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Traditional Dim Sum Chinese Dumpling Recipes By Rhonda Parkinson Updated October 08, 2016. China has been perfecting the art of dumpling making since the Sung dynasty. Chinese dumplings may be round or crescent-shaped, boiled or pan-fried. The filling may be sweet or savory; vegetarian or filled with meat and vegetables. In northern China, it is customary for families to spend New Year's Eve preparing batches of Jiaozi together, to be enjoyed after midnight. And, just as 19th-century English cooks hid a silver thruppence inside each batch of Christmas pudding, one lucky family member may bite into something hard and discover a gold coin inside their dumpling. Recreating homemade versions of dim sum favorites can be a challenge when you're faced with recipes for "Jiaozi," Har Gow," and "Siu Mai," with no pictures. Here is a description of different types of Chinese dumplings, and links to recipes for making them in your own kitchen. These crescent shaped dumplings with pleated edges are normally filled with meat or vegetables, although you'll occasionally find recipes calling for more unusual ingredients such as shrimp and even winter melon. continue reading below our video How to Make Har Gau The filling ingredients are enclosed in a flour and water dough that is thicker than a wonton wrapper . Jiaozi can be boiled, pan-fried or steamed. These dumplings are very popular during Chinese New Year celebrations. Potstickers (Guotie, Peking Ravioli) Potsticker dumplings are pan-fried on the bottom and then steamed. It's traditional to flip them over before serving so that the browned, pan-fried side is on top. Potstickers are one of the most popular types of Chinese dumplings. Har Gow (Har Gau) Har Gow are tasty shrimp dumplings with the translucent wrappers served at Chinese dim sum.These plump snacks filled with shrimp and bamboo shoots are famous for their smooth, shiny skin. The secret to the dough is wheat starch, available in Asian markets - you won't get the same result using a flour and water dough or wonton wrappers. Siu Mai Also called Cook and Sell Dumplings, these are mild tasting steamed dumplings recognizable by their cup or basket shape, with the filling sticking out at the top. One food writer compared eating Siu Mai to biting into a soufflé, because the dumpling is so soft and puffy. Traditionally they are filled with pork, although shrimp or prawns are also used. Siu Mai are normally made with round skins: use round (gyoza) wrappers or square wonton wrappers cut into circles. Shanghai Steamed Buns Not buns at all, but meat or seafood-filled dumplings famous for being very juicy and flavorful. Shanghai Steamed buns are recognizable for their unique design, as the filled wrapper is gather up into several folds prior to steaming.
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MARKET PLACE MARCH 2015 by Baker Pickard SL (page 41) - issuu issuu Taste of India Tandoori Restaurante C/. Carabeo, 51 Nerja We specialize in traditional dishes and take great pride in serving authentic Indian food of the finest quality in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere. All dishes are cooked with fresh and natural ingredients. Reserve your table 10% discount on take-away Open every evening Except Tuesday for Dinner: 1900 till 2300 NAME JUMBLE 20 E Prize Entries for the Name Jumble can be handed in to our sales office in Calle Castilla Perez, posted to Apartado de Correos 230, 29780 Nerja, or sent by e-mail to info@ themarketplace-spain.com. For posted entries please ensure the first line of the address reads 'Apartado de Correos 230' because new post office regulations mean it won't be delivered otherwise. Entries for the Name Jumble must be received by the 12th of the month. The answer will be published in next month's edition of Market Place together with the winner's name. The first correct entry drawn will win a meal for two up to 20 Euros. Please e-mail: info@themarketplace-spain. com to claim your prize. Taste of India Tandoori Restaurante Map spot 46 C/. Carabeo, 51 - Nerja, Tel: 95 252 0043 Congratulations to Bill Ogilvie of Torrox the winner of last month's Name Jumble competition....Well Done! Last Month’s Answer: A S H T O N K U T C H E R Tel: 95 252 0043 1. The movie 'Gone in 60 Seconds' featured which type of car with the nickname 'Elanor'? Dodge Charger F Ford Mustang E Pontiac Trans-Am G 2. Which boxing class is heaviest? Flyweight Bantam weight Feather weight R S O Answer the questions and ring around the letter. When you have answered all the questions collect the letters & rearrange to find the name of a well known tv personality. 3. What colour is the cross on the Greek flag? White N Blue T Black I 4. Diana Ross had a hit with 'Chain Reaction' but who wrote it? Dolly Parton C Stevie Wonder N The Bee Gees R 5. The flower Convallaria is better known as what? Lily of the valley R Marigold J Tulip K 6. If you are suffering from varicella what have you got? Varicose Veins L Chickenpox G Cold Sores O 7. In which city were the 1960 Summer Olympic Games held? Athens Paris Rome I U M 1 8. From which musical does the song 'There's no Business like Show Business' come? Annie get your Gun I Guys and Dolls U Singin in the Rain A 9. Cape Finisterre is the most westerly mainland point of which country? Spain France Canada 10. Which character did Adrian Edmondson play in the BBC comedy 'The Young Ones'? Rik E Vivien A Neil S 11. Who did Bjorn Borg beat to win his first Wimbledon singles title? Ilie Nastase S Jimmy Connors E Roscoe Tanner B 2
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Till Death Us Do Part (TV Series 1965–1975) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Till Death Us Do Part 40min A working-class Cockney bigot with a biased and expirienced opinion of everything shares them bluntly and almost carelessly. Creator: In line with his Tory leader Heath's declaration Alf is now working a three day week but is appalled to find Else is doing the same and she has not cooked him a dinner. This leads to her commenting ... 8.1 While boozing in the pub racist Alf makes Gran laugh by ridiculing the Pakistani, 'Paki-Paddy' who is drinking at the bar, but the laughter ceases when she tells him the strangely half-Irish, ... 8.0 Gran is very ill and Else is very concerned, while Alf is uncaring, they both visit the sick old lady. Alf believing Gran is not long for this world takes her dead husbands pocket-watch for himself, ... 7.7 a list of 24 titles created 15 May 2012 a list of 31 titles created 12 Jun 2015 a list of 45 titles created 05 Jul 2015 a list of 34 titles created 10 Aug 2015 a list of 34 titles created 10 months ago Title: Till Death Us Do Part (1965–1975) 7.4/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 2 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards » Photos Alf and Elsie are getting old, Rita's left home, Elsie's confined to a wheelchair. Alf must now do battle with the Social Security system. Stars: Warren Mitchell, Carmel McSharry, Arthur English Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. But Harold, who likes the ... See full summary » Director: Cliff Owen BBC Television comedy detailing the fortunes of Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own ... See full summary » Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron Terry is divorced from his German wife and has a Finnish girlfriend Christina. At Thelma's suggestion they join her and Bob on a caravan holiday but due to a mishap the men get separated ... See full summary » Director: Michael Tuchner Bless This House centres on life in Birch Avenue, Putney, where travelling stationery salesman Sid Abbott (Sidney James) and his wife Jean (Diana Coupland) live with their teenagers: Mike (... See full summary » Stars: Sidney James, Diana Coupland, Sally Geeson The adventures of two "likely lads" ostensibly set in the North East of England (but filmed in Willesden Junction, London). Terry and Bob have been friends since childhood. Bob is the ... See full summary » Stars: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Don McKillop Terry and Bob from The Likely Lads (1964) continue their life after Terry arrives home from serving in the Army to discover that Bob is about to marry his girlfriend Thelma. Can Thelma lead... See full summary » Stars: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth Classic 1960s British comedy series about a middle aged man and his elderly father who run an unsuccessful 'rag and bone' business (collecting and selling junk). Harold (the son) wants to ... See full summary » Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Frank Thornton Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long suffering tenants. Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington, Frances de la Tour Ken Boon and Harry Crawford are two middle-aged ex-firemen who start out in business together, initially in Birmingham and later in Nottingham. During the seven series (1986-1992), Ken ... See full summary » Stars: Michael Elphick, David Daker, Neil Morrissey Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also t
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Shooting Stars - UKGameshows Shooting Stars "Angelos Epithemiou" (Dan Skinner) (2009) Voiceovers: "George Dawes" (Matt Lucas) (1995-2009) "Angelos Epithemiou" (Dan Skinner) (2010-11) Broadcast BBC2, 27 December 1993 to 22 December 1997 (pilot + 31 episodes in 3 series, as part of At Home With Vic and Bob (1993)) BBC Choice, 13 January to 22 December 2002 (20 episodes in 2 series) Pett Productions for BBC Two, 30 December 2008 to 12 September 2011 (18 episodes in 3 series + 2 specials) Synopsis Vic and Bob are a comedy double act you either like or you don't. That previous sentence probably makes more sense than any episode of Shooting Stars ever did! Shooting Stars is the "quiz of the business we call show" where stars can win huge amounts of cash and prizes. The celebrity captains, comedian Mark Lamarr and uber-babe Ulrika Jonnson, are all introduced by Graham Skidmore ("Our Graham" from Blind Date ) usually to some made up rubbish about their private lives. When everybody has sat down, the resident grown-up baby scorekeeper George Dawes is introduced to the tune of "He's a baby! He's a baby!" Quite. The original gang (not counting the pilot): Lamarr, Reeves, Dawes, Mortimer, Jonsson One of three things will then happen, guaranteed: (1) Vic will start rubbing his legs at the nearest female contestant. "Vic, don't rub your legs!" (2) Bob will produce a massive frying pan and whack Vic in the face with it. (3) They'll get on with the show and play True or False. Actually scratch that, the first two invariably happen every two or three minutes throughout the show anyway. 50/50 When they get around to the first round, each contestant is asked a True or False question of the style: "Jimmy Hill's chin is regularly used by the RNLI to save drowning passengers. Now is that true or is that false? But is it true or is it false? IS it true or false? Ulrika, true or false?" Expect this all show. After everyone has had a question, the eternal question would be asked: "What are the scores George Dawes?" Dawes: he's a baby. "BANG!BANG!BANG! Yes, I may be fat, but not quite as fat as your mother. Mark has two and the lovely Ulrika has three!" "Let's see those fingers" - Vic Reeves (left) and Bob Mortimer Clippety Clip Hooray indeed. Round Two would be the Clips round where we'd see clips supposedly of real films except it was Vic, Bob, Mark, Ulrika and George messing about. A clip of The A-Team would satirically show them converting a car by putting toilet roll tubes and toothpaste on in order to make their car better. Sometimes the clips were really good and sometimes they were really poor, but there would be a question afterwards. After this, "What are the scores..." Kissing the baby. "BANGBANGBANG! DORIS! GET THAT ECCLES CAKE OUT OF YOUR ARSE, OUR CHILDREN MUST EAT! Mark has four, Ulrika has five!" Make an impression Ulllllllllrika-ka-ka-ka-ka! Round three was the Impression's round where Vic would sing a song "in the club style". This sounds a little bit like the song it was meant to be yet... doesn't. When somebody has got it correct then random people would be picked: "Random Factor, pick someone like a tractor." Bird on high Round Four would be The Dove From Above where everybody would coo so that a cardboard Dove (indeed, from above) would come down. Everybody did that then a superb running joke would happen. Vic would tell a dove related joke which would be met with about thirty seconds of silence, the sound of a funeral knell and a hit with the head with Bob's frying pan. That is unless you're Lynn Perrie, in which case, you can't control yourself and laugh unnecessarily. Once per series for one reason or another, Mark would tell the joke instead and this would be met with laughter and applause. It's great! The dove descends in the 2009 series Anyway, on the dove would be six categories of questions. If they get a question wrong they would hear this: "ERANU" and Vic will also pull a funny face. If they pick the special category they would win a prize and be met with "OOVAVO" and another silly face. These prizes would be extre
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George Bush - President of the United States (POTUS) George Bush Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle (1989-93) Cabinet: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp (1989-93) George Bush -- from Table of Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States - MSN Encarta Grolier Online has created this resource from its collection of print articles in Encyclopedia Americana. Contains a full biography, written by Donald Young, author of American Roulette: The History and Dilemma of the Vice Presidency, along with suggestions for further reading. George Bush -- from The American President From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in addition to information on the Presidents themselves, they have first lady and cabinet member biographies, listings of presidential staff and advisers, and timelines detailing significant events in the lives of each administration.
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The '90s / Useful Notes - TV Tropes So if this is what sold pickup trucks in the early '90s, what did the chick-car ads look like? Some useful notes regarding the Real Life 1990s , from tropers who remember them. Daily Life: For the first time in U.S. history, more Americans lived in affluent suburban neighborhoods rather than in cities or towns or on farms. Fueled by this millions-strong middle class, the American "consumer culture" that had been burgeoning since The '50s reached its apotheosis. There were more creature comforts and general amusements than ever before (including some that were relatively new for the decade, such as cellular phones and hand-held videogame consoles), as well as more people to enjoy them and more dollars with which to buy them. The factor most responsible for setting the stage for this fabulous prosperity remains controversial among social scientists and political pundits, but the general consensus is that the country was reaping a generation's worth of benefits from a dramatic economic shift (dubbed the "New Economy") that had phased out the old industrial labor market (which, had allegedly subordinated the material interests of laborers to those of management) and reoriented American workers toward businesses that capitalized more on individual ingenuity and creativity (such as computer technology). The 1990s were the point at which drug awareness reached the point of Narm . Anti-drug commercials were sprinkled in between shows aimed at eight-year-olds, most of whom weren't exactly being offered to begin with . note Though the young actresses involved helped usher millions of boys into adolescence. Programs like DARE were at their most aggressive (and least effective), and Rachael Leigh Cook was tearing up her kitchen for unclear reasons . Amongst adults, employee drug tests were ubiquitous no matter your line of work. Moral Guardians were at their most hot-and-bothered since The '50s , as a result of shows like Beavis And Butthead and The Simpsons , violent video games (more on that below) and musicians like Marilyn Manson and most Gangsta Rap artists. The guardianship was thought to have jumped the shark in 1994 when a Jerry Falwell-produced video claimed that President Bill Clinton was a Serial Killer who had ordered hits on political enemies , but it came back with a vengeance after Columbine provided them with a holy grail of things to panic about — two teenagers who played Doom and listened to "violent" rock music shooting up their school while dressed in black. In the UK, there was a fair bit of controversy surrounding the James Bulger case of 1993, infamously involving two ten-year-old boys murdering the much younger Bulger, and it had been rumoured they were trying to imitate horror movies such as Child's Play 3 . Naturally prompting a moral panic over the effects of violent media on children... TV ads were still the dominant form of marketing in the '90s. Because everyone was watching either cable or over-the-air TV, the formulaic advertisements that provided a telephone number ("Call 1-800-[number]"/"You must be 18 or older to call"/"But wait, there's more!") with the blue background and scrolling yellow letters were very familiar. While they still exist today, they serve as a nostalgic throwback. On the subject of the National Curriculum, this was the decade the National Curriculum assessments, colloquially known as "SATs" were brought in, designed to test kids in English, Maths and Science at the end of every "Key Stage" (typically at the end of Years 2, 6 and 9). These have attracted a lot of criticism (including from teachers' unions) over the stress they were supposedly putting kids under, teaching to the tests, their use as part of school league tables etc. Entertainment: As for the US networks , NBC was pretty much king of the roost thanks to its lineup of sitcoms , Fox had The Simpsons , The X-Files , and its massive sports contracts to fall back on, and CBS and ABC were pretty much neck-and-neck at the bottom. ABC did have a success story with TGIF, though. 1995 saw t
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Where is the Gobi Desert located? | Reference.com Where is the Gobi Desert located? A: Quick Answer The Gobi Desert is located in Asia in northern and northwestern China as well as parts of southern Mongolia. It has several distinct features including the Eastern Gobi Desert Steppe, the Alaskan Plateau and the Gobi Lakes Valley. Full Answer The Gobi Desert is 932 miles long and 497 miles wide, covering more than 500,000 square miles in Asia. The Eastern Gobi Desert Steppe is 100,000 square miles, and is the most eastern point of the desert, located in both China and Mongolia. The Alaskan Plateau covers more than 250,000 square miles, and contains the Great Gobi National Park in Mongolia. The Gobi Lakes Valley is located north of the Alaskan Plateau, and covers 53,800 square miles between mountain ranges.
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1100-1199 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. 1100-1199 Which city does the statue of Jesus Christ, better known as Christ the Redeemer, overlook? Rio de Janeiro In an all-black cast, who played the role of Brick in the 2008 revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"? Terrence Howard Advertisement ) What term describes the purchase of securities with borrowed money using the shares themselves as collateral? Buying on Margin In the sequence of presidential succession, who is next in line after the vice president? Speaker of the House Created by Ruth Handler, which 12-inch follower of fashion has been every girl's best friend since 1959? Barbie For which film did Kathy Bates win an Oscar in 1991? Misery Which country is home of port wine? Portugal The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is geographically part of which continent? Asia Which city was hit by the second American atomic bomb in 1945? Nagasaki What does a person with mythomania tend to? Tell lies What is the latin term for the science of languages? Linguistics Which Agatha Christie's fictional characters is the only one to have been given an obituary in the N.Y. Times? Hercule Poriot Guns N' Roses guitarist Saul Hudson is better known by what name? Slash Which land animal species lives the longest? Turtle Which militant Lebanese political group sparked a 2007 attack after capturing two Israeli soldiers? Hezbollah How many calories equal 42 Joules: about 1, 10 or 42? Ten Jumping and dressage are events in which Olympic competition? Equestrian What message delivery system did U.S. computer technician Raymond Tomlinson invent at the beginning of the 1970's? E-mail What is the gesture of submission, originating in imperial China, in which you kneel and touch the ground with your forehead? Kowtow On what sitcom did John Larroquette win three straight Best Supporting Actor Emmy Awards? Night Court What is the most distinctive exterior feature on a Russian Orthodox church? The Onion Dome Which 1957 Broadway musical is loosely based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? West Side Story What is the name for the valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings? Price Earning Ratio What country issues gold coins called Krugerrands? South Africa In the 1960s, IBM designed a new typing head to reduce jams in typewriters. What shape was it? A ball Who directed "The Color Purple" in 1985? Steven Speilberg What does an oenologist specialize in? Wine What dam created Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S.? Hoover Dam Named after the city where they signed the pact in 1955, where did eight eastern European states agree to form a political alliance? Warsaw What part of the body is affected by a swelling known as a periodontal disease? Gums Which Polynesian word means "forbidden"? Taboo Which novel by J.D. Salinger that is still controversial today features Holden Caulfield as the protagonist? The Catcher in the Rye According to the classic Van Morrison song, who "comes around here bout mid-night?" Gloria What is a tapaculo: a fish, a rodent or a bird? A bird Who did Hugo Chavez refer to as "the devil" in a 2006 speech to the UN General Assembly? George W. Bush Which temperature scale has its absolute zero at minus 273.15 degrees Celsius? Kelvin In which chess move are the rook and the king used at the same time? Castling Which frequency band uses the abbreviation "U.H.F." Ultra High Frequency In which country did T'ai Chi originate? China What character on NCIS is commonly referred to as "Ducky"? Dr. Mallard By what name is the collection of Egyptian tombs across the Nile from Luxor better known? Valley of the Kings "Les Miserables" is a musical based on a novel by which writer? Victor Hugo What term describes the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from a difference in price? Arbitrage (riskless profit) What president extended a "Good Neighbor Policy" to countries in South America, Central America and the Carribean? Franklin Delano Roose
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How MP John Stonehouse's Reggie Perrin-style faked death stunned British politics 40 years ago - Mirror Online News How MP John Stonehouse's Reggie Perrin-style faked death stunned British politics 40 years ago It's 40 years this week since John Stonehouse stunned the nation by faking his death, leaving Miami detectives probing his Reggie Perrin-style disappearance Share Bizarre disappearance: John Stonehouse faked his death and fled to Australia (Photo: Mirrorpix) Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email An MP stunned British politics when he left a pile of clothes on a Miami beach leaving authorities to believe he'd either drowned or been eaten by sharks. So convinced were police and peers of his death that a minute's silence was held in Parliament. It's 40 years this week since John Stonehouse's Reggie Perrin-style faked death, reports the Birmingham Mail . On November 20, 1974, the Member of Parliament for Walsall North took drastic action to free himself from the millstone of debt and spectre of prosecution that weighed heavier with each day But while Florida detectives investigated his demise in Miami, Stonehouse was 10,000 miles away in Australia starting a new life with a new identity. The shamed politician was now Joseph Markham, the deceased husband of a constituent. Stonehouse’s story, peppered with political intrigue and espionage, would grace the pages of any John le Carre novel. It’s even intertwined with the disappearance of Lord Lucan . It was not, however, the inspiration for popular comedy series, The Rise and Fall of Reggie Perrin, starring Leonard Rossite r. Author David Nobbs’ tale of a Sunshine Desserts salesman who faked his demise was written five months before the Stonehouse saga began. Stonehouse, who died in 1988 aged 62, may have been lacking in moral fibre, but there’s no doubting his old-fashioned front. Back in Blighty: John Stonehouse, left, is accompanied by Scotland Yard's DCS Ken Etheridge on his return to England after faking his death (Photo: Mirrorpix) When police Down Under arrested him on Christmas Eve, 1974, and discovered that news of his 'death' were somewhat premature, he penned a letter of explanation to the Foreign Office . “My wish was to be released from the incredible pressures being put on me, particularly in my business activities and various attempts at blackmail,” Stonehouse wrote. “I considered, clearly wrongly, that the best action I could take was to create a new identity and attempt to live a new life away from these pressures. I suppose this can be summed up as a brainstorm or a mental breakdown.” More than anything else, Stonehouse’s story is a lesson in the perils of unbridled ambition: a man destroyed by his thirst to become rich. Loyalty to Queen and country certainly didn’t stand in his way. In 1980, a Czech defector alleged the rogue former MP had been a spy, but Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher decided against action. The son of a former Southampton mayoress, he first sprung to political prominence in 1957 when elected as Labour Co-operative MP for Wednesbury. Stonehouse’s rise through the political ranks was rapid and in 1968 he joined the cabinet as Postmaster General. But storm clouds were gathering. Labour lost the 1970 general election and Stonehouse was not picked for Harold Wilson’s shadow cabinet. In an attempt to boost his dwindling income, he set-up a network of 24 companies that withered as the economy dried up. He borrowed, lied to accountants and deceived business partners. The deceit wasn’t confined to Stonehouse’s business life. He had also began an affair with secretary Sheila Buckley behind wife Barbara’s back. Interest: The Birmingham Post reports on a John Stonehouse-inspired exhibition in 2002 (Photo: Birmingham Post) It is believed Stonehouse, who was at the centre of a Department of Trade and Industry probe into dodgy dealings – decided to fake his death in 1973. By the time he took the plunge, Stonehouse had accrued debts of £800,000 – al
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November 22, 1963: Death of the President - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum November 22, 1963: Death of the President November 22, 1963: Death of the President Shortly after noon on November 22, 1963, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas, Texas. By the fall of 1963, President John F. Kennedy and his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaign. Although he had not formally announced his candidacy, it was clear that President Kennedy was going to run and he seemed confident about his chances for re-election. At the end of September, the president traveled west, speaking in nine different states in less than a week. The trip was meant to put a spotlight on natural resources and conservation efforts. But JFK also used it to sound out themes—such as education, national security, and world peace—for his run in 1964. Campaigning in Texas A month later, the president addressed Democratic gatherings in Boston and Philadelphia. Then, on November 12, he held the first important political planning session for the upcoming election year. At the meeting, JFK stressed the importance of winning Florida and Texas and talked about his plans to visit both states in the next two weeks. Mrs. Kennedy would accompany him on the swing through Texas, which would be her first extended public appearance since the loss of their baby, Patrick, in August. On November 21, the president and first lady departed on Air Force One for the two-day, five-city tour of Texas. President Kennedy was aware that a feud among party leaders in Texas could jeopardize his chances of carrying the state in 1964, and one of his aims for the trip was to bring Democrats together. He also knew that a relatively small but vocal group of extremists was contributing to the political tensions in Texas and would likely make its presence felt—particularly in Dallas, where US Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson had been physically attacked a month earlier after making a speech there. Nonetheless, JFK seemed to relish the prospect of leaving Washington, getting out among the people and into the political fray. The first stop was San Antonio. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Governor John B. Connally, and Senator Ralph W. Yarborough led the welcoming party. They accompanied the president to Brooks Air Force Base for the dedication of the Aerospace Medical Health Center. Continuing on to Houston, he addressed a Latin American citizens' organization and spoke at a testimonial dinner for Congressman Albert Thomas before ending the day in Fort Worth. Morning in Fort Worth A light rain was falling on Friday morning, November 22, but a crowd of several thousand stood in the parking lot outside the Texas Hotel where the Kennedys had spent the night. A platform was set up and the president, wearing no protection against the weather, came out to make some brief remarks. "There are no faint hearts in Fort Worth," he began, "and I appreciate your being here this morning. Mrs. Kennedy is organizing herself. It takes longer, but, of course, she looks better than we do when she does it." He went on to talk about the nation's need for being "second to none" in defense and in space, for continued growth in the economy and "the willingness of citizens of the United States to assume the burdens of leadership." The warmth of the audience response was palpable as the president reached out to shake hands amidst a sea of smiling faces. Back inside the hotel the president spoke at a breakfast of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, focusing on military preparedness. "We are still the keystone in the arch of freedom," he said. "We will continue to do…our duty, and the people of Texas will be in the lead." On to Dallas The presidential party left the hotel and went by motorcade to Carswell Air Force Base for the thirteen-minute flight to Dallas. Arriving at Love Field, President and Mrs. Kennedy disembarked and immediately walked toward a fence where a crowd of well-wishers had gathe
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"Opened in 1890, with 6 stations over 3.2 miles (5.1 km) and running in a pair of tunnels between the City of London and Stockwell passing under the River Thames, what was the first deep-level underground ""tube"" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction?"
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City and South London Railway : definition of City and South London Railway and synonyms of City and South London Railway (English) Establishment Arms of the City & South London Railway In November 1883, notice was given that a private bill was to be presented to Parliament for the construction of the City of London & Southwark Subway (CL&SS). [3] The promoter of the bill, and engineer of the proposed railway, was James Henry Greathead , who had, in 1869–70, constructed the Tower Subway using the same tunnelling shield /segmented cast iron tube method proposed for the CL&SS. The railway was to run from Elephant and Castle , in Southwark , south London, under the River Thames to King William Street in the City of London . The tracks were to be in twin tunnels 3.1 metres (10 ft 2 in) in diameter. [4] The bill received Royal Assent as the City of London and Southwark Subway Act, 1884 on 28 July 1884. [5] Section 5 of the Act stated: "The works authorised by this Act are as follows: "A subway commencing ... near ... Short Street at the ... junction ... with Newington Butts and terminating at King William Street ... "The subway shall consist of two tubes for separate up and down traffic and shall be approached by means of staircases and by hydraulic lifts." In 1886, a further bill was submitted to Parliament to extend the tunnels south from Elephant and Castle to Kennington and Stockwell . [6] This received assent on 12 July 1887 as the City of London and Southwark Subway (Kennington Extensions, &c.) Act, 1887, [7] allowing the construction of the extension to be added to the work on the original route, which had begun in 1886. [8] The tunnels on this section were of a slightly larger diameter – 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in). [4] Before the railway opened, a further bill received assent, granting permission to continue the line south to Clapham Common . [9] The act was published on 25 July 1890 as the City and South London Railway Act, 1890, also effecting a change of the company's name. [10] Haulage and infrastructure Given the small dimension of the tunnels, steam power, as used on London's other underground railways, was not feasible for a deep tube railway. Like Greathead's earlier Tower Subway, the CL&SS was intended to be operated by cable haulage with a static engine pulling the cable through the tunnels at a steady speed. [11] Section 5 of the 1884 Act specified that: "The traffic of the subway shall be worked by ... the system of the Patent Cable Tramway Corporation Limited or by such means other than steam locomotives as the Board of Trade may from time to time approve". C&SLR locomotive number 13 at the London Transport Museum Depot in 2005 The Patent Cable Tramway Corporation owned the rights to the Hallidie cable-car system first invented and used in San Francisco in 1873; trains were attached to the cable with clamps, which would be opened and closed at stations, allowing the carriages to disconnect and reconnect without needing to stop the cable or to interfere with other trains sharing the cable. [12] There were to be two independent endless cables, one between City station and Elephant and Castle moving at 10 mph, and the other between Elephant and Castle and Stockwell, where the gradient was less, at 12 mph. However, the additional length of tunnel permitted by the supplementary acts challenged the practicality of the cable system. It is reported that this problem with the CL&SS contributed to the bankruptcy of the cable company in 1888. [4] However, electric motor traction had been considered all along, and much engineering progress had been made since the tunnel's construction had begun in 1886. So, CL&SS chairman Charles Grey Mott decided to switch to electric traction. [13] Other cable-operated systems using the Hallidie patents continued to be designed, such as the Glasgow Subway which opened in 1896. The solution adopted was electrical power, provided via a third rail beneath the train, but offset to the west of centre for clearance reasons. Although the use of electricity to power trains had been experim
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Canals Birmingham Canals The Birmingham Canal links the City of Birmingham to the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal and the start of the Shropshire Union Canal at Aldersley, just north of Wolverhampton. The canal passes through Smethwick and under the M5 at Oldbury. There are two branches off the canal at Dudley, where the famous Dudley tunnels pass under the town. The Dudley tunnel starts from the basin at the fabulous Black Country Museum and surfaces at Parkhead Locks. The Netherton tunnel starts at Dudley Port and surfaces at Bumble Hole where Cobbs Engine house can be found along with the excellent Dry Dock Pub . Both tunnels are more than a mile in length. The canal continues through the Black Country industrial areas of Tipton and Coseley before reaching the city of Wolverhampton. It passes by Wolverhampton's racecourse, Dunstall Park before meeting the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal . The Birmingham Canal Network can currently be accessed from five directions. From the north the link with the Staffs & Worcs Canal climbs the 21 Wolverhampton locks to join the 'new main line' built by Thomas Telford in the 1820's to straighten James Brindley's twisting contour route. He made use of deep cuttings and embankments and the wide canal had a towpath on either side. From the south comes the Worcester & Birmingham , and from the south east the Grand Union Canal . The Birmingham & Fazeley Canal comes in from the east, forming a network through the centre of the city of Birmingham. The Dudley Tunnel, closed to powered craft, gave access from the west. Boats now use the wide Netherton Tunnel with towpaths either side and gas lighting built to overcome the bottleneck caused by the old narrow tunnel. There were also links in the north east area to the Staffs & Worcs at Hatherton and to the Coventry Canal at Huddleston. The two large loops of canals in the North Eastern area served coalfields, especially those around Cannock which were the last to close in the 1960's. Subsidence has always been a major problem because of mining activities. Lappal Tunnel (11,385 yards) which gave a faster link to the Worcester & Birmingham was closed in 1917 due to subsidence, though even it now has a society planning to reopen it. The Birmingham & Fazeley soon leaves urban Birmingham behind for the green, peaceful and rural Midlands. The canal starts right in the heart of central Birmingham, dropping through 13 locks in less than a mile at Farmer's Bridge by the Post Office Tower. But its urban origins are soon forgotten as it travels north-eastwards for 15 miles through Minworth and Curdworth. Nicknamed 'The Bottom Road', the canal is now devoid of much of the industry for which it was built. Salford Junction, the waterway interchange in the bowels of Spaghetti Junction, is starkly impressive. At Drayton Bassett, once the home of Sir Robert Peel, the canal is crossed by a curious Gothic footbridge. The canal runs alongside Kingsbury Water Park where the popular Dog & Doublet is frequented by both boaters and people from the Birmingham area. The Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal travels through an industrial landscape which recalls the bygone era of the working canals. Boaters exploring the Birmingham & Warwick Junction Canal can spot clues to the past in canalside factories, old arches and the nearby railway line. This 2 mile canal was built in 1844 to ease congestion into Birmingham and hosted a steady stream of working boats making their way from Camp Hill to Salford Bridge. Today, the canal passes close by Birmingham City Football ground and �Star City� � a large modern entertainment centre. New housing developments overlooking the canal emphasise the dawn of a new canal age. Yet in quiet reaches by the old factories of �Brumagen� you can easily imagine the sights, sounds and smells of working boats and bustling wharves in days gone by. Birmingham Canal Main Line, designed by Thomas Telford , the 'New Main Line' runs through massive cuttings and bold embankments through the heart of the Black Country. The 19th century equivalent
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Henry Fielding Shamela Essay - Critical Essays - eNotes.com Henry Fielding Shamela Essay - Critical Essays Navigate Study Guiderows link Link Shamela Henry Fielding The following entry presents criticism of Fielding's epistolary novel An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews (1741). See also, Henry Fielding Criticism. Hailed by Sheridan Barker as the “best parody in English literature,” Henry Fielding's Shamela is the best known of a number of novels written in the 1740s that satirized Samuel Richardson's hugely popular 1740 novel, Pamela. Fielding's sixty-page book condenses and imitates Richardson's two-volume epistolary novel, poking fun at the original work's narrative method and pretense at moralizing. The heroine of Pamela is a paragon of virtue, a servant girl who resists the sexual advances of her master, and Richardson's purpose with the novel was to “cultivate the Principles of Virtue and Religion in the Minds of the Youth of Both Sexes.” Fielding's heroine Shamela, on the other hand, is an artful minx who uses her “Vartue” to rise in the world. By poking fun at every aspect of Richardson's method and message, Fielding exposes the hypocrisy of contemporary mores. The work is more than a simple parody of Richardson, however, as Fielding lampoons political figures, the clergy, and contemporary writers. Shamela also marked a turning point in the modern novel, as it prepared the way for Fielding's more complex and ambitious work, Joseph Andrews (1742), which launched the tradition of comic fiction in English literature. Biographical Information Although Fielding had published a number of plays, poems, and essays by 1741, he was struggling financially. His theatrical career had come to an end in 1737 because of the controversy stirred up by his dramatic satires, and that year he began preparing to qualify as a barrister in order to support his family. He also took on translation work and in 1739 launched a newspaper, the Champion, for which he wrote a number of essays that satirized politics, law, literature, religion, and government. As he inveighed against all manner of societal excesses and corruption in the Champion, Fielding was in fact preparing himself for the pointed satire that was to come in Shamela. In 1740, three books appeared that particularly irked Fielding. In addition to Richardson's Pamela, there was An Apology for the Life of Colley Cibber, a book full of grammatical mistakes and misused words, and Conyers Middleton's Life of Cicero, which was obsequiously dedicated to Prime Minister Robert Walpole's Privy Seal, Lord Hervey. Shamela satirizes all three of these works by imitating their content and style. In early 1741 when Fielding found himself in a “sponging house” because of his debts, he dashed off the manuscript of Shamela, which he published anonymously. Richardson suspected that Fielding was the author of the parody, and never forgave him. A year later Fielding would publish Joseph Andrews, which inaugurated his career as a novelist. Plot and Major Characters Fielding takes special care to parody even the smallest details of Richardson's work, and the form of Shamela closely follows that of Pamela. The novel is introduced by the “author,” one Conny Keyber (a combination of the names of the writers Conyers Middleton and Colley Cibber), who claims he presents the “authentick Papers” of the heroine of Richardson's novel. Keyber dedicates his work to “Miss Fanny,” a parody of Middleton's dedication to the supposedly effeminate Lord Hervey. He also includes letters to the editor (including one from the editor himself) congratulating him on his fine work, just as Richardson had appended letters in praise of his novel to his second edition of Pamela. The novel begins with a letter from the gullible Parson Thomas Tickletext, who, overcome by the loveliness of Pamela, writes to his friend, Parson J. Oliver, enthusiastically recommending the novel. Oliver, however, has in his possession certain letters that reveal the true nature and history of Richardson's heroine. Oliver explains that Pamela
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Shakespeare/Pop Music: Broadway - shakespeareandpopularmusic shakespeareandpopularmusic INTRODUCTION Although considered part of the classical theatrical canon today, Shakespeare's plays were an important part of the popular culture of Early Modern England. It seems only fitting that Broadway has made these plays part of popular culture again by adapting them into musicals. Very little academic research and/or writing, however, is available on this topic. In order to remedy the situation, this page has compiled a working archive of resources on Broadway musicals based on Shakespeare's plays, in the hopes that this will generate further interest and analysis. Most of the research that went into creating this page is centered on Broadway specifically, but a list of non-Broadway musicals has also been included in order to show that this phenomenon is by no means centered in one locale. To date, this archive includes the names of twenty-two Shakespearean musical productions. These productions have been produced in the United States, England, and Prague and have been performed in numerous other countries. Shakespeare's romantic comedies are the genre of play most often adapted into musical productions. Sixteen of the twenty-two productions included in this archive are based on Shakespearean romantic comedies. The Comedy of Errors, which was the first Shakespeare play to ever be adapted into a musical, is tied with Twelfth Night for the most number of musical theatre adaptations, at four productions each (Comedy of Errors: The Boys from Syracuse, Oh, Brother! , The Bomb-itty of Errors, and Da Boyz/Twelfth Night: Play On!, Music Is, Love and Let Love, Your Own Thing), while A Midsummer Night's Dream and Hamlet follow close behind with three different musical theatre adaptations (A Midsummer Night's Dream: Swingin' The Dream, Babes in the Wood, and The Donkey Show: A Midsummer Night's Dream Disco/Hamlet: Rockabye Hamlet, The Lion King, and Hamlet The Rock Opera). Besides Hamlet, three other Shakespearean tragedies have been adapted into musicals: Romeo and Juliet (West-Side Story and Sensations), King Lear (Pop!) and Macbeth (From a Jack to a King). No evidence has been yet found of a history play having been turned into a musical. Popular music has also been appropriated by many of these productions. Swing (The Brothers of Syracuse, Swingin' the Dream, Play On!) , Rock and Roll (Two Gentlemen of Verona, Rockabye Hamlet, Your Own Thing, From a Jack to a King and Hamlet The Rock Opera), Hip-Hop/Rap (The Bomb-itty of Errors and Da Boyz), and Reggae (The Big Life) are all examples of musical genres that have been appropriated by Broadway musicals - whose songs, incidentally, also sometimes become the stuff of popular music (Kiss Me Kate, West Side Story, Lion King, and so forth). The fluid relationship between Shakespeare and popular music in Broadway productions deserves further consideration, as does the fact that many of these productions are using Shakespeare and popular music not simply to make money, but also to discuss issues of both race (Swingin' the Dream) and gender (Kiss Me Kate) or both (Play On!). Theatre Royal Stratford East's 2005 production of The Big Life, for example, uses Reggae music and the plot-line of Love Labour's Lost to tell the historically true story of Caribbean immigrants who set sail for England in the 1950s on the SS Empire Windrush because they had been promised both jobs and a better life by the English government who very much needed their help to re-build after the war. Some of the questions that productions like The Big Life require academics to ask of themselves include: 1) Can popular music be used in musical adaptations of Shakespeare to talk-back to colonial/patriarchal imperatives and to de-centralize the hegemonic authority of Shakespeare's works? (And if so how are they able to do this? ); 2) Does the capitalist form of Broadway musical productions make it impossible to de-centralize power of any kind in these musical adaptations of Shakespeare? (And, if so, what are Sha
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Who played the title role in the TV sitcom Ugly Betty?
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Ugly Betty (TV Series 2006–2010) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A young, smart and wise woman named Betty Suarez goes on a journey to find her inner beauty. The only problem is that it's hard for a slightly less attractive woman to find her beauty ... See full summary » Creators: It's the end of an era, but the beginning, Betty hopes, of something wonderful. In the series finale, which also features appearances by familiar faces from the past, Betty finds it hard to tell ... 9.5 The season-end cliffhanger: Justin is thrilled with the boy playing Tony in the school play falls mysteriously ill and he is promoted from understudy. Santos finds trouble when he stops at a store to... 9.0 Against the backdrop of Ignacio's multi-culti holiday dinner that he prepares for his new flame Jean, who is Jewish, Betty and Hilda have pregnancy scares. Worse, they purchase their Be-Shure instant... 8.9 a list of 21 titles created 29 Sep 2011 a list of 25 titles created 14 Jul 2013 a list of 40 titles created 09 Jan 2015 a list of 40 titles created 07 May 2015 a list of 27 titles created 29 Sep 2015 Search for " Ugly Betty " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Ugly Betty (2006–2010) 6.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 48 wins & 117 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline A young, smart and wise woman named Betty Suarez goes on a journey to find her inner beauty. The only problem is that it's hard for a slightly less attractive woman to find her beauty surrounded by tall skinny models at a fashion magazine but Betty doesn't let this stop her or her positive attitude towards her work. Written by James Robson Fashion has a new face (UK) See more » Genres: 28 September 2006 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Betty the Ugly See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Chris Williams , who plays Wilhelldiva Hater (the drag queen parody of Wilhelmina Slater), is Vanessa Williams' brother. See more » Quotes Amanda Tanen : Hey, what's different about you? Did you get your hair cut? Betty Suarez : I'm wearing an eye patch. Amanda Tanen : You didn't always have that? Ugly Betty: A Diamond In The Rough 28 September 2006 | by bondgirl6781 (Florida, USA) – See all my reviews I fell in love with this show! Executively produced by Salma Hayek and starring the always lovely America Ferrera as Betty Suarez, a young woman who breaks into the fashion industry as an assistant to the editor-in-chief of Mode magazine Daniel Meade (sexy Eric Mabius). Betty is sweet, smart, and always on top of things, but of course she is not the most beautiful girl, but when they say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder they were not kidding. Squaring off against Daniel Meade is the conniving Wilhemina (Vanessa Williams...I smell Emmy) who covets the title of editor-in-chief. I just saw the pilot episode and this show is a winner and I hope it stays on the air because of America Ferrera who is lovely and spirited as Betty. She is without question the female heroine that all young women need in times where women are expected to be sexy and beautiful under superficial means. 75 of 105 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
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Lyn Paul website: Lyn Paul then... 2005 The Paperboy The Return Of Freda Danby After appearing in Blood Brothers for more than seven years, Lyn Paul calls it quits on Saturday, 8th January. Linda Nolan returns as Mrs. Johnstone, but when she falls ill, Lyn comes back for a week to keep the show going. Friday, 25th February is National Doodle Day. Lyn Paul contributes a "doodle bug" which is auctioned on eBay in aid of two charities - Epilepsy Action and The Neurofibromatosis Association. Some of the other celebrities supporting National Doodle Day 2005 include: actor and author Maureen Lipman, who is the Patron of National Doodle Day, Hugh Grant, Kylie Minogue and Sir Cliff Richard. Don't dawdle, get doodling! Jan In the UK the Freedom Of Information Act comes into force on 1st January. Mahmoud Abbas, the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), wins a landslide victory in the Palestinian presidential election held on 9th January. On 13th January The Sun newspaper publishes a picture on its front page of Prince Harry wearing a swastika armband at a fancy dress party. The Prince apologises for "any offence or embarrassment" caused by his "poor choice of costume." Sir Mark Thatcher, son of the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, makes an unscheduled appearance in the Cape High Court on 13th January. He pleads guilty to unwittingly aiding a plot to overthrow the President of Equatorial Guinea. He incurs a four-year suspended sentence and a fine of 3 million rand. The world's biggest passenger aircraft, the Airbus A380, is launched at a ceremony in Toulouse on 18th January. The plane successfully completes its maiden flight on 27th April. On 20th January George Bush is inaugurated for a second term as US President. Actress Patsy Rowlands, known for her appearances in the '70s sitcom Bless This House and nine of the Carry On films, dies on 22nd January, aged 71. The American TV presenter Johnny Carson, famous for hosting The Tonight Show, dies on 23rd January in Los Angeles, aged 79. Jim Capaldi, once the drummer with the group Traffic, dies on 28th January, aged 60. Elections for a new National Assembly are held in Iraq on 30th January. Feb Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, and Mahmoud Abbas, the new Palestinian President, call a halt to four-and-a-half years of conflict when they meet at Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt on 8th February. Playwright Arthur Miller dies on 11th February, aged 89. Rafik Hariri, the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, is assassinated in a bomb attack in Beirut on Valentine's Day. Yusuf Islam is awarded "substantial damages" and receives apologies from The Sun and The Sunday Times, both of which had published articles alleging that he had supported terrorism. The Kyoto protocol - a series of measures requiring countries to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses - comes into force on Wednesday, 16th February. A hunting ban comes into force in England and Wales on Friday, 18th February, making it illegal to hunt foxes with dogs. After a week-long meeting of archbishops, the Anglican Church fails to resolve its dispute over homosexuality. A communiqué issued on 24th February requests that the Episcopal Church (USA) and the Anglican Church of Canada "voluntarily withdraw their members from the Anglican Consultative Council". Three British soldiers, each accused of abusing Iraqi prisoners, are given jail sentences and discharged from the army, following a 22-day court martial in Osnabruck, Germany. At least 115 people are killed in a suicide car-bomb attack on 28th February in Hillaj, south of Baghdad. Mar Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian journalist held hostage in Iraq, is wounded when US troops open fire on her car as she heads for Baghdad airport on 4th March. Nicola Calipari, a secret service agent travelling with her, is killed. Following protests, which had brought down the pro-Syrian government in Lebanon, Syrian troops begin a withdrawal from Beirut on 7th March. Comedian Dave Allen dies in London on Thursday, 10th March, aged 68. The Commission for Afri
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Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, County Cricket Club of Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, County, Cricket, Players in Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Achievements of the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Statistics, cricketscorelive.com Gloucestershire County Cricket Club History The Gloucestershire County Cricket Club was established in 1871. The team's home ground is the County Cricket Ground, Bristol. The Gloucestershire one day squad is known as the Gloucestershire Gladiators. Performance Though Gloucestershire have never won the County Championships, they have finished runners up in 1930, 1931, 1947, 1959, 1969, and 1986. They have, however been more successful in the shorter version of the game, winning the Benson & Hedges Cup in 1977, 1999 and 2000. They were also victorious in the 2000 National League. Players While looking at the greats who represented the Gloucestershire County Cricket Club over the years, one has to sit back and take notice of the sheer line up of masters that played for this county. The man who leads it is WG Grace, the grand legend of cricket. Grace is one of the most successful cricketers of all times and it is in Gloucestershire that he first played cricket. Apart from WG Grace, Gloucestershire also had some other internationally renowned cricketers play for the county. Some of them are: Gilbert Jessop
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Stuart Broad has urged a young England not to be overawed by India | Sport | The Guardian Stuart Broad has urged a young England not to be overawed by India The Twenty20 captain's first game in charge ended in disaster but he is upbeat about the second England's Stuart Broad has urged the youngsters in his side not to be overawed by India at Old Trafford. Photograph: Martin Rickett/PA David Hopps at Old Trafford Tuesday 30 August 2011 16.36 EDT First published on Tuesday 30 August 2011 16.36 EDT Share on Messenger Close Stuart Broad has urged England's young Twenty20 team to ignore the hype generated by the IPL and assert their right to be measured alongside the world's best in the one-off T20 international in Manchester. In the city that knows a bit about sporting glamour, with Manchester still celebrating a weekend that brought 13 goals for United and City against north London rivals, it is India's glamorous domestic Twenty20 that can rival the passion while England's version struggles for prominence. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India's captain, was present at Old Trafford to watch United put eight goals past Arsenal on Sunday and, just down the road at the cricket stadium of the same name, he bore an expression of confidence again. The IPL, presented as the villain during India's 4-0 Test whitewash, variously regarded as responsible for fatigue, slack techniques and a disenchantment in India with Test cricket, is now seen as a potential saviour. "One thing is certain. Whatever happens bad in India it will be blamed on IPL," Dhoni said. "But IPL is a good exposure for players. This match, and the one-day series that follows, is important for us." Dhoni seemed nonplussed by another injury blow that has forced Gautam Gambhir to miss the rest of the tour with concussion, after seeing an eye specialist, and the oddity of Rahul Dravid making his Twenty20 debut at 38. Dravid is a great player, enjoying a wonderful tour, but, if England made such a decision, they would face ridicule and rightly so. England, lest we forget, are World Twenty20 champions. But excitement at the emergence of bold and innovative young players such as Ben Stokes, Alex Hales and Jos Buttler is tempered by a suspicion that an education in England's Friends Life t20 is not an automatic passage to success. Broad does not lightly dismiss such issues. "We have players coming into the side who might have seen IPL on TV and they might build something up in their mind that might not be there," he said. "Yes, it is important we do our research on India but, if we get our individual skills right, we have the talent to go a long way. It's two talented sides against each other – the 50-over world champions against the Twenty20 world champions." In India supporters of Chennai Super Kings or Royal Challengers Bangalore must have scoffed in disbelief, preferring to recall how Broad's first venture as Twenty20 captain resulted in a flaccid batting performance against Sri Lanka in Bristol and a trouncing by nine wickets. Broad, who found himself captaining from the boundary at one stage, looked a man under pressure. County cricket's best young players – Hales, a destructive front-foot batsman from Nottinghamshire; Buttler, who has overflowed with innovation and confidence at Somerset, even though he can barely cut it in the championship; and Stokes, whom lazy judges dub the new Andrew Flintoff – are all hoping for a debut. Broad, by his own admission, has not had time to see much Twenty20 and has yet to play for Notts. It does not do to be cynical, though, because his commitment to his county is unquestionable and he has seen enough to be impressed. He said: "I try to catch as much Twenty20 as I can, although most of it is on TV. It's always going to be a huge challenge for any player coming out of county cricket but there are some exciting talents coming out of that tournament so it's hard to say it's not working. You get to see how people play with calmness and I think that's vital in international Twenty20 cricket. What shone about a player like Jos Buttler is that he c
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Which King of Sparta was the husband of Helen of Troy?
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About Helen of Troy About Helen of Troy Robert E. Bell H elen of Sparta was perhaps the most inspired character in all literature, ancient or modern. A whole war, one which lasted for ten years, was fought over her. Not only that, nearly all the myths of the heroic age were threaded together in such a way that this most idealized of all wars was the culmination of various exploits, including the Argonaut, the Theban wars, and the Calydonian boar hunt. It is as though this event was in the destiny of every dynasty formed from the beginning of things. Helen, the face that launched a thousand ships, was a tantalizing enigma from the very first. She was flesh and blood certainly, but she was also immortal, since her father was none other than Zeus. Her mother was the beautiful Leda, queen of Sparta, who was ravished by the father of the gods in the form of a swan. Leda's husband was Tyndarecus, who later the same night, unaware of his feathered predecessor, also impregnated his wife. She produced two eggs, one of which yielded Helen and Polydeuces and the other of which contained Castor and Clytemnestra. While a swan's egg can be accepted for the sake of myth, it has never made much sense that the part of her pregnancy initiated by Tyndareus should produce an egg as well. This most curious of births has been subjected to all manner of combinations over the years. As delicious as the story of Leda was, some commentators even went so far as to suggest that Helen and the Dioscuri were conceived at Rhamnus in Attica by Zeus and Nemesis, the usually rather stern and sexless goddess whose job it was to curb excesses. Nemesis, not happy with being raped by a swan, laid an egg and left it. Leda found it, and when the egg hatched it produced Helen and the Dioscuri. In that case, Clytemnestra was not even a sister of Helen. It is difficult to imagine the childhood of the famous egg-born quartet. Two of them could be injured, perhaps, but not fatally; two had special gifts that made them physically and mentally superior. Apparently there was no jealousy among them. Castor and Polydeuces were so closely attached they swore to die together, even if Polydeuces could not hope to fulfill this resolve. The relationship between Helen and Clytemnestra was not so simple. Helen was stunningly beautiful, and this must have caused Clytemnestra some wistful moments when inevitable comparisons were made. When the sisters reached puberty, Helen was kidnapped. Both the aging Theseus, king of Athens, and his friend Peirithous, king of Larissa, wanted to have sex with one of Zeus' daughters before they died. Theseus chose Helen, whose remarkable beauty was already talked of far and wide. The abductors took her to Aphidna, a small city north of Athens, and left her in the safekeeping of one of Theseus' vassals. He put his mother, Aethra, with her as a guardian and companion. Inevitably, stories arose that Theseus took her into safekeeping to do Tyndarcus a favor. One of Tyndarcus' nephews was persistently pursuing her as a suitor, even at her very young age. Another story said the sons of Apharcus, Idas and Lynceus, stole her, which caused the famous fatal battle between them and the Dioscuri. There can be little question that Theseus took Helens virginity. After all, that was the object of the kidnapping. Some suppose that he planned to keep her intact until she reached marriageable age. But the more realistic writers even gave the couple a child. Interestingly, but improbably, the child was Iphigeneia. We cannot know how long Helen was at Aphidna. Theseus had accomplished his goal, so he left her and went with Peirithous to Hades to steal Persephone. This was foolhardy as it turned out, for both were imprisoned, Peirithous forever. The Dioscuri meanwhile raised an army and marched on Athens. The Athenians knew nothing of the outrage to their sister, but one Academus had knowledge of the facts and revealed the hiding place. The brothers razed Aphidna and delivered Helen, whom they carried home to Sparta, along with Aethra and Peirithous' sister as pers
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LEDA - Spartan Queen of Greek Mythology Leda -- Leda and the Swan, Greco-Roman mosaic C3rd A.D., Cyprus Museum LEDA was a queen of Sparta, the wife of King Tyndareus, who was seduced by Zeus in the guise of the swan. There were several versions of the parentage of her children:- Some say she laid an egg from which were hatched the Dioskouroi (Dioscuri) twins, Kastor and Polydeukes, both sons of Zeus. Others say she laid two eggs each containing a child of Zeus and a child of Tyndareus--Polydeukes and Kastor in one, and Helene and Klytaimnestra (Clytemnestra) in the other. Yet others relate that the second egg, containing just Helene, was delivered to Leda by the goddess Nemesis who had lain it after coupling with Zeus in the guise of a goose. CHRONOLOGY OF MYTH In the chronology of myth Leda was a contemporary of Herakles who placed her husband Tyndareus on the throne of Sparta. Her Dioskouroi sons joined the expedition of the Argonauts and the Kalydonian Boar Hunt--albeit at a very young age--while her daughters Helene and Klytaimnestra were the wives of Trojan War heroes. In ancient Greek vase painting the generation gap between the sons and daughters of Leda was sometimes illustrated--with the full-grown DIoskouroi standing witness as Helene hatches from the egg. In myth the twins also led an army to Athens when Theseus kidnapped their ten year old sister. Leda was usually described as a daughter of Thestios, king of Pleuron. Her sister Althaia was the mother of the Kalydonian hero Meleagros (Meleager). Thestios himself was a grandson of Aitolos (Aetolus), son of the famed Endymion . FAMILY OF LEDA [1.1] THESTIOS & EURYTHEMIS (Apollodorus 1.7.10) [1.2] THESTIOS & LAOPHONTE (Pherecydes Frag, Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius 1.146) [1.3] THESTIOS (Asius of Samos Frag, Theocritus Idylls 22.1, Pausanias 3.13.8, Clement Recognitions 10.22, Hyginus Fabulae 78 & 155) [2.1] SISYPHOS & PANTEIDYIA (Eumelus Corinthiaca Frag, Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius 1.146) [3.1] GLAUKOS (Alcman Frag 4, Scholiast on Apollonius Rhodius 1.146) OFFSPRING [1.1] KASTOR & POLYDEUKES (by Zeus *) (Homer Odyssey 11.298, Homeric Hymns 17 & 33, Terpander Frag 4, Apollodorus 1.8.2, Apollonius Rhodius 1.146, Theocritus Idylls 22.1 & 214, Pausanias 3.16.1, Hyginus Fabulae 14 & 155, Ovid Fasti 1.705) [1.3] KASTOR, POLYDEUKES, HELENE (by Zeus ) (Homer Iliad 3.237 & 426, Clement Recognitions 10.22, Hyginus Fabulae 224, Fulgentius 2.13) [1.3] KASTOR (by Tyndareus), KASTOR (by Zeus ) (Pindar Nemean Ode 10.79) [1.4] POLYDEUKES, HELENE (by Zeus ), KASTOR, KLYTAIMNESTRA (by Tyndareus) (Apollodorus 3.10.7, Hyginus Fabulae 77, Valerius Flaccus 1.426) [1.5] HELENE (Diodorus Siculus 4.63.2) [1.6] HELENE (by Zeus ) (Lucian Judgement of Paris, Hyginus Fabulae 240 & Astronomica 1.8, Ovid Heroides 16.1 & 17.43) [1.7] HELENE (by Tyndareus) (Dictys Cretensis 1.9) [1.8] HELENE, KLYTAIMNESTRA (by Tyndareus) (Hyginus Fabulae 77) [1.9] KLYTAIMNESTRA (Aeschylus Agamemnon 914, Seneca Agamemnon 125) [1.10] TIMANDRA, KLYTAIMNESTRA, PHYLONOE (by Tyndareus) (Apollodorus 3.10.6) * Kastor and Polydeukes were called sons of Zeus but also, in the majority of these passages, Tyndaridai (i.e. sons of Tyndareus). ENCYCLOPEDIA LEDA (Lêda), a daughter of Thestius, whence she is called Thestias (Apollod. iii. 10. § 5; Paus. iii. 13. § 8; Eurip. Iph. Aul. 49); but others call her a daughter of Thespius, Thyestes, or Glaucus, by Laophonte, Deidamia, Leucippe, Eurythemis, or Paneidyia. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. 146, 201 ; Serv. ad Aen. viii. 130; Hygin, Fab. 14; Apollod. i. 7. § 10.) She was the wife of Tyndareus, by whom she became the mother of Timandra, Clytaemnestra, and Philonoe. (Apollod. iii. 10. § 6; Hom. Od. xxiv. 199.) One night she was embraced both by her husband and by Zeus, and by the former she became the mother of Castor and Clytaemnestra, and by the latter of Polydeuces and Helena. (Hygin. Fab. 77.) According to Homer (Od. xi. 298, &c.) both Castor and Polydeuces were sons of Tyndareus and Leda, while Helena is described as a daughter of Zeus. (Il. iii. 426; comp. Ov. Fast.
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U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers honored with Silver Star at Pentagon - CBS News By David Morgan CBS News June 15, 2012, 3:02 PM U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers honored with Silver Star at Pentagon U.S. Air Force Pilot Captain Francis Gary Powers is pictured before his U-2 spy plane on June 1, 1959. While flying a joint Air Force-CIA mission, Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union and held for nearly two years. AP Photo Email (CBS News) Capt. Francis Gary Powers, the Air Force pilot whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, was posthumously honored Friday in a medal ceremony at the Pentagon. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz presented the Silver Star Medal to Capt. Powers' children, Gary Powers Jr. and Dee Powers, in the Hall of Heroes, in tribute to Powers' "heroic action and his loyalty to the United States of America during a pivotal time in our nation's history." "My sister, myself, my wife, my son, aunts and uncles, cousins, the Powers family is deeply grateful and deeply appreciative for the awarding of the Silver Star to my father," said Gary Powers Jr. "It goes to show that it's never too late to set the record straight." U.S. pilot whose spy plane was shot down in Soviet air space in 1960 is posthumously awarded Silver Star Powers, whose reconnaissance plane was shot down over the U.S.S.R. on May 1, 1960, was honored for demonstrating "exceptional loyalty" while enduring harsh interrogation in a Russian prison for nearly two years. After taking off from Pakistan and flying at an altitude of 70,000 feet, Powers was more than 1,200 miles inside the Soviet Union's border when he was shot down by surface-to-air missiles. He parachuted safely to the ground and was captured by Soviet troops. The plane's camera and film was also captured - a propaganda boon for Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev. Under intense interrogation, Powers was threatened with death and suffered sleep and food deprivation. He was eventually tried in Moscow. U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers (right) sits in the dock in a Moscow court, August 17, 1960, at the opening of his espionage trial. At left is his defense counsel, Mikhail Griniev. AP Photo "Captain Powers steadfastly refused all attempts to give sensitive defense information or be exploited for propaganda purposes," the medal citation reads. In August 1960 Powers was convicted of espionage and sentenced to three years in prison and seven years in a prison colony. After 21 months in prison Powers was exchanged was turned over to U.S. officials in Berlin in 1962, exchanged in a prisoner swap for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. After returning to the U.S., Powers was exonerated by a CIA board of inquiry, and he was awarded an Intelligence Star. But many criticized him for not destroying the plane and its sensitive surveillance instruments - and for allowing himself to be taken alive. Powers' daughter, Dee, that the trauma of her father's detention and show trial was exacerbated by a teacher in third grade, who voiced the sentiment of many over the pilot's capture: "A teacher told me my father should have killed himself," she told CBS Radio's Howard Arenstein. Powers later worked as a test pilot at Lockheed and wrote a 1970 memoir, "Operation Overflight." A TV-movie was made in 1976 about the U-2 incident starring Lee Majors. Powers died in 1977 when the helicopter he was piloting for KNBC crashed in Los Angeles. Documents declassified in the 1990s revealed that the U-2 spy flight had been a joint operation of the CIA and the Air Force, making him eligible for military honors. Powers was awarded a posthumous POW medal - and now, the Silver Star. © 2012 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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U2 - Biography - IMDb Biography Jump to: Mini Bio (1) | Trivia (9) Mini Bio (1) U2 has been perhaps the biggest music act in the world since the late 1980s to the current day. They take prominent stands on human rights issues, expressed through their lyrics and other public statements and actions. The band's lead singer, Bono , has become quite prominent in charity movements and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The band consists of Bono , lead singer and songwriter; The Edge , lead guitar, keyboards, vocals; Adam Clayton , bass guitar; Larry Mullen Jr. , drums. Their manager is Paul McGuinness (1978-2013). The band formed in Dublin, Ireland, in 1976. The three members who strongly identified themselves as Christians (all except Clayton) decided to pursue and promote the band's career in a manner that would be consistent with their religious beliefs, which are heavy on social action. Theology professor Eugene Peterson says the band has "little patience with media-driven aspects of the Christian religion and a church and culture that shows little concern for justice and poverty and sickness". The band's popular 1983 song "Sunday Bloody Sunday" commemorated the slaughter of innocent civilians during the Irish troubles. It called for a renunciation of violence, a sentiment that resonated greatly with the people of Ireland. Throughout the 1980s, the band used this song to campaign against the Irish Republican Army's (IRA) efforts to raise money to fuel continued armed conflict. The IRA sent a threat to U2 that if they continued their campaign, they would be kidnapped. The band continued anyway. The band's 1984 album "Unforgettable Fire" was named after paintings made by the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs. The album's songs "Pride" and "MLK" were both tributes to the modern-day leader they most admire, Martin Luther King . Another song, "Bad", was about heroin addiction, which was a serious problem in their hometown of Dublin at that time. U2 were major participants in the historic and seminal "Live Aid" concert of 1985, which raised funds for relief from a severe drought in Ethiopia. The band was seen by many of the 1.5 billion people who viewed the concert on live television, and Bono's unscripted leap into the crowd captured the imagination of all. The more than 75 performing groups raised some $250 million for the charity. In the months following the concert, U2's record sales skyrocketed and have never come back down. In 1986, the band headlined a promotional tour to support Amnesty International, and the effort reportedly tripled the organization's membership. In the 1990s, the band's music and concerts mocked the excesses of commercialism. Some critics failed to understand that Bono's exaggerated on-stage personas during the "Zoo TV" tour were parodies, and thus concluded that the band had given in to what they in fact were criticizing. In the early 2000s, U2 shifted from stadium extravaganzas to performing in smaller arenas where they were closer to their audiences. In 2004, the band teamed up with iPod for an innovative promotional campaign. U2 continues their work for charity and social action. They promoted the Northern Ireland Peace Accords, raised money for the survivors of the Omagh bombing, played in devastated Sarajevo following the war there, helped bolster the shaky economy of New York City by playing there following the September 11 terrorist attacks, participated in the Live 8 series of concerts to relieve Third World debt, and continue to promote the Make Poverty History campaign. Bono has become prominent in efforts to end poverty and seek relief from AIDS and promote trade for Africa. He has become quite celebrated for these efforts apart from his music and he often finds himself publicly hobnobbing with presidents and finance ministers to promote these charitable ends. U2 was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005. By that year, they had won 22 Grammy awards, a historic record surpassed only by Stevie Wonder . - IMDb Mini Biography By: Roger Burns <roge
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What religion is based on the teachings of Laozi?
