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The biological mating theory that males seek novelty and females seek familiarity is known as the '(What US President?) Effect'?
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Sex Differences in Attraction to Familiar and Unfamiliar Opposite-Sex Faces: Men Prefer Novelty and Women Prefer Familiarity | SpringerLink July 2014 , Volume 43, Issue 5 , pp 973–981 Sex Differences in Attraction to Familiar and Unfamiliar Opposite-Sex Faces: Men Prefer Novelty and Women Prefer Familiarity Authors Anthony C. Little Email author Lisa M. DeBruine 1.9k Downloads Abstract Familiarity is attractive in many types of stimuli and exposure generally increases feelings of liking. However, men desire a greater number of sexual partners than women, suggesting a preference for novelty. We examined sex differences in preferences for familiarity. In Study 1 (N = 83 women, 63 men), we exposed individuals to faces twice and found that faces were judged as more attractive on the second rating, reflecting attraction to familiar faces, with the exception that men’s ratings of female faces decreased on the second rating, demonstrating attraction to novelty. In Studies 2 (N = 42 women, 28 men) and 3 (N = 51 women, 25 men), exposure particularly decreased men’s ratings of women’s attractiveness for short-term relationships and their sexiness. In Study 4 (N = 64 women, 50 men), women’s attraction to faces was positively related to self-rated similarity to their current partner’s face, while the effect was significantly weaker for men. Potentially, men’s attraction to novelty may reflect an adaptation promoting the acquisition of a high number of sexual partners. Keywords AttractivenessFace processingFamiliarityPreferenceNoveltySex differences Introduction Generally, humans like familiar individuals and stimuli (Moreland & Zajonc, 1982 ; Zajonc, 1968 ), although in some studies such effects may depend on the complexity of the stimuli, with complex stimuli becoming more pleasant with familiarity and low complexity stimuli becoming less pleasant (Berlyne, 1970 ). Many studies have demonstrated that average faces (i.e., faces that are mathematically close to the mean shape of a population of faces) are attractive. For example, averageness has been found to be positively correlated with attractiveness ratings of real faces (Light, Hollander, & Kayra-Stuart, 1981 ) and studies that have used computer graphic methods to manipulate the averageness of face images have also demonstrated attraction to average faces (Galton, 1878 ; Jones, DeBruine, & Little, 2007 ; Langlois & Roggman, 1990 ; Langlois, Roggman, & Musselman, 1994 ; Little & Hancock, 2002 ; Rhodes, Sumich, & Byatt, 1999 ; Rhodes & Tremewan, 1996 ). One explanation for attraction to average faces is derived from theories of prototype formation (Langlois & Roggman, 1990 ). For each class of stimuli, it is possible that the visual system develops an internal prototype with the average of the characteristics of all the different stimuli of that type that have been seen. When novel stimuli are encountered, they are compared against this prototype and similarity to the prototype is positively related to how familiar and attractive we find the new stimuli (e.g., Halberstadt & Rhodes, 2000 ). Average faces may then be attractive because they are perceived as looking familiar (Halberstadt & Rhodes, 2000 ). Other evidence for attraction to familiarity comes from studies demonstrating that visual exposure to certain face types can influence facial attractiveness judgments (Buckingham et al., 2006 ; Little, DeBruine, & Jones, 2005 ; Rhodes, Jeffery, Watson, Clifford, & Nakayama, 2003 ), with individuals demonstrating increased attraction to faces that are similar to those they have previously seen. It may be noteworthy, however, that few studies have explicitly tested for possible sex differences in human preferences for novelty versus familiarity. While much research demonstrates preferences for familiarity (Bornstein, 1989 ; Zajonc, 1968 ), there are theoretical reasons to expect preferences for novelty under certain circumstances. One example of preference for novelty is the “Coolidge effect,” named after the 30th U. S. president, Calvin Coolidge. While it may not be historic
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Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`Bike +A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually?`Hum +Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015?`Eisenhower +Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called? `Tidal +At auction in 2015, $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original handrwitten lyrics for which 1971 big hit song? `American Pie +In 2015 what global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its 114 competitors, for the first time since 1951 inception? `Miss World +Which vast tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' branded intelligent home store in Palo Alto California in 2015?`Google +In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age to what?`18`eighteen +The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as?`Camel Flu +Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what extraordinarily successful book?`Fifty Shades of Grey`50 shades of grey +Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015?`Rupert Murdoch`murdoch +In 2015 a new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that leader Kim Jong-un learnt to drive at age?`3`three +Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?`Toyota +In 2015 evidence of water was found on which planet?`Mars +Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?`India +Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open?`Stan Warwinka`warwinka +What company launched the S6 Edge smartphone?`Samsung +Which leading professional networking tech corporation, whose main revenue is selling user access/details to recruiters, bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?`Linkedin`linked in +'Dismaland' was the temporary theme park/exhibition of which famous 'anonymous' artist?`Banksy +Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?`Volkswagen`vw +In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?`Russia +The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015?`eighty`80`80th +Name the Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?`Charlotte +The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled?`Fury Road`mad max: fury road`mad max fury road +The Magna Carta, signed in London, and inspiring constitutional rights globally thereafter, was how many years old in 2015?`eight hundred`800 +In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in what country?`Indonesia +Olav Bjortmont became 2015 world champion in?`Quizzing`quiz +Lars Lokke led his centre-right party to 2015 government election victory in what country?`Denmark +Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the...?`Priv +Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called "Music... "?`Stories +Eddie Jones was appointed head coach of which English sporting team in 2015?`Rugby Union`rugby +According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular among USA children?`Apples`apple +Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey celebrated what birthday in 2015?`49`fourty-nine`fourty nine`49th +Jon Snow was killed off in what TV series in 2015, adapted from GRR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?`Game of Thrones +Finance minister Yanis Yaroufakis caused comment for not wearing a tie in February 2015 when negotiating the debts for which nation?`Greece +What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?`Canada +What iconic equine-alluding company, in countless books/films/cowboy holsters, filed for bankruptcy in 2015?`Colt +Due to a 2015 contamination scandal in India/Afica, which corporation destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi noodles?`Nestle +How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015?`60`sixty +It was announced in 2015 that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced on?`$10 bill`$10`tendollars`ten dollar bill`ten
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Which 'cake' is a small, circular black sweet made of liquorice?
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Liquorice cake | Good Food Channel Good Food Channel > Liquorice cake Liquorice cake Allegra McEvedy's sweet treat is made from liquorice cakes flavoured with cinnamon, orange, currants and black treacle By Allegra McEvedy 150 g butter, at room temperature 200 g sugar 2-3 oranges, juice and zest of half Tips and Suggestions Pontefract cakes are small, roughly circular black sweets made of liquorice, originally manufactured in the Yorkshire town of Pontefract, England. If you can't get them from Yorkshire, use the Haribo version instead - you'll find bags in most supermarkets, including Waitrose. Method 1. Place the tea bags into a mug and half-fill with boiling water. Brew for 3-4 minutes, remove the tea bags and add the currants to soak for at least 10-15 minutes. 2. Preheat the oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3. Grease and line a 18-20 round cake tin, or a 12-cup cupcake tin if you would prefer to make 12 small cakes instead of one big one. 3. Cut each Pontefract cake in 6-8 pieces. 4. Cream the butter and sugar together in a mixing bowl with a wooden spoon until pale and fluffy. Sieve in the flour and add the eggs, mixing until well combined. 5. Pour away half of the tea in the mug, then add the rest, along with the soaked currants, into the cake batter. Stir in the cinnamon, black treacle and the chopped Pontefract cakes. 6. Spoon the mixture into your prepared tin of choice and bake for 25-35 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean - reduce the cooking time by 5-10 minutes if baking cupcakes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. 7. Meanwhile, mix together the icing sugar with the orange juice and zest to form a syrup. Drizzle over the cooled cakes before serving. Rate This Recipe
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Bangladesh This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Bangladesh Civil and State Flag Red disc on green field. The disc is set slightly toward the hoist so that when the flag is flying it will appear to be in the center. Many illustrations (and probably actual flags, too) have the circle in the center in error, for example, the British Admiralty's Flags of All Nations - 1989. I do not know if the circle was centered when it also included the yellow map of the country. At home I have an example of a Bangladeshi postage stamp ca 1971 with the map on the flag, and I think it shows the circle in the center. Nick Artimovich, 26 August 1997 The red circle should actually be shifted towards the hoist since 1972. The previous flag (1971-1972) had a centered red disc with a yellow map silhouette of Bangladesh. Jan Zrzavy, 26 August 1997 The national flag is bottle green in color and rectangular in size with the length to width ratio of 10:6 bearing a red circle on the body of the green. The red circle has a radius of one fifth of the length of the flag. Its center is placed on the middle of the perpendicular drawn from the nine twentieth part of the flag. The background colour symbolizes the greenery of Bangladesh with its vitality and youthfulness while the red disc represents the rising sun and the sacrifice our people made to obtain our independence. Prescribed sizes of the flag for buildings are 305cm x 183cm, 152cm x 91cm and 76cm x 46cm and for vehicles are 38cm x 23cm and 25cm x 15cm. Collected from http://www.virtualbangladesh.com/bd_flag.html by Dov Gutterman, 23 December 1998. (See also the Construction Sheet ) Santiago Dotor, 26 February 2001 Modified from http://www.banglarglimpse.com/prelibhist.htm : "The national flag of Bangladesh was a product first conceived by painter Quamrul Hasan. On the 3rd March 1971, ASM Abdur Rab the then VP of Dhaka University Students' Union had the honour of hoisting the first flag of independent Bangladesh at the Dhaka University premises popularly known as Bat-tala. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman hoisted the flag of independent Bangladesh at his residence, 32 Dhanmondi R/A, at the outskirt of Dhaka, on the 23rd March 1971. It was an unknown Awami League worker who hoisted the first flag of independence at the historical meeting at the then Ramna Race-course on the 7th March 1971 where Sheikh Mujib tacitly called for armed struggle against Pakistani occupation Army. For Quamrul Hasan, making and shaping of the flag needed several months to complete. Unique features of the first flag of independent Bangladesh were the absence of the crescent and star (as in the Pakistan's flag), symbol of the Islamic states. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the Bangalees dreamed for the secular Bangladesh. The red circular disc with map of Bangladesh symbolizes blood of thousands of Bangalis killed by the Pakistanis since 1947 in the Golden Bangla. The green backdrop, needless to say, symbolizes the vitality, youthfulness, greenery and of course symbolizes also our land as agrarian since the pre-Vedic age. Many western writers have written an interpretation of the green backdrop of the Bangladesh flag as the colour of Islam which is essentially wrong information. Please note the Lonely Planet's Bangladesh 1996 edition. Here the author wrongly writes "First flown officially from the rebel Bangladesh embassy in Calcutta when the War of Liberation began". Writing partially correct "The Bangladesh flag is green for the lush country, not for Islam, as some fundamentalists would prefer". The CIA world factbook 1997 has also made the same mistake! The present flag, quite different from the first one, is bottle green in the background, voided of the golden-coloured map of Bangladesh, rectangular in size in the proportion of length to width 10:6. The red circle has a radius of one-fifth of the length of the flag. The red circle's centre is placed on the intersecting point of the perpendicular drawn from the nine-twentieth part of the length and the horizontal line drawn through the middle of i
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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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In 2015 which Arsenal footballer became the first ever to score hat-tricks in the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A?
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Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez becomes the first man to net hat-tricks in the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga | Daily Mail Online Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez becomes the first man to net hat-tricks in the Premier League, Serie A and La Liga He scored a first-half treble as Udinese beat Palermo 7-0 in 2011 His Barcelona hat-trick came against Elche in La Liga at the Nou Camp comments Alexis Sanchez returned to form for Arsenal on Saturday with a hat-trick against Leicester, which propelled his side to an entertaining 5-2 victory in the Premier League . But the Chile international's treble also completed a remarkable personal feat, as he became the first man to score a three goals in a game in Serie A, La Liga and the top flight in England. Sanchez's first hat-trick came in Italy, when he was playing for Udinese, in February 2011. Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez became the first man to score hat-tricks in Italy, Spain and England on Saturday Sanchez's first treble came in his Udinese days in 2011, when he scored a first-half hat-trick against Palermo Sanchez scored his hat-trick in Spain for Barcelona in January 2014, in a 4-0 victory against Elche ALEXIS SANCHEZ HAT TRICKS SERIE A: Udinese 7-0 Palermo, Feb 27 2011 LA LIGA: Barcelona 4-0 Elche, Jan 5, 2014 PREMIER LEAGUE: Leicester 2-5 Arsenal, Sept 26, 2015 He netted three times in the first half of his side's encounter against Palermo as they thrashed the Sicilian team 7-0. Mainly thanks to Sanchez, they were leading 4-0 at the break. His scintillating form in Italy caught the eye of Barcelona, who swooped to sign him five months later for £23million. His treble on Spanish shores came in January 2014, his final season at the Nou Camp, as he led his side to a 4-0 victory against Elche. RELATED ARTICLES 22k shares He sealed his hat-trick with a thunderous free kick from 30 yards. But later that year, he departed the Catalan giants as they moved to sign Luis Suarez from Liverpool. Sanchez headed for the Premier League with Arsenal and was an instant hit with supporters at the Emirates. After a difficult start to the season, Sanchez returned to form with three goals for Arsenal against Leicester Sanchez's first hat-trick for Udinese came as part of a 7-0 thrashing of Palermo and caught Barcelona's eye Sanchez (centre) sealed his Barcelona hat-trick with a stunning free kick against Elche at the Nou Camp He has had a slow start to his second season in England, perhaps a little jaded after leading Chile to Copa America victory in the summer, but returned to form at the King Power stadium on Saturday. His treble guided Arsenal to a hard fought victory against Leicester, who were beaten in the league for the first time this season. 'Alexis is a top-quality player and even when he is not scoring goals he works so hard for us,' Sanchez's team-mate Theo Walcott said. 'I am sure he going to flourish now with many, many more important goals.'
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Premier League clubs | VisitBritain Middle East - العربية | English Premier League clubs The Premier League is the world’s number one football league, with amazing teams, stunning stadiums and passionate fans. Broadcast to 4.8 billion people worldwide every football club has an army of loyal followers cheering them on throughout the season from all parts of the world. Arsenal F.C In 1886, workers at the Woolwich Arsenal Armament factory started a team called Dial Square. They turned professional in 1891 and became known as Arsenal F.C in 1913. Find out more Leicester City Football Club Also known as ‘the Foxes’, Leicester City Football Club was formed in 1884. They play at the King Power Stadium, commonly known as Filbert Way, in Leicester in the East Midlands. Find out more Manchester City F.C Formed in 1880 by St Mark’s Church, Manchester City took its current name in 1894. The club’s home ground is now the magnificent Etihad Stadium, having previously played at Maine Road since 1923. Find out more Tottenham Hotspur F.C Boys from Tottenham Hotspur Cricket Club formed Hotspur FC in 1882. In 1901 it became the only non-league club to win the FA Cup since the formation of the football league. Find out more Manchester United F.C Formed as Newton Heath LYR in 1878, the club became Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910. One of the most successful clubs in the history of English football, it boasts a record 20 English League titles. Find out more West Ham United F.C Originally named the Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding football team (hence its nickname, ‘the Hammers’) the club reformed as West Ham United in 1900. In 1904 it relocated to its current Boleyn Ground stadium, and to date its honours include 3 FA Cup wins. Find out more Liverpool Football Club Liverpool Football Club was formed in 1892 and has to date won more European trophies than any other English team, in addition to 7 FA Cup wins and numerous other honours. Find out more Southampton FC Southampton FC has been known as ‘the Saints’ since its formation in 1885 due to its history as a church football team. Its honours include 1 FA Cup win. Find out more Stoke City F.C Stoke became a professional team in 1885 – and it's been wearing its distinctive red and white striped kit continuously for over 100 years. Find out more Watford Football Club Watford Football Club was founded in 1881. The long established Hertfordshire team has a number of nicknames including ‘the Hornets’, ‘the Golden Boys’ and ‘the ‘Orns’. They were once owned by legendary British music star Sir Elton John, who oversaw several successful seasons under manager Graham Taylor. Both men are now Honorary Life Presidents of the club. Find out more Crystal Palace F.C Founded in 1905, Crystal Palace FC was originally nicknamed ‘the Glaziers’, after the mass of glass panes used in Crystal Palace itself. It was promoted to the Barclays Premier League during the 2012-13 Football League season. Find out more Everton F.C Originally called St Domingo FC – for the people of St Domingo’s Church parish – the club was renamed Everton when people from outside the parish wanted to play too. The club’s honours include 5 FA Cup wins. Find out more Chelsea F.C Nicknamed ‘the Blues’ for the colour of its strip. Chelsea FC was formed in 1905 and has won a long list of honours including 4 Barclays Premier League titles and 7 FA Cups. Its home ground is Stamford Bridge. Find out more West Bromwich Albion F.C The club was formed in 1878 by workers in West Bromwich, and took the name West Bromwich Albion in 1880. Its honours include 5 FA Cup wins, and its home ground is The Hawthorns. Find out more Swansea City A.F.C Formed in 1912, Swansea City AFC became the first Welsh club to be promoted to the Premier League in 2010-11. Since 2005, Liberty Stadium has been the club’s home turf. Find out more A.F.C Bournemouth A.F.C Bournemouth, or ‘the Cherries’ due to the bright red kit they wear when they play at home, was founded in 1890. In 2015, the Dorset team entered the top flight for the first time in th
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In which Australian state is the town of Wagga Wagga?
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Thousands evacuate NSW towns as floods continue in Australia | Australia news | The Guardian Thousands evacuate NSW towns as floods continue in Australia Sixteen river systems have flooded in NSW, with Queensland and northern Victoria also facing serious flood threats Aerial view from a helicopter of flooded areas in Wagga Wagga in southwest NSW, Australia Photograph: Lukas Coch/EPA Monday 5 March 2012 23.23 EST First published on Monday 5 March 2012 23.23 EST Close This article is 4 years old Vast areas of Australia's east and southeast are facing devastating flooding after weeks of heavy rain. In NSW alone – Australia's most populous state – an area the size of France is either under water or at risk of going under, after 16 river systems have flooded. Southeast Queensland and northern Victoria also face serious threats of flooding. "This is devastating for small businesses, for farmers and for those whose houses have been flooded," said NSW state premier, Barry O'Farrell, who toured the state's affected region. Attention has focused on the NSW town of Wagga Wagga, 475km south west of Sydney, as it faces its biggest flood in 150 years. Around 9,000 residents have been evacuated from the city centre amid fears the town's levee banks may not withstand the flood coming down the Murrumbidgee river. It brings to 13,000 the number of people evacuated from their homes across the state. The levee surrounding Wagga Wagga is 11m high and the river is expected to peak at 10.9m later on Tuesday. It's NSW's biggest inland city with 50,000 residents and it is an important agricultural, military and transport hub. Residents have been filling sandbags to protect their properties and businesses. Two hundred and fifty homes on the north of the city have already been inundated. "This is a very significant flood emergency and will continue to be a significant flood emergency down stream in the coming weeks," said James McTavish of the State Emergency Services. Authorities have pleaded with residents to heed evacuation requests and to stay away from floodwaters. The president of the NSW Farmers Association, Fiona Simson, said the floods will have a massive impact on rural communities. "Not least because we know the government hasn't got a lot of money," she told the Sydney Morning Herald. The state government says it expects the bill for repairing roads alone will come to at least A$500m (£335m). Rising floodwaters in southeast Queensland are also threatening properties. More than 200mm of rain fell in 24 hours in some areas this week. An 82-year-old man died in the town of Gympie, about 175km north of Brisbane on Monday after his car was caught in rising floodwaters. The deluge in southeast Queensland follows earlier flood emergencies in the state's inland areas, including the state's biggest emergency evacuation in the town of St George in February. The huge amount of rainfall is being attributed to the La Nina phenomenon where the sea surface temperature across the equatorial Eastern Central Pacific Ocean falls lower than normal by three to five degrees celsius. It has meant NSW has had the ninth wettest and fourth coldest summer on record.
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Australian Animals - Tourism Australia Load More Mammals Australia’s mammalian wildlife is unique from the rest of the world. The dingo, or wild dog, is our largest carnivorous mammal, while the numbat, quoll and Tasmanian devil are each generally the size of an average house cat. Dingoes can be found all around Australia, except for Tasmania, and the best places to spot them include Queensland’s Fraser Island , the Kimberley in Western Australia and across the deserts of the Northern Territory and South Australia. Numbats are found only in Western Australia and the Tasmanian devil can only be seen in wildlife parks or in the Tasmanian wilderness. Endangered quolls are difficult to spot in the wild, but inhabit the wet forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania, and a small area of northern Queensland. The bilby can be seen in Francois Peron National Park in Western Australia. Marsupials Australia has more than 140 species of marsupials, including kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, and wombats. Our 55 different native species of kangaroos and wallabies vary greatly in size and weight, ranging from half a kilogram (1 pound) to 90 (198.4 pounds) kilograms. Come face to face with kangaroos and wallabies in Namadgi and Kosciuszko National Parks in the Australian Alps , Pebbly Beach in New South Wales and Tasmania’s Freycinet National Park . Despite popular belief, our native koala is not a bear. Spot koalas at Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve near Canberra, Port Stephens in New South Wales and the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Queensland. The wombat is another creature you’ll find here – a stout, burrowing animal that can weigh up to 36 kilograms (79.4 pounds). Some of the best places to see them in the wild are the Blue Mountains National Park in New South Wales, Wilsons Promontory in Victoria and Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park in Tasmania. Monotremes Another animal group found only in Australia is the monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The most distinctive is the platypus, a river-dwelling animal with a bill like a duck, a furry waterproof body and webbed feet. Platypuses live in burrows, which they dig into the banks of rivers. They are difficult to spot, but your best chance to see them is in small streams and calm rivers along the east coast, such as the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve near Canberra, Lake Elizabeth in Victoria’s Great Otway National Park and in northern New South Wales and Queensland. The echidna, otherwise known as the spiny anteater, is another of Australia’s monotremes. It has a prickly coat like a hedgehog or porcupine – so don’t try to pick one up! Kangaroo Island is one of the best places to spot them in the wild. Birds We have more than 800 species of birds in Australia, and about half cannot be found anywhere else. They range from tiny honeyeaters to the large, flightless emu, which stands nearly two metres (6.6 feet) tall. See cassowaries in our tropical rainforest, kookaburras in our open woodlands and emus in sclerophyll forests and savanna woodlands. Get up close to penguins on Kangaroo Island in South Australia and Philip Island in Victoria , or hear the winter call of the lyrebirds in Wollumbin National Park and in the Gondwana Rainforests in southeast Queensland. There are 55 species of parrots in Australia, including a spectacular variety of cockatoos, rosellas, lorikeets, cockatiels, parakeets and budgerigars, which are seen in rural and urban areas. Reptiles Australia has more venomous snakes than any other continent, 21 of the world’s 25 deadliest in fact. But not all are poisonous, and we also have some stunning pythons and tree snakes. We are famous for our crocodiles, and host two different species, the freshwater crocodile, which is found nowhere else in the world, and the estuarine crocodile (also known as the saltwater crocodile). The Kimberley, Kakadu National Park and Cape York Peninsula are excellent places to see crocodiles in their natural habitat. Of the seven species of marine turtles in the world, six can be found here including the flatback turtl
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By what name were Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale collectively known when they appeared before Judge Julius Hoffman in 1969?
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Abbie Hoffman (1936 – 1989) | JSource Abbie Hoffman (1936 – 1989) Reference: Wikipedia Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) Abbot Howard “Abbie” Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party (“Yippies”). Hoffman was arrested and tried for conspiracy and inciting to riot as a result of his role in protests that led to violent confrontations with police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, along with Jerry Rubin , David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, Lee Weiner and Bobby Seale. The group was known collectively as the “Chicago Eight”; when Seale’s prosecution was separated from the others, they became known as the Chicago Seven. While the defendants were initially convicted of intent to incite a riot, the verdicts were overturned on appeal. Hoffman came to prominence in the 1960s, and continued practicing his activism in the 1970s, and has remained a symbol of the youth rebellion of that era.[1] Biography Early life and education Hoffman was born November 30, 1936 in Worcester, Massachusetts to John Hoffman and Florence Schamberg, both of Jewish descent. Hoffman was raised in a middle class household and had two younger siblings. As a child in the 1940s-50s, he was a member of what has been described as “the transitional generation between the beatniks and hippies”. He described his childhood as “idyllic” and the 40s as “a great time to grow up in”. On June 3, 1954, the 17-year-old Hoffman was arrested for the first time, for driving without a license. During his school days, he became known as a troublemaker who started fights, played pranks, vandalized school property, and referred to teachers by their first names. In his sophomore year, Hoffman was expelled from Classical High School, a now-closed public high school in Worcester. As an atheist,[2] Hoffman wrote a paper declaring that “God could not possibly exist, for if he did, there wouldn’t be any suffering in the world.” The irate teacher ripped up the paper and called him “a communist punk”. Hoffman jumped on the teacher and started fighting him until he was restrained and removed from the school.[3] After his expulsion, he attended Worcester Academy, graduating in 1955. Hoffman did many of the things typical of rebellious teenagers in the 1950s such as driving motorcycles, wearing leather jackets, and sporting a ducktail haircut. He enrolled in Brandeis University, where he studied under professors such as noted psychologist Abraham Maslow, often considered the father of humanistic psychology.[4] He was also a student of the Marxist theorist Herbert Marcuse, whom Hoffman said had a profound effect on his political outlook after studying his philosophy. Hoffman would later cite Marcuse’s influence during his activism and his theories on revolution. Hoffman graduated with a B.A. in psychology in 1959. That fall, he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, where he completed coursework toward a master’s degree in psychology. Soon after, he married his pregnant girlfriend Sheila Karklin in May 1960. Early protests Prior to his days as a leading member of the Yippie movement, Hoffman was involved with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ( SNCC ), and organized “Liberty House”, which sold items to support the Civil Rights Movement in the southern United States. During the Vietnam War, Hoffman was an anti-war activist, using deliberately comical and theatrical tactics. In October 1967, David Dellinger of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam asked Jerry Rubin to help mobilize and direct a March on the Pentagon.[5] The protesters gathered at the Lincoln Memorial as Dellinger and Dr. Benjamin Spock gave speeches to the mass of people.[6] From there, the group marched towards the Pentagon. As the protesters neared the Pentagon, they were met by soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division[6] who formed a human barricade blocking the Pentagon steps.[5] Not to be dissuaded, Hoffman vowed to levitate the Pe
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Billboard Top 40 Hits (1970) at cyList Celebrate - Three Dog Night (#15) Check Out Your Mind - The Impressions (#28) Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad (#22) Come And Get It - Badfinger (#7) Come Running - Van Morrison (#39) Come Saturday Morning - The Sandpipers (#17) Cracklin' Rosie - Neil Diamond (#1) Cry Me A River - Joe Cocker (#11) Daughter of Darkness - Tom Jones (#13) Deeper and Deeper - Freda Payne (#24) Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) - The Delfonics (#10) Do It - Neil Diamond (#36) Do the Funky Chicken - Rufus Thomas (#28) Do What You Wanna Do - Five Flights Up (#37) Do You See My Love (for You Growing) - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (#32) Domino - Van Morrison (#9) Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Aretha Franklin (#11) Easy Come, Easy Go - Bobby Sherman (#9) El Condor Pasa - Simon & Garfunkel (#18) The End of Our Road - Marvin Gaye (#40) Engine Number 9 - Wilson Pickett (#14) Everybody's Got the Right to Love - The Supremes (#21) Everybody's Out of Town - B.J. Thomas (#26) Everybody Is A Star - Sly And Family Stone (#1) Everything Is Beautiful - Ray Stevens (#1) Everything's Tuesday - Chairmen of the Board (#38) Evil Ways - Santana (#9) Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me - Crow (#19) Express Yourself - Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band (#12) Fancy - Bobbie Gentry (#31) Fire and Rain - James Taylor (#3) For the Good Times - Ray Price (#11) For the Love of Him - Bobbi Martin (#13) For You Blue - The Beatles (#1) Games - Redeye (#27) Get Ready - Rare Earth (#4) Get Up I Feel Like Being Like a Sex Machine (Part 1) - James Brown (#15) Gimme Dat Ding - The Pipkins (#9) Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board (#3) Go Back - Crabby Appleton (#36) God, Love and Rock & Roll - Teegarden & Van Winkle (#22) Gotta Hold on to This Feeling - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars (#21) Green-Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf (#3) Groovy Situation - Gene Chandler (#12) Gypsy Woman - Brian Hyland (#3) Hand Me Down World - The Guess Who (#17) He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Neil Diamond (#20) He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies (#7) Heaven Help Us All - Stevie Wonder (#9) Heed the Call - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition (#33) Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty (#1) Hey Lawdy Mama - Steppenwolf (#35) Hey, Mister Sun - Bobby Sherman (#24) Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman (#2) Hi-De-Ho - Blood, Sweat & Tears (#14) Hitchin' a Ride - Vanity Fare (#5) Honey Come Back - Glen Campbell (#19) The House Of the Rising Sun - Frijid Pink (#7) I Ain't Got Time Anymore - The Glass Bottle (#36) I Am Somebody (Part 2) - Johnnie Taylor (#39) I Found That Girl - The Jackson Five I Just Can't Help Believing - B.J. Thomas (#9) (I Know) I'm Losing You - Rare Earth (#7) I Really Don't Want to Know - Elvis Presley (#21) I Think I Love You - The Partridge Family (#1) I Want to Take You Higher - Sly & The Family Stone (#38) I Want to Take You Higher - Ike & Tina Turner (#34) I (Who Have Nothing) - Tom Jones (#14) I'll Be There - The Jackson 5 (#1) I'm Not My Brother's Keeper - The Flaming Ember (#34) I've Lost You - Elvis Presley (#32) If I Were a Carpenter - Johnny Cash & June Carter (#36) If I Were Your Woman - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#9) If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot (#5) (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? - Ronnie Dyson (#8) Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin (#16) In the Summertime - Mungo Jerry (#3) Indiana Wants Me - R. Dean Taylor (#5) Instant Karma (We All Shine On) - John Ono Lennon (#3) Isn't It a Pity - George Harrison It Don't Matter to Me - Bread (#10) It's a New Day (Parts 1 & 2) - James Brown (#32) It's a Shame - Spinners (#14) It's All in the Game - Four Tops (#24) It's Only Make Believe - Glen Campbell (#10) Jennifer Tomkins - Street People (#36) Jingle Jangle - The Archies (#10) Joanne - Michael Nesmith & The First National Band (#21) Julie, Do Ya Love Me - Bobby Sherman (#5) Kentucky Rain - Elvis Presley (#16) Lay A Little Lovin' On Me - Robin McNamara (#11) Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie with The Edwin Hawkins Singers (#6) Let A Man Come in and Do the Popcor
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During which holiday do Jews refrain from eating leavened bread?
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Chosen People Ministries - Removal of the Leaven Holidays and Festivals During Passover, observant Jewish people refrain from eating leaven. This tradition comes from God's commandment to Israel in the Torah, “For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread” (Ex 12:19-20). As Jewish people prepare for Passover, each family removes the leaven from their home. Then, during a ceremony called Bedikat Chametz, every traditional household conducts a final search for leaven throughout the house, gathers it together and burns it, after which the house is kosher for Passover. Paul uses this Jewish practice as the background to his discussion in 1 Corinthians 5:6-8, "Your glorying is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” At that time, the believing community of Corinth was tolerant of gross immorality. Paul compares sin to leaven and commands the congregation at Corinth to clean out the sin from within their midst in the same way the Jewish community removes leaven from their homes during Passover. Just as leaven permeates an entire lump of dough, sinful behavior affects the entire life of an individual and congregation. If the congregation at Corinth did not deal with the wicked behavior in their midst, then this behavior would defile the whole community. When making Challah, the traditional Jewish bread for Shabbat, a small amount of yeast is added to the dough, and this bit of yeast leavens the entire loaf of bread. In the same way, sin affects a person’s entire life. We cannot compartmentalize our lives and isolate sin in a particular area so that it does not affect the other areas of our lives. God created us as holistic people, and we deceive ourselves when we think the small or hidden sins in our lives will not affect the other areas of our soul. Even small and hidden sins will permeate and corrode our entire being. As Paul wrote, the reason we must remove the wicked behavior from our lives is that our Messiah was sacrificed, like a Passover lamb, to remove our unrighteousness. Therefore, we should pursue righteousness, since our Messiah has removed the chametz (leaven) from our lives. Paul describes people with leaven as depraved and wicked, whereas people who are pure in motives and upright in character have no leaven. The “unleavened” person does not have a hidden or secret life. The preparation for Passover can remind us to think about the unrighteous behaviors we tolerate in our own lives. If we tolerate immoral thoughts or actions, they will begin to affect our spiritual lives and ultimately destroy our soul. If we are serious about honoring God and having a healthy spiritual life, then we cannot tolerate the hidden and secret sins. In the spirit of Passover, let us remove the sin from our lives, so that we are kosher for Passover.
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Robert XMAS Jeopardy Jeopardy Template 100 What is Silent Night? It is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian priest Josef Mohr originally called Stille Nacht 100 What is a BB gun? Ralphie desperately wanted this item for Christmas in 'A Christmas Story' 100 In 1987, this cat enjoys Christmas at the family farm in the countryside 100 He's known to be a three-decker sauerkraut and toadstool sandwich with arsenic sauce 100 It is the chemical composition of snow 200 In the song 12 Days of Christmas, this many swans were a swimming 200 The miracle on 34th street happened in this city 200 What is a really big turkey? In the Mr. Bean Christmas Special, Mr. Bean ends up wearing this on his head 200 In the novel 'A Christmas Carol', he was Scrooge's deceased business partner 200 It is the birth sign of people born on 25 December 300 What is 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus'? Child star Jimmy Boyd sang this hugely popular 1950's Christmas song 300 He played Santa in the movie 'The Santa Clause' 300 What is 'A Charlie Brown Christmas'? What is 1965? It was the title of the first Peanuts Christmas TV special BONUS double your points - It was the first year it aired 300 Who is Tiny Tim? Charles Dickens is said to have considered the names Little Larry and Puny Pete for this character 300 Santa has his own postal code in this country HOH OHO? 400 What is White Christmas by Bing Crosby? It is the biggest selling Christmas single, globally, of all time 400 In the 1969 movie, Frosty the Snowman, wore this for a nose 400 Who is Alvin, from Alvin and the Chipmunks? He gives Tommy his Golden Echo harmonica in this 1981 TV Christmas special 400 Who is George Bailey? Who is James Stewart? He is the central character in the film It's a Wonderful Life BONUS: Double points if you name the actor 400 Who is Tchaikovsky? He composed the music known as The Nutcracker Suite, for the Christmas themed ballet The Nutcracker 500 What is 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen'? In this Christmas Carol, the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power, when we were gone astray..' are sung 500 In 1992, he played the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in 'A Muppets Christmas Carol'? 500 What is The Island of Misfit Toys? In the 1964 classic 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer', Rudolph travels to this island 500 Vince Vaughan plays this character, Santa's older brother 500 What is advent? The Latin word that means 'coming' gave the English language this term which refers to the coming Christmas period as well as a particular tradition popular with children
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The Aborigines call it Uluru. What do we call it?
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3 Things You Should Know about Uluru's Aboriginal Name Uluru-Ayers Rock: What’s in a Name? Many people ask us what is the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock means. So we’ve written this page to not only help you to learn what the original name for Ayers Rock is, but also to dispel some of the myths about Ayers Rock’s original name. We often see information written on the internet about Ayers Rock that simply isn’t true. For example, I’ve seen websites stating that Ayers Rock is the heart chakra of the world! Until recently, Wikipedia’s entry claiming that Uluru means ‘island mountain’. I’ve even heard one ignorant tour guide at Uluru’s base spreading this ‘island mountain’ meaning to tourists. Not only is this untrue, it’s also offensive to Aboriginal people who have their own spiritual traditions associated with the Rock. So we want to make sure that you have the real facts about Uluru – and especially about the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock. On this page, I (Amanda) will share my knowledge as an anthropologist and tell you the real story behind Ayers Rock’s original name. 1. Uluru: The Original Name The Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock is Uluru. Uluru is a Yankunytjatjara word. Yankunytjatjara is the name of the Aboriginal people whose land Ayers Rock is located on. Uluru is not just the name of Ayers Rock itself, but also of the country around Ayers Rock. Uluru is in fact the name of a large tract of land where a particular sub-group of Yankunytjatjara people (anthropologists call this an ‘estate group’) live. 2. What Does Uluru Mean? Uluru is first and foremost a place name. It does not have any specific meaning, although it may have some connection to the Yankunytjatjara words for ‘crying’ and ‘shadows’. As I really wanted to know what the word meant, I asked Senior Traditional owners, Reggie and Cassidy Uluru and well known Alice Springs historian, Richard (Dick) Kimber, about the meaning of Uluru. After a few ignorant comments on this post, I then asked several Yankunytjatjara people who are highly skilled language interpreters about the meaning as well. They all told me that Uluru was the name of the place, and that it had no specific meaning. I also read through the writings of Charles Mountford, one of the first anthropologists to live and work with Yankunytjatjara and Luritja people, and the books of Bill Harney (the first ranger at Ayers Rock). I consulted the anthropological work of Robert Lawton, who worked on land claims in the area during the 1970s. Mountford worked with Aboriginal people at Ayers Rock in the 1930s and 1940s. He records that Uluru is both the name of a Dreaming ancestor, a snake, AND the name of a rockhole that is a Men’s Sacred site located on top of the Rock. Traditionally, only initiated senior men could climb the Rock and visit this special site (this fact is often hidden from public knowledge, but is there in historical and anthropological records for anyone to discover.) Bill Harney arrived at Uluru in the late 1950s. He was told by the Aboriginal custodians of Uluru that it was a place name. Robert Lawton was the anthropologist who interviewed all of the old people for the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Land Claim. He also established that Uluru was a place name. After doing this research and asking expert people, the evidence suggested that the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock, Uluru, is indeed a place name with no specific meaning. Aboriginal people felt that the connection to ‘crying’ or ‘wailing’ was actually associated with ‘Yulara’, which is the name of the township where Ayers Rock Resort is located. There are several named places on the south western side of the Rock (near the Park HQ) which refer to shade or shadows. (The ‘ul-‘ sound refers to shade or shadow in several Central Australian Aboriginal languages ). There may be some connection of the word ‘Uluru’ to shadows or shade, however, the Aboriginal men I spoke with did not suggest this. So we can conclude that just as Niagara Falls is the name of a place, or London or the Amazon River, so too is Uluru. It does not mean ‘Ear
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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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Which actress played the part of Cassandra in 'Only Fools and Horses'?
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'Cassandra' actress: 'I have lost a true friend' - ITV News 16 January 2014 at 4:10pm 'Cassandra' actress: 'I have lost a true friend' Gwyneth Strong, who played Cassandra in Only Fools and Horses, has said "today is a very sad day,' following the news of the death of her co-star Roger Loyd Pack. Only Fools and Horses actress Gwyneth Strong. Credit: Press Association She said: "It's a very sad day. I have lost a true friend and anincredibly gifted work colleague." Last updated Thu 16 Jan 2014
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IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Robert Redford" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Robert Redford" 1-50 of 177 names. Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson was born in New York City. Her mother, Melanie Sloan , is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, and her father, Karsten Johansson , is Danish. She has a sister, Vanessa Johansson , who is also an actress, a brother, Adrian, a twin brother, Hunter Johansson , born three minutes after her, and a paternal half-brother, Christian. Her grandfather was writer Ejner Johansson . Johansson began acting during childhood, after her mother started taking her to auditions. She made her professional acting debut at the age of eight in the off-Broadway production of "Sophistry" with Ethan Hawke, at New York's Playwrights Horizons. She would audition for commercials but took rejection so hard her mother began limiting her to film tryouts. She made her film debut at the age of nine, as John Ritter's character's daughter in the 1994 fantasy comedy, North . Following minor roles in the 1995 film Just Cause , as the daughter of Sean Connery and Kate Capshaw's character, and If Lucy Fell , she played the role of Amanda in Manny & Lo . Her performance in Manny & Lo garnered a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Female, and positive reviews, one noting, "[the film] grows on you, largely because of the charm of ... Scarlett Johansson", while San Francisco Chronicle critic Mick LaSalle commentated on her "peaceful aura", and wrote, "If she can get through puberty with that aura undisturbed, she could become an important actress." After appearing in minor roles in Fall and Home Alone 3 in 1997, Johansson garnered widely spread attention for her performance in the 1998 film The Horse Whisperer , directed by Robert Redford, where she played Grace MacLean, a teenager traumatized by a riding accident. She received a nomination for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Most Promising Actress for the film. In 1999, she appeared in My Brother the Pig and in 2001 in the Coen brothers film The Man Who Wasn't There. Also in 1999, she appeared in the music video for Mandy Moore's single, "Candy". Although the film was not a box office success, she received praise for her break-out role in Ghost World , credited with "sensitivity and talent [that] belie her age". She was also featured in the Coen Brothers' dark drama The Man Who Wasn't There , opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand. In 2002, she appeared in Eight Legged Freaks with David Arquette. In 2003, she was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards, one for drama ( Girl with a Pearl Earring ) and one for comedy ( Lost in Translation ), her breakout role, starring opposite Bill Murray , and receiving rave reviews and a Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival. Her 2004 film roles include the critically acclaimed Weitz brothers' film "In Good Company," as well as starring opposite John Travolta in "A Love Song For Bobby Long," which garnered her a Golden Globe nomination (her third in two years). She dropped out of Mission: Impossible III due to scheduling conflicts. Her next film role was in The Island alongside Ewan McGregor which earned weak reviews from U.S. critics. After this, she appeared in Woody Allen 's Match Point and was nominated again for a Golden Globe Award. In May 2008, she released her album "Anywhere I Lay My Head," a collection of Tom Waits covers featuring one original song. Also that year, she starred in Frank Miller's The Spirit , the Woody Allen film Vicky Cristina Barcelona , and played Mary Boleyn opposite Natalie Portman in The Other Boleyn Girl . Since then, she has appeared as part of an ensemble cast in the romantic comedy He's Just Not That Into You , the action superhero film Iron Man 2 , the comedy-drama We Bought a Zoo and started as the original scream queen, Janet Leigh , in Hitchcock . She then played her Iron Man 2 character, Black Widow, in the blockbuster action films The Avengers , Captain America: The Winter Soldier , and Avengers: Age of
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In the 1989 film 'Shirley Valentine', who played the title roll?
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Shirley Valentine (1989) Free Movie Online Subscribe to our Free Great Movies Newsletter: Follow Us : Watch Movies on our channel Rate This Movie Be first to rate movie Movie Description Shirley Valentine is an award-winning 1989 British romantic comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay by Willy Russell is based on his 1986 one-character play of the same title, which follows middle aged Shirley Valentine in an unexpected discovery of herself, and rekindling of her childhood dreams and youthful love of life. Pauline Collins reprises the titular lead role as middle-aged housewife Shirley, which she had previously played in the stage production in London's West End and on Broadway, and Tom Conti plays Costas Dimitriades, the owner of a Greek tavern with whom she has a holiday romance.
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Sweet Charity the Musical February 17 2005 – December 31 2005; Al Hirschfeld Theatre Cast: Christina Applegate (Charity) London Revival 21 November 2009 – 7 March 2010; Menier Chocolate Factory. 23 April – 8 Jan 2011 (transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket) What was your favourite production? Add your thoughts in the comments box Synopsis Charity Valentine is a young woman in New York who works as a taxi dancer at the Fandango Ballroom, meaning gentleman pay her to dance with them by the hour. One evening she meets up with her deadbeat boyfriend Charlie, who she imagines is a lot more complimentary than he is in real life (“You Should See Yourself”). Shockingly, he ends up stealing her purse and pushing her into the lake. She is saved by a passerby and returns empty-handed to the Fandango. The other girls are unsurprised that Charity has had her heart broken yet again, and encourage her to get more street smarts. They hit the dancefloor, looking for another “Big Spender” to spend a little time with. Charity’s friends Helene and Nickie try to help her through her heartbreak in “Charity’s Soliloquy.” Leaving work, Charity gives all of her money away to beggars and realises she now won’t be able to eat. Suddenly a film star, Vittorio Vidal chases his girlfriend, Ursula, past Charity. When Ursula refuses to return to him, Vittorio impulsively grabs Charity instead, and she is thrilled with her luck. Vittorio and Charity head to the swanky Pompeii Club, where the clientele are dancing the “Rich Man’s Frug.” Famished after her long day, Charity faints, and encourages Vittorio to bring her to his apartment to rest. Charity thinks she has all the luck and sings “If My Friends Could See Me Now,” before Ursula arrives to reconcile with Vittorio. Vittorio hides Charity in a closet, where she ends up staying overnight. Vittorio sneaks her out the next morning, and she returns to the Fandango, where she and the girls agree “There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This.” In another twist of fate, Charity finds herself stuck in an elevator with a tax accountant named Oscar Lindquist, and she allays his fears with “I’m the Bravest Individual.” They are eventually rescued, and Oscar persuades Charity to visit his hippie church, where they sing “The Rhythm of Life.” When Oscar tries to guess Charity’s profession, he decides she works for a bank and she claims he is correct. Besotted once again, Charity agrees to start dating Oscar, who now calls her “Sweet Charity.” Charity continues not to reveal her true profession. When she’s cheated out of a client by the new girl she decides to quit Fandango, though she wonders what the future will hold for her (“Where Am I Going?”). She meets up with Oscar and confesses that she is a taxi dancer, to which he confesses that he had followed her one night and already knew. Oscar assures her he doesn’t care what she does for a living and wants to marry her. Charity is thrilled and agrees, singing “I’m a Brass Band.” Charity returns to the Fandango Ballroom to say goodbye to her friends, who “Love to Cry at Weddings.” Oscar and Charity walk through Central Park, where Oscar suddenly announces that his jealousy of the men she dances for has caused him to decide he cannot go through with the wedding. He pushes her into the lake, just as her previous boyfriend did, but Charity realises at least he didn’t steal her purse and asserts herself with a reprise of “I’m the Bravest Individual.” Songs If My Friends Could See Me Now Too Many Tomorrows If My Friends Could See Me Now (Reprise) There’s Gotta Be Something Better Than This I’m The Bravest Individual ACT II I’m A Brass Band I Love To Cry At Weddings Finale
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e popular term, refers to a fictional book of between 20,000 and 50,000 words? Novella Who wrote the famous 1855 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade?... Sign up View the step-by-step solution to: e popular term, refers to a fictional book of between 20,000 and 50,000 words? Novella Who wrote the famous 1855 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade?... Part 1 What word, extended from a more popular term, refers to a fictional book of between 20,000 and 50,000 words? Novella Who wrote the famous 1855 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade? Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-92) In 1960 the UK publishing ban was lifted on what 1928 book? Lady Chatterley's Lover (by D H Lawrence) In bookmaking how many times would an quarto sheet be folded? Twice (to create four leaves) Who wrote the seminal 1936 self-help book How to Win Friends and Influence People? Dale Carnegie Who in 1450 invented movable type, thus revolutionising printing? Johannes Gutenberg Which Polish-born naturalised British novelist's real surname was Korzeniowski? Joseph Conrad (1857-1924, full name Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) Which short-lived dramatist is regarded as the first great exponent of blank verse? Christopher Marlowe (1564-93 - Blank verse traditionally is unrhymed, comprising ten syllables per line, stressing every second syllable.) Who wrote the maxim 'Cogito, ergo sum' (I think, therefore I am)? René Descartes (1596-1650, French philosopher and mathematician, in his work Discours de la Méthode, 1637.) Who was the youngest of the three Brontë writing sisters? Anne Brontë (1820-49 - other sisters were Emily, 1818-48, and Charlotte, 1816-55, plus a brother, Branwell, 1817-48. The two oldest sisters, Maria and Elizabeth died in childhood.) What is the Old English heroic poem, surviving in a single copy dated around the year 1000, featuring its eponymous 6th century warrior from Geatland in Sweden? Beowulf What relatively modern school of philosophy, popular in literature since the mid 1900s, broadly embodies the notion of individual freedom of choice within a disorded and inexplicable universe? Existentialism What was the pen-name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson? Lewis Carroll (1832-98) Who wrote Dr Zhivago? Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890-1960) What term and type of comedy is derived from the French word for stuffing? Farce or farcical (from the French farcir, to stuff, based on analogy between stuffing in cookery and the insertion of frivolous material into medieval plays.) What term originally meaning 'storehouse' referred, and still refers, to a periodical of various content and imaginative writing? Magazine Who wrote the significant scientific book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687? Isaac Newton (1642-1727) What 16th century establishment in London's Bread Street was a notable writers' haunt? The Mermaid Tavern Who wrote the 1845 poem The Pied Piper of Hamelin? Robert Browning (1812-89) Which American poet and humanist wrote and continually revised a collection of poems called Leaves of Grass? Walt Whitman (1819-92 - the title is apparently a self-effacing pun, since grass was publishing slang for work of little value, and leaves are pages.) kiakarosiyahtera44 posted a question · Apr 22, 2015 at 1:28pm
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Dale Carnegie 14 Who wrote the famous 1855 poem The - ENGLISH - 1302 Dale carnegie 14 who wrote the famous 1855 poem the SCHOOL View Full Document Dale Carnegie 14. Who wrote the famous 1855 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade? Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-92) 15. Who in 1450 invented movable type, thus revolutionizing printing? Johannes Gutenberg 16. Who was the youngest of the three Brontë writing sisters? Anne Brontë (1820-49 - other sisters were Emily, 1818-48, and Charlotte, 1816-55, plus a brother, Branwell, 1817-48. The two oldest sisters, Maria and Elizabeth died in childhood.) 17. What is the Old English heroic poem, surviving in a single copy dated around the year 1000, featuring its eponymous 6th century warrior from Geatland in Sweden? Beowulf 18. What Japanese term (meaning 'fold' and 'book') refers to a book construction made using concertina fold, with writing/printing on one side of the paper? Orihon 19. What term and type of comedy is derived from the French word for stuffing? Farce or farcical (from the French farcir, to stuff, based on analogy between stuffing in cookery and the insertion of frivolous material into medieval plays.) 20. What term originally meaning 'storehouse' referred, and still refers, to a periodical of various content and imaginative writing? Magazine 21. Who wrote the significant scientific book Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, published in 1687? Isaac Newton (1642-1727) 22. What relatively modern school of philosophy, popular in literature since the mid-1900s, broadly embodies the notion of individual freedom of choice within a disorder and inexplicable universe? Existentialism This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. 23. Which short-lived dramatist is regarded as the first great exponent of blank verse? This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM
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What is the only major planet of the Solar System that takes its English name from Greek mythology?
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Planet Names and Greek Mythology Planet Names How do planets and their moons get ther names? With the exception of Earth, all of the planets in our solar system have names from Greek or Roman mythology. This tradition was continued when Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto were discovered in more modern times. Mercury (Hermes) is the god of commerce, travel and thievery in Roman mythology. The planet probably received this name because it moves so quickly across the sky. Venus (Aphrodite) is the Roman goddess of love and beauty. The planet is aptly named since it makes a beautiful sight in the sky, with only the Sun and the Moon being brighter. Earth (Gaia) is the only planet whose English name does not derive from Greek/Roman mythology. The name derives from Old English and Germanic. There are, of course, many other names for our planet in other languages. Jupiter (Zeus) was the King of the Gods in Roman mythology, making the name a good choice for what is by far the largest planet in our solar system Mars (Ares) is the Roman god of War. The planet probably got this name due to its red color. Jupiter was the King of the Gods in Roman mythology, making the name a good choice for what is by far the largest planet in our solar system. Saturn (Cronus) is the Roman god of agriculture. Uranus is the ancient Roman deity of the Heavens, the earliest supreme god. Neptune (Poseidon), was the Roman god of the Sea. Given the beautiful blue color of this planet, the name is an excellent choice! Pluto (Hades) is the Roman god of the underworld in Roman mythology. Perhaps the planet received this name because it's so far from the Sun that it is in perpetual darkness. Natural Satellites For those moons have been known for a long time (such as the Galilean moons of Jupiter), the names were assigned from mythological characters. For example, the moons of Jupiter were named for characters who had roles in the life of Zeus (the Greek mythology counterpart of the Roman God Jupiter). For example: Metis (first wife of Zeus) Copyright 2005-16, Greek-Mythology-Gods.com
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Shakespeare's Moons, the moons of Uranus - Bob the Alien's Tour of the Solar System Welcome to Uranus The Tilted Planet Discovery of Uranus Shakespeare's Moons Miranda, a moon of Uranus Facts about Uranus Thousands of years ago, when the Romans and Greeks were naming the planets that were visible to them, they decided to name them after their gods. Mercury (Greek: Hermes) was the Roman god of commerce, travel and industry, Venus (Greek: Aphrodite) was the goddess of love and beauty, Mars (Greek: Ares) was the god of war, Jupiter (Greek: Zeus) was the king of the gods, and Saturn (Greek: Cronos) was the god of agriculture. Hundreds of years later, even when people knew that the planets weren't actually gods, they still kept with tradition and named newly discovered planets after mythological characters. Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were all discovered in modern times, but their names are all still linked to ancient myths. Uranus is the Greek ruler of the heavens, Neptune (Greek: Poseidon) is the Roman god of the sea, and Pluto (Greek: Hades) is god of the underworld. The names of moons orbiting planets are also influenced by mythology. This is all except for one planet. The moons orbiting Uranus are named after characters in plays, mostly after characters in plays written by William Shakespeare. Why would you name moons after characters in a play though? Before I answer that, here's my quick guide to Shakespeare. One of the greatest ever writers of the English language was William Shakespeare. He was born on 23rd April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, England and during his life, wrote about 154 poems (called sonnets) and 38 plays. From 1588, he lived in London where many of his plays were performed in front of the courts of the Royal Family. Although his plays are now over 400 years old, they are still performed and studied today, containing themes and ideas which are as relevant now as they were when they were first written. The Globe Theatre in London was opened in 2000 and is a modern day replica of the type of theatre in which Shakespeare's plays would have originally been performed. Some of Shakespeare's most famous plays are Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare died on 23rd April 1616 and is buried in Stratford-upon-Avon church. Although Shakespeare wrote a large number of plays, these plays can be placed into four categories: Comedies, Histories, Tragedies and Romances. The Comedies were often farcical comedies of error, kind of like Fawlty Towers for the 16th Century (e.g. A Midsummer Night's Dream) . The Histories were based on real historical events, usually about English history (Henry IV, Part 1) or ancient history. Tragedies were plays with darker themes (such as betrayal and jealousy) and by the end of the play, most of the characters had died! (Romeo and Juliet, King Lear). The Romances were a bit lighter in theme and featured elements of fantasy and magic (A Winter's Tale, The Tempest). William Shakespeare is a hugely influential figure in English literature today. Students still analyse and discuss his works, and tourists from all over the world visit Stratford-upon-Avon to visit Shakespeare's house (pictured right). His importance inspired William Herschel in 1787 to name some of the moons known to be orbiting Uranus after characters in Shakespeare's plays. In 1781, Uranus became the first planet to be " discovered ". The other planets that were known of at the time ( Mercury , Venus , Mars , Jupiter and Saturn ) plus the Sun and the Moon had been observed for tens of thousands of years from Earth and already had names, named by the Greeks and Romans after their gods. Before 1781, nobody knew that Uranus existed and people thought there were only six planets in the Solar System. Although Uranus had already been spotted numerous times, it was English astronomer William Herschel who first recognised that Uranus was actually a planet and not a star . Because the planet was discovered by an English astronomer , not an ancient Roman or Greek, it was very n
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On which inland sea do the ports of Astrakhan and Baku lie?
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Caspian Ocean | Article about Caspian Ocean by The Free Dictionary Caspian Ocean | Article about Caspian Ocean by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Caspian+Ocean Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Wikipedia . Caspian Sea (kăs`pēən), Lat. Mare Caspium or Mare Hyrcanium, salt lake, c.144,000 sq mi (373,000 sq km), between Europe and Asia; the largest lake in the world. It is bordered on the northeast by Kazakhstan, on the southeast by Turkmenistan, on the south by Iran, on the southwest by Azerbaijan, and on the northwest by Russia. The Caspian's surface lies 92 ft (28 m) below sea level. It reaches its maximum depth, c.3,200 ft (980 m), in the south; the shallow northern half averages only about 17 ft (5 m). The Caucasus Mts. rise from the southwestern shore, and the Elburz Mts. parallel the southern coast. The Caspian receives the Volga (which supplies more than 75% of its inflow), Ural, Emba, Kura, and Terek rivers, but has no outlet. The rate of evaporation is particularly high in the eastern inlet called Garabogazkol Garabogazkol or Kara-Bogaz-Gol , shallow bay,, in Turkmenistan. An arm of the Caspian Sea, it acts as a natural evaporation basin, drawing off the water of the Caspian and depositing salts along its shores. ..... Click the link for more information. , which is exploited for salt. Variations in evaporation account for great changes in the size of the sea during the course of history. The damming and diversion of the Volga's water for industrial and residential use have been the leading reasons for the lowering of the Caspian's water level, a problem of serious proportions. The chief ports on the Caspian are Bakı a major oil center, and Astrakhan Astrakhan , city (1990 pop. 521,000), capital of Astrakhan region, SE European Russia. A Caspian Sea port on the Volga River's southern delta, it is a center for river transport thanks to a canal built for barge traffic. ..... Click the link for more information. , at the mouth of the Volga. Underlying the Caspian are some of the world's largest oil reserves, and the five surrounding countries, all with major stakes in oil-field development, have disputed zones of control, although Russia has signed territorial agreements with Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan. The Caspian also has important fisheries. The northern part of the sea is the chief source of beluga caviar, but the destruction of spawning areas and illegal fishing has greatly reduced the number of sturgeon, and fishing quotas have been imposed. In 2003 a framework treaty for the protection of the sea's environment was signed by four of the surrounding nations; Turkmenistan did not sign. Caspian Sea (from the Greek Kaspion pelagos, the Latin Caspium Mare), the world’s largest inland body of water, located on the territory of the USSR (RSFSR, Kazakh SSR, Turkmen SSR, and Azerbaijan SSR) and Iran. The Caspian is frequently considered the largest lake in the world; this is inaccurate, however, since by its size, the nature of its processes, and its developmental history the Caspian is a sea. It received its name from the ancient Caspi tribes who inhabited the eastern part of the Caucasus. Among its other historical names are the Hyrcanian, Khvalyn (Khvaliss), and Khazar seas—also derived from the names of ancient peoples who inhabited its shores. Physical geographic survey. GENERAL INFORMATION. The Caspian Sea extends almost 1, 200 km from north to south, and it has an average width of 320 km and a shoreline of about 7, 000 km (including more than 6, 000 km within the ussr). Its area is about 371,000 sq km, and its level is 28.5 m below the level of the world ocean (1969). The maximum depth is 1, 025 m. in 1929, prior to the considerable drop in the level of the Caspian Sea, its area was 422, 000 sq km. The largest gulfs are Kizliar and Komsomolets in the north, Mangyshlak, Kenderli, Kazakh, Kara-Bogaz-Gol, and Krasnovodsk in the east, and Agrakhan and Baku in the west. In the south there are shallow lagoons. The Caspian has up to 50 islands, predominantly small ones (with a total
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Robinson Crusoe Island lies off the coast of which South American country?
