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Who was Theodore Roosevelt's Vice President between 1905 and 1909?
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Charles W. Fairbanks - Vice President to President Theodore Roosevelt} Charles W. Fairbanks U.S. Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks Be the first to review Charles W. Fairbanks, a member of the Republican Party , took office as the 26th Vice President of the United States on March 4, 1905 at age 52. Fairbanks served as VP to President Theodore Roosevelt for 4 years through March 4, 1909. He was born in Union County, Ohio and received an education from Ohio Wesleyan University. See all U.S. Vice Presidents Write a Review
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William Howard Taft | whitehouse.gov Air Force One William Howard Taft William Howard Taft was elected the 27th President of the United States (1909-1913) and later became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States (1921-1930), the only person to have served in both of these offices. Distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician, William Howard Taft spent four uncomfortable years in the White House. Large, jovial, conscientious, he was caught in the intense battles between Progressives and conservatives, and got scant credit for the achievements of his administration. Born in 1857, the son of a distinguished judge, he graduated from Yale, and returned to Cincinnati to study and practice law. He rose in politics through Republican judiciary appointments, through his own competence and availability, and because, as he once wrote facetiously, he always had his "plate the right side up when offices were falling." But Taft much preferred law to politics. He was appointed a Federal circuit judge at 34. He aspired to be a member of the Supreme Court, but his wife, Helen Herron Taft, held other ambitions for him. His route to the White House was via administrative posts. President McKinley sent him to the Philippines in 1900 as chief civil administrator. Sympathetic toward the Filipinos, he improved the economy, built roads and schools, and gave the people at least some participation in government. President Roosevelt made him Secretary of War, and by 1907 had decided that Taft should be his successor. The Republican Convention nominated him the next year. Taft disliked the campaign--"one of the most uncomfortable four months of my life." But he pledged his loyalty to the Roosevelt program, popular in the West, while his brother Charles reassured eastern Republicans. William Jennings Bryan, running on the Democratic ticket for a third time, complained that he was having to oppose two candidates, a western progressive Taft and an eastern conservative Taft. Progressives were pleased with Taft's election. "Roosevelt has cut enough hay," they said; "Taft is the man to put it into the barn." Conservatives were delighted to be rid of Roosevelt--the "mad messiah." Taft recognized that his techniques would differ from those of his predecessor. Unlike Roosevelt, Taft did not believe in the stretching of Presidential powers. He once commented that Roosevelt "ought more often to have admitted the legal way of reaching the same ends." Taft alienated many liberal Republicans who later formed the Progressive Party, by defending the Payne-Aldrich Act which unexpectedly continued high tariff rates. A trade agreement with Canada, which Taft pushed through Congress, would have pleased eastern advocates of a low tariff, but the Canadians rejected it. He further antagonized Progressives by upholding his Secretary of the Interior, accused of failing to carry out Roosevelt's conservation policies. In the angry Progressive onslaught against him, little attention was paid to the fact that his administration initiated 80 antitrust suits and that Congress submitted to the states amendments for a Federal income tax and the direct election of Senators. A postal savings system was established, and the Interstate Commerce Commission was directed to set railroad rates. In 1912, when the Republicans renominated Taft, Roosevelt bolted the party to lead the Progressives, thus guaranteeing the election of Woodrow Wilson. Taft, free of the Presidency, served as Professor of Law at Yale until President Harding made him Chief Justice of the United States, a position he held until just before his death in 1930. To Taft, the appointment was his greatest honor; he wrote: "I don't remember that I ever was President." The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association. Learn more about William Howard Taft 's spouse, Helen Herron Taft .
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Peruvian Lina Medina, aged 5, made history in 1939 as the youngest person to do what?
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The World's Youngest Mother — 5 Years Old! : snopes.com Claim: The youngest mother on record was a five-year-old Peruvian girl. TRUE Origins: Although we can see a tremendous amount of variety in the plant and animal life all around us — both within and between species — many of us still find extremes in variety among human beings somewhat disconcerting. While an extraordinarily large dog or a cat with an unusually long tail may be regarded as nothing more than a momentarily interesting curiosity or a source of amusement, people who exhibit one of the extremes in human development — whether it be in intelligence, height, weight, or some other feature — have long struggled to avoid being identified as "freaks." Perhaps the most discomfiting record of this nature involves the youngest person ever to give birth, reputedly a five-year-old girl — not only because such a record posits that a child barely of kindergarten age (presumably involuntarily) underwent an experience we associate with physical and psychological maturity, but also because it implies the commission of an act now considered to be nothing less than child molestation. Regardless of our squeamishness, we have to note that the claim of a five-year-old girl giving birth is apparently true. Her name was Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section in May 1939 at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days. Lina's parents initially thought their daughter had a large abdominal tumor, but after they took her to a hospital in the town of Pisco physicians confirmed that her abdominal swelling was due to pregnancy. Lina was eventually transferred to a hospital in Lima, where she delivered a six-pound baby boy by Cesarean section on 14 May 1939 (coincidentally the date on which Mother's Day was celebrated that year). Lina's father was temporarily jailed on suspicion of incest, but he was released for a lack of evidence and authorities were never able to determine who fathered Lina's child. Lina's incredible story was documented in contemporaneous reports by Edmundo Escomel , one of Peru's preeminent physician-researchers of the period and a laureate of the prestigious French Academy of Sciences. Escomel's first correspondence to the editors of La Presse Medicale1 (which is undated but appeared in the 13 May 1939 issue) noted that Lina first came to the attention of Dr. Gérado Lozada, chief physician of the Hospital of Pisco, when she appeared at that hospital in early April 1939 for evaluation of what was assumed to be a massive abdominal tumor. It soon became obvious to the stunned Lozada, however, that the little girl was pregnant. A medical history revealed that she had been having regular periods since age 3, but that she had stopped menstruating for the past 7½ months. Additionally, she had fully developed breasts. Further examination revealed a fetal heartbeat, and an X-ray confirmed the pregnancy. Escomel stated that Lozada had submitted a report about the case to the Academy of Medicine in Lima. Escomel's announcement2 (dated 1939) that Lina had delivered a baby boy (on 14 May ) appeared in the 31 May issue of La Presse Medicale. In addition to amending the age at which Lina began menstruating (to an incredible 8 months ), Escomel submitted a photograph of the gravid 5½-year-old: At the end of his piece Escomel noted with some sadness that no one had yet discovered the identity of the father since Lina "couldn't give precise responses." He also stressed the importance of getting adequate care for the little girl. Escomel's final report3 was published in the 19 December 1939 issue of La Presse Medicale. He commented on a biopsy of one of Lina's ovaries performed on a sample removed at the time of the Cesarean section and provided photomicrographs of the stained tissue sections. In the end, pathologists pronounced Lina to have the ovaries of a fully mature woman. Escomel posited that the reason behind her precocious fertility could not lie in the ovaries them
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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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On which river does Norwich stand?
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Norwich City Football Club - Carrow Road, Canary Way, Norwich, Norfolk, England, NR1 1JE :: FanZone Norwich City Football Club - Carrow Road Carrow Road, Canary Way, Norwich, Norfolk, England, NR1 1JE Tickets: Show All Our Impressions of Carrow Road Carrow road now holds around 27,000 fans following the addition of some 1700 seats for the start of the 2010/2011 campaign. Visiting supporters are usually allocated around 2,500 seats in the Jarrold stand (South stand), which is the newest stand. The facilities available to away fans are good, with unrestricted views, good food, snacks and refreshments, and a friendly atmosphere. The other three stands were all built during the late eighties & early nineties when Norwich were in the old division one and the inaugural premier league. The Barclay and the Snake Pit, seen to the far left on the picture, house the vocal home fans, and their close proximity to the away fans creates a good atmosphere. At the opposite end to the Barclay stand is the Norwich and Peterborough stand (river end). This stand is home fans only, and contains executive boxes, and conference facilities, and a disabled viewing gallery. At the corner of the River end, and main stand (bottom right of the photo) you will find the club shop, and a restaurant called 'Yellows' (see Pubs). Directions to Carrow Road By Road Official Route Travel around the Norwich South bypass (A47), to the A146 Trowse exit and ground is well signposted from here. Alternative Route If you arrive early, and fancy seeing some of the City, then travel to the east side of Norwich, the exit the A47 at the A1042, Norwich North /East Exit (Broadland Business Park). Following the signs for Norwich, go straight over the next two roundabouts, past The Griffin public house. At the next roundabout, take the first exit into Yarmouth Road, past the Thorpe Fish & Chip shop, and through two sets of traffic lights. At this point you will be travelling alongside the River Wensum, and past several pubs, but you are still a distance from the ground. Once you get to the Harvey Lane traffic lights, there is some none resident parking available, and there is also a large car park in the Breckland Council building. From here the ground is about a 20 minute walk. Continue straight on into the city, past the The Mustard Pot, and over the railway bridge. You will be able to see the ground now, and the away fans are located in the first corner of the ground you come to, behind the Holiday Inn Hotel. From the Train Station The ground is approximately a ten minute walk from the station. When you arrive at the train station, you are fortunate for two reasons... One you are not far from the ground, and two, the walk will take you through a recently redeveloped part of Norwich which contains bars, fast food etc...Enjoy! On exiting the train station, walk along 'Riverside Road' (this is hard to miss as it's by the river!). The ground is at the end of this road, You can't miss it (really!). Local Area around Carrow Road Car Parking There is a large car park at the ground, but this is for season ticket holders only. The closest pay & display is located in Rouen Road, and holds about 500 cars. The town centre is only about a 15 minute walk from the ground, and there are numerous well signposted car parks. If you follow the official directions (via the Trowse exit on the A47 Southern bypass) then you are probably best parking in the County Hall car park. This is well signposted, holds approx. 2000 cars, and will cost you £3. That said, it is a bit of a nightmare to get out of after the game. If you follow the directions on this site, then there is some non- restricted back street parking near the Mustard Pot, but be careful to avoid the 'residents only' signs! To park in these back streets, you really need to be parking about an hour and a half before kickoff. Pubs Near Carrow Road The Compleat Angler This is a popular choice with away fans, if you're travelling by train you can't miss it as it's directly in front of the train station (just over the river). This is a
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Liverpool Street station | UK Transport Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Template:Portal-inline Coordinates : 51°31′07″N 0°04′53″W / 51.5186°N 0.0813°W / 51.5186; -0.0813 Liverpool Street railway station, [3] also known as London Liverpool Street or simply Liverpool Street, [4] is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London . It is the terminus of two main lines: the busier Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) to Norwich and the West Anglia Main Line to Cambridge . There are also local commuter services to parts of East London and Essex . In addition, it is the terminus of the Stansted Express , a fast link to London Stansted Airport . It is one of the busiest stations in the United Kingdom, the third busiest in London after Waterloo and Victoria with 123 million visitors each year. Liverpool Street is one of seventeen stations directly managed by Network Rail . The station has exits to Bishopsgate , Liverpool Street and the Broadgate development. The station connects the Central Line, Circle Line, Metropolitan Line, and Hammersmith & City Line. The station is in Travelcard zone 1. Contents File:LondonLiverpoolStreet.JPG Liverpool Street serves destinations in the East of England including Stansted Airport , Cambridge , Lowestoft , Great Yarmouth , Norwich , Ipswich , Clacton-on-Sea , Chelmsford , Colchester , Braintree , Southend-on-Sea and the port of Harwich , as well as many suburban stations in north-eastern London, Essex and Hertfordshire . It is one of the busiest commuter stations in London. A daily express train to Harwich connects with the ferry from Harwich to Hoek van Holland , forming the Dutchflyer service. This normally departs at 20:38 and calls at Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, Kelvedon, Marks Tey, Colchester, Manningtree and Harwich International. Trains from Liverpool Street do not go to Liverpool . For that city, Euston is the London terminus. Almost all passenger services from Liverpool Street are operated by National Express East Anglia . It operates local and suburban services on the Great Eastern and West Anglia lines and express services to Colchester, Clacton-on-Sea, Ipswich and Norwich. There are two weekday evening shuttle services to Barking , calling only at Stratford , which are operated by c2c . [5] All other c2c services depart from Fenchurch Street railway station , although Liverpool Street is also used by c2c during engineering work. Both National Express East Anglia and c2c are owned by National Express Group . Present service levels The present Monday to Friday off-peak service sees 32 trains per hour departing and arriving London Liverpool Street. 2 trains per hour to Norwich, of which: 1 calls at Shenfield, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, Diss and Norwich. 1 calls at Stratford, Chelmsford, Colchester, Manningtree, Ipswich, Stowmarket, Diss and Norwich. 2 train per hour to Enfield Town calling at all stations via Seven Sisters and Edmonton 6 trains per hour to Shenfield, calling at all stations. 4 trains per hour to Chingford, calling at all stations except Cambridge Heath and London Fields. 1 train per hour to Clacton-on-Sea, calling at Stratford, Romford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham, Colchester, Wivenhoe, Thorpe-le-Soken and Clacton-on-Sea. 4 trains per hour to Stansted Airport, of which: 2 call at Tottenham Hale, Bishops Stortford and Stansted Airport. 2 call at Tottenham Hale, Harlow Town and Stansted Airport. 2 trains per hour to Hertford East, calling at Hackney Downs, Tottenham Hale then all stations to Hertford East. 2 trains per hour to Cheshunt, calling at all stations via Seven Sisters and Turkey Street 3 trains to Southend Victoria, of which: 2 call at Stratford, Shenfield and all stations to Southend Victoria. 1 calls at Stratford, Romford, Shenfield and all stations to Southend Victoria. 1 train per hour to Harwich Town, calling at Stratford, Shenfield, Chelmsford, Witham and all stations to Harwich Town. 2 trains per hour to Cambridge, of which: 1 calls at Tottenham Hale, Cheshu
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Who is the only British Actress, from a large theatrical family, to have won an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Cannes Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards?
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Famous and Best English Actors Plus Actresses - British Actors Famous and Best English Actors Plus Actresses - British Actors Updated on June 24, 2013 Every year during springtime, April 23 to be exact, the English people celebrate their national day in remembrance of their patron saint -- St. George. St.George is the patron saint of England and he is depicted as a knight who fights dragons and wielding a shield with a red cross. St George is also a patron saint of cavalry, soldiers and scouts. Part of the tradition is wearing a red rose. In commemorating English traditions and culture, I will showcase the best and famous English actors and actresses. If you have time, you can also take a look at my other hubs about famous Irish plus Welsh actors and actresses. Without further ado, here are my list of English best and famous actors and actresses. Vanessa Redgrave Famous and Best English Actors Plus Actresses -- Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave is an Academy Award winner, multi-talented stage and movie/tv actress. She is also a political activist and mother of Natasha Richardson (deceased wife of Liam Neeson). Born : 30 January 1937 -- Born in London, England, UK She became famous when she starred as Rosalind in the play "As You Like It" by the Shakespeare Theater Company. She also played numerous roles in London's West End and Broadway winning the coveted Tony Olivier Awards numerous times. She starred in more than 80 films all in all including Mary Queen of Scots, Isadora, Mission Impossible. She was proclaimed "the greatest living actress of our times" plus she remain the only British actress to have won the the Emmy, Oscar, Tony, Cannes, Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe awards. She was also awarded the BAFTA 2010 Fellowship for "Outstanding Contribution to Film". Roger Moore Famous and Best English Actors Plus Actresses -- Roger Moore Sir Roger George Moore, is a famous actor and producer who is widely known for his portrayal of the character of James Bond in the same seven movie title from 1973 to 1985. before he played the role of the secret the series the Saint. To date, Roger Moore is the longest-serving James Bond actor, having spent twelve years in the role of the secret agent. Birthdate: 14 October 1927 at Stockwell, London, England Hugh Laurie Famous and Best English Actors Plus Actresses -- Hugh Laurie Hugh Laurie is an actor, writer, comedian as well as musician famous for his role as Dr House as a protagonist in the tv series "House". Birthdate : 11 June 1959 at Oxford, England His acting career began when he and other comedian Stephen Fry are together in the Blackladder and Jeeves and Wooster from 1987 until 1999. He also starred in 2004 as Dr. House in which he received various awards form Emmy and Golden Globe nominations Kate Beckinsale Famous and Best English Actors Plus Actresses -- Kate Beckinsale Kate Beckinsale is an English actress who made raves because of her beauty and acting talent. She was famous first in the television series “Emma“ -- the title role. She was also great in the movie “Much Ado About Nothing“ Birthdate : 26 July 1973 at London, England, UK Filmography: In 2001, she starred in the movie Pearl Harbor opposite Ben Affleck and she became more famous since then. She also starred in these films : Underworld (2003), The Avatar (2004), and Van Helsing (2004). In 2008, she earned a Critics Choice Award nomination for her performance in "Nothing but the Truth" Famous and Best English Actors Plus Actresses -- Jeremy Irons Jeremy John Irons is an English award winning actor both in stage and films. He is the actor known for his roles in Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, The Taming of the Shrew, Richard II, Macbeth and The Winters Tale. He began his acting career on stage plays. Birthdate: September 19, 1948, Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wright, England Filmography: He appeared in the movie The French Lieutenant’s Woman -- he won an award for this one in BAFTA. His other films include Moonlighting, Betrayal,The Mission,Dead Ringers, Reversal of Fortune, The House of he Spirits,
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1938 Academy Awards® Winners and History Test Pilot (1938) Actor: SPENCER TRACY in "Boys Town", Charles Boyer in "Algiers", James Cagney in "Angels With Dirty Faces" , Robert Donat in "The Citadel", Leslie Howard in "Pygmalion" Actress: BETTE DAVIS in "Jezebel" , Fay Bainter in "White Banners", Wendy Hiller in "Pygmalion", Norma Shearer in "Marie Antoinette", Margaret Sullavan in "Three Comrades" Supporting Actor: WALTER BRENNAN in "Kentucky", John Garfield in "Four Daughters", Gene Lockhart in "Algiers", Robert Morley in "Marie Antoinette", Basil Rathbone in "If I Were King" Supporting Actress: FAY BAINTER in "Jezebel" , Beulah Bondi in "Of Human Hearts", Billie Burke in "Merrily We Live", Spring Byington in "You Can't Take it With You", Miliza Korjus in "The Great Waltz" Director: FRANK CAPRA for "You Can't Take It With You", Michael Curtiz for "Angels With Dirty Faces" , Michael Curtiz for "Four Daughters", Norman Taurog for "Boys Town", King Vidor for "The Citadel" Many of the major Oscar winners in 1938 were repeat winners: Frank Capra (with his third Best Director award), Spencer Tracy (with his second Best Actor award), Bette Davis (with her second Best Actress award), Walter Brennan (with his second Best Supporting Actor award), and Walt Disney (with his seventh Best Short Subject: Cartoon award). George S. Kaufman's and Moss Hart's Pulitzer Prize-winning and hit Broadway stage play, You Can't Take It With You was adapted to the screen by Robert Riskin. It was a remarkable win to have a comedy take the top prize. The zany film had seven nominations and two wins - for Best Picture and Best Director. Frank Capra's uninspired, but light-hearted and wacky filmed-version of the popular Broadway comedy, with a great cast, told about the eccentric, free-spirited, and madcap Vanderhof family living in a big house in an ethnic Manhattan neighborhood (led by the patriarchal, tax-dodging Grandpa Lionel Barrymore), including a mystery novel writer (Spring Byington), an aspiring ballet dancer (Ann Miller), and other bizarre members. The hilarity increases when the grand-daughter of the house Alice Sycamore (Jean Arthur), who works at a bank with the reluctant vice president and her beau Tony Kirby (James Stewart), invites his ultra-conventional, Wall Street, millionaire tycoon parents - the Kirbys (Edward Arnold plays the powerful, ruthless banker/father and his snobbish wife is performed by Mary Forbes) as dinner houseguests. Only one of the excellent performers in the winning film was nominated for an Oscar - Spring Byington as Best Supporting Actress. Capra took home his third Best Director Award in five years for the film. [Capra's previous wins were for It Happened One Night (1934) and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) . James Stewart was un-nominated, but his performance marked the beginning of a profitable collaboration between the two. It was the first of James Stewart's three films for Capra - the other two were A wide variety of other films were nominated for Best Picture in 1938: the beautiful, spectacular swashbuckler/adventure film with Errol Flynn in the title role - director Michael Curtiz' film The Adventures of Robin Hood (with four nominations and three wins - Best Art (Interior) Direction, Best Original Music Score, and Best Film Editing) director Henry King's Alexander's Ragtime Band (with six nominations and one win - Best Score for Alfred Newman) - a backstage musical about two songwriters (Don Ameche and Tyrone Power) who battle for co-star Alice Faye's affections director Norman Taurog's Boys Town (w
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The Misfits (1961) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A divorcee falls for an over-the-hill cowboy who is struggling to maintain his romantically independent lifestyle. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 31 titles created 15 Sep 2011 a list of 23 titles created 20 Oct 2011 a list of 23 titles created 15 Aug 2013 a list of 30 titles created 12 Sep 2014 a list of 41 titles created 9 months ago Search for " The Misfits " 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. 1 win & 1 nomination. See more awards » Photos A naive but stubborn cowboy falls in love with a saloon singer and tries to take her away against her will to get married and live on his ranch in Montana. Director: Joshua Logan When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell. Director: George Cukor An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the prince regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her. Director: Laurence Olivier The title river unites a farmer recently released from prison, his young son, and an ambitious saloon singer. In order to survive, each must be purged of anger, and each must learn to understand and care for the others. Directors: Otto Preminger, Jean Negulesco Stars: Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Rory Calhoun As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder. Director: Henry Hathaway When his family goes away for the summer, a so far faithful husband is tempted by a beautiful neighbor. Director: Billy Wilder Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process. Director: Jean Negulesco Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man and many other doting admirers. Director: Howard Hawks Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart. Director: Walter Lang A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel. Director: John Huston A chemist finds his personal and professional life turned upside down when one of his chimpanzees finds the fountain of youth. Director: Howard Hawks After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter in his hotel and gradually realizes she's dangerous. Director: Roy Ward Baker Edit Storyline Roslyn Taber, the type of woman who turns heads easily, recently came to Reno to get a quickie divorce, she having no idea what to do with her life after that. She cannot tolerate seeing animal suffering, let alone human suffering. Coinciding with getting the divorce, Roslyn meets friends Gay Langland and Guido, a divorced aging grizzled cowboy and a widowed mechanic respectively. Although Guido makes no bones about wanting to get to know Roslyn in the biblical sense and although he "saw her first", Roslyn begins a relationship with Gay, despite Roslyn's friend Izzy Steers, who originally came to Reno years ago to get her own divorce and never left, warning her about cowboys as being unreliable, and despite Roslyn initially not being interested in Gay "in that way". Gay has grown children who he rarely sees and wishes he was there for more than was the case. Gay and Roslyn move into the under construction farmhouse owned by Guido, which he was building for his wife before she died. ... Written by Huggo It shouts and sings with life ... explodes with love! See more » Genres: 1 February 1961 (USA) See more » Also
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Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio - Jan 14, 1954 - HISTORY.com Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio Share this: Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio Author Marilyn Monroe marries Joe DiMaggio URL Publisher A+E Networks It was the ultimate All-American romance: the tall, handsome hero of the country’s national pastime captures the heart of the beautiful, glamorous Hollywood star. But the brief, volatile marriage of Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio–the couple wed on this day in 1954–barely got past the honeymoon before cracks began to show in its brilliant veneer. In 1952, the New York Yankees slugger DiMaggio asked an acquaintance to arrange a dinner date with Monroe, a buxom blonde model-turned-actress whose star was on the rise after supporting roles in films such as Monkey Business (1952) and a leading role in the B-movie thriller Don’t Bother to Knock (1952). The press immediately picked up on the relationship and began to cover it exhaustively, though Monroe and DiMaggio preferred to keep a low profile, spending evenings at home or in a back corner of DiMaggio’s restaurant. On January 14, 1954, they were married at San Francisco City Hall, where they were mobbed by reporters and fans. Monroe had apparently mentioned the wedding plans to someone at her film studio, who leaked it to the press. While Monroe and DiMaggio were on their honeymoon in Japan, Monroe was asked to travel to Korea and perform for the American soldiers stationed there. She complied, leaving her unhappy new husband in Japan. After they returned to the United States, tension continued to build, particularly around DiMaggio’s discomfort with his wife’s sexy image. One memorable blow-up occurred in September 1954, on the New York City set of the director Billy Wilder’s The Seven Year Itch. As Monroe filmed the now-famous scene in which she stands over a subway grate with the air blowing up her skirt, a crowd of onlookers and press gathered; Wilder himself had reportedly arranged the media attention. As her skirt blew up again and again, the crowd cheered uproariously, and DiMaggio, who was on set, became irate. DiMaggio and Monroe were divorced in October 1954, just 274 days after they were married. In her filing, Monroe accused her husband of “mental cruelty.” She married the playwright Arthur Miller in 1956, but their marriage also ended in divorce in January 1961, leaving Monroe in a state of emotional fragility. In February 1961, she was admitted to a psychiatric clinic; it was DiMaggio who secured her release, and took her to the Yankees’ Florida spring training camp for rest and relaxation. Though rumors swirled about their remarriage, they maintained their “good friends” status. When the 36-year-old Monroe died of a drug overdose on August 5, 1962, DiMaggio arranged the funeral. For the next two decades, until his own death in 1999, he sent roses several times a week to her grave in Los Angeles. Related Videos
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated - Jun 28, 1914 - HISTORY.com Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated Publisher A+E Networks In an event that is widely acknowledged to have sparked the outbreak of World War I, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is shot to death along with his wife by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on this day in 1914. The great Prussian statesman Otto von Bismarck, the man most responsible for the unification of Germany in 1871, was quoted as saying at the end of his life that “One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans.” It went as he predicted. The archduke traveled to Sarajevo in June 1914 to inspect the imperial armed forces in Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Ottoman territories in the turbulent Balkan region that were annexed by Austria-Hungary in 1908 to the indignation of Serbian nationalists, who believed they should become part of the newly independent and ambitious Serbian nation. The date scheduled for his visit, June 28, coincided with the anniversary of the First Battle of Kosovo in 1389, in which medieval Serbia was defeated by the Turks. Despite the fact that Serbia did not truly lose its independence until the Second Battle of Kosovo in 1448, June 28 was a day of great significance to Serbian nationalists, and one on which they could be expected to take exception to a demonstration of Austrian imperial strength in Bosnia. June 28 was also Franz Ferdinand’s wedding anniversary. His beloved wife, Sophie, a former lady-in-waiting, was denied royal status in Austria due to her birth as a poor Czech aristocrat, as were the couple’s children. In Bosnia, however, due to its limbo status as an annexed territory, Sophie could appear beside him at official proceedings. On June 28, 1914, then, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie were touring Sarajevo in an open car, with surprisingly little security, when Serbian nationalist Nedjelko Cabrinovic threw a bomb at their car; it rolled off the back of the vehicle and wounded an officer and some bystanders. Later that day, on the way to visit the injured officer, the archduke’s procession took a wrong turn at the junction of Appel quay and Franzjosefstrasse, where one of Cabrinovic’s cohorts, 19-year-old Gavrilo Princip, happened to be loitering. Seeing his opportunity, Princip fired into the car, shooting Franz Ferdinand and Sophie at point-blank range. Princip then turned the gun on himself, but was prevented from shooting it by a bystander who threw himself upon the young assassin. A mob of angry onlookers attacked Princip, who fought back and was subsequently wrestled away by the police. Meanwhile, Franz Ferdinand and Sophie lay fatally wounded in their limousine as it rushed to seek help; they both died within the hour. The assassination of Franz-Ferdinand and Sophie set off a rapid chain of events: Austria-Hungary, like many in countries around the world, blamed the Serbian government for the attack and hoped to use the incident as justification for settling the question of Slav nationalism once and for all. As Russia supported Serbia, an Austro-Hungarian declaration of war was delayed until its leaders received assurances from German leader Kaiser Wilhelm that Germany would support their cause in the event of a Russian intervention–which would likely involve Russia’s ally, France, and possibly Britain as well. On July 28, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, and the tenuous peace between Europe’s great powers collapsed. Within a week, Russia, Belgium, France, Great Britain and Serbia had lined up against Austria-Hungary and Germany, and World War I had begun. Related Videos
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Serbs' Premier Is Assassinated; Led in Reforms - The New York Times The New York Times World |Serbs' Premier Is Assassinated; Led in Reforms Search Serbs' Premier Is Assassinated; Led in Reforms By DANIEL SIMPSON Continue reading the main story A sniper today shot and killed the Serbian prime minister, Zoran Djindjic, a reformer who helped overthrow Slobodan Milosevic and send him to face trial on charges of orchestrating genocide in the Balkans. Within hours, Serbian government officials said they believed the killing was carried out by a notorious Belgrade underworld group accused of dozens of other murders and kidnappings. The leader of that group is a former special police commander, Milorad Lukovic, whose support helped Mr. Djindjic oust Mr. Milosevic in October 2000. Officials said Mr. Djindjic had been killed because he had been preparing to arrest Mr. Lukovic and his associates, some of whom are suspected of committing war crimes. Continue reading the main story The intense pressure on Mr. Djindjic by Western governments to arrest war crimes suspects, particularly Gen. Ratko Mladic, had forced him to confront holdovers from the Milosevic era, officials said. Mr. Lukovic had been a backer of the ousted president before switching sides. Advertisement Continue reading the main story The killing of Mr. Djindjic, 50, who was shot in the parking lot outside his office and had many political enemies, carried echoes in its portent for the Balkans of the June 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Today's death leaves Serbia, a struggling country at the center of a conflict-ridden region ravaged by a decade of war, with neither a prime minister nor an elected president. ''The assassination portends a dark period for Serbia and the region,'' said Brenda Pearson, a specialist on Balkan affairs at the Washington-based Public International Law and Policy Group. ''This period will see a resurgence of nationalism that was never repudiated by much of the Serbian establishment and continues to be allied with the underworld.'' The assassination was the first of a European prime minister since the Swedish prime minister, Olof Palme, was shot walking home from a movie in 1986. Mr. Djindjic was shot on the very day that his cabinet was to sign warrants for the arrests of Mr. Lukovic, who is known throughout Belgrade by his nickname, Legija, and other leaders of the gang that is believed to be behind today's assassination and other recent killings, according to a statement issued by the Serbian government. That statement listed 20 members of the self-styled ''Zemun clan,'' named after a Belgrade suburb. Among those named was a man arrested two weeks ago after he tried to drive a truck into Mr. Djindjic's motorcade on the highway to the Belgrade airport. Despite this recent attempt on his life, the prime minister was not wearing body armor when he was shot in the chest today as he got out of his car, moving slowly because of a soccer injury. The police said his assailant used such high-caliber bullets that they would probably have penetrated his chest through a flak jacket. Television film of the ambush showed Mr. Djindjic's bodyguards bundling his crumpled body into a black Audi sedan that sped off to hospital. Surgeons kept him alive to operate on him for 40 minutes, but he was dead on arrival. Although his fractious coalition now only retains power thanks to support from Mr. Milosevic's old party in Parliament, Mr. Djindjic had been a favored leader of Western officials since he was in the political opposition. None of the politicians likely to succeed him has the same backing from international officials, or a comparable track record on extraditing people accused of war crimes to the United Nations tribunal in The Hague. Jailed after protesting against Marshal Tito's Communist in the 1970's, Mr. Djindjic then spent a decade in Germany, gaining a philosophy doctorate before returning to Serbia to campaign against Mr. Milosevic. Sonja Biserko of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia, one of many lon
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"Which is the gerund in the sentence ""we listened to the whispering""?"
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"dislike one('s) doing" Fowler discussed, "The teacher dislikes the child, Yeah, in Fowler discussed this subject a century ago. Please visit [url=" http://www.bartleby.com/116/212.html "] here [/url] if you like. paco paco2004 I cannot think of a context in which an educated speaker in the US would ever use anything other than a possessive with a gerund. (In the first example “The teacher disliked the child whispering …” “whispering” is used as a participle, not a gerund.) I have often been perplexed to see an objective pronoun used almost universally here in the UK, even in apparently educated speech and broadsheet newspapers (which in the US, at least, are meant to adhere to standard grammar). Likewise with the correct use of who and whom, which seems to be ignored in this country even by respectable users. What I have really been wondering is if the differing usages reflect a difference in the standard grammars of US and UK English, or if sloppiness is simply more acceptable in the UK. Is there a standard UK grammar, along the lines, say, of The Chicago Manual of Style? Apr 05 2005 13:58:39 I don't know which people in the U.S. you've been talking to. "His father doesn't like him driving the new car." I don't think people would say "His father doesn't like his driving the new car". It's too likely to be heard as "His father doesn't like his driving" (his bad driving) with "the new car" tacked on, which then makes the listener reevaluate the whole sentence again to mean something a bit different. Even without "the new car", the meaning is different. His father doesn't like him to drive (him driving) or doesn't like the way he drives (his driving). ______ 1. "I can't imagine myself eating that stuff." "I can't see him agreeing to that." "We couldn't get over him dying so young." "I don't approve of them peeking at the answers." 2. "I can't imagine my eating that stuff." "I can't see his agreeing to that." "We couldn't get over his dying so young." "I don't approve of their peeking at the answers." The first group is much more idiomatic, even if the second is "technically" correct. This effect is probably due to the choice of the main verb. ______ Then, of course, there are constructions like the following: We found him reading a book. *We found his reading a book. CJ CalifJim Thanks for your reply, but I would always use the second versions, or perhaps "His father doesn't like him to drive the new car," and so would most of my friends and family in the U.S. While the first versions may be fairly common mistakes in informal speech, I would be astonished to to see them in the New York Times. The Times (London), however, would not scruple to say "His father doesn't like him driving the new car." What I don't know is whether the Times would be correct according to standard British grammar, or whether they just don't fuss about grammar. Apr 06 2005 16:05:59
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SparkNotes: Robert Browning’s Poetry: “Home-Thoughts, From Abroad” “Home-Thoughts, From Abroad” “The Bishop Orders His Tomb at Saint Praxed’s Church” “Fra Lippo Lippi” Oh, to be in England, Now that April’s there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now! And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows - Hark! where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops - at the bent spray’s edge - That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture! And though the fields look rough with hoary dew, All will be gay when noontide wakes anew The buttercups, the little children’s dower, - Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower! Summary “Home-Thoughts, From Abroad” celebrates the everyday and the domestic, taking the form of a short lyric. The poet casts himself in the role of the homesick traveler, longing for every detail of his beloved home. At this point in his career, Browning had spent quite a bit of time in Italy, so perhaps the longing for England has a bit of biographical urgency attached to it. The poem describes a typical springtime scene in the English countryside, with birds singing and flowers blooming. Browning tries to make the ordinary magical, as he describes the thrush’s ability to recreate his transcendental song over and over again. Form Except for the poem’s rhyme scheme and number of lines, it resembles an inverted sonnet: it divides into two sections, each of which is characterized by its own tone. The first, shorter stanza establishes the emotional tenor of the poem—the speaker longs for his home. This section contains two trimeter lines, followed by two tetrameter lines, three pentameter lines, and a final trimeter line; it rhymes ABABCCDD. The metrical pattern and the rhyme scheme give it a sort of rising and falling sense that mirrors the emotional rise and fall of the poem’s central theme: the burst of joy at thinking of home, then the resignation that home lies so far away. The second section is longer, and consists almost entirely of pentameter lines, save the eighth line, which is tetrameter. It rhymes AABCBCDDEEFF. The more even metrical pattern and more drawn-out rhyme plan allow for a more contemplative feel; it is here that the poet settles back and thinks on the progress of the seasons that cycle outside of him. In its metrical irregularity and surprising last line, as well as its overall tone, the poem suggests the work of Emily Dickinson. Commentary This seemingly simple little poem reacts in quite complex ways to both Romanticism and the development of the British Empire. The domestic bliss and rapturous exchange with nature that characterize many Romantic poems emerge here as the constructions of people who do not live the life about which they write. But these constructions were integral to an illusion of “Rural England” that served as a crucial background for many philosophical ideas, and as a powerful unifying principle for many Britons: as the British Empire grew, and more British citizens began to live outside the home islands, maintaining a mythical conception of “England” became important as a way to differentiate oneself from the colonies’ native population. As works like Forster’s A Passage to India show, the British abroad in the colonies (such as India) worked much harder at being British than their compatriots in London. Thus in this period, sentimental thoughts of the English countryside, such as the ones in this poem, hardly ever present a pure nostalgia; rather, they carry a great deal of ideological weight. Nevertheless this poem contains much sincerity. Browning had left Britain, although he lived in Italy and not in a British colony. And as is evident from the poem, his relationship with “home” was a troubled one: although the speaker
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To within 10 miles, how long is Alfred Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk, from St. Bees, Cumbria, to Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire?
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Coast to Coast Walk guided walking holidays | Northwestwalks.co.uk Meet your guide and fellow walking companions at the welcome meeting in the evening. Day 2 St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge (village height above sea level 100M). Distance 14 miles - Strenuous - Height Gain 685m/2250ft � 7.5 hours The seaside village of St Bees on the Cumbria (west) coast is the official starting point for Wainwrights world famous Coast to Coast walk.A plaque on the seafront marks the start of the route. Tradition says to dip your toe in the sea and then collect a small pebble to carry with you to the east coast. Initially our route heads north along the coastal path with views of Scotland and the Isle of Man. We leave the coastal path and head east towards the Lake District Mountains. The route passes through the villages of Sandwith, Moor Row and Cleator followed by a steep walk up Dent (352M), the high point of the day. Admire the views before continuing across the hilltop and descending steeply down a forest track to Nannycatch Beck. We follow the beck and then a roadside path to Ennerdale Bridge. Day 3 Ennerdale Bridge (100M) to Rosthwaite (100M). Distance 14 miles - Strenuous - Height Gain 530m/1740ft - 8 hours We follow the country lanes to Ennerdale Water then the rocky path along the banks of the Lake. At the far end of the Lake we take the forest track that climbs gradually along Ennerdale valley to the remote Black Sail Hut YHA (290M). From the YHA continue to the bottom of Loft Beck and a steep ascent to the high point of the day at 600M. The views back to the sea are spectacular. We follow the rocky path across the fell and descend to Honister (330M). Continue descending into the beautiful Borrowdale valley to the village of Seatoller (120M) then follow the footpaths to Rosthwaite. Day 4 Rosthwaite (100M) to Grasmere (75M). Distance 10 miles - Strenuous - Height Gain 530m/1740ft - 6 hours We take the track alongside Stonethwaite Beck then a rocky path climbing steadily alongside Greenup Gill. We walk steeply up the steps and rocks (a bit tricky but not technical) to the left side of Lining Crag (500M) and admire the views to the north and east. Continue to Greenup Edge, today�s high point at 620M, and then descend the rocky path to the head of Far Easedale. Your guide then considers several factors and decides to either follow the ridge walk across Calf Crag, Gibson Knott and Helm Crag before descending steeply into Grasmere or take the less arduous route down Far Easedale. Day 5 Grasmere (75M) to Glenridding (150M). Distance 8 miles - Strenuous - Height Gain 505m/1655ft - 5 hours We follow the lane to Mill Bridge then take the rocky path which climbs steadily alongside Tongue Gill to Grisedale Tarn (550M). From Grisedale Tarn we follow the route down hill alongside Grisedale Beck to Patterdale valley and the village of Glenridding on the shores of Ullswater. Day 6 Glenridding (150M) to Shap (250M). Distance 17 miles - Strenuous - Height Gain 760m/2500ft - 9 hours A short valley walk then a sharp steep walk up to Boredale Hause (400M), the rocky path now climbs with less gradient past Angle Tarn and Satura Crag (600M), it descends to 500M and then climbs sharply again to round The Knott (739M). We then walk a short section of High Street. Our final Lakeland summit is Kidsty Pike (780M) the highest point on route. From here look back across the Lake District and then turn to view the Eden Valley and the Pennine Mountains. We descend gradually at first then steeply down to Haweswater (250M), and follow the rocky path alongside the banks of the reservoir to Burnbanks. The terrain eases as the route crosses undulating farmland to Shap Day 7 Shap (250M) to Kirkby Stephen (180M). Distance 20 miles - Long Moderate - Height Gain 150m/490ft - 8.5 hours The Lake District Mountains are left behind and the gradients ease to cross the rolling farmland and hills in Eden Valley. We follow the footpaths across the limestone plateau passing the secluded hamlet of Oddendale and the granite boulders deposited by ice age glaciers. Orton lies a mile t
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World's Easiest Quiz How long did the Hundred Years War last? 116 years Which country makes Panama hats? Ecuador From which animal do we get cat gut? Sheep and Horses In which month do Russians celebrate the October Revolution? November What is a camel's hair brush made of? Squirrel fur The Canary Islands are named after what animal? Dogs What was King George VI's first name? Albert What color is a purple finch? Crimson Where are Chinese gooseberries from? New Zealand
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The wine-producing region of Hunter Valley is in which Australian state?
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Australia's wine industry | australia.gov.au Australia's wine industry Australian food and drink Australia's wine industry In just 200 years, Australia's wine industry has grown from a few small plantings to an industry renowned throughout the world for quality, innovation and depth. In fact, Australia is consistently one of the top ten wine producing countries in the world and is one of the few countries that produces every one of the major wine styles. Jacob's Creek. The origins of our wine industry As Australia had no native grape varieties suitable for wine-making, grapes were imported from Europe and much of the wine produced was shipped back to the United Kingdom. The first known record of successful European grape production in Australia dates from 1791, when Watkin Tench wrote: On 24th January two bunches of grapes were cut in the Governor's garden from cuttings of vines brought three years before from the Cape of Good Hope. The Governor's garden was located in what is now Sydney's Macquarie Street, one of the busiest streets in the city. Shortly after, John Macarthur established the earliest commercial vineyard in the coastal region around Sydney at 'Camden Park'. Early wine production at Lindemans, established in the Hunter Valley (New South Wales) in 1843. Image courtesy of Lindemans. Encouraged by these early successes, between 1820 and 1840 settlers gradually established vineyards in New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, Victoria and finally South Australia. In 1822 Gregory Blaxland shipped 136 litres of wine to London, where it was awarded the silver medal by the forerunner of the Royal Society of Arts. Five years later a larger shipment of Blaxland's wine won their gold Ceres medal. This was to be the first of many international medals won by Australian wines. 1850s gold rush The discovery of gold in eastern Australia in 1852 initially meant a temporary loss of labour from vineyards in New South Wales and Victoria. However, the consequent increase in population saw vineyards expand their operations to supply the demand from diggers. The Land Selection Acts passed in the colonies between 1860 and 1872 led to a rapid expansion of vineyards as land was unlocked for development; between 1851 and 1871 the area under vines increased from 2,510 hectares to 6,880 hectares. Export of Australian wines to England increased dramatically from an average of 31,850 litres a year in the period 1854-63 to 145,600 litres a year in the period 1863-85. 1900-1920s The coming of Federation in 1901 removed trade barriers between the states and further expanded the market for wines. A feature of this period was the emergence of larger, often old-established firms who carried on operations in a number of localities. For example, McWilliams, established in Corowa, New South Wales, was the first to move into the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, soon followed by Penfolds and Seppelt. After the First World War, vines were planted in various soldier settlements which temporarily increased production. Overproduction though, and consequently lower prices for some grape varieties, meant that some vineyards couldn't compete economically and many vineyards collapsed. In 1925, the British government allowed preferential duty for Empire wines, which meant that Australia could economically export fortified wines; this further stimulated the industry. 1940-1950s During World War Two, exports to Britain practically ceased due to lack of shipping space. After the war, exports resumed on a smaller scale. By the 1950s, the wine industry was thriving in Australia, with South Australia the centre of production. The end of the Second World War saw an influx of European immigrants into Australia, bringing new skills in wine production. As new techniques were introduced and developed, and as Australians gained a taste for the newer, finer wines, consumption of wine in Australia grew rapidly. 1970s to the present From the mid 1970s to today, Australia's love affair with wine has continued to grow. The industry is stronger than ever, employing thousa
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Heidelberg School of Australian Impressionism, Melbourne see: Greatest Paintings Ever . History and Characteristics In fine art , the Heidelberg School refers to the group of 19th century Australian painters who worked together in the late 1880s and early 1890s, in 'artist-camps' throughout the rural area of Heidelberg, to the east of Melbourne. Seen as an important movement of modern art in Australia, it is known in particular for its landscape painting of the scenery in the Yarra and Gippsland region, and received its name in July 1891 from the American art critic, Sidney Dickinson. The dominant style of painting among the group was Impressionism , executed using the technique of plein air painting , which has led historians to label the movement Australian Impressionism . In fact, the term 'Heidelberg School' now embraces all 19th century Impressionist painters in Australia, including those in Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth, and Adelaide - not just those in Melbourne. Leading members of the original Melbourne group included Tom Roberts (1856-1931), Arthur Streeton (1867-1943), Charles Conder (1868-1909) and Fred McCubbin (1855-1917), while others associated with the group included: Walter Withers (1854-1914), John Longstaff (1861-1941), David Davies (1864-1939), Clara Southern (1861-1940), Jane Sutherland (1853-1928), Emanuel Phillips Fox (18651915) and Ethel Carrick Fox (18721951). Impressionist landscape painting by members of the Heidelberg School can be seen in all the best art museums in Australia, including the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) in Canberra; the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne; the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) in Adelaide; the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) in Sydney; the Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) in Brisbane; the Art Gallery of Western Australia (AGWA) in Perth and the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery. Going Home (1889) National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. By Charles Conder. One of Conder's For a guide, see: Definition of Art . Art in Melbourne The evolution of Australian Impressionism is inextricably linked with the city of Melbourne, where it flourished in the 1880s because of the city's expanding economy and its cultural sophistication, as well as the rise in leisure time along with a corresponding rise in the sense of national identity. The Australian Impressionists contribution to Victorian art (as a whole) were stimulated by the city's lively artistic climate and reflected a wide range of artistic influences, from traditional practice to the more progressive European modern art movements of plein-air painting, Aestheticism and Symbolism. Melbourne may have been the most cultural and artistic city in Australia, but few of the city's artists who were associated with the Heidelberg School were able to support themselves financially through their art alone - at least not until later in their careers. Roberts, for instance, worked as a photographer's assistant, while Streeton was a junior clerk before learning lithography , and Conder trained as a surveyor in New South Wales before finding a short-term career in illustration for the Illustrated Sydney News. And McCubbin worked in the family bakery business as well as a coach painter during his early art career. Nearly all the artists associated with the Heidelberg received at least some art training at the National Gallery School (NGS) in Melbourne, which opened its doors in 1870. Classes followed the European model, with students starting in the School of Design where they absorbed the fundamentals of drawing , outline d
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Which French king was known as 'The King Consort of Scotland'because of his marriage to Mary Queen of Scots?
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History of Great Britain: Why is Mary, Queen of Scots, famous? - Quora Quora History of Great Britain: Why is Mary, Queen of Scots, famous? What were some controversies when she was in power? How did people receive her? Written Dec 20, 2013 There are great posts already written. I wish to communicate information that adds information that has not been mentioned and that I find quite important to note concerning the "leadership qualities " of Mary Queen of Scots. ( I orginally had posted this as a comment but I wish to add it as a post to this thread.) Please note, eventhough I agree with some of the points that have been made I strongly disagree with others. There are a few details that I wish need to be added. Mary was crowned queen of Scots when she was 6 days old. Her father died in a battle not long after her death. " Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland , was 6 days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne. She spent most of her childhood in France while Scotland was ruled by regents, and in 1558, she married the Dauphin of France , Francis . " Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar... She was raised knowing she was a queen. I have difficulty trying to understand how a child that is already queen would adapt as she was growing up. Eventhough it is true that she spent most of her childhood in France, she was groomed from a very young age to become the wife of the future king of France. Hence, when Mary married the King of France, she was ALREADY a queen and hence became both the queen of Scotland and France. This situation was unique because from a geopolitical point of view she was seen as someone important that could as she matured into an adult, create an alliance with the Scots and the French leaders of both courts. Britain was going through some serious religious issues with the Catholic and Protestants. Elizabeth 1 constantly threaded a delicate balance between the two religious extremes of those times. All this was mostly due to the impact of the decisions of her father Henry VIII. Mary Queen of Scots was catholic and her presence caused a lot of issues with Elizabeth 1 because of the religious issues. In fact, Elizabeth 1 greatly hesitated in her decision to behead Mary. It took her amost twenty years to make her final decision to behead her. She knew of the very real possible repercussions from Mary's loyal servants in Scotland. Mary Queen of Scots was well liked by the Scotish people. She had a "joie de vivre" and her life took a turn for the worst when her husband, the king of France suddenly died only a few years after their wedding. According to the dates, she was 17 years old and Francis II was 15 years old when they married. ( I mean, to me it seems obvious that the marriage was arranged between the regents involved in both kingdoms. I suspect there were some long term plans already drawn up for both of them since they were allies and both countries were die hard Catholics.) Also, I have to go back to my research but I remember reading that France and Scotland had a lot of marriages withing their different ranks. Was it due to proximity? I do not know but this alliance was a benefit to both. "... and in 1558, she married the Dauphin of France , Francis . He ascended the French throne as King Francis II in 1559, and Mary briefly became queen consort of France, until his death on 5 December 1560." source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar... Please note that she was only 18 years old when her husband Francis II died. Also note that the king was only 16 years old when he died. They had been both king and queen of both countries for approximately a year and a half and either of them had not reached 20 years old yet. ",,, Francis II (French: François II) (19 January 1544 – 5 December 1560) was a monarch of the House of Valois-Angoulême who was King of France from 1559 to 1560. He was also King consort of Scotland as a result of his marriage to Mary, Queen of Scots , from 1558 until his death." Source: Francis II of France In retrospect, this couple had the po
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King Robert the Bruce of Scotland | Britroyals Name: King Robert the Bruce of Scotland Father: Robert de Brus Mother: Marjory Countess of Carrick Relation to Elizabeth II: 19th great-grandfather House of: Bruce Born: July 11, 1274 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire Ascended to the throne: February 10, 1306 aged 31 years Crowned: March 27, 1306 at Scone Abbey, Perthshire Married:(1) Isabella of Mar, 1295 Married:(2) Elizabeth de Burgh, 1302 Children: Marjorie, David, John, Matlida, Margaret plus several illegitimate Died: June 7, 1329, at Cardross, Dumbartonshire, aged 54 years, 10 months, and 26 days Buried at: Dunfermline Abbey (body) and Melrose Abbey (heart) Succeeded by: his son David After Balliol�s abdication in 1296 Scotland was without a monarch for 10 years and ruled remotely by King Edward I of England. Scots national resistance developed into a war of independence in which William Wallace and then Robert Bruce played a leading role. Wallace won a victory over the English at Stirling Bridge in 1297 and proclaimed himself Guardian of Scotland. The following year Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated William Wallace at Falkirk. Wallace went underground but was captured and in 1305, tried and hung in London. In 1298 Robert Bruce took over the title of Guardian of Scotland and, having killed his rival John Comyn, claimed the throne as the great-great grandson of David I and in 1306 had himself crowned king at Scone as Robert I. Independence was made easier by the death of Edward I as he set out to claim back Scotland. Bruce set about removing the English from Scotland and by early 1314 Stirling was the only castle in English hands. An English army sent to break the siege was routed by Bruce�s smaller Scottish force at Bannockburn in June 1314. Six year later in 1320 Bruce and the Scottish nobles issued the Declaration of Arbroath asserting Scottish Independence �For as longs as one hundred of us shall remain alive we shall never in any wise consent to submit to the rule of the English, for it is not for glory that we fight � but for freedom alone.�. However, a truce with Edward II of England failed to stop hostilities which continued until Edward II was deposed in 1327. The Treaty of Edinburgh between Robert I and Edward III in 1328 recognised Scotland's independence, ending the 30 years of Wars of Independence. Edward agreed to the marriage of Robert Bruce�s son David to his younger sister Joan daughter of Edward II. Robert Bruce died at his house in Cardross a year later of a serious illness described by some as leprosy. Timeline for King Robert the Bruce of Scotland Year
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Smallest and Largest Planets in the Solar System By: Maria Temming | July 15, 2014 There are a couple of different ways to measure how “big” something is. The first is an object’s mass (how much matter it contains) and the second is its volume (how much space it takes up). The smallest and largest planets in our solar system are Mercury and Jupiter , respectively. The smallest planet in regards to both mass and volume is Mercury —this tiny world is nearly 20 times less massive than Earth, and its diameter is about times 2 ½ smaller. In fact, Mercury is closer in size to our Moon than to Earth. The largest planet in our solar system by far is Jupiter, which beats out all the other planets in both mass and volume. Jupiter’s mass is more than 300 times that of Earth, and its diameter is about 11 times larger than Earth’s diameter. (Jupiter's Great Red Spot, even at its current diminished size , spans 15,900, just over a full Earth diameter.) Jupiter is 2 ½ times more massive than the rest of the planets in the solar system combined. A size comparison of the planets in our solar system. In order of increasing distance from the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. NASA Lunar and Planetary Institute Learn more about our solar system's most ostentatious planet — the ringed giant Saturn and its fascinating family of moons — in our FREE ebook, Saturn's Bounty . Enter your email address to download the ebook, and you'll also receive our weekly e-newsletter with the latest astronomy news. *
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Planets - Zoom Astronomy Your age on the Planets The Planets (plus the Dwarf Planet Pluto) Our solar system consists of the sun, eight planets, moons, many dwarf planets (or plutoids), an asteroid belt, comets, meteors, and others. The sun is the center of our solar system ; the planets, their moons, a belt of asteroids , comets , and other rocks and gas orbit the sun. The eight planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the sun): Mercury , Venus , Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , Neptune . Another large body is Pluto , now classified as a dwarf planet or plutoid. A belt of asteroids (minor planets made of rock and metal) lies between Mars and Jupiter. These objects all orbit the sun in roughly circular orbits that lie in the same plane, the ecliptic (Pluto is an exception; it has an elliptical orbit tilted over 17° from the ecliptic). Easy ways to remember the order of the planets (plus Pluto) are the mnemonics: "My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas" and "My Very Easy Method Just Simplifies Us Naming Planets" The first letter of each of these words represents a planet - in the correct order. The largest planet is Jupiter. It is followed by Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, and finally, tiny Pluto (the largest of the dwarf planets). Jupiter is so big that all the other planets could fit inside it. The Inner Planets vs. the Outer Planets The inner planets (those planets that orbit close to the sun) are quite different from the outer planets (those planets that orbit far from the sun). The inner planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are relatively small, composed mostly of rock, and have few or no moons. The outer planets include: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (a dwarf planet). They are mostly huge, mostly gaseous, ringed, and have many moons (again, the exception is Pluto, the dwarf planet, which is small, rocky, and has four moons). Temperatures on the Planets Generally, the farther from the Sun, the cooler the planet. Differences occur when the greenhouse effect warms a planet (like Venus) surrounded by a thick atmosphere. Density of the Planets The outer, gaseous planets are much less dense than the inner, rocky planets. The Earth is the densest planet. Saturn is the least dense planet; it would float on water. The Mass of the Planets Jupiter is by far the most massive planet; Saturn trails it. Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, and Pluto are orders of magnitude less massive. Gravitational Forces on the Planets The planet with the strongest gravitational attraction at its surface is Jupiter. Although Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also very massive planets, their gravitational forces are about the same as Earth. This is because the gravitational force a planet exerts upon an object at the planet's surface is proportional to its mass and to the inverse of the planet's radius squared. A Day on Each of the Planets A day is the length of time that it takes a planet to rotate on its axis (360°). A day on Earth takes almost 24 hours. The planet with the longest day is Venus ; a day on Venus takes 243 Earth days. (A day on Venus is longer than its year; a year on Venus takes only 224.7 Earth days). The planet with the shortest day is Jupiter ; a day on Jupiter only takes 9.8 Earth hours! When you observe Jupiter from Earth, you can see some of its features change. The Average Orbital Speed of the Planets As the planets orbit the Sun , they travel at different speeds. Each planet speeds up when it is nearer the Sun and travels more slowly when it is far from the Sun (this is Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion ). The Planets in Our Solar System Planet (or Dwarf Planet) In 2005, a large object beyond Pluto was observed in the Kuiper belt. A few astronomers think that there might be another planet or companion star orbiting the Sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto. This distant planet/companion star may or may not exist. The hypothesized origin of this hypothetical object is that a celestial object, perhaps a hard-to-detect cool, br
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Who was the father of the disciples James and John?
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THE APOSTLE JAMES Privacy Policy The Apostle James ( Son of Zebedee ) Of the three apostles who comprised the inner circle of Jesus' disciples (Peter, James and John), we know the least about the apostle James. We do know, however, that the apostle James was the eldest brother of the apostle John and that their father's name was Zebedee (their mother's name was Salome.) James, his brother John, Peter and Andrew were all partners in a fishing business prior to being called by Christ Jesus to follow Him. Zebedee was, also, a partner in the business. There is some evidence that James was the first cousin of Jesus the Messiah and had been acquainted with Him from infancy. It is believed that his mother Salome was the sister of Jesus' mother Mary. Not much is known of his ministry after Jesus' resurrection. It is believed, however, that he lived another 14 years before his martyrdom. In fact, the apostle James was the first apostle to suffer martyrdom. By order of Herod Agrippa I, James was beheaded in Jerusalem about the feast of Easter, 44 AD. It is believed that within this 14 year period, James visited the Jewish colonist and slaves in Spain to preach the Gospel. It has been said that when the apostle James was led out to die, a man who had brought false accusations against him walked with him to the place of execution. He had doubtless expected to see James looking pale and frightened but he saw him, instead, bright and joyous, like a conqueror who had won a great battle. The false witness greatly wondered at this and became convinced that the Savior in whom the prisoner by his side believed must be the true God or He could not impart such cheerfulness and courage to a man about to die. The man himself, therefore, became a convert to Christianity and was condemned to die with James the apostle ( both were consequently beheaded on the same day and with the same sword.) About the same period, Timon and Parmenas (two of the seven original deacons) suffered martyrdom ( the former at Corinth and the latter at Philippi in Macedonia.) Purchase Online (The Search for the Twelve Apostles) The information above is compiled from the book "The Search for the Twelve Apostles" by William Steuart McBirnie Ph.D, Copyright 1973
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THE CHRISTADELPHIANS Christadelphian beliefs concerning God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit: There is considerable confusion concerning their beliefs in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Many information sources describe the group as having abandoned the traditional concept of the Trinity in favor of polytheism -- a belief in multiple Gods. The vast majority of Christian denominations follow the early Church councils and view God as a single deity composed of three persons: God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. These sources external to the Christadelphians frequently base their assessment on writings by the group's founder, John Thomas. In this book Phanerosis, he wrote: "There are not three Gods in the Godhead; nor are there but three in manifestation; nevertheless, the Father is God and Jesus is God; and we may add, so are all the brethren of Jesus gods; and 'a multitude which no man can number.' The Godhead is the homogeneous fountain of the Deity; these other gods are the many streams which form this fountain flow. The springhead of Deity is one, not many; the streams as numerous as the orbs of the universe, in which a manifestation of Deity may have hitherto occurred." However, Christadelphians do not necessarily still accept all of Thomas' beliefs today -- including this one. An accurate description of their beliefs is found in their Statement of Faith (a.k.a. the Birmingham Amended Statement of Faith or BASF). They believe: God the Father is a single indivisible unity. They reject the belief in a Trinity containing three separate personalities. They hold this belief in common with Judaism , Islam , Sikhism and the Jehovah's Witnesses . Jesus is a God manifestation -- a reflection and representative of God. Jesus is fully a man. He was and remains distinctly separate from God. This agrees with the beliefs about Jesus held by the Jewish Christian church prior to the return of Paul to Judea circa 38 CE. But it conflicts with the beliefs of most Christian denominations who view Jesus as fully man and fully God. Jesus had no existence prior to his conception circa 6 BCE by the virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit. Jesus was born with a fully human nature. However, he lived without sin . One proof of Jesus' nature being entirely human is that he died on the cross. He was raised by God the Father to eternal life. Afterwards, Jesus ascended to Heaven. Jesus will return soon and create a kingdom of God in Jerusalem. This kingdom will then spread across the entire world. Their document "Our Faith and Beliefs" states that salvation requires good works: "We reject as unbiblical the idea that Christ could die as a replacement sacrifice for us, thus covering all our sins forever with that one act. Certainly it is through his sacrifice that we may be forgiven, but only if we walk the path of self-denial that he marked out for us." 12 They view the Holy Spirit is simply the Power of God; it is not a separate person, but is rather a: "... radiant visible power from the Father. It is an unseen power emanating from the Deity, filling all space, and by which God is everywhere present. It is the medium by which God created all things..." 13 More information is available at: www.Biblebasicsonline.com Christadelphian beliefs concerning the Devil and Satan: The Devil is not viewed by Christadelphians as a quasi-deity with magical powers who travels the Earth trying to lure people into sin --as is believed by most conservative Christian groups. Based on Genesis 6:5, Jeremiah 7:21-28, Matthew 15:19, James 1:13-15, and other passages, they stress that "Temptation and hence sin, comes from inside the person, not outside." Satan is viewed as the principle of evil which resides in people and motivates them to sin and rebel against God. They point out that the words "devil" does not appear in the Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament). In the New Testament, these terms are sometimes used to translate the Greek word "diabolos" which means a human slanderer or false accuser. Examples are John 6:70, 1
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MELPOMENE - Greek Goddess Muse of Tragedy MELPOMENE Celebrate with Song Muse Melpomene, Greco-Roman marble statue C2nd A.D., State Hermitage Museum MELPOMENE was one of the nine Mousai (Muses), the goddesses of music, song and dance. In the Classical era, when the Mousai were assigned specific artistic and literary spheres, Melpomene was named Muse of tragedy. In this guise she was portrayed holding a tragic mask or sword, and sometimes wearing a wreath of ivy and cothurnus boots. Her name was derived from the Greek verb melpô or melpomai meaning "to celebrate with dance and song." FAMILY OF MELPOMENE ZEUS & MNEMOSYNE (Hesiod Theogony 75, Apollodorus 1.13, Diodorus Siculus 4.7.1, Orphic Hymn 76) OFFSPRING THE SEIRENES (by Akheloios ) (Apollodorus 1.18 & 1.63, Lycophron 712, Hyginus Fabulae 141) ENCYCLOPEDIA MELPO′MENE (Melpomenos), i. e. the singing (goddess), one of the nine Muses, became afterwards the Muse of Tragedy. (Hes. Theog. 77) Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES Hesiod, Theogony 75 ff (trans. Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : "The Mousai (Muses) sang who dwell on Olympos, nine daughters begotten by great Zeus, Kleio (Clio) and Euterpe, Thaleia (Thalia), Melpomene and Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), and Erato and Polymnia (Polyhymnia) and Ourania (Urania) and Kalliope (Calliope)." Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 13 (trans. Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Mnemosyne [bore to Zeus] the Mousai (Muses), the eldest of whom was Kalliope (Calliope), followed by Kleio (Clio), Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), Ourania (Urania), Thaleia (Thalia), and Polymnia." Pseudo-Apollodorus, Bibliotheca 1. 18 : "Melpomene bore to Akheloos (Achelous) the Seirenes (Sirens), whom we shall discuss in the course of the tale of Odysseus." Lycophron, Alexandra 712 ff (trans. Mair) (Greek poet C3rd B.C.) : "The triple daughters [the Seirenes (Sirens)] of Tethys' son [Akheloos (Achelous)], who imitated the strains of their melodious mother [Melpomene]." Virgil and the Muses Clio and Melpomene, Greco-Roman mosaic A.D., Bardo National Museum Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. 7. 1 (trans. Oldfather) (Greek historian C1st B.C.) : "Hesiod even gives their [the Mousai (Muses)] names when he writes: ‘Kleio (Clio), Euterpe, and Thaleia (Thalia), Melpomene, Terpsikhore (Terpsichore) and Erato, and Polymnia, Ourania (Urania), Kalliope (Calliope) too, of them all the most comely.’ To each of the Mousai (Muses) men assign her special aptitude for one of the branches of the liberal arts, such as poetry, song, pantomimic dancing, the round dance with music, the study of the stars, and the other liberal arts . . . For the name of each Mousa (Muse), they say, men have found a reason appropriate to her: . . . Melpomene, from the chanting (melodia) by which she charms the souls of her listeners." Orphic Hymn 76 to the Muses (trans. Taylor) (Greek hymns C3rd B.C. to 2nd A.D.) : "Daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus . . . Kleio (Clio), and Erato who charms the sight, with thee, Euterpe, ministering delight: Thalia flourishing, Polymnia famed, Melpomene from skill in music named: Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), Ourania (Urania) heavenly bright." Philostratus the Younger, Imagines 13 (trans. Fairbanks) (Greek rhetorician C3rd A.D.) : "[Ostensibly a description of an ancient Greek painting :] Why do you delay, O divine Sophokles (Sophocles) [the tragedian], to accept the gifts of Melpomene? Whey do you fix your eyes upon the ground? Since I for one do not know whether it is because you are now collecting your thoughts, or because you are awe-stricken at the presence of the goddess. But be of good heart, good sir, and accept her gifts; for the gifts of the gods are not to be rejected . . . Indeed you see how the bees fly above you, and how they buzz with a pleasant and divine sound as they anoint you with mystic drops of their own dew, since this more than anything else is to be infused into your poesy. Surely someone will before long cry out, naming you the ‘honeycomb of
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JMW Turner Prints, Posters, Paintings, Biography & Quotes Michelangelo JMW Turner JMW Turner was perhaps the most famous English romanticist landscape artist. William Turner became known as ‘the painter of light’. He is the most famous Romanticist painter. Turner is respected alongside other British artists such as Gainsborough and Constable for developing British art from the medieval and renaissance eras up to the more contemporary styles. In 1910 the main part of the Turner Bequest, which includes unfinished paintings and drawings, was rehoused in the Duveen Turner Wing at the Tate Gallery. In 1974, the Turner Museum was founded in the USA by Douglass Montrose-Graem to house his collection of Turner prints. Turner left a great legacy in British art . For example, a prestigious annual art award, the Turner Prize, created in 1984, was named in Turner’s honour, and twenty years later the Winsor & Newton Turner Watercolour Award was founded. indeed, In 2005, Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire was voted Britain’s “greatest painting” in a public poll organised by the BBC. The intensity of hue and interest in evanescent light not only placed Turner’s work in the vanguard of English painting, but later exerted an influence upon art in France, as well; the Impressionists, particularly Claude Monet , carefully studied his techniques. Famous oil paintings by JMW Turner include those in the following comprehensive list: Warkworth Castle, Northumberland – Thunder Storm Approaching at Sun-Set The Battle of Trafalgar, as Seen from the Mizen Starboard Shrouds of the Victory Snow Storm: Hannibal and His Army Crossing the Alps Eruption of Vesuvius The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons The Grand Canal, Venice The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken up Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On) Glaucus and Scylla Rockets and Blue Lights (Close at Hand) to Warn Steamboats of Shoal Water Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway Shrimpers, Lyme Regis
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The Al Jazeera broadcasting organization is owned by and headquartered in what country?
