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dik-dik | antelope | Britannica.com antelope bovid Dik-dik (genus Madoqua), any of four species of dwarf antelopes (tribe Neotragini, family Bovidae ) that are adapted for life in the arid zones of eastern Africa . Three species inhabit the Horn of Africa: Guenther’s dik-dik (Madoqua guentheri), Salt’s dik-dik (M. saltiana), and the silver dik-dik (M. piacentinii). Kirk’s dik-dik (M. kirkii), the best-known dik-dik, is a common resident of acacia savannas in Kenya and Tanzania. Guenther’s and Kirk’s dik-diks overlap in Kenya. An isolated population of Kirk’s dik-dik, different enough genetically to be considered a different species, inhabits Namibia . Dik-dik (Madoqua) Overview of the dik-dik. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Dik-diks are among the smallest antelopes. Kirk’s dik-dik, the largest, stands only 35–45 cm (14–18 inches) tall and weighs 3.8–7.2 kg (8.4–15.8 pounds); females are 0.5–1 kg (1–2 pounds) heavier than males. Dik-diks look delicate, with a pointed, mobile snout, large eyes and ears, prominent preorbital glands, pipestem legs, harelike hind limbs much longer than their forelimbs, and a vestigial tail. The coat is grizzled gray to gray-brown with tan flanks, limbs, and erectile head crest and whitish eye ring, ear lining, underparts, and rump. Only the males have horns, which are corrugated, backward-slanted spikes 7.5 cm (3 inches) long. A hairy proboscis with tiny slit-like nostrils is a dik-dik specialization most developed in Guenther’s dik-dik. In this proboscis, an enlarged nasal chamber richly supplied with blood is efficiently cooled by rapid nasal panting, with minimal loss of water in the exhaled air. With other water- and energy-conserving measures (fluctuating body temperature, lowered metabolic rate, concentrated urine, dry feces, resting in shade at the hottest hours, and nocturnal activity) as well as highly selective browsing on foliage, forbs, herbs, and succulents, dik-diks are superbly equipped to subsist in waterless bush country. Like other dwarf antelopes, dik-diks live in monogamous pairs on territories of 1–35 hectares (2–86 acres), depending on cover and food resources. The best habitat supports up to 20 dik-diks per square km (52 dik-diks per square mile). Territories are demarcated with dung and urine, which are deposited in a ritual that also serves to maintain the pair bond. The female excretes first, followed by the male, who samples the female’s urine stream (thereby monitoring her reproductive condition), paws over, and then marks his dung and urine over her deposit. Afterward the couple anoints nearby twigs with the tarlike secretions of their preorbital glands. Older offspring also participate in the dunging ceremony. Neighbouring pairs maintain and frequently add to adjacent borderline middens. Competition for suitable locations for territories is severe. Dik-diks have a gestation of five to six months and so can produce two young a year. Offspring leave as yearlings to seek mates and territories, but they have to find vacancies caused by the death of one or both members of a pair. As both sexes face the same risks, an equal adult sex ratio arises, thus supporting a monogamous system. Kirk’s dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii). © Piotr Gatlik/Shutterstock.com
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Doctor Barkman Speaks: Charles Dickens' Dogs Thursday, February 7, 2013 Charles Dickens' Dogs It’s said that a good writer writes what he knows, and Charles Dickens knew dogs. His sympathetic characters Oliver Twist and David Copperfield may be more well-known, but no more three-dimensional than their stories’ fictional dogs, Bulls-Eye and Jip, that Dickens sketched with pathos and personality. Dickens’ canine characters were based on the rich material he gathered from observing his own menagerie which included among others, a Pomeranian, Havanese Spaniel, Mastiff, St. Bernard, Newfoundland, St. Bernard x Bloodhound hybrid and two St. Bernard x Newfoundland hybrids. Dickens took long walks in the afternoon, ten miles or more, with the dogs as his sole companions. Illustration from Princes, Authors, and Statesmen of Our Time, Henry Bill Publishing Co., 1885 Within his many books, Dickens included a great number of major dog characters that, according to Cumberland Clark’s 1926 book, The Dogs in Dickens, often determined the course of events in his stories: The vicious Bulls-Eye, as brutal and loathsome as his master Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist but so devoted that he died trying to save his life; sagacious Diogenes, companion to the lonely Florence Dombey who lived in the gloomy home of father, in Dombey and Sons; good natured affectionate Boxer, from the Cricket and the Hearth; Jip, a little spaniel dog, “not of the friendly sort,” who belonged to David Copperfield’s love Dora Spenlow, and whom David had to woo to win Dora’s heart; Merrylegs, the trained circus dog of Signor Jupe, a clown in Hard Times; and the less-than-handsome Poodles, from the Uncommercial Traveler who was found starving on the steps of the East London Children’s’ Hospital where he eventually made his home and who wore a collar bearing the inscription, “Judge not Poodles by external appearances.” A dog collar worn by one of Dickens' dogs sold at auction for $11,590 in 2010. The following letter was written by Dickens on May 25, 1868, to the wife of his publisher Thomas Fields, describing his return home after an extended visit to America: Mr. Dear Mrs. Fields, As you ask me about the dogs, I begin with them. When I came down first, I came to Gravesend, five miles off. The two Newfoundland dogs [Newfoundland x St. Bernard hybrids], coming to meet me with the usual carriage and the usual driver, and beholding me coming in my usual dress out at the usual door, it struck me that their recollection of my having been absent for any unusual time was at once cancelled. They behaved (they are both young dogs) exactly in their usual manner; coming behind the basket phaeton as we trotted along, and lifting their heads to have their ears pulled – a special attention which they receive from no one else. But when I drove into the stable-yard, Linda [St. Bernard] was greatly excited; weeping profusely, and throwing herself on her back that she might caress my foot with her great fore-paws. Mamie’s little dog, too, Mrs. Bouncer [Pomeranian], barked in the greatest agitation on being called down and asked by Mamie, “Who is this?” and tore round and round me…" Today is the 201st anniversary of Dickens' birth. Click here to read an article I wrote about Dickens' Dogs . Posted by
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Which children's TV series, first shown in 1960, featured a town sheriff named Tex Tucker ?
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FOUR FEATHER FALLS | A TELEVISION HEAVEN REVIEW FOUR FEATHER FALLS (1960) Whilst working on Roberta Leigh’s 'Torchy the Battery Boy', Gerry Anderson and Arthur Provis of AP Films, decided that they wanted to branch out and produce a puppet series of their own creation. With £6,000 in the bank and an idea given to them by their music composer, Barry Gray, they set about making a pilot episode for a western called 'Four Feather Falls.' However, fearing that Leigh would find out and cancel their contract for 'Torchy' and withhold payment, they began creating the puppets and sets for their new series under the utmost secrecy. At this time, the owners of Islet Park, the mansion that AP Films rented to use as their film studios, offered to sell them the property for £16,500. Realising that this was a fantastic asking price from a buyer’s point of view, Anderson would have readily accepted. But Provis thought it too much of a gamble and wouldn’t agree to the purchase. Anderson was understandably frustrated at Provis’ reluctance to expand the company and eventually the pair decided to part company. In the event, they broke without acrimony, and Provis later joined forces with Roberta Leigh and together they produced another children’s puppet series called Space Patrol. The pilot episode of Four Feather Falls was "in the can" by April 1959. Set in Kansas at the end of the 19th Century where pioneers of the West have settled into the frontier town of Four Feather Falls near Silver City, the series was intended to be a Western with certain fantasy elements. Tex Tucker is crossing the desert in company with his faithful dog, Dusty, and preparing to ride into town on his trusty steed, Rocky, when the trio come across a small lost Indian boy, Makooya –the son of a powerful chief called Kallamakooya. After rescuing the boy they arrive at a watering hole only to discover that it has run dry. But Kallamakooya appears to them in a cloud of smoke and uses his mystical powers to replenish the waterfall before rewarding Tex for saving his sons life by presenting him with four magic feathers. The first two feathers give both Dusty and Rocky the power of speech (although only Tex can understand them), whilst the second two feathers bring Tex’s guns to life, enabling them to swivel and shoot of their own accord whenever danger threatened. Tex arrives at Four Feather Falls to take up the post of Sheriff, using his unique abilities to protect the townsfolk from rustlers, robbers and swindlers –especially two desperate Mexican bandits called Pedro and Fernando. Meanwhile, our hero becomes a firm favourite with the law-abiding citizens of Four Feather Falls who include Grandpa Twink and his grandson Little Jake, saloon owner Slim Jim, telegraph operator Dan Morse, bank manager Marvin Jackson, store owner Ma Jones and Doc Haggerty –all of whom are happy to take time out to listen to one of Tex’s songs. Four Feather Falls was AP Films’ most ambitious project to date, with much more detailed sets than used in The Adventures of Twizzle or Torchy the Battery Boy. The puppets became more sophisticated, too. The heads were now made from fibreglass, which was stronger and lighter than previous materials. This in itself caused more work because of the distribution of weight. If the puppets were too heavy they would require a thicker wire to operate them, which would make them more visible on screen. But Anderson was attempting to make his shows more realistic so this wasn’t really an option. Conversely, if the puppets were too light a thinner wire could be used but they wouldn’t respond to control. Anderson and his team had also experimented with electronics to match the puppets mouth movements to the dialogue. The head of the puppet was fitted with a solenoid connected to a tungsten wire 1/5,000th of an inch thick and pulses were fed down it from a tape recording of the actors’ voices. When each shot was ready, a switch was thrown and the pulses of direct current went out onto the stage, up the bridge and into power lines running in front of the puppete
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Davy Crockett | Archive of American Television From Wikipedia : Davy Crockett aired on ABC in five episodes on the Disneyland series, the series stars Fess Parker in the title role and Buddy Ebsen as Georgie Russel, aired in five episodes on the Disneyland series. The first three episodes of the miniseries were edited together as the 1955 theatrical film Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier. The series and film are known for the catchy theme song, "The Ballad of Davy Crockett". The series was filmed in color at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park at the Gatlinburg, Tennessee, entrance. The series began with "Davy Crockett, Indian Fighter" (December 15, 1954): Crockett seeks a truce with Indians who assaulted a military outpost. He and Russell fight in skirmishes under the command of General Andrew Jackson, portrayed by Basil Ruysdael. Along the way, Crockett kills a bear armed only with his knife. The second episode is "Davy Crockett Goes to Congress" (January 26, 1955): Crockett, with his companion Russell, travels to Tennessee, where he learns of the death of his wife, Polly Crockett, played by Helene Stanley. He wins a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives and later the United States House of Representatives. The third episode is "Davy Crockett at the Alamo" (February 23, 1955): Crockett and Russell join a gambler named Thimblerig, played by Hans Conreid, who urges them to go to Texas, where they arrive to battle Mexico's General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna at the fortress, the Alamo. Although Crockett and all the defenders perished at the Battle of the Alamo, two other segments followed. In "Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race" (November 16, 1955), Crockett and Russell are fur trapping in Kentucky when they meet Mike Fink, known as the best boatman around and portrayed in the miniseries by Jeff York. Fink challenged Crockett to a keelboat race to New Orleans. In "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates" (December 14, 1955), Crockett and Fink team up with Russell to catch pirates posing as Indians. Written by
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Home - Exeter Chiefs Exeter Chiefs For replica kit, quality leisure clothing, chiefs branded accessories and much more... 3 Chiefs TV - Jack Maunder pre Clermont Euros Title Here at Exeter Chiefs we like to think we have everything covered and that means you too can have your very own pictures of your favourite stars at Sandy Park. Our Charity Photo sales Here at Exeter Chiefs we like to think we have everything covered and that means you too can have your very own pictures of your favourite stars at Sandy Park. All New Chiefs App Exeter Rugby Club, Sandy Park Stadium, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, Devon EX2 7NN. Tel: 01392 890890
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Stadium | Your Club | Harlequins Rugby Union Fax: 020 8410 6001 By Rail The nearest train station is Twickenham, which is a short walk from the stadium. Turn right out of the station, and continue down Whitton Road. Proceed down Court Way and turn left on to Egerton road. At the mini-roundabout, turn right onto Craneford Way and enter the stadium at the end of the road. Regular trains run to Twickenham from London Waterloo, Clapham Junction, Reading, Ascot and Windsor & Eton Riverside. By Bus Bus numbers 281, 267, 481, 681 and H20 have regular services passing close to the stadium. Alternatively the R68, R70, 33, 110, 290, H22 or 490 stop in Twickenham High Street, where the stadium is a short walk away over the river crane. By Bicycle Bicycle parking facilities are provided outside Gates 1 and 3. Please bring your own bike locks and chains. By Car From the M25, exit J12 onto the M3 and head toward London. This then becomes the A316; continue to the Whitton Road roundabout next to the Lexus/Toyota car dealership and take the fourth exit. Turning back on yourself the stadium is located 500 metres on the left via Langhorn Drive. Parking Matchday Parking is available to the public in the Rosebine car park for £7. To access the Rosebine car park continue past The Stoop on your left and continue on the A316. The Rosebine car park is located 200 metres on the left after passing the stadium. Blue badge holders Parking is provided for blue badge holders - please drive into the ground via Langhorn Drive and a steward will direct you to one of the reserved bays. Please note these bays are offered on a first come, first served basis. About the Twickenham Stoop The Twickenham Stoop has been the home of Harlequin FC since 1963. Located in south-west London, the stadium is situated just across the road from the Home of English rugby, Twickenham Stadium. The Stoop is named after the influential Harlequin fly-half and RFU Secretary Adrian Stoop. The all-seater stadium consists of four stands and has a capacity of 14,800, making it the fifth largest dedicated rugby ground in the Aviva Premiership. The first match played at The Stoop was on November 23rd between Harlequins and Cambridge University. Since that match, Harlequins have played over 600 matches in the stadium. In the past, the stadium has also been home to Super League side London Broncos, who played here between 2007 and 2013. It was also the host venue for the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup final, the Amlin Challenge Cup final in 2009 and 2012, and the Premiership Rugby 7s final in 2011 and 2014. Today, The Stoop is more than just a rugby venue, with high-class conferencing, dining, meeting and events facilities. The stadium is easily accessible by all forms of travel and we pride ourselves on our fun atmosphere and family friendly environment. Ground rules and regulations The Twickenham Stoop's ground rules and regulations can be found by clicking here . Accessible Stadium Disabled Facilities Harlequins is committed to a policy of equality, inclusion and accessibility. We recognise our evolving duty under the Equality Act 2010 (incorporating the previous Disability Discrimination Act), as a service provider and employer, not to discriminate against disabled persons. Our objective is to ensure that disabled supporters, both members and non-members, receive the same service and experience as non-disabled supporters. In order to help fulfill our duties, Harlequins have an ongoing policy of improving our services, premises and facilities. Current policy and seating Presently, there are 70 dedicated, wheelchair user spaces available out of 14,800. The vast majority of these are in the west (IG) stand, with twelve seats available in the east (DHL) stand. There are no wheelchair user spaces in the north or south stands. There are concessionary membership rates available for these seats. The price is dependent on the status of the member (new, renewing etc.) and the position of the seat in the stadium. The remaining accessible seats will be sold on a match by match basis and are p
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OLD WATERLOO BRIDGE | Stories Of London OLD WATERLOO BRIDGE DAVE HILL Postcard showing the Old Waterloo Bridge. The bridge was designed by John Rennie of the Strand Bridge Company and opened in 1817. It was originally a toll bridge. An unusual artistic postcard view of the Old Waterloo Bridge viewed from the south side of the river near to where the National Theatre now stands. The view is upriver to the west and is from the early 1900’s. This was during the heyday of the picture postcard, which was a few years after its introduction. The soaring spires of the National Liberal Club are seen on the right. The Houses of Parliament are seen in the distance on the river’s North Bank, but because of the bends in the river, they appear to be on the South Bank. Initially, the South Bank was to London’s fleshpots once they were outlawed from the City and West End. Later, the South Bank became an industrial site, as indicated by the barges beneath the bridge. Although the river’s barges are now gone, both the National Liberal Club and the Houses of Parliament remain. The tower in front of the Houses of Parliament is one of many shot towers that were once on the South Bank. From the top of the tower liquid lead was dropped into water, forming perfectly spherical lead shot for guns. This shot tower survived the clearance of this area for the temporary installation of the building housing the Festival of Britain in 1951. During the Festival, a radio antenna was mounted atop to broadcast programmes. It was demolished once the Royal Festival Hall , the only permanent building from the Festival, was completed. If one looks closely beneath the clock face of Big Ben, one can see the silhouette of an animal. This was the reflection of the stone lion present above the Red Lion Brewery, which was present on the South Bank at the time. The Lion was cast in nearby Lambeth from Coade stone . This stone was an artificial stone created by Mrs. Eleanor Coade in about 1770. The stone was used widely and is usage may be seen at St. George’s Chapel , Windsor, The Royal Pavilion , Brighton and the Royal Navel College , Greenwich. Coade Stone became obsolete once Portland cement was produced in 1842. The Red Lion Brewery was demolished in 1950 to make way for the Festival buildings The Lion was also removed in 1949 in preparation for the Festival of Britain. It was first moved to Waterloo Station , but was then stored. Apparently, there was some doubt about its future, but eventually it was cleaned of its red paint and installed the south side of Westminster Bridge close to County Hall . The Lion has in fact traveled only about half-a-mile from its original position. Old Waterloo Bridge was built by the engineer John Rennie and was completed in 1817. The bridge was of nine granite arches and was greatly admired. By 1884, problems with the bridge’s foundations had developed. These problems stemmed from the increase in river flow caused by the removal of Old London Bridge in 1831. In 1924 the bridge was closed for several months until a bailey bridge was erected across it. Although London County Council agreed to the construction of a new bridge, its construction was held up as money was tight in the depressed 1930’s. Both Constable (1832) and Monet (1903) have immortalised Old Waterloo Bridge on canvas, as the following collage shows. There were many proposals to replace the old Waterloo bridge, but it was not until 1934 that demolition finally began. The new bridge was planned to be complete by 1940, but this was delayed by the war and the new bridge did not open for traffic until 1942 with the bailey bridge being removed in 1943 after nineteen years of service. According to HP Clunn in his book, The Face of London, published in 1951, parts of the bailey bridge were stored and after D Day transported to the continent where they were available for use when the last bridge across the Rhine (at Remagen) failed. Old Waterloo Bridge with the Bailey Bridge in place The new Waterloo Bridge was completed in 1945 and incidently was the only London bridge to be
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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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Which country's top tier soccer league has teams called Helsingborgs IF and Kalmar FF?
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Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan - The Local Swedish football: A beginner’s guide to the Allsvenskan The Local 2 April 2009 14:07 CEST+02:00 With the Swedish football season kicking of this weekend, Nic Townsend separates the title hopefuls from the relegation woefuls in a team by team analysis of the Allsvenskan . The first thing many newcomers to Sweden will notice about the Allsvenskan , the top tier of the country’s domestic football , is the low playing standard. Schoolboy errors and comical goals will amuse neutrals as much as they’ll frustrate fans. Like many smaller European leagues, the Allsvenskan has had its most talented players poached by other leagues and at increasingly younger ages too. Swedish clubs have also struggled in European competitions, denying the Allsvenskan its share in Champions League riches. Even many Swedes have come to prefer the leagues of England, Spain and Italy over their own, so why should foreigners be interested? Well, for one, the Allsvenskan is possibly the most even and unpredictable league in Europe. While the big competitions are increasingly dominated by the same handful of clubs, nine different teams have won the Allsvenskan Guld in the last eleven seasons. Very little separates the top teams from the bottom and often the title race goes right down until the final minutes of the final round. This season, at least six clubs can boast the right credentials to mount a serious tilt at the title, while others have every reason to believe they have a chance too after watching Kalmar’s title winning season last year. With many teams comprised of local players, playing at suburban stadiums where the fans still stand in terraces, the Allsvenskan also has a simpler down-to-earth feel compared to the bigger leagues. It will remind fans what football was like before Sky TV. So, do your research, pick a team, learn your key players and arch rivals, and get down to a game. IFK Göteborg Arguably the Manchester United of Swedish football, IFK are one of the most popular clubs in Sweden with supporter groups all over the country. They are the only club in Scandinavia with European trophies having won the UEFA Cup in 1982 and 1987. In 1995 IFK made it as far as the Champions League quarter finals beating Barcelona and Manchester United on the way. The club later went through a period of decline and financial turmoil but a title win in 2007 and a strong finish to 2008 mean Blåvitt (Blue & Whites) are back and likely to be strong contenders again this year. They can boast a squad of exciting youngsters including emerging Swedish internationals Mattias Bjärsmyr, Pontus Wernbloom and Gustav Svensson. Other key players include former Sunderland winger Tobias Hysen (son of IFK legend Glenn Hysen) and defender Karl Svensson who returns to Gothenburg after an unsuccessful stint at Glasgow Rangers. Malmö FF If IFK are Manchester United than Malmö FF are Liverpool. In 1979 Malmö lost to Nottingham Forest in the European Cup final, and to date remain the only Swedish club to progress so far in Europe’s premier club competition. A number of Swedish internationals have started their careers in the Himmelsblått (Sky Blues), the most famous being Zlatan Ibrahimovic. However like IFK, Malmö’s domestic dominance has since been broken. Last year the club finished a disappointing 9th and if manager Roland Nilsson doesn’t produce results he could soon be living off A-kassa unemployment insurance. Captain Daniel Andersson is still a regular in the Swedish squad, while Jeffrey Aubynn and Edward Ofere are also important players. AIK Along with IFK and Malmö FF, AIK round out the ‘big three’ of Swedish football. The trio easily have the largest fan bases and at present AIK are attracting the largest crowds in the Allsvenskan. With a fearsome reputation for hooliganism and universally disliked by opposition supporters, the boys from Solna are very much Sweden’s answer to Leeds United or Millwall. Nicknames include ‘gnagare’ (Rodents) and ‘råtta’ (Rat). Their derbies against fellow Stockholmers
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What those company initials stand for - CNN.com What those company initials stand for By Ethan Tex, Mental Floss "H" comes from a women's store called Hers and "M" comes from a hunting supplier called Mauritz Widforss. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Ever wonder about the stories behind names like CVS or H&M or IKEA? Pharmacy chain CVS started out as "Consumer Value Stores" IKEA takes first 2 letters from founder's name, second 2 letters from locations H&M comes from first letters of women's store and hunting supplier RELATED TOPICS ( Mental Floss ) -- Dozens of companies use acronyms or initials in their names, but how well do you know what the abbreviated letters mean? Let's take a look at the etymologies behind a few abbreviated company names. 1. CVS Sorry, drugstore fans, there aren't three fat cat pharmacists with these initials running around out there. When the pharmacy chain was founded in Lowell, Massachusetts, in 1963, it was known as "Consumer Value Stores." Over time the name became abbreviated to simply CVS. 2. K-Mart Longtime five-and-dime mogul Sebastian S. Kresge opened his first larger store in Garden City, Michigan, in 1962. The store was named K-Mart after him. (Kresge had earned the right to have a store named for him; he opened up his new venture at the tender age of 94.) 3. IKEA The Swedish furniture giant and noted charity takes its name from founder Ingvar Kamprad's initials conjoined with a the first initial of the farm where Kamprad grew up, Elmtaryd, and the parish he calls home, Agunnaryd. 4. DHL In the late 1960s, Larry Hillblom was a broke student at the University of California, Berkeley's law school, so to pick up a bit of extra cash, he would make courier runs from San Francisco. After he finished law school, he decided the courier business was the real racket for him, so he recruited his pals Adrian Dalsey and Robert Lynn to help him with the runs. Although they started out making their delivery trips in a single Plymouth Duster, the company quickly took off, and they named it after their respective last initials. Mental Floss: Mojave Desert's airplane graveyard 5. AT&T No surprises here. The telecom giant sprang to life in 1885 as American Telephone and Telegraph, although it's now legally known as just AT&T. 6. JBL The speaker company is named after its founder, James Bullough Lansing. But if Lansing had kept his original name, the company might have been called Martini Speakers. Lansing was born James Martini in 1902, but when he was 25, he changed his name to James Lansing at the suggestion of the woman who would become his wife. (The martini was already a popular cocktail at the time, and several of Lansing's brothers had also changed their name by shortening it to Martin.) 7. 3M The conglomerate behind Post-It Notes gets its name from its roots as a company that mined stone to make grinding wheels. Since it was located in Two Harbors, Minnesota, the company was known as Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing, which was later shortened to 3M. 8. BVD The stalwart men's underwear maker was originally founded by a group of New Yorkers named Bradley, Voorhees, and Day to make women's bustles. Eventually the trio branched out into knitted union suits for men, and their wares became so popular that "BVDs" has become a generic term for any underwear. 9. H&M The beloved clothing store began in Sweden in 1947. Founder Erling Persson was only selling women's duds, so he called the store Hennes -- Swedish for "hers." Twenty-one years later, he bought up a hunting supplier called Mauritz Widforss. After the acquisition, Persson branched out into men's clothing and began calling the store Hennes and Mauritz, which eventually became shortened to H&M. 10. A&W Root Beer Roy Allen opened his first root beer stand in Lodi, California, in the summer of 1919, and quickly began expanding to the surrounding areas. Within a year he had partnered with Frank Wright, and the pair christened their flagship product "A&W Root Beer." 11. GEICO The adorable gecko's employer is more formally known as the Government Employees Insuran
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Which system of physical fitness that increases the strength and flexibility of the body was originally known by the term 'contrology'?
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Pilates & Yoga - Carina Carina Pilates & Yoga Pilates Originally known as “Contrology” Joseph Pilates created a system of exercises that train the body as well as the mind. Contrology rests on the principles of centering (correct engagement of the core abdominal muscles), concentration, correct breathing, control, precision, flowing movement, isolation and routine. Regularly practicing Pilates improves body awareness, develops good postural habits and alignment of the spine, corrects muscular imbalances, encourages correct breathing, strengthens the deep stabilizing muscles and increases flexibility. Thus leading to an overall sense of well- being, ease and balance. Yoga Yoga is a spiritual practice that is concerned with far more than just a few poses to develop physical fitness. While increased muscular strength and flexibility are benefits of practicing yoga asanas (physical postures), they are by no means the sole aim. Yoga teaches us to consciously link our breath with our movements, which helps us to me more present and aware. In this state we can let go off physical, emotional and mental tension and enter into a state of relaxation. Yoga gives us the tools to become the observer of our own thoughts and to discover what lies underneath them. Essentially though, students will discover through their own practice what yoga means to them. “Practice and all will come” – K. Patthabi Jois © Carina Hilmar 2015 -
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Presidential Election Facts - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Presidential Election Facts A+E Networks Introduction With more than two centuries’ worth of U.S. presidential elections, the historical ledger is filled with an array of facts. For example, when Barack Obama was named the 44th president, he was really only the 43rd president because Grover Cleveland is counted twice. And with Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution stating that a citizen has to be at least 35 years old to become president, John F. Kennedy came the closest to that limit by earning election at age 43. Learn about the only bachelor to be elected president, the four candidates to have won the popular vote and lost the election and more. Google The 2000 election was not the first time a candidate won the popular vote but lost the election. It has happened four times in our nation’s history: In 1824 Andrew Jackson won the popular vote but got less than 50 percent of the electoral votes. John Quincy Adams became the next president when he was picked by the House of Representatives. In 1876 Samuel Tilden won the popular vote but lost the election when Rutherford B. Hayes got 185 electoral votes to Tilden’s 184. In 1888 Grover Cleveland won the popular vote but lost the election when Benjamin Harrison got 233 electoral votes to Cleveland’s 168. In 2000 Al Gore won the popular vote but lost the election to George Bush. In the most highly contested election in modern history, the U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Florida recount of ballots, giving Bush the state’s 25 electoral votes for a total of 271 to Gore’s 255. Grover Cleveland was elected president (1884) then lost his re-election campaign (1888) and came back again to win the presidency for a second time. (1892) Barack Obama is the nation’s 44rd president but in reality there have only been 43 presidents. Grover Cleveland is counted twice as our 22nd and 24th president because he was elected for two nonconsecutive terms. Only 12 U.S. Presidents have been elected to office for two terms and served those two terms. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to office four terms prior to the Twenty-second Amendment. Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution has only three requirements for a president. (1) Must be at least 35 years old, (2) have lived in the United States at least 14 years, and (3) be a natural-born citizen. John Kennedy is the youngest elected U.S. President at 43. Ronald Reagan is the oldest elected U.S. President at 73. (second term) The only President and Vice President to never be elected to the office was Gerald Ford . He became vice president when Spiro Agnew resigned and became president when Nixon resigned. The tallest U.S. President was Abraham Lincoln at 6’4″The shortest U.S. President was James Madison at 5’4″ Percent wise – the 1992 election was the biggest turnout since 1972 with 61.3 percent off the voter age population heading to the polls. James Buchanan is the only bachelor to be elected president. Eight presidents have died in office. William Henry Harrison (pneumonia) Franklin D. Roosevelt (cerebral hemorrhage) John F. Kennedy (assassin) Ronald Reagan is the only divorced man to be elected president. James Monroe received every electoral vote but one in the 1820 election. A New Hampshire delegate wanted George Washington to be the only president elected unanimously. The U.S. Marine band has played at every presidential inauguration since 1801. President John Tyler is believed to be the first to use “Hail to the Chief” as the official Presidential honors. President Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe but took his stepfather’s last name when his mother remarried. He formally changed his name to William Jefferson Clinton when he was 15. Victoria Woodhull became the first woman to run for President in 1872. Hillary Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president by a major party ticket in 2016. Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress in 1916. John Mercer Langston became the first elected black pol
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James Carter | whitehouse.gov Air Force One James Carter Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. Jimmy Carter aspired to make Government "competent and compassionate," responsive to the American people and their expectations. His achievements were notable, but in an era of rising energy costs, mounting inflation, and continuing tensions, it was impossible for his administration to meet these high expectations. Carter, who has rarely used his full name--James Earl Carter, Jr.--was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Peanut farming, talk of politics, and devotion to the Baptist faith were mainstays of his upbringing. Upon graduation in 1946 from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Carter married Rosalynn Smith. The Carters have three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), and a daughter, Amy Lynn. After seven years' service as a naval officer, Carter returned to Plains. In 1962 he entered state politics, and eight years later he was elected Governor of Georgia. Among the new young southern governors, he attracted attention by emphasizing ecology, efficiency in government, and the removal of racial barriers. Carter announced his candidacy for President in December 1974 and began a two-year campaign that gradually gained momentum. At the Democratic Convention, he was nominated on the first ballot. He chose Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota as his running mate. Carter campaigned hard against President Gerald R. Ford, debating with him three times. Carter won by 297 electoral votes to 241 for Ford. Carter worked hard to combat the continuing economic woes of inflation and unemployment. By the end of his administration, he could claim an increase of nearly eight million jobs and a decrease in the budget deficit, measured in percentage of the gross national product. Unfortunately, inflation and interest rates were at near record highs, and efforts to reduce them caused a short recession. Carter could point to a number of achievements in domestic affairs. He dealt with the energy shortage by establishing a national energy policy and by decontrolling domestic petroleum prices to stimulate production. He prompted Government efficiency through civil service reform and proceeded with deregulation of the trucking and airline industries. He sought to improve the environment. His expansion of the national park system included protection of 103 million acres of Alaskan lands. To increase human and social services, he created the Department of Education, bolstered the Social Security system, and appointed record numbers of women, blacks, and Hispanics to Government jobs. In foreign affairs, Carter set his own style. His championing of human rights was coldly received by the Soviet Union and some other nations. In the Middle East, through the Camp David agreement of 1978, he helped bring amity between Egypt and Israel. He succeeded in obtaining ratification of the Panama Canal treaties. Building upon the work of predecessors, he established full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and completed negotiation of the SALT II nuclear limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. There were serious setbacks, however. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the suspension of plans for ratification of the SALT II pact. The seizure as hostages of the U. S. embassy staff in Iran dominated the news during the last 14 months of the administration. The consequences of Iran's holding Americans captive, together with continuing inflation at home, contributed to Carter's defeat in 1980. Even then, he continued the difficult negotiations over the hostages. Iran finally released the 52 Americans the same day Carter left office. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh S
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Becker (TV Series 1998–2004) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Dr. John Becker goes through his daily routine of being a doctor, stopping at his favorite diner, and other various situations, all the while hating life and everything around him. Creator: Linda deletes some important files and spends the day trying to recover them or cover up what she's done. Some out-of-town friends have come to see John but he's nowhere to be seen so Chris must ... 8.7 Becker's intended talk to children about nutrition abruptly becomes a discussion about sex. Two police officers conduct a stakeout at the diner. 8.6 As he does with everyone else, Becker finds fault with his attorney. Nevertheless, she refuses to let him take the stand, fearing that he won't be able to control his temper. 8.5 a list of 21 titles created 23 Jun 2011 a list of 38 titles created 07 Mar 2012 a list of 34 titles created 31 Aug 2012 a list of 45 titles created 11 Jul 2014 a list of 26 titles created 30 Mar 2015 Search for " Becker " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations. See more awards » Videos Hot-tempered journalist Maya Gallo got herself fired from yet another job when she made an anchorwoman cry on the air with some gag copy on the teleprompter. Unable to find a job anywhere ... See full summary » Stars: Laura San Giacomo, Enrico Colantoni, George Segal The regulars of the Boston bar Cheers share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name. Stars: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger In this sitcom, Charlie, who takes Mike Flaherty's place in later years, is the Deputy-Mayor of New York City, and his team of half-wits must constantly save the Mayor from embarrassment and the media. Stars: Michael J. Fox, Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear The workplace sitcom "NewsRadio" explores the office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station. Beleaguered news director ... See full summary » Stars: Dave Foley, Stephen Root, Andy Dick Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking ... See full summary » Stars: Drew Carey, Diedrich Bader, Ryan Stiles Light television comedy featuring Paul and Jaime Buchman as a recently married couple in New York City. They point out the gentle humor of domesticity and in the everyday situations of life. Stars: Paul Reiser, Helen Hunt, John Pankow Dr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist. Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.3/10 X A free spirited yoga instructor finds true love in a conservative lawyer and they got married on the first date. Though they are polar opposites; her need of stability is fulfilled with him, his need of optimism is fulfilled with her. Stars: Jenna Elfman, Thomas Gibson, Joel Murray Edit Storyline Misanthropic Dr. John Becker runs a clinic in New York City. He is assisted by super-capable Margaret Wyborn and less-than-capable Linda, who's only kept on because no one else can stand the doctor. Becker's best (some would say only) friend is the blind Jake Malinak, who runs a newsstand in the diner across the street. The diner used to be run by Reggie Kostas, but it has been taken over by Chris Conner, a lady whom Becker fluctuates between loathing and being attracted to. The diner is also frequented by Robert Benito, who is universally known as Bob and is the super at Becker's apartment (much to the
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Pimm’s No. 1 Liqueur - Liqueurs - Liqueur, Brandy & Others - By Spirit Liqueur, Brandy & Others Pimm’s No. 1 Liqueur x Thank you for your review! Thanks for your product review! Your contribution is helping to build the largest community for craft spirits enthusiasts like yourself. Please share your review on Twitter and Facebook and help us spread the word about the exciting world of craft spirits. Pimm’s No. 1 Liqueur PRODUCER: Login or Create an Account New Customers By creating an account with our store, you will be able to move through the checkout process faster, store multiple shipping addresses, view and track your orders in your account and more. Registered Customers If you have an account with us, please log in. *Email Address Don't have an account? Register the old fashioned way Pimm’s No. 1 Liqueur points Pimm’s No. 1 Liqueur Pimm’s No. 1 Liqueur By Spirit AGING: N/A Created in 1823 by oyster bar owner James Pimm, this British liqueur is made from a base of London Dry gin and a secret combination of botanicals. Highly aromatic and utterly refreshing, it is traditionally enjoyed in a Pimm’s Cup, mixed with lemonade or citrus soda and garnished with fruit, cucumber and mint. "At a relatively low 25% alcohol, Pimms No. 1 Cup (the spirit) blends nicely with lemonade, lemon-lime soda, or ginger ale." TheKitchn.com shop now Product Details This old-style liqueur from England is made from a base of London Dry Gin instead of a neutral grain spirit, which ramps up aromatics, and bottled at 50 proof. It was created in 1823 by oyster bar owner James Pimm, and contains a secret infusion of herbs and spices that gives it a slightly spicy and citrusy flavor. It’s very versatile, and can be served over ice or in cocktails like the Pimm’s Cup, where it’s mixed with lemonade or lemon lime soda and garnished with apples, cucumber, orange, lemon, strawberry and mint. About the Producer Pimm’s was created in 1823 by James Pimm, an oyster bar owner in London. He offered his tonic as an aid to digestion, serving it in a small tankard known as a No. 1 Cup, hence its subsequent name. He began large-scale production in 1859, and sold the business and the right to use his name in 1865. In 1997, the brand was purchased by Diageo. 0 People Have Already Reviewed This Product
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UK television adverts 1955-1985 • Children’s songs and games Drinks (alcoholic) There were virtually no advertisements for spirits into the 1960s (due to a secret cartel between the manufacturers) Ansells Bitter: 1983 Showing lads’ night out, with laughing and drinking. Ansell's Bitter men, you can’t beat them. Babycham (1) [with a baby chamois deer] Babycham? I’d love a Babycham, The genuine champagne perry. Mine’s a Babycham! Babycham (3) A man in a bar asks for a Babycham, and it goes very quiet and everyone looks on in horror Cool, tough-looking black guy: Hey, I’ll have a Babycham!” Then everybody wants one. Bring out your best — Bud light Budweiser (3) For all you do, this Bud’s for you! Budweiser (4) Budweiser — the King of beers! Budweiser (5) When you say “Budweiser” you’ve said it all! Budweiser (6) This Bud’s for you. True. Bulmers Cider: 1968 Bulmer’s Strongbow Cider (1) [William Tell shooting apple off his son’s head: but what were the words?] Bulmer’s Strongbow Cider (2) Live to loaf! Bulmer’s Strongbow Cider (3) ... It's refreshing and clean If you know what I mean, And sparkles a bit in the glass.... So the next time you're out for the evening and ... A change is as good as a rest Have a Strongbow or two And keep smiling through, ’Cos Strongbow's a pint of the best. Bulmer’s Strongbow Cider (4): c.1970 Strong as your thirst! Based on “Je suis un rock star” by Bill Wyman Girl: Went to a cocktail bar … in Leicester Square Met this bloke …said he was a millionaire, Bought me a drink … called Calviere Sounds a bit French … and it’s made with pears. Man: C’est Française … like what I am, Je suis un rock star … j’ai un residarnce, Un grand château …à la south of France.” Girl: Get away! You work in the chip shop around the corner! [Screenshot of Calviere being poured into a Babycham type glass with a cherry] Campari: 1977 Gentleman: It’s very odd, I don’t even know your name — but after this one Campari and soda, I feel I almost know you. May I freshen your glass? Er, soda of course? Cockney girl: No, lemonade! Cockney girl: Yeah, nice colour innit? Voice-over: Campari with soda, with lemonade, with tonic — but always with pleasure. Gentleman: Were you truly wafted here from paradise? Cockney girl: No, Luton airport! [with Lorraine Chase] I bet he drinks Carling Black Label. Carling Black Label (3) An old fisherman salt battles with a giant squid and torrential weather, then bursts through the pub door saying: I’ve never known a night like it … and I ain’t looking forward to the journey home neither! One customer to another: I bet he drinks Carling Black Label! Then the pub is shown -- built on a small island in the middle of a boating lake, with a sign outside saying “Row boats for hire”…. Carling Black Label (4) Scene: Two men flying in an aeroplane, and a window cleaner starts working on the outside of their window First passenger: Bet he drinks Carling Black Label! Second passenger: Naaah! he’s missed a bit. Carling Black Label (5) Your best bet for a fuller flavour — Carling Black Label lager. Carling Black Label (5): 1981 Carling (Carling Black label) I’ve got it right — my Jack’s favourite one! He says it saves him money! Carling Black Label I’ve got this — he’s got that! I’ve got it right — end of chat! Carling Black Label — get it right! [A variant commercial has: “We’ve got it right: no frills, no fuss, it’s OK by us!” as the spoken lines.] ?Carling: 1970s Scene: a Birmingham curry house. A man is quietly scoffing the main course in mixed company, who begin to notice his apparent discomfort and that he’s beginning to puff, obviously feeling the heat. Woman companion: Eh, ’e’s looking really flushed…. Curry eater: Nah, it’s all right this. The lager they order for him clearly quenches his needs. Woman companion: Bet that’s cooled his biryani. Carlsberg lager: 1973 Mankind sometimes sees things in a rather peculiar way. We often admire works of art almost because of their imperfections. (a few bars of the unfinished symphony played here) The Danes however, believe there are
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Joseph Addison facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Joseph Addison Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World COPYRIGHT 2004 The Gale Group Inc. ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672–1719) ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672–1719), English poet, essayist, and critic. Addison helped to elevate the literary status of English prose while holding important political offices for the Whig party. He was born in 1672 at Milston, Wiltshire. His father, the Reverend Launcelot Addison, was the dean of Lichfield, Staffordshire, and Addison attended Lichfield Grammar School and then, in 1686, Charterhouse School in London, where he met Richard Steele. Addison's study of classical poetry and his Latin poems at Queen's College, Oxford, won him a demy (scholarship) in the 1690s to Magdalen College, where he took his M.A. and was a fellow from 1697 to 1711. His classical scholarly knowledge, especially on the Roman idea of citizenship, informs the moral beliefs in his writing. Addison's passionate interest in and deep knowledge of Roman poetry and history are evident in his early prose works evaluating the best Roman poets, his translations of such poets as Virgil and Ovid (1694 and 1717), and his own highly praised imitations of Latin poets such as Horace . He modeled his own prose style after the formal elegance and familiar diction of Latin poetry, which he praised. After writing a celebratory poem on John Dryden—"To Mr. Dryden"—he wrote an introductory essay on Virgil for Dryden's translation of the Georgics in 1697. Addison's own translations provided English readers with an accessible text through adding explanatory commentaries and replacing obscure allusions with familiar ones. Eight of Addison's Latin poems were included in an anthology he edited at Oxford in 1699, Musarum Anglicarum Analecta (An assembly of English muses). One poem, "Pax Gulielmi Auspiciis Europae Reddita" (Peace returned to Europe under William's auspices), compliments William III's ability as a monarch and celebrates the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, which ended the War of the Grand Alliance. A partisan of Protestantism and the Whigs, Addison in his earliest poetry supported the Protestant succession of William of Orange and Mary. "Poem to his Majesty" was dedicated to John Somers, an important Whig, and "William's Peace" was dedicated to Charles Montagu, Lord Halifax, the Whig treasurer. Montagu became Addison's patron and secured him a pension of £200 to undertake a grand tour on the Continent between 1699 and 1704. Addison toured several countries and studied French neoclassical literary theorists; his itinerary, particularly to places of classical literary interest, is recorded in Remarks upon Several Parts of Italy, published in 1705. Addison's eulogy on John Churchill, duke of Marlborough's victory over the French at Blenheim in his poem "The Campaign" in 1704 secured him a position as excise commissioner of appeals and brought him increasing popularity. His involvement with the Kit-Kat Club, a political and literary society for Whig writers and politicians, renewed his friendship with Steele, and he contributed to Steele's play The Tender Husband (1705). Commissioned to write an English opera to counter the trend for Italian opera, he produced the unsuccessful Rosamond in 1707. Meanwhile, the status of his politically administrative appointments increased because of his anti-Jacobite pamphlets such as "The Present State of the War." He became a prominent spokesman for the Whigs, progressing from undersecretary of state to Charles Spencer, earl of Sunderland, in 1706 to chief secretary to the earl of Wharton, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , in 1709. Assisting Steele in his editorship of the London Gazette in 1708, Addison then wrote forty-nine issues of The Tatler, the successful periodical established by Steele, moving between England and Ireland in 1709 and 1710. His essays focus on the classics, character types, and natural religion and oscillate between a witty, humorous tone and a moral seriousness, making reference to classical antecedents
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Free - Chris Anderson by StRiKeR StRiKeR - issuu Free The Future of a Radical Price Chris Anderson To Anne Contents List of Sidebars Prologue 1. The Birth of Free What Is Free? 2. Free 101 A Short Course on a Most Misunderstood Word 3. The History of Free Zero, Lunch, and the Enemies of Capitalism 4. The Psychology of Free It Feels Good. Too Good? Digital Free 5. Too Cheap to Matter The Web‘s Lesson: When Something Halves in Price Each Year, Zero Is Inevitable 6. ―Information Wants to be FreeR> <„21; The History of a Phrase That Defined the Digital Age 7. Competing with Free Microsoft Learned How to Do It Over Decades, but Yahoo Had Just Months 8. De-Monetization Google and the Birth of a Twenty-First-Century Economic Model 9. The New Media Models Free Media Is Nothing New. What Is New Is the Expansion of That Model to Everything Else Online. 10. How Big is the Free Economy? There‘s More to It Than Just Dollars and Cents Freeconomics and the Free World 11. Econ 000 How a Century-old Joke Became the Law of Digital Economics 12. Nonmonetary Economies Where Money Doesn‘t Rule, What Does? 13. Waste Is (Sometimes) Good The Best Way to Exploit Abundance Is to Relinquish Control 14. Free World China and Brazil Are the Frontiers of Free. What Can We Learn from Them? 15. Imagining Abundance Thought Experiments in ―Post-Scarcity‖ Societies, from Science Fiction to Religion 16. ―You Get What You Pay For‖ And Other Doubts About Free Coda Free in a Time of Economic Crisis Free Rules The Ten Principles of Abundance Thinking Freemium Tactics Fifty Business Models Built on Free Acknowledgments Searchable Terms About the Author Other Books by Chris Anderson Credits Copyright LIST OF SIDEBARS<%" „/span> HOW CAN AIR TRAVEL BE FREE? HOW CAN A DVR BE FREE? HOW CAN EVERYTHING IN A STORE BE FREE? HOW CAN A CAR BE FREE? HOW CAN HEALTHCARE SOFTWARE BE FREE? HOW CAN TRADING STOCKS BE FREE? HOW CAN AN EXCLUSIVE CONFERENCE REMAIN PRICEY IF IT‘S FREE ONLINE? HOW CAN DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE BE FREE? HOW CAN SILVERWARE BE FREE? HOW CAN A MUSIC CD BE FREE? HOW CAN A TEXTBOOK BE FREE? WHY DO FREE BIKES THRIVE IN ONE CITY, BUT NOT ANOTHER? HOW CAN A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION BE FREE? HOW CAN MILLIONS OF SECONDHAND GOODS BE FREE? PROLOGUE IN NOVEMBER 2008, the Surviving members of the original monty python team, stunned by the extent of digital piracy of their videos, issued a very stern announcement on YouTube: For 3 years you YouTubers have been ripping us off, taking tens of thousands of our videos and putting them on YouTube. Now the tables are turned. It‘s time for us to take matters into our own hands. We know who you are, we know where you live and we could come after you in ways too horrible="0„ to tell. But being the extraordinarily nice chaps we are, we‘ve figured a better way to get our own back: We‘ve launched our own Monty Python channel on YouTube. No more of those crap quality videos you‘ve been posting. We‘re giving you the real thing—high quality videos delivered straight from our vault. What‘s more, we‘re taking our most viewed clips and uploading brand new high quality versions. And what‘s even more, we‘re letting you see absolutely everything for free. So there! But we want something in return. None of your driveling, mindless comments. Instead, we want you to click on the links, buy our movies & TV shows and soften our pain and disgust at being ripped off all these years. Three months later, the results of this rash experiment with free were in. Monty Python‘s DVDs had climbed to No. 2 on Amazon‘s Movies and TV best-sellers list, with increased sales of 23,000 percent. So there! Free worked, and worked brilliantly. More than 2 million people watched the clips on YouTube as word of mouth spread and parents introduced their children to the Black Knight and the Dead Parrot Sketch. Thousands of viewers were reminded how much they loved Monty Python and wanted more, so they ordered the DVDs. Response videos, mashups, and remixes spread, and a new generation learned the proper meaning of ―Killer Rabbit.‖ And all this cost Monty Python essentially n
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EAGLES LYRICS - Hotel California EAGLES LYRICS On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night There she stood in the doorway; I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself, "This could be Heaven or this could be Hell" Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor, I thought I heard them say... Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year (Any time of year) You can find it here Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat. Some dance to remember, some dance to forget So I called up the Captain, "Please bring me my wine" He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine" And still those voices are calling from far away, Wake you up in the middle of the night Just to hear them say... Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face They livin' it up at the Hotel California What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise) Bring your alibis The pink champagne on ice And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device" And in the master's chambers, They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives, But they just can't kill the beast Last thing I remember, I was Running for the door I had to find the passage back To the place I was before "Relax, " said the night man, "We are programmed to receive. You can check-out any time you like, But you can never leave! " Visit www.azlyrics.com for these lyrics. Thanks to Franny, Douglas for correcting these lyrics.
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Florence Griffith Joyner Florence Griffith Joyner The World's Fastest Woman™ Florence Griffith Joyner One of the most memorable moments of the 20th century was when Florence Griffith Joyner became an Olympic track and field champion during the 1988 Seoul games. Read More World Records Flo Jo earned two world records, one in the 100 Meter, and the 200 Meter. Both in 1988.
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Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri
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January 5, 1993 saw the execution of total asshat, serial killer Westley Allan Dodd, the last man to be executed by what means?
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Westley Allan DODD - SERIALKILLERCALENDAR.COM - HOME OF THE SERIAL KILLER MAGAZINE - SERIAL KILLER CALENDAR - SERIAL KILLER TRADING CARDS - SERIAL KILLER DVDS - MURDERABILLIA WANT TO BE PART OF OUR KILLER TEAM? CONTACT JAMES GILKS Westley Allan DODD Characteristics: Kidnapping - Rape - Child molester Number of victims: 3 Date of murders: September 4/October 29,1989 Date of arrest: November 13, 1989 Date of birth: July 3, 1961 Victims profile: William Neer, 10, and his brother, Cole, 11 / Lee Iseli, 4 Method of murder: Stabbing with knife Location: Clark County, Washington, USA Status: Executed by hanging in Washington on January 5, 1993 On 1989, Dodd kidnapped, molested and fatally stabbed 11-year- old Cole Neer and your brother William, 10, whom he'd encountered in a Vancouver, Wash., public park. A short time later, Dodd abducted and murdered 4-year-old Lee Iseli of Portland, Ore. En 1992, the state of Washington hanged Dodd for those murders. According to his handwritten "Sexual History," Dodd began preying on children at age 13. In all, he abused as many as 175 children of both sexes, mostly boys, over a 15- year period. Dodd said he moved from exposing himself to fondling victims to sexually assaulting them and, finally, to sexually sadistic murder. As he progressed through ever-more violent and degenerate acts, Dodd also became less circumspect, acting more impulsively and increasingly risking detection. It was during an attempt at a fourth abduction-killing, in Camas, Wash., that Dodd was finally taken into custody for good. He tried to grab a 6-year-old boy in the men's room of a movie theater, but the boy struggled and screamed for help until a passer-by rescued him. "The thoughts of killing children are exciting to me," Dodd said in the chronology that he wrote in 1991. Last Statement: "I was once asked by somebody, I don't remember who, if there was any way sex offenders could be stopped. I said no. I was wrong." — Westley Dodd, executed in Washington on Jan. 5, 1993 Westley Allen Dodd Westley Dodd was a predator who fell through the cracks of an inefficient, overburdened legal system, graduating from relatively harmless acts of exhibitionism to the depths of sadistic child molestation and murder before he was finally caged and condemned. Apparently repentant in captivity, he granted countless interviews and published articles on self-defense for children in the months before he kept his final date with Washingtons hangman. His legacy, for all of the belated efforts to do right, consists of ugly memories and pain. A native of Washington State, born July 3, 1961, Dodd was conscious of his sexual attraction to neighborhood boys by age nine, a full six years before his parents divorced and cast the family into disarray. By age fourteen, he had begun to dabble in exhibitionism, flashing other children from his bedroom window until one reported him and the police were called. Dodd got off easy that time, since the witness had not seen his face, and the experience taught him to seek his pleasure further afield. In short order, he graduated from exposing himself to more aggressive actions, fondling and fellating any children who were willing to submit. Dodd graduated from high school in 1979 and joined the U.S. Navy two years later, in part to avoid pending charges of child molestation. Boot camp failed to mend his ways, however, and Dodd was AWOL at the time of his June 6, 1982 arrest for asking a nine- year-old boy to disrobe in Richland, Washington. That charge earned him a general discharge from the service on disciplinary ground, but the case was apparently never pursued. On December 29, 1982, Dodd was jailed again, this time in Benton City, Washington, for undressing a youngster he lured away from a playground. He pled guilty on that charge in January 1983, and served a total of thirty days before he was released to seek court-ordered counseling. By all accounts, the treatment was a failure. With the courts permission, Dodd went to live with his father in Lewiston, Idaho, where he signed up for another out-pati
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"""This was the most unkindest cut of ail"" is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?"
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The most unkindest cut of all - eNotes Shakespeare Quotes The most unkindest cut of all Marcus Antonius: For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel. Judge, O you gods, how dearly Caesar lov'd him! This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquish'd him: then burst his mighty heart. . . . Read on Owl Eyes This eText is now on Owl Eyes. Clicking this link will open a new window. Marc Antony is in the middle of his great speech on the assassination of Julius Caeser [see FRIENDS, ROMANS, COUNTRYMEN, LEND ME YOUR EARS ]—which has very quickly turned into a character assassination of Brutus, a prominent republican, Caesar's friend and one of Caesar's murderers. When Antony calls Brutus's stabbing of Caesar "the most unkindest cut of all," he is playing on two senses of "unkind"—"inhumane" and "unnatural." According to Antony, when Brutus literally "cut" the loving Caesar, a bloody deed was compounded with ingratitude. It wasn't the wound that killed Caesar, says Antony, but Brutus's treachery. Time has softened Antony's language: all that remain are a weaker sense of "unkind" and a less literal use of "cut." "Most unkindest," by the way, wasn't as ungrammatical in Shakespeare's day as it is in ours.
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Shakespeare's Shortest Play Which play is Shakespeare's shortest? The average length of a play in Elizabethan England was 3000 lines. With 1,787 lines and 14,369 words, The Comedy of Errors is the shortest Shakespearean play (based on the first edition of The Riverside Shakespeare, 1974). How to cite this article: Mabillard, Amanda. Shakespeare's Shortest Play. Shakespeare Online. 20 Sept. 2004. (date when you accessed the information) < http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/shakespeareshortestp.html >. ______
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Who painted two versions of 'The Madonna On The Rocks', between 1483 and 1508?