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Robinson Crusoe - Map - Book Drum Robinson Crusoe This map plots the settings and references in Robinson Crusoe To start exploring, click a red pin Crusoe's Island Desert Island - Credit: Stefan Lins Robinson Crusoe's Island Crusoe’s island is never given a formal name, although it is occasionally referred to as ‘The Island of Despair’. In several editions of the novel, a map of the island is provided, marking the locations where the cannibals come ashore to hold their feasts, Crusoe’s ‘country bower’, main fortress and the woods in which his goats are hidden. From Defoe's description, the island appears to be tropical, with a fairly dense covering of trees. Wild goats, parrots and pigeons abound, along with an occasional turtle in the sea, and Crusoe finds citrus fruit, cacao and grapes. The terrain is very hilly, providing good opportunities for building a defensive abode. Robinson Crusoe and Man Friday, Carl Offterdinger In a painting by Carl Offterdinger (1829-89) the vegetation appears tropical, and this is supported by the assertion in the book that the island lies "near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque". The Orinoco delta lies just south of Trinidad, close to the Equator. On the other hand, it is likely that Robinson Crusoe was based on the true story of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish sailor marooned for four years and four months on a South Pacific island well below the Tropic of Capricorn. Isla Robinson Crusoe - Credit: Serpentus In 2005, Japanese explorer Daisuke Takahashi claimed to have found the cave Selkirk lived in 300 years ago on the remote Isla Robinson Crusoe, off the coast of Chile. Isla Robinson Crusoe belongs to an archipelago of three islands situated 674km off the west coast of South America. They consist of Robinson Crusoe (formerly Más a Tierra or Aguas Buenas) and the smaller Alejandro Selkirk and Santa Clara. Brasil in the 16th Century Brazil was colonised in the 1500s by the Portuguese, and became a major centre of sugar cane production. African slaves were transported across the Atlantic to work the plantations, and their descendents form a large part of the modern Bahia population. Sugar Cane Plantation - Credit: 91RS, Flickr York - Credit: Jack Spellingbacon York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, halfway between the capital cities of Edinburgh and London. The city has been an important part of the English transport and trade routes since its founding by the Romans in 71AD. Its most famous landmark is York Minster, the cathedral which stands at the centre of the city. Page 5. " my Father being a Foreigner of Bremen " Bremen in the 1600s Bremen is a port on the river Weser in northern Germany. It is the tenth largest city in Germany, and is famous for the fairy story The Musicians of Bremen , a statue of whom stands at the centre of the city. by eleanor55 The Surrender of Breda, 1635 - Credit: Diego Velázquez The "Low Country wars" were the Dutch Wars of Independence , also known as the Eighty Years War, which lasted from 1568 to 1648. The Habsburg Netherlands were under the control of Spain, until seven provinces seceded to form the Dutch Republic. Two more, Flanders and Brabant, would later become Belgium. Cromwell's Protestant England supported the rebel provinces against Catholic Spain. The war was ended, together with the more wide-ranging and destructive Thirty Years War , by the Treaty of Westphalia (1648). Page 8. " The ship was no sooner gotten out of the Humber " by eleanor55 The Humber is a large estuary on the northeast coast of England. Many trade ships began their voyages here. Page 10. " we came into Yarmouth Roads " by eleanor55 Yarmouth in Norfolk, was, in Defoe’s time, an important naval port. Yarmouth Roads is the stretch of sea between Yarmouth and the offshore sandbanks. It was a popular shelter from storms, as the sandbanks protected ships from the worst of the weather. Page 15. " a voyage to Guinea " by eleanor55 Guinea lies on the north-west coast of Africa. Formerly French Guinea, it was an important source of slaves in Defoe’s t
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Political and Economic History of Costa Rica History of Costa Rica Early History Historically Costa Rica has always been somewhat of an oddity. Its name means Rich Coast but it was one of the poorest regions of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. Now it is a relative prosperous Latin American country which does not have a standing army. It was also an undeveloped country that attempted to create a European-style welfare state. Geographically Costa Rica consists of a central valley, called the Meseta Central bordered by mountain ranges and those bordered by coastal plains. The mountain ranges are part of the cordillera which spans the Americas from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. Shortly before European contact the Caribbean area was invaded by the Caribs from the north coast of South America. The Caribs were a warrior people who conquered the tribes they found in the area. The Caribs captured the territory in the coastal plain of what is now Costa Rica on the Caribbean side. In their marauding the Caribs acquired gold which they made into pendants. In his last voyage Columbus came to Costa Rica. The year was 1502 when his ships sought refuge there from a storm. When the Europeans saw the gold pendants of the natives wore they thought the area must have sources of gold so they called it the rich coast, not knowing that the gold which the natives had came from elsewhere. The area seemed to have such potential for wealth that Christopher Columbus' brother Bartolomé stayed there with a ship to explore the territory when the main party moved on. Bartolomé's party found only hostility but the Columbus family maintained an interest in Costa Rica for decades, long after Christopher Columbus had died in 1506. In 1502 King Ferdinand of Spain commissioned Diego de Nicuesa to explore the territory of Costa Rica and Panama, a territory that was then called Veragua. The Nicuesa expedition found only difficult terrain occupied by many hostile tribes. Costa Rica was not an easily conquered centrally-administered empire like that of the Aztecs and the Inca. Instead it was an anarchic patchwork of tribes and each piece had to be separately conquered. Nicuesa was not able to establish any permanent settlement. The next expedition, led by Gil González Dávila, found some gold in 1522 but ran into a territorial dispute with the Spanish administrator of Veragua in Panama. It was not until 1524 that even a temporary Spanish settlement in the territory was established. This was by Fernando de Cordova. However the same territorial dispute with the Spanish administrator in Panama led Cordova to abandon the settlement. The Columbus family in 1534 obtained the right to explore and develop a large section of what is now Costa Rica. An expedition led by Felipe Gutiérrez ended in disaster. Another expedition in 1540 under Hernan Sanchez de Badajoz created a temporary settlement but again territorial disputes, this time with the Spanish administrator in Nicaragua, and hostile natives ended the settlement. It was not until 1559, after six failed attempts over almost sixty years, that a permanent settlement was established in Costa Rica. This was achieved by Juan de Cavallón on the Pacific coast. When no gold was found in the region Cavallón left in 1562, but he was replaced by Juan Vasquez de Coronado. Coronado in 1564 entered the highlands of the Meseta Central and established Cartago. It was only the central valley highlands that had the potential for sustaining a permanent settlement. Colonial Settlement In 1539 the authorities of the Spanish Empire made Costa Rica independent of the Veragua administrators in Panama and in 1542 it was given the status of gobernación with its own administrators. But in 1568 Costa Rica was made part of the Kingdom of Guatemala. This Kingdom of Guatemala included, in addition to what is today Guatemala; the state of Chiapas in Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica. At that time what is now the state of Guancaste of Costa Rica was included in the territory of Nicaragua. Some e
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The Cotswold Way runs from Chipping Camden to which city?
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Cotswold Way - Footpaths of The World Lodging: Upscale English B&Bs Best Season: Spring. Baby lambs, green grass and not so many tourists Highlights: The towns of Chipping Camden and Broadway at the beginning and of course, beautiful Bath. Cotswold Way The Cotswold Way, one of England’s many long-distance footpaths, runs 97 miles from Chipping Campden to the beautiful city of Bath. The route is rich in history, gentle countryside and charming villages made from the creamy Cotswold stone. These “picture postcard” villages are what give the Cotswold its identity. The route traces a limestone escarpment that faces west and is seldom far from civilization and is generally easy to follow. For history lovers the attractions are many. In remote settings are barrows where Neolithic tribes buried their leaders as well as Norman churches and religious institutions such as Hailes Abbey. After the Normans, England became known worldwide for its excellent wool and nowhere was that wealth more apparent than in the Cotswolds. Many rich wool merchants built lovely homes in such towns as Chipping Campden and Painswick. It may not be the center of the world’s wool market today, but sheep are still important and part of the landscape. Apart from picturesque villages, the Cotswold Way takes the walker through green countryside, through deep forest and along the limestone path to its destination in the glorious city of Bath. What a fitting finale it is. You find yourself out in the country, then over a rise and there it is. To finish in Bath is to finish in style. Don’t be in a hurry to leave as Bath provides much in history, architecture and culture. In essence, it’s a great place to celebrate your accomplishment. Book your lodging well ahead since this is a popular area for walkers and sight-seers alike especially in the summer. HOW IT STACKS UP If you love green grass, lots of woods, charming “Miss Marple” villages, gentle countryside and easy to moderate trails, this is what you’ll find in the Cotswold. I did find it a bit too near civilization in the middle, but don’t let that deter you. This is a fairly easy route to follow and is easy on the eyes. The Cotswold is popular with tourists and walkers alike and there is ample lodging. It is more expensive than other parts of England and definitely more upscale although our most memorable night was in a large estate house that seemed to be keeping itself afloat by offering lodging to walkers. The place was huge. With all it’s past grandeur, it was cluttered, not exactly clean and lacked a lot of amenities such as working lightbulbs. Still, it was fun. I wouldn’t have wanted to stay there a week, but one night was an adventure. Resource:
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Fosse Way Fosse Way Roman Britain, with the Fosse Way in red Fosse Way from the top of Brinklow Castle, Warwickshire The Fosse Way was a Roman road in England that linked Exeter ( Isca Dumnoniorum) in South West England to Lincoln ( Lindum Colonia) in the East Midlands, via Ilchester ( Lindinis), Bath ( Aquae Sulis), Cirencester ( Corinium) and Leicester ( Ratae Corieltauvorum). It joined Akeman Street and Ermin Way at Cirencester, crossed Watling Street at Venonis ( High Cross) south of Leicester, and joined Ermine Street at Lincoln. The word Fosse is derived from the Latin fossa, meaning ditch. For the first few decades after the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, the Fosse Way marked the western frontier of Roman rule. It is possible that the road began as a defensive ditch that was later filled in and converted into a road, or possibly a defensive ditch ran alongside the road for at least some of its length. The Fosse Way is the only Roman road in Britain to retain its original Latin name. Most others were named by the Saxons, centuries after the Romans left Britain. It is remarkable for its extremely direct route: from Lincoln to Ilchester in Somerset, a distance of 182 miles, it is never more than six miles from a straight line. Today's route Many sections of the Fosse Way form parts of modern roads and lanes, and parish, district or county boundaries. Several place names on the route have the suffix -cester or -chester, which is from the Latin castra meaning military camp. Some settlements are named after the road itself, such as Fosse-, or -on-Fosse, while others have a more generic form, such as Street, Strete, -le-Street, Stratton, Stretton, Stratford, and Stretford, from the Latin strata, meaning paved road. Lincoln to Leicester Between Lincoln and Leicester the A46 follows the route of the Fosse Way. The A46 deviates from Fosse Way at East Goscote, to follow the Leicester Western Bypass. The original alignment is still visible, as an unclassified road called Fosse Way passes through Syston, continuing as the minor road Melton Road through Thurmaston, before merging with the A607 (the old A46), continuing into the city centre on the old alignment, first as Melton Road then Belgrave Road and Belgrave Gate. The alignment terminates at the Clock Tower, and picks up again at Narborough Road (the A5460), on the other side of the River Soar. Leicester to Cirencester South of Leicester, apart from a short deviation near Narborough where the original course is no longer visible, the B4114 (the A46 until renumbered on the building of the M69) follows the route. A couple of miles north of the A5, the B4114 diverges from the line of the Fosse Way to pass through the village of Sharnford. For two miles the route of the Fosse Way is followed by a minor road which, although single track, runs along a much wider and slightly domed strip of land with deep ditches either side (the agger). The modern road ends at a picnic site car park, and a further mile and a half southwards can be explored on foot. The junction with Watling Street , now the A5, is at High Cross (Roman name Venonis). Watling Street is the the county boundary between Leicestershire and Warwickshire. The Fosse Way follows the B4455 across Warwickshire, through Street Ashton, Stretton-under-Fosse, Stretton-on-Dunsmore, and the site of a Roman town near Chesterton , until it joins the A429 near the boundary with Gloucestershire. The route then follows the A429 through Stretton-on-Fosse, Moreton-in-Marsh, Stow-on-the-Wold, Northleach and Fossebridge, to Cirencester, where it crosses Akeman Street and Ermin Way. Cirencester to Bath South of Cirencester the Fosse Way follows a short section of the A433, then goes cross country, following the county boundary between Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, across the old airfield at RAF Kemble, then follows fragmented sections of country lanes. It passes near the Iron Age hill fort of Bury Camp and another section of the county boundary, before dropping through Batheaston and into Bath back onto the A46. Bath to Ilchester Bet
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Presley, Elvis: Song release, song elvis, moody blue Song release Could you possibly tell me what was the last song Elvis released before his death? Thanks in advance, Answer Hello Alison, Elvis' last single release prior to his death was "Way Down" / "Pledging My Love", which was released in the US on June 6th 1977. The album "Moody Blue" was released in July. Elvis died on August 16th. Glad to be of help. Cheers.....Mel.
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Elvis Presley dies - Aug 16, 1977 - HISTORY.com Elvis Presley dies Publisher A+E Networks Popular music icon Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 42. The death of the “King of Rock and Roll” brought legions of mourning fans to Graceland, his mansion in Memphis. Doctors said he died of a heart attack, likely brought on by his addiction to prescription barbiturates. Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, on January 8, 1935. His twin brother, Jesse, died during the birth. Elvis grew up dirt-poor in Tupelo and Memphis and found work as a truck driver after high school. When he was 19, he walked into a Memphis recording studio and paid $4 to record a few songs as a present to his mother. Sam Philips, the owner of the studio, was intrigued by the rough, soulful quality of his voice and invited Presley back to practice with some local musicians. After Philips heard Elvis sing the rhythm-and-blues song “That’s All Right,” which Presley imbued with an accessible country-and-western flavor, he agreed to release the rendition as a single on his Sun Records label. The recording went to the top of the local charts, and Presley’s career was launched. During the next year, Elvis attracted a growing following in the South, and in 1955 Sun Records sold his contract to a major record label, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), for a record $40,000. His first record for RCA was “Heartbreak Hotel,” which made him a national sensation in early 1956. He followed this up with the double-sided hit record “Hound Dog”/”Don’t Be Cruel.” In September 1956, Elvis appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, a national variety television show, and teenagers went into hysterics over his dynamic stage presence, good looks, and simple but catchy songs. Many parents, however, were appalled by his sexually suggestive pelvic gyrations, and by his third appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, Elvis was filmed from only the waist up. From 1956 through 1958, Elvis dominated the music charts and ushered in the age of rock and roll, opening doors for both white and black rock artists. During this period, he starred in four successful motion pictures, all of which featured his soundtracks: Love Me Tender (1956), Jailhouse Rock (1957), Loving You (1957), and King Creole (1958). In 1958, Presley was drafted into the U.S. Army and served an 18-month tour of duty in West Germany as a Jeep driver. Teenage girls were overcome with grief, but Elvis’ manager, Colonel Tom Parker, kept American youth satiated with stockpiled recordings that Presley made before his departure. All five singles released during this period eventually became million-sellers. After being discharged as a sergeant in 1960, Elvis underwent a style change, eschewing edgy, rhythm-and-blues-inspired material in favor of romantic, dramatic ballads such as “Are You Lonesome Tonight?” He retired from concerts to concentrate on his musical films, and he made 27 in the 1960s, including G.I. Blues (1960), Blue Hawaii (1961), Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962), Viva Las Vegas (1964), and Frankie and Johnny (1966). In 1967, he married Priscilla Beaulieu, and the couple had a daughter, Lisa Marie, in 1968. By the end of the 1960s, rock and roll had undergone dramatic changes, and Elvis was no longer seen as relevant by American youth. A 1968 television special won back many of his fans, but hits were harder to come by. His final Top 10 entry, “Burning Love,” was in 1972. Still, he maintained his sizable fortune through lucrative concert and television appearances. By the mid 1970s, Elvis was in declining physical and mental health. He divorced his wife in 1973 and developed a dangerous dependence on prescription drugs. He was also addicted to junk food and gained considerable weight. In the last two years of his life, he made erratic stage appearances and lived nearly as a recluse. On the afternoon of August 16, 1977, he was found unconscious in his Graceland mansion and rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He was buried on the grounds of Graceland, which continues to attract fans and has be
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SparkNotes: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead: Context Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom Stoppard Table of Contents Plot Overview Tom Stoppard was born Tomas Straussler to a Jewish family on July 3, 1937, in Zlín, Czechoslovakia. He fled with his parents to Singapore in 1939 to escape the Nazis. A few years later, at the height of World War II, he went with his mother and younger brother to India to escape the invading Japanese. His father, a doctor, stayed behind in Singapore but later drowned on his way to join his wife and sons. In India, his mother met and married Kenneth Stoppard, a major in the British army. Along with his stepfather, mother, and brother, Stoppard moved to Bristol, England, in 1946, just as India declared its independence from Britain. By all accounts, Stoppard wholeheartedly embraced British culture and eventually ceased to speak Czech. A love of English wordplay and constant references to English literature run throughout his literary output, which includes plays, screenplays, and fiction. At age 17, Stoppard left school and started working as a journalist, reviewing plays and writing news features for such papers as the Western Daily Press and Bristol Evening World. In 1962, he became a theater critic for Scene magazine in London. Around this time, he also began writing plays for the radio and television, including A Walk on Water (1963) and The Dissolution of Dominic Boot (1964). A novel, Lord Malaquist and Mr. Moon, was published in 1966. Stoppard wrote a one-act play in 1964 called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Meet King Lear, which he then rewrote, expanded into three acts, and retitled as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. This new version premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1966. An extremely successful production at the National Theatre in London in 1967 led to a debut on Broadway in the United States later that year. Stoppard went on to win the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright in 1967, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead earned the Plays and Players Best Play Award in 1967 and a Tony Award for Best Play in 1968. While Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead remains Stoppard’s most famous play, his other work has garnered critical acclaim and won several awards. In all, Stoppard has written more than twenty plays. Most are performed in both London and New York City, the two epicenters of theater. Critics generally cite Jumpers (1973) and Arcadia (1993) as his best plays. Among his many accolades are the Prix Italia (for Albert’s Bridge, 1968), Evening Standard Award for Best Comedy (Travesties, 1974), the 1976 Tony Award for Best Play (Travesties), the 1976 New York Critic Circle Award (Travesties), and Antoinette Perry Award for Best Play (The Real Thing, 1984). In the 1970s, Stoppard began speaking out against the imprisonment and treatment of political dissidents in his native Czechoslovakia, including that of fellow playwright Vaclav Havel. A friendship with another political prisoner, Viktor Fainberg, inspired Stoppard’s play Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1976). Still another work, a play written for television called Professional Foul (1977), was created especially for Amnesty International’s Prisoner of Conscience Year. Although Stoppard wrote plays throughout the 1980s, he also began working in the movies. His rewrite of the script for Terry Gilliam’s Brazil (1985) earned a Best Screenplay Award from the L.A. Film Critics Association. Stoppard wrote the script for Steven Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun (1987), and he did an uncredited rewrite on Spielberg’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). To secure financing for a movie version of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Stoppard decided to write the screenplay and direct the film himself (1990). The movie, which starred Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, earned the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival in 1990. His other screenplay credits include Billy Bathgate (1991), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), and Bond 22 (2007), the next James Bond film in that franchise. His screenpl
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General Knowledge Quiz - By Zarbo84 The fictional character John Clayton is better known by what name? La Paz is the administrative capital of which South American country? Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name? The medical condition ‘aphonia’ is the inability to do what? In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the king of which Island? Who played the title role in the 1953 film ‘The Glenn Miller Story’? A third wedding anniversary is traditionally represented by which material? In the Bible, what sign did God give Noah that the earth would not be flooded again? In August 2011 NASA announced that photographic evidence had been captured of possible liquid water of which planet in our solar system? The restored tomb of which dramatist was unveiled in Paris in November 2011, after being ruined by lipstick smears left by thousands of kisses? What was the name of the hurricane which hit the East Coast of America in August 2011? On 11th March 2011 a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of which country? Convict George Joseph Smith was known as the ‘Brides in the ‘what’ murderer’? In the human body, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis is commonly known by what name? A peregrine is what type of bird? What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant? Which British pop musician/actor was actress Sadie Frost’s first husband? British singer Gaynor Hopkins is better known by what name? Who played Ron Kovic in the 1989 film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’? Ben Gurion International Airport is in which country? Which basketball star is kidnapped by cartoon characters in the 1996 film ‘Space Jam’? In the tv series The A Team, what does B.A. stand for in the name B.A. Baracus? In medicine, metritis is the inflammation of which part of the body? In which year was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in the USA? In the human body, where is the atrium? The OK Corral is in which US town? In Greek mythology, Amphitrite, queen of the sea, was the wife of which god? Which British boxer bought one of the original ‘Only Fools and Horses’ Reliant Robins in 2004? Actor Roy Harold Scherer was better known by what name? Anna Gordy was the first wife of which late soul singer? Who played Heinrich Himmler in the 1976 film ‘The Eagle Has Landed’? Which is the fastest rotating planet in our solar system? Which country was invaded by Iraq in 1990? Cobalt, Cyan and Cerulean are shades of which colour? In 1936, Joseph Bowers was the first inmate to attempt an escape from which prison? In the 18th Century, the British Royal Navy ordered limes and lemons to be carried on board ships as a remedy for which disease? In which US state were the 1692 Witch Trials held? Question Who was the father of English monarch Edward VI? Vermicide is a substance used for killing which creatures? Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs were two elderly residents in which UK tv sitcom? Who was US actor Mickey Rooney’s first wife? The resort town of Sliema is on which Mediterranean island? In the Bible, what is the Decalogue more commonly known as? In Greek mythology, Hypnos was the god of what? Which real-life couple starred in the 1994 remake of the film ‘The Getaway’? American 1940′s murder victim Elizabeth Short was known by what posthumous nickname? British monarch Henry VIII married which of his wives in 1540? In February 1983 which US writer choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops? Which US gangster was released from Alcatraz prison in November 1939? Who built the Roman wall which divided England and Scotland? In the human body, the hallux is more commonly known by what name? The liqueur Maraschino is flavoured with which fruit? Which famous US outlaw shot the cashier of a savings bank in Gallatin Missouri in 1869? Kathmandu is the capital of which country? TAP is the chief airline of which European country? In November 2002, which member of the British royal family was convicted and fined for violating the Dangerous Dogs Act? Tommy Lee plays which instrument in the band Motley Crue? The Wang River i
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The ex-MPs who died in 2014 - part three - BBC News The ex-MPs who died in 2014 - part three 31 December 2014 Close share panel Image copyright PA This year saw the passing of two political heavyweights: former Labour MP and firebrand politician Tony Benn and ex-Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley. Their deaths marked the end of an era, but they weren't the only former MPs to pass away in 2014. Sir David Mitchell, 20 June 1928 - 30 August 2014 Sir David was the Conservative MP for Hampshire North West and served as a minister in Margaret Thatcher's government. Born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, in 1928, his political career started as a Conservative councillor in St Pancras North, where he stood unsuccessfully as a candidate before entering the Commons in 1964. He was appointed the minister for small business, and was the first chairman of the Conservatives' backbench committee, the Daily Telegraph's obituary said. During a five-year stint at the Department of Transport, he was involved with planning the Channel Tunnel and helped save the Settle to Carlisle railway, said the Guardian , which noted that the job allowed him to "indulge his knowledge of and pleasure in railways". As well as being a government minister, Sir David was also a successful wine merchant, the Independent noted , working for his family's bar and wine merchant business, called El Vino. He also served as a minister in Northern Ireland, and was an MP from 1964 to 1997. His son is Conservative former chief whip and current MP for Sutton Coldfield, Andrew Mitchell. Michael Neubert, 3 September 1933 - 3 January 2014 Image caption Sir Michael Neubert was a minister for much of the 1980s Sir Michael Neubert was the Conservative MP for Romford, winning the seat at the second attempt in 1974, and going on to serve in Margaret Thatcher's government. An aide to three ministers, he was made chief whip after the 1983 general election. He then moved to the Ministry of Defence, and in April 1990, as a junior defence minister, declared the tiny Scottish island of Gruinard safe, nearly half a century after anthrax testing during World War Two. He had made the half-mile journey from the mainland and removed its red warning sign. Sir Michael remained "unfailingly loyal" to Margaret Thatcher even after she sacked him in 1990, his obituary in the Daily Telegraph said. Despite poor health in his later years that left him blind and with hearing problems, he managed to attend Lady Thatcher's funeral in 2013. Describing this during an interview with the Romford Recorder after his death, Sir Michael's wife Lady Sally Neubert said: "He couldn't see, he was waiting for cataract operations, and could hardly hear but he was so pleased to be there." Ian Paisley, 6 April 1926 - 12 September 2014 Image copyright AP Image caption Ian Paisley pictured outside Stormont in 1969 Former Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley moved from a political "never man" to Northern Ireland's first minister. He ended up leading a power-sharing executive at Stormont - although he had supported the strike to bring one down 30 years earlier. His biggest turnaround came when, as the leader of hardline unionism, he sat down with Gerry Adams - his former bitter enemy - as the DUP and Sinn Fein decided to work together in an executive. His BBC obituary noted: "It seemed unimaginable to supporters who had followed him through years of protests that as Northern Ireland's first minister he would enjoy an easy relationship with his deputy first minister, Sinn Fein's Martin McGuinness, so much so that they became known as the 'Chuckle Brothers'. "With his thunderous rhetoric and his bull-like voice, Ian Paisley was always the epitome of an American Deep South preacher." Paisley was born in Armagh, his father a Baptist minister and his mother a preacher. He grew up in Ballymena, which was to become his political powerbase. Before politics, he was a preacher, delivering his first sermon aged 16 in a mission hall in County Tyrone. He was just 25 years old when he founded the Free Presbyterian Church
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Biography | The Office of Tony Blair The Office of Tony Blair Contact Biography Tony Blair served as Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from 1997 to 2007, the only Labour leader in the party’s 100 year history to win three consecutive elections. During his time in office, the UK economy enjoyed record growth. His Government made major improvements in Britain’s public services, particularly healthcare and education, through a programme of investment and reform. Britain’s first ever statutory minimum wage was introduced. The Prime Minister led the successful London 2012 Olympics bid; and oversaw the peace process for Northern Ireland. He introduced the first elected Mayor for London, the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Northern Ireland Assembly. He was a staunch advocate of an interventionist foreign policy, in particular in Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. He trebled the UK’s aid programme for Africa and introduced the first environmental programme in the UK to combat climate change. Since leaving office Tony Blair has spent most of his time on work in the Middle East, in Africa and on the fight against religiously based extremism. In the Middle East, formerly the Quartet Representative, he is now specifically focusing on building relations between Arabs and Israelis. He works in eight African countries – Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mozambique – through his Foundation the Africa Governance Initiative, helping the Presidents of those countries to deliver change programmes. He has established a Foundation to combat extremism – the Tony Blair Faith Foundation – which works in over 20 countries with programmes on education and tracking extremism across the world. He also founded and funds a Sports Foundation dedicated to boosting grassroots sport for young people in the North East of England, which includes the Sedgefield constituency he represented in Parliament. Mr Blair chairs The Climate Group International Leadership council. 50 Achievements of the Labour Party in government under Prime Minister Tony Blair 1. Longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s. 1. Introduced the National Minimum Wage and raised it to £5.52. 2. Over 14,000 more police in England and Wales. 3. Biggest hospital and school building programme since the foundation of the welfare state. 4. 1500 failed schools turned around. 5. Academy Revolution started. By mid-2007, the UK was on course for 400 academies. 6. Inpatient waiting lists down by over half a million since 1997. 7. Cut overall crime by 32 per cent. 8. Record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools. 9. Young people achieving some of the best ever results at 14, 16, and 18. 10. Funding for every pupil in England has doubled. 11. Secured the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games for London. 12. Removed brutal regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. 13. Interventions to defend human rights and rule of law in Bosnia, Kosovo, East Timor and Sierra Leone. 14. Employment at its highest level ever. 15. Written off up to 100 per cent of debt owed by poorest countries. 16. 85,000 more nurses and 32,000 more doctors. 17. Devolved power to the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly. 18. Maternity leave increased to 9 months. 19. Paternity leave of 2 weeks for the first time. 20. NHS Direct offering free convenient patient advice. 21. Gift aid was worth £828 million to charities last year. 22. Record number of students in higher education. 23. Child benefit up 26 per cent since 1997. 24. Delivered 2,200 Sure Start Children’s Centres. 25. Low mortgage rates. 26. Bank of England Independence. 27. Introduced the Equality and Human Rights Commission. 28. £200 winter fuel payment to pensioners & up to £300 for over-80s. 29. Put the UK on course to exceed our Kyoto target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 30. Restored devolved government to Northern Ireland. 31. Over 36,000 more teachers in England and 274,000 more support staff and teaching assistants. 32. Gave full time workers a right to 24 days paid holiday. 33. A m
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Iftikhar Chaudhry misused office to fulfil personal agenda, says Aitzaz Ahsan - Pakistan - DAWN.COM Iftikhar Chaudhry misused office to fulfil personal agenda, says Aitzaz Ahsan Print ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Senator Aitzaz Ahsan on Tuesday said former chief justice Iftikhar Chaudhry misused his office and the opportunity he received after reinstatement for fulfilling “personal aggrandizement”. “Pakistan had never seen such a powerful chief justice nor will it see in future,” Aitzaz said in an interview to Capital TV. “We forced a president, army chief and a democratic government to get him reinstated but [Iftikhar Chaudhry] wasted the opportunity and used it to fulfil his personal agenda. I still regret this.” Read: Ex-CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry accused of having misused HBFC loan The PPP senator said he would have been a happy man if Chaudhry had done something to reform lower judiciary. “A common citizen’s first contact with the legal system happens at lower judiciary,” he said. He added that the former chief justice got involved in Memogate scandal, National Reconciliation Ordinance case and even directed the Election Commission of Pakistan to hold presidential elections before the announced date on the behest of Nawaz Sharif. Despite his grievances with Chaudhry, Aitzaz maintained that he had no qualms over being a part of the lawyers’ movement launched for the independence of judiciary in the country. “My commitment was with the institution of judiciary and not with the former chief justice,” he said.
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Libya: popular uprising, civilian war or military attack? | Investig'Action Libya: popular uprising, civilian war or military attack? 16 Mar 2011 Grégoire Lalieu Over the last three weeks there have been confrontations between troops loyal to Colonel Gaddafi and opposition forces based in the east of the country. After Ben Ali and Mubarak, will Gaddafi be the next dictator to fall? Can what is happening in Libya be compared to the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt? What can be made of the antics and u-turns we have seen from the Colonel? Why is NATO preparing for war? How do you tell the difference between a good Arab and a bad Arab? In this latest chapter of our series ‘Understanding the Muslim world’, Mohammed Hassan replies to questions put by Investig’Action. This interview took place before the imperialist invasion of Libya, but it provides a requisite background to understanding why did this invasion take place. After Tunisia and Egypt, has the Arab revolution reached Libya? What is happening at the moment in Libya is different. In Tunisia and Egypt, the lack of freedom was flagrant.However, it was the appalling social conditions which really drove young people to rebel.The Tunisians and Egyptians had no hope for the future. In Libya, Muammar Gadaffi’s regime is corrupt, monopolises a large part of the country’s wealth and has always severely repressed any opposition. But the social conditions of Libyan people are better than in neighbouring countries. Life expectancy in Libya is higher than in the rest of Africa.The health and education systems are good.Libya, moreover, is one of the first African countries to have eradicated malaria.While there are major inequalities in the distribution of wealth, GDP per inhabitant is about $11,000 – one of the highest in the Arab world.You will not therefore find in Libya the same objective conditions that led to the popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt. How then do you explain what is happening in Libya? In order to understand current events properly, we should place them in their historic context. Libya was formerly an Ottoman province. In 1835 France took over Algeria. Meanwhile Mohamed Ali, the Egyptian governor under the Ottoman Empire, was implementing ever more independent policies. With the French installed in Algeria on the one hand, and Mohamed Ali in Egypt on the other hand, the Ottomans were fearful of losing control of the region. They sent their troops to Libya. At the time the Senoussis Brotherhood was highly influential in the country. It had been founded by Sayid Mohammed Ibn Ali as Senoussi, an Algerian who, after studying in his own country and in Morocco, went to preach his version of Islam in Tunisia and Libya. At the start of the 19th century, Senoussie began to attract numerous followers, but he was not much appreciated by certain of the Ottoman religious authorities who criticised him in their sermons.After spending some time in Egypt and in Mecca, Sennoussi decided to exile himself permanently in Cyrenaica, in the east of Libya. His Brotherhood grew there and organised life in the región, levying taxes, resolving disputes between tribes, etc. It even had its own army and offered its services escorting merchants’ caravans passing through the area. Finally his Senoussis Brotherhood became the de facto government of Cyrenaica, expanding its influence even as far as northern Chad. But then the European colonial powers installed themselves in Africa, dividing the sub-Saharan part of the continent. That had a negative impact on the Senoussis.Libya’s invasion by Italy also seriously undermined the Brotherhood’s regional hegemony. In 2008 Italy paid compensation to Libya for the crimes of the colonialists.Was colonisation as terrible as all that?Or did Berlusconi want to be seen in a good light in order to be able to conclude commercial contracts with Gaddafi? The colonisation of Libya was dreadful. At the beginning of the 20th century, a fascist government began spreading propaganda claiming that Italy, which had been defeated by the Ethiopian army at t
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Michael Schumacher's son going up to Formula 4 racing - NY Daily News Michael Schumacher’s son, Mick, following dad’s racing path and will move up to Formula 4 Michael Schumacher's son going up to Formula 4 racing THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Mick Schumacher is moving up from kart racing to Formula 4. (Fredrik Von Erichsen/© Fredrik Von Erichsen/dpa/Corb) THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monday, March 2, 2015, 2:04 PM FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Michael Schumacher’s 15-year-old son Mick has outgrown kart racing and is moving up to Formula 4, a series for young talents. The young Schumacher has signed a contract with Van Amersfoort Racing to drive in the Formula 4. “We have watched his skills in test driving and are looking forward to a successful season,” the Dutch team’s owner Frits van Amersfoort said on Monday. The son of the most successful driver in Formula One history got his racing start in the same kart series as his famous father, who honed his skills on a circuit near the family’s home before moving on to Formula 3 and later Formula One glory. Germany's Michael Schumacher holds the trophy aloft after winning the 2002 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, England,Sunday, July 7, 2002. Ferrari came first and sceond with Schumacher winning and teamate Rubens Barrichello second, third was Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya in a Williams BMW. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis) (RICHARD LEWIS/AP) German Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher celebrates in his car after winning the German Formula One Grand Prix at the Hockenheimring circuit, Germany, Sunday July 28,2002. (AP Photo/ Daniel Maurer) (DANIEL MAURER/AP) Michael Schumacher is Formula One's most accomplished driver. Michael Schumacher suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013. He was retired at the time of the accident. He is still recovering at his Swiss home after spending months in hospital. With seven titles, Schumacher is the most successful Formula One driver in history and also holds many other records in the series. His brother Ralf was also a Formula One driver and is still involved with motor sport. Mick Schumacher finished second in the world, European and German kart championships last season, racing as Mick Junior or under his mother’s maiden name to protect his privacy. Michael Schumacher is still recovering in his Swiss home following a skiing accident that left him in a coma for six months. (DIEGO AZUBEL/EPA) He will make his debut for Van Amersfoort Racing in Oschersleben, Germany, on April 25-26, by which time he will be 16. Formula 4, the new single-seat category to FIA standards, aims at young drivers with a background in karting. “In the last couple of years, it has become a tradition for us that we offer the runner-up from the German junior karting championship (DJKM) a test session in our simulator,” Frits van Amersfoort said. German the Formula One driver Michael Schumacher sufferes serious skiing injury and is in a coman for six months as a result. (ERCOLE COLOMBO/EPA) “This is handled by the DMSB, the German motorsport authority, and that is how we first got in touch with Mick Schumacher last autumn. He spent a full day in the simulator at our headquarters in The Netherlands. Then we witnessed him during a test session at Valencia and eventually, we reached an agreement to compete together in this year’s ADAC Formula 4 series.” Van Amersfoort ran Max Verstappen in Formula 3 last year. Verstappen, son of Michael Schumacher’s former teammate Jos, is set to become the youngest driver to start a Formula One race when the season opens later this month in Australia. He will be 17. Verstappen will be driving for Toro Rosso. Tags:
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Denny Hulme | NZHistory, New Zealand history online Denny Hulme Biography In 1967 Denny Hulme became the first – and to date only – New Zealander to win the Formula One World Championship. Between his debut at Monaco in 1965 and his final race in the US Grand Prix in 1974, Hulme made 112 starts in F1, for eight victories and 33 podium finishes. He finished third in the overall standings in 1968 and 1972. Hulme showed his versatility as a driver by also dominating the Canadian-American Challenge Cup series (for Group 7 sports cars). As a member of the McLaren team that won five straight titles between 1967 and 1971, he won the individual drivers' championship twice and was runner-up on four other occasions. In 1967 Hulme not only won the F1 championship but was second in the Can-Am series and fourth in that year's Indy 500. He was recognised at home with the New Zealand Sportsman of the Year award. Denny's father, Alfred Hulme , won the Victoria Cross while fighting in Crete in 1941. Denny was born and raised on the family tobacco farm in Motueka. After leaving school he worked in a garage and saved enough to buy an MG TF. He began competing in local events and in 1960 won a Driver-to-Europe scholarship. This took him to England where he worked for the legendary Australian F1 driver and constructor, Jack Brabham. In 1961 Hulme raced at Le Mans for the Abarth team before joining Ken Tyrrell's Formula 2 team. After some impressive performances for Tyrrell, Hulme rejoined Brabham's F2 team before making the step-up to F1 in 1965 at Monaco. He soon secured his first points with a fourth placing in the French Grand prix. In his first full season of F1 in 1966 he finished fourth overall. The 1967 championship consisted of 11 races. Hulme won at Monte Carlo and in Germany and secured enough podium finishes elsewhere to claim the Championship by five points from his boss, Jack Brabham. In 1968 Hulme joined fellow Kiwi Bruce McLaren's team. Victories in Italy and Canada were not enough for Hulme to defend his title and he finished third. He remained with McLaren until his retirement in 1974. After retiring from F1, Hulme turned to touring car racing. In 1992, while competing in the Bathurst 1000, Australia's premier touring car race, he suffered a massive heart attack at the wheel of a BMW M3 travelling at just over 300 km/h. He hit a wall but managed to bring the car to a relatively controlled stop. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Bathurst Hospital. Hulme raced in an era when the life expectancy of drivers was low. The cars and tracks lacked many of the safety features considered standard today. These challenges were highlighted by the fact that, at the time of his death, Hulme was the first former F1 champion to die of natural causes. Following his death Denny Hulme was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. A decade later, in 2002, he received worldwide recognition with his induction into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. He remains New Zealand's only F1 world champion. Further information:
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Java Trench | Indian Ocean | Britannica.com Indian Ocean Alternative Title: Sunda Double Trench Similar Topics Kuril Trench Java Trench, also called Sunda Double Trench, deep submarine depression in the eastern Indian Ocean that extends some 2,000 miles (3,200 km) in a northwest-southeast arc along the southwestern and southern Indonesian archipelago. It is located about 190 miles (305 km) off the southwestern coasts of the islands of Sumatra and Java , stretching eastward south of the western Lesser Sunda Islands . To the northwest the trench merges with a system of islands and continental shelves that eventually extend into the Ganges River delta. For about half its length, off of Sumatra, it is divided into two parallel troughs by an underwater ridge, and much of the trench is at least partially filled with sediments. Its slopes exceed 10° and descend to a maximum depth of 24,440 feet (7,450 metres), the deepest point in the Indian Ocean. The Java Trench constitutes an extensive subduction zone , where the seafloor of the tectonic plate to the west is being forced under the stable plate to the east (there represented by the Sunda Shelf and the Sunda Island arc). It is an active volcanic and seismic zone. In 2004 a massive undersea earthquake (magnitude 9.1) centred off northwestern Sumatra at the northern limit of the trench displaced a section of the fault zone stretching northward for more than 600 miles (1,000 km). This triggered a large tsunami that inundated coastal areas throughout the Indian Ocean region and caused widespread death and destruction. Learn More in these related articles:
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Which chemical element, atomic no. 41, is named after the daughter of King Tantalus?
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Element 41 - definition of Element 41 by The Free Dictionary Element 41 - definition of Element 41 by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Element+41 Related to Element 41: columbium ni·o·bi·um (nī-ō′bē-əm) n. Symbol Nb A silvery, soft, rare, ductile metallic element that occurs chiefly in columbite-tantalite and is used in steel alloys, arc welding, and superconductive materials. Atomic number 41; atomic weight 92.906; melting point 2,477°C; boiling point 4,744°C; specific gravity 8.57; valence 2, 3, 5. See Periodic Table . [After Niobe (so called because it is extracted from tantalite).] niobium (naɪˈəʊbɪəm) n (Elements & Compounds) a ductile white superconductive metallic element that occurs principally in columbite and tantalite: used in steel alloys. Symbol: Nb; atomic no: 41; atomic wt: 92.90638; valency: 2, 3, or 5; relative density: 8.57; melting pt: 2469±10°C; boiling pt: 4744°C. Former name: columbium [C19: from New Latin, from Niobe (daughter of Tantalus), so named because it occurred in tantalite] ni•o•bi•um (naɪˈoʊ bi əm) n. a steel-gray metallic element resembling tantalum in its chemical properties; becomes a superconductor below 9 K; used chiefly in alloy steels. Symbol: Nb; at. no.: 41; at. wt.: 92.906; sp. gr.: 8.4 at 20°C. [1835–45; < New Latin; see Niobe , -ium 2] ni·o·bi·um (nī-ō′bē-əm) Symbol Nb A soft, silvery, easily shaped metallic element that usually occurs in nature together with the element tantalum. It is used to build nuclear reactors, to make steel alloys, and to allow magnets to conduct electricity with almost no resistance. Atomic number 41. See Periodic Table . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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Table of Elements in Greek and Latin (Rome) Language. Sidebar Periodic Table of Elements The Greek language and Greek myth have contributed greatly to the sciences, including chemistry. This is most apparent in the Periodic Table of Elements. A table of the elements with mythological influences, or at least have the Greek language to thank for their names, is below. For kicks, I have included the Latin (Roman) terms also. (Please note: this is not the complete table of elements, only those with Greek or Latin influences.) Actinium From the Greek wordaktinos (ray) Aluminum From the Latin wordalumen, or"bitter". Antimony From the Greek words anti (opposed) and monos (solitude) Argon From the Greek wordargon (inactive) Arsenic From the Greek wordarsenikos and the Latin wordarsenicum, meaning "yellow orpiment". Astatine From the Greek wordastatos (unstable) Barium From the Greek wordbarys (heavy) Bromine From the Greek wordbrômos (stench) Cadmium Symbol: Cd Atomic Number: 48 From the Greek wordkadmeia (ancient name for calamine) and from the Latin word cadmia.Cadmus, in Greek myth, was the founder of Thebes. Calcium From the latin wordcalcis (lime) Carbon Ceres (asteroid), and the Roman version of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture. Cesium From the Latin wordcaesius (sky blue) Chlorine From the Greek wordkhlôros (green) Chromium From the Greek wordchrôma (color) Copper From the Latin wordcyprium, after the island of Cyprus and birthplace of Aphrodite. Dysprosium From the Greek worddysprositos (hard to get at). Fluorine From the Latin wordfluo (flow) Gold From the Latin wordaurum (gold). In Roman mythology, Aurora was the goddess of dawn--golden indeed. Helium From the Greek wordhêlios (sun); Helios in Greek mythology was the god of the Sun. Hydrogen Symbol: H Atomic Number: 1 From the Greek words hudôr (water) and gennan(generate). Heracles fought the Hydra of Lerna (a sea town) for his second labor. Iodine From the Greek wordiôdes (violet). Iridium Symbol: Ir Atomic Number: 77 From the Latin wordiridis (rainbow). The Greeks had a messenger goddess, Iris, whose colorful cape flowed behind her. Iron From the Latin wordferrum (iron) Krypton Symbol: Kr Atomic Number: 36 From the Greek wordkryptos (hidden). In modern language, words such as "encrypt" can be discerned from the Greek. Lanthanum From the Greek wordlanthaneis (to lie hidden). Lead Symbol: Pb Atomic Number: 82 Name Origin: From the Greek word protos (first). Some Greeks believd that the first god ever was Protogonus, or "first born". Symbol Origin: From the Latin wordplumbum (lead) Lithium From the Greek wordlithos (stone) Manganese From the Latin wordmangnes (magnet) Molybdenum From the Greek word molubdos (lead) Neodymium Symbol: Nd Atomic Number: 60 From the Greek words neos (new) anddidymos (twin). Twins appear regularly in Greek myth, from the Dioscuri (Castor & Polydeuces) to the divine twins (Artemis & Apollo). Neon Form the Greek word neos (new) Neptunium After the planet Neptune, the Roman sea god, identified as Poseidon in Greek myth. Niobium Symbol: Nb Atomic Number: 41 After Niobe, daughter of mythical king (Tantalus). She had bragged about her set of seven girls and seven boys, scoffing at Leto for only having two children. Apollo and Artemis promptly killed her offspring. Niobe, in despair, was turned to stone by the gods. Osmium From the Greek word osmë (odor) Oxygen From the Greek words oxus (acid) andgennan (generate) Palladium From the Greek goddess (Pallas) and after an asteroid Phosphorous Symbol: P Atomic Number: 15 From the Greek words phôs (light) andphoros (bearer), Phosphoros was a god of light in Greek myth. Plutonium After the planet Pluto and the Latin god of the Underworld (Hades in Greek). Potassium Symbol Origin: From the Latin word kalium Praseodymium From the Greek words prasios (green) anddidymos (twin) Promethium From the Titan Prometheus who stole fire of the sky and gave it to man. Protactinium From the Greek word protos (first) [see name origin for lead]. Radium From the Latin word radius (ray) Rhodium From the Greek word rhodon
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Which isolated British island is half way between Easter Island and Tahiti?
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Tahiti to Easter Island Tahiti to Easter Island October 2003 OK, right off the bat we confess: this wasn't a cruise aboard Raven. But it was a cruise, albeit aboard a small, expedition-type cruise ship called Clipper Odyssey, and we did go to some pretty exotic places and had a great time. We hope this report will bring a little warmth to these dark winter days. We had never taken an organized trip before, much less on a cruise ship, perish the thought. But this cruise, titled a little pretentiously "Beyond Rapa Nui II" and organized by a Seattle company named Zegrahm (click for their website), seemed like the place and time to give it a shot. Besides, it would take us to some South Pacific islands that are tough to reach in a sailboat, including Easter and Pitcairn. This log update is going to be mostly a photo gallery, as the Zegrahm website has an excellent log ( click here ) of the full cruise. We'll just add a little of our own perspective. Don't forget: Click on any photo to see it full size. Clipper Odyssey and Zegrahm After flying to Tahiti, we boarded the ship at the commercial dock in Papeete, to the music of a Tahitian dance troupe. This was a bit of warm nostalgia for us, since we spent a month there last year during Heiva (see the Tahiti and Moorea log). We rode on le truck, changed some money, and visited the wonderful market for a flower crown and a pareo for Signe. We felt like old hands when the tour took us on a round-the-island trip to familiar places. Clipper Odyssey seemed huge compared to Raven, but next to the real cruise ship across the dock, it looked like a dinghy. Our cabin was on the top deck -- a disadvantage because of the extra motion at sea, it turned out later -- and had a tiny little terrace with just enough room for a couple of chairs. There were only 80 of us passengers and a crew of cheery and competent Filipinos who outnumbered us. In addition, the ship carried several Zegrahm's organizers, leaders, and lecturers. We had a fish guy (easier to say than ichthyologist), a bird guy (there were some varsity birders, all sporting their "life lists" among the passengers), an oceans and reefs guy, an archeologist, and a literature guy who told tales and recited poems about the storied South Pacific. All the days were action-packed and, if there was a free hour, we would have a lecture on some pertinent subject. Following is a very short version of a cruise that we thoroughly enjoyed. Tahiti and Moorea Even though this was a revisit for us, there's no getting around the beauty of the bays of Moorea. This is when Jan figured out how to shoot panoramic shots with our new digital camera, so brace yourself for a panoramic overload! Austral Islands We visited Tubuai, Raivavae, and Rapa in this group of islands, part of France Polynesia. They're several hundred miles south of Tahiti, more subtropical in climate, and far less used to tourists. They get a few yachts every year but never any cruise ships, so our arrival was the event of the year on each island. We received big receptions everywhere, with music, dancers, buffets of native delicacies, and flowered crowns or leis. Rapa was the most rugged and remote island, and the whole island turned out to greet and entertain us. School was canceled for the day and locals and guests enjoyed a performance by the local dancers with the school teacher as an emcee. His only English was a loud, "Clap now!" Rapa was the site of our most spectacular hike, up to one of the hilltop forts that date from the prehistoric wars on the island. Mangareva Mangareva is at the extreme southeast end of the Tuamotu chain -- you remember we visited Makemo and Fakarava in the Tuamotus last year -- but still has those wonderful pearl farms. Signe spread the word and everyone indulged a little. We even discovered a Catholic-run school t hat teaches teenagers from all over Polynesia to carve beautiful mother-of-pearl necklaces, bracelets, etc. The island also
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The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants April 28 marks the anniversary of the world's most famous mutiny by Borgna Brunner Phrases in the Pitcairnese Dialect I starten. – I'm going. Bou yo gwen? – Where are you going? I gwen down Farder's morla. – I'm going down to Father's place tomorrow. Bou yo bin? – Where have you been? I gwen out yenna fer porpay. – I'm going out yonder for red guavas. Foot yawly come yah? – Why did you come here? Up a side, Tom'sa roll. – Up at that place, Tom fell down. Source: Ray and Eileen Young, New Zealand residents descended from Midshipmen Edward Young of the Bounty. Courtesy of the Pitcairn Island Web site. It is not surprising that the most famous of all mutinies , that of the British HMS Bounty , has become ideal fodder for popular history and legend. The mutiny has generated five films (who can think of Fletcher Christian without picturing Marlon Brando ?) as well as countless books (including a historical novel by Mark Twain , The Great Revolution in Pitcairn). Set in the paradisiacal islands of the South Seas, the mutiny involved a host of colorful characters, including the tyrannical Captain Bligh , the aristocratic Fletcher Christian (a distant relation of William Wordsworth's ), numerous uninhibited Tahitian women, and a pack of sailors made up of cockney orphans and ruffian adverturers. Anglo-Tahitian Culture Preserved What has also helped to perpetuate the romantic fascination with the mutiny is the existence of a small community on Pitcairn Island directly descended from the mutineers and their Tahitian wives. Living on a 1.75 square mile volcanic speck in the South Pacific that is surely one of the most isolated places on Earth, the contemporary Pitcairn Islanders still bear the surnames of the eighteenth century mutineers (Tom Christian, for example, is the great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher). The islanders speak a dialect that is a hybrid of Tahitian and eighteenth-century English. It is as if history had been preserved in a petri dish (another admittedly romantic notion about an already widely romanticized past). Paradise The Bounty left England on Dec. 23, 1787, and reached Tahiti in 1788. It was sent to collect a cargo of breadfruit saplings, which was then to be transported to Jamaica where the breadfruit would serve as food for slaves working on the plantations. After sailing 27,000 miles over ten months, the crew spent a sybaritic idyll on Tahiti, where they reveled in the subtropical climate, lush surroundings, and overwhelming warmth and hospitality of the Tahitians. A scientist of the time, gladly abandoning reason for passion, claimed that the Tahitians knew "no other god but love; every day is consecrated to it, the whole island is its temple, all the women are its idols, all the men its worshippers." Many of the men found Tahitian companions, and Fletcher Christian and a Tahitian named Maimiti fell deeply in love and later married. For Christian, Maimiti had the face that launched one mutinous ship. Breadfruit Bligh On April 4, 1789, the Bounty embarked on the second leg of its journey with a cargo of a thousand breadfruit saplings aboard. A little more than three weeks later, near the island of Tonga , the crew, led by first mate Fletcher Christian, staged a mutiny against Captain William Bligh, under whom they claimed to suffer inhuman treatment. Bligh and eighteen loyal sailors were set adrift in a 23-foot open boat. According to Captain Bligh's diary, the mutineers threw breadfruit after him as he was forced off the Bounty, and yelled, "There goes the Bounty bastard, breadfruit Bligh!" Miraculously, Bligh and his loyalists survived the seven-week, 3,600-mile voyage in the cramped boat, finally reaching the island of Timor . Discovering Pitcairn Pitcairn's coordinates are 25 04 S, 130 06 W. After the mutiny, Christian and his sailors returned to Tahiti, where sixteen of the twenty-five men decided to remain for good. Christian, along with eight others, their women,
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Hope, Arkansas is the birthplace of two well-known politicians. One is Mike Huckabee. Who is the other?
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The other man from Hope - POLITICO POLITICO The other man from Hope Bill Clinton used Hope. Now it’s Mike Huckabee’s turn. Print Bill Clinton used Hope. Now it’s Mike Huckabee’s turn. Huckabee is expected to say he’s running for president again on Tuesday morning in his Arkansas hometown — Hope — not quite 23 years after Clinton said at the 1992 Democratic National Convention in New York, first at the end of a 14-minute video titled “A Man from Hope,” then at the end of a 53-minute speech, “I still believe in a place called Hope.” Story Continued Below For Huckabee, it’s a challenge no other 2016 candidate faces: Even though his roots in the town run much deeper than Clinton’s, he must avoid looking in any way like a copycat. But by returning to Hope to make his announcement — something he didn’t do the last time around — friends of his and watchers of politics in the state say he’s adopting a strategy that’s much more head-on. I’m the real man from Hope. Clinton, the former Arkansas governor who became the 42nd president, was born in Hope on Aug. 19, 1946. Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor who wants to be the 45th, was born in Hope on Aug. 24, 1955. In their respective memoirs, they both box-checked the birthplace with similar-sounding, soft-focused look-backs. “Mother and I came home to her parents’ house on Hervey Street in Hope, where I would spend the next four years,” Clinton wrote in My Life. He recalled “the smells of country food” and “buttermilk churns, ice-cream makers, washboards” and “strange voices talking over our ‘party line’ telephone.” “For me,” Huckabee wrote in From Hope to Higher Ground, “‘hope’ is more than a word that describes the American spirit. Every time I hear it I think of home.” For Clinton and Huckabee, pre-integration, pre-interstate, postwar Hope, 10 or so square miles with a population of less than 10,000 people, had two daily newspapers and two downtown movie theaters, at which children paid for tickets and Cokes with coins, not bills, and pedaled bicycles and roamed shoeless in summers and watched trains roll through on the way to somewhere else. Nostalgia’s always half-true. Clinton broke his leg in kindergarten when the heel of one of his cowboy boots got caught on a line tied taut between a swing set and a tree. He rolled around on the ground and sobbed while his classmates chanted and teased. “Billy’s a sissy! Billy’s a sissy! Billy’s a sissy!” Huckabee learned about gayness, he explained in God, Guns, Grits, and Gravy, when his Boy Scouts Scoutmaster molested “a fairly sizable number” of the boys in his troop. He wasn’t branded as a sex offender, Huckabee wrote, “because in those days, the term didn’t exist and no one would have known what it meant.” Hope was introduced to America, by Clinton, in 1992 in Madison Square Garden. Enough of the electorate thought Hope sounded nice. But to the ears of actual Arkansans, and coming from Clinton, “I believe in a place called Hope” sounded a little different. Hope? Down in the economically depressed southwest corner of the state? In his runs for Congress, lieutenant governor and then governor, starting in 1974 and for more than a decade and a half, Clinton had never in this way invoked Hope. Because he moved to Hot Springs after first grade. Because Hot Springs is where he grew up. Because Hot Springs is where he graduated high school. In June of 1973, when Clinton picked up a girlfriend at the airport in Little Rock, he drove Hillary Rodham past the state capitol and the governor’s mansion, through the Arkansas River Valley and the Ouachita Mountains, on his way home. “As dusk fell,” she wrote in Living History, “we arrived, at last, in Hot Springs …” “Clinton was more from Hot Springs than he was from Hope, but Hope was more evocative of the themes he was trying to put forth,” Ouachita Baptist University political science professor Hal Bass said the other day on the phone from Arkadelphia. “Hot Springs was not as useful in terms of its name. Hot Springs was not as useful in terms of its image.” “Hot Springs had this longtime reputa
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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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"""Because you're worth it"" was the slogan for which company?"
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About L'Oréal Paris Brand - Because You’re Worth It - Beauty Products Because You’re Worth It The Story Behind the Legendary Phrase Because I’m Worth It. These four words are bound to the time of their creation and yet they have proven to be timeless. They have become what the brand stands for. Written in 1973 when a social revolution and a new spirit of feminism was in full swing, it seems clear that the phrase could only have been written by a woman. Ilon Specht was a copywriter with McCann Erickson back in 1973. She was thought of as original, unconventional, creative and independent. Fortunately, she worked on the L’Oréal account! Specht was just 23 years old when she broke new ground with an ad that was strictly from a woman’s point of view. It famously ended with the signature phrase: Because I’m Worth It! Almost the minute the ad hit, it became clear that the last line - those four words - had struck a chord. For the first time, the message was all about what the woman thought. It was about her self-confidence, her decision, her style. Over time, “Because I’m Worth It” has become part of our social fabric. So much so that it was the subject of a 1999 New Yorker article entitled True Colors by Malcolm Gladwell. In it, Gladwell acknowledged: “...”Because I’m Worth It®” has entered the language...and taken on a meaning well outside the stated intention.” Because I’m Worth It was on message in 1973, and today we know that an astonishing 80% of women recognize and respond to this positive phrase and powerful sentiment. And what makes it truly beautiful is that “Because I’m Worth It” is translated into action every day by L’Oréal Paris – in its philanthropy, its products, and its thoughtful celebration of women. Stay
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Adslogans - A fast, efficient bespoke search service for advertisers on slogans, endlines, straplines, taglines etc. - HALL OF FAME Current Wise Words Advertising Slogan Hall of Fame The Advertising Slogan Hall Of Fame recognises excellence and best practice in advertising, benchmarking creativity - identifying the best in branding. The Advertising Slogan Hall of Fame now recognizes 125 lines as members, ranging from ‘Let your fingers do the walking’ to ‘Heineken refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach,’ to ‘We try harder,’ to ‘If you’ve got it, flaunt it.’ There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard There are some things money can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard 1997 saw the launch of Priceless®, the award-winning advertising campaign which ran in 98 countries and in 46 languages. This campaign significantly raises brand awareness and usage—and enters “MasterCard” into the lexicon of everyday usage. Advertiser: Mastercard Ad agency: McCann Erickson Year: 1997 The information presented on this page is offered in good faith and is correct to the best of our knowledge. If any factual errors have appeared here inadvertently, then we would be pleased to hear from anyone wishing to offer corrections. Basic Talk Ltd trading as AdSlogans ©
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What is the largest gland in the human body? | Reference.com What is the largest gland in the human body? A: Quick Answer The liver is the largest gland in the human body. It is also an essential organ of the digestive system and has a wide array of functions. Full Answer On average, the liver of an adult weighs between 3.2 and 3.7 pounds. It is located in the right upper quadrant of the abdominal cavity. The liver has many functions and plays a large role in human metabolism and digestion. The organ stores glycogen, decomposes red blood cells, synthesizes plasma proteins, produces hormones, and removes toxins and waste products from the blood. The liver also produces bile and sends it to the gallbladder for storage. The bile is then released into the digestive system to emulsify fats.