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Who Really Owns Al Jazeera? And What’s to Become of Current TV’s Hosts? – TheBlaze Tweet Since the news broke earlier this week about the sale of Al Gore’s ultra-liberal Current TV , much has been said about who bought the channel (Al Jazeera) and who tried — but was rejected (Glenn Beck). Beyond that story, the media deal brings many questions to light. Who owns Al Jazeera? That’s a fairly simple question. The network is owned by the Qatari government, which is run by the Al Thani family. The U.S. State Department describes Qatar this way : Qatar is an hereditary constitutional monarchy governed by the ruling Al Thani family in consultation with a council of ministers, an appointed advisory council and an elected municipal council. It’s a kingdom — complete with a royal family that controls massive wealth from their substantial oil and gas reserves . Will “Al Jazeera America” (one reported new name of the channel) keep any of the programs from the Current TV lineup? Perhaps a better phrasing of that question would be: Why would Al Jazeera keep any of the programs from the Current TV lineup? Image: Facebook Most reports about the sale have mentioned that the Qatar-owned outlet was buying Current TV not for its programming but for the access to an estimated 42 million cable TV households that carried it. If cable operators allow Al Jazeera to simply slide into Current’s channel position, that increases its potential audience nearly tenfold. However, that plan was also hit with a significant body shot this week: Almost immediately after the sales was announced, cable giant Time Warner — the fourth-largest provider in the country — announced that it was dropping Current TV from its systems. Joy Behar, Stephanie Miller, Elliot Spitzer and others at Current have undoubtedly been aware of the difficulty network has had in establishing an audience. Despite being in almost half of the country’s cable TV households, Current and its programming is virtually unknown to an overwhelming majority of Americans. Most of the awareness came from the hosts promoting their shows on other outlets. Joy Behar could plug her “Say Anything!” show on ABC’s “The View” and radio talkers like Bill Press and Stephanie Miller were able to flog their television efforts on radio, but none of these translated to ratings significant enough to argue for the channel’s survival. It also seems unlikely that Al Jazeera would openly accept some of the shows on Current. After all, the channel is owned by the Qatari government and the country has some very strict rules when it comes to lifestyles and behaviors. The State Department again offers offers some vital information about the network’s new owners: Islamic beliefs and tribal traditions provide an important foundation of the country’s customs, laws and practices. Translation: Shariah law is the standard in Qatar. Current’s new bosses are also not as tolerant of the broad spectrum of “lifestyles” we see here in America. Some of the openly gay hosts, like Stephanie Miller, might have to ask themselves if they could work for a company that would consider them criminals who deserved to be whipped and locked away in prison? Again, we’re quoting the State Department’s public information on Qatar: Homosexual activity is considered to be a criminal offense, and those convicted may be sentenced to lashings, a prison sentence, and/or deportation. Gay lifestyles are not the only problem that Al Jazeera’s owners might have with some of their new employees. People with HIV/AIDS are advised against visiting the country: Qatar does not allow individuals with HIV/AIDS to live in the country. Medical exams are required for all long-term visitors and residents. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS may be subject to deportation The country is also very strict on what women can wear in public. Qatar does not require all women to wear the burqa in public, but it does take issue with many wardrobe choices considered acceptable in America: Foreign visitors are expected to remain sensitive to Islamic beliefs and practices and not dress
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Chapter 6 -- Terrorist Organizations Chapter 6 -- Terrorist Organizations Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism April 30, 2008 Report Terrorist Organizations Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) aliases cited are consistent with and drawn from the Specially Designated Nationals list maintained by the Department of Treasury. The full list can be found at the following website: http://www.treasury.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/sdnlist.txt . On October 15, 1999, pursuant to UNSCR 1267, the “al-Qa’ida and Taliban Sanctions Committee” was established. The 1267 sanctions regime has been modified and strengthened by subsequent resolutions so that the sanctions now cover individuals and entities associated with al-Qa’ida, Usama bin Ladin, and the Taliban. The targeted individuals and entities are placed on the Consolidated List. The full list can be found at the following website: http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1267/consolist.shtml . U.S. Government Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) Communist Party of Philippines/New People's Army (CPP/NPA) Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA) Gama'a al-Islamiyya (IG) Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) Jaish-e-Mohammed (JEM) Kongra-Gel (formerly Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK)) Lashkar e-Tayyiba Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group (GICM) Mujahadin-e Khalq Organization (MEK) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) Al-Qa’ida Al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) [Formerly Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC)] Real IRA (RIRA) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) Revolutionary Organization 17 November (17N) Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front (DHKP/C) Shining Path (SL) United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) Abu Nidal Organization (ANO) a.k.a. Arab Revolutionary Brigades; Arab Revolutionary Council; Black September; Fatah Revolutionary Council; Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims Description: The Abu Nidal Organization (ANO), an international terrorist organization, was founded by Sabri al-Banna (a.k.a. Abu Nidal) after splitting from the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1974. The group's previous known structure consisted of various functional committees, including political, military, and financial. In August 2002, Abu Nidal died in Baghdad, probably at the hands of Iraqi security officials; the new leadership of the organization remains unclear. Activities: The ANO has carried out terrorist attacks in 20 countries, killing or injuring almost 900 persons. The group has not staged a major attack against Western targets since the late 1980s. Major attacks included the Rome and Vienna airports in 1985, the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul, the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi in 1986, and the City of Poros day-excursion ship attack in Greece in 1988. The ANO is suspected of assassinating PLO deputy chief Abu Iyad and PLO security Chief Abu Hul in Tunis in 1991. The ANO conducted no attacks in 2007. Strength: Current strength is unknown. Location/Area of Operation: The group is largely considered inactive, although former and possibly current ANO associates might be in Iraq and Lebanon. External Aid: The ANO's current access to resources is unclear, but it is likely that the decline in state support has had a severe impact on its capabilities. Abu Sayyaf Group a.k.a. Al Harakat al Islamiyya Description: The Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) is an Islamic terrorist group operating in the southern Philippines. Some ASG leaders allegedly fought in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion and are students and proponents of radical Islamic teachings. The group split from the much larger Moro National Liberation Front in the early 1990s under the leadership of Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani, who was killed in a clash with Philippine police in December 1998. His younger brother, Khadaffy Ja
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Britain's tallest buildings Feasibility By rights 2004 should have been the year of the crane. You'd have expected St Georges Wharf tower to start but for the dogmatic anti-skyscraper attitude of Lambeth council, and for 110 Bishopsgate to also commence although the refusal of Norton Rose to move seemed far out given the enthusiam of Ronson to build his skyscraper at the public inquiry. It now seems only two will actually start in London this year - Columbus Tower and Crossharbour. Both sites require demolition but groundwork for them should be underway before the year is out. London Bridge Tower will also see work but the demolition length will mean this project will not be starting ground and foundation work before 2005. It seems unlikely we will see any major cores go up on the skyline this year as a result but 2005 will certainly be the year of the crane. London's top 500 skyscrapers - all active proposals over 500ft qualify. Europes Top Skyscraper Cities We get a lot of emails asking us just where London ranks in comparison to other cities in Europe so what we have done is come up with a formula that will hopefully show the impressiveness of a skyline by simply adding together the heights of the top 30 buildings. This doesn't take into account ALL high-rise buildings in the city for the very good reason that you can really only judge the quality of a skyline not on the total number of buildings but on the combined effect of height of the tallest buildings in each city or in otherwords 10 150m + skyscrapers is more impressive than a hundred 50m concrete blocks built in the 60s even though the combined bulk of the later is more than the former hence the weakness in other sites rankings. Observation and telecom towers are not counted in this total so no London Eye or Eiffel Tower. The results are rather surprising showing Paris NOT Frankfurt to be the king however with a glut of construction expected to start in London next year this will no doubt change. Frankfurt
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Discover Oxford's Architecture | Discover Oxford's Architecture | Oxford City Council Discover Oxford's Architecture Your Views Oxford has a compact city centre with an outstanding collection of world famous buildings. Its origins lie in the late Saxon period and its original street pattern still survives along with some of its earliest monuments. It contains one of the best preserved groups of medieval and later university buildings in the world and a wealth of architectural gems from the classical to the modern. Below you will find some of Oxford's greatest buildings. Many of them owe their existence to the growth of the University of Oxford over 800 years, but not all. You will also find fine examples of the city's churches, houses and civic buildings - just a few of Oxford's special listed buildings of national and international importance. Designed to guide the visitor through the city's most attractive and historic streets, the map towards the bottom of the page is an introduction to Oxford's architecture and a celebration of the development of the city over a thousand years. The majority of the buildings featured here can be visited. There may be a small charge to visit some of these buildings at certain times. The postcodes listed are those of the main institution to which the featured building belongs. A GPS system may not direct you to the building listed here. For further information and leaflets about guided walks and tours of Oxford please visit the Oxford Tourist Information Centre, 15-16 Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AS or the Experience Oxfordshire website . Discover Oxford's Architecture leaflet (PDF) 1. St George's Tower C11th A rare example of early stone military architecture. Standing four-storeys high with thick local ragstone walls, it defended the west gate of the Saxon town and later became the tower of St George's Chapel, the crypt of which survives. (See also the tower of the church of St Michael-at-the Northgate (C11th) which guarded the north gate.) In 1071, Robert D'Oilly incorporated it into his Norman Castle a tower on an earth mound, the latter still visible today. Oxford Castle Unlocked, New Road, OX1 1AY 2. Christ Church Cathedral C12th and later The site of the nunnery where Oxford first began it was refounded as the priory of St Frideswide in 1122 dedicated to Oxford's Patron saint, its mainly late Norman design survives. The first of Oxford's 'dreaming spires' and one of England's earliest was added c1325. The choir has a magnificent late C15th vault. It is the smallest cathedral in England and the chapel of Oxford's largest College, Christ Church where Christopher Wren's Tom Tower is a key motif in the city's skyline. St Aldate's, OX1 1DP 3. New College C14th Founded in 1379 by William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, New College is one of the most significant Medieval buildings of its kind in Europe and an excellent example of English Perpendicular Gothic style. It was one of the first colleges to lay out its key buildings of Chapel, Hall, Library and sleeping rooms around a quadrangle which became the model for all later colleges. The College and gardens are enclosed by the well preserved C13th town walls. New College Lane (also Holywell Street), OX1 3BN 4. Cornmarket Street4. 24-26 Cornmarket Street c1386-96 Built for a local wine merchant who called it the New Inn. This handsomely decorated building is a rare surviving example of a three-storey timber-framed dwelling with shops below (contemporary with New College above). It is a typical example of the houses of wealthier citizens in Oxford and northern Europe in general in this period. Corner of Ship Street, OX1 3EY 5. Church of St Mary the Virgin C14th/15th The church and tower are key features of one of Europe's most beautiful streets. The C14th Gothic spire is magnificently decorated. A very fine baroque porch was added in 1637. It is both the parish and university church with long links to the University. The Old Congregation House, (now café) is the University's oldest building its first administrative centre (1320) with its
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POSEIDON - Greek God of the Sea & Earthquakes (Roman Neptune) Poseidon Poseidon-Neptune and Hippocamps, Greco-Roman mosaic C3rd A.D., Sousse Archaeological Museum POSEIDON was the Olympian god of the sea, earthquakes, floods, drought and horses. He was depicted as a mature man with a sturdy build and dark beard holding a trident (a three-pronged fisherman's spear). MYTHS At birth Poseidon was swallowed whole by his father Kronos (Cronus), but Zeus later enlisted the aid of the goddess Metis who fed the Titan a magical elixir causing him to disgorge the god. << More >> During the War of the Titanes, the Kyklopes (Cyclopes) crafted a magical trident for Poseidon, and together with his brothers Zeus and Haides he defeated the elder gods and imprisoned them in Tartaros. << More >> Poseidon and his brothers drew lots for the division of the cosmos after the fall of the Titanes, and won the sea as his domain. When the Gigantes (Giants) besieged the gods of Olympos, Poseidon crushed Polybotes beneath the island of Kos (Cos). < <More >> He entered a contest with the goddess Athena for dominion over Athens and produced the very first horse as a gift. But the king refused him the prize and in anger Poseidon afflicted the land with drought. The god assaulted his sister Demeter in the shape of a horse as she was wandering the earth in search of her daughter Persephone. << More >> Poseidon seduced many nymphs and mortal woman often in the guise of an animal or flowing water. Some of his most famous conquests were the Gorgon Medousa (Medusa), Tyro, Amymone, and Aithra mother of the hero Theseus. << More >> The god helped build the walls of the city of Troy, but when King Laomedon refused the payment he had promised, Poseidon sent a sea-monster to ravage the land. << More >> The hero Odysseus blinded the god's son Polyphemos on his return from Troy and Poseidon sent a storm to scatter and wreck the hero's fleet. << More >> Many other myths are detailed over the following pages. SYMBOLS & ATTRIBUTES Poseidon's most distinctive attribute was the trident, a three-pronged fishing spear. He sometimes also wielded a boulder encrusted with sea creatures (crayfish, octopi, fish, etc.). The god was either clothed in a robe (chiton) and cloak (himation) or depicted nude with just a cloak draped loosely about his arms and shoulders. He was often crowned with a wreath of wild celery or a simple headband. Below are some examples of his attributes as depicted in ancient Greek art:- 1. Trident & boulder; 2. Trident's head; 3. Boulder with sea creatures; 4. Headband; 5. Wreath of celery-leaves; 6. Billowing cloak. SACRED ANIMALS & PLANTS Poseidon's sacred animals were the bull, the horse and the dolphin. As god of the sea he was also closely associated with fish and other marine creatures. His chariot was drawn by a pair of fish-tailed horses (Greek: hippokampoi). The most famous of his sacred animals in myth was the Cretan Bull, sire of the Minotaur. Poseidon's sacred plants were the pine tree and wild celery which were used to crown victors at the god's Isthmian Games. Below are examples of the god's animals as depicted in ancient Greek art and photos of his sacred plants:- 1. Hippocamp (half-horse, half-fish); 2. Dolphin; 3. Pine tree; 4. Wild celery. POSEIDON PAGES ON THEOI.COM This site contains a total of 6 pages describing the god, including general descriptions, mythology, and cult. The content is outlined in the Index of Poseidon Pages (left column or below). FAMILY OF POSEIDON KRONOS & RHEA (Homer Iliad 15.187, Hesiod Theogony 453, Apollodorus 1.4, Diodorus Siculus 5.68.1, et al) OFFSPRING See Family of Poseidon Poseidon was a son of the Titans Kronos (Cronus) and Rheia and a grandson of Ouranos (the Heavens) and Gaia (the Earth). He was a brother of the gods Zeus, Haides, Hera, Demeter and Hestia. Poseidon married the marine-goddess Amphitrite, eldest child of Nereus, first born son of Pontos (the Sea), a marital alliance which secured his dominion over the sea. Their son was the fish-tailed god Triton. He also had numerous mortal offspri
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Cupid *** Who was Cupid? Cupid was the Roman god of erotic love and beauty. According to ancient Roman mythology and legend, Cupid had two different types of arrows which explains this Roman god's association with both romantic and erotic love. Anyone hit by one of Cupid's arrow did not die but fell in love. The Golden Arrow signified true love and the Leaden Arrow represented wanton and sensual passion. According to ancient mythology and legend his mother, Venus, complained to Themis, one of the Titans, that her son grew no bigger than a child. She that it was because he was a solitary child and that if he had a brother he would soon start to grow. A brother to Cupid, called Anteros, was born and Cupid was then seen to increase rapidly in size and strength. Picture of Cupid The following facts and profile provides a fast overview of Cupid: Cupid Profile & Fact File Roman Name: Cupid Role & Function: The function of Cupid is described as being the god of erotic love and beauty Status: A minor Roman god Symbols: Bow and arrow and lyre. He is also associated with roses, torches and doves which have all become symbols of love Gender: Male Greek Counterpart: The Greek name for this god was Eros Name of Wife: Unmarried but his lover was Psyche with whom he had a daughter called Voluptus Name of Father: Mars Name of Mother: Venus Facts about Cupid in Roman Mythology Discover interesting information and facts about Cupid, the Roman god of erotic love and beauty. The facts about Cupid provides a list detailing fascinating additional info to increase your knowledge about Cupid in Roman Mythology. History and Mythical Facts about Apollo Fact 1 about Cupid: His mother was Venus, the daughter of Jupiter and Dione, the wife of Vulcan although the father of Cupid was Mars Fact 2 about Cupid: His golden arrows had dove feathers as flights which aroused love, or leaden arrows which had owl feathers that caused indifference Fact 3 about Cupid: Psyche was loved by Cupid, the emblem of the soul Fact 4 about Cupid: The Romans also called the god Amor and Cupido Fact 5 about Cupid: He was sometimes viewed as callous and careless but generally he was seen as beneficial, due of the happiness he imparted to couples Fact 6 about Cupid: In some myths he was depicted as mischievous in his matchmaking, but this mischief was often directed by his mother, Venus. Fact 7 about Cupid: His daughter called Voluptus was the spirit of pleasure, desire, and enjoyment Fact 8 about Cupid: He has become synonymous with Valentine's day and is commonly represented with symbols of love such as arrows, hearts and doves Cupid (Greek Counterpart was Eros) The Romans habitually assimilated various elements from other cultures and civilisations, including the gods and goddesses that were worshipped by the Greeks and other nations. When the Roman Empire conquered the Greeks in 146BC many of the Greek gods and goddesses were adopted by the Romans. The Romans simply changed the Greek gods names to Latin equivalents. The Greek counterpart of Cupid was Eros. The Roman religion significantly differed from the Greeks in that it was officially endorsed by the state and exerted influence over the government of Rome. Politicians took the offices of influential priests, called pontiffs, to gain control of the popular worship, Roman gods and goddesses were worshipped at every public event, including the gladiatorial games, where blood sacrifices were made to the gods. Cupid and the Roman Gods Family Tree and Genealogy The Roman gods family tree provides an instant overview of the genealogy and the family connections and relationships between the main deities, including Cupid, who feature in the legends and mythology of the ancient Romans. The Primeval gods and deities, the Titans and the Roman Olympians. The first appearance of a god called Cupid was long before the emergence of this small Olympian god. A god called Cupid appeared in the first dynasty of the primordial gods as the god of procreation, He was descended from Chaos and Nox and was responsible for the union between T
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Shropshire Tourism - Places to Stay, Eat and Shop in Shropshire What's On Get wrapped up in Shropshire As the nights start to draw in you may find yourself considering an indulgent short break away from the usual routine. What you may not have considered is Shropshire as one of the best places to de-stress. This may be in part because you are unsure where we are (this helpful map opposite will explain just how accessible we are) or because you are unfamiliar with just how much Shropshire has to offer its visitors. A quick trawl through our website may help enlighten and even surprise you. For in this little known corner of England you will find Medieval Shrewsbury , birthplace of Charles Darwin , Ironbridge birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and Much Wenlock , the real inspiration for the modern Olympics. And Shropshire’s smorgasbord is fit to bursting with local produce and plenty of great eateries (and plenty of walks to help keep the calories in check). Shopping is a must too, with over 20 vibrant market towns and numerous independent and individual shops to choose from. Ever since those clever Romans discovered Shropshire as an ideal place for some decent R&R, Shropshire has been offering comfy beds, good food, proper ales and the like to the weary. All served up with the sort of warmth and hospitality that encourages friends to return. It’s a tradition that continues today. Some people may think Shropshire is a bit old fashioned but we like to think we have simply hung on to what really matters. We think you may too. What's On
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY Questions set by the Waters Green Lemmings and the Bate Horntails. ROUND ONE: Q1: The characters Vladimir and Estragon appear? A: Waiting for Godot. Q2: What relation was Pliny the Younger to Pliny the Elder? A: Nephew. Q3: Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed “Princess Pushy”? A: Princess Michael of Kent. Q4: What was the name of Perry Mason’s secretary? A: Della Street. Q5: What famous French film production/newsreel brand, established in 1896, was the first major movie corporation? A: Pathé (Pathé Frères - Pathé Brothers) Q6: Which King conferred the title “Royal and Ancient” on the Golf Club at St. Andrews? A: William IV. Q7: In which U.S. state is the vast majority of Yellowstone National Park? A: Wyoming. Q8: Which was the last British group to win the Eurovision Song Contest? A: Katrina and the Waves (in 1997 with Love Shine A Light). Q9: In October 2013, Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Driver’s Championship for the 4th consecutive time, but how many other people have achieved this feat? A: Three: (Juan Manuel Fangio; Alain Prost; Michael Schumacher). Q10: Which country finished third in the 1966 World Cup? A: Portugal. Q11: What was the surname of Art Historian and nun, Sister Wendy? A: Becket. Q12: What is the capital of Tajikistan? A: Dushanbe. Q13: Which Beatles album followed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? A: Magical Mystery Tour. Q14: Which detective was created by W J Burley? A: Wycliffe. Q15: Which of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five owned Timmy the Dog? A: George. Q16: In which prison was the television series “Porridge” set? Slade. Q17: Where in the human body is the radius? A: The forearm (accept arm). Q18: To which country do the islands of Spitzbergen belong? A: Norway. Q19: In which year was the Festival of Britain? A: 1951. Q20: In whose shop window did Bagpuss sit? A: Emily’s. Q1: At which English racecourse would you find Devil’s Dyke? A: Newmarket. Q2: Which is the largest moon in the Solar System? A: Ganymede. Q3: How many Nobel Prizes are usually awarded each year? A: Six: (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics). Q4: Who was the last King of Italy?
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In 1675 the Rev. John Flamsteed was the first person to hold which position?
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Life and Observations of Flamsteed — Newton, Halley, and Flamsteed (Normalized Version) Life and Observations of Flamsteed — Newton, Halley, and Flamsteed Author: Thomas Galloway Source: Edinburgh Review, No. 62 (1836), pp. 359-97. Published online: July 2009 Additional Information Notes on the Electronic Edition You are currently reading the normalized version of this text. Normalized transcriptions provide a tidied-up view of the original text. Editorial interventions are applied to expand abbreviations and correct textual mistakes. Additions are silently included within the body text and deleted text is not displayed. Switching to the diplomatic view of this text will , and not apply 2 editorial regularizations. Revision History Catalogue information compiled by Rob Iliffe, Peter Spargo & John Young 1 February 2009 Margarita Fernandez Chas tagged transcription 29 July 2009 Catalogue exported to teiHeader by Michael Hawkins Download OTHE00091.xml and schema (advanced users only) [ Catalogue Entry ] <359> ART. V. – An Account of the Rev. John Flamsteed, the first Astronomer Royal; compiled from his own Manuscripts, and other authentic Documents, never before Published. To which is added, his British Catalogue of Stars, Corrected and Enlarged. By FRANCIS BAILY, Esq. Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society. 4 to. London: 1835. THE present volume comes before the world through an unusual channel, having been printed at the public expense, for the benefit of science, by order of the Lords Commissioners' of the Admiralty. The editor, Mr Baily, is a gentleman of great eminence in the scientific world, and distinguished as the author of several works and memoirs on astronomy, of the highest utility and excellence. The subject matter of it relates to the life and astronomical labours of an individual, of whom, perhaps, some of our readers may not have heard, but who was, nevertheless, a very distinguished character in his day, — the father of practical astronomy in England, and the author of a great national work, the Historia Britannica Cœlestis. The history of the publication is not a little curious. ' Some time during the year 1832,' says Mr Baily, ' I was informed that an opposite neighbour of mine (Edward Giles, Esq., No.5, Tavistock Place) was in possession of a large collection of original manuscript letter, written by the celebrated Mr John Flamsteed to his friend, Mr Abraham Sharp, who had formerly been his assistant at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, and who made the mural arc then in use. These letters were found some years ago, at Mr Sharp's house, in a box deposited in a garret, filled with various books and papers; and Mr Giles was good enough to send them over to me for my perusal. I immediately recognised the handwriting of Flamsteed, and found that they contained much interesting and original matter connected with his astronomical labours not generally known. The whole collection (at least that part of it which relates to Flamsteed) consists not only of the letters written by Mr Flamsteed (124 in number), but also of one letter from Mrs Flamsteed, and 60 from Mr Joseph Crosthwait, his assistant likewise at the Royal Observatory, all addressed to Mr Sharp, who at that time resided at Little Horton, near Bradford, in Yorkshire, on an estate of his own, where he lived a very secluded life, passing most of his time in astronomical calculations. When Flamsteed set about reducing his observations, he requested Mr Sharp to undertake the computation of the places of several of the stars in his catalogue, and also of the moon and planets, from the original observations; and an extensive and friendly correspondence was thus commenced and kept up between them till the time of Flamsteed's death, which was afterward continued with Mr Crosthwait, who super <360> intended the printing of Flamsteed's works, after his decease. This correspondence embraces a variety of subjects; but the principal, the most novel, and the most interesting, is the account of the repeated difficulties and impediments which delayed and
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: February 2011 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League 22nd Feb–Cup/Plate Semi Finals Questions set by Plough Horntails and the Dolphin 1. How many hoops are used in the standard game of Croquet? A, 6. 2. Which African kingdom was known as Basutoland before it gained independence in 1966? A. Lesotho. 3. The work "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures" is the textbook of which religious movement founded in 1879? A. Christian Science. 4. What is the fruit of the Blackthorn called? A. The Sloe. 5. How many countries sit on the full United Nations Security Council? A. 15. 6. According to the book of Genesis, which land lay to the "east of Eden"? A. The Land of Nod. 7. What is the name of the southernmost point of Africa? A. Cape Agulhas (note: The Cape of Good Hope is just south of Cape Town and is NOT correct). 8. Responding to a pressing issue in year 1095, what appeal did Pope Urban II make to Kings, Nobles and Knights in a sermon at the Council of Clermont? A. Please help to regain the Holy Lands… the First Crusade. (Accept any answer relating to freeing Jerusalem from Moslems/ Mohammadens / Turks/ Saracens) 9. Who holds the post of High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union? A. Baroness Ashton (Accept Catherine Ashton). 10. Which city was awarded the 1944 Summer Olympic Games? A. London. 11. In which country did the Maoist organization the Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) operate? A. Peru. 12. Which major city’s name translates into English as Fragrant Harbour? A. Hong Kong. 13. In which country was the Granny Smith apple first grown? A. Australia (in 1868) 15. Who was the architect of Coventry Cathedral? A. Basil Spence. 16. Who opened an historic address to his people with the following, “In this grave hour, perhaps the most fateful in our history, I send to every household of my peoples, both at home and overseas, this message, spoken with the same depth of feeling for each one of you as if I were able to cross your threshold and speak to you myself.” A. King George VI (as taken from the King’s Speech) 17. Which car company makes the Alhambra model? A. Seat. 18. Which car company makes a model called the Sirion? A. Diahatsu 19. What is the Nationality of Stefaan Engels who set a World record on Saturday 5th February in Barcelona by completing a marathon every day for a year, a total of 9,569 miles? A. Belgian. 20. Who wrote Memoirs of a Fox-hunting Man and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, as well as collections of poetry? A. Siegfried Sassoon. 21. Approximately what percentage of the planet’s surface is covered by Tropical rainforests? A. 2% (but they are home to more than 50% species on Earth). Accept any figure less than 5%. 22. What is the name of the point on the Celestial sphere directly below an observer or a given position? A. Nadir. (Note this is the opposite of zenith). 23. What is the term, of French origin, loosely translated 'into mouth', for using facial muscles and shaping the lips for the mouthpiece to play a woodwind or brass musical instrument? A. Embouchure (origin, em = into, bouche = mouth) also accept embrasure. 24. In his 2011 memoir, ‘Known and Unknown’, which US ex-politician tries to deflect blame onto others including Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice, for Iraq War mistakes? A. Donald Rumsfeld. (The book title alludes to Rumsfeld's famous statement: "There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know..." The statement was made by Rumsfeld on February 12, 2002 at a press briefing addressing the absence of evidence linking the Iraq government with the supply of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups.) 25. How many vertices (corners) has a regular dodecahedron (a dodecahedron is a 3D form with 12 faces)? A. 20. 26. The Salmon River in Idaho, USA is known by what nickname, It is also the name of a 1954 film, whose title soundtrack was recorded b
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The Great Falls of the Potomac River are located upstream (to the northwest) of which US city?
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Great Falls of the Potomac River (near Washington DC, Virginia / Maryland, USA) Great Falls of the Potomac River McLean (Great Falls Park) / Potomac (Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park), Virginia / Maryland, USA [Back to top] INTRODUCTION The Great Falls of the Potomac River was the waterfalling excuse for Julie, Tahia, and I to explore the vicinity of our Nation's Capital - Washington DC. We made it a point to drive the nearly 15 miles or so from DC to the Great Falls Park on the Virginia side as the prospect of even seeing a natural waterfall so close to iconic places like the National Mall (which itself harbored important landmarks like the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the White House, the Washington Monument, and Capitol Hill, among others) was simply an activity that we couldn't miss as far as we were concerned. The Potomac River itself (on which the waterfall sat upon) was also rich in history, so it really felt like a visit to this waterfall was both a pleasant respite into natural surroudings away from the urban developments as well as a step back in time. The Great Falls was really a section of the Potomac River where it narrowed and dropped a cumulative height of some 76ft over a series of rocky cascades. There were a couple of rocky islands that seemed to split part of the falls providing that somewhat disjointed look to it. Apparently, daredevil kayakers run these cascades, and we even saw one such kayaker climb the rocks on one of the rock islands before putting in just above the lowermost tiers of the waterfall, which itself seemed like class V conditions even down there. Clearly, he had to know what he was doing to avoid a possible drowning, which park signs here had warned that at least seven people each year have done (thanks to the river's strong currents). What was really refreshing about our visit to the Great Falls was that it was in a very naturesque setting. Trees and wetlands were all around us. And even though we were literally minutes away from Washington DC, we really felt as if we found our escape from the urban jungle when we came here. In any case, there was a bit of history tied to this waterfall as it was a natural barrier preventing further upstream travel. So a canal was built (on the Maryland side of the falls) to bypass the waterfall, and that canal was known as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal (or C&O Canal). That helped to open up trade further upstream along the Potomac allowing for the passage of things such as coal, lumber, and agricultural goods. We pretty much only toured the Virginia side of the waterfall at the Great Falls Park. From the car park (see directions below), we made a short walk to the three main overlooks. We started with the furthest overlook (known as Overlook 3), which featured a full and contextual view of the waterfall itself from a wheelchair-accessible lookout. Right in front of that lookout was a pole containing signposts of the year where the high water marks of the Potomac were at during its recorded history. It was amazing to see that even as late as 1996, this overlook was under water! As we continued to backtrack on the main walking route, we then detoured into Overlook 2. This brought us a bit closer to the Great Falls, where we could almost literally look across the river towards the lone lookout of the falls on the Maryland side. We were still able to get contextual views of the entire waterfall from here, while also getting a sense of the sheer power of the Potomac River passing by us. Like with Overlook 3, Overlook 2 was said to be wheelchair accessible. Finally, we backtracked to Overlook 1, which brought us the closest to the wide and brown cascading water. From here, we could almost feel the power of the Potomac. It was a bit tricky to get up the smooth and slick rocks towards some of the higher lookout spots, but perhaps our most intimate experience of the Great Falls was had from such spots. We really had to keep an eye out on our daughter here because she literally took these rocks as a climbing c
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What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? Billy The Kid How many stories did each of the World Trade Towers have? 110 What is the name of the cafe in Coronation Street? Roy's Rolls According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace? 775 What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world? London Gatwick By number of films made, which country has the largest film industry? India Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Muhammad Ali On what day of the year is St George's day held? 23rd of April The scientific unit lumen is used in the measurement of what? Light Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle? Apollo 15 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? Stephenie Meyer What is the capital of India? New Delhi Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Edward Lear Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? Haiti In which city is the European Parliament based? Strasbourg Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit? Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c
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Volga Volga I. Introduction Volga , river in western Russia, longest and one of the most important rivers of Europe. The Volga River rises northwest of Moscow in the Valday Hills and flows 3,700 km (2,300 mi) to the southeast before emptying into the Caspian Sea near the city of Astrakhan'. It is navigable for about 3200 km (about 2000 mi), and large numbers of ships ply its waters with freight and passengers. The Volga is fed by more than 200 tributaries (about 70 of which are navigable), including the Kama, Samara, Oka, and Vetluga. Together, the Volga and its tributaries occupy a watershed covering about 1,450,000 sq km (about 560,000 sq mi), or about 40 percent of European Russia. II. Description From its headwaters in the Valday Hills, midway between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the Volga flows southeast, toward Moscow, before bending northeast. Near the bend, the Volga is connected to the Moscow Canal, which flows south and joins the Moscow River north of the city of Moscow. From its intersection with the canal, the Volga continues northeast and meets the Rybinsk Reservoir. The reservoir is also served by the Volga-Baltic Waterway, which flows north and west before reaching the Baltic Sea at Saint Petersburg; and by the White Sea-Baltic Waterway, which flows north into Lake Onega and the White Sea. From the Rybinsk Reservoir, the Volga turns east and south through several more reservoirs; between the Oka River and the city of Kazan', it doubles in volume. At Kazan', west of the Ural Mountains, the Volga veers sharply south, narrowing at the city of Saratov. The river continues south until reaching Volgograd, where it turns southeast and empties into the Caspian Sea. At Volgograd, the river is connected with the Volga-Don Canal, which carries water and freight west to the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Before reservoirs were created, the upper Volga was 7 to 11 m (23 to 36 ft) deep, the middle Volga 12 to 14 m (39 to 46 ft) deep, and the lower Volga 3 to 15 m (10 to 49 ft) deep. At its widest point the river spans more than 1.6 km (1 mi). III. Economic Importance The Volga is an essential part of Russia's transportation complex, carrying more than two-thirds of all traffic on the country's inland waterways. Mechanized port facilities were first constructed along the Volga in the early 1930s; today more than 900 ports and 550 industrial docks line the river's banks. The most important port cities are Tver', Rybinsk, Yaroslavl', Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan', Simbirsk, Samara, Saratov, Kamyshin, Volgograd, and Astrakhan'. Eight complexes combining dams, reservoirs, and hydroelectric facilities operate on the river; they are located at the cities of Uglich, Rybinsk, Gorodets, Nizhniy Novgorod, Cheboksary, Samara, Saratov, and Volgograd. Together with hydroelectric stations on a tributary, the Kama River, the Volga power facilities can produce 11 million kilowatts per hour. The Volga also supports about 70 species of fish, 40 of which have commercial value. These include the Caspian roach, herring, pike, and sturgeon. The Volga has long suffered from unregulated industrial and agricultural activities in its basin. Industrial wastes and runoff from cities and farmland have polluted it; and much of its watershed has been deforested, leading to increased erosion and silting. Irrigation extracts water in increasing amounts, which in turn lowers the Volga's flow and limits its ability to regenerate. Water extraction has also reduced the level of the Caspian Sea. Dams and hydroelectric plants have made it difficult for some of the river's fish to swim to their spawning grounds upstream. Beluga sturgeon and whitefish from the Caspian Sea in particular have suffered. In the early 1990s Russia began to address these problems through legislation and a newly created Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources. Regulation of logging in the Volga watershed, restrictions on the disposal of industrial waste, and artificial breeding of endangered fish species are among the measures aimed at protecting and restoring the river. IV. History The
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Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe – Mahshi Warak Enab Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe – Mahshi Warak Enab |Posted in: Gluten Free , Traditional , Vegan , Vegetarian 9 Comments Stuffed Grape Leaves is an amazingly creative, tasty and healthy Middle Eastern dish. It is made of rolled grape leaves with rice and vegetable stuffing slowly boiled in lemony water. Grape Leaves (aka Dolma in Greek cuisine) is a typical menu item at Lebanese, Greek or Turkish restaurants however more countries in the Middle East have their own versions of it. In Lebanon, there are 2 widely popular versions, a vegetarian recipe which we’re featuring here and one including ground beef in the stuffing as well as lamb shanks in the cooking pot. Stuffed Grape Leaves can be served alone as a full meal, or it can also be served as a “Mezza” appetizer along with other dishes. It goes well with a side of plain yogurt. Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves Recipe - Warak Enab Recipe type: Dinner, Hors D'oeuvres Cuisine: Lebanese, Middle Eastern Vegetarian Grape leaves is a healthy and tasty Middle-Eastern dish that is also called Dolma or Dolmeh. Check Mama's Lebanese Kitchen delicious grape leaves recipe. Ingredients 1 lb of Grape Leaves (about 75-90 leaves) 2 medium sized tomatoes finely chopped 1 bunch of Italian parsley finely chopped (cut off stems) 1 bunch of green mint leaves finely chopped 1 bunch of green onions finely chopped ½ cup of chickpea halves, rinsed and soaked in water overnight ½ cup of rice ¾ cup of olive oil 1 cup of lemon juice 1 medium size onions, sliced 1 large tomato, sliced Instructions Grape Leaves Stuffing Preparation In a bowl mix finely chopped tomatoes, mint, Italian parsley (with stems removed), green onions along with the chickpea halves, rice, 1 teaspoon of salt, ¼ cup of olive oil and ¼ cup of lemon juice. Preparing the Leaves If using canned grape leaves, get rid of water from can then soak leaves in clean hot water for 3 to 4 minutes. Rinse leaves multiple times with fresh water to get rid of any preservatives. If using freshly picked green grape leaves, make sure to pick the young leaves that are light in color and tender with a medium size. Wash well then boil on low heat for about 40 minutes. Once leaves are ready, cut off their stems and stack them on a cutting board, and let's get ready to roll! How to Roll the Grape Leaves Lay the leaves flat on a cutting board with the rough side facing upwards. Add ¾ teaspoon of stuffing towards the bottom of the leaf as in the photo below. Roll bottom of leaf over the stuffing, ⅓rd of the way Fold right side over, ⅓rd of the way Fold left side over, ⅓rd of the way Then roll all the way through the end of the leaf A good roll needs to be tight so that it doesn't break apart during cooking. We like to make medium to small rolls, about ½ inch thick and 3 inches long. Once rolled, stack the grape leave rolls tightly in a pot with its bottom covered with a layer of sliced onions and a layer of sliced tomatoes. Cooking the Grape Leaves Once you've finished adding the rolls, sprinkle 1 teaspoon of salt on top, add ¾th cup of lemon juice, ½ cup of olive oil, 2 cups of water Shake the pot sideways to let the liquids seep all the way through the bottom. The liquid should top the grape leave rolls. Add a small (microwave-safe) plate on top and press it downwards and leave in pot while cooking. The plate creates a downward pressure on the grape leave rolls to keep them tightly held together. Cover the pot and cook for a few minutes on high heat until the sauce boils, at which time turn the heat down to low and let simmer and cook for about 35 minutes. Every 10 mins or so, shake and swing the pot slowly to ensure that the sauce is equally dispersed and isn't stuck on one side. Serving and Tips Once cooked uncover pot and let rest for about 1 hour to cool down. During this time the grape leave rolls will absorb more sauce and enhance in flavors (optional) Once ready to serve, empty the sauce from the pot in a separate container, then put your serving plate upside down on top o
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Alsace | The real French foods The real French foods Alsace Alsace (pronounced [al.zas] or Elsass in Alsatian) is a region cultural, historical and administrative in the eastern France. A real food culture Alsace, one of the most “starred” by the guides, values at its best its gastronomic heritage … sometimes its important gastronomic repertoire. Despite the influx of tourists and a trivialization due to Strasbourg and several historic cities located on the Route des Vins, many restaurants strive for quality and, quite often, are very friendly. Alsatian families continue to attend with a remarkable continuity and meals between friends are much more usual than elsewhere. There is crowd on Sunday afternoon in restaurants and well-known farm inns, even well away from major centers (Munster Valley, Haute-Bruche “Country of cabbage”, Ried, region of Brumath, Outre-Forett, Florival, Sundgau). Among the recipes and traditional dishes from Alsace are the onion tart (Zewelkueche), the Cervelas vinaigrette, asparagus (Sparichle) accompanied by three sauces, this Baeckeoffe that is a typical stew, flamed pie, more exactly : Flamekuche or Flammekueche, now known throughout France, formerly a part of the Specialties of Bas-Rhin near Strasbourg, sauerkraut, or Schiffala or Schiffele, rolled dough with pork and veal Fleischschnacka. Game – the right of hunting is specify to the region – and pork, despite the small local pig production, are in the spotlight. The southern Sundgau boasts its fried carp. Pate of foie gras, produced since the seventeenth century, is considered an Alsatian specialty … as much as in Landes and Perigord (a version of the block, in a round pastry crust, was introduced in 1780 in the table of the Military Governor of Strasbourg). It should be noted that Alsace does not raise many more geese than pigs, it is nevertheless an abundant delicatessen. However, Alsace breeds more ducks for foie gras production. Traditional desserts are numerous: kugelhopf or kougelhopf, whose name is often “Frenchified” in Kouglof, fruit pies, including plums and cheese, a variety of biscuits and small cakes called Bredala (specialties of the Advent), gingerbread. (The names of products and dishes, in local dialect, varies greatly from one mini-region to another: transcripts are risky, sometimes quite abusive francisations as “Flammkuchen” are plentiful. But everyone understands. Whatever we translate as Baeckeoffe, Bäckkeoffe, Bækoffa, Bækenoffa, Bækaoffe: it will always be a mixture of meat, potatoes, onions, sprinkled with white wine, cooked for a very long in an oven in a sealed pot. Though the terms more or less Anglicized can be written entirely in lowercase letters, the use of the capital letter, as in German, is often retained). Great cooks The Haeberlin family, located in the heart of the Ried, has earned a worldwide reputation: the great restaurateurs and chefs of the highest international level attended in spring 2008 to the funerals of Paul Haeberlin, famous for his talent and modesty.For several years now, his son Marc runs the kitchen of the great house in the Colmar region. Highly respected in the business, representing an elite “Tradition & Quality” of Alsatian and French gastronomy, Haeberlin have continued to embellish the Auberge de l’Ill (this family business became an institution in the middle of the last century ). It is located on the Ill, shaded by weeping willows, in Illhaeusern, 15 km north of Colmar; it has been constantly awarded three Michelin stars since 1967. For many foodies, the expression “the two Paul” was immediately in reference to Haeberlin senior and Bocuse, they have always been great friends (Illhaeusern is paired with Collonges-au-Mont-d’Or). Jean-Pierre Haeberlin, Paul’s brother, plays an important role in the house. He is also an excellent watercolorist, often inspired by the Ill, its slender boats, weeping willows, the Ried … It is very much in the elegant decor, both typical Alsace and ultra-contemporary, a restaurant as famous for its charms as for its cuisine, accompanied by a hotel
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What was the title of the novelty single released by the Israeli duo Esther and Abi Ofarim, number one for 3 weeks in the UK in 1968, that features yodelling and 1920s-style lyrics and music?
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Cinderella Rockefella - WOW.com Cinderella Rockefella Producer(s) Abi Ofarim, Chaim Semel [1] "Cinderella Rockefella" is a novelty song written by Mason Williams and Nancy Ames , and most famously released as a single by the Israeli duo Esther and Abi Ofarim , at the time a married couple, in 1968. They recorded their version in 1967 and made an appearance on The Eamonn Andrews Show to promote it. [1] An April 1967 performance on the CBS television variety program The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour , introduced a U.S. audience to the song. Co-Composer Williams was a writer for the series. The track peaked at No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1968, where it remained for three weeks. [2] The single features yodelling and a somewhat 1920s-style arrangement. The song is structured like a twelve-bar blues. According to Radio Caroline DJ Andy Archer , the song was the last to be played on Radio Caroline South on the night of 2-3 March 1968, before its radio ship (like that of its sister station Radio Caroline North) was towed into harbour over unpaid debts on the morning of 3 March.[ citation needed ] Cover versions The Spanish pop vocal group, Los Quando's , released a Spanish version titled "Mi Cenicienta" in an EP single from 1968, with lyrics from Julio Guiu Sr. Knut Berger and Caroline Peters perform a karaoke version of the song, sung by Rita and Ivri Lider , in the 2004 Israeli film Walk on Water . References
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The UK Number Ones : 2005 to present Best-selling single of 2005 Tony Christie featuring Peter Kay Is This The Way To Amarillo 7 Only No 1 The MOR singer from the seventies returned with a re-release of his 1971, No 18 hit. Comedian, Peter Kay didn't perform on the recording, only appearing in the video (along with other stars), miming to the song. This record was also raising funds for Comic Relief. The eventual seven weeks at the top was the longest stay since Cher in late 1998. 14 May 2005 Akon Lonely 2 1st No 1 Hip Hop artist, Akon was born in Senegal, west Africa, but moved to New Jersey when he was seven . 28 May 2005 Oasis Lyla 1 7th Back at the top for the first time in three years . From their (new) album "Don't Believe The Truth". 4 Jun 2005 Crazy Frog Axel F 4 Only No 1 This started as a mobile phone ring tone. The single is based on Harold Faltermeyer's film theme, which reached No 2 in 1985. 2 Jul 2005 2 Pac feat Elton John Ghetto Gospel 3 Only No 1 Tupac Shakur was a New York rapper, gunned down in the late 1990s. His albums had continued to sell in large quantities. Elton John is credited, as his song "Indian Sunset" (1971) is sampled. 23 Jul 2005 James Blunt You're Beautiful 5 Only No 1 James is a singer and multi-instrumentalist who comes from Wiltshire, UK. This track was from his debut album "Back To Bedlam". 27 Aug 2005 McFly I'll Be OK 1 4th 3 Sep 2005 Oasis The Importance Of Being Idle 1 8th No 1 A quick return to the top for the veteran Brit Pop band, with Noel taking lead vocals for a change. 10 Sep 2005 Gorillaz Dare 1 Only No 1 The British "animated" band scored their first chart topper after 4 years of chart activity. Lead vocals on the track are taken by Shaun Ryder, formerly with the band Happy Mondays. 17 Sep 2005 Pussycat Dolls feat Busta Rhymes Don't Cha 3 1st No 1 Track was taken from the debut album of the Los Angeles-based girl band. US rapper, Rhymes had charted here since 1996, previously peaking at No 2 in 1998. 8 Oct 2005 Sugababes Push The Button 3 4th No 1 The female trio hit the top for the first time in two years. It was their 4th No 1, and 3 weeks at the top proved it was no fluke. 29 Oct 2005 Arctic Monkeys I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor 1 1st No 1 They are a four-piece band from Sheffield, who appeared at the Leeds and Reading festivals in 2005. 5 Nov 2005 Westlife You Raise Me Up 2 13th No 1 The Irish lads shot to the top again, after a long gap of two years, and minus Bryan McFadden. The song had been recorded by several artists previously, but this was its highest position in the charts by far. 19 Nov 2005 Madonna Hung Up 3 11th No 1 After a gap of over 5 years, the UK-based American performer stormed back to the top. The track sampled the instrumental riff from Abba's "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme"; No 3, 1979. This hit gave her a chart topping span of over 20 years. 10 Dec 2005 Pussycat Dolls Stickwitu 2 2nd No 1 The Californian girls shot straight back to the top with their second single release. 24 Dec 2005 Nizlopi JCB Song 1 Only No 1 This UK pop-folk act comprised Luke Concannon and John Parker. The song about the earth-mover was inspired by Luke's father's job as a JCB driver. 31 Dec 2005 Xmas No 1 Shayne Ward That's My Goal 4 Only No 1 This winner of the second series of the "X-Factor" tv show, took the Xmas No 1 spot with his debut single. This meant that the 2005 No 1 listing started and ended with an "X-Factor" winner! Total of No 1 singles in Year 2005 = 28 M This was the first UK chart topper since September 2002 for the Pennsylvania-born singer. 1 Nov 2008 Girls Aloud Promise 1 4th No 1 Despite such humble origins as tv's "Pop Idol" show, the girl band have been hitting the charts since December 2002. Band member Cheryl Cole is now also a judge on the "X-Factor" talent show! 8 Nov 2008 X-Factor Finalists Hero 3 1st No 1 The fin
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What type of animal is also known as a sea cow?
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Stellers Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis Gigas) - Animals - A-Z Animals Five groups that classify all living things Animalia A group of animals within the animal kingdom Chordata A group of animals within a pylum Mammalia A group of animals within a class Sirenia A group of animals within an order Dugongidae A group of animals within a family Hydrodamalis Comprised of the genus followed by the species Hydrodamalis Gigas The animal group that the species belongs to Mammal What kind of foods the animal eats Herbivore How long (L) or tall (H) the animal is 8m - 9m (26ft - 30ft) The measurement of how heavy the animal is 8000kg (8.8tons) How long the animal lives for 50 - 80 years Whether the animal is solitary or sociable Herd The likelihood of the animal becoming extinct Extinct When the entire species has disappeared from Earth 1758 AD The colour of the animal's coat or markings Grey, Brown, Black The protective layer of the animal Smooth The specific area where the animal lives Arctic Tundra The average number of babies born at once 1 Other animals that hunt and eat the animal Large sharks and humans Characteristics unique to the animal Enormous body size and toothless mouths Stellers Sea Cow Location Stellers Sea Cow The Steller's sea cow was a large marine mammal that was found in abundance in the North Pacific. These enormous animals were closely related to the dugong and the manatee still found grazing in the oceans today, but were of considerable size at between eight and nine meters in length. The Steller's sea cow was first discovered in 1741 by explorers that ventured into parts of the Arctic Circle. When they were first recorded, the Steller's sea cow was said to be living in abundance in the North Pacific, however in less than 20 years of human contact, the Steller's sea cow had disappeared from the ocean completely. Steller's sea cows were large herbivores that had a seal-like appearance with a tail which resembled that of a whale. The Steller's sea cow was named after George Steller who discovered the animal and who described it: "The animal never comes out on shore, but always lives in the water. Its skin is black and thick, like the bark of an old oak, its head in proportion to the body is small, it has no teeth, but only two flat white bones one above, the other below". The Steller's sea cow was said to be a tame animal that spend most of it's time concerning itself with munching on kelp, which is possibly what made it so vulnerable later on. However, the Steller's sea cow was also said to be unable to submerge it's enormous body fully underwater making it an easy spot for human hunters. The Steller's sea cow was a herbivorous animal that would have had a very similar diet to the dugong and manatees still extant today. This toothless animal would have spent the majority of its time grazing on kelp, sea weed and other aquatic grasses that grow in the shallows of the oceans. Before being discovered by humans , the Steller's sea cow would have had very few predators within it's watery world. Large shark species would have been the only predators able to tackle such an enormous meal, but non were more successful at hunting this enormous sea cow than humans who wiped out the entire species in just 17 years. The Steller's sea cow would have mated and given birth to it's calf in the water (as these marine mammals do not go onto the land). In much the same way as it's smaller cousins, the female Steller's sea cow would have given birth to a single calf after a gestation period that probably lasted well over a year. The sea cow calf would of remained with it's mother until it was strong enough to become independent. Sadly, these remarkable giants of the sea, where wiped out by human hunters almost instantly after having been discovered by explorers. Today, it's smaller cousins are also under serious threat in their native habitats from over-hunting and increasing levels of pollution in the water. Share This Article
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Aurochs | Animal Database | Fandom powered by Wikia Extinct The aurochs, also urus, ure (Bos primigenius), the ancestor of domestic cattle, is an extinct type of large wild cattle that inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa; they survived in Europe until the last recorded aurochs, a female, died in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland in 1627. During the Neolithic Revolution, which occurred during the early Holocene, there were at least two aurochs domestication events: one related to the Indian subspecies, leading to zebu cattle; the other one related to the Eurasian subspecies, leading to taurine cattle. Other species of wild bovines were also domesticated, namely the wild water buffalo, gaur, and banteng. In modern cattle, numerous breeds share characteristics of the aurochs, such as a dark colour in the bulls, with a light eel stripe along the back with the cows being lighter, or a typical aurochs-like horn shape. Contents Edit The aurochs was variously classified as Bos primigenius, Bos taurus, or, in old sources, Bos urus. However, in 2003, the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature "conserved the usage of 17 specific names based on wild species, which are pre-dated by or contemporary with those based on domestic forms", confirming Bos primigenius for the aurochs. Taxonomists who consider domesticated cattle a subspecies of the wild aurochs should use B. primigenius taurus; those who consider domesticated cattle to be a separate species may use the name B. taurus, which the Commission has kept available for that purpose. Etymology Edit The words aurochs, urus, and wisent have all been used synonymously in English. However, the extinct aurochs/urus is a completely separate species from the still-extant wisent, also known as European bison. The two were often confused, and some 16th-century illustrations of aurochs and wisents have hybrid features. The word urus (/ˈjʊərəs/; plural uruses) is a Latin word, but was borrowed into Latin from Germanic (cf. Old English/Old High German ūr, Old Norse úr). In German, OHG ūr was compounded with ohso "ox", giving ūrohso, which became early modern Aurochs. The modern form is Auerochs. The word aurochs was borrowed from early modern German, replacing archaic urochs, also from an earlier form of German. The word is invariable in number in English, though sometimes back-formed singular auroch and innovated plural aurochses occur. The use in English of the plural form aurochsen is nonstandard, but mentioned in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. It is directly parallel to the German plural and recreates by analogy the same distinction as English ox vs. oxen. Evolution Edit During the Pliocene, the colder climate caused an extension of open grassland, which led to the evolution of large grazers, such as wild bovines.[8] Bos acutifrons is an extinct species of cattle sometimes claimed to be the ancestor of aurochs, but it was a species with very long, outward-facing horns. The oldest aurochs remains have been dated to about 2 million years ago, in India. The Indian subspecies was the first to appear. During the Pleistocene, the species migrated west into the Middle East (western Asia) as well as to the east. They reached Europe about 270,000 years ago. The South Asian domestic cattle, or zebu, descended from Indian aurochs at the edge of the Thar Desert; the zebu is resistant to drought. Domestic yak, gayal and Javan cattle do not descend from aurochs. Subspecies Edit Three wild subspecies of aurochs are recognized. Only the Eurasian subspecies survived until recent times. The Indian Aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus) once inhabited India. It was the first subspecies of the aurochs to appear, at 2 million years ago, and from about 9,000 years ago (BP), it was domesticated as the zebu cattle. Fossil remains indicate there were wild Indian aurochs besides domesticated zebu cattle in Gujarat and the Ganges area until about 4,000-5,000 years ago. Remains from wild aurochs, 4,400 years old, are clearly identified from Karnataka in south India. The Eurasian Aurochs (Bo
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What system, available on the internet, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes?
