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Mean, Median and Mode Year 8 Interactive Maths - Second Edition Mean, Median and Mode We use statistics such as the mean , median and mode to obtain information about a population from our sample set of observed values. Mean The mean (or average) of a set of data values is the sum of all of the data values divided by the number of data values. That is: Example 1 The marks of seven students in a mathematics test with a maximum possible mark of 20 are given below: 15 13 18 16 14 17 12 Find the mean of this set of data values. Solution: So, the mean mark is 15. Symbolically, we can set out the solution as follows: So, the mean mark is 15. Median The median of a set of data values is the middle value of the data set when it has been arranged in ascending order. That is, from the smallest value to the highest value. Example 2 The marks of nine students in a geography test that had a maximum possible mark of 50 are given below: 47 35 37 32 38 39 36 34 35 Find the median of this set of data values. Solution: Arrange the data values in order from the lowest value to the highest value: 32 34 35 35 36 37 38 39 47 The fifth data value, 36, is the middle value in this arrangement. Note: In general: If the number of values in the data set is even, then the median is the average of the two middle values. Example 3 Find the median of the following data set: 12 18 16 21 10 13 17 19 Solution: Arrange the data values in order from the lowest value to the highest value: 10 12 13 16 17 18 19 21 The number of values in the data set is 8, which is even. So, the median is the average of the two middle values. Alternative way: There are 8 values in the data set. The fourth and fifth scores, 16 and 17, are in the middle. That is, there is no one middle value. Note: Half of the values in the data set lie below the median and half lie above the median. The median is the most commonly quoted figure used to measure property prices. The use of the median avoids the problem of the mean property price which is affected by a few expensive properties that are not representative of the general property market. Mode The mode of a set of data values is the value(s) that occurs most often. The mode has applications in printing. For example, it is important to print more of the most popular books; because printing different books in equal numbers would cause a shortage of some books and an oversupply of others. Likewise, the mode has applications in manufacturing. For example, it is important to manufacture more of the most popular shoes; because manufacturing different shoes in equal numbers would cause a shortage of some shoes and an oversupply of others. Example 4 Find the mode of the following data set: 48 44 48 45 42 49 48 Solution: The mode is 48 since it occurs most often. Note: It is possible for a set of data values to have more than one mode. If there are two data values that occur most frequently, we say that the set of data values is bimodal. If there is no data value or data values that occur most frequently, we say that the set of data values has no mode. Analysing Data The mean , median and mode of a data set are collectively known as measures of central tendency as these three measures focus on where the data is centred or clustered. To analyse data using the mean, median and mode, we need to use the most appropriate measure of central tendency. The fo
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Quotes from the Mathematical Quotations Server Collected by Mark R. Woodard Furman University Adams, Douglas (1952 - 2001) Bistromathics itself is simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behavior of numbers. Just as Einstein observed that space was not an absolute but depended on the observer's movement in space, and that time was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in time, so it is now realized that numbers are not absolute, but depend on the observer's movement in restaurants. Life, the Universe and Everything. New York: Harmony Books, 1982. Adams, Douglas (1952 - 2001) The first nonabsolute number is the number of people for whom the table is reserved. This will vary during the course of the first three telephone calls to the restaurant, and then bear no apparent relation to the number of people who actually turn up, or to the number of people who subsequently join them after the show/match/party/gig, or to the number of people who leave when they see who else has turned up. The second nonabsolute number is the given time of arrival, which is now known to be one of the most bizarre of mathematical concepts, a recipriversexcluson, a number whose existence can only be defined as being anything other than itself. In other words, the given time of arrival is the one moment of time at which it is impossible that any member of the party will arrive. Recipriversexclusons now play a vital part in many branches of math, including statistics and accountancy and also form the basic equations used to engineer the Somebody Else's Problem field. The third and most mysterious piece of nonabsoluteness of all lies in the relationship between the number of items on the bill, the cost of each item, the number of people at the table and what they are each prepared to pay for. (The number of people who have actually brought any money is only a subphenomenon of this field.) Life, the Universe and Everything. New York: Harmony Books, 1982. Adams, Douglas (1952 - 2001) Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe. This single statement took the scientific world by storm. It completely revolutionized it. So many mathematical conferences got held in such good restaurants that many of the finest minds of a generation died of obesity and heart failure and the science of math was put back by years. Life, the Universe and Everything. New York: Harmony Books, 1982. Adams, John (1735 - 1826) I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. My sons ought to study mathematics and philosophy, geography, natural history, naval architecture, navigation, commerce and agriculture in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, architecture, statuary, tapestry, and porcelain. Letter to Abigail Adams, May 12, 1780. Aiken, Conrad ...the music's pure algebra of enchantment. Anglin, W.S. Mathematics is not a careful march down a well-cleared highway, but a journey into a strange wilderness, where the explorers often get lost. Rigour should be a signal to the historian that the maps have been made, and the real explorers have gone elsewhere. "Mathematics and History", Mathematical Intelligencer, v. 4, no. 4. Anonymous If thou art able, O stranger, to find out all these things and gather them together in your mind, giving all the relations, thou shalt depart crowned with glory and knowing that thou hast been adjudged perfect in this species of wisdom. In Ivor Thomas "Greek Mathematics" in J. R. Newman (ed.) The World of Mathematics, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956. Anonymous Defendit numerus: There is safety in numbers. In J. R. Newman (ed.) The World of Mathematics, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1956, p. 1452. Anonymous Like the crest of a peacock so is mathematics at the head of all knowledge. [An old Indian saying. Also, "Like the Crest of a Peacock" is the title of a book by G.G. Joseph] Anonymous Refer
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Chemist and physicist Marie Curie was born in which modern-day European country?
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Marie Curie - Physicist - Biography.com Marie Curie Marie Curie was a Polish-born French physicist famous for her work on radioactivity and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize. IN THESE GROUPS » quotes “I believe that Science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not a mere technician; he is also a child confronting natural phenomena that impress him as though they were fairy tales.” “One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done.” “In science, we must be interested in things, not in persons.” “All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.” “In the education of children the requirement of their growth and physical evolution should be respected, and that some time should be left for their artistic culture.” “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.” “I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy.” “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves.” “You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.” “It is important to make a dream of life and a dream reality.” “There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.” Marie Curie Marie Curie - Mini Biography (TV-PG; 3:04) Marie Curie's work on radioactivity made her the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Curie's efforts led to the discovery of polonium and radium and the development of X-rays. Synopsis Born Maria Sklodowska on November 7, 1867, in Warsaw, Poland, Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only woman to win the award in two different fields (physics and chemistry). Curie's efforts, with her husband Pierre Curie, led to the discovery of polonium and radium and, after Pierre's death, the further development of X-rays. She died on July 4, 1934. Early Life Maria Sklodowska, better known as Marie Curie, was born in Warsaw in modern-day Poland on November 7, 1867. Her parents were both teachers, and she was the youngest of five children, following siblings Zosia, Józef, Bronya and Hela. As a child Curie took after her father, Wladyslaw, a math and physics instructor. She had a bright and curious mind and excelled at school. But tragedy struck early, and when she was only 10, Curie lost her mother, Bronislawa, to tuberculosis. A top student in her secondary school, Curie could not attend the men-only University of Warsaw. She instead continued her education in Warsaw's "floating university," a set of underground, informal classes held in secret. Both Curie and her sister Bronya dreamed of going abroad to earn an official degree, but they lacked the financial resources to pay for more schooling. Undeterred, Curie worked out a deal with her sister. She would work to support Bronya while she was in school and Bronya would return the favor after she completed her studies. For roughly five years, Curie worked as a tutor and a governess. She used her spare time to study, reading about physics, chemistry and math. In 1891, Curie finally made her way to Paris where she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris. She threw herself into her studies, but this dedication had a personal cost. With little money, Curie survived on buttered bread and tea, and her health sometimes suffered because of her poor diet. Curie completed her master's degree in physics in 1893 and earned another degree in mathematics the following year. Around this time, she received a commission to do a study on different types of steel and their magnetic properties. Curie needed a lab to work in, and a colleague introduced her to French physicist Pierre Curie . A romance developed between the brilliant pair, and they became a scientific dynamic duo. The pair married on July 26, 1895. Discoveries Marie and Pierre Curie were dedicated scientists and completely devoted to one another. At first, they worked on separate projects. She was fascinated with the work of Henri Becquerel, a French physicist who discovered that uranium casts off rays, weaker rays than t
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RAGMAG Ohm Issue | Sept 2011 | Issue#16 by RAGMAG Magazine (page 138) - issuu issuu 1. What is the difference between a spiral and a helix? 1. Where can you find the Church of the Holy Sepulchre? 1. What is the S.I. standard of temperature? 2. What is it called when a liquid is cooled to below its freezing point but it does not freeze? 2. The port of Mocha is in which country? 2. Boats and planes can roll and what other two ways do they move? 3. What do the letters LI-ION mean on a battery? 4. What is the difference between KVA and KW? 5. Melanophobia is the fear of what? 3. what is the capital of Latvia? 4. Which of these is NOT a wine region of France? Rhone, Alsace, Rioja, Bordeaux or Jura? 5. The Island of Madeira is in which ocean? Atlantic, Pacific or Indian? 6. If something is described as being anular in shape, what does it 6. The Alpine Ski Resort of St. resemble? Moritz is in which country? 7. You have three identically shaped balls 1Kg, 2Kg and 3Kg and you drop them from 20 Meters, which one will land first? 8. In climatology, to what does the term “Pluvial” refer? 7. The world’s highest swing, called the Nevis Arc, is located in which country? 8. Ibiza is in which Mediterranean island group? 9. Tirana is the capital of which 9. The Pascal is the SI unit of country? pressure.The Bar is the ilder term. 1 Bar is equivalent to how many 10. What is China’s second KiloPascal? largest river? 10. What element, whose symbol derives from its Greek name hydrargyrum, meaning watering silver, melts at -38.83 °C and yet boils at 356.73 °C? 3. What is the chemical symbol for Ozone? 4. What is the name given to the bending of light as it passes from one substance to another? 1. What cheese is made backwards? 2. If you write all the numbers from 300 to 400, how many times would you write the number 3? 3. What kind of bees make milk? 4. Where on earth do the winds always blow from the south? 5. If you feed me I will live but if you give me water I will die. What am i? 5. What computer operating 6. If five thousand, five hundred fifty system has a penguin as its logo? five dollars is written as $5,555, how should twelve thousand, twelve 6. There are three types of nuclear hundred twelve dollars be written? radiation. Gamma is one. Name the other two. 7. What number is next in this sequence? 1, 3, 4, 7, 11... 7. When a liquid changes from liquid to gas it’s called evaporation. What 8. Can you name three consecutive is it called when a solid changes days without using the words to gas? Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or 8. What is the name of the pigment Sunday? that gives leaves their green colour? 9. Mr. and Mrs. Mustard have six daughters and each daughter has 9. What is the cube root of 8000? one brother. How many people are in the Mustard family? 10. In an electrical circuit diagram, what is denoted by circle 10. A horse is tied to a 5 m. rope; 6 m. containing the capital letter A? away from it, is a bail of hay. Without breaking the rope, the horse is able to get to the bail of hay. How is this possible? dingbats LONDON PARIS Book 2 COST $100.00 EACH 12 COST $50.00 EACH Film COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN COUNTDOWN Song ROUND#1 1. A spiral is on a flat plane 2. Super Cooled 3. Lithium Ion 4. KW takes into account the power factor 5. Colour Black 6. Ring 7. At the same time 8. Rainfall 9.100 10. Mercury ROUND#2 1. Jerusalem 2. Yemen 3. Riga 4. Rioja 5. Atlantic 6. Switzerland 7. New Zealand 8. Balearic Islands 9. Albania 10. Yellow River ROUND#3 1. Kelvin 2. Pitch and Yaw 3. O3 4. Refraction 5. Linux 6. Alpha and Beta 7. Sublimation 8. Chlorophyl 9. 20 10. Ammetre ROUND#4 1. Edam 2. 120 3. Boobies 4. North Pole 5. Fire 6. 13,212 7. 18 8. Yesterday, today and tomorrow 9. Nine 10. The other end is not tied to anything A TALE (TAIL) OF TO CITIES - THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE - HOT CHOCOLATE THREE BLIND MICE - ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST - LITTLE WOMEN DANGEROUS MINDS - CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN - FINAL COUNTDOWN 138 RAGMAG | SEPTEMBER 2011
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2001 Academy Awards® Winners and History Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2001) Monsters, Inc. (2001) Actor: DENZEL WASHINGTON in "Training Day," Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind," Sean Penn in "I Am Sam," Will Smith in "Ali," Tom Wilkinson in "In the Bedroom" Actress: HALLE BERRY in "Monster's Ball," Judi Dench in "Iris," Nicole Kidman in "Moulin Rouge!," Sissy Spacek in "In the Bedroom," Renee Zellwegger in "Bridget Jones's Diary" Supporting Actor: JIM BROADBENT in "Iris," Ethan Hawke in "Training Day," Ben Kingsley in "Sexy Beast," Ian McKellen in " The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ," Jon Voight in "Ali" Supporting Actress: JENNIFER CONNELLY in "A Beautiful Mind," Helen Mirren in "Gosford Park," Maggie Smith in "Gosford Park," Marisa Tomei in "In the Bedroom," Kate Winslet in "Iris" Director: RON HOWARD for "A Beautiful Mind," Ridley Scott for "Black Hawk Down," Robert Altman for "Gosford Park," Peter Jackson for " The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring ," David Lynch for "Mulholland Drive" This year's ceremony, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg (for her fourth time), was notable as being the longest ever - at 4 hours, 23 minutes. It also marked the first year that the Best Animated Feature Film category was offered. This was a year of eclectic Best Picture-nominated films: a sword-and-sorcery Hobbit/elves fantasy adventure, the first in a trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring a period murder mystery set in a British estate, Gosford Park an audacious musical romance set in a decadent, late 19th century Parisian nightclub/dance-hall/theatre, Moulin Rouge a drama about an afflicted, Nobel Prize-winning mathematical genius, the ultimate winner A Beautiful Mind another intimate drama about the torment of a New England (Maine) family over a son's sudden murder, In the Bedroom This was the tenth consecutive year that Miramax had a Best Picture nominee (this year, it was In the Bedroom) - a record for any studio. For the newly-created category - Best Animated Feature Film, according to the Academy's rules, an 'animated film' had to be at least 70 minutes in length, have a significant amount of major animated characters, and be at least 75% animated. The three nominees this year were Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Monsters, Inc. PDI/Dreamworks' Shrek (the winner), with its lovable green ogre (Mike Myers) and smart-alec donkey (Eddie Murphy). [Note: This was the first-ever Oscar for an animated feature film.] Three of the five Best Picture-nominated films had specifically fanciful elements: the dazzling musical fantasy of Moulin Rouge the epic fantasy tale The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring the delusionary fantasies of the main character's mind in A Beautiful Mind The Best Picture winner was A Beautiful Mind (with eight nominations and four major wins): Best Director (Ron Howard), Best Supporting Actress (Jennifer Connelly), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Akiva Goldsman). First time nominee and former child actor/director Ron Howard's case study drama and romance was loosely adapted from Sylvia Nasar's prize-winning biography about a courageous Princeton Univ. math genius experiencing a harrowing struggle with mental illness (schizophrenia). To
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1997 Academy Awards® Winners and History The Full Monty (1997, UK) Actor: JACK NICHOLSON in "As Good As It Gets", Matt Damon in "Good Will Hunting", Dustin Hoffman in "Wag the Dog", Robert Duvall in "The Apostle", Peter Fonda in "Ulee's Gold" Actress: HELEN HUNT in "As Good As It Gets", Judi Dench in "(Her Majesty) Mrs Brown", Helena Bonham Carter in "The Wings of the Dove", Kate Winslet in "Titanic", Julie Christie in "Afterglow" Supporting Actor: ROBIN WILLIAMS in "Good Will Hunting", Robert Forster in "Jackie Brown", Anthony Hopkins in "Amistad", Greg Kinnear in "As Good As It Gets", Burt Reynolds in "Boogie Nights" Supporting Actress: KIM BASINGER in "L.A. Confidential", Joan Cusack in "In & Out", Minnie Driver in "Good Will Hunting", Julianne Moore in "Boogie Nights", Gloria Stuart in "Titanic" Director: JAMES CAMERON for "Titanic", Peter Cattaneo for "The Full Monty", Atom Egoyan for "The Sweet Hereafter", Curtis Hanson for "L.A. Confidential", Gus Van Sant for "Good Will Hunting" Director-producer-screenwriter James Cameron's three-hour mega-hit, Titanic - both the most expensive film ever made AND the number one, most successful box-office film of all-time (shared by 20th Century Fox and Paramount Studios), was the fictionalized account of the 1912 White Star Line cruise-ship disaster. It was the first Best Picture winner to gross over $1 billion (worldwide), and $600 million (domestic). Cameron's film was both a love story surrounded with the special-effects sinking of the 'unsinkable' Titanic on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York. The reconstructed ship in the film was three-quarters actual size. Titanic had a record number of nominations and wins - fourteen, tying the all-time record set by All About Eve (1950) . That made it the second of only two films to receive 14 Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. It was also the second film to win 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture - it tied Ben-Hur (1959) with eleven Oscar wins - the most Oscar wins of any film in Academy Awards history. [ The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) would equal the feat in six years with 11 wins.] Both Titanic and Ben-Hur (1959) failed to win Best Original Screenplay (Titanic wasn't even nominated in the category), although both films won Best Picture and Best Director honors. To date, it was the last film to win Best Picture without a Screenplay nomination (Adapted or Original); the last Best Picture to not have its screenplay nominated was The Sound of Music (1965) . [The earlier version, Titanic (1953), lacked nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, but had two nominations, including Best Art Direction and it won an Oscar for Best Story and Screenplay - by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Richard Breen.] Its fourteen nominations included: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Make-up, Best Score, Best Song ("My Heart Will Go On"), Best Sound, Best Sound Effects Editing, and Best Visual Effects. Titanic lost only three awards for which it was nominated - its two acting nominations, and
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Which British fashion designer married Lars von Bennigsen in 2002?
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Alice Temperley Biography. Read a bio on Fashion Designer Alice Temperley. View the Spring 2011 Alice Temperley Collection and Company history. Alice Temperley Alice Temperley Biography Alice Temperley (born July 22, 1975) is a British fashion designer based in London. Her fashion label, Temperley London was launched in 2000. Career Alice Temperley grew up in Somerset, on her parent's ciderfarm before moving to London to attend university. Temperley graduated from the Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins before setting up her company, Temperley London, together with her then boyfriend (now husband) Lars von Bennigsen in 2000. She is well known for her focus on beautiful fabrics and hand finishes and has been hailed as the designer making the biggest waves in British fashion by American Vogue. Temperley London produces four collections per year: Autumn/Winter, Cruise, Spring/Summer and Pre Fall. These include Ready To Wear, Black Label (exclusive evening gowns and cocktail dresses), Beach, Accessories, Bridal. The designer has 4 stand alone boutiques in London, New York, Los Angeles and Dubai. Additionally, Temperley London is sold in 300 stores in 37 different countries. In 2007, Temperley London launched a Bridal department with a boutique next door to its London flagship store. The headquarters are based in Notting Hill, London adjacent to the designer's home. Temperley hosted her first fashion show in Notting Hill, London in 2003. In 2005 she moved her fashion shows to New York where she has showed since, with the exception of the Spring Summer 2009 show in 2008 in London. For the Autumn/Winter 2009/10 show Temperley hosted a two day presentation simultaneous with an online multimedia video launch rather than a traditional catwalk show. Recognition Temperley has been awarded several times including English Print Designer of the Year in 1999 at Indigo, Paris as well as Elle Magazine Best Young Designer of the Year Award in 2004. She was also named one of Britain's top 35 female business leaders in 2006 Wearers of her designs have included Halle Berry, Kate Hudson, Sarah Jessica Parker, Eva Mendez, Clare Danes, Sienna Miller, Lindsey Lohan, Demi Moore, Heidi Klum, Jennifer Lopez, Jessica Alba, Kate Bosworth, Keira Knightley, Leighton Meester, Naomi Campbell, Nicole Richie, Reese Witherspoon, Rosario Dawson and Scarlett Johansson. Company The company is privately owned and run by Alice Temperley and her husband and CEO Lars von Bennigsen. In 2006 it was widely rumored that Gucci Group were interested in buying a stake in the company. This was never confirmed nor declined by Temperley London. In spring of 2010 Temperley London launched a sister brand 'Alice by Temperley' targeted at a younger demographic and containing more affordable pieces. The new brand tries to embody the rock and roll atmosphere that is London. Personal life Temperley met her husband Lars von Bennigsen in 1998, whilst working as a cocktail waitress at The Met Bar to help pay for her studies at Central Saint Martins. They married in 2002 in a 20's style wedding covered by British Vogue. In September 2008, 5 days after the Temperley London SS09 fashion show, Temperley and her husband welcomed their first child, a son named Fox London Temperley von Bennigsen Mackiewicz. Looking for additional Fashion Designer biographies?
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Mary Portas Mary Portas ABOut Mary… Widely recognized as the UK’s foremost authority on retail and brand communication, Mary Portas has a multitude of expertise; business woman, advertising executive, retail expert, Government adviser, broadcaster and consumer champion. The British media crowned her “Queen of Shops”. Beginning her retail career in John Lewis, Harrods and Topshop, she joined Harvey Nichols, progressing to the Board as Creative Director in 1989. She was credited with leading its transformation into a world renowned fashion store. In 1997 she launched her own agency, Yellowdoor which has made its mark in the creative advertising landscape, producing category challenging campaigns and championing brand development for clients including Clarks, Louis Vuitton, Oasis, Swarovski, Dunhill, Boden, Thomas Pink, Patek Philippe and Westfield.
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All Renault Models | List of Renault Cars & Vehicles (Page 2) Full List of Renault Models 144k views 102 items tags f t p @ Below you'll find a list of all the Renault cars & models on the road. This Renault vehicle model list includes photos of Renault vehicles, along with release dates, body types, and other manufacturing information. Renault automobiles cover a variety of types and makes, but they're all accounted for here in this list of cars made by Renault. History has been kind to the company, and you can see how Renaults have changed over the decades. Have you ever asked the question, "Which cars are made by Renault?" This list has the answers. Did you used to drive one of the old Renault cars on this list? Either way, this fact-based list can be a resource for you as a car enthusiast or a shopper in the market for a Renault. Cars on this list include the Renault Clio and the Renault Twingo. This list of car models made by Renault is a great way to see how Renaults vary and perform, so if you're in the market for a used Renault, then you're in exactly the right place. G Options B Comments & Embed 9
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: May 2008 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Wednesday, May 28, 2008 THE FINAL FOR THE CUP 1 Which American poet wrote the lines Candy/ Is dandy/ But liquor/ Is quicker and later added the lines Pot/ Is not? Ogden Nash (Original from 1931, the last lines added by Nash in 1968) 2 Which archipelagic nation consists of over 7,000 islands, the largest of which are Luzon and Mindanao? The Philippines (7,107 islands to be precise) 3 Which London theatre has the same name as a silvery white metal with atomic number 46? Palladium 4 Which murderer used the false name John Robinson whilst trying to escape to Quebec on the SS Montrose with his mistress? Dr Crippen (After the murder of his wife Cora) 5 What is the name of the MP for Crewe and Nantwich who died in April 2008? Gwyneth Dunwoody 6 Complete the Monopoly set – Piccadilly, Coventry Street and...? Leicester Square 7 Which major New York street intersects with Broadway at Times Square? 42nd Street 8 Which composer is buried adjacent to the organ in Westminster Abbey? Henry Purcell 9 If you were reading a book published by Fodor’s, what would the subject be? Travel (World’s largest English language publisher of travel / tourism info) 10 Two famous people met at Ujiji near the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania on the 10th of November 1871. Name either. Sir Henry Morton Stanley or Dr David Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume..?”) 11 Which office, currently held by Martin Rees, has also been held by John Flamsteed and Edmond Halley? Astronomer Royal (Flamsteed was the first in 1675 and was followed by Halley) 12 What is the name of the ship’s Captain who is the subject of Herman Wouk’s novel (and later film) The Caine Mutiny? Captain Queeg 13 At the end of which famous race is the slowest finisher awarded the title Lanterne Rouge or Red Lantern? The Tour de France (It refers to the red lights on the last carriage of a train which indicate that no wagon has been lost). 14 In Norse mythology, who or what is Yggdrasil? The Tree of the World, a great Ash tree that connects the Norse cosmos together. (Tree is what we are after…) 15 Which American singer, known as the “Cry Guy” or the “Nabob of Sob”, had a Number 1 UK hit with Just Walking in the Rain in 1956? Johnnie Ray 16 Which American artist, whose most famous works were numbered rather than named, died at the age of 44 when he crashed his car whilst drunk in New York in 1956? Jackson Pollock 17 What is the name of the strait between India and Sri Lanka? The Palk Strait 18 What word is used to describe a person who dies without having made a will? Intestate (Do not accept “Dead”!) 19 What name is given to a series of pictures apparently made by random ink blots which is used as a means of psychological testing? The Rorschach Test 20 The novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair was the inspiration for a successful 2007 film featuring a leading character called Daniel Plainview. What is the film’s title? There Will Be Blood (Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Plainview) 21 Which Pope died in 1978 only 33 days after being elected? John Paul I (the first) 22 Which game bird found extensively in Scotland is known as the Snow Grouse? The Ptarmigan 23 Which English Football League team has been managed by Trevor Francis, David Pleat and Ron Atkinson? Sheffield Wednesday 24 When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon, who stayed up in space? Michael Collins (Command Module Pilot of Apollo 11) 25 Refreshment Sunday is the fourth Sunday in Lent. By what name is it more commonly known? Mothering Sunday (Or Mother’s Day, of course…) 26 William Webb Ellis won a much prized blue for Oxford University at which sport? Cricket (Played v Cambridge in 1827) 27 In Greek mythology, Leto is the mother of twins by Zeus. Name either of them. Apollo or Artemis 28 In which Shakespeare play is Viola the heroine? Twelfth Night 29 Leona Lewis has recently topped the US charts with her single Bleeding Love.
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For womens basketball, the official basketball size is 28.5 inches in circumference (size 6) and what weight in ounces?