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Overspill Overspill 5A: Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate 6A: Tea 18A: The white of an egg 19A: Tomato 33A. Kings cross and Charing cross 34A. Pennsylvania 35A. KLM or Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) 36A. Caracus 41A. New Guinea (Greenland is the largest) 42A. Eros 64A: The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip 65A: Captain James Cook! 66A: Bones in the Hand 67A: John D. Rockefeller 69A: The eye (inflammation of the cornea) 70A: Mormons 72A: Princess Diana was killed in a car crash. 73A: Leprosy 79A: Schutzstaffel or ‘Protection Squad 80A: The 16th 83A: Fractures of the bone 84A: Leg 108A. New Guinea (Greenland is the largest) 109A. A monkey 110A. The Merchant Of Venice 111A. Teeth 115A. A fish (of the herring family found off North America's Atlantic coast) 116A. the umbrella 118A. Rhinoceros (up to 5 tons, then hippo up to 3.2 tons) 119A. Water buffalo 133A. 8 ft (2.44 metres) 134A. Anna Kournikova 140A. Preston North End - 1888-89 141A. Motor Racing (nickname for Indianapolis) 142A. Beijing 143A. Mercedes Benz 144A. Alec Stewart 145A. 20 (8 pawns can move 1 or 2 squares and 2 knights can move in 2 directions) 146A. Marcellus. 154A: Leondaro, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Donatello 155A: Thing 158A: Mrs Hudson 159A: British Academy of Film and Television Arts 160A: Colonel John 'Hannibal' Smith, played by George Peppard, from the 1980's US TV action series The A-Team. 161A: The Three Wise Men (or the Three Kings) 162A: A Few Good Men 163A: Rudolph Valentino 164A: The Coronation of Elizabeth II 165A: Cameron Diaz 171A: The Artful Dodger 172A: 15 173A: Ernst Stavro Blofeld in From Russia With Love, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again 174A: Dr. Who 184A. Bootlegger 185A. Australia 186A. English - founded in 1701 as a collegiate school it was renamed Yale college in his honour in 1718 and renamed Yale University in 1887. 187A. His bayonet 190A. KLM or Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) 191A. McDonalds 193A. Jesper Parnevik 194A. Idi Amin Dada 195A. It took place in 1889. John L(awrence) Sullivan –1858 to 1918 knocked out Jake Kilrain in 75 rounds. 196A. They fathered children 197A. John Ronald Reuel - 1892 to 1973 198A. Harriet Beecher Stowe 205A. Gardens (a.k.a. Capability Brown) 206A. the umbrella 209A. Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha, Utah. 210A. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour 211A. Criminal 217A. Fork in (the) road 218A. Dominoes 223A. Its a small world after all 224A. A bad spell of weather 225A. Tale of two cities 226A. Postman 229A. All in a days work 230A. Clean underwear 232A. The good the bad and the ugly 233A. Frank Sinatra 235A. What goes up must come down 236A. One step forwards two steps back 237A. Glance backwards 238A. Long time no see 239A. Gross injustice BIG BLOG QUIZ 2011 Thank you those of you that have pointed out the repeats, the questions are compiled from various web sources, just go with it, cheers x For everyone who loves a quiz but cant take part in the live twitter quizzes i thought i would do an 'at home' quiz If you want your efforts scored email your answers to me at scaryeye@hotmail.com Id rather people didnt cheat and google all the answers but hey....its your karma Closing date is Noon on January 1st 2012 2011 Big Quiz – Qs 1 Q: Kulfi is a type of which Indian food? 2 Q: In the Wild West, what did the Red Indians call whisky? 3 Q: It means Aunt Mary in English, but by what name do we usually know this drink? 4 Q: What is the name of the baked, light, sweet or savoury, dish whose name derives from the French 'to puff up'? 5 Q: Which three flavours make up a Neapolitan ice cream? 6 Q: Which beverage may be black or green? 7 Q: What does a ‘Sommelier’ Do? 8 Q: A bottle equivalent to 20 Bottles of wine is called what? 9 Q: Which part of a cow is used to make tripe? 10 Q: What type of fruit is a cantaloupe? 11 Q: Which vegetable is also known as an egg plant? 12 Q: What is a baby oyster called? 13 Q: Arctic King, Saladin and Tom Thumb are which types of vegetable? 14 Q: What ty
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What is the name for the masses of lymphoid tissue between the nose and throat that are sometimes removed by an operation in cases where enlargement is having a detrimental effect on health?
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shoulders neck The following are the most common signs/symptoms of acne. However, each adolescent may experience symptoms differently. Symptoms may include: blackheads pus-filled lesions that may be painful nodules (solid, raised bumps) The symptoms of acne may resemble other skin conditions. Always consult your child's physician for a diagnosis. Treatment of acne: The goal of acne treatment is to minimize scarring and improve appearance. Specific treatment will be determined by your child's physician based on: your child's age, overall health, and medical history severity of the acne your child's tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies expectations for the course of the condition your opinion or preference Treatment for acne will include topical or systemic drug therapy. Depending upon the severity of acne, topical medications (medications applied to the skin) or systemic medications (medications taken orally) may be prescribed by your child's physician. In some cases, a combination of both topical and systemic medications may be recommended. Topical medications to treat acne: Prescription topical medications are often prescribed to treat acne. Topical medication can be in the form of a cream, gel, lotion, or solution. Examples include: benzoyl peroxide tetracycline Treatment for severe, cystic, or inflammatory acne: Isotretinoin, an oral drug, may be prescribed for individuals with severe, cystic, or inflammatory acne to prevent extensive scarring. Isotretinoin reduces the size of the sebaceous glands that produce the skin oil, increases skin cell shedding, and affects the hair follicles, thereby reducing the development of acne lesions. Isotretinoin can clear acne in 90 percent of patients. However, the drug has major unwanted side effects. It is very important to discuss this medication with your child's physician. Antibiotics and Acne Antibiotics are one of the few effective treatments for acne. However, new research indicates that one specific bacterium associated with severe acne, Propionibacterium acnes, is becoming increasingly resistant against antibiotic treatment. This trend may lead to decreased effectiveness of antibiotics in the treatment of future acne, according to the researchers. The researchers recommend that dermatologists restrict their use of antibiotic treatment for acne and test other regimens, including different antibiotics and alternative therapies. Always consult your child's physician for more information. Acne Scar Removal Specific dermatological procedures to minimize acne scars will be determined by your physician based on: your age, overall health, and medical history severity of the scar your tolerance for specific medications, procedures, or therapies your opinion or preference Although acne often is a chronic condition, even if it lasts only during adolescence, acne can leave life-long scars. Acne scars typically look like "ice pick" pit scars or craterlike scars. Although proper treatment for acne may help minimize scarring, several dermatological procedures may help to further minimize any acne scars, including the following: dermabrasion Dermabrasion may be used to minimize small scars, minor skin surface irregularities, surgical scars, and acne scars. As the name implies, dermabrasion involves removing the top layers of skin with an electrical machine that abrades the skin. As the skin heals from the procedure, the surface appears smoother and fresher. chemical peels Chemical peels are often used to minimize sun-damaged skin, irregular pigment, and superficial scars. The top layer of skin is removed with a chemical application to the skin. By removing the top layer, the skin regenerates, often improving its appearance. collagen injections A type of collagen that is derived from purified bovine (cow) collagen is injected beneath the skin to replace the body's natural collagen that has been lost. Injectable collagen is generally used to treat wrinkles, scars, and facial lines. laser resurfacing Laser resurfacing uses high-energy light to burn away damaged skin.
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Epiglottis Function, Pictures & Definition | Body Maps Your message has been sent. OK We're sorry, an error occurred. We are unable to collect your feedback at this time. However, your feedback is important to us. Please try again later. Close Epiglottis The epiglottis is a leaf-shaped flap of cartilage located behind the tongue, at the top of the larynx, or voice box. The main function of the epiglottis is to seal off the windpipe during eating, so that food is not accidentally inhaled. The epiglottis also helps with some aspects of sound production in certain languages. Swelling of the epiglottis is called epiglottitis. This condition can block airflow to the lungs and is, therefore, potentially life-threatening. Epiglottitis can have many causes, including burns from hot beverages, throat injury, or bacterial infections.
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The 'Iron Guard' was a fascist movement and political party operating in which European country during the 1930's?
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10 Forgotten Fascist Movements Of The 1930s - Listverse 10 Forgotten Fascist Movements Of The 1930s Benjamin Welton August 10, 2015 Nowadays, “fascism” is mostly a misused and little understood word . In particular, it has become a byword for anything in uniform or even remotely right-of-center. But no matter how many times it is howled from megaphones or splashed across banners and signs, fascism is a political ideology that hasn’t had any real power in Europe, its birthplace, since it was summarily defeated during World War II. Sure, neo-fascist political parties still have black-shirted adherents sprinkled throughout major urban centers and on the Internet , but the likelihood of a fascist takeover is slim to nonexistent. This was not the case in the 1930s. During the decade-long economic depression that affected most of the world, fascism, along with socialism, anarchism, and communism, became popular with two kinds of people—those who saw capitalism and democracy as alien systems forced upon them by the US and Great Britain and those who were disenfranchised with the status quo and sluggish economic recovery. Fascism, no matter what form it took, whether urbane and corporatist or volkisch , combined a hostility to both capitalism and communism with personality cults, grandiose displays of paramilitary (and later military) power and prowess, and a predilection for violence. While almost all fascist groups were ardent nationalists, fascism as a whole transcended national boundaries. In some places, fascism came to dominate the entire political landscape. Fascism flourished past the 1930s in places like Italy (where Benito Mussolini oversaw the creation of the first true fascist state in history), in Germany (where the model of Italian fascism blended with racialist science, militarism, and populism in order to form an idiosyncratic belief system called national socialism), and in South America (where authoritarian dictatorships became disarmingly common during the Cold War). Elsewhere, fascist movements threatened standing governments and elections but never managed to hold onto power for any real length of time. 10 Francist Movement Historically speaking, French right-wing groups have always been some of the most active and ideologically driven. Led by intellectuals, former military men, and their own media empires, the French right during the interwar years (1919–39) was particularly powerful and posed a real challenge to French democracy. On February 6, 1934, the Third Republic was rocked by a violent right-wing demonstration that killed 15 people outside of the Chamber of Deputies in Paris. Spurred on by a financial crisis known as the Stavisky Affair , the riot was widely seen by the French left as an attempted coup d’etat. The major players in the riot were the much older and more cerebral French Action group and the militarist, veteran-heavy Cross of Fire. Alongside these groups was the Francist Movement, an anti-Semitic fascist organization bankrolled by Benito Mussolini, led by a World War I veteran named Marcel Bucard, and defended by a paramilitary organization known as the Blueshirts. While other right-wing groups in France were somewhat unique in their mannerisms and style of politics, the Francist Movement was a carbon copy of Italian fascism , right down to their use of the Roman salute, the use of the fasces as a symbol of their ideology, and their unequivocal support for Germany, Italy, and a fascist France. By 1936, the Francist Movement and other “anti-parliamentary leagues” were banned by the new left-wing Popular Front government. However, when Nazi Germany invaded France and split it between the German-occupied north and the collaborationist south, followers of the Francist Movement found themselves in power for a short time in Vichy France . 9 Austrofascists Photo credit: R-41 In spite of speaking the same language, Austria and Germany do not share the same culture, so the fact that they took different approaches to far-right ideology shouldn’t be terribly surprising. While Hitler and his follow
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Brief History of Mussolini & Fascists in WW2 History of the Rise and Fall of Mussolini Rise of Mussolini Benito Mussolini came to power in 1922 during a time of corruption, economic depression and labor disputes. After making himself known, he was practically invited by the King to step into the position of Prime Minister. Mussolini used his first years as Prime Minister to establish control of the government and begin improvements within the country. He implemented changes in agriculture by draining swamp lands and building canals. He also ensured the rail system worked. After a series of riots in 1922, the king appointed Benito Mussolini as prime minister in an attempt to prevent a communist revolution in Italy. Mussolini headed a coalition of fascists and nationalists and parliamentary government continued until the murder of the socialist leader, Giacomo Matteotti in 1924. Critics view King Emmanuel as a puppet ruler of the Fascists. His early actions indicated he was pro-democracy but he allowed Mussolini and the Fascists to take over the country. In 1920s, the monarchy, the church, the political elite and the voters, for different reasons, felt Mussolini and his regime would provide a political and financial stability that was needed for their country. Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany on January 30, 1933. Hitler's national socialism closely paralled Italy's fascism. He built his Nazi Brownshirts along the military lines of the Fascists Blackshirts. They had a lot in common. Both men had read Machiavelli. Both used the fear of Communism to gain power and control. The Nazis used violence and threats to silence any opposition. However, Mussolini still did not trust Hitler, especially when it came to the question of Austria's independance. Mussolini did not want to share a border with Germany. He regarded Austria's chancellor, Englebert Dollfuss, as his personal friend and Italy was considered an ally of Austria. Hitler asked Mussolini if they could meet to discuss "international policy". They met at Venice on 14 June, 1934. This was their first meeting and, upon the urging of his advisors, Hitler traveled to Italy in civilian clothes, wearing a floppy felt hat and a wrinkled raincoat. Mussolini met him in all his military regalia which left Hitler a little embarrassed; vowing to never do that again. At this meeting the two leaders discussed the fate of Austria and persecution of the Jews. Talking incessantly, Hitler dominated their talks as Mussolini tried to keep pace with his German. The meeting ended with both leaders thinking the other had compromised to their position. Fifteen days after this meeting, on 25 June, Nazi thugs entered Chancellor Dollfuss's office and shot him at his desk. This infuriated Mussolini. He immediately mobilized his troops on the Austrian border and he wired the Austrian government that Italy would defend Austrian independence. Italy received no support from France or England but it was enough to cause Hitler to stand down. The world press portrayed Mussolini as a world hero. With his popularity its peak in Italy and in the world's press, Mussolini took the first step towards ending the uneasy peace. Italy's Colonialism Mussolini began to focus national attention to the small independant monarchy of Abyssinia on Africa's eastern coast. Mussolini may have been influenced by Germany's expanionist policies. Maybe his personal ego was challenged by Hitler's rise to power. Italy still ranked highest in unemployment, poverty, illiteracy and disease. But Italians felt it was their destiny to make Abyssinia as a colony. They also wanted revenge for their defeat there in 1896. Italy had a small colony in Eritrea, adjacent to Abyssinia. Mussolini made claims that Haile Selassie was about to invade Eritrea. Troops were mobilized. Then on 5 December 1934, a border incident provided justification for invading Abyssinia. Italian troops were eager to join up and fulfill Italian's destiny. After the rainy season was over, Mussolini addressed a crowd
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What word describes 'Spying on or exposing enemy spies'?
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Index and dictionary of espionage spy terms and slang and a list of intelligence gathering agencies - LIST C - D [ A-B ] [ C-D ] [ E-F ] [ G-I ] [ J-O ] [ P-S ] [ T-Z ] [ Acronyms ] C3I - command, control, communications and intelligence - Command and control refers to the ability of the military commander to direct his forces. The addition of Communications to the grouping reflects the fact that communications is required to enable this coordination. In modern warfare, computers are also a key component. Intelligence is the knowledge relevant to the coordination of forces. Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance are methods of obtaining this intelligence. These terms can be used to refer to infrastructure, a role of military units or individuals, or procedures employed. CANARY TRAP - A canary trap is a method for exposing an information leak, that involves giving different versions of sensitive information to each of a group of suspects and seeing which version gets leaked. CASE officer - staff officer of an intelligence agency, also called an OPERATIONS officer or AGENT handler or controller CENTER - Moscow headquarters of the KGB CHICKEN FEED - mineal information offered to a double agent, used to establish him as someone with access to intelligence CHRISTIANS in Action - slang for the CIA CLANDESTINE operation - actions that are meant to be undetected CLASSIFIED information COBBLER - specialist who forges passports COMPARTMENTALIZATION of information means to limit access to information to persons who directly need to know certain such information in order to perform certain tasks. The idea is that the fewer people know, the better, because as the number of people "in the know" grows, so does the risk or likelihood that such information could be compromised or fall into the hands of the opposition. As such, there tend to be varying levels of clearance within organizations. However, even if someone has the highest clearance, certain "eyes only" information may still be restricted to certain operators, even of lower rank. In intelligence administration, it is particularly useful to keep close watch on "sources and methods" information, so as to prevent disclosure of people and their activities, whose lives may be at risk, if such information were publicly disclosed, or, once again, fall into the hands of the opposition. CONSUMER - person or an organization on the receiving end of intelligence obtained by spies COOKED Intelligence - distorted intelligence passed on to a double agent, containing some truth COUNTER-ESPIONAGE - spying directed against an enemy's spy system, such as by recruiting agents in foreign intelligence organs COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE - the activity of preventing the enemy from obtaining secret information. COUSINS - slang for CIA operatives COVERT operation - those actions for which the government will deny knowledge or responsibility CRYPTONYMS and CODEWORDS used by the CIA CSE - Communications Security Establishment (UKUSA Alliance member - Canada) CSIS - Canadian Security and Intelligence Service - Canada's spy agency CT - CounterTerrorism CUT-OUT In espionage, a cut-out is a courier or mechanism used to pass information and devices from one spy to another while operating in a "denied area" or a hostile environment. The two forms of cut-outs are the block and chain. A block cut-out is an agent familiar with the entire spy network or cell and those who are in it, while the chain cutout is simply an agent who is aware of only the person providing the information and the spy who is receiving the information. The chain cut-out helps to maintain the compartmentalization of the spy network, which increases security by maintaining everyone's anonymity. The term cut-out may also be used more generally to describe a person or agency used as a pawn by intelligence agencies. (see also LETTERBOX) DANGLE - a dangle is a fake defector / or a spy posing as an informant who supplies deliberately misleading information DEAD DROP - pre-arranged location for dropping off secrets / receiving instructions a
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Slang terms at the Front - The British Library Slang terms at the Front Julian Walker explores the growth of slang used by soldiers in the trenches from describing food to alternate names for allies and enemies. Food The limited diet of the British soldier in the front line included Tickler’s Plum and Apple Jam, known as ‘pozzy’ (possibly from a South African word for ‘preserved food’), ‘biscuit’, a hard-baked bread that had seen service for many years in Britain’s armies and navies, and ‘bully beef’, whose name may have come from the French boeuf bouillé (boiled beef) or possibly from the picture of a bull’s head on many tin designs. ‘Gippo’, stew or thick gravy, probably derived from a term used in the 17th and 18th centuries to denote a kitchen servant. Rum was delivered to the front in jars labelled SRD, interpreted as ‘seldom reaches destination’. Available behind the lines in French bars were ‘Bombardier Fritz’ (pommes de terre frites – chips) with ‘oofs’ and ‘pang’, and ‘plonk’ (vin blanc – white wine). Experiences common to European armies at the time – poor food and the logistics of transport – provided similar terms for poor quality butter or margarine: ‘axlegrease’ and the German Wagenschmiere (wagongrease). Soldiers grew adept at getting hold of food by various means; terms included ‘mumping’, ‘winning’, ‘cadging’, ‘humming’, ‘making’, ‘boning’, ‘souveniring’ and ‘hot-stuffing’. Some of these terms were invented at the time while others dated back centuries. Cook book for the trenches Cookbook for soldiers in the trenches published in 1915 giving simple recipes that could be made with few ingredients. Free from known copyright restrictions Materiel Many of the terms for weapons and artillery were remarkably similar on both sides of no man’s land, indicating a similarity of attitude, that the soldier had two enemies, the opposing forces and the war itself. Germans and British used the same terms for the German stick-grenade – a potato-masher – both sides had a ‘Black Maria’, and both sides used a German name for an aeroplane – a ‘Taube’. Some of these terms became indelibly associated with the war: ‘whizz-bangs’ speaks explicitly of the soldier’s experience of knowing how to identify a particular kind of incoming shell, and what action might be worth taking. ‘Jack Johnson’, referencing the black heavyweight champion boxer, was for a shell which created a large amount of black smoke. ‘Moaning Minnie’ referred to the German trench mortar or Minenwerfer, the term carrying overtones of familiarity and humour. Names for troops: ‘Tommy’ and ‘Foot Slogger’ Documentation of ‘Tommy Atkins’, the archetypical name for the British soldier, dates back to 1815. ‘Tommy’ became immortalised in the first of Rudyard Kipling’s Barrack Room Ballads, published in 1892: O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' “Tommy, go away”; But it's “Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play, The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play, O it's “Thank you, Mr. Atkins," when the band begins to play. The name ‘Tommy’ was used universally throughout the First World War, by both sides. Some correspondence to The Times in 1914 indicates that not everyone felt well-disposed towards the name. ‘An Ensign of 1848’ wrote on 23 October: ‘May I ... suggest that the time has now come ... to put a period to the use of the nickname ‘Tommies’? ... To hear these British soldiers referred to in depreciatory patronage as ‘Tommies’ by those who stay at home ... is unseemly and exasperating.’ Three days later another reader wrote that if you were to ask ‘a company of Garrison Artillery what they think of the name and of the verses in which it was first enshrined the reply was startling and anything but complimentary to the author of the verses.’ It is possible that this was a matter of opinion which differed between individuals, regiments, platoons, and any groupings of soldiers. Certainly there are clear indications of its being used by soldiers: the trench paper The Salient for Christmas 1915 advertises The Buzzer, the paper of the 49th
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What is considered to be the cowboy capital of America?
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Cowboys - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google Predecessors of the cowboy date back to colonial times. In western Massachusetts , in the uplands of the Carolinas, in Florida , and across the northern, red clay hills of Georgia and Alabama , cattle-raising societies existed long before the Great Plains had been cleared of buffalo. It was in Florida that much of the protocol involving branding evolved. Yet the cattle industry of the Southeast never attracted national attention. The herders never became heroes. They remained little known and were recognized for what they were—illiterate, unmounted trespassers on the public domain, drifting from grazing ground to grazing ground, trailing their beasts to markets at Ohio River towns or to Savannah or Jacksonville. Did You Know? Cattle herds travelled an average of 15 miles a day. The cowboy of myth and reality had his beginnings in Texas . There cattle grew wild with few natural enemies; by the end of the Civil War there were an estimated 5 million of them. It was then that the cowboy entered his twenty-year golden age, 1866-1886, the era of the open range and the great cattle drives. The incentive was the high price of beef up North, where Union armies had exhausted the supply and the urbanizing East provided a ready market. A steer worth four dollars in Texas was worth forty dollars in the North. The economics did not escape the Texans. Beginning in 1866 they began moving long lines of longhorns northward, with the primary destination being the railhead at Sedalia, Missouri . Indians and farmers who resented cattle trampling their crops and spreading the dreaded Texas fever protested their passage. Outlaws stole the cattle and were not averse to killing the men driving them. Texans searched for a route with better grass and fewer Indians, farmers, and desperadoes. When railroads inched across the plains, new trails, among them the Chisholm, Western, and Loving, veered westward to intercept them. Cattle towns such as Abilene, Wichita, Ellsworth, Caldwell, and Dodge City enjoyed a brief heyday of prosperity and violence. Later trails headed on north to Ogallala, Cheyenne, Glendive, and Miles City. By 1886 the open-range cattle business had spread throughout the Great Plains and had merged with earlier cattle enterprises in Colorado , Idaho , Washington , Utah , Nevada , Arizona , and California . The men who worked the cattle in the treeless expanses of the West, at least one-fourth of them blacks, became known as cowboys. The image of the courageous, spirited horseman living a dangerous life carried with it an appeal that refuses to disappear. Driving a thousand to two thousand cattle hundreds of miles to market; facing lightning and cloudbursts and drought, stampedes, rattlesnakes, and outlaws; sleeping under the stars and catching chow at the chuckwagon—the cowboys dominated the American galaxy of folk heroes. Even their dress inspired envy. The cowboys’ hats were high-crowned with wide, floppy rims, practical for protection from the sun’s glare, useful as a cup with which to scoop up water or, folded over, as a pillow. The bandana handkerchief tied around the neck could be lifted to cover mouth and nostrils from dust. Originally the collarless shirt and trousers were nondescript, of flannel or wool. A vest was often worn; it gave some protection from cold winds and also had a number of useful pockets, one of which held Bull Durham tobacco and cigarette papers. The boots with heels two inches high, the better to rest in the stirrups or dig into the ground while roping a calf, may have appeared exotic to a dude, but they were absolutely practical. The stock saddle’s design traced all the way back to the Moors of North Africa, having come to the American cowboy by way of the Spanish and Mexicans. Chaparejos, or chaps, served a valuable purpose when a cowboy had to chase after a steer into a patch of thorny mesquite. A bridle, a lariat, and, during the cattle drives, probably a well-balanced six-shooter completed the cowboys’ outfit. Ranchers staked out homesteads often center
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American Lit. Outline by Douglas Chandler - issuu issuu Chapter One Early American and Colonial Period to 1776 American literature begins with the orally transmitted myths, legends, tales, and lyrics (always songs) of Indian cultures. There was no written literature among the more than 500 different Indian languages and tribal cultures that existed in North America before the first Europeans arrived. As a result, Native American oral literature is quite diverse. Narratives from quasi-nomadic hunting cultures like the Navajo are different from stories of settled agricultural tribes such as the pueblo-dwelling Acoma; the stories of northern lakeside dwellers such as the Ojibwa often differ radically from stories of desert tribes like the Hopi. Tribes maintained their own religions -- worshipping gods, animals, plants, or sacred persons. Systems of government ranged from democracies to councils of elders to theocracies. These tribal variations enter into the oral literature as well. Still, it is possible to make a few generalizations. Indian stories, for example, glow with reverence for nature as a spiritual as well as physical mother. Nature is alive and endowed with spiritual forces; main characters may be animals or plants, often totems associated with a tribe, group, or individual. The closest to the Indian sense of holiness in later American literature is Ralph Waldo Emerson's transcendental "Over-Soul," which pervades all of life. The Mexican tribes revered the divine Quetzalcoatl, a god of the Toltecs and Aztecs, and some tales of a high god or culture were told elsewhere. However, there are no long, standardized religious cycles about one supreme divinity. The closest equivalents to Old World spiritual narratives are often accounts of shamans initiations and voyages. Apart from these, there are stories about culture heroes such as the Ojibwa tribe's Manabozho or the Navajo tribe's Coyote. These tricksters are treated with varying degrees of respect. In one tale they may act like heroes, while in another they may seem selfish or foolish. Although past authorities, such as the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, have deprecated trickster tales as expressing the inferior, amoral side of the psyche, contemporary scholars -- some of them Native Americans -- point out that Odysseus and Prometheus, the revered Greek heroes, are essentially tricksters as well. Examples of almost every oral genre can be found in American Indian literature: lyrics, chants, myths, fairy tales, humorous anecdotes, incantations, riddles, proverbs, epics, and legendary histories. Accounts of migrations and ancestors abound, as do vision or healing songs and tricksters' tales. Certain creation stories are particularly popular. In one well-known creation story, told with variations among many tribes, a turtle holds up the world. In a Cheyenne version, the creator, Maheo, has four chances to fashion the world from a watery universe. He sends four water birds diving to try to bring up earth from the bottom. The snow goose, loon, and mallard soar high into the sky and sweep down in a dive, but cannot reach bottom; but the little coot, who cannot fly, succeeds in bringing up some mud in his bill. Only one creature, humble Grandmother Turtle, is the right shape to support the mud world Maheo shapes on her shell -- hence the Indian name for America, "Turtle Island." The songs or poetry, like the narratives, range from the sacred to the light and humorous: There are lullabies, war chants, love songs, and special songs for children's games, gambling, various chores, magic, or dance ceremonials. Generally the songs are repetitive. Short poem-songs given in dreams sometimes have the clear imagery and subtle mood associated with Japanese haiku or Eastern-influenced imagistic poetry. A Chippewa song runs: A loon I thought it was But it was My love's splashing oar. Vision songs, often very short, are another distinctive form. Appearing in dreams or visions, sometimes with no warning, they may be healing, hunting, or love songs. Often they are personal, as in this Mod
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What was the name of the computer in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey?
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) HAL 9000 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) HAL... Introduction of the HAL 9000 computer (voice by Douglas... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) HAL 9000 Introduction of the HAL 9000 computer (voice by Douglas Rain) and the two not-hibernating members of the Jupiter mission on the spaceship Discovery One, Dave (Keir Dullea) and Frank (Gary Lockwood), in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.> Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space Odyssey... Ben Mankiewicz introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space... Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Ben Mankiewicz introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. > Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space Odyssey... Ben Mankiewicz introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. Ben Mankiewicz introduces <B>2001:... Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Ben Mankiewicz introduces 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. > The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (2011) -- (TCM... TCM's Original Promo for the 15-part documentary by film... The Story Of Film: An Odyssey (2011) -- (TCM Promo) TCM's Original Promo for the 15-part documentary by film historian Mark Cousins, The Story Of Film: An Odyssey, premiering Monday, September 2nd at 10pm ET.> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Moon... Set piece for director Stanley Kubrick, four million years... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Moon Mission Set piece for director Stanley Kubrick, four million years since the "Dawn Of Man" sequence, astronauts on the surface of the moon investigate a mysterious monolith identical to the ones the apes saw, in 2001: A Space Odyssey, from Arthur C. Clarke's novel and screenplay.> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip)... Second stanza of Stanley Kubrick's "Dawn Of Man" sequence,... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Monolith Second stanza of Stanley Kubrick's "Dawn Of Man" sequence, the apes awaken one morning to find what will become known as "the monolith," early in 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip)... Dave (Keir Dullea) and Frank (Gary Lockwood) instruct their... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Famous Last Words Dave (Keir Dullea) and Frank (Gary Lockwood) instruct their mission-control computer "Hal" to leave them where the computer cannot listen-in, as they discuss a disturbing system-error, in Stanly Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968. > 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip)... Just a portion of the trippy part, Dave (Keir Dullea) has... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Jupiter And Beyond Just a portion of the trippy part, Dave (Keir Dullea) has left the mother-ship in an "EVA" pod, after hearing secret instructions, and sees weird stuff as he approaches Jupiter, late in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.> 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Fight The ending of director Stanley Kubrick's "Dawn Of Man"... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie... 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) -- (Movie Clip) Fight The ending of director Stanley Kubrick's "Dawn Of Man" sequence, the apes have become carnivorous and homicidal, and a bone thrown in the air leads to one of the most famous edits in film history, in 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.> Model Shop -- (Movie Clip) Opening Opening title sequence for Jacques Demy's Model Shop, 1969,... Model Shop -- (Movie Clip) Opening Opening title sequence for Jacques Demy's Model Shop, 1969, features music by Spirit, a long camera move by Michael Hugo, and Gary Lockwood in his big post 2001: A Space Odyssey role. > 2001 (TCM brand campaign) - (A TCM Promo) TCM shows how not all computer upgrades... 2001 (TCM brand campaign) - (A TCM Promo) TCM shows how not all computer upgrades are in your best interest.>
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IBM's Watson Jeopardy supercomputer beats humans in practice - Jan. 13, 2011 Print Watson, IBM's natural-language processing supercomputer, is surprisingly cute and anthropomorphized. "He" appears as a black rectangle with a globe avatar sitting between his future rivals, Jeopardy champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, who also came to Yorktown Heights for the practice bout. The Jeopardy categories appear across the screen. The round includes "A man, a plan, a canal...Erie!" and "Chicks dig me." Jennings quips, "I've never said this on TV -- 'Chicks dig me' for $300.'" The audience laughs -- and then roars when Watson later intones, "Let's finish up 'Chicks dig me.'" 0:00 /1:52 Supercomputer 1, Jeopardy champs 0 Watson doesn't answer any questions incorrectly, but the machine stays silent throughout the "Children's Books" category, which Jennings sweeps. The whole setup is wonderfully cute and a ton of fun, but there's a lot of advanced tech going on here. IBM says Watson could have deep implications for practical situations. Inside Watson's heart, soul and hardware: Watson, which takes its name from the surname of IBM founder Thomas J., is a computing system that aims to "understand" language as humans naturally speak it. That's no easy feat for a computer. Human language is full of subtleties, irony and words with multiple meanings. IBM has been working on the project for several years . To do this, Watson's researchers loaded their machine with 200 million pages of text. Watson uses that data to analyze contextual clues and figure out how words relate to each other. Take the Jeopardy example. Watson processes the questions by considering many factors, ranging from straightforward keyword matching to more complex challenges like homonyms (the bark of a tree is not the same as a dog's bark) and statistical paraphrasing ("Big Blue" is the same thing as "IBM"). Play the Fortune 500 Jeopardy game Watson runs through its databases to come up with an answer, and it will only "buzz in" if it reaches a set threshold of certainty. That's a massive number of tasks occurring at the same time. But Watson is able to do this quickly thanks to software that runs on a 10 refrigerator-sized racks of IBM Power7 systems. The machine is a grandkid to Deep Blue, the chess-playing IBM supercomputer that trounced world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. Practical applications: IBM researchers say they avoided merely loading Watson up with countless databases because they want the technology to work for any person or company looking for quick answers. David Ferrucci, IBM's lead researcher on Watson, said in a question-and-answer session that the company sees huge potential in the health care area. Watson could help doctors more accurately diagnose patients, he suggested. Other business applications include online self-service help desks, tourist information centers, customer hotlines and more, IBM says. So who won the "Jeopardy!" practice run?! Watson won! Too bad, humans! In a 15-question round, Watson fielded about half of the questions -- and got none wrong. The computer netted $4,400, nearly quadrupling Rutter's score and beating Jennings by $1,000. Jennings and Rutter also sported a perfect track record on their answers. The final margin seemed to come down to who could buzz in the fastest. The real competition will be a series of matches that will air on television on February 14, 15 and 16. First place wins a cool million, second place takes home $300,000 and third place nets $200,000. IBM ( IBM , Fortune 500 ) will donate 100% of Watson's winnings to charity, while Rutter and Jennings each said they will donate 50% of their prizes. Google+ Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer . Morningstar: © 2016 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2016. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its lic
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions | EnglishClub The road to hell is paved with good intentions This page is about the saying "The road to hell is paved with good intentions". Possible interpretation: 1) People who believe they are doing good can end up doing bad (the law of unintended consequences). 2) There is no value in simply planning to do good if you don't actually do it. Origin: This proverb may have its roots in a statement in French by St Bernard of Clairvaux (c.1150): "L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontés ou désirs." ("Hell is full of good intentions or desires.") hell (noun): (according to various religions) a place of suffering where bad people go after death paved with: covered with; constructed with; made of intention (noun): a plan; an aim Quick Quiz:
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Just Say No To UHT Milk | Food Renegade Just Say No To UHT Milk by Kristen Michaelis 203 Comments | Affiliate Disclosure I’d been a raw milk drinker for years. Yet I hadn’t expected to respond so negatively to the glass of Horizon organic milk my friend poured for me. After all, that’s what I’d drunk for years before making the switch to raw milk from grass-fed cows. “Yuck. This tastes burnt!” I said. That’s when I saw it. The milk had been ultra-high temperature pasteurized. In fact, more than 80% of the organic milk sold in the U.S. is UHT pasteurized. It’s why I don’t drink organic milk. What is UHT Milk? The official U.S. government definition of an ultra-pasteurized dairy product stipulates “such product shall have been thermally processed at or above 280° F for at least 2 seconds, either before or after packaging, so as to produce a product which has an extended shelf life.” Get this. According to Wikipedia , UHT milk has a shelf life of 6 to 9 months (until opened). When the world’s foremost UHT milk processor, Parmalat, first introduced UHT milk to the U.S. market back in 1993, they hit a snag. Americans distrust milk that hasn’t been refrigerated. We like our milk cold, and UHT milk doesn’t need to be refrigerated. So, milk producers got creative. They could extend the shelf life of their product and not advertise that they were doing it. They’d sell the milk in normal packaging, in the refrigerator aisle, and none of us would be the wiser. Now, almost all of the organic milk and the majority of conventional milk available in U.S. supermarkets is UHT processed. What’s wrong with UHT processing? The introduction to a 2005 study published in the Journal of Dairy Science highlighted the current problems with UHT processing from an industry point of view: Often, heat treatment causes milkfat globule membrane proteins and whey proteins to unfold such that buried sulfhydryl (-SH-) groups, normally masked in the native protein, are exposed to the outer surfaces ( Hoffmann and van Mill, 1997 ). In turn, these processes produce extreme cooked flavors, often attributed to changes in the sulfhydryl and disulfide content of the protein fraction ( Swaisgood et al., 1987 ). Conventional pasteurization methods have long been in place and with the advent of UHT technology, the sterilization of fluid milk was achieved using higher temperature treatments for shorter periods. However, shelf-stable milk has met with limited acceptability by the consumer, especially in the United States, due in part to a high cooked flavor. Several attempts to improve the quality of UHT-treated milk products proved successful to varying degrees. Previously, Swaisgood and coworkers used immobilized sulfhydryl oxidase to reduce the thiol content of UHT-heated skim milk and described an improved flavor after enzymatic oxidation to form protein disulfide bonds ( Swaisgood et al., 1987 ). Other studies have showed that altering UHT processing parameters, such as indirect vs. direct steam injection systems, cooling rates, and long-term storage conditions have a significant impact on sensory attributes ( Browning et al., 2001 ). Most recently, epicatechin, a flavonoid compound, was added to UHT milk prior to heating, and the results revealed partial inhibition of thermally generated cooked aroma ( Colahan-Sederstrom and Peterson, 2005 ). So for decades, UHT processors have known that UHT processed milks results in a “high cooked flavor,” and they’ve done all kinds of experimenting to get rid of the nasty taste and smell (even resorting to adding flavonoid compounds to the milk to try to negate the off-flavor). Okay, so it tastes funny compared to raw milk. And maybe it smells funny too. But what makes UHT processing any worse than regular old pasteurization? According to Lee Dexter, microbiologist and owner of White Egret Farm goat dairy in Austin, Texas, ultra-pasteurization is an extremely harmful process to inflict on the fragile components of milk. Dexter explains that milk proteins are complex, three-dimensional molecules, like tinker toys. They are b
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Bezzerwizzer at Paint Branch High School - StudyBlue StudyBlue Which geometric shape does Frank Llyod Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York echo? A spiral Which painter liked to present himself as the "Man in the Bowler Hat"? Rene Magritte Which IT company is also known by the abbreviation "HP"? Hewlett Packard Which American university is known by the abbreviation "M.I.T."? Massachusetts Institute of Technology What American fashion icon enjoys the sweet smell of success with his Double Black cologne? Ralph Lauren Whon won the Oscar for Best Actor in "The Godfather" in 1972? Marlon Brando Which traditional French dish consists of eggplant, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and onions? Ratatouille Which is the largest city in New Zealand? Auckland In 1960, which Asian country saw a woman elected as head of the government for the first time: Ceylon, Malaya or India? Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) What is the word for illnesses in which physical symptoms are traced back to mental causes? Psychosomatic How many people take part in a tete-a-tete? Two Who, in 1841, wrote about "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"? Edgar Allen Poe Who sang the title song to the James Bond film "Goldfinger"? Shirley Bassey Which species of deer is the most common across the world? Elk (moose) Who was elected President of Poland in 1990? Lech Walesa Which planet is also known as the "evening star"? Venus In a battle of the "hot-heads," who did Jimmy Connors defeat in 1982 in the Wimbledon tennis finals? John McEnroe Which videotape format prevailed in the face of competition from Betamax and Video2000? VHS Which President proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national holiday? Abraham Lincoln Who was the murder victim at the center of the plot in TV's "Twin Peaks"? Laura Palmer Renaissance architecture emerged from which country? Italy How many people can be seen in da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper"? Thirteen Which drink did pharmacist John S. Pemberton invent in 1886? Coca Cola Which term, used in sociology denotes the adaption of a minority to the culture and lifestyle of the majority? Assimilation What do the letters of the American fashion label "DKNY" stand for? Donna Karan New York Who played the role of Baron von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music"? Christopher Plummer Which nation brought chocolate to Europe from rainforests of Mexico and Central America? Spain In which country is the Gibson Desert? Australia What was the code name for Allied Invasion of Normandy on D-Day? Operation Overlord What substance gives blood its red color? Hemoglobin Which science deals with the origin, history and meaning of words? Etymology Which generation did Douglas Coupland portray in his 1991 novel? Generation X Which duo sang "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" in 1965? The Righteous Brothers Which bird has the largest wing span? The (wandering) albatross Bill Clinton was governor of which U.S. state before becoming president? Arkansas How is the number 1,500 written in Roman numerals? MD In swimming, how many strokes are there in an Individual Medley? Four Which country launched MIR space station in 1986? Soviet Union How many points does the Jewish Star of David have? Six In which city did the TV series "Frasier" take place? Seattle What is a column or monument made of a single block of stone? Monolith Which male entertainment group, originally Los Angeles, is known for its striptease routine? The Chippendales Which copmany was co-founded in 1975 by Paul Allen? Microsoft What is celebrated on the 8th of March throughout the world? International Women's Day Causing fistfights in toy stores in the 1980s, which must have dolls came with their own adoption papers? Cabbage Patch Kids Who won the 2000 Oscar for Best Actor in "American Beauty"? Kevin Spacey Which exclusive dish meaning "fat liver" in French is prepared from duck or goose liver? Foie Gras Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Antarctic? Indian Ocean Which Italian explorer gave his name to America? Amerigo Vespucci Who has, on average, more hair on their head: blondes, brunettes, or red
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Behind the Name: Most Common Surnames in France 2005 Most Common Surnames in France 2005 Create a Name Cloud Martin:235846 Bernard:105132 Dubois:95998 Thomas:95387 Robert:91393 Richard:90689 Petit:88318 Durand:84252 Leroy:78868 Moreau:78177 Simon:76655 Laurent:75307 Lefebvre:74564 Michel:74318 Garcia:68720 David:61762 Bertrand:59817 Roux:59440 Vincent:57351 Fournier:57047 Morel:56760 Girard:55642 Andre:55228 Lefevre:53670 Mercier:53622 Dupont:53405 Lambert:51543 Bonnet:50999 Francois:50612 Martinez:49762 Legrand:49455 Garnier:48973 Faure:48699 Rousseau:48698 Blanc:48108 Guerin:47981 Muller:46841 Henry:46229 Roussel:45771 Nicolas:45351 Perrin:44900 Morin:44585 Mathieu:43850 Clement:43725 Gauthier:42516 Dumont:42396 Lopez:42214 Fontaine:41763 Chevalier:41021 Robin:41002 Masson:40750 Sanchez:40680 Gerard:40467 Nguyen:40100 Boyer:39907 Denis:39671 Lemaire:39538 Duval:39267 Joly:38731 Gautier:38162 Roger:38118 Roche:37560 Roy:36435 Noel:36295 Meyer:36108 Lucas:36000 Meunier:35741 Jean:35632 Perez:35270 Marchand:35001 Dufour:34590 Blanchard:34292 Marie:34233 Barbier:34223 Brun:34023 Dumas:33890 Brunet:33513 Schmitt:33432 Leroux:32944 Colin:32550 Fernandez:32418 Pierre:32323 Renard:31646 Arnaud:31613 Rolland:31546 Caron:31100 Aubert:30996 Giraud:30696 Leclerc:30605 Vidal:30219 Bourgeois:30165 Renaud:30144 Lemoine:30057 Picard:30056 Gaillard:29883 Philippe:29483 Leclercq:29477 Lacroix:29376 Fabre:29332 Dupuis:29073 Share
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Our history in depth – Company – Google 1995-1997 1995 Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford. Larry, 22, a U Michigan grad, is considering the school; Sergey, 21, is assigned to show him around. 1996 Larry and Sergey begin collaborating on a search engine called BackRub . BackRub operates on Stanford servers for more than a year—eventually taking up too much bandwidth. 1997 Google.com is registered as a domain on September 15. The name—a play on the word "googol," a mathematical term for the number represented by the numeral 1 followed by 100 zeros—reflects Larry and Sergey's mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web. 1998 April Larry launches a monthly " Google Friends Newsletter " to inform fans about company news. (We've since shut down Google Friends Newsletter in favor of blogs, Google+ and other methods of sharing news .) August Sun co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim writes a check for $100,000 to an entity that doesn't exist yet—a company called Google Inc. Before heading to the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert, Larry and Sergey incorporate the iconic Man into the logo to keep people informed about where the Google crew would be for a few days—our first doodle . September On September 4, Google files for incorporation in California. Larry and Sergey open a bank account in the newly-established company's name and deposit Andy Bechtolsheim's check. Google sets up workspace in Susan Wojcicki's garage on Santa Margarita Ave., Menlo Park, Calif. Larry and Sergey hire their first employee. Craig Silverstein is a fellow CS grad student at Stanford who works at Google for 10+ years before joining education startup Khan Academy. December "PC Magazine" reports that Google "has an uncanny knack for returning extremely relevant results" and recognizes us as the search engine of choice in the Top 100 Web Sites for 1998. 1999 February We outgrow our garage office and move to new digs at 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto with just eight employees. April Yoshka, our first "company" dog, comes to work with our senior vice president of operations, Urs Hölzle. May Omid Kordestani joins to run sales—employee #11. Ten years later, Omid steps down from his active role in the company, becoming a senior advisor. June Our first press release announces a $25 million round from Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins; John Doerr and Michael Moritz join the board. August We move to our first Mountain View location: 2400 Bayshore . Mountain View is a few miles south of Stanford University, and north of the older towns of Silicon Valley: Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, San Jose. November We hire our first chef, Charlie Ayers (his previous claim to fame was catering for the Grateful Dead; he now owns a cafe in Palo Alto). Today Google's food programs focus on providing healthy, sustainably sourced food to fuel Googlers around the world. 2000 April We announce the MentalPlex : Google's ability to read your mind as you visualize the search results you want. Thus begins our annual foray in the Silicon Valley tradition of April 1 hoaxes. May We win our first Webby Awards: Technical Achievement (voted by judges) and Peoples' Voice (voted by users). We run a series of doodles featuring a little alien—our first doodle series and the first doodle not associated with any particular event. The first 10 language versions of Google.com are released : French, German, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Norwegian and Danish. Today, search is available in 150+ languages. July Our first international doodle celebrates Bastille Day in France. September Google New York starts in a Starbucks on 86th Stree
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Stanford University | Location, Enrollment, & Notable Alumni | Britannica.com university Stanford University, official name Leland Stanford Junior University, private coeducational institution of higher learning at Stanford, California , U.S. (adjacent to Palo Alto ), one of the most prestigious in the country. The university was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford and his wife, Jane (née Lathrop), and was dedicated to their deceased only child, Leland, Jr.; it opened in 1891. The university campus largely occupies Stanford’s former Palo Alto farm. The buildings, conceived by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted and designed by architect Charles Allerton Coolidge, are of soft buff sandstone in a style similar to the old California mission architecture, being long and low with wide colonnades, open arches, and red-tiled roofs. The campus sustained heavy damage from earthquakes in 1906 and 1989 but was rebuilt each time. The university was coeducational from the outset, though between 1899 and 1933 enrollment of women students was limited to 500. Hoover Tower, Stanford University, Stanford, California, U.S. CapitalR Leland Stanford. From The Days of a Man, Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor Prophet of Democracy, by David Starr Jordan, Vol. 1, 1922 Stanford maintains overseas study centres in France, Italy, Germany, England, Argentina, Mexico , Chile , Japan , and Russia; about one-third of its undergraduates study at one of these sites for one or two academic quarters. A study and internship program is also offered in Washington, D.C. The university offers a broad range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in schools of law, medicine, education, engineering, business, earth sciences, and humanities and sciences. Total enrollment exceeds 16,000. Stanford is a national centre for research and is home to more than 120 research institutes. The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace—founded in 1919 by Stanford alumnus (and future U.S. president) Herbert Hoover to preserve documents related to World War I—contains more than 1.6 million volumes and 50 million documents dealing with 20th-century international relations and public policy. The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ( SLAC ), established in 1962, is one of the world’s premier laboratories for research in particle physics. Other noted research facilities include the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Institute for International Studies, and the Stanford Humanities Center. Similar Topics University of Mississippi The Stanford Medical Center, completed on the campus in 1959, is one of the top teaching hospitals in the country. Other notable campus locations are the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts (housing the university museum) and its adjacent sculpture garden, containing works by Auguste Rodin , and Hanna House (1937), designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright . Adjacent to the campus is the Stanford Research Park (1951), one of the world’s principal locations for the development of electronics and computer technology. The Hopkins Marine Station is maintained by the university at Pacific Grove on Monterey Bay, and a biological field station is located near the campus at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Memorial Church on the campus of Stanford University, Stanford, California, designed by Charles … iStockphoto/Thinkstock Stanford University - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) One of the most prestigious universities in the United States, Stanford University is a private institution of higher education in Stanford, California. It is situated on the outskirts of Palo Alto, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of San Francisco. The institution was founded in 1885 as the Leland Stanford Junior University. It was created from the fortune and estate of prominent California governor, senator, and businessman Leland Stanford. He and his wife built the university to honor their son, Leland Jr., who died in adolescence. The Stanfords wished to create an institution that offer
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Which 19th century French composer wrote the national anthem of the Vatican City, but is perhaps best remembered for his 'Ave Maria'?
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Charles Gounod Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline Musicians Charles Gounod Biography Charles Gounod was one of the most brilliant French composers of the 19th century. Know more about his life in this biography. Quick Facts Conservatoire de Paris Image Credit http://www.andina.com.pe/agencia/noticia-compositor-frances-charles-gounod-nacio-un-dia-como-hoy-510510.aspx Charles Gounod was one of the most brilliant French composers of the 19th century, in the same league as Jules Massenet and Jacques Meyerbeer. Gounod had a bent for both music and painting, both of which he inherited from his parents. However, one fateful day, Charles Gounod went with his mother to a performance of Rossini's âOthelloâ, which fomented his passion for music and consequently tempted him into choosing music over painting. His highly acclaimed work âFaustâ gained immense popularity and became the most frequently staged operas of all time, so much so that it was performed around 2,000 at the Paris Opera alone. On the other hand, there are many operas and sacred music of Gounod that have fallen into obscurity and are seldom performed. The entire gamut of Gounodâs work includes numerous operas, oratorios, symphonies as well as several chamber music. Charles Gounod’s Childhood And Early Life Charles Gounod was born in Paris on 17 June 1818. He was the second son of Louis Francois Gounod, painter and draftsman, and Lemachois Victoire, a pianist and daughter of a former lawyer. He received his first lessons in piano from his mother. In 1823, his father Louis Francois Gounod died when he was just four years old. Gounod displayed talent in both art and music in his childhood. Charles Gounod once went with his mother to a performance of Rossini's “Othello”, with Malibran portraying Desdemona. The performance stirred Gounod so much that he left art for music and started composing at a tender age of twelve. He went to study at Paris Conservatoire in the year 1836 under Fromental Halévy and Pierre Zimmermann. Personal Life Gounod married Anna Zimmerman, daughter of Pierre-Joseph Zimmerman, a professor who taught him at the Conservatoire. Then he went to live in Saint Cloud, where he built a cottage on the property of his in-laws. He fathered two children. His son Jean was born on 8 June 1856 and his daughter Jeanne was born in the September of 1863. Later in his life, Gounod became enamored by amateur English singer Georgina Weldon. The seemingly platonic relationship ended with great bitterness and acerbic litigation. Career Three years later, in 1839, after joining Conservatoire, he won the highly prestigious Prix de Rome for his cantata Fernand following the footsteps of his father, François-Louis Gounod, who had won the second Prix de Rome in painting in 1783. While in Italy, Gounod developed a keen interest in Rome. On 5 December 1839, he left for Italy to study the music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and devoted himself to the study of religious music of the 16th century. Owing to his remarkable liking for sacred music, he even contemplated joining the priesthood around 1846-47, and he was in a quandary as to whether to join church or to continue with secular music. Gounod arrived at Paris in the year 1843 and took the position of organist of Mission Etrangères. However, in the state of a persistent religious dilemma, Gounod entered the Carmelite monastery as a noviate in 1847. He was perhaps not suited for religious profession, and was often referred to by some as "the philandering monk." Later, he abandoned his religious quest and devoted himself whole-heartedly to music. On May 30 in 1852, Gounod was appointed as the Director General of the teaching of singing in schools of Paris, and director of the Brass band, choral movement of the working classes. One of Gounod’s most significant works, “Messe Solennelle” was completed in the year 1854, which is popularly as the “Saint Cecilia Mass”. This work, which exalted Gounod’s career, established him as an illustrious composer. It was first performed in Paris on Saint
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Choosing Wedding Songs, Listen to wedding music, String Quartets and trios Tempe, Wedding Music Tempe Dona Nobis Pacem Composer: Traditional Catholic Mass "Dona Nobis Pacem" (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈdona ˈnɔbis ˈpatʃɛm]) is a song with Latin text, often sung as a canon. The words, which mean "Grant us peace", come from the Latin Mass. The origin of the melody is unknown (most hymnals list it as "traditional"): it is sometimes attributed to Palestrina. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1787. The work is more commonly known by the title Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The German title means "a little serenade", though it is often rendered more literally but less accurately as "a little night music". The work is written for a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola, and cello with optional double bass, but is often performed by string orchestras. Contents Emperor Variations on A Theme By Handel Composer: Joseph Haydn Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser (God Save Emperor Francis) was an anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of Austria. Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749-1827) wrote the lyrics, and Joseph Haydn composed the melody. It is sometimes called the "Kaiserhymne" (Emperor's Hymn). The melody, along with several variations, is also the second movement of one of Haydn's most famous string quartets, nicknamed the "Emperor Quartet". The melody was later used in Das Lied der Deutschen, which is still Germany's national anthem. Humoresque (Number 7) Composer: Dvorak In 1894, Dvoř���k spent the summer with his family in Bohemia, at Vysok��� u Př���brami. During this "vacation", Dvoř���k began to use the collected material and to compose a new cycle of short piano pieces. On 19 July 1894 Dvoř���k sketched the first Humoresque in B major, today number 6 in the cycle. However, the composer soon started to create scores for the pieces that were intended to be published. The score was completed on 27 August 1894. Judas Macabus Composer: Handel Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is an oratorio in three acts composed in 1746 by George Frideric Handel based on a libretto written by Thomas Morell. The oratorio was devised as a compliment to the victorious Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland upon his return from the Battle of Culloden (16 April 1746). Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG xxii; and HHA 1/24. La Rejouissance: Royal Fireworks by Handel Largo - Bach Double Concerto for Two Violins - Bach Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach Useage in Wedding: regal; great for the processional The Concerto for 2 Violins, Strings and Continuo in D Minor, BWV 1043, also known as the Double Violin Concerto, is perhaps one of the most famous works by J. S. Bach and considered among the best examples of the work of the late Baroque period. Bach wrote it between 1730 and 1731 when he was the cantor at
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Oldest commissioned warship afloat | Guinness World Records Oldest commissioned warship afloat When 21 October 1797 The USS Constitution - also known as 'Old Ironsides' - was commissioned on 21 October 1797 and remains on the US Navy ship roster with a crew of between 50 and 80 active duty Navy sailors. Constitution's home port is Charlestown, Massachusetts and it makes occasional trips to sea. There is a wealth of information contained in the pamphlet attached. SEE ALSO: Oldest Commissioned Warship All records listed on our website are current and up-to-date. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. (You will be need to register / login for access)
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Olympic Games Cancellations – History By Zim USS Mason at the Boston Naval Yard, 1944 — Two African American sailors standing in front of the USS Mason at the Boston Navy Yard in 1944. The USS Mason (DE-529) was commissioned on March 20, 1944, with a crew of 150 African-American enlisted men and six officers. The vessel was part of the Evarts-class destroyer escort, with the responsibility of providing protection for other naval vessels [...] Transporting wounded with Weasels, 1945 — M29 Weasels, with their wide tracks, made it easier for medics transporting wounded men back from front lines over snow-covered and rough terrain. Here medical personnel of the 307th Airborne Medical Company use a M29 Weasel to evacuate wounded comrades from the Bulge as Airborne troops moved to take Herresbach, Belgium on January 29, 1945. [...] 19th Century 20th Century Americana Animals California Children Christmas Civil War Family Famous People Film Florida Food Holiday Holidays Hollywood Homefront In Their Words Inventions Korean War Labor Military New York Odd Photograph Photography Presidents Quote Quotes Soldiers Sports The Things People Say Transportation U.S. Army U.S. Navy United States War Washington D.C. Water White House Women World War I World War II WWII Youth Images I do not own the images uploaded here unless otherwise credited. Many of the images on the site are public domain or used fairly for educational reasons. If you see an image here which belongs to you, let me know and I’ll give proper credit. If you object to a photo’s use, please e-mail historybyzim@gmail.com and it will be removed as soon as possible. © History By Zim 2011 – 2016 As the author of this blog, I (Jess Zimmerman) create posts based upon cited sources. If you use information from here please give History By Zim the proper credit.