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The Virgin of the Rocks Renaissance Blog The Virgin of the Rocks. It seems strange that in The Virgin of the Rocks we see two complete versions of a subject from an artist who failed to finish so many of his commissions. Leonardo's Louvre version of 1483/1486 is the earlier of the two works while the National Gallery painting is dated 1495/1508. Both paintings are oil on panel but the Louvre version has been transferred to canvass. The painting may have suffered some damage during the transfer process but it's condition is now stable. The Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London (Leonardo da Vinci, Painter at the Court of Milan) displayed these two works together in the same room for the first time ever. Although never achieving the same monumental impression gained by seeing the works in the flesh, I have placed images of the paintings side by side so that direct comparisons of the similarities and differences can be made. The Virgin of the Rocks was commissioned (not long after Leonardo's move to Milan) by the Franciscan Confraternity in the Church of San Francesco Grande. Leonardo was assisted by two local artists, the Predis brothers, their task was to create an altarpiece for the recently completed chapel dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. The Predis brothers completed two side panels while da Vinci painted the centre panel. Shortly after the altarpiece was finished the artists became embroidered in a dispute about payment resulting in the artists threatening to sell the work to a rival bidder. It is likely that this dispute resulted in the making of the second version of the Virgin of the Rocks, the one now in the National Gallery in London, and in fact it was the London Virgin that was placed in the chapel in San Francesco Grande. The original Paris version was quickly sold to an art lover soon after completion. The Virgin or the Rocks. Leonardo da Vinci. (s) 199 × 122 cm, 78.3 × 48.0 Louvre, Paris. The Virgin of the Rocks. Leonardo da Vinci. (s) 189.5 × 120 cm, 74.6 × 47.25 National Gallery, London. The subject of the paintings is a legendary meeting between the infant Jesus and John the Baptist on the flight into Egypt. The Madonna is at the centre of the composition with Jesus seated with the angel Uriel his arm raised in blessing, John's hands are seen clasped in prayer. Personal Opinion :- I have seen both of these paintings and don't really have a favourite, although the London version seems to be more tightly finished than the one in the Louvre, I like them both. How's that for sitting on the fence? The brushwork and contrast between light and dark (chiaroscuro) is typical Leonardo and standing before these paintings you do feel the power and the presence of the great artist. It really is shiver up the spine time! Enjoy. The Side Panel Musician Angels. Angel playing the Violin. Ambrogio de Predis, oil on wood, 118.7 x 61cm. National Gallery, London (s) These are the two side panels of the Altarpiece, the Angel with the Violin is the left panel and the Lute playing Angel is the right panel. The Angel in Green's attribution to the Predis brothers, Ambrogio and Evangelista, has been disputed in recent times. Possible candidates for the work include Marco d' Oggiono and Francesco Galli, however the debate continues! Virgin of the Rocks. Stylized View of the Altarpiece. (s) This diagram with the paintings in their correct positions gives some insight of how the altarpiece would have looked. Mini Gallery. Jesus and Uriel (Paris) (s) Jesus and Uriel (London) (s) St John (Paris) (s) St John (London) (s) Detail of Uriel (above) and right is a detail of the Christ Child, both from the London version. (s) In the London version halos have been added as has John the Baptist's staff, also John's is pose has changed slightly from the Louvre version. The angel Uriel no longer points at the figure of John and these changes are probably intended to clarify the identity of the two infants. This resolves and dismisses any suggestion that the child closest to the Mad
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Michelangelo Paintings | HowStuffWorks Michelangelo Paintings NEXT PAGENEXT Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564) was perhaps more a sculptor at heart than he was a painter, and thus Vasari quoted him saying, "I cannot live under pressures from patrons, let alone paint." It seems impossible that the artist responsible for the grand and glorious frescoes on the Sistine Chapel walls and ceiling often declared that he was not a painter. Imagine the wealth of talent an artist must possess to create such vivid and triumphant work. And consider that Michelangelo was working against his own will and under the weight of self-doubt -- only then can one truly begin to appreciate the unparalleled genius of Michelangelo, the painter. Up Next The Dead Artists Quiz Describing himself as first and foremost a sculptor, Michelangelo often expressed regret that he had not dedicated his life fully to the art of sculpture. He even signed his letters and contracts "Michelangelo, the Sculptor." The artist's dislike for painting is plainly illustrated in the fact that he found it to be opposed to his chosen art form. Even in his seventies, Michelangelo suggested to Benedetto Varchi, in response to Varchi's study of the relative merits of painting and sculpture, that "painting seems to me more to be held good the more it approaches sculpture, and sculpture to be held bad the more it approaches painting: and therefore I used to think that sculpture was the lantern to painting, and that between the one and the other was that difference which there is between the sun and the moon." In spite of his dismissive attitude toward painting, Michelangelo proved to be a gifted painter of sacred art. In fact, he surpassed his contemporaries in expressive intensity and skill to become the reluctant visionary of Italian Renaissance painting. This article explores some of Michelangelo's paintings, his methods and techniques, and the subjects of his art. Follow the links below to learn more. Doni Madonna : This painting shows the sculptural quality to Michelangelo's paintings, the three-dimensional force that they possess. See Doni Madonna by Michelangelo. Libyan Sibyl study : This study for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is one of the finest examples of Michelangelo's sketches for that work. Learn more here. Crucifixion :(c. 1541): This drawing has many features in common with Michelangelo's sculptures, and as such reiterates the artist's comment about painting approaching sculpture. Get the details on Crucifixion on this page. Crucifixion :(1540s-50s): Michelangelo became increasingly introspective in his art as he grew older. Crucifixion, and other works from this period, reflects his inner turmoil. The first painting in this article is Doni Madonna, which is a Michelangelo tondi, rich in symbolism and visual depth. Go to the next page to learn more about this work. To learn more about Michelangelo, art history, and other famous artists, see:
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National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement - Page 67 - Stormfront National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement User Name Ideology and Philosophy Foundations for White Nationalism Listen live to Stormfront Radio with Don Black & Friends Followed by Dr. David Duke. Weekdays 9:00-11:00am ET | Archives Re: National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement Quote: Originally Posted by Celtic Welsh Warrior The nation of England was founded at 927 AD at it was up to 1850 AD, a very nationalistic and racialist nation. Illiteracy pertains to language. History pertains to documents. You aren't using the English language correctly. Not to join whether it was actually nationalist or not...The English nobles and monarchies were concerned with furthering their own wealth and power. Not the nation. About the only one that came close was the Lord protector Oliver Cromwell and his was mixed with trying to create a semi theocratic type state. The other question I have for the leftist here... is do you think if you win the argument that NS was really a left leaning form of government all the N.S. here on the board are going to join some other leftist ideology? I still don't see the point of having this discussion. N.S. that I see here on the board know how they want to operate and their perception is what it is. Attempting to correct someone who has a perception is a labor of futility. They got the perception from their own thought process by reading. Rarely do you change anyone's perception. My perception of most leftist is they lean towards communism. Right or wrong, that is my perception. My perception might change, but it will not be because of some argument on a forum, but experience and personal study. To me...without Nationalism...socialism is just another communist tool bent on world domination and unification into some one world garbage. I don't want to be part of any global world governing body. White or otherwise. Nationalism and protectionism keeps the focus where it belongs in your own back yard. __________________ Never take counsel of your fears...Stonewall Jackson Re: National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement Let us not pervert the meaning of Nation. England is the oldest Nation. Geography, Language, Flag, National Political policy in a Parliament. dating from 927 AD with Parliament well established as a measure against the monarchy. The Witenagemot The whole world is in common agreement that England [not the UK] was a nation state in the 9th century. Quote: Originally Posted by We Will Survive It was not nationalistic. Allow me to repeat myself: Nationalism is an ideology directed towards the welfare of the nation, not the interests of the crown. You're describing feudalism, not nationalism. Actually it's been Parliament. The Witenagemot or the Witena gemot (IPA: [ˈwɪtənəgɪˌməʊt]), also known as the Witan (more properly the title of its members) was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon England which operated from before the seventh century until the eleventh century. The whole World knows England was the first Nation on earth. You really should be refuting this in Revisionism. I'd love to see how long you last. Nation, and Nationalism is defined as geography, language, political stability. The Strassers were not National Socialists. They were more Communist-Marxists. Re: National Socialism: A Left-Wing Movement Quote: Originally Posted by ultravox Not to join whether it was actually nationalist or not...The English nobles and monarchies were concerned with furthering their own wealth and power. Not the nation. Nation and Nationalism is defined by the poltiical stability and integrity of the geographic area. Parliament was a stabilising force which made England a nation, rather than another European monarchy. That's a critical point to understand. Quote: Originally Posted by ultravox I still don't see the point of having this discussion. My perception of most leftist is they lean towards communism. The true National Socialists, the non-Bolshevik ones agree with part of what you say. On February 14, 1926 Hitler asserted
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Secrets of Scientology: The E-Meter Secrets of Scientology: The E-Meter John Travolta Priscilla Presley Tom Cruise & Katie Holmes (parody) Welcome to the Internet's most extensive E-Meter site. The device above is a Hubbard electro-psychometer (E-meter): a crude lie detector used by Scientology auditors (counselors) to examine a person's mental state. Scientologists claim the device allows people to "see a thought". In the hands of a trained auditor, they believe it can uncover "hidden crimes". John Travolta swears by it. And so do Jenna Elfman and Priscilla Presley . Here you will learn the truth about this device. How The E-Meter Works The Book Introducing the E-Meter . Gives basic data on the Mark V. The E-Meter , chapter 14 of the Report of the Board of Inquiry into Scientology ("The Anderson Report", Victoria, Australia, 1965.) The E-Meter , chapter 18 of Paulette Cooper's historic book, The Scandal Of Scientology. Testimony about the E-meter from a 2009 Scientology trial in Paris. Electroplating and endorphins -- Arnie Lerma's controversial speculations about the biological effects of prolonged exposure to the E-meter's low current. The E-Meter Unveiled, by Chris Owen. Auditor Training ``By itself, this meter does nothing.'' -- Excerpt from a disclaimer found in every E-meter book, and on the device itself. In this photo, a course supervisor monitors the performance of student auditors at a Scientology training facility. Notice that the meter's tone arm is worked with the thumb of the left hand; the right hand is used to take notes. Left-handed auditors must purchase a left-handed E-meter, where the positions of the dials and knobs are reversed. The E-meter drills. A detailed summary of the actual drills used to train Scientology auditors. Professional Metering Course available free online, courtesy of Clearbird, a FreeZoner. The Language of the E-Meter , by L. Kin, offers a good explanation of needle movements and basic auditing procedure. The TRs. Scientology's training routines (actually brainwashing procedures) teach an auditor to suppress all affect (and critical thought) while maintaining positive control over the pre-clear throughout the auditing session. David Alexander answers some questions about E-meter auditing. This photo from the St. Petersburg Times shows an E-meter with the optional remote tone arm to the left. The two "cans" in the photo are joined together by a plastic insulator insert, allowing both to be held in one hand for solo auditing. This type of auditing is practiced only on the most advanced (and most expensive) Scientology levels, namely, OT III and Solo NOTs (New Era Dianetics for Operating Thetans.) The remote tone arm attachment, sitting to the left of the meter, is used in solo auditing. The person holds the cans in one hand and uses their other hand both to take notes and to work the large knurled knob on the left side of the remote. The knob is geared to the dial on the front of the remote, so moving one also moves the other. Alternatively, the person could move the front dial with their pen. What is metered auditing really like? Robert Kaufman spills the beans in his book Inside Scientology/Dianetics , which the Scientology organization tried to suppress. Schematics for Early E-Meters Do-it-yourself lie detector project: 1941 forerunner of the E-meter (2 pages). L. Ron Hubbard's patent application for the E-meter (courtesy of Bill de Carle). And here is the Ralph is also working on a new design with a USB interface, called the C-Meter . A 1981 patent (number 4,300,574) on a more recent design by James Briggs was assigned to Scientology. Koos' E-meter schematic: Koos Nolst Trenite, self-proclaimed "Ambassador for Mankind" and resident kook of alt.religion.scientology, tells us how to build a better E-meter. The Starlight meter is an E-meter knockoff offered by a Russian "independent Scientologist" (FreeZoner). Ability Meters International , a FreeZone group, sells their own version of the E-meter, which looks a lot like the Mark V. Here's a " clarity meter " of
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Britain and the World 1988 Australia's bicentennial anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbour Feb17 Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins, an American officer serving with a United Nations truce monitoring group, was kidnapped in southern Lebanon (he was later slain by his captors). Feb21 The grave of Boadicea, the warrior queen who fought the Romans almost 2,000 years ago, was located by archaeologists under Platform 8 at King's Cross railway station. Feb23 The fifteenth Winter Olympic Games opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Feb25 Sinner and US TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is suspended by the elders of the church for his descent into immorality Feb29 Nazi document implicates Kurt Waldheim in WW II deportations. He is also accused of criminal involvement in the execution of seven British Commandos Mar6 Three IRA terrorists were shot dead by SAS men in Gibraltar. The circumstances surrounding their deaths formed the basis of a controversial TV documentary "Death On The Rock" Mar11 The one pound note (introduced 12th March 1797) ceased to be legal tender, and was replaced by the pound coin. Apr4 The ITV soap opera Crossroads ended after 24 years and 4510 episodes Apr10 The world's longest double-decker bridge opened to traffic,carrying cars and trains. The 7-9 mile long 'Great Seto Bridge' crossed the Inland Sea and liked the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. It had taken 10 years to build and cost �4.9 billion. Apr16 PLO military chief Khalil Wazir (Abu Jihad) is gunned down by Israeli commandos in Tunisia. Apr18 Israeli court convicted John Demjanjuk of Nazi war crimes, saying he was the gas chamber operator "Ivan The Terrible" at the Treblinka death camp in World War 11 May15 Soviet troops began leaving Afghanistan after eight years of occupation Jun2 In Canberra, the High Court unanimously rejected Britain's bid to ban further publication in Australia of the "Spycatcher" memoirs of former secret agent Peter Wright. Jun6 The Queen stripped imprisoned jockey Lester Piggott of his OBE. He was jailed earlier for repeated tax evasion Jul3 American warship Vincennes shot down an Iran Airbus A300 over the Gulf in the last weeks of the Iran-Iraq war, killing all 290 aboard. Jul6 167 men die in an explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea. Aug19 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their eight year-old war Oct19 British government banned broadcast interviews with groups which expressed support for violence in Northern Ireland, provoking opposition charges it was handing a propaganda coup to the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Nov8 George Bush (Republican) beats Mike Dukakis (Democrat) for Presidency of the USA Dec1 Benazir Bhutto named first female Prime Minister of a Moslem country (Pakistan) Dec6
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BBC One - New Tricks - Gerry Standing Read more about sharing. Gerry Standing Totally un-PC, Gerry seems to be stuck in the '70s - not only in how he approaches the job, but also how he behaves socially. Fact title Ex Detective Sergeant; Member of UCOS Played by Dennis Waterman UCOS legend Gerry Standing solves the Met’s unsolved crimes alongside Steve McAndrew and Danny Griffin , under the watchful eye of his boss Sasha Miller . Having been at UCOS the longest, Gerry has his own way of doing things and sometimes seems stuck in the 70s, although he is well-respected by his team: he’s straight talking, totally un-PC and gets the job done, no matter what. This series opens with an explosive two-parter in which Gerry is forced to come face to face with the ghosts of his past. Things start to get nasty when one of London’s biggest crime families steps in to halt Gerry’s investigation and he becomes embroiled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse across London as he fights to clear his name. View Programme information Dennis Waterman Dennis began his career in the late fifties, when he was still at school. One of his early roles included playing the title role in the 1962 series William. Later in the sixties he appeared in a movie version of Up the Junction and in sci-fi series Journey to the Unknown. Two TV roles in particular made him a familiar face on television, namely hard guy George Carter in The Sweeney (1975-1978), and cheerful lad Terry McCann in Minder (1979-1989). Both roles were as half of a double-act - with John Thaw's DI Jack Reagan in The Sweeney, and George Cole's Arthur Daley in Minder. In 1986, he starred in The Life and Loves of a She Devil, a dark adaptation of Fay Weldon's novel. He played Bobbo, the adulterous husband of Ruth, played by Julie T. Wallace. After Minder, Dennis starred in two series set on similar ground. In drama Stay Lucky (1989) he played wide-boy Thomas Glynn, alongside Leslie Ash. A year later, he played East End millionaire Tony Carpenter in sitcom On the Up, which also starred Sam Kelly and Joan Sims. Dennis sang the closing theme. To add to his diverse portfolio, Dennis has also appeared in The Miller's Tale alongside James Nesbitt and Billie Piper and played sports commentator Frank Costello in three-part BBC drama Moses Jones.
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Gary Holton - Auf Wiedersehen Pet & The Geordies Auf Wiedersehen Pet & The Geordies Escape to Victory Gary Holton Gary Frederick Holton (22 September 1952 – 25 October 1985) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and actor from London. He was the frontman of the band Heavy Metal Kids, for whom he played lead vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards and harmonica, and played the part of Wayne in the UK television comedy Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. Holton died from an overdose of morphine combined with alcohol in 1985. Acting Career Playing the part of Wayne Winston Norris in the smash hit comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Holton became a household name. People came to have great affection for all the characters in the show. Holton played a Cockney carpenter who liked his women, music and drink, which was actually very similar to his off-screen personality. He landed the part (the first of the seven to be cast), after he was introduced to Ian La Frenais at a party. La Frenais and his writing partner Dick Clement had been drafting storylines and working on an idea given to them by Franc Roddam, ex-foreign worker and director of Quadrophenia. The first series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet ran between 1983 and 1984 with viewing figures steadily rising and topping the 14 million mark, Ian la Frenais and Dick Clement and their supporting writers had a huge hit on their hands. The true-to-life storylines were believable, capturing the reality of honest working men screwed by the system. The first series ended with the lads returning to Britain unemployed, which was a reflection of British society in the early 1980s. The British public wanted more. In February 1985 filming began on Auf Wiedersehen Pet 2. The cast were no longer unknowns. Auf Wiedersehen Pet had turned Gary Holton and his colleagues all into stars in their own right and the pressure to come up with high quality material to match or even surpass the original was great. Gary became very close to his acting colleagues. The remaining members did not want to continue making the show, which was planned for a third series set in the Russian Embassy without him. The final episode of the second series, broadcast after Holton's death, was dedicated to his memory. The show was successfully revived in 2002 with the original writers and all of the surviving cast members. Gary, despite being dead for seventeen years, was not forgotten, and Wayne was still essential to the plot. The gap in the line-up left by Holton was filled by Wyman, Wayne's illegitimate son, played by Noel Clarke.
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When explaining the Doppler Effect which suffix follows the words 'Red' and 'Blue'?
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Color – The Physics Hypertextbook Discussion red green blue Color is a function of the human visual system, and is not an intrinsic property. Objects don't "have" color, they give off light that "appears" to be a color. Spectral power distributions exist in the physical world, but color exists only in the mind of the beholder. Color is determined first by frequency and then by how those frequencies are combined or mixed when they reach they eye. This is the physics part of the topic. Light falls on specialized receptor cells (called rods) at the back of the eye (called the retina) and a signal is sent to the brain along a neural pathway (called the optic nerve). This signal is processed by the part of the brain near the back of the skull (called the occipital lobe). Here's where the biology kicks in, or maybe it's the psychology, or maybe it's both. They eye is very much like a camera, but the brain is not like a video recorder. The brain is not like a computer with fixed hardware of transistors and capacitors executing some sort of software code. The neurons of the brain are probably best thought of as wetware — a fusion of hardware and software or maybe something completely different. I don't feel qualified to say much about that end of this process. Once the visual information leaves the eye, basic physics ends and neurocognition takes over. Color is determined first by frequency. Let's start by determining what a typical person would see when looking at electromagnetic radiation of a single frequency. Physicists call this monochromatic light. (The literal meaning of this word is "single color", but the actual meaning is "single frequency".) Low frequency radiation is invisible. With an adequately bright source, starting somewhere around 400 THz (1 THz = 1012 Hz) most humans begin to perceive a dull red. As the frequency is increased, the perceived color gradually changes from red to orange to yellow to green to blue to violet. The eye doesn't perceive violet so well. It always seems to look dark compared to other sources at equal intensity. Somewhere between 700 THz and 800 THz the world goes dark again. How many colors are there in the spectrum above? How many did I name? red blue violet The simple named colors are mostly monosyllabic English words — red, green, brown, black, white, gray. Brevity indicates an Old English (Anglo-Saxon) origin. Monosyllabic words are generally the oldest words in the English language — head, eye, nose, foot, cat, dog, cow, eat, drink, man, wife, house, sleep, rain, snow, sword, sheath, God…. These words go back more than fifteen centuries. Yellow, purple, and blue are exceptions to the one-syllable-equals-English rule. Yellow and purple are Old English color words with two syllables. Blue is a one syllable French word (bleu) that replaced a two syllable Old English word (hǽwen) eight hundred years ago. Some of the names for colors are loan words from French (many of which are loan words from other languages). Since the ʒ (zh) sound doesn't exist in Old English, orange and beige are obviously French. (Garage is also a very French word.) The words violet and orange were the names of plants (nouns) before they were the names of colors (adjectives). Violet came from 14th Century French, which came from Latin. Orange came from 16th Century French, which came from Italian, which came from Arabic, which came from Persian, which came from Sanskrit. English arose when three Germanic tribes — the Angles, The Saxons, and the Jutes — migrated from continental Europe to the British Isles in the Fifth Century. The language they spoke is called Anglo-Saxon or Old English. You would hardly recognize this language if you heard it spoken or saw it written today. Danes probably have the best chance of understanding spoken Old English, Icelanders the best chance of understanding written Old English. Of the six named colors in my spectrum, only four were known to the Anglo-Saxons: reád, geolu, grÉne, hǽwen. Do you recognize any of them? réad grÉne hǽwen In the year 1066, an invasion of French speaking p
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The Rules of Billiards and Snooker Game Categories The Rules of Billiards and Snooker The following is a basic set of instructions for the friendly play of the game of Billiards and Snooker including additional comments designed to assist with the understanding of the game. Note: 1 foot = 30.48 cm Billiards Equipment A full-size Billiards table measures twelve feet by six feet, one and a half inches and has a baize-covered slate bed. The four edges of the table feature rubber edges covered in baize called "cushions". Six "pockets" are situated one at each corner plus one at the centre of each long side of the table into which the balls can drop. The six pockets normally have a net or a small collecting channel to catch the balls. Two feet, five inches from one end, a line is drawn across the table called the "baulk" line. Any ball between the baulk line and the nearest end is generally referred to as being "in baulk". A semi-circle is inscribed within the baulk area with is axis as the middlepoint of the baulk line and with a radius of eleven and a half inches. This semi-circle is termed the "D". At the other end of the table, twelve and three-quarter inches from the end cushion, a spot is centrally inscribed as a starting point for the red ball. The cue ball is struck with tapered sticks featuring a striking tip called "cues". The cue tips are chalked to prevent a slippery contact with the ball. There is almost always an additional accessory available called a "rest" which is like a cue with a cross on the end upon which the cue can be rested to extend its playing length. Quite often, a "full-butt" and a "half-butt" are also available - these are much longer rests with arched fixments on the end that come with their own long cues for playing very long shots. Billiards is played with one red ball and two white cue balls, one with a small black spot and one without. The Start A doubles game is occasionally played but the game is usually singles. One player chooses to play with the white cue ball and the other the spotted white cue ball. To begin with, players play their cue ball from within the D down the table so that it bounces back up the table and comes to rest in baulk. The player whose ball is closest to the baulk cushion chooses to go first or second. Most players prefer to go second because the first turn occurs with only two balls on the table - a severe limitation. The game starts with the red ball on it's spot and the cue ball of the starting player placed in the D at the front of the table. Players agree how many points will constitute a game and the objective is merely to be the first to score than number. A typical number for expert players might be 1000 points - professionals regularly score more than this in a single break. Beginners might consider 150 as a more appropriate target. Basic Play Each turn is called a "break" and consists of a series of strikes of the cue ball that come to an end when a player makes a non-scoring strike or a foul stroke. Scoring is achieved by "potting" balls, by "cannons", and by going "in off". A ball is "potted" when the cue ball knocks it into a pocket. A "cannon" is when the cue ball strikes first one ball and then the other. A player's ball goes "in off" when it falls into a pocket having first "kissed" (struck) another ball. Whenever the red ball is potted, it is immediately returned to the red spot for the next strike. Whenever the cue ball goes in off, it is immediately returned to the player who can position it anywhere within the D for the next strike. If the opponents ball is potted, it remains out of play until the end of that player's break. In this case, the oppone
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What is Gelato? What is Gelato? What is gelato? Maybe the real question is... if it looks this good, do you care? What is gelato? Maybe the real question is… if it looks this good, do you care? No matter the season or region, there’s one Italian food that never fails to please: gelato. But what exactly is this Italian answer to ice cream? Where did it come from? And what makes it so different (and delicious!)? First, frozen treats aren’t new. Even in the times of ancient Rome, Italians ate confections made of ice or snow. (One recipe given in the 4th-century cookbook Apicius includes setting cooked meats and vegetables into a meat jelly, cooling the whole concoction, and serving it sprinkled with snow. Maybe not such a crowd-pleaser today). Anything closer to what we know as modern gelato, though, seems to have been developed during the Renaissance. Florence’s Boboli Gardens still have an ice-house built by the Medici in 1612, and a 1595 banquet in the city featured sculptures made out of sorbet. By the late 17th century, ice cream seems to have taken off. A recipe book even was printed in Naples, still one of the best places in Italy to try gelato, with a variety of delicious sorbet ideas, from ice cream thickened with candied pumpkin to gelato flavored with lemon blossom water. By the 19th century, we all screamed for ice cream — and in Italy, gelato (meaning “something frozen”) became the accepted word for the frozen treat. Gelato: Always a crowd-pleaser! So if gelato just means “frozen,” what is gelato today… and why does it taste so different from the ice cream elsewhere? First, traditional gelato has way less butterfat. About 4 to 8 percent of gelato is butterfat, compared to 14 percent for ice cream in the United States. That means gelato freezes less solidly than ice cream (and it’s actually served about 10 to 15 degrees warmer than ice cream), so it melts in your mouth faster. Second, gelato has a much higher density. To make ice cream, producers mix cream, milk, sugar — and then add air, which increases volume, and water, which increases weight. But all that air and water makes for a much less-flavorful sweet. In Europe, meanwhile, regulations prevent you from that kind of process, called “overrun.” In Italy, you can’t legally increase an ice cream’s weight with water and volume with air. (That said, you can buy an industrial “mix,” add flavors, put it in stainless steel trays, and call it “artisanal”). Finally, most commercial ice creams elsewhere are made for long-term storage. (That’s why they’re more fully frozen and have a higher fat content). Gelato, though, is frozen quickly in small batches. That means it’s much fresher and higher-quality — and that truly artisanal gelato has to be eaten within a couple of days of being made.
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Shop sells breast milk ice cream: London restaurant Icecreamists' Baby Gaga | Daily Mail Online Unusual: A Baby Gaga waitress serves the breast milk cocktail in the Icecreamists shop, Covent Garden When a well-stocked ice cream parlour says they sell every flavour, there are usually limits. But one restaurant in London is selling breast milk ice cream which is being served to customers in a cocktail glass. Icecreamists, based in Covent Garden, have named the £14 dish Baby Gaga. Victoria Hiley, 35, from Leeds provided the first 30 fluid ounces of milk which was enough to make the first 50 servings. But the company are looking for more women to provide breast milk - and are providing £15 for every ten ounces extracted using breast pumps. The recipe blends breast milk with Madagascan vanilla pods and lemon zest, which is then freshly churned into ice cream. A costumed Baby Gaga waitress serves the ice cream in a martini glass filled with the breast milk ice cream mix. Liquid nitrogen is then poured into the glass through a syringe and it is served with a rusk. It can be served with whisky or another cocktail on request. Mother-of-one Victoria said: 'I saw the advert offering to pay women to donate breast milk on a forum and it made me laugh. 'There were so many comments and people were having a debate on whether it could be genuine. So I thought I'd find out.' Another 13 women have volunteered to donate their breast milk. China is not the only country that has seen a rise in breast milk for adults. In 2011, London outlet The Icreamists hit the headlines with its Baby Gaga dessert (pictured) made from human breast milk and served with a rusk Bizarre: Company founder Matt O'Connor, 44, and the Lady Gaga waitress in the central London store To maintain the highest standards, health checks for the lactating women are exactly the same used by the NHS to screen blood donors. Ms Hiley added: 'It wasn't intrusive at all to donate - just a simple blood test. What could be more natural than fresh, free-range mothers milk in an ice cream?' Victoria works with women who have problems breast feeding their babies. She said she believes that if adults realise how tasty breast milk actually is, new mothers will be more willing to breast feed their own newborns. 'You can kid yourself that its a healthy ice cream!' said Victoria. Donor: Victoria Hiley, 25, provided 30 fluid ounces - enough to make the first 50 servings 'But it is very nice it really melts in the mouth. I teach women how to get started on breast feeding their babies. There's very little support for women and every little helps. 'I'm passionate about the good that breast feeding does for babies.' Founder Matt O'Connor, 44, is confident his new ice cream will go down well with the paying public. 'The Baby Gaga tastes creamy and rich. No-one's done anything interesting with ice cream in the last hundred years,' he said. 'We've came up with a method of infusing ice-cream with breast milk. We wanted to completely reinvent it. 'And by using breast milk we've definitely given it a one hundred percent makeover. Its just one of a dozen radical new flavours we've invented. We want to change the way people think about ice cream'. Bizarre: A costumed Baby Gaga waitress serves the ice cream in a martini glass filled with the breast milk ice cream mix. Liquid nitrogen is then poured into the glass through a syringe and it is served with a rusk
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Did you know? Did you know? More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain life. Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk. To sell your home faster and for more money, paint it yellow. Daphne du Maurier, best known for Rebecca, wrote the story upon which Alfred Hitchcock based his 1963 suspense film The Birds. Scarlett O�Hara�s real first name was Katie . Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner. The average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring in a lifetime. The word �queue� is the only word in English that is pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. If a frog�s mouth is held open too long the frog will suffocate. In Disney�s fantasia, the Sorcerer name is Yensid which is Disney spelled backwards. Tablecloths meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second. Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in �A Christmas Carol,� three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam. Around 1900, the Addis Brush Company started producing the first artificial Christmas tree. It was made from the same material that they used for their toilet brushes. Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company. Sources: funfunnyfacts.com, trivia country.com, alltrivia.net. qsl.net, strangefacts.com, funtrivia.com, corsinet.com. December 6, 2013
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1000+ images about 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) on Pinterest | Astronauts, Pan am and Keir dullea Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas 2001 - A Space Odyssey (1968) 2001: A Space Odyssey is a science-fiction narrative, produced in 1968 as both a novel, written by Arthur C. Clarke, and a film, directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is a part of Clarke's Space Odyssey series. Both the novel and the film are partially based on Clarke's short story "The Sentinel", written in 1948 as an entry in a BBC short story competition, and "Encounter in the Dawn", published in 1953 in the magazine Amazing Stories. 310 Pins369 Followers
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Which son of Eric the Red is considered to be the first European to land in North America?
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The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America - History in the Headlines The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America October 8, 2013 By Christopher Klein Share Did a Viking explorer travel from Greenland to modern day Canada in the 11th century, beating Christopher Columbus by nearly 400 years? Share this: The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America Author The Viking Explorer Who Beat Columbus to America URL Google As Leif Erikssson Day approaches, the United States commemorates the explorer credited with the first European expedition to North America. Nearly 500 years before the birth of Christopher Columbus, a band of European sailors left their homeland behind in search of a new world. Their high-prowed Viking ship sliced through the cobalt waters of the Atlantic Ocean as winds billowed the boat’s enormous single sail. After traversing unfamiliar waters, the Norsemen aboard the wooden ship spied a new land, dropped anchor and went ashore. Half a millennium before Columbus “discovered” America, those Viking feet may have been the first European ones to ever have touched North American soil. Exploration was a family business for the expedition’s leader, Leif Eriksson (variations of his last name include Erickson, Ericson, Erikson, Ericsson and Eiriksson). His father, Erik the Red, founded the first European settlement of Greenland after being expelled from Iceland around A.D. 985 for killing a neighbor. (Erik the Red’s father, himself, had been banished from Norway for committing manslaughter.) Eriksson, who is believed to have been born in Iceland around A.D. 970, spent his formative years in desolate Greenland. Around A.D. 1000, Eriksson sailed east to his ancestral homeland of Norway. There, King Olaf I Tryggvason converted him to Christianity and charged him with proselytizing the religion to the pagan settlers of Greenland. Eriksson converted his mother, who built Greenland’s first Christian church, but not his outlaw father. Icelandic legends called sagas recounted Eriksson’s exploits in the New World around A.D. 1000. These Norse stories were spread by word of mouth before becoming recorded in the 12th and 13th centuries. Two sagas give differing accounts as to how Eriksson arrived in North America. According to the “Saga of Erik the Red,” Eriksson crossed the Atlantic by accident after sailing off course on his return voyage from Norway after his conversion to Christianity. The “Saga of the Greenlanders,” however, recounts that Eriksson’s voyage to North America was no fluke. Instead, the Viking explorer had heard of a strange land to the west from Icelandic trader Bjarni Herjolfsson, who more than a decade earlier had overshot Greenland and sailed by the shores of North America without setting foot upon it. Eriksson bought the trader’s ship, raised a crew of 35 men and retraced the route in reverse. After crossing the Atlantic, the Vikings encountered a rocky, barren land in present-day Canada. Eriksson bestowed upon the land a name as boring as the surroundings—Helluland, Norwegian for “Stone Slab Land.” Researchers believe this location could possibly have been Baffin Island. The Norsemen then voyaged south to a timber-rich location they called Markland (Forestland), most likely in present-day Labrador, before finally setting up a base camp likely on the northern tip of the island of Newfoundland. The Vikings spent an entire winter there and benefitted from the milder weather compared to their homeland. They explored the surrounding region abounding with lush meadows, rivers teeming with salmon, and wild grapes so suitable for wine that Eriksson called the region Vinland (Wineland). After spending the winter in Vinland, Eriksson and his crew sailed home to windswept Greenland with badly needed timber and plentiful portions of grapes. Eriksson, who would succeed Erik the Red as chief of the Greenland settlement after his father’s death, never returned to North America, but other Vikings continued to sail west to Vinland for at least the ensuing decade. In spite of North America’s more bountiful re
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The Story Of The Three Kings Home The Story Of The Three Kings [The Story Of The Three Kings] [Some Twelfth Night Customs] [St. Nicholas In England] [Father Christmas And His Family] [Pantomime In The Past And Present] [Saint Nicholas In Europe] [Saint Nicholas In America] [All About Yule Tide] [More Christmas Articles] ( Originally Published 1909 ) In the Latin countries, that is to say, in Italy and the southernmost edge of France, Switzerland and Austria, our good old friend Santa Klaus rarely acts as the bearer of gifts at the Christmas season. Even Russia, though she has adopted Saint Nicholas as her patron saint, and celebrates his day in her own way, gives him no special place in the festivities that attend the birthday of Christ. Indeed in all these countries it is not Christmas but the Epiphany, not December 25th but January 6th, which is the day on which presents are exchanged among friends and relations. Epiphany, best known among English-speaking peoples as Twelfth Day, is the feast of the Three Kings, who figure in the New Testament story as the Magi or Wise Men of the East. You will undoubtedly remember how these Wise Men were warned of the birth of Christ by the appearance of a strange star in the heavens, and how, by following its guidance they arrived at the stable in Bethlehem where the Savior had been born. They brought with them gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh which they presented to the Holy Child. It was in memory of the gift-bearing kings that Epiphany among the Latin and Russian peoples is celebrated as the season for exchanging presents. Little is said in the New Testament about these wise men. Popular legend has greatly filled out the Biblical story. It makes them three rich and powerful monarchs:-Caspar, King of Tarsus, the land of myrrh; Melchior, King of Arabia, where the land is ruddy with gold, and Balthasar, King of Saba, where frankincense flows from the trees. According to some authors these kings were of the race of Balaam, the Old Testament prophet, who had prepared the Gentiles for the coming of Christ into the world. He had foretold that a new star should appear in that part of the sky under which lay the land of Judea, and had warned his descendants that when they saw the star they should follow it and should go to adore a great king who would be born somewhere in Judea and be Lord of the Universe. Even from the time of Balaam, it is added, sentinels had been posted upon a mountain towards the east, in order that as soon as the star rose into view they should give notice of it to the lords of the country, that the latter might go without delay to pay reverence to the new king. This notice, as it happened, was not necessary in the case of Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. Being very wise and learned kings they were under the special care of the Holy Spirit, who informed them in person of the appearance of the star. Each of them at once gathered together a retinue of servants, as well as troops of horses, camels and dromedaries, all of which were laden with the choicest products of their respective countries. Then they started out in search of the new born king. They looked up to the star as their guide, for it moved forward as they moved, and they well knew that it had been sent to show them the way. Where the three kings met is not told, but they arrived in Jerusalem together. As soon as they had entered the city gates the star which had guided them disappeared. Now this was in accordance with the will of God,that on the failure of their starry guide the kings might make inquiries in the capital of Judea, and by these means publish abroad the birth of the Son of God. Hence Herod and the Jews in general could have no excuse for ignoring this great event, and "the care and diligence of the Magi would reprove their negligence and indifference, because having Christ so near them, they did not seek Him, while these strangers came from distant countries for this cause alone." And in fact the three kings, as they rode through the streets of Jerusalem, asked of every o
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1000+ images about The Wedding of Miss Katherine Worsley and the Duke of Kent on Pinterest | Duke, The duchess and York Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas The Wedding of Miss Katherine Worsley and the Duke of Kent The marriage in Yorkminster Abbey on 8th June 1961. 31 Pins78 Followers
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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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Bikers Of America, Know Your Rights!: Ten Most Notorious Outlaw Biker Gangs............... Ten Most Notorious Outlaw Biker Gangs............... Source: factoidz.com USA - The outlaw biker gang can trace its origins to the period after World War II where returning veterans and other roadies began to organize themselves in clubs, pining for the freedom, action and nonconformity that the motorcycle offered. One of the seminal events in outlaw biker history was "The Hollister Riot," which took place over the July Fourth 1947 holiday weekend in Hollister, California, where some 4,000 motorcycle enthusiasts invaded the small town. The ensuing ruckus was later sensationalized in the July 21, 1947, issue of Life magazine, marking a famous milestone in biker history. The Hollister Gypsy Tour, as the event was billed, included the Boozefighters, a South Central Los Angeles motorcycle club founded in 1946 by World War II vet William "Wino Willie" Forkner (1921-1997). Forkner reveled in his reputation as a biker hellraiser, and reportedly served as the inspiration for Lee Marvin's Chino character in Columbia Pictures' The Wild One (1953), which also starred Marlon Brando as bad boy Johnny Strabler, leader of the fictional Black Rebels. Here are ten notorious outlaw biker gangs that rule the road in biker history. These are the so-called "1%ers," the bikers who operate out of the mainstream as compared to the other 99% of motorcyclists who abide by the law and norms of society. Kick start your engines and show your colors… Hells Angels (1948-present) Unarguably the best-known outlaw biker gang in history, Hells Angels owes its name to World War II and possibly the 1930 Howard Hughes movie of the same name. During Big Two, there did exist the United States Army Air Forces 303rd Heavy Bombardment Group (H) of the U.S. 8th Air Force which billed itself as Hell's Angels, flying B-17 combat missions out of Molesworth, England, from 1942-45. Hells Angels was formed in the Fontana/San Bernardino, California, area on March 17, 1948 as an offshoot of the Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington, a California motorcycle club founded in 1945 by American veterans of the air war. Other independent chapters of Hells Angels later sprouted up in Oakland, Gardena and San Francisco. Hells Angels eventually spread its wings, with the club now sporting charters in 29 countries, including Canada, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Portugal, Russia, Greece, Denmark, France, Turkey and the Dominican Republic.The Hells Angels insignia is the infamous "death's head," designed by Frank Sadilek, a former president of the San Francisco chapter. Both American and Canadian law enforcement have labeled the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club (HAMC) a crime syndicate, asserting that its members routinely engage in drug trafficking, extortion and violence. Hells Angels garnered notoriety at the Altamont Free Concert on December 6, 1969, when they were hired by the Rolling Stones to act as stage security. Mayhem ensued at the drug/alcohol fueled event that boasted of a crowd of 300,000, with four people losing their lives. Mongols (1969-present) The Mongols was founded on December 5, 1969 in Montebello, California, by Hispanic veterans of the Vietnam War. Reportedly denied membership in Hells Angels because of their race, the Mongols eventually branched out, currently boasting of chapters in 14 states and four foreign countries. Law enforcement has classified the Mongols as a criminal enterprise, engaging in loan sharking, drug trafficking, racketeering, theft and murder for hire. ATF agent William Queen, using the alias Billy St. John, successfully infiltrated the Mongols in 1998, resulting in 53 Mongol convictions. The Mongols and their hated rivals Hells Angels engaged in an infamous brawl and gunfight at Harrah's Casino in Laughlin, Nevada, in 2002. When the smoke had cleared, one Mongol and two Hells Angels lay dead on the casino floor. Pagans (1959-present) Lou Dobkins, a biochemist at the National Institute of Health, founded the Pagans in Prince George's
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Birmingham City F.C. (Football Club) of the Barclay's Premier League BIRMINGHAM CITY F.C. (Football Club) Included Info: Brief History, Club/Stadium Info, Team Jersey & Much More... BRIEF HISTORY of BIRMINGHAM CITY FOOTBALL CLUB (reproduced from 'Wikipedia' pages) Birmingham City were founded as Small Heath Alliance in 1875, and from 1877 played their home games at Muntz Street. The club turned professional in 1885, and three years later became the first football club to become a limited company with a board of directors, under the name of Small Heath F.C. Ltd. From the 1889�90 season they played in the Football Alliance, which ran alongside the Football League. In 1892, Small Heath, along with the other Alliance teams, were invited to join the newly formed Football League Second Division. They finished as champions, but failed to win promotion via the test match system; the following season promotion to the First Division was secured after a second place finish and test match victory over Darwen. The club adopted the name Birmingham Football Club in 1905, and moved into their new home, St Andrew's Ground, the following year. Matters on the field failed to live up to their surroundings. Birmingham were relegated in 1908, obliged to apply for re-election two years later, and remained in the Second Division until after the First World War. 1920 also saw the debut of the 19-year-old Joe Bradford, who went on to score a club record 267 goals in 445 games, and won 12 caps for England. In 1931, manager Leslie Knighton led the club to their first FA Cup Final, which they lost 2�1 to Second Division club West Bromwich Albion. Though Birmingham remained in the top flight for 18 seasons. The name Birmingham City F.C. was adopted in 1943. In 1947 they won their third Second Division title, conceding only 24 goals in the 42-game season. When Arthur Turner took over as manager in November 1954, he made them play closer to their potential, and a 5�1 win on the last day of the 1954�55 season confirmed them as champions. In their first season back in the First Division, Birmingham achieved their highest league finish of sixth place. They also reached the FA Cup final, losing 3�1 to Manchester City in the game notable for City's goalkeeper Bert Trautmann playing the last 20 minutes with a broken bone in his neck. The following season the club lost in the FA Cup semifinal for the third time since the war, this time beaten 2�0 by Manchester United's "Busby Babes". Birmingham became the first English club side to take part in European competition when they played their first group game in the inaugural Inter-Cities Fairs Cup competition on 15 May 1956; they went on to reach the semifinal where they drew 4�4 on aggregate with Barcelona, losing the replay 2�1. They were also the first English club side to reach a European final, losing 4�1 on aggregate to Barcelona in the 1960 Fairs Cup final and 4�2 to A.S. Roma the following year. In the 1961 semifinal they beat Internazionale home and away; no other English club won a competitive game in the San Siro until Arsenal managed it more than 40 years later. Gil Merrick's side saved their best form for cup competitions. Though opponents in the 1963 League Cup final, local rivals Aston Villa, were pre-match favourites, Birmingham raised their game and won 3�1 on aggregate to lift their first major trophy. In 1965, after ten years in the top flight, they returned to the Second Division. Businessman Clifford Coombs took over as chairman in 1965, luring Stan Cullis out of retirement to manage the club. Cullis's took them to the semifinals of the League Cup in 1967 and the FA Cup in 1968. Two years later, the club raised money by selling Bob Latchford to Everton for a British record fee of �350,000, but without his goals the team struggled. Sir Alf Ramsey briefly managed the club before Jim Smith took over in 1978. With relegation a certainty, the club sold Trevor Francis to Nottingham Forest, making him the first player transferred for a fee of ï
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Early History of Rickenbacker The Earliest Days of the Electric Guitar The Rickenbacker International Corporation (RIC) grew out of the first company founded for the sole purpose of creating and manufacturing fully electric musical instruments and amplifiers-the Los Angeles-based Electro String Instrument Corporation. Founded in 1931 by Adolph Rickenbacker and George D. Beauchamp, this pioneering firm produced "Rickenbacker Electro Instruments", the first modern electric guitars. RIC's history now spans 86 years in business on the leading edge of music trends that have changed popular culture forever. Played by Hawaiian musicians of the 1930s to jazz bassists of the 1990s, by the Beatles and Byrds to the most-current rock groups on MTV, the ringing sound of Rickenbacker instruments has helped define music as we know it. Never resting on its laurels, RIC continues to ignite and propel the electric guitar's transformation of music by providing today's musicians with the finest instruments available. It all began in 1920s Los Angeles, a city fast becoming the entertainment capital of the world. Like many of his contemporaries, steel player George Beauchamp (pronounced Beechum) sought a louder, improved guitar. Several inventors had already tried to build louder stringed instruments by adding megaphone-like amplifying horns to them. Beauchamp saw one of these and went looking for someone to build him one, too. His search led to John Dopyera, a violin repairman with a shop fairly close to Beauchamp's L.A. home. Dopyera and his brother Rudy's first attempt for George sat on a stand; a Victrola horn attached to the bottom and pointed towards the audience. It was a failure, so the Dopyeras then started experiments with thin, cone-like aluminum resonators attached to a guitar bridge and placed inside a metal body. A successful prototype (soon dubbed "the tri-cone") used three of these resonators. Beauchamp, so pleased with the results, suggested forming a manufacturing company with the Dopyeras, who had already started making more guitars in their shop. Setting out to find investors, he took the tri-cone prototype and the Sol Hoopii Trio (a world-famous Hawaiian group) to a lavish party held by his millionaire cousin-in-law, Ted Kleinmeyer. He was so excited about the guitar and the prospects for a new company that he gave Beauchamp a check for $12,000 that night. Substantial production of the metal-body guitars began almost immediately. Beauchamp, acting as general manager, hired some of the most experienced and competent craftsmen available, including several members of his own family and the Dopyeras. He purchased equipment and located the new factory near Adolph Rickenbacker's tool and die shop. Rickenbacker (known to his friends as Rick) was a highly skilled production engineer with experience in a wide variety of manufacturing techniques. Swiss-born, he was also a relative of WWI flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker. Well equipped to manufacture metal bodies for the Nationals, Adolph owned one of the largest deep-drawing presses on the West Coast and soon carried the title of engineer in the National Company. Unfortunately, the seeds for an internal dispute within National were planted in the very beginning. By late 1928 the Dopyeras became very disgruntled with the management of company and resources. John Dopyera, who rightfully considered himself an inventor, ironically thought that Beauchamp wasted time experimenting with new ideas. Dopyera and Beauchamp lived in two different worlds and apparently were at odds on every level of personal, business and social interaction. That they could not work together successfully was a foregone
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Echo & The Bunnymen | New Music And Songs | Echo & The Bunnymen About Echo & The Bunnymen Echo & the Bunnymen's dark, swirling fusion of gloomy post-punk and Doors-inspired psychedelia brought the group a handful of British hits in the early '80s, while attracting a cult following in the United States. The Bunnymen grew out of the Crucial Three, a late-'70s trio featuring vocalist Ian McCulloch, Pete Wylie, and Julian Cope. Cope and Wylie left the group by the end of 1977, forming the Teardrop Explodes and Wah!, respectively. McCulloch met guitarist Will Sergeant in the summer of 1978 and the pair began recording demos with a drum machine that the duo called "Echo." Adding bassist Les Pattinson, the band made its live debut at the Liverpool club Eric's at the end of 1978, calling itself Echo & the Bunnymen. In March of 1979, the group released its first single, "Pictures on My Wall"/"Read It in Books," on the local Zoo record label. The single and their popular live performances led to a contract with Korova. After signing the contract, the group discarded the drum machine, adding drummer Pete de Freitas. Released in the summer of 1980, their debut album, Crocodiles, reached number 17 on the U.K. charts. Shine So Hard, an EP released in the fall, became their first record to crack the U.K. Top 40. With the more ambitious and atmospheric Heaven Up Here (1981), the group began to gain momentum, thanks to positive reviews; it became their first U.K. Top Ten album. Two years later, Porcupine appeared, becoming the band's biggest hit (peaking at number two on the U.K. charts) and launching the Top Ten single "The Cutter." "The Killing Moon" became the group's second Top Ten hit at the beginning of 1984, yet its follow-up, "Silver," didn't make it past number 30 when it was released in May. Ocean Rain was released that same month to great critical acclaim; peaking at number four in Britain, the record became the Bunnymen's first album to chart in the U.S. Top 100. The following year was a quiet one for the band as they released only one new song, "Bring on the Dancing Horses," which was included on the compilation Songs to Learn & Sing. De Freitas left the band at the start of 1986 and was replaced by former Haircut 100 drummer Mark Fox; by September, de Freitas rejoined the group. Echo & the Bunnymen returned with new material in the summer of 1987, releasing the single "The Game" and a self-titled album. Echo & the Bunnymen became their biggest American hit, peaking at number 51; it was a success in England as well, reaching number four. However, the album indicated that the group was in a musical holding pattern. At the end of 1988, McCulloch left the band to pursue a solo career; the rest of the band decided to continue without the singer. Tragedy hit the band in the summer of 1989 when de Freitas was killed in an auto accident. McCulloch released his first solo album, Candleland, in the fall of 1989; it peaked at number 18 in the U.K. and number 159 in the U.S. Echo & the Bunnymen released Reverberation, their first album recorded without McCulloch, in 1990; it failed to make the charts. McCulloch released his second solo album, Mysterio, in 1992. Two years later, McCulloch and Sergeant formed Electrafixion, releasing their first album in 1995. In 1997, the duo re-teamed with Pattinson to re-form Echo & the Bunnymen, issuing the LP Evergreen. Two years later, they returned with What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? The new millennium brought Echo & the Bunnymen back to the basics. The British press touted the band's storybook flair found on 1983's Ocean Rain and figured such spark would be found on their ninth album, Flowers. Issued in spring 2001, it reflected McCulloch's dark breezy vocals and Sergeant's signature hooks. Live in Liverpool, a concert disc capturing the band's two gigs at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts while on tour in support of Flowers, followed a year later. For 2005's Siberia, McCulloch and Sergeant joined producer Hugh Jones for the band's most classic effort since their 1997 comeback
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Mohawk hairstyle : definition of Mohawk hairstyle and synonyms of Mohawk hairstyle (English) "Iro" redirects here. For the former U.N. specialized agency, see International Refugee Organization . A young man wearing a mohawk Cossack musician with khokhol (ukr. Oseledets ) The mohawk (referred to in British English as a mohican) is a hairstyle in which, in the most common variety, both sides of the head are shaven, leaving a strip of noticeably longer hair in the center. Though mohawk is associated mostly with punk rock subculture, today it has entered mainstream fashion. The mohawk is also sometimes referred to as an iro in reference to the Iroquois , from whom the hairstyle is derived - though historically the hair was plucked out rather than shaved. Contents 6 References The "mohawk" name While the mohawk hairstyle takes its name from the people of the Mohawk nation , an indigenous people of North America who originally inhabited the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York , [1] the association comes from Hollywood and more specifically from the popular 1939 movie, Drums Along the Mohawk starring Henry Fonda. The Mohawk and the rest of the Iroquois confederacy (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Tuscarora and Oneida) in fact wore a square of hair on the back of the crown of the head. The Mohawk did not shave their heads when creating this square of hair, but rather pulled the hair out, small tufts at a time. The following is a first-hand account of James Smith, who was captured during the French and Indian war and adopted into the Mohawk tribe: "...[A] number of Indians collected about me and one of them began to pull hair out of my head. He had some ashes on a piece of bark in which he frequently dipped his fingers in order to take a firmer hold, and so he went on as if he had been plucking a turkey, until he had all the hair clean out of my head, except a small spot about three or four inches square on my crown the remaining hair was cut and three braids formed which were decorated...". Therefore a true hairstyle of the Mohawks was one of plucked-out hair, leaving a three-inch square of hair on the back crown of the head with three short braids of hair decorated. The three braids of a True Mohawk hairstyle are represented today on traditional headdresses of the Mohawk known as a "Gustoweh". Mohawk Gustoweh's have three upright eagle feathers that represent the three braids of long ago. Example of Gustowehs . When not decorated, the very short braids were allowed to hang loose as seen in Good Peter's image in the above-linked article. Historical use The hairstyle has been in existence in many parts of the world for millennia. For instance, the Clonycavan Man , a 2000-year-old male bog body discovered near Dublin in 2003, was found to be wearing a mohawk styled with plant oil and pine resin. [2] Artwork discovered at the Pazyryk burials dating back to 600 BCE depicts Scythian warriors sporting similar mohawks. The body of a warrior occupying one of the kurgans had been scalped earlier in life and wore a hair prosthesis in the form of a mohawk. [3] Amongst the Pawnee people , who historically lived along in present-day Nebraska and in northern Kansas , a "mohawk" hair style was common. Pawnee father and son, 1912 When going to war, 16th-century Ukrainian Cossacks would shave their heads, leaving a long central strip. This haircut was known as a khokhol and was often braided or tied in a topknot . [4] During World War II , many American GIs , notably paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division wore mohawks to intimidate their enemies. It was also occasionally worn by America troops during the Vietnam War [5] [6] . In the early 1950s some jazz musicians, and even a few teenage girls, wore them. [7] Style and maintenance English punk with spike Mohawk Depending on how it is worn, the mohawk can be a high-maintenance style. Regular, careful shaving or trimming is required to maintain a clean line between the shaven and unshaven (or short and long) portions of the hair; this can be especially complicated in bi and tri hawks
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On this day: The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790 - The Scotsman On this day: The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790 The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790. Picture: Stephen Mansfield 00:00 Friday 08 July 2016 Events, birthdays and anniversaries on 8 July 8 July 951: The city of Paris was founded. 1249: King Alexander II died on the isle of Kerrara in Oban Bay. 1296: Abdication of King John Balliol at Montrose. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama set out on his first voyage. He became the first European to reach India by sea. 1790: The Forth and Clyde Canal was opened after 22 years of construction. 1836: Charles Darwin reached St Helena aboad HMS Beagle. 1884: The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded. 1905: Soldiers of the Russian battleship Potemkin, who had mutinied, surrendered to Romanian authorities, who subsequently turned the ship over to Russian authorities. 1907: Florenz Ziegfeld staged the first of his Ziegfeld Follies shows on the rooftop of a Broadway theatre. 1911: Nan Aspinall became the first woman to complete a solo US coast-to-coast horseback ride when she delivered a letter from the mayor of San Francisco to the mayor of New York, having covered 4,500 miles in 301 days. 1918: National Savings stamps went on sale in Britain. 1941: All Jews living in the Baltic states were obligated to wear the Jewish star. 1947: Reports were received that a UFO had crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico. 1949: South Africa passed the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, banning the marriage or sexual relationship between white people and those of other race groups. 1957: Leaders of Sinn Fein were arrested by order of Irish premier Eamon de Valera. 1961: Freddie Trueman took five wickets for no runs in 24 balls for England against Australia. 1963: USA banned all monetary transactions with Cuba. 1965: Ronald Biggs, one of the Great Train robbers, escaped from prison. He settled in Brazil but returned to Britain and gave himself up in 2001. 1967: Billie Jean King beat Ann Jones 6-3, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon ladies singles title. 1969: USA began the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. 1971: Riots erupted in Derry after British soldiers shot dead two Catholic civilians during street disturbances. 1973: Paul Getty III, grandson of John Paul Getty, the world’s richest man, was kidnapped. After having his right ear cut off, he was returned for a ransom of $2.9 million. 1992: Mike Gatting and 15 other English cricketers suspended for five years for touring South Africa had their bans lifted. 1994: A preliminary trial ruled that there was enough evidence to try OJ Simpson for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman. 1994: Space Shuttle Columbia 17 was launched. 2010: Former Labour Party deputy leader John Prescott was introduced to the House of Lords as Baron Prescott of Kingston-upon-Hull. 2014: Brazil suffered the humiliation of a 7-1 defeat by Germany in the World Cup semi-final, the host nation’s first competitive home loss for 39 years.
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Cooperative | Define Cooperative at Dictionary.com cooperative [koh-op-er-uh-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv, -op-uh-rey-tiv] /koʊˈɒp ər ə tɪv, -ˈɒp rə tɪv, -ˈɒp əˌreɪ tɪv/ Spell working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit. 2. demonstrating a willingness to cooperate : The librarian was cooperative in helping us find the book. 3. a cooperative business. 4. involving or denoting an educational program comprising both classroom study and on-the-job or technical training, especially in colleges and universities. noun 5. a jointly owned enterprise engaging in the production or distribution of goods or the supplying of services, operated by its members for their mutual benefit, typically organized by consumers or farmers. 6. Also called co-op , cooperative apartment. a building owned and managed by a corporation in which shares are sold, entitling the shareholders to occupy individual units in the building. an apartment in such a building. Compare condominium (defs 1, 2). Origin of cooperative
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Siol nan Gaidheal - Famous Scots Siol nan Gaidheal Calgacus....Famous Celtic leader in wars against the Romans. Saint Mungo (or Kentigern)....Scottish Saint and missionary. MacBeth....Last Gaelic High King of Alba/Scotland. (unjustly maligned by Shakespeare) William Wallace....The most famous Scottish Freedom fighter against the English. Robert the Bruce....Scotland�s greatest King, victor over the English at Battle of Bannockburn, Scottish Wars of Independence. Abbot Bernard of Linton....Author of the Declaration of Arbroath. Cardinal David Beaton....Archbishop of St. Andrews and Chancellor of Scotland. Henry Sinclair of Orkney....Scottish discoverer of America and thought to be involved in Masonic and Knights Templar lore (keeper of Holy Grail). King James IV....Scottish Renaissance King, established Scottish navy, died at Battle of Flodden, killed by English. Mary Queen of Scots....Scotland�s most romantic but tragic Queen. Killed by English on orders from Elizabeth I of England. John Knox....Reformation revolutionary. James VI of Scotland & Ist of England, The Wisest Fool in Christendom. Strange but effective ruler, commissioned the King James version of The Bible. Marquis of Montrose...Covenanter and Royalist Leader of Highland Armies. Richard Cameron....Republican Covenanter and founder of the �Cameronians�. Viscount (Bonnie) Dundee....Jacobite Highland Army leader, killed at Battle of Killiecrankie. Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun....Scottish Patriot - vehemently opposed Union with England 1707. Rob Roy MacGregor....Jacobite Highland Clan leader. Alexander Selkirk....Model for Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe heard his story when he (Defoe) was in Scotland working as a pro-Union agent for English. Bonnie Prince Charlie....Prince Charles Edward Stuart, true prince of Scotland, and chief Stuart Claimant to the British throne. Participated in the victories won by the mostly Highland Jacobean Army, but finally defeated at the Battle of Culloden, was encouraged to flee and escaped the ensuing slaughter of his followers. Tartan....Banned & proscribed alongside bagpipes etc. in Scotland after the slaughter and near genocide following the Battle of Culloden. 1746-82 David Hume....Scottish Enlightenment Philosopher. Adam Smith....Inventor of Economics and author of �Wealth of Nations�. James Watt....Inventor of Steam Engine. John �Tar� MacAdam....Inventor of Asphalt, road covering. James �Ossian� MacPherson.... Celtic & Highland poet, influenced European Romantic Movement. Robert Burns....Scotlands National Bard . Poetry taught from Edinburgh to China. Sir Walter Scott....Scottish Historical Novelist. Ivanhoe & Waverly etc. Lord Byron...."Mad, bad & dangerous to know". Scottish romantic poet, also revered in Greece as freedom fighter. James Simpson....Scottish Doctor who introduced chloroform into surgery. Robert Louis Stevenson....Scottish Novelist. Author of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and of course Jekyll and Hyde, to name but a few. Alexander Graham Bell....Inventor of the telephone. John Muir....Scottish Environmentalist and famous in America for work as Ecologist. Keir Hardie....First Labour MP and Labour Party Leader. Patrick Geddes....Scottish Scientist and Sociologist. Charles Rennie MacIntosh....Scottish Architect and Designer. James Connolly....Born In Edinburgh, Irish Republican leader. Executed in 1916 by British for his part in the Easter Rising and other Republican activities. Ramsay MacDonald....First Labour Prime Minister of Britain. Sir Alexander Fleming....Inventor of Penicillin. John Logie Baird....Inventor of the Television. Hugh MacDiarmid....Scottish Modernist Poet, Leader of Scottish Renaissance & Cultural Movement. Member of 1320 Club and dedicated Scottish ultra-nationalist. Stan Laurel....Scottish actor, formed half of duo �Laurel & Hardy�. Harry Lauder....Scottish comedian and singer (after a fashion). Sean Connery....Famous Scottish Actor. Original �James Bond 007�, born in Edinburgh and renowned Scottish Nationalist. Billy Connelly....(The Big Yin) Scottish contemporary comedian, actor, musician. R
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Iona | island, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom | Britannica.com island, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom Written By: Scotland 1980s overview Iona, island of the Inner Hebrides , Strathclyde region, Scotland . It is 3 miles (5 km) long by 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide, with its highest point just under 330 feet (100 m) above sea level, and is separated by the Sound of Iona (0.7 miles [1.1 km] wide) from the large island of Mull . Most of the island is rough grazing land, but there is some permanent pasture, and sheep and cattle are raised. Tourism and crofting (small-scale farming) are the main economic activities. West facade of the Cathedral of St. Mary, with St. Martin’s Cross, Iona, Scotland A.F. Kersting Iona was readily accessible by sea from Ireland , and it was here that St. Columba landed in ad 563 to begin his Christianization of Scotland. From his monastery on Iona, Columba established the Celtic church and sent missionaries throughout mainland and insular Scotland. He died in 597 and was buried on the island. During the period from 795 to the late 10th century, the pagan Norsemen repeatedly invaded the island. The original monastery was burned down and the monks murdered. Iona’s insecurity led to the transfer in 849 of the relics of St. Columba to the safety of Kells in Ireland. By the 11th century the monastery had been rebuilt and was included by the Norsemen (by now converted to Christianity) in their diocese of Man and the Isles. In 1154 this see was put under the archbishop of Trondheim, in Norway, and it retained this status until 1266, when the Hebrides were ceded to Scotland. Throughout centuries of invasion and warfare, the reputation of the island as a holy place flourished, and it became the burial place of Scottish, Irish, and Norwegian kings. The monastery was suppressed after the Protestant Reformation, and in 1693 the island passed into the overlordship of the Campbells of Argyll , until 1899, when the 8th duke of Argyll presented the ruined abbey to the Church of Scotland . The abbey was gradually rebuilt and was opened again for public worship in 1912. In 1938 George MacLeod, a Glasgow minister, founded the Iona Community . Pop. (2001) 125. Learn More in these related articles:
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When legendary Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi was asked about the reason for his success at the 1924 Olympics despite high-heat conditions, he mentioned what tradition of his country as part of his training?
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Engaging Musings Engaging Musings Today in History for 24th September 2015 Historical Events Events 1 - 100 of 206 312 - Start of Imperial Indication 366 - Liberius ends his reign as Catholic Pope 673 - Synod of Hertford opens; canons made for English Church 787 - 2nd Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council) opens in Asia Minor 1180 - Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline. 1493 - Columbus' 2nd expedition to New World 1537 - Uprising in Lubeck fails 1625 - Dutch attack San Juan, Puerto Rico 1629 - Jacques Specx appointed governor-general of Dutch-Indies 1657 - First autopsy & coroner's jury verdict is recorded in Maryland 1664 - Dutch Fort Orange (New Netherland) in present day Albany NY surrenders to the English 1683 - King Louis XIV expels all Jews from French possessions in America 1688 - France declares war on Germany 1706 - Treaty of Altranstdt: Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen 1742 - Faneuil Hall, Boston, opens to public 1776 - First St Leger horesrace held at Doncaster The Sun King of France Louis XIV1786 - American American slave Jupiter Hammon makes his "Address to the Negroes of the State of New York" speech advocating emancipation at meeting of African Society in NY 1789 - US Congress establishes Post Office Department following the new constitution 1789 - US Federal Judiciary Act is passed & creates a six-person Supreme Court 1789 - President George Washington nominates John Jay the 1st Chief Justice 1789 - US Attorney General Office is created 1829 - Russia & Ottoman Empire sign Peace Treaty of Adrianople 1838 - Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law 1841 - British adventurer James Brooke obtains lands around the Sarawak river from the Sultan of Brunei 1850 - Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England 1852 - Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st engine powered dirigible/airship flight with steam power 1st White Rajah of Sarawak James Brooke1853 - 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt) 1853 - France annexes New Caledonia 1853 - Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London 1862 - Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal 1865 - James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF 1869 - Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold 1872 - Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg" premieres in Vienna 1877 - Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion 1881 - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1883 - National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky 1884 - Dixey, Rice & Gill's musical "Adonis" premieres in NYC 1885 - Five German warships depart to Zanzibar 1889 - Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder 1890 - President of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching & practice of polygamy should be abandoned 1895 - 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) 1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle" (BG) 1903 - Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Barton as Australia premier 1903 - Bill Bradley becomes 1st Cleveland baseball player (Cleveland Naps) to hit for cycle 1906 - St Louis Card Stony McGlynn no-hits Dodgers, 1-1 in 7 inning game 1906 - V Herbert & H Blossom's musical "Red Mill" premieres in NYC 1906 - Prince George of Greece, convinced that he can no longer serve the cause of Crete, resigns as High Commissioner 1908 - Robert B Rhoads becomes 1st Cleveland pitcher (Cleveland Naps) to toss a no-hit game, Cleveland 2, Boston 1 1916 - Indians' Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam Baseball Legend Babe Ruth1919 - Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey 1922 - Nuremberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky 1922 - Roger Hornsby sets NL HR mark at 42 1923 - Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) 1924 - Boston, Massachusetts, opens its airport 1926 - Cardinals clinch NL pennant
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The Passing Parade | RACING MOTORCYCLISTS’ MEMORIAL TRIBUTE RACING MOTORCYCLISTS’ MEMORIAL TRIBUTE Gone but not forgotten – long remembered! Search riders who have passed away – off the track (Any photos to help complete this tribute to fallen riders gratefully received, also any information on riders I’ve missed…the focus is on GP riders but any riders of significant international achievement can be nominated for inclusion) Walter HANDLEY, 4 times TT winner – died in a World War II aircraft accident while serving as pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1941 Tazio Giorgio NUVOLARI: died 11 August 1953 – was an Italian motorcycle racer and racecar driver. Nuvolari started racing motorcycles in 1920 at the age of 27, winning the 1925 350cc European Championship. He won the Nations Grand Prix four times between 1925 and 1928, and the Lario Circuit race five times between 1925 and 1929, all in the 350 cc class on a Bianchi motorcycle. Tazio Nuvolari won the Circuito del Lario roadrace, often called the Italian TT in 1929. The race was extremely dangerous as it was run on public mountain roads around Lake Como which were closed to traffic during the race. The circuit was 22.7 miles (36.5 km) long with 300 curves, 50 of which were hairpins since the course cuts through the famous Ghisallo mountain pass. There is an elevation change of 1,805 feet (550 meters) during the course of the race and the road conditions were deplorable even by 1929 standards. But Tazio was legendary for his ability to handle stress and adversity. In 1925 at the Italian GP he crashed his Alfa Romeo P2 into a tree after the gearbox seized and was sent to hospital and ordered to rest for a month. But just one week later heavily bandaged he entered the Italian motorcycle GP and won the race. He had to be lifted on and off the motorcycle. As a motorcycle racer he’d won four consecutive 350cc Italian GPs (Gran Premio delle Nazioni) between 1925 and 1928, riding for Bianchi. On September 3rd 1939 Nuvolari won the GP of Belgrade, the last GP of the Golden Era for the Second World War which had started two days earlier. His life was not all victories, he lost both his sons Giorgio and Alberto before they reached the age of twenty. In 1953 (by now was partly paralyzed) he died from an illness and was buried in his “racing uniform” with helmet, yellow jersey and blue trousers. Laurie BOULTER – road accident in IOM 1954 – killed before official practice . Laurie Boulter had finished 11th in the ’53 Senior and had returned in ’54 along with Maurice Quincey and Jack Ahern to officially represent Australia. Before official practice started, Laurie was killed on his bike after running into a reversing car near Handley’s Corner. Born in Adelaide, Australia, he began motorcycle racing in 1935 in beach races and scrambling (later motorcross) and quickly gained success becoming one of Australia’s top riders. WW2 interupted his racing but after the war, he started a motorcycle business in Torrensville, and returned to racing becoming unbeatable in South Australia. In 1952 he bought a 500cc Manx Norton and came second in the Australian Grand Prix at Bathurst. The following year he took his bikes to the Isle of Man TT races finishing 26th in the Junior and a remarkable 11th in the Senior races. He returned to Australia with no plans to return to the Island however with further wins under his belt, he was chosen to be a member of the official Australian team of riders to return to the Isle of Man in 1954. Whilst practising on the circuit he saw his countryman Ken Kavanagh walking the circuit between the 11th Milestone and Handley’s Corner and turned to wave to him. That moment of inattention cost him his life as he crashed into a car reversing out onto the road on a blind bend ahead of him. He was thrown over the car and struck a stone wall. The driver, a Dr Letchworth, was the official doctor for the races but he could do nothing for the rider. To avoid the Doctor’s arrest, Kavagagh later admitted he’d lied under oath at the inquest. Boulter is buried in Braddan Ce
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In the 2012 Olympics, who won the gold medal in the Men's Singles at tennis?