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A Detailed List of Various Official Basketball Sizes Follow Us A Detailed List of Various Official Basketball Sizes The official size of a basketball is determined by the league officials, as well as the players. Scroll down the following article to know more about this subject. Advertisement It is important to know the game that you want to thoroughly pursue. Ever wondered what is the size of the basketball, which some of you might be adoring a lot? However inconsequential it might appear to be, it is essential to know this fact. The official measurements and league regulations for a basketball include its circumference, inflation pressure, and weight. In a few cases, the material or manufacturer may also be mentioned. Sizes and Specifications National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) - Women For a women's match, the NCAA states that the basketball used is of size 6. It has a circumference ranging between 28.5 and 29 inches, and weighs between 18 and 20 oz. When dropped from 6 feet, the bounce height should be between 51 and 56 inches. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) - Men The requirements of this association are not as stringent as compared to the National Basketball League (NBA) or International Basketball Federation (FIBA). A size 7 ball is the standard for men's tournaments. The circumference measures between 29.5 and 30 inches, and the ball has a weight in the range of 20 and 22 oz. Ultimately, there has to be a bounce 49 to 54 inches in height, if it is dropped from 6 feet. National Basketball League To begin with, the NBA basketball is produced by Spalding, and the official size for men's tournaments has to be 29.5 inches in circumference. With a weight of 22 oz., the ball can be inflated with a pressure range of 7.5 to 8.5 psi. These balls are made up of orange leather having black lettering, and are of size 7. For the women, the size is a little different. Again, mostly made by Spalding, the ball for women's NBA is smaller (size 6). The circumference ranges between 28.5 and 29 inches, and it weighs between 18 and 20 oz. It can be further inflated till a maximum pressure of 9 psi. The ball is made up of alternating orange and white leather patterns. International Basketball Federation (FIBA) The rules are very strict as far as FIBA is concerned about the ball used in its games. It has to be a size 7, and the name of the manufacturer and the serial number should be present on it. The circumference is 30.7 inches, and the weight is between 567 and 650 gm. When dropped from a height of 70.8 inches, the ball should bounce to a minimum height of 51.2 inches. These FIBA approved balls have to pass a series of stringent tests (For example, heat test and valve test). Official basketball height is not a plausible dimension, and hence, it is not standard anywhere. Juniors and Youngsters For the juniors, the NBA recommendations are basketballs of circumference of 27.75 inches, which is size 5, and weighing around 18 oz. For children who are still younger below the age of 7, it is suggested to use a ball with a circumference of 22 inches, and weight around 8 oz. Medha Godbole
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The Only State... Quiz Extra Trivia ...whose name appears in another state's most populous city? Kansas City is the name of the biggest city in Missouri but only the third biggest city in Kansas. ...to host three modern Olympic Games? Besides the two Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. ...that allows residents to vote from outer space? The reasoning behind this 1997 law makes sense when you consider that most Astronauts live and work in Houston. ...without a McDonalds within the borders of its state capital? Montpelier is also the smallest state capital, with less than 8,000 people. ...to have a state-owned bank? The Bank of North Dakota was founded in 1919, and receives funds from state agencies. ...whose name has no letters in common with that of its capital? This may not be the most interesting 'Only' stat about South Dakota, but it's the only one I could find... ...to insist upon statewide female suffrage as a requirement for its entry into the Union? The Wyoming Territory's 1869 passage of female suffrage inspired the state's Official Nickname 'The Equality State.' ...whose legal right to statehood was brought before the Supreme Court? Virginia v. West Virginia, in which Virgina strove to regain counties that had seceded during the Civil War, was decided in favor of the Defendant. ...that has no law requiring seatbelts for adults in automobiles? New Hampshire residents take their 'Live Free Or Die' motto rather seriously ...to have a lighthouse that stands over 60 meters high? The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, 63 meters tall (200 feet), is located on the state's easternmost island. ...in which diamonds are mined? Crater of Diamonds State Park is also the world's only diamond-bearing site open to the public. ...in which the Northern half is in a different time zone than the Southern half? Northern Idaho is on Pacific Time, while Southern Idaho is on Mountain Time. ...to be represented by an African-American Senator prior to the 20th Century? Before 1967, Mississippi's Hiram Revels (1870) and Blanche Bruce (1875) were the only two black US Senators in history. ...whose median age is under 30 years old? The Mormon Church's encouragement of large families may explain why Utah's median age is only 28.8 years. ...to produce two US Presidents whose sons also became Presidents? Coincidentally, both sons shared their Father's names--John Quincy Adams and George Walker Bush. ...to be named after an American? Perhaps only George Washington had the gravitas to merit such an honor; a state of Franklin was attempted but failed to be approved. ...to have a higher population density than Puerto Rico? The most densely populated state, New Jersey's 1,189 residents/square mile beats out Puerto Rico's 1,163. ...whose postal abbreviation consists of two vowels? Iowa is also the only state whose name begins with two vowels. ...to lie entirely above 1,000 meters elevation? Colorado's lowest point, at the border with Kansas, is higher than Pennsylvania's tallest summit. ...where a nuclear weapon was exploded prior to the bombing of Japan? The Trinity Site, NM, was America's first and only test of the atomic bomb before it was dropped on Hiroshima. ...to host a Confederate President's inauguration? Jefferson Davis took his oath of office at the Alabama State Capitol building in 1861. ...that has 'parishes' instead of counties? Louisiana's unique use of the word 'parish' is a holdover from its days as a French Colony. ...to have two Federal Reserve Banks? The Federal bank in Kansas City covers the Great Plains region, while the bank in St. Louis covers part of the Central US. ...with a modern city founded by European colonists prior to 1600? St. Augustine, founded in 1565, was originally the capital of Spanish Florida. ...to contain more than one Ivy League school? Columbia University is located in New York City, while Cornell is in Ithaca Exceptional Quality ...whose official name is more than four words long? 'State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,' is typically used only on of
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France.com Where to Go - France.com Strasbourg in Eastern France Paris and its surroundings Paris. The City of Light. And of the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre, the Sacré-Coeur, Montmartre, Saint-Germain, the Opéra and hundreds of attractions for every taste known to civilized mankind. A visit to Paris should include a day-trip to Versailles where French royalty brought the classical French style to its apex. Northern France It includes the administrative regions of: Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Heir to an industrial past, the region has turned towards tourism. It’s the entry place for British tourists coming on the chunnel or on hovercrafts from Dover. Don’t miss Lille, one of France’s most fun big cities. Picardie. Lovers of history will find many places to visit in this flat land: Amiens boasts one of the most beautiful French cathedrals, while the cities of Chantilly, Compiègne still evoke the royal atmosphere of their past. Senlis and Gerberoy take us back all the way to the Middle Ages. Western France It includes the official regions of: Brittany. Where the land meets the sea. Bretagne is a wonderfully unique land that has entranced man since the beginning of time. The rugged coast has some of the finest beaches in Europe. Normandy. Green pastures, fishermen villages famous cheese. D-day beaches and WWII tours mix with medieval art. Caen, Rouen, Bayeux, Honfleur, Deauville and Monet’s Giverny are where the tourists go. Pays de la Loire. Water is everywhere here between the sea and the Loire itself. Unjustly ignored by tourists from abroad, the region is getting renewed interest lately. Eastern France Alsace . The European region. Strong French and German influences. Lovely wine routes and oh, so, charming villages! Strasbourg, Colmar, Mulhouse is what you want to see. Burgundy. The land of fine wines. Dijon and the Cote d’Or. Beaune, Chablis, Auxerre and Macon are here. Knowledge of good wine is a not requirement to enjoy this region fully. Franche-Comté. Beautiful but rugged, this region has seldom appeared on the radar of travelers to France. It’s a fantastic homebase for a laid-back vacation of enjoying France’s rural culture. Central France Centre. Rolling 2 hours south of Paris, the ‘Valley of Kings’ is the king of valleys. Royal chateaus abound between Tours and Blois. A visit to Chambord, Blois, Amboise, Chenonceau is a must. Auvergne. A sparsely populated land of volcanic plateaus and large valleys with a love of nature and an impeccable standard for environment. It may be France’s most authentic region. Preferred by active vacationeers who crave the open-air and its majestic environment. South Eastern France Languedoc-Roussillon. Be tempted by the varied sites of this land of contrasts. Camargue extends to the sunny shores of the Mediterranean. Cathar castles stand proudly at the foot of the Pyrénées mountains, and the fortified city of Carcassonne and the 49-metre high Pont du Gard will instantly hold you spellbound. Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur. The sunny charm of France joie de vivre sparkles in Provence. Ever since fame was invented, The Riviera has been home to the rich and famous. Nice, Marseille, Cannes and St-Tropez are among the most visited spots. Rhône-Alpes. Outdoor enthusiasts will love the mountains and world-class ski resorts (Chamonix amongst them) as well as the many water sports in the Gorges de l’Ardèche. Lyon is known throughout the country as the place for fine gastronomic delights. South Western France Aquitaine. Bordeaux vineyards and the beaches of the Atlantic. The Basque Country. Castles and Medieval villages in Perigord. Biarritz, Pau and Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port are here. Big with wine lovers history buffs, river vacationeers and surfer dudes. Midi-Pyrénées. From the sea to the mountains the region is full of beautiful cities and villages, rich with history. Toulouse, the pink city, is a must see. Barges float quietly along the banks of the Canal du Midi for your delight. So where to go? Anywhere… Everywhere! Just think about it… France has among the world’s most beautiful islands, some of the w
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Political Map of France - Nations Online Project Political Map of France ___ Political Map of France About France France is a country located on the western edge of Europe, bordered by the Bay of Biscay (North Atlantic Ocean) in west, by the English Channel in north west, by the North Sea in north, by Belgium and Luxembourg in north east, by Germany , Switzerland and Italy in east, by the Mediterranean Sea, Monaco , Spain and Andorra in south. France shares also maritime borders with the United Kingdom . Since 1994 France and the UK are connected by the Channel Tunnel, a 50.5 km (31.4 mi) undersea rail tunnel linking Folkestone in Kent, UK with Coquelles, Pas-de-Calais, near Calais in northern France. With an area of 551,500 km² Metropolitan France is more than twice the size of the United Kingdom or more than twice the size of the U.S. state Colorado . France has a population of 66.6 million people (est. 2016); 64.5 million people in Metropolitan France and 2.1 million in its overseas regions. Largest city and capital is Paris . Spoken language is French (official). Map is showing Metropolitan France, that is the French mainland and the island of Corsica. Depicted on the map is the country with international borders, the national capital Paris, region capitals, major cities, main roads, and major airports. Geography of France [show] Metropolitan France has two shorelines, one at the North Atlantic Ocean, the other at the Mediterranean Sea, it sums up to a total of 3,427 km of coastline. About two-thirds of the county's interior (in north and west) consists of plains or gently rolling hills, within there are two major basins: the Paris basin in the northwest, drained by the river Seine, and the Aquitaine basin in the southwest, drained by the Garonne river. The plains are interspersed with highlands here and there. To the south of the country are the rugged Pyrenees, two parallel mountain ranges that creates a natural border between France and Spain, its highest mountains rise up to more than 3,000 m. In south east the Massif Central, a formerly volcanic region with a large concentration of extinct volcanoes, like the Chaine des Puys, a chain of cinder cones, lava domes, and maars within the Massif Central. East of the Massif, separated by a deep north-south cleft created by the Rhone River are the French Alps, part of the Alps, the great mountain range system of Europe. Within the Alps is the highest mountain of France, Mont Blanc with 4,807 m. It is also Italy's highest peak because the "White Mountain" sits on the border which separtes both nations. French Rivers: The longest rivers within France are Loire, Seine, Garonne, and Rhone, the Rhine river in east forms the border with Germany for about 160 km (100 mi). Seine, and Garonne are the main rivers for transportation in France. Airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, also known as Rossy Airport ( IATA code : CDG), located in the vicinity of Paris is the largest and busiest airport in France. Paris-Orly Airport ( IATA code : ORY) located south of Paris is the busiest French airport for domestic traffic. Major Seaports: France has several major seaports, largest port is Marseille , followed by Le Havre, Dunkirk, and Nantes/Saint-Nazaire. all countries of the world You are free to use this map for educational purposes, please refer to the Nations Online Project. Political Map of France Cities and Towns in France: The Map shows the location of following French cities: Agen, Aix-en-Provence, Ajaccio, Alençon, Alès, Amiens, Angers, Angoulême, Annecy, Arcachon, Arles, Arras, Auch, Aurillac, Auxerre, Avallon, Avignon, Bastia, Bayonne, Beaune, Beauvais, Belfort, Besançon, Biarritz, Bonifacio, Bordeaux, Bourg-, Bourges, Bressuire, Brest, Brive-la-, Béziers, Caen, Calais, Calvi, Cannes, Carcassone, Castres, Chambéry, Cherbourg, Châlons-en-Champagne, Clermont-Ferrand, Colmar, Corte, Dieppe, Dijon, Douarnenez, Dunkirk, Gaillarde, Gap, Grenoble, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Le Mans, Le Puy, Lille, Limoges, Lorient, Lourdes, Lyon (capital of Rhô
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A Burnt-Out Case | The Nation A Burnt-Out Case If you are a current Subscriber and are unable to log in, you may have to create a NEW username and password. To do so, click here and use the “NEW USER” sign-up option. Log In A Burnt-Out Case A Burnt-Out Case A new biography of Timothy Leary reveals the mixed-up sociopath behind the "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra. Print My intersection with LSD came at a time when Dr. Timothy Leary’s legacy had been watered down to near-flavorlessness. It went as follows: One tab of acid at a late-era Grateful Dead show at Soldier Field, where I hallucinated a giant eagle and got mocked by a nurse for wearing a necklace made of Fimo beads that I’d bought in Oregon; another tab two nights later, followed by eight hours of seeing vampires crawl across a leaky apartment ceiling in Evanston, Illinois; and about a quarter-tab in the spring of 1994, which led to a night of then-stereotypically freaky New Orleans French Quarter tourism. While Leary was going about the slow process of dying online in Beverly Hills, surrounded by web geeks who hadn’t been born when he began to expand his consciousness, I felt like I was sucking the fumes from a bus that had long since left the station. Ad Policy In these wretched drug days of widespread crystal-meth addiction, transcontinental Xanax-popping and speed-laced Mexican ditch weed posing as The Chron, it’s harder than ever to swallow the idea that mind-altering drug use could transform our staggering society. That prospect becomes even harder to entertain when you consider the most famous proponent of narcotics-fueled social change. Robert Greenfield’s comprehensive biography of Leary is an epically thrilling, wicked epitaph for the vain, bizarre, self-promoting guru who, depending on your perspective, either poisoned or blessed our culture with his ridiculous “turn on, tune in and drop out” mantra. As Greenfield boldly and correctly asserts, Leary was the “wrong man” to inherit the future of psychedelic research. Psychiatrist Humphry Osmond, who coined the term “psychedelic,” even compared Leary to Hitler–not for the magnitude of his crimes (which were absurd and, other than escaping from prison, arguably not even criminal) but for the transcendent quality of his sociopathic megalomania, which he parlayed into drug guru status. This 600-page tome doesn’t really begin to percolate until Leary starts taking drugs. Until then, it’s standard biography: Thoughts of an absent alcoholic father traumatize an intelligent but self-absorbed West Point dropout. A sad childhood leads our protagonist down the path to unfaithful husbandry. His first wife, the mother of his two children, commits suicide. That terrible event, which would shatter an ordinary life, barely seemed to affect Leary; if psychedelics are supposed to destroy the ego, they didn’t do a very good job with Tim Leary. The book quotes an anthropologist, experienced with tribal drug-taking cultures, who in the fall of 1960 said that peyote had “no place in our culture or our mythology. We don’t have anything that enables us to explain or deal with this and therefore I don’t think it is something we can introduce.” But by then it was too late. Leary had already slipped acid into the well. In Greenfield’s telling, the great decade began as self-parody in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while Leary was still a lecturer at Harvard. More specifically, it was Halloween, 1960. Leary was conducting sleazy, absurd drug “experiments” at his house. A houseguest ingested a lot of psilocybin. Meanwhile, Leary’s preteen daughter Susan was having a slumber party upstairs. The guest went upstairs and lay in the bed in the middle of the room. When Leary pulled him out, his guest referred to the girls as “middle-class bitches” who needed him to “stir them up a little.” Leary almost let him, deciding at the last second that the party was Susan’s “trip.” He said, “You have the right to do anything you want so long as you don’t lay your trip on anyone else.” What Greenfield refers to as “the first commandment of the psyche
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Listen to This. . . Listen to This. . . Personal, humourous reflections on life. Did I tell you? Sunday, October 30, 2011 Topics I Never Got Around to Writing It's been awhile since I've blogged, but that doesn't mean I don't have at least a dozen topics each week that I think are worth writing about. Here's a summary of some of the ideas I've had and didn't elaborate via the blog. Verbal Filters: "What has happened to the ability of people to use "filters" before speaking?" Maybe it's my age, but I do not recall knowing as many people as I do today who begin talking before they engage their brain as to what the impact of what they are about to say will be. Drivers: This is frightening -- I seriously think there are an abundancy of drivers on the road who don't consider reckless driving kills people. Going around a corner at 70 mph is not "cool." Suggestion: go ahead and pretend to be speed racer in a parking lot instead of possibly taking out an innoncent person's life.. Toilet Paper: I don't think anyone in the house has been trained to replace a roll. The empty roll will sit on the roller until I replace it. This same concept applies to paper towels in the kitchen and any and all trash bags throughout the home. Children and Money: Consider this THE official memo that your parents are not the Rockefellers and any and all Christmas should not begin pre-Halloween. Manners and Politeness: When entering a room one says "hello" to a family member (i.e., mother and father.) When leaving the house one says, "Goodbye" to same people and does not ignore their existance. These people are your sole support and until you begin earning a salary, treat them as human beings. Laundry: When one begins laundy, please continue the process by taking the wet clothes out and moving them to the dryer or to hang to air dry. Do not leave laundry in a stagnated state (both process wise and smelling wise) thereby holding up others who would like to have the opportunity to launder their clothing. Texting: Don't text me and then NOT pick up the phone if I have a question regarding the text you just sent. I know you have your phone, PICK IT UP AND ANSWER IT -- you would if you it was a friend. Politics: How about "just say no." It's waaaaaay too early in the election process to have to hear other people's opinions on any candidate. Also, another biggie -- media commentators: please refrain from sharing your solution(s) on how to fix everything in this terrible economy. It would probably be more productive to pen a letter to the White House, perhaps in care of President Obama and see if he'll/they'll consider it. Good luck with that. Pay kindness forward: This is a postive note in the blog. Most of us have been blessed beyond expectation with precious friends and family, and the way to be thankful for that is to pass it along. Do something nice for others on a frequesnt basis. It's a good thing and tends to be contagious. Hold your tongue/keypad: If someone says or writes a nasty or unkind thing about you, my mantra is, "Silence is Golden." Don't engage those types of people with buying into their unhappiness or gripe. Kindness works wonders with unhappy people. I KNOW this from direct experience with the public and it works wonders. Just be kind...it disarms angry folks. People: Most people are wonderful and generous. It's just the few bad apples that get the attention. Count your blessings on the wonderful friends and people you presently know and will come to know. It's one of life's great blessings. Laughter: This is the final topic for today. Laugh as much and as often as you can. In my opinion it truly is the key to survival and sanity. Plus, it's pretty fun :) Posted by Our New Tenants It seems like just last fall we were driving to the university campus to drop off our daughters. Sure there were milliseconds of parental sadness, but we quickly became members of the empty-nesters club. It’s a sweet little organization where everything you own is yours and no one secretly breaks, touches or moves
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Which is the smallest state by area of the United States?
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What Are the 5 Smallest States in the United States? By Matt Rosenberg Updated August 10, 2016. The United States is made up of 50 individual states that vary greatly in size. When talking about land area, Rhode Island ranks as the smallest. Yet, when we discuss population, Wyoming - the 10th largest state in area - comes in with the smallest population. The 5 Smallest States in Land Area If you're familiar with U.S. geography, you might be able to guess which are the smallest states in the country . Notice that four of the five smallest states are along the eastern coast where the states seem to be crammed into a very small area. Rhode Island - 1,034 square miles (2,678 square kilometers) Rhode Island is only 48 miles in length and 37 miles wide (77 x 59 kilometers). Rhode Island has over 384 miles (618 kilometers) of coastline. The highest point is Jerimoth Hill in Foster at 812 feet (247.5 meters). Delaware - 1,949 square miles (5,047 square kilometers) Delaware is 96 miles (154 kilometers) in length. At its thinnest point, it is only 9 miles (14 kilometers) wide. Delaware has 117 miles of coastline. The highest point is Ebright Azimuth at 447.85 feet (136.5 meters). Connecticut - 4,842 square miles (12,542 square kilometers) Connecticut is only 110 miles long and 70 miles wide (177 x 112 kilometers). Connecticut has 618 miles (994.5 kilometers) of shoreline. The highest point is the southern slope of Mt. Frissell at 2,380 feet (725 meters). Hawaii - 6,423 square miles (16,635 square kilometers) Hawaii is a chain of 132 islands, eight of which are considered principal islands. These include Hawaii (4028 square miles), Maui (727 square miles), Oahu (597 square miles), Kauai (562 square miles), Molokai (260 square miles), Lanai (140 square miles), Niihau (69 square miles), and Kahoolawe (45 square miles). Hawaii has 750 miles of coastline. The highest point is Mauna Kea at 13,796 feet (4,205 meters). New Jersey - 7,354 square miles (19,047 square kilometers) New Jersey is only 170 miles long and 70 miles wide (273 x 112 kilometers). New Jersey has 1,792 miles (2884 kilometers) of shoreline. The highest point is High Point at 1,803 feet (549.5 meters). The 5 Smallest States in Population When we turn to look at population, we get an entirely different look at the country. With the exception of Vermont, the states with the lowest population are among the largest in land area and they're all in the western half of the country. A low population with a large amount of land means a very low population density (or people per square mile). Wyoming - 563,626 people Ranks as the 10th largest in land area - 97,813 square miles (253,334 square kilometers) Population density: 5.8 people per square mile Vermont - 625,741 people Ranks as the 45th largest in land area - 9,614 square miles (24,900 square kilometers) Population density: 65.1 people per square mile North Dakota - 672,591 Ranks as the 19th largest in land area - 70,699 square miles (1,717,853 square kilometers) Population density: 1.1 people per square mile Alaska - 710,231
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Which USA State borders only one other USA state? Which USA State borders only one other USA state? By Cynthia Kirkeby Which USA State borders only one other USA state? Maine is the only state that has only one bordering, neighboring state. Cynthia Kirkeby
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The only US Vice President in US history to have to resign because of criminal charges, the void created by what former governor of Maryland started Gerald Ford down the path to the presidency?
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Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of United States (1913 - 1994) - Genealogy Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President of United States Also Known As: Yorba Linda, Orange, California, United States Death: in New York, New York, New York, United States Place of Burial: Yorba Linda, Orange, California, United States Immediate Family: President of the United States, 1969-74 Managed by: Circa 1914 - California, United States Residence: 1920 - Placentia Township Yorba Linda Precinct Yorba Linda Village, Orange, California, USA Parents: Francis A Nixon, Hannah M Nixon Siblings: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: ... expected to take a quarter- back until former signal-caller Richard Nixon died In his honor they broke into his li- brary out in shuffle... Date: Jan 9 1913 - Yorba Linda, Orange, California, United States Death: Apr 22 1994 - Bronxville, Westchester, New York, United States of America Parents: Francis Anthony Nixon, Hannah Nixon Wife: First Lady Thelma Catherine Nixon Siblings: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "...in class. Associated Press__________________________ If Richard Nixon's profession was his passion was sports. More than any other wh... Date: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "...-caller Richard Nixon died. In his honor they broke into his li- brary out in shuffled some papers and decided to take the best Repub... Date: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "...-caller Richard Nixon died. In his honor they broke into his li- brary out in shuffled some papers and decided to take the best Repub... Date: Australian Newspapers Text: ... and the fear . 1 e / Spies who run rings around us PAGE 20 Nixon honoured in death Richard Nixon NEW YORK: Americans are mourning the de... Publication: Apr 24 1994 - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Page: Australian Newspapers Text: ... Tuesday. (US markets were closed on Wednesday for former President Richard Nixon's funeral.) Citibank chief economist Grant Bailey said ... Publication: Apr 30 1994 - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Page: Australian Newspapers Text: ... current heads of state also are expected to be present when Nixon, who died on Saturday night, is laid to rest on the grounds of the Ric... Publication: Apr 25 1994 - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Page: Australian Newspapers Text: ... funeral played out like a historic drama against the backdrop of Richard Milhous Nixon ... Advertising FAX 280 4884 40 pages All the Pre... Publication: Apr 29 1994 - Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Page: brother About Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States (1969-1974). During his administration the United States withdrew its military forces from Vietnam and informally recognized the government of the People's Republic of China. The Watergate scandal that occurred at the beginning of his second term brought Nixon to the verge of impeachment by the House of Representatives and led to his resignation, the first ever by a U.S. president. Early Career Born in Yorba Linda, Calif., on Jan. 9, 1913, Nixon was the second of Hannah and Francis Nixon's five children, all of whom were boys. Despite the economic difficulties and emotional tensions of the Nixon household, young Richard excelled in school, graduating second in his class from Whittier College (1934) and third in his class from Duke University law school (1937). From 1937 to 1942 he practiced law in Whittier, Calif. When the United States entered World War II, he worked briefly for the tire-rationing section of the Office of Price Administration in Washington, D.C., and then served in the navy as a supply officer in the South Pacific. Upon his return to Whittier after the war he entered politics, becoming the Republican candidate for Congress in California's 12th district. His first political campaign, in 1946, set the tone for many that would follow. Running against the liberal Democratic incumbent, Jerry Voorhis, Nixon suggested that Voorhis had dangerous left-wing tendencies. Nixon won easily and thereafte
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On this day: The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790 - The Scotsman On this day: The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790 The Forth and Clyde Canal opened in 1790. Picture: Stephen Mansfield 00:00 Friday 08 July 2016 Events, birthdays and anniversaries on 8 July 8 July 951: The city of Paris was founded. 1249: King Alexander II died on the isle of Kerrara in Oban Bay. 1296: Abdication of King John Balliol at Montrose. 1497: Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama set out on his first voyage. He became the first European to reach India by sea. 1790: The Forth and Clyde Canal was opened after 22 years of construction. 1836: Charles Darwin reached St Helena aboad HMS Beagle. 1884: The National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children was founded. 1905: Soldiers of the Russian battleship Potemkin, who had mutinied, surrendered to Romanian authorities, who subsequently turned the ship over to Russian authorities. 1907: Florenz Ziegfeld staged the first of his Ziegfeld Follies shows on the rooftop of a Broadway theatre. 1911: Nan Aspinall became the first woman to complete a solo US coast-to-coast horseback ride when she delivered a letter from the mayor of San Francisco to the mayor of New York, having covered 4,500 miles in 301 days. 1918: National Savings stamps went on sale in Britain. 1941: All Jews living in the Baltic states were obligated to wear the Jewish star. 1947: Reports were received that a UFO had crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico. 1949: South Africa passed the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, banning the marriage or sexual relationship between white people and those of other race groups. 1957: Leaders of Sinn Fein were arrested by order of Irish premier Eamon de Valera. 1961: Freddie Trueman took five wickets for no runs in 24 balls for England against Australia. 1963: USA banned all monetary transactions with Cuba. 1965: Ronald Biggs, one of the Great Train robbers, escaped from prison. He settled in Brazil but returned to Britain and gave himself up in 2001. 1967: Billie Jean King beat Ann Jones 6-3, 6-4 to win the Wimbledon ladies singles title. 1969: USA began the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam. 1971: Riots erupted in Derry after British soldiers shot dead two Catholic civilians during street disturbances. 1973: Paul Getty III, grandson of John Paul Getty, the world’s richest man, was kidnapped. After having his right ear cut off, he was returned for a ransom of $2.9 million. 1992: Mike Gatting and 15 other English cricketers suspended for five years for touring South Africa had their bans lifted. 1994: A preliminary trial ruled that there was enough evidence to try OJ Simpson for the murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman. 1994: Space Shuttle Columbia 17 was launched. 2010: Former Labour Party deputy leader John Prescott was introduced to the House of Lords as Baron Prescott of Kingston-upon-Hull. 2014: Brazil suffered the humiliation of a 7-1 defeat by Germany in the World Cup semi-final, the host nation’s first competitive home loss for 39 years.
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Soave wine is produced in which country?
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Soave Wine - A Guide to the Wines of Soave Soave Wine for this region? Soave is one of the best known white wine regions in Italy, located in the Veneto province just outside of Verona. This is a wine that has existed in some capacity in the area for centuries, though sadly, by the the 20th century, if there was a jug full of Italian white wine, chances are it was Soave. But things have changed since then and quality control efforts have improved Soave production greatly. Soave was actually the first region to receive a DOC classification, in 1936. The principal grape is Garganega, which was then allowed to blended with Trebbiano Toscano (same as Ugni used for brandy) and Pinot Bianco, which produced a very thin, nearly flavorless wine. The restrictions have changed and those two grapes have been banned from the blend. It now consists of a minimum 70% Garganega, with an allowable maximum 30% Trebbiano di Soave (Verdicchio) and/or Chardonnay. Most of the vineyards are located on the hillsides, around the Medieval town of Soave with Read more » Soave is one of the best known white wine regions in Italy, located in the Veneto province just outside of Verona. This is a wine that has existed in some capacity in the area for centuries, though sadly, by the the 20th century, if there was a jug full of Italian white wine, chances are it was Soave. But things have changed since then and quality control efforts have improved Soave production greatly. Soave was actually the first region to receive a DOC classification, in 1936. The principal grape is Garganega, which was then allowed to blended with Trebbiano Toscano (same as Ugni used for brandy) and Pinot Bianco, which produced a very thin, nearly flavorless wine. The restrictions have changed and those two grapes have been banned from the blend. It now consists of a minimum 70% Garganega, with an allowable maximum 30% Trebbiano di Soave (Verdicchio) and/or Chardonnay. Most of the vineyards are located on the hillsides, around the Medieval town of Soave with its magnificent castles and ancient walkways. The Soave Classico zone, which like Chianti refers to its classic and also highest quality viticultural area, is between Soave and Monteforte d’Alpone. There are also a sparkling Soave spumante and sweet Recioto di Soave. Soave Superiore is the DOCG classification introduced in 2002 to promote Soaves of the finest production quality. The Superiore zone encompasses wines produced both in and outside the boundaries of the Classico zone, spilling into the hillsides of Soave Colli Scaligeri and other hillside areas, but excludes other zones. It’s a bit nebulous, but mostly has to do with vine training practices (the Espalier system is the requirement) and yield restrictions. ~Amanda Schuster
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VENTA BELGARVM Venta Belgarvm NNE (23) to Calleva (Silchester, Hampshire) SSW (11) to Clavsentvm (Bitterne, Hampshire) NW (14) to East Anton (East Anton, Hampshire) Iter XV: ENE (19) to Neatham SE (32) to Noviomagvs Regnorvm (Chichester, West Sussex) SW (12) to Nvrsling (Hampshire) W (22) to Sorviodvnvm Venta Belgarum - The Market Town of the Belgae "Below the Dobuni¹ are the Belgae² and the towns: Iscalis 16*00 53�, Aquae Calidae 17*20 53� and Venta 18*40 53�." Above extract from Ptolemy's Geography The Dobunni tribe inhabited Gloucestershire and Hereford & Worcester. The Belgae inhabited Hampshire and Avon. Of the three names mentioned by Ptolemy the station Iscalis remains unidentified, Aquae Calidae literally 'the hot waters' can only be Aquae Sulis (Bath, Avon), and the final town mentioned is easily equated with Winchester. Winchester appears on three (out of fifteen) routes in Britain recorded in the Antonine Itinerary of the late second century: In Iter VII "the route from Chichester to London", Venta Belgarum occurs in the middle of the Itinerary 10 miles from Clausentum (Bitterne, Hampshire) and 22 miles from Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire). Iter XV is entitled "the route from Calleva to Isca", and details the journey from the Atrebates capital at Silchester in Hampshire and the civitas capital of the Dumnonii tribe at Exeter in Devon. Winchester appears near the beginning of this Itinerary, again as Venta Belgarum, 21 miles from Vindomis (Neatham, Hampshire) and 11 miles from Briga (Buckholt Farm, Horsebridge, Hampshire). Iter XII is entitled "the route from Muridunum to Viroconium", and details the journey from Moridunum (Carmarthen, Dyfed, South Wales) and the capital of the Cornovii tribe at Wroxeter in the Midlands. Unfortunately this route has been corrupted at some time in antiquity, and a portion of Iter XII inserted at the beginning, so this third mention of Venta Belgarum may be safely ignored. The confusion was perhaps caused by the dimly recognised station near Honiton in Devon, which appears in Iter XV and shares the same name as the fort at Carmarthen in Iter XII, namely Moridunum. Winchester also appears in the seventh century Ravenna Cosmology as Venta Velgarom (R&C#41), this time listed between the unknown entries Onna and Armis. The name Venta Belgarum is an amalgam of the Welsh/Gaelic word venta meaning 'market or market town', and the determinative Belgarum meaning 'of the Belgae', denoting that Winchester was the chief town of this southern British tribe. ... The procurator of the weaving-house at Winchester in Britain. ..." Above quote from the Notitia Dignitatum of the 4th/5th century AD Epigraphic Evidence from Winchester The only inscription on stone recorded in the R.I.B. for Winchester is an altar dedicated to the Matres the 'Mothers' or mother goddesses (vide RIB 88 infra). This fine altarstone is now on display in the British Museum. Altarstone to the Mother Goddesses MATRIB ITALIS GERMANIS GAL BRIT ANTONIVS LVCRETIANVS BF COS REST "For the Mother Goddesses of Italy, the Germanies, Gaul and Britain, the Beneficiarius Consularis¹ Antonius Lucretianus restored [this temple]." (RIB 88; altarstone) A beneficiarius was a soldier excused normal duties in order to perform some specialised function, in this case serving on the staff of the consular governor. Other Roman Sites in the Neighbourhood As elswhere in southern Britain, the area around this Roman town, the sixth largest in the province, is studded with Romano-British villas: Sparsholt (SU4130), Twyford (SU4824), King's Worthy (SU4833), Itchen Abbas (SU5234), Bramdean (SU6228) and West Meon (SU6324). In addition, the remains of substantial Roman buildings have also been identified at Upham (SU5422) Alresford (SU5833) and Micheldever (SU5337). See: The Towns of Roman Britain by John Wacher (2nd Ed., BCA, London, 1995) pp.291-301 & fig.132; The Roman Inscriptions of Britain by R.G. Collingwood and R.P. Wright (Oxford 1965). All English translations, including any inherent mistakes, are my own. This page was last modified: 27
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Which country is home to Tooheys beer?