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PBS - Islam: Empire of Faith - Profiles - Muhammad Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, was born in Mecca around the year 570. Orphaned before he had reached the age of six, he was raised under the protection of his uncle Abu Talib. Muhammad began working as a merchant and became known for his trustworthiness. When he was about twenty-five, he married Khadija, a wealthy widow whose status elevated Muhammad's position in Meccan society. Muhammad and Khadija had four daughters and two sons, both of whom died in infancy. About fifteen or twenty years after his marriage, he began to have visions and hear mysterious voices. He sought solitude in a cave on Mount Hira on the outskirts of Mecca. One night during Ramadan, the traditional month of spiritual retreat, when Muhammad was about forty years old, an angel appeared to him in the form of a man and ordered him to; Recite in the name of thy lord who created, Created man from a clot; Recite in the name of thy lord, Who taught by the pen, Taught man what he knew not. Muhammad, fearing that he was being attacked by an evil spirit, fled down the mountain in terror. The voice called after him, "O Muhammad, you are the messenger of God, and I am the angel Gabriel." This revelation was soon followed by others about the one true God. Eventually, the angel told Muhammad to begin proclaiming God's message. Muhammad slowly began to attract some followers, most of them young and of modest social standing, including his cousin Ali, the son of his uncle and protector Abu Talib. When Muhammad began to impugn the traditional polytheism of his native town, the rich and powerful merchants of Mecca realized that the religious revolution taking place under their noses might be disastrous for business, which was protected by the Meccan pantheon of gods and goddesses. The ruling elite ganged up against Muhammad and his followers, and began to persecute them. A few Meccans began to accept Muhammad's message, while other members of his clan came to support their kinsman out of family loyalty, even if they did not yet believe in his cause. Muhammad's position in Mecca became hopeless when his wife Khadija and uncle Abu Talib died in quick succession. In 622 the local rulers of Mecca forced Muhammad and his small band of followers to leave the city. Muhammad accepted an invitation to settle in the oasis of Yathrib, located some eleven days (280 miles) north by camel, for the oasis had been nearly torn apart by wars between the clans, of which many were Jewish. Muhammad's hegira from Mecca marks the beginning of a new polity. For the first time in Arabia members of a community were bound together not by the traditional ties of clan and tribe but by their shared belief in the one true God. Later believers, looking back on this event, recognized its seminal importance by designating it as the first year of their new era. In further recognition of this great event, the oasis of Yathrib came to be called Medina, "the city [of the Prophet]." Muhammad, surrounded by his followers, lived in Medina for ten years, slowly winning over converts. Muhammad made repeated attempts to attract the Jews to his cause, for example, he directed that believers worship like the Jews in the direction of Jerusalem. Ultimately these attempts failed, and henceforth Muslims prayed in the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca. Muhammad's native town, which had long been a center of paganism, thereby became the center of the true religion, the focal point of the believers' daily prayer, and eventually the object of their annual pilgrimage. Raiding and warfare were the primary economic activities of the new co
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2/24/2010 • MHQ An agent of the Order of Assassins (left, in white turban) fatally stabs Nizam al-Mulk, a Seljuk vizier, in 1092, the first of many political murders by the sect. The faces in this depiction, which was contained in an illustrated 14th-century manuscript, were later scratched out (Topkapi Palace Museum, Cami Al Tebari TSMK, Inv. No. H. 1653, folio 360b) During the Crusades, the Muslim sect known as the Assassins tamed more powerful enemies using a shocking means: murder For almost two centuries, from 1090 until 1273, the Order of Assassins played a singular and sinister role in the Middle East. A small Shiite sect more properly known as the Nizari Ismailis, the Assassins were relatively few, geographically dispersed, and despised as heretics by both the Sunni Muslim majority and even by most other Shiites. By conventional standards, the Assassins should have been no match for the superior conventional military power of any of their many enemies. But near the end of the 11th century, the charismatic and ruthless Hasan-i Sabbah forged this small, persecuted sect into one of the most lethally effective terrorist groups the world has ever known. Even the most powerful and carefully guarded rulers of the age—the Abbasid and Fatimid caliphs, the sultans and viziers of the Great Seljuk and Ayyubid empires, the princes of the Crusader states, and emirs who ruled important cities like Damascus, Homs, and Mosul—lived in dread of the chameleonlike Assassin agents. Known as a fida’i (one who risks his life voluntarily, from the Arabic word for “sacrifice”; the plural in Arabic is fidaiyn, or the present-day fedayeen), such an agent might spend months or even years stalking and infiltrating an enemy of his faith before plunging a dagger into the victim’s chest, often in a very public place. Perhaps most terrifying, the Assassins chose not only a close and personal manner of killing but performed it implacably, refusing to flee afterward and appearing to welcome their own swift death. Fanatical and disciplined, Hasan-i Sabbah and his successors were brilliant practitioners of asymmetric warfare. They developed a means of attack that negated most of their enemies’ advantages while requiring the Assassins to hazard only a small number of their own fighters. As with any effective form of deterrence, the Assassins’ targeted killings of hostile political, military, and religious leaders eventually produced a stable and lasting balance of power between them and their enemies, reducing the level of conflict and loss of life on both sides. Today, 750 years after the Mongols crushed them, the Assassins’ pioneering use of suicide terrorism, of murdering systematically though at times indiscriminately to achieve political ends, finds chilling echoes in the tactics of terrorist groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and al Qaeda. But for Hasan-i Sabbah, acts of terror were a legitimate means of self-defense precisely because they focused on high-ranking enemy military, political, and religious leaders who had taken hostile actions against the Ismaili community. There is little doubt he would have viewed the tactics employed by modern Middle Eastern terrorist groups—particularly their targeting of unarmed civilians—with incomprehension and disdain. After the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632, the Muslim world was riven into two groups, Sunnis and Shiites. Shiites believed that only a divinely inspired imam could properly interpret the meaning of the Koran, considered by Muslims to contain God’s revelations to the prophet Muhammad, and the sayings (hadiths) of Muhammad; that only certain direct descendants of Muhammad’s cousin and son-in-law Ali were qualified to assume the role of imam; and that the imam should exercise supreme political as well as spiritual authority over the Muslim community. The far more numerous Sunnis believed the Koran and hadiths could be understood through diligent study and the guidance of scholars. They accepted the leadership of caliphs who were not direct descendants of Ali. As the years passed, the Shiite com
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At the 2010 football World Cup which was the only team not to lose a game?
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Congratulations! New Zealand is the only team that did not lose a single match in the 2010 World Cup | BoardGameGeek | BoardGameGeek New Zealand Christchurch I admire the sentiment but still politely suggest that a reality check is needed. I follow football and think the AWs were awesome. Drawing with the teams we drew with was a fantastic achievement but I think that the AWs punched above their weight. The downside to getting so excited about three draws is the inevitable backlash if the AWs fail to emulate this performance at the next world cup, which they most likely will. I am willing to bet any game in my collection vs my pick of your collection that NZ either fail to qualify for the next world cup or lose more than they win or draw. Are you interested? May the Great Spirit Bless all who read this. bolter wrote: I admire the sentiment but still politely suggest that a reality check is needed. I follow football and think the AWs were awesome. Drawing with the teams we drew with was a fantastic achievement but I think that the AWs punched above their weight. The downside to getting so excited about three draws is the inevitable backlash if the AWs fail to emulate this performance at the next world cup, which they most likely will. I am willing to bet any game in my collection vs my pick of your collection that NZ either fail to qualify for the next world cup or lose more than they win or draw. Are you interested? I'm a little dumbfounded. Why don't you just enjoy the performance, without worrying about how well they will do in four years time. There isn't no downside to me about this although you seem a little intent on finding one. "Of the 393 coaches/managers to take teams to soccer's biggest stage since the inaugural Cup in 1930, only 20, now including Herbert, have gone away unbeaten." ..and you want to start making bets about the next world cup? No thanks, I'm happy relishing the moment. Snowman wrote: bolter wrote: I admire the sentiment but still politely suggest that a reality check is needed. I follow football and think the AWs were awesome. Drawing with the teams we drew with was a fantastic achievement but I think that the AWs punched above their weight. The downside to getting so excited about three draws is the inevitable backlash if the AWs fail to emulate this performance at the next world cup, which they most likely will. I am willing to bet any game in my collection vs my pick of your collection that NZ either fail to qualify for the next world cup or lose more than they win or draw. Are you interested? I'm a little dumbfounded. Why don't you just enjoy the performance, without worrying about how well they will do in four years time. There isn't no downside to me about this although you seem a little intent on finding one. "Of the 393 coaches/managers to take teams to soccer's biggest stage since the inaugural Cup in 1930, only 20, now including Herbert, have gone away unbeaten." ..and you want to start making bets about the next world cup? No thanks, I'm happy relishing the moment. Yep, it's just a matter of context and expectations. Considering the prevailing view of us leading into the tournament was this ... Quote: New Zealand is a great story, but one that will end quickly and without much drama. Making their first appearance since 1982, the All Whites (sweet nickname, I’m sure South Africans will love them) will be a punching board for the duration of their stay in Africa. It took a Mark Paston penalty kick save for New Zealand to qualify, but unless Paston is a miracle worker, he will be picking the ball out of the net often. Shane Smeltz, Oceania’s Player of the Year, scored more than half of his team’s goals, and if he does not produce, New Zealand could be one of the best picks to go scoreless this Cup. The best player for the Kiwis is Ryan Nelson. The Blackburn Rovers defender (and former D.C. United player) will have to defend as if his life depended on it. The bar is set low for New Zealand, so just making it here was a success. As Sports Illustrated put it, “Logically, the All Whi
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World Cup 2014: Runners-up Argentina Receive Heroes' Welcome at Home – NDTV Sports Team members left the plane with grim expressions and had few if any words for waiting journalists. ( Lionel Messi: Golden Ball, a Tribute to the Perfect Playmaker ) "I would have liked a different kind of homecoming," said midfielder Javier Mascherano, one of the star performers in the run to Sunday's final. ( Mix of Cheers, Tears and Violence for Argentina ) Messi, who had his head down and a pained look on his face, did not speak to the media. But to their adoring fans, the team were heroes for battling Germany to the bitter end of a nail-biting 1-0 defeat in extra time. "We came to support the team because they gave everything for us and they deserve our support," said Matias Ruiz, 17, one of about 500 fans who braved the cold to greet the team's charter flight from Rio de Janeiro. Thousands more fans lined the team's route from the airport, waving sky blue and white flags and swarming the convoy, which moved forward at a snail's pace. Nationwide the atmosphere was one of pride as much as disappointment after the team played its first World Cup final since 1990 and Messi claimed the Golden Ball award for best player of the tournament. Newspaper Pagina/12 ran two large photographs, one of the Argentine players locked in an embrace at Rio's Maracana Stadium, the other of a little boy in a Messi jersey sitting atop his father's shoulders at the iconic Obelisk monument in the Argentine capital after the match. "Love is stronger," said its banner headline. After the match the Obelisk, the place where the country traditionally rallies, initially drew tens of thousands of revellers. Waving the flag, setting off fireworks and climbing onto traffic lights and bus stops to dance and sing, Argentines showed their determination to celebrate despite the bittersweet end of the nation's World Cup campaign. But after several hours of partying, dozens of hardcore fans known as "barras bravas" started throwing stones at police, who responded by firing rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon. The clashes sent families with children scurrying for refuge in restaurants or hotel lobbies as looters smashed windows and stole what they could, including tables and chairs from a restaurant. Police arrested around 120 people over the violence, which left 70 wounded, including 15 police and one rioter in serious condition with a punctured lung, said the government and health officials. Security Secretary Sergio Berni accused the hooligans of planning the violence "with great cruelty" to create an opportunity for looting. "There was a plan to make this happen to generate mass chaos," he told Radio La Red. Violence also broke out in the cities of La Plata and Mar del Plata, the government said. Most fans however voiced their pride. "It was still a good World Cup. Reaching the final against Germany isn't too bad. I'm proud of the team," said Leandro Paredes, a 27-year-old mason. Argentines found consolation in knowing they had at least done better than arch rivals and hosts Brazil, who finished in fourth place. "Brazil, tell me how it feels to have your daddy in your house," the crowd at the airport gloated, the song that was Argentina's unofficial anthem throughout the World Cup. Others sang "I'm Argentine, go Argentina, every day I love you a little more."
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Transformation Through Sustainable Qualification: A Sustainable Railway Neighbourhood in Ramses Area Article (PDF Available) in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 68:481–503 · December 2012 with 35 Reads DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.12.243 2nd Manal M.F. El-Shahat Abstract Since the revolution of 25th of January 2011, Egypt is going through a transition phase. Different planning policies all over Egypt and especially for Greater Cairo are undergoing a transformation process, not only on the political levels but also on the environmental, social, behavioural and economic levels. A new planning vision is needed to assure a sustainable way of life. Hence, this paper attempts to adapt the sustainable urban development policies applied in “Bahnstadt” Railway suburb in Heidelberg, Germany to the case of Ramses Railway neighbourhood in Downtown Cairo. It also attempt to set guideline strategies for a sustainable urban neighbourhood prototype in Cairo. Discover the world's research a The Higher Technological Institute, 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt b Department for Urban planning and Desig, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Egypt Abstract Since the revolution of 25th of January 2011, Egypt is going through a transition phase. Different planning policies all over Egypt and especially for Greater Cairo are undergoing a transformation process, not only on the political levels but also on the environmental, social, behavioural and economic levels. A new planning vision is needed to assure a sustainable way of life. Hence, this paper attempts to adapt the sustainable urban development policies applied in ourhood in Downtown Cairo. It also attempt to set guideline strategies for a sustainable urban neighbourhood prototype in Cairo. © 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Centre for Environment- Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Keywords: Sustianbale urban neighbourhood; urban transformation; brownfield; Ramses railway area 1. Introduction Cairo is one of the most densely populated capital cities in the world with a population of approximately 17 million people (Cairo-Egypt population, 2007-2011). The increasing pressure of the population on the existing built environment and infrastructure called for a significant urban and spatial change. The lack of adequate urban management through this change led to the deterioration of the The historic city and the adjacent districts face increasing poverty, loss of heritage and identity and general degradation in the quality of life. (Bott, * Corresponding author. Tel.: +20(0)122 2345729 Email address: gehan_dnagy@yahoo.com © 2012 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. 482 Gehan Ahmed Nagy Radwan and Manal M. F. El-Shahat / Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 68 ( 2012 ) 481 – 503 Gangler and El-Shahat, 2009) Moreover, the City Centre and Downtown Cairo fail to perform their main connection function as they are overwhelmed with users and commuters. In light of the political, social and economic transformation triggered by the 25th of January revolution, Cairo is on the verge of a new era. An era in which, a comprehensive sustainable vision is essential. Thus, this paper strives to achieve a socially responsible, environmentally friendly and economically successful future development while retaining the unique character and identity of its districts and cities. 1.1. Problem definition: (review appendix a: definition related to the research theme) Over the previous decades all over Egypt, there was nearly no attention paid from the governmental policies towards sustainable urban planning development. There were no clear initiatives that promote sustainable living both on the local or the national and the regional city planning. The research is to investigate and
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Bezzerwizzer at Paint Branch High School - StudyBlue StudyBlue Which geometric shape does Frank Llyod Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York echo? A spiral Which painter liked to present himself as the "Man in the Bowler Hat"? Rene Magritte Which IT company is also known by the abbreviation "HP"? Hewlett Packard Which American university is known by the abbreviation "M.I.T."? Massachusetts Institute of Technology What American fashion icon enjoys the sweet smell of success with his Double Black cologne? Ralph Lauren Whon won the Oscar for Best Actor in "The Godfather" in 1972? Marlon Brando Which traditional French dish consists of eggplant, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and onions? Ratatouille Which is the largest city in New Zealand? Auckland In 1960, which Asian country saw a woman elected as head of the government for the first time: Ceylon, Malaya or India? Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) What is the word for illnesses in which physical symptoms are traced back to mental causes? Psychosomatic How many people take part in a tete-a-tete? Two Who, in 1841, wrote about "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"? Edgar Allen Poe Who sang the title song to the James Bond film "Goldfinger"? Shirley Bassey Which species of deer is the most common across the world? Elk (moose) Who was elected President of Poland in 1990? Lech Walesa Which planet is also known as the "evening star"? Venus In a battle of the "hot-heads," who did Jimmy Connors defeat in 1982 in the Wimbledon tennis finals? John McEnroe Which videotape format prevailed in the face of competition from Betamax and Video2000? VHS Which President proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national holiday? Abraham Lincoln Who was the murder victim at the center of the plot in TV's "Twin Peaks"? Laura Palmer Renaissance architecture emerged from which country? Italy How many people can be seen in da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper"? Thirteen Which drink did pharmacist John S. Pemberton invent in 1886? Coca Cola Which term, used in sociology denotes the adaption of a minority to the culture and lifestyle of the majority? Assimilation What do the letters of the American fashion label "DKNY" stand for? Donna Karan New York Who played the role of Baron von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music"? Christopher Plummer Which nation brought chocolate to Europe from rainforests of Mexico and Central America? Spain In which country is the Gibson Desert? Australia What was the code name for Allied Invasion of Normandy on D-Day? Operation Overlord What substance gives blood its red color? Hemoglobin Which science deals with the origin, history and meaning of words? Etymology Which generation did Douglas Coupland portray in his 1991 novel? Generation X Which duo sang "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" in 1965? The Righteous Brothers Which bird has the largest wing span? The (wandering) albatross Bill Clinton was governor of which U.S. state before becoming president? Arkansas How is the number 1,500 written in Roman numerals? MD In swimming, how many strokes are there in an Individual Medley? Four Which country launched MIR space station in 1986? Soviet Union How many points does the Jewish Star of David have? Six In which city did the TV series "Frasier" take place? Seattle What is a column or monument made of a single block of stone? Monolith Which male entertainment group, originally Los Angeles, is known for its striptease routine? The Chippendales Which copmany was co-founded in 1975 by Paul Allen? Microsoft What is celebrated on the 8th of March throughout the world? International Women's Day Causing fistfights in toy stores in the 1980s, which must have dolls came with their own adoption papers? Cabbage Patch Kids Who won the 2000 Oscar for Best Actor in "American Beauty"? Kevin Spacey Which exclusive dish meaning "fat liver" in French is prepared from duck or goose liver? Foie Gras Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Antarctic? Indian Ocean Which Italian explorer gave his name to America? Amerigo Vespucci Who has, on average, more hair on their head: blondes, brunettes, or red
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The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Favorite Pizzas, and More Fun Food Facts from the Franchise | Epicurious.com | Epicurious.com The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Favorite Pizzas, and More Fun Food Facts From the Franchise by Louise Hart on 08/04/14 at 02:45 PM Not a mutant and not a teenager. Photo: Shutterstock This Friday, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , a live-action reboot starring Megan Fox as April O'Neil, hits theaters. It's hard to believe, but this year marks the 30th anniversary of these four juvenile anthropomorphic turtles. And food -- in particular, pizza -- has been an integral part of the TMNT franchise from inception (creators, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, often ate pizza while working on the cartoon). Here's a primer on all the important food facts you need to know before heading to see the latest TMNT film. Michelangelo loves pizza the most out the bunch, and in the Archie Comics and 1987 television series, the Turtles try a variety of toppings, including clams, tuna, sauerkraut, chocolate, ice cream, bananas, jelly beans and peanut butter. James Rolfe, a.k.a. Angry Video Game Nerd, conducts a " Michelangelo Pizza Taste Test " with friends (video above). Michelangelo's quote "peanut butter and clams is an acquired taste" may be the understatement of the century, but it wasn't the worst-tasting pizza the turtles tried; that might be butterscotch, onion, and anchovy pizza. Foodbeast managed to photograph 24 of the most disgusting TMNT pizza orders in a way that makes them only look semi-unappetizing. Butterscotch, onion, and anchovy is pictured, above. Fun fact: Turtle fans will have noticed that in the 2003 television series, the Turtles liked pizza as kids ("Attack of the Mousers" and "The Lesson"), whereas in the 2012 television series, the Turtles subsist upon algae and worms growing up in the sewers, and it isn't until Raphael scares a pizza delivery guy from Antonio's that they discover pizza proper. The Shredder is aware that pizzas are the Turtles' kryptonite and includes it in many of his plans to destroy them. Other pizza creations featured on TMNT include pizza noodle soup, p-shake (a combination of pizza and milkshake; pictured above), and pizza gyoza. Turtleholics will remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cereal. Introduced in 1989, the cereal featured crunchie sweetened ninja "nets" (that looked suspiciously like Chex cereal pieces) and "ninja turtle" marshmallows; pizza-shaped marshmallows were added later. You can still buy the cereal boxes, magnets, and turtle bowls on eBay . In 1990, Hostess launched a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pudding Pie with green sugar crust and vanilla pudding inside "fresh from the sewers to you." A Facebook group is trying to bring back the discontinued snack, and the Surfing Pizza blog tried to re-create them at home . Slightly more impressive than the 1987 TMNT portable pizza thrower (commercial above) is the Pizza Hut-sponsored pizza thrower. Capable of throwing cardboard pizzas 30 feet at up to 20 feet per second, it debuted at Comic Con . Pizza Hut also designed four cheesy bites pizzas "based upon the personalities of each Turtle": Michelangelo: pepperoni, smoked ham, pineapple, and jalepenos; Donatello: chicken, mushrooms, green peppers, Roma tomatoes; Leonardo: sweet red onions, black olives, green peppers, mushrooms; Raphael: pepperoni, sausage, bacon, and beef. Since their launch on July 7, Raphael's meat-heavy pizza has been the most popular . Cowabunga.
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1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? 3. If Alpha is 1, and Beta is 2, what is 6? 4. If Tony Blackburn won in 2002, Phil Tuffnell won in 2003, and Kerry Katona won in 2004, who won in 2007? 5. If David Lloyd George is 1, Andrew Bonal Law is 2, and Stanley Baldwin is 3, who is 4? 6. If Liverpool won in 2006, and Chelsea won in 2007, who won in 2008? 7. How many pints does a 10- gallon hat hold? 8. Who was murdered by Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Morville and Le Breton? 9. Who presents Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer? 10. From what ancient activity does the word ‘crestfallen’ come? 11. What non-mechanical sport achieves the highest speeds? 12. What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? 13. Who succeeded Alf Ramsey to become caretaker manger for the English national football team in 1974? 14. What did Britain’s roads first acquire in 1914? 15. Which former Liverpool player held the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring 3 goals in less than 5 minutes? 16. Myleen Klass (pictured) now presents 10 Years Younger on Channel 4, but what was the name of the pop band that gave her success in 2001? 17. Who was the presenter of Out Of Town in the 1960s who went on to appear on the children’s TV programme How? 18. Whose autobiography is called Dear Fatty? 19. Who were Tom and Barbara’s neighbours in The Good Life? 20. In Cockney rhyming slang what are your ‘Daisy Roots’? 21. What is the surname of the twin brothers who compiled the Guinness Book of Records together between 1955 and 1975? 22. Which actor played Columbo? 23. Does the Bactrian camel have one hump, or two? 24. Where is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock? 25. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, what National Charity was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists, Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley? 26. What famous make of motorcycle was Lawrence of Arabia riding when he was tragically killed in Dorset in 1936? 27. What colour of flag should a ship fly to show it is in quarantine? 28. Purple Brittlegill, Velvet Shank and Orange Milkcap are three types of what? 29. What is the name of the flats where the Trotters lived in Only Fools And Horses? 30. In computing, what does the abbreviation USB stand for? ANSWERS: 1. Saturn; 2. Tom Baker (Doctor Who actors); 3. Zeta; 4. Christopher Biggins. (I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Joe Pasquale 04, Carol Thatcher 05, Matt Willis 06, and Joe Swash 08); 5. Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Ministers post WW1); 6. Portsmouth (FA Cup); 7. 6; 8. Thomas Becket; 9. Kirstie Allsopp; 10. Cockfighting; 11. Sky-diving; 12. Montreal; 13. Joe Mercer; 14. White Lines; 15. Robbie Fowler; 16. Hearsay; 17. Jack Hargreaves; 18. Dawn French; 19. Margo and Jerry Leadbetter; 20. Boots; 21. McWhirter (Ross and Norris); 22. Peter Falk; 23. Two; 24. The Clock Tower on the Palace of Westminster in London (Big Ben is the nickname for the bell); 25. The National Trust; 26. Brough Superior; 27. Yellow; 28. Fungi; 29. Nelson Mandela House; 30. Universal Serial Bus Like us on Facebook
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In which country was Trivial Pursuit invented?
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Chris Haney, an Inventor of Trivial Pursuit, Dies at 59 - The New York Times The New York Times Business Day |Chris Haney, an Inventor of Trivial Pursuit, Dies at 59 Search Question: How did Chris Haney, an inventor of the board game Trivial Pursuit , think of himself? Answer: As a rock star. “It’s like we became rock stars,” he told Maclean’s magazine in 1993, repeating a comment he had made in several interviews. “People still shake in their boots when they meet us.” And why not? Mr. Haney, a rumpled Canadian high school dropout, joined with a fellow journeyman journalist, Scott Abbott, to create a phenomenon — a board game that tests a player’s grasp of wickedly inconsequential trivia. In the 1980s, Trivial Pursuit was outselling Monopoly. By the time Mr. Haney died in Toronto on Monday at 59, more than 100 million copies of the game had been sold in as many as 26 countries and in at least 17 languages, with estimated sales of well over $1 billion. And Mr. Haney, who had battled through financial hardship in pursuit of his dream, wound up owning golf courses, vineyards and racehorses. Hasbro, which bought the intellectual rights to Trivial Pursuit for $80 million in 2008, confirmed Mr. Haney’s death. The company did not give a cause, except to say that he had suffered from a long illness. Advertisement The original Trivial Pursuit, introduced in 1981, involved answering 6,000 trivia questions on 1,000 cards, coded by categories like history and entertainment. (They have been updated and modified many times since, and many variations of the game have been introduced.) Original questions could be tough: “Who was Howdy Doody’s twin brother?” (Double Doody.) Or easy: “What chemical is used to keep swimming pools clean?” (Chlorine.) Mr. Haney especially liked quirky questions: “What’s the largest diamond in the world?” (A baseball diamond.) The game was a hit with baby boomers in particular and has always tended to play on their nostalgia. Indeed, Time magazine reported that the cast of “The Big Chill,” the 1983 movie about a reunion of friends from the 1960s, loved to play Trivial Pursuit on the set. Photo Chris Haney, left, with Scott Abbott. The two men created Trivial Pursuit. Credit The Canadian Press, via Associated Press Christopher Haney was born in Welland, Ontario. (The exact date is uncertain, but references agree on his age, 59.) He dropped out of high school at 17 and later said that he regretted it — that he should have dropped out at 12. His father worked for a news agency, The Canadian Press, and got him a job there as a copy boy. He later took over its photo desks in Ottawa and Montreal, then moved to The Montreal Gazette as a picture editor. On the evening of Dec. 15, 1979, Mr. Haney and Mr. Abbott, who was then a sportswriter for The Canadian Press, were playing Scrabble. Mr. Haney wondered aloud whether the two of them could invent a game as good. Contrary to legend, they were neither in a tavern nor on their 18th round of beers. They were actually at Mr. Haney’s home in Montreal and on their first beers when Mr. Haney suggested a game based on trivia, they told The Hamilton Spectator in 1993. By the time Mr. Haney was opening the refrigerator to fetch their second beers, they were already mentally designing the board. Their next step was to go to a Montreal toy fair and present themselves as a reporter-photographer team. They peppered game experts with questions and came away with what Mr. Haney called “$10,000 worth of information.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story They then brought in Mr. Haney’s brother John, who in turn brought in a friend, a fellow hockey enthusiast. But they needed more investors and turned to friends in their newsrooms. One problem, according to The Globe and Mail of Canada, was that people had heard they were “con artists.” As an example, the newspaper pointed to a chain letter the men had started that proved profitable for the originators but not to those down the line. They nonetheless succeeded in raising $40,000 from 32 investors. Mr. Haney’s mother was not amo
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1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. Which Newton-le- Willows singer has been nominated for an MTV award? 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Lenny Henry will star in which Shakespearean tragedy next year? 3. Will Young has been invited to take part in which panel show after saying he is a fan? 4. Nasty Nick Cotton is to return to which TV soap? 5. Which author earns £3m a week in royalties, it was revealed this week? 6. Which band release the album Dig Out Your Soul on Monday? 7. In which year was a World Cup final first decided on penalties? 8. What is the tallest and thickest kind of grass? 9. Which TV cast had a hit with Hi-Fidelity? 10. What nationality was the composer Handel? 11. What is most expensive property in the board game Monopoly? 12. Which Scandinavian group had a top 20 hit in 1993 called Dark Is The Night? 13. In which century was King Henry IV of England born? 14. Who directed the film Alien? 15. Who was the only person to win a medal for Ireland at the Sydney Olympics in 2000? 16. What did Nicholas Copernicus argue was at the centre of our universe, and what was the common belief before then? 17. Which three American states begin with the letter O? 18. In what year did Ruth Ellis become the last woman to be hanged in England? 19. Who was the first British monarch to choose Buckingham Palace as their home? 20. How many Jack’s eyes are visible in a standard pack of playing cards? 21. What is Britain’s largest lake? 22. Cameroon gained its independence from which European country in 1960? 23. Who had a number one in 1960 called Only The Lonely? 24. The 1964 film My Fair Lady was based on a play by whom? 25. Which of the Bronte sisters wrote the novels Agnes Gray and The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall? 26. Which American president once famously proclaimed: “Ich bin ein Berliner”? 27. Which element has the chemical symbol Pb? 28. What was the name of the murder victim at the beginning of the TV series Twin Peaks? 29. Who directed the 2001 film Mulholland Drive? 30. In horse racing, which three racecourses stage the five English classics? ANSWERS: 1. Rick Astley; 2. Othello; 3. Question Time; 4. Eastenders; 5. JK Rowling; 6. Oasis; 7. 1994; 8. Bamboo; 9. The Kids From Fame; 10. German; 11. Mayfair; 12. A-Ha; 13. 14th; 14. Ridley Scott; 15. Sonia O’Sullivan; 16. The Sun. Before then people believed it was the Earth; 17. Ohio, Oklahoma and Oregon; 18. 1955; 19. Queen Victoria; 20. 12; 21. Loch Lomond; 22. France; 23. Roy Orbison; 24. George Bernard Shaw; 25. Anne; 26. John F. Kennedy; 27. Lead; 28. Laura Palmer; 29. David Lynch; 30. Doncaster, Epsom, Newmarket Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
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What famous sportsman starred in the 2009 film Looking for Eric?
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Eric Cantona - IMDb IMDb Actor | Producer | Director Eric Cantona is most known for his skill on the soccer field. Starring at Old Trafford, Manchester United's homeground, Cantona got the nickname "The King". The controversial striker has been praised as the one who brought back the trophies to one of the world's most famous soccer clubs. Cantona is well-known for being banned from playing soccer ... See full bio » Born:
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FInd the connection - thinkypedia.com FInd the connection Answer the questions and find the link 1. Which England international footballer started his footballing career at Canadian club Calgary Foothills FC? 2. How are twin sisters Monica and Gabriela Irimia better known in the music world? 3. Which famous song includes the line "my shavin' razor's cold and it stings"? 4. Who is the chubbiest out of all of Snow White's seven dwarfs? 5. Which Liverpool player is currently the record FA Cup final goalscorer, with 5 goals to his name? 6. Which two word rhyming name is the common name for the plant called the Impatiens Walleriana? 7. Which former Big Brother contestant who was famous for quotes such as "what is the opposite of opposite?" and "do fish get thirsty?" and later went on to present "Braniac: Science Abuse" on Sky television? 8. Which song gave Vic Reeves and The Wonder Stuff a number one hit in 1991? 9. Which 1999 Oscar winning film was directed by Mike Leigh and starred Jim Broadbent as Gilbert of Gilbert and Sullivan fame? 10. What is the connection?
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What word means to rely on for support or inspiration, and containing little or no fat?
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Lean | Lean Definition by Merriam-Webster beefy , bulky , chunky , fleshy , heavy , heavyset , stocky , stout , thick , thickset , weighty ; brawny , burly , husky ; dumpy , pudgy , roly-poly , squat , stubby ; paunchy , potbellied ; flabby , soft ; buxom , zaftig (also zoftig ); fleshed-out , full , hippy , round Synonym Discussion of lean lean , spare , lank , lanky , gaunt , rawboned , scrawny , skinny mean thin because of an absence of excess flesh. lean stresses lack of fat and of curving contours <a lean racehorse>. spare suggests leanness from abstemious living or constant exercise <the gymnast's spare figure>. lank implies tallness as well as leanness <the lank legs of the heron>. lanky suggests awkwardness and loose-jointedness as well as thinness <a lanky youth, all arms and legs>. gaunt implies marked thinness or emaciation as from overwork or suffering <a prisoner's gaunt face>. rawboned suggests a large ungainly build without implying undernourishment <a rawboned farmer>. scrawny and skinny imply an extreme leanness that suggests deficient strength and vitality <a scrawny chicken> <skinny street urchins>. 4
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In what country is the northernmost point of Africa Tunisia - ENGLISH - 1 View Full Document In what country is the northernmost point of Africa-Tunisia In what film - Charlie Chaplain have his first speaking part 1940-The Great Dictator What Prophet in the Bible had a talking donkey-Balaam What common word comes from the Latin for who are you-Quiz Napoleon had a fear of what - Aelurophobia-Cats If you graduate with a degree in music what colour tassel wear-Pink In the Bible who built the ancient city of Babylon-Nimrod What was the first day of the year in the Roman calendar-25th March What does Karaoke literally mean -Empty Orchestra In what country did stamp collecting start -France Where do the White and Blue Niles join-Khartoum - in Sudan What are young bats called-Pups What plant has flowers but no leaves-Cactus Who was the Roman Goddess of peace-Pax What is a baby squirrel called-Kit or Kitten If you are born in March what is your Flower-Violet What is the only word in English that ends in mt-Dreamt This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document What country has a Bible on its flag-Dominican Republic What is the only number in English that has letters in alpha order-Forty What is the name for 100th of a second-A Jiffy 10% (by weight) of the worlds land animals are what species- Ants The milk of what creature will not curdle- Camel What do cockroaches do every fifteen minutes-Fart Noah's Ark had two of everything including what feature- Windows The Invisible Empire is better known as what-Klu Klux Klan The word vinegar come from French meaning what-Sour Wine In Saudi Arabia by law women may not become what-A Doctor Most blue eyed cats are what-Deaf The name of which animal means does not drink-Koala Collective Nouns - a Convocation of what-Eagles In proportion which animal has the largest eye-Cat Collective Nouns - a Cast of what -Falcons What European countries flag is square-Switzerland What is an octothrope-The # symbol Tigers have stripped fur - what colour is their skin-Stripped What bird has the most feathers per square inch-Penguin A dog is canine - what animal is ovine-Sheep A cat is feline - what animal is murine-Mouse or Rat The Golden Rain is the common name of what tree-Laburnum What countries nation anthem is Land of Two Rivers-Iraq Queen Alexandria's is the worlds largest what-Butterfly 1 foot wing Collective nouns - A train of what -Camels Who said "The child is the father of the man"-Wordsworth Collective nouns - a streak of what-Tigers There are over 130000 species of what on earth-Butterflies Azote was the original name of what element-Nitrogen What animals cannot swim-Gorillas The UIT govern what sport-International shooting union There are more telephones than people in what city-Washington USA If you landed at Arlanda airport where would you be-Stockholm Sweden What country declared itself first atheist state in 1967-Albania banned religion What is the Roman numerals for 3000-MMM What are Jean Bernard, Pierre St-Martin and Berger in France-Worlds deep caves Dallol Ethiopia has what claim to fame-Worlds hottest average place 94-Where are Bay of Heats and Bay of Dew Sinus Aestuum Roris-Near side of Moon This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM
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in which battle of 1403 was Harry Hotspur killed?
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The Battle of Shrewsbury, 1403 The Battle of Shrewsbury Rent a Castle Whether it's a folly for 2 or a fort for 20, try our castles for rent page. By Ellen Castelow , Contributing Writer | Comments Although the powerful Percy family had supported the Lancastrian King Henry IV when he took the throne from Richard II in 1399, the rebellion of 1403 stemmed from the king’s failure to sufficiently reward the family for the costs they had incurred in doing so. In addition, as if to add insult to injury, the infamous Sir Henry Hotspur Percy (so named for his fiery temperament) who had been successfully campaigning against the rebellious Welsh patriot Owain Glyndŵr had not received payment for his services. A tad annoyed with the king, the Percys formed an alliance with Glyndŵr and Edward Mortimer to conquer and divide up England. With a hastily mustered force Hotspur set off for Shrewsbury to join forces with the other rebels. By the time he reached the town Hotspur’s army had grown to around 14,000 men; most notably he had recruited the services of the Cheshire archers. Hearing of the plot against him, the king had hurried to intercept Hotspur and both armies faced each other on 21 July 1403. When negotiations for a happy compromise failed, the battle finally started a few hours before dusk. For the first time on English soil, massed troops of archers faced each and demonstrated "the deadliness of the longbow ". In a closely fought encounter Hotspur was killed, apparently shot in the face when he opened his visor (as shown on the picture to the right). With the loss of their leader, the battle came to abrupt end. To quash rumours that he had in fact survived the battle, the king had Hotspur quartered and put on display in various corners of the country, his head being impaled on York’s north gate. The brutal lesson learned in the effectiveness of the longbow would be remembered by Prince Henry, later Henry V, just a few years later on the battlefields of France.
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The British Monarchy has evolved over almost 2 millennium. This web site explores the history, chronology, and the multifarious and fascinating characters of the individual kings and queens from ad 839 until ad 2000 Custom Search Search results published at bottom of page London 1 August 1714. Cannon fired, drums rolled and trumpets blared as the herald proclaimed the news outside St James’s palace at noon today: “The high and mighty Prince George Elector of Brunswick- Luneberg is now become our only lawful and rightful liege lord....”. And so George I, not James III has acceded to the throne. Tory grandees had contemplated declaring the Pretender, king this morning but their leader, Viscount Bolingbroke, realised that the tide had turned against them. The Whigs seized the initiative and will dominate the council of regency appointed today. London March 1715. The Tory majority in the Commons has been overturned and the new house, which started its session this month has a Whig majority of 150. Scotland 22 December 1715. James Francis Edward Stuart, the Pretender, landed today at Peterhead to stake his claim to the throne. His arrival is the climax to a series of confrontations which have seen disturbances in England and a wholesale rebellion in Scotland. James has garnered support with a promise to repeal the hated Act of Union, which effectively delivered the Scots into the hands of the English. London 1717. The blistering row between the King and the Prince of Wales came to a climax this autumn. when George placed his son and daughter- in- law under close arrest in Kensington palace, refusing them access to their children and threatening to throw them into the Tower of London. Rome 31 December 1720. Fresh life has been breathed into the fading Jacobite cause with the birth of a son to the exiled James Stuart, the Pretender. It is said that at the moment of his birth a new star appeared in the heavens and a terrible storm fell upon Hanover, causing great damage and loss of property. London 1721. The collapsing South Sea financial bubble has claimed as its victims not only politicians but also the royal family. Now the prominent Whig politician Robert Walpole has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and first lord of the treasury in a bid to restore confidence in the country’s finances. London May 1 1722. Public apprehensions over the threat of a Jacobite coup increased today when Robert Walpole gave orders for several thousand troops to be drafted into London and encamped in Hyde Park. The king has agreed to postpone his visit to Hanover, Catholics have been ordered to leave town, and the mail is being intercepted in the search for evidence. Hanover 1 June 1727. Britain's first Hanovarian monarch died early this morning in his bed at Osnabruk. George, who was 67, had been king of Great Britain and Ireland since 1714. He is succeeded by his son George Augustus who becomes George II; he also assumes his fathers title of Elector of Hanover. Richmond Palace 22 June 1727. When Sir Robert Walpole brought the unexpected news that he was now king, George Augustus was in bed after dinner with his wife. Now 43, George has the prominent eyes and belly of the Hanoverians and their peevishness. His main interest is royal genealogy and military uniforms. He speaks English with a thick accent The new king succeeds the father who so disliked him that he never allowed him to see his imprisoned mother. London 1728. King George has agreed to pay a yearly fee of £1200 to Charles Howard, the husband of the royal mistress, Henrietta, on condition that in future he gives her as little trouble in the capacity of husband as possible. Howard who is described as “obstinate, drunken and brutal” has become a nuisance St. James’s Palace, December 1728. Frederick the Prince of Wales arrived a the palace today after a hazardous freezing voyage from Hanover. It is a measure of how little his father thinks of him that he had to make the final part of his journey in a hackney carriage. London 1732. King George has given the fin
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FIRST U.S. MISSILES ARRIVE BY PLANE AT A BRITISH BASE - NYTimes.com FIRST U.S. MISSILES ARRIVE BY PLANE AT A BRITISH BASE By JON NORDHEIMER Published: November 15, 1983 Text of Briton's statement, page A14. LONDON, Nov. 14 - American- made cruise missiles arrived today at an air base in England, the British Government announced. They are the first of NATO's new generation of medium- range missiles to be deployed in Western Europe. Britain's Defense Secretary, Michael Heseltine, told a deeply divided House of Commons that the shipment, delivered to Greenham Common air base by a United States plane, meant that an unspecified number of cruise missiles would be operational on schedule by the end of the year. Shouting to make himself heard over howls of protest from opposition legislators, he said, ''I have to inform the House that earlier today the first cruise missiles were delivered by air.'' 'Reckless Cynicism' Charged Neil Kinnock, the Labor Party leader, accused the Government of ''reckless cynicism'' in permitting deployment while the Soviet Union and the United States are continuing arms negotiations in Geneva. ''The installation of cruise weapons makes Britain a more dangerous place today than it was yesterday,'' Mr. Kinnock said. ''It increases the risk for our country without contributing to the defense of the country.'' Antiwar groups in Britain said tonight that the deployment at Greenham Common would open a new round of protest demonstrations and actions against the missiles. For her part, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher discussed the missiles' arrival in a speech at the Lord Mayor's banquet in London, saying, ''It is our destiny to be living at a time when there exist weapons of war of a dimension hitherto unknown.'' Arrival Reported in Soviet The Soviet press reported briefly and without commentary the arrival of the missiles in Britain. Soviet leaders have said that the new American missiles scheduled for deployment across Western Europe would make a continuation of the arms negotiations with the United States in Geneva impossible. But diplomats in Moscow noted that the last statement by Yuri V. Andropov, the Soviet leader, was ambivalent on whether bringing missiles into Europe or actually deploying them would be cause for a Soviet walkout. (Page A15.) The arrival of the missiles at Greenham Common, a Royal Air Force base used by the United States about 50 miles west of London in the heart of Berkshire, came two weeks after the House of Commons, after a heated debate, voted overwhelmingly to go ahead with deployment. The delivery of mobile launchers and other components of the cruise system began immediately. Next week, the West German Parliament is to hold its debate on the stationing of the American missiles. The Government of Chancellor Helmut Kohl has a comfortable parliamentary majority that is expected to approve deployment of the systems, which are scheduled to be operational by Dec. 15. The cruise missiles delivered to Britain today are among 41 weapons that are to be deployed in initial deliveries to Britain, Italy and West Germany by the first of next year. By then, both Britain and Italy are to receive 16 cruise missiles, while West Germany is to receive nine Pershing 2 ballistic missiles. 572 Missiles by 1988 The 41 weapons are the first of 572 cruise and Pershing missiles that are to be deployed by 1988. All of the Pershing 2's will go to West Germany; the additional cruise missiles will be deployed not only in Britain and Italy but also in Belgium and the Netherlands. The arrival of the missiles came after 3 years and 11 months of efforts by the North Atlantic allies to get the Soviet Union to agree to remove the SS-20 medium-range missiles it placed on its frontiers in the late 1970's. According to figures given to Parliament today by Mr. Heseltine, the Russians have increased the number of SS-20's confronting Europe from 81 in 1979 to 252 today. The United States Air Force puts the current total at more than 260. West Germany is scheduled to begin deploying the first components of 108 Pers
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Preston Guild Preston Guild The next Preston Guild is 2032. A full week of events and activities, some seriously civic and others just for fun. Since 1179 a guild fair has been run in Preston and since 1542 approximately every 20 years except for 1942 which was moved to 1952, the year after the Festival of Britain in London. The guild was originally to promote the traders of the town, a sort of business union, and was run by Burgesses as an official body. Now the guild is a celebration of the town, now city, and includes every aspect of the modern Preston: business, schools, music, theatre, dancing, art and craft, story telling, literature, history, military etc. To be a Burgess entitled you to trade in the town. Outsiders couldn't trade. The entitlement of the Burgesses was established in a Royal Charter. The first one known being in 1179 from Henry II. The Guild has spawned many things, for example, the phrase 'every Preston Guild' meaning something that doesn't happen very often. There is a Fuschia called Preston Guild. A quick look on the internet will find guild medals dating to 1700's, there are also songs, beer and books. Prestons main Theatre and Concert Hall is in the Guild Hall. This is quite a long page. Preston Guild Memories From Dave Hughlock in California who was on BBC North West during his 4th Guild Visit. 'As an ex-Prestonian now living in California let me say that I very much enjoy reading your pages. I did return to Preston for a month to celebrate the Guild Week with family and friends and had a wonderful time while in Preston. Your Guild segment is very well done, I enjoyed viewing all the photographs and reading the captions. I was fortunate enough while in Preston to get interviewed by BBC Lancashire TV near the cenotaph, and also by Radio Lancashire in the Harris Museum as well as having the LEP run a half page article about my intending return to Preston for the Guild celebration, all very flattering for me, I was just very happy that the weather for the Guild Week was sunny and warm. I met the Guild Mayor one day in the Harris Museum, shook his hand, congratulated him on a wonderful week and jokingly told him I was visiting from California and had brought the good weather with me. That was my fourth Guild, I was a member of the Fishwick School gym team for the Children's Festival on Avenham Park for the Guild of 1952. Roll on 2032, I'll be 94 by then, God willing, and who knows, maybe that will be my fifth Guild ? Thanks for the memories Preston.' Read the details in these booklets, (5mb, 3mb resp pdf). Four processions. It's quite a long one, about 3 miles for vehicles and half that for walkers. From Moor Park to the Adelphi where walkers join, Friargate, Ringway, Lancaster Road, Covered Market, Flag Market, Fishergate, Corporation Street, walkers leave just before the Adelphi, Moor Park. Preston Guild Facebook Group - click here They say the Torch procession is the most popular. Some will like their type of music the most. I'll enjoy Saturday 1st: the opening, the procession, the Preston cake city and food on Winckley Square and the Vintage Weekend crafts and general going on - on Avenham and Miller Park. It would be good to see the Burgesses parading as well. Video by Chris Miller Ltd of their float and its journey in the Trades Procession. An excellent YouTube video preview of the Vintage Guild Weekend that was held on the 1st and 2nd September on Preston's Avenham Park and Winckley Square: Preston Guild Ceremonial The timing of Guild week has been the same since 1562 - the Guild Court must be opened on the Monday after the feast of the decollation of St John the Baptist (29 August). Guild Proclamations in 2012: Saturday 18 August – First Proclamation Saturday 25 August – Second Proclamation Saturday 1 September - Third Proclamation On each of the three Saturdays before the main celebrations of the Guild crowds pack into the Market Square to join in a tradition which gives them a direct link with medieval Preston. In accordance with ancient cust
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Train options from Zurich to Milan? | Europe Forum | Fodor's Travel Talk Forums Train options from Zurich to Milan? Tagged: Italy 5 Tuscany Day Trip Ideas? by tippymouse | 2 responses; most recent on Jan 18, 17 at 11:45 PM Tagged: Portugal 12 Portugal and Spain itinerary help! by Lauren1979 | 6 responses; most recent on Jan 18, 17 at 11:07 PM Tagged: Italy 14 Tagged: Switzerland 23 Croatia trip Planning by kaysavla | 3 responses; most recent on Jan 18, 17 at 09:24 PM Train options from Zurich to Milan? Posted by: pbrielmann on May 11, 13 at 10:28 AM Printer Friendly We need to travel by train from Zurich to Milan IN ONE DAY this summer and want to understand the options. Our preference would be to take the most scenic option available as this will probably be a once in a lifetime trip. What are the options? How long/how many train changes (we'll have luggage)? Thanks for any help. adrienne on May 11, 13 at 11:58 AM Question - do you want to go out of your way to see more scenery? Will you stop and get off at an intermediary town? I can give you the most direct way but do not know if it's the most scenic. There is a train with no changes, taking 3 hours and 41 minutes. The easiest web site to navigate for scheduling (not booking for outside Germany) is: spaarne on May 11, 13 at 12:08 PM I've been on that route before. There are direct trains, with plenty of stops, through the Alps. Look at a rail map of Switzerland and pick a train going through Faido. For detailed assistance I suggest contacting http://www.budgeteuropetravel.com/ . Call the 800 number and speak with Byron or Linda. They are experts and are very helpful. They can also sell tickets, passes, and reservations. For a general introduction to European rail see http://tinyurl.com/eym5b . Dukey1 on May 11, 13 at 12:17 PM Undoubtedly ONE of the "most scenic" routes (and also one that doesn't bypass a lot of scenery by going through long tunnels such as those which exist of several of the Zurich-Milan routes) would be as follows: Train from Zurich to Chur; change there for either the Bernina Express itself or for several trains which traverse the entire Bernina Express route to Tirano, Italy. The scenery is spectacular. Change in Tirano for a train to Milan; part of that route runs along the eastern shore of Lake Como. You can EASILY do this entire trip in a day if you are willing to start out early in the morning. PalenQ on May 11, 13 at 12:53 PM the route Dukey mentions is dramatically more scenic than the rather scenic direct route via the Goothard Tunnel route but does take all day - the Bernina Pass railway on that route is to me the most scenic of all European train routes (and I think I've taken them all!) But the direct route can be nice as well - especially famous is when the train passes the Weisskirch (sp?) three times! -As it loops into and out of a mountain spiraling up and up and then after the tunnel similar spirals in and out of the rocks. This is one of the most scenic main rail lines in Europe - but in a few years when the new Gotthard Rail Tunnel is finished nearly no dramatic Alpine vistas will be able to be seen. Lugano would make a nice town to stop off in - thro bags in a station locker and look around the spiffy town center. For lots of great info on Swiss trains check out www.swisstravelsystem.com ; www.budgeteuropetravel.com and www.ricksteves.com and www.seat61.com . If taking several trains or lake boats or aerial cable ways in Switzerland check out the Swiss Pass, valid on not only trains but lake boats postal buses city trams and bases and gets 50% off nearly all aerial gondolas or trains going just to mountaintops. neckervd on May 11, 13 at 03:25 PM Direct trains via Lake Lucerne - Lugano - Como every 2 hrs from 7.09 until 19.09, 3 hrs 41 min journey, as Adrienne told you. These trains turn 3times around the church of Wassen, mentioned by Palen. Recommended stop overs: Bellinzona (3 castles), Lugano (lake, cablecars to viewpoints over lake and Alps). Trains up to Lugano every hour. Recommended variants: trai
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What is the name given to a young Salmon that returns to fresh water after one Winter at sea?
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Grilse | Define Grilse at Dictionary.com grilse noun, plural grilses (especially collectively) grilse. 1. a young Atlantic salmon as it returns from the sea to fresh water for the first time. Origin of grilse 1375-1425; late Middle English grills, grilles (plural) < ? Dictionary.com Unabridged Examples from the Web for grilse Expand Historical Examples Like the grilse, it returns to the river the summer of its spring migration, weighing about a pound and a half upon an average. Gairloch In North-West Ross-Shire John H. Dixon, F.S.A. Scot Here was the winch, after much service, accounting for a grilse in Norway! The Haunters of the Silences Charles G. D. Roberts The grilse rose sharply at the lure, but I “struck” too late. The Haunters of the Silences Charles G. D. Roberts My perseverance was rewarded, and I managed to secure three grilse. Chats on Angling H. V. Hart-Davis The grilse is wonderfully active and spirited, and will often give as much play as a salmon of three times his size.
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WHAT DO YOU CALL A BABY COD? What do you call a baby cod? Answer: codling, hake, sprag, sprat A baby cod is called a codling, hake, sprag, sprat. Cod is the common name for the genus Gadus of demersal fishes, belonging to the family Gadidae. Cod is also used as part of the commons name for a number of other fishes, and there are species suggested to belong to genus Gadus that are not called cod (the Alaska pollock).
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What is the name of the new racecourse, opened in June 2009, about five miles north of Llanelli?
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The Ultimate guide to Ffos Las Racecourse FAQs Ffos Las Racecourse is situated on the outskirts of the village of Trimsaran, in the county of Carmarthenshire in southwest Wales, five miles north of Llanelli. The 600-acre racecourse is actually built on the site of the largest open cast coal mine in Europe, but no signs of its industrial heritage remain and, today, the course offers scenic views of the Gwendraeth Valley and Carmarthen Bay. Ffos Las has the distinction of being the first new turf racecourse to be opened in Britain in the last 80 years. Unlike the now defunct Great Leighs Racecourse, in Essex, which went into administration just nine months after it officially opened in 2008, Ffos Las was complete in every detail when it opened and has thrived ever since. The racecourse staged its first fixture in the summer of 2009 and, in 2013, is scheduled to host 19 National Hunt fixtures, seven Flat fixtures, between July and September and one mixed fixture. For racegoers, Ffos Las offers just a single enclosure, although admission prices vary according to whether meetings are classified as “Standard”, “Premium” or “Feature.” Saturday Show Night in May, for example, is a “Feature” fixture at £20 per person, Family Fun Raceday in April is a “Premium” fixture at £16 person and Ryan Jones Testimonial Raceday in August is a “Standard” fixture at £12 per person. Admission is free for accompanied children regardless of the pricing structure. For corporate events, large and small, the course offers five function rooms, up to eight breakout rooms, the Blinkers Bar, capable of seating 350 people, banquet style and a selection of hospitality boxes for smaller meetings. The 600 acres of land surrounding the racecourse is also available for outdoor events. Free Wi-Fi and free car parking, lunch and refreshments are included in all delegate packages, the latest audio/visual equipment is available on request and a dedicated events team is on hand to make sure events run smoothly. Getting there View Larger Map What’s unique about the course at Ffos Las? Ffos Las consists of a flat, galloping oval, approximately a mile and a half around, with generous, sweeping bends that suit even the longest striding horse. The straight six furlong course is nearly 200 feet wide, with gentle undulations throughout. The slightly downhill finish tends to favour horses that race prominently, especially when the ground is good or faster. Over Jumps, there are nine, moderately stiff, fences per circuit. Notable Races and Events The very first race ever to be run at Ffos Las, the Freebets.co.uk “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle, on June 18, 2009 was won by the 6-year-old Plunkett, trained by Evan Williams in Llancarfan, Vale of Glamorgan and owned by Hywel Jones, a native of west Wales. Mr. Jones said, “It’s a historic moment and I’m proud to win this first race.” The two most valuable races run at Ffos Las are the William Hill Welsh Champion Hurdle, a limited handicap hurdle over 2 miles 4 furlongs worth £50,000 in total prize money and the William Hill West Wales National, a handicap steeplechase over 3 miles 4 furlongs worth £30,000 in total prize money. In February 2013, the William Hill Champion Hurdle was won by Alan King’s 6-year-old Medinas, who went on to win the valuable Coral Cup at the Cheltenham Festival the following month at odds of 33/1. The winner of the 2013 William Hill West Wales National, Mark Bradstock’s 10-year-old Carruthers, fared less well on his only subsequent start when pulled up in the Midlands National, over 4 miles 1½ furlongs, at Uttoexeter. However, he’s becoming a course specialist at Ffos Las, having won on both visits, so he could be one to look out for on his return to the track. Top Owners, Jockeys and Trainers On the Flat at Ffos Las, Martin Dwyer, Steve Drowne and Cathy Gannon have all ridden 14 winners since the racecourse opened in 2009, although in terms of strike rate Martin Dwyer leads the way by virtue of having achieved that total from 29 rides, whereas Steve Drowne and Cathy Gannon have needed 40 and 57 rides
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Mon Mome wins 2009 Grand National at Aintree - Telegraph Horse Racing Mon Mome wins 2009 Grand National at Aintree A rookie jockey, a former bridge international and only the second woman to train a Grand National winner on Saturday delivered the biggest shock in more than 40 years at Aintree when 100-1 shot Mon Mome won racing's biggest prize. Long shot: Mon Mome is the biggest-priced winner since Foinavon in 1967 Photo: PA By Paul Kelso, Chief Sports Reporter 4:45PM BST 04 Apr 2009 1st: Mon Mome (100-1) 2nd: Comply or Die (14-1) 3rd: My Will (8-1) 4th: State of Play (14-1) Mon Mome, trained by Venetia Williams and owned by Vida Bingham, who twice represented England at bridge, is the longest-priced horse to win the National since Foinavon famously avoided a mass pile-up to triumph at the same price in 1967. Jockey Liam Treadwell was having his first ride in the race. No horse in the 162-year history of the race has ever won at a longer price and the result was a huge relief to bookmakers, who estimated a recession-defying £250 million was gambled on the race nationwide. Williams, who was knocked unconscious when becoming one of only 14 women to ride in the race in 1988, joins Jenny Pitman as the only women to train a Grand National winner. Mon Mome's 10th place last year was her previous best result. Related Articles Grand National 04 Apr 2009 After the action was delayed by two false starts that were met with boos from the 70,000 crowd, Mon Mome spent much of the race anonymously tucked on the inside rail as more-fancied horses made the running. As the field crossed the Melling Road for the last time, Mon Mome was among a dozen horses in with a chance, and after becoming briefly boxed in emerged strongest on the run-in to win by 12 lengths. Last year's winner, Comply or Die, was second, with Ruby Walsh's mount, My Will, third and former Hennessy winner State of Play fourth. Pre-race favourite Butler's Cabin, ridden by Tony McCoy, was hampered by errors and could finish only seventh, leaving the champion jockey still searching for his first National winner after 14 attempts. Treadwell, who only turned to jumps racing after conceding he could not consistently make the weight as a Flat jockey, revealed that he had rejected his mother's pre-race suggestion that he get a haircut in case he was interviewed on television as the winner. "I said 'Don't be silly, I'd be happy just to get round'. It's an absolutely unbelievable finish, I had the perfect run through the race, he jumped brilliant for me. It hasn't sunk in yet. All I can say at this moment in time is it is unbelievable." Williams said: "It was just unbelievable. I'm so proud of the horse. I'm so proud of Liam for giving him such a good ride.''
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In which childrens' TV programme, narrated by Derek Jacobi, would you see Iggle-Piggle & Upsy-Daisy?
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In The Night Garden: Who's Here? [DVD]: Amazon.co.uk: Derek Jacobi: DVD & Blu-ray Product Description Product Description Five episodes of the CBeebies pre-school series narrated by Derek Jacobi, which takes children on an imaginative journey through the night garden, encountering its funny and lovable residents including Upsy Daisy, Igglepiggle, Makka Pakka, the Tombliboos, the Pontipines and the Haahoos. From Amazon.co.uk Chances are there's barely a parent of a toddler in the country who hasn't encountered In The Night Garden in some form over the past few months. The latest BBC-hit from the CBeebies channel, and with a passing resemblance to Teletubbies, this debut DVD for the show brings together five episodes. And many parents already, we suspect, will have their credit cards ready. In true childrens' television tradition, In The Night Garden is often as alien to adults as it is compelling to its real target audience. But heck, do children love it. Accompanied by the gentle narration of Sir Derek Jacobi, it's billed a nursery rhyme picture book of sorts. This manifests itself in the shape of a wild mix of children and characters, who get up to a mixture of diverse and diverting activities. And this is one of the many areas where In The Night Garden strikes gold. Not only does it have a distinctive and warm collection of characters, but it does have an educational undercurrent to it all. In short, it engages its target audience particularly well, and teaches them a little in the process. The DVD is rounded off with special bonus footage and a parents' guide, but it's the five episodes that are set to be spun time and time again. And rightly so. Expect this to be the first DVD release of many, too, for a show with many, many years ahead of it. --Jon Foster --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading.
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Rating: Overview: Captain Horatio Pugwash sails the high seas in his ship, the Black Pig, ably assisted by Tom the cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the Flying Dustman. Black and white episodes were made by writer-animator John Ryan in irregular batches from 1957 to 1966. He made a second series in colour in 1974/75. The series was revived in 1998 by John Cary Studios. TV.com ID: This field MUST correspond to the tv.com series id. IMDB.com ID: This field MUST correspond to the IMDB.com ID. Include the leading tt. Zap2it / SchedulesDirect ID:
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Military Call on Me 2010 - YouTube Military Call on Me 2010 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Apr 13, 2010 A video mix from the Military OIF during 2003 of the . Military Call 2010. The Iraq War, also known as the Occupation of Iraq, The Second Gulf War Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn is an ongoing military campaign which began on March 20, 2003, with the invasion of Iraq by a multinational force led by troops from the United States and the United Kingdom. Prior to the war, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom claimed that Iraq's alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) posed a threat to their security and that of their coalition/regional allies. In 2002, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1441 which called for Iraq to completely cooperate with UN weapon inspectors to verify that Iraq was not in possession of WMD and cruise missiles. The United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) found no evidence of WMD, but could not verify the accuracy of Iraq's weapon declarations. Lead weapons inspector Hans Blix advised the UN Security Council that while Iraq was cooperating in terms of access, Iraq's declarations with regards to WMD still could not be verified. After investigation following the invasion, the U.S.-led Iraq Survey Group concluded that Iraq had ended its nuclear, chemical, and biological programs in 1991 and had no active programs at the time of the invasion, but that they intended to resume production if the Iraq sanctions were lifted. Although some degraded remnants of misplaced or abandoned chemical weapons from before 1991 were found, they were not the weapons which had been the main argument to justify the invasion. Some US officials also accused Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of harboring and supporting al-Qaeda, but no evidence of a meaningful connection was ever found. Other proclaimed reasons for the invasion included Iraq's financial support for the families of Palestinian suicide bombers,[60] Iraqi government human rights abuses, and an effort to spread democracy to the country. The invasion of Iraq led to an occupation and the eventual capture of President Hussein, who was later tried in an Iraqi court of law and executed by the new Iraqi government. Violence against coalition forces and among various sectarian groups soon led to the Iraqi insurgency, strife between many Sunni and Shia Iraqi groups, and the emergence of a new faction of Al-Qaeda in Iraq. In October 2006, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Iraqi government estimated that more than 365,000 Iraqis had been displaced since the 2006 bombing of the al-Askari Mosque, bringing the total number of Iraqi refugees to more than 1.6 million.[66] By 2008, the UNHCR raised the estimate of refugees to a total of about 4.7 million (~16% of the population). The number of refugees estimated abroad was 2 million (a number close to CIA projections) and the number of internally displaced people was 2.7 million. In 2007, Iraq's anti-corruption board reported that 35% of Iraqi children, or about five million children, were orphans. The Red Cross stated in March 2008 that Iraq's humanitarian situation remained among the most critical in the world, with millions of Iraqis forced to rely on insufficient and poor-quality water sources. In June 2008, U.S. Department of Defense officials claimed security and economic indicators began to show signs of improvement in what they hailed as significant and fragile gains. Iraq was fifth on the 2008 Failed States Index, and sixth on the 2009 list. As public opinion favoring troop withdrawals increased and as Iraqi forces began to take responsibility for security, member nations of the Coalition withdrew their forces. In late 2008, the U.S. and Iraq
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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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Which US president, known commonly by his initials, was born in Stonewall, Texas in 1908?