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Eduardo Saverin Finally Opens Up: 'No Hard Feelings Between Me And Mark Zuckerberg' Eduardo Saverin Finally Opens Up: 'No Hard Feelings Between Me And Mark Zuckerberg' {{article.article.images.featured.caption}} Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Full Bio The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. Loading ... This story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe Eduardo Saverin on the cover of Veja (Photo by Gilberto Tadday) It took almost a decade, one Hollywood flick and roughly a billion friends for Eduardo Saverin to agree on telling his side of the story about the founding of Facebook , the social-networking website that since 2004 has changed the way we communicate. Now, tens of billions of dollars later, the Brazil-born, Miami -bred billionaire finally addressed some of the topics that have been fueling people's imagination for years. Much of what people say about him is--he states--nothing but "Hollywood fantasy." In a revealing, world-exclusive interview with reporter Fábio Altman published this weekend by Veja , Brazil's leading newsmagazine, Saverin explained that he never talked to the media before due to contract restraints with the other Facebook shareholders. Ready to set the record straight, and after months of negotiations, Saverin welcomed Altman and photographer Gilberto Tadday at his new multi-million dollar condo in Singapore, where he lives since 2009, which also serves as his office. He keeps connected to the world through his iPhone, iPad, and his 3 Mac displays, one of which is constantly running weather softwares about hurricanes and tsunamis, a childhood hobby deepened by the time when he saw how Hurricane Andrew struck South Florida, in 1992. "I was fascinated by it, and, already having some scientific knowledge, I was able to see the eye of the hurricane, literally." Funny story: Saverin first made international headlines at the tender age of 13, when he beat a chess grandmaster during a match in Orlando . The fact was so unusual that he was mentioned on an article published by The International Chess Magazine. His parents’ best bit of the day: moments before delivering the checkmate, Saverin turned to his mother and asked, "Do you think it's alright if I win?" Described by Altman as a shy, and yet strong-willed person, Saverin began his chat with the journalist explaining how his family immigrated to the United States from Brazil, in the early 1990s. Contrary to what has been said, the Saverins didn't choose to leave the South American nation because of kidnapping threats. "I've always wanted to live in the United States, that was a dream I decided to fulfill because Brazil was facing a crisis, [former president] Fernando Collor had just freezed all saving accounts, the situation wasn't easy," said Roberto Saverin, Eduardo's father, who now runs a Miami-based pharmaceutical drugs export business and was also interviewed by Altman. Along with his wife, a psychologist, and his three children--Eduardo being the youngest one--Roberto settled in the Florida city which is a favorite destination for Brazilian tourists and immigrants. Only years after moving to the U.S. he found that his father and Eduardo’s grandfather, Eugênio Saverin, was on a list of potential kidnapping targets. A prominent Romanian Jew, Eugênio founded the chain of kidswear retailer Tip Top in São Paulo, in 1952. His entrepreneurial skills earned him, 50 years later, the title of official of the Order of Rio Branco, the highest honor that a Brazilian citizen can receive, which was given to the patriarch of the Saverin family by the then president Fernando Henrique Cardoso. After making that clear, Saverin, who's worth an estimated $2 billion as of Forbes' last count , credited his grandparents for inspiring him to become successful. "All of us, always, ended up doing something," he proudly said, almost not realizing that his 'something' just became the most talked-about IPO in a decade, only eigh
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Index-a This Week's Puzzles So You Think You Know Soccer A soccer goal is what dimensions, yards wide and feet high: 8x7; 7x8; 8x8 or 9x8? According to FIFA World Cup rules which flag must be displayed inside each match stadium besides those of FIFA/Fair Play, and the two competing nations? Approximately how many million people play regular organized football in the world (at the early 2000s): 5; 25; 65; or 250? The word soccer derives from: Sock; Association; Kosher; or Socrates? What is not required by the rules of soccer: Goal net; Penalty spot; Specified ball pressure; or Shin guards? The 2014 World Cup Finals allocated European and African teams respectively how many places: 3 and 9; 4 and 10; 5 and 13; or 6 and 15? What city/club football rules, which spread widely in the late 1800s, introduced heading, corners, throw-ins, changing ends, and the goal crossbar: Sheffield; Paris; Milan; or Berlin? FIFA's 2014 World Cup Finals/Qualifying rules dictate a match squad of how many players: 18; 23; 26; or 30? In the 2010 World Cup Final, Jo'bulani was the: Winner's national anthem; Winning goalscorer; Ball; or Trumpet-like horn blown by fans? The minimum rest-period between two games for any team at the 2014 World Cup is how many hours: 24; 36; 48; or 72? Soccer rules award what after an 'own goal' directly from a throw-in: Goal; Penalty; Corner; or Drop-ball? The headquarters of FIFA are in Brussels; London; Zurich, or Oslo? Who has made the World Cup footballs since 1970: Adidas; Puma; Umbro; or Nike? The World Cup Qualifiying matches between El Salvador v Honduras in 1969 coincided with what mutual event: Independence; Earthquake; Drought; or War? The first ever �100,000 (or above) football transfer, in 1961, was: Bobby Moore; Pele; Dennis Law; or Eusebio? A white ball was first used in a World Cup in: 1930; 1950; 1966; or 1982? The centre circle of a soccer pitch is used only at kick-offs/re-starts, and in which other game feature? Matthias Sammer, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, and Luis Figo won what between 1990-2002: European Cup; World Cup; Golden Boot; or European Footballer of the Year? The first, second and third placed teams at the 2014 World Cup receive how many medals: 20; 30; 40 or 50? Soccer has been an Olympic event since: 1900; 1964; 1992; or 2002? PAGE 6
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Tata Starbucks CEO: Our business in India continues to exceed expectations | Business Line Tata Starbucks CEO: Our business in India continues to exceed expectations Anil Urs Tweet Avani Saglani Davda Avani Saglani Davda, the CEO at Tata Starbucks Ltd since September 2012, has played a key role in the development of the joint venture between Tata group and Starbucks Corp, which runs the world’s largest coffee chain. The company recently entered South India by opening a coffee outlet in Bangalore. In an interview with Business Line, Davda shares the joint venture’s plans for the India market. Edited excerpts: Now that you have entered South India, how many stores are you planning in this region? In addition to the flagship store at Koramangala (Bangalore), Tata Starbucks will open two more stores by the end of this year in Bengaluru. It is an important city entry that demonstrates our long-term commitment to expand across India and we will continue to work thoughtfully to build a strong foundation and open stores quickly. The South is primarily a coffee drinking market. Can we expect any specific flavour for both food and beverages here? We are committed to delivering a locally relevant Starbucks experience to our customers; one that reflects the Starbucks brand as well as India’s rich culinary heritage. Our store here in Bangalore will introduce a strong mix of international favourites as well as specially designed food offerings to reflect local flavours. Additionally, our store offers a broad beverage portfolio to include a wide range of Starbucks signature espresso-based beverages and Starbucks VIA Ready Brew. We will introduce the India Estates blend to consumers in Bengaluru. This blend is Tata Starbucks’ special country-specific coffee, developed thoughtfully with Tata Coffee for the Indian market and reflects the high quality Arabica coffee available in India. Created to celebrate our first anniversary in the country in October 2013, this coffee captures the essence and rich heritage of the Indian coffee history. Additionally, with our entry in the Indian market, we launched the Indian Espresso Roast which is sourced locally through the coffee sourcing and roasting agreement between Starbucks and Tata Coffee. What will be the price range of the food and coffee at the India stores? We strive to price our products competitively based upon the assessment of how we can provide high-quality products and an uncompromised experience. We understand how important it is to our customers that they receive a high quality experience at an appropriate value, and we believe that our approach to value holistically balances the experience we provide customers with our need to effectively run our business. You had a target of 50 stores in 2012. Are you revising this number? Since our foray into the Indian market in October 2012, we have launched 30 stores across Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bengaluru and Pune. We are overwhelmed by the way in which our customers have embraced us. With a little over one year of being in operation in the country, I can assure you that our business in India continues to exceed our expectations. We work to balance the need to run the business effectively while ensuring that we deliver the highest-quality Starbucks experience to our customers. It’s not only about running several stores across the geography, but to nurture each store to provide the experience and deliver the brand promise to customers – every day. What kind of investment you have planned for 2014 in India? When do you plan to break even? We are committed to India for the long-term and the JV will invest long term in the development of our partners (employees), coffee growing communities and the neighbourhoods we serve. Our business in India continues to exceed our expectations and we remain focused on a long-term, disciplined growth in this dynamic market to establish a strong presence here, delivering an elevated coffeehouse experience to our customers in India. What has been the experience so far? Are you revising your footprints here? Our journ
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Starbucks Announces It Will Close 600 Stores - The New York Times The New York Times Business Day |Starbucks Announces It Will Close 600 Stores Search Continue reading the main story In a harsher economic climate, Starbucks ’s green-and-white mermaid logo is about to become a little less ubiquitous. The company, the world’s largest coffee chain, said Tuesday that it would close 600 stores in the United States beginning this year. It will lay off more than 12,000 employees in the process, the most in its history. The plan builds on an earlier decision to close 100 stores, which are included in Tuesday’s numbers. Starbucks is retrenching in an effort to recapture the once-mighty growth it built upon venti soy lattes. A cavalcade of economic troubles, from imploding housing markets to rising gas prices, has pinched consumers, hurting not just Starbucks but nearly all retailers. The chain is struggling to attract customers for the afternoon frappuccinos they once bought eagerly, said Sharon Zackfia, an analyst at William Blair & Company. “I don’t think it’s overly surprising,” she said of the announcement. “These stores were in aggregate unprofitable.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story Shares in Starbucks rose as high as $16.53 in after-hours trading Tuesday after closing at $15.62. They have fallen about 24 percent this year. For years, Starbucks was known for aggressive growth, opening some stores only a few city blocks away from others. As of Sept. 30, the company operated 6,793 outlets in the United States, according to a regulatory filing. About 70 percent of the stores that will be closed have been open for fewer than three years. Please verify you're not a robot by clicking the box. Invalid email address. Please re-enter. You must select a newsletter to subscribe to. Sign Up Privacy Policy As financial stumbles took a toll on the stock price, Starbucks’s former chairman and chief executive, Howard Schultz, reclaimed the company’s reins in January. Starbucks said in May that its second-quarter profit fell 28 percent, to $108.7 million, in what was its weakest quarter as a public company. In addition to the cutbacks, Starbucks said it would open fewer than 200 new stores in the United States next fiscal year, down from the 250 initially planned. Starbucks said that it could take up to $348 million in charges and write-offs related to the closings, including costs tied to lease terminations and severance payments. Starbucks began scrutinizing its stores’ performance this year, Peter J. Bocian, the company’s chief financial officer, said Tuesday in a conference call. Though he said there were no additional plans to close stores on such a broad scale, Mr. Bocian said that the company would continue to examine its options. “We believe we’ve improved the profit potential of the U.S. store portfolio,” Mr. Bocian said. “We continue to take action in areas we can continue to control.” Mr. Bocian said Starbucks would continue to focus on expanding internationally. It is too early to tell if Starbucks’s other efforts to rejuvenate its business, including introducing new products like fruit smoothies, are working, said Ms. Zackfia, the analyst. The company has been successful with its introduction of Pike Place, a mild drip-blend coffee. A version of this article appears in print on , on Page C1 of the New York edition with the headline: Starbucks Announces It Will Close 600 Stores. Order Reprints | Today's Paper | Subscribe
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Moon + Contact Glenn The Moon is Earth's nearest neighbor. It orbits the Earth at an average distance of approximately 240,000 miles (384,000 km). The Moon completes an orbit of the Earth every 27.3 days (approximately 655 hours). The Moon also rotates on its axis. Because of tidal forces, it completes one revolution every 655 hours. So one "side" of the Moon is always facing the Earth, and the other "side" is always facing away from the Earth. On the surface of the Moon, you would experience 327.5 hours of sunlight and 327.5 hours of darkness. If you lived on the side of the Moon facing the Earth, you would always see the Earth in the same location in the sky, although the stars and Sun would move across the sky. If you lived on the side of the Moon facing away from the Earth, you would never see the Earth, although you would see all the stars and the Sun. At the time of its formation, the Moon had a liquid core and experienced flows of lava which created the flat basins, or "mare's", which we see from Earth. The Moon gradually cooled, forming a thick crust. We see no evidence of plate tectonics, as we have on Earth, so the surface material on the Moon has remained nearly the same for more than 3 billion years. Because of the lack of an atmosphere, the Moon's surface has been bombarded by passing debris, creating many, many impact craters. The mass of the Moon is approximately 8.1 x 10^19 tons (7.3 x 10^22 kg or .01 x Earth mass). The mean diameter of the Moon is 2,159 miles (3,476 km or .27 x Earth diameter). The mass of the Moon is not evenly distributed; mass concentrations, called Mascons, lie beneath many of the lunar basins, and the center of mass of the Moon is displaced several kilometers towards the Earth. The non-uniform mass distribution creates orbital stability problems for spacecraft orbiting the Moon. The average surface gravitational acceleration (gmn) of the Moon is given by: gmn = 5.3 ft/sec^2 = 1.62 m/sec^2 = .165 Earth gravity The Moon has no appreciable atmosphere. The sky is always black and the radiation from the Sun strikes with full force on the surface of the Moon. The lack of atmosphere produces temperature extremes on the Moon that range from -250 degrees F in the dark to +250 degrees F in the light. Because of the lack of atmosphere, and high radiation environment, there are no living organisms on the Moon. The lack of atmosphere means that there is no aerodynamic drag on a rocket leaving the surface of the Moon, but it also means that a landing spacecraft cannot use aerodynamic braking and must use rocket propulsion to land on the surface. Robotic exploration of the Moon began in the early 1960's by both the United States and the Soviet Union. Of particular note, the American Ranger spacecraft returned detailed pictures of the Moon as the spacecraft were crashed into the surface. The Ranger project was followed by the soft landing Surveyor spacecraft that performed a number of experiments on the lunar soil as well as photographic investigations from the surface. The Lunar Orbiter spacecraft produced photographic maps of the surface of the Moon that were used to select landing locations for the Apollo program. The Soviets also soft landed on the Moon as part of the Lunik (Luna) program. A lunar rover (Lunikhod) and a sample return mission were also successfully executed by the Soviet Union. Human exploration of the Moon was begun by the United States during the Apollo program. Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 orbited the Moon without landing astronauts on the surface. Six Apollo missions (11, 12, 14, 15, 16, & 17) each landed two astronauts on the surface of the Moon. The last three missions included an electric-powered "buggy" which allowed the astronauts to explore several kilometers around the landing location. All of the missions returned lunar rocks and soil to the Earth and established research stations that continued to return data after the astronauts left the surface. Apollo 13 experienced an explosion on the way to the Moon. The spacecraft swung around the Moon and safely
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Deimos: Facts About the Smaller Martian Moon Deimos: Facts About the Smaller Martian Moon By Nola Taylor Redd, Space.com Contributor | June 21, 2016 11:48pm ET MORE Images captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, reveal that the surface of Deimos is mostly smoooth, marred only by recent impact craters. Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona Mars is the only terrestrial planet to host multiple moons. The smaller of the two, the lumpy moon Deimos, bears more resemblance to an asteroid than to most of the moons in the solar system, a similarity that raises questions about its formation. Discovery and nomenclature On August 12, 1877, the focused search for Martian moons by American astronomer Asaph Hall resulted in the discovery of Deimos. Six days later, he identified the second Martian moon, Phobos . The existence of the moons had been suggested years before, when Johannes Kepler proposed that since Earth hosted one moon and Jupiter four (as only the Galilean moons were known at the time), Mars might have two moons in orbit around it. However, no signs of such moons existed until Hall undertook his careful search. Using a 26-inch refractor at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., Hall made a methodical study of the region around the red planet. Peering closer to Mars than previous astronomers, he found Deimos circling only 14,576 miles (23,458 kilometers) from the center of the planet, traveling around its equator. Phobos orbited even closer in. Their close proximity and small size had kept them hidden in the glare from the planet. Like many objects in the solar system, the Martian moons take their names from Greek mythology. In Homer's ancient poem, "The Iliad," Deimos (Flight) and Phobos (Fear) were the twin sons of Mars (Ares to the Greeks), and accompany him into battle. Exploring the moons Deep space mission planners are eying Deimos, a moon of Mars, as an exploration target for humans. Here, the path to reach the Martian moon is laid out. Credit: Lockheed Martin It took almost another century for scientists to begin to understand the two tiny Martian moons. In 1971, NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft became the first manmade satellite to orbit another planet. Images from the craft revealed that both Deimos and Phobos have lumpy, potato-like shapes, rather than being spherical like Earth's moon. Observations of Deimos were limited by the tidal locking of the moon to the planet, resulting in the same side always facing outward. As the exploration of continued, scientists were able to glean more information about the two tiny moons. The Viking orbiters flew by in the late 1970s, with the second orbiter passing within 19 miles (30 km) of Deimos. The Soviet Phobos 2 mission, NASA's Mars Global Surveyor , and the European Mars Express all provided more clues about the two curious moons. Rovers from the planet's surface even got in on the act, with Spirit and Opportunity and Curiosity all providing images from the ground . Formation and composition All of this information combined created a puzzling picture. The dark moons are made up of material similar to Type I or II carbonaceous chondrites, the substance of asteroids and dwarf planets such as Ceres. They are tiny, with the smaller Deimos having a radius of only 3.9 miles (6.2 km). This, combined with their potato-like shape, hints that both moons might be asteroids, pushed by Jupiter from the asteroid belt and snatched up by the gravity of Mars. But this is far from conclusive. The close orbit of Deimos is nearly circular. It travels around the equatorial plane of Mars in 30 hours, a little over a Martian day. To reach such a stable orbit would require braking by the atmosphere, but the atmosphere on the red planet is thinner than on Earth. Another possible origin for the moons is that dust and rock could have accreted, or drawn together, while in orbit around Mars. A third possibility includes a collision, much like the one that formed Earth's moon , with most of the large debris being shed from the planet's orbit, leaving behind only Deimos and P
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Death of John of Gaunt | History Today Death of John of Gaunt Richard Cavendish explains the life and death of Henry IV's father, on February 3rd, 1399 John of Gaunt 'Old John of Gaunt, time-honoured Lancaster', who breathed his last in Leicester Castle on February 3rd, 1399, at the age of fifty-eight, was the son of Edward III, the brother of the Black Prince, the uncle of Richard II, the father of Henry IV and the grandfather of Henry V. Duke of Lancaster and a claimant to the throne of Castile, John of Gaunt (he was born in Ghent in 1340) was the richest nobleman and the greatest subject in England, the owner of huge estates and no fewer than thirty castles. His duchy was almost an independent state and at more or less a snap of the fingers he could raise 1,000 men-at-arms and 3,000 archers. He loved hunting and is reputed to have killed the last wild boar in England, near Rothwell in Yorkshire. Tall and well-built, he was an ardent pursuer of women, too, as well as the patron of Chaucer and John Wycliffe and the Carmelite friars. According to his biographer Anthony Goodman, Gaunt was possibly the most hated man in England, and he was a major target of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, when his luxurious palace of the Savoy in London was burned. He was inevitably an object of fear and suspicion to his overstrung, fastidious nephew Richard II (one of the first people ever to use a handkerchief, to general astonishment), who tried to inveigle him out of England altogether and away to France as Duke of Guyenne. On September 16th, 1398, Gaunt was at Coventry, with a large crowd which had gathered to watch a trial by battle between his son and heir, Henry Bolingbroke, and Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, who had quarrelled so bitterly with mutual accusations of treason that the royal council had decided they would have to fight it out. At the last moment, when the two combatants appeared in the lists arrayed in magnificent armour ready to fight to the death, King Richard intervened, forbade the combat and banished both of them. Bolingbroke went to Paris, where he thought of going on crusade, but changed his mind, apparently having been told by the doctors that his father had not long to live. According to the earliest account of the Duke's last days in Leicester Castle, written in Scotland twenty years later, he took to his bed in 'a languor', partly caused by grief and anxiety over his son's exile. Richard visited the sick man and spoke him fair, but left with him some private documents. Whatever was in them, soon after they were read to him, he expired. Another account, not written until the 1440s, has the dying Gaunt showing the King how his genitals had rotted away with disease because of his insatiable appetite for women. His body was taken to London and buried in St Paul's Cathedral on March 16th, which was Passion Sunday. Two days after the funeral, Richard made Bolingbroke's banishment perpetual, but he had little time left himself. Bolingbroke returned in force in July 1400, seized the throne as Henry IV and had Richard murdered. Henry VII's claim to the English crown in 1485 ran back through John of Gaunt, and in Elizabeth I's time the Jesuit Robert Parsons argued that Philip II of Spain was the rightful monarch of England through his descent from Joaõ I of Portugal, who had married Gaunt's daughter Philippa. In Shakespeare's Richard II, however, it is Gaunt who speaks for England and the thrilling speech on 'this royal throne of kings, this sceptered isle...this precious stone set in a silver sea' is placed in his mouth. Related articles
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house of Lancaster | English family | Britannica.com House of Lancaster aristocracy House of Lancaster, a cadet branch of the house of Plantagenet . In the 15th century it provided three kings of England—Henry IV, Henry V, and Henry VI—and, defeated by the house of York , passed on its claims to the Tudor dynasty . The family name first appeared in 1267, when the title of earl of Lancaster was granted to Edmund “Crouchback” (1245–96), the youngest son of Henry III . Two of Edmund’s sons by his second wife, Blanche of Artois, succeeded to the title: Thomas, earl of Lancaster (died 1322), and Henry, earl of Lancaster (died 1345). Henry’s son, Henry, 1st duke of Lancaster (died 1361), was survived only by two coheiresses. The elder daughter—Maud, married to William, duke of Bavaria—died without issue a year after her father. The Lancastrian inheritance thus fell to the younger daughter, Blanche, and to her husband, John of Gaunt (died 1399), third surviving son of Edward III . After Gaunt’s death his son Henry of Lancaster deposed Richard II and became king himself, as Henry IV . On his accession the duchy of Lancaster was merged in the crown, and the house of Lancaster, in the persons of Henry IV, Henry V , and Henry VI , ruled England for more than 60 years.
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CLANCY BROTHERS - THE IRISH ROVER LYRICS The Irish Rover Lyrics And the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and six We set sail from the port quay of Cork We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks For the grand City Hall in New York We'd a near-leaking craft, she was rigged fore and aft And how the trade winds drove her She had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts And they called her the Irish Rover And there was Bobby McGee from the banks of the Leith There was Hogan from county Tyrone There was John D. McGirk, who was scared stiff of work And a chap from Westmeath named Malone We had Slugger O'Toole, who was drunk as a rule And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover And your man, Mick McCann, from the banks of the Bann Was the skipper of the Irish Rover We had one million bags of the best Sligo rags We had two million barrels of bone We had three million bales of old nanny goats' tails We had four million barrels of stone We had five million hogs and six million dogs Seven million barrels of porter We had eight million sides of old blind horses' hides In the hold of the Irish Rover We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out And the ship lost her way in the fog And the whale of the crew was reduced down to two 'Twas meself and the captain's old dog Then the ship hit a rock, oh, Lord what a shock I nearly tumbled over Turned nine times around and the poor old dog was drowned I'm the last of the Irish Rover Unfortunately we're not authorized to show these lyrics.
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2015 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Park Tavern and the Brewers Q1 Great Britain is to appear in the Tennis Davis Cup final in which Belgian city? Ghent Q2 Once storms Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond and Eva have passed the UK, which will be next? Frank The current Ebola outbreak started in which African country? Guinea (Dec 2013) Where would you find Connexus and Versatile? On TV program The Apprentice (Teams names in the current TV series) Q5 Which actor has appeared as James Bond in exactly 2 official Bond films? Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to kill) Q6 According to Collins English Dictionary what has been chosen as the word of the year 2015? Binge-watch Q7 What is the tag line of the upcoming Star Wars film episode 7 of the series? The Force Awakens Who replaced Nick Hewer in the TV program The Apprentice? Claude Littner Q9 Which RAF base was in the news in October, owing to the arrival of ~140 migrants by boat? RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) Q10 There is one remaining hovercraft service operating in the UK, from which city does it operate? Portsmouth (Southsea -> Ryde on the Isle of Wight) Q11 Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe has been in the news recently, as the CEO of which company? Talk Talk Q12 Which British airline is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, flying its inaugural flight on November 10th 1995? EasyJet The Schengen Treaty takes its name from a village in which country? Luxembourg MP can stand for two things on an ordnance survey Map, name either? Mile Post or Mooring Post Q15 On a marine map what does HWM stand for? High Water Mark Which country is to host the next Winter Olympics in 2018? South Korea Who did Seb Coe succeed as head of the IAAF? Lamine Diack What is the third largest object in the solar system? Saturn (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn) Which man made object is furthest from Earth? Voyager 1 (allow Voyager) Q20 For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar? From Here to Eternity Which current world leader is sometimes known as Bibi? Benjamin Netanyahu Q22 Who has been recently sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister after winning a surprise majority? Justin Trudeau What is the longest motorway in the UK? M6 What is the longest A road in the UK? A1 Who is the shadow chancellor? John McDonnell Which building was built in 1093 to house the shrine of St Cuthbert? Durham Cathedral In which building would you find the famous Cosmati Pavement? Westminster Cathedral Who hosts 'Modern Life is Goodish'? Dave Gorman Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics? Namibia Who hosts 'As yet untitled'? Alan Davies Who will be the new host of QI succeeding Stephen Fry? Sandi Toksvig What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female? Hermaphrodite With which artistic medium would you associate Ansel Adams? Photography Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex? Winchester Which group recorded the track 'Unfinished Symphony'? Massive Attack Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'? Fenn Street Q37 80s band Heaven 17 got their name from a well-known novel originally published in 1962. Name it? A Clockwork Orange - (by Anthony Burgess) Q38 Steely Dan got their name from which notorious novel originally published in 1959? The Naked Lunch (by William Burroughs) Q39 Wladimir Klitschko is a champion boxer from which country? Ukraine The 'Rockhampton Rocket' was a nickname given to which famous sportsman? Rod Laver Which British astronaut is going to the international space station in December? Tim Peake How many cantons make up Switzerland? 26 (accept 25 to 27) Q43 Which city was the imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo? Kyoto Saloth Sar born 19 May 1925 is better known by what name? Pol Pot What was discovered in 1799 by Pierre-François Bouchard a Napoleonic soldier? The Rosetta Stone 'I told you I was ill' are the words carved into whose gravestone? Spike Milligan Q47 What did Newcastle chemist William Owen invent in 1927 for those
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Banana republic - definition of banana republic by The Free Dictionary Banana republic - definition of banana republic by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/banana+republic Related to banana republic: gap , Zara banana republic n. A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity, such as bananas, and is typically governed by a dictator or the armed forces. banana republic n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) derogatory a small country, esp in Central America, that is politically unstable and has an economy dominated by foreign interest, usually dependent on one export, such as bananas banan′a repub`lic any small nation in the tropics whose economy is largely dependent on fruit exports. [1930–35] banana republic A small country with an economy that is highly dependent on a single crop or resource, and is often ruled by a dictator or miltary junta. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. banana republic - a small country (especially in Central America) that is politically unstable and whose economy is dominated by foreign companies and depends on one export (such as bananas) country , land , state - the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries" Translations
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The French Fifth Republic: Against All Odds The French Fifth Republic: Against All Odds By Håkon Tranvåg Since the French Revolution in 1789, France has had five different republican systems. All of them have been the results of violent crises. The fifth and current one was an outcome of the Algerian crisis in the 1950’s. It withstood several assassinations attempts and rebellions, proving to be one the longest lasting and most stable political systems France has seen so far. In this article I seek to give a brief overview of how this happened. The First Republic began with the fall of King Louis XVI in 1792 and ended with Napoleon Bonaparte declaring himself emperor of the First French Empire in 1804. After Napoleon’s empire had ended, a period of monarchies followed, until the 1848 Revolution saw the birth of the Second Republic, paradoxically enough with the election of Napoleon’s own nephew, Napoleon III, as its first president. An apple never falls to far from the tree, and within just four years he had made himself emperor of the French Second Empire. The Second Empire collapsed in 1870 with the catastrophic war against the Prussians, which the French soundly lost. That same year, the Third Republic was created. This would prove to be the hitherto longest lasting of the French republics. But although the Third Republic had a long life, it was on the other hand quite unstable: In the period from 1929 to 1939, there were 18 different governments. The Third Republic ended in 1940 with the German occupation of France. The Fourth Republic was established after the war and officially put in place in 1946. It was in many respects a revival of the Third Republic, and thus suffered from a lot of of the same problems. But more acutely, it was confronted with the collapse of the French Colonial Empire, and in particular the Algerian War, which began in 1954. The Fourth Republic had successfully lead France to an economic recovery after WWII, but proved itself incapable of resolving the conflict in Algeria. As the French generals and army section stationed in there feared that the government in Paris would abandon them and strike a deal with the Algerian independence movement, the FLN, they took control over the French administration and forces in Algeria, and issued a poorly hidden threat of a coming coup d’état: If the French government failed to give them the support they needed, they “could not predict the army’s reaction.” They then followed this up by taking control of Corsica to force the president to the negotiation table. The generals wanted the former leader of the Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle, as new head of government to ensure support for the war. It was now a straightforward threat: If de Gaulle wasn’t given the position they would land paratroopers in Paris and seize the city. The president’s hands were tied, and de Gaulle was named head of government. In June 1958 the Parliament dissolved itself and the constitution. De Gaulle now led the forging a new constitution, and by the end of the summer the result was presented to the French people for a referendum. On September 28th a vast majority approved of the constitution, thus commencing the Fifth Republic. In December that year de Gaulle became it’s first elected president. The main problem with the two preceding republics had been that the executive branch was too weak. Governments struggled to achieve a majority; they relied on coalitions and alliances, and were often forced to resign. Further, the political parties were poorly organised, thus making the political game even more complicated. De Gaulle De Gaulle was well aware of all this, and keen to change it. The Fifth Republic was to have a strong executive power. The Prime minister and his cabinet would be less dependent on the Parliament, but more importantly, the President was given considerable authorities: He would be elected by an electoral college and not by the people directly, he appointed the Prime minister, could rule by decree in times of crisis and he could dissolve Parliament and c
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Roman Emperors - DIR Caligula Pennsylvania State University Introduction Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (b. A.D. 12, d. A.D. 41, emperor A.D. 37-41) represents a turning point in the early history of the Principate. Unfortunately, his is the most poorly documented reign of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The literary sources for these four years are meager, frequently anecdotal, and universally hostile. [[1]] As a result, not only are many of the events of the reign unclear, but Gaius himself appears more as a caricature than a real person, a crazed megalomaniac given to capricious cruelty and harebrained schemes. Although some headway can be made in disentangling truth from embellishment, the true character of the youthful emperor will forever elude us. Gaius's Early Life and Reign Gaius was born on 31 August, A.D. 12, probably at the Julio-Claudian resort of Antium (modern Anzio), the third of six children born to Augustus's adopted grandson, Germanicus , and Augustus's granddaughter, Agrippina . As a baby he accompanied his parents on military campaigns in the north and was shown to the troops wearing a miniature soldier's outfit, including the hob-nailed sandal called caliga, whence the nickname by which posterity remembers him. [[2]] His childhood was not a happy one, spent amid an atmosphere of paranoia, suspicion, and murder. Instability within the Julio-Claudian house, generated by uncertainty over the succession, led to a series of personal tragedies. When his father died under suspicious circumstances on 10 October A.D. 19, relations between his mother and his grand-uncle, the emperor Tiberius , deteriorated irretrievably, and the adolescent Gaius was sent to live first with his great-grandmother Livia in A.D. 27 and then, following Livia 's death two years later, with his grandmother Antonia . Shortly before the fall of Tiberius's Praetorian Prefect, Sejanus, in A.D. 31 he was summoned to join Tiberius at his villa on Capri, where he remained until his accession in A.D. 37. In the interim, his two brothers and his mother suffered demotion and, eventually, violent death. Throughout these years, the only position of administrative responsibility Gaius held was an honorary quaestorship in A.D. 33. [[3]] When Tiberius died on 16 March A.D. 37, Gaius was in a perfect position to assume power, despite the obstacle of Tiberius's will, which named him and his cousin Tiberius Gemellus joint heirs. (Gemellus's life was shortened considerably by this bequest, since Gaius ordered him killed within a matter of months.) Backed by the Praetorian Prefect Q. Sutorius Macro, Gaius asserted his dominance. He had Tiberius's will declared null and void on grounds of insanity, accepted the powers of the Principate as conferred by the Senate, and entered Rome on 28 March amid scenes of wild rejoicing. His first acts were generous in spirit: he paid Tiberius's bequests and gave a cash bonus to the Praetorian Guard, the first recorded donativum to troops in imperial history. He honored his father and other dead relatives and publicly destroyed Tiberius's personal papers, which no doubt implicated many of the Roman elite in the destruction of Gaius's immediate family. Finally, he recalled exiles and reimbursed those wronged by the imperial tax system [[4]] . His popularity was immense. Yet within four years he lay in a bloody heap in a palace corridor, murdered by officers of the very guard entrusted to protect him. What went wrong? Gaius's "Madness" The ancient sources are practically unanimous as to the cause of Gaius's downfall: he was insane. The writers differ as to how this condition came about, but all agree that after his good start Gaius began to behave in an openly autocratic manner, even a crazed one. [[5]] Outlandish stories cluster about the raving emperor, illustrating his excessive cruelty, immoral sexual escapades, or disrespect toward tradition and the Senate. The sources describe his incestuous relations with his sisters, laughable military campaigns in the north, the building of a pontoon bridge across the Bay at Baiae
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Useful dates in British history First recorded sighting of Halley's comet BC55 Aug 27: Caesar's first British expedition (second in BC54) BC49 Jan 10 (of the Roman calendar): Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war BC46 Caesar institutes the Julian calendar by adding 90 days to the end of this year (came into force in January BC45) BC45 Jan 1: The Julian calendar takes effect for the first time BC44 Mar 15: Caesar assassinated in Rome BC27 Jan 16: The title Augustus bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian BC/AD Since the Romans had no zero, there was no year AD0 (see AD525 ) AD43 Roman Conquest of Britain begun by Emperor Claudius � Camulodunum (Colchester) captured and becomes first Roman Base in England AD47 Jun: Great fire of Rome, lasted 9 days (Nero fiddles, etc!) AD69 Year of the four emperors in Rome: Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian AD79 Aug 24: (some say Oct 24) Mount Vesuvius erupts � the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash c80�85 Campaign of Agricola in southern Scotland c85 Battle of Mons Graupius, massive defeat of Caledonians by Roman forces 115 Roman Empire reaches its greatest extent under Trajan 122 Sep: Building of Hadrian's Wall begins (completed AD126) c140 Antonine Wall built in central Scotland (completed circa AD143) c150 Around this time, the Christian churches decided to express their divergence from the Roman system by starting the year on a different date, 25th March (this being the 'date of conception' of Christ in order for his birth to have been on 25th December) � see also 1582 180 Beginning of the 'decline of the Roman Empire' (Gibbon) � Defeat of Romans in Caledonia � they retreat behind Hadrian's Wall 20711 Campaign of Severus in southern Scotland 247 1,000th anniversary of founding of Rome 304 St Alban first Christian martyr in Britain [Bede implies some date between 303 and 313] 321 Emperor Constantine I decrees a day of rest each week in the Roman Empire and calls it 'Sunday' 325 Council of Nicaea establishes basic Christian dogma c350 St Ninian first to preach Christian religion in Scotland, arrives Solway Firth 367 Invasion of northern England by Picts and Scots 406/412 Probable end of Roman military occupation of Britain 418 'The Romans gathered all the gold-hords there were in Britain; some they hid in the earth so that no man might find them, and some they took with them to Gaul' � Anglo-Saxon Chronicles c400 � c600 Migration and settlement of Angles, Jutes and Saxons 432 St Patrick begins mission to Ireland 449 Beginning of invasions by Jutes, Angles and Saxons � Hengist and Horsa invade 'The Angles were invited here by king Vortigern, and they came to Britain in three longships, landing at Ebbesfleet. [He] gave them territory in the southeast of this land on the condition that they fight the Picts. This they did, and had victory wherever they went. Then they sent to Angel and commanded more aid � they soon sent hither a greater host to help the others. Then came the men of three Germanic tribes: Old Saxons, Angles and Jutes. Of the Jutes come the people of Kent and the Isle of Wight; of the Old Saxons come the East-Saxons, South-Saxons and West-Saxons; of the Angles come the East Anglians, Middle Anglians, Mercians and all Northumbrians. Their war-leaders were two brothers, Hengist and Horsa � first of all they killed and drove away the king's enemies, then later they turned on the king and the British [mid-450s], destroying through fire and the sword's edge.' � Anglo-Saxon Chronicles 467 Chinese observe Halley's comet c490 British check Anglo-Saxon advance at siege of Mount Badon (site unknown) date uncertain: other sources say 520 and/or c.495, or simply 'some time in the decade before or after 500' c500 Irish "Scots" arrived in western Scotland 525 (some say in 526, 532 or 534) 'Dennis the Short' (Dionysius Exiguous) calculates the date of the birth
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jasper carrot magic roundabout - YouTube jasper carrot magic roundabout Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 5, 2009 jasper carrot magic roundabout funny Category
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Billy J. Kramer’s Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm Listeners Biography Billy J. Kramer (born William Howard Ashton, on August 19, 1943, in Bootle, Liverpool, England) was a British Invasion / Merseybeat singer. He is known today primarily as the singer of various Lennon-McCartney compositions that The Beatles did not use. Early career The performing name Kramer was chosen at random from a telephone directory. It was John Lennon's suggestion that the "J" be added to the name to further distinguish him by adding a 'tougher edge'. Billy soon came to the attention of Brian Epstein, ever on the look-out for new talent to add to his expanding roster of local artists. Kramer turned professional but his then backing band, The Coasters, were less keen, so Epstein sought out the services of a Manchester based band, The Dakotas, a well-respected combo then backing Pete MacLaine. Even then, The Dakotas would not join Kramer without a recording deal of their own. Once in place, the deal was set and both acts signed to Parlophone under George Martin. Collectively, they were named Billy J. Kramer with The Dakotas to keep their own identities within the act. Once the Beatles broke through, the way was paved for a tide of "Merseybeat" and Kramer was offered the chance to cover a song first released by the Beatles on their own debut album, Please Please Me. The track had been allegedly turned down by Shane Fenton (later Alvin Stardust) who was looking for a career reviving hit. Success With record producer George Martin, the song "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" was a number two UK Singles Chart hit in 1963, and was backed by another tune otherwise unreleased by The Beatles, "I'll Be on My Way". After this impressive breakthrough another Lennon/McCartney pairing "Bad to Me" c/w "I Call Your Name" reached number one. "I'll Keep You Satisfied" ended the year with a respectable number four placing. Billy was given a series of songs specially written for him by John Lennon and Paul McCartney which launched him into stardom and a proper place in the history of Rock and Roll. I'll Keep You Satisfied, From A Window, I Call Your Name and Bad to Me all became international million sellers for Billy, and won him appearances on the TV shows Shindig!, Hullabaloo and The Ed Sullivan Show. The Dakotas , meanwhile, enjoyed Top 20 success in 1963 on their own with Mike Maxfield's composition "The Cruel Sea", an instrumental retitled "The Cruel Surf" in the U.S., which was subsequently covered by The Ventures. This was followed by a George Martin creation, "Magic Carpet", evoking a dreamy atmosphere with a subtle echo laden piano, playing the melody alongside Maxfield's guitar. But it missed out altogether and it was a year before their next release. All four tracks appeared on a highly-collectable EP later that year. The three big hits penned by Lennon and McCartney meant that Kramer was always seemingly in the Beatles' shadow, unless he did tried something different. Despite being advised against it, he insisted on recording the Stateside chart hit "Little Children" - the lyrics were allegedly about getting his girlfriend's brothers and sisters out of the way so they could make love. It became his second chart topper and biggest hit. It was Kramer's only major hit outside of the UK. In the U.S., this was followed up with "Bad to Me" which reached number nine. Despite this success Kramer went backwards with his second and last UK single of 1964; another Lennon/McCartney cast-off "From A Window", which only just became a Top Ten hit. After the peak The year 1965 saw the end for the Merseybeat boom, and the next Kramer single was "It's Gotta Last Forever", which harked back to a ballad approach. In a year where mod-related music from the likes of The Who prevailed, the single missed completely. Kramer's cover of "Trains and Boats and Planes" saw off Anita Harris' cover version only to find itself in direct competition with its composer, Burt Bacharach's effort, which won the day. Kramer's effort still reached a
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King Robert the Bruce of Scotland | Britroyals Name: King Robert the Bruce of Scotland Father: Robert de Brus Mother: Marjory Countess of Carrick Relation to Elizabeth II: 19th great-grandfather House of: Bruce Born: July 11, 1274 at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire Ascended to the throne: February 10, 1306 aged 31 years Crowned: March 27, 1306 at Scone Abbey, Perthshire Married:(1) Isabella of Mar, 1295 Married:(2) Elizabeth de Burgh, 1302 Children: Marjorie, David, John, Matlida, Margaret plus several illegitimate Died: June 7, 1329, at Cardross, Dumbartonshire, aged 54 years, 10 months, and 26 days Buried at: Dunfermline Abbey (body) and Melrose Abbey (heart) Succeeded by: his son David After Balliol�s abdication in 1296 Scotland was without a monarch for 10 years and ruled remotely by King Edward I of England. Scots national resistance developed into a war of independence in which William Wallace and then Robert Bruce played a leading role. Wallace won a victory over the English at Stirling Bridge in 1297 and proclaimed himself Guardian of Scotland. The following year Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated William Wallace at Falkirk. Wallace went underground but was captured and in 1305, tried and hung in London. In 1298 Robert Bruce took over the title of Guardian of Scotland and, having killed his rival John Comyn, claimed the throne as the great-great grandson of David I and in 1306 had himself crowned king at Scone as Robert I. Independence was made easier by the death of Edward I as he set out to claim back Scotland. Bruce set about removing the English from Scotland and by early 1314 Stirling was the only castle in English hands. An English army sent to break the siege was routed by Bruce�s smaller Scottish force at Bannockburn in June 1314. Six year later in 1320 Bruce and the Scottish nobles issued the Declaration of Arbroath asserting Scottish Independence �For as longs as one hundred of us shall remain alive we shall never in any wise consent to submit to the rule of the English, for it is not for glory that we fight � but for freedom alone.�. However, a truce with Edward II of England failed to stop hostilities which continued until Edward II was deposed in 1327. The Treaty of Edinburgh between Robert I and Edward III in 1328 recognised Scotland's independence, ending the 30 years of Wars of Independence. Edward agreed to the marriage of Robert Bruce�s son David to his younger sister Joan daughter of Edward II. Robert Bruce died at his house in Cardross a year later of a serious illness described by some as leprosy. Timeline for King Robert the Bruce of Scotland Year
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Walter Scott Biography - life, family, childhood, children, name, story, history, school, young, son Walter Scott Biography Abbotsford, Scotland Scottish author The Scottish novelist and poet Sir Walter Scott is recognized as the master of the historical novel. He was one of the most influential authors of modern times. Early life Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on August 15, 1771, the son of a lawyer with a long family tradition in law. By birth Scott was connected with both the rising middle class of Britain and the aristocratic (ruling class) Scottish heritage then passing into history. As a child, Scott battled polio, a disease that attacks children and impairs their development. Despite the ailment, Scott did enjoy a relatively active and happy childhood. During these years he developed a deep interest in literature and reading, especially the folk tales and legends of his native Scotland. Scott was educated at Edinburgh University and prepared for a career in law, but his true passions lay in history and literature. During his years at the university, he read widely in English and Continental literatures, particularly medieval and Renaissance romances from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries. He also enjoyed German romantic poetry and fiction, and the narrative folk poems known as ballads. Translations and poetry From these intense interests Scott's earliest publications developed: a translation of Walter Scott. J. W. von Goethe's (1749–1832) play Götz von Berlichingen (1799) and other translations from German; Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (1802–1803), a collection of ballads that generated great interest in folk poetry; and a succession of narrative poems, mainly of historical action. These poems—including The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805), Marmion (1808), and The Lady of the Lake (1810)—became best sellers, and Scott established his first literary reputation as a poet of the romantic school, an artistic movement developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. During these years Scott also pursued a legal career, rising to the official position of clerk of the Court of Session. His enormous energies allowed him to engage in scholarly and journalistic activities. His edition and biography of John Dryden (1631–1700), the English poet and dramatist, published in 1808, remains of value. His politically motivated founding of the Quarterly Review, a literary journal, helped make Edinburgh the most influential center of British intellectual life outside London. In these years Scott also began to create an estate, Abbotsford. He modeled its furnishings and architecture on the traditions of the medieval era (c. 470– 1470 C.E. , also known as the Middle Ages). Waverley novels When sales of Scott's verse narrative Rokeby (1813) declined and a new poet, Lord Byron (1788–1824), appeared on the literary scene, Scott began to develop another of his many talents. Picking up the fragment of a novel he had begun in 1805, he tried his hand at fiction, and his most fully characteristic novel, Waverley (1814), resulted. As its subtitle, 'Tis Sixty Years Since, established, Waverley was a historical novel about the 1745 rebellion to restore the Stuart line to the British throne. By leading a young and foolish Englishman through a wide range of Scottish classes, political factions (rival groups), and cultural modes, Scott built up a substantial picture of an entire nation's life at a dramatic historical period. The success of Waverley established Scott in the career of a novelist, but it did not establish his name in that role. Unwilling to invest his career in fiction, he had published Waverley anonymously (without the author's name). Finding that the mask of anonymity had stimulated public interest, Scott signed
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Types of Metal Types of Metal Aluminium Aluminium is a widely used light weight metal. Raw aluminium is not very strong and it is therefore often alloyed with silicon. Normally about 1% silicon is used, but for casting alloys the silicon content can be up to 12%. Raw aluminium has poor corrosive resistance, but thanks to a protective self generating oxide layer, the material can be used in corrosive environments. The quality of the oxide layer can be controled through an anodizing process, and in this way achieve decorative effects and improve corrosion protection. Foamed Aluminium Very light aluminium structures can be formed using foamed aluminium. By mixing the aluminium with titanium hydride before casting, hydrogen gas foams the aluminium. The surface is porous, but can be covered with an extra layer of solid aluminium. Unlike honeycombe aluminium structures, the material can be used within the same temperature range as solid aluminium, i.e. also at higher temperatures. Bismuth Bismuth is a chemical element that has the symbol Bi and atomic number 83. This heavy, brittle, white crystalline trivalent poor metal has a pink tinge and chemically resembles arsenic and antimony. Of all the metals, it is the most naturally dia-magnetic, only mercury has a lower thermal conductivity. Bismuth compounds are used in cosmetics and in medical procedures. As the toxicity of lead has become more apparent in recent years, alloy uses for bismuth metal as a replacement for lead have become an increasing part of bismuth's commercial importance. Brass Brass is a yellow alloy used in musical instruments, rifle cartridges and cutlery (under silver plating).Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc. Brass with a lower zinc content (30%) has an excellent formability and is often referred to as cartridge brass. Higher zinc contents gives good casting and machining properties. Bronze Bronze is a reddish alloy used in church bells, casted sculptures, canons and in bearings. It has a reasonable hardness, good weather resistance and is easy to cast. The major alloying element in bronze is always copper. Normally the other major alloying element is tin but it can also be other metals like nickel. Cadmium Cadmium is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Cd and atomic number 48. A relatively rare, soft, bluish-white, transition metal, cadmium is known to cause cancer and occurs with zinc ores. Cadmium is used largely in batteries and pigments, e.g.,in plastic products. Chromium Chromium is used in chromium plating for decoration and corrosion as well as wear protection. It is also used as an alloying element in stainless steel. The most common form of chromium is very hard and brittle up to 700 C, and only over this temperature becomes ductile. Pure chromium is ductile, but is only produced in laboratory scale. Chromium is resistant to corrosion and oxidation up to 1100 C, due to an resistant film that develops on the surface of the metal. These properties are transferred to alloys which contains chromium in sufficient amounts. Cobalt is a hard, lustrous, silver-grey metal, a chemical element with symbol Co. It is found in various ores, and is used in the preparation of magnetic, wear-resistant, and high-strength alloys. Its compounds are used in the production of inks, paints, and varnishes. Copper A red, moderately expensive and fairly soft material. Excelent electric conductivity and therefore used in electric wires. Easy to shape and used for water pipes, roof plates and in older cooking equipment.Copper is the dominant alloying element in brass (together with zinc) and bronze (normally together with tin). Gold Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from the Latin aurum) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewellery. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, underground "veins" and in alluvial deposits. It is one of the coinage metals. Gold is dense, soft, shiny and the most malleable and ductile of the know
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Safety checks at London's historic theatres after ceiling collapse | Reuters Fri Dec 20, 2013 | 7:06 PM EST Safety checks at London's historic theatres after ceiling collapse By Belinda Goldsmith | LONDON LONDON Historic theatres in London's West End were undergoing checks on Friday after the ceiling of one collapsed, injuring dozens and raising fears about safety at some of the world's oldest and most elegant playhouses. Up to 90 people were injured, seven seriously, after a section of ornate plaster ceiling measuring about 10 meters (33 feet) by 10 meters fell onto the audience at the 112-year-old Apollo Theatre during an evening performance on Thursday. Some of the 720-strong audience watching the popular play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" told Reuters of panic and screams as the ceiling collapsed, filling the theatre with dust as they rushed for the exits. It was the worst accident in London's main theatre district in 40 years, since part of a ceiling at the Shaftesbury Theatre fell in 1973, forcing the closure of the long-running musical "Hair". The Shaftesbury opened in 1911. Mayor of London Boris Johnson said investigations into the cause of the ceiling collapse at the Apollo were continuing. Westminster City Council and the Society of London Theatre (SOLT) had assured him that safety checks were up-to-date at all the West End's 30 or so theatres. "But, as a precaution, further checks have already started and will continue throughout the day," Johnson said. Some of the theatres date back to the 19th century and feature plush red velvet seating, ornate plaster ceilings, massive chandeliers and royal boxes. A spokesman for SOLT said all major theatre owners met on Friday and confirmed their safety inspections and certificates were current, adding that such incidents were extremely rare. "(They) will co-operate fully with the authorities to reassure the public that their theatres are safe," the spokesman said in a statement. While the Apollo - situated in Shaftesbury Avenue, in the heart of the West End - will be closed this weekend, all other London theatres remain open for business. London's West End is one of the world's largest and most prestigious theatre districts, rivaling New York's Broadway and entertaining over 32,000 people in central London every night, including many tourists. Annual attendances total 14 million. SOLT estimates the 52 major theatres across London and countless smaller venues account for about 41,000 jobs in the capital, bringing in 2 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) a year. But with many auditoriums aging, the industry has called repeatedly over the past decade for public investment to bring them up-to-date. A 2003 report by the Theatres Trust called for 250 million pounds to be ploughed into the venues. "It got quite close to the government funding them and then the (2012 London) Olympics happened and the money went away," Alistair Smith, deputy editor of industry newspaper The Stage, told Reuters. "The theatre industry has been aware of the need for some kind of public funding for theatres, not necessarily for safety reasons but to ensure these historic buildings are still around for another century or so." (Editing by Catherine Evans) ADVERTISEMENT 1/8 The stage door light is seen at the back of the Apollo theatre on the morning after part of it's ceiling collapsed on spectators as they watched a performance, in central London, December 20, 2013. Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett + 2/8 A police officer stands on duty next to a notice board is wrapped in police tape outside the Apollo theatre on the morning after part of it's ceiling collapsed on spectators as they watched a performance, in central London, December 20, 2013. Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett + 3/8 A notice board is wrapped in police tape outside the Apollo theatre on the morning after part of it's ceiling collapsed on spectators as they watched a performance, in central London, December 20, 2013. Reuters/Suzanne Plunkett + 4/8 People receive medical attention on a bus after part of the ceiling at the Apollo Theatre on
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The story of the poisoning of Seveso, Italy Dioxin: Seveso disaster testament to effects of dioxin Third in a series By MICK CORLISS Staff writer MILAN, Italy-- Today, birds chatter in the trees and people take Sunday strolls along the paths of Bosco delle Querce, or Seveso Oak Forest park. One would not suspect that beneath the lush green carpet and vegetation lurk the poisonous remains of a chemical disaster nearly 23 years ago. The origin of the park, roughly 15 km north of Milan in Italy's Lombardy region, can be traced back to the afternoon of July 10, 1976. A little after noon that Saturday, a valve broke at the Industrie Chimiche Meda Societa Azionaria chemical plant in Meda, releasing a cloud of chemicals containing dioxin that wafted an estimated 50 meters into the sky. Carried southeast by the wind, the toxic cloud enshrouded the municipality of Seveso and other communities in the area. About 3,000 kg of chemicals were released into the air, according to some researchers. Among them was 2,4,5 trichlorophenol, used in the manufacture of herbicides, and anywhere from about 100 grams to 20 kg of dioxin, said Dr. Paolo Mocarelli of the Hospital of Desio. The accident was not immediately noticed. No one was at the plant when it happened and ICMESA -- the company responsible -- failed to swiftly address the event. The first sign of health problems, burn-like skin lesions, appeared on children a few hours after the accident. Beginning in September of that year, chloracne, a severe skin disorder usually associated with dioxin, broke out on some of the people most exposed to the cloud. Authorities began an investigation five days after the accident, when animals such as rabbits began to die en masse. Nearly two weeks later, a chemist deduced that the cause was dioxin. And within three weeks, some 736 people living closest to the plant were evacuated. About 37,000 people are believed to have been exposed to the chemicals, according to researchers familiar with the case. Approximately 4 percent of local farm animals died, and those that didn't -- roughly 80,000 animals -- were killed to prevent contamination from filtering up the food chain. The affected areas were divided and subdivided based on soil contamination levels. Zone A -- the most contaminated area, covering 110 hectares -- was completely evacuated and was later turned into the park it is today, Seveso Oak Forest. In Zones B and R, the next-most contaminated areas, farming as well as consumption of local agricultural goods and meats were strictly prohibited. Not only did exposure to one of the most toxic chemicals known to humanity change the lay of the land and the lives of local people, it also altered the life of Dr. Mocarelli. Mocarelli was put in charge of a laboratory set up two weeks after the accident to test people for health problems. The first day on the job, he initiated a series of tests that today have surpassed 1 million, he said. At the time of the accident, the technical knowhow for testing dioxin concentrations in people did not exist, so Mocarelli's lab ran neurological, obstetric and other tests on those believed to have been exposed. "I got the inspiration to save one sample (of blood from each person)." "(Samples) like this more or less," he says holding his hand in front of his face and indicating the fingernail of his pinkie to show an amount of roughly 1 milliliter. "Just in case it would be possible to measure TCDD (dioxin) someday." Fortunately, this became possible in 1987, the doctor said. Now the nearly 30,000 samples Mocarelli put in the refrigerator following the accident are paying research dividends as he works with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, headquartered in Atlanta, to unravel the accident and its implications more than two decades later. The Seveso accident is likely the most systematically studied dioxin contamination incident in history and, in Mocarelli's words, a chance experiment on human beings. The chance experiment has shed light on the threat dio
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Otello: Synopsis Lodivico, Bass, Ambassador of the Venetian republic Soldiers and sailors from Venice and the people of Cyprus. The Opera takes place at the end of the Fifteenth Century. It occurs in a seaport in Cyprus. Act I a seaport in Cyprus. It is night and a storm rages. The Cypriots are gathered at the harbor awaiting the arrival of Otello's ship. The storm grows in intensity as the safety of the ship is in doubt. Women from the island join the men in a chorus calling upon God to deliver the ship and their General (Dio, fulgor della bufera!). The mainsail breaks and the ship heads toward the breakers. The crowd cries for help as Iago comments to Roderigo, "Let the sea be her tomb!" At that moment, the ship is saved to everyone's reflief. Otello bursts upon the scene proclaiming victory over the Turks. (Esultate!) The Cypriots join in the cheers proclaiming, "Long Live Otello!" The storm begins to disperse. Iago approaches Roderigo and asks about his thoughts (Roderigo, ebben). Roderigo is upset about Desdemona and how to win her love. Iago promises Desdemona to him: "No woman's weak vow is too difficult for my talents." He adds that the reason for his hatred of the Moor is Cassio. "Cassio usurped my rank - rank I earned many times over in battle." He adds, "I would not want an Iago around me." He leads Roderigo upstage to plot their course as a bonfire begins to blaze and roar. The Cypriots gather around it praising the fire (Fuoco di gioa). Iago calls upon Roderigo to fetch more wine for Cassio (Roderigo, beviam!). Cassio protests that he has had enough wine. Iago goads him into drinking more by toasting the marriage of Otello and Desdemona. Cassio praises Desdemona's radiance as Iago tells Roderigo to beware of Cassio: "He will get in your path. If he gets drunk, well, he is lost! Make him drink." Iago begins the brindisi (Inaffia l'ugola!) (1). Roderigo keeps filling Cassio's cup. The crowd joins the lively song as Iago and Roderigo succeed - Cassio becomes drunk. Iago tells Roderigo to start a quarrel with Cassio. Montano arrives to escort Cassio to his turn at guarding the castle. Cassio staggers toward Montano who inquires, "What do I see?" Iago retorts that Cassio is like this every evening. Montano says that Otello should be informed of this. Roderigo laughs at Cassio, who charges him as the two trade insults. Montano separates them, but is drawn into the brawl by Cassio. The crowd also joins in the foray as sword fights and general mayhem becomes the rule of thumb. Iago commands Roderigo to spread confusion and horror through the harbor. Iago then calls for the fighting to end. Montano is wounded as alarms sound and the chaos spreads. Otello bursts upon the scene, commanding everyone to drop their weapons (Abbasso... le spade!). He asks Iago to explain what has happened. Iago claims ignorance and adds, "I would rather have lost my legs than have them carry me to this sight." Otello turns on Cassio and asks how he could have forgotten himself so. He offers no explanation and instead asks for pardon. Otello discovers that Montano has been wounded. His anger increases. Desdemona enters as Otello strips Cassio of his rank. Iago declares triumph as Otello orders him to restore peace to the village. He then orders the area cleared immediately. The scene empties and Verdi begins one of the most expansive love duets he wrote. The duet is divided into three main sections. Otello declares that silence has finally arrived (Già nella notte densa). He rejoices in the embrace of his spouse and her love for him. Desdemona praises her superb warrior. She also remembers the lonely evenings apart and rejoices in their embrace. The duet turns to talk of their courtship (Quando narravi). Otello describes the battles he had told her about. She adds also of the time he spent as a slave. Desdemona praises him for the dangers he survived and Otello says he loved her for it. The mood changes as Otello is caught up in the esctasy of the moment (Venga la morte!). They both pray that their love will be eternal. Otello asks for a ki
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JESSES CAFE AMERICAIN | JESSES CAFE AMERICAIN JESSES CAFE AMERICAIN Jesses Cafe Americain cafe americain Cafe Americain is an American sitcom starring Valerie Bertinelli which aired on NBC during the 1993-1994 television season. It was filmed at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. jesses Jesses (singular “jess”) are thin straps, traditionally made from leather, used to tether a hawk or falcon in falconry. They allow a falconer to keep control of a bird while it is on the glove or in training, and allow a bird to be secured on a perch outside of its aviary. (Jess®) Jess® is a rule engine for the Java platform – it is a superset of CLIPS programming language, developed by Ernest Friedman-Hill of Sandia National Labs. It was first written in late 1995. A short leather strap that is fastened around each leg of a hawk, usually also having a ring or swivel to which a leash may be attached (Jess (fictional cat)) Postman Pat is a British stop-motion animated children’s television series first produced by Woodland Animations. jesses cafe americain – Bobby Flay's Bobby Flay's Bar Americain Cookbook: Celebrate America's Great Flavors When Bobby Flay looks at a map of the United States, he doesn’t see states—he sees ingredients: wild Alaskan king salmon, tiny Maine blueberries, fiery southwestern chiles. The Food Network celebrity and renowned chef-restaurateur created his Bar Americain restaurants as our country’s answer to French bistros—to celebrate America’s regional flavors and dishes, interpreted as only Bobby Flay can. Now you can rediscover American cuisine at home with the recipes in Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain Cookbook. Start with a Kentucky 95—a riff on a classic French cocktail but made with bourbon—and Barbecued Oysters with Black Pepper–Tarragon Butter. Choose from sumptuous soups and salads, including a creamy clam chowder built on a sweet potato base, and Kentucky ham and ripe figs over a bed of arugula dressed with molasses-mustard dressing. Entrees will fill your family family-style, from red snapper with a crisp skin of plantains accompanied by avocado, mango, and black beans to a host of beef steaks, spice-rubbed and accompanied by side dishes such as Brooklyn hash browns and cauliflower and goat cheese gratin. Bar Americain’s famed brunch dishes and irresistible desserts round out this collection of America’s favorite flavors. Bobby also shares his tips for stocking your pantry with key ingredients for everyday cooking, as well as expert advice on essential kitchen equipment and indispensable techniques. With more than 110 recipes and 110 full-color photographs, Bobby Flay’s Bar Americain Cookbook shares Bobby’s passion for fantastic American food and will change the way any cook looks at our country’s bounty. Featured Recipe: Sweet Potato Gratin Definitely decadent, this sweet potato gratin is destined to become a do-or-die part of your family’s holiday spread. Cinnamon, clove, and nutmeg perfume the cream with their warm flavors and seep their rich taste of fall into each layer. A mandoline makes quick work of slicing the potatoes and is worth the investment for the time it will save you in prep work. Don’t forget to remove the cover for the last portion of baking time–the browned and bubbling crust is not to be missed. Yield 8 servings 4 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and sliced 1?8 inch thick on a mandoline Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Preheat the oven to 375°F. Whisk together the cream, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg until smooth. In a 10-inch square baking dish, arrange an even layer of sweet potatoes. Drizzle with a few tablespoons of the cream mixture and season with salt and pepper. Repeat with the remaining potatoes and cream, seasoning with salt and pepper, to form 8 to 10 layers. Press down on the layers to totally submerge the sweet potatoes in the cream mixture. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the cover and continue baking until the cream has been absorbed, the potatoes are cooked through, and the top is browned, 30 to 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let rest for 1
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Group Names for Birds Group Names for Birds: A Partial List By Terry Ross A bevy of quail A bouquet of pheasants [when flushed] A brood of hens A building of rooks A cast of hawks [or falcons] A charm of finches A colony of penguins A company of parrots A congregation of plovers A cover of coots A covey of partridges [or grouse or ptarmigans] A deceit of lapwings A descent of woodpeckers A dissimulation of birds A dole of doves An exaltation of larks A fall of woodcocks A flight of swallows [or doves, goshawks, or cormorants] A gaggle of geese [wild or domesticated] A host of sparrows A kettle of hawks [riding a thermal] A murmuration of starlings A murder of crows A muster of storks A nye of pheasants [on the ground] An ostentation of peacocks A paddling of ducks [on the water] A parliament of owls A party of jays A peep of chickens A pitying of turtledoves A raft of ducks A rafter of turkeys A siege of herons A skein of geese [in flight] A sord of mallards A spring of teal A tidings of magpies A trip of dotterel An unkindness of ravens A watch of nightingales A wedge of swans [or geese, flying in a "V"] A wisp of snipe Any of these group names may properly be used by birders who wish to display their erudition, although it is probably linguistically inaccurate (and it certainly is bad manners) to upbraid someone who refers to "a bunch of ravens" by saying, "Surely you mean `an unkindness of ravens,' my good fellow." Most of these terms date back at least 500 years. Some of them have been in continuous use since then; others have gone out of fashion and been resurrected in the last century or two; still others only exist on lists. Most of these terms are listed in James Lipton's An Exaltation of Larks. Lipton's list is substantially based on very old sources. There were manuscript lists of group names in the 15th century, and these lists appeared in some of the first books printed in England. Many of them make their first appearance in John Lydgate's Debate between the Horse, Goose, and Sheep (1440); and Lydgate's terms along with others appear in The Book of Hawking and Hunting (also known as The Book of St. Albans) by Dame Juliana Barnes (1486). Whether Lydgate and Barnes coined any of these terms, or whether they were setting down the terms that were considered proper in their day is not known. Many of the terms did catch on, and the lists they appeared on were frequently reprinted. The best source I know for investigating the histories of English words is the Oxford English Dictionary. Unfortunately, on the question whether these terms ever were or still are appropriate, the OED is not entirely helpful. To make sense of the matter, I have placed the group names into groups-- GROUP A--The following group names are standard: A bevy of quail A bouquet of pheasants A brood of hens A cast of hawks A charm of finches A covey of partridges A flight of swallows A gaggle of geese A nye of pheasants A siege of herons A skein of geese A trip of dotterel A wisp of snipe GROUP B--These terms are not group names for a particular type of bird, but have been commonly used for many different types: Colony Company Flock Parliament Party GROUP C--These terms are archaic; they were once obsolete, but they have been revived somewhat in the 19th or 20th centuries: A building of rooks A murmuration of starlings A muster of peacocks A peep of chickens A sord of mallards A spring of teal A watch of nightingales GROUP D--These terms are obsolete; they appeared on the old lists, but almost nobody has used them in centuries: A congregation of plovers A dissimulation of birds A dole of doves A fall of woodcock A host of sparrows A paddling of ducks An unkindness of ravens GROUP E--These terms are not in the OED at all as group names for birds: A cover of coots A kettle of hawks A murder of crows An ostentation of peacocks A pitying of turtledoves A rafter of turkeys A tidings of magpies My categories are imprecise, but they provide some guidance about usage. Have no qualms about usin
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Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson - Genealogy Genealogy Join the world's largest family tree Gender Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos Sister of <private> Hudson and <private> Hudson Occupation: Added 2013-08-01 17:01:39 -0700 by Private User Collection: Oct 25 1984 - Santa Barbara, California, USA Mother's maiden name: Added 2014-02-07 09:24:18 -0800 by Private User Collection: Oct 25 1984 - Santa Barbara, Kalifornia Parents: <Private> Hudson, <Private> Hudson (z d. Perry) Siblings: Added 2014-02-07 09:26:48 -0800 by Private User Collection: Oct 25 1984 - Santa Barbara, Kalifornia Parents: <Private> Hudson, <Private> Hudson (z d. Perry) Siblings: Maurice Keith Hudson, Mary Hudson (Perry) Siblings: Oct 25 1984 - Santa Barbara, CA, USA Parents: <Private> Hudson, <Private> Hudson (born Cox) Siblings: mother's ex-spouse About Katy Perry She is better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Perry was born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents; she grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in church as a child. After earning a GED during her freshman year of high school, she began to pursue a music career. She released a self-titled gospel album in 2001 as Katy Hudson which failed with the closing of its record label that year. She recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed most of a solo album from 2004–2005, neither of which were released. After signing on with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released her first Internet single, "Ur So Gay", that November, which garnered attention but did not chart. She rose to fame with her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which topped international charts. Perry's first mainstream album, One of the Boys, followed later that year and was eventually announced to be the thirty-third best selling album of 2008 worldwide. It was accredited platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America; "I Kissed a Girl" and her second single "Hot n Cold" both received multi-platinum certifications. Perry was ranked the 97th Artist of the 2000–10 decade by Billboard. She became known for wearing unconventional style of dress, often combining bold colors and vintage fashion. Her next album, Teenage Dream, was released on August 24, 2010 in the United States. Perry had a long relationship with Travis McCoy; she is currently engaged to Russell Brand. Katy Perry was born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California. The second child of two pastors, she has an older sister and younger brother.Her Evangelical mother, Mary Hudson (née Perry), grew up in Southern California and had "a tempestuous first marriage in Zimbabwe."Her father, Keith Hudson, was a West Coast scenester in the 1960s.Perry's maternal aunt and uncle were screenwriter Eleanor Perry and director Frank Perry, through whom she is also related to Charles M. Schwab, the founder of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation. Perry is of Portuguese and German ancestry on her mother's side. Perry was incorporated into her parents' ministry; she sang in their church from ages 9 to 17. She grew up listening to gospel music and was not allowed to listen to what her mother called secular music. Perry attended Christian schools and camps. As a child, Perry learned how to dance in a recreation building in Santa Barbara. She was taught by seasoned dancers and began with swing, Lindy Hop, and jitterbug. She took her GED after her freshman year of high school and decided to leave school to pursue a career in music. Perry initially started singing "because I was at that point in my childhood where I was copycatting my sister and everything she did."Her sister practiced with cassette tapes, and Perry took the tapes herself when her sister was not around. She rehearsed the songs and performed it to her parents, who suggested she should take voice lessons. She grabbed the opportunity
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Air Supply - Biography BIOGRAPHY Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock met on May 12, 1975, the first day of rehearsals for "Jesus Christ Superstar" in Sydney, Australia; they became instant friends with their common love for The Beatles and, of course, singing. After the shows' performances at 10:30, they would play pizza parlors, coffee bars and night clubs with just one guitar and two voices. They quickly gained a reputation for great harmonies and for original songs that Graham was constantly writing. They made a demo on a cassette of two songs, "Love and Other Bruises" and "If You Knew Me" and took it to every record company in Sydney. Everyone turned it down but one — CBS Records — who admired their unique style. They made a single in one afternoon and it shot to number one on the national charts. Air Supply was born! That same year, they opened for Rod Stewart across Australia and then throughout the U.S. and Canada playing all of the famous huge venues before Rod would take the stage. They found new fans, but did not break the U.S. market. Back in Australia they had to start again and made a record called Life Support. On this record were some treasures of songs, including "Lost in Love" which went Top 10 in Australia and somehow found its way to music industry executive Clive Davis in New York. Clive immediately signed Air Supply to Arista Records and in 1980, "Lost in Love" became the fastest selling single in the world, leaping to the top of all of the charts. Now Air Supply was on their way. The second single was "All Out of Love," and that went up the charts even quicker. Seven top-five singles later, Air Supply at that time had equaled The Beatles' run of consecutive top five singles. The albums Lost in Love, The One That You Love, Now & Forever, and The Greatest Hits sold in excess of 20 million copies. "Lost in Love" was named Song of the Year in 1980, and, with the other singles, sold more than 10 million copies. The trademark sound of Russell Hitchcock's soaring tenor voice and Graham Russell's simple yet majestic songs created a unique sound that would forever be known as Air Supply. However, it is the live shows that always hold audiences captive around the world. They were the first Western group to tour China, Taiwan, and countless other countries that before would not allow pop music across their borders. In 1983 they recorded "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" by Jim Steinman which solidified the group as a permanent force in modern music. This song was released on The Greatest Hits album which soared past 7 million copies. "Lost in Love", "All Out of Love", "The One That You Love", "Sweet Dreams", and "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" have each achieved multi-million plays on the radio. In 1986 the group's music was still playing endlessly on radio. That same year, Graham was married to actress Jodi Varble from Rochelle, Illinois, who also was his leading lady in the video for "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All." Air Supply began to tour with lavish productions in places that no one had been before. In South America and Asia they became a part of everyone's life. In 1988, Air Supply was asked to participate in Australia's bicentennial celebration and to play for HRH Prince Charles and HRH Princess Diana, where they learned both were already ardent fans. This engagement would be one of their most treasured moments in their career. In 1989, they recorded "The Earth Is" album selling over a million copies outside of the U.S. This album was followed by "The Vanishing Race" CD and, with the singles "Goodbye" and "It's Never Too Late", again saw multi-platinum success. The following albums, "News from Nowhere", "Yours Truly", and "Across the Concrete Sky" all gave their second greatest hits album multi-platinum status as they traveled the world each and every year. In 2000, a new production company was founded to be devoted to Air Supply's entire future product, called A Nice Pear, which gave them complete creative control. In July 2005, their live DVD, "It Was 30 Years Ago Today" celebrated 30 years o
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Exhibitions | National Air and Space Museum National Air and Space Museum Exhibitions Exhibitions Visit our Museum and other popular Smithsonian destinations on the National Mall in Washington, DC, or visit our Udvar-Hazy Center in nearby Chantilly, VA. National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA Filter Exhibitions Cold War Aviation Tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War resulted in a competition to create advanced technologies aimed at gathering intelligence. Aerial reconnaissance played an important role, and the Lockheed SR-71 was a a direct result of this struggle for supremacy. Commercial Aviation Flying was new and daring in the early years of the 20th century. Traveling by airplane was rare. Airlines, airliners, airports, air routes—none of these existed. But by century's end, you could travel to almost anywhere in America by air in a matter of hours. Commercial aviation is now both a commonplace and an essential aspect of modern life. It has revolutionized the world.
