who was the first British monarch to choose Buckingham Palace as their home? 20. How many Jack’s eyes are visible in a standard pack of playing cards? 21. What is Britain’s largest lake? 22. Cameroon gained its independence from which European country in 1960? 23. Who had a number one in 1960 called Only The Lonely? 24. The 1964 film My Fair Lady was based on a play by whom? 25. Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novels Agnes Gray and The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall? 26. Which American president once famously proclaimed: “Ich bin ein Berliner”? 27. Which element has the chemical symbol Pb? 28. What was the name of the murder victim at the beginning of the TV series Twin Peaks? 29. Who directed the 2001 film Mulholland Drive? 30. In horse racing, which three racecourses stage the five English classics? ANSWERS: 1. Rick Astley; 2. Othello; 3. Question Time; 4. Eastenders; 5. JK Rowling; 6. Oasis; 7. 1994; 8. Bamboo; 9. The Kids From Fame; 10. German; 11. Mayfair; 12. A-Ha; 13. 14th; 14. Ridley Scott; 15. Sonia O’Sullivan; 16. The Sun. Before then people believed it was the Earth; 17. Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon; 18. 1955; 19. Queen Victoria; 20. 12; 21. Loch Lomond; 22. France; 23. Roy Orbison; 24. George Bernard Shaw; 25. Anne; 26. John F. Kennedy; 27. Lead; 28. Laura Palmer; 29. David Lynch; 30. Doncaster, Epsom, Newmarket Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
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Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta is subtitled Bunthorne’s Bride?
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Paul F. Zweifel Paul F. Zweifel PROGRAM NOTES FOR GILBERT AND SULLIVAN SHOW Opera Roanoke, April 26, 1998 This afternoon we are presenting excerpts from two of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular operettas, Patience and H.M.S. Pinafore. In the first of these, Patience, the village milkmaid, is loved by the poet Reginald Bunthorne, who is in turn loved by twenty lovesick maidens. The maidens are, however, loved by the members of the 35th Dragoon Guards, led by Col. Calverly. Eventually everybody finds a mate except for Bunthorne (which is rather strange since the subtitle of the operetta is Bunthornes's Bride). Patience actually contains more direct contemporary satire than any other of the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Its target was the aesthetic movement which flourished in Britain between 1870 and the mid-1880's, and introduced the new religion of beauty as a reaction against the ugliness of the Victorian age. The principal male cast members are parodies of Victorian poets. Reginald Bunthorne, the Fleshly Poet, is a thinly-disguised portrait of Oscar Wilde, while it is believed that Archibald Grosvenor, the Idyllic Poet, represents Algernon Swineburne. Certainly, the aesthetic movement was more affected than most, and lent itself naturally to ridicule and satire. In 1878, Oscar Wilde, who personified more than any other person the excesses of aestheticism, arrived in London from Oxford, clutching his sacred lily, waxing enthusiastic about blue and white china and the paintings of the pre-Raphaelites and describing Henry Irving's legs as "distinctly precious." Shortly after, Wilde made a lecture tour of the United States, always walking to the podium dressed in aesthetic, velvety clothes and clutching a lily in his hand. This tour, of course, was promoted by Rupert D'Oyly Carte, the Gilbert and Sullivan impresario, as a promotion for the operetta's upcoming tour in the U.S. Gilbert's original sketch for Patience involved two curates (assistant pastors of the Church of England); this sketch actually was published as a Bab Ballad entitled "The Rival Curates." Being persuaded that this subject matter might be considered offensive by the Victorian public, Gilbert changed the protagonists to poets. A vestige of the original version remains in the first act finale, when Bunthorne proposes to raffle himself off "in aid of a deserving charity." Patience had its premiere on April 23, 1881, and was an instant success. Among the eight numbers which were encored that night were the lovely madrigal "I hear the soft note;" the duet "Prithee pretty maiden;" and other numbers which are on this afternoon's agenda. H.M.S. Pinafore or The Lass that Loved a Sailor has a plot more akin to that of the typical Italian Opera. The soprano, Josephine (Captain Corcoran's daughter) and the tenor, Ralph Rackstraw (a sailor on the Captain's ship) are in love and want to get married. Three baritones--the Captain, Sir Joseph (the Ruler of the Queens Navee) and the hideously ugly sailor Dick Deadeye--do their worst to prevent the match. But omnia vincit amor, with a little help from the bumboat woman, Little Buttercup. H.M.S. Pinafore was Gilbert and Sullivan's fourth opera, and their first great success. It opened on May 25, 1878, and ran for a total of 571 performances. Early on in its run , it seemed that Pinafore might be a flop. But Sullivan conducted some of the music at the summer promenade concerts at the Royal Opera House, whereupon the public took to Pinafore's tuneful melodies and immediately started coming to hear it at the Opera Comique. The character of Sir Joseph Porter was drawn from W.H. Smith, First Lord of the Admiralty in Disraeli's government. Smith had been appointed to his Admiralty post with no previous naval experience whatsoever. Ever thereafter he was, to his great discomfiture, universally known as "Pinafore Smith." "When I was a lad" was even played by a Royal Marine band when Smith went down to launch a ship at Devonport, even though the Port Admiral had given strict orders that no music from Pinafore was to be perf
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William Walton : Troilus and Cressida by Len Mullenger William Walton : Troilus and Cressida 'This unfortunate opera' by Len Mullenger In the autumn of 1954, Sir Malcolm Sargent could have been seen on a flight to Tokyo with his head buried in the new score of Walton's 'Troilus and Cressida' - prompting one of Beecham's remarks: "Ah, Flash in Japan". Although only a rehearsal score, there were already supplementary sheets containing 170 corrections. Almost ten years earlier Ralph Hawkes, of Boosey and Hawkes, persuaded the Arts Council to help him re-open the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, and Constant Lambert had proposed that William Walton should sit on the advisory committee. They decided that British opera should no longer suffer the neglect it had and that composers should be allowed an advance on royalties to assist them in completion of their projects. In 1947, the BBC commissioned Walton to write an opera. Peter Grimes had been very successful in 1945 and this decided Walton to try to emulate it. The BBC suggested Christopher Hassall as librettist and it was agreed with Alice Wimborne, who was Walton's patron (and mistress), that Troilus and Cressida (mainly after Chaucer) met their requirements. It took Walton six years to write the opera and he claimed he would never write another - "too many words"! One of the reasons for the protracted gestation was the death of Alice Wimborne in April 1948; the other was the need to write the score for Olivier's Hamlet. Walton only really got down to writing Troilus after he had married, and moved to Ischia. It became clear that what was being written was a major score - beyond the scope of a BBC commission and it was decided to perform it at Covent Garden, conducted by Sargent. However work was interrupted again by the Coronation and the score was finally delivered in 1954 bearing a dedication to Walton's new wife. It had been originally planned that Olivier would produce the opera with the scenery painted by Henry Moore who had also been invited to do the Covent Garden Ring cycle, but in 1952 Moore withdrew and it was then proposed that Constant Lambert's widow, Isabel, would design the set. Laurence Olivier preferred Roger Furse who had worked with him on stage productions and the films Henry V and Hamlet. Then Olivier resigned, so eventually George Devine was appointed with Sir Hugh Casson as the designer. This was just the start of the problems that have beset this unfortunate opera. Walton wrote the part of Cressida for Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, who did indeed record extracts from it in 1955 (currently available on EMI mid-price CDM7 64199-2). When asked to open with the opera she demurred pleading another engagement, although Neil Tierney, in his biography of Walton, quotes Walter Legge as saying that she disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida. Covent Garden suggested the Hungarian soprano, Magda Laszio; Walton agreed that she had the looks but she could not speak any English. She was expected to learn the part parrot-fashion and to sing without a trace of a foreign accent. If you listen to the Schwarzkopf recording you can hear how impossible that was going to be. In the event, her English was so poor that she had to be coached by Susana Walton, who was herself Argentinian! Opposite her Peter Pears played Pandarus. The producer was George Devine and the designer Hugh Casson. It became known that the opera was to be a sumptuous affair, very romantic in style and destined to become very popular. Sargent proved a problem. He was a rather vain and self-opinionated conductor. He had not conducted an opera at Covent Garden since 1936 - nor anywhere else except for Gilbert and Sullivan. The singers complained that he often left them without support when they were unaccompanied to which he responded that since there was no orchestral part it was not necessary for him to conduct. He constantly questioned Walton's scoring, which did not endear him to the composer and a further diffic
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The Tragedy of Sarah Palin - The Atlantic The Atlantic See our Newsletters > The Tragedy of Sarah Palin From the moment Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech electrified the Republican convention, she was seen as an unbending, hard-charging, red-meat ideologue—to which soon was added “thin-skinned” and “vindictive.” But a look at what Palin did while in office in Alaska—the only record she has—shows a very different politician: one who worked with Democrats to tame Big Oil and solve the great problem at the heart of the state’s politics. That Sarah Palin might have set the nation on a different course. What went wrong? Most Popular Print Text Size It’s hard to escape Sarah Palin. On Facebook and Twitter, cable news and reality television, she is a constant object of dispute, the target or instigator of some distressingly large proportion of the political discourse. If she runs for president—well, brace yourself! But there is one place where a kind of collective resolve has been able to push her aside, make her a less suffocating presence than almost everywhere else: Alaska. During a week spent traveling there recently, I learned that Palin occupies a place in the minds of most Alaskans roughly like that of an ex-spouse from a stormy marriage: she’s a distant bad memory, and questions about her seem vaguely unwelcome. Visitors to Juneau, the capital and a haven for cruise-ship tourism, are hard-pressed to find signs of the state’s most famous citizen—no “Mama Grizzly” memorabilia or T-shirts bearing her spunky slogans. Although the town was buzzing with politics because the legislature was in session, talk of Palin mainly revolved around a rumored Democratic poll showing her to be less popular in Alaska right now than Barack Obama. The only tangible evidence I saw was her official portrait in the capitol and a small sign in the window of a seedy-looking gift shop advertising “Sarah Palin toilet paper.” Alaska has moved on. So has Palin. Two years after abruptly resigning the governorship, she is a national figure, touring the country to promote her books; speaking out whenever moved to on important issues of the day; and serving, mainly through Fox News, as the guardian-enforcer of a particularly martial brand of conservatism. Though she still lives in Alaska, she has all but withdrawn from its public life, appearing only seldom and then usually to film her reality-television show, Sarah Palin’s Alaska. But if she decides to run for the White House—and she’ll have to make up her mind soon—all of that will change. As much as Alaska might like to forget Sarah Palin, and she it, her record there, especially as governor, will take on new salience. Palin entered the national consciousness more suddenly than most high-level politicians do, and she did it in the intense final stretch of a presidential campaign, which had a kiln-like effect of hardening the initial impression—depending on your point of view, of the provincial half-wit portrayed by Tina Fey or the plain-sense Mama Grizzly proudly leading her army of culture warriors. In modern politics, your “brand,” once established, is almost impossible to change. Only a handful of politicians have changed theirs (Hillary Clinton is one), and then only through tireless perseverance. Palin has shown little inclination to revise or deepen these impressions—she didn’t respond to my requests to discuss her record—and she hasn’t designated anyone else to do it for her. (Mama Grizzlies claw; they don’t contextualize.) But over the past few months, Palin has begun fortifying her profile by visiting foreign countries and delivering speeches that extol her record as governor, especially on energy, as she did in March to an audience of international business leaders in India. Energy was supposed to be her big issue in the 2008 presidential campaign, but it was overshadowed by her missteps. She seems to be reintroducing herself. And there’s plenty she could reintroduce—much more than the public, which long ago made up its mind about Palin, has any idea she actually achieved. For all the attentio
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Palin resignation dooms presidential pipe dream - NY Daily News Alaska's governor Sarah Palin to resign, dooming her presidential pipe dream Palin resignation dooms presidential pipe dream DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF Saturday, July 4, 2009, 4:41 PM Sarah Palin announces that she is resigning as Governor of Alaska. Some Republican insiders say this dooms any hopes of a presidential bid. (DeBerry, Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman/AP) DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU CHIEF Saturday, July 4, 2009, 4:41 PM What do you think of Sarah Palin 's sudden resignation? Click here and share your thoughts. WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin's bizarre bailout dooms her chances of ever being President, Republican mandarins said Friday - but she was already finished. The Alaska governor's disastrous star turn as John McCain 's running mate, followed by her lurching, controversial encore on the national scene, had already sealed her fate - except, perhaps, with the GOP 's most far-right wing. Still, the experts were unanimously stunned to hear her walk off the job with 16 months left in her term - shrinking her résumé even more and surrendering the best platform she has beyond her double-edged celebrity status. "If you aspire to the highest office in the land, then suddenly think your lieutenant governor can do a better job - not exactly a profile in courage," one party pro told the Daily News. Few GOP insiders were surprised Palin decided against running for reelection. The Alaska statehouse is too isolated a locale for any politician aspiring to high national office, they said. "You need to be in the Lower 48 to be credible politically," a senior adviser to several Republican Presidents noted. But quitting mid-term with a rambling rant is not the way to get there. "She proved she couldn't play in the big leagues last fall and now she's proven it again," one of the party's most prominent kingmakers said. "If you can't even handle a governorship, there's no way you can handle the White House . "She couldn't win - but now she can't even run," added the official, who once was among her most fervent boosters. "She has an incredibly thin résumé, a serious lack of gravitas, no coherent philosophy and the people around her are amateurs," another top Republican pol argued. "She's finished."
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Amazon.com: The Diamond Brothers in The Falcon's Malteser eBook: Anthony Horowitz: Kindle Store A Kid's Review on March 16, 2005 Format: Paperback Dear Reader, The Falcon's Maltesers is a really good book. If you like books on mystery you must read this book. The two main characters are Tim, and Nick. They are both brothers. The funny thing about it is that they are both little boys. Nick is the youngest, and the brains of the operation. Tim is the oldest, and the dumb one. This mystery keep wanting to know whats so important of a candy called Maltesers That makes every criminal in Italy after them.The more you read the more you want to know whats so important about the Maltesers.You'll be asking for more Your head will be exploding from all the action. So if you want a book to read, you should read, The falcon's Maltesers.This book is "action packed while mysterious". " This book is also funny". From, Taco
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The Battle of Naseby took place in which English county?
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Battlefield Britain - Routing The Royals: The Battle of Naseby | Culture24 Battlefield Britain - Routing The Royals: The Battle of Naseby By Corinne Field | Updated: 27 February 2011 Tags: Trail Archived article The BBC series Battlefield Britain spanned 2000 years and told the story of eight key battles fought on and over British soil. See the spoils of war and discover the story behind these violent clashes at a museum or historic site with Culture24's Battlefield Britain trails. A 17th century painting of the Battle of Naseby by an anonymous artist. Photograph courtesy Leicestershire County Council. See below for full caption. The Battle of Naseby Nearly 350 years ago, on June 14, 1645, a battle was fought that would decide the outcome of the English Civil War and ultimately change the way England was ruled. The Battle of Naseby was a victory for Parliament against the King. The Civil War had been raging for almost three years; ever since Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham in August 1642. King Charles I by Daniel Mytens © National Portrait Gallery, London In those three years many set piece battles had been fought. At Edgehill the Royalists were victorious and at Marston Moor, the Parliamentarians carried the day but there was still no decisive overall outcome in the wars. At Naseby all that changed. "It was the battle that decided the war. It destroyed Charles’ main field army and many of his infantry officers were captured - it took the royalist force to pieces," said Glenn Foard, project officer of the Battlefields Trust and author of Naseby, the Decisive Campaign. The field of Naseby today. The site of King Charles' decisive defeat of the Civil War in 1645 © BBC The battle took place in a hilly area between Naseby, Northamptonshire, today a small village of about 500 inhabitants, and Market Harborough. The battlefield appears on English Heritage’s Register of Historic Battlefields and is best approached via Sibbertoft Road. Here you will find a monument, erected in 1936 by Mr C. H. Reich, an ardent Cromwellian and student of the period, at the spot which he thought marked the start of Oliver Cromwell’s cavalry charge. According to Northamptonshire County Council, responsible for the Naseby Monument, it in fact stands at the right hand flank of the Parliamentary infantry. Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron. Unknown artist © National Portrait Gallery, London There is another monument called the Naseby Obelisk built on an old windmill mound about a mile from the battlefield. This was erected as a memorial to the Battle of Naseby in 1823. Both monuments have an interpretation panel giving visitors information about the conflict and its consequences. At Naseby the Parliamentarians were commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and, in charge of the cavalry, the newly appointed Lieutenant General of Horse, Oliver Cromwell. Charles I himself commanded the Royalist forces alongside his nephew and Lieutenant-General of his armies, Prince Rupert. Parliamentarian pikemen and musketeers await the Royal charge at Naseby in a BBC reconstruction. © BBC The National Portrait Gallery has portraits of all the main protagonists on show as part of their Civil War and Charles I display in Room 5. The Battle of Naseby marks the first outing of Cromwell’s New Model Army (NMA), an attempt by Parliament to put under one command all their previous field armies. What was different about the New Model Army was that it put proven ability and commitment first - meaning that anyone could move up the ranks regardless of social status. It was the first truly professional English army and today’s army traces its origins back to Cromwell’s NMA, according to Glenn Foard. Prince Rupert, Count Palatine. Attributed to Gerrit van Honthorst © National Portrait Gallery, London Charles, Rupert and the Royalist army arrived in Market Harborough in June 1645. Fairfax’s Roundheads were not far behind. Harborough Museum has on show a late 17th century painting of the battle on loan from Daventry District Council alongside three swords reputed to be fr
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BBC News | UK POLITICS | Five new cities creates row Thursday, 14 March, 2002, 16:56 GMT Five new cities creates row Preston is the historic centre of Lancashire Five towns have been given city status as part of the celebrations to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee. Preston in north west England, Newport in Wales, Stirling in Scotland, and Northern Ireland's Lisburn and Newry beat off competition from 37 other towns to win the much sought-after title. But a Conservative MP for one of the towns that lost out accused ministers of a "political fix" over the choice of new cities. These honours are sparingly bestowed as a mark of special distinction and the accolades were richly deserved by the winners Lord Chancellor In the Jubilee announcement, the City of Exeter was also granted permission to call its first citizen Lord Mayor. Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, who made the announcement, said: "It was an extremely difficult competition to judge because all the towns in their own ways were exceptional. "They all demonstrated a very positive attitude to Her Majesty's Jubilee." Hotly-contested He added: "These honours are sparingly bestowed as a mark of special distinction and the accolades were richly deserved by the winners." One town from each of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland had been expected to win city status as part of the celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. Entries came from 26 towns in England, six in Wales, four in Scotland and six in Northern Ireland. But two were chosen from Northern Ireland after the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Lord Chancellor and the Queen agreed to make a special exception on this occasion. City status winners: Lisburn, Northern Ireland Newry, Northern Ireland Simon Burns, Tory MP for Chelmsford, which failed to win city status, suggested it was no coincidence that all the successful mainland towns had Labour MPs. The same thing had happened when the last batch of new cities were created in 2000. Mr Burns said: "I am saddened by the fact that it would seem to me that the government has reduced this to a political fix... "Cynical observers could understand in December 2000, within months of a general election, they would pick towns that had marginal Labour constituencies in them. "But with a general election probably at least three years away, one would have thought that in 2002 they could have been a little more generous." Councils working on their applications were told three main factors would be taken into account: notable features, including regional or national significance, historical and Royal features and a "forward-looking attitude". Lord Irvine said the Queen made her decision after taking advice from ministers. Noble challenge City status carries no special powers for the winners but it is deemed such an honour that only 17 were made during the 20th century. Brighton and Hove, Inverness and Wolverhampton were the last towns to be granted city status when the award was made to mark the Millennium. A total of 17 cities entered the separate competition to be made a Lord Mayoralty. The award, which allows Exeter to call its mayor Lord Mayor, was last awarded in 1992, when Chester was honoured to mark the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession. Entrants were told a key factor was whether the city had a character and dignity of its own. And the losers ... English towns pipped at the post for city status were: Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool, Bolton, Chelmsford, Colchester, Croydon, Doncaster, Dover, Greenwich, Guildford, Ipswich, Luton, Maidstone, Medway, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Reading, Shrewsbury and Atcham, Southend-on-Sea, Stockport, Swindon, Telford, Warrington and Wirral. Welsh towns that missed out were: Aberystwyth, Machynlleth, Newtown, St Asaph and Wrexham. Ayr, Dumfries and Paisley were over-looked in Scotland, while Ballymena, Carrickfergus, Coleraine and Craigavon were the unlucky Irish entrants. Bath, Cambridge, Carlisle, Chichester, Derby, Gloucester, Lancaster, Lincoln,
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Three African countries have a shoreline on Lake Malawi - Tanzania, Malawi and which other?
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Tanzania: Malawi-Tanzania Border Dispute an Eye-Sore in 2013 - allAfrica.com Tanzania: Malawi-Tanzania Border Dispute an Eye-Sore in 2013 Local communities bordering Lake Nyasa on the Malawi, Tanzania border. column By Mangengesa Mdimi WHETHER we like it or not, we will soon, much sooner, in fact, pay our last respect to this odd thing called 2013. To be frank, it has done more physical and mental harm than good to us mortals; for it cut short the life of the son of Africa, a freedom fighter, a winner and a true democrat who drew inspiration from almost all reputable leaders in the world, Nelson Mandela. This 2013 monster did a lot of other social and financial damage to many a people in this country although it helped a few others like us to continue contributing to the survival of our families and very recently, it disgraced some high profile people leaving their families celebrating Christmas in sour moods. On a larger scale, it was during the reign of this 2013 bully that our country nearly went to war with our neighbours in the south west. Actually, the 2013 guy simply opened up old wounds of a border dispute between Tanzania and Malawi because the dispute had briefly gone to sleep. It is a long standing on and off issue. It is important to note that all the time, as it is this time, it is Malawi who are the provocateurs. Malawi has always claimed that the whole lake belongs to them, claims which are baseless much as they are outrageous as all world maps and the fact on the ground shows that the lake transcends the common border and each country has got an equal right to it. First to make such outrageous claim was Malawi's first president, Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda, who repeatedly in the 1960s and 1970s claimed 'full ownership' of the lake and at some stage even deployed military boats to patrol its waters' expanse, which was a pure act of provocation against Tanzania. Kamuzu Banda did not in fact stop at the shores of the lake, but even claimed the border was about 40 kilometres beyond the lake shore inside Tanzania, saying that parts of Mbinga, Ludewa and Kyela districts belonged to Malawi. The claims fizzled out after Tanzania had deployed military units along the lake. The fact, as we all know it and as the world knows it, is that Lake Nyasa, one of the largest lakes in the Great African Rift Valley area, is bordered by three African countries of Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. It is the third largest lake in Africa after Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika. It even gave Malawi its pre-independence era name, Nyasaland. Located in the southwest of Tanzania, the lake is spread over an area of 11,400 square kilometres. The depth of the lake also reaches to 700 metres in certain places. Lake Nyasa has some special features, which make the lake very attractive. Fourteen rivers flow into this large lake, but only River Shire flows out from Lake Nyasa to the sea. The source of the border dispute between the two nations has nothing to do with Malawi or Tanzania. It is purely one of those colonialists-made disputes. Malawi's argument is based on an agreement of 1890 between former colonial powers that stipulates the border between the two countries as lying along the Tanzanian shore of the lake. On the other hand, Tanzania's argument is based on the 1982 UN Convention on Law of the Sea that stipulates that in case nations are bordered by a water body (sea or lake), the border of the two nations will always be on the middle of the water body. In perspective, Lake Malawi (Lake Nyasa or Lago Niassa in Mozambique), is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. The third largest and second deepest lake in Africa, it is also the ninth largest in the world. It is reportedly the habitat of more species of fish than any other body of freshwater, including more than 1000 species of cichlids and was officially declared a reserve by the Government of Mozambique on June 10, 2011. Lake Malawi is a Meromictic lake; permanent stratification and the oxic
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Nyassaland - definition of Nyassaland by The Free Dictionary Nyassaland - definition of Nyassaland by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Nyassaland Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Malawi Ma·la·wi (mə-lä′wē) A country of southeast Africa. Center of the widespread Malawi kingdom from the 1400s to the late 1700s, the region became a British protectorate in 1891 and was known as Nyasaland from 1907 until 1964. It joined Northern and Southern Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe) in a federation from 1953 to 1963 and became independent as Malawi in 1964. Lilongwe is the capital and Blantyre the largest city. Ma·la′wi·an adj. & n. Malawi (məˈlɑːwɪ) n 1. (Placename) a republic in E central Africa: established as a British protectorate in 1891; became independent in 1964 and a republic, within the Commonwealth, in 1966; lies along the Great Rift Valley, with Lake Nyasa (Malawi) along the E border, the Nyika Plateau in the northwest, and the Shire (or Shiré) Highlands in the southeast. Official language: Chichewa; English and various other Bantu languages are also widely spoken. Religion: Christian majority, Muslim, and animist minorities. Currency: kwacha. Capital: Lilongwe. Pop: 16 777 547 (2013 est). Area: 118 484 sq km (45 747 sq miles). Former name: Nyasaland 2. (Placename) Lake Malawi the Malawi name for (Lake) Nyasa Ma•la•wi (məˈlɑ wi) n., pl. -wis, (esp. collectively) -wi. 1. Formerly, Nyasaland. a republic in SE Africa, on Lake Malawi: formerly a British protectorate; became an independent member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1964; a republic since 1966. 10,000,416; 45,747 sq. mi. (118,484 sq. km).Cap.: Lilongwe. 2. Lake. Formerly, Nyasa. a lake in SE Africa, between Malawi, Tanzania, and Mozambique. 11,000 sq. mi. (28,500 sq. km). Ma•la′wi•an, adj., n. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Blantyre - city in southern Malawi; largest city and commercial center of Malawi capital of Malawi , Lilongwe - the capital of Malawi; located in south central Malawi Zomba - a city in southern Malawi; was the capital until 1971 Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean Lake Malawi , Lake Nyasa - a long lake in southeastern Africa between Tanzania, Mozambique, and Malawi Cewa , Chewa , Chichewa - a member of the Bantu-speaking people of Malawi and eastern Zambia and northern Zimbabwe Malawian - a native or inhabitant of Malawi Translations
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Mau Mau Uprising - definition of Mau Mau Uprising by The Free Dictionary Mau Mau Uprising - definition of Mau Mau Uprising by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Mau+Mau+Uprising Also found in: Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Mau Mau (ˈmaʊ ˌmaʊ) n, pl Mau Maus or Mau Mau 1. (Historical Terms) a secret political society consisting chiefly of Kikuyu tribesmen that was founded in 1952 to drive European settlers from Kenya by acts of terrorism 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a secret political society consisting chiefly of Kikuyu tribesmen that was founded in 1952 to drive European settlers from Kenya by acts of terrorism 3. slang E African a Ugandan motorcycle policeman who directs traffic Mau Mau A Kenyan black militant and terrorist movement 1952–60.
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1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? 3. Will Young has been invited to take part in which panel show after saying he is a fan? 4. Nasty Nick Cotton is to return to which TV soap? 5. Which author earns £3m a week in royalties, it was revealed this week? 6. Which band release the album Dig Out Your Soul on Monday? 7. In which year was a World Cup final first decided on penalties? 8. What is the tallest and thickest kind of grass? 9. Which TV cast had a hit with Hi-Fidelity? 10. What nationality was the composer Handel? 11. What is most expensive property in the board game Monopoly? 12. Which Scandinavian group had a top 20 hit in 1993 called Dark Is The Night? 13. In which century was King Henry IV of England born? 14. Who directed the film Alien? 15. Who was the only person to win a medal for Ireland at the Sydney Olympics in 2000? 16. What did Nicholas Copernicus argue was at the centre of our universe, and what was the common belief before then? 17. Which three American states begin with the letter O? 18. In what year did Ruth Ellis become the last woman to be hanged in England? 19. Who was the first British monarch to choose Buckingham Palace as their home? 20. How many Jack’s eyes are visible in a standard pack of playing cards? 21. What is Britain’s largest lake? 22. Cameroon gained its independence from which European country in 1960? 23. Who had a number one in 1960 called Only The Lonely? 24. The 1964 film My Fair Lady was based on a play by whom? 25. Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novels Agnes Gray and The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall? 26. Which American president once famously proclaimed: “Ich bin ein Berliner”? 27. Which element has the chemical symbol Pb? 28. What was the name of the murder victim at the beginning of the TV series Twin Peaks? 29. Who directed the 2001 film Mulholland Drive? 30. In horse racing, which three racecourses stage the five English classics? ANSWERS: 1. Rick Astley; 2. Othello; 3. Question Time; 4. Eastenders; 5. JK Rowling; 6. Oasis; 7. 1994; 8. Bamboo; 9. The Kids From Fame; 10. German; 11. Mayfair; 12. A-Ha; 13. 14th; 14. Ridley Scott; 15. Sonia O’Sullivan; 16. The Sun. Before then people believed it was the Earth; 17. Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon; 18. 1955; 19. Queen Victoria; 20. 12; 21. Loch Lomond; 22. France; 23. Roy Orbison; 24. George Bernard Shaw; 25. Anne; 26. John F. Kennedy; 27. Lead; 28. Laura Palmer; 29. David Lynch; 30. Doncaster, Epsom, Newmarket Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
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In the animated TV show 'The Simpsons', what was 'Marge Simpson's' maiden name?
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D'oh! Homer and Marge split on 'The Simpsons' - CNN.com 1 of 12 Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Dan Castellaneta supplies the voices of Homer Simpson, Barney Gumble, Grampa Simpson and Mayor Quimby, not to mention Krusty the Klown and Groundskeeper Willie. Hide Caption 2 of 12 Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Julie Kavner is Marge Simpson and Marge's sisters, the scourges of the Springfield DMV, Patty and Selma Bouvier. Hide Caption 3 of 12 Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Nancy Cartwright gives voice to Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz and Ralph Wiggum, as well as others. Hide Caption Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Yeardley Smith supplies the voice of Lisa Simpson. Hide Caption 5 of 12 Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Where would "The Simpsons" be without Hank Azaria? The versatile voice actor does Apu, Comic Book Guy, Chief Wiggum and Moe -- as well as Dr. Nick, Snake Jailbird and the always entertaining Bumblebee Man. Hide Caption 6 of 12 Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Pamela Hayden gives voice to two boys on opposite ends of the charm spectrum: Milhouse Van Houten and Jimbo Jones. She's also the person behind Rod Flanders, Janey Powell and Malibu Stacy. Hide Caption Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Tress MacNeille's characters include Crazy Cat Lady and Dolph Starbeam. Hide Caption 8 of 12 Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Maggie Roswell is the voice of Milhouse's mother, Luann, as well as such figures as Helen Lovejoy and the late Maude Flanders. Hide Caption 9 of 12 Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters The urbane tones of Kelsey Grammer provide the wit and glory of Sideshow Bob, who's been known to sing a Gilbert & Sullivan operetta or two. Hide Caption Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters Joe Montegna drops by "The Simpsons" to do the voice of occasional character Fat Tony. Hide Caption 11 of 12 Photos: 'Simpsons' voice actors and their characters The late Marcia Wallace supplied the voice of Mrs. Edna Krabappel for many years. Her character, like those of the late Phil Hartman (Troy McClure, Lionel Hutz), was essentially retired upon her death. Hide Caption
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Jacqueline Bouvier | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia ―Jacqueline Bouvier [src] Jacqueline Ingrid "Jackie" Bouvier (née Gurney), occasionally referred to as Mrs. Bouvier or Grandma Bouvier, is the mother of Selma , Patty and Marge Bouvier , the maternal grandmother of Bart , Hugo (non-canon), Lisa , and Maggie Simpson and Ling Bouvier , and the widow of the late Clancy Bouvier . She also had a sister named Gladys who is now deceased. Jacqueline is 80 years old. [3] [4] [5] Contents Background Residence Jacqueline used to live with her husband and their daughters in a house in Springfield, where she first met Homer when he pretended to be Marge's prom date. [6] Nowadays, she lives in the Hal Roach Apartments , but was also seen living in a house near a lake when her family visited her on her 80th birthday. [7] Common Bouvier Traits Young Jacqueline Bouvier Jacqueline shares many Bouvier family traits with her daughters. When Marge was a little girl, Jacqueline had a blue beehive hairdo like Marge's, and her voice was also very similar to Marge's as an adult. However, Jacqueline also has traits in common with Patty and Selma, including a pessimistic and critical outlook on life and rarely smiling. She used to smoke as well. [8] However, unlike Patty and Selma, Jacqueline seems to have stopped by now. Like most of Marge's relatives (including Patty and Selma ), Jacqueline has a generally negative opinion of Homer , but, usually, she does not express it as much as Marge's sisters. She once told Marge that Homer would end up in a mental institution one day. [9] She also told Homer never to call her "mom" again, although this may have meant she did not like the term, not necessarily that she did not like having Homer for a son-in-law. [10] Jacqueline's attitude towards Homer seems to have softened over the years; she even stated that "Patty and Selma are a sort of evil" when they purposely provoked Homer one night. [11] Romantic Relationships Jacqueline and Mr. Burns Jacqueline was married to Clancy Bouvier , who is now deceased. [12] [13] Jacqueline had a brief romance with Abraham Simpson , her son-in-law Homer 's father. [14] However, she broke up with him when she was wooed by billionaire Charles Montgomery Burns , whom she nearly married before Abraham's intervention made her decide she was better off alone; Abraham was delighted nevertheless and said "That's good enough for me!". However, Abraham and Burns are still seen battling for Jacqueline's affections at times. [15] Behind the Laughter Simpsons creator Matt Groening named Jacqueline after Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis . She has the tallest hair of all Simpsons characters. According to a DVD commentary, her appearance was created by "taking Marge's model and squashing it." Trivia According to " The Marge-ian Chronicles ," she had forbade Marge from marrying Homer. However, since this was a flashback. She was obviously unsuccessful in laying down her punishment for Marge. In " Fear of Flying ," it is revealed that she goes bean-picking with Lisa. In " Mommie Beerest ," when Marge wishes Homer would come with her to her mother's house. Homer declines as it is revealed that he hates Jacqueline. However, in " Puffless he visits her along with the rest of the family. Appearances Most of Jacqueline's roles are brief, background appearances with little or no dialogue. The bold text indicates a larger role with a respective amount of dialogue.
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BBC SPORT | Tennis | Wimbledon History | Wimbledon legends: Bjorn Borg Wimbledon legends: Bjorn Borg 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 Runner up: 1981 Grand Slam titles: 11 Prize money: $3,655,751 Bjorn Borg seemed an unlikely Wimbledon champion as his play was more suited to the slow clay courts of Europe. He won the French Open six times but was no slouch on the grass either. Between losing to eventual champion Arthur Ashe in 1975 and John McEnroe in the 1981 final, he won a record 41 consecutive matches in SW19. That run saw 'Ice Borg' claim an unprecedented five successive titles beating Ilie Nastase, Jimmy Connors - twice - Roscoe Tanner and John McEnroe. What makes that run even more amazing is that it came in an era when there were so many great champions gunning for the greatest prize in the game. There were three years when he won both the French and Wimbledon, and in those days there was only one week of preparation for the grass between the two events. The one rule of grass-court tennis is that you have be a supreme volleyer. But Borg was the exception that proved the rule. Although no stranger to the net, Borg powered away from the baseline with powerful ground strokes, including a double-handed backhand. He hit the ball high and brought it down with excessive top-spin. It made it very difficult for opponents to attack him. In other words, he developed the style of play that still dominates the world game today. Many things about Borg are still an enigma. He retired having just turned 25 after losing the 1981 final to John McEnroe. The year before the pair had played the all-time classic Wimbledon final - but not everyone remembers Borg actually won that match, focusing instead on McEnroe's memorable tie-break win in the fourth set.
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Wimbledon legends: Bjorn Borg Wimbledon legends: Bjorn Borg Princy James - 18-06-2014 - View: 4841 Borg was Wimbledon´s first love, much before she courted Pete Sampras or Roger Federer. Remembering the great champion... Editors Thoughts There was a time when Tennis was all about the game, and had little to do with glamour. Along came a Swede with golden locks and ice cold countenance, redefining the ‘normal’ with his immaculate game; incidentally, he was equally gifted when it came to looks. Perhaps no other player galvanised the tennis crowd like Bjorn Borg, the first poster boy of tennis! Borg was Wimbledon’s first love, much before she courted Pete Sampras or Roger Federer. From 1976 to 1980, he dominated the Centre Court like no other. He was different from the lot - double-handed backhand, amazing footwork and heavy topspins - all these were new to the fans, not to mention his rockstar aspects. There was Beatlemania, and then, there was Borgmania! Young British girls thronged the Centre Court to watch Borg play; when those frenzied teens ran into the courts to get closer to Borg, the media coined a term - ‘Borgasm’. In every way he was a sensation, changing the way people perceived the game. Grass wasn’t his favorite surface - his serve wasn’t as powerful as his contemporaries, yet he dominated on grass for five years! His first Wimbledon title came in 1976, when he defeated Romania’s Ilie Nastase in straight sets - 6-4, 6-2, 9-7. As a kid, Borg had always dreamed of playing at Wimbledon, and winning the tournament at 20 was more than what he desired. The win catapulted the young Swede to stardom and he was suddenly this billboard boy who could rake in millions with his name. He was the one who was responsible for taking tennis players' endorsement money to seven digits; the current players should be thanking Borg for being a catalyst factor in glamourising the game. In 1977, when Borg arrived at Wimbledon to defend his title, things weren't easy for the young champ. He was almost beaten by Vitas Gerulaitis in a thrilling five set semi-final encounter. Borg’s opponent in the final was another American - the hard-hitting Jimmy Connors. Although Jimmy gave Borg a big scare, the Swede was able to defended his title - 3-6, 6-2, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4. The following year, the only player who challenged Borg was Victor Amaya of USA, that too in the first round. Left-handed Amaya had a big serve, and he almost subdued Borg; but Borg had better control of the nerves and he came back from the brink of defeat to topple Amaya - 8-9, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3, 6-3. Borg sailed through the rest of the rounds with great ease and in a repeat of the previous year’s final, he encountered Connors once again; but this time, he crushed the American in straight sets - 6-2, 6-2, 6-3. In 1979, it was Indian Vijay Amritraj who gave Borg the biggest scare, in the second round of the championship. Amritraj had Borg down two sets to one when the match went to tie-break in the fourth. Unfortunately, Amritraj let the opportunity slip from his hand, and once again, a nonchalant Borg had the last laugh. In the final, he defeated Roscoe Tanner 6-7, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Borg lifted the Wimbledon trophy for the last time in 1980, when he defeated young American John McEnroe. That year’s final is regarded as one of the greatest finals ever played and also the best ever final played in Centre Court. Although the 2008 final between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer is considered by many as the best, those who watched the final between Borg and McEnroe would disagree. In a thrilling five set match, Borg managed to overcome McEnroe’s threat - 1-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-7, 8-6. It was a match which witnessed the birth of a new star - John McEnroe, who will then go on to take his revenge in the following year’s final. Image courtesy: Ocala Star-Banner - Jan 24, 1983 The loss to McEnroe in the 1981 Wimbledon final was difficult for Borg to grapple with. He walked off the court, and the stadium before the ceremonies had begun. He even evaded the press. May be the thought of being a second
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History of the British Flag - Historic Jamestowne Part of Colonial National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) History of the British Flag History of the British Flag English National Flag In 1603, the year of Queen Elizabeth I's death, England and Scotland existed as completely separate nations, each with their own monarch and parliament. Elizabeth, being a spinster and therefore childless, expressed a deathbed wish that her cousin, King James VI of Scotland, be named as her successor to the English throne. Thus, the Scottish monarch was projected into the unique position of ruling two nations simultaneously. He ruled Scotland as King James VI and England as King James I. Scottish National Flag The English national flag at this period consisted of a simple red cross fully imposed upon a plain white field, this being the emblem of St. George, England's patron saint. The Scottish national flag consisted of a diagonal, or X-shaped, white cross, fully imposed upon a medium blue field. This was the emblem of St. Andrew, Scotland's patron saint. In the spring of 1606, to symbolize the monarchical unification of the two nations under himself, James created a banner to this end, by fully superimposing the English red cross (with a narrow white border to represent its normal white field) upon the Scottish flag. This became known as the Union Flag, and it was the forerunner of the present flag of Great Britain. Union Flag 1606-1801 In the decree of issuance of the new flag, James stipulated that all ships of both English and Scottish registry were to fly this flag from atop their mainmasts. The Cross of St. George was to be flown from the foremasts of the English ships, while the Cross of St. Andrew was to be flown form the foremasts of the Scottish ships. As the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery were of English registry and did not embark upon their historic voyage until December of 1606, it logically follows that on this voyage their flags conformed to the royal decree of the preceding spring. Irish National Flag The Union Flag, created by James in 1606, continued in use as a purely symbolic banner until 1707. Then, during the reign of Queen Anne, the parliaments of England and Scotland were united to form the new nation of Great Britain, and Anne officially adopted the 101 year old banner as the national flag of the newly created nation. In 1801, when Ireland became a part of Great Britain, the Union Flag was redesigned to include the Cross of St. Patrick (red, diagonal), the patron saint of Ireland. It is in this form that the British flag exists today.