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Tooheys New | Tooheys Brewing | BeerAdvocate Tooheys Brewing Alcohol by volume (ABV): 4.60% Availability: Year-round No notes at this time. Added by BeerAdvocate on 06-04-2002 BEER STATS 3.25/5 rDev +27.5% look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25 From can, pours Amber with thin white head which fades away very quickly. Aroma of grain, hops. Taste is some malts and a little hop bitterness. Not to bad. 157 characters look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25 Format: a mid-brown 375mL stubby with the age-old Tooheys New macro label. Appearance: a solid amber in colour with plenty of chunky macro lager carbonation. A finger of white head drops to a thick cap. Sporadic lacing. Aroma: an aroma of proper grain (rather than cheap grain and adjuncts). Better than most macro lagers. Taste: again a touch better with those same flavours - Tooheys New surprises me a little whenever I have it (which is rare). There is a reason why this and VB are two of the most-bought macro lagers in the country. Aftertaste: more grains and husk here with the slightest touch of hop bitterness. Some sweetness too from indistinct origins. Mouth feel: moderate in feel with a higher carbonation to bring through that fantastically refreshing crispness. Overall: Tooheys New continues to surprise me when I occasionally drink it. It is one of the standard Aussie macro lagers, but there is a reason it is one of the mainstays in Australian pubs. It is a definite cut above most standard cheap macro lagers, and decent at AU$45 for a case of 24 x 375mL stubbies. Most importantly, one of my favourite pub beers wouldn't be an option without New (a 50/50 - or Black n Tan for you Americans - with half Tooheys Old and half Tooheys New). 1,263 characters 2.15/5 rDev -15.7% look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2 Pretty grim. Looks a lot better than it tastes, but that's not saying much, believe me. Flavor a this beer is adjunct flavored grain with some generic sweet that wont go away. Not good. I feel a headache coming on. Weird body; almost feels like there's glycerin in it. Stay away from this beer. :You'll thank me 311 characters 2/5 rDev -21.6% look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2 As a young, uninitiated whipper-snapper, this was my go-to beer, with the airwaves and pub signs enjoying marketing saturation from the Tooheys behemoth. This beer is a macro beer, no excuses offered. It is structured to move great volume at the expense of flavor, smell and texture. At least it’s cheap as chips, but you get what you pay for. Not a bad throw-down if you’re in the mood. The beer of choice for proud New South Welshmen. 440 characters look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5 On tap on Magnetic Island. From notes. A - Poured bright and golden with decent carbonation. Good fluffy one finger white head, quite good lace and a half finger of retention. S - Very mild, grainy. T - Sweet grain, a little dusty, a little skunk as well. M - Sweet, grainy finish, with good carbonation, and a light to medium body. O/D - Faily inoffensive and forgettable. Not enough good flavour. Passable. 413 characters 2.56/5 rDev +0.4% look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5 Toohey's New served with a Gomez A New Tide 2009 beer cozy out of a 375ml bottle. This beer has and industrial smell about it but some hoppy scents are present. Tastes cool and crisp, it accomplishes its goals but does nothing out of the ordinary. It's not something I would ever drink on purpose but certainly wasn't offended by it. 335 characters look: 1.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 1.5 330ml can poured into a pilsner glass... A- golden (*yawn*) standard foam (*yawn*) S- barley (*yawn*), maybe a hint of blah, blah, blah... T- just a notch better than your basic Miller product (*yawn*). basic lager (*yawn*) MF- (*yawn*) O- the charactor of this beer may be coma inducing (*yawn*). And, I am not referring to the alcohol content. Typical mass brewed pish (*yawn*). 385 characters 1.98
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The Only State... Quiz Extra Trivia ...whose current State Capitol building predates the revolution? The Maryland State House, built in 1772, has a unique wooden dome which was constructed without nails. ...to produce two US Presidents whose sons also became Presidents? Coincidentally, both sons shared their Father's names--John Quincy Adams and George Walker Bush. ...to host a Confederate President's inauguration? Jefferson Davis took his oath of office at the Alabama State Capitol building in 1861. ...whose official state seal is not circular? Connecticut's seal, depicting three grapevines and the state motto, is oval-shaped. ...to have two Federal Reserve Banks? The Federal bank in Kansas City covers the Great Plains region, while the bank in St. Louis covers part of the Central US. ...in which the Northern half is in a different time zone than the Southern half? Northern Idaho is on Pacific Time, while Southern Idaho is on Mountain Time. ...to have multiple native sons immortalized atop Mount Rushmore? George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were both born in Virginia, as were six other Presidents. ...that has 'parishes' instead of counties? Louisiana's unique use of the word 'parish' is a holdover from its days as a French Colony. ...with a community-owned major league professional sports team? The NFL's Green Bay Packers are owned by a large group of stockholders mostly residing in Wisconsin. ...whose median age is under 30 years old? The Mormon Church's encouragement of large families may explain why Utah's median age is only 28.8 years. ...to lie entirely above 1,000 meters elevation? Colorado's lowest point, at the border with Kansas, is higher than Pennsylvania's tallest summit. ...where prostitution is legal? However, not all counties have legalized it--including the counties Las Vegas and Reno are in. ...with a state capital of over a million people? The next biggest state capital, Indianapolis, has half a million fewer citizens. ...to be named after an American? Perhaps only George Washington had the gravitas to merit such an honor; a state of Franklin was attempted but failed to be approved. ...whose three largest cities begin with the same letter? The largest city in Ohio is Columbus, followed by Cleveland and then Cincinnati. ...to host three modern Olympic Games? Besides the two Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. ...never to cast an electoral vote for Ronald Reagan? Minnesota was the only state to spurn the GOP in 1984, remaining loyal to Minnesotan Walter Mondale. ...whose name has no letters in common with that of its capital? This may not be the most interesting 'Only' stat about South Dakota, but it's the only one I could find... ...to border the Canadian province of New Brunswick? Maine has one border with New Hampshire, but is otherwise surrounded by Canadian provinces. ...with a modern city founded by European colonists prior to 1600? St. Augustine, founded in 1565, was originally the capital of Spanish Florida. ...to have a Unicameral Legislature? Nebraska's legislature, nicknamed 'The Unicameral' by residents, is also uniquely unaffiliated with any political party. ...whose legal right to statehood was brought before the Supreme Court? Virginia v. West Virginia, in which Virgina strove to regain counties that had seceded during the Civil War, was decided in favor of the Defendant. ...to have territory in the Eastern Hemisphere? This means that Alaska is technically the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost State. ...to have a state-owned bank? The Bank of North Dakota was founded in 1919, and receives funds from state agencies. ...whose official State Motto is in Spanish? Montana's state motto is 'Oro y Plata,' or 'Gold and Silver,' in tribute to the state's mining industry. Exceptional Quality ...to border more than two Great Lakes? In fact, Michigan borders four Great Lakes--all except for Lake Ontario. ...with an automobile on its commemorative State Quarter? The auto, an 'Indycar,' is a reference to the famed Indianapolis Motor Spe
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Which dessert consists of a meringue cake with a crisp crust topped with whipped cream and fruit?
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Pavlova Recipe & Video - Joyofbaking.com *Video Recipe* Pavlova Recipe & Video Pin It Pavlova (Pav) is a meringue cake that has a light and delicate crisp crust and a soft sweet marshmallow center. This lovely dessert is typically served with softly whipped cream and fresh fruit. There is a long standing debate about whether New Zealand or Australia invented this dessert, which has yet to be resolved. What we do know is that the name, Pavlova, was chosen in honor of the Russian ballerina, Anna Pavlova, who toured both New Zealand and Australia in 1926. A Pavlova is a meringue, and it is important when making any meringue that the egg whites reach maximum volume, so make sure your mixing bowl and whisk are clean and free of grease. Since we need just the whites of the eggs, the eggs will need to be separated. It is easier to do this while the eggs are still cold. Once separated, cover the egg whites and let them come to room temperature before using (about 30 minutes). Cover and refrigerate the egg yolks for another use. I like to use superfine sugar (castor) when making this meringue as it dissolves faster into the egg whites than regular granulated white sugar. You can make your own by processing 1 cup (200 grams) granulated white sugar in your food processor until very fine, about 30 - 60 seconds. To make the Pavlova first beat the egg whites until soft peaks form. Then add the sugar, one tablespoon at a time, and continue to beat until the meringue forms stiff and shiny peaks. Beat in the vanilla extract. With a rubber spatula, gently fold in the cornstarch and vinegar. (Adding these two ingredients will give the Pavlova a crust that is dry and crisp, with a soft marshmallow-like interior.) Australian Stephanie Alexander in her excellent book "The Cook's Companion" gives us a few pointers on how to tell a good Pavlova, "if syrupy droplets form on the surface of the meringue, you'll know you have overcooked it; liquid oozing from the meringue is a sign of undercooking". So it is best to cook the meringue in a slow oven and then to turn off the oven and let it cool slowly. The Pavlova can be made several days in advance of serving, if it is stored in a cool dry place, in an airtight container. A Pavlova is usually served with softly whipped cream and fresh fruit. (For a lower fat dessert, instead of whipped cream, try serving the Pavlova with a sorbet or fruit sauce ( Raspberry , Blueberry , or Strawberry would be nice) and fresh fruit.) Because of the sweetness of the meringue I like to offset the sweetness with tart flavored fruits. Passion fruit, kiwi, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries are some of my personal favorites. Try to place the whipped cream and fruit on the meringue shortly before serving as the Pavlova will immediately start to soften and break down from the moisture of the cream and fruit. Related Recipes You May Like
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2015 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Park Tavern and the Brewers Q1 Great Britain is to appear in the Tennis Davis Cup final in which Belgian city? Ghent Q2 Once storms Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond and Eva have passed the UK, which will be next? Frank The current Ebola outbreak started in which African country? Guinea (Dec 2013) Where would you find Connexus and Versatile? On TV program The Apprentice (Teams names in the current TV series) Q5 Which actor has appeared as James Bond in exactly 2 official Bond films? Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to kill) Q6 According to Collins English Dictionary what has been chosen as the word of the year 2015? Binge-watch Q7 What is the tag line of the upcoming Star Wars film episode 7 of the series? The Force Awakens Who replaced Nick Hewer in the TV program The Apprentice? Claude Littner Q9 Which RAF base was in the news in October, owing to the arrival of ~140 migrants by boat? RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) Q10 There is one remaining hovercraft service operating in the UK, from which city does it operate? Portsmouth (Southsea -> Ryde on the Isle of Wight) Q11 Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe has been in the news recently, as the CEO of which company? Talk Talk Q12 Which British airline is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, flying its inaugural flight on November 10th 1995? EasyJet The Schengen Treaty takes its name from a village in which country? Luxembourg MP can stand for two things on an ordnance survey Map, name either? Mile Post or Mooring Post Q15 On a marine map what does HWM stand for? High Water Mark Which country is to host the next Winter Olympics in 2018? South Korea Who did Seb Coe succeed as head of the IAAF? Lamine Diack What is the third largest object in the solar system? Saturn (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn) Which man made object is furthest from Earth? Voyager 1 (allow Voyager) Q20 For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar? From Here to Eternity Which current world leader is sometimes known as Bibi? Benjamin Netanyahu Q22 Who has been recently sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister after winning a surprise majority? Justin Trudeau What is the longest motorway in the UK? M6 What is the longest A road in the UK? A1 Who is the shadow chancellor? John McDonnell Which building was built in 1093 to house the shrine of St Cuthbert? Durham Cathedral In which building would you find the famous Cosmati Pavement? Westminster Cathedral Who hosts 'Modern Life is Goodish'? Dave Gorman Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics? Namibia Who hosts 'As yet untitled'? Alan Davies Who will be the new host of QI succeeding Stephen Fry? Sandi Toksvig What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female? Hermaphrodite With which artistic medium would you associate Ansel Adams? Photography Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex? Winchester Which group recorded the track 'Unfinished Symphony'? Massive Attack Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'? Fenn Street Q37 80s band Heaven 17 got their name from a well-known novel originally published in 1962. Name it? A Clockwork Orange - (by Anthony Burgess) Q38 Steely Dan got their name from which notorious novel originally published in 1959? The Naked Lunch (by William Burroughs) Q39 Wladimir Klitschko is a champion boxer from which country? Ukraine The 'Rockhampton Rocket' was a nickname given to which famous sportsman? Rod Laver Which British astronaut is going to the international space station in December? Tim Peake How many cantons make up Switzerland? 26 (accept 25 to 27) Q43 Which city was the imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo? Kyoto Saloth Sar born 19 May 1925 is better known by what name? Pol Pot What was discovered in 1799 by Pierre-François Bouchard a Napoleonic soldier? The Rosetta Stone 'I told you I was ill' are the words carved into whose gravestone? Spike Milligan Q47 What did Newcastle chemist William Owen invent in 1927 for those
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Nick Nack | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Nick Nack is fictional diminutive henchman. The character first appeared in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun , portrayed by the late French actor Hervé Villechaize . In the early 1990s, a similar character appeared in the animated spin-off, James Bond Jr. as a member of the SCUM organisation.
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The World of James Bond 007 - Villains - Villains Information Dr Julius No Dr Julius No is a fictional character in the James Bond film and novel Dr No. He was the very first James Bond villain in the film series. Dr No was played by Joseph Wiseman. Dr No is a brilliant scientist who is half German and half Chinese. He specialised in atomic energy at the cost of losing both of his hands, which were replaced with metal hooks. He offered his skills and expertise to the Americans but was rejected. To get revenge, No joined the villainous organisation SPECTRE where he relocated to his island in Crab Key, Jamaica. Dr No, in an effort to cause trouble for the Americans, used his secret island base as a headquarters where he would sabotage US missiles removing their guidance systems and destroying them. No was killed after a hand-to-hand fight with Bond on a descending platform. Due to Dr No's metal hooks he was unable to grip the framework of the lift and thus sank into the boiling radioactive water to his death. Joseph Wiseman Joseph Wiseman (born May 15, 1918 in Montreal, Quebec) was a Canadian actor who played the title character, Dr Julius No in the first James Bond film, Dr No. He also had roles in a wide variety of other films, including The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE Ernst Stavro Blofeld Ernst Stavro Blofeld is a fictional character in the James Bond universe. He is the archenemy of MI6 Secret Service Agent James Bond and head of the evil terrorist organisation, SPECTRE, Blofeld usually appears accompanied by a white Angora cat in the films (but not in the novels). It was also briefly a trademark of the Bond films not to show Blofeld's face, only a close-up of Blofeld stroking his cat. This "trademark" was later broken in the film You Only Live Twice and subsequent films. Blofeld appears in five official James Bond movies as well as Never Say Never Again, the 1983 remake of Thunderball, which makes him the most persistent and arguably greatest of James Bond's enemies. Blofeld was responsible for the murder of Bond's wife Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, but for years never got his comeuppance. Blofeld apparently met his demise (or so we thought) in the pre-title sequence of 1981's For Your Eyes Only but for copyright reasons his name was never mentioned either verbally or in the final credits. The only indications that this wheelchair-bound character is Blofeld are the presence of the Angora cat, baldness and the original trademark of not showing Blofeld's face. In the novels Blofeld was killed by Bond in Japan in the novel You Only Live Twice. In the films, Blofeld's physical appearance and personality varies wildly due to the change of actors (i.e. Blofeld's scar does not appear in On Her Majesty's Secret Service or Diamonds Are Forever, and in On Her Majesty's Secret Service it is revealed that Blofeld has removed his earlobes, but they return in Diamonds Are Forever along with a full head of hair). This is actually in keeping with the Blofeld of Fleming's novels, who is described as drastically changing his personality and appearance in order to hide from Bond. Lotte Lenya Lotte Lenya (October 18, 1898 � November 27, 1981), singer and actor, born Karoline Wilhelmine Blamauer, in Vienna, Austria. As a child of working class parents, Lenya wanted to be a dancer. She moved to study in Zurich, Switzerland in 1914, taking up her first job at the Schauspielhaus. She moved to seek work in Berlin, Germany in 1921, where the following year she was seen by her future husband, the German composer Kurt Weill during an audition, although they did not meet properly until 1924, marrying him for the first time in 1926. After she accepted the part of Jenny in Die Dreigroschenoper in 1928, she was accepted into the local stage community and performed in a variety of musicals, especially those of Weill and his collaborator Bertolt Brecht. With the rise of Nazism in Germany, and being Jewish, and having become estranged from Weill, Lenya fled to Paris, Fr
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Music Theory / Time / Sound and silence Total time is calculated by adding the notes and rests. Two quavers equal a crotchet. Four crotchets equal a semibreve. Eight quavers equal a semibreve. This music plays for 16 crotchets. How long is 16 crotchets in seconds? See Tempo later in this book of Time. Picture notes If you are learning to read music for the first time, it might help to see the notes in pictures. Every note begins with a note-head. The notehead is oval shaped. A semibreve is an empty notehead Notes shorter than a semibreve have a stem. A stem is a vertical line jutting up from the right or down from the left of the notehead A minim is a semibreve with a stem. A crotchet is a minim with a coloured notehead A quaver is a crotchet with a tail. A semiquaver is a crotchet with two tails. A demisemiquaver is a crotchet with three tails. A hemidemisemiquaver is a crotchet with four tails. Clap your hands to the beat. Tails are beamed to the beat. Here are some examples. 2 quavers beamed to a crotchet beat. 4 semiquavers beamed to a crotchet beat. 8 demisemiquavers beamed to a crotchet beat. In a crotchet beat two factors are important. Notes are beamed in multiples of 4. You can slice the beam (beat) in half. 16 hemidemisemiquavers beamed to a crotchet beat. Here are some more complex patterns. In these patterns the beat is equal to a crotchet, so you can count up to the value of a crotchet under every beam. Remember, we beam the beat. Beam (beat) 1. Quaver - Semiquaver - Semiquaver Beam (beat) 2. Semiquaver - Semiquaver - Quaver Beam (beat) 3. Semiquaver - Quaver - Semiquaver Music Theory
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You Bet! (TV Series 1988–1997) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error Celebrities gamble on the outcome of a challenge performed by members of the public. Stars: a list of 19 titles created 21 Sep 2012 a list of 46 titles created 17 Aug 2013 a list of 488 titles created 14 Feb 2014 a list of 1911 titles created 10 months ago a list of 209 titles created 3 months ago Search for " You Bet! " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: You Bet! (1988–1997) 7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Add Image Add an image Do you have any images for this title? The series followed the wavering relationship between two ex-lovers, Penny Warrender, a secretary for an advertising firm, and Vincent Pinner, an ex ice cream salesman turned turf ... See full summary » Stars: Paul Nicholas, Jan Francis, Sylvia Kay The long-running words and numbers game. Stars: Carol Vorderman, Richard Whiteley, Susie Dent British general knowledge quiz show which spawned imitations around the world, notably in the USA. Stars: Anne Robinson, Jon Briggs, Adam Woodyatt The original British version of the quiz show that's become a worldwide hit. Host Chris Tarrant asks hopeful contestants a series of questions, each more difficult than the last. As the ... See full summary » Stars: Chris Tarrant, Eamonn Holmes, Stephen Fry Martin is a committee man. He has numerous schemes and committees organised around the neighbourhood. He is so obsessive about every detail of everything he does he is driving his long ... See full summary » Stars: Richard Briers, Penelope Wilton, Peter Egan Edit Storyline You Bet! is an anthology game show. Various members of the public bet that they can perform some kind of challenge - be it a stunt (such as driving a car through a slalom course on two wheels), a memory test (identifying songs or objects from a brief sample), or a skill (such as dribbling two basketballs over an obstacle course). The task is performed before three celebrities and 100 audience members, who will bet on the outcome of the challenge. The celebrities win points based on their correct bet and the percentage of the audience who bet correctly (for example, if the celebrity bets 'yes' on a challenge, and 79% of the audience also bet 'yes', if the challenger completes his challenge, the celebrity would get 79 points). The points of all celebrities and all correct audience responses are added together at the end of the show and multiplied. The corresponding amount of cash is donated to a charity of the winning celebrity's choice. The losing celebrity had to perform a 'forfeit', ... Written by J-Pikachu 20 February 1988 (UK) See more » Filming Locations: [a JCB driver has explained that the digger is flown around the world for demonstrations] Bruce Forsyth : I bet there's hells bells when you go through the metal detector! (Cardiff, UK) – See all my reviews After watching yet another Popstars/Pop Idol/Fame Academy type show last night, some friends and I had a conversation about what Saturday night TV used to be like in the UK before we became bombarded with non-stop talent shows populated by mostly talentless wanna-bes. During the conversation, You Bet! was mentioned and the memories came flooding back! The aim of the game was for celebrities to bet on the outcome of events such as 'Can this man identify every Queen song just from hearing the drum beat?' or 'Can this insane person jump over a row of Double Decker buses whilst on fire?' (that type was usually reserved for the finale). Exciting though this was, it got better. Firstly, audience participation was involved. The studio audience would also bet on the outcomes, and however many were right would earn the same amount in money for charity. Also, you could play along at home amongst the family of course. Secondly, if a
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Countdown - UKGameshows Countdown Nick Hewer (2012-) Co-hosts Hostesses: Denise McFarland-Cruikshanks (Calendar Countdown), Robena Sharp (Calendar Countdown), Kathy Hytner (Calendar Countdown and Countdown series 1-14), Beverley Isherwood (series 1-2), Karen Loughlin (series 14-16), Lucy Summers (series 17), Carol Vorderman (series 18-59), Rachel Riley (series 60-) "Vital statisticians": Angela Garbut (Calendar Countdown), Dr Linda Barrett (series 1-3), Carol Vorderman (series 1-59), Rachel Riley (Series 60- ) Lexicologists: Susie Dent (current, since series 24). Others with over 100 appearances include Catherine Clarke, Damian Eadie, Mark Nyman , Richard Samson, Julia Swannel, Della Thompson, Freda Thornton Broadcast as Calendar Countdown Yorkshire Television (regional), 19 April to 7 June 1982 (8 episodes in 1 series) Yorkshire Television (Granada from 1 November 2004 to 8 May 2009 and ITV Studios from 11 May 2009 to present) for Channel 4, 2 November 1982 to present as Countdown Masters (insert in The Channel 4 Daily) 3 April 1989 to 29 March 1991 (97 games aired + 1 partially aired + 6 unaired) as Celebrity Countdown (primetime) 23 April to 18 June 1998 (8 episodes in 1 series) Synopsis "I'll have a consonant, a vowel, another vowel, a consonant, another consonant. Another consonant, a vowel, a consonant and a final consonant please." That might sound boring to you, but this show - together with Fifteen-to-One until its demise, and nowadays Deal or No Deal - props up Channel 4's afternoon schedule and still draws in shed loads of pensioners, students and other people with nothing better to do at 3.30pm than watch it. Countdown was based on a French show ("Des Chiffres et Des Lettres" - or "Numbers and Letters") and the format has proved popular throughout much of the world. It could be argued that the Brit version is the more lively interpretation of the format. The first British incarnation of the show was a Yorkshire TV regional filler for eight weeks in the spring of 1982. Richard Whiteley hosted, and it's probably fair to say that the show did not immediately distinguish itself. Luckily, at around the same time Channel 4 were looking for a game show for their launch line-up, and happened upon the French format Des chiffres et des lettres. Since Yorkshire was already making a British version, they pretty much just transferred the show to Channel 4. Whiteley stayed on, a number of young ladies were brought in to do all the odd jobs around the studio - mainly sticking magnetic tiles in a frame - and the rest is history. How it all started - the pilot for Calendar Countdown How the pilot looked (though obviously it didn't have that modern bug in the corner). This snazzy minimalist clock was replaced with something more like the familiar clock face for the series proper. The idea is as simple as can be: Two players duel in a battle of vocabulary knowledge and numerical agility. Eleven (originally six) rounds are letters games, where the players try and make the longest word they can from nine pseudo-randomly selected letters. Each player takes turns at selecting the make-up of vowels and consonants in that nine. After thirty seconds of thinking time, to which we're treated to the famous Countdown think music, the players declare the words that they have. One point per letter is awarded to the contestant that has the longest word. In the case of ties, both players get the points. A letters game in progress - what's the longest word you can find? (answer below) After each game, we go across to another corner of the studio where a guest celebrity (whom Richard Whiteley used to refer to as the Guardian of the Dictionaries) plus an oh-so-handily placed lexicographer from the Oxford English Dictionary tell us about any longer words that they have found. (Such are the demands of rapid recording, the production team sometimes prime the celeb with words found manually via an earpiece - but contrary to what some people believe, they don't use electronic wordfinders or any of that malarkey.) Three (originally two) numbers games
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Kylie and Jason Especially For You Kylie And Jason Especially For You Passes One Million Sales In UK by Paul Cashmere on December 15, 2014 in News Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan’s 80s pop classic ‘Especially For You’ has just sold over one million copies in the UK, 26 years after its release. The 1988 saccharine=coated hit came right at that time when Minogue and Donovan were massive television stars in England via Australian teen soap Neighbours although both had left the show by the time of its release. Kylie Monogue told officialcharts.com “I’m thrilled to hear ‘Especially For You’ has become a million seller! Although so much time has passed since Jason and I recorded it in Sydney with Mike Stock, it has the ability to transport us all back to that time. It’s so touching to have a song which has a place in so many peoples’ hearts and one which remains a huge fan favourite.” Despite being one of the biggest pop stars of all-time in the UK, ‘Especially For You’ is only Kylie’s second million seller. ‘Can’t Get You Out Of My Head’ is her biggest hit. ‘Especially For You’ is the 154th million seller in the UK. The song originally featured on Kylie’s ‘Enjoy Yourself’ album and Jason’s ‘Ten Good Reasons’, both released in 1989. In 2001 Kylie performed the song as a duet with Kermit The Frog. Both Kylie and Jason had left Neighbours by the time the single was released. Kylie’s last Neighbours appearance as Charlene Robinson was on July 28, 1988. Donovan’s was last seen as Scott Robinson on May 18, 1989. Jason had just released his debut single ‘Nothing Can Divide Us’ just prior to the release of ‘Especially For You’. It reached no 3 in Australia and no 5 in the UK. ‘Especially For You’ reached no 2 in Australia and no 1 in the UK in 1989. Jason went on to have 16 Top 14 hits in the UK. His ‘Ten Good Reasons’ album reached no 1 in England and has been certified 5x Platinum for sales of 1.5 million. ‘Especially For You’ was Kylie’s 5th UK hit. To date she has had 45 Top 40 hits in the UK. ——————————————————————————————————————————————
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Céline Dion | LetsSingIt Lyrics One Heart [2003] Biography Céline Marie Claudette Dion, CC, OQ (French pronunciation: [selin djɔ̃] ( listen); born March 30, 1968) is a French Canadian singer. Born in Repentigny, Quebec, at the "Le Gardeur" hospital, to a large family from Charlemagne. Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record. In 1990, she released the anglophone album Unison, establishing herself as a viable pop artist in North America and other English-speaking areas of the world. Dion had first gained international recognition in the 1980s by winning both the 1982 Yamaha World Popular Song Festival and the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. Following a series of French albums in the early 1980s, she signed on to CBS Records Canada in 1986. During the 1990s, with the help of Angélil, she achieved worldwide fame after signing with Epic Records and releasing several English albums along with additional French albums, becoming one of the most successful artists in pop music history. However, in 1999 at the height of her success, Dion announced a hiatus from entertainment in order to start a family and spend time with her husband, who had been diagnosed with cancer. She returned to the top of pop music in 2002 and signed a three-year (later extended to almost five years) contract to perform nightly in a five-star theatrical show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. Dion's music has been influenced by genres ranging from rock and R&B to gospel and classical. While her releases have often received mixed critical reception, she is renowned for her technically skilled and powerful vocals. Dion is the best-selling Canadian artist of all time, is the second best-selling female artist in the United States of America during the Nielsen SoundScan era, and is the only female artist to have two singles that have sold more than a million copies in the United Kingdom. In addition, her 1995 album D'eux, is the best-selling French-language album of all time. In 2004, after surpassing 175 million in album sales worldwide, she was presented with the Chopard Diamond Award at the World Music Awards for becoming the best-selling female artist of all time. According to Sony Music Entertainment, Dion has sold over 200 million albums worldwide. childhood The youngest of fourteen children born to Adhémar Dion (1923-2003) and Thérèse Tanguay, both of French Canadian descent, Céline Dion was raised a Roman Catholic in a poverty-stricken, but, by her own account, happy home in Charlemagne, Quebec, Canada. Music had always been a part of the family (Dion was named after the song Céline, recorded by French singer Hugues Aufray two years before her birth), as she grew up singing with her siblings in her parents' small piano bar called Le Vieux Baril. From an early age Dion had dreamed of being a performer. In a 1994 interview with People magazine, she recalled, "I missed my family and my home, but I don't regret having lost my adolescence. I had one dream: I wanted to be a singer." At age twelve, Dion collaborated with her mother and her brother Jacques to compose her first song, "Ce n'était qu'un rêve" ("It Was Only a Dream"). Her brother Michel Dondalinger Dion sent the recording to music manager René Angélil, whose name he discovered on the back of a Ginette Reno album. Angélil was moved to tears by Dion's voice, and decided to make her a star. Dion first met her husband and manager, Rene Angelil in 1980, when she was 12 and he was 38, after she and her mother sent him a demo tape of a song they had written. They began a relationship in 1987, and became engaged in 1991. They married on December 17, 1994, at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec. On January 5, 2000, Dion and Angelil renewed their wedding vows in Las Vegas. In 1981, he mortgaged his home to fund her first record, La voix du bon Dieu ("The Voice of the Good God"), which later became a local number-one hit and made Dion an instant star in Quebec. Her popularity spr
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Kernow | Article about Kernow by The Free Dictionary Kernow | Article about Kernow by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Kernow Also found in: Dictionary , Thesaurus , Wikipedia . Cornwall, county (1991 pop. 469,300), SW England, administratively (since 2009) a unitary authority. Bodmin Bodmin, town (1991 pop. 11,992), Cornwall, SW England. Bodmin was the county seat for Cornwall, but local government offices are now in Truro. Bodmin was formerly a busy market for tin and wool. A 15th-century church stands there. ..... Click the link for more information. was the county seat, but the local government is now based in Truro. Cornwall is a peninsula bounded seaward by the English Channel and the Atlantic Ocean and landward by Devon. It terminates in the west with the rugged promontory of Land's End Land's End, promontory, Cornwall, SW England, forming the westernmost extremity of the English mainland. Of wave-carved granite, it has cliffs c.60 ft (20 m) high. Offshore are reefs and rocky islets, on one of which is Longships Lighthouse. Land's End is a major tourist attraction. ..... Click the link for more information. . The region is a low-lying plateau, rising to its greatest height at Brown Willy (1,375 ft/419 m) in Bodmin Moor. The principal rivers are the Tamar, which forms most of the border with Devon, the Fowey, the Fal, and the Camel. In the lush river valleys are productive vegetable and dairy farms. The uplands are used for sheep and cattle pastures. The climate is mild and moist, with subtropical vegetation along the southern coast. Various types of fish are caught, including pilchard, that are not plentiful elsewhere in Britain. Engineering, ship repairing, rock quarrying, and tourism are major industries. Cornish tin and copper mines were known to ancient Greek traders, and during World War II the old mines were reworked. Cornwall's climate, coastal towns (Penzance, Falmouth, Land's End, and St. Ives), and the romance of its past, interwoven with Arthurian legend and tales of piracy, have made the region popular with tourists. Cornwall's history has been somewhat distinct from that of the rest of England. The Cornish language, related to the Welsh and Breton tongues, continues to survive, but all Cornish speakers have been bilingual since the 18th cent. The county was organized in the 14th cent. as a duchy. (The monarch's eldest son is the Duke of Cornwall.) Cornwall was slow to accept the Reformation. In 1549 thousands of Cornishmen marched to defend the Roman Catholic Church service. In the 18th cent. the Wesleyan movement took a firm hold in Cornwall, which has remained a predominantly Methodist area. Cornwall, industrial city (1991 pop. 47,137), SE Ont., Canada, on the St. Lawrence River. It manufactures cotton and rayon textiles, paper, chemicals, furniture, and electronic equipment. The Canadian headquarters of the St. Lawrence Seaway Authority and a campus of St. Lawrence College are in Cornwall. The Akwesasne (in the United States, St. Regis) Mohawk reservation lies across the river on the Quebec–New York boundary. Cornwall a peninsula in southwestern Great Britain. Bounded on the north by the Bristol Channel and on the south by the English Channel. Length, approximately 120 km; width, 72 km on the eastern part. The coasts are rocky and low and greatly indented by shallow bays, many of them rias. The Cornish Peninsula is composed of sandstone and shale, along with some granite. Plateaus (Dartmoor, altitude 621 m; and Exmoor) and hilly plains dominate the landscape. There are deposits of copper and tin. The climate is mild and oceanic, with warm winters. Annual precipitation, approximately 1,000 mm. A thick network of short, powerful rivers covers the peninsula. The prevailing forms of vegetation include broad-leaved forest (oak, beech), heath, and peat bog. Livestock is raised and early vegetables and flowers are grown. The Cornish Peninsula is also noted for its winter health resorts. The area’s main port is Plymouth. Cornwall