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Biography of President Lyndon B. Johnson for Kids Born: August 27, 1908 near Stonewall, Texas Died: January 22, 1973 in Johnson City, Texas Married: Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson Children: Lynda, Luci Biography: What is Lyndon B. Johnson most known for? Lyndon Johnson was known for becoming president after President Kennedy was assassinated. His presidency is known for the passage of civil rights legislation and the Vietnam War. Growing Up Lyndon grew up in a farmhouse in the hill country near Johnson City, Texas . Although his father was a state representative, Lyndon's family was poor and he had to work hard at chores and odd jobs to make ends meet. In high school Lyndon played baseball, enjoyed public speaking, and being on the debate team. Lyndon wasn't sure what he wanted to do when he got out of high school, but eventually decided on teaching and graduated from Southwest Texas State Teacher's College. He didn't end up teaching long before he went to work for a congressman. Soon he wanted to go into politics, so he went to Georgetown University and earned his law degree. Lyndon B. Johnson taking the oath of office by Cecil Stoughton Before He Became President Shortly after graduating from law school, Johnson was elected to the U.S. Congress . He served as a congressman for twelve years. During World War II he took a leave of absence from Congress to serve in the war where he earned a Silver Star. In 1948 Johnson set his sights on the Senate. He won the election, but only by 87 votes. He earned the sarcastic nickname "Landslide Lyndon". Johnson served the next twelve years on the Senate becoming the Senate Majority Leader in 1955. Johnson decided to run for president in 1960. He lost the democratic nomination to John F. Kennedy, but became his vice presidential running mate. They won the general election and Johnson became vice president. Kennedy Assassinated In 1963 while on a parade in Dallas, Texas, President Kennedy was assassinated. He was shot while riding in a car just ahead of Johnson. Johnson was sworn in as president just a short while later. Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidency Johnson wanted his presidency to usher in of a new way of life for America. He called it the Great Society where everyone would be treated equally and have equal opportunity. He used his popularity to pass legislation to help fight crime, prevent poverty, protect the voting rights of minorities, improve education, and conserve the environment. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Lyndon b. Johnson by Elizabeth Shoumatoff Perhaps the greatest achievement of Johnson's presidency was the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . This law made most forms of racial discrimination including segregation in schools illegal. In 1965 Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act which allowed the federal government to insure that the voting rights of all citizens regardless of race were protected. The Vietnam War The Vietnam War turned out to be Johnson's downfall. Under Johnson the war escalated and U.S. involvement grew. As more and more U.S. soldiers died in the war, Johnson's popularity began to diminish. Many people disagreed with any U.S. involvement at all and protests grew throughout the country. Johnson put his full efforts into gaining a peace settlement, but failed in the end. How did he die? After retiring to his ranch in Texas, Lyndon Johnson died of a heart attack in 1973. Fun Facts About Lyndon B. Johnson His wife's nickname "Lady Bird" gave them both the same initials "LBJ". They named their daughters so they would have the "LBJ" initials too. Johnson City, Texas was named after a relative of Johnson's. He appointed the first African American to the Supreme Court , Thurgood Marshall . He also had the first African American cabinet member when he appointed Robert C. Weaver to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Johnson once said that "Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity." At 6 feet 3 ½ inches he was the second tallest president just after Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches. Activities
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Ronald Reagan: Life Before the Presidency—Miller Center About the Administration Ronald Wilson Reagan, the son of Jack and Nelle Reagan, was born in a small apartment above the Pitney General Store on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, His family, which included older brother Neil, moved to a succession of Illinois towns as his salesman father searched for a well-paying job. In 1920, the Reagans settled in Dixon. Jack Reagan was a gregarious man with a grade-school education who made his way as a salesman, usually of shoes. He was a dreamer and also an alcoholic. Years later, Ronald Reagan recalled the searing experiences of being the child of an alcoholic father, including an incident where he dragged a "passed out" Jack Reagan into the house from the snow. Jack and Nelle were both Democrats; in religion he was a Roman Catholic, and she an active member of the Disciples of Christ. After Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President in 1932, Jack Reagan was rewarded for his Democratic activism by being named the local director of the Works Progress Administration, a federal agency created by Roosevelt to provide work for jobless Americans. Neil Reagan was also employed by the WPA. Ronald Reagan remembered his father as being fiercely opposed to racial and religious intolerance. He refused to allow his children to see the film Birth of a Nation, because it glorified the Ku Klux Klan. Jack Reagan died in 1941. Ronald's mother, Nelle Wilson Reagan, nurtured and encouraged her sons. She taught them that alcoholism was a disease and urged them not to blame their father for succumbing to it. She had married Jack Reagan in a Catholic ceremony, and the older son Neil was raised as a Catholic. Both boys believed that Neil took after his father and Ronald more after his mother. Nelle raised Ronald in her church, the Disciples of Christ. She was a relentless do-gooder, visiting prisoners, poorhouse inmates, and hospital patients. She also organized drama recitals—some of which featured her sons—and worked as a salesclerk and seamstress in the 1930s. As an adult, Ronald often reminisced fondly about his mother's compassion and generosity. He moved her to Hollywood after Jack died; she died in 1962. Youth and College Years As a boy, Reagan's life was filled with scrapes and adventures. He once narrowly escaped death while playing under a train that suddenly began moving. Reagan graduated from Dixon High School in 1928, where he played on the football and basketball teams, became president of the student body, acted in school plays, and wrote for the yearbook. Reagan, an accomplished swimmer since early boyhood, worked six summers as a lifeguard in Lowell Park in Dixon on the treacherous Rock River. According to newspaper reports of the time and later research, he saved 77 people from drowning. Reagan enrolled in 1928 at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois. He majored in economics but was an indifferent student, graduating with a "C" average in 1932. At Eureka, he played football and was a member of the college swim team, performed with the drama club, joined the debate club, worked as a reporter on the school newspaper, edited the college yearbook, and served as president of the student council. Admitted to college on a partial football scholarship, Reagan washed dishes at his fraternity house, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and at a girl's dormitory, and worked as a lifeguard and a swimming coach to pay the rest of his college costs and sent money home to his economically hard-hit family. He also had an early taste of politics: while still a freshman he made a dramatic oration on behalf of Eureka students who were striking to restore classes that the school administration had eliminated because of financial strains caused by the Great Depression. After the strike, the college president resigned. Radio, Film, and Television Career After graduation, Reagan landed a job as a radio sportscaster at WOC in Davenport, Iowa, for $10 per game and transportation expenses. His lively imagination and resonant radio voice compensated for his inexperience
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Haneda Airport - Go Japan Go Haneda Airport Profile Haneda Airport (IATA: HND, ICAO: RJTT) is officially known as Tokyo International Airport, however it mainly handles domestic flights with some short haul international flight and the majority of international flights go through Narita Airport . Haneda Airport is only 14km south of the centre of Tokyo in the ward of Ota . Haneda Airport is the fifth busiest airport in the world, handling over 64 million passenger movements per year. Sorry, no record were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again. Google Map Not Loaded Kifune Shrine 4.99 km Kifune Shrine is a Shinto Shrine in Ota Ward of Tokyo, that is said to have been established around 1266. The object of enshrinement at Kifune Shrine is Izanagi-no-ohkami (a Read more [...] Shinagawa Aquarium 6.25 km Shinagawa Aquarium, in Shinagawa central Tokyo, features tunnel tank with a walk through tunnel where you can view sea creatures swimming over head and on both sides of you. Read more [...] Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari 7.44 km Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari, in Odaiba, is the largest (artificial) hot spring complex in Tokyo. Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari has an Edo-era (1800s) style and featuring an endless array of batht Read more [...]
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Thousands Demand Release of Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at George W Bush | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community Thousands Demand Release of Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at George W Bush Published on The Telegraph (UK) Thousands Demand Release of Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes at George W Bush Thousands of Iraqis have taken to the streets to demand the release of a reporter who threw his shoes at President George Bush. by A shoe is raised during a protest against the visit to Iraq of US President George W. Bush, in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. Dec. 15, 2008. Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zeidi threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a press conference in Baghdad on Sunday, while yelling in Arabic: 'This is a farewell kiss, you dog, this is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.' (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) Arabs across the Middle East hailed the journalist a hero and praised his insult as a proper send-off to the unpopular U.S. president. Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who was kidnapped by Shiite militants last year, was being held by Iraqi security today and interrogated about whether anybody paid him to protest during the press conference. He was also being tested for alcohol and drugs, and his shoes were being held as evidence. Showing the sole of your shoe to someone in the Arab world is a sign of extreme disrespect, and throwing your shoes is even worse. In Baghdad's Shiite slum of Sadr City, thousands of supporters of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr burned American flags to protest against Bush and called for the release of al-Zeidi. "Bush, Bush, listen well – Two shoes on your head," the protesters chanted in unison. Newspapers across the Arab world printed front-page photos of Bush ducking the flying shoes and satellite TV stations repeatedly aired the incident, which provided fodder for jokes and was hailed by the president's many critics in the region. "Iraq considers Sunday as the international day for shoes," said a text message circulating around the Saudi capital Riyadh. Many users of the popular internet networking site Facebook posted the video of the incident to their profile pages, showing al-Zeidi leap from his chair as Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki were about to shake hands. "This is a farewell kiss, you dog," al-Zeidi yelled in Arabic as he threw his shoes. "This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq." Al-Zeidi was immediately wrestled to the ground by Iraqi security guards. The incident raised fears of a security lapse in the heavily guarded Green Zone where the press conference took place. Reporters were repeatedly searched and asked to show identification before entering and while inside the compound, which houses al-Maliki's office and the U S Embassy. Al-Zeid's tirade was echoed by Arabs across the Middle East who are fed up with U.S. policy in the region and still angry over Bush's decision to invade Iraq in 2003 to topple Saddam Hussein. Abdel-Bari Atwan, editor of the influential London-based newspaper Al-Quds Al-Arabi, wrote on the newspaper's website that the incident was "a proper goodbye for a war criminal." The response to the incident by Arabs in the street was ecstatic. "Al-Zeidi is the man," said 42-year-old Jordanian businessman Samer Tabalat. "He did what Arab leaders failed to do." Ghazi Abu Baker, a 55-year-old shopkeeper in the West Bank town of Jenin said, "This journalist should be elected president of Iraq for what he has done." Hoping to capitalise on this sentiment, al-Zeidi's TV station, Al-Baghdadia, repeatedly aired pleas to release the reporter Monday, while showing footage of explosions and playing background music that denounced the US in Iraq. "We have all been mobilised to work on releasing him, and all the organisations around the world are with us," said Abdel-Hameed al-Sayeh, the manager of Al-Baghdadia in Cairo, where the station is based. Al-Jazeera television interviewed Saddam's former chief lawyer Khalil al-Dulaimi, who
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In the Book of Genesis, what is described as 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits high?
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World's largest timber construction - Noah's Ark - opens for business | Woodworking Network World's largest timber construction - Noah's Ark - opens for business Print WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. — A 510-foot-long, $100 million pine-clad Noah's Ark replica has opened in Kentucky. And Colorado Timberframe was chosen to mill the logs because they are said to be the only U.S. group capable of milling logs as large as 50 feet long and 36 inches in diameter. The Ark Encounter was engineered and built using exact biblical measurements, requiring over 3.3 million board feet of timber to construct it, and fitting over 16,000 people simultaneously. The Book of Genesis describes Noah's Ark as 300 cubits long, its width 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits. The attraction will feature museum-like exhibits, displays of Noah's family, and lifelike models of animals - existing in pairs and in compartments just like the Bible described. Guests will be able to tour the ship for $40. In an effort to employ techniques used in the ancient time the Ark was said to have been constructed, one hundred Amish craftsmen built the replica using ancient timber framing techniques, such as manually bending the wood for the rudder rather than steaming it to make it more pliable. Most of these techniques were utilized, but some had to be altered to adhere to modern building codes (builders originally planned to hold the ark together with wooden pegs, but had to change to steel fasteners). A length of 20.1 inches was chosen for the biblical cubit. This produced plans for an ark measuring 510 feet (160 m) long, 85 feet (26 m) wide, and 51 feet (16 m) high. The 3.3 million board feet of wood was harvested from as far away as Oregon and British Columbia. The Ark's framing consists of Englemann spruce, and the exterior is made mostly of Accoya wood - sustainable, insect-resistant radiata pine that undergoes an acetylation process to make it class 1 durable. The ark contains 132 bays for animals, each standing about 18 feet high. The structure is held off the ground by three 80 foot masonry towers, which contain stairwells, elevators, and bathrooms. Each features electric lighting designed to resemble oil lamps. Below the ark is a theater and giftshop, and a restaurant sits on its roof. The structure was supposedly built using green construction methods and utilized Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) practices, like geothermal and solar heating, and rainwater capture. Creator and devout Christian Ken Ham said the massive ark will stand as proof that the stories of the Bible are true. Ham's group Answers in Genesis believes God created the world and everything in it around 6,000 years ago. The ark opens July 7 and will attract an estimated two million visitors in its first year, putting it on par with some big attractions in nearby Cincinnati. It has stirred up much controversy among atheists, other religious groups, and those who disapproved of tax incentives given to Ham and his group. Topics:
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Index-a Don't Forget To Hit <ESC> before going to a different page. Let's play a game of 30 questions. No, not that old standard of 20 questions, but one with an extra 10 questions added in and one that uses numeric answers (from 1 to 30). If you get stumped, go on to the next one. Perhaps the answer you need will be one of those left over when you complete all the questions you're sure of. Each answer is a number. The answers are the numbers 1-30. Each number appears only once. (Obviously) the questions are not in the right order.. 1. Aside from an extra 385 yards, how many miles is a marathon race? 2. If 27 solid cubes are formed into one big 3x3x3 cube how many individual cubes, at most, are visible from any single angle? 3. In the movie Spinal Tap what number is: "Well, it is one louder.."? 4. 'Via Dolorosa' is the (how many) Stations of the Cross, the Christian ritual tracing the key stages of the death of Jesus, beginning with his condemnation and ending with his being laid in the tomb? 5. How many dots are on a (standard 1-6) die? 6. The Russian 'Crimea Highway' trunk road from Moscow to the Crimea in Ukraine is the M (what)? 7. What number, between two hyphens, is used by journalists, etc., to mark the end of a newspaper or broadcast story? 8. How many unique dominoes are in a standard 'double six' set? 9. What number turned on its side (rotated 90 degrees) is the symbol for infinity? 10. The Marvel Comics superhero team led by Mr Fantastic was the Fanstastic (what)? 11. What is the larger number of the binary system? 12. Japanese haiku poems loosely comprise how many syllables? 13. The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are respectively (what number)-and-half degrees north and south of the Equator? 14. What number is Hurricane on the Beaufort Scale? 15. Greek deka, and Latin decem, are what number? 16. Conventionally how many books are in the Bible's New Testament? 17. How many legs (or arms) are most usually on a starfish? 18. A lunar month is an average (how many) days plus 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds? 19. 'Roaring' refers to what pluralised number in describing a 1900s decade of western world prosperity? 20. Traditionally what number of years anniversary is symbolized by silver? 21. What is generally stated to be the number of major joints in the human body? 22. What number is the French coded slang 'vingt-deux!', which warns that police are coming? 23. What is the only number that equals twice the sum of its digits (digit means numerical symbol)? 24. The early/mid-1900s American vaudeville comedy act was called the (how many) Stooges? 25. Any line of three numbers in the 'magic square' (a 3 x 3 grid of the numbers 1-9) adds up to what? 26. What is the international SPI resin/polymer identification coding system number (typically shown within a recycling triangle symbol) for polystyrene? 27. Traditionally the diameter of the 45rpm gramophone record is (how many) inches? 28. Pure gold is (how many)-carat? 29. The expression 'On cloud (what)' refers to being blissfully happy? 30. Each player begins with (how many) pieces in a game of chess? Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan (born 13 May 1950) is a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. Kirwan's first recorded work with the band was on the huge instrumental hit single "Albatross". Green later stated that, "I would never have done "Albatross" if it wasn't for Danny. I would never have had a number one hit record." The B-side of the single was Kirwan's first published tune, the instrumental "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues". This was an old clarinet piece, written by Joe Venuti and Adrian Rollini, and recorded by the Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang Blue Five in 1933. Kirwan had adapted the piece for himself and Green to play on
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Give any year in the life of 'Ivan the Terrible'?
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Ivan the IV, or Ivan the Terrible, was tsar of Russia from 1530-1584 and established a tradition of absolute rule. After a childhood of abuse and repression he destroyed his rivals and claimed the throne of Tsardom. He beat back the last of the Mongols, provided some large territotial expansion, and centralized the bureacracy. At the same time his blood thristy habits and cruel personality have made him infamous in history's annals as a lunatic ruler whom even his own people called "Terrible." Historical Background In the 1500's while the rest of western Europe was revealing in the glories of the Renaissance, Russia was still struggling to establish its own identity after just emerging from the Mongol yoke in 1480. The princes of Muscovy had traditionally been tax collectors for the Mongols and it was not until Ivan the I managed to amass a large personal fortune and conquer surrounding rivals, furthering his power and gaining the trust of the Mongols, that any single ruler began to emerge in Russia. In 1480, Ivan the III managed to buy up all the surrounding territory around Moscow and proclaim himself tsar and not subject to Mongol rule Research Report Ivan IV Vasilyevich (1530-1584), was the first of two children of Basil III and Elena Glinskaya. Ivan came into the world on August 25, 1530. Nearly a year after this Ivan's father died when he was only three. Basil had died due to a small, little pimple on his thigh that had developed into a deadly sore. Basil requested at his deathbed that his son Ivan would become the ruler of Russia when he became a man at age 15. Once Basil died the boyars took over Russia, denying Ivan's right to the throne. Ivan's mother then with other trusted boyars took over the ruling party. Elena was able to successfully rule Russia for four years, until she died suddenly in 1538, apparently from poisoning, leaving eight-year-old Ivan an orphan. Through all this Ivan had remained isolated, Ivan's brutal behavior later on in life is testimony to his never having forgotten nor forgiven the childhood indignities he had suffered. The boyars would only pay attention to him when his presence was required at a ceremony. As the rivalry in the Palace for the power of Russia escalated into a bloody feud, Ivan witnessed horrible things. Living in poverty he watched and heard murders, beatings, and verbal and physical abuse regularly. The boyars alternately neglected or molested him; Ivan and his deaf-mute brother Yuri often went about hungry and threadbare. Incapable to strike at his tormentors, Ivan took out his terrible frustrations on defenseless animals, He tore feathers off birds, pierced their eyes and slit open their bodies. On December 29, 1543 Ivan surprised his boyars by calling them to a meeting. He condemned them for their neglect of him and the nation, and denounced them for their misconduct. Prince Andrew Shuiksy, the leader of the boyars was thrown to a pack of hungry hunting dogs as an example to the others. After this the boyars conceded that their rule had ended and that Ivan had complete power. On Sunday, January 16, 1547, Ivan was crowned czar in Moscow's lavish Cathedral of the Assumption. Ivan soon married Anastasia Romanovna-Zakharyina-Yurueva. Anastasia bore him six children of whom only two survived infancy. At times Ivan was very devote; he used to throw himself before the icons, banging his head against the floor. It resulted in a callosity at his forehead. Once Ivan even did a public confession of his sins in Moscow. During the beginning of Ivan's reign, the administrative functions of the government were handled by two brothers of Ivan's mother, Prince Yuri Glinsky and Prince Mikhail Glinsky abused their position in the government, mistreating the boyars and the citizens. Ivan vowed to no longer leave administration duties in the hands of others. From 1547 to 1560 Ivan is believed to have governed with the aid of a talented group of advisers dubbed the Chosen Council. It is unknown who wielded more power, Ivan or the council. In 1550, Ivan announced a reformed code of laws
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Alexander Pushkin | Poetry Foundation Alexander Pushkin Poet Details 1799–1837 Russia’s most famous poet, Alexander Pushkin was born into one of Russia’s most famous noble families. His mother was the granddaughter of an Abyssinian prince, Hannibal, who had been a favorite of Peter I, and many of Pushkin’s forebears played important roles in Russian history. Pushkin began writing poetry as a student at the Lyceum at Tsarskoe Selo, a school for aristocratic youth. As a young man, Pushkin was immersed in French poetry and Russian Neoclassicism. His early output was generically diverse and included elegies, songs, and epistles. After graduating in 1817, Pushkin threw himself into St. Petersburg society, pursuing pleasure as well as politics. Certain poems from these years commented on the limits of autocracy and directed invective toward high-ranking officials; they were circulated widely but never published and eventually came back to haunt Pushkin after their discovery amongst the belongings of the Decembrists, the military faction that rose up to challenge Nicholas I. Pushkin’s first major verse narrative, the mock epic Ruslan i Liudmila (1820), dates from his St. Petersburg period. Written in iambic tetrameter, the poem is a faux-fairy tale based on medieval Russian history. Pushkin’s first major success, the poem also generated controversy for its break with prevailing verse traditions. Soon after its publication, Pushkin was sent into exile in southern Russia for his outspoken political views. During the first years of his exile (1820-1823), Pushkin traveled to the Caucasus and Crimea, writing lyrics and narrative poems that exhibited debts to his recent discovery, in French translation, of the works of George Gordon, Lord Byron. At the end 1823, Pushkin began work on his masterpiece, Evgeny Onegin (Eugene Onegin). Written over seven years, the poem was published in full in 1833. In it, Pushkin invented a new stanza: iambic tetrameter with alternating feminine and masculine rhymes. The poem is also notable for its inventive and exuberant language and social critique. And while Pushkin played with autobiography, the verse novel turned out to be more autobiographical than even he knew: like Pushkin himself, Onegin dies in a duel. In general, Pushkin’s life was marked by political and romantic scandal. Though Nicholas I eventually released him from exile, Pushkin’s work was frequently censored, his letters intercepted, and his status with the court remained tenuous until his death. In 1831, Pushkin married Natalia Goncharova. Her beauty and favor at court led to many problems for Pushkin: Nicholas himself was infatuated with her, as was the French royalist George D’Anthès-Heeckeren who openly pursued Natalia for years. Pushkin eventually challenged D’Anthès to a duel, which he lost. He died on January 29, two days after being mortally wounded. While the court sympathized with D’Anthès, the Russian public mourned Pushkin. Fearing unrest, the government held Pushkin’s funeral in a small church, admitting mourners by ticket only. He was buried at dawn next to his mother at Svyatye Gory Monastery. Pushkin’s most famous poems are decidedly Romantic in their celebration of freedom and defense of personal liberty, but his concise, moderate, and spare style has proven difficult for many critics to categorize. His many narrative poems, epics, and lyrics are mainstays of the Russian literary tradition and widely memorized. His works have inspired countless song cycles, ballets, and other artistic interpretations. In 1880, a statue of Pushkin was unveiled in Moscow, to speeches given by Dostoevsky and Turgenev, who claimed that the statue allowed Russians to claim themselves as a great nation “because this nation has given birth to such a man.” Discover this poet's context and related poetry, articles, and media. Poems by Alexander Pushkin
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History of Phrenology on the Web What was phrenology? Phrenology was a science of character divination, faculty psychology, theory of brain and what the 19th-century phrenologists called "the only true science of mind." Phrenology came from the theories of the idiosyncratic Viennese physician Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828). The basic tenets of Gall's system were: 1.The brain is the organ of the mind. 2. The mind is composed of multiple, distinct, innate faculties. 3. Because they are distinct, each faculty must have a separate seat or "organ" in the brain. 4. The size of an organ, other things being equal, is a measure of its power. 5. The shape of the brain is determined by the development of the various organs. 6. As the skull takes its shape from the brain, the surface of the skull can be read as an accurate index of psychological aptitudes and tendencies. (For a description in Gall's own words see: Letter to von Retzer ) So it was believed that by examining the shape and unevenness of a head or skull, one could discover the development of the particular cerebral " organs " responsible for different intellectual aptitudes and character traits. For example, a prominent protuberance in the forehead at the position attributed to the organ of Benevolence was meant to indicate that the individual had a "well developed" organ of Benevolence and would therefore be expected to exhibit benevolent behaviour. However, like so many popular sciences, Gall and the phrenologists sought only confirmations for their hypotheses and did not apply the same standard to contradictory evidence. Any evidence or anecdote which seemed to confirm the science was readily and vociferously accepted as "proof" of the "truth" of phrenology. At the same time, contradictory findings, such as a not very benevolent and disagreeable person having a well-developed organ of Benevolence were always explained away. This was often done by claiming that the activity of other organs counteracted Benevolence. What was never accepted by phrenologists, however, was that admitting that the activity of a particular faculty could be independent of the size of its organ undermined the most fundamental assumptions of the science- and thereby rendered all of its conclusions inconsistent and meaningless. (For a more in depth account of the origins of phrenology see: van Wyhe 2002 .) The history of phrenology can be divided into three general phases. The first, extending roughly from the mid-1790s to the 1810s, saw only the Germans Gall and his disciple J.G. Spurzheim as the practitioners and advocates of the science. From 1815 a damning review in the prestigious Edinburgh Review launched the science into general public view in the English-speaking world instead of being restricted to elite medical journals. From this time forward many more middle-class men took up phrenology as a scientistic pursuit. These first phrenologists sought to achieve recognition for themselves as students of the greatest of all the sciences. It was meant to be a certain science of human nature. Spurzheim faced down and refuted his Edinburgh Review critic and thereby won many converts in Edinburgh. The first phrenological society was founded in Edinburgh in 1820, and many more followed throughout Britain and America in later decades. In addition to societies these men established subject journals, modelled on existing scientific journals and the Phrenological Association, which first met in 1838, to mimic the British Association for the Advancement of Science (from which phrenology had been excluded). See Timeline and the ' Introductory Statement ' to the Phrenological Journal, 1823. From its beginnings as a social activity in Britain, phrenology
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The Great Keinplatz Experiment / Arthur Conan Doyle The Lift The Brown Hand Every one knows that Sir Dominick Holden, the famous Indian surgeon, made me his heir, and that his death changed me in an hour from a hard-working and impecunious medical man to a well-to-do landed proprietor. Many know also that there were at least five people between the inheritance and me, and that Sir Dominick’s selection appeared to be altogether arbitrary and whimsical. I can assure them, however, that they are quite mistaken, and that, although I only knew Sir Dominick in the closing years of his life, there were none the less very real reasons why he should show his goodwill towards me. As a matter of fact, though I say it myself, no man ever did more for another than I did for my Indian uncle. I cannot expect the story to be believed, but it is so singular that I should feel that it was a breach of duty if I did not put it upon record—so here it is, and your belief or incredulity is your own affair. Sir Dominick Holden, C.B., K.C.S.I., and I don’t know what besides, was the most distinguished Indian surgeon of his day. In the Army originally, he afterwards settled down into civil practice in Bombay, and visited as a consultant every part of India. His name is best remembered in connection with the Oriental Hospital, which he founded and supported. The time came, however, when his iron constitution began to show signs of the long strain to which he had subjected it, and his brother practitioners (who were not, perhaps, entirely disinterested upon the point) were unanimous in recommending him to return to England. He held on so long as he could, but at last he developed nervous symptoms of a very pronounced character, and so came back, a broken man, to his native county of Wiltshire. He bought a considerable estate with an ancient manor-house upon the edge of Salisbury Plain, and devoted his old age to the study of Comparative Pathology, which had been his learned hobby all his life, and in which he was a foremost authority. We of the family were, as may be imagined, much excited by the news of the return of this rich and childless uncle to England. On his part, although by no means exuberant in his hospitality, he showed some sense of his duty to his relations, and each of us in turn had an invitation to visit him. From the accounts of my cousins it appeared to be a melancholy business, and it was with mixed feelings that I at last received my own summons to appear at Rodenhurst. My wife was so carefully excluded in the invitation that my first impulse was to refuse it, but the interests of the children had to be considered, and so, with her consent, I set out one October afternoon upon my visit to Wiltshire, with little thought of what that visit was to entail. My uncle’s estate was situated where the arable land of the plains begins to swell upwards into the rounded chalk hills which are characteristic of the county. As I drove from Dinton Station in the waning light of that autumn day, I was impressed by the weird nature of the scenery. The few scattered cottages of the peasants were so dwarfed by the huge evidences of prehistoric life, that the present appeared to be a dream and the past to be the obtrusive and masterful reality. The road wound through the valleys, formed by a succession of grassy hills, and the summit of each was cut and carved into the most elaborate fortifications, some circular, and some square, but all on a scale which has defied the winds and the rains of many centuries. Some call them Roman and some British, but their true origin and the reasons for this particular tract of country being so interlaced with entrenchments have never been finally made clear. Here and there on the long, smooth, olive-coloured slopes there rose small rounded barrows or tumuli. Beneath them lie the cremated ashes of the race which cut so deeply into the hills, but their graves tell us nothing save that a jar full of dust represents the man who once laboured under the sun. It was through this weird country that I approached my uncle’
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Hamilton Bermuda // Burmuda's Capital & Beating Heart Article City of Hamilton & Nearby Parishes The City of Hamilton is not only the capital of Bermuda – it’s also the island's beating heart. A picturesque harbour city graced with shops, museums, galleries and gardens, the city is also a hub for local and international businesses. Topics // Central Bermuda City of Hamilton, the capital of Bermuda On any given morning in downtown Hamilton, you might see commuters in Bermuda shorts travelling to work on scooters, passing each other with a warm “good morning.” It's the blend of global sophistication and local flavour and that makes the city so intriguing and inviting. Hamilton in History Founded in 1788, the City of Hamilton was named after Sir Henry Hamilton, who served as Governor of Bermuda until 1794. People in the Town of St. George, then the capital, objected to the new upstart town, but the governor felt it made sense to have a town in the centre of the island. That explains the city's motto: 'Sparsa Collegit', which translates to "brought together the scattered." The new town overtook the Town of St. George, growing into a thriving hub on Hamilton Harbour and becoming the capital of Bermuda in 1815. Touring the City Today Front Street in Hamilton Today, the City of Hamilton has those same great harbour views and a more energetic, cosmopolitan vibe than ever before. To see its major sites start on Front Street , which is lined with jewel-toned shops, restaurants and museums. It bustles with energy, especially come nightfall when the bar scene heats up. Then head east towards Sessions House, home to both Bermuda’s House of Assembly and Supreme Court. Here, you can pop in on a session of Parliament and see how it plays a powerful, sometimes lively role in Bermuda history. From there, visit the Cathedral of The Most Holy Trinity , an 1869 Anglican Church built of native stone and imported Caen stone. Climb the tower for a view of Hamilton. Close by, City Hall and Arts Centre houses the Bermuda National Gallery , with exhibits of art and artefacts from Bermuda, Africa and Europe. It's also home to the City Hall Theatre, a venue for concerts, plays and dance. Front Street is lined with jewel-toned shops, restaurants and museums. Finally, stroll through Victoria Park, a serene oasis designed in the traditional English style with sunken gardens, flowerbeds and an ornate 19th-century bandstand. Or, follow a ready-made walking tour to discover Hamilton. Natural Attractions The Bermuda Aquarium is home to more than 200 species of sea life Since Hamilton is a harbour town on a lush island, plenty of its attractions delve into local flora and fauna. In the surrounding, the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute explores the mysteries of the deep with displays of shipwreck treasures (coins, gold crosses and more), an interactive submarine exhibit and a collection of over 1,200 seashells. In linked buildings and outdoor spaces, the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo showcases a range of island life. There's a 140,000-gallon fish tank mimicking a coral reef, an outdoor seal exhibit with popular feeding times and hands-on activities for kids. The Botanical Gardens fills 36 acres with a palm grove, a tropical fruit garden and a large collection of blooming hibiscus plants. Don't miss the aromatic garden meant for sight-impaired visitors. Artful Hamilton At the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art , you'll find over 1,500 works by international names like Georgia O’Keeffe as well as pieces by numerous Bermudian artists. The on-site Homer's Cafe (named after Winslow Homer) serves pastries and snacks. Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art What's Nearby Outside of the city centre, Hamilton Parish and neighboring parishes offer numerous other attractions. Fort Hamilton , an 1870s stronghold-turned-park, boasts views over Hamilton and down to the port. It's also the jumping-off point for watersports and boat tours. Jessie James Cruises offers shipwreck and snorkelling boat trips, glass-bottom catamaran jaunts and fishing excursions departin
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Bermuda - Bermuda > Bermuda takes its name from the Spanish sea captain Juan de Bermúdez, who sighted the uninhabited islands either in 1503 or 1515. The Spanish did not claim the islands, but they soon became an important navigational landmark for galleons crossing the Atlantic between Spain and the New World. Since Bermuda is surrounded by dangerous reefs , nautical misadventures cast the Spanish ashore on several occasions and littered the sea bed with enough booty for some people to consider scuba diving in Bermuda more than a recreational sport. In 1609 Admiral Sir George Somers was en route from England with supplies for the recent British settlement at Jamestown, Virginia, when his ship, Sea Venture, was wrecked off Bermuda. Finding it a rather pleasant place to be washed up, the admiral built replacement ships of fine Bermuda cedar , sailed off and left a couple of men behind to establish a British claim to the islands. The experience of these temporary British castaways is thought to have inspired Shakespeare to write The Tempest. Somers returned to Bermuda later that same year but died soon after arrival. The British renamed Bermuda the Somers Islands in honor of the admiral, but the name failed to stick. The Virginia Company took a keen interest in the islands after hearing of their suitability for colonisation, particularly in light of Jamestown's hostile relations with the local Indians. Only three years after Somers' misadventure, the company organized 60 settlers to establish a permanent colony on the islands. Unfortunately the islands were not as abundant as was first thought. The shallow topsoil limited agriculture and the lack of water prevented commercial crops like sugar cane from being introduced. The settlers soon became reliant on food imports from the American colonies, which they paid for by supplying sea salt secured from the Turks Islands. For many years the Virginia Company, and then the Bermuda Company, ran the islands like a fiefdom. This wearied the settlers so much they sued to have the company's charter rescinded, and in 1684 Bermuda became a British crown colony. Slaves were first introduced in 1616, most of them brought forcibly from Africa though some were American Indians. They lived in degrading conditions but were generally employed as domestic servants or tradespeople rather than agricultural laborers. The skills they learnt were to stand them in good stead when slavery was abolished in 1834. At the time of emancipation 5000 of the 9000 people residing in Bermuda were registered on the census as black or 'coloured.' Despite Bermuda's reliance on trade with the American colonies, political bonds with Britain proved stronger during the American War of Independence when Bermuda remained loyal to the crown . During the War of 1812, the British Navy used Bermuda as a base from which to ransack Washington, DC. The Americans responded by confiscating the unprotected cargo of Bermuda's merchant fleet, devastating the local economy . The US Civil War proved more lucrative for the island. When the north blockaded southern ports, cotton traders employed small, fast vessels to outrun northern naval gunboats. These vessels were not capable of an Atlantic crossing, and Bermuda blossomed as a trans-shipment center on the blockade runners' route to England. Good at picking losers, the island's shortlived prosperity collapsed with the defeat of the South. Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, is credited with putting Bermuda on the tourist map after paying an extended visit to the islands in 1883. The princess was the wife of the Governor General of Canada and was keen to escape the long Canadian winter. By the turn of the century, Bermuda was well on the way to becoming a fashionable winter destination for 'snow birds,' who flocked aboard steamers crossing regularly from New York to Hamilton . Bermuda's strategic location in the Atlantic secured it a r
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If you were served food in a French restaurant 'En Brochette' how exactly would it be presented ?
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"brochette" in allen Sprachen/in all languages/dans toutes les langues... - Google Groups "brochette" in allen Sprachen/in all languages/dans toutes les langues... Showing 1-41 of 41 messages I need to translate "brochette" in as many languages as possible (for homeworks). I know the word in german (Spiesschen), but I need much more translations. The word "brochette" is french and it's a long thin metal pin which is pushed through small pieces of meat or vegetables to hold them in place while they are cooked, or a dish of food cooked this way: Can you help me? "Bettina Price" < bettina...@pappnase.demon.co.uk > wrote in message news:3qg3e9FeqiaiU1@individual.net... OK. But not when it refers to "a dish of food cooked this way.". Then it would be "kebab", "kebob" "shish kebab" or any variation thereof. In other words (for Beate Bartčs), not all languages have a one word equivalent to the French "brochette" meaning both the skewer and the meat and/or vegetables threaded on it. J. Italian: spiedino both for the tool and the dish. The plural form is spiedini. Italian: spiedino for both the tool and the dish. The plural form is spiedini. "Bettina Price" < bettina...@pappnase.demon.co.uk > wrote in message news:3qg3e9FeqiaiU1@individual.net... I have seen Zigeunerspiess translated on an Austrian menu as "gypsy spit" ... Spanish varies. 'brocheta' is fairly common, but I think that in Argentina and Uruguay they use the French 'brochette'. In Chile and Peru, where I have lived, 'anticucho' is used (though this has a more general meaning in Argentina!) As for the pointy bit, 'espeto' or 'espetón' for the larger ones... I know that in Portuguese, the word for the metal stake is also 'espeto' (and in souther Brazil 'um assador') but I am not sure of an authentic word for the meat pieces so cooked as my inclination would be to use either 'kebab' or 'brochette' in Portuguese! But I am sure there must be some specific term for this version of carne assada. -- > OK. But not when it refers to "a dish of food cooked this > way.". Then it would be "kebab", "kebob" "shish kebab" or any > variation thereof. In other words (for Beate Bartès), not all > languages have a one word equivalent to the French "brochette" > meaning both the skewer and the meat and/or vegetables threaded > on it. After thinking about it further, I realize that one can speak of "skewer" as a dish but it needs to be defined -- e.g. "lamb skewer". The French would not hesitate to say "On va manger des brochettes" or "Ce restaurant sert d'excellentes brochettes", but in the English speaking word, statements like "We're going to eat skewers" or "This restaurant has great skewers" would not really fly. Kinda borderline, thus... J. In Danish that would be "grillspyd". I have never come across any dish of that sort where it hasn't been grilled - and they are pretty close to the brochettes we buy during our holidays in France. Grillspyd are both the 'instrument' and the dish. Spyd in Danish is the same as spear in English. "Ken Berry" < ken....@gmail.com > schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:434307f4$0$48283$c30e37c6@ken-reader.news.telstra.net... > >> I need to translate "brochette" in as many languages as possible (for > >> homeworks). > >> I know the word in german (Spiesschen), but I need much more > >> translations. > >> The word "brochette" is french and it's a long thin metal pin which is > >> pushed through small pieces of meat or vegetables to hold them in > >> place while they are cooked, or a dish of food cooked this way: > Spanish varies. 'brocheta' is fairly common, but I think that in > Argentina and Uruguay they use the French 'brochette'. In Chile and > Peru, where I have lived, 'anticucho' is used (though this has a more > general meaning in Argentina!) As for the pointy bit, 'espeto' or > 'espetón' for the larger ones... > > I know that in Portuguese, the word for the metal stake is also 'espeto' Yes, that's correct. > (and in souther Brazil 'um assador') but I am not sure of an authentic > word for the meat pieces so cooked as my inclination would be to use > eith
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Glossary (talk like a chef) Glossary (talk like a chef) Glossary (talk like a chef) 741,471 times 10comments note : 3.9 / 5 1 Noter You have probably noticed that many recipes given by chefs are full of incomprehensible jargon. This is because chefs have their own "language". Here is a small glossary of words and expressions that you are likely to find in recipes . Words Filling a receptacle with liquid, until the contents are just covered. Example: "Add red wine to cover." Meaning: Add enough red wine to just cover pan contents. Al dente "Al dente" ("at the tooth" in italian) is a term that mean: the optimum cooking pasta. Example: "Cook spaghettis al dente." Meaning: Cook spaghettis in a big pan of boiling salted water until they are cooked, but stay firm. Note: only tasting can allow you to check that. Arrange on plate Serving up a dish on a plate which will go directly onto the table in front of your guests. To arrange on the plate. Example: "Arrange salad on a plate." Bain-marie Method of gently heating something over hot water without direct contact with heat. Example: "Melt chocolate in a bain-marie ." Meaning: Break chocolate into small pieces, put in a bowl and proceed as indicated here . Base Concentrated stock of various meats, vegetables and spices usually used as a base for sauces. There are several kinds of "fond" (white=poultry, brown=beef and veal fond). Example: "Add 20 cl white stock base (fond)." Meaning: Add 20 cl white (poultry) stock base (fond). Blanch Blanching. Plunging an ingredient (usually vegetables) into boiling salted water for a very short time (a few seconds), and then into very cold water. Example: "Blanch the green beans." Meaning: Bring a large pan of water to the boil, tip in green beans for one minute, remove with a strainer and put into very cold water (if possible with ice cubes). Leave to cool then drain. This is ofen done to preserve the couleur of the ingredient in the final dish. Blanch (almonds etc.) For almonds (or other nuts), blanching is the process of plunging in boiling water in order to remove the skins easily. Example: "Unblanched almonds" Meaning: Almonds still in their skins Note:Can be used as a verb: "blanch the almonds", for example, means "remove the skin from the almonds". A similar method can be used to peel tomatoes easily. Boil in water Cooking in a large pan of salted water. English way of cooking. Example: "Boil broad beans in salted water." Meaning: Bring a large pan of water to the boil, add about a tablespoon of coarse salt per litre of water, add broad beasns and cook until they are tender. Broken pieces or crumbs Remaining parts of a product , after cutting, which are edible but not very attractive. Example: "Save broken mushroom pieces to make stuffing." Meaning: Keep to one side all unused broken pieces of mushroom, they will be used to make stuffing. Brunoise (tiny diced vegetables as garnish) Cutting a product into very small dice. Example: "Add a brunoise (tiny dice) of potatoes." Meaning: Add potatoes, peeled, washed, and cut in small even dice. Checking seasoning Tasting to see if the preparation has enough salt and pepper. Example: "Put over low heat and check seasoning" Meaning: Taste the preparation, and add salt and pepper if there is not enough already (sometimes also called "adjusting" seasoning). Clarify Removing the solids from a mixture to obtain a clear liquid. To clarify. Example: "Clarify stock by filtering." Meaning: Filter solids from stock to keep only the liquid. Clean (trim) Covering with a plastic film to protect from air. Example: "Cover bowl with plastic film overnight." Meaning: Cover bowl with plastic film to protect from air, and leave overnight. Note: See also the page dedicated to films and papers used in cooking. Cut or snip Cut in fairly thin slices or strips. Example: "Chop (or cut) coriander." Meaning: Cut coriander leaves into fine strips. Deglaze Deglazing. Pouring a little liquid into a pan where cooking has left a deposit on the bottom, then scraping to free all the juices and mix them with the liquid. Exa
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Eurovision Song Contest 1974 | Eurovision Song Contest Show more Eurovision Song Contest 1974 For the second time in three years the United Kingdom staged the Eurovision Song Contest without having won the contest in the preceding year. Due to the fact that the broadcaster in Luxembourg, RTL, did not wish to host the event again for financial reasons, the BBC embraced the possibility once more. The 1974 Eurovision Song Contest was held at The Dome, in the seaside resort of Brighton. Winners become legends 1974 saw the first participation of Greece who sent their national star Marinella. France was to enter the song contest with the entry La Vie A Vingt-cinq Ans by Dani, but the French singer never got the chance to perform though as the French president, Georges Pompidou, died in the week of the contest and France withdrew. The voting system changed once more: 10 jury members in every country each awarded one point to their favourite song. For the first time, a draw of lots was used to decide the order in which countries would give the results of their juries. However, it was the last time this method was used to cast the votes - from 1975 onwards, a new voting system would be implemented where the order of the jury votes followed the order of performance. About the winner Sweden won the song contest for the first time with the entry Waterloo, performed by ABBA. The song became a huge international hit and was the starting point of their legendary international career. Over 30 years after it won, Waterloo was even voted the best Eurovision Song Contest song ever at the 50-year anniversary show Congratulations, in Copenhagen in autumn 2005. ABBA had actually tried to enter the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Ring Ring, which later became a hit for them in many European countries - but they only reached the third place in the Swedish national selection. For their 1974 entry, the group hesitated a while before choosing Waterloo as they thought their other option Hasta Mañana would be a more suitable song for the contest. However, Hasta Mañana was only really sung by only one of the girls, Agnetha Fältskog, and ABBA wanted a song where all four members could give their vocals to. Facts & figures Some years before she starred in the American movie Grease, the Australian pop singer Olivia Newton-John sang Long Live Love, representing the United Kingdom. Olivia Newton-John actually wanted to sing a different song, but Long Live Love was chosen by a public postal vote. The winner from 1964, Gigliola Cinquetti, returned to the contest and finished second with her song, Si. Katie Boyle presented the contest for the fourth and final time. She holds the record for hosting the Eurovision Song Contest the most times. Facts & Figures
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Rosemary Scallon | ZoomInfo.com Q. Tell me about the name "Dana." EUobserver www.euobserver.com [cached] Rosemary Scallon speaks about the Irish referendum These Tides is the only international magazine of its kind for eurorealists of all party denominations. ... In this month's issue of These Tides, Rosemary Scallon, an Irish member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party and former winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, speaks about what happens now that the Irish public have rejected the Nice Treaty in a referendum. Website [These Tides] Printer friendly formatSend article link to a friend29.07.2001 EUobserver www.euobs.com [cached] Rosemary Scallon speaks about the Irish referendum These Tides is the only international magazine of its kind for eurorealists of all party denominations. ... In this month's issue of These Tides, Rosemary Scallon, an Irish member of the European Parliament for the European People's Party and former winner of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, speaks about what happens now that the Irish public have rejected the Nice Treaty in a referendum. Website [These Tides] Printer friendly formatSend article link to a friend29.07.2001 Fr. Ted Colleton - Interim, December 2000 continued to develop her career as a popular artist and gained particular recognition in the U.K., Europe and in the US. Throughout the 70's and 80's she had a string of hits, was voted best female artist, best TV artist, hosted series on BBC and ITV and appeared on Top of the Pops with stars such as David Bowie, Queen and Marc Bolan as well as at several royal command performances.In the 1990's she moved to the US and hosted a television series on the EWTN cable network to over 75 million homes. She has met with Presidents Ford, Reagan Clinton and Bush and met and sung for the Pope on five occasions.In 1997 Dana was the first-ever independent candidate nominated to contest Ireland's presidential election. She shocked the political establishment by gaining 15% of the popular vote.Two years later, however, she was successful in being elected, against all the odds, as a Member of the European Parliament for Connacht / Ulster.From a childhood in the Bogside of Derry, through the maelstrom of international showbusiness, to the White House and the Vatican, to the European Parliament and all its political intrigue, Dana's story is truly astonishing.Indeed another chapter of Dana's career may have yet to be written, as there are rumours that she may contest the European elections in two years time. Similar Profiles
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London: Railway Stations - TripAdvisor London: Railway Stations Review a place you’ve visited JOIN We'll send you updates with the latest deals, reviews and articles for London each week. London Traveler Article: London is a city with twelve major railway stations around the central area of the city. Each station has train services to different regions of the country. Cannon Street: Local stopping services to South East London, and outer suburban services to Kent. Charing Cross: Services to Kent, and the south coast of England. Local stopping services to Lewisham, Blackheath/Greenwich and south east London. Euston: Terminus of West Coast Main Line - services to Birmingham (New Street), Manchester, Liverpool, the Lake District and Glasgow. Overnight sleeper trains to Scottish destinations (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Inverness and Fort William) also depart from Euston. Local stopping services to Watford, Milton Keynes and Northampton. Fenchurch Street : Local stopping services to East London suburbs and the Essex coast. Kings Cross: Terminus of East Coast Main Line - services to Peterborough, York, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Local stopping trains to North London suburbs, Hertfordshire and onwards to Cambridge. London Bridge : Local stopping services to South London suburbs as well as commuter services to Kent. Liverpool Street : Terminus of Great Eastern Main Line - services to East Anglia (Ipswich, Lowestoft and Norwich), local services to East London suburbs and the Essex coast. Express services to Stansted Airport. Service to Southend Airport Marylebone: Terminus of Chiltern Line - commuter services to Buckinghamshire towns, Banbury and Birmingham (Snow Hill) Paddington: Terminus of Great Western Main Line - services to Oxford, Swindon, Bath, Bristol and the South West of England. Also terminus for the Heathrow Express. St Pancras: Terminus of Midland Main Line and High Speed One - services to Luton (incl. Luton Airport), Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield. Eurostar international services to Paris (Gare du Nord) and Brussels. High Speed services to Kent (from December 2009) Victoria : Terminus of the Brighton Main Line - services to Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings. Local stopping services to South London suburbs. Waterloo : Terminus of the South Western Main line - services to Bournemouth, Southampton and towns along the Dorset coast. Eurostar trains run frequently to Brussels , Lille (France) & Paris via the Channel Tunnel from St Pancras International Station . Airports London City (LCY) London City is in East London in the old Docklands. There is a DLR (Docklands Light Railway) station which connects to the Jubilee Line Underground at Canning Town and the Central and Northern Lines at Bank. Heathrow (LHR) Heathrow is the worst served of all London ’s airports for rail links. A non-stop service call The Heathrow Express runs to Paddington Station, however this service is very expensive (about £16 single) even though the journey is only around 10-15 minutes. There is also a cheaper, less frequent service called The Heathrow Connect which runs the same route, but also stops at intermediate stations. Heathrow is the only London airport with an underground station. The Piccadilly Line runs from Heathrow to central London with stations at Earls Court, Piccadilly Circus and Covent Garden. Average journey time around 50 minutes, but can be quite unpleasant and overcrowded at peak times. There is also an easy change at Hammersmith for the District Line to Westminster. Gatwick (LGW ) Gatwick is served by the Gatwick Express with frequent departures direct to Victoria . There are also Southern Railway trains to Victoria or Brighton . These are normal trains and may be crowded at peak times. These are cheaper than the Express and some trains are just as quick. First Capital Connect trains also stop at Gatwick and these trains run from Brighton, in the south, to Luton or Bedford , in the north of London . They also stop at London Bridge and the basement level of St Pa
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LB In-house view | www.legalbusiness.co.uk Nick Olley: General counsel, Department for Transport Team headcount: 93 Law firms used: Addleshaw Goddard, Allen & Overy, Burges Salmon, DLA Piper, Fieldfisher, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Hogan Lovells, Eversheds, Norton Rose Fulbright, Simmons & Simmons, Winckworth Sherwood Following an extensive recruitment process across Whitehall and beyond, Nick Olley was appointed as legal chief to the Department for Transport (DfT) in 2013, and succeed the high-profile Christopher Muttukumaru, who is now a mediator at Monckton Chambers. Olley was previously a partner at Burges Salmon, heading up its transport sector group, and previously led its commercial department. Since becoming involved in rail privatisation in the early 1990s, Olley has built up an impressive reputation as a transport specialist. He has previously led large teams and advised on complex transactions. Significant mandates under his belt since joining DfT include working on the government’s £32bn HS2 high-speed rail network venture, which has seen dozens of lobby groups oppose the project. The DfT is also embroiled in a dispute with Heathrow Airport over an annual £40m payment to link Crossrail to its stations. Heathrow has paid out more than £1bn building the Heathrow Express line connecting terminals with London’s Paddington station, and the government wants to use part of the line for Crossrail but is resisting the proposed fee. The legal team is additionally involved in transport aspects of the devolution agenda, which relates to passage of the Scotland Bill, further devolution to Wales and the impact of English devolution, including the framework for sub-national transport bodies, such as Transport for the North. And, following a report by the Competition and Markets Authority, the legal team is reviewing far-reaching proposals for the replacement of the current franchise system, which was established following privatisation under the 1993 Railways Act, with a licensing scheme on intercity routes. The DfT will this year also be involved in an initiative to trial driverless lorries in the UK, with the government preparing to fund the trials as part of plans to speed up lorry deliveries, use less fuel, and cut congestion. One partner at a City law firm comments: ‘Nick Olley is a very good leader. Only a couple of years into his job… he’s making a real success of it.’ Helen Vernon: Chief executive, NHS Litigation Authority Team headcount: 250 Law firms used: Bevan Brittan, BLM, Browne Jacobson, Capsticks, Clyde & Co, DAC Beachcroft, Hempsons, Hill Dickinson, Kennedys, Ward Hadaway, Weightmans The NHS Litigation Authority (NHSLA) appointed Helen Vernon as its chief executive in 2014 to succeed Catherine Dixon, who departed to become chief executive of the Law Society. Beginning her career within the insurance profession, an interest in healthcare claims took her to the Medical Defence Union before joining the NHSLA in its infancy in 1998. Vernon has managed complex and high-profile litigation against the NHS, including the Nationwide Organ Retention group action, where the High Court ruled that hospitals acted unlawfully in removing the organs of dead children without their parents’ permission. The NHSLA is also increasingly contesting additional costs liability in cases where claimants secured legal aid funding prior to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act reforms in 2012. In these cases, claimants were given legal advice to switch to a conditional fee arrangement and after-the-event insurance model before the reforms were introduced in April 2013. Under Vernon’s leadership, the organisation has saved the NHS more than £107m through challenging claimants’ legal costs leading to an average 33% reduction in bills; and has saved more than £1.2bn by rejecting over 4,000 claims without merit, according to its 2014/15 report. Her agenda since taking leadership relates to managing the costs of clinical negligence levied at the body, figures which are rising. The NHS in England paid out over £1.1bn
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BBC Wales - Learn Welsh the Big Welsh Challenge - Days Of The Week Helpful Notes Days Of The Week The days of the week are essential as they crop up all the time. Just remember to say 'Dydd' in front of each one. Also, it sometimes help to think of something in English to latch on to if you can't remember words. Sunday - Dydd Sul. Think of the sun or Solar. Monday - Dydd Llun. Think of the moon or lunar. Tuesday - Dydd Mawrth. Think of the planet Mars. Wednesday - Dydd Mercher. Think of the planet Mercury. Thursday - Dydd Iau. This is linked to Jove or Jupiter, but think of touching something hot and the exclamation 'Iai!' for Thursday. Friday - Dydd Gwener. Again this is linked to Venus. Think of a beautiful woman called Gwen. Saturday - Dydd Sadwrn.
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The Welsh Are A Fiercely Independent People The Welsh Are A Fiercely Independent People In 1400, Wales seemed to have grown accustomed to English rule. A century earlier, Edward I, the great warrior king of England, had subjugated Wales in a series of brilliant campaigns. To consolidate his conquest, Edward built a series of castles throughout Wales, state-of-the-art fortresses that incorporated the latest defensive designs. With names like Harlech, Conway and Caernarfon, they were meant to intimidate and subdue the native population. These great castles were symbols of power and tangible reminders of the English crown, but as time passed, it seemed such fortresses were unnecessary. On the whole, Wales was quiet, the peasants tilling their fields, the shepherds tending their flocks. Even the Welsh feudal lords seemed to have accepted their lot, in some cases, even marrying into English nobility. But this acceptance of the English was more apparent than real. The Welsh were, and are, a fiercely independent people. They cherished their language, culture, and history, and mourned the loss of their last truly independent native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gwynedd. The English imposed restrictive land laws on the conquered land, and heavy taxes brought grinding poverty. The growing bitterness and resentment the Welsh felt provided the tinder - all that was needed was a leader to spark the flame of rebellion. Owain Glyndwr (Owen Glendower) was to provide that leadership. His "credentials" to be a native leader were impeccable, as was his pedigree. By the time he raised the banner of revolt, he was nearing 50, experienced in both the hardships of war and the arts of peace. Owain Glyndwr was probably born 18 May 1354, a child descended from two of the four princely houses of Wales. On his father's side, he was related to the Princes of Powys, and on his mother's, the lands of Rhys ap Gruffydd. When his father died around 1370, the youth, barely 16 years old, became the ward of Sir David Hanmer. Hanmer was a Member of Parliament, a prominent lawyer, and Judge of the King's Bench, so it was natural that he would want his teenaged protege to enter the legal profession. The young man was sent to London to study at the Inns of Court. But ponderous legal tomes and Latin manuscripts weren't the only thing Owain had on his mind. Though it sounds like the makings of a romance novel, Glyndwr decided to marry Margaret, his mentor's daughter. Hanmer was pleased with the match and gave his approval, so the couple was wed in 1383. Margaret was to give him six sons and seven daughters. As far as we know, all survived to adulthood, an enviable record in the Middle Ages. But the fourteenth century was full of calamity, with war and pestilence all too common events. A feudal lord was supposed to be a warrior, not scholar or lawyer, and Owain had to win his spurs if he was to be taken seriously. In 1385, Owian fought against the Scots, where he proved to be a brave and resourceful soldier. He campaigned on and off for the next several years, ironically learning the English way of war from men who would be his adversaries in years to come. At one point in his military career, he was squire to Henry Bolingbroke, cousin to King Richard II. Later, as King Henry IV, Bolingbroke was going to be Glyndwr's mortal enemy. In the meantime, Owain's battlefield exploits became nearly legendary. It was said that he wore a scarlet flamingo feather as his crest, and, as a sign of bravery and contempt, advanced on Scots with just the butt of a broken lance. By 1390, if not earlier, Glyndwr was, in effect, retired from war and public affairs. He returned to his Welsh estates, content to be a prosperous feudal lord to the end of his days. His main residence was a moated manor house at Sycharth, which became a center of Welsh culture frequented by bards. In 1399, Richard II was deposed and a usurper, Henry Bolingbroke, seized the throne. As Henry IV, he proved to be no friend of the Welsh, increasing already heavy taxes to even higher levels. The Welsh people, tho
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On what island would you find the Giant's Causeway?