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These were all hits in 1977 "The Honourable Schoolboy" by John Le Carre "Oliver's Story" by Erich Segal Al Capp retires with the last appearance of Li�l Abner on November 14th. Nonfiction "Looking Out for #1" by Robert Ringer "All Things Wise and Wonderful" by James Herriot "Your Erroneous Zones" by Dr. Wayne Dyer "The Book of Lists" by David Wallechinsky Grammy Awards Record of the Year: "Hotel California" ... The Eagles Best Song: "You Light Up My Life" ... Joe Brooks Best Album: "Rumours" ... Fleetwood Mac Male Vocalist: James Taylor ... "Handy Man Female Vocalist: Barbra Streisand ... "Love theme from 'A Star Is Born' (Evergreen)" In the News in 1977 Pope: Paul VI Prime Minister of Canada: Pierre Elliot Trudeau (L) President of United States: Jimmy Carter (Sworn in on January 20th, 1977) Time Magazines Man of the Year: Anwar Sadat 17-Year Old Terry Fox Loses his Leg to Cancer Canadian Human Rights Commission established to deal with Discrimination Willy Adams becomes the first Inuit Senator Speed Limits Go Metric Lung cancer becomes the second most common cancer among women. U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam draft evaders and calls them home from living abroad. Steve Biko, an imprisoned black leader in South Africa, dies in prison from cruelty and neglect, which leads to renewed opposition to apartheid. First Computerland store opened in Morristown NJ, under the name Computershack. February 9th , Apple Computer Incorporates February 19th ,the US space shuttle prototype 'Enterprise' fly�s for the first time on top of a 747 March 27th, 583 killed when a KLM Boeing 747 runs into a Pan Am Boeing 747 on the runway in Tenerife, Canary Islands (worst in aviation history). April 19th, President Jimmy Carter addresses the nation concerning the energy crisis. He warned America that the nation's oil and gas supplies would run out. June 5th , 1st personal computer, the Apple II, goes on sale. With 16k Ram and 16K ROM, costing $1298US. August 3rd , Radio Shack issues a press release introducing the TRS-80 computer 25 existed, within weeks thousands were ordered. August 10th , Postal employee David Berkowitz arrested in Yonkers, NY, accused of being "Son of Sam" the 44 caliber killer. They accused him of killing 13 people during his reign of terror, which he told police was on orders from a black Labrador retriever owned by his neighbor, Sam Carr. August 13th , 1st test glide of the shuttle. In 1977 the TSE launched the world's first Computer Assisted Trading System. 1977 saw two significant advancements. The first was the introduction of the Computer Assisted Trading System, (CATS�). In addition to the trading floor, traders could now trade from their desks anywhere in Canada. The second was the introduction of the TSE 300 Composite Index�, representing 300 of the largest companies listed on the Exchange. This index measures changes that closely reflect the entire market. Inventions of 1977 Neutron bomb Living in the Year 1977 1977 saw the opening of the First West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco where many attendees got their first looks at the Apple II and the Commodore Pet 4k RAM 16k ROM ($795US). Sports and Recreation Toronto Blue Jays play their first season in the Major Leagues Toronto played its first game on April 7, 1977. They defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-5. Rookie first Doug Ault homered twice in the Jays' first game. Otto Velez hit .442 for the month of April. Bob Bailor hit .310, the highest mark ever for a player on a first-year expansion club. Ron Fairly, a 20-year veteran, led the club with 19 homers and became the first player since Stan Musial to play more than 1,000 games in both the infield and the outfield. Pele� Played his last soccer Game on October 1st. NBA: Portland Trail Blazers vs. Philadelphia 76ers Score: 4-2 NCAA Football: Notre Dame Record: 11-1-0 Heisman Trophy: Earl Campbell, Texas, RB points: 1,547 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-0 Super Bowl XI: Oakland Raiders vs.Minnesota Vikings Score: 32-14 US Open Golf: Hubert Green Sco
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Trypanosomiasis - catch, body, contagious, causes, What Is Trypanosomiasis? Trypanosomiasis Trypanosomiasis Trypanosomiasis (trih-pan-o-so-MY-uh-sis) is a disease found in Africa and the American continents that is caused by infection with a parasite. Forms of the disease may persist for many years and have several phases, with symptoms that can vary from one stage to the next. KEYWORDS for searching the Internet and other reference sources Chagas disease Tsetse fly What Is Trypanosomiasis? Trypanosomiasis refers to three types of infections caused by protozoa * and spread to humans through insect bites. There are two kinds of African trypanosomiasis, East African and West African. Both of these varieties also are known as sleeping sickness. The disease can affect people living on the African continent south of the Sahara Desert. American trypanosomiasis also is called Chagas (SHAH-gus) disease. It occurs only on the American continents, from Mexico to Argentina. What Causes Trypanosomiasis? The bite of an infected tsetse (SET-see) fly usually transmits the organisms that cause the African forms of trypanosomiasis. These flies live in the countryside in Africa, especially in bushes and thick vegetation near rivers and lakes. Tsetse flies infected with the protozoan Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense (trih-pan-o-SO-mah BRU-see-eye ro-dee-see-EN-see) spread East African trypanosomiasis, the most severe form of the disease, to humans. The West African variety comes from a fly infected with Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (trih-pan-o-SO-mah BRU-see-eye gam-be-EN-see). * protozoa (pro-tuh-ZOH-uh) are single-celled microorganisms (tiny organisms), some of which are capable of causing disease in humans. * feces (FEE-seez) is the excreted waste from the gastrointestinal tract. Reduviid (rih-DO-vee-id) bugs (also called assassin, cone-nose, or kissing bugs) carry the Trypanosoma cruzi (trih-pan-o-SO-mah KROO-zee) protozoa that cause the American variety of trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, named for the Brazilian doctor who discovered it. These bugs hide during the day in the cracks in mud and adobe homes. At night they crawl across sleeping people and bite them, usually on the face but sometimes on the arms, legs, or trunk. They also leave behind their feces * , which contain the protozoa. Without knowing it, people can rub The tsetse fly is responsible for spreading trypanosomiasis in Africa. ©Rob and Ann Simpson/Visuals Unlimited, Inc. the infected feces into the bite, a cut or open sore, or even into their noses, mouths, or eyes. How Common Is Trypanosomiasis? Trypanosomiasis can infect people of every age and race, though it is uncommon in the United States. Since the late 1960s, fewer than 30 cases have been reported among U.S. citizens traveling to areas where the infection is found. In other parts of the world, however, the disease affects thousands of people. The World Health Organization estimates that as many as 500,000 people could have African trypanosomiasis, but because of poor monitoring most of these cases are not reported. Between 16 million and 18 million people in the Americas currently have Chagas disease. Approximately 50,000 may die from the disease each year. Is Trypanosomiasis Contagious? People cannot catch any form of trypanosomiasis in the same way that they catch a cold or the flu from other people. Only the tsetse fly spreads the African varieties, and the reduviid bug spreads Chagas disease. Rarely, a mother infected with the West African variety of trypanosomiasis or with Chagas disease can pass the illness to her unborn child. People who receive a transfusion * of blood or an organ transplant from an infected person also may contract the disease; this form of transmission tends to happen more often with Chagas disease than with the African types. What Are the Symptoms of t
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Black Sigatoka, an Important Disease of Banana Black Sigatoka of Banana: The most important disease of a most important fruit Ploetz, R.C. 2001. Black Sigatoka of Banana. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2001-0126-02. Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, IFAS, Homestead Origins and importance of banana as a food crop Banana is one of the most fascinating and important of all crops. It is a large monocotyledenous herb that originated in Southeast Asia. Virtually all of the cultivars that are grown are thought to have been selected as naturally occurring hybrids in this region by the earliest of farmers. In fact, Norman Simmonds proposed that banana was one of the first crops to be domesticated by man. In writing of the beginnings of agriculture in Southeast Asia, he concluded, "It seems a reasonable assumption that the bananas evolved along with the earliest settled agriculture of that area and may therefore be some tens of thousands of years old." Despite the current, clear understanding of its ancestry, the edible bananas' origins are often confused in the literature. Almost all of the 300 or more cultivars that are known arose from two seeded, diploid species, Musa acuminata Colla and M. balbisiana Colla; they are diploid, triploid and tetraploid hybrids among subspecies of M. acuminata, and between M. acuminata and M. balbisiana. Conventionally, the haploid contributions of the respective species to the cultivars are noted with an A and B. For example, the Cavendish cultivars that are the mainstays of the export trades are pure triploid acuminata and, thus, AAA. The Linnaean species M. paradisiaca (the AAB plantains) and M. sapientum (the sweet dessert bananas, of which Silk AAB is the type cultivar) are invalid and no longer used. Women selling fruit of Dwarf Cavendish AAA and Pisang awak ABB in a market in Karonga, Malawi, East Africa. The lower photograph shows preparation of male buds of Pisang awak for cooking in a market in Sungai Kolok, Thailand. For many of the world’s poorest people, banana is a nutritious and important staple food. Banana is now one of the most popular of all fruits. Although it is viewed as only a dessert or an addition to breakfast cereal in most developed countries, it is actually a very important agricultural product. After rice, wheat and milk, it is the fourth most valuable food. In export, it ranks fourth among all agricultural commodities and is the most significant of all fruits, with world trade totaling $2.5 billion annually. Yet, only 10% of the annual global output of 86 million tons enters international commerce. Much of the remaining harvest is consumed by poor subsistence farmers in tropical Africa, America and Asia. For most of the latter producers, banana and plantain (which is a type of banana) are staple foods that represent major dietary sources of carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins A, B6 and C, and potassium, phosphorus and calcium. This photograph shows seed-packed fruit of Musa balbisiana, one of the ancestors of the edible bananas. Since the edible cultivars are parthenocarpic and often female or male sterile, seeds are rarely found in their fruit. The latter factors, however, have made it difficult to improve this crop by breeding. Click image to enlarge. Impact of banana diseases Diseases are among the most important factors in banana production worldwide. They are the reasons for which all of the world’s breeding programs were created and remain a primary focus of all current programs. Recently, diseases also became principal targets of biotechnological efforts to improve this crop and www.cgi.cnn.com/TECH/science/9807/24/t_t/banana.science/index.html ). A leaf spot disease is the most important of these problems. Black Sigatoka, which is also known as black leaf streak, causes significant reductions in leaf area, yield losses of 50% or more, and premature ripening, a serious defect in exported fruit. It is more damaging and difficult to control than the related yellow Sigatoka disease, and has a wider host range that inclu
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Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna - YouTube Don't Cry For Me Argentina - Madonna 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 Feb 5, 2015 Don't cry for me Argentina - Madonna Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics: Tim Rice The song was written in 1976 in memory of Evita Perón, the second wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. The scenes in the video are from the film: «Eva Perón» by Juan Carlos Desanzo, starring Esther Goris and Victor Laplace. The song was initially performed by Julie Covington and its name came from an inscription on the plaque of Evita Peron's grave at Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires. Madonna sang the same song in 1996, in the musical drama: Evita, directed by Alan Parker and written by Parker and Oliver Stone. The film starred Madonna as Evita Perón, Antonio Banderas as Ché and Jonathan Pryce as Juan Perón. It won't be easy, you'll think it strange when I try to explain how I feel that I still need your love after all that I've done. You won't believe me
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Lulu - Mature Hairstyles Lulu Date of Birth: 11/3/1948 Occupation: Singer Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE (born Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer�songwriter, actress, model and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day. She is most famous worldwide for her hit "To Sir, with Love" and in the UK for "Shout". Lulu grew up in Glasgow. Taken under the wing of Marion Massey, she shot to fame at the age of fifteen with her version of The Isley Brothers "Shout". Her backing group were called The Luvvers, but after several more British hits she left the group to become a solo artist. Massey guided her career for more than 25 years, for most of which she was Lulu�s equal partner as a business enterprise. Massey�s husband Mark London also wrote many of Lulu�s hits. In 1966, Lulu toured Poland with the British rock and roll band The Hollies, making her the first British female singer to appear live behind the Iron Curtain. She left Decca after failing to place any singles on the chart in 1966 and signed with Columbia to be produced by Mickie Most who also hired Jimmy Page to play guitar on a few sessions. All of the 7 singles she cut and released with Most made the UK chart. In 1967 she made her debut as a film actress in To Sir, with Love, a British vehicle for Sidney Poitier. She had a major hit with the title song "To Sir, with Love", which shot to number one in the United States (In the UK, it was released only on the B-side of "Let�s Pretend", a No 11 hit.) In the meantime, she continued with a thriving pop career in the UK and several television series of her own. In 1967, Lulu appeared on The Monkees tour at the Empire Pool, Wembley. On 29 March 1969, she represented the United Kingdom by performing the winning song "Boom Bang-a-Bang" at the Eurovision Song Contest. Lulu had the biggest hit around the continent with the song, recording German, French, Spanish and Italian versions alongside the original English. She once told John Peel backstage that although she did not like Boom Bang-a-Bang, she�d have sung anything just so long as she won the contest. "I know it�s a rotten song, but I won, so who cares? I�d have sung Baa Baa Black Sheep standing on my head if that�s what it took to win.... I am just so glad I didn�t finish second like all the other Brits before me, that would have been awful." Despite disliking the song, it was in fact her biggest solo UK hit (reaching number two on the chart in 1969). Only weeks before her Eurovision appearance, Lulu married fellow musical star Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees in a ceremony in Gerrards Cross. They divorced in 1973, but remained on good terms. . In 1972 she starred in the Christmas pantomime Peter Pan at the Palace Theatre, Manchester where the show was a huge success. She repeated her performance at the London Palladium in 1975, and in different London-based productions from 1987 to early 1989. In the early 1980s Lulu appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber�s Song and Dance and the Royal National Theatre�s Guys and Dolls. She damaged her vocal cords while performing in the Webber show, requiring surgery that threatened her singing voice. In 1974 she performed the title song in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun. Two slightly different versions of the song were used, at the start and end respectively - the end song actually name-checking James Bond. Also during 1974, she did a cover of two of David Bowie�s classic songs, "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Watch That Man". Bowie himself produced the recordings and played saxophone, and provided back-up vocals on it. There were also rumours that they had a brief affair at the time. Lulu confirmed these rumours in her 2002 autobiography. Bowie, perhaps characteristically, evaded comment on the subject. "The Man Who Sold the World" peaked at number three on the UK chart, her first UK top 10 hit in five years and also her last until 1986. In 1977, Lulu married John Frieda, who was previously her hairdres
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History of Jazz | Black History in America | Scholastic.com New Orleans: The Melting Pot of Sound Mardi Gras in New Orleans at the turn of the century Photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Detroit Publishing Company Collection. "New Orleans had a great tradition of celebration. Opera, military marching bands, folk music, the blues, different types of church music, ragtime, echoes of traditional African drumming, and all of the dance styles that went with this music could be heard and seen throughout the city. When all of these kinds of music blended into one, jazz was born." Wynton Marsalis Listen to this traditional New Orleans standard called "Second Line." The melody is repetitive and very singable. Notice the banjo rhythms in the background, and listen to the musicians break away from the melody into collective improvisations. To learn more about composition and improvisation , play this jazz game on the PBS Kids website. Mid1930s Swing: Sound in Motion Swing is the basic rhythm of jazz. Swinging means being in sync with other people and loving it. Swing as a jazz style first appeared during the Great Depression. The optimistic feeling of swing lifted the spirits of everyone in America. By the mid-1930s, a period known as the "swing" era, swing dancing had become our national dance and big bands were playing this style of music. Orchestra leaders such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman, and Benny Goodman led some of the greatest bands of the era. Learn about the swing rhythm and listen to how the vocalists accent the second and fourth beats to create that rhythm. These accents give the music a sense of motion and make you want to dance. Duke Ellington Photo: Library of Congress One of the most significant figures in music history, Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was born on April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. He began studying the piano at the age of seven. He started playing jazz as a teenager, and moved to New York City to become a bandleader. As a pianist, composer, and bandleader, Ellington was one of the creators of the big band sound, which fueled the "swing" era. He continued leading and composing for his jazz orchestra until his death in 1974. "Ellington plays the piano, but his real instrument is his band. Each member of his band is to him a distinctive tone color and set of emotions, which he mixes with others equally distinctive to produce a third thing, which I like to call the 'Ellington Effect.'" Billy Strayhorn, composer and arranger Listen to Wynton Marsalis explain the "Ellington Effect." Learn more about Duke Ellington on his official website. 1940s Bebop: The Summit of Sound "If you really understand the meaning of bebop, you understand the meaning of freedom." Thelonious Monk, pianist and composer In the early 1940s, jazz musicians were looking for new directions to explore. A new style of jazz was born, called bebop, had fast tempos, intricate melodies, and complex harmonies. Bebop was considered jazz for intellectuals. No longer were there huge big bands, but smaller groups that did not play for dancing audiences but for listening audiences. Listen to a short history of the beginning of bebop, and learn how to scat! Dizzy Gillespie: A Jazz Visionary Dizzy Gillespie Photo: William P. Gottlieb/Ira and Leonore S. Gershwin Fund Collection, Music Division, Library of Congress. "The first time you hear Dizzy Gillespie play the trumpet, you may think that the tape was recorded at the wrong speed. He played so high, so fast, so correctly." Wynton Marsalis Trumpeter, bandleader, and composer John B
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Jazz Standards Songs and Instrumentals (Honeysuckle Rose) Andy Razaf �Honeysuckle Rose� was introduced as a dance number in the 1929 revue, Load of Coal, at Connie�s Inn in Harlem by its composer, Thomas �Fats� Waller. �Honeysuckle Rose� and � Ain�t Misbehavin� ,� also written that year for the musical revue Hot Chocolates, would become the two most enduring compositions born of the longtime collaboration of Waller and lyricist Andy Razaf. Other songs in Waller and Razaf�s Load of Coal score included the wistful �My Fate Is in Your Hands� and �Zonky.� The oddly titled �Zonky� was a song about a dance written in the spirit of �Walking the Dog� or �Balling the Jack.� The song warns the listener �Other dances, they may come and go but when you learn the Zonky you will want it to stay.� According to the Kennedy Center�s website page, �A Place Called Harlem,� Connie�s Inn was a Harlem speakeasy that featured song and dance revues. Found at the intersection of 131st Street and 7th Avenue it was second in popularity only to the Cotton Club. The owners eventually opened the originally segregated club to blacks who were allowed to patronize the club after the whites had gone home. Fats Waller was in good company at Connie�s Inn, at least with regard to other performers which included the likes of Duke Ellington , Fletcher Henderson , and Ethel Waters .
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How many members are there in the French lower house, the National Assembly?
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National Assembly 'Kills' French Three-Strikes Anti Piracy Law - TorrentFreak C: 0 News The French three-strikes anti-piracy law "Hadopi" is heralded by copyright holders as an effective way to curb piracy. However, in France the legislation has often been criticized and in a surprise move against the will of the Government, the National Assembly has now voted to dismantle it in a few years. In recent years many anti-piracy initiatives have emerged and in several countries so-called “graduated response” schemes have been implemented. France is seen as the pioneer of so-called “three strikes” anti-piracy legislation, in which repeated file-sharing offenders face fines of up to 1,500 euros. Since 2010 the French Hadopi agency has handed out millions of warning notices . A few thousand account holders received more than three notices, of which a few hundred of the worst cases were referred for prosecution. Copyright holders around the world have cited Hadopi as one of the success stories, hoping to establish similar legislation elsewhere. However, in France the law hasn’t been without controversy and in a total surprise the lower house of the French Parliament has now voted in favor of killing it. Interestingly, the vote late last week went down under quite unusual circumstances. In a nearly empty chamber, the French National Assembly voted to end the Hadopi institution and law in 2022, Next Inpact reports . What’s noteworthy is that only 7 of the 577 Members of Parliament were present at the vote, and the amendment passed with four in favor and three against. The decision goes against the will of the sitting Government, which failed to have enough members present at the vote. While it’s being seen as quite an embarrassment, the amendment still has to pass the senate, which seems unlikely without Government support. The ‘coup,’ orchestrated by the Green party has caused quite a media stir, not least because French President François Hollande called for the end of Hadopi before his election, a position he later retracted. “Related Greens” MP Isabelle Attard says that it’s time to end the “schizophrenic” behavior of the Government on the matter. “A choice has to be made at some point. We can’t call out Hadopi as useless and, years later, still let it linger on,” she says. While it’s doubtful that the amendment means the definite end of Hadopi, it certainly puts it back on the political agenda. Whether this will lead to actual change will become apparent in the future.
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Vanessa Redgrave: Reliving Daughter's Death | Fox News Vanessa Redgrave: Reliving Daughter's Death By Roger Friedman The unbelievable tragedy of the death of Natasha Richardson is certainly most awful for her family. But it must be so much worse for her mother, the legendary actress Vanessa Redgrave . For most of 2007, the great Redgrave played writer Joan Didion on Broadway in her play, "The Year of Magical Thinking." Didion, who reportedly visited Redgrave during Natasha’s final hours in the hospital yesterday, wrote the play from her searing memoir about losing her daughter Quintana just a few years earlier. The one woman show was a monologue that showed how Didion coped first with the death of her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne, from a sudden heart attack. At the time, Quintana was in a coma. When Quintana awakened, her beloved father was dead. Within a year, she too, would pass away, leaving a young husband and a child.. Both the book and the play became instant classics. Redgrave’s performance was highly praised, and she was nominated for a Tony Award. The book begins: Life changes in an instant You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends." Natasha Richardson’s untimely and peculiar death echoes that of Quintana, Didion’s beloved daughter. It happened in an instant. With little explanation. And something about Richardson’s death has touched people who never even heard of her, or knew little about her. Maybe they knew she was part of the famous Redgrave acting family, or that she was Liam Neeson ’s wife. And that may be why this tragedy has so affected us: somewhere in the back of our minds we knew that sexy, funny, smart, incredibly talented Natasha Richardson was uptown, being a mom and a wife, doing her own thing, that she was a cut above the rest and that she could jump back into her career any time she wanted. If she wanted. It made her accessible and cool. Richardson never really sought the spotlight, or desired to be a movie star. She came to America to escape the Redgrave legacy, and to act. That she did, becoming a sensation on Broadway and a regular player in movies both big and small. There’s no doubt that had she lived, there was a movie role in her future that would bring her massive acclaim and respect on the level of the Academy Award. But she was in no hurry. Like her mother, Vanessa, aunt Lynn, sister Joely, she had nothing to prove. The Redgrave simply have ‘it,’ the ability to absorb into a role and inhabit it. And so Vanessa Redgrave did that with the Year of Magical Thinking. The play, eerily enough, begins "This happened on Dec. 30, 2003. That may seem a while ago but it won’t when it happens to you. And it will happen to you." Those words are more haunting now than ever. Ron Silver Remembered: Tears and Laughter Actor and political activist Ron Silver’s funeral yesterday was private a service at Temple Rodelph Sholom on the Upper West Side. This much I can tell you: Ron’s kids, Adam and Alexandra, gave beautiful speeches, and made their dad proud. Each of Ron’s brothers gave heartbreaking remembrances of their older sibling. Writer Joe Klein was among those who eulogized a friend with laughter and tears. The historic synagogue’s large vaunted ceiling chapel was full, by the way, with lots of family members, members of Actors Equity (where Ron was president from 1991-2000) and many familiar faces. In the audience I spotted Lorraine Bracco, Joe Pantoliano with wife Nancy, Tony Lo Bianco, former HBO chief Michael Fuchs, "West Wing" writer Lawrence O’Donnell, and even ex spouses Ronald Perelman and Patricia Duff. They sat on opposite sides of the room, however. Hopefully, a public memorial will be set up for the spring. By the way, the lights of Broadway were dimmed for a minute at 8pm on Tuesday in memory of Ron. I’m sure the same will be done tonight or tomorrow for Natasha Richardson. Two terrible losses: this Broadway tradition is usually reserved for stars who die at much older ages. Natasha Richardson: One of the Good Guys As Natasha Richardson’s family made decisions today f
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Diet & Eating Habits Food Preferences And Resources In general, baleen whales feed low on the food chain, primarily eating zooplankton and small fishes, which they encounter in large swarms or schools. Right whales eat zooplankton (animal plankton). Their finely fringed baleen is able to strain from the water copepods (a type of small crustacean) and other small zooplankton. Krill (a family of small, shrimplike crustaceans) and copepods are major components of a right whale's diet. Rorquals generally eat larger prey than do right whales. Depending on species, they eat a variety small crustaceans, squids, and small schooling fishes. Blue whales eat mostly krill. Fin whales eat krill, copepods, squids, and variety of small schooling fishes. Humpback whales, Bryde's whales, and minke whales prey mostly on krill and small schooling fishes. Minke whales in the northern hemisphere prey mostly on small schooling fishes; those in the southern hemisphere prey mostly on krill. Sei whales eat copepods, krill and amphipods (another type of small crustacean). In the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans they also eat squids and small schooling fishes. Gray whales eat mainly invertebrates that live in bottom sediments, mostly amphipods and probably marine worms. It's likely that some whales' diets depend on food availability. Food Intake Most baleen whales spend about four to six months in the summer feeding intensively in high-latitude, productive waters. They spend the next six to eight months traveling and breeding. Scientists estimate that large baleen whales eat about 4% of their body weight each day during the feeding season. Food intake during the feeding season exceeds daily requirements, and excess energy is stored as fat, much of it in the blubber. A blue whale eats up to 3,600 kg (8,000 lb.) of krill each day for about 120 days. It is estimated to take 1,000 kg (2,200 lb.) of food to fill a blue whale’s stomach. Gray whales eat about 150,000 kg (340,000 lb) of food during a 130 to 140 day feeding period - a daily average intake of about 1,089 kg (2,400 lb.). It is estimated to take 300 kg (660 lb.) of food to fill a gray whale's stomach. Gray whales gain about 16% to 30% of their total body weight during a feeding season. Throughout the traveling and breeding season, baleen whales eat much less or not at all. Blubber gained during the feeding season sustains the whale during the winter months. A baleen whale's thick blubber layer stores fat; it is an energy reserve that is necessary during the traveling and breeding seasons. Winter daily feeding rate is only about 0.4% of body weight. Blubber makes up 27% of a blue whale's body weight, 23% of a fin whale, 21% of a sei whale, 29% of a gray whale, and 36% to 45% of a right whale. Method Of Collecting And Eating Food A right whale "grazes" by swimming slowly through swarms of small zooplankton (animal plankton) with its mouth open. At the surface this has been termed "skim-feeding", but right whales also feed under water. Water - and zooplankton - enter a right whale's mouth through a gap in the front baleen plates. Zooplankton is caught in the finely fringed baleen mat; water flows through the baleen and out the sides of the mouth. With long baleen plates and a huge mouth, right whales are adapted for straining immense amounts of food. Right whales usually feed singly, but a group of whales may swim and feed in a V-formation. Rorqual whales feed by gulping enormous mouthfuls of prey and water. As its mouth fills, a rorqual's throat grooves expand and its mouth cavity balloons outward. Then the whale brings its jaws together and contracts the throat grooves, forcing water out. Prey such as krill and small fishes are caught in the baleen mat as water is forced through the baleen and out the sides of the mouth. Rorquals may feed at the surface or deeper in the water. Humpback whales have been observed blowing "bubble nets" to help them feed. The whale dives down, then swims up in a spiral while releasing bubbles of air from its blowholes. The bubbles float up in a column, keep
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Sperm Whales in Caribbean Have Distinct Culture Sperm Whales in Caribbean Have Distinct Culture The marine mammals form clans with their own unique dialects, a new study says. View Images Each sperm whale clan has a different vocal pattern—and thus culture. Photograph by Amanda Cotton Click ... click ... click-click-click. That’s the sound of a sperm whale in the eastern Caribbean. Click-click-click-click-click. That’s a sperm whale that lives in the same place, but in a different social group. Shane Gero and his team have discovered that each sperm whale social group in the region has its own clicking pattern, or dialect. (Also see " Whales With Caribbean Accents and Other Animal Dialects .") What's more, each sperm whale that Gero observed socializes exclusively with other sperm whales that have the same accent. View Images Sperm whales have the largest brain of any creature known to have lived on Earth. Photograph courtesy the Dominica Sperm Whale Project The finding strengthens the idea that sperm whales throughout the world have different cultures, just like people. "It’s like how my Canadian passport tells you a little bit about who I am. I like hockey and I put maple syrup on everything," says Gero, a behavioral ecologist and founder of the Dominica Sperm Whale Project . "The main way we identify these different cultures is their dialects,” he says. Listen to Caribbean sperm whales vocalizing. Keeping Tabs For a new study, Gero and colleagues analyzed 11 social sperm whale units, or clans, by recording their voices and observing their actions. Scientists already knew that sperm whales in the Pacific Ocean have vocal clans, but this is the evidence of such clans in the Atlantic Ocean, according to the study, published recently in Royal Society Open Science . Richard Connor , a dolphin and whale expert at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, believes that these behavioral and vocal differences started as random variations that eventually developed into part of a clan’s culture. (Related: " Sperm Whales' Language Reveals Hints of Culture .") Sperm Whale Diving A baby sperm whale learns to swim alone while its mother hunts deep below. “You could think of it as random error in learning,” says Connor, who wasn't involved in the study. “But once those differences are there, that becomes a sort of membership tag.” Clan Power And communicating as a group likely helps them hunt more efficiently, the experts say. View Images Sperm whales are known to dive as deep as 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) in search of squid to eat. Photograph courtesy the Dominica Sperm Whale Project “It’s probable that these groups travel in different areas and they track habitats, which includes … prey,” said Sarah Mesnick , an expert on sperm whale social structure at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in California. (Also see " Rare Video Captures Sperm Whale in Deep Sea .") “They know those areas. They transmit that information socially through the groups.” View Images These toothed whales eat thousands of pounds of fish and squid—about one ton per day. Photograph courtesy the Dominica Sperm Whale Project The ongoing research into sperm whale culture suggests there's more at stake for the species, which still faces threats due to climate change and buildup of toxic metals, Gero adds. That's because if one sperm whale clan goes extinct, that’s it: All that tradition and ancient wisdom specific to their niche is lost.
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L. Frank Baum | Oz Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia THE ROYAL HISTORIAN OF OZ "Never give into despair, for behind every gloomy cloud, there is a bright Rainbow..." ―Lyman Frank Baum R.I.P Dorothy Toto and their three comrades travel to the Emerald City. Illustrated by W. W. Denslow 1900 L. Frank Baum (15 May 1856 – 6 May 1919) was an American stage performer, actor, poet and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow , of one of the most popular books ever written in American children's literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz , better known today as simply The Wizard of Oz. He named himself Royal Historian of Oz and wrote thirteen sequels , nine other fantasy novels , and a plethora of other works, and made numerous attempts to bring his works to the stage and screen. The Original 14 Classic Oz Books by Baum All In Order. Baum would become an iconic figure in story telling. He is responsible for giving a very special gift of spellbinding magic and comort to millions of people from all over the world. Decades later people still could not forget nor resist from falling under his spell and in love with his fictional creations of Wicked Witches, magic shoes and flying Monkeys. An entrancing phenomenon, even over one hundred years after his Death. Baum is a legend in literature, and best known as the man who wrote and told the very first American Fairytale; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz of 1900. Baum's childhood and early life The Royal Historian of Oz! Frank was born in Chittenango, New York, into a devout Methodist family of German (father's side) and Scots-Irish (mother's side) origin, the seventh of nine children born to Cynthia Stanton and Benjamin Ward Baum , only five of whom survived into adulthood. He was named "Lyman" after his father's brother, but always disliked this name, and preferred to go by "Frank". His mother, Cynthia Stanton, was a direct descendant of Thomas Stanton, one of the four Founders of what is now Stonington, Connecticut. Benjamin Baum was a wealthy businessman, who had made his fortune in the oil fields of Pennsylvania. Frank grew up on his parents' expansive estate, Rose Lawn, which he always remembered fondly as a sort of paradise. As a young child Frank was tutored at home with his siblings , but at the age of 12 he was sent to study at Peekskill Military Academy. Frank was a sickly child given to daydreaming, and his parents may have thought he needed toughening up. But after two utterly miserable years at the military academy, he was allowed to return home. Frank Joslyn Baum claimed that this was following an incident described as a heart attack, though there is no contemporary evidence of this. A younger L. Frank Baum. Frank started writing at an early age, perhaps due to an early fascination with printing. His father bought him a cheap printing press, and Frank used it to produce The Rose Lawn Home Journal with the help of his younger brother, Harry Clay Baum, with whom he had always been close. The brothers published several issues of the journal and included advertisements they may have sold. By the time he was 17, Baum had established a second amateur journal, The Stamp Collector, printed an 11-page pamphlet called Baum's Complete Stamp Dealers' Directory, and started a stamp dealership with his friends. L. Frank Baum At about the same time Frank embarked upon his lifetime infatuation with the theater, a devotion which would repeatedly lead him to failure and near-bankruptcy. His first such failure occurred when a local theatrical company duped him into replenishing their stock of costumes, with the promise of leading roles that never came his way. Disillusioned, Baum left the theatre—temporarily—and went to work as a clerk in his brother-in-law's dry goods company in Syracuse. At one point, he found another clerk locked in a store room dead, an apparent suicide. This incident appears to have inspired his locked room story, " The Suicide of Kiaros . At the age of 20, Baum took on a new vocation: the breeding of fancy poultry, which was a national c
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Greenmantle by John Buchan - The 1506th Greatest Fiction Book of All Time Sign In Greenmantle by John Buchan Greenmantle is the second of five novels by John Buchan featuring the character of Richard Hannay, first published in 1916 by Hodder & Stoughton, London. It is one of two Hannay novels set during the First World War, the other being Mr Standfast (1919); Hannay's first and best-known adventure, The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915), is set in the period immediately preceding the war. [Literary significance and criticism] The book was very popular when published, and was read and enjoyed by Robert Baden-Powell and by the Russian imperial family as they awaited the outcome of the Revolution in 1917. Just as the British and American characters are positive, slightly jingoistic clichés, many of the German characters are negative clichés; for example, Colonel von Stumm is an ox-necked, bull-like bully with secret effeminate (possibly homosexual) tastes. Buchan saw his novel-writing as part of the war effort. Stumm, the bully, is intended as a symbol of Britain's war enemy of the time, Imperial Germany. However, when Buchan writes of a meeting between Hannay and the Kaiser, he portrays the German leader very positively, as a sensitive man who is greatly troubled by the war. This is one of the most unusual and unexpected episodes in the novel. He makes similarly sympathetic characters of a poor forester's wife who shelters Hannay when he has malaria, and of the captain of the Danube river steamer who takes Hannay on as engineer. Herr Gaudian, a renowned German engineer whom Hannay meets briefly during his time with von Stumm, and who later returns in The Three Hostages, is respected by Hannay, who describes him as "a capital good fellow". Critics have claimed that the weakest elements in this book are the clunky narrative crutches Buchan uses, particularly the many unlikely coincidences and sit-down narratives with which subsidiary characters are brought in at predictable moments and made to tell their adventures. The first chapter of Greenmantle, "A Mission is Proposed", was chosen by Graham Greene for his 1957 anthology The Spy's Bedside Book.
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Douglas, Fraser and Noble are all which type of tree?
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Types of Christmas Trees at our farm | McFee's Christmas Tree Farm McFee's Christmas Tree Farm Our Trees Grand Fir Grand Fir Christmas trees have a vibrant emerald green needle with a silvery underside. The silver underside of Grand Fir needles have two lines of stomatal bloom which reflect light creating a sparkling display. The glossy Grand Fir needles fan out in a single plane on either side of the branch giving the tree an elegant appearance. While similar in appearance to Balsam Fir from the Eastern United States, which historically did not perform well, Western Grand Fir seed sources come from northern Idaho. These seed sources have dramatically improved needle retention and in home performance during the Christmas season. Noble Fir The Noble Fir grows slowly into a Christmas tree with great spacing between it’s strong branches which is the perfect combination for those with many heavy or large ornaments. Their needles are deep green and a little prickly to the touch. Nobles are also known for their excellent needle retention making it a great choice for those who enjoy their Christmas tree all December long. Douglas Fir The Douglas Fir is your classic, traditional Christmas tree that has been the favourite since the 1920′s. It has soft, dark green needles and branches that are closely bunched which release a mellow fragrance. Ensure your Douglas Fir has a constant supply of water for good needle retention. Fraser Fir The Fraser Fir is quite similar to the Noble fir with great spacing and strong branches for ornaments. Frasers have excellent needle retention as well. The most noticeable difference between the Noble and the Fraser fir is how the Fraser’s strong branches are turned upward. Their needles are silvery-green and soft making it a delight to decorate.
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2015 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Park Tavern and the Brewers Q1 Great Britain is to appear in the Tennis Davis Cup final in which Belgian city? Ghent Q2 Once storms Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond and Eva have passed the UK, which will be next? Frank The current Ebola outbreak started in which African country? Guinea (Dec 2013) Where would you find Connexus and Versatile? On TV program The Apprentice (Teams names in the current TV series) Q5 Which actor has appeared as James Bond in exactly 2 official Bond films? Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to kill) Q6 According to Collins English Dictionary what has been chosen as the word of the year 2015? Binge-watch Q7 What is the tag line of the upcoming Star Wars film episode 7 of the series? The Force Awakens Who replaced Nick Hewer in the TV program The Apprentice? Claude Littner Q9 Which RAF base was in the news in October, owing to the arrival of ~140 migrants by boat? RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) Q10 There is one remaining hovercraft service operating in the UK, from which city does it operate? Portsmouth (Southsea -> Ryde on the Isle of Wight) Q11 Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe has been in the news recently, as the CEO of which company? Talk Talk Q12 Which British airline is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, flying its inaugural flight on November 10th 1995? EasyJet The Schengen Treaty takes its name from a village in which country? Luxembourg MP can stand for two things on an ordnance survey Map, name either? Mile Post or Mooring Post Q15 On a marine map what does HWM stand for? High Water Mark Which country is to host the next Winter Olympics in 2018? South Korea Who did Seb Coe succeed as head of the IAAF? Lamine Diack What is the third largest object in the solar system? Saturn (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn) Which man made object is furthest from Earth? Voyager 1 (allow Voyager) Q20 For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar? From Here to Eternity Which current world leader is sometimes known as Bibi? Benjamin Netanyahu Q22 Who has been recently sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister after winning a surprise majority? Justin Trudeau What is the longest motorway in the UK? M6 What is the longest A road in the UK? A1 Who is the shadow chancellor? John McDonnell Which building was built in 1093 to house the shrine of St Cuthbert? Durham Cathedral In which building would you find the famous Cosmati Pavement? Westminster Cathedral Who hosts 'Modern Life is Goodish'? Dave Gorman Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics? Namibia Who hosts 'As yet untitled'? Alan Davies Who will be the new host of QI succeeding Stephen Fry? Sandi Toksvig What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female? Hermaphrodite With which artistic medium would you associate Ansel Adams? Photography Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex? Winchester Which group recorded the track 'Unfinished Symphony'? Massive Attack Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'? Fenn Street Q37 80s band Heaven 17 got their name from a well-known novel originally published in 1962. Name it? A Clockwork Orange - (by Anthony Burgess) Q38 Steely Dan got their name from which notorious novel originally published in 1959? The Naked Lunch (by William Burroughs) Q39 Wladimir Klitschko is a champion boxer from which country? Ukraine The 'Rockhampton Rocket' was a nickname given to which famous sportsman? Rod Laver Which British astronaut is going to the international space station in December? Tim Peake How many cantons make up Switzerland? 26 (accept 25 to 27) Q43 Which city was the imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo? Kyoto Saloth Sar born 19 May 1925 is better known by what name? Pol Pot What was discovered in 1799 by Pierre-François Bouchard a Napoleonic soldier? The Rosetta Stone 'I told you I was ill' are the words carved into whose gravestone? Spike Milligan Q47 What did Newcastle chemist William Owen invent in 1927 for those
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Heritage Auctions: Gold Coin Prices, Buyer's & Investor's Guide Gold Coin Prices, Buyer's & Investor's Guide 1907 $20 High Relief Gold Coin Introduction The intrinsic value and historical appeal of gold coins make them highly sought after by both collectors and investors alike. Gold coins are a valuable investment, especially in stressed economic times as a way to diversify an investment portfolio. Rare gold coins have wide appeal as collectors' items and can increase in value exponentially over time. This guide provides purchasers with a deeper understand of the factors that affect the value of gold coins and steps to take to maintain an investment. At Heritage Auctions, we believe information should be available to all to ensure the learning curve is made less steep and less expensive for new collectors and sellers. This article is intended for information purposes only and is not to be considered investment advice. Sell Now Buy Now Why Own Gold Coins In addition to their historical significance, gold coins are an investment. Some of the advantages for purchasing gold coins include: Potential for remarkable appreciation in value Protection from market crashes and weakening dollar Historical value as collector's items A management-free investment that doesn't require daily monitoring or trading Creates investment portfolio diversity Small and easy to store Can be transferred quickly and confidentially Buying and Selling Gold Coins Gold Dollars Back to top » Gold Coin Terminology When it comes to investing in gold coins, it is advantageous to understand some of the commonly used terms associated with precious metal investing. Term A means of guaranteeing the quality and purity of gold or silver. Bagmarks Small nicks and abrasion marks coins may receive during initial transportation process. Brilliant Uncirculated New coins that are in immaculate condition and have never been in circulation. Buy/Sell Spreads The difference between buying and selling prices relative to the spot price. Circulated Coins that have been distributed and used as public currency. Condition The grade of a coin (Mint State, Extremely Fine, etc.) Date The year of issue for a coin. Grade An evaluation of the amount of wear on a coin. The Sheldon scale rates coins from 1- 70 numerically, while the adjective scale runs from Basal to Mint State. Color considerations and strike quality can also be factors in grading. Legal Tender Coins that can be used as national currency. Liquidity The ease of buying and selling. Mint The facility that manufactured the coin. Obverse The front side of a coin, usually depicting a head or face. Population Refers to how many coins have been certified by a given grading service in that particular grade. Proof These coins have been struck with special dies that create greater pressure for a more highly polished and clear design. Collectible and often trade at higher premiums. Purity The percentage of precious metal content of a coin. Reverse The back side of a coin. Spot Price The up-to-date value of a precious metal determined by latest market trades. Weight
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Top Trading Card Games - Top Ten List - TheTopTens® Top Trading Card Games The Top Ten 1 Magic The Gathering Come on! Easily better because of the artistry on the cards, as well as the core gameplay being so much more expansive and the deck customization has so much creativity available for the players. No competition here. Magic the Gathering has a community and competitive environment that destroys all other trading card games. You can walk into any game store across the world and find people playing MTG any day of the week. Great for ALL ages! And the best game ever made! I play this game. I know how it works. I looked at all the other tcgs on the list and the only ones I recognized were Yu-gi-oh! and Pokemon. V 319 Comments 2 Yu-Gi-Oh! I've played yu-gi-oh and magic for a very long time, and I prefer Yu-gi-oh because it can be very simple and yet very complex at times making your brain work for your victory. The best quality it has is that it has a huge variety of cards that can appeal to almost anyone Really, yugioh should dominate. I have magic and yugioh. I've been playing both for years and yugioh is a lot more fun. Magic is too complicated and it can be hard to create a new deck. Yugioh is not that complicated and is a lot easier to create a deck with. You don't need mana and all that stuff. Also, yugioh has stragetgy but magic is just working with what you have. Yugioh can play cards face down to keep your opponent guessing but magic just has monster to attack. Magic also has flying O. Creatures which is way overpowered. Yugioh has cards which can always be beatable. Yugioh also takes longer to play which is good cause you can enjoy the experience longer. For another reason magic has like 9 different types of ways to play with different rules. Yugioh has one good way to play which is not confusing. You sound like you've never really played magic much. Or you are just terrible at it since you're complaining about flying creatures. It's far more than just creatures attacking creatures. Try playing it and try building a decent deck. Flying is far from your biggest worries. - Robbyrob Yugioh is beast. Its the number one card game in the whole ' world and deserves it. I have been playing for a good while, but my problem is that I have only one other person to play with most of the time but I have two friends who come down once or twice a year for a while so I play them when I can. Also I have no stores anywhere close to me that hold tournaments, but neither of those will stop me playing for a long time to come. I don't think this is a very well known combo 'cause I never play anyone that I don't know but I haven't heard anything about it so here it is. It's a combo for Last Turn. Summon wind-up zenmaines and play him in defense. Make sure it has at least one XYZ material when you activate Last Turn. When your oppenent attatcks use his effect and destroy his monster during the end phase. Hope it helps - llamabaconllama37 Very Strategic and will test you to the limits V 302 Comments 3 Pokémon TCG Honestly, the best card game out there. In comparison to Yugioh, Pokemon appeals to anyone regardless on how old they R. In tournaments, they have Juniors, Seniors and Masters so if you are 14 years old, you wouldn't have to worry about going against a 22 year old. This is also good because it puts people with the same caliber together so it isn't too unfair. Also, anyone can qualify to the world championships, unlike Yugioh which you must qualify from nationals. Pokemon is a really strategic and fun game and the community is much more friendly than Yugioh. I play Pokemon and Yugioh and while I still enjoy Yugioh a lot, I prefer playing Pokemon much more, especially as I have qualified for the World Championships 2013 in Vancouver, Canada. IT IS AWESOME! It has great structure in the style of gameplay, and there is a lot variety in strategies, players, cards, and much more. So yeah I desperately recommend this game. Easy game to pick up, yet has room for tons of strategy. Also, the online game is just fantastic, so if you're
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The Archies | Archie Comics Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Template:About Template:Infobox musical artist The Archies are a garage band founded by Archie Andrews , Reggie Mantle , and Jughead Jones , a group of fictional adolescent characters of the Archie universe, in the context of the animated TV series, The Archie Show . The group is also known for their real world success, through a virtual band . The fictional band's music was recorded by session musicians featuring Ron Dante on vocals and released as a series of singles and albums. Their most successful song, " Sugar, Sugar ", became one of the biggest hits of the bubblegum pop genre that flourished from 1968 to 1972. [1] Contents Hot Dog : mascot / conductor The Archies are sometimes jokingly compared to The Doors , as they also had no bass player. However, there is some controversy as to whether Reggie played bass or not. In most drawings, his guitar looks identical to Archie's, making him the band's second (or co-lead) guitarist. However, a number of drawings (including the one above) clearly show Reggie's instrument to have four tuning keys, the most common bass design. Six-string bass guitars do exist, however, and the Archies' recordings regularly featured a bass player. In more than one comic strip, Reggie is described as playing bass (however, this is not necessarily canon , as storylines and hobbies/activities in the Archie world change from story to story). Finally, in the liner notes for 2008's The Archies Christmas Album, Reggie is listed as the bass guitarist. One distribution mode for the Archies' music was cereal boxes: a cardboard record was embossed directly into the back of a box such that the record could be cut out and played on a turntable (although their music was also available on standard issue LPs and 45s). Though the group no longer appears in animation, they are still frequently used in stories published by Archie Comics . Other cartoon groups Edit In the late 1960s and early 1970s, animated series often featured musical groups that were fictional or sometimes based on real life musicians. This dates at least as far back as 1965 with The Beatles , but the Archies helped popularize the concept. Most of these groups played bubblegum pop . Several were also teenage detectives, influenced by Scooby Doo . These groups included The Groovie Goolies , The Hardy Boys , Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids , The Banana Splits (actually live action with actors in animal costumes and dubbed speaking voices), The Cattanooga Cats , The Chan Clan , and The Neptunes . Animated versions of The Jackson 5ive , the Osmond Brothers , the Partridge Family , and The Brady Bunch also existed. Archie Comics ' own creation Josie and the Pussycats was successful both as an animated series and as a comic book (and later a live action motion picture ), but The Bingoes and The Madhouse Glads lacked its popularity and never appeared in animation. Two modern examples of the "cartoon rock group" could include the British band, Gorillaz —a musical project created in 1998 by British musician Damon Albarn and British cartoonist Jamie Hewlett, and Dethklok , a fictional death metal band created by Brendon Small . Production Edit A set of studio musicians were assembled by Don Kirshner in 1968 to perform various songs. The most famous is " Sugar, Sugar ", written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim , which went to #1 on the pop chart in 1969, sold over six million copies, and was awarded a gold disc . [2] In Billboard 's Hot 100 , it was ranked as the number one song of that year, the only time a fictional band has ever claimed Billboard's annual Hot 100 top spot. Other Top 40 songs recorded by The Archies include "Who's Your Baby?" (U.S. #40), "Bang-Shang-A-Lang" (U.S. #22), and "Jingle Jangle" (U.S. #10). "Jingle Jangle" also sold over one million copies, garnering a second gold disc award. [2] Male vocals for the fictional Archies group were provided by The Cuff Links ' lead singer Ron Dante and female duet vocals were provided by Toni Wine . Wine, who was only paid for the record
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: October 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League & Harrington ‘B’ What well-known product was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, who at that time was addicted to morphine and was looking to find a less harmful substitute? Coca-Cola The entrepreneur Donald F Duncan introduced which toy in 1929, often thought to be based on a weapon used by 16th Century Filipino hunters? Yo-Yo Who was the Greek God of time? Chronos Which English King was the son of Edward, The Black Prince Richard II Who succeeded Richard II as King in 1399? Henry IV What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands off Norway? Maelstrom Which hit song from July 1979 was inspired by the doings of one Brenda Spencer on 29th January that year? I Don’t Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats) Which motor manufacturer produces the model which has the best-selling car name of all time (the model has undergone at least eleven redesigns from 1966 to date)? Toyota (the Corolla is the model in question) What was Fanny Cradock’s real Christian name? Phyllis (Born as Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey) What is the collective name for the handmaidens of Odin who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live? Valkyries Illustrated on its logo, the product Marmite is named after a French word for what? Cooking Pot Which Nintendo game first introduced the character of Mario? Donkey Kong (in 1981…pre-dating Super Mario Bros. by 4 years) Which song was the Labour Party’s theme in its Election campaign of 1997? Things can only get better (by D:Ream) Who is the only woman to have been French Prime Minister? Edith Cresson Who designed the first Blue Peter badge as well as the “Ship” logo used by the programme? Tony Hart Born in Ulverston in 1890, by what name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson better known? Stan Laurel Of which actress did Groucho Marx say “I knew her before she became a virgin”? Doris Day Who wrote and composed the Opera ‘Oedipus Rex’? Stravinsky Who was the first “First Minister of Scotland”? Donald Dewar Who was the first Secretary General of The United Nations? Trygve Lie Against the people of which city did the Romans fight the Punic Wars? Carthage Josip Broz was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. By what name is he better known? Tito Which famous Independent day and Boarding School in Derbyshire was founded by Sir John Port in 1557? Repton School Buddy Holly had a posthumous hit with the song "It doesn’t matter any more". Which singer / songwriter of the time wrote it? Paul Anka An alibi is a form of defence used in criminal proceedings where the accused attempts to prove their innocence. What does the Latin word alibi literally mean? Elsewhere (The accused attempts to prove they were somewhere else at the time of the offence) Who said in a speech in 1968 “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'”? Enoch Powell In a famous 1871 poem, the wedding feast consisted of “mince and quince eaten with a runcible spoon“. Name either of the parties supposedly getting married. Owl or Pussycat (in the Edward Lear poem) Who was the last King of France before the First French Republic was established in 1792? Louis XVI (the Sixteenth) Which modern Japanese martial art is descended from swordsmanship and uses a weapon called a Shinai Kendo Who wrote the book ‘Whisky Galore’? Compton Mackenzie Which fictional pirate captain went to his death murmuring the words ‘Floreat Etona’? Captain Hook In which London restaurant did Boris Becker have his famously brief, but expensive, 'affair' in a broom cupboard with model Angela Ermakova? Nobu Who was the US President throughout the period of World War I? Woodrow Wilson Who was the UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I? Asquith Gruinard Island is an uninhabited Scottish island which was used as the scene for experiments on which bacterium during the 20th century? Anthrax Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. Wha
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Wild Cats of North America Wild Cats of North America Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) The Ocelot has short tawny or reddish brown fur with black spots and rosette shaped marks. The belly is white. The face has two black stripes down each side. There is a white spot behind each ear and white marks round the eyes and mouth. The tail... Read more > Margay (Leopardus weidii) The Margay is a small cat, and resembles a small Ocelot. It is a spotted cat with tan, grayish or cinnamon colored fur with rows of dark brown spots along the body. The belly is white. The coat is thick and soft. Read more > Canada Lynx (Lynx canadensis) The Canada Lynx is yellowish-brown, and sometimes has dark brown spots. The fur on the head and back is often a grizzled with gray. The belly is pale buff. The tail is fairly short with a dark tip and often has dark rings. The fur is long and... Read more > Bobcat (Lynx rufus) The Bobcat coat is buff and brown with some dark brown or black stripes and spots. The tail is tipped with black. The ears have tufts of hair on the tips and there are longer hair tufts on the sides of the head. Read more > Jaguar (Panthera onca) The Jaguar is a large tan cat with black spots and rings. Some Jaguars are all black. Jaguars are similar in appearance to leopards but are stockier and have a larger head. Read more > Cougar (Puma concolor) The Cougar (also known as the Mountain Lion or Puma) is a large, slender cat. The fur is short and color varies from yellow brown to gray brown above, with pale underside. The chest and throat are white. The nose is pink with a black border. The... Read more > Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi) The Jaguarundi is small cat, not much bigger than a domestic cat. It has a long body and fairly short legs compared with other American cats. There are two main color variations - a dark grey black form and a reddish brown form. The coat is fairly... Read more >
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Kruger Park Wildlife Facts | Africa Mammals Guide... African Mammal Guide Aardvark Aardvarks have a body length of 110 cm and a shoulder height of 60 cm, and the tail is 60-70 cm long. The skin is pinkish-gray or grayish-brown with coarse, yellowish hair. The hide is very thick in... [more information] Aardwolf The colour of the body of an Aardwolf varies from yellow-brown to dull yellow, with � 5 distinct vertical black stripes on the flanks and some on the legs. It has a long dark tipped mane on the back which bristles when the animal is frightened... [more information] African Buffalo A large and powerful bovine, the African Buffalo reaches shoulder heights of up to 1.5 m and a mass of 750 kg. Both sexes have horns, those of bulls characterised by a heavy boss and upward curved... [more information] African Civet The colour of African Civet is whitish-grey with indistinct spots on the front quarters and regular black spots, which merge to stripes, on the hindquarters. There is a black stripe down the back starting from between the ears... [more information] African Giant Rat The African Giant Rat has a long tail, which is bare with a white tip. The body is covered with a buffy-grey, relatively long fur whereas the underparts are slightly paler... [more information] African Wild Cat A slender built animal resembling the grey housecat. The colour of African Wild Cat varies from grey to dark grey with � 6 reddish to blackish-red vertical stripes on the flanks and some on the legs. In some cases these stripes are very faint... [more information] Ansorgis Free Tailed Bat Like all so-called 'free-tailed' bats, the distal portion of the tail of the Ansorgi's Free-Tailed Bat is not encased in the interfemoral membrane, and thus presents as a protrusion above the flying membrane... [more information] Banana Bat The Banana Bat is a tiny bat which is 77 mm long and weighs 4.0 grams. The dense fur on the back can be various shades of brown, whereas the undersides are always of a lighter shade than the dorsal colouration... [more information] Banded Mongoose The Banded Mongoose is usually seen in troops and is unmistakable as a result of the distinct banding across its back. The overall colour is grizzled- or dark brownish-grey and the bands are dirty whitish... [more information] Bat Eared Fox The Bat-Eared Fox has a shoulder height of only 30cm, a length of about 75cm and weighs less than 5 kilograms. It has a beautiful silver-gray fluffy coat with a black-tipped bushy tail... [more information] Black Backed Jackal The adult Black Backed Jackal is brownish black all over, except for a white spot above and below the eye. The centre of the chest and throat are white, with a broad black median streak. The eyes are brilliant yellow... [more information] Black Footed Cat This species is very secretive in nature, which makes it difficult to census. The Black-Footed Cat is nevertheless considered rare. Except for the very short period during which mating occurs, black-footed cats prefer a solitary existence... [more information] Black Rhino Bulls weigh up to 1 200 Kg and cows about 800 Kg. As such the Black Rhino is smaller than the White Rhino. It can further be distinguished from the White (or square-lipped) Rhino by the pointed upper... [more information] Blue Wildebeest Blue Wildebeest are characterised by a long black mane and a beard of hair hanging from the throat and neck. Both sexes grow short curved horns. Bulls weigh 250 kg and measures 1.5 m at the shoulders... [more information] Burchells Zebra Body stripes of the Burchells Zebra are less numerous and broader than that of the Cape Mountain Zebra, whereas body stripes extend around the belly. Leg striping is less prominent. Measures 1.3 to 1.4 metres at the shoulder and weighs 300-320 Kg... [more information] Bushpig The Bush Pig is a strong, stocky pig with powerful forequarters. Its upper tusks are barely visible, but the lower tusks are razor sharp and grow to 7cm in length. It is very dangerous when surprised in the bush... [more information] Bushbaby Lesser The Les
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The Italian soprano Renata Tebaldi who is acclaimed as one of the most beloved opera singers of all time was known for her rivalry with which other legendary soprano?
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Renata Tebaldi music | Artists Voice/Instrument: Biography Renata Tebaldi (Pesaro, Italy) was an Italian lirico-spinto soprano, popular in the post-war period. Acclaimed as one of the most beloved opera singers of all time, she primarily focused on the verismo roles of the lyric and dramatic repertoires.Contents Early years Tebaldi was born Renata Ersilia Clotilde Tebaldi in Pesaro, the daughter of a cellist, Teobaldo Tebaldi, and Giuseppina Barbieri, a gifted singer who had wanted a singing career but eventually became a nurse instead. Very soon, the parents split up and Renata, together with her mother, moved to the latter's home town, Langhirano in the Province of Parma. Stricken with polio at the age of three, Tebaldi was unable to take part in strenuous activities and instead became interested in music. She was a member of the church choir in Langhirano and her mother sent her to piano lessons with Signorina Passani in Parma at the age of thirteen; she worked with boundless diligence, practising four or five hours a day and dreaming of a career as a concert pianist. She also sang everything she heard. Her main source of inspiration was listening to the radio. It was not until her piano teacher took the initiative that Renata was sent to Italo Brancucci, a singing teacher at the conservatory of Parma. She began studying a short time later at the conservatory, taking lessons with Ettore Campogalliani for three years. Renata had to concentrate on scales and voice training for two years before she was allowed to learn the first songs towards the end of her second year of training. Carmen Melis She went off to spend a Christmas holiday with her father's brother, her uncle Valentino, at Pesaro. There, as operatic destiny would have it, Valentino owned a small café where the famous former diva Carmen Melis came to buy pastries. Melis was a teacher at the Pesaro Conservatory. Valentino talked to Melis about his niece, and the diva finally consented to audition the young girl. Melis had been a soprano prima donna at La Scala in Milan and had sung with Caruso and Titta Ruffo. Melis was to become Tebaldi's most important teacher: the next day, and for the remainder of her holiday, Tebaldi worked with Melis; when she returned to Parma, the improvement was so drastic that no one believed it was the same voice. It was then that she determined to move to Pesaro permanently, where she lived with her father's family and took classes with Melis both at the conservatory and privately. Melis organised a scholarship for her and Tebaldi made her first public appearance singing "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" from Catalani's La Wally at the theatre in Urbino. At the age of 22, Tebaldi made her debut as Elena in Boito's Mefistofele in Rovigo. She performed several more times in Parma - in La Bohème, L'amico Fritz and Andrea Chénier and started working, again through Melis, with the conductor and singing teacher Giuseppe Pais in Milan 1944. An audition for Giulio Gatti-Casazza, the Scala's director, came to nothing as there were hardly any performances anymore during the war years. She made her debut as Desdemona in Trieste alongside Francesco Merli and caused a stir. Arturo Toscanini Her major breakthrough came in 1946, when she auditioned in Milan for Arturo Toscanini. Toscanini was favorably impressed, calling her "voce d'angelo" (angel voice). Tebaldi made her La Scala debut that year at the concert which marked the reopening of the theatre after World War II. She sang the "Prayer" ("Dal tuo stellato soglio") from Rossini's biblical opera, Mosè in Egitto, as well as the soprano part in Verdi's Te Deum. She was given the operatic roles of Margherita and Elena in Mefistofele and Elsa in Lohengrin in 1946. The following year, she appeared in La Bohème and as Eva in Die Meistersinger. Toscanini encouraged her to sing the role of Aida and invited her to rehearse the role in his studio. She was of the opinion that the role of Aida was reserved for a dramatic soprano, but Toscanini convinced her and she made her role debut at La Scala in 1950 along
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Sheet Music, Cosi Fan Tutte, Mozart, WA, 2 Flutes Cosi Fan Tutte Mozart, WA Various arrangements of Mozart's Opera 'Cosi Fan Tutte' for two flutes. Referencing historical transcriptions, these arrangements focus on recreating authentic musical content appropriate for the instrumentation. 10% Terzetto (Ferrando, Guilelmo, Don Alfonso) Terzetto (Ferrando, Guilelmo, Don Alfonso) Terzetto (Ferrando, Guilelmo, Don Alfonso) Duetto (Fiordiligi, Dorabella) Terzetto (Ferrando, Dorabella, Don Alfonso) Aria (Fiordiligi) Type the characters you see in the picture: * The code is case-sensitive and must be entered exactly as above. There have been no reviews Only those who bought this product are allowed to add review If you've already bought this product, please sign in and add your own review! Cart is empty Plug-O's i purchased both sizes. larger size fit a marmots EX well. smaller size fit in a vintage haynes (a rare bird, an open hole commercial model). they do the job, but i don't think they should be casually removed by someone like me who does not know their way around keys and pads. Meir Chernofsky News 01-02-2017 SMU flute professor Jean Larson Garver will host a master class with internationally renowned flutist Jean Ferrandis Saturday, March 4, 2017, from 1:00pm - 4:00pm. The class will feature SMU flute students from the studios of Jean Larson Garver, Kara Kirkendoll and Deborah Baron as well as outstanding high school students selected by audition. SMU staff pianist Angela Favazza will serve as accompanist for the class. Powell Flutes with Carolyn Nussbaum Company will have a display of new flutes for teachers and students to try. More information can be found at Flute Master Class with Jean Ferrandis
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Which US company has recently taken over Cadbury's?