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Thailand This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Thailand Official Name: ราชอาณาจักรไทย [Ratcha Anachak Thai], Kingdom of Thailand Former Name: Siam [สยาม] (before 24 Jun 1939; also between 1945 and 11 May, 1949) Flag Adopted : 28 September 1917 Coat of Arms Adopted: 1910 The Royal Golden Jubilee Network The Trairanga or Tricolour The story goes that during the 1916 flood the king of Siam – since 26th June 1939 called Thailand – saw the national flag – red with a white elephant – hanging upside down. Because of the distress a new flag was adopted that could not be hung upside down. Initially it was a red field with two white bands , but on 28th September 1917, the middle stripe was changed to blue to show solidarity with the Allies during the First World War. The name of the flag is therefore Trairanga, meaning tricolour. The proportions of the flag are 2:3, while the stripes are arranged 1-1-2-1-1. Sources: Crampton 1992 ; Jos Poels 1990 ; Crampton 1991 . From contributions by Roy Stilling, 21 February 1996 Jan Oskar Engene, 03 October 1996 Mark Sensen, 03 March 1997 King Vajiravudh (Rama VI), amongst other things, refashioned the flag of Siam in 1917, replacing the white elephant on a red field with the contemporary tricolor. Although not an official interpretation of the Thai flag, the prevailing view is that the central blue stripe represents the monarchy, the two white stripes are the Therevada Buddhist religion, and the outer red stripes represent the land or the nation. Riley B. VanDyke, 22 June 1998 In Thailand (...) the Thai National Flag was used everywhere and every school day started with a flag raising and the singing of Thong Chat (The Flag) either assembled in the school courtyard or in the classrooms. Phil Abbey, 17 September 1998 During the reign of King Vajiravut (1910-1925) the flag was changed to the 5 stripe flag – red and white from 1916-1917 . In 1917 the middle red stripe was changed to blue to make the flag look much better and the blue colour is for Friday – the day King Vajiravut was born (1st January 1880). On 28th September 1917, the Flag Law of 1917 was promulgated and stated that the national flag became the trichelon [sic] flag, the one we use today. Wisarut Bholsithi, 29 October 1999 The red flag with white stripes was used as the national flag during 1917, but the design was changed again the same year. A columnist with the Bangkok Daily Mail Newspaper suggested to King Rama VI, who had originally decreed the red and white striped flag as the national flag, that the central stripe of red should be changed to blue. The reasons for the suggested change were that blue was the colour of the King and the red/white/blue-coloured flag, which was similar to the national flags of the Allies, would remind Thailand of its participation in World War I. The King agreed with this idea and signed the Flag Act of B.E.2460 (1917), declaring the red / white / blue-coloured flag, which would be known as the "Trairanga," the national flag of Thailand. from the Rama IX Art Museum Foundation , 10 October 2005 Construction Sheet Colours of the Flag The protocol manual for the London 2012 Olympics ( Flags and Anthems Manual London 2012 ) provides recommendations for national flag designs. Each NOC was sent an image of the flag, including the PMS shades, for their approval by LOCOG. Once this was obtained, LOCOG produced a 60 x 90 cm version of the flag for further approval. So, while these specs may not be the official, government, version of each flag, they are certainly what the NOC believed the flag to be. For Thailand, PMS 032 red, 281 blue. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian Sumner, 11 October 2012 Flag Usage Thailanders display their national flag with as much frequency as folks in the United States . In fact, it is not at all unusual to see giant Thai flags flying over corporate buildings much like US car dealers fly giant American flags. There are small flag makers everywhere and buying a Thai flag is easy. Thai flags are usually made of l
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Long Tail Cast On | Purl Soho Create > Knit > Tutorials > Cast Ons Long Tail Cast On Before you knit, you have to get the yarn onto the needle. This process is called “casting on.” There are lots of ways to cast on, but the most common method is the Long Tail Cast On. And even under the rubric of Long Tail Cast On, there are several variations! Below you’ll find two: the Slingshot Method and the Thumb Method. They look exactly the same in the end, but perhaps the Thumb Method is a little easier for beginners. Try them both and tell us which you prefer!
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Ken Jennings - Blog Ken Jennings Want to receive Ken's legendary Tuesday Trivia quiz every week? Enter your e-mail address below! (Email addresses will be kept completely secure, and used only for the weekly trivia mailing.) June 30, 2006 Futile Pursuit The Giant Head bidding passed $200 last night, or in other words, roughly 20 times what I thought it was worth. Suckers! It looks like someone from the Game Show Congress is the current high bidder, so maybe there will be a giant, cathartic Ken-Jennings-piñata bashing event at this year’s GSC. Or maybe there will be a Ken-Jennings-burning-in-effigy, in honor of my 2004 Jeopardy! defeat to Nancy Zerg. “Remember, remember the 30th of November! Gunpowder, treason, and plot!” I think the GSC is just a convention of some kind, but what if there was an actual game show Congress, with elected representatives and debates and GSC-SPAN and so on? “We, the 109th Game Show Congress, hereby resolve that May 8 shall hereafter be known as ‘Wink Martindale Day’ throughout every corner of this great game show nation!” Wouldn’t that be awesome? Since several readers, apparently, actually stayed awake during last week’s exegesis of a 1998 court case involving a Seinfeld trivia book, I thought I’d take a look at another trivia case: 1984’s Horn Abbot v. Sarsaparilla, which wasn’t as legally important, but is not without its interesting features. Does your game closet, or your parents’, contain a beat-up blue copy of the original 1983 edition of Trivial Pursuit? Mine sure does, and I know I’m not alone. An astounding 22 million copies of Trivial Pursuit sold in 1984 alone. But my bookshelf contains another curio: a book called In Further Pursuit of Trivial Pursuit, by someone named Joseph DeBartolo. Its navy-blue cover has the “Trivial Pursuit” part of the title in big, ornate, orange-gold letters, with scrolly filigree above.In other words, it looks exactly like the Trivial Pursuit box, in book form. This, as you might have guessed, was an unauthorized, unlicensed work, as a big fine-print (not-so-fine-print?) disclaimer on the cover states. But the book’s contents are even more eye-opening than the already-dicey cover. The book contains all 6,000 questions from the original Genus edition of TP, categorized as they were on the game cards, but re-ordered alphabetically, and with little explanatory squibs following each answer. The idea, I guess, is that after being befuddled or intrigued by a Trivial Pursuit question, players could look up the answer in this book and get more background on the subject. Some of the In Further Pursuit annotations are genuinely interesting, like this one: A: Sir Walter Raleigh Q: What 17th-century explorer was buried with a pipe and a box of tobacco? W: Raleigh also left instructions for his coffin to be “lined throughout with the wood of my old Havana cigar-boxes.” Others, not so much: A: A Q: What letter is on the left end of the middle row of letters on a typewriter keyboard? W: Yes, it’s there alright! This book would have made a great Trivial Pursuit spin-off, if Horn Abbot, Ltd. (the Trivial Pursuit creators) had cared to license it. According to the court’s ruling, that’s exactly what DeBartolo wanted them to do. He contacted them in March 1984 about his book idea, and apparently got the idea the book was a go, hiring “a team of researchers” (the book credits 21, many of whom sound like friends and family–the book has a distinctly homemade look, and I can’t find evidence of “Sarsaparilla Ltd.” ever publishing another book) and spending “a great deal of his own funds on the book.” In July, Horn Abbot sent DeBartolo a letter reminding them that the book had not yet been approved. And then in November, they claim, someone from Horn Abbot walked into a bookstore and happened to discover DeBartolo’s unauthorized book on the shelves. Within two weeks, they’d filed suit. As you might expect, this wasn’t a difficult case to decide. A week after the suit was filed, the District Court judge issued a restraining order stopping sale of the book. The ruling cites
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Emma Thompson - Biography - IMDb Emma Thompson Biography Showing all 91 items Jump to: Overview (2) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (52) | Personal Quotes (33) | Salary (1) Overview (2) 5' 8" (1.73 m) Mini Bio (1) Emma Thompson was born in London on April 15, 1959, into a family of actors - her father was Eric Thompson , who has passed away, and her mother, Phyllida Law , has co-starred with Thompson in several films (her sister, Sophie Thompson , is an actor as well). Her father was English-born and her mother is Scottish-born. Thompson's wit was cultivated by a cheerful, clever, creative family atmosphere, and she was a popular and successful student. She attended Cambridge University, studying English Literature, and was part of the university's Footlights Group, the famous group where, previously, many of the Monty Python members had first met. Thompson graduated in 1980 and embarked on her career in entertainment, beginning with stints on BBC radio and touring with comedy shows. She soon got her first major break in television, on the comedy skit program Alfresco (1983), writing and performing along with her fellow Footlights Group alums Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie . She also worked on other TV comedy review programs in the mid-1980s, occasionally with some of her fellow Footlights alums, and often with actor Robbie Coltrane . Thompson found herself collaborating again with Fry in 1985, this time in his stage adaptation of the play "Me and My Girl" in London's West End, in which she had a leading role, playing Sally Smith. The show was a success and she received favorable reviews, and the strength of her performance led to her casting as the lead in the BBC television miniseries Fortunes of War (1987), in which Thompson and her co-star, Kenneth Branagh , play an English ex-patriate couple living in Eastern Europe as the Second World War erupts. Thompson won a BAFTA award for her work on the program. She married Branagh in 1989, continued to work with him professionally, and formed a production company with him. In the late 80s and early 90s, she starred in a string of well-received and successful television and film productions, most notably her lead role in the Merchant-Ivory production of Howards End (1992), which confirmed her ability to carry a movie on both sides of the Atlantic and appropriately showered her with trans-Atlantic honors - both an Oscar and a BAFTA award. Since then, Thompson has continued to move effortlessly between the art film world and mainstream Hollywood, though even her Hollywood roles tend to be in more up-market productions. She continues to work on television as well, but is generally very selective about which roles she takes. She writes for the screen as well, such as the screenplay for Ang Lee 's Sense and Sensibility (1995), in which she also starred as Elinor Dashwood, and the teleplay adaptation of Margaret Edson 's acclaimed play Wit (2001), in which she also starred. Thompson is known for her sophisticated, skillful, though her critics say somewhat mannered, performances, and of course for her arch wit, which she is unafraid to point at herself - she is a fearless self-satirist. Thompson and Branagh divorced in 1994, and Thompson is now married to fellow actor Greg Wise , who had played Willoughby in Ang Lee 's Sense and Sensibility (1995). Thompson and Wise have one child, Gaia, born in 1999. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Larry-115 Spouse (2) ( 20 August 1989 - 1 October 1995) (divorced) Trivia (52) Gave birth to her first child at age 40, a daughter Gaia Romilly Wise on December 4, 1999, and jokingly called her "jane.com". Child's father is her husband Greg Wise . Ranked #91 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997] Attended and graduated from Camden School for Girls, and the all-women Newnham College of Cambridge University with an English degree (1982). Jodhi May also attended Camden School for Girls. She co-wrote, co-produced, and co-directed Cambridge University's first all-female revue "Woman's Hour" (1983).
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Oscars: 10 nominations for Slumdog Millionaire | Film | The Guardian Close This article is 7 years old The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the curious movie about a man who ages backwards, headed the Oscar nominations announced today in Los Angeles. Slumdog Millionaire , Danny Boyle's Mumbai-set tale, which took best drama at this month's Golden Globes, continued its own rags-to-riches story with a total of 10 nominations. For another British hopeful, the nominations were a mixed tale: Kate Winslet, heavily tipped to be nominated for both best actress and best supporting actress following her Globes triumph, received just one nod from the academy. Curiously, her best actress nomination was for The Reader, the film for which she won best supporting actress at the Globes. The Reader's British director, Stephen Daldry , received a nomination for best director. Her omission for Revolutionary Road means that Oscar viewers will have to settle for the possibility of just one gushing acceptance speech from the actress. The other leading British contender was Frost/Nixon, which received five nominations including best picture. "It's very good timing for this film," said Working Title's Eric Fellner, the producer of Frost/Nixon, which opens in the UK on Friday. "This will give it the pedigree that will hopefully propel it into another dimension. I'm really proud of this film; I think it's brilliant." Other than Winslet missing out for Revolutionary Road, the morning's big surprise was the omission of Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino. The film had been tipped as a strong contender in the major categories, its themes and star considered a likely favourite among the members of the Academy of Motion Pictures. The Dark Knight also missed out in the major picture categories, although Heath Ledger did receive a nod as best supporting actor for his performance as the Joker. The announcement came a year to the day after the Australian actor's death from an overdose at the age of 28. Nevertheless, The Dark Knight did receive eight nominations, mainly in technical categories. Milk, Gus Van Sant's biopic of the gay rights campaigner Harvey Milk starring Sean Penn , also received eight nominations, including best film, director, actor and supporting actor. "It's just as good as the first time," said Van Sant. "Well, almost as good. It's huge that we were able to get so many nominations for a story that we felt was so important. It's really great for the movie and for the progress of Harvey's efforts as a gay politician." But the early morning announcement was dominated by Button. The film snagged 13 nominations including best film, best director for David Fincher, best actor for Brad Pitt and best supporting actress for Taraji Henderson. Pitt will be accompanied to the ceremony by his wife, Angelina Jolie , who received a best actress nomination for The Changeling. She is joined by awards veteran Meryl Streep, who consolidated her position as the most-nominated actress in Oscar history with another nomination. Other nominees include Anne Hathaway for Rachel Getting Married and Melissa Leo for Frozen River. The best actor category features a quartet of heavy hitters and an outsider. Sean Penn, Frank Langella and Mickey Rourke were all expected to be nominated alongside Pitt, but the inclusion of Richard Jenkins for his performance as a college professor in The Visitor was a surprise. Another surprise was the best supporting actor nomination for Michael Shannon for his standout performance in Revolutionary Road. Winslet and her co-star Leonardo DiCaprio had been tipped for nominations for the Sam Mendes-directed drama, but both missed out. Elsewhere the nominations went to form: WALL-E will be favourite in the animated feature section and Waltz With Bashir will be strongly tipped in the foreign language category. The team behind Slumdog was ecstatic at the news of the film's 10 nominations. "Secretly – and sometimes not so secretly – this is the nomination that floats in every screenwriter's dreams," said writer Simon Beaufoy. "I am fantastically h
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Free monologues Essays and Papers | page 2 Color Rating Alan Bennett Talking Heads - Alan Bennett Talking Heads In Bennett's monologues the main character faces an important decision which will affect the course of their lives. I will go on and explain in this essay, the play writer's use of literary techniques - including setting, theme and characterisation- which may make the decision seem correct or not. Talking Heads was originally produced for BBC television but has recently been used as a collection of short stories. Each of the characters portrayed, is played by an actress that has been previously associated with Alan Bennett e.g.:Thora Hird who plays Doris worked on a BBC Radio 4 programme - Deadringers .It is safe to say that Alan Bennett tailored some of the mater... [tags: English Literature] 1562 words [preview] Comparing Act 2 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare - Comparing Act 2 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 1 of Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare In Act 2 Scene 3 and Act 3 Scene 1 Beatrice and Benedick are both separately being tricked into falling in love with each other by their friends. To compare the two scenes we must first consider the symmetry between them; the initial thing we notice as an audience is that all of the characters in Act 2 Scene 3 are male, and that all of the characters in Act 3 Scene 1 are female; this gives the effect of the two sexes battling.... [tags: Papers] 887 words [preview] Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church and The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock - Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed's Church and The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock The span of time from the Victorian age of Literature to the Modernism of the 20th century wrought many changes in poetry style and literary thinking. While both eras contained elements of self-scrutiny, the various forms and reasoning behind such thinking were vastly different. The Victorian age, with it's new industrialization of society, brought to poetry and literature the fictional character, seeing the world from another's eyes. It was also a time in which "Victorian authors and intellectuals found a way to reassert religious ideas" (Longman, p.... [tags: comparison compare contrast essays] :: 1 Works Cited [preview] Characters Contribute to the Dramatic Effect of Alan Bennett's Talking Heads - "Talking heads" by Alan Bennett is a collection of monologues in which the audience are showed into the life of a character and given an insight into the character's personality and situation. People's lives are portrayed in comic ways leaving the audience feeling sympathy and guilt for the character in laughing at their misfortune. In the play a Chip in the Sugar Alan Bennett shows us a life of a very unconfident man who still lives with his mum. Graham is a middle-aged man with a history of mild mental health problems, living with his mother in Leeds.... [tags: essays research papers] 802 words [preview] The Difficulty of Remembering Robert Browning - The Difficulty of Remembering Robert Browning It is no great revelation that people primarily either want to be remembered or forgotten, they either want to be noticed or they want to disappear. And it's this binary that celebrities seem to struggle with all the time; constantly wanting to be in the spotlight and all the fame and glory that goes along with it. But once their integrity is compromised, they run and hide and declare their lives to be personal, out of view of the public eye.... [tags: Biography Biographies Essays] :: 3 Works Cited [preview] The Style of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads - The Style of Alan Bennett’s Talking Heads Bennett states in his introduction that "forms....dictate themselves" and that material demands to be "written in a particular way and no other". Each of the characters, according to the author has a "single point of view" and none is "telling the whole story". He says that his characters are "artless" and "do
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Old English Paper Sizes - Uncut Printing, Book & Drawing Paper History of Paper English Uncut Printing, Book & Drawing Paper Sizes Before the advent of ISO 216, England, the British Isles and the British Commonwealth countries used a variety of paper sizes, many of which have unusual names such as Double Crown, Elephant, Double Elephant, Demy, Double Pott and Columbier. Although they are now almost forgotten these paper sizes may still be obtained from specialist paper manufacturers such as James Cropper plc by special order. Uncut Book & Drawing Paper Sizes The following table gives the sizes in inches and mm of old English uncut book and drawing paper sizes, together with their aspect ratio. Size
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Did you know? Did you know? One third of Taiwanese funeral processions include a stripper. Gerald Ford said �I�ve watched a lot of baseball � on the radio�? In Connecticut a pickle must bounce to be legal. Shakespeare wrote that �brevity is the soul of wit.� Noted wit Dorothy Parker said it was �The soul of lingerie.� Thinking that its parents were a camel and a leopard, the Europeans once called the animal a �camelopard.� The African elephant produces the loudest sound of any animal, 188 decibels. More than 1,000 different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa. Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses. One in three male motorists picks their nose while driving. 15 percent of Americans secretly bite their toes. According to an old age custom, carrying a dead shrew in your pocket wards off rheumatism. City dwellers have longer, thicker, denser nose hairs than country folk do. Sliced bread was introduced under the Wonder Bread label in 1930. The average child will eat 1,500 PB sandwiches by high school graduation. Shawnee Indian Chief Tecumseh was defeated and killed at the Battle of the Thames during the war of 1812. He was a powerful orator who defended his people against white settlement. When the war of 1812 broke out, he joined the British as a Brigadier General. When Edison was twelve years old, he began to lose his hearing. There are a number of stories that have been told about how this happened. Edison had Scarlett Fever as a child, but all the boys in Edison's' family also lost their hearing. Sources: triviacountry.com; alltrivia.net; funfunnyfacts.com; corsinet.com; historyplace.com; apecsec.org photo: freedigitalphotos.net October 2, 2015
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Nickel - Extraction and Purification - Mond Process Nickel - Extraction and Purification - Mond Process Mond Process Purification of nickel oxides to obtain the purest metal is performed via the Mond process , which increases the nickel concentrate to greater than 99.99% purity. This process was patented by L. Mond and has been in industrial use since before the beginning of the 20th century. In the process, nickel is reacted with carbon monoxide at around 40–80 °C to form nickel carbonyl in the presence of a sulfur catalyst. Iron gives iron pentacarbonyl too, but this reaction is slow. If necessary, it may be separated by distillation. Dicobalt octacarbonyl is also formed in this process, but it decomposes to tetracobalt dodecacarbonyl at the reaction temperature to give a non-volatile solid. Nickel is re-obtained from the nickel carbonyl by one of two processes. It may be passed through a large chamber at high temperatures in which tens of thousands of nickel spheres, called pellets, are constantly stirred. It then decomposes depositing pure nickel onto the nickel spheres. Alternatively, the nickel carbonyl may be decomposed in a smaller chamber at 230 °C to create fine nickel powder. The resultant carbon monoxide is re-circulated and reused through the process. The highly pure nickel produced by this process is known as " carbonyl nickel ". Read more about this topic: Nickel , Extraction and Purification Other articles related to "mond process, carbonyl process": Mond Process The Mond process, sometimes known as the carbonyl process is a technique created by Ludwig Mond in 1890 to extract and purify nickel. The process was used commercially before the end of the 19th century. It is done by converting nickel oxides (nickel combined with oxygen) into pure nickel. This process makes use of the fact that carbon monoxide complexes with nickel readily and reversibly to give nickel carbonyl . No other element forms a carbonyl compound under the mild conditions used in the process. This process has three steps: 1. Nickel oxide is reacted with Syngas at 200 °C to remove oxygen, leaving impure nickel. Impurities include iron and cobalt. NiO (s) + H2 (g) → Ni (s) + H2O (g) 2. The impure nickel is reacted with excess carbon monoxide at 50–60 °C to form nickel carbonyl. Ni (s) + 4 CO (g) → Ni(CO)4 (g) 3. The mixture of excess carbon monoxide and nickel carbonyl is heated to 220–250 °C. On heating, nickel tetracarbonyl decomposes to give nickel: Ni(CO)4 (g) → Ni (s) + 4 CO (g) The decomposition may be engineered to produce powder, but more commonly an existing substrate is coated with nickel. For example, nickel pellets are made by dropping small, hot pellets through the carbonyl gas; this deposits a layer of nickel onto the pellets. This process has also been used for plating nickel onto other metals, where a complex shape or sharp corners made good results difficult by electroplating. Although the results are good, the toxicity makes it impractical as an industrial process. Such parts are now plated by electroless nickel plating instead. Famous quotes containing the word process: “Consumer wants can have bizarre, frivolous, or even immoral origins, and an admirable case can still be made for a society that seeks to satisfy them. But the case cannot stand if it is the process of satisfying wants that creates the wants.” Terms related to Mond Process: Related Phrases
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Gold - Element information, properties and uses | Periodic Table Chemistry in its element: gold (Promo) You're listening to Chemistry in its element brought to you by Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry. (End promo) Chris Smith Hello, in this week's episode of Chemistry in its element, we're taking a flight on Concorde, dropping by Buckingham Palace and finding out what could form a film just 230 atoms thick. Going for gold for us this week, here's the legendary science broadcaster and populariser Johnny Ball. Johnny Ball The element gold. Gold is element 79 and its symbol is Au. Though the name is Anglo Saxon, gold originated from the Latin Aurum, or shining dawn, and previously from the Greek. It's abundance in the earth's crust is 0.004 ppm. 100% of gold found naturally is isotope Au-197. 28 other isotopes can be produced artificially and are all radioactive. Gold along with silver and copper, form a column in the periodic table. They are found naturally and were the first three elements known to man. They were all used as primitive money well before the first gold coins which appeared in Egypt around 3400 BC. Most gold is ancient or comes from Central American Aztecs and South American Incas brought to Europe by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 16th century, and which has since been recycled over and over again. In 1830 world output was no more than 12 tonnes per annum. But around that time, new gold discoveries were being made. Finds were discovered in Siberia, California, New South Wales and Victoria, Australia, Transvaal, South Africa, the Klondike and Alaska, and they all produced gold rushes. World production was then around 150 tonnes per year. It is now around 2300 tones per annum. Because it is found in it's natural state and does not naturally alloy with anything else and because it is the heaviest metal, by sifting rock in water, the gold always falls to the bottom and all less dense impurities are washed away. The largest nugget was the Welcome Stranger nugget found in Victoria, Australia in 1869. It weighed over 71 kg. This type of nugget occurs naturally, but is very, very rare. Pure gold is 24 karat. 18 karat is 75% and 12 karat is 50% pure gold. Gold is the most malleable of all metals and soft enough to be cut with a knife. Stone age peoples hammered gold into plates for ornamental purposes. Really quite large amounts were gathered together. Though King Tutankhamun was a minor Pharaoh and died aged 18, his coffin alone contained 112 kg of gold. Egyptians also made thin gold sheets, utensils, vast varieties of jewellery and even gold thread. King Tut when he was buried had over 150 gold ornaments on his body. Today 1 gram can be beaten into a square metre sheet just 230 atoms thick. 1 cubic centimetre would make a sheet of 18 square metres. Concord's windscreen had a layer of gold to screen pilots from UV light and today it is often used in sky scraper windows to cut down both heat and UV from sunlight. 1 gram can be drawn to make 165 metres of wire 20 um (microns) thick (1/200th of a millimeter) The gold colour in the Buckingham Palace fence is actually gold covered, as it lasts 30 years, whereas gold paint (which contains no gold at all) lasts in tip top condition, only about a year. Sea water contains around 3 parts in a billion of gold, but there's never been found an economic means of recovering it. The Germans tried very hard during the second World War but failed miserably. The largest modern hoard is the 30,000 tons in the US Federal Reserve Bank in New York, which belongs to 18 different nations. It is estimated that all the world's gold gathered together would only make a cube around 18 metres per side - about 6000 cubic metres. And that's gold. Chris Smith So now you know why pirates used to bite gold coins to see if they were real. It wasn't just for the camera because it looked good, it was because the metal was soft enough to be marked by teeth. That was Johnny Ball telling the story of gold. Next time on Chemistry in its element Victoria Gill
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Rule Forty Two - » What’s an MBE, anyway? Why did John Lennon give his back? Blog Archives What’s an MBE, anyway? Why did John Lennon give his back? The M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) was an award invented by King George V in 1917 to commemorate services to the war effort by people who weren’t at the frontlines. All the Beatles received the medal in 1965, which entitled them to a payment of forty pounds a year and free admission to the Whispering Gallery at St. Paul’s Cathedral (ordinarily about a shilling). The Beatles were somewhat mystified as to why the Queen was honoring them, but generally cheerful about the notion. As Ringo Starr put it, “We’re going to meet the Queen and she’s going to give us a badge. I thought, ‘This is cool.'” Lennon later said that the Beatles had gotten stoned at Buckingham Palace before the ceremony, smoking a joint in the bathroom; George Harrison said it was just tobacco. When the Beatles finally met Queen Elizabeth II, they thought that her majesty was a pretty nice girl, but she didn’t have a lot to say. (Really.) The Beatles’ parents were pleased; the group largely forgot about their medals, although Harrison and Paul McCartney later used theirs as jacket decorations at the Sgt. Pepper photo shoot. Lennon gave his to his beloved Aunt Mimi, who hung it over her mantelpiece. But as the years went by, he had second thoughts about his implied endorsement of the British government and royal family, so on November 25, 1969, he sent the medal back to the queen, seizing on whatever excuse seemed handy. His accompanying note read, “Your majesty, I am returning this MBE in protest against Britain’s involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against Cold Turkey slipping down the charts. With love, John Lennon.” (When the region of Biafra attempted to break away from Nigeria in the late ’60s and a civil war ensued, Great Britain provided the ruling party with air support. Lennon’s solo single “Cold Turkey” peaked on the UK charts at just #14.) Lennon said at the time, “The Queen’s intelligent. It won’t spoil her cornflakes.” (Excerpted from the 2006 book Is Tiny Dancer Really Elton’s Little John?: Music’s Most Enduring Mysteries, Myths, and Rumors Revealed, published by Three Rivers Press, written by Gavin Edwards.)
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Billy J. Kramer’s Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm Listeners Biography Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, on August 19, 1943, in Bootle, Liverpool, England) was a British Invasion / Merseybeat singer. He is known today primarily as the singer of various Lennon-McCartney compositions that The Beatles did not use. Early career The performing name Kramer was chosen at random from a telephone directory. It was John Lennon's suggestion that the "J" be added to the name to further distinguish him by adding a 'tougher edge'. Billy soon came to the attention of Brian Epstein, ever on the look-out for new talent to add to his expanding roster of local artists. Kramer turned professional but his then backing band, The Coasters, were less keen, so Epstein sought out the services of a Manchester based band, The Dakotas, a well-respected combo then backing Pete MacLaine. Even then, The Dakotas would not join Kramer without a recording deal of their own. Once in place, the deal was set and both acts signed to Parlophone under George Martin. Collectively, they were named Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas to keep their own identities within the act. Once the Beatles broke through, the way was paved for a tide of "Merseybeat" and Kramer was offered the chance to cover a song first released by the Beatles on their own debut album, Please Please Me. The track had been allegedly turned down by Shane Fenton (later Alvin Stardust) who was looking for a career reviving hit. Success With record producer George Martin, the song "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" was a number two UK Singles Chart hit in 1963, and was backed by another tune otherwise unreleased by The Beatles, "I'll Be on My Way". After this impressive breakthrough another Lennon/McCartney pairing "Bad to Me" c/w "I Call Your Name" reached number one. "I'll Keep You Satisfied" ended the year with a respectable number four placing. Billy was given a series of songs specially written for him by John Lennon and Paul McCartney which launched him into stardom and a proper place in the history of Rock and Roll. I'll Keep You Satisfied, From A Window, I Call Your Name and Bad to Me all became international million sellers for Billy, and won him appearances on the TV shows Shindig!, Hullabaloo and The Ed Sullivan Show. The Dakotas , meanwhile, enjoyed Top 20 success in 1963 on their own with Mike Maxfield's composition "The Cruel Sea", an instrumental retitled "The Cruel Surf" in the U.S., which was subsequently covered by The Ventures. This was followed by a George Martin creation, "Magic Carpet", evoking a dreamy atmosphere with a subtle echo laden piano, playing the melody alongside Maxfield's guitar. But it missed out altogether and it was a year before their next release. All four tracks appeared on a highly-collectable EP later that year. The three big hits penned by Lennon and McCartney meant that Kramer was always seemingly in the Beatles' shadow, unless he did tried something different. Despite being advised against it, he insisted on recording the Stateside chart hit "Little Children" - the lyrics were allegedly about getting his girlfriend's brothers and sisters out of the way so they could make love. It became his second chart topper and biggest hit. It was Kramer's only major hit outside of the UK. In the U.S., this was followed up with "Bad to Me" which reached number nine. Despite this success Kramer went backwards with his second and last UK single of 1964; another Lennon/McCartney cast-off "From A Window", which only just became a Top Ten hit. After the peak The year 1965 saw the end for the Merseybeat boom, and the next Kramer single was "It's Gotta Last Forever", which harked back to a ballad approach. In a year where mod-related music from the likes of The Who prevailed, the single missed completely. Kramer's cover of "Trains and Boats and Planes" saw off Anita Harris' cover version only to find itself in direct competition with its composer, Burt Bacharach's effort, which won the day. Kramer's effort still reached a
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Visitor Centres - Bakewell: Peak District National Park Visitor Centres January to 31 March 2017: 10:30am-4:30pm 1 April to 31 October 2017: 9:30am-5pm 1 November 2017 to 31 March: 10:30am-4:30pm Closed Christmas Day & Boxing Day Contact details Email: bakewell@peakdistrict.gov.uk Bakewell Visitor Centre is fully accessible and ideally placed to welcome you to Bakewell and the 'White Peak' when you arrive. The centre is located in the atmospheric 17th century Old Market Hall. Exhibitions The Peak District Photography Gallery has been created to highlight the special qualities of the National Park and offers visitors the opportunity to experience the wonderful, dramatic landscapes of this inspiring part of the UK, while supporting local professional landscape and wildlife photographers in the display and sale of their work. The gallery, located upstairs on the mezzanine floor, presents a visual celebration of the Peak District National Park and has a number of exhibitions planned throughout the year. Download the Bakewell Miniguide - also available from the visitor centre. National Park information, local and national tourist information Local and national accommodation bookings Public transport information, timetables and Day Rover tickets Theatre programmes, theatre vouchers and Buxton Opera House tickets Information and tickets for local events Photocopy service
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Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve - National Parks South Australia National Parks South Australia Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve Campfires Permitted Alerts 1 Full park closure The whole of the Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve will be closed from 6pm on Wednesday 30 November 2016 until 6pm on Wednesday 15 March 2017. Details > Seasoned 4WD travellers can explore the endless landscape and the ever-changing environment of the Simpson Desert. Red dunes, salt-crusted lakes, vast stretches of grasslands, dense scrubland and tall stands of hakea and gidgee. Visit after the rains to see the spectacular colour show as the wildflowers bloom across the sand dunes. Please note, it is mandatory to purchase a Desert Parks Pass to enter and camp in Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve. Tag your Instagram pics with #simpsondesert to see them displayed on this page. Fees Seasoned 4WD travellers can explore the endless landscape and the ever-changing environment of the Simpson Desert. Red dunes, salt-crusted lakes, vast stretches of grasslands, dense scrubland and tall stands of hakea and gidgee. Visit after the rains to see the spectacular colour show as the wildflowers bloom across the sand dunes. Please note, it is mandatory to purchase a Desert Parks Pass to enter and camp in Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Simpson Desert Regional Reserve. Tag your Instagram pics with #simpsondesert to see them displayed on this page. About Located within the driest region of the Australian continent, the Simpson Desert Conservation Park is in the centre of the Simpson Desert, one of the world's best examples of parallel dunal desert. The Simpson Desert's sand dunes stretch over hundreds of kilometres and lie across the corners of three states - South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. The Simpson Desert Regional Reserve, just outside the Conservation Park, features a wide variety of desert wildlife preserved in a landscape of varied dune systems, extensive playa lakes, spinifex grasslands and acacia woodlands. The reserve links the Simpson Desert Conservation Park to Witjira National Park. Simpson Desert parks in South Australia and Queensland are closed in summer from 1 December to 15 March. Vehicles are required to have high visibility safety flags attached to the front of the vehicle. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Simpson Desert Conservation Park and Regional Reserve are closed from 1 December to 15 March each year. Access may be restricted due to local road conditions. Please refer to the latest Desert Parks Bulletin for current access and road condition information. This park is closed on days of Catastrophic Fire Danger and may be closed on days of Extreme Fire Danger. Listen to the local area radio station for the latest updates and information on fire safety. Natural Resource Centre - Port Augusta Phone: (+61 8) 8648 5300 When to visit The most enjoyable times to visit the Simpson Desert are autumn, winter and spring. Simpson Desert Regional Reserve and Conservation Park are closed annually between 1 December and 15 March. This closure is to ensure public safety as temperatures can exceed 50˚. A breakdown during this time could be fatal. Simpson Desert Conservation Park is located 957km north of Port Augusta. Access may be restricted due to local road conditions. Please refer to the latest Desert Parks Bulletin for current access and road condition information. It is accessible via the following routes: From Kulgera: Travel via Finke to New Crown Station, then via Charlotte Waters to Mount Dare Homestead in Witjira National Park, through Dalhousie Springs and Spring Creek to Purni Bore. From Oodnadatta: Travel via Hamilton Station and Dalhousie Springs, Spring Creek then Purni Bore. From Birdsville: Enter via the QAA line to Poeppel Corner. Depending on the road conditions, the 160km journey from Birdsville to Poeppel Corner may take you 6-8 hours as it travels over some of the biggest sand dunes in the desert. Allo
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Where are they Now? - A-Z of Bristol bands - Songwriters -… | Flickr Paul Townsend By: Paul Townsend Where are they Now? - A-Z of Bristol bands - Songwriters - Musicians image above: Black Roots were a roots reggae band from the St. Paul's area of Bristol, England formed in 1979. They released several albums before splitting up in 1990. A The Agents: Post Punk band (1980–1983). In 1981 they released in Germany the single and album called ‘Everybody’s Gonna Be Happy’. They split up in 1983, with members Richard Snow, Dave and Steve Libby going on to form Force Majeure. Rodney Allen: Guitarist and songwriter. Released the Happysad LP on The Subway Organization in 1987, and after a brief spell in The Chesterfields joined The Blue Aeroplanes. Allflaws: Electronic, Industrial and Trip Hop group (2004–present). Created by producer, vocalist and songwriter Gabriel Curran. Apartment: Post Punk band (1979–1980) formed by Alan Griffiths released double A-sided single 'The Car'/'Winter' in 1980 on Heartbeat Records also featured on the 1979 Bristol compilation album 'Avon Calling' Art Objects: New Wave “Art band” (1978–1981). Fronted by Bristol Beat Poet Gerard Langley, brother John Langley on drums, dancer Wojtek Dmochowski (all later of The Blue Aeroplanes), plus bassist Bill Stair and guitarists/brothers Jonjo and Robin Key (both simultaneously in the band Various Artists) They released 2 singles, and the album ‘Bagpipe Music’ on local label Heartbeat Records. Aspects: Hip Hop group (1996–present). The outfit's core members are emcees El Eye and Mantis, producer Specify and beatbox Monkey Moo. B Geoff Barrow: Producer, songwriter and instrumentalist (b.1971). Founder member of Portishead. In 1991, he assisted on the recording of Massive Attack's breakthrough album Blue Lines. Acker Bilk: Clarinetist and songwriter (b.1929). Best known for his 1961 UK hit single, "Stranger on the Shore", which also became the first British recording to reach #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in 1962. Black Roots - See photo above: A roots reggae band from the St. Paul's area of Bristol, formed in 1979. Their first (self-titled) album was released on their own Nubian label, and the band was commissioned by the BBC to write and record the theme song to the sitcom The Front Line. They released several other albums before they stopped touring in 1990 and officially disbanded in 1995. The Blue Aeroplanes: Art rock guitar band (1983–present). Formed out of the ashes of Art Objects, over it’s lifetime the band has had a fluid membership, with the 2 constants being Gerard Langley as “singer” and Wojtek Dmochowski (dancer). The group have produced numerous albums/singles (some re-released with different/additional tracks), including a version of The Boy in the Bubble by Paul Simon. The Blue Side of Midnight: Rock band formed 1982. Beki Bondage: Rebecca Louise Bond, singer and musician (b.1963). Came to prominence as a member of Bristol Punk Band Vice Squad. In a St George's Day (23 April 2006) speech, for the Campaign to Celebrate our English Heritage, controversial journalist Garry Bushell cited Bondage as "a jewel in the crown of England's glory." Chris Bostock: Bassist, songwriter and producer (b.1962). Member of The Stingrays, The X-Certs, Subway Sect, JoBoxers and played with Dave Stewart and The Spiritual Cowboys. The Bohana Mouse Band: Jazz Funk band with Paul Owen (Vocals), Martin Tutton (Guitar), Paul Onslow-Carey (Drums), and Jon Fifield (Percussion). They were the first release on Circus Records with their 12" single 'F', in 1981. Pete Brandt’s Method: Large jazz-funk band led by Pete Brandt. Their only single, ‘What You Are/ Positive Thinking’ was released on Fried Egg Records in 1980. Pete Brandt is now producing melodic acoustic folk. Breakbeat Era: Short-lived British project, that combined the breakbeat talent of drum and bass producers, Roni Size and DJ Die, with the vocals of singer Leonie Laws. The Brilliant Corners: Indie band that encompassed a variety of musical styles over its lifetime (1983–1993).