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Duke of Cornwall | Familypedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Some folkloric histories of the British Isles, such as Geoffrey of Monmouth 's History of the Kings of Britain (1136), claim that the first leader of Cornwall was Corineus , a Trojan warrior and ally of Brutus of Troy , the original settler of the British Isles. From this earliest period through the Arthurian period, the legendary Dukes of Cornwall are semi-autonomous if not independent from the High-King or ruler of Britain, while also serving as his closest ally and, at times, as his protector. According to legend, Gorlois , Duke of Cornwall under King Uther Pendragon , rebelled against the latter's rule when the king became obsessed with Gorlois' wife Igraine . Uther killed Gorlois and took Igraine: the result of their union was the future King Arthur . The historical record suggests that, following the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain , Cornwall formed part of the separate Kingdom of Dumnonia , which included Devon , although there is evidence that it may have had its own rulers at times. The southwest of Britain was gradually incorporated into the emerging Kingdom of England , and after the Norman Conquest in 1066 the new rulers of England appointed their own men as Earl of Cornwall , the first of whom was in fact a Breton of 'Cornwall' in Brittany. Edward, the Black Prince , the eldest son of Edward III , was made the first Duke of Cornwall in 1337. After Edward predeceased the King, the duchy was recreated for his son, the future Richard II . Under a charter of 1421, the duchy passes to the sovereign's eldest son. Cornwall was the first dukedom conferred within the Kingdom of England. Succession Edit The dukedom of Cornwall can only be held by the oldest living son of the monarch who is also heir apparent. In the event of a Duke of Cornwall's death, the title merges in the Crown even if he left surviving descendants. The monarch's grandson, even if he is the heir apparent , does not succeed to the dukedom. Similarly, no female may ever be Duke of Cornwall, even if she is heiress presumptive or heiress apparent (that being a distinct and even likely possibility in the future after the passage of the Succession to the Crown Act 2013 ) to the throne. However, if a Duke of Cornwall should die without descendants, his next brother obtains the duchy, this brother being both oldest living son and heir apparent. It is possible for an individual to be Prince of Wales and heir apparent without being Duke of Cornwall. The title "Prince of Wales" is the traditional title of the heir apparent to the throne, granted at the discretion of the Sovereign, [1] and is not restricted to the eldest son. For example, King George II 's heir apparent, the future George III , was Prince of Wales, but not Duke of Cornwall (because he was the King's grandson, not the King's son). When the Sovereign has no legitimate son, the estates of the Duchy of Cornwall revert to the Crown until a legitimate son is born to the Sovereign or until the accession of a new Sovereign who has a son (e.g. between 1547 and 1603) (see more below). James Francis Edward Stuart , son of James II , was born Duke of Cornwall in 1688. Although his father lost the throne, James Francis Edward was not deprived of his own honours. On a Jacobite perspective, on his father's death in 1701 the duchy of Cornwall was merged in the Crown. On a Hanoverian perspective, it was as a result of his claiming his father's lost thrones that James was attainted for treason on 2 March 1702, and his titles were thus forfeited under English law. [2] The current Duke of Cornwall Edit The current Duke of Cornwall is Charles, Prince of Wales , eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II , the reigning monarch. Charles was officially proclaimed Duke of Cornwall at Launceston Castle in 1973. As part of his feudal dues there was a pair of white gloves, gilt spurs and greyhounds, a pound of pepper and cumin, a bow, one hundred silver shillings , wood for his fires, and a salmon spear. Since their marriage, celebrated at the Guildhall in Windsor on
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the-daily-express - The Press in Great Britain The Press in Great Britain the-daily-express Daily Express The Daily Express is a daily national middle market tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom. It is the flagship title of Express Newspapers, a subsidiary of Northern & Shell (itself wholly owned by Richard Desmond). In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 625,952. History The Daily Express was founded in 1900 by Sir Arthur Pearson. Pearson sold the title after losing his sight and it was bought in 1916 by the future Lord Beaverbrook. It was one of the first papers to carry gossip, sports, and women's features, and the first newspaper in Britain to have a crossword. The Russian communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky wrote despatches for the paper following his expulsion from the Soviet Union in 1929. It moved in 1931 to 120 Fleet Street, a specially commissioned art deco building. Under Beaverbrook the newspaper achieved a phenomenally high circulation, setting records for newspaper sales several times throughout the 1930s. Its success was partly due to an aggressive marketing campaign and a vigorous circulation war with other populist newspapers. Beaverbrook also discovered and encouraged a gifted editor named Arthur Christiansen, who showed an uncommon gift for staying in touch with the interests of the reading public. The paper also featured Alfred Bestall's Rupert Bear cartoon and satirical cartoons by Carl Giles. An infamous front page headline of these years was "Judea Declares War on Germany", published on 24 March 1933. The Express had started printing in Manchester in 1927 and in 1938 moved to the 'Black Lubyianka' building on the same site in Great Ancoats Street. It opened a similar building in Glasgow in 1936 in Albion Street. Glasgow printing ended in 1974 and Manchester in 1989 on the company's own presses. Scottish and Northern editions are now printed by facsimile in Glasgow and Preston respectively by contract printers, London editions at Westferry Printers. In March 1962, Beaverbrook was attacked in the House of Commons for running "a sustained vendetta" against the British Royal Family in the Express titles. In the same month The Duke of Edinburgh described the Express as "a bloody awful newspaper. It is full of lies, scandal and imagination. It is a vicious paper." At the height of Beaverbrook's time in control, he told a Royal Commission on the press that he ran his papers "purely for the purpose of making propaganda". The arrival of television and the public's changing interests took their toll on circulation, and following Beaverbrook's death in 1964, the paper's circulation declined for several years. During this period the Express, practically alone among mainstream newspapers, was vehemently opposed to entry into what became the European Economic Community. The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers. In 1982 Trafalgar House spun off its publishing interests into a new company, Fleet Holdings, under the leadership of Lord Matthews, but this succumbed to a hostile takeover by United Newspapers in 1985. Under United's ownership, the Express titles moved from Fleet Street to Blackfriars Road in 1989. As part of a marketing campaign designed to increase circulation, the paper was renamed The Express in 1996 (with the Sunday Express becoming The Express on Sunday). Express Newspapers was sold to publisher Richard Desmond in 2000, by which time the names had reverted to Daily Express and Sunday Express. In 2004 the newspaper moved to its present location on Lower Thames Street in the City of London. On 31 October 2005 UK Media Group Entertainment Rights secured majority interest from the Daily Express on Rupert Bear. They paid £6 million for a 66.6% control of the character. The Express Newspaper retains minority interest of one-third plus the right to publish Rupert Bear stories in certain Express publications. Edit
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Queen's first great grandchild as Peter Phillips' wife Autumn Kelly has baby girl | Daily Mail Online comments They sparked controversy when they sold the pictures of their wedding to Hello! magazine. But will Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn be appearing in a celebrity glossy again - with their new daughter? Autumn gave birth to the 8lbs 8oz baby on Wednesday with her husband - the son of Princess Anne - by her side. New arrival: Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn Kelly have had a baby girl - and speculation is mounting that they will sell the pictures of the newborn to a celebrity magazine And there was immediate speculation that Mr Phillips and his Canadian-born wife would sell the rights to pictures of their newborn. Their decision to accept £500,000 from Hello! magazine for exclusive use of photographs of their wedding ceremony - featuring the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince Harry and royal girlfriends Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy - caused controversy two years ago. Several senior members of the Royal Family expressed their displeasure and Buckingham Palace later made clear that it regarded the sale as a serious error of judgment. Delighted: Peter and Autumn with their parents and grandparents on their wedding day in 2008. But their decision to sell the pictures to Hello! magazine caused controversy 12th in line to the throne: The baby is the first child for Mr and Mrs Phillips - pictured here in Scotland last year - the first grandchild for Princess Anne and the first great-grandchild for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh The Queen had allowed the couple to use Frogmore House at Windsor for the reception free of charge. The couple have since made amends, however, and have been invited to join the Royal Family for their recent Christmas gatherings at Sandringham. Controversial: Several senior members of the Royal Family expressed their displeasure that the pictures were sold to Hello! magazine Their daughter, whose name is yet to be confirmed, was born at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. She moves ahead of Mr Phillips' sister, Zara, to become 12th in line to the throne. The baby is the first child for Mr and Mrs Phillips, the first grandchild for Princess Anne and the first great-grandchild for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh. A statement from Buckingham Palace said: 'The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Princess Royal, Captain Mark Phillips and Autumn's family have been informed and are delighted with the news.' Mr Phillips married his Canadian-born wife at a glittering ceremony at Windsor Castle in May 2008. The couple met in 2003 at the Montreal Grand Prix, where they were both working. Initially, he did not tell her that he was the Queen’s grandson and she only found out when she spotted him in a programme about Prince William. Although he is 11th in line to the throne, Mr Phillips does not have a royal title as his mother declined to give her children the HRH title at birth. Mrs Phillips, a management consultant who worked as a barmaid to fund herself through university, was brought up a Roman Catholic but renounced her faith shortly before their wedding so her husband-to-be did not have to give up his claim to the throne. The couple lived until recently in Hong Kong, where he worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland. He now works for the bank in London. Joy: Peter Phillips was at his wife's side for the birth in Gloucestershire Delivery: The maternity unit at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital where the Phillips' first child was born A great-grandmother: A beaming Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day The Queen and the Duke have welcomed the births of eight grandchildren since Mr Phillips was born in June 1977. Each of their four children have two of their own, the most recent being the son of Edward and the Countess of Wessex, Viscount Severn, who was born in December 2007. The birth of Peter and Autumn's daughter could well be the first of a number of great-grandchildren for the Queen and Duke, following the recent engagements of Prince William to Kate Middleton and Zara Phillips to Mike Ti
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Co-op bank considered Paul Flowers to be a 'perfect choice' as chairman | Business | The Guardian Co-op bank considered Paul Flowers to be a 'perfect choice' as chairman Co-op Bank's boardroom review shows Paul Flowers was praised by fellow directors for his 'thorough preparation' Former Co-operative Bank chairman Paul Flowers. Members of the board of the bank described Flowers as 'eloquent' and 'good at engaging people’s views'. Photograph: Press Association Close This article is 2 years old The disgraced Methodist minister Paul Flowers was described as the "perfect choice" to lead the Co-operative Bank, according to a review of its boardroom commissioned by its directors in 2010. The review, published by the Treasury select committee on Friday, says Flowers was praised by his fellow directors for his "thorough preparation, his engagement with the CEO and executive team and his encouragement of non-executive participation without colouring the tone". Flowers is facing allegations of buying illegal drugs just days after appearing before the Treasury select committee in November last year as part of its inquiry into why the Co-op failed to buy 632 branches from Lloyds Banking Group. He left as chairman of the bank – now just 30% owned by the Co-op Group of supermarkets, funeral homes and pharmacies after last year's £1.5bn rescue deal – in June last year, after becoming chairman in April 2010. He had joined the board a year earlier. According to the review, the 21 members of the board of what was then known as Co-operative Financial Services, were interviewed about their experiences and described Flowers as "eloquent" and "good at engaging people's views". "He has radically changed the culture, which is now more open," the directors are reported as saying. The review of the effectiveness of the board was carried out between August and November 2010 by Tracy Long, whose company Boardroom Review was set up in 2004. A founding director of Classic FM, Long now sits on the board of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. She was not available to comment. The 21-page document – marked strictly private and confidential and "not intended for external issue (including the Financial Services Authority)" – was published after being requested during an evidence session with the former deputy chairmen of the bank Rodney Baker-Bates and David Davies . The leadership by the then chief executive, Neville Richardson, who left in 2011, is described as a "breath of fresh of air". The boardroom review, though, warns that the effectiveness of the board was hampered by its sheer scale – 21 people sat around the table. It also says that board meetings were " akin to the United Nations". One director told the review that "if you need a microphone (to be heard at meetings) something is wrong". It suggests that changes needed to be made to the board, which comprised six executive members of what was the co-op's financial services team, two members from the group executive team, five elected non-executive members and eight professional non-executives. When questioned about the review, Davies told the committee: "Broadly – and this seems somewhat ironic now – the conclusions of Dr Long and the people who reported to her was that the chairman was a very good chairman and was leading the board effectively." During his appearance before the committee, Flowers said he had been through a rigorous process before becoming chairman and was one of four candidates. Baker-Bates, who had stood for the role, said he was told Flowers was selected because he did well in psychometric tests . Last November, Flowers was wrong-footed by the committee's chairman, Andrew Tyrie. He said the bank had assets of £3bn. The correct figure was £47bn. According to the review, the board's effectiveness was reduced by its lack of debate and challenge concerning long-term strategy and executive succession. It recommended that the board's agenda be prioritised more effectively and that board meetings be extended. It also highlighted concerns about executives being obverworked.
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Frank Ifield and The Beatles by Bob Howe ©1996 (revised 2002) It was at the end of October 1962 when British promoter Arthur Howes received an unsolicited phone call at home from Brian Epstein. Brian was managing a group called The Beatles whose first single Love Me Do was slowly climbing the charts (it would peak at number 17), and would Arthur be interested in booking them for one of his touring package shows? Arthur agreed straight away to book the group on a Helen (Walking Back to Happiness) Shapiro tour the following February, offering them 80 pounds a week to be shared between them. Even with his enormous faith in his boys, Brian must have been surprised and delighted, and in return offered Arthur the option on all The Beatles' future British tours. Arthur made only one condition... Frank had met Brian Epstein while he was working at the Liverpool Empire. He played their record Love Me Do and Frank was quite impressed. It was not too dissimilar from his own style, utilising the mouth harp (which reminded him of Bruce Chanel's Hey Baby, although on seeing a photograph of the band he did think their hair was a bit long! It was Frank's recommendation that Brian should call Arthur Howes. On December 2, 1962 The Beatles were booked to appear on Frank's show at the Embassy Cinema in of Peterborough. Arthur's condition was that the group appear free of charge for ten minutes on each of the two houses, so he could appraise them for himself. They had to miss their show at the Liverpool Cavern Club that night. Frank thought their act was very good in spite of the volume, and their personal charm was infectious. Unfortunately, at this particular time they didn't seem to manage to convey that charisma to the crowd and as the local paper's Lyndon Whittaker reported in his review entitled: "I'll Remember Frank Ifield" "...'The exciting Beatles' rock group quite frankly failed to excite me. The drummer apparently thought that his job was to lead, not to provide rhythm. He made far too much noise and in their final number 'Twist and Shout' it sounded as if everyone was trying to make more noise than the others. In a more mellow mood, their 'A Taste of Honey' was much better and 'Love Me Do' was tolerable..." Arthur Howes' junior secretary at the time was SUSAN FULLER, who recently recalled the concert: "...I found all this very exciting ... the audience were booing and yelling 'get off, rubbish' etc, but Arthur and I thought they were great and we were knocked out with them." Despite the lack of audience reaction, Arthur could indeed see their potential on a more suitably matched bill and confirmed their spot on a tour with sixteen-year-old Helen Shapiro and later that week added them to the bill of a March tour to be headlined by American stars Tommy Roe and Chris Montez. By then their popularity had risen to the point where they had to assume top-of-the-bill status during the tour by audience demand! Their second single Please Please Me sailed up the charts, at one point sharing the number one position with Frank's own Wayward Wind. Before that however The Beatles had made their last trip to Hamburg, Germany for the Star-Club and their last show was captured on a portable tape recorder. Many years later when that tape was released Frank was amused to hear they had added his biggest hit I Remember You to their repertoire with Paul McCartney imitating his falsetto style and John Lennon raucously playing the mouth harp figures. He also discovered later that on their first date Ringo Starr took Maureen Cox to a Frank Ifield show in England! Helen Shapiro and Frank Ifield twisting the night away at a Paris night-club. In America The Beatles recording success got off to something of a false start. Their first two US single releases on the Vee-Jay label, Please Please Me and From Me To You and the subsequent album Introducing The Beatles met with little response. By contrast Frank's record successes in Britain were repeated in the USA, which was unusual, for up until then, with the except
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What series of books would you go to to read about Snowy, Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and Thomson and Thompson?
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The Adventures of Tintin: "Tintin and the Explorers on the Moon" - Comics series 17 by Herge | NOOK Book (eBook) | Barnes & Noble® Overview The original comics book of Tintin by Herge. Series 17. "Tintin and the Explorers on the Moon", published in 1954, is the seventeenth of The Adventures of Tintin. Its original French title is On a marché sur la Lune ("We walked on the Moon"). It is the second of a two-part adventure begun in Destination Moon. This Tintin comic series created by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. The story was serialised weekly in Belgium's Tintin Comics magazine from October 1952 to December 1953 before being published in a collected volume by Casterman Comics magazine in 1954. Completing a story arc begun in the preceding volume, Destination Moon (1953), the narrative tells of the young reporter Tintin, his dog Snowy, and friends Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus, and Thomson and Thompson who are aboard humanity's first manned rocket mission to the Moon. The story in this series: Explorers on the Moon series 17 continues from Destination Moon series 16, beginning with Professor Calculus taking Tintin, Snowy, Captain Haddock and Frank Wolff to the Moon in his new rocket. However, the detectives Thomson and Thompson come up from the hold, having mistaken the time of the launch and were left on board while carrying out the final security check, putting the expedition at risk due to the new strain on the oxygen supply, designed for four people and Snowy and now forced to accommodate six humans.The expedition remains fraught with difficulties. The Thompsons accidentally turn off the nuclear power motor, which stops the artificial gravity and sends everyone floating until Tintin restarts the motor. Haddock has smuggled some whisky aboard in hollowed-out books, becomes drunk, and engages in an unscheduled spacewalk that results in him briefly becoming a satellite of the asteroid Adonis. Tintin also dons a space suit to fetch him, and, in a very rare display of temper, berates the Captain for his recklessness. When the rocket engine must temporarily be shut down in order to execute the turnaround maneuver that will enable it to land on the Moon right side up, the momentary lack of artificial gravity also poses problems for Haddock, who has neglected to put on his magnetic boots in time. Additionally, Thomson and Thompson suffer a relapse of the condition caused by their ingestion of the energy-multiplying substance Formula 14 (see Land of Black Gold); as a result, they once more sprout thick hair that grows at lightning speed and frequently changes colour.The spacecraft eventually lands safely in the Hipparchus Crater, and by agreement among the crew, Tintin is the first to set foot on the Moon (the first human to do so). Everyone then gets a chance to walk about. Even the Captain enjoys it, but upon seeing the Earth, expresses unease over whether they will survive to see it again. Tintin character: Tintin is neither a surname nor a first name, Tintin is created from Hergé's subconscious desire to be perfect, to be a hero. The hero who everyone between 7 and 77 years old wants to be, or become while reading the Adventures of Tintin Comics. Tintin is created by his father Georges Remi, Hergé, the world renowned Belgian cartoonist. This spiritual heir is more than an adopted child! Hergé has stressed the fact that he raised Tintin, protected him, fed him just like a father would (Numa Sadoul, Tintin et moi, Casterman, p. 66) Over the years and in the course of the Adventures, Tintin surrounds himself with friends who became part his family so to speak. Among his friends, Snowy comes first. Admittedly he is a dog, but he is above all, the faithful friend of Tintin with a generous spirit. Secondly, Tchang appears in the family circle and becomes a lifelong friend of Tintin and almost a brother. Thirdly, Captain Haddock whose debut was to come a good ten years later is ready to sacrifice his own life for Tintin. Not forgetting all the others, Castafiore, Calculus, Thomson and Thompson who form Tintin's family circle. T
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The Gruffalo: Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler: 9781509804757: Amazon.com: Books Julia Donaldson Page 1 of 1 Start over Sponsored Products are advertisements for products sold by merchants on Amazon.com. When you click on a Sponsored Product ad, you will be taken to an Amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it. To learn more about Amazon Sponsored Products, click here . The Knight the Moon and the Stars Got Stuck (Knight the Moon & the Stars Got Stuck) Nancy L. Mills The Knight the Moon and the Stars Got Stuck is a strikingly original work of children's literature that stands with many of our best-loved classics! The Star Bright Factory Nancy Libbey Mills The Star Bright Factory is a perfect bedtime story for the longer nights of the year. You don't want to miss this title for the holidays! Diary of Steve the Noob 1 (An Unofficial Minecraft Book) (Minecraft Diary Steve the Noob Collection) Steve the Noob Steve wakes up in a strange, strange land. Follow him on an exciting and hilarious adventure as he explores this new world. The Moribund Mouse (Animalosophy Book 2) Eric Kesselman A story about a mouse that makes radical changes in his life after confusing the mortal condition with unexpected bad news. Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly The eponymous character introduced by this British team owes a large debt to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are. When Mouse meets Fox in the "deep dark wood," he invents a story about the gruffalo, described very much like Sendak's fearsome quartet of wild thingsA"He has terrible tusks, and terrible claws, and terrible teeth in his terrible jaws." The gullible fox runs away when Mouse tells him that the gruffalo's favorite food is roasted fox. "Silly old Fox!" says Mouse, "Doesn't he know?/ There's no such thing as a gruffalo!" Owl and Snake follow suit until, with a turn of the page, Mouse runs into the creature he has imagined. Quick-thinking Mouse then tells the monster, "I'm the scariest creature in this deep dark wood./ Just walk behind me and soon you'll see,/ Everyone for miles is afraid of me." Fox, Owl and Snake appear to be terrified of the tiny mouse, but readers can plainly see the real object of their fears. By story's end, the gruffalo flees, and Mouse enjoys his nut lunch in peace. Despite the derivative plot line, debut author Donaldson manipulates the repetitive language and rhymes to good advantage, supplying her story with plenty of scary-but-not-too-scary moments. Scheffler's gruffalo may seem a goofy hybrid of Max's wild things, but his cartoonlike illustrations build suspense via spot-art previews of the monster's orange eyes, black tongue and purple prickles until the monster's appearance in full. Ages 4-8. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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Vexillology - the Study of Flags Vexillology - The Study of Flags Vexillology - The Study of Flags Facts and Information About Flags The Kiribati flag is unique with a yellow bird flying over a yellow rising sun, and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean. Source: CIA World Factbook, 2007 By Katherine Schulz Richard, Geography Intern Updated August 31, 2015. Vexillology is the scholarly study of something seen very associated with geography - flags! The word comes from the Latin "vexillum," meaning "flag" or "banner." Flags originally helped ancient armies coordinate on the battlefield. Today, every country and many organizations have a flag. Flags can represent land or maritime boundaries and possessions. Flags are usually hoisted on a flagpole and flown so that everyone can be reminded of the values and history of the country. Flags incite patriotism and respect for those who lost their lives fighting for its values. Common Flag Designs Many flags have three vertical (pales) or horizontal (fesses) divisions, each of a different or rotating color. France's Tricolore has vertical divisions of blue, white, and red. Hungary's flag has horizontal bands of red, white, and green. The Scandinavian countries all have crosses of different colors on their flags, representing Christianity. Denmark's flag is the oldest flag design still in use, as it was designed in the 13th century. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge Many flags, such as Turkey , Algeria , Pakistan , and Israel have images of religious symbols, such as crescents to represent Islam. Many countries in Africa have green, red, black, and yellow on their flags, representing people, bloodshed, fertile land, and hope for independence and peace (for example - Uganda and the Republic of the Congo ). Some flags show national coats of arms or shields, such as Spain . Vexillology Is Based on Colors and Symbols A vexillologist is someone who designs flags. A vexillographer studies flags and what their shapes, patterns, colors, and images represent. For example, the flag of Mexico has three colors - green, white, and red, formed in vertical lines of equal size. In the center is a picture of the Mexican coat of arms, a Golden Eagle eating a snake. This represents Mexico's Aztec history. Green represents hope, white represents purity, and red represents religion. Vexillographers also study the changes made to flags through time. For example, the previous flag of Rwanda had a large "R" in the middle. It was changed in 2001 ( new flag ) because the flag was largely seen as a symbol of the horrific 1994 Rwandan genocide. Prominent Vexillologists and Vexillographers There are perhaps two main authorities on flags today. Dr. Whitney Smith, an American, coined the term "vexillology" in 1957 when he was a teenager. Today, he is a flag scholar and helped create the North American Vexillological Association in the late 1960s. He runs the Flag Research Center in Massachusetts. Many countries have recognized his great abilities and asked for his help designing their flags. He was chosen to design the flag of Guyana in 1966. After studying the country's culture, economy, and history, he made green represent Guyana's agriculture, gold represents great mineral deposits, and red represents the people's great determination and love for their country. Graham Bartram is a British vexillologist who designed the most commonly used flag for Antarctica . It has a light blue background with a white map of Antarctica in the center. The United States Flag The United States' flag has thirteen stripes, for the thirteen original colonies, and one star for every state. The United Kingdom Flag The United Kingdom's flag, called the Union Jack , is a combination of the flags of patron saints St. George, St. Patrick, and St. Andrew. The Union Jack appears on the flag of numerous other countries and territories, which were historically or currently are possessions of the United Kingdom. Unusually Shaped or Designed Flags Every coun
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The ‘Tennis Court Oath’ was signed at the beginning of which revolution?
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Third Estate makes Tennis Court Oath - Jun 20, 1789 - HISTORY.com Third Estate makes Tennis Court Oath Share this: Third Estate makes Tennis Court Oath Author Third Estate makes Tennis Court Oath URL Publisher A+E Networks In Versailles, France, the deputies of the Third Estate, which represent commoners and the lower clergy, meet on the Jeu de Paume, an indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI’s order to disperse. In these modest surroundings, they took a historic oath not to disband until a new French constitution had been adopted. Louis XVI, who ascended the French throne in 1774, proved unsuited to deal with the severe financial problems he had inherited from his grandfather, King Louis XV. In 1789, in a desperate attempt to address France’s economic crisis, Louis XVI assembled the Estates-General, a national assembly that represented the three “estates” of the French people–the nobles, the clergy, and the commons. The Estates-General had not been assembled since 1614, and its deputies drew up long lists of grievances and called for sweeping political and social reforms. The Third Estate, which had the most representatives, declared itself the National Assembly and took an oath to force a new constitution on the king. Initially seeming to yield, Louis legalized the National Assembly under the Third Estate but then surrounded Versailles with troops and dismissed Jacques Necker, a popular minister of state who had supported reforms. In response, Parisians mobilized and on July 14 stormed the Bastille–a state prison where they believed ammunition was stored–and the French Revolution began. Related Videos
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Wimbledon Championships Venue | All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club Wimbledon Championships Venue All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club For 130 years the all England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club has played host to the most illustrious tennis event in the world – the Wimbledon Championships . Each year in late June and early July the best professional tennis players in the world pit themselves against each other to claim the most coveted prize in the sport’s history, the Wimbledon Trophy for men, and the Rosewater Dish for women. The All England Club was forced to move from its original premises on Worple Street to Church Road in the 1920s due to the increasing pressure of the crowds who annually flocked in to support their tennis heroes. The new premises boasted 19 tennis courts, all composed of rye grass. There are two main show courts, the centre court and court one and these courts are used exclusively for the tournament. This will change in 2012 when the All England Club will host the tennis events of the 2012 Summer Olympics. The remaining 17 courts are used on a regular basis for other events hosted by the club. Centre Court & Court One The centre court is reserved for the semi-final and final events, but is also used in earlier rounds to showcase the top seeds or local crowd favourites like Andy Murray . It has a seating capacity of nearly 14,000 people and houses the Royal Box, where the royal family and other dignitaries can watch the matches. As with most outdoor tennis tournaments Wimbledon is affected by the weather , but unlike the Australian Open where extreme heat is a huge challenge, the tournament is nearly always affected by rain at the Wimbledon Championships venue, ALL England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. The center courts now boast retractable roofs that allow play to continue during incliment weather, however, smaller courts and the early rounds of the tournament are still subject to weather disruptions. Court one was entirely rebuilt in 1997 to expand spectator capacity. It can now seat over 11 000 people, but in the process has lost the intimate atmosphere of the old court one which appealed to both players and fans alike. Other Facilities Other popular viewing areas are court two and Henman Hill. Court two is said to be the “Graveyard of Champions” where top seeds like Pete Sampras , Andre Agassi and Martina Hingis have, in the past, been knocked out in the earlier rounds of the competition. To dispel this bogey and to increase the seating capacity to 4 000, court two has been rebuilt on the stand previous occupied by Court 13. For the dozens of fans who cannot get hold of a ticket , or simply cannot afford one, there is an enormous TV screen at the north end of the grounds which features all the top matches live. Officially known as Aorangi Terrace, the grass embankment has been given a range of names according to the current British tennis hope –“Henman Hill”, “Rusedski Ridge” and more recently “ Murray Mound ” or “ Murray Field ”. Free Bets
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Which planet has a 'great red spot'?
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Planet Jupiter: Facts About Its Size, Moons and Red Spot Planet Jupiter: Facts About Its Size, Moons and Red Spot By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor | November 14, 2014 12:59am ET MORE This photo of Jupiter was taken on Sept. 20, 2010 when Jupiter made its closest approach to Earth since 1963. (Uranus [insert] was visible through telescopes near Jupiter.) Credit: Jimmy Eubanks Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Fittingly, it was named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology. In a similar manner, the ancient Greeks named the planet after Zeus, the king of the Greek pantheon. Jupiter helped revolutionize the way we saw the universe and ourselves in 1610, when Galileo discovered Jupiter's four large moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, now known as the Galilean moons. This was the first time celestial bodies were seen circling an object other than Earth, major support of the Copernican view that Earth was not the center of the universe. Physical characteristics Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system , more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined, and had it been about 80 times more massive, it would have actually become a star instead of a planet. Its atmosphere resembles that of the sun, made up mostly of hydrogen and helium, and with four large moons and many smaller moons in orbit around it, Jupiter by itself forms a kind of miniature solar system. All told, the immense volume of Jupiter could hold more than 1,300 Earths. The colorful bands of Jupiter are arranged in dark belts and light zones created by strong east-west winds in the planet's upper atmosphere traveling more than 400 mph (640 kph). The white clouds in the zones are made of crystals of frozen ammonia, while darker clouds of other chemicals are found in the belts. At the deepest visible levels are blue clouds. Far from being static, the stripes of clouds change over time . Inside the atmosphere, diamond rain may fill the skies. The most extraordinary feature on Jupiter is undoubtedly the Great Red Spot , a giant hurricane-like storm seen for more than 300 years. At its widest, the Great Red Spot is three times the diameter of the Earth, and its edge spins counterclockwise around its center at a speed of about 225 mph (360 kph). The color of the storm, which usually varies from brick red to slightly brown, may come from small amounts of sulfur and phosphorus in the ammonia crystals in Jupiter's clouds. The spot grows and shrinks over time, and every now and again, seems to fade entirely. Jupiter's gargantuan magnetic field is the strongest of all the planets in the solar system at nearly 20,000 times the strength of Earth's. It traps electrically charged particles in an intense belt of electrons and other electrically charged particles that regularly blasts the planet's moons and rings with a level of radiation more than 1,000 times the lethal level for a human, damaging even heavily shielded spacecraft such as NASA's Galileo probe. The magnetosphere of Jupiter, which is composed of these fields and particles, swells out some 600,000 to 2 million miles (1 million to 3 million km) toward the sun and tapers to a tail extending more than 600 million miles (1 billion km) behind Jupiter. Jupiter spins faster than any other planet, taking a little under 10 hours to complete a turn on its axis, compared with 24 hours for Earth. This rapid spin makes Jupiter bulge at the equator and flatten at the poles, making the planet about 7 percent wider at the equator than at the poles. Jupiter broadcasts radio waves strong enough to detect on Earth. These come in two forms — strong bursts that occur when Io, the closest of Jupiter's large moons, passes through certain regions of Jupiter's magnetic field, and continuous radiation from Jupiter's surface and high-energy particles in its radiation belts. These radio waves could help scientists to probe the oceans on its moons. Composition & structure Atmospheric composition (by volume): 89.8 percent molecular hydrogen, 10.2 percent helium, minor amounts of me
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Mars Exploration: Multimedia (largest volcano in the solar system!) 3-D view of Olympus Mons The largest of the volcanoes in the Tharsis Montes region, as well as all known volcanoes in the solar system, is Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is a shield volcano 624 km (374 mi) in diameter (approximately the same size as the state of Arizona), 25 km (16 mi) high, and is rimmed by a 6 km (4 mi) high scarp. A caldera 80 km (50 mi) wide is located at the summit of Olympus Mons. To compare, the largest volcano on Earth is Mauna Loa. Mauna Loa is a shield volcano 10 km (6.3 mi) high and 120 km (75 mi) across. The volume of Olympus Mons is about 100 times larger than that of Mauna Loa. In fact, the entire chain of Hawaiian islands (from Kauai to Hawaii) would fit inside Olympus Mons! MOC image of Olympus Mons Why is Olympus Mons so big? The main difference between the volcanoes on Mars and Earth is their size; volcanoes in the Tharsis region of Mars are 10 to 100 times larger than those anywhere on Earth. The lava flows on the Martian surface are observed to be much longer, probably a result of higher eruption rates and lower surface gravity. Another reason why the volcanoes on Mars are so massive is because the crust on Mars doesn't move the way it does on Earth. On Earth, the hot spots remain stationary but crustal plates are moving above them. The Hawaiian islands result from the northwesterly movement of the Pacific plate over a stationary hotspot producing lava. As the plate moves over the hotspot, new volcanoes are formed and the existing ones become extinct. This distributes the total volume of lava among many volcanoes rather than one large volcano. On Mars, the crust remains stationary and the lava piles up in one, very large volcano. For more on Olympus Mons:
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Which creature has a symbiotic relationship with the Egyptian plover?