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Laozi (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Laozi First published Sat Dec 15, 2001; substantive revision Thu May 2, 2013 Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism), and Buddhism generally name the three main pillars of Chinese thought, although it should be obvious that like any “ism,” they are abstractions—what they name are not monolithic but multifaceted traditions with fuzzy boundaries. In the case of “Daoism,” it designates both a philosophical tradition and an organized religion, which in modern Chinese are identified separately as daojia and daojiao, respectively. With their own complex histories and rich internal differences, the two are deeply intertwined. Laozi (or Lao-tzu, in the “Wade-Giles” system of transliteration favored by earlier generations of Western scholars) figures centrally in both. Philosophical Daoism traces its origins to Laozi, an extraordinary thinker who flourished during the sixth century B.C.E., according to Chinese tradition. According to some modern scholars, however, Laozi is entirely legendary; there was never a historical Laozi. In religious Daoism, Laozi is revered as a supreme deity. The name “Laozi” is best taken to mean “Old (lao) Master (zi),” and Laozi the ancient philosopher is said to have written a short book, which has come to be called simply the Laozi, after its putative author, a common practice in early China. When the Laozi was recognized as a “classic” (jing)—that is, accorded canonical status in the classification of Chinese literature, on account of its profound insight and significance—it acquired a more exalted and hermeneutically instructive title, Daodejing (Tao-te ching), commonly translated as the “Classic of the Way and Virtue.” Its influence on Chinese culture is pervasive, and it reaches beyond China. Next to the Bible, the Daodejing is the most translated work in world literature. It is concerned with the Dao or “Way” and how it finds expression in “virtue” (de), especially through what the text calls “naturalness” (ziran) and “nonaction” (wuwei). These concepts, however, are open to interpretation. While some interpreters see them as evidence that the Laozi is a “mystical” work, others emphasize their contribution to ethics and/or political philosophy. Interpreting the Laozi demands careful hermeneutic reconstruction, which requires both analytic rigor and an informed historical imagination. 1. The Laozi Story The Shiji (Records of the Historian) by the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.) court scribe and historian Sima Qian (ca. 145–86 B.C.E.) offers a “biography” of Laozi. Its reliability has been questioned, but it provides a point of departure for reconstructing the Laozi story. Laozi was a native of Chu, according to the Shiji, a southern state in the Zhou dynasty (see map and discussion in Loewe and Shaughnessy 1999, 594 and 597). His surname was Li; his given name was Er, and he was also called Dan. Laozi served as a keeper of archival records at the court of Zhou. Confucius (551–479 B.C.E.) had consulted him on certain ritual matters, we are told, and praised him lavishly afterward (Shiji 63). This establishes the traditional claim that Laozi was a senior contemporary of Confucius. A meeting or meetings between Confucius and Laozi, identified as “Lao Dan,” is reported also in the Zhuangzi and other early Chinese sources. “Laozi cultivated Dao and virtue,” as Sima Qian goes on to relate, and “his learning was devoted to self-effacement and not having fame. He lived in Zhou for a long time; witnessing the decline of Zhou, he departed.” When he reached the northwest border then separating China from the outside world, he met Yin Xi, the official in charge of the border crossing, who asked him to put his teachings into writing. The result was a book consisting of some five thousand Chinese characters, divided into two parts, which discusses “the meaning of Dao and virtue.” Thereafter, Laozi left; no one knew where he had gone. This completes the main part of Sima Qian's account. The remainder puts on record attempts to identify the
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History of the Baha'i Faith - ReligionFacts ReligionFacts Baha'i Timeline History of the Baha'i Faith The Bahá'í Faith was founded in Iran in the mid-19th century by Mirza Hoseyn 'Ali Nuri, who is known as Bahá'u'lláh, which in Arabic: "Glory of God". The Bahai religion has a short, but important history and learning it is necessary to understanding the Bahai worldview. The Bahai faith has experienced in creased popularity in the West as its openness to all religions aligns with the religious relativism growing in that part of the world. (Also see Bahai beliefs) Like many other religions, Bahai has experienced seasons of peace as well as seasons of persecution; times of stagnation and times of increase. All of these moments work together to form the present state of the Bahai faith. Below the reader will find an overview of Bahai history along with links to more in-depth articles. The Bahai religion: past and present Historical and Religious Context As Christianity was born out of Judaism and Buddhism grew out of Hinduism, the Bahá'í Faith has its roots in Shi'ite Islam. A major doctrine of "Twelver" Shi'ite Islam is the expected return of the 12th imam (successor of Muhammad), who will renew religion and guide the faithful. The Báb In 1844, Mirza 'Ali Mohammad of Shiraz in Iran proclaimed the imminent appearance of a new messenger of God who would overturn old beliefs and customs and usher in a new era. He identified himself as the forerunner of this prophet, assuming the title of "the Báb" (Persian: "Gateway"). The Báb's teachings quickly spread throughout modern-day Iran, provoking strong opposition from both the Shi'ite Muslim clergy and the government. The Báb was arrested and, after several years of incarceration, was executed by a firing squad in 1850. Large-scale persecutions of his adherents, the Babis, followed and ultimately cost 20,000 people their lives. Bahá'u'lláh One of the Báb's earliest and most ardent disciples was Mirza Hoseyn 'Ali Nuri, who had assumed the name of Bahá'u'lláh (Persian: "Glory of God") when he renounced his social standing and joined the Babis. Bahá'u'lláh was arrested in 1852 and jailed in Tehran. During his imprisonment, he realized he was the prophet whose coming had been predicted by the Bab. He was released in 1853 and exiled to Baghdad, where his leadership revived the Babi community. In 1863, shortly before being moved by the Ottoman government to Constantinople, Bahá'u'lláh declared to his fellow Babis that he was the messenger of God foretold by the Bab. An overwhelming majority of Babis acknowledged his claim and thenceforth became known as Bahá'ís. Bahá'u'lláh was subsequently confined by the Ottomans in Adrianople (now Edirne, Turkey) and then exiled to Acre in Palestine (now ' Akko, Israel). 20th Century Before Bahá'u'lláh died in 1892, he appointed his eldest son, 'Abd ol-Baha (1844–1921), to be the leader of the Bahá'í community and the authorized interpreter of his teachings. 'Abd ol-Baha actively administered the movement's affairs and spread the faith to North America, Europe, and other continents. He appointed his eldest grandson, Shoghi Effendi Rabbani (1897–1957), as his successor. The Bahá'í faith underwent a rapid expansion beginning in the 1960s, and by the late 20th century it had more than 150 national spiritual assemblies (national governing bodies) and about 20,000 local spiritual assemblies worldwide. Persecution in Iran Since the Bahá'í Faith's birth, it has faced resistance and persecution from Iran. Many Bahá'ís, including the Bab, have become martyrs or imprisoned by the Iranian government. As is often the case, the persecution has arisen from a combination of religious and social factors. Religiously, many Shi'ite Muslims regard the Bahá'í Faith as an Islamic heresy. Objectionable beliefs of the Bahá'ís include the idea that there are more prophets to come after Muhammad, that the Qur'an has been upstaged by Bahá'u'lláh's writings, that women should play an active role in society, that there is no importance of the holy war (jihad), and that clergy ar
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Who was the mythical Greek king of Thebes who killed his father so he could marry his mother?
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Oedipus | Greek mythology | Britannica.com Greek mythology Antigone Oedipus, in Greek mythology , the king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Homer related that Oedipus’s wife and mother hanged herself when the truth of their relationship became known, though Oedipus apparently continued to rule at Thebes until his death. In the post-Homeric tradition, most familiar from Sophocles ’ Oedipus Rex (or Oedipus the King) and Oedipus at Colonus, there are notable differences in emphasis and detail. Oedipus and the Sphinx, interior of an Attic red-figured … Album/Oronoz/SuperStock According to one version of the story, Laius, king of Thebes, was warned by an oracle that his son would slay him. Accordingly, when his wife, Jocasta ( Iocaste ; in Homer, Epicaste), bore a son, he had the baby exposed (a form of infanticide ) on Cithaeron . (Tradition has it that his name, which means “Swollen-Foot,” was a result of his feet having been pinned together, but modern scholars are skeptical of that etymology.) A shepherd took pity on the infant, who was adopted by King Polybus of Corinth and his wife and was brought up as their son. In early manhood Oedipus visited Delphi and upon learning that he was fated to kill his father and marry his mother, he resolved never to return to Corinth. The blind Oedipus asks Creon to banish him from Thebes. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Traveling toward Thebes, he encountered Laius, who provoked a quarrel in which Oedipus killed him. Continuing on his way, Oedipus found Thebes plagued by the Sphinx , who put a riddle to all passersby and destroyed those who could not answer. Oedipus solved the riddle, and the Sphinx killed herself. In reward, he received the throne of Thebes and the hand of the widowed queen, his mother, Jocasta. They had four children: Eteocles, Polyneices, Antigone , and Ismene. Later, when the truth became known, Jocasta committed suicide, and Oedipus (according to another version), after blinding himself, went into exile, accompanied by Antigone and Ismene, leaving his brother-in-law Creon as regent. Oedipus died at Colonus near Athens , where he was swallowed into the earth and became a guardian hero of the land. Similar Topics
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Kronos - Greek Mythology - Ancinet-Mythology.com Kronos | Greek Mythology (also Cronos, Cronus, Chronos) Kronos is the son of Ouranos and Gaea, the youngest of the Titans. Cronos overthrew his father, with the help of his mother, and became the supreme ruler of the universe. He then married Rhea, his sister, who gave birth to the great Gods. To prevent the reocurrence of his father's fate, he swallowed each of his children as they were born. However, when his last son, Zeus, was born, Rhea hid the infant on the island of Crete, and instead gave Kronos a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes. When Zeus became old enough, he challenged his father, and forced him to vomit up his siblings Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hera and Hestia. The Cyclopse, who were freed by Zeus, fashioned the famous thunderbolts and lightning for Zeus as a sign of gratitude. These weapons were instrumental in the defeat of the Titans (in a battle known as teh Titanomachy) by Zeus and his siblings. Kronos is associated with the Roman god Saturn .
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Chicago's St Valentine's Day Massacre (of seven Bugs Moran gang members by those of Al Capone) was in which year?
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THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE The legendary S-M-C Cartage Co. at 2122 North Clark Street in Chicago. For a city that is so filled with the history of crime, there has been little preservation of the landmarks that were once so important to the legend of the mob in Chicago. Gone are the landmarks like the Lexington Hotel, where Al Capone kept the fifth floor suite and used the place as his headquarters. But most tragic, at least to crime buffs, was the destruction of the warehouse that was located at 2122 North Clark Street. It was here, on Valentine's Day 1929, that the most spectacular mob hit in gangland history took place..... the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. The bloody events of February 14, 1929 began nearly five years before with the murder of Dion O’Banion, the leader of Chicago’s north side mob. At that time, control of bootleg liquor in the city raged back and forth between the North Siders, run by O’Banion, and the south side Outfit, which was controlled by Johnny Torrio and his henchman, Al Capone. In November 1924, Torrio ordered the assassination of O’Banion and started an all-out war in the city. The North Siders retaliated soon afterward and nearly killed Torrio outside of his home. This brush with death led to him leaving the city and turning over operations to Capone, who was almost killed himself in September 1926. The following month, Capone shooters assassinated Hymie Weiss, who had been running the north side mob after the death of O’Banion. His murder left the operation in the hands of George “Bugs” Moran, a long-time enemy of Capone. For the most part, Moran stood alone against the Capone mob, since most of his allies had succumbed in the fighting. He continued to taunt his powerful enemy and looked for ways to destroy him. In early 1929, Moran sided with Joe Aiello in another attack against Capone. He and Aiello reportedly gunned down Pasquillano Lolordo, one of Capone’s men, and Capone vowed that he would have him wiped out on February 14. He was living on his estate outside of Miami at the time and put in a call to Chicago. Capone had a very special “valentine” that we wanted delivered to Moran. Visit Our Sponsor & Find a variety of gangster costumes for this Halloween at Gangster Costumes . For the Complete Story of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, the Beer Wars in Chicago & Al Capone, see Troy Taylor's Dead Men Do Tell Tales Series! Dead Men Do Tell Tales Bloody Chicago Weird Chicago Al Capone Through a contact in Detroit, Capone arranged for someone to call Moran and tell him that a special shipment of hijacked whiskey was going to be delivered to one of Moran’s garages on the north side. Adam Heyer, a friend of Moran, owned the garage and it was used as a distribution point for north side liquor. A sign on the front of the building at 2122 North Clark Street read “S-M-C Cartage Co. Shipping - Packing - Long Distance Hauling”. Moran received the call at the garage on the morning of February 13 and he arranged to be there to meet the truck the next day. On the morning of February 14, a group of Moran’s men gathered at the Clark Street garage. One of the men was Johnny May, an ex-safecracker who had been hired by Moran as an auto mechanic. He was working on a truck that morning, with his dog, a German Shepherd named Highball, tied to the bumper. In addition, six other men waited for the truck of hijacked whiskey to arrive. The men were Frank and Pete Gusenberg, who were supposed to meet Moran and pick up two empty trucks to drive to Detroit and pick up smuggled Canadian whiskey; James Clark, Moran's brother-in-law; Adam Heyer; Al Weinshank; and Reinha
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Al Capone | Organized Crime Encyclopedia Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Organized Crime Encyclopedia Wiki January 17, 1899 Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Died January 25, 1947 (aged 48) Palm Island (Florida), U.S. Gender Chicago Outfit/Head of the Outfit Status Mount Carmel Cemetery, but he was originally buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chicago, Illinois Predecessor Paul Ricca "faggot." - Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), popularly known as Al Capone, was an American gangster who led a crime syndicate dedicated to the smuggling and bootlegging of liquor and other illegal activities during the Prohibition Era of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Brooklyn, New York New York, to southwest Italy emigrants Gabriele and Teresina Capone, Capone began his career in Brooklyn before moving to Chicago and becoming the boss of the criminal organization known as the Chicago Outfit (although his business card reportedly described him as a used furniture dealer). By the end of the 1920s, Capone had gained the attention of the Federal Bureau of Investigation following his being placed on the Chicago Crime Commission’s “public enemies” list. Although never successfully convicted of racketeering charges, Capone’s criminal career ended in 1931, when he was indicted and convicted by the federal government for income tax invasion. Contents Edit Capone was born to Gabriele Capone (December 12, 1864 – November 14, 1920) and his wife Teresina Raiola (December 28, 1867 – November 29, 1952) in Brooklyn, on January 17, 1899. Gabriele was a barber from Castellammare di Stabia, a town about 15 miles (24 km) south of Naples, Italy. Teresina was a seamstress and the daughter of Angelo Raiola from Angri, a town in the province of Salerno in southwestern Italy. The Capones had emigrated to the United States in 1894 and settled in the Navy Yard section of downtown Brooklyn. When Al was 14, the Capone family moved to 21 Garfield Place in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The new home was where Al met Mae Josephine Coughlin, whom he married a few years later at St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, and gangster Johnny Torrio. Gabriele and Teresina had seven sons and two daughters:Edwardo Capone (1852 – October 1, 1952), Raffaele Capone (January 12, 1894 – November 22, 1974), Salvatore Capone (January 1895 – April 1, 1924) Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), Erminio Capone (born 1901, date of death unknown), Umberto Capone (1906 – June 1980), Matthew Capone (1908 – January 31, 1967), Rose Capone (born and died 1910) and Mafalda Capone (later Mrs. John J. Maritote, January 28, 1912 – March 25, 1988). Early Criminal Days Edit Capone’s life of crime began early. As a teenager, he joined two gangs, the Brooklyn Rippers and engaged in petty crime. Capone left school in the sixth-grade at age 14, after being expelled for punching a teacher in the crotch at Public School 133. He then worked at odd jobs around Brooklyn, including in a candy store and a bowling alley. After his initial stint with small-time gangs, Capone joined the notorious Five Points Gang, headed by Frankie Yale. It was at this time he began working as a bartender and a bouncer at Yale’s establishment, the seedy Harvard Inn. It was there that Capone got the scars that gave him the nickname “Scarface”. Capone was still working for Frankie Yale and is thought to have committed at least two murders before being sent to Chicago in 1919, mainly to avoid the retribution of Bill Lovett, a violent lieutenant in the White Hand Gang, who was busy searching for Capone who had supposedly hospitalized one of his subordinates. Capone was familiar with Chicago, having been sent there previously by Yale in order to help crime boss James “Big Jim” Colosimo dispose of a troublesome group of Black Hand extortionists. Capone went to work for Colosimo’s empire under Giovanni “Johnny” Torrio, another Brooklyn native. Capone also met a man named Anthony Accetturo, who he helped in many things. Accetturo repaid him by killing Capone’s slight enemies. Accetturo wa
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Home Distillation of Alcohol (Homemade Alcohol to Drink) Absinthe There are three basic styles for making absinthe. 1. Add wormwood to a wine and distill off. Soak some wormwood in neutral spirit to colour, and add the two together. 2. Soak wormwood in some neutral alcohol 3. Adding oil extract to neutral alcohol. Of these, (1) is the traditional technique, but (2) is commonly used by "cheaper" manufacturers. Style (3) is usually shunned. Wal writes ... Pernod is Absinthe without the wormwood for legal reasons. If you want to know what it tasted once, macerate wormwood (artemisia absinthium) in the bottle. An article on Absinthe (Scientific American, June 1989, pp112-117) describes a 1855 recipe from Pontarlier, France. Here is a scaled down version you can try: Macerate 25g wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), 50g anise, and 50g fennel (all finely divided) in 950ml 85%abv in a 2l flask. (Note: no heat was specified for extraction). Add 450ml distilled water. Do a pot still distillation, collecting 950ml of distillate. Separate 400ml of the distillate, add 10g Roman wormwood (Artemisia pontica), 10g hyssop, 5g lemon balm, and macerate at 60C. Filter and reunite with the remaining 550ml and dilute to 74%abv to produce 1litre of Absinthe. Note: I think you use crushed aniseed and fennel seed, as it is the seed that has the strongest flavor. You can see that it is the anise flavor that predominates. Modern "Pernod" and "Ricard" are basically absinthes without the wormwood. They are now known as a "pastis" (regional for "melange" or mixture). As a substitute for wormwood, the modern drink uses increased amounts of aniseed. Pernod includes aniseed, fennel, hyssop, lemon balm along with lesser amounts of angelica root, star-anise, dittany, juniper, nutmeg, veronica. Different absinthe manufacturers used slightly different ingredients, sometimes using nutmeg and calamus, both of which have purported psychoactive effects. In Culpeper's 'The Complete Herbal', 1653, there is a recipe that looks like the ancestor of Absinthe and which is still relevant, unlike some of the others which include vipers, swallows, roosters and snails! I have redacted it to a 20l (5US gal) quantity. See - 'Compounds, Spirit and Compound Distilled Waters' http://www.bootlegbooks.com/NonFiction/Culpeper/Herbal/chap375.html 'Spiritus et Aqua Absynthii magis composita Or spirit and water of Wormwood, the greater composition' Absinthe (1653) 5g Cardamon 5g Cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) Macerate chopped ingredients for at least 12 hours and then distill. Add 1 cup of sugar/litre of distillate. Absinthe was originally about 60%abv, while the above 1653 recipe was intended to be a single pot distillation. ARTEMISIA ABSINTHIUM (Wormwood) Synonyms : Wormwood; Common Wormwood Definition : Artemisia Absinthium consists of the dried leaves and flowering tops of Artemisia absinthium L. (Fam. Compositae), a shrubby al herb growing in the United States and Canada. It is cultivated in N. Africa, Europe and the U.S.A. The flowering tops are collected during the late summer Artemisia Absinthium yields about 1% of volatile oil containing thujone (absinthol), thujyl alcohol and iso-valeric acid . It contains, in addition absinthin and a bitter glycoside. Jack recommends the following as very good ... In one litre of undiluted clear spirit (95%) soak for twenty days (shaking once a day) the following: 28 grams wormwood (artemisia absinthium) 28 grams aniseed 4.5 grams licorice root (cut) 1.25 grams citrus peel Just soak the above until the color you want is reached, then filter and bottle. If artemisia absinthium cannot be found, artemisia pontica (roman wormwood), tanacetum vulgare (tansy), salvia officinalis (sage), thuja occidentalis (white cedar), or artemisia vulgaris (mugwort) may also be used in it's place. This is a traditional absinthe recipe from the turn of the century. As for those worried about the medical effects- recent research has found that the old disease "absinthism" has symptoms and progression remarkably similar to
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White-Collar Moonshine - Chowhound White-Collar Moonshine By Lessley Anderson , published on Friday, March 2, 2007 / Edit Post When he gets off work, John Sherwood, 28, makes whiskey. The culinary school graduate and café manager buys a type of processed corn at a home-brewing store, ferments it with water and yeast, and runs this “mash” through a still. He barrels the resulting corn liquor to age. He’s accumulated 20 gallons that he hopes will be transformed from hootch to mellow whiskey by New Year’s Eve 2009. “I want to make a quality, higher-end whiskey—not like Jack Daniel’s ,” says Sherwood, who, like the other home distillers interviewed for this story, asked that his real name and that of the large Northern California city in which he lives not be used, for fear of federal prosecution. This moonshine still was bought legally and can be used for distilling water or essential oils. view larger image Moonshining , the criminal act of distilling your own spirits, is typically associated with hillbilly rebels from the rural South or bathtub-gin swillers from Gatsby -era Prohibition. But recently, distilling’s become the hobby du jour of urban dwellers with a geeky interest in fine food and drink. Gone are the days of using a car radiator as a condenser and a campfire as your heat source. Many of today’s yuppie moonshiners buy their stills online, and learn how to use them from friends, Web-based forums, and small-press books. And though corn liquor is still a classic, felonious foodies are experimenting with everything from brandy to absinthe. For example, in Berkeley, California, musician Allan Crown, 48, spikes his after-dinner espresso with grappa he distilled from grape seeds and skins left over from a friend’s winemaking. “We go to these conferences on distilling at Cornell University Cooperative Extension , geared towards commercial distillers and labs, but you’ll get these [moonshiners] who are dedicated, bordering on fanatical, just doing it at home. They’ll come up and want to tell me all about what they’re making,” says Ralph Erenzo, who along with co-owner Brian Lee runs craft whiskey distillery Tuthilltown Spirits , of Gardiner, New York. “They’re coming up with very interesting things.” Carl Pincher, 50, the Chicago owner of a manufacturing company, is one such tinkerer. Along with cutting-edge home gastronomic projects, like slow-cooking meat sous-vide, he makes his own Calvados, an apple brandy, using a still he created from a 32-quart pot. Taking advantage of tips on the Internet and from a friend in Alsace , France, who makes cherry schnapps (also illegally), Pincher learned how to mash fresh apples, make hard cider out of them, and distill the cider. He’s begun adding his own twist: frozen apple juice from the grocery store mixed in for more apple flavor. “I’m sure that in a few more years I’ll say, ‘I really make something nice and drinkable,’” says Pincher. “But right now I’m just dabbling.” A Wild Past Although the new breed of moonshiners is more likely to stockpile back issues of The New Yorker than firearms, they’re part of a long history of anti-government rebellion. Home distilling, illegal in most other countries (New Zealand being one exception), has had a particularly contentious history in the United States. In the early days of the republic, making whiskey was an important part of local agricultural economies, so much so that the passage of the first federal liquor tax in 1791 sparked a populist uprising. Known as the Whiskey Rebellion , it had to be put down by the National Guard. Prohibition, in place in the United States from 1920 to 1933, fueled an underground industry of moonshining, centered in the South, that violently pitted bootleggers and smugglers against the federal tax collectors, or “revenuers.” The public suffered not only from a spike in violent crime, but also from the products of unscrupulous distillers, who frequently stretched hootch with alcohol made from sawdust and other dangerous toxins. Making wine and beer at home became legal after Prohibition ended (wine immed
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The Biblical Witch of Endor: Contacting the Spirit of a Prophet | Ancient Origins 12 March, 2016 - 14:50 Natalia Klimczak The Biblical Witch of Endor: Contacting the Spirit of a Prophet (Read the article on one page) The Witch of Endor is known also as the biblical Medium of Endor. According to legend, she was a medium who apparently summoned the Prophet Samuel's spirit. She is known from the Old Testament, but became a part of other traditions too. A Legend in Ancient Books The Witch of Endor became an important legend for Judaism, Christianity, and pagan spiritual practitioners. She appears as one of the most mysterious people described in the Old Testament, in the First Book of Samuel, chapter 28:3-25. She appears also in the Jewish Book of Sirach (46:19-20). She is called in the Biblical Hebrew language אֵ֥שֶׁת בַּֽעֲלַת־אֹ֖וב בְּעֵ֥ין דֹּֽור (’êšeṯ ba‘ălaṯ-’ōḇ bə-‘Êndōr), "a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor". She is not named in the passages, but in the rabbinical tradition, she was perhaps the mother of Abner, the cousin to Saul and commander-in-chief of his army. She could also have been Sedecla, the daughter of a priest of Madian. Her name was connected with the Canaanite village Endor (or En Dor, Ein Dor), which was located in the Jezreel Valley in Lower Galilee, Israel. Saul was the legendary first king of a United Kingdom of Israel and Judah. His reign is dated to the late 11th century BC, but this is not sure. Both Saul and the Witch of Endor appear as historical persons, not just legends. Saul and the Witch of Endor by Gustave Dore. ( Public Domain ) In the Bible, when Samuel died his body was buried in Ramah, five miles north-west from Jerusalem. The new king of Israel was Saul. He looked to wisdom from God to choose a right course in his struggle with the Philistines. He wanted to solve the problem and take an action against their assembled forces. Saul didn't receive any answer from his dreams, prophets he asked, or other places. He asked all the possible necromancers and magicians who lived in Israel and around. He was looking for a person, who was a strong medium. Finally, he discovered the existence of a woman who lived in Endor. She claimed that she could see the ghost of Samuel. The Celestial Snow White – Ancient Tale, Hidden Cypher- PART I As the Bible says: Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? Saul speaking to Samuel's spirit at the Witch of Endor, 1675 by Gabriel Ehinger. ( Public Domain ) The ghost first complained of being disturbed, but with time, he started to collaborate with the Witch of Endor. He left a prophecy saying that Saul was going to perish with his army in a battle the next day. Saul was shocked, but he decided not to listen to the words of the ghost. The Witch of Endor tried to cheer him up, but perhaps hoped that he would listen to the wise ghost. Unfortunately, Saul decided to attack the enemy, and his army was defeated. After the battle, the king committed suicide. A “Ventriloquist” The story of the Witch of Endor survived through the Jews, Christians, and Pagans. Her story was celebrated in the medieval Jewish text Yalkut Shimoni , but also appeared in many Christian texts. For centuries the bishops debated about the theological reasons for the popularity of this story. The most worrying was the case of using magic by the woman. In the 2nd century BC, in the Septuagint, they described her as ''ventriloquist'', which perhaps reflected the
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Old Testament Books | CARM Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry The Old Testament has 39 books total, which consist of . . . Pentateuch - 5 books Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy Historical Books - 12 books Joshua, Judges, Ruth, First Samuel, Second Samuel, First Kings, Second Kings, First Chronicles, Second Chronicles, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther Poetic books - 5 books Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon Prophetic books - 17 books Major Prophets - Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel Minor Prophets - Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi A list of books with brief descriptions of contents. Pentateuch - 5 books Genesis - Creation, the Fall, the Flood, spread of the nations, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph. Enslavement in Egypt. Exodus - Enslavement, Moses, 10 plagues, Passover, Leave Egypt, Red Sea Crossing, Mt. Sinai and the 10 Commandments Leviticus - Instructions on sacrificial system and the priesthood. Instructions on moral purity. Numbers - Still at Mt. Sinai, people make false idol, punishment, 40-years wandering begins. Deuteronomy - Moses' discourses on God's Acts for Israel the Decalogue, the ceremonial, civil, and social Laws, and covenant ratification. Historical Books - 12 books total Joshua - First half of Joshua describes the 7-year conquest of the Land of Promise. The last half deals with partitioning the lands to the people. Judges - Time of Judges. This was a bad time period. The Israelites did not drive out all the inhabitants of Canaan and began to take part in their idolatry. 7 cycles of foreign oppression, repentance, and deliverance. In the end, the people failed to learn their lesson. Ruth - Kinsman redeemer in Boaz, redeeming Ruth, a Moabitess. Speaks of righteousness, love, and faithfulness to the Lord. The next 6 books trace the time from Samuel to the Captivity First Samuel - Samuel carries Israel from judges to King Saul Second Samuel - David as King, adultery, and murder. First Kings - Solomon, Israel is powerful. Solomon dies, then division of tribes: 10 to the north and 2 to the south. Second Kings - The Divided Kingdom. All 19 kings of Israel were bad, therefore, captivity in Assyria (722 B.C.). In Judah, 8 of 20 rulers were good but went into exile, too. First Chronicles - A recounting of the history of Israel to the time of Solomon. Second Chronicles - continued recounting of the life of Solomon, building of temple, to the captivity. History of Judah only. The Next 3 books deal with Israel's Restoration. Ezra - Cyrus let most of the Jews return to their land of Israel. Zerubbabel led the people (539 B.C.). Ezra returned later with more Jews (458 B.C.) Built the temple. Nehemiah - Building the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah got permission from the king of Persia to rebuild the walls (444 B.C.). Revival in the land. Esther - Took place during chapters 6 and 7 of Ezra. Mordecai. Plot to kill the Jewish people. Poetical - 5 books Job - a righteous man tested by God. Deals with God's sovereignty. Psalms - Consists of 5 divisions. Worship in song. Large variety of subjects. Proverbs - Practical wisdom in everyday affairs. Ecclesiastes - All is vanity. The wisdom of man is futility. Song of Solomon - A song (between Solomon and his Shulammite bride) displaying the love between a man and a woman. Prophetical - 17 books Major Prophets - 5 books Isaiah - Looks at the sin of Judah and proclaims God's judgment. Hezekiah. Coming restoration and blessing. Jeremiah - Called by God to proclaim the news of judgment to Judah, which came. God establishes a New Covenant. Lamentations - 5 lament poems. Description of defeat and fall of Jerusalem. Ezekiel - He ministered to the Jews in Captivity in Babylon. Description of the end of times. Daniel - Many visions of the future for the Gentiles and the Jews. Minor Prophets - 12 books Hosea - Story of Hosea and his unfaithful wife, Gomer. Represents God's love and faithfulness and Israel's spiritual adultery. Israel will be judged and restored. Joel - Proclaims
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Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Greek+alphabet Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language alpha - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet beta - the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet gamma - the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet delta - the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet epsilon - the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet zeta - the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet theta - the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet iota - the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet kappa - the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet lambda - the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet mu - the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet nu - the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet xi - the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet omicron - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet pi - the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet rho - the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet sigma - the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet tau - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet upsilon - the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet khi , chi - the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet psi - the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet omega - the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet Translations
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NATO phonetic alphabet | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Not to be confused with International Phonetic Alphabet . FAA radiotelephony alphabet and Morse code chart The NATO phonetic alphabet, more accurately known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet and also called the ICAO phonetic or ICAO spelling alphabet, as well as the ITU phonetic alphabet, is the most widely used spelling alphabet. Although often called "phonetic alphabets", spelling alphabets do not have any association with phonetic transcription systems, such as the International Phonetic Alphabet . Instead, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) alphabet assigned code words acrophonically to the letters of the English alphabet so that critical combinations of letters and numbers can be pronounced and understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone regardless of their native language or the presence of transmission static. The 26 code words in the NATO phonetic alphabet are assigned to the 26 letters of the English alphabet in alphabetical order as follows: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. Some of the 26 words have altered pronunciations: Charlie can be either "char-lee" or "shar-lee", and Uniform is either "you-nee-form" or "oo-nee-form", neither of which is the English pronunciation of the word. Oscar is pronounced "oss-cah" and Victor as "vik-tah" without the 'r', even by people who would normally pronounce it. Papa is pronounced "Pa-PAH" with the accent on the second syllable instead of the first. The code word Quebec is pronounced as French "keh-beck". The ICAO and FAA use the standard number words of English (zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine) with four altered pronunciations (tree, fower, fife, niner), whereas the ITU and IMO use ten code words for numbers (nadazero, unaone, bissotwo, terrathree, kartefour, pantafive, soxisix, setteseven, octoeight, novenine). Contents Edit After the phonetic alphabet was developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) (see history below) it was adopted by many other international and national organizations, including the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS), and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). It is a subset of the much older International Code of Signals (INTERCO), which originally included visual signals by flags or flashing light, sound signals by whistle, siren, foghorn, or bell, as well as one, two, or three letter codes for many phrases. [1] The same alphabetic code words are used by all agencies, but each agency chooses one of two different sets of numeric code words. NATO uses the regular English numeric words (Zero, One, with some alternative pronunciations), whereas the IMO provides for compound numeric words (Nadazero, Unaone, Bissotwo...). In practice these are used very rarely, as they frequently result in confusion between speakers of different languages. NATO Edit A common name for this spelling alphabet, "NATO phonetic alphabet," exists because it appears in Allied Tactical Publication ATP-1, Volume II: Allied Maritime Signal and Maneuvering Book used by all allied navies of NATO, which adopted a modified form of the International Code of Signals. Because the latter allows messages to be spelled via flags or Morse code , it naturally named the code words used to spell out messages by voice its "phonetic alphabet". The name NATO phonetic alphabet became widespread because the signals used to facilitate the naval communications and tactics of NATO have become global. [2] However, ATP-1 is marked NATO Confidential (or the lower NATO Restricted) so it is not available publicly. Nevertheless, a NATO unclassified ve
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New Native Nation Technology New Native Nation Technology Stuck in someone else's frames? break free! This project is open-ended and will be added to as new info comes by. (Warning: this is going to look pretty ugly after awhile. Please just grit your teeth and keep on reading it anyway.) Ancient Native Americans, Modern Technology Who Were The Founders of The Technological Era? By Shelley Garrett Smith Text Color Code: black = January, 2007; maroon = February,2007; purple = March,2007; green = April, 2007 ; brown = May, 2007; blue = June, 2007; grey = July, 2007; khaki = August, 2007 ; teal = September, 2007 ; ;dark green = October I was taught in grade school that Native Americans were hopelessly stupid and typically alcoholic yet my Native American father had a college degree and rarely touched alcoholic beverages. Thirty years later my children were taught that Native Americans were simple but noble savages with nothing to offer the modern world but mystical spirituality and pretty beadwork. Something was wrong with the information teachers were getting, but over the years I assumed they would correct that. Just recently (2007) there was a discussion on a forum in which it was assumed that Europeans invented the modern world and all its technology and that Native American technology had been stone age primitive and 4 thousand years behind that of the European invaders. People were still misinformed about Native Americans, so I set about here to correct some of those misconceptions. Modern technology developed from scientific discoveries all over the world and continues to advance as communication between people everywhere improves. Author and college instructor Kay Porterfield said, "A case can be made that contact with American Indians actually served as one of the catalysts for the Scientific Revolution in Europe." It was certainly more a meeting of equals than has long been taught in American schools, and much of Native American technology was superior to that of Europe in the 1400s and 1500s. These are some of the contributions, accomplishments, and inventions of Native America. Genetic Engineering: -By the time Columbus landed, North, Meso-, and South American natives had developed at least 3,000 varieties of potatoes to suit a number of climates and had domesticated at least 300 grasses. In contrast, European interest in plant genetics remained indifferent until the 20th century. Non-Indians in the Americas have not discovered one important plant that was not first discovered and developed by native peoples. -Corn does not exist in the wild and cannot survive without human care. It was engineered from a wild grass called teosinte 7 thousand years ago. Corn yields more grain per acre than any other cereal. (Other grains, such as wheat and barley, are slightly modified versions of wild plants that do exist in fully usable form in the wild and were first domesticated in 6,000 BC in Sumer, a country in what is now Iraq.) Urban Development/Planning: First people in the world to have mandatory education were those living in Tenochtitlan. The road systems of the ancient Andeans were more sophisticated than those of Rome. The grid pattern for urban planning originated with American Indians. Pre-contact Calusa at Key Mound in Florida constructed urban areas on manmade islands. -New World cities first appeared in Peru in 3000 BC (Old World cities first appeared in Sumer in 4000 BC) -The Aztec capital, with a population of 250,000, was larger than any city of continental Europe at the time of contact. Cahokia had 20,000 residents at about the year 1200, larger than the City of London at that time. -The Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, had running water, and botanical gardens unlike any capital in Europe. There was an organized force of a thousand public works employees that kept the crowded streets immaculate. (Conquistadors had never heard of city streets that weren't ankle-deep in sewage.) Architecture: -The Wampanoag traditional wetu (a type of dome home), made of cedar saplings covered with bark, works like a convec
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: May 2008 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Wednesday, May 28, 2008 THE FINAL FOR THE CUP 1 Which American poet wrote the lines Candy/ Is dandy/ But liquor/ Is quicker and later added the lines Pot/ Is not? Ogden Nash (Original from 1931, the last lines added by Nash in 1968) 2 Which archipelagic nation consists of over 7,000 islands, the largest of which are Luzon and Mindanao? The Philippines (7,107 islands to be precise) 3 Which London theatre has the same name as a silvery white metal with atomic number 46? Palladium 4 Which murderer used the false name John Robinson whilst trying to escape to Quebec on the SS Montrose with his mistress? Dr Crippen (After the murder of his wife Cora) 5 What is the name of the MP for Crewe and Nantwich who died in April 2008? Gwyneth Dunwoody 6 Complete the Monopoly set – Piccadilly, Coventry Street and...? Leicester Square 7 Which major New York street intersects with Broadway at Times Square? 42nd Street 8 Which composer is buried adjacent to the organ in Westminster Abbey? Henry Purcell 9 If you were reading a book published by Fodor’s, what would the subject be? Travel (World’s largest English language publisher of travel / tourism info) 10 Two famous people met at Ujiji near the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania on the 10th of November 1871. Name either. Sir Henry Morton Stanley or Dr David Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume..?”) 11 Which office, currently held by Martin Rees, has also been held by John Flamsteed and Edmond Halley? Astronomer Royal (Flamsteed was the first in 1675 and was followed by Halley) 12 What is the name of the ship’s Captain who is the subject of Herman Wouk’s novel (and later film) The Caine Mutiny? Captain Queeg 13 At the end of which famous race is the slowest finisher awarded the title Lanterne Rouge or Red Lantern? The Tour de France (It refers to the red lights on the last carriage of a train which indicate that no wagon has been lost). 14 In Norse mythology, who or what is Yggdrasil? The Tree of the World, a great Ash tree that connects the Norse cosmos together. (Tree is what we are after…) 15 Which American singer, known as the “Cry Guy” or the “Nabob of Sob”, had a Number 1 UK hit with Just Walking in the Rain in 1956? Johnnie Ray 16 Which American artist, whose most famous works were numbered rather than named, died at the age of 44 when he crashed his car whilst drunk in New York in 1956? Jackson Pollock 17 What is the name of the strait between India and Sri Lanka? The Palk Strait 18 What word is used to describe a person who dies without having made a will? Intestate (Do not accept “Dead”!) 19 What name is given to a series of pictures apparently made by random ink blots which is used as a means of psychological testing? The Rorschach Test 20 The novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair was the inspiration for a successful 2007 film featuring a leading character called Daniel Plainview. What is the film’s title? There Will Be Blood (Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Plainview) 21 Which Pope died in 1978 only 33 days after being elected? John Paul I (the first) 22 Which game bird found extensively in Scotland is known as the Snow Grouse? The Ptarmigan 23 Which English Football League team has been managed by Trevor Francis, David Pleat and Ron Atkinson? Sheffield Wednesday 24 When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, who stayed up in space? Michael Collins (Command Module Pilot of Apollo 11) 25 Refreshment Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Lent. By what name is it more commonly known? Mothering Sunday (Or Mother’s Day, of course…) 26 William Webb Ellis won a much prized blue for Oxford University at which sport? Cricket (Played v Cambridge in 1827) 27 In Greek mythology, Leto is the mother of twins by Zeus. Name either of them. Apollo or Artemis 28 In which Shakespeare play is Viola the heroine? Twelfth Night 29 Leona Lewis has recently topped the US charts with her single Bleeding Love.
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"What does the Indian word ""raja"" mean in English?"
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What does raja mean? type genus of the family Rajidae Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: raja(Noun) Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Raja(noun) Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Raja Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna. The female form, the word for "queen", mainly used for a raja's wife, is rani, from Sanskrit राज्ञी rājñī, or ratu, dato, datuk, or datu in Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, being attested from the Rigveda, where a rājan- is a ruler, see for example the, the "battle of ten kings". The numerical value of raja in Chaldean Numerology is: 5 Pythagorean Numerology
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On This Day halfaperson wrote: Quote: 1986 The 'Hand of God' football match. England were beaten 2-1 by Argentina in the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Mexico. Both Argentine goals were scored by Diego Maradona - the first with the deliberate use of his hand which went unseen by the referee. It was the first match between the two countries since the Falklands War in 1982. Cheating bastard - I don't care how good a player he was, he'll always be remember for being a cheat. Chuff me that was 22 years ago and it seems like last year. That was a sunday night as well wasnt it? Remember it clear as a bell. Actually watched it in a pub that is now my local. Absolutely fuming. Then he goes and scores that brilliant goal. I know he was a cheating pillock ravey but hes still one of the greates players ever. Ive read a couple of books, one by him (ghost written) and one by a an English fella. He sounds an utter shyster to boot. Even in his own words he comes across as a jumped up self important tosser who his own team mates generally despised. Aye, 22 years ago - what a pair of old gits we are. And to think there are people at work who weren't even born then who think they can tell me what to do... Not denying he was a great player, just saying that despite that he'll be remembered as a cheat. A cocaine snorting cheat as well!! raveydavey June 23rd: 1683 William Penn, the English Quaker, signed a treaty with the Indian chiefs of the Lenni Lenade Tribe in an attempt to ensure peace in his new American colony, Pennsylvania. 1757 British troops, commanded by Robert Clive (the legendary Clive of India), won the Battle of Plassey in Bengal - laying the foundations of the British Empire in India. 1894 Birth of Edward, Duke of Windsor who was King Edward VIII from 20th January to 10th December 1936 before abdicating to marry twice-divorced Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson. 1916: Sir Len Hutton, one of the all-time great England cricketers, was born. He was the first professional captain of the England Test side and his innings of 364 against Australia at The Oval in 1938 stood as a Test record for nearly 20 years. He died in 1990 aged 74. 1939 The Government of Eire declared membership of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) to be illegal. 1940 The BBC�s Music While You Work programme was first broadcast on radio to brighten up the lives of munitions workers doing boring factory jobs. 1951 Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, missing diplomats, fled to the USSR as Russian spies before the British authorities had the opportunity to arrest them for spying. They 'surfaced' in Moscow in 1956. 1970 The world�s first all-metal liner, Brunel�s 'Great Britain' returned to Bristol from the Falkland Islands where it had lain rusting since 1886. How well engineered is that? Left rusting for nearly 100 years and still in good enough condition to be towed nearly the full length of the Atlantic! Brunel was a bloody genius. More here: http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/Home.aspx 1985 A passenger jet disintegrated in mid-air off the coast of Ireland, killing all 329 people on board. 1986 Brighton bomber Patrick Magee, found guilty of planting the bomb at the Grand Hotel, Brighton during the Conservative Party Conference in 1983, was jailed for a minimum of 35 years. 1989 The Home secretary announced that the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad had been disbanded in the wake of allegations of malpractice. 1994 It was announced that the Royal Yacht Britannia would be sold or scrapped. 1997 Diana, Princess of Wales apologized for taking her two sons, Princes William and Harry, to see the 15 certificated film The Devil's Own, about an IRA assassin. raveydavey June 24th: 1314 Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II at Bannockburn and so completed his expulsion of the English from Scotland. 1509 Henry VIII's coronation took place. 1559 The Elizabethan Prayer Book was first used. 1717 The Grand Lodge of the English Freemasons was founded in London. 1825 William Henry Smith, English newsagent and bookseller, born. 1850 The birth of Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener, British fiel
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Kid80s.com: Cabbage Patch Kids with Hands That Hold Commercial from the 80s - YouTube Kid80s.com: Cabbage Patch Kids with Hands That Hold Commercial from the 80s Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 24, 2014 Cabbage Patch Kids are a line of dolls created by American art student Xavier Roberts in 1978. It was originally called "Little People". The original dolls were all cloth and sold at local craft shows, then later at Babyland General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia. The doll brand went on to become one of the most popular toy fads of the 1980s and one of the longest-running doll franchises in America. Category
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Quiz Link 4 1. Who founded the Tamla Motown record label? Berry Gordy 2. What folksy British singer-songwriting guitarist was famous also for his whistling? Roger Whittaker 3. What was Hugo Montenegro's instrumental hit, composed by Ennio Morricone for the film of the same name? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 4. Tom Parker managed which huge star? Elvis Presley 5. Who won (barefoot) the British Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on String? Sandie Shaw 6. Who originally fronted Herman's Hermits? Peter Noone 7. Which jazz singer, whose career actually spanned the 1930s-90s, was known as the First Lady of Song? Ella Fitzgerald 8. Which singer played Alfie's girlfriend Siddie in the 1966 film? Millicent Martin 9. What name was given to the 1950-60s mainstream country music style of artists including Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Jim Reeves, and Charlie Rich? Nashville Sound 10.What Canadian-born teen idol of the 1950s-60s wrote the lyrics to Sinatra's song My Way? Paul Anka 11.Which harmonica-paying frontman of Manfred Man sang on their early hits and later became a successful radio presenter? Paul Jones 12.What group became famous in the 1960s for their parody impressions of other hit songs? The Barron Knights 13.Peter Potter in the USA and David Jacobs in the UK presented which pop music TV show? Juke Box Jury 14.What was the 1962 space-age instrumental hit by the Tornados? Telstar 15.Who wrote and sang the novelty hit Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, about Camp Granada? Allan Sherman ~
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Late Formula One racing drive Roland Ratzenberger was born in which country?
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From the Vault: the tragic death of F1 driver Roland Ratzenberger in 1994 | Sport | The Guardian From the Vault From the Vault: the tragic death of F1 driver Roland Ratzenberger in 1994 The 33-year-old was killed during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix on 30 April 1994, the day before Ayrton Senna died Roland Ratzenberger preparing for his Formula One debut on 17 April 1994 in Japan. He finished 11th in what would be his only Grand Prix start. Photograph: Sutton Images/Corbis Thursday 1 May 2014 10.13 EDT First published on Thursday 1 May 2014 10.13 EDT Share on Messenger Close On the morning of the San Marino Grand Prix on 1 May 1994, Ayrton Senna placed an Austrian flag in his racing car. The great Brazilian champion had planned to wave the flag as he passed the finishing line in victory. Senna wanted to share the moment of triumph with his fellow driver, Roland Ratzenberger, the young Austrian who died on the Imola track the day before. Senna never made it to the chequered flag. Like Ratzenberger, a Formula One novice who crashed and died while trying to qualify for only his second Grand Prix, Senna's life was cut short on that fateful weekend in the spring of 1994. Yesterday we published a collection of tributes to Senna , and today we want to remember Ratzenberger by republishing the three articles below: the report filed from Imola on the day of his death, an interview with Simtek founder Nick Wirth from July 1994, and Frank Keating's observations from the San Marino Grand Prix of 1995. Motor racing driver Roland Ratzenberger dies at 200mph Maurice Hamilton reported for the Observer on the death of Roland Ratzenberger, who died on 30 April 1994 during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix at the Imola track. Grand Prix racing is dangerous enough without the swirling emotion which gathered strength here yesterday afternoon following the news that Roland Ratzenberger had succumbed to injuries he received when he crashed during practice for today's San Marino Grand Prix. The first fatal accident for 12 years involving a grand prix driver initially brought with it a stunned reaction, intensified by the spectacular incident on Friday when the Brazilian Rubens Barrichello emerged with comparatively minor injuries after losing control of his Jordan and crashing at more than 120mph. Both incidents heightened an awareness of the sport's inherent dangers, masked in recent years by massive strides in technology and on-board safety, but now exposed by the violence of Ratzenberger 's collision as his Simtek struck a concrete retaining wall at close to 200mph. Once the initial shock had subsided in the paddock, the search for a scapegoat embraced a range of issues with the same misinformed reasoning which frequently accompanies the death of a boxer in the ring. The claim that the cars are too fast and too dangerous had a simplistic and familiar ring to it, but beneath such an emotional response lay genuine concern raised by the apparent cause of Ratzenberger 's crash. The 31-year-old Austrian, attempting to qualify for only his second grand prix, was accelerating hard in sixth gear when part of the car – believed to be a nose wing – became detached. Whether or not he had partly dislodged the wing against a kerb earlier in the lap may never be known, but the effect of its absence was an indictment of the latest technology, which relies heavily on downforce – the effect of air passing over the car and its aerodynamic appendages. Without one or both of the nose wings, a car becomes virtually undrivable and refuses to respond as the driver turns the steering wheel. Whatever the precise cause of Ratzenberger 's problem, the Simtek failed to take a right-hand curve which, under normal circumstances, would not present a problem, the car being forced on to the track by between two and three tons of aerodynamic load. Ratzenberger was helpless as the car slammed into the wall, the wreckage travelling 300 yards to Tosa corner. It is believed that, despite desperate attempts by the medical team to revive Ratzenberger, the initial
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From Sergey Zlobin to Sochi - Russia’s route to the F1 grid From Sergey Zlobin to Sochi - Russia’s route to the F1 grid Share Recent years have seen a rapid rise in Formula One interest in Russia, with the debut - and growing success - of both teams and drivers from the country. Proof of that interest was realised in Sochi last season with the very first Grand Prix on Russian soil. On the eve of this year’s race, we chart the milestone’s that paved the way… September 2002 - Zlobin first in at Minardi Info Close Hard to believe, but before little known racer Sergey Zlobin climbed aboard a Minardi PS01 in Fiorano testing in September 2002, no Russian had ever driven an F1 car in anger. Zlobin, now 45 and racing successfully in the World Endurance Series, took part in four further tests with the Italian team, but sadly a deal to make him Russia’s first F1 driver never came off. March 2006 - MF1 race into the history books Info Close After 15 seasons, the Jordan team name disappeared for good in 2006 following a takeover by Russian-born businessman Alex Shnaider and his Midland Group. Christened MF1 Racing in deference to their new owners, the Silverstone-based squad thus became the first Russian-registered F1 team, making their debut in Bahrain with Tiago Montiero and Christijan Albers at the wheel. March 2010 - the new Russian premier Info Close The next wave of Russian F1 interest was sparked by Vitaly Petrov, who in 2010 - some 60 years after the first world championship race - became the first man from his country to start a Grand Prix. Driving for Renault, the GP2 graduate qualified 17th on his Bahrain debut, before making an early exit with suspension issues. April 2010 - Vyborg Rocket races into the points Info Close Four races into his maiden season and Petrov became the first Russian to score F1 points when he came home seventh in China after late passes on Michael Schumacher and Mark Webber. It would be the first of five top-ten finishes for the man dubbed the ‘Vyborg Rocket’ in a solid rookie campaign. May 2010 - Petrov tames Turkey Info Close Three races after securing his first points, Petrov notched up another milestone as he captured the first (and only) fastest lap of his F1 career at Turkey’s testing Istanbul Park. More than five years later, it remains the only one recorded by a Russian driver. October 2010 - Sochi calling Info Close Hot on the heels of Petrov’s success, a deal was signed between Russian promoters and the Formula One group to stage the country’s first ever Grand Prix. The venue selected? The Black Sea resort of Sochi, host city of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. March 2011 - Petrov podium the perfect medicine Info Close Petrov’s second F1 season got off to a bang as he captured his - and his country’s - first top-three finish with a hugely impressive drive to third place in Australia. With his Renault team still reeling from Robert Kubica’s horrific pre-season rally crash, the result also provided a major morale boost. March 2012 - Marussia make their mark… Having acquired a significant stake in Virgin Racing at the tail end of 2010, Russian sportscar manufacturer Marussia fully rebranded the squad for 2012, thus becoming history’s second Russian-registered F1 team when they took the grid in Australia. November 2013 - a new star on the scene Info Close Petrov departed F1 racing at the end of 2012, but Russia didn’t have to wait long for a new hero. Fresh from sealing the 2013 GP3 crown - and a Toro Rosso race seat for the following year - 19-year-old Daniil Kvyat made his Grand Prix weekend debut in the United States, taking part in FP1 in place of Jean-Eric Vergne. March 2014 - Kvyat proves a teen sensation Info Close Not content with being among the youngest F1 racers in history, at the 2014 Australian Grand Prix Kvyat - still 19 - became its youngest ever points-scorer after bringing his Toro Rosso home in a creditable ninth place. The Russian’s record has since been claimed by another of Toro Rosso’s rapid rookies, current driver Max Verstappen. May 2014 - Bianchi hits Monaco jackpot
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Pamplona Spain Travel Guide and Tourist Information | Spanish Fiestas Tweet The city of Pamplona in northern Spain is the capital of the autonomous region of Navarra. It is a historic destination best known for its bullrunning festival which takes place every July. It is also the first Spanish city on the French Way of the Camino de Santiago pilgrim’s route which runs from St Jean Pied de Port in France via Roncesvalles in the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostela in Galicia. The city became famous for many people thanks to the writings of Ernest Hemingway whose 1926 novel ‘The Sun Also Rises’ described his time at the the San Fermin fiestas. PAMPLONA TRAVEL GUIDE – CONTENTS: You can search for a full selection of Pamplona Hotels at Booking.com . Budget Hostels: There’s an impressive range of accommodation in and around the Casco Antiguo including a number of budget options. below are listed a few recommendations but do bear in mind that advance bookings are essential if you plan on visiting during the fiestas: Hostel Hemingway (C/ de Amaya, 26): This friendly hostel is located in the heart of Pamplona. It has a selection of small dormitories, a shared kitchen and public areas. Aloha Hostel (C/ de Sangüesa, 2-1º): This centrally located property has a selection of dormitory rooms and a shared outdoor area which is popular with guests. Hostel Casa Ibarrola (C/ Carmen, 31): This is a popular option amongst budget travellers where you sleep in Japanese-style bunks. Clean and comfortable. For a full range of budget accommodation including hostels with private rooms take a look at Pamplona Hostels at Booking.com . Apartments: If you’re interested in renting a self-catering apartment for your stay then take a look at the Airbnb.com website where individual owners rent out rooms or their full property. There are over 400 places currently on offer in Pamplona with prices rocketing during the San Fermín fiestas. Camping: Open all year round, the excellent Camping Ezcaba is just 7km from the city. The place is pretty hectic during the fiestas when pre-booking is essential but for much of the rest of the time it’s a relaxing place from which to discover the region. Main Tourist Attractions Whilst the city of Pamplona is synonymous worldwide with its bull-running festival there are plenty more reasons to pay it a visit. Here are some of the main sights: Casco Viejo: The Old Town of Pamplona was once protected on all sides by the ancient city walls. Today it is the historic centre where you will spend most of your time as it is home to the majority of Pamplona’s main tourist attractions including the Cathedral (Catedral de Santa María la Real), Castle Square (Plaza del Castillo), the Town Hall (Casa Consistorial) and Calle Estafeta which is the main street which the bulls run along during the San Fermin fiestas. In addition the Old Town is packed with traditional bars and restaurants. Bandstand in Plaza del Castillo – Photo Credit: CC Mario Sánchez Prada Pamplona Cathedral : The city’s most important religious building is its 14th century Gothic Cathedral which took 130 years to build. It is officially known as La Catedral de Santa María la Real de Pamplona. As well as serving as a functioning Cathedral it houses a vast collection of art and historical artefacts. It is also home to the mausoleum of King Charles III (Carlos III) who as King of Navarre married Eleanor of Castile in 1375 to end conflict with Castile. He is also important in the city’s history for unifying its boroughs in 1423 after centuries of strife between them. The crypt beneath the Cathedral holds the remains of all the Kings of Navarre since 1134 but isn’t open to visitors. The Cathedral’s Museum of Religious Art (Museo Catedralicio Diocesano de Pamplona) at the entrance to the Cathedral is one of the city’s most important museums and is well worth a visit. Plaza del Castillo: Over the centuries this historic square has served as the city’s civic centre, hosting all kinds of celebrations, markets and even bullfights. Today it continues this role as the beating hear
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The Red Bulletin_1209_UK by Red Bull Media House - issuu issuu Orlando Duque / Flying Lotus / Grizzly Bear / Ger Hartmann / Torey Pudwill / Kristen Stewart / Vampire Weekend a beyond the ordinary magazine September 2012 British cycling‘s maverick genius Storm surfers Chasing the world‘s wildest waves Future M u s ic music grind e New YorkLockha it inJessethBoykins to mingakNickeHook, How (featur rt) and Tiombe E xc v i d e lu s i v e o s on F r e e ou r Tabl e t Ap p THE WORLD OF RED BULL September HOMEMADE FOR SPEED ‘Flying Scotsman’ Graeme Obree is using both pedal and brain power to set new bike records 60 RED BULL STRATOS An update on the mission to dive from the edge of space, by man-in-the-suit, Felix Baumgartner KRISTEN STEWART Inside the mind of the Twilight star, Hollywood’s best-paid actress WELCOME COVER PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKO LIM. PHOTOGRAPHY: PAUL CALVER, GETTY IMAGES, GIAN PAUL LOZZA/RED BULL STRATOS, PALANI MOHAN 06 18 From the heights of kites in Bali to the depths of Galway Bay, via the world’s deadliest waves and the world’s most recorded musician, The Red Bulletin ranges far and wide this month. There’s music from Flying Lotus, Mathew Halsall, La Galaxie and John Cale – but so there should be. Those guys are pros. What about the rookies trying to break New York City’s music scene? Three fledgling stars reveal how far you can get on self-belief and tips. Also doing things his own way is Graeme Obree, builder of bicycles that could make him the fastest man on two (pedalled) wheels. Speaking of fast, how can you travel 28m in three seconds? By taking part in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. We’ve got the full story of the tour’s Ireland stop. Enjoy the issue. “ We built a kite that needed 75 people to fly it. It was too big ” 24 SPIRITS IN THE WIND The Bali Kite festival is among the world’s most spectacular displays of craft and tradition, and the scene of great battles between rival kite gangs THE WORLD OF RED BULL September 52 48 86 HEALING HANDS He’s the ‘go-to guy’ for athletes teetering on career breakdown: physio-guru-magician Gerard ‘Ger’ Hartmann TOUGH BREAKS Californian street skater Torey Pudwill on how to recover after a double-hard inury 74 BERNARD PURDIE This drummer sticks out: aged 73, he’s worked on about 4,000 albums over the course of a remarkable 50-year career 40 “ We know everyone thinks we’re mad ” STORM SURFERS A team of weather scientists, moviemakers and surfers scour the world for the stormiest surfing conditions, to shoot big-wave films in near-lethal waters 08 Gallery: the images of the month 14 Bullevard: sport and culture on the quick 22 Hero: Matthew Halsall, man of jazz 20 Kit Evolution: mountain bikes 23 Lucky Numbers: Ryder Cup PHOTOGRAPHY: MIKO LIM, PATRICK BOLGER, ATIBA JEFFERSON/RED BULL CONTENT POOL, PHILIPP HORAK, ROD OWEN EMPIRE STATE OF MIND How to crack the New York music scene, from those who know how tough it can be, including Azealia Banks’s producer THE WORLD OF RED BULL “ I want people to listen to my music in their cars ” 82 LOST IN MUSIC IN NEW ORLEANS Local DJ Brice Nice gives the low-down on where to go in the Crescent City for hip-hop, cabaret, drag bingo and naked karaoke Flying Lotus 36 MASTER OF INVENTION He has been likened to Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix, but LA beatmaker Flying Lotus likens himself to Bugs Bunny. What’s up with that? 76 MAXIMUM AIRPLAY Thomas Herzig is the Pneumatic Architect, building castles full of sky – his trademark inflatable ‘pneumocell’ creations fuse Gothic master building techinques with modern construction technology PHOTOGRAPHY: THOMAS BUTLER, GETTY IMAGES, DANIEL GEBHART DE KOEKKOEK, GREG FUNNELL more MIND’S EYE Worldly goings-on Events for the diary Our cartoonist Dublin’s Le Galaxie Columnist Stephen are bent on bringing Bayley says the old key-sounds pursuit of luxury back to the future leads to vulgarity 90 NIGHTLIFE A glamorous club, an exotic cocktail, a midnight snack, the best in music and much, much more: everything you need to get you through the night RED BULL STRATOS “Now we need to keep cool” Felix Baum
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The ‘Shining Path’ is another name for the Communist Party of which South American country?