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History - Classic Motown History Store Berry Gordy Receives $800 Loan Berry Gordy Jr. launches Tamla Records with an $800 loan from the Gordy family savings fund, and releases Marv Johnson’s “Come To Me.” Read more Birth Of The Motortown Revue The “Gordy Star Attractions Show” makes its debut, featuring the Miracles, Marv Johnson and Mable John, among others. Read more Home Of The Hits On West Grand Blvd. Berry Gordy buys a two-story house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit, and puts up a sign to signal his intentions: Hitsville U.S.A. Read more 'Bad Girl' Makes Good With Chess The Miracles’ “Bad Girl,” written by Berry Gordy and William “Smokey” Robinson, is released under license to Chess Records. Read more Money (That's What I Want) First released on Tamla Records, Barrett Strong’s “Money (That’s What I Want)” is a hit when nationally distributed by Anna Records. Read more Mary Wells' Debut Single "Bye Bye Baby" is the debut Motown single by 17-year-old Mary Wells, who wrote the song herself. Read more Marvin Gaye signs to Motown After singing with the Moonglows, Marvin Gaye moves to Detroit and, through group leader Harvey Fuqua’s contacts, joins Motown. Read more The Miracles' First National Hit The Miracles’ first national hit, “Shop Around” is released, after Berry Gordy summons the Miracles to the studio at 3 a.m. to re-record the song. Read more The Supremes Sign To Motown The Supremes sign to Motown, with their first 45 on the Tamla label, “I Want A Guy,” released in March. Read more Motown Sign Little Stevie Wonder Berry Gordy signs Little Stevie Wonder after an impressive audition at Hitsville by the 11-year-old, playing several instruments. Read more The Temptations' Debut Single “Oh Mother Of Mine,” the Temptations’ debut for Motown Records, is issued on the company’s Miracle label. Read more Motown's First No. 1 Motown ends the year with its first No. 1 on the pop charts: “Please Mr. Postman” by the Marvelettes. Read more First Holland/Dozier/ Holland Teamwork Motown issues “Dearest One” by Lamont Dozier, his first song written with Eddie and Brian Holland. Read more First Top 20 Single For Gordy Label The Gordy label gains its first Top 20 success with “Do You Love Me” by the Contours. Read more The Motortown Revue Begins The first “Motortown Revue” package tour of more than two dozen cities begins in Washington, DC. Read more Marvin Gaye Enters The Charts Marvin Gaye has his first Top 50 pop hit with “Stubborn Kind Of Fellow.” Read more Holland/Dozier/ Holland Chart Success The Marvelettes’ “Locking Up My Heart” is released to become an early chart success for the Holland/Dozier/Holland team. Read more The Four Tops Sign To Motown The Four Tops sign to Motown, and begin recording in Studio A at Hitsville. Read more The 12 Year Old Genius Little Stevie Wonder’s The 12 Year Old Genius Recorded Live is Motown’s first No. 1 album, as “Fingertips – Pt. 2” tops the Hot 100. Read more Motown Signs U.K. License Deal Motown kicks off its new U.K. license deal with EMI Records with the release of Martha & the Vandellas’ “Heat Wave”. Read more Motown launches Soul label Motown launches its Soul label with Shorty Long’s “Devil With The Blue Dress” whilst Jimmy Ruffin and Jr. Walker & The All Stars join the roster. Read more My Guy Tops The Beatles “My Guy” by Mary Wells becomes Motown’s fourth No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the company's first major U.K. hit. Read more The Supremes' Chart Success The Supremes begin their run of five consecutive No. 1 hits with “Where Did Our Love Go”. Read more Smokey Pens My Girl The Temptations get together with Smokey Robinson at Hitsville’s Studio A to record a new song, “My Girl.” Read more Tamla Motown U.K. Tour The Tamla Motown label is launched in the U.K., while Martha & the Vandellas, Stevie Wonder, the Miracles and the Supremes begin touring England, Scotland and Wales. Read more Motown's 10th No. 1 The Four Tops achieve Motown Records’ tenth No. 1 with “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch).” Read more The Supremes' debut at Copacabana The Supremes make the
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Griffin Park | Brentford FC | Football Ground Guide Football Ground Guide Address: Braemar Road, Brentford, TW8 0NT Telephone: 08453 456 442 Pitch Size: 110 x 73 yards Club Nickname: The Bees Home Kit: Red, White & Black Away Kit: Grey and White Bill Axeby and Brook Road Stands Braemar Road Stand WHAT IS GRIFFIN PARK LIKE? The ground is rather compact and certainly has an individual feel. On one side is the recently christened Bill Axbey Stand (formerly the New Road Stand), which is named after a long time supporter who watched the Bees for an incredible 89 years before passing away in 2007. This stand is a single tiered, covered all seated stand, which has a number of supporting pillars running across the front of it. The roof of the stand is painted with a large advert, designed to catch the eye of passengers flying into Heathrow Airport. Currently this is an advert for Qatar Airways, but in the past amongst others, it has been for KLM and easyJet. Opposite is the Bees United (Braemar Road) Stand. Again this stand is single tiered, all seated and has a number of supporting pillars. It has a very low roof, which makes you wonder what the view would be like from the very back row of the stand. At one end is the BIAS Stand (aka the Ealing Road Terrace), which up to 2007, was an open terrace that was given to away supporters. However the Club have now erected a roof on this end and decided to give it back to the home fans. This should really help boost the atmosphere within the stadium. Interestingly the sponsors of the terrace BIAS are not a company but the Brentford Independent Association of Supporters. Opposite is the Brook Road Stand. This stand which was opened in 1986, is a strange affair; a small double decker stand that has seating on the first tier and terracing below. It is known affectionately by the Brentford fans as the 'Wendy House'. The ground is complete with a set of four imposing floodlights. Griffin Park is also used for Chelsea reserve team matches. NEW STADIUM The Club have received planning permission to build a new 20,000 capacity stadium, at Lionel Road (in-between Kew Bridge Railway Station and the M4). The site is just under two miles away from Griffin Park. The scheme will also see the construction of 910 flats and a hotel. The stadium may also be shared with London Welsh Rugby Club. If things go to plan then works could start in early 2017, with Brentford could be kicking off in their new home for the start of the 2019/20 season. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR VISITING FANS? Away fans are housed in the Brook Road Stand at one end of the ground. This covered two tiered stand has 600 seats in its upper tier and room for around 1,000 fans below in the terrace. The upper tier has good unhindered views of the playing area, whilst below in the lower terraced area there are a couple of prominent supporting pillars, which may affect your view. There is a good selection of refreshments on offer including a selection of Pies (£3.30), Pasties (£3), Hot Dogs (£3.50), Burgers (£3.50), Cheeseburgers (£3.60) and Sausage Rolls (£2). I also have been informed that an enterprising home owner has set up a hot dog and cake stall in their front garden on Brook Road South, just along from the away supporters entrance. Tim Porter a visiting Torquay United supporter adds; 'The home fans were the most friendly I've come across for a long time - before kick-off, the stadium announcer asked all the home fans to put their hands together for the Torquay fans who had made such a long journey. I expected indifferent silence or abuse, but there was almost universal clapping!' I also had an enjoyable visit to Griffin Park and didn't experience any problems. PUBS FOR AWAY FANS Brentford is famous for being the only ground in England that has a pub at every corner of the ground. The surrounding land was formerly owned by the Griffin Brewery, hence the name Griffin Park. However one of these pubs the Royal Oak is currently closed. The other three; The Griffin (which serves Fullers real ale), The Princess Royal and The New Inn. The New Inn
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Real Madrid's record against English sides (Squarefootball :: original football articles) Tuesday, 18 September 2012 Real Madrid's record against English sides Posted by Colin Illingworth at 02:00 AM in Champions League , La Liga , Real Madrid , Spain | Permalink Real Madrid host English champions Manchester City tonight and Roberto Mancini will be hoping to achieve something that only two English sides have managed in European competitions . . . beat Madrid at the Bernabeu. Arsenal were the first English side to beat Real Madrid at home in 2006 thanks to a sensational solo goal from Arsenal legend Thierry Henry. The Gunners took a 1-0 lead back to north London and held on to knock the Spanish giants out of the competition, as Arsenal went on to face Barcelona in the final. Three years later Liverpool joined that exclusive club, thanks to Yossi Benayoun's head. The Israeli international, who is currently back at West Ham United on loan, gave the Reds a 1-0 lead to take back to Anfield, and boy did they make the most of it. They sent the Spanish giants packing with a 4-0 defeat, 5-0 on aggregate. Tottenham aimed to make it a hat-trick of wins for English clubs at the Bernabeu in 2011, but Harry Redknapp's men were torn apart, losing the game 4-0. And that's the risk for Manchester City fans. If you give Real Madrid a sniff of a chance they will punish you. But City have the chance to do something their fierce rivals United have failed to manage in four attempts. United were the first English team to face Madrid in Europe in 1956/57 but left the Bernabeu on the back of a 3-1 defeat. Eleven years later, United recorded a 3-3 draw there, beating Real at home as Matt Busby's side went on to reach the final and clinch the European Cup for the first time. In 2000 United returned to the Bernabeu and recorded a goalless draw. Three years later they were shot down 3-1. The mighty Manchester United are still waiting for their first win at the Bernabeu. Could City go there tonight and beat them at the first time of asking? It will be a tough ask. Derby County were given a football lesson in the 1975/76 season as they lost 5-1, while Leeds United put up a better fight in 2001 in the group stages as they lost out in a five-goal thriller. In the UEFA Cup Ipswich Town played out a goalless draw there in 1973 as did Spurs in 1985, but whereas the Tractor Boys saw them off 1-0 at Portman Road, Spurs lost 1-0 at the Lane. Real Madrid will start as favourites for tonight game and Ronaldo in particular will want to put City in their place. The visitors may be sitting in the top four but they have yet to keep a clean sheet this season and that will be a huge concern for Roberto Mancini, who will have his own scores to settle with Jose Mourinho. Two defeats in 11 games against English opposition is quite a feat. Can City make it three in 12? Whatever your views, we'd love to hear from you. To view Manchester City's record against Spanish sides, click here ...Display PP 2010/11 here
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Just One More Thing: Amazon.co.uk: Peter Falk: 9780099509554: Books Just One More Thing Buy the selected items together This item:Just One More Thing by Peter Falk Paperback £8.99 In stock. Sent from and sold by Amazon. FREE Delivery on orders over £10. Details Columbo: The Complete 10 Season Collection by Peter Falk DVD £24.99 In stock. Sent from and sold by Amazon. FREE Delivery in the UK. Details Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. DVD £24.99 Amazon Prime Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. Apple To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. or Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Product details Publisher: Arrow (7 Aug. 2008) Language: English Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 2.1 x 19.8 cm Average Customer Review: Product Description Book Description The reluctant actor who was nominated for two Oscars and who immortalised Lieutenant Columbo around the world shares his hilarious and often touching stories - in his own inimitable voice. From the Publisher The reluctant actor who was nominated for two Oscars and who immortalised Lieutenant Columbo around the world shares his hilarious and often touching stories in his own inimitable voice. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. By Mr. Stephen Kennedy VINE VOICE on 13 May 2008 Format: Paperback Peter Falk turns out to have a talent for writing in much the same way he talks.. in wry commentary, with no small amount of wit. He sets out his stall early on - he has no intention of telling you his life story, but instead wants to write a book that you can pick up for 10 minutes before bed, or in the bath, and enjoy a few entertaining stories. Nonetheless, in doing so (and in no particular order), we do learn much about his life, just little about what he thinks about the important events in his life - only some of what he enjoyed or found funny in it. The end result leaves you much with the feeling of having sat down and had a chat with the man over a beer, swapping stories of people and places. Subjects covered range from his admiration and friendship with John Cassavetes, his role of Columbo (of course) and some of his leading ladies, to his wife, his early travels and quite a few of his favourite ad libs from other stars. Basically it feels like it is whatever came into his head on the day he sat down at the typewriter. As such, this is a quiet success.. he uses much space on the page with different fonts and sizes of font to break up the text and make his point, so that there actually is very little reading in the book. There are plenty of photos and drawings (we find out he has a passion for sketching and drawing). Entertaining as a light frothy read, although if you want more on his inner thoughts and life story, or an exposé of Hollywood, best look elsewhere. As a work of literature this may not rate highly, but for its intended audience (the folk who want that 10 minute read in the bath or before bed) it fits the bill nicely.
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Serious Popcorn: main Archives March 20, 2008 Remembering Ivan Dixon The actor Ivan Dixon died on March 16 in Charlotte, NC, while the media were buzzing about the need for more "dialogue about race." Too often, that means another recycling of the same-ol'-same-'ol, cliches and recriminations, until we grow weary and shut it down again. We don't need any more of that. We need a 21st-century version of Nothing But a Man (1964), the quiet, eloquent film starring Mr. Dixon as a working man who marries a preacher's daughter (Abbey Lincoln) and insists on being treated respectfully by everyone he meets. That's it. But for a long time after I first saw it in the 1970s, it was my favorite film (and, I gather, Malcolm X's). Nothing But a Man is available on DVD, and from the first black-and-white frame (I am referring to the film stock), you will see that it is of a different era. But if you stay with it, you will also see that some treatments of race do not grow tiresome, because they are simply, straightforwardly human. That's why I remember Ivan Dixon. Posted by mbayles at 8:57 AM March 18, 2008 Confession The title of this entry does not refer to my own confession, but Leo Tolstoy's. I recently watched Sean Penn's Into the Wild, based on the eponymous best-seller by Jon Krakauer, about Chris McCandless, a young man who "dropped out," as they used to say in the sixties, only without then "tuning in" to any movement or "turning on" with any known drug. What McCandless did do was abandon family, friends, future prospects, and affluent lifestyle, to embark on a quest without definition that, to judge by the film (I have not read the book), acquired definition as it went along. After two years of living as a voluntary hobo (he renamed himself "Alexander Supertramp"), hippie (he bonded with a counter-cultural tribe living in RVs), and latter-day alms-seeking monk, he trekked alone into the Alaskan wilderness, where after 112 days of foraging for food and living in an abandoned bus, he died of starvation. In the wrong hands, this story could be unbearable, especially in today's acrimonious social and cultural atmosphere. And ... let me put it this way: I am not enlightened by Sean Penn's politics, and I don't much like him. But he is one of the major talents in Hollywood, if not THE major talent. This film is a masterpiece. I'm not even talking about its visual beauty, which is all the more stunning for not having been generated by a computer. Nor, really, am I talking about Emile Hirsch, whose only flaw in the lead role is that he is more lovable than the real McCandless seems to have been. No, I'm talking about that rarest of qualities in Hollywood films these days, the story-telling. No one but Penn could have handled this as deftly, even to the point of using McCandless's favorite books in a way that skips the usual self-consciousness ("aren't we smart to be quoting a real book in a movie?") and cuts to the heart of Jack London, Henry Thoreau, and Tolstoy. I seriously doubted whether this film would make room for Tolstoy, despite putting his books in McCandless's backpack. But if you stay with it, all the way to the end, you will see that it does capture him. Not the big shot author of War and Peace, but the restless soul of Confession, who rejects everything in his society, only to find God in a dream fraught with existential angst. You can interpret the ending of Into the Wild any way you like, but for me, it completes the trajectory of this strange young man's life in a way very similar to Tolstoy's in Confession: doubt; disillusionment; cynicism; flight; heartache; yearning for human re-connection coupled with the realization (on the bank of a swollen river) that it's too late, there is no going back; terror in the face of death; and finally, transcendence that may or may not last beyond this life. Quite a lot for one movie. And they gave the Oscar to No Country for Old Men, a plotless mess gagging on its own blood. It's enough to make a real movie lover drop out. Posted by mbayles at 8:44 AM February 25,
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A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant - iSnare Free Encyclopedia A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant Poster from 2007 Philadelphia production Music A concept by Alex Timbers Productions 2004 Obie Award A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant is a satirical musical about Scientology and L. Ron Hubbard , written by Kyle Jarrow from a concept by Alex Timbers , the show's original director. Jarrow based the story of the one-act, one-hour musical on Hubbard's writings and Church of Scientology literature. The musical follows the life of Hubbard as he develops Dianetics and then Scientology. Though the musical pokes fun at Hubbard's science fiction writing and personal beliefs, it has been called a "deadpan presentation" of his life story. [1] Topics explored in the piece include Dianetics, the E-meter , Thetans , and the story of Xenu . The show was originally presented in 2003 in New York City by Les Freres Corbusier, an experimental theater troupe, enjoying sold-out Off-Off-Broadway and Off-Broadway productions. Later productions have included Los Angeles , New York, Boston , Atlanta , Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Early in the production of the musical, the president of the Church of Scientology in New York sent a letter to the producer pointing out the Church's history of litigation . This led Timbers and Jarrow to insert the word "Unauthorized" into the title, upon the advice of legal counsel. During the Los Angeles production, representatives of the Church of Scientology visited the production staff in the midst of rehearsals and handed out documentation of successful litigation against critics of Scientology . Parents of some of the Los Angeles cast members also received phone calls from Scientologists in the entertainment industry, asking them not to allow their children to perform in the musical. A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant has been well received. The 2003 New York production received an Obie Award , and director Alex Timbers received a Garland Award for the 2004 Los Angeles production. The musical also received positive reviews in the press. The New York Times characterized it as a " cult-hit ", and The Village Voice , The Los Angeles Times and The Guardian all gave it favorable reviews. Variety and The Boston Globe had kind words for the updated 2006 edition. A 2004 cast recording released by Sh-K-Boom Records received four out of five stars from Allmusic and plaudits from The Los Angeles Daily News . Contents 9 External links Background Alex Timbers developed the concept and directed the play, while Kyle Jarrow wrote the accompanying book, music, and lyrics. [2] Timbers and Jarrow were classmates together at Yale University . [3] The script for the play is published by Samuel French, Inc. [4] Jarrow was motivated to write the script by what he saw as a shift in religious teachings – from an old model involving hell and retribution, to a new system of thought promising money or peace. [5] Jarrow commented on Timbers' idea of using children to tell a story about Scientology: "I did a lot of work on cults in college, and what I learned is that they sort of turn you into a child by appealing to that part of you that wants to be taken care of and given answers. And so it all began to make sense to me." [6] He said Scientology would be "an especially interesting topic for a theater piece" because of its criticism of psychiatry , relative newness compared to Buddhism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity, and practice of requiring "that the follower take courses which cost significant amounts of money." [7] Jarrow's script was "almost entirely based on Hubbard's own writings and the church's literature", [8] though Jarrow was also influenced by critical journalistic accounts. [9] He also drew on the "awkward woodenness of Christmas pageants — the fact that children are often made to say large words that don't sound natural coming out of their mouths." [7] Timbers said they chose t
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Yo-Yo Ma Discography at Discogs Profile: US-American cellist, virtuoso and orchestral composer (born 7 October 1955 in Paris, France.) Yo-Yo Ma (simplified Chinese: 马友友; traditional Chinese: 馬友友; pinyin: Mǎ Yǒuyǒu) is a French-born American cellist, virtuoso, orchestral composer of Chinese descent, and winner of multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011. He is one of the most famous cellists of the modern age. Yo-Yo Ma was born in Paris on October 7, 1955, to Chinese parents and had a musical upbringing. His mother, Marina Lu, was a singer, and his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, was a violinist and professor of music. His family moved to New York when he was five years old. At a very young age, Ma began studying violin, and later viola, before finding his true calling by taking up the cello in 1960 at age four. According to Ma, his first choice was the double bass due to its large size, but he compromised and took up cello instead. The child prodigy began performing before audiences at age five, and performed for Presidents John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower when he was seven. At age eight, he appeared on American television with his sister, Yeou-Cheng Ma, in a concert conducted by Leonard Bernstein. By fifteen years of age, Ma had graduated from Trinity School in New York and appeared as a soloist with the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra in a performance of the Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations. Ma studied at the Juilliard School with Leonard Rose and briefly attended Columbia University before ultimately enrolling at Harvard University. Prior to entering Harvard, Ma played in the Marlboro Festival Orchestra under the direction of nonagenarian cellist and conductor Pablo Casals. Ma would ultimately spend four summers at the Marlboro Music Festival after meeting and falling in love with Mount Holyoke College sophomore and festival administrator Jill Hornor his first summer there in 1972. However, even before that time, Ma had steadily gained fame and had performed with most of the world's major orchestras. His recordings and performances of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites recorded in 1983 and again in 1994–1997 are particularly acclaimed. He has also played a good deal of chamber music, often with the pianist Emanuel Ax, with whom he has a close friendship back from their days together at the Juilliard School of Music in New York. Ma received his bachelor's degree from Harvard in 1976. In 1991, he received an honorary doctorate from Harvard. Ma currently plays with his own Silk Road Ensemble, which has the goal of bringing together musicians from diverse countries all of which are historically linked via the Silk Road, and records on the Sony Classical label. Ma's primary performance instrument is the cello nicknamed Petunia, built by Domenico Montagnana in 1733. It was named this by a female student that approached him after one of his classes in Salt Lake City asking if he had a nickname for his cello. He said, "No, but if I play for you, will you name it?" She chose Petunia, and it stuck. This cello, more than 270 years old and valued at US$2.5 million, was lost in the fall of 1999 when Ma accidentally left the instrument in a taxicab in New York City. It was later recovered undamaged. Another of Ma's cellos, the Davidov Stradivarius, was previously owned by Jacqueline du Pré who passed it to him upon her death, and owned by the Vuitton Foundation. Though Du Pré previously voiced her frustration with the "unpredictability" of this cello, Ma attributed the comment to du Pré's impassioned style of playing, adding that the Stradivarius cello must be "coaxed" by the player. It was until recently set up in a Baroque manner, since Ma exclusively played Baroque music on it. He also owns a cello made of carbon fiber by the Luis and Clark company of Boston. In 1997 he was featured on John Williams' soundtrack to the Hollywood film, Seven Years in Tibet. In 2000, he was heard on the soundtrack of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and in 2003 on that of Master and Commander
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Chris Rea — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm singer-songwriter Christopher Anton Rea (pronounced Ree-ah), born 4 March 1951, is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Middlesbrough, England. Rea's recording career began in 1978. Although he almost immediately had a US hit single with "Fool (If You Think It's Over)", Rea's initial focus was on continental Europe, releasing eight albums in the 1980s. It wasn't until 1985's Shamrock Diaries and the songs "Stainsby Girls" and "Josephine," that UK audiences began to take notice of him. Follow up albums… read more
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Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri
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A walking tour of Liverpool's best sculptures Posted by Mark Langshaw in Around the City , Art , Featured , Liverpool Life Jun, 10 2016 1 Comment Carving a path: A walking tour of Liverpool’s best sculptures The Liver Birds may be Liverpool’s most famous sculptures but from their lofty perches, these watchful avians have witnessed countless others spring up across the city centre over the years. Our grand city plays host to more statues than any other in the UK outside of London, and with the 2016 Biennial set to bring even more public artwork to Merseyside, Your Move has put together a walking tour of Liverpool’s best sculptures, from historic monuments to hidden gems that slip under the radar too easily. Words by Mark Langshaw View and save our walking trail map 1) SuperLambBanana – Tithebarn Street This quirky mashup of animal and fruit can be found standing guard outside the Avril Robarts Library on Tithebarn Street. Weighing almost eight tonnes and standing at 17 ft, Japanese artist Taro Chiezo’s SuperLambBanana was commissioned in 1998 for Britain’s Art Transpennine exhibition. Taro’s creation not only shows off the artist’s sense of humour, but also raises awareness of the pitfalls surrounding genetic engineering and evokes the heyday of Liverpool’s docks by merging two of its most common cargo loads: fruit and livestock. 2) Palanzana – Byrom Street Situated on the west side of Byrom Street between twin flyovers lies Stephen Cox’s Palanzana, a tree-like form wrapped around a large sphere which was carved out of volcanic rock mined from an Italian quarry that shares its name. Commissioned for the Garden Festival of 1984 and relocated to its current home in 1998, the public artwork highlights Stephen’s fascination with dressed and undressed stone, with parts of the sculpture made from smooth, polished stone and others from unfashioned rock. 3) The Hod Carrier – Hunter Street The Hod Carrier is a relic of Liverpool’s Gerard Gardens tenements, a grand residential development which once housed entire communities. A tribute to a worker who lost his life during the building’s construction, the monument is a replica of a sculpture which was salvaged when the flats were demolished in 1987. Some would argue the Hod Carrier is too fine an artwork to be situated amid multiple lanes of traffic on Hunter Street, but its placement marks the original location of Gerard Gardens. 4) The Hillsborough Monument Memorial – William Brown Street A poignant tribute to the 96 football fans who died in the 1989 stadium disaster, The Hillsborough Monument Memorial was crafted by renowned sculptor Tom Murphy to ensure Liverpool city centre has a dedicated spot where people can go to remember the victims of the tragedy. The circular sculpture, which was commissioned by the Hillsborough Justice Campaign, is wrought out of bronze and bears the names of the 96 along with figures which represent the themes of justice, hope and loss. 5) The Beatle Street Statue – Matthew Street Liverpool’s music legacy is etched into stone thanks to the number of sculpture tributes to The Beatles found up and down the city. Adorning a Matthew Street wall, the Beatle Street Statue by local artist Arthur Dooley was the first to arrive on the scene when it was unveiled in 1974. The artwork depicts cherubic versions of the band members being cradled by The Madonna, above the fitting caption ‘Four Lads Who Shook The World’. 6) The Statue of Liberty – Lime Street Most Liverpudlians have walked right past this hidden gem on countless occasions and many of those who have spotted it won’t have given its cultural merit a second thought. A miniature version of the Statue of Liberty sits regally above McHale’s Irish American Bar as a reminder of a bygone age, a time before World War II when the bar’s predecessor was regularly frequented by US servicemen. The watering hole doesn’t host as many American sailors these days, but the monument above it adds stateside character to Lime Street. 7) Reconciliation – Concert Square Although Concert Square’s culture is largely limited to
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Songs with Lyrics by Lorenz Hart: Blue Moon, Bewitched, Bothered and ... - Books LLC - Google Books 0 Reviews https://books.google.com/books/about/Songs_with_Lyrics_by_Lorenz_Hart_Blue_Mo.html?id=7iiRSQAACAAJ Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (music and lyrics not included). Pages: 22. Chapters: A Ship Without a Sail, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Blue Moon (song), Blue Room (song), Dancing on the Ceiling (song), Ev'rything I've Got, Falling in Love with Love, Give it Back to the Indians, Glad to Be Unhappy, Have You Met Miss Jones?, Here in My Arms, He Was Too Good to Me, I'll Tell the Man in the Street, I've Got Five Dollars, Isn't It Romantic?, It's Easy to Remember (And So Hard to Forget), It Never Entered My Mind, I Could Write a Book, I Didn't Know What Time It Was, I Like to Recognize the Tune, I Wish I Were in Love Again, Johnny One Note, Little Girl Blue (song), Lover (song), Manhattan (song), Mimi (song), Mountain Greenery, My Funny Valentine, My Heart Stood Still, My Romance (song), Sing for Your Supper, Spring Is Here, Ten Cents a Dance, There's a Small Hotel, The Lady Is a Tramp, The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1935 song), This Can't Be Love (song), Thou Swell, To Keep My Love Alive, Wait till You See Her, Where or When, With a Song in My Heart (song), You're Nearer, You Took Advantage of Me. Excerpt: "The Lady Is a Tramp" is a show tune from the 1937 Rodgers and Hart musical Babes in Arms in which it was introduced by former child star Mitzi Green. This song is a spoof of New York high society and its strict etiquette (the first line of the verse is "I get too hungry for dinner at eight..."). It has become a popular standard. Early recordings from 1937 include one by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, (featuring Edythe Wright on vocals), Midge Williams and Her Jazz Jesters, Sophie Tucker, and Bernie Cummins on the Vocalion records label (#3714). Lena Horne recorded the song with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio Orchestra on March 30, 1948. Her performance appeared in the film, Words and Music, a fictionalized biography of the partnership of Rodgers and Hart. It was recorded by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald in 1950s and Shirley Bassey in the 1960s, becoming a signature song for each of them. Sinatra also sang it in the film Pal Joey. Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga recorded a version of this song for his 2011 album Duets II. Bennett praised Gaga's performance in the song, saying that she is a real "jazz lady." The single differs from the somber theme of "Body and Soul" displayed by Bennett and Winehouse in the album's first single, with its playful back-and-forth vocal theme instead. They performed the song live on ABC's Thanksgiving special dedicated to, written, directed, produced and hosted by Gaga entitled A Very Gaga Thanksgiving. They were the opening number, singing next to an old piano in a casual obscure room. Set in a cabaret Gaga played the part of a "tramp" with class and style she sang with Tony. Gaga grabbing a red handkerchief out of Bennett's pocket as well as taking off and showing her shoe to Bennett and then throwing it over her shoulder was a playful touch. After the song, there were clips of Lady Gaga, preparing for the show with excerpts of Bennett observations. Bennett said, "I see in Lady Gaga a touch of theatrical genius, she is very creative a
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BBC News - Cabinet: David Cameron's new line-up Cabinet: David Cameron's new line-up Here is a guide to the cabinet following the reshuffle which began on 14 July, 2014: David Cameron Prime Minister Prime Minister David Cameron Conservative David Cameron was virtually unknown outside Westminster when he was elected Tory leader in December 2005 at the age of 39. The Old Etonian had dazzled that year's party conference with his youthful dynamism and charisma, reportedly telling journalists he was the "heir to Blair". He has sought to match the former PM by putting the Conservatives at the centre ground of British politics. After the 2010 election he led his party into coalition with the Lib Dems, making tackling the UK economy's deficit its priority. He has faced criticism from some on the right of the party but Mr Cameron has insisted the coalition will see through its full five-year term. Before becoming leader, he was the Conservatives' campaign co-ordinator at the 2005 general election and shadow education secretary. He was special adviser to Home Secretary Michael Howard and Chancellor Norman Lamont in the 1990s before spending seven years as a public relations executive with commercial broadcaster Carlton. Nick Clegg Deputy Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg In just five years, Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg, a contemporary of Mr Cameron, went from political obscurity to the absolute front line of British politics. After becoming MP for Sheffield Hallam at the 2005 election, he was promoted to Europe spokesman, before moving on to the home affairs role. When Sir Menzies Campbell resigned as leader in 2007, he entered the race to succeed him, in the end narrowly beating Chris Huhne. He really came to prominence during the televised debates ahead of the general election, being judged in polls to have been the big winner of the first one. However, this appeared to do little to help the Lib Dems when they actually lost seats on 6 May. The party, though, retained enough MPs to become the vital players in the hung parliament. After taking his party into coalition with the Conservatives - and U-turning on a previous pledge to reject university tuition fees - Mr Clegg saw his personal poll ratings slump, but he has pointed to areas where Lib Dem policies have come into force on taxation and consitutional issues. Like David Cameron, he has insisted the coalition is working in the national interest and will continue for the full parliament. George Osborne Chancellor Chancellor George Osborne One of David Cameron's closest friends and Conservative allies, George Osborne rose rapidly after becoming MP for Tatton in 2001. Michael Howard promoted him from shadow chief secretary to the Treasury to shadow chancellor in May 2005, at the age of 34. Mr Osborne took a key role in the election campaign and even before Mr Cameron became leader the two were being likened to Labour's Blair/Brown duo. The two have emulated them by becoming prime minister and chancellor, but have avoided the spats. Some prominent Conservatives have urged Mr Osborne to do more to promote economic growth. Before entering Parliament, he was a special adviser in the agriculture department when the Tories were in government and later served as political secretary to William Hague. Home Secretary Theresa May Theresa May is the second woman to hold the post of Home Secretary. She was the first woman to become Conservative Party chairman, under the leadership of Iain Duncan Smith. She then took up the culture and family portfolios before being made shadow Commons leader by David Cameron. She has been a keen advocate of positive action to recruit more women Tories to winnable seats and was a key architect of the "A list" of preferred candidates. A passionate moderniser, she famously ruffled feathers when she told Tory activists they were seen as members of the "nasty party". In her role as home secretary, she has overseen widespread changes to the immigration system. Mrs May was the shadow work and pensions minister ahead of the election. Philip Hammond Fore
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Ministers Ministers Ministers The Rt Hon Theresa May MP On May 12th 2010, the Prime Minister appointed The Rt Hon Theresa May MP as Minister for Women and Equalities in addition to her appointment as Home Secretary. Ms May has been the Member of Parliament for Maidenhead since May 1997. She lives in her constituency and is an active local campaigner. She has been a keen advocate of positive action to recruit more women Conservatives to winnable seats and was a key architect of the ‘A list’ of preferred candidates. A member of the shadow cabinet since 1999, and a Privy Counsellor since 2003, she has held a number of positions within Parliament since 1997. Her roles in the shadow Cabinet have included: secretary of state for education and employment, secretary of state for transport, local government and the regions, secretary of state for the family (culture, media and sport), and shadow leader of the House of Commons (2005-09). From 2002 to 2003, she was the first woman chairman of the Conservative Party. The newly appointed Home Secretary most recently held the position of Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Shadow Minister for Women. Theresa has been involved in politics at all levels for many years. She was a councillor in the London borough of Merton from 1986 to 1994. She worked in the City before becoming an MP, starting her career at the Bank of England before moving on to hold posts at the Association for Payment Clearing. Lynne Featherstone MP On May 14th 2010, the Prime Minister appointed Lynne Featherstone MP as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Equalities). Lynne Featherstone was elected as Member of Parliament for Hornsey and Wood Green in 2005. She is an active local campaigner and has lived in the constituency for over 30 years. She served as the Liberal Democrats’ spokesperson for Home Affairs (2005-06), London (2006-07) and international development spokesperson (2006-07), before moving on to be their youth and equalities spokesperson from 2008. Prior to that, she was elected to Haringey Council in 1998 (a position she would hold until 2006), and in 2000 she was elected to the London Assembly, where she chaired the transport committee and served on the health and standards committees and the Metropolitan Police Authority. Before becoming involved in politics, Lynne ran her own design company, and was a strategic design consultant. In her spare time, she has volunteered at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, North London.