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Animal Partnerships Animal Partnerships —By Arden Dore Imagine life without your best friend. Who would you hang out with and talk to about your problems? Life would be so lonely! You rely on your friends for companionship, fun, and support. Animals rely on each other, too. Some have lifelong relationships with other organisms, called symbiotic relationships. There are three different types of symbiotic relationships: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Mutualism: both partners benefit. An example of mutualism is the relationship between the Egyptian plover and the crocodile. In the tropical regions of Africa, the crocodile lies with its mouth open. The plover flies into its mouth and feeds on bits of decaying meat stuck in the crocodile’s teeth. The crocodile does not eat the plover. Instead, he appreciates the dental work. The plover eats a meal and the crocodile gets his teeth cleaned. Coincidentally, the Egyptian plover is also known as the crocodile bird. Commensalism: only one species benefits while the other is neither helped nor harmed. For example, remora fish are very bony and have a dorsal fin (the fin on the back of fish) that acts like a suction cup. Remora fish use this fin to attach themselves to whales, sharks, or rays and eat the scraps their hosts leave behind. The remora fish gets a meal, while its host gets nothing. Selfish, sure, but neither gets hurt. Parasitism: One organism (the parasite) gains, while the other (the host) suffers. The deer tick is a parasite. It attaches to a warmblooded animal and feeds on its blood. Ticks need blood at every stage of their life cycle. They also carry Lyme disease, an illness that can cause joint damage, heart complications, and kidney problems. The tick benefits from eating the animal's blood. Unfortunately, the animal suffers from the loss of blood and nutrients and may get sick.
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Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Britain Treasure Island Akrotiri and Dhekelia About The British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia comprise those parts of Cyprus which stayed under British jurisdiction and remained British sovereign territory when the 1960 Treaty of Establishment created the independent Republic of Cyprus. They cover 254 km2, 123 around Akrotiri, the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA) and 131 around Dhekelia, the Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA). Because they are run as military bases, the Sovereign Base Area Administration (SBAA) reports to the British Ministry of Defence in London, rather than the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. They are a British Overseas Territory with a civilian administration working under an Administrator who is Commander of the British Forces, Cyprus. The Chief Officer, Administrative Secretary, Resident Judge, Chief Constable and other senior officials are recruited from or seconded from UK departments. The administration of the Bases exists to ensure the effective use as a military base; the full co-operation with the Republic of Cyprus; and the protection of those resident or working in the Bases. The laws deliberately match those in the Republic of Cyprus, where practicable. The SBAA is responsible for protection of the environment in the Bases, working with the relevant Cypriot Republic departments. Work includes protecting breeding endangered loggerhead Caretta caretta and green turtles Chelonia mydas, which nest here. The only remaining colony of griffon vultures Gyps fulvus on Cyprus is found on the cliffs at Episkopi in the WSBA, and there is a large colony of Eleanora’s falcons Falco eleonorae both here and on the cliffs bordering the Royal Air Force station at Akrotiri. The most important wetland on the island of Cyprus, Akrotiri salt lake, lies within the WSBA and is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. Twenty seven habitat types are recognised across this spectacular mosaic of marshland, salt lake, coastal and marine areas. Two hundred species of migratory birds use the wetland for over-wintering or breeding, such as over 30,000 greater flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus demoiselle crane Anthropoides virgo, various migrant waders, black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa, blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, alongside many resident species. The Bases support hundreds of plant species, many of which are rare or endemic such as Achillea maritime, Lotus cytisoides and Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. They also contain hundreds of invertebrates, including nearly eighty endemic insect species, and various reptiles and amphibians, some of which have a disproportionately high importance here due to the reduced habitat elsewhere in Cyprus. Read more about the wildlife, history and cultural heritage of all of the UK Overseas Territories in the 704 page Britain’s Treasure Islands book ( CLICK HERE ). Watch 42 ‘mini-documentaries’ that explore the wildlife, cultures and history of all of the UK Overseas Territories ( CLICK HERE ).
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In World War I, what did the Allies call the defence linethat was known as the 'Siegfried Line' to the Germans?
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Siegfried Line S Siegfried Line The original Siegfried line (Siegfriedstellung) was a line of defensive forts and tank defenses built by Germany as a section of the Hindenburg Line 1916–1917 in northern France during World War I . However, in English, Siegfried line more commonly refers to the similar World War II defensive line, built during the 1930s, opposite the French Maginot Line , which served a corresponding purpose. The Germans themselves called this the Westwall, but the Allies renamed it after the First World War line. This article deals with this second Siegfried line. The Siegfried Line was a defence system stretching more than 630 km (391 mi) with more than 18,000 bunkers , tunnels and tank traps. It went from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands , along the western border of the old German Empire as far as the town of Weil am Rhein on the border to Switzerland . More with propaganda in mind than for any strategic reason, Adolf Hitler planned the line from 1936 and had it built between 1938 and 1940. This was after the Nazis had broken the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Treaties by remilitarizing the Rhineland in 1936. Origin of the name Westwall Today we can no longer know for certain the exact origin of the German name Westwall (West Wall). It is most likely that the name simply came into popular use from the end of 1938. Nazi propaganda did not initially use the term very much, but the name was well-known from the middle of 1939, as Hitler sent an "Order of the Day to the soldiers and the workers at the Westwall" on May 20, 1939. The official name for the line until then had depended on the programmes described in the next section of this article. The name "Limes Programme" for example was a deliberately misleading cover name, chosen to make people think of the archaeological research that had just finished at the Limes Germanicus (Upper Germanic and Rhaetian Limes). Construction programmes, 1938–1940 There were several distinct construction phases on the Siegfried Line: Border Watch programme (pioneering programme) for the most advanced positions (1938) Limes Programme (1938) Geldern Emplacement between Brüggen and Kleve (1939–1940) Western Air Defence Zone (1938) These programmes were all pushed forward with the highest priority, using every resource available. Typical basic construction types At the start of each construction programme, basic construction prototypes were laid out on the drawing board and then built, sometimes by the thousands. This standardisation of the bunkers (popularly known as Pillboxes) and tank traps was necessary because of the lack of raw materials, transport and workers. Pioneering Program For the main part of the pioneering programme, small bunkers were set up with three embrasures towards the front. The walls were only 50 cm (20 in) thick and provided no protection against poison gas . Soldiers stationed there did not have their own beds but had to make do with hammocks. In exposed positions, similar small bunkers were erected with small round armoured "lookout" sections on the roofs. All these constructions were already considered outdated when they were built and at best offered protection against small arms fire and shrapnel from bombs and grenades . The programme was carried out by the Border Watch (Grenzwacht), a small military troop which became activite in the Rhineland immediately after it was remilitarized. The bunkers were set up near the foreign borders. Limes programme The Limes Programme began as a result of an order by Hitler to strengthen fortifications on the western German border. Bunkers built in this phase starting in 1938 were more strongly constructed. The framework for each of this program's Type 10 bunkers probably took around 20 man hours to build and required around 287 m3 of concrete , the equivalent of two floors of an average size office block. The bunkers had a ceiling and walls 1.5 m (5 ft) thick, but this was proved completely insufficient even before construction was finished. A total of 3,471 Type 10 bunkers were built along the e
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Pembroke Story The Welsh, and 'little England beyond Wales' ‘ Little England beyond Wales ’ is a name that refers to the southern half of Pembrokeshire and just over the border into the far south of Carmarthenshire . It is a term used frequently by the people who live there to describe themselves and their use of the English language. Indeed it is hard to find Welsh spoken in everyday use in this area – the language and culture being English from the time of the Norman occupation. The boundary between 'Little England beyond Wales' and the more Welsh speaking areas to the north of Pembrokeshire is refered to as the Landsker Line (see below). Despite this ‘Englishness’ however, local people feel passionately that they remain a part of Wales. Rugby teams abound and several key members of the Welsh international rugby squad come from here. There are thriving Welsh Language Units within every school, and an excellent Welsh Senior School in Crymych . St David’s Day is never forgotten, and there is a uniqueness in the south Pembrokeshire accent – although regrettably this is now dying out. The following description is taken from Wikipedia , and describes the situation in more detail. Landsker Line is a term commonly used for the language boundary between the Welsh-speaking and English-speaking areas in southwest Wales. The English-speaking areas, known as Little England beyond Wales, are notable for having been English linguistically and culturally for many centuries despite being far from the border with England. The line is noted for being sharp, and for having moved only slightly over the past several centuries. During the 11th and 12th centuries both invaders and defenders built more than fifty castles during a complex period of conflict, effectively to consolidate the line. The southernmost was Laugharne; others included Wiston, Camrose, Narberth, and Roch. These are often referred to as "frontier castles" but they were in fact set back a considerable distance from the frontier itself. In the heart of the Normanised colony, the two great fortresses were at Pembroke and Haverfordwest. There were other fortresses within the colony as well, including Manorbier, Carew and Tenby. The Landsker has changed position many times, first moving north into the foothills of Mynydd Preseli during the military campaigns of the Early Middle Ages, and then moving southwards again in more peaceful times, as the English colonists found that farming and feudalism were difficult to maintain on cold acid soils and exposed hillsides. When historians began to gain interest in the strange linguistic divide which was incredibly sharp in the early part of the 1900s, they started to use the term "landsker." Since then, it has stuck, and remains in common use. Local people may or may not know what the word means, but they certainly all recognize that the language divide stretching from St Bride's Bay to Carmarthen Bay remains very distinct. So how did south Pembrokeshire become an English-speaking area? The Normans who displaced the settlements around Pembroke (both Welsh and Welsh-speaking) spoke Norman French and this continued for some three centuries. Irish and Norse would also be recognised and known in the area - so why English? The answer is that in a successful attempt to keep the Welsh from returning to their former homes the area was re-populated with settlers from Flanders and Wessex . Henry I , as well as encouraging English settlement here also transferred Flemish settlers to the area - many having come to England some time before. It was claimed that England contained so many of these Flemings that the country was overburdened with them. These newcomers soon mastered the English language which was similar to their own tongue, and when they came to ‘Little England beyond Wales’ they settled in villages to which they gave English names. Eventually the Welsh language was displaced entirely, and it is interesting to ponder that had the Flemish not been here it may have become known as 'Little Normandy Beyond Wales'! © Pembroke 21C Communi
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Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands and West Germany were five of the original members of the European Economic Community. Name the sixth.
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Common Market founded - Mar 25, 1957 - HISTORY.com Common Market founded Publisher A+E Networks On March 25, 1957, France, West Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg sign a treaty in Rome establishing the European Economic Community (EEC), also known as the Common Market. The EEC, which came into operation in January 1958, was a major step in Europe’s movement toward economic and political union. By 1950, it was apparent that centuries of Western European world supremacy was at an end. The national markets of Europe, isolated from each other by archaic trade laws, were no match for the giant market enjoyed by the United States. And looming over Europe from the east was the Soviet Union, whose communist leaders commanded vast territory and economic resources under a single system. Many European leaders also feared the resumption of conflict between traditional European antagonists such as France and Germany, which would only diminish the European economies further. As a means of improving Europe’s economic climate and preventing war, some influential statesman and political theorists suggested economic integration. The first major step in this direction was taken in 1951, when France and West Germany formed the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), integrating their coal and steel industries. French leaders proposed the organization primarily as a means of monitoring German industry, and West German leaders immediately agreed, to allay fears of German militarization. To supervise the ECSC, several supranational bodies were established, including an executive authority, a council of ministers, an advisory assembly, and a court of justice to settle disputes. Italy and the three nations of the Benelux Economic Union–Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg–soon joined. The groundwork for the EEC was laid. On March 25, 1957, representatives of six European nations signed two treaties in Rome. One created the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) for the common and peaceful development of Europe’s nuclear resources. The other created the EEC. In the Common Market, trade barriers between member nations were gradually eliminated, and common policies regarding transportation, agriculture, and economic relations with nonmember countries were implemented. Eventually, labor and capital were permitted to move freely within the boundaries of the community. The EEC, the ECSC, and Euratom were served by a single council of ministers, representative assembly, and court of justice. In 1967, the three organizations were fully merged as the European Community (EC). Britain and other European nations initially declined to join the Common Market and established the weaker European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in 1960 as an alternative. By the early 1960s, however, the Common Market nations showed signs of significant economic growth, and Britain changed its mind. Because of its close ties to the United States, however, French President Charles de Gaulle twice vetoed British admission, and Britain did not join the EC until January 1973, when Ireland and Denmark also became EC members. Greece joined in 1981, Portugal and Spain in 1986, and the former East Germany as part of reunified Germany in 1990. In early 1990s, the European Community became the basis for the European Union (EU), which was established in 1993 following ratification of the Maastricht Treaty. The treaty called for a strengthened European parliament, the creation of a central European bank and common currency, and a common defense policy. In addition to a single European common market, member states would also participate in a larger common market, called the European Economic Area. Austria, Finland, and Sweden became members of the EU in 1995. As of early 2007, there were twenty-seven member states in total, and further growth was expected. More on This Topic
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Warsaw Pact formally the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship Cooperation and Mutual View Full Document instrument of Soviet domination. Warsaw Pact (formally the Warsaw Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance), military alliance of eight European Communist nations, enacted to counter the rearmament of West Germany, officially called the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), and its admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The treaty was signed in Warsaw, Poland, on May 14, 1955, by Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic and Slovakia), East Germany (now part of the united Federal Republic of Germany), Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). The alliance was dominated by the USSR, which kept strict control over the other countries in the pact. In 1961 Albania broke off diplomatic relations with the USSR because of ideological differences and in 1968 withdrew from the pact. From the mid-1950s through the 1980s, two major bodies carried out the functions of the Warsaw Pact: the Political Consultative Committee and the Unified Command of Pact Armed Forces, both headquartered in Moscow. Under the terms of the treaty, the Political Consultative Committee coordinated all activities, except those purely military, and the Unified Command of Pact Armed Forces had authority over the troops assigned to it by member states. It was agreed that the supreme commander would be from the USSR. The Warsaw Pact's only military action was directed against Czechoslovakia, a member state. (In the autumn of 1956, the USSR took unilateral military action against Hungary, another Warsaw Pact member state, killing thousands of Hungarians and causing 200,000 to flee the country.) In August 1968, after the Czech government enacted reforms offensive to the USSR, forces of the USSR, Poland, Hungary, East Germany, and Bulgaria invaded Czechoslovakia and forced a return to a Soviet-style system. Romania opposed the invasion and did not participate, but remained a member. This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version.
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What Louisville, Ky track is home to the Kentucky Derby, the annual race known as “The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports”?
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Home | 2017 Kentucky Derby & Oaks | May 5 and 6, 2017 | Tickets, Events, News © 2017 Churchill Downs Incorporated . All Rights Reserved. Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Oaks, the “twin spires design”, and Churchill Downs Incorporated related trademarks are registered trademarks of Churchill Downs Incorporated.
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TRIVIA - SPORTS TRIVIA - SPORTS TRIVIA HOME ` Fun sports trivia questions and answers - Ty Cobb, the Olympics, little league baseball, Boxing, Tennis, Cross Country Bike Racing What is the distance between bases on a little league baseball field? 60 feet. What college once had 22 members of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society on its football team? Dartmouth, in 1925. What was the first sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics? Tennis, at the 1900 games in Paris. Charlotte Cooper of Great Britain was the first gold medalist. What sport was the first to be filmed---and who filmed it? The sport was boxing; the man who did the filming, Thomas A. Edison; the year, 1894. Edison filmed a boxing match between Jack Cushing and Mike Leonard in a studio on the grounds of his laboratory complex in West Orange, New Jersey. How many home runs did baseball great Ty Cobb hit in the three world series in which he played? None. Sports trivia questions and answers about baseball, football, boxing, the Olympics, NBA, NFL, Deion Sanders... �@ What Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher hit a home run in his first major league at-bat--and never hit another? New York Giant knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm, in 1952. What baseball player hit the only home run of his 212-year major league career off his own brother? Joe Nickro in 1976. Nickro, a pitcher with the Houston Astros, hit a four-bagger off his brother Phil, who was pitching fro the Atlanta Braves. Houston won the game, 4-3. What 1921 sporting event took up all of the first 13 pages of The New York Times --except for a little space on the front page devoted to the formal end of World War I? The July 2nd heavyweight championship bout between Jack Dempsey and George Carpenter, the first fight to gross over $1 million in gate receipts. Dempsey won in a fourth-round knockout. In the National Football League, how many footballs is the home team required to provide for each game? 24--although from 8 to 12 are usually used. Brooks Robinson and Carl Yastrzemski hold the major league baseball record for playing the greatest number of seasons with the same team. How many years did they play-- and with what teams? 23 years. Third baseman Robinson played with the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977; Carl Yastrzemski, outfielder/first baseman, played with the Boston Red Sox from 1961 to 1983. Why is the site of a boxing match called a ring when it's square? Boxing rings were originally circular. In the very first Boston Marathon, 15 runners competed. How many finished? 10. How long is the average pool cue? 57 inches. Under the rules outlined in the charter of the International Olympic Committee, how much pure gold must there be in each gold medal awarded to first-place winners? At least 6 grams. Silver medals must be at least .925 sterling silver. What professional ice hockey star didn't hang up his skates until he was 52? Gordie Howe, who played in 1,687 games in the National Hockey League. What is the state sport of Alaska? Dog-mushing. Who was the first athlete to hit a major league home run and make a professional football touchdown in the same week? Jim Thorpe, in 1917. He did it a second time in 1919. Deion Sanders was the second athlete to accomplish the feat---70 years later in 1989. Who was the famous great-great-grandfather of San Francisco 49er quarterback Steve Young? Mormon leader Brigham Young. Who was the first professional athlete to win championship rings in two major sports? Gene Conley. He pitched for the Milwaukee Braves team that won the 1957 World Series, and was on the Boston Celtic teams that won National Basketball Association championships in 1959,1960 and 1961. How long and wide is the balance beam used in Olympic gymnastic competition? Length, 16 feet 3 inches; width, 4 inches. What sport besides football did famed fullback Jim Brown compete and excel in while he attended Syracuse University in the mid 1950s? Lacrosse. He made All-American. How much did a one-minute TV spot cost advertisers on the first Super Bowl broadcast in 1967? $85,000. How many of the four Grand Sl
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In a nursery rhyme, who “came down too soon, and asked his way to Norwich”?
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The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon - English Children's Songs - England - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon Nursery Rhyme The man in the moon came down too soon To inquire the way to Norridge; The man in the South, he burnt his mouth With eating cold plum porridge. The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon Nursery Rhyme The man in the moon came down too soon To inquire the way to Norridge; The man in the South, he burnt his mouth With eating cold plum porridge. Here's a variation of this rhyme from The Nursery Rhyme Book: THE man in the moon, Came tumbling down, And ask'd his way to Norwich, He went by the south, And burnt his mouth With supping cold pease-porridge. You can find almost the same rhyme with the first two and last two lines reversed under the name " The Man of the South He Burnt His Mouth ". Here's the version from The Real Mother Goose (1916): The Man in the Moon came tumbling down, And asked the way to Norwich; He went by the south, and burnt his mouth With eating cold pease porridge. Here's a slightly different version from The Little Mother Goose (1912), illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith: The man in the moon Came tumbling down, And asked the way to Norwich. He went by the South, And he burnt his mouth, With eating cold pease porridge. Here's another old rhyme about the man in the moon from Holton-Curry Readers, Volume 2 (1914): The Man in the Moon as he sails the sky, Is a very remarkable skipper; But he made a mistake when he tried to take A drink of milk from the Dipper. He dipped it into the Milky Way, And slowly and carefully filled it; The Big Bear growled, and the Little Bear howled, And scared him so that he spilled it! Recording from Librivox's "Mother Goose's Party". Thanks and Acknowledgements This rhyme can be found in The Only True Mother Goose Melodies (published and copyrighted in Boston in 1833 by Munroe & Francis) as can the last illustration. The 1st illustration is from The Nursery Rhyme Book, edited by Andrew Lang and illustrated by L. Leslie Brooke (1897). The 2nd illustration is from The Real Mother Goose (1916), illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright. 3rd illustration from The Mother Goose; Containing All The Melodies The Old Lady Ever Wrote, edited by Dame Goslin (1850), with some graphical editing by Lisa Yannucci. The 4th illustration is from The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes (circa 1920) edited by Walter Jerrold (1865 – 1929) and illustrated by Charles Robinson.
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Tom Tom the Pipers Son - Nursery Rhymes Nursery Rhymes Tom, Tom, the piper's son, Stole a pig, and away did run; The pig was eat And Tom was beat, And Tom went crying Nursery Rhymes › People And Children Songs › Tom Tom The Pipers Son Viewed By 1993 Kids NurseryRhymes.com is a free site offering lyrics and music to hundreds of popular nursery rhymes that have been passed down through the ages. Use our site to keep kids entertained, find lyrics to a nursery rhyme that you can't remember, or bring you back to a happy time when you were child.
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Puzzles - Great Britain ... which you don't hear called 'Great' so often these days. 1. What is the only venomous snake in Britain? 2. Built in 1869, which famous British ship was named after a Scottish undergarment? 3. A British TV audience outnumbered a British radio audience for the first time for what special occasion? 4. In which British city would you find Arthur's Seat? 5. The popular British pub name "The Royal Oak" is named after which King? 6. What is the Welsh word for Wales? 7. What is the longest river in Scotland? 8. What is the oldest University in Britain? 9. In which British city was Guy Fawkes born and Dick Turpin killed? 10. Captain Matthew Webb, famous for swimming the English Channel, drowned in 1883 attempting to swim what? 1. What is the only venomous snake in Britain? Adder 3. A British TV audience outnumbered a British radio audience for the first time for what special occasion? Frau Battenberg's coronation 4. In which British city would you find Arthur's Seat? Edinburgh 5. The popular British pub name "The Royal Oak" is named after which King? Charles II who hid in oak trees after losing battles 6. What is the Welsh word for Wales? Cymru 2. Built in 1869, which famous British ship was named after a Scottish undergarment? Ought to be Cutty Sark ("short shift" ) 8. What is the oldest University in Britain? Oxford (unless you're talking to someone from Cambridge ... ) 7. What is the longest river in Scotland? The Dee? 9. In which British city was Guy Fawkes born and Dick Turpin killed? Ah ha! I know this, having been a recent tourist to: York [and we definitely think very highly of Great Britain, which is, in fact, a great place!] Frau Battenberg! well done all 10. Captain Matthew Webb, famous for swimming the English Channel, drowned in 1883 attempting to swim what? The rapids below Niagara Falls
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Britain and the World 1978 An Air India jumbo jet exploded in mid-air near Bombay, killing 213. Jan14 Sex Pistols' final concert takes place at Winterland , San Francisco Jan18 Geoff Boycott captains England for the first time v's Pakistan in Karachi Mar1 Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. It was found 10 miles away on May 17. Mar16 Israeli Forces Invade Lebanon The Italian politician Aldo Moro is kidnapped by the left-radical Red Brigades who massacred his escort, and after 55 days detention murdered him as well. Mar17 Amoco Cadiz tanker spills 1.6 million gallons of oil off French coast Apr8 Regular broadcast of proceedings in Parliament starts Apr18 The U.S. Senate voted 68-32 to turn the Panama Canal over to Panamanian control on Dec. 31,1999. Apr20 Korean Airlines flight 007 shot down by Soviets in Russian airspace Apr21 Sandy Denny 31 former lead singer with Fairport Convention dies of a brain hemorrhage after falling downstairs. She is buried with her mother and brother at Putney Vale cemetery (Block V, grave 38) May1 First May Day holiday in Britain May9 The body of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was found in the boot of a car in central Rome, a victim of the Red Brigade May17 Compact discs - CD's - were created by Philips. May20 Mavis Hutchinson, 53, became the first woman to run across America. The 3,000-mile trek took her 69 days. She ran an average of 45 miles each day Jun12 David Berkowitz, known popularly as "Son of Sam," received the maximum penalty -- 25 years to life in prison -- with a recommendation that he spend the rest of his days in prison. Jun25 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires Argentina July8 Pluto's companion later to be called Charon is found Jul25 The first test-tube baby was born in Oldham General Hospital. It was a girl, and she was named Louise Joy Brown. Aug6 Pope Paul VI dies of heart attack at summer residence at 80 Aug20 Gunmen open fire on an Israeli El Al Airline bus in London Aug25 Turin shroud, once venerated as the burial cloth of Christ, went on public display for the first time in 45 years. Sep6 Palestinian guerrillas hijacked four airliners travelling to New York from Europe. One Pan Am Jumbo was blown up the next day in Cairo and two Boeing 707s which landed at Dawson's field in Jordan were blown up on September 12. The fourth plane landed in London and hijacker Leila Khaled was arrested Sep7 Keith Moon drummer with The Who dies in London from the effects of a drugs overdose (Hemineurin). The flat in which he died No 9, 12 Curzon Place, London was the same one that Cass Elliot (Mamas and Papas) died in (29th July 1974). Keith was cremated at Golders Green crematorium Sep11 Bulgarian defector Georgi Markov who worked for the BBC World Service is murdered by a poison pellet that was injected by the tip of an umbrella. He dies four days later Sept29 Pope John Paul is found dead. He was Pope for 33 days Oct15 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland was elected Pope and took the name John Paul II, the first non-Italian Pope in 456 years. Nov18 Jim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot. Nov30
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In which county of Ireland would you find Blarney Castle, home of the Blarney Stone?
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Blarney | Ireland | Britannica.com Blarney Drogheda Blarney, Irish An Bhlarna, village, County Cork , Ireland , 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Cork city, famous for Blarney Castle (c. 1446). Below the battlements on the southern wall of the castle is the Blarney Stone, reputed to confer eloquence on those who kiss it; this feat can be achieved only by hanging head downward. “Blarney” as an expression of dubiousness is attributed to Elizabeth I of England, who used it when impugning the worth of Lord Blarney’s promises. Blarney lies in wooded country. Tweed is manufactured there, as also are polypropylene sacks. Pop. (2002) 2,146; (2011) 2,437. Blarney Castle, County Cork, Ireland. G.F. Allen-Bruce Coleman Cork (county, Ireland) county in the province of Munster, southwestern Ireland. The largest county in Ireland, Cork is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean (south) and by Counties Waterford and Tipperary (east), Limerick (north), and Kerry (west). The county seat, Cork city, in the south-central part of the county, is... Cork (Ireland) seaport and seat of County Cork, in the province of Munster, Ireland. It is located at the head of Cork Harbour on the River Lee. Cork is, after Dublin, the Irish republic’s second largest conurbation. The city is administratively independent of the county. Blarney - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The village of Blarney, 5 miles (8 kilometers) northwest of Cork, Ireland, is the site of a castle containing the Blarney Stone, a block with a Latin inscription giving the date of construction (1446) and builder’s name. According to legend, all who kiss the stone-by hanging head downward-gain the gift of eloquence. In modern English, the word blarney has come to mean "flattering talk." The Blarney Woolen Mills produce tweed and knitwear. Population (2011 census), 2,437. Article History Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: August 24, 2012 URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/Blarney-Ireland Access Date: January 18, 2017 Share
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Ireland Geographical Facts, Figures and Physical Extremities This page gives some of the physical extremities of Ireland Most northerly point* The most northerly point is Inishtrahull Island, situated in the Atlantic Ocean 7 km north of Inishowen Peninsula, county Donegal. It lies at latitude 55.43�N. Of mainland Ireland, the most northerly point is a headland 2 km northeast of Malin Head, Inishowen Peninsula, county Donegal. It lies at latitude 55.38�N. Most easterly point The most easterly point is Big Bow Meel Island, which is a rock situated 900 metres off the Ards Peninsula, county Down, at longitude 5.42�W. Of mainland Ireland, the most easterly point is Burr Point, Ards Peninsula, county Down at longitude 5.43�W. It is situated 2 km southeast of the village of Ballyhalbert. Most southerly point The most southerly point is Fastnet Rock, which lies in the Atlantic Ocean 11.3 km south of mainland county Cork. It lies at latitude 51.37�N. Of mainland Ireland, the most southerly point is Brow Head, county Cork, which lies 3.8 km east of the marginly more northerly Mizen Head. It lies at latitude 51.43�N. Most westerly point* The most westerly point is Tearaght Island, which lies in the Atlantic Ocean 12.5 km west of Dingle Peninsula, county Kerry. It lies at longitude 10.70�W. Of mainland Ireland, the most westerly point is Garraun Point, Dingle Peninsula, county Kerry which is 2.5 km northwest of Slea Head. It lies at longitude 10.51�W. Geographical Centres The geographical centre of Ireland is to be found in eastern county Roscommon, at a point 3km (2 miles) south of Athlone town. The centre of Ulster is in county Tyrone, at a point 20km (14 miles) east of Omagh town, near the village of Pomeroy. The centre of Munster is in the north of county Cork, at a point 9km (6 miles) south-west of the village of Rath Luirc. The centre of Leinster is in western county Kildare, at a point 5km (3 miles) south-west of Kildare town. The centre of Connaught is in county Mayo, 6km (4 miles) south-east of the pilgrim village of Knock. The centre of Northern Ireland is in eastern county Tyrone, at a point 6km (4 miles) south-east of the town of Cookstown. The centre of the Republic of Ireland is in south-eastern county Galway, at a point 3km (2 miles) south-west of the village of Eyrecourt. Highest altitude The summit of Mt Carrantuohill, county Kerry, rises to 1,041 metres (3414 feet) above sea level. The second highest point is the summit of Mt Beenkeragh, county Kerry, which rises to 1,010 metres (3314 feet) above sea level. The highest point in Northern Ireland is the summit of Slieve Donard, county Down, which rises to 852 metres (2796 feet) above sea level, and is the 8th highest peak in Ireland. Tallest sea cliffs The sea cliffs at Croaghaun, Achill Island off western Ireland fall 668 metres (2,192 feet) into the Atlantic Ocean. Slieve League in county Donegal has a drop of 601 metres (1,972 feet) into the same ocean. Both cliffs are almost twice the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. However, as there is no vantage point to see the cliffs at Achill Island the Donegal cliffs are more famous. (thanks to Michele of irelandyes.com for this information) Most populated county The most heavily populated county is county Dublin, with 1,056,666 inhabitants at the last estimate. The next most heavily populated county is Antrim, with 566,400 inhabitants. Most densely populated county The most densely populated county is county Dublin, with 1147.3 inhabitants per square kilometre at the last estimate. The next most densely populated is county Antrim, with 199.2 inhabitants per square kilometre. Least populated county The county with the fewest inhabitants is county Leitrim with just 25,032 inhabitants at the last estimate. The next lowest is county Longford with 30,128 inhabitants. Most sparsely populated county The most sparsely populated county in Ireland is Leitrim, with a
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Chinstrap, Macaroni, Humboldt and Gentoo are all species of which creature?