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Shining Path - History | CRIJ4347A and PSMG4347A Course Blog CRIJ4347A and PSMG4347A Course Blog North America Shining Path – History The Shining Path is a communist guerilla insurgent group located in the South American country of Peru. The group was formed by Abimael Guzman, known to Shining Path members as Presidente Gonzalo, in the late 1960’s based upon a Marxist Ideology. Guzman was a philosophy professor at San Cristobal of Huamanga University where he attracted and recruited many like-minded individuals to his cause. The group name, Shining Path, comes from a quote by Jose Carlos Mariategui who founded Peru’s first communist party in the 1920s; “El Marxismo-Leninismo abrirá el sendero luminoso hacia la revolución” which translates to “Marxism-Leninism will open the shining path to revolution.” The Shining Path group is recognized as a terroris organization by the United States, Canada, the EU, and the Peruvian Government. Shining Path propaganda poster In the late 1970’s the Shining Path group established a military school in order to instruct individuals in military tactics and the use of weapons. In May of 1980, Shining Path launched its campaign to overthrow the Peruvian government and establish a communist revolutionary command. Their first attack was burning ballot boxes for the upcoming presidential election in the town of Chuschi. Throughout the early 1980’s, Shining Path conducted itself in the rural highlands of the Andes mountain regions in the central-south areas of the country. Because of the lack of government presence in these areas, Shining Path was able to operate with little resistance. Shining Path gained much support in these impoverished areas as they were able to fill a political void left by the weak, central government. Shining Path gained control using violence and intimidation tactics, but were also able to gain sympathy by empowering the peasant populations. At the height of its insurgency, Shining Path had between 10,000 – 15,000 members. Shining Path areas of activity In order to fund their operations, Shining Path, like most other terrorist groups in South America, established cocaine processing plants and was involved in drug trafficking operations as well as kidnapping for ransoms, and taxing businesses in the areas in which they operated.
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Which planet has been the focus of investigations for signs of life?
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Life on Other Planets - Universe Today Universe Today by Abby Cessna [/caption] For centuries, men have pondered the possibility of life on other planets and tried to prove its existence. Even before the first shuttle or probe was launched, stories of life on other planets and life invading our own planet, were published prolifically. Whether it’s a desire to connect with others or a burning curiosity to know whether we are truly alone, the question of life on other planets fascinates people from every walk of life. An article on extraterrestrial life would not be complete without discussing Mars. Mars has been the biggest focus of the ongoing search for life on other planets for decades. This is not just a wild assumption or fancy; there are several reasons why scientists consider Mars the best place to look for extraterrestrial life. One reason why many people, including scientists, look to Mars as a possible source of life is because they believe there may be water on the planet. Since the telescope was first invented, astronomers have been able to see the channels in the terrain that look like canals or canyons. Finding water on a planet is vitally important to proving that life exists there because it acts as a solvent in chemical reactions for carbon-based life. Another reason astronomers consider Mars as a likely location for life is because there is a good possibility that Mars is in the habitable zone. The habitable zone is a theoretical band of space a certain distance from the Sun in which conditions are optimal for the existence of carbon-based life. Unsurprisingly, Earth is in the middle of the habitable zone. Although astronomers do not know how far this zone could extend, some think that Mars could be in it. Most astronomers are looking for life that is carbon-based and similar to life on Earth. For instance, the habitable zone only applies to favorable conditions for supporting carbon-based life, and it is definitely possible for forms of life that do not need water to exist. Astronomers do not limit themselves to our Solar System either, suggesting that we should look at different solar systems. Scientists are planning to use interferometry–an investigative technique that implements lasers, which is used in astronomy as well as other fields– to find planets in the habitable zones of other solar systems. Astronomers believe that there are hundreds of solar systems and thousands of planets, which means that statistically the odds are favorable for finding another planet that supports life. While NASA develops better probes, the search for life continues. There are a number of sites with more information including life on other planets from Groninger Kapteyn Institute astronomy students and NASA predicts non-green plants on other planets from NASA.
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Skyscript: Heavenly Imprints: Development of the Zodiac Development of the Zodiac and the early origins of Aries & Taurus by Deborah Houlding Most attempts to explain the symbolic origin of zodiac constellation figures do so by reference to classical mythology. This has created a clouded veneer for anyone wishing to take their origin to its primitive root or ask why a certain creature, to the exclusion of all others, should be honoured in the stars; why in that place, why at that time? Mankind creates its environment with a purpose and stamps its achievements in the monuments set on Earth and the symbolic imprints left in heaven. What great victory or cultural advances were being celebrated through the naming of the constellations that lay in the belt of prime importance? It is not enough to know that Aries pays tribute to the ram because rams were symbols of the Sun, or that Taurus reveres the bull because bulls were symbols of fertility, when the questions of what is sun-like about a ram, or so fertile about a bull go unanswered. The classical constellation myths are rich and exciting, full of drama, and whisper archetypal truths on human experience. It cannot be denied that they have left an indelible mark upon astrological meaning, but they are for the most part extensions or adaptations of a deeper vein, which courses through them, obscured and inconspicuous. Unveiling the underlying foundation has become a difficult task, not least because their period of evolution stretches back into prehistory: there is no direct route to follow; currently, no authority to lean on, only clues and suggestions that must be pieced together like the scattered remnants of an archaeological find. But within this area of astrological pre-history, so void of academic interest, there are amazing treasures to be restored. Unearthing the origin of the zodiac reveals secrets that are not only pertinent to the history of astrology, but reflect upon religious beliefs and cultural traditions that remain at the very heart of modern day life. Before digging into the depths of any of the constellations, it is necessary to understand something of the history of the zodiac as a system; in particular, the embedded problem of precession. The first part of this article offers an overview of the zodiac as an astronomical device, allowing the spiritual, mythological and political significance of its divisions to be explored in an appropriate context. The conclusions may be perceived as challenging and controversial, but they throw up questions that cannot be ignored and highlight coincidences that have been far too easily overlooked. Could it be that astrology has had a much more pertinent and effective role in the foundation of modern religious belief than anyone is letting on? Development of the Zodiac The Zodiac belt extends from the ecliptic, the Great Circle that marks the Sun's transit around the Earth. [1] This is also the circle upon which the cycle of the Moon is centered, and takes its name from the eclipses that occur in the joining of the Sun and Moon on this path. The constellations that lie behind the ecliptic have always been a focus of attention in astrology, a useful backdrop against which luminary movements and the positions of the planets can be tracked. But the zodiac we know today is a relatively recent refinement that appeared around the 6th century BC and spent several centuries struggling to gain common acceptance. It was once believed to be purely Babylonian in origin since the majority of constellation names can be traced far back in ancient Mesopotamian history. Research, however, has proved a combination of cultural influences with some signs, such as the Ram, demonstrating a long history in ancient Egypt while unknown of in Mesopotamia. The Assyrians conquered Egypt in 671 BC, a key date at which two great civilizations could directly persuade each other and blend the ideas from which the zodiac evolved. To comprehend the scientific thrust and widespread celebration that accompanied this event, we need to consider the previo
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"Who said in a 1981 speech ""I grew up in the 30's with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work""?"
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Companies hire foreigners as British workers 'unwilling to move', says Chris Bryant - Telegraph Immigration Companies hire foreigners as British workers 'unwilling to move', says Chris Bryant Employers have had to hire more foreigners because British workers are “less physically mobile”, according to Labour’s immigration spokesman. By Christopher Hope , Senior Political Correspondent 1:41PM BST 12 Aug 2013 Follow Chris Bryant MP was forced to deny he had been “nobbled by Tesco” after having to change parts of his speech following protests by the supermarket giant. In a speech on immigration, Mr Bryant criticised employers for bringing in foreigners to work in areas in Britain with high unemployment rates. He said: “I want to see the Government to take action - working with companies - to make sure they can recruit more local young people, qualified to the job.” Later Mr Bryant was asked whether he accepted that employers were forced to go overseas because Britons were too lazy. He said: “A lot of employers have said this to me but I think that is far too easy a get out. It is true that immigration is affected by welfare policies and a whole range of other things. Related Articles Immigration backlog is the size of Iceland 08 Nov 2012 “And it may well be that people in the UK are physically less mobile than people elsewhere in the European Union. But I don’t think that is good enough. “If we are going to prosper as a country we have got to get in particular in those areas which have high levels of unemployment and long term economic decline, we have got to make it possible for more of those people into the labour market.” Mr Bryant’s comments have echoes of the famous remarks from Norman Tebbit who said in the 1980s that the unemployed should get on their bikes and find a job. In the aftermath of the 1981 riots, Lord Tebbit responded to a suggestion by a Conservative that rioting was the natural reaction to unemployment by saying: "I grew up in the '30s with an unemployed father. He didn't riot. He got on his bike and looked for work, and he kept looking till he found it." In his speech, Mr Bryant also went further than other Labour politicians to apologise for Labour’s mistakes over immigration policy in the past. He said: “True, Labour made mistakes on immigration. When we came to power in 1997 we had to tackle the complete chaos in the Asylum system, when just fifty members of staff were dealing with 71,000 asylum applications every year. “Labour created the position of Immigration Minister to bring real focus to these issues right across government. But although we were right to introduce the points based system in 2008, we should have done that far earlier. “And when the new A8 countries joined the EU we were so focused on economic growth that when Germany, France and Italy all put in transitional controls on new EU workers, we went it alone. The result? A far higher number of people came to work here.” During his speech Mr Bryant was forced into an embarrassing climbdown over criticism of high street store chains Tesco and Next for using foreign workers. The shadow immigration minister dropped key passages from a speech after advance extracts briefed to newspapers over the weekend drew a furious response from the companies. He had been due to suggest that the supermarket giant deliberately drafted in cheap foreign staff when it moved distribution centres, and that Next employed Polish workers to avoid agency workers' regulations. But the accusations were scrapped from the final text, and Mr Bryant also made clear he did not regard the firms as “unscrupulous” employers. The controversy reinforced concerns about Labour’s failure to use Westminster's summer lull to garner positive coverage. The row erupted after the Sunday Telegraph reported that Mr Bryant would condemn companies that brought over large numbers of workers to the UK from low-wage EU countries, putting them up in substandard accommodation without paying the national minimum wage and undercutting local workers. He had been due to highlight a new Tesco
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George Orwell George Orwell (1903-1950) On each landing, opposite the lift shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran. "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever." --from Nineteen Eighty-Four The British author George Orwell, pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, b. Motihari, India, June 25, 1903, d. London, Jan. 21, 1950, achieved prominence in the late 1940s as the author of two brilliant satires attacking totalitarianism. Familiarity with the novels, documentaries, essays, and criticism he wrote during the 1930s and later has since established him as one of the most important and influential voices of the century. Orwell's parents were members of the Indian Civil Service, and, after an education at Eton College in England, Orwell joined (1922) the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, an experience that later found expression in the novel Burmese Days (1934). His first book, Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), was a nonfictional account--moving and comic at the same time--of several years of self-imposed poverty he had experienced after leaving Burma. He published three other novels in the 1930s: A Clergyman's Daughter (1935), Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1936), and Coming Up for Air (1939). His major works of the period were two documentaries: The Road to Wigan Pier (1937), a detailed, sympathetic, and yet objective study of the lives of nearly impoverished miners in the Lancashire town of Wigan; and Homage to Catalonia (1938), which recounts his experiences fighting for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell was wounded, and, when the Communists attempted to eliminate their allies on the far left, fought against them and was forced to flee for his life. Orwell's two best-known books reflect his lifelong distrust of autocratic government, whether of the left or right: Animal Farm (1945), a modern beast-fable attacking Stalinism, and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel setting forth his fears of an intrusively bureaucratized state of the future. The pair of novels brought him his first fame and almost his only remuneration as a writer. His wartime work for the BBC (published in the collections George Orwell: The Lost Writings, and The War Commentaries) gave him a solid taste of bureaucratic hypocrisy and may have provided the inspiration for his invention of "newspeak," the truth-denying language of Big Brother's rule in Nineteen Eighty-Four. Orwell's reputation rests not only on his political shrewdness and his sharp satires but also on his marvelously clear style and on his superb essays, which rank with the best ever written. "Politics and the English Language" (1950), which links authoritarianism with linguistic decay, has been widely influential. The four-volume Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell was published in 1968. Richard A. Johnson Bibliography: Atkins, John, George Orwell (1955); Buitenhuis, P., and Nadel, I. B., George Orwell: A Reassessment (1988); Crick, B., George Orwell: A Life (1980); Kalechofsky, Roberta, George Orwell (1973); Kubal, David L., Outside the Whale: George Orwell's Art and Politics (1972); Lee, Robert A., Orwell's Fiction (1969); Meyers, Jeffrey, A Reader's Guide to George Orwell (1977) and, as ed., George Orwell (1975); Oxley, B. T., George Orwell (1969); Patai, D., The Orwell Mystique: A Study in Male Ideology (1984); Reilly, P., George Orwell: The Age's Adversary (1986); Stansky, P., and Abrahams, W., The Unknown Orwell (1972) and The Transformation (1979); Steinhoff, William, George Orwell and the Origins of 1984 (1975); Williams, Raymond, ed., George Orwell: A Collection of Critical Essays (1974); Woodcock, George, The Crystal Spirit (1966); Zwerdling, Alex, Orwell and the Left (1974). Text Copyright © 1993 Grolier Incorporated Orwell Links
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11.29 · Banca d'Italia Abstract The labour market status of many nonworking persons is at the boundary between unemployment and inactivity. Like the unemployed, they seek and are available for work; unlike them, their last search action was not recent enough to meet the International Labour Office definition of unemployment. In this paper we examine by nonparametric tests how the transition probabilities of these out-of-the-labour-force job seekers differ from those of the unemployed as well as the other nonparticipants. First, using data from the European Community Household Panel, we show that in most EU countries these job seekers constitute a distinct labour market state. Second, we rely on information available only in the Italian Labour Force Survey to derive a measure of search intensity that we use to break down the out-of-the-labour-force job seekers. On the basis of their transition probabilities, the most active are indistinguishable from the unemployed. (JEL: J64, J22, R23) Copyright (c) 2006 by the European Economic Association. Discover the world's research Does the ILO Definition Capture All Unemployment? ∗ Andrea Brandolini†Piero Cipollone‡Eliana Viviano§ October 2004 The labour market status of many non-working persons is at the boundary between unem- ployment and inactivity. Like the unemployed, they seek and are available for work; unlike them, their last search action was not recent enough to meet the ILO definition of unemploy- ment. In this paper we examine by non-parametric tests how the transition probabilities of these out-of-the-labour-force job seekers differ from those of the unemployed as well as the other non-participants. First, using data from the European Community Household Panel, we show that in most EU countries these job seekers constitute a distinct labour market state. Second, we rely on information only available in the Italian Labour Force Survey to derive a measure of search intensity which we use to break down the out-of-the-labour-force job seekers. On the ba- sis of their transition probabilities, the most active are indistinguishable from the unemployed. JEL classification: J64, J22, R23. Keywords: unemployment, ILO classifications, transition probabilities. ∗We are very grateful for their most helpful comments on earlier versions of the paper to Lorenzo Forni, Pietro Gennari, Marco Magnani, Franco Peracchi, Alfonso Rosolia and participants in the seminar on “Dynamics and inertia in the Italian labour market” (Venice, April 2004) and the 16th Annual Conference of the European Association of Labour Economists (Lisbon, September 2004). We thank Ana Franco of Eurostat for supplying the questionnaires of the labour force surveys in EU countries, Olaf Juergens of the EuroPanel Users Network (EPUNet) for helping us to understand the nature of the Swedish data in the ECHP, and Sharon Cohany of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for documenting the origin of the four-week requirement in the definition of unemployment in the United States. In revising the paper we have benefited considerably from the suggestions of the Editor, Alan Krueger, and two anonymous referees. Christine Stone provided valuable editorial assistance. Some estimates presented in this paper are based on a matched longitudinal file of the Italian labour force survey, made available for a joint research project with Istat. The views expressed are ours and do not necessarily reflect those of the Bank of Italy. †Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department. E-mail: andrea.brandolini@bancaditalia.it ‡Bank of Italy, Economic Research Department. E-mail: piero.cipollone@bancaditalia.it §Bank of Italy, Milan Branch. E-mail: eliana.viviano@bancaditalia.it. 1Introduction The concept of unemployment is something everyone seems to understand. Yet its measurement is not straightforward and rests on a number of arbitrary choices. The labour force statistics divide the adult population into three, mutually exclusive groups: the employed, the unemployed and the inactive, i.e. people out of the labour force. The employed comprise all perso
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These were all hits in 1977 "The Honourable Schoolboy" by John Le Carre "Oliver's Story" by Erich Segal Al Capp retires with the last appearance of Li�l Abner on November 14th. Nonfiction "Looking Out for #1" by Robert Ringer "All Things Wise and Wonderful" by James Herriot "Your Erroneous Zones" by Dr. Wayne Dyer "The Book of Lists" by David Wallechinsky Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Hotel California" ... The Eagles Best Song: "You Light Up My Life" ... Joe Brooks Best Album: "Rumours" ... Fleetwood Mac Male Vocalist: James Taylor ... "Handy Man Female Vocalist: Barbra Streisand ... "Love theme from 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)" In the News in 1977 Pope: Paul VI Prime Minister of Canada: Pierre Elliot Trudeau (L) President of United States: Jimmy Carter (Sworn in on January 20th, 1977) Time Magazines Man of the Year: Anwar Sadat 17-Year Old Terry Fox Loses his Leg to Cancer Canadian Human Rights Commission established to deal with Discrimination Willy Adams becomes the first Inuit Senator Speed Limits Go Metric Lung cancer becomes the second most common cancer among women. U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam draft evaders and calls them home from living abroad. Steve Biko, an imprisoned black leader in South Africa, dies in prison from cruelty and neglect, which leads to renewed opposition to apartheid. First Computerland store opened in Morristown NJ, under the name Computershack. February 9th , Apple Computer Incorporates February 19th ,the US space shuttle prototype 'Enterprise' fly�s for the first time on top of a 747 March 27th, 583 killed when a KLM Boeing 747 runs into a Pan Am Boeing 747 on the runway in Tenerife, Canary Islands (worst in aviation history). April 19th, President Jimmy Carter addresses the nation concerning the energy crisis. He warned America that the nation's oil and gas supplies would run out. June 5th , 1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale. With 16k Ram and 16K ROM, costing $1298US. August 3rd , Radio Shack issues a press release introducing the TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered. August 10th , Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" the 44 caliber killer. They accused him of killing 13 people during his reign of terror, which he told police was on orders from a black Labrador retriever owned by his neighbor, Sam Carr. August 13th , 1st test glide of the shuttle. In 1977 the TSE launched the world's first Computer Assisted Trading System. 1977 saw two significant advancements. The first was the introduction of the Computer Assisted Trading System, (CATS�). In addition to the trading floor, traders could now trade from their desks anywhere in Canada. The second was the introduction of the TSE 300 Composite Index�, representing 300 of the largest companies listed on the Exchange. This index measures changes that closely reflect the entire market. Inventions of 1977 Neutron bomb Living in the Year 1977 1977 saw the opening of the First West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco where many attendees got their first looks at the Apple II and the Commodore Pet 4k RAM 16k ROM ($795US). Sports and Recreation Toronto Blue Jays play their first season in the Major Leagues Toronto played its first game on April 7, 1977. They defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-5. Rookie first Doug Ault homered twice in the Jays' first game. Otto Velez hit .442 for the month of April. Bob Bailor hit .310, the highest mark ever for a player on a first-year expansion club. Ron Fairly, a 20-year veteran, led the club with 19 homers and became the first player since Stan Musial to play more than 1,000 games in both the infield and the outfield. Pele� Played his last soccer Game on October 1st. NBA: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Philadelphia 76ers Score: 4-2 NCAA Football: Notre Dame Record: 11-1-0 Heisman Trophy: Earl Campbell, Texas, RB points: 1,547 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-0 Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders vs.Minnesota Vikings Score: 32-14 US Open Golf: Hubert Green Sco
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Broadway Musical Home - The King and I Broadway Musical Home Who starred in the original cast? Where can I buy the music? What’s the buzz on Broadway? Find out at Broadway Musical Home The King and I Buy Tickets About the Musical This 1952 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, a classic by Rodgers and Hammerstein , is based on “Anna and the King of Siam,” a 1944 novel by Margaret Landon. Story: Anna is a widowed British schoolteacher brought to Siam to tutor the King’s many children. When she arrives, though she enjoys an instant connection to the students, she struggles with cultural differences and with the headstrong King. Through her kindness and persistence, Anna eventually connects with the King, helping to fuel mutual feelings of social understanding and cultural acceptance and openness. 1,246 Original Cast Gertrude Lawrence, Yul Brynner, Dorothy Sarnoff, Doretta Morrow, Larry Douglas, Jonny Stewart, Sandy Kennedy, Lee Becker Theodore, Gemze de Lappe, Yuriko, and Baayork Lee Director 695 Original Cast Yul Brynner, Michael Kermoyan, Constance Towers, Alan Amick, June Angela, Jessica Chao, Hye-Young Choi, Kaipo Daniels, Simeon Den, Lei-Lynne Doo, Dale Harimoto, Barrett Hong, Susan Kikuchi, John Michael King, Jae Woo Lee, Faye Fujisaki Mar, Ric Ornellas, Gene Profanato, Thomas J. Rees, Libby Rhodes, Cecile Santos, Sydney Smith, Hope Sogawa, Larry Swansen, Chandra Tanna, Patricia K. Thomas, Robert Vega, Martin Vidnovic, Patricia Weber, Rebecca West, Julie Woo Director Lee Guber and Shelly Gross Musical Director 191 Original Cast Yul Brynner, Mary Beth Peil, Araby Abaya, Kathy Lee Brynner, Edward Crotty, Jeffrey Bryan Davis, Evelina Deocares, Burt Edwards, Jonathan Farwell, Deborah Harada, Irma-Estel LaGuerre, Jae Woo Lee, Yvette Laura Martin, Sal Provenza, Hope Sogawa, Patricia Weber, Patricia Welch, Rebecca West Director 780 Original Cast Donna Murphy, Lou Diamond Phillips, John Chang, Joohee Choi, John Curless, Ryan Hopkins, Randall Duk Kim, Taewon Kim, Jose Llana, Guy Paul, Tito Abeleda, John Bantay, Kelly Jordan Bit, Lexine Bondoc, Camille M. Brown, Meng-Chen Chang, Vivian Eng, Margaret Ann Gates, C. Sean Kim, Shawn Ku, Doan MacKenzie, Paolo Montalban, Alan Muraoka, Paul Nakauchi, Tina Ou, Andrew Pacho, Mami Saito, Lainie Sakakura, Tran T. Thuc Hanh, Carol To, Yolanda Tolentino, Yan Ying, Kayoko Yoshiok Director Jerome Robbins Producer Dodger Theatricals, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, James M. Nederlander, Perseus Productions, John Frost and The Adelaide Festival Centre Musical Director 538 Original Cast Kelli O'Hara, Ken Watanabe, Ruthie Ann Miles, Ashley Park, Conrad Ricamora, Edward Baker-Duly, Jon Viktor Corpuz, Murphy Guyer, Jake Lucas, Paul Nakauchi, Marc Oka, Aaron Albano, Adriana Braganza, Amaya Braganza, Billy Bustamante, LaMae Caparas, Hsin-Ping Chang, Andrew Cheng, Lynn Masako Cheng, Olivia Chun, Ali Ewoldt, Ethan Halford Holder, Cole Horibe, MaryAnn Hu, James Ignacio, Christie Kim, Kelvin Moon Loh, Sumie Maeda, Paul HeeSang Miller, Rommel Pierre O'Choa, Kristen Faith Oei, Autumn Ogawa, Yuki Ozeki, Stephanie Jae Park, Diane Phelan, Sam Poon, William Poon, Brian Rivera, Bennyroyce Royon, Lainie Sakakura, Ann Sanders, Ian Saraceni, Atsuhisa Shinomiya, Michiko Takemasa, Kei Tsuruharatani, Christopher Vo, Rocco Wu, and Timothy Yang Director Click on a song name to listen/purchase it on CDs 1977 Broadway Revival Cast Album 1996 Broadway Revival Cast Album 2015 Broadway Revival Cast Album Sheetmusic Best Actress in a Musical - Gertrude Lawrence Best Featured Actor in a Musical - Yul Brynner Best Scenic Design 1977 Drama Desk Award Nominations Outstanding Actress in a Musical - Angela Lansbury Outstanding Musical Outstanding Actor in a Musical - Yul Brynner 1985 Tony Award Nominations Special Award - Yul Brynner (honoring his 4,525 performances in "The King and I") Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Mary Beth Peil Best Direction of a Musical 1996 Tony Award Nominations Best Revival of a Musical Best Actress in a Musical - Donna Murphy Best Scenic Design Best Actor in a Musical - Lou Dia
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WITHNAIL AND I : definition of WITHNAIL AND I and synonyms of WITHNAIL AND I (English) Box office $1,544,889 Withnail and I is a 1987 black comedy film produced by HandMade Films . It was written and directed by Bruce Robinson and is based on his life in London in the late 1960s. The main plot follows two unemployed young actors, Withnail and “I” (portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann ) who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town in 1969 while waiting for their careers to take off. Needing a holiday, they obtain the key to the country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail’s flamboyantly gay uncle Monty and drive there. The holiday is less ‘recuperative’ than they expected. The role of Withnail was Grant's first film and launched him into a successful career. The film also featured performances by Richard Griffiths as Withnail's Uncle Monty and Ralph Brown as Danny the drug dealer. The film has tragic and comic elements (particularly farce ) and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines. It has been described as "one of Britain's biggest cult films". [2] Contents 11 External links Plot The film depicts the lives and misadventures of two "resting" (struggling and unemployed) young actor friends in 1969 London. They are the flamboyant alcoholic Withnail and "I" (named "Marwood" in the published screenplay but not in the credits) as his more level-headed, anxiety -prone friend and the film's narrator. Withnail is filled with indignation over life's injustices, despite his privileged background. He rages against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune all the more because he blames others for the adverse consequences of his exuberant arrogance and habitual lying. Withnail sets the tone for the friendship, with Marwood going along with whatever Withnail wants to do. They live in a filthy Georgian flat in Camden Town . While they wait for a part, daily life revolves around getting coins to use in the meters that provide gas or electricity, going to collect benefits, and waiting for the pubs to open so they can drink and be somewhere with heating. The film begins with Marwood smoking in the darkened flat. When he has finished he goes to a café and reads disturbing articles in a newspaper. Needing a change of scene, Withnail and Marwood decide to take a recuperative holiday in the countryside. Withnail secures the loan of the country cottage belonging to his eccentric, gay uncle, Monty. Monty is an old boy of Harrow School , and it is suggested that Withnail is one too. Monty is told that Marwood went to " the other place ". Monty is an aesthete, nostalgic for a by-gone age of beauty and poetic friendship among young men, and, fancying himself an actor, is fond of quoting Charles Baudelaire and reciting passages from Hamlet . His only companion in the large luxurious Chelsea house in which he resides is a pet cat with which he is seen constantly arguing. Withnail and Marwood get into Marwood's battered Jaguar Mark 2 , which is parked next to a scene of demolition of some old houses (significant for the time period) and set off north along the motorway. The holiday doesn't quite go according to plan: although the countryside is beautiful, the weather is cold and often inclement, the cottage is run-down and dusty, they have little food or supplies and the locals are surly and unwelcoming – in particular a threatening poacher, Jake, whom Withnail offends. Then an intruder breaks into the cottage in the middle of the night. Withnail and Marwood are terrified, believing that the intruder is Jake. Comically, the intruder turns out to be Monty, who has been stranded for "an aeon " with a punctured tyre. They greet Monty with mixed emotions. Monty brings them ample supplies of food and wine, but it soon becomes clear that – having been falsely told by Withnail that Marwood is gay – he has designs on Marwood and will not be deterred by politeness. In a farcical scene of bedroom-switching, Monty eventually corners Marwood, bursting into his room and proclaiming his desire to "have [him] even if it mus
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Who was re-elected President of the Republic of Germany in 1932 defeating Adolf Hitler?
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The History Place - Rise of Hitler: Hitler Runs for President Hitler Runs for President Just three weeks after the suicide of his beloved niece, Adolf Hitler met the 84-year-old President of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg, for the first time. Hitler pulled himself out of the severe depression he fell into after her death. Twice before he had sunk into the abyss of despair, only to emerge stronger – in 1918, lying in a hospital, blinded by poison gas, after hearing news of the Germany's defeat ending World War I – and in 1924, in prison after the failed Beer Hall Putsch. In October 1931, the former Austrian Corporal was presented to the former Field Marshal. Hitler was a bit unnerved by the Old Gentleman and rambled on at length trying to impress him. Hindenburg was not impressed and later said Hitler might be suited for Postmaster, but never for a high position such as the Chancellorship of Germany. October of 1931 marked the beginning of the political intrigue that would destroy the young republic and ultimately make Hitler Führer of Germany. Hitler seen in the midst of tough negotiations with Chancellor Bruening about extending President Hindenburg's term. Below: After the negotiations failed - the race for the presidency is underway. Left: Nazis tack up a stark-looking Hitler poster that only shows his face and name. Right: A large handshake billboard for President Hindenburg that says "With Him." Below: A radio broadcast by the elderly Hindenburg who limited his campaigning to a few radio speeches and select social gatherings. Below: A speech by candidate Hitler to a large crowd in Berlin's Lustgarten in April 1932. Constant political squabbling among the numerous political parties in the Reichstag resulted in ineffective government. Adding to the problem, there were now over a hundred elected Nazis in the Reichstag. Under the leadership of Hermann Göring, they regularly disrupted proceedings with vulgar, rowdy behavior to help undermine democracy in Germany. The German people were desperate for relief from the tremendous personal suffering brought on by the Great Depression, now two years old. Millions were unemployed, thousands of small businesses had failed, homelessness and starvation were real possibilities for everyone. Civilization itself was unraveling in Berlin where people were fighting in the streets, killing each other in the chaos. But from their elected leaders, the people got nothing but indecision. In ever growing numbers they turned to the decisive man, Adolf Hitler, and his promises of a better future. The republic now faced another problem. In 1932, there was supposed to be a presidential election, according to law. But Hindenburg, the glue holding the floundering democracy together, was getting too old and said he was not interested in running again. Even if he could be convinced to run, he would be 92 by the time the seven-year term ended, with Hitler looming in the background the whole time. If he didn't live the entire term, considered likely since he was failing, then Hitler would have his chance even sooner. Early in 1932, Adolf Hitler received a telegram from Chancellor Bruening inviting him to come to Berlin to discuss the possibility of extending Hindenburg's present term. Hitler was delighted at the invitation. "Now I have them in my pocket! They have recognized me as a partner in their negotiations!" Hitler told Rudolf Hess. He went to the meeting and listened to the proposal, but gave no response. There was no reason to help the chancellor and thus help keep the republic alive. In February 1932, President Hindenburg reluctantly agreed to run again and announced his candidacy for re-election. Hitler decided to oppose him and run for the presidency himself. "Freedom and Bread," was the slogan used by Hitler to great effect during the Nazi campaign against tired old President Hindenburg. Joseph Goebbels waged a furious propaganda campaign on behalf of Hitler, outdoing the previous election effort of 1930. Nazi posters were plastered everywhere. There was a whirlwind schedule of spee
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Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikiquote Franklin D. Roosevelt Jump to: navigation , search There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( 30 January 1882 – 12 April 1945 ), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. A Democrat , he won a record four presidential elections and dominated his party for many years as a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war . His program for relief, recovery and reform, known as the New Deal , involved a great expansion of the role of the federal government in the economy. As a dominant leader of the Democratic Party, he built the New Deal Coalition that brought together and united labor unions, big city machines, white ethnics, African Americans, and rural white Southerners in support of the party. The Coalition significantly realigned American politics after 1932, creating the Fifth Party System and defining American liberalism throughout the middle third of the 20th century. He was married to Eleanor Roosevelt . Contents Quotes[ edit ] Public psychology, and for that matter, individual psychology, cannot, because of human weakness, be attuned for long periods of time to a constant repetition of the highest note on the scale. The country needs and, unless I mistake its temper, the country demands bold, persistent experimentation. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of its minorities. Let us not be afraid to help each other—let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and Senators and Congressmen and Government officials but the voters of this country. Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people. 1880s[ edit ] Dear Sallie: I am very sorry you have a cold and you are in bed. I played with Mary today for a little while. I hope by tomorrow you will be able to be up. I am glad today [sic] that my cold is better. Your loving, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt's first letter, written at age five to his mother Sara Roosevelt ("Sallie") who had been ill in her room at Hyde Park. She later supplied the date - "1887" - on beginning her collection. F.D.R.: His Personal Letters, Early Years, 2005, Elliott Roosevelt, ed., Kissinger Publishing, LLC, ISBN 1417989254 ISBN 9781417989256 , p. 6. [1] 1910s[ edit ] I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm . Roosevelt to Henry M. Heymann (December 2, 1919), quoted in Alfred B. Rollins, Jr., Roosevelt and Howe (Knopf: 1962), p. 153. First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1933). Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. The money changers have fled from their high seats in the temple of our civilization. We may now restore that temple to the ancient truths. The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. These dark days will be worth all they cost us if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto but to minister to ourselves and to our fellow men. This is preeminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This
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Which fictional superhero is known as ‘The Man of Steel’?
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Superman | fictional character | Britannica.com fictional character Superman, American comic-strip superhero created for DC Comics by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joseph Shuster . Superman first appeared in Action Comics no. 1 (June 1938). Christopher Reeve in Superman (1978), directed by Richard Donner. TM and © DC Comics/© Warner Bros. The Man of Steel in the Golden Age Superman’s origin is perhaps one of the best-known stories in comic-book history. Indeed, in All Star Superman no. 1 (2005), writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely expertly cover the salient points with just four panels and eight words. On the doomed planet Krypton, scientists Jor-El and Lara place their infant son Kal-El into a rocket bound for Earth . He is found by Martha and Jonathan Kent, a kindly couple from the mid-American town of Smallville. They name the boy Clark and raise him as their own. As a child, Clark exhibits a collection of superhuman powers—invulnerability, incredible strength, the ability to leap incredible distances, and super speed—that would later become the hallmarks of his alter ego, Superman, the “Man of Steel.” Cover of Action Comics no. 1 (June 1938), which introduced Superman. Hulton Archive/Getty Images That dual identity would provide an ongoing sense of tension for the saga. Upon reaching adulthood, the mild-mannered Clark Kent moves from Smallville to urban Metropolis , where he works as a reporter for the Daily Planet. There he develops a romantic interest in fellow reporter Lois Lane (a character modeled in part on Siegel’s future wife, Joanne). She, however, dazzled by the courageous crime-fighting exploits of Superman and unaware of his dual identity, continually rejects Kent’s overtures. The audience, privy to the secret that continually eluded Lois, identified with Clark as a downtrodden “everyman,” while Superman served as a beacon of hope during the depths of the Great Depression . Similar Topics Iron Fist The success of Action Comics no. 1 spurred the creation of a new superhero industry, with a host of comic-book publishers sprouting virtually overnight. For their part, Siegel and Shuster received $130 from DC Comics for the exclusive rights to Superman. The pair (and later their estates) would spend years in court trying to recoup some share of the royalties for their blockbuster creation. DC publisher Jack Liebowitz wasted no time in exploiting the character, and in January 1939 Siegel and Shuster were enlisted to produce a Superman newspaper strip. Distributed by the McClure Syndicate, the feature ran successfully through the 1940s. The Man of Steel was awarded his own comic title with Superman no. 1 (summer 1939) and began appearing in World’s Best Comics (later World’s Finest Comics). DC introduced a Supermen of America fan club and licensed the character’s likeness to manufacturers of toys, puzzles, novels, colouring books, and bubble gum. Superman debuted on radio in 1940, in the long-running The Adventures of Superman program, with actor Bud Collyer giving voice to the hero. Superman made his silver-screen debut in 1941, in a celebrated series of 17 animated shorts from Fleischer Studios . A look at how the definition of a hero has changed through the ages. © Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Superman’s powers grew in response to his caped competition, primarily Fawcett Comics’s Captain Marvel. Captain Marvel could fly, and his popularity soon rivaled that of Superman. It was not long before the Man of Steel was soaring through the skies, and DC filed suit against Fawcett for infringing on its copyright of Superman. Although DC was ultimately successful in its claim, Fawcett’s whimsical Captain Marvel stories—most of them written by comics legend Otto Binder—would outsell Superman titles throughout the 1940s. Of course, not every threat to the Man of Steel would come from a competing publisher. Kryptonite, a radioactive substance from Superman’s home world, made its debut on the Superman radio show and soon entered the pop-culture lexicon as a synonym for Achilles ’ heel. Sup
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List of Shows, Films and Comics in Snafu Comics | Snafu Comics Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia List of Shows, Films and Comics in Snafu Comics 627pages on Share 300 is a 2006 fantasy war film based on the 1998 comic series of the same name by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley. Both are fictionalized retellings of the Battle of Thermopylae which took place between Greece and Persia (modern day Iran), within the Persian Wars. The film was directed by Zack Snyder, while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. It was filmed mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. The plot revolves around King Leonidas (Gerard Butler), who leads 300 Spartans into battle against the Persian "god-King" Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his invading army of more than 300,000 soldiers. As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios (David Wenham). Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy. Grim Tales A Spartan Shield can be seen as one of the many artifacts in Mandy's Vault . Adventure Time is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of Finn, a 15-year-old human boy, and his best friend Jake, a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. Finn and Jake live in the post-apocalyptic Land of Ooo. Ward describes Finn as a "fiery little kid with strong morals", while Jake is based on Tripper Harrison, Bill Murray's character in the movie Meatballs. The series is based on a short produced for Frederator's Nickelodeon animation incubator series Random! Cartoons. After the short became a viral hit, Cartoon Network picked it up for a full-length series that previewed on March 11, 2010 and officially premiered on April 5, 2010, and the series has been a critical and commercial success. Grim Tales The Nightosphere appears as one of the great five realms in the Underworld with Hunson Abadeer being its ruler as well as one of the big five Overlords. Hunson stays true to his Adventure Time version as very comedic yet menacing ruler. He indirectly mentioned his daughter Marceline as well. The Skeleton Guardian from The Land of Dead appeared in the background after the fight of Mimi and Mina. The Half Demon Monster also appeared when the Nightosphere was introduced, meaning it roams the Nightosphere. Powerpuff Girls Doujinshi The April Fool's Page, Get Inside Your Friends, is completely drawn in the style of Adventure Time. GIR even transformed into a sandwich which happens to be Jake's favorite snack. Angry Birds is a strategy game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple's iOS in December 2009. Since that time, over 12 million copies of the game have been purchased from Apple's App Store, which has prompted the company to design versions for other touchscreen-based smartphones, such as those using the Android operating system, among others. In the game, players use a slingshot to launch birds at pigs stationed on or within various structures, with the intent of destroying all the pigs on the playfield. As players advance through the game, new birds appear, some with special abilities that can be activated by the player. Rovio Mobile has supported Angry Birds with numerous free updates that add additional game content, and the company has even released stand-alone holiday and promotional versions of the game. Angry Birds has been praised for its successful combination of addictive gameplay, comical style, and low price. Its popularity led to versions of Angry Birds being created for personal computers and gaming consoles, a market for merchandise featuring its characters and even long-term plans for a feature film or television series. With a combined 500
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Who, in August this year, was announced as the new “Dr Who” Doctor?
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Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi revealed as 12th Doctor - BBC News BBC News Doctor Who: Peter Capaldi revealed as 12th Doctor 4 August 2013 From the section Entertainment & Arts comments Close share panel Media captionPeter Capaldi was revealed as the new Doctor on a special programme hosted by Zoe Ball Actor Peter Capaldi has been announced as the new star of BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who. The 55-year-old Glasgow-born star will be the 12th actor to play the Doctor, replacing out-going lead Matt Smith. Capaldi is best known for his role as foul-mouthed spin-doctor Malcolm Tucker in the BBC series The Thick of It. "It's so wonderful not to keep this secret any longer, but it's been so fantastic," he said after the news was revealed on a live BBC One show. The actor had been the bookmakers' favourite to take on the role, with betting on him becoming the next Doctor suspended on Friday. It is not the first time Capaldi has appeared on the show - he played Roman merchant Caecilius in 2008 Doctor Who adventure The Fires of Pompeii. Analysis By Tim MastersEntertainment correspondent, BBC News After Matt Smith, the youngest actor to play the Doctor, comes Peter Capaldi, one of the oldest. At 55, the same age as first Doctor William Hartnell in 1963, Capaldi's casting seems a significant nod to the past as the show celebrates its 50th anniversary. Capaldi is likely to bring gravitas - as well as humour - to a role widely regarded as one of the most prized in British television. Capaldi has a strong track record on TV, stage and in film - and is the first Doctor Who star with an Oscar on his CV (for best live action short film). His previous appearances in Doctor Who episode The Fires of Pompeii and spin-off show Torchwood will make Capaldi a popular choice among fans. But how will his regenerated Doctor play to a generation born in the 21st Century? Only time will tell. At 55, he is the same age as William Hartnell when he was cast in the role as the first Doctor in 1963. "Being asked to play the Doctor is an amazing privilege. Like the Doctor himself I find myself in a state of utter terror and delight. I can't wait to get started," he said. Secret audition Steven Moffat, the show's lead writer and executive producer, said casting Capaldi as the Doctor was an "incendiary combination". "One of the most talented actors of his generation is about to play the best part on television." Moffat said Capaldi had been cast after a secret audition at his house. "We made a home video of [Capaldi] being the doctor and I showed it around and everyone said 'yes, that's the Doctor'. Moffat added the actor had "briefly flicked through my mind" the last time he was casting the role, but he did not think he was right for the part, however "now that moment has arrived". Capaldi said he downloaded old Doctor Who scripts from the internet and practised the lines in front of a mirror to prepare for the audition. The 12 Doctors 11. Matt Smith (2010 - 2013) 12. Peter Capaldi (2013 - ) He revealed he was filming a BBC adaptation of The Three Musketeers in Prague when he found out he got the part. "I had my phone on silent so I missed the call," he said. "It was my agent and I rang her up and she said 'hello Doctor' - I haven't stopped laughing since." 'Incredible incarnation' Out-going Doctor Matt Smith welcomed Capaldi's casting, and pre-recorded a message for the new Time Lord. "I wish my successor all the best and say good luck and good on you for getting it, because I know he's both a huge fan of the show and a really nice guy," he said. "The casting made me ready excited and as a fan I think it's a canny choice. If I had to pick someone, I'd pick him because I think he's great. I'm excited because I know what's coming and he's going to have a blast." Jenna Coleman, who stars as current Doctor Who companion Clara, said: "I'm so excited Peter Capaldi is the man taking on the challenge of becoming the 12th Doctor. "With Steven's writing and his talent I know we'll be making an amazing show with an incredible incarnation of number 12. I can't wait to start t
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A guide to the first eleven Doctors, from William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Christopher Eccleston, David Tennant and Matt Smith Years 1963—66 Episodes 134 (also in The Three Doctors, 1972—73) Who was he? Born in St Pancras, London, 1908, Hartnell was brought up by his mother alone before steadily making his name as a second-division character actor, with key roles in classic British movies such as Brighton Rock (1947) and This Sporting Life (1963), and ITV sitcom The Army Game. Doctor profile Grandfatherly, often grouchy but soft-centred, he had a thirst for exploration. The early, educational thrust of the show meant that outer-space trips alternated with adventures in Earth’s past. Key companion Susan (Carole Ann Ford). The Doctor’s granddaughter was the central mystery of episode one and remains the only member of his family seen in 50 years. Ultimate foe The Daleks PATRICK TROUGHTON Years 1966—69 Episodes 119 (also in The Three Doctors 1972—73, The Five Doctors 1983 and The Two Doctors 1985) Who was he? Born in Mill Hill, London, 1920, Patrick Troughton was a popular actor in the early days of BBC television, playing one of the first Robin Hoods (in 1953). TV was his favourite medium; he couldn’t abide theatre work, saying, “I can’t stand all that shouting in the evening.” He enjoyed a colourful private life, balancing two families, before embarking on a third relationship. Doctor profile A scruffy bumbler, given to playing the recorder, he could switch between comedy and gravity in a heartbeat. His era ditched romps in history in favour of “base under siege” thrillers, fending off Yeti, Ice Warriors — even ferocious seaweed. Key companion Jamie (Frazer Hines) was a refugee from the Battle of Culloden. The kilt-wearing Highlander became the Doctor’s right-hand man, with Hines and Troughton gradually developing a double act. Ultimate foe The Cybermen usurped the Daleks as the key menace in the late 60s. JON PERTWEE Years 1970—1974 Episodes 128 (also in The Five Doctors 1983) Who was he? Born in Chelsea, 1919. Pertwee’s naval background and vocal range primed him for a long stint in radio comedy The Navy Lark. Post-Doctor Who, he had a hit with Worzel Gummidge. Doctor profile A dandified adventurer with a penchant for cloaks and ruffled shirts, this incarnation oozed gravitas and charisma. The Time Lords exiled him to Earth, where he became scientific adviser to Unit (United Nations Intelligence Taskforce). Key companion Jo Grant (Katy Manning), an intrepid but bungling youth assigned as the Doctor’s assistant at Unit. She became his first long-running female companion. Ultimate alien The Master arrived in 1971, played by Roger Delgado, who told RT that the sinister Time Lord would be “more than a Moriarty” to Pertwee’s Holmesian Doctor. TOM BAKER Years 1974—81 Episodes 172 (also briefly in The Five Doctors, 1983) Who is he? Born 1934. Belying his rich, actorly timbre, Tom Baker had a working-class upbringing in Liverpool. After six years as a monk, he joined the National Theatre in the 60s. He was often out of work before Doctor Who came along. Doctor profile With a look inspired by a portrait by Toulouse-Lautrec, this Doctor was a bohemian alien, who liked to thwart his enemies with wit and jelly babies. Key companion Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen). After a year with Pertwee, the roving journalist blossomed with Baker’s Doctor: “She’s my best friend.” Ultimate foe Davros, the Hitler-like creator of the Daleks, played electrifyingly in 1975 by Michael Wisher. A rematch in 1979 (with actor David Gooderson) was less successful. PETER DAVISON Years 1982—1984 Episodes 69 Who is he? Born in south London, 1951, Peter Moffett changed his surname to Davison when he began his acting career. He was well known to BBC1 viewers as Tristan Farnon in All Creatures Great and Small, when he was cast as the Time Lord. Always in steady work, he recently starred in ITV’s Law & Order: UK. Doctor profile The first youthful Doctor had a love of cricke
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Extinct Volcanoes - VOLCANOES VOLCANOES Bibliography What is an extinct volcano? Extinct volcanoes are those which scientists consider unlikely to erupt again. A volcano which has not erupted in the past 10,000 years is extinct. The extinct volcano no longer has a lava supply. An extinct volcano is no longer near an active geologic hot spot. Whether a volcano is truly extinct is often difficult to determine. A caldera that has not produced an eruption in tens of thousands of years is likely to be considered inactive. Examples of extinct volcanoes: Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the Philippine Sea Kyushu-Palau Ridge is an ocean floor feature of the Philippine Sea. It is names after the near by islands. At the north end of the Japanese island of Kyushu and at the southern end is the Pacific island nation of Palau.The seabed ridges begin in an area about 900 km from the eastern end of the Bungo Channel or the Bungo strait between the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. The ridge creates a line on the ocean floor which runs southeast in the direction of the island of Palau. There is a chain of extinct volcanoes along this line. Huascarán in Peru: Huascarán is the highest mountain in Peru, and the fourth-highest mountain in South America. The top of it is 6,768 meters high.The mountain is located in the Ancash Region of Peru. Huascarán has turned into a tourist attraction for mountain climbers. It is all that is left of an extinct volcano. It has been getting smaller and smaller over the years, in 1970 the Ancash Earthquake caused a big part of the mountain to crumble and fall off. That part of the mountain was all rock and ice and it killed almost 17,000 people in small towns around the mountain. Mount Buninyong in Australia: Mount Buninyong is large extinct volcano 15 kilometers south east of Ballarat Victoria, Australia. The 745 meter volcano is on the Western Victorian Volcanic Plains. The scoria cone of the volcano is more than 200 meters higher than the land around it which makes it one of biggest scoria volcanoes in Victoria. It has a deep central crater. The volcano erupted several times, and during one eruption the west side of the volcano was breached. In later eruptions the lava flowed through this gap in the side. It is possible that the breach was actually another crater. Create a free website
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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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New York City Was Once New Amsterdam New York City Was Once New Amsterdam Interesting Facts in Easy English Pre-Listening Vocabulary golden age: a period of wealth and advancement settlers: people who move to an undeveloped area and begin to live and work there surrender: to not fight reclaim: to take back something that was once yours Listen and read. [ 1:13 | 0.01 MB ] Play Now New York City Was Once New Amsterdam Have you ever wondered how New York City got name? During the Dutch Golden Age, in the 17th century, New York City was called New Amsterdam. It was Holland’s largest city by Dutch settlers in 1624. New Amsterdam was the of New Netherland, where the Dutch were heavily involved with the fur trade. In 1664, the English organized a takeover and the colony was peacefully surrendered. The British renamed the city New York after the Duke of York who had the takeover. The Dutch reclaimed the area briefly in 1673 and named it . By 1664, however, the English were back in control, and it has been New York ever since. Comprehension Questions What was New York City called before it was called New York? What did early Dutch settlers become involved with in the New York area? Why does the report mention the word “orange”? Discussion Questions: The borough of Brooklyn in New York City was also named after a town in the Netherlands. Does your birthplace or hometown have a story for its name? show Answershide Answers New York City Was Once New Amsterdam Have you ever wondered how New York City got its name? During the Dutch Golden Age, in the 17th century, New York City was called New Amsterdam. It was named after Holland’s largest city by Dutch settlers in 1624. New Amsterdam was the capital of New Netherland, where the Dutch were heavily involved with the fur trade. In 1664, the English organized a takeover and the colony was peacefully surrendered. The British renamed the city New York after the Duke of York who had organized the takeover. The Dutch reclaimed the area briefly in 1673 and named it New Orange. By 1664, however, the English were back in control, and it has been New York ever since. New York City was called New Amsterdam before it was called New York. Early Dutch settlers became involved with the fur trade in the New York area. The report mentions the word “orange” because the Dutch reclaimed New York briefly in 1663, and renamed it New Orange. (“orange” is associated with the Royal Family of the Netherlands) Related posts:
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Greetings from Jakarta: Postcards of a Capital 1900-1950 by Equinox Publishing - issuu Capital 1900-1950 Equinox Publishing (Asia) Pte. Ltd. www.EquinoxPublishing.com Greetings from Jakarta: Postcards of a Capital 1900-1950 ISBN 978-979-3780-88-7 Copyright © 2011 Scott Merrillees All Rights Reserved. Reproduction or electronic transmission of any part without the author’s permission is prohibited. Printed in the People’s Republic of China Front Jacket .............................................Postcard 274 Endpapers ................................. Postcards 84 and 120 Back Jacket ..............................................Postcard 256 All postcards and maps are from the collection of Scott Merrillees. Note on Place Names and Spelling Jakarta was known as Batavia from 1619-1942 (although the Dutch might argue that Batavia was the city’s name until 1949) at which point it became Djakarta. With the new spelling for the Indonesian language introduced in 1972, Djakarta became Jakarta. The concept of “Indonesia” as we know it today didn’t exist during the VOC era (1619-1799), when the focus was predominantly on Java and the “spice islands” of the Moluccas. From 1800, as the Dutch government gradually expanded and consolidated authority over its colony through until the beginning of the Japanese occupation in 1942, Indonesia was known as the Netherlands-Indies or as Netherlands-India. Most streets in colonial Jakarta had Dutch names which were then given Indonesian names after independence. A list of the old names and their modern equivalents applicable to the postcards in this book appears in Appendix III. For ease of recognition by the reader, I have throughout this book used only Jakarta (instead of Batavia), Indonesia (instead of the Netherlands-Indies or Netherlands-India) and used only the modern street names, unless it was felt especially relevant for any particular postcard to refer to the colonial era names. CONTENTS Foreword ........................................................................................................... 9 Introduction .................................................................................................... 11 chapter one: 1900 to 1920 The Old Jakarta in the North ...................................... 19 chapter two: 1900 to 1920 The New Jakarta in the South ..................................... 57 chapter 3: 1920 to 1950 The End of the Colonial Era ...................................... 149 appendix i People, Work and Entertainment ............................................................. 215 appendix ii The Earliest Picture Postcards of Jakarta ................................................ 233 appendix iii Selected Old and New Street Names........................................................ 242 Index .............................................................................................................. 243 Selected Bibliography .................................................................................. 246 Acknowledgements ..................................................................................... 248 10 INTRODUCTION T he map of Jakarta from 1903 on the opposite page shows a city that is barely recognizable to any modern resident or visitor. It reveals (coloured orange) a long narrow city that stretches almost thirteen kilometres from north to southeast. Jakarta at that time had two very distinct districts. There was the old city in the north near the coast which included Kota, Kali Besar, Taman Fatahillah, Glodok, the old port at Sunda Kelapa and Pasar Ikan. There was also the new city in the south which developed around Medan Merdeka (which appears on this map as the large white Koningsplein or King’s Square), Lapangan Banteng, Jalan Juanda, Jalan Veteran, Pasar Senen, Prapatan, Tanah Abang and Kebon Sirih. These two districts were connected by a straight threekilometre long canal called the Molenvliet (Mill Way) with roads on either side that are now Jalan Gajah Mada (previously Molenvliet West) and Jalan Hayam Wuruk (Molenvliet Oost
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Company Information | Starbucks Coffee Company Starbucks Coffee Company All Starbucks® Coffees Company Information To say Starbucks purchases and roasts high-quality whole bean coffees is very true. That’s the essence of what we do – but it hardly tells the whole story. Our Heritage Every day, we go to work hoping to do two things: share great coffee with our friends and help make the world a little better. It was true when the first Starbucks opened in 1971, and it’s just as true today. Back then, the company was a single store in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. From just a narrow storefront, Starbucks offered some of the world’s finest fresh-roasted whole bean coffees. The name, inspired by Moby Dick, evoked the romance of the high seas and the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders. In 1981, Howard Schultz (Starbucks chairman and chief executive officer) had first walked into a Starbucks store. From his first cup of Sumatra, Howard was drawn into Starbucks and joined a year later. In 1983, Howard traveled to Italy and became captivated with Italian coffee bars and the romance of the coffee experience. He had a vision to bring the Italian coffeehouse tradition back to the United States. A place for conversation and a sense of community. A third place between work and home. He left Starbucks for a short period of time to start his own Il Giornale coffeehouses and returned in August 1987 to purchase Starbucks with the help of local investors. From the beginning, Starbucks set out to be a different kind of company. One that not only celebrated coffee and the rich tradition, but that also brought a feeling of connection. Our mission to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one person, one cup, and one neighborhood at a time. Expect More Than Coffee We’re not just passionate purveyors of coffee, but everything else that goes with a full and rewarding coffeehouse experience. We also offer a selection of premium teas, fine pastries and other delectable treats to please the taste buds. And the music you hear in store is chosen for its artistry and appeal. It’s not unusual to see people coming to Starbucks to chat, meet up or even work. We’re a neighborhood gathering place, a part of the daily routine – and we couldn’t be happier about it. Get to know us and you’ll see: we are so much more than what we brew. We make sure everything we do is through the lens of humanity – from our commitment to the highest quality coffee in the world, to the way we engage with our customers and communities to do business responsibly. Learn More About Us Awards and honors we've received. Our Company
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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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Roots of Blues -- Lead Belly „ Goodnight Irene" - YouTube Roots of Blues -- Lead Belly „ Goodnight Irene" 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 Jul 18, 2008 „Goodnight Irene" Austin -- University of Texas, June 15, 1949 Lead Belly (vcl) (g) Huddie William Ledbetter, (January, 1888 -- December 6, 1949) was an American folk and blues musician, notable for his clear and forceful singing, his virtuosity on the twelve string guitar, and the rich songbook of folk standards he introduced. He is best known as Leadbelly or Lead Belly. Though many releases list him as "Leadbelly," he himself spelled it "Lead Belly." This is also the usage on his tombstone, as well as the Lead Belly Foundation. Although he most commonly played the twelve string, he could also play the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, concertina, and accordion. In some of his recordings, such as in one of his versions of the folk ballad "John Hardy", he performs on the accordion instead of the guitar. In other recordings he just sings while clapping his hands or stomping his foot. The topics of Lead Belly's music covered a wide range of subjects, including gospel songs; blues songs about women, liquor and racism; and folk songs about cowboys, prison, work, sailors, cattle herding and dancing. He also wrote songs concerning the newsmakers of the day, such as President Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, Jean Harlow, the Scottsboro Boys and multi-millionaire Howard Hughes. Fame in 1986. The day of his birth has also been debated. The most common date given is January 20, but other sources suggest he was born on January 21 or 29. The only document we have that Ledbetter, himself, helped fill out is his World War II draft registration from 1942 where he gives his birth date as January 23, 1889 Lead Belly's boastful spirit and penchant for the occasional skirmish sometimes led him into trouble with the law, and in January 1918 he was thrown into prison for the second time, this time after killing one of his relatives, Will Stafford, in a fight. He was incarcerated in Sugar Land, Texas and it is there that he got the inspiration for the song Midnight Special. It is said that he was released two years into his 35-year sentence after writing a song appealing to Governor Pat Morris Neff for his freedom. Lead Belly had swayed Governor Neff by appealing to his strong religious values. That, in combination with good behavior (including entertaining by playing for the guards and fellow prisoners), was Lead Belly's ticket out of jail. In 1930, Lead Belly was back in prison, this time in Louisiana for attempted homicide. It was there, three years later, that he was "discovered" by musicologists John and Alan Lomax, who were enchanted by his talent, passion and singularity as a performer, and recorded hundreds of his songs on portable recording equipment for the Library of Congress. The following year Lead Belly was once again pardoned, this time after a petition for his early release was taken to Louisiana Governor O.K. Allen by the Lomaxes. The petition was on the other side of a recording of one of his most popular songs, "Goodnight Irene". The state's prison records, however, show he was released due to for more Information see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Belly Category
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Elvis Presley - Biography - IMDb Elvis Presley Biography Showing all 302 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (10) | Trivia (225) | Personal Quotes (36) | Salary (24) Overview (5) The King of Rock 'n' Roll Height 5' 11¾" (1.82 m) Mini Bio (1) Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In September 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. In 1953, he attended the senior prom with the current girl he was courting, Regis Wilson. After graduating from high school in Memphis, Elvis took odd jobs working as a movie theater usher and a truck driver for Crown Electric Company. He began singing locally as "The Hillbilly Cat", then signed with a local recording company, and then with RCA in 1955. Elvis did much to establish early rock and roll music. He began his career as a performer of rockabilly, an up-tempo fusion of country music and rhythm and blues, with a strong backbeat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing 'black' and 'white' sounds, made him popular - and controversial - as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. He recorded songs in the rock and roll genre, with tracks like "Jailhouse Rock" and "Hound Dog" later embodying the style. Presley had a versatile voice and had unusually wide success encompassing other genres, including gospel, blues, ballads and pop music. Teenage girls became hysterical over his blatantly sexual gyrations, particularly the one that got him nicknamed "Elvis the Pelvis" (television cameras were not permitted to film below his waist). In 1956, following his six television appearances on The Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show", Elvis was cast in his first acting role, in a supporting part in Love Me Tender (1956), the first of 33 movies he starred in. In 1958, Elvis was drafted into the military, and relocated to Bad Nauheim, Germany. There he met and fell in love with 14-year old army damsel Priscilla Ann Wagner ( Priscilla Presley ), whom he would eventually marry after an eight-year courtship, and with whom he had his only child, Lisa Marie Presley . Elvis' military service and the "British Invasion" of the 1960s reduced his concerts, though not his movie/recording income. Through the 1960s, Elvis settled in Hollywood, where he starred in the majority of his thirty-three movies, mainly musicals, acting alongside some of the most well known actors in Hollywood. Critics panned most of his films, but they did very well at the box office, earning upwards of $150 million total. His last fiction film, Change of Habit (1969), deals with several social issues; romance within the clergy, an autistic child, almost unheard of in 1969, rape, and mob violence. It has recently received critical acclaim. Elvis made a comeback in the 1970s with live concert appearances starting in early 1970 in Las Vegas with over 57 sold-out shows. He toured throughout the United States, appearing on-stage in over 500 live appearances, many of them sold out shows. His marriage ended in divorce, and the stress of constantly traveling as well as his increasing weight gain and dependence upon stimulants and depressants took their toll. Elvis Presley died at age 42 on August 16, 1977 at his mansion in Graceland, near Memphis, shocking his fans worldwide. At the time of his death, he had sold more than 600 million singles and albums. Since his death, Graceland has become a shrine for millions of followers worldwide. Elvis impersonators and purported sightings have become stock subjects for humorists. To date, Elvis Presley is the only performer to have been inducted into three separate music 'Halls of Fame'. Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales, and remains one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan and Chris Holland Spouse
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Music and Instruments of the Bible My Redeemer > Bible > Dictionary > The Music and Instruments of the Bible Music and Instruments of the Bible (This article is taken from the "Illustrated Manners and Customs of the Bible", published by Thomas Nelson Publishing) The Bible gives very little information about Hebrew musical forms and how they developed. For this reason, we must combine Bible study with history and archaeology if we wish to learn about the music of Bible times. 7. Trumpet I. Development of Hebrew Music . The history of Hebrew music goes back to the first person who beat a stick on a rock, and it extends to the temple orchestra and the "joyous sound" called for in Psalm 150. That first musician heard rhythm as he beat his primitive instruments. For example, David is credited with inventing a number of instruments, although we do not know precisely what they were (cf. Amos 6:5). David called upon a chorus of 4,000 to offer praises to the L ORD "with the instruments which I made to Praise" (I Chron. 23:5; cf. II Chron. 7:6; Neh. 12:6). David also composed songs, such as his lament over the death of Saul and Jonathan. Though G OD directed Israel's social and religious development, the nation absorbed ideas from surrounding cultures. Israel was at a geographical crossroads and was exposed to ideas and customs from other parts of the world (Gen. 37:25), including musical style. Many men of Israel married foreign wives whose customs gradually crept into Hebrew lifestyle. According to the collection of post-biblical Jewish writings called the Midrash, King Solomon married an Egyptian woman whose dowry included 1,000 musical instruments. If this is true, no doubt she brought musicians with her to play those instruments in the traditional Egyptian way. The purpose the music served and the way in which listeners responded to it also influenced the development of Hebrew music. In times of war, it was often necessary to sound an alarm or send some other kind of urgent signal. Thus the Hebrews developed the shophar, an instrument like a trumpet with loud, piercing tones (Exod. 32:17-18; Judg. 7:18-20). Merrymaking and frivolity called for the light, happy tones produced by the pipe or flute (Gen. 31:27; Judg. 11:34-35; Matt. 9:23-24; Luke 15:23-25). A. Distracting Effect . Hebrew leaders who ministered in the temple took great care to avoid using music that was associated with sensuous pagan worship. In cultures where fertility rites were common, women singers and musicians incited sexual orgies in honor of their gods. Even instruments not associated with pagan practices were sometimes restricted. For example, priests feared that a happy, melodious flute tune in the temple could distract someone's mind from worship. The prophet Amos condemned those "who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp" (Amos 6:5, RSV). Of course, there were times when the distractions of music could be helpful. The soothing strains of David's lyre refreshed a tormented Saul (I Sam. 16:23). After Daniel was shut up in the den of lions, King Darius retired to his room and refused to let the "instruments of music" be brought to him (Dan. 6:18). Music was an important part of everyday life. Merrymaking, weddings, and funerals were not complete without music. Even war relied on music, since special instruments sounded the call to battle. Aristocratic diversion and relaxation patronized the musicians and their skills. B. Function in Worship . Music was also a part of the religious life of Israel. The Israelites' formal worship observed various rituals prescribed by G OD . Music served as an accompaniment to these rituals. Temple music consisted of singers and an orchestra. The singers and musicians could come only from the males of certain families. Likewise, the types of instruments were restricted. Instruments that were associated with women, with raucous merrymaking (such as the Egyptian sistrum), or with pagan worship were banned from the temple orchestra. The Old Testament lists several kinds of instruments in the temple orchestra (cf. I Chron. 1
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What Musical Instrument Did King Dovid Play? | Mystical Paths What Musical Instrument Did King Dovid Play? by Reb Gutman Locks @ Mystical Paths King Dovid played a ten-stringed musical instrument. The Moshiach will play on an eight-stringed instrument, and in the World to Come, the music will again be played on ten strings. Twenty-five years ago, I first heard of the custom to listen to music on motzei Shabbos (Saturday night). Music, especially when combined with mysticism, can bring some of the holiness of Shabbos into the week. So, I decided to make a musical instrument just for this purpose. I found plans for an eight-stringed lyre, which I carved from various types of wood (pictured above). It is very beautiful, but its tone is not so sweet. Then, I designed and crafted a beautiful instrument that has a very pleasing tone. This lyre has ten-strings (also pictured above). I tuned it to sound like the waterfalls I heard in Hawaii. Many years later, I read in a book on the history of musical instruments that the exact tuning which I thought I had invented was used on a ten-stringed instrument shipped from China to Japan well over 1,000 years ago. When I play, I try to visualize what will happen when the Moshiach comes. What will we see when G-d’s Presence is revealed? The whole world will know peace. There will be no more wars, the sick will be healed, and the blind will see. The righteous among the dead will come back to life. We will actually see our Forefathers Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov. All of the holy Prophets will live again. The Third and Final Temple will come. It will be made of a brilliant light, and it will stand right here In Jerusalem. What will all of this look like? It could happen at any minute. Sometimes I invite a few guests to sit with me when I play, and I encourage them to visualize these wonderful things. Now, I have a short video of me playing, so, if you like, you too can join me while I play. As to why the number of strings change with the times: King Dovid lived in a time when there was much joy, and severe hardships. His scale of tones was from the highest to the lowest. When the Moshiach comes, there will only be good. His scale will be just the upper notes, the highest tones. In the World to Come, we will see that even the lowest notes were good, so the music there will be played on all ten strings.