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Discovery Channel's Fake Documentaries - Business Insider print Discovery Channel/Megalodon Lives Despite widespread backlash over fake documentaries, supposedly educational networks are turning to them more and more in efforts to net viewers and in the process are making people dumber. Last year's two-hour special on Discovery, called "Megalodon: The Monster Shark Lives," convinced 70% of viewers that the giant prehistoric shark still existed even as outraged scientists insisted that the show was ludicrous and almost entirely fictional . It didn't help that Discovery made coy comments about the documentary being a legitimate contribution to scientific debate . This summer, Discovery followed it up with "Megalodon: The New Evidence," which became the highest-rated episode of Shark Week with 4.8 million viewers . The network recently also aired a fabricated documentary called "Shark of Darkness: Wrath of Submarine" and reportedly lied to scientists to get them to appear in another documentary, "Voodoo Sharks." The similarly bunk "Russian Yeti: The Killer Lives" aired on the channel in early June. The special follows a filmmaker as he researches footage apparently showing the deaths of nine hikers killed in 1959, but perhaps the bigger mystery is how the doomed hikers got access to a high-quality digital camcorder in the late '50s. The Discovery Channel Discovery-owned channel Animal Planet has aired two other fake documentaries in recent years — replete with actors, fabricated events, CGI, and faked footage — which explore the apparently scientific evidence for mermaids. Although Animal Planet admitted in a subsequent press release that its "documentary" was science-fiction , the show presented itself as rigorously scientific. Many viewers seem to take them at their word, with children being especially vulnerable to deception. Mermaids are real. Okay. Okay. Just watched the second documentary of mermaids. Yes they are real guys. 👌👏 #mermaids @AnimalPlanet — cheyenne schmedding (@schmeddingc16) September 1, 2014 Despite mermaids being neither real animals nor existing on the planet, 3.6 million viewers watched the latest mermaid special , breaking all records for the channel. Not to be outdone in the field of fake science, The History Channel has also joined the trend of undermining its credibility, airing programs like "Nostradamus Effect," "Ancient Aliens," and "UFO Hunters" in recent years. The History Channel Each documentary, across all the networks, inevitably contains X-Files-like references to cover-ups and official denials. We're now claiming that government officials and scientists are lying to the public and that you shouldn't trust them. FFS #sharkweek — David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) August 24, 2014 Faking It From mermaids to monster sharks, the Discovery Channel's fakes tend to follow a cookie cutter formula. Megalodon uses amateur footage, news reports of fatal attacks, and several interviews with shark experts to make its case. The crew bases its narrative on the research of marine biologist Collin Drake as he travels the world speaking about the shark and gathering evidence. But while the shark itself was real — swimming the oceans two million years ago — the same cannot be said for anything else in the special. The documentaries show "found footage" from a fatal attack off the South African coast that apparently left three people dead. It's fake; no such attacks took place. The Discovery Channel The documentaries show news reports from "3 News" in South Africa. It's fake; no such channel exists. The Discovery Channel The documentaries air photos from the Second World War showing the fin and tail of the shark next to a German U-boat. The Discovery Channel This image is an altered still from a historical video, which we tracked down online. www.tarrif.net An internet search for the world-renowned marine biologist Collin Drake only finds references to the docume
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Chinese New Year 2013 date February 10th | Year of the Snake 2019 60 Year Cycle of the Chinese New Year Calendar Unlike western calendars, the Chinese calendar has names that are repeated every 60 years. Within the 'Stem-Branch' system is shorter 'Celestial' cycle of 12 years denoted by animals. Furthermore, the Chinese believe that people born in a particular year take on the characteristics of the animal associated with that year. Rat Ox Tiger Rabbit Dragon Snake Horse Sheep Monkey Rooster Dog Pig Another dimension of the Chinese zodiac is the 5 'Terrestrial' elements of metal, water, wood, fire and earth. If the year ends in 0 it is Yang Metal. If the year ends in 1 it is Yin Metal. If the year ends in 2 it is Yang Water. If the year ends in 3 it is Yin Water. If the year ends in 4 it is Yang Wood. If the year ends in 5 it is Yin Wood. If the year ends in 6 it is Yang Fire. If the year ends in 7 it is Yin Fire. If the year ends in 8 it is Yang Earth. If the year ends in 9 it is Yin Earth. Start date for the Chinese New Year Calendar 2013 and following years The lunar Chinese New Years dates are: 2013 - Feb 10; 2014 - Jan 31; 2015 - Feb 19; 2016 Feb 8th; 2017; Jan 28th. Since Snakes are born under the same Animal Sign, they often share likes and dislikes. Following are similar likes and dislikes of the Snake personality. Snakes Likes: Gems and Stones: Topaz, Jasper, Bloodstone Suitable Gifts include: binoculars, Tarot cards, oils and lotions, stamp collection Hobbies and Pastimes: Astrology, painting, touring, photography Snakes Dislikes: Being interrupted, being mislead personally or professionally, failure. Five Further Thoughts from Will and Guy If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity. - Saudi Arabian Proverb Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way. - Kate Seredy Snake is a sign in the Chinese Zodiac. People born in the Year of the Snake tend to be calm, determined, passionate. [1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001, 2013] Native Americans associate the shedding of a snake's skin with rebirth. Chinese Zodiac Snakes are rich in wisdom and charm, are romantic and deep thinking and your intuition guides you strongly. Avoid procrastination and a stingy attitude towards money. Keep a sense of humour about life. The Snake would be most content as a teacher, philosopher, writer, psychiatrist and fortune teller. The Snake 搞笑清洁笑话 in Chinese roughly translates into clean funny jokes. 干净免费笑话,故事图片、视频剪辑 means clean free jokes, stories pictures and video-clips. Will and Guy's Amusing and Funny Chinese Fishing Story Wang Chien-Ming, (王建 in Mandarin), having settled down to fish at the edge of the river in Guangdong province, soon realized that he had forgotten to bring any bait. Slightly annoyed with himself, Wang noticed a little snake passing by who had caught a worm. Knowing it was the year of the snake, Wang grabbed the snake and robbed him of his worm. Then later, feeling sorry for the little snake with no lunch, he snatched him up again and poured a little beer down his throat. Then he continued happily with his fishing. An hour or so later Wang felt a tug at his trouser leg. Looking down, he saw the same snake with three more worms in his mouth.................. How To Speak Chinese Funny I thought you were on a diet................Wai Yu Mun Ching? This is a tow-away zone......................No Pah King Our meeting is scheduled for next week......Wai Yu Kum Nao? Staying out of sight............................Lei Ying Lo See more funny Chinese speak 20 Number 6 It was Chinese New Year. Bill and Jackson had just staggered back home from a hard night's drinking when they noticed that a menu from the new restaurant next door had come through the letter box. On a whim they decided to celebrate the Chinese New Year with a t
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History at Embankment Pier Interactive map zoom tool To view the dark waters map, you will need the flash plugin To zoom in and out, select the "+" and "-" buttons on the map. The map is draggable, and the top-left panel shows which piece of the complete map you are viewing. View a larger version of this map . You are here: Home > Thames Piers > History at Embankment Pier History at Embankment Pier 'The islands within the river, the eyots, or the marshes beside the river are liminal areas; they are neither water nor dry land. They partake of two realities, and in that sense they are blessed.' Peter Ackroyd M = MAP OR TEXT - SIDE 2 EMBANKMENT NORTH - Charing Cross, Aldwych, Temple, Farringdon CHARING CROSS M Akemannestræt (Akeman St (Roman > West)) This was the old Saxon war road to the West from Lud Gate in the City, following a previous Roman road, via Fleet St, The Strand, Charing Cross, then Knightsbridge and on to the important ford at Staines, before leading to Winchester. M thære wide here-stræt, Oxford Rd/St (Great West Rd) Again a war road (here-stræt = Army Street) following the most obvious central London Roman road, and now roughly corresponding to the dead-straight Oxford St, Bayswater Rd, Goldhawk Rd, and eventually the Great West Road. As it crossed the Westbourne, near current day Lancaster Gate, horses stopped to drink at 'Bayard's watering', hence Bayswater Rd. M Cyrringe (Charing Cross), Trafalgar Sq, Admiralty Arch Charing Cross, its name from Old English for bend, whether in the road or river is unclear, was the ancient mid-point between London and Westminster. Site of a gallows, and market place it is the best place to view the Thames River Terraces and thus understand the repeated glaciation of the Thames valley. The Taplow and Boyn gravel Terraces at 100 and 50 foot respectively are clearly visible here and excavations show that millennia ago, while Hippos wallowed in Trafalgar Square, Elephants strolled along the Strand. Admiralty Arch, The Mall, Captain Cook Captain Cook, whose statue stands here, was despatched to further Imperial aims, to make astronomical observations and refine the chronometers that gave the Navy mastery of the seas, and to seed all new lands he found with commercially viable plants, taking no account of local ecologies. One of his missions was to attempt the NW passage from the Pacific to the Atlantic over Arctic Canada. The Admiralty was the home of the navy from 1626 and after 1668 of the Lord High Admiral. M St Martin-in-the-Fields In 2008 a grave was found with all the signs of being Roman, but that dated to Saxon times. This adds to evidence that the discontinuity between Romano-British and Anglo-Saxon habitation of the area was possibly less complete than most history books would have us believe. The church occupies a truly ancient site, almost certainly with a pre-Christian origin. ALDWYCH M � Ealdwic (Lundenwic), Aldwych, Strand 5thC Anglo-Saxon invaders, with a society based on small hamlets and marine trade, settled here rather than in the 'abandoned' Roman Londinium. The 'Auld Wic' or 'old market' was later home to Vikings, as indicated by St Clement Danes on the Strand, the ancient riverside track. The Aldwych crescent itself is a 19thC Development referring back to Lundenwic. Nearby are several ancient holy wells, and the post-Imperial trilogy of India, Bush, and Australia Houses. Also here are the ancient churches of St-Mary- Le-Strand and St Clement Danes which stand, Alfred Watkins claimed in the early 20thC, on a leyline. The Strand Anglo-Saxon for riverside track this was once the main road through Saxon Lundenwic. Later it was known as 'Densemanstrete', or street of the Danes, indicating that the Vikings were not mere invaders, but also settlers after Danelaw had occupied the entire Essex North Thames bank. M Denschermen parosch (St Clement Danes Church) The oldest recorded name for this church is another indication that this area persisted as the 'parish of the Danes', after Alfred had rebuilt his Lundenburgh within the old City Walls to the East. St Clem
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What's Going On Here | Add Seasoning - by Dan Liebman | BloodHorse.com Blog Stable What's Going On Here Add Seasoning - by Dan Liebman Add Seasoning - by Dan Liebman 17 June, 2008 10:53 AM Comment Seattle Slew was a heck of a racehorse. He started only three times at 2 and had just six races prior to winning the 1977 Kentucky Derby (gr. I). He went on to win the Preakness (gr. I) and Belmont (gr. I) Stakes and remains, 31 years later, the only unbeaten horse to win the Triple Crown. Big Brown tried…and failed. We can look back and question the competition Seattle Slew ran against in his Triple Crown races, just as many are questioning the current crop of 3-year-olds. But we cannot question whether Seattle Slew was a good horse. Triple Crown winners had never occurred in back-to-back years until Seattle Slew and Affirmed (1978), so it was an historic moment when the two met in the Marlboro Cup Handicap (gr. I) Sept. 16, 1978. Partly because of who Affirmed had beaten in his races, and mainly because he had won 10 straight, for the only time in Seattle Slew’s 17-race career, Slew was not the choice of the bettors. Affirmed was made the 1-2 favorite while Seattle Slew went off at more than 2-1. But in wire-to-wire fashion, as was his style, Seattle Slew controlled the pace and ran away from Affirmed to win by three lengths. And it was not a soft pace. Seattle Slew ran the nine furlongs in 1:45 4⁄5, just two-fifths off the American record for the distance, set by another Triple Crown winner in the first Marlboro Cup five years earlier, Secretariat. Seasoning, or training, is an important part of preparation for any athlete, regardless of talent level. Though he had only been out six times prior to the Derby, Seattle Slew had run 46 furlongs, compared to three races totaling 25.5 furlongs for Big Brown. Every furlong previously run makes a big difference before having to traverse 31.5 furlongs in the course of the five-week Triple Crown period. Seattle Slew is the exception among the 11 winners of the Triple Crown. His three races at 2 are the lowest number among the esteemed group, the next lowest being six; they averaged nine starts as juveniles. Triple Crown winners Sir Barton and War Admiral each made six starts as 2-year-olds; Gallant Fox made seven; Omaha, Assault, Citation, Secretariat, and Affirmed each made nine; Count Fleet made 15; and Whirlaway made 16. By the time they ran in the Derby, the 11 Triple Crown winners averaged a dozen starts. In comparison, the seven horses in recent years that have won the Derby and Preakness only to fall short in the Belmont—Smarty Jones, Funny Cide, Real Quiet, War Emblem, Silver Charm, Charismatic, and Big Brown—have averaged four starts at 2 and fewer than eight prior to the Derby. Consider that of this year’s 20-horse Derby field, the average number of starts at 2 was 3.4 and the average number of starts prior to the first Saturday in May was 6.3. Compared to the 11 Triple Crown winners, those figures are 62% and 47.5% less, respectively. Charismatic and Smarty Jones never raced after the Belmont, but Funny Cide, Real Quiet, War Emblem, and Silver Charm all came back to win a grade or group I race. Big Brown needs to prove that he can do the same. Star Parade Those who bemoan the quick retirement of many of racing’s stars were smiling widely June 14, when three champions all won. The parade of stars was led by 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin, who took the Stephen Foster Handicap (gr. I) in his first start since a triumphant overseas trip to win the Dubai World Cup (UAE-I). Also at Churchill Downs that afternoon, Dreaming of Anna, the 2006 champion juvenile filly, was victorious in the Early Times Mint Julep Handicap (gr. IIIT), while at Belmont Park, Ginger Punch, last year’s champion older female, took the Ogden Phipps Handicap (gr. I). Tags
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Gary Burrell and Min Kao founded which US-based navigation systems company in 1989?
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Dr. Min Kao | Garmin | United States United States Careers Dr. Min Kao co-founded Garmin Corporation with Gary Burrell in October 1989 to integrate Global Positioning System (GPS) technology into navigation devices for multiple markets. Dr. Kao is credited with the breakthrough design and engineering of the GPS software technology that formed the foundation of the original Garmin product line. As executive chairman, Dr. Kao provides ongoing support to the company’s strategic planning and business development processes, and continues to serve as the chairman of the board of directors. Prior to founding Garmin, Dr. Kao served as a systems analyst at Teledyne Systems for inertial, radio navigation and fire control systems. While at Magnavox Advanced Products, he designed the Kalman filter algorithms for Phase II GPS user equipment. He later served as engineering group leader with King Radio Corporation and AlliedSignal, where he led the development of the first GPS navigator to be certified by the FAA. Dr. Kao has a bachelor's in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University. His career began at the University of Tennessee where he earned his master's and Ph.D. in electrical engineering and was involved in research for NASA and the U.S. Army. Dr. Min Kao Executive Chairman Customer Service
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Genre busting: the origin of music categories | Music | The Guardian Pop and rock Genre busting: the origin of music categories Where did the terms retro-nuevo and skronk originate? Or hip-hop? Michaelangelo Matos runs through an exhaustive catalogue of music's phrasemakers and trendsetters Music's phrasemakers (clockwise from top left): Brian Eno, Bikini Kill, William S Burroughs and Ornette Coleman. Photograph: Redferns/Corbis Pop and rock Genre busting: the origin of music categories Where did the terms retro-nuevo and skronk originate? Or hip-hop? Michaelangelo Matos runs through an exhaustive catalogue of music's phrasemakers and trendsetters Thursday 25 August 2011 17.04 EDT First published on Thursday 25 August 2011 17.04 EDT Share on Messenger Close Music comes from everywhere, and so do the names we call it by. There's a longstanding cliche that only the music business needs genre names – everyone else either likes it or they don't. That is, of course, bunk, as anyone who's heard enough people trot out lines such as "I like all music except for rap and country" is aware. Not least because quite a lot of those genre names come from the artists themselves. Gospel, for example, was more or less invented by Rev Thomas A Dorsey . As Georgia Tom , Dorsey played jazz and blues piano before turning to the Bible for inspiration in 1932 and selling songs such as Precious Lord, Take My Hand to churches in Chicago, then across America. His group's name was the University Gospel Singers. Similarly, bluegrass originates from the name of the country singer-mandolinist Bill Monroe 's backing band from 1938 to his 1996 death: the Blue Grass Boys. They were named after Monroe's native Kentucky, "the Blue Grass State". Glitter rock – a synonym for glam – comes from Gary Glitter, about which the less said, the better. More often, a genre name will come from a musician's works. Free jazz comes from Ornette Coleman 's 1960 album of the same name; ditto blue-eyed soul, from the Righteous Brothers' 1963 LP. The mid-60s Jamaican boogie dubbed rocksteady is named for an 1966 Alton Ellis single , while reggae followed it into Jamaican dancehalls on the heels of the Maytals' Do the Reggay in 1968. Soca is a condensation of Trinidadian artist Lord Shorty 's Soul of Calypso, from 1974, while acid house, originally from Phuture's 1987 single Acid Tracks , has come to mean anything with a yammering, squealing TB-303 on it. Ambient, of course, comes from Brian Eno's Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978). Eno says in his famous liner notes from 1975's Discreet Music that the idea had come to him while recuperating in hospital after getting hit by a car in January 1975; a guest put 18th-century harp music on at low volume, then left the immobile Eno to ponder its placement. The guest remembers it differently: in Geeta Dayal's Another Green World, Eno's then-girlfriend Judy Nylon says she put the harp music on intending to balance it with the pouring rain outside, and that Eno caught on immediately. Sometimes lyrics become genres. Doo-wop comes from any number of primordial R&B harmony vocal-group records – the two most obvious are the Turbans' 1955 When You Dance ("Doo-wop, de-doo-doo," runs the end of the refrain) and the Five Satins' In the Still of the Nite a year later (under the sax solo, the chant "Doo-bop, doo-bah!"). In the late '60s, New York oldies radio DJ Gus Gossert put it into wide use, though he claimed he got it from California aficionados. Old-school Bronx DJ Lovebug Starski claims to have coined the term hip-hop by rhyming "hip-hop, hippy to the hippy hop-bop" at early parties, telling Peter S Scholtes in 2006: "Me and Kid Cowboy from [Grandmaster Flash's] the Furious Five used to say it together. I'd say the 'hip', he'd say the 'hop'." The term jungle came from a soundsystem yard tape from Jamaica that featured the chant "Alla the junglists". MC Navigator of pirate station Kool FM told critic Simon Reynolds in his book Energy Flash: "There's a place in Kingston called Tivoli Gardens, and the people call it the Jungle." When Rebe
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High Fidelity Movie Review & Film Summary (2000) | Roger Ebert Tweet In its unforced, whimsical, quirky, obsessive way, "High Fidelity" is a comedy about real people in real lives. The movie looks like it was easy to make--but it must not have been because movies this wry and likable hardly ever get made. Usually a clunky plot gets in the way, or the filmmakers are afraid to let their characters seem too smart. Watching "High Fidelity," I had the feeling I could walk out of the theater and meet the same people on the street--and want to, which is an even higher compliment. Advertisement John Cusack stars as Rob, who owns a used-record store in Chicago and has just broken up with Laura, his latest girlfriend. He breaks up a lot. Still hurting, he makes a list of the top five girls he has broken up with and cackles that Laura didn't make it. Later he stands forlornly on a bridge overlooking the Chicago River and makes lists of the top five reasons that he misses her. The key design elements in Rob's apartment are the lumber bookshelves for his alphabetized vinyl albums. He has two guys working for him in his store. Each was hired for three days a week, but both come in six days a week, maybe because they have no place else to go. These guys are the shy, sideways Dick ( Todd Louiso ) and the ultra-confident Barry ( Jack Black ). They are both experts on everything, brains stocked with info-nuggets about popular culture. Advertisement Rob is the movie's narrator, guiding us through his world, talking directly to the camera, soliloquizing on his plight--which is that he seems unable to connect permanently with a girl, maybe because his attention is elsewhere. But on what? He isn't obsessed with his business, he isn't as crazy about music as Dick and Barry, and he isn't thinking about his next girl--he's usually moping about the last one. He seems stuck in the role of rejected lover and never likes a girl quite as much when she's with him as after she's left. Laura ( Iben Hjejle ) was kind of special. Now she has taken up with an unbearably supercilious ponytailed brainiac named Ian ( Tim Robbins ), who comes into the store to "talk things over" and inspires fantasies in which Rob, Dick and Barry dream of kicking him senseless. "Conflict resolution is my job," he offers helpfully. Whether Ian is nice or not is of no consequence to Rob; he simply wants Laura back. The story unspools in an unforced way. Barry and Dick involve Rob in elaborate debates about music minutiae. They take him to a nightclub to hear a new singer ( Lisa Bonet ). Rob gets advice from Laura's best friend ( Joan Cusack ), who likes him but is fed up with his emotional dithering. Rob seeks out former girlfriends like Charlie ( Catherine Zeta-Jones ), who tells him why she left him in more detail than he really wants to hear. Rob decides that his ideal girl would be a singer who would "write songs at home and ask me what I thought of them--and maybe even include one of our private little jokes in the liner notes." "High Fidelity" is based on a 1995 novel by Nick Hornby , a London-based writer, and is directed by Stephen Frears , also British. Frears and his screenwriters (D.V. Devincentis, Steve Pink , Cusack and Scott Rosenberg ) have transplanted the story to Chicago so successfully that it feels like it grew organically out of the funky soil of Lincoln Avenue and North Halsted, Old Town and New Town, Rogers Park and Hyde Park, and Wicker Park, where it was shot--those neighborhoods where the workers in the alternative-lifestyle industry live, love and labor. Advertisement This is a film about--and also for--not only obsessed clerks in record stores, but the video store clerks who have seen all the movies, and the bookstore employees who have read all the books. Also for bartenders, waitresses, greengrocers in health food stores, kitchen slaves at vegetarian restaurants, the people at GNC who know all the herbs, writers for alternative weeklies, disc jockeys on college stations, salespeople in retro clothing shops, tattoo artists and those they tattoo, poet
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High Noon (1952) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for High Noon can be found here . Is this movie based on a novel? High Noon is based on the short story The Tin Star by American author, John W. Cunningham [1915-2002]. It appeared in Colliers Magazine in 1947. The story was adapted for the screen by American screenwriter and film producer, Carl Foreman. According to documentaries on the Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD, Foreman wrote the script before reading the story, but when he saw the similarities to The Tin Star, he had the studio buy the rights to it, just in case he had somehow read it and forgot about it. Are there any other movies like ""High Noon" that are told in real time? There are several, e.g., Alfred Hitchcock's Rope (1948), in which two men throw a party for a guest that they have just murdered. At another real-time dinner party, six guests attempt to solve a murder in Clue (1985). 12 Angry Men (1957) focuses on a jury's deliberations in a capital murder case. In The Set-Up (1949) an over-the-hill boxer is set-up to take a dive, while in Nick of Time (1995), a man must choose between killing the governor in 90 minutes or having his daughter killed. In Phone Booth (2002), a man is trapped in a phone booth with a rifle laser aimed at him. Two ex-lovers stroll the streets of Paris talking about their past in Before Sunset (2004). United 93 (2006) recounts the events aboard doomed flight United 93, the fourth terrorist attack plane on September 11, 2001, and in 16 Blocks (2006), a detective must walk a convict from a jail to the courthouse 16 blocks away. In the dreamlike Russkiy kovcheg (Russian Ark) (2002), a French diplomat guides the audience through the Hermitage in St Petersburg, Russia. FAQ
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Types of Cheese for Pizza | The Home Pizzeria Types of Cheese for Pizza Tips for Using Cheese What is the best pizza cheese? Without a doubt Mozzarella. However it is not the only option when it comes to cheese for your pizza. There are lots of flavorful cheeses you can use to create your favorite pie. From dry Italian cheeses to a creamy blue cheese béchamel sauce, try them individually or mix and match to discover your favorite flavor combination. Many of your more pungent varieties make wonderful accent flavors that add that gourmet spark to your pizza when combined with complimenting ingredients. Mozzarella – The Official Cheese for Pizza Mozzarella comes in three main varieties. Fresh mozzarella, deli mozzarella and whatever that stuff is in the big brand cheese isle. If you have never used fresh mozzarella you simply must give it a try. Deli Mozzarella When you want shredded mozzarella cheese, the best cheese to use is deli-style mozzarella. Most grocery stores sell mozzarella from a block in their deli department. Instead of getting it sliced, just ask for a chunk and shred it at home later with a box grater . Using deli cheese instead of bagged shredded mozzarella cheese will provide a richer and creamier cheese flavor and often it comes out to be cheaper by the pound as well. Best Mozzarella Brand Amongst the readily available brands of deli mozzarella there is overall little difference and certainly not enough to go out of one’s way to obtain a specific brand. I do however lean toward the Whole Foods whole milk mozzarella, usually sold in pre-cut block custom wrapped by the deli, when needing a shredded cheese for a pizza. It is slightly closer to fresh mozzarella in it’s consistency than other brands however still a deli style mozzarella. It melts well and has a rich creamy taste. Whole Milk Mozzarella vs. Part Skim Milk Mozzarella The biggest difference you will find between deli mozzarella is varieties made from whole milk and part skim milk. The whole milk mozzarella, with only a gram or two more fat per serving has more flavor with a more creamy cheese texture. Overall the use of whole milk and additional fat gives it a more satisfying taste; because of that, you will likely use less of the whole milk mozzarella cheese to get the same satisfying cheese taste than you will of the part-skim mozzarella. Ultimately making the decrease in fat a non issue for those watching their fat intake; which is the case for most low fat foods. Fresh Mozzarella Fresh mozzarella should be your standard go-to cheese for pizza. This style of mozzarella cheese is the classic Italian pizza cheese and its minimal processing offers up a fresh taste with a light and creamy texture. It comes in many different shapes and sizes and breaks apart easily but cannot be shredded like the drier mozzarella cheeses you may be accustomed to. Fresh mozzarella is widely available and often sold in round eight ounce balls, vacuum sealed or sitting in a bowl of whey at your local deli counter. It does have a short shelf life and once opened should be used within a week. When using fresh mozzarella on your pizza keep it in larger slices spaced out. This prevents the cheese from getting overheated and destroying the flavors but due to the lightness of fresh mozzarella the cheese will melt down and spread across the pie as it cooks. This also gives you a variety of flavors with each bite; some may have more cheese and others more sauce to provide you with a unique experience with each slice. Smoked Fresh Mozzarella Smoked mozzarella is a smoke-cured cheese made from fresh mozzarella. Smoked mozzarella is most commonly available in 8 ounce balls and has a yellowish-brown outer skin. The edible skin is created from exposure to smoke during the smoking process. The texture is a bit drier due to the smoking process than the standard, fresh mozzarella but has a strong, smoky flavor on the outside and a lighter flavor on the inside. Consider using smoked mozzarella mixed with standard, fresh mozzarella as an accent flavor. Smoked mozzarella is generally a
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Poland in shock as plane crash kills President Lech Kaczynski | World news | The Guardian The Observer Poland in shock as plane crash kills President Lech Kaczynski Smolensk disaster claims life of head of state, wife and top officials as they travel to memorial for Katyn massacre Russian television images show the scene of the crash in which President Lech Kaczynski died. Photograph: NTV/EPA Saturday 10 April 2010 17.46 EDT First published on Saturday 10 April 2010 17.46 EDT Close This article is 6 years old The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday 18 April 2010 Our coverage of the Polish air disaster said 15,000 Polish officers died in the 1940 massacres at Katyn and other locations. The more generally accepted figure is 22,000. Piotr Paszkowski is foreign ministry spokesman for Poland, not Russia , and the sacking of shipyard worker Anna Walentynowicz, which led to the formation of Solidarity, was in 1980, not 1990. Poland was confronting the worst political disaster in its postwar history after President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and dozens of top officials were killed when their plane crashed in thick fog on Saturday in western Russia. At least 96 people died, including eight crew members, when the president's Tupolev plane clipped a copse of trees on its approach to Smolensk airport. It then broke up. There were no survivors. Russian TV showed pictures of the upended wing and smouldering fuselage. Small fires burned in woods shrouded in fog. The crash wiped out almost half of Poland's leadership. Those killed included Kaczynski, his wife, Maria, the army chief of staff, the head of the national bank, Poland's deputy foreign minister, 12 members of parliament, and at least two presidential aides, the Polish foreign ministry said. Rescuers found several unidentified bodies and the plane's black box. Across Poland bells were rung at a slow and mournful pace. People sought solace in churches and drifted through city squares, apparently in a daze, and laid candles at national monuments and government buildings. Mourners queued in their hundreds to sign books of condolences, young people in leather jackets and torn jeans, and elderly women in headscarves and clutching pictures of the Black Virgin of Czestochowa. "I can't fathom this, it reminds me of when the pope died – five years ago this month," said Zofia, recalling the death of Pope John Paul II on 5 April 2005. Kaczynski had been flying to Smolensk to attend the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre, when Soviet secret police executed 15,000 Polish officers in one of the most notorious incidents of the second world war. In a tragic twist, family members of the Katyn victims were on board the president's plane. Others were waiting at the airport. Although there was no suspicion of foul play, the extraordinary timing and location of the disaster, together with Kaczynski's known antipathy towards the Kremlin, are likely to fuel conspiracy theories on both sides. Newspapers bearing headlines such as "Katyn – a double tragedy" lay next to portraits of some of the crash victims. "We still cannot fully understand the scope of this tragedy and what it means for us in the future. Nothing like this has ever happened in Poland," a foreign ministry spokesman, Piotr Paszkowski said. "We can assume with great certainty that all persons on board have been killed." Russian officials said that the airport, 430km (270 miles) west of Moscow, had been closed because of thick fog. They advised the pilot to land instead in Moscow or Minsk. But he continued with the original flight plan – making three abortive attempts to land at Smolensk's Severny military airport. On the fourth attempt, the Russian-built airliner crashed. According to witnesses, Kaczynski's plane was between 500 and 700 metres from the runway, and about 20 metres off the ground when it ploughed into the trees. "The Polish presidential plane did not make it to the runway while landing. Tentative findings indicate that it hit the treetops and fell apart," Smolensk's governor,
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 15 | 1964: Khrushchev 'retires' as head of USSR 1964: Khrushchev 'retires' as head of USSR Nikita Khrushchev has unexpectedly stepped down as leader of the Soviet Union. The official Soviet news agency, Tass, announced that a plenary meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee had accepted Mr Khrushchev's request to depart "in view of his advanced age and the deterioration of his health". Mr Khrushchev, who is 70, took over as First Secretary of the Central Committee soon after Stalin's death. He has held the role of both party leader and prime minister since 1958. These posts will now be divided with 57-year-old Leonid Brezhnev heading the Soviet Communist Party, while 60-year-old Alexei Kosygin, will take the post of prime minister. The news has come as a shock to Soviet diplomats in London who were unaware that their leader might be unwell. 'Peaceful co-existence' Governments of Western Europe have also been taken aback and fear the new leadership might shift away from Mr Khrushchev's policy of peaceful co-existence with the West. A flamboyant character, Mr Khrushchev is described in the Times newspaper today as "the most colourful leader world communism has produced". He took over from Joseph Stalin when he died in 1953. In 1955 he began the first of several visits abroad to improve Soviet relations with the rest of Europe, America and Asia. His first stop was Yugoslavia where he apologised in person to Marshal Josef Tito for Stalin's attack on Yugoslav Communism in 1948. His denunciation of Stalin in 1956 in what's known as the "secret speech" to the 20th Party Congress gave Soviet satellite states such as Poland and Hungary new hope of more political freedom - which were soon crushed by Warsaw Pact troops. During this speech, he also laid down the foundations of his foreign policy, moving away from the belligerent approach to capitalism and towards co-existence and competition. For Western leaders, his brash and extrovert sense of humour was a refreshing change from the stern image of previous Soviet public figures. He courted socialist parties abroad and encouraged cultural exchanges. But his temper sometimes got the better of him - like the time he famously hit the table with his shoe during a United Nations debate in 1960 - and he was quick to warn of the USSR's nuclear weapons capability in his speeches in the international arena. His leadership will also be remembered for bringing the world close to nuclear war by placing Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
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A.Word.A.Day --Darby and Joan Darby and Joan (Artist unknown; photo: Aida Yared ) This week's comments noun: A devoted old couple leading a quiet, uneventful life. ETYMOLOGY: After a couple named in an 18th century poem in The Gentleman's Magazine (London). NOTES: In 1735 Henry Woodfall, a printer's apprentice, wrote a ballad titled "The joys of love never forgot: a song" about a happily married elderly couple. His inspiration for those characters was his own boss John Darby and his wife Joan: "Old Darby, with Joan by his side, You've often regarded with wonder: He's dropsical, she is sore-eyed, Yet they're never happy asunder ..." As you can imagine, he wrote this poem after Darby's death. This poem in turn became an inspiration for follow-up poems and eventually Darby and Joan became a metaphor. In the UK, clubs for old people are still called Darby and Joan clubs. USAGE: "On the shores of holy Lake Manosarovar there is a nameless hotel run by a very elderly couple, a sort of Tibetan Darby and Joan." Karen Swenson; At Tibetan Hotels, Don't Expect the Light To Be Left On; The Wall Street Journal (New York); Dec 4, 2001. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: It is good to rub and polish your mind against that of others. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592) A.Word.A.Day by email:
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Regency History: Elizabeth Fry - prison reformer (1780-1845) Elizabeth Fry - prison reformer (1780-1845) by Elizabeth Fry from Elizabeth Fry, the angel of the prisons by LE Richards (1916) Profile Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney) (21 May 1780 – 13 October 1845) was a Quaker minister famous for her pioneering work in prison reform. She is currently depicted on the British £5 note. An unhappy childhood Elizabeth Gurney was born in Norwich, Norfolk, on 21 May 1780, one of the 12 children of John Gurney and Catherine Bell. Both her parents were from families that belonged to the Religious Society of Friends, more commonly referred to as the Quakers. John Gurney was a wealthy businessman operating in the woollen cloth and banking industries. Elizabeth, known as Betsy, was moody, often unwell and tormented by numerous fears. She was dubbed stupid by her siblings for being slow to learn, but was most probably dyslexic. In 1792, Betsy was devastated when her mother died. Conversion Betsy’s family were ‘gay’ Quakers as opposed to ‘plain’ Quakers. Though they attended the weekly Quaker meetings, they did not abstain from worldly pleasures like the theatre and dancing or wear simple clothes as ‘plain’ Quakers did. In 1798, an American Quaker named William Savery visited the Friends’ Meeting House in Goat Lane where the Gurneys worshipped. Betsy had a spiritual experience which was strengthened later that year when she met Deborah Darby, a Quaker minister, who prophesied that Betsy would become “a light to the blind, speech to the dumb and feet to the lame”. (1) Betsy gradually adopted the ways of a plain Quaker, wearing the simple dress and Quaker cap in which she is depicted on the British £5 note. In 1811, Betsy became a minister for the Religious Society of Friends and started to travel around the country to talk at Quaker meetings. Elizabeth Gurney from Elizabeth Fry, the angel of the prisons by LE Richards (1916) Marriage and family On 19 August 1800, Betsy married Joseph Fry, a plain Quaker whose business was tea and banking. They went to live in Mildred’s Court in Poultry, Cheapside, London, which was also the headquarters for Joseph’s business. In 1808, Joseph inherited the family estate at Plashet in East Ham, further out of London. It was a fruitful marriage though not always a harmonious one. Joseph and Betsy had 11 children: Katherine (1801), Rachel (1803), John (1804), William (1806), Richenda (1808), Joseph (1809), Elizabeth (1811), who died young, Hannah (1812), Louisa (1814), Samuel Gurney (1816) and Daniel Henry (1822). Betsy’s prison ministry Throughout her life, Betsy was active in helping others. At Plashet, she established a school for poor girls, ran a soup kitchen for the poor in cold weather and was the driving force behind the programme for smallpox inoculation in the parish. In 1813, while living at Mildred's Court, she visited the women’s wing of nearby Newgate Prison for the first time. Betsy was filled with compassion for the awful state of the women and took flannel clothes with her to dress their naked children. The front of Newgate Prison from Old and New London Vol II by Walter Thornbury (1872) Over the next few years, Betsy’s life was absorbed by family issues, but in 1816, she resumed her visits to the women in Newgate Prison. With the support of the female prisoners, she set up the first ever school inside an English prison and appointed a schoolmistress from among the inmates. Encouraged by her success, Betsy set out to help the women themselves. She read the bible to them and set up a workroom where the women could make stockings. All the female prisoners agreed to abide by Betsy’s rules. Against all odds, the scheme was successful. The women became more manageable and the atmosphere of the prison was transformed. Elizabeth Fry in Newgate Prison from Elizabeth Fry, the angel of the prisons by LE Richards (1916) Fame and influence News of Betsy’s success spread and she was inundated with requests for advice from prison authorities and ladies who wanted to set up prison visiting. Over the years that
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Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne Free Pictures from FreeFoto.com - 1043-06-0 1 of 1 pages (32 items) Photographs of Grey Street in Newcastle upon Tyne. The classical features of Grey Street are of particular note. Built of local stone block in a typical regency style it was designed by John Dobson and Richard Grainger in 1830. The street was once described by the Prime Minister, Gladstone in 1862 as our best modern street. Sir John Betjeman also said As for the curve of Grey Street, I shall never forget seeing it to perfection, traffic-less on a misty Sunday morning. Not even Regent Street, even old Regent Street London, can compare with that descending subtle curve. Grey Street is named after the British Prime minister Earl Grey (1830-34), whose monument stands at the head of the street. Earl Grey, a Northumbrian by birth, was the Prime Minister at the time of the Reform Bill of 1832. Top Viewed Images from Newcastle upon tyne
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index Little John Little John or John Little which is his real name is Robin Hood’s lieutenant and second in command of the Merry Men. Although called Little John, It is said that he is over seven feet tall. Little John comes from Hathersage in Derbyshire, the shire next to Nottinghamshire which was controlled by the same sheriff. His grave can be found in a churchyard in Hathersage. Little John appears in the earliest Robin Hood ballads. In the early stories, Little John is shown as a smart and intelligent man. Robin first encounters Little John when both were crossing a narrow bridge and neither wanted to back down. Little John challenged Robin to a duel with quarterstaves, and Robin was knocked into the river. Robin climbed out of the water and blew his bugle horn. The Merry Men led by Will Stutely appeared and were going to fight the stranger. Robin stopped them and asked Little John if he would like to join their outlaw band. In movie versions of the story has the roles reversed. It is Robin Hood who wins the duel and because of this, Little John serves under him. Little John is Robin Hood's second-in-command. In the early ballads, he is nearly as important as his master. In one story, the sheriff captured Robin Hood. Little John organised the Merry Men and tricked the Sheriff into releasing Robin. In payment for his actions, Robin offered to make Little John the leader of the band. Little John refused saying Robin is always the master. In recent adaptations of the story in books and film. Little John has become brawn with no brains. He is constantly charging into battle with no thought about consequences. In the Walt Disney cartoon, Little John is depicted as a giant friendly bear. Will Scarlet Will Scarlet’s true name was William Scathlock and was the next of importance in the Merry Men after Robin Hood and Little John and was a very valuable member of the group. It is not certain how Will Scarlet joins the Merry Men. These two tales tell of Will’s past. Will Scarlet is a hot-tempered man but with a good heart. In an effort to change his ways, he marries a girl and strives to make her happy. This happy lifestyle changed when Will returns from market one day to find his wife murdered by the sheriff’s soldiers. In revenge for the murder of his wife, Will tracks down and kills those responsible. Now in a life full of crime and hate, Will fights to stop anyone capable of committing the crimes like that done to his wife. With his old life dead, Will changes his name to Scarlet for the blood he sheds in retribution. In another ballad Will Scarlet makes his appearance by walking through the forest where he meets Robin, the two get into an argument that leads to a sword fight. Will Scarlet wins the fight and Robin asks for his name. In the earliest of Robin Hood ballads along with Little John. Robin meets him while walking in the forest. Will and Robin get into an argument which leads to a sword fight. Will Scarlet wins the fight and Robin asks the mans name. Will replies "In Maxfield was I bred and born,/ My name is Young Gamwell." It was known that Young Gamwell had killed his father's steward and was exiled to the greenwood forest. It turns out that the stranger is the son of Robin’s own sister. This means that Will was Robins nephew. Will Scarlet has been portrayed in movies as dressed in scarlet silk, obsessed with fashion and carrying a rose. He is also shown as being musical. Friar Tuck Friar Tuck was another companion of Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Although he is a common character in modern Robin Hood stories, Friar Tuck did not appear in any of Robin Hood’s early ballads. Friar Tuck first appeared in a 1475 play called “Robin and the knight.” Friar Tuck is described as a very overweight man who is fond of food and wine. He is seen as jolly, foolish and an alcoholic. But he is a committed holy man who is devoted to God. The story of Friar Tuck common with most stories, starts with him being a former monk who was expelled from his order because of his lack of respect for
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New book claims Robin Hood stole from the rich and lent to the poor - Telegraph Book news New book claims Robin Hood stole from the rich and lent to the poor A new book has claimed that Robin Hood was not as selfless as he is often depicted, suggesting he stole from the rich and lent money to the poor as an early kind of loan shark. New book claims Robin Hood stole from the rich and lent to the poor By Roya Nikkhah , Arts Correspondent 9:00PM GMT 06 Mar 2010 Follow By stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, Robin Hood gained legendary status as a selfless re-distributor of wealth. But a new book claims that the outlaw of Sherwood Forest was in fact something of a loan shark, who operated a sophisticated lending scheme for those short of cash. Robin Hood: The Unknown Templar points to several passages in an old English ballad that depict Robin loaning £400 to an impoverished knight. The claim threatens to tarnish the image of a hero of English folklore who has been played on screen by actors including Errol Flynn and Kevin Costner, and who even has even has an airport , in Doncaster, named after him. John Paul Davis, the author of the new book, cites scenes from A Gest of Robyn Hode, one of the earliest references to Robin Hood which dates from the 1500s, to support his theory. Related Articles Robin Hood filmed on National Trust land 13 Feb 2010 In the ballad, Robin is approached by a knight who is indebted to an abbot and asked for a loan. Robin asks the knight if he has a guarantor, then agrees to give him the money, to be repaid over a year. He asks Little John to count out £400 from his treasury. Later in the ballad, which is written in Middle English, the knight returns to see Robin, and with his debts to the abbot cleared, offers to repay the loan together with an extra deposit charge. Robin, however, declines the repayment, saying he has already received the money after stealing it from the abbot himself as a punishment for his greed, and tells the knight that it would be wrong to take the money twice. Mr Davis also claims in the book that Robin was a member of the Knights Templar, a powerful Christian military organisations of the Middle Ages. He argues that during the period, the sort of banking transaction described in the ballad was the preserve of the Templars alone, who were known to charge deposit fees as usury was officially forbidden by the Church. Mr Davis, said: "The Templars were the most famous moneylenders in the world and £400 was a vast sum of money, which hints at an organisation behind the loan rather than the act of a lone outlaw. "Although the information we have for Robin Hood is pretty scant, he is always described as an astute swordsman and soldier, with a notable devotion to Christianity who took a vow, along with his merry men, of honouring and protecting women, all of which were Templar codes. "The idea that he was a money lender may not fit with the traditional image of Robin Hood, but he is still shown to be a good outlaw giving his money around." While Robin Hood has been the subject of countless interpretations in books, plays and films over the centuries, there is no actual evidence that he ever existed. Enthusiasts have long debated when and where he may have lived, with some suggesting that he resided in Yorkshire or Nottingham during the reigns of Richard the Lionheart and King John in the late 12th and early 13th centuries, while others have placed him under the reign of King Edward II during the 14th century. David Nortcliffe, a Robin Hood expert who organises tours to his supposed grave at Kirklees Priory, said: "Stories about Robin Hood were passed down through verbal tradition and balladeers were skilful diversifiers of information. "They made a living from entertaining people, so they would often spice up a story by adding a tale from somewhere else, and many such stories may have been woven into the Robin Hood saga. "Certainly, the traditional image of Robin Hood is of an outlaw stealing from the rich and giving to the poor, and not someone who stole from th
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"The Central Criminal Court, London, which is also known as ""The Old Bailey"", stands on the site of what structure, now demolished?"