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The Giants causeway: A natural wonder Bed and Breakfast The Giants Causeway; just how many pillars are there? The Giants Causeway is Northern Ireland's premier tourist attraction and fascinating geological wonder. A visit to Northern Ireland will be incomplete if you don't see the Giant's Causeway. It consists of thousands of basalt rock pillars, mostly hexagonal in shape and at times up to 100 meters deep, that at times are so geometrically fine as if custom designed by some intelligent super entity (hence the reference to giants). How many pillars in the Giants Causeway? Thousands! Some people estimate around 40.000 but this is by no means an accurate number. Even if you were to count them on your next visit, you would have missed the ones that are covered by the sea. How to Get There Ideally, make a visit to the Giants Causeway a tour day and include some of the other attractions in the area. In which case, take the coastal route A2 from Belfast/ Larne or Londonderry/Coleraine. It is also accessible via the A27 from Ballymena. Ensure you have a map with you always when driving in Northern Ireland. Parking at the Giants Causeway Once you are near, the Giants Causeway is well signposted. There is an ample car park where you will pay about £5 for the day. If you prefer not to pay, follow the small country road that goes down the hill on the left side as you approach the Causeway complex. Go down the hill about 500 meters, past the Causeway & Bushmills steam rail station, and there you can park free on the side of the road. Please ensure that you don't block any of the farm entrances or farm traffic. Parking free means you will have to walk up the hill to get back up so if you would rather not, just leave your car at the car park. The Giants Causeway Visitor Centre You have parked your car walked past the entrance and are wondering where the Causeway is. Well, you are not there yet. What you have before you is a Visitor's Centre which includes a tourist shop; a small restaurant with another tourist shop; toilets. Use all three if you need to. The tourist shops have a plethora of guides, souvenirs, and other nice things and chances are you will want to spend at least half an hour there. There is also an audio/visual presentation which is very informative. From the Visitor Centre to the Giants Causeway Once you have finished with the Visitor's Centre take the road down towards the sea. It is paved but no cars are allowed apart from the shuttle buses that ferry people up and down every 15 minutes or so. If you feel brave you can walk down to the Causeway and then back again. It takes about 15 minutes going down and a little longer coming up. Or you can take the shuttle bus. Many visitors walk down and take the shuttle bus back. If you decide to return by shuttle bus, make sure you know what time the last one leaves because they tend to stop early, especially in winter. The road from the Centre to the Causeway goes down towards the sea and swerves to the right following the coast for another 500 meters to the Causeway itself. The view is beautiful. Take your time. Walk around. See the waves splash on the rocks. Enjoy it, it is worth it. At the Giants Causeway Make sure you are wearing good walking shoes. The rocks are uneven and can be slippery. Also, in places there are steep climbs/falls. So tread carefully and if you have small children preferably hold them by the hand. Sunsets can be very romantic there, but remember the minibus timetable if you are planning to use it. To the Pipe Organ? If you like walking/hiking, walk beyond the Giants Causeway to the Pipe Organ. The Pipe Organ is a similar rock formation that can be seen on the side of a cliff a few hundred meters beyond the Causeway. Follow the path beyond the Causeway and you will see the Pipe Organ on the side of the cliff. Then rather than return to the Causeway, follow a path that follows the side of the cliff for some more spectacular views. You will end up on the top of the Antrim cliffs, on the same level as the Visitor Centre, but
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The Aran Islands at the mouth of Galway Bay Galway Bay The Aran Islands at the mouth of Galway Bay There are three islands that protect the entrance to Galway Bay and they are steeped in history: Inis Mór (Big island), Inis Meáin (Middle island) and Inis Oírr (East island). These magical Aran Islands may well contain the most important ruins in all of Ireland, and even all of Europe. On the cliff tops, ancient forts such as Dún Aonghasa (Dún Aengus) on Inishmór, now a World Heritage site and Dún Chonchúir on Inishmaan are among the oldest archaeological remains in Ireland. Dún Dúchatair (Black Fort), Dún Eoghanachta, and Dún Eochla are similar prehistoric sites on Inishmore. The islands are predominantly Irish speaking and part of the Gaeltacht. History, Geology and Climate The islands' geology is mainly karst limestone and is thus closely related to The Burren in Co. Clare, not the granites of Connemara. The limestones formed as sediments in a tropical sea approximately 350 million years ago and compressed into horizontal strata with fossil corals, crinoids, sea urchins and ammonites. These formations were scraped clean later by glaciers that covered the islands. As a result, the Aran islands are one of the finest examples of a glacio-karst landscape in the world and any karstification now seen dates from approximately 11,000 years ago. Rain cuts ridges into the karst, creating large paving squares around which exotic flowers cling to the crevices around them. Huge boulders on top of the 25 meter (80 ft) west facing cliffs were deposited there by the receding glaciers, but others are thought to have been cast there by giant waves that occur on average once per century, so violent is the interaction of these islands with the Atlantic. The islands have an unusually temperate climate. Average air temperatures range from 6°C in January to 15°C in July. In 2010, a prolonged period of snow was recorded, the first in living memory. The soil temperature does not usually drop below 6°C, the temperature at which grass will grow. The Aran Islands thus have one of the longest growing seasons in Ireland or Britain, and supports diverse and rich plant growth. Like the Burren, the Aran Islands are renowned for their remarkable assemblage of plants, supporting arctic, Mediterranean and alpine plants side-by-side. Late May is the sunniest time and also usually the best time to view flowers, with the gentians and avens peaking, but orchid species blooming later. The islands are the home of the Aran sweater (or jumper as sweaters are called here), which has gained worldwide appeal during the course of the 20th century. Aran knitting is often falsely associated with the Scottish Isle of Arran. Ancient stone walls (1,600 km or 1,000 mi in all) in intricate patterns much like the Aran knits enfold all three islands to contain local livestock. Many Irish saints had some connection with the Aran Islands. St. Brendan was blessed for his voyage there; Jarlath of Tuam, Finnian of
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Which T Rex hit was called 'Bang A Gong' when it was released in the USA?
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No. 81: T.Rex, ‘Bang A Gong (Get It On)’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs No. 81: T.Rex, ‘Bang A Gong (Get It On)’ – Top 100 Classic Rock Songs REDDIT Universal T. Rex has probably the only song on our Top 100 Classic Rock Songs list with two different titles. ‘Get It On’ was the single’s original U.K. title and Marc Bolan and his group took the track, originating from the album ‘Electric Warrior,’ to No. 1 in 1971. Later, when the single was released in the USA (Jan. 1972) it was re-titled ‘Bang A Gong (Get It On)’ to distinguish it from another song with the same name by a band called Chase . The single went to No. 10 on the Billboard chart and turned out to be T.Rex’s shining moment and their biggest selling hit. The hypnotic groove of this Tony Visconti produced song begs you to play it repeatedly. The boogie-like piano, the Flo and Eddie (The Turtles) back-up vocals and Bolan’s sassy guitar give way to the simple but suggestive lyrics that radiate like the “hub-cap-diamond-star-halo” that the author sings about. Bolan found rhythm in his language and will long be remembered as a poet turned superstar. 40 years later ‘Bang A Gong (Get It On)’ still plays a crucial part in pop culture, most recently heard in the trailer for the upcoming ‘ Dark Shadows ’ film. Rewind through the decades and you’ll recall that the Power Station had a smash hit with it, Blondie have covered and recorded it live and last but not least, Joan Jett told Sirius radio that this single was one of the songs she used to learned to play guitar.
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Hanna-Barbera - Classic Retro Cartoon Links Classic Retro Cartoon Links 2 Stupid Dogs is about a big dog and a little dog, neither of whom, as the title explains, is very intelligent, and their everyday misadventures. The Banana Splits The Banana Splits Adventure Hour was an hour-long, packaged television program that featured both live action and animated segments Clue Club The show centers around four adolescent friends who open the titular private investigation agency out of Larry's suburban residence. Dastardly & Mutley Wacky Races The cartoon had an unusually large number of regular characters, with twenty-three people and animals spread among the 11 race cars. The Flintstones Set in the Stone Age town of Bedrock. In this fantasy version of the past, dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, and other long-extinct animals co-exist with cavemen Wally Gator A Cajun alligator. He is more comfortable when he is at home, in the city zoo. Mr. Twiddle is the zookeeper that keeps a close watch on Wally because sometimes he escapes to check out what things are like outside. Hong Kong Phooey Hong Kong Phooey, is a superhero who uses Chinese martial arts to fight crime. Hong Kong Phooey is the secret alter ego of Penrod "Penry" Pooch, a "mild-mannered" police station janitor. Huckleberry Hound A blue dog that speaks with a Southern drawl and has a relaxed, sweet, and well-intentioned personality. Yogi Bear Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera, and was eventually more popular than Huckleberry Hound. Frankenstein Jr. Taking place in Civic City, boy scientist Buzz Conroy and his father Professor Conroy fight supervillains with the aid of a powerful heroic robot named "Frankenstein Jr." Johnny Bravo Stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality. Loopy De Loop A gentleman wolf who mangled the English language in his bid to converse in a bad French-Canadian accent, and always wore a characteristic tuque knit cap. Pac Man The show follows the adventures of the title character, Pac-Man his wife Pepper, their child Pac-Baby , their dog Chomp-Chomp and their cat Sour Puss. Yippee Yappee & Yahooey Are dogs who serve the King as his royal guards. They must always protect, serve and obey the King. At times, the three heroes find themselves fighting a fire-breathing dragon and other villains. Qiuck Draw McGraw A sheriff in a series set in the Arizona Territory of the Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey who spoke English with a Mexican accent. The Ruff & Reddy Show Starring Ruff, a straight and smart cat , and Reddy, a dumb and stupid dog. Was originally broadcast in black and white until fall 1958. Squiddly Diddly The round-headed, sailor-hatted Squiddly, more octopus than squid in appearance, who is captive in an aquatic park known as Bubbleland, and resides in a pool with his name on it. The Smurfs The characters included Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy Smurf, the evil Gargamel, his cat Azrael, and Johan and his friend Peewit. The Smurfs was nominated multiple times for Daytime Emmy awards. Grape Ape A 40-foot-tall purple gorilla with the mind of a child. His catch phrase is saying his name twice ("Grape Ape, Grape Ape") He travels the countryside with his canine pal Beegle Beagle. Top Cat A frequent plot-line revolved around the local beat policeman, Charles "Charlie" Dibble, NYPD and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley. Yakky Doodle Yakky is always one to run into danger when it is most expected. This usually comes in the form of the show's main antagonist Fibber Fox or secondary villain Alfy Gator. The Amazing Chan And The Chan Clan Mr. Chan, his children, nieces nephews and their dog Chu Chu solve mysteries around the city, with the children helping their father/uncle in every episode. Birdman And The Galaxy Trio An ordinary human endowed by the sun god Ra with the ability to shoot solar rays fro
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Who was nearly 7 feet tall, weighed 500 pounds, and could drink 100 beers in a sitting?
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The WAWLI Papers (ED. NOTE--The genesis of my search for an accurate history of professional wrestling came early in life, when in a Ripley's Believe It Or Not cartoon I "learned" that Ed "Strangler" Lewis lost only 33 matches in his long career. The information has been picked up by countless sources since, including the Guiness Book of World Records. It is, of course, palpably false, a fact that is testified to by the hundreds (yes, hundreds) of Lewis losses uncovered in various local newspaper accounts over the entire span of his career, running approximately from 1910 to 1948. I began searching these out in my quest to discover who those 33 guys were who beat Lewis. In no time at all, I was up to 50, then 100, then 150 losses, and so on, and the research continues today, nearly 40 years later.) STRANGLER LOSES TO MAT RIVAL (Portland, Ore., Oregonian, Thursday, Mar. 27, 1947) Ed (Strangler) Lewis, the former world heavyweight mat champion, was upset at Civic Auditorium Wednesday night by burly Fred Atkins, Australian title claimant, who tore into the famed headlock artist from the opening bell. Atkins, who has yet to taste defeat in the Auditorium, took the nod over Lewis in just nine minutes, grabbing the lone fall with a body press. Lewis, however, displayed fine form, showing several features of his greatness. In other bouts, Ken Kenneth of New Zealand downed Juan Sepeda, Jim Spencer debuted with a win over Babe Small(inski) and Bomber Singh defeated Lone Wolf (billed as the brother of Chief Little Wolf). ____________________________ (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Thursday, Oct. 12, 1989) By Thom Gross An hour before the first match, the South Broadway Athletic Club is already teeming. But this looks less like a fight crowd than a church social. Adults outfitted in their Saturday night best sit at tables and chat quietly. Some tend babies. Older children chase each other around the well-scrubbed, brightly lit room. Most people enter, greet friends and take their places with a comfortable familiarity. At 8 p.m. sharp, all rise and pay somber heed to a recorded version of the national anthem. Seconds later, as the night's first contestants make their opening feints toward each other, the air is filled with some of the vilest epithets you can expect to hear in public, expressed with simultaneous rage and delight. The kids come up with the pithiest and most printable cheers. ''Cheater!'' shout the younger ones. ''No fair!'' One boy, about 12, inspires others in the peanut section to take up his taunt for an obese participant: ''Hey mister, get a bra!'' Fan interaction is the key to this entertainment called professional wrestling. The wrestlers spend equal amounts of time inside and outside the ring. Big Daddy, the ''manager'' for most of the villains, spends less time counseling his clients than hissing at the crowd. If professional wrestling is less than a sport, it's also more. It's also a psychedelic melodrama with real-life comic-book heroes, a morality play with a theme of a narchy. Evil triumphs over good, and good is forced beyond the rules to retaliate. Authority, in the form of the bumbling referee, is incompetent and impotent. The ring contains no middle ground. Every color is the brightest, every sound the loudest, every feeling the strongest. The appeal is undeniable. Professional wrestling keeps ascending to new heights of popularity. According to the World Wrestling Federation, 70 million Americans watch its televised matches each month. Its superstars, Hulk Hogan and Randy ''Macho Man'' Savage, are more widely known than the principals of the national pastime. When Hogan and Savage get together these days to vie for the Beautiful Elizabeth - blending the comic-book motif with another popular literary genre, gothic romance - they can pack any arena in the country, as well as several satellite auditoriums carrying the closed-circuit broadcast. But here at the South Broadway Athletic Club, the bouts constitute the minor leagues of pro wrestling. On this night, about 200 people turn out to watch aspiring Hulks m
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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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In ‘Coronation Street’, what was the name of Minnie Caldwell’s cat?
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Minnie Caldwell | Coronation Street Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Margot Bryant Minnie Caldwell (née Carlton) was a Coronation Street resident from 1962 to 1976 . A widow by the 1960s , Minnie lived at No.5 with her beloved cat Bobby . She was a fixture in the snug of the Rovers Return Inn along with her pensioner friends Ena Sharples and Martha Longhurst . A soft-spoken, simple-minded woman, Minnie appeared docile compared to her overbearing companions, and was frequently bossed around by them. She didn't share their obsession with complaining and criticising, preferring to enjoy life, even though she was not wealthy, continually struggling to live on her pension money. To help pay the bills, Minnie often took in lodgers at No.5, including Charlie Moffitt , Joe Donelli and her favourite, "Sunny Jim" Jed Stone , who became the son Minnie never had. Minnie's determination to follow her dreams occasionally led to disaster however as she battled a gambling addiction in 1969 . In 1976 , Minnie moved to Whaley Bridge to live with her friend Handel Gartside . Contents Edit Minnie Carlton in 1925 . Minnie Carlton was born on 26th September 1900 to Bob and Amy Carlton , and lived at 15 Jubilee Terrace , around the corner from Coronation Street , until 1962 . During her schooling days at Hardcastle's Factory School in Silk Street , she met some of her lifelong friends including Handel Gartside , Ena Schofield and Martha Hartley . Her mother was a suffragette and she assisted her, they were moved on from Albert Square. She also worked as tram conductress and in the munitions factories in both World War I and World War II . She married Armistead Caldwell in 1925 after being bullied into it by Ena, but Minnie and Armistead never had any children and Armistead died in 1935 . By 1939 Minnie was living alone with her widowed mother. Amy Carlton could intimidate anyone, even Ena Sharples , but her health wound down and by war's end she rarely left bed. In 1944 , Minnie began hearing noises in her home and became convinced the place was haunted, leading Leonard Swindley to conduct an exorcism. The noises continued, and Elsie Tanner discovered a young, very weak boy hidden in Minnie's attic. Young (around four years old) Ken Barlow helped convince him to leave the attic, and they learned he was Dieter Holliman, a young German boy who had emigrated to Britain with his mother as World War II beckoned; after his mother's death he'd been put in an orphanage and had run away due to abuse. He'd been hiding in the house, stealing food when Minnie wasn't around. Minnie nursed him back to health, and Ena convinced the authorities to let him stay with Minnie. Dieter stayed with her for nearly a year, but as the war wound down, his uncle arrived to take him back to Germany. By 1960 , she was taking care of her elderly mother after retiring from Earnshaw's Mill . 1960-1964: The quiet one Edit Minnie with Ena and Martha in the snug When Minnie started collecting her pension, most of her time was spent either looking after her mother in Jubilee Terrace or spending time with Ena and Martha, who by now were also both widows. Generally they could be found drinking milk stout in the Rovers Return snug, slyly but shamelessly passing judgement on their neighbours (as well as each other). Minnie was the quietest of the three, and being quite satisfied with her life, usually spent most conversations on the defensive from the criticisms of her aggressive friends. When Ena quit her job at the Mission Hall in 1961 , she moved in with Minnie and her mother, and quickly dominated the house. It wasn't for a few months that Ena was offered her job back, and she went home, tired of Minnie's bossy mother and her cat, Bobby . In the coming months, Minnie's mother's health declined, and she died in her bed a short time later, aged 94. Unwilling to go on living in the same house, Minnie moved to 5 Coronation Street with Bobby. Facing a rent increase, Minnie's finances were strained until she took in Jed Stone as a lodger. Childless Minnie's life was brightened by Jed's p
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Emil Zatopek won the 5000 and 10000 metres at the 1952 Olympics. In which event did his wife Dana also win a gold medal?
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Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Athletics at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games Date Started: July 20, 1952 Date Finished: July 27, 1952 Events: 33 Participants: 963 (776 men and 187 women) from 57 countries Youngest Participant: Barbara Jones (15 years, 124 days) Oldest Participant: John Deni (49 years, 75 days) Most Medals (Athlete): 3 athletes with 3 medals Most Medals (Country): United States (31 medals) Overview The world had not recovered somewhat from the ravages of World War II, and the level of athletics competition was increasing yearly. The 1952 Olympics saw the début of athletes from the Soviet Union, who had competed at the 1946 and 1950 European Championships, but had passed on the 1948 Olympics, for rather Byzantine reasons. Germany also competed again, after they were not invited in 1948. Titularly Germany was to be represented by a combined team from East and West Germany, but the German team was entirely from West Germany, as the East Germans refused to compete alongside their Western counterparts. The 1952 Olympics were opened by two Finnish track legends. The torch was brought into the stadium at the Opening Ceremony by [Paavo Nurmi], the greatest athletic star in the Finnish pantheon. He then handed it to [Hannes Kolehmainen] , winner of the 5K and 10K in 1912 and the marathon in 1920, who lit the Olympic Flame. Having been opened by distance runners, it was fitting that the Helsinki Olympics were the private party of the great Czechoslovakian runner, [Emil Zátopek]. Zátopek won the 5,000/10,000 double in dominating fashion. He had never before run a marathon, but elected to enter that race as well, and won quite easily, completeing a unique Olympic distance triple. His family did quite well, as his wife, Dana Zátopková, won the women’s javelin gold medal. The German team won no events, but collected two silvers and three bronze medals. The Soviet men did won any gold medals, but [Galina Zybina] won the shot put and [Nina Romashkova-Ponomaryova] the discus throw. Medalists A Sports Reference Site : About SR/Olympics | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data Data provided by OlyMADMen , led by Hilary Evans, Arild Gjerde, Jeroen Heijmans, and Bill Mallon. Members: David Foster, Martin Frank, Jørn Jensen, Carl-Johan Johansson, Taavi Kalju, Martin Kellner, George Masin, Stein Opdahl, Wolf Reinhardt, Ralf Regnitter, Paul Tchir, Magne Teigen, Christian Tugnoli, Morten Aarlia Torp, and Ralf Schlüter. Sports Reference LLC and www.sports-reference.com are not sponsored by or affiliated with the Olympics, the United States Olympic Committee or the International Olympic Committee. Trademarks featured or referred to on this website are the property of their respective trademark holders and not Sports Reference LLC or www.sports-reference.com . Part of the
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Which writer had a haddock omelette named after him?
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Omelette Arnold Bennett - Cockles n' mussels Cockles n' mussels By colm 1 Comment My version of the classic fish omelette Arnold Bennett. Made with flakes of smoky haddock, lightly cooked eggs, and a bechamel flavoured with mustard and Worcestershire. You might be wondering who Arnold Bennett is and why the hell an omelette is named after him. Spare a thought though for the waiters at london’s savoy hotel who must get tired of answering this question. Apparently this classic is still made there on a daily basis since some clever chef invented it in the hotel’s kitchen for the writer decades ago. The story goes that Arnold was staying at the hotel while writing a novel. One night the chefs whipped up this omelette for his supper and he liked it so much he insisted it be cooked for him wherever he traveled. Hence the name. Personally I’m not really that into omelets. Normally I like my eggs fried or boiled but on this occasion I have to agree with Mr. Bennett this unusual omelette tastes absolutely divine. Smoked haddock and milk are too ingredients that love each other. In the recipe the haddock is lightly poached in the milk till just cooked. This infuses the milk with a deep smoky flavour before its used to make a traditional bechamel that’s been given a kick with some spicy English mustard and Worcestershire sauce. The cooked haddock is then folded back into the velvety sauce with some herbs and parmesan cheese. This delicious concoction is than pored over some lightly cooked fluffy eggs and gratinated under a hot grill till bubbling and golden. An ideal brunch dish. Warm eggy comfort on a cold day. Just serve it with a simple salad and some crusty bread. Those of you who are a bit superstitious might like to know legend has it that you’ll suffer the wrath of Arnold’s ghost if you mess around with the original recipe. Thing is though, I’m not sure if any one knows just what’s in the original. I’ve seen countless different versions of it in cookbooks and online. Some recipes call for a bechamel and others are made with a hollandaise. Some have parmesan cheese while others use Gruyère. As well as all sorts of different flavouring and ingredients added to either sauce. So i reckon you can safely pimp out your omelette Arnold Bennett what ever way you please without worrying about being haunted. I’ve found two factors that contribute to the success of a delicious omelette Arnold Bennett. First, make the sauce just before you’re about to cook your eggs. You want it to be hot as it goes over the eggs. Second, don’t over cook those eggs you want them light, fluffy, and barley cooked. Go easy on the seasoning too. Smoked fish can be a bit salty. How about you, what do you like to put in an omelette? 250g (9 oz) smoked haddock 200ml (1 cup) milk 200g (7 oz) creme fraiche 1 bay leaf 40g (1 1/2 oz) butter 2 tablespoons flour 1 small bunch of chopped parsley 1 tablespoon of olive oil 6 eggs Instructions Pour your milk into a sauce pan. Add the creme fraiche and bay leaf and then bring the milk up to the boil. Slide in the smoked haddock and poach your fish for about 5 minutes till just cooked. Drain the milk from the haddock and set aside. When its cool enough to handle flake the smoked haddock into medium sized pieces. Next melt the butter in a sauce pan. Than add the flour and cook the roux on a low heat with out colour for 2 minutes. Slowly add in the reserved milk from cooking your haddock and bring the sauce up to the boil. Stir it constantly till it becomes thick and velvety. Next add in the English mustard, worcestershire sauce, half the parmesan, parsley, and the flakes of smoked haddock to your sauce. Now its time to make the omelette. Beat the eggs together and heat a pan on the stove. When the pan is hot add the oil and then pour in your eggs. Allow the eggs to settle on the bottom of the pan and then scrape in the edges of the omelette to the center allowing some of the uncooked egg out to the edges. Remember don't over cook the eggs. When your eggs are barely cooked pour over the sauce, sprinkle with the remaining
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h2g2 - The Isle of Wight's Literary Connections - Edited Entry The Isle of Wight's Literary Connections Content from the guide to life, the universe and everything The Isle of Wight's Literary Connections Created 0 Conversations Is there no one who is commonplace here? Is everybody either a poet, or a genius, or a painter, or peculiar in some way? – Anne Thackeray, daughter of William Makepeace Thackeray, on a visit to the Isle of Wight in 1853 aged 16. The Isle of Wight, with its natural beauty and many different aspects, has long held a fascination for, and inspired, authors and poets alike. The 19th Century in particular saw a vast influx of poets to the Island, focused on two small villages that were centres of the literary world. The first, the small, sleepy village of Bonchurch near Ventnor, became popular after Sir James Clark Bt MD published a guide stating that the Undercliff's unique microclimate was perfect for restoring the health of those suffering with consumption and other chest complaints. The restful and beautiful village of Bonchurch soon became a popular spot for those convalescing from various chest illnesses. The Undercliff is a post-glacial area near the Island's southern tip high above the sea but sheltered by downs from cold winds from the north, creating a healthy and warm microclimate. This led to the construction of the Royal National Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, now the site of the famed Ventnor Botanic Gardens . The second village was Freshwater, which from 1853 was the home of one the greatest ever poets, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Although he always desired privacy and seclusion, his home soon attracted a literary circle without parallel. The following people, presented in chronological order, all had (or in one case may have had) a literary connection with the Island: Sir Anthony Woodville, Lord Scales, Earl Rivers (c1438-1483) Sir Anthony Woodville , Edward IV's brother-in-law and Captain of the Isle of Wight from 1464, was one of England's first proponents of the printing press, becoming the first patron of William Caxton. In 1475 William Caxton brought the first printing press to England and printed The Canterbury Tales and The History of Jason in 1476. His third publication, The Dicts and Sayings of the Philosophers in 1477, had been translated into English by Sir Anthony. When Caxton was asked to comment on the translation, he replied that he could not find any faults in the translation, although Anthony had omitted Socrates' unflattering opinions on women 'for the very affection, love and hood will that [he] hath unto all ladies and gentlewomen…'. Sir Anthony also translated Christine de Pisan's Moral Proverbs in 1478 and the Cordiale, published in 1479. Anthony was later imprisoned and executed by Richard III at Pontefract Castle on 25 June 1483 Nicholas Udall (1504-56) Nicholas Udall was Vicar of Calbourne in 1551. He is most famous for writing the first English comedy, Ralph Roister Doister circa 1553. William Shakespeare? (1564-1616) There is no evidence proving that William Shakespeare ever set foot on the Isle of Wight. Shakespeare's patron, and some critics say lover, was Sir Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton. Shakespeare's sonnets and love poems including Venus and Adonis and The Rape of Lucrece are dedicated to Sir Henry, who had loaned him £1,000, a vast sum at the time. Although Sir Henry was sent to the Tower after supporting the Earl of Essex's rebellion, on Elizabeth I 's death in 1603, King James I appointed Sir Henry Captain of the Isle of Wight, Captain of Carisbrooke Castle and Steward, Surveyor, Receiver and Bailiff of the Royal Manors on the Island. Sir Henry spent the next 20 years living at Great East Standen Manor on St George's Down, and his close friendship with Shakespeare continued, as Shakespeare certainly visited the Earl in Titchfield. Did Shakespeare ever visit his patron and friend and write words such as This precious stone, set in a silver sea on the Island? We shall never know. Sir William D'Avenant (1606-68) Poet Laureate in exile Sir W
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Albany and Camp Hill are two of the three prisons outside Newport on the Isle of Wight. What is the third?
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Isle of Wight prisons: where social work is making inroads | Community Care Jobs Live Inform Isle of Wight prisons: where social work is making inroads The giant grey walls topped with barbed wire surrounding HMP Isle of Wight's three sites, Parkhurst, Albany and Camp Hill, do not exactly say "caring environment". By Vern Pitt on July 29, 2011 in Adults The Isle of Wight is among the most pioneering areas when it comes to the use of social workers in its prisons. Vern Pitt reports The giant grey walls topped with barbed wire surrounding HMP Isle of Wight’s three sites, Parkhurst, Albany and Camp Hill, do not exactly say “caring environment”. However, once inside visitors are greeted with colourful wings, manicured gardens and even Queen Victoria’s old hunting lodge, immaculately preserved. It is abundantly clear that appearances can be deceptive. The Isle of Wight has, for some time, been at the forefront of introducing social care into the prison environment. It was the first council to partner with its prison service, providing a social worker to conduct assessments of prisoners’ needs as part of a Department of Health-funded older prisoners project in 2008. See special report on social care in prisons It was a move driven by the prison’s population, which is the oldest in the UK. It currently has 431 prisoners over 50, and 70% are on long sentences. Following the end of that initiative, in April 2010, the island is now a development site for the DH’s common assessment framework for adults (CAF), which is designed to promote information-sharing between social care and other services and backed by £630,000 funding over two years. Reablement is the ‘big thing’ Phil Parkinson, head of residence and prison liaison with the project, says it has “opened his eyes” to what can be achieved. “Reablement, to me, is the big thing,” he says. “The more people we can get through from the in-patient health wing and enable them to live on a wing and prepare for release, the better. The cell is their own home. We want to be doing what happens on the outside.” Cheryl Garrett, the social worker who has been working in the prison since 2008, says her role is much more about developing services than it would in the community. “For instance, there are a lot of dementias which can get hidden within the prison system because it’s very regulated – things are all done at a certain time,” she says. “So, we have been working with the memory service and they are now doing the tests to pick up any dementias or poor cognitive functioning on the part of people in the prison.” Perhaps the most successful project is the older person’s activity group, run by Mary Wozencroft, disability liaison officer. Wozencroft says that demand for the group, which allows older prisoners to socialise and learn some key living skills, has soared from 15 people to more than 70. She says Garrett’s input and the use of the CAF has helped her develop the support that is really needed but also control demand for the service to ensure it’s reaching those with the highest needs. One prisoner, whom Community Care finds in the middle of game of dominoes, appears to be in high spirits, but he says it’s only the group that keeps him that way. “I have two budgies in my cell and I used to spend most of my time in the cell just doing paintings and looking after them. I was getting depressed,” he recalls. He says he did have difficulty reaching the group because of his ability to push his own wheelchair but since he has attended he can find any number of people to take him there. However, Garrett’s influence can only stretch so far. She will take referrals for assessment from any part of the three sites but two prison officers on one older prisoners’ wing have no idea who she is when questioned. Her managers put this down to shift patterns which can mean certain staff have little contact with those that work office hours. Barriers to integration The council’s service commissioner, Jackie Raven, says there are other barriers to fully integrating social services with the prison. “We use
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Oodles Of Fun: April 2010 Oodles Of Fun Are You Using Your nOodle? Pages Question of the Day - On this day in 1931, what 102-story, 1,046-foot building was dedicated in New York City? Empire State Building Bon Jovi sang "You Give Love a ____ Name". Bad Bing Crosby's real name was: Harry Which is the only Marx Brothers film to feature on the AFI's top 100? Duck Soup The Broadway show Movin' Out featured the songs of: Billy Joel The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie? Die Hard 2 Which film has the line, "I can't have a baby, because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting"? Baby Boom In An Affair to Remember, where did the lovers decide to meet six months later? New York Where do the scientists first find a mysterious monolith, in 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Moon Which actress stars in the film Mean Girls? Lindsay Lohan This horror classic is called: Invasion of the Body ________. Snatchers Whose real name is Eric Bishop? Jamie Foxx Who said: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done"? George W. Bush Bruce Springsteen says "Everybody's got ________". A hungry heart Who had the 1976 hit: "Play That Funky Music"? Wild Cherry Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey starred in: Two for the Money In the "Rock DJ" video, what former Take That singer literally sheds layers of clothes and layers of flesh? Robbie Williams Which film is a love story between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher? Anna and the King What former star of Broadway's Annie married Matthew Broderick, who starred in The Producers? Sarah Jessica Parker What was the last Beatles' album to be recorded before the band's split? Abbey Road Which actress' father is well-known actor Jon Voight? Angelina Jolie What was the name of Herman's wife on The Munsters? Lily On the TV series Heroes, the character Hiro Nakamura is able to: Stop time The music to the U.S. Navy song "Anchors Aweigh" was written by: Charles Zimmerman Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell changed hats to play which narrating character in "Seussical the Musical"? The Cat in the Hat All members of The Monkees have what same color of eyes? Brown The tagline, "Resistance is Futile", comes from which 1996 movie? Star Trek: First Contact One of the longest movie song titles, as sung by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, was: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Who played Truman Capote in Capote? Philip Seymour Hoffman Which Scottish actor voiced a dragon called Draco in the movie Dragon Heart? Sean Connery Question of the Day - Willie Nelson turns 77 today. What is NOT one of his songs? Hit the Road, Jack Which character sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy Finish this line from The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take _________". The cannoli Name the ship commanded by Russell Crowe in Master and Commander. HMS Surprise In which of the Rocky movies was the statue of Rocky unveiled? Rocky III Where was the character Elijah Prince, aka "Mr. Glass", from Unbreakable born? A department store Who sang "When You Wish upon a Star" in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio? Jiminy Cricket What was the name of the woman Dustin Hoffman played in Tootsie? Dorothy Michaels What comedian actress shared Steve Martin's body in All of Me? Lily Tomlin Who played Starsky in the film Starsky and Hutch? Ben Stiller In 1995, what Irish New Age musician released the album The Memory of Trees? Enya Which best describes Kiefer Sutherland? Agent Jack Bauer on 24 Which Beatle sang "My Sweet Lord"? George Harrison In which movie does Kevin Bacon discover the secret of invisibility? Hollow Man Antonin Dvorak's most famous symphony is known as Z Noveho Sveta in his native language. What do we call it? From the New World Which actor played the monster in the original film of Frankenstein? Boris Karloff The movies Courage Under Fire and A Soldier's Story featured which actor? Denzel Washington Angela Lansbury was in which movie? Bedknobs and Broomsticks What film is showing at the Bedford Falls theater at the end of It's A Wonderful Life? The Bells of St. Mary's What sport is pla
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Size conversion chart for US/UK/EUROPEAN clothing/shoes | eBay Size conversion chart for US/UK/EUROPEAN clothing/shoes Here are some very useful size conversion charts for US, UK, and EURO SIZE CONVERSION CHART European 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 UK 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 USA 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Shoes Birkenstocks 37 37 38 38 39 39 40 40 European 38 38 39 39 40 41 41 42 UK 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 USA 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9 79.5 ___________________________________________________________________________________ European 46 48 50 52 54 56 58 UK 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 USA 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 Shirts European 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 UK 14 14.5 15 15.5 16 16.5 17 17.5 USA 14 14.5 15 15.5 16 16.5 17 17.5 Shoes European 41 42 43 44 45 46 UK 7 7.5 8.5 9.5 10.5 11 USA 8 8.5 9.5 10.5 11.5 12 Socks European 39 40 41 42 43 44 UK 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 USA 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 ___________________________________________________________________________________ European (cm) 125 135 150 155 160 UK(inches) 43 48 55 58 60 USA 4 6 8 10 12 Chilrens shoes European 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 USA 7 8 8.5 9 10 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 ___________________________________________________________________________________ Bra Size Conversions: US 32AA 32A 32B 32C 32D 34AA 34A 34B 34C 34D 34DD 36AA 36A 36B 36C UK 32A 32B 32C 32D 32DD 34A 34B 34C 34D 34DD 34E 36A 36B 36C 36D France 35A 35B 35C 35D 35DD 90A 90B 90C 90D 90DD 90E 95A 95B 95C 95D International 70A 70B 70C 70D 70DD 75A 75B 75C 75D 75DD 75E 80A 80B 80C 80D US 36D 36DD 38AA 38A 38B 38C 38D 38DD 40A 40B 40C 40D 40DD UK 36DD 36E 38A 38B 38C 38D 38DD 38E 40B 40C 40D 40DD 40E France 95DD 95E 100A 100B 100C 100D 100DD 100E 105B 105C 105D 105DD 105E International 80DD 80E 85A 85B 85C 85D 85DD 85E 90B 90C 90D 90DD 90E For Earth Friendly Organic clothing for the family check out my Ebay Store Natural Living
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Great British Art: The Pond by LS Lowry - Anglotopia.net Anglotopia.net British Slang: 48 British Words For Driving That You May Not Know Check Out Our Slang Dictionary! Check out Anglotopia's Dictionary of British Slang - Your Complete Guide to over 1,000 British Slang Words and Phrases. Available from All Major Retailers. Click here for more info Buy Now In Print Buy Now for Your Kindle Buy Now for iPad - Anglotees Introducing Anglotees Anglotees is our sister business that offers up 2 British Themed T-shirt to buy a week and available only for 1 week. This Week's Shirts - 2 Designs This week we're offering 2 designs. Starting at $16.99. Available in Men's, Women's, V-neck, Long Sleeve, Sweatshirt and Hoodie. Issue #4 Now Shipping! We received Issue #4 from the printer last week and have begun the process of shipping out. There’s almost 900 to send, so it will take a about 7-10 days to ship them all out. It will be with you soon! Related Issue #4 is Almost Done! We’re almost done with Issue #4 which is taking a bit longer than we planned to get ready. It’s with our copy editor now and we’ll be sending it to the printer this week. We expect to begin shipping out in 2-3 weeks. Related The London Annual Has Gone to Press! We have approved the final proofs for the London Annual and it’s going to press. We expect them in the office in a couple weeks at which point we’ll mail them out to all that pre-ordered. It has sold very well for us and we ordered extras but as with all our other magazine, quantities […] Now Taking Pre-Orders for the London Annual and Issue #4 We’re now taking pre-orders for a special one off magazine called the London Annual which will be a great guide to London in 2017 (this is not included in the subscription). We’re also now open to pre-orders for the fourth issue of the Anglotopia Magazine. Place your orders here now. Related Third Issue Update: All Subscriptions Have Been Mailed We have finished mailing out all subscriptions and single issue orders of the third issue of the Anglotopia Magazine. Took a bit longer than we thought but they’re all on the way. We have a limited number left in stock of the third issue – so if you haven’t already – pick it up soon! […] Digital Subscribers – Your Issue is Ready to Download! We have sent out the emails to digital subscribers letting them know they can now download the Issue #3 of the Anglotopia Magazine. You will received an email from us, be sure to check your SPAM folder if you haven’t received it today. Email us right away and we’ll send you a different link to […] Issue #3 Has Been Printed and We’ll Begin Shipping Them We have just picked up Issue #3 of the Anglotopia Magazine from the printer. It looks beautiful! We’ll begin shipping them out tomorrow. It’s going to take us about a week to get them all out. We have about 600 subscribers and pre-orders to get through. Last time we used a third party shipping company […] Pre-order Issue #3 Now To make sure that you can get a copy of the next issue of the Anglotopia magazine, we recommend pre-ordering. We’re only getting 900 copies and 600 or so have already been reserved. We will likely sell out again. Click here to preorder. Related By Jonathan Leave a Comment This week in Great British Art we present The Pond by LS Lowry and was painted in 1950. It’s a stunning impression of an industrial landscape in Britain. From the Tate Gallery: “‘The Pond’ is an impressive industrial landscape containing many features typical of Lowry’s work; smoking chimneys, terraced houses and on the right, in the middle distance, the Stockport Viaduct. The scene is brought to life by his so called ‘matchstick’ people who swarm like ants through the city’s streets and open spaces. ‘This is a composite picture built up from a blank canvas. I hadn’t the slightest idea of what I was going to put in the canvas when I started the picture but it eventually came out as you see it. This is the way I like working best’. Lowry considered this to be his finest industrial landscape.” It’s currently on display in the Tate Britain gallery i
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Which horse won the 2013 Grand National at 66 to 1?
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Grand National 2013: 66-1 outsider Auroras Encore takes it - Telegraph Grand National Grand National 2013: 66-1 outsider Auroras Encore takes it The Grand National has been won by a 66-1 outsider ridden by a showjumper who almost quit riding two years ago - and by bookmakers who will pay out only a fraction of the tens of millions of pounds bet on the race. Image 1 of 2 The champion: Ryan Mania soaks up the applause after riding Auroras Encore to Grand National victory Photo: Getty Images
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1986 Grand National Results 1986 Grand National Results /in Past Race Results /by Simone Wright The 1986 Grand National was won by West Tip in a time of 9 minutes and 33 seconds. The 9 year old West Tip, was owned by Mr P Laff, trained by M Oliver and ridden by Richard Dunwoody. The turf on the day was ‘good to soft’ and ‘Tippy’ as he was affectionately nicknamed earned his owner a prize of £57,254. Mr Snugfit started the race as favourite at 13/2 with West Tip popular and the second favourite, priced at 15/2. Richard Dunwoody had partnered West Tip in the previous years race when they had both made their debut at Aintree. The horse had run remarkably well, jumping Aintree’s daunting fences with ease until he stumbled on landing at Becher’s, was hit from behind by a loose horse and fell. Dunwoody was suitably impressed and said at the time ‘We’ll come back next year and win’, his crystal ball must have been working overtime! Two weeks before the 1986 Grand National he won a chase at Newbury and seemed to be peaking at just the right time. During the race Dunwoody stuck to his pre-race plan and rode patiently steering a middle course during the first circuit. In a prominent position on the second circuit he had moved into sixth place by Becher’s. Only three horses could maintain the quickening pace, West Tip, Classified and Young Driver left the rest of the field well behind. At the last, Young Driver was leading by a length and as they approached the Elbow, Dunwoody launched his perfectly timed challenge. West Tip steamed smoothly ahead and held on to win by 2 lengths from Young Driver with Classified third and Mr Snugfit in fourth position. ‘Tippy’ made four more Grand National appearances, finishing second to Little Polveir in 1989 and in 1990 at 13 years of age, he finished in tenth position. In his autobiography ‘Obsessed’, Richard Dunwoody said “Sometimes he sees things before I do and fills me full of confidence. He is an intelligent horse who doesn’t want to fall”. West Tip set an all time record for making nine consecutive appearances at the Cheltenham Festival , he died in 2001 aged twenty four. Finishing position
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The 1850s 'open-hearth process' was used in producing?
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open-hearth process | metallurgy | Britannica.com Open-hearth process metal Open-hearth process, also called Siemens-martin Process, steel making technique that for most of the 20th century accounted for the major part of all steel made in the world. William Siemens , a German living in England in the 1860s, seeking a means of increasing the temperature in a metallurgical furnace , resurrected an old proposal for using the waste heat given off by the furnace; directing the fumes from the furnace through a brick checkerwork, he heated the brick to a high temperature, then used the same pathway for the introduction of air into the furnace; the preheated air materially increased the flame temperature. The first to use the device to produce steel were Pierre and Émile Martin of Sireuil, France, in 1864, charging the furnace with pig iron and some wrought-iron scrap. The ores most readily available in both Great Britain and the United States were especially well suited to the open-hearth process, the product of which proved superior to that from the Bessemer converter. Open-hearth furnace. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Natural gas or atomized heavy oils are used as fuel; both air and fuel are heated before combustion . The furnace is charged with liquid blast-furnace iron and steel scrap together with iron ore, limestone, dolomite, and fluxes. The furnace itself is made of highly refractory materials such as magnesite bricks for the hearths and roofs. Capacities of open-hearth furnaces are as high as 600 tons, and they are usually installed in groups, so that the massive auxiliary equipment needed to charge the furnaces and handle the liquid steel can be efficiently employed. Though the open-hearth process has been almost completely replaced in most industrialized countries by the basic oxygen process and the electric arc furnace , it nevertheless accounts for about one-sixth of all steel produced worldwide. Learn More in these related articles:
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Oporto in Portugal stands on what river The Duoro 41 What boxer - IT - 402 View Full Document Oporto in Portugal stands on what river The Duoro 41 What boxer was nicknamed The Boston Strong Boy John L Sullivan 42 Stage role, written for a man, took 80 years to be played by one Peter Pan RSC 1982 43 Sicily is the traditional source of which element Sulphur 44 Name the main horse in Animal Farm Boxer 45 Strabismus is the correct name for what condition A Squint 46 What languages appear on the Rosetta stone Egyptian Greek 47 Who used the pseudonym Ellis Bell Emily Bronte 48 Where were the first glass mirrors made in Europe circa 1300 Venice 49 Who went to school at Hogwarts Harry Potter 50 What was Pierce Brosnan's first James Bond film in 1995 Goldeneye Page 128 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 64 Answers 51 Who won the best actor award for Marty in 1955 Ernest Borgnine 52 Name Helen of Troys husband Menelaus 53 Who hired the Mormon Mafia to prevent contamination Howard Hughs 54 Captain W E Johns invented which hero Biggles 55 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years where Oberammergau 56 What was the theme music to The Exorcist Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield 57 Who directed Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick 58 In Judo if the referee calls Sono-mama what does it mean Players must freeze in position 59 What mountain overlooks Rio de Janeiro harbour Sugar Loaf 60 What is Romaic The modern Greek language 61 In what WW1 battle were tanks first used in 1916 Somme 62 Who are Britain's oldest publisher dating from 1469 Oxford University Press 63 Who was called The Scourge of God Attila the Hun 64 Victor Barna was world champion five times at what sport Table Tennis 65 What sort of wood was Noah's Ark made from Gopher wood 66 In Yugoslavian Belgrade is called Beograd what does it mean White City 67 Collective nouns - which creatures are a clamour or building Rooks in a rookery 68 First public supply in Britain from river Wey in 1881 what Electricity 69 In what city was Handel's Messiah first performed Dublin 70 Who was the first person to wear a wristwatch Queen Elizabeth 1st 71 What colour is the wax covering Gouda cheese Yellow 72 In Norse mythology who was Odin's wife Frigga 73 Six verified copies of his signature survive - who is he William Shakespeare 74 What city is at the mouth of the Menam river Bangkok 75 In what sport is the Palma Match contested Shooting 76 Which musical stage show ( and film ) uses tunes by Borodin Kismet 77 Ireland and New Zealand are the only countries that lack what Native Snakes 78 In cricket how many times does a full toss bounce None 79 Impressionism comes from painting Impression Sunrise - Artist Claude Monet 80 Name the first self contained home computer - A Commodore Pet 81 What exploded in 1720 The South Sea Bubble 82 Who named a city after his horse Bucephalus Alexander the Great 83 Beethoven's ninth symphony is nicknamed what The Choral 84 In Spain St John Bosco is the Patron Saint of what Cinema 85 In 1928 Simon Bolivar was president 3 countries Bolivia and ? Columbia Peru 86 Who lit the flame 1956 Olympics and then broke 8 world records Ron Clark 87 This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Kenyatta University IT 402 - Spring 2015 1 2 3 4 5 Sampling In Research What is research? According Webster (1985), to researc HYPO.docx
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Who did Paul McCartney marry in 1969. First name and surname?
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 12 | 1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman 1969: Paul McCartney weds Linda Eastman Paul McCartney has married Linda Eastman in a civil ceremony in London. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Marylebone Register Office to catch a glimpse of the couple as they arrived with Miss Eastman's six-year-old daughter, Heather, from a previous marriage. A dozen policemen were on hand to fend off enthusiastic teenagers, many of whom were distraught that the last remaining bachelor Beatle was tying the knot. The couple entered the building via a side-door to the disappointment of many of the crowds. Miss Eastman, 27, was wearing a daffodil yellow coat over a fawn dress, while 26-year-old Mr McCartney was sporting a matching yellow tie. Best man arrives late The ceremony was delayed because the best man, Mr McCartney's brother Mike McGear of the Scaffold pop group, arrived late. He had been travelling from Birmingham where he had been performing the night before when his train became delayed. After the ceremony the newly-weds were ushered through the crowds into a waiting car and driven away to their local parish church where the marriage was blessed. The couple met two years ago when Miss Eastman, a professional photographer, was taking photographs of the Beatles in America. Linda Eastman was born in 1941 in New York and was educated at the prestigious Scarsdale High School. After leaving school, she trained as a photographer and throughout the 1960s has photographed many famous names, including Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, the Who, Bob Dylan and Otis Redding. Paul McCartney was born in 1942 in Liverpool and had written his first song, I Lost My Little Girl, by the age of 14. The Beatles were formed in 1960 and by 1963 Beatlemania had gripped the country. The couple plan to spend their honeymoon visiting relatives in America.
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John Lennon meets Paul McCartney | World History Project Jul 6 1957 John Lennon meets Paul McCartney In March 1957 John Lennon formed a skiffle group called The Quarrymen. McCartney met Lennon on 6 July 1957, and agreed to join the group a few days later. Source: Wikipedia Added by: Dan Harpaz John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met (three years before forming the Beatles) and radios were playing ‘Bye, Bye Love’, ‘Wake up, Little Susie’, ‘All Shook Up’ and ‘A White Sport Coat.’ Source: Mind Bites blog Added by: Dan Harpaz On this day in 1957, 15-year-old Paul McCartney attends a church picnic in the village of Woolton, near Liverpool, where he meets 16-year-old John Lennon. Lennon had formed a band called the Quarrymen, which was playing at the picnic. Between sets, McCartney played a few songs on guitar for the band, and a few days later Lennon invited him to join. At first, McCartney didn't take the group seriously-in fact, he missed his first performance with the band because he had a scouting trip. Source: History.com Added by: Dan Harpaz More information
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What was the name for the Zimbabwean Capital 'Harare' before 1982?
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Harare Map, Capital of Zimbabwe Population Density 4,330/sq mi (2,540/sq km) Harare is the capital of Zimbabwe. The city was a fort when the Pioneer Column founded it in 1890. The city was formally known as Salisbury. It became a city in 1935 and was made the capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland from 1953 to 1963. The city was renamed Harare on April 18th, 1982 during the second anniversary of Zimbabwean independence. The name has been taken from the Shona chieftain Neharawa. Harare was politically and economically affected in the early 21st century. In May 2005,the Zimbabwean government demolished the shantytowns in the other cities of the country, resulting in a sharp reaction from the international community. The Harare is the largest city in Zimbabwe and is also the administrative, commercial and communications center of the country. Geography of Harare : The city of Harare is situated in the northeastern part of Zimbabwe. Harare is also the capital city of Zimbabwe. As per the Harare geography, the city lays on the geographical coordinates of 17° 50' South and 31° 03' East latitude and longitude respectively. It is situated at an elevation of 1480 meters (4858 feet) above sea level. Harare is set above the lowlands of the Zambezi River in the north and Limpopo River in the south. The geography of Harare features that it lies on a high-lying plateau. Harare enjoys a warm and wet season from November to March/April, cool and dry climate from May to August and a hot and dry climate in September/October. Manyame River is a major river of Harare that flows in the southwestern part of the city. Some of the nearby cities and towns of Harare are: Arcadia Eastlea History of Harare : As per the history of Harare, the city was founded in 1890 by Pioneer Column, which was a military volunteer force organized by Cecil Rhodes. This force was led by Major Frank Johnson. Harare was given the status of a fort at that time. It was then known by the name of 'Fort Salisbury'. The name was kept after the then British Prime Minister, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury. After sometime, the place was known only as 'Salisbury'. In 1897, Salisbury was declared as a municipality. Railway was introduced in Salisbury in 1899 in the month of May. Cleveland Dam built the Seke Dam in 1913 to introduce piped water in Salisbury. In course of time a locomotive steam boiler was established for supplying electricity. By 1935, a number of industries and factories came up in the region. It was in the year of 1935, that Harare was declared as a city. According to the history of Harare, it served as the capital of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland for ten long years from 1953 to 1963. Thereafter, it became the capital city of Southern Rhodesia. Zimbabwe achieved its independence on 18th April, 1980. On the same day in 1982, Harare got its current name. The name Harare has been derived from the Shona inhabitants Neharawa. They used to inhabit at 'The Kopje', on which the city of Harare stands presently. Due to the pleasant weather, the city is also known as the 'Sunshine City'. As per the contemporary history of Harare, it is one of the developed cities of southern Africa with a multi-ethnic character. When to Visit : Best Time : Spring or winters (May to August) The weather of Harare is pleasurable almost throughout the year. The climate of Harare can be divided into three, warm and wet season from November to March/April, somewhat cool and dry months from May to August and a hot and dry season in September/October. The average annual temperature of Harare is low due to the influence of the south-easterly cool winds. It stands at 17.95°C. This low annual temperature is also due to the fact that Harare is located at a high altitude. Harare climate supports the growth of natural vegetation of open woodland. July is the coldest month in Harare while October is the hottest month of this city of Zimbabwe. The month of January is the mid-summer time in Harare. The temperature during July varies from 7°C to 20°C and that during October ranges bet
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 25 | 1964: President Kaunda takes power in Zambia 1964: President Kaunda takes power in Zambia Zambia has become the ninth African state to gain independence from the British crown. The former colony of Northern Rhodesia - part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland since 1953 - celebrated with a ceremony at the Independence Stadium in the capital, Lusaka, as a huge copper torch was lit on a hill overlooking the city. The new president of the country, Kenneth Kaunda, was given the Instruments of Independence by the Queen's representative, the Princess Royal. Thousands of people shouted "Kwatcha" - meaning the Dawn - as they watched the red, black, green and orange colours of the Zambian Republic's flag replace the British Union Jack to mark the official changeover at midnight. Princess Mary read a personal message the Queen as the UK welcomed the newest member of its Commonwealth. Kaunda's vision President Kaunda - the only candidate in the August elections - has given his first news conference since taking office. He spoke of the new republic's "task of building a nation founded on respect for all people of all races, all colours and all religions". And he told journalists Zambia would support Britain if neighbouring Rhodesia - formerly Southern Rhodesia - made a unilateral declaration of independence. "That declaration would meet resistance from all over the world and would not last," he said. The son of a Church of Scotland minister, Dr Kaunda, 40, has a reputation as a moderate and reasonable man, opposed to violence. He supports the preservation of 10 of the 73 seats in parliament for the Europeans, for at least the next four years. He hopes this will reassure the community of 70,000 Europeans in Zambia, most of whom work in the Copper Belt near the border with Congo and are of great economic importance to the country. Many have already left for South Africa fearing increased African resentment against them. One of Dr Kaunda's first acts as head of state was to release 200 "freedom fighters" jailed for sedition by the colonial administration. He has also sent letters to the South African Prime Minister asking for African leaders, including Nelson Mandela, to be imprisoned in Zambia rather than their homeland. Lusaka is currently home to the headquarters of 15 African freedom movements, including Zanu and Zapu from Rhodesia.
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What is the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain more popularly known as?
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SHAFTESBURY MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, EROS - 1265625| Historic England SHAFTESBURY MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, EROS List Entry Summary This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest. Name: SHAFTESBURY MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, EROS List entry Number: 1265625 SHAFTESBURY MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN, EROS, PICCADILLY CIRCUS W1 The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. County: Greater London Authority National Park: Not applicable to this List entry. Grade: I Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry. Legacy System Information The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system. Legacy System: LBS UID: 424375 Asset Groupings This list entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information. List entry Description Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Reasons for Designation Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. History Legacy Record - This information may be included in the List Entry Details. Details TQ 2980 NE CITY OF WESTMINSTER PICCADILLY CIRCUS, Wl 71/73 Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain "Eros" 24.2.58 GV I Memorial Fountain. 1892-93 by Alfred Gilbert commemorating the philanthropist Lord Shaftesbury. Bronze octagonal fountain on stepped platform surmounted by winged archer in aluminium representing the Angel of Christian Charity but always popularly identified as Eros. The sculpture of the fountain itself is of remark- able naturalistic proto-Art Nouveau invention, hence Pevsner's quotation "fishes of all kinds, and every class of molluscous and crustacean life, the crab, the lobster and such like". Survey of London; Vol XIX. London Volume 1 N Pevsner Listing NGR: TQ2955780644 Selected Sources Books and journals Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: London I - The Cities of London and Westminster, (1973) 'Survey of London' in Old St Pancras and Kentish Town The Parish of St Pancras Part 2: Volume 19 , , Vol. 19, (1938) National Grid Reference: TQ 29557 80644 Map © Crown Copyright and database right 2016. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100024900. © British Crown and SeaZone Solutions Limited 2016. All rights reserved. Licence number 102006.006. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions . The above map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. For a copy of the full scale map, please see the attached PDF - 1265625 .pdf The PDF will be generated from our live systems and may take a few minutes to download depending on how busy our servers are. We apologise for this delay. This copy shows the entry on 31-Dec-2016 at 02:49:29. End of official listing
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Round 3 Jeopardy Template What is the Ford Mustang? This still-popular muscle car was launched late in 1964, what is it? 100 What is the Syndy Opera House? In 1973, which famous building with a roof resembling sails opened after 16 years of construction? 100 What are young urban professionals? The word “yuppie” was popularized in the 80s; what does it represent? 100 Which figure skater was accused of breaking a competitor’s kneecaps before the 1994 Olympics? 100 What is Denver, Co? What city did Barack Obama formally accept the Democratic nomination for the US presidential election in 2008? 200 What is Mister Ed? Picked up by CBS in 1961, what famous TV show had a vocal equine as its star? 200 Who was Jimi Hendrix? What American singer-songwriter, who is considered by many to be the greatest electric guitarist in music history, died in 1970? 200 What Soviet leader replaced Chernenko in 1985? 200 What food chain uses this slogan: “Think outside the bun”? 200 What is Katrina? In 2005, what hurricane devastated the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coastal regions, and flooded approximately 80% of the city of New Orleans? 300 Name the Organization created to fight for important women’s issues? 300 What was the name of NASA's first space shuttle that was unveiled in 1976? 300 Who is Sally Ride? The Space Shuttle Challenger took the first woman into space in 1983, what was her name? 300 What is the Rock N' Roll Hall of Fame? What famous museum opened in 1995 in Cleveland, Ohio? 300 Who is Charles Manson? Wedding plans were announced in 2014 for a 26 year-old Illinois woman and which 80 year-old incarcerated mass murderer? 400 What famous property, purchased in 1965, was once a swamp land in Osceola County, California? 400 What is Three Mile Island? In 1979, a nuclear accident happened at what Pennsylvania power plant? 400 In 1984, which restaurant chain featured this line in their commercial, “Where’s the beef?” 400 Who was the youngest singer to win a Grammy in 1997? 400 What is ALS (Lou Gerhig's Disease)? In 2014, the Ice Water Bucket challenge was established for what charity? 500 Who is Sirhan Sirhan? The 1960s were a decade of high-profile assassinations (President John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Robert F. Kennedy and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.) Name the assassin who is still alive. 500 What is In Vitro Fertilization? In 1978, the first test tube baby was born following what procedure? 500 Who was Jim Thorpe? Which Olympic athlete had his gold medals reinstated in the decathlon and the pentathlon, 30 years after his death? 500 What is Yellow Pages? In the 90s, which company used this phrase for their slogan "Let your fingers do the walking"? 500 Who is Psy?
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Penfold is the sidekick of which British animated super hero / secret agent?