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BBC News - Cadbury agrees Kraft takeover bid Cadbury agrees Kraft takeover bid Union: 'Sad day' for Cadbury Cadbury is to be taken over by the US food company Kraft after its board approved a new increased bid. The Cadbury board has advised its shareholders to accept a new offer of 840 pence a share - valuing the company at £11.5bn ($18.9bn). Kraft said the deal would create a "global confectionery leader". But there are renewed fears over possible job cuts at Cadbury's UK operations as a result of the agreed takeover. Shareholders have until 2 February to give the deal their backing, with the US confectioner Hershey apparently out of the race. The offer will consist of 500 pence in cash, with the rest made of Kraft shares. Kraft will borrow £7bn ($11.5bn) to finance the deal. The increase in Kraft's debt to pay for Cadbury will doubtless worry its employees BBC business editor Robert Peston Send us your comments "We believe the offer represents good value for Cadbury shareholders... and will now work with the Kraft Foods' management to ensure the continued success and growth of the business," said Cadbury's chairman Roger Carr. Irene Rosenfeld, the chairman and chief executive of Kraft Foods, said the deal was good news for shareholders and staff. "We have great respect for Cadbury's brands, heritage and people," she said. "We believe they will thrive as part of Kraft Foods." Shareholder approval The deal is a significant increase on earlier Kraft bids, which were flatly rejected by the Cadbury board as "derisory". Kraft's previous offer valued the company at £10.5bn - a bid Cadbury's chairman Roger Carr said was an attempt to "buy Cadbury on the cheap". Shareholders are expected to agree to the takeover. David Cumming, head of UK equities at Cadbury shareholder Standard Life, said that he would be agreeing, despite hoping for a higher price. CADBURY John Cadbury, a Quaker, opened a shop in Birmingham in 1824, selling tea, coffee and hot chocolate - as an alternative to alcohol Dairy Milk brand introduced in 1905, with Milk Tray coming 10 years later Merged with rival confectioner J.S. Fry & Sons in 1919 Merged with Schweppes drinks business in 1969. Its drinks arm was spun off in 2008 Employs about 45,000 people in 60 countries Cadbury brands include: Dairy Milk, Flake, Crunchie, Chocolate Buttons and Milk Tray "I won't go against the view of Cadbury's management," he told the BBC. "Kraft are getting a good deal. It's sad that Cadbury is gone, but business is business." In early trading on Tuesday, Cadbury shares were up 3.5%. Job fears Unions have expressed concerns that the Kraft takeover could cost jobs. The company has given no specific assurances over the future of 4,500 UK jobs, though it says it wants to invest in the Bournville site and maintain production at Somerdale, near Bristol, also known as Keynsham. It has not ruled out cuts, and staff numbers at Cadbury's head office in Uxbridge are expected to be reduced, according to the BBC's business editor Robert Peston. KRAFT FOODS Founded in Illinois as a cheese wholesaler in 1903 Bought in 1988 by Philip Morris, which also purchased Nabisco for $19.2bn in 2000 before integrating it into Kraft Foods More than 40 of its brands are more than 100 years old Has 98,000 employees and 168 manufacturing and processing facilities worldwide Kraft brands include: Kenco, Ritz, Philadelphia spread, Tang, Alpen Gold and Oreo Kraft also said it expected "meaningful cost savings" as a result of the merger. Jennie Formby from the Unite union said the need for Kraft to cut costs could mean staff cuts in the longer-term. "We are concerned about the levels of debt that Kraft has," she told the BBC. "The sad truth is that when they have to pay down that debt, the soft option is jobs and conditions. "When you have to make cost savings of the magnitude they will need to make, you have to ask where those cost savings will be made." Those fears were shared by David Bailey, professor at Coventry University Business School. "Serious questions need to be asked about Kraft's intentions," he
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quizballs 50 -- part 2 - Google Groups quizballs 50 -- part 2 41. What Cumbrian town was used as a 2007 pilot for the digital TV switch-over? 42. It was announced in April 2007 that Lord Justice Scott Baker would replace Baroness Butler-Sloss in what position? 43. What remarkable sale price did Damien Hirst's diamond-encrusted skull achieve? 44. Which world champion 400m runner successfully overturned her Olympic Games ban for missing drug tests? 45. Monks featured strongly in the September protests in which country? 46. Which northern England city was flooded by torrential rain on on 25 June 2007? 47. In what US city did Barack Obama announce his presidential candidacy in February 2007? 48. Which Bollywood actor was at the centre of the 2007 Big Brother TV Show racism uproar? 49. Shinzo Abe resigned in September 2007 as prime minister of which country? 50. Which corporation bought 1.6% of Facebook for $240m? 51. The Kate Moss Collection was launched by what store chain? 52. The two CDs lost by the UK department HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) contained personal details of 20m people relating to claims of what? 53. Who resigned as England cricket coach after the 2007 Ashes series 5-0 defeat? 54. What nickname was used by the media for the senior policeman in charge of the Cash for Honours investigation? 55. In May 2007 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced the biggest what in history to date? 56. Intensive British forces operations in Afghanistan through 2007 were centred in which province? 57. In what significant UK location was the August 2007 Climate Change Camp sited? 58. Which movie star left the much publicized 'rude pig' phone message for his twelve year old daughter? 59. In a bizarre 2007 confessional frenzy, Ruth Kelly, Jacqui Smith, Harriet Harman, Hazel Blears and Alistair Darling where among several British government ministers to make what admission? 60. At the end of 2007 how many England Premiership football (soccer) clubs were foreign owned? 61. In June 2007 the Millennium Dome re-opened under what name? 62. Which famous aviator and adventurer went missing over the Nevada Desert in September 2007? 63. The perfume brand 'Mwah' was launched in 2007 by which 'celebrity'? 64. What country celebrated on August 15th 2007 its 60th anniversary of independence from British rule? 65. Who resigned as World Bank President after failing to disprove allegations of his nepotism? 66. Which country won the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup? 67. Following an Ofcom investigation which TV company was judged in September 2007 to be the worst offending in the premium line phone-in scandals? 68. What film won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Picture? 69. Speculation towards the end of 2007 suggested that Rupert Murdoch's News International Group was in discussion to buy what significant business networking website? 70. Which rapper cancelled his UK tour when refused entry to the country? 71. What was the name of the Space Shuttle which launched on June 8th 2007? 72. Who made this amusing statement: "I have expressed a degree of regret that may be equated with an apology..." ? 73. Whose secret donations of over half a million pounds caused a big problem for the Labour Party when they were exposed in November 2007? 74. Who became the new French president in 2007? 75. Who was charged with fraud when he reappeared five years after going missing in a canoe off the Cleveland coast? 76. Clarence Mitchell was appointed media spokesman for whom in September 2007? 77. Which Formula One racing team was expelled from the 2007 Constructors Championship for spying on a competitor? 78. Blake Fielder-Civil achieved notoriety as whose errant husband? 79. Which former newspaper owner and business mogul was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment for fraud in December 2007? 80. Which major city switched off its lights for an hour on the evening of 31 March 2007 as a political statement about climate change? 81. What was the village and laboratory site na
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SparkNotes: Little Women: Character List Character List Plot Overview Analysis of Major Characters Josephine March - The protagonist of the novel, and the second-oldest March sister. Jo, who wants to be a writer, is based on Louisa May Alcott herself, which makes the story semi-autobiographical. Jo has a temper and a quick tongue, although she works hard to control both. She is a tomboy, and reacts with impatience to the many limitations placed on women and girls. She hates romance in her real life, and wants nothing more than to hold her family together. Meg March - The oldest March sister. Responsible and kind, Meg mothers her younger sisters. She has a small weakness for luxury and leisure, but the greater part of her is gentle, loving, and morally vigorous. Read an in-depth analysis of Laurie Laurence. Marmee - The March girls’ mother. Marmee is the moral role model for her girls. She counsels them through all of their problems and works hard but happily while her husband is at war. Mr. March - The March girls’ father and Marmee’s husband. He serves in the Union army as a chaplain. When he returns home, he continues acting as a minister to a nearby parish. Mr. Brooke - Laurie’s tutor. Mr. Brooke is poor but virtuous. Frederick Bhaer - A respected professor in Germany who becomes an impoverished language instructor in America. Mr. Bhaer lives in New York, where he meets Jo. He is kind and fatherly. Mr. Laurence - Laurie’s grandfather and the Marches’ next-door neighbor. Mr. Laurence seems gruff, but he is loving and kind. Hannah - The Marches’ loyal servant. Aunt March - A rich widow and one of the March girls’ aunts. Although crotchety and difficult, Aunt March loves her nieces and wants the best for them. Daisy - Meg and Mr. Brooke’s daughter. Daisy is the twin of Demi. Her real name is Margaret. Demi - Meg and Mr. Brooke’s son and Daisy’s twin. Demi’s real name is John Laurence. Mrs. Kirke - The woman who runs the New York boarding house where Jo lives. Kate Vaughn - One of Laurie’s British friends. At first, Kate turns up her nose at the bluntness and poverty of the Marches. She later decides that she likes them, however, showing that she is able to overcome her initial prejudice. Sallie Gardiner - Meg’s rich friend. Sallie represents the good life to Meg, and Meg often covets Sallie’s possessions. Aunt Carrol - One of the March girls’ aunts. Aunt Carrol is ladylike, and she takes Amy with her to Europe. Florence - Aunt Carrol’s daughter. Florence accompanies her aunt and Amy to Europe. Fred Vaughn - One of the Vaughn siblings. Fred is Laurie’s friend, but he soon develops a romantic interest in Amy. Esther - Aunt March’s servant. Esther is a French Catholic. Annie Moffat - Another wealthy friend of Meg’s. Annie is fashionable and social, and she wears stylish clothing that Meg envies. Ned Moffat - The older brother of Meg’s friend Annie Moffat. Frank Vaughn - One of the Vaughn siblings. Frank is sickly. Grace Vaughn - The youngest sister of the Vaughn family. Grace and Amy become friends on a picnic. Dr. Bangs - A doctor who tends to Beth when she is ailing. The Hummels - A family that lives near the Marches. The Hummels are poor and in bad health.
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David Perdue's Charles Dickens Page - Little Dorrit Little Dorrit FAQ & Email The theme of the debtor's prison is central to several of Dickens' novels and to his personal life as well. In 1824, when Charles was 12 years old, his father was arrested for debt and imprisoned in the Marshalsea debtor's prison in Southwark. His father's imprisonment, and Charles' subsequent consignment to Warren's Blacking factory to help support the family, was an extremely traumatic experience that young Dickens never got over, and which proved to be a major influence in his life's work. Typically, a debtor was accused by the person to whom money was owed. The accused was held several days in a sponging house, such as Coavin's in Bleak House or Moss's, in which Rawdon Crawley is held in Thackeray's Vanity Fair . If, in a few days, the money cannot be raised, the debtor is imprisoned until the debt is paid. There were three prominent debtor's prisons in London: The Fleet , where Mr. Pickwick ( Pickwick Papers ) was held, The King's Bench , where Micawber ( David Copperfield ) was an inmate, and the Marshalsea , where Dickens' father was imprisoned, as well as the fictional William Dorrit (Little Dorrit). The Dorrit's European tour draws heavily on Dickens own travels through France to Italy in 1844/45 and chronicled in his travel book, Pictures from Italy . Dickens' satiric representation of the Civil Service, where the Barnacle family demonstrates how to go around in circles, spewing red tape, and accomplishing nothing, draws on recent government bumbling during the Crimean War...and perhaps just a hint of leftover cynicism from Dickens' days as a young parliamentary reporter. Little Dorrit (2008) Claire Foy, Matthew Macfadyen In 1830, when Charles Dickens was 18 years old he fell madly in love with the daughter of a successful banker, Maria Beadnell. He courted Miss Beadnell for three years, although her parents objected to the relationship. The courtship ended with Dickens heartbroken. He never forgot Maria, Dora Spenlow in David Copperfield was based on his memory of her. In 1855, with his marriage to Kate breaking down, Dickens received a letter from Maria, now married and describing herself as "toothless, fat, old and ugly." Dickens memory of Maria would not allow him to believe this description and, after several passionate letters were exchanged, a meeting was arranged. When Dickens met Maria he was devastated, her description of herself being fairly accurate. Thereafter his few letters to her were short and formal. Dickens used the new Maria as the basis for Flora Finching, Arthur Clennam's former lover in Little Dorrit. Flora is fat and tiresome, although sincerely good natured. Dickens would later write "We all have our Floras, mine is living, and extremely fat." Dickens' life during the serialization of Little Dorrit Dec 1855 - Jun 1857 Dickens' age: 43-45 December 1855 310,000 handbills and 4000 posters had been printed by Dec 31 advertising Little Dorrit. Sales of the early numbers were phenomenal and continued strong throughout the run. March 1856 Purchases Rochester mansion Gad's Hill Place which he had admired from a child. He paid 1790 pounds for the house and resolved to spend another 1000 pounds on improvements. April 1856 Returns from Paris where he had been, except for frequent trips back to London, since October 1855. While in France he had completed arrangements for a published translation of all of his books into French. June 1856 Visits Boulogne for two months. October 1956 Making preparation to stage the Amateur Theatrical The Frozen Deep. May 1857 Visits the site of the Marshalsea prison , where his father had been imprisoned for debt in 1824 and a setting for Little Dorrit. June 1857 | Illustrations | Locations In his eleventh novel, illustrated by Phiz and published by Bradbury and Evans , Dickens' childhoo
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BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Where the Premier League's players come from Where the Premier League's players come from Data shown is place of birth, not nationality. (Data last updated 13 August 2009) By Ollie Williams In the past two decades, the composition of England's top-flight teams has changed dramatically. At the start of the 1989-90 season, leading clubs like Arsenal and Manchester United boasted just one or two regular first-team players who were born outside the United Kingdom. Now, Premier League teams have, on average, 13 foreign-born stars within their ranks. 'THE GLOBAL GAME' Watch the BBC News Channel/BBC World on Friday for interviews and analysis on the global growth and appeal of the Premier League, with coverage also on radio and online Use the interactive world map above to explore the birthplaces of players in all the current Premier League squads, and compare them with the same teams' players from the start of the 1989-90 season - then find out more about each team below. Twenty years ago, defending champions Arsenal had just two players born outside the UK on their books: Icelandic midfielder Sigurdur Jonsson and Irish forward Niall Quinn. Jonsson made barely a handful of appearances before leaving Highbury in 1992, while Quinn was soon to sign for Manchester City. Liverpool, eventual title-winners that season, had an unusually large number of foreign-born players in their 1989-90 squad. Bruce Grobbelaar - one of few foreign stars in 1989 Kenny Dalglish's side featured five players born outside the UK: John Barnes (Jamaica), Bruce Grobbelaar (South Africa), Glenn Hysen (Sweden), Jan Molby (Denmark) and Steve Staunton (Republic of Ireland). But they were the exception. Teams were far more likely to boast just one or two players born outside the UK and, in many cases (such as Manchester City's David Oldfield and Chelsea's Tony Dorigo), those players were British nationals who happened to have been born abroad. Two decades ago, the teams making up this year's Premier League could only boast 12 players born outside the Commonwealth between them. Twenty years later, more than half of the Premier League's clubs could field an entire starting line-up of foreign-born players. Liverpool now have just three UK-born first-team stars in Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson, with other British talents like Jay Spearing making only occasional European appearances to date. Anfield is home to 20 foreign-born players with a strong first-team claim, while Arsenal can boast 23, as opposed to four Brits, all aged under 21. Teams recently promoted to the top flight have the fewest foreign-born players in their first-team squads - Burnley have seven, Wolves have eight, as do Stoke, who gained promotion a year earlier, while Birmingham have nine. West Ham are also at the lower end of the spectrum, with nine foreign-born players, but at the time of writing this still comprised almost half of the 21 first-team players at Gianfranco Zola's disposal. You can find out more about your team below. Remember that the data focuses on place of birth, not nationality. Read more, comment and download the data on Ollie Williams' blog Jump to a team 1989-90: 19 players born in UK, two born abroad 2009-10: Four players born in UK, 23 born abroad Jack Wilshere is one of Arsenal's UK-born youngsters Jonsson and Quinn, mentioned above, were as exotic as it got for the Gunners 20 years ago. Arsenal could almost have put out a starting line-up featuring only players born in the London area. By contrast, in February 2005, manager Arsene Wenger became the first in English football to field a matchday squad lacking any English players. The current squad's UK-born talents - Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey, Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere - are all under 21 years old. Points on the map 2009-10: Carlos Vela, who waited more than three years for his first Arsenal goal (and two of those waiting for a work permit), is Mexican. Brazilians Denilson and Eduardo hail from Sao Paulo and Rio respectively. There are three imports from West
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Delia Smith boils over after Norwich City are promoted to the Premier League | Daily Mail Online comments A decade ago she made a bit of a pudding of herself after she marched on to her team’s football pitch and screeched ‘Let’s be ’avin’ you!’ at the crowd to fire up the fans. And it seems Delia Smith’s vocal support for Norwich City is just as loud and proud today. The celebrity cook shouted and pumped her fists yesterday after the Canaries beat rivals Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship play-off final, meaning they clinched promotion to the Premier League. Scroll down for video Ten tears on: Yesterday (left) Delia celebrated in front of Norwich fans after seeing her club return to the Premier League. Her pitch appearance was reminiscent over her overwrought speech in 2005 (right) Overjoyed: The celebrity cook shouted and pumped her fists yesterday after the Canaries beat rivals Middlesbrough 2-0 in the Championship play-off final She has more reason than most to be overjoyed at the victory, worth £130million to her club, because she is a majority shareholder with her husband Michael Wynn Jones. Indeed Miss Smith, 73, was so deliriously happy that she celebrated by joining players on the pitch. Miss Smith certainly wasn’t dressed for such raucous behaviour in a smart black suit and pearl earrings. RELATED ARTICLES Share 48 shares She had even confined her team’s green and yellow stripes to a silk scarf tucked neatly around her neck. Her displays of support for her club, which has yo-yoed between the top two divisions in recent years, have sometimes stunned supporters. In 2005 she barged on to the pitch during half-time when Norwich City played Manchester City. Winners: Delia Smith can look forward to her side cooking up a storm in the top flight once again after winning promotion Get in: Stephen Fry could not contain his joy on Monday as he watched his football team, Norwich City, secure a place in the Barclays Premier League next season Overjoyed: The team’s 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in the Championship playoff final at Wembley means Norwich will return to the Premier League just one year after relegation She grabbed the microphone from the club announcer and yelled at the crowd: ‘A message for the best football supporters in the world, we need a 12th man here. Where are you? Where are you? Let’s be ’avin’ you! Come on!’ Miss Smith has supported Norwich City since the 1970s and attends most of City’s matches – home and away – throughout the season. She joined the club’s board with her husband and took over the majority of Norwich City’s shares in 1996, when the club’s finances were very precarious. The couple currently hold 53 per cent of ordinary shares and 19 per cent of ‘B preference’ shares. Miss Smith, who has also been a director of the club since 1996, set up Delia’s Canary Catering in 1997 to provide match-day food at the team’s home ground, Carrow Road. With her cooking credentials it greatly improved the snacks on offer, making ‘significant financial contribution to the club’s coffers’. However, she retired as its head in 2011 in order to ‘reduce her workload’. What a time: The 57-year-old was seen cheering loudly and punching the air with glee as Cameron Jerome and Nathan Remond found the back of the net within the first fifteen minutes of the match Naturally, Stephen was overjoyed by the victory and joined in with other fans, pulling a variety of expressive faces as he saw his team dominate the game right from the kick-off. Another fan who could not contain his joy was Stephen Fry, who was seen throwing his arms into the air from the stand. The panel show host, who has been a member of the Canaries board since 2010, is famously a lifelong fan of the team and has uses his celebrity status to raise awareness for Norwich City over the past few years. Naturally, Stephen was overjoyed by the victory and joined in with other fans, pulling a variety of expressive faces as he saw his team dominate the game right from the kick-off. Making he sure he was on hand to cheer his team on sporting the clubs sca
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THE WOMAN IN WHITE THE WOMAN IN WHITE 'This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure and what a Man's resolution can achieve.' 1st edition by Sampson Low in three volumes, August 1860 1st US edition by Harpers in paper wrappers, August 1860 Published in 1860, one of the two novels (with The Moonstone ) for which Collins is most famous. It firmly established his reputation with the reading public and helped raise the circulation of All the Year Round. As Smith, Elder found to their cost, 'everyone was raving about it.' S. M. Ellis described how The Woman in White was so popular that 'every possible commodity was labelled "Woman in White". There were "Woman in White" cloaks and bonnets, "Woman in White" perfumes and all manner of toilet requisites, "Woman in White" Waltzes and Quadrilles.' It was parodied in Punch and even such a critical reviewer as Mrs Oliphant, was unusually favourable. Edward Fitzgerald read it several times and considered naming a sailing boat after the determined Marian Halcombe. Prince Albert read the book and approved. Thackeray was engrossed from morning to sunset, and Gladstone found the story so absorbing that he missed a visit to the theatre. The Woman in White has never been out of print since its first publication. In the twentieth century there have been theatre, film, television and musical adaptations and even a comic-strip version. The Woman in White is generally regarded as the first Sensation Novel and inspired numerous imitations, most notably from Mary Braddon. The story is in part based on an eighteenth century case of abduction and wrongful imprisonment, taken from Mejan's Recueil des Causes Celebres. It uses the theme of substituted identity, a favourite with Collins, and also attacks the misuse of lunatic asylums. The story can be considered an early example of detective fiction with the hero, Walter Hartright, employing many of the sleuthing techniques of later private detectives. The use of multiple narratives draws on Collins's legal training and as he points out in his Preamble: 'the story here presented will be told by more than one pen, as the story of an offence against the laws is told in Court by more than one witness'. Collins described his method of the writing The Woman in White in 'Mr Wilkie Collins in Gloucester Place', Number 81 in 'Celebrities at Home', The World, 26 December 1877; and in 'How I Write my Books', The Globe, 26 November 1887. John Gilbert frontispiece to the 1861 one volume Sampson Low edition Walter Hartright, a young drawing master, has secured a position in Cumberland on the recommendation of his old friend Professor Pesca, a political refugee from Italy. While walking home from Hampstead on his last evening in London, Hartright meets a mysterious woman dressed in white, apparently in deep distress. He helps her on her way but later learns that she has escaped from an asylum. The next day he travels north to Limmeridge House. The household comprises Mr Frederick Fairlie, a reclusive valetudinarian; Laura Fairlie, his niece; and Marian Halcombe, her devoted half-sister. Hartright finds that Laura bears an astonishing resemblance to the woman in white, called Anne Catherick. The simple-minded Anne had lived for a time in Cumberland as a child and was devoted to Laura's mother, who first dressed her in white. Hartright and Laura fall in love. Laura, however, has promised her late father that she will marry Sir Percival Glyde, and Marian advises Walter to leave Limmeridge. Anne Catherick, after sending a letter to Laura warning her against Glyde, meets Hartright who is convinced that Glyde was responsible for shutting her in the asylum. Laura and Glyde marry in December 1849 and travel to Italy. Hartright also leaves England, joining an expedition to Honduras. After their honeymoon, Sir Percival and Lady Glyde return the following June to his family estate in Hampshire, Blackwater Park. They a
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1980 Booker Prize 1980 Booker Prize Winner: Rites of Passage by William Golding Shortlist Jacket illustration by Cathie Felstead Dustjacket synopsis: "An ancient ship of the line converted to general purposes is making her way from the South of England to Australia. She carries a few guns, some cargo, some animals, some seamen, some soldiers, some emigrants and a few ladies and gentlemen. There is a clergyman of the Church of England. There is Wilmot Brocklebank, lithographer, marine artist and portrait painter. There is a young army officer. "Representing the higher echelons of administration is young Mr Talbot, setting out with the utmost confidence towards a distinguished career. But the voyage teaches him some unexpected things. It affords him more opportunities for observing the ceremonies that mark a progres through life - more chances for a mixture of acute observation and sheer misjudgement - than he could possibly record in his journal; though, for his godfather's entertainment, he tries his best. Though Talbot is mistaken in Deverel, instructed by Mr Summers, seduced by Miss Brocklebank, and shocked by Miss Granham, he finds it unnecessary in the event to keep an eye on Mr Prettiman. But it is a sadder and more responsible man who learns from the Reverend Robert James Colley what a bitter taste there is to remorse when it is unavailing. "The publication last year of Darkness Visible, William Golding's first novel for many years, restored, as Frank Tuohy wrote in The Times Literary Supplement, 'a living force among us'. 'The writing displays,' Mr Tuohy continued, 'in episode after episode, an intensity of vision without parallel in contemporary writing.' Rites of Passage provides further evidence of the diversity, range and power of his sympathies and his imagination." First Paragraph: Honoured godfather, With those words I begin the journal I engaged myself to keep for you - no words could be more suitable! Very well then. The place: on board the ship at last. The year: you know it. The date? Surely what matters is that it is the first day of my passage to the offier side of the world; in token whereof I have this moment inscribed the number "one" at the top of this page. For what I am about to write must be a record of our first day. The month or day of the week can signify little since in our long passage from the south of Old England to the Antipodes we shall pass through the geometry of all four seasons! This very morning before I left the hall I paid a visit to my young brothers, and they were such a trial to old Dobbie! Young Lionel performed what he conceived to be an Aborigine's war dance. Young Percy lay on his back and rubbed his belly, meanwhile venting horrid groans to convey the awful results of eating me! I cuffed them both into attitudes of decent dejection, then descended again to where my mother and father were waiting. My mother - contrived a tear or two? Oh no, it was the genuine article, for there was at that point a warmth in my own bosom which might not have been thought manly. Why, even my father - We have, I believe, paid more attention to sentimental Goldsmith and Richardson than lively old Fielding and Smollett! Your lordship would indeed have been convinced of my worth had you heard the invocations over me, as if I were a convict in irons rather than a young gentleman going to assist the governor in the administration of one of His Majesty's colonies! I felt much the better for my parents' evident feelings - and I felt the better for my own feelings too! Your godson is a good enough fellow at bottom. Recovery took him all the way down the drive, past the lodge and as far as the first turning by the mill! From the Faber & Faber hardback edition, 1981. Jacket photograph by Pictor International - London Dustjacket synopsis: "Earthly Powers is Anthony Burgess's supreme achievement as a novelist. An entralling, epic narrative that spans six decades of history, that spotlights some of the most vivid events and characters of the twentieth century, it
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Quia - Medical Terminology Suffixes / Chapter 2 Java Games: Flashcards, matching, concentration, and word search. Medical Terminology Suffixes / Chapter 2 Tools Suffixes that mean "condition of", adjective suffixes, suffixes pertaining to medical specialties and plural endings. A What do these suffixes mean? -ia, -ism, -sis, -y condition of What is the suffix and definition of insomnia (ia) inability to sleep What is the suffix and definition of stenosis (sis) narrowing of a vessel What is the suffix and definition of psoriasis (sis) skin disease What is the suffix and definition of alcoholism (ism) chronic dependence on or addiction to alcohol What is the suffix and definition of dysentery (y) intestinal disorder What is the suffix and definition of thrombosis (is) having a blood clot in a vessel What is the suffix and definition of parasitism (ism) infection with parasites or behaving as a parasite What is the suffix and definition of tetany (y) sustained muscle contraction What is the suffix and definition of analgesia (ia) absence of pain What do these suffixes mean? -ac, -al, -ar, -ary, -ic, -ical, -ile, -ous pertaining to What does this suffix mean? -form like or resembling does this suffix mean? -oid Suffix that means resembling What is the suffix and definition of anesthesia (ia) loss of sensation What is the suffix and definition of egotism (ism) exaggerated self-importance What is the suffix and definition of sclerosis (sis) hardening What is the suffix and definition of atony (y) lack of muscle tone What is the suffix and definition of cardiac (ac) pertaining to the heart What is the suffix and definition of skeletal (al) pertaining to the skeleton What is the suffix and definition of muscular (ar) pertaining to muscles What is the suffix and definition of dietary (y) pertaining to the diet What is the suffix and definition of pelvic (ic) pertaining to the pelvis What is the suffix and definition of surgical (al) pertaining to surgery What is the suffix and definition of febrile (ile) pertaining to fever What is the suffix and definition of venous (ous) pertaining to a vein What is the suffix and definition of epileptiform (form) like or resembling epilepsy What is the suffix and definition of ovoid (oid) resembling an egg What does this suffix mean? -logy study of What do these suffixes mean? -ist, -ian specialist in a field of study What do these suffixes mean? -iatrics, -iatry medical specialty What is the suffix and definition of physiology (logy) study of function in a living organism What is the suffix and definition of dentist (ist) specialist in study and treatment of the teeth and mouth What is the suffix and definition of physician (ian) practitioner of medicine What is the suffix and definition of psychiatry (iatry) study and treatment of mental illness What is the plural of "a" "ae" What is the plural of "en" "ina" What is the plural of "ex , ix " "ices" What is the plural of "is" ""es" What is the plural of "nx, anx, inx, or ynx" "nges" What is the plural of "on" "a" What is the plural of "um" "a" What is the plural of "us" "i"
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Appendix:List of Latin phrases (A–E) - Wiktionary Appendix:List of Latin phrases (A–E) Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Warning, this page may be too large for some browsers. If so, the sections can be reviewed individually: Appendix:List of Latin phrases (A–E) This appendix lists direct English translations of Latin phrases. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as Greek rhetoric and literature reached its peak centuries before that of Ancient Rome: Contents a bene placito "from one who has been pleased well" Or "at will", "at one's pleasure". This phrase, and its Italian (beneplacito) and Spanish (beneplácito) derivatives, are synonymous with the more common ad libitum ("at pleasure"). abusus non tollit usum "abuse does not preclude proper use" a caelo usque ad centrum "from the sky to the center" Or "from heaven all the way to the center of the earth". In law, can refer to the obsolete cuius est solum eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos maxim of property ownership. a capite ad calcem From top to bottom; all the way through. Equally a pedibus usque ad caput. a contrario "from the opposite" Equivalent to "on the contrary" or "au contraire". An argumentum a contrario is an "argument from the contrary", an argument or proof by contrast or direct opposite. a Deucalione a fortiori "from the stronger" Loosely, "even more so" or "with even stronger reason". Often used to lead from a less certain proposition to a more evident corollary. a mari usque ad mare "from sea to sea" From Psalm 72:8, "Et dominabitur a mari usque ad mare, et a flumine usque ad terminos terrae" ( KJV : "He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth"). National motto of Canada . a pedibus usque ad caput "from feet to head" Completely. Similar to the English expressions "from tip to toe" or "from top to toe". Equally a capite ad calcem. See also ab ovo usque ad mala. a posse ad esse "from being able to being" "From possibility to actuality" or "from being possible to being actual" a posteriori "from the latter" Based on observation (i.e., empirical knowledge ), the reverse of a priori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known after a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something that can be known from empirical experience. a priori "from the former" Presupposed, the reverse of a posteriori. Used in mathematics and logic to denote something that is known or postulated before a proof has been carried out. In philosophy, used to denote something that can be known without empirical experience. In everyday speech, it denotes something occurring or being known before the event. ab absurdo "from the absurd" Said of an argument that seeks to prove a statement's validity by pointing out the absurdity of an opponent's position (cf. appeal to ridicule ) or that an assertion is false because of its absurdity. Not to be confused with a reductio ad absurdum , which is usually a valid logical argument. ab abusu ad usum non valet consequentia "a consequence from an abuse to a use is not valid" Inferences regarding something's use from its misuse are invalid. Rights abused are still rights (cf. abusus non tollit usum). ab aeterno "from the eternal" Literally, "from the everlasting" or "from eternity". Thus, "from time immemorial", "since the beginning of time" or "from an infinitely remote time in the past". In theology, often indicates something, such as the universe, that was created outside of time. ab antiquo ab extra "from beyond" A legal term meaning "from without". From external sources, rather than from the self or the mind (ab intra). ab hinc Often rendered abhinc (which in Latin means simply "since" or "ago"). ab imo pectore "from the bottom of my heart" More literally, "from the deepest chest". Attributed to Julius Caesar . Can mean "with deepest affection" or "sincerely". ab inconvenienti "from an inconvenient thing" New Latin for "based on unsuitability", "from inconvenience" or "from hardship". An argumentum ab inconvenienti
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Sydney to Hobart yacht race Sydney to Hobart yacht race Sydney to Hobart yacht race Garry Wotherspoon Sydney Harbour and boat races have gone together for a long time. One writer, referring to 'what may fairly be termed the national sport of the colony, boat-racing', has left us with a lyrical description of a typical race day on the harbour: … the glancing waters, fresh with the breeze that prevailed throughout the day, were studded by a thousand boats of every description, all freighted with life and gaiety; and round the harbour, from every point commanding a view of the course prescribed for the contesting boats, gay parties were assembled. [1] This was 26 January, Foundation Day (also known as Anniversary Day, now called Australia Day) in 1848, and it showed the sense of adventure and exhilaration associated with yachting that has continued to be felt on Sydney Harbour. The most famous race that has emerged is the Sydney to Hobart, as it is locally known. The race covers 628 nautical miles, starting from Sydney Harbour at 1 pm on Boxing Day (26 December), as it has done for over six decades. It has been held every year since 1945, with the inaugural fleet of nine yachts growing to a record 371 starters in the 50th race in 1994 – the largest fleet in the world for a Category 1 Ocean Race. In 2007, 82 yachts took part. Postwar celebration It all began in 1945, when a group of Sydney yachtsmen started planning for a post-World War II cruise to Hobart. Captain John Illingworth, who was a British Royal Navy officer stationed in Sydney at the time, had been a keen racing yachtsman in Britain before the war. He bought the 39-foot (11.8-metre) Rani, and joined them. Because of weather conditions, the race is rarely without incident: in the first, several of the boats were briefly 'lost' during the race, among them Rani, although it did complete the course to take both 'line' (first over the line) and 'handicap' (corrected time for type of yacht) honours. In 1984, a fleet of 150 yachts started, but 104 retired in the face of 'strong to gale force' southerly winds that battered the fleet. In 1993, there were 110 starters, but only 38 finished: crews abandoned two yachts as they sank, while the skipper of another was washed overboard and spent five hours in high seas. Luckily he was spotted by a search vessel and picked up by another yacht. Stormy weather In 1998 the race became a major disaster, when wild storms took their toll. The 115-yacht fleet sailed into the worst weather in the Sydney to Hobart's history. Six sailors died and just 44 yachts survived the gale-force winds and mountainous seas to finish the race. Two crew members died on the Launceston yacht Business Post Naiad, one by drowning, the other from a heart attack at the height of the storm. Several yachts were sent to the bottom and the biggest maritime rescue operation in Australia's history was mounted to pluck about 50 sailors from the sea. The storm highlighted some of the more foolhardy aspects of the race and led to a major review of race procedures. The ensuing enquiry made several recommendations for raising safety standards and requirements for competitors. Despite such risks, the Sydney to Hobart is one of the great ocean races of the globe. No other annual yachting event in the world attracts such huge media coverage and popular attention. The weather risks are not the only source of controversy. In 1990, a spokesman for the NSW Cancer Council ruffled a few cravats by claiming that the name and logo of the British yacht Rothmans breached the NSW voluntary advertising code – which stated that any vehicles propelled by petrol, diesel, gas, solar or wind power were banned from advertising cigarettes. This was in the midst of a war between tobacco companies – who were denying any adverse effects of smoking – and doctors and public health advocates, so it saw much heated debate. Gin-and-tonics were spilt at the bar. While many of the same yachts compete around the world, and their focus is on the longer campaign to be best in Category 1, for many lo
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1966 Performers British Chartbusters of the 60s & 70s 1966 The British charts of 1966 saw the Beatles concentrate on albums while the Beach Boys, Spencer Davis and the Troggs stole the singles charts. The Beatles were once again biggest artists of the year - the same year that John Lennon made his disastrous claim that they were more popular than Jesus. They had number one hits with "Paperback Writer" and then "Yellow Submarine/Eleanor Rigby" (third biggest single of the year) but their days of million selling singles in Britain were over. However, they were selling ever more copies of their albums. First "Rubber Soul" and then "Revolver" topped the album charts on the few occasions that "The Sound of Music" film soundtrack moved from the top spot. Buy the Greatest Hits Second place for 1966 belongs to the Beach Boys. They finally broke into the UK charts with a trio of top three hits led by "Barbara Ann" then "Sloop John B" and "God Only Knows" before making number one with "Good Vibrations". Their LP, "Pet Sounds" was also a big success in 1966 and went on to be one of the most acclaimed albums of the decade. Buy the Greatest Hits In third for the year were the Spencer Davis Group. They had an excellent run following a January number one, "Keep on Running" with another chart topper "Somebody Help Me". Later in the year they were at number two with "Gimme Some Loving". And they found time for a top twenty position with "When I Come Home". Buy the Greatest Hits The Troggs became the number four act of the year thanks to a series of big selling singles starting with a number two, "Wild Thing" then a number one for "With a Girl Like You" and another number two with "I Can't Control Myself" and finishing with a top ten position for "Any Way That You Want Me". Buy the Greatest Hits Number five spot was held by the Rolling Stones. In addition to a long running number one spot for album "Aftermath" the band managed a number one single with "Paint It Black". They also had top ten success with "Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown" and "Have You Seen Your Mother Baby" in 1966.
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What Is Inside a Golf Ball? | GolfLink.com What Is Inside a Golf Ball? What Is Inside a Golf Ball? SHARES By Jessica Mousseau Golf balls have not changed much on the outside over the years. However, what's inside has changed drastically over the course of golf's history and continues to evolve today. The center of a golf ball can have a significant impact on how far the ball will travel when hit and how much control the golfer has over the trajectory of the ball. Wound vs. Solid Core Golf Balls Today there are many types of golf balls on the market. Pretty much all golf balls fall into one of two categories: - Wound balls have a rubber or sometimes liquid core surrounded by strips of rubber that look something like a rubber band. This is encased with the classic hard dimpled shell. - Non-wound balls have a similar design but feature a solid core. Myths About Poisonous or Explosive Golf Balls The most popular myth about golf balls is that the center is either poisonous or explosive. Generations of children have been fascinated by the thought that the inside of a golf ball was filled with a poison gas or potentially explosive material. Fortunately, this is nothing but an urban legend. In 1898, B.F Goodrich produced golf balls with a compressed air core that had the unfortunate habit of exploding from time to time. This may be the origin of the current myth. Solid Core Golf Balls Preferred Wound balls used to be the choice of professional golfers because they were easier to control, even if they did not travel as far. New technology has rendered them almost obsolete because solid core, non-wound balls now have softer covers so they are easier to control, and the solid core makes them travel farther. Distance Advantage Brings Control Problems The popularity of one golf ball versus another is usually based how far the ball travels. Golf balls with solid cores tend to travel farther, making them more popular balls for golfers. The downside to a super distance golf ball is the danger of errant golf balls. People have been injured and property damaged when golfers lose control over the golf balls as they travel over great distances. The United States Golf Association has actually been trying to reign in golf balls in recent years. They have asked manufacturers to submit prototype balls that travel shorter distances. Evolution of Golf Balls The outside of today's golf balls looks very similar to the golf balls of long ago. Inside though, they are very different. - During the early 1700s, golf balls were stuffed with boiled goose feathers. - In the late 1800s brought the occasionally exploding golf ball. Today's golf balls are more a marriage of function and science than function and tradition. They tend to be multi-layer balls with pressurized urethane cores. Video of the Day
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8th Hole : Old Course : Royal Troon Golf Club PAR 3 Hole Overview Originally called "Ailsa" because there is a perfect view of the rocky islet of that name, from the tee. The smallness of the putting surface accounted for the current name when William Park writing in "Golf Illustrated" said, " A pitching surface skimmed down to the size of a Postage Stamp". Much has been written about the famous eighth hole at Royal Troon, aptly named the "Postage Stamp". The tee is on high ground and a dropping shot is played over a gully to a long but extremely narrow green set into the side of a large sandhill. Two bunkers protect the left side of the green while a large crater bunker shields the approach. Any mistake on the right will find one of the two deep bunkers with near vertical faces. There is no safe way to play this hole, the ball must find the green with the tee-shot. Many top players have come to grief at this the shortest hole in Open Championship golf. Hole Stats
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In 7th century Britain, which kingdom stretched from the Welsh border across the Midlands to the North Sea?
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Richard's Ramblings » Post Topic » Origins of Mercia – Kingdom on the border Origins of Mercia – Kingdom on the border Posted by rdenning Published in Anglo Saxons , Dark Age , Uncategorized Mercia – the very name means “kingdom on the border”. The border in question was that between the English and the Welsh. These lands were where a permanent barrier and border was established between what became Wales and the rest of England. They were also the lands that saw some of the most tragic events recorded in the Welsh anals and poems. This is because much of what is now Shropshire and Worcestershire were the last parts of England to be conquered from the Welsh. the modern county of Powys is off to the west in the mountain fastness of Wales. Yet in the 6th and 7th centuries the Kingdom of Powys stretched out far into modern England, indeed nudging far out beyond Shrewsbury accross the fertile plains of Shropshire. This was the “Paradise of Powys” refered to in the Welsh poetry and mourned when finally lost in the 7th century. What then was this Mercia – this kingdom on the border that deprived the Welsh of this paradise and pushed them west into their hills? Mercia was the last of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms to emerge and was not fully formed until the late 7th century. It was also the last kingdom to abandon faith in the old gods in favour of the new religion of Christianity – some parts of what now is the Black Country remaining pagan until the 8th century. The early years of this kingdom are lost in the darkest years of the dark ages – those misty decades of the 6th century where there is almost no documentation. Foundation What do we know of the people who came to these “Midlands of Britain”. Who were they? Traditions trace the people back to a certain King Offa or Uffi who was king of the Angles in Jutland – Modern Denmark. At some point his people joined the migration of the Anglo-Saxons westwards in to Britain. They probably first settled in East Anglia. Then – so the stories go – Offa’s grandson Icel established a kingdom in the Trent valley around or near Lichfield and Tamwerth. He established a dynasty of kings called the Iclingas who would rule these lands – with certain interruptions for the next three centuries. The First Kings We start to emerge from the mists around the year 585. This is the year when it is thought Icel’s great grandson Creoda became kings. Creoda may have had to fight to establish territory in the area around Tamworth and Lichield. This would almost certainly have been against the Welsh – or Roman British- still living in these regions but it may have to also have been against the Saxons of Wessex as the two tribes seem to have come into conflict in the south- eastern parts of what became Mercia – perhaps along the Thames valley or in Oxfordshire. Creoda died in the same year – 593 – as a powerful king of Wessex called Ceawlin – so was this at a now forgotten battle? Pybba suceeded Creoda and was probably his son. We know little of Pybba’s reign other than he seems to have pushed the Mercia authority south and west into the Cotswolds. It appears during his reign some accommodation was found with the Welsh kingdoms of Gwynedd and Powys were made for these nations would become allies of Mercia soon. Pybba died around 606. He left several sons and daughters and yet they may have been too young to inherit or to exercise sufficient authority for now another king who was not of the direct decent took over. Ceorl is a bit of a mystery. Its possible he was a cousin of Pybba and so still an Iclingas. On Pybba’s death he takes over, bypassing Pybba’s eldest son Penda. Ceorl is important because his daughter Cwenburgh married Prince Edwin of the southern Northumbian land of Deira. Edwin was a man in exile due to a rival King, Aethelfrith of the northern land of Bernia, having seized Deira and united Northmbria under himself. This marriage was a political gamble for it meant challenging the authority of Aethelfrith by giving support to Edwin. Was Mercia in an alliance with Powys and Gwynedd at the
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 4th November The Questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Lamb Inn ART & ENTERTAINMENT 1. Q. Offenbach’s barcarolle from ‘The Tales of Hoffman’ is a famous piece of music, but what is a barcarolle ? A. A BOATING SONG (Accept any reference to boats). 2. Q. Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta contains the song generally known as ‘A Policeman’s lot is not a happy one’ ? A. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. 3. Q. Which TV presenter is the daughter of Newspaper Editor and Columnist Eve Pollard ? A. CLAUDIA WINKELMAN. 4. Q. Who created the statue of ‘St.Michael’s victory over the Devil’ on Coventry Cathedral ? A. JACOB EPSTEIN. 5. Q. Which artist painted the work entitled ‘Guernica’ ? A. PABLO PICASSO. 6. Q. In the TV series ‘Inspector Morse’, who wrote the theme tune ? A. BARRINGTON PHELOUNG 7. Q. Mark McManus of ‘Taggart’ fame had a famous singing half-brother. Who is he ? A. BRIAN CONNOLLY (Lead singer of The Sweet). 8. Q. Who composed the music for the films ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ and ‘The Mission’ ? A. ENNIO MORRICONE. (a) Q. Which piece of music preceded TV’s ‘The Lone Ranger’ ? A. THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (Giaochino Rossini) (b) Q. Who is the mother of actress Joely Richardson ? A. VANESSA REDGRAVE. (c) Q. In which play does Mrs. Malaprop appear ? A. THE RIVALS (by Sheridan) 1) What is the capital of Croatia ? (A) Zagreb 2) Which river runs through Leicester ? (A) Soar 3) What is described as : a U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water ? (A) Ox Bow Lake 4) What is the largest lake in Europe ? (A) Lake Lagoda (14th largest in the world.) 5) What is a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth called ? (A) Contour 6) Which city is the capital of Canada ? (A) Ottawa 7) Which river runs through Ipswich ? (A) Orwell 8) Yosemite National Park is in which US State ? (A) California SUPPLEMENTARIES (a) Greenland belongs to which country ? (A) Denmark. (b) In which country are the largest waterfalls measured by flow-rate in Europe ? (A) Switzerland (Rhine falls) 1. Q. Which statesman married Miss Clementine Hosier in 1908 ? A. WINSTON CHURCHILL. 2. Q. Who founded The National Viewers & Listeners Association in 1965 ? A. MARY WHITEHOUSE. 3. Q. In which year did the first human heart transplant take place ? A. 1967 (allow 1966-1968). 4. Q. Where was Princess Elizabeth staying when she was given the news of her accession to the throne in 1558 ? A. HATFIELD HOUSE in Hertfordshire. 5. Q. Give a year in the life of Ivan the Terrible. A. 1530 – 1584 6. Q. The Rolls Royce ‘Thrust Measuring Rig’ developed in the 1950’s took off vertically, but what was its nickname ? A. THE FLYING BEDSTEAD. 7. Q. Whose London monument by Edward Bailey is guarded by Edwin Landseer’s lions? A. NELSON 8. Q. What, infamously, happened at Yekaterinburg on July 17th 1918 ? A. THE ASSASINATION OF THE RUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY (THE ROMANOVS) (a) Q. What was the code-name for planned German invasion of Britain ? A. OPERATION SEA LION. (b) Q. What is the connection between a large fish-eating bird and Drake’s ship ? A. PELICAN (Name of Drakes ship before becoming The Golden Hind). SCIENCE 1. Q. What is the tradename of the Du Pont synthetic fibre of high-tensile strength used mainly in rubber products, notably tyres and bullet-proof vests ? A. KEVLAR. 2. Q. In astronomy, where would you find the ‘Cassini Division’ ? A. SATURNS RINGS. 3. Q. As a percentage, what is the average salinity of sea water ? A. 3.5% (accept 3% to 4%) 4. Q. What name is given to static discharges visible on aircraft wing tips and the tops of ships masts ? A. ST. ELMO’S FIRE. 5. Q. In what device in the home would you find a magnetron ? A. MICROWAVE OVEN. 6. Q. Traditionally, how have teachers always used sticks of calcium sulphate ? A. BLACKBOARD CHALK. 7. Q. Why is sodium carbonate sometimes added to a water supply ? A. TO REDUCE NATURAL HARDNESS. 8. Q. Which element is common to all acids ? A. HYDROGEN. (a) Q. By what name is deuterium oxide also kn
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What playwright was jailed for stealing and defacing books from the Islington Library?
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Library books defaced by prankster playwright Joe Orton go on show | Stage | The Guardian Joe Orton Library books defaced by prankster playwright Joe Orton go on show Orton and his boyfriend, Kenneth Halliwell, went to jail for adding surreal gags to dustjackets in guerrilla protest One of the library book covers defaced by Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell – this one with the addition of a picture of a baboon. Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian Tuesday 11 October 2011 12.53 EDT First published on Tuesday 11 October 2011 12.53 EDT Close This article is 5 years old As crimes go it was not the most heinous of offences, but Islington council's principal law clerk, Sidney Porrett, made it his mission to nab the perpetrators. "I had to catch these two monkeys," he said. "They were a couple of darlings, make no mistake." The darlings in question were the playwright Joe Orton and his boyfriend – later murderer – Kenneth Halliwell, and the crimes were taking library books and returning them with comedy collages on the dustjackets. After a fruitless investigation that involved undercover librarians, Porrett eventually caught the pair in an elaborate sting operation and they went down for six months each. From Friday, the story of their crimes will be retold by the council, which is putting on display 40 of the 72 dustjackets that the pair defaced. Islington's local history manager, Mark Aston, said it was the first time the jackets – "they're of international interest I'd say" – had gone on show in this number in the same place, and they shined a light on two fascinating lives and characters. The crimes stemmed from Halliwell and Orton's unhappiness at the books on offer at Essex Road library. "They were appalled by what they found," said Aston, stressing that things had much changed since then. "It was endless shelves of rubbish, as they saw it." Fuming at the selection, the pair decided on a guerrilla protest by systematically stealing books and then doctoring the book cover. So a biography of John Betjeman now has a picture of an elderly tattooed man in trunks; Collins Guide to Roses has a baboon on it; and Corbett H Thigpen and Hervey M Cleckley's The Three Faces of Eve has an adorable kitten. In their surrealism some of the gags bring to mind Monty Python and The Goodies, both of which came much later: giant cats, for example, on the cover of an Agatha Christie novel. The pair were clearly out to shock whoever might happen upon their handiwork, with new titles sometimes applied. What would a librarygoer in 1960 think in picking up The Collected Plays of Emlyn Williams and finding they were about to read plays called Knickers Must Fall and Fucked by Monty? They also altered the blurbs for the books in a less than tasteful fashion. Dorothy L Sayers's Gaudy Nights, for example, was the writer "at her most awe inspiring. At her most queer, and needless to say, at her most crude!" Readers of another of her Lord Peter Wimsey books, Clouds of Witness, are advised to read behind closed doors "and have a good shit while you are reading!" The pair would sneak the book back on to a shelf and then wait for someone to pick it up so they could watch the reaction. Orton and Halliwell also, surely much more unacceptably, cut out pages and plates from art books with which to plaster the walls of their flat. "It was library wallpaper," said Aston. "Quite well done actually." When the library authorities cottoned on to what was happening, they brought in undercover staff from other libraries to try to catch whomever was doing it, and when that failed Porrett had the idea of writing to his number one suspects, Halliwell and Orton. He wrote alleging an illegally parked car, provoking an incandescent reply from Halliwell lambasting the petty-mindedness of the council and pointing out that they did not have a car. "Porrett got what he wanted," said Aston. "He got a typed letter which matched the typeface of text on the book jackets." Soon the police were knocking on the door of their flat in Noel Road and they quickly found book jackets in the
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I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue - Wikiquote I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue From Wikiquote Jump to: navigation , search This article needs cleanup. Please review Wikiquote:Templates to determine how to edit this article to conform to a higher standard of article quality. This page has been listed as needing cleanup since 2008-09-15. I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue (BBC Radio 4, 11 April 1972 - ) is a British radio comedy programme which describes itself as "the antidote to panel games ". Hosted by Humphrey Lyttelton , and originally played by Barry Cryer , Tim Brooke-Taylor , Graeme Garden , Willie Rushton , a range of guests have performed on the programme's panel since it began. The programme is known for its ridiculous rounds and games, such as Mornington Crescent and Word Disassociation played completely for laughs by the panellists who, to the untrained eye, might appear at first to be playing for points. Wordplay and innuendo are a large part of the show's humour. Following the death of Humphrey Lyttelton in 2008, the show used regular guest panellists Stephen Fry , Jack Dee and Rob Brydon as guest presenters for the 51st series, before choosing Jack Dee as the permanent chairman the following series. All quotes are by Humphrey Lyttelton unless otherwise stated. Contents Tim Brooke-Taylor: "The Sun: Ten Things You Never Knew You Shouldn't Do" Barry Cryer: "Melody Maker: Stones Make Comeback" Graeme Garden: "Express Sport: Moses Names Ten for Sunday" Willie Rushton: "New Musical Express: 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' drops to Number 8" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "The Times: Graven Image Manufacturers Protest At New Guidelines" Willie Rushton: "The Star: Kylie Minogue is Star Bird - 'Covet Neighbours Ass'" Joan of Arc burns at the stake[ edit ] Willie Rushton: "Le Figaro: French Government Spokesman says "Smoking Can Seriously Damage Your Health"" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "Daily Mail: "English Hooligans Burnt My Daughter" says Mrs. Arc" Graeme Garden: "The Star: Phew! What a Scorcher!" Barry Cryer: "Green News: Woodburning French Threat To Ozone Layer" Willie Rushton: "The Cricketer: England Win Ashes" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "The Sun: French Filly Flambé (translation on page 8)" The Gunpowder Plot[ edit ] Graeme Garden: "The Telegraph: Universe Manufacturer Goes Out Of Business After 6 Days" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "The Lancet: BMA Warn Rib Transplants Can Cause Lumps On Chest" Barry Cryer: "Daily Star: "I'm Over The Moon", Says God" Graeme Garden: "Daily Mail: Snake Problem At Theme Park - Last Two Visitors Forced To Leave" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "The Times: Nothing Happened Yesterday" Willie Rushton: "Irish Times: Genesis Good For You" Graeme Garden: "News of the World: Spot The Apple and Win A Skoda" The unfortunate demise of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark[ edit ] Barry Cryer: "Dog Breeder's Gazette: Great Dane puts self down!" Willie Rushton: "The Times: Blair says whittling-down of royal family a success" Graeme Garden: "The Stage: Touring players unexpectedly available for panto" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "Daily Express: Reprint of Ophelia's Panorama interview in full, where she says a surfeit of lampreys was just a cry for help" Graeme Garden: "The Guardian: Yesterday's headline 'Laughter at Elsinore' should have read 'Slaughter at Erinsbrough'" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "The Sun tells the Prince: Just Be!" Graeme Garden: "The Telegraph: Danish Bloodbath - No Britons Hurt" Barry Cryer: "Gay News: Macbeth Outed - Admits laying on MacDuff" Willie Rushton: "The Guardian: Borehamwood seen approaching Dungeness" Graeme Garden: "The Sun: Phew! What a Scotsman!" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "The Scotsman: Och! Eye of Newt!" Willie Rushton: "Glasgow Herald: Pioneering test-tube baby kills King" Graeme Garden: "Woman's Own: Delia's recipe for Duncan Doughnuts" Graeme Garden: "London Evening Standard: Tube Strike Off" The Assassination of Julius Caesar[ edit ] Barry Cryer: "The Sun: Brutus Splashed it All Over" Willie Rushton: "Daily Mirror: Julius Caesar is Ides Victim" Tim Brooke-Taylor: "Sunday Sport: Brutus Ate Two Hamsters!" Graeme Garden: "Lancashire Evening Post: Mark Antony Come
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In 'The Simsons', what is the name of Springfield's baseball team who play their home games at 'Duff Stadium'?
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Springfield Isotopes | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Springfield Isotopes are Springfield 's only minor league baseball team. Profile The team is shown as drastically underfunded and struggling in competition. Their home games are played at Duff Stadium as Duff Beer sponsors and co-manages the team. The Isotopes name is most likely in reference to Springfield's nuclear power plant . Homer Simpson was the Isotopes mascot for a brief period, taking over from the Capital City Goofball, before being fired. The Team Cap Players include Flash Baylor , Fishbone Walker , Smash Diggins , Buck Mitchell and Babe Ruth IV . Potential Relocation The low quality of the team combined with its financial difficulties has prompted management to consider moving the team. After the team was sold to the Duff corporation (from the Mafia, and according to Moe the last of the family-owned teams), Homer once learned that there were plans to move the team to Albuquerque, and staged a hunger strike to prevent it. Springfield become aware of their plans to move the team due to Homer's efforts and their premature roll-out of food packaging with "Albuquerque Isotopes" written on them. Albuquerque decides to change the decision to move the team. Appearances
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TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the movies? In Living Color. Who plays a paleontologist on Friends? David Schwimmer. What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out on MTV Unplugged? Paul McCartney. What segment of the TV industry receives ACE Awards? Paul McCartney. What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown? What's My Line? What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a 1996 blockbuster move? Mission: Impossible. Consumer News and Business Channel. How many fingers does Homer Simpson have? Eight. What sitcom character moved from a Boston barstool to a Seattle radio station? Dr. Frasier Crane. What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Phil Hartman. What M*A*S*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and directing? Alan Alda. What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show called The Wonderful World of Dung? The Discovery Channel. What TV host went gold with the CD Romantic Christmas? John Tesh. What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You? Friends. What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico? Beavis and Butt head. What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970s once forecast hail "the size of canned hams"? David Letterman. What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection during a 1969 trip to Mississippi? Sesame Street's. What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the Street? Homicide. What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips from Holland? Tiny Tim's. What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight supporting actor Emmy Awards? Night Court. Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse testify against himself"? Mr. Ed. What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host? Harpo's. Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"? Walter Winchell. What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could top Knight Rider"? David Hasselhoff. What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992? The Cosby Show. Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995? Charles Grodin. What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971? All in the Family. What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective Gegory Medavoy? Donna Abandando. What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm? The Smurfs. What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall ratings? The Cosby Show. What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift"? Miss Piggy. What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful Dead concerts? Walter Cronkite. What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for use on merchandise? Felix the Cat. What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a classic TV series? The Twilight Zone. Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER? George Clooney. What 250-pound star of Hairspray shed half her weight to host a TV talk show? Ricki Lake. What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink? Otis Campbell. What four-word TV slogan did Sting add to the Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing? "I want my MTV". What Mary Tyler Moore Show character's blue blazer made it into the Smithsonian? Ted Baxter's. Who was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before she became TV's Lois Lane? Teri Hatcher. What was Redd Foxx's last name before show business beckoned? Sanford. Who's been Saturday Night Live's most frequent host? Steve Martin. What town did Howdy Doody live in? Doodyville. What sitcom star advised: "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it"? Roseanne. What Richard Chamberlain vehicle is second only to Roots in total viewers for a miniseries? The Thorn Birds. What media award was derived from the slang term for the 1
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Which Australian band released their album ‘Back in Black’ in July 1980?
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Back in Black - AC/DC — Listen and discover music at Last.fm Back in Black ac/dc Back in Black is an album by Australian hard rock band AC/DC. It is the seventh Australian and sixth internationally released studio album by the band. Released on 25 July 1980, Back in Black was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott, who died on 19 February at the age of 33, and was dedicated to him. The band considered disbanding following his death, but they ultimately decided to continue, with encouragement from Scott's… read more Don't want to see ads? Subscribe now Tracklist
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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 region of France is bordered by Spain to the south and by the Bay of Biscay to the west ?