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Historical Background - History of The Old Bailey Courthouse - Central Criminal Court History of The Old Bailey Courthouse London's Central Criminal Court, 1673-1913 The Old Bailey, also known as Justice Hall, the Sessions House, and the Central Criminal Court, was named after the street in which it was located, just off Newgate Street and next to Newgate Prison, in the western part of the City of London. Over the centuries the building has been periodically remodelled and rebuilt in ways which both reflected and influenced the changing ways trials were carried out and reported. Contents of this Article Introductory Reading Location The Old Bailey is located about 200 yards northwest of St Paul's Cathedral, just outside the former western wall of the City of London. It is named after the street on which it is located, which itself follows the line of the original fortified wall, or "bailey", of the City. The initial location of the courthouse close to Newgate Prison allowed prisoners to be conveniently brought to the courtroom for their trials. More generally, its position between the City of London and Westminster meant it was a suitable location for trials involving people from all over the metropolis, north of the river Thames. Introductory Reading The Courtroom Although the Old Bailey courthouse was rebuilt several times between 1674 and 1913, the basic design of the courtrooms remained the same. They were arranged so as to emphasise the contest between the accused and the rest of the court. The accused stood at “the bar” (or in “the dock”), directly facing the witness box (where prosecution and defence witnesses testified) and the judges seated on the other side of the room. Before the introduction of gas lighting in the early nineteenth century a mirrored reflector was placed above the bar, in order to reflect light from the windows onto the faces of the accused. This allowed the court to examine their facial expressions assess the validity of their testimony. In addition, a sounding board was placed over their heads in order to amplify their voices. Early in the period the jurors sat on the sides of the courtroom to both the left and the right of the accused, but from 1737 they were brought together in stalls on the defendant's right, sufficiently close together to be able to consult each other and arrive at verdicts without leaving the room. Seated at a table below where the judges sat were clerks, lawyers, and the writers who took the shorthand notes which formed the basis of the Proceedings. Introductory Reading 1673 Open Air Building The medieval courthouse was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. In 1673 the Old Bailey was rebuilt as a three storey Italianate brick building, described by John Strype in 1720 as "a fair and stately building". In front of the courthouse was the Sessions House Yard, a place where litigants, witnesses, and court personnel could gather. The area inside the wall, where prisoners awaited trial, was called the bail dock. They were separated from the street by a brick wall with spikes on top to keep them from escaping. A surprising feature was that the ground floor of the building, where the courtroom was located, was open on one side to the weather; the upper stories were held up by doric columns. A wall had been left out in order to increase the supply of fresh air to reduce the risk that prisoners suffering from gaol fever (typhus) would infect others in court. On the first floor there was a "stately dining room" for the justices. Inside the courtroom there was a bench for judges at the far end, and, on both sides, partitioned spaces for jurors and balconies for court officers and privileged observers. Other spectators crowded into the yard. The trials attracted a mixed audience of London's more and less respectable inhabitants, and it was alleged that criminals attended in order to devise strategies for defending themselves should they find themselves on trial. The crowd's presence could influence or intimidate the jurors sitting inside. Introductory Reading 1737 Refronti
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Criminal trials in the assize courts 1559-1971 - The National Archives For records from 1972 see the research guide on Criminal courts in England and Wales from 1972 . 2.3 Using assize records for family history Assize records give the name, occupation and place of abode of the accused, but some or all of this information can be unreliable as aliases were often used and other false details were given. The place of abode mentioned is often where the crime took place rather than where the accused lived. 2.4 Transcripts Transcripts of what was actually said in court do not normally survive with the records held at The National Archives. However there are court transcripts for some trials among Court of Appeal, Director of Public Prosecutions or Treasury Solicitor and Home Office records. There are sometimes additional notes which can provide insight into a trial. The following record series are the best place to start if you are looking for court transcripts: Treasury Solicitor and Director of Public Prosecutions: Transcripts of Proceedings in Selected Criminal Trials (1846-1958) in DPP 4 Treasury Solicitor: Transcripts of Proceedings (1812-1963) in TS 36 Court of Criminal Appeal and Supreme Court of Judicature, Court of Appeal, Criminal Division: Case Papers (1945-1993) in J 82 Contemporary newspapers or pamphlets often reported local cases in much detail. To find out about surviving newspapers and how to view them contact the British Library Newspaper Library or the appropriate local county record office . The Old Bailey Online website provides detailed proceedings (although not complete transcripts of what was said) in trials at the London central criminal court. A collection of contemporary pamphlet accounts of what was said in court is available on microfiche in the reading rooms at The National Archives. These deal mostly with celebrated trials for the period 1660-1900 although a few trials for the period 1901-1908 are also included. 2.5 Latin Up to 1733 most assize records are in Latin. 3. Finding out where a trial took place 3.1 Pre 19th century Not all assize records have survived as the clerks of assize sometimes destroyed them when they ran out of space. Earlier records are less likely to have been kept than later ones. Of the pre 19th century depositions that have survived, most are from northern counties. Of the Midland circuit records, most that survive are from after 1818. 3.2 1805-1892 If you do not know where or when a trial took place, you can look at Home Office criminal registers for England and Wales ( HO 27 ), which are available online through Ancestry for a fee. The registers list people charged with indictable offences and provide the place of trial, verdict and sentence. They can also be seen online at The National Archives in Kew, free of charge. 3.3 1868-1971 The Home Office calendars (lists) of prisoners tried at assizes and quarter sessions in HO 140 can provide some useful details relating to trials and convictions. Bear in mind that due to the nature of the information contained in them, some of these files may not yet be open to the public. For advice on how to search Discovery, our catalogue, for specific records, please refer to section 4. 4. How to find assize records in Discovery, our catalogue Records are located within department code ASSI . For files referring to a specific person or place, search by surname or place name within ASSI. Please note that these records have not been fully catalogued and therefore searching by county may be more successful. To find the relevant record series for specific counties please refer to the appropriate research guide as follows: Assizes: key to series for Welsh trials 1831-1971 5. Offences tried at the assizes Originally the assizes mainly dealt with property disputes, but eventually they began to try criminal cases as well as cases passed on from the central Westminster courts to the assizes under the ‘nisi prius’ system. From 1559 assize judges mainly dealt with the more serious criminal offences such as homicide infanticide theft (stolen good
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Eurovision Song Contest 1997 | Eurovision Song Contest Show more Eurovision Song Contest 1997 Dublin's Point Theatre was - yet again - the venue for the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. To date it is the last contest that has been held in Ireland. For the first ever the public had a say in the outcome of the competition. To The Point! Just like in 1993, 1994 and 1995, Ireland hosted the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. Despite initial discussions that state broadcaster RTE were to team up with the BBC in Northern Ireland, they decided to go it alone. It was fourth time in five years at that the same country had hosted the event, a record that RTE were said to be extremely proud of. 25 countries participated in 1997 and the audio preselection that was in place the year before was replaced with a new system. From 1997 the average results of all countries in the last give song contests would be measured. Israel withdrew voluntarily, and Bosnia & Herzegovina took their place. Belgium, Finland, Romania and Slovakia were all absent in Dublin that year. Televoting was introduced for the first time in 1997 in the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and Germany and it would be extended to almost all participating countries in the following 1998 contest. It was the year the Eurovision Song Contest tried to appeal to the younger generation. Irish boy band Boyzone were the interval act and their lead singer Ronan Keating co-hosted the evening. The opening sequence included messages from former contest stars, including Céline Dion and Morten Harket, beamed onto a massive video wall. Walking on Sunshine The United Kingdom won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest. Katrina & the Waves scored an unprecedented 227 points with their song Love Shine A Light. The winning song gave the band their biggest hit since Walking on Sunshine. Facts and figures Russia's Alla Pugacheva lived up to the title of her entry Primadonna and was so convinced of victory that she demanded a limousine to pick her up when she arrived at the airport. Icelandic singer Paul Oscar, broke new ground with his performance on a white leather sofa, flanked by four women in leather dominatrix outfits. The song scored will with televoters though; Sweden gave the song 8 points meaning that it ranked third in the national vote and the UK gave 6 points as it came fifth in the popular vote. Facts & Figures
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Record-Breakers and Trivia - everyHit.com Back To The 'Records & Trivia' Index All-Time Best-Selling Singles Though somewhat contentious at the lower extremes, we assert the UK all-time top 20 to look like this: "Candle In The Wind '97" - Elton John. (4.865 million) The lyrics to Elton's 1974 classic were re-written in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales. The song was only ever performed once publicly; at Diana's funeral. It has sold 37 million around the world. "Do They Know It's Christmas?" - Band Aid. (3.575m) The first ever multi-artist charity single (*) , this track was recorded in Christmas 1984 by a host of celebrity vocalists to raise money for the famine in Ethiopia. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen. (2.176m) Arguably the first track to benefit from having a video, this epic spent 9 weeks at number 1 across Christmas 1975 (1.19m). It returned to the top for a further 5 weeks at number 1 at Christmas 1991, a few weeks after the death of lead singer, Freddie Mercury (0.94m). "Mull Of Kintyre" - Wings (2.05m) "Rivers Of Babylon" / "Brown Girl In The Ring" - Boney M (1.985m) "You're The One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1.975m) "Relax" - Frankie Goes To Hollywood (1.91m) "She Loves You" - The Beatles (1.89m) "Unchained Melody" - Robson & Jerome (1.84m) "Mary's Boychild - Oh My Lord" - Boney M (1.80m) "Evergreen" / "Anything Is Possible" - Will Young (1.787m) "Love Is All Around" - Wet Wet Wet (1.785m) "I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder (1.775m) "I Want To Hold Your Hand" - The Beatles (1.75m) "Barbie Girl" - Aqua (1.723m) "Can't Buy Me Love" - The Beatles (1.520m) To see a longer list, click here . Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" should perhaps appear somewhere in this list. It is the second biggest-selling single in the world (over 30 million). However, figures for the UK are hard to come by as it was originally released in 1942, well before the introduction of record charts and has continued to trickle-sell ever since. Biggest-seller by an all-female group is "Wannabe" by The Spice Girls (1.27m). Fastest-Selling Singles In the 90's record companies became much more focussed at promoting singles and targeting stock for maximum chart impact. The "fastest-selling single" became a new phenomenon. This basically means how many copies a single shifts in its first week of sale. The record is held by Elton John's "Candle In The Wind '97" (1.55 million copies in its first full week). A tribute to Diana, Princess of Wales, it was released on Saturday 13th Sep 1997, precisely one week after her funeral. Amidst unparalleled national grief, it sold 658,000 on that day alone. Top debuting artist is Will Young - "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" (1.11 million in 2002). Massive publicity had built up interest in his single as he was the winner of ITV's Pop Idol programme in which 9 million had taken part in a phone poll to decide the winner a fortnight before. Similarly, Shayne Ward, winner of ITV's X Factor in 2005 rapidly shifted 0.74 million copies of his debut singe "That's My Goal" which was rushed into the shops immediately after his victory to capitalise on the Christmas week sales. In many ways, this total is less impressive than Will Young's as it was, after all, Christmas week but, to be fair, the physical CD single did not hit the shops until the Wednesday and so only four full days of physical sales were counted (though downloads for the whole week were included). The press at the time heralded this as the "second fastest selling single in history." Top debuting group - and top group overall in fact - is Hear'Say. "Pure And Simple" (0.55m, 2001) had benefitted from similar exposure via the "Pop Stars" search for a new band. This only applies if we discount Band Aid as a debuting group; they hit 0.75m when the first charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was released in Dec 1984 amidst harrowing pictures of the famine in Ethiopia. Fastest-seller for a female artist is Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" (0.46m). This was her debut single in 1
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Office of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Damage Assessment and Restoration | NOAA Fisheries Alaska Regional Office Home » Habitat Conservation Office of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Damage Assessment and Restoration On March 24, 1989 the oil tanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, spilling an estimated 11 million gallons of crude oil across 1,300 miles of coastline - a catastrophic event that lead to one of the most thorough examinations of the effects of oil on the environment. While the vast majority of the spill area now appears to have recovered, pockets of crude oil remain in some locations, and there is evidence that not all resources injured by the spill have recovered to the previous state The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Trustee Council was established with funds from the legal settlement between the State of Alaska, the Federal Government and Exxon to develop research, restoration and habitat conservation plans for the spill area. Current studies underway are directed towards long term monitoring and research. The NMFS Alaska Regional Administrator represents NOAA on the Council and oversees the implementation of Cooperative Agreements that NOAA has established on behalf of the EVOS council. Information on these programs can be found through EVOS Trustee Council . General Oil Spill Information
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The U.S. Navy U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Constellation (CV 64) displacement: 82,538 tons (74,877 metric tons) full load length: 1,073 feet (327 meters) beam: 130 feet (39.62 meters); extreme width: 282 feet (85.95 meters) draft: 39 feet (11.89 meters) speed: In excess of 30 knots (34.5+ miles per hour) complement:4,000 crew armament: Three NATO Sea Sparrow launchers; four 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts class: Kitty Hawk From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, United States Naval Aviation, 1910-1995, both published by the Naval Historical Center , and from the USS Constellation public affairs office Larger screen images are linked from the images in the text below. The second Constellation (CVA 64) was built by New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y.; christened 8 October 1960 by Mrs. C. A. Herter, wife of the Secretary of State; and commissioned 27 October 1961, Capt. T. J. Walker, in command. She was named for one of the six frigates bought by the Continental Congress in the late 1790s. The first of those frigates, ships which were to make American naval history, was named for the ring of 13 stars that formed a "new Constellation" on the flag of the new United States. It was in the last stages of her building at the New York Naval Shipyard, on 19 December 1960, a fire broke out on Constellation's hangar deck. Fifty civilian workers died in the blaze. Constellation deployed to the western Pacific from her homeport of San Diego on 5 May 1964. The first three months of that deployment brought normal operations, training and port calls. However, on 2 August, while operating in international waters in the Gulf of Tonkin, USS Maddox (DD-731) reported being attacked by units of the North Vietnamese Navy. Within minutes of her receipt of the message, USS Ticonderoga (CVA 14) dispatched four, rocket-armed F8E Crusaders to the destroyer's assistance. Upon arrival, the Crusaders launched Zuni rockets and strafed the North Vietnamese craft with their 20-millimeter cannons. The Ticonderoga airmen teamed up with Maddox gunners to thwart the North Vietnamese attack, leaving one boat dead in the water and damaging the other two. Two days later, late in the evening of the 4 August, Ticonderoga received urgent requests from USS Turner Joy (DD-951), by then on patrol with Maddox, for air support in resisting what the destroyer alleged to be another torpedo boat foray. The carrier again launched planes to aid the American surface ships, and Turner Joy directed them. The Navy surface and air team believed it had sunk two boats and damaged another pair. President Johnson responded with a reprisal to what he felt at the time to be two unprovoked attacks on American seapower and ordered retaliatory air strikes on selected North Vietnamese motor torpedo boat bases. On 5 August, Ticonderoga and Constellation launched 60 sorties against four bases and their supporting oil storage facilities. Those attacks reportedly resulted in the destruction of 25 PT-type boats, severe damage to the bases, and almost complete razing of the oil storage depot. The strikes lasted for four hours. Constellation lost an A-1H Skyraider, whose pilot, Lt. j.g. Richard A. Sather, became the first Navy pilot to be killed in Vietnam, and an A-4E Skyhawk, flown by Lt.j.g. Everett Alvarez who became the first Navy POW. On 7 August 1964, Congress authorized President Johnson to "take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the United States .... [and] to assist any member or protocol state" of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO). This resolution passed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 416 to 0 and in the Senate by 88 to 2. Constellation returned 1 February 1965. Her crew was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for actions in the Gulf of Tonkin. Constellation again deployed to the western Pacific from her home of San Diego on 12 May 1966 with Carrier Air Wing 15. On 1 July, three North Vietnam torpedo boats came out to attack USS Coontz (DLG 9) and USS Rogers (DD 8
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China Area Code & Zip Code - TravelChinaGuide.com Home / Tips / When Traveling / Area Code & Zip Code China Area Code & Zip Code Area Code China's area code is several digital numbers used to group telephone numbers (mobile phone number excluded) by geographic areas. It usually indicates certain geographic areas. 10 stands for Beijing; 21 stands for Shanghai; and 29 stands for Xian. It is used when dialing a number outside the code area. Zip Code Zip code (postal code) is used when mailing a letter. The zip code of China is 6 digital numbers. Note that there is no zip code in Hong Kong and Macau.
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RAGMAG Ohm Issue | Sept 2011 | Issue#16 by RAGMAG Magazine (page 138) - issuu issuu 1. What is the difference between a spiral and a helix? 1. Where can you find the Church of the Holy Sepulchre? 1. What is the S.I. standard of temperature? 2. What is it called when a liquid is cooled to below its freezing point but it does not freeze? 2. The port of Mocha is in which country? 2. Boats and planes can roll and what other two ways do they move? 3. What do the letters LI-ION mean on a battery? 4. What is the difference between KVA and KW? 5. Melanophobia is the fear of what? 3. what is the capital of Latvia? 4. Which of these is NOT a wine region of France? Rhone, Alsace, Rioja, Bordeaux or Jura? 5. The Island of Madeira is in which ocean? Atlantic, Pacific or Indian? 6. If something is described as being anular in shape, what does it 6. The Alpine Ski Resort of St. resemble? Moritz is in which country? 7. You have three identically shaped balls 1Kg, 2Kg and 3Kg and you drop them from 20 Meters, which one will land first? 8. In climatology, to what does the term “Pluvial” refer? 7. The world’s highest swing, called the Nevis Arc, is located in which country? 8. Ibiza is in which Mediterranean island group? 9. Tirana is the capital of which 9. The Pascal is the SI unit of country? pressure.The Bar is the ilder term. 1 Bar is equivalent to how many 10. What is China’s second KiloPascal? largest river? 10. What element, whose symbol derives from its Greek name hydrargyrum, meaning watering silver, melts at -38.83 °C and yet boils at 356.73 °C? 3. What is the chemical symbol for Ozone? 4. What is the name given to the bending of light as it passes from one substance to another? 1. What cheese is made backwards? 2. If you write all the numbers from 300 to 400, how many times would you write the number 3? 3. What kind of bees make milk? 4. Where on earth do the winds always blow from the south? 5. If you feed me I will live but if you give me water I will die. What am i? 5. What computer operating 6. If five thousand, five hundred fifty system has a penguin as its logo? five dollars is written as $5,555, how should twelve thousand, twelve 6. There are three types of nuclear hundred twelve dollars be written? radiation. Gamma is one. Name the other two. 7. What number is next in this sequence? 1, 3, 4, 7, 11... 7. When a liquid changes from liquid to gas it’s called evaporation. What 8. Can you name three consecutive is it called when a solid changes days without using the words to gas? Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or 8. What is the name of the pigment Sunday? that gives leaves their green colour? 9. Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has 9. What is the cube root of 8000? one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family? 10. In an electrical circuit diagram, what is denoted by circle 10. A horse is tied to a 5 m. rope; 6 m. containing the capital letter A? away from it, is a bail of hay. Without breaking the rope, the horse is able to get to the bail of hay. How is this possible? dingbats LONDON PARIS Book 2 COST $100.00 EACH 12 COST $50.00 EACH Film COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN Song ROUND#1 1. A spiral is on a flat plane 2. Super Cooled 3. Lithium Ion 4. KW takes into account the power factor 5. Colour Black 6. Ring 7. At the same time 8. Rainfall 9.100 10. Mercury ROUND#2 1. Jerusalem 2. Yemen 3. Riga 4. Rioja 5. Atlantic 6. Switzerland 7. New Zealand 8. Balearic Islands 9. Albania 10. Yellow River ROUND#3 1. Kelvin 2. Pitch and Yaw 3. O3 4. Refraction 5. Linux 6. Alpha and Beta 7. Sublimation 8. Chlorophyl 9. 20 10. Ammetre ROUND#4 1. Edam 2. 120 3. Boobies 4. North Pole 5. Fire 6. 13,212 7. 18 8. Yesterday, today and tomorrow 9. Nine 10. The other end is not tied to anything A TALE (TAIL) OF TO CITIES - THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - HOT CHOCOLATE THREE BLIND MICE - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST - LITTLE WOMEN DANGEROUS MINDS - CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN - FINAL COUNTDOWN 138 RAGMAG | SEPTEMBER 2011
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The iCONic Project - YouTube The iCONic Project Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jan 13, 2011 Perthshire Big Tree Country is at the centre of a global rescue operation to save some of the world's most threatened conifer species. The iCONic project is a unique opportunity to guard against the extinction of a range of remarkable trees. At the same the beautiful existing tree collections within Big Tree Country will be enriched for the benefit of current and future generations. Collections of different conifer species from all over the temperate world will be established in Perthshire forests, estates and gardens, where their performance will be closely monitored to aid ongoing research. All the species on which the project is focussing are recognised by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as being threatened in their native habitat. Under severe threat in its native Chile, the Chilean pine, more commonly known as the monkey puzzle, is the flagship species for the project ... and it was a Big Tree Country plant hunter that first introduced it to Europe in the 18th century. The story goes that, after being given a handful of unidentified seeds following a meal in Chile, Archibald Menzies slipped them into his pocket and promptly forgot about them. On his voyage home aboard the HMS Discovery the seeds took root, which is how the bizarre looking tree found its way to our shores. However, iCONic is about more than just one tree. Truly international, other species included in the project are: •the coast redwood from California •Australia's Tasmanian cedar •the blue Atlas cedar from the mountains of north-west Africa •Europe's Serbian spruce and Spanish fir By planting collections of these trees in Big Tree Country the project will: •Contribute to conserving threatened conifers •Introduce the public to an exciting new range of trees •Maintain the tradition of Scottish plant-hunters and tree-planters •Strengthen the contribution of trees, gardens and forests to tourism in Perthshire •Contribute to research and education •Raise awareness of a global problem The iCONic project is long-term, with active works spanning decades, to leave an arboreal legacy that will hopefully last for centuries. Category
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Ceriman Morton, J. 1987. Ceriman. p. 1517. In: Fruits of warm climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL. Ceriman Other Uses Of the many aroids (members of the family of Araceae) that are cultivated as ornamental plants, only this one has been grown as well for its fruit. The ceriman, Monstera deliciosa Liebm. (syn. Philodendron pertusum Kunth & Bouche), is often called merely monstera and, inappropriately, false breadfruit. Because of the apertures in its leaves, some have called it Swiss-cheese plant, or hurricane plant, suggesting that the holes and slits permit the wind to pass through without damaging the foliage. Generally, in Mexico and other Latin American countries it is known as pinanona, or pina anona, but in Venezuela it is called ojul or huracan; in Colombia, hojadillo; in Guatemala, harpon or arpon comun. In Guadeloupe it is caroal, liane percee, or liane franche; in Martinique, siguine couleurre; in French Guiana, arum du pays or arum troud. In Brazil it is catalogued by a leading nursery as ananas japonez (Japanese pineapple). Fig. 4: The ceriman (Monstera deliciosa) in flower and fruit at Palm Lodge Tropical Grove, Homestead, Fla. In: J.F. Morton, Some Useful and Ornamental Plants of the Caribbean Gardens, 1955. Description The plant is a fast-growing, stout, herbaceous vine spreading over the ground and forming extensive mats if unsupported, but climbing trees to a height of 30 ft (9 m) or more. The stems are cylindrical, heavy, 2 1/2 to 3 in (6.25-7.5 cm) thick, rough with leaf scars, and producing numerous, long, tough aerial roots. The leathery leaves, on stiff, erect, flattened petioles to 3 1/2 ft (105 cm) long, are oval, cordate at the base, to 3 ft (90 cm) or more in length and to 2 3/4 ft (82.8 cm) wide; deeply cut into 9-in (22.8 cm) strips around the margins and perforated on each side of the midrib with elliptic or oblong holes of various sizes. Several inflorescences arise in a group from the leaf axils on tough, cylindrical stalks. The cream colored spadix, sheltered at first by a waxy, white, calla-lily-like spathe, develops into a green compound fruit 8 to 12 in (20-30 cm) or more in length and 2 to 3 1/2 in (5-8.75 cm) thick, suggesting an ear of corn. The thick, hard rind, made up of hexagonal plates or "scales", covers individual segments of ivory-colored, juicy, fragrant pulp much like diced pineapple. Between the segments there are thin, black particles (floral remnants). Generally there are no seeds, but sometimes, pale-green, hard seeds the size of large peas, may occur in a dozen or so of the segments. Origin and Distribution The ceriman is native to wet forests of southern Mexico, Guatemala and parts of Costa Rica and Panama. It was introduced into cultivation in England in 1752; reached Singapore in 1877 and India in 1878. Specimens of the fruit were exhibited by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society in 1874 and 1881. It has become familiar as an ornamental in most of the warm countries of the world and is widely used in warm and temperate regions as a potted plant indoors,especially in conservatories and greenhousesthough it does not bloom nor fruit in confinement. In Guatemala, it is raised in pots in patios to prevent too rampant growth, as it is apt to become an aggressive nuisance. The fruits are marketed to some extent in Queensland and, in the past, were sometimes shipped from Florida to gourmet grocers in New York and Philadelphia. Propagation In some European nurseries, the ceriman is raised from imported seed. Rapid multiplication has been achieved through tissue culture in Denmark. Generally, propagation is by means of stem cuttings, which may be simply set in beds or pots in the ground where the vine is intended to grow. Suckers or offshoots, with or without roots, can be separated from parent plants and transplanted successfully. Mulching is desirable as well as watering until new roots have become well-established. Culture Suckers will fruit in 2 to 4 years; cuttings in 4 to 6 years, depending on the location, soil and attention given. Out-of
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Robert Downey Jr. - IMDb IMDb Actor | Producer | Soundtrack Robert Downey Jr. has evolved into one of the most respected actors in Hollywood. With an amazing list of credits to his name, he has managed to stay new and fresh even after over four decades in the business. Downey was born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York, the son of writer, director and filmographer Robert Downey Sr. and actress Elsie Downey ... See full bio » Born: Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. Share this page: Related News a list of 49 people created 15 May 2012 a list of 32 people created 19 Feb 2013 a list of 30 people created 16 Aug 2013 a list of 40 people created 22 Jul 2014 a list of 29 people created 15 Jan 2016 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Robert Downey Jr.'s work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 93 nominations. See more awards » Known For The Avengers Tony Stark / Iron Man (2012) Iron Man Tony Stark / Iron Man (2008) Avengers: Age of Ultron Tony Stark / Iron Man (2015) 1985-1986 Saturday Night Live (TV Series) Various / Rudy Randolph III / Jimmy Chance / ... - Catherine Oxenberg and Paul Simon/Ladysmith Black Mambazo (1986) ... Young Paul Simon / Dirk Landers / Various (as Robert Downey) - Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson (1986) ... Dr. Pummel / Various (as Robert Downey) - Griffin Dunne/Rosanne Cash (1986) ... Rudy Randolph III (as Robert Downey) 2003 The Singing Detective (performer: "In My Dreams") 2000-2001 Ally McBeal (TV Series) (performer - 3 episodes) - Tis the Season (2000) ... (performer: "River") 1999 Friends & Lovers (performer: "Carla" - uncredited) / (writer: "Carla" - uncredited) 1997 Two Girls and a Guy (performer: "Snake") / (writer: "Snake") 1993 Heart and Souls (performer: "Walk Like A Man" - uncredited) 1990 Too Much Sun (performer: "Too Much Sun") / (writer: "Too Much Sun") Hide 1993 The Last Party (Documentary) (writer) Hide 2010-2016 Made in Hollywood (TV Series) Himself 2014-2016 Good Morning America (TV Series) Himself - Guest / Himself 2007-2016 Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) Himself / Himself - The Judge / Himself - Avengers: Age of Ultron 2005-2016 Live! with Kelly (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2008-2016 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) Himself - Guest / Himself 2015 The British Academy Britannia Awards (TV Movie) Himself - Presenter 2014-2015 The Insider (TV Series) Himself 2015 Explosiv - Das Magazin (TV Series documentary) Himself 2014 Hollywood Sessions (TV Series) Himself 2014 Hollywood Film Awards (TV Special) Himself 2014 CBS This Morning (TV Series) Himself - The Judge 2014 Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2013 Superheroes: From Page to Screen (TV Movie documentary) Himself 2013 The Daily Show (TV Series) Himself - Guest 2013 Weekend Ticket (TV Series short) Himself 2013 Vivir de cine (TV Series) Himself 2013 Celebrity Style Story (TV Series) Himself 2012 Electric Playground (TV Series documentary) Himself 2012 Fantastic (TV Series documentary) Himself 2012 VIP zprávy (TV Series) Himself 2012 YourGeekNews.com (TV Series documentary) Himself 2010-2012 Janela Indiscreta (TV Series) Himself 2012 The Project (TV Series) Himself 2012 The Big Picture (TV Series) Himself 2011 Scream Awards 2011 (TV Special) Himself 2011 What The (TV Series) Himself 2010 The 7PM Project (TV Series) Himself 2010 Ultimate Iron Man (Video documentary) Himself 2010 Días de cine (TV Series) Himself 2010 Guys Choice (TV Movie) Himself - Episode #18.13 (2010) ... Himself - Guest - Episode #14.15 (2008) ... Himself - Guest (as Robert Downey Jr) 2010 Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented (Video documentary short) Himself 2010 Cinema 3 (TV Series) Himself Himself - Winner: Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 2010
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Sherlock Holmes - Movies & TV on Google Play Sherlock Holmes Item added to wishlist. Item removed from wishlist. You will receive an email when your movie becomes available. You will not be charged until it is released. ( 26,744) Synopsis When a string of brutal murders terrorizes London, it doesn't take long for legendary detective Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) and his crime-solving partner, Dr. Watson (Jude Law), to find the killer, Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). A devotee of the dark arts, Blackwood has a bigger scheme in mind, and his execution plays right into his plans. The game is afoot when Blackwood seems to rise from the grave, plunging Holmes and Watson into the world of the occult and strange technologies. My review 1 965 Jonathan F. Richards Despite a few laggard moments of slow going, Ritchie has pulled off an entertaining coup in giving us a Holmes for the 21st century by digging back to the 19th century original and adding a few bells and whistles. Peter Rainer What was the thinking behind all this? Lisa Kennedy It's all knotted together, then unraveled with brio, by Holmes and Watson. There are fisticuffs galore, fiery combustion aplenty, and, yes, my dear reader, clever deduction. J. R. Jones The very idea of handing him over to professional lad Guy Ritchie, to be played as a punch-throwing quipster by Robert Downey Jr., is so profoundly stupid one can only step back in dismay. Ty Burr Downey never winks -- heâ(TM)s too much of a pro for that -- but like the man heâ(TM)s playing, heâ(TM)s much, much smarter than the movie heâ(TM)s in. David Edelstein By now we've seen so many good, bad, and indifferent Sherlocks that it's almost a relief to get something different, however wrongheaded. And there's no such thing as too much Downey. Critic reviews Jonathan F. Richards Despite a few laggard moments of slow going, Ritchie has pulled off an entertaining coup in giving us a Holmes for the 21st century by digging back to the 19th century original and adding a few bells and whistles. Full Review Lisa Kennedy It's all knotted together, then unraveled with brio, by Holmes and Watson. There are fisticuffs galore, fiery combustion aplenty, and, yes, my dear reader, clever deduction. Full Review J. R. Jones The very idea of handing him over to professional lad Guy Ritchie, to be played as a punch-throwing quipster by Robert Downey Jr., is so profoundly stupid one can only step back in dismay. Full Review Ty Burr Downey never winks -- heâ(TM)s too much of a pro for that -- but like the man heâ(TM)s playing, heâ(TM)s much, much smarter than the movie heâ(TM)s in. Full Review David Edelstein By now we've seen so many good, bad, and indifferent Sherlocks that it's almost a relief to get something different, however wrongheaded. And there's no such thing as too much Downey. Amy Nicholson Downey Jr. plays the brainiac detective like an overheating machine -- what cools him off is a puzzle. User reviews Robert Leather December 19, 2014 Everything you might imagine would make it terrible makes it outstanding For a start, I've never rated Guy Ritchie. It's been a delivery of diminishing returns leading to Revolver. Robert Downey Jr has had more career ups and downs than most successful actors of his generation and Jude Law has had a reputation of playing the same character, relying on good looks. From the announcement of this movie it looks like a disaster waiting to happen. But something magical happened instead. Ritchie's quirks and idioms found purpose in Holmes' pre-planned fights and flashbacks. Law's deadpan straight man found a target in the intelligent, adept and useful Watson. Even the supporting cast offer great performances. Given the expectation of something more like "Lock, Stock and Two Elementary" what turned up was a revelation and I can only think the number of 5 star reviews (this included) are based upon that very "above and beyond expectation" reaction most people gave. :) Truly entertaining movie. Full Review Roberto Perdoni December 18, 2014 *Promoti
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1000+ images about Cat Stevens on Pinterest | Snakes, Postcards and Philosophy Forward 1972 "Morning Has Broken," a popular 7 well-known Christian hymn first published in 1931. words by English author Eleanor Farjeon & set to a traditional Gaelic tune known as "Bunessan" It is often sung in children's services. English pop musician & folk singer Cat Stevens included a version on his 1971 album Teaser and the Firecat. The song became identified with Stevens when it reached number six on the US pop chart and number one on the US easy listening chart in 1972." See More
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Cathedral bans popular hymn Jerusalem - Telegraph Cathedral bans popular hymn Jerusalem The Dean of Southwark has not allowed the singing of Jerusalem in the cathedral for some time By Sophie Borland Damian Thompson: The folly of Dean Slee The verses, which were written by William Blake more than two centuries ago, cannot be sung by choirs or congregations at Southwark Cathedral because the words do not praise God and are too nationalistic, according to senior clergy. Last week the Dean of Southwark, the Very Rev Colin Slee, advised guests at a private memorial service that the hymn would not be sung because it was "not in the glory of God". A spokesman for the Diocese of Southwark disclosed that the Dean had not allowed the verses to be sung during services for some time. "The Dean, on common with all other cathedral deans, has the authority to decide what material is used in liturgy in the cathedral," he said. Related Articles 10 Apr 2008 "The hymn Jerusalem is often used on national occasions, although rarely in Southwark, even on such occasions. "The Dean of Southwark does not believe that it is to the glory of God and it is not therefore used in private memorial services." The hymn, which begins with the words "And did those feet in ancient time", was first composed by William Blake in 1804 as an introduction to one of his most famous poems Milton. The words were later written to music in 1916 by Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, an English composer. The verses are thought to have been based on a legend that Jesus came to England as a young boy and visited the town of Glastonbury, Somerset, where he established a second Jerusalem. Christians have subsequently interpreted the meaning of the hymn in different ways and some believe that the word "Jerusalem" could be a metaphor for heaven. It has been suggested that the hymn refers to Jesus coming to England and creating heaven amidst the "dark satanic mills", the line at the end of the first verse, which has been interpreted as the industrial revolution. Jerusalem has been banned before by clergymen who do not believe Blake's poetry to be Christian. In 2001 it was banned from the wedding of a couple in Manchester because the vicar deemed it to be too nationalistic and inappropriate to a marriage ceremony. According Rev Donald Allister, Vicar of Cheadle, the hymn was a "nationalistic song that does not praise God." Meanwhile, St Margaret's, in Westminster, the parish church of Parliament has refused to allow the hymn in the past because its clergy deemed the "dark satanic mills" discriminated against people living in the city. In 1996 Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a memorable appearance on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in which he listed Jerusalem amongst his ten favourite records. In 2000 the hymn was made the official anthem of the England football team in the Euro 2000 tournament in Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Cele|bitchy | Harrison Ford got paid 66 times more than costars Daisy Ridley & John Boyega Harrison Ford got paid 66 times more than costars Daisy Ridley & John Boyega Daisy Ridley , Harrison Ford , Money , Star Wars SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I heard this rumor before I even saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but I didn’t really know what to make of it. Now that I’ve seen the film … I understand. I “get” it. Apparently, Harrison Ford agreed to do The Force Awakens because Disney agreed to cut him a monster check. He reportedly earned $10-20 million for The Force Awakens, at least 66-times the paychecks given to Daisy Ridley and John Boyega. To be fair, Harrison’s involvement was key, and he has the biggest part in the film of all the “original” cast members. Plus, I felt like Harrison was the actor least interested in coming back to the franchise, which meant he got to name his price. Here’s more from Variety: With its global bow now at a record $529 million, “Star Wars’” box office success will undoubtedly afford its cast members heftier pay cuts on their next projects. But just how much money did “The Force Awakens” actors earn to join a galaxy far, far away? Sources tell Variety Harrison Ford came away the big winner on Disney and Lucasfilm’s sequel with a paycheck upwards of $10 million and as high as $20 million to reprise his role of Han Solo. On Monday, the Daily Mail issued a report saying that Ford earned a staggering $25 million to return to the “Star Wars” franchise. A Disney insider tells Variety the story is completely false and way too high but other sources did confirm that the 73-year-old actor earned a substantially larger cut than his co-stars. Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher took home salaries in the low-seven-figure range, according to sources. Newcomers John Boyega and Daisy Ridley were paid in the low-six-figure range ($100k-$300k). Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac, meanwhile, received offers of mid- to high-six figures. Because Driver and Isaac had fixed quotes from previous film and TV work, sources say their deals were negotiated higher compared to Boyega and Ridley, who, for the most part, had never appeared in a large-scale film before. Insiders tell Variety that Disney made a decision in 2014 prior to casting the new roles to create a “legacy pay scale” intended for talent like Ford, Fisher and Hamill, who had previously been a part of the “Star Wars” universe, and general pay scale for actors that would be appearing for the first time. Hamill and Fisher’s salaries are expected to rise in upcoming installments as their parts grow with each film. The salaries don’t include back-end bonuses from the pic’s box office haul that in a rare case doesn’t even kick in till the film crosses $1 billion worldwide, and following the success of “The Force Awakens,” deals are expected to be renegotiated before the next films get underway. [From Variety] Yes, I bet Harrison got closer to $20 million PLUS a backend, which would mean he will likely be taking home much more than $25 million when all is said and done. SPOILER: Variety also says that basically the whole reason Harrison signed on to do The Force Awakens was because it would be a one-and-done thing for him. His monster paycheck is basically his going-away present. The size of his paycheck also goes a long way to explaining why Harrison has been uncharacteristically happy, pleasant and playful during the promotional tour – he was being paid to shill and have fun with it (one last time). I am surprised by the other paychecks though – even though Boyega and Ridley weren’t household names when they were cast, it really does seem like the studio low-balled them to the extreme. But I believe they’ll probably be able to renegotiate for the sequels, so there’s that. And Mark Hamill got low seven-figures for THAT? And how much did Peter Mayhew/Chewbacca get?! Photos courtesy of WENN.