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Andy Murray wins London 2012 Olympics gold with straight-sets defeat of Roger Federer at Wimbledon - Telegraph Tennis Andy Murray wins London 2012 Olympics gold with straight-sets defeat of Roger Federer at Wimbledon When the Wimbledon DJ chose Massive Attack’s Unfinished Symphony as the walk-on music for the men’s singles finalists, was he making a point? If so, it was a clever one. Image 1 of 5 Pure gold: Andy Murray shows of the spoils of his stunning victory over Roger Federer on Centre Court Photo: REUTERS Champion: Andy Murray shows the crowd his Olympic gold medal Photo: EPA Image 1 of 5 Magic moment: Andy Murray defeats Roger Federer in straight sets to take the Olympic title Photo: AP Image 1 of 5 Romantic celebration: Andy Murray climbed into the stands to celebrate with his girlfriend Kim Sears Photo: GETTY IMAGES Follow Andy Murray ’s career will always be incomplete until he achieves his long-held goal of lifting a grand slam trophy. But by winning the Olympic tennis final on Sunday, and destroying his old nemesis Roger Federer in the process, he has taken a big step towards fulfilment. It might seem ironic that a British man has finally won a singles tournament at Wimbledon for the first time since 1936 — and yet it is not Wimbledon 'proper’. Still, this victory could yet be a significant building block in Murray’s career. To put the scale of the achievement into perspective, he faced the undisputed king of Centre Court, a man who had won seven of his previous eight finals on this most prestigious of stages. The odd one out dates back to 2008, when Rafael Nadal produced the match of his life to win in five agonising sets. Related Articles Murray climbs into crowd to enjoy 'biggest win' 05 Aug 2012 In pure tennis terms, Sunday’s match was no classic. Had it not been for the size of the prize at stake, it might even have seemed workaday. Murray made Federer look slow and hesitant in a 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 victory that occupied only 1 hr 56 min. Asked afterwards whether he remembered ever losing nine games in a row — as he did from the middle of the first set — Federer joked: “No, I don’t. And I don’t want to remember.” For the home fans, though, this was an unforgettable afternoon — a day when Centre Court roared with a level of patriotism that can never have been matched at Wimbledon. And Murray matched their support with a totally clinical performance. He didn’t play too many spectacular shots, but then he didn’t have too. He could tell that Federer was out of sorts and out of rhythm, and he concentrated on playing a tight, high-percentage game that gave his opponent little breathing space. Since Friday afternoon, Murray has beaten Novak Djokovic and now Federer, the two top-ranked players in the world. And he has done it without dropping a set or even dropping his serve. No fewer than 13 break points came and went against his name, yet he never faltered once. That is the sort of backs-to-the-wall brilliance on which major titles are built. Could there be parallels here with Djokovic, who reached the peak of his powers after winning the Davis Cup for Serbia in 2010? Tennis can be a painfully individual sport: you have no caddie to help you through the awkward moments, no second in your corner to jabber instructions in your ear. But the collective cause of Team GB supplied a different mindset, and one that Murray has clearly relished. It has knocked him out of his tendency towards introspection, and the result has been the best individual medal haul recorded by any British athlete at these Olympics to date: a gold and a silver. You have to go back to Charles Dixon in the Stockholm Games of 1912, to find an equivalent effort from a home player. “I watched the athletics last night, and it was unbelievable,” Murray said. It was amazing to see Mo Farah run his final 400 metres in 53 seconds when I can only do it in 57 seconds when I’m fresh. That gave me the motivation to try to win the gold medal, because I wanted to be part of it if I could.” This match was even for about 20 minutes, which saw Federe
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Stockholm 1912 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights Official Reports arrow On time The Stockholm Games were a model of efficiency. The Swedish hosts introduced the first Olympic use of automatic timing devices for the track events, the photo finish and a public address system. Last man standing If there was an unofficial theme of the 1912 Games, it was endurance. The course for the cycling road race was 320km (199 miles), the longest race of any kind in Olympic history. In Greco-Roman wrestling, the middleweight semi-final match between Russian Martin Klein and Finland’s Alfred Asikainen lasted 11 hours. Debuts and firsts For the first time, competitors in the Games came from all five continents. It was also the first time Japan participated. The modern pentathlon, women’s swimming and women’s diving all made their Olympic debuts. Mighty Jim Jim Thorpe, a Native American from Oklahoma, won the pentathlon and decathlon by huge margins. He was later disqualified when it was discovered that he had accepted a modest sum to play baseball before the Games. But in 1982, the IOC decided to reinstate him and gave his medals back to his daughter. NOCs: 28 Athletes: 2,407 (48 women, 2,359 men) Events: 102 Media: n/a New technology A well-organised edition of the Olympics, the Stockholm Games saw the first Olympic use of automatic timing equipment, the photo finish and a public address system. Swimming open to women Women's swimming events made their entrance. Japan took part Japan participated for the first time The first art and literature competition Under the nom de plume of Georges Hohrod and M. Eschbach, Baron de Coubertin was awarded first place for his "Ode to sport" which "praises sport in both a literary and sporting way". (Illustration: "Les sports d'hiver" of Carlo Pelligrini, winner of the painting competition of the Concours d'Art) The story of Jim Thorpe A native American from Oklahoma, Jim Thorpe, described by King Gustav V of Sweden as "the greatest athlete in the world", won the pentathlon and decathlon. However, he was disqualified in January 1913 when it was discovered that he had accepted a very modest sum of money to play baseball before the Games. In 1982, the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee decided to reinstate Jim Thorpe and to give back to his daughter the medals that were rightfully his. His feat was immortalised in the film "The Bronze Man" by Michael Curtiz, with Burt Lancaster in the role of Thorpe. Representation of the five continents For the first time, competitors in the Games came from all five continents. Long live the Games! With the close of the 1912 Olympics, all eyes turned towards the city of Berlin where the next edition of the Games was scheduled to take place. Although World War I made it impossible for plans to proceed, the Games proved their resilience. The 1916 celebration remained in Olympic history as the Games of the VI Olympiad and in 1920 the Olympics were once again held, with the Belgian city of Antwerp acting as Olympic host. Ceremonies Stockholm 1912, Games of the V Olympiad: the Swedish team of women gymnasts parades in the stadium during the Opening Ceremony. Official opening of the Games by: His Majesty The King Gustav V Lighting the Olympic Flame by: A symbolic fire at an Olympic Summer Games was first lit in 1928 in Amsterdam. Olympic Oath by: The athletes’ oath was first sworn at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. Official Oath by: The officials' oath at an Olympic Summer Games was first sworn in 1972 in Munich. On the obverse, two female figures placing a laurel crown on the head of young victorious athlete. On the reverse, a herald proclaiming the opening of the Games with, on the left, the statue of Ling, the founder of the institutions and the Swedish gym system. All around, the inscription "OLYMPISKA SPELEN STOCKHOLM 1912". More info It represents the parade of nations, each athlete carrying a twirling flag and all going towards a common goal- the Olympic Games. The nudity of the athletes was a reference to the Games of Antiquity, altho
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Which former snooker player was a co-presenter on the TV show 'Big Break'?
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Big Break - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos - TV.com EDIT Big Break is a British game show based around the game of snooker, it is presented by comedian Jim Davidson and former snooker player John Virgo. There are three contestants participating, each joined by a professional snooker player chosen at random. The contestant would answer the questions and the pro player would take care of the elements occurring on the snooker table. The following are the rounds in Big Break: Red Hot Each contestant starts with ten seconds on their clock, they are then given three questions, for each one they get right ten seconds is added to their clock. The snooker player then has to pot as many of the 10 red balls in the time won by the contestants. The lowest scoring team is eliminated. Virgo's Trick Shot The contestant eliminated in Red Hot is given the chance to win a consolation prize, they have to recreate a trick shot performed by John Virgo. Pocket Money The snooker player would play by traditional snooker rules for ninety seconds. For every ball they potted it would be worth money for their contestant, the values in pounds were ten times the points in snooker (so the reds are worth £10, the yellow is £20 and so on). If the player missed a ball the contestant would have to answer a question before play is resumed, the category of the question is determined by which ball is missed. The lowest scoring team is eliminated. Categories:
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nick hancock : definition of nick hancock and synonyms of nick hancock (English) Hosting They Think It's All Over Nick Hancock (born 25 October 1962, Stoke-on-Trent , Staffordshire ) is an English actor and television presenter . Probably TV's most well known Stoke City supporter, he hosted the sports quiz They Think It's All Over for 10 years. He also formerly presented Room 101 (1994–1999) on TV, as well as its earlier radio version (1992–1994). He has recently been interviewed by 6 Town Radio about the 40th anniversary of Stoke's 1972 League cup win. [1] Taking a sabbatical from show business, from 2005 he began working for a friend's mortgage brokerage. [2] He left the position in February 2007, although no reason for his departure was made public. [3] Contents 7 External links Early life Hancock grew up with three elder sisters, with father Ken, a builder. He was educated at Yarlet School [4] in Staffordshire and Shrewsbury School and won a place at Homerton College, Cambridge . While at Cambridge, Hancock was a member of the Footlights where he first collaborated with Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt and became president in 1983 with Punt as vice president. He was also a founding member of the Homerton College Blaggards. After graduation, Hancock became a PE teacher and practised stand-up comedy as a hobby. He formed a double act with Neil Mullarkey , another former Footlights member, and the duo mostly did satirical spoofs of television shows' title sequences to accompanying music, several times on television. This included Doctor Who , Kojak , and Dad's Army . One of his earliest TV breaks was presenting La Triviatta, a comedy/chat show about trivia for the short lived British Satellite Broadcasting station. In 1990, he appeared in a series of advertisements for Randall's beer, that were originally only shown in Jersey . These were later lampooned by Angus Deayton in his TV show Before They Were Famous . Television career Hancock appeared in two episodes of Mr. Bean , first as a thief who stole Mr. Bean's camera, and later as a ticket inspector in a train. His early television credits also include Me, You and Him and The Mary Whitehouse Experience . Hancock’s comedy idol is Peter Cook and he got the chance to meet him when Cook appeared on Room 101 . Hancock enjoyed hosting They Think It's All Over - especially when guests got in hot water: " Chris Eubank was slagging off Kiwi rugby star Jonah Lomu , who's 6 ft 5 in and about 18 1/2 stone. I knew Jonah was backstage, about to come on for our 'feel the sportsman' round. It was a very pleasing moment!" In 1998 he starred (alongside Andy Smart) in a documentary/comedy about the Iranian national football team called "The Outsiders". In 1999 he also appeared in Great Railway Journeys of the World , travelling from Guantanamo to Pinar del Rio. [5] After passing on the hosts duties for both Room 101 and They Think It's All Over, Hancock took a sabbatical to enjoy family life and his children. He has made one-off appearances, including on Red Nose Day 's The Ultimate Makeover, where Hancock, Anna Ryder Richardson , Phil Tufnell and TV gardener Joe Swift transformed a Liverpool play centre for children whose parents could not afford child-care. Hancock has said that if he was ever invited to guest on a chat show, he would refuse. There isn't that much of himself to give, he has insisted: "I can’t think of anything I’ve ever done that would be of interest to anybody." However, in 2006 he appeared on TV Heaven, Telly Hell , discussing his TV likes and dislikes, with Trinny and Susannah being his number one hate. Nick has filmed a series for STV and Discovery Real Time called Nick Hancock's Fishing School, where he teaches a number of students the art of fly fishing. The show, made by SMG Productions , began broadcasting in January 2007. In 2007, he presented a new game show called Win My Wage for Channel 4 . The show aired in Deal or No Deal 's usual slot during the latter's summer break. In 2007 it was announced that Hancock would host a new show on ITV1 in 2008 called Duel
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Oneiromancy is the divination of what?
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oneiromancy - definition of oneiromancy in English | Oxford Dictionaries Definition of oneiromancy in English: oneiromancy [mass noun] The interpretation of dreams in order to foretell the future. Example sentences ‘In Mortal Coils, an interaction of oneiromancy and mediumism was embodied in multiple projections among slowly twisting ropes, as if something were dimly viewed while transpiring underwater or in a netherworld.’ ‘One in every five believes in oneiromancy (dream divination), and one in every four takes astrology seriously.’ ‘This was a recognised art in ancient times and was called ‘oneiromancy’.’ ‘How about general broadcast oneiromancy, like the popular bedtime suggestion ‘Sweet Dreams’?’ ‘You know, I've heard about oneiromancy, which is divination by interpreting dreams, kind of hard to get accurate -’ Pronunciation Matching verbs to collective nouns Which of these sentences is correct? The committee has reached a decision. The committee have reached a decision. Which of these sentences is correct? The police is appealing for witnesses. The police are appealing for witnesses. Which of these sentences is correct? Each group is choosing a topic. Each group are choosing a topic. Which of these sentences is correct? The crew is made up of experienced sailors. The crew are made up of experienced sailors. Which of these sentences is correct? Her class has surpassed expectations. Her class have surpassed expectations. Which of these sentences is correct? The gang have escaped. Which of these sentences is correct? Some people hate technology. Which of these sentences is correct? The interview panel comprises three women. The interview panel comprise three women. Which of these sentences is correct? His platoon are advancing on enemy positions. His platoon is advancing on enemy positions. Which of these sentences is correct? The audience is taking its seats. The audience are taking their seats. You scored /10 practise again? Retry Most popular in the world Australia
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Which African Country lies due west of Madagascar?
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Africa Africa Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked West African state. With a total border length of 3,192 kilometers (1,984 miles), Burkina Faso is bordered by Mali to the north and west; Niger to the east; and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Cote d'Ivoire to the south. Cameroon Located on the west coast of Central Africa, Cameroon covers an area of 475,400 square kilometers (183,695 square miles), slightly more than California. Land boundaries extend for a total of 4,591 kilometers (2,853 miles) between Nigeria to the northwest, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) to the east, and the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea to the south. Cape Verde Cape Verde is an archipelago of 10 islands and 5 islets situated 483 kilometers (300 miles) due west of Dakar, Senegal, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Cape Verde's total land area is 4,033 square kilometers (1,557 square miles), which makes it slightly larger than the U.S. Central African Republic The former French colony of Ubangi-Shari, now the Central African Republic (CAR), is well named; it is a landlocked country in the center of the African continent. Land boundaries extend for 5,203 kilometers (3,233 miles) connecting Cameroon to the west, Chad and Sudan to the north, and the Republic of Congo and the Democratic Republic of Congo to the south. Chad The former French colony of Chad, a landlocked country located in northern Central Africa, is more than 3 times the size of California. The country has an area of 1,284,000 square kilometers (495,755 square miles), with a land boundary length of 5,968 kilometers (3,708 miles). Congo, Republic of The; The Republic of the Congo (ROC) is located in Western Africa and has an area of 342,000 square kilometers (132,000 square miles). It has a modest coastline of 169 kilometers (105 miles) along the Atlantic Ocean in the southwest and shares land borders with Gabon, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic on the west and north. Côte D'ivoire Côte d'Ivoire (which means "Ivory Coast") is a West African country bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between Ghana and Liberia. It has an area of 322,460 square kilometers (124,502 square miles) of which 318,000 square kilometers (122,780 square miles) are occupied by land while water occupies the remaining 4,460 square kilometers (1,722 square miles). Djibouti Djibouti is situated in the Horn of Africa, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, bordering the Gulf of Aden. To the north lies Eritrea with a shared border of 113 kilometers (70 miles); to the north, west, and southwest lies Ethiopia, with a border length of 337 kilometers (209 miles); and to the southeast lies Somalia, with a border length of 58 kilometers (36 miles). Egypt The Arab Republic of Egypt is located in North Africa, bordering on the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya to the west, the Gaza Strip to the east, and Sudan to the south. With an area of 1,001,450 square kilometers (386,659 square miles) and a coastline of 2,450 kilometers (1,522 miles), Egypt is slightly more than 3 times the size of New Mexico. Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea is a small West African nation of 28,051 square kilometers (10,830 square miles), roughly the same size as Maryland. It consists of a mainland enclave called Río Muni, on the west coast of Africa bordering Cameroon and Gabon, and 5 small islands off the coast of Cameroon in the Bight of Biafra: Bioko, Annobón, Corisco, and the 2 small islands known together as Islas Elobey. Eritrea Eritrea is an eastern African country occupying an area of 121,320 square kilometers (46,841 square miles), which makes it slightly larger than the state of Pennsylvania. It borders Sudan to the north and west, Ethiopia and Djibouti to the south, and the Red Sea to the east. Ethiopia Located in the Horn of Africa— the pointy peninsula-like landmass that emanates out of the eastern part of the continent—Ethiopia has a total area of 1,127,127 square kilometers (935,183 square miles), rendering it slightly less than twice the size of Texas. A landlocked country complet
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Map of Top Ten Largest African Countries by Area Largest Countries in the World by Area Countries in Africa Africa is made up of over fifty sovereign nations, and several more territories and dependencies. Of the countries in Africa, Algeria is the largest country by area, with an area of 2,381,740 square kilometers. Algeria is situated in northwestern Africa, and its capital is in Algiers. Algeria has a population of over 33 million. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second largest country in Africa, falling just behind Algeria, with an area of 2,344,858 square miles. The DRC is located in Central Africa, and its capital is in Kinshasa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a population of almost 72 million. The Republic of the Sudan is the third largest nation, with 1,861,484 square kilometers in area. Sudan is located in northeastern Africa, and its capital is located in Khartoum. The population of Sudan is about 67 million. The fourth largest country in Africa is Libya, with an area of 1,759,540. Libya is situated in the far north of Africa along the Mediterranean Sea, and its capital is Tripoli. The population of Libya is just over 6 million people. Chad is in fifth place for largest African countries by area, with a total area of about 1,284,000 square kilometers. Chad is centrally located in Africa, and its capital is N'Djamena. The population of Chad is about 10.1 million. Niger has the sixth largest area in Africa, with its area measuring about 1,267,000 square kilometers. Niger is a central African country, with its capital in Niamey. The population of Niger is almost 14 millions. Angola has an area of 1,246,700 square kilometers, making it seventh largest in the African continent. Angola is a southwestern nation, with its capital in Lunda, and its population numbers under 16 million. Mali takes eighth place in terms of largest countries in Africa, with an area of 1,240,192 square kilometers. Mali is located in West Africa, and its capital is in Bamako. The population of Mali is about 13.5 million. South Africa is the ninth largest country in Africa. Located in the far south of the African continent, South Africa has an area of 1,221,037 square kilometers. The capital of South Africa is in three cities: Bloemfontein, Cape Town, and Pretoria, and the population of the country is about 47.5 million. The tenth largest country in Africa by area is Ethiopia, which is located in eastern Africa. The area of Ethiopia is 1,104,300 square kilometers, and its population is about 85.2 million. The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Adaba. Top 10 Largest African Countries by Area Country
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Who created the character of Hercule Poirot?
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Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot Hercule Poirot is Agatha Christie's greatest creation, many say. One of the most famous detectives in all fiction, he was created in 1916 (when Agatha Christie penned the first novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles). The Belgian detective appeared in 33 novels and 65 short stories and is the only fictional character to be honored with a front page obituary on The New York Times. Poirot likes things in an orderly manner (ie, books arranged on a shelf according to height) and approves of symmetry everywhere (residence Whitehaven Mansions is picked because of its symmetry). He despises dust and unclean homes and favors the indoors (especially central heating in the winter). Poirot also values method--to him the greatest method or tool in solving crime is using the "gray cells" of the brain. He derides such methods as examing footprints, collecting cigarette ash, searching for clues with a magnifying glass, or taking fingerprints. He says any crime can be solved with simply placing the puzzle pieces correctly. He is an armchair detective-- he has to simply "sit still in an armchair and think". Of course, Poirot's mustache is as famous as his "little gray cells". He has pride is his luscious, waxed black mustache and is always meticulously dressed down to his patent leather shoes. Under this section titled "Hercule Poirot" is information on the television series that starred David Suchet, Agatha Christie's Poirot. This section is titled "'Poirot' TV Series" . There you will find how Mr. Suchet prepared for the role of the Belgian detective, a small photo gallery from the show, and more. Random Quote It is so hard--to be a detective and also a pukka sahib. As it is so well expressed in your language, there are things that one does not say. But, alas, a detective is forced to say them! He must ask questions: about people's affairs, about their feelings! from Sad Cypress
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Sherlock Holmes | fictional character | Britannica.com fictional character The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes, fictional character created by the Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle . The prototype for the modern mastermind detective , Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle’s A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton’s Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world’s first and only “consulting detective,” he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London , the south of England , and continental Europe. Although the fictional detective had been anticipated by Edgar Allan Poe ’s C. Auguste Dupin and Émile Gaboriau ’s Monsieur Lecoq, Holmes made a singular impact upon the popular imagination and has been the most enduring character of detective fiction. (See also Sherlock Holmes: Pioneer in Forensic Science .) Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in one of several movies in which he played the detective created … The Granger Collection, New York Conan Doyle modeled Holmes’s methods and mannerisms on those of Dr. Joseph Bell, who had been his professor at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. In particular, Holmes’s uncanny ability to gather evidence based upon his honed skills of observation and deductive reasoning paralleled Bell’s method of diagnosing a patient’s disease. Holmes offered some insight into his method, claiming that “When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.” His detecting abilities become clear, though no less amazing, when explained by his companion, Dr. John H. Watson , who recounts the criminal cases they jointly pursue. Although Holmes rebuffs praise, declaring his abilities to be “elementary,” the oft-quoted phrase “Elementary, my dear Watson,” never actually appears in Conan Doyle’s writings. Sherlock Holmes (right) explaining to Dr. Watson what he has deduced from a pipe left behind by a … Photos.com/Jupiterimages Watson’s narrations describe Holmes as a very complex and moody character who, although of strict habit, is considerably untidy. His London abode at 221B, Baker Street, is tended by his housekeeper, Mrs. Hudson. Holmes appears to undergo bouts of mania and depression, the latter of which are accompanied by pipe smoking, violin playing, and cocaine use. Throughout the four novels and 56 short stories featuring Holmes, a number of characters recur, including the bumbling Scotland Yard inspector Lestrade ; the group of “street Arabs” known as the Baker Street Irregulars, who are routinely employed by Holmes as informers; his even wiser but less ambitious brother, Mycroft; and, most notably, his formidable opponent, Professor James Moriarty , whom Holmes considers the “Napoleon of crime.” Similar Topics Humpty Dumpty Claiming that Holmes distracted him “from better things,” Conan Doyle famously in 1893 ( The Final Problem) attempted to kill him off; during a violent struggle on Switzerland’s Reichenbach Falls , both Holmes and his nemesis , Professor Moriarty, are plunged over the edge of the precipice . Popular outcry against the demise of Holmes was great; men wore black mourning bands, the British royal family was distraught , and more than 20,000 readers cancelled their subscriptions to the popular Strand Magazine, in which Holmes regularly appeared. By popular demand, Conan Doyle resurrected his detective in the story The Adventure of the Empty House (1903). Holmes remained a popular figure into the 21st century. Among the most popular stories in which he is featured are The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle (1892), The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1892), The Adventure of the Six Napoleons (1904), and the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902). Holmes’s character has been translated to other media as well, and he is widely known on both stage and screen. The earliest actor to have essayed the role is William Gillette (a founding member of the New York Holmes society still known as the Baker Street Irregulars), who gave several popular theatrical portrayals at the turn of the 20th century. Those who have appear
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What area of Tokyo is one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world?
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Official Tourism Guide for Japan Travel Asia Vacation Package Tokyo's Best Shopping Anyone who loves shopping knows that Tokyo is one of the most renowned shopping cities in the world. It should come as no surprise that Japanese people love style and fashion as designers from around the globe know that Tokyo is a hot spot for their label to be featured. It is here that well-established Japanese shops and famous brand names like Gucci, Chanel, Armani, Louis Vuitton, and others stand side by side on the various blocks that make up the center of the Ginza shopping area. Tokyo also serves as a hub of artistic ingenuity as art galleries and purely Japanese modern architecture are visible throughout the entire city. Ginza While the history of this region dates back to the Edo period, recent modernization efforts have made Ginza an even more desirable shopping destination with its high end stores, boutiques, and cafes. Exclusive, sophisticated brands and restaurants featuring delicacies from all over the world can be seen throughout the area. Several fashion labels have commissioned their own personal restaurants in Ginza, with locales such as the Gucci Café and the Armani restaurant attracting visitors looking for a gourmet break from a day of shopping. During the weekends, Ginza employs the use of hokosha tengoku, or closed-off pedestrian streets, so that weekend shoppers have a chance to browse many stores of the renowned shopping region without having to worry about traffic congestion. Harajuku and Omotesando Harajuku's high fashion boutiques and branded shops make this area a hot spot for pop culture and new, cutting edge styles. On "Omotesando Hills", you'll find about 100 famous-brand shops including "Anniversaire Omotesando" popular for its limited-edition champagne and chocolate, as well as Prada, Louis Vuitton and Dior boutiques competing to express their individuality even through their architecture. Roppongi Roppongi has both aspects as an office town and an entertainment center that never sleeps. Since there are numerous embassies in the vicinity, many of the shops, bars and restaurants have international flavors and cater to people from other countries. Roppongi Hills, one of Japan's newest commercial developments, has over 200 shops and restaurants making it a great place to spend the day exploring local Japanese culture. http://www.roppongihills.com/ Shinjuku This is one of the busiest towns in Japan, with its train station reportedly handling the largest number of passengers in the world. Department stores, electrical appliance megastores and huge book stores fan out around the station and are constantly filled with customers. In the underground mall, there are dozens of shops where you might find an unexpected bargain. The "Don Quixote" discount store is located along Yasukuni Dori (Ave.) at the east exit, and to the north of this store is the Kabuki-cho bright lights district, crowded with restaurants, adult entertainment spots, arcades and theaters. On the west exit side are the Tokyo Metropolitan Government buildings, super-high-rise buildings and first-class hotels. Enjoy the night view from the free observatory at the top of the Metropolitan Government building or from one of the skyscraper restaurants. Shibuya One of Japan's busiest towns, Shibuya is extremely popular with young people. There are department stores, restaurants and specialty shops; casual fashion shops in particular have a high profile as typified by the "SHIBUYA 109" fashion building. Each street has its own characteristic look; for example, Koen Dori (Ave.) has the "Seibu Department Store" and "Parco", Bunkamura Dori (Ave.) has the "Tokyu Department Store", and Spain Zaka (Hill Road) has small clothing boutiques and miscellaneous goods shops. On "Center Gai or Center Street", the street extending from the station, there is a constant stream of young people strolling past the fast food shops, shoe stores, and accessory and cosmetics shops. Fashion shops recently started opening up on Meiji Dori (Ave.), so you can enjoy window shopping wh
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London/Covent Garden – Travel guide at Wikivoyage Location of the Covent Garden area in London Covent Garden is a district of central London . Understand[ edit ] This is one of the main shopping and entertainment districts of the English capital and is hugely popular with visitors, who swarm to its shops, bars and restaurants, especially at weekends. Covent Garden incorporates some of London's Theatreland and also forms a smaller extension to London's gay village that is centred on the neighbouring district of Soho . Covent Garden takes its name from history; it used to be Convent Garden many years ago and over the years this has changed to Covent Garden. This is an extensive area of high density building and narrow streets, officially bounded by High Holborn and New Oxford Street to the north, by Kingsway to the east, by The Strand to the south and by Charing Cross Road to the west. For all practical purposes, however, the district can also be seen to extend down to The Embankment along the Thames between Northumberland Avenue and Hungerford Bridge and to The Temple. The main focus of the Covent Garden district for visitors is the Covent Garden Market Piazza. Further north, a secondary focus is Seven Dials, an intersection of seven streets, marked by a tall pillar with (you guessed it) seven (sun) dials. It is very easy for visitors to move on from here by foot to the attractions around Trafalgar and Leicester Squares , to Soho and to Bloomsbury . Get in[ edit ] Owing to the London Congestion Charge and the general shortage of parking spaces (plus stringent parking restrictions and fines), it is highly recommended that visitors to the area consider public transport to access the district. By Tube[ edit ] This district is well served by the following Tube stations: Covent Garden (Piccadilly line). Exiting Covent Garden Tube Station, turn right (southwards, downhill) to walk to the Piazza, or turn left (northwards) to find the main shopping areas of Long Acre, Neal Street and also Seven Dials. Leicester Square (Piccadilly and Northern lines). The distance between Leicester Square and Covent Garden stations on the Piccadilly line is the shortest on the whole London Tube network. It is faster to walk between the two stations. Holborn (Piccadilly and Central lines). Tottenham Court Road (Northern and Central lines). Embankment (District, Circle and Northern lines). Charing Cross (Bakerloo, District, Circle and Northern lines). Landmarks[ edit ] 51.5079411 -0.1246262 1 Charing Cross and Charing Cross Station. Old train station with an enormous office and shopping complex in glass and pale stone. A lavish hotel is also on the site. The name comes from the Queen Elenaor (13th C.) gothic pillar outside the station, which is acutally a Victorian-era replica. Charing Cross Road is famous for its vintage book shops, one stand-out is Foyle's. 51.5085 -0.1203 2 Cleopatra's Needle, Victoria Embankment, along the Thames (tube: Embankment). Cleopatra's Needle originated in the ancient Egyptian city of Heliopolis , in the Temple of Atum, but the Romans moved it to Alexandria in 12 BC. In 1819, viceroy Mehemet Ali presented Cleopatra's Needle to the British, commemorating military victories in Egypt, but it remained in Alexandria until 1877 when transportation was arranged to bring it to London. On the voyage, the ship capsized in a storm, killing six crewmembers. Cleopatra's Needle was thought to be lost, but Spanish trawlers found it afloat a few days later, and after some repairs, it arrived in London on 21 Jan 1878. The obelisk is flanked by two faux-sphinxes, which show the effects of bombings of London during World War II. Today, Cleopatra's Needle shows some wear from exposure to London's damp weather. 51.5119376 -0.1227701 3 Covent Garden Piazza and Central Market (tube: Covent Garden). Once an important working market, and the backdrop for the musical My Fair Lady, Covent Garden today is a covered shopping mall with shops predominantly selling clothing, but also gifts and cosmetics, as well as stalls selling handicrafts (Tues
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A Rockhopper is what type of bird?
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Rockhopper Penguins, Rockhopper Penguin Pictures, Rockhopper Penguin Facts -- National Geographic Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man Please add a "relative" entry to your dictionary. Rockhopper penguins are distinguished by the irreverent crest of spiky yellow and black feathers that adorns their head. Biologists left little ambiguity about this species’ preferred habitat when assigning its name. Rockhoppers are found bounding—rather than waddling, as most other penguins do—among the craggy, windswept shorelines of the islands north of Antarctica, from Chile to New Zealand. These gregarious marine birds are among the world's smallest penguins, standing about 20 inches (50 centimeters) tall. They have blood-red eyes, a red-orange beak, and pink webbed feet. During annual breeding times, rockhoppers gather in vast, noisy colonies, often numbering in the hundreds of thousands, to construct burrows in the tall tussock grasses near shore. They return to the same breeding ground, and often to the same nest, each year, and usually seek out their previous year's mate. Both parents take turns incubating the eggs, aggressively pecking at anything, big or small, that may stray too close. Rockhoppers ply the frigid waters of their range using strong, narrow, flipper-like wings for propulsion. They usually stick to the shallows, but are capable of diving up to 330 feet (100 meters) in pursuit of fish, crustaceans, squid, and krill. These penguins are among the most numerous on the planet, but their population is in rapid decline. Colonies on the Falkland Islands were once the largest anywhere, but commercial overfishing, pollution, and other factors have cut the penguins' numbers by 90 percent. Breeding colonies on other islands are in trouble as well, and some estimates say rockhopper penguins have declined by more than 30 percent over the past 30 years. They are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN, and if declines continue, they are likely to be uplisted to endangered in the near future.
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Issue 157 by East Cork Journal (page 54) - issuu issuu Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 - The East Cork Journal The Puzzler WIN2TICKETS FOR... TEL. (021) 4630066 WITH OUR Tea-Break Crossword 4 Test your concentration with this word ladder H E A D 25 ELEANOR HERLIHY GARRYVOE Congratulations to last week’s winner: ACROSS 8. Home on wheels (7) 9. Bend (5) 10. Regal (5) 11. Disrepute (7) 12. Memory (4) 13. Various (8) 16. Soldier (8) 18. Magician’s stick (4) 21. Umpire (7) 23. Powerful beam (5) L B S K 25. Birds’ homes (5) 26. Push under water (7) DOWN 1. Mark from a wound (4) 2. Coloured pencil (6) 3. Sins (5) 4. Writing fluids (4) 5. Eight-sided figure (7) 6. Commendation (6) 7. Sheltered, private (8) 12. Short pasta (8) 14. Town with healing springs (3) 15. Holiday maker (7) 17. Say no (6) 19. Guarantee (6) 20. Ascend (5) 22. Discharge (4) 24. Grass (4) ACANSERWS TO LAST WEEK: ACROSS: 8. Picture 9. Cacti 10. Chess 11. Monarch 12. Wind 13.Turmeric 16. Expelled 18. Stop 21. Torment 23. Never 25. Ended 26. Inferno. DOWN: 1. Epic 2. Screen 3. Fussy 4. Beam 5. Economy 6. Scorer 7. Nightcap 12. Wreathes 14. Use 15. Already 17. Parade 19. Tavern 20. Knife 22.Trio 24. Rook. Name: ______________________________ Address: ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Tel (mobile):______________________________ Home:_______________________________ Entries to East Cork Journal, 1st Floor, Watersedge, Riverside Way, Midleton T A I L Five Minutes - Five Questions 1. Translating as ‘place of the way’ what Japanese word describes a facility for teaching physical skills such as martial arts? 2. In botany, if a plant is monocarpic what does it do only once? 3. What is the call-sign name of the US presidential helicopter? 4. Over which desert did France test its first atom bomb in 1960? 5. What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot in the novel ‘Treasure Island?’ Answer to last week’s Medium 3 ANSWERS TO WORDGAMES: 1. Backflips 2. HEAL TEAL TELL TALL ANSWERS: 1. Dojo 2. Bear fruit 3. Marine One 4. Sahara 5. Captain Flint 8
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The heart of the 19th Century composer Chopin is said to be preserved in which liquid?
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Chopin's heart, article Contact Chopin's Heart The heart of Fryderyk Chopin could hold the secret of his untimely death. The renowned 19th century Polish-French pianist and composer died at the age of 39, of what is believed to be tuberculosis. But leading Polish medical experts are betting that DNA tests on his heart - perfectly preserved in what appears to be cognac - could prove he suffered from cystic fibrosis. Their request to Poland's culture ministry for tissue samples to check for the CFTR gene marking cystic fibrosis suffers has, however, sparked mixed feelings over the prospect of picking over a national icon. The Church of the Holy Cross, Warsaw "For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also" reads the biblical passage inscribed on a pillar in Warsaw's sprawling and ornate baroque Church of the Holy Cross. There, inside a crystal urn filled with alcohol lies Chopin's heart, brought home in 1849 - as he had wished - by his elder sister Ludwicka from Paris, where the rest of his remains lie in the P�re Lachaise cemetery. Leading Polish cystic fibrosis specialist Wojciech Cichy said the symptoms Chopin suffered were typical of cystic fibrosis, a genetic illness which clogs the lungs with excess thick and sticky mucus. "From early childhood he was weak, prone to chest infections, wheezing, coughing" Cichy said. Records shows that as an adult weighing 40 kilos (about 88lbs) and 1.70 metres (5'6") tall, Chopin was chronically under weight - another tell-tale symptom of cystic fibrosis. Cichy also pointed out that despite a passionate romance with flamboyant French writer George Sand, Chopin had no known children, suggesting infertility - another clue. And few cystic fibrosis sufferers live past 40. Grzegorz Michalski, director of Poland's National Fryderyk Chopin Institute, said the last known time that the heart was examined was just after the end of World War II in 1945. It showed that the heart was "perfectly preserved" in the hermetically-sealed crystal urn that was filled with an alcoholic liquid, presumed to be cognac. "Records show it is in perfect condition, so to tamper with it risks destroying it" Michalski said, adding that while one of two of Chopin's living descendents favours DNA testing, the other is staunchly opposed. No one has yet asked the Friars of St Vincent de Paul at the Holy Cross Church whether they would agree to the test. "I can't comment on the matter in any way because, until now, no one has contacted me with either a question or any kind of proposal to test Chopin's heart" senior priest, Father Marek Bailkowski, told AFP. Iwona Radziszewska, spokesperson of the culture ministry, said "an appropriate decision" would be taken upon review of a series of studies now underway. As a Polish �migr� in his father's native France after an 1830-31 uprising of Polish insurgents against the 1795 partition of Poland by Russia, Prussia and Austria, Chopin refused to take a Russian passport. Thus he was never able to set foot on his native soil after the doomed insurrection. "The uprising was a drama that ruptured Chopin's life" said Michalski, explaining the musician's desperate homesickness and his dreams of Polish independence. Described by 19th century German composer Robert Schumann as �cannons hidden among flowers�, Chopin's music was and remains a symbol of Poland's long struggle for freedom. Nazi Germany banned it for that very reason. But Michalski recalled that it was a German general, Erich von dem Bach, who saved the heart from oblivion amid a relentless Nazi bombing campaign during the 1944 uprising by Polish partisans in what was then occupied Warsaw. Reprinted from an AFP Agency report on the internet.
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In classical painting a putto (plural putti) is a baby what?
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Where did the idea that Cherubs were baby Angels originate? - Christianity Stack Exchange Where did the idea that Cherubs were baby Angels originate? up vote 9 down vote favorite I know of no Scriptural basis for Cherubs being baby Angels, or in fact that any Angels are infants. Additionally I find no reference to Cupid who is depicted as a infant with wings and bow and arrows anywhere in the Bible? If anyone is aware of any such Scriptures please inform me. 4 Cupid is a Greek/Roman mythology. Nothing to do with Angels. No relation with Christianity, I think. – Mawia Nov 30 '13 at 18:55 up vote 7 down vote accepted You are correct that the Bible does not consider angels to look like babies with wings. Angels sometimes appear in human form, or in some inexplicable and terrifying guise. Also, Cupid/Eros is part of classical mythology - and he is more typically an adolescent rather than a baby, though both images are possible. Generic "flying baby" images may represent nature spirits of some kind. This iconography was known to Renaissance artists via the survival of classical statuary, and adapted into Christian art. Its popularity at this time is largely due to the influence of Donatello, although there are many examples prior to him (Inventing the Renaissance Putto, Charles Dempsey, UNC Press 2001). Properly speaking, the flying baby is a putto (plural putti). There are variants, like panisci who are the compatriots of the god Pan; spiritelli who are general nature spirits or fairies; and so on. They all generally play a supporting role, doing things like holding up garlands of flowers, playing miniature musical instruments, carrying important people on clouds, or just flitting around the edge of a painting; though there are also works where they are the subject. Important variants include the flying baby head (maybe with six wings, maybe with just two), and the cloudy/ghostly/translucent putto. Here are a couple of examples of these. My first example is Madonna and Child with Seraphim and Cherubim by Andrea Mantegna , c. 1460. You can see that the background of the painting is entirely full of winged baby heads. They function here like an aureole (a sort of whole-body halo that surrounds particularly holy people); instead of abstract glowing rays, we have a mass of angels. Another incredibly famous example is the Sistine Madonna of Raphael, 1512. In an enlarged version of the image , it can be seen that the cloudy background is actually composed of angelic faces. The two putti at the bottom are more "conventional", and probably immediately recognizable. The background angels are part of the heavenly vision - transcendent and immaterial - while the foreground pair are a playful bridge between the painting-world and the exterior world. So in these examples, we see a spectrum of uses of the image, from alien to friendly. Theologically - if there is any real theological justification behind artistic appropriation of classical myth - the portrayal of angels as children emphasizes their benevolence and innocence (ie, lack of sin). Simply put, they are meant to look cute. On the other hand, the flying heads are quite un-cute to my eyes: the adorable baby head is in an odd context, creating a striking dissonance which is suggestive of the sheer incomprehensibility of the Biblical angel, even if it's not a literal depiction. I'm thinking of the Ezekiel/Revelation kind of thing, which actually are cherubim, כְּרוּבִים. We can probably point to Donatello for the habit of showing angels as winged children, though to be fair his putti aren't as schmalzy as some more recent examples.
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Desmond Morris : Naked Ape Human Zoo Desmond Morris Naked Ape : Human Zoo Desmond Morris (Desmond John Morris) author of The Naked Ape and The Human Zoo was born in the village of Purton, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England on January 24th, 1928 as the son of an author of children's fiction and as the great-grandson of William Morris, the pioneering founder of the Swindon Advertiser - Britain's first penny paper - who was also a keen amateur naturalist. During his younger childhood Desmond Morris developed a strong interests in writing and in natural history. As a teenager his interest in natural history developed towards being an interest in Zoology whilst he also became more interested in art. In 1946 he was obliged to put in two years National Service as a military trainee but also functioned as a lecturer in Fine Arts at the Chisledon Army College. He developed sufficient expertise as an artist to warrant his holding a one-man exhibition in Swindon Library. In the autumn of 1948 he enrolled as an undergraduate at the Zoology Department of Birmingham University following his release from National Service. During his undergraduate course he continued to be involved in painting and became involved in film-making as a writer and director. His paintings were exhibited in London and in Belgium. In 1951 he graduated from Birmingham with first class honours and moved to Oxford to persue doctoral studies in animal behavior. Here he was placed under the tutorship of Dr. Niko Tinbergen. In 1952 he married Ramona Baulch. His studies on the Reproductive Behaviour of the Ten-spined Stickleback (a small freshwater fish) led to his being awarded a doctorate in 1954 and then to post-doctoral research at Oxford Oxford on the reproductive behaviour of birds. From 1956 he became seriously involved in the making of films and television programmes about animal behaviour and began studying the artistic abilities of apes. This was followed by the authorship of a number of natural history books and by the hosting of a popular TV program "Zootime" over several years. In 1959 he was appointed Curator of Mammals at London Zoo. Between 1959 and 1967 he was responsible for the authorship of quite a few natural history books sometimes in co-authorship with his wife. In 1967 he became a rather more controversial figure in that his authorship strayed into rather more sensitive areas. He was editor of "Primate Ethology" a work which considered recent advances in the study of the behaviours of monkeys and apes, and was author of the international best-seller The Naked Ape which set out to be a frank study of human behavior from a Zoologist's perspective. The early and distinct signs of the financial success of this work which, at the last count, had been translated into 23 languages, selling upwards of 10 million copies, caused him to veer away from continuing in a recent appointment as executive director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London and towards relocating to the island of Malta in order to continue to write and to paint. Amongst the many significant works that he wrote in these years are The Human Zoo (1969) and Intimate Behaviour (1971). In 1973 Desmond Morris returned to Oxford as a research fellow at Wolfson College. In this role it was anticipated that he would work in association with Niko Tinbergen's research group in the Department of Zoology and would continue to research human action-patterns. Over the ensuing years he has maintained his many interests in animal behaviour research, the arts, and in making television programmes and films. The more significant publications in these more recent years include Manwatching, a Field-Guide to Human Behaviour (1977), an Illustrated Naked Ape (1986), Catwatching (1986), Dogwatching (1986), Babywatching (1991), The Human Animal (1994) and Peoplewatching (2002). Notably significant television and film productions in these years include The Human Race (1982), and The Animals Roadshow - a series which he co-presented with Sarah Kennedy and which proved
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There are three colours on the flag of the Yemen, red, white and which other colour?
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Colors of flags This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Colors of flags Flags of the World Colour Standards Pantone Matching System and flags The Flag Institute has used standard colours for some time, derived from the Pantone Matching System, but making allowance for the prevailing system of printing from four process colours. As has been pointed out, most Mac programmes cater for PMS colours, including the one we use for graphics, which is Adobe Illustrator. Our object is to restrain the growth of colours to unmanageable proportions, and so we have listed some standard flag colours, with a few allowable variations. These variations come into effect where a flag's specifications call for them, eg 'azul turquesi' in some Central American flags, 'Yale Blue' in the flag of Israel, and where official specifications list either Pantone matches, eg Finland, Estonia, Australia, or other colour identification matches than can be 'translated' into Pantone matches. The standard PMS colours are: 032, red; 286, blue; 354, green; 109, yellow; 165, orange; and 167, brown. Some frequent variations are: 185, red for 'Old Glory Red' also used in Australia; 280 blue, ditto; 355 green as in the flag of Saudi Arabia, etc. Gold is 116, as in the flag of Europe and of Germany, and silver is 420. So far we have kept to our resolution to use not more than 30 shades of colour. A printout of these is available on request. Our position is that flags normally employ the 'default' colours unless some good reason can be shown for departing from them. William Crampton, 14 October 1995 Pantone matches are widely used, but not all countries have officially specified matches. I know the Flag Institute keeps records of officially set Pantone matches and that they have set their own matches for those flags where no official specification is made. For example, the Flag Institute's Pantone matches for the UK flag is Red 032 and Blue 286. Jan Oskar Engene, 11 December 1996 The British Navy's "Flags of all nations" give us general Pantone colours: Azure blue 549C Heraldic blue 286C Grey 409C With the specification: "The Pantone colour reference is for printers' use only". But, is a good colour reference. Sebastia Herreros, 13 December 1996 Shade of Blue in some flags On 26 February 1996 Bill Grimes-Wyatt stated "there is no question that the flags of Israel and Greece are a light blue, not dark blue as your charts might suggest." Blues can be very confusing. In Flags Through the Ages and Across the World (W. Smith, 1975) [smi75b] you will find that Israel and Greece both use a fairly dark blue, though they are slightly different from each other. The Israeli blue is as dark as any of the Blue Ensigns shown in the book, and the Greek flag is of a very slightly lighter shade. They both stand in sharp contrast to the light blue of Argentina , Botswana , Fiji , etc. The Greek flag, like the Finnish flag, used to be what we would think of as "light blue" but both have changed to darker shades. I have a Greek flag made in Greece of paper and it is of the lighter blue shade. I purchased it over a dozen years ago, so I don't know what shade of blue the locals would recognize as proper, but according to regulations it is no longer "light blue." Nick Artimovich, 26 February 1996 The blue colour in Israel's flag is definitely dark. Some time ago I got a folder on national symbols from the Embassy of Israel in Washington. In the flag drawing the blue is dark, the text defines it as Yale Blue. Jan Oskar Engene, 27 January 1996 The flag of Israel was a dark blue (navy) until the late 50's or early 60's at which time it was changed to a lighter blue. This is from memory. Ronnie Kay, 27 February 1996 The odd thing is that at the time I called the Israeli mission to the U.N. to verify the color before producing the flag, and the impression I got was that they didn't care which color was used. R. Nathan Bliss, 27 February 1996 Actually, the color is officially declared to be "blue". However, it can be any kind of blue - light
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Flags of Every Country Follow us... Flags of Every Country Tweet This map shows Flags of every country in the world. Flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags. Note: Flag description from CIA Factbook and Flag image from Wikipedia. Last updated: Abkhazia Afghanistan three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), red, and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red band and slightly overlapping the other two bands; the center of the emblem features a mosque with pulpit and flags on either side, below the mosque are numerals for the solar year 1298 (1919 in the Gregorian calendar, the year of Afghan independence from the UK); this central image is circled by a border consisting of sheaves of wheat on the left and right, in the upper-center is an Arabic inscription of the Shahada (Muslim creed) below which are rays of the rising sun over the Takbir (Arabic expression meaning "God is great"), and at bottom center is a scroll bearing the name Afghanistan; black signifies the past, red is for the blood shed for independence, and green can represent either hope for the future, agricultural prosperity, or Islam note: Afghanistan had more changes to its national flag in the 20th century than any other country; the colors black, red, and green appeared on most of them Akrotiri the flag of the UK is used Albania red with a black two-headed eagle in the center; the design is claimed to be that of 15th-century hero George Castriota SKANDERBERG, who led a successful uprising against the Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-1478); an unsubstantiated explanation for the eagle symbol is the tradition that Albanians see themselves as descendants of the eagle; they refer to themselves as "Shkypetars," which translates as "sons of the eagle" Algeria two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the colors represent Islam (green), purity and peace (white), and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols, but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because the Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness American Samoa blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a war club known as a "Fa'alaufa'i" (upper; left talon), and a coconut fiber fly whisk known as a "Fue" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the relationship between the United States and American Samoa Andorra three vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the latter band is slightly wider than the other two so that the ratio of band widths is 8:9:8; the coat of arms features a quartered shield with the emblems of (starting in the upper left and proceeding clockwise): Urgell, Foix, Bearn, and Catalonia; the motto reads VIRTUS UNITA FORTIOR (Strength United is Stronger); the flag combines the blue and red French colors with the red and yellow of Spain to show Franco-Spanish protection note: similar to the flags of Chad and Romania, which do not have a national coat of arms in the center, and the flag of Moldova, which does bear a national emblem Angola two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle); red represents liberty, black the African continent, the symbols characterize workers and peasants Anguilla blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the
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What is a pullover, a New US state, a UK channel island and knitted fabric first produced there?
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Channel Islands to New Zealand Links The Ted D'Auvergne Story The Channel Islands, an archipelago in the English Channel, 10 to 30 miles off the coast of France, belonging to Great Britain. The group comprises of Jersey (45 sq. mi.), Guernsey (25 sq. mi.) and the following dependencies of Guernsey: Alderney, Brechou, Great Sark, Little Stark, Herm, Jethou and Lihou. St Helier is on the south coast of Jersey, 122 miles ssw of Southampton. St. Peter Port is the principal town of Guernsey. Many islanders were Anglican or RC and fluent in French and English. A remarkable number of people from the Channel Islands came to New Zealand especially in the 1870s. Be our guest!
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Jeopardy: Insatiable Edition Jeopardy Template 100 What is the USA (Complementing Great Britain that won a gold at every Summer Games.) Think outside Scandinavia. What is the only country that won a gold medal at every Winter Olympics? 100 What is 'Gone with the Wind'? Scarlett O'Hara Hamilton Kennedy Butler was the main character of this best-selling novel with this moving title. 100 Therapeutic Foot Cream helps heal dry, rough and cracked feet and heels. 100 Who is Robert Harold Ogle? He proposed the fraternity colors. 100 What is the Southern Ocean? The Southern Ocean is the 'newest' named ocean. It is recognized by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names as the body of water extending from the coast of Antarctica to the line of latitude at 60 degrees South. The boundaries of this ocean were proposed to the International Hydrographic Organization in 2000. Historically, there are four named oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic. However, most countries - including the United States - now recognize this body of water as the fifth ocean. 200 What is US Basketball team at the Olympics, the original Dream Team? This statement was made by Chuck Daly. The 1992 team consisting of Larry Bird, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson is often regarded as the greatest collection of talent on one team in basketball history. "If we lose, it will be the biggest upset in the history of sports." This was the modest statement of a coach in 1992, an Olympic year. Who is 'we'? 200 What is Achilles tendon! Pitt of course played the role of the warrior Achilles in the movie. During the production of the 2004 movie Troy, Brad Pitt suffered an injury of what body part? 200 A smartphone made by the Canadian company Research In Motion. 200 Who is Vertner W. Tandy? He designed the fraternity pin with this initials hidden inside. 200 What is Red Cross? The Red Crescent Movement is an international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering and is also known by this name. 300 What is the national sport of Japan? 300 What is 'Stomp the Yard'? Will Packer is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc and the producer of this movice 300 This is the third largest United States-based producer of socks, known for its colorful name. 300 Who is Moses Alvin Morrison? He didn't split the Red Sea, nor was he a chipmunk but he did serve as the first General President. 300 Who is Lance Armstrong? In 2012 Travis Tygart was chiefly instrumental in leading the expose of this, now fallen, athlete. 400 What is Fencing? In which Olympic sport do participants wear an electrically conductive jacket called a lamé to define the scoring areas? 400 What is a horse head? In “The Godfather,” what does Jack Wolz find in his bed when he wakes up? 400 What is Black & Decker An American manufacturer of power tools and accessories, hardware and home improvement products, and technology based fastening systems. 400 What is Louisville, KY? "L1C4" may serve as an unofficial motto of The Alpha Lambda chapter located in this U.S. city. 400 What is Holocaust Museum? In 2014, CNN reported that FBI and other law enforcement agencies send their trainees to what Washington, D.C. museum so they can see for themselves how not protecting civil liberties can lead to bigger horrors? 500 What is 'The Lord of the Rings' In 1992 British journalists Andrew Jennings and Vyv Simson wrote a controversial book about the International Olympic Committee chairman Juan Samaranch. Taking a cue from fantasy literature, what did they call it? 500 What is Biltmore Estate near Asheville, North Carolina? This location was chosen by Ridley Scott to signify the huge personal wealth of the character Mason Verger. It built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1888 and 1895 and occupies 175,000 square feet. Still owned by Vanderbilt's descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gild
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• Top corn producing countries worldwide, 2015 | Statistic Complete Source Details About This Statistic This statistic shows the corn production worldwide in 2015, by country. In that year, the United States was the largest producer of corn with a production volume amounting to about 361 million metric tons. China and Brazil rounded off the top corn producing countries. Corn production Corn, also known as maize, is a grain plant cultivated for food. The origin of this grain remains unknown, however, many historians believe that corn was first domesticated in Mexico's Tehuacan Valley. Types of corn include sweet corn, popcorn, pod corn, flint corn, flour corn, waxy corn and dent corn. Corn is one of the most important crops in the United States. Over the last five years, the country's corn farmers experienced constant increases in annual revenues. In 2014, the revenue of U.S. corn farming reached 63 billion U.S. dollars. That year, the U.S. was responsible for more than one-third of the global corn production . Furthermore, corn is the most commonly produced grain feed in the U.S. In 2012, about 46 percent of U.S. corn production was used as livestock feed while some 27 percent was used for producing ethanol. Iowa and Illinois were the top U.S. states based on production value of corn for grain in 2013. That year, Iowa's corn for grain production value amounted to approximately 9.61 billion U.S. dollars. In 2014, the United States exported around 50.71 million metric tons of corn, making the nation the world's largest corn exporter . Japan and Mexico were the leading buyers of U.S. corn during this period, purchasing approximately 11.86 million metric tons and 10.48 million metric tons respectively. Show more…
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Venezuela Facts on Largest Cities, Populations, Symbols - Worldatlas.com Ethnicity: Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Arab, German, African, indigenous people GDP total: $402.1 billion (2012) GDP per capita: $13,200 (2012) Language: Spanish (official), indeginous dialects Largest Cities: (by population) Maracaibo, Caracas, Valencia, Barquisimeto, Ciudad Guyana, Petara, Maracay, Ciudad Bolivar Name: Upon seeing Venezuela, Christopher Columbus remarked that is must be paradise. He nicknamed the region Land of Grace. On a later expedition, Amerigo Vespucci said that the land reminded him of his home city Venice, Italy. He named the region "Venezuela" meaning "little Venice" in Italian. Some scholars believe that the original name may have come from an indigenous people who called themselves the "Veneciuela". National Day: July 5 Religion: Roman Catholic 96%, Protestant 2%, other 2%
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Which aspiring US politician was criticized in Oct 2010 for her technically illegal act of autographing an American flag?