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Political Map of France - Nations Online Project Political Map of France ___ Political Map of France About France France is a country located on the western edge of Europe, bordered by the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic Ocean) in west, by the English Channel in north west, by the North Sea in north, by Belgium and Luxembourg in north east, by Germany , Switzerland and Italy in east, by the Mediterranean Sea, Monaco , Spain and Andorra in south. France shares also maritime borders with the United Kingdom . Since 1994 France and the UK are connected by the Channel Tunnel, a 50.5 km (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone in Kent, UK with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France. With an area of 551,500 km² Metropolitan France is more than twice the size of the United Kingdom or more than twice the size of the U.S. state Colorado . France has a population of 66.6 million people (est. 2016); 64.5 million people in Metropolitan France and 2.1 million in its overseas regions. Largest city and capital is Paris . Spoken language is French (official). Map is showing Metropolitan France, that is the French mainland and the island of Corsica. Depicted on the map is the country with international borders, the national capital Paris, region capitals, major cities, main roads, and major airports. Geography of France [show] Metropolitan France has two shorelines, one at the North Atlantic Ocean, the other at the Mediterranean Sea, it sums up to a total of 3,427 km of coastline. About two-thirds of the county's interior (in north and west) consists of plains or gently rolling hills, within there are two major basins: the Paris basin in the northwest, drained by the river Seine, and the Aquitaine basin in the southwest, drained by the Garonne river. The plains are interspersed with highlands here and there. To the south of the country are the rugged Pyrenees, two parallel mountain ranges that creates a natural border between France and Spain, its highest mountains rise up to more than 3,000 m. In south east the Massif Central, a formerly volcanic region with a large concentration of extinct volcanoes, like the Chaine des Puys, a chain of cinder cones, lava domes, and maars within the Massif Central. East of the Massif, separated by a deep north-south cleft created by the Rhone River are the French Alps, part of the Alps, the great mountain range system of Europe. Within the Alps is the highest mountain of France, Mont Blanc with 4,807 m. It is also Italy's highest peak because the "White Mountain" sits on the border which separtes both nations. French Rivers: The longest rivers within France are Loire, Seine, Garonne, and Rhone, the Rhine river in east forms the border with Germany for about 160 km (100 mi). Seine, and Garonne are the main rivers for transportation in France. Airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, also known as Rossy Airport ( IATA code : CDG), located in the vicinity of Paris is the largest and busiest airport in France. Paris-Orly Airport ( IATA code : ORY) located south of Paris is the busiest French airport for domestic traffic. Major Seaports: France has several major seaports, largest port is Marseille , followed by Le Havre, Dunkirk, and Nantes/Saint-Nazaire. all countries of the world You are free to use this map for educational purposes, please refer to the Nations Online Project. Political Map of France Cities and Towns in France: The Map shows the location of following French cities: Agen, Aix-en-Provence, Ajaccio, Alençon, Alès, Amiens, Angers, Angoulême, Annecy, Arcachon, Arles, Arras, Auch, Aurillac, Auxerre, Avallon, Avignon, Bastia, Bayonne, Beaune, Beauvais, Belfort, Besançon, Biarritz, Bonifacio, Bordeaux, Bourg-, Bourges, Bressuire, Brest, Brive-la-, Béziers, Caen, Calais, Calvi, Cannes, Carcassone, Castres, Chambéry, Cherbourg, Châlons-en-Champagne, Clermont-Ferrand, Colmar, Corte, Dieppe, Dijon, Douarnenez, Dunkirk, Gaillarde, Gap, Grenoble, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Le Mans, Le Puy, Lille, Limoges, Lorient, Lourdes, Lyon (capital of Rhô
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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing - Metapedia Valéry Giscard d'Estaing 27 May 1974 – 21 May 1981 Prime Minister 29 June 1969 – 27 May 1974 Prime Minister 19 January 1962 – 8 January 1966 Prime Minister Valéry Marie René Georges Giscard d'Estaing ( French pronunciation: [valeʁi maʁi ʁəne ʒɔʁʒ ʒiskaʁ dɛstɛ̃] ; born 2 February 1926) is a French centre - right politician who was President of the French Republic from 1974 until 1981. As of 2010 [update] , he is a member of the Constitutional Council of France . His tenure as President was marked by a more liberal attitude on social issues – such as divorce , contraception , and abortion – and attempts to modernize the country and the office of the presidency, notably launching such far-reaching infrastructure projects as the high-speed TGV train and the turn towards reliance on nuclear power as France's main energy source. However, his popularity suffered from the economic downturn that followed the 1973 energy crisis , marking the end of the " thirty glorious years " after World War II , combined with the official discourse that the "end of the tunnel was near". Giscard faced political opposition from both sides of the spectrum: from the newly unified left of François Mitterrand , and from a rising Jacques Chirac , who resurrected Gaullism on a right-wing opposition line. All this, as well as bad public relations , caused his unpopularity to grow at the end of his term, and he failed to secure re-election in 1981. He is a proponent of the United States of Europe and, having limited his involvement in national politics after his defeat, he became involved with the European Union . He notably presided over the Convention on the Future of the European Union that drafted the ill-fated Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe . He took part, with a prominent role, in the annually held Bilderberg private conference. He also became involved in the regional politics of Auvergne , serving as president of that region from 1986 to 2004. He was elected to the French Academy , taking the seat that his friend and former President of Senegal Léopold Sédar Senghor had held. As a former President, he is a member of the Constitutional Council . It is a prerogative that he has taken recently. Contents 11 External links Early life Valéry Marie René Giscard d'Estaing was born in Koblenz , Germany , during the French occupation of the Rhineland . He is the elder son of Jean Edmond Lucien Giscard d'Estaing (1894–1982), a civil servant, and his wife, Marthe Clémence Jacqueline Marie (May) Bardoux, who was a daughter of senator and academic Achille Octave Marie Jacques Bardoux and a great-granddaughter of minister of state education Agénor Bardoux , also a granddaughter of historian Georges Picot and niece of diplomat François Georges-Picot , and also a great-great-great-granddaughter of King Louis XV of France by one of his mistresses , Catherine Eléonore Bernard (1740–1769) through his great-grandfather Marthe Camille Bachasson, Count of Montalivet , and by whom Giscard d'Estaing was a multiple descendant of Charlemagne . Giscard had an older sister, Sylvie (1924–2008). He has a younger brother, Olivier , as well as two younger sisters: Isabelle (born 1935) and Marie-Laure (born 1939). Despite the addition of "d'Estaing" to the family name by his grandfather, Giscard is not descended from the extinct noble family of Vice-Admiral d'Estaing , that name being adopted by his grandfather in 1922 by reason of a distant connection to another branch of that family, [1] from which they were descended with two breaks in the male line from an illegitimate line of the Viscounts d'Estaing. In 1948, he spent a year in Montreal where he worked as a teacher in Collège Stanislas . [2] He studied at Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand , École Gerson and Lycées Janson-de-Sailly and Louis-le-Grand in Paris. He graduated from the École Polytechnique and the École nationale d'administration (1949–1951). He acceded to the Tax and Revenue Service, then joined the staff of Prime Minister Edgar Faure (1955–1956). Member o
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Russia World War II Victory Is Putin's Obsession | New Republic By Tikhon Dzyadko April 23, 2014 A joke is making the rounds among Vladimir Putin’s opponents in Moscow: His two main accomplishments as Russia's president are Yuri Gagarin’s trip to space and Russia’s victory in World War II. This biting bit of sarcasm, which takes a swing at Putin's populist rhetoric, actually gets at something much deeper. It reflects Putin’s vision of the country’s development as well as the style in which he communicates with his citizens and the international community. And yet, though people in Russia understand him, those in the West do not. In December 2012, Putin delivered his annual address to the Russian Federal Assembly, where he first mentioned Russia’s lack of “spiritual girders.” This vague pairing of words is actually a fairly accurate one: These days, there’s little that holds Russia together. That it has a common language and system of laws doesn’t really count: There are lots of languages in Russia, and the only functioning law of the land is the law of corruption. There is no Russian Dream and, all these years, no one in the Russian leadership has even tried to invent one. Meanwhile, the moribund Russian economy doesn’t give the country much to be proud of: It has subsisted, year in, year out, on the export of energy. In this void, history becomes the only possible unifier. Putin sees himself as a historical figure. At least, this is what people who spend time with him say. You can see it in his speeches, the way he takes care to associate himself with every period of Russian history: with the Yeltsin years, when he talks about the democratic milestones of the 1990s; with the Soviet era, when he mourns the collapse of the USSR; with the pre-Revolutionary period, when he facilitates the reunification of the Russian Orthodox Church, which splintered shortly after the Bolsheviks took power. All these periods in Russian history are understood differently in Russian society, but there is one theme that isn’t disputed by anyone: The victory in World War II, known in Russia as the Great Patriotic War. Which is exactly why Putin chose it to be the country’s main spiritual girder. The Great Patriotic War, which cost the USSR nearly 30 million lives, has touched nearly every Russian family in some way, and it is the main—if not only—connecting thread unifying Russians today. Putin knows this in part because he is himself from such a family—he says his brother died during the siege of Leningrad ten years before he was born. He knows the power of this painful heritage. And so, wishing to rally Russians around himself, he has begun to use the memory of the war. But that memory has to be purged of its negative pages, and so Russia now has a Commission to Prevent the Falsification of History. Russian directors have begun to make movies about the war in which the Red Army is completely flawless and free of sin. Historians who question Josef Stalin’s conduct of the war are ostracized. The past that fills the lacunae of the present must be perfect, and it must be so everywhere, which is why the country is suddenly festooned with black-and-orange striped St. George’s ribbons (once the ribbon on a tsarist medal), which were issued to commemorate the feats of Soviet soldiers. It all began in 2012 when Putin returned to the presidency. Just two days after his inauguration, he let everyone know how he envisions Russia: as a strong power that plays an important role on the world stage. He announced this during the Victory Day parade. Explaining how Russia would fight new evil in the world, he harkened back to the example of how Russia defeated the evil of fascism back in 1945. “Russia is consistently pursuing a policy of strengthening global security,” he said . “And we have a great moral right to fundamentally and persistently defend our positions, because it was our country that took the main brunt of Nazism.” And, though he didn’t name it outright, it was clear what he meant by the new evil in the world: the United States. This is how Put
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History 387: World War II--Selected Lecture Outlines Selected Lecture Outlines First Handout HISTORY 387: WORLD WAR II Fall Semester 2001 The Twenty Years Truce Personalities: Places: Kaisar Wilhelm II Danzig (1) Transylvania (4) Prince Maximilian von Baden Memel (1) Banat of Temesvar (4) General Erich Ludendorff Kiaochow (1) Croatia-Slavonia (4) Field Marshall Paul Von Hindenberg Saar Basin (1) Slovakia (4) President Woodrow Wilson Dune & Heligoland (1) Sub-Carpathian Ruthenia (4) Secretary of State Robert Lansing South Tyrol (2) Burgenland (4) Colonel Edward House Trentino (2) Sudan (5, 6) David Lloyd George Trieste (2) Cyprus (5, 6) Marshall Ferdinand Foch Istria (2) Tripolitania (5, 6) George Clemenceau Dalmatia (2) Morocco (5, 6) Vittorio Orlando Bohemia (2) Tunisia (5, 6) Mohammed VI Moravia (2) Mesopotamia (5, 6) Mustapha Kemal (Atatürk) Silesia (2) Smyrna (5, 6) Bukovina (2) Rhodes (5, 6) Sudetenland (2) Dodecanese Islands (5, 6) Treaties: 1) Treaty of Versailles (Germany) Bosnia (2, 4) Armenia (5, 6) 2) Treaty of Saint Germain-en-Laye (Austria) Herzegovina (2, 4) Kurdistan (5, 6) 3) Treaty of Neuilly (Bulgaria) Macedonia (3) Anatolia (5, 6) 4) Treaty of Trianon (Hungary) Dobruja (3) Constantinople (5, 6) 5) Treaty of Sèvres (Turkey) Strumnitsa Salient (3) Albania (5,6) 6) Treaty of Lausanne (Turkey) Thrace (3) Straits (5,6) Other Terms: Weimar Bolsheviks Russian Civil War Spartacists Vladimir Lenin Greco-Turkish War Freikorps Vladivostok Hashimate-Saudi War Bavarian Soviet Republic Czechoslovak Legion Kellogg-Briand Pact Magyar Intervention Hungarian Soviet Republic Murmansk Bela Kun Arkhangel German Austria (Deutschösterreich) Rapallo Anschluss Washington Conference Gabriele D'Annunzio London Conference SOME QUESTIONS ON THE CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II: 1. Do you believe that World War II would have occurred if there had been no World War I? 2. How did the peace treaties (there were five of them) following the First World War create the tensions between and within states which would lead to World War II? 3. We have discussed how World War I paved the way for a second major conflict by the international consequences of the Paris Peace Conference, how did the war create the internal conditions for the development of authoritarian and totalitarian movements in many European countries? Course Introduction and Lecture: THE TWENTY-YEARS TRUCE. Terms: Lusitania Reparations Outline: I. The Affects of the War. Zimmerman note East Prussia A) Economic Collapse. Romanovs Polish Corridor B) Social Dislocation. Hapsburgs Saar C) Political Instablility. Hohenzollerns Ruhr II. The Peace of Paris. Ottomans Rhineland A) Paris (1919) & Vienna (1815). Brest-Litovsk Tirol B) The Treaties. Clemenceau Weimar C) International Security. Lloyd-George Charles G. Dawes III. Conflicts after the First World War. Orl&o Little Entente A) The Russian Civil War. W. Wilson Balkan Entente B) Nationalism & Communism. Versailles Poland C) A New Europe St. Germaine Czechoslovakia IV. The Search for Peace & Security. Trianon Yugoslavia A) The French Alliance System. Neuilly Belgium B) The Reintegration of Germany. Sevres Ataturk C) Disarmament Chanak Lenin D) The League of Nation
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The 10 Best Amalienborg Palace Tours, Trips & Tickets - Copenhagen | Viator Copenhagen ATTRACTIONS See all Amalienborg Palace Amalienborg Palace is the winter residence of the Danish royal family in Copenhagen. It consists of four identical palace exteriors with rococo interiors that create an octagonal courtyard. A majestic equestrian statue of Amalienborg's founder, King Frederick V, lies in the center of the courtyard, created by French sculptor Jacques-Francos-Josephy Saly. Amalienborg was originally built as manor houses for four noble families; however, when Christiansborg Palace suffered fire damage in 1794, the royal family bought the palaces and moved in. Over the years various royal families have resided in the four different palaces. Although it is still the residence of the royal couple, you can experience some of the rooms that are not in regular use filled with royal furnishings, tapestries, photographs, portraits, and heirlooms. Practical Info The palace is located centrally in the Frederiksstaden district. The Danish Royal Life Guard march from Rosenborg Castle every morning through the streets of Copenhagen, and execute the famous changing of the guard in front of Amal ienborg Palace at noon. Tours & Tickets
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Prince Charles and Camilla's wedding: 10 facts about the royal occasion Prince Charles and Camilla's wedding: 10 facts about the royal occasion April 09, 2014 by hellomagazine.com To mark Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall's ninth wedding anniversary on 9 April 2014, HELLO! Online has gathered a list of ten facts about the royal occasion you may not have known Prince Charles and The Duchess of Cornwall are celebrating their ninth wedding anniversary on 9 April 2014. To mark Charles and Camilla's big day, HELLO! Online has gathered a list of ten facts you may not have known about the occasion. Prince Charles and Camilla on their wedding day, 2005 1. Clarence House made the official announcement on 10 February 2005 that Prince Charles was to marry Camilla Parker-Bowles, the daughter of the late Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand and the late Hon Rosalind Maud Shand. Camilla had been making appearances alongside the Prince for some time. 2. The wedding date was set for 8 April 2005 but had to be postponed by a day, so that the Prince of Wales could represent The Queen at the funeral of Pope John Paul II. Prince Charles and Camilla on the day of their wedding announcement 3. On 9 April 2005, the royals gathered at Windsor to celebrate the wedding. As crowds lined the streets, Prince Charles and Camilla married in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall. 4. The Queen and Prince Philip did not attend the civil wedding ceremony, but the proud parents joined the service of blessing at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle which followed, and threw the newlyweds a reception at the castle later that day. 5. Prince Charles' son the Duke of Cambridge and Camilla's son Tom Parker-Bowles served as the couple's witnesses. Prince William and Prince Harry arrive for the blessing 6. Royals from around the world attended the blessing at Windsor Castle including King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece, the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Norway and the King of Bahrain. 7. The bride looked elegant as she arrived for the civil ceremony in a delicate cream silk chiffon dress with a matching oyster silk basket weave coat. The Duchess-to-be wanted to keep her outfit subtle but stylish. Camilla on her wedding day 8. Camilla was known as "Camilla Parker-Bowles" before the wedding, however it was announced upon marriage that she would take the name of "Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cornwall". 9. After the celebrations, the new royal couple travelled to the Prince's country estate in Scotland for their honeymoon. During this time they carried out their first joint engagement as a married couple. Prince Charles and Camilla at the blessing 10. To honour the day, the theme park Alton Towers changed the name of their popular rollercoaster "Rita: Queen of Speed" to "Camilla: Queen of Speed".
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Seven of the Most Striking Ways States Have Loosened Gun Laws - ProPublica ProPublica Journalism in the Public Interest Receive our top stories daily optional We're probing the policy and politics of guns in America. Latest Stories in this Project Seven of the Most Striking Ways States Have Loosened Gun Laws It’s only Friends’ email(s) max 10, separated by commas Personal message Connect with Facebook to share articles you read on ProPublica. Learn more » Enable Social Reading Update (12/19): This post has been updated to reflect recent developments in Michigan. Correction (12/27): This post has been corrected . Friday’s deadly rampage at a Connecticut elementary school marked the 13th mass shooting in the United States this year . Among the 11 deadliest shootings in U.S. history, more than half took place in the last five years . During the same period, states have often relaxed their gun laws, making it easier for individuals to obtain guns, extending the places where concealed guns are permitted, or giving gun owners more robust protections. We take a closer look at some of the more striking measures: 1. Five states allow students to carry concealed guns on college campuses A March 2012 Colorado Supreme Court decision held that the University of Colorado could not ban students and employees with state-issued concealed weapon permits from carrying guns on campus. The decision overturned the university’s long-standing gun ban . While school policy prohibits guns at ticketed athletic and cultural events, Boulder and Colorado Springs’ campuses now designate dorms for permit-carrying students. (Guns are still banned in other dorms). “Not a single student has asked to live where guns are allowed,” the Denver Post reported last month . In September 2011, the Oregon Court of Appeals issued a similar ruling , allowing guns on campuses throughout the Oregon University system. Wisconsin passed legislation in 2011 allowing college students in the University of Wisconsin school system to bring a concealed weapon on campus grounds, parking lots and “other spaces that aren’t enclosed,” according to the Wisconsin State Journal . The school can prohibit guns in buildings, but only if signs are posted at each entrance. A law passed by the Mississippi State Legislature in 2011 broadly extended the places where concealed weapons are allowed, including college campuses, secondary schools, courthouses, polling locations, churches, bars and passenger terminals of an airport – places previously off-limits. This year, the University of Mississippi , which previously required students to leave guns in their vehicles, began allowing students to bring concealed weapons on campus, provided they have a concealed weapons permit and take an 8-hour training course. Utah grants the least discretion : Since 2004, the state has prohibited any public college or university from banning concealed weapons, as campuses are considered state property. 2. Some states now allow you to bring guns into daycare centers, churches, and even “gun-free zones” Last week, the Michigan Legislature passed a law that would allow concealed weapons in current “gun-free” zones such as schools, day care centers, bars, churches, hospitals and stadiums. Gun owners are required to receive eight hours of extra training before bringing guns into these places. The bill, which has yet to be signed into law, gives private business owners discretion to ban firearms on their property. On Tuesday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder vetoed the legislation since it lacked the same opt-out provision for non-private institutions like schools. While Michigan’s legislation has gained attention given its timing to Friday’s shooting, it’s far from the only law of its kind. As we’ve already noted, Mississippi has also expanded the list of permissible concealed carry locations. Elsewhere, loaded guns in bars are now allowed in Tennessee, Arizona, Georgia, Virginia and Ohio. Georgia lawmakers introduced legislation earlier this year that would expand the list of places where you can bring in a concealed
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Songs About California Songs About California Full List of California Songs with Comments and Lyrics Can You Help to Identify This Song? (This list is much too long for its own good. Instead of trying to browse it, go to one of the short lists above then click on the "Artist" link to come to this page.) Some of these songs are about the state itself, but most just reference a place in the state like a highway, a city, the weather, or a "California Girl." This list would be more accurately called "Songs that Refer to Somewhere in California or Something About the State" but that's a lousy title. A lot of songs have been written about California. Many of them describe a journey to or a longing to return to an coastal paradise with constant sun, abundant new opportunities, and where everyone is eternally young and beautiful - basically a mythical place that bears little resemblance to the real Golden State now or ever. (The Spanish named the territory after a mythical island paradise they were searching for that was supposed to be full of gold and inhabited by black women whose queen was named Califa. That didn't pan out, either.) Other songs describe the disappointment the singers find after getting to California when they discover that it's no better than where they came from. Apparently, recording a California song is now a requirement if you're a musician, even if it's only to show that you hate California stereotypes or the Entertainment Industry Establishment. Musicians such as Local H and Brooke White are even writing songs about California Songs while other musicians write about how much they hate the state. It's all good, and it's all here on the list if I know about it. This list is in alphabetical order by artist, not by title. I'll add new songs to the list as I discover them. Let me know if there is something not here that should be. The lyrics come from the Internet, and we all know how unreliable it can be. Also, be aware that some of these songs may contain explicit lyrics. Links to song versions on YouTube or elsewhere are included if I could find them For a much longer list, divided by regions, check out Wickipedia's List of songs about California . Here's a list of Songs About Herps to go along with the list of songs about California to make songs about CaliforniaHerps complete. The lyrics shown here are all the property and copyright of their owners and are provided here for educational purposes only. Shortcut to Artist Last Name Title (Click link to listen to song) Description 2Pac (see Shakur, Tupac ) A Ryan Adams Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd. Alt country, indie rock... genres seem pretty meaningless these days, but whatever you want to call it, New Yorker Adams does it very well. From 2001, this is one of those slow sad piano songs with strings. "La Cienega Just Smiled" - which is probably a reference to another street in LA - La Cienega blvd. - is another slow Adam's song from the same album "Gold" released in 2001. "It's happening baby They're putting up the chairs Taking the money And all we can do is pray Pray for tomorrow And do this all in time to the music That screams like a child in the back of your mind In a clown's saloon So goodnight Hollywood Blvd, goodnight, See ya soon Goodnight Hollywood Blvd, see you sometime Yeah, right " Admiral Radley I Heart California A 2010 song from a California Indie rock band made up of members of two influential California Indie rock bands, Earlimart, from LA, and Grandaddy, from Modesto. Long walks on the 5? What, did they break down? "I am California... yeah? Ice tea in my hair Drugs fall out of diaper bags As midwesterners stare Long walks on the 5 Truck stops and the symphony And I'll be here when I die I heart California... I love California I heart California I heart California... I love California I heart California" Adele Hello Adele does a little bit of California Dreaming In this song from her 2015 album "25" in which she also shows that she doesn't understand how Caller ID works. "Hello, it's me I was wondering if after all these yea
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The Trachea (Human Anatomy): Picture, Function, Conditions, and More Human Anatomy Picture of the Trachea © 2014 WebMD, LLC. All rights reserved. The trachea, commonly known as the windpipe, is a tube about 4 inches long and less than an inch in diameter in most people. The trachea begins just under the larynx (voice box) and runs down behind the breastbone (sternum). The trachea then divides into two smaller tubes called bronchi: one bronchus for each lung. The trachea is composed of about 20 rings of tough cartilage. The back part of each ring is made of muscle and connective tissue. Moist, smooth tissue called mucosa lines the inside of the trachea. The trachea widens and lengthens slightly with each breath in, returning to its resting size with each breath out. Trachea Conditions Tracheal stenosis: Inflammation in the trachea can lead to scarring and narrowing of the windpipe. Surgery or endoscopy may be needed to correct the narrowing (stenosis), if severe. Tracheoesophageal fistula : An abnormal channel forms to connect the trachea and the esophagus. Passage of swallowed food from the esophagus into the trachea causes serious lung problems. Tracheal foreign body: An object is inhaled (aspirated) and lodges in the trachea or one of its branches. A procedure called bronchoscopy is usually needed to remove a foreign body from the trachea. Tracheal cancer: Cancer of the trachea is quite rare. Symptoms can include coughing or difficulty breathing. Tracheomalacia: The trachea is soft and floppy rather than rigid, usually due to a birth defect. In adults, tracheomalacia is generally caused by injury or by smoking. Tracheal obstruction: A tumor or other growth can compress and narrow the trachea, causing difficulty breathing. A stent or surgery is needed to open the trachea and improve breathing. Trachea Tests Flexible bronchoscopy : An endoscope (flexible tube with a lighted camera on its end) is passed through the nose or mouth into the trachea. Using bronchoscopy, a doctor can examine the trachea and its branches. Rigid bronchoscopy : A rigid metal tube is introduced through the mouth into the trachea. Rigid bronchoscopy is often more effective than flexible bronchoscopy, but it requires deep anesthesia. Computed tomography ( CT scan ): A CT scanner takes a series of X-rays, and a computer creates detailed images of the trachea and nearby structures. Magnetic resonance imaging ( MRI scan ): An MRI scanner uses radio waves in a magnetic field to create images of the trachea and nearby structures. Chest X-ray : A plain X-ray can tell if the trachea is deviated to either side of the chest. An X-ray might also identify masses or foreign bodies.
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Trachoma: Read Treatment and Symptom Information Medical Author: Frank J. Weinstock, MD, FACS Frank J. Weinstock, MD, FACS Dr. Weinstock is a board-certified ophthalmologist. He practices general ophthalmology in Canton, Ohio, with a special interest in contact lenses. He holds faculty positions of Professor of Ophthalmology at the Northeastern Ohio Colleges of Medicine and Affiliate Clinical Professor in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University. Medical Editor: Andrew A. Dahl, MD, FACS Andrew A. Dahl, MD, FACS Andrew A. Dahl, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist. Dr. Dahl's educational background includes a BA with Honors and Distinction from Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, and an MD from Cornell University, where he was selected for Alpha Omega Alpha, the national medical honor society. He had an internal medical internship at the New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center. Share Your Story Trachoma is a contagious bacterial infection which affects the conjunctival covering of the eye, the cornea , and the eyelids. It is often associated with poverty and lack of proper hygiene. Trachoma is caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria and is essentially totally preventable and curable. It is the leading infectious cause of blindness in the world. Approximately 80 million people in the world have active trachoma. The majority of these are children. The disease is found predominantly in poor tropical or semi-tropical countries. How does trachoma manifest itself? Trachoma affects the eyelids and conjunctiva (outside covering) of the eye, usually with very little discomfort until later in the disease. When infected, the conjunctival covering of the eye becomes red and irritated (inflamed). Repeated infections by the trachoma bacteria are common and, unless treated, can result in scarring of the conjunctival surface of the lids. The lids become scarred and the lid margins may turn in, causing eye irritation and pain followed by scarring of the cornea by the inward-turned lashes (trichiasis), which scrape the cornea. Corneal scarring results in decreased or total loss of vision. In order to see properly, it is necessary for the cornea (front window of the eye) to remain clear. What is the cause of trachoma? Although trachoma is caused by a small parasitic bacteria, poor sanitation, unclean water supply, and reduced personal and community hygiene allow the bacteria to infect and reinfect eyes of individuals living in endemic areas. Prevention of vision loss requires adequate, prompt treatment, in addition to education and teaching proper hygiene to the parents and children. Trachoma is an ancient disease and was once prevalent throughout the world except in colder climates. It has been eliminated in more advanced countries but is still endemic in about 55 third-world nations, primarily in Africa and the Middle East. Approximately 10 million people have significant visual loss from the corneal scarring caused by trachoma. Trachoma is spread by direct or indirect contact with eye, nose, or throat secretions of an individual with trachoma, or indirectly via flies or other insects carrying those secretions on their legs or bodies. Common denominators are poor hygiene , unsanitary water supplies, and shared towels. It is most common in small children (3-5 years of age) who spread it to their siblings, mothers, and playmates. Within endemic areas, the incidence of the infection is highly variable from village to village and concentrates in families or other pockets. Throughout the entire world, Chlamydia trachomatis also causes sexually transmitted disease and conjunctivitis of the newborn , transmitted from the mother during the birth process. Medically Reviewed by a Doctor on 6/11/2015
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The famous ‘Man in the Iron Mask’ died in which prison in 1703?
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the man in the iron mask | French convict | Britannica.com The man in the iron mask French convict Alternative Title: l’homme au masque de fer the man in the iron mask French convict l’homme au masque de fer born Paris , France The man in the iron mask, French l’homme au masque de fer (born c. 1658?—died November 19, 1703, Paris , France ), political prisoner, famous in French history and legend , who died in the Bastille in 1703, during the reign of Louis XIV . There is no historical evidence that the mask was made of anything but black velvet (velours), and only afterward did legend convert its material into iron. The Man in the Iron Mask, etching and mezzotint, 1789. Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-07185) He was first imprisoned at Pignerol (Pinerolo, in Piedmont) sometime before 1681, then at other prisons before finally being transferred to the Bastille in Paris on September 18, 1698. He died there on November 19, 1703. Buried the next day in the parish cemetery of Saint-Paul, he was registered there under the name of “Marchioly,” and his age was given as “about 45.” His several moves during his lifetime corresponded with the successive postings of the prison governor Bénigne d’Auvergne de Saint-Mars, in whose charge he was evidently especially committed. The identity of the man in the mask was already a mystery before his death, and, from the 18th century on, various suggestions as to his identity were made: in 1711, an English nobleman; in 1745, Louis de Bourbon, comte de Vermandois, a son of Louis XIV and Louise de La Vallière; between 1738 and 1771, an elder brother of Louis XIV (Voltaire popularized this unlikely solution, which was later taken up by Alexandre Dumas in Dix Ans plus tard ou le Vicomte de Bragelonne [1848–50], translated into English as The Man in the Iron Mask); in 1883 Molière, imprisoned by the Jesuits in revenge for Tartuffe. Of the dozen or more hypotheses , only two have proven tenable: those for Ercole Matthioli and for Eustache Dauger. Matthioli, a minister of Ferdinand Charles, duke of Mantua, had been entrusted with the secret negotiation of the treaty of 1678 whereby the impoverished duke was to deliver the stronghold of Casale over to France in return for 100,000 écus, but, as soon as the agreement was signed, Matthioli nullified its effect by betraying the secret to several foreign courts. Furious at having been tricked, Louis XIV had him quietly abducted and imprisoned at Pinerolo (1679). It is generally agreed, however, that Matthioli died in the Îles Sainte-Marguerite in April 1694 and that the prisoner in the mask was Eustache Dauger. Britannica Stories Man in the Iron Mask - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The political prisoner of Louis XIV of France known as the Man in the Iron Mask was brought to the Bastille on Sept. 18, 1698. He died there on Nov. 19, 1703. He was named for the mask he was made to wear to keep his identity a secret. The mask was actually made of black velvet but was later mistakenly recorded in legend as consisting of iron. The identity of the prisoner was much speculated on. One popular theory was that he was Count Matthioli, who had double-crossed Louis XIV by refusing to betray a fortress. It is generally agreed, however, that Matthioli died in the Iles Sainte-Marguerite in April 1694 and that the prisoner in the mask was the valet Eustache Dauger. A favorite subject of literature, the Man in the Iron Mask was featured in Alexandre Dumas’s Dix Ans plus tard ou le Vicomte de Bragelonne (1848-50; Ten Years Later; or, The Vicomte de Bragelonne, translated into English as The Man in the Iron Mask). Article History
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A Short Biography of Peter Wyngarde Born: August 23rd 1933 Fact File Peter Wyngarde is a French-born English actor best acknowledged for creating and playing the character of Jason King, a successful writer and detective, in two British television series of the 1960s and early 1970s:' Department S' (1969–1970) and 'Jason King' (1971–1972). Born Cyril Goldbert in Marseille, France, the son of an a a French mother and English father . His father worked in the British Diplomatic Service, consequently his childhood was spent in a numerous different countries. In 1941, although his parents were away in India, he went to live with a Swiss household in Shanghai. The Japanese Armed forces took over Shanghai's International Settlement on the 8th December 1941, and as a British national his father was incarcerated in the Lunghua concentration camp on 10 April 1943. Conditions in the camp were at times harsh. According to J.G. Ballard's autobiography Miracles of Life, "Cyril Goldbert, the future Peter Wyngarde" was a fellow internee at Lunghua Camp and "He was four years older than me...". Ballard was born in November 1930 but according to Lunghwa Camp archives, compiled in 1943, Goldbert was really born in 1928. His younger siblings, Adolphe Henry and Marion Simeone, were under Swiss protection and consequently immune from internment. As a young man he began acting, and from the mid-1950s had innumerable roles in feature films, single television plays and television series. In the late 1960s, he was a steady guest star on countless popular UK series of the day, many of which had espionage and adventure plots, including 'The Avengers', 'The Saint', 'The Baron', 'Sherlock Holmes', 'The Champions', 'The Troubleshooters', 'Love Story', 'I Spy' and The 'Man In Room 17'. He also played the Number Two in The Prisoner ("Checkmate", 1967). Wyngarde's movie work was narrow but had influence. In 1961, he made the most of his brief scenes as the leering Peter Quint in Jack Clayton's 'The Innocents' with Deborah Kerr and Pamela Franklin. The next year he starred in the occult adventure movie 'Night of the Eagle'. The Big break came for Wyngarde in 1969 when he was cast in the ITC television series 'Department S', (produced by Monty Berman) in the role of the charismatic Jason King, a sardonic, well-spoken, over sexed mystery author who also works for an undercover Interpol investigative unit. With his long hair and a loud moustache, and dressed in an array of late '60s/Swinging London-style cravats, ruffled shirts, crumpled velvet outfits, kaftans, etc., Wyngarde was the original peacock. The character's eccentric mannerisms, together with his look, soon made Wyngarde the main star of the show, casting a shadow on his two co-stars, Joel Fabiani and Rosemary Nicols; indeed, many fans felt that Wyngarde's character dressed more flashily than Nicols' character. Now a days, Jason King's manner of dress, together with his ferocious sex drive and even with the sporadic use of such retro terms as "groovy" makes him the very obvious role model for the 'Austin Powers' chracter, made famous by Mike Myers. In the series that spun out of 'Department S', simply called' Jason King', he worked solo but manoeuvred from bed-to-bed with a succession of women in seemingly every story, keeping up a pace that any self-respecting James Bond would have had a tough time keeping up with. In 1970, Peter recorded an album for RCA Victor called Peter Wyngarde, and a single, "La Ronde De L'Amour/The Way I Cry Over You" was released. The album was reissued on CD by the British RPM Records label as 'When Sex Leers Its Inquisitive Head'. Curiously,it was not a collection of lounge standards but instead an unusual collection of spoken word/musical arrangements. Several tracks are on the Radio Sounds Familiar playlist. In 1983, he performed in the thriller 'Underground' opposite Raymond Burr (Ironside) at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, Toronto and at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. During the 1980s and 1990s he made a number of television appearances, compris
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Philip Pirrip is the lead character in which Charles Dickens novel?
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The Development Of Pip's Character in (Great Expectations by Charles dickens) - a poem by ahmad. All poetry poets - All Poetry The Development Of Pip's Character in (Great Expectations by Charles dickens) [ edit ] Philip Pirrip in the novel Great Expectations by Charles dickens Is the major character in which the events of the novel revolves around him he is known as Pip. This novel like the novel of bildungsroman in which the actions revolve around the development of Pip from childhood to adulthood to the final state which is maturity .The author Charles Dickens in this novel showed the story of of a young boy called Pip who realizes his identity as he strives to be above his social class, pip's personality traits change through interaction with other people in the course of the story . The beginning of the tale offer us a great events to know pip's personality .the author displays first how pip have no memory of his family ,he just can remember the appearance of his mother and father .this suggests that pip has good imagination although he was little boy .pip lived with his sister Mrs Joe ,but through out the story Mrs Joe acted as pip's mother , she was strict and raise pip up by hands because of that his relationship with Joe the blacksmith was much stronger than his relation with Mrs joe , so he was influenced strongly by joe than his sister .even we notice that his sister had more control Over pip's personality in the novel. The turning point in pip's life come after his first to satis house ,she trated him and his uncle pumblechook with scorn .pip's first impression about herthat she was wery proud also relying on the fact that she called him boy ,and this was the first time pip was treated so .the same thing happened to him when he met for the first time the beautiful girl Estella ,pip falls in love with her as they were playing cards she was laughing at his hands and his thick boots ,this was also a turning point in pip's life and an important stage or line that shows pip's eagerness to take the first step of changing his uncommon ways as he said "Her contempt for me was so strong, that it became infectious, and I caught it." . the change that pip adopted in the novel was influenced mostly because of two characters Estella and Miss Havisham in which he had a strong desire to impress Estella ,Miss Havisham who was trying to break pip's heart using Estella as a tool . Although pip has a strong desire for better change in his life he was changing for worse at the beginning because he was not aware of this change yet .as we can see also throughout the course of the novel that Herbert had a great influence on pip's character by making pip realizes that getting a gentleman is not just about being unpleasant and treating lower class with contempt as pip had experienced to some extent from Estella and Miss Havisham ,Herbert also helped changing pip's character by invoking generosity and manners . Love and friendship was pip's relationship with joe ,but when he brought joe to satis house to meet with Miss Havisham ,pip gets ashamed of joe's behaviors because it was an embarrassment for pip .pip saw this as a reminder of who he was and the place he came from . it was bad thing for pip to be ashamed of joe because he would not have any change before visiting Satis house . Things began to change for pip When he and joe met Mr Jaggers who come for business to tell pip of his great expectations, people who treated pip in un respectful way , they show respect and rained him with praises, such as uncle Pumblechook . After going to London, pip meet his old friend Herbert then they became friends .pip wants Herbert to help him to be more gently .Herbert started to help pip improving his table manner, so Herbert's influence on pip was helpful for teaching him respect and politeness. then and after that pip meets with Estella after she came back from France .He was fascinated by her beauty and tranquility , unfortunately pip thought that Estella would accept him after changing many things
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Charles Dickens, Bleak House - UI Victorian Wiki - UIowa Wiki UI Victorian Wiki Go to start of metadata "The universe makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid" John Jarndyce uses the quote above to describe the apathy that so many poor and orphaned citizens of England faced in the 19th Century. Bleak House, by Charles Dickens, follows the trajectories of a large cast of characters from various social statuses and backgrounds but all of whom are tightly tangled in the infamous case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. The case is a symbol of the greed and exuberance demonstrated by the British elite and those in power of the civil court system. The stark contrasts between the wealthy and the destitute are highlighted within the novel. The novel follows the story of Esther Summerson, an orphan who becomes an unwilling participant in the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case. The story also revolves around the mystery of Esther's identity as several links to wealthy and fashionable aristocrats are quickly established. Esther's closest friends, Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, conversely tumble into poverty and destitution as the novel unfolds. The Early Edition Bleak House, along with many others of Dickens’ novels, was originally published in serial installments. There were a total of 20 installments and each one contained 32 pages of text, two illustrations, and 16 pages of advertisements. Dividing the novel into installments was an effective use of marketing. It allowed Dickens to have a wider audience because more people were able to afford it. People could sign up for an installment plan and pay one shilling a month over paying 21 shillings for the novel. Table of Contents Major Themes Government/Legal System Corruption "Never can there come fog too thick, never can there com mud and mire too deep, to assort with the groping and floundering condition which this High Court of Chancery, most pestilent of hoary sinners, holds, this day, in the sight of heaven and earth(14)". The heavy, dirty, suffocating fog that the narrator describes in the opening pages of Bleak House symbolizes the ubiquitous corruption of the government and legal system of Victorian London. Just as there is “fog everywhere,” a murky force seeming to suffocate the city, the High Court of Chancery seems to slowly suck the life out of nearly everyone who has been unfortunate enough to be involved in a suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce; a case that has dragged on for generations. Miss Flite, the oldest living ward of the case, has gone insane from her years of waiting. She keeps caged birds and gives them the names of Hope, Joy, Youth, Peace, Rest, Life, Dust, Ashes, Waste, Want, Ruin, Despair, Madness, Death, Cunning, Folly, Words, Wigs, Rags, Sheepskin, Plunder, Precedent, Jargon, Gammon, and Spinach; all symbolizing the victims of the suit. Richard, one of the newest wards, succumbs to the involvement of the Chancery and becomes so obsessed with the suit that he is unable to find passion for anything else in life. The narrator tells us in chapter 39 that “The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself”(621) as it is perpetually causing delays and creating costs that the parties of the suit can never expect to get back. The case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce symbolizes the corrupt legal system that ruined, rather than represented, the people of Victorian London. Echoing the corruption of the Court of Chancery is the parody of the members of Parliament. In chapter 40, the narrator describes the corrupt process of electing a new leader in Government. Like the lawyers of Chancery, the politicians are only concerned with power and personal gain. The narrator of Bleak House even suggests that the leader of Parliament was elected through bribery money given by Sir Leicester Dedlock, a prominent member of the aristocracy. Below: A caricature of William Ballantine, a famous Queen's Council member. Vanity Fair. 1870. (Wikimedia Commons). [DQ]The parody of England’s Parliament, while entertaining, doesn’t seem to help to move the plot along in any wa
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After how many years of marriage would you celebrate your coral wedding anniversary?
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What is an appropriate gift for a 35-year anniversary? | Reference.com What is an appropriate gift for a 35-year anniversary? A: Quick Answer The traditional gift given for the 35th anniversary is coral jewelry, and the most valuable form of coral is the Japanese blood coral. Another popular gift associated with the 35th anniversary is jade jewelry. Jadeite stones from Myanmar are some of the most sought after in the world.
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Also see exotic species over-population. . July 14, 09: Britain's honeybees are disappearing at an "alarming" rate, yet the government is taking "little interest" in the problem, a group of MPs has said. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says bees, vital for pollinating crops, are worth �200m a year to the economy. It wants Defra to spend more money on research into bee health and make registration compulsory for beekeepers. July 9, 09: Rhino poaching around the world is set to reach a 15-year high as demand for the animals' horns grows, conservation groups warn. July 6, 09: Increasingly acidic oceans and warming water temperatures due to CO2 emissions could kill off the world's ocean reefs by the end of this century, scientists warned.The experts told a meeting in London the predicted pace of emissions means a level of 450 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere will be reached by 2050, putting corals on a path to extinction in the following decades. . . "If we act quickly and decisively we may be able to [reverse] it before the damage becomes irreversible." . . Oceans absorb large amounts of CO2 emitted by the burning of fossil fuels. But scientists say the oceans are acidifying as they absorb more CO2, disrupting the process of calcification used by sea creatures to build shells as well as coral reefs. . . Coral reefs --delicate undersea structures resembling rocky gardens made by tiny animals called coral polyps-- are important nurseries and shelters for fish and other sea life. They also protect coastlines, provide a critical source of food for millions of people, attract tourists and are potential storehouse of medicines for cancer and other diseases. . . "If CO2 is allowed to reach 450 ppm, as is currently widely regarded as being the most optimistic threshold target for world leaders to agree at Copenhagen, we will have put the world's reefs on a path to major degradation and ultimate extinction", John Veron, the former chief scientist of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, told the meeting. "Such a catastrophe poses a dire threat to the future wellbeing of all humanity." July 4, 09: Fleeting sightings of the world's rarest antelope, the hirola, in a new safe haven are cases of mistaken identity, a survey has found. . . That has dashed hopes that some of the last hirola have managed to colonize a new territory where they would be less vulnerable to flooding and hunting. Fewer than 600 wild hirola remain, confined to a small area in Kenya. It is sometimes called a 'living fossil', being the sole survivor of a once diverse group of antelope species. Prior to 1970, an estimated 14,000 hirola existed in the wild. July 2, 09: The world's largest cat, the Amur tiger, is down to an effective wild population of fewer than 35 individuals, new research has found. Although up to 500 of the big cats actually survive in the wild, the effective population is a measure of their genetic diversity. That in turn is a good predictor of the Amur tiger's chances of survival. The results come from the most complete genetic survey yet of wild Amur tigers, the rarest subspecies of tiger. . . At the start of the 20th Century, nine subspecies of tiger existed, with a total world population of more than 100,000 individuals. Human impacts have since caused the extinction of three subspecies, the Javan tiger, Bali tiger and Caspian tiger, and world tiger numbers could now have fallen to fewer than 3000. July 2, 09: The world's largest cat is down to an effective wild population of fewer than 35 individuals, new research has found. July 1, 09: More than 800 animal and plant species have gone extinct in the past five centuries with nearly 17,000 now threatened with extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature reported. Jun 30, 09: Coastal development and declining water quality are threatening seagrasses worldwide, researchers report. A study of coastal grasses around the world shows that 58% of the seagrass meadows are in decline. Seagrass provides habitat for coastal life and helps reduce the impact of sediment
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Gadwell, Garganey and Scaup are all species of which bird?
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Gadwall, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology Typical Voice Size & Shape Gadwall are about the same size as Mallards. Gadwall have a fairly large, square head with a steep forehead. The bill is noticeably thinner than a Mallard's. In flight, the neck is slightly thinner and the wings slightly more slender than a Mallard’s. Color Pattern Male Gadwall are gray-brown with a black patch at the tail. Females are patterned with brown and buff. Females have a thin orange edge to their dark bills. In flight, both sexes have a white wing patch that is sometimes visible while swimming or resting. Behavior Gadwall feed with other dabbling ducks, tipping forward to feed on submerged vegetation without diving. They sometimes steal food from flocks of diving ducks or coots. You'll often see these ducks in pairs through the winter, because they select their mates for the breeding season as early as late fall. Habitat Gadwall breed mainly in the Great Plains and prairies. On migration and in winter, look for Gadwall in reservoirs, ponds, fresh and salt water marshes, city parks, sewage ponds, or muddy edges of estuaries.
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: October 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League & Harrington ‘B’ What well-known product was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, who at that time was addicted to morphine and was looking to find a less harmful substitute? Coca-Cola The entrepreneur Donald F Duncan introduced which toy in 1929, often thought to be based on a weapon used by 16th Century Filipino hunters? Yo-Yo Who was the Greek God of time? Chronos Which English King was the son of Edward, The Black Prince Richard II Who succeeded Richard II as King in 1399? Henry IV What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands off Norway? Maelstrom Which hit song from July 1979 was inspired by the doings of one Brenda Spencer on 29th January that year? I Don’t Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats) Which motor manufacturer produces the model which has the best-selling car name of all time (the model has undergone at least eleven redesigns from 1966 to date)? Toyota (the Corolla is the model in question) What was Fanny Cradock’s real Christian name? Phyllis (Born as Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey) What is the collective name for the handmaidens of Odin who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live? Valkyries Illustrated on its logo, the product Marmite is named after a French word for what? Cooking Pot Which Nintendo game first introduced the character of Mario? Donkey Kong (in 1981…pre-dating Super Mario Bros. by 4 years) Which song was the Labour Party’s theme in its Election campaign of 1997? Things can only get better (by D:Ream) Who is the only woman to have been French Prime Minister? Edith Cresson Who designed the first Blue Peter badge as well as the “Ship” logo used by the programme? Tony Hart Born in Ulverston in 1890, by what name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson better known? Stan Laurel Of which actress did Groucho Marx say “I knew her before she became a virgin”? Doris Day Who wrote and composed the Opera ‘Oedipus Rex’? Stravinsky Who was the first “First Minister of Scotland”? Donald Dewar Who was the first Secretary General of The United Nations? Trygve Lie Against the people of which city did the Romans fight the Punic Wars? Carthage Josip Broz was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. By what name is he better known? Tito Which famous Independent day and Boarding School in Derbyshire was founded by Sir John Port in 1557? Repton School Buddy Holly had a posthumous hit with the song "It doesn’t matter any more". Which singer / songwriter of the time wrote it? Paul Anka An alibi is a form of defence used in criminal proceedings where the accused attempts to prove their innocence. What does the Latin word alibi literally mean? Elsewhere (The accused attempts to prove they were somewhere else at the time of the offence) Who said in a speech in 1968 “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'”? Enoch Powell In a famous 1871 poem, the wedding feast consisted of “mince and quince eaten with a runcible spoon“. Name either of the parties supposedly getting married. Owl or Pussycat (in the Edward Lear poem) Who was the last King of France before the First French Republic was established in 1792? Louis XVI (the Sixteenth) Which modern Japanese martial art is descended from swordsmanship and uses a weapon called a Shinai Kendo Who wrote the book ‘Whisky Galore’? Compton Mackenzie Which fictional pirate captain went to his death murmuring the words ‘Floreat Etona’? Captain Hook In which London restaurant did Boris Becker have his famously brief, but expensive, 'affair' in a broom cupboard with model Angela Ermakova? Nobu Who was the US President throughout the period of World War I? Woodrow Wilson Who was the UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I? Asquith Gruinard Island is an uninhabited Scottish island which was used as the scene for experiments on which bacterium during the 20th century? Anthrax Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. Wha
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Which Thames attraction shares its name with a brand of Scotch Whisky that was introduced in 1923?
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Distilleries | Scottish Whisky UK Scottish Whisky UK Single Malt Scotch Whiskey Source Archives for category: Distilleries What is Bourbon Whiskey? Bourbon is some kind of American whiskey – a barrel-aged distilled spirit produced mainly from corn. The name of the spirit dates back to its historical association with an area known as Old Bourbon, near what is now named as Bourbon County, Kentucky (which, in turn, was named after the French House of Bourbon royal family) in 18 century. While it may be made anywhere in the United States, it is strongly associated with Kentucky specifically, and the south of American generally. Information of the Bourbon Whiskey Distilleries-US, Bourbon & Kentucky County Six well-known whiskey distilleries in Bourbon/Kentucky America: 4. Maker’s Mark (Loretto) 5. Wild Turkey (Lawrenceburg) The other two operating distilleries in Bourbon/Kentucky Buffalo Trace, in Frankfort, Kentucky Tom Moore, in Bardstown, Kentucky Detailed information for the Bourbon Whiskey Distilleries: Address: 1224 Bonds Mill Road, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky 40342, U. S Tel: +1 502.839.3436 ext. 18 History: The Lawrenceburg, Kentucky distillery was built in 1910 in Spanish Mission-style architecture and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places The brand was originally introduced by the Frankfort Distilling Co., and was purchased by Seagram in 1943. It was the top selling brand of Bourbon in the United States in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Around the end of the 1950s, despite the popularity of the brand, Seagram decided to discontinue the sale of Four Roses Bourbon (and all other Straight Bourbons) within the U.S., in order to focus on sales of blended whiskey there. Four Roses Kentucky Straight Bourbon marketing was shifted to Europe and Asia, which were rapidly growing markets at the time. In these markets, it became the top selling Bourbon. However, in the U.S. during this period, the Four Roses brand name was used on a blended whiskey, made mostly of neutral grain spirits and commonly seen as a sub-par “rotgut” brand. Four Roses continued to be unavailable as a Straight Bourbon in the U.S. market for more than forty years – until the brand ownership changed again in 2002 after Seagram was purchased by Vivendi, and then sold most of its brands to Diageo, which sold the Four Roses brand to Kirin. Its new owner (Kirin) discontinued the sale of blended whiskey to focus exclusively on Four Roses Bourbon production. Products Four Roses Yellow Label 40%, selling in U.S., Europe, and Japan Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition 50% , selling ONLY in U.S Four Roses Small Batch 45%, selling only US, Europe Four Roses Single Barrel Limited Edition 58.4%, selling in U.S., UK Four Roses Single Barrel 50%, selling only US, Europe, and Japan Four Roses Super Premium 43%, selling only in Japan Four Roses Black Label 40%, selling only in Japan Four Roses Marriage Collection 100°, introduced in 2008 (produced only seasonally) Name: Heaven Hill Distilleries- America’s largest independent family-owned producer of Bourbon Address: 1311 Gilkey Run Road, Bardstown, Kentucky 40004, US Tel: +1 502.337.1000 Website: http://www.heavenhill.com History: The distillery Inc is a private family-owned and operated distillery company headquartered in Bardstown, Kentucky that produces and markets the Heaven Hill brand of Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and a variety of other distilled spirits. Heaven Hill was founded shortly after the repeal of Prohibition in 1935 by several investors, including a prominent distiller, Joseph L. Beam, and a member of the Shapira family. As the company developed, the five brothers of the Shapira family bought out the other investors. Joe Beam remained as Master Distiller, along with his youngest son, Harry. Descendants of the Shapira brothers own and run the company to today. All of the Master Distillers at Heaven Hill since its founding have been members of the Beam family. The original Master Distiller was Joseph L. Beam, Jim Beam’s first cousin. He was followed by his son, Harry, w
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Early Steam Trains The First Steam Locomotive 1804 (Unnamed) The first full scale working railway steam locomotive was invented by a British mining engineer called Richard Trevithick. Early Steam Trains Timeline of Early Steam Trains 1808 Catch Me Who Can 1808 This famous steam locomotive was built by John Urpeth Rastrick and John Hazledine for Richard Trevithick. It was successfully demonstrated in London in 1808. 1813 Puffing Billy 1813 The Puffing Billy is the world’s oldest steam locomotive in existence today. It was built by a team of British engineers called William Hedley, Jonathan Forest and Timothy Hackworth who worked for Christopher Blackett, the owner of the Northumberland colliery at Wylam. 1815 Wylam Dilly 1815 The Wylam Dilly was built by William Hedley and Timothy Hackworth, British engineers who had contributed towards the construction of Puffing Billy. They built Wylam Dilly whilst still working for the owner of the Northumberland colliery at Wylam, Christopher Blackett. The loco still exists today making it one of the oldest surviving steam locomotives in the world. 1814 The Blucher 1814 The Blücher was invented in 1814 by a famous British civil engineer called George Stephenson (The Father of the Railways). It was a powerful steam locomotive for its time, capable of pulling a train of 30 tons at approximately 4 miles per hour. The loco was named after Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, the Prussian general. One of the major improvements that George Stephenson made to the design of the Blücher steam locomotive was its increased boiler efficiency which was achieved by allowing steam to escape through a steam outlet from the cylinders into a smoke stack. 1829 The Rocket 1829 The Rocket was a famous steam locomotive produced by Robert Stephenson and Company at the Forth Street Works, Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1829 for the Rainhill Trials; a competition set up by Liverpool and Manchester Railway to select the best design to power the railway. The Rocket was the only loco to complete the Rainhill Trials and it became the winner in 1829. When Robert Stephenson designed and produced the Rocket, he had to consider its weight, size and speed if he was to become a serious contender in the Rainhill Trials. He built the steam locomotive using a lighter, faster and smaller design. Timeline of Early Steam Trains Early Steam Trains Early Steam Trains - The Rocket - Historical Facts - The Industrial Revolution - The Golden Age - Steam Powered - History - Facts - Info - Information - Catch Me Who Can - Puffing Billy - Wylam Dilly Timeline - Power - Energy - Types - Videos - Images - Pictures - Railways - Uk - Great British - English - Children - For Kids - Invention - Diagram
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World Athletics Championships: Mo Farah wins gold in men's 5000m - Telegraph Advertisement World Athletics Championships: Mo Farah wins gold in men's 5000m Mo Farah became the first British athlete to win a global gold medal at 5,000 metres after delivering a devastating sprint finish to race away from his rivals at the World Championships in Daegu. Image 1 of 2 Top of the world: Mo Farah ran the perfect race at the World Championships to win the 5,000m gold medal Photo: GETTY IMAGES Image 1 of 2 Gold guy: Mo Farah's gold is Britain's second in the World Championships after Dai Greene won the 400m hurdles Photo: AP By Simon Hart , in Daegu 12:09PM BST 04 Sep 2011 Follow The 27 year-old Londoner, who can now claim to be the greatest male endurance runner Britain has ever produced, was locked in a titanic struggle with Ethiopian Dejen Gebremeskel with 200 metres remaining before pulling clear as the pair entered the final straight. But, as Farah closed on the finish line, he then faced another challenge as American Bernard Lagat, the 2007 5,000m world champion, chased him with a late surge in the final 30 metres. Farah, his face racked with effort, held on to win in 13min 23.26sec, with Lagat taking the silver medal and Ethiopian Imane Merga, who passed Gebremeskel, taking the bronze. After crossing the line, Farah, who was “disappointed” not to have won the 10,000 metres crown the previous week, sank to his knees in prayer before he was taken over by tears. After embracing Alberto Salazar, the American coach who has overseen his astonishing transformation in the seven months they have been working together, he set off on a lap of honour with a Union Flag draped around his neck bearing the words “Fly Mo”. Related Articles
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Doctor Who: Nine 'lost episodes' found in Nigeria with The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear available to watch on iTunes - Mirror Online Nine missing Doctor Who episodes from the 1960s featuring Patrick Troughton have been recovered in Nigeria and will be made available for fans to watch. Eleven episodes were discovered in total by Phillip Morris, director of Television International Enterprises Archive, from the tracking records of overseas shipments made by the BBC containing tapes for transmission. BBC Worldwide has re-mastered these episodes to restore them and enable excited fans, many of whom have never seen the episodes before, to buy them from midnight on Thursday. Mr Morris said: “The tapes had been left gathering dust in a store room at a television relay station in Nigeria. I remember wiping the dust off the masking tape on the canisters and my heart missed a beat as I saw the words ‘ Doctor Who ’. When I read the story code I realised I’d found something pretty special.” There were fears the heat of the country could have ruined the episodes, but Mr Morris said considering the Nigerian temperatures "they have been kept in optimum condition". The stories recovered are The Enemy of the World (1967) - click here to watch clips from the episode - and The Web of Fear (1968), both starring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor . The Enemy of the World, is the fourth six-part tale of Series 5 which first aired on the BBC in December 1967. Episodes 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 had been missing from the BBC archives. Alongside Patrick Troughton who plays both the Time Lord and his antagonist (Ramon Salamander) are his companions Frazer Hines (Jamie) and Deborah Watling (Victoria). Also recovered is the 1968 six-part story, The Web of Fear - click here to watch clips . Episodes 2 to 6 were feared lost forever but now episodes 2, 4, 5, and 6 have been recovered. The Web of Fear introduces Nicholas Courtney for the first time as Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart (who later returns as Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart). Fiona Eastwood, Director of Consumer Products, BBC Worldwide said: “We are thrilled with the recent discovery of The Web of Fear and The Enemy of the World and we’re very happy to be launching re-mastered versions of these treasured episodes to fans as we celebrate the 50th year of Doctor Who.” On November 23, Doctor Who celebrates 50 years since the very first episode, An Unearthly Child, aired on BBC television. A number of episodes from the first series of Doctor Who were lost as a result of BBC Archive space-saving measures and there are still 27 Doctor Who stories that are missing or have incomplete episodes. Video Loading
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7 Facts about the Spanish Steps | Rome Guide - The Spanish Steps | 7 Facts about the Spanish Steps 7 Facts about the Spanish Steps With its irregular butterfly design, the beautiful “Scalina Spagna”, or Spanish Steps are just one of these must see places when in Rome and a great example of Roman Baroque Style. It’s a great place to just sit down and enjoy the atmosphere and views of the Eternal City. The steps are a wide irregular gathering place consisted of 138 steps placed in a mix of curves, straight flights, vistas and terraces. They connect the lower Piazza di Spagna with the upper piazza Trinita dei Monti, with its beautiful twin tower church dominating the skyline. 7 facts about the Spanish Steps: 1 The Spanish steps were built in 1723-1725 by a design of the rather little known architect Francesco de Sanctis and were financed by French diplomat Étienne Gueffier’s bequeathed. It was built in order to link the the Trinità dei Monti church that was under the patronage of the king of France, with the Spanish square below. The long, triangular Spanish square is named after the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See. In the 17th century, the area around the embassy was even considered Spanish territory. The idea of connecting the church with the square below originates from the 17th century, when the French also planned a statue of King Louis XIV of France at the top of the staircase. This plan was never executed, due to the refusal of the Pope. 2 The Spanish steps unique design and elegance has made it a popular place for artists, painters and poets who were attracted to the place which inspired them in return. The artist’s presence attracted many beautiful women to the area, hoping to taken as models. This in turn, attracted rich Romans and travelers. After a short time, the steps were crowded with people of all kinds of backgrounds. This tradition, of the Spanish Steps as a meeting place, has lived on ever since. The Spanish Steps are the widest stairway in Europe The Fountain of the old boat. though to be the first work of young Gian Lorenzo Bernini who helped his father building it Don't eat while youre sitting on the Steps! its not allowed. The Beautiful Spanish Steps 3 At the lower end of the stairs you can find an early baroque fountain called Fontana della Barcaccia, or “Fountain of the Old Boat”. It is credited Pietro Bernini; a member of the renowned artist family Bernini and father of famous Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fountain has the form of a sinking ship and it is said to be based upon a folk legend. The legend tells that a fishing boat was carried all the way to this exact spot during a massive flood of the Tiber River in the 16th century. The design with the sinking boat also helped Bernini to overcome a technical problem, due to low water pressure. 4 On the 13th June, 2007, a drunken young man attempted to drive a Toyota Celica down the Spanish Steps. Luckily no one was hurt, but several of the 200-year-old steps were chipped and scuffed. The driver was arrested. 5 At the corner on the right as one begins to climb the steps, is the house where English poet John Keats lived and died in 1821; it is now a museum dedicated to his memory, full of memorabilia of the English Romantic generation. 6 On the 20th March, 1986, the first McDonalds restaurant in Italy was opened near the Spanish Steps. Protests there against fast food led to Carlo Petrini founding the international Slow Food movement three years later. Even today, almost 2000 years after its construction, the breathtaking pantheon is a remarkable building to see. The spectacular design, proportions, elegance and harmony are a striking reminder of the architecture of the great Roman Empire… Continue Reading… Rome’s most popular monument was built between 72-80 A.D. The Colosseum is still the largest amphitheater in the world, and stands as an iconic symbol of Rome and the great Roman architecture. Continue Reading… 10 Facts about Piazza Navona Dominitian’s ancient stadium, now Rome’s most beautiful Piazza, is adorned with fine Renaissanc
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Which European nation's flag has nine horizontal blue and white stripes, and top-left a white cross on a blue square?
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Historical Flags of Our Ancestors - International and Multi-National Organizations APC Flag 2013 African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is a group of countries (currently 79: 48 African, 16 Caribbean and 15 Pacific), created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975 (also known as the "ACP-EC Partnership Agreement"). The group's main objectives are sustainable development and poverty reduction within its member states, as well as their greater integration into the world's economy. The APC, sometimes called "The Lom� Convention," is basically a trade and aid agreement between the European Community (EC) and the 79 African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries, first signed in February 1975 in Lom�, Togo. In 1975, a white flag with green-outlined letters ACP, each containing a red globe with gold lines of latitude and longitude, was adopted by the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States. The ACP Group unveiled a new flag and anthem at the opening ceremony of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly in 2013, to represent the solidarity and shared vision of its 79 member states. "Our flag consists of three diagonal bands of colour green, gold and blue. Green represents fertility and natural beauty and resources of our countries, gold symbolises the sun and the warmth of our people and blue symbolises the bodies of water that surround many of our nations, as well as the peace we all strive for," the Secretary General stated. ALECSO Flag Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), or the Organisation arabe pour l'�ducation, la culture et les sciences, is a specialized agency having its headquarters in Tunis. The Organization, which works within the Arab League, is mainly concerned with enhancing and coordinating educational, cultural and educational activities in the Arab world. ALECSO was founded in accordance with Article 3 of the Arab Cultural Unity Charter and its creation was officially announced in Cairo in 1970. ALECSO includes 22 member states. The ALECSO flag is green with its logo in the center of the flag. ARABSAT Flag Arab Satellite Communications Organization The Arab Satellite Communications Organization is a leading communications satellite operator in the Arab World, headquartered in the city of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia). It was established on 1976 by the member states of the Arab League with a defined goal of serving in telecommunication, information, culture and education sectors. Arabsat has operated the Arabsat GEO telecommunications system since its first satellite launch in 1985. ARABSAT owns and operates five satellites platforms at orbital positions. ARABSAT was created to deliver satellite-based, public and private telecommunications services to the Arab States, in accordance with International Standards. With more than 20 member countries, the organization plays a vital role of enhancing communications in the Arab World. It flag is white with its logo. It is a stylized globe indicating by blue and grey longitude and latitude lines. Under the globe, there is Arabic and and English name of the organization. APEC Flag Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) was established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies. APEC has become the primary international organization that promotes open trade and economic cooperation among its 21 members around the Pacific Rim. APEC�s goal is to advance Asia-Pacific economic dynamism and sense of community. Asia-Pacific is one of the fastest growing regions in the world and a major contributor to global prosperity and stability. APEC's members have a combined population of over 2.4 billion inhabitants, that imported goods worth more than 2.6 trillion dollars in 1999, and its Gross Domestic Product hit US$16 trillion in 1998). Mexico is the APEC Chair for the year 2002. ASBU Flag The Arab States Broadcasting Union Flag The Arab Sta
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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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The Islands | Isles of Scilly Tresco Inclusive Travel Tresco All year Skybus fly all year round to St Mary’s from Land’s End and Newquay, and from Exeter between March and November. If you are staying on Tresco, we recommend that you book your journey through the Island Office as our fares include all island transfers. Read more » Skybus St. Mary's All year Skybus fly all year round to the Isles of Scilly from Land’s End and Newquay airports, and from Exeter airport between March and November. Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, Steamship House, Quay Street, Penzance, TR18 4BZ. Read more » Scilly Parking UK Mainland Mar-Nov Make your daytrip easier, book your car in with Scilly Parking and have peace of mind. Scilly Parking take care of everything and provide secure car parking and a free park and ride service to Penzance Quay. Read more » Prepco Island Vacations and Tours LLC UK Mainland All year | From: 0.00 A US based travel company servicing the US and Canada for vacation packages to the Isles of Scilly, England. Our one-price complete package includes return flights for all domestic and international travel needs plus internal travel in England and accommodation. Options include travelling via Dublin or London. Read more » St. Mary's All year | From: 0.00 The Personal Touch of Self Catering Holidays on the Isles of Scilly Read more » Scillonian III Passenger Ferry St. Mary's Mar-Nov Just 28 miles of the Cornish coast you will discover 5 islands, surrounded by azure waters, white beaches and a wonderful climate where sub–tropical plants thrive. Hop on board the Scillonian III, our recently refurbished ship and discover the Isles of Scilly. The Scillonian Passenger Ferry sets sail from Penzance harbour up to 7 days a week. Isles of Scilly Steamship Group, Steamship House, Quay Street, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4BZ. Read more » Classic Sailing Fleet - Tall Ships and Traditional Boats UK Mainland Apr-Sep Sail to Scilly from the mainland as ‘hands on’ crew on our fleet of pilot cutters, luggers, and historic sailing ships. Once in the archipelago, enjoy different anchorages, explore ashore and island hop under sail. Classic Sailing offer 6 or 7 day sailing holidays with a skipper as your guide. We provide freshly cooked meals and accommodation on board characterful wooden vessels for a fantastic Scillies adventure. Read more » Scilly Parking UK Mainland Mar-Nov For Scillonian passengers avoiding long walks with your luggage. We take you to the quay and meet you on your return. We also take dogs. Read more » DJ Cabs St. Mary's All year Local, family run cab company operating around the islands for 5 years. Reliable, comfortable transport for short trips or late pick ups around St Mary's. Read more » Calypso Boat Company St. Mary's Apr-Oct Boat trips from St Mary's with skipper Tim - visit 3 islands in one day, take a day trip to an off island or an unihabited island, or a trip to see seals and birds. Read more » Falcon Boating St. Mary's All year Enjoy a special charter trip on the 'Falcon', an 11 metre Red Bay rib with twin engines and fully enclosed cabin to seat 12 passengers. Read more » Toots Taxi St. Mary's All year We are a friendly and reliable taxi service based on St. Mary’s, working seven days a week, including evenings and weekends. We have two vehicles available for hire, one carrying four passengers and one carrying six passengers. The larger vehicle has two integrated baby/booster seats so children can be transported safely and comfortably. We are available for a quick taxi trip to get you from A to B, as well as more leisurely tours of the island. We really look forward to being of service to you whilst you are on the islands. Read more » Tresco Boat Services Tresco All year Tresco Boat Services, serving Tresco, Bryher and St Martin's, offer all the waterborne services you need to get the most from your visit to the Isles of Scilly. Read more » Island Sea Safaris St. Mary's Apr-Oct Island Sea Safaris operate marine wildlife safaris in their 8m RIB FIREBRAND IV around and amongst the islands and rocks of Sc
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Argyll & Isles - Things To Do & Accommodation | VisitScotland Isle of Tiree Islands The Isle of Tiree is the most westerly island of the Inner Hebrides, with a mild climate and white sand beaches. Jura Islands The long and narrow island of Jura is one of the wildest and most mountainous of the Inner Hebrides. Lochgilphead Towns & Villages Lochgilphead is situated at the apex of a short loch called Loch Gilp, an offshoot on the western shore of the much larger Loch Fyne. Lochgoilhead Towns & Villages Lochgoilhead is a small village situated at the northern end of Loch Goil, a sea loch running into Loch Long. Mull Islands Mull is the largest of the islands of Argyll and the third largest in Scotland, with 300 miles of coastline. Oban Towns & Villages The largest town in Argyll & The Isles, Oban is known as the ‘Gateway to the Isles’ and the 'Seafood Capital of Scotland'. Rothesay Towns & Villages Rothesay is a smart Victorian seaside resort and the main town on the east side of Isle of Bute. Tarbert Towns & Villages Tarbert on Loch Fyne is an attractive village which for many visitors acts as the gateway to the beautiful peninsula of Kintyre. Tobermory & North Mull Towns & Villages Tobermory is the main town on the island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides. The picture-postcard port with its brightly coloured harbour-front buildings was the setting of children's TV show Balamory. Bowmore iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Bowmore's iCentre is located in the Square in the centre of the Island of Islay. Information is available to make your stay on the Island the best it can be. Campbeltown iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Ideally located at the bottom of the Main Street/Head of the Pier. We can offer a wide selection of information on the local area and Scotland in general. Craignure iCentre VisitScotland iCentres We are perfectly located directly opposite the ferry terminal from Oban and can therefore provide you with tailor-made information to help you make the most of your holiday right from the start. Dunoon iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Dunoon iCentre is situated in Dunoon's east bay, a quarter of a mile from our iconic Victorian pier. Inveraray iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Inveraray VIC is situated on the A83 and faces on to Loch Shira, an arm of Loch Fyne. The VIC is located on Front street, next door to the Argyll Hotel.