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World’s largest diamond found - Jan 25, 1905 - HISTORY.com This Day In History: 01/25/1905 - Largest Diamond Found On this day in 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mine's superintendent. Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the "Cullinan," it was the largest diamond ever found. Frederick Wells was 18 feet below the earth's surface when he spotted a flash of starlight embedded in the wall just above him. His discovery was presented that same afternoon to Sir Thomas Cullinan, who owned the mine. Cullinan then sold the diamond to the Transvaal provincial government, which presented the stone to Britain's King Edward VII as a birthday gift. Worried that the diamond might be stolen in transit from Africa to London, Edward arranged to send a phony diamond aboard a steamer ship loaded with detectives as a diversionary tactic. While the decoy slowly made its way from Africa on the ship, the Cullinan was sent to England in a plain box. Edward entrusted the cutting of the Cullinan to Joseph Asscher, head of the Asscher Diamond Company of Amsterdam. Asscher, who had cut the famous Excelsior Diamond, a 971-carat diamond found in 1893, studied the stone for six months before attempting the cut. On his first attempt, the steel blade broke, with no effect on the diamond. On the second attempt, the diamond shattered exactly as planned; Asscher then fainted from nervous exhaustion. The Cullinan was later cut into nine large stones and about 100 smaller ones, valued at millions of dollars all told. The largest stone is called the "Star of Africa I," or "Cullinan I," and at 530 carats, it is the largest-cut fine-quality colorless diamond in the world. The second largest stone, the "Star of Africa II" or "Cullinan II," is 317 carats. Both of these stones, as well as the "Cullinan III," are on display in the Tower of London with Britain's other crown jewels; the Cullinan I is mounted in the British Sovereign's Royal Scepter, while the Cullinan II sits in the Imperial State Crown. Lead Story World’s largest diamond found Share this: World’s largest diamond found Author World’s largest diamond found URL Publisher A+E Networks On January 25, 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered during a routine inspection by the mine’s superintendent. Weighing 1.33 pounds, and christened the “Cullinan,” it was the largest diamond ever found. Frederick Wells was 18 feet below the earth’s surface when he spotted a flash of starlight embedded in the wall just above him. His discovery was presented that same afternoon to Sir Thomas Cullinan, who owned the mine. Cullinan then sold the diamond to the Transvaal provincial government, which presented the stone to Britain’s King Edward VII as a birthday gift. Worried that the diamond might be stolen in transit from Africa to London, Edward arranged to send a phony diamond aboard a steamer ship loaded with detectives as a diversionary tactic. While the decoy slowly made its way from Africa on the ship, the Cullinan was sent to England in a plain box. Edward entrusted the cutting of the Cullinan to Joseph Asscher, head of the Asscher Diamond Company of Amsterdam. Asscher, who had cut the famous Excelsior Diamond, a 971-carat diamond found in 1893, studied the stone for six months before attempting the cut. On his first attempt, the steel blade broke, with no effect on the diamond. On the second attempt, the diamond shattered exactly as planned; Asscher then fainted from nervous exhaustion. The Cullinan was later cut into nine large stones and about 100 smaller ones, valued at millions of dollars all told. The largest stone is called the “Star of Africa I,” or “Cullinan I,” and at 530 carats, it is the largest-cut fine-quality colorless diamond in the world. The second largest stone, the “Star of Africa II” or “Cullinan II,” is 317 carats. Both of these stones, as well as the “Cullinan III,” are on display in the Tower of London with Britain’s other crown jewels; the Cullinan I is mo
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The Global Diamond Industry: Portrait of growth - Bain & Company The Global Diamond Industry: Portrait of growth December 12, 2012 Bain report By Yury Spektorov, Olya Linde and Pierre-Laurent Wetli 1. Major developments in the diamond industry in 2011 2011 market overview Natural diamonds are among the world’s most precious natural resources. In 2011, diamond miners such as ALROSA, BHP Billiton, De Beers, Rio Tinto and smaller companies produced 124 million carats of rough diamonds, valued at $15 billion. Once out of the ground, the rough stones moved through the so-called diamond pipeline—a value chain that runs from dealers to diamond cutters and polishers to jewelry manufacturers to retail stores and finally to consumers. The value-added along the way is impressive, as $15 billion in rough diamonds becomes $24 billion in polished diamonds, which in turn goes into diamond jewelry with a resulting retail value of $71 billion (see Figure 1.1). In this and following chapters we analyze the key factors driving demand for diamond jewelry. These factors carry important long-term implications for the overall diamond industry and rough diamond producers in particular. Diamond jewelry sales reached all-time high Despite lingering concerns about the global economy, the diamond industry was surprisingly resilient in 2011. Although it appeared the recession would slow sales of diamond jewelry, overall demand has continued to grow. This performance is in line with the broader luxury category, which defied economic headwinds to hit an all-time high in sales in 2011 (see Figure 1.2). Diamonds were as resilient as the overall luxury category. Last year we projected that sales of diamond jewelry would return to pre-crisis levels by 2013—a projection that some observers called over-optimistic. In fact, sales surpassed their pre-crisis peak in 2011, two years earlier than we anticipated. Overall, 2011 saw retail sales of diamond jewelry reach a new high, growing 18% from 2010 (see Figure 1.3). China and India are at the forefront of diamond demand growth China and India, buoyed by strong economic advances in both countries, accounted for most of the demand growth. China’s economy is expanding at 9% per year, slower than its 13% to 14% growth rate before the global financial crisis, but still far faster than any of the world’s other major economies. India’s GDP, meanwhile, grew at a solid 7% in 2011, continuing its upward trajectory (see Figure 1.4). As wealth increases in both countries, diamond sales are skyrocketing. China (including Hong Kong) is now the world’s second-largest diamond jewelry market after the US, with demand growing 18% from 2010 to 2011. India is the third largest, with growth of 17% during the same period (see Figure 1.5). Powered by strong demand, the diamond market in both countries is developing rapidly. The number of retail jewelry outlets is soaring, and a growing number of consumers are adopting the Western practice of giving gifts of diamond jewelry to celebrate engagements, weddings and anniversaries. Many consumers are coming to view diamonds as investments. Some more established markets grew more slowly or suffered setbacks in 2011. The US, the world’s largest diamond jewelry market, posted a 7% gain in sales as the country’s economy rebounded, with a 1.7% increase in 2011 GDP. Consumer confidence there continues to strengthen. European sales of diamond jewelry fell slightly from 2010 to 2011, while sales in Japan slid by 6%. Continuous decline of rough diamond supply The supply of rough diamonds contracted by 3% in 2011 to 124 million carats, down from 128 million carats in 2010 (see Figure 1.6). Production decreases at De Beers and Rio Tinto, which both experienced technical difficulties at some of their mines, accounted for the bulk of the decline. Rio Tinto’s Argyle mine, in Western Australia, was hit by heavy rains and flooding in early 2011. De Beers has reduced production in Canada and Botswana. ALROSA maintained its production levels. Double-digit growth of rough and polished diamond
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What convicted fraudster's underpants were auctioned in 2011 for $200, with other belongings, to compensate victims of his $65m Ponzi scheme swindle?
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Quiz for Sunday 12th June - Shelled Warriors Forums Quiz for Sunday 12th June User Name Posts: 1,403 Quiz for Sunday 12th June Nothing too fancy this week - has been a bit chaotic and stressful so had to cheat a little. Good luck 1.What is the common name of the cooking ingredient from the hard fat of kidneys and loins of oxen, famously sold under the Atora brand? lard 2.In the TV series Thunderbirds, what colour/colour are Brains' spectacle rims: Black; Brown; Blue; or Green? Blue 3.In six-dot Braille (English language), what letter and number are represented by a single dot, top left?A and 1 4.What did Frenchman Dr Pierre Dukan devise which bears his name, and after achieving great popularity in France, began to spread internationally in the early 2000s?Diet 5.What motor company's badge contains a red cross and a green snake?Alfa Romeo 6.What popular sci-fi creations were described by Dr Who's executive producer in 2011 as "...the most reliably defeatable enemies in the universe..." ? Dalek 7.The terms biconvex, biconcave, positive meniscus, negative meniscus, and plano-convex refer to types of what? Lenses 8.Sesame seeds are a very good dietary source of what elemental mineral: Magnesium; Iron; Zinc; or Mercury? Magnesium 9.In what video game brand does the Lara Croft character most famously feature? Tomb Raider 10.According to Unicef (at 2011) what percentage of Afghan women die in pregnancy or childbirth: 1%; 3%; 5% or 12�%? 12.5% 11.Name the shipping line which owned the Titanic? (Bonus points: Name the Titanic shipbuilders? And in which city was the Titanic built?) White Star Line, Harkand and Wolff, Blefast 12.A Gay Girl in Damascus is the title of the blog by feminist/freedom campaigner Amina Abdallah Alaf al Omari, who in June 2011 was based and abducted in which country?Syria 13.Who, age 30, wrote the historically significant anti-semetic diatribe known as 'the Gemlich letter' on 16 Sep 1919? Hitler 14.Which UK city hosts the Summer Sundae music festival? Leicester 15.What island is noted for its biodiversity and 80% unique wildlife due to more than 80 million years' isolation from continental land mass? Madagascar 16.Violeta Chamorro, Michelle Bachelet, Laura Chinchilla, and Dilma Rousseff share what achievement? Olympic record-holders; National leadership; Best-selling authors; Film noir stardom; or Diana Ross's Supremes? National Leadership 17.What convicted fraudster's underpants were auctioned in 2011 for $200, with other belongings, to compensate victims of his $65m Ponzi scheme swindle? Bernard Madoff 18.Name the two biggest producers of cars globally in 2010, and for several years prior? GM and Toyota 19.A blue circle with a white centre was introduced in 2006 as the international symbol for what human metabolic disease? Diabetes 20.What woman's name was given to the horrendously abusive laundry asylums for 'fallen women' run by the Catholic Church, starting in 18th century Ireland, spreading to other countries and persisting well into the 1900s? Magdalene 21.On a standard piano what normally is the lowest note? A 22.Who is Britain's longest serving consort? Prince Phillip 23.What multinational high street vendor's logo was developed from an old Norse woodcut of a twin-tailed siren or mermaid with flowing hair and crown? Starbucks 24.What letter was added to Wii by Nintendo in 2011 when naming its next generation gaming console? U 25.What is Julia Donaldson's hugely successful character and book, based on a Chinese folk tale of a fox that borrows the terror of a tiger? The Gruffalo 26.What modern system of a very old messaging method entails red and yellow ('Oscar') at sea, and white and blue ('Papa') on land? Semaphore 27.What word, from Sanskrit for 'sacred knowledge', refers to early Indian scripture, and specifically the four collections known as Rig, Sama, Yajur and Atharva, forming the basic teachings of Hinduism? Veda 28.What childplay and teaching-aid modelling product did William Harbutt devise and produce in 1900, in an old flour mill near Bath, UK? Plasticene 29.French for an additive, and
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Who was the first British sovereign to take up residence at Buckingham Palace?
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Buckingham Palace- London Info - London Museums - Parks - Attractionss - London Buckingham Palace To website George III bought Buckingham House in 1761 for his wife Queen Charlotte to use as a comfortable family home close to St James's Palace, where many court functions were held. Buckingham House became known as the Queen's House, and 14 of George III's 15 children were born there. In 1762 work began on remodelling the house to the King's requirements, to designs by Sir William Chambers, at a cost of £73,000. George IV, on his accession in 1820, decided to reconstruct the house into a pied-à-terre, using it for the same purpose as his father George III. As work progressed, and as late as the end of 1826, the King had a change of heart. With the assistance of his architect, John Nash, he set about transforming the house into a palace. Parliament agreed to a budget of £150,000, but the King pressed for £450,000 as a more realistic figure. Nash retained the main block but doubled its size by adding a new suite of rooms on the garden side facing west. Faced with mellow Bath stone, the external style reflected the French neo-classical influence favoured by George IV. The remodelled rooms are the State and semi-State Rooms, which remain virtually unchanged since Nash's time. Many of the pieces of furniture and works of art in these rooms were bought or made for Carlton House (George IV's London base when he was Prince of Wales), which was demolished in 1827. The north and south wings of Buckingham House were demolished and rebuilt on a larger scale with a triumphal arch - the Marble Arch - as the centrepiece of an enlarged courtyard, to commemorate the British victories at Trafalgar and Waterloo. By 1829 the costs had escalated to nearly half a million pounds. Nash's extravagance cost him his job, and on the death of George IV in 1830, his younger brother William IV took on Edward Blore to finish the work. The King never moved into the Palace. Indeed, when the Houses of Parliament were destroyed by fire in 1834, the King offered the Palace as a new home for Parliament, but the offer was declined. Queen Victoria was the first sovereign to take up residence in July 1837, just three weeks after her accession, and in June 1838 she was the first British sovereign to leave from Buckingham Palace for a Coronation. Her marriage to Prince Albert in 1840 soon showed up the Palace's shortcomings. A serious problem for the newly married couple was the absence of any nurseries and too few bedrooms for visitors. The only solution was to move the Marble Arch - it now stands at the north-east corner of Hyde Park - and build a fourth wing, thereby creating a quadrangle. Blore, the architect in charge, created the East Front and, thanks largely to his builder, Thomas Cubitt, the costs were reduced from £150,000 to £106,000. The cost of the new wing was largely covered by the sale of George IV's Royal Pavilion at Brighton. Blore added an attic floor to the main block of the Palace and decorated it externally with marble friezes originally intended for Nash's Marble Arch. The work was completed in 1847. By the turn of the century the soft French stone used in Blore's East Front was showing signs of deterioration, largely due to London's notorious soot, and required replacing. In 1913 the decision was taken to reface the façade. Sir Aston Webb, with a number of large public buildings to his credit, was commissioned to create a new design. Webb chose Portland Stone, which took 12 months to prepare before building work could begin. When work did start it took 13 weeks to complete the refacing, a process that included removing the old stonework. Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the sovereign, and was first opened to the public in 1993. Entry to Buckingham Palace is via Ambassador's Court on Buckingham Palace Road. The Grand Hall is on the original site of the old entrance hall, dominated by the Grand staircase aptly named, because of its winding proportions and floral gilt-bronze balustrade.
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Frequently Asked Questions | Britroyals Frequently Asked Questions When did the last British King fight in a battle? George II was the last British King to lead his army in person, during the War of the Austrian Succession, at the Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria, 27th June, 1743. The last English King to die in battle was Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field in Leicestershire on 22 August 1485 defeated by Henry Tudor who became Henry VII ending the Wars of the Roses between the Houses of York and Lancaster and starting the Tudor dynasty. The last British King to die in battle was James IV of Scotland killed at the Battle of Flodden Field in Northumberland on 9 September 1513 when the Scots invaded England hoping to take advantage of Henry VIII's absence in France, but were defeated by English forces under Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey. How far back can the British Royal Family trace their roots? Is Queen Elizabeth II really directly descended from Alfred the Great? She is the 32nd great granddaughter of King Alfred who 1,140 years ago was the first effective King of England. He ruled from 871 to 899. I thought that American Independence was in 1776. Why is it quoted as 1783? The Continental Congress of the 13 American colonies declared independence in 1776. However, the war continued and independence from Britain was not achieved until the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Was George III really mad? For most of his reign King George III was an astute king and politician with a strong sense of duty. Later in his reign he suffered from recurrent and eventually permanent mental illness. This baffled medical science at the time, although it is now generally thought that he suffered from the inherited blood disease porphyria. He suffered his first attack in 1788 and by 1810 was unfit to rule. In 1811 his son George, Prince of Wales, became Regent for 9 years until his father died in 1820. Who would now be King or Queen if Edward VIII had not abdicated? Edward VIII abdicated in 1936 less than a year after becoming King to marry Wallis Simpson. His younger brother Bertie became King George VI and was the father of the present Queen Elizabeth II . He died in 1952, and Edward who had no children died in 1972. So even if Edward had not abdicated Elizabeth would now be Queen. She would have come to the throne in 1972 instead of 1952. Why did Edward VIII have to give up the throne to marry a divorcee but Prince Charles is still in line to the throne? Royals who are divorced or marry divorcees do not lose their position in the line of succession. Edward VIII had a number of affairs with married women including Wallis Simpson who was already divorced and still married to her second husband. His parents King George V and Queen Mary did not approve and refused to meet her. When George V died Prime Minister Baldwin made it clear that the Government, popular opinion in the country and the oversees Dominions (now the Commonwealth nations) did not approve of his plans to marry Wallis. Social attitudes towards divorce and a women looking for a third marriage were considered scandalous at the time, and if Edward married against the advice of his Ministers it would have caused the Government to resign and a constitutional crisis. Edward chose to
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Give a year during which Francis Drake circumnavigated the world.
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THE FAMOUS VOYAGE THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE WORLD 1577-1580: Sir Francis Drake: A Pictorial Biography by Hans P. Kraus (Rare Book and Special Collections Reading Room, Library of Congress) Bibliography The Famous Voyage: The Circumnavigation of the World, 1577-1580 Drake was noted in his life for one daring feat after another; his greatest was his circumnavigation of the earth, the first after Magellan's. He sailed from Plymouth on Dec. 13, 1577. The squadron consisted of five vessels, the two larger ships being the Pelican, Drake's own ship, renamed Golden Hind on the voyage, on August 20, 1578; and the Elizabeth, commanded by John Winter. Three smaller vessels were the Marigold, Swan, and Benedict. Only one ship, the Golden Hind, made the complete voyage, returning on Sept. 26, 1580, "very richly fraught with gold, silver, pearls and precious stones" (Stow, Annales , p. 807). The expedition was financed as a joint venture, the investors being such high officials as Privy Councilors Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester; Sir Francis Walsingham; the Earl of Lincoln, Lord High Admiral of England; also, Sir Christopher Hatton; Sir William Winter, Surveyor and Master of Ordnance of the Navy; and John Hawkins, Drake's former commander. Queen Elizabeth herself may have been an investor, though this is not quite certain; what is certain is that she appropriated the lion's share of the proceeds of the voyage. Drake himself participated to the tune of £1000, a good sum for that time. These joint venture companies, partnerships, or associations were a common method of organizing and financing commercial voyages, military expeditions, and colonizing activities, from the Middle Ages onwards. They are explained by J. H. Parry ( The Age of Reconnaissance , pp. 49-50) as "Partnerships for conducting commercial enterprises...usually not corporations but rather ad hoc devices for uniting a number of capitalists...or a number of partners...or active participants in an enterprise...All these types of associations under various names--commenda, societas, compagnia, and so forth--were employed in seaborne trade". Parry mentions also "associations of individuals formed to undertake particular enterprises--military expeditions for example--on behalf of the State". The examples cited by Parry are Italian, but he remarks that "the Dutch and English were to emerge as the Italians' aptest pupils in this respect". For another example of such a company or partnership, see the financial papers of the Drake-Norris expedition of 1589 (pp. 162-164). The little fleet proceeded to the Cape Verde Islands, where, on January 30, 1578, the Portuguese pilot Nunho da Silva was captured (see his narrative, pp. 106-109). Thence they sailed across the Atlantic to the coasts of South America near the River Plate, and went southwards to Port St. Julian, where Magellan had anchored 58 years previously; they arrived there on June 18, 1578. The Doughty affair was a crisis in Drake's life; on its outcome depended the success of the circumnavigation, and hence, probably, the defeat of the Invincible Armada. The tragedy was this: Thomas Doughty (d. 1578), a friend of Drake, and one well acquainted with many prominent Englishmen, was an officer on Drake's circumnavigation voyage. He was accused by Drake of treachery and incitement to mutiny. He was put on trial at Port St. Julian, where Magellan had suppressed a conspiracy of som
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Sir Humphrey Gilbert | British explorer | Britannica.com Sir Humphrey Gilbert Sir Francis Drake Sir Humphrey Gilbert, (born c. 1539—died September 1583, at sea near the Azores ), English soldier and navigator who devised daring and farseeing projects of overseas colonization . Although he was brilliant and creative, his poor leadership was responsible for his failure to establish the first permanent English colony in North America . He succeeded, however, in annexing Newfoundland. The half brother of Sir Walter Raleigh and a cousin of Sir Richard Grenville , Gilbert studied navigation and military science at Oxford, entered the army, and was wounded at the siege of Le Havre (1563). In 1566 he wrote a Discourse proposing a voyage in search of a Northwest Passage between England and the Far East. But Queen Elizabeth I rejected the idea and instead sent Gilbert to Ireland (1567–70), where he ruthlessly suppressed an uprising and began to elaborate plans for a Protestant colonization of the province of Munster, in southern Ireland. He was knighted for this action in 1570. In 1572 he commanded the 1,500 English volunteers sent to assist the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain. By the mid-1570s Gilbert began to apply his Irish colonization schemes to North America. In 1577 he put forth a plan for seizing the Newfoundland fishing fleets of Spain, Portugal , and France; occupying Santo Domingo and Cuba; and intercepting the ships carrying American silver to Spain. The queen ignored his proposal but in 1578 granted him a six-year charter to settle “heathen lands not actually possessed of any Christian prince or people.” Straining his means to the utmost, Gilbert finally outfitted a seven-ship expedition and set sail on Nov. 19, 1578. He probably intended to cross to North America, but his ill-equipped, badly disciplined force quickly broke up, and by the spring of 1579 some of the ships had drifted to England while others had turned to piracy. During the summer of 1579 Gilbert helped put down the rebellion of James Fitzgerald (called Fitzmaurice) in Ireland. Gilbert then set about organizing a more ambitious colonizing expedition. He sailed from Plymouth on June 11, 1583, and on August 3 arrived at St. John’s , Newfoundland, which he claimed in the name of the queen. Moving southward with three ships, he lost the largest of them on August 29 and two days later turned homeward. He was last seen during a great storm in the Atlantic, shouting to his companion vessel, “We are as near heaven by sea as by land.” Gilbert’s ship was then swallowed by the sea. Learn More in these related articles:
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What colour is Santa Claus' belt?
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CUSTOM HANDMADE SANTA BELTS BACK TO BELT LIST Hi Greg, I got home late last night from our daughters wedding in Florida . I new from your e-mail the belt would be at our home before me . Even though I had a great time my mind was on seeing your creation . The wait was killing me but well worth it, absolutely stunning and great craftsmanship it's truly a Santa belt. Some of my ideas and your insight brought every thing to life. I really love the wide belt keep with the Praying hands and the Cross in the upper corner it says every thing about the reason for the season. My first gig is Thursday and I can't wait to see what people think, I will send you some pictures in full dress , thank you very much it was a pleasure talking to you and working with you on this again thanks and God bless . Santa Guy Hey Greg, I had a great year as Santa and had a lot of complements on my belt that you made for me . I'm sending a couple of pics as promised for you to see and use if you want, thanks again for a GREAT job and a wonderful looking belt. BACK TO BELT LIST Santa Caliguri's new belt. Reindeer with their names separated by holly leaves and double stitch look with arches/grass border. Also to have a little more black to better match his boots, both the double stitch border was done all black. Snowflakes around the holes....nice! Greg, I received the order the same day I received your e-mail. Oh my, what a wonderful surprise! The belt is so beautiful I wanted to sleep with it � but alas, Mrs. Claus said NO- ho, ho, ho! I now know what a Master Craftsman can do! Greg, the Santa belt is the most beautiful leather crafting I have ever seen or thought possible. I am also very pleased with the Rudolph belt-bag and Santa wallet. I wore it for a Christmas in July event in Aiken SC, and received many compliments! Words can�t sufficiently express my thanks! Santacerely, Santa Len BACK TO BELT LIST Santa Jon's new belt! A reddish brown "reindeer" belt with all the reindeer names on it with a Tim Allen border to it. Great looking matching bag as well...nice combo! Tapered design 4" down to 3", solid brass buckle. Greg, Just received my belt, bell holders, and pouch! You are absolutely AWESOME!!!! I was almost in tears (I know - right - a grown man crying over some leather). You are a fantastic, gifted, craftsman and I will always be in debt to you for helping me and everyone else you serve - all of us Santa's bring the magic back into the world. I am so thrilled.....thank you. Santa Jon BACK TO BELT LIST Santa Wirth's New Belt! All the reindeer names with Christmas Tree/Stockings/Candy Cane/Dog print/Stocking/etc separating them. Holly leaf border and Reindeer tracks around the holes and scattered snowflakes throughout. SC on the Keeper. Nice combination of stamps! I wanted to take a moment and thank you for this exceptional belt. I have shown it to a number of people and it is a consensus this is a belt worthy of Santa himself. I have always been proud to say I am Mall quality or better but this type of add on pushes me past that. It is the little touches that make a great Santa and you put those into this. The pictures on your web page just do not show the beauty of this product. If anyone is on the fence about having you do them a belt get off the fence and DO IT. There is no question this will be one of my pride and joy pieces. And the nice thing about this leather is it will just gain character over the years. Thanks a ton. Santa Bob BACK TO BELT LIST Hi Greg, The Santa belt and bag just arrived. They are beautiful!! Bill is so happy with it. The quality is beyond what we anticipated. The belt is amazing. We just love everything about it and I know the children will be intrigued when they see it. The bag is gorgeous. Those bells, I had no idea they were that size and
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The History and Legend of Santa Claus AKA Santa Claus From the 19th century: Thomas Nast's vision of old Saint Nick. Every December 24th millions of people are visited by a short, fat guy in a red suit. Where did he come from, why does he do it, and how does he accomplish this seemingly impossible task? Santa Claus... Kris Kringle...Old Saint Nick... We see him on advertising posters, in parades, at departments stores...who is this guy and why does he have so many aliases? Well, the original St. Nicholas lived in southwestern Turkey in the 4th century. As the bishop of Myra he was credited with doing a number of miracles involving sailors and children. After his death this led him to become the patron saint of both groups as well as for unmarried girls. As a saint he was given his own "feast day" that was celebrated on December 6th. At about the same time Nicholas lived, Pope Julius I decided to establish a date for the celebration of the birth of Jesus. As the actual time of year for this event was unknown, the Pope decided to assign the holiday to December 25th. There had long been a pagan midwinter festival at this time of year and the Pope hoped to use the holiday to christianize the celebrations. Eventually, Saint Nicholas's feast day also became associated with December 25th and his connection with Christmas was established. A tradition developed that he would supposedly visit homes on Christmas Eve and children would place nuts, apples, sweets and other items around the house to welcome him. As the reformation took a hold of much of Europe, however, the popularity of St. Nicholas dropped in most Protestant countries, with the exception of Holland where he was referred to as "Sinter Klaas." After this tradition came to the United States, "Sinter Klass" would eventually be corrupted to "Sancte Claus." America's Santa Saint Nicholas or "Sancte Claus," in a woodcut by Alexander Anderson done for the New York Historical Society. It's been said that Dutch settlers brought the tradition of Saint Nicholas to the North American city of New Amsterdam (which the British would later rename "New York"). However, research shows there's little evidence that Nicholas played much of a part in these early settlers' celebrations. It seems more likely that Saint Nicholas became an American tradition during a wave of interest in Dutch customs following the Revolutionary War. Washington Irving (of Sleepy Hollow fame) included him a comic History of New York City written in 1809. John Pintard, founder of the New York Historical Society, took an especially keen interest in the legend and the Society hosted its first St. Nicholas anniversary dinner in 1810. Artist Alexander Anderson was commissioned to draw an image of the Saint for the dinner. He was still shown as a religious figure, but now he was also clearly depositing gifts in children's stockings which were hung by the fireplace to dry. Perhaps nothing has fixed the image of Santa Claus so firmly in the American mind as a poem entitled A Visit from St. Nicholas written by Clement Moore in 1822. Moore, a professor of biblical languages at New York's Episcopal Theological Seminary, drew upon Pintard's thinking about the early New Amsterdam traditions
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What chemical element is named after the Latin word for a rainbow?
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Which elements on the periodic table have Latin names? | Reference.com Which elements on the periodic table have Latin names? A: Quick Answer Many elements on the periodic table have names derived from Latin, including aluminum, calcium, cesium, chlorine, fluorine, gallium, iridium, radium, rubidium and scandium. Other element names are derived from languages such as Greek, Arabic and Anglo-Saxon. Some elements have been named for the cities in which they were discovered or after scientists. Scientists choose the names of elements based on a variety of factors, such as appearance, chemical properties, discovery location or person, or mythology. Examples of elements with Latin names and the reason behind the name choice include: Aluminum's name is based on the Latin word "alumen," which means "alum." Calcium's name is based on the Latin word for lime, "calx," which is the common name for calcium oxide. Cesium is a bright sky blue color when heated and was given its name from the Latin "caesius," which means "sky blue." Chlorine is a green-yellow gas, so was given the name after the Latin word "chloros," which means "greenish-yellow." Fluorine's name is based on the Latin word "fluere," which means "to flow." Gallium was named after the Latin name of France, Gallia. Iridium has the ability to form differently colored compounds and therefore was named for the Latin word for rainbow, "Iris." Radium has the ability to glow in the dark. Its name comes from the Latin word for ray, which is "radius." Rubidium was named for its bright ruby red color. Its name comes from the Latin word "rubidius." Scandium was named after the Latin word for Scandinavia, "Scandia."
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Table of Elements in Greek and Latin (Rome) Language. Sidebar Periodic Table of Elements The Greek language and Greek myth have contributed greatly to the sciences, including chemistry. This is most apparent in the Periodic Table of Elements. A table of the elements with mythological influences, or at least have the Greek language to thank for their names, is below. For kicks, I have included the Latin (Roman) terms also. (Please note: this is not the complete table of elements, only those with Greek or Latin influences.) Actinium From the Greek wordaktinos (ray) Aluminum From the Latin wordalumen, or"bitter". Antimony From the Greek words anti (opposed) and monos (solitude) Argon From the Greek wordargon (inactive) Arsenic From the Greek wordarsenikos and the Latin wordarsenicum, meaning "yellow orpiment". Astatine From the Greek wordastatos (unstable) Barium From the Greek wordbarys (heavy) Bromine From the Greek wordbrômos (stench) Cadmium Symbol: Cd Atomic Number: 48 From the Greek wordkadmeia (ancient name for calamine) and from the Latin word cadmia.Cadmus, in Greek myth, was the founder of Thebes. Calcium From the latin wordcalcis (lime) Carbon Ceres (asteroid), and the Roman version of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture. Cesium From the Latin wordcaesius (sky blue) Chlorine From the Greek wordkhlôros (green) Chromium From the Greek wordchrôma (color) Copper From the Latin wordcyprium, after the island of Cyprus and birthplace of Aphrodite. Dysprosium From the Greek worddysprositos (hard to get at). Fluorine From the Latin wordfluo (flow) Gold From the Latin wordaurum (gold). In Roman mythology, Aurora was the goddess of dawn--golden indeed. Helium From the Greek wordhêlios (sun); Helios in Greek mythology was the god of the Sun. Hydrogen Symbol: H Atomic Number: 1 From the Greek words hudôr (water) and gennan(generate). Heracles fought the Hydra of Lerna (a sea town) for his second labor. Iodine From the Greek wordiôdes (violet). Iridium Symbol: Ir Atomic Number: 77 From the Latin wordiridis (rainbow). The Greeks had a messenger goddess, Iris, whose colorful cape flowed behind her. Iron From the Latin wordferrum (iron) Krypton Symbol: Kr Atomic Number: 36 From the Greek wordkryptos (hidden). In modern language, words such as "encrypt" can be discerned from the Greek. Lanthanum From the Greek wordlanthaneis (to lie hidden). Lead Symbol: Pb Atomic Number: 82 Name Origin: From the Greek word protos (first). Some Greeks believd that the first god ever was Protogonus, or "first born". Symbol Origin: From the Latin wordplumbum (lead) Lithium From the Greek wordlithos (stone) Manganese From the Latin wordmangnes (magnet) Molybdenum From the Greek word molubdos (lead) Neodymium Symbol: Nd Atomic Number: 60 From the Greek words neos (new) anddidymos (twin). Twins appear regularly in Greek myth, from the Dioscuri (Castor & Polydeuces) to the divine twins (Artemis & Apollo). Neon Form the Greek word neos (new) Neptunium After the planet Neptune, the Roman sea god, identified as Poseidon in Greek myth. Niobium Symbol: Nb Atomic Number: 41 After Niobe, daughter of mythical king (Tantalus). She had bragged about her set of seven girls and seven boys, scoffing at Leto for only having two children. Apollo and Artemis promptly killed her offspring. Niobe, in despair, was turned to stone by the gods. Osmium From the Greek word osmë (odor) Oxygen From the Greek words oxus (acid) andgennan (generate) Palladium From the Greek goddess (Pallas) and after an asteroid Phosphorous Symbol: P Atomic Number: 15 From the Greek words phôs (light) andphoros (bearer), Phosphoros was a god of light in Greek myth. Plutonium After the planet Pluto and the Latin god of the Underworld (Hades in Greek). Potassium Symbol Origin: From the Latin word kalium Praseodymium From the Greek words prasios (green) anddidymos (twin) Promethium From the Titan Prometheus who stole fire of the sky and gave it to man. Protactinium From the Greek word protos (first) [see name origin for lead]. Radium From the Latin word radius (ray) Rhodium From the Greek word rhodon
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Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich - - Biography.com Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian business tycoon, one of the richest men in the world and owner of the Chelsea Football Club. IN THESE GROUPS Famous People Named Abramovich Synopsis Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich was born on October 24, 1966 in Saratov, S Russia. Orphaned at age two, he was raised by an uncle. While a student, Abramovich set up a toy production company which he eventually parlayed into a fortune in the oil industry. Now, one of the richest men in the world, Abramovich is owner of the Chelsea Football Club and of private investment firm, Millhouse LLC. Industry Success Multi-billionaire businessman and entrepreneur Roman Abramovich was born in Saratov, S Russia. Born into impoverished circumstances and orphaned at age two, he was raised by an uncle and his family in Ukhta, N Russia. While still a student at the Moscow Auto Transport Institute (1987), he set up a small company producing plastic toys, and its success enabled him to found an oil business in the Omsk region. He rapidly made a name for himself within the industry and joined the board of the Sibneft company, eventually taking sole charge, and completing a merger which made it the fourth biggest oil company in the world. Sibneft was sold to the state-run Russian gas company, Gazprom, in 2005. In 1999 he was elected to the lower house of the Russian parliament representing the isolated Siberian area of Chukotka, to which he has donated large sums for improvement schemes. He was re-elected for a second term in 2005. Among his many homes is a country estate in Sussex, and he has become a familiar face in England since his acquisition of Chelsea Football Club in 2003. Fact Check We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us ! Citation Information
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Which statesman, Egypt’s third President, was born on 25/12/1918?
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There is no happiness for people at the expense of other people. Died: October 6, 1981 (aged 62) Nationality: Egyptian Occupation: Statesman Bio: Anwar El Sadat was the third President of Egypt, serving from 15 October 1970 until his assassination by fundamentalist army officers on 6 October 1981. In his eleven years as president, he changed Egypt's direction, departing from some of the economic and political principles of Nasserism by re-instituting the multi-party system and launching the Infitah economic policy.
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General Knowledge Questions and Answers - Quiz General Knowledge Questions and Answers What was Mohammad Ali`s birth name? Cassius Clay Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link? Anne Robinson How many dots are there in total on a pair of dice? 42 Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces? Knight At which racecourse is the Derby and the Oaks traditionally run? Epsom Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear? Winnie the Pooh `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? Fifteen-to-one Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and Black Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J K Rowling The name of which football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid In the TV show `Fawlty Towers` from which city does the waiter Manuel hail? Barcelona What is the furthest planet from the sun? Pluto How many red balls are used in a game of snooker? 15 How many sides has an octagon? Eight What is the name of the coloured part of an eye? The iris In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale? The Wizard Of Oz Who played Jerry in the film `Jerry McGuire`? Tom Cruise How many strings are on a violin? 4 Who was the lead singer in The Police? Sting (Gordon Sumner) Which part of the body would be treated by a chiropodist? Feet What was the hunchback of Notre Dame`s name? Quasimodo Which animal is associated with the beginning of an MGM film? A lion In snooker, what colour is the ball that begins a game in the centre of the table? Blue In which month of 1929 did the St Valentines Day massacre take place? February Which actress played the title role in the 1990 film `Pretty Woman`? Julia Roberts How many legs does an insect have? Six What is the chemical symbol for Hydrogen? H In the Australian TV series, what type of animal was `Skippy`? Kangaroo Which famous person in history rode a horse called Black Bess? Dick Turpin What is the name of the city in which The Simpsons live? Springfield Who had a number one in 1960 called `Only The Lonely`? Roy Orbison What is the longest river in the world? The Nile What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair? Full house Which cartoon show included characters called Thelma and Shaggy? Scooby Doo What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag? Red Who played the title role in the 1960 film `Spartacus`? Kirk Douglas What is the normal colour of the gem sapphire? Red, Green or Blue? Blue Who had a number one hit in 1984 with `Hello`? Lionel Richie What was snow whites coffin made of ? Glass Which ear did vincent Van Gogh partially cut off ? Left Which animal provides the blood for black pudding ? Pig What was the last UK no1 for the super group Abba ? Super Trooper Which lagers name is translated as lions brew ? Lowenbrau What colour is the car on monopolys free parking space ? Red What combines with a tia maria to make a Tia Moo Moo ? Milk Was shirley temple 21 25 or 29 when she made her last film in 1949 ? 21 Which 2 of the 7 dwarfs names do not end witn the letter Y Doc and Bashful What was Mrs Fawltys Christian name in the TV series fawlty towers ? Sybil What is the name of Cluedos colonel ? Mustard What group had their first uk hit with three times a lady ? Commodores What in horse racing terms are a jockeys hat and shirt called? Silks Who did monica marry in the tv series friends ? Chandler Muriel Bing What colour is the center stripe on the german flag, Red, Black or Gold ? Red Who taught Eliza Dolittle to be a lady ? Professor Henry Higgins Which is the closet planet to the sun to have a moon ? Earth Who were the 2 British prime ministers of the 1970s ? Wilson and Heath Where sitting on his suitcase was Paddington bear found ? Paddington station What is the perdominant colour of a harrods carrier bag ? Green W
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Shaw Taylor presented Police 5 on Southampton-based TVS (From Daily Echo) Shaw Taylor presented Police 5 on Southampton-based TVS Shaw Taylor 15 comments SHAW Taylor, one of the pioneers of solving crime on TV, has died at the age of 90. Mr Taylor was one of the best-known faces on regional TV in the 1960s to the early 1980s. He presented Police 5 on independent television including Southampton -based TVS, a long-running five-minute show that from 1962 appealed to the public to help solve crimes. The show broadcast an estimated 25,000 appeals to help with police work. It was a forerunner to Crimewatch which has helped snares hundreds of criminals. His catchphrase was “Keep ’em peeled!”, urging the public to be alert to crime, and he recently reported that strangers still shout it at him in the street. In 2014 Channel 5 revived Police 5 with new presenters and, at the age of 89, he appeared on each programme for a short segment. Mr Taylor was born in London and served in the RAF. After the Second World War he worked as a stage and television actor and TV announcer. He wife Ianette predeceased him. He leaves theri son Richard and his partner Shirley Ferrari. He died at his home at Totland on the Isle of Wight on Tuesday.
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BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - Presenters Desert Island Discs Presenters Roy Plomley Roy Plomley, the programme's creator, presented the programme for 43 years. Starting out as a stage and film actor, he began working in radio in 1936 as an announcer on Radio Normandy. Following a stint with International Radio, broadcasting from Paris and London, he began to freelance for the BBC in 1940. Although he also wrote plays, and presented other programmes such as One Minute, Please, he will be forever associated with Desert Island Discs. He wrote several books about the programme: Desert Island Discs (1975), Desert Island Picks (1982) and Desert Island Lists (1984, with his producer then, Derek Drescher). Michael Parkinson Michael Parkinson was asked to take the chair following Roy Plomley's death in May 1985. His first castaway, on 5th January 1986, was the film director Alan Parker. Parkinson, widely celebrated for his successful TV chat-show, had already himself appeared as a castaway on 19th Feb 1972. Between 1986 and 1988, he presented nearly 100 programmes but by the end of 1987 he'd decided to move on. On 13th March 1988 he interviewed his final castaway - athlete Brendan Foster Sue Lawley Sue Lawley was well-known as a TV reporter, newsreader and presenter & had appeared as a castaway on 8th November 1987, interviewed by Michael Parkinson. Her first guest was Lord Hailsham (Quintin Hogg), who was castaway on 27th March 1988. Describing the role as “one of the best jobs in broadcasting”, Sue went on to interview a further 771 people from all aspects of public life including politics, entertainment, science and sport. On 27th August 2006, her final castaway was the actress Dame Joan Plowright, Sir Laurence Olivier’s widow. Kirsty Young Journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Young opened her tenure as presenter by interviewing the illustrator Quentin Blake on 1st October 2006. Among her guests have been musicians Morrissey, Sir Tom Jones, Alice Cooper, and Barry Manilow, politicians Nick Clegg, Alex Salmond and Alan Johnson, actors Sir Michael Caine, Kathy Burke and June Spencer. In addition to Desert Island Discs, since 2008 she has been the presenter of Crimewatch on BBC One and has also presented the documentary series The British Family and The British at Work. Other Desert Island Discs presenters Two other people have presented editions of Desert Island Discs - Leslie Perowne, Head of Popular Record Programmes at the BBC, who interviewed Roy Plomley the first time he appeared as a castaway in May 1942. On the second occasion Plomley was castaway, in May 1958, he was interviewed by Eamonn Andrews. Strictly speaking, therefore, six people have presented Desert Island Discs over its sixty years, although only Roy Plomley, Michael Parkinson, Sue Lawley and Kirsty Young can genuinely be called 'Desert Island Discs presenters' in the accepted sense.
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The 10 Largest Ports in Europe - Europeish.com Europe Travel Blog - Capturing the Beauty of a Continent The 10 Largest Ports in Europe Written by: europeish | (2) comments Several centuries ago, the Europeans were the first to sail their ships across the entire world. The economies of the Vikings, the English, the Dutch, the Portuguese and the Spaniards got enormous boosts because of their large ports and sailsmanship. A lot has changed since then. Eight of the ten largest ports in the world are now to be found in China, but Europe still has quite a few very large harbors. Data via American Association of Port Authorities . 1. Rotterdam (the Netherlands) This Dutch harbor was the largest in the world, until Shanghai and Singapore grew even larger in 1986. This satellite photo gives an indication of the size of the Port of Rotterdam. (Image via Mannlines ) 2. Antwerp (Belgium) About an hour and a half to the south of Rotterdam is Antwerp, the largest port in Belgium. It’s around the same size as the harbor of Houston, which is the second-largest port in the USA. (Image via S.Goovy ) 3. Hamburg (Germany) The German city of Hamburg may be nearly 50 miles from the coast, the river Elbe has allowed it to grow to be the third port in Europe.
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WPS - Port of Busan review Port of Busan Review and History The Port of Busan (also called Pusan) is the second largest city and the largest port in South Korea. Located at the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula, the Port of Busan is a little over 110 nautical miles east-southeast of the Port of Kitakyushu in Japan and about 247 kilometers east of Korea's Port of Mokpo . The Port of Busan is a metropolitan city under the direct control of South Korea's central government, giving it the effective status of a province. Located at the mouth of the Naktong River, the Port of Busan lies on a deep protected bay that faces Japan's Tsushima Islands about half-way across the Korea Strait between the two countries. In 2005, over 3.5 million people lived in the Port of Busan. Panorama of Busan Harbor Photo by Lubo Zviera Ryba Connected to the mainland by a drawbridge, Yong Island divides the Port of Busan. Foreign trade is focused in the eastern port, and fishing activities are based in the Port of Busan's smaller western port. In 2007, the American Association of Port Authorities ranked the Port of Busan the tenth busiest port in terms of total tonnage and the sixth busiest in terms of 20-foot TEUs of containerized cargoes. Major industries in the Port of Busan include shipbuilding, electronics, steel, automobiles, ceramics, paper, and chemicals. New industrial parks are bringing high-tech manufacturers to the Pusan as well. Tourism is growing in importance as people come for the hot springs and beaches. In addition to ferry routes between the Port of Busan and Japanese ports, the Port of Busan is served by a major railway, the Kimhae International Airport, and express buses. Port History Excavations of the Bokcheon-dong burial mounds in the Port of Busan uncovered grave goods that suggest a powerful and complex chiefdom inhabited the area when the Three Kingdoms of Korea were forming from the 2nd to the 4th Centuries AD. Archaeologists found over 250 iron weapons and ingots in a wooden chamber tomb in today's Port of Busan. Called Geochilsan-guk (meaning "rough mountain"), the town was absorbed by nearby Silla and renamed Geochilsan-gun. The town was renamed Dongnae in 757. Centum City Photo by superman2011 By the early 15th Century, the Port of Busan was a trading port with ties to Japan. Japanese were allowed to settle there. Unlike other Korean cities like Jinhae and Ulsan where the Japanese residences decreased, the settlement continued to exist until the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592. When the Tokugawa Shogunate took over in Japan in the early 17th Century, diplomatic relations were formed between Korea and Japan. The old Japanese settlement in the Port of Busan was moved to Chroyang and continued to thrive until 1876 when the Port of Busan became Korea's first international port. Busan Photo by M.Minderhoud Under Japanese rule, the Port of Busan became an important hub for trade with Japan. It also modernized quickly. The Port of Busan was Korea's only city to adopt steam tramways before electricity arrived in 1924. Only two cities in South Korea escaped occupation by North Korean Communists during the Korean War: Jeju City and the Port of Busan. Because the Communists did not control the city, it became a major refugee site during that war. For a time, the Port of Busan was the capital of the new Republic of Korea . In late 1950, troops sent by the United Nations established a defensive boundary, called the Pusan Perimeter, around the Port of Busan. Busan International Ferry Terminal Photo by Kambayashi Since the end of the Korean War , the Port of Busan has been a self-governing city with a strong urban character and atmosphere. In the late 20th Century, the Port of Busan built a new container port and distribution center west of the old port on Gaduk Island near the mainland. The first stage of this new port area began operating in 2006, making the Port of Busan an important transport hub for that region of Northeast Asia.
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News and Announcements News and Announcements Frequently updated news and views from Janet Frame's estate plus news of latest releases will now be posted on the blog: REAL NZ Festival: Explore the Janet Frame House in Oamaru Janet Frame's childhood home at 56 Eden Street, Oamaru will be open early this year and for an extra hour every day - from the 9th of September, 1pm to 4 pm daily, thanks to support from the REAL NZ Festival associated with the Rugby World Cup 2011: http://www.nz2011.govt.nz/experiencerealnz/events/533-janet-frame-house The Friends of the Janet Frame House have also produced a series of attractive book marks celebrating Janet Frame's writing and with illustrations of features of the former Frame house. The book marks will be available at the house. Friends of the Janet Frame House Website The Friends of the Janet Frame House in Oamaru ("The Janet Frame Eden Street Trust") have a new website: http://www.jfestrust.org.nz/ Recent books on Janet Frame written by academics Chasing Butterflies: Janet Frame's The Lagoon and Other Stories Vanessa Guignery� ( Publibook 2011 ) Janet Frame: Short Fiction edited by Marta Dvorak & Christine Lorre ( Commonwealth Essays & Studies 33.2 Spring 2011 ) The Frame Function: An inside-out Guide to the Novels of Janet Frame Jan Cronin ( Auckland University Press 2011 ) Janet Frame (Writers and Their Work) Claire Bazin ( Northcote 2011 ) Janet Frame: Semiotics and Biosemiotics in Her Early Fiction Matthew St Pierre ( Rowman & Littlefied 2011 ) The Lagoon and Other Stories: Naissance d�une �uvre Claire Bazin & Alice Braun ( Presses Universitaires de France 2010 ) Janet Frame: The Lagoon and Other Stories Ivane Mortelette (Atlande 2010) Frameworks: Contemporary Criticism on Janet Frame edited by Jan Cronin & Simone Drichel ( Rodopi 2009 ) 2011 Janet Frame Literary Award for Poetry Has been awarded to poet and printer Alan Loney. See the Awards page for more details about Alan Loney and the other recipients of the awards. 28 August 2011 Penguin NZ Acquires 3 New Janet Frame Titles Press Release: Penguin Group NZ Penguin NZ has acquired the rights to publish the first non-fiction book by Janet Frame for 25 years, as well as two new works of fiction. For the first time ever, all of Janet Frame�s published short non-fiction will be brought together in a new collected volume. Published essays, reviews and reports will feature alongside speeches and extracts from interviews. The work also includes published letters spanning 50 years of Frame�s life and passages from her personal correspondence. Pamela Gordon of the Janet Frame Literary Trust says: �The whole effect is to provide a kind of manifesto of one writer's life." "Our hope is that this collection of non-fiction writings and speeches and interviews will challenge the many inaccuracies about Janet Frame that are disseminated even by apparently reputable sources,� said Gordon. Penguin will publish the non-fiction collection at the end of 2011, and has acquired the rights also to publish two new fiction titles. The first fiction work will be a volume of previously uncollected short stories, as well as some unpublished stories. The second work is an adult fable written by Frame in Ibiza during the 1950s. It is the first publication of material written by Frame when she lived on Ibiza, where she had her first profound romantic encounter. �We are absolutely delighted to be able to offer these three new works by arguably New Zealand�s best known writer. Very few Janet Frame works have been published since her death in 2004, and Penguin is honoured to be publishing these new works now.� (Debra Millar, Penguin NZ's General Manager of Publishing.) Gifted by Patrick Evans: A review I�d like to think my book is a sort of consummation of what she [was] trying to do � �having been so intimate with her work [Gifted is] her work, it�s her last novel... 1 (Patrick Evans, October 2010) Patrick Evans� forty year long urge to mine Janet Frame�s genius and re
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TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the movies? In Living Color. Who plays a paleontologist on Friends? David Schwimmer. What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out on MTV Unplugged? Paul McCartney. What segment of the TV industry receives ACE Awards? Paul McCartney. What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown? What's My Line? What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a 1996 blockbuster move? Mission: Impossible. Consumer News and Business Channel. How many fingers does Homer Simpson have? Eight. What sitcom character moved from a Boston barstool to a Seattle radio station? Dr. Frasier Crane. What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Phil Hartman. What M*A*S*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and directing? Alan Alda. What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show called The Wonderful World of Dung? The Discovery Channel. What TV host went gold with the CD Romantic Christmas? John Tesh. What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You? Friends. What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico? Beavis and Butt head. What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970s once forecast hail "the size of canned hams"? David Letterman. What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection during a 1969 trip to Mississippi? Sesame Street's. What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the Street? Homicide. What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips from Holland? Tiny Tim's. What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight supporting actor Emmy Awards? Night Court. Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse testify against himself"? Mr. Ed. What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host? Harpo's. Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"? Walter Winchell. What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could top Knight Rider"? David Hasselhoff. What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992? The Cosby Show. Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995? Charles Grodin. What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971? All in the Family. What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective Gegory Medavoy? Donna Abandando. What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm? The Smurfs. What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall ratings? The Cosby Show. What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift"? Miss Piggy. What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful Dead concerts? Walter Cronkite. What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for use on merchandise? Felix the Cat. What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a classic TV series? The Twilight Zone. Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER? George Clooney. What 250-pound star of Hairspray shed half her weight to host a TV talk show? Ricki Lake. What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink? Otis Campbell. What four-word TV slogan did Sting add to the Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing? "I want my MTV". What Mary Tyler Moore Show character's blue blazer made it into the Smithsonian? Ted Baxter's. Who was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before she became TV's Lois Lane? Teri Hatcher. What was Redd Foxx's last name before show business beckoned? Sanford. Who's been Saturday Night Live's most frequent host? Steve Martin. What town did Howdy Doody live in? Doodyville. What sitcom star advised: "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it"? Roseanne. What Richard Chamberlain vehicle is second only to Roots in total viewers for a miniseries? The Thorn Birds. What media award was derived from the slang term for the 1
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Lithology - definition of lithology by The Free Dictionary Lithology - definition of lithology by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/lithology 1. The gross physical character of a rock or rock formation. 2. The microscopic study, description, and classification of rock. lith′o·log′ic (lĭth′ə-lŏj′ĭk), lith′o·log′i·cal adj. lith′o·log′i·cal·ly adv. li·thol′o·gist n. lithology 1. (Geological Science) the physical characteristics of a rock, including colour, composition, and texture 2. (Geological Science) the study of rocks lithologic, ˌlithoˈlogical adj b. the physical characteristics of a rock or stratigraphic unit. [1710–20] lith`o•log′ic (-əˈlɒdʒ ɪk) lith`o•log′i•cal, adj. lith`o•log′i•cal•ly, adv. lithology the branch of geology that studies the mineral composition and structure of rocks, usu. macroscopically. Cf. petrography. — lithologic, lithological, adj. The study of rocks, especially their composition and texture. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. lithology - the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification petrology geomorphology , morphology - the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms 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: petrology References in periodicals archive ? For example, his discussion of rotary quern morphology and typology notes that there are key elements archaeologists should consider when creating typologies of these artefacts, and that the study of morphology must be married to consideration of lithology. David Peacock. The stone of life: querns, mills and flour production in Europe up to c. AD 500 Lithology and distance from the fault zone maps using 1:10000 scales, and the geological sheet map of Kermanshah with 1:250000 scales were obtained, respectively Map of precipitation, temperature and frost days as well as climatic factors using data from stations within and near the study area was prepared in Arc GIS software. Providing a subsurface reservoir quality maps in oil fields by geostatistical methods Along the Iglesia valley, the lithology is represented by Paleogene, Neogene and Quaternary deposits. Debris flow susceptibility mapping in a portion of the Andes and Preandes of San Juan, Argentina using frequency ratio and logistic regression models 2: text curves that can be fully utilised as curves, functions and discriminators; picks that can be zones boundaries, which further enhance the multi-well workflows; improved lithology shading; porosity and water saturation modules include options for a variable Sxo, and a Vshale workflow; histograms can be shown on cross-plot axes; the Saturation Height module includes an interactive closure correction cross-plot, and a 3D function plot; and the Image Analysis has had many usability improvements.