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Specific examples of biased news coverage Specific examples of biased news coverage As if the obvious needs to be laid out even more clearly, this page presents several more examples of what I've been discussing on the other Media Bias pages. The news media sometimes show bias when they don't report current events. Another nearby page on this site has a long list of suppressed news items . Most recently, the press showed undeniable favoritism toward Barack Obama in the 2008 election cycle, and now, even after President Obama has been elected and sworn in, the favoritism continues . Other related pages: Bias in favor of Hillary Clinton . Four dozen examples of media bias: Scandal Rap Sheet: 48 Excellent Reasons to Distrust & Despise the Media . Forget bias for a moment. Forget mistakes and misstatements and stupid or nasty things said during live telecasts. There isn't enough Internet to begin to list the countless instances of left-wing bias and politicking and idiocy the media engage in. [...] All of these scandals involve an attempt by a media that advertises itself as non-partisan (MSNBC excepted) to aid and abet the Democrat Party, or undermine Republicans, or advance the media's primary cause, which is to increase the size and scope of America's central federal government. As you read the list below, ask yourselves which American company or institution could survive a rap sheet even half as long as this one — decades of lies, cover ups, dictator-coddling, outright fraud, theft, and the fabrication of evidence. With CNN Credibility in Tatters Anderson Cooper Attempts To Defend Propaganda . In addition to the Trump transition team and NBC Reporting, Fox News is now also reporting the original claims by CNN were entirely manufactured, "fake news" by four CNN agenda driven reporters: Jake Tapper, Jim Sciutto, Evan Perez and Carl Bernstein[.] Nothing reported as fact by the CNN constructionists actually took place. Against, the back drop of CNN's destroyed credibility, pundit Anderson Cooper attempts to obfuscate and push back against the collapse during a contentious interview with Kellyanne Conway: [...] Amusing, inasmuch as cable channels don't use "airwaves." MSNBC Host to Planned Parenthood: 'These Airwaves Are Your Airwaves' . Americans know the liberal media are untrustworthy. But there's something especially repulsive when they don't even pretend to uphold journalistic integrity. On Sunday [1/8/2017], MSNBC host Joy Reid invited Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards on her show, AM Joy. But rather than conducting an interview, Reid turned her show into a Planned Parenthood lovefest, from insinuating that defunding Planned Parenthood would make women die to promising Richards that "these airwaves are your airwaves." Hours Before Trump's Press Conference CNN And BuzzFeed Hit 'Fake News' Bottom . Just as we saw last Friday, with the completely fact and evidence-free dog and pony show put on by the Intelligence Community and their media allies, late Tuesday afternoon, the Establishment Empire struck again, this time with an unprecedented double down. No doubt working in tandem (and with Donald Trump's many establishment enemies on both the left and right), CNN and BuzzFeed did something so sleazy and dishonest that, just a few years ago, even to a media cynic like me, it would have seemed impossible. With a breathless breaking news report, left-wing CNN went first. To no one's surprise, the once-respected Jake Tapper took the lead. Undoubtedly CNN's overall goal was to offer up the imprimatur of "journalism" so that a batch of leaked and completely unsubstantiated anti-Trump documents could be dumped on the American public the night before the President-elect's very first press conference. Vicious Hate Crime In Chicago Whitewashed By Press . Note that the AP makes no reference to the races of the people involved, and says it is too soon to tell whether the assault was racially motivated. Chicago torture video highlights media double standard on hate . The four suspects are facing fe
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Soc unit 6 part 4 politics Flashcards - Course Hero Definitions Ulysses S. Grant U.S. president 1873-1877; military hero of the Civil War; led a corrupt administration consisting of friends and relatives Whiskey Ring During the Grant administration, a group of officials were importing whiskey and using their offices to avoid paying the taxes on it, cheating the treasury out of millions of dollars. "Waving the bloody shirt" The practice of reviving unpleasant memories from the past. Representative Ben F. Butler waved before the House a bloodstained nightshirt of a carpetbagger flogged by Klan members. Ku Klux Klan White-supremacist group formed by six former Confederate officers after the Civil War. Name is essentially Greek for "Circle of Friends". Group eventually turned to terrorist attacks on blacks. The original Klan was disbanded in 1869, but was later resurrected by white supremacists in 1915. Treaty of Washington-1871 Settled the Northern claims between the U.S. and Great Britain. Canada gave the U.S. permanent fishing rights to the St. Lawrence River. Liberal Republicans: Carl Schurz, Horace Greeley Liberal republicans; believed in civil service reform, opposed corruption, wanted lower tariffs, and were lenient toward the South Panic of 1873 was the start of the Long Depression, a severe nationwide economic depression in the United States that lasted until 1879. It was precipitated by the bankruptcy of the Philadelphia banking firm Jay Cooke & Company on September 18, 1873. The failure of the Jay Cooke bank, followed quickly by that of Henry Clews, set off a chain reaction of bank failures and temporarily closed the New York stock market Election of 1876: Candidates, Electoral Commission Samuel Tilden (D) Rutherford Hays(R); intensely fought and had a highly controversial outcome. The candidate who clearly won the popular vote, and who may have won the Electoral College tally, was denied victory. Amidst accusations of fraud and illicit deal-making, Rutherford B. Hayes triumphed over Samuel J. Tilden Compromise of 1877 An informal, unwritten deal that settled the disputed 1876 U.S. Presidential election. Through it, Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was awarded the White House over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden on the understanding that Hayes would remove the federal troops that were propping up Republican state governments in South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana Solid South Term applied to the one-party (Democrat) system of the South following the Civil War. For 100 years after the Civil War, the South voted Democrat in every presidential election Greenbacks Name given to paper money issued by the government during the Civil War, so called because the back side was printed with green ink. They were not redeemable for gold, but $300 million were issued anyway. Farmers hit by the depression wanted to inflate the notes to cover losses, but Grant vetoed an inflation bill and greenbacks were added to permanent circulation. In 1879 the federal government finally made greenbacks redeemable for gold Legal Tender cases The Supreme Court debated whether it was constitutional for the federal government to print paper money (greenbacks). Greenback-Labor Party 1874-1884. Mainly farmers. Its name referred to paper money, or "greenbacks," that had been issued during the American Civil War and afterward. The party opposed the shift from paper money back to a bullion coin-based monetary system because it believed that privately owned banks and corporations would then reacquire the power to define the value of products and labor. Conversely, they believed that government control of the monetary system would allow it to keep more currency in circulation, as it had in the war. This would better foster business and assist farmers by raising prices and making debts easier to pay Pendleton Civil Service Act 1883 - The first federal regulatory commission. Office holders would be assessed on a merit basis to be sure they were fit for duty. Brought about by the assassination of Garfield by an immigrant who was angry about being unable to get a
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What is Allspice? - Stabroek News What is Allspice? Email Print Tweet Share Hi Everyone, over a month ago, whilst I was in Guyana, I went in search of allspice because I needed some to put into the apple crostata I was going to make for dessert one evening. I scoured Bourda market looking for allspice. As I went from one stall to the next, they kept offering me cinnamon sticks each time I asked for allspice, and when I would explain what allspice is, I would be met with a blank stare, giving the impression that they did not know what I was speaking about. However, there was one stall where the vendor knew of allspice but alas, she had none. I ended up going to Mattai’s where I was sure that I would get some allspice. I was surprised by how many people did not know of allspice because it is usually in most garam masala mixes, it is sold by itself, and, there are lots of spices available in Guyana. Perhaps it is known by another name? Contrary to popular belief, allspice is not a combination of spices that have been ground up, namely cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, English spice, clove pepper or Myrtle pepper, is the dried unripe berry of the pimento tree, an evergreen tree that is native to Central and South America, Mexico and the West Indies in general. The taste and smell of allspice are what actually led to its name. When you taste allspice you think of cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, juniper, ginger and pepper. See why it seems natural to be called allspice? In Jamaica it is popularly referred to as pimento and that is because when the Spaniards first encountered the berries, they thought they were peppercorns and automatically called them pimienta – the Spanish word for pepper. In the times before refrigeration, allspice was used to cure meat. It was ground up into a paste along with a few select ingredients and rubbed on to the meat. This process and flavouring is what would eventually give birth to the famous Jamaican Jerk! Allspice is used widely in Jamaican cuisine; Jerk, for example, is cooked over Whole allspice berries (Photo by Cynthia Nelson) a latticework of pimento wood (wood of the allspice tree) that infuses its flavour into Jerk. The ground allspice berries are essential to the jerk marinade. Jamaica is so rich with allspice that it is a major export from the island. Get some the next time you visit Jamaica. Jamaica is not the only country that uses allspice in its everyday cuisine. In the Middle East and North Africa, allspice is used alone and in combination with cinnamon to create many dishes, both savoury and sweet. Because of its flavours and gentle heat, allspice works really well in both types of preparations. Appearance & Availability Allspice resembles large brown peppercorns – they are round and dry with a shell that’s hard and lightly wrinkled. It is sold and used whole and ground. You should be able to purchase it at most places that sell whole spices. Uses Like I said, allspice is used for both savoury and sweet preparations. It is essential to many spices mixes such as Garam Masala, Berbere (an Ethiopian spice blend), Ras-El-Hanout (a Moroccan spice blend) to name a few. It can be used whole when making stews, pickling, or when boiling or simmering ingredients for preserves or beverages. Ground up, the uses of allspice are endless. Allspice pairs well with meat and poultry, rice, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, peas and beans. Apples, pears (not avocados), papaya, oranges, sweet dough for breads, buns and biscuits are natural partners for allspice. Jams and jellies are great with the addition of allspice. So, if you haven’t tried allspice before, I encourage you to do so. Check out any place that sells whole spices and pick up some. Get them whole and get some already ground up. Using allspice whole allows for subtle flavouring, using it ground up will give a more intense flavour but do so judiciously, your aim should always be to enhance not overpower. If you don’t want to get it ground up, then by all means get the whole berries and grind them yourself with a mor
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Medicinal Plants Hortus Medicus The Medicinal Plants Disclaimer: This page presents a description and history of the medicinal uses of these plants. The intention is not to provide specific medical advice. You should consult your personal physician before taking any form of medication. Achillea millefolium, Yarrow Yarrow Achilleus, the greatest hero of the Trojan War in Homer�s �Iliad�, is reported to have used yarrow to stop the flow of blood from his wounds inflicted in battle. It has been scientifically proven that this plant has substances that have blood clotting and anti-inflammatory properties. In the Middle Ages in Europe, yarrow tea was taken to stop internal bleeding. Micmac Indians drank it with warm milk to treat upper respiratory infections. Alcea rosea, Hollyhock The flowers are used in the treatment of repiratory and inflammatory ailments and the root extracts to produce marshmallow sweets. Alchemilla vulgaris, Lady’s Mantle Lady's Mantle The common English name is accounted for by the leaves resemblance to a cloak worn by English women in medieval times. A preparation of dried leave was used to control diarrhea and to stop bleeding. Allium cepa, Onion Like garlic, onions contain antibiotics and substances that lower blood sugar, serum cholesterol and blood pressure. Onion juice sweetened with sugar or honey is a traditional remedy for colds and coughs. Onions are rich in vitamins B-1, B-2 and Vitamin C. Allium sativum, Garlic It has been used for centuries for medicinal purposes and as a culinary herb. In the Talmud Book of Ezra, Jews are encouraged to partake of garlic at the Friday night Shabbat meal for the following five reasons: (1) to keep the body warm; (2) to brighten the face; (3) to kill intestinal parasites; (4) to increase the volume of semen; and (5) to foster love and to do away with jealousy. Garlic is mentioned more than twenty times in the ancient Egyptian medical papyrus called the Codex Ebers dating back to ca. 1550 B.C. Pliny the Elder sited more than sixty therapeutic uses for garlic. Dioscorides, chief physician for the Roman army, prescribed garlic for intestinal parasitic disorders. Garlic oil was first isolated in 1844. More than one hundred compounds have been identified as constituents of garlic oil. In the Middle Ages, it was eaten daily as a protection against the bubonic plagues that ravished the European continent. Louis Pasteur described its antibacterial properties in 1858. Tons of garlic were used in World War I in field dressings to prevent infection. Alliin and allicin are sulfur-containing compounds that are antibacterial and anti-fungal. When garlic cloves are sliced, diced, or minced, alliin converts allicin into a large number of thioallyl compounds that are effective in lowering blood pressure, blood sugar, serum cholesterol and serum triglycerides It is effective in boosting the immune system. Garlic is a natural pesticide against mosquito larvae. Allium schoenoprasum, Chives In traditional folk medicine Chives were eaten to treat and purge intestinal parasites, enhance the immune system, stimulate digestion, and treat anemia. Garlic and scallions, along with onions, leeks, chives, and shallots, are rich in flavonols, substances in plants that have been shown to have anti tumor effects. New research from China confirms that eating vegetables from the allium group (allium is Latin for garlic) can reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Allium tuberosum, Garlic Chives In Chinese herbal medicine, garlic chives have been used to treat fatigue, control excessive bleeding, and as an antidote for ingested poisons. The leaves and bulbs are applied to insect bites, cuts, and wounds, while the seeds are used to treat kidney, liver, and digestive system problems. Althea officinalis, True Marshmallow It is a n
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Ludwik Zamenhof | Esperanto-USA | ZoomInfo.com Ludwik Zamenhof + Get 10 Free Contacts a Month Please agree to the terms and conditions I agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . I understand that I will receive a subscription to ZoomInfo Grow at no charge in exchange for downloading and installing the ZoomInfo Contact Contributor utility which, among other features, involves sharing my business contacts as well as headers and signature blocks from emails that I receive. 1500 Park Ave STE 134 Emeryville, California 94608 United States Company Description Esperanto-USA is a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is to further education in, and dissemination of information about, the international auxiliary language Esperanto. We have a bookstore with around 1000 titles, ranging from instructional ma ... more Find other employees at this company (10) Background Information Web References (81 Total References) Our young Polish guide - born ... jewishfed.org [cached] Our young Polish guide - born in the post-Communist era - led us through the overgrown grassy paths of the Okopowa cemetery, one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the world, where we visited the graves of Ludwik Zamenhof, the founder of Esperanto, and Marek Edelman, a survivor and one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. JewishPress.com > News > View Article www.thejewishpress.com [cached] It should be stressed that the worldly Tivadar became a lover of Esperanto , the international language founded by Lazar Ludovik Zamenhof , the Polish Jew , in hopes of advancing understanding among nations .It stands almost to reason that assimilated Central European Jew - idealists , all - should have created and pursued the very idea of a tongue that transcends boundaries , effectively converting language into universal citizenship. $reference.title
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Muscular Dystrophy Association seeks post-telethon identity | Daily Mail Online Muscular Dystrophy Association seeks post-telethon identity e-mail NEW YORK (AP) — For 45 years, many Americans identified the Muscular Dystrophy Association with one man and one event — comedian Jerry Lewis and his annual Labor Day telethon. The MDA dropped Lewis as its national chairman and telethon host in 2011, then scrapped the telethon itself last year. So how is the charity faring in this new era, as a no-telethon Labor Day approaches? The report card is mixed. FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 4, 2006 file photo, Jerry Lewis celebrates $61,013,855 million in pledges and contributions during the Muscular Dystrophy Association Labor Day telethon in Las Vegas. In 2011, the MDA dropped Lewis as its national chairman and telethon host, then ended the telethon itself in 2015. (AP Photo/Jane Kalinowsky) On the upside, the MDA's leadership brims with enthusiasm about steps taken this year — among them, expanding online outreach and fundraising, and pledging to double spending on research toward drug development and clinical trials to better combat a range of muscle-debilitating diseases. "We expect more new treatments and therapies in next five years than in the past 50 years combined," said Steve Derks, the MDA's president since 2013. On the downside is a challenging financial picture. In its latest report to the IRS, the MDA said it received contributions totaling about $135 million in 2014. According to data compiled by the Chronicle of Philanthropy, that's down from a peak of $183.5 million in 2007. The data also shows the MDA slipping in comparison to other U.S. charities — it ranked 32nd in 1991 in terms of private donations, and fell to 192nd in 2014. The impact has been tangible. The MDA says its staff is now about 800, compared to about 1,200 a decade ago, and the funds invested in research dropped from $37 million in 2006 to $18.5 million in 2014. Stacy Palmer, editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy, said the MDA's decision to abandon the telethon in favor of new, online-based fundraising methods epitomized the challenges faced by many long-established charities. "Everything a nonprofit does these days could have the potential of turning off one of the groups that's been very loyal," she said. "How do they reach a new generation of donors while not losing their longtime supporters?" The MDA's ties with Lewis date back almost to its founding in 1950. The next year, Lewis and his comic partner Dean Martin mentioned the charity on their NBC show, and they hosted a telethon in 1956. Lewis began hosting the telethon regularly in 1966 and continued through 2010. Guest stars over the years included Frank Sinatra, John Lennon, Michael Jackson, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles and Celine Dion. In its peak years, the telethon ran for more than 21 hours, with the tuxedo-clad Lewis pushing himself to exhaustion before ending with his schmaltzy rendition of "You'll Never Walk Alone." Lewis' abrupt exit, announced by the MDA a month before the 2011 telethon, was never fully explained, though it was clear that the declining reach of broadcast TV was a factor. The rift was patched over last January when Lewis taped a message for the charity's launch of its new logo and motto, "Live Unlimited." "Families have disagreements, families make up," said the MDA's chief spokeswoman, Roxan Olivas. "We would not be where we are today without him." Over 45 years, the telethon raised nearly $2 billion, according to the MDA. But the event had critics — notably people with muscular dystrophy who said they were being made objects of pity. "We objected to the telethon's damaging narrative that depicted disabled people as nothing more than helpless victims," activist Mike Ervin wrote an online post last year. The MDA's current messaging emphasizes barrier-breaking and self-reliance. Embodying that spirit is 25-year-old Joe Akmakjian of Fort Collins, Colorado, who this year became the first adult named as the MDA's national goodwill ambassador. Akmakjian, who has used a power w
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How Scientology Seduced Tom Cruise (Exclusive Book Excerpt) | Hollywood Reporter COMMENTS Gary Musgrave THR's exclusive excerpt from Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lawrence Wright 's new book reveals how the church came between Cruise and Kidman, leader David Miscavige's intense courtship of the star, Bill Clinton's advice to the actor on how to lobby Tony Blair, and how Cruise once told Miscavige, "If f--ing Arnold can be governor, I could be President." This story first appeared in the Jan. 18 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. The past year hasn’t been kind to the Church of Scientology. Katie Holmes divorced Tom Cruise. A Vanity Fair cover story that revealed the Scientology-run “audition” process to be Cruise’s wife included an interview with one of Cruise’s original candidates who was forced, she claims, to scrub toilets with a toothbrush as punishment. Meanwhile, Scientologist John Travolta was hit with several lawsuits (albeit unrelated to the Church) that spawned endless Internet speculation. Behind those sensational headlines, details of an organization whose secrecy long has been guarded began to seep out with detractors using the Internet to expose the Church’s sacred documents and allege wrongdoing. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lawrence Wright, who profiled ex-Scientologist Paul Haggis for The New Yorker in 2011, delves fullon into the history and inner workings of the Church of Scientology in his book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief. Despite bad publicity and questions about its size — one survey puts U.S. membership at 25,000 (the Church claims 8 million worldwide), with the largest concentration in L.A. — Scientology continues to survive, with ex-members claiming it has assets of about $1 billion. As many as 5,000 people belong to the Sea Org, its elite clergy. Adherents are drawn to Scientology’s emphasis on self-improvement, though the Church’s theology and practices remain unknown to the public. (Since 1993, the IRS has classified Scientology as a tax-exempt religion.) Wright’s account, which is detailed through Church documents, court records and hundreds of interviews, including many with ex-members, is disputed by Scientology, which declined to give interviews for the book. Karin Pouw, a representative for Scientology tells THR that, “The one thing ‘clear’ about Lawrence Wright’s book is that he continues to carry water for a handful of angry, bitter individuals ... [who] regurgitate six decades of false, bizarre tabloid allegations about the religion’s founder, its leadership and its prominent members.” Far from being in decline, she says Scientology opened 30 new churches in 2012. (Read Pouw's complete response here .) Wright argues that the Church’s mystique rests mainly on its celebrity members. Early on, founder L. Ron Hubbard recruited Hollywood notables like Gloria Swanson. David Miscavige, who has headed the Church since Hubbard’s death in 1986, followed this strategy by cultivating Cruise, who has become the public face of the Church and one of its largest donors. Cruise, now 50, became a Scientologist in 1986 and the biggest celebrity to join the Church since Travolta. Cruise admired Miscavige’s confidence and bravado. Miscavige, in turn, was seduced by Cruise’s celebrity and opulent lifestyle. But by the mid-’90s, Cruise and wife Nicole Kidman drifted away from the Church, which frantically scrambled to win him back. In this exclusive excerpt, Wright details the relationship between Cruise and Miscavige, the star’s renewed commitment to Scientology following his divorce from Kidman and his emergence as possibly the second most- powerful figure in the Church. — Andy Lewis For five days in October 1998, Tom Cruise, one of the biggest movie stars in the world, secretly drove into a private parking lot in the back of the historic Guaranty Building on Hollywood Boulevard, with the yellow Scientology sign atop. Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino used to have their offices here -- now the lobby is a shrine to the life and works of L. Ron Hubbard. A gi
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A Science Odyssey: People and Discoveries: Salk produces polio vaccine Salk produces polio vaccine 1952 Poliomyelitis has been around since ancient times. There is still no cure for the disease. But at the peak of its devastation in the United States, Jonas Salk introduced a way to prevent it. This infectious viral disease attacks the nerve cells and sometimes the central nervous system, often causing muscle wasting and paralysis and even death. Since 1900 there had been cycles of epidemics, each seeming to get stronger and more disastrous. The disease, whose early symptoms are like the flu, struck mostly children, although adults, including Franklin Roosevelt, caught it too. As a medical student and later a researcher at the University of Michigan, Salk studied viruses, such as influenza, and ways to vaccinate against them. Successful vaccines already existed for diseases such as smallpox. For each virus, a vaccine must be custom-made, but the principles are the same: if your body is exposed to a very weak or small amount of the disease virus, it will produce antibodies, chemicals to resist and kill the virus. Then when a full-strength version of the disease virus comes along, your body is prepared to fight it. In 1947 Salk became head of the Virus Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh. He began investigating the poliovirus. To start with, he had to sort the 125 strains of the virus. He found that they fell into three basic types and knew that a vaccine would have to include these three types to protect against all polio. One of the hardest things about working with poliovirus was manufacturing enough to experiment with�and to make vaccine production practical. In 1948 researchers at Harvard (J.F. Enders, T.H. Weller, and F.C. Robbins) made a breakthrough with this. They found that the virus could grow on scraps of tissue, without needing an intact organism like a chick embryo. Bacteria usually contaminated the tissue, but Enders' team was now able to get penicillin -- discovered 20 years earlier by Alexander Fleming and developed in the 1940s by Ernst Chain and Howard Florey -- and prevent the bacterial growth. Now viruses like mumps or polio could be created in large quantities for study. This team won the 1954 Nobel Prize in physiology/medicine. Now Salk could speed up his research. Using formaldehyde, he killed the polio virus but kept it intact enough to trigger the body's response. On July 2, 1952, Salk tried a refined vaccine on children who'd already had polio and recovered. After the vaccination, their antibodies increased. He then tried it on volunteers who had not had polio, including himself, his wife, and their children. The volunteers all produced antibodies, and none got sick. In 1953 Salk reported his findings in The Journal of the American Medical Association. A nationwide testing of the vaccine was launched in April 1954 with the mass inoculation of school children. The results were amazing -- 60-70 percent prevention -- and Salk was praised to the skies. But suddenly, some 200 cases of the disease were caused by the vaccine and 11 people died. All testing was halted. It seemed that people's hopes were dashed until investigators found that the disease-causing vaccine all came from one poorly made batch at one drug company. Higher production standards were adopted and vaccinations resumed, with over 4 million given by August 1955. The impact was dramatic: In 1955 there were 28,985 cases of polio; in 1956, 14,647; in 1957, 5,894. By 1959, 90 other countries used Salk's vaccine. Another researcher, Albert Sabin, didn't think Salk's killed-virus vaccine was strong enough. He wanted to mimic the real-life infection as much as possible; that meant using a weakened form of the live virus. He experimented with more than 9,000 monkeys and 100 chimpanzees before isolating a rare form of poliovirus that would reproduce in the intestinal tract but not in the central nervous system. In 1957 he was ready for human trials of an vaccine people could swallow, not get in a shot. It was tested in other countries,
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Disease Eradication | History of Vaccines WHO photo by T.S. Satyan Smallpox eradication campaign When a disease stops circulating in a region, it’s considered eliminated in that region. Polio, for example, was eliminated in the United States by 1979 after widespread vaccination efforts. If a particular disease is eliminated worldwide, it’s considered eradicated. To date, only one infectious disease that affects humans has been eradicated.* In 1980, after decades of efforts by the World Health Organization, the World Health Assembly endorsed a statement declaring smallpox eradicated. Coordinated efforts rid the world of a disease that had once killed up to 35% of its victims and left others scarred or blind. Smallpox eradication was accomplished with a combination of focused surveillance—quickly identifying new smallpox cases—and ring vaccination. “Ring vaccination” meant that anyone who could have been exposed to a smallpox patient was tracked down and vaccinated as quickly as possible, effectively corralling the disease and preventing its further spread. The last case of wild smallpox occurred in Somalia in 1977. Smallpox was a good candidate for eradication for several reasons. First, the disease is highly visible: smallpox patients develop a rash that is easily recognized. In addition, the time from exposure to the initial appearance of symptoms is fairly short, so that the disease usually can’t spread very far before it’s noticed. Workers from the World Health Organization found smallpox patients in outlying areas by displaying pictures of people with the smallpox rash and asking if anyone nearby had a similar rash. Second, only humans can transmit and catch smallpox. Some diseases have an animal reservoir, meaning they can infect other species besides humans. Yellow fever, for example, infects humans, but can also infect monkeys. If a mosquito capable of spreading yellow fever bites an infected monkey, the mosquito can then give the disease to humans. So even if the entire population of the planet could somehow be vaccinated against yellow fever, its eradication could not be guaranteed. The disease could still be circulating among monkeys, and it could re-emerge if human immunity ever waned. (The discovery of an animal reservoir for yellow fever was in fact what derailed a yellow fever eradication effort in the early 1900s.) Smallpox, however, can infect only humans. In effect, aside from the human population, it has nowhere to hide. Equally important is the ability to protect individuals against infection. People who survived smallpox naturally developed lifelong immunity against future infection. For everyone else, vaccination was highly effective. WHO trained vaccinators quickly, and they could immunize large groups of people in a short time. The eradication of smallpox raised hopes that the same could be accomplished for other diseases, with many named as possibilities: polio, mumps, and dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease), among others. Malaria has also been considered, and its incidence has been reduced drastically in many countries. It presents a challenge to the traditional idea of eradication, however, in that having malaria does not result in lifelong immunity against it (as smallpox and many other diseases do). It is possible to fall ill with malaria many times, although individuals may develop partial immunity after multiple attacks. In addition, although promising steps have been made, no effective malaria vaccine yet exists. Other diseases present additional challenges. Polio, though it has been reduced or eliminated in many countries through widespread vaccination, still circulates in some areas because (among other reasons) many cases do not present easily recognizable symptoms. As a result, an infected person can remain unnoticed, yet still spread the virus to others. Measles is problematic in a similar way: although the disease results in a highly visible rash, a significant period of time elapses between exposure to the virus and the development of the rash. Patients become contagious before the
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The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics - Press Release Press Release The Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov Press Release 5 October 2010 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2010 to Andre Geim "for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene" Graphene – the perfect atomic lattice A thin flake of ordinary carbon, just one atom thick, lies behind this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov have shown that carbon in such a flat form has exceptional properties that originate from the remarkable world of quantum physics. Graphene is a form of carbon. As a material it is completely new – not only the thinnest ever but also the strongest. As a conductor of electricity it performs as well as copper. As a conductor of heat it outperforms all other known materials. It is almost completely transparent, yet so dense that not even helium, the smallest gas atom, can pass through it. Carbon, the basis of all known life on earth, has surprised us once again. Geim and Novoselov extracted the graphene from a piece of graphite such as is found in ordinary pencils. Using regular adhesive tape they managed to obtain a flake of carbon with a thickness of just one atom. This at a time when many believed it was impossible for such thin crystalline materials to be stable. However, with graphene, physicists can now study a new class of two-dimensional materials with unique properties. Graphene makes experiments possible that give new twists to the phenomena in quantum physics. Also a vast variety of practical applications now appear possible including the creation of new materials and the manufacture of innovative electronics. Graphene transistors are predicted to be substantially faster than today’s silicon transistors and result in more efficient computers. Since it is practically transparent and a good conductor, graphene is suitable for producing transparent touch screens, light panels, and maybe even solar cells. When mixed into plastics, graphene can turn them into conductors of electricity while making them more heat resistant and mechanically robust. This resilience can be utilised in new super strong materials, which are also thin, elastic and lightweight. In the future, satellites, airplanes, and cars could be manufactured out of the new composite materials. This year’s Laureates have been working together for a long time now. Konstantin Novoselov, 36, first worked with Andre Geim, 51, as a PhD-student in the Netherlands. He subsequently followed Geim to the United Kingdom. Both of them originally studied and began their careers as physicists in Russia. Now they are both professors at the University of Manchester. Playfulness is one of their hallmarks, one always learns something in the process and, who knows, you may even hit the jackpot. Like now when they, with graphene, write themselves into the annals of science. Read more about this year's prize Links and Further Reading Andre Geim, Dutch citizen. Born 1958 in Sochi, Russia. Ph.D. 1987 from Institute of Solid State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia. Director of Manchester Centre for Meso-science & Nanotechnology, Langworthy Professor of Physics and Royal Society 2010 Anniversary Research Professor, University of Manchester, UK. www.condmat.physics.manchester.ac.uk/people/academic/geim Konstantin Novoselov, British and Russian citizen. Born 1974 in Nizhny Tagil, Russia. Ph.D. 2004 from Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Professor and Royal Society Research Fellow, University of Manchester, UK. www.condmat.physics.manchester.ac.uk/people/academic/novoselov Prize amount: SEK 10 million to be shared equally between the Nobel Laureates. Contact persons: Erik Huss, Press Officer, Phone +46 8 673 95 44, mobile +46 70 673 96 50, erik.huss@kva.se Fredrik All, Editor, Phone +46 8 673 95 63, Mobile +46 70 673 95 63, fredrik.all@kva.se The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, founded in 1739, is an independent o
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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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What is Tocophobia? - MyMind MyMind Blog posts In this piece, MyMind psychotherapist Lorraine Hackett and other experts talks about tocophobia – an extreme fear of childbirth. This article appeared in the Irish Times . Tocophobia, an extreme fear of childbirth, is surprisingly common and is estimated to affect one in 10 women. It was first identified by Dr Kristina Hofberg in 2000. Hofberg separates sufferers into two categories: primary tocophobes, who fear childbirth before pregnancy, and secondary ones, whose fear is ignited by a traumatic birth. Primary tocophobia can arise from a wide range of reasons, from childhood sexual abuse to exposure to graphic imagery. Actor Helen Mirren says an educational video shown at school put her off labour for life. “I swear it traumatised me to this day,” she said in an interview in 2007. “I haven’t had children and now I can’t look at anything to do with childbirth. It absolutely disgusts me.” According to Prof Louise Kenny of University College Cork, secondary tocophobia is “an area that is under researched and under resourced in the main”. A complicating factor in the research is that what is deemed traumatic is completely individual – two women experiencing the same type of birth may view it very differently. Women also may feel a lot of guilt at saying that despite having a healthy baby she is unhappy at the experience of giving birth “and that’s a huge part of birth trauma”. Depth of fear What separates tocophobia from the usual anxieties of mothers-to-be is the depth of fear. Some tocophobes think they will die; others imagine something unbearable happening. The most common trait is a fear of vaginal birth, with no corresponding dread of Caesarean sections. However, some women find both prospects equally terrifying. For many, the idea of a baby growing inside them is deeply unsettling. Other symptoms can be the need to recount the experience over and over without finding closure to a residual feeling of disempowerment, nightmares and crying to a need for anxiety medication, says Lorraine Hackett, a Dublin-based psychotherapist who specialises in birth trauma. Physically a woman may feel “less than whole”. The woman may feel her body has failed her and be suffering from an episiotomy or tear, and may suffer consequences such as faecal incontinence or prolapse exacerbated by an instrumental delivery. For secondary tocophobia the woman may have felt disassociated from her body during the birthing experience (a coping mechanism); feel that she is just a vessel for the baby; that the system has taken over and her voice isn’t heard. Women may have made career choices, own their own home but “suddenly are shocked to find they’re in a situation that they don’t have any say in”, says Kenny. Birth plans, she feels, are “something that women feel they may need to use in order to retain some control of their labour”. Decisions Niamh Healy, of parent support group Cuidiú, says women who feel more involved in decisions made at the time of childbirth, even if they are decisions they hadn’t hoped to make, appear happier with the outcome. Women can even have what looks like a bad experience yet feel good about it, according to Krysia Lynch of Aims Ireland, the Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services in Ireland. Maeve O’Connell, a midwife and PhD student who is doing the first study into the prevalence of tocophobia in this country, says that although the majority of women recover from a traumatic birth, a small number will go on to develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). There is no data yet to indicate how many women develop tocophobia with most research in this area coming from Scandinavia to date. Kenny says she sees many women who have had a traumatic birth and who recall things that the doctors and midwives might “brush off as inconsequential”. Most vulnerable Labour is when a woman is at her “most vulnerable” and, as such, it’s very easy for a “casual comment or a very minor or poorly explained or roughly carried out intervention” to trigger a deep trauma, she s
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Ergophobia – Causes of Ergophobia – Treatment of Ergophobia Share your stories and support others... Ergophobia Tweet Working nine-to-five Monday through Friday can be a real drag. Having a job can cause stress and anxiety in almost everyone’s life, but what if that stress and anxiety were so bad that you could barely even go to work? People who suffer from Ergophobia have a persistent fear of work, finding work or functioning and experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment, even though they realize their fear is irrational. They may fear losing a job, not being able to perform certain aspects of their job (such as meeting deadlines or giving presentations) or experience extreme anxiety with any basic task. These fears and anxieties can manifest into actual physical symptoms and this phobia can even be debilitating, making completing any sort of work near impossible. Physical symptoms of Ergophobia: Panic attacks Causes of Ergophobia Since every individual is different it’s hard to determine a cause of ergophobia. But, with most other phobias, it’s probably a result of some sort of trauma experienced earlier in life. Getting fired, losing a job, or being mocked or humiliated in the workplace could be a few reasons why people develop this fear. There are many different instances of trauma that could lead to this phobia and they don’t always have to originate in the workplace. For example, a person who has had extremely negative experiences making presentations in school can have a fear of making presentations in the workplace. This could also be the same with meeting deadlines. A person could have had negative experiences with meeting deadlines in the past; therefore they now have a fear of it in their present workplace. Although ergophobia is considered to be an irrational fear, there are rational elements that may fuel it. For example, a person may be so worried that they wont be able to complete a task efficiently that it may prevent them from completing the task altogether. This could put that person’s job in danger, therefore fueling the phobia even more. This is why it is very important to realize you have ergophobia and seek treatment. People that do have this phobia are usually aware that they have it and self-diagnose. But, it’s important to consult with a professional psychologist or psychiatrist to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment of Ergophobia Treatment of ergophobia can be in the form of medication or therapy, or both. Medications that are prescribed are taken to reduce anxiety in the workplace. A person with ergophobia can also greatly benefit from therapy. The most common type of therapies used are cognitive-behavioral and desensitization therapy . With the right help and treatment, someone with ergophobia can definitely overcome their fears and anxiety. If you think you may have this phobia, seeking help from a professional psychologist or psychiatrist can help you better understand yourself and this phobia. Overtime you can overcome your fears and anxiety, regain your confidence and lead a happy work life. View Resources
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Taggart (TV Series 1983–2010) - 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 The Maryhill CID investigates gruesome murders against the bleak backdrop of the city of Glasgow. Creator: A 15 year-old gold bullion robbery leads the Maryhill team on a race against time as one by one the robbers are murdered. With pirates, treasure chests and secret maps to buried treasure muddying the... 8.5 Taggart and Livingston investigate after the discovery of a woman's severed leg. 8.4 The discovery of two skulls at the site for a new by-pass road leads the team to a pharmaceutical company. Someone doesn't want the skulls identified and will go to any length including murder. 8.4 a list of 35 titles created 07 Nov 2012 a list of 40 titles created 15 May 2013 a list of 241 titles created 08 Nov 2014 a list of 26 titles created 8 months ago a list of 44 titles created 6 months ago Search for " Taggart " 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. 3 wins & 3 nominations. See more awards » Photos Set in Edinburgh, the mercurial Detective Inspector John Rebus's investigations lead him through the city's ancient beauty and into its more sinister quarters. Stars: Ken Stott, Claire Price, Jennifer Black Alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would like. Stars: John Nettles, Terence Alexander, Sean Arnold Dalziel and Pascoe (TV Series 1996) Crime | Mystery | Drama Supt. Dalziel and partner DI Pascoe investigate murders, and find a bond forming between them despite their blatantly differing personalities. Stars: Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, David Royle Approaching retirement, Jane Tennison investigates the murder of a missing girl. But the cracks soon begin to show as Jane struggles with an alcohol problem and the death of her father. Stars: Helen Mirren, Stephen Tompkinson, Laura Greenwood Fitz returns to Manchester after living 10 years in Australia with his wife and youngest son. He is soon drawn into the investigation of a British soldier who may have been traumatized by his years serving in Northern Ireland. Director: Antonia Bird Prime Suspect 3 (TV Mini-Series 1993) Crime | Drama | Mystery Assigned to a Vice squad, Detective Jane Tennison investigates a child murder and discovers a sinister link to the police. Stars: Helen Mirren, Tom Bell, Karen Tomlin An abrasively eccentric forensic psychologist aids in the solving of difficult police cases. Stars: Robbie Coltrane, Geraldine Somerville, Kieran O'Brien Detective Superintendent Jane Tennison's investigation of the murder of a Bosnian refugee leads her to one, or possibly two, Serbian war criminals determined to silence the last witness to a massacre a decade before. Stars: Helen Mirren, Liam Cunningham, Oleg Menshikov Single mother DCI Janine Lewis struggles with the problems of bringing up four children while leading her team of detectives in solving high-profile murders. Stars: Caroline Quentin, Ian Kelsey, Paul Loughran Prime Suspect 2 (TV Mini-Series 1992) Crime | Drama | Mystery DCI Jane Tennison's investigation of a murder is complicated with the unexpected participation of her secret lover in her detective unit. Stars: Helen Mirren, Colin Salmon, John Benfield Detective Tennison investigates a seemingly straightforward drug murder that she believes is linked to a smugly smooth crime boss. Stars: Helen Mirren, Ray Emmet Brown, John Brobbey Prime Suspect (TV Mini-Series 1991) Crime | Drama | Mystery A female police detective investigates a series of serial murders while dealing with sexist hostility from her male comrades. Stars: Helen Mirren, John Benfield, Tom Bell 6 September 1983 (UK) See more » A
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List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC - WikiVisually FEATURED ARTICLES · CHANGE LANGUAGE · hover over links in text for more info click links in text for more info List of television programmes broadcast by the BBC From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2014) Children's television programmes can be found at List of BBC children's television programmes . Contents Comedy[ edit ] The Catherine Tate Show (BBC Two 2004–2007, BBC One 2009 and 2013–present) (From 2013 as Catherine Tate's Nan) Not Going Out (BBC One 6 October 2006–present) Citizen Khan (BBC One 27 August 2012 – present) Cuckoo (BBC Three 25 September 2012 – present) Blandings (BBC One 13 January 2013–present) Count Arthur Strong (BBC Two 8 July 2013 – 13 August 2013, BBC One 6 January 2015 – present) Badults (BBC Three 23 July 2013 – present) Still Open All Hours (BBC One 26 December 2013 – present) Boomers (BBC One 15 August 2014 – present) Uncle (BBC Three 13 January 2014 – present) Inside No. 9 (BBC Two 5 February 2014–present) W1A (BBC Two 19 March 2014 – present) continuation of Twenty Twelve (otherwise known as Two Thousand Twelve) (BBC Two 14 March 2011 – 24 July 2012) Tracey Ullman's Show (BBC One 11 January 2016–present) Mum (BBC Two 13 May 2016–present) Love, Nina (BBC One 20 May 2016–present) Drama[ edit ] Doctor Who (BBC One 23 November 1963 – 6 December 1989; 27 May 1996; 26 March 2005 – present) Silent Witness (BBC One 21 February 1996 – present) Jonathan Creek (BBC One 10 May 1997 – present) Inspector George Gently (BBC One 8 April 2007 – present) Sherlock (BBC One 25 July 2010 – present) Case Histories (BBC One 5 June 2011 – present) Call the Midwife (BBC One 15 January 2012 – present) The Syndicate (BBC One 27 March 2012 – present) Line of Duty (BBC Two 26 June 2012 – 2016, BBC One 2017-present) Murder (BBC Two 26 August 2012–present) Last Tango in Halifax (BBC One 20 November 2012 – present) Ripper Street (BBC One 30 December 2012 – present) Father Brown (BBC One 14 January 2013 – present) Shetland (BBC One 10 March 2013 – present) WPC 56 (BBC One 18 March 2013–present) Our Girl (BBC One 24 March 2013 – present) The Village (BBC One 31 March 2013 – present) The Fall (BBC Two 13 May 2013 – present) Peaky Blinders (BBC Two 12 September 2013–present) Hinterland (BBC One Wales 4 January 2014 – present, BBC Four 28 April 2014 – present) Happy Valley (BBC One 29 April 2014 – present) In the Club (BBC One 5 August 2014 – present) The Missing (BBC One 28 October 2014 – present) Poldark (BBC One 8 March 2015 – present) Ordinary Lies (BBC One 17 March 2015 – present) Doctor Foster (BBC One 9 September 2015 – present) River (BBC One 13 October 2015 – present) The A Word (BBC One 22 March 2016 – present) New Blood (BBC One 9 June 2016 –present) Class (BBC Three 22 October 2016) [1] Have I Got News for You (BBC One & BBC Two 28 September 1990–present, repeated on Dave) QI (BBC One, BBC Two & BBC Four 11 September 2003–present, repeated on Dave) Mock the Week (BBC Two 5 June 2005–present, repeated on Dave) EastEnders (BBC One 19 February 1985–present) Casualty (BBC One 6 September 1986–present) Holby City (BBC One 12 January 1999–present) Doctors (BBC One 27 March 2000–present) For What It's Worth (BBC One 4 January 2016–present) Think Tank (BBC One 21 March 2016–present) The Code (BBC One 18 April 2016–present) Blue Peter (BBC One 1958–2012, CBBC 2013–present) Countryfile (BBC One 1988–present) Celebrity Mastermind (BBC One 2004–present) The Apprentice (BBC Two 2005–2006, BBC One 2007–present) The Graham Norton Show (BBC One February 2007–present) Backchat (BBC Three 2013-2014, BBC Two 2014-present) Revenge of the Egghead (BBC Two 2014–present) Killer Magic (BBC Three March 2015 – present) Anansi Boys (BBC One 2017) Taboo (BBC One 2017) 199 Park Lane (BBC One 1965) 1990 (BBC Two 1977–1978) 2000 Today The BBCs Millennium Broadcast (BBC One 31 December 1999 –
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Ceres, the goddess of agriculture Ceres Ceres was the Roman goddess of agriculture, grain, and the love a mother bears for her child. She was the daughter of Saturn and Ops, the sister of Jupiter, and the mother of Proserpine. Ceres was a kind and benevolent goddess to the Romans and they had a common expression, "fit for Ceres," which meant splendid. Ceres, the goddess of agriculture She was beloved for her service to mankind in giving them the gift of the harvest, the reward for cultivation of the soil. Also known as the Greek goddess Demeter, Ceres was the goddess of the harvest and was credited with teaching humans how to grow, preserve, and prepare grain and corn. She was thought to be responsible for the fertility of the land. Ceres was the only one of the gods who was involved on a day-to-day basis in the lives of the common folk. While others occasionally "dabbled" in human affairs when it suited their personal interests, or came to the aid of "special" mortals they favored, the goddess Ceres was truly the nurturer of mankind. Ceres was worshipped at her temple on the Aventine Hill, one of the Seven Hills of ancient Rome. Her festival, the Cerealia, was celebrated on April 19. Another special time for Ceres was Ambarvalia, a Roman agricultural fertility rite held at the end of May. Ceres is portrayed holding a scepter or farming tool in one hand and a basket of flowers, fruits, or grain in the other. She may also be wearing a garland made from ears of corn. The Romans explained the turning of the seasons with the following story: Ceres was the sister of Jupiter, and Proserpine was their daughter. Proserpine was kidnapped by Pluto, god of the underworld, to be his bride. By the time Ceres followed her daughter, she was gone into the earth. Making matters worse, Ceres learned that Pluto had been given Jupiter's approval to be the husband of his daughter. Ceres was so angry that she went to live in the world of men, disguised as an old woman, and stopped all the plants and crops from growing, causing a famine. Jupiter and the other gods tried to get her to change her mind but she was adamant. Jupiter eventually realized that he had to get Proserpine back from the underworld, and sent for her. Unfortunately, Pluto secretly gave her food before she left, and once one had eaten in the underworld one could not forever leave. Proserpine was therefore forced to return to the underworld for four months every year. She comes out in spring and spends the time until autumn with Ceres, but has to go back to the underworld in the winter. Her parting from Ceres every fall is why plants lose their leaves, seeds lie dormant under the ground, and nothing grows until spring when Proserpine is reunited with her mother. This information on the goddess Ceres appears courtesy of Long Island Cares , a food bank in New York state. Their food banking computer system was named for her, and they put this information on their web site to explain why the name was appropriate.
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Demeter (Ceres) - Greek Goddess of Harvest, Fertility and Agriculture. | Greek Mythology Pantheon Demeter (Ceres) Greek Mythology Pantheon > Demeter (Ceres) – Greek Goddess of Harvest, Fertility and Agriculture Demeter (Ceres) – Greek Goddess of Harvest, Fertility and Agriculture Demeter (Ceres) Greek Goddess - Art Picture Demeter (Ceres) Greek Goddess - Art Picture Demeter (Roman equivalent is Ceres) is one of the largest and oldest goddesses of the ancient Greek pantheon. She is the daughter of Cronus and Rhea, sister of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades (Roman equivalent is Pluto), Hera and Hestia. Known as the Goddess of harvest, fertility, agriculture and vegetation soil, protector of the land and its products, mother of cereals (hence her name) and mainly wheat. The birth of Demeter as the sister-dates goes back to the early years of theogony and accurately to the time when Cronus, son of Uranus, claimed and occupied by force the authority of the world. The fate of the blonde and beautiful daughter of Rhea, exactly after she came to the world, was harsh. The small Demeter, like her brothers, ended up to the stomach of the heartless father, and was liberated only when her younger brother Zeus with his trick (magic potion from Metis) managed to fool him. Demeter as goddess differed significantly from the other goddesses. Smart and attractive, had renounced from the beginning her divine abode. She never lived on Mount Olympus, but to the temples specially dedicated to her, close to those who believed and worshiped her. Demeter (Ceres) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by Howard David Johnson Demeter (Ceres) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by Howard David Johnson The goddess of agriculture, discreet, modest and timid enough, had gained very early the sympathy and favor of the other Olympian gods. Her capabilities, skills and value had been recognized by all, while her personality and character demanded a special approach, special understanding and respect. Demeter, in the sentimental area, was one of the hardest and snobbish goddesses. Although she was not very strong and rigid to her beliefs, she did not succumb easily in “love attacks”, even when the candidate lovers were very remarkable. Poseidon and Zeus were two of the small number of known and aspiring conquerors of her. They both persistently persecuted her and finally managed to seduce her applying various misleading tricks. Zeus was the first of the two brothers who tried to win. Although he suddenly fell in love with Demeter, he did not crave and besiege her as much as he did to Hera. The conscious and constant resistances of his sister made him think of cheats to trick her. Zeus transformed into a bull and managed to outwit her and from their union Persephone was born, the one and only beloved daughter of Demeter. Demeter (Ceres) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by jjlovely Demeter (Ceres) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by jjlovely Poseidon was the second of two brothers who attacked Demeter with sexual purposes. The goddess in order to avoid it morphed into mare and hid in the flock of Apollo Onkiou’s son. Poseidon, being brilliant, did not waste any time to perceive the trick. Without losing any time, he morphed into a horse, chased her and mated with her. A daughter (who was not allowed to pronounce her name) and a horse with black mane (Arion) were the fruit of their love. Demeter after her brother’s behavior, felt betrayed and cheated. Unable to drown her anger, she became vengeful goddess until she flushed her hatred and fury in the river Ladon and renamed herself to Lucia. The Olympian goddess, beyond the erotic match with her two brothers, accepted and loved passionately a young mortal. At the wedding of Cadmus and Harmony, Demeter met the handsome Jason and immediately fell in love with him. Without inhibitions and shyness, she left the wedding with him and in a well plowed field she delivered herself in his arms. After their sexual union, Demeter and Jason returned to the wedding with obvious signs of their act. Sludge in the arms and legs, made all the wedding guests to unders
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The Thompson Twins | New Music And Songs | The Thompson Twins About The Thompson Twins The Thompson Twins -- who were neither a duo nor related, but simply named after the Tin Tin cartoon -- were one of the more popular synth pop groups of the early MTV era, scoring a handful of hits before fading away into lite-funk obscurity. While many of their contemporaries indulged in stylish variations on Roxy Music or robotic electronic funk, the Thompson Twins were more pop-oriented, even when they strayed into dance-pop. Despite their success -- "Hold Me Now," "Lay Your Hands on Me," "King for a Day" all reached the U.S. Top Ten -- the group was unable to successfully expand their synth pop sound and, consequently, their audience had virtually disappeared by the late '80s. Founding member Tom Bailey was attending a teacher's college in Cheshire, England and harboring dreams of becoming a classical pianist when he met Joe Leeway, a fledgling actor, in 1977. The pair hit it off, yet Leeway wasn't part of the original incarnation of the Thompson Twins, which featured Bailey (vocals, keyboards), guitarist Pete Dodd, guitarist John Roog, and drummer Chris Bell. During the late '70s and early '80s, the band released a handful of independent singles and became fixtures on the burgeoning New Romantic scene in London before signing with Arista Records in 1981. That year, they released their debut album, A Product Of..., to little attention. Not long after the release of A Product Of..., Bailey added his girlfriend Alannah Currie (percussion, saxophone, vocals), Joe Leeway (percussion, vocal), and former Soft Boys bassist Matthew Seligman to the group. The Thompson Twins recorded one album in this seven-piece incarnation, 1982's Set, which was released in America as In the Name of Love. The record was a bomb, and following its release, the group was trimmed to a trio -- Bailey, Currie, and Leeway. The revamped Thompson Twins released Quick Step and Side Kick in 1983, and the album became a major hit in the U.K., climbing all the way to number two, as the singles "Love on Your Side" and "We Are Detective" reached the Top Ten. In America, the record was released under the truncated title Side Kicks and earned a cult following. The Thompson Twins had their American commercial breakthrough in 1984 with Into the Gap. "Hold Me Now," the first single from the album, became a bigger hit in the U.S. than it did in the U.K., peaking at number three; it reached number four in England. Into the Gap also featured the hits "Doctor Doctor" and "You Take Me Up," and the Thompson Twins quickly followed the record in 1985 with Here's to Future Days. "Lay Your Hands on Me" became an American Top Ten hit, as did "King for a Day," but none of the singles from the record became major hits in the U.K., signaling that the group's popularity was beginning to decline. Leeway left the group in 1986, and the Thompson Twins remained a duo, releasing Close to the Bone the following year. Bailey and Currie made their romance public in 1988, when the couple had a child. That same year, they released the remix album The Best of Thompson Twins: Greatest Mixes, which was generally ignored. By the late '80s, the Thompson Twins' audience had decreased substantially. Big Trash, their 1989 debut for Warner, produced the minor U.S. hit "Sugar Daddy," but it was overlooked in England. In 1991, they released Queer, which was ignored in both the U.S. and the U.K. In 1994, Bailey and Currie decided to form a new band, Babble, in order to explore newer electronic musics such as ambient. Working with programmer Keith Fernley, Babble released The Stone in 1994 on Reprise to little notice. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi Hear more of
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The Smiths Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the songwriting partnership of Morrissey (vocals) and Johnny Marr (guitar), the band also included Andy Rourke (bass), Mike Joyce (drums) and for a brief time Craig Gannon (rhythm guitar). Critics have called them one of the most important alternative rock bands to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s,and the group has had major influence on subsequent artists. Morrissey's lovelorn tales of alienation found an audience amongst youth culture bored by the ubiquitous synthesiser-pop bands of the early 1980s, while Marr's complex melodies helped return guitar-based music to popularity. The group were signed to the independent record label Rough Trade Records , for whom they released four studio albums and several compilations, as well as numerous non-LP singles. Although they had limited commercial success outside the UK while they were still together, and never released a single that charted higher than number 10 in their home country, The Smiths won a growing following, and they remain cult and commercial favourites. The band broke up in 1987 amid disagreements between Morrissey and Marr and has turned down several offers to reform. Welcome to The Smiths Wiki
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Diabolism is the worship of what?
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Diabolism | Define Diabolism at Dictionary.com diabolism [dahy-ab-uh-liz-uh m] /daɪˈæb əˌlɪz əm/ Spell action aided or caused by the devil; sorcery; witchcraft. the character or condition of a devil. a doctrine concerning devils. a belief in or worship of devils. 2. action befitting the devil; deviltry. Origin of diabolism 1600-10; < Greek diábol(os) devil + -ism Related forms Examples from the Web for diabolism Expand Historical Examples It has troubled me, said Herring, but helped me, to hear that Frye was a channel for that diabolism. The Religio-Medical Masquerade Frederick William Peabody A wizard was understandable; but this was diabolism beyond sanity. Seven Men Max Beerbohm He was allowed to work in peace, and in a short time the reign of diabolism at Bicetre was ended. British Dictionary definitions for diabolism Expand activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery worship of devils or beliefs and teachings concerning them the nature of devils character or conduct that is devilish or fiendish; devilry Derived Forms Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for diabolism Expand c.1600s, from Ecclesiastical Greek diabolos "devil" (see devil (n.)) + -ism . Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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SIGNS: ANIMALS APE: In art it depicts malice. ASS: Humility. Patience. Animal of the poor. BASILISK: A fabled creature, based on Psalm 91:13: naming four animals for the Antichrist. These were interpreted by St. Augustine as four aspects of the Devil, who was trodden down by the triumphing Christ. Although a well-established symbol, and often represented in the Middle Ages, the basilisk rarely appears in Italian paintings of the Renaissance. BAT: Night. Desolation. BEAR [wild]: Cruelty and evil influence. In the Old Testamtent it represented the kingdom of Persia. BEAR [tame]: Christianity.Typical is the life of St. Euphemia, who, when thrown to wild animals in the arena, was shown honor by a bear who appeared tame, and would not eat her. BEE: Tireless activity. Regal power. Chastity. Also associated with St. Rita of Cascia. BIRDS: Symbol of the "winged soul." Many artists have the Child Jesus holding a bird in His hand. BLACKBIRD: The black feathers and melodious song represented the temptation of sin. Tradition tells us that one day when St. Benedict was praying the Devil appeared to him in the form of a blackbird which tried to divert him from his devotions. St. Benedict was not fooled: he made the Sign of the Cross and the Devil departed in haste. BULL: Depicts strength; sometimes St. Sylvester is shown with a bull at his feet because he brought back a dead bull to life. If the bull is made of brass, this is a symbol of St. Eustace who was Martyred with his family by being encased in a brass bull under which a fire was ignited. BUTTERFLY: Resurrection of Christ. CAMEL: Represents the virtue of temperance because he can go a long time without water. Also a sign of royalty in the Old Testament. Camel's hair is one of the the symbols of St. John the Baptist. CAT: Symbolizes laziness and lust gnerally because of its indolent habits, although the cat is a symbol of good, for instance, when it is shown with the Virgin because tradition has it that a cat gave birth to a litter of kittens in the stable at Bethlehem. Several Annunciation images portray the Virgin Mary with a little cat near her feet. CENTAUR: This mythic animal, part horse, part man is a symbol of St. Anthony Abbot because a mysterious animal appeared to him to point the way to reach St. Paul the Hermit in the desert. COCK: Because the cock crows early in the morning, it symbolizes vigilance, but when depicted in a painting of St. Peter, it signifies his denial of Jesus Christ and subsequent repentance. Thus the cock is now a symbol of the Passion. [John 13:38] CRANE: Vigiliance. Loyalty and good works. Good order in monastic life. It is thought that at night some cranes maintain watch for the others. CROCODILE: Hypocrisy. DOG: Fidelity. Loyalty. Watchfulness. Orthodoxy. There are many examples of the faithfulness of dogs, such as the dog of [St.] Tobias and St. Roch, which brought bread to the Saint and remained at hs side. A dog with a flame is a symbol of St. Dominic. Occasionally black and white dogs were used as symbols of the Dominicans [Domini canes, that is dogs of the Lord] because the friars wear black and white robes. DOLPHIN: Resurrection. Faith. Love. Society. Since they swim alongside ships, they symbolize Christ guiding the Church. Often the dolphin is used to depict the whale of Jonah. When the dolphin is pictured with an anchor it represents the Catholic Church. DOVE: Purity. Innocence. Peace. At the time of the flood, when Noah sent out for the last time the dove from the ark, it brought back an olive branch to show that the waters had receded and that God made peace with man. Under the Mosaic law the dove was used during the purification ceremony after the birth of a child. Thus one sometimes sees paintings of the Presentation of the Child Jesus with Joseph bearing two white turtledoves. [Luke 2:22, 24] As an emblem of purity the dove sometimes appears on top of St. Joseph's rod to show that he was chosen to be the husband of the Virgin Mary. The dove was seen by the father of St. Catherine of Siena above her head while she was in prayer. T
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In camera (legal) legal definition of In camera (legal) In camera (legal) legal definition of In camera (legal) http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/In+camera+(legal) Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Wikipedia . In Camera In chambers; in private. A judicial proceeding is said to be heard in camera either when the hearing is had before the judge in his or her private chambers or when all spectators are excluded from the courtroom. in camera adj. or adv. phrase. Latin for "in chambers." This refers to a hearing or discussions with the judge in the privacy of his chambers (office rooms) or when spectators and jurors have been excluded from the court room. (See: in chambers ) in camera noun confidential , confidentially, in annechambers, in chambers , in judge's chamber, in judicial chamber, in private, in secrecy, out of public view in camera ‘in chambers’, a most perplexing phrase for litigants who suspect they maybe about to be photographed. Actually it indicates that the case, or the rest of the case, is to be heard in the judge's private chambers - excluding the public.
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Latin Phrases in English | English Club 1000 Phrasal Verbs for download! Latin Phrases in English Many Latin phrases are still used in English, though generally more in written English than in spoken English. This page lists some of the more common phrases from Latin, with meanings, comments and contextual examples. Although you may not need to use Latin phrases yourself, it's useful to recognise them when you come across them. Latin phrase formed or done for a particular purpose only An ad hoc committee was set up to oversee the matter. ad nauseam repeating or continuing to the point of boredom The apparent risks of secondary smoking have been debated ad nauseam. bona fide Only bona fide members of the club may use the clubhouse. caveat emptor let the buyer beware The principle that the buyer is responsible for checking the quality and suitability of goods before a purchase is made. circa; c. The house was built circa 1870. coitus interruptus interrupted congress; aborting sexual intercourse prior to ejaculation Coitus interruptus is the only form of birth control that some religions allow. compos mentis in control of the mind (often used ironically) Please call me back later when I'm compos mentis. de facto in fact; in reality Although the Emperor was the head of state, the de facto ruler of Japan was the Shogun. ergo Lists of errors from a previous publication are often marked "errata" (the plural, meaning errors). et cetera; etc and the rest; and so on; and more We urgently need to buy medical equipment, drugs et cetera. ex gratia from kindness or grace (without recognizing any liability or legal obligation) They received an undisclosed ex gratia payment. ex libris from the books; fromthe library In the front of a book: Ex Libris John Brown habeas corpus a court order instructing that a person under arrest be brought before a judge The right of habeas corpus has long been regarded as an important safeguard of individual liberty. in loco parentis in the place of a parent Teachers sometimes have to act in loco parentis. in situ in its original place The paintings have been taken to the museum but the statues have been left in situ. in vitro (in biology) taking place outside a living organism (for example in a test tube) in vitro fertilization The report covers, inter alia, computers, telecommunications and air travel. per This petrol station charges $5.00 per gallon. per annum; p.a. The population is increasing by about 2% per annum. per capita The country's annual income is $5000 per capita. per se These facts per se are not important. post-mortem examination of a body after death; autopsy The post-mortem revealed that she had been murdered. pro rata proportional; proportionally The car rental charge is $50 per day and then pro rata for part of a day. quid pro quo favour or advantage given or expected in return for something Similar to "tit for tat", "give and take" and "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours." re I spoke to the manager re your salary increase. sine qua non essential condition; thing that is absolutely necessary; "without which not" Words are a sine qua non of spoken language. status quo Monarchies naturally wish to maintain the status quo. terra firma dry land; the ground as opposed to the air or sea Shackleton and his men set foot on terra firma after three weeks at sea. verbatim in exactly the same words I had to memorize the text verbatim. versus; vs.; v. What are the benefits of organic versus inorganic foods? In the case of Bush versus Gore, the judges decided... vice versa My telephone serves me, and not vice versa. persona non grata
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In Killarney, Ireland, Mark Davis became the the first 'Six-Red' world champion in which sport?