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Danger Mouse | Heroes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia his sidekick Penfold , his boss Colonel K , Professor Heinrich Von Squawkencluck, Professor Squawkencluck , Jeopardy Mouse Enemies Baron Silas Greenback, Stiletto, Count Duckula, Doctor Augustus P. Crumhorn, The Snowman, The Princess, Quarrk Danger Mouse is the world's greatest secret agent, so secret in fact, that his codename has a codename. He is the protagonist of the British animated television series of the same name which was produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for Thames Television. He was voiced by David Jason in the original series which ran from 1981 to 1992 and Alexander Armstrong in the revived series in 2015. Contents [ show ] Biography Danger Mouse (also called "DM" by Colonel K and "Chief" by his assistant Penfold) is an antromorphised mouse and is known through out the series as the greatest secret agent in the world, a secret agent so secret that even his codename has a codename. He wears a white body suit with a titanium alloy red badge (which saved him on a couple of occasions) with the initials DM in yellow. He also wears a black eyepatch over his left eye but it revealed that he only wears it because it is part of his suit, especially when he wears it on the wrong eye in one particular episode. In 2015 revival series, he is given a eyepatch-like gadget called the IPatch. DM's headquarters are in London where he lives in a red Royal Mail Post box with his hamster assistant Ernest Penfold who frequently annoys him with his constant bumbling and misinterpreting of instructions. DM pilots their modes of transportation the Mark III (a car with wings) and the Space Hopper (a space rocket) which remarkably both have steering wheels. Throughout the series, Danger Mouse along with Penfold battle many villains (mostly Baron Silas Greenback ) Personality In the series he is shown to very agile and an expert gymnast which is shown on one episode when he balances on his finger. He also knows the ancient martial art of Kung Moggy. He often says "Penfold Shush" when his assistant is talking too much or just plain nonsense and "Good Grief" in a dangerous situation.He is brave, courageous, good hearted and always willing to lend a hand. In fact in one of the episodes the narrator says: "He can get you out of a jam or even a marmalade come to that." He likes making joke puns and knows over thirty four differant languages. Whenever Colonel K contacts him with a new mission he's on it straight away urging Penfold to come with him despite his assistant's many excuses. No matter what the situation Danger Mouse is always ready to help out. Gallery
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Partners in Crime: meet the cast of the new BBC1 Agatha Christie drama starring Jessica Raine and David Walliams By Ben Dowell Sunday 26 July 2015 at 8:30PM After ITV’s dominant Poirot and Miss Marple years, Agatha Christie's less well-known detectives Tommy and Tuppence are featuring in a new BBC1 series starring David Walliams and Jessica Raine in the roles. There are two self-contained stories over three episodes each. The first is The Secret Adversary, which updates Christie’s 1922 story to 1952 and kicks of the Cold War mystery with a chance encounter on a Paris train between the husband-and-wife sleuths and an agitated young woman who suddenly disappears. Whilst Tommy is focussed on his fledgling honey business, Tuppence is much more concerned about this missing person, and her investigations bring them into contact with Tommy’s uncle, and Secret Service bigwig, Major Anthony Carter. We learn that the missing woman was carrying a secret recording that will reveal the identity of a legendary Soviet assassin, known only as Mr Brown. Things then get really interesting…. So who are the main characters in The Secret Adversary? David Walliams (plays Tommy Beresford) Tommy is a bit of a lost soul at the beginning of the drama, desperately trying to get a bee keeping business going. During the Second Second World War, he was hit by a catering van on his first day as a soldier so he never got to prove himself on the frontline. So when his wife Tuppence stumbles on an intriguing case of a missing woman and dastardly espionage activities it's his chance to finally become a hero. David Says: "Tuppence is definitely more forthright. She’s braver than Tommy, he’s more on the back-foot, but he means well. Tommy is a bit more of a klutz than Tuppence and is sometimes more of a burden. Together however, Tommy and Tuppence make a good team." Where have you see him before? Where haven’t you seen him? Little Britain star, Britain’s Got Talent judge, star of the BBC comedy Big School, Walliams is one of the most successful performer/entertainers in Britain today. Jessica Raine (plays Tuppence Beresford) Happily married to Tommy, if a little frustrated at being a housewife, Tuppence has definitely reached a point where she feels ready to actively have an adventure rather than read about them in her beloved books. Curious, quick-witted and adventurous she often leaps before she looks. Jessica says: "When I read this script I was struck by what a unique and fabulous part it was for a woman. Tommy and Tuppence are a team, and there's no sense of her playing second fiddle to her husband. Sometimes when you play a character they can rub off on you, and I felt more adventurous and energised while being Tuppence. She is an enormous amount of fun to play." Where have you seen her before? Perhaps best known for her performance as Call the Midwife's Jenny Lee, Raine is becoming increasingly prolific and has recently been seen in Sky Arts crime drama series Fortitude and Wolf Hall, where she played Jane Boleyn. Matthew Steer (plays Albert Pemberton) Albert Pemberton is a friend of Tommy's from the war, who now works as a chemistry teacher at a boy’s school with plenty of equipment and techniques at his disposal that are useful to them. He is a bubbly character with lots of enthusiasm, ideas and inventions but he's not necessarily the guy you want in the field. Something of a young Q from Bond, he has a prosthetic (wooden) hand following a mishap while working for the bomb squad during the war. Matthew says: "The Albert I play is very different to the original; [scriptwriter] Zinnie [Harris] had really developed and transformed him, also giving him a wooden hand, so in that respect I was free to create and go with what I felt was right. He is however a little bored of life in the classroom and wants a bigger piece of the action and is envious of Tommy and Tuppence and their adventures." Where have you seen him before? Recently appeared in British film Urban Hymn, Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella, and BBC3’s sitcom Siblings. Clarke Peters (plays Juli
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A SINGER BY ANY OTHER NAME February 25, 2016 Arnold George Dorsey is more generally known by his internationally-recognized moniker: Engelbert Humperdinck . But, to paraphrase Shakespeare, a singer by any other name would sing as sweet. Humperdinck, who will be performing in Reynolds Hall at The Smith Center on March 19th , was not Dorsey’s first name change. His initial name change was to his first name. The Leicester, England lad had taken up playing the saxophone and was challenged by friends to put his instrument aside and sing in a pub contest. He ended up doing such a successful impression of another recent Smith Center performer – Jerry Lewis – that he was immediately labeled as Gerry Dorsey. Now, that’s fine as names go, but while touring in England, Dorsey had to contend with a serious bout of tuberculosis and was off the stage for six months. When he recovered, it was time for a new image to showcase his health and vitality, so it was time for the next (and final) name change. His manager suggested Engelbert Humperdinck, from the 19th century Austrian composer who wrote "Hansel & Gretel." Not a common name, but one that would grow in popularity as the singer rose to global fame.
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Jersey Joe Walcott - BoxRec Jersey Joe Walcott Hall of Fame bio: click World Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee Name: Jersey Joe Walcott Birth Name: Arnold Raymond Cream Born: 1914-01-31 Birthplace: Pennsauken, New Jersey, USA Died: 1994-02-25 (Age:80) Hometown: Camden, New Jersey, USA Stance: Orthodox Trainers: Dan Florio , Charley Goldman , Nick Florio Jersey Joe Walcott Gallery Jersey Joe Walcott became the Heavyweight Champion of the World with a seventh-round knockout of Ezzard Charles on July 18, 1951. It was his fifth attempt at the title. At the age of 37, Walcott became the oldest boxer to win the World Heavyweight Championship, a record that would stand until George Foreman regained the title at age 45 in 1994. Also in 1951, Walcott was the winner of the Edward J. Neil Trophy , presented to the Fighter of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America . Walcott lost the title to Rocky Marciano on September 23, 1952. Behind on points, Marciano knocked out Walcott with a devastating right in the thirteenth round. It was named The Ring Fight of the Year for 1952. Walcott was inducted into The Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1969, the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1983, and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. After his boxing career, Walcott worked as a referee. His most famous, and infamous, assignment was the controversial Muhammad Ali - Sonny Liston rematch in Lewiston, Maine on May 25, 1965. In 1971, Walcott was elected sheriff of Camden County, New Jersey. He was the first African American to hold the job. Walcott served as the head of the New Jersey State Boxing Commission from 1975 to 1984. He stepped down at the mandatory retirement age of 70. Trivia Walcott, whose real name was Arnold Raymond Cream, took the ring name Jersey Joe Walcott as a tribute to Joe Walcott , the Barbados Demon. Walcott acted in the movie The Harder They Fall. External Links
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The Band - Motley Crue Motley Crue Official Website for Mötley Crüe The Band MÖTLEY CRÜE is The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band. Vince Neil (vocals), Mick Mars (guitar), Nikki Sixx (bass) and Tommy Lee (drums) laid the foundation for their inimitable career in the ’80s with their genre-bending music, a mix of anthemic choruses, stadium-sized riffs, punk rock and melodic power, along with their relentless reputation, typifying an excess never before seen in modern music. But they didn’t stop there. MÖTLEY CRÜE continued to evolve through the ’90s and beyond, releasing their NY Times best-selling book The Dirt long before it was common and cool for celebrities to have their own tomes. The page-turning rock epic offered a keyhole view into life in The CRÜE. It is currently being adapted into a feature film by noted director Jeff Tremaine. MÖTLEY CRÜE reinvented itself yet again through the ’00s and the present decade by continually doing new things, such as launching a branded tour known as Crüefest. Also, The CRÜE was the first band to do a rock residency in Las Vegas, something its peers, Def Leppard and Guns N’ Roses, did after them. Their sold-out stint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino further elevated MÖTLEY CRÜE ‘s mythos, demonstrating the fact that they can do anything. They’ve also executed impressive, innovative live production, such as Lee’s roller coaster, which sends him around a 360-degree loop during his drum solo. MÖTLEY CRÜE has also become a part of the cultural lexicon, with songs featured in films like Little Nicky and Hot Tub Time Machine. “Kickstart My Heart” was used in the award winning KIA MOTORS 2012 Super Bowl commercial, featuring Victoria’s Secret supermodel Adriana Lima and UFC legend Chuck Liddell. The song is also being used in Dodge’s 100th Anniversary spots in 2014. MÖTLEY CRÜE’s career-spanning numbers are impressive. The band has sold 100 million albums globally; has reached seven platinum or multi-platinum certifications; 22 Top 40 mainstream rock hits; six Top 20 pop singles; a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; three Grammy nominations for Best Hard Rock Performance; and countless sold-out tours across the globe, playing to millions and generations of fans. Besides the hook-filled, ground-breaking music, MÖTLEY CRÜE’s image pioneered an attitude, fashion sense and lifestyle, influencing a legion of fans who copied its look. The members of the band have published a total of five New York Times Best-Selling books, including The Heroin Diaries and This Is Gonna Hurt by Nikki Sixx; Tommyland by Tommy Lee; Tattoos and Tequila by Vince Neil and the infamous The Dirt. This capacity for reinvention and innovation is why Motley Crue continues to attract fans young and old – many who weren’t even born during the band’s early reign. That fact proves that they are the rock band for all ages and eras. But All Bad Things Must Come To An End and Motley Crue is taking one last trip around the world embarking on its victory lap in high-impact fashion. 2014 marks the onset of MÖTLEY CRÜE’s swan song, their Final Tour, which will take the band all the way through the end of 2015. JOIN THE MAILING LIST
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What former U.S. president, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, is known for his staunch support of Habitat for Humanity?
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Jimmy Carter - Nobel Lecture Jimmy Carter The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter - Nobel Lecture Nobel Lecture, Oslo, December 10, 2002 Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter delivers his Nobel Lecture after receiving the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize in the Oslo City Hall, Oslo, Norway. Copyright© Pressens Bild AB 2002, S-112 88 Stockholm, Sweden, telephone: +46 (0)8 738 38 00 Photo: EPA Scanpix Norway POOL/Bjoern Sigurdson Your Majesties, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with a deep sense of gratitude that I accept this prize. I am grateful to my wife Rosalynn, to my colleagues at The Carter Center, and to many others who continue to seek an end to violence and suffering throughout the world. The scope and character of our Center's activities are perhaps unique, but in many other ways they are typical of the work being done by many hundreds of nongovernmental organizations that strive for human rights and peace. Most Nobel Laureates have carried out our work in safety, but there are others who have acted with great personal courage. None has provided more vivid reminders of the dangers of peacemaking than two of my friends, Anwar Sadat and Yitzak Rabin , who gave their lives for the cause of peace in the Middle East. Like these two heroes, my first chosen career was in the military, as a submarine officer. My shipmates and I realized that we had to be ready to fight if combat was forced upon us, and we were prepared to give our lives to defend our nation and its principles. At the same time, we always prayed fervently that our readiness would ensure that there would be no war. Later, as President and as Commander-in-Chief of our armed forces, I was one of those who bore the sobering responsibility of maintaining global stability during the height of the Cold War, as the world's two superpowers confronted each other. Both sides understood that an unresolved political altercation or a serious misjudgment could lead to a nuclear holocaust. In Washington and in Moscow, we knew that we would have less than a half hour to respond after we learned that intercontinental missiles had been launched against us. There had to be a constant and delicate balancing of our great military strength with aggressive diplomacy, always seeking to build friendships with other nations, large and small, that shared a common cause. In those days, the nuclear and conventional armaments of the United States and the Soviet Union were almost equal, but democracy ultimately prevailed because of commitments to freedom and human rights, not only by people in my country and those of our allies, but in the former Soviet empire as well. As president, I extended my public support and encouragement to Andrei Sakharov , who, although denied the right to attend the ceremony, was honored here for his personal commitments to these same ideals. The world has changed greatly since I left the White House. Now there is only one superpower, with unprecedented military and economic strength. The coming budget for American armaments will be greater than those of the next fifteen nations combined, and there are troops from the United States in many countries throughout the world. Our gross national economy exceeds that of the three countries that follow us, and our nation's voice most often prevails as decisions are made concerning trade, humanitarian assistance, and the allocation of global wealth. This dominant status is unlikely to change in our lifetimes. Great American power and responsibility are not unprecedented, and have been used with restraint and great benefit in the past. We have not assumed that super strength guarantees super wisdom, and we have consistently reached out to the international community to ensure that our own power and influence are tempered by the best common judgment. Within our country, ultimate decisions are made through democratic means, which tend to mo
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James Carter | whitehouse.gov Air Force One James Carter Jimmy Carter served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for work to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development. Jimmy Carter aspired to make Government "competent and compassionate," responsive to the American people and their expectations. His achievements were notable, but in an era of rising energy costs, mounting inflation, and continuing tensions, it was impossible for his administration to meet these high expectations. Carter, who has rarely used his full name--James Earl Carter, Jr.--was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. Peanut farming, talk of politics, and devotion to the Baptist faith were mainstays of his upbringing. Upon graduation in 1946 from the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, Carter married Rosalynn Smith. The Carters have three sons, John William (Jack), James Earl III (Chip), Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), and a daughter, Amy Lynn. After seven years' service as a naval officer, Carter returned to Plains. In 1962 he entered state politics, and eight years later he was elected Governor of Georgia. Among the new young southern governors, he attracted attention by emphasizing ecology, efficiency in government, and the removal of racial barriers. Carter announced his candidacy for President in December 1974 and began a two-year campaign that gradually gained momentum. At the Democratic Convention, he was nominated on the first ballot. He chose Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota as his running mate. Carter campaigned hard against President Gerald R. Ford, debating with him three times. Carter won by 297 electoral votes to 241 for Ford. Carter worked hard to combat the continuing economic woes of inflation and unemployment. By the end of his administration, he could claim an increase of nearly eight million jobs and a decrease in the budget deficit, measured in percentage of the gross national product. Unfortunately, inflation and interest rates were at near record highs, and efforts to reduce them caused a short recession. Carter could point to a number of achievements in domestic affairs. He dealt with the energy shortage by establishing a national energy policy and by decontrolling domestic petroleum prices to stimulate production. He prompted Government efficiency through civil service reform and proceeded with deregulation of the trucking and airline industries. He sought to improve the environment. His expansion of the national park system included protection of 103 million acres of Alaskan lands. To increase human and social services, he created the Department of Education, bolstered the Social Security system, and appointed record numbers of women, blacks, and Hispanics to Government jobs. In foreign affairs, Carter set his own style. His championing of human rights was coldly received by the Soviet Union and some other nations. In the Middle East, through the Camp David agreement of 1978, he helped bring amity between Egypt and Israel. He succeeded in obtaining ratification of the Panama Canal treaties. Building upon the work of predecessors, he established full diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China and completed negotiation of the SALT II nuclear limitation treaty with the Soviet Union. There were serious setbacks, however. The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the suspension of plans for ratification of the SALT II pact. The seizure as hostages of the U. S. embassy staff in Iran dominated the news during the last 14 months of the administration. The consequences of Iran's holding Americans captive, together with continuing inflation at home, contributed to Carter's defeat in 1980. Even then, he continued the difficult negotiations over the hostages. Iran finally released the 52 Americans the same day Carter left office. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh S
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10 BEST Non-Stick Cookware Reviews 2017 Cookbooks Non-Stick Cookware Is nonstick the most favorable for your skillets? Non-stick cookware becomes popular for making our life easier these days-for comfy to cook, less oil or butter and breezy cleaning. There’re lots of nonstick types on the market -from traditional nonstick, infused coats to PFOA- and PTFE-free pans for reducing harmful chemicals. Need a brief review? First, the nonstick coat does matter. The type of surfaces tells how quality and safety of the tools. Consider ceramic or non-Teflon pans if you’re health-conscious. Second, consider the construction; the weight and heat conductor play the big rules. Last, remember that each brand does best in different types. Calphalon, Anolon and Circulon are good at in anodized pans, while Scanpan, EarthPan and GreenPan are spotlighted for PFOA-free products. Top 10 Best Non-Stick Cookware 2017 1 Having superior performances like the famous model, Anolon Advanced, yet the Advanced Bronze dresses more style with bronze finish. Great professional cook. This outstanding cookware is recommended by Good Housekeeping and Consumer’s Digest 2011. Full Review � 3 WearEver Pure Living Frustrated in find nice safe cookware in payable charges? So, we proudly suggest this stylish Pure Living series for your pleasant cooking with nonstick pans without PTFE, PFOA, Cadmium or lead, as well as good heat distribution from aluminum inside. Full Review � 4 Rachael Ray Hard Anodized II No need to be a fan of Rachael Ray, Yet this fantastic non-stick cookware will make falling in love with. This is a good combination of quality and style for family kitchen. Dishwasher-safe is interesting features updated. Full Review � 5
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well-off people. "You simply put a piece of dry toast between two slices of bread and butter, with salt and pepper to taste. I've tried it and it's surprisingly nice to eat and quite filling. I would emphasise that toast sandwiches are also good at saving you calories as well as money, provided you only have one toast sandwich for lunch and nothing else. "The RSC decided to promote Mrs Beeton's toast sandwich because it might just be what we need to get us through the harsh economic times that are forecast. "Nor need you use butter; margarine will do just as well. That option was not open to Mrs Beeton because she was writing a few years before margarine was invented. That was first produced in France in 1869. "Of course, when we finally emerge from these dark days we will seek something more celebratory from Mrs Beeton's pantheon of rich recipes to welcome back the good times. RSC employee Jon Edwards said today: "In my student days I thought a meal of '9p noodles' from Tesco was the epitome of thrift - but a toast sandwich is tastier, quicker, has more calories and comes in at just 7.5p. Maybe more students should turn to Mrs Beeton for meals on the cheap." The chef at the RSC will prepare toast sandwiches at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London at 10am on Wednesday 16 November, which will then be offered at 11am to visitors heading for the neighbouring Royal Academy. Mrs Beeton's Toast Sandwich
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President Reagan shot - Mar 30, 1981 - HISTORY.com President Reagan shot Publisher A+E Networks On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr. The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among a group of reporters, fired six shots at the president, hitting Reagan and three of his attendants. White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot in the head and critically wounded, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy was shot in the side, and District of Columbia policeman Thomas Delahaney was shot in the neck. After firing the shots, Hinckley was overpowered and pinned against a wall, and President Reagan, apparently unaware that he’d been shot, was shoved into his limousine by a Secret Service agent and rushed to the hospital. The president was shot in the left lung, and the .22 caliber bullet just missed his heart. In an impressive feat for a 70-year-old man with a collapsed lung, he walked into George Washington University Hospital under his own power. As he was treated and prepared for surgery, he was in good spirits and quipped to his wife, Nancy, ”Honey, I forgot to duck,” and to his surgeons, “Please tell me you’re Republicans.” Reagan’s surgery lasted two hours, and he was listed in stable and good condition afterward. The next day, the president resumed some of his executive duties and signed a piece of legislation from his hospital bed. On April 11, he returned to the White House. Reagan’s popularity soared after the assassination attempt, and at the end of April he was given a hero’s welcome by Congress. In August, this same Congress passed his controversial economic program, with several Democrats breaking ranks to back Reagan’s plan. By this time, Reagan claimed to be fully recovered from the assassination attempt. In private, however, he would continue to feel the effects of the nearly fatal gunshot wound for years. Of the victims of the assassination attempt, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and D.C. policeman Thomas Delahaney eventually recovered. James Brady, who nearly died after being shot in the eye, suffered permanent brain damage. He later became an advocate of gun control, and in 1993 Congress passed the “Brady Bill,” which established a five-day waiting period and background checks for prospective gun buyers. President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law. After being arrested on March 30, 1981, 25-year-old John Hinckley was booked on federal charges of attempting to assassinate the president. He had previously been arrested in Tennessee on weapons charges. In June 1982, he was found not guilty by reason of insanity. In the trial, Hinckley’s defense attorneys argued that their client was ill with narcissistic personality disorder, citing medical evidence, and had a pathological obsession with the 1976 film Taxi Driver, in which the main character attempts to assassinate a fictional senator. His lawyers claimed that Hinckley saw the movie more than a dozen times, was obsessed with the lead actress, Jodie Foster, and had attempted to reenact the events of the film in his own life. Thus the movie, not Hinckley, they argued, was the actual planning force behind the events that occurred on March 30, 1981. The verdict of “not guilty by reason of insanity” aroused widespread public criticism, and many were shocked that a would-be presidential assassin could avoid been held accountable for his crime. However, because of his obvious threat to society, he was placed in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, a mental institution. In the late 1990s, Hinckley’s attorney began arguing that his mental illness was in remission and thus had a right to return to a normal life. Beginning in August 1999, he was allowed supervised day trips off the hospital grounds and later was allowed to visit his parents once a week unsupervised. The Secret Service voluntarily monitors him during these outings. If his mental i
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Videos uploaded by user “The Film Archives” for the 2015 - zdravv.ru Videos uploaded by user “The Film Archives” for the 2015 The Film Archives → The author describes the main subject of his book as thin-slicing : our ability to gauge what is really important from a very narrow period of experience. About the book: In other words, this is an idea that spontaneous decisions are often as good as—or even better than—carefully planned and considered ones. Gladwell draws on examples from science, advertising, sales, medicine, and popular music to reinforce his ideas. Gladwell also uses many examples of regular people's experiences with thin-slicing. The book argues that intuitive judgment is developed by experience, training, and knowledge. For example, Gladwell claims that prejudice can operate at an intuitive unconscious level, even in individuals whose conscious attitudes are not prejudiced. An example is in the halo effect, where a person having a salient positive quality is thought to be superior in other, unrelated respects. Gladwell uses the 1999 killing of Amadou Diallo, where four New York policemen shot an innocent man on his doorstep 41 times, as another example of how rapid, intuitive judgment can have disastrous effects. The Diallo shooting has been referenced in the music of [16] 88 Keys;[17] Bruce Springsteen's song American Skin (41 Shots) ;[18] the Ziggy Marley song I Know You Don't Care About Me ; the Trivium song Contempt Breeds Contamination ; The Spooks song Things I've seen ; the song What Would You do? by Paris; the Blitz the Ambassador song Uhuru ; the song Diallo by Wyclef Jean;[19] and the song Lament For The Late AD by Terry Callier.[20] Electro pop band Le Tigre, formed by Kathleen Hanna (formerly of Bikini Kill), lamented the Diallo shooting in their song Bang! Bang! , which ends with a vocal chorus counting numbers that ends with 41, the number of shots fired.[21] In his song The other white meat , which deals with police brutality and racism, the New York rapper Immortal Technique tells the Police I got 41 reasons to tell you to suck. and Guns don't look like wallets. Clearly referencing the shooting and counting every bullet fired as a reason.[22] It was also referenced in the song, So You Wanna Be a Cop by the Crack Rocksteady 7, in the lyric: and after 41 shots, you're grinning in the donut shop. One Dead Cop , by the related band Leftöver Crack, references the incident in the lyric Bragging how you blasted gunshot 41. The incident was briefly mentioned by rapper Heems in his song WOYY : Diallo got shot when he said the block was hot.[23] The piece Amadou Diallo , included in the album Ethnic Stew and Brew by jazz trumpeter Roy Campbell, Jr., was inspired by the shooting, ending with a rapid burst of notes replicating the 41 gunshots.[24] The incident also served as the basis for Erykah Badu's track from the Mama's Gun album, A.D. 2000 (the abbreviation standing for Diallo's initials). Rather than singing a condemnation of the NYPD, as had most other artists who were incensed by the event, Badu chose to sing an elegy which, while noting the tragedy of Diallo's killing, also observes the furor over the circumstances, which she viewed as likely to be temporary:: No you won't be name'n no buildings after me/To go down dilapidated ooh/No you won't be name'n no buildings after me/My name will be misstated, surely. In his album The Beautiful Struggle Talib Kweli speaks of Brother Amadou as [.] a modern day martyr. [25] I'll Draw You a Mapp , the May 11, 1999, episode of the television police drama NYPD Blue, features suspects making references to the Diallo case and the 41 shots. In the 2002 film Phone Booth the caller tells Stu Shepard, You know you can be shot 41 times for pulling out your wallet. In the 2002 film 25th Hour during Monty's rant about New York, he says, Fuck the corrupt cops with their anus-violating plungers and their 41 shots, standing behind a blue wall of silence. You betray our trust. The Boondocks episode The Block Is Hot con
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"Who were the two main characters in ""Bringing Up Father"", a comic strip created by George McManus that ran from January 1913 to May 2000 about an Irishman who comes into wealth in the USA but wants to live much as he used to?"
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George McManus and Irish America George McManus and Irish America By Charles Fanning In his Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000), Michael Chabon evokes the cultural apogee during the Great Depression of the newspaper comic strip, "then in the full flower of its since faded glory, read by presidents and Pullman porters, a proud American cousin, in indigenous vitality and grace, of baseball and jazz." [1] A piece on "The Funny Papers" in Fortune in April 1933 declared that "between 70 and 75 per cent of the readers of any newspaper follow its comic sections regularly," and estimated that "U. S. Funny Paper, Inc. (and we shall see that it is very Inc.) grosses about $6,000,000 a year." Hearst-owned King Features was the largest syndicate, and the three biggest earners were Sidney Smith ( The Gumps By this point, George McManus had been hard at his trade for some thirty years, and his famous strip Bringing Up Father , featuring the nouveau riche Irish-American couple, Maggie and Jiggs, had been appearing for twenty. From the outset, the Hearst papers ran the strip above the fold on the front page of their colored Sunday comics sections. As the comics wrapped the rest of the paper, this was arguably the most powerful spot in American popular culture, and Bringing Up Father stayed there for forty-one years. In his prime, McManus had 100 million readers in 750 newspapers published in seventy-one countries and twenty-eight languages. Spin-off ventures included yearly collections in book form, radio programs, touring stage shows (as many as seven on the road at one time), animated cartoons, and eleven movies. (McManus played his own main character in four of the films.) In a 1952 interview for Collier's , McManus says that "more than forty concerns have manufactured such things as dishes, ash trays, soaps, playing cards, perfume bottles, jewelry, canes, fans, masks and articles of clothing with Jiggs or Maggie or [their daughter] Nora stamped on them." Moreover, he estimated that he had made $12 million on the strip and been praised by the prime ministers of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and by U. S. Presidents Hoover and FDR. The latter said he was "a national institution." McManus was especially proud of an encounter with Ireland's Oliver St. John Gogarty, who declared to him, "George, you're a genius." McManus also pointed out that he worked eight hours a day, seven days a week to create Bringing Up Father , and he marveled that "all I've had for capital is a retired hod carrier who has a fondness for corned beef and cabbage and for being himself. And a drawing board." [3] George McManus had been born in St. Louis, Missouri, on January 23, 1884, to Irish immigrant parents, Katherine Kenrick McManus from County Limerick and George McManus from Mullingar, County Westmeath, who was himself the son of an Irish captain in the British army, killed in the African wars. [4] George McManus, Senior, was manager of the Grand Opera House in St. Louis, and young George grew up steeped in theater, music hall and vaudeville traditions. McManus has said that "I began to draw primarily because my father, whom I idolized, liked to sketch and I imitated him." Along with his brothers Charles and Leo, George attended St. Louis public schools. One story has it that McManus was sent home from high school for drawing caricatures in class, and his father responded by getting him a job running errands in the art department of a local newspaper, the St. Louis Republic . He was fourteen years old, and within a year he had sketched his way into a staff position, covering train wrecks, trial scenes, murders, suicides, and hangings. He recalled that "the whole Republic staff had standing orders to report to work every rainy Sunday—local Germans, suffering from beery hang-overs, usually picked gloomy, rainy Sunday mornings to commit suicide. I sketched dozens of them." McManus claimed "a national record" for having sketched "120 hangings in the courtyard of the St. Louis jail." [5] By 1902, McManus was draw
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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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Little miss muffet nursery rhyme - YouTube Little miss muffet nursery rhyme 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 Dec 8, 2013 Little miss muffet came to the tuffet eating her curds and whey along came a spider which sat on a sider and scared miss muffet away then little muffet went running inside to her mother and say there was a big spider which sat on the sider it scared me and I dropped my whey then mrs muffet came to the tuffet and told her dont scare away this little spider which sits on the sider means no harm it just wants your whey Category When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Up next Play now Mix - Little miss muffet nursery rhymeYouTube Little Miss Muffet | Nursery Rhymes | Kids Songs | Baby Videos - Duration: 42:42. Kids TV - Nursery Rhymes And Children’s Songs 809,020 views 42:42 Old Mother Hubbard | Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Song - Duration: 2:27. Mother Goose Club Playhouse 12,317,762 views 2:27 Little Miss Muffet Nursery Rhyme with Barbie and Chelsea - Duration: 1:30. Toy Box 72,276 views 1:30 Little Miss Muffet | Nursery Rhymes | Rhymes for Children by NurseryRhymeStreet - Duration: 29:54. Nursery Rhyme Street - Kids Songs and Rhymes 7,700,815 views 29:54 Little Miss Muffet | Nursery Rhymes Farmees | Kids Songs - Duration: 42:49. Farmees - Kids 3D Nursery Rhymes TV And Baby Songs 1,431,473 views 42:49 Little Miss Muffet | Plus Lots More Nursery Rhymes | 77 Minutes Compilation from LittleBabyBum! - Duration: 1:17:19. LittleBabyBum ® 5,691,539 views 1:17:19 Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall and Many More Nursery Rhymes for Children | Kids Songs by ChuChu TV - Duration: 1:52:36. ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs 241,910,552 views 1:52:36 Little Miss Muffet | Nursery Rhymes | Nursery Rhymes Songs For Babies by Hooplakidz - Duration: 1:13. HooplaKidz - Nursery Rhymes for Children 6,563,136 views 1:13
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Facts about Christmas for Kids Woodlands Junior School is in the south-east corner of England Facts about Father Christmas Father Christmas has two addresses, Edinburgh and the North Pole. Letters addressed to 'TOYLAND' or 'SNOWLAND' go to Edinburgh, but letters addressed to 'THE NORTH POLE' have to be sent there because there really is such a place! What are the names of Santa's reindeer? Father Christmas' reindeers are called Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner/Donder, Blitzen, and Rudolph. Eight of these names are taken from Clement C. Moore's "A Visit From St. Nicholas," and the ninth from the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (NB. Donder is also known as Donner.) White Christmas England has only known seven white Christmases in the entire twentieth century. According to the records of the Meteorological Office in London, snow fell on Christmas Day only in 1938 and 1976. (The definition of a white Christmas in England is when one snowflake falls on the roof of the London Weather Centre in the 24 hours of 25 December.) The last time we had a White Christmas with snow falling across the UK was 2004, although large parts of the southeast England missed significant falls. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are more likely to have a white Christmas than England. Facts about Christmas Food An old wives' tale says that bread baked on Christmas Eve will never go mouldy.© copyright of projectbritain.com The Christmas turkey was imported to France by the Jesuits and it is still known in some French dialects as a 'Jesuite'. Christmas Turkey Christmas pudding was first made as a kind of thick soup with raisins and wine in it. Christmas Pudding Christmas pudding originates from an old, Celtic dish known as 'frumenty'. In the 19th century, the Christmas Cake was eaten on Christmas Eve. It was consider unlucky to cut a Christmas cake before dawn on Christmas Eve. It is considered unlucky to cut a mince pie with a knife. Mince pies should only be eaten between Christmas Eve and Twelfth Night and one should be eaten on every day of the twelve days of Christmas to bring good luck. Facts about Christmas Day 25th December was not celebrated as the birthday of Christ until the year AD 440. © copyright of projectbritain.com The Queen's Christmas speech was televised for the first time in 1957. Christmas crackers were invented by Thomas Smith. He had imported some French novelties to sell as Christmas gifts, but these were not popular until he wrapped them up and added a snapper. © copyright of projectbritain.com Christmas crackers Facts about Christmas Decorations Each year between 34-36 million Christmas trees are produced to cope with the holiday demand.© copyright of projectbritain.com Electric tree lights were first used just 3 years after Thomas Edison has his first mass public demonstration of electric lights back in 1879. Thomas Edison’s assistant, Edward Johnson, came up with the idea of electric lights for Christmas trees in 1882. His lights were a huge hit. It took quite a few years, however, before they would be made available to the general public.© copyright of projectbritain.com In 1895 Ralph Morris, an American telephonist, invented the string of electric Christmas lights similar to the ones we use today. The actual strings of lights had already been manufactured for use in telephone switchboards. Morris looked at the tiny bulbs and had the idea of using them on his tree. Christmas Banned In 1647, the English parliament passed a law that made Christmas illegal. Christmas festivities were banned by Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, who considered feasting and revelry on what was supposed to be a holy day to be immoral. Anybody caught celebrating Christmas was arrested. The ban was lifted only when the Puritans lost power in 1660. © copyright of projectbritain.com Facts about Christmas Cards and Christmas Post In 1843, the first Christmas card was created on the instructions of an Englishman, Sir Henry Cole. J.C. Horsley designed the card and sold 1000 copies in London. Postmen in Victorian England were
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March 1, 2014 By Edward Burlingame Hill At present, no English composer occupies a position of such prominence as Edward Elgar. His works are enthusiastically performed and received throughout England; they have made their way into Germany, France, Austria, and the United States. He is been the subject of more fervid eloquence than any living composer with the possible exception of Richard Strauss. The present Albert Bogue is a striking contradiction of the proverb of the prophet, “not without honor save in his own country.” Considering that he is practically self-taught, his career is all the more remarkable, and deserves an account in detail of its progress to recognition and fame. Boyhood Edward William Elgar was born it brought Heath, no Worchester, June 2, 1857, of old English yeoman stock. His father, who had been an assistant in a London music shop, settled at Worchester, in 1841. He was intensely musical in his case, an excellent violinist, and organist of the Roman Catholic Church of St. George, a position which he held for 37 years. He also established a music shop with his brother. At an early age Edward Elgar was sent to the ladies school, where he took his first lessons on the piano. Somewhat later he learned some of the simple facts of violent technique from a violinist named Frederick Spray. However, the most impressionable years of his early life passed without is coming into contact with any remarkable personality. He was one of seven children, and has he gave no evidence of extraordinary talent, he was not singled out for special attention. At an early age, therefore, in the matter of musical instruction he became exceedingly self-reliant, a quality to which he owes his present eminence more than anything else. As a boy, he was an omnivorous reader, and cared little for sport; but he was eager to master the secrets of musical technique. Accordingly, he taught himself the violin, viola, violoncello, piano, organ, and even the bassoon. Later he went to a boy school, called Littleton House. About this time he came across some old works on theory, such as Catel’s “Treatise on Harmony,” Mozart’s “succinct thorough bass,” and Cherubini’s “Counterpoint.” These he eagerly devoured. Later he profited by Sir John sustainers “Harmony,” and Sir Hubert Parry’s articles on matters of technique and grows “Dictionary of Music.” “The worst of the older textbooks,” said Elgar, in commenting upon his early studies, “is that they taught building but not architecture.” Musical career when he was about 15, Elgar left school with the intention of becoming a solicitor, but a years experience in a lawyer’s office convinced him that his taste did not lie in that direction. It was in 1873, therefore, they returned to Worchester with the idea of “making himself useful” about the music shop and the church. He sat with his father at the organ, and was occasionally permitted to extemporize voluntariness, and later even accompanied services. He waded through the organ schools of Rinck and Best, he continued the study of theory, and even began to learn German with the hope of going to leaps it, but lack of funds compelled him to give this up. At this. He became acquainted with the early piano music of Kotzeluch, Schubert, and Emanuel Bach. He also joined a quintet of wind instruments, consisting of two flutes, and oboe, a clarinet, and a bassoon, for which he wrote a great deal of music. Elgar had kept up his practice of the violin, and in due course of time he became a member of the Worchester Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as other orchestras in the neighborhood. He also derive much benefits at this time from the weekly concerts of the Worchester glee club, at which all the best old English Gleason madrigals were performed. The club also gave monthly “evenings” of instrumental music, in which Corelli’s works, the overtures of Handel, and Haydn symphonies were given, Elgar playing among the violins for several years. From the age of 15 Elgar supported himself. In 1877, with the idea of becoming a solo violinist, he went to London and
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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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Channel Islands - Topic Guernsey Channel Islands Channel Islands The Channel Islands are a group of islands in the English Channel between England and France. The main islands are Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Brecqhou, Jethou and Lihou. All of these except for Jersey are part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. There are also some uninhabited islets: the Minquiers, Écréhous, Les Dirouilles and Les Pierres de Lecq which are part of the Bailiwick of Jersey and Burhou and Casquets which lie off Alderney. Jersey is the largest of the Channel islands. It has an area of 118.2 square kilometres (45 square miles). It has twelve parishes which are named after Christian saints. It is approximately 22 kilometres from France and 161 km south of England. Jersey is the most southerly of the British Isles. The capital of Jersey, St Helier,stands in St Aubin's Bay on the southern side of the island. Jersey is famous for its Jersey Royal potatoes, flowers and the Jersey breed of cow with its rich yellow butter and creamy milk. It is also a leading international finance centre and home to the world famous Durrel Wildlife. Guernsey is the second largest of the Channel Islands. St Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey, as well as the main port of the island. The island is divided into ten parishes. The population of Guernsey is just over 60,000 with financial services and tourism making up most of the island's economy. Guernsey is situated 48 km (30 miles) west of France's Normandy coast and 121 km (75 miles) south of Weymouth, England and lies in the Gulf of St Malo . Alderney is the most the most northerly Channel Island. It is the third largest Channel Island, with an area of 4.8 km (3 miles) long and 2.4 kim (1.5 miles) wide. It is the closest of the Channel Islands to France as well as being the closest to England. The only parish of Alderney is the parish of St. Anne which covers the whole island. Alderney has a population of about 2,400. Sark has two main parts which are joined by a narrow causeway called La Coupée; Greater Sark and Little Sark. Sark has its own laws and its own parliament. It has a population of about 600. There are no cars in Sark, the only vehicles allowed are horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles, tractors and battery powered vehicles for the disabled. Sark has a ferry from Guernsey which takes about 40 minutes. Herm is one of the smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public. There is a ferry service to Herm which takes 20 minutes from Guernsey. Cars and bicycles are banned from Herm but the locals are allowed to drive quad bikes and tractors. Herm is only 1½ miles long and less than half a mile wide. The population is approximately 60 residents. Herm is owned by the States of Guernsey and rented out to tenants.
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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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Plants Profile for Hedera helix (English ivy) Hedera helix English ivy This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
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Ambrosia & Nectar - Research Center - Ambrosia Society - AmbrosiaSociety.org Living Water “Ambrosia” is derived from the Greek ambrotos where a- ("not") and mbrotos ("mortal"). The literal translation of Ambrotos into English would be the word Immortal where im- (“not”) and mortal (“death”). In Greek Mythology ambrosia is sometimes the food, sometimes the drink, of the gods, often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whomever consumes it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves (Odyssey xii.62), so may have been thought of in the Homeric tradition as a kind of divine exhalation of the Earth. Ambrosia is very closely related to the gods' other form of sustenance, nectar. The two terms may not have originally been distinguished, though in Homer's poems, nectar is the drink and ambrosia the food of the gods. On the other hand, in Alcman, nectar is the food, and in Sappho (fragment 45) and Anaxandrides, ambrosia is the drink. Derivatively the word Ambrosia (neut. plur.) was given to certain festivals in honor of Dionysus , the bright shining spotted, woodland dwelling God, the original creator of the ancient Greek “wine.” “Nectar” is derived from Latin nectar "drink of the gods", which in turn has its origins in the Greek word (néktar), presumed to be a compound of the elements nek- "death" and -tar "overcoming". “Amrita” is derived from a Sanskrit word that literally means "without death", and is often referred to in the Rig Veda as Soma and or Nectar. Corresponds to the Greek ambrotos (ambrosia). “Soma” is derived from an Indo-Iranian root *sav- (Sanskrit sav-) "to press", i.e. *sav-ma- is the drink prepared by pressing the stalks of the Soma plant. The root is probably Proto-Indo-European (*sewh-), and also appears in son (from *suhnu-, "pressed out" i.e. "newly born"), which leads to interesting questions as to what the concept “son of God” originally meant. In the Rig Veda Hymns, Soma, Amrita and Nectar are found as descriptive terms for the same “plant/God/drink” so the Soma or “pressed” drink was Amrita or "without death"and it was also the nectar or “death overcoming.” In ancient Greek, Soma means “body” and if the Greeks followed the Vedic model, it was from the Soma “body” that the Ambrotos “not-mortal” and Nectar “death overcoming,” sacred food and drink came from. “Living drops” a term for the Soma drink found in the Rig Veda, the Soma drink as an immortal God was composed of “living drops” Rig Veda 9-64-17. “Mead of Poetry” (Old Norse skáldskapar mjaðar), also known as Mead of Suttungr (Suttungmjaðar), in Norse mythology is a mythical beverage that whoever "drinks becomes a skald (Poet) or scholar" able to recite any information and solve any question.The drink is a vivid metaphor for poetic inspiration, often associated with Odin the god of “possession,” “runes.” “magic” and “poetic inspiration”. The “Mead of Poetry” is differentiated in the Norse myths from the common or alcoholic mead made with yeast. The name Poetic Mead or Mead of Poetry implies that the drink inspires elegant Poetry and either tastes like honey or was made with honey. Dried Amanita muscaria when water extracted as a strong solution, looks, smells and tastes remarkably like honey. The Fleece generated from dried Amanita muscaria will also grow quite well on a honey water solution. In the Rig Veda, “Soma” also called the “master Poet” is equated to honey in taste. The “Mead of Poetry” like “Soma” the “Master of the house of Song,” can inspire poetry because it contains Poetry in it self, the drink is liquid poetry, the wellspring of poetry and song. The “Elixir of Life”, also known as the elixir of immortality or Dancing Water or Aab-e-Hayaat and sometimes equated with the philosopher's stone, is a legendary potion, or drink, that grants the drinker eternal life or eternal youth. Many practitioners of alchemy pursued it. The elixir of life was also said to be able to create life. It is related to the myths of Enoch, Thoth, and Hermes Trismegistus, all of whom in various tales are said to have drunk "the liquid gold” and t
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Vauxhall Bridge | London Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Opening Date 26 May 1906 Vauxhall Bridge is a steel arched bridge for road and foot traffic, crossing the River Thames in a north-west south-east orientation, between Lambeth Bridge and Grosvenor Bridge , in central London . On the north bank is Westminster , with Tate Britain and the Millbank Tower to the north-east, and Pimlico and its tube station to the north and east. On the south bank, Vauxhall Cross, site of Vauxhall Station and the headquarters of MI6 , lies immediately to the south-east; Kennington is to the east, Vauxhall to the south-east and Nine Elms to the south west. St George Wharf is located beside the bridge on the southern bank. The River Effra , one of the Thames's many underground tributaries, empties into the main river just to the east of the bridge on the south bank. History Edit One of the eight Vauxhall Bridge figures, here depicting Fine Art. (October 2005) The current bridge was designed by Sir Alexander Binnie, with modifications by Maurice Fitzmaurice, to replace a previous cast-iron structure. It was built by Petwick Brothers. It was completed in 1906, and opened on the May 26 by the Prince of Wales, and was the first bridge to carry trams across the Thames. It measures 80ft wide by 809ft long, has five steel arches mounted on granite piers, and its most striking feature is a series of bronze female figures on the bridge abutments, both upstream and downstream, commemorating the arts and sciences. The four upstream figures are by F. W. Pomeroy, the four downstream by Alfred Drury. The previous bridge was the nine-span Regent's Bridge, designed by James Walker and opened in 1816 as a toll-bridge. The history leading up to the construction of this bridge was tortuous with at least three aborted designs rejected, two by John Rennie—first a seven-span stone bridge, and then a design with eleven cast-iron arches—and one by Sir Samuel Bentham. The Vauxhall iron bridge, looking west, in 1816. On the right can be seen part of Millbank Penitentiary under construction. The Vauxhall Bridge in 1829 Walker's nine-span structure was the first iron-built bridge over the Thames in London, but it lasted less than 90 years. Tidal scour undermined the bridge's piers and these were too expensive to replace. A temporary wooden bridge was constructed across the river and demolition work began in 1898, but construction of the Binnie bridge did not start until 1904. The bridge was declared a Grade II listed structure in 2008, providing protection to preserve its special character from unsympathetic development.
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Oxford travel guide - Wikitravel History[ edit ] Oxford was first occupied in Saxon times, and was initially known as "Oxanforda". The settlement began with the foundations of St Frideswide's nunnery in the 8th century, and was first mentioned in written records in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the year 912. By the 10th century Oxford had become an important military frontier town between the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex and was on several occasions raided by the Danes. The University of Oxford [1] was founded in the 12th century and therefore constitutes the oldest English-speaking university. Oxford, like Cambridge , differs from many other universities in that there is no 'campus' as such, and no central university building. Instead, the University consists of approximately 40 colleges and associated buildings, such as the Exam Schools (on the High Street, closed to the public), the world-famous Bodleian Library (main buildings in Radcliffe Square, off the high street - limited access to the public), and several world-class museums. Each college has its own individual character, some date from the 13th century, others are merely a few decades old. Many of the colleges are closed to the public, particularly during term times; some, however, are open at different times. For example: Christ Church (the college of "Brideshead" fame) is mostly open, and has the added bonus of having a (small) cathedral attached, where excellent music is performed at Evensong everyday, it also has an excellent art gallery [2] . Some of Christ Church's buildings are used in films such as "Harry Potter". Other colleges of note are Magdalen (pronounced 'maudlin'), which has a deer park, and those along the High Street, all of which have an impressive list of alumni. Shelley fans should visit University College. Former women-only colleges such as the pretty Somerville (Woodstock Rd) further to the North of the centre are interesting to get a feel for the range of colleges in Oxford. Orientation[ edit ] Central Oxford is built around two intersecting throughfares which cross at Carfax: the High Street, or "the High" [3] - running east-west, this is the main road coming in from Headington and the London road running north-south is another road, essentially continuous, but with separate ancient names for its various stretches - St Aldates and St Giles [4] , separated by the Cornmarket (now a pedestrianised shopping boulevard) One of the best online resources for planning a visit to Oxford is the Virtual Tour of Oxford [5] , hosted by the university's chemistry department... By plane[ edit ] While Oxford has an airport of its own at Kidlington, [6] there are currently no scheduled commercial flights, and hence the airport is used only for private and charter flights. The nearest commercial airports to Oxford are those around London , to the south-east, Birmingham , to the north, and Southampton to the south, with most foreign travellers preferring the London airports. Heathrow is certainly the closest major airport to Oxford, followed by Gatwick in terms of size and popularity. Road access from both Heathrow and Gatwick (fastest) is by M25 (heading north and west respectively) and then the M40 to Oxford's outskirts (follow the signs). Oxford Bus Company [7] runs several airport bus services to Oxford Gloucester Green bus station (running in from Headington and up the High with several convenient stops: check web pages below): between London Heathrow and Oxford [8] , £23 single, £29 return, frequency: every twenty minutes 5AM-10AM and 2PM-7PM, less frequently at other times between London Gatwick and Oxford [9] , £28 single, £37 return, frequency: hourly 6AM-8PM, less frequently thereafter National Express Bus Company runs airport bus services to Luton Airport and to Stansted Airport: [10] Birmingham Airport [11] has fewer destinations than the London airports (it still has quite a lot), but it is definitely the closest to Oxford in terms of public transport travel time. Birmingham International Airport has its own railway station, which is connec
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etymology - Where did the phrase "batsh*t crazy" come from? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange up vote 14 down vote accepted I started to type up an answer summarizing several theories about its origin and first use, but then I found that since the last time I tried to look it up, the Oxford English Dictionary has in fact added an entry for this term (in the online edition), along with some helpful citations. Turns out the phrase didn't originate with Hunter S. Thompson, or with Kubrick's Col. "Bat" Guano in Dr. Strangelove. Here are the definitions provided by the OED, along with the earliest citation for each: A worthless or contemptible thing; rubbish, nonsense. Cf. bullshit n. (1950 M. Shedd Return to Beach ii. 156: "I felt the minute hand of that bat shit of a Judas clock stand up to me.") Austral. Used in similative phrases as the type of something dull or uninteresting. Chiefly in boring as batshit. (1964 G. H. Johnston My Brother Jack iv. 58: "He would describe somebody as being ‘as silly as a two-bob watch’ or ‘dreary as bat-shit’.") Crazy, mad, insane. Cf. bats at bat *n*. 1 b. Orig. and freq. in to go batshit (cf. to go ape-shit at ape n. Additions). (1971 W. Calley Lieutenant Calley 104: "Most of America's males were in Korea or World War II or I. They killed, and they aren't all going batshit.") As an intensifier, esp. in batshit crazy. (1993 Toronto Life Aug. 6/4: "His mug is emblazoned with the words: full-blown bat shit crazy.") So, while batshit crazy certainly does seem to be influenced by the expression bats in the belfry as you suggest, its first meaning, in use by 1950, was simply a variant of bullshit. This use continued and overlapped with the "crazy" meaning: further citations are given for definition #1 from Dean Koontz's 1985 novel Door to December and from Seattle Weekly in 2002. Also, batshit as a standalone word meaning "crazy" appears to be older than the two-word phrase batshit crazy, at least as far as the written record shows. There's anecdotal evidence scattered around the internet, like in this Straight Dope Message Board discussion, that definition #1 was in common use in the US military during the 1950s. Someone else points out there that Hunter S. Thompson may have picked up the term in the Air Force, from which he was discharged in 1958. Apparently he used the terms batshit, batshit crazy, and/or batshit insane in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and/or Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, but I don't have either book handy to check, and none of the claims I've found includes a full quotation. From an inexplicably deleted answer is a 1983 cartoon by P. S. Mueller (the voice of Onion News Radio ) captioned: Full blown batshit crazy and still holding down a productive job Mueller adds: Since I first published this cartoon around 25 years ago, I have received more correspondence about it than anything I have done before or since. I guess it struck a chord. As far as I knew at the time or know now, the phrase "Full Blown Batshit Crazy" just sort of fell out of my head and appears to have entered some part of the language. I seem to have the dimmest memory of a guy I knew in my early teens uttering the word "Batshit" on the school bus and nearly killing me with it. I could have it all tangled up with another guy or made it up myself, but it certainly sounds like something Birdy would have said. I'm not sure when Mueller was born, but he "began contributing drawings to the Daily Egyptian at Southern Illinois University-Cabondale" from 1967 , so his early teens batshit memory was probably around the early 1960s. up vote 1 down vote The word crazy is a later addition. Scanning Google Books I find a handful of references starting from the mid-60s where batshit is clearly just a variation on bullshit (nonsense, rubbish) - which meaning still turns up even in 2001 , but it's relatively uncommon now. Here's a relatively early one from 1967 where the meaning is crazy. A decade later most references have this meaning, but the earliest actual "batshit crazy" I can find is this one fr
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The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants April 28 marks the anniversary of the world's most famous mutiny by Borgna Brunner Phrases in the Pitcairnese Dialect I starten. – I'm going. Bou yo gwen? – Where are you going? I gwen down Farder's morla. – I'm going down to Father's place tomorrow. Bou yo bin? – Where have you been? I gwen out yenna fer porpay. – I'm going out yonder for red guavas. Foot yawly come yah? – Why did you come here? Up a side, Tom'sa roll. – Up at that place, Tom fell down. Source: Ray and Eileen Young, New Zealand residents descended from Midshipmen Edward Young of the Bounty. Courtesy of the Pitcairn Island Web site. It is not surprising that the most famous of all mutinies , that of the British HMS Bounty , has become ideal fodder for popular history and legend. The mutiny has generated five films (who can think of Fletcher Christian without picturing Marlon Brando ?) as well as countless books (including a historical novel by Mark Twain , The Great Revolution in Pitcairn). Set in the paradisiacal islands of the South Seas, the mutiny involved a host of colorful characters, including the tyrannical Captain Bligh , the aristocratic Fletcher Christian (a distant relation of William Wordsworth's ), numerous uninhibited Tahitian women, and a pack of sailors made up of cockney orphans and ruffian adverturers. Anglo-Tahitian Culture Preserved What has also helped to perpetuate the romantic fascination with the mutiny is the existence of a small community on Pitcairn Island directly descended from the mutineers and their Tahitian wives. Living on a 1.75 square mile volcanic speck in the South Pacific that is surely one of the most isolated places on Earth, the contemporary Pitcairn Islanders still bear the surnames of the eighteenth century mutineers (Tom Christian, for example, is the great-great-great-grandson of Fletcher). The islanders speak a dialect that is a hybrid of Tahitian and eighteenth-century English. It is as if history had been preserved in a petri dish (another admittedly romantic notion about an already widely romanticized past). Paradise The Bounty left England on Dec. 23, 1787, and reached Tahiti in 1788. It was sent to collect a cargo of breadfruit saplings, which was then to be transported to Jamaica where the breadfruit would serve as food for slaves working on the plantations. After sailing 27,000 miles over ten months, the crew spent a sybaritic idyll on Tahiti, where they reveled in the subtropical climate, lush surroundings, and overwhelming warmth and hospitality of the Tahitians. A scientist of the time, gladly abandoning reason for passion, claimed that the Tahitians knew "no other god but love; every day is consecrated to it, the whole island is its temple, all the women are its idols, all the men its worshippers." Many of the men found Tahitian companions, and Fletcher Christian and a Tahitian named Maimiti fell deeply in love and later married. For Christian, Maimiti had the face that launched one mutinous ship. Breadfruit Bligh On April 4, 1789, the Bounty embarked on the second leg of its journey with a cargo of a thousand breadfruit saplings aboard. A little more than three weeks later, near the island of Tonga , the crew, led by first mate Fletcher Christian, staged a mutiny against Captain William Bligh, under whom they claimed to suffer inhuman treatment. Bligh and eighteen loyal sailors were set adrift in a 23-foot open boat. According to Captain Bligh's diary, the mutineers threw breadfruit after him as he was forced off the Bounty, and yelled, "There goes the Bounty bastard, breadfruit Bligh!" Miraculously, Bligh and his loyalists survived the seven-week, 3,600-mile voyage in the cramped boat, finally reaching the island of Timor . Discovering Pitcairn Pitcairn's coordinates are 25 04 S, 130 06 W. After the mutiny, Christian and his sailors returned to Tahiti, where sixteen of the twenty-five men decided to remain for good. Christian, along with eight others, their women,
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Which U.S. States Are Named After Kings and Queens? By Matt Rosenberg Updated August 10, 2016. Seven of the U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four are named for kings and three are named for queens. These include some of the oldest colonies and territories in what is now the United States and the royal names paid tribute to the rulers of either France and England. The list of states includes Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Can you guess which kings and queens inspired each name? The 'Carolinas' Have British Royalty Roots North and South Carolina have a long and complicated history. Two of the 13 original colonies, they began as a single colony but were divided shortly after because it was too much land to govern. The name 'Carolina' is often attributed as an honor of King Charles I of England (1625-1649), yet that is not entirely true. What is fact is that Charles is 'Carolus' in Latin and that inspired 'Carolina.' However, the French explorer, Jean Ribault first called the region Carolina when he tried colonizing Florida in the 1560's. During that time, he established an outpost known as Charlesfort in what is now South Carolina. The French King at the time? Charles IX who was crowned in 1560. When the British colonists established their settlements in the Carolinas, it was shortly after the 1649 execution of King Charles I of England and they retained the name in his honor. When his son took over the crown in 1661, the colonies were also an honor to his rule. In a way, the Carolinas pay tribute to all three King Charles. 'Georgia' Was Inspired by a British King Georgia was one of the original 13 colonies that became the United States. It was the last colony established and it became official in 1732, just five years after King George II was crowned King of England. The name 'Georgia' was clearly inspired by the new king. The suffix -ia was used often by the colonizing nations when naming new lands in honor of important people. King George II did not live long enough to see his namesake become a state. He died in 1760 and was succeeded by his grandson, King George III, who reigned during the American Revolutionary War. 'Louisiana' Has French Origins In 1671, French explorers claimed a large portion of central North America for France. They named the area in honor of King Louis XIV, who reigned from 1643 until his death in 1715. The name 'Louisiana' begins with a clear reference to the king. The suffix -iana is often used to refer to a collection of objects in regards to the collector. Therefore, we can loosely associate Louisiana as 'a collection of lands owned by King Louis XIV.' This territory became known as the Louisiana Territory and was purchased by Thomas Jefferson in 1803. In total, the Louisiana Purchase was for 828,000 square miles between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. The state of Louisiana formed the southern border and became a state in 1812. 'Maryland' Was Named After a British Queen Maryland also has an association with King Charles I yet, in this case, it was named for his wife. George Calvert was granted a charter in 1632 for a region east of the Potomac. The first settlement was St. Mary's and the territory was named Maryland. All of this was in honor of Henrietta Maria, queen consort of Charles I of England and daughter of King Henry IV of France. The 'Virginias' Were Named for a Virgin Queen Virginia (and subsequently West Virginia) was settled by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584. He named this new land after the English monarch of the time, Queen Elizabeth I. But how did he get 'Virginia' out of Elizabeth? Elizabeth I was crowned in 1559 and died in 1603. During her 44 years as queen , she never married and she earned the nickname of the "Virgin Queen." That is how the Virginia's got their name, but whether the monarch was true in her virginity is a matter of much debate and speculation.
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Old Dominion State Nickname | State Symbols USA The U.S. Mint's bicentennial commemorative quarter for Virginia features the ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery (the official state fleet) and the caption: Jamestown, 1607-2007, Quadricentennial. Virginia became the 10th state in 1788 (public domain image on Wikipedia ). Old Dominion Virginia's state nickname is Old Dominion. The nickname was earned by the loyalty of Virginia to the Royalist cause during the English Civil War and afterward, during the English Commonwealth. The moniker was given by King Charles II in recognition of Virginia's loyalty to the Crown, after the Restoration. Another nickname for Virginia is the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of 8 U.S. presidents. The Commonwealth of Virginia Virginia shares the designation "Commonwealth" with Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Massachusetts. The word is of English derivation and refers to the common "weal" (well-being) of the public. Virginia
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"According to Burt Bacharach's theme for ""Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"", what ""keep fallin' on my head""?"