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Holly Valance and Alex Jones voted off Strictly Come Dancing - Mirror Online TV Holly Valance and Alex Jones voted off Strictly Come Dancing Holly Valance and Alex Jones waltzed off Strictly Come Dancing at the semi-final stage last night after failing to impress the public. Share Strictly Come Dancing: Holly Valance (Pic: BBC) Share Get celebs updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Holly Valance and Alex Jones waltzed off Strictly Come Dancing at the semi-final stage last night after failing to impress the public. Singer Holly and The One Show host Alex were the judges’ bottom two acts and voters decided not to save them. It means McFly’s Harry Judd, 25, actress Chelsee Healey, 23, and stage star Jason Donovan, 43, will compete in the final in Blackpool this weekend. Who won Strictly Come Dancing? Alex, 34, who danced with James Jordan, said: “I’ve had an incredible time and when I’m old and grey I’ll look back at these three months. James has been brilliant – we’ve laughed 80% of the time, apart from when I get left and right wrong. “To meet the contestants, dancers and everybody backstage has been incredible experience. James has been able to work miracles, and in such a funny way.” Holly, 28, said: “I am not disappointed. I am just grateful to get this far, 11 out of 12 weeks ain’t bad, nothing to sniff at.” Holly is tipping Chelsee to win. She said: “She is a great dancer with a great personality. She was doing a TV show at the same time, shooting Waterloo Road. Now she has time to concentrate purely on Strictly I think she is going to keep rising. She will pull something amazing out of the bag.” She vowed to keep dancing, adding: “I would like to take some ballet classes. I enjoyed my Swan Lake and we did a lot of balletic stuff in that.” The Australian sparked pregnancy rumours on Twitter by touching her stomach a number of times after each of her performances. Asked to comment, she said cryptically: “I think that is hysterical. That is probably one of the c****est questions I have ever been asked.” On Saturday, two routines got the first perfect 40 scores of the series from the judges: Chelsee and Pasha’s paso doble and Jason and Kristina’s Argentine tango. Harry got 39 for his dances. Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
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Neighbours information and Neighbours spoilers at SoapForum.co.uk Hollyoaks Neighbours is a long-running Australian soap opera that enjoys considerable success in the UK . It originally aired on the Seven Network in Australia in 1985; however, they cancelled the series later that year. The series was immediately picked-up by rival Network Ten. It began screening on that channel in early 1986 and has remained popular with its core teenage audience ever since. Neighbours was first aired in the UK in 1986. In the late 1980s it regularly had a UK audience in the tens of millions and was sometimes watched by more people than the population of Australia at that time. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the fictional Ramsay Street, Erinsborough (an anagram of 'Our Neighbours') and includes the usual soap staples of births, deaths, and marriages. The soap is filmed in Melbourne, and for street scenes uses Pin Oak Court in Vermont South, a suburb in eastern Melbourne. Many successful Australian actors and singers had some of their earliest work on Neighbours, including Kylie Minogue, Jesse Spencer, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe (brief extra appearance), Natalie Imbruglia, Jason Donovan, Holly Valance, Mark Little, Radha Mitchell, Delta Goodrem and Natalie Bassingthwaighte of the band Rogue Traders. Actor Alan Dale who had previously starred in The Young Doctors, played the central character of Jim Robinson for the show's first seven years and is now a recognisable star in US series such as 24 and The O.C.. One of the most enduring characters currently on the show is Harold Bishop, played by actor Ian Smith who has also written many of the scripts for the show. The show initially gained notoriety for its depiction of the teenage romance of Scott Robinson and Charlene Mitchell. Their Romeo and Juliet style romance culminated in a wedding was keenly anticipated by viewers and is still fondly regarded today as being one of the high points of the series. Until recently, both the Ramsays and the Robinsons had been written out of the series, with the sole exception of the Bishop family (who are related to the Ramsays through the marriage of Harold Bishop to the late Madge Ramsay). However, one of the original characters, Paul Robinson, made a return to the show in the final episode of 2004 and became a regular character in early 2005. Go to the Neighbours Forum now for news, spoilers and Neighbours chat! � 2013 SoapForum.co.uk. All Rights Reserved. Read our Community Building Blog . This site is brought to you in assocation with Just Chat - the online community for adults.
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Fever Pitch (2005) | DVD Review | Film @ The Digital Fix 13 Deleted Scenes, Gag Reel, Feature Length audio commentary, 3 featurettes, Theatrical Trailer Soundtracks English Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Surround, French Dolby Surround Subtitles English, Spanish Daniel Stephens gets the unfortunate task of checking out the Farrelly's latest film to hit DVD - Fever Pitch. This romantic comedy starring Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon has about as much life as Roy Munson's prosthetic hand. THE FILM The Farrelly brothers are losing touch. After hitting us with the likeable schmaltz that was Shallow Hall and Stuck On You, there was a sense that something was still missing. The Farrelly�s will be remembered for Cameron Diaz�s hair gel, Ben Stiller�s unfortunate run-in with his own zipper, and introducing the world to Jim Carrey. In a sense � loud, slapstick, silly, toilet humour with unfortunate physical gags a-plenty and Ernie McCracken�s hair. Why then make Fever Pitch - another Hollywood remake and another very straightforward romance that breathes about as much life into the genre as Roy Munson�s prosthetic hand. In their ongoing endeavour to be treated as serious filmmakers (was Osmosis Jones an experiment or pretentious over-ambition), the Farrelly brothers have forgotten about their niche and seemingly their audience, to produce generic pulp only good for more cameos and bit-parts for their friends and relatives. Ben Wrightman (Jimmy Fallon) is a school teacher and avid Boston Red Sox fan. Lynsey (Drew Barrymore), his new girlfriend, is about to find out just how big a fan Ben is. After taking some of his students to Lynsey�s place of work, Ben feels the need to ask for her number after one of the little brats says he isn�t in her league. Well, one thing leads to another and they get together but it�s during baseball�s winter break, so as the romance blossoms and summer approaches will Ben�s devotion to the team come between him and his girl? Fever Pitch is a Hollywood remake of the 1997 British original of the same name, based on a book by Nick Hornby. The major difference is the change in sport for the main character�s obsession � football becomes baseball; however, there�s another important difference and it has nothing to do with the sport. The problem is, unlike the original, the Farrelly�s have failed to bring any semblance of the book�s critical social humour to the film. Forgivable is the difficult transition from working-class U.K football terraces to middle-class American baseball bleaches, but there�s a distinct sense that it�s a problem they walked themselves into. For one thing, Bull Durham and The Sandlot for example, showed us baseball was a lot more than replica jerseys and schedules, but the Farrelly�s seem only too happy to preach privileged, yuppie whining that will no doubt infuriate most whilst alienating everyone else. Ben�s �obsession� with the sport is more a hobby to divert him away from his working life and has little depth beyond that. The Farrelly�s use of flashback is a heavy-handed way of telling us � the sport is Ben�s life, but they�re shouting at an audience that�s pleading �yes we believe you, now tell us something we didn�t know!� Ben�s room is filled with Red Sox memorabilia, much like a twelve-year whose just discovered masturbation, but it�s an overt way of telling us about his character. The filmmakers have shown us in their previous efforts that being excessive can be funny, but here subtlety is key and they fail miserably. Having said that, there could have been an interesting dynamic between Lynsey�s workaholic and Ben�s fascination with baseball but it falls flat largely due to Fallon and Barrymore failing to spark any chemistry. It�s unfortunate that Fallon doesn�t have the charisma to take a lead role in a film, but it�s probably more of a problem that he simply isn�t funny. Drew Barrymore on the other hand is capable of holding her own but it�s as if she�s rather bored, and realises that Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel�s script is perhaps their worst collaboration to date,
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"Masterminds" - Manchester Evening News, November 7, 2015 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Playboy Russia covergirl Maria Kozhevnikova, boxer Nikolai Valuyev, and tennis player Marat Safin shared which honour in December 2011? 2. What William S Burroughs 1961 book popularised the rock music term 'heavy metal', and provided the names for at least two rock bands of the 1970s? 3. What main religion celebrates festivals including Nuakhai, Yatra (or Zatra/Jatra), Pongal, Holi and Shigmo? 4. Which country experienced the Velvet Revolution in Nov-Dec 1989? 5. According to the UK General Teaching Council how many of the 28,000 newly qualified teachers in 2010 had a computerrelated degree: 3; 30; 300 or 3,000? 6. Spell the word: Remanisence; Reminissense; Remeniscence; or Reminiscence? 7. What ancient Sanskrit word loosely meaning 'region' commonly now refers to people (and culture, products, etc) of Indian sub-continent origins? 8. Whom did Forbes Magazine list as the most powerful woman in the Southern Hemisphere in 2011? 9. Unrelated, what is a set of slats and a museum? 10. What ship, whose name means thunderbolt, was Nelson's flagship 1799-1801, and later a training ship for boys? 26 11. The Showa period of Japan coincided with what Emperor's reign? 12. Michael Morpurgo, author of the children's book War Horse, on In state Luther which the 2012 Spielberg film (of the same name) is based, held what UK position from 2003-5? 13. What fashionable Mediterranean resort hosted the G20 international economics conference at the height of the Greek Euro membership crisis? 27 14. How many cubic metres is the space in a room four metres square and three metres high? 15. Which politician bowled faster than Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts? 16. What element is also known as hydrargyrum? David shows around 17. Whose father wrote and sang the popular Secret Lemonade Drinker song in the award-winning British 1970s-80s R Whites Lemonade TV advert ? … Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details Newspapers Encyclopedia Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details
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Huish Park | Yeovil FC | Football Ground Guide Football Ground Guide Address: Lufton Way, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 8YF Telephone: 01935 423 662 Pitch Size: 115 x 72 yards Club Nickname: Glovers Shirt Sponsors: Jones Building Group Kit Manufacturer: Sondico Home Kit: Green and White Hoops Away Kit: Green and Orange Hoops Community Stand WHAT IS HUISH PARK LIKE? Yeovil is predominantly remembered for some classic 'giant killing' deeds in the FA Cup and the famous slope of the pitch. With the move to a new ground in 1990, that slope has gone, but the team have continued to impress. Generally the ground is a tidy looking one, in a pleasant setting, with lots of trees visible behind the stands. Both sides of the ground are similar looking stands and are of the same height. They are both cantilevered, covered single tiered stands that are all seated. Each stand has windshields to either side. The only differences between these stands, is that the Tamburino Stand has some executive boxes running across the back of it, plus the dug outs and players tunnel, whilst the Screwfix Community Stand has a press box suspended from beneath its roof and a small simple looking electric scoreboard. At one end is the medium sized Thatchers Gold Stand Terrace, which is covered and for home supporters and again has windshields to either side. Opposite is the Copse Road Terrace, which is given to away fans. This is smaller and uncovered. Oddly the steel work is in place at the back of this stand to incorporate more terrace space, but the concrete rows have so far not been added. Perched above the rear of this stand is a large electric scoreboard. The ground is completed with a set four modern floodlight pylons, one in each corner of the ground. FUTURE STADIUM DEVELOPMENTS The Club are investigating the possibility of building a new 3,500 capacity seated stand at the Copse Road End of the stadium. It is believed that this would be dependant on selling some land adjacent to Huish Park for retail development. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR VISITING SUPPORTERS? Away fans are situated in the Copse Road open terrace at one end of the ground. This is uncovered, so hope for a dry day. Up to 1,500 supporters can be housed in this area. Additionally just under 600 seats are allocated to away fans in the Screwfix Community Stand, which is covered. However tickets are only made available in this area to families with young children, senior citizens and ambulant disabled. Normally a visit to Huish Park is enjoyable, and the atmosphere good. This is boosted by a very vocal crowd in the home terrace as well as the presence of a drummer and trumpeter in that end (on my last visit the trumpeter was even imitating an ambulance siren as the trainer ran on to treat an injured player!). If Yeovil score then 'Glad All Over' by the Dave Clark Five blasts out around the ground. Food on offer inside include Pasties (meat or vegetable £3.20), a range of pies; Chicken Curry, Chicken & Mushroom, Steak & Kidney (all £3.20), Hot Dogs (£3.20) and Sausage Rolls (£2.20). On my last visit I was five minutes late getting to the game and had missed the kick off. Unbelievably the turnstiles had already closed at the away end. Myself and a number of other away fans had to run around the ground to try and find and someone who could get us in. We managed this, and I have to say that the stewards were particularly helpful and friendly. I found the large police presence in and around the ground perturbing. In my mind I was not at a high profile game, so I was somewhat surprised at the amount of local constabulary there. PUBS FOR AWAY FANS I was pleasantly surprised to find a large marquee outside of the ground, that had been set up as a make shift beer tent. There was a large sign outside the marquee which announced that 'Everyone Is Welcome!' Just a pity that wasn't quite correct as any away fans in colours were turned away at the entrance by a couple of burly looking bouncers. Some visiting fans did refer the bouncers to the said sign, but to no avail. There are a couple of pubs within about 10-1
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How London's Football Teams Got Their Names | Londonist How London's Football Teams Got Their Names M@ How London's Football Teams Got Their Names A nice, neutral shot of park football by Homemade , to kick things off. Continuing our etymological tour of the capital. London contains hundreds of football clubs. To keep this list at a manageable length, we've only considered teams currently playing in the top four divisions (Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two). Feel free to discuss lower-placed clubs in the comments. AFC Wimbledon London's newest professional club, founded by supporters in 2002 after the original Wimbledon FC upped sticks to Milton Keynes. The name 'Wimbledon' is Anglo-Saxon, meaning 'Wynnman's hill' after a local land owner. The 'AFC' stands either for 'Association Football Club', or for nothing at all, and there's a ferocious debate about this point on the Wikipedia talk page. Arsenal Most people know that the Gunners originally played in Woolwich, and that their modern name (and nickname) comes from the Royal Arsenal munitions complex, based at Woolwich since the 17th century. The Workers of Woolwich mural reflects the workforce who founded Arsenal. Image by kenjonbro in the Londonist Flickr pool. Fewer will know that the club was originally founded in 1886 as Dial Square — the name of the workshop in which those earliest players laboured. So as not to alienate or exclude those from other workshops, the small club soon changed name to Royal Arsenal. In 1893, the club set up as a limited liability company, becoming the first London side to turn professional. The change of status warranted another name change, this time to the lengthy dribble of Woolwich Arsenal Football and Athletic Company, Limited... or just Woolwich Arsenal to their friends. A final transformation occurred a year after the team moved to Highbury in 1913, when the team dropped the Woolwich to become (boring boring) Arsenal. Photo by Umbreen Hafeez . The club's other etymological boast, of course, is that it is the only football team to bequeath its name to a tube station, after Gillespie Road became Arsenal in 1932. Brentford The name Breguntford is first recorded in 705, and simply means a fording place over the River Brent, which still flows through the area. The name Brent itself has even more ancient origins, and possibly relates to the goddess Brigantia. This makes Brentford the only London team that can legitimately claim divine origins. Charlton Athletic Charlton is an Old English name meaning something like 'farmstead of peasants', and was first recorded in the Domesday Book as Cerletone. The local club was founded as a youth team in 1905, adopting the qualifier 'Athletic', which was a common convention of the time. More interesting is their nickname 'The Addicks'. It is believed to be a south-east London corruption of 'haddocks', after the team's practice of dining on fish and chips from local fishmonger Arthur 'Ikey' Brian. Chelsea The Blues' name dates back to Anglo-Saxon times, with Chelsea a corruption of Chelceth or Chelchith. This means something like 'chalk wharf' (i.e. a place on the Thames where limestone or chalk was originally landed). Shame for fans of Old English puns that they never signed Norman Whiteside. And, indeed, that they actually play in Fulham. Crystal Palace Did you know that Crystal Palace Park was home to the FA Cup between 1895 and 1914? The annual fixture stoked up plenty of local demand for football, and so a professional Crystal Palace club side was formed in 1905. The team and park are, of course, named after the great glass structure that housed the 1851 Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, which later moved to the slopes of Sydenham. That building was first dubbed "a palace of very crystal" by playwright Douglas Jerrold (father of William, who famously collaborated with Gustave Doré on London: A Pilgrimage). So, Palace fans, if it wasn't for Jerrold, your team might now be called Great Exhibition Centre Wanderers, or something like that. Dagenham & Redbridge The club formed in 1992
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What area of the Yukon Territory experienced the gold rush of 1897?
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Klondike Gold Rush Yukon Territory 1897 Yukon Territory 1897 (Gordon Stables (1840-1910) The Klondike gold rush began in July of 1897 when two ships docked in San Francisco and Seattle carrying miners returning from the Yukon with bags of gold. The press was alerted and papers carried the story to the masses. Soon, miners of all shapes and sizes, called "stampeders", were on their way to the gold fields. Within six months, approximately 100,000 gold-seekers set off for the Yukon. Only 30,000 completed the trip. Most stampeders knew little or nothing about where they were going, so pamphlets were available to help them on their way. Many of the pamphlets contained little or no real information and made outrageous claims of wealth to be had by everyone. Outfitters sprang up overnight that were happy to sell the stampeders whatever they needed to get started. This included food, clothing, tools and camping, mining and transportation equipment. Helping the outfitters in this regard were the Northwest Mounted Police who required all stampeders to have one year�s supply of goods before they allowed them across the border into Canada. This was roughly one ton of goods per person. Towns such as Seattle made fortunes outfitting the miners. List of the supplies carried by a typical stampeder. The easiest and more expensive route to the gold fields was by boat upstream from the mouth of the Yukon in western Alaska. The most difficult route was the "All Canadian Route" from Edmonton and overland through the wilderness. Map of the Routes. The most common route taken by the stampeders to reach the fields was by boat from the west coast of the continental U.S. to Skagway in Alaska, over the Chilkoot or White Passes to the Yukon River at Whitehorse and then by boat 500 miles to Dawson City. The Chilkoot Pass trail was steep and hazardous. Rising 1,000 feet in the last � mile, it was known as the "golden staircase": 1,500 steps carved out of snow and ice worked their way to the top of the pass. Too steep for packhorses, stampeders had to "cache" their goods, moving their equipment piecemeal up the mountain. Stampeders who gave up often did it here, discarding their unneeded equipment on the side of the trail. Chilkoot and White Pass Map Conditions on the White Pass trail were even more horrendous. Steep, narrow and slick, over 3,000 pack animals died on the trail causing it to be dubbed the "dead horse trail". Those who made it across the passes found themselves at Bennett Lake. Here, boats had to be built to run the final 500 miles down the Yukon River to the gold fields. A three week trip, the miners had to survive many sets of rapids before making it to Dawson City. Many miners lost their lives or their possessions when their boats broke up in the rapids. Those who survived the perilous journey mostly found disappointment once they reached Dawson City. Locals had already claimed all of the gold-bearing creeks and claims of "gold for the taking" were grossly exaggerated. Many stampeders headed home, some worked for others on the claims and still others stayed to work in Dawson City. The work that was necessary to retrieve the gold was incredible. Most of the gold was not at the surface, but rather 10 or more feet below. To reach it, the miners had to dig through the permafrost - the layer of permanently frozen ground. The ground had to be thawed before it could be dug. Then the dirt had to be sluiced to separate it from the gold. All digging had to be down during the summer as it was impossible to dig in the winter when temperatures could reach -60�F. It was incredibly difficult work. The biggest boom to hit this part of the world was a huge bust for the miners. The only ones to strike it rich were the merchants and profiteers who took advantage of those who hoped to "get rich quick". Read about the stern-wheeled boats that traveled on the water highways of the far north. Then read about the huge bucket-line gold dredges that replaced the hand dug holes and signified the end of the "stampede". Klondike Links:
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H3975 Horse-drawn vehicle, full size, hansom cab, brougham-type, and fares plate, wood / metal / leather / fabric, made in Sydney, 1880-1915, used by Mr J. Connor in Sydney until 1937 - Powerhouse Museum Collection History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes In their heyday in the late nineteenth century, Sydney's hansom cabs made up over half of the city's licensed street vehicles. In 1895 Sydney had 2,180 licensed vehicles, 1,215 of which were hansom cabs. G.V. Portus provides a lively description of the vehicles in Sydney during the 1880s: "Hansom cabs did not impress me so much. They were gloomy looking things of black or dark blue, while the buses [horse buses] were always painted a brilliant yellow. There was not much to see from inside a cab except the horse's tail and hind quarters. But I can remember how exciting it was when the cabs coming back from the races at Randwick used to race each other along Botany Street, especially if the hirers had backed a winner. Also I can remember the cabs on Sunday afternoons, with blinds down and the horse trotting decorously, on the way to Coogee or Maroubra bearing a freight of flirtatious couples. This was the nearest to Tail Light Avenue that Sydney got in those days, and even then there was always the driver for chaperon, sitting above his little world and with his passengers well under his eye through the spy-hole in the roof." Sydney cabs were independently owned by their drivers. Many cabs had two drivers who alternated the day and night shifts. Cabs were regulated by the Metropolitan Transit Commissioners and fares were laid down by them in the 1890s at 1 shilling for 15 minutes at a speed of at least 6 mph (9.5 kph). Apparently the public objected to this "funeral" pace and cabs drove much faster. Licence fees cost one pound a year for the cab and 7/6d for the driver. However, the upfront cost of a "first class" turnout was 100 pounds and many drivers were virtually working for money lenders and financiers. The upkeep of a cab cost between 12 and 14 shillings a week and most cabs needed doing up every 3 months. Even in those times vandalism occurred with repairs to fittings and furnishings required such as replacing window blind tassels which had been cut off and replacing ruined carpets. As well as this the horse still needed to be fed, groomed and stabled. Many cab drivers began as horse bus drivers learning the routes prior to doing their cabbie's exam. Prospective cab drivers also needed a character endorsement form the Metropolitan Transit Commissioners. For the convenience of the public and to give the cab drivers a "fair go" Sydney cabs were allotted ranks and stands. A stand accommodated one to two cabs and was supplied from the nearest rank. The last stand was always visible from the rank and each stand was in sight of the next one. A licensed driver could take his turn on any rank, moving up to the head as the leading cab drove off to vacant stands. There were about 70 stands in the city and immediate suburbs, as well as 30 in outlying suburbs. The most profitable ranks were at the main railway terminus where up to 250 cabs an hour would be hired. Others were in St James Road and Macquarie Street north. In August 1908 the "Australasian Coachbuilder and Wheelwright" noted that in Sydney in 1888 "very few cabs were not of the old fashioned open type, but now the rubber-tyred brougham, light and easy running, with its closed doors and overhead connecting rods is the rule. It represents the highest point of cab evolution, but it looks as though it is the final challenge in its fight for the streets". Sydney's cabs began to gradually decline from the 1890s economic depression. They had competition from trams, the telephone, the bicycle, which was taken up by all classes and, from 1910, the motor taxi. This hansom cab was driven by its 73-year old owner Mr J. C
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What is the SI unit of electrical capacity?
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Electrical units of measurment (V,A,Ω,W,...) Volt (V) Volt is the electrical unit of voltage . One volt is the energy of 1 joule that is consumed when electric charge of 1 coulomb flows in the circuit. 1V = 1J / 1C Ampere (A) Ampere is the electrical unit of electrical current . It measures the amount of electrical charge that flows in an electrical circuit per 1 second. 1A = 1C / 1s Ohm is the electrical unit of resistance. 1Ω = 1V / 1A Watt is the electrical unit of electric power . It measures the rate of consumed energy. 1W = 1J / 1s 1W = 1V � 1A Decibel-milliwatt (dBm) Decibel-milliwatt or dBm is a unit of electric power , measured with logarithmic scale referenced to 1mW. 10dBm = 10 � log10(10mW / 1mW) Decibel-Watt (dBW) Decibel-watt or dBW is a unit of electric power , measured with logarithmic scale referenced to 1W. 10dBW = 10 � log10(10W / 1W) Farad (F) Farad is the unit of capacitance. It represents the amount of electric charge in coulombs that is stored per 1 volt. 1F = 1C / 1V Henry is the unit of inductance. 1H = 1Wb / 1A siemens is the unit of conductance, which is the opposite of resistance. 1S = 1 / 1Ω Coulomb is the unit of electric charge . 1C = 6.238792×1018 electron charges Ampere-hour (Ah) Ampere-hour is a unit of electric charge . One ampere-hour is the electric charge that flow in electrical circuit, when a current of 1 ampere is applied for 1 hour. 1Ah = 1A � 1hour One ampere-hour is equal to 3600 coulombs. 1Ah = 3600C Tesla is the unit of magnetic field. 1T = 1Wb / 1m2 Weber is the unit of magnetic flux. 1Wb = 1V � 1s Joule (J) Joule is the unit of energy. 1J = 1 kg � 1(m / s)2 Kilowatt-hour (kWh) Kilowatt-hour is a unit of energy. 1kWh = 1kW � 1h = 1000W � 1h Kilovolt-amps (kVA) Kilovolt-amps is a unit of power. 1kVA = 1kV � 1A = 1000 � 1V � 1A Hertz (Hz) Hertz is the unit of frequency. It measures the number of cycles per second. 1 Hz = 1 cycles / s
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Electrical Terms Z A ACTUATOR SOLENOID - The solenoid in the actuator housing on the back of the injection pump which moves the control rack as commanded by the engine controller. ALTERNATOR - A device which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. ALTERNATING CURRENT (AC) - A flow of electrons which reverses its direction of flow at regular intervals in a conductor. AMBIENT TEMPERATURE - The temperature of the surrounding medium, such as gas, air or liquid, which comes into contact with a particular component. AMMETER - An instrument for measuring the flow of electrical current in amperes. Ammeters are always connected in series with the circuit to be tested. AMPERE - A unit of measure for the flow of current in a circuit. One ampere is the amount of current flow provided when one volt of electrical pressure is applied against one ohm of resistance. The ampere is used to measure electricity much as "gallons per minute" is used to measure water flow. AMPERE-HOUR - A unit of measure for battery capacity. It is obtained by multiplying the current (in amperes) by the time (in hours) during which current flows. For example, a battery which provides 5 amperes for 20 hours is said to deliver 100 ampere - hours. AMPLIFIER - A device of electronic components used to increase power, voltage, or current of a signal. AMPLITUDE - A term used to describe the maximum value of a pulse or wave. It is the crest value measured from zero. ANALOG IC - lntegrated circuits composed to produce, amplify, or respond to variable voltages. They include many kinds of amplifiers that involve analog - to - digital conversions and vice versa, timers, and inverters. They are known as Operational Amplifier Circuits or OP - Amps. ANALOG GAUGE - A display device utilizing a varying current to cause a mechanical change in the position of its needle. ARMATURE - The movable part of a generator or motor. It is made up of conductors which rotate through a magnetic field to provide voltage or force by electromagnetic induction. The pivoted points in generator regulators are also called armatures. ARTIFICIAL MAGNETS - A magnet which has been magnetized by artificial means. It is also called, according to shape, a bar magnet or a horseshoe magnet. ATOM - A particle which is the smallest unit of a chemical element. It is made up mainly of electrons (minus charges) in orbit around protons (positive charges). AUXiliARY SPEED SENSOR - The engine speed sensor located on the engine timing gear cover. It serves as a back - up to the primary engine speed sensor. Back to Top B BENDIX DRIVE - One type flywheel engaging device for a starting motor. It is said to be mechanical because it engages by inertia. BREAK - See " Open ." BRUSH - A device which rubs against a rotating slip ring or commutator to provide a passage for electric current to a stationary conductor. CALIBRATION - The determination or rectification of the graduations used on a testing instrument. CAPACITOR - A device which stores electrical energy. Commonly used for filtering out voltage spikes. CHARGE - To restore the active materials in a storage battery by the passage of direct current through the battery cells in a direction opposite that of the discharging current. CURRENT - Movement of electricity along a conductor. Current is measured in amperes. CURRENT FLOW - The flow or movement of electrons from atom to atom in a conductor. CYCLE - The change in an alternating electrical sine wave from zero to a positive peak to zero to a negative peak and back to zero. CYCLING - The process by which a battery is discharged and recharged. Back to Top D DIAGNOSTIC CODE - A number which represents a problem detected by the eng
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What is traditionally given to celebrate the 60th wedding anniversary in the UK?
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Wedding Anniversary List: Names by Years Married - Disabled World Wedding Anniversary List: Names by Years Married Print Published: 2011-06-27 (Rev. 2015-06-04) - Contact: Ian Langtree at Disabled World Synopsis: A list of wedding anniversaries by year that includes the names of materials symbols and flowers associated with the anniversary. About Wedding Anniversary A wedding anniversary is defined as the anniversary of the date a wedding took place. Traditional names exist for some of them: for instance, 50 years of marriage is called a "golden wedding anniversary" or simply a "golden anniversary" or "golden wedding". Main Document "In the United States, one can receive a greeting from the President for any wedding anniversary on or after the 50th." What is a Wedding Anniversary? A wedding anniversary is the anniversary of the date a wedding took place. On a wedding anniversary in many countries it is traditional to give a gift to your partner (or couples) that symbolize the number of years of marriage. The names of some wedding anniversaries provide guidance for appropriate or traditional gifts for the spouses to give each other; if there is a party to celebrate the wedding anniversary these gifts can be brought by the guests and/or influence the theme or decoration of the venue. Jump-To: Ring Size Chart Lists of wedding anniversary gifts vary by country. Listed below is a list of wedding anniversaries by year that includes materials, symbols, and flowers associated with the occasion. Wedding anniversary names common to most nations include: Wooden (5th), Tin (10th), Crystal (15th), China (20th), Silver (25th), Pearl (30th), Ruby (40th), Golden (50th), and Diamond (60th). Wedding Anniversary Gifts List 77.4 Facts: Wedding Anniversary The celebration of wedding anniversaries dates back to Roman times when husbands gave their wives a silver wreath for 25 years of marriage, and a gold wreath for 50. Today there are traditional and modern materials related to each wedding anniversary, usually progressing from the weakest to the strongest as the years go by, to symbolize the strengthening of the relationship. In the United States, one can receive a greeting from the President for any wedding anniversary on or after the 50th. In the British Commonwealth domains you may receive a message from the monarch for your 60th, 65th, and 70th wedding anniversaries, and any wedding anniversary after that by applying to Buckingham Palace in the U.K., or to the Governor-General's office in the other Commonwealth realms. An exception being Australia and Canada. The delivery of congratulatory messages marking 100th birthdays and 60th wedding anniversaries is arranged by the Anniversaries Office at Buckingham Palace. In Canada you may also receive a message from the Governor General for the 50th anniversary, and every 5th anniversary after that. In Australia may receive a letter of congratulations from the Governor General on the 50th and all subsequent wedding anniversaries; the Prime Minister, the federal Opposition leader, local members of parliament (both state and federal), and state Governors may also send salutations for the same anniversaries. Roman Catholics may apply for a Papal blessing through their local diocese for wedding anniversaries of a special nature such as their 25th, 50th, 60th, etc. anniversaries.
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Who supplied the voice for Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy between 1977 and 1983?
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James Earl Jones - Biography - IMDb James Earl Jones Biography Showing all 74 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (55) | Personal Quotes (9) | Salary (2) Overview (3) 6' 1½" (1.87 m) Mini Bio (1) James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA. At an early age, he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964). He is probably best known for his role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy (for the voice only, as the man in the Darth Vader suit was David Prowse , whose voice was dubbed because of his British West Country accent). He has appeared on the animated series The Simpsons (1989) three times and played Mufasa in The Lion King (1994). James Earl Jones returned as the voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jadidi Spouse (2) Took acting lessons to control his stutter. Son, with Cecilia Hart : Flynn Earl Jones. Had a stuttering problem as a child and said very little as a child; still struggles with the problem and says he has to think about what he says carefully before saying it (impressive, since he is known widely for his voice). Provided the thunderous voice (uncredited) of Darth Vader, the villain of the original Star Wars trilogy. Son of prizefighter-turned-actor Robert Earl Jones , from whom he was (allegedly) estranged long into adulthood. Yet they starred together in a well-received stage revival of John Steinbeck 's "Of Mice and Men", as Lennie Small and Crooks, respectively ( Kevin Conway also starred in the play, as George Milton). He's the commanding voice that says "This is CNN". Attended and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1955. His first time acting was at the Ramsdell Theater in Manistee, Michigan. Attended and graduated from Kaleva-Norman-Dickson High School in Brethren. Grew up in the small town of Dublin, Michigan. Callers using Bell Atlantic pay phones often hear Jones's voice assuring them "Welcome to Bell Atlantic", just before a female voice asks for a calling card number. Was once a United States Army officer after college. His "death" was announced during a live broadcast of an NBA playoff game in April 1998. The deceased was actually James Earl Ray , the convicted assassin of Martin Luther King . He received the John F. Kennedy Centre Honour in December 2002. Narrated the documentary Black Indians: An American Story (2001) , which explores issues of racial identity between the mixed-descent peoples of both Native American and African American heritage. Jones himself is a Black Indian. Announced the forty-fifth greatest movie villain of all time by Maxim Magazine's "Fifty Greatest Movie Villains of All Time" list for his character of Darth Vader in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). Co-starred with Madge Sinclair five times. Has won two Tony Awards: in 1969, as Best Actor (Dramatic), for "The Great White Hope", a role he recreated in an Oscar-nominated performance in the film version of the same title, The Great White Hope (1970) and in 1987, as Best Actor (Play), for August Wilson 's "Fences". In the original Star Wars trilogy, he and Billy Dee Williams were the only black actors to play major roles. One of Billy Dee Williams ' other roles was the title role in Scott Joplin (1977). Scott Joplin 's ragtime music was used as the score for The Sting (1973), which features James's father, Robert Earl Jones . Has appeared in the animated comedy Robots (2005) with Stanley Tucci . In a television biopic of Peter Sellers , Stanley Tucci played Stanley Kubrick , who directed Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), which was also Jones' first film. He was the first established celebrity to appear on the series Sesame Street (1969).
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Star Wars Day: May the 4th Be With You | StarWars.com tv shows Why is May the 4th Called Star Wars Day? // Say “May the 4th Be With You” out loud and you’ll hear the pun that Star Wars fans worldwide have turned into a rallying cry to proclaim their love of the saga. It’s the worldwide day to say “May the Force be with you” to all, and celebrate the beloved Star Wars story that binds our galaxy together. One of the earliest known records of “May the 4th” used in popular culture is in 1979, as described here by author Alan Arnold while he was chronicling the making of The Empire Strikes Back for Lucasfilm: Friday, May 4 “Margaret Thatcher has won the election and become Britain’s first woman prime minister. To celebrate their victory her party took a half page of advertising space in the London Evening News. This message, referring to the day of victory, was ‘May the Fourth Be With You, Maggie. Congratulations,’ further proof of the extent to which Star Wars has influenced us all.” Once the Internet allowed Star Wars fans around the world to connect with one another, May the 4th soon became a grassroots tradition each year, with fans online and offline proclaiming it “Star Wars Day.” While the idea of May the 4th did not start with Lucasfilm, the film company that created Star Wars has fully embraced the spirit of fandom that makes the day so special. StarWars.com as well as the official Star Wars social media channels (hashtag #StarWarsDay ) help spread the word and showcase fan activity. More and more official partners have offered sales, giveaways and exclusives, and have hosted parties and other activities to mark the day. May the 4th kicks off a season of celebration, particularly since the month of May has always been important to Star Wars fans. The six live-action movies of the Star Wars saga debuted in May (starting with the original Star Wars on May 25, 1977). The month of May includes George Lucas’ birthday (May 14, 1944), and has been the traditional start date of the popular Star Wars Weekends at Walt Disney World Resort. With the launch of a new era of Star Wars thanks to The Force Awakens — which continues with Rogue One later this year — this day to celebrate the saga and its amazing fans is bigger (and more fun) than it’s ever been. Video //
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Epiphany - Credo Reference Topic Page: Epiphany Definition: Epiphany from Philip's Encyclopedia Christian feast celebrated on January 6. It originated in the Eastern Church as an observance of the baptism of Jesus. In the West, it became associated with the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles and more particularly it has come to celebrate the coming of the Magi (Three Wise Men). Summary Article: Epiphany from Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices Image from: The Adoration of the Magi, oil painting by... in Britannica Concise Encyclopedia Falling on January 6, Epiphany is a Christian feast that celebrates the revelation of God in human form in the person of Jesus Christ. In Greek, the word “epiphany” means “manifestation” and in Eastern Christian tradition the event is called “Theophany,” which means “manifestation of God.” In the Eastern tradition, it falls on January 19. Roman Catholics will often celebrate it on the Sunday closest to January 6. The Western observance commemorates the visitation of the biblical Magi to the child Jesus, stressing the appearance of Jesus to the Gentiles. In many Hispanic and European churches, it is also known as Three Kings Day. Eastern Christians include the baptism of Jesus in their celebration, highlighting Christ’s revelation to the world as the Son of God. Marking the 12th day of Christmas, Epiphany brings to an end the Advent and Christmas seasons. The day begins an extended period of “Ordinary Time” in the Christian year that focuses on the mission of the church in the world to reveal Jesus as the Son of God. It is also a time of focusing on Christian unity and fellowship across ethnic and racial lines. Originating in Eastern Christian churches, the earliest reference to the feast is found in 361 CE in the writings of Ammianus Marcellinus (ca. 330-395 CE). In a sermon delivered on December 25, 380, Gregory of Nazianzus (329-389 CE) referred to the day “the Theophany” and explained how in the coming weeks the church would be celebrating “the holy nativity of Christ.” On January 6 and 7, he preached two more sermons, declaring that the celebration of the birth of Christ and the visitation of the Magi had already taken place and now Christ’s baptism would be recognized. Originally, the day was part of the Christmas celebrations of the nativity, but by 534 CE, the Western church had separated it as a commemoration of the coming of the Magi. The Eastern church continued to celebrate January 6 as a composite feast for some time, but eventually reserved January 6 as a commemoration of the baptism of Jesus. The colors of Epiphany are usually the colors of Christmas, white and gold. Epiphany liturgies stress the universal mission of Jesus Christ and his church to all peoples throughout the whole world. While Anglicans and Lutherans observe Epiphany, most Protestant churches ignore it and collapse into Christmas their discussion of the visit of the Magi and the related custom of giving gifts. In the last generation, with the spread of the acknowledgment of the liturgical year among some of the large Protestant groups (Methodists, Presbyterians), some notice of Epiphany has emerged. Epiphany is the reference for the popular Christmas song, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” See also: Christmas; Eastern Orthodoxy; Liturgical Year; Roman Catholic Church. References Cullmann, Oscar. “The Origin of Christmas.” In The Early Church, edited by A. Higgins, 21-36. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1956. Martindale, Cyril Charles. “Epiphany.” In The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 5. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. Merras, Merja. The Origins of the Celebration of the Christian Feast of Epiphany. Joensuu, Finland: Joensuu University Press, 1995. Talley, Thomas J. The Origins of the Liturgical Year. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1991. Quast, Kevin MLA Quast, K., & Quast. (2010). Epiphany. In J. G. Melton, & M. Baumann (Eds.), Religions of the world: a comprehensive encyclopedia of beliefs and practices. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. Retrieved from ht
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Avery Island | TABASCO.COM Welcome to Avery Island – Our Louisiana Home. Since 1868, our Original Red Sauce has been made on Avery Island. Visitors can tour our modern-day factory on Avery Island. TABASCO® products and merchandise can be purchased in the Country Store. Majestic live oaks draped with Spanish moss dot the island landscape. Each spring, azaleas flower, bringing bright colors to Jungle Gardens. Snowy egrets return to “Bird City” in Jungle Gardens each year. Come visit us soon – and bring the whole family! Dine at Restaurant 1868, a casual eatery serving South Louisiana cuisine & more.
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Inspired by lucid dreaming and corporate espionage, it won Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Cinematography. Which film is it?
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Inception Trailer HD - YouTube Inception Trailer HD Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jul 17, 2014 Inception is a 2010 science fiction heist thriller film written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan. The film stars a large ensemble cast that includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao, Cillian Murphy, Tom Berenger, and Michael Caine. DiCaprio plays a professional thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets. He is offered a chance of redemption as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious. Shortly after finishing Insomnia (2002), Nolan wrote an 80-page treatment about "dream stealers" envisioning a horror film inspired by lucid dreaming and presented the idea to Warner Bros. Feeling he needed to have more experience with large-scale film production, Nolan retired the project and instead worked on Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), and The Dark Knight (2008). He spent six months revising the script before Warner Bros. purchased it in February 2009. Inception was filmed in six countries and four continents, beginning in Tokyo on June 19, 2009, and finishing in Canada on November 22, 2009. Its official budget was US$160 million; a cost which was split between Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures. Nolan's reputation and success with The Dark Knight helped secure the film's $100 million in advertising expenditure, with most of the publicity involving viral marketing. Inception 's premièr was held in London on July 8, 2010; its wide release to both conventional and IMAX theaters began on July 16, 2010. A box office success, Inception has grossed over $800 million worldwide becoming the 41st-highest-grossing film of all time. The home video market also had strong results, with $68 million in DVD and Blu-ray sales. Inception has received wide critical acclaim and numerous critics have praised its originality, cast, score, and visual effects. It won 4 Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects, and was nominated for four more: Best Picture, Best Original Score, Best Art Direction, and Best Original Screenplay. Category
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The History of the Academy Awards: Best Picture – 1948 | News from the Boston Becks News from the Boston Becks The life and times of Erik, Veronica and Thomas 26 June, 2010 The History of the Academy Awards: Best Picture – 1948 [4] Comments Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons in the "Get thee to a nunnery" scene in Hamlet (1948) The 21st Academy Awards, for the film year 1948 . The nominations were announced on February 10, 1949 and the awards were held on March 24, 1949. Best Picture: Hamlet The Treasure of the Sierra Madre The Red Shoes Most Surprising Omission: The Search Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Red River Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years: #39 The Race: Before the end of January, what would end up being the best reviewed film of 1948 (one which later critics would agree) had already been released: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. But Treasure wasn’t nearly as much of a hit at the box office as either Johnny Belinda or The Snake Pit. Johnny Belinda ended up being Warner Bros. biggest hit of the year and The Snake Pit ended up as the highest grossing film of the year. All three films were in the race along with Red River, the film that, as John Ford put it, showed that John Wayne could act, and The Search, the big hit from newcomer Montgomery Clift (who also starred in Red River). But the real competition turned out to be from Britain, where Michae Powell’s The Red Shoes and Laurence Olivier’s film version of Hamlet were critical hits. The first of the awards didn’t seem to bring much to the race as The National Board of Review gave Best Picture and Director to Paisan, an Italian film that hadn’t yet opened in Los Angeles and thus wasn’t eligible. Their Top 10 did include all of the major contenders except for Red River. The New York Film Critics went with Treasure for Best Picture and Director but their Best Actor award went to Olivier and Hollywood began to get a bit nervous. The Golden Globes added to the haul for Treasure, as it won Best Picture and Director (tying for Picture with Johnny Belinda), though Olivier again won Best Actor. The Writers Guild and Directors Guild decided to get into the awards act and Treasure and Snake Pit would both win WGA awards, but both awards were announced months after the Oscars. The Results: Things suddenly looked good for Johnny Belinda on nomination day when it received 12 nominations, tied for second all-time, becoming only the second film (along with Mrs. Miniver) to get nominated for Picture, Director, Screenplay and all four acting awards. Hamlet was in a distant second with only 7 nominations and had not received a Screenplay nomination, something no film had won Best Picture without since 1933 (though that film was Cavalcade, the only British film to win Best Picture). Johnny Belinda was favored to win and Variety predicted that it would. However, when Ethel Barrymore went up to announce Best Picture, it was more up in the air. Johnny Belinda had only won one award (Actress), Treasure had yet to lose, winning Director, Screenplay and Supporting Actor and Hamlet was tied for the lead with Treasure with 3 Oscars on the night. Barrymore opened the envelope and was clearly disappointed to find Hamlet inside as she had publicly criticized the film as being inferior to her brother John’s stage production. But Hamlet had won. Bearing in mind that the book Oscar Dearest by Peter H. Brown and Jim Pinkston has numerous errors and is incredibly subjective, it notes some interesting back story to this race. After previous nominations for British films like Henry V and Great Expectations, the studios were beginning to panic when Hamlet seemed to be rising to the top of the class. As detailed on pages 30-32, executives from the Big Five (Warner Bros, MGM, Paramount, 20th Century Fox and RKO) met in New York and decided to withdraw their financial support from the Academy (according to Tom O’Neill, it was actually the three minor-major companies, Columbia, Republic and Universal that withdrew; Inside Oscar claims that the Big Five withdrew and
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In which country is it a tradition to hide all brooms in the house on Christmas Eve?
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Christmas Traditions Around The World Christmas Traditions Around The World Christmas Traditions Every now and then we find customs that are delightfully funny and a joy to pass on to our readers. Here we present our top ten examples of strange, funny and unusual Christmas rituals from around the world. Indeed, it is tradition that give countries their individual characteristics. Burning of the Goat - A Very Funny Swedish Christmas Custom What started-off as an act of vandalism has become one of the most interesting Christmas traditions in Sweden. For over 40 years the Swedish town of Gavle has erected a giant Goat made of straw to mark the beginning of the Christmas holiday season. Every year vandals do everything they can to burn down the goat before Christmas Day. People ingeniously disguise themselves as Santa Claus or elves to get past the guardians and ignite the straw monument. However, since 1966, the Straw Goat has survived until Christmas Day only 10 times. Hide The Broom - A Funny Norwegian Tradition The hiding of all brooms on Christmas Eve night is apparently a very old Norwegian tradition. In days gone by people believed witches and evil spirits come out on this night looking for brooms to ride on, so they hid them in the safest places possible. Nowadays, Norwegian women still hide their brooms, mops and brushes before going to sleep, while the men sometimes sneak out of the house and fire a shotgun to scare off the witches. Knocking Nights in Germany Germany used to hold "knocking Nights" [Klöpfelnachte] on the three Thursdays before Christmas. Traditionally children used to dress in masks, bang lids and clang cowbells as they walked through their neighbourhood knocking on doors, reciting a poem and receiving a treat in return. Sounds a little like trick or treat to Will and Guy. The bottom right mask looks like Boris Becker, but who are the other faces? Ξ Unusual Romance Japanese Style In Japan Christmas is widely celebrated as a day for romance, a day for sweet-hearts much like Valentine's Day in other countries. Christmas cake is popular but it is a strawberry cream sponge with no traditional ingredients in sight. The main Christmas dish is a popular fast food fried chicken as that is how a traditional Christmas meal is depicted in local advertising. Women of 25 years and older who are single are jokingly referred to as "unsold Christmas cake". Not very friendly think Will and Guy. Note: Sending red Christmas cards to anyone in Japan constitutes bad etiquette, since funeral notices there are customarily printed in red. Food Throwing - A Strange Christmas Custom from Slovakia and Ukraine Will and Guy consider this Christmas ritual to be a rather messy one and we suggest that you do not try this at home. At the beginning of Christmas Eve dinner, the head of the family takes a spoon of *Loksa and throws it up at the ceiling. The more mixture that remains glued on the ceiling the richer his crops will be the following year. Food throwing is a custom popular in many areas of Slovakia and the Ukraine, but the women that have to clean up the mess don't like it so much. We are not surprised! A traditional Christmas dish made out of bread, poppy seed filling and water for the event. More Ukrainian Christmas Traditions An artificial spider and web are often included in the decorations on Ukrainian Christmas trees. A spider web found on Christmas morning is believed to bring good luck. (Because it kills flies in Champagne!). A traditional Christmas bread called 'kolach' is placed in the centre of the dining table. This bread is braided into a ring, and three such rings are placed one on top of the other with a candle in the middle of the top one. The three rings symbolize the Christian Holy Trinity. Θ Father Christmas Children's Tradition in Canada In Canada Father Christmas has his own personal zip code [postcode]; it is the alphanumeric number: H0H 0H0. (Ho-Ho-Ho) In this way people who write to Santa know that their letter wi
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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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The Ffestiniog Railway runs from Blaenau Ffestiniog to which other Welsh town?