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Davis claims Six Reds title in Killarney Davis claims Six Reds title in Killarney Updated / Dec. 19, 2009 16:31 Snooker news Mark Davis pocketed a Christmas bonus of €10,000 by winning the inaugural 888sport.com Six Reds World Championship in Killarney tonight. Davis, the world no.47 from Sussex, defeated twice Crucible world champion Mark Williams 6-3 in the final. And it means his six year-old son, Jack, and daughter Millie, aged two, can enjoy an extra special festive period. 'It’s good timing and the kids will be pleased because they know they’ve got a good present coming,' Davis said. 'I played well all through the tournament. I had some luck, which you need with this shorter format, but I made some good breaks in the final. 'With the standard of the players who came here it was always going to be a bit of a lottery as to who won. I’m just happy to be the last man standing. 'I enjoyed the whole week. It was a good tournament and very well run. Killarney is a lovely place and it’s fair to say I’m a big fan of six reds snooker.' Davis, 37, had previously won two minor invitation events, the 2002 Masters qualifying event and 1996 Malta Masters. To reach the final he beat fellow main tour professionals Gerard Greene, Jamie Cope, Mark Joyce, Joe Swail and Mark King. He twice trailed Williams by a single frame but from 2-2 was the stronger player, knocking in breaks of 71 and 65 on the way to clinching victory. Williams edged Sheffield amateur Adam Duffy 5-4 on the black in the quarter-finals before completing a comfortable 5-1 semi-final defeat of Barry Hawkins. 'I’ve had a good week,' the Welshman said. 'It was more relaxed than the ranking tournaments and Mark played very well from 2-2. He deserved to win. I think all the players have enjoyed this tournament. It’s something different and I’m a fan of the six red format.' Reigning 15 red world champion John Higgins saw his bid to complete a unique double ended by a 5-1 defeat to Mark King in the quarter-finals. Ken Doherty, beaten by Duffy in the last 32 and one of the tournament organisers, said he was pleased with the first staging of the short form World Championship. 'The feedback I’ve had from the players has been very positive and we’ll definitely be back next year,' he said. 'There’s no doubt that six reds snooker has its place and we hope to be even bigger and better in 2010.' More on
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Harold Larwood Harold Larwood Harold Larwood MBE (14 November 1904 – 22 July 1995) was an English cricket player, an extremely accurate fast bowler best known for his key role as the implementer of fast leg theory in the infamous Bodyline Ashes Test series of 1932–33. In 2009 Larwood was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Larwood was born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire, to working-class parents. When he was a child, a near-fatal accident prompted his father to make him a primitive bat, and the child took to cricket with great enthusiasm. Leaving school at fourteen to become a labourer in the local coal-mine, he also began to play for the village cricket team, Kirkby Portland First class career In 1922, at the age of 18, Larwood was invited to try playing for Nottinghamshire, where he was offered a professional contract and starred with bat and ball. Larwood was by this stage a fearsome bowler, claimed by many observers to bowl at speeds well in excess of "90 miles per hour" (145 km/h). Frank Tyson recalled that attempts to measure his speed were highly variable, saying that "Larwood, for instance, was measured by high speed photography at between 90 and 130mph".[2][3] Such speeds would match him with the fastest of modern fast bowlers, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhtar, Shaun Tait and Brett Lee. Larwood, moreover, was also very accurate. Such a combination made Larwood the most dangerous fast bowler of his time. Test career In 1926, he played his first Test match against Australia in the second Test of the series, at Lord's. Taking 2/99 and 1/37, he did not secure a permanent place in the team until the 1928 series, where he took seventeen wickets, including 6/32 in the first innings of the first Test. The arrival of Donald Bradman in the Australian team saw the English cricketing hierarchy scratching their heads to devise a plan to defeat the Australian phenomenon and thus retain the Ashes trophy. Douglas Jardine, the English captain (and, like all England captains of the pre-war era, a "gentleman amateur" leading a team partly made up of working-class professionals), determined that Bradman was vulnerable to short-pitched bowling, and adopted "fast leg theory". Larwood was tasked with implementing the plan, and thus the stage was set for the bodyline Test series. By the end of the series in 1932-33, the MCC Lords celebrated the return of the Ashes back to England, not realising the damage that Larwood's bodyline bowling had caused on the fast pitches of Australia. However, in 1933, bodyline was used during the West Indies tour of England. There the MCC Lords saw for the first time that the "fast leg theory" involved in bodyline bowling was not the same as the tactic known by that innocuous name in English County Cricket. Rather, it was an extremely intimidating, premeditated plan of attack. Concerned about the worsening diplomatic relations between England and Australia as a result of this, the MCC hypocritically reprimanded Larwood and asked him to sign a Letter of Apology to the Australian Cricket Board & Players. Larwood refused on the basis that he, as a professional cricketer, was obliged to follow the directions of his captain, whose responsibility the tactics were. In fact Larwood never played cricket for England again, though he did play county cricket for Nottinghamshire until 1938. That year, he retired on medical advice.[4] As Jardine was never asked to apologise, and Pelham Warner, the tour manager, managed to avoid the blame, Larwood felt he was being made the scapegoat for what had occurred in 1932-33. Larwood married Lois Bird, and had five children. When he retired from cricket he ran a sweetshop in Blackpool. Fellow cricketer Jack Fingleton persuaded him to emigrate to Australia in 1953; and after he had settled there, he was employed by the Pepsi-Cola Company for many years. Although newsreels announced the arrival of th
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Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Biography (President of Argentina) Birthplace: La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina Best known as: The second First Lady to became president of Argentina Name at birth: Cristina Fernández Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was elected president of Argentina in 2007. Her candidacy was boosted by the fact that her husband, Néstor Kirchner, was at the time Argentina's sitting president. Cristina Fernández was born in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, and met her husband at law school in La Plata in 1975. She embraced the political life and became a force in the center-left Justicialist (or Peronist) party. Her husband did the same; by 1995 Cristina Kirchner was a senator and her husband was governor of Santa Cruz province. After his election as president in 2003, they were often compared with Bill and Hillary Clinton . Christina was also called "The New Evita" after Eva Peron , the glamorous Argentine First Lady of the 1950s. Néstor Kirchner chose not to run for reelection in 2007, and his wife replaced him as the candidate of the Justicialist party. She won with 45% of the vote in general elections of October 2007, and took office in December of that year. Néstor Kirchner's decision to step down in favor of his wife in 2007 was widely seen as a way to stretch family control of the presidency, since Argentine law would allow him to run again after being out of office for four years. However, Néstor Kirchner died of a heart attack on 28 October 2010, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was reelected in 2011 for another four-year term. Extra credit: The Justicialist Party is called in Spanish the Partido Justicialista, or PJ. It is commonly called the Peronist party after its founder, President Juan Peron... Kirchner is not the first First Lady of Argentina to become president. Isabel Peron, the third wife of Juan Peron, served as president from 1974-76 after her husband's death. He was the founder of the Peronist party that Kirchner represents; Eva Peron was his second wife. Copyright © 1998-2017 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. Advertisement Advertisement
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1974: First female president for Argentina 1974: First female president for Argentina Maria Estela Isabel Martinez de Peron has been sworn in as interim leader of the Argentine Republic. Her husband President Juan Peron delegated responsibility after doctors said he required 24-hour medical attention and rest. Mrs Peron, a former cabaret dancer, is now Argentina's first female president and at 43 the youngest Latin American head of state. Her 78-year-old husband has not been seen in public for two weeks and is reported to be seriously ill with bronchitis and influenza. In a state broadcast, Mrs Peron said her husband was "conscious that his state of health prevents him from directly attending to government affairs until his recovery". Mrs Peron, known to the Argentine public as 'Isabelita', is Juan Peron's third wife and became vice-president after his return to power in September 1973. The couple met in a night club in Panama during Juan Peron's years of exile after being ousted from power in a military coup in 1955. Argentina's main power groups, including the armed forces and labour unions, are understood to have pledged Mrs Peron their support. But regional experts say Isabelita will be inheriting a weak economy in a country suffering from political violence and civil unrest.
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Zambezi River Zambezi River T he Zambezi is Africa’s fourth largest River system, after the Nile, Zaire and Niger Rivers. It runs through six countries on it’s journey from central Africa to the Indian Ocean. Its unique value is that it is less developed than others in terms of human settlement and many areas along it’s banks enjoy protected status. It’s power has carved the spectacular Victoria Falls and the zigzagging Batoka Gorge. The Zambezi has been harnessed at various points along the way including the massive Kariba Dam between Zambia and Zimbabwe and Cabora Bassa Dam in Mozambique. Plans for another dam at the Batoka gorge have fortunately been shelved. The River’s beauty has attracted tourists from all over the world providing opportunities for a myriad of water sports and game viewing. Running for a length of 2700kms, it begins it’s journey as an insignificant little spring in the corner of north-west Zambia in the Mwinilunga District. It bubbles up between the roots of a tree, very close to the border where Zambia, Angola and Zaire meet. It enters Angola for about 230kms, where it accumulates the bulk of its headwater drainage, and re-enters Zambia again at Cholwezi rapids flowing due south but substantially enlarged by the entry of various tributaries. This upper part of the river is thinly populated by pastoralists, farmers and fishermen and although wildlife is sparse it is remarkably free of pollution. This is also the scene of the remarkable Ku-omboka Ceremony where thousands of inhabitants move annually to higher ground as the Zambezi floods into the low lying plains. It passes through the flat sandy country of the Western Province, then traverses the broad, annually flooding Barotse Plains, where much of the water is lost to evaporation, then over more rocky country where it’s tranquil course is interrupted by the Ngonye falls and rapids. As it turns to an easterly direction it forms the border between Zambia and Namibia and eventually joins up with the Chobe River in the Caprivi Swamps, briefly forming a border with Botswana. For the next 500kms it serves as the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe thundering over the Victoria Falls and through the narrow, steadily deepening Batoka Gorge, providing a fantastic playground for white water rafting, kayaking, river boarding and jet boating. From here the steep sides of the gorge eventually flatten out at the broad Gwembe Valley. Then it flows into the Kariba dam for 281kms – it’s width at one point being 40kms. From the dam wall the river travels due north, heading east again at Chirundu. Here it is flanked by the Lower Zambezi National Park on the Zambian side and Mana Pools National Park on the Zimbabwean side. This middle zone supports one of Africa’s most important wilderness areas. After the Luangwa confluence, it’s a much larger Zambezi that flows into Mozambique and out towards the Indian Ocean, having provided power, food, pleasure and transport for many and a home for untold numbers of wildlife along it’s journey. Fishing Trips on the Zambezi River
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National Post Cryptic Crossword Forum: Thursday, April 14, 2016 — DT 27969 National Post Cryptic Crossword Forum A forum for solvers of cryptic crossword puzzles published in the National Post Thursday, April 14, 2016 Thursday, April 14, 2016 — DT 27969 Puzzle at a Glance Puzzle Number in The Daily Telegraph DT 27969 Publication Date in The Daily Telegraph Thursday, November 26, 2015 Big Dave's Crossword Blog Review Written By pommers █ - incorrect prior to use of puzzle solving tools █ - solved with assistance from puzzle solving tools █ - solved with aid of checking letters provided by puzzle solving tools █ - solved but without fully parsing the clue █ - unsolved or incorrect prior to visiting Big Dave's Crossword Blog █ - solved with aid of checking letters provided by solutions from Big Dave's Crossword Blog █ - reviewed by Falcon for Big Dave's Crossword Blog █ - yet to be solved Introduction I would have finished today's puzzle much sooner had I not spent so much time cruising the wrong European river. I invite you to leave a comment to let us know how you fared with the puzzle. Notes on Today's Puzzle This commentary is intended to serve as a supplement to the review of this puzzle found at Big Dave's Crossword Blog, to which a link is provided in the table above. Primary indications (definitions) are marked with a solid underline in the clue; subsidiary indications (be they wordplay or other) are marked with a dashed underline in all-in-one (&lit.) clues, semi-all-in-one (semi-&lit.) clues and cryptic definitions. Explicit link words and phrases are enclosed in forward slashes (/link/) and implicit links are shown as double forward slashes (//). Definitions presented in blue text are for terms that appear frequently. Across 1a Discharge // exploding so deep (6) 4a Grand // Canyon, American, split by Colorado's right bank (8) More Than Just Scratching the Surface The Grand Canyon [5] is a deep gorge in Arizona, formed by the Colorado River. It is about 440 km (277 miles) long, 8 to 24 km (5 to 15 miles) wide, and, in places, 1,800 m (6,000 ft) deep. The area was designated a national park in 1919. 9a That man is after the old lady's // pounds (6) Mash [3] means to convert into a soft pulpy mass by pounding or crushing. 10a Perchance story will include // old relative (8) 12a European capital housing churchman's backed // eternally (8) 13a Issued digital record, keeping single // off (6) What did he say? In his review on Big Dave's Crossword Blog, pommers comments I think this is a case of Thesuritis. In my thesaurus the word you need is not a synonym of issue nor vice versa but they do have synonyms in common . Maple sap collection bucket and tap. I had no difficulty accepting "ran" as a synonym of "issued". Among its many meanings, run [10] can mean (of liquids) to flow, especially in a manner specified ⇒ (i) water ran from the broken pipe ; (ii) the well has run dry ; or apropos to the season here in Canada (iii) the sap is running . However, Patski in the thread at Comment #37 on Big Dave's Crossword Blog thinks they are synonyms in a publishing context. 15a Choking /from/ lungs' atria not working (13) Scratching the Surface The surface reading is a bit of an anatomical absurdity in the real world but fair game in Crosswordland. Atrium [5] (plural atria) is the name given to each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body, the left atrium oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein. Also called auricle. 18a Inanely grinned at nudes losing sweetheart/'s/ sympathy (13) hide explanation 22a Frank // Capra did this (6) Frank Capra [5] (1897–1991) was an Italian-born American film director. He is known for comedies such as It Happened One Night (1934), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), and It’s a Wonderful Life (1946). He won six Oscars. 24a Charge // headed over English wicket (8) A wicket [5] (also wicket door or wicket gate) is a small door or gate, especially one beside or in a
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The Exorcist (1973) - FAQ The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Visit our FAQ Help to learn more FAQ How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie? For detailed information about the amounts and types of (a) sex and nudity, (b) violence and gore, (c) profanity, (d) alcohol, drugs, and smoking, and (e) frightening and intense scenes in this movie, consult the IMDb Parents Guide for this movie. The Parents Guide for The Exorcist can be found here . What is 'The Exorcist' about? When 12-year old Regan MacNeil ( Linda Blair ) begins exhibiting violent changes in her behaviour, and neither doctors, drugs, medical tests, nor psychiatrists can determine what is wrong, Regan's mother, actress Chris MacNeil ( Ellen Burstyn ), turns to exorcism as a last-ditch attempt to help her daughter. Father Damian Karras ( Jason Miller ), a priest and psychiatrist who has just lost his mother, and Father Lancaster Merrin ( Max von Sydow ), an ailing priest who has just returned from an archaeological dig in Iraq, are selected by the Church to perform the exorcism. Was this based on a true story? The book by William Peter Blatty was inspired by an actual event, the supposed exorcism of a demon from a 14 year old boy living in Mount Rainier, Maryland, USA. Blatty had read a news report concerning the boy, whose family had called in a priest after conventional medicine had failed to relieve him of various symptoms, including violent episodes and outbursts of foul language. The priest spent two months with the boy, during which he claimed to have witnessed him speaking Latin (a language the boy had no knowledge of) and moving across the room on his bed whilst sleeping. However, investigative journalist Mark Opsasnick researched the story after the film was released and could not find any record of a boy having lived in the house stated in the original news article in The Washington Post on August 20th 1949. There had been a case in Cottage City, Maryland of an exorcism being performed on a boy who allegedly would spit involuntarily, growl when angered, and whose bed shook from time to time. Opsasnick concluded that this was the case which Blatty had read about and that the Mount Rainier piece was a fabrication. Interestingly, while Opsasnick had sought to prove the possession was real, the evidence he uncovered forced him to conclude that the boy was only mentally ill, and the possession story was the result of the boy's religious mother and grandmother, a credulous priest, and sensationalistic reporting in the media. Another priest present at the exorcism has stated that he never witnessed any of the behaviour the character in the book/film exhibited and that some of the behaviour he did see could have been explained in other ways, e.g. while the boy in fact did speak some Latin on a couple of occasions, he seemed to be repeating phrases the exorcising priest was reciting from the religious manual. Opsasnick's investigation is regarded as the final word on the case; he went more in-depth into the story than any other journalist before. What actually happens in the opening scene in Iraq? Father Merrin finds an idol during the excavation that represents an ancient demon. It is clear from his look of recognition that he has seen this image before. Later in the movie, it is confirmed that, years before, Merrin had indeed encountered this demon (Pazuzu, though the demon is never named in the movie) and exorcized it from a young boy (as detailed in the sequel and in the two prequels). Merrin also finds a Christian medallion together with the idol. According to director William Friedkin's commentary on the DVD/Blu-ray editions of the movie, Merrin realizes that the presence of these two objects cannot be coincidence, and sees this as a direct omen, an 'announcement' that the demon will again manifest itself and that he will need to face it again. With that conviction, Merrin says goodbye to his colleagues and sets off to the United States, knowing that his presence and exp
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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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The History Place - Vietnam War 1945-1960 1945 - 1960 1941 Communist activist Ho Chi Minh secretly returns to Vietnam after 30 years in exile and organizes a nationalist organization known as the Viet Minh (Vietnam Independence League). After Japanese troops occupy Vietnam during World War II, the U.S. military intelligence agency Office of Strategic Services (OSS) allies with Ho Chi Minh and his Viet Minh guerrillas to harass Japanese troops in the jungles and to help rescue downed American pilots. 1945 March 9, 1945 - Amid rumors of a possible American invasion, Japanese oust the French colonial government which had been operating independently and seize control of Vietnam, installing Bao Dai as their puppet ruler. ADVERTISEMENT Summer - Severe famine strikes Hanoi and surrounding areas eventually resulting in two million deaths from starvation out of a population of ten million. The famine generates political unrest and peasant revolts against the Japanese and remnants of French colonial society. Ho Chi Minh capitalizes on the turmoil by successfully spreading his Viet Minh movement. July 1945 - Following the defeat of Nazi Germany, World War II Allies including the U.S., Britain, and Soviet Union, hold the Potsdam Conference in Germany to plan the post-war world. Vietnam is considered a minor item on the agenda. In order to disarm the Japanese in Vietnam, the Allies divide the country in half at the 16th parallel. Chinese Nationalists will move in and disarm the Japanese north of the parallel while the British will move in and do the same in the south. During the conference, representatives from France request the return of all French pre-war colonies in Southeast Asia (Indochina). Their request is granted. Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia will once again become French colonies following the removal of the Japanese. August 1945 - Japanese surrender unconditionally. Vietnam's puppet emperor, Bao Dai, abdicates. Ho Chi Minh's guerrillas occupy Hanoi and proclaim a provisional government. September 2, 1945 - Japanese sign the surrender agreement in Tokyo Bay formally ending World War II in the Pacific. On this same day, Ho Chi Minh proclaims the independence of Vietnam by quoting from the text of the American Declaration of Independence which had been supplied to him by the OSS -- "We hold the truth that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. This immortal statement is extracted from the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America in 1776. These are undeniable truths." Ho declares himself president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and pursues American recognition but is repeatedly ignored by President Harry Truman. September 13, 1945 - British forces arrive in Saigon, South Vietnam. In North Vietnam, 150,000 Chinese Nationalist soldiers, consisting mainly of poor peasants, arrive in Hanoi after looting Vietnamese villages during their entire march down from China. They then proceed to loot Hanoi. September 22, 1945 - In South Vietnam, 1400 French soldiers released by the British from former Japanese internment camps enter Saigon and go on a deadly rampage, attacking Viet Minh and killing innocent civilians including children, aided by French civilians who joined the rampage. An estimated 20,000 French civilians live in Saigon. September 24, 1945 - In Saigon, Viet Minh successfully organize a general strike shutting down all commerce along with electricity and water supplies. In a suburb of Saigon, members of Binh Xuyen, a Vietnamese criminal organization, massacre 150 French and Eurasian civilians, including children. September 26, 1945 - The first American death in Vietnam occurs, during the unrest in Saigon, as OSS officer Lt. Col. A. Peter Dewey is killed by Viet Minh guerrillas who mistook him for a French officer. Before his death, Dewey had filed a report on the deepening crisis in Vietnam, stating his opinion that the U.S. "ought to clear out of Southeast Asia." October 1945 - 35,000 F
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Miss Saigon Miss Saigon by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil Miss Saigon is a West End musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover. The setting of the plot is relocated to the 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War, and Madame Butterfly’s American Lieutenant and Japanese geisha coupling is replaced by a romance between an American GI and a Vietnamese bar girl. The musical premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London on September 20, 1989, closing after 4,264 performances, on October 30, 1999. It opened on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre in 1991 and subsequently played in many other cities and embarked on tours. The musical represented Schönberg and Boublil’s second major success, following Les Misérables in 1985. As of August 2010, Miss Saigon is still the 10th longest-running Broadway musical in musical theatre history Background The musical’s inspiration was reportedly a photograph, inadvertently found by Schönberg in a magazine. The photo showed a Vietnamese mother leaving her child at a departure gate at Tan Son Nhut Air Base to board a plane headed for the United States where her father, an ex-GI, would be in a position to provide a much better life for the child. Schönberg considered this mother’s actions for her child to be “The Ultimate Sacrifice,” an idea central to the plot of Miss Saigon.[2] Highlights of the show include the evacuation of the last Americans in Saigon from the Embassy roof by helicopter while a crowd of abandoned Vietnamese scream in despair, the victory parade of the new communist regime and the frenzied night club scene at the time of defeat. Many of the major European musicals on Broadway started in the 1980s, including Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les Misérables and then included Miss Saigon into the 1990s. West End Miss Saigon premiered in the West End at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on September 20, 1989 and closed after 4,264 performances on October 30, 1999.[3] The director was Nicholas Hytner with musical staging by Bob Avian and scenic design by John Napier. In December 1994 the London production became the Theatre Royal’s (Drury Lane) longest running musical, eclipsing the record set by My Fair Lady.[4] The original Kim was played by Lea Salonga, who became famous because of this role and won the Laurence Olivier Award and Tony Award. The original Engineer was portrayed by Jonathan Pryce who won a Tony Award for the role. Broadway The musical debuted on Broadway at the Broadway Theatre on April 11, 1991 and closed on January 28, 2001 after 4,092 performances. Directed again by Nicholas Hytner with musical staging by Bob Avian, scenic design was by John Napier, costume design was by Andreane Neofitou and Suzy Benzinger and lighting design was by David Hersey.[5] As of April 2009, Miss Saigon is still the 10th longest-running Broadway musical in musical theatre history.[1] Other Productions Since its opening in London Miss Saigon was produced in many cities around the world including Stuttgart from December 2, 1994 till December 19, 1999 and Toronto, where new theatres were designed specifically to house the show. In the small island community of Bømlo in Norway with only around 11000 innhabitants, the show was set up in the outdoor amphitheater by the local musical fellowship and ran from august 5 to august 16 2009. The local musical fellowship bought in a Bell Helicopter for the show. [6][7] According to the Miss Saigon Official Site, Miss Saigon has been performed by 27 companies in 25 countries and 246 cities, and it has been translated into twelve different languages. Tours After the London production closed in 1999 and also following the closure of the Broadway production in 2001 the show in its original London staging embarked on a long tour of the six largest venues in Britain and Ireland stopping off in each city for
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) - 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 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids ( 1989 ) PG | The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV a list of 47 titles created 18 Sep 2011 a list of 40 titles created 21 Dec 2013 a list of 35 titles created 11 May 2014 a list of 21 titles created 5 months ago a list of 25 titles created 2 days ago Title: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) 6.3/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 10 nominations. See more awards » Photos The Szalinski family is back, this time hilarious disaster strikes when an experiment causes their new toddler son to grow many stories tall. Director: Randal Kleiser A martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager. Director: John G. Avildsen After a bitter divorce, an actor disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend time with his children held in custody by his former wife. Director: Chris Columbus When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game. Director: Joe Johnston When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy. Director: Steven Spielberg A toon-hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder. Director: Robert Zemeckis Daniel accompanies his mentor to Okinawa who is off to see his dying father and confront his old rival, while Daniel inadvertently makes an enemy of his own. Director: John G. Avildsen One year after Kevin was left home alone and had to defeat a pair of bumbling burglars, he accidentally finds himself in New York City, and the same criminals are not far behind. Director: Chris Columbus A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world. Director: Steven Spielberg In order to save their home from foreclosure, a group of misfits set out to find a pirate's ancient valuable treasure. Director: Richard Donner An 8-year old troublemaker must protect his home from a pair of burglars when he is accidentally left home alone by his family during Christmas vacation. Director: Chris Columbus An absent-minded professor discovers "flubber," a rubber-like super-bouncy substance. Director: Les Mayfield Edit Storyline Wayne Szalinski is your average "nutty scientist", working on a top secret machine that shrinks objects. When it unexpectedly starts working, he's so amazed he forgets to tell his family to be careful. And when they wander into his lab... Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au> The most astonishing, innovative, backyard adventure of all time! Genres: 23 June 1989 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia Martin Short was initially attached to play Wayne Szalinski, but was later replaced by Rick Moranis. See more » Goofs In film Scorpion's size was shown equal to the size of an Ant. This is impossible if compared to real life. See more » Quotes Gloria Forrester : [seeing Wayne float above the ground, looking into the grass] Donald, that man over there is flying. Ridiculous, cute, and fun family entertainment 14 April 2006 | by roghache (Canada) – See all my reviews This is a fun movie for the entire family. Well, of course, it's ridiculous but the kids will love it and you can laugh right along with them. The absurd tale revolves around around a nutty scientist & dad named Wayne Szalinski who is working on a machine to mini
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Oodles Of Fun: April 2010 Oodles Of Fun Are You Using Your nOodle? Pages Question of the Day - On this day in 1931, what 102-story, 1,046-foot building was dedicated in New York City? Empire State Building Bon Jovi sang "You Give Love a ____ Name". Bad Bing Crosby's real name was: Harry Which is the only Marx Brothers film to feature on the AFI's top 100? Duck Soup The Broadway show Movin' Out featured the songs of: Billy Joel The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie? Die Hard 2 Which film has the line, "I can't have a baby, because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting"? Baby Boom In An Affair to Remember, where did the lovers decide to meet six months later? New York Where do the scientists first find a mysterious monolith, in 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Moon Which actress stars in the film Mean Girls? Lindsay Lohan This horror classic is called: Invasion of the Body ________. Snatchers Whose real name is Eric Bishop? Jamie Foxx Who said: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done"? George W. Bush Bruce Springsteen says "Everybody's got ________". A hungry heart Who had the 1976 hit: "Play That Funky Music"? Wild Cherry Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey starred in: Two for the Money In the "Rock DJ" video, what former Take That singer literally sheds layers of clothes and layers of flesh? Robbie Williams Which film is a love story between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher? Anna and the King What former star of Broadway's Annie married Matthew Broderick, who starred in The Producers? Sarah Jessica Parker What was the last Beatles' album to be recorded before the band's split? Abbey Road Which actress' father is well-known actor Jon Voight? Angelina Jolie What was the name of Herman's wife on The Munsters? Lily On the TV series Heroes, the character Hiro Nakamura is able to: Stop time The music to the U.S. Navy song "Anchors Aweigh" was written by: Charles Zimmerman Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell changed hats to play which narrating character in "Seussical the Musical"? The Cat in the Hat All members of The Monkees have what same color of eyes? Brown The tagline, "Resistance is Futile", comes from which 1996 movie? Star Trek: First Contact One of the longest movie song titles, as sung by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, was: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Who played Truman Capote in Capote? Philip Seymour Hoffman Which Scottish actor voiced a dragon called Draco in the movie Dragon Heart? Sean Connery Question of the Day - Willie Nelson turns 77 today. What is NOT one of his songs? Hit the Road, Jack Which character sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy Finish this line from The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take _________". The cannoli Name the ship commanded by Russell Crowe in Master and Commander. HMS Surprise In which of the Rocky movies was the statue of Rocky unveiled? Rocky III Where was the character Elijah Prince, aka "Mr. Glass", from Unbreakable born? A department store Who sang "When You Wish upon a Star" in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio? Jiminy Cricket What was the name of the woman Dustin Hoffman played in Tootsie? Dorothy Michaels What comedian actress shared Steve Martin's body in All of Me? Lily Tomlin Who played Starsky in the film Starsky and Hutch? Ben Stiller In 1995, what Irish New Age musician released the album The Memory of Trees? Enya Which best describes Kiefer Sutherland? Agent Jack Bauer on 24 Which Beatle sang "My Sweet Lord"? George Harrison In which movie does Kevin Bacon discover the secret of invisibility? Hollow Man Antonin Dvorak's most famous symphony is known as Z Noveho Sveta in his native language. What do we call it? From the New World Which actor played the monster in the original film of Frankenstein? Boris Karloff The movies Courage Under Fire and A Soldier's Story featured which actor? Denzel Washington Angela Lansbury was in which movie? Bedknobs and Broomsticks What film is showing at the Bedford Falls theater at the end of It's A Wonderful Life? The Bells of St. Mary's What sport is pla
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William Shakespeare - Shakespeare's plays and poems | English author | Britannica.com Editor Picks: Exploring 10 Types of Basketball Movies Other than Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare did not experiment with formal tragedy in his early years. (Though his English history plays from this period portrayed tragic events, their theme was focused elsewhere.) The young playwright was drawn more quickly into comedy , and with more immediate success. For this his models include the dramatists Robert Greene and John Lyly , along with Thomas Nashe . The result is a genre recognizably and distinctively Shakespearean, even if he learned a lot from Greene and Lyly: the romantic comedy. As in the work of his models, Shakespeare’s early comedies revel in stories of amorous courtship in which a plucky and admirable young woman (played by a boy actor) is paired off against her male wooer. Julia, one of two young heroines in The Two Gentlemen of Verona (c. 1590–94), disguises herself as a man in order to follow her lover, Proteus, when he is sent from Verona to Milan. Proteus (appropriately named for the changeable Proteus of Greek myth), she discovers, is paying far too much attention to Sylvia, the beloved of Proteus’s best friend, Valentine. Love and friendship thus do battle for the divided loyalties of the erring male until the generosity of his friend and, most of all, the enduring chaste loyalty of the two women bring Proteus to his senses. The motif of the young woman disguised as a male was to prove invaluable to Shakespeare in subsequent romantic comedies, including The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, and Twelfth Night. As is generally true of Shakespeare, he derived the essentials of his plot from a narrative source, in this case a long Spanish prose romance, the Diana of Jorge de Montemayor . Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare’s most classically inspired early comedy is The Comedy of Errors (c. 1589–94). Here he turned particularly to Plautus’s farcical play called the Menaechmi ( Twins). The story of one twin (Antipholus) looking for his lost brother, accompanied by a clever servant (Dromio) whose twin has also disappeared, results in a farce of mistaken identities that also thoughtfully explores issues of identity and self-knowing. The young women of the play, one the wife of Antipholus of Ephesus (Adriana) and the other her sister (Luciana), engage in meaningful dialogue on issues of wifely obedience and autonomy . Marriage resolves these difficulties at the end, as is routinely the case in Shakespearean romantic comedy, but not before the plot complications have tested the characters’ needs to know who they are and what men and women ought to expect from one another. Connect with Britannica Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram Pinterest Shakespeare’s early romantic comedy most indebted to John Lyly is Love’s Labour’s Lost (c. 1588–97), a confection set in the never-never land of Navarre where the King and his companions are visited by the Princess of France and her ladies-in-waiting on a diplomatic mission that soon devolves into a game of courtship. As is often the case in Shakespearean romantic comedy, the young women are sure of who they are and whom they intend to marry; one cannot be certain that they ever really fall in love, since they begin by knowing what they want. The young men, conversely, fall all over themselves in their comically futile attempts to eschew romantic love in favour of more serious pursuits. They perjure themselves, are shamed and put down, and are finally forgiven their follies by the women. Shakespeare brilliantly portrays male discomfiture and female self-assurance as he explores the treacherous but desirable world of sexual attraction, while the verbal gymnastics of the play emphasize the wonder and the delicious foolishness of falling in love. In The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1590–94), Shakespeare employs a device of multiple plotting that is to become a standard feature of his romantic comedies. In one plot, derived from Ludovico Ariosto ’s I suppositi (Supposes, as it had been translated into Engli
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Chess Cards Chess Cards by Edward Lovett INTRODUCTION I found the essence of this game in Sid Sackson's A GAMUT OF GAMES, Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., Second edition 1982. It is the first game discussed (entitled MATE), and played with a particular subset of 20 playing cards from a regular deck. According to Sackson: 'In Hanover, Germany, in the year 1915, G. Capellen published a small booklet entitled "Zwei neue Kriegspiele!" (that is, "Two New Wargames!" ). Sackson infers that the timing was not right for the emergence of new war games "..while the reality of World War I occupied the center of the stage", as the booklet subsequently passed into obscurity. One of the games in the booklet was MATE, the heart of this article. 1 Note that this card game is not a game of chance; there is a unique playing mechanism to eliminate the 'luck of the draw' no matter how the cards are dealt. In this game we have: Perfect Information Out-thinking your opponent as a major component of the game Relatively simple to learn (really!) while having considerable depth I have added the concept of using 'Chess Cards' in place of regular playing cards to give the game more of a chess 'flavour'. Further, the concept of 'foreplacing' a card (as specified in the original article) has been replaced by a more general concept of 'sacrificing' cards, and minor changes have been made to scoring, terminology and gameplay. I would refer the reader to the original article in Sid Sackson's book if a more definitive comparison is required. Other than these 'cosmetics', it is G. Capellen who deserves credit for the mechanics of this rather unique and interesting card game. The Chess Cards for this game consist of a set of 20 cards comprising 5 piece types (Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight and Pawn), each in 4 suits (Black, Red, Yellow and White). The King is imaginary, but subject to 'threats' by the Chess Cards in play. You may wish to obtain your own set of Chess Cards here (colour printer required). 1The other game was called Free Chess, and noted to be a 'chess variant', although no rules were specified in Sackson's book. GENERAL PLAY A dealer is chosen (in any manner you wish). The dealer has no advantage. The 20 chess cards are shuffled, and 10 cards are dealt to each player in groups of 5 at a time. The dealer opens with any card he wishes; this is deemed a 'threat' (to an imaginary King) that the opponent must counter in his next turn (else mate will have been given). This card is placed face up in front of the dealer. Note that as cards are played they are kept face up in respective piles in front of each player, rather than playing to a common pile in the centre of the table. To counter a threat, the opponent must reply with a card of the same suit (colour) - if he has more than one card of that particular suit, he may reply with any of these cards (but note 'winning the initiative' below). Lacking a card of the same suit, the opponent must then reply with a card of the same rank (that is, piece type), for example queen countering queen, bishop countering bishop etc. This card, the opponent's 'reply', is placed face up in front of him. Failing to have a legal move in reply to a threat is deemed mate and the game credited to the player with the initiative. WINNING THE INITIATIVE The player who played the highest piece type (within a suit), or the highest suit (when piece type is played) has the initiative and leads for the next move. SUIT AND PIECE RANKINGS Piece rankings are (from highest to lowest): Queen > Rook > Bishop > Knight > Pawn Suit rankings are (from highest to lowest): black > red > yellow > white Play continues in this manner until a player is unable to reply to a card lead by the player with the initiative. The player with the initiative has given mate to the opponent and play stops. Further rules pertaining to advanced play, namely Queen's Privilege, Sacrificing and the concept of Overmate will be discussed later. SCORING A MATE For purposes of scoring a mate, each card is considered to have a value as follows (note that the parti
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Muscat, capital city of Oman All... Muscat, capital city of Oman Muscat is unlike any other capital in the region. There are only a few high-rise blocks, and the streets are spotlessly clean. The whimsically uniform city is elegant, graceful and fine. Muscat literally means “anchorage,” and a major part of the city was built around the sea. At the historic ports of Muttrah and Old Muscat, goods and people arrive from ships daily. Both the fisherman along the beaches of Athaiba and Shatti al-Qurm and the onshore refinery rely on the sea for income, and the waters are a source of recreation for many visitors. Locals love their city, and visitors from all over the world do too. Some of the most beautiful sights in Muscat are Islamic mosques. One of the most glorious is the Grand Mosque, a gift from Sultan Qaboos to commemorate the third decade of his reign. The imposing exterior gives way to a breathtakingly rich main prayer hall. Inside is the world's largest carpet, a Persian rug measuring 70 meters long and 60 meters wide. More than 600 women spent four years stitching the masterpiece. Long sleeves and trousers should be worn when visiting the mosque, and women must cover their hair before entering. Muscat is home to an array of outstanding museums. One of the most popular is the Sultan's Armed Forces Museum, housed in an 1845 mansion. The exhibits in the lower rooms outline the country's military history while the upper galleries detail Oman's international relations. Visiting dignitaries can often be spotted perusing the exhibits, and a mandatory military escort is required to see the collection. Muscat has a long and interesting history, and the Bait al-Baranda museum is dedicated to telling the story of the capital. The imaginative and interactive displays will delight both children and adults, and one of the most striking exhibits is the dinosaur skeleton pieced together from bones excavated from the city's Al-Khoud area. The ethnographical displays provide a good context for understanding the regional and cultural importance of Muscat. Between the old walled city and the corniche lies the Muscat Gate Museum, marking the space once occupied by the old city wall. The small museum is worth browsing, but the real draw is the neighboring hill. From the top, visitors can catch an extraordinary view of Muscat and Muttrah. The Oman Museum is also worth visiting mainly for its view. The small displays include examples of Omani architecture and artifacts, but the panoramic view over the gleamingly white suburbs and sea cannot be beat. Other museums worth exploring include the Omani-French Museum, which highlights colonial life in the city, the PDO Oil and Gas Museum, the Natural History Museum and the National Museum, where jewelry, dowry chests and royal costumes are on display. The Muttrah Souq is one of the most exciting and exhilarating places in Muscat. There, a traditional Arab market bustles under modern timber roofing, antique shops sell Omani and Indian artifacts, the inventory of gold shops glistens and bargaining is expected. Three sights in Muscat are closed to travelers, with the exception of visiting dignitaries, but they are still worth a visit to see them from the outside. The forts of Al Jalali and Al Mirani on Qasr Al Alam Street were once prisons but have since been converted into museums. Although venturing inside is forbidden, exterior photography is allowed. The Qasr Al Alam Royal Palace is also closed to visitors, but the view of the palace from the outside is still stunning. Muscat Geographical Location Muscat is located on the northern coast of Oman along the Arabian Sea. The population of Muscat is approximately 1,091,000 in the metropolitan area. Muscat Language Arabic is the official language of Oman. English, Baluchi, Urdu and Indian dialects are also common throughout the country. Muscat Predominant Religion 75% Ibahi Muslim 25% Other
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CityPages March 2016 by CityPages Kuwait - issuu issuu ISSUE No. 75 MARCH 2016 issuu.com/citypageskuwait Scan this QR code with your smart phone /tablet and enjoy reading CityPages. To read it on your computer, simply visit the web link above. FATMA ALQADEERI The Marketing and PR Specialist who believes the sky is her limit. pinterest.com/citypagesmag Scan this QR code with your smart phone /tablet and enjoy reading and sharing slective pages from this issue of CityPages. To read it on your computer, simply visit the web link above. LIFESTYLE / PEOPLE / EVENTS / FASHION Spring/Summer 2016 We're back new and fresh! ISSUE 75, VOLUME 6, MARCH 2016 62. 95. Top Music Charts 102. March Movie Releases SPECIAL SEGMENT 128. Citypages Fashion Report 130. Fashion News FEATURES 90. Page: 106 18. Remembering Dame Violet Dickson 20. Essential Tips Every Mom Needs For Work-Life Balance 22. Make The Most Of Your Space! 24. Newton's Laws Of Motion;The Rudimentary Man 29. وباألم إحسانا 34. No More First-Times? 36. Galaxy - Star Quality 38. Things No One Told Me About Being A Mum 40. The Poetry Of Mother Earth 44. Wise Words From The Revenant 47. ماذا يتعلم املدراء التنفيذيون من رياضيي األوملبيات؟ 48. Switching Priorities 54. Goodbye To All That 57. Starfish Notes 76. Organic Vegetables And Free-Range Children Surround yourself with elegance & style! The Mercedes-Benz Lifestyles Collection says it all in its name. It has so many things that are useful in everyday life! Whether for work or for leisure. A fine leather wallet, a high-quality watch or a stylish pair of sunglasses – you're sure to find something that encapsulates your lifestyle. And, of course, the perfect gifts for your loved ones too. Discover the range of premium-quality products at Mercedes-Benz Boutique and accessory shop at our Shuwaikh location. For more details Call: 1-833-111 Extn.: 228 A. R. Albisher & Z. Alkazemi Co., Jahra Road (Highway 80), Shuwaikh Industrial Area MercedesBenzKWT ISSUE 75, VOLUME 6, MARCH 2016 FITNESS 70. How Food Influences Your Hormones FOOD 66. Man Vs Food 68. Taste Of Dubai 74. Yummy For Their Little Tummy HEALTH 73. 7 Myths About Women’s Health Over 40 88. Why The Twitch? INTERVIEW 50. Dr Haitham Al-Kayat 62. Dr. Abdulrazzaq A. Al-Obaid 78. Good France/Goûtdefrance 90. Leandro And Iman Metwally 96. Fatma Alqadeeri 78. 124. Cool New Gadgets 126. Tech Updates & News TRAVEL 60. Top Five ‘Musts’ For Houston 44. REGULARS 31. Art Wonderland By Afrah 58. The City Guide 94. In Permanent Pursuit Of Perfection 104. March Book Releases 105. Book Club 136. Events 141. From The Press 144. Homework For Grown Ups 146. Horoscopes 90. MAGAZINE From the Editor Dear Readers, In recognition of International Women’s Day on 8th March, this issue of CityPages is dedicated to women. In particular, the eight very special Women of Substance who are featured on our pages and who share their inspiring stories with us. Of course, March is also the month when many countries across the globe celebrate Mother’s Day. The United Kingdom honored motherhood on Sunday 6th March while Kuwait will pay tribute to the miracle of birth on 21st March. With so many different ways to spoil the mothers in your family, no doubt it will be a special day wherever and however you celebrate. Dhari Al-Muhareb One lady who is sure to be celebrating is our cover star, Fatma Alqadeeri. The PR and Marketing Specialist divides her time between her freelance career and her family, juggling the demands of each with capable determination. Read her candid interview including tips for new moms and women starting out in their career. Jameel Arif We have taken this opportunity to pay tribute to Dame Violet Dickson. Umm Kuwait (Mother of Kuwait) as she was known by many, lived in Kuwait for most of her adult life and played a significant role in its history. What better time to remember this very special lady than the month when respect, love and appreciation of women is embraced? Editor-in-Chief General Manager & Editor Eng. Homoud Al-Muhareb As always, it was great to see so many na
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Noah's Ark Noah's Ark Genesis 6-8 The descendants of Adam and Eve had become evil and wicked, and God was sorry He had ever created mankind. He decided the only thing to do was destroy them all and start over! But there was one man, Noah, who was obedient to God and found God's favor. Noah Builds an Ark God told Noah to bring a pair of every living animal into the ark to keep them alive during the flood. God told Noah to build a big boat, called an ark, and He told Noah exactly how to do it. The ark was to be 450 ft. (137 m) long, 75 ft. (23 m) wide and 45 ft. (14 m) high. It was to have three decks, be divided into rooms and have a door in the side. Noah was to find one male and one female of every kind of animal and bird and take them into the ark. He also had to take food for all those animals. It took Noah 120 years to build the ark and find all the animals to put in it, but Noah obeyed God and did just as he was told. The Great Flood Noah was 600 years old by the time everything was ready. God told Noah to go into the ark with his wife, his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives. Then it started to rain. It rained without stop for forty days and nights! The water got so deep that even the mountains were covered. Every living creature on earth died in the flood. But the ark floated on top of the flood waters and the people and animals in the ark were safe. Noah knew the dove had found dry land when it returned to him carrying an olive branch. Eventually, the water started to go down again, and the ark came to rest in the mountains of Ararat. After being on the ark about 11 months, Noah sent out a dove to see if it would find land, but it found no place to rest and returned to the ark. Seven days later, Noah sent the dove out again. This time it flew back carrying an olive leaf, and Noah knew it had found land. After a full year on the ark, God said to Noah, Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you – the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground – so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number upon it. (NIV, Genesis 8:16-17) God Makes a Promise to Noah After leaving the ark, Noah built an altar and worshipped God. God was pleased with Noah, and He promised never again to destroy the earth with a flood. Then God placed a rainbow in the sky as a sign of that promise. The descendants of Noah and his sons filled the whole earth with people again. Lessons Except for Noah and his family, all the people of the world were going about their evil and wicked ways. The earth was filled with violence. Mankind had lost sight of God and the way He wanted them to live together in harmony. God rewarded Noah for his righteousness, but He decided there was no choice but to destroy the wicked people of the earth. Similarly, those of us who love God and obey His commandments will be rewarded with eternal life, but God will not let that life be corrupted by evil people. Those people who have shown themselves to be evil will be destroyed in hell ( Matthew 5:22 , 5:29-30 ). Jesus said His second coming will be very similar to the Great Flood. Referring to himself as "Son of Man," as he often did, Jesus said, When the Son of Man returns, it will be like it was in Noah's day. In those days before the Flood, the people were enjoying banquets and parties and weddings right up to the time Noah entered his boat. People didn't realize what was going to happen until the Flood came and swept them all away. That is the way it will be when the Son of Man comes. Two men will be working together in the field; one will be taken, the other left. Two women will be grinding flour at the mill; one will be taken, the other left. So be prepared, because you don't know what day your Lord is coming. (NLT, Matthew 24:37-42) Questions Did the Great Flood Really Happen, or Is it Just a Story with a Lesson? There are many ancient stories of a flood that are rema
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World's largest timber construction - Noah's Ark - opens for business | Woodworking Network World's largest timber construction - Noah's Ark - opens for business Print WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — A 510-foot-long, $100 million pine-clad Noah's Ark replica has opened in Kentucky. And Colorado Timberframe was chosen to mill the logs because they are said to be the only U.S. group capable of milling logs as large as 50 feet long and 36 inches in diameter. The Ark Encounter was engineered and built using exact biblical measurements, requiring over 3.3 million board feet of timber to construct it, and fitting over 16,000 people simultaneously. The Book of Genesis describes Noah's Ark as 300 cubits long, its width 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. The attraction will feature museum-like exhibits, displays of Noah's family, and lifelike models of animals - existing in pairs and in compartments just like the Bible described. Guests will be able to tour the ship for $40. In an effort to employ techniques used in the ancient time the Ark was said to have been constructed, one hundred Amish craftsmen built the replica using ancient timber framing techniques, such as manually bending the wood for the rudder rather than steaming it to make it more pliable. Most of these techniques were utilized, but some had to be altered to adhere to modern building codes (builders originally planned to hold the ark together with wooden pegs, but had to change to steel fasteners). A length of 20.1 inches was chosen for the biblical cubit. This produced plans for an ark measuring 510 feet (160 m) long, 85 feet (26 m) wide, and 51 feet (16 m) high. The 3.3 million board feet of wood was harvested from as far away as Oregon and British Columbia. The Ark's framing consists of Englemann spruce, and the exterior is made mostly of Accoya wood - sustainable, insect-resistant radiata pine that undergoes an acetylation process to make it class 1 durable. The ark contains 132 bays for animals, each standing about 18 feet high. The structure is held off the ground by three 80 foot masonry towers, which contain stairwells, elevators, and bathrooms. Each features electric lighting designed to resemble oil lamps. Below the ark is a theater and giftshop, and a restaurant sits on its roof. The structure was supposedly built using green construction methods and utilized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) practices, like geothermal and solar heating, and rainwater capture. Creator and devout Christian Ken Ham said the massive ark will stand as proof that the stories of the Bible are true. Ham's group Answers in Genesis believes God created the world and everything in it around 6,000 years ago. The ark opens July 7 and will attract an estimated two million visitors in its first year, putting it on par with some big attractions in nearby Cincinnati. It has stirred up much controversy among atheists, other religious groups, and those who disapproved of tax incentives given to Ham and his group. Topics:
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Tiger Woods will not play the PGA Championship - CNN.com 1 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows The 14-time major winner has a long history of injury problems. Here he has cream rubbed onto his back by caddy Steve Williams during the 2004 American Express Championship. Hide Caption 2 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows Woods won the the U.S. Open in 2008 -- his last major victory to date. He missed tournament in July 2011, citing knee and Achilles tendon injuries . Hide Caption 3 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows In October 2010, Woods appears dejected after losing a match to Lee Westwood and Luke Donald in the Ryder Cup teams competition in Wales. Later that month he lost his No. 1 ranking to Westwood, a position he had held for 281 consecutive weeks. He had taken a break from golf earlier that year after reports of marital infidelities emerged in late 2009. Hide Caption 4 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows Woods misses a putt at the Frys.com Open in October 2011. That month, he fell out of golf's top 50 for the first time in almost 15 years. Woods reportedly lost millions in endorsements after sponsors ended their ties with him in the wake of his sex scandal. Hide Caption 5 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows Despite his problems, Woods remained a key attraction -- being invited to the 2011 Australian Open, where he finished third. That year he was the highest-paid American athlete on Sports Illustrated's "Fortunate 50" list . Hide Caption 6 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows In July 2011, Woods dropped Williams, his caddy of 12 years. "I want to express my deepest gratitude to Stevie for all his help, but I think it's time for a change," Woods said . Hide Caption 7 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows After a nearly three-month break, Woods returned to golf at the Bridgestone Invitational in August 2011. Hide Caption 8 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows In August 2011, Woods failed to make the cut at the PGA Championship for the first time in his career. He has won the season's closing major on four occasions, most recently in 2007. Hide Caption 9 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows In October 2011, Woods landed Rolex as a sponsor despite not having won a major tournament in nearly two years. "Rolex is convinced that Tiger Woods still has a long career ahead of him," the high-end watchmaker said. The following month he played for the U.S. in the Presidents Cup in Melbourne, Australia. Hide Caption 10 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows In December 2011, Woods earned his first win in two years at the Chevron World Challenge , a charity tournament that he hosts which does not count on the PGA Tour money list. Hide Caption Woods lines up his putt at the Honda Classic in March 2012. He shot a 62, his lowest final round as a professional , but he tied for second in the PGA Tour event. Hide Caption 12 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows Woods signs autographs at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March 2012. His win there marked his first PGA Tour victory since September 2009. Hide Caption 13 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows Woods drops the ball on the 15th fairway during the final round of the AT&T National in July 2012. He overtook Jack Nicklaus for second place on the all-time PGA Tour victory list and now has 79 overall -- three behind Sam Snead's record. Hide Caption 14 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows In 2012, Woods became the first PGA Tour player to earn $100 million when he finished third at the Deutsche Bank Championship, taking home more than $500,000. Hide Caption Woods hits his tee shot on the 12th hole during the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in January 2013. He lost his title the previous year as the world's top-paid athlete , dropping to third place on Sports Illustrated's "Fortunate 50" list . Hide Caption 16 of 23 Photos: Tiger Woods: From highs to lows Woods holds the trophy for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines in January 2013, whe
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Tom Watson receives Open Championship exemption comment Five-time champion Tom Watson will get his Open Championship exemption extended by one year so he can conclude his career at St. Andrews with a 40th-anniversary appearance in the tournament. Watson, 64, was scheduled to play his last Open later this month at Royal Liverpool, but the R&A announced the added year on Tuesday during a news conference at the Greenbrier Classic, where up to four players could qualify for the tournament based on a top-12 finish this week. Tom Watson, shown after losing in a playoff to Stewart Cink at the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, will get another crack at St. Andrews. Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images "I appreciate the R&A more than you know," said Watson, who is playing in the Greenbrier tournament. "It's very special to be able to finish out my career -- unless I finish in the top 10. If not, that's the place I want to finish my career, in the Open Championship, 40 years from the first time I played." Watson's first victory in the tournament came in his first appearance in 1975 at Carnoustie. He also defeated Jack Nicklaus in the famous "Duel in the Sun" at Turnberry in 1977 and won at Muirfield in 1980, at Royal Troon in 1982 and at Royal Birkdale in 1983. But Watson has never won at St. Andrews. Among his biggest disappointments was a defeat to Seve Ballesteros there in 1984. Open Champions are exempt until age 60, but Watson was given five more years when he finished runner-up to Stewart Cink in 2009 at Turnberry. In what would have been one of golf's greatest stories, Watson, then 59, was on the verge of victory, needing only a par at the last hole to win. But his approach bounded over the green, and he was unable to get up and down for par. He then lost to Cink in an aggregate four-hole playoff. Afterward, the R&A enacted a new exemption in which any past champion who finishes in the top 10 gets five more years even if it goes past his 60th birthday. Like all greats of the game, Watson will get to take a last bow from St. Andrews' famous Swilcan Bridge, which links the 18th tee to the fairway. He had done that as well in 2010, when he missed the cut. "Thinking that was going to be my last time walking across the Swilcan Bridge was a sad time," Watson said. "If everything works out, it allows me to go across that bridge again. I'll drag myself there." The R&A also announced that the Open has been awarded to Royal Birkdale in 2017 and Carnoustie in 2018. Royal Birkdale last hosted in 2008 and Carnoustie in 2007. Padraig Harrington won them both. After this year's Open at Royal Liverpool, the Open goes back to St. Andrews next year followed by Royal Troon in 2016, then Birkdale and Carnoustie. If various issues can be worked out, the Open is expected to go to Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland in 2019 -- the first time since 1951. If the R&A keeps its five-year schedule for St. Andrews, the Old Course would again host the tournament in 2020. Watson, who is the 2014 U.S. Ryder Cup captain, reiterated his desire to see Tiger Woods play for the team. "I'm delighted to see Tiger back," Watson said of Woods, who missed the cut last week at the Quicken Loans National. "I hope he's healthy and not in pain. As I've said, I want him on the Ryder Cup team if he's healthy and playing well."
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[ Victorian Web Home —> Authors —> Charles Dickens —> Works —> Pickwick Papers ] "Dixon You forget to whom you are speaking." She stood upright and firm on her feet now, confronting the waiting-maid, and fixing her with her steady, discerning eye. "I am Mr. Hale's daughter. Go You have made a strange mistake, and one that I am sure your own good feeling will make you sorry for when you think about it." (Gaskell, 83) Margaret's assertion of her dominance as a mistress over a servant, rather than causing a feeling of bitterness in Dixon, brings Dixon to say to herself, "'Miss Margaret has a touch of the old gentleman about her, as well as poor Master Frederick; I wonder where they get it from?' and she, who would have resented such words from anyone less haughty and determined in manner, was subdued enough to say, in a half-humble, half-injured tone: 'Mayn't I unfasten your gown, miss, and do your hair?'" (Gaskell, 83) Margaret's assertion of class roles reminds Dixon of her pride in being a servant. This pride that she feels is similar to the pride Sam Weller feels in being Pickwick's servant. Sam is occasionally reprimanded by Pickwick as well. At one point in the novel, Pickwick angrily tells Sam "if you say another word, or offer the slightest interference with this person, I discharge you that instant" (Dickens, 652). Yet despite Pickwick's reprimands, Sam still considers Pickwick a "reg'lar thorough-bred angel" (Dickens, 734). This theme of servant pride in a commanding master/ mistress runs throughout both North and South and The Pickwick Papers. Because Dickens and Gaskell are both authors who work to challenge social hierarchies in their writing, their portrayals of servant pride are a bit surprising. The feelings that both Dixon and Sam Weller have are left over from the feudal period when it was perfectly acceptable, and even honorable, to want to serve a master or mistress and to serve him or her well. Although Margaret frequently shows frustration with Dixon, she also realizes the vital stability that Dixon offers. When Margaret discovers that her mother is sick, and that Dixon has known but kept it to herself, Margaret apologizes to Dixon, expressing her humbleness for all the time "I've been cross with you, not knowing what a terrible secret you had to bear" (Gaskell, 178). Margaret then "hung about Dixon for a minute or so, as if afraid and irresolute; then suddenly kissing her, she went quickly out of the room" (Gaskell, 179). Dixon is a different level of working class from someone like Bessie or Nicholas Higgins because of the feudal tradition from which she comes. Near the end of the novel, Dixon returns to London from Milton, bringing "endless pieces of Milton gossip." But, as the narrator points out, "her memory had an aristocratic bias, and was very treacherous whenever she tried to recall any circumstances connected with those below her in life" (Gaskell, 491). While the frivolity of London life is deplorable in the Shaws, Margaret's aristocratic relatives, somehow this same "aristocratic bias" in Dixon is acceptable. Her presence, while sometimes irritatingly proud, is always reassuring for the Hales. Sam Weller is similarly reassuring for Pickwick. Sam is worldly-wise in a way that Pickwick is not. Pickwick's aristocratic status makes him naive. The relationship between servant and master here is idealized into a loving relationship. They are alternately father-figures to each other- Sam directing Pickwick in the ways of the world, Pickwick directing Sam in societal conventions and principles. The distinction between an aristocratic servant class and a lower servant class that is made in North and South is made in The Pickwick Papers as well. Sam Weller approaches life from a lower class servant position, yet somehow he makes a place for himself amidst the aristocratic servant class. On a visit to Bath, Sam gets invited to a "soiree" for servants of a certain stature in life. When the greengrocer arrives to serve the food at this gathering, the following interaction take
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SparkNotes: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe: Character List The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe C. S. Lewis Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Aslan - The king and god of Narnia. The noble lion sacrifices his life so that the Witch will spare Edmund. After being resurrected the next morning, Aslan rises and defeats the White Witch once and for all. In the context of the book's Christian allegory, Aslan represents Christ. Read an in-depth analysis of Aslan. The White Witch - This evil queen of Narnia places a spell on the land so that it is winter and never Christmas. The Witch is the "Emperor's hangman," as Mr. Beaver says, and she has the right to kill any Narnian traitor. She wields a wand that turns creatures and people to stone. The wand also produces the Turkish Delight that enslaves Edmund and makes him greedy. The Witch kills Aslan, and it is only after he rises from the dead that he defeats her. Like any malicious character, the Witch, an embodiment of evil, could represent Satan, or she may be a servant of Satan. "She calls herself the Queen of Narnia thought she has no right to be queen at all, and all the Fauns and Dryands and Naiads and Dwarfs and Animals—at least all the good ones—simply hate her." Read an in-depth analysis of The White Witch. Peter Pevensie - Peter is the oldest of the Pevensie children, and he is noble and courageous. He matures into a young man during his first few days in Narnia. He immediately proves himself after protecting Susan from a ferocious wolf. Aslan knights him, and eventually crowns him the High King of Narnia. During his reign he is known as King Peter the Magnificent. Susan Pevensie - The second oldest of the Pevensie children, Susan is the beauty among the Pevensies. She is sweet and kind, and perhaps a little bland. Santa Claus gives her a horn to blow if she ever finds herself in a dangerous situation. When she becomes queen at Cair Paravel, she is known as Queen Susan the Gentle. Edmund Pevensie - The third oldest Pevensie child, Edmund is a brat for most of The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. Edmund is spiteful and mean, and likes to tease his sister, Lucy. His greed for the enchanted Turkish Delight leads him to act as a traitor against his siblings. Edmund joins forces with the White Witch, but eventually sees the error of his ways and returns to the good side. Lucy Pevensie - The youngest Pevensie is cheerful, kind, and brave. This curious, happy-go-lucky girl is the first of the children to venture into Narnia. Later, she urges her siblings to search for her friend, Tumnus, when they find that the faun's home is ransacked. In the beginning, she is the protagonist, although Aslan fills that role later in the novel. We view much of the action through her optimistic eyes, as a foil to the skeptical eyes as Edmund. Santa Claus gives Lucy a cordial, which she uses to heal the wounded following the battle with the Witch's troops. She is known as Queen Lucy the Valiant. Tumnus - Lucy meets Tumnus, a faun, on her first excursion into Narnia. He initially intends to kidnap her and bring her to the White Witch. Tumnus does not go through with it, and he spares her life. For his crime, the Witch ransacks his home and petrifies him. Later, Aslan rescues Tumnus from the spell. Kind, sensitive, and caring, Tumnus and Lucy become fast friends once it is settled that he is not going capture her. He also makes a mean cup of tea. Professor Kirke - Professor Kirke is a slightly eccentric, elderly professor. He takes care of the Pevensie children so they can escape the air raids in London during World War II. Wise and open-minded, he helps Peter and Susan understand that Narnia may indeed exist. Mr. Beaver - Mr. Beaver is Tumnus's friend, and he aids the Pevensie children in the search for the petrified faun. Mr. Beaver introduces the Pevensies to Santa Claus and ultimately brings them to the Stone Table and Aslan Mrs. Beaver - She is Mr. Beaver's wife. Mrs. Beaver is kindly, good-natured, motherly, and a good cook. Dwarf - The dwarf is one of the
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Which island group is known by the French as Iles Normande?
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The Channel Islands - Normandy: regions of France Normandy: regions of France Site Map » Normandy » The Channel Islands The Channel Islands (Îles Anglo-Normandes) are a group of British dependent islands in the English Channel (or the Manche), off the French coast of Normandy. They have a total population of about 160,000. The main islands are Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. But there are other small islands as well. By Channel islanders - when speaking French - the islands are called the 'Îles de la Manche'. In France, however, they are known as the 'Îles anglo-normandes' (Anglo-Norman isles). Although the islands are very British in many respects, as the photographs above show, there are certain differences! Why not visit our Art Wiki? You can read or write about art and artists. And even add a page about yourself… ".. Renoir, Picasso, Cubism, Renaissance art, Georges Seurat, Michael Asher, da Vinci, lautrec, leger, Joan Miro, Impressionism, Edvard Munch, Hans Holbein, Matisse, realism, rococo, baroque, Bosch art, Mark Rothko, orkin, poynter, pollock, Geoff Bunn art, Turner, Sol LeWitt, hirst, emin, Max Ernst, still-life, Richard Serra, landscapes, Primitivism, John Sargent, Madge Gill, pre-raphaelites, Conceptualism, Claude Monet, art brut, art povera, Mel Bochner, bridget riley, LS Lowry, Expressionism, modigliani, Marcel Duchamp, Victor Burgin, dada, surrealism and much more besides…"
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"On the desk of which American President was there a sign which read, ""The Buck Stops Here""?"
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Truman: The Buck Stops Here Support "The Buck Stops Here" Desk Sign The sign "The Buck Stops Here" that was on President Truman's desk in his White House office was made in the Federal Reformatory at El Reno, Oklahoma. Fred A. Canfil, then United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri and a friend of Mr. Truman, saw a similar sign while visiting the Reformatory and asked the Warden if a sign like it could be made for President Truman. The sign was made and mailed to the President on October 2, 1945. Approximately 2-1/2" x 13" in size and mounted on walnut base, the painted glass sign has the words "I'm From Missouri" on the reverse side. It appeared at different times on his desk until late in his administration. The saying "the buck stops here" derives from the slang expression "pass the buck" which means passing the responsibility on to someone else. The latter expression is said to have originated with the game of poker, in which a marker or counter, frequently in frontier days a knife with a buckhorn handle, was used to indicate the person whose turn it was to deal. If the player did not wish to deal he could pass the responsibility by passing the "buck," as the counter came to be called, to the next player. * On more than one occasion President Truman referred to the desk sign in public statements. For example, in an address at the National War College on December 19, 1952 Mr. Truman said, "You know, it's easy for the Monday morning quarterback to say what the coach should have done, after the game is over. But when the decision is up before you -- and on my desk I have a motto which says The Buck Stops Here' -- the decision has to be made." In his farewell address to the American people given in January 1953, President Truman referred to this concept very specifically in asserting that, "The President--whoever he is--has to decide. He can't pass the buck to anybody. No one else can do the deciding for him. That's his job. The sign has been displayed at the Library since 1957. * Mitford M. Mathews, ed., A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1951), I, pages 198-199.
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When was windsurfing accepted as an Olympic sport?