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Chinstrap Penguins Disclosure Chinstrap Penguins The Chinstrap penguins hold the distinction of being perhaps the boldest of all penguin species. The second largest group of penguin species, the Chinstraps are known for their aggressive pursuit of prey. Penguin name: Chinstrap penguins Size: About 27 inches tall Location: Southern Islands and Antarctic Peninsula What Do They Eat? Chinstrap penguins love to eat fish, krill and small crustaceans. Main Enemies: Leopard seals, Sheathbills and Brown Skua (foraging birds) photo by Martha de Jong-Lantink Did you know that Chinstrap penguins move on land like toboggans, sliding here and there on their stomachs? What a sight that must be, and very funny! They move themselves forward and in different directions with their feet and flippers. Another interesting thing about Chinstraps is that they can leap large distances, using their powerful flippers and “wings”. Are you wondering why they are called “Chinstraps”? They got the name because they have a band of black feathers that reaches from under their chin to each of their ears. This black-on-white stripe is quite noticeable when they lift their heads. Chinstrap penguins live in the Antarctic, but are also found in small groups south of New Zealand (near Australia) on the Balleny Islands. They not only eat what’s found in the water, but what they find on shore. They can dive up to 200 feet and swim nearly 20 miles per hour, then “climb” out of the water and up the steep, rocky slopes where they live. Chinstraps are rather unusual as parents. This is because in most penguin cultures, the penguin parents feed the strongest baby first. This is to ensure that the strong survive. However, Chinstrap penguins feed their babies equal amounts of food, no matter which baby is stronger than the other. Because the Chinstraps don’t always live in snow or ice covered land, their babies have a strong survival rate. If you ever find yourself near New Zealand, keep a close watch on the shore for signs of Chinstrap penguins. They will delight and amuse you for hours!
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Clarion Spring 2014 by Barton Court Grammar School (page 51) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ 51 16 Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher and The Tell Tale Heart? 17 What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? 18 Which Russian writer wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment? 19 "Reader, I married him," appears in the conclusion of what Charlotte Bronte novel? 20 The ancient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single plotline, single location, and what other single aspect? 21 Who wrote Brighton Rock (1938) and Our Man in Havana (1958)? 22 "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice which I've been turning over in my mind ever since," is the start of which novel? 23 In the early 1900s a thriller was instead more commonly referred to as what sort of book? 24 Which novel begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife..."? 25 Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima committed what extreme act in 1970 while campaigning for Japan to restore its nationalistic principles? 26 Jonathan Harker's Journal and Dr Seward's Diary feature in what famous 1897 novel? 27 What is the technical name for a fourteen-lined poem in rhymed iambic pentameters? 28 "Make then laugh; make them cry; make them wait..." was a personal maxim of which novelist? 29 What term for a short, usually witty, poem or saying derives from the Greek words 'write' and 'on'? 30 What was the original title of the book on which the film Schindler's List was based? Mark out of 30 ? Answers窶馬o peeking before you have finished! 1 Novella, 2 Lord Alfred Tennyson , 3 Lady Chatterley's Lover, 4 Anne Brontﾃｫ, 5 Beowulf, 6 Existentialism, 7 Farce or farcical , 8 Magazine, 9 Isaac Newton , 10 Renaissance, 11 Copyright, 12 Metre, 13 Seventeen, 14 A Clockwork Orange, 15 Frankenstein, 16 Edgar Allen Poe , 17 Montague and Capulet, 18 Fyodor Dostoevsky , 19 Jane Eyre , 20 Time , 21 Graham Greene, 22 The Great Gatsby , 23 Shocker , 24 Pride and Prejudice , 25 Suicide, 26 Dracula , 27 Sonnet, 28 Charles Dickens, 29 Epigram , 30 Schindler's Ark Barton Court Grammar School Follow publisher Unfollow publisher Be the first to know about new publications.
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Conservative party: Heath, Thatcher, and Major Conservative party Heath, Thatcher, and Major In 1965, Edward Heath became the first leader chosen through election. Heath led a Conservative government from 1970 to 1974 that faced the problems of a stagnant economy and a declining international political position. In response, the party moved to curb the power of trade unions and encouraged more economic self-reliance. In foreign affairs, it continued the policy of restricting Great Britain's Commonwealth and international roles while expanding ties with Western Europe, as demonstrated by Britain's entry (1973) into the European Community (now the European Union [EU]). In 1974, the Conservatives lost two elections and Heath was replaced as party leader by Margaret Thatcher , the first woman to lead the party. Thatcher was prime minister from 1979 to 1990, the longest uninterrupted government of the 20th cent. Her government dismantled much of Britain's postwar welfare state, and the party became identified with free-market economic policies. In 1990, Thatcher's leadership was challenged by members of the party; in the ensuing elections, she was succeeded by John Major . Under his leadership, the Conservatives won the 1992 general election. The party received a resounding defeat in the 1997 elections, and Major was replaced as party leader by William Hague . In 2001 the party, which had come to be seen as anti–European Union, was again trounced at the polls by Labour, leading Hague to resign. Iain Duncan Smith was chosen to succeed Hague but served only two years as party leader before he was replaced by Michael Howard . The party made gains in the 2005 elections, but Labour's majority, though reduced, remained secure. Following the elections Howard announced his resignation, and David Cameron was chosen to succeed him. Cameron moved the party more toward the center, and in 2010 the Conservatives won a plurality. They formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats , and Cameron became prime minister. Sections in this article:
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National Academic Quiz Tournaments, LLC School You Gotta Know These British Prime Ministers The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is the head of the Cabinet (the executive council that leads the government) and is also de facto head of the legislature by his or her presence in the House of Commons. By modern convention, after a general election, the leader of a party able to command a majority of MPs (Members of Parliament) is requested by the monarch to form a government and becomes Prime Minister. In the 20th century, government terms have been a maximum of five years between elections, but the Prime Minister could choose to call an early election or be forced to do so if he or she ceased to command a majority in the Commons. As of 2011, the government’s term is fixed at exactly five years. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Prime Ministers came from both Houses of Parliament (Lords and Commons); since 1902, all Prime Ministers have been members of the Commons. Here are ten British Prime Ministers that “you gotta know,” with seven further honorable mentions. Robert Walpole (1676–1745, PM 1721–1742): Generally recognized as the first British Prime Minister, Walpole established personal control over a Whig-dominated Parliament on behalf of the German-speaking George I. He rose to power after many rivals were tarnished by the collapse of the South Sea Company. His long tenure continued under George II, but his attempts to avoid British military commitments worldwide led to his downfall during the War of the Austrian Succession. Robert Peel (1788–1850, PM 1834–1835, 1841–1846): Set out the founding principles of the Conservative Party in the Tamworth Manifesto and led the new party to its first general election victory. The Irish Famine accelerated his decision to repeal the Corn Laws, promoting free trade by removing grain tariffs. This act was achieved with Whig support and lost him the backing of his party. Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881, PM 1868, 1874–1880): Before becoming Prime Minister, Disraeli was instrumental in the passage of the Second Reform Act as leader of the House of Commons. Britain's only Prime Minister of Jewish descent, Disraeli was also a successful novelist. He promoted a strong, imperial foreign policy including investment in the Suez Canal and the peace achieved at the Congress of Berlin. William Gladstone (1809–1898, PM 1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886, 1892–1894): Noted Liberal Prime Minister who passed a Third Reform Act and modernized the military, but failed to achieve Irish Home Rule. Queen Victoria loathed him. During Disraeli’s ministry Gladstone's campaign sensationalized the “Bulgarian horrors,” suggesting that Britain needed to resolve the “Eastern Question” about the fate of the Ottoman Empire. H. H. Asquith (1852–1928, PM 1908–1916): Liberal Prime Minister who made sweeping reforms, including limiting the power of the unelected House of Lords with the Parliament Act in order to introduce the “People’s Budget” of 1911 which established state pensions. Not a successful wartime leader, Asquith lost control of a coalition government during World War I and was forced to resign in favor of David Lloyd George. David Lloyd George (1863–1945, PM 1916–1922): A native Welsh speaker who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under Asquith. Taking control during World War I, he represnted the UK at the Paris Peace Conference, leading to the Treaty of Versailles. After the war he split the Liberal Party by aiming to continue the coalition government together with the Conservative Bonar Law: the coalition collapsed after embarrassment over the independence of Ireland and a scandal over the sale of honors. Winston Churchill (1874–1965, PM 1940–1945, 1951–1955): Best remembered as the UK’s wartime prime minister from the country’s isolation in 1940 to victory in 1945. The son of a major Conservative politician, Randolph Churchill, the young Winston Churchill was a Liberal who served in Asquith’s cabinet, becoming First Lord of the Admiralty before resigning over the failure of Gallipoli. As Stanley Baldwin’s (P
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Which country did Albert Einstein move to as the Nazis rose to power?
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Albert Einstein Listen to an audio version of this page. Sorry, your browser does not support the audio element, please consider updating. Albert Einstein Albert Einstein did not talk until he was three years old. Albert Einstein was born in 1879 in Ulm, Germany. He attended school where he learned math and science. He was also taught at home. At home he learned Judaism and violin. He taught himself how to do geometry. Einstein felt that he would make a good math and physics teacher. In 1900, he graduated as a teacher. He had a very hard time finding a teaching job at a university. He took a temporary job as a high school teacher. That only lasted a short time. By 1902, he was working in an office that handed out patents on new inventions. He worked in the patent office for seven years. While working in the patent office, he wrote papers about his ideas on physics topics. His ideas were new and very good. In 1909, he was able to get a job teaching at a university. He continued to write about his ideas on physics. His ideas were so good that he was given the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. Einstein was a very good scientist. He was also a good citizen. Einstein spoke out against the country in which he was born. He did not think that Germany should be fighting in World War I. Some Germans did not like the fact that he was speaking against his homeland. There were also some Germans that did not like the fact he was a Jew. Einstein went to the United States in 1932 to work at Princeton University. While he was in the United States, Nazis took control of Germany. Einstein spoke out against the Nazis that came to power in 1932. Once the Nazis were in control, he did not go back to Germany. He became a United States citizen in 1940. He contributed money to help the United States win World War II against Germany. Einstein became ill in 1949. He cut back on his travels and his workload. Einstein was so highly thought of that Israel offered him the job of President in 1952. He did not take the job because of his bad health. Einstein died in 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey. A Question
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Pathetic Image of 'Mighty' Adolf Eichmann as he walks around the yard of his cell, Israel, 1961 SHARE: Facebook Twitter Adolf Eichmann walks around the yard of his cell, Ramla Prison, Israel, April 1961. Otto Adolf Eichmann was a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. Because of his organizational talents and ideological reliability, Eichmann was charged by SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich with the task of facilitating and managing the logistics of mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in German-occupied Eastern Europe. After World War II, he fled to Argentina using a fraudulently obtained laissez-passer issued by the International Red Cross. He lived in Argentina under a false identity, working a succession of different jobs until 1960. He was captured by Mossad operatives in Argentina and taken to Israel to face trial in an Israeli court on 15 criminal charges, including crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Mossad was able to get an EL-AL to Buenos Aires to extricate Eichmann from Argentina. When the Argentinians discovered the real reason for the jet being in Argentina, they tried to stop it from flying back to Israel. The Mossad was only able to escape because they flew directly to Africa to refuel instead of remaining in the Western Hemisphere like they reported they would in their itinerary. He was found guilty and executed by hanging in 1962. He is the only person to have been executed in Israel on conviction by a civilian court. Eichmann was executed by hanging at a prison in Ramla. The hanging was scheduled for midnight on 31 May 1962, but due to a slight delay it happened a few minutes after midnight. He refused a last meal (preferring instead a bottle of wine) as well as the traditional black hood.Journalists and a Canadian reverend, William Lovell Hull, who had been his spiritual counselor while in prison, were allowed to attend the execution. His last words were: Long live Germany. Long live Argentina. Long live Austria. These are the three countries with which I have been most connected and which I will not forget. I greet my wife, my family and my friends. I am ready. We’ll meet again soon, as is the fate of all men. I die believing in God. 7 most dangerous men of the wild west Creepy Ghost Ships
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Bled Bled In the midst of the Alps … … lies a town with the world renowned intact nature and idyllic formations it created. The intact nature invites you … … to explore its hidden corners and with numerous outdoor sporting activities. Unique views … … represent the finishing touch for romantic moments, mountain climbs and playful experiences. Premium packages Bled Castle entry fee Perched atop a steep cliff rising 130 metres above the glacial Lake Bled is a symbol of Bled and Slovenia – Bled Castle. from 5 € Check the availability A DIFFERENT NEW YEAR'S EVE Join the chain that will be created around the lake on the penultimate day of the old year. You will warm up with a cup of hot tea or mulled wine on the Festive Promenade, where a rich programme of entertainment will be await you. The exciting... from 92 €
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Hungary - A love for life! | Lake Balaton The "Hungarian Sea", is the people's name for the 50-mile long lake with silky green-yellow water in the middle of Transdanubia. Lake Balaton is one of Hungary's most precious treasures and most frequented resorts. It is also the largest lake in Central Europe. The southern shores are ideal for small children because of the shallow water, but on the north shore the water gets deeper instantaneously. The summer water temperature is around 80 °F, which is warmer than the average air temperature in the morning and in the evening. The water and the sleek mud of the lake are excellent remedies for nervous complaints, anaemia and nervous fatigue. Picturesque vineyards in the region produce an assortment of excellent wines that go very well with the delicious local food. Large numbers of inns and restaurants welcome guests from home and abroad. Siófok is the largest town on the southern side of Lake Balaton and is known for being the party town of the lake. Its port serves every boat route on the lake. Cruise boats also start from here. The hotels of the Golden and Silver Beaches are very much in demand. The pleasant parks are ornamented with statues. The Lutheran church has a remarkable style. The composer of the internationally renowned operettas, Imre Kálmán (1882-1953), is the famous son of this city. His piano and many personal belongings can be seen in his museum. The Water Management Museum covers the history of shipping and fishery on Lake Balaton, while a huge collection of minerals is exhibited in the Museum of Minerals. Keszthely, the oldest settlement of Lake Balaton was an important hub of commerce in Roman times. The beautiful Festetics Mansion with its ornate wrought iron gate, surrounded by an English park, is the third largest chateau in the country. All you may wish to know more about Lake Balaton, including its formation, flora and fauna, the history of bathing culture, waterborne traffic and archaeological and ethnographic memorabilia of 7,000 years, can be seen at the Balaton Museum. How come camels, buffaloes and zebras roam along Lake Balaton? Hardly indigenous to the region, they are resident of the Safari Park and Africa Museum established by the renowned Hungarian hunter in Africa, Endre von Nagy. A rich collection of artefacts including trophies and African ethnographic objects is on display at the museum. Badacsony The hill is an extinct casket-shaped volcano. Its slopes are covered with some very strange geological formations, fossilized lava columns called "basalt organs" as well as vineyards which produce the excellent wine of the Pauline monks called "Grey Friar". One of the two hundred year old press houses is home to one of the most popular restaurant. Its terrace also offers an excellent panorama. Tihany The twin-towered church of the Tihany peninsula is distinctly visible far and wide. The peninsula, inhabited almost a thousand years, is of volcanic origin, and has a profusion of rare plants and animals. The crypt of King András I, founded in 1055, survived the turbulent past and still stands in its original form. The present church was built over the crypt in the 18th century in Baroque style and has many precious wood carvings. In the Museum of the Benedictine Abbey, you can find an exhibition about ancient times. There are frequent organ concerts in the abbey church in the summertime. Hévíz is extremely fortunate to have its Thermal Bath that has been attracting visitors for more than two centuries. The Lake is covered with water-lilies and extends over an area of approximately 30 square-miles, with a depth of 118 feet at the centre. It is the second largest hot-water lake in the world, at a temperature of 90°F open-air bathing is very pleasant even in winter. Treatments are conducted under the supervision of specialized doctors from the Hospital of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation.
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Who was born on the island of Corsica, exiled to the island of Elba, and died on the island of St. Helena?
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This Week in History: Napoleon I born in Corsica in 1769 – World Book INK worldbookblog 1 Comment Napoleon I , also known as Napoleon Bonaparte, was born on the Mediterranean island of Corsica on Aug. 15, 1769. Then, as now, Corsica was a part of France . As a youth, Napoleon’s well-to-do parents sent him to a military school in France. In October 1785, he graduated from the elite military academy École Militaire in Paris , completing a two-year course in just one year. At age 16, he entered the French army as a second lieutenant. Napoleon’s skill, intelligence, and bravery earned him fast promotion. Napoleon returned to Corsica after the outbreak of the French Revolution (1789-1799). There, he joined the Jacobins , a radical group loosely dedicated to installing democracy in France. In early 1793, Napoleon rejoined the French army. In June, the Jacobins took control of the French government. By the end of the year, 24-year-old Napoleon was a brigadier general. At that time, France was at war with several European nations. Napoleon gained fame, and considerable power, for leading his troops to a number of key victories. In November 1799, Napoleon—seeing an opportunity amidst a weak, chaotic French government—seized power in a bold coup d’état. Napoleon became first consul—the head of a three-member Consulate. In 1801 and 1802, treaties with Austria and the United Kingdom brought peace to Europe for the first time in 10 years. However, the peace did not last long, as fighting resumed in 1803. In 1804, Napoleon established the Code Civil, a law code that still forms the basis of French civil law. Later that year, he crowned himself emperor, and the civil laws became known as the Code Napoleon . From 1805 to 1809, Napoleon won a string of victories over the armies of Austria, Prussia , and Russia . The laundry list of victories gave names to now-famous Parisian avenues, boulevards, and train stations: Ulm, Austerlitz, Jena, Auerstadt, Friedland, and Wagram. After each victory, Napoleon enlarged his empire, adding parts of modern-day Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, and Slovenia. Napoleon had reached his peak. In 1808, fierce fighting erupted in Spain . The Peninsular War, a grinding, bloody conflict, pitted French forces against the combined forces of the United Kingdom, Portugal, and Spain—recently a French ally. The war dragged on until 1813, costing hundreds of thousands of lives and ending in a bitter French defeat. In 1812, Napoleon led 600,000 troops in an invasion of Russia. That September, Napoleon’s army won a gruesome battle over the Russians at Borodino, and it occupied Moscow . The Russians refused to surrender, however. Lacking shelter and supplies to survive the harsh Russian winter, Napoleon’s army was forced to retreat. Starvation, cold, and Russian raids combined to decimate the French army as it pulled back. Just 100,00 returned to France. The Spanish and Russian campaigns had greatly reduced the numbers of the French army, yet Napoleon soldiered on. His troops fought a number of battles in Germany in 1813 before finally falling back to France, exhausted. By March 1814, the French army was so reduced it could not protect Paris, and the city fell to an alliance of enemies. Napoleon was exiled to the Mediterranean island of Elba, and France relinquished most of its empire. Undaunted, Napoleon escaped from exile and rallied yet another army in France, returning to power in March 1815. His longtime enemies—Austria, Prussia, Russia, and the United Kingdom—grimly gathered forces again, determined to end the fighting once and for all. On June 18, 1815, the French and British armies clashed on the now famous field of Waterloo , a boggy stretch of ground south of Brussels . The fighting was intense and bloody. Late in the day, just as the French neared victory, thousands of Prussian troops arrived. The French army, exhausted and now badly outnumbered, collapsed. Napoleon retreated to Paris, where he gave up power for the final time on June 22. He was exiled again, this time
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1511st (2) by Mike Hall (page 23) - issuu issuu IN THE KNOW INTERACTIVE Trivia Quiz If you think you’ve got what it takes to beat our monthly brain buster, take our quiz and prove your intellectual talents! 1 What code name was given to Nazi Germany's plan to invade Britain during the Second World War? 11 12 Which country only switched to the modern Gregorian Calendar on January 1, 1927? Olibanum is the Medieval Latin alternative English word for which Biblical aromatic resin? The splanchnocranium refers to the bones of which defining part of the human body? 13 Which city, mythically founded by a twin saved by a shewolf, was built on the seven hills, east of the River Tiber called Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal? 3 Used to measure the height of horses, how many inches are there in one hand? 14 On which Mediterranean island is the famous nightlife holiday resort of Magaluf? 4 5 Apiphobia is the fear of what creatures? What are metal rope-fixings on a boat and cyclist's shoes? Occurring twice yearly, what name is given to a day consisting of twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of darkness? 6 Which country is the natural habitat of the emu? 16 How many times does the second-hand of a clockwork clock 'tick' (move) while the hour hand completes one full rotation? 7 8 17 What's the common technical term for the removal of a president from office, due to wrongdoing? How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdles race? 18 Which famous corporate logo changed to a flat colour/colour sans serif font in its first major change since 1999? K'ung Futse (Venerated Master Kong) is better known as which major philosopher and religious founder? 9 19 Japan's NTT DoCoMo mobile phone company developed which texting icon 'pictograph' series, Japanese for 'picture' and 'character'? 20 The flags of China, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay, Greenland and Bangladesh share what common feature? 1. Operation Sea Lion. 2. Turkey. 3. Four. 4. Bees. 5. Equinox. 6. Australia. 7. Ten. 8. Google. 9. Emoji. 10. Geronimo. 11. Frankincense. 12. Face. 13. Rome. 14. Majorca. 15. Cleats. 16. 43,200 (12 hours x 60 minutes x 60 second 'ticks'). 17. Impeachment. 18. Confucius. 19. Mexico City. 20. Sun. Answers: 10 What Native American Apache Indian chief 's name became an exclamation of exhilaration? What's the largest capital city without a river, and also the oldest capital of its continent? November15 TalkMagazine
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What name was given to the political and social movement that united the states of the Italian peninsula into the single country of Italy in the 19th century?
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Italy | history - geography | Britannica.com list of prime ministers of Italy Italy, country of south-central Europe, occupying a peninsula that juts deep into the Mediterranean Sea. Italy comprises some of the most varied and scenic landscapes on Earth and is often described as a country shaped like a boot. At its broad top stand the Alps , which are among the world’s most rugged mountains. Italy’s highest points are along Monte Rosa, which peaks in Switzerland, and along Mont Blanc, which peaks in France. The western Alps overlook a landscape of Alpine lakes and glacier-carved valleys that stretch down to the Po River and the Piedmont. Tuscany, to the south of the cisalpine region, is perhaps the country’s best-known region. From the central Alps, running down the length of the country, radiates the tall Apennine Range , which widens near Rome to cover nearly the entire width of the Italian peninsula. South of Rome the Apennines narrow and are flanked by two wide coastal plains, one facing the Tyrrhenian Sea and the other the Adriatic Sea. Much of the lower Apennine chain is near-wilderness, hosting a wide range of species rarely seen elsewhere in western Europe, such as wild boars, wolves, asps, and bears. The southern Apennines are also tectonically unstable, with several active volcanoes, including Vesuvius, which from time to time belches ash and steam into the air above Naples and its island-strewn bay. At the bottom of the country, in the Mediterranean Sea , lie the islands of Sicily and Sardinia . Italy. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Odoacer Italy’s political geography has been conditioned by this rugged landscape. With few direct roads between them, and with passage from one point to another traditionally difficult, Italy’s towns and cities have a history of self-sufficiency, independence, and mutual mistrust. Visitors today remark on how unlike one town is from the next, on the marked differences in cuisine and dialect , and on the many subtle divergences that make Italy seem less a single nation than a collection of culturally related points in an uncommonly pleasing setting. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Across a span of more than 3,000 years, Italian history has been marked by episodes of temporary unification and long separation, of intercommunal strife and failed empires. At peace for more than half a century now, Italy’s 58 million inhabitants enjoy a high standard of living and a highly developed culture . Time-lapse video of Tuscany, Italy. Geoff Tompkinson/GTImage.com (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Though its archaeological record stretches back tens of thousands of years, Italian history begins with the Etruscan s, an ancient civilization that rose between the Arno and Tiber rivers. The Etruscans were supplanted in the 3rd century bce by the Romans , who soon became the chief power in the Mediterranean world and whose empire stretched from India to Scotland by the 2nd century ce. That empire was rarely secure, not only because of the unwillingness of conquered peoples to stay conquered but also because of power struggles between competing Roman political factions, military leaders, families, ethnic groups, and religions. The Roman Empire fell in the 5th century ce after a succession of barbarian invasions through which Huns, Lombards, Ostrogoths, and Franks—mostly previous subjects of Rome—seized portions of Italy. Rule devolved to the level of the city-state, although the Normans succeeded in establishing a modest empire in southern Italy and Sicily in the 11th century. Many of those city-states flourished during the Renaissance era, a time marked by significant intellectual , artistic, and technological advances but also by savage warfare between states loyal to the pope and those loyal to the Holy Roman Empire. Related Places Assisi Italian unification came in the 19th century, when a liberal revolution installed Victor Emmanuel II as king. In World War I, Italy fought on the side of the Allies, but, under the rule of the fascist leader Benito Mussolini, it waged war against the Allied powers i
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Flags with descriptions Home - Country listing - Field listing Flags with descriptions European Union a blue field with 12 five-pointed gold stars arranged in a circle in the center; blue represents the sky of the Western world, the stars are the peoples of Europe in a circle, a symbol of unity; the number of stars is fixed Taiwan red field with a dark blue rectangle in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white sun with 12 triangular rays; the blue and white design of the canton (symbolizing the sun of progress) dates to 1895; it was later adopted as the flag of the Kuomintang Party; blue signifies liberty, justice, and democracy; red stands for fraternity, sacrifice, and nationalism, white represents equality, frankness, and the people's livelihood; the 12 rays of the sun are those of the months and the twelve traditional Chinese hours (each ray equals two hours) A 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 Albania red with a black two-headed eagle in the center; the design is claimed to be that of 15th-century hero George Kastrioti SKANDERBEG, who led a successful uprising against the Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-78); an unsubstantiated explanation for the eagle symbol is the tradition that Albanians see themselves as descendants of the eagle; they refer to themselves as "Shqipetare," 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 ba
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In the 2004 film biopic Beyond the Sea, Kevin Spacey plays which 1960s singer?
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Beyond the Sea (2004) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A swooning study of "Mack the Knife" singer Bobby Darin (Spacey) specifically, and his relationship with his wife Sandra Dee (Bosworth). Director: From $5.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON TV Lady Gaga Calls Tony Bennett 'Family' During Star-Studded 90th Birthday Concert: 'You Really Changed My Life' 20 December 2016 9:36 PM, -08:00 | Entertainment Tonight Johnny Depp Reveals What Type of Sandwich He Would Be During Hilarious Fan Q&A (Hint: It's Not Fancy) 30 March 2016 1:45 PM, -08:00 | PEOPLE.com a list of 27 titles created 26 Jun 2011 a list of 45 titles created 15 Aug 2011 a list of 28 titles created 25 Mar 2012 a list of 40 titles created 02 Jul 2014 a list of 43 titles created 2 months ago Title: Beyond the Sea (2004) 6.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 5 nominations. See more awards » Videos An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life. Director: Lasse Hallström A hot shot Washington DC lobbyist and his protégé go down hard as their schemes to peddle influence lead to corruption and murder. Director: George Hickenlooper Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients. Director: Jonas Pate A troubled young man, Li faces pressure at work and problems at home with his moody wife. Chuck, rescues Li from the brink of despair and becomes an unlikely mentor. But who is Chuck really? Director: Dayyan Eng A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss. Director: George Huang Brilliant, flamboyant master criminal Michael Lynch is more interested in his image and his posterity than the actual profit from his ill-gotten gains. Director: Thaddeus O'Sullivan After 8 years in prison, inventor Robert Axle struggles to win over his estranged family and catch up on current technology as he works to once again become the king of the infomercial. Director: Trent Cooper Two veteran salesmen dissect a sales pitch to a particular client, through their young protégé. Director: John Swanbeck A young boy attempts to make the world a better place after his teacher gives him that chance. Director: Mimi Leder Edit Storyline Consummate entertainer Bobby Darin (1936-1973) is making a movie about his life. He's volatile, driven by the love of performing, ambition, perfectionism, and belief that he's living on borrowed time. He begins in the Bronx: a fatherless lad learning music and dance from his mom. His career starts slowly, then "Splish Splash" puts him at the top of the charts and on "Bandstand." He wants to be an entertainer, not a pop star, so he aims for the Copacabana; then it's on to the movies, where he meets and marries Sandra Dee. After, it's balancing career, health, marriage and family life, balances he doesn't always keep. Throughout, conversations with his boyhood self give him perspective. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com> BOBBY DARIN . . . in the era of cool he was the soundtrack. See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for some strong language and a scene of sensuality | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 29 December 2004 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Bobby Darin Biopic See more » Filming Locations: £179,558 (UK) (26 November 2004) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia As research for his role of pop crooner Bobby Darin , Kevin Spacey attended several of Michael Bublé 's performances. See more » Goofs In the first scene when Bobby sings 'Mack the Knife' he tosses in an ad-lib by throwing a karate kick and shouting 'ah-so, Madame Myook.' This is based on an
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Their Greatest Hits: The Record - Bee Gees | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Their Greatest Hits: The Record AllMusic Rating google+ AllMusic Review by Jose F. Promis Their Greatest Hits: The Record stands as the best Bee Gees hits package available, assembling both vital European and American hits from their early-'60s period all the way through to 2001. Disc one includes their major '60s and early-'70s hits, up to "You Should Be Dancing." Included are their major American hits, such as "New York Mining Disaster 1941," "Massachusetts," "To Love Somebody," "Lonely Days," "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart," "Jive Talkin'," "Nights on Broadway," and "Words," as well as major European hits, such as "World" and the gorgeous "Don't Forget to Remember." Also included on disc one is the former B-side "If I Can't Have You" (popularized, of course, by Yvonne Elliman). Disc two continues the formula, beginning with the cultural phenomenon that was "Stayin' Alive" and continuing with "How Deep Is Your Love," "Night Fever," "Too Much Heaven," "Tragedy," and "Love You Inside and Out." Disc two also includes Barry Gibb's hit duet with Barbra Streisand, "Guilty," as well as major European hits such as "You Win Again" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls," and later American hits such as "One," "Alone," and their superb 2001 single "This Is Where I Came In." As a bonus treat, the album includes four newly recorded versions of Bee Gees songs which became hits for other artists. These include "Emotion," which was popularized by Samantha Sang and later Destiny's Child; "Heartbreaker," which was a comeback smash for Dionne Warwick; the chart-topping "Islands in the Stream," which was a hit for Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton; and "Immortality," a European hit for Celine Dion. A wonderful, stellar collection through and through from one of the rock era's biggest, brightest, most influential, and most exciting acts. As a final note, the European version of this collection includes two songs which were annoyingly left off the American version: "Jumbo" and "My World." Track Listing - Disc 1
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Distaff is the female side or branch of a family – what is the male?