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Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz ( toms@monm.edu ) THE NOMENCLATURE The American Heritage Dictionary 3rd ed. lists 103 chemical elements. Of these, 45 are made from Latin or Greek base words. Approximately 31 from Greek, and 14 from Latin. The names from Latin and Greek were not just chosen at random. There was a definite characteristic that made these names applicable. For instance, both bromine (35) and osmium (76) are derived from Greek words that mean "stink"; phosphorus means "light-bearing." Many identify colors associated with the element [e.g. beryllium 4) (and praseodymium (59) are from Greek words which mean green; iridium (77) = the Latin rainbow; rhodium (45) = the Greek rose, and rubidium (37) = the Latin red]. The names of 9 elements are derived from characters in Classical mythology. For instance, mercury (80) is very fluid, so it was named after the fleet-footed messenger of the gods. Promethium (61) is named after the Titan who gave humans fire. Both the earth (tellurium, 52) and the moon (selenium, 34) have elements associated with them. All of the planets in our solar system are named from mythological deities, and three of the chemical elements draw their name from these planets. The focal point here is Uranus, from which uranium (92) is named. Neptune comes next to Uranus as a planet; therefore, the chemical element next to uranium is neptunium (93). And second to Uranus is the planet Pluto and the second element beyond uranium is plutonium (94), Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, gave her name to iridium (77). Perhaps the most fascinating mythological names are these last two: 1. Tantalus could not drink water, so an element that does not an element that does not absorb water nor dissolve in most acids was named tantalum (73). 2. Tantalus had a daughter named Niobe, thus an element found in association with tantalum (73) is called niobium (41). Another seven elements are derived from Latin or Greek names of places. For example, lutetium (71) comes from Lutetia, the Roman name for Paris, and magnesium (12) and manganese (25) from Magnesia in Greece. This makes a total of 6l (almost two thirds) which have an affiliation with Latin or Greek. There are also two from characters in Norse mythology: thorium (90) from Thor, and vanadium (23) from an alternate name for the goddess Freya. EPONYMY Chemical elements are also named after places, including countries, cities, continents, and people. 20 elements have names derived from places: A. National or continental: polonium (84) (so named by Madame Curie to honor her native country) ruthenium (44) (from the Latin name for Russia) scandium (21) thulium (69) (because it was discovered in North Scandinavia, and the Greeks called the farthermost regions Thoule) indium (49) B. Towns [mostly where discovered, and Scandinavia has its share of these]: 1. Scandinavian cities: holmium (67) (from the latin form of Stockholm) erbium (68) (from a town in Sweden) Yttrium (39), terbium (65), and ytterbium (70) are all named after Ytterby, a town in Sweden. Note clipping of name. 2. Other towns: lutetium (71) (from the the Latin name for Paris) strontium (38) (from a town in Scotland, where it was first found in the lead mines) berkelium (97) rhenium (75) (from the Rhine) copper (29) (from Cyprus, famous for its copper mines) californium (98) Nine of the remaining 21 elements are based on people's names. The Scandinavians, Russians, and French rate two each in this category: A. Scandinavian 1. gadolinium (64)- so named by a Swiss chemist who discovered it in gadonlinite, which was named from a Finnish chemist. Gadolin (1760-1812) 2. nobelium (102)- from the Swedish inventor of dynamite and originator of the Nobel prize. It was so called because this element was first discovered at the Nobel Institute in Stockholm. B. Russian 1. mendelevium (101)- from the Russian chemist Mendeleev [pronounce men - de - la - ef] 2. samarium (62)- from Colonel Samarski, a Russian mining official C. French 1. curium (96)- of course from Pierre Curie and his Polish wife Marie 2. g
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Bruce Willis-Under The Boardwalk - YouTube Bruce Willis-Under The Boardwalk Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Feb 6, 2010 is my backupchannel. Not the same videos on there, but I hope to see you also there. Peace&Love Marian♥ god, I miss moonlighting so much...this reminds me on the show.... Category
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Top 100 Songs of 1988 Top 100 Songs of 1988 "Need You Tonight," INXS; "Welcome To The Jungle," Guns' N' Roses; "Foolish Beat," Debbie Gibson 1. "Need You Tonight," INXS 2. "Look Away," Chicago 3. "Roll With It," Steve Winwood 4. "Every Rose Has Its Thorn," Poison 5. "Got My Mind Set On You," George Harrison 6. "So Emotional," Whitney Houston 7. "Seasons Change," Expose 8. "Baby I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley," Will to Power 9. "Could've Been," Tiffany 10. "Never Gonna Give You Up," Rick Astley 11. "Sweet Child Of Mine," Guns 'n' Roses 12. "Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car," Billy Ocean 13. "The Flame," Cheap Trick 14."Giving You The Best That I Got," Anita Baker 15. "Waiting For A Star To Fall," Boy Meets Girl 16. "Hands To Heaven," Breathe 17. "How Can I Fall?" Breathe 18. "Anything For You," Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 19. "Wishing Well," Terence Trent D'Arby 20. "Hungry Eyes," Eric Carmen 21. "Wild, Wild West," Escape Club 22. "Hold On To The Nights," Richard Marx 23. "Man In The Mirror," Michael Jackson 24. "Love Bites," Def Leppard 25. "Where Do Broken Hearts Go," Whitney Houston 26. "One More Try," George Michael 27. "Groovy Kind Of Love," Phil Collins 28. "Father Figure," George Michael 29. "Bad Medicine," Bon Jovi 30. "Don't Worry Be Happy," Bobby McFerrin 31. "Devil Inside," INXS 32. "Pour Some Sugar On Me," Def Leppard 33. "Simply Irresistible," Robert Palmer 34. "Hazy Shade Of Winter," Bangles 35. "I'll Always Love You," Taylor Dayne 36. "Endless Summer Nights," Richard Marx 37. "Naughty Girls (Need Love Too)," Samantha Fox 38. "Angel," Aerosmith 39. "The Way You Make Me Feel," Michael Jackson 40. "Foolish Beat," Debbie Gibson 41. "Tell It To My Heart," Taylor Dayne 42. "Red Red Wine," UB40 43. "Together Forever," Rick Astley 44. "Kokomo," Beach Boys 46. "Shattered Dreams," Johnny Hates Jazz 47. "I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That," Elton John 48. "Make Me Lose Control," Eric Carmen 49. "She's Like The Wind," Patrick Swayze & Wendy Fraser 50. "Make It Real," The Jets "Bad Medicine," Bon Jovi; "Love Bites," Def Leppard; "Could've Been," Tiffany 51. "The Loco-Motion," Kylie Minogue 52. "I Don't Want Your Love," Duran Duran 53. "What's On Your Mind (Pure Energy)," Information Society 54. "Girlfriend," Pebbles 55. "If It Isn't Love," New Edition 56. "I Want To Be Your Man," Roger 57. "Dirty Diana," Michael Jackson 58. "Walk On Water," Eddie Money 59. "Candle In The Wind," Elton John 60. "Don't Be Cruel," Bobby Brown 61. "Out Of The Blue," Debbie Gibson 62. "Desire," U2 63. "I Get Weak," Belinda Carlisle 64. "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love," Chicago 65. "What Have I Done To Deserve This?" Pet Shop Boys w/ Dusty Springfield 66. "Sign Your Name," Terence Trent D'Arby 67. "Perfect World," Huey Lewis and the News 68. "Mercedes Boy," Pebbles 69. "1-2-3," Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine 70. "New Sensation," INXS 71. "Welcome To The Jungle," Guns 'n' Roses 72. "Everything Your Heart Desires," Hall & Oates 73. "Don't Be Cruel," Cheap Trick 74. "One Good Woman," Peter Cetera 75. "Pink Cadillac," Natalie Cole 76. "Always On My Mind," Pet Shop Boys 77. "Rocket 2 U," The Jets 78. "Fast Car," Tracy Chapman 79. "I Want Her," Keith Sweat 80. "Say You Will," Foreigner 81. "Electric Blue," Icehouse 82. "Nite And Day," Al B. Sure! 83. "When It's Love," Van Halen 84. "The Promise," When In Rome 85. "I Still Believe," Brenda K. Starr 86. "The Valley Road," Bruce Hornsby and the Range 87. "I Don't Want To Live Without You," Foreigner 88. "One Moment In Time," Whitney Houston 89. "Valerie," Steve Winwood 90. "Cherry Bomb," John Cougar Mellencamp 91. "I Hate Myself For Loving You," Joan Jett and the Blackhearts 92. "Just Like Paradise," David Lee Roth 93. "Prove Your Love," Taylor Dayne 94. "Piano In The Dark," Brenda Russell 95. "Never Tear Us Apart," INXS 96. "Nothin' But A Good Time," Poison 97. "Circle In The Sand," Belinda Carlisle 98. "Don't Shed A Tear," Paul Carrack 99. "Wait," White Lion 100. "Nobody's Fool," Kenny Loggins 1988's Number Ones (Includes the date the song reached the top of Billboard's
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Guadalupe Island, in the Pacific Ocean, belongs to which country?
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Guadalupe Island - YouTube Guadalupe Island 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 Jul 19, 2010 Guadalupe Island, or Isla Guadalupe (29°02′20″N 118°16′41″W / 29.039°N 118.278°W / 29.039; -118.278Coordinates: 29°02′20″N 118°16′41″W / 29.039°N 118.278°W / 29.039; -118.278) is a volcanic island located 241 kilometers (150 statute miles) off the west coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and some 400 kilometers (250 statute miles) southwest of the city of Ensenada in Baja California state, in the Pacific Ocean. The two other Mexican island groups in the Pacific Ocean that are not on the continental shelf are Revillagigedo Islands and Rocas Alijos. ( source Wikipedia ) Category
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World Jeopardy Jeopardy Template The national dish of Spain 100 It is the earth's largest continent? 100 This flag is red, white and blue and has fifty stars. 100 The Yankees and Mets play this type of sport. 100 Who is Lasse Hallstrom? What is the name of the Swedish director who directed Chocolat and My Life as a Dog? 200 I am the national dish of _________ and my name is Coucou. 200 The boundary between Mexico and Belize called this. 200 Green, Yellow, Blue, and White are the colors of this South American flag. 200 Zinedine Zidane The French football player who was known as the European footballer of the year in 1998 and was apart of the 1998 World Cup winning team? 200 What is Bengali? India's national anthem is written in what language that is also the national language of one of its neighbors? 300 I am the national dish of France, but i am eaten often in America. 300 lt's what divides the U.K. from Ireland. 300 White, Blue and Red are this country's colors' flag after the fall of Communism. 300 D) Fast speed skating Which of the "skating" is actually not a skating event ? A) Long track speedskating B) Short track speedskating C) speed skating D) Fast speed skating 300 Who is Calliope? This musical instrument takes its name from a muse who was used in riverboats and in circuses because of its loudness 400 What is grits? Popular in the South (of the United States), this food is made out of corn and usually served with breakfast. 400 The U.S.'s largest trading partner? 400 What are the colors of the South Sudan flag? Black, Yellow, Green, White, Red, and Blue 400 The Jets and Giants play this popular game? 400 Who is Lady Gaga? The Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" is said to be the main inspiration behind the name of this current day hit singer. 500 It is the name of the country that the Pizza Hut franchise began in. 500 The name of the country that is the most populous in the world? 500 It is a white flag with a red circle in the middle. 500 It is where the 2008 Olympics were held. 500 What is Baby it's Cold Outside? This 1944 pop standard by Frank Loesser has a man attempting to convince his date to stay with him because of the weather.
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Visit Ireland - About Ireland: Musical Instruments Musical Instruments Genealogy Musical Instruments of Ireland Music has played and important role in Irish life for thousands of years. To gain a better appreciation of Irish music we have provided the following information on some popular instruments and the people who played them. ACCORDION Chromatic Button, Diatonic, Piano, Melodeon The Accordion is the bellows driven, free-reed family of instruments having chords and melody notes, developed in the early part of the 19th Century. The earliest accordions had a single row of ten buttons each controlling a valve, which controlled the airflow to a pair of metal reeds inside the instrument. These reeds were tined to a diatonic scale, using a layout similar to the harmonica. With each button two different notes could be obtained, one by 'pulling' the bellows another by 'pushing' the bellows. The in and out movement of the bellows changes the notes and adds the rhythm necessary for the dance tunes. The Accordion family is comprised of a variety of instruments known specifically as a Button Box, Diatonic Accordion, Piano Accordion and Melodeon. Each instrument has a different sound and a variety of features, each played for different types and styles of music. Basically, for each instrument, the right hand plays the treble notes on the button keyboard or piano keyboard and changes switches on the grill. The left hand plays the bass notes and chords, plus changes switches and operates the air button (operates the valve that allows the bellows to open and close without making sounds). The Chromatic Button Accordion The Melodeon, also known as a Diatonic Button Accordion, was developed from the Harmonica in the early 19th Century. It has a single row of ten buttons on the right hand keyboard and two bass accompaniment buttons for the left hand. So that ornamentation could accompany the fiddle and pipes and to be able to play in additional keys, a second row of buttons was added, which are also diatonic. These additional keys were a semi-tone higher or lower from the original row. Instruments were made in key combinations of C/C#, C#/D, D/D# and D/C#. By adding the second row of keys, it made the melodeon fully chromatic by providing the missing sharps and flats while preserving the push-pull technique and tone of the diatomic accordion. In the late 1800's the single row melodeon was introduced to Ireland. Its rhythmic qualities made it a good instrument for playing the dance tunes. It was inexpensive and easy to learn. It became a popular instrument for the women to play. Irish artists who play instruments of the Accordion family have included Joe Cooley, Jackie Daly, Mairtin O'Connor, Benny McCarthy of Danu, Dermot Byrne of Altan, Seamus Begley, Sharon Shannon and Johnny Connolly. BODHRAN (bow rawn) The Gaelic word for deaf is 'bodhar', whereby the Bodhran drum can be deafening. The Bodhran is said to be an ancient drum used in battle and parades, but only in more modern times has it been used as a musical instrument. There are several theories on its origin. Sean O'Riada is given credit for incorporating it in his music, with Ceoltoiri Chualann, in the 1960's, bringing to the forefront for percussion. It has become the heartbeat in traditional Irish music. The Bodhran is a one sided drum, with a treated goatskin or other animal skin, stretched over a wooden frame approximately 18 inches in diameter. It is a percussion instrument, beat with a double ended wooden beater or tipper. The process of treating the skin is a trade secret of Bodhran makers. The early Bodhran had a cross bar on the back to keep the wooden rim from warping. The drum is held in one hand and struck with the other a beater or tipper. The skin of the drum is affected by the climate. Many times you will see the musician place a few drops of water on the skin to loosen to adjust the sound. A tunable Bodhran is now available. These can be tuned either with a key or a cam wheel adjuster to adjust the sound. Many musicians decorate their Bodhrans with Celtic symbol
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What name is given to the phenomenon when light bends as it passes from one medium to another e.g. from air to water?
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Light Bends - How Rainbows Work | HowStuffWorks How Rainbows Work Photo courtesy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association The fundamental process at work in a rainbow is refraction -- the "bending" of light. Light bends -- or more accurately, changes directions -- when it travels from one medium to another. This happens because light travels at different speeds in different mediums. To understand why light bends, imagine you're pushing a shopping cart across a parking lot. The parking lot is one "medium" for the shopping cart. If you're exerting a constant force, the cart's speed depends on the medium it's traveling through -- in this case, the parking lot's paved surface. What happens when you push the shopping cart out of the parking lot, onto a grassy area? The grass is a different "medium" for the shopping cart. If you push the cart straight onto the grass, the cart will simply slow down. The grass medium offers more resistance, so it takes more energy to move the shopping cart. Up Next Does lightning really never strike the same spot twice? But when you push the cart onto the grass at an angle, something else happens. If the right wheel hits the grass first, the right wheel will slow down while the left wheel is still on the pavement. Because the left wheel is briefly moving more quickly than the right wheel, the shopping cart will turn to the right as it moves onto the grass. If you move at an angle from a grassy area to a paved area, one wheel will speed up before the other and the cart will turn. Similarly, a beam of light turns when it enters a glass prism. This is a simplification, but think about it this way: One side of the light wave slows down before the other, so the beam turns at the boundary between the air and the glass (some of the light actually reflects off the prism surface, but most passes through). The light turns again when it exits the prism, because one side of it speeds up before the other. In addition to bending light as a whole, a prism separates white light into its component colors. Different colors of light have different frequencies, which causes them to travel at different speeds when they move through matter. A color that travels more slowly in glass will bend more sharply when it passes from air to glass, because the speed difference is more severe. A color that moves more quickly in glass won't slow down as much, so it will bend less sharply. In this way, the colors that make up white light are separated according to frequency when they pass through glass. If the glass bends the light twice, as in a prism, you can see the separated colors more easily. This is called dispersion. A prism separates white light into its component colors. For simplicity's sake, this diagram shows only red and violet, which are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Drops of rainwater can refract and disperse light in the same basic way as a prism. In the right conditions, this refraction forms rainbows. In the next section, we'll find out how this happens.
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The Direction of Bending Refraction and the Ray Model of Light - Lesson 1 - Refraction at a Boundary The Direction of Bending If I Were an Archer Fish Refraction is the bending of the path of a light wave as it passes from one material into another material. The refraction occurs at the boundary and is caused by a change in the speed of the light wave upon crossing the boundary. The tendency of a ray of light to bend one direction or another is dependent upon whether the light wave speeds up or slows down upon crossing the boundary. The speed of a light wave is dependent upon the optical density of the material through which it moves. For this reason, the direction that the path of a light wave bends depends on whether the light wave is traveling from a more dense (slow) medium to a less dense (fast) medium or from a less dense medium to a more dense medium. In this part of Lesson 1, we will investigate this topic of the direction of bending of a light wave. Predicting the Direction of Bending Recall the Marching Soldiers analogy discussed earlier in this lesson. The analogy served as a model for understanding the boundary behavior of light waves. As discussed, the analogy is often illustrated in a Physics classroom by a student demonstration. In the demonstration, a line of students (representing a light wave) marches towards a masking tape (representing the boundary) and slows down upon crossing the boundary (representative of entering a new medium). The direction of the line of students changes upon crossing the boundary. The diagram below depicts this change in direction for a line of students who slow down upon crossing the boundary. On the diagram, the direction of the students is represented by two arrows known as rays. The direction of the students as they approach the boundary is represented by an incident ray (drawn in blue). And the direction of the students after they cross the boundary is represented by a refracted ray (drawn in red). Since the students change direction (i.e., refract), the incident ray and the refracted ray do not point in the same direction. Also, note that a perpendicular line is drawn to the boundary at the point where the incident ray strikes the boundary (i.e., masking tape). A line drawn perpendicular to the boundary at the point of incidence is known as a normal line. Observe that the refracted ray lies closer to the normal line than the incident ray does. In such an instance as this, we would say that the path of the students has bent towards the normal. We can extend this analogy to light and conclude that: Light Traveling from a Fast to a Slow Medium If a ray of light passes across the boundary from a material in which it travels fast into a material in which travels slower, then the light ray will bend towards the normal line. The above principle applies to light passing from a material in which it travels fast across a boundary and into a material in which it travels slowly. But what if light wave does the opposite? What if a light wave passes from a material in which it travels slowly across a boundary and into a material in which it travels fast? The answer to this question can be answered if we reconsider the Marching Soldier analogy. Now suppose that the each individual student in the train of students speeds up once they cross the masking tape. The first student to reach the boundary will speed up and pull ahead of the other students. When the second student reaches the boundary, he/she will also speed up and pull ahead of the other students who have not yet reached the boundary. This continues for each consecutive student, causing the line of students to now be traveling in a direction further from the normal. This is depicted in the diagram below. From this analogy and the diagram above, we see that the refracted ray (in red) is further away from the normal then the incident ray (in blue). In such an instance as this, we would say that the path of the students has bent away from the normal. We can once more extend this analogy to light and conclude that: Light Traveli
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What was the original name of the ship, the Golden Hind, used by Francis Drake to circumnavigate the globe?
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The golden hind in London Site Map Send to Kindle The replica of Sir Francis Drake’s most famous ship The Golden Hind sits on the southern shore of the River Thames and is a reminder of a time when this part of the river was the hub of ship building, trade and exploration. Replica of the Golden Hind Queen Elizabeth I acceded to the throne in 1558 when England was in a state of religious and political turmoil and the threat of war with the Spanish and the Ottamans. The achievements of her reign are immense, she eventually oversaw major developments in travel, trade, science and wealth in an age of English expansion. The ship the Golden Hind was part of this glorious time when new trade routes and commercial ventures were conducted for the crown. The replica ship in Southwark is a reminder of that great past and of course of Sir Francis Drake himself Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the the globe. On 13th December 1577, Drake left Plymouth Sound with five ships, The Pelican (which was renamed The Golden Hind half through the voyage), The Christopher, The Elizabeth, The Marigold and The Swan Queen Elizabeth I, gave him a charter to attack and loot other vessels, most particularly the Spanish ships. To some the three year voyage was nothing other than a pirating mission and the six tons of treasure they returned with allowed Queen Elizabeth to pay off her foreign debt and invest £40,000 in the Levant trading company. Was this a turning point for English trading dominance over the Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese? The trip certainly renewed English interest in the New World. The Golden Hind was the only one of the ships to return with just 56 men, on 26th September 1580 but what became of it after it’s three year voyage? There is no doubting the great pleasure and excitement that Queen Elizabeth felt on the safe return of her favourite Sir Francis Drake and his astonishing success. On 4 April 1581, probably at nearby Sayes Court, Deptford, Queen Elizabeth gathered hundreds together for a splendid banquet. She then boarded the Golden Hind, which was moored on the River Thames and once on board, knighted Francis Drake on the main deck. John Stowe writing ten years later tells us, that the Queen demanded “His ship to be drawn up in a little crecke neare Deptford upon the Thames to be preserved for all posterity.” It was drawn into a dock on the River Thames which was then filled with earth. It has been suggested that the position of the ship should be located in it’s Deptford grave and initial tentative surveys have been done to locate it . The voyage was an undoubted success for Queen Elizabeth I and for England. In 2012, the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee, the replica sailed down the Thames, past Deptford Docks where Drake was honoured with a Knighthood just over 430 years ago. To learn more about the voyages visit www.elizabethan-era.org.uk
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What is a young pigeon called Squab 30 Around which French town - IT - 402 View Full Document What is a young pigeon called Squab 30 Around which French town is the champagne industry located Epernay 31 What country invented castanets Egypt 32 Who is the patron saint of music St Cecilia 33 Whose first box office film was called Risky Business Tom Cruise 34 What is the smallest state of Australia Tasmania 35 What is measured by an interferometer Wavelength of light 36 What airlines identification code is VS Virgin Atlantic 37 The Grand Duke 38 What emperor ordered St Peter crucified Nero 39 What was the name of Ali Babas female slave Morgiana 40 In which novel does the character Quebec Bagnet appear Bleak House 41 Sarah Josepha Hall wrote what Mary had a little lamb 42 What is the main ingredient of faggots Liver 43 Who were the first people to measure the year Babylonians 44 Who voices the female hyena in the lion king Whoopee Goldberg 45 Anthony McMillan became famous as who Robbie Coltrane 46 Roy Thines played David Vincent in which TV series The Invaders 47 What colour is the cap given to an England cricket player Blue 48 What capital city began as the village of Edo Tokyo 49 Whose music was on the soundtrack of When Harry met Sally Harry Connick Jr 50 In which sport is there a York round Archery Page 28 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 14 Answers 51 In Penny Lane what is the nurse selling from a tray Poppies 52 Whose last words were "lets do it" Garry Gilmore 53 The Black Swan is native to which country Australia 54 Who said "All the world's art ain't worth a good potato pie" L S Lowrie 55 Collective nouns a Toc of what Capercailzie 56 If you had podobromhidrosis what would you have Smelly Feet 57 What instrument is also called the octave flute Piccolo 58 What type of food is coulibac Russian Fish Pie 59 What spice is used to make a whiskey sling Nutmeg 60 What sort of creature is a tarantula hawk Wasp - hunts spiders 61 Where does the spice saffron come from The Crocus 62 What tennis player had trials with Bayern Munich soccer club Boris Becker 63 Which children's character was created by Mary Tourtel Rupert the Bear 64 What does the name Ghengis Khan mean Very Mighty Ruler 65 Who was Canada's first prime minister Sir John MacDonald 66 In Utmost Good Faith is the motto of which organisation Lloyds of London 67 The Shadows first record went straight to no 1 - what was it Apache 68 What is the most common disease in the world Dental Caries 69 Cirrus is a cloud type - what literal translation of its Latin name Lock of Hair 70 Which country was the first to make seat belts compulsory Czechoslovakia 71 What do Stacey Keach and Oscar Wilde have in common Reading Jail 72 Mathew Webb swam the channel - where did he drown Niagara Falls 73 In what movie did Sinatra sing My Kind of Town Robin and the 7 Hoods 74 Whose last unfinished novel was The Last Tycoon F Scott Fitzgerald 75 What do callipygian people have Prettily shaped buttocks 76 Collective nouns a Host of Sparrows 77 This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Kenyatta University IT 402 - Spring 2015 1 2 3 4 5 Sampling In Research What is research? According Webster (1985), to researc HYPO.docx
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Official NORAD Santa Tracker Come back Dec. 1, 2017 To see what NORAD does the rest of the year, visit us at NORAD.mil .
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History Of Santa Claus' Reindeers: Rudolph May Be Most Popular, But What About Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen? History Of Santa Claus' Reindeers: Rudolph May Be Most Popular, But What About Dancer, Prancer, Comet, Vixen? Close [[nid:1519660]] Rudolph may be the most known of Santa’s helpers, but he is not the only reindeer who helps Santa bring gifts to little boys and girls around the world. In fact, Rudolph was actually created after the other reindeers already became popular in Christmas folklore. In 1939, he came to life after 34-year-old copywriter Robert L. May created him for a booklet for shoppers of the Montgomery Ward stores. By 1946, 6 million booklets about Rudolph and his red nose were distributed. Rudolph's story became a popular children’s tale, due to his overcoming adversity for having a red nose and being teased by other reindeers. His nose ended up being one of his greatest assets, though, when he came to Santa’s rescue on Christmas Eve. His red nose was used as a lantern so Santa could make it to every home and ensure all children had their gifts Christmas morning. Rudolph learned to respect of the other reindeers while taking charge and leading them during the terrible winter weather. However, eight reindeers were created before Rudolph. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen are the commonly cited names of the other reindeers, and those reindeers are based on the reindeers named in the famous 1823 poem “‘Twas The Night Before Christmas,” attributed to Clement C. Moore. The names of Donder and Blitzen derive from Germanic words for thunder and lightning, respectively. Before Rudolph was included, Dasher was the first reindeer and the right-hand leader of the sleigh. Details about the reindeers: Dasher is the fastest reindeer and is always the winner at the reindeer games. Dancer Dancer is Santa's prettiest reindeer, but she does not know it. Dancer spends most of her time looking at her reflection in the frozen pond. Prancer Prancer is always aiming to please and is very strong. Vixen Vixen loves playing tricks, even on Santa Claus himself! Vixen is also very funny and makes the others laugh a lot. Comet Comet is a very serious reindeer and likes peace and quiet. On his nights off, Comet enjoys looking at the stars. Cupid Cupid is very shy, and the mother of Donder and Blitzen. Donder
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Henry Morton Stanley - Explorer Said Dr. Livingstone I Presume Henry Morton Stanley Explorer Who Found Livingstone in Africa Henry Morton Stanley. London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images By Robert McNamara Updated September 28, 2015. Henry Morton Stanley was a classic example of a 19th century explorer, and he is best remembered today for his brilliantly casual greeting to a man he had spent months searching for in the wilds of Africa: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” The reality of Stanley’s unusual life is at times startling. He was born to a very poor family in Wales, made his way to America, changed his name, and somehow managed to fight on both sides of the Civil War . He found his first calling as a newspaper reporter before becoming known for his African expeditions. Early Life Stanley was born in 1841 as John Rowlands, to an impoverished family in Wales. At the age of five he was sent to a workhouse, a notorious orphanage of the Victorian era . In his teens, Stanley emerged from his difficult childhood with a reasonably good practical education, strong religious feelings, and a fanatical desire to prove himself. To get to America, he took a job as a cabin boy on a ship bound for New Orleans. continue reading below our video 10 Best Universities in the United States After landing in the city at the mouth of the Mississippi River, he found a job working for a cotton trader, and took the man’s last name, Stanley. Early Journalism Career When the American Civil War broke out, Stanley fought on the Confederate side before being captured and eventually joining the Union cause. He wound up serving aboard a U.S. Navy ship and wrote accounts of battles that were published, thus beginning his journalism career. After the war, Stanley got a position writing for the New York Herald, a newspaper founded by James Gordon Bennett. He was dispatched to cover a British military expedition to Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia), and successfully sent back dispatches detailing the conflict. Questions About David Livingstone Fascinated the Public The public held a fascination for a Scottish missionary and explorer named David Livingstone. For many years Livingstone had been leading expeditions into Africa, bringing back information to Britain. In 1866 Livingstone had returned to Africa, intent on finding the source of the Nile, Africa’s longest river. After several years passed with no word from Livingstone, the public began to fear that he had perished. The New York Herald's editor and publisher James Gordon Bennett realized it would be a publishing coup to find Livingstone, and gave the assignment to the intrepid Stanley. Stanley Searched for Livingstone In 1869 Henry Morton Stanley was given the assignment to find Livingstone. He eventually arrived on the east coast of Africa in early 1871, and organized an expedition to head inland. Having no practical experience, he had to rely on the advice and apparent assistance of Arab slave traders. Stanley pushed the men with him brutally, at times whipping the black porters. After enduring illnesses and harrowing conditions, Stanley finally encountered Livingstone at Ujiji, in present day Tanzania, on November 10, 1871. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume? The famous greeting Stanley gave Livingstone, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” may have been fabricated after the famous meeting. But it was published in New York City newspapers within a year of the event, and it has gone down in history as a famous quotation. Stanley and Livingstone remained together for a few months in Africa, exploring around the northern banks of Lake Tanganyika. Stanley's Controversial Reputation Stanley succeeded in his assignment of finding Livingstone, yet newspapers in London roundly mocked him when he arrived in England. Some observers ridiculed the idea that Livingstone had been lost and had to be found by a newspaper reporter. Livingstone, despite the criticism, was invited to have lunch with Queen Victoria . And whether or not Livingstone had been lost, Stanley became famous, and remains so to this day, as the man who "fo
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The US city of Milwaukee stands on which lake?
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Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee, Wisconsin Map & Directions - MapQuest {{::location.tagLine.value.text}} Sponsored Topics Wisconsin's largest city and a popular destination on Lake Michigan, Milwaukee is bound to appeal to foodies, sports fans, culture lovers and sightseers alike. Besides being the stomping grounds of the Brewers and the Bucks, Milwaukee plays host to an impressive array of art, theater and music events—including Summerfest, the biggest outdoor music festival in the U.S. Must see in Milwaukee Mitchell Park Conservatory on the South Side provides year-round climate tourism in its Desert and Tropical Domes. A dedicated Show Dome offers five rotating seasonal displays. Discovery World on the East Side is a treasure trove of interactive exhibits for all ages, covering topics diverse as lake ecology, engineering, hydraulics, nuclear energy, electric guitars and more. A functioning government building that stands just a block from the Milwaukee River, picturesque Milwaukee City Hall is an immaculately-maintained reminder of the area's architectural heritage. Where to stay in Milwaukee Families can find comfort and convenience in the Westown neighborhood. The surrounding area is home to the Milwaukee Public Museum , the Bradley Center and the Shops of Grand Avenue . The Lower East Side has lots to offer younger visitors. Cocktails and pinball at Fink's , hip dining on Brady Street and the legendary Wolski's Tavern will keep you up well past bedtime. The budget-minded traveler is sure to enjoy the laid-back charm of Milwaukee's South Side. Look for food and festivals in Bay View, classic architecture in Lincoln Village and the natural oasis of Holler Park . Best and worst time to go to Milwaukee Though the Tropical Dome at Mitchell Park can provide some relief, there's no getting away from a Midwest winter. January and February are apt to be dreariest, and temperatures usually don't start to reliably warm up until the end of April. May through September showcases the natural beauty of Milwaukee's lakeside setting while affording the opportunity to experience numerous street festivals. Where to get lost in Milwaukee The scenic Milwaukee Riverwalk takes you from the Historic Third Ward to Caesar's Park, with plenty of chances to stop for a bite, a drink or shopping. Check out the Bronze Fonz just off Wells Street. The best deal in Milwaukee This is a city that loves its art, and the Haggerty Museum of Art at Marquette University offers free admission and parking seven days a week. Transportation in Milwaukee Bus service through the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) is robust and inexpensive, with over 50 routes providing over 90% coverage of the Milwaukee County area. Between the buses and reasonably-priced taxis (including Uber and Lyft services), getting around is no problem. Getting in from General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) You're practically there. Mitchell International is a mere six minutes from downtown, and you can choose between MCTS city buses and coach buses through Badger Coach or Wisconsin Coach Lines. Local tip for visitors to Milwaukee In warmer months, you can take a daytime stroll along the Holton Viaduct Marsupial Bridge and access a one-of-a-kind urban playground—with multiple tire swings and beautiful river views—hidden from the sun's heat by the Edward D. Holton Viaduct. Author's bio: Elisabeth Cook is a freelance writer who has lived in Wisconsin for more than 10 years.
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"Which musical, based on characters created for single-panel cartoons in ""The New Yorker"" beginning 1938, opened on Broadway in April 2010 after a tryout in Chicago?"
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The Addams Family the Musical Songs Lyrics The Addams Family the Musical Songs Lyrics # The Addams Family the Musical Songs Lyrics The Addams Family is a musical with music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa and a book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. The show is based upon the "Addams Family" characters created by cartoonist Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons for The New Yorker beginning 1938, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things macabre. While numerous film and television adaptations of Addams' cartoons exist, the stage show does not draw from these portrayals of the characters. After a tryout in Chicago, the show opened on Broadway in April 2010. Broadway production (2010)
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Hair the Musical by Gerome Ragni, James Rado, and music by Galt Macdermot Hairstory The Story Behind The Story James Rado is at the heart and root of the origin. In his early teens he knew what he wanted to do, his dream, to write a Broadway musical. He had become a fan of the genre, and he made first stabs at writing one. In college he majored in Speech & Drama and became a songwriter. He co-authored 2 musical shows at the University of Maryland: "INTERLUDE" and, a year later, "INTERLUDE 2." After graduation, followed by two years in the U.S.Navy, he returned to school in Washington, D.C. for graduate work at Catholic University, where he co-authored a musical revue called "CROSS YOUR FINGERS." He wrote the lyrics and music for all his songs. He moved to New York City, but it would be another 10 years before he would write a fourth musical for the stage. (During that intervening decade, besides holding down a "make-a-living" job, he wrote pop songs and recorded his own band, known as "James Alexander and the Argyles," and he began to study acting in earnest.) Upon meeting Gerome Ragni, he saw some of Jerry's poetic writings and asked him to collaborate on a new show. They began a voluminous creation. One day they were in the Whitney Museum of Art on Madison Avenue, going from painting to painting, when they came upon a rather unique one by an American artist, Jim Dine. Looking to see the name of it, Jim Rado said to Jerry Ragni, "What an odd title for a painting...Hair." Several months later they found that title most apropos for the show they were writing about hippiedom and the troubles of America. HAIR's world debut was in New York City in October 1967, off-Broadway, on the heels of the Summer of Love. Jerry and I had written HAIR for the uptown big theatre audiences. It was designed to invade Broadway territory, but we couldn't get a tumble from any of the Broadway producers. "Not our cup of tea," they would say. We retreated from our firm intention, in response to an offer of a 6-week run for HAIR as the opening attraction at a new theater. The old Astor Library, gutted and under fresh construction, became The New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, and the producer Joseph Papp chose HAIR to be the premiere presentation in his experimental space, the Anspacher Theater. (Papp had produced free Shakespeare in Central Park for years, but was now branching out, to embrace the excitement of the avant garde theater movement.) Quite a wonderful opportunity, we thought; if we couldn't get HAIR on-Broadway, at least we could jump-start it downtown in the Joseph Papp spotlight of a new New York theater, in the East Village at that, where the play itself was set. As directed by Gerald Freedman, with choreography by Anna Sokolow, the "Public" proved to be a perfect "out-of-town tryout." A Guy, a Kid and a Cat A guy from Washington, D.C. (James Rado) and a kid from Pittsburgh. Pa. (Gerome Ragni) met in New York City when they were cast together in a new off-Broadway endeavor, HANG DOWN YOUR HEAD AND DIE, a musical revue whose theme was Capital Punishment. Following the shortest run in show biz (one night), the two young men continued their friendship and soon set out to write their own show, a musical they entitled HAIR. The two became three when they joined up with a cat from Montreal, Canada (Galt MacDermot) who had settled into the New York area to live and who set their songs to music. HAIR was created as an original idea by Gerome Ragni (Jerry) and, myself, James Rado (Jim). We collaborated on the story, text, characters, dialogue and lyrics beginning in late 1964, continuing over the years 1965, 1966 and 1967. From the start, I envisioned that the score of HAIR would be something new for Broadway, a kind of pop rock/showtune hybrid. At first we had considerable difficulty finding a composer; we rejected several, until finally, in late 1966, we found the man to make the music for our songs. It was a case of love at first sound. Meeting the composer, Galt MacDermot, was more than a fulfillment of our
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"Which famous song from the musical Oklahoma contains the lyrics ""The Corn Is High As An Elephant’s Eye"" ?"
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Lyrics for the album "Oklahoma" by Musical Lyrics for the album "Oklahoma" by Musical Oh, What A Beautiful Morning There's a bright golden haze on the meadow There's a bright golden haze on the meadow The corn is as high as an elephant's eye And it looks like it's climbing right up to the sky Oh what a beautiful morning Oh what a beautiful day I've got a beautiful feeling Everything's going my way All the cattle are standing like statues All the cattle are standing like statues They don't turn their heads as they see me ride by But a little brown mav'rick is winking her eye Oh what a beautiful morning Oh what a beautiful day I've got a beautiful feeling Everything's going my way All the sounds of the earth are like music All the sounds of the earth are like music The breeze is so busy it don't miss a tree And an ol' weeping willow is laughing at me Oh what a beautiful morning Oh what a beautiful day I've got a beautiful feeling Everything's going my way The Surrey With The Fringe On Top [Curly] When I take you out, tonight, with me Honey, here's the way it's gonna be You will set behind a team of snow white horses In the slickest gig you ever see Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry When I take you out in the surrey When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top Watch that fringe and see how it flutters When I drive them high steppin' strutters Nosy folks'll peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown The dashboard's genuine leather With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down In case there's a change in the weather Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin' Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin' You c'n keep your rig if you're thinkin' 'at I'd keer to swap Fer that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top All the world'll fly in a flurry When I take you out in the surrey When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top When we hit that road, hell fer leather Cats and dogs'll dance in the heather Birds and frogs'll sing all together and the toads will hop The wind'll whistle as we rattle along The cows'll moo in the clover The river will ripple out a whispered song And whisper it over and over Don't you wisht y'd go on forever Don't you wisht y'd go on forever Don't you wisht y'd go on forever and ud never stop In that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top I can see the stars gettin' blurry When we drive back home in the surrey Drivin' slowly home in the surrey with the fringe on top I can feel the day gettin' older Feel a sleepy head on my shoulder Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder, till it falls kerplop The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill The moon is takin' a header And jist as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still A lark'll wake up in the medder Hush, you bird, my baby's a-sleepin' Maybe got a dream worth a-keepin' Whoa! you team, and jist keep a-creepin' at a slow clip clop Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top Kansas City [Will] I got to Kansas City on a Frid'y By Saturdy I learnt a thing or two For up to then I didn't have an idy Of whut the modren world was comin' to! I counted twenty gas buggies goin' by theirsel's Almost ev'ry time I tuk a walk 'Nen I put my ear to a Bell Telephone And a strange womin started in to talk! [Aunt Eller] Whut next!? [Will's friends] Yeah whut!? [Will] Whut next? Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City They've gone about as fur as they c'n go! They went and built a skyscraper seven stories high About as high as a buildin' oughta grow Ev'rythin's like a dream in Kansas City It's better than a magic lantern show! Y' c'n turn the radiator on whenever you want some heat With ev'ry kind o' comfort ev'ry house is all complete You c'n walk to privies in the rain and never wet your feet! They've gone about as fur as they c'n go [All] Yes sir! They've gone about as fur as they c'n go! [Will] Ev'rythin's up to date in Kansas City They've gone about as fur as they c'n go! They got a big theayter they call a burleeque Fer fifty cents you c'n see a dandy show [One of the
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Oklahoma State Flower, Oklahoma Rose (Rosa odorata), from NETSTATE.COM Oklahoma State Flower Oklahoma State Flower: Oklahoma Rose Adoption of the Oklahoma State Flower When it comes to state flora, one must be careful to differentiate in Oklahoma. The Sooner State is represented, in one way or another, by three official flowers: Official state wild flower - Indian Blanket Official state flower - Hybrid Tea Rose, "Oklahoma" Mistletoe was adopted as the official floral emblem in 1893, while Oklahoma was still a territory. It was adopted by the State of Oklahoma in 1910. Oklahoma also adopted the official state wild flower, the Indian blanket, in 1986. It wasn't until 2004 that the "Oklahoma rose" joined the list. The Oklahoma rose is a hybrid tea rose [Rosa odorata (Andr.) Sweet] developed in 1964 by Herbert C. Swim and O.L. Weeks at Oklahoma State University. Since its adoption, mistletoe has occupied a precarious position as the official floral emblem of Oklahoma. On the one hand, export of mistletoe for Christmas decorations serves the state economically and mistletoe maintains a certain historical significance. On the other hand, the parasitic nature of the plant along with its less-than-spectacular flowers are not endearing characteristics. As a state flower goes, garden clubs in Oklahoma had never been excited by the state's official floral emblem, mistletoe. The Indian blanket, adopted in 1986, didn't offer much to gardeners either. A tea rose developed in the state and named for the state was another thing. Garden clubs across the state supported adoption of something more "cultivated" and they got it with the Oklahoma rose. Senator Gilmer Capps of Oklahoma City, introduced Senate Bill No. 7, proposing the Oklahoma rose as the official flower of the State of Oklahoma, to the 1st Session of the 49th Legislature on February 3, 2003. His bill proposed amending Section 25-92 of the Oklahoma Statutes defining mistletoe as the floral emblem of Oklahoma, adds text that also names the Oklahoma rose as the official flower. Though some legislators were concerned that the rose is not native to Oklahoma, this objection didn't seem to slow the movement toward approval. Garden clubs across the state were filing opinions in support of the Oklahoma Rose. Meeting of the Government Operations Committee on March 24, 2004: "...Dottie Weissenberger of Oklahoma City, representing 2,000 members in 180 garden clubs across the state, addressed the committee in behalf of the beautiful, hybrid flower. She recalled that the Oklahoma Rose was first planted at the State Capitol 40 years ago and has flourished over the intervening years, even in the face of hardships." The following is the text of the approved Senate Bill No. 7. Changes made to Section 25-92 of the Oklahoma Statutes are underlined. Governor Brad Henry signed this legislation on April 13, 2004 making the Oklahoma rose the official flower of the State of Oklahoma. ENROLLED SENATE Worthen, Staggs, Tyler, Dank, Greenwood of the House An Act relating to definitions and general provisions; amending 25 O.S. 2001, Section 92, which relates to the state floral emblem; naming the Oklahoma Rose the official flower of the State of Oklahoma; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 25 O.S. 2001, Section 92, is amended to read as follows: Section 92. A. The mistletoe shall be the floral emblem of the state. B. The Oklahoma Rose shall be the official flower of the State of Oklahoma. SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2004. Passed the Senate the 23rd day of February, 2004. Passed the House of Representatives the 6th day of April 2004. Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma the 13 day of April, 2004, at 5:40 o�clock p.m. The Oklahoma Statutes The following information is excerpted from the Oklahoma Statutes TITLE 25. Definitions and General Provisions. Chapter 3 - State Emblems and Honorary Positions. SECTION 25-92. §25-92. State floral emblem - official flower. A. The mistlet
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Lee Kuan Yew became Prime Minister of which country in 1959?
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Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew dies aged 91 - Channel NewsAsia Channel NewsAsia Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew dies aged 91 Mr Lee leaves behind two sons and a daughter. Posted 22 Aug 2015 13:53 Updated 30 Dec 2015 09:58 Email A SINGAPORE: Mr Lee Kuan Yew, who was Singapore’s first Prime Minister when the country gained Independence in 1965, has died on Monday (Mar 23) at the age of 91. "The Prime Minister is deeply grieved to announce the passing of Mr Lee Kuan Yew, the founding Prime Minister of Singapore. Mr Lee passed away peacefully at the Singapore General Hospital today at 3.18am. He was 91," said the PMO. Arrangements for the public to pay respects and for the funeral proceedings will be announced later, it added. Mr Lee, who was born in 1923, formed the People’s Action Party in 1954, then became Prime Minister in 1959. He led the nation through a merger with the Federation of Malaysia in 1963, as well as into Independence in 1965. He leaves behind two sons – Lee Hsien Loong and Lee Hsien Yang – and a daughter, Lee Wei Ling. HIS EARLY YEARS From early in his life, Mr Lee Kuan Yew had braced himself to face history’s tumultuous tides head-on. His efforts to build a nation were shaped by his early life experiences. For the young Lee Kuan Yew, the Japanese Occupation was the single most important event that shaped his political ideology. The depravation, cruelty and humiliation that the war wreaked on people made it clear to Mr Lee that, to control one’s destiny, one had to first gain power. Born to English-educated parents Lee Chin Koon and Chua Jim Neo, Mr Lee was named “Kuan Yew” which means “light and brightness”, but also “bringing great glory to one’s ancestors”. He was given the English moniker “Harry” by his paternal grandfather. He continued the family tradition of being educated in English, and read law at Cambridge University after excelling as a student at Raffles College. His experience of being as a colonial subject when he was in England in the late 1940s fuelled his interest in politics, while also sharpening his anti-colonial sentiments. He said later: “I saw the British people as they were. They treated you as colonials and I resented that. I saw no reason why they should be governing me – they’re not superior. I decided, when I got back, I was going to put an end to this.” Mr Lee’s political life began right after he returned to Singapore in 1950, when he began acting as a legal adviser and negotiator representing postal workers who were fighting for better pay and working conditions. He was soon appointed by many more trade unions, including some which were controlled by pro-communists. In a marriage of convenience to overthrow the British, Mr Lee formed the People’s Action Party in 1954 with these pro-communists and other anti-colonialists. THE BATTLE FOR MERGER A key part of winning power at the time was securing the support of the masses, and this meant reaching out to the Chinese-educated, which made up the majority of the population in Singapore. He had taken eight months of Mandarin classes in 1950, and he renewed his Mandarin education five years later, at the age of 32. And within a short time, he had mastered the language sufficiently to address public audiences. In the mid-1950s, riots broke out that fuelled tensions between the local Government and the communist sympathisers in the Chinese community. A few pro-communist members of the PAP were arrested. Leading the PAP, Mr Lee fought for their release and ran a campaign against corruption in the 1959 elections for a Legislative Assembly. The PAP won by a landslide, and Mr Lee achieved what he had set out to do – Singapore was self-governing, and he was Prime Minister. But there were others who would contest the power he acquired, and they had different political agendas. It became apparent that leading Singapore meant having to break ranks with some of his anti-colonial allies – the pro-communists. Mr Lee said of the pro-communists: “They were not crooks or opportunists but formidable opponents, men of gre
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Timeline - Australia's Prime Ministers AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTERS 01 Jan 1901 1st Prime Minister and 1st Governor-General Lord Hopetoun became the first Governor-General and Edmund Barton the first Prime Minister. Both were sworn in at the ceremony inaugurating the Commonwealth of Australia. Edmund Barton 29 Mar 1901 1st federal elections Voters elected 75 members to the House of Representatives. Voters in the six states elected 36 representatives to the first Senate. This was the only federal election to take place on two days, 29 and 30 March. Edmund Barton 09 May 1901 Parliament House for a day The grand opening of parliament in Melbourne's Exhibition Building in the morning, was followed by the first sitting of the House of Representatives and the Senate in their borrowed home, Victoria's Parliament House. Edmund Barton 10 May 1901 Parliament sits in Melbourne Parliament House The first meeting of the Australian parliament took place in the Melbourne Exhibition Building on 9 May 1901. By the next day, parliament had moved to its new home for the next 26 years, the Melbourne Parliament House. Edmund Barton 03 Sep 1901 An Australian flag chosen A huge flag showing the winning design of Union Jack and Southern Cross on a blue background was unfurled over the Exhibition Building, Melbourne. The same design on a red background was used for merchant ships. It was many years before the blue flag officially replaced the British Union Jack for all other uses. Edmund Barton 23 Dec 1901 Dictating a 'White Australia' The enactment of the Immigration Restriction Act meant a dictation test became an effective way of excluding people from Australia. It enabled the government to create a predominantly European population. The 'White Australia' policy was finally dismantled in 1966 by the Holt government. Edmund Barton 31 May 1902 Boer War ends From 1899 when the war in South Africa broke out, troops from the Australian colonies had been sent to fight for Britain against the Afrikaners (former Dutch colonists). Despite the passionate arguments of Leader of the Opposition GH Reid, parliament agreed to send Commonwealth troops. They arrived shortly before the surrender of the Boer army. Edmund Barton 09 Aug 1902 Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra When Queen Victoria died on 22 January 1901, her son Edward acceded to the throne. Prime Minister Edmund Barton led the Australian representation at the coronation in Westminster Abbey the following year. Edmund Barton 03 Nov 1902 The empire cable Postmaster-General James Drake opened the submarine telegraph cable from Vancouver, Canada to Southport, Queensland. This completed an all-British link thirty years after a London to Darwin cable was connected to South Australia’s overland telegraph line. The telegraph cable circling the globe enabled information to be sent by Morse code in ‘dot-dash’ electrical signals. Edmund Barton 09 Jan 1903 2nd Governor-General Lord Tennyson, a former South Australian Governor, was confirmed as Australia’s second Governor-General. He had been acting since 17 July 1902 when Lord Hopetoun left Australia. Lord Tennyson remained in office until 21 January 1904. Alfred Deakin 24 Sep 1903 2nd Prime Minister When Edmund Barton resigned to become a judge of the High Court, his friend and deputy Prime Minister Alfred Deakin succeeded him. Alfred Deakin 06 Oct 1903 High Court established Sir Samuel Griffith, Sir Edmund Barton and Richard O’Connor met for the first sitting of the High Court of Australia. In 1906 HB Higgins and Sir Isaac Isaacs joined them when the Deakin government increased the bench to five. In 1913 the Fisher government gave the Court its present size of seven judges. Alfred Deakin Lord Northcote served as Governor-General until 9 September 1908. Alfred Deakin 02 Mar 1904 Opening of 2nd parliament The second parliament opened and closed with the same Prime Minister, but there were four changes of government and three different Prime Ministers between the 1903 and 1906 federal elections. This was the most unstable of Australia's 40 parli
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The Recording Industry Association of America awards what certification for an album that sells 500,000 copies?
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Certification Criteria - RIAA Certification Criteria Gold & Platinum News RIAA’s historic Gold® & Platinum® Program defines success in the recorded music industry. Originally conceived to honor artists and track sound recording sales, Gold & Platinum Awards have come to stand as a benchmark of success for any artist—whether they’ve just released their first song or Greatest Hits album. Certification Criteria Gold & Platinum Awards are earned by artists who have met rigorous standards, and recipients join the ranks of the most iconic recording artists. We take certification very seriously. Our third party auditing firm has reviewed all applications for more than 35 years to ensure that each award recipient has qualified based on mandatory requirements like requisite sales and streaming figures, consumer demand and much more. Audit Requirements: RIAA AND GR&F CERTIFICATION AUDIT REQUIREMENTS – RIAA SINGLE AWARD Requesting certification: Along with minimum sales and streaming figures, a number of other criteria accompany each title considered for certification. The list and table below describe what titles and types of sales can be considered for the awards. United States distribution: Record labels are required to validate that titles redeemed through product sales/on-demand streams and counted towards certification have actually been distributed or downloaded within the United States. Only domestic sales and sales to United States military post exchanges may be included. Sales become eligible for certification: 30 days after the initial street date (for albums/songs in physical product format) OR At the initial release date (for albums/songs in digital product format). Other sale requirements include: Export sales outside of the United States are not included in certification. The requesting label must separate PX sales from other accounts on sales sheets. Pre-orders: Initial pre-orders of digital albums are not counted towards certification. Pre-orders only count towards certification after the album is released to the public, and the consumer receives a copy of the digital album. Bundles and product packaging: Albums bundled with other products (e.g. concert tickets, merchandise, etc.) and sold to consumers can be eligible under RIAA’s Gold & Platinum Program if they meet the following requirements: Sold at a minimum $6 premium per album when compared to the standalone product’s price. Products bundled with two albums must be sold at a $12 premium, three must be sold at a $18 premium, etc. This satisfies the existing dollar volume required of album certifications. Accompanying products must be available for purchase separately. Catalog product, specifically pre-1972 album releases, are eligible for certification by meeting either the unit shipment or manufacturer’s dollar requirement for each award level. The purpose of this rule is to make certain exceptions for older albums that have very little supporting documentation substantiating that they meet both the unit requirement and the dollar requirement. Without the rule, these titles would potentially be unable to meet the dollar requirement based on the limited documentation available from sales that occurred decades ago. Club sales and club free goods may be included towards certification. Product shipped to retail, mail order, record clubs, TV marketing and other ancillary markets are combined toward certified sales. All shipments to these accounts must be verified by the label. Promotional radio and press copies, cut-outs, inventory sell-offs and surplus sales are not included toward certification. The Recording Industry Association of America® (RIAA) is the trade organization that supports and promotes the creative and financial vitality of the major music companies. Its members comprise the most vibrant record industry in the world, investing in great artists to help them reach their potential and connect to their fans. Nearly 85% of all legitimate recorded music produced and sold in the United States is created, manufactured or distributed by RIAA members.
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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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Blott On The Landscape - BBC2 Comedy Drama - British Comedy Guide Blott On The Landscape Blott On The Landscape Like this show BBC Two comedy drama. 6 episodes (1 series) in 1985. Stars George Cole , Geraldine James , David Suchet , Julia McKenzie and Simon Cadell . Blott On The Landscape Blott On The Landscape A land-owning MP attempts to have a motorway built through the grounds of his wife's ancestral home Genre Evgeny Gridneff An adaptation of Tom Sharpe's comic novel. When Lady Maud decides to start divorce proceedings her husband, Sir Giles, comes up with a cunning idea - why not run a new road through their property, thereby destroying Lady Maud's ancestral home and getting a large sum of compensation from the government! But Sir Giles hasn't counted on his wife's capacity to incite the gentle folk of Worford to riot, nor the abilities of Blott, the gardener and mystery man in the equation...
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General Knowledge Quiz - By Zarbo84 The fictional character John Clayton is better known by what name? La Paz is the administrative capital of which South American country? Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name? The medical condition ‘aphonia’ is the inability to do what? In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the king of which Island? Who played the title role in the 1953 film ‘The Glenn Miller Story’? A third wedding anniversary is traditionally represented by which material? In the Bible, what sign did God give Noah that the earth would not be flooded again? In August 2011 NASA announced that photographic evidence had been captured of possible liquid water of which planet in our solar system? The restored tomb of which dramatist was unveiled in Paris in November 2011, after being ruined by lipstick smears left by thousands of kisses? What was the name of the hurricane which hit the East Coast of America in August 2011? On 11th March 2011 a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of which country? Convict George Joseph Smith was known as the ‘Brides in the ‘what’ murderer’? In the human body, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis is commonly known by what name? A peregrine is what type of bird? What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant? Which British pop musician/actor was actress Sadie Frost’s first husband? British singer Gaynor Hopkins is better known by what name? Who played Ron Kovic in the 1989 film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’? Ben Gurion International Airport is in which country? Which basketball star is kidnapped by cartoon characters in the 1996 film ‘Space Jam’? In the tv series The A Team, what does B.A. stand for in the name B.A. Baracus? In medicine, metritis is the inflammation of which part of the body? In which year was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in the USA? In the human body, where is the atrium? The OK Corral is in which US town? In Greek mythology, Amphitrite, queen of the sea, was the wife of which god? Which British boxer bought one of the original ‘Only Fools and Horses’ Reliant Robins in 2004? Actor Roy Harold Scherer was better known by what name? Anna Gordy was the first wife of which late soul singer? Who played Heinrich Himmler in the 1976 film ‘The Eagle Has Landed’? Which is the fastest rotating planet in our solar system? Which country was invaded by Iraq in 1990? Cobalt, Cyan and Cerulean are shades of which colour? In 1936, Joseph Bowers was the first inmate to attempt an escape from which prison? In the 18th Century, the British Royal Navy ordered limes and lemons to be carried on board ships as a remedy for which disease? In which US state were the 1692 Witch Trials held? Question Who was the father of English monarch Edward VI? Vermicide is a substance used for killing which creatures? Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs were two elderly residents in which UK tv sitcom? Who was US actor Mickey Rooney’s first wife? The resort town of Sliema is on which Mediterranean island? In the Bible, what is the Decalogue more commonly known as? In Greek mythology, Hypnos was the god of what? Which real-life couple starred in the 1994 remake of the film ‘The Getaway’? American 1940′s murder victim Elizabeth Short was known by what posthumous nickname? British monarch Henry VIII married which of his wives in 1540? In February 1983 which US writer choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops? Which US gangster was released from Alcatraz prison in November 1939? Who built the Roman wall which divided England and Scotland? In the human body, the hallux is more commonly known by what name? The liqueur Maraschino is flavoured with which fruit? Which famous US outlaw shot the cashier of a savings bank in Gallatin Missouri in 1869? Kathmandu is the capital of which country? TAP is the chief airline of which European country? In November 2002, which member of the British royal family was convicted and fined for violating the Dangerous Dogs Act? Tommy Lee plays which instrument in the band Motley Crue? The Wang River i
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What song was written and performed by Billy Joel to underscore the plight of fishermen on Long Island?
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The Downeaster Alexa by Billy Joel Songfacts The Downeaster Alexa by Billy Joel Songfacts Songfacts This song is about the fishermen in Oyster Bay, Long Island, which is near Joel's home. Written from the perspective of a struggling fisherman, the song is accurate in its description of the various places the vessel would travel. The song brought a lot of attention to the challenges these fishermen faced and the hard work they put into their jobs. Joel owned a boat at the time called "The Alexa." It was named after his daughter, Alexa Ray. Like her father, Alexa is also a musician. >> Suggestion credit: Sloan - Port Washington, NY Boating is one of Joel's favorite hobbies. He often makes nautical references in his songs, and his personal management company is called Maritime Music. The Vineyard mentioned in this song is Martha's Vineyard. Billy Joel had a house on the Vineyard, but sold it when he was divorced from Christie Brinkley. People from the island of Martha's Vineyard are known as Islanders: "There ain't no island left for Islanders like me." Joel's boat captain at the time tells us: "The 'downeaster' referred to is merely a style of lobster type fishing boat used widely throughout the northeastern United States. It was not invented by any one company or person. It describes a boat built in, or in the style of those built in, "downeast Maine." These were hardy, seaworthy boats with long open back decks and small working cabins. While they were used for many different types of fishing and modified even into yachts, they were designed for lobstermen. As for Billy's use of it in the song, it actually came from me. I worked for him (as his boat captain) at the time and Billy called me one night looking for a three syllable word describing a working fisherman's boat. We tossed around several different manufacturers' names but settled on 'downeaster' because, like the song, it was generic and wouldn't be claimed by anyone, while still being very descriptive of what he was talking about. Although I was never given any literary credit, I have always been proud to know that I was able to help write a song I love. Aside from that word, I also managed to help him phrase a few other lines." This was released as the third US single from the Storm Front album. Joel donated the proceeds from the single to the fishermen of Oyster Bay.