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History of Windsurfing - The Past, Present and Future of Windsurfing History of Windsurfing The Past, Present and Future of Windsurfing The entire history of windsurfing reveiled, from the first windsurfer, to the shortboards, to the short and wide designs that made windsurfing fun and easy again. The history of windsurfing started in 1948 when Newman Darby, a 20 year old American created a floating platform which looked more like a catamaran than a windsurfing board on which he mounted a sail. In 1964 he invented a universal joint, which he used to connect the mast of the rig to the board, which by now had a dagger board, a tailfin(to steer it around Trailwood lake, Pennsylvania) and a kite shaped sail. He called his invention sailboarding after he wrote an article in 1965, but he never patented it. In that time he and his brothers were manufacturing the boards in their own company Darby Industries. Jim Drake and Hoyle Schweitzer In the mid sixties Jim Drake, an aircraft engineer had this idea of some kind of a water ski which floats when you could stand on it, and which would be driven not by a boat but by a wind filled kite which could steered by hand. After brainstorming on his idea, he found out that the kite was not the best solution for his idea, he was now thinking towards a sail which could steered by hand as well. He discussed this with Hoyle Schweitzer, who was his neighbor, Hoyle liked it as well and together they started brainstorming about the boards, which were build not that long after they brainstormed the idea. They had a board, a sail and a boom and went to the ocean, tried it and found out that once the sail was in the water and got wet, it was hard to pull it out of the water, so they had to help each other to lift the sail. Not much longer after that session they mounted a rope attached to the boom to pull the sail out of the water, this was the birth of the first uphauling rope ever. They called their invention the skate, later on they renamed it into the Baja board, and finally it was renamed one more time. The newest name they gave their invention was “the windsurfer”. This was the beginning of the chapter in the history of windsurfing what a lot of people see as the true birth of windsurfing. Windsurfing international They patented the windsurfer in 1970, Hoyle Schweitzer begun marketing the windsurfer and as Jim Drake did not see the possibilities of the windsurfer and the impact his idea had on the history of windsurfing. Hoyle did see this possibility and was very happy that Jim sold the patent to Hoyle for 36,000 USD who changed the name into windsurfing international and earned millions with it. Hoyle was producing polyethylene sailboards in big numbers and specially in Europe it was a very big hit. It was such a big hit that by the end of the seventies 2 of the 3 families had a windsurfer. In those ages windsurfing really was a booming business and different brands were founded, some brands which still are on the windsurfing market nowadays like Mistral and F2 . The Olympics Windsurfing was undergoing a steady growth from a trendsport into a full-grown sport which eventually by 1984 was accepted as an Olympic sport. In this year the Olympics were held in Los Angeles, USA where the Dutchman Stephan van den Berg won a gold medal. Stephan van den Berg later switched from the Olympic contests to the funboard contests which are now known as the PWA (Professional Windsurfers Association). He now owns one of the biggest windsurfing shops in the Netherlands. On the Olympics in Barcelona, Spain in 1992 women were allowed compete in the windsurfing class where Barbara Kendall from New Zealand won the first ever female windsurfing Olympic gold medal. Windsurfing disciplines The history of windsurfing has seen a lot of different disciplines come and go. Course racing which was a development of the olympic triangle course is no longer a PWA discipline, it has changed into the formula windsurfng discipline which has it own series of contests. Slalom windsurfing has made it's revival after some years. I
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Olympic Games Summer and Winter Locations and History of the Games Olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games Olympic games summer and winter locations and history of the games Olympic History The Olympic Games took their name from the Greek city of Olympia and though there were important athletic competitions held in other Greek cities in ancient times, the Olympic Games were regarded as the most prestigious. The games were held every four years during August and September and the word "Olympiad", which referred to the four year intervals between competitions, was commonly used to measure time. The first documented Olympic champion was a man named Coroebus, a cook from Elis who won the sprint race in 776 BC. Historians believe that the games had already existed for at least 500 years prior to that date. The Olympic Games originally featured only one event: a race called the "stade", equal to a distance of about 210 yards. By 728 BC two additional races had been added, comparable to the 400 meter and 1,500 meter races of the modern games. The Olympics came to include wrestling, boxing and the pentathlon, as well as specialized events for soldiers and heralds. It was only in 472 BC that the events were spread out over a period of four to five days, previously they had all taken place on a single day. Participation in the Olympic Games was originally limited to free born Greeks, but as Greek civilization was spread by the conquests of Alexander the Great, the Games drew entrants from as far away as Antioch, Sidon and Alexandria. While the only official prize was a wreath or garland, successful athletes were supported by the governments of their cities and devoted much time to training. Most of the competitors were, in fact, professionals. After the Roman conquest of Greece in the second century BC, the Olympic Games suffered a decline in popularity and importance, but the Games persisted until AD 393, when the Roman emperor Theodosius I ordered their abolition. The idea of reviving the Olympic Games originated with Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a 29 year old French aristocrat who first publicly raised the issue in 1892. At a conference on international sport held in Paris in 1894, Coubertin managed to convince delegates from 49 organizations representing nine countries to vote in favor of an Olympic revival. His chief allies in this effort were Dimitrios Vikelas of Greece and Professor William M. Sloane of the United States. The organizers had planned the first modern Olympics for 1900 in Paris, but later decided to move the date forward to 1896 and to change the venue to Athens, though the local government of the Greek capital was initially hostile to the idea. Coubertin and his colleagues of the newly formed International Olympic Committee eventually prevailed, and the first Olympic Games of the modern era were inaugurated by the King of Greece in the first week of April 1896. The Games of 1896, 1900 and 1904 were loosely organized and did not feature national teams produced by rigorous selection. The 1908 Games, held in London in a newly built 66,000 seat stadium, were the first where the events were organized by the relevant authorities in each athletic discipline. More than 2,000 athletes from 22 nations competed in 100 events. The 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm drew more then 2,500 competitors from 28countries and featured the first women's swimming events. No Games were held in 1916 due to World War I, but the Games enjoyed strong growth after the war, with 44 nations participating in the 1924 Olympics in Paris. At the1928 Games in Amsterdam there were more than 290 women among the 3,000athletes, more than double the number that took part in 1924. The Olympic Games were suspended again for 12 years because of World War II, resuming in 1948 in London. The post-war era saw steady growth in the number of countries and athletes competing and a dramatic increase in women's events. Politics began to intrude on the Games in a serious way at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, where Palestinian terrorists att
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‘Everybody’s Talkin’ featured prominently in the music for which 1969 film?
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Harry Nilsson - IMDb IMDb Soundtrack | Music Department | Composer Harry Nilsson was born on June 15, 1941 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA as Harry Edward Nilsson III. He was married to Una M. O'Keeffe, Diane Clatworthy and Sandra McTaggart. He died on January 15, 1994 in Agoura Hills, California, USA. See full bio » Born: a list of 806 people created 19 Oct 2010 a list of 100 people created 17 Aug 2011 a list of 97 people created 28 Feb 2013 a list of 35 people created 8 months ago a list of 20 people created 3 days ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Harry Nilsson's work have you seen? User Polls 2016 Goliath (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Line of Fire (2016) ... (performer: "Many Rivers To Cross" - uncredited) Masters of Sex (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016) - Coats or Keys (2016) ... (performer: "One" - uncredited) / (writer: "One" - uncredited) 2016 The Fourth Phase (Documentary) (performer: "Everybody's Talkin") Casual (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016) - Death and Taxes (2016) ... (performer: "I'd Rather Be Dead" - uncredited) / (writer: "I'd Rather Be Dead" - uncredited) 2008-2016 Cuéntame (TV Series) (performer - 4 episodes) 2016 Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (performer: "Without You") Limitless (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2016) (writer - 1 episode, 2016) - The Assassination of Eddie Morra (2016) ... (performer: "Jump Into the Fire" - uncredited) / (writer: "Jump Into the Fire" - uncredited) 2015 Rock the Kasbah (performer: "Jump into the Fire") / (writer: "Jump into the Fire") 2015 A Bigger Splash (performer: "Jump Into the Fire") / (writer: "Jump Into the Fire") 2015/I Vacation (performer: "Without You") 2015 The Wedding Ringer (writer: "Coconut") 2014 Revenge (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Repercussions (2014) ... (performer: "Everybody's Talkin'" - uncredited) 2014 Mike & Mike (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) - Episode dated 21 October 2014 (2014) ... (writer: "One" - uncredited) 2014 Altman (Documentary) (writer: "Sweethaven") Bates Motel (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014) - The Escape Artist (2014) ... (performer: "Jump Into the Fire" - uncredited) / (writer: "Jump Into the Fire" - uncredited) Girls (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2014) (writer - 1 episode, 2014) - Beach House (2014) ... (performer: "You're Breakin' My Heart" - uncredited) / (writer: "You're Breakin' My Heart" - uncredited) - Simon Roberts Was Here (2014) ... (writer: "One" - uncredited) The Simpsons (TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes, 1999 - 2013) (performer - 1 episode, 2012) - The Kid Is Alright (2013) ... (writer: "One" - uncredited) - To Cur with Love (2012) ... (performer: "Me and My Arrow") / (writer: "Me and My Arrow") - Top 4 Perform (2012) ... (performer: "Without You") 2012 Frances Ha (performer: "Mrs. Butter's Lament") / (writer: "Mrs. Butter's Lament") 2012 Shut Up and Play the Hits (Documentary) (writer: "Jump Into The Fire") Pastor Mike Online (TV Series) (performer - 2 episodes, 2011) (writer - 2 episodes, 2011) - Episode #1.30 (2011) ... (performer: "Best Friend" - uncredited) / (writer: "Best Friend" - uncredited) - Episode #1.16 (2011) ... (performer: "Best Friend" - uncredited) / (writer: "Best Friend" - uncredited) Parenthood (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode, 2011) (writer - 1 episode, 2011) - I Don't Want to Do This Without You (2011) ... (performer: "(Put the Lime in the) Coconut" - uncredited) / (writer: "(Put the Lime in the) Coconut" - uncredited) 2011 Bones (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode) 2011 Born to Be Wild (Documentary short) (performer: "Let the Good Times Roll") 2011 Raising Hope (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Snip Snip (2011) ... (performer: "Best Friend" - uncredited) 2011 Red Dog ("Jump into the Fire") / (writer: "Jump into the Fire" - as Nilsson) 2010 Alan Wake (Video Game) (performer: "Coconut") / (writer: "Coconut") 2010 You Don't Know Jack (TV Movie) (performer: "Early in the Morning", "City Life") 20
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This Day in Music, November 29: L'Angelo Misterioso | TMR This Day in Music, November 29: L'Angelo Misterioso November 29, 2011 By Neil Cossar , Contributor On this day in 2001, former Beatles guitarist George Harrison died in Los Angeles of lung cancer, aged 58. Following the breakup of The Beatles, Harrison had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys. George was the youngest member of The Beatles (16 when he joined), and went on to release the acclaimed triple album, All Things Must Pass, in 1970, from which came the worldwide No.1 single “My Sweet Lord.” This was a sad day, the second Beatle to leave us and at just 58. Who'd of thought that by the turn of the century, we would've lost two Beatles? First John and now George. I'm sure, like myself growing up with the Fabs, you just thought they would be around forever. There is so much to say about Harrison; he achieved so much in his post-Beatle life. George was the mastermind behind the first major musical live fundraiser with The Concert For Bangladesh. Many critics say that his 1970 triple album All Things Must Pass is the finest solo Beatles effort. It is a great body of work which, with the release of the worldwide hit "My Sweet Lord," well and truly established Harrison as an equal to Lennon and McCartney. By the end of The Beatles, George had accumulated hundreds of songs, many of which found a home on All Things Must Pass. He went on to make another eight solo albums during his career. Harrison had formed a close friendship with Eric Clapton in the late 1960s, and they co-wrote the song "Badge" which was released on Cream's Goodbye album in 1969. Harrison also played rhythm guitar on the song. For contractual reasons, Harrison was required to use the pseudonym "L'Angelo Misterioso," meaning "The Mysterious Angel" in Italian. George became an accomplished gardener; he restored the English manor house and grounds of Friar Park, his home in Henley-on-Thames. Several Harrison videos were filmed on the grounds, including "Crackerbox Palace. In addition, the grounds served as the background for the cover of All Things Must Pass. He employed a staff of ten workers to maintain the 36-acre (150,000 m2) garden, and both of his older brothers worked on Friar Park as well. Harrison took great solace working in the garden and grew to consider himself more a gardener than a musician; his autobiography is dedicated "to gardeners everywhere." George had standout tracks on every Beatles album from Revolver through to Abbey Road: "Taxman," "Within You Without You," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Here Comes the Sun," and "Something" (which is the second-most covered Beatles' song after "Yesterday"). Harrison was quoted as saying that his favourite cover of the song was James Brown's, and he kept Brown's version in his personal jukebox. Olivia Harrison said of her late husband, "There was a quote by the Indian poet Tagore that George read to me one day that said, 'Blessed is he whose fame does not outshine his truth.' And I think it's safe to say, that, despite his immense fame, his truth will never be out-shined or forgotten." Eric Clapton said of Harrison, "He was just a magical guy. He would show up with his guitar and come in and you'd start playing. He started to sing, would start to sing 'Here Comes the Sun.'" I could be wrong, but in another world, where John Lennon wasn't murdered and George didn't die, would The Beatles have ever got back together? Lennon and McCartney had become friends again, but George was still the dark horse. You know the multi-million dollar offers would've been on the table, but you know what? I don't think George would've done it. And I think that would've been the right decision. Let it be, as all things must pass. Share this story
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Manchester - United Kingdom Manchester Toad Meet and Greet Service 0 miles away from airport Parking at the Britannia hotel 0 miles away from airport Manchester Airport - Meet & Greet T3 0 miles away from airport Manchester Airport - Meet & Greet T2 0 miles away from airport Manchester Airport - Meet & Greet T1 0 miles away from airport Manchester Airport - Meet & Greet Plus T2 0 miles away from airport Manchester Airport - Meet & Greet Plus T1 0 miles away from airport This list shows the 316 locations you can fly from Manchester Airport airport Destination Manchester Airport Destinations Map Manchester Airport Facts Manchester Airport is England and the UK’s 3rd busiest airport. It is based in Ringway, Manchester and is the biggest airport outside of the London region. Last year they had 19,736,502 passengers flying to or from the airport, this is more than double that of their closest non-London based airport. Due to it’s location Manchester Airport was originally named as Ringway Airport when it was initially opened on the 25th of June, 1938. During the second World War, and again from 1975, it was called RAF Ringway. It wasn’t until 1986 that Manchester Airport took it’s official name of Manchester International Airport. The airport has excellent facilities to cater for both business and leisure traveller, with on-site hotels and nearby B&Bs , on-airport and off-airport car parks , and excellent public transport connections. Looking for a taxi to or from Manchester Airport? The Manchester Airport Guide work with some very reputable Manchester taxi firms , book in advance for cheaper rates! Manchester Airport Reviews (8) Jackson November 20, 2014 at 10:15 am The only thing going for it is its location. No long distance flights at all, much easier (and more stupid) to go via Amsterdam. Rip off food and drink prices. John Herring February 8, 2014 at 6:00 am Poor Airport (T3). Floor buttons malfunctioning in the car park lift. Poky corridors. Officious security man, making you wait behind a red line just to load the security trays for scanning so it takes ages while you watch the usual ill-prepared travellers emptying their pockets. Two further security points with photos taken (why?). Long queues and slow service in the food hall. Poor/minimal signage to the gates. Not impressed. MAN Airport Jeffrey Wyatt June 29, 2013 at 9:58 pm Flew in today 29/06/2013; absolute shambles; everything right down to the car parks. Why on earth companies like the Emirates would want to land there is beyond me; it must be they have no alternative. Can tell the way it is run; it has something to do with the local councils as they cock up everything they touch. Third world countries have better airports with less resources and do a better job. Seems MAN has joined rip off Britain. Airport Dr Pepper December 2, 2010 at 8:42 pm i like the airport, but that’s just probably because I love England. Maybe they should make it look a little bit more modern. General Comment Naomi Jansen February 7, 2010 at 8:24 pm One avoids the absolute busyness of Heathrow by flying into Manchester Airport. I would have liked to have seen more shops though. Waiting for my lift inside Terminal one was a bit of a squeeze and would have appreciated more seating. Coffee at more affordable prices would have been splendid, too! The location of the airport suited us in terms of where we headed. Immigration And Cleanliness T Broome March 30, 2009 at 12:37 pm I agree with previous comments. For anyone visiting the UK for the first time, Manchester Airport is a disgrace. First impressions matter and the airport lets the North West and the UK down. It is badly organised, dirty and poorly furnished. I regularly use it because I have to, but always cringe on my return when I think about how non-nationals view it. It must also be one of the few airports in the world where immigration control makes nationals queue up in single file similar to a bus queue, where as non-nationals are dealt with much more quickly. The management should have a look at airports such as Beijing, Bangk
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World War II - Avro Lancaster Bomber Guns: 8 × .30 in (7.7 mm) machine guns Bombs: 14,000 lbs. depending on range, 1 x 22,000-lb. Grand Slam bomb Avro Lancaster - Design & Development: The Avro Lancaster originated with the design of the earlier Avro Manchester. Responding to Air Ministry Specification P.13/36 which called for a medium bomber capable of being used in all environments, Avro created the twin-engine Manchester in the late 1930s. Similar in appearance to its later cousin, the Manchester utilized the new Roll-Royce Vulture engine. First flying in July 1939, the type showed promise, but the Vulture engines proved highly unreliable. As a result only 200 Manchesters were built and these were withdrawn from service by 1942. As the Manchester program was struggling, Avro's chief designer, Roy Chadwick, began work on an improved, four-engine version of the aircraft. Dubbed the Avro Type 683 Manchester III, Chadwick's new design utilized the more reliable Rolls-Royce Merlin engine and a larger wing. Renamed "Lancaster," development progressed quickly as the Royal Air Force was engaged in World War II . The Lancaster was similar to its predecessor in that it was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane, featured a greenhouse-style canopy, turret nose, and a twin tail configuration. Built of all-metal construction, the Lancaster required a crew of seven: pilot, flight engineer, bombardier, radio operator, navigator, and two gunners. For protection, the Lancaster carried eight .30 cal. machine guns mounted in three turrets (nose, dorsal, and tail). Early models also featured a ventral turret but these were removed as they were difficult to site. Featuring a massive 33 ft.-long bomb bay, the Lancaster was capable carrying a load of up to 14,000 lbs. As work progressed, the prototype was assembled at Manchester's Ringway Airport. Avro Lancaster - Production: On January 9, 1941, it first took to the air with test pilot H.A. "Bill" Thorn at the controls. From the start it proved to be a well-designed aircraft and few changes were needed before moving into production. Accepted by the RAF, remaining Manchester orders were switched to the new Lancaster. A total of 7,377 Lancasters of all types were built during its production run. While the majority was built at Avro's Chadderton plant, Lancasters were also built under contract by Metropolitan-Vickers, Armstrong-Whitworth, Austin Motor Company, and Vickers-Armstrong. The type was also built in Canada by Victory Aircraft. Avro Lancaster - Operational History: First seeing service with No. 44 Squadron RAF in early 1942, the Lancaster quickly became one of Bomber Command's principal heavy bombers. Along with the Handley Page Halifax, the Lancaster carried the load of the British nighttime bomber offensive against Germany. Through the course of the war, Lancasters flew 156,000 sorties and dropped 681,638 tons of bombs. These missions were hazardous duty and 3,249 Lancasters were lost in action (44% of all built). As the conflict progressed, the Lancaster was modified several times to accommodate new types of bombs. Initially capable of carrying 4,000-lb. blockbuster or "cookie" bombs, the addition of bulged doors to the bomb bay allowed the Lancaster to drop 8,000- and later 12,000-lb. blockbusters. Additional modifications to the aircraft allowed them to carry the 12,000-lb. "Tallboy" and 22,000-lb. "Grand Slam" earthquake bombs which were used against hardened targets. Directed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur "Bomber" Harris , Lancasters played a key role in Operation Gomorrah which destroyed large parts of Hamburg in 1943. The aircraft was also widely used in Harris' area bombing campaign which flattened many German cities. During the course of its career, the Lancaster also achieved fame for conducting special, daring missions over hostile territory. One such mission, Operation Chastise a.k.a. the Dambuster Raids, saw specially modified Lancasters use Barnes Wallis' bouncing bombs to destroy key dams in the Ruhr Valley. Flown in May 1943, the mission was a success and provided boost t
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Pissouri, Paphos, and Protarus are seaside resorts in which Mediterranean island?
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Protaras Hotels - Impressive Beach Hotels in Protaras Protaras Hotels From € 151 * Visit Website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Overlooking the Protaras' Blue Flag Fig Tree bay, Capo Bay hotel sprawls over many acres of spectacular private beachfront. Pristine beaches underline the romance of the Mediterranean Sea with picturesque sunrises and beautiful gardens adorning this Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Anais Bay Hotel is ideally situated near a very popular sandy beach in Pernera area and it is suitable for quality and relaxing holiday. It offers both hotel rooms and equipped apartments enjoying hotel services and facilities. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Anastasia Beach Hotel is a four star hotel in Protaras offering excellent service and leisure facilities and a variety of accommodation types. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Ideal holiday accommodation is about leisure, luxury and immeasurable comfort, this is what Antigoni Hotel brings about. Located in the heart of Protaras in the splendid island of Cyprus, Antigoni Hotel will fit quite perfectly in the requirements o From € 87 * Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Cavo Maris Beach Hotel is a three star hotel in Protaras offering a relaxing setting with gardens, direct access to the beach and wonderful sea views. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Enjoy a relaxing moments at Chrystalla Hotel in sun drenched Fig Tree Bay. This hotel is owned and managed by a family thus providing a warmer atmosphere. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Spanning many acres across the endless shades of blue towards the horizon and shimmering coastline, Constantinos the Great Hotel encourage you to rediscover the impressive Protaras sandy beach and indulge in an urban, vibrant environment atmosphere. From € 73 * Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Crystal Springs Beach Hotel is a four star hotel on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Situated in Protaras, a resort on the eastern part of Cyprus From € 115 * Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Located on the magnificent Mediterranean Island of Cyprus and especially in the Protaras area of Famagusta, the Golden Coast Hotel is the perfect place for an ideal vacation. From € 170 * Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Grecian Park Hotel is a 5 star hotel located in Ayia Napa at a privileged location overlooking the secluded Konnos Bay. With wealth of facilities and in room amenities it welcomes its guests to a fantastic holiday experience. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Iliada Beach Hotel is ideal for water sport enthusiasts who can take full advantage of the excellent water sport facilities found nearby. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Iliada Beach Hotel is a 4 star hotel, ideally located on the sandy beaches of Cyprus. The prime location of the hotel is in the heart of Protaras near the Fig Tree Bay. From € 63 * Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Kapetanios Bay Hotel is a three star hotel build on the famous Fig Tree Bay, offering various in room amenities and hotel facilities. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Mimosa Beach Hotel is a popular tourist destination with direct access to the beach, various leisure facilities and family friendly amenities. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras The Odessa Hotel Cyprus is a classic hotel with recent renovations ideal for people going for holiday in Cyprus. It is one of the well known hotels in Protaras with 209 rooms refurbished to give visitors a lot of comfort. Check Availability Visit website | See it on Map | Hotels in Protaras Paschalia Hotel in Protaras is a 3 star hotel with 137 rooms offering relaxed holidays around its green gardens and the large fresh water pool. The Paschalia ho
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Greece Mountains Greece Mountains Greece Mountains Greece mountains are covering 60% of the Greece area Greece is the most mountainous country in Europe after Norway and Albania. Its distinctive feature, however, is that you can see the sea from almost every mountain. No part of the interior is more than 100 kilometres from the coast. This combination of mountains and sea, the constant succession of rock and water, form a picture of enchanting beauty and create the right conditions for unique ecosystems. With their variety and commanding presence, mountains have been connected since the dawn of Greek history to myths, and later legends and folktales. From the dwelling-places of gods and heroes, they have become places of inspiration and sources of human creativity. Their valuable natural resources and usefulness for local populations mean that mountains must be managed in a rational, sustainable way, which is why they are subject to special management and protection laws. Mount Olympus , the home of the Olympian gods, is the highest mountain in Greece (2,915 m). Other majestic and beautiful mountains in Greece include Mount Ida (Psiloritis) and the White Mounts(Madares) in Crete, Taygetos Mount in the Peloponnese, Smolikas and Grammos Mounts in Macedonia, and Tymphe (Gamila) Mountain, Athamaniko and Pindus Mount in Epirus. The largest Greek mountain range is the Pindus range, forming the backbone of mainland Greece, of which the mountains of the Peloponnese and Crete are a natural extension. Most Greek islands are actually the peaks of the submerged landmass of Aegeis, which once connected mainland Greece to Asia Minor. Greece mountains are not particularly high, with none over 3,000 metres. However, all parts of Greece from Rodopi on the Bulgarian border to Crete have mountains over 2,000 metres. The steep cliffsides, chasms and gorges make even medium-sized peaks look like huge mountains. This is the case with Mount Dirphe in Euboea, a pyramid-shaped height whose sides drop sheer into the Aegean Sea.
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For which clothing company did the former Kate Middleton work as an accessory buyer?
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Kate Middleton lands job with fashion chain Jigsaw | Daily Mail Online Kate Middleton lands job with fashion chain Jigsaw Last updated at 12:08 01 December 2006 Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton has a job with fashion chain Jigsaw, the company said today. The 24-year-old, who has been dating the future king for three years, has become an accessory buyer for the high street brand. A spokeswoman for Jigsaw said: "We can confirm that Kate joined our staff two or three weeks ago as an accessory buyer for Jigsaw and Jigsaw Junior. We can't comment any further." Miss Middleton studied art history at St Andrews and graduated from university, where she met William and shared a flat with the Prince, a year-and-a-half ago. Well-loved womenswear chain Jigsaw is owned by fashion tycoons John and Belle Robinson - close family friends of Kate's. Their company Robinson Webster Holdings also owns the Kew womenswear stores. According to The Sun newspaper, Miss Middleton has already helped out on a fashion shoot where she ran errands, fetching cups of tea and snacks. Kate has been described as a walking advert for Jigsaw, often being seen wearing its cardigans, floral print skirts and dresses. It will be a major coup for the brand to have the woman being tagged as a future Queen on board. According to the Jigsaw website, its footwear and bags are manufactured mainly in Italy and Spain "using the finest materials, usually high quality leather". Belts come from Italy, with some more artisan-crafted pieces made in Asia, while scarves, gloves and hats are made in the Far East and Europe. Its jewellery has been sourced from Europe, India and Mexico.
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Auf Wiedersehen, Pet – where are they now? - BT Auf Wiedersehen, Pet – where are they now? Lewis star Kevin Whately shot to fame as brickie Neville in 80s comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet. But what happened to the other members of the magnificent seven? Print this story Kevin Whately reprises his most famous role this week as he returns to our screens as Inspector Morse’s former partner in the final series of Lewis. But before he had his hands full with the unfeasibly high Oxford murder rate, Whately came to our attention as part of a stellar ensemble in Auf Wiedersehen , Pet – a hit comedy drama following the exploits of builders who leave Britain in search of work overseas. The show spanned four series from 1983 to 2004 as the construction crew travelled the world in search of work. Whately was at the core of the series as Neville Hope. Neville was always the most anxious member of the gang, travelling to Germany against his better judgement and always homesick for the family he left behind in Newcastle. Somewhat improbably, he had got himself mixed up in some sort of espionage by the end of the show’s run. But where are the other members of the magnificent seven? Let’s take a look… Oz Oz, known to his mum and Newcastle’s law enforcement community as Leonard Osbourne, was played by Jimmy Nail. Jimmy – known to his mum as James Bradford, earned his colourful soubriquet working on a building site. He had next to no acting experience before Auf Wiedersehen but went on to star in a couple of major TV shows including gritty detective series Spender and Country & Western-themed comedy drama Crocodile Shoes. [Related: Old coppers never retire....] The latter connected Nail’s acting with his first love, music, and yielded a Top 10 album in 1994. A year later, a scrubbed-up Nail was sharing the big screen with Madonna in Alan Parker’s Evita, while most recently, he has worked with another Geordie – Sting – on a musical project themed around Newcastle’s shipbuilding industry. Moxey A reformed arsonist, electrician Moxey was always the outsider of the group. Actor Christopher Fairbank seems by contrast quite a gregarious soul, reuniting during his long and successful career with Nail in Crocodile Shoes and Whately in Morse. He’s also had a successful run of character roles in films, most recently in box office smash space adventure Guardians of the Galaxy. Wayne Wayne Winston Norris, with his ebony cockade of hair and eye for the ladies, was a type of fellow once known as a Jack The Lad. The cockney carpenter wasn’t, it seems, so different from the actor who played him. Gary Holton, former leader of proto-punk ban The Heavy Metal Kids, was a notorious hellraiser who lived life to the full onscreen and off. In 1985 he was offered the part of Nick Cotton in a new television series called EastEnders but turned it down, recommending instead his friend John Altman. Holton died of a drugs overdose in late 1985 while the second series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet was still being filmed. His absence is glossed over with the use of hasty script changes and hazily-seen body doubles. Dennis Tim Healy played Dennis, the team’s de facto leader and moral conscience, although he had fallen into shady company by Auf Wiedersehen’s third series. After the show finished, Tim was rarely out of work, with a list of credits as varied as Benidorm, Phoenix Nights and CITV series Tickle on the Tum. His marriage to Denise Welch was the stuff of gossip magazine speculation for a while, and they divorced in 2012. They have a son, Matthew, who is currently in the charts with teen sensations The 1975. Barry Because it was the first time many of us had seen distinguished London-born character actor Tim Spall, a lot of Auf Wiedersehen viewers assumed that he really was a brummie. Although he had performed for a while for Birmingham Rep, Spall was in fact Battersea born and bred. After coming to public attention as the dull, pseudointellectual but strangely likeable electrician Barry Taylor, Spall went on to enjoy a stellar career in TV and film, most recently
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"What language does the modern English ""cat"" come from originally?"
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Help | Merriam-Webster Help Where do new words come from? How do you figure out their histories? An etymology is the history of a linguistic form, such as a word; the same term is also used for the study of word histories. A dictionary etymology tells us what is known of an English word before it became the word entered in that dictionary. If the word was created in English, the etymology shows, to whatever extent is not already obvious from the shape of the word, what materials were used to form it. If the word was borrowed into English, the etymology traces the borrowing process backward from the point at which the word entered English to the earliest records of the ancestral language. Where it is relevant, an etymology notes words from other languages that are related ("akin") to the word in the dictionary entry, but that are not in the direct line of borrowing. How New Words are Formed An etymologist, a specialist in the study of etymology, must know a good deal about the history of English and also about the relationships of sound and meaning and their changes over time that underline the reconstruction of the Indo-European language family. Knowledge is also needed of the various processes by which words are created within Modern English; the most important processes are listed below. Borrowing A majority of the words used in English today are of foreign origin. English still derives much of its vocabulary from Latin and Greek, but we have also borrowed words from nearly all of the languages in Europe. In the modern period of linguistic acquisitiveness, English has found vocabulary opportunities even farther afield. From the period of the Renaissance voyages through the days when the sun never set upon the British Empire and up to the present, a steady stream of new words has flowed into the language to match the new objects and experiences English speakers have encountered all over the globe. Over 120 languages are on record as sources of present-day English vocabulary. Shortening or Clipping Clipping (or truncation) is a process whereby an appreciable chunk of an existing word is omitted, leaving what is sometimes called a stump word. When it is the end of a word that is lopped off, the process is called back-clipping: thus examination was docked to create exam and gymnasium was shortened to form gym. Less common in English are fore-clippings, in which the beginning of a word is dropped: thus phone from telephone. Very occasionally, we see a sort of fore-and-aft clipping, such as flu, from influenza. Functional Shift A functional shift is the process by which an existing word or form comes to be used with another grammatical function (often a different part of speech); an example of a functional shift would be the development of the noun commute from the verb commute. Back-formation Back-formation occurs when a real or supposed affix (that is, a prefix or suffix) is removed from a word to create a new one. For example, the original name for a type of fruit was cherise, but some thought that word sounded plural, so they began to use what they believed to be a singular form, cherry, and a new word was born. The creation of the the verb enthuse from the noun enthusiasm is also an example of a back-formation. Blends A blend is a word made by combining other words or parts of words in such a way that they overlap (as motel from motor plus hotel) or one is infixed into the other (as chortle from snort plus chuckle the -ort- of the first being surrounded by the ch-...-le of the second). The term blend is also sometimes used to describe words like brunch, from breakfast plus lunch, in which pieces of the word are joined but there is no actual overlap. The essential feature of a blend in either case is that there be no point at which you can break the word with everything to the left of the
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BBC - Earth - Why the cats on one British island have lost their tails Domestic cat Why the cats on one British island have lost their tails Hailing from Britain’s Isle of Man, the now internationally-popular Manx cat has a particularly odd trait: it lacks a tail By Chris Baraniuk 2 February 2016 In the towns dotted across Britain’s Isle of Man, you can sometimes spy a particularly eye-catching resident. It is a cat seemingly like any other, only missing something: its tail. The animal has captured the hearts of pet owners both on the island and much further afield. In fact, there are now far more Manx cats in North America than on the island where they originated. Advertisement Make new memories with British Airways Whether it’s discovering the sights and sounds of London or exploring Britain’s breath-taking countryside, where will you make new memories this year? Find our cheapest flights at ba.com How they came to lose their tails in the first place remains a bit of a mystery – but the answer lies in a genetic mutation. In 2013, one gene was shown to have four possible mutations that can lead to a tailless Manx cat. All four mutations are specific to the Manx – other tailless or bob-tailed cats carry different mutations responsible for the trait. The study’s co-author Leslie Lyons , a cat expert and geneticist at the University of Missouri – Columbia, went to the Isle of Man herself to collect samples from Manx cats. The mutations were present there, meaning all Manx cats must have come from tailless cats on the island, which have lived there for hundreds of years. Isle of Man resident Sara Goodwins, author of the book A De-tailed Account of Manx Cats, notes that the first linguistic reference to tailless cats on the Isle of Man appears in the mid-18th Century. Before that, since there was no special word for them, Goodwins says that it was unlikely they were present in any significant number. Since cats use their tails for balance when running and jumping, and to communicate body language, it seems odd that some should lack them. Lyons says she cannot think of any natural advantage to being without a tail. Instead, the gene likely has been passed on mainly through selective breeding by humans, a process called “novelty selection”. View image of (Credit: blickwinkel/Alamy Stock Photo) Although the gene that carries these mutations is dominant, making it easy enough to pass on, there is an interesting quirk: if an unborn cat inherits the gene from both parents rather than just one, it will likely die in the womb. That is why the gene that causes the cats to have no tail has been nicknamed, darkly, “the lethal gene”. “You never see these babies born, or they never develop,” says Lyons. “That means there is a high selection against this mutation.” Even when the gene is inherited from just one parent, it is not necessarily benign. Manx cats can suffer from health issues related to having too few vertebrae in the lower or lower-middle part of their spines, like incontinence and in some cases even lameness. For this reason, some breeders will not try to preserve the gene, while others have specialised in trying to breed Manx cats with healthier spines. The introduction of problematic traits in domesticated animals is a phenomenon that is gradually becoming better understood. View image of (Credit: John Hubble/Alamy Stock Photo) For example, a 2016 study of dogs suggested that small domestic populations led to the accumulation of harmful genes in animals that were selectively bred for certain physical features, such as colour or shape of the head. Even more troubling is a practice called “docking”, in which the tails of young cats and dogs are surgically removed so that they appear to have been born without tails. The process is banned as a cosmetic measure in the UK, except for working dogs used by the police and armed services. However, Manx owners say that their breeding has not just caused them to lose their tails, but other feline characteristics, too. “A Manx cat will go for a walk with you,
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A cut of silverside beef is from which part of the animal?
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Beef, Ingredients | Delia Online Delia Online Login + Sign up Beef I am personally a great lover of both fish and vegetarian food, but I am also a dedicated meat-eater. Slow roasting: Topside and top rump: are very lean cuts of beef for slow roasting. Either is best served rare or medium rare carved into large, thin slices, something easy to do as there are no bones Silverside and, again, top rump are both good for pot roasting, too. The principle of pot roasting is long, slow cooking of the meat in a fairly heavy cooking pot (with a tight-fitting lid) in a small amount of liquid which can be stock, wine or cider. This creates a steamy atmosphere inside the closed pot, which keeps the joint moist as it cooks. Herbs and vegetables may be added too, and sometimes the meat is marinated first. The finished dish should be very tender and succulent. Roast beef: If you want to serve the roast meat of old England for a special occasion, it’s best to get as large a joint as possible. The perfect roast includes a lovely crusty outside and lots of tender, succulent meat within. My advice is to buy a decent-sized piece of sirloin for a special occasion, and otherwise a double rib joint (which as it happens is next door, anatomically). When you buy a piece of sirloin, make sure it contains the eye or undercut, which some butchers take out and sell as fillet steak (which it is). A decent joint of sirloin on the bone will weigh 4-5 lb (2-2.5 kg). If you are worried that your family is too small to cope with a large joint, bear in mind that good roast beef is delicious cold with chutney and jacket potatoes, and minced it makes lovely cottage pie. Steaks: the prime beef steak cut is the fillet or tenderloin which runs beneath the lower backbone. Fillet steaks or the smaller filet mignon steaks (tournedos) are unadulterated tender, juicy nuggets of luxury that are excellent plainly grilled, or fried, or wrapped in pastry with a mushroom stuffing. Sirloin steak, which is a section of the sirloin joint, comes a close second for melting tenderness and is definitely spoil-yourself food. Rump steak does bring up the rear in terms of tenderness – it is a rougher cut – but full of flavour. Some say it is best for frying or grilling, but it can be braised. Stewing and braising: I find certain cuts of so-called ‘braising steak’ better for some dishes than for others, so that in all my recipes I generally name the cut and suggest you always ask for it by name too. Unidentified stewing or braising steak can often be a mixture and can cook unevenly, I’ve found. Below is a list of the cuts that are suitable for braising (and stewing too); as you would see from a chart these cuts are always from the same part of the animal’s anatomy but, confusingly, the way they’re cut varies from region to region. My own favourite cut for braising, where I live in East Anglia is called chuck and blade steak. In other regions it can be called shoulder, which is exactly where it is. If you want large pieces of meat rather than cubes, thick flank is suitable: actually from the hindquarters and called round or flesh end in Scotland or bedpiece elsewhere. Beef skirt comes from below the diaphragm of the animal. It is however an excellent cut for braising and one end can even be grilled if scored across the grain and tenderised by marinating before cooking. Stewing beef can come from the neck and cod. These are accorded some undignified titles such as sticking, or in Scotland gullet, or in the North vein or sloat!! Also suitable for stewing is thin flan which is sometimes just called flank. Leg and shin beef also stew beautifully given enough time. Oxtail There is something about the flavour and aroma of an oxtail braising in the oven that’s very comforting on a bitter cold winter’s day. Choose an oxtail that clearly has plenty of flesh around the bone: one complete oxtail will serve three to four people. It is particularly good with haricot or cannellini beans, which seem to absorb so much of the flavour.
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Philippa James visits A Slice of Sicily - Food & Drink - Lancashire Life Philippa James visits A Slice of Sicily 08:31 17 May 2010 Ettore and Phillipa have a coffee Cookery editor Philippa James enjoys the taste of Italy and some flavours from closer to home Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you must be logged in. Ettore at Slice of Sicily I first met the exuberant Ettore (Etti-Spaghetti, as he is affectionately known!) and his lovely wife Catherine at the farmers’ markets. Etti now has vibrant delicatessen and conservatory-style bistro in smart premises on Priory Lane in Penwortham, where all the food is prepared and served from one of the tiniest kitchens I have seen! I popped in on a Monday, expecting this to be a quiet day to catch up, but the place was buzzing with a mixture of chatter from the busy kitchen, where I spotted Dario, Etti’s brother, and banter from the customers. As well as the standard panninis, pastas and pizzas, my eye was particularly drawn to the sea bass Siciliana with lemon and white wine but this had, not surprisingly, sold out, so I decided on one of my favourites, Lasagne al Forno; so much for a quick lunch. Etti laughed: ‘Pheeeleeppa, daaaarling… we don’t do ‘small’, we do Italian portions, big, bigger, and biggest!’ The dish, with a mixture of pork and beef (which surprised me) from Anderton’s in Longridge, was meltingly tender. Etti also uses their meat to create his famous, and huge, hand-made ‘coarse’, Italian sausages, which contain no rusk. Most of the fresh goods are locally sourced and Etti said: ‘I’ve been stubborn from the first day, that’s why I joined Made in Lancashire, so I could get the best of local produce.’ Etti’s vegetables are bought locally, as are his fantastic salad items, from Moss Bank Farm, near Rufford, where Etti has been known to help harvest his order when they’ve been busy. Even his milk comes from just up the road, at Holme Farm Dairy; it is little wonder that the business receives so much regular, local support. The growth of this highly successful venture has been steady and organic. There are food and wine tasting evenings and talk of some exciting new recipe ideas which Etti is working on. Catherine crafts the ceramic items which are on sale. It is lovely to see that although the business is doing so well, a Slice of Sicily www.sliceofsicily.co.uk still offers an early bird menu, although, if you are planning to visit later in the week, I would highly recommend you book first. Philippa gets saucy I bumped into David Entwistle recently and was delighted to hear of the continuing success of his grandma’s recipe for Lancashire Sauce. Since introducing Lancashire Sauce to the public by selling one bottle from the counter of Entwistle’s Deli in Ramsbottom around five years ago, production is up to a truly staggering 30,000 bottles per year! Grandma Elizabeth Entwistle who created the sauce, which is now proudly named after her, lived in Church, near Accrington where she died in 1977 having kept the recipe a close secret and the sauce was used only in the family home. It was not until David was in his early 30s that he realised the potential of this very special sauce that his parents Kath and Ken had continued to make at home. He decided that one day he would let the public enjoy this very special delicacy, but other business commitments prevented him from doing so until 2001, when David and his wife Sarah opened Entwistle’s Delicatessen in Ramsbottom. The Deli was used as a platform to launch the unique product that David believes can become as popular as the more well-known of the “Shire” sauces. The versatility of Lancashire Sauce is unrivalled and can be used on anything from cheese on toast to black pudding, meanwhile adding flavour to soup or stock and is also suitable for vegetarians and vegans. A good shake of the bottle is needed to awaken the mixture of spices. David says: ‘Just treat it as you would use salt, pepper, vinegar or a stock cube.’ Lancashire Sauce www.lancashiresauce.co.uk became available nationwide in 2009 an
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What does ad infinitum mean? Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Ad infinitum Ad infinitum is a Latin phrase meaning "to infinity" or "forevermore". In context, it usually means "continue forever, without limit" and thus can be used to describe a non-terminating process, a non-terminating repeating process, or a set of instructions to be repeated "forever," among other uses. It may also be used in a manner similar to the Latin phrase "et cetera" to denote written words or a concept that continues for a lengthy period beyond what is shown. Examples include: ⁕"The sequence 1, 2, 3, ... continues ad infinitum." ⁕"The perimeter of a fractal may be iteratively drawn ad infinitum." ⁕The 17th century writer Jonathan Swift wrote lightheartedly the idea of self-similarity in natural philosophy with the following lines in his poem "On Poetry: A Rhapsody": ⁕The Victorian era mathematician Augustus De Morgan expanded on this with a similar verse: This text is part of the nursery rhyme The Siphonaptera. Numerology EMEASOBA GEORGE : Do nothing for prosperity's sake. Rather, do everything you have to do for the sake of the posterity (all future generations ahead). Because, anything done for prosperity's sake don't last perpetually most times or rather it is not often impactful. But interestingly, whatever that is done for posterity's sake is ever impactful and will surely last perpetually. I mean, anything done for the sake of the posterity will surely be remembered and celebrated globally throughout the future generations ahead. Thus, do you have the gift of writing? If yes, then never write and publish for prosperity's sake. Instead, endeavour to write and publish for posterity. Note: anything written and published for posterity's sake will surely be read throughout the future generations ahead. In fact, I (personally) have been writing and publishing for posterity, I'm still writing and publishing for posterity and I will for life write and publish for posterity. Now, that's why the posterity in question will surely and eventually remember me and celebrate me too perpetually as a great man, writer, motivator, inspirator and author by virtue of my thought-provoking quotes, insights, motivations, inspirations and my upcoming books. Oh! yes, my thought-provoking quotes, insights, motivations, inspirations and my upcoming books will surely be read, assimilated, shared, celebrated or criticized throughout the posterity ahead (all future generations) i.e. ad infinitum (endlessly, forever, never endingly). You can bet your bottom dollar. ~Emeasoba George Images & Illustrations of ad infinitum Translations for ad infinitum
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Issue 157 by East Cork Journal (page 54) - issuu issuu Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010 - The East Cork Journal The Puzzler WIN2TICKETS FOR... TEL. (021) 4630066 WITH OUR Tea-Break Crossword 4 Test your concentration with this word ladder H E A D 25 ELEANOR HERLIHY GARRYVOE Congratulations to last week’s winner: ACROSS 8. Home on wheels (7) 9. Bend (5) 10. Regal (5) 11. Disrepute (7) 12. Memory (4) 13. Various (8) 16. Soldier (8) 18. Magician’s stick (4) 21. Umpire (7) 23. Powerful beam (5) L B S K 25. Birds’ homes (5) 26. Push under water (7) DOWN 1. Mark from a wound (4) 2. Coloured pencil (6) 3. Sins (5) 4. Writing fluids (4) 5. Eight-sided figure (7) 6. Commendation (6) 7. Sheltered, private (8) 12. Short pasta (8) 14. Town with healing springs (3) 15. Holiday maker (7) 17. Say no (6) 19. Guarantee (6) 20. Ascend (5) 22. Discharge (4) 24. Grass (4) ACANSERWS TO LAST WEEK: ACROSS: 8. Picture 9. Cacti 10. Chess 11. Monarch 12. Wind 13.Turmeric 16. Expelled 18. Stop 21. Torment 23. Never 25. Ended 26. Inferno. DOWN: 1. Epic 2. Screen 3. Fussy 4. Beam 5. Economy 6. Scorer 7. Nightcap 12. Wreathes 14. Use 15. Already 17. Parade 19. Tavern 20. Knife 22.Trio 24. Rook. Name: ______________________________ Address: ____________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Tel (mobile):______________________________ Home:_______________________________ Entries to East Cork Journal, 1st Floor, Watersedge, Riverside Way, Midleton T A I L Five Minutes - Five Questions 1. Translating as ‘place of the way’ what Japanese word describes a facility for teaching physical skills such as martial arts? 2. In botany, if a plant is monocarpic what does it do only once? 3. What is the call-sign name of the US presidential helicopter? 4. Over which desert did France test its first atom bomb in 1960? 5. What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot in the novel ‘Treasure Island?’ Answer to last week’s Medium 3 ANSWERS TO WORDGAMES: 1. Backflips 2. HEAL TEAL TELL TALL ANSWERS: 1. Dojo 2. Bear fruit 3. Marine One 4. Sahara 5. Captain Flint 8
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The Hitman and Her | Music | The Guardian A history of dance music The Hitman and Her 1988 - 1992: Number 19 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance music Pete Waterman and Michaela Strachan. Photograph: ITV / Rex Features/ITV/TPC Share on Messenger Close In 1988, there were two versions of a social revolution. The first, fuelled by ecstasy, involved climbing over fences chased by the police. You knew rave had made it when a teenage Ian Beale namechecked Sunrise on EastEnders. Capitalism looked doomed. The second version started on ITV at 1am (repeated – like some loop of hell – at 4am). The Hitman and Her was hosted by northern soul expert and model railway enthusiast Pete Waterman (The Hitman) and abused animal-stroker in waiting Michaela Strachan (Her). Each week, they came to you live!!! from Mr Smiths!!! in Warrington!!! (or Bananas!!! Bolton's ultimate pleasuredome!!! – two years down the line, ripping out the mirror balls to become a superclub co-owned by Ryan Giggs, Mick Hucknall and Chris Evans). The Hitman and Her could simply have satisfied itself with displaying the cold harsh reality of any discotheque from 1975 to 1988 – Club 18-30 games like putting chipolatas down the diamanté Speedos of "the dancers" (Eugene & Storm) or passing custard-filled balloons between the breasts of dead-eyed girls with Bonnie Tyler hair. But somehow, between The Hitman and Her being commissioned and made, rave and ecstasy happened – so what you got instead was a fantastic disconnect: a shunt of a TV programme that managed to capture the weird transition of Britain from Rita, Sue and Bob Too! to nightmare Creamfields with a corporate Vodafone tent, plugged in serendipitously to the exact moment when it switched. One minute, the hordes would be shuffling to Touch Me by Sam Fox, with a Sam Fox-ish lookalike being lowered from the ceiling in a plastic gondola, half-heartedly "touching herself" as punters tried to look up her skirt. The next, a 46-year-old cameraman would be doing his best to crash-zoom in and out of a solitary gurner, stumbling about to Acid Tracks or Spank Spank by Phuture Pfantasy Club. The Hitman and Her was such a mystifying anomaly on TV (largely because in the days before reality TV, it was one of the few places in the schedules where you could see real people doing real things – looking bored, getting drunk and trying to get off with each other) that The Late Show sent Paul Morley to try and analyse it. The item ends with him simply standing in the middle of the dancefloor, for the first and last time in his life, speechless.
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The Minder Songs The Minder Songs I Could Be So Good For You - Dennis Waterman & The Dennis Waterman Band (1979) The series itself had its own distinctive theme tune, written by Patricia Waterman and Gerard Kenny. The single "I Could Be So Good For You" / "Nothing At All" (EMI5009) reached number 4 in the UK charts. On 6th November 1980, Dennis also appeared on the British Music show "Top Of The Pops" (with his band) to perform the song. The group also re-appeared on the show a week later. Although Dennis left the series in 1989 the theme song remained for the Ray Daley Years featuring Gary Webster, though only in an upbeat "music only" version, this time only credited to Kenny. I Could Also Be So Good For You Click here to download the later, more upbeat version of I Could Be So Good For You MP3 format - by clicking this link you are agreeing to the DISCLAIMER below. Interestingly, the official sheet music score is also available in pink! The strange choice of colours continues - as well as its release in Great Britain, the song was released in Ireland with this very fetching green EMI sleeve! The first episode of Top Of The Pops featuring Dennis and his band performing this song also features Motorhead performing "Ace Of Spades". What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors? - Dennis Waterman & George Cole (1983) In 1983, Dennis Waterman & George Cole collaborated on the "What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors?" / "Quids And Quavers" (EMIMIN 101) Christmas single. On both sides of the record, both play the respective roles of their Minder characters, Terry McCann and Arthur Daley. The record reached number 21, and spent a total of 5 weeks on the UK pop chart. The record featured a very catchy chorus line, that included many dialogues heard in the TV series. The pair performed the song on the UK music show "Top Of The Pops" on 22nd December, 1983. Click here to download What Are We Gonna Get 'Er Indoors? MP3 (3.4 Mb) - by clicking this link you are agreeing to the DISCLAIMER below If Arthur and Terry were really struggling to find something to get 'Er Indoors, perhaps they could have tried the promotional beer mat that accompanied the release of the single (shown here on the right). The B-Side "Quids and Quavers" sees Terry singing and playing the guitar. He has written a song for his new girlfriend Marjorie, who Arthur is shocked to find out is a police woman. This tracks contains more dialogue between Arthur & Terry, as Arthur discusses the idea of Terry becoming a professional performer! Both songs were written by George Cole and Dennis Waterman. Click here to download the B-side Quids & Quavers MP3 (mono) format (4.5 Mb) - by clicking this link you are agreeing to the DISCLAIMER below Arthur Daley E's Alright - The Firm (1982) 1982 saw the release of a single by THE FIRM entitled "Arthur Daley 'e's alright" (HID 1). This song is based on the series and is made up of its most commonly used expressions. These include "Or'ight my son", "Leave it Out", "Do Wor?", "Asit 'appens"and many others. The picture of Arthur shown above appears on the picture sleeve of the single. A truly classic record for all those who love the Minder dialect. Incidentally, the B side of this record contains an even more amusing posh version! Slightly better than "Star Trekkin", Arthur Daley E's Alright was performed on the UK music show "Top Of The Pops" on 29th July, 1982. Click here to download The Firm Arthur Daley E's Alright MP3 (mono) format. - by clicking this link you are agreeing to the DISCLAIMER below "Arthur Daley, a little dodgy maybe, but underneath..." "You know what Chisolm said? He said I'll know how Arthur Daley will die, he'll fall off the back of a lorry..." Night Moves - F McDonald Big thanks to Minder fan and hip hop/funk fan w0nt0n for this one - listen to it carefully, you'll find it in the Series 1 episode - "The Bounty Hunter" as Terry is going to meet Fenton for one last time. This instrumental is a very Very groovy tune. The song is also featured in an episode of Bergerac from 1981 called "Unlucky Dip", tha
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Free car valuation - Value my car - Glass.co.uk Auto Trader and Glass’s are separate companies. Any queries with valuations provided by Auto Trader must be addressed to them. Glass's Business Users If you are a business user and would still like access to our market leading valuation data, you can find out more about our business products here If you had a registered account on www.glass.co.uk you will have received several communications from us explaining what is happening. Shortly after we stopped providing valuations to private individuals on this website on 30th November 2016 we deleted all customer data held in accordance with the UK Data Protection Act. If you still have questions you can reach us on 01932 823 823 or at customer@glass.co.uk. PLEASE NOTE: we cannot provide any kind of valuation service through these contact channels. How much is your car worth? Worried about getting a good deal? Now you can find out how much your car is worth in seconds by using Auto Trader's car valuations tool. Value your car and save money The benefits of a free car valuation mean that you can set the right price if selling your car privately or get a better indication of what a car would cost if bought from a dealer. Quick and easy car valuations Get your car valuation quickly and easily and make the right decision, every time!
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Full text of "A guide to great cities for young travellers and others: western Europe" See other formats A GUIDE TO GREAT CITIES RIIEIMS: THE CATHEDRAL A GUIDE TO GREAT CITIES FOR YOUN". TRAi'ELERS AND «,■■ ESTHEU ; A CirrrriH' Tn i.u f ^ — *■ New York THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY 1911 wvoa A GUIDE TO GREAT CITIES FOR YOUNG TRAVELERS AND OTHERS WESTERN EUROPE BY ESTHER SINGLETON AUTHOR OF 'a guide to great cities: N o.HTHAVESTKRN EUROPE," "BOME," "FLORENCE," ETC. New York THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY 1911 Copyright, 1911, by THE BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY Published, March, 1911 THE TEOW PRESS, NEW YORK CONTENTS PAQB Rouen 11 Amiens 33 Rheims 41 Paris 49 Blois 80 Tours 94 Bordeaux 108 Lyons 120 Marseilles 132 Madrid 143 Toledo 169 Seville 189 Cordova 210 Granada 223 Barcelona 248 Lisbon 263 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Rheims: The Cathedral — Frontispiece Rouen prom Bonsecours .... Amiens: The Cathedral and Town Paris: The Pantheon Blois: Staircase of Francis I . . . Tours: Ruins of Plessis-les-Tours Bordeaux: Clocher-Peyberland and Cathedral Lyons: Palais de la Bourse .... Marseilles: Notre Dame de la Garde Madrid: Royal Palace Toledo: Alcazar and San Servando Seville: Alcazar and Giralda Tower . Cordova: The Mosque Granada: Court op Lions, Alhambra . . Barcelona: Harbor and Montjuich Lisbon from the Tagus FACING PAGE 30 38 78 84 106 116 126 138 162 174 200 218 234 252 270 A GUIDE TO GREAT CITIES WESTERN EUROPE A GUIDE TO CITIES EOUEN ROTJEK, the ancient capital of Normandy, is a big manufacturing centre, full of life and bus- tle, as well as a most picturesque city with splendid Gothic and Renaissance buildings. It lies princi- pally on the right bank of the Seine with hills rising behind it. It is connected with the faubourg of St. Sever by a stone and a suspension bridge, and a rail- way viaduct. The river has been deepened, and docks and quays built to make a large and flourish- ing port. The old walls and moats have been de- stroyed to give place to fine boulevards, which, as well as the handsome quays, are full of life and movement. This combination, or rather contrast, of mediaeval and modern life is full of charm and never fails to fascinate the traveller from the New World. Among the old houses and fine specimens of architecture mod- ern shops display articles that tempt the tourist. Here is a jeweller's shop; here, an antique shop; here old silver is offered; here, china; and here the fine cotton goods, rouenneries, for which Rouen is so famous. The stroller will also notice the many attractive bakeries and confectionery shops; for 11 A Guide to Cities Rouen's great specialty is sugar, and innumerable are the choice and delicious articles that the fancy cooks produce. Another famous production of Eouen is apple-jelly; one would never think of leaving Rouen without forming its acquaintance. Rouen was the capital of the Vexin country when the Romans conquered Gaul. During the Dark Ages, the bishops of Rouen played an important part in the politics of the day, and several of them were canon- ized. The apostle and first bishop was St. Mellon, who was Metropolitan of the province in the second half of the Third Century. The fourth archbishop, St. Victrice (about 406), was the friend of St. Mar- tin of Tours. Among their successors, the most cele- brated were St. Gildard, St. Pretextat, St. Romain and St. Ouen. St. Pretextat incurred the hatred of Fredegonde for sealing the union of her rival, Brune- haut, with the son of Chilperic, and was assassinated on the steps of the altar by Fredegonde's orders in 585. St. Romain, the twentieth bishop (d. 639), was very active in the suppression of paganism. His memory was long preserved in the Procession of the Gargouille. The Gargouille was a hideous monster that devastated the land, and was overcome by the Saint and cast into the Seine.
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What is The Difference Between Gonorrhea and Trichomoniasis Tweet Trichomoniasis Trichomoniasis, sometimes referred to as "trich", is a common cause of vaginitis. It is a sexually transmitted disease, and is caused by the single-celled protozoan parasite Trichomonas vaginalis producing mechanical stress on host cells and then ingesting cell fragments after cell death. trichomoniasis n : infection of the vagina Typically, only women experience symptoms associated with Trichomonas infection. Symptoms include inflammation of the cervix (cervicitis), urethra (urethritis), and vagina (vaginitis) which produce an itching or burning sensation. Discomfort may increase during intercourse and urination. There may also be a yellow-green, itchy, frothy, foul-smelling ("fishy" smell) vaginal discharge. In rare cases, lower abdominal pain can occur. Symptoms usually appear in women within 5 to 28 days of exposure. In many cases, men may hold the parasite for some years without any signs (dormant). Some sexual health specialists have stated that the condition can probably be carried in the vagina for years, despite standard tests being negative. While symptoms are most common in women, some men may temporarily exhibit symptoms such as an irritation inside the penis, mild discharge or slight burning after urination or ejaculation. Data Sources: gonorrhea: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 gonorrhea: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 trichomoniasis: WordNet (r) 2.0
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SLADE - 1973 - "Cum On Feel The Noize" - YouTube SLADE - 1973 - "Cum On Feel The Noize" Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Sep 29, 2013 CHECK OUT THESE OTHER CHANNELS: FunnyFilms: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Jec... Slade are a British rock band from Wolverhampton/Walsall. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era of the early 1970s with 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones. The British Hit Singles & Albums names them as the most successful British group of the 1970s based on sales of singles. They were the first act to achieve three singles enter at number one; all six of the band's chart-toppers were penned by Noddy Holder and Jim Lea. Total UK sales stand at 6,520,171, and their best selling single, "Merry Xmas Everybody", has sold in excess of one million copies. Following an unsuccessful move to the United States in 1975, Slade's popularity waned but was unexpectedly revived in 1980 when they were last minute replacements for Ozzy Osbourne at the Reading Rock Festival. The band later acknowledged this to have been one of the highlights of their career. The original line up split in 1992 but the band reformed the following year as Slade II. The band has continued, with a number of line-up changes, to the present day. They have now shortened the group name back to Slade. A number of diverse artists have cited Slade as an influence, including grunge icons Nirvana and the Smashing Pumpkins, punk pioneers the Ramones, Sex Pistols, the Undertones, the Runaways and the Clash, glam metal bands Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Quiet Riot, Poison and Def Leppard and pop-rock stalwarts the Replacements, Cheap Trick and Oasis. The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Music tells of Holder's powerful vocals, guitarist Dave Hill's equally arresting dress sense and the deliberate misspelling of their song titles for which they became well known. Category
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Art . . . El Greco Style - Layers of Learning Art . . . El Greco Style Art Explorations , Explorations Domenikos Theotokopoulos was an artist known as El Greco. He was born on the Greek island of Crete, but settled down as an artist and architect in Spain, where he adopted the nickname El Greco (or “the Greek”). Here are some paintings he made: El Greco [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons El Greco [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons He first became popular when he began to paint religious scenes at the cathedral in Toledo. The figures in his paintings were different than other painters would have done them–they looked tall and stretched out–their legs, necks, faces, and arms were thinner and longer than real people have. He used color to express emotion within his paintings (often blues and other cool colors) instead of painting the scenes in their exact real-life colors. He believed that showing emotion in art was more important than showing reality. Here are two of his paintings that express this style. The first is a religious scene of Jesus Christ. El Greco [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The second is a picture of St. Luke. You can see how elongated and thin the figures appear. El Greco [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons El Greco For Kids Kids can have fun creating an El Greco style picture of themselves. It’s super easy. 1. First, just take a full body photograph of them standing up. It should show them from head to toe. (You can also just use a magazine picture if they don’t want to do one of themselves or you don’t have an extra picture of them handy.) 2. Cut across the photo several times. Cut at the ankles, knees, hips, waist, chest, and neck. 3. Now, take the cut strips and glue them on to a piece of white paper, leaving a little bit of room between each section. This will end up making the person look long and thin. 4. Put another piece of paper over the first one, and trace the new outline. You’ll have to fill in the blank spots with lines to connect the body back together and make it look complete again! You may suggest that the kids color it in the same cool-colored style of El Greco, using mostly blues. They can add background colors if they like, or you can just put the focus on the tall, stretched out figures. If they still want to have a little fun, try making a really wide, fat person by cutting the strips vertically this time! Then give them bonus points if they can spell “Domenikos Theotokopoulos”!! (Wink, wink!) This one was done by my 5 year-old daughter in her art sketchbook.