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Distaff side - definition of distaff side by The Free Dictionary Distaff side - definition of distaff side by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/distaff+side Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Encyclopedia . distaff side the female side or branch of a family. Compare spear side dis′taff side` the female side of a family. [1885–90] distaff side , spear side - The female side of a family is the distaff side—the distaff being a stick used for holding yarn when spinning; the male side is the spear side. See also related terms for spinning . Translations distaff side [ˈdɪstɑːfˌsaɪd] n on the distaff side → per parte di madre Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Orchestra music to our ears at 16-1; DAVE MITCHELL on Epsom's 4.00 VALUE SCOPE In the distaff side, WWE Divas champion Paige will defend her crown against Tamina Snuka. BIRDS READY TO FLY; But the hunt is on for more drivers On the distaff side are Alice Coltrane, who melded organ and harp, Eastern religion and Western music, for Universal Consciousness (1972)/Lord Of Lords (1973), and the Shirley Scott Trio, from the Queen of the Organ, with For Members Only (1963)/Great Scott Abdulkarim races to victory It seemed almost stupid as to why the passport was being made such a big issue, since someone like Prakash Amritraj had played for India for years and on the distaff side, Shikha Uberoi and Sunitha Rao were no longer eligible to play for India. Copyright © 2003-2017 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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2001 KO Final February, which ex-PM was awarded an earldom on his 90th birthday ? Harold Macmillan B1 A member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, who celebrated his 100th birthday in November 1984 ? Mannie Shinwell Which government department banned trades unions causing a national outcry ? GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) Outside which foreign government building was policewoman Yvonne Fletcher shot and fatally wounded ? Libyan People's Bureau or Libyan Embassy A3 In the course of a violent argument in April, which recording artist was shot and killed by his father ? Marvin Gaye In October, who was killed by members of her own bodyguard ? Indira Ghandi A4 In March the British government announced its approval of the sale of which shipyard on the lower Clyde to Trafalgar House ? Scott Lithgow B4 In October which bank, a bullion dealer, was rescued from debts of around �250 million by a Bank of England buy-out ? Johnson Matthey Subject: �One Word Cinema� Answers A1 A 1992 Oscar winning Clint Eastwood film in which a former hired killer turned unsuccessful farmer returns to his old ways in pursuit of a $1,000 reward ? Unforgiven B1 A 1972 John Boorman film in which a leading character, played by Ned Beatty, is raped by a �Hillbilly� ? Deliverance A2 A 1929 film, Hitchcock�s first talkie, in which a Scotland Yard Inspector is placed in a difficult position when he discovers his girlfriend has committed a murder ? Blackmail B2 Set in Rio, a 1946 Hitchcock film with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman in which a woman marries a Nazi renegade to help the US Government ? Notorious A3 A 1916 film by D.W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish in one of four intercut stories including Balshazzar�s Feast and the St Bartholomew�s Day Massacre ? Intolerance B3 A 1967 camped-up version of Faust in which a short order cook is saved from suicide by Mr Spiggott - who offers him 7 wishes in exchange for his soul ? Bedazzled A4 A 1924 Erich von Stroheim film in which an ex-miner turned dentist kills his avaricious wife and her lover ? Greed B4 Set in the mid 19th century, a 1999 film starring Guy Pearce & Robert Carlyle in which a cannibalistic officer commands an isolated army outpost ? Ravenous Answers A1 The liqueur Cura�ao (say �Koor-a-sow�) is traditionally flavoured with sugar & which fruit ? Orange B1 Which spirit takes its name from a place near Guadalajara (say �Gwadlahara�) where the conquistadors first developed it from a variety of Aztec drink ? Tequila A2 With a peculiar but agreeable taste, which coarse & potent liquor is made in the East Indies from a variety of sources, including fermented rice & coconut juice ? Arrack B2 Used to season food & fruit as well as alcoholic drinks, which flavouring is prepared with oil distilled from the aromatic bark of two S. American trees blended with herbs, and bears the former name of a port in Venezuela ? Angostura (now called Cuidad Bolivar) A3 Derived from a town in north east Hungary, what name is shared by a grape variety and a golden-yellow coloured, sweet, aromatic wine ? Tokay (from Tokaj) Subject: Wordgame �No� as in �Note� Answers � a spout on a hose etc. from which a jet issues ? Nozzel � a small round piece of meat or a chocolate made with hazelnuts ? Noisette � something or someone absolutely un
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Green, Oolong, Black and Jasmine are all varieties of what?
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Black Jasmine Tea | Harney.com | Harney & Sons Fine Teas Quantity $ 30.00 Back by popular demand, Jasmine Black, our black tea version of a favorite floral tea. Originally Jasmine teas were from green or slightly oxidized (pouchong) leaves. However, we were able to source a limited amount made of this black tea version from Fujian Province in China. It is difficult to find more, so get it while you can! Click to view Mike's Tea Ratings Briskness
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Black Sigatoka, an Important Disease of Banana Black Sigatoka of Banana: The most important disease of a most important fruit Ploetz, R.C. 2001. Black Sigatoka of Banana. The Plant Health Instructor. DOI: 10.1094/PHI-I-2001-0126-02. Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, IFAS, Homestead Origins and importance of banana as a food crop Banana is one of the most fascinating and important of all crops. It is a large monocotyledenous herb that originated in Southeast Asia. Virtually all of the cultivars that are grown are thought to have been selected as naturally occurring hybrids in this region by the earliest of farmers. In fact, Norman Simmonds proposed that banana was one of the first crops to be domesticated by man. In writing of the beginnings of agriculture in Southeast Asia, he concluded, "It seems a reasonable assumption that the bananas evolved along with the earliest settled agriculture of that area and may therefore be some tens of thousands of years old." Despite the current, clear understanding of its ancestry, the edible bananas' origins are often confused in the literature. Almost all of the 300 or more cultivars that are known arose from two seeded, diploid species, Musa acuminata Colla and M. balbisiana Colla; they are diploid, triploid and tetraploid hybrids among subspecies of M. acuminata, and between M. acuminata and M. balbisiana. Conventionally, the haploid contributions of the respective species to the cultivars are noted with an A and B. For example, the Cavendish cultivars that are the mainstays of the export trades are pure triploid acuminata and, thus, AAA. The Linnaean species M. paradisiaca (the AAB plantains) and M. sapientum (the sweet dessert bananas, of which Silk AAB is the type cultivar) are invalid and no longer used. Women selling fruit of Dwarf Cavendish AAA and Pisang awak ABB in a market in Karonga, Malawi, East Africa. The lower photograph shows preparation of male buds of Pisang awak for cooking in a market in Sungai Kolok, Thailand. For many of the world’s poorest people, banana is a nutritious and important staple food. Banana is now one of the most popular of all fruits. Although it is viewed as only a dessert or an addition to breakfast cereal in most developed countries, it is actually a very important agricultural product. After rice, wheat and milk, it is the fourth most valuable food. In export, it ranks fourth among all agricultural commodities and is the most significant of all fruits, with world trade totaling $2.5 billion annually. Yet, only 10% of the annual global output of 86 million tons enters international commerce. Much of the remaining harvest is consumed by poor subsistence farmers in tropical Africa, America and Asia. For most of the latter producers, banana and plantain (which is a type of banana) are staple foods that represent major dietary sources of carbohydrates, fiber, vitamins A, B6 and C, and potassium, phosphorus and calcium. This photograph shows seed-packed fruit of Musa balbisiana, one of the ancestors of the edible bananas. Since the edible cultivars are parthenocarpic and often female or male sterile, seeds are rarely found in their fruit. The latter factors, however, have made it difficult to improve this crop by breeding. Click image to enlarge. Impact of banana diseases Diseases are among the most important factors in banana production worldwide. They are the reasons for which all of the world’s breeding programs were created and remain a primary focus of all current programs. Recently, diseases also became principal targets of biotechnological efforts to improve this crop and www.cgi.cnn.com/TECH/science/9807/24/t_t/banana.science/index.html ). A leaf spot disease is the most important of these problems. Black Sigatoka, which is also known as black leaf streak, causes significant reductions in leaf area, yield losses of 50% or more, and premature ripening, a serious defect in exported fruit. It is more damaging and difficult to control than the related yellow Sigatoka disease, and has a wider host range that inclu
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Ishihara test | definition of Ishihara test by Medical dictionary Ishihara test | definition of Ishihara test by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Ishihara+test Ishihara test [ish″e-hah´rah] a test for color vision made by the use of a series of pseudoisochromatic plates or charts. Ish·i·ha·ra test (ish-ē-hah'rah), a test for color vision deficiency that uses a series of pseudoisochromatic plates on which numbers or letters are printed in dots of primary colors surrounded by dots of other colors; the figures are discernible by patients with normal color vision. Ish·i·ha·ra test (ē'shē-hah'rah test) Assessment for color vision deficiency that uses a series of pseudoisochromatic plates on which numbers or letters are printed in dots of primary colors surrounded by dots of other colors; the figures are discernible by observers with normal color vision. Ishihara,
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1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? - Liverpool Echo News 1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? 3. For which series of films were the actors Kenneth Williams and Sid James best known? 4. What is the name given to the largest bee in a hive? 5. Which alternative word for the Devil is a Hebrew word with translates as “Lord Of The Flies”? 6. On which TV island might you have found actor Ricardo Montalban? 7. Mozart’s opera, which was a continuation of The Barber Of Seville, was called The Marriage Of . . . who? 8. What is the nearest planet to the Sun? 9. What was the name of the road sweeper played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools And Horses? 10. What connects the answers above? 11. What was the nickname of the first Spice Girl to go solo? 12. Which of the following events did Carl Lewis not win a gold medal for at the 1984 Olympics? Long Jump, 400m or 100m relay? 13. Which two actors were nominated for best actor awards at the Oscars in 1991, both for playing wheelchair-bound characters? 14. How is Eldrick Woods better known? 15. Who did Iain Duncan Smith beat in September, 2001, to become the leader of the Conservative Party? 16. Who was the main villain in the cartoon Wacky Races? 17. When the band Hear‘say formed, who was the oldest member at 24? 18. What is the name of the third book of the Bible? 19. What was advertised with Eva Herzagovia using the slogan “hello boys”? 20. Which model gave birth to her daughter, Lola, in September, 2002? 21. “All children, except one, grow up” is the opening line from which famous story? 22. How are Fizz, Milo, Jake and Bella better known collectively? 23. What number on the Beaufort Scale represents a hurricane? 24. In which film did Jodie Foster play a character called Tallulah? 25. What is pathophobia the fear of? 26. What was the title of the TV show Bonanza changed to? 27. What mountain range is the natural habitat of the llama? 28. What nationality was scientist Marie Curie? 29. Who played the title role in the TV series Worzel Gummidge? 30. Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter when it was first introduced in 1957? 1. Mama Mia; 2. Galileo; 3. Carry On; 4. Queen; 5. Beelzebub; 6. Fantasy; 7. Figaro; 8. Mercury; 9. Trigger; 10. The song Bohemian Rhapsody; 11. Ginger Spice; 12. 400m; 13. Tom Cruise (for Born On The Fourth Of July) and Daniel Day-Lewis (for My Left Foot); 14. Tiger Woods; 15. Ken Clarke; 16. Dick Dastardly; 17. Kym Marsh; 18. Leviticus; 19. The Wonderbra; 20. Kate Moss; 21. Peter Pan; 22. The Tweenies; 23. 12; 24. Bugsy Malone; 25. Illness; 26. Ponderosa; 27. Andes; 28. Polish; 29. Jon Pertwee; 30. Frisbee Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
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250 million years ago, the Earth had one supercontinent. What was it called?
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Facts About Pangaea The breakup of the Pangaea supercontinent. Credit: U.S. Geological Survey About 300 million years ago, Earth didn't have seven continents, but instead one massive supercontinent called Pangaea, which was surrounded by a single ocean called Panthalassa. The explanation for Pangaea's formation ushered in the modern theory of plate tectonics , which posits that the Earth's outer shell is broken up into several plates that slide over Earth's rocky shell, the mantle. Over the course of the planet's 3.5 billion-year history, several super continents have formed and broken up, a result of churning and circulation in the Earth's mantle , which makes up most of planet's volume. This breakup and formation of supercontinents has dramatically altered the planet's history. "This is what's driven the entire evolution of the planet through time. This is the major backbeat of the planet," said Brendan Murphy, a geology professor at the St. Francis Xavier University, in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. History More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent, which he named Pangaea (sometimes spelled Pangea), after putting together several lines of evidence. The first and most obvious was that the "continents fit together like a tongue and groove," something that was quite noticeable on any accurate map, Murphy said. Another telltale hint that Earth's continents were all one land mass comes from the geologic record. Coal deposits found in Pennsylvania have a similar composition to those spanning across Poland, Great Britain and Germany from the same time period. That indicates that North America and Europe must have once been a single landmass. And the orientation of magnetic minerals in geologic sediments reveals how Earth's magnetic poles migrated over geologic time, Murphy said. In the fossil record, identical plants, such as the extinct seed fern Glossopteris, are found on now widely disparate continents. And mountain chains that now lie on different continents, such as the Appalachians in the United States and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, were all part of the Central Pangaea Mountains, formed through the collision of the supercontinents Gondwana and Laurussia. Pangaea formed through a gradual process spanning a few hundred million years. Beginning about 480 million years ago, a continent called Laurentia, which includes parts of North America, merged with several other micro-continents to form Euramerica. Euramerica eventually collided with Gondwana, another supercontinent that included Africa, Australia, South America and the Indian subcontinent. About 200 million years ago, the supercontinent began to break up. Gondwana (what is now Africa, South America, Antarctica, India and Australia) first split from Laurasia (Eurasia and North America). Then about 150 million years ago, Gondwana broke up. India peeled off from Antarctica, and Africa and South America rifted, according to a 1970 article in the Journal of Geophysical Research . Around 60 million years ago, North America split off from Eurasia. Life and climate Having one massive landmass would have made for very different climactic cycles. For instance, the interior of the continent may have utterly dry, as it was locked behind massive mountain chains that blocked all moisture or rainfall, Murphy said. But the coal deposits found in the United States and Europe reveal that parts of the ancient supercontinent near the equator must have been a lush, tropical rainforest, similar to the Amazonian jungle, Murphy said. (Coal forms when dead plants and animals sink into swampy water, where pressure and water transform the material into peat, then coal.) "The coal deposits are essentially telling us that there was plentiful life on land," Murphy told Live Science. Pangaea existed for 100 million years, and during that time period several animals flourished, including the Traversodontidae , a family of plant-eating animals that includes the ancestors of mammals. During the Permian period , insects such as be
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Marble Arch and St Paul's are stations on which London Underground line?
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Central to 141 Hainault via Newbury Park Between Lancaster Gate and Marble Arch 1 min Central to 110 Epping Between Queensway and Lancaster Gate 2 mins Central to 142 Hainault via Newbury Park At Notting Hill Gate 4 mins Central to 102 Newbury Park Between Shepherd's Bush and Holland Park 6 mins Central to 007 Loughton Between White City and Shepherd's Bush 8 mins Central to 063 Hainault via Newbury Park Between East Acton and White City 12 mins Central to 010 Epping Left East Acton 13 mins Central to 047 Woodford Via Hainault Left North Acton 15 mins Central to 011 Epping Between Hanger Lane and North Acton Junction 18 mins Central to 073 Newbury Park At Greenford 24 mins Central to 143 Hainault via Newbury Park Between South Ruislip and Northolt 29 mins Central to 112 Northolt At Bond Street 1 min Central to 051 Ealing Broadway At Oxford Circus 2 mins Central to 322 West Ruislip At Tottenham Court Road 4 mins Central to 074 White City At Chancery Lane 6 mins Central to 023 West Ruislip Left St. Paul's 8 mins Central to 145 Ealing Broadway Between Bank and St. Paul's 9 mins Central to 024 West Ruislip Between Liverpool Street and Bank 11 mins Central to 305 Ealing Broadway At Bethnal Green 16 mins Central to 325 West Ruislip At Mile End 19 mins Central to 041 Ealing Broadway Between Stratford and Mile End 21 mins Central to 125 West Ruislip At Stratford 24 mins Central to 066 White City Between Leyton and Stratford 25 mins Central to 026 West Ruislip Between Leytonstone and Leyton 28 mins
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District Line | London Tube Map London Tube Map Edgware Road The District Line is the busiest sub-surface line (and third busiest overall) on the London Underground, carrying some 188,000 journeys per year, and is represented on the London Tube Map by a green line. It serves 60 stations and is roughly 40 miles long. Originally built by the Metropolitan District Railway, the District Line first opened in 1868 and was expanded. The company was brought in as part of the 'Underground Group' by Charles Yerkes and was nationalised sometime later, in the 1930s. The original line has branches to Hounslow West and Uxbridge (now on the Piccadilly line) and as far as Southend-on-Sea as well as Windsor to Ealing Broadway on the Great Western Main Line. Image from the District Line Article on Wikipedia. Most of the trains on the District Line are D Stock, but the Edgware Road to Wimbledon uses C Stock since the platforms between Kensington High Street and Edgware Road are shorter. The D Stock has been refurbished and maintained and has a patriotic red, white and blue livery. The carriages were also upgraded with completely new interiors and CCTV, plus passenger information displays, all maintained out of the Upminster and Ealing Common depots. The District Line is the only line on the tube to traverse the Thames on a bridge, rather than a tunnel. Additionally, the last silver train on the London Tube was unit 7115 (Again, D Stock) which was repainted and refurbished in Feb 2008 - on the District Line. The Line also features on the popular UK Soap, Eastenders as its local tube stop is on the District Line. Film scenes featuring District Line trains are used on the programme, shown running into the fictional Walford East station.
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A ‘Fresh Breeze’ is what number on the Beaufort Scale?
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Beaufort Wind Scale Beaufort Wind Scale Developed in 1805 by Sir Francis Beaufort, U.K. Royal Navy Force Sea surface smooth and mirror-like Calm, smoke rises vertically Scaly ripples, no foam crests Smoke drift indicates wind direction, still wind vanes 2 Small wavelets, crests glassy, no breaking Wind felt on face, leaves rustle, vanes begin to move 3 Large wavelets, crests begin to break, scattered whitecaps Leaves and small twigs constantly moving, light flags extended 4 Small waves 1-4 ft. becoming longer, numerous whitecaps Dust, leaves, and loose paper lifted, small tree branches move 5 Moderate waves 4-8 ft taking longer form, many whitecaps, some spray Small trees in leaf begin to sway 6 Larger waves 8-13 ft, whitecaps common, more spray Larger tree branches moving, whistling in wires 7 Sea heaps up, waves 13-19 ft, white foam streaks off breakers Whole trees moving, resistance felt walking against wind 8 34-40 Gale Moderately high (18-25 ft) waves of greater length, edges of crests begin to break into spindrift, foam blown in streaks Twigs breaking off trees, generally impedes progress 9 41-47 Strong Gale High waves (23-32 ft), sea begins to roll, dense streaks of foam, spray may reduce visibility Slight structural damage occurs, slate blows off roofs 10 48-55 Storm Very high waves (29-41 ft) with overhanging crests, sea white with densely blown foam, heavy rolling, lowered visibility Seldom experienced on land, trees broken or uprooted, "considerable structural damage" 11
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Wind Names Evert Wesker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ) Brisa, Briza 1. A northeast wind which blows on the coast of South America or an east wind which blows on Puerto Rico during the trade wind season. 2. The northeast monsoon in the Philippines. Brisote The northeast trade wind when it is blowing stronger than usual on Cuba. Brubu A name for a squall in the East Indies. Bull's Eye Squall A squall forming in fair weather, characteristic of the ocean off the coast of South Africa. It is named for the peculiar appearance of the small isolated cloud marking the top of the invisible vortex of the storm. Cape Doctor The strong southeast wind which blows on the South African coast. Also called the DOCTOR. Caver, Kaver A gentle breeze in the Hebrides. Chinook A type of foehn wind. Refers to the warm downslope wind in the Rocky Mountains that may occur after an intense cold spell when the temperature could rise by 20 to 40 degrees Fahrenheit in a matter of minutes. Also known as the Snow Eater. (Weather Channel Glossary) Chubasco A violent squall with thunder and lightning, encountered during the rainy season along the west coast of Central America. Churada A severe rain squall in the Mariana Islands during the northeast monsoon. They occur from November to April or May, especially from January through March. Cierzo See MISTRAL. Contrastes Winds a short distance apart blowing from opposite quadrants, frequent in the spring and fall in the western Mediterranean. Cordonazo The "Lash of St. Francis." Name applied locally to southerly hurricane winds along the west coast of Mexico. It is associated with tropical cyclones in the southeastern North Pacific Ocean. These storms may occur from May to November, but ordinarily affect the coastal areas most severely near or after the Feast of St. Francis, October 4. Coromell A night land breeze prevailing from November to May at La Paz, near the southern extremity of the Gulf of California. Cyclone A severe tropical storm (i.e., winds >64 knots) in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal. See also Hurricane and Typhoon. The term is also applied to closed circulations in the mid latitudes and also popularly to small scale circulations such as tornadoes. Diablo Northern California version of Santa Ana winds. These winds occur below canyons in the East Bay hills (Diablo range) and in extreme cases can exceed 60 mph. They develop due to high pressure over Nevada and lower pressure along the central California coast. (NWS San Francisco Glossary) Doctor 1. A cooling sea breeze in the Tropics. 2. See HARMATTAN. 3. The strong SE wind which blows on the south African coast. Usually called CAPE DOCTOR. Elephanta A strong southerly or southeasterly wind which blows on the Malabar coast of India during the months of September and October and marks the end of the southwest monsoon. Etesian A refreshing northerly summer wind of the Mediterranean, especially over the Aegean Sea. Euros The Greek name for the rainy, stormy southeast wind. (Glossary of Meteorology) Foehn A warm dry wind on the lee side of a mountain range, whose temperature is increased as the wind descends down the slope. It is created when air flows downhill from a high elevation, raising the temperature by adiabatic compression. Examples include the Chinook wind and the Santa Ana wind. Classified as a katabatic wind. (Weather Channel Glossary) Fremantle Doctor A cooling seabreeze in Western Australia,often made note of during hot summer-time cricket matches. (Ian Staples, Australia) Gregale A strong northeast wind of the central Mediterranean. Haboob A strong wind and sandstorm (or duststorm) in the northern and central Sudan, especially around Khartum, where the average number is about 24 per year. The name come from the Arabic word, "habb", meaning wind. (Bill Mork, California State Climatologist) Harmattan The dry, dusty trade wind blowing off the Saha
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Elizabeth Ann Bloomer was the maiden name of which US First Lady?
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Betty Ford Biography :: National First Ladies' Library Chicago, Illinois Born in Lake View Hospital, Betty Ford spent the first weeks of her life with her parents and brother in an apartment in the East Rogers Park suburb of Chicago, but the family shortly after relocated to Denver, Colorado. By her second birthday, however, she was living in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the city she always considered her home. The family lived at 717 Fountain Street in the city; however, until 1932, the Bloomers lived for the three months of summer at a family cottage on Whitefish Lake, Michigan. *Although she later said that she had wished she had been called by her given name of Elizabeth, she was always addressed by the nickname Betty as a child and it became permanent. Father: William Stephenson Bloomer, born on 19 July, 1874, Roanoke, Illinois [although another source lists it as being in Indiana]; died on 18 July 1934, Grand Rapids, Michigan William Bloomer was a travelling salesman for a number of factory machine parts, most notably the Royal Rubber Company, which produced conveyor belts. Although there was some speculation that his sudden death may have been suicide, a coroner’s report stated that it was from accidental asphyxiation, poisoned by the scentless carbon monoxide, while he was working on his car in the enclosed garage. In later years, when she was beginning the process of recovery from alcohol addiction, Betty Ford disclosed that both her father and brother, Bob, had both suffered from the same disease. Mother: Hortense Neahr, born 11 July 1884, Chicago, Illinois; married first to William Bloomer on 7 November 1904, Chicago Illinois; married secondly to Arthur Meigs Goodwin, Chicago banker, in 1940, in Grand Rapids, Michigan; died on 20 November 1948, Hollywood, Florida Related to wealthy Grand Rapids furniture manufacturing families, socially prominent Hortense Neahr Bloomer worked in the unsalaried position of President of the Crippled Children Association of Grand Rapids. With her, Betty Ford frequently volunteered to work with children whose disabilities confined their limbs to braces. Between the death of her first husband and marriage to her second husband, Hortense Bloomer supported herself and three children by working as a real-estate agent. Betty Ford later reflected that the example of her mother’s independence would prove to be an important influence in shaping her views on equal pay for equal work policy issues. third of three; two brothers; William Bloomer, Jr. (1911 - ?), Robert Karl Bloomer (1913-?) Ancestry: No definitive ancestral study seems to have yet been conducted on Betty Ford. Her mother's maiden name of Neahr is one found among early Palatine Germans who settled in the Mohawk Valley, of Montgomery and Fulton Counties in New York State, many of whom later migrated to Michigan and northern Illinois. It could perhaps also be of Holland Dutch origin. Mrs. Ford's father's name of Bloomer and a further family surname, used as his middle name, Stephenson, would indicate an ancestry from England, although the names may have been Anglicized from other countries of origin. At one point, Mrs. Ford sought to discover if her father’s family had a genealogical connection to Amelia Jenks Bloomer, a 19th century suffrage, temperance and abolition advocate who popularized the first pants for women (which were then dubbed “bloomers” after her), but was unable to determine one. Education: Grand Rapids Public Grammar School, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1924-June 1932; Central High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 1932-June 1936. Besides a traditional education in grammar school and high school, Betty Ford pursued the specialized study of dance: Calla Travis Dance Studio, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1926-1935. Under the direction of a local instructor, then-eight year old Betty Ford studied tap dance, ballet and modern movement. Dance became her great passion and one which she intended early on to pursue as a profession. Bennington College School of Dance, Vermont, Bennington,
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Untitled Page The first session of the Supreme Court takes place. Government The Copyright Act is passed with the help of Noah Webster. Government Congress gives George Washington (1732-1799) the power to choose the site for the new capitol. Government U.S. President George Washington (1732-1799) delivers the first State of the Union address. Government New State: Rhode Island becomes the 13th state to ratify the Constitution and join the United States. Government Presidents: John Tyler (1790-1862), 10th President of the U.S., is born in Greenway, Virginia. Medicine Samuel Hahnemann (1755-1843) rages against the prevalent practice of bloodletting as a universal cure and founds homeopathy. Inventions A foot-powered dental drill is invented by John Greenwood (1760-1819). Education Education of Women: Catherine Macaulay’s (1731-1791) "Letters on Education" influences Mary Wollstonecraft’s thinking in "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" (1792). Education Public Education: Pennsylvania state constitution calls for free public education but only for poor children. It is expected that rich people will pay for their children's schooling. Washington, Martha The Washingtons move to Philadelphia when the capital does. Madison, Dolley Dolley Payne (1764-1849) marries John Todd, Jr., a Quaker lawyer, on January 7. Tyler, Letitia Letitia Christian (1790-1842), first wife of President John Tyler (1790–1862), is born on her family''''s plantation, Cedar Grove, in Virginia on November 12. Economics The first American steam-powered cotton-processing machines are built, marking the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the U.S. Economics Population: The first national census shows the American population at 4 million—about 25% in New England, 25% in the Middle States, and 50% in the South. Religion The first Roman Catholic bishop consecrated in America is John Carroll (1735-1815) of Baltimore. Religion Women’s Firsts: Mother Bernardina Matthews (1732-1800) establishes a Carmelite convent near Port Tobacco, Maryland, and the first community of Roman Catholic nuns in the Thirteen Colonies. Religion The first Roman Catholic Bible is published in the U.S. by Mathew Carey. Social Issues Immigration: The federal government requires two years of residency for naturalization. Social Issues Slavery: The First United States Census reveals that nearly 700,000 slaves live and toil in a nation of 3.9 million people. Social Issues Slavery: Congress denies naturalization to anyone who is not a free white. Social Issues Slavery: Congress advocates the expansion of slavery into the Southwest. Reform Women''s Rights Movement: French philosopher Condorcet (1743-1794) writes "On the Admission of Women to Citizens’ Rights." 1791 New State: Vermont becomes the 14th state in the U.S., ending 14 years as a republic. Government National Capital: The design of Washington, DC is developed by Pierre-Charles L’Enfant (1754-1825); President Washington (1732-1799) chooses a site along the Potomic River for the federal district; Congress names it the Territory of Columbia and the capital the City of Washington. Government Presidents: James Buchanan (1791-1868), 15th President of the U.S., is born April 23 in Cove Gap (near Mercersburg), Pennsylvania. Science M.H. Klaproth (1743-1817) names the element titanium. Education Higher Education: The Philadelphia Academy becomes the University of Pennsylvania. Arts and Letters Opera: The first performance of Mozart’s (1756-1791) "Magic Flute" takes place in Vienna. Arts and Letters The first opera house in the U.S. opens in New Orleans. Ideas Thomas Paine (1737-1806) writes "The Rights of Man, Part I" in defense of the French Revolution. Madison, Dolley Dolley Payne Todd’s father, John Payne, dies; her mother opens a boarding house in Philadelphia. Jackson, Rachel Rachel Donelson Robards (1767-1828) marries Andrew Jackson )1767-1845) in New Orleans. Economics The first successful sugar refinery is opened in New Orleans. Economics American Money: After adoption of the Constitution in 1789, Congress charters the First Bank
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The Chicxulub crater is a prehistoric impact crater buried underneath the Yucatan Peninsula in what country?
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"Dinosaur-Killer" Asteroid Crater Imaged for First Time "Dinosaur-Killer" Asteroid Crater Imaged for First Time National Geographic News March 7, 2003 A high-resolution map from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), released yesterday, has provided the most telling visible evidence to date of a 112-mile (180-kilometer) wide, 3,000-foot (900-meter) deep impact crater, the result of a collision with a giant comet or asteroid on one of Earth's all-time worst days. The existence of the impact crater, Chicxulub, was first proposed in 1980. In the 1990s, satellite data and ground studies allowed it to gain prominence among most scientists as the long sought-after "smoking gun" responsible for the demise of the dinosaurs and more than 70 percent of Earth's living species 65 million years ago. Digg StumbleUpon Reddit The relatively obscure feature is all but hidden in the flat limestone plateau of Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. But using 3-D measurements of the Earth made with instruments on board an orbiting Space Shuttle, the remnants of the crater can now be seen clearly. "There are spectacular features that pop out in these maps as never before, and more subtle features, like Chicxulub, become apparent for the first time," said Michael Kobrick, SRTM project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California. "In fact, much of the surface expression of Chicxulub is so subtle; if you walked across it you probably wouldn't notice it. That's where the view from space becomes invaluable, " Kobrick said. The Chicxulub data show a subtle, yet unmistakable, topographic indication of the impact crater's outer boundary: a semicircular trough 10 to 15 feet (3 to 5 meters) deep and 3 miles (5 kilometers) wide. Scientists believe the impact, centered off Yucatán's coast in the Caribbean, disturbed the subsurface rocks, making them unstable. The rocks were subsequently buried by limestone sediments, which erode easily. The crater rim's instability caused the limestone to fracture along the rim, forming the trough. Exactly how the Chicxulub impact caused Earth's mass extinctions is not known (see links below). Scientists imagine three possible scenarios: Some think the impact threw massive quantities of dust into the atmosphere which blocked the sun and arrested plant growth. Others believe sulfur released by the impact lead to global sulfuric acid clouds that blocked the sun and also fell as acid rain. Another possibility is that red-hot debris from the falling asteroid or comet triggered global wildfires. In February, NASA finished processing the SRTM mission's North America data set and delivered it to the National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA). More than eight terabytes of data recorded aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour were refined into 200 billion research-quality measurements of Earth's landforms. NIMA will perform additional data finishing and send it to the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation Systems Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for final archiving and distribution. Read More About Chicxulub:
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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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Natan Sharansky was released from prison in the USSR to begin a new life where?