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TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the movies? In Living Color. Who plays a paleontologist on Friends? David Schwimmer. What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out on MTV Unplugged? Paul McCartney. What segment of the TV industry receives ACE Awards? Paul McCartney. What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown? What's My Line? What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a 1996 blockbuster move? Mission: Impossible. Consumer News and Business Channel. How many fingers does Homer Simpson have? Eight. What sitcom character moved from a Boston barstool to a Seattle radio station? Dr. Frasier Crane. What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Phil Hartman. What M*A*S*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and directing? Alan Alda. What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show called The Wonderful World of Dung? The Discovery Channel. What TV host went gold with the CD Romantic Christmas? John Tesh. What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You? Friends. What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico? Beavis and Butt head. What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970s once forecast hail "the size of canned hams"? David Letterman. What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection during a 1969 trip to Mississippi? Sesame Street's. What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the Street? Homicide. What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips from Holland? Tiny Tim's. What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight supporting actor Emmy Awards? Night Court. Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse testify against himself"? Mr. Ed. What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host? Harpo's. Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"? Walter Winchell. What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could top Knight Rider"? David Hasselhoff. What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992? The Cosby Show. Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995? Charles Grodin. What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971? All in the Family. What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective Gegory Medavoy? Donna Abandando. What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm? The Smurfs. What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall ratings? The Cosby Show. What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift"? Miss Piggy. What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful Dead concerts? Walter Cronkite. What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for use on merchandise? Felix the Cat. What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a classic TV series? The Twilight Zone. Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER? George Clooney. What 250-pound star of Hairspray shed half her weight to host a TV talk show? Ricki Lake. What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink? Otis Campbell. What four-word TV slogan did Sting add to the Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing? "I want my MTV". What Mary Tyler Moore Show character's blue blazer made it into the Smithsonian? Ted Baxter's. Who was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before she became TV's Lois Lane? Teri Hatcher. What was Redd Foxx's last name before show business beckoned? Sanford. Who's been Saturday Night Live's most frequent host? Steve Martin. What town did Howdy Doody live in? Doodyville. What sitcom star advised: "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it"? Roseanne. What Richard Chamberlain vehicle is second only to Roots in total viewers for a miniseries? The Thorn Birds. What media award was derived from the slang term for the 1
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John McEnroe | Titles and Finals | ATP World Tour | Tennis Indianapolis (Outdoor/Hard) Dallas WCT (Indoor/Carpet) Lyon (Indoor/Carpet) 1988 Detroit (Indoor/Carpet) Tokyo Outdoor (Outdoor/Hard) 1986 Scottsdale (Outdoor/Hard) San Francisco (Indoor/Carpet) Los Angeles (Outdoor/Hard) 1985 8 Stockholm (Indoor/Hard) Montreal / Toronto (Outdoor/Hard) Stratton Mountain (Outdoor/Hard) Atlanta (Indoor/Carpet) Chicago (Indoor/Carpet) Milan (Indoor/Carpet) Houston (Indoor/Carpet) Philadelphia (Indoor/Carpet) 1984 13 Masters (Indoor/Carpet) Stockholm (Indoor/Hard) San Francisco (Indoor/Carpet) US Open (Outdoor/Hard) Montreal / Toronto (Outdoor/Hard) Wimbledon (Outdoor/Grass) London / Queen's Club (Outdoor/Grass) Forest Hills WCT (Outdoor/Clay) Dallas WCT (Indoor/Carpet) Brussels (Indoor/Carpet) Madrid (Indoor/Carpet) Richmond WCT (Indoor/Carpet) Philadelphia (Indoor/Carpet) 1983 7 Masters (Indoor/Carpet) Wembley (Indoor/Carpet) Sydney Indoor (Indoor/Hard) Wimbledon (Outdoor/Grass) Forest Hills WCT (Outdoor/Clay) Dallas WCT (Indoor/Carpet) Philadelphia (Indoor/Carpet) 1982 Wembley (Indoor/Carpet) Tokyo Indoor (Indoor/Carpet) Sydney Indoor (Indoor/Hard) San Francisco (Indoor/Carpet) Philadelphia (Indoor/Carpet) 1981 10 Sydney Indoor (Indoor/Hard) US Open (Outdoor/Hard) Cincinnati (Outdoor/Hard) Wimbledon (Outdoor/Grass) London / Queen's Club (Outdoor/Grass) Dallas WCT (Indoor/Carpet) Los Angeles (Outdoor/Hard) Frankfurt (Indoor/Carpet) Milan (Indoor/Carpet) Pepsi Grand Slam (Outdoor/Clay) 1980 9 WCT Challenge Cup (Indoor/Carpet) Wembley (Indoor/Carpet) Sydney Indoor (Indoor/Hard) Brisbane (Outdoor/Grass) US Open (Outdoor/Hard) London / Queen's Club (Outdoor/Grass) Milan (Indoor/Carpet) Memphis (Indoor/Carpet) Richmond WCT (Indoor/Carpet) 1979 10 Wembley (Indoor/Carpet) Stockholm (Indoor/Hard) San Francisco (Indoor/Carpet) US Open (Outdoor/Hard) South Orange (Outdoor/Clay) London / Queen's Club (Outdoor/Grass) Dallas WCT (Indoor/Carpet) San Jose (Indoor/Carpet) Milan (Indoor/Carpet) New Orleans (Indoor/Carpet) 1978 Masters (Indoor/Carpet) Wembley (Indoor/Carpet) Stockholm (Indoor/Hard) San Francisco (Indoor/Carpet) Hartford (Indoor/Carpet) Year San Jose ( w/ Jonas Bjorkman Indoor/Hard) 1992 3 1989 3 Wembley ( w/ Jakob Hlasek Indoor/Carpet) US Open ( w/ Mark Woodforde Outdoor/Hard) Milan ( w/ Jakob Hlasek Indoor/Carpet) 1988 San Francisco ( w/ Mark Woodforde Indoor/Carpet) Los Angeles ( w/ Mark Woodforde Outdoor/Hard) 1986 4 Wembley ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Hard) San Francisco ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) Stratton Mountain ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Hard) 1985 Dallas ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) Houston ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) 1984 7 Masters ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) San Francisco ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) Montreal / Toronto ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Hard) Wimbledon ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Grass) Madrid ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) Richmond WCT ( w/ Patrick McEnroe Indoor/Carpet) Philadelphia ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) 1983 6 Masters ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) Wembley ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) San Francisco ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) US Open ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Hard) Wimbledon ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Grass) Los Angeles ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Hard) 1982 5 Wembley ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) Sydney Indoor ( w/ Peter Rennert Indoor/Hard) Cincinnati ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Hard) London / Queen's Club ( w/ Peter Rennert Outdoor/Grass) Philadelphia ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) 1981 7 Sydney Indoor ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Hard) San Francisco ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) US Open ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Hard) Cincinnati ( w/ Ferdi Taygan Outdoor/Hard) Wimbledon ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Grass) Forest Hills WCT ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Clay) Las Vegas ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Hard) 1980 10 Wembley ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Carpet) Sydney Indoor ( w/ Peter Fleming Indoor/Hard) Brisbane ( w/ Matt Mitchell Outdoor/Grass) Maui ( w/ Peter Fleming Outdoor/Hard) San Franc
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Tennis – ‘the golden age’ of the 1960s–70s and beyond | australia.gov.au Tennis – ‘the golden age’ of the 1960s–70s and beyond Tennis – ‘the golden age’ of the 1960s–70s and beyond Mark Woodforde, Doubles Champion 1989–2000 Australians dominated world tennis in the 1950s and 1960s in major events known as Grand Slam tournaments: the Australian, French and United States Open, and Wimbledon in the UK. This period was known as the ‘golden age’ of Australian tennis. In the 1960s, men's tennis open titles were dominated by six Australian men: Rod Laver, Roy Emerson, John Newcombe, Tony Roche, Ken Rosewall, and Fred Stolle. Between 1961 and 1970, Australian men's tennis champions won at least one Open Singles title every year at either Wimbledon or the French or US Opens, as well as the Australian Open titles. In men's tennis, the golden age culminated in 1969 with Rod Laver's second Grand Slam win, as well as four major titles in the same year. Margaret Court, courtesy of Australian Open In 1970, Margaret Court also completed the Grand Slam. Court is one of only three women ever to win four international tennis open titles in one year. Indigenous player Evonne Goolagong Cawley was also a strong force in women's tennis in Australia in the 1970s with wins at Wimbledon, the French and the Australian Opens. The ‘golden age’ for Australian tennis players declined from 1969 when amateur players were joined by professionals. Also by the 1980s, the Australian Open synchronised its dates to begin in January in line with the European, UK and USA players events schedule, which greatly widened the pool of players. Yet even following the decline of Australia's dominance in the Grand Slam tournaments, tennis remained popular in urban areas and the Australian Open grows in popularity as a spectator sport. Early tennis development 1900s–1950s The golden age of Australian tennis was built on the early successes of both men's and women's tennis with Grand Slam tournament winners: Norman Brookes in the 1900s to 1919, Jack Crawford in the early 1930s, and Harry Hopman from 1929–39. This was in tandem with the consistent wins and popularity of women's tennis from the 1920s to the 1950s. Daphne Akhurst reached the Wimbledon final in 1925 and won the Doubles in 1928. From the1930s to the 1950s, Nancy Bolton got to the USA Singles Open and won other titles with her doubles partner, Thelma Long. Bolton was ranked No.4 in 1947 and stayed in that position until 1949. This series of wins in the amateur Grand Slam tournament titles of the 1940s and 1950s was made possible by extensive community and industry support, and investment in the development and administration of amateur tennis players. Harry Hopman, courtesy of Australian Open Harry Hopman was a captain turned coach of 22 Australian Davis Cup teams between 1939 and 1967. As coach Hopman guided Australian male tennis players to 15 Davis Cup victories in 20 years. Ken Rosewall, Frank Sedgeman, John Bromwich, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Lew Hoad and Margaret Smith Court were all either trained by Harry Hopman or managed by Nell Hopman. ( The Hopman Era: Australia on the Rise) Amateurs, tennis community and industry in the 1960s By 1969 the game started to change. Professional players were invited to join the amateurs at the Grand Slam tournaments and prize money was offered for the first time, different tennis court surfaces and different game strategies emerged, and metal racquets were introduced. Professional versus amateur In 1969, the Australian Open Championships became 'open' to amateurs and professionals. This followed in the footsteps of the French Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, UK, and the USA Open. Rod Laver returned to win his second grand slam in 1969. The advantages to amateur Australian champions who had enjoyed the riches of the Davis Cup endorsements soon disappeared with the advent of ‘open’ tennis. The end of the golden age was seen in the average age of the Davis Cup team, which was 35 years. It was another 18 years until Pat Cash, another Australian man, won the men's singles titl
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Pasta Shapes Dictionary - Pasta Fits Pasta Shapes Dictionary Contact Us Pasta Shapes Dictionary There is a pasta shape to complement every pasta dish out there. Pairing the correct pasta shape can make a big difference in your overall satisfaction when cooking. Pasta shapes with holes or ridges like mostaccioli or radiatore are perfect for chunkier sauces, but remember no matter what shape you chose, portion control is key. The Shapes Acini di Pepe (“Peppercorn”) Acini di Pepe is perfect to use in soup recipes. Include them with plenty of vegetables in broths and you’ll have a wonderful outcome. Alphabet Pasta This favorite kids’ shape makes any meal fun. Have a child that’s too picky to eat their veggies? Pair alphabet pasta with some vegetables or soup to win them over. Recipes Anelli Small rings of pasta. It can be used in various soups and is also a complement to the fresh vegetables in a number of salads. Its smaller version, Anellini, can also be used in its place. Recipes Angel Hair Long, thin noodle with a round shape. It can be used with light sauces and vegetables as well as traditional Italian sauces. Although it resembles another spaghetti, another long and thin pasta, Angel hair is much more fine. Recipes Bucatini This straw-like pasta is shaped like thick Spaghetti but is hollow in the center. Bucatini is the perfect choice for nearly any sauce, or it can be baked in casseroles or stirfried in dishes. Try it with different lean proteins and sauces for a change of pace. Recipes Campanelle (“Bells”) Campanelle pasta resembles a small cone with a ruffled edge. Campanelle pasta can be paired with lean proteins, vegetables or sauces of any base. These shapes can also be a treat in a cold pasta salad. Recipes Cappelletti Cappelletti pasta is folded and then twisted to form the shape of a small hat. On occasion, this pasta is sometimes referred to as an alpine hat. Recipes Cavatappi (“Corkscrew”) The tight spiral locks-in the flavor, allowing the shape to pair with both simple and sophisticated sauces. Pair Cavatappi with sauces of any base or partner it with vegetables or lean protein and this pasta is sure to impress. Also, these shapes are great when used in pasta salads. Recipes Casarecce Casarecce pasta is shaped like a very narrow, twisted and rolled tube. This pasta is best used when served with chunky sauce and can be used in a variety of casserole dishes. Recipes Cavatelli Cavatelli resembles tiny hot dog buns. These shapes are commonly served with thick, chunky sauces or in pasta salads. Cavatelli pairs nicely with meat, cream, seafood or vegetable sauces. Recipes Conchiglie (Shells in Small, Medium, and Large) Shells make a great addition to soups or as the base of a wonderful salad. For a fun twist on a time-honored tradition, try remaking your favorite Macaroni and Cheese using Shells. Large Shells are best when stuffed with your favorite mixtures of cheese, meat and vegetables. Stuff with meat flavored with taco seasoning, top with salsa and bake for a delicious Mexican dish, or create your own stuffed treat. Recipes Ditalini (“Little Thimbles”) This versatile shape can be used as the base of any dish. Bake it, stir it into soups, or create great salads and stir-fry dishes. Recipes Egg Noodles (Medium and Wide) (From “Nudel,” German meaning paste with egg) – This size of Egg Noodle can be baked, tossed in soups or salads, or topped with cream, tomato, cheese or meat sauces. Go beyond the traditional Stroganoff and use Wide Egg Noodles to create soups, salads and casseroles. Or, top with a variety of sauces. Recipes Elbow Macaroni A highly versatile shape that can be topped with any sauce, baked, or put in soups, salads and stir-fry dishes. Elbow Macaroni is traditionally used to make Macaroni and Cheese, but why not change it up and add in some seasonings, proteins, or veggies for a delightful dish. Recipes Farfalle (Bow Ties) (“Butterflies”) Bow Ties brighten any meal with their interesting shape. Thick enough for a variety of sauces, or a perfect addition to a number of salad or soup recipes. Rec
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gebze 101 Jeopardy Template Which creature was a threat to holiday makers in Jaws? 100 How many legs has a spider got? 100 Who painted the Mona Lisa? 100 In which city is Hollywood? 100 What is Turkish delight Invented by Haci Bekir Effendi at his Istanbul shop in 1777 what is the globally consumed 'lokum' more famously called? 200 what famous rapper appeared in the movie 8 mile? 200 which animal lays the biggest eggs 200 Who wrote Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Hamlet? 200 What's the name of the famous big clock in London? 200 What falling fruit supposedly inspired Isaac Newton to write the laws of gravity? 300 Which Tom played spy Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible? 300 What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard? 300 What is Hula Hoop One of the most popular toys of all time is a plastic ring with a Hawaiian name. What is it? 300
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First shown in London in 1964, which musical is based on the legend of King Arthur?
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Camelot the Musical George Gershwin Theatre - Opened 21 Jun 1993, closed 7 Aug 1993 What was your favourite production? Add your thoughts in the comments box Synopsis Young King Arthur is worried about his upcoming arranged marriage to Guenevere, whom he has never met. Merlyn the Magician persuades him to accept his new bride, but Arthur still reluctantly hides in the woods, pondering what his subjects think of him (“I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight”). Guenevere arrives in the woods and Arthur overhears her also doubting her wedding, preferring instead to maintain the “Simple Joys of Maidenhood.” Arthur introduces himself as “Wart” (his childhood nickname), and extols the virtues of “Camelot” to Guenevere. She is charmed by his appearance and demeanour, and they nearly share a kiss, before his servants arrive and reveal him as King Arthur. She agrees to marry him without reservations. Meanwhile, Merlyn is beginning to die and worries that he has forgotten to warn Arthur about Mordred and Lancelot, who will prove to be his undoing. Arthur alongside Guenevere decides to create a new order of knights who will be dedicated to virtue rather than looting. They will be called the Knights of the Round Table and they soon become legendary throughout the lands. A young, arrogant Frenchman named Lancelot arrives seeking to join the order, as he believes himself to be the bravest knight in the world (“C’est Moi”). The Queen has organized a May Day celebration (“The Lusty Month of May”), where she meets Lancelot and instantly dislikes him. Lancelot soon makes enemies of most of the knights, and three challenge him to a duel. He manages to defeat them all and wins over the favour of the crowd. Guinevere too finds herself attracted to him despite her love for Arthur. Lancelot too is torn between the beautiful Queen and his duty to the King. Unbeknownst to them, Arthur has picked up on their mutual attraction but decides not to do anything to upset the order of the Round Table. Years pass, and Guenevere and Lancelot still struggle with their unrequited love (“If Ever I Would Leave You”). Arthur’s illegitimate son, Mordred, arrives in Camelot, determined to take over the kingdom and destroy the Round Table. Arthur and Guenevere begin to tire of the difficulty running a kingdom (“What Do the Simple Folk Do?”), whilst the knights are growing sick of their virtuous lives (“Fie on Goodness!”). Mordred uses their malaise to turn them against Arthur. Lancelot is unable to resist the Queen any longer and visits her bedchamber at night (“I Loved You Once in Silence”). They kiss passionately before being interrupted by Mordred and some of the knights who arrest them both for treason. Lancelot manages to escape, but Guenevere is tried and sentenced to be burned at the stake. Arthur is torn between saving his kingdom and saving the love of his life. He watches as Lancelot manages to rescue his queen just before she is burned to death. Arthur reluctantly realises he must fight Lancelot for the sake of his kingdom, and Camelot is torn apart by the resulting civil war. Before the final battle, he meets Guenevere and Lancelot alone. Their relationship has fallen apart, and they both agree to face justice in England. Arthur refuses and forgives them. Guenevere departs for a convent, while Lancelot returns to his troops. Heartbroken, Arthur comes across a young boy who has travelled to Camelot to become a knight of the Round Table. Moved by the boy’s idealism, Arthur knights him and sends him back to England, urging him to tell the tale of the perfect kingdom that once existed named “Camelot.” Songs I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight The Simple Joys of Maidenhood Camelot End of Study Scene: Camelot (Reprise) C’est Moi The Lusty Month of May Pellinor’s Entrance Take Me to the Fair The Lusty Month of May (Reprise) Change of Scene (from Act I Scene 5 to 6) How to Handle a Women Tent Scene Change of Scene (from Act I Scene 8 to 9) Before I Gaze at You Again Finale Act I (Proposition / Resolution) Act II If Ever I Would Leave You The Seven Deadl
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Musicals On Stage: A Capsule History Musicals On Stage: by John Kenrick (Copyright 1996-2003) The ancient Greeks had plays with songs, and Roman comedies included song and dance routines. But the music of these eras disappeared long ago, so they had no real influence on the development of modern musical theatre and film. The Middle Ages brought traveling minstrels and musical morality plays staged by churches, but these had little if any influence on the development of musicals as an art form. Although there were many musical stage entertainments in the 1700s , none of them were called "musicals." The first lasting English-language work of this period was John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (1728), a ballad opera that reset popular tunes of the day to lyrics that fit a satirical spoof of respectable citizens who are no better than common thieves. This, and other British ballad operas, burlettas and pantomimes, formed the majority of musicals offered on American stages right into the early 1800s. The musical as we know it has some of its roots in the French and Viennese Operettas of the 1800s. The satiric works of Jacques Offenbach (Paris) and the romantic comedies of Johann Strauss II (Vienna) were the first musicals to achieve international popularity. Continental operettas were well received in England, but audiences there preferred the looser variety format of the Music Hall . While the contemporary Broadway musical took its form from operetta, it got its comic soul from the variety entertainments that delighted America from the mid-1800s onward. Crude American Variety and Minstrel Shows eventually gave way to the more refined pleasures of Vaudeville -- and the rowdy spirit of Burlesque . The success of The Black Crook (1860) opened the way for the development of American musicals in the 1860s , including extravaganzas, pantomimes, and the musical farces of Harrigan & Hart. The comic operettas of Gilbert & Sullivan (1871-1896) were witty, tuneful and exquisitely produced leading to new standards of theatrical production. After Gilbert and Sullivan , the theatre in Britain and the United States was re-defined first by imitation, then by innovation. During the early 1900s , imports like Franz Lehars The Merry Widow (1907) had enormous influence on the Broadway musical, but American composers George M. Cohan and Victor Herbert gave the American musical comedy a distinctive sound and style. Then ( 1910s ) Jerome Kern, Guy Boulton and P.G. Wodehouse took this a step further with the Princess Theatre shows, putting believable people and situations on the musical stage. During the same years, Florenz Ziegfeld introduced his Follies, the ultimate stage revue. In the 1920s , the American musical comedy gained worldwide influence. Broadway saw the composing debuts of Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, the Gershwins and many others. The British contributed several intimate reviews and introduced the multi-talented Noel Coward. Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote the innovative Showboat (1927) the most lasting hit of the 1920s. The Great Depression did not stop Broadway in fact, the 1930s saw the lighthearted musical comedy reach its creative zenith. The Gershwins Of Thee I Sing (1931) was the first musical ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Rodgers & Hart (On Your Toes - 1936) and Cole Porter (Anything Goes 1934) contributed their share of lasting hit shows and songs. The 1940s started out with business-as-usual musical comedy, but Rodgers & Harts Pal Joey and Weill and Gershwins Lady in the Dark opened the way for more realistic musicals. Rodgers and Hammersteins Oklahoma (1943) was the first fully integrated musical play, using every song and dance to develop the characters or the plot. After Oklahoma , the musical would never be the same but composers Irving Berlin (Annie Get Your Gun - 1946) and Cole Porter (Kiss Me Kate 1947) soon pro
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What word represents the letter K in radio communications?
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Military Alphabet - MilitarySpot.com Military Alphabet The NATO phonetic alphabet is widely used to improve communications when you absolutely have to be clear. Whether it's radio interference or the sound of gun fire, soldiers must be able to effectively communicate. The phonetic alphabet is really a spelling alphabet and not a true phonetic alphabet, lets operators communicate clear regardless of language, noise and other interference. When you are calling for support or an air strike your commands must be clearly understood because the consequences could literally be life or death. Letters often sound the same when spoken and the phonetic alphabet gives us a way to make absolute sure that your orders were relayed exactly as you meant them to be. Use the table below to learn the NATO Phonetic Alphabet or use the widget to the right to automatically convert a phrase. Character ZOO-LOO History of the Phonetic Alphabet The first internationally recognized spelling alphabet was adopted by the ITU during 1927. The experience gained with that alphabet resulted in several changes being made during 1932 by the ITU. The resulting alphabet was adopted by the International Commission for Air Navigation, the predecessor of the ICAO, and was used for civil aviation until World War II.[18] It continued to be used by the IMO until 1965: Amsterdam Baltimore Casablanca Denmark Edison Florida Gallipoli Havana Italia Jerusalem Kilogramme Liverpool Madagascar New_York Oslo Paris Quebec Roma Santiago Tripoli Upsala Valencia Washington Xanthippe Yokohama Zurich British and American armed forces had each developed their spelling alphabets before both forces adopted the ICAO alphabet during 1956. British forces adopted the RAF phonetic alphabet, which is similar to the phonetic alphabet used by the Royal Navy during World War I. The U.S. adopted the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet during 1941 to standardize systems among all branches of its armed forces. The U.S. alphabet became known as Able Baker after the words for A and B. The United Kingdom adapted its RAF alphabet during 1943 to be almost identical to the American Joint-Army-Navy (JAN) one. After World War II, with many aircraft and ground personnel from the allied armed forces, "Able Baker" continued to be used for civil aviation. But many sounds were unique to English, so an alternative "Ana Brazil" alphabet was used in Latin America. But the International Air Transport Association (IATA), recognizing the need for a single universal alphabet, presented a draft alphabet to the ICAO during 1947 that had sounds common to English, French, and Spanish. After further study and modification by each approving body, the revised alphabet was implemented on 1 November 1951 for civil aviation (but it may not have been adopted by any military):[18] Alfa Bravo Coca Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India Juliett Kilo Lima Metro Nectar Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Union Victor Whisky Extra Yankee Zulu Problems were soon found with this list. Some users believed that they were so severe that they reverted to the old "Able Baker" alphabet. To identify the deficiencies of the new alphabet, testing was conducted among speakers from 31 nations, principally by the governments of the United Kingdom and the United States. Confusion among words like Delta, Nectar, Victor, and Extra, or the unintelligibility of other words during poor receiving conditions were the main problems. After much study, only the five words representing the letters C, M, N, U, and X were replaced. The ICAO sent a recording of the new Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet to all member states in November 1955.[7][6] The final version given in the table above was implemented by the ICAO on 1 March 1956,[18] and the ITU adopted it no later than 1959 when they mandated its usage via their official publication, Radio Regulations.[19] Because the ITU governs all international radio communications, it was also adopted by all radio operators, whether military, civilian, or amateur (ARRL). It was finally adopted by the IMO in 1965. During
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Index-a What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for? Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia? G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention? Name the core specialism of notable Anglo-Danish industrialist Sir Ove Nyquist Arup (1895-1988) and the global (Arup Group) corporation he created: Pharmacy; Structural engineering; Shipbuilding; or Food canning? The famous guitar maker founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1902 is: Gibson; Fender; Rickenbacker; or Gretsch? Calabria, flanked by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, is the southern peninsular of which country? In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly: Coil; Rhythm; Pill; or Condom? What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912: Rubber; Cotton; Gold; or Silk? What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above? If a fifth of the charges in a $60 bill are discounted by 25%, what is the total cost? What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive? The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art? Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil? What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval? Ogilvy & Mather, WWP and James Walter Thompson famously operate in: Law; Advertising; Auditing; or Architectural design? What mathematical term originated from Arabic 'awar', meaning 'damage to goods', evolving through French terminology for an apportionment of shipping liabilities between owners of vessel and cargo? What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)? Avian refers to: Birds; Bees; Apes; or Vikings? Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications? Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936? Brazil's first ever football match as a national team was in 1914 at Laranjeiras stadium, Rio de Janeiro state, against: Argentina; USA; Prussia; or Exeter City? What is/are 'pince-nez': Cream and wine sauce; Ferry tug-boats; Armless spectacles; or Four-legged trousers for dogs? The Arabic term 'Al-jebr' (reunion of broken parts) is famously associated with: Disaster relief; TV news; Twin skyscrapers; or Algebra? The UHF wireless technology developed by Eriksson in 1994 for data transfer between devices in close proximity is: Silverlip; Bluetooth; Rednose; or Goldeye? What is the '1c Magenta', which (at $20m) became the most expensive man-made object ever in terms of weight to value? A circular partner-swapping ballroom dance, named after a 1700s maritime leader, is the: William Bligh; Paul Jones; Horatio Nelson; or James Hook? The Stone Age was roughly how many years ago: 4-5,000; 50-100,000; 500,000-1million; or 1-2m? Originally a French portmanteau word combining a shoe and boot, what means 'wilfully destroy'? What is the recurring number when two-thirds is expressed as a decimal? A lodestone (or loadstone, from old English meaning 'leading-stone' or 'way-stone') is a naturally occurring what? Which controversial Swiss sports head, accused of racism, sexism and corruption 1990s-2000s, was once president of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders, which advocated women should not replace stockings and suspenders with pantyhose? Bambino is the family trust of which controversial business mogul, subject to criminal proceedings in Germany 2014? Boundary-pushing Dutch media corporation Endemol sought participants in 2014 for a reality show requiring the group to: Marry each other; Marry animals; Have face transplants; or Live indefinitely on Mars? The volcano Olympic Mons, three times taller than Mount Everest, and the highes
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At 2.78 million square kilometres, what is the largest country in Africa?
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The Largest Countries in the World - WorldAtlas.com The Largest Countries in the World The worlds largest nations, measured in square kilometers of land area. Rolling Hills and Vast Vistas in Tuscany, Italy From Cape Horn all the way to the Arctic Circle, the world’s largest countries provide a beautiful snapshot of the variety of geography, climate and wildlife on the planet. Collectively, the world’s largest countries contain rainforest and tundra, mountains and valleys, coastline and desert. As this we explore the largest nations, we visit five different continents, some of the world’s most spectacular geography, and every type of climate imaginable. Excitingly, it’s always changing, too: history has taught that geopolitical boundaries shift dramatically as centuries pass. In the next decades, who’s to say which countries will become the world’s largest? When 11.5 percent of all the land in the entire world is claimed by just one country, it’s not surprising to learn that the tenth largest country ( Algeria ) could fit into the largest ( Russia ) seven times over. When all 10 of the world's largest countries are taken together, they total 49% of the earth's entire 149 million square kilometres of land. 10 – Algeria The Algerian Sahara, the largest expanse of Saharan dessert Algeria , at 2.38 million square kilometers, is the tenth-largest country in the world by area and the only African country in the top 10. Situated in Northern Africa, Algeria has a Mediterranean coastline 998 km long. 90 percent of the country is desert, and much of its desert regions are highly elevated. The Tell Atlas mountain range runs along the country’s northern border, while the interior, much of it hundreds of meters above sea level, contains the Algerian portion of the Sahara desert. The massive Algerian Sahara extends all the way to the south of the country past its borders with Niger and Mali . 9 – Kazakhstan Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country Kazakhstan’s 2.72 million square kilometers stretch over vast plains and highlands. A cool and dry, but not quite desert-like, climate prevails for most of the year. Kazakhstanis experience a great range of temperatures throughout the year, though it doesn’t get as cold in Kazakhstan as it does in parts of its northern neighbor, Russia . Formerly part of the USSR, the largest nation in the world for most of the 20th century, Kazakhstan’s current main claim to fame is its status as the largest landlocked country in the world—and the only landlocked country in the top 10. 8 – Argentina Mount Fitz Roy in Patagonia, Argentina Argentina , the world’s 32nd most populous country, is the world’s eighth largest, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation in the world by area. Its 2.78 million square kilometers include some of the most varied geography and climate in the world. Swampy, tropical conditions in the very north give way to freezing glacial regions in the south. Patagonia, one of the most spectacular and dangerous places on the planet, stretches from the southern Andes in the west to the Atlantic Ocean in the east. The southern tip of Argentina, known as Cape Horn, is one of the stormiest locations on the globe. 6 – Australia The Twelve Apostles, Victoria State, Australia The approximately 4.4 million square kilometer difference between Australia and India represents the second-largest size difference between countries ranked consecutively in the top 10. Australia, at around 7.69 million square kilometers, is over twice the size of India . It’s the largest country in Oceania by far. Technically it is so large that it doesn’t even qualify as an island, it is a continental landmass. The vast majority of its population live in coastal cities like Sydney in the east and Perth in the west, and with good reason: the Australian Outback is one of the world’s driest and hottest regions. Along with extreme climate and geography, Australia is known for its spectacular—and often deadly—wildlife. 5 – Brazil Copacabana beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The largest country in South America at over 8.
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Kruger National Park, South Africa Kruger National Park, South Africa by WCC on June 6, 2012 in Africa The Kruger National Park (often English Kruger National Park ) is the largest game reserve in South Africa . It is located in the northeast of the country in the Lowveld in the provinces of Mpumalanga and Limpopo . It stretches from the Crocodile River in the south to the Limpopo , the border to Mozambique in the north. The north-south extent is about 350 km east-west direction, the park is on average 54 km wide and covers an area of approximately 20,000 km ² . He is one of the largest national parks in Africa . Kruger National Park The reserve was established on 26 March 1898 under President Paul Kruger as the Sabie Game Reserve established to protect the wilderness. 1926 received the status of the area National Park and was renamed to its present name. In the park live 147 species of mammals including the ” Big Five “, as well as about 507 bird species and 114 reptile species , 49 fish species and 34 amphibian species . The Kruger Park is 19 486 square kilometers, while one of the largest reserves in Africa, but in the dry season, the game has always been migrated to a large extent in the areas bordering the west of the park. In 1961 the west side completely fenced off and in 1975 was the same implemented on the east side, which prevented the migration of large animals in and out of the park. Today in the West are a number of private reserves, the Kruger National Park through the fences were often removed and the animals, at least within these protected areas, allowing unhindered movement across borders. In the north-east of the Kruger Park, the fences on the border with Mozambique were recently removed to wild movements and in the adjacent Limpopo National Park in Mozambique to provide. The goal is a large cross-border park named Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park . To allow tourists to move to Mozambique, were built between the park-new parts of border crossings, such as Giriyondo . In many parts of the park borders but still close to farmland. Many big game resettlement in neighboring Limpopo National Park – including elephants, giraffes, zebras and buffalos – took place, and not all were successful. Parts of the relocated elephants herds are moved back to South Africa. It could take years to enhance the wildlife on the Mozambican side. Kruger National Park Zebra
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Which Two-headed God Is January Named After? | Dictionary.com Blog Home » Calendar Events » Which Two-headed God Is January Named After? Which Two-headed God Is January Named After? January 1, 2016 by: Dictionary.com 559 Comments January is often considered the month for deep reflection. We look back at the year behind us, bemoaning our regrets and celebrating our successes. And then, we look forward to the future year. We make well-meaning resolutions and hope for the best. So, in this way, we’re all a little bit like Janus , the Roman god for which January is named. Janus is usually depicted with having two heads. that face in opposite directions. One looks back to the year departed, and one looks forward to the new and uncertain year ahead. (The poetic term John Keats coined that describes living your life while accepting that it is filled with uncertainty seems apropos to this transitional time. Learn the term and its exact meaning, here .) The god Saturn bestowed upon Janus this ability to see into the future and past. His name comes from the Latin word ianua , which means “door.” Janus is the god of doors, gates, doorways, bridges, and passageways, all of which symbolize beginnings and ends. Janus also represented transition, such as the time between youth and adulthood. If you find it odd that a deity with two heads is the namesake for one of our prominent months, consider the story of the obscure, one-armed Norse god that Tuesday is named after . His name, and history, can be found here .
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Old Father Time Chronos (also known as Chronus) is the personification of time itself. Indeed, the word means "time" and is the root of "chronology" and other modern words. It was, however, originally employed in a purely poetic sense. There is no God or Goddess directly associated with time per se in the annals of Greek mythology, but there may have been a Titan of Time. Saturn (referred to by the Greeks as Cronus or Kronos) was the Roman Deity of Time and an ancient Italian Corn God known as the Sower. Male ruler of the Roman Gods prior to Jupiter, Saturn's weapon was a scythe or sickle. The Romans honored Saturn at a MidWinter festival called Saturnalia, which lasted several days and at which there was much feasting and making merry. All business was suspended and schools were closed. Parents gave toys to their children and there was a public banquet. Saturn may have been worshiped by the pre-Hellenic population of the country but probably not widely revered by the Greeks themselves. His functions were concerned with agriculture and his festival, held in Attica and known as Kronia, resembled the Roman Saturnalia in that it was a celebration of the harvest. In art, Saturn has always been depicted as a old man holding an implement which has often been interpreted as a harpe or curved sword, but which appears likely to have actually represented a scythe or a sickle. Since ancient history, time has been identified with Saturn. In mythology, he was the son of Uranus (Heaven or Sky-Father) and Gaea (Earth-Mother) and the youngest of the Twelve Titans. Upon the advice of Gaea (who understood the changes of life and knew that Uranus would never, of his own accord, yield to the younger generation), Saturn castrated his father and thus separated Heaven from Earth. Gaea created out of flint...a mineral of her own substance...a sickle with which to complete the deed. It was the tool by which life was cut down at the time of harvest and was crescent-shaped like the moon, symbolic of cyclic rise and fall. It was believed that the spilled blood of Uranus formed such creatures as the Giants and the Furies, and that his genitals (which were tossed into the sea eventually produced the beautiful Venus/Aphrodite). Saturn's emasculation of Uranus now made Saturn King of the Titans and the rotation of the generations was thereby effected. Consequently, the sickle (and later, the scythe) became representative of the cruel and unrelenting flow of time which, in the end, cuts down all things. After the demise of Uranus, Saturn took his sister, Rhea (Goddess of Necessity), as consort and together they ruled. She bore him five children: Vesta, Ceres, Juno, Pluto and Neptune...all of whom he swallowed because it had been foretold that he would be overthrown by his own child. When Jupiter was born, however, Rhea hid the baby in Crete and tricked Saturn into swallowing a stone wrapped in swaddling clothes instead. When Jupiter reached adulthood, he forced Saturn to disgorge his three sisters and two brothers. United, the siblings waged war and defeated their father. According to variations in the legend, Saturn was then either imprisoned in Tartarus or banished to Latium in Italy where he took refuge. According to some folktales, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were representative of Air, Water and Death...the three things that time itself cannot kill...and the overthrow of Saturn symbolized the demise of the old culture which worshiped this ancient God. Alternative legends maintain that Saturn became King of the Lost Golden Age and turned his attention to gardening, thus applying his sickle to less violent ends. A statue of Saturn holding his sickle once stood in the temple erected to the God on the road leading the Roman Capitol. This much wiser Saturn was an incorruptible deity and reigned supreme during a time when there were no wars or hardships. He depicted fertility in its most exalted sense. Having learned his lesson, Saturn is said to have eventually stepped down in favor of his son, Picus (also known as Woodpecker) and retired altogether
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Oxford Boat Race squad twins Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss became multi-millionaires after a court battle with what website that they claimed stole their idea?
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They're Oxford's star Boat Race rowers - 6ft 5in identical twin hunks who are effortlessly brilliant at everything (and also found time to invent Facebook) | Daily Mail Online They're Oxford's star Boat Race rowers - 6ft 5in identical twin hunks who are effortlessly brilliant at everything (and also found time to invent Facebook) comments The last time I interviewed a fantastically clever university student, we sat in his dingy room surrounded by his smelly underwear, crumpled sheets - and drank rancid coffee with clots of milk floating on the top. It was midday and my interviewee - who, it goes without saying, was spotty and pale - had just hauled himself out of bed. Today's students - Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, of Christ Church, Oxford - are rather different. To start with, they're identical twins with matching thick, clean hair, white teeth, enormous jutting jaws and rippling 6ft 5in physiques that have earned them names such as the ' testosterone twins' - and cause women to swoon every time they step out of their dingy Oxford digs to attend lectures in global commerce. Double take: Jane Fryer with Cameron (left) and Tyler They're also multi-millionaires - thanks to a $65 million court settlement with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, whom they claim stole their idea for his social networking site when all three were undergraduates at Harvard in 2003. And come the autumn, they'll be featuring in Paramount Pictures' blockbuster, The Social Network, about the Facebook phenomenon. Oh, and I almost forgot: they're Olympic rowers - they came sixth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, have London 2012 in their sights and, tomorrow, will provide the transatlantic core (they're American, obviously) of the Oxford crew in the university Boat Race. And instead of the usual student half-hour slot squeezed in between getting up and Neighbours, we meet at Oxford's Said Business School at 9pm on a cold Sunday. From the moment they come loping in, it's clear they're not quite like the rest of us. They exude so much health, wealth and confidence that meeting one of them would have been daunting, but meeting both is a bit like being in one of those films where some lunatic has meddled with genetic engineering - and created a master race. 'We didn't see our athletics as an excuse to do less well at school. We wanted to be the best at everything' They really are identical - same height (6ft 5in) and weight (14st 2lb) - although, it turns out Cameron has a slightly thinner face, the teeniest of gaps between his front teeth and is left-handed, but that's about it. Everything about them is impressive, logical and orderly. They don't know who's the eldest - they were born by Caesarean section - so they take turns being the 'one in charge'. 'We don't have a rigid timetable, but it works out very fairly.' Just looking at them is enough to make you feel disorganised. And that's before they start chatting about what they've crammed into their 28 years and the 'many more new mountains' they want to climb. 'We enjoy the process of striving,' explains Cameron (or is it Tyler?). 'The end result's not enough - we need to be stimulated.' Growing up in a wealthy family in Connecticut, they were destined to achieve. At 13, they set up their first business - designing websites in their bedroom. 'We had to teach ourselves HTML [computer programming language code], but it wasn't hard,' says Tyler. Within weeks they were designing web pages for clients - charging anything from a couple of hundred dollars to several thousand dollars per job. 'The money wasn't bad - we got a lot of Nintendo games for that. It's hard to sell from your bedroom if you're only 13, and our school was really rigorous, so there wasn't time.' Olympians: Tyler and Cameron will row for Oxford in this weekend's boat race But they did, however, manage to come joint top of their year; row for their school, state and country; and play soccer, American football, lacrosse and tennis to a very high standard. And sail into Harvard, where they cut a swathe through the ladies and became members o
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Pierre Omidyar - Academy of Achievement Pierre Omidyar I started eBay as an experiment, as a side hobby basically, while I had my day job. The World's Online Marketplace Date of Birth June 21, 1967 Pierre Omidyar was born in Paris, France to parents from Iran. He moved to Maryland with his family when his physician father began his residency at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center. Pierre became fascinated with computers while still in high school and graduated from Tufts University in 1988 with a degree in computer science. After graduation, he worked for Claris, a subsidiary of Apple Computer, developing software for the Macintosh. In 1991, he co-founded Ink Development Corp. with three friends. The company included an Internet shopping segment and was later renamed eShop Inc. Omidyar worked as a software engineer for eShop until the end of 1994, when he became a developer services engineer for General Magic, a mobile communication platform company. In 1996, eShop was sold to Microsoft, but Omidyar remained fascinated by the technical challenges of online commerce. 1998: Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay. By May 1997, Beanie Babies, Ty Warner’s line of stuffed animals, take the world by storm. $500 million worth are sold on eBay alone, representing more than 6% of eBay’s total volume. While living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area, he met and married Pamela Wesley, a graduate student in biology who later embarked on a career as a management consultant. In a much repeated story, Omidyar originally created an online auction site to help his wife trade and collect Pez candy dispensers, but in his interview with the Academy of Achievement, Omidyar derides the story as “media-enhanced.” Other eBay spokesmen have since described it as a publicist’s fabrication. In fact, Omidyar was already intrigued by the technical problem of establishing an online venue for direct person-to-person auction of collectible items. He created a simple prototype on his personal web page, and launched an online service called Auction Web as a sole proprietorship on Labor Day weekend in 1995. The first item sold on the site was not a Pez dispenser, but a broken laser pointer. Omidyar was astonished that anyone would pay for the device in its broken state, but the buyer assured him he was deliberately collecting broken laser pointers. Similar surprises followed. The business exploded as correspondents began to register trade goods of an unimaginable variety. Omidyar incorporated the enterprise; the small fee he collected on each sale financed the expansion of the site. The revenue soon outstripped his salary at General Magic, and Omidyar decided to dedicate his full attention to his new enterprise. Business expanded through word of mouth, and Auction Web added a Feedback Forum, allowing buyers and sellers to rate each other for honesty and reliability. From collectibles, the site quickly expanded into a vast range of saleable items, including furniture, electronics, home appliances, cars and other vehicles. In 1996, Omidyar signed a licensing deal to offer airline tickets online. In 1996, Auction Web hosted 250,000 auctions. In the first month of 1997, it hosted 2 million. By the middle of that year, eBay was hosting nearly 800,000 auctions a day. June 1998: Chairman and founder Pierre Omidyar and CEO Meg Whitman of EBay.com, the online auction service. Pierre Omidyar changed the company’s name to eBay in 1997 and began to advertise the service aggressively. He has served as chairman of the board since its incorporation. At first, he also served as chief financial officer, president and CEO, but he relinquished these positions one by one, the last when he hired former Hasbro executive Meg Whitman to serve as CEO in 1998. At the time, eBay had barely 30 employees, half a million users and U.S. revenues of $47 million. By the time eBay went public that fall, the site had more than a million registered users. The share price nearly tripled on the first day of trading and Omidyar’s holdings made him a billionaire overnight. Council member and
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What do Ballinsloe in Co. Galway and Appleby in Cumbria have in common?
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A Heron's View: HORSE FAIR - BALLINASLOE A Heron's View My world view on subjects that interest me. Thursday, 8 October 2015 http://ballinasloeoctoberfair.com/events/equestrian-events/ The town of Ballinasloe in Co. Galway can expect about 100,000 visitors this week to it’s the annual horse fair. This event brings horses of all sizes and types from all over the country together with dealers & traders, musicians, singers with literally craic for all. . "The Ballinasloe October Horse Fair is one of the oldest fairs in Ireland, at one stage renowned as the largest and greatest in all of Europe. While now predominantly associated with the horse, in its heyday the October Fair was an agricultural event of much greater significance, serving as a market for the sale of cattle and sheep by the farmers of the West to their counterparts in the East of Ireland. In the London Times of 1801 and 1804, the October Fair was referred to as the “Great Cattle Fair” of Ballinasloe. It is only since the early twentieth century that the fair has become exclusively associated with the horse. Very little is known about the origins of the Ballinasloe October Fair, as there is little in terms of documentary evidence referring to its early development. In the past, fairs and markets were such a common feature of life in Ireland that contemporary observers perhaps felt little need to make special reference to them." ©Damian Mac Con Bladh
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Anglesey Towns and Villages : Coastal Holidays Property name: Anglesey Towns and Villages Anglesey (Ynys Mon in Welsh) is situated off the north west coast of Wales near the Snowdonia mountain range. It is reached by two bridges, the Menai Bridge and the Brittannia Bridge. Anglesey has quaint towns and villages as diverse and interesting as its landscape. Anglesey also has the village with the longest place name in Britain: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllantysiliogogogoch, thankfully it’s abbreviated to Llanfairpwll or Llanfair P.G. by the locals. The towns and villages of Anglesey are as diverse and interesting as its landscape. From sleepy villages to a bustling port town, Anglesey has it all. Amlwch Port Amlwch is situated on the north east coast of Anglesey and is a major draw for those interested in industrial heritage. Walking around this peaceful town with its three windmills, it’s hard to imagine that in its mining heyday, it was one of Anglesey’s busiest ports and home to an amazing 1,025 pubs! The old harbour at Amlwch Port is well worth a visit with its exhibition of memorabilia from Amlwch’s shipbuilding and mining days. You can walk round Parys Mountain amid amazing open cast remains often linked to a lunar landscape. For other activities Amlwch has a leisure centre, shore and golf at Bull Bay Golf Club. Beaumaris Beaumaris is a captivating seaside town with lively cafes, pubs, restaurants and hotels with good food to suit every taste and some excellent shopping, marked by quality independent traders. With a mix of Medieval, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian architecture, visitors can stroll along the seafront, taking in the pier and the views over the Menai Strait and Snowdonia, continuing through the charming streets with its picturesque cottages, many painted in soft pastel colours. Beaumaris Castle is a United Nations World Heritage Site which was built as one of the iron ring castles of North Wales by Edward I to stamp his authority on the Welsh. It was never finished but is nevertheless called the “most technically perfect Medieval Castle in Britain.” Opposite Beaumaris Castle is the Court House, constructed in 1614 and renovated in the 19th Century. Here visitors can walk through the large rectangular courtroom, stand in the original dock and view the splendour of the grand jury room. Beaumaris Gaol was built by Hansom (famous for the Hansom Cab) in 1829 and features the only working tread wheel in Britain. Nearby in Church Street stands the 14th Century Church of St Mary and St Nicholas which houses the empty coffin of Princess Joan, wife of Prince Llywelyn Fawr and daughter of King John of England. The location of her body remains a mystery but her effigy is carved into the coffin lid. There are two more very well preserved historic buildings – the Court House, constructed in 1614 and the Victorian Gaol in Steeple Lane. A popular visitor option is a two-hour cruise around Puffin Island, with a chance to see puffins, seals and other wildlife at close quarters. Benllech The award winning main beach at Benllech is a long stretch of rich golden sands backed by cliffs. Benllech is a prime spot for long seaside walks or across the cliff path to the neighbouring village of Moelfre. A short walk round the headland at low tide takes you to Red Wharf Bay. Alternatively head north from Benllech to Traeth Bychan, a water sports centre with a slipway for launching boats. Cemaes Bay The most northerly village in Wales, Cemaes is set on Anglesey’s wildest and most unspoilt stretch of coastline, most of which is now cared for by the National Trust. Originally a fishing village, it became a centre for shipbuilding and exporting marble and limestone, used to build many of Liverpool’s buildings. Maritime activity is at the old stone pier where boat trips to Skerries Lighthouse and the Isle of Man can be arranged with local boat owners. At the eastern entrance to the bay is Llanadrig and St Patrick’s Church and cave where it is said Patrick set off to Ireland from. Further east is Dinas Gynfor prehistoric hill
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Which gas is the principal gas in the atmosphere of Venus?
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Venus' Atmosphere: Composition, Climate and Weather Venus' Atmosphere: Composition, Climate and Weather By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor | November 16, 2012 06:23pm ET MORE Venus has the distinction of being the hottest planet in the solar system, and the fault lies solely with its atmosphere. What is it about the air on Venus that keeps the planet cooking? False-colour image of cloud features seen on Venus by the Venus Monitoring Camera (VMC) on Venus Express. Credit: ESA/MPS/DLR/IDA Atmospheric makeup The atmosphere of Venus is made up almost completely of carbon dioxide. Nitrogen exists in small doses, as do clouds of sulfuric acid. The air of Venus is so dense that the small traces of nitrogen are four times the amount found on Earth, although nitrogen makes up more than three-fourths of the terrestrial atmosphere. This composition causes a runaway greenhouse effect that heats the planet even hotter than the surface of Mercury, although Venus lies farther from the sun . When the rocky core of Venus formed , it captured much of the gas gravitationally. In addition to warming the planet, the heavy clouds shield it, preventing visible observations of the surface and protecting it from bombardment by all but the largest meteorites. Although Venus and Earth are similar in size , someone standing on the ground on Venus would experience air about 90 times heavier than Earth's atmosphere; pressures are similar to diving 3,000 feet beneath the ocean. Ironically, the most Earth-like atmosphere in the solar system occurs 30 to 40 miles (50 to 60 kilometers) above the surface of Venus. Both oxygen and hydrogen rise above the heavier gas layer covering the ground, and the pressures are similar to our planet. Carbon dioxide: 96 percent
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Planetary Names: Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) Planetary Names: Planet and Satellite Names and Discoverers Home Named Mercurius by the Romans because it appears to move so swiftly. Discoverer Venus Roman name for the goddess of love. This planet was considered to be the brightest and most beautiful planet or star in the heavens. Other civilizations have named it for their god or goddess of love/war. Discoverer Earth The name Earth comes from the Indo-European base 'er,'which produced the Germanic noun 'ertho,' and ultimately German 'erde,' Dutch 'aarde,' Scandinavian 'jord,' and English 'earth.' Related forms include Greek 'eraze,' meaning 'on the ground,' and Welsh 'erw,' meaning 'a piece of land.' Earth I (Moon) Every civilization has had a name for the satellite of Earth that is known, in English, as the Moon. The Moon is known as Luna in Italian, Latin, and Spanish, as Lune in French, as Mond in German, and as Selene in Greek. Martian System The names of the moons of Mars and the English translations of the names were specifically proposed by their discoverer, Asaph Hall, and as such, they have been accepted and retained under the current IAU nomenclature. Body Discoverer Mars Named by the Romans for their god of war because of its red, bloodlike color. Other civilizations also named this planet from this attribute; for example, the Egyptians named it "Her Desher," meaning "the red one." Mars I (Phobos) Inner satellite of Mars. Named for one of the horses that drew Mars' chariot; also called an "attendant" or "son" of Mars, according to chapter 15, line 119 of Homer's "Iliad." This Greek word means "flight." August 17, 1877 A. Hall Mars II (Deimos) This outer Martian satellite was named for one of the horses that drew Mars' chariot; also called an "attendant" or "son" of Mars, according to chapter 15, line 119 of Homer's "Iliad." Deimos means "fear" in Greek. August 11, 1877 Selected Asteroids (of the Main Belt) and their Satellites Body Named for the Greek god of love. August 13, 1898 Named for a resort on the Crimean Peninsula. July 30, 1916 G. Neujmin (243) Ida Named for a nymph who raised the infant Zeus. Ida is also the name of a mountain on the island of Crete, the location of the cave where Zeus was reared. September 29, 1884 J. Palisa (243) Ida I (Dactyl) Named for a group of mythological beings who lived on Mount Ida, where the infant Zeus was hidden and raised (according to some accounts) by the nymph Ida. August 28, 1993 Galileo imaging and infrared science teams. (253) Mathilde The name was suggested by a staff member of the Paris Observatory who first computed an orbit for Mathilde. The name is thought to honor the wife of the vice director of the Paris Observatory at that time. November 12, 1885 J. Palisa (22) Kalliope I (Linus) Satellite of (22) Kalliope. In various accounts of Greek mythology, Linus is considered to be the son of the Muse Kalliope and the inventor of melody and rhythm. August 29 and September 2, 2001 Mauna Kea J.-L. Margot, M.E. Brown, W.J. Merline, F. Menard, L. Close, C. Dumas, C.R. Chapman, and D.C. Slater (45) Eugenia I (Petit-Prince) Satellite of (45) Eugenia. The Little Prince, Napolean-Eugene-Louis-Jean-Joseph Bonaparte (1856-1879), was the son of Eugenia de Montijo de Guzm\\'an and Napoleon III. November 1, 1998 Mauna Kea W.J. Merline, L. Close, C. Dumas, C.R. Chapman, F. Roddier, F. Menard, D.C. Slater, G. Duvert, C. Shelton, and T. Morgan Jovian System Satellites in the Jovian system are named for Zeus/Jupiter's lovers and descendants. Names of outer satellites with a prograde orbit generally end with the letter "a" (although an "o" ending has been reserved for some unusual cases), and names of satellites with a retrograde orbit end with an "e." Body Discoverer Jupiter The largest and most massive of the planets was named Zeus by the Greeks and Jupiter by the Romans; he was the most important deity in both pantheons. Jupiter I (Io) Io, the daughter
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According to the traditional nursery rhyme when did the Knave of Hearts steal the tarts?
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The Queen of Hearts The Nursery Rhymes Collections 1-4 contain a total of 277 children's songs. Each double CD album showcases the highest quality children's music ever recorded with a total playing time in excess of 10 hours! The Queen of Hearts (Audio Sample and Lyrics) The Queen of Hearts All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts And took them clean away. The King of Hearts And beat the Knave full sore The Knave of Hearts And vowed he'd steal no more. I'm the Queen of Hearts I did some tarts All on a summer's day; I'm the Knave of Hearts And I stole the tarts And I took them clean away. I'm the King of Hearts And I called for the tarts And I beat the Knave full sore I'm the Knave of Hearts And I brought back those tarts And I vowed I'll steal no more. (Queen: You better not, young man!) Knave: No more! All on a summer's day; The Knave of Hearts And took them clean away. The King of Hearts And beat the Knave full sore The Knave of Hearts he vowed he'd steal no more. No more (Knave: Well I don't know about that, I mean, they were there for the taking, weren't they? I mean, I can't promise nothing I mean I'm just a knave, I don't know what I'm doing half of the time, I mean, if they're there and the opportunity arises. I just gonna take them away, aren't I? Queen: Off with his head! King: Off with his head! Words & Music: Traditional Arrangement: Ian J Watts Origin and background The origin of this nursery rhyme lies in Lewis G. Carroll's famous book Alice in Wonderland, which was first published in 1805. The Queen of Hearts is taken from a pack of cards and so are the other participants: The King of Hearts and The Knave of Hearts. Enjoy the story and the great musical arrangement by Rick Benbow. This song was released on The Nursery Rhyme Collection 2 Listen for free on Spotify New release! Contained within this beautiful CD music collection is our pick of 30 of the best and most famous Action and Games Songs for children to have fun with and enjoy. Check out our free audio samples: - performed by real musicians
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Rude Mechanicals in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com Rude Mechanicals in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Watch short & fun videos Start Your Free Trial Today An error occurred trying to load this video. Try refreshing the page, or contact customer support. You must create an account to continue watching Register for a free trial Are you a student or a teacher? I am a student Start Your Free Trial To Continue Watching As a member, you'll also get unlimited access to over lessons in math, English, science, history, and more. Plus, get practice tests, quizzes, and personalized coaching to help you succeed. Coming up next: Shakespeare's The Taming Of The Shrew: Summary & Analysis You're on a roll. Keep up the good work! Your next lesson will play in 10 seconds 0:01 Who Are the Rude Mechanicals? 1:59 Act One, Scene Two 2:40 Act Three, Scene One 3:46 Act Four, Scene Two 4:06 Act Five, Scene One 5:49 Lesson Summary Add to Add to Add to Want to watch this again later? Log in or sign up to add this lesson to a Custom Course. Custom Courses are courses that you create from Study.com lessons. Use them just like other courses to track progress, access quizzes and exams, and share content. Teachers Organize and share selected lessons with your class. Make planning easier by creating your own custom course. Students Create a new course from any lesson page or your dashboard. From any lesson page: Click "Add to" located below the video player and follow the prompts to name your course and save your lesson. From your dashboard: Click on the "Custom Courses" tab, then click "Create course". Next, go to any lesson page and begin adding lessons. Edit your Custom Course directly from your dashboard. Personalize: Name your Custom Course and add an optional description or learning objective. Organize: Create chapters to group lesson within your course. Remove and reorder chapters and lessons at any time. Share your Custom Course or assign lessons and chapters. Teacher Edition: Share or assign lessons and chapters by clicking the "Teacher" tab on the lesson or chapter page you want to assign. Students' quiz scores and video views will be trackable in your "Teacher" tab. Premium Edition: You can share your Custom Course by copying and pasting the course URL. Only Study.com members will be able to access the entire course. Create an account to start this course today Try it free for 5 days! Instructor: Richard Davis Richard teaches college writing and has a master's degree in creative writing. What are rude mechanicals? Unfortunately, they are not ill-tempered robots, as the name might suggest. However, the rude mechanicals are still an essential part of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.' In this lesson, we'll identify the members of the group and discuss the comedic role the rude mechanicals play. Who Are the Rude Mechanicals? 'Rude Mechanicals' isn't just a cool name for a band. In fact, the phrase refers to a specific group of characters in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. The rude mechanicals are skilled laborers, or craftsmen, from Athens who want to put on a play for the city's royalty. There are six members in this group. The leader of the group is Peter Quince, the carpenter. Quince chooses the play, assigns the parts, and directs the actors as they rehearse. He also delivers the prologue, a speech before the play starts, in the play the rude mechanicals put on. The next member is Snug, the joiner, a kind of carpenter who makes doors, window frames, and cabinets. He claims to be 'slow of study,' so he is happy to play the part of the lion. The third, and most important, member of the group is Nick Bottom. Bottom has an overblown sense of self-confidence, so his ego goes overboard when he is given the lead part in the play: Pyramus. Additionally, Bottom is the only one of the rude mechanicals who interacts extensively with characters outside of the group. In fact, he becomes the love interest of Titania
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated - Jun 28, 1914 - HISTORY.com Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated Publisher A+E Networks In an event that is widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day in 1914. The great Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck, the man most responsible for the unification of Germany in 1871, was quoted as saying at the end of his life that “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.” It went as he predicted. The archduke traveled to Sarajevo in June 1914 to inspect the imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Ottoman territories in the turbulent Balkan region that were annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908 to the indignation of Serbian nationalists, who believed they should become part of the newly independent and ambitious Serbian nation. The date scheduled for his visit, June 28, coincided with the anniversary of the First Battle of Kosovo in 1389, in which medieval Serbia was defeated by the Turks. Despite the fact that Serbia did not truly lose its independence until the Second Battle of Kosovo in 1448, June 28 was a day of great significance to Serbian nationalists, and one on which they could be expected to take exception to a demonstration of Austrian imperial strength in Bosnia. June 28 was also Franz Ferdinand’s wedding anniversary. His beloved wife, Sophie, a former lady-in-waiting, was denied royal status in Austria due to her birth as a poor Czech aristocrat, as were the couple’s children. In Bosnia, however, due to its limbo status as an annexed territory, Sophie could appear beside him at official proceedings. On June 28, 1914, then, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were touring Sarajevo in an open car, with surprisingly little security, when Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Cabrinovic threw a bomb at their car; it rolled off the back of the vehicle and wounded an officer and some bystanders. Later that day, on the way to visit the injured officer, the archduke’s procession took a wrong turn at the junction of Appel quay and Franzjosefstrasse, where one of Cabrinovic’s cohorts, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip, happened to be loitering. Seeing his opportunity, Princip fired into the car, shooting Franz Ferdinand and Sophie at point-blank range. Princip then turned the gun on himself, but was prevented from shooting it by a bystander who threw himself upon the young assassin. A mob of angry onlookers attacked Princip, who fought back and was subsequently wrestled away by the police. Meanwhile, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie lay fatally wounded in their limousine as it rushed to seek help; they both died within the hour. The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand and Sophie set off a rapid chain of events: Austria-Hungary, like many in countries around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the question of Slav nationalism once and for all. As Russia supported Serbia, an Austro-Hungarian declaration of war was delayed until its leaders received assurances from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm that Germany would support their cause in the event of a Russian intervention–which would likely involve Russia’s ally, France, and possibly Britain as well. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers collapsed. Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World War I had begun. Related Videos
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Free Flashcards about GK 6 Which horse was involved in the 1913 incident that killed Emily Davison? Anmer What is the meaning of "discursive"? digressing from subject to subject What was the German 'Jugendstil' known as in Britain and the USA? Art Nouveau The artists Odilon Redon and Fernand Khnopff were most closely associated with which artistic movement? Symbolism What nationality was artist Fernand Khnopff? Belgian What is the meaning of 'post hoc, ergo propter hoc'? "After which, therefore because of which" In which year did BBC Radio 2, in the guise of the BBC Light Programme, start broadcasting? 1945 What radio programme used the signature tune "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by Bryan Fahey? Pick of The Pops Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was which Roman writer's father-in-law? Tacitus Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was recalled in disgrace by which Emperor? Domitian Which Iron Age tribe had a capital at Emain Macha in Ulster? Ulaid Who had a 1955 Number 1 with "Softly, Softly"? Ruby Murray Who had UK hits with "Be My Love" and "Because You're Mine"? Mario Lanza Who took "Rose Marie" to No 1 spot in the UK IN 1954? Slim Whitman In 1955 Jimmy Young had a No 1 single with "The Man From..." - where? Laramie Which singer was the indirect cause of 1944's Columbus Day Riot? Frank Sinatra In which year did "Rock Around The Clock" hit No 1 in both the UK and the US? 1955 Both "boogie-woogie" and "rock and roll" supposedly got their names from what? Euphemisms for sex Who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues"? Jerry Wexler Which Cleveland DJ is usually credited with coining the term "rock n roll" to apply to the music of that style? Alan Freed Which band were originally called "The Rambling Yodeller And The Sandmen"? Bill Haley & The Comets Who had a 1950s hit with "Be-Bop-A Lula"? Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Which chemical elements occupy positions 89-103 on the Periodic Table? Actinides What name is given to a 3D co-ordinate system with three planes, x, y, and Z? Cartesian What are the names given to the three sides of a right-angled triangle? Hypotenuse, Base, Altitude If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is sinθ equal to? a/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is cosθ equal to? b/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is tanθ equal to? a/b (or sinθ/cosθ) What is the meaning of sin(squared)θ? sinθsinθ An object that has both magnitude and direction in space Which letters are traditionally used for the three base vectors? i, j, k Who had a 1962 Number 1 with "Wonderful Land"? The Shadows Which artistic group was founded in 1911 by Kandinsky and Marc? Der Blaue Reiter Artist Franz Marc was born in wRhich country? Germany Who painted "Luxe, Calme et Volupte"? Matisse Who is generally held to be the originator of the Suprematist art movement? Malevich The artists Boccioni, Carra and Severeni, all Italians, belonged to which movement? Futurism What was the real name of The Big Bopper, who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly? JP Richardson What was the stage name of the singer Rosemary Brown? Dana Which country singer got to No. 1 in the UK with "Coward Of The County"? Kenny Rogers Who composed "The Stars And Stripes Forever"? John Phillip Sousa Who composed the waltz "Tales From The Vienna Woods"? Johann Strauss Robert-Francois Damiens attempted to assassinate (and failed, although he did wound) which king? Louis XV of France When was the Seven Years' War? 1756-63 Whose final work was 1804's "Opus Postumum"? Kant The Pregolya River, which features in Euler's 'Seven Bridges'problem, runs through which city? Kaliningrad Who wrote 1848's "The Principles Of Political Economy"? John Stuart Mill What is defined as "the composite of an organism's observable traits"? Phenotype The Japanese word 'hara',
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Hot Project: "Trainspotting" sequel in the works Aug 28, 2001 Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie are back, or at least they will be soon. Writer Irvine Welsh told the Edinburgh Book Festival on Monday that his new novel, Porno, is a sequel to his best-selling 1993 novel Trainspotting, which centers on the lives of a handful of heroin junkies in Edinburgh, Scotland. Director Danny Boyle made the original book into an outstanding film. In July 1996, Miramax’s Trainspotting opened in U.S. theaters and introduced audiences to a group of relatively unknown but impressive actors, including Ewan McGregor (Renton), Ewen Bremmer (Spud), Jonny Lee Miller (Sick Boy) and Robert Carlyle (Begbie). Most of them have gone on to have successful acting careers, especially McGregor , the film’s star. Welsh read excerpts from the manuscript to an audience at the book festival in Edinburgh, which he felt was a suitable setting to reveal some details about the project. After all, one of Trainspotting ‘s most infamous scenes, which involves Renton diving into an excrement-filled toilet to retrieve an opium suppository, took place on the first day of the festival. Porno brings the four still-standing characters back together, 10 years after the events of Trainspotting. The characters are a little bit older, but will they be any wiser? Sick Boy does porn Fans will no doubt be interested in seeing what the beloved characters from Leith have been up to this past decade, and Porno will chronicle the tales. Here are a few teasers: Spud, still a slave to his heroin addiction, has somehow been roped into writing a history of the town of Leith, the Edinburgh port where the original Trainspotting took place. Sick Boy, the bleach-blond barbiturate dealer, will make a comeback as an aspiring porn director. Welsh is also considering bringing a new character into the mix-a journalist turned porn starlet. Welsh , however, was mum about what the future has in store for Renton and Begbie. “I can’t say what is happening to Renton and Begbie-that would be too much information, but they do get back together,” he told Reuters. The Scottish author also addressed the question of a possible film adaptation. “These days, it is virtually impossible to write a book which couldn’t be made into a film,” he noted. “But you can’t really think like that. If you set out to write a book which will be a film, you’re not going to write a good book.” He also hinted that it would be interesting to see how a different set of actors would play the roles of Renton, Spud, Sick Boy and Begbie. Besides, it might be difficult to get McGregor back as old “Rent Boy.”