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Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways | About Us About Us Train travel as it should be done Outstanding scenery, comfortable carriages and historic steam engines await you here in the heart of Snowdonia. Glorious coastlines, ancient oak woodlands, mountains, rivers and castles, all beckon as you embark on your journey on our award winning railways. Double Fairlie 'David Lloyd George' steams through the Vale Of Ffestiniog With some of the most comfortable carriages on any preserved railway - standard or narrow gauge - you can step back in time to a more civilised age. Relax and enjoy the stunning scenery of Snowdonia in comfort, with at-seat buffet service, snacks, refreshments and a fully-licenced bar featuring locally-brewed award-winning beers. As the oldest railway company in the world still operating trains, we know a bit about what makes a journey special. Even a short trip on our railways will help you unwind - so much so, we think you'll want to do it all over again... The Ffestiniog Railway is the world's oldest narrow gauge railway with almost 200 years of history, taking you on a 13½-mile journey from the harbour in Porthmadog to the slate-quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. We still operate three of our original locomotives - over 150 years old - and original carriages, offering an unrivalled journey back into the golden age of rail travel. Our historic trains climb over 700 feet from sea level into the mountains through tranquil pastures and magnificent forests, past lakes and waterfalls, round tight bends (even a complete spiral) clinging to the side of the mountain or tunnelling through it. Discover why engineers from around the world visited the Ffestiniog to see how it should be done. A Welsh Highland Railway Garratt heads through the Aberglaslyn Pass towards Beddgelert The Welsh Highland Railway is the UK's longest heritage railway and runs for 25 miles from Caernarfon, past the foot of Snowdon and the picture postcard village of Beddgelert, then through the stunning Aberglaslyn Pass and on to Porthmadog. Passengers ride in some of the most comfortable carriages on any heritage railway in the UK, including first class Pullman luxury and freshly-cooked food delivered to your seat. 2014 saw the opening of the new £1.25 million Porthmadog Harbour Station, offering greatly-improved passenger facilities and a convenient cross-platform interchange between the two railways. "The best British train journey ever!" - This railway is fantastic. I cannot imagine a much better train journey in the UK. We each sat in a large comfortable armchair with a great view. My kids loved it as did I" (TripAdvisor)
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Towns Towns Towns Think of Anglesey and you’ll no doubt picture our stunning coastline, but venture a little further and you’ll find beautiful towns and villages that are well worth exploring. Holyhead may be best known for being the busiest UK Irish Ferry port, but it‘s also home to the Breakwater Country Park , ideal for bird watching and experiencing wildlife first hand. For history and art discover Llangefni , often referred to as the cultural centre of Anglesey. Alternatively, explore the Copper Kingdom and old harbour in the peaceful town of Amlwch . On the banks of the Menai Strait you’ll find the pretty town of Menai Bridge , home to two stunning bridges , Thomas Telford’s Menai Suspension Bridge and the Robert Stephenson’s Britannia Bridge. In town you’ll find great pubs and restaurants, while a stroll along the Belgium promenade to the church of St Tysilio offers stunning views of the Strait itself. But if the coast is too much of a temptation head to Beaumaris , a captivating seaside town where you can stroll by the seafront, along its recently refurbished pier and enjoy distant views of Snowdonia, or wander through charming streets with their picturesque colourful cottages. Other Things to do 'What's On' 'Anglesey is an island that is truly alive with verve and whether the summer sun is gently warming the soft sand on our beautiful beaches, or the autumn winds are...' 'Where To Stay' 'Anglesey has everything you need for a truly unforgettable stay. There are quaint, quiet harbours to help you relax or rugged and mysterious coastlines ready to inspire...' Other Attractions 'Amlwch' 'The town of Amlwch, on the north east coast of Anglesey, is a major draw for those interested in industrial heritage. ' 'Beaumaris' 'Beaumaris is a captivating seaside town, with its mix of medieval, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian architecture. ' 'Holyhead' 'The origins of Holyhead (Caergybi) date from 450AD, when Celtic King Caswallon defeated Irish invaders on Holy Island.' 'Llangefni' 'Llangefni is Anglesey’s county town and principal administrative centre. It is also a major cultural centre.' 'Menai Bridge' 'Situated on the banks of the Menai Strait, Menai Bridge’s two impressive bridges provide Anglesey’s physical links with the mainland.' Receive the latest news & updates FIND US
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Carlos Acosta — People — Royal Opera House Carlos Acosta in Don Quixote © ROH/Johan Persson, 2013 Cuban dancer Carlos Acosta was a Principal Guest Artist of The Royal Ballet 2003–16. He has danced with many of the leading ballet companies in the world. He joined The Royal Ballet in 1998 and became a Principal Guest Artist in 2003. His many roles for the Company included Siegfried (Swan Lake), Albrecht (Giselle), The Prince (The Nutcracker), Des Grieux (Manon), Prince Florimund (The Sleeping Beauty), Basilio (Don Quixote) and Apollo. He has staged Don Quixote and created the new work Carmen for the Company. Acosta was born in Havana and trained at the National Ballet School of Cuba, going on to dance with the English National Ballet, the National Ballet of Cuba and the Houston Ballet. The culture and history of his home country have been important influences throughout his career, and in 2003 his show Tocororo – A Cuban Tale, loosely based on his childhood, broke box office records at Sadler’s Wells Theatre. His 2007 autobiography No Way Home was a UK bestseller, and he published his first novel, Pig’s Foot, in 2013. His film appearances include in Day of the Flowers and Our Kind of Traitor. Since leaving The Royal Ballet he has founded the dance company Acosta Danza in Cuba. Acosta has received many awards throughout his career, including an Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Dance in 2007, a Prix Benois de la Danse in 2008 and an Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2014 Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards. In 2014 he was appointed a CBE for services to ballet. Videos
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Stravinsky: The Genius Who Wrote The Rite of Spring Stravinsky: The Genius Who Wrote The Rite of Spring by DavidPaulWagner Igor Stravinsky's brilliant music scores stir up a lot of excitement. In fact, there was a riot at the premiere of his ballet "The Rite of Spring" and the police were called! In one of the most sensational events in music history, there was a riot when Stravinsky's ballet, "The RIte of Spring", was first staged and the police were called in! The music and choreography of the ballet were viewed as just too rhythmically powerful and "primitive". Today his works no longer cause riots but they still stir up passion and excitement! Let us look at the life, music and legacy of this leading 20th century composer. Life of Igor Stravinsky Stravinksy was born in St Petersburg, Russia in 1882. He started studying law but then, from 1902, began to learn music composition and instrumentation under the composer, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. In 1909 two of Stravinsky's orchestral compositions were heard by Sergei Diaghilev, the Russian ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes (Russian Ballets). Diaghilev was impressed and commissioned him to compose a ballet score, The Firebird (French title, L'oiseau de feu). In 1910 Stravinsky moved from Russia to Paris and then to Switzerland. Over the next few years he composed more works for the Ballets Russes -- the ballet Petrushka, the ballet The Rite of Spring (French title, Le sacre du printemps), and the neo-classical ballet Pulcinella. In 1913 the audience at the Paris premiere of his ballet, The Rite of Spring, was so scandalized by the orchestral music and by the representation of a blood sacrifice and primitive fertility dances on stage, that a riot broke out and the police had to be called. The riot was actually great for publicity and overnight Stravinsky became the world's most famous composer. From 1920 until 1939 Stravinsky lived in France. The works of this period included the opera-oratorio, Oedipus Rex (1927), the Symphony of Psalms (1930), and the ballet The Card Party (1936). Stravinsky moved residence again in 1939 when he traveled to the United States, where he was to reside until his death. In America he composed ballets such as Orpheus (1947) and The Rake's Progress (1951) and serial music influenced by Schoenberg and Berg, the latter works including his Canticum Sacrum (1955), the ballet Agon (1953-57) and the Requiem Canticles (1966). He toured the world conducting his works, with trips to Australia, Africa and to Soviet Russia (where his work had been banned for almost 30 years until Premier Krushchev invited him for a state visit in 1962). Stravinsky died in New York in 1971. The Rite of Spring (by Igor Stravinsky) With the Joffrey Ballet (1987) Stravinsky's Musical Works Stravinsky's works can be divided into three periods: (1) The Russian Period (1908-19) His earliest music shows a truly original style (e.g. polyrhythms and dissonances) but with some influences from Russian folk music and from Rimsky-Korsakov and Debussy. He first burst onto the world scene with his three celebrated ballets: The Firebird (1910) The Rite of Spring (1913) After these came works with a new, more austere style. For example: Histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale) (1918) the ballet Les Noces (The Wedding) (1914; 1919) (2) The Neoclassical Period (1920-54) His neoclassical works included: the opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex (1927) Symphonie des Psaumes (Symphony of Psalms) (1930) the ballet Orpheus (1947) the opera The Rake's Progress (1951) In this period Stravinsky became eclectic and was influence by everything from plainsong to Beethoven to jazz and swing. He also collaborated with great writers such as Jean Cocteau and W. H. Auden. (3) The Serial Period (1954-68) In this period Stravinsky used serial techniques such as we see in the composers Alban Berg and Arnold Schoenberg. From the latter he adopted dodecaphony (or twelve-tone technique). Works in this period included: Canticum Sacrum (1955) Requiem Canticles (1966) Stravinksy Conducts The Firebird Rare vide
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What does kamikaze mean? definition, meaning and pronunciation (Free English Language Dictionary) Hypernyms ("kamikaze" is a kind of...): airplane pilot ; pilot (someone who is licensed to operate an aircraft in flight) suicide bomber (a terrorist who blows himself up in order to kill or injure other people) Domain region: Japan ; Nihon ; Nippon (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Learn English with... Proverbs of the week "Hard words break no bones." (English proverb) "Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant." (Native American proverb, Kiowa) "Seek education from the cradle to the grave." (Arabic proverb) "A good dog gets a good bone." (Corsican proverb) KAMIKAZE: related words searches
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What English words come from Japanese? Next: What "false friends" are there between Japanese and English? What English words come from Japanese? This page lists some examples of English words which have origins in Japanese. In some cases, the English word has a different meaning, spelling, or pronunciation from the original Japanese. Adzuki From azuki (小豆) A kind of bean. In Japanese, the word is pronounced a-zu-ki without any "d" sound. The "d" in "adzuki" is a relic of a non-standard system of romanization where づ is romanized as "dzu". See What is the "kwa" in "kwaidan"? Anime Anime is a contracted form of animēshon ( アニメーション ) (from English "animation"). The word "anime" is now used in English to mean "Japanese animation". See also What are contracted words like rimokon? Bokeh From boke (ぼけ) A photographic term meaning deliberately out of focus. The "h" at the end of "bokeh" is used to indicate the pronunciation "boh-keh" rather than "boak". See also What does boke mean? Bonsai The art of growing miniature trees. Bukkake From bukkake (ぶっかけ) A sexual practice. In Japanese, this just means "splash on", without necessarily any sexual connotations. See What does bukkake mean? Edamame Soy beans. See also soy . Emoji The Japanese term means either a foldable mattress (shikibuton ( 敷き布団 ) or a duvet (kakebuton ( 掛け布団 ). The wooden framed sofa-bed called a "futon" in Western countries is not related to the Japanese futon, which contains no wood at all, and is usually laid on the floor on top of tatami. Ginkgo From ichō, ginnan (銀杏) A kind of tree and its nut. "Ginkgo" was given to this plant by German botanist Engelbert Kaempfer in the seventeenth century based on a Japanese source. "Ginkgo" may have been a mistaken transcription of an alternative pronunciation ginkyō of the kanji word 銀杏 with a g for the y. [1] Go A game played with black and white stones. Haiku From haiku (俳句) Although "haiku" has become a kind of poetry in English consisting of seventeen English syllables, the meaning in Japanese is a seventeen-syllable poem which contains a seasonal word or phrase, kigo ( 季語 ). The meaning of "syllables" is also different from English, since the seventeen "syllables" are moras ("beats") rather than true syllables. See What is the difference between a mora and a syllable? Hibachi A style of flower arranging. Ikebana literally means "living flowers". Kabuki A form of humorous drama. Kaizen A business practice. The Japanese word just means "improvement". Kanban From kanban (看板) A business practice. The Japanese word just means "sign", as in a road sign or advertising hoarding. Karaoke From karaoke (カラオケ) The word "karaoke" in Japanese means the backing track for a singer. It originates from kara ( 空 ), "empty" and oke ( オケ ), an abbreviation for "orchestra" (see What are contracted words like rimokon? ). It is usually written all in katakana. Kimono From kimono (着物) A "kimono" is usually made of silk and worn with an obi. The dressing gown called a kimono in the west is closer to the Japanese yukata ( 浴衣 In Japan, this is a tea made from kombu ( 昆布 ), a kind of seaweed. The English meaning has broadened to include other kinds of teas. Kudzu From kuzu (葛) The English word is used for the root of the plant. The Japanese word means the plant itself, a kind of climbing vine which grows as a weed. Like "adzuki", the "d" in kudzu is a relic of a former romanization system, see What is the "kwa" in "kwaidan"? Manga From manga (漫画) Manga just means "comics" or "cartoons" in Japan, but has come to mean "Japanese comics" in English. Mirin
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Cecil Parkinson cuts lovechild with Asperger's out of his will Cecil Parkinson cuts lovechild with Asperger's out of his will Cecil Parkinson had once been tipped as a Conservative Party leader Credit: Rex Featrues Camilla Turner 27 April 2016 • 9:40am Cecil Parkinson, the former cabinet minister, left nothing in his will to the lovechild he fathered with his secretary, it has emerged. The late Tory grandee, who was a close ally of Margaret Thatcher, had a daughter with his mistress Sara Keays in 1983 then fought a bitter court battle to keep her existence a secret. Sara Keays pictured with her daughter Flora Credit: Rex Features Parkinson, who died in January aged 84, had once been tipped as a Conservative Party leader but was forced to resign from the front bench after the affair and Flora's birth became public knowledge. He secured a gagging order which stopped the Press from reporting on his illegitimate child, who has Asperger’s syndrome, until she turned 18. Now it has emerged that he left his fortune to his wife Ann and their three daughters Mary, Emma and Joanna, cutting out lovechild Flora entirely. The politician and former Conservative Party chairman wrote in his will: “Having made separate provision for my daughter Flora Keays I make no provision for her under this my will,” according to The Sun. It is unclear what the “separate provision” entails, but it is thought to be a reference to the money Parkinson paid his former secretary for their daughter's upbringing. He lived in a listed mansion in Hertfordshire which is now on the market £2million, with the proceeds set to go to his wife. The Tory politician, who was created Baron Parkinson after resigning from politics, and served in the House of Lords, had extensive business interests and amassed millions of pounds over his lifetime. He served as a director of more than a dozen companies and chaired the web start-up Planet Online which was sold for £85million in 1998. “Having made separate provision for my daughter Flora Keays I make no provision for her under this my will” Cecil Parkinson's will However, none of his fortune will go to Flora, 32, who was left with severe health problems after undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumour at the age of four, and was later diagnosed with Asperger's. When the court order was lifted in 2002, she revealed that Parkinson had never inquired after her wellbeing or even sent her a birthday card, although he claimed to have spent £500,000 supporting her. Parkinson had been widely seen as the architect of Thatcher's 1983 election victory, and was rewarded with an appointment as Secretary of State for Trade and Industry. However, he was forced to resign a few months later when news of his affair with Ms Keays became public. The MP was able to return to the front benches in 1987 as Energy Secretary and then transport Secretary, later moving to the House of Lords and becoming a chairman of the Tory party. From 1993 to 2001, it was illegal for the media to make any reference to Flora's existence because of a court order sought by Parkinson. Follow Telegraph News News latest 18 Jan 2017, 10:10pm
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William Hague quits as foreign secretary in cabinet reshuffle - BBC News BBC News William Hague quits as foreign secretary in cabinet reshuffle 15 July 2014 Close share panel Media captionNewsnight's Allegra Stratton looks back at William Hague's political career William Hague has stood down as foreign secretary, but will stay in the cabinet as Leader of the Commons, Downing Street has said. At least 12 men will leave their posts in the significant reshuffle, including Ken Clarke who is standing down. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is leaving the cabinet and is expected to be replaced by education minister Liz Truss. Philip Hammond has accepted the role of foreign secretary. Labour described the reshuffle as "the massacre of the moderates". Mr Hague is to leave Parliament at the 2015 general election after 26 years as MP for Richmond, North Yorkshire. Senior ministers have told the BBC that the current defence secretary, Philip Hammond, will replace Mr Hague. Image caption William Hague leaves Downing Street after a brief visit on Tuesday morning Prime Minister David Cameron said: "William Hague has been one of the leading lights of the Conservative Party for a generation, leading the party and serving in two cabinets. "Not only has he been a first-class foreign secretary - he has also been a close confidant, a wise counsellor and a great friend. "He will remain as first secretary of state and my de facto political deputy in the run up to the election - and it is great to know that he will be a core part of the team working to ensure an outright Conservative victory." Ken Clarke told Radio 4's Today programme that he felt it was "time to step down". He said: "If you do work beyond the normal retirement age, I think actually you should prepare to decide you're going to go before people are starting to scratch their head and think of reasons to get rid of you." Speaking on Mr Cameron's latest changes, he said: "He doesn't have many reshuffles which is a very good thing so ministers find out what their job is and then he wants a reshuffle, which looks like the sort of government he wants in the next Parliament. "That's what he's done and guys like me who have done a few decades in government took the opportunity to retire." He added it was "superficial" for people to become obsessed with the gender balance of the cabinet and that Mr Cameron had made "enormous efforts" to get women in. Analysis Chris Mason, BBC political correspondent As reshuffles go, this is David Cameron's biggest. And if you want to know how it looks, you needn't look any further than a tweet from Conservative MP Alistair Burt: "I'm really worried that this reshuffle will leave the PM short of middle aged white men in Govt. I'm selflessly ready Dave!" In other words, there is something of a cull of what critics have called "the male, pale and stale" and what is expected next is the promotion of faces and voices that are seen to better represent contemporary Britain. So popping up on a telly near you soon: more ministers who are women and more ministers with regional accents, in more prominent roles. Mr Hague said: "I am delighted to be able to serve as Leader of the House of Commons, and to be able to campaign for Conservative candidates across the country. I want to finish in frontline politics as I began - speaking in Parliament and campaigning among the voters. "After the general election I will return to my writing, while still giving very active support to the Conservative Party and campaigning on international causes I believe in." The prime minister is understood to have held a series of meetings in his House of Commons office on Monday with ministers. Astonishing early success, followed by bitter failure and a rise to the top of national - and even international - politics BBC political editor Nick Robinson said the current occupant of the Commons leader post, ex-health secretary Andrew Lansley, had left the government. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson is effectively being fired, our correspondent added. Other Conservative MPs to have los
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Hades, Greek God of the Underworld And Hades, Zeus of the Underworld, the Greek god known also as the Roman god Pluto. Hades, Greek God of The Underworld Hades, like his brothers and sisters, was swallowed at birth by his father, the Titan ruler Cronus, to prevent the fulfillment of a prophecy that one of his offspring would grow up to replace him on the throne. Years later his younger brother Zeus (who had been hidden away by their mother to prevent him from also being swallowed) made Cronus vomit up his siblings, and then led them in a battle to overthrow the Titans. Knowing they would need armor, weapons, and troops to win the war, the three brothers, Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, traveled to the Underworld to release the Cyclopes from their captivity. The Cyclopes were a tribe of one-eyed giants who were fine metal smiths. Cronus had imprisoned them in Tartarus, a region in the Underworld that functioned both as a prison and as a place of exile and punishment, rather like our modern vision of hell. The Cyclopes, grateful for their release, crafted gifts for the brothers - thunderbolts for Zeus, a trident (three pronged spear) for Poseidon, and a magic helmet that rendered the wearer invisible for Hades. The war was long and bloody, and Hades fought ferociously on the battlefront and proved himself a valiant warrior. The younger generation finally won when Hades, wearing his helmet of invisibility crept up on Cronus, Poseidon pinned him down with his trident, and Zeus rendered him unconscious by striking him with a thunderbolt. Once the battle with the Titans was over, the brothers drew lots to determine which regions each of them would rule. Poseidon won the oceans, Zeus the sky (which made him the supreme ruler over all the gods and goddesses as well), and Hades drew the Underworld. This seemed to suit Hades just fine. The Greek god Hades, ruler of the Underworld, spent little time with his Olympian siblings, preferring instead to withdraw to his own space and to mind his own business, so to speak. And surely his divine responsibility was large -- the management of the Underworld, an underground kingdom wherein lived the spirits of those who had died, those who slept and dreamed, and others who, for whatever reason, had been banished from the earth. With his dark, somewhat morbid nature, the Greek god Hades was undoubtedly well-suited to his career. Nonetheless, at times he was bound to be lonely. And so he decided that he needed a wife, and the adolescent goddess Persephone unwittingly attracted his eye. One can hardly blame Hades because the Underworld probably needed some brightening up, and the young Persephone's radiance would certainly liven up the place. Hades, however, did not bother to woo the young Persephone. After asking for (and receiving) the approval of her father Zeus for Persephone's hand in marriage, Hades simply abducted her one bright sunny day when she stooped to pluck a narcissus from a field of wildflowers growing near her home. The meadow was suddenly rent open, and Hades simply reached out and snatched Persephone away, taking her to his underworld kingdom and making her his Queen. Persephone remained lonely for her mother and the life she'd known on earth. Meanwhile her mother, the goddess Demeter, began an intensive search for Persephone. After learning how Zeus had betrayed their daughter, and consumed by grief and sorrow, Demeter refused to allow the crops to grow until Persephone was returned to her. Mankind was facing a dreadful famine. Zeus finally relented and sent the god Hermes to bring Per
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Students of Occult History Students of Occult History Norse Gods The Gods of the Norsemen This is a list of Norse gods and goddesses that are in Norse mythology. Divided between the Æsir and the Vanir, and sometimes including the jötnar (giants), the dividing line between these groups is less than clear. However, it is usually accepted that the Æsir (including Óðinn, Þórr and Týr) were warrior gods, while the Vanir (mainly Njörðr, Freyja and Freyr) were fertility gods. Various other groups of beings, including elves, dwarves and jötnar were probably minor gods, and might have had small cults and sacred places devoted to them. The gods and their function Baldr - God of beauty, innocence, peace, and rebirth. Consort: Nanna. Dead, killed by Hodr. His death began Ragnarok Borr - Father of Óðinn, Vili and Ve. Consort: Bestla Bragi - God of poetry,music and the harp. Consort: Iðunn. Dead, killed in the Dwarven tusk boar battle at Ragnarok. Búri - The first god and father of Borr. Dagr - God of the daytime, son of Delling and Nótt. Delling - God of dawn and father of Dagr by Nótt. Eir - Goddess of healing. Forseti - God of justice, peace and truth. Son of Baldr and Nanna. Fitch - God of ruling and arbitration. Son of Eir and Gmot." Freya - Goddess of love, fertility, and battle. Consort: Óðr. Committed Suicide during Ragnarok. Freyr - God of fertility. Consort: Gerð. Dead, killed by Surtr in Ragnarok. Frigg - Goddess of marriage and motherhood. Consort: Óðinn Can also be pronounced Frigga Fulla - Frigg´s handmaid. Gmot - God of the moon. Brother of Re`es and Weth. Gefjun - Goddess of fertility and plough. Hel - Queen of Neifelheim, the Norse underworld. Heimdallr (Rígr) - One of the Æsir and guardian of Ásgarð, their realm.. Killed by Loki. Hermóðr - The heroic son of OdinTried to rescue Balder. Hlín - Goddess of consolation and protection. Höðr - God of winter. Killed by Vali. Hœnir - The silent god. Iðunn - Goddess of youth. Consort: Bragi. Jörð - Goddess of the Earth. Mother of Þórr by Óðinn. Kvasir - God of inspiration. Killed by Dwarves. Lofn - Goddess of forbidden loves. Loki - Trickster and god of mischief . Consort: Sigyn (also called Saeter). Killed by Heimdall. Magni-god of strength.Son of Thor. Máni - God of Moon. Mímir - Óðinn´s uncle. Decapitated by Vanir. Nanna - An Ásynja married with Baldr and mother to Forseti. Died because of Baldur's death. Nerþus - A goddess mentioned by Tacitus. Her name is connected to that of Njörðr. Njörðr - God of sea, wind, fish, and wealth. Killed in Ragnarok. Nótt - Goddess of night, daughter of Narvi and mother of Auð, Jörð and Dagr by Naglfari, Annar and Delling, respectively. Odin The "All Father" (The Ruler of the gods). Swallowed by Fenrir. Sága - An obscure goddess, possibly another name for Frigg. Ran-god of the ocean
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Asia Map / Map of Asia - Maps, Facts and Geography of Asia - Worldatlas.com Asia Photographs Description Asia is the largest and most populous continent in the world, sharing borders with Europe and Africa to its West, Oceania to its South, and North America to its East. Its North helps form part of the Arctic alongside North America and Europe. Though most of its continental borders are clearly defined, there are gray areas. Europe and Asia are technically located on the same overall landmass, and combined the two are referred to as Eurasia. As a result of its porous land border, some countries on Asia’s western border have been at times referred to as part of Europe’s East. Armenia , Azerbaijan , and Georgia are sometimes referred to as Asian and other times as European. Russia and Turkey tend to be cut into regions. Russia is generally split along the Ural Mountains, with its western half called “European Russia” and its East as simply “Russia.” The land between Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul, and its direct borders with Bulgaria and Greece is at times referred to as a part of Europe called “Thrace,” while the rest of its territory is called “Anatolia” and is part of Asia. On the other side of the continent, the islands which separate Asia from Oceania can also be difficult to delineate. Indonesia and parts of the Philippines are sometimes categorized as part of Oceania rather than as Asian. This being said, it is important to note that these divided regions do not constitute separate countries or autonomous regions claiming sovereignty (such as the cases of Hong Kong or Palestine). “European Russia” and “Russia” are both simply Russia, and the “Thrace” and “Anatolia” parts of Turkey are both undisputedly part of Turkey, but sometimes the regions are shaded differently on maps in order to help delineate the borders between Asia and Europe. Asia is often divided into culturally and geographically similar regions. Although definitions, names, and borders can vary, generally the regions of Asia include West Asia (which is part of the Middle East), the Caucasus (sometimes also considered as part of the Middle East), Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia (also called the India n Subcontinent), and Southeast Asia. West Asia is sometimes referred to as the Middle East, with is actually a misnomer since the cultural region we define as the Middle East often included countries outside of Asia, such as Egypt in Africa and Cyprus in Europe. West Asia specifically includes the countries within the region of Asia bordered by the Mediterranean and Red Seas to the West and the Persian Gulf, the Gulfs of Aden and Oman , and the Arabian Sea to the South. Countries within West Asia include Afghanistan , Bahrain , Iran , Iraq , Israel , Jordan , Kuwait , Lebanon , Oman, Qatar , Saudi Arabia , Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates , and Yemen . Just northeast of Turkey lies the Caucasus, a mountainous region wedged between the Black Sea to the West and the Caspian Sea to the East. The Caucasus includes Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Russia. Central Asia is located just north of Iran and Afghanistan and south of Russia, consisting of Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , Turkmenistan , and Uzbekistan . East Asia defines the region between Central Asia, Russia, and the Pacific Ocean roughly up to the beginning of the Tropic of Cancer. The countries of East Asia include China , Japan , North Korea , South Korea , and Mongolia (as well as Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan ). South Asia is also referred to as the Indian Subcontinent, separated from East Asia by the Himalayan Mountains between China and India and defined largely by the Indian Tectonic Plate on which its countries largely rest. South Asian countries include Bangladesh , Bhutan , India, Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan , and Sri Lanka . Lastly, the Southeast Asian region defines the tropical and equatorial countries between South and East Asia to the North and Oceania to the South. The countries of Southeast Asia include Brunei, Cambodia , Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia , Myanmar
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Christmas 2015 Jeopardy Template In which state is Santa is called Kanakaloka? 100 How do many people spend Boxing Day? A) Working. B) Shopping C) Wrapping presents. 100 What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant? 100 Just like the ones I used to know What's the second line of "I'm dreaming of a white christmas"? 100 True or false: Joseph married Mary immediately after the angel appeared to him? 200 Arizona and Florida Which two states in the US have towns called Christmas? A)Arizona and Florida B)Maine and South Dakota C)Washington and Utah D)Louisiana and Alabama 200 Norway London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country? A) Canada B) Norway C) Denmark D) Scotland 200 How many points does a snowflake have? 200 I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950's Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas? 200 Canada In which country does Santa have his own personal postcode: HOH OHO? A) The U.S. B) Canada C) New Zealand 300 Snowflake, Texas Which of the following places is NOT a real U.S. city or town? A) Snowflake, Texas B) Noel, Missouri C) St. Nicholas, Florida D) Santa Claus, Georgia 300 A six pence (a coin) What's lucky to find in your Christmas Pudding? 300 What country did Christmas Trees originate from? 300 White Christmas (by Bing Crosby) What is the title of biggest selling Christmas single, globally? 300 Charles Dickens One of the most loved Christmas books is A Christmas Carol. Who wrote it? A) Mark Twain B) Charles Dickens C) Hans Christian Andersen D) Thomas M. Sawyer 400 The French drink 'Lait de Poule' What drink was adapted to become the American Christmas drink 'Egg Nog'? A) The Scandinavian drink 'Gløgg' B) The Austrian drink 'Gluhwein' C) The German drink 'Biersuppe' B) The French drink 'Lait de Poule' 400 In the U.S., he's called "Santa Claus" - what's his British name? 400 Rudolph Which of the following names is NOT a name of one of Santa's original reindeers? A) Comet B) Cupid C) Dasher D) Dancer E) Prancer F) Vixen G) Donner H) Rudolph Blitzen 400 1984 (bonus points - Band Aid II was 1989, Band Aid 20 was 2004) In what year was Band-Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas the UK Christmas chart-topping record (bonus point each for the years of reissue success by Band Aid II and Band Aid 20)? Bonus points (100 each): years of band Aid II + Band Aid 20 400 B: A lump of coal Santa keeps close track of who’s been naughty and who’s been nice! Nice children often receive toys and candy in their stockings, but naughty children may receive: A) A book B) A lump of coal C) An old shoe D) An orange 500 North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) What major U.S. facility provides up-to-date information every Christmas Eve on the flight path of Santa Claus? A) The U.S. National Weather Service B) North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) C) The U.S. Geological Survey D) International Arctic Research Center 500 Sandringham House Where does the British Queen traditionally spend Christmas? A) Windsor Castle B) Buckingham Palace C) Sandringham House D) Balmoral castle 500 Ten (Latin, decem - it was the tenth month of the early Roman calendar) From what does the month of December take its name? 500 Silent Night What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian priest Josef Mohr originally called "Stille Nacht"? 500 Matheus Which of the following names does NOT belong one of the Three Kings? A) Caspar B) Balthazar C) Matheus D) Melchior
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Sir George William Langham Christie | British opera festival director | Britannica.com Sir George William Langham Christie British opera festival director Originally published in the Britannica Book of the Year. Presented as archival content. Sir George William Langham Christie British opera festival director Glyndebourne , England Sir George William Langham Christie, (born Dec. 31, 1934, Glyndebourne, near Lewes, East Sussex, Eng.—died May 7, 2014, Glyndebourne), British opera festival director who was for more than four decades (1958–99) the guiding force behind the privately operated Glyndebourne Festival, the annual summer opera festival founded in 1934 by his father, John Christie, on the family’s country estate in East Sussex. During his tenure as chairman of Glyndebourne Productions, Christie established (1968) the Glyndebourne Touring Opera, oversaw the expansion of the production repertoire to include modern works, and commissioned the construction (1992–94) of an acclaimed 1,200-seat opera house to replace the aging 300-seat theatre (later expanded to 850 seats) that his father had established as Britain’s first purpose-built opera house. Christie was born just seven months after his pregnant mother, soprano Audrey Mildmay, sang the role of Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze de Figaro in the festival’s inaugural performance on May 28, 1934. He followed his father’s educational path to Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge, but left the university without graduating. He took charge of the family-run festival at the age of 23 when ill health prevented his father from continuing (his father died in 1962). Christie devoted his life to private fund-raising to support the festival, the touring company, and the new theatre. At the end of 1999 he handed over his position of executive chairman to his second son, Gus. Christie was knighted in 1984, and in 2002 he was made a Companion of Honour (an order to which his father had been appointed in 1954).
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The Housemartins - Beautiful South & Paul Heaton Fans Beautiful South & Paul Heaton Fans The Housemartins The Band was formed in late 1983 by Paul Heaton (vocals) and Stan Cullimore (guitar), and they initially performed as a busking duo. They recorded a demo tape with Ingo Dewsnap of Les Zeiga Fleurs, which brought them to the attention of Go! Discs. They then expanded by recruiting Ted Key (bass), former guitarist with The Gargoyles, and Chris Lang. The band often referred to themselves as "the fourth best band in Hull", referring to Hull, their home base. The three bands that were ‘better’ were Red Guitars, Everything But The Girl and The Gargoyles. In 1986, having recorded two John Peel sessions, the band broke through with the single "Happy Hour", which reached #3 in the UK singles chart. The single's success was helped by a animated pop promo of a type that was in vogue at the time, featuring a cameo by TV comedian Phil Jupitus, who toured with the band under his stage name of 'Porky the Poet'. The Housemartins debut album, London 0 Hull 4 was released in 1986. At the end of 1986 they had their only UK #1 single on 16 December with a cover version of Isley-Jasper-Isley's 'Caravan of Love'. It was knocked off the top spot by Jackie Wilson's 'Reet Petite' on 23 December, denying the Housemartins the coveted Christmas number 1 single. The band’s second album, The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death was released in 1987. The band split in 1988, but the members have remained friends and have worked on each other's projects. Norman Cook has enjoyed significant success with Beats International and then as Fatboy Slim, while Heaton, Hemingway and roadie Sean Welch formed The Beautiful South. Paul has called upon Norman to help, and he can be seen to be referred to as ‘Rhythm consultant’ on the 1998 Beautiful South release ‘Quench’. In August 2009, Mojo magazine arranged for The Housemartins original members to get together for a photo-shoot and interview. The bands debut album, London 0 Hull 4 was re-released on 22 June 2009 as "London 0 Hull 4 Deluxe", a limited edition package, with a bonus disc. The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death Now That's What I Call Quite Good The Best of The Housemartins The Housemartins, Live at the BBC London 0 Hull 4 Deluxe Band Biography Paul David Heaton (b. 9 May 1962, Humberside) Chris Lang Chris Lang is now best known a writer, actor and producer for British TV. He has written for British television shows including Alias Smith and Jones, The Bill, Casualty, Soldier Soldier etc. He served as an Assistant Producer on Sirens, Lawless, and Amnesia and as an executive producer on Torn. He has also written two episodes of popular series Primeval. As an actor, he has appeared in such shows as Paul Merton, Drop the dead donkey, Jo Brand through the cakehole etc. He has also worked as a voice actor for films, video games (such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), and cartoons. His voice work in children's television series includes the voice of Pigling Bland in The world of Peter Rabbit and friends, and voices for almost all of the characters (except for Kipper) in Kipper the dog. Prior to his (now extensive) TV work, alongside his brother Nick Lang, Chris Lang was a drummer in the unsigned new wave rock band The Acidicx, later becoming a member of The Housemartins (for whom he also played drums) alongside school friends Quentin Cook (AKA Norman Cook - Fatboy Slim) and Paul Heaton. Lang left the band in 1984 to be replaced by Hugh Whittaker. Ted Key Ted Key (b. Anthony Matthew Key, 1 July 1960, Hull) was the original bass player in The Housemartins. He was replaced in 1985 by Norman Cook. Key originally played with a local band called The Gargoyles, which links him to several other Housemartins members… Hugh Whitaker Hugh Whitaker (b. 18 May 1961, Hull) is the former drummer for the indie band The Housemartins. He replaced original drummer Chris Lang and drummed for the band's first album, London 0 Hull 4, and its attendant single releases. He left the band before the recordin
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Which liqueur is marked D.O.M?
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benedictine bottle | eBay benedictine bottle: $4.39 Buy It Now $10.99 Buy It Now 1 2 eBay determines this price through a machine learned model of the product's sale prices within the last 90 days. eBay determines trending price through a machine learned model of the product’s sale prices within the last 90 days. "New" refers to a brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item, and "Used" refers to an item that has been used previously. Top Rated Plus Sellers with highest buyer ratings Returns, money back Sellers with highest buyer ratings Returns, money back Please enter a minimum and/or maximum price before continuing. $ *Learn about pricing Amounts shown in italicized text are for items listed in currency other than U.S. dollars and are approximate conversions to U.S. dollars based upon Bloomberg's conversion rates. For more recent exchange rates, please use the Universal Currency Converter This page was last updated: Jan-19 12:03. Number of bids and bid amounts may be slightly out of date. See each listing for international shipping options and costs.
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Which was the first car manufacturer to offer a 7year/150,000 km warranty on all cars sold in Europe?
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Kia offers 7-Year/150,000 km warranty on all cars sold in Europe Kia offers 7-Year/150,000 km warranty on all cars sold in Europe View gallery - 2 images Korean auto maker, Kia, has announced a seven-year/150,000 km bumper-to-bumper, parts-and-labour warranty for all vehicles sold and registered in Europe from January 1, 2010. This is far-and-away the longest fleet-wide warranty ever offered by a car manufacturer anywhere at any time and the move could have far reaching consequences. Brands with big reputations are charging two, five, even ten times as much for a car as Kia, yet they are clearly unprepared to guarantee their quality to the same extent, and this might well be the point the public finally understands that new price does not reflect quality, that quality is measurable, and that reputations for quality are distinctly at odds with reality. At very least, as the warranties are fully transferable to subsequent owners, Kia resale values should skyrocket. Kia’s warranty coverage does not in any way appear disingenuous – it has minimum exclusions, is transferable to subsequent owners and its press statement was quite clear that “this is not an insurance company’s ‘extended warranty’ - the Kia warranty is a comprehensive manufacturer’s warranty with ‘bumper-to-bumper’ coverage from Day 1 until the end of the seventh year.” For the first three years there is no mileage limit, unless the vehicle is being operated as a taxi, in which case the limit is 150,000 km. For years four-to-seven, for all users, the warranty limit is 150,000 km. There are also some components that are not covered for 7 years, but once again, the finer details seem reasonable as some items have a natural limited lifetime/durability: vehicle paint (5 years/150,000 km), audio system, navigation and in-car entertainment equipment (3 years/100,000 km), accessories and batteries (2 years). Wear and tear items such as tires, brake pads do not come with a time or distance warranty either. We expect the new warranty to become a disruptive force in the auto market as it will add significant pressure to other car manufacturers to stand behind their production quality and offer similar guarantees of workmanship. Only last week we ran a story on the results of the ongoing research carried out by UK manufacturer Warranty Direct, which showed that reputations for quality are distinctly at odds with reality. Automotive warranties were once 6/6 or 12/12, being six months of 6,000 miles or 12 months or 12,000 miles, whichever came first. In the sixties, Chrysler upset the industry and offered a five year 50,000 mile warranty, but the company’s faith in its products was unfounded and it and all the other manufacturers which had rushed to offer similar warranties, all quickly reverted to the tried and true 12 month/12,000 mile warranty which more accurately reflected the quality of the products of the period. In recent years however, the quality of automotive product has improved dramatically, and Kia and its parent company, Hyundai, seem intent on bringing this to the attention of the consumer in the most logical way possible – by offering a warranty on their vehicles which other companies will be very reluctant to match. Currently, the world’s best warranty is only available in Europe, though it will be available in more than 20 participating countries and local terms and conditions will apply. It will hence be interesting to see if Kia will offer the warranty in other markets. Please note that the warranty applies only to new Kia vehicles sold and registered in Europe after January 2010 and excludes the company’s K2900, K2700 and K2500 commercial vehicles. Finally, a hearty “well done” to Kia. It is leading the way towards a more honest relationship between car makers and buyers and its warranty means that peace-of-mind now comes as standard with every Kia - 2,555 days or 150,000 km of worry-free motoring and lower costs of ownership. The ‘peace-of-mind’ provided by the Kia 7-year warranty simplifies the whole ownership experience.
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Car History 4U - History of British Motor Car / Automobile Manufacturers History of British Motor Car / Automobile Manufacturers 8.7 Great Britain (UK) 8.7.1. Aston Martin The company was founded in 1913 by Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford and the first car to bear the name was ready by 1915. After encountering financial difficulties during 1924/5 the company was sold in 1926 and renamed “Aston Martin Motors”. Seven years later, in 1933, the company changed ownership again. Up to the start of World War 2, in 1939, about 700 Aston Martin cars had been produced. In 1947 the company was purchased by David Brown Limited, who also acquired the Lagonda car company the same year. The DB range of cars started in 1948 with the 2-Litre Sports DB1. This was followed by the 2,580 cc DB2 (1950-53) and the racing model DB3 in 1957. The 240 hp (179 kW) 3,670 cc DB4 was first produced in 1958; a car with a top speed of 140 mph (224 kph). By 1963, when production of the DB4 ceased, 1,110 had been made (from 1962 70 were convertibles). 100 short wheelbase DB4 GT/Zagoto models were also built. The lightweight DB4 GT version was introduced in 1959. 75 of these cars, which had a top speed of 153 mph (240 kph), were built. Is 75 correct? In 1961 the company launched the DB4 Vantage model. The 266 hp (198 kW) car was fitted with three SU carburettors. 136 saloons and 32 convertibles were built. Between 1961 and 1963 19 DB4 GT Zagato models were produced, the bodies of which were built by Zagato in Italy. The 3,995 cc DB 5 model was produced from 1963 to 1965. The 282 hp (210 kW) version, which was fitted with three SU carburettors, had a top speed of 141 mph (226 kph). In 1964 the company produced the high performance, 314 hp (234 kW), DB5 Vantage coupe model. 65 were built. A total of 1,024 DB5 models were produced; 901 two-door coupes and 123 convertibles. A figure of 1,063 has also been quoted. Which is correct? 19 of the convertibles were left-hand drive. 12 special estate car versions were also built. A DB5 car was used in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger (Ian Fleming’s book featured a DB Mark III). 1,567 DB6 models were produced from 1965 to 1970. The 325 hp (242 kW) 3,996 cc car had a top speed of 150 mph (240 kph). It accelerated from 0-60 mph (96 kph) in 8.4 seconds. A Mark 2 version was launched in 1969. Having been sold in 1972 to a British consortium, the company was bought in 1975 by two American businessmen, who produced the V8 Vantage in 1977 and the the convertible Volante in 1978. Between the early 1980s and 1987 the company changed ownership three more times until the Ford Motor Company initially purchased 75% of the company (gaining full control in 1993). Between 1968 and 1988 approx. 5,000 Aston Martin cars were made. In 1993 the company announced the DB7. In 2002, when production reached 6,000, the DB7 became the top selling DB model. The DB9 coupe was introduced in 2003, followed by a convertible version the following year. In March 2007 the Ford Motor Company sold Aston Martin to a British consortium led by David Richards. 8.7.2. Austin The Austin Motor Company was founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin, becoming a private limited company in 1908. In 1906 the company produced a large 5 litre family sized model, the first of about 8 different models that were produced in this first decade. In its first year the company produced 23 cars. By 1917 the company’s factory at Longbridge was the largest of its type in Great Britain. The first model introduced after the end of World War 1 was the Austin 20 in 1919. In 1922 a scaled down version, the Austin 12, was produced. Another model introduced in 1922 was the Austin 7, which remained in production until 1939 by which time over 375,000 had been made. It was also being built in Germany, U.S.A and France. In the early 1930s it was the most popular car in the world. The car had a 747 cc engine and a top speed of 42 mph (67 kph). The first cars produced after World War 2 were based on pre-war designs. These were the Austin 8, 10, 12 & 16 models. The 1,200 cc Austin A40 wa
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How do car engines work? - Explain that Stuff Tweet by Chris Woodford . Last updated: October 4, 2016. Think back 100 years to a world where people generally got around by walking or riding horses. What changed things? The invention of the car . Wheels may be 5500 years old, but the cars we drive round in today made their debut only in 1885. That was when German engineer Karl Benz (1844–1929) fastened a small gasoline (petrol) engine to a three-wheeled cart and made the first primitive, gas-powered car. Although Benz developed the automobile, another German engineer, Nikolaus Otto (1832–1891), was arguably even more important—for he was the man who'd invented the gasoline engine in the first place, about two decades earlier. It's a testament to Otto's genius that virtually every car engine made ever since has been inspired by his "four-stroke" design. Let's take a look at how it works! Photo: Car engines turn energy locked in liquid fuel into heat and kinetic energy . They're full of pipes and cylinders because they work like mini chemical plants. This is the powerful V12 engine on a gloriously restored Jaguar XJS sports car from the late 1970s. What is a car? Photo: The restored (and nicely polished!) engine in a classic car from the early 1970s. That's not quite such an obvious question as it seems. A car is a metal box with wheels at the corners that gets you from A to B, yes, but it's more than that. In scientific terms, a car is an energy converter: a machine that releases the energy locked in a fuel like gasoline (petrol) or diesel and turns it into mechanical energy in moving wheels and gears . When the wheels power the car, the mechanical energy becomes kinetic energy: the energy that the car and its occupants have as they go along. How do we get power from petroleum? Cars, trucks, trains, ships, and planes—all these things are powered by fuels made from petroleum. Also known as "crude oil", petroleum is the thick, black, energy-rich liquid buried deep underground that became the world's most important source of energy during the 20th century. After being pumped to the surface, petroleum is shipped or piped to a refinery and separated into gasoline, kerosene, and diesel fuels, and a whole host of other petrochemicals—used to make everything from paints to plastics . Photo: Petroleum can be extracted from the ground by "nodding donkey" pumps like this one. Picture courtesy of US Department of Energy . Petroleum fuels are made from hydrocarbons: the molecules inside consist mostly of carbon and hydrogen atoms (with a fewer other elements, such as oxygen, attached for good measure). Wood , paper , and coal also contain hydrocarbons. We can turn hydrocarbons into useful energy simply by burning them. When you burn hydrocarbons in air, their molecules split apart. The carbon and hydrogen combine with oxygen from the air to make carbon dioxide gas and water, while the energy that held the molecules together is released as heat. This process, which is called combustion, releases huge amounts of energy. When you sit round a camp fire, warming yourself near the flames, you're really soaking up energy produced by billions of molecules cracking open and splitting apart! People have been burning hydrocarbons to make energy for over a million years—that's why fire was invented. But ordinary fires are usually quite inefficient. When you cook sausages on a camp fire, you waste a huge amount of energy. Heat shoots off in all directions; hardly any goes into the cooking pot—and even less into the food. Car engines are much more efficient: they waste less energy and put more of it to work. What's so clever about them is that they burn fuel in closed containers, capturing most of the heat energy the fuel releases, and turning it into mechanical energy that can drive the car along. Photo: Why does the world use so much oil? There are now about a billion petroleum-powered cars on the planet and, as this chart shows, even the most energy-efficient models burn through at least 10 barrels (420 gallons) of petroleum in a year. Drawn usi
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Motoring Firsts - The National Motor Museum Trust The National Motor Museum Trust Home > Story of Motoring > Motoring Firsts Motoring Firsts Among the questions we are most frequently asked are the various motoring firsts. Listed below are some of the most common questions that have been answered by our Motoring Research Service. Questions What were the first motor cars? The motor car was developed over many years by a number of talented individuals but Karl Benz of Mannheim in Germany is normally credited as the Inventor of the Motor Car. In the autumn of 1885, his three-wheeled vehicle became the first successful petrol-engined car. He was awarded a patent for it on 29 January 1886, and became the first motor manufacturer in 1888 with his Modell 3 Benz. In 1886, Gottlieb Daimler and his protégé Wilhelm Maybach built the first successful four-wheeled petrol-driven car at Bad Cannstatt. The Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft was established four years later in 1890. On 1 July 1926 Benz and Daimler merged to become Daimler-Benz AG and its products Mercedes-Benz. Fredrick William Bremer, a plumber and gas fitter, built the first British four-wheeled petrol-engined motor car. Starting work in 1892, when he was 20, the still incomplete car made its first run on a public highway in December 1894. What was the first motor car to run on the British Highway? There are a number of claims and counter claims for the first motor car to appear on the road in Britain. Frederick William Bremer of Walthamstow is believed to have had a four-wheeled car running in late 1894. Both he and James D. Roots may have independently built motorised tricycles as early as 1892. Roots certainly had one powered by an oil engine running on the road in early 1896. Another theory is that the first motor car to run on the British highway was a 2hp Benz Velo imported by Henry Hewetson in November 1894, although some believe this may have actually been in 1895. The Hon. Evelyn Ellis certainly imported a Panhard et Levassor into Britain in June 1895. By the end of 1895, following further importations, it was estimated that there were 14 or 15 cars on Britain’s roads, a figure which had increased dramatically by 1900 to approximately seven or eight hundred! The million mark for private cars was reached in Britain in 1930, with 10 million in 1967. John Henry Knight of Farnham, Surrey was an engineer and enthusiastic inventor with a keen interest in photography and locomotion. With the help of engineer George Parfitt, in 1895 he created the first purpose-built, petrol-driven, three-wheeled car to be run on the roads of Britain. In order to improve stability a fourth wheel was added the following year. This pioneering British car is on display at the National Motor Museum. Cycle makers Charles and Walter Santler of Malvern Link, Worcestershire built a steam car in 1889 which was subsequently fitted with a single cylinder gas engine and then rebuilt again with a single cylinder ‘petrol’ engine in 1894. Santlers went on to build several other cars between 1897 and 1913 when they launched a range of light cars for general sale. Frederick Lanchester started work on a four-wheeled petrol car in 1895 which was successfully tested on the road in early 1896. The Lanchester Engine Co. commenced building production cars in 1899. When was the word petrol first used? The term petrol was not used until 1896, when it was patented by Messrs Carless, Capel & Leonard of Hackney Wick. When were windscreen wipers first used? There are various claims for the first windscreen wipers. Some sources say that they were first used in France in 1907. British photographer Gladstone Adams is said to have had the idea for wipers whilst driving his Daracq home to Newcastle after watching the 1908 FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace (his team Newcastle United had lost 3 – 1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers). He patented his design in 1911. Various motoring magazine pictures show Prince Henry of Prussia in a car with simple up and down squeegee type wiper fitted to the windscreen in 1909. In 1919 (some sources
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Viagra: The little blue pill that could - CNN.com Viagra: The little blue pill that could By Jacque Wilson, CNN Updated 6:33 PM ET, Wed March 27, 2013 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. JUST WATCHED Viagra celebrates 15th anniversary 02:25 Story highlights Viagra was approved by the FDA on March 27, 1998 British scientists working for Pfizer first created the drug in 1989 Since then three major competitors for Viagra have been approved Fifteen years ago, men who were suffering from impotence received a beacon of hope in the form of a little blue pill. Wednesday marks the 15th anniversary of Viagra's FDA approval in the United States. Viagra currently holds 45% of the sexual dysfunction market share, with competitor Cialis in close second, according to industry researcher IMS Health . There were 8 million Viagra prescriptions written in 2012 with total sales of about $2 billion. But how did a drug that was originally tested for the treatment of heart problems end up in bedrooms across America? Take a look back at Viagra's history. 1989: British Pfizer scientists Peter Dunn and Albert Wood create a drug called sildenafil citrate that they believe will be useful in treating high blood pressure and angina, a chest pain associated with coronary heart disease. The drug is classified as UK-92480. 1991: Dr. Nicholas Terrett is named in the British patent for sildenafil citrate, or Viagra, as a heart medication. Terrett is often considered the father of Viagra, according to ViagraBox.com. JUST WATCHED MUST WATCH Searching for 'Himalayan Viagra' 03:07 Early 1990s: Pfizer completes several early trials of sildenafil citrate that provide little hope for its use as a heart disease treatment. But volunteers in the clinical trials are reporting increased erections several days after taking a dose of the drug, according to researcher Ian Osterloh. "Around the same time, other studies were revealing more information about the biochemical pathway involved in the erection process," he writes for Cosmos magazine . "This helped us understand how the drug might amplify the effects of sexual stimulation in opening up the blood vessels in the penis. With UK-92480′s chances of treating angina now slim, we decided to run pilot studies in patients with erectile dysfunction." Testosterone: 'Viagra for the boardroom' 1996: Pfizer patents sildenafil citrate in the United States. March 1998: The FDA approves the use of the drug Viagra to treat erectile dysfunction. In the following weeks, experts estimate, U.S. pharmacists dispense more than 40,000 Viagra prescriptions. May 1998: TIME magazine's cover story, " The Potency Pill " quotes Penthouse publisher Bob Guccione as saying he believes Viagra will "free the American male libido" from the emasculating doings of feminists. Feminists are not amused. On CNN's Larry King Live show, former presidential nominee Bob Dole admits he took part in experimental trials for Viagra, calling it "a great drug." June 1998: Newsweek calls Viagra the "hottest new drug in history almost everywhere in the world." At the time Viagra is only legal in the United States, Brazil, Morocco and Mexico, but Newsweek reports growing black market sales in other countries. December 1998: Pfizer announces it has hired Bob Dole for a television campaign aimed at raising awareness of male impotence. The Washington Post reports that the CIA is using Viagra to gain friends in Afghanistan. "While the CIA has a long history of buying information with cash, the growing Taliban insurgency has prompted the use of novel incentives and creative bargaining to gain support in some of the country's roughest neighborhoods, according to officials directly involved in such operations." July 25, 1999: Popular TV show "Sex and the City" airs " The Man, The Myth, The Viagra ," in which character Samantha dates a wealthy older man who uses the little blue pills. In the next season, Samantha takes the little blue pill herself to enhance her sexual experiences. PE: The 'other' male sexual problem 2
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Which brewery won Champion Beer of Britain for the second time in 2012, with 'No 9 Barley Wine', following its success in 1998 with 'Bluebird Bitter'?
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Olthwaite: BEER Olthwaite Boozers, Bands and Buildings. Comedy, Films and Trains. Rugby, pies and moans. Tuesday, December 02, 2014 BEER DUNHAM GOOD Some breweries never let you down, no matter whether their beers are light or dark. strong or session - and Dunham Massey is one of them. So it's great DM's getting national recognition after winning Camra's Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain title at the Winter Beer Festival in Derby for their 5.2pc porter. Cairngorm Black Gold won silver and Exe Valley Winter Glow bronze. Marble's Stouter Stout got bronze in the stout category. Congratulations to Elland Brewery. Its 1872 Porter has been crowned the Best Beer in Britain at the Camra Great British Beer Festival. Interesting to see in these crafty hoppy times, an 'old school beer' winner. It's superb. Another cracker, Saltaire's Triple Chocolate, was runner-up in the speciality beers category. The lovely Great Orme's Welsh Black was best mild HUDDERSFIELD BEERS ARE BEST IN THE WORLD! Congratulations to Magic Rock and Summer Wine breweries whose beers have been included in a list of the best 350 beers in the world. They are featured in Craft Beer World, a handsome, informative and interesting book by award winning blogger Mark Dredge. Huddersfield's Magic Rock actually has two entries - Magic 8 Ball, a black IPA, and High Wire, a West Coast pale ale, while Holmfirth's Summer Wine has Cohort, a double black Belgian Rye pale ale. The 350 beers are divided into 53 categories, from the familiar mild and bitter to categories such as Belgian Quadrupel and Flemish Bruin. About a third of the beers in the list are from the US, with 40 from Britain including familiar names from The Grove, in Hudds, such as Thornbridge, Fullers, Brewdog, Moor and Buxton. Dredge defines craft beer as 'a knowing, thoughtful way of brewing which is concerned with flavour, variety, ingredients and story', so it's not just about microbreweries and keg beers - cask, bottles, cans and beers by the biggest breweries are featured. It's a good definition as keg has moved far beyond Watneys Red Barrel and some cask and bottle conditioned beers do disappoint. For me, it's hard to keep up with Yorkshire beers, never mind all the interesting looking bottles from abroad in the book. Dredge has a fascinating insight into beers from Iceland, Brazil, New Zealand, Belgium, Germany and many other countries, but I sometimes wonder that in a desire to move beyond and set themselves apart from Camra, beer lovers like Dredge are too eager to embrace American pale and hoppy beers. Dredge says Magic Rock went from 'nought to brilliant in no time' and indeed they've made an incredible impact. I feel dreadfully disloyal because Magic Rock is literally at the end of my road but I find their US-style beers almost undrinkably bitter. A 'tribute' to Lance. Tee-hee Rat Brewery! HURRAH FOR ELLAND Congratulations to the fantastic Elland brewery for winning CAMRA's Supreme Champion Winter Beer of Britain award with their 1872 Porter. In an age of whippersnapper new breweries harping on about hops on their fancy websites, it's good to see an 'old school' brewery with consistently high standards geting recognition. Oct 12: Well, the Huddersfield Beer Festival is here again - it doesn't seem like a year since I was behind the bar at the last one. I can't make it this year but it's always a good do and seems to have found a decent venue - roomy, good bar and plenty of seats (yes, I am old and I like a sit down). Oh - there's a good range of beers, well-kept. BEER OF THE YEAR Aug 12: Congratulations to Coniston for winning best beer in Britain with its No9 Barley Wine, an 8.5% that supposedly tastes like 'a cognac'. Good to see Rudgate Ruby Mild, Hobsons Mild and Purple Moose in the best category lists. Full results: Gold- Coniston, No.9 Barley Wine (from Coniston, Cumbria) Silver- Green Jack, Trawlerboys Best Bitter (from Lowestoft, Suffolk) Bronze- Dark Star, American Pale Ale (from Horsham, West Sussex) Mild category- Gold- Rudgate, Ruby Mild (from York, North Yorkshire) Silver- Hobso
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2001 KO Final February, which ex-PM was awarded an earldom on his 90th birthday ? Harold Macmillan B1 A member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, who celebrated his 100th birthday in November 1984 ? Mannie Shinwell Which government department banned trades unions causing a national outcry ? GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) Outside which foreign government building was policewoman Yvonne Fletcher shot and fatally wounded ? Libyan People's Bureau or Libyan Embassy A3 In the course of a violent argument in April, which recording artist was shot and killed by his father ? Marvin Gaye In October, who was killed by members of her own bodyguard ? Indira Ghandi A4 In March the British government announced its approval of the sale of which shipyard on the lower Clyde to Trafalgar House ? Scott Lithgow B4 In October which bank, a bullion dealer, was rescued from debts of around �250 million by a Bank of England buy-out ? Johnson Matthey Subject: �One Word Cinema� Answers A1 A 1992 Oscar winning Clint Eastwood film in which a former hired killer turned unsuccessful farmer returns to his old ways in pursuit of a $1,000 reward ? Unforgiven B1 A 1972 John Boorman film in which a leading character, played by Ned Beatty, is raped by a �Hillbilly� ? Deliverance A2 A 1929 film, Hitchcock�s first talkie, in which a Scotland Yard Inspector is placed in a difficult position when he discovers his girlfriend has committed a murder ? Blackmail B2 Set in Rio, a 1946 Hitchcock film with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman in which a woman marries a Nazi renegade to help the US Government ? Notorious A3 A 1916 film by D.W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish in one of four intercut stories including Balshazzar�s Feast and the St Bartholomew�s Day Massacre ? Intolerance B3 A 1967 camped-up version of Faust in which a short order cook is saved from suicide by Mr Spiggott - who offers him 7 wishes in exchange for his soul ? Bedazzled A4 A 1924 Erich von Stroheim film in which an ex-miner turned dentist kills his avaricious wife and her lover ? Greed B4 Set in the mid 19th century, a 1999 film starring Guy Pearce & Robert Carlyle in which a cannibalistic officer commands an isolated army outpost ? Ravenous Answers A1 The liqueur Cura�ao (say �Koor-a-sow�) is traditionally flavoured with sugar & which fruit ? Orange B1 Which spirit takes its name from a place near Guadalajara (say �Gwadlahara�) where the conquistadors first developed it from a variety of Aztec drink ? Tequila A2 With a peculiar but agreeable taste, which coarse & potent liquor is made in the East Indies from a variety of sources, including fermented rice & coconut juice ? Arrack B2 Used to season food & fruit as well as alcoholic drinks, which flavouring is prepared with oil distilled from the aromatic bark of two S. American trees blended with herbs, and bears the former name of a port in Venezuela ? Angostura (now called Cuidad Bolivar) A3 Derived from a town in north east Hungary, what name is shared by a grape variety and a golden-yellow coloured, sweet, aromatic wine ? Tokay (from Tokaj) Subject: Wordgame �No� as in �Note� Answers � a spout on a hose etc. from which a jet issues ? Nozzel � a small round piece of meat or a chocolate made with hazelnuts ? Noisette � something or someone absolutely un
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John McCrystyn, Justiciarius Insulae and Deemster (c.1368 - 1422) - Genealogy John McCrystyn, Justiciarius Insulae and Deemster Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love Build your family tree online Share photos and videos John McCrystyn, Justiciarius Insulae and Deemster Birthdate: in Lezayre, Isle of Man Immediate Family: Circa 1368 - Isle of Man Death: After 1422 - Altadale, Lezayre, Isle of Man Son: Between Jan 9 1368 and Jan 8 1369 - Isle of Man Death: Between Jan 10 1422 and Jan 9 1423 - Lezayre, Isle of Man Father: son About John McCrystyn, Justiciarius Insulae and Deemster Deemster John McCrystyn was born circa 1368 at Isle of Man. He died after 1422 at Altadale, Lezayre, Isle of Man. He held the office of Deemster in 1408. Owing to the disappearance of all early Manx records, this John McCrystyn is the earliest of whom a written record exists, when he is recorded in 1408 as a Deemster. An "indenture" is to be seen at the British Museum, signed by him as "John McCrystyn, Justiciarius Insulae". From the earliest records extant, the Christians held the Office of Deemster, an office of the greatest dignity and authority. In the ancient court rolls, the deemsters were styled "Justiciarii Domini Regis". They were not only the chief judges, but were also the Lord's Privy Councillors, and their influence over the people resembled the civil authority of the ancient Druids. They alone knew, and were guardians of the unwritten laws, which only on important occasions were verbally divulged to the people. The Deemstership was hereditary in the Christian family, either by some decree of which all knowledge is lost, or because it was convenient for a son, as soon as old enough, to attend his father, the Deemster, at Courts, acting as his amanuensis and assistant, in order to be initiated into the duties, to learn the unwritten laws and customs, and to prepare himself for the serious and important oiffice. Notes from a Christian family genealogical table prepared in the early 1900s. Arms: Azure a chevron confrée, between three chalices OR. Crest: a unicorn’s head argent, erased, armed and crested OR. Motto: Salus per Christum A family of Scandinavian origin, the MacCristens, or Christins, or, as they now call themselves, Christians must have attained an important position in the Isle of Mann at an early date, as John McCristen, the first of whom there is any record, was one of the Judges or Deemsters in 1408 and a Member of the Tynwald Court in 1422. Of his three successors, who also bore the name of John, the first was seated at Altadale, in the Parish of Lezayre; the second was Deemster, from 1500-1510, and the third was also Deemster from 1511-1535. This later acquired the property adjoining Altadale and called the whole Milntown. He was the first to put the Manx Laws in writing. Daniel, his brother, was the ancestor of the Christians of Baldroma, in Maughold. His sister married Garret of Ballabrooie, and his eldest daughter Samsbury of Ronaldsway. John, his second son, was Water-Bailiff. William, the eldest, who was Deemster with his father, succeeded to the estate in 1535, but died four years afterwards. William’s second son, Robert, was also Deemster. From him the Christians of Lewaigue, in Maughold, are descended. Ewan, the fourth in descent from William, changed his name from MacCristen to Christian. He succeeded to the property in 1593. In 1605, when only 26 years old, he was made Deemster, and held that office 51 years. He was also Deputy-Governor of Peel Castle, and the most influential man in the Island. His sister, Jane, married Thomas Samsbury of Ronaldsway, and died without progeny. He purchased that estate from her trustees, and presented it, in 1643, to her third son, William, the famous ‘Iliam Dhone.’ John, his eldest son, who died before him, was Assistant-Deemster. His eldest daughter, Mabel, born in 1599, was John Curghey of Ballakillingan’s second wife. Ewan, John Curghey’s son, by his first wife, married Margaret, born in 1617, a younger sister of Mabel’s. Ewan was succeeded
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BBeM: Item List Item List 1 member comment Trivia questions After the Lone Ranger saved the day and rode off into the sunset, the grateful citizens would ask, "Who was that masked man?" Invariably, someone would answer, "I don't know, but he left this behind." What did he leave behind? When The Beatles first came to the U.S. in early 1964, we all watched them on ... Get your kicks ... The story you are about to see is true. Only the names have been changed ... In the jungle, the mighty jungle ... Abbott told Costello that the St. Louis baseball team's lineup consisted of: "N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle's makes the very best ... __." The great jazz trumpeter known as "Satchmo" was America's "Ambassador of Goodwill." His real name was ... What "takes a licking and keeps on ticking" ? Red Skelton's hobo character was named ... Some Americans who protested U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War did so by burning their __ The cute little car with the engine in the back and the trunk in the front was called the VW. What other name did it go by? In 1971, singer Don MacLean recorded a song about, "the day the music died." This was a tribute to ... In 1957, the Soviet Union took an early lead in the space race by placing the first man-made satellite into orbit. It was called ... One of the big fads of the late '50s and early '60s was a large plastic ring that we twirled around our waist. It was called the ... What "builds strong bodies 12 ways" ? Before he was Muhammad Ali, he was ... Pogo, the comic strip character, said, "We have met the enemy and ..." Good night, David ... Before portraying the Skipper's Little Buddy on Gilligan's Island, Bob Denver was Dobie Gillis' friend ... Liar, liar ... Meanwhile, back in Metropolis, Superman fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice, and ... Hey kids, what time is it? Lions and tigers and bears ... "Never trust anyone ... " The NFL quarterback who appeared in a television commercial wearing women's pantyhose was ... Brylcreem ... Before Cathy Rigby and Robin Williams, Peter Pan was played by ... Can you identify The Beatles and indicate which instrument each of them played? I wonder, wonder ... who, ... I'm strong to the finish ... When it's least expected, you're elected, you're the star today ... What do M&M's do? Hey there! Hi there! Ho there! ... Smokey Bear warned: Call Roto-Rooter, that's the name ... In the valley of the jolly ... Does she, or doesn't she? See the U.S.A ... What did L.S.M.F.T. mean on the side of a cigarette pack? Us Tareyton smokers would rather ... I'd __ for a Camel. Schaefer is the one beer to have ... Can you identify the person in this photo? You'll wonder where the yellow went ... Nothin' says lovin' like (what?) and (who?) says it best Silly rabbit ... Many people know this impossible object as a blivet. What did Mad magazine call it? Go Greyhound, and ... You're soaking in it. (What is "It"?) The following program is brought to you in living color ... Come to where the flavor is. Come to ... After the Twist, the Mashed Potato, and the Watusi, we "danced" under a stick that was lowered as low as we could go, in a dance called the ... There's always room for ... Many cars of the '50s sported protuberances on the front bumpers. These were known as ... Bill Dana often appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show as a character named ... Jim Nabors is best known for his character, Gomer Pyle. What other surprising talent does/did he have? (As the woman in the commercial opened a refrigerator): You can be sure ... Ford has ... Wouldn't you really rather have ... ? Bob Keeshan was TV's Captain Kangaroo. What other character did he portray? Oh, Magoo ... The Rocky and His Friends cartoons featured the WABAC machine, used to travel back in time. Who did this time traveling? It's not nice to fool ... Whose advertising slogan was: "Ask the man who owns one" ? Who claimed to be "the most trusted name in electronics" ? Burkina Faso ... At Zenith ... Texas used to be the biggest state in the U.S., and there were plenty of jokes based on that fact.
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Which traditional Scottish soup is made with the principal ingredients of leek, onions and chicken stew, and sometimes also with prunes?
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National Soup Month | HI COOKERY Sweet Potato Soup January: National Soup Month We (TRY to) make a resolution to eat healthier this year and we started it off by cooking a heart-warming soup from carrots and sweet potatoes. The bright color combinations of these root vegetables remind us of a sunny day when winter weather can be dull and depressing. Both carrots and sweet potatoes are packed with vitamins and minerals, such as A and B-complex and beta-carotene, have anti-oxidant properties and are a naturally sweet source of fiber. Creamy carrot and sweet potato soup is a “souper” healthy way to begin the new year and observe National Soup Month. Recipe salt and pepper to taste 2 tablespoons thyme, fresh and roughly chopped (optional garnish) Directions In a large pot, melt one tablespoon butter over medium heat. Cook the onions until tender. Add the cinnamon and nutmeg, stirring constantly. Push this mixture to the side and add the remaining two tablespoons butter. Turn up the heat and melt the butter until brown (about a minute). Add the carrots, sweet potatoes. Pour in the chicken broth and water. Add the thyme. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat. Cover and simmer until the carrots and sweet potatoes are tender (about 35 minutes). In a blender, working in batches, place the soup mixture and puree until smooth. Be careful not to splatter. Return all the pureed soup into the pot over medium-low heat. Stir in the milk and cream. Season with salt and pepper. Ladle into soup bowls. Serve hot and garnish with extra thyme. Notes Substitute ¼ cup half-and-half for the milk and cream. Have a happy and healthy new year! Portuguese Bean Soup (Slow Cooker) January 6: National Bean Day Although Pacific Islanders and Asians dominate Hawaii’s immigrant population, there is a sizable settlement of Europeans (Brits, Scots, Russians, Germans, Spaniards and Portuguese) on the islands. Portuguese cuisine is especially popular in Hawaii as the people shared their cultural cooking customs at the historic plantations. We especially love their donuts (malassadas), sweet bread (pão doce) , sausage (linguiça) and bean soup served in several restaurants and food trucks. This blog post presents a slow cooker recipe for Portuguese bean soup, a hearty stew of linguiça, ham hocks, vegetables and kidney beans. Portuguese bean soup is perfect for cold winter days, during January’s National Soup Month and National Slow Cooker Month and on National Bean Day. Recipe Directions In the crock pot, add the sliced Portuguese sausage, tomatoes, onions and potatoes. Mix in the carrots, kidney beans and tomato sauce. Stir until blended. Cover and cook on low for 6-10 hours or until the vegetables are tender. Stir in the cabbage, cover and cook for another 30 minutes or until the cabbage is soft. Ladle the stew into soup bowls and garnish with a sprigs of fresh cilantro or parsley. Serve hot with Portuguese sweet bread or over steamed white rice. Notes Obrigado (thanks) to Lisa L. for the San Miguel rooster prop in the final food photo above that she got for us in Portugal. She also used to be stationed in Hawaii years ago and is back this year for a few months working for the U.S. Navy. Lucky for her, she gets to eat Portuguese bean soup and other authentic local-style foods in Islander’s home state! Other versions of the Portuguese bean soup recipe include macaroni to add texture and thickness to the broth. (Scottish Chicken and Leeks Soup) January: National Soup Month The ultimate comfort food for cold weather (and for colds and flu) is chicken soup. We have blogged before about tinolang manok , a Filipino-style chicken soup. But this recipe post is for cock-a-leekie, a Scottish-style chicken soup, for Hogmanay (Scottish New Year) and the upcoming Burns Supper celebrations in the latter part of January. Highlander’s Scottish relatives shared several versions of their recipes with us but we have adapted one for our own tastes and kept the traditional ingredients—cock (chicken), leekie (leeks) and prunes. Other recipes add bacon rashers, rice or barley as
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"Which of the Hindu Trimurti is ""The Creator""?"
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Heart of Hinduism: The Trimurti Brahma – the creator (in charge of raja-guna – the quality of passion). Vishnu – the maintainer On charge of sattva-guna – the quality of goodness). Shiva – the destroyer (in charge of tama-guna – the quality of ignorance). In the material world there are three principal deities called the trimurti (literally "three deities").They correspond to God's functions of creation, sustenance and destruction (see also Prakriti and Guna ). God also exists beyond this world, as an impersonal force and/or as the Supreme Person. Most commonly that transcendent Supreme is identified with Vishnu, or one of his forms (such as Krishna, Rama, or Narayana). Brahma, the creator (or secondary creator, since he is born of Vishnu, the original creator). Direct worship of Brahma is rare, and in India there is only one major temple dedicated to him in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Some consider him to be worshipped indirectly through the chanting of the Gayatri mantra, since Gayatri is one of his consorts. Vishnu, all-pervading yet also a person. He is most often worshipped in his forms as Krishna and Rama (see Twelve Principal Deities ). Shiva, with his carrier, Nandi the bull. Shiva is in charge of universal destruction, though he also has a role in creation. He represents the male principle within this world, while his female counterpart, Shakti, is his consort and the personification of material energy (Mother Nature). Common Misunderstandings The Trimurti is the Hindu Trinity The implied comparison here with Christianity is potentially misleading, and hence the term "Hindu Trinity" is best avoided.
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The Adversary Reviews & Ratings - IMDb IMDb 35 out of 41 people found the following review useful: Ray's forgotten masterpiece from India 16 April 2005 It is my personal view, and I think I'll have to go into hiding after saying this, that this is Satyajit Ray's greatest film. I happen to share a common name with the protagonist, Siddhartha, and knowing the sort of impact this movie had on my father, and people of his generation, I wouldn't be surprised if, subconsciously at least, I was named after the character. This movie is the first in what is called Ray's 'Calcutta Trilogy', which consists of 'Pratidwandi', 'Seemabaddha', and 'Jana Aranya'. These three movies, though not as remarkable perhaps as his previous, and more famous trilogy, the 'Apu trilogy', are nonetheless some of his finest and most subtle movies. Pratidwandi is set in a Calcutta rocked by political unrest, and examines the varied reactions of the youth of the city to this unrest. Based on Sunil Gangopadhyay's novel, the story revolves around Siddhartha, his family, the girl he loves and his struggle for survival in the big city, while at all times staying true to his principles. From its beginning interview scene, its use of real events as backdrop, its sublime acting, particularly that of Dhritiman, right till its remarkable ending, arguably Ray's greatest ever, the film sustains a continues high which makes watching it an unforgettable experience. Was the above review useful to you? 7 out of 9 people found the following review useful: Rebel with a Cause from India 16 December 2010 There are as many Rays as there are movies made by him. Having seen a good number, I find the present one different from any of the others. This is not the gentle poet of Pather Panchali nor the romantic chronicler of India's past of Charulata. This is the first of the so called Calcutta Trilogy. The film depicts the agony of youth stranded at the dawn of adulthood, in the specific context of Calcutta in the late sixties. This was the age of hippies and budding Naxalism, of Woodstock and the Vietnam war.The film reflects the bitterness and anger of an intelligent, sensitive youth man engaged in the herculian task of finding a job. Siddharth has recently interrupted his medical studies after losing his father. His sister is earning, but that is more because of her youth and femininity, and although nothing specific is imputed, her activities are perceived to be dishonorable. The younger brother is drifting towards shady political activity. Siddhartha's own encounters with women are sensitively portrayed. One charge that can never be made against Ray is lack of realism or anything less than utter honesty. He tells it exactly like it was. Ray seems to have indulged in some cinematic innovation. There are a number of eery dream sequences which reminded one of the opening sequence in Wild Strawberries. At some points the surrealism definitely seems artificial and overdone as when a whole crowds of job seekers waiting to be interviewed turns into skeletons in his imagination. Like Siddharth, Ray is in love with Calcutta, city of revolt and history and squalor. He has an unusual ability to condense everything into a short statement of a minute or so. These inspired climactic moments of dense compression punctuate Ray's work. In the present movie this comes towards the end when the seething dammed emotions of the young man explode in a demonstration of rage, as the long wait of the job seekers waiting to be interviewed is prolonged by another hour. Not his best but his worst is ahead of other's best. Was the above review useful to you? 4 out of 5 people found the following review useful: The competitor Author: anirban ghatak 19 June 2013 " The competitor or Pratidwandi was set up in a time of political turmoil in Bengal where a medicine drop out Siddhartha is looking out desperately for a job. Siddhartha had to leave his medicine study due to the sudden death of his father and ended up studying botany hence. The film moves through Kolkata with the eyes of Sidhartha mainly as an u
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