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Charting the Pacific - Places Chilean peso Government As a province of Chile, Easter Island is administered by a governor appointed by the central government in Santiago and representing the President. The province of Easter Island is part of the Valparaiso region. Elections are held every four years in the main settlement of Hanga Roa for six councillors who, in turn, elect their mayor. A Council of Elders was formed in 1983 to represent the interests of the native Rapa Nuis. Resources The main economic resource is tourism. Each year, direct flights from Papeete (French Polynesia) and Santiago bring more than 15,000 tourists to the Island. Traditional subsistence farming is carried out by locals. History Easter Island seems likely to have been settled early in the Christian era although earliest radiocarbon dating for human habitation is towards the end of the first millennium. The identity of the first settlers is hotly debated. Polynesianists claim that they were Polynesians from the Marquesas Islands and that there were no other arrivals in prehistoric times. The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, who led an archaeological expedition to the island in 1955-56, claimed that the island's prehistory falls into three periods: Early (c. 400-c.1100 AD); Middle (c.1100-c.1680) and Late (c.1680-1668), with American Indians the only inhabitants until Polynesians arrived at the start of the Late period. He attributed the island's massive stone structures and statues (moai) to Middle Period immigrants of the Tiahuanaco culture of present-day Bolivia and Chile. The Polynesianists agree that work on the megaliths ceased abruptly in about 1680, but claim that this was due to tribal wars induced by overpopulation and famine. Two factors strongly support Heyerdahl's scenario:(1) about a dozen cultivated plants of American origin or provenance , including the sweet potato, are now thought to have been on the island prehistorically; and (2) in 1971, 18 Easter Islanders with no known non-Easter Island ancestors were found to carry certain genes that are peculiar to Europeans and especially common among Basques. The only seemingly feasible explanation for the 'Basque' genes is that they reached the island in about 1680 with Hispano-Polynesian descendants of sailors from the Spanish caravel 'San Lesmes' - now known to have run aground in the Tuamotu Archipelago in 1526. The Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen chanced upon the island on Easter Sunday, 1722. Hence, its name. Spaniards from Peru were the next visitors in 1770 followed by Captain Cook in 1774. In 1862-63, labour recruiters from Peru kidnapped more than a thousand islanders to work on the guano islands and plantations of that country. Only 15 survived to be repatriated. Some returned with infectious diseases that quickly decimated their compatriots. Catholic missionaries who arrived in 1866 had converted the entire remaining population to Christianity by 1868. But conflict between them and a French settler who established a sheep run on the island forced the missionaries to flee in 1871 with about 100 of their followers. By 1877,
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Cambridgeshire Search billions of records on Ancestry.com CAMBRIDGESHIRE This extract is from "Kelly's Directory of Cambridgeshire, Norfolk & Suffolk 1929". The highlighted links lead to other Web pages external to this. Each link is unique. CAMBRIDGE is one of the eastern counties, and is inland, though its borders reach within a few miles of the sea and the great inlet called the Wash, and include the ports of Wisbech and Ely : it shelves gradually down from the upper sources of the Ouse, in chalk country, to the lowlands of the rivers, and contains within its bounds the Isle of Ely and much other marsh ground. The upper part of the shire lies between the Ouse and Cam, the two heads of the Ouse : the lower part lies between the Ouse and the Nene, and is watered by their channels : these streams run into the Wash. Cambridgeshire runs very nearly north and south, between 52 deg. 1 min. and 52 deg. 45 min. north latitude, and 0 deg. 31 min. east and 0 deg. 16 min. west longitude from Greenwich, Cambridge being nearly the same longitude as London. In shape the county is oblong, the southern part being wider than the northern : the greatest length is about 51 miles north to south, and he greatest breadth 32 miles, but at Ely the breadth is not more than about 15 miles. On the north it is bounded by Lincolnshire; on the east by the Wisbech canal, the rivers Welney, Croft, Ouse and Lark, and the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk; on the south by Essex, Herts and Bedfordshire; on the west by Huntingdonshire and the Catwater stream. The parish of Redmore was by an Order or the County Council transferred from Norfolk to this county and its name altered to Redmere, and by an Order of September, 1895, the portion of the parish of Welney formerly in this county was transferred to Norfolk. By Local Government Board's Provisional Orders Confirmation (No. 14) Act, 1895, the parishes of Great Chishall, Little Chisall and Heydon were transferred from Essex to Cambridge. In the same year part of Papworth St. Agnes was transferred from Hunts, part of Royston added to Herts, and part of Wood Ditton to Cambridgeshire. By these alterations the whole county now comprises 553,241 acres and may be arranged under two great divisions - the Isle of Ely in the Marsh Lands, with 238,073 acres, and Cambridgeshire proper, with 315,168 acres. The population of the whole county in 1871 was 186,906; in 1881, 185,594; and in 1891, 185,822. The population of the administrative county of Cambridgeshire was in 1901, 120,264; in 1911, 128,322, and in 1921, 129,602, viz.: males, 61,978; females, 67,624. The population of the administrative county of the Isle of Ely was in 1901, 64,495; in 1911, 69,752, and in 1921, 73,817, viz.: males, 36,478; females, 37,339. thus, the total population of the whole county was in 1921, 203,419. Cambridgeshire first belonged to Iberians , and afterwards to a British tribe called the Iceni , and being overrun by the Romans was by them included in the province of Flavia C�sariensis. The Romans had a town or settlement at Cambridge. On the retreat of the Romans it was held by the Welsh, but when they were driven out it was settled by the same English Waring and Frisian clans as Norfolk and Suffolk, being most probably known as Westfolk. When the present kingdom of England was formed the land took the name Grantbridgeshire; in 870 it was wasted by the Danes, who destroyed Cambridge and the minsters of Ely, Soham and Thorney. In 875 the invaders again occupied the country, and obtained afterwards a permanent settlement amongst the East English; but in 921 an army of these settlers surrendered at Cambridge to King Edward I , surnamed the Elder. In 1010 a fresh swarm of Danes, under King Swain, again burned Cambridge. On the accession of William the Norman to the English kingdom, almost
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Horse Racing; | achandler2015 Racing Flat; Lincoln: family , Horse Racing; DONCASTER Racecourse is getting ready to start the flat season in style with the prestigious Betway Lincoln weekend. The famous fixture traditionally marks the start of Britain’s flat season and has long been a highlight of the Town Moor racing calendar, attracting thousands of race-goers each year looking to enjoy a top class sporting and social occasion. The Betway Lincoln, a famous Heritage Handicap over a straight mile, takes pride of place on Saturday 02 April at 3.45pm, with the first race scheduled for 2pm. Seven races will take place across the opening day, with the final race getting started at 5:30pm. Racegoers will also be able to stay behind to enjoy some evening musical entertainment from top impersonator, Elvis2 . The race was originally run at Lincoln Racecourse and the venue introduced the Lincoln Spring Handicap at a new fixture in March 1853. The first two runnings were over 1½ miles, and it was shortened to a mile in 1855. The summer race ended when the meeting was temporarily discontinued in the 1850s. The spring version was renamed the Lincolnshire Handicap in 1860. The race continued to be held at Lincoln until 1964. It was transferred to Doncaster in 1965, following the closure of its former venue and from this point, it was known as the Lincoln Handicap. On the second day of the Lincoln weekend, (Sunday 03 April), families will also be able to enjoy a spring day out as part of the racecourse’s first family themed event of the year at the Easter Family Fun Day. Admission is free for children and there will be entertainment for all the family including fairground rides, a colouring competition, kids disco, Doncaster’s favourite Mr Dan and much more. Kieran Gallagher, executive director at Doncaster Racecourse, said: “The Lincoln weekend is always a highlight of the racing calendar as it kick starts the flat season in scintillating style. “It is set to be a really popular weekend at the racecourse for both parents and children alike and aside from lots of off the course activity, we have a packed schedule of races lined up which are sure to entertain the parents. I would urge people to book tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.” Tickets to the Betway Lincoln and Easter Family Fun Day start at £8.50 per person. achandler2015 Racing Horse Racing; Now in it’s 4th year, the OLBG Mares’ Road to Cheltenham 2016 kicked off at Wetherby’s annual bet365 Charlie Hall meeting on 31st October 2015. Giving mares and fillies a platform to showcase their talents, the OLBG Mares’ Road has been building in momentum since 2012 and culminates each year in the Grade 1 OLBG Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham Festival. “The aim of OLBG’s sponsorship from the beginning was to help increase the quality and value of mares in National Hunt racing. We’ve now taken this further and developed a respected series solely for mares and fillies,” said Stefanie Reeve, Sponsorship Manager of OLBG. “The OLBG Mares’ Road to Cheltenham is the result of investment and hard work from OLBG and many parties, including racecourses, trainers and of course the mares themselves.” OLBG.com Mares Hurdle, Wetherby, Saturday 31st October 2015 – 2 mile Listed hurdle OLBG.com Mares Hurdle, Kempton, Monday 23rd November 2015 – 3 mile 1/2 furlong Listed Hurdle OLBG.com Mares Hurdle, Ascot, Saturday 16th January 2016 – 3 mile Grade 2 Hurdle OLBG.com Mares Hurdle, Doncaster , Saturday 23rd January 2016 – 2 mile Grade 2 Hurdle OLBG.com Mares Hurdle, Warwick, Saturday 13th February 2016 – 2 miles 3 furlongs Listed Hurdle, OLBG Mares Hurdle (Registered as the David Nicholson Mares Hurdle), Cheltenham, Tuesday 15th March 2016 – 2 mile 4 furlong Grade 1 Hurdle OLBG.com – Let’s Beat the Bookies OLBG is the place to find horse racing tips as well as tips for a wide variety of other sports. Download their Sports Betting Tips App to get 100% free access to all of these tips on the go to help you Beat the Bookies. Share this: achandler2015 Racing Horse Racing; The 2015 British flat racin
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1988: The Bicentenary – Australia Day 2016 Australia Day Message On Australia Day 1988 Sydney Harbour, that 'chief amphitheatre of Australian life', was again the centre of attention. This time the extraordinary spectacle attracting some two million people to its shores was the arrival of Tall Ships from around the world and the First Fleet re-enactment. By contrast, the tent city of the Bicentennial Exhibition travelled the country visiting thirty-four cities and towns to involve Australians in the celebration. That year's journey and the Exhibition's scope showed how far planners of the 1988 event had come from those organising the March to Nationhood pageant in Sydney in 1938 and the three months' celebrations there. The federal government, by taking responsibility for the Bicentenary with the setting up of the Australian Bicentennial Authority (ABA) in 1980, signalled a different approach to the NSW government's two-year preparations for the Sesquicentenary. Even before this event, the federal government had become involved in promoting Australia Day, by taking up the mantle worn by the ANA since the 1880s, especially in Victoria. In 1946 the ANA in Melbourne had begun the transition by prompting the formation of an Australia Day Committee (later known as Australia Day Council), drawn from representatives of many community organisations. Its purpose was to educate the public about the significance of Australia Day. In 1960 it introduced the Australian of the Year award. Similar groups formed in the other states took turns with the Victorian group in acting as the Federal Australia Day Council (FADC). In 1980 the federal government's newly-created National Australia Day Committee, based in the national capital, Canberra, took over that role with the FADC's agreement. The new Committee, set up to help interested groups make future celebrations 'truly national and Australia-wide', adopted a fresh approach to Australia Day. Its forum for state representatives in 1980 agreed that 26 January 1788 'should be seen as a day of contact, not of conquest…the day which began the fusion of Australians'. The theme, 'ONE LAND, ONE PEOPLE', would best reflect 'the spirit of Australia Day'. The Committee and the federal government were struggling with what respected Committee member, Sir Asher Joel, termed 'the crisis of identity…of establishing an Australian identity which will unite each and every one of us, surmounting all the borders, imaginary or real, of race, creed or class status'. Another member, Graham Allan, chairman of the National Youth Advisory Group, argued that the challenge was convincing the young that Australia Day had meaning, especially when 'we are not precisely sure, ourselves what meaning ought to be attributed to it'. FIGURE 18: View of the crowd at new Parliament House, Canberra for the Canberra leg of the Caltex Bicentennial Bike Ride, ca 1988 — a contrast to the Australian Natives' Association's wheel race in 1897. Source: nla.pic-an24526897, National Library of Australia At the 1981 forum with the theme, 'ONE NATION — ONE FUTURE', speakers looked for ways Australians could find unity in diversity. The composition of Australia's population had changed dramatically since the end of World War II with fewer British people wanting to migrate and increasing numbers of immigrants coming from Europe and later other parts of the world. For a country which had taken pride in being British and white, the change was remarkable. Between 1970 and 1990 the percentage of immigrants in Australia born in the British Isles dropped from 47.3 to 19.4. At the same time Aborigines were pressing ahead in their campaign for citizens' rights, encouraged by the passing of the referendum in 1967 which gave the federal government power to legislate on Aboriginal matters. Radical Aborigines, angered by the federal government's rejection of their land rights, set up a tent embassy in front of Parliament House on the evening of Australia Day 1972 to protest against being treated as outcasts in their own country. The Aboriginal flag desi
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Desert Island Discs racks up a milestone of delights - Telegraph BBC Desert Island Discs racks up a milestone of delights As the popular Radio 4 show prepares for its 3,000th episode, we look back at some of its many highlights Kirsty Young with war veteran Eric 'Winkle' Brown, who features on the 3,000th episode of Desert Island Discs Photo: BBC By David Thomas Comments THE PRESENTERS The first presenter, and creator, of Desert Island Discs was Roy Plomley, who came up with the concept one cold wartime night in November 1941. He was getting ready for bed and his coal fire had gone out when inspiration struck, but, undaunted, he sat down at his desk, typed up his idea and sent it to the BBC. On January 27 1942, the first episode was recorded in a bomb-damaged BBC studio in Maida Vale and broadcast two nights later. Plomley once sat down to interview the thriller writer Alistair MacLean, author of Where Eagles Dare and The Guns of Navarone, only to discover that the man in front of him was an entirely different Alistair MacLean, whose modest claim to fame was being the European director of tourism for the Canadian province of Ontario. Plomley gamely completed the interview, which was then discreetly shelved. In 1958, Plomley was himself the castaway, interviewed by Eamonn Andrews. He chose Another Op’nin’, Another Show by Annabelle Hill as his favourite song, Who’s Who in the Theatre as his book and a desk with typewriter and paper as his luxury. In 1985, Plomley was replaced as host by Michael Parkinson, who lasted less than three years. Parkinson had also been a castaway, choosing Singin’ in the Rain by Gene Kelly, Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway and, again, a typewriter and paper. Sue Lawley took over in 1988, lasting until 2006. She had been a castaway, interviewed by Parkinson in 1987, choosing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Provincial French Cooking by Elizabeth David and an iron and ironing board. Related Articles People diary: David Hockney’s greatest muse? His sister 09 Nov 2014 The current presenter, Kirsty Young, has never been a castaway, but she has said her favourite music would include Neil Diamond’s I Am… I Said, “because it reminds me of my mother coming to kiss me goodnight smelling of Chanel No 5, wearing a fringe dress and looking beyond glamorous”. THE GUESTS The first guest to appear on Desert Island Discs was the actor and radio comedian Vic Oliver, who stepped in when Plomley’s first choice, the academic and radio personality CEM Joad, said he was too busy to appear. The most senior member of the Royal family to have appeared on the show was Princess Margaret (1984), who chose Histories by Herodotus as her book and an oriental cat as her luxury. The most glamorous royal was surely Princess Grace of Monaco, who chose a book of plays by her uncle George Kelly and a pillow. The Duchess of Kent (1989) is the only castaway ever to choose the Beatles’ song Maxwell’s Silver Hammer, along with a DIY manual and a lamp with solar batteries. A total of 236 people have appeared twice on Desert Island Discs, 12 have appeared three times, but only two men – the comedian Arthur Askey and Sir David Attenborough – have made four appearances. The only prospective castaway to have begun an interview and not finished it was the journalist and author Martha Gellhorn, whose appearance was abruptly cut short in mid-recording when it became apparent that she would not discuss her late husband Ernest Hemingway. When the newsreader Sir Trevor McDonald appeared in 1994, the Commission for Racial Equality pointed out that he was only the 10th non-white castaway, following five other black guests (Shirley Bassey, Joan Armatrading, Dizzie Gillespie, Jessye Norman and Frank Bruno), and four Asians (Ravi Shankar, Salman Rushdie, Imran Khan and photographer Mohamed Amin). THE MUSIC Every week the castaway selects eight pieces of music, or recorded speech, to take with them to their island. More than 22,000 tracks have been selected, of which the most commonly requested is Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, from
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Judaism 101: Torah Judaism 101 Torah in the narrowest sense refers to the first five books of the Bible In a broader sense, Torah includes all Jewish law and tradition Torah was given to Moses in written form with oral commentary The oral component is now written in the Talmud There are additional important writings The word "Torah" is a tricky one, because it can mean different things in different contexts. In its most limited sense, "Torah" refers to the Five Books of Moses : Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. But the word "torah" can also be used to refer to the entire Jewish bible (the body of scripture known to non-Jews as the Old Testament and to Jews as the Tanakh or Written Torah), or in its broadest sense, to the whole body of Jewish law and teachings. Written Torah To Jews, there is no "Old Testament." The books that Christians call the New Testament are not part of Jewish scripture. The so-called Old Testament is known to us as Written Torah or the Tanakh. This is a list of the books of Written Torah, in the order in which they appear in Jewish translations, with the Hebrew name of the book, a translation of the Hebrew name (where it is not the same as the English name), and English names of the books (where it is not the same as the Hebrew name). The Hebrew names of the first five books are derived from the first few words of the book. The text of each book is more or less the same in Jewish translations as what you see in Christian bibles, although there are some occasional, slight differences in the numbering of verses and there are some significant differences in the translations. TORAH (The Law): Ezra & Nechemyah (Nehemiah) (treated as one book) Divrei Ha-Yamim (The words of the days) (Chronicles) Written Torah is often referred to as the Tanakh, which is an acrostic of Torah, Nevi'im and Ketuvim. Torah Scrolls The scriptures that we use in services are written on parchment scrolls. They are always hand-written, in attractive Hebrew calligraphy with "crowns" (crows-foot-like marks coming up from the upper points) on many of the letters . This style of writing is known as STA"M (an abbreviation for "Sifrei Torah, Tefillin and Mezuzot ," which is where you will see that style of writing). For more information about the STA"M alphabet, including illustrations and relevant rules, see Hebrew Alphabet used in writing STA"M . You are not supposed to touch the parchment on these scrolls; some say because they are too holy; some say because the parchment, made from animal skins, is a source of ritual defilement; others say because your fingers' sweat has acids that will damage the parchment over time. Instead, you follow the text with a pointer, called a Yad. "Yad" means "hand" in Hebrew, and the pointer usually is in the shape of a hand with a pointing index finger (I always find this incredibly amusing). The scrolls are kept covered with fabric, and often ornamented with silver crowns on the handles of the scrolls and a silver breastplate on the front. The scrolls are kept in a cabinet in the synagogue called an "ark," as in Ark of the Covenant, not as in Noah's Ark. The words are different and unrelated in Hebrew. Noah's ark (and also the ark that Moses was placed in) are called in Hebrew teyvat (ship). I was taught that the "Ark" of the Covenant and the ark in synagogue are an acrostic of "aron kodesh" (holy cabinet), but others have told me that it is merely an archaic English word derived from the Latin arca (cabinet). The Torah scrolls that we read from in synagogue are unpointed text, with no vowels or musical notes, so the ability to read a passage from a scroll is a valuable skill, and usually requires substantial advance preparation (reviewing the passage in a text with points). See Hebrew Alphabet for more on pointed and unpointed texts. Chumash Jewish scriptures are sometimes bound in a form that corresponds to the division into weekly readings (called parshiyot in Hebrew). Scriptures bound in this way are generally referred to a
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Judaism 101: Hebrew Alphabet Hebrew Alphabet Hebrew uses a different alphabet than English Hebrew is written right-to-left The Hebrew alphabet has no vowels, but pronunciation aids are often added There are several styles of Hebrew writing Hebrew letters have numerical values Writing in Hebrew may require a special word processor and fonts The Hebrew and Yiddish languages use a different alphabet than English. The picture below illustrates the Hebrew alphabet, in Hebrew alphabetical order. Note that Hebrew is written from right to left, rather than left to right as in English, so Alef is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet and Tav is the last. The Hebrew alphabet is often called the "alefbet," because of its first two letters. Letters of the Alefbet Table 1: The Hebrew Alphabet If this sounds like Greek to you, you're not far off! Many letters in the Greek alphabet have similar names and occur in the same order (though they don't look anything alike!): Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta ... Zeta ... Theta, Iota, Kappa, Lambda, Mu, Nu ... Pi ... Rho, Sigma Tau. The "Kh" and the "Ch" are pronounced as in German or Scottish, a throat clearing noise, not as the "ch" in "chair." Note that there are two versions of some letters. Kaf, Mem, Nun, Pei and Tzadei all are written differently when they appear at the end of a word than when they appear in the beginning or middle of the word. The version used at the end of a word is referred to as Final Kaf, Final Mem, etc. The version of the letter on the left is the final version. In all cases except Final Mem, the final version has a long tail. See and hear the letters in a quick reading of the letters or a more in-depth introduction ! Vowels and Points Like most early Semitic alphabetic writing systems, the alefbet has no vowels. People who are fluent in the language do not need vowels to read Hebrew, and most things written in Hebrew in Israel are written without vowels. However, as Hebrew literacy declined, particularly after the Romans expelled the Jews from Israel, the rabbis recognized the need for aids to pronunciation, so they developed a system of dots and dashes called nikkud (points). These dots and dashes are written above, below or inside the letter, in ways that do not alter the spacing of the line. Text containing these markings is referred to as "pointed" text. Table 2: Vowel Points Table 2: Vowel Points Most nikkud are used to indicate vowels. Table 2 illustrates the vowel points, along with their pronunciations. Pronunciations are approximate; I have heard quite a bit of variation in vowel pronunciation. Vowel points are shown in blue. The letter Alef, shown in red, is used to illustrate the position of the points relative to the consonants. The letters shown in purple are technically consonants and would appear in unpointed texts, but they function as vowels in this context. There are a few other nikkud, illustrated in Table 3. Table 3: Other Nikkud The dot that appears in the center of some letters is called a dagesh. It can appear in just about any letter in Hebrew. With most letters, the dagesh does not significantly affect pronunciation of the letter; it simply marks a split between syllables, where the letter is pronounced both at the end of the first syllable and the beginning of the second. With the letters Beit, Kaf and Pei, however, the dagesh indicates that the letter should be pronounced with its hard sound (b, k, p) rather than its soft sound (v, kh, f). See Table 3. In Ashkenazic pronunciation (the pronunciation used by many Orthodox Jews and by many older Jews), Tav also has a soft sound, and is pronounced as an "s" when it does not have a dagesh. Shin is pronounced "sh" when it has a dot over the right branch and "s" when it has a dot over the left branch. Vav, usually a consonant pronounced as a "v," is sometimes a vowel pronounced "oo" as in "food" (transliterated "oo" or "u") or "oh" as in "Oh!" (transliterated "o"). When it is pronounced "oo," pointed texts have a dagesh (though sometimes, Vav wit
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Bibliography Introduction Much of the scenic beauty of nature has been replaced by densely populated areas that sprawl for miles from urban centers. This visual pollution affects us all and leaves us with a longing for a closer connection with nature. We spend about 90 percent of our time indoors. Interior plants are an ideal way to create attractive and restful settings while enhancing our sense of well being. In addition, houseplants can be a satisfying hobby and can help purify the air in our homes. Indoor plants not only convert carbon dioxide to oxygen, but they also trap and absorb many pollutants. Many of these chemical compounds, which are released into our air through a process called “off-gassing,” come from everyday items present in our homes and offices. To be a successful indoor gardener, you need to understand how the interior environment affects plant growth and how cultivation differs from growing plants outdoors. Factors Affecting Plant Growth Plant growth is affected by light, temperature, humidity, water, nutrition, and soil. Light Of all of the factors affecting plant growth in interiors, adequate light is by far the most important. Light is needed for plants to produce food and survive — generally, the more light available, the more food produced for growth. Light is measured in units called foot candles. One footcandle (ft-c) is the amount of light cast by a candle on a white surface 1 foot away in a completely dark room. Outdoors, the light levels on a bright day range from 10,000 ft-c in an open sunny area to 250 ft-c or less in the shade of a large tree. It is very helpful to have a general idea of how much light is present in a given location in your house. You can get a fairly good estimate with a handheld light meter, or you can use a 35 mm camera and do the following: Set the film speed indicator to ASA 25 and the shutter speed to 1/60th second. Place a piece of white paper where you want to measure the light levels, aim the camera toward the paper close enough to fill the view, and adjust the f/stop so that the meter indicates a correct exposure. Read the approximate light level from Table 1. Table 1. Indoor light levels and appropriate f/stop settings f/stop Setting f/16 2,400 ft-c With the help of this table, you can obtain the light intensity reading from anywhere in your home. For example, if the f/stop setting is f/16, the approximate light level is 2,400 ft-c. Using the light readings, your home can be divided into four areas, which have the following light levels for 8 hours per day: Low-light areas: 25 ft-c – 75 ft-c Medium-light areas: 75 ft-c – 200 ft-c High-light areas: over 200 ft-c but not direct sunlight Sunny light areas: at least 4 hours of direct sunlight Figure 1. Many foliage plants are native to tropical rain forests, where light levels are low. These plants can be easily injured if exposed to strong light. Symptoms of over-exposure are upright leaves and bleached, scorched leaves. Do not place high-light sensitive plants in direct sunlight (on a porch or in front of a window). In this example, Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema) and Dumb Cane (Dieffenbachia) show symptoms of high-light damage. In your home, the amount of light in a given location is variable — it is affected by the presence of trees outdoors (may shade at certain times), roof overhangs (may shade at certain times), wall color (reflectance), window curtains, day length, time of day, and time of year. When shopping for indoor plants, select plants for a given location based on the approximate light levels in the spot. The plant’s label will usually contain information on the light requirements of the plant. If the plant label lists “high light” but the selected area in the home does not provide adequate light, artificial light sources such as fluorescent and/or special incandescent lights may be used to supplement the natural light. Increasing the number of hours of light exposure can also help—for example, 16 hours of light and 8 hours of dark. This extends the number of hours during which plants receiv
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Legumes, grains and other seeds in human evolution. Millets Rice Wheat & Barley Maize Oats Barley Rye Domestication of other annual seeds Seed eating now in the West The human animal evolved to eat every animal or plant that wasn't actually toxic (and, after simple treatments, some that to greater or lesser degree were). Seeds are a rich store of energy, some have good protein levels, vitamins (especially vitamin E), minerals, and protective phytochemicals. Living as wild animals for the last million years or so, we ate every seed that was worth collecting, grass seed, legume (bean-like, pea -like, peanut and others), and any other seeds that were sustaining and productive, or big enough to be worth bothering with. Seeds were seasonal. We travelled to seed sources and ate them when they ripened, generally over a short period of time. 'Cached' seeds are hard to keep from becoming mouldy or insect ridden, unlike nuts. They have no hard shell to deter birds, and many being very small indeed, they are hard to handle. When the seasonal seed resource was too depleted to be bothered with, we moved on to another food, and didn't eat seeds until the next harvest season, nearly a year away. The fact we very recently gained the technical ability to eat seeds every day of the year is a major change for our ancient evolutionary genetic dictated biochemistry. For reasons to do with the behaviour of genes in populations as they disperse and/or become isolated in small groups, some people have not biochemically adapted to gluten containing grains - mainly wheat. Such mal-adaptations may be present for other seeds, such as maize or soya beans; or indeed for virtually any other foods, such as almonds, beef or oranges. The very small percentage of the population of the West who are gluten sensitive can relatively easily substitute grains with no gluten, such as rice. Or switch to tubers, nuts, and fruits for 'ready' carbohyrates. Today, we have a wide range of seeds available to include in our diet, but for historical and cultural reasons Western people now eat only a few kinds of seeds, and, with the exception of beans and peas, generally eat only the carbohydrate store of the seed, leaving the vitamin, oil and mineral rich part behind. Investing the time to change our cultural mind set to include more whole seeds of all kinds, or using canned precooked whole seeds can increase the amount of nutrients and protective plant chemicals consumed per calorie eaten, and help to displace un-natural, less nutrient dense, industrially modified foods. The result is a way of eating in harmony with the absolute needs of our ancient gene determined biochemistry. And over time, the removal of one the most important barriers to the possibility of feeling really well. The human animal evolved in the forests, woodlands, and plains of Africa. The human animal spread into virtually all environments, from tropical rain forest to arid desert because that animal, which is you and me today, had evolved the kind of guts that could digest most kinds of food - plant (except woody twiglets and cellulosy grass blades) or animal. Our natural diet is everything edible. But in any given area of the world, we relied on starchy plants, nut and seed oils, or animal fat for fuel to burn for energy. Animals that know how dangerous humans are tend to run - fast, and in the opposite direction - and are fat only at certain times of year. Plants have the virtue of standing still, so underground storage tubers and carbohydrate rich seeds are a reliable energy, and in some cases, fat and protein source. No reasonable energy source was ignored, and wild seeds were no exception. Indeed, grindstones with adherent plant starch from before 160,000 years ago - when the first recognisably modern humans appear in the fossil record - may have been used to grind grass seeds [ ref ]. We, of course, ate every non-toxic seed (including tree seeds ) present in the environment we had moved into. There are many plants with edible seeds in the various climatic zones of Africa, but r
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Spring Flower Fair: Ornamental Grasses and Bamboos - Rutgers Gardens Ornamental Grasses and Bamboos Link 3 Acorus calamus ‘Variegatus’ (Sweetflag) – Ideal for wet site locations or submerged in water, the Iris-like foliage has spectacular variegation of light green and creamy - white. Mature height 24 - 30". Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’ (Yellow Sweetflag) – Evergreen grass-like chartreuse foliage, 12-14” in height. The plants can actually sit in the water or they can be grown in average to dry garden soil! Best grown in light shade but are tolerant of full sun. Featured in the Asian Hillside garden (by the stream) adjacent to the office. Acorus gramineus ‘Variegatus’ (Variegated Sweetflag) – Similar to the above, but the foliage has white stripes along the foliage. Acorus gramineus pusillus minimus ‘Aureus’ (Dwarf Golden Sweetflag) – It is interesting how a plant with such a nice long botanical name can only grow to 4” in height! The chartreuse foliage is a nice compliment to blue or purple flowers. A very tough plant, growing well in moist soils (it can actually be submerged in water) or in dry. Looks great inbetween stepping stones, as noted in the picture below Arundo donax (Giant Reed Grass) – If you are searching for a 12’ tall screening plant for full sun in wet or dry conditions, this is your plant! Slowly spreading, it resembles giant corn and is used for making reeds in wind instruments. Arundo donax ‘Peppermint Stick’ (Giant Reed Grass) – A very showy giant reed that has white and green striped leaves. The color holds up very well during the hotter part of the summer and it truly out performs other variegated forms. Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’ (Feather Reed Grass) – A very vertical plant, growing to 5’ in height. The flowers appear in June, and are initially pink and ‘fluffy’, becoming narrow and tan by August. Remains ornamental until January. Full sun, moist to dry soils. Featured at the Otken Memorial Garden at Rutgers Gardens. Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Avalanche’ (Feather Reed Grass) – Similar in habit to Karl Foerster, but there is a defined white stripe down the center of the leaf. It is happy in both sun or shade. Calamagrostis brachytricha (Korean Feather Reed Grass) – Growing to 3’, it is one of the tallest grasses that is shade tolerant. Attractive and airy pink inflorescences appear in September. Full sun to shade, with soils that are moist to well drained. Featured in the Mixed Borders in the DBL Garden at Rutgers Gardens Carex 'Indian Summer' (Prairie Fire Sedge) – Beautiful, contrasting foliage colors of olive-green and orange-brown. Great for containers and landscapes. Mature height of 18 - 24" and best grown in full sun to light shade in well-drained soils. Hardy to zone 6. Carex elata ‘Aurea’ (Bowles Golden) – Bright golden foliage to 2’ makes this a plant suitable for the garden or containers. It is wet site tolerant, although it will grow very happily in drier soils in the shade. Not available in 2016 Carex muskingumensis ‘Oehme’ (Oehme Palm Sedge) – A sport found growing in the garden of the legendary landscape architect Wolfgang Oehme, this sedge features yellow stripes on narrow green leaves that radiate around the top of the stem like a palm. Growing to a height of 12”, it performs well is moist soils in the shade, although it is drought tolerant. Featured along the mill pond at the entrance to Rutgers Gardens. Carex oshimensis ‘Evergold’ – Do you need a golden variegated grass to warm up a spot in your garden? Evergold grows to 8” tall, but produces leaf blades that are up to 18” in length. It looks great used in a container where the leaves can tumble down over the side of the pot! Good in sun or light shade in soils that do not remain water logged for long periods. Carex plantaginea (Seersucker Sedge) - Wide green leaves that are puckered like a Christmas Ribbon. It tolerates moist locations and adds witner interest because this Carex is semi-evergreen. Carex siderosticha ‘Variegata’ (Creeping Broad Leaf Sedge) – Similar to the above, but the le
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Iphone Virtual Travel Iphone Virtual Travel Author: admin Transforming your little kitchen shouldn’t be a difficult job kitchen remodel ideas . When you set your little kitchen reworking plan on paper, just keep in mind your finances. Keep reading to determine some strategies on redesigning our modest kitchen area. kitchen should be a location exactly where planning food items and cooking is relaxed. Your to start with compact kitchen reworking strategy need to be to include as a lot of cabinets while you can into your kitchen area area. An illustration might be furnishing cupboards underneath the sink and above. With all of these cabinets, it is simpler to help keep your pots, pans, eyeglasses, plates, wine bottles and canned goods. Storage sections will also be created integral elements of your walls to reduce obstruction. Built-in ovens and sliding shelves are just some illustrations. These could make the pathways with your kitchen area cleaner, and you may also be in a position to prepare your matters much better. The refrigerator will inevitably be element of your kitchen. Having said that, ensure that to put it inside the appropriate site. You don’t choose to put it near the cooking place as this will likely bring about malfunctions in appliances. You furthermore mght don’t desire to position it the place it’ll block your way even though you’re cooking. The best area to place your refrigerator in is in between the entry level to the kitchen and dining area for far better accessibility. The sink, stove and fridge are the 3 necessary factors of any kitchen area. Their dimensions need to be based upon what you genuinely need. By way of example, you could possibly not cook dinner quite a bit, so that you could possibly have to have merely a small stove. On the other hand, you might want a larger sink to manage far more plates. If you want additional proficiency during the kitchen area, pair the sink and stove. Your upcoming modest kitchen area remodeling notion must be to acquire some kind of serving bar that serves as a planning and breakfast desk. That is naturally for those who seriously desire to enlarge an incredibly tiny area. Remember drinking water, gas and electricity supplies. Make an effort to carry in ample sunlight and ventilation with unobstructed home windows through the sink whilst keeping the stove away from home windows. They are sensible things you should keep in mind to help make your kitchen area superior to operate in. Lighting remains an important aspect in widening the space of the tiny kitchen. A small kitchen remodeling idea should be to use indirect lights. It is a smart way to produce a great ambiance and extra depth to your kitchen area. Specific paint shades can also make your kitchen look more substantial. Awesome hues would be the very best types to employ since they produce the illusion that a thing is even more away than they actually are. Blue, eco-friendly and purple are viewed as great colors. For those who do wish to implement warm colors this sort of as yellow, crimson and orange, utilize them as accent colors. The issue with warm shades is the fact that they seem to come back in direction of you, which is why an area can experience smaller. Author: admin The phrases Corporate Protection may well conjure up images of a team of techies performing in the wire-filled basement home of Microsoft or HP, combating hackers and terrorists online applying words like algorithm and encryption. If you own your individual business enterprise, never enable your self to believe protection is just for giant corporations. Each individual business, massive or compact, technological or regular, has two important stability problems: defending data, and safeguarding components encrypted email providers . Company Safety: Facts Facts is the commodity that makes corporations exceptional. That information and facts may be a process your business does a lot better than some others; or it could be how you can make the special merchandise you sell; or it could be a group of knowledge which you have that othe
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Late 19th Century Inventions: Plastic Late 19th Century Inventions: Plastic Plastic is a synthetic material made from the small molecules of organic compounds. The widespread use of plastics today makes it hard to believe that the first major breakthrough in plastic development did not occur until 1862. Once this breakthrough occurred, other inventors experimented with organic materials to create new and better versions. Plastic is now found in water bottles, food storage containers, grocery bags, and countless other products. Its widespread use makes it one of the most versatile materials in the world. Parkesine Alexander Parkes invented the first man-made plastic in 1856. Parkes worked in the electroplating department of a brass lock manufacturing company where he developed the skills he would later use in creating his inventions. One of his most important patents was for Parkesine, a celluloid-based thermoplastic that was treated with several solvents. As the first man-made plastic, Parkesine was very useful and had many features similar to that of modern plastic. After inventing Parkesine, Alexander Parkes opened the Parkesine Company and tried to mass-produce his invention. Unfortunately, the company failed because Parkes tried to reduce costs by using cheap, low-quality materials. Although the company failed, other companies continued to produce and sell celluloid. Celluloid The invention of celluloid was one of the most controversial developments in the history of plastic production. John Wesley Hyatt and his brother Isaac conducted several experiments using Parkesine as a substitute for the ivory that was once used to make billiard balls. After many experiments, Hyatt eventually produced a solid nitrocellulose. He patented the product in 1869 and formed the Albany Dental Plate Company in 1870. Hyatt used his company to produce false teeth, billiard balls, and piano keys. This development became controversial when Daniel Spill, an English inventor, filed several court cases against Hyatt. Spill patented the same substance in the United Kingdom, making it difficult to determine who should own the rights. These cases eventually went to court, where it was decided that Parkes really invented celluloid. However, the judge determined that all celluloid manufacturing could continue. Bakelite In 1907, Leo Baekeland developed the first completely synthetic plastic. Baekeland was a Belgian chemist who set up his own consulting business in 1881. After setting up this business, he turned his attention toward producing photographic paper. He and Leonardi Jacobi formed the Nepera Chemical Company together, but there were no buyers for his products. His luck changed when George Eastman offered him $1 million for his process. He used the money from this business deal to fund his other inventions; one of which was Bakelite plastic. Made from coal tar resin, Bakelite took on the shape of its container as it hardened. This invention was an improvement on earlier plastics because Bakelite did not melt under heat or stress. This made it suitable for making clock cases, radio cases, and jewelry that would withstand high temperatures. Bakelite also had several industrial applications due to its high resistance to heat, electricity, and chemical action. Electrical and automobile companies used this material in electron tubes, distributor caps, light bulb sockets, and insulators. The most common modern uses of Bakelite are industrial electrical applications and brake pad construction. Cellophane Jacques E. Brandenberger, a Swiss chemist, developed cellophane in 1908. Ever since he saw a glass of wine spill on a tablecloth, he wanted to invent a cloth to repel liquids. He worked with several types of fabric, and tried spraying waterproof coating on each. He did not get the desired results from any of these experiments, as the coated fabric was too stiff. However, the sprays left behind a clear film that separated easily from the cloth. He began working with this film and experimenting with different production processes. In 1912, he dev
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Gruyères - Switzerland Tourism Gruyères The Greyerzer (Gruyère) region, with its rolling green landscape and the peaks of the Fribourg Pre-Alps, is home to the world-famous Gruyère cheese. The picture-book little medieval town of Gruyères is perched atop a small hill. Share contents 5 Stars The peaceful scenery of the Gruyère region, with the Lake of Gruyère – one of the finest artificial lakes in Switzerland – is home to the black and white Fribourg cows which provide the milk for the strongly flavoured Gruyère cheese. In the middle of this picture postcard scenery, nestling between the slopes of the Moléson and the Dent du Chamois, rises the medieval, traffic-free little town of Gruyères, with its castle, surrounded by a fortified wall. Inside the 13th century castle is a museum covering eight centuries of the architecture, history and culture of the region. In the second, smaller castle in Gruyères, St. Germain, is the HR Giger museum. It was Giger who designed the horrific fantasy figures for the Hollywood film "Alien". The museum houses the artist's most important pictures and sculptures from 1960 to the present day, and there is also an HR Giger bar. An important part in the picturesque overall scene in the little town is played by the several restaurants serving specialities from the Gruyère region: fondue, raclette and, especially, desserts made with the excellent Gruyère double cream. In the modern show cheesery at Gruyères you can see how the tasty Gruyère cheese is made. And to round off the tour of culinary delights: for those with a sweet tooth it would be worth taking a guided tour round the Maison Cailler The Swiss Chocolate factory in nearby Broc. Winter Summer The idyllic landscape of the Gruyère region and the increasingly wild valley towards the Jaun Pass present a paradise for hikers and mountain bikers. A themed trail lets visitors discover the world of Alpine cheesemaking, linking the modern cheese dairy in Pringy-Gruyères with the Alpine dairy in Moléson-Village. Meanwhile, the counts' trail connects Gruyères and Montbovon, a route along which cheese was first exported. Accessible according to individual's wishes and abilities. A system of tokens gives you access to all these leisure pursuits: Bobsleigh, Dowhill-scootering, Grass scooter, minigolf, Cheese dairy on the alp. Attention: one must be taller than 1.4 m. (1.10m for the bobsleigh) You can however take a smaller child with you if you wish. Winter The Moléson skiing area (2003 m) is the largest skiing area in the Fribourg region. The eight lifts and 35 km of pistes offer slopes to suit all the family. The gondola lift in Charmey takes skiers up to the Vounetz (1627 m), and then you can recover afterwards in the water playgrounds. Not far from Gruyères there are also the winter sports areas of La Berra, Charmey and Jaun. Highlights Gruyères – a picture-book medieval town on a little hill, with a castle and countless restaurants offering local specialities. HR Giger Museum – in the little castle of St. Germain in Gruyères, the surrealist artist HR Giger displays his horrific fantasy figures. Show cheese dairy "La Maison du Gruyère" – there is also a tourist office, an exhibition, a restaurant and the Gruyères market with regional specialities here. Moléson – panoramic mountain with cable-car, summit restaurant, astronomical observatory and via ferrata (fixed-cable climb): the largest skiing area in the Fribourg region. Bulle – the commercial and cultural centre of the Gruyère region, a historic little town with the Gruyère regional museum of heritage and customs. Top Events Poya – the big, colourful Gruyère festival of transhumance (seasonal movement of livestock) at Estavannens takes place every ten years, but the smaller annual "poyas" when the cattle are taken up the mountain are also charming (May/sometimes June). St-Jean Festival at the Castle – every year, this major festival brings part of the rich history of Gruyères and its Castle back to life (June). Slow-up Gruyère – priority to muscle power on this car-free adventure day, following
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Town and city maps | Denbighshire County Council Visitor About Denbighshire Town and city maps Town and city maps Town and city maps Corwen Corwen means ‘the White Choir’ or ‘the White Church’. The town’s origins date back to the 6th century, when it grew up around a religious community founded by the Breton-Welsh saints Mael and Sulien. Download a map of Corwen Denbigh On record in the 11th Century as a small border town, Denbigh (‘Dinbych’ in Welsh meaning ‘Little fortress’) grew to become, through the next 200 years, a royal residence (or ‘Llys’) for Welsh princes and a centre point of Welsh power in North Wales. Download a map of Denbigh Dyserth The village of Dyserth lies below the slopes of Moel Hiraddug - designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty since 1985. Download a map of Dyserth Llangollen Llangollen occupies a picturesque setting by the River Dee, sheltered to the south by the Berwyn Mountains and to the north by Ruabon Mountain, and overlooked by Castell Dinas Brân. Download a map of Llangollen Prestatyn Prestatyn is one of only twelve towns in the UK which has the official status of 'Walkers are welcome’. From walking Wales Coast Path to exploring rare wildlife at Gronant Dunes, you’ll be sure to receive a warm welcome. Download a map of Prestatyn Rhuddlan Rhuddlan has a long and distinguished history, stretching back to the Mesolithic period, circa 7,000 BC. Rhuddlan’s key position beside an ancient crossing of the river Clwyd led to it becoming a flashpoint in Anglo-Welsh relations; whoever held this ford, controlled the easiest invasion route to and from the heartland of North Wales. Download a map of Rhuddlan Rhyl Rhyl is a lively, exciting seaside town with with events and attractions that keep the family amused all day and well into the night too. Download a map of Rhyl Ruthin In addition to its attractive architecture and medieval street patterns, Ruthin has a wide range of quality specialist shops, and plenty of places to eat and drink. With Ruthin placed at the foot of the Clwydian Range the visitor is never far from a pretty walk or a magnificent view. Download a map of Ruthin The city of St Asaph The City, situated on the banks of two rivers, is dominated by its cathedral, which is held to be the smallest in Great Britain.
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Abandoned Dingle Station: Liverpool Overhead Railway's Last Visible Relic - Urban Ghosts Media 14 December 2015 (Image: Philip Mayer ; former underground platform area inside the abandoned Dingle station) When we think of elevated trains, our minds may travel to places like Chicago or sections of the New York City Subway, perhaps even the superb High Line Park in Manhattan . But until 60 years ago, the northern English city of Liverpool also had an elevated line – the Liverpool Overhead Railway – though ironically, its last visible remnants are underground. Enter the abandoned Dingle station. Liverpool Overhead Railway (Image: Docker’s Umbrella: History of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, Paul Bolger via jsb303 ) By the late 19th century, the expansive system of docks within the burgeoning, 7.5 mile-long Port of Liverpool had become chronically congested. Carriages, trams, carts and horse-drawn omnibuses all competed for space along Dock Road, while numerous railway crossings allowed heavy goods trains to access waterfront warehouses. Clearly, a solution was needed to separate passengers from freight traffic in order for the bustling port, and the local transportation system, to function efficiently. (Image: Philip Mayer ; subterranean Liverpool’s abandoned Dingle station, recently a garage) The solution came in the form of the Liverpool Overhead Railway, an elevated passenger line using cutting-edge electric traction. Opened on February 4, 1893, the five mile-long route from Alexandra Dock in the north to Herculaneum Dock in the south was soon extended to Seaforth Sands, reaching a large number of passengers along the River Mersey. (Image: Dr Neil Clifton ; the Liverpool Overhead Railway in action) By 1896, an additional half mile extension saw the southern end of the line reach Dingle, bringing the total length of the Liverpool Overhead Railway to more than six miles. Due to the rising ground level, Dingle station was actually constructed underground – the only subterranean facility on the otherwise elevated railway. Abandoned Dingle Station (Image: Liverpool Picturebook ; bridge carrying the LOR from Herculaneum Dock to Dingle tunnel) Trains departing Herculaneum Dock station rumbled across a 200 ft lattice girder bridge spanning the Cheshire Lines goods yard before plunging into a half mile-long tunnel to the railway’s terminus at Dingle. (Image: Dan Ciminera ; subway tunnel to the abandoned platform) But unfortunately, by the middle of the 20th century, the Liverpool Overhead Railway’s future looked bleak. The line had escaped nationalisation in 1948 but a 1955 report concluded that much of its wrought iron and steel viaducts were unsafe. With the Liverpool Overhead Railway Company unable to reach the cost of major repairs, the line was closed and its iconic structures demolished completely by 1957. (Image: Kev Keegan ; former platform in Dingle Tunnel disappearing toward Herculaneum Dock) For all its innovative design and features, which included the world’s first railway escalator and use of automatic signalling, it wasn’t long before nothing remained to identify this wonder of Victorian railway engineering, known locally as the Dockers’ Umbrella. Nothing, that is, except the abandoned tunnel leading to the subterranean ghost station beneath Dingle. (Image: Rept0n1x ; abandoned Dingle tunnel portal near the former Herculaneum Dock) The sandstone tunnel mouth, proudly bearing the inscription L.O.RY Southern Extension 1896, remains clearly visible in the cliff face – running beneath Grafton Street – from what had once been Herculaneum Dock. (Images: Dan Ciminera ; Rover P5 and trailer carrying the vintage logos of Rudge and Humber Cycles, the latter regarded as “the aristocrat of bicycles”) Deep inside the tunnel, the expansive space once occupied by the island platform, which was served by a subway and steps from the surface building above, was until recently a subterranean garage belonging to Roscoe Engineering. Recent photographs reveal cars being repaired in the abandoned underground station. But when Roscoe move
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Victoria Line Underground Stations - Facts, Trivia And Impressions - Randomly London This post is part of my Randomly London v. The Tube Challenge . Get the latest about challenge updates here . Donate to Bowel Cancer UK here . Retro Victoria Line Tube Map Found At Pimlico, the only station still using this type of map. Given that London has few sunny and warm weekends, especially in September, most Londoners make the most of them when they do happen. I, on the other hand, chose to ride the tube from Brixton to Walthamstow Central along the Victoria line. The Victoria line is an interesting one for a few reasons: it was the first deep level underground line to be built across central London since 1907, it is the longest line entirely underground (at least for the travelling public), and almost every station has tiled artwork relating to the station itself, or the surrounding area. I visited each of the 16 stations on the line over the course of approximately 3 hours on the very sunny 8th of September. Here are my impressions and a random fact about each station: Brixton Huge London Underground roundel at Brixton station and tiled artwork at platform level playing on the "brick" part of the name. Impressions: Brixton is among the more interesting areas of London. It has reputation for being somewhat dodgy and dangerous, but in my opinion this view is increasingly outdated. While Brixton remains at present a mixed area, all signs point to rapid gentrification. The most noticeable feature about Brixton station, to my mind, is the huge London Underground roundel over the entrance. It was also extremely busy on the day I visited. Random Fact: Brixton station opened in 1971, 3 years after the first section of the Victoria line. Tweet This Stockwell The entrance to Stockwell Station and the bizarre dazzle inspired tiled artwork at platform level. Impressions: If Brixton is one of the most interesting areas of London, Stockwell feels like one of the most bland. Stockwell station is one of the ugliest stations on the whole network. The view is not much improved once you leave, as you're immediately thrust onto busy Clapham Road. The one interesting thing I did notice about the station is that there is no up escalator from the northbound Victoria line platform. I guess not many people go from Brixton to Stockwell by tube. It was also far less busy than Brixton. Random Fact: Stockwell is the southernmost London underground station that serves more than one line. Tweet This Vauxhall Vauxhall Bus & Tube station in rare traffic free moment and the tiled artwork at platform level. Impressions: Vauxhall station feels a bit like a rabbit warren when you leave the ticket hall, as there are exits and entrances in all directions. Once you manage to get yourself outside, you're again confronted with a series of busy roads. Not the most beautiful area of London. There are, however, two notable sights. The first is the conspicuous MI6 headquarters, which I've always found a little bizarre. Surely the point of the SIS is to remain secret? The second is the Vauxhall bus station, whose roof looks like a ramp to the sky. Random Fact: The Russian word for 'central railway station' (vokzal) is likely named after Vauxhall . Tweet This Pimlico Pimlico Station's unique roundel and dot inspired artwork at platform level. Impressions: Just the other side of the river from Vauxhall, Pimlico has an entirely different feel. When you leave Vauxhall underground station you're confronted with a series of busy roads, but when you leave Pimlico station you feel right in the heart of residential London. Pimlico was designed as an extension of Belgravia, yet I've always felt it has far more of an edge to it. This is of course only relative to the most expensive area of London. In the station itself, the thing that really stood out to me was the fact that most of the original signage and maps are still in use from when the station first opened in 1972. This is the only station I came across where this is the case, and hence, it is my favourite station along the li
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Search Results guilds Medieval Guilds Gary Richardson, University of California, Irvine Guilds existed throughout Europe during the Middle Ages. Guilds were groups of individuals with common goals. The term guild probably derives from the Anglo-Saxon root geld which meant ‘to pay, contribute.’ The noun form of geld meant an association of persons contributing money for some common purpose. The root also meant ‘to sacrifice, worship.’ The dual definitions probably reflected guilds’ origins as both secular and religious organizations. The term guild had many synonyms in the Middle Ages. These included association, brotherhood, college, company, confraternity, corporation, craft, fellowship, fraternity, livery, society, and equivalents of these terms in Latin, Germanic, Scandinavian, and Romance languages such as ambach, arte, collegium, corporatio, fraternitas, gilda, innung, corps de métier, societas, and zunft. In the late nineteenth century, as a professional lexicon evolved among historians, the term guild became the universal reference for these groups of merchants, artisans, and other individuals from the ordinary (non-priestly and non-aristocratic) classes of society which were not part of the established religious, military, or governmental hierarchies. Much of the academic debate about guilds stems from confusion caused by incomplete lexicographical standardization. Scholars study guilds in one time and place and then assume that their findings apply to guilds everywhere and at all times or assert that the organizations that they studied were the one type of true guild, while other organizations deserved neither the distinction nor serious study. To avoid this mistake, this encyclopedia entry begins with the recognition that guilds were groups whose activities, characteristics, and composition varied greatly across centuries, regions, and industries. Guild Activities and Taxonomy Guilds filled many niches in medieval economy and society. Typical taxonomies divide urban occupational guilds into two types: merchant and craft. Merchant guilds were organizations of merchants who were involved in long-distance commerce and local wholesale trade, and may also have been retail sellers of commodities in their home cities and distant venues where they possessed rights to set up shop. The largest and most influential merchant guilds participated in international commerce and politics and established colonies in foreign cities. In many cases, they evolved into or became inextricably intertwined with the governments of their home towns. Merchant guilds enforced contracts among members and between members and outsiders. Guilds policed members’ behavior because medieval commerce operated according to the community responsibility system. If a merchant from a particular town failed to fulfill his part of a bargain or pay his debts, all members of his guild could be held liable. When they were in a foreign port, their goods could be seized and sold to alleviate the bad debt. They would then return to their hometown, where they would seek compensation from the original defaulter. Merchant guilds also protected members against predation by rulers. Rulers seeking revenue had an incentive to seize money and merchandise from foreign merchants. Guilds threatened to boycott the realms of rulers who did this, a practice known as withernam in medieval England. Since boycotts impoverished both kingdoms which depended on commerce and governments for whom tariffs were the principal source of revenue, the threat of retaliation deterred medieval potentates from excessive expropriations. Merchant guilds tended to be wealthier and of higher social status than craft guilds. Merchants’ organizations usually possessed privileged positions in religious and secular ceremonies and inordinately influenced local governments. Craft guilds were organized along lines of particular trades. Members of these guilds typically owned and operated small businesses or family workshops. Craft guilds operated in many sectors of the economy. Guilds of victuallers b
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Puzzles - Food and Drink 1. What is the main ingredient of Guacamole? 2. Rigatoni is what? 3. What is the name of the special Indian clay oven? 4. In which Cornish seaside town does Rick Stein have his seafood restaurant? 5. Name one (or more!) of the spices used to infuse Mulled Wine 6. What flavour is the drink Ouzo? 7. What is the first name of Greg's fearsome female) sidekick, sous-chef to Michel Roux, in Celebrity Mastechef? 8. Which food dish is named after one of Napoleon's famous victories? 9. What alcoholic drink is made from molasses? 10. In Greek cuisine vine or cabbage leaves with a savoury stuffing are called what? 6. What flavour is the drink Ouzo? Liquorice 9. What alcoholic drink is made from molasses? Rum 1. What is the main ingredient of Guacamole? avocados 5. Name one (or more!) of the spices used to infuse Mulled Wine cinnamon, allspice, clove ...? 10. In Greek cuisine vine or cabbage leaves with a savoury stuffing are called what? um, dolmades???? 4. In which Cornish seaside town does Rick Stein have his seafood restaurant? Padstow 6. What flavour is the drink Ouzo? Aniseed 7. What is the first name of Greg's fearsome female sidekick, sous-chef to Michel Roux Jnr, in Celebrity Masterchef? Celebrity? She in the chef Masterchef is our Monica. 8. Which food dish is named after one of Napoleon's famous victories? Chicken Marengo 3. What is the name of the special Indian clay oven? the Tandoor we could add 'Nutmeg' to the mulled wine spices. Though I always use a sachet.... I have a bit of a girl-crush on Monica, even though she is terrifyingly stern. I think Monica is all dolled up for one of the Masterchef progs this week, I is sure I saw her in a very smart silver grey outfit in one of the trailers. I must set my digirecorder
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h2g2 - Watling Street - A Journey through Roman Britain - Edited Entry Watling Street | The Fosse Way | Ermine Street This is a journey along Watling Street, the most important Roman road which runs East to West across Great Britain. Travellers on the road were served by a system of way stations or mansios. The privately owned Cauponae were also established along the routes, providing basic hostel-like accommodation. However, the upper classes would use the better tabernae; these began as houses on the roadside offering a service similar to B&Bs (bed and breakfasts) today. Travellers also needed sufficient money to pay the various tolls along the way. Watling Street starts in Dover (Portus Dubris) or Richborough (Rutupiae), from where it travels north-east to London (Londinium), via St Albans ( Verulamium ), High Cross (Venonis) to Wroxeter (Virconium), where it crosses the river Severn 1 . After the river crossing, the road makes a sharp southern turn, necessary to complete the journey south to Leintwardine (Bravonium). As it continues south, Watling Street becomes Stone Street and continues through to Usk (Burrium) and Caerleon (Iscia Silurum), a major seaport on the river Usk with access to the river Severn and the sea. This would suggest trade goods entered Roman Britain from both ends of this major thoroughfare and were distributed throughout Britain, and on to the rest of the Roman world. The Start of Watling Street Watling Street has two starting points: one at Dover (Portus Dubris) and the other at Richborough (Rutupiae); both are on the Kent coast, and were originally forts and ports. Richborough (Rutupiae) - The original landing site of the 43 AD invasion by Claudius and important enough for a Triumphal Arch to be erected at the fort to commemorate the landing. The Arch has long since gone but the foundations have been located. Dover (Portus Dubris) - The younger fort (but not by much) and clearly the better placed as the town flourished and developed into a prosperous town and a major port. We are going to travel back in time to 100 - 200 AD, when the journey described in this Entry would have been possible. You will see 28 settlements, ranging from the grand to the rural. Some of these settlements existed just to serve the garrison of the fort near where they were built, however, they also provided shelter to the weary travellers on Watling Street. The journey on foot will take a minimum of about 12 days - that's assuming you walk eight hours a day, travelling an average of 32 to 33 miles per day. It is interesting to note that the longest distance between any points on the journey is the 33 miles (one day's travel) between Kenchester (Magnis) and Brecon Gaer (Y Gaer). As wagons and carts could be as slow as eight miles a day, travellers could use the system of mansios, cauponae and tabernae. All distances given are starting from Dover; if starting from Richborough simply deduct three miles from any total mileage figure given. A Key To The Condition Of The Towns This shows what condition each of the towns and sites mentioned below are in today. Nothing now visible or built over Building platforms, mounds and crop marks Some ruins are visible above ground Visible site with museum support A major site and tourist attraction Richborough Translation: 'The muddy estuary' Condition: 4 The town of Richborough was founded on the original landing site of the 43 AD invasion by Claudius and was important enough for a triumphal arch to be erected at the town to commemorate the landing and the capitulation of the local British tribal leaders. Entering and passing through the arch signified formal entry into Roman Britain. Although the inscription from Richborough's arch has sadly not survived, it was reported to have been a duplicate of the one which was found on the arches in Rome and Boulogne (Claudius's departure point for Britain). The best preserved inscription is that on the arch in Rome. For Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, son of Drusus, High Priest, holding tribunician power for the eleventh time, Co
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A66 - Roader's Digest: The SABRE Wiki A66 A66 Scotch Corner - Workington The A66 is a major trunk road in northern England, one of the main east-west links in the United Kingdom. The stretch through the Pennines between Appleby and Scotch Corner is one of the most scenic roads in England, but also prone to weather-related closures. The modern A66, from Workington to Teesside, is the result of several extensions, bypasses and significant movement of its terminal points, which are now in one case by 40 and 100 miles from where they were first located. It is the most southerly road to get close to being a complete coast-to-coast route, by virtue of its westward extension into Zone 5, and it is a primary route throughout its length. We will first look at its original route, via a short musical tribute... If you want to go to Cumbria Travel my way, take the road that's best by far Get your kicks on the A66. It winds from Teesside to Workington. More than one hundred miles when its done. Get your kicks on the A66. Well, you go past the 'Boro, into County Durham Where Stockton's fair city looks mighty pretty. You'll see Darlington, ah; A1(M), Scotch Corner Bowes, Stainmore and Appleby-Westmorland; Won't you get hip to this timely tip When you make that trans-Pennine trip Get your kicks on A-six-six (with apologies to Bobby Troupe) Contents (Zone 1) The A66 reached Hull in 1922 When road numbers were first allocated in the 1920s, the number A66 was given to a route largely following Roman roads across country from Hull, via York and Scotch Corner , to Penrith. In 1924 , the A1 was between Boroughbridge and Darlington to run via Scotch Corner instead of its original more easterly route (now largely the A167 ). This took over a large section of A66 south of Scotch Corner cutting the road in two and for obvious reasons the southern part became the A1079 ; parts have since become the A59 and B6265 (the TOTSO in Green Hammerton between the A59 and B6265 , before it was bypassed, was a legacy of the A66 having once been the main route here). North of Boroughbridge, the original A66 is now the A1 and A1(M) as far as Scotch Corner. (Zone 6) Before the M6 provided a fast way north, most Anglo-Scottish traffic avoided Shap summit on the A6 , and so Scotch Corner was the key location where traffic for the west of Scotland left the Great North Road to cut across the Pennines to reach the A6 at Penrith. This section of the A66 looks very fast on the map, but as with many Roman roads it is quite narrow in places. A recent BBC programme dubbed it "Britain's Worst Road" - beating both the M6 and the M25 , which was a little unfair. About two-thirds of it is dualled, including the whole of the transpennine section from Bowes to Brough, and it has bypasses for Greta Bridge, Bowes (with a limited access junction with the A67 , a road we shall meet again) Brough, (junction for the A685 to Kirkby Steven and the M6 at J38 ), Appleby-in-Westmorland, Temple Sowerby and Penrith. Much of this route is very remote - at Stainmore Summit, the boundary between Yorkshire and Westmorland, the parallel railway was the highest in England until it closed in the 1960s. A66 near Penrith Originally the western end of the A66 was on the A6 to the south of the centre of Penrith and this was what in previous centuries made the town an important stagecoach stop. In fact one of the streets close to, but not on, the former A66 route is called Old London Road. The now former route is now firstly a shortcut from the town centre to the A686 at Carleton Village, secondly a country lane connecting the A686 with a private school along which has a milestone along it saying Penrith 1 mile, Appleby 13 miles and lastly due to some downgrading in the early 1990s, probably to stop joyriders using the road (as it is quite a steep hill down from Carleton), the section that runs underneath the present A66 is now simply a footpath and farm track. Something New... (Zone 5) A major upgrade to roads in the Northern Lake District took place in the early 1970s, in particular the route from Pe
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The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what - MBA - 217 View Full Document The average Britain in their life consumes 1000 lb of what Carrots 14 What animal provide 50% of all the protein eaten in Peru Guinea Pigs 15 Jimmy Carter was the first US president to have done what Born in a Hospital 16 Who won an Oscar posthumously Peter Finch – for Network 17 Which actor has been portrayed most on screen by other actors Charlie Chaplain 18 Sergai Kalenikov holds the world record in what Pig Kissing 19 In California you can't legally buy a mousetrap without what Hunting Licence 20 Who won the best actress Oscar 1959 Room at the Top Simone Signoret 21 What did ancient Egyptians rub on their dicks to enlarge them Crocodile shit 22 Which animal has legs but cant walk Hummingbird 23 A Paris grocer was jailed for two years in 1978 stabbing wife what A wedge of hard cheese 24 Howard Hughs used to store what in large metal containers His Urine 25 Which classical poet said Amor vincet omnia Love Conquers all Virgil 26 If you were eating fragrant meat in Hong Kong what is it Dog 27 What country invented Phonecards Italy 28 What was invented in Rome 63 bc by Marcus Tiro sign 29 What is the literal Greek translation of Sarcophagus Flesh Eater 30 French artist Aquabouse paints cows in what material Cow shit 31 An Arab/Israeli band Abu Hafla - record called Humping meaning Enjoyable Gathering 32 First ad on Radio Luxemburg 1930s for Bible Beans - which are? Laxatives 33 74 year old Margaret Weldon FL 2 hole in one 2 days - unusual This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 20 Ans 10000_questions 40
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Sports Sports With which sport would you most associate the commentator Ted Lowe? The 'Green Jacket' is presented to the winner of which sporting event? From what bridge does the Oxford/Cambridge boat race start? In which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his first Olympic gold medal? In what sport do players take long and short corners? By what name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known? For half a mark each, give the nationality and the team (2003) of Fernando Alonso, the youngest-ever grand prix winner? What is the 'perfect score' in a game of Ten Pin Bowling? Which current premier league football team had an obsolete nickname of the Glaziers? What is the name of the new Leicester Football club stadium? What is the highest-achieveable break in snooker?