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The Verve - Music on Google Play The Verve About the artist The Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard player Simon Tong became a member at a later date. Beginning with a psychedelic sound, by the mid-1990s the band had released several EPs and three albums. It also endured name and line-up changes, break-ups, health problems, drug abuse and various lawsuits. The band's commercial breakthrough was the 1997 album Urban Hymns, one of the best-selling albums in UK Chart history. The album features the hit singles "Bitter Sweet Symphony", "The Drugs Don't Work" and "Lucky Man". In 1998, the band won two Brit Awards—winning Best British Group, appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in March, and in February 1999, "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Soon after their commercial peak, the Verve broke up in April 1999, citing internal conflicts. 1 $9.90 Forth is the fourth and final studio album by the English alternative rock band The Verve. It was released internationally on 25 August 2008 on EMI, and a day later in North America on the On Your ... 1 1 $9.49 A Northern Soul is the second studio album by English alternative rock band The Verve. The album was released in the United States on 20 June 1995 on the Hut label and in the United Kingdom on 3 Ju... 1 1 $18.99 A Storm in Heaven is the debut studio album by the English rock band The Verve, at the time known just as Verve, released in June 1993 on the Hut label. It charted at number twenty-seven in the UK. 1 1 $9.49 This is Music: The Singles 92–98 is a singles compilation album by the English alternative rock band The Verve. The compilation was released in November 2004 and included two previously unreleased ... 1 1 $7.99 No Come Down is a compilation album of B-sides and outtakes by The Verve, released in 1994 for Vernon Yard and Hut Recordings. It was the first release on which the original band's name Verve was c... 1 Richard Ashcroft 0 As the frontman for the epic British drone-pop band the Verve, Richard Ashcroft proved himself the spiritual descendant of rock & roll icons like Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison -- rivetingly charisma... 0 Oasis 0 Oasis are widely regarded as one of the most significant bands to emerge from the UK in the last two decades and one of the few acts who can genuinely claim to have defined a generation. Over thei... 0 Doves 0 Doves are an English alternative rock band, originating from Cheshire. The band is composed of twin brothers Jez Williams and Andy Williams, and Jimi Goodwin. Additionally, the band employs Martin ... 0 Blur 0 Blur are an English rock band, formed in London in 1988. The group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their de... 0 The Charlatans 0 The Charlatans are an English indie rock band. The band's line-up currently comprises lead vocalist Tim Burgess, guitarist Mark Collins, bassist Martin Blunt and keyboardist Tony Rogers. Former mem... Travis 0 Travis – a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1990 – aren’t like other bands. It’s not that they lack ambition: they’ve existed now for a quarter of a century, and you don’t continue working a... 0 Ian Brown 0 Ian George Brown is an English musician. He is the lead singer of the alternative rock band the Stone Roses from their formation in 1983 until they broke up in 1996. Following the split he began a ... 0 Noel Gallagher 0 Just as Noel Gallagher could only have written late 20th century hymns like 'Rock ’n’ Roll Star' and 'Live Forever' as a young man on the cusp of a great adventure, so he could only have written Ch... 0 Starsailor 0 Starsailor is an English post-Britpop band, formed in 2000. Since its formation the band has included guitarist and vocalist James Walsh, drummer Ben Byrne, bassist James Stelfox and keyboardist Ba... 0 Stereophonics 0 Since winning a Brit Award for Best N
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Fast Facts about American Religion Fast Facts about American Religion Where can I find a dictionary of religion terms ? Q: How many religious congregations are there in the United States? A: There is no official directory for all the congregations in the country, so sociologists of religion have to rely on statistical estimates extrapolated from surveys. These are often disputed, and to complicate matters, thousands of new churches open each year, while thousands of others close. Hartford Institute estimates there are roughly 350,000 religious congregations in the United States. This estimate relies on the RCMS 2010 religious congregations census. Of those, about 314,000 are Protestant and other Christian churches, and 24,000 are Catholic and Orthodox churches. Non-Christian religious congregations are estimated at about 12,000. Want to know more? Visit the Religious Congregations Membership Study (RCMS) - the 2010 US Religion Census report (PDF format) for more information. An alternative discussion of how to come up with a count of congregations in the U.S. can be found in Kirk Hadaway’s and Penny Marler’s article in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 44, Number 3, September 2005, pp. 307-322. Q: What’s the size of U.S. churches? A: The median church in the U.S. has 75 regular participants in worship on Sunday mornings, according to the National Congregations Study (NCS) http://www.soc.duke.edu/natcong/ . Notice that researchers measured the median church size — the point at which half the churches are smaller and half the churches are larger — rather than the average (186 attenders reported by the USCLS survey http://www.uscongregations.org/charact-cong.htm ), which is larger due to the influence of very large churches. But while the United States has a large number of very small churches, most people attend larger churches. The National Congregations Study estimated that the smaller churches draw only 11 percent of those who attend worship. Meanwhile, 50 percent of churchgoers attended the largest 10% of congregations (350 regular participants and up). Want to know more? Check the websites for the National Congregations Study (NCS) at http://www.soc.duke.edu/natcong/ The US Congregational Life Survey (USCLS) website has statistics about congregations by religious traditions at http://www.uscongregations.org/ The Faith Communities Today national study of churches www.faithcommunitiestoday.org 2010 study also contains size and other congregational findings. Approximate Distribution of U.S. Protestant and Other Christian Churches by size *based on NCS study (excluding Catholic/Orthodox) Q: How many people go to church each Sunday? A: For years, the Gallup Research Organization has come up with a consistent figure — 40 percent of all Americans, or roughly 118 million people, who said they attended worship on the previous weekend. Recently, sociologists of religion have questioned that figure, saying Americans tend to exaggerate how often they attend. By actually counting the number of people who showed up at representative sample of churches, two researchers, Kirk Hadaway and Penny Marler found that only 20.4 percent of the population, or half the Gallup figure, attended church each weekend. As added proof for the accuracy of this smaller percentage of churchgoers, if 20.4% of Americans (approximately 63 million in 2010) attended the nation's 350,000 congregations weekly then the average attendance would be 180 people per congregation which is almost exactly the figure that numerous research studies have found. Want to know more? For an excellent summary of this research, read the May 6, 1998 article by C. Kirk Hadaway and P.L. Marler Did You Really Go To Church This Week: Behind the Poll Data, in The Christian Century, http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=237 . See also an article about their work on the church attendance gap at http://www.hirr.hartsem.edu/about/news_and_notes_ vol4no1.html Q: How many denominational groups are there in th
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Britain's tallest buildings Feasibility By rights 2004 should have been the year of the crane. You'd have expected St Georges Wharf tower to start but for the dogmatic anti-skyscraper attitude of Lambeth council, and for 110 Bishopsgate to also commence although the refusal of Norton Rose to move seemed far out given the enthusiam of Ronson to build his skyscraper at the public inquiry. It now seems only two will actually start in London this year - Columbus Tower and Crossharbour. Both sites require demolition but groundwork for them should be underway before the year is out. London Bridge Tower will also see work but the demolition length will mean this project will not be starting ground and foundation work before 2005. It seems unlikely we will see any major cores go up on the skyline this year as a result but 2005 will certainly be the year of the crane. London's top 500 skyscrapers - all active proposals over 500ft qualify. Europes Top Skyscraper Cities We get a lot of emails asking us just where London ranks in comparison to other cities in Europe so what we have done is come up with a formula that will hopefully show the impressiveness of a skyline by simply adding together the heights of the top 30 buildings. This doesn't take into account ALL high-rise buildings in the city for the very good reason that you can really only judge the quality of a skyline not on the total number of buildings but on the combined effect of height of the tallest buildings in each city or in otherwords 10 150m + skyscrapers is more impressive than a hundred 50m concrete blocks built in the 60s even though the combined bulk of the later is more than the former hence the weakness in other sites rankings. Observation and telecom towers are not counted in this total so no London Eye or Eiffel Tower. The results are rather surprising showing Paris NOT Frankfurt to be the king however with a glut of construction expected to start in London next year this will no doubt change. Frankfurt
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If you suffer from Diplopia what have you got?
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Diplopia Definition - Double Vision Double Vision By Troy Bedinghaus, OD Updated April 10, 2016 Are you seeing double? Double vision is the simultaneous perception of two images of a single object. The images may be displaced horizontally, vertically, diagonally, or rotationally in relation to each other. What is double vision? Double vision usually occurs when the eyes are misaligned, or not pointed at the same object, causing us to see two different images. Both images are sent to the brain which we process as double vision. Most of the time, both of our eyes are pointed at the same object. This produces a clear, single image with just enough difference between the two images to give us a slightly different line of sight. This subtle difference gives us depth perception , often referred to as stereo vision. In fact, the farther apart an animals eyes are, the better depth perception it has. Double vision can cause problems in life, including great difficulty in completing simple tasks. Luckily, the brain naturally guards against double vision by suppressing, or ignoring, one of the two images. We have a complex set of eye muscles and nerves that communicate with each other to keep both eyes moving along together. Causes of Double Vision The medical term for double vision is diplopia. Diplopia can be intermittent or constant. Because the pathway for the three main nerves that control eye muscle movement is long, complex and originates in the brain, double vision can be a sign of a serious neurological problem. A defect anywhere along these pathways can possibly cause double vision. Some defects are caused by an injury to the head, stroke, aneurysm, brain tumor or brain swelling. Diabetes, hypertension and multiple sclerosis are common diseases that can cause a temporary paralysis of the nerves that control the eye muscles, which may cause double vision. Another cause of double vision is strabismus . Strabismus is a condition that causes the eyes to be misaligned, often referred to as an "eye turn." Most people with strabismus are born with it and have an eye that tends to move inward or outward. Strabismus can also cause one eye to be pointed up or down. In many infants, it is difficult to find a true cause. Sometimes strabismus is caused by a large refractive error (need for prescription glasses) and sometimes eye tumors. Most young children do not suffer from double vision even though their eyes are misaligned. Our brain often compensates and prevents us from seeing double by suppressing one of the images and making it disappear. Our brain learns to ignore the extra image, known as suppression. Children seem to adapt quickly and their brains suppress one of the images quickly. However, when one image is suppressed, a child is at risk for developing amblyopia, often referred to as lazy eye, because the eye is not being used properly. When strabismus develops in adults, double vision is more likely to occur. An adult brain has difficulty suppression one image at first because for a large part of their life, both eyes were functioning to their fullest potential. Monocular Diplopia For the most part, you must have two fully functioning eyes to experience double vision. However, there is one type of double vision that can occur in one eye, called monocular diplopia. The most common cause of monocular diplopia is a cataract . A cataract is a clouding and opacification of the normally, clear lens inside the human eye. Most cataracts develop as we age. Some cataracts can be caused by trauma to the eye. Occasionally, the clouding occurs in sharp junctions in the lens which causes light to split into two when it enters the eyes. Some individuals perceive that as double vision. Astigmatism can also cause double vision out of one eye. Astigmatism , a common vision problem that distorts vision, can sometimes elongate or stretch out an image so much that it appears to be double. Treatment of Double Vision Cover It - The simplest form of treatment of double vision is to cover one eye with a patch. This quickly eliminates one image
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Colour blindness Colour blindness ICD- 9 368.5 Colour blindness, or colour vision deficiency, in humans is the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other people can distinguish. It is most often of genetic nature, but may also occur because of eye , nerve, or brain damage, or due to exposure to certain chemicals. The English chemist John Dalton in 1798 published the first scientific paper on the subject, "Extraordinary facts relating to the vision of colours", after the realization of his own colour blindness; because of Dalton's work, the condition is sometimes called Daltonism, although this term is now used for a type of colour blindness called deuteranopia . Colour blindness is usually classed as a disability; however, in select situations color blind people may have advantages over people with normal colour vision. There is anecdotal evidence that color blind individuals are better at penetrating colour camouflage and at least one scientific study confirms this under controlled conditions. Monochromats may have a minor advantage in dark vision, but only in the first five minutes of dark adaptation. This is a sample image. The pictures below should look similar to people with normal vision (containing numbers, in this case 83), but some of them will not be visible to people with a colour vision deficiency. The contrast in these tests is much subtler than commonly seen in other similar tests. This image contains the number 37, although someone who is protanopic might not be able to see it. Someone who is tritanopic might not see this number (56). Background The normal human retina contains two kinds of light sensitive cells: the rod cells ( active in low light) and the cone cells ( active in normal daylight). Normally, there are three kinds of cones, each containing a different pigment. The cones are activated when the pigments absorb light. The absorption spectra of the pigments differ; one is maximally sensitive to short wavelengths, one to medium wavelengths, and the third to long wavelengths (their peak sensitivities are in the blue, yellowish-green, and yellow regions of the spectrum, respectively). The absorption spectra of all three systems cover much of the visible spectrum, so it is not entirely accurate to refer to them as " blue", " green" and " red" receptors, especially because the "red" receptor actually has its peak sensitivity in the yellow. The sensitivity of normal colour vision actually depends on the overlap between the absorption spectra of the three systems: different colors are recognized when the different types of cone are stimulated to different extents. For example, red light stimulates the long wavelength cones much more than either of the others, but the gradual change in hue seen, as wavelength reduces, is the result of the other two cone systems being increasingly stimulated as well. Causes of colour blindness There are many types of color blindness. The most common are hereditary (genetic) photoreceptor disorders, but it is also possible to acquire color blindness through damage to the retina, optic nerve, or higher brain areas. Higher brain areas implicated in colour processing include the parvocellular pathway of the lateral geniculate nucleus of the thalamus, and visual area V4 of the visual cortex. Acquired color blindness is generally unlike the more typical genetic disorders. For example, it is possible to acquire color blindness only in a portion of the visual field but maintain normal color vision elsewhere. Some forms of acquired color blindness are reversible. Transient colour blindness also occurs (very rarely) in the aura of some migraine sufferers. The different kinds of inherited colour blindness result from partial or complete loss of function of one or more of the different cone systems. When one cone system is compromised, dichromacy results. The most frequent forms of human color blindness result from problems with either the middle or long wavelength sensitive cone systems, and involve difficulties in discriminating reds, yellows, and gre
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IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Roberta" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Roberta" 1-50 of 135 names. Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton was born on August 4, 1955 in Hot Springs, Arkansas, to Virginia Roberta (Faulkner), a psychic, and William Raymond (Billy Ray) Thornton, an educator, high school history teacher, and basketball coach (now deceased). He is the older brother of James Donald (Jimmy Don) (born in 1958 and now deceased) and John David (born in 1969). He has been married six times and has four children: daughter Amanda Brumfield, with Melissa Lee Gatlin (now Parish); sons William and Harry, both with Pietra Dawn Cherniak; and daughter Bella with Connie Angland . Billy Bob began his artistic career as a musician, playing drums and singing in a band called Tres Hombres, which once opened for Hank Williams Jr. . In 1981, he moved to Los Angeles with childhood friend Tom Epperson to pursue an acting and writing career. On the side, Billy Bob also sought work as a singer and drummer. He and Epperson tried for years to sell their scripts but no one was buying. During those rough times, Billy Bob neglected his health and subsequently landed in the hospital with heart problems due to malnutrition. In 1992, Billy Bob starred in One False Move , a movie he co-wrote with Epperson. The team finally received attention because of this work, which was very well received in Hollywood. His popularity increased steadily, especially after Sling Blade which he wrote, directed and in which he starred. John Lithgow If "born to the theater" has meaning in determining a person's life path, then John Lithgow is a prime example of this truth. He was born in Rochester, New York, to Sarah Jane (Price), an actress, and Arthur Washington Lithgow III, who was both a theatrical producer and director. John's father was born in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, where the Anglo-American Lithgow family had lived for several generations. John moved frequently as a child, while his father founded and managed local and college theaters and Shakespeare festivals throughout the Midwest of the United States. Not until he was 16, and his father became head of the McCarter Theater in Princeton New Jersey, did the family settle down. But for John, the theater was still not a career. He won a scholarship to Harvard University, where he finally caught the acting bug (as well as found a wife). Harvard was followed by a Fulbright scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Returning from London, his rigorous dramatic training stood him in good stead, and a distinguished career on Broadway gave him one Tony Award for "The Changing Room", a second nomination in 1985 for "Requiem For a Heavyweight", and a third in 1988 for "M. Butterfly". But with critical acclaim came personal confusion, and in the mid 1970s, he and his wife divorced. He entered therapy, and in 1982, his life started in a new direction, the movies - he received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Roberta Muldoon in The World According to Garp . A second Oscar nomination followed for Terms of Endearment , and he met a UCLA economics professor who became his second wife. As the decade of the 1990s came around, he found that he was spending too much time on location, and another career move brought him to television in the hugely successful series 3rd Rock from the Sun . This production also played a role in bringing him back together with the son from his first marriage, Ian Lithgow , who has a regular role in the series as a dimwitted student. Tom Hulce Thomas Edward Hulce was born in Detroit, Michigan, and grew up in Plymouth, MI, where he was raised with his two sisters and older brother. He is the son of Joanna (Winkleman), who had sung professionally, and Raymond Albert Hulce, who worked for Ford. He has English, German, and Irish ancestry. Wanting to be a singer, Tom had to make a switch in plans when his voice began changing. Knowing that if he wanted to be in show business he needed to become an actor, Tom beg
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Doctor Robert by The Beatles Songfacts Doctor Robert by The Beatles Songfacts Songfacts This is about Doctor Robert Freymann, a "Speed Doctor" in New York who supplied many celebrities, including The Beatles, with drugs. Reportedly, Dr. Freymann, who died in 1987, treated patients with injects of amphetamine-spiked vitamin B-12 from his Manhattan East 78th Street clinic. It should be noted that most Americans, due to diet and convenience culture, suffer from a vitamin B deficiency, and so an infusion of B vitamins feels like a "pick me up" all by itself, which is why many popular "energy drinks" (Red Bull, Monster, etc.) have this in the ingredients. The Beatles recorded this on Sunday, April 17, 1966. Two days later, they chose Take 7 to overdub all the vocals. >> Suggestion credit: Ben - Cheverly, MD John Lennon did indeed peg this song as autobiographical, stating in interviews that he was the one who carried a pocket full of pills on tour. However, both he and Paul McCartney deny going to this specific doctor, but say that this song was kind of a piss-take at the idea, which struck them as funny. John's vocals are double-tracked and then split into two slightly out-of-phase stereo channels to simulate a trip on drugs. Also, the pivot to the key of B during the bridge gives a sudden blissful shot to the song. American copies of Revolver didn't include "Doctor Robert," " I'm Only Sleeping " or " And Your Bird Can Sing ," but these three songs appeared two months earlier in that country on the Yesterday and Today album.
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Vicennial | Define Vicennial at Dictionary.com vicennial [vahy-sen-ee-uh l] /vaɪˈsɛn i əl/ Spell of or for 20 years. 2. Latin 1730-1740 1730-40; < Latin vīcenni(um) twenty-year period (vīc(ēnī) twenty each + -enn(us), combining form of annus year + -ium -ium ) + -al 1 Dictionary.com Unabridged British Dictionary definitions for vicennial Expand relating to or lasting for a period of 20 years Word Origin C18: from Late Latin vīcennium period of twenty years, from Latin vīciēs twenty times + -ennium, from annus year 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
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www.knowledge-is-power-all-in-one.com: List of General Knowledge Questions and Answers, All type Questions and Answers, Basic General Knowledge, General Awareness Question Answers, Better in Competitive Exam and Quiz contests.13 www.knowledge-is-power-all-in-one.com Friday, 13 May 2016 List of General Knowledge Questions and Answers, All type Questions and Answers, Basic General Knowledge, General Awareness Question Answers, Better in Competitive Exam and Quiz contests.13 General Knowledge 61 is the international telephone dialling code for what country Australia International dialling codes - what country has 61 as code Australia Modern Olympics - only Greece and which country in all Australia The Black Swan is native to which country Australia USA has most airports which country has second most Australia VH international airline registration letters what country Australia VH is the international aircraft registration for which country Australia What is a Major Mitchell Australian Cockatoo Which game is played on an oval with 18 player per team Australian football What nationality was the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Austrian What currency consists of 100 Groschen Austrian Schilling 47 people worked on a committee to produce what work Authorised version of Bible ‘George’ is an informal name for which feature of an aircraft? Automatic Pilot During US recessions which group have the most unemployment Automobile assembly workers Lucy Johnson became famous under what name Ava Gardner An isoneph on a map joins places of equal what Average Cloud Cover Which company slogan was "We're No 2 We try harder" Avis rent a car What common British river name come from Celtic for river Avon The port of Baku is situated in Azerbaijan Whose nicknames included " The Idol of the American Boy " Babe Ruth What film star role was played by over 48 different animals Babe the Pig What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine Name the triangular cotton headscarf or Russian grandmother Babushka What was gangsters George Nelsons nickname Baby Face Marduk was the creator of the world to what ancient people Babylonians Who were the first people to measure the year Babylonians
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Isabella of Angoulême, wife of King John | Magna Carta Trust 800th Anniversary | Celebrating 800 years of democracy Isabella of Angoulême, wife of King John Home » Schools » Biographies » Women of Magna Carta » Isabella of Angoulême, wife of King John By Professor Louise Wilkinson, of Canterbury Christ Church University The reputation of Isabella of Angoulême, the wife of King John, suffered badly at the hands of thirteenth-century writers [i] . Not only were the circumstances of Isabellaâs marriage blamed for harming Johnâs long-term interests on the Continent, but some chroniclers, like the St Albans monk, Roger of Wendover, also attributed the kingâs inadequate defence of Normandy in 1203-4 to Isabellaâs skills in âsorcery or witchcraftâ. According to Wendover, John became so infatuated with Isabella that he remained inactive and adopted a cheerful demeanour in the face of the French invasion [ii] . Matthew Paris, Wendoverâs successor at St Albans, went so far as to describe Isabella as a woman who was âmore Jezebel than Isabelâ [iii] . Even if Wendoverâs and Parisâs characterizations are a little far fetched, they do, at least, reveal something of the infamy attached to this English queen consort. Although the precise year of Isabellaâs birth is not known, she was probably around twelve years old at the time of her marriage to King John on 24 August 1200. Isabella was the only daughter and heiress of Audemar, count of Angoulême, the lord of a strategically important territory in southwestern France. Her mother was Alice de Courtenay, the daughter of the French lord of Montargis and Châteaurenard, and a cousin of the French king Philip Augustus (Philip II). Through her Courtenay connections, Isabella also enjoyed kinship with the kings of Jerusalem, and was a half-sister to Peter, count of Joigny, the child of one of her motherâs earlier marriages [iv] . King John, Isabellaâs bridegroom, was in his thirties and had already been married once before, to Isabella of Gloucester, whom he had set aside as his wife on the grounds of consanguinity. In 1200, John had sound political reasons for marrying Isabella of Angoulême. He did so in order to prevent her union with another powerful Poitevin neighbour, Hugh (IX), lord of Lusignan and count of La Marche. An Angoulême-Lusignan alliance posed a serious threat to Johnâs dominance in the region, and jeopardized the stability of the borders of Poitou and Gascony. Unfortunately, by taking Isabella for his own wife, John caused grave offence to Hugh (IX), who suffered an embarrassing loss of face. Hugh (IX) rebelled against John and appealed to Philip Augustus, who declared Johnâs continental territories forfeit. Isabellaâs union with John thus helped to trigger the war that culminated in the loss of Normandy, Maine, Anjou and Touraine to the French crown in 1204, along with a significant slice of Poitou. Isabella of Angoulêmeâs status as Johnâs wife was enhanced when she was crowned queen of England by Archbishop Hubert Walter at Westminster Abbey in October 1200 [v] . As queen, however, Isabella did not enjoy anything like the level of personal wealth or political influence of some of her twelfth-century predecessors in England [vi] . Isabella was not, for example, allowed to receive the revenues from her inheritance, her dower (those lands set aside to provide for her in the event of her husbandâs death) or queenâs gold during Johnâs lifetime. In this way, John ensured that Isabella remained personally dependent upon his continued generosity and goodwill for her day-to-day maintenance, and effectively prevented her from playing an active role in court politics [vii] . During her marriage to John, Isabella was at least successful in fulfilling her primary duty as a medieval English queen consort, that of bearing a male heir. Between 1207 and 1215, Isabella was delivered safely of two sons (the future King Henry III and Richard, earl of Cornwall) and three daughters (the future Joan, queen of Scots, Isabella, wife of Emperor Fr
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aibuenglit / A Short History Of The English Monarchy From Anglo-Saxons to 1660 The Royal Arms of England, as introduced by King Richard the Lionheart in 1198, and before its later quarterings with other shields, additions of supporters and other embellishments. The first person to assume the title King of the English was Offa of Mercia , though his power did not survive him. In the 9th century the kings of Wessex , who conquered Kent and Sussex from Mercia in 825, became increasingly dominant over the other kingdoms of England. The conquest of Northumbria, East Anglia and half of Mercia by the Danes left Alfred the Great of Wessex as the only surviving English king. He successfully resisted a series of Danish invasions and brought the remaining half of Mercia under the sovereignty of Wessex. The continuous list of English monarchs traditionally begins with Egbert of Wessex in 829. The English kingdom was not permanently unified until 927, under Athelstan. The Principality of Wales was incorporated into the Kingdom of England under the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 and, in 1301. Edward invested his eldest son, Edward of Caernarfon, as Prince of Wales. Since that time, with the exception of Edward III, the eldest sons of all English monarchs have borne this title. After the death of Elizabeth I of England in 1603, the kingdoms of England and Scotland were united under James I and VI. By royal proclamation James titled himself 'King of Great Britain'. England underwent political union with Scotland, in 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. Since that date the title King or Queen of England is incorrect, though has remained in usage to the present day. In 1801 Great Britain incorporated the Kingdom of Ireland which had been under English rule since Henry II. Royal houses A royal house or royal dynasty is a familial designation, or family name of sorts, used by royalty. It generally represents the members of a family in various senior and junior or cadet branches, who are loosely related but not necessarily of the same immediate kin. Unlike most westerners, many of the world's royal families do not have family names, and those that have adopted them rarely use them. They are referred to instead by their titles, often related to an area ruled or once ruled by that family. The name of a Royal House is not a surname; it is just a convenient way of dynastic identification of individuals. Because of royal intermarriage and the creation of cadet branches, a royal house generally will not entirely correspond to one immediate family or place; members of the same house in different branches may rule entirely different countries and only be vaguely related; the family may have originated entirely elsewhere. The Capetian dynasty (that includes any direct descendant of Hugh Capet of France) is the oldest continuously ruling monarchial dynasty in Europe – it originates in 987 and is the current ruling house of Spain and Luxembourg. The House of Wettin, as another example, originated in Germany as a comital family. Today, it no longer holds any status in Germany, but different branches sit on various thrones, including those of the United Kingdom, and Belgium. Former monarchs of Portugal and Bulgaria also belonged to this house, although they were not especially closely related to the aforementioned lines, as they descended from different branches, some of them distinct for many generations. Royal house names in Europe were generally taken from the father; in cases where a Queen regnant married a prince of another house, their children (and therefore subsequent monarchs) belonged to the house of the prince. Thus Queen Victoria belonged to the House of Hanover, but her male-line descendants belong to the house of her husband Albert, which is Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a branch of the House of Wettin. The name was changed to Windsor in 1917. Nevertheless, this rule had several exceptions in other countries: After the marriage of Empress Maria Theresia of the House of Habsburg in the 18th
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Which team hold the record for the highest aggregate win in the Champions League, beating Sporting Lisbon 12-1?
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Champions League Final Facts And Figures Champions League final facts and figures Champions League final facts and figures By Vision Reporter A A A Fill in your Name and Email Address to receive a Free Newsletter SATURDAY''S final will be the 58th since the competition began in the 1955-56 season, with Real Madrid winning the first five finals SATURDAY'S final will be the 58th since the competition began in the 1955-56 season, with Real Madrid winning the first five finals. - Bayern Munich are third in the all-time list of finalists having appeared in nine previous finals, winning four times, in 1974, 1975, 1976 and 2001, and losing five times, in 1982, 1987, 1999, 2010 and last season, when they lost to Chelsea on penalties in Munich. - Real Madrid have appeared in a record 12 finals since 1956, followed by AC Milan on 11. Saturday will be Munich's fifth in the Champions League era, only one behind Milan, whose six appearances were between 1993 and 2007. - Borussia Dortmund are appearing in their second Champions League final after winning on their only other appearance in 1997, when they defeated Juventus 3-1 in Munich. - Ottmar Hitzfeld is one of only three men to win the European Cup with two different clubs - leading Borussia Dortmund to their 1997 success and winning it with Bayern Munich in 2001. - The only others to win it with two clubs are Ernst Happel, with Feyenoord in 1970 and SV Hamburg in 1983, and Jose Mourinho with Porto in 2004 and Inter Milan in 2010. - Franz Beckenbauer became the first player to captain three successive European Cup-winning teams, with Bayern in 1974, 1975 and 1976. Although Real won five successive cups between 1956 and 1960, they had three different captains. - Since the Champions League format was introduced in 1992-93, no side has won a greater percentage of their games to lift the trophy than Borussia Dortmund in 1997. - They won nine of the 11 matches they played - 81.8 per cent. In contrast, when Manchester United won the competition in 1999 their winning percentage was a record low, 45.5 per cent. - The following season, as defending champions, Borussia beat Bayern 1-0 on aggregate in the quarter-finals. - The lowest attendance for any finals match was for the replayed final in 1974, when Bayern beat Atletico Madrid 4-0 at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels on Friday, May 17. Only 23,325 watched the match. A crowd of 48,772 watched the original 1-1 draw two days previously. - Georg Schwarzenbeck scored Bayern's equaliser in the last minute of extra time to force that 1-1 draw, but Bayern experienced heartbreak in the last seconds of time added on for injury in the 1999 final, when Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored to give Manchester United a 2-1 victory in Barcelona - the most dramatic end to any European final. - This will be the fourth time two clubs from the same country have played each other in the final following Real Madrid v Valenica in 2000, AC Milan v Juventus in 2003 and Manchester United v Chelsea in 2008. Those matches ended in victories for Real, Milan and United, with Milan and United winning on penalties. - Bayern would become the first club to lift the European Cup twice on penalties if they were to succeed in a shootout. They beat Valencia 5-4 on penalties in 2001 after a 1-1 draw. They would also become the first club to feature in three shootouts in the final if the match ends in a draw, following last season's loss. - Paulo Sousa became one of only two players to win the European Cup with two different clubs in successive seasons when Borussia Dortmund lifted the trophy in 1997. The previous season he was in the winning Juventus team. Marcel Desailly (Olympique Marseille 1993, AC Milan 1994) is the only other player to achieve the feat. - Since Bayern won promotion to the Bundesliga in 1965, the two clubs have met 95 times in all senior comptitions, with Bayern winning 41 times, Borussia 25 with 29 matches drawn. - The record score between the sides was Bayern's 11-1 win over Borussia in the Bundesliga in November
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European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") Since 1956 the bi-weekly (formerly weekly) French magazine France Football awards the "Ballon d'Or" for the best European Footballer of the calendar year. Only players from European clubs are eligible. Until 1994 any player from an European National Team was eligible; since 1995 any player from a European club (regardless of his nationality) is eligible but he must also be part of a preliminary list of 50 players established by France Football. Voters are journalists - one from each member country of UEFA. Each voter chooses 5 players and points are awarded as follows: 5 points for a first place in a voters' list, 4 points for second, 3 points for third, 2 points for fourth, and 1 point for fifth. In 2010 the election was not held but combined with the FIFA World Player of the Year . As that is (theoretically) not restricted to players active at European clubs, that is considered the end of the European Footballer of the Year. The cooperation between FIFA and France Football ended in 2016; since that year France Football again offers its own award. Palmares 1956 Stanley MATTHEWS (Eng) Blackpool (Eng) 1957 Alfredo DI ST�FANO (Spa [*]) Real Madrid (Spa) 1958 Raymond KOPA (Fra) Real Madrid (Spa) 1959 Alfredo DI ST�FANO (Spa [*]) Real Madrid (Spa) 1960 Luis SU�REZ (Spa) Barcelona (Spa) 1961 Omar SIVORI (Ita [*]) Juventus (Ita) 1962 Josef MASOPUST (Cze) Dukla Praha (Cze) 1963 Lev YASHIN (SU) Dynamo Moskva (SU) 1964 Denis LAW (Sco) Manchester United (Eng) 1965 EUS�BIO (Por) Benfica (Por) 1966 Bobby CHARLTON (Eng) Manchester United (Eng) 1967 Fl�ri�n ALBERT (Hun) Ferencv�ros (Hun) 1968 George BEST (Nil) Manchester United (Eng) 1969 Gianni RIVERA (Ita) Milan (Ita) 1970 Gerd M�LLER (Ger) Bayern M�nchen (Ger) 1971 Johan CRUIJFF (Net) Ajax (Net) 1972 Franz BECKENBAUER (Ger) Bayern M�nchen (Ger) 1973 Johan CRUIJFF (Net) Barcelona (Spa) 1974 Johan CRUIJFF (Net) Barcelona (Spa) 1975 Oleg BLOKHIN (SU) Dynamo Kiev (SU) 1976 Franz BECKENBAUER (Ger) Bayern M�nchen (Ger) 1977 Alan SIMONSEN (Den) Borussia M�nchengladbach (Ger) 1978 Kevin KEEGAN (Eng) Hamburger SV (Ger) 1979 Kevin KEEGAN (Eng) Hamburger SV (Ger) 1980 Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Ger) Bayern M�nchen (Ger) 1981 Karl-Heinz RUMMENIGGE (Ger) Bayern M�nchen (Ger) 1982 Paolo ROSSI (Ita) Juventus (Ita) 1983 Michel PLATINI (Fra) Juventus (Ita) 1984 Michel PLATINI (Fra) Juventus (Ita) 1985 Michel PLATINI (Fra) Juventus (Ita) 1986 Igor BELANOV (SU) Dynamo Kiev (SU) 1987 Ruud GULLIT (Net) Milan (Ita) 1988 Marco VAN BASTEN (Net) Milan (Ita) 1989 Marco VAN BASTEN (Net) Milan (Ita) 1990 Lothar MATTH�US (Ger) Internazionale (Ita) 1991 Jean-Pierre PAPIN (Fra) Olympique Marseille (Fra) 1992 Marco VAN BASTEN (Net) Milan (Ita) 1993 Roberto BAGGIO (Ita) Juventus (Ita) 1994 Hristo STOITCHKOV (Bul) Barcelona (Spa) 1995 George WEAH (Lib) Milan (Ita) 1996 Matthias SAMMER (Ger) Borussia Dortmund (Ger) 1997 RONALDO (Bra) Internazionale (Ita) 1998 Zinedine ZIDANE (Fra)
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The disease 'Pertussis' is more commonly known as what?
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Pertussis | Whooping Cough | Home | CDC ShareCompartir Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory disease. It is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Pertussis is known for uncontrollable, violent coughing which often makes it hard to breathe. After fits of many coughs, someone with pertussis often needs to take deep breaths which result in a "whooping" sound. Pertussis can affect people of all ages, but can be very serious, even deadly, for babies less than a year old. The best way to protect against pertussis is by getting vaccinated. English | en Español
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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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What is the title of the 2009 film, directed by Richard Curtis, about a pirate radio station?
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The Boat That Rocked (2009) directed by Richard Curtis • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd 3 Despite its flaws (some of them almost hurtful, like blatant sexism, misogyny and homophobia - but it is based in the 60's so I can almost forgive it as it's "the times") I adore this movie. It's a character based, rock and roll fueled, riot. What it lacks in actual plot, it's through characterisation and genuine laughs, that it makes up for it in spades. There's a fantastic list of actors in this comedy, including but not limited to; Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nick Frost, Katherine Parkinson, Chris O'Dowd, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Jack Davenport, Rhys Darby...................... and it goes on - they are all great and seem as though they are genuinely having a good time… Review by Andy Summers ★★★★ Back in the late Seventies there was a little station that we'd listen to called Radio Caroline North. It was hard to tune it in as it was in the old medium wave band and was effected by weather and other obstacles that being a pirate radio station attracted. Broadcasting from International waters, it managed to attract an almost clandestine audience who loved the thought of breaking the law. The Boat That Rocked reminded me a lot of those days, although the film is set back in 1966, it carried the same playful stigma that you were doing something and listening to something you shouldn't. Most of the tunes in the film are now considered classics and the colourful DJ's… Review by Travis Lytle ★★★ Despite an energetic soundtrack and an even more energetic cast, Richard Curtis' "The Boat That Rocked," also known as "Pirate Radio," can not muster the necessary energy to make the film stand up or stand out. The comedy, about a floating radio station in the 1960s, entertains but is far too dry to make a memorable cinematic splash. Revolving around the rogue radio that defied English censorship by bringing '60s pop and rock the airwaves of the United Kingdom, "The Boat That Rocked" tells the story of the DJs that broadcast verboten tunes from the North Sea. Focusing on the collection of personalities aboard the floating rabble rouser, the story has a solid premise. Its conflicts, however, feel manufactured and…
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) HAL 9000 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) HAL... Introduction of the HAL 9000 computer (voice by Douglas... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) HAL 9000 Introduction of the HAL 9000 computer (voice by Douglas Rain) and the two not-hibernating members of the Jupiter mission on the spaceship Discovery One, Dave (Keir Dullea) and Frank (Gary Lockwood), in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.> Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space Odyssey... Ben Mankiewicz introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space... Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Ben Mankiewicz introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. > Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space Odyssey... Ben Mankiewicz introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. Ben Mankiewicz introduces <B>2001:... Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Ben Mankiewicz introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. > The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (2011) -- (TCM... TCM's Original Promo for the 15-part documentary by film... The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (2011) -- (TCM Promo) TCM's Original Promo for the 15-part documentary by film historian Mark Cousins, The Story Of Film: An Odyssey, premiering Monday, September 2nd at 10pm ET.> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Moon... Set piece for director Stanley Kubrick, four million years... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Moon Mission Set piece for director Stanley Kubrick, four million years since the "Dawn Of Man" sequence, astronauts on the surface of the moon investigate a mysterious monolith identical to the ones the apes saw, in 2001: A Space Odyssey, from Arthur C. Clarke's novel and screenplay.> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip)... Second stanza of Stanley Kubrick's "Dawn Of Man" sequence,... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Monolith Second stanza of Stanley Kubrick's "Dawn Of Man" sequence, the apes awaken one morning to find what will become known as "the monolith," early in 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip)... Dave (Keir Dullea) and Frank (Gary Lockwood) instruct their... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Famous Last Words Dave (Keir Dullea) and Frank (Gary Lockwood) instruct their mission-control computer "Hal" to leave them where the computer cannot listen-in, as they discuss a disturbing system-error, in Stanly Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. > 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip)... Just a portion of the trippy part, Dave (Keir Dullea) has... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Jupiter And Beyond Just a portion of the trippy part, Dave (Keir Dullea) has left the mother-ship in an "EVA" pod, after hearing secret instructions, and sees weird stuff as he approaches Jupiter, late in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Fight The ending of director Stanley Kubrick's "Dawn Of Man"... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Fight The ending of director Stanley Kubrick's "Dawn Of Man" sequence, the apes have become carnivorous and homicidal, and a bone thrown in the air leads to one of the most famous edits in film history, in 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.> Model Shop -- (Movie Clip) Opening Opening title sequence for Jacques Demy's Model Shop, 1969,... Model Shop -- (Movie Clip) Opening Opening title sequence for Jacques Demy's Model Shop, 1969, features music by Spirit, a long camera move by Michael Hugo, and Gary Lockwood in his big post 2001: A Space Odyssey role. > 2001 (TCM brand campaign) - (A TCM Promo) TCM shows how not all computer upgrades... 2001 (TCM brand campaign) - (A TCM Promo) TCM shows how not all computer upgrades are in your best interest.>
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How many strings are there on a classical guitar?
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How to Change Classical Guitar Strings: 10 Steps (with Pictures) Two Methods: Bridge End Neck End Community Q&A Do your strings buzz? Are your notes starting to sound a bit blunt? Can your guitar no longer hold its tune ? These can all be signs that your guitar's strings need a change. Many people who own classical guitars avoid string changes for a very long time because they don't want to mess up that pretty bow at the bridge end. Never fear, with a little effort you'll be playing your newly strung guitar in no time. Steps 1 Remove the old strings . There are a few ways to do this. Some people argue that the neck still needs tension and to only change one string at a time, while others say removing all of the strings is good to clean the neck––take your pick. Cut them. Grab a pair of scissors and snip all six strings (or just one). By cutting off the strings, you will still have to remove the small scrap parts such as the parts around the bridge. Unwind them until they fall off. Although this way is longer, it's much safer as you won't have pieces of guitar string flying everywhere and all over your room. It's best to use a string winder as this makes the process much faster. If you don't have one, just loosen the string (like you would to tune it down) until you can slide it out of the guitar. 2 Get your new strings. If you've picked up a set of acoustic guitar strings, that usually means steel strings. You want classical. Never string a classical guitar with steel strings. This will put way too much pressure on the neck, eventually causing it to bend and crack, not to mention they sound awful on a classical. Only use classical strings on your classical guitar. You can pick up some cheap ones at a local music shop or off the internet. Method 1 6th string. Put the string through the bridge. You want it going from the inside to outside. You will probably need 4-5 inches (10-12.5cm) of string through the bridge. Loop the string around once. You want it going under the other half of the string. Tuck it under the loop once. Hold the string down against the soundboard. This is important because if you do not hold the string down, it will be sticking up. This will make it loose and it will probably come undone. Tighten it up. Do this by pulling the string from both sides.You want it as tight as you can get it. Repeat with the 5th and 4th strings. The 6th, 5th and 4th strings are done in the exact same way, but the last three strings are done slightly different. It's mostly the same but you wind it around a few more times. 2 3rd string. Put the string through the bridge. You want it going from the inside to outside. You will probably need 4-5 inches (10-12.5cm) of string through the bridge. Loop the string around once. You want it going under the other half of the string. Tuck it under the loop three times. This makes the string tighter and more secure, which means it's less likely to come loose. Tighten it up. Do this by pulling the string from both sides. Repeat with the 2nd and 1st strings. Method
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Violin : Wikis (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics For other uses, see Violin (disambiguation) . Violin (Composite chordophone sounded by a bow ) Developed Violinists The violin is a string instrument with four strings usually tuned in perfect fifths . It is the smallest and highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello . (The double bass 's inclusion in the violin family is disputed.) The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle , regardless of the type of music played on it. The word violin comes from the Middle Latin word vitula, meaning stringed instrument; [1] this word is also believed to be the source of the Germanic "fiddle". [2] The violin, while it has ancient origins, acquired most of its modern characteristics in 16th-century Italy , with some further modifications occurring in the 18th century. Violinists and collectors particularly prize the instruments made by the Gasparo da Salò , Giovanni Paolo Maggini , Stradivari , Guarneri and Amati families from the 16th to the 18th century in Brescia and Cremona and by Jacob Stainer in Austria . A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier , or simply a violin maker. The parts of a violin are usually made from different types of wood (although electric violins may not be made of wood at all, since their sound may not be dependent on specific acoustic characteristics of the instrument's construction), and it is generally strung with gut , nylon /steel composite, or steel strings. Someone who plays the violin is called a violinist or a fiddler. The violinist produces sound by drawing a bow across one or more strings (which may be stopped by the fingers of the other hand to produce a full range of pitches), by plucking the strings (with either hand), or by a variety of other techniques . The violin is played by musicians in a wide variety of musical genres, including Baroque music , classical , jazz , folk music , pop-punk and rock and roll . The violin has come to be played in many non-western music cultures all over the world. Contents Main article: History of the violin The earliest stringed instruments were mostly plucked (e.g. the Greek lyre ). Bowed instruments may have originated in the equestrian cultures of Central Asia, an example being the Kobyz ( Kazakh : қобыз) or kyl-kobyz is an ancient Kazakh string instrument or Mongolian instrument Morin huur : Turkic and Mongolian horsemen from Inner Asia were probably the world’s earliest fiddlers. Their two-stringed upright fiddles were strung with horsehair strings, played with horsehair bows, and often feature a carved horse’s head at the end of the neck. ... The violins, violas, and cellos we play today, and whose bows are still strung with horsehair, are a legacy of the nomads. [3] It is believed that these instruments eventually spread to China, India, the Byzantine Empire and the Middle East, where they developed into instruments such as the erhu in China, the rebab in the Middle East, the lyra in the Byzantine Empire and the esraj in India. The violin in its present form emerged in early 16th-Century Northern Italy, where the port towns of Venice and Genoa maintained extensive ties to central Asia through the trade routes of the silk road . The modern European violin evolved from various bowed stringed instruments which were brought from the Middle East [4] and the Byzantine Empire . [5] [6] Most likely the first makers of violins borrowed from three types of current instruments: the rebec , in use since the 10th century (itself derived from the Byzantine lyra [7] and the Arabic rebab ), the Renaissance fiddle , and the lira da braccio [8] (derived [5] from the Byzantine lira ). One of the earliest explicit descriptions of the instrument, including its tuning, was in the Epitome musical by Jambe de Fer , published
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Banana Pudding Cookies | Pudding Cookie Recipe | Two Peas & Their Pod Shop Banana Pudding Cookies I’ve always been a fan of banana pudding. Creamy pudding, vanilla wafers, bananas, and whipped cream, Mmmm! Such a comforting classic dessert! I decided to take banana pudding and turn it into a cookie. I am always dreaming up new cookie recipes:) I wasn’t sure if my idea would work, but these Banana Pudding cookies taste just like Banana Pudding. If you put on a blind fold and took a bite, I bet you would think you were eating banana pudding. Ok, well the texture is a little different since it is a cookie, but the flavor is spot on! 🙂 To create the Banana Pudding Cookies, I added a package of Banana Cream Pudding mix into the cookie dough. I love using pudding mixes in cookies because the pudding keeps the cookies super soft. If you like soft cookies, make sure you try my Vanilla Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chocolate Pudding Cookies . The Banana Cream Pudding gave the cookies the perfect banana flavor. You can’t have banana pudding with out vanilla wafers, so I added chopped up vanilla wafers into the cookie dough too! They added a nice little crunch and brought the banana pudding flavor to life. I stirred in white chocolate chips for the sweet whipped cream flavor. If you are a banana pudding fan, you HAVE to make these Banana Pudding Cookies. Get your banana pudding fix in cookie form! 1 cup chopped vanilla wafer cookies 1 1/2 cups white chocolate chips Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a Silpat baking mat and set aside. 2. Using a mixer, beat together butter and sugars until creamy. Add in pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla extract. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined. Stir in the vanilla wafer cookies and white chocolate chips. 3. Drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoons onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes, or until slightly golden around the edges and set. Remove cookies from oven and let cool on baking sheet for two minutes. Transfer to a cooling rack and cool completely. Follow twopeasandpod on Instagram and show us what recipes you are making from our blog! Use the hashtag #twopeasandtheirpod! We want to see what you are making in your kitchen! If you like these Banana Pudding Cookies, you might also like:
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The Elvis Peanut Butter and Fried Banana Sandwich with Bacon Recipe - Everyday Southwest Everyday Southwest The Elvis Peanut Butter and Fried Banana Sandwich with Bacon Recipe January 8, 2013 by Sandy 19 Comments Happy Birthday, Elvis! Celebrate the King’s birthday today by making his amazing Peanut Butter and Fried Banana Sandwich withBacon Recipe. The blackberries are my addition, call it my present to the King. I’ve always heard of Elvis’ love for fried banana sandwiches but, I have never actually had one. So, I did a little research to see what a fried banana sandwich is all about. Let’s just say they don’t call him The King for nothing. The sandwich is all melted, warm peanut butter, salty bacon and a little hint of banana between two crispy slices of bread. While looking for a description of Elvis’ favorite sandwich, I spent quite a bit of time surfing the web hunting for clues on how to make an authentic Peanut Butter and Fried Banana Sandwich. I searched the usual suspects like the Food Network, the Cooking Channel, cookbooks on Amazon.com, chefs like Nigella and Paula. They all had sandwiches that they claimed were the “Elvis” but, none of the offerings seemed fit for a king. The sandwiches seemed more like a peanut butter and banana grilled cheese, not nearly the stuff legends are made of. That’s when I found it. A clue. A single sentence that gave me the feeling that this was something special. After following link after link from the Graceland site it’s self, I stumbled onto a description of the way Elvis’ mother, Gladys, made the sandwich. Of course. Mom. The description mentioned the bacon, the peanut butter, the bread and then, as an after thought, “she fried the bananas in the bacon fat.” Cue angels singing and lightbulb moments. That was it. The secret of the Elvis Peanut Butter and Fried Banana Sandwich was, in deed, “fried bananas.” To be truthful, I never saw a mention of blackberries. But, I checked on the internet to make sure blackberries grow in Mississippi. Besides, I can’t get the image of a little barefoot boy running down the dirt road leading home with his fists full of blackberries and the evidence of the ones he couldn’t carry staining his cheeks. I’ll have to admit that we started our birthday celebrations a little early. I wanted to have plenty of time to perfect “the Elvis” before sharing it with you. And, it did take a time or two to get it right. Here are some tips you might want to follow: First, resist the urge of “more is more.” My first sandwich was so filled with peanut butter that it oozed out of the sandwich and into the pan after melting. It was delicious but, I found myself licking my fingers more than actually chewing. Too much blackberry jam will over take the bananas. Second, frying the bananas in the leftover bacon fat has the unexpected effect of “mellowing” out the banana flavor. I was surprised by this. I thought that cooking the bananas would concentrate the flavor. Be sure to cut them thicker that 1/4 inch and use as many slices as you would like. And, if you have bananas that are on the “green side,” all the better. Third, dust the bananas with flour before frying. As I cooked the bananas, I kept thinking about the word that always accompanies this sandwich… “fried.” Just cooking them in the pan didn’t seem to fit the word “fried.” The second batch I dusted in flour just like you do for southern fried chicken. Elvis is southern, it only makes sense that his mother would fry the bananas this way. What I found was that the bananas got a very light “crust” on them and turned a prettier shade of golden brown. The flour must have sealed in some of the banana flavor and their taste was detected more easily in the sandwich Last, I thought the sandwich could use a little acidity. I had some blackberries in the fridge so I cooked them with a little sugar and lemon juice. Just cook them long enough to get them hot, really, and they will give up their juice when you smash them with a fork. I left mine very lumpy and rustic with a rath
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Torani Cassis Syrup | Currants are berries, closely related to the gooseberry, they are popularly used to make cassis, a black currant liqueur. This syrup has a distinctive berry fragrance and intense flavor. It works well in cocktails, sodas and even marinades. When Will I Receive My Order? Cassis Syrup Currants are berries, closely related to the gooseberry, they are popularly used to make cassis, a black currant liqueur. This syrup has a distinctive berry fragrance and intense flavor. It works well in cocktails, sodas and even marinades. 750 ml Glass Bottle 3-Pack (3 x 750 ml bottle) $7.66 per bottle - SAVE $1.00! $22.97 12-Pack (12 x 750 ml bottle) $7.29 per bottle - SAVE $8.40! $87.48 Add a Convenient Dispensing Pump - For use with 750 ml bottle 1 pump $2.99 The 750 ml syrup is sold in the same premium glass bottles used at your favorite cafe, restaurant or bar. Our NEW 375 ml size is sold in a plastic bottle for easier handling and less breakage. It als includes a pour spout.
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1511st (2) by Mike Hall (page 23) - issuu issuu IN THE KNOW INTERACTIVE Trivia Quiz If you think you’ve got what it takes to beat our monthly brain buster, take our quiz and prove your intellectual talents! 1 What code name was given to Nazi Germany's plan to invade Britain during the Second World War? 11 12 Which country only switched to the modern Gregorian Calendar on January 1, 1927? Olibanum is the Medieval Latin alternative English word for which Biblical aromatic resin? The splanchnocranium refers to the bones of which defining part of the human body? 13 Which city, mythically founded by a twin saved by a shewolf, was built on the seven hills, east of the River Tiber called Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal? 3 Used to measure the height of horses, how many inches are there in one hand? 14 On which Mediterranean island is the famous nightlife holiday resort of Magaluf? 4 5 Apiphobia is the fear of what creatures? What are metal rope-fixings on a boat and cyclist's shoes? Occurring twice yearly, what name is given to a day consisting of twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of darkness? 6 Which country is the natural habitat of the emu? 16 How many times does the second-hand of a clockwork clock 'tick' (move) while the hour hand completes one full rotation? 7 8 17 What's the common technical term for the removal of a president from office, due to wrongdoing? How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdles race? 18 Which famous corporate logo changed to a flat colour/colour sans serif font in its first major change since 1999? K'ung Futse (Venerated Master Kong) is better known as which major philosopher and religious founder? 9 19 Japan's NTT DoCoMo mobile phone company developed which texting icon 'pictograph' series, Japanese for 'picture' and 'character'? 20 The flags of China, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay, Greenland and Bangladesh share what common feature? 1. Operation Sea Lion. 2. Turkey. 3. Four. 4. Bees. 5. Equinox. 6. Australia. 7. Ten. 8. Google. 9. Emoji. 10. Geronimo. 11. Frankincense. 12. Face. 13. Rome. 14. Majorca. 15. Cleats. 16. 43,200 (12 hours x 60 minutes x 60 second 'ticks'). 17. Impeachment. 18. Confucius. 19. Mexico City. 20. Sun. Answers: 10 What Native American Apache Indian chief 's name became an exclamation of exhilaration? What's the largest capital city without a river, and also the oldest capital of its continent? November15 TalkMagazine
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Which player was fined and given a one match ban for revealing his sponsored underpants after scoring?
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In Uefa's sad world a pair of marketed underpants is worse than racism | Marcus Christenson | Football | The Guardian Sportblog In Uefa's sad world a pair of marketed underpants is worse than racism Uefa needs to explain how it can fine Nicklas Bendtner £80,000 for showing his underpants when Porto had to pay only £16,700 for their fans' racist abuse earlier this season Nicklas Bendtner has been fined £80,000 for showing his underpants after scoring against Portugal. Photograph: Anne-Christine Poujoulat/AFP/Getty Images Monday 18 June 2012 10.25 EDT First published on Monday 18 June 2012 10.25 EDT Share on Messenger Close What price ambush marketing? Well, the going rate seems to be €100,000 (£80,000) according to Uefa, which has fined the Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner that extraordinary amount for revealing a pair of underpants with the name of an Irish bookmaker on it. Uefa has also banned Bendtner for one game, meaning that Denmark will be without their top striker for their crucial World Cup qualifier against Czech Republic in September. It is a ban that could have huge implications for the Danes' hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup and, subsequently, the Danish FA's income for the next few years. First of all: It is a ridiculous punishment. It is ludicrous in its own right but when you start comparing it to the fines Uefa has handed out for racism, it becomes embarrassing. Here is a list of Uefa bans in the past: • October 2000 Patrick Vieira says Sinisa Mihajlovic called him a black bastard and a fucking black monkey, which Mihajlovic denies. The Serb also claimed that Vieira had started it by calling him a gypsy. Uefa's punishment? Two-match ban for Mihajlovic. • June 2007 Serbian fans aim racist abuse at England's Nedum Onuoha at the Under-21 European Championship in Holland. Uefa's punishment? Serbian Football Federation is fined £16,500 for "the racist chanting of supporters and the improper conduct of their players". • June 2008 Some Croatia fans are found guilty by Uefa of "displaying a racist banner and showing racist conduct" during a Euro 2008 quarter-final against Turkey. Uefa's punishment? The Croatian Football Federation is fined nearly £10,000. • February 2012 Porto fans subject the Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli to prolonged racist abuse in the Europa League tie. Uefa's punishment? Porto are fined £16,700. In some of the cases Bendtner's "crime" has been judged by Uefa to be about 10 times as bad as racist chanting. How can anyone possibly justify that? Uefa needs to come out and say why it has decided to fine a player £80,000 for breaking a rule he said "he wasn't aware of" while punishing racist abuse less severely. The absurdity of Uefa's fining system was there to be seen earlier this season after the above-mentioned fine handed out to Porto for the racial abuse of Balotelli (£16,700) was followed by a higher fine (£24,740) for Manchester City – for returning to the field less than a minute late after half-time. The sad thing is that the only winners in this pitiful tale is Paddy Power, the bookmaker whose name so offended Uefa. The governing body said on its website on Monday that Bendtner had been fined and banned for "improper conduct" – but surely it is Uefa that should be held to account for that offence.
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 20 | 1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing 1970: Bobby Moore cleared of stealing The England soccer captain, Bobby Moore, has been cleared of stealing an emerald bracelet in Colombia. Moore, who captained England to World Cup victory in 1966, was accused of taking the �600 ($1,500) bracelet from the Green Fire shop in the Tequendama Hotel, Bogota, last month. Police and judicial investigators have long indicated that Moore was set up, and today the Bogota Superior Court ruled he should have "unconditional freedom". The three judges also confirmed a decision made by Judge Pedro Dorado on 28 May that there was no evidence to warrant jailing England's legendary footballer. House arrest On 18 May Mr Moore went into the shop with fellow player Bobby Charlton to find a present for Charlton's wife. The store owner, Danilo Rojas, and his assistant, Carla Padilla, called the police after the two men had left the shop. The police arrived and took statements and the footballer denied the allegations. On 25 May, Mr Moore, was charged and placed under house arrest at the home of a local football official but was freed three days later with conditions, so that he could play in the World Cup in Mexico. One witness, Alvaro Suarez, said he had seen the bracelet in Moore's pocket. But today the chief of police, Jaime Ramirez, indicated Mr Moore had been the victim of a frame-up and that Mr Suarez had been paid by Mr Rojas to testify against the England football star. It is believed the plan was to either blackmail Mr Moore and get publicity for the jewellery shop and even to damage England's morale ahead of the World Cup. Mr Moore, now back in the UK, will not have to report to the Colombian Consulate, but if he ever returned to Colombia he may be asked further questions in relation to the theft as further investigations are still under way. Rojas and Suarez will be questioned by the judge - but Ms Padilla is believed to have gone to the United States. The First Secretary at the British Embassy in Bogota, Keith Morris, welcomed the ruling but said the judges had decided a "legal technicality" and that the case was by no means closed. Bobby Moore was named Footballer of the Year 1963-64 and awarded an OBE 1967.
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Between 1973 and 1979, Mohammed Daoud Khan, Nur Mohammad Taraki, Hafizullah Amin and Babrak Karmal were presidents of which country?
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Mohammad Daud Khan | prime minister of Afghanistan | Britannica.com prime minister of Afghanistan Shāh Shojāʿ Mohammad Daud Khan, (born July 18, 1909, Kabul , Afghanistan —died April 27, 1978, Kabul), Afghan politician who overthrew the monarchy of Mohammad Zahir Shah in 1973 to establish Afghanistan as a republic . He served as the country’s president from 1973 to 1978. Educated in Kabul and France, Daud Khan, a cousin and brother-in-law of Zahir Shah , pursued a career in the military. He rose to command an army corps in 1939 and held the post of minister of defense from 1946 to 1953. As prime minister (1953–63) he instituted educational and social reforms and implemented a pro-Soviet policy. He was also an advocate of Pashtun irredentism, the creation of a greater “ Pashtunistan ” in Pashtun areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. This caused the relationship between the two countries to deteriorate and eventually led to Daud Khan’s resignation. His overt participation in politics was severely curbed in 1964 when a new constitution barred members of the royal family from holding political office. On July 17, 1973, Daud Khan led a coup that overthrew Zahir Shah. He declared Afghanistan a republic with himself as president. Once in power, Daud Khan sought to suppress the left and lessen the country’s dependence on the Soviet Union. On April 27, 1978, however, he was killed in a coup that brought to power a communist government under Nur Mohammad Taraki . Learn More in these related articles:
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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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By what name is Aragorn first known to the hobbits when they meet him in Bree?