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From the North...: I Always Wanted To Be Free I Always Wanted To Be Free The latest Absolutely Fabulous revival will lead BBC1's festive line up, it has been announced. The Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley sitcom, which has been revived for two twentieth anniversary specials, is expected to feature in the channel's Christmas Day schedule alongside Doctor Who, EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing. Personally, yer actual Keith Telly Topping has never found Ab Fab quite as thigh-slappingly amusing as many other people but, it is very popular, admittedly. David Jason's first new BBC comedy in twenty years, The Royal Bodyguard, will also be broadcast over the winter period. Despite The Royle Family taking a break this Christmas, actress Sue Johnston will still be seen on BBC1 in one-off comedy Lapland. Elsewhere, Ray Winstone, Gillian Anderson and David Suchet star in an adaptation of Great Expectations, while Stephen Fry, Victoria Wood and Christopher Eccleston lend their considerable talents to The Borrowers. or, rather, Fry and Eccleston lend their considerable talents and Wood lends her 'n talent what-so-bloody-ever' to the gig. Can't stand that full-of-her-own-importance woman and her wretched, laugh-free comedy. Doctor Who stars Matt Smith and Karen Gillan have revealed what most of us kind of expected anyway, that they are 'in the dark' about the much-talked-about-but-don't-hold-your-breath proposed movie adaptation. It was reported last week that Harry Potter director David Yates is hoping to make a 'radical' film reboot of the BBC's popular family SF drama. 'I have absolutely no idea what it will be about,' Smith told host Fearne Cotton on her Radio 1 show. 'We're not really anything to do with it.' The actor added that he had 'no clue' the film was in development until it was announced, explaining that both he and co-star Gillan had 'read [the news] in the paper. There's always rumours about a Doctor Who film,' suggested Gillan, who plays companion Amy Pond. 'I remember them saying that Johnny Depp was going to be the Doctor a couple of years ago.' Both actors went on to say that they 'doubt' they will appear in any potential Doctor Who film. That is, of course, if such a project were ever to see the light of day. Which, this blogger still considers to be highly unlikely. As my old mate Peter Linford recently noted, 'you can accurately age Doctor Who fans by how many different unmade Doctor Who movie proposals they can remember!' British TV productions have won five awards at the International Emmys in the US, including best actress for Julie Walters. She was honoured for her BAFTA-winning portrayal of Mo Mowlam in Channel Four's Mo, a biopic about the late politician. Christopher Eccleston was named best actor for his role in Jimmy McGovern's Accused on BBC1, which also won best drama series. Each episode told the story of a character who ends up in court. Eccleston played a plumber who found twenty thousand smackers in the back of a cab but was arrested after it turned out the money was forged. Gareth Malone Goes to Glyndebourne won best arts programme. The series, about a group of teenagers training to star in a new opera for the world renowned Glyndebourne opera house, was produced by Twenty Twenty Television for BBC2. Twenty Twenty also won the non-scripted entertainment award for The World's Strictest Parents, which aired on BBC3. Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance at the ceremony, which was hosted by actor Jason Priestley at the Hilton hotel in New York. The singer presented an honorary prize to American Idol's executive producer, Nasty Nigel Lythgoe, another British export. Albeit, one that we're somewhat less proud of than, say, Julie Walters or Chris Eccleston. Gaga said Lythgoe was her favourite TV executive - he returned the compliment, describing her as 'the most creatively talented woman in showbusiness right now.' Do you two need a room, or what? Chile won its first international Emmy for children's programme, What Is Your Dream? Belgium won best comedy series for Benidorm Bastards, a controversi
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Angel (TV Series 1999–2004) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. Creators: In the series finale, Angel reveals that his questionable moral behavior has been part of a bigger plan: to destroy The Circle of the Black Thorn and show the Senior Partners that the power of good ... 9.6 Cordelia awakens from her magically induced coma and returns to help Angel fight an old enemy who has reappeared even more powerful than ever. 9.5 When an ancient sarcophagus arrives in the laboratory at Wolfram & Hart, Fred opens a small compartment and is infected by an ancient disease that slowly begins to kill her. As Angel and Spike travel... 9.4 a list of 25 titles created 21 Dec 2010 a list of 24 titles created 02 Oct 2011 a list of 24 titles created 23 Oct 2011 a list of 46 titles created 06 Nov 2011 a list of 42 titles created 16 Jan 2014 Search for " Angel " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 12 wins & 46 nominations. See more awards » Videos A young woman is forced to fulfill her destiny of fighting vampires and demons with the help of her friends all the while struggling to live a normal teenage life of heart break and drama. Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan Three sisters discover their destiny - to battle against the forces of evil, using their witchcraft. They are the Charmed Ones. Stars: Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Brian Krause A futuristic laboratory assigns different tasks to its various residents, who then have their memories erased upon the completion of their assignments. Stars: Eliza Dushku, Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz A group of genetically-enhanced children escape from a lab project. Years later we meet Max, one of the escapees who now works for a messenger service in the post-apocalyptic Pacific Northwest. Stars: Jessica Alba, Michael Weatherly, Richard Gunn Xena, a mighty Warrior Princess with a dark past, sets out to redeem herself. She is joined by small town bard, Gabrielle. Together they journey the ancient world and fight for the greater good against ruthless Warlords and Gods. Stars: Lucy Lawless, Renée O'Connor, Ted Raimi The lives of three young alien/human hybrids with extraordinary gifts in Roswell. Stars: Shiri Appleby, Jason Behr, Katherine Heigl Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented. Stars: Jack Coleman, Hayden Panettiere, Milo Ventimiglia A university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters. Stars: Eliza Dushku, Shawn Reaves, Zach Galifianakis A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville. Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack Sydney Bristow is an international spy recruited out of college and trained for espionage and self-defense. Stars: Jennifer Garner, Ron Rifkin, Carl Lumbly A newlywed with the ability to communicate with the earthbound spirits of the recently deceased overcomes skepticism and doubt to help send their important messages to the living and allow the dead to pass on to the other side. Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, Camryn Manheim Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire. Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell Edit Storyline The vampire Angelus, now known as Angel, has a human s
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Rizzoli and Isles - Partners in crime - Pictures - CBS News Next Det. Lennie Briscoe and many others Jerry Orbach played Det. Lennie Briscoe, right, on "Law & Order" for 12 seasons from 1992-2004. He was joined by Jesse L. Martin, right, as Det. Ed Green from 1999 until Orbach left the show in 2004. Briscoe's other partners were Mike Logan (played by Chris Noth), Rey Curtis (played by Benjamin Bratt) and on the spin-off "Law & Order: Trial by Jury," Hector Salazar (played by Kirk Acevedo). Before Orbach joined the show, Paul Sorvino and George Dzundza played detectives on the series. Credit: AP Photo/NBC Chris Cagney and Mary Beth Lacey Sharon Gless, left, as Chris Cagney, and Tyne Daly as Mary Beth Lacey from "Cagney & Lacey" chased down bad guys and personal demons for 125 episodes. Gless and Daly dominated the Best Actress in a Drama category for six years. Gless won two Emmys and Daly won four. Credit: AP Jimmy McNulty and others At the beginning of HBO's "The Wire," Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West), right, had one true partner, Bunk Moreland (Wendell Pierce). As the show progressed, he worked with lots of other police in a special unit, including Lester Freamon (pictured, left, played by Clarke Peters). McNulty had lots of problems. He was a serious alcoholic, a womanizer and he bent the rules, finally breaking them when created a fictional criminal on the show for the police to pursue. Credit: Paul Schiraldi Maddie and David On "Moonlighting," David Addison (played by Bruce Willis), a quick-thinking private eye, and his business partner, Maddie, frequently bickered and talked to the audience. The show put Willis and his now-famous smirk on the map. After David and Maddie slept together on the show and Cybill Shepherd took a break when she was pregnant with twins, "Moonlighting" often got by on David's charm alone. Plus, the "Taming of the Shrew" episode is great. Photo: Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis in "Moonlighting" Credit: Lionsgate Rizzoli and Isles Based on a series of novels by Tess Gerritsen, "Rizzoli & Isles" follows the partnership of Det. Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. Like "Castle," this series begins with a copycat killing that brings the two professionals together. Photo: Angie Harmon and Sasha Alexander as Det. Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles. Credit: Doug Hyun Benson and Stabler Mariska Hargitay, left, as Det. Olivia Benson, and Christopher Meloni as Det. Elliot Stabler on "Law & Order: SVU" are up to their elbows each week in the nastiest cases handled by the NYPD. Meloni will not return to the series for the 2011-2012 season. Who will play Benson's new partner? Credit: NBC Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett They made pink look macho and introduced slouchy deconstructed Italian suits to the masses. They wore loafers with no socks and t-shirts under suits. And, of course, there was stubble. Oh, and as "Miami Vice" cops, they killed a lot of bad guys, too. Photo: Philip Michael Thomas as Ricardo Tubbs and Don Johnson as "Sonny" Crocket. Credit: AP Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett Tubbs and Crockett, played here by Jamie Foxx, left, and Colin Farrell in Michael Mann's 2006 film, were grubbier. They still killed lots of criminals, of course. Credit: AP Photo/Universal Pictures Ken Hutchinson and Dave Starsky Robbery-homicide detectives Ken Hutchinson and Dave Starsky tore through the streets of Bay City, Calif., in a Ford Gran Torino for 92 episodes of "Starsky & Hutch" from 1975-1979. Whenever the call sign "Zebra Three" came over their radio, you knew there was going to be some action. Photo: From left, David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser as Ken Hutchinson and Dave Starsky from "Starsky & Hutch" Credit: AP Ken Hutchinson and Dave Starsky For the big screen version of the 1970s show, Ben Stiller played Starsky and Owen Wilson was Hutch. At the end of the movie, the actors shared a scene with their television counterparts, Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul. Photo: From left, Ben Stiller, Paul Michael Glaser, Owen Wilson and David Soul from "Starsky & Hutch," in London
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Ancient Greek Philosophers | World History Charts Ancient Greek Philosophers From Thales to Socrates to Plotinus, here are the Greek philosophers whose teachings influence Western thought and tradition even to this day. THE PRE-SOCRATIC PHILOSOPHERS Milesian school (c.624-546 BCE) Thales is usually considered to be the first philosopher as well as ‘the father of science’ as he was the first to try to explain things in nature without relying on mythology. He was the first of three major figures in the Milesian school, all of whom felt that one single substance was the source of all things. According to Thales, that one subtance was water. Anaximander Milesian school (c.610-546 BCE) Anaximander was a student of Thales and the second major figure in the Milesian school. He believed that the single substance that was the source of all things was an endless, unlimited substance called apeiron. Anaximenes Milesian school (c.585-528 BCE) Anaximenes was a student of Anaximander and the third major figure in the Milesian school. He believed that air was the single substance that was the source of all things Pythagoras Pythagorianism (570-495 BCE) Although little is known of the historical figure, Pythagoras is considered to be the founder of the mystical/religious movement that bears his name. He made important contributions to the field of mathematics, the most famous of which is the Pythagorean theorem. He also believed in reincarnation. Parmenides Eleatic school (c. early 500’s BCE) The founder of the Eleatic school, Parmenides believed that all is one, that everything that exists has always existed, and that nothing ever really changes. He felt that this conclusion, based on reason alone, was correct and that our senses, which tell us otherwise, are ultimately unreliable. Heraclitus Ephesian school (c.535-475 BCE) Unlike Parmenides, Heraclitus believed that everything is in a constant state of change and that are sense are generally reliable. A melancholy and obscure man, he is often portrayed as the “weeping philosopher”. Zeno of Elea Eleatic school (c.490-430 BCE) A student of Parmenides, Zeno is most famous for his paradoxes, the most famous of which is known as Achilles and the tortoise. Empedocles Pluralist school (c.490-430 BCE) Empedocles introduced the concept of four fundamental elements (fire, air, earth & water), instead of just one — an idea that persisted until modern times. Anaxagoras Pluralist school (c.500-428 BCE) Anaxagoras, a member of the pluralist school, was the first to bring philosophy to Athens, where it later flourished in the hands of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Protagoras Sophist (c.490-420 BCE) Protagoras was one of the first sophists — ‘practical’ philosophers who taught the wealthy for money. He is most famous for his saying, “Man is the measure of all things“. Democritus Atomist school (c.460-370 BCE) Democritus, together with his teacher Leucippus, is usually credited with developing atomism — the idea that everything in nature is made up of indivisible elements called atoms. This theory reconciled Parmenides’ concept of nothing changing (because the atoms themselves don’t change) with Heraclitus’ idea of constant change (because it is the way in which the atoms are arranged that changes). He is often referred to as the laughing philosopher. THE THREE GREATEST GREEK PHILOSOPHERS Socrates Athens (c.469-399 BCE) Socrates is remembered more for how he taught than for what he taught. He liked to appear ignorant and ask a lot of questions, thus helping people to find answers on their own — a technique that became known as the Socratic Method. He is also remembered for his death. Accused of corrupting youth and disbelieving in the gods, he was sentenced to commit suicide by drinking poison. Socrates left behind no writings and everything we know about him is based on what Plato and his other students wrote. Cyrenaicism (c.435-356 BCE) Aristippus was the founder of Cyrenaicism, an ultra-hedonist philosophy that encouraged people to get as much pleasure as possible out of life. Diogenes Cynicism (c
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Philosophers Stone, Alchemy - Crystalinks The Philosopher's Stone The philosopher's stone is a legendary substance, allegedly capable of turning inexpensive metals into gold. It was sometimes believed to be an elixir of life, useful for rejuvenation and possibly for achieving immortality. For a long time, it was the most sought-after goal in Western alchemy. In the view of spiritual alchemy , making the philosopher's stone would bring enlightenment upon the maker and conclude the Great Work. It is also known by several other names, such as 'materia prima.' The Philosopher's Stone, the White Stone by the River, The Sword in the Stone, all the same, meaning that which contains the knowledge of creation, a symbol that represents the final outcome of man's inner transformation, of the conversion of the base metal of his outer character to the golden properties of his higher self. It is all about the evolution of consciousness in the alchemy of time. The Stone in Alchemy Transmutation of Metals The concept apparently originated from the theories of the 8th century Islamic alchemist Geber. He analyzed each Aristotelian element in terms of four basic qualities of hotness, coldness, dryness, and moistness. Thus, fire was both hot and dry, earth cold and dry, water cold and moist, and air hot and moist. He further theorized that every metal was a combination of these four principles, two of them interior and two exterior. From this premise, it was reasoned that the transmutation of one metal into another could be effected by the rearrangement of its basic qualities. This change would presumably be mediated by a substance, which came to be called al-iksir in Arabic (from which comes the Western term "elixir"). It was often imagined as a dry powder, made from a mythical stone - the "philosopher's stone". The stone was believed to have been composed of a substance called carmot. Geber's theory and the concept of the philosopher's stone may have been inspired by the knowledge that metals like gold and silver could be hidden in alloys and ores, from which they could be recovered by the appropriate chemical treatment. Geber himself is believed to be the inventor of aqua regia, a mixture of muriatic and nitric acids, which is one of the few substances that can dissolve gold (and is still often used for gold recovery and purification). The Stone as a Spiritual Metaphor Alchemy has always made extensive use of analogy, symbolism, and so forth to relate chemical and physical concepts to esoteric and mystic ones. In some epochs and contexts, these metaphysical aspects came to predominate, and the chemical processes were then viewed as mere symbols of spiritual processes. In this hermetic side of alchemy, the "philosopher's stone", supposed to to be the most tangible and dense crystalization or condensation of a subtle substance, became a metaphor for an inner potential of the spirit and reason to evolve from a lower state of imperfection and vice (symbolized by the base metals) to a higher state of enlightenment and perfection (symbolized by gold). In this view, spiritual elevation, the transmutation of metals, and the purification and rejuvenation of the body were seen to be manifestations of the same concept. The mystical revival in the late 20th century renovated the public interest on alchemy, and particularly on this metaphysical and philosophical conception of the philosopher's stone - which is now subscribed by many people, especially within several New Age movements. The Stone and Modern Science Though the notion of a simple philosopher's stone of the alchemic sense fell out of scientific conception by at least the 19th century, its metaphors and imagery persisted: man's attempt to discover the essential secret of the universe, redemptively transforming not just lead into gold, but death into life. In 1901, Ernest Rutherford and Frederick Soddy discovered that radioactivity was a sign of fundamental changes within elements, and it was Soddy who quickly made the connection between this and the ancient search for the philosopher's s
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Angel Cabrera -- Masters Champion Angel Cabrera -- Masters Champion PGA Grand Slam of Golf Appearances: 2007, '09 Major Championship Wins: 2007 U.S. Open, 2009 Masters Worldwide Victories: 19 Family: Wife, Silvia; Children: Federico (6/5/89), Angel (3/10/91) Special Interests: Soccer Turned Professional: 1989 By Bob Denney, The PGA of America Now that Angel Cabrera has officially erased the 41-year disappointment of any Argentine winning a Masters, a bizarre chapter is finally put to rest. Following the legacy of beloved fellow countryman Roberto De Vicenzo, Cabrera is now a two-time major champion and South America's newest heralded sportsman. The man nicknamed El Pato ("The Duck") has emerged as perhaps the best "grinder" in major championship golf in many years. In 2007, he survived rugged Oakmont to win the U.S. Open and then last April outlasted Kenny Perry and Chad Campbell to win a three-way playoff at the Masters. The first South American to capture the Green Jacket, Cabrera held on with uncanny putting and clutch shotmaking while all those around him were crumbling. Cabrera has found a way to bottle his emotions and harness the vital inner strength that De Vicenzo finds indispensable in golf. Two years ago, Cabrera became the only player in the history of Argentina golf to earn a top-10 spot in the Official World Ranking. This year, he was ranked 69th before his trip to Augusta National. It was once said that the golf ball doesn't know how old you are. In Cabrera's case, the ball also doesn't know or care how you are ranked. But can he play? By his Augusta heroics, Cabrera added yet another rung to his growing résumé. He joins Gary Player as the only foreign-born players to win the Masters and the U.S. Open. "When they put the green jacket on, I had goose bumps," says Cabrera. "I was shaking. I can't even explain what was going through my body." De Vicenzo, the winner of the 1967 British Open, once gave this observation of Cabrera's game. "He seems to make the big mistake. He has to make what he has inside stronger." Now, in the heat of the final stretch of a major championship, it is Cabrera who has found the inner strength and made the most of his "breaks." On Sunday, with the light fading at Augusta National, Cabrera made a "big break" pay dividends. His approach shot on the 18th hole caromed off a tree and back to the center of the fairway. From 70 yards, he converted one of the most memorable up and downs in major championship history that earned him a berth into a three-way playoff. He followed that with a par at 18 to open the playoff and continued to the 10th tee. A short time later, he made a routine par to pass Perry, who bogeyed after missing the green to the left. The Masters was in Cabrera's pocket. Cabrera's climb to the upper echelon of golf began in his hardscrabble youth, having been raised since he was 3 years old by his paternal grandmother. His boyhood home was on a quiet dirt road in Mendiolaza, a barrio near Cordoba, Argentina. When he was 10 years old, Cabrera found his life's vocation. Just 10 blocks uphill from his grandmother's home was Cordoba Country Club. He began caddying, making 25 pesos per loop, which translates today to nearly two dollars. It was a wage that sustained him. He dropped out of school in the sixth grade to caddie full-time. "I was very lucky because hanging out at a golf course was much better than being on the streets," says Cabrera. "Golf taught me a great deal. I grew up surrounded by people who were professionals -- lawyers, doctors, engineers. Around them I learned how to behave, speak, eat, and dress. I had nothing at home. The club was my home." Every Monday, when the club closed, the caddies took over and had their own competitions. This is when Cabrera learned to play golf. His talent grew steadily, as did his fierce competitiveness and ingrained penchant to work relentlessly to achieve success. Cordoba Country Club members financed Cabrera's debut into competitive golf, and at age 19 he turned professional. The first dividends began with victories in the 1
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Jack Nicklaus - Golf Topics - ESPN Jack Nicklaus Personal Jack Nicklaus is a retired American professional golfer and one of the sport's most prolific champions of all-time. Nicknamed "The Golden Bear," Nicklaus has won more major championships than any golfer in history (18), and is 2nd all-time in PGA TOUR victories with 73. Only Sam Snead (82) has more in the history of the PGA TOUR. Nicklaus is widely regarded as the best golfer of his era, and one of the greatest golfers of all-time. Nicklaus' 18 career major championships is the most heralded record in golf. Nicklaus won the Masters 6 times (most all-time), the U.S. Open 4 times (tied for most all-time), the Open Championship 3 times, and the PGA Championship 5 times (tied for most all-time). Nicklaus' Nicklaus and Tiger Woods are the only 2 men in history to have won each of golf's 4 major championships 3 times each. Nicklaus has been named "Golfer of the Century" or "Golfer of the Millennium" by almost every major golf publication in the world. He was also named Individual Male Athlete of the Century by Sports Illustrated, and one of the 10 Greatest Athletes of the Century by ESPN. Nicklaus has also been honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor given to any civilian. Nicklaus is a five-time winner of the PGA Player of the Year Award, has been the PGA Tour's leading money-winner eight times and runner-up six times. He has played on six Ryder Cup teams, captained two other Ryder Cup teams, and served as U.S. captain for the 1998, 2003, 2005, and 2007 Presidents Cup teams. He is also one of the pre-eminent golf course designers in the world. The son of a pharmacist, Jack William Nicklaus was born January 21, 1940 in Columbus, Ohio. He was raised in the suburb of Upper Arlington, and went to Upper Arlington High School. At age 10, Nicklaus carded a 51 in the first nine holes he played. That year, he also won the Scioto Club Juvenile Trophy. He would win it a second time the following year. At age 12, he won the Ohio State Junior Championship, launching a streak of 5 straight wins from 1952 through 1956. When Nicklaus was 13, he played in his first national tournament, the U.S.G.A. Junior Championship for ages 17 and under, winning his first 3 matches before being eliminated. That year, he also won the Columbus Junior Match-Play Championship. At 14, Nicklaus won the Columbus Junior Championship in both the stroke play and match play competitions. He would win that again the following year, as well as qualifying for the U.S. Amateur for the first time. He was defeated in the first round, 1-down. At 16, he won the Ohio State Open - easily the victor with a 2-round final day posting of 64 and 72. That year, he won his 5th straight Ohio State Junior title, and the Ohio Jaycees, but lost the U.S. National Jaycees Championship in a playoff. Amateur Career When Nicklaus was 17, he won his first national title, capturing the U.S. National Jaycees Championship. He also qualified for his first U.S. Open, missing the cut. At 18, Nicklaus won the Trans-Mississippi Championship, and qualified for the U.S. Open again. This time, Jack made the cut and finished tied for 41st place. Nicklaus also played in his first PGA TOUR event, the Rubber City Open at Firestone in Akron, Ohio. Jack was 1 shot back of the lead after 36 holes after opening rounds of 67 and 66. He finished tied for 15th in the event. Nicklaus won his first career U.S. Amateur at age 19, defeating Charles Coe, 1-up, in the 36-hole final at Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. He also played on the winning Walker Cup team against Britain in Muirfield, Scotland, and won the North-South and Trans-Mississippi championships. Nicklaus also reached the quarterfinal at the British Amateur that year. Nicklaus' biggest early breakthrough in his young career came at the 1960 U.S. Open at Cherry Hills, where he established an amateur record by shooting a 282. Jack finished as the runner-up to Arnold Palmer by 2 strokes. He also emerged as the individual winner in the World Amateur Team Championship by 13 stroke
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Site where Wallace made Scots Guardian uncovered in Selkirk - The Scotsman Site where Wallace made Scots Guardian uncovered in Selkirk William Wallace. Picture: Ian Rutherford GEORGE MAIR Have your say Archaeologists believe they have uncovered the remains of the medieval Borders kirk where Sir William Wallace was appointed Guardian of Scotland more than 700 years ago. The Scottish hero was made Guardian of Scotland in 1297, after defeating the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge. A ceremony took place in front of gathered nobles and clergy in the Kirk o’ the Forest, in Selkirk. The scene was depicted in Mel Gibson’s Oscar-winning epic Braveheart, but the church itself was demolished and later churches built on the site in the 16th and 18th centuries. A geophysics survey carried out within the ruins of the 18th century Auld Kirk was expected to show traces of its 16th century predecessor. Instead, it revealed the remains of a medieval chapel, pinpointing the spot where Wallace was honoured. Dr Chris Bowles, Scottish Borders Council’s archaeologist, said: “The association between William Wallace and this area is quite well documented, with Wallace using guerrilla tactics to fight the English from the Ettrick Forest. “We knew vaguely this site was associated with Wallace, and the Scottish nobles made him Guardian of Scotland at the Kirk o’ the Forest in recognition of his military successes. “We had been expecting the survey to uncover a 16th century church that we know to have existed and which was a replacement to the medieval church, but the only evidence in the survey is in relation to the medieval church. “What we found was the foundation footprint of a medieval chapel within the footprint of the 18th century church. There are certainly wall lines forming an east-west aligned rectangle. The measurements are similar to St Margaret’s Chapel in Edinburgh Castle and point to it possibly being a Romanesque chapel. “If it is the Kirk o’ the Forest, it is where Wallace was honoured. He went on to become the legendary figure he remains today.” Dr Bowles, who commissioned the survey by the University of Durham in conjunction with the Selkirk Conservation Area Regeneration Scheme (CARS), said: ”It was in the back of my mind that if we found any evidence of the medieval church we could have something that could be an attraction to people..
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· January 18 at 3:56pm · Male charged with street robberies and house burglary. A 23 year old male from the Bradford West area was arrested for burglary 2 days ago after being caught by officers in a house in Frizinghall that he had just broken into. Following an excellent investigation he was formally charged with the house burglary and also charged with six offences of street robbery. Those offences taking place in Shipley, Frizinghall, Heaton and Idle earlier on in the month. He was denied bail an...d attended at Bradford Magistrates Court where he was remanded into custody to await trial Allerton & Thornton Ward Today was the launch of our first walk in clinics. As Ward Officer for the area I thought it would be helpful if the residents of Thornton & Allerton had the opportunity to speak to their local Ward Officer face to face. Also present will be your local PCSO and local Council Officer. If you are un-able to attend due to work commitments we will also be leaving a box for information to be passed on to us. The box will be left at the key locations throu...ghout the month and collected every seven days. A piece of paper with any information you feel would be useful to us is welcome. You do not have to disclose who you are however we will act on as much information as we can. I appreciate some members of the public don’t want to call 101 or attend the police station to speak to us about ongoing issues. Once a month we will be at The Great Northern Café for an hour and Café West, Allerton for an hour. The next clinics will be held at the above locations on the 14th February 2017 0930-1030 14/02/2017Great Northern Café, Thornton 1100-1200 14/02/2017 Café West, Allerton. It would be lovely to meet some new faces and listen to your concerns and issues. Thank you to everyone who attended Cafe West today, we will endeavour to address all issues rasied today. I hope to see you all again next month. PC 603 Broadbent · January 18 at 3:35am · Manningham Ward - Dangerous moped seized Just after 3pm on Tue 17th Jan, am officer from the districts ASB bike team was patrolling in the Manningham area when he sighted the pictured scooter on Manningham Lane out of Bradford. It looked like it was in poor condition but more noticeable was the pillion passenger not wearing a helmet! The officer intercepted the pair and caused the moped to pull over. It was examined and found to be in a poor state of repair with damaged, faul...ty and missing parts. The rider was a provisional licence holder but no L plates were being displayed and he’d not bothered to take out any insurance either. He was reported for the offences as well as for carrying a passenger in an unsafe manner and can expect a court date in the near future. The moped was seized and is highly unlikely to see a road again. Pc Hitchcocks said “The risks involved with using a vehicle in this condition on busy roads should be obvious to anyone yet this rider clearly wasn’t interested in his or the pillion’s safety. Add this to the document offences and this rider thoroughly deserves more than one book being thrown at him! Anyone using a vehicle like this can expect to be dealt with by the Police and anyone seeing this kind of behaviour on the roads should report it to the police immediately before lives are put at risk.” This latest incident brings the teams total seizures to date to 639 with numerous section 59 warnings and prosecutions alongside this. The team can be contacted on: Non-emergency telephone No 101 bdasbbiketeam@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk The illegal, dangerous or anti-social use of vehicles (along with dash cam footage) can be reported to: bd.steerside@westyorkshire.pnn.police.uk · January 16 at 9:38am · Lower Grange - Two off road bikes seized for no insurance. On Thursday the 12th January 2017 officers received a large number of calls from residents around the Lower Grange area of Bradford. This was in relation to 2 off road motorbikes in the area causing a nuisance and the riders having total disregard to any road user or pedestrians. Reports stated that the ri
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quizballs 50 -- part 2 - Google Groups quizballs 50 -- part 2 41. What Cumbrian town was used as a 2007 pilot for the digital TV switch-over? 42. It was announced in April 2007 that Lord Justice Scott Baker would replace Baroness Butler-Sloss in what position? 43. What remarkable sale price did Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull achieve? 44. Which world champion 400m runner successfully overturned her Olympic Games ban for missing drug tests? 45. Monks featured strongly in the September protests in which country? 46. Which northern England city was flooded by torrential rain on on 25 June 2007? 47. In what US city did Barack Obama announce his presidential candidacy in February 2007? 48. Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big Brother TV Show racism uproar? 49. Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007 as prime minister of which country? 50. Which corporation bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240m? 51. The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain? 52. The two CDs lost by the UK department HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) contained personal details of 20m people relating to claims of what? 53. Who resigned as England cricket coach after the 2007 Ashes series 5-0 defeat? 54. What nickname was used by the media for the senior policeman in charge of the Cash for Honours investigation? 55. In May 2007 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the biggest what in history to date? 56. Intensive British forces operations in Afghanistan through 2007 were centred in which province? 57. In what significant UK location was the August 2007 Climate Change Camp sited? 58. Which movie star left the much publicized 'rude pig' phone message for his twelve year old daughter? 59. In a bizarre 2007 confessional frenzy, Ruth Kelly, Jacqui Smith, Harriet Harman, Hazel Blears and Alistair Darling where among several British government ministers to make what admission? 60. At the end of 2007 how many England Premiership football (soccer) clubs were foreign owned? 61. In June 2007 the Millennium Dome re-opened under what name? 62. Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing over the Nevada Desert in September 2007? 63. The perfume brand 'Mwah' was launched in 2007 by which 'celebrity'? 64. What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule? 65. Who resigned as World Bank President after failing to disprove allegations of his nepotism? 66. Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup? 67. Following an Ofcom investigation which TV company was judged in September 2007 to be the worst offending in the premium line phone-in scandals? 68. What film won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture? 69. Speculation towards the end of 2007 suggested that Rupert Murdoch's News International Group was in discussion to buy what significant business networking website? 70. Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when refused entry to the country? 71. What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007? 72. Who made this amusing statement: "I have expressed a degree of regret that may be equated with an apology..." ? 73. Whose secret donations of over half a million pounds caused a big problem for the Labour Party when they were exposed in November 2007? 74. Who became the new French president in 2007? 75. Who was charged with fraud when he reappeared five years after going missing in a canoe off the Cleveland coast? 76. Clarence Mitchell was appointed media spokesman for whom in September 2007? 77. Which Formula One racing team was expelled from the 2007 Constructors Championship for spying on a competitor? 78. Blake Fielder-Civil achieved notoriety as whose errant husband? 79. Which former newspaper owner and business mogul was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for fraud in December 2007? 80. Which major city switched off its lights for an hour on the evening of 31 March 2007 as a political statement about climate change? 81. What was the village and laboratory site na
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Sepp Blatter given embarrassing nickname on World Cup award - Telegraph World Cup Sepp Blatter given embarrassing nickname on World Cup award Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, received an award from the South African government under an unwelcome nickname after his Wikipedia entry was apparently sabotaged. Sepp Blatter was accidentally referred to as Bellend after an internet hoax Photo: GETTY IMAGES By Murray Wardrop 8:47AM BST 15 Jul 2010 The 74-year-old was recognised with the Order of The Companions of O R Tambo for his contribution over the World Cup. However, an official website announcing the accolade referred to the Swiss as “Joseph Sepp Bellend Blatter”. It is thought that Blatter’s profile on Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, was targeted by pranksters who altered his name, which was then copied onto the government website. Both websites have since been amended, removing the reference to Bellend, which is a slang term for a penis. The joke follows criticism of the football chief for refusing to allow goal-line technology in the tournament, which would have proved Frank Lampard scored against Germany. Related Articles Blatter: referee Howard Webb had 'hard task' 12 Jul 2010 Online football forums were awash with comments about the blunder after it was spotted on the website for the South African presidency . One England fan remarked: “It just goes to show that 50 million people are not wrong!” Another added: “So is this the first official, presidentially sanctioned bellend in history?” Blatter received his Gold award at a gala dinner on Monday from South African President, Jacob Zuma. The accolade is one of the country’s highest distinctions and is bestowed on foreign citizens for contributions to peace, co-operation and the active expression of solidarity and support. Announcing the award, Mr Zuma said: “After FIFA awarded us the opportunity to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup on 15 May 2004, we embraced the tasks that you entrusted to us, working together as a nation. “The hosting of the 2010 World Cup has helped us consolidate the gains we achieved after attaining freedom in 1994.” Oliver Tambo was a former president in exile of the African National Congress (ANC) and played a significant role in mobilising international opposition to apartheid, setting up the first liberation movement missions in Egypt, Morocco, Ghana and London. Accepting his award, Blatter said: “I just have to express my thanks but my emotions are now overcoming my voice. “I'm touched by this honour. I would like to thank President Zuma and all the people of South Africa for this gesture. I take it for FIFA, the football family and my own family.” Asked for a comment about the name blunder, a spokesman for FIFA's Swiss HQ told The Sun: "I need to communicate the meaning of the word internally first."
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Oodles Of Fun: April 2010 Oodles Of Fun Are You Using Your nOodle? Pages Question of the Day - On this day in 1931, what 102-story, 1,046-foot building was dedicated in New York City? Empire State Building Bon Jovi sang "You Give Love a ____ Name". Bad Bing Crosby's real name was: Harry Which is the only Marx Brothers film to feature on the AFI's top 100? Duck Soup The Broadway show Movin' Out featured the songs of: Billy Joel The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie? Die Hard 2 Which film has the line, "I can't have a baby, because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting"? Baby Boom In An Affair to Remember, where did the lovers decide to meet six months later? New York Where do the scientists first find a mysterious monolith, in 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Moon Which actress stars in the film Mean Girls? Lindsay Lohan This horror classic is called: Invasion of the Body ________. Snatchers Whose real name is Eric Bishop? Jamie Foxx Who said: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done"? George W. Bush Bruce Springsteen says "Everybody's got ________". A hungry heart Who had the 1976 hit: "Play That Funky Music"? Wild Cherry Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey starred in: Two for the Money In the "Rock DJ" video, what former Take That singer literally sheds layers of clothes and layers of flesh? Robbie Williams Which film is a love story between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher? Anna and the King What former star of Broadway's Annie married Matthew Broderick, who starred in The Producers? Sarah Jessica Parker What was the last Beatles' album to be recorded before the band's split? Abbey Road Which actress' father is well-known actor Jon Voight? Angelina Jolie What was the name of Herman's wife on The Munsters? Lily On the TV series Heroes, the character Hiro Nakamura is able to: Stop time The music to the U.S. Navy song "Anchors Aweigh" was written by: Charles Zimmerman Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell changed hats to play which narrating character in "Seussical the Musical"? The Cat in the Hat All members of The Monkees have what same color of eyes? Brown The tagline, "Resistance is Futile", comes from which 1996 movie? Star Trek: First Contact One of the longest movie song titles, as sung by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, was: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Who played Truman Capote in Capote? Philip Seymour Hoffman Which Scottish actor voiced a dragon called Draco in the movie Dragon Heart? Sean Connery Question of the Day - Willie Nelson turns 77 today. What is NOT one of his songs? Hit the Road, Jack Which character sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy Finish this line from The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take _________". The cannoli Name the ship commanded by Russell Crowe in Master and Commander. HMS Surprise In which of the Rocky movies was the statue of Rocky unveiled? Rocky III Where was the character Elijah Prince, aka "Mr. Glass", from Unbreakable born? A department store Who sang "When You Wish upon a Star" in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio? Jiminy Cricket What was the name of the woman Dustin Hoffman played in Tootsie? Dorothy Michaels What comedian actress shared Steve Martin's body in All of Me? Lily Tomlin Who played Starsky in the film Starsky and Hutch? Ben Stiller In 1995, what Irish New Age musician released the album The Memory of Trees? Enya Which best describes Kiefer Sutherland? Agent Jack Bauer on 24 Which Beatle sang "My Sweet Lord"? George Harrison In which movie does Kevin Bacon discover the secret of invisibility? Hollow Man Antonin Dvorak's most famous symphony is known as Z Noveho Sveta in his native language. What do we call it? From the New World Which actor played the monster in the original film of Frankenstein? Boris Karloff The movies Courage Under Fire and A Soldier's Story featured which actor? Denzel Washington Angela Lansbury was in which movie? Bedknobs and Broomsticks What film is showing at the Bedford Falls theater at the end of It's A Wonderful Life? The Bells of St. Mary's What sport is pla
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What does “wiki” mean, & what exotic language is it from? | Dictionary.com Blog July 28, 2010 by: Dictionary.com 70 Comments WikiLeaks has been in the news lately because it released a document that encompasses over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan. Wikileaks is a site that obtains and publishes sensitive material and is designed to protect whistle-blowers, journalists and activists. Wikipedia is another wiki word that has become ubiquitous. But where does the wiki in WikiLeaks and Wikipedia come from? Wiki was introduced into the lexicon by a computer programmer named Ward Cunningham in 1995 when he created collaborative software that he called WikiWikiWeb. Wiki is Hawaiian for “fast; quick.” As a noun, wiki means “a website that allows anyone to add, delete or revise content by using a web browser.” The term wiki is also used as a verb; if you wiki, you are either researching a topic on a wiki or contributing to one. As reflected in the terms WikiLeaks and Wikipedia, wiki is sometimes used in creating blended words or portmanteaus: a wikiholic devotes a vast amount of time to wiki-based projects. Similarly, a Wikipedian is a person who enthusiastically contributes to Wikipedia. The word has been translated into a number of languages. In Estonian it is viki; in Welsh it is wici. A word from one language that enters another is called a loanword . Wiki is not the only word on loan from Hawaiian. Aloha, which means “hello,” “love” and “good-bye,” is used frequently by English speakers. Mahalo , luau , hula and kahuna are other notable examples. There are some Hawaiian words that for one reason or another will probably never be adopted by the English language. An example would be humuhumunukunukuapuaa . Tell us what you think the word means, or what it sounds like it should mean, and we will add the most creative offering to the blog post later (as well as the actual definition.) **Thank you for all the creative definitions of humuhumunukunukuapuaa, which is of course “either of two triggerfishes of Indo-Pacific coral reefs.” Our pick for the most creative comes from Mark: “A small, carniverous marsupial that lurks in trees and drops down onto prey. The straight Translation means ‘Furred Domination in the skies.’” Lucky for us, the actual creature is far more benign.** Incidentally, avocado is a loanword too, and the Aztecs called it the “fertility fruit.” Here’s why .