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Which daughter of Agamemnon was sacrificed for a fair wind?
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SparkNotes: Agamemnon: Lines 1-257 Lines 1-257 Lines 258-502 Summary A Watchman, atop the roof of the palace in the Greek city of Argos, complains that he has spent so much time in this perch that he knows the night sky by heart. He is waiting for a beacon that will signal the fall of Troy, which has been besieged for ten years by a Greek army led by Agamemnon, the king of Argos. Agamemnon's wife, Clytemnestra, governs Argos in her husband's absence, and, while the Watchman says that she has "male strength of heart," (11) the absence of the king makes him fearful. "I sing," he declares, "only to weep again the pity of this house / no longer, as once, administered in the grand way" (16-18). The beacon flares, signaling Troy's fall, and the Watchman leaps up and cries out with joy at the news, and rushes inside to tell the Queen. The Chorus, an assembly of Argos' oldest and wisest male citizens, comes onstage and discusses the history of the Trojan War. They recount how Agamemnon and his brother Menelaus, the king of Sparta, gathered a huge fleet and army to recapture Helen, Menelaus' wife, who was stolen by Paris, a Prince of Troy; and they discuss how the Greeks and Trojans have spent ten years wearing themselves out in battle. Meanwhile, the old men of Argos (the men too old to fight) are growing weaker and weaker in their old age. Clytemnestra joins them, and the Chorus demands to know why she has ordered sacrifices to all the gods and celebrations throughout the city. Before she answers, they recall the terrible story of how the Greek fleet, on its way to Troy, was trapped in Aulis by unfavorable winds, and how Agamemnon learned that the winds were sent by Artemis, the goddess of the hunt. In order to appease her and sail on to Troy, Agamemnon was forced to sacrifice his daughter, Iphigenia; the Chorus describes in detail her pitiful cries for mercy as her father's men cut her throat. Commentary The strength of the minor characters in Agamemnon distinguishes this play from a number of Aeschylus' other works. The Watchman, whose speech opens the play, is particularly noteworthy. His complaints about his tiresome duty and his worries over the state of the city--together with his obvious, sincere joy at the news of his king's victory--make him a realistic, multifaceted, human character. His combination of anticipation and foreboding, meanwhile, establishes the mood of the play; the King's return is an occasion for celebration, and yet a sense of fear looms over Argos, a premonition of terrible events waiting to happen. The events in Agamemnon are only a small part of a much larger story, as the Chorus makes clear in its lengthy speech. Two women who do not appear in the play have a profound effect upon the events in Argos: Helen, Menelaus' wife, and Iphigenia. Helen's eloping with Paris catalyzes the entire Trojan conflict and its aftermath; throughout the play, the Chorus comments on how much suffering has occurred "for one woman's promiscuous sake" (62). Meanwhile, the sacrifice of Iphigenia is a cloud over the marriage of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon and ultimately leads to his murder. The description of Iphigenia's murder undermines the audience's sympathy for Agamemnon. The killing offends our sense of proportion. While it is true that Artemis demanded her death if the fleet was to sail to Troy, did Agamemnon really have to kill his daughter to win a war to recover a single woman? Aeschylus paints a pathetic portrait of Iphigenia's violated innocence: "her supplications and her cries of father / were nothing, nor the child's lamentation / to kings passioned for battle . . . Pouring then to the ground her saffron mantle / she struck the sacrificers with / the eyes' arrows of pity . . ." (228-30; 239-41) Thus, even before Clytemnestra speaks, Aeschylus provides a reason for her to hate her husband. More Help
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As I Lay Dying What’s Up With the Title? NEXT William Faulkner ’s title comes from a favorite speech of his in Homer’s Odyssey, Book XI. Odysseus has traveled to the Underworld, essentially to get directions. Once there, however, he’s bombarded by the ghosts of all his dead comrades. One in particular is Agamémnon, who tells the story of his own death. He’s super pissed that 1) he was killed by his evil, scheming, adulterous wife, and 2) that witch wouldn’t close his eyes as he was dying. The line goes a little something like this: "As I lay dying, the woman with the dog's eyes [that would be his wife he’s talking about here] would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades [a.k.a. the Underworld]." Eyes…eyes…that sounds familiar to us. When we’re done here, go read what we have to say on eyes in "Symbols, Imagery, and Allegory." But we’re not done yet. Because, while we’re digging around in Book XI of the Odyssey, we happen to notice Odysseus’s buddy Elpênor, who is also dead (a common theme in the Underworld). Elpênor died by falling off a roof. Sound familiar? Yes, Cash also fell off a roof, though he was very nobly mending a church, whereas Elpênor was irresponsibly drunk. And, wait a second, isn’t all of the Odyssey about a quest, just like As I Lay Dying? Bingo! Go and read what we have to say about "Genre." Great, now you know what we’re talking about when we say that As I Lay Dying is an ironic inversion of the classic quest. In the Odyssey, the quest is just and sensical and ends with a happily ever (if somewhat bloody) after. In As I Lay Dying, the quest is pointless and destructive. In ancient Greece, people get what they deserve. Elpênor drank irresponsibly and so he died. In As I Lay Dying, divine justice couldn’t be less just. Cash was mending a church as a volunteer when he fell and broke his leg. Whitfield, a cheating hypocrite, makes a safe and easy crossing over the same river which devastates the Bundrens on their journey. Unfair? Yes, and also ironic – like we tell you in "Genre." Before you leave, think about the tense and the person used in the title. As I lay dying. Addie dies a good 150 pages before the end of the novel. So, she’s only dying for a quarter of the text. Who is still dying – present tense – in the rest of the story? Come to think of it, can we be certain that the "I" refers to Addie? After all, she only narrates one of the fifty-nine sections in this text. Why should she get to title the novel? Could it possibly be Darl? Faulkner himself? What the title does tell us is that As I Lay Dying is about just that – dying. Not a dead body, but the very act of dying. And if you want to be all morbid about it, you could say that this is the one, indisputable fact in a novel which doesn’t allow for any other kind of certainty (see "Point of View"): everyone is dying. Darl, Dewey Dell, Vardaman, Cash, Anse, Tull, and every other narrator in the text is united by this fact and this fact only. They are all alive, which means they are all going to die, which means they are all, one way or another, in the process of dying. And so is the reader. (Ouch, we know.)
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Which Peanuts character waits up every Halloween night for a visit from the Great Pumpkin?
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Great Pumpkin | Peanuts Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin. The Great Pumpkin is an unseen imaginary character in the Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz . The existence of the Great Pumpkin is a strongly-held belief by Linus , who has often been described as the most intelligent of the group, and yet, the most gullible. Linus firmly believes that on Halloween night the Great Pumkin rises out of the pumpkin patch and flies all over the world delivering toys to all good children everywhere. The Great Pumpkin was first referred to on October 26, 1959 and went on to become an annual feature of the Peanuts comic strip. It provided the basis for an animated television special, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and, to some extent, has entered into the wider popular culture. It is unknown what the Great Pumpkin looks like because there is no official artwork, depiction from Linus, or any concept art depicting it. However, in parodies, it often appears as a creature with a pumpkin for a head and a body of vines. Contents Linus mistakes Snoopy for the Great Pumpkin in the TV special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown . Although Linus never actually sees the Great Pumpkin, over the years, he has mistaken several other objects for the Great Pumpkin, but finds out the next day that he was mistaken. October 30, 1960 : This is the first time Linus mistakes an object for the Great Pumpkin (and the second year Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin). Linus and Charlie Brown spend the evening waiting in the pumpkin patch. When they hear rustling nearby and then see something rising out of the patch, Linus, thinking it was indeed the Great Pumpkin, faints, at which point Charlie Brown notices it is only Snoopy . After coming to, Linus asks Charlie Brown if the Great Pumpkin left any toys, to which Charlie Brown replies, "No toys. Just a used dog". This strip's storyline was the basis for the main plot in It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown , only Charlie Brown is replaced by Sally . October 31, 1967 : This time Snoopy sits with Linus in the patch when they hear rustling. Linus automatically thinks it is the Great Pumpkin while a terrified Snoopy thinks he should have never left the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm . The next day's strip, however, reveals that it was just a "bird hippie" ( Woodstock with a hippie hairstyle). October 30, 1982 : During an important bowling tournament that has been going on the entire previous week, Charlie Brown accidentally throws his ball out the front door of the bowling alley. Linus and Sally both got knocked over by the ball as it plows through the pumpkin patch. Two strips later, Linus is still convinced that it was the Great Pumpkin. This strip's storyline was the basis for the main plot of The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show episode titled " Snoopy's Brother Spike ". October 31, 1983 : Spike is traveling cross-country with his cactus to visit his brother Snoopy. By the time Halloween comes around, Spike's story is still being told in parallel with the Halloween-preparations strips. The two stories concluded together when Spike finally arrives in Snoopy's city: he wanders into the pumpkin patch and Linus mistakes his cactus to be the Great Pumpkin. October 31, 1993 : Again, Sally sitting with Linus out in the pumpkin patch when a Jack O'Lantern rises in the air on the end of a stick. It turns out to be Snoopy playing a prank on Linus. Linus mistakes Rerun for the Great Pumpkin October 31, 1996: Linus, this time in the pumpkin patch alone, sees something he does not immediately recognize. When he asks if it's the Great Pumpkin, it turns out to be Rerun with a sheet over his head. He has forgotten to cut the eye holes out of the sheet so he didn't know where he was or where he was goi
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The Perishers The Perishers , written by Maurice Dodd , drawn by Dennis Collins , and they have appeared in Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper since the 1960s at least. Perhaps because this is a British strip, searching the internet turns up very little information about it. Its debt to Peanuts seems indisputable, and certainly when Charles Schultz died, Maurice Dodd acknowledged in his tribute that he had had to modify his original strip to avoid too close a likeness to Peanuts . But however derivative the initial inspiration may have been, the tone of voice of the British strip is quite distinct from that of its American equivalent. The title itself makes this clear: the term "perisher", according to Chambers, is a slang expression for "a reprehensible or annoying person", a rather old-fashioned word even when the strip was young, but often used in a tone of irritated affection (or affectionate irritation). A feature which marks the British strip off from the American version is its refusal to view the children with any sentimentality whatsoever. This strip catches the core personnel of the strip at the end of the school day, and gives a characteristic sample of its humour. The running gag is that Baby Grumpling, accustomed to waiting for the older children outside the school railings, interprets their time "behind bars" as incarceration, and greets their release with exaggerated joy. In this particular example, the humour of this misunderstanding is pointed out by piling on slang expressions for imprisonment and escape: Wellington, the intellectual, leads the way "We are not crashin' out or makin' a break", while Maisie makes sure of the last word, for the benefit of any reader still unsure what the joke is: "We have not been doin' porridge." There is little for Marlon to do here but assent, but another of the series' running gags places him at centre stage: Wellington plays the straight man, allowing the other three to express their personalities and backgrounds through the sandwiches they have brought to school in their packed lunch. Maisie is in many ways an old-fashioned girl, and her unappetising combination of "drippin' and banana" indulges two treats of a generation earlier (dripping, the fat saved from roast meat and spread on bread, and bananas, a variety of fruit notoriously unavailable in war-time Britain: but this strip bears a 1971 copyright!). The punningly named Fiscal Yere, one of the cast's regular "guest stars", and usually drawn "smoking" a chocolate cigar as a sign of his family's extreme wealth, here transforms that symbol of affluence into sandwiches. And Marlon, whose obtuseness more often makes him the butt of the punchlines, here gets the last word, as he yet again produces his inch-thick tomato-ketchup sandwiches, which he persists in regarding as a foodstuff rather than an offensive weapon, despite the impossibility of biting into them without splattering all in the vicinity with gore. Dim though Marlon is, Maisie finds him irresistible, and pursues him relentlessly; sometimes her passion is the whole point of the strip, sometimes it merely serves to keep the characters in motion as they deliver their stand-up routines. Here the characters race down the steps from the metal bridge, past the front door with the milk bottles and down to the arch at the end of the street, through a continuous townscape in which the three panel frames divide not space but time, setting the rhythm which allows the joke maximum effect: "Just what kind of idiot are you going to grow up to be?" is treated by Marlon not as rhetoric, but as a serious career choice. It is a sign of the innate conservatism of the strip that Maisie, unstoppable in her determination to be May Queen, dreams of the future only in terms of romance, her only toy a doll's pram. Marlon has professional ambitions: "I'm goin' back to my original plan of bein' a brain surgeon. Or maybe a bloke wot goes down sewers in big rubber boots." "Oh, not that again. Marlon, I don't wish to discourage you, goodness knows, but have you thought this thing throug
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1791: The last Mozart opera: La Clemenza di Tito Vienna State Opera 2012 Photo: Austrian Theatre Museum, Vienna / Barbara Palffy 1791 La clemenza di Tito Vienna State Opera 2012 Photo: Austrian Theatre Museum, Vienna / Barbara Palffy Mozart Amadeus Mozart was commissioned to compose the coronation opera for the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia in Prague in 1791 – on a side-note, only after Salieri had declined. He paused his work on “The Magic Flute” and “The Requiem” to write “La clemenza di Tito” (The Clemency of Titus). La clemenza di Tito – power, intrigue and ultimate mercy The story is set in ancient Rome. Vitellia hates the Roman Emperor Tito because he has not chosen her as his wife. Tito wants to marry the sister of his friend Sesto, Servilia. Sesto in turn covets Vitellia, who promises her love in return for Tito’s death. Servilia spurns Tito, who in turn woos Vitellia. But she has already ordered the assassination… However, the attempt on Tito’s life fails. Vitellia confesses that she is behind the murder attempt, Sesto is sentenced to death. Torn between friendship and reason of state, Tito realises the full extent of the dilemma each ruler finds himself in. He decides to be merciful and pardons Sesto and Vitellia. The material had been set to music on several occasions, but it would not have been Mozart if he had not created something entirely new. By portraying the Roman emperor as a humanist, he encouraged Leopold II to follow this virtuous example. Mozart composed this opera under tremendous time pressure and while feeling depressed. In addition he was in terror of dying, with his fear heightened by the mysterious commission for the “Requiem”. With “La clemenza di Tito”, Mozart did not create a masterpiece such as “Don Giovanni” or “The Marriage of Figaro”, but this work still includes marvellous arias. It was the last Mozart opera – he had not long to live…
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Nineteeth Century Timeline Sir William Herschel Napoleon becomes President of Italian Republic and annexes Piedmont, Parma and Piacenza, Peace of Amiens, French suppress L'Ouverture's rebellion in Santo Domingo and reintroduce slavery, Alexander Humboldt almost succeeds in climbing Mount Chimborao in EcuadorBabylonian cuneiform deciphered by Grotefund, Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 Charlotte Dundas is the first Steamship , William Herschel discovers binary stars and coins term 'Asteroid', Treviranus coins term 'biology', John Dalton introduces atomic theory into chemistry, Thomas Wedgwood produces the world's first photography but has no means of fixing the image 1803Suppression of rebellion in Ireland, Irish rebel Robert Emmet is captured and executed, Wellesley defeats Indians in Second Maratha War and occupies Orissa after defeat of Marathas, First Passenger Act to regulate transportation of emigrants by shipping companiesDespart Plot to kill King George III , Resume war with Napoleon over French refusal to withdraw from NetherlandsLousiana Purchase, French occupation of Hanover, Napoleon formulates plans to invade Britain, Haitian army led by Dessalines defeats French, Kamehameha of Hawaii unites eight of the islands employing British and Americans to act as governorsBeethoven's Eroica Symphony , Elgin Marbles removed from Parthenon, Turner's Calais Pier exhibited, Joseph Lancaster's Improvements in Education as it Respects the Industrious Classes Henry Shrapnel develops exploding shell, Dalton's Atomic theory 1804Hobart in Tasmania is founded, Matthew Flinders recommends that New Holland be renamed Australia, British occupy Surinam Pitt the Younger PM, First Corn Law, Gas lighting used for the first time in London at the Lyceum Theatre, Spain declares war on Britain thanks to NapoleonCode Napoleon introduced into France and occupied territories, Napoleon is proclaimed as Emperor by French Senate, Napoleon is crowned by Pope Pius VII Haiti gains Independence from French, Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Missouri River systemWilliam Blake's Jerusalem , Wordsworth's Intimations of Immortality Trevithick's first steam rail locomotive , Nicolas Appert opens world's first vacuum bottling factory in France, Wollaston finds palladium in platinum, John Wedgwood founds the Royal Horticultural Society 1805Nelson wins Battle of Trafalgar giving the Royal Navy control of the seas, Arthur Wellesley resigns in India, Britain and US break diplomatic relations due to issues of trade in the West Indies, Mungo Park starts his second expedition along the Niger RiverNapoleon gathers forces at Boulogne for invasion of Britain, Third coalition formed by Austria, Russia, Sweden and Britain against FranceNapoleon defeats combined Austrian-Russian army at Austerlitz, Napoleon crowned as King of Italy in Milan, Treaty of Pressburg sees Austria and France end conflict, Mehemet Ali becomes Pasha of Egypt Battle of Trafalgar Sir William Congreve develops rockets for use by the British army, Francis Beaufort develops his Beaufort scale for wind velocity, Sarturner isolates morphine 1806British occupy Cape of Good Hope , British impose continent wide blockade, Commodore Popham seizes Buenos Aires William Wyndam Grenville PM, Dartmoor Prison construction beginsNapoleon's continental system, Napoleon installs one brother as King of Naples and another as King of Holland, Confederation of Rhine created by Napoleon - officially ending Holy Roman Empire, Prussians defeated by Napoleon at Jena, Napoleon occupies Berlin, Peace of Posen forms Saxony as a kingdomBeethoven's Symphony No. 4 , Rossini's first opera Demetrio e Polibio Patrick Clark develops cotton thread as strong as linen thread, Humphrey Davy discovers electrolytic method for preparation of potassium and soda 1807Prohibition of shipment of slaves in British ships or to British colonies, British ban neutral nations from trading with France, British occupy Alexandria but are driven out by Turks, British ship Leopard fires on US ship Chesapeake and takes British deserters from American ship, US
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How many chromosomes do people have? - Genetics Home Reference How many chromosomes do people have? How many chromosomes do people have? In humans, each cell normally contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, for a total of 46. Twenty-two of these pairs, called autosomes, look the same in both males and females. The 23rd pair, the sex chromosomes, differ between males and females. Females have two copies of the X chromosome, while males have one X and one Y chromosome. The 22 autosomes are numbered by size. The other two chromosomes, X and Y, are the sex chromosomes. This picture of the human chromosomes lined up in pairs is called a karyotype. Credit: U.S. National Library of Medicine For more information about the 23 pairs of human chromosomes:
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1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? 3. Will Young has been invited to take part in which panel show after saying he is a fan? 4. Nasty Nick Cotton is to return to which TV soap? 5. Which author earns £3m a week in royalties, it was revealed this week? 6. Which band release the album Dig Out Your Soul on Monday? 7. In which year was a World Cup final first decided on penalties? 8. What is the tallest and thickest kind of grass? 9. Which TV cast had a hit with Hi-Fidelity? 10. What nationality was the composer Handel? 11. What is most expensive property in the board game Monopoly? 12. Which Scandinavian group had a top 20 hit in 1993 called Dark Is The Night? 13. In which century was King Henry IV of England born? 14. Who directed the film Alien? 15. Who was the only person to win a medal for Ireland at the Sydney Olympics in 2000? 16. What did Nicholas Copernicus argue was at the centre of our universe, and what was the common belief before then? 17. Which three American states begin with the letter O? 18. In what year did Ruth Ellis become the last woman to be hanged in England? 19. Who was the first British monarch to choose Buckingham Palace as their home? 20. How many Jack’s eyes are visible in a standard pack of playing cards? 21. What is Britain’s largest lake? 22. Cameroon gained its independence from which European country in 1960? 23. Who had a number one in 1960 called Only The Lonely? 24. The 1964 film My Fair Lady was based on a play by whom? 25. Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novels Agnes Gray and The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall? 26. Which American president once famously proclaimed: “Ich bin ein Berliner”? 27. Which element has the chemical symbol Pb? 28. What was the name of the murder victim at the beginning of the TV series Twin Peaks? 29. Who directed the 2001 film Mulholland Drive? 30. In horse racing, which three racecourses stage the five English classics? ANSWERS: 1. Rick Astley; 2. Othello; 3. Question Time; 4. Eastenders; 5. JK Rowling; 6. Oasis; 7. 1994; 8. Bamboo; 9. The Kids From Fame; 10. German; 11. Mayfair; 12. A-Ha; 13. 14th; 14. Ridley Scott; 15. Sonia O’Sullivan; 16. The Sun. Before then people believed it was the Earth; 17. Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon; 18. 1955; 19. Queen Victoria; 20. 12; 21. Loch Lomond; 22. France; 23. Roy Orbison; 24. George Bernard Shaw; 25. Anne; 26. John F. Kennedy; 27. Lead; 28. Laura Palmer; 29. David Lynch; 30. Doncaster, Epsom, Newmarket Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
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Women in Space: Dr. Anna Fisher, one of the 'Original Six' - SpaceFlight Insider Spaceflight Insider Mission Monitor Women in Space: Dr. Anna Fisher, one of the ‘Original Six’ Fisher in front of a rack of spacesuits at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama. Photo Credit: NASA J.D. Taylor April 30th, 2015 SpaceFlight Insider and USA in Space recently had a chance to interview U.S. astronaut Dr. Anna Lee Tingle Fisher. In 1978, Dr. Fisher was in the first group of six women ever selected to be American astronauts. Prior to 1978, women were not allowed into NASA’s Astronaut Training Program . In fact, the only woman to have gone into space was Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who went into space in 1963. Dr. Fisher was selected for NASA’s Space Shuttle program. She was one of six women in a group of 35, known as NASA’s Astronaut Group 8 . It had been almost 10 years since the Apollo era Group 7 was selected. NASA had decided that they no longer needed just military pilots, they needed people with a high degree of academics and now they wanted to include women in the selection process. All six women selected had doctorate degrees in ‘ STEM ‘ (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields or in medicine. They were both highly educated and motivated. Fisher’s official NASA portrait. Photo Credit: NASA Dr. Fisher is a chemist, a medical doctor, specializing in emergency medicine, and is a NASA astronaut . Today, at the age of 65, Fisher is the oldest active American astronaut. During her career at NASA, she has been involved with three major programs: the Shuttle Program, the International Space Station, and NASA’s new crew-rated spacecraft – Orion . Fisher said she knew she wanted to become an astronaut at the age of 12 when she heard the voice of Alan Shepard over the radio on his sub-orbital flight. In her dealings with NASA, she never felt any discrimination and felt that NASA was welcoming the women into the program. In fact, she said that she felt more negative attitudes in college against her becoming a doctor than she did by NASA in becoming an astronaut. Once she was accepted into the program, she knew there was a spotlight on all of them. They all knew, that from this group, the first American woman astronaut would be selected. Dr. Fisher said it did not matter to the group, who was selected to be the first American woman Astronaut. Just knowing that there was going to be a first woman was more important to them than who it was. They all understood the importance of being a contributing part of the space program and to pave the way for women in the future. Dr. Sally Ride was selected and made the historic flight on STS-7 on June 18, 1983, becoming America’s first woman astronaut . The SYNCOM IV-1 defense communications satellite is deployed out of Discovery’s payload bay during STS-51A. Photo Credit: NASA On November 8, 1984, Dr. Fisher launched into space on the Space Shuttle Discovery (OV-103) . For Fisher, this was a dream come true. As a mother, this meant she was the first mother in space. She said that she most enjoyed the thrill of the launch and time spent looking out the windows at the Earth passing so fast below. One of her favorite moments in space was looking into the cargo bay of the Shuttle and seeing the two satellites they had captured from their orbits in space. The two satellites were secured in the shuttle bay earlier in the mission. The STS-51-A mission marked the first time a shuttle deployed two communications satellites, and then retrieved from orbit two other communications satellites. The Anik D-2 and Syncom IV-1 satellite were deployed and Westar 6 and Palapa B2 satellite were retrieved. She spent 7 days, 23 hours, and 44 minutes in space and had completed 127 orbits of the Earth before landing at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Dr. Fisher was assigned to be on the flight manifest for the launch after the next Challenger shuttle launch . On Jan. 28, 1986, Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) (mission STS-51-L) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of i
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Royal Central’s Countdown to Christmas: Day Two – Royal Central So it’s the 2nd December and Royal Central are back to let you open the next door on our very own Royal advent calendar. The year that takes the spotlight in our second article is The Queen’s ‘Annus Horribilis’, 1992. Firstly what did The Queen have to say? And what happened in that year? 17th January- In a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attack near Omagh, seven construction workers are killed and seven more are injured. 8th February- Great Britain and Northern Ireland begin competing at the Winter Olympics in Albertville, France. They did not win any medals. 11th March- Prime Minister John Major announces that the General Election will be held on 9th April. 27th April- Betty Boothroyd becomes the first female to be elected as the Speaker of the House of Commons. 12th May- Plans are unveiled for a fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport. 30th June- Margaret Thatcher takes her place in the House of Lords, nineteen months after resigning as Prime Minister. 21st July- British Airways announces a takeover of US Air. 27th August- Hugh McKiben becomes the 3,000th victim of the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland. 30th September- The Royal Mint introduces a new ten pence coin which is lighter and smaller than the previous coin. 9th October- Two suspected IRA bombs explode in London – nobody was injured. 11th November- The Church of England votes to allow women to become priests. 1st December- The first episode of the children’s series The Animals of Farthing Wood airs on television. But just what happened Royally? 6th February- Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her Ruby Jubilee, marking 40 years since her accession to the throne. 19th March- Buckingham Palace announce that the Duke and Duchess of York are to separate after six years of marriage. 29th March- Diana, Princess of Wales’ father, John Spencer, 8th Earl of Spencer, dies suddenly from pneumonia. Windsor Castle, where a fire broke out on The Queen and Prince Philip’s 45th Wedding Anniversary 13th April- Princess Anne announces her divorce from Captain Mark Phillips after 18 years of marriage. They separated in 1989. 7th June- A controversial new biography of Diana, Princess of Wales is published. It was written by Andrew Morton. 20th November- A fire breaks out at Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage. The same day that The Queen and Prince Philip were celebrating their 45th wedding anniversary. 24th November- The Queen describes 1992 as a ‘Annus Horribillis” in a speech to the Guildhall. 9th December- The separation of Prince Charles and Diana is announced after months of speculation. 12th December- Marriage of Princess Anne and Timothy Lawrence. 23rd December- The Queen’s Christmas message is leaked 48 hours before transmission. So, as mentioned, Her Majesty The Queen described 1992 as her ‘Annus Horribilis’ in a speech to the Guildhall on 24th November. She was referencing the turbulent times she and her family had experienced over the past twelve months. See part of that speech below: “1992 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. In the words of one of my more sympathetic correspondents, it has turned out to be a ‘Annus Horribilis’. I suspect that I am not alone in thinking it so. Indeed, I suspect that there are very few people or institutions unaffected by these last months of worldwide turmoil and uncertainty. This generosity and whole-hearted kindness of the Corporation of the City to Prince Philip and me would be welcome at any time, but at this particular moment, in the aftermath of Friday’s tragic fire at Windsor, it is especially so”. Anything you can add about 1992, be sure to let us know below! Featured Photo Credit: ogoco
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Find Your Animal Symbols & Animal Symbol Meanings Ant: Animal Symbols Ants are symbols meaning the accomplishment of a great labor, wisdom and providence. Ants are industrious and cooperate well as a group for community benefit. The strength of ants in proportion to their size is also legendary. Ants are social insects related to wasps and bees. Ants form colonies where each ant has a specific role to play for the survivial of the group as a whole. Ants thrive all over the world with the exception of Antartica and a few islands. Ants are used in many cultures for both food and medication. Ants are believed to communicate through their sense of smell, aided by their long antennae. More Information on This Website Nature and Its Symbols Antelope: Animal Symbols Antelopes are symbols meaning beauty, sharp vision, gentleness and speed. In ancient Rome, the antelope was sacred to Minerva, goddess of wisdom. The fleetness of the antelope has been proverbial in many cultures. For a woman to be compared to an antelope is a high compliment: she is graceful, beautiful and has beautiful eyes. The keen eyesight of the antelope led to a belief in ancient Persia and Arabia that antelopes could see into the future. The fleetness of the antelope, also known as a gazelle, was also legendary. In the Rig-Veda, the antelope is the steed of the winds. The gazelle also appears in the Old Testament, representing man armed with two horns (abstinence and obedience) to defend himself from temptation. Recommended Amazon Books About Antelope Nature and Its Symbols Camel: Animal Symbols Camels are symbols meaning both humility, willingness to serve and obstinacy. In medieval art and sculpture, the camel was used to represent humility and the willingness to bear another's burden, largely because camels are trained to kneel down to receive heavy loads. Many artists employing this symbolism had no direct experience with camels. In the east, however, camels are famous as being disagreeable and obstinate. An eastern proverb proclaims that the camel, "Curses it its ancestors on the way up a hill and its Maker on the way down." For Egyptians, camels are symbolic of complainers and those who are slow on their feet. The average life expectancy of a camel is 45 years. They can run at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour and sustain sppeds of 25 miles per hour. Their humps actually sotre fatty tissue rather than water as is commonly believed. More Information on This Website Nature and Its Symbols Cat: Animal Symbols Cats are symbols meaning spiritual power and freedom or love of liberty. Cats were sacred in ancient Egypt. The Egyptian goddess Bast was feline and her chariot was drawn by cats. In the Christian world, cats were maligned as associating with witches and the devil. Cats have also been used as negative symbols of women, especially predatory women or those who seek to entice men to sexual misconduct. Likewise, "tom-cats" have a similar reputation. To be "catty" is to be flirtatious. A "cat-house" is a place of prostitution. In addition, the cat is highly fertile and often has large litters. These associations have dampened the cat's magical qualities in some circles, although cats remain a favorite pet and useful for keeping the rodent population in check around the world. Cats have been associated with humans for at least 9,500 years. They are the most popular pet worldwide. More Information About Cats on This Website Nature and Its Symbols Deer: Animal Symbols Deer are symbols meaning heavenly longing, undisciplined vigor, the defeat of evil and the ability to renew one's youth. The deer's search for water in the wilderness has often been compared to man's search for God. There is a le that deer draw snakes from their holes and then trample them to death--this is the basis of the idea of deer as defeaters of evil. In ancient Greece, the stag was a symbol of the anchorite or celibate dedicated to God. For the Druids, a deer or hart was also capable of prophecy. Visions often occurred in the presence of deer. (Photo courtesy of
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The Roman Arena - Archaeology Magazine Archive The Roman Arena by Shelby Brown How the Games Worked Many popular ideas about the Roman arena were formed in the nineteenth century from popular images and accounts. The influential artist Jean Léon Gérôme used genuine gladiatorial art and equipment from Pompeii as models for his paintings of ancient Rome and the arena, but he also invented freely in dramatizing his scenes. Movies from Quo Vadis to Gladiator have drawn on such works to depict a world of strangely armed gladiators, Christians nobly awaiting attack by lions, and "thumbs down" death-gestures by emperors and rabid crowds. Actual Roman images of the arena are quite different: crowds and emperors are rarely shown, we are not sure which direction the thumb actually pointed in the famous death gesture, and victims of attack by big cats were certainly neither dignified nor noble. The Romans glorified the bravery shown in the arena, but trivialized the events and degraded the participants. Mosaic pictures of executions and combats, graphically violent to our eyes, were displayed in the public rooms and even dining rooms in the homes of wealthy Romans. How can the viewer today possibly understand such images? Until fairly recently, modern authors writing about the arena minimized its significance and represented the institutionalized violence as a sideline to Roman history. The tendency was also to view the events through our own eyes and to see them as pitiful or horrifying, although to most Romans empathy with victims of the arena was inconceivable. In the past few decades, however, scholars have started to analyze the complex motivations for deadly public entertainments and for contradictory views of gladiators as despised, yet beloved hero-slaves. Artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904) painted several scenes of the arena, including Pollice Verso (Thumbs Down) in 1872 and The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer in 1883. Images from the Art Renewal Center website, www.artrenewal.org . Click on thumbnails for larger versions on that site. Protests by Romans against the games were rare (Seneca, Letters 7.2-5), and complaints (at least by non-Christians) tended to focus on the low aspect of the entertainment rather than on the cruelty of the events. Far from being pitiful or horrifying, the image of an adult being thrown to the beasts was a reminder of an edifying entertainment. Roman scenes in different media show bloody attacks by lions and leopards against men propped up in the arms of animal-handlers, or tied to stakes in moveable carts. The image might have made a new, foreign slave wince as he cleaned the mosaic floor, and it might have caused him to think twice about running away. Nevertheless, it was clearly not intended to make those household slaves whose roles were well-established feel uncomfortably empathetic. Rather, it documented the brutal maintenance of social order and reinforced the solidarity of those who already belonged to that order. The Context of the Games The arena played a significant role in Roman public life from the third century B.C. into the fifth century A.D., but the origin of gladiatorial games is somewhat obscure. The earliest recorded Roman examples were hand-to-hand combats, probably involving captives, performed at funerary games at Rome. The first took place in in the Forum Boarium (the cattle market) in 264 B.C. The two sons of Brutus Pera gave an exhibition of an unspecified number of gladiators in honor of their dead father (Valerius Maximus 2.4.7). The three sons of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus presented funeral games for three days in their father's honor in the Forum Romanum in 216 B.C., providing 22 pairs of gladiators (Livy 23.30.15). From these relatively modest beginnings the games grew and grew. The arena played a significant role in Roman public life from the third century B.C. into the fifth century A.D., but the direct origin of gladiatorial games is somewhat obscure. The Etruscans are credited (secondhand, by the Greek writer Athenaeus in the first century A.D., who was quoting
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'Mud', Mark Morrison, 'Seal' and 'Eternal' have all had hit songs with which title?
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Top 100 Of 90's Dance Music | Hundred Best 90's Dance Songs List | Songs For Dancing | 90 Dance | Songs That Make You Dance 90's Dance Music Songs List - Top 100 1. C+C Music Factory - Gonna Make You Sweat 2. Ce Ce Peniston - Finally 3. Madonna - Vogue 5. Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart 6. Whitney Houston - I'm Every Woman 7. Run DMC feat. Jason Nevins - It's Like That 8. House Of Pain - Jump Around 9. Tag Team - Whoomp There It Is 10. Mariah Carey - Fantasy 11. Artful Dodger ft Craig David - Re-rewind 12. The Bucketheads - The Bomb 13. Mark Morrison - Return Of The Mack 14. Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby 15. Basement Jaxx - Red Alert 16. EMF - Unbelievable 17. Will Smith - Gettin' Jiggy Wit It 18. Reel To Real - I Like To Move It 19. U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer 20. Michael Jackson - Black Or White 21. Salt 'N' Pepa (feat. En Vogue) - Whatta Man 22. Robin S - Show Me Love 23. 2 Unlimited - Get Ready For This 24. Daft Punk - Around The World 25. The Prodigy - Firestarter 27. Haddaway - What Is Love 28. Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper 29. Armand Van Helden feat. Duane Harden - You Don't Know Me 30. Fatboy Slim - Rockefeller Skank 31. Corona - Rhythm Of The Night 32. Groove Armada - I See You Baby 33. Kriss Kross - Jump 34. Notorious B.I.G. - Mo Money Mo Problems 35. Bizarre Inc feat Angie Brown - I'm Gonna Get You 36. Tori Amos - Professional Widow 37. Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom 38. Nightcrawlers - Push The Feeling On 39. Quad City DJs - C'mon 'N Ride It (The Train) 40. Snap - Rhythm Is A Dancer 41. Crystal Waters - Gypsy Woman 42. 2 Unlimited - No Limit 43. Jennifer Lopez - Waiting For Tonight 44. Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It 45. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You 46. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity 48. K7 & The Swing Kids - Come Baby Come 49. Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison 50. Vengaboys - Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! 51. Lisa Stansfield - All Around The World 52. En Vogue - Hold On 53. Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 54. Rosie Gaines - Closer Than Close 55. Ultra Nate - Free 56. Vengaboys - We Like To Party 57. Culture Beat - Mr Vain 58. Everything But The Girl - Missing 59. Marky Mark - Good Vibrations 60. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature 61. Ace Of Base - All That She Wants 62. TLC - Creep 63. Crystal Waters - 100% Pure Love 64. La Bouche - Be My Lover 65. Black Box - Strike It Up 66. 69 Boyz - Tootsie Roll 67. Black Box - Everybody Everybody 68. Wreckx-N-Effect - Rumpshaker 69. Boyz II Men - Motown Philly 70. Rozalla - Everybody's Free 71. Will Smith - Men In Black 72. Spice Girls - Say You'll Be There 73. Spice Girls - Who Do You Think You Are 74. Mariah Carey - Emotions 75. Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner 76. Ricky Martin - Livin' La Vida Loca 77. Dreamer - Livin' Joy 79. Right Said Fred - I'm Too Sexy 80. Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back 81. MC Sar & The Real McCoy - Another Night 82. Cathy Dennis - Touch Me (All Night Long) 83. M People - Moving On Up 84. Adamski & Seal - Killer 86. Livin' Joy - Don't Stop Movin' 87. Underworld - Born Slippy
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Level 3 - General Knowledge 1000, - Memrise General Knowledge 1000 Ready to learn Ready to review Ignore words Check the boxes below to ignore/unignore words, then click save at the bottom. Ignored words will never appear in any learning session. Who wrote the Opera Madam Butterfly India What links - Goa - Kerula - Assam - Bihar George Orwell Eric Arthur Blaire was the real name of which author Shoemaker Names - Baker Cook obvious what did Cordwainer do China Which country do Sinologists study Barbara Stanwyck Rudy Stevens became famous under which name Grenadine Which non alcoholic cordial is made from pomegranates Dancing What is Orchesis - either professional or amateur Art of Horses Taken literally what should you see in a Hippodrome Alexander Dumas Who wrote the Man in the Iron Mask Hocus Pocus Which 1993 Disney film starred Bet Middler as a witch Louis Bleriot Who piloted the first flight across the English channel Dr No What was the first James Bond film Silence of the Lambs What 1991 film won best film Addis Ababa What was the capital of Ethiopia Medicine Aescapalious emblem staff snake Greek Roman god of what Motorcycle Racing Giacomo Agostini - 122 Grand Prix 15 world titles what sport Alaska What is the largest state in the USA Berlin Mexico London Led Deighton trilogy Game Set Match What 3 Capitals Woody Allen Alan Stuart Konigsberg famous as who Amnesty International Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977 Nelson Mandela Whose autobiography was The long walk to Freedom Tutankamen tomb What was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter Pluto Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930 Jackie Joyner-Kersey Who won the women's heptathlon at Seoul in 1988 Jayne Austin Who ran through the streets naked crying Eureka Johan Sebastian Bach Who composed the Brandeberg concertos .Full name Minnesota twins Who won the World Series in 1987 Your Holiness What is the correct term of address to the Pope Edinburgh In which city was Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847 Tchaikovsky Who composed the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker The Deaf AG Bell opened school in Boston in 1872 for Teachers of what Jack Benny Benjamin Kubelsky 1894 fame as what comedian Jonah In the Old Testament what book comes between Obadiah - Micah Mrs Doubtfire Robin Williams dressed in drag for which 1993 film Bishop Which chess piece could be a member of the church Blitzkrieg Which German word means lightning war used in WW2 Cabbage Broccoli belongs to what family of plants I. Kingdom Brunel Who designed the first Iron ship the Great Britain in 1845 Donald Campbell Whose boat Bluebird was recently raised from Coniston water Buick - Chrysler in 1951 which (of two) car companies introduced power steering Joseph Heller Who wrote Catch 22 (both names) Netherlands Which country set up the world’s first chemistry lab in 1650 Chess World Champs What links the names Botvinik Chrysanthemum What is the national flower of Japan Hit Gong Bombardier Billy Wells was seen on many Rank films - why Bordeaux Where in France do claret wines come from Logarithms What did mathematician John Napier invent in 1614 IBM FORTRAN
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PSA Pacific Southwest Airlines history The History of PSA 1949 Pacific Southwest Airlines began initial operations on May 6, 1949, flying a leased DC-3 aircraft with a seating capacity of 31 once a week between San Diego and Oakland via Hollywood/Burbank. Original fares for the three-city route structure were: SAN-OAK $15.60, SAN-BUR $5.65, and BUR-OAK $9.95. By the end of 1949, PSA was operating two DC-3s and had carried 15,011 revenue passengers over 321,112 plane miles. The airline posted operating revenues of $172,796 against operating expenses of $160,902 for a net profit of $11,984. 1950 PSA operated over the same three destination route structure in 1950. Revenue passenger totals tripled as the airline carried 45,390 travelers. While operating revenues advanced to $503,737, operating expenses increased to $517,334 and a net loss of $8,597 was posted for the year. 1951 PSA added a fourth destination in July 1951 with the initiation of service to San Francisco from San Diego, and Burbank at fares of $17.25 and $11.70 respectively. PSA flew 1,162,678 plane miles, carried 75,995 revenue passengers and posted a net profit of $6,093. At year's end the number of people employed had increased from the original 50 to 119 with annual payroll of $366,605. 1952 PSA's fleet of DC-3's increased to four in 1952 as the airline continuted to serve San Diego, Hollywood/Burbank, Oakland and San Francisco. PSA carried 92,484 revenue passengers and logged operating revenues of $1,125,364 against operating expenses of $1,151,972 for a $26,608 net loss. 1953 During 1953, service was inaugurated from San Diego and Hollywood/Burbank to Long Beach with fares of $4.80 and $2.25 respectively. For the year, PSA posted a net loss of $37,577 based on operating revenues of $1,454,413 and operating expenses of $1,491,990. PSA carried 115,028 revenue passengers and flew 1,877,903 plane miles. The number of employees increased to 190 with an annual payroll of $521,967. 1954 In 1954, PSA discontinued operations at Oakland and Long Beach and reverted to a three city route structure, serving the cities of San Diego, San Francisco, and Hollywood/Burbank. Fares were as follows: SAN-SFO $19.05, BUR-SFO $13.50, and SAN-BUR $5.45. The number of revenue passengers decreased by approximately 13,000 from the previous year as PSA carried a total of 102,124 passengers. However, the airline posted a net profit of $26,711. 1955 PSA purchased two McDonnell-Douglas DC-4 aircraft in 1955 to replace its DC-3 equipment. The larger, faster DC-4's were configured to carry 70 passengers, more than twice that of
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Text Only--Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park commemorates the work of Orville and Wilbur Wright in the Dayton, Ohio, area where the brothers lived and worked. Historic sites at the park include the building which housed the Wright Cycle Company and Wright and Wright Printing; Huffman Prairie Flying Field; and the 1905 biplane, Wright Flyer III. Although the test flights at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina , represented a major breakthrough in humanity's conquest of the air, the Wright's attempts to conquer the air began when they were children in Dayton with the parental encouragement they were given to experiment and investigate whatever aroused their curiosity. By the fall of 1896, the Wright brothers began tackling the problems of mechanical human flight. By July 1899, they had discovered the fundamental aeronautical principle of lateral control, among the Wright brothers' greatest achievements. The Wrights realized from the beginning that a key problem of human flight was how to control the machine in the air. Previous aviation experiments had determined how to control a craft in pitch (vertical control) and yaw (horizontal control), but no one before the Wrights had yet discovered or developed a principle of roll (lateral control). However, after more than two years of watching buzzards gliding over a hill in Dayton, the Wrights realized that by twisting the wings so that on one side a greater angle was made to the wind, and on the other side there was simultaneously less of an angle, an airplane could be rolled to one side or the other. The Wrights set out to test this theory and in August 1899 they built their first aircraft, a bi-plane kite, and test flew it in a vacant lot in west Dayton. The wing-warping worked; the kite was controllable, and the Wrights went on in 1900 to build their first man-carrying glider. They made a dozen successful flights in Kitty Hawk and conducted an intensive aerodynamic program in their bicycle shop in the fall of 1901 which perfected a newer glider, and later, in the same shop, with the help of their mechanic, Charlie Taylor, they designed and built an engine for an airplane, which met with success on December 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk. Wright Cycle Company and Wright and Wright Printing: In this brick building, a National Historic Landmark , Wilbur and Orville Wright manufactured bicycles on the first floor and operated a printing press on the second floor from 1895 to 1897. The two years they spent working with sprockets, spokes, chain drives, tires, metals and machines were of inestimable value in preparing the brothers for their subsequent success with gliders and flying machines. In addition, the profits they made from their businesses helped finance their later aviation experiments. It was while the Wrights occupied the building at 22 South Williams Street that they became seriously and actively interested in solving the problems of heavier-than-air powered flight. The printing business on the second floor required access to national news wires, which carried word of Otto Lilienthal's death to the shop in 1896. Lilienthal, the famous German aviation pioneer known as the father of gliding and credited as the first man in the world to launch himself into the air and fly, died from injuries received in a glider accident and his death catalyzed the brothers' interest in developing a safe and practical flying machine. The shop, integral to the development of the airplane, has been restored and opened
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What is the nearest large town to Ben Nevis
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119 Hotels near Ben Nevis, Fort William, UK. Book your hotel now! - Booking.com You have signed up successfully Shortly, you will receive news about top-rated hotels, irresistible deals and exciting destinations. You're done, you can close this window now. Thank you Your sign-up was successful! We will send you the latest news about our half-price deals. You can always manage your subscriptions by signing in to your account. You're done, you can close this window now. What guests said about Fort William: Anonymous Check with the visitors centre at the base of Ben Nevis what conditions are like, start walking if suitable weather and ask walkers on their return from the mountain of their experience, and remember weather can change at any time during the day for the better or worse, lucky for me it was for the better Check with the visitors centre at the base of Ben Nevis what conditions are like, start walking if suitable weather and ask walkers on their return from the mountain of their experience, and remember weather can change at any time during the day for the better or worse, lucky for me it was for the better. Anonymous Visited loch ness at Fort Augustu and Glefinon viaduct in heavy rain, but missed the cable car ride up Ben Nevis due to bad weather during our stay Visited loch ness at Fort Augustu and Glefinon viaduct in heavy rain, but missed the cable car ride up Ben Nevis due to bad weather during our stay Rose United Kingdom climbing Ben Nevis was the most beautiful and unforgettable day of my life especially walking pitch black without any torch or lights or seeking help from any Mountain Rescue Team,it took 3 hours to climb and took me 6 hours coming down because I injured my knee climbing Ben Nevis was the most beautiful and unforgettable day of my life especially walking pitch black without any torch or lights or seeking help from any Mountain Rescue Team,it took 3 hours to climb and took me 6 hours coming down because I injured my knee...that was pure hell but a very unforgettable moment of my life I just cant believe how I manage to reach down to my hotel in such pain and agony,thanks God I'm back home and preparing back to work next week Anonymous Ben Nevis climb, Steam Train to Malaig, and an easy return trip to Loch Ness Ben Nevis climb, Steam Train to Malaig, and an easy return trip to Loch Ness Karl United Kingdom early May, it has been great conditions for walking up Ben Nevis both times I have been to Fort William twice around the same time of year which was at end of April / early May, it has been great conditions for walking up Ben Nevis both times. Starting at the tourist info centre car park it has been a very busy route both times but well worth the effort at the top. The first accent was into a blizzard at around 900m upwards but the second time was crystal clear Stunning and snow capped. For the last 20 mins to the top it was very very cold ( -5 plus another -5 wind chill) but back at the bottom it was around 14'C so don't be fooled. enjoy! Anonymous If going up Ben Nevis must have correct clothing and footwear and have a reasonable level of fitness as climb and descent can be gruelling for the first time climber If going up Ben Nevis must have correct clothing and footwear and have a reasonable level of fitness as climb and descent can be gruelling for the first time climber . Would not attempt in winter without a professional guide. We began our climb from the Ben Nevis Inn which is a good place to start your climb particularly if it's your first experience of a mountain climb. Popular hotels near Ben Nevis
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Treasure Island Analysis - eNotes.com Treasure Island Analysis link Link Admiral Benbow Inn Admiral Benbow Inn. Public inn owned by Jim Hawkins’s parents near Black Hill Cove, an isolated and sheltered bay on Devon’s north coast, along the road to Bristol, that is an ideal place for smugglers to come ashore. Tucked between somber hills and the rocky cove, up whose cliffs the surf roars during storms, the inn is remote from even the nearest hamlet, Kitt’s Hole, and conveys an atmosphere of unrelieved loneliness and foreboding. The novel opens with a menacing figure appearing at the inn and demanding a room. Later unmasked as the pirate captain Billy Bones, he long overstays his welcome and so tyrannizes the inn that other guests leave, and Jim’s father weakens and dies an early death. Having chosen the Benbow Inn because of its isolation, Bones lives in daily fear of being discovered by fellow pirates; after they finally appear, he dies of apoplexy, and Jim and his mother flee the inn before the other pirates return—but not before they open his seachest and find a map of Treasure Island. Despite the fear Jim experiences at the inn, he later dreams of returning there while he is experiencing even worse dangers on Treasure Island. Admiral Benbow Inn is aptly named after a late seventeenth century English admiral, John Benbow, who won renown for fighting pirates in the West Indies and for his heroic death in action against the French after the captains serving under him mutinied. *Bristol *Bristol. Busy port city in southwestern England where the expedition of the Hispaniola begins and ends. Bristol is also the home of the crafty one-legged pirate Long John Silver, who signs on for the voyage as ship’s cook. Silver owns a tavern in Bristol called the Spy-glass. While waiting for the Hispaniola to sail, he befriends Jim, accompanies him around Bristol’s docks and teaches him about ships and the sea. To Jim, Bristol is an exciting portal to the world outside, and he says though he “had lived by the shore all my life, I seemed never to have been near the sea till then.” Hispaniola Hispaniola. Ship on which Jim and his companions sail from England to Treasure Island and back. Apart from the fact that the Hispaniola is a sturdy two-hundred-ton schooner that sails well and initially has a crew of about twenty men, Stevenson describes little about the ship and even less about its voyages across the Atlantic, thereby avoiding details of navigation with which he was not familiar. Nevertheless, he makes the ship the setting for several of the novel’s most thrilling moments. Even before its voyage begins, the captain expresses concern about the trustworthiness of the crew—which has been assembled by Squire Trelawney—so Jim’s companions “garrison” the after part of the ship in case trouble develops. A key moment at sea occurs when Jim innocently climbs inside a large apple barrel on deck and overhears the crew plotting mutiny. The mutiny itself occurs ashore, after the ship anchors off Treasure Island, and the mutineers seize the ship only after the captain’s party go ashore to hole up in an old stockade. From that point, the ship becomes a kind of albatross; it is almost useless to the mutineers, who cannot navigate it, and is of limited use to the captain’s party because of their small numbers. The latter choose to take their chances ashore, confident that a relief ship will eventually find them. Meanwhile, the mutineers plunder the ship’s stores, get drunk, and fight among themselves. Their recklessness later allows Jim to retake the ship single-handedly and even work it around to the opposite side of the island, where he beaches it and kills a mutineer in a desperate fight in the ship’s rigging. Treasure Island Treasure Island. Small, uninhabited island, located in or near the West Indies—the classic center of pirate activity. The novel’s plot is driven by a map of the island revealing where a pirate named Captain Flint buried the fabulous treasure that Jim and his companions cross the Atlantic to find. Indeed, Stevenson created the
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Great Slave Lake is in which country?
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About Great Slave Lake in Canada - Map, Location, Facts, Best Time to Visit Great Slave Lake In Canada PDF Great Slave Lake – Deepest Lake in North America Great Slave Lake is a large, deep lake located in the Northwest Territories of Canada, and a popular site to fish in both the summer and the winter. It is the deepest lake in North America (ranking 9th worldwide), and the second largest in the Northwest Territories after the Great Bear Lake. The lake is named for the Slavey people, a First Nations indigenous tribe, who originally inhabited the lake around Great Slave Lake. The Slavey people established the town of Dettah and others. British explorers arrived in the area in 1771, and the lake was frozen. Communities around the lake include the towns of Yellowknife, Hay River, Hay River Reserve, Behchoko, Fort Resolution, Dettah, N’Dilo, and the small village of Lutselk’e, which is mostly populated by native Chipewyans. Yellowknife became the capital of the Northwest Territories after the gold discovery in the 1930s, and later became the country’s diamond capital. The lake’s tributaries are the Hay, Slave, and Taltson Rivers, and the Mackenzie River drains the lake into the Arctic Ocean. The lake was formed by glaciers, and still partially freezes over during winter. One ice road exists – the Dettah ice road, connecting Yellowknife to Dettah. There are islands within the lake and plenty of recreation opportunities. The East Arm of the lake is part of Thaydene Nene National Park, and to the south is Wood Buffalo National Park. Around the lake are many popular spots for fishing and ice fishing for a variety of fish species, including whitefish, trout, and perch. Great Slave Lake Map Location of Great slave lake in Canada Great Slave Lake Facts This Lake is 614 meters deep (336 fathoms, 2,010 feet). This Lake measures 480 kilometers (300 miles) long, and ranges from 19 to 109 kilometers (12 to 68 miles) wide, with an area of 27,200 square kilometers (10,502 square miles). The volume of the Great Slave Lake ranges from 1,070 cubic kilometers (260 cubic miles) to 2,088 cubic kilometers (501 cubic miles). The Deh Cho Bridge is the longest jointless bridge on the continent. Where is Great Slave Lake? Great Slave Lake is located in the southern part of Canada’s Northwest Territories near the Alberta border. The lake communities are situated along Yellowknife Highway (Highway 3). The recently built Deh Cho Bridge crosses the Mackenzie River allowing vehicle access to Yellowknife during all seasons without the need for a ferry. The easiest way to travel around the Slave Lake is by car, but there are bus services to some of the towns around the lake. Another option is to take an ice fishing tour during winter. Some people opt for airplanes and bush planes to get access to other parts of the region that are without accessible roads. When to Visit Great Slave Lake As an outdoor recreation spot, Lake has something to offer year-round. Parts of the lake freeze over from November through May, and often into June, and it’s a popular spot for ice fishing. The ice road is also an interesting draw to the area. During the summer, fishing and other outdoor activities take place around the lake. Nearby Attractions of Great Slave Lake Nahanni National Park Reserve, Wood Buffalo National Park, Inuvik Last updated : Wednesday, December 28, 2016
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Indian Country Wisconsin - Great Lakes History: A General View Black Hawk Tens-qua-ta-wa The Great Lakes is a chain of inland lakes -- Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, and Lake Superior -- stretching from New York to Minnesota. Because they comprise such a large waterway, they have played a vital role in the lives and histories of Indian peoples who have resided along their shores for millennia. Most Indian groups living in the Great Lakes region for the last five centuries are of the Algonkian language family. This includes such present-day Wisconsin tribes as the Menominee, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi. Some tribes--such as the Stockbridge-Munsee and the Brothertown--are also Algonkian-speaking tribes who relocated from the eastern seaboard to the Great Lakes region in the nineteenth century. The Oneida who live near Green Bay belong to the Iroquois language group and the Ho-chunk of Wisconsin are one of the few Great Lakes tribes to speak a Siouan language. Although there have been many differences in language and customs between different Indian tribes, Great Lakes Indian communities have had many things in common. They comprise a general culture called "Woodland" after its adaptation to North America's northeastern and southeastern woodlands. Woodland Indian societies have depended to a large degree on forest products for their survival, and Great Lakes Indians hunted, fished, gathered wild foods, and practiced agriculture for their subsistence. In many parts of the Great Lakes -- particularly northern Wisconsin -- Indians depended on wild rice as a dietary staple, while Indians in areas without wild rice generally cultivated corn. Where sugar maples grow, Great Lakes Indians established sugar-making camps in early spring and made sugar from tree sap. Establishing Trade The exact date of initial European contact with the Great Lakes Indians is unknown. During the early 1500s, European ships and fishing crews off the coast of northeastern Canada often traded with Indians there. The first recorded contact between Europeans and the Great Lakes Indians occurred between 1534 and 1542 when Jacques Cartier of France explored the St. Lawrence River. His failure to find gold or silver reduced French interest in North America but, despite this, Samuel de Champlain established the city of Quebec and along with it the colony of New France in 1608. The French quickly developed a military and economic alliance with neighboring Algonkian tribes and the Iroquoian-speaking Huron near Lake Huron. Soon, the Dutch of New Netherland established a rival colony in present-day New York, and developed similar trade networks with the five Iroquois nations (the League of the Iroquois) in upstate New York. Later, when the English conquered New Netherland in 1664 and renamed it New York, the Iroquois transferred their loyalties to the English. In the 1640s, the Iroquois began a series of wars in the Great Lakes region mainly motivated by the rich fur-bearing lands of other Indian groups, completely wiping out some tribes, including the Erie, and scattering others such as the Huron from their original homelands. The wars between the Iroquois League and the French-allied tribes persisted until 1701, although there were long periods of relative peace during that time. These wars radically changed the human landscape of the Great Lakes region. Tribes in Michigan's southern peninsula -- the Potawatomi, Ojibwe, Sauk, Fox, and Ottawa -- were pushed farther west into Wisconsin during the 1600s. Some tribes that moved into Wisconsin because of the Iroquois wars, including the Huron, Miami, Sauk, Fox, Mascouten, and Kickapoo, left Wisconsin during the 1700s for new lands west of the Mississippi or other parts of the Midwest. Some refugees of the Iroquois wars, namely the Potawatomi and Ojibwe, stayed in Wisconsin. Introduction of Disease Indian people of the Great Lakes also suffered from European diseases, which often devastated their communities. Unlike Europeans, Indians did not have natural immunities to diseases such as smallpox, measle
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