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Aragorn II Elessar | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom powered by Wikia The Fellowship of the Ring , " The Prancing Pony " Strider at The Prancing Pony in Bree Aragorn joined Frodo Baggins , Bilbo's adopted heir, and three of his friends at the Inn of the Prancing Pony in Bree. [8] Though originally the hobbits were suspicious of Strider, they eventually trusted him and prepared to escape Bree and the Ringwraiths. [9] These four had set out from the Shire to bring the One Ring to Rivendell. Aragorn was aged 87 at that time, nearing the prime of life for one of royal Númenórean descent. With Aragorn's help, the Hobbits escaped the pursuing Nazgûl . [10] The elf-lord Glorfindel later arrived and led them to Rivendell. [11] There, Aragorn chose to join Frodo, thus forming the Fellowship of the Ring that was formed to guard Frodo, tasked with destroying the Ring in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor. Besides Aragorn, Gandalf, and Frodo, the company included Frodo's cousins Pippin and Merry , his best friend Samwise Gamgee , Legolas the elf , Gimli the Dwarf, and Boromir of Gondor. [7] All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be Blade that was Broken, The crownless again shall be king. — Bilbo's poem about Aragorn [9] Before the group set out, the shards of Narsil were reforged, and the restored blade was named Andúril. Aragorn accompanied the group through an attempt to cross the pass of Caradhras and through the mines of Moria. He helped protect Frodo from an Orc captain and became group leader after Gandalf was presumed lost in battle with a Balrog . [12] Aragorn led the company to Lórien , where Lady Galadriel gave him the Elessar . [13] After Lórien, Aragorn and the Fellowship sailed down the river Anduin to the Falls of Rauros . Though his original plan was to set out for Gondor and aid its people in the War, he felt responsible for Frodo after the loss of Gandalf. [14] "Fear not! he said. "Long have I desired to look upon the likenesses of Isildur and Anarion, my sires of old. Under their shadow Elessar, the Elfstone son of Arathorn of the House of Valandil Isildur's son heir of Elendil, has naught to dread!" — Aragorn proclaiming his lineage [14] " Aragorn saying goodbye to Boromir after his death After passing into the Argonath , the Fellowship camped in Amon Hen . Frodo saw that Boromir had been driven mad by the influence of the One Ring trying to take it. Frodo put the ring on, rendering him invisible, and ran away from Boromir. Frodo climbed to the high seat on Amon Hen; from there he could see Sauron 's eye looking for him. The Hobbit felt the eye but it was distracted by Gandalf the White later found in Fangorn Forest by (Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli looking for Merry and Pippin.) Frodo would struggle against the power of Sauron, finally taking the ring off. Then Frodo knew what had to be done: He was to go alone to Mordor to destroy the ring. On the way back to the river he meets Sam, who goes with him. Aragorn at Amon Hen At this same time, the others were attacked by Saruman's Uruk-hai and a battle ensued. During the ensuing battle, Boromir was killed defending Merry and Pippin and giving up his desire for the ring in a last attempt to resist the ring. After discovering that Frodo had left, Aragorn and the others decided that they would leave Frodo and Sam to continue their quest on their own. Legolas , Gimli , and Aragorn put Boromir's body and war gear in one of the elven boats as a funeral boat and tribute to Boromir for his bravery and courage. His body would be sent to the Falls of Rauros. [15] While Frodo continued his quest with Samwise Gamgee, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli went to Rohan to free Merry and Pippin, who had been captured by the Uruk-hai working for Saruman. The Three Hunters The Three Hunters, by Ted Nasmith In the fields of Rohan , the Three Hunters Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli encountered
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) - 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 Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ( 2012 ) PG-13 | From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC A reluctant hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of dwarves to reclaim their mountain home - and the gold within it - from the dragon Smaug. Director: a list of 30 titles created 04 May 2011 a list of 37 titles created 25 Sep 2012 a list of 35 titles created 16 Dec 2012 a list of 23 titles created 02 Jan 2013 a list of 22 titles created 18 Jul 2013 Title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) 7.9/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 69 nominations. See more awards » Videos The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring. Director: Peter Jackson Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the Lonely Mountain from falling into the hands of a rising darkness. Director: Peter Jackson While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. Director: Peter Jackson A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle Earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. Director: Peter Jackson Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. Director: Peter Jackson Jack Sparrow races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones' service, as other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda as well. Director: Gore Verbinski Captain Barbossa, Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must sail off the edge of the map, navigate treachery and betrayal, find Jack Sparrow, and make their final alliances for one last decisive battle. Director: Gore Verbinski Blacksmith Will Turner teams up with eccentric pirate "Captain" Jack Sparrow to save his love, the governor's daughter, from Jack's former pirate allies, who are now undead. Director: Gore Verbinski Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. Director: Rob Marshall After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil. Director: Jon Favreau A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. Director: James Cameron Earth's mightiest heroes must come together and learn to fight as a team if they are to stop the mischievous Loki and his alien army from enslaving humanity. Director: Joss Whedon Edit Storyline Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and co
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Texas Republicans Inch Closer to Secession | Mother Jones Texas Republicans Inch Closer to Secession Texas Republicans Inch Closer to Secession GOP delegates to vote on the issue at this week's convention. Josh Harkinson May 11, 2016 2:09 PM Texas Nationalist Movement /Facebook If the nationalists get their way, this November might be the last time Texans vote for a US president. On Wednesday, the Platform Committee of the Texas Republican Party voted to put a Texas independence resolution up for a vote at this week's GOP convention, according to a press release from the pro-secession Texas Nationalist Movement. The resolution calls for allowing voters to decide whether the Lone Star State should become an independent nation. Texas was, in fact, its own country for nine years before joining the United States in 1845, and while the idea of returning to independence has never been taken seriously by most people, it remains popular as a romantic notion and marketing hook. Lone Star beer is the "national beer of Texas." Texas Monthly is the "national magazine of Texas." In a 2009 rally, then-Gov. Rick Perry hinted that the state could secede if "Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people." He later backed off the idea. (Representatives of the state GOP and Texas Nationalist Movement could not be reached for comment.) The Texas Nationalist Movement, once considered a quixotic fringe group, has added hundreds of members in the years since the election of Barack Obama. According to the Houston Chronicle's Dylan Baddour , at least 10 county GOP chapters are coming to the convention supporting independence resolutions. But this will be the first time in the state's 171-year history that they will actually vote on one. It's very unlikely to win. Then again, that's what people said about Donald Trump. Get the scoop, straight from Mother Jones.
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Torre de Belem (Lisbon, Portugal): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor Neighborhood Profile Belem Belém is the "capital of the Portuguese Discoveries" and a photographer's paradise. You can spend an entire day exploring this neighborhood: monuments (Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Tower, Monument to the Discoveries), museums (Coach Museum, Centro Cultural de Belém) and breathtaking views of the Tagus river will make your visit worth your time. Belém also offers a variety of restaurants and cafes, namely the famous - and delicious - "Pastéis de Belém" (typical Portuguese custard tarts; make sure you buy an extra box of those!). Easily accessible from Lisbon's historic center, Belém is a must-do, especially if you're spending more than one day visiting the Portuguese capital.
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY Questions set by the Waters Green Lemmings and the Bate Horntails. ROUND ONE: Q1: The characters Vladimir and Estragon appear? A: Waiting for Godot. Q2: What relation was Pliny the Younger to Pliny the Elder? A: Nephew. Q3: Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed “Princess Pushy”? A: Princess Michael of Kent. Q4: What was the name of Perry Mason’s secretary? A: Della Street. Q5: What famous French film production/newsreel brand, established in 1896, was the first major movie corporation? A: Pathé (Pathé Frères - Pathé Brothers) Q6: Which King conferred the title “Royal and Ancient” on the Golf Club at St. Andrews? A: William IV. Q7: In which U.S. state is the vast majority of Yellowstone National Park? A: Wyoming. Q8: Which was the last British group to win the Eurovision Song Contest? A: Katrina and the Waves (in 1997 with Love Shine A Light). Q9: In October 2013, Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Driver’s Championship for the 4th consecutive time, but how many other people have achieved this feat? A: Three: (Juan Manuel Fangio; Alain Prost; Michael Schumacher). Q10: Which country finished third in the 1966 World Cup? A: Portugal. Q11: What was the surname of Art Historian and nun, Sister Wendy? A: Becket. Q12: What is the capital of Tajikistan? A: Dushanbe. Q13: Which Beatles album followed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? A: Magical Mystery Tour. Q14: Which detective was created by W J Burley? A: Wycliffe. Q15: Which of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five owned Timmy the Dog? A: George. Q16: In which prison was the television series “Porridge” set? Slade. Q17: Where in the human body is the radius? A: The forearm (accept arm). Q18: To which country do the islands of Spitzbergen belong? A: Norway. Q19: In which year was the Festival of Britain? A: 1951. Q20: In whose shop window did Bagpuss sit? A: Emily’s. Q1: At which English racecourse would you find Devil’s Dyke? A: Newmarket. Q2: Which is the largest moon in the Solar System? A: Ganymede. Q3: How many Nobel Prizes are usually awarded each year? A: Six: (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics). Q4: Who was the last King of Italy?
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Zinc - definition of zinc by The Free Dictionary Zinc - definition of zinc by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/zinc Related to zinc: zinc deficiency zinc (zĭngk) n. Symbol Zn A bluish-white, lustrous metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but malleable with heating. It is used to form a wide variety of alloys including brass, bronze, various solders, and nickel silver, in galvanizing iron and other metals, for electric fuses, anodes, meter cases and batteries, and in roofing, gutters, and various household objects. US pennies minted after 1982 consist of a copper-clad zinc core. Atomic number 30; atomic weight 65.38; melting point 419.53°C; boiling point 907°C; specific gravity 7.134 (at 25°C); valence 2. See Periodic Table . tr.v. zinced, zinc·ing, zincs or zincked or zinck·ing or zincks To coat or treat with zinc; galvanize. [German Zink, possibly from Zinke, spike (so called because it becomes jagged in the furnace), from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko.] zinc (zɪŋk) n 1. (Elements & Compounds) a brittle bluish-white metallic element that becomes coated with a corrosion-resistant layer in moist air and occurs chiefly in sphalerite and smithsonite. It is a constituent of several alloys, esp brass and nickel-silver, and is used in die-casting, galvanizing metals, and in battery electrodes. Symbol: Zn; atomic no: 30; atomic wt: 65.39; valency: 2; relative density: 7.133; melting pt: 419.58°C; boiling pt: 907°C 2. (Metallurgy) informal corrugated galvanized iron [C17: from German Zink, perhaps from Zinke prong, from its jagged appearance in the furnace] ˈzincic, ˈzincous, ˈzincoid adj (zɪŋk) n., v. zincked zinced (zɪŋkt) zinck•ing zinc•ing (ˈzɪŋ kɪŋ) n. 1. a ductile, bluish white metallic element: used in making galvanized iron and other alloys, and as an element in voltaic cells. Symbol: Zn; at. wt.: 65.37; at. no.: 30; sp. gr.: 7.14 at 20°C. v.t. 2. to coat or cover with zinc. [1635–45; < German Zink, perhaps derivative of Zinke(n) prong, from the spikelike form it takes in a furnace] zinc (zĭngk) Symbol Zn A shiny, bluish-white metallic element that is brittle at room temperature but is easily shaped when heated. It is widely used in alloys such as brass and bronze, as a coating for iron and steel, and in various household objects. Zinc is essential to the growth of humans and animals. Atomic number 30. See Periodic Table . Zinc
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Chemistry for Kids: Elements - Chromium Chromium 7.19 grams per cm cubed Melting Point: Discovered by: N.L. Vauquelin in 1797 Chromium is the first element in the sixth column of the periodic table. It is classified as a transition metal . Chromium atoms have 24 electrons and 24 protons with the most abundant isotope having 28 neutrons. Characteristics and Properties Under standard conditions chromium is a hard silvery metal with a bluish tint. When it is exposed to air a thin layer of chromium oxide forms over the surface which protects the metal from further reaction with the air. Chromium can be polished to achieve a shiny mirror-like finish that is resistant to corrosion. For a metal, chromium is fairly active and will react with many other metals as well as with oxygen. It will not react with water. Chromium is known for its many colorful compounds. These include chromium(III) oxide (green), lead chromate (yellow), anhydrous chromium(III) chloride (purple), and chromium trioxide (red). Where is chromium found on Earth? Chromium is only found rarely as a free element in nature. It is mostly found in ores scattered throughout the Earth's crust where it is about the twenty-fourth most abundant element. The main ore that is mined for the production of chromium is cromite. How is chromium used today? Chromium is often mixed with other metals to make alloys. One of the most important chromium alloys is produced when chromium is mixed with steel to make stainless steel. Stainless steel is strong and resistant to corrosion. Chromium is also used to produce superalloys with nickel that are used in jet engines. Another popular application for chromium is as a shiny silver coating on metallic surfaces. It also provides corrosion protection. Because chromium compounds come in such a variety of colors, it has also been used as a pigment in paints. One of the most popular colors made from chrome is yellow. Many school busses are painted in chrome yellow. Other applications for chromium include wood preservatives, tanning, as catalysts in industrial production, and magnets. How was it discovered? Chromium was discovered by French chemist Nicolas L. Vauquelin in 1797. He later isolated the element and gave it its name. Where did chromium get its name? Chromium gets its name from the Greek word "chroma" meaning color. This name was chosen because the element can form so many different colored compounds. Isotopes Chromium has four stable isotopes that occur in nature including 50Cr, 52Cr, 53Cr, and 54Cr with the majority of the chromium found in nature being 52Cr. Interesting Facts about Chromium Rubies get their red color from small traces of chromium. The Qin Dynasty of Ancient China used chromium oxide to coat and protect their weapons. About half of all chromite ore is currently produced in southern Africa. Other big producers include Turkey and India. Some chromium compounds are considered poisonous. More on the Elements and the Periodic Table
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The first ever Buckfast cocktail competition was held in Galway this week http://jrnl.ie/1829104 The first ever Buckfast cocktail competition was held in Galway this week The contest, which was open to every bar in Galway, was won by a concoction called ‘Buckfast Lives Forever’. Dec 11th 2014, 4:08 PM 13,151 Views 47 Comments THIS WEEK SAW the inaugural Buckfast Cocktail Competition take place in Galway. This featured eight bars across Galway competing to be named the King or Queen of Buckfast. Entry was open to all licenced premises in the Galway area and contestants were subject to two rules to be able to compete. Firstly, whatever cocktail they made was required to contain the tonic wine. Secondly, their concoction should be “easily reproduced and available to purchase in the entrant’s bar.” The company say that all of the entrants to the competition were of “very high quality” and that the prize on offer to the winners was “pride”. Winners The first place went to Fionn Doyle from The Skeff in Galway. His winning cocktail, “Buckfast Lives Forever”, contained cucumber, lime, strawberry, gin and a range of other ingredients to give the wine a “fresh citrus take”. Second place was taken by a seasonal variation cocktail called “Christmas Pudding” – which contained real cherries as well as cream and nutmeg. Third place was taken by a Snoop Dog inspired effort. Buckfast based egg nog “Buck Noggy Nog” was made by Colm from Bierhaus. The drink Buckfast is a tonic wine manufactured by Benedictine monks in Buckfast Abbey in the English county of Devon. It has previously faced criticism over its association with violent crime – with much of this focus being on its consumption in Scotland. The drink is available to buy on Amazon , where some users are rather emphatic in their praise for it. Source: amazon.co.uk
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English Market Town of Oakham, Boutique Shopping, Unique Gifts You are here: Discover Rutland > Oakham Oakham Print Page County town of Rutland, full of history and great for stylish shopping. Oakham is a pretty, traditional English market town, bustling with activity and current holder of a coveted Britain in Bloom award. Packed with heritage, there’s plenty to see in Oakham which makes it ideal for a day trip or short break in the UK; Rutland County Museum is a great place to start, displaying the fascinating history of the town together with unusual exhibits including a set of gallows! A visit to Oakham Castle, by the Market Place, provides the clues to why there is an intriguing collection of over 200 horseshoes hanging from the walls. The architecture of Oakham School is stunning, and a major landmark in the town. Founded in 1584 it is a highly regarded public school which has seen its fair share of famous pupils. Wander through the Market Place on a Wednesday or Saturday to find a market selling the best local produce, meats, cheeses, bread and eggs. Look out for the unusual stocks and the town pump beneath the Butter Cross. If possible, coincide your Rutland holiday with the 3rd Saturday of every month when a Farmers' Market comes to Gaol Street in Oakham. A host of quality produce direct from the farmer assures quality and less food miles for the consumers’ conscience. This is a great addition to a weekend break in Rutland. Model rail enthusiasts can admire Oakham Signal Box, used by Airfix as the template for all their models.When it’s time to eat in Oakham, the choice is wide and appealing; dining here is a stylish experience; from cafes and tea bars to restaurants and pub food, there is an excellent range of quality outlets. View the Pocket Guide to Oakham , which includes a map of Oakham A great way to see this beautiful town is by following the Oakham Heritage Trail available from the County Museum. Rutland Highlights
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Living History Audiobook | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Audible.com next page Publisher's Summary Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban middle-class America in the 1950s and her transformation from Goldwater Girl to student activist to controversial First Lady. Living History is her revealing memoir of life through the White House years. It is also her chronicle of living history with Bill Clinton, a thirty-year adventure in love and politics that survives personal betrayal, relentless partisan investigations, and constant public scrutiny. Hillary Rodham Clinton came of age during a time of tumultuous social and political change in America. Like many women of her generation, she grew up with choices and opportunities unknown to her mother of grandmother. She charted her own course through unexplored terrain - responding to the changing times and her own internal compass - and became an emblem for some and a lightning rod for others. Wife, mother, lawyer, advocate, and international icon, she has lived through America's great political wars, from Watergate to Whitewater. The only First Lady to play a major role in shaping domestic legislation, Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled tirelessly around the country to champion health care, expand economic and educational opportunity and promote the needs of children and families, and she criss-crossed the globe on behalf of women's rights, human rights and democracy. She redefined the position of First Lady, and helped save the presidency from an unconstitutional, politically motivated impeachment. Intimate, powerful and inspiring, Living History captures the essence of one of the most remarkable women of our time and the challenging process by which she came to define herself and find her own voice - as a woman and as a formidable figure in American politics. ©2003 Hillary Rodham Clinton; (P)2003 Simon & Schuster. All rights reserved. AUDIOWORKS. is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc. What the Critics Say "Within the limitations of the genre, Clinton has produced a surprisingly engaging and, at points, even compelling book." (The Los Angeles Times) More from the same
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98 Fun Facts about U.S. Presidents | FactRetriever.com 98 Fun Facts about U.S. Presidents By Karin Lehnardt, Senior Writer Published September 17, 2016 The only president to be unanimously elected was George Washington (1732-1799). He also refused to accept his presidential salary, which was $25,000 a year.[2] Because the KKK was a powerful political force, Truman was encouraged to join the organization. According to some accounts, he was inducted, though he was “never active.” Other accounts claim that though he gave the KKK a $10 membership fee, he demanded it back and was never inducted or initiated.[6][9] Grover Cleveland was the only president in history to hold the job of a hangman. He was once the sheriff of Erie County, New York, and twice had to spring the trap at a hanging.[11] The “S” in Harry S Truman doesn’t stand for anything; therefore, there is no period after his middle initial.[10] Lincoln Logs are named after Abraham Lincoln and the log cabin where he was born. John Lloyd Wright, son of famous architect Francis Lloyd Wright, invented them.[11] By carving up Shakespeare's chair, Jefferson and Adams became some of America's earliest vandals Thomas Jefferson and John Adams once traveled to Stratford-upon-Avon to visit Shakespeare’s birthplace. While there, they took a knife to one of Shakespeare’s chairs so they could take home some wood chips as souvenirs.[9] James Madison and Thomas Jefferson were once arrested together for taking a carriage ride in the countryside of Vermont on a Sunday, which violated the laws of that state.[9] Andrew Johnson is the only tailor ever to be president. As president, he would typically stop by a tailor shop to say hello. He would wear only the suits that he made himself.[1] George Washington never lived in the White House. The capital was actually located in Philadelphia and other cities when Washington was president. He is also the only president who didn’t represent a political party.[2] James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) is the first president to ever talk on the phone. When he spoke to Alexander Graham Bell, who was at the other end 13 miles away, he said: “Please speak a little more slowly.”[11] Twenty-ninth president Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923) repeatedly made love to a young girl, Nan Britton, in a White House closet. On one occasion, Secret Service agents had to stop his wife from beating down the closet door.[5] Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.[8] The term “O.K.” derives from President Martin Van Buren (1782-1862) who was known as “Old Kinderhook” because he was raised in Kinderhook, New York. “O.K.” clubs were created to support Van Buren’s campaigns.[11] President Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) is the only president to be elected to two nonconsecutive terms. He was the 22nd and 24th president.[10] Bush is the only recorded U.S. president in history to vomit on a foreign dignitary After President Bush Sr. vomited on the Japanese Prime Minister, a new word entered the Japanese language. Bushusuru means “to do the Bush thing,” or to publicly vomit.[11] John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s (1917-1963) famous inaugural line “Ask not what you your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country” echoes similar directives made by many others, including Cicero, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and President Warren G. Harding, who told the 1916 Republican convention: “We must have a citizenship less concerned about what the government can do for it, and more anxious about what it can do for the nation.”[11] Martin Van Buren was the first to be a United States citizen. All previous presidents were born British subjects.[7] Six presidents were named James: Madison, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan, Garfield, and Carter.[11] President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was the only president to serve in both WWI and WWII.[8] Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994) was the first president to visit all 50 states and the first to visit China. He is the only president to resign.[10] James Earl “Jimmy” Carter (1924-) was the first presi
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Why did Britain lose the American War of Independence / Revolutionary War? - Quora Quora The United States of America Why did Britain lose the American War of Independence / Revolutionary War? Britain was the world's greatest superpower at the time, with soldiers who fought on 5 continents and an irresistible navy. Britain massacred rebels and civilians in Jamaica and India around the same time and retained those colonies. Why not the 13 colonies of North America? I keep coming across explanations that, upon further study, turn out to be false: The colonists used cover rather than fighting out in the open, the colonists alone had rifled barrels, the colonists alone had bayonets. Why couldn't Britain win this one? Humphrey Clarke , MA in Modern History - University of St Andrews Because of this: and this... and this... Britain won many times in the battlefield but lost in the taverns. Taverns were plentiful and they were the social network of colonial life. Some areas of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania had them every few miles. One could get mail in a tavern, hire a hand, talk to friends, sell crops, buy land, and eat some good chow. In these places, capable and literate American settlers, many of whom had three or four generations on American soil, debated ideas, mustered militias and formed opinions. And after an apple jack and a roasted hen, with the warmth of a fireplace, one might even talk about throwing off the yoke of the Mother Country. It didn't start out immediately with a call for war. It started with a protest of the Stamp Act, other Intolerable acts, non-compliance, boycott and overall a call for assertion of American rights. I would argue that in those debates in homes, taverns and colonial assemblies (and assemblies were often conducted in taverns), London didn't have 'a man' in the tavern to argue their side. And so the resistance swelled and went from lobby to boycott to arms gathering, to arms-using. The colonies before being fully united were gathering news from each other and thus a blow in New England was felt in the Middle States and eventually South. Here's what Christopher Marshall, a "fighting Quaker' and patriot leader in Philadelphia writes about how Philadelphia reacted to the crackdown in Boston in 1775. Christopher Marshall writes: "This being the day when the cruel act for blocking the harbor of Boston took effect, many of the inhabitants of this city, to express their sympathy and show their concern for their suffering brethren in the common cause of liberty, had their shops shut up, their houses kept close from hurry and business; also the ring of bells at Christ Church were muffled, and rung a solemn peal at intervals, from morning till night; the colors of the vessels in the harbor were hoisted half-mast high; the several houses of different worship were crowded, where divine service was performed, and particular discourses, suitable to the occasion, were preached by F. Alison, Duffield, Sprout, and Blair. Sorrow, mixed with indignation, seemed pictured in the countenance of the inhabitants, and indeed the whole city wore the aspect of deep distress, being a melancholy occasion." -- Passages from the Remembrances of Christopher Marshall, p. 6. There was already by 1775 a national network, fueled by tavern talk, so that events in Boston could lead to protests in Philadelphia and Virginia. All of this popular appeal for resistance might have been satisfied by better policies towards America, by meaningful olive branches, perhaps even by having American MPs in Parliament, but absent those steps, popular appeal was lost and it was never broken during the war. Britain's armies were large and had many victories, swallowing large parts of American territory, holding the commercial center of New York for all of the war and holding Boston, MA, Charleston, S.C., Newport, R.I. and Philadelphia, PA at different times. When they captured Charleston, South Carolina, they had access to The Pink House, operating as a tavern since 1750. Then it was pink because of the Bermuda stone th
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The Oregon Treaty Blog The Oregon Treaty A long history of dispute characterized the ownership of the Oregon Territory, which included present-day Oregon , Washington , Idaho , and portions of Montana , Wyoming , and British Columbia. Spain and Russia had surrendered their claims to the region, but the United States and Britain were active claimants in the 19th century's early years. The matter's resolution was delayed by the Anglo-American Convention of 1818, in which both parties agreed to a temporary policy of "joint occupation" of the region. This accommodation was extended in 1827. During the 1830s, the American position came to favor establishment of the northern border along 49� north latitude, arguing that the nation's Manifest Destiny required no less. The British, however, wanted to see the southern boundary of British Columbia established at the Columbia River and based their claims on the Hudson's Bay Company's long history in the area. The British position weakened in the early 1840s as large numbers of numbers of American settlers poured into the disputed area over the Oregon Trail . Possession of Oregon became an issue in the Election of 1844 . Democratic candidate James K. Polk took an extreme view by advocating the placement of the border at 54� 40' north latitude. Expansionists chanted, "Fifty-four Forty or Fight!" After the election, Polk put the British on notice that joint occupation would not be extended, but quietly entered into diplomatic discussions. In June 1846, the Treaty of Washington was signed between Britain and the United States, the latter represented by Secretary of State James Buchanan . Provisions included: The boundary between Canada and the United States was set at the 49th parallel, from the Rocky Mountains to the coast; the line was extended southward through the Gulf Islands and then followed the mid-point through the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the Pacific Ocean Navigation through the Gulf Islands and the Strait of Juan de Fuca was to be ensured for both nations. The United States achieved a favorable resolution on the main boundary issue and the British retained full control of Vancouver Island, a matter of prime importance to them. One major point of contention resulted from ambiguous wording in the treaty. It was unclear whether San Juan Island, one of the larger Gulf Islands, belonged to Canada or the U.S. Tensions over this issue peaked in 1859 in the so-called Pig War .
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Thelma & Louise (1991) - IMDb IMDb ‘Generation KKK’: Why A&E is Considering Rebranding Their Show After Backlash 22 December 2016 4:51 PM, UTC 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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a '66 Thunderbird. Director: Jerry Seinfeld, Demetri Martin and Female Bros: The 16 Best Web Series Of 2016 21 December 2016 7:00 AM, -08:00 | Indiewire a list of 26 titles created 26 Mar 2011 a list of 23 titles created 02 Oct 2012 a list of 38 titles created 14 Jun 2013 a list of 29 titles created 19 Mar 2014 a list of 22 titles created 08 Feb 2015 Search for " Thelma & Louise " 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. Won 1 Oscar. Another 17 wins & 39 nominations. See more awards » Videos Two NYC cops arrest a Yakuza member and must escort him when he's extradited to Japan. Director: Ridley Scott A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself. Director: Dominic Sena The story about two sons of a stern minister -- one reserved, one rebellious -- growing up in rural Montana while devoted to fly fishing. Director: Robert Redford A man tries to transport an ancient gun called The Mexican, believed to carry a curse, back across the border, while his girlfriend pressures him to give up his criminal ways. Director: Gore Verbinski Epic tale of three brothers and their father living in the remote wilderness of 1900s USA and how their lives are affected by nature, history, war, love and betrayal. Director: Edward Zwick In Detroit, a lonely pop culture geek marries a call girl, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood. Meanwhile, the owners of the cocaine - the Mob - track them down in an attempt to reclaim it. Director: Tony Scott Teenage boys discover discipline and camaraderie on an ill-fated sailing voyage. Director: Ridley Scott A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. Director: Neil Jordan After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized; over 10 years later, they get their chance for revenge. Director: Barry Levinson A duel between two feuding Napoleonic officers eventually evolves into a decades-long series of duels, after each bout - for various reasons - ends unresolved. Director: Ridley Scott Death, who takes the form of a young man, asks a media mogul to act as a guide to teach him about life on Earth and in the process he falls in love with his guide's daughter. Director: Martin Brest True story of Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian mountain climber who became friends with the Dalai Lama at the time of China's takeover of Tibet. Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Edit Storyline Louise is working in a diner as a waitress and has some problems with her boyfriend Jimmy, who, as a musician, is always on the road. Thelma is married to Darryl who likes his wife to stay quiet in the kitchen so that he can watch football on TV. One day they decide to break out of their normal life and jump in the car and hit the road. Their journey, however, turns into a flight when Louise kills a man who threatens to rape Thelma. They decide to go to Mexico, but soon they are hunted by American police. Written by Harald Mayr <marvin@bike.augusta.de> Somebody said get a life... so they did. Genres: Rated R for strong language, and for some violence and sensuality | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 24 May 1991 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Thelma and Louise See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Then struggling actor George Clooney auditioned five times for Ridley Scott for the part of J.D. that went to Brad Pitt . See mor
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21 | February | 2015 | The Lone Girl in a Crowd The Lone Girl in a Crowd February 21, 2015 While Merle Oberon was best known for playing Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights, like Heathcliff, she also had a mysterious past she covered up for years, which has just only come to light after her death. So for those who believe she was from Tasmania, you are wrong. Besides, that’s Errol Flynn’s home range, not hers. For some strange reason, we always like to know about our movie stars and celebrities, which many tend to idolize. Of course, this is a major reason why we have gossip columns, tabloids, TMZ, and a whole media industry dedicated to it. I usually stay away from the gossip because I’m really not interested in certain details of their personal lives and feel that they deserve some privacy. Also, some of the stuff you hear in the Hollywood gossip columns, well, they’re obtained through dubious means like paying people money for information, which I’ve learned in journalism class is totally unethical. In this selection, you’ll see some more Hollywood legends as well as a few from around the world, naturally. First, you have Merle Oberon best known as Catherine Earnshaw from Wuthering Heights as well as someone who lied about being born in Tasmania to conceal her mixed Indian heritage. Second, comes legendary swashbuckling Errol Flynn who was actually born in Tasmania but carried a scandalous lifestyle. Then there’s comic Danny Kaye whose films preserve his original genius in physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomine, and rapid-fire nonsense songs. After that are French actors Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer who were inspirations for two very well known cartoon characters followed by legendary character actresses Agnes Moorehead and Edna May Oliver. Then there’s Madeline Kahn best known as a leading lady in Mel Brooks movies as well as Ralph Bellamy famous for playing doomed nice guys in Cary Grant films as well as Franklin Delano Roosevelt. And last but not, least is none other than one of the greatest silent screen actresses of all time Lillian Gish. So for your pleasure, here are 10 more movie stars who have never won an Oscar. 71. Merle Oberon As well as playing Cathy, Merle Oberon was really a mixed race girl from India who managed to make it big on the British screen. Of course, her career was nearly doomed due to a car accident and perhaps cosmetic poisoning and an allergic reaction to sulfa drugs. Personal Life: (1911-1979) Born Estelle Merle Thompson in Bombay, British India. Mother Anglo-Indian with partial Maori descent who might’ve had her at 12. Father might’ve been a mechanical engineer who worked in Indian Railways who later joined the British Army and died during the Battle of the Somme in WWI. Most likely raised by her grandmother. Would later try to conceal her Indian heritage by saying she was born in Tasmania and that all her school records were destroyed by fire. Would maintain such fiction for her professional life and admitted that it wasn’t true in the last year of her life. Records located since her death have confirmed her true origin. Moved to Calcutta in 1917 and quit school as a teenager. Said to work as a telephone operator, won a contest for a restaurant, and first performed with the Calcutta Amateur Dramatic Society. Was discovered by a man who said he’d introduce to her to Rex Ingram but bailed out one her once he saw she was mixed race. Yet, though he avoided her, she went to France and met Ingram at Nice. Made her first film in 1928. Came to England at 17 where she worked as a club hostess under the name Queenie O’Brien. Married 4 times with her first marriage to director Sir Alexander Korda. Adopted 2 children with third husband Bruno Pagiliai. Was involved in a serious car accident in 1937 which scarred her for life. Was said to suffer further damage to her complexion in 1940 from cosmetic poison and an allergic reaction to sulfa drugs. Retired in 1973. Died of a stroke in Malibu, California at 68. Famous for: Anglo-Indian actress. Notable roles are Anne Boleyn from The Priva
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What type of jump is made by jumping from a tall structure wearing a strong rubber cable, usually fastened around the ankles?
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How bungee cord is made - material, manufacture, history, used, structure, steps, product, machine Bungee Cord Background Bungee cord is made of one or more strands of an elastic material, usually rubber, bound together by a fabric covering. It is commonly used as a tie-down for luggage or equipment carried on the outside of a vehicle. Bungee cord is also used by the military to absorb the opening shock of the large cargo parachutes when dropping heavy loads such as tanks. The development of long, heavy-duty bungee cord for the military has led to the recreational sport of bungee jumping. In this sport, the participant jumps from an elevated structure while wearing a harness attached to one end of a long bungee cord with the other end attached to the structure. The term "bungee" or "bungie" is thought to be British slang for india-rubber. Some references to the india-rubber originally used for erasing pencil marks on paper call it "india-bungie." Another source claims the term was derived from the Anglo-Indian word "bangy" referring to the colloquial term for a yoke carried on the shoulder with two equal loads suspended by cords front and rear. In either case, the concepts of an elastic material and load-bearing cords both apply to the modern bungee cord. The history of bungee jumping as a sport or test of courage is believed to date back 1500 years to Pentecost Island in what is now the Republic of Vanuatu in the South Pacific. According to local legend, a wife felt she was being mistreated by her husband and fled, taking refuge in a tall tree. As her husband was climbing the tree in pursuit, she secretly tied vines around her ankles. When he tried to grab her, she jumped. He jumped after her and fell to his death. The springy vines broke her fall and she lived. After that, the men of the island decided that no woman should ever trick them again, and they began to practice jumping with vines. In time, it became a test of courage, with the bravest men jumping from a height of 80 feet (24 m) to have their heads brush the ground before the vines completely stopped their fall. Modern bungee jumping using elastic bungee cords started in the late 1970s. On April Fools' Day in 1979, the Oxford Dangerous Sports Club of Britain caught the public's attention when members bungeed off the 245-foot (75 m) Clifton Bridge in Bristol, England. Since that time, bungee jumping has become a commercialized sport with thousands of participants. Raw Materials The elastic material of a bungee cord is usually made of natural or synthetic rubber. Natural rubber, sometimes called latex rubber, has excellent extensibility (the ability to be extended), resilience (the ability to regain its original shape after being extended), and tensile strength (the ability to be extended under load without breaking). For these properties, it makes an excellent material for bungee cords. Natural rubber has the disadvantages of having only fair resistance to air and the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight. Synthetic rubbers, such as neoprene, have better resistance to air and sunlight, but less resilience and tensile strength than natural rubber. The military specification (mil-spec) for bungee cords allows either natural rubber or synthetic rubber, or a mixture of both. Reclaimed rubber may not be used for milspec cords. Natural rubber is widely used for cords used in bungee jumping. The fabric covering for the bungee cord may be braided from cotton or nylon yarn. Commercial bungee cord usually has a single layer of nylon covering which is more resistant to abrasion and has a higher tensile strength. Mil-spec bungee cord is required to have two layers of cotton covering. Some cords used for bungee jumping have cotton covering, the same as the mil-spec cord. Other specially designe
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General Knowledge Questions and Answers - Quiz General Knowledge Questions and Answers What was Mohammad Ali`s birth name? Cassius Clay Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link? Anne Robinson How many dots are there in total on a pair of dice? 42 Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces? Knight At which racecourse is the Derby and the Oaks traditionally run? Epsom Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear? Winnie the Pooh `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? Fifteen-to-one Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and Black Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J K Rowling The name of which football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid In the TV show `Fawlty Towers` from which city does the waiter Manuel hail? Barcelona What is the furthest planet from the sun? Pluto How many red balls are used in a game of snooker? 15 How many sides has an octagon? Eight What is the name of the coloured part of an eye? The iris In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale? The Wizard Of Oz Who played Jerry in the film `Jerry McGuire`? Tom Cruise How many strings are on a violin? 4 Who was the lead singer in The Police? Sting (Gordon Sumner) Which part of the body would be treated by a chiropodist? Feet What was the hunchback of Notre Dame`s name? Quasimodo Which animal is associated with the beginning of an MGM film? A lion In snooker, what colour is the ball that begins a game in the centre of the table? Blue In which month of 1929 did the St Valentines Day massacre take place? February Which actress played the title role in the 1990 film `Pretty Woman`? Julia Roberts How many legs does an insect have? Six What is the chemical symbol for Hydrogen? H In the Australian TV series, what type of animal was `Skippy`? Kangaroo Which famous person in history rode a horse called Black Bess? Dick Turpin What is the name of the city in which The Simpsons live? Springfield Who had a number one in 1960 called `Only The Lonely`? Roy Orbison What is the longest river in the world? The Nile What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair? Full house Which cartoon show included characters called Thelma and Shaggy? Scooby Doo What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag? Red Who played the title role in the 1960 film `Spartacus`? Kirk Douglas What is the normal colour of the gem sapphire? Red, Green or Blue? Blue Who had a number one hit in 1984 with `Hello`? Lionel Richie What was snow whites coffin made of ? Glass Which ear did vincent Van Gogh partially cut off ? Left Which animal provides the blood for black pudding ? Pig What was the last UK no1 for the super group Abba ? Super Trooper Which lagers name is translated as lions brew ? Lowenbrau What colour is the car on monopolys free parking space ? Red What combines with a tia maria to make a Tia Moo Moo ? Milk Was shirley temple 21 25 or 29 when she made her last film in 1949 ? 21 Which 2 of the 7 dwarfs names do not end witn the letter Y Doc and Bashful What was Mrs Fawltys Christian name in the TV series fawlty towers ? Sybil What is the name of Cluedos colonel ? Mustard What group had their first uk hit with three times a lady ? Commodores What in horse racing terms are a jockeys hat and shirt called? Silks Who did monica marry in the tv series friends ? Chandler Muriel Bing What colour is the center stripe on the german flag, Red, Black or Gold ? Red Who taught Eliza Dolittle to be a lady ? Professor Henry Higgins Which is the closet planet to the sun to have a moon ? Earth Who were the 2 British prime ministers of the 1970s ? Wilson and Heath Where sitting on his suitcase was Paddington bear found ? Paddington station What is the perdominant colour of a harrods carrier bag ? Green W
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The Colossus of Rhodes The Colossus of Rhodes Other Wonders This bronze statue representing Helios, greek sun god, had been built by the sculptor Charas of Lindos to commemorate the end of the seat of the city, which took place into 305 BC, and the victory of Rhodiens against the Macedonian chief Démétrios Poliorcète. The colossus of Rhodes was located in the wearing of Rhodes in Greece, probably at the end of the current Saint-Nicolas Day mole, where some marble blocks have been found and could have been used to build the base of the statue.The colossus of Rhodes was set up between 303 and 291 BC, so it took twelve years of hard work to totaly finish it. Made of bronze and based on marble block, the statue was 32 meters (105 feet) heigh from the top of the head to the feets, that is to say 14 meters (46 feet) less than the statue of liberty in New York. The heigh enabled the statue to be visible by the ships approching to the port. In his raised arm, the sun god held a torch while his other arm was pressed on a lance. Contrary to the illustrations we usually find, ships were not passing under the colossesus's legs to enter in the wearing of Rhodes. It was technically impossible that the statue had its legs split. The statue had been partialy destroyed in 225 BC after a earthquake. Then, in 653 AC, all the material (more than 13 tons of bronze and nearly 7 tons of iron, according to Philon) is taken by an arab expedition to be sold to a jewish merchant of Ephesea. The statue has been raised at the entry of the port for only 65 years Why is this a wonder of the ancient world ? We can say that the colossus of Rhodes is part of the seven wonders because of its exemplary vastness. Moreover, it should well be realized that this Greek monument is the result of a very hudge technical prowess which is characterized, amongst other things, by the use of terra cotta moulds necessary to the casting of the colossus. According to the legend, Charas of Lindos commited a suicide when he discovered an error in his calculs, error that one of his assistants had to correct. illustrations :
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Puzzles - Coffeetime Triv (Sat) 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? 7: In which film did Roy Scheider play a sheriff and Richard Dreyfus a marine biologist? 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J.K.Rowling 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? A metronome 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and black 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid Wow! I got a footie and an anagram question. I'm going to need to lie down! 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? Batman? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? Italy 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 15 to 1 Patience, so you did. Well done all three of you only one missing is 7: and 'Marine Biologist' (the new wannabe career for Britain's 6th-formers) might have given it to you - the fiilm was Jaws
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St. Patrick's Day: Chicago River Dyed Green for Holiday Email St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Tuesday this year, which means some of the major celebrations of the holiday took place over the weekend. For the Windy City, that meant Saturday was the day that the Chicago River went green, an annual tradition that dates back to 1962. The dyeing takes about five hours and involves 40 lbs. of powdered green vegetable dye going overboard from a boat as it navigates the river. (The video is soundtracked – as virtually all St. Paddy’s day-themed videos must be – to an old Irish fiddle tune called the “Kesh Jig” – you may recognize it as the basis for Flogging Molly’s "Salty Dog." ). “You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy this,” Katherine Malhas, who was named St. Patrick’s Day Queen in 1970, told the Chicago Tribune . “It’s a Chicago city celebration.” And it just wouldn’t be St. Patrick’s Day without it. Show Full Article
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Bezzerwizzer at Paint Branch High School - StudyBlue StudyBlue Which geometric shape does Frank Llyod Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York echo? A spiral Which painter liked to present himself as the "Man in the Bowler Hat"? Rene Magritte Which IT company is also known by the abbreviation "HP"? Hewlett Packard Which American university is known by the abbreviation "M.I.T."? Massachusetts Institute of Technology What American fashion icon enjoys the sweet smell of success with his Double Black cologne? Ralph Lauren Whon won the Oscar for Best Actor in "The Godfather" in 1972? Marlon Brando Which traditional French dish consists of eggplant, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and onions? Ratatouille Which is the largest city in New Zealand? Auckland In 1960, which Asian country saw a woman elected as head of the government for the first time: Ceylon, Malaya or India? Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) What is the word for illnesses in which physical symptoms are traced back to mental causes? Psychosomatic How many people take part in a tete-a-tete? Two Who, in 1841, wrote about "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"? Edgar Allen Poe Who sang the title song to the James Bond film "Goldfinger"? Shirley Bassey Which species of deer is the most common across the world? Elk (moose) Who was elected President of Poland in 1990? Lech Walesa Which planet is also known as the "evening star"? Venus In a battle of the "hot-heads," who did Jimmy Connors defeat in 1982 in the Wimbledon tennis finals? John McEnroe Which videotape format prevailed in the face of competition from Betamax and Video2000? VHS Which President proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national holiday? Abraham Lincoln Who was the murder victim at the center of the plot in TV's "Twin Peaks"? Laura Palmer Renaissance architecture emerged from which country? Italy How many people can be seen in da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper"? Thirteen Which drink did pharmacist John S. Pemberton invent in 1886? Coca Cola Which term, used in sociology denotes the adaption of a minority to the culture and lifestyle of the majority? Assimilation What do the letters of the American fashion label "DKNY" stand for? Donna Karan New York Who played the role of Baron von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music"? Christopher Plummer Which nation brought chocolate to Europe from rainforests of Mexico and Central America? Spain In which country is the Gibson Desert? Australia What was the code name for Allied Invasion of Normandy on D-Day? Operation Overlord What substance gives blood its red color? Hemoglobin Which science deals with the origin, history and meaning of words? Etymology Which generation did Douglas Coupland portray in his 1991 novel? Generation X Which duo sang "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" in 1965? The Righteous Brothers Which bird has the largest wing span? The (wandering) albatross Bill Clinton was governor of which U.S. state before becoming president? Arkansas How is the number 1,500 written in Roman numerals? MD In swimming, how many strokes are there in an Individual Medley? Four Which country launched MIR space station in 1986? Soviet Union How many points does the Jewish Star of David have? Six In which city did the TV series "Frasier" take place? Seattle What is a column or monument made of a single block of stone? Monolith Which male entertainment group, originally Los Angeles, is known for its striptease routine? The Chippendales Which copmany was co-founded in 1975 by Paul Allen? Microsoft What is celebrated on the 8th of March throughout the world? International Women's Day Causing fistfights in toy stores in the 1980s, which must have dolls came with their own adoption papers? Cabbage Patch Kids Who won the 2000 Oscar for Best Actor in "American Beauty"? Kevin Spacey Which exclusive dish meaning "fat liver" in French is prepared from duck or goose liver? Foie Gras Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Antarctic? Indian Ocean Which Italian explorer gave his name to America? Amerigo Vespucci Who has, on average, more hair on their head: blondes, brunettes, or red
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Inigo Jones | Exploring London Exploring London 10 sites commemorating the Great Fire of London – 5. Paternoster Square Column… September 7, 2016 Located just to the north of St Paul’s Cathedral can be found Paternoster Square in the centre of which stands a column. The 75 foot (23.3 metre) tall Corinthian column of Portland stone, which was designed by Whitfield Architects and erected in 2003, is topped by a gold leaf covered flaming copper urn which is lit up at night. While it has been said that the column is “purely decorative”, the developers of Paternoster Square claim on their website that it actually serves several purposes in this case including both commemorative and practical. Not only is it part of the ventilation system for the carpark underneath, they say its design is apparently a recreation of columns designed by Inigo Jones for the west portico of Old St Paul’s Cathedral. And then there’s the three metre high urn on top which, not unlike that found on The Monument, they say commemorates the fact the site of the square has twice been destroyed by fire – the first time in the Great Fire of 1666 and the second in the Blitz during World War II. The area around Paternoster Square was once home to booksellers and publishers’ warehouses. Share this: 10 sites commemorating the Great Fire of London – 4. St Paul’s ‘Resurgam’… August 31, 2016 Old St Paul’s Cathedral was certainly the largest and most famous casualty of the Great Fire of London of 1666. And its passing – and rebirth – is recorded on several memorials, one of which can be found on the building itself. Set on the pediment which, carved by Caius Gabriel Cibber, sits above south portico off Cannon Street, the memorial depicts a phoenix rising from clouds of smoke (ashes), a symbol of Sir Christopher Wren’s new cathedral which rose on the site of the old Cathedral in the wake of the fire. Below the phoenix is the Latin word, ‘Resurgam’, meaning “I Shall Rise Again”. The story goes that Wren had this carved after, having called for a stone to mark the exact position over which St Paul’s mighty dome would rise, the architect was shown a fragment of one of the church’s tombstones which had been inscribed with the word. The foundation stone for the new cathedral, largely built of Portland stone, was laid without any fanfare on 21st June, 1675, and it only took some 35 years before it was largely completed. Some of the stonework from the old cathedral was used in the construction of the new. We should note that the old cathedral was in a state of some disrepair when the fire swept through it – the spire had collapsed in 1561 and despite the addition of a new portico by Inigo Jones, it was generally in poor condition. Stonework from the Old St Paul’s – everything from a Viking grave marker to 16th century effigies – are now stored in the Triforium, rarely open to the public (tours of the Triforium are being run as part of the programme of events being held at the cathedral to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire – see www.stpauls.co.uk/fire for more). PICTURE: givingnot@rocketmail.com /CC BY-NC 2.0 (image cropped) Share this: Lost London – Inigo Jones’ Grand Portico on Old St Paul’s Cathedral… July 31, 2015 A short-lived addition to Old St Paul’s Cathedral before it burned down in the Great Fire of 1666, the classical-style portico was designed by Inigo Jones as part of makeover King James I ordered him to give the cathedral in the first half of the 17th century. St Paul’s, which was completed in the early 14th century in the Early English Gothic style (see our post here for more on its earlier history), had fallen into a state of disrepair by the 1620s, thanks in part to a fire caused by lightning which had brought the spire – 489 feet (149 metres) high when built – crashing down through the nave roof in 1561. The spire wasn’t rebuilt and repair works undertaken to the cathedral roof were apparently shoddy, meaning that by the early 1600s, things were in a parlous state. Jones started work in the 1620s, cleaning and repairing the massive structure a
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The Arts & Crafts Home PANELLING THE GOTHIC REVIVAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ARCHITECTURE The Gothic Revival was an architectural movement which originated in mid-18th century England. In the nineteenth century, increasingly serious and learned neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval forms, in distinction to the classical styles which were prevalent at the time. The Gothic Revival was paralleled and supported by medievalism, which had its roots in antiquarian concerns with survivals and curiosities. The movement had significant influence throughout the United Kingdom as well as in Europe and North America, and perhaps more Gothic architecture was built in nineteenth and twentieth centuries than had originally ever been built. In English literature, the architectural Gothic Revival and classical Romanticism gave rise to the Gothic novel genre, beginning with Castle of Otranto (1764) by Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, and inspired a 19th century genre of medieval poetry which stems from the pseudo-bardic poetry of "Ossian." Poems like "Idylls of the King" by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson recast specifically modern themes in medieval settings of Arthurian romance. In German literature, the Gothic Revival also had a grounding in literary fashions. History Survival and revival Gothic architecture did not die out completely in the 15th century, but instead lingered on in on-going cathedral-building projects and the construction of churches in increasingly isolated rural districts of England, France, Spain and Germany. In Bologna, in 1646, the Baroque architect Carlo Rainaldi constructed Gothic vaults (completed 1658) for the Basilica of San Petronio which had been under construction since 1390; there, the Gothic context of the structure overrode considerations of the current architectural mode. Similarly, Gothic architecture survived in an urban setting during the later 17th century, as shown in Oxford and Cambridge, where some additions and repairs to Gothic buildings were apparently considered to be more in keeping with the style of the original structures than contemporary Baroque. Sir Christopher Wren's Tom Tower for Christ Church College, Oxford University, and, later, Nicholas Hawksmoor's west towers of Westminster Abbey, blur the boundaries between what is called "Gothic survival" and the Gothic revival. In the mid 18th century, with the rise of Romanticism, an increased interest and awareness of the Middle Ages among some influential connoisseurs created a more appreciative approach to selected medieval arts, beginning with church architecture, the tomb monuments of royal and noble personages, stained glass, and late Gothic illuminated manuscripts. Other Gothic arts continued to be disregarded as barbaric and crude, however: tapestries and metalwork, as examples. Sentimental and nationalist associations with historical figures were as strong in this early revival, as purely aesthetic concerns. A few Britons, and soon some Germans, began to appreciate the picturesque character of ruins - "picturesque" becoming a new aesthetic quality - and those mellowing effects o
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Michel Martelly became President of which Caribbean country in May 2011?
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Haiti's president meets with 'Baby Doc,' Aristide - Boston.com Boston.com Latin America/Caribbean Haiti's president meets with 'Baby Doc,' Aristide Haiti's President Michel Martelly embraces former Haiti's President Jean-Bertrand Aristide during a meeting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011. (AP Photo) By Trenton Daniel Associated Press / October 12, 2011 E-mail this article Add a personal message:(80 character limit) Your E-mail: Print | Text size – + PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haiti's new president met with former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier on Wednesday in an effort to reconcile the Caribbean country with its troubled past. President Michel Martelly, who on Tuesday sat down with 1988 coup leader Prosper Avril, said he aims to bring together former leaders so they can help Haiti pull together and rebuild from last year's devastating earthquake. "We are writing a very special page in the history of Haiti," Martelly told The Associated Press after meeting for an hour with Duvalier. "It's time for us to unite." Martelly said he hopes to meet with other former Haitian leaders soon, including his predecessor, former President Rene Preval. Martelly said the morning meeting with Aristide at his private residence on the edge of metropolitan Port-au-Prince was spent discussing a range of topics, from education to security to reconciliation. Martelly, a ribald musician before he was elected to the presidency in March, was once openly critical of Aristide, a Roman Catholic priest-turned-two-time president who was ousted in 1991 by a military coup and in 2004 by a ragtag group of former soldiers. But differences were apparently set aside Wednesday. "He received me as one of his own," Martelly said of Aristide. "We are all Haitians on this land -- that's the signal we need to send out." Martelly met in the afternoon with Duvalier for an hour at a private villa in the lush hills above Haiti's capital, where the two posed in an outdoor pavilion for images captured by national television. Longtime supporters, including Duvalier's partner Veronique Roy and attorney Reynold Georges, joined them. Duvalier made an unexpected return in January after 25 years in exile in France. Shortly after, the former despot was charged with embezzlement, human rights abuses and other crimes but efforts to move forward on the prosecution have stalled. Martelly said he also hopes to meet with Leslie Manigat, a professor who became president in 1988 in a vote widely considered fraudulent only to be toppled two years later. Manigat is apparently ill, Martelly said. Preval is currently out of town. Manigat's wife, Mirlande, was Martelly's rival in the March runoff election that brought the former musician to power. His inauguration in May marked the first time that a Haitian president, Preval, completed two terms. It was also the first time that a leader transferred power to a member of the opposition. Avril was an army colonel who led a 1988 coup that overthrew a transitional government. He resigned two years later amid protests. © Copyright 2011 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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The Power Hour News SEPTEMBER 2011 Syrian regime supporters pelt US envoy with eggs BEIRUT (AP) � Angry supporters of President Bashar Assad's regime hurled tomatoes and eggs at the U.S. ambassador to Syria on Thursday as he entered the office of a leading opposition figure and then tried to break into the building, trapping him inside for three hours. The Obama administration blamed the Syrian government for the attack in Damascus, saying it was part of an ongoing, orchestrated campaign to intimidate American diplomats in the country. Gilo plan �a flagrant violation of international law� Ankara- Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu issued on Thursday September 29th, 2011 statement condemning decision by Israeli occupation authorities to permit construction of new homes in the illegal Israeli settlement of �Gilo� in the Occupied East Jerusalem. �It raises serious suspicions about its sincerity, true intentions,� he announced. France: Iran faces high risk of military strike. Russia practices Iranian reprisal DEBKAfile - Ambassador Gerard Araud warned Wednesday, Sept. 28 that Iran runs a high risk of a military strike if it continues on the path to nuclear proliferation. "Some countries won't accept the prospect of Tehran reaching the threshold of nuclear armament," he said. "Personally I am convinced that it would be a very complicated operation �with disastrous consequences in the region." Hands off our taxpayers, Flaherty tells U.S. Jim Flaherty, Canada's Finance Minister, has leapt into a simmering battle over a U.S. tax crackdown in Canada, accusing the United States Friday of targeting and frightening "honest and law-abiding" people who generally owe no taxes... On a second front, "government-to-government conversations" are underway involving the U.S. Treasury Department on proposed U.S. legislation that will compel Canadian banks to turn over information on their American clients to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service, according to a source briefed on the matter. UN salaries hiked 'dramatically' The Obama administration told the United Nations that too few of its 10,307 workers are being cut and average salaries, currently $119,000 a year, have risen �dramatically.� The U.S. ambassador for UN management and reform, Joseph M. Torsella, said today that the proposed $5.2 billion UN budget for the next two years would scrap only 44 jobs, a 0.4 percent reduction. After an �onslaught� of add-ons, the 2012-13 budget would rise more than 2 percent to $5.5 billion, he said. Hugo Chavez in hospital 'for kidney failure' Sep 29, 2011 - The leftist, staunchly anti-US stalwart Chavez went into the Military Hospital in Caracas on Tuesday morning, the report on the newspaper's website said, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the case. "He was in fairly serious overall condition," a source told the Miami-based Spanish-language daily. "When he arrived, he was in quite serious shape and that is why he was brought in for emergency care."... On Sunday, Chavez sought to assure Venezuelans he was healthy, telling them that cancer-fighting chemotherapy treatment has not left him with any debilitating side effects. U.S. News, Politics & Government 700 Pilots Question United Continental Merger Issues in Wall Street Protest- Corporate Media refuses to report it More than 700 Continental and United Continental pilots took to Wall Street on Tuesday to protest slow contract negotiations and misinformation regarding merger integration. The demonstrating pilots marched together, queitely, in order and in full uniform, holding two signs. �Merger Progress is More than Painting Airplanes,� said one sign. �Management is Destroying our Airline,� said another sign. See photos here. Poll: Ron Paul v Obama a dead heat in Fla. Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning polling firm, shows Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., trailing President Obama by
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What is the largest island in the Pacific Ocean?
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The Pacific Ocean & It's Islands - worldfactsinc worldfactsinc The Pacific Ocean & It's Islands The Pacific Ocean is the world's largest body of water at 165.2 million square kilometers. The ocean covers 1/3rd of the world's surface and accounts for 46% of the earth's water. The ocean covers an area from the Indonesian Archipelago to it's west to the east coast of South America to it's east, and from the Arctic Sea to it's north to the Southern Ocean to it's south. The ocean is linked with the Atlantic Ocean by way of Drakes Passage, situated at the very southern tip of South America and the Panama Canal, situated on the Isthmus of Panama in Central America.The ocean is divided into north and south at the point of the Equator. The Pacific borders thirty six countries on three continents, twenty two in Asia, eleven in the Americas and three in Oceania. The Pacific Ocean was originally named the Mare Pacificum, the Peaceful Sea, by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan in 1519, when he first traveled from west to east via the stretch of water named in his honour, The Magellan Strait, situated off the coast of South America. FOR MORE MAPS, TRAVEL ADVICE OR GEOGRAPHY FACTS ABOUT THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS VISIT OUR SISTER SITE - South Pacific Island Travel . The Pacific Ocean is renowned for the area known as the Pacific Rim or Pacific Ring of Fire, an area of high tectonic activity and volcanic eruptions, situated along the ocean's entire periphery. The Pacific is home to the world's largest coral reef, the Great Barrier Reef, situated off the north, east coast of Australia and the deepest point on earth, the Mariana Trench, situated in the Philippine Sea which is 10,911 meters deep, making it deeper than Mount Everest is high. Geographically the various land masses that are located in the Pacific are generally referred to as Oceania, this can also include the continent of Australia and the island nation of New Zealand. The Pacific Ocean is the location of the International Date Line, see map below, an imaginary line passing through the middle of the ocean at the 180th parallel , directly opposite the Prime Meridian, which defines the start of each new calendar day or 24 hour period. SEAS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN The Pacific Ocean is home to several, large straits, gulfs and bays, including the Strait of Malakka, the Taiwan Strait, the Cook Strait, the Gulf of Carpenteria, the Gulf of Thailand, the Gulf of Anadyr, the Gulf of Alaska, Korea Bay and Tokyo Bay. The Pacific Ocean also consists of sixteen seas, they are; The Yellow Sea. LARGEST ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC The Pacific Ocean is most renowned for it's many paradise islands, of which it has between twenty and thirty thousand. Not considering Australia as an island - as it is a continent which sits on it's own continental plate - shown below is a list of the Pacific Ocean's ten largest islands. New Guinea - 785,753 square kilometers, the world's second largest island. The island is geographically part of Melanesia but politically divided into east and west, with the western half being made up of the two Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, capital city Jayapura and the eastern half made up of the constitutional monarchy of Papua New Guinea, capital city Port Moresby. Borneo - Indonesia - 748,168 sq km. Sumatra - Indonesia - 443,044 sq km. Sulawesi - Indonesia - 180,681 sq km. South Island - New Zealand - 145,836 sq km. Java - 138,794 sq km. North Island - New Zealand - 111,583 sq km. Luzon - Philippines - 109,965 sq km. Mindinao - Philippines - 97,530 sq km. Hokkaido - Japan - 78,719 sq km. ISLAND GROUPS OF THE PACIFIC The Pacific Ocean's thousands of islands are mainly located in south, east Asia and the south Pacific. Most of the islands belong to the six main island groups of Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. The island groups were given these
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Lonely Planet Travel Guides and Travel Information Recent history Polynesian settlement Cook Islanders are Polynesians: people of the poly (many) islands of the South Pacific. They are closely related to the Maoris of New Zealand and Tahiti (Cook Islanders can happily converse with their Maori cousins from overseas, despite differences in vocabulary and dialect). The Cook Islands were first settled around 1500 years ago by travellers from the Society and Marquesas Islands (now known as French Polynesia). Polynesians had been trekking across much of the South Pacific in huge ocean-going canoes for a couple of millennia before they arrived in the Cooks. The first settlers arrived in Melanesia from Southeast Asia around 2500 BC, before heading on to Fiji , Samoa and Tonga ; French Polynesia was then settled somewhere between 200 BC and AD 200. From there, canoes travelled thousands of kilometres in all directions, reaching Rapa Nui (Easter Island) , Hawaii , South America , and finally Rarotonga and the Cook Islands in around AD 500. ^ Back to top Early cook islands society Although written records only began with the arrival of the Europeans, oral history on Rarotonga traces its ancestry back about 1400 years. One of the oldest legends tells the tale of To'i, the great chief who built the Ara Metua (the ancient inland road) on Rarotonga somewhere around the 11th century, suggesting that there was already a sizable population living on the island (probably settlers from present-day French Polynesia). Traditional history, however, begins in the 13th century with the arrival of Tangi'ia and Karika, great chiefs from Tahiti and Samoa , who arrived aboard mighty ocean-going vaka (canoes), conquered the resident population, and founded Rarotonga 's six main tribes. Every island in the Cooks was ruled by several ariki (high chiefs). Beneath the ariki were mataiapo (chiefs) and rangatira (sub-chiefs). Land was divided into sections called tapere, each governed by one or more mataiapo, and home to a large extended family who used the land to build houses, farm crops and raise livestock. Each tribe had its own marae (sacred meeting places) and worshipped specific gods. The koutu was the most important meeting place of all - it was the official seat of a ruling ariki, and the place where the main sacrifices, offerings and annual feasts were made. A chief's authority depended on his mana - a complex term signifying not just physical or hereditary power, but also confidence, victory, prestige, knowledge, spirituality and all-round star quality. Mana ariki was the hereditary power of a chief; mana atua was the divine authority of the priest; and mana tutara was the ruling power of a mataiapo. Mana could be gained as well as lost; great deeds in battle and cowardly acts could all affect a person's mana, and the way he was regarded by the tribe. Ta'unga (literally 'experts') were also important figures. There were ta'unga in many fields, including woodcarving, agriculture, medicine, canoe-making and navigation. The tumu korero (speaker) was responsible for memorising tribal history and genealogy, but the most powerful ta'unga was the high priest, who was seen as the main bridge between the people and the spirits of the gods and ancestors. The high priest could declare certain acts or places tapu (forbidden), either by order of the gods or the ariki; the chief would decide when tapu had been violated and what the punishment would be (generally it was likely to be fairly unpleasant). Like their modern-day descendants, early Cook Islanders never passed up the opportunity for a party. There were elaborate ceremonies for all kinds of occasions - coming-of-age ceremonies, marriages, deaths, harvest festivals and victories in battle - so the islanders had plenty of opportunity to perfect their song and dance routines. ^ Back to top European explorers The Cook Islands had over a thousand years to develop its distinctive culture and customs before any Europeans finally pitched up. The first Europeans to sight the islands were both Spanish explorer
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