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Free Flashcards about GK 1 What does 'Beijing' mean? Northern capital Which author (1874-1936) said 'thieves respect property, they merely wish the property to become their property that they may properly respect it'? GK Chesterton What was the original meaning of 'decimated'? Reduced by 10% The Circumlocution Office appears in which Dickens novel? Little Dorrit Maxwell's Pergamon Press specialised in what type of journal? Scientific 'Danny Deever', 'Mandalay' and 'Gunga Din' are poems in which Kipling work? Barrack Room Ballads Who wrote 'Totem And Taboo' in 1913? Sigmund Freud Which alphabet system using Roman letters is used to transcribe Chinese? Pinyin Filippo Marinetti founded which art movement in 1909? Futurism What was William Sydney Porter's pseudonym? O Henry What was Dickens illustrator Phiz's real name? Hablot Knight Browne Which 1946 drama was based on the Archer Shee case? The Winslow Boy Who is the clown in 'The Merchant Of Venice'? Lancelot Gobbo Who were the houygnhnms in Gulliver's Travels? Race of noble horses Speed is whose servant in 'The Two Gentleman of Verona'? Valentine What was Rosie's surname in 'Cider With Rosie'? Burdock What is the English translation of Latin 'Stabat Mater'? The mother stood What was the surname of 'The Railway Children'? Waterbury What were the Christian names of 'The Railway Children'? Phyllis, Roberta, Peter Which artist painted 'Resurrection in Cookham Churchyard'? Stanley Spencer Fernand Khnopff painted 'Listening to.....' who in 1883? Schumann Klimt, Loos and Otto Wagner belonged to which movement? Viennese Succession What was the German equivalent of Art Nouveau? Jugendstil Famed for masked figures, who painted 'Christ's Entry Into Brussels 1889'? Ensor Whose autobiographical account was 'Papillon'? Henri Charriere Who wrote poem 'For Johnny' that appeared in 1945 film 'The Way To The Stars'? Pudney Which 1939 Llewellyn novel is about Welsh coal-mining family the Morgans? How Green Was My Valley Which painting technique lays paint on thickly so brushstrokes are visible? impasto Who wrote WW2 poem 'The Naming Of Parts'? Henry Reed Which almanac was published 1732-1758 by Benjamin Franklin? Poor Richard's Which almanac, also called Vox Stellarum, was first published 1697? Old Moore's What was 'Uncle Vanya's real name in Chekhov's play? Ivan Petrovich Voinitski Which French word refers to a scale model of an unfinished sculpture? Maquette Mark Tapley and Tom Pinch appear in which Dickens novel? Martin Chuzzlewit What name is given to a preparatory study for a fresco? Cartoon What is Finland's national epic? Kalevala Who won a Pullitzer Prize for poem collection 'For The Union Dead'? Robert Lowell Iitalla and Arabia glass and porcelainware come from which country? Finland Palawan Island is part of which country? Philippines What is the world's second largest lake? Lake Superior What is the world's third largest lake? Lake Victoria What is the biggest lake entirely within one country? Lake Michigan What is the biggest lake island in the world? Manitoulin Island Manitoulin Island, the biggest lake island in the world, is in which lake? Huron In which US state is Wupatki National Monument? Arizona Which Scottish geologist (1726-1797) advanced the priniciple of uniformitarianism or gradualism, which is that slow geological processes occurring today have also occurred throughout time? James Hutton Which promontory in Berwickshire was important in providing geologist James Hutton's 'proof' of uniformitarianism? Siccar Point Which element is unusually abundant in the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary? iridium How old is the earth to the nearest 0.05 billion years? 4.55 billion What was the occupation of Galileo's father? Lutenist/lute player On which island was Pythagoras born? Samos What is Newton's first law of motion? When viewed in an inertial reference frame, an object either remains at rest or moves at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an external force. Which component of Challenger did Richard Feynman famously find fault with? O-Ring Which historically shadowy char
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Jane Glover Conducts ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met - The New York Times The New York Times Music |A Rollicking Treat Infused With Grace and Gravitas Search A Rollicking Treat Infused With Grace and Gravitas Jane Glover Conducts ‘The Magic Flute’ at the Met Continue reading the main story Photo The Magic Flute Nathan Gunn, center, as Papageno in Julie Taymor’s production at the Metropolitan Opera. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times On Monday night the acclaimed British conductor Jane Glover became only the third woman to conduct at the Metropolitan Opera. The occasion was the revival of Julie Taymor’s 2004 production of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute,” presented as a family-friendly offering for the holidays, trimmed to 100 minutes without intermission and performed in a snappy English translation by J. D. McClatchy. Mozart’s fairy-tale opera, Ms. Taymor’s fanciful production and a winning cast delighted the audience, judging by the frequent laughter of the many children in attendance. But Ms. Glover’s appearance, and the magisterial performance and nuance she drew from the orchestra, were the news here. When she appeared in the pit to take a bow before the performance started, it seemed just so fresh and right; it’s amazing how inured Met regulars have become to the company’s poor record on behalf of female conductors. The accomplished Ms. Glover, 64, is the director of opera at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She has conducted at Covent Garden, the English National Opera, the Berlin State Opera, the Royal Danish Opera and other companies. It is not as if her work was unknown in New York, where her appearances have included a Carnegie Hall debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in 2003 and, last year at the Juilliard School, a vibrant account of Gluck’s “Armide.” Photo The conductor Jane Glover made her Met debut on Monday night. Credit Metropolitan Opera Alas, like many fields, classical music had a history of erecting barriers to women. But these days our orchestras are filled with female players, and there are so many prominent female composers that one need hardly call attention to it. There are important female conductors as well, but resistance to the idea of a female authority figure on the podium apparently lingers. At the Met the gender barrier was broken in 1976 when Sarah Caldwell made a well-received house debut conducting Verdi’s “La Traviata,” although Beverly Sills deserved significant credit for this breakthrough: Invited to sing Violetta, she said she would do so only if her colleague Ms. Caldwell was brought in. Ms. Caldwell returned in 1978 for a string of performances of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore.” The Australian conductor Simone Young made her Met debut conducting Puccini’s “La Bohème” in 1996, when she was already a significant figure in opera. Her last Met performances were in 1998. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Of course, that Ms. Glover is making her Met debut with what is, in effect, a children’s version of “The Magic Flute” could be seen as a little patronizing. Yet in another way, it was heartening that the young people in the audience, some of them perhaps attending their first opera, saw a woman in charge. There are musical challenges to conducting this version of the score. According to the Met, the uncut “Magic Flute” (not including intermission) runs about 150 minutes. To trim the score by a third, a few arias and duets were omitted, along with the overture; other arias and ensembles were shortened, although the surgery was sensitively done. Photo A family-oriented “Magic Flute,” cut to 100 minutes with no intermission: Alek Shrader as Prince Tamino with some of the puppets in Julie Taymor’s production at the Metropolitan Opera. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times Ms. Glover’s spirited and graceful conducting surely accounts for the overall continuity and flow of the performance. “The Magic Flute” does have elements of a vaudeville show, especially in Ms. Taymor’s production, with its fire-breathing statues and billowing puppets that dance and frolic. Ms. Glov
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The Mikado Introduction THE MIKADO Introduction Adapted from the book "Tit-Willow or Notes and Jottings on Gilbert and Sullivan Operas" by Guy H. and Claude A. Walmisley (Privately Printed, Undated) �THE MIKADO, or The Town of Titipu," was produced at the Savoy Theatre on 14 March, 1885 and proved to be one of the most famous of all the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, running, as it did, for 672 nights. The plot of "The Mikado", as Mr. Adair Fitzgerald mentions in his book "The Story of the Savoy Opera", came to Gilbert through a Japanese sword, which hung on the walls of his study, suddenly falling down. Act I opens with a scene of Japanese nobles, richly dressed in flowing silks and each carrying a fan, standing or sitting in the court-yard of Ko-Ko's Palace in Titipu.. Ko-Ko, formerly a cheap tailor, under sentence of death for flirting, was reprieved at the last moment and, on being "taken from the county jail by a set of curious chances", was raised to the exalted rank of Lord High Executioner. Nanki-Poo, in reality the Mikado's son and in love with Yum-Yum, Ko-Ko's ward, enters disguised as a Second Trombone and sings his beautiful song, "A wand'ring minstrel Ia thing of shreds and patches", and then explains to the assembled nobles that he had hurried back to claim Yum-Yum, who was betrothed to her guardian Ko-Ko, as she would now be free since he understood that Ko-Ko was to be beheaded. However Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else) and Pish-Tush (a noble lord) point out to Nanki-Poo that not only has Ko-Ko been reprieved but on "this very day from school Yum-Yum will wend her way and homeward come ... to wed the Lord High Executioner!" Ko-Ko then enters and tells in song how he obtained his exalted position, and in case he should ever be called upon to act professionally he has "got a little list of society offenders who might well be underground". Soon the beautiful Yum-Yum appears with her two sisters, Peep-Bo and Pitti-Sing, who are also wards of Ko-Ko, and together they sing an enchanting Trio, "Three little maids from school are we", which received a treble encore on the first night and thunderous acclamations ever since. Naturally Yum-Yum is delighted to see Nanki-Poo, who discloses his identity to her and explains that he fled in disguise from his father's Court in order to avoid the misfortune of having to marry Katisha, an elderly lady who claimed him in marriage. Later Ko-Ko receives a letter from the Mikado, who is struck by the fact that no executions have taken place in Titipu for a year and decrees that unless somebody is beheaded within one month, the post of Lord High Executioner shall be abolished, and the city reduced to the rank of a village. Consternation reigns! but after various schemes and victims have been suggested and rejected Nanki-Poo conveniently walks in with a rope in his hands intending to hang himself and so put an end to an unendurable existence since he cannot marry his adored Yum-Yum. Ko-Ko quickly persuades this heaven-sent victim to give up the idea of suicide and, instead, be beheaded handsomely in a months time at the hands of the Public Executioner; and in return Ko-Ko reluctantly agrees to let Nanki-Poo marry Yum-Yurn the following day as, after all, she will soon be a widow and can then become Ko-Ko's bride. Yum-Yum and her companions are singing and dancing with Nanki-Poo to celebrate the month-long wedding when the tall, grim Katisha suddenly enters and tries to claim her perjured lover Nanki-Poo, but is told by Pitti-Sing, in a delightfully haunting air, that she is too late, "for he's going to marry Yum-Yum". Katisha is furious, and tries in vain to tell them all that the disguised Nanki-Poo is in reality the only son of the Mikado, but they drown her voice and will not let her speak; the act closes as Katisha, threatening to wreak vengeance on all who have thwarted her, storms angrily through the crowd on her way to inform the Mikado that his son has been found. As the curtain rises on act II Yum-Yum is discovered seated at her bridal toilet in Ko-Ko's garden surround
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"The aria ""Vesti La Giubba"" (on with the Motley) comes from which Opera?"
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Enrico Caruso - Vesti la giubba - 1902, 1904, 1907 - YouTube Enrico Caruso - Vesti la giubba - 1902, 1904, 1907 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Oct 1, 2008 Caruso was the first gramophone star to sell more than a million copies with his 1907 recording of 'Vesti la giubba' from the opera 'Pagliacci' by Ruggero Leoncavallo. Here are his recordings from 30th of November 1902, 1st of February 1904 and 17th of March 1907. Vesti la giubba is regarded as one of the most moving arias in the operatic repertoire. The pain of Canio (Caruso) is portrayed in the aria and exemplifies the entire notion of the 'tragic clown': smiling on the outside but crying on the inside. This is still displayed today as the clown motif often features the painted on tear running down the cheek of the performer. The opera recounts the tragedy of a jealous husband. More Caruso info on my non-profit website http://www.enricocaruso.dk (English). Text of the aria in Italian: Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio! Non so più quel che dico e quel che faccio!
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1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? 3. If Alpha is 1, and Beta is 2, what is 6? 4. If Tony Blackburn won in 2002, Phil Tuffnell won in 2003, and Kerry Katona won in 2004, who won in 2007? 5. If David Lloyd George is 1, Andrew Bonal Law is 2, and Stanley Baldwin is 3, who is 4? 6. If Liverpool won in 2006, and Chelsea won in 2007, who won in 2008? 7. How many pints does a 10- gallon hat hold? 8. Who was murdered by Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Morville and Le Breton? 9. Who presents Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer? 10. From what ancient activity does the word ‘crestfallen’ come? 11. What non-mechanical sport achieves the highest speeds? 12. What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? 13. Who succeeded Alf Ramsey to become caretaker manger for the English national football team in 1974? 14. What did Britain’s roads first acquire in 1914? 15. Which former Liverpool player held the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring 3 goals in less than 5 minutes? 16. Myleen Klass (pictured) now presents 10 Years Younger on Channel 4, but what was the name of the pop band that gave her success in 2001? 17. Who was the presenter of Out Of Town in the 1960s who went on to appear on the children’s TV programme How? 18. Whose autobiography is called Dear Fatty? 19. Who were Tom and Barbara’s neighbours in The Good Life? 20. In Cockney rhyming slang what are your ‘Daisy Roots’? 21. What is the surname of the twin brothers who compiled the Guinness Book of Records together between 1955 and 1975? 22. Which actor played Columbo? 23. Does the Bactrian camel have one hump, or two? 24. Where is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock? 25. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, what National Charity was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists, Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley? 26. What famous make of motorcycle was Lawrence of Arabia riding when he was tragically killed in Dorset in 1936? 27. What colour of flag should a ship fly to show it is in quarantine? 28. Purple Brittlegill, Velvet Shank and Orange Milkcap are three types of what? 29. What is the name of the flats where the Trotters lived in Only Fools And Horses? 30. In computing, what does the abbreviation USB stand for? ANSWERS: 1. Saturn; 2. Tom Baker (Doctor Who actors); 3. Zeta; 4. Christopher Biggins. (I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Joe Pasquale 04, Carol Thatcher 05, Matt Willis 06, and Joe Swash 08); 5. Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Ministers post WW1); 6. Portsmouth (FA Cup); 7. 6; 8. Thomas Becket; 9. Kirstie Allsopp; 10. Cockfighting; 11. Sky-diving; 12. Montreal; 13. Joe Mercer; 14. White Lines; 15. Robbie Fowler; 16. Hearsay; 17. Jack Hargreaves; 18. Dawn French; 19. Margo and Jerry Leadbetter; 20. Boots; 21. McWhirter (Ross and Norris); 22. Peter Falk; 23. Two; 24. The Clock Tower on the Palace of Westminster in London (Big Ben is the nickname for the bell); 25. The National Trust; 26. Brough Superior; 27. Yellow; 28. Fungi; 29. Nelson Mandela House; 30. Universal Serial Bus Like us on Facebook
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In what year was there a vote in the UK on the issue of leaving the then Common Market?
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The Referendums of 1973 and 1975 The Referendums of 1973 and 1975 The 1998 referendum on the Good Friday Agreement was in fact the third referendum to be held in Northern Ireland. The first, held in 1973, was on the question of continued participation in the UK versus a united Ireland; the second, held in 1975, was part of a UK-wide referendum on continued participation in the European Economic Community. 8 March 1973: the "Border Poll" Self-determination is a rather limited concept. Introduced by Woodrow Wilson in the context of post-1918 Europe, ignored on almost every occasion that it suited the Great Powers to do so, it applied to Northern Ireland to the very limited extent that the Northern Ireland Parliament had the right to opt out of the Irish Free State when it was established in December 1922 (and it immediately did so). The 1949 Ireland Act, which recognised that the Irish Republic was outside the British Commonwealth, renewed the right of the Northern Ireland Parliament to opt out of the UK and join a united Ireland. But there was no question of a referendum at this point (though a county-by-county referendum on participation in Home Rule had been mooted in 1914) and self-determination applies only in so far as Northern Ireland can choose which larger state to belong to, but not opt for independence. The abolition of the Northern Ireland Parliament in 1972 raised the question of whether or not a new Assembly should have the power to determine which state Northern Ireland should belong to. For whatever reason, the British government decided to put this question directly to the people every ten years by referendum, and the first (and so far only) referendum on this issue was held on 8 March 1973. The Unionist parties, and Alliance and the NILP, campaigned for a vote in favour of staying in the UK; the Nationalist parties urged their supporters to boycott the vote. The results were as follows: % valid votes 425,828 41.3% In 1983, the then Secretary of State, Jim Prior, decided not to hold another referendum on the ground that the likely outcome was obvious from other elections, ie that the pro-UK vote would win. The 1998 referendum included of course the provision that Northern Ireland remains in the UK for the time being. The idea that a referendum at some future point might decide that Northern Ireland would join a United Ireland survived into the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement and the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, and Nationalists read the demographic runes with glee, pointing to the increased vote for Nationalist parties over the last few years. I am personally sceptical that there will be a referendum majority for a United Ireland in the near future for the following reasons: I suspect that the recent growth in the Nationalist vote is caused by the working through the system of a growth in the Catholic share of the population which largely happened in the 1970s. This was caused, first, by an easing of the situation for Catholics, both in terms of economic discrimination and in terms of stable and safe housing after the forced population movements of the early period, which meant they were more likely to make a living and therefore stay in NI, and second by differential emigration from Protestants getting the hell out of Northern Ireland in the early years of the troubles. If I am right, we will see some growth in the Nationalist vote share in the next couple of elections and then it will level off at around 45%. As is clear from the 1998 referendum results , a referendum rather than an election will pull out many more voters in areas which are not really hotbeds of support for a united Ireland. Opinion polls likewise show that support for a united Ireland runs well behind support for Nationalist parties. One cannot exclude the kind of sudden mood change which hit Slovenia in 1991, but it hasn't happened yet. 5 June 1975: The Common Market Referendum Both the UK and Ireland joined the European Economic Community (then generally referred to as the Common Market) on 1 January 1973. Strange though it seems now, at th
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 1 | 1973: Britain joins the EEC 1973: Britain joins the EEC The United Kingdom has become a fully-fledged member of the European Economic Community. Ireland and Denmark also joined Britain in becoming the newest members of the community, bringing the total number of member states to nine. At midnight last night a Union Jack flag was raised at the EEC's headquarters in Brussels to mark the occasion. Celebrations were held in the city and one of Britain's new European Commissioners, George Thomson, joined revellers in a torch lit procession. Prime Minister Edward Heath is optimistic that Britain's membership of the community will bring prosperity to the country. He said: "It is going to be a gradual development and obviously things are not going to happen overnight. "But from the point of view of our everyday lives we will find there is a great cross-fertilisation of knowledge and information, not only in business but in every other sphere. "And this will enable us to be more efficient and more competitive in gaining more markets not only in Europe but in the rest of the world." More than 1,000 Britons will relocate to Brussels over the coming months to take up their places as civil servants of the community. Britain will be given four votes within the council, which proposes policies on issues ranging from the environment to public health. Membership applications by the UK to join the EEC were refused in 1963 and 1967 because the French President of the time Charles de Gaulle doubted the UK's political will. It is understood, however, his real fear was that English would suddenly become the common language of the community.
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Phillipe Sella was a great French star in which sport?
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BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Rugby World Cup | Sella takes centre stage Sella takes centre stage Sella was arguably the most gifted centre of all time With 111 caps on his retirement in 1995, Philippe Sella remains the most capped rugby international and arguably the finest centre of all time. During his playing days he continually outfoxed opposition defences with his thrilling running amidst a flurry of talented French backs. Here he picks out the five centres to watch out for in the World Cup. 1 Brian O'Driscoll (Ire) O'Driscoll is the most competitive centre there is in world rugby now and one of the best backs in the world full stop. He is so important for the Irish team. While Keith Wood is the leader of the forwards, O'Driscoll is the leader of the backs and will continue to be so throughout the tournament. He is a great, great player and someone I never tire of watching. Attacking with the ball in hand he is exciting and he is the heart of Ireland's defence as well. The real star of the centres. 2 Damien Traille (Fra) He is the father of French rugby at the moment, well in the backs anyway and will be the key man if France hope to post a serious challenge. With Tony Marsh, he has put together a really exciting centre partnership for the French, but Traille just gets the nod in my opinion. He manages to pick the right move and the right moment for everything. On his day he causes mayhem against even the best defences. Some players just have a knack of pulling off daring moves to good effect. Just wait until he makes a run for the line. It'll be worth watching. 3 Will Greenwood (Eng) Greenwood often gets overlooked with people like Jonny Wilkinson, Jason Robinson and Ben Cohen around him in the backs. Often those are the ones winning the headlines with their fireworks, but Greenwood should not be overlooked. He regularly pops up with a beautifully timed run just when England's attackers need it and breaks the gain line with a click of his fingers. Like Traille, he has an ability to get into the right place at the right time. 4 Aaron Mauger (NZ) He's a player I've not really seen enough of yet. But even in the brief glimpses I've got of him - especially during the Tri-Nations - he looks an exciting talent. During the series he looked sharper than Tana Umaga alongside him, which says a lot for his ability as a player. Unlike a lot of players in the game he just plays where he's told to and gets on with the job. He's a good fly-half, but is generally employed at centre. And his decision-making skills, as well as his strong kicking, make him a really potent threat. 5 Mat Rogers (Aus) He's still finding his way in rugby union but he is one of the special players in the Australian backs. I'm also a big fan of Daniel Herbert but Rogers might finally prove he is talent at the World Cup. It's the sort of stage he flourishes on. He is both strong and has an excellent ability to find the gaps for the Wallabies. How he manages to play, should have a big effect on how far Australia get.
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BBC Sport - Question of Sport - The history of the show The history of the show Three with the answers: Vine, Coleman, Barker. A Question of Sport will celebrate its 40th birthday in January 2010 making it the longest running TV quiz show in the UK and possibly the world. Some of the biggest names in British and International sport have appeared on the programme since its early days. In four decades the show has only had three presenters. Here is a potted history of some of the captains, hosts, and stars that have helped to make the show a favourite. The early days The first A Question of Sport aired on 5th January 1970 and was hosted by David Vine. The first team captains were boxer Henry Cooper and Wales rugby union star Cliff Morgan. They were joined by George Best, Ray Illingworth, Lillian Board, and Tom Finney. The Seventies Clockwise from top left: Cliff Morgan and Henry Cooper, Henry Cooper and Brendan Foster. The first change of captaincy occurred in 1977 when Olympic medallist Brendan Foster replaced Cliff Morgan. David Vine hosted the show for five series before moving on to present late-night snooker and Ski Sunday. David Vine was replaced by the sports presenter and commentator, David Coleman. Further changes were made to the team in 1979 as former Liverpool and England star Emlyn Hughes and Welsh rugby hero Gareth Edwards became the new captains. The Eighties Carson's cackles Emlyn and Gareth were the captains for the next three years until 1982. Then, former England rugby union captain Bill Beaumont teamed up with jockey Willie Carson whose distinctive laugh quickly became a trademark. In 1984 Emlyn returned as captain and battled Bill for the next five series. Emlyn's picture board gaffe Princess Anne appeared on the show in 1987 only a week after Emlyn mistook her for a male jockey on the pictureboard! Cricketing icon Ian Botham joined the show in 1989 taking over from Emlyn and the show had two of the most competitive captains in its history. Bill saved by the bell Bill and Beefy became a staple throughout the Nineties running in tandem for eight series. Bill generally had the upper hand and was helped by a very controversial moment. When the pair finally left Bill had clocked up a then record 319 appearances on the show. The Nineties Clockwise from top left: Bill Beaumont and Ian Botham, John Parrott and Ally McCoist. In 1996 it was all change. Scotland and Rangers striker Ally McCoist and former snooker world champion John Parrott became the new captains. David Coleman was in charge for Ally and John's first series. But he retired from the show in May 1997 to be replaced by current host Sue Barker. Ally and John were soon up to no good, mainly at Sue's expense. The Noughties Clockwise from top left: Frankie Dettori, John Parrott, Ally McCoist and Matt Dawson. In 2002 John vacated his seat and Ally and Sue were joined by jockey Frankie Dettori who was a bit better at racing horses than he was at quizzes! With Frankie's continuing success in the saddle he decided to give up the captaincy in 2004 to be replaced by one of England's successful Rugby World Cup winners, Matt Dawson. Frankie's anagram disaster On 18th May 2007 Ally, due to his commitments at Rangers, made his last appearance as a team captain on the show. He had clocked up a record busting 363 appearances. After a brief spell of guest captains, former England cricketer Phil Tufnell was made the permanent replacement for Ally in February 2008 and only the 14th full time team captain. Question of Sport - Ally's best bits To celebrate A Question of Sport¿s 40th birthday in 2010, we will be giving you the chance to nominate your favourite clips and share your memories of the show throughout 2009, so watch this space! Bookmark with:
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Elephants Are Afraid of Mice | MythBusters | Discovery Elephants Are Afraid of Mice posted: 04/11/12 As seen in "MythBusters: Shooting Fish in a Barrel." DCL Finding: PLAUSIBLE Explanation: Way back in A.D. 77, Pliny the Elder started the impressively persistent rumor that "the elephant hates the mouse above all other creatures." For millennia, people have taken the Roman philosopher's word for it, but MythBusters Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman figured it was just too far-fetched for an enormous mammal to be frightened by a minuscule mouse. Fully expecting to bust Pliny's myth wide open, the MythBusters traveled to Cape Town, South Africa, to set a few mice loose around wild elephants and see what happened. To slip the mice into elephant territory, Jamie and Adam placed the rodents in mouse-sized holes in the ground and covered them with balls of elephant dung. When a pachyderm approached, they yanked away the dung to reveal the mice. Much to their surprise, the mice stopped the elephants dead in their tracks. Once the lumbering giants noticed a potential critter confrontation, they backed away and plodded off in the other direction. Thinking it might've been the dung-ball disturbance that explained the nervous reaction, the MythBusters tried to scare the elephants by moving the dung without any mice around. But only the presence of mice could sufficiently startle them. So, while the rodents didn't incite any stampedes, the elephants' cautious behavior was enough evidence for Jamie and Adam to declare Pliny's proposition plausible.
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Puzzles - Kids' TV (last) 31 How is the cartoon character of Norville Rogers better known? 32 Which Gerry Anderson series featured a seal called Oink? 33 Who is the arch enemy of He Man? 34 What type of bird is Professor Yaffle in Bagpuss? 35 Which organisation does Captain Scarlet work for? 36 What was the name of the cow in the Woodentops? 37 Who narrated The Wombles? 38 How were Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo and Snork collectively known? 39 Who lives in a dustbin in Sesame Street? 40 What was the name of the female companion of Andy Pandy? 33 Who is the arch enemy of He Man? Skeletor 34 What type of bird is Professor Yaffle in Bagpuss? Woodpecker 35 Which organisation does Captain Scarlet work for? Spectrum 37 Who narrated The Wombles? Bernard Cribbens 40 What was the name of the female companion of Andy Pandy? Looby Loo 36 What was the name of the cow in the Woodentops? Buttercup 38 How were Fleegle, Drooper, Bingo and Snork collectively known? Tra la la la la la la pciking up our mess for fun The Banana Splits I also knew 35 37 40. 39 Who lives in a dustbin in Sesame Street? Oscar the Grouch [I was just telling Thingummie Minor, I need to get an Oscar the Grouch, to add to my tiny collection of grumpy folk. I have a miniature Grumpy Bear. who is awfully cute. And Eeyore belongs there I guess. Grumpy from the Seven Dwarves. And maybe Dougall? Wasn't he rather sceptical in a charming sort of way, or am I remembering him wrong?] Marvin from Hitchikers guide to the galaxy. He was available as a little knitted character from the 2005 movie but I think you have to knit your own these days. Muran Buchstansangur I doubt he is available. But if he was available in toy form he would be ideal. Dougal was known as Pollux in France. Yes, Asy, he was at times charmingly sceptical about things so Creature do say, your memory is not at fault. "charmingly sceptical" is a nice way of putting it. He needed a dozen sugar lumps just to get through an episode so he wasn't a happy dog. Probably had the toothache too. He needed a dozen sugarlumps to get through an episode? �what about those of us who had to watch it � 31 Shaggy - I think someone should have got this one !! 32 Stingray - Stingray, diddle dah-dum dahdum I foudn a knited Marvin pattern but it's the wrong Marvin (from the film - not a patch on the TV series) Miniature grumps and sceptics collection. Perhaps C3PO from Star Wars might go in there too. Fun replies, guys, thanks.
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Barbie Girl by Aqua Songfacts Barbie Girl by Aqua Songfacts Songfacts Although the lyrics seem meaningless, they could be making a statement about the inflated value of sex appeal in society. With abnormally tiny waists and enormous breasts, Barbie dolls are unrealistically proportioned, which her critics claim leads to self esteem and body image issues in young girls. Barbie's maker, Mattel, responds to these charges by pointing out that Barbie is not supposed to be realistic, and that her outlandish shape is designed so make her easy to pose and dress. Aqua are a group of Scandinavian musicians and DJs who had originally formed under the name Joyspeed. This yielded some small chart success in their native region, but the group grew disillusioned and started over as Aqua. This was written after the group saw an exhibit on "Kitsch Culture." Mattel sued the band, saying they violated the Barbie trademark and turned Barbie into a sex object, referring to her as a "Blonde Bimbo." Aqua claimed that Mattel injected their own meanings into the song's lyrics. In 2002, a judge ruled the song was protected as free speech under the first amendment, and also threw out a defamation lawsuit Aqua's record company filed against Mattel. The judge said in the ruling that "The parties are advised to chill." The case was dismissed, and in the process, it garnered loads of media attention for the song and the band. In late 1997, a few months after this song peaked on the American charts, Mattel announced that they were changing Barbie's body for just the third time in her history. Barbie's new body had a bigger waist, slimmer hips and breasts that were shrunk to an honest B cup. Aqua is not the first group to be sued over Barbie. Director Todd Haynes was also sued by Mattel for his use of the doll in the 1987 film Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story. Aqua had commercial success in Denmark and Sweden with their first single, "Roses Are Red," going to #1 there. The group is considered a one hit wonder in the United States, but in England, they followed "Barbie Girl" with two more #1 hits: "Doctor Jones" and "Turn Back Time." >> Suggestion credit: Sara Webb - Hitchin, United Kingdom Blender magazine rated this the 33rd worst song ever in its 2004 article "Run for Your Life! It's the 50 Worst Songs Ever!" in a section entitled "Scandi-wegian pedo-pop alert! Erk!" They suggest that "perhaps the gambit sounded acceptable in helium-huffing singer Lene Nystrom's native Norwegian," but that "in English it's just plain wrong." They labeled "'rapper' Rene Dif's basso profundo 'come on, Barbie, let's go party'" as the worst part of the song. >> Suggestion credit: Brett - Edmonton, Canada In 1945 Ruth Handler and her husband Elliot founded the toy company Mattel with their close friend Harold Mattson. The idea for Barbie came about after Ruth watched their daughter Barbara cut dolls out of magazines and carefully choose clothes and accessories to clothe them in. All other dolls on the market at the time were baby dolls, but Ruth realized there was enormous potential in a doll with adult features, allowing children to act out their dreams. Barbie, named after their daughter, made her debut at the New York Toy Fair in March 1959 and took toy stores across the US by storm - more than 351,000 dolls were sold that year at $3 each. Today Barbie is the best selling toy in the world - more than one billion dolls have been sold since 1959 in 150 different countries.
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Atomic Kitten : Whole Again.LIve At Top Of The Pops.UK(2002) - YouTube Atomic Kitten : Whole Again.LIve At Top Of The Pops.UK(2002) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 23, 2008 Atomic Kitten was formed in 1997 by Andy McCluskey of '80s band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, and included Heidi Range in the original line-up. However, Range left the group and was only featured on the demo recordings. In 2001, Range joined another girl group, Sugababes. Atomic Kitten was originally named "Honeyhead", but later renamed "Automatic Kittens", the name of the label of its designer. "Automatic Kittens" was eventually changed to "Atomic Kitten." [1] The group's first single "Right Now" debuted in December of 1999 and ended up reaching the British top 10. After the initial success Atomic Kitten made an Asian tour during which it scored their first hit with "Cradle". The album, also titled Right Now, was first released in Japan on March 16, 2000 and subsequently released in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2000 with a slightly modified track list. In July 2000, the group released a cover version of "The Locomotion" for the movie Thomas and the Magic Railroad Right Now was a modest success upon its release. Initially, there were no plans to focus on the global market and Atomic Kitten's record label, Innocent Records, was even considering dropping them because of their limited success, however they persuaded to record one more single.[2] This one single changed the career of Atomic Kitten because they scored their first No. 1 hit in the UK in 2001 with "Whole Again". The song and video for "Whole Again" originally featured Kerry Katona, however, she left the group several days prior to the number-one position because of her pregnancy.[3] The single was remade when Jenny Frost was added to the line-up as Kerry's replacement. The success was such that it was decided to remaster and re-release the album, which then went to number one on its second appearance on the chart. The next single "Eternal Flame", a cover version of the 1989 hit by The Bangles, also became a No. 1 hit. Category
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Offering the Presidency of Israel to Albert Einstein | Jewish Virtual Library Offering the Presidency of Israel to Albert Einstein (November 17, 1952) Letter Offering Albert Einstein the Presidency of Israel: Embassy of Israel Dear Professor [Albert] Einstein : The bearer of this letter is Mr. David Goitein of Jerusalem who is now serving as Minister at our Embassy in Washington. He is bringing you the question which Prime Minister Ben Gurion asked me to convey to you, namely, whether you would accept the Presidency of Israel if it were offered you by a vote of the Knesset. Acceptance would entail moving to Israel and taking its citizenship. The Prime Minister assures me that in such circumstances complete facility and freedom to pursue your great scientific work would be afforded by a government and people who are fully conscious of the supreme significance of your labors. Mr. Goitein will be able to give you any information that you may desire on the implications of the Prime Minister's question. Whatever your inclination or decision may be, I should be deeply grateful for an opportunity to speak with you again within the next day or two at any place convenient for you. I understand the anxieties and doubts which you expressed to me this evening. On the other hand, whatever your answer, I am anxious for you to feel that the Prime Minister's question embodies the deepest respect which the Jewish people can repose in any of its sons. To this element of personal regard, we add the sentiment that Israel is a small State in its physical dimensions, but can rise to the level of greatness in the measure that it exemplifies the most elevated spiritual and intellectual traditions which the Jewish people has established through its best minds and hearts both in antiquity and in modern times. Our first President, as you know, taught us to see our destiny in these great perspectives, as you yourself have often exhorted us to do. Therefore, whatever your response to this question, I hope that you will think generously of those who have asked it, and will commend the high purposes and motives which prompted them to think of you at this solemn hour in our people's history. With cordial wishes,
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Full text of "Primer of scientific knowledge / by Paul Bert ; translated and adapted for American schools" See other formats This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other marginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing this resource, we have taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain from automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google's system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attribution The Google "watermark" you see on each file is essential for informing people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book's appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liability can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at |http : //books . google . com/ TX 519.2 B536p Ben. Paul Primer of scientific krTowled(|e / Stanford UnJyff^ity^Mbrprii niiiiiii!! I 3 6105 04932 889S (f Presented by the Publishers -TO THE — EXT-BOOK COLLECTION na Tntt ■■'^^^j, ?^^^r.'is> iiiu ii^i|||||ji4vijjj 11 J. iillE<'r ^■L'li'UoL OF EDUCATION LIBRARY TEXTBOOK COLLECTION GIFT OF THE PUBLISHERS STANFORD LIBRARIES f 1 PRIMER OF Scientific Knowledge. MAN. -^ANIMALS. — PLANTS. — STONES. — THE THREE STATES OF BODIES. READINO-LESSONS,— SUMMARIES.— QUESTIONS,— SUBJECTS FOR COMPOSITION. BY PAUL BERT, MSMBBB or THE INSTITirrK AND BX-MINISTBB or PUBLIC IHBTBUOTION Or FBANOB. TRANSLATED AND ADAPTED FOR AMERICAN SCHOOLS. BY T. W. GILSOK V ^ LT17-A:^^ C^TAlilCI 7>"^^ A T?^"* '*'?"" '*■""' r^ T^-sT^r' « " PHILADELPHIA : J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 621305 Copyright, 1887, by J. B. Lippincott Oompany. Copyright, 1888, by J.