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Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Butch Cassidy/Soundtrack Version) - YouTube Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Butch Cassidy/Soundtrack Version) 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 Dec 25, 2014 Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group North America Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head (Butch Cassidy/Soundtrack Version) · B.J. Thomas · Burt Bacharach Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid ℗ 1969 A&M Records
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1100-1199 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. 1100-1199 Which city does the statue of Jesus Christ, better known as Christ the Redeemer, overlook? Rio de Janeiro In an all-black cast, who played the role of Brick in the 2008 revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"? Terrence Howard Advertisement ) What term describes the purchase of securities with borrowed money using the shares themselves as collateral? Buying on Margin In the sequence of presidential succession, who is next in line after the vice president? Speaker of the House Created by Ruth Handler, which 12-inch follower of fashion has been every girl's best friend since 1959? Barbie For which film did Kathy Bates win an Oscar in 1991? Misery Which country is home of port wine? Portugal The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is geographically part of which continent? Asia Which city was hit by the second American atomic bomb in 1945? Nagasaki What does a person with mythomania tend to? Tell lies What is the latin term for the science of languages? Linguistics Which Agatha Christie's fictional characters is the only one to have been given an obituary in the N.Y. Times? Hercule Poriot Guns N' Roses guitarist Saul Hudson is better known by what name? Slash Which land animal species lives the longest? Turtle Which militant Lebanese political group sparked a 2007 attack after capturing two Israeli soldiers? Hezbollah How many calories equal 42 Joules: about 1, 10 or 42? Ten Jumping and dressage are events in which Olympic competition? Equestrian What message delivery system did U.S. computer technician Raymond Tomlinson invent at the beginning of the 1970's? E-mail What is the gesture of submission, originating in imperial China, in which you kneel and touch the ground with your forehead? Kowtow On what sitcom did John Larroquette win three straight Best Supporting Actor Emmy Awards? Night Court What is the most distinctive exterior feature on a Russian Orthodox church? The Onion Dome Which 1957 Broadway musical is loosely based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? West Side Story What is the name for the valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings? Price Earning Ratio What country issues gold coins called Krugerrands? South Africa In the 1960s, IBM designed a new typing head to reduce jams in typewriters. What shape was it? A ball Who directed "The Color Purple" in 1985? Steven Speilberg What does an oenologist specialize in? Wine What dam created Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S.? Hoover Dam Named after the city where they signed the pact in 1955, where did eight eastern European states agree to form a political alliance? Warsaw What part of the body is affected by a swelling known as a periodontal disease? Gums Which Polynesian word means "forbidden"? Taboo Which novel by J.D. Salinger that is still controversial today features Holden Caulfield as the protagonist? The Catcher in the Rye According to the classic Van Morrison song, who "comes around here bout mid-night?" Gloria What is a tapaculo: a fish, a rodent or a bird? A bird Who did Hugo Chavez refer to as "the devil" in a 2006 speech to the UN General Assembly? George W. Bush Which temperature scale has its absolute zero at minus 273.15 degrees Celsius? Kelvin In which chess move are the rook and the king used at the same time? Castling Which frequency band uses the abbreviation "U.H.F." Ultra High Frequency In which country did T'ai Chi originate? China What character on NCIS is commonly referred to as "Ducky"? Dr. Mallard By what name is the collection of Egyptian tombs across the Nile from Luxor better known? Valley of the Kings "Les Miserables" is a musical based on a novel by which writer? Victor Hugo What term describes the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from a difference in price? Arbitrage (riskless profit) What president extended a "Good Neighbor Policy" to countries in South America, Central America and the Carribean? Franklin Delano Roose
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Top 50 English Words---of Arabic Origin! | Arabic Language Blog ZENITH (سمت الرأس: Literally the “azimuth of the head”، it is the opposite of the “nadir.”) ZERO (same as “cipher.”) Names of many stars and constellations: (Altair: الطَّائـــــــــر meaning “the bird”; Betelgeuse: بيت الجــــــوزاء, meaning “the House of the Gemini”; Deneb: ذنب meaning “tail”; Fomalhaut: فم الحوت which means “the mouth of the Pisces”, Rigel: رِجـــــــل meaning “foot”, it stands for رجل الجبَّار, or the “foot of the Titan”, Vega: الواقع meaning “the Falling”, refers to النسر الواقع، meaning “the falling eagle”, etc.) An entirely separate post is necessary to list all of the astronomical terms which are of Arabic origin. TECHNICAL TERMS (ENGINEERING, MILITARY, BUSINESS, COMMODITIES, etc.) ADMIRAL (أميــــــــر الرحلة, meaning commander of the fleet, or literally “of the trip”) ADOBE (الطوب: meaning a “brick.” Next time you use an Adobe Acrobat product, you will remember that Adobe is originally Arabic!) ALCOVE (القبة: meaning “the vault”, or “the dome”) AMBER (عنبر: Anbar, “ambergris.”) ARSENAL (Do fans of F.C. Arsenal today, including those living in the Arab world, know where the name of their favorite team came from? دار الصناعــــــــــــــــة : “manufacturing house”) ASSASSIN (Just like the word MAFIA, it is of Arabic origin: It either comes from “حشَّــــــــــــــاشين”, referring to the medieval sect of the same name famous for the heavy hashish consumption by its knife-wielding members, or “العسَّاسيــــــــــــــــن”, meaning “the watchmen.”) CALIBER (قـــــــالب: meaning “mold”) CANDY (from قندي, itself from Persian for “hard candy made by boiling cane sugar”) CHECK (from صکّ, also from Persian meaning “letter of credit.” It would give the Chess expression “Checkmate”, from “الشيخ مات”, or “the Shaikh is dead.”) CORK (القورق) COFFEE (قهوة: For long snubbed by Europeans as the “wine of the infidels”—that is, many centuries before the age of Starbucks and instant coffee!) COTTON (قُطْـــــــــن) GAUZE (either from قَــــــــــزّ, meaning “silk”, or from غَــــــــزّة, “Gaza”, the Palestinian city.) GUITAR (just as LUTE, العود, a musical instrument known to Europeans through the Arabic قيثارة, itself possibly borrowed from a word of Ancient Greek.) HAZARD (الزّهر: “the dice”—Think of an Arabic TV series hazardly titled “The Dukes of Al-Azhar”…) LAZULI (As in “Lapis Lazuli”, لاژورد: Arabic word for a semi-precious stone famous for its intense blue color. The Arabic word is said to come from a Persian city where the stone was mined.) MASCARA (Just as with the English “masquerade” and the French “mascarade“, mascara comes from the Arabic word مسخرة, an event during which people wear masks, such as carnivals.) MATTRESS (مطـــــــــــــــــــرح.) MONSOON (موسم: Arabic for “season.”) MUMMY (مومياء: Originally from Persian root “موم”, meaning “wax”.) RACQUET (As in a “tennis racket”. Some point to an Arabic origin of Tennis. The word racket comes the Arabic word “راحـــــــة”, as in “راحـــــة اليد”, meaning the “palm of the hand.”) REAM (as in a “ream of paper”, it comes from Arabic رزمة, meaning a “bundle.”) SAFARI (سفـــــــر: “travel”—As in Apple’s Safari web browser) SASH (شــــــــاش.) SATIN (زيتــــــــــــوني: “Olive-like”, perhaps related to modern Tsinkiang in Fukien province, southern China.) SOFA (الصُفــــــــة)
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Heraldry Tweet Heraldry is the practice of devising, granting, displaying, describing, and recording coats of arms and heraldic badges. Officers of arms (Kings of Arms, Heralds and Pursuviants) practice heraldry and also rule on questions of rank or protocol. The origins of heraldry stretch back into ancient times. Warriors often decorated their shields with patterns and mythological motifs. Army units of the Roman Empire were identified by the distinctive markings on their shields (see left). These were not heraldic in the medieval sense, as they were associated with military units, not individuals or families. Truly heraldic devices seem to have been first used in Carolingian times. Seals and banners confirm that they were being used in the Flemish area of Europe during the reign of Charlemagne (768814 AD). The emergence of heraldry as we know it today was linked to the need to distinguish participants quickly and easily in combat. Distinguishing devices were used on surcoats ("coats of arms"), shields, and caparisoned horses, and it would have been natural for knights to use the same devices as those already used on their banners and seals. A formal system of rules developed into ever more complex forms of heraldry to ensure that each knight's arms were unique (at least within the same jurisdiction). The system of blazoning arms that is used in English-speaking countries today was developed by the officers of arms in the Middle Ages. This includes a stylised description of the escutcheon (shield), the crest, and, if present, supporters, mottoes, and other insignia. The language is an anglicised version of Norman French and does not always match modern heraldic French: for example the colour green is called Vert in heraldic English, but sinople in heraldic French. Although heraldry is nearly 900 years old, it is still in use. Many cities and towns in Europe and around the world make use of arms. Personal heraldry, both legally protected and lawfully assumed, has continued to be used around the world. Certain heraldic rules apply, the most important of which is the Rule of Tincture. This prohibits certain colour combinations, as described below. Understanding these rules is a key to the art of heraldry. Rules and terminology differ from country to country. Several national styles had developed by the end of the Middle Ages, but some aspects carry over internationally. Inescutcheon An inescutcheon is a smaller shield that is shown within or superimposed over the main shield. This may be used for heraldic style, in pretence (to bear another's arms over one's own), to bear one's own personal arms over the territorial arms of one's domains, as an augmentation of honour, or as a simple charge. Inescutcheons may also be used to bear another's arms in "pretence", In English Heraldry the husband of a heraldic heiress - a woman without any brothers - may place her father's arms in an escutcheon of pretence in the centre of his own shield as a claim ("pretence") to be the head of his wife's family. In the next generation the arms would then be quartered. (Normally the arms of the wife would be impaled with those of the husband a convention known as Baron and Femme). In similar fashion, one may bear one's own arms inescutcheon en surtout over the territorial arms of his/her domains, such as in the arms of the Danish Royal Family, the greater coat of
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Aqua Sulis was the Latin name for which English city?
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aquae definition | English definition dictionary | Reverso Wiesbaden (German) n a city in W Germany, capital of Hesse state: a spa resort since Roman times. Pop.: 267122 (1996 est.), (Latin name) Aquae Mattiacorum English Collins Dictionary - English Definition & Thesaurus Bath n a city in SW England, in Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, Somerset, on the River Avon: famous for its hot springs; a fashionable spa in the 18th century; Roman remains, notably the baths. Pop.: 85202 (1991), (Latin name) Aquae Sulis English Collins Dictionary - English Definition & Thesaurus See also:
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River Wey & Navigations : More about Guildford, Surrey MORE ABOUT SSTL Town of The Golden Ford Guildford is a market town and the county town of Surrey, and is located in a gap in the North Downs where the River Wey breaks through the hills. The name Guildford translates from ancient English as ‘the town of the golden ford’. The ford to which this refers is that that was once located next to the spring at St Catherine’s Hill. Straddling the main road network linking London with Portsmouth, and boasting a railway network that radiates out in six directions, has been a key to the town’s success. The first railway reached the town in 1845, and in the decade after this when the railway finally reached Portsmouth, the thriving London-Guildford-Portsmouth coach trade floundered, and along with it the majority of the coaching inns that relied on the coaches passengers for their trade. GUILDFORD HAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ANGSt - IT'S OFFICIAL Ancient Settlement There is evidence that Guildford was the site of ancient settlements including Saxon. The Saxon settlement was originally established on a site on the east side of the river, but which grew to encompass the west bank of the river around the site of St Mary’s Church in Quarry Street, the oldest building in the town. The site of a Romano-British temple has been identified at Wanborough on the outskirts of the town. The first written record of the town is in the will of King Alfred when he gave Gyldeford to his nephew Etheldred. The town was at the centre of much of the period’s power upheavals and had its share of bloodshed. When King Canute died, there was a period of unrest in England with confusion over the succession. Alfred Atheling (brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor and son of Ethelred the Unready) sailed to England from Normandy with an army in an attempt to take the throne. He was captured at Guildford after being betrayed by Earl Godwin and his eyes put out. His supporters were massacred and their remains were buried in the Saxon cemetery on the outskirts of Guildford at Guildown. Guildford had become one of the most important towns in Surrey by the time of the Norman invasion in 1066. An eye witness account at the time tells of being able to see the sacking of Shalford Manor with smoke from the burning building clearly visible from the Saxon tower of St Mary’s church. William the Conqueror passed through Surrey on his way to London from Hastings. At the time of Edward the Confessor (1003 – 1066) the town was still in the ownership of the Crown, and was to remain so until the time of James I when it was granted to the Earls of Aunandale, and eventually ended up in the hands of the Onslows of Clandon. The town was sufficiently important in Anglo-Saxon times to have had its own mint. click on image to go to artist's website Royal Castle A royal castle was built in the town in the time of William the Conqueror. The ruins of Guildford Castle that remain today are confined to the central square keep and a few outer walls. The Norman keep (GR: SU997494) was the only one to be built in the county, and is of three stories towering 70 feet (21 metres) above the town. The walls at the foundations are 10 feet (3 metres) thick and are cased with chalk, flint, sandstone and ragstone and have herringbone and fern leaf decorations. The structure, which was probably built not long after William the Conqueror seized power in 1066, follows the classic Norman design of a motte on which the central tower was erected with the chalk excavated for the mound leaving a deep defensive ditch, and a bailey which provided a secure courtyard below. Much of the original bailey ditch was filled in when the bailey was further extended in around 1200 to where Quarry Street now is. The original buildings in the bailey would have been of timber but were upgraded to stone structures in the 12th century. The fortification was built in stages. First a 'shell-keep' of chalk was built around the top of the motte. In the 1130s and 1140s the 'great tower' was built in two phases with the height of the
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Sent as a gift to King James II of Scotland in 1457, what is the alliterative name of the medieval bombard siege gun located outside of Edinburgh Castle?
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Edinburgh Castle - Wikipedia, Photos and Videos Edinburgh Castle NEXT GO TO RESULTS [51 .. 100] WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE Jump to: navigation , search The "Maidens' Castle" redirects here. Not to be confused with various other Maiden Castles in England and elsewhere. Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Castle stands at the head of the Old Town Edinburgh Castle Coordinates Site history Built Site occupied since the late Bronze Age ; buildings of present castle date from the 12th to 21st centuries In use sieges in 1640, 1650, 1689, 1745 Garrison information List of Governors of Edinburgh Castle Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh , Scotland , from its position on the Castle Rock . Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland , Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100-year-old history, giving it a claim to having been "the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world". [1] Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh, [2] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid- Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia , known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland . The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial and administrative. Some of the castle buildings house regimental museums which contribute to its presentation as a tourist attraction. The castle, in the care of Historic Scotland , is Scotland's most-visited paid tourist attraction, with over 1.4 million visitors in 2013. [3] As the backdrop to the Edinburgh Military Tattoo during the annual Edinburgh International Festival the castle has become a recognisable symbol of Edinburgh and of Scotland and indeed, it is Edinburgh's most frequently visited visitor attraction—according to the Edinburgh Visitor Survey, more than 70% of leisure visitors to Edinburgh visited the castle. Contents Main article: Castle Rock, Edinburgh Diagram of a crag and tail feature, such as the Castle Rock: A is the crag formed from the volcanic plug, B is the tail of softer rock, and C shows the direction of ice movement. In the case of Edinburgh, the castle stands on the crag (A) with the Royal Mile extending along the tail (B) The castle stands upon the plug of an extinct volcano , which is estimated to have risen about 350 million years ago during the lower Carboniferous period. The Castle Rock is the remains of a volcanic pipe , which cut through the surrounding sedimentary rock before cooling to form very hard dolerite , a type of basalt. Subsequent glacial erosion was resisted by the dolerite, which protected the softer rock to the east, leaving a crag and tail formation. [4] The summit of the Castle Rock is 130 metres (430 ft) above sea level, with rocky cliffs to the south, w
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Tim Hodkinson Tim Hodkinson This is the blog of writer Tim Hodkinson, author of Lions of the Grail , The Waste Land , The Spear of Crom and other works Pages A Medieval Christmas My novels Lions of the Grail and The Waste land take place in medieval Ireland and, as Christmas time approaches, sometimes I'm asked what Christmas would have been like for Richard Savage and the other characters from the books in their time. Most people are aware that Christmas would have been different in medieval times. However a lot of our modern traditions reach right back to at least seven hundred years ago, perhaps even further. However, as is often said, “the past is a different country”, and they can appear in slightly different guises. I’ve written before about the rather frightening Nordic Christmas traditions but this post will concentrate on what was going on seven centuries ago in British Isles at this time of year. We are lucky enough to have a picture of what Christmas was like, at least for the elite of society, the lords and ladies in their castles, as a unique piece of writing that includes these details has survived. The poem now known as “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” is an interesting piece of writing in itself. It’s written in an ancient English metre and rhyme scheme that even in the 1300s was considered old fashioned. It contains curious elements of folk tales, Christianity, what looks like magic and what may be a portrayal of an old pagan spirit of the forest. It’s one of my favourite pieces of medieval writing and it takes place during Christmastime. To be specific, it spans a year and covers two Christmases. One at the court of King Arthur and one at the castle of a mysterious nobleman, Bertilak de Hautdessert, somewhere in the north of England. While full of legendary and mythical elements and set in the Arthurian world, like most medieval writers the now-unknown poet portrayed all these events very much as they appeared in his own time. The castles, the armour and the fashions both of hair and dress are very much of the later Fourteenth Century, as opposed to the dark ages when Arthur (if he really did exist) would have ruled. Presents From the poem, it seems that people in the 1300s gave each other presents at this time of the year too. The interesting thing is that they seem to have exchanged them on New Year’s Day, rather than Christmas Day. These gifts, delivered by hand, were called handsels and it seems to have been a tradition that may go all the way back to anglo-saxon times and survived in Scotland and the north of England until relatively recently . Feasting (and drinking) Like in modern times, it seems that Christmas was also a time for over-indulgence. As you would expect of medieval barons, there is lots of feasting in the poem. The feasting at Arthur’s Court in Camelot lasts “ful fiften dayes,” (15 days). This reflects the old tradition of feasting and merry making (“alle þe mete and þe mirþe”) right through the twelve days of Christmas, culminating in Twelfth Night (5th January) which was still a night of festivities in Shakespeare’s day. Being from hundreds of years before the arrival of turkey or potatoes on these shores from the New World, what is eaten in Gawain and the Green Knight is different to what we have now. There is venison and the ancestor of our Christmas ham, wild boar, hunted during the day by the lords and feasted on in the evening. These were accompanied by potages and stews, all heavily seasoned. Generally, they were eating very well: “Dayntés dryuen þerwyth of ful dere metes, Foysoun of þe fresche, and on so fele disches Þat pine to fynde þe place þe peple biforne For to sette þe sylueren þat sere sewes halden on clothe.” [Roughly translated: Dainties of delicious meats, an abundance of freshest foods in so many dishes that there was no room to set them on the table]. Christmas Eve is supposed to be a fast, so no meat. However as fish were not regarded as meat, Gawain finds himself offered an abundance of fish at Bertilak’s castle on Christmas Eve, some baked in bread, some
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The Pacific island of Bora Bora is a dependency of which country?
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Bora Bora Map / Geography of Bora Bora/ Map of Bora Bora - Worldatlas.com - WorldAtlas.com Bora Bora Map / Geography of Bora Bora/ Map of Bora Bora - Worldatlas.com Print this map Bora Bora, located about 160 miles northwest of Tahiti and approximately 2,600 miles south of Hawaii , was discovered in 1722, and is arguably the most beautiful island on the planet. The island's ancient name of Vava'u suggests the original inhabitants of this 7 million year old island arrived from Tonga , and interestingly, there is no "B," in the local Tahitian language, so its actual name is Pora Pora, meaning "first born." Under the leadership of Admiral Abel Aubert Dupetit Thouars, Bora Bora was named a colony of France in 1842. The onset of World War II brought U.S. troops to the island, and seven massive cannons were set up around the perimeter, as well as a number of forts. The presence of the troops was generally accepted, and lucky for the natives (and troops alike) no combat took place on the island during the war. The U.S. military base officially closed on June 2, 1946, and the abandoned base became an international airport until Tahiti opened their own in 1962. Bora Bora relies heavily on the tourism industry to fuel its economy, and its fabled blue lagoon is - according to novelist James A. Michener - "So stunning, that there are really no adequate words to describe it." Volcanic in origin, Bora Bora's rugged main island, and a few smaller islands, are completely surrounded by coral reefs. Made famous by books, movies, and its stunning beauty, the island is now besieged by tourism and overcrowding. Regardless, if you must visit a South Pacific island (and you should), Bora Bora would be an excellent choice. For additional info about the islands of French Polynesia , and their most interesting history, go here .
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Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`Bike +A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually?`Hum +Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015?`Eisenhower +Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called? `Tidal +At auction in 2015, $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original handrwitten lyrics for which 1971 big hit song? `American Pie +In 2015 what global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its 114 competitors, for the first time since 1951 inception? `Miss World +Which vast tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' branded intelligent home store in Palo Alto California in 2015?`Google +In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age to what?`18`eighteen +The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as?`Camel Flu +Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what extraordinarily successful book?`Fifty Shades of Grey`50 shades of grey +Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015?`Rupert Murdoch`murdoch +In 2015 a new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that leader Kim Jong-un learnt to drive at age?`3`three +Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?`Toyota +In 2015 evidence of water was found on which planet?`Mars +Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?`India +Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open?`Stan Warwinka`warwinka +What company launched the S6 Edge smartphone?`Samsung +Which leading professional networking tech corporation, whose main revenue is selling user access/details to recruiters, bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?`Linkedin`linked in +'Dismaland' was the temporary theme park/exhibition of which famous 'anonymous' artist?`Banksy +Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?`Volkswagen`vw +In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?`Russia +The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015?`eighty`80`80th +Name the Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?`Charlotte +The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled?`Fury Road`mad max: fury road`mad max fury road +The Magna Carta, signed in London, and inspiring constitutional rights globally thereafter, was how many years old in 2015?`eight hundred`800 +In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in what country?`Indonesia +Olav Bjortmont became 2015 world champion in?`Quizzing`quiz +Lars Lokke led his centre-right party to 2015 government election victory in what country?`Denmark +Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the...?`Priv +Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called "Music... "?`Stories +Eddie Jones was appointed head coach of which English sporting team in 2015?`Rugby Union`rugby +According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular among USA children?`Apples`apple +Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey celebrated what birthday in 2015?`49`fourty-nine`fourty nine`49th +Jon Snow was killed off in what TV series in 2015, adapted from GRR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?`Game of Thrones +Finance minister Yanis Yaroufakis caused comment for not wearing a tie in February 2015 when negotiating the debts for which nation?`Greece +What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?`Canada +What iconic equine-alluding company, in countless books/films/cowboy holsters, filed for bankruptcy in 2015?`Colt +Due to a 2015 contamination scandal in India/Afica, which corporation destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi noodles?`Nestle +How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015?`60`sixty +It was announced in 2015 that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced on?`$10 bill`$10`tendollars`ten dollar bill`ten
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Prior to Barack Obama in 2009 who was the last US president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
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BBC NEWS | Europe | Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Advertisement The Nobel committee said they wanted to support Mr Obama's approach US President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Committee said he won it for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples". The committee highlighted Mr Obama's efforts to support international bodies and promote nuclear disarmament. Mr Obama - woken up with the news early on Friday - said in an address at the White House that he was "surprised and deeply humbled" by the award. He said he did not feel he deserved to be in the company of some of the "transformative figures" who had previously received the award. Speaking outside the White House, he said he would accept the prize as a "call to action". There were a record 205 nominations for this year's peace prize. Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Chinese dissident Hu Jia had been among the favourites. Instead the committee chose Mr Obama, who was inaugurated less than two weeks before the 1 February nomination deadline. There was widespread surprise at the committee's decision. While world leaders were largely supportive of the award, thousands of people have contacted the BBC with more sceptical views. An estimated 75% of comment sent to the BBC expressed surprise at the award. Some said awarding the prize to Mr Obama was plain wrong, others that the decision had come too soon, before he had made any concrete foreign policy achievement. ANALYSIS Paul Reynolds BBC News, London The award is certainly unexpected and might be regarded as more of an encouragement for intentions than a reward for achievements. After all, the president has been in office for a little over eight months and he might hope to serve eight years. His ambition for a world free of nuclear weapons is one that is easier to declare than to achieve and a climate control agreement has yet to be reached. Indeed, the citation indicates that it is President Obama's world view that attracted the Nobel committee - that diplomacy should be founded "on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population". Obama rewarded for world view The Nobel laureate - chosen by a five-member committee - wins a gold medal, a diploma and 10m Swedish kronor ($1.4m). "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future," the Norwegian committee said in a statement. "His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population." Asked why the prize had been awarded to Mr Obama less than a year after he took office, Nobel Committee head Thorbjoern Jagland said: "It was because we would like to support what he is trying to achieve". "It is a clear signal that we want to advocate the same as he has done," he said. He specifically mentioned Mr Obama's work to strengthen international institutions and work towards a world free of nuclear arms. 'New climate' Reaction to the committee's decision from around the world was swift and varied. MARDELL'S AMERICA There was already a huge weight of responsibility on Obama's shoulders, and this medal hung round his neck has just made it a little heavier Mark Mardell Read Mark's thoughts in full Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN's nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, said he could not think of anyone more deserving of the award. "In less than a year in office, he has transformed the way we look at ourselves and the world we live in and rekindled hope for a world at peace with itself," Mr ElBaradei said. At the other end of the spectrum, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the Reuters news agency the award was ridiculous. "The Nobel prize for peace? Obama should have won the 'Nobel Prize for escalating violence and killing civilians'," he said. Since taking office in January, President Obama
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Video shows US Presidents morph from George Washington to Barack Obama | Daily Mail Online comments As the country enjoys the annual Presidents Day holiday here’s an amazing video which morphs through the faces of all 43 people who have been sworn into the highest office in the land in under four minutes. The roll call of great leaders starts with George Washington and goes all the way through to current incumbent Barack Obama. Although there have been 44 presidencies, only 43 people have been sworn into office as Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted chronologically as both the 22nd and 24th president. Scroll down for video From George W Bush into Barack Obama: An amazing video morphs through the faces of all 43 people who have been sworn into the highest office in the land in under four minutes Republican Dwight Eisenhower morphs into Democrat John F Kennedy, the only Roman Catholic president to date Of the individuals elected as president, four died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned (Richard Nixon). George Washington, the first president, was inaugurated in 1789 after a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. RELATED ARTICLES Share William Henry Harrison spent the shortest time in office with 32 days in 1841. Franklin D. Roosevelt spent the longest with over twelve years, but died shortly into his fourth term in 1945 and is the only president to have served more than two terms. Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, was the first to be elected by men of all classes in 1828 after most laws barring non-land-owners from voting were repealed. The morphed image captures the moment that Bill Clinton morphs into his replacement George W Bush Warren Harding was the first elected after women gained voting rights in 1920. Four presidents – John Q. Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison and George W. Bush – lost the popular vote but assumed office. John F. Kennedy has been the only president of Roman Catholic faith, while Barack Obama is the first African American president. To date there have been 18 Republicans, 16 Democrats and in the early days a smattering of Whigs, Federalists and Democratic-Republicans who have held the position. As the video morphs through the vintage photographs there are no smiles until Jimmy Carter in 1977. Ronald Reagan emerges from a photo of his smiling predecessor Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton morphs out of an image of his predecessor George Bush Snr Presidents Day is celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of country’s first president. It is also a state holiday in most states where it is known by a variety of names including Presidents Day and Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday and officially celebrates, depending upon the state, Washington alone, Washington and Lincoln, or some other combination of U.S. presidents. Some states celebrate Washington and the third president Thomas Jefferson but not Lincoln. Colloquially, the holiday is widely known as Presidents Day and is often an occasion to celebrate, or at least remember, all presidents and not just George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Both Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays are in February. In historical rankings of Presidents of the United States both Lincoln and Washington are frequently, but not always, the top two presidents. Democrat Lyndon B Johnson morphs into his Republican replacement Richard Nixon
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Gini coefficient - 必应 Sign in Gini coefficient The Gini coefficient (also known as the Gini index or Gini ratio) (/dʒini/ jee-nee) is a measure of statistical dispersion intended to represent the income distribution of a nation's residents, and is the most commonly used measure of inequality. It was developed by the Italian statistician and sociologist Corrado Gini and published in his 1912 paper "Variability and Mutability" (Italian: Variabilità e mutabilità). The Gini coefficient measures the inequality among values of a frequency distribution (for example, levels of income). A Gini coefficient of zero ex ... (展开) xpresses perfect equality, where all values are the same (for example, where everyone has the same income). A Gini coefficient of one (or 100%) expresses maximal inequality among values (for example, where only one person has all the income or consumption, and all others have none). However, a value greater than one may occur if some persons represent negative contribution to the total (for example, having negative income or wealth). For larger groups, values close to or above 1 are very unlikely in practice. The Gini coefficient was proposed by Gini as a measure of inequality of income or wealth. For OECD countries, in the late 2000s, considering the effect of taxes and transfer payments, the income Gini coefficient ranged between 0.24 to 0.49, with Slovenia the lowest and Chile the highest. African countries had the highest pre-tax Gini coefficients in 2008–2009, with South Africa the world's highest, variously estimated to be 0.63 to 0.7, although this figure drops to 0.52 after social assistance is taken into account, and drops again to 0.47 after taxation. The global income Gini coefficient in 2005 has been estimated to be between 0.61 and 0.68 by various sources. There are some issues in interpreting a Gini coefficient. The same value may result from many different distribution curves. The demographic structure should be taken into account. Countries with an aging population, or with a baby boom, experience an increasing pre-tax Gini coefficient even if real income distribution for working adults remains constant. Scholars have devised over a dozen variants of the Gini coefficient. Error when calculating Gini coefficient with user-defined functi... I am trying to use ddply to generate the Gini coefficients of several groups of observations. My data looks something like this: (this is obviously artificial)Group Name Month Wage A Alice January 0 A Alice February 300 A Alice February 400 B Alice March 500 B Bob January 1000 B Bob January 2500 I want to get the Gini coefficients of the wages, grouped by group, name, and month. Right now, I have the below code. It uses a user-defined function for doing the calculation because I needed to modify the data a little before sending it to gini. There's also a user-defined gini function that I found here, because the standard ineq function wasn't working correctly for me. #add up to 5 0's if there are not enough observations fakeinflate <- function(x) { toadd <- 5 - length(x[[1]]) add <- rep(0, toadd) togin <- c(x$wage, add) g <- ineq(togin) return(g) } #calculate the Gini coefficient gini <- function(x, unbiased = TRUE, na.rm = FALSE){ if (!is.numeric(x)){ warning("'x' is not numeric; returning NA") return(NA) } if (!na.rm && any(na.ind <- is.na(x))) stop("'x' contain NAs") if (na.rm) x <- x[!na.ind] n <- length(x) mu <- mean(x) N <- if (unbiased) n * (n - 1) else n * n ox <- x[order(x)] dsum <- drop(crossprod(2 * 1:n - n - 1, ox)) dsum / (mu * N) } #aggregate with ddply allginis <- ddply(allwagesdf, c("Group", "Name"), fakeinflate) When I run this, I get the following error: 'Error: invalid 'times' argument'. I have tried debugging and my function seems to be running fine - the error is thrown in ddply. Does anyone know what this means and how I can fix it? 图片:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/r 图片:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/user-defined-functions 图片:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/plyr 答 The problems is in fakeInflate. toadd c
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www.knowledge-is-power-all-in-one.com: List of General Knowledge Questions and Answers, All type Questions and Answers, Basic General Knowledge, General Awareness Question Answers, Better in Competitive Exam and Quiz contests.13 www.knowledge-is-power-all-in-one.com Friday, 13 May 2016 List of General Knowledge Questions and Answers, All type Questions and Answers, Basic General Knowledge, General Awareness Question Answers, Better in Competitive Exam and Quiz contests.13 General Knowledge 61 is the international telephone dialling code for what country Australia International dialling codes - what country has 61 as code Australia Modern Olympics - only Greece and which country in all Australia The Black Swan is native to which country Australia USA has most airports which country has second most Australia VH international airline registration letters what country Australia VH is the international aircraft registration for which country Australia What is a Major Mitchell Australian Cockatoo Which game is played on an oval with 18 player per team Australian football What nationality was the composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Austrian What currency consists of 100 Groschen Austrian Schilling 47 people worked on a committee to produce what work Authorised version of Bible ‘George’ is an informal name for which feature of an aircraft? Automatic Pilot During US recessions which group have the most unemployment Automobile assembly workers Lucy Johnson became famous under what name Ava Gardner An isoneph on a map joins places of equal what Average Cloud Cover Which company slogan was "We're No 2 We try harder" Avis rent a car What common British river name come from Celtic for river Avon The port of Baku is situated in Azerbaijan Whose nicknames included " The Idol of the American Boy " Babe Ruth What film star role was played by over 48 different animals Babe the Pig What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine Name the triangular cotton headscarf or Russian grandmother Babushka What was gangsters George Nelsons nickname Baby Face Marduk was the creator of the world to what ancient people Babylonians Who were the first people to measure the year Babylonians
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Liberty Stadium | Swansea City FC | Football Ground Guide Football Ground Guide Address: Morfa, Swansea, SA1 2FA Telephone: 01792 616 600 Ticket Office: 0844 815 6665 Pitch Size: 114 x 74 yards Pitch Type: Grass Club Nickname: The Swans or The Jacks Year Ground Opened: 2005 Home Kit: All White With Gold Trim Away Kit: Sky and Navy Blue External View Looking Towards The North Stand North Stand WHAT'S IS THE LIBERTY STADIUM LIKE? The Club moved to the Liberty Stadium in 2005, after spending 93 years at their former Vetch Field home. Built by Interserve for a cost of around £30m, it is located near to the former site of the Morfa Athletics Stadium on the West side of the River Tawe. The stadium was christened White Rock by the Swansea residents, but was renamed the Liberty Stadium under a 10 year corporate sponsorship deal. Although fairly conservative in its design, the stadium is still impressive. It is completely enclosed with all four corners filled with seating. Each of the four stands is two tiered and three are of the same height. The West Stand at one side of the pitch is slightly taller, having a row of 28 corporate hospitality boxes, situated above the upper tier. The Club's offices are also located behind this stand. An unusual feature is the great use of transparent roofing towards the South End of the stadium. This allows more natural light into this area, making for an interesting effect. Both ends have an electric scoreboard situated on the front of their roofs, although for some reason the scoreboard at the North End is larger than the one at the South End. Outside the stadium at the South West corner, by the club shop and ticket office, is a statue of former Swansea legend Ivor Allchurch. The stadium is shared with Ospreys Rugby Union Club. FUTURE STADIUM DEVELOPMENTS The Club have put in a formal planning application to extend the capacity of the Liberty Stadium to 34,000. The first phase of the developments would see an additional tier being added to the East Stand, increasing the number of seats by 6,000. This would be followed at a later stage with additional tiers being added to both ends of the stadium. No time scales have been announced as to when these developments would take place. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR VISITING FANS? Away fans are housed in the North Stand at one end of the stadium. Up to 2,000 fans can be accommodated in this area, although this allocation can be reduced to 1,000 for teams with a smaller following. The views of the playing action from this area are excellent as there is a good height between rows and the leg room is probably one of the most generous of any stadium that I have visited. The concourses are spacious, with food and beverage outlets, plus a number of television sets, for pre-match and half time entertainment. As you would expect from a new stadium the facilities are good. Away fans are separated from home fans by two metal barriers, with a line of stewards and Police in-between. Interestingly, the main singing contingent of home fans, have, in the traditions of the Vetch Field, situated themselves along one side of the pitch in the East Stand, rather than at the South end of the stadium. David McNeil informs me; 'As a West Brom fan on holiday in Swansea, I visited the new stadium for the first League game against Tranmere. The stadium is very impressive and the facilities inside the stadium are excellent. Large concourse and great views from the stands. The atmosphere generated by the Swansea fans was excellent throughout the 90 minutes and it will become an intimidating place just as the Vetch used to be. Pre-match entertainment was enjoyed by my kids especially the antics of Cyril the Swan. Great day out, would love to visit the ground again when West Brom play there'. Tickets will not be sold to away supporters by Swansea City on the day of the match, so do not travel unless you already have a ticket from your own Club. It is also worth bearing in mind that the Swansea fans are passionate about their club and this can make for an intimidating atmosphere. Exercise
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England - List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches England - List of FA Charity/Community Shield Matches The FA Charity Shield was introduced in 1908 to succeed the Sheriff of London (Dewar) Shield (see below). At first it was played at the end of the season, later around October and since 1959 it has been the curtain raiser to the English season. Prior to 1974 it was usually played on the ground of one of the competing teams but since 1975 it has been played at Wembley. The match has usually been contested between the League Champions and the FA Cup Winners (or League runners-up when one team wins the double) but previously it has also been played between Select XIs, winners of the Football League and Southern League or League Champions against Division Two Champions. The FA Charity Shield was preceded by the Sheriff of London (Dewar) Charity Shield which was contested from 1898 to 1907 by the teams chosen to be the best professional team and best amateur team in the land. The George Dewar Shield lapsed in 1908 following a rift between the leading amateur clubs and the FA although it has been revived on a number of occasions since. In 2002 the Charity Shield was renamed Community Shield after a government report in March 2002 said the FA had breached fund-raising regulations in the way it handled cash raised by the game. Since 2001 the match is played at the Cardiff Millennium Stadium. Sheriff of London (Dewar) Charity Shield 1898� Corinthians 0:1 Sheffield United 0:1 1899* Aston Villa 0 Queen's Park 0 1900 Corinthians 2 Aston Villa 1 1901 Aston Villa 1 Corinthians 0 1902 Tottenham Hotspur 5 Corinthians 2 1903 Sunderland 3 Corinthians 0 1904 Corinthians 10 Bury 3 1905 The Wednesday 2 Corinthians 1 1906 Liverpool 5 Corinthians 1 1907 Newcastle United 5 Corinthians 2 � Sheffield United declined to play extra-time as they disagreed with some of the referee's decisions * shared, each club retained the Shield for six months 1931 Arsenal 5 Corinthians 3 1933 Arsenal 9 Corinthians 2 1934 Tottenham Hotspur 7 Corinthians 4 1965 Arsenal 7 Corinthian-Casuals 0 1966 Arsenal 5 Corinthian-Casuals 2 FA Charity Shield 1908 Manchester United 1:4 Queen's Park Rangers 1:0 1909 Newcastle United 2 Northampton Town 0 1910 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 Aston Villa 0 1911 Manchester United 8 Swindon Town 4 1912 Blackburn Rovers 2 Queen's Park Rangers 1 1913 Professionals 7 Amateurs 2 1914-19 Not played 1920 West Bromwich Albion 2 Tottenham Hotspur 0 1921 Tottenham Hotspur 2 Burnley 0 1922 Huddersfield Town 1 Liverpool 0 1923 Professionals 2 Amateurs 0 1924 Professionals 3 Amateurs 1 1925 Amateurs 6 Professionals 1 1926 Amateurs 6 Professionals 3 1927 Cardiff City 2 Corinthians 1 1928 Everton 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 1929 Professionals 3 Amateurs 0 1930 Arsenal 2 Sheffield Wednesday 1 1931 Arsenal 1 West Bromwich Albion 0 1932 Everton 5 Newcastle United 3 1933 Arsenal 3 Everton 0 1934 Arsenal 4 Manchester City 0 1935 Sheffield Wednesday 1 Arsenal 0 1936 Sunderland 2 Arsenal 1 1937 Manchester City 2 Sunderland
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Who presented the weekday mid-morning show on BBC Radio 1 from 1967 to 1973, moving to Radio 2 until his retirement in 2002?
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Classic BBC Radio Theme ~ The JY Prog (Town Talk) - YouTube Classic BBC Radio Theme ~ The JY Prog (Town Talk) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Aug 29, 2009 This is "Town Talk" by Ken Woodman & His Picadilly Brass, radio 2 DJ Jimmy Young used it as the theme to his Radio 2 programme After a spell with Radio Luxembourg, Young joined the BBC as one of the first disc jockeys on BBC Radio 1, presenting the weekday mid-morning show from 1967 to 1973. In 1973 he joined BBC Radio 2, where he presented a regular programme (known to listeners as 'The JY Prog'), until his retirement from broadcasting at the end of 2002. His show was a mixture of music, chat and current affairs and over the next couple of decades, he interviewed every British Prime Minister on the show as well as royalty, Prince Philip, The Princess Royal and Princess Grace Of Monaco. His easy, laid back style became the voice of Radio 2. Category
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h2g2 - BBC Sporting Theme Tunes - Edited Entry BBC Sporting Theme Tunes Content from the guide to life, the universe and everything BBC Sporting Theme Tunes 4 Conversations The BBC sporting themes, played over the opening credits of each programme, have become legendary with some becoming closely associated with the relevant sport. All of the themes have been released on various BBC compilation CDs, as well as by the original artist. The themes are also widely available as ringtones on mobile telephones . In a BBC Radio Five Live listener's poll, Test Match Special was voted the best sporting theme, winning 38% of the vote. Sports and Entertainment Shows Grandstand Generally the most well-known, the Grandstand theme has signalled the start of the BBC's Saturday afternoon sports coverage since it was first broadcast on 11 October, 1958. The brass and drums fanfare, which plays over images of the sports being broadcast that particular day, is famous for the two opening timpani 'boings'. Keith Mansfield composed the piece for the BBC and the drummer was called Brian Bennett. Mansfield also composed a vast collection of library music used on other television programmes such as The Sweeney, as well as other BBC themes. The theme has been revised over the years, but remains essentially the same. Sportsnight Sportsnight was a weekly sports show on the BBC between 1968 and 1997. Presenters included David Coleman, Frank Bough and Des Lynam. The theme for the show was called 'Sportsnight', and was composed by Tony Hatch. The piece opens with a morse code signature, giving the effect of speed. Hatch has composed many other TV themes including Crossroads, Emmerdale and Neighbours . Hatch also had huge success in the pop market, being particularly well known for his collaborations with Petula Clark. The pair's most famous song is the classic 'Downtown', released in 1964. Superstars While not a sport in itself, Superstars was a popular programme in the 1970s and 1980s in which sportsmen from different fields competed in various events. The show returned to viewer's screens in 2003. The theme, 'Heavy Action', was composed by Johnny Pearson. Pearson is also responsible for ITV's News at Ten theme, as well as the music for the Captain Pugwash television series. Pot Black Pot Black was a weekly televised snooker tournament shown between 1969 and 1984. The programme's theme, 'Black And White Rag', was a ragtime piano piece written by Tin Pan Alley composer George Botsford, and performed by the classically-trained Winifred Atwell. The show and its theme returned for a one-off special in 2005. Sports Programmes Match of the Day The theme to the BBC's flagship football programme, broadcasted since 22 August, 1964, is equally well-known. So well-known in fact, that it has become synonymous with football as a whole, rather than just the programme. The BBC commissioned Barry Stoller to write the theme, which was originally called 'Offside'. Words have been added to the theme by several people, including an Anglican minister called Reverend John Hartley to coincide with the 2002 World Cup . The theme plays over images relevant to the competition being covered, either highlights of The FA Premier League, The FA Cup or international matches. However, this was not the first theme used for Match of the Day. Until 1971 a march called 'Drum Majorette' was used. This piece was composed by Major Leslie Statham, who wrote under the name of Arnold Steck. Statham was the Director of Music of the Band of the Welsh Guards. Snooker 'Drag Racer', The guitar-based theme for BBC's snooker coverage was written and performed by the little-known Doug Wood Band in 1982. In 2002 the theme was given a 'big-beat' style remix, which was aired by Radio One's Chris Moyles. Ski Sunday Ski Sunday is introduced by another famous theme called 'Pop Looks Bach' by composer Sam Fonteyn. This tune has been used since the programme's first airing on 15 January, 1978. Golf 'Chaseside Shoot-up', by Brian Bennet is the theme for golf coverage. Bennett has also produced music for other
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In which country was former motor racing driver Ayrton Senna born?
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Ayrton Senna - Biography - IMDb Ayrton Senna Biography Showing all 39 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (21) | Personal Quotes (6) Overview (5) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Ayrton Senna da Silva was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil to a wealthy family. When he was four years old his father Milton bought him a go-kart, and by age eight Ayrton was regularly competing in karting events. His career progressed quickly, and in 1982 he moved to England to pursue his racing. In 1984 he came to the attention of the whole world by racing in Formula One. Over the next ten years he won the World Championship three times and engaged in some controversial racing with France's Alain Prost and England's Nigel Mansell. Ayrton Senna was killed on 1 May 1994 in a race at the San Marino Grand Prix when his car, which had been beset with problems the entire season, inexplicably left the track and crashed into the concrete barrier. His was the last death in Formula One due to the major safety reforms that the tragic weekend at Imola had brought about. He was voted by over two hundred of his fellow Formula One drivers as the best driver of all time in a 2010 poll. Senna was also a humanitarian who discreetly donated millions to help those less fortunate in his native country. - IMDb Mini Biography By: AC Spouse (1) Trivia (21) Born at 2:45 p.m. Ayrton Senna was one of the most important pilots of Fórmula 1 of all the times. Formula 1 Champion in 1988, 1990 and 1991. Raced for Toleman (1984), Lotus (1985-1987), McLaren (1988-1993) and Williams (1994). Although in Formula One Grand Prix wins he was behind his chief rival Alain Prost, at the time of his death he had achieved 65 Pole Positions, one short of twice as many as Prost and the other second place holder, Jim Clark, who had 33 each. Michael Schumacher took 12 years to beat Senna's record, recording his 66th pole position, ironically, at the San Marino Grand Prix in 2006. Died in a Bologna hospital from severe head injuries resulting from a crash on Imola's famous Tamburello bend. Many experts were convinced that the cause must have been mechanical failure: Senna could not have lost control of his vehicle for any other reason. An inquiry concluded that the accident was caused by a snapped steering column. As a result, manslaughter charges were brought against six members of Senna's Williams racing team. However, all of them were eventually acquitted, and in 1997 the prosecutor's appeal was rejected. First win race in Formula One: Portugal (1985) He always had a Brazilian flag hidden in his car in the case he won the race. At the time of his death he had an Austrian flag in his car to commemorate a fellow race car driver Roland Ratzenberger of Austria, who was killed on the same track the day before in a car crash as well. Had his look-alike puppet in the French show Les guignols de l'info (1988). Held the record of most pole positions in Formula One with 65 of them. Since his first in pole position in June 1985 until his tragic death on the 1st of May in 1994, he had earned altogether 65 pole positions. Eventually he was overtaken - more than a decade later - by Michael Schumacher in April 2006, but his record for pole positions remained to be the hardest one to overtake during the time of modern tracks. Younger brother of Viviane Senna and older brother of Leonardo Senna. Son of Neyde Senna and Milton Theodoro Silva. His last girlfriend was Adriane Galisteu . F1 Racing Magazine voted him the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time in 2004.
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Atlas F1: The Formula One World Championship Timeline Atlas F1 Presents: all the milestones, all the names, all the changes, all the headlines - the complete Formula One timeline 1970 Jack Brabham wins the South African Grand Prix. By the end of the season, he would retire from F1. March and Team Surtees debut. Jackie Stewart wins first Grand Prix for March at Jarama, Spain. The wedge-shaped Lotus 72, with side-mounted radiators, makes its debut. Jochen Rindt drives the car to its first victory at the Dutch GP. Pedro Rodriguez wins the last Belgian Grand Prix at the original Spa-Francorchamps for BRM. This is also Dunlop's last victory. Piers Courage burns to death in Williams/de Tomaso at the Dutch Grand Prix. Bruce McLaren is killed at Goodwood while testing a Can-Am car. Jochen Rindt wins German Grand Prix at Hockenheim while Armco barriers are installed at the Nurburgring. Jacky Ickx wins the first Austrian Grand Prix at the Osterreichring. Tyrrell makes its F1 debut at Mont Tremblant, Canada. Jochen Rindt is killed during qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix. He later becomes the first posthumous Formula One Champion. Emerson Fittipaldi scores his first victory, at the US Grand Prix. 1971 Mario Andretti scores his maiden victory, winning the South African Grand Prix for Ferrari. The Belgian and Mexican Grands Prix are dropped from the calendar due to safety problems. Jackie Stewart scores the first Grand Prix victory for Tyrrell at Jarama. Pedro Rodriguez is killed in sports car race. The French Grand Prix moves to Paul Ricard and the Canadian Grand Prix moves to Mosport Park. Stewart wins both those races. Niki Lauda makes low key debut in privately owned March at the Austrian Grand Prix. Peter Gethin wins Italian Grand Prix by 0.01s from Ronnie Peterson - the narrowest winning margin to this day. Fittipaldi races gas-turbine Lotus 56B "in disguise" as World Wide Racing. Jackie Stewart wins the World Championship for the second time. For the first time since 1960, Lotus fail to score a single race win the entire season. Jo Siffert dies from smoke inhalation in non-Championship race at Brands Hatch. 1972 Bernie Ecclestone takes over Brabham. Team Lotus run for the first time in the black livery of John Player Specials - or JPS, as the cars would soon come to be called. The Argentinian Grand Prix returns to the calendar, where Jackie Stewart takes the win. Jean-Pierre Beltoise wins the last victory for BRM at a rain-soaked Monaco GP. The Belgian Grand Prix moves to Nivelles, where Emerson Fittipaldi grabs the win. Chicanes are added to Monza. Jo Bonnier is killed at Le Mans. Fittipaldi wins the Italian Grand Prix to become the youngest ever Formula One Champion, at 25. This win is also Firestone's last victory. 1973 Shadow make its Grand Prix debut. Ex-champion Graham Hill sets up his own Embassy racing team. McLaren introduce their classic M23 design that would race in various forms for the next six seasons. The Ford DFV engine wins every Grand Prix of the season. Local hero Emerson Fittipaldi wins at Interlagos in the return of the Brazilian Grand Prix. At the South African Grand Prix, Mike Hailwood saves Clay Regazzoni's life by pulling him from his burning BRM. Hailwood is later awarded for this the George Medal for valour. The Belgian Grand Prix moves to Zolder, where Tyrrell grabs a one-two victory. Denny Hulme wins at Anderstorp in the return of the Swedish Grand Prix. As Jody Scheckter spins at the start of the British Grand Prix, a massive collision of over a dozen cars occurs at the Woodcote corner. Andrea de Adamich is the only casualty, but 9 drivers fail to take the restart. Roger Williamson burns to death at the Dutch GP in his March 731. David Purley attempts to save Williamson's life, for which he is awarded the George Medal. German Grand Prix is Stewart's 27th and last Grand Prix victory. He becomes the champion for a third time but withdraws from the US Grand Prix after Francois Cevert is killed during qualifying. The pace car is used for first time in Formula One during the Canadian Grand Pr
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In which town is the University of Ulster based?
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University of Ulster - Detailed information - Admission - Tuition University of Ulster • Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) • Universities UK University of Ulster (UU) - public higher education institution in United Kingdom. University of Ulster - Description Ulster University is a large, diverse and modern institution with over 25,000 students and 3,000 staff. The University has ambitious development plans, notably the expansion of the Belfast City campus to open in 2018, accommodating students and staff currently based in Belfast and Jordanstown in a stunning 21st century building. With four campuses across Northern Ireland, Ulster University is deeply embedded in every aspect of the region’s life and work. Bachelor - University of Ulster Ulster University is a large, diverse and modern institution with over 25,000 students and 3,000 staff. The University has ambitious development plans, notably the expansion of the Belfast City campus to open in 2018, accommodating students and staff currently based in Belfast and Jordanstown in a stunning 21st century building. With four campuses across Northern Ireland, Ulster University is deeply embedded in every aspect of the region’s life and work. At the Coleraine campus, course provision is broad – biomedical sciences, environmental science and geography, psychology, business, the humanities and languages, film and journalism, travel and tourism, teacher training and computing are among the campus strengths. The Belfast campus provision spans an increasing and exciting range of subjects including architecture, hospitality, Irish language, event management, photography and digital animation. Magee teaching strengths include business, computing, nursing, Irish language and literature, social sciences, law, psychology, peace and conflict studies and the performing arts - with plans to expand computing and engineering provision on this campus over the next few years. The Jordanstown campus has a strong profile in engineering, built environment, social sciences, business, law, communication and academic disciplines relating to the science and coaching of sport. Location on map - University of Ulster Universities related to University of Ulster Universities in this city Admission process in University of Ulster We guide admission of applicants to this educational institution whilst managing the entire enrollment process. Data Relevance. You can search and find lots of online information which is behind the times. This disorients applicants since outdated materials may result in failure to apply for international education. Enrollment failure may refer to such errors as wrongly completed application form, or a letter of reference. We are routinely involved in process of applicant enrollment at educational institutions all around the world and we hold the most recent information on all nuances of enrollment at particular universities. Guaranteed Assignment. When applying to top-rated universities abroad, you compete with the most talented students from different countries. As per the statistical data, less than 10% applicants are selected which says on the extremely high challenges. In view of that, prior to arrange an interview with you, you have to show your relevance by submitting well prepared and completed package of application documents to submit to the Admission Board and the more accurate you adhere to instruction, the higher are chances for admission. We know how the winning package of documents looks like and with us you have all chances to succeed. We Save Your Time that you can more effectively use to enhance your language skills or prepare to exams. As the official agent of most educational institutions abroad, we will help you avoid never ending retrieval of information and wrong unnecessary steps, employing tried and tested practices to search for academic programs and winning enrollment strategies. We Save Your Money. We are able to offer the most qualified education even at the restrained budget. We will develop the enrollment and training s
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City of Durham Constituency Image produced from the Ordnance Survey Election-Map service. Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland . The City of Durham constituency is in the North East of England (see map below). At the heart of the constituency is Durham City itself, centred about the Cathedral and Castle, with its ecclesiastical and university traditions. Around the city are many villages, some almost towns in themselves. Most were originally mining villages. There is also a strong rural and agricultural aspect to the constituency. The constituency boundary coincides exactly with that of the City of Durham Council, a district council within the County of Durham. View of Durham Cathedral from the river bank opposite the Fulling Mill Durham Cathedral, towering above the River Wear and the beautiful, medieval City of Durham, dominates the skyline and life of this, one of England's smaller cities. Huddled below the Cathedral and the Norman Castle are narrow, winding streets, now mostly traffic free, and bridges over the river, which curves round the castle and the Cathedral on three sides. The cathedral, 900 years old, and built as it stands today by 1140 A.D., is the shrine of St. Cuthbert, whose bones rest within its walls. For centuries, the Cathedral has been the seat of the Bishops of Durham, who for many hundreds of years were Prince Bishops, with absolute power delegated by the King in London, to rule over Durham and its extensive diocese. Today, Durham is a thriving city, with England's third oldest university, modern industry, well served by modern rail and motorway links. The constituency is not without its problems though. The Tories' deliberate, rapid destruction of the coal mining industry has hit the area hard, and in the former mining communities which surround the city, much hardship was caused and still persists. New industry has been attracted and is still coming, but there remain too many who cannot find employment. To the north, a few minutes away by car or train is the regional capital, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a major centre of industry and commerce. Just as near is Sunderland, one of England's newest cities, although an ancient town, famous for its long tradition of shipbuilding, and like the rest of the Durham area, coal mining, both now gone as a result of the Tories' economic mismanagement.
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Which golfer became only the fifth in history to win both the British and US Open championships in the same year, in 1982?
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History of The Game Of Golf Including it's origins 'Francis Ouimet and the 1913 U.S. Open:' 'The 1913 U.S. Open Championship was played at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, one of the earliest American golf courses. Harry Vardon had come back to the U.S. again and entered the Open, expected by many to win. His primary competition was expected to come from friend and fellow Brit Ted Ray. No one saw Francis Ouimet coming.' 'Ouimet was a 20-year-old amateur and former caddy from Brookline when he entered the U.S. Open in 1913. Tied with the two British stars after the first three rounds of the tournament, Ouimet managed two birdies in his final six holes to finish tied for the lead at the end of the four rounds. A playoff was required, and Ouimet, much to the shock and delight of the crowd, ended the playoff round with a one-over-par 72, beating out Vardon and Ray. Ouimet's victory became national news, catapulting golf into even greater popularity. Ouimet would go on to win two Amateur Championships and a French Amateur Championship. He would also appear on the American team in the newly-created Walker Cup in 1922, a tournament between American and British teams played every other year. Ouimet would play on every Walker Cup team from 1922 to 1949, captaining the squad between 1936 and 1949. In 1951, he was named captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews in Scotland, the first non-British person awarded that high honor.' 'The Amateur Game:' 'Both in Britain and the U.S., amateur golf was as highly regarded and popular in the 1800s and into the 1900s as professional golf. The Amateur Championships of Britain and America were extremely well attended and well thought-of events. In Britain, early amateur domination came in the form of John Ball, who won the British Amateur Championship eight times, three more than any other player has ever won. Interestingly, Ball never won twice in a row - all his victories came at least a year apart from each other. Ball also became the first to win both an Amateur and Open Championship, one of only three in history who have done so. Harold Hilton, another top amateur of the time, was the first to win both championships, winning two Opens and four Amateurs. He also became the first British player to win both the British and U.S. Amateur Championships.' 'In the U.S., the first amateur star was Walter Travis. The Australian who had moved to the U.S. as a child first won the U.S. Amateur Championship in 1900 and would collect two more titles. Only three other players have ever won three or more U.S. Amateur Championships. He also became the first American player to win the British Amateur Open, capturing the 1904 title. Following Travis's success was Jerome Travers, who between 1907 and 1913 won four titles. Travers would also become one of the first Amateur winners to also win a U.S. Open.' 'The greatest amateur of the first half of the 1900s, however (and one of the greatest of all-time) was Bobby Jones. Of the seven U.S. Amateur Championships between 1924 and 1930, Jones won five of them; those five victories are also the most all-time in Amateur Championship history. His greatest feat, another unmatched in history, came in 1930. In that single year, Bobby Jones won the U.S. Open, the British Open, the U.S. Amateur Championship and the British Amateur Championship. That accomplishment was dubbed the "Grand Slam." No other player has ever completed a single-season Grand Slam, though five others have completed a career Grand Slam, winning all four majors in their career.' 'The Professional Game:' 'In 1916, as professional golf gained more ground in the U.S., players wanted an organizational body to govern the game: U.S. amateurs had the USGA and British players had the R&A (taking its name from the Royal and Ancient Club), so they wanted one of their own. That January , the Professional Golfer's Association of America was born. Seven months later, they established the first PGA C
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US Open Tickets - Tennis | TicketIQ $385.06 Founded in 1881, the United States Open Tennis Championships is one of the four tennis majors comprising the Grand Slam and one of the oldest and most prestigious tennis championships in the world. As such, US Open tennis tickets are sought after by tennis fans around the globe and have become some of the most difficult tickets to procure in all of professional sports The United States Open Tennis Championships is held annually during late August and early September, and is chronologically the fourth and final major tennis tournament. Tournaments held as part of the United States Open include men’s and women’s singles, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles. There are also tournaments held for senior, junior, and handicapped participants. In 1881, the first version of the United States Open Tennis Championships was held in Newport, Rhode Island on the grass courts at Newport Casino. While US Open tennis tickets may be hard to come by today, it was even more difficult to get into the tournament back then with only a who’s who of the local elite in attendance. It was also quite difficult to get into the early US Open Tennis tournament as a competitor, as the first iteration was only open to members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association (USNLTA). Richard Sears won the inaugural event, and would defend his title thereafter for seven years. Sears’ seven US Open Championships tie him with Bill Larned and Bill Tilton as the most won by any individual in the history of the tournament. During the early years of the US Open tournament, then referred to as the US National Championship, it much easier to defend the championship than it was to steal it as a challenger. From 1884 until 1911, the US Open used a challenge system which meant that the defending champion would already be slotted into the championship, while the other players battled through the tournament for the chance to take the crown. Both Sears and Larned achieved their record seven US Open championships through this format. In 1915, after a few years of push for a relocation of the US National Championship, it finally moved from Newport to West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, New York. The argument in favor of this move was that more tennis clubs were located in New York, and as such, more players and fans of the game. With a move to New York for the US National Championship, it was believed that the sport could grow and there would be increased fan activity and demand for US Open tennis tickets. During the first six years of the US National Championship, only men could compete. In 1887, the first official US Women’s National Singles Championship was held at the Philadelphia Cricket Club and was won by 17 year old local, Ellen Hansell. The US Women’s National Singles Championship was accompanied by tournaments for women’s doubles and mixed doubles. The five tennis tournaments (Men’s and Women’s Singles, Men’s and Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles) would not merge to form the modern US Open until 1968. That year, the first official “US Open” was held at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills. Fans lucky enough to procure US Open tennis tickets for the inaugural US Open of the Open Era were able to see American legend Arthur Ashe capture his first career major championship. In 1997, Ashe was honored by the opening of Arthur Ashe Stadium, which replaced Louis Armstrong Stadium as the central venue of the US Open tournament. Arthur Ashe Stadium is the largest outdoor tennis-only venue in the world, with a capacity of 22,547 individual seats offering plenty of available US Open tennis tickets, albeit at a premium to many other tennis events. Following the beginning of the Open Era, the 1970’s were a period of great innovation for the US Open. In 1970, the US Open added a unique twist in that it became the first Grand Slam tournament to use a deciding tiebreak in 6-6 sets. To this day, the US Open remains the only major to use a tiebreak in the deciding set rather than continuing play until a two-gam
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