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The Tonton Macoutes: The Central Nervous System of Haiti’s Reign of Terror – COHA COHA 8369 10 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.coha.org%2Ftonton-macoutes%2FThe+Tonton+Macoutes%3A+The+Central+Nervous+System+of+Haiti%E2%80%99s+Reign+of+Terror2010-03-11+18%3A15%3A34COHAhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.coha.org%2F%3Fp%3D8369 A Malediction on Haitian Society Few countries in the hemisphere have suffered through such an extensive run of unqualified repressive regimes and military dictatorships as Haiti. The nearly thirty years of harsh rule under François “Papa Doc” Duvalier, and his son, Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier that ended in 1986, are likely the most infamous epoch in the painful history of this small French-Creole nation that occupies the western third of the Caribbean island of La Hispaniola. Certainly, the main tool for the maintenance of the regime’s grasp on the population through much of this period was the “Tonton Macoutes,” renamed in 1971 as the Milice de Voluntaires de la Sécurité Nationale —MVSN (Volunteers for National Security). Although this organization no longer formally exists, its legacy of paramilitary violence and sheer brutality still contorts Haitian modern political and economic cultures. The Birth of Terror In 1959, only two years after becoming president, “Papa Doc” created a paramilitary force that would report only to him and would be fully empowered to use unremitting violence to maintain the new administration’s authority to summarily dispose of its enemies. This marked the birth of one of the most brutal paramilitary organizations in the hemisphere and was justified by the leader’s profound paranoia towards the threat posed by the regular armed forces. Haiti’s military began to steadily lose a great deal of authority with the consolidation of the François Duvalier regime, which it would not recover until 1986, when the pressure coming from senior military officers played a major role in the fall of Jean-Claude. A spate of coups followed, with military figures occupying the vacancy left by “Baby Doc.” The Haitians nicknamed this warlord-led goon squad the “Tonton Macoutes,” after the Creole translation of a common myth, about an “uncle” (Tonton) who kidnaps and punishes obstreperous kids by snaring them in a gunnysack (Macoute) and carrying them off to be consumed at breakfast. Consequently, these torturers, kidnapers and extortionists were feared not only by children, but also by the country’s general population, as well as by opposition members and business men not willing to make enforced pay-offs to the authorities. The militia consisted mostly of illiterate fanatics that were converted into ruthless zombie-like gunmen. Their straw hats, blue denim shirts, dark glasses and machetes remain indelibly etched in the minds of millions of Haitians. Ever since its establishment, this brutal organization had free rein to act unreservedly, disregarding any ethical or civil rights of the citizenry that might interfere with its indiscriminate violence. They were not accountable to any state branch, court or elected body, but rather only to their leader, “Papa Doc.” The Second Most Feared Man in Haiti The dictator’s hold on power was guaranteed by the secret police’s terror campaign, and usually, the head of the “Macoutes,” was considered to be extremely close to the dictator. This was especially true under President François Duvalier. Luckner Cambronne was a particularly fierce head of the “Tonton Macoutes” throughout the 1960’s and the beginning of the 1970’s, for two reasons: first, because he was considered perhaps the most powerful and influential man in Haiti during the transition from “Papa” to “Baby Doc,” and second, because of his unique brand of cruelty that enabled him to become very rich and earned him the nickname “Vampire of the Caribbean.” As a result of his close relationship with “Papa Doc,” Luckner climbed rapidly up Haiti’s power structure and he became the chief plotter of the extortions carried out by his henchmen. Later, he profited by supplying corpses and blood to universities and hospitals in t
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Obituary: James MacArthur, actor - The Scotsman Obituary: James MacArthur, actor 19:41 20:43 Friday 29 October 2010 James MacArthur, actor. Born: 8 December, 1937, in Los Angeles. Died: 28 October, 2010, in Florida, aged 72. James MacArthur was a familiar face for a generation who grew up in the 1960s. He was one of Disney's leading young stars when it expanded from animation to adaptations of classics and served as David Balfour to Peter Finch's Alan Breck in Kidnapped. It brought him back to the country he regarded as his ancestral homeland, where he enthused about the local cuisine, concluding that France had nothing to compare with Scottish shortbread. He reached an even wider audience in the 1970s as a regular on one of the most popular detective shows of the decade, Hawaii Five-O, playing Detective Danny Williams - Danno from the phrase "Book 'em, Danno", popularised by Jack Lord as his boss Detective Steve McGarrett. James Gordon MacArthur was adopted as a baby by Charles MacArthur, the playwright who co-wrote The Front Page, and Helen Hayes, "the First Lady of American theatre". They already had a daughter, who died of polio in her late teens. MacArthur started appearing in small roles on stage from an early age and at 17 he had a starring role as a teenager who gets into trouble with the police in Deal a Blow, a one-off TV drama. He reprised the role in a big-screen remake called The Young Stranger. He got glowing reviews and was nominated for a Bafta award as best newcomer. Fan magazines ran articles headlined "Why girls flip over Jim MacArthur" and "Is James MacArthur the new Dean?" But he was not about to be stereotyped as another teenage rebel without a cause. His association with Disney began with The Light in the Forest, an adaptation of Conrad Richter's novel about a white boy who has been raised by Indians and is torn between two cultures. It came out in 1958, the year he married Joyce Bulifant, an actress he had known since schooldays. Kidnapped was one in a series of Scottish subjects that Disney did and it shot on location in the West Highlands, around Glen Coe and Glen Nevis, with an impressive cast of Scottish character actors that included Finlay Currie, Duncan Macrae, Andrew Cruickshank and John Laurie as David's Uncle Ebenezer. MacArthur was not classically handsome, though he had distinctive features. He had curly, boyish hair and stood only around 5ft 8in, allowing him to play teenagers well into his 20s - though this was a time when Hollywood studios paid little attention to such details and would happily cast thirtysomethings as school students. By the time Kidnapped came out he had also been to Switzerland for Disney's Third Man on the Mountain and the West Indies for Swiss Family Robinson. "For me the trip to Scotland was the most thrilling I've yet made," MacArthur said in the press book for Kidnapped."I'm of Scottish descent, and always wanted to see the land of my ancestors." He enthused about bannocks, scones and pancakes and assured his fans: "There isn't a French dish made that can surpass Scotch shortbread when it's made properly." He hoped his wife would master Scottish cuisine. They divorced a few years later. He was Henry Fonda's son in Spencer's Mountain, a sailor in The Bedford Incident, a soldier in Battle of the Bulge and a preacher, administering last rites, in the Clint Eastwood western Hang 'Em High, though at 30 he still did not seem quite old enough for the beard. He also made frequent appearances in guest star slots on television before signing up for the recurring role that would provide a regular pay cheque and exposure throughout the 1970s. Hawaii Five-O took the well-worn format of the detective series and relocated it in the tropics. It was phenomenally popular worldwide and it helped popularise colourful Hawaiian shirts. But the role of Lt Danny "Danno" Williams was played by another actor in the pilot episode. Ironically, test audiences thought Tim O'Kelly looked too young. MacArthur stayed with the show for 11 years and got to work with Helen Hayes in one epi
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Crane Flies of Kentucky - University of Kentucky Entomology WHAT IS A CRANE FLY? Crane Flies belong to the family Tipulidae. Common crane flies are long and thin with very long legs, and resemble giant mosquitoes. Unlike mosquitoes, though, crane flies do not bite humans or animals. Crane flies can be distinguished from other flies by the "V" shaped suture on the thorax (shown below). Like all true flies (order Diptera), crane flies have only 2 wings. Crane fly: suture (B. Newton, 2005) In many species, male and female crane flies can be easily distinguished: females have a pointy abdomen and males have a blunt abdomen. Female crane fly, Ctenophora sp. (B. Newton, 2005) Immature crane flies are legless and wormlike, and, like most fly larvae, are very difficult to identify, even for experts. Some crane fly larvae are very large, up to almost 2" long. Some larvae develope a tough outer cuticle and are called "leatherjackets." SIZE: Adult body length up to 1", larvae up to about 1 3/4 " LIFE CYCLE Like all flies, crane flies undergo complete metamorphosis with egg, larval, pupal, and adult stages. The larvae are legless and wormlike, and some are very large. Winged adults are active during warm months, especially fall and spring, with different species of adults active at different times during the year. Adults live only for a few days; just long enough to mate and lay eggs. Most species overwinter as larvae or pupae in moist soil, decaying vegetation, or underwater. Crane Fly Larva (B. Newton, 2004) Crane Fly Larva, detail (B. Newton, 2004) ECOLOGY Crane flies are associated with moist habitats. The larvae of many crane fly species live in moist soil where they feed on decaying vegetation or on plant roots. Other species live in streams. Many stream-living crane fly larvae feed on decaying vegetation, but some are predators of aquatic insects and other invertebrates. Adult crane flies live only a few days, and many species do not eat (some species are believed to feed on nectar). Adults are usually active at night or in shady areas during the day. Soil-dwelling crane fly larvae are fed upon by a variety of creatures, including spiders, centipedes, and predatory beetles. Aquatic crane fly larvae are fed upon by fish and aquatic insect predators, like dragonfly naiads. Adult crane flies are a common food source for spiders, praying mantids, and birds. PEST STATUS Most crane flies are beneficial decomposers. Rarely, large populations of crane flies can cause damage to turf in poorly-drained soils. Crane flies are sometimes a nuisance when large numbers of adults swarm in urban lawns, but adults are harmless and do not harm humans, animals, plants, food, or homes. COMMON KENTUCKY CRANE FLIES GENERA: Tipula, Ctenophora, Nephrotoma, others There are dozens of crane fly species in Kentucky, and most are similar in appearance and biology. The most commonly encountered species are in the Tipula genus, and these are typically 3/4" - 1" long and gray or brown in color. Crane flies in the Ctenophora genus are usually large (about 1" long) and shiny black, some with red or orange markings. Some of these resemble wasps. Members of the Nephrotoma genus are sometimes called "tiger crane flies", and these species often have banded color patterns. Tipula sp., female (R. Bessin, 2000) Tipula sp., male (R. Bessin, 2000) Ctenophora sp., female (B
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Strelitzia reginae Strelitzia reginae Family : Strelitziaceae Common names : crane flower, bird of paradise, orange strelitzia (Eng.); isigude (Nguni); kraanvoëlblom (Afr.) Strelitzia reginae is one the most popular horticultural perennial around the world. It flowers for long periods with its vivid orange and bright purple/blue inflorences and is an ideal pot plant and cut flower subject. Description The crane flower is a tufted, evergreen, acaulescent (stemless) perennial herb up to 1,5 m tall and 2 m in diameter. The roots are fleshy and finger-like and ± 25 mm in diameter. The leaves are distichous (opposite and arranged fan-like in one plane), banana-like with the leaf blade 500 x 100 mm, and the margins can sometimes be red-edged. The inflorescence stalk is 700 mm tall with 4-6 flowers that emerge in succession in a boat-shaped spathe ± 200 mm long, producing a mucilaginous substance when in bloom. The flowers have orange sepals and blue/purple petals (May to December). The fruit is a hard woody capsule that splits from the apex in summer (August to February). The seeds are round, black to brown in colour with a yellow aril (a tuft of hairs). S. reginae is one of five Strelitzia species in southern Africa: S. alba , S. juncea , S. nicolai and S. caudata . Conservation status Strelitzia reginae is not threatened. Distribution and habitat Strelitzia reginae occurs naturally only in South Africa: eastern coast, from Humansdorp to northern KwaZulu-Natal in coastal bush and thicket. It grows along river banks in full sun, however sometimes it occurs and flowers on margins of forest in shade. Derivation of name and historical aspects Stelitzia is named in honour of Queen Charlotte, wife of George III, from the house of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The specific name reginae is Latin and means 'of the queen'. Ecology Bees are common visitors when the spathe is in flower. Sunbirds may be the pollinator, but this has still to be proven. The role of sunbirds in Strelitzia pollination needs to be investigated, as they have been observed "robbing" the flowers by taking nectar but by-passing the pollination mechanism. Birds eat and disperse the seed. In nature, where its distribution overlaps with that of S. juncea, in the Humansdorp District, they hybridise easily. In the late 90's Mr John Winter, former Curator of Kirstenbosch, started a programme of selecting plants with desirable characteristics. The programme has continued under the author and has produced the following selections: F3 dwarf orange, F2 dwarf broad leaf Mandela's Gold, F3 thin & long flower stock for cut flowers and the deep red spathe selection. The plant will be released to the general public in due course as was previously done with Mandela's Gold. Uses and cultural aspects It has been reported that the abakwaMthethwa clan in KwaZulu-Natal use the strained decoctions from the inflorence to treat inflamed glands and venereal diseases. The seeds are also used in the Cape to sour milk. Delphinidin-3-rutinoside (used for colour) has been isolated from the petals and proanthoncyanidin polymers (flavonoids, antioxidants) from the leaves. Strelitzia reginae is widely used in landscaping as an architectural plant and focal point. Growing Strelitzia reginae Strelitiza reginae can be propagated from seed and divisions. Hand pollination can be carried out as described by Notten (2002). Seed propagation is discussed in an article by Winter & Xaba (2011). Once seed has germinated, it is important to pot seedlings in a well drained fertile medium and to see that they are eventually adapted to a position in full sun. We have had great success with the following potting medium for strelitzias: 2 parts loam, 2 parts sand, 3 parts 12 cm bark, 3 parts compost and 1/2 part bone meal, and 1 part Bounce back® or 1 part 3.1.5 fertiliser. We feed our plants alternatively in May and November with a mixture of (a) 1 part superphosphates, 1 part 3.1.5, 2 parts Bounce back® and 2 parts bone meal or (b) compost. Compost or the mixture is generously scattered around the root area and watered
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Vox populi - definition of vox populi by The Free Dictionary Vox populi - definition of vox populi by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/vox+populi Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia . vox pop·u·li [Latin vōx populī : vōx, voice + populī, genitive of populus, people.] vox populi the voice of the people; popular or public opinion [Latin] the voice of the people; popular opinion. [1550–60; < Latin] A Latin phrase meaning voice of the people, used to mean public opinion. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. vox populi - a belief or sentiment shared by most people; the voice of the people; "he asked for a poll of public opinion" popular opinion , public opinion , opinion belief - any cognitive content held as true Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: vox pop References in periodicals archive ? According to a survey by Vox Populi Polling, 84% of Democratic voters and 75% of Republican voters in New Hampshire support an update to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the 29-year-old law setting standards for government access to email and online communications. Fiona Tan These ingredients of democratic practice are given a theological frame with the idea, quoted by Machiavelli and inherent in the Rabbinic understanding of revelation cited above, that vox populi vox Dei, the voice of the people is the voice of God. Tax plan between the Rock and a hard place In the Macedonian context, the author advocates the need to move to a new model, "following of the line and example of most democratic European countries that operate according to the demand of the demos, of vox populi (voice of the people)". Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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In vino veritas *** Origin of the Latin phrase "In vino veritas" The famous Latin phrase "In vino veritas" was first coined by Pliny the Elder, a Roman author and philosopher, in his work entitled the Naturalis Historia. This Latin phrase is often continued as, "In vino veritas, in aqua sanitas" meaning "In wine there is truth, in water there is health." In ancient times different people had different views about drinking alcohol. Germanic tribes always drank wine during council meetings, as they believed nobody could lie effectively when they were drunk. Other cultures ensured that any decisions made when drunk should be reconsidered when sober. In ancient Greece it was �considered barbarous to drink wine that was not diluted with water.� Excessive drinking of wine became such a problem in Rome that Emperor Domitius Ulpinus believed that wine would destroy the Roman empire and ordered half the vineyards in the empire to be destroyed. In vino veritas The Latin language spread throughout the western world and was taught in schools and spoken by the greatest scholars. The English composer and teacher Benjamin Cooke wrote a ditty about 'In vino veritas' in the 1770's: "Round with the glass, boys, as fast as you can Since he who don't drink cannot be a true man. For if truth is in wine, then 'tis all but a whim To think a man's true when the wine's not in him. Drink, drink, then, and hold it a maxim divine That there's virtue in truth And there's truth in good wine!"
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How to Plant Zinnia | Garden Guides How to Plant Zinnia Submit Overview The zinnia is considered a tender annual and is indigenous to Mexico. They are a member of the Asteraceae family of plants. They are erect-growing, profusely blooming flowers which can grow to varying heights of 3 to 36 inches, depending on the variety. The colors of zinnias range from white, orange, various shades of pink, yellows and reds. Planting Zinna Seeds Indoors Purchase zinnia seeds. Step 2 To get an early start on the growing season for your zinnias, start indoors four to six weeks before spring. Step 3 Fill up your peat pots or planting cells with the potting mix. Saturate the potting mix with water, but do not soak. Be extra cautious when watering the peat pots; you don't want to get the peat pots so drenched with water that they begin to disintegrate. Just moisten the soil in the peat pots using a mister or plant sprayer. Step 4 Place two zinnia seeds into each planting cell or peat pot, press gently into the soil and cover with approximately 1/2 inch of the potting mix. Water each with your plant mister until the soil is lightly moistened. Step 5 Place your zinnias in an area that will receive plenty of warmth (65 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit) and light--eight to 10 hours of light per day, preferably natural sunlight. Step 6 Keep your zinnia seeds moistened, check on them every day or two. Germination time for zinnias is typically seven to 10 days. Step 7 Once your zinnia seedlings reach about 2 1/2 inches to 3 inches in height, decide where you want to plant them in your flower garden. Step 8 Turn over the soil with your shovel or garden fork in the area we want to plant your zinnias. Professor Leonard Perry of the University of Vermont recommends working in 2 or 3 inches of compost or peat moss while you're turning over the soil to help improve soil fertility and drainage for your zinnias. Step 9 Rake the area smooth and level, removing any weeds, rocks or sticks which might interfere with the growth of your zinnias. Step 10 Dig holes for your zinnias seedlings that are spaced 10- to 12-inches apart and are slightly larger than the receptacles. Each hole should be watered, but allow the water to drain off before planting your zinnia seedlings. Step 11 To remove a zinnia from a planting cell, simply push up from the bottom with your index finger or thumb until the plant is free and gently remove. Don't remove the zinnia seedlings from the peat pots; the peat will disintegrate after several waterings in the ground. Place a zinnia seedling into one of the freshly dug holes, level the base of the stem with the surrounding soil. Fill the hole with garden soil. Water each seedling carefully, do not get the stems or leaves wet since zinnias are prone to mildew. Place a garden stake next to each one of your seedlings to help offer them support as they grow. Planting Zinnia Seeds Outdoors Step 1 Sowing zinnia seeds directly into your garden should be done when the temperatures are above 50 degrees Fahrenheit, both during the daytime and nighttime hours. Keep in mind that zinnias are hot weather plants and some varieties can reach heights of 3 feet. So take these factors into consideration when deciding where you want to plant your zinnia seeds. Step 2 Turn over the soil with your shovel or garden fork in the area we want to plant your zinnias. Work in 2 or 3 inches of compost or peat moss as directed in step 8 above. Step 3 Make sure to remove any rocks, weeds or sticks as you turn over the soil. Step 4 Dig rows which are set at 12 inches apart. Place two to three zinnia seeds approximately 3 inches apart, and cover with no more than a 1/2 inch of garden soil. Mist the seeded area until the soil is well watered. Place planting stakes around the perimeter of the area you seeded, so you will know where you should water. Step 5 Check on the seeded area every day or two. Keep the area lightly moistened. Step 6 Once your zinnias have sprouted (in approximately seven to 10 days) and grown to about 3 inches in height, thin the plants out to 10 to
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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
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What is the highest mountain on the continent of Australia?
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Highest Mountain in Asia, Europe, Africa, North America... Highest Mountain On Each Continent Mount Everest: Highest Mountain in Asia Mount Everest as seen from Everest Base Camp, Tibet. Mount Everest is the highest mountain on the Asian continent and the highest mountain in the world. Its summit is 29,035 feet (8,850 meters) above sea level. It is located on the border of Nepal and China. Image of Mount Everest copyright by iStockPhoto and Holger Mette. Mount McKinley: Highest in North America Mount McKinley (also known as Denali) is the highest mountain on the North American continent. Its summit is 20,237 feet (6,168 meters) above sea level. It is located in the USA, in the state of Alaska. Image of Mount McKinley copyright by iStockPhoto and Michael Braun. Mount Aconcagua: Highest in South America Aerial view of Aconcagua mountain in the Andes. Mount Aconcagua is the highest mountain on the South American continent. Its summit is 22,834 feet (6,960 meters) above sea level. It is located in Argentina. Image of Mount Aconcagua copyright by iStockPhoto and Cristian Lazzari. Find it on Geology.com More from Geology.com 100+ Gems - Photos of over 100 beautiful gems ranging from the popular to the obscure. Ant Hill Garnets - tiny garnets that ants haul to the surface and discard on their anthill. Biggest Misconception: Lots of people think that diamonds form from coal. Not True! Geologist Tools: Visit our store for a large selection of field and laboratory tools. US Diamond Mines: Did you know that diamonds can be found in the United States? Gemstones: Fantastic images and articles about colored stones and diamonds. Minerals: Information about ore minerals, gem materials and rock-forming minerals. Troglobites are creatures that have adapted to a permanent life in the darkness of a cave. Mount Kilimanjaro: Highest Mountain in Africa Wildebeest roam the African Savannah in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro. Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain on the African continent. Its summit is 19,340 feet (5,895 meters) above sea level. It is located in Tanzania. Image of Mount Kilimanjaro copyright by iStockPhoto and Dan Kite. Mount Elbrus: Highest Mountain in Europe Mount Elbrus is the highest mountain on the European continent. Its summit is 18,510 feet (5,642 meters) above sea level. It is located in Russia. Image of Mount Elbrus copyright by iStockPhoto and Giliazov Artur. Australia: Mount Kosciuszko Mount Kosciuszko is the highest mountain on the Australian continent. Its summit is 7,310 feet (2,228 meters) above sea level. It is located in New South Wales, Australia. Image of Mount Kosciuszko copyright by iStockPhoto and Matej Pribelsky. Vinson Massif: Highest Mountain in Antarctica Vinson Massif is the highest mountain on the Antarctic continent. Its summit is 16,066 feet (4,897 meters) above sea level. It is located in Antarctica. Image of Vinson Massif credit NASA. © 2005-2017 Geology.com. All Rights Reserved. Images, code, and content on this website are property of Geology.com and are protected by copyright law. Geology.com does not grant permission for any use, republication, or redistribution. Images, code and content owned by others are marked on the pages where they appear.
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Australian Cities, States and Territories - Tourism Australia Add Share Mainland Australia is the world’s largest island but also the smallest continent. The country is divided into six states and two territories. What are Australia's cities, states and territories? Mainland Australia is the world’s largest island but also the smallest continent. The country is divided into six states and two territories. Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) bounds the national capital of Canberra and is the centre of government. The Australian Capital Territory is located approximately 290 kilometres (180 miles) south of Sydney, and is home to a number of important national institutions, including Parliament House, the Australian War Memorial and the National Gallery of Australia. New South Wales New South Wales (NSW) is Australia’s oldest and most populous state. New South Wales was originally settled as a penal colony on the shores of Port Jackson where the bustling capital city of Sydney now stands. Sydney is the nation’s largest city and is renowned for its idyllic beaches, great walks and world-class dining. New South Wales is also home to popular attractions including the Blue Mountains and the Hunter Valley wine region. Northern Territory At the top end of Australia lies the Northern Territory (NT). Darwin , on the northern coast, is the capital, and Alice Springs is the principal inland town. Alice Springs is the physical heart of Australia, almost exactly at the nation's geographical centre. The Northern Territory is home to the famous Uluru (Ayers Rock), Kata Tjuta (the Olgas) and Kakadu National Park . Queensland Queensland (QLD) is Australia’s second-largest state (in size) and is home to the world famous Great Barrier Reef , the world’s most extensive subtropical rainforest and the beautiful Queensland Islands – including the World Heritage-listed Fraser Island . Brisbane is the state’s capital; it enjoys more winter sunshine and warmth than most Australian cities and is perfect for outdoor activities and water sports. South Australia South Australia (SA) sits in the southern central part of the country, and covers some of the most arid parts of the continent. The state’s capital is Adelaide and is a great base for exploring the Barossa wineries, the Flinders Ranges and Kangaroo Island . South Australia has a thriving arts scene and is known as the ‘Festival State’, with more than 500 events and festivals taking place there each year. Tasmania Tasmania (TAS) is separated from mainland Australia by the Bass Strait and is the smallest state in Australia. The capital, Hobart , was founded in 1804 as a penal colony, and is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. One-fifth of Tasmania is covered by national parks and wilderness – abundant in driving routes and walking trails – and it is one of the world’s most mountainous islands. Victoria Victoria (VIC) is the smallest of the mainland states in size but is home to the country’s second most populated city, Melbourne . Often referred to as the nation’s cultural capital, Melbourne is famed for its graffiti laneways, fashion-forward boutiques and booming café scene. Victorians' enthusiasm for sport is also legendary and this is where Australian Rules football began. The only thing more sacred than the footy is Melbournians love of coffee, and here you’ll find some of Australia’s best flat whites, cappuccinos and piccolo lattes. Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is Australia’s largest state and is a place of true contrasts: from desert in the east to 13,000 kilometres of pristine coastline on the west. The state’s capital is Perth ; the fourth most populous city in Australia and famed for its uncrowded beaches, parklands and fresh seafood. Off the coast of Esperance, in the state’s south, is Middle Island, which is home to the extraordinary pink-coloured Lake Hillier . Australia also administers Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, the Cocos (or Keeling) Islands, the Coral S
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In which century was the first recorded Viking raid on England?
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Hurstwic: Viking Raids Viking Raids The aspect of Norse society that most captures the modern popular imagination is the Viking raids. The historical records of Europe (written for the most part by the educated clergy who often were the victims of these raids) called the raiders "a most vile people". But the raiders themselves certainly didn't hold that opinion. To them, the raids were a normal and desirable consequence of the pressures on a growing society and of the religious beliefs of the time. It's worth noting that raids similar to those conducted by the Vikings occurred in other parts of Europe during the Viking era. What made the Viking raids so notable was their success (due in large part to the superiority of Viking ships) and their extent (well outside the borders of the Norse lands). In the mind of the Norse people, raiding was very distinct from theft. Theft was abhorrent. According to the Norse mythology as told in Snorra Edda, theft was one of the few acts that would condemn a man to a place of torment after his death. On the other hand, raiding was an honorable challenge to a fight, with the victor retaining all of the spoils. A story from chapter 46 of Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar illustrates this distinction. While raiding a coastal farm, Egill and his men were captured by the farmer and his family, who bound all of the raiders. In the night that followed, Egill was able to slip his bonds. He and his men grabbed their captors' treasure and headed back to the ship. But along the way, Egill shamefully realized he was acting like a thief, saying, "This journey is terrible and hardly suitable for a warrior. We have stolen the farmer�s money without his knowledge. We should never allow such shame to befall us." So, Egill returned to his captors' house, set it ablaze, and killed the occupants as they tried to escape the fire. He then returned to the ship with the treasure, this time as a hero. Because he had fought and won the battle, he could justly claim the booty. Raiding was a desirable occupation for a young man, although a more mature man was expected to settle down and raise a family. This view of raiding is described by Ketill to his son, �orsteinn, in chapter 2 of Vatnsd�la saga. Ketill was not pleased that his son had taken no initiative in rooting out a highwayman working nearby who had killed dozens of travelers. Ketill said to his son, "The behavior of young men today is not what it was when I was young." He said that it was once the custom of powerful men to go off raiding, in order to win riches and renown for themselves. Even if sons inherited their family lands, they were unable to sustain their high status unless they put themselves and their men at risk and went into battle, winning wealth and renown for themselves. Ketill concluded by saying to his son, "You have now reached the age when it would be right for you to put yourself to the test and find out what fate has in store for you." Raiding increased a man's stature in Viking society. A successful raider returned home with wealth and fame, the two most important qualities needed to climb the social ladder. Raiding was often a part-time occupation. Chapter 105 of Orkneyinga saga describes the habits of Sveinn �sleifarson. In the spring, he oversaw the planting of grain on his farm at G�reksey. When the job was done, he went off raiding in the Hebrides and Ireland, but he was back to the farm in time to take in the hay and the grain in mid-summer. Then he went off raiding again until the arrival of winter. A Viking raid on a farmhouse is Norway is described in the chapter 1 of Hallfre�ar saga. Sokki, a vicious Viking, came to the house of �orvaldur, a wealthy farmer. In the night, the Vikings set the house ablaze. �orvaldur came to the door and called out, asking who was responsible and why he deserved such ill treatment. Sokki replied, "We Vikings are after your life and your goods," and they attacked with fire and with weapons. Some of the household escaped, but most perished. The Vikings took aw
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1000+ images about Viking history on Pinterest | 11th century, Iceland and Historian Forward Gudridur (or Guðríður) was born around 980AD in Iceland, and her life story comes to us from the great Icelandic sagas. From Iceland she was to travel over a far greater distance than most other people of the age. Gudridur was taken by her father to the colony on Greenland founded by Erik the Red, and married Thorstein, Erik’s son. Together with her husband she joined the expedition west of Greenland to a place called Vinland, now known to be North America, to recover Thorstein’s brother’s… See More
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What does the internet top level domain '.cat' represent?
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List of Internet Top Level Domains List of Internet Top Level Domains The following is a list of Internet top-level domains. The top-level domain article provides the background information. The official list of all top-level domains is maintained by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). Notes: Name: DNS name of the generic top-level domain Entity: target audience or restricted use Notes: general remarks IDN: support for internationalized domain names (IDN) DNSSEC: presence of DS records for Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) Name Must verify eligibility for registration; only those in various categories of air-travel-related entities may register. No .asia Asia-Pacific region This is a TLD for companies, organizations, and individuals based in the region of Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. Yes .biz business This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register; however, registrations may be challenged later if they are not held by commercial entities in accordance with the domain’s charter. This TLD was created to provide relief for the wildly-popular .com TLD. No This is a TLD for Web sites in the Catalan language or related to Catalan culture. Yes .com commercial This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. Though originally intended for for-profit business entities, for a number of reasons it became the “main” TLD for domain names and is currently used by all types of entities including nonprofits, schools and private individuals. Domain name registrations may be challenged if the holder cannot prove an outside relation justifying reservation of the name, to prevent “ squatting “. Yes The .coop TLD is limited to cooperatives as defined by the Rochdale Principles . No .edu educational The .edu TLD is limited to specific educational institutions such as, but not limited to, primary schools, middle schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities. In the US, its usability was limited in 2001 to post-secondary institutions accredited by an agency on the list of nationally recognized accrediting agencies maintained by the United States Department of Education . This domain is therefore almost exclusively used by U.S. colleges and universities. Some institutions that do not meet the current registration criteria have grandfathered domain names. No The .gov TLD is limited to U.S. governmental entities and agencies. No This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. Yes .int international organizations The .int TLD is strictly limited to organizations, offices, and programs which are endorsed by a treaty between two or more nations. No .jobs companies The .jobs TLD is designed to be added after the names of established companies with jobs to advertise. At this time, owners of a “company.jobs” domain are not permitted to post jobs of third party employers. No The .mil TLD is limited to use by the U.S. military. No Must be used for mobile-compatible sites in accordance with standards. No Must be verified as a legitimate museum. Yes .name individuals, by name This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register; however, registrations may be challenged later if they are not by individuals (or the owners of fictional characters) in accordance with the domain’s charter. Yes .net network This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. Originally intended for use by domains pointing to a distributed network of computers, or “umbrella” sites that act as the portal to a set of smaller websites. No .org organization This is an open TLD; any person or entity is permitted to register. Originally intended for use by non-profit organizations, and still primarily used by same. Yes .pro professions Currently, .pro is reserved for licensed or certified lawyers, accountants, physicians and engineers in France, Canada, NL, UK and the U.S. A professional seeking to register a .pro domain must provide their registrar with the appropriate credentials. No
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Watch "Hector the Cat" Video Family Filter: ON OFF Watch Hector the Cat Video Hector the Cat is a fictional cat and mascot created to aid the teaching of road safety to children in Australia. Educational material relating to the character was developed by the Australian Department of Transport in association with state and territory road authorities. "Hector's road safety... Show More Hector the Cat is a fictional cat and mascot created to aid the teaching of road safety to children in Australia. Educational material relating to the character was developed by the Australian Department of Transport in association with state and territory road authorities. "Hector's road safety song" became well known in Australia when it was shown as a public service announcement on television. The blue and yellow striped cat first appeared on a school calendar in 1971 with a storyline that he had lost eight of his nine lives due to "ignorance of road safety practices". This was followed by a short instructional film. In subsequent years other characters were introduced in calendars, instructional films, and comic books including Millie, his girlfriend, Uncle Tom, Hector and Millie's three kittens and his space friend Ding Dong. A study in 1978 found that, although children enjoyed the characters and stories, the material had a number of inadequacies. It stressed that road safety research findings and child development theory would need to be considered for any future development. Show Less
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Which car manufacturer makes the Tacuma MPV model?
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Used Chevrolet Tacuma engines and parts with Car Parts Network UK's No1 for Chevrolet Tacuma Parts & Spares Over 250 Depots Nationwide Get no obligation quotes online anywhere in the UK. Save money and time with our easy to use enquiry system. Secure online payment option available. We are one of the largest networks of car breakers in the UK. A great place to find and buy a guaranteed used engine at a good price. Just type your registration in the box above to get started, or click on the car/van/4x4 'click me' pictures above. Car Parts Network's system puts your request for a Chevrolet Tacuma engine in front of our network of car dismantlers immediately. All you need to do is enter your car registration or details, select engine from the list of parts available or type in the part description yourself,& compare the quotes, accept the quote you want, and the part is delivered to your door. It is a quick and easy route to NO OBLIGATION quotes. Phone, Email, or Text quotes can be arranged, no problem. Chevrolet Tacuma Engine: Car Parts Network has access to a large network of used car engine Parts suppliers. The network caters for all manufacturers' makes and models of reclaimed and reconditioned car engines. Recycled Car Parts are good for the planet and good for your budget. It doesn't mean that you have to compromise your standards: All used car engine Parts stocked with our network are guaranteed. You can start your search straightaway by entering your car registration into the box at the top of the page, click on the manufacturer's link on the left, or delve into our find a part page. Reconditioned Chevrolet Tacuma Engine: If your auto engine needs repairs then our easy to use online Parts location service can help find the auto part you need. Whether it is the cover, block, studs, or bolts we can get you a no obligation quote. If you feel happier talking to a person then call our UK based call centre on 0907 015 0001. Replacement Chevrolet Tacuma Engine For Sale: In order to help us source the correct parts remember to give as much detail about the part as possible. Our system allows you to upload an image - this is to help the car breaker identify the correct used Parts you need. Getting the specification as accurate as possible maximises the success rate of Parts identification. The more detail you can give the better. Chevrolet Tacuma Engine Parts: Our suppliers can deliver throughout the UK, and usually by the next working day. This network gives you a nationwide reach from the comfort of home or office. Our network also acts as an internal market as more than one breaker can quote. This can give you a choice of quotes - all from just one Car Parts request! Used Chevrolet Tacuma Engine: Car Parts Network can get you quotes for the used car engine for your make of car. No obligation quotes, UK wide delivery, a UK based call centre, and an online secure payment facility, combined with one of the largest networks of car dismantlers, makes Car Parts Network a great delivery system for the car engine Parts you need. Latest Chevrolet Car Parts Requested: (04:18:34 20/01/2017) CHEVROLET TACUMA 5 DOOR MPV 2.0[CDX] 2005 - SEATS - REAR CHEVROLET TACUMA 5 DOOR MPV 2.0 CDX 2005 AUTO PETROL - SEAT (FRONT DRIVER SIDE) CHEVROLET TACUMA 5 DOOR MPV 2.0 CDX 2005 AUTO PETROL - SEAT (FRONT DRIVER SIDE) CHEVROLET TACUMA SX MPV (MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE) 1598CC (GREY) (14-09-2005) PETROL MANUAL - TOP LEFT GEARBOX MOUNTAIN CHEVROLET TACUMA SX MPV (MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE) 1598CC (GREY) (14-09-2005) PETROL MANUAL - TOP LEFT GEARBOX MOUNTAIN CHEVROLET TACUMA 5 DOOR MPV 1.6[SX] 2005 - TOP LEFT GEARBOX MOUNTAIN CHEVROLET TACUMA SX MPV (MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE) 1598CC (GREY) (14-09-2005) PETROL MANUAL - TOP LEFT GEARBOX MOUNTAIN CHEVROLET TACUMA SX MPV (MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE) 1598CC (GREY) (14-09-2005) PETROL MANUAL - TOP LEFT GEARBOX MOUNTAIN CHEVROLET TACUMA SX MPV (MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE) 1598CC (GREY) (14-09-2005) PETROL MANUAL - TOP LEFT GEARBOX MOUNTAIN CHEVROLET TACUMA SX MPV (MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE) 1598CC (GRE
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Chevrolet Aveo Parts & Accessories, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 | CarParts.com Continue Reading View Less Fun Facts about the Chevrolet Aveo The Chevrolet Aveo was manufactured in 2002 by the South Korean subsidiary of General Motors (GM). It was originally called Daewoo Kalos in its home market South Korea but was later rebranded as Daewoo Gentra. The First generation of Chevrolet Aveo was offered in different names in different markets. It was called the Holden Barina in Australasia and Pontiac G3 in the United States and Canada. I has also been called Pontiac Wave and Suzuki Swift+ in Canada. The Chevrolet Aveo was known for being a small car that can only accommodate few passengers. In May 2012, when the rugby season was about to kick off, the British Division of the American automaker held a competition in which the rugby team that can fit as many players a possible inside a Chevrolet Aveo will win a complete set of new rugby equipment. The 2011 model of the Chevrolet Aveo hatchback was able to receive a five-star rating from the European New Car Assessment Program (Euro NCAP) for its safety features. With a score of 85 out of 100 points, the Chevrolet Aveo was one of the top performers in the supermini segment of the NCAP. The Chevrolet Aveo got scores of 95 and 87 percent for its adult and child occupant protection, respectively. Although it scored only 54 percent for pedestrian safety, the Chevrolet Aveo was still able to lead the segment when it scored 93 percent from the tests. In December 2010, the Chevrolet Aveo was renamed to Sonic in the United States. The name 'Sonic' was used only in the US, Canada, and Mexico while the other cars produced for other markets remained Chevrolet Aveo models. According to the automaker, the new name 'Sonic' represents youth and energy. In 2008, the popular TV advertisement for the Chevrolet Aveo featured a dancing robot that has transformed from a car. This advertisement won as Best European Creative at the 17th International Car Advertising Film Festival. The advertisement was a part of Chevrolet's 'Get Real' campaign that encourages consumers to focus on the reality of everyday life and have a 'realistic' approach to buying a car. Continue Reading View Less Chevrolet Aveo Common Issues The Chevrolet Aveo is a popular vehicle that was manufactured by Daewoo and developed by GM. Since 2002, this car has been speeding down the road and gives the passengers and owners their desired comfort and style. Although it's a great automobile, it's inevitable for it to experience problems. That's why owners of the Chevrolet Aveo should take note of these common problems so that they'd know what to do when they encounter them. Instrument issues A usual problem with the Chevrolet Aveo is its defective instrumentation. If there's an inexact reading on the fuel gauge, the fuel level sender unit is corroded. This suggests that the driver needs to get new Chevrolet Aveo parts, like a sender unit. Before cleaning the sender, the gas tank must be drained. Minor problems can also lead to a blinking check engine light, which must be reset by the technician. Another common problem with the Aveo is the oil pressure gauge; hence, a regular check up must be done. Engine issues Most vehicles experience engine problems and the Chevrolet Aveo is not an exception to that. The early models of the vehicle were built with 1.4-liter and 1.6-liter four-cylinder engines and these experienced misfire because of issues with the placement of the valves. To solve this problem, the defective valves must be replaced with new ones in order to maintain the good performance of the car. The leaking oil problem is caused by a worn-out drain plug. But, this kind of problem can just be easily solved by having it replaced with a new one. Take note that if the Aveo runs out of oil, it could lead to crucial engine damage. Other minor issues Though these are considered minor issues, they could still jeopardize the performance of the Chevrolet Aveo. The defective wheel bearings that are located in the rear axle can lead to loud
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