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Natan Sharansky - YouTube Natan Sharansky Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Apr 30, 2013 Natan Sharansky A little background: Sharansky was a Soviet refusenik. He became an advocate for human rights in the Soviet Union in the 1970s after he was refused a visa to travel to Israel. He endured 13 years of hard labor and solitary confinement before becoming the first political prisoner released by Gorbachev. He says he kept his sanity in prison by playing blind chess by himself. Sharansky also defeated World Chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in a game during a simultaneous chess exhibition event. Category
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Vladimir Ashkenazy on Apple Music To preview a song, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to buy and download music. Biography Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy was born in Gorky, USSR, on July 6, 1937. His parents were both professional pianists and taught him piano beginning at age six. His father was a non-observant Russian Jew, and his mother was a Russian of (Christian) Orthodox faith. After his debut in Moscow at the tender age of eight, Ashkenazy was subsequently put on track for a musical career and enrolled in Moscow's Central Music School. His regular piano teacher there was Anaida Sumbatian. In 1955 he entered the Moscow Conservatory, studying with the great pianist Lev Oborin. In the same year he won second prize in the Fifth Warsaw International Chopin Competition. In 1956 he won the Gold Medal in the Brussels Queen Elizabeth International piano competition, and then toured the United States in 1958. In 1961 he married an Icelandic pianist who was studying in Moscow, Sofia Johannsdottir. He won first prize in the Second Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1962, sharing that honor with British pianist John Ogden. In 1963 Ashkenazy and his wife, travelling on their Soviet passports, went to London, where he made his debut in an orchestral concert at Festival Hall, a great success. He stayed on in England and centered his life and career there, beginning a long association with England's Decca (London) records. He quickly made a reputation as one of the most brilliant pianists in the Russian tradition. In 1971 he moved with his family to Reykjavik, where he was awarded Iceland's Order of the Falcon. In 1972 he took out Icelandic citizenship, and splits his year between Iceland and London. He took up the conductor's baton in the 1970s and increased his activity in that sphere steadily, becoming principal guest conductor of the Philharmonic Orchestra of London (1981), music director of the Royal Philharmonic of London (1987), principal guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra (1987) and chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra (1989). With the end of the Soviet Union, he has made triumphant return concerts in Russia. His piano playing is bright and incisive, with clear articulation and intellectual depth that does not interfere with the production of warm feeling. He has exceptional control over tone color. Although he possesses a considerable degree of sheer strength, his excellent playing in delicate passages creates the dominant impression. His repertoire is wide-ranging, and he has recorded most of it, from Haydn to the works of the first half of the twentieth century. He has made particularly valuable recordings of the complete piano works of Chopin, Rachmaninov, and Skryabin. Other excellent series include music of Brahms, Liszt, and the complete Prokofiev concertos. As a conductor, he is highly effective in Russian music, particularly in Prokofiev, and has made the leading recording of that composer's Romeo and Juliet. He has made his own orchestration of Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and recorded the work in that highly effective version, in Gortchakov's orchestration, and in its original form as a piano solo. He remains active in both careers at this writing (1998). ~ Joseph Stevenson Top Albums
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In which film is Cary Grant seen running into a field being pursued by a biplane?
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North by Northwest (1959) - Connections - IMDb North by Northwest (1959) Connections Showing all 294 items actors heads are changed with politician heads References Cary Grant whistles title song while hiding in Eva Marie Saint Chicago hotel room. Referenced in Sweeney! (1977) both john thaw & cary grant's characters are force fed a bottle of liquor by the villains and put back into their vehicles to drive away and have an 'accident' Someone's Watching Me! (1978) (TV Movie) The opening titles are a distinct reference to the 1959 Hitchcock film; with an animated grid fading into the face of a large building. Arizona Dream (1993) Paul runs away from Elaine's plane, just like Cary Grant did in North by Northwest, and says to himself that he hates that film. In another scene, Paul says he'll watch that film and kill himself during the plane scene, and that he hates that film. Tango (1993) when Vincent attack the lover of his wife with the plane the movie copies North by Northwest (plane against man near a cornfeld...) [sorry for bad english]
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2001 KO Final February, which ex-PM was awarded an earldom on his 90th birthday ? Harold Macmillan B1 A member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, who celebrated his 100th birthday in November 1984 ? Mannie Shinwell Which government department banned trades unions causing a national outcry ? GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) Outside which foreign government building was policewoman Yvonne Fletcher shot and fatally wounded ? Libyan People's Bureau or Libyan Embassy A3 In the course of a violent argument in April, which recording artist was shot and killed by his father ? Marvin Gaye In October, who was killed by members of her own bodyguard ? Indira Ghandi A4 In March the British government announced its approval of the sale of which shipyard on the lower Clyde to Trafalgar House ? Scott Lithgow B4 In October which bank, a bullion dealer, was rescued from debts of around �250 million by a Bank of England buy-out ? Johnson Matthey Subject: �One Word Cinema� Answers A1 A 1992 Oscar winning Clint Eastwood film in which a former hired killer turned unsuccessful farmer returns to his old ways in pursuit of a $1,000 reward ? Unforgiven B1 A 1972 John Boorman film in which a leading character, played by Ned Beatty, is raped by a �Hillbilly� ? Deliverance A2 A 1929 film, Hitchcock�s first talkie, in which a Scotland Yard Inspector is placed in a difficult position when he discovers his girlfriend has committed a murder ? Blackmail B2 Set in Rio, a 1946 Hitchcock film with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman in which a woman marries a Nazi renegade to help the US Government ? Notorious A3 A 1916 film by D.W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish in one of four intercut stories including Balshazzar�s Feast and the St Bartholomew�s Day Massacre ? Intolerance B3 A 1967 camped-up version of Faust in which a short order cook is saved from suicide by Mr Spiggott - who offers him 7 wishes in exchange for his soul ? Bedazzled A4 A 1924 Erich von Stroheim film in which an ex-miner turned dentist kills his avaricious wife and her lover ? Greed B4 Set in the mid 19th century, a 1999 film starring Guy Pearce & Robert Carlyle in which a cannibalistic officer commands an isolated army outpost ? Ravenous Answers A1 The liqueur Cura�ao (say �Koor-a-sow�) is traditionally flavoured with sugar & which fruit ? Orange B1 Which spirit takes its name from a place near Guadalajara (say �Gwadlahara�) where the conquistadors first developed it from a variety of Aztec drink ? Tequila A2 With a peculiar but agreeable taste, which coarse & potent liquor is made in the East Indies from a variety of sources, including fermented rice & coconut juice ? Arrack B2 Used to season food & fruit as well as alcoholic drinks, which flavouring is prepared with oil distilled from the aromatic bark of two S. American trees blended with herbs, and bears the former name of a port in Venezuela ? Angostura (now called Cuidad Bolivar) A3 Derived from a town in north east Hungary, what name is shared by a grape variety and a golden-yellow coloured, sweet, aromatic wine ? Tokay (from Tokaj) Subject: Wordgame �No� as in �Note� Answers � a spout on a hose etc. from which a jet issues ? Nozzel � a small round piece of meat or a chocolate made with hazelnuts ? Noisette � something or someone absolutely un
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If Manhattan is the financial hub of New York, the area of Pudong is the similar equivalent for which city?
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Pudong : Map (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article: Pudong ( ), officially known as Pudong New Area ( ), is a district of Shanghai , China that enjoys sub-provincial administrative status. It is named "Pudong" because of its location on the east side of the Huangpu river , on the opposite of Puxi , the west side. After its merger with Nanhui District (now defunct) in May 2009, the Pudong New Area comprises the majority of land in eastern Shanghai. Since the beginning of its development in 1990 when plans were first announced, Pudong has become a New Open Economic Development Zone, and has emerged as China's financial and commercial hub. Pudong is home to the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone reflective of Shanghai and China's rapid economic development. Geography in the west and the East China Sea in the east. It has an area of 522.8 km² and a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Pudong is contrasted with Puxi , the older part of Shanghai on the west bank of the Huangpu River , which is divided into various administrative districts. As Pudong is a large district geographically, it may well be divided into smaller administrative districts in the future. Government Districts of the direct-controlled municipality of Shanghai are administratively on the same level as prefecture-level cities . However, the government of Pudong has a status equivalent to that of a sub-provincial city , which is half a level above a prefecture-level city. This is due to Pudong's size and importance as the financial hub of China. Population Since its inception as a special economic zone and China's financial centre, Pudong's population largely consists of migrants from the Puxi side of Shanghai, those from other regions in China, and increasingly, foreigners. Economy With the Nanhui District merger in May 2009, Pudong's new gross domestic product amounts to an estimated RMB370 billion (US$53.98 billion), roughly equal to that of Slovenia . Its GDP per capita is therefore around US$16,938. The area's aggregate GDP has now surpassed that of six provincial-level entities and is a figure that lies above most of the world's countries. The area is divided into four distinct economic districts. Apart from Lujiazui Trade and Finance Zone, there is Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, the largest free trade zone in mainland China covering approximately 10 km² in north-east Pudong. The Jinqiao Export Processing Zone is another major industrial area in Pudong covering 19 km². Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park is a special area for technology-oriented businesses, covering 17 km² in central Pudong. The newest Disney Theme Park is planned to be located in Pudong. Transportation Pudong International Airport opened its doors in 1999, the same year Shanghai Metro Line 2 commenced services between Puxi (west bank of the river) and Pudong. Line 2 terminates at Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park , although expansion plans bring the line even further east to Pudong International Airport. A magnetic levitation train began operating in 2004, moving passengers between the airport and Longyang Road Metro station. The Metro's Line 4 Loop and Line 6 also began operation in Pudong in 2007. Metro Lines 7 , 8 and 9 will also have parts in Pudong before the start of Expo 2010. Ships on the Huangpu River with Pudong in view Pudong is connected to Puxi by several tunnels and four major bridges . The first of these bridges were the Nanpu Bridge (1991) and the Yangpu Bridge (1993). The Xupu Bridge opened in 1996. The latest of these is Lupu Bridge , which is the world's longest arch bridge and was completed in 2002. Currently there are five tunnels that link the two sides, Dapu Rd. Tunnel, the first tunnel across the Huangpu River, Yan'an Rd. Tunnel, running east-west, and Dalian Rd. Tunnel, running north-south, Fuxing Rd. Tunnel, complementing the Yan'an Rd. Tunnel, Waihuan Tunnel, one part of Shanghai Outer Ring Express. Two new tunnels linking Lujiazui to Puxi are under construction. Roads in Pudong have no particular longitudinal or latitudinal ori
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Round One Jeopardy Template The name of Dr. Sieuss's egg-hatching elephant 100 Well-known Tasmanian-born leading lady who launched her entertainment career under the name of Queenie O'Brien. 100 What is the kitchen? Room in the average American home that is the scene of the greatest number of arguments. 100 The distance between bases on a little league baseball field. 100 The part of the brain that regulates physiological stability. 200 Clark Kent's high school sweetheart 200 Yves Montand was born in this country. 200 What is Truth or Consequences? Current name of the town that was formerly Hot Springs, New Mexico, that was re-named in 1960 by its citizens in honor of a popular radio show. 200 First sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics. 200 What is Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, with 823 words Novel containing the longest sentence in literature 300 What are George and Michael? Brummel was George Geste was Michael The real names of Beau Brummel and Beau Geste. 300 What are Patience and Fortitude? (Names were given by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.) Names of the two landmark stone lions sitting in front of the New York Public Libaray at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in New York City. 300 What is bicycle moto x (cross)? In cross-country bike racing, what the initials BMX stand for. 300 What are hiccups? DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Term for a series of uncontrollable intakes of air caused by sudden spasms of the diaphragm. 400 What is The Little Engine That Could? Famous book that begins: "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff." 400 Who is Peter Lorre? Famous actor who prepared for a career in psychiatry - studying and working with pioneer psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler - before he turned to performing. 400 What are six months? Time - in months - the average American motorist spends during his lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green. 400 Who is Jackie Robinson? (He later gained national fame playing professional baseball.) In 1939, the famous American athlete who starred on UCLA's undefeated football team and was the top scorer in the Pacific Coast Conference for basketball. 400 What is the retina?
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Tiradentes Day | Brazilian Public Holiday | Office Holidays When is Tiradentes Day? This national holiday is celebrated annually on 21st April. Tiradentes Day in Brazil commemorates the execution of Brazilian national hero Joaquim Jose da Silva Xavier (16 August, 1746 - 21 April 1792). History of Tiradentes Day Xavier was a Brazilian revolutionary who, as a founder of the Inconfidência Mineira movement, fought for Brazilian independence and freedom from Portuguese colonial power. At the time, Portugal was imposing onerous tax burdens on the Brazilians, as they tried to maintain income from the colony despite declining levels of gold being mined. Tiradentes hatched a plan to take to the streets and declare independence on a day when taxes were due. The plan was betrayed and the rebels were arrested in February 1789. During the subsequent trail, Tiradentes took full responsibility for the insurrection plot and executed by hanging on 21 April 1792. His body was quartered and his head displayed as a warning to other revolutionaries. Xavier was a dentist by trade. This holiday gets its name from "tiradentes" meaning "tooth-puller", which was a nickname adopted during his trial. His martyrdom led to Tiradentes becoming considered a national hero by the republicans of the 19th century, and his liberal ideas continued to influence Brazilian thinking until its independence, nearly 100 years after his death, in 1882. The anniversary of his death (21st April) became a national holiday, after the republic was proclaimed in 1889. Translate this page About Us Office Holidays provides calendars with dates and information on public holidays and bank holidays in key countries around the world. A valuable resource for planning meetings, increasing diversity awareness and general reference.
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History Jeopardy Template Who is the Medici Family Who was the wealthy family in Florence that funded many artists during the Renaissance? 100 Who is Prometheus Who is that man that brought fire to the people of Greece by breaking off a piece of the sun? 100 Who is Helen of Sparta The Trojan War began because of the abduction of which Spartan queen according to classical sources? 100 What was the river that Egyptian civilizations depended on for flooding and irrigation? 100 After what explorer is our continent named? 200 What is Legalism What was the ancient Chinese philosophy that was used to bring an end to the Warring States Period in ancient China? 200 Who was the very wealthy king who loved gold more than anything? 200 In what year was the last battle of the War of 1812? 200 What type of belief system did most early civilizations have? 200 Who is that Spanish explorer that conquered the Incan empire? 300 What was the pictographic script used by the ancient Egyptians involving symbols? 300 Who was the god that was thrown off Mount Olympus because he was ugly? 300 During the Fourth Crusade, the pope excommunicated the Crusaders because they sacked what Christian city? 300 What is the Shang Dynasty What Chinese dynasty used tortoise shells and 'oracle bones' to communicate with the spirits which led to the first examples of Chinese writing? 300 Who is known as the first man to sail all the way around the world? 400 What is "Ring around the Rosie" What is the song that children sing for fun, but actually describes the Black Death that spread across Europe? 400 Artemis and who were the twins that Zeus had with Leto? 400 Who is Henry Tudor The War of Roses was fought between the Lancasters and the Yorks, but was one by a leader of neither party named who? 400 Who is the Nazca Who of this early Andes Mountains civilization carved enormous pictographs or glyphs into the desert floor that might be a form of ancient calendar? 400 Who crossed Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean? 500 What is 1886 What is the year in which the United States was presented with a monumental gift from France? 500 Who is Paris According to legend, who fired the arrow that hit Achilles in the heel, his only vulnerable spot? 500 What is the Treaty of Westphalia What was the resolution of the 30 Years War? 500 What is Papua New Guinea Jarred Diamond began searching the world for answers to a question posed by Yali, a native of what tropical country where Diamond did his early research? 500
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【burr_point】什么意思_英语burr_point的翻译_音标_读音_用法_例句_在线翻译_有道词典 diamond point burr 金刚石尖点纹 Burr Point Burr Point (from Irish: Bior, meaning 'point') is the easternmost point of mainland Northern Ireland, and the easternmost point of mainland Ireland. It is located in the townland of Ballyhalbert on the Ards Peninsula in County Down, at longitude 5. Everyone knows how Mythical National Championships are the burr under my saddle, and I just can't let well enough alone, especially when I have a point to make. 每个人都知道如何神话般的全国锦标赛是毛刺根据我的马鞍，我只是不能让做得不够好，就有特别是当我有一个意见。
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Southernmost Point in Continental USA, Key West, Florida Southernmost marker, Key West, Florida. Southernmost Point in Continental USA Key West, Florida Whenever the winter chill sets records in much of the country, those in the know huddle around the pot-bellied stove-like monument marking the Southernmost Point in the United States. The marker, actually built to resemble a buoy, stands at furthest south tip of Key West. The monument notes that Cuba is only 90 miles away, and just to its right, a plaque commemorates the brave Cubans who have drowned trying to get to America, "The Leader In Democracy." In the blocks around the Monument are numerous other "Southernmosts" -- hotel, house, restaurant, etc. On the top of the monument is painted the logo of The Conch Republic. In the 1970s Key West, seeking to enhance its reputation as a free-wheeling, fun-loving, party-without-consequence kind of town, seceded from the United States, declaring itself The Conch Republic (Every April, a ten-day party celebrates the event). But if that's the case, then the Southernmost Point in the U.S. is actually one key up, in Boca Chica. Update: Tipster Robert Burr clarifies for us that the Southernmost Point Marker is not at mile marker 0 on US 1. "US 1 (Truman Avenue locally), ends one block west of Duval Street (the main drag) at Whitehead Street, at the courthouse. The sign reading, "END US 1," with a green mile marker zero (often stolen), is at a four-way stop sign which few would consider the end of any road, but, in fact, it is the end of US 1, at least one mile from the southernmost marker." Remembering the brave of Cuba. And there are slightly further bits of land, though not celebrated with a concrete marker: "Many points at Harry Truman Annex and Fort Zachary Taylor are located further south, but not accessible to traffic. The South Beach Motel, which includes a land fill, actually runs farther south than the marker, to be precise." Tipster Jacob further clarifies that Key West can only claim to be the southernmost point in the continental U.S. The big island of Hawaii is farther south. Southernmost Point in Continental USA Address:
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Aquarium Fish Diseases and How to Spot Them | Tetra Aquarium Gasping at the water’s surface. Cause: Usually attacks fish that are stressed, which can be caused by factors including rapid temperature and pH fluctuations. Treatment: Tetra Lifeguard ® Remove filter carbon and turn off UV sterilizer. Add one tablet per day to each 5 gallons of water. Treat for 5 consecutive days. Repeat until symptoms clear. Secondary infections are also common and can be treated with antibiotics or general cures like Tetra Ick Guard ® or Tetra Fungus Guard ®. Consistent temperature and good water quality will help prevent infections, in addition to using aquarium salt. RAGGED TAIL FIN A progressive deterioration of the tail and/or fins. Fins become frayed or their color may fade. Cause: A bacterial infection may cause this tail and fin rot in susceptible fish—those who are bullied or injured by fin-nipping tank mates—especially in aquariums with poor conditions. Treatment: Tetra Lifeguard ® Remove filter carbon and turn off UV sterilizer. Add one tablet per day to each 5 gallons of water. Treat for 5 consecutive days. Repeat until symptoms clear. If the clamped fins are the result of infections, a multipurpose treatment like Tetra Fungus Guard ® is the first line of treatment. Good practice of adding 1 tbs. aquarium salt per gallon will help prevent clamped fins. TAIL, FIN, AND MOUTH ROT Physical/Behavioral Signs or Symptoms: A progressive deterioration of the tail and/or fins. Fins become frayed or their color may fade. Cause: A bacterial infection may cause tail, fin and mouth rot in susceptible fish—those who are bullied or injured by fin-nipping tank mates—especially in aquariums with poor conditions. Treatment: Tetra Lifeguard ® Remove filter carbon and turn off UV sterilizer. Add one tablet per day to each 5 gallons of water. Treat for 5 consecutive days. Repeat until symptoms clear. If the clamped fins are the result of infections, a multipurpose treatment like Tetra Fungus Guard ® is the first line of treatment. Good practice of adding 1 tbs. aquarium salt per gallon will help prevent clamped fins. Note: Always remove activated carbon before administering any treatments. FUNGUS Physical/Behavioral Signs or Symptoms: Initially, you’ll notice a gray or whitish growth in and on the skin and/or fins. Untreated fungus resembles a cottony growth. Eventually, as fungus continues to eat away at the fish’s body, the fish will die. Cause: Fish who develop fungus are already in a vulnerable state, the result of other serious health problems or attacks, such as parasites, a physical injury or a bacterial infection. Treatment: Tetra Lifeguard ® Remove filter carbon and turn off UV sterilizer. Add one tablet per day to each 5 gallons of water. Treat for 5 consecutive days. Repeat until symptoms clear.Many bacterial infections are misdiagnosed as fungal, so common medications include both a fungicide and antibiotics. Tetra Fungus Guard ® contains malachite green and formalin; treat one tablet per 10 gallons once every 4 days until symptoms are gone. Remove activated carbon and conduct partial water changes in between treatments. CLAMPED FIN Fins are folded against the body and not fanned out as they should be. Listless behavior. Cause: Not indicative of one specific disease. Can be a reflection of various problems, including bad water quality and/or parasites. Important to first determine the specific problem in order to treat fish properly. Treatment: Test the aquarium water to review overall quality and conduct a partial water change to ensure healthy conditions. If the illness is the result of infections, a multipurpose antibiotic like Tetra Lifeguard ® is the first lines of treatment. is the first line of treatment. Good practice of adding 1 tbs. aquarium salt per gallon will help prevent clamped fin. Note: Always remove activated carbon before administering any treatments. DROPSY Protruding scales. Cause: A bacterial infection of the kidneys, which causes fluid accumulation or renal failure. It appears to create problems only in we
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Puzzles - Great Britain ... which you don't hear called 'Great' so often these days. 1. What is the only venomous snake in Britain? 2. Built in 1869, which famous British ship was named after a Scottish undergarment? 3. A British TV audience outnumbered a British radio audience for the first time for what special occasion? 4. In which British city would you find Arthur's Seat? 5. The popular British pub name "The Royal Oak" is named after which King? 6. What is the Welsh word for Wales? 7. What is the longest river in Scotland? 8. What is the oldest University in Britain? 9. In which British city was Guy Fawkes born and Dick Turpin killed? 10. Captain Matthew Webb, famous for swimming the English Channel, drowned in 1883 attempting to swim what? 1. What is the only venomous snake in Britain? Adder 3. A British TV audience outnumbered a British radio audience for the first time for what special occasion? Frau Battenberg's coronation 4. In which British city would you find Arthur's Seat? Edinburgh 5. The popular British pub name "The Royal Oak" is named after which King? Charles II who hid in oak trees after losing battles 6. What is the Welsh word for Wales? Cymru 2. Built in 1869, which famous British ship was named after a Scottish undergarment? Ought to be Cutty Sark ("short shift" ) 8. What is the oldest University in Britain? Oxford (unless you're talking to someone from Cambridge ... ) 7. What is the longest river in Scotland? The Dee? 9. In which British city was Guy Fawkes born and Dick Turpin killed? Ah ha! I know this, having been a recent tourist to: York [and we definitely think very highly of Great Britain, which is, in fact, a great place!] Frau Battenberg! well done all 10. Captain Matthew Webb, famous for swimming the English Channel, drowned in 1883 attempting to swim what? The rapids below Niagara Falls
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Jaclyn Smith - First thoughts about Jaclyn Smith Jacquelyn Ellen Jaclyn Smith (born October 26, 1945) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is best-known as Kelly Garrett in the iconic television series Charlie's Angels, and was the only original female lead to remain with the series for its complete run (1976â81). Write here your first thoughts about Jaclyn Smith ... 21 Dec 2016 01:12 I just added this to my closet on Poshmark: Jaclyn Smith Coat. via 20 Dec 2016 23:24 I get better roles in television. I'm not going to do a lesser role ... 20 Dec 2016 22:57 Jaclyn Smith is one fabulous actress and role model woman 20 Dec 2016 20:35 new Jaclyn Smith edgy black studded batwing top blouse med ladies wear career via 20 Dec 2016 19:39 I love Jaclyn Smith, in fact we share a bday! Happy Holidays! 20 Dec 2016 14:45 to win Becca x Jaclyn Hill Champagne Collection Face Palette⨠(must be following me, & t⦠20 Dec 2016 02:01 After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better. -Jaclyn Smith 20 Dec 2016 01:11 Is Jaclyn Smith karate chopping Moe from the Three Stooges? 19 Dec 2016 23:38 Oddly, Jackie O modeled the pose for the artist, not Jaclyn Smith. 16 Dec 2016 11:20 Steve, do you have events to remember about Kate Jackson , Farrah Fawcett , Jaclyn Smith, Shelley Hack & Tanya Roberts ? 07 Dec 2016 22:42 Fun fact: the final JACKIE scene and retro montage to "Camelot" same as the 1981 TV movie starring Jaclyn Smith 25 Nov 2016 23:15 Kmart's as much a part of my history as 'Charlie's Angels.' Twenty-f... 25 Nov 2016 21:20 I got to wake up Jaclyn Smith daily at 4:30am during filming ... Night clerk at hotel in Williamsburg 25 Nov 2016 18:30 Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's... 25 Nov 2016 14:02 "I've always been into older homes, even if I have to refurbish or remodel or raise roof lines or knock out walls."-Jaclyn Smith 25 Nov 2016 00:01 Success is carved out of a hard tree. It doesn't just happen. It's people who stick to it that succeed-Jaclyn Smith 31 Oct 2016 21:32 Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go th... 31 Oct 2016 18:35 Hmm, is the third one any relation to JACLYN Smith? :) 31 Oct 2016 18:24 Jaclyn Smith my god, she is cute :P 31 Oct 2016 14:52 I don't even think my children are aware of what I've done. When somebo... 31 Oct 2016 00:17 Don't believe Pat Smith, Wikileaks, Project Veritas or FBI? Really Hillary? Just take your word for it? Your word means not⦠30 Oct 2016 18:10 If you destroy Trump's Hollywood star and get 3 years then what would you get for destroying Jaclyn Smith's star? 20 years? 30 Oct 2016 18:05 I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolu... 30 Oct 2016 13:31 Jaclyn Smith Themed Trim, Ornamentation and Decor at Kmart - 25% off Jaclyn Smith ... 30 Oct 2016 08:02 Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the pass... 30 Oct 2016 07:48 My first acting job was a Breck commercial. 30 Oct 2016 06:05 I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, ... 30 Oct 2016 05:10 Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 an... 29 Oct 2016 15:58 38 years ago today, October 29, 1978 - The Wedding of Jaclyn Smith and Dennis Cole . Smith an actress best known... 04 Oct 2016 10:05 Farrah Fawcett , Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson and it came on at 7 pm on Wed nights. Just saying... 04 Oct 2016 07:20 Read my review of 'Rules of the Game' on yet? A must-read for those in construction industry! https⦠04 Oct 2016 07:04 Jaclyn Smith running for Ward 4 Board of Education seat. 03 Oct 2016 20:35 LOL Funny so did me and my brother..Like you, I was for Farrah but Jaclyn Smith is STUNNING, Even today! 03 Oct 2016 20:24 my brother and I always argued he was Jaclyn Smith I adored Farah Fawcett 03 Oct 2016 05:20 We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles, but after 17 y
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Elizabeth Taylor - Biography - IMDb Elizabeth Taylor Biography Showing all 204 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (8) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (116) | Personal Quotes (45) | Salary (25) Overview (5) 5' 2" (1.57 m) Mini Bio (1) Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor was considered one of the last, if not the last, major star to have come out of the old Hollywood studio system. She was known internationally for her beauty, especially for her violet eyes, with which she captured audiences early on in her youth and kept the world hooked on with since. Taylor was born on February 27, 1932 in London, England. Although she was born an English subject, her parents, Sara Sothern (née Sara Viola Warmbrodt) and Francis Lenn Taylor, were Americans, art dealers from St. Louis, Missouri (her father had gone to London to set up a gallery). Her mother had been an actress on the stage, but gave up that vocation when she married. Elizabeth lived in London until the age of seven, when the family left for the US when the clouds of war began brewing in Europe in 1939. They sailed without her father, who stayed behind to wrap up the loose ends of the art business. The family relocated to Los Angeles, where Mrs. Taylor's own family had moved. Mr. Taylor followed not long afterward. A family friend noticed the strikingly beautiful little Elizabeth and suggested that she be taken for a screen test. Her test impressed executives at Universal Pictures enough to sign her to a contract. Her first foray onto the screen was in There's One Born Every Minute (1942), released when she was ten. Universal dropped her contract after that one film, but Elizabeth was soon picked up by MGM. The first production she made with that studio was Lassie Come Home (1943), and on the strength of that one film, MGM signed her for a full year. She had minuscule parts in her next two films, The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) and Jane Eyre (1943) (the former made while she was on loan to 20th Century-Fox). Then came the picture that made Elizabeth a star: MGM's National Velvet (1944). She played Velvet Brown opposite Mickey Rooney . The film was a smash hit, grossing over $4 million. Elizabeth now had a long-term contract with MGM and was its top child star. She made no films in 1945, but returned in 1946 in Courage of Lassie (1946), another success. In 1947, when she was 15, she starred in Life with Father (1947) with such heavyweights as William Powell , Irene Dunne and Zasu Pitts , which was one of the biggest box office hits of the year. She also co-starred in the ensemble film Little Women (1949), which was also a box office huge success. Throughout the 1950s, Elizabeth appeared in film after film with mostly good results, starting with her role in the George Stevens film A Place in the Sun (1951), co-starring her good friend Montgomery Clift . The following year, she co-starred in Ivanhoe (1952), one of the biggest box office hits of the year. Her busiest year was 1954. She had a supporting role in the box office flop Beau Brummell (1954), but later that year starred in the hits The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954) and Elephant Walk (1954). She was 22 now, and even at that young age was considered one of the world's great beauties. In 1955 she appeared in the hit Giant (1956) with James Dean . Sadly, Dean never saw the release of the film, as he died in a car accident in 1955. The next year saw Elizabeth co-star with Montgomery Clift in Raintree County (1957), an overblown epic made, partially, in Kentucky. Critics called it dry as dust. In addition, Clift was seriously injured during the film, with Taylor helping save his life. Despite the film's shortcomings and off-camera tragedy, Elizabeth was nominated for an Academy Award for her portrayal of Southern belle Susanna Drake. However, on Oscar night the honor went to Joanne Woodward for The Three Faces of Eve (1957). In 1958 Elizabeth starred as Maggie Pollitt in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958). The film received rave reviews from the critics and Elizabeth was nominated again for an Academy Award for best actre
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Every Little Boy's Scalextric: Japanese Grand Prix — The Austin Grand Prix Every Little Boy's Scalextric: Japanese Grand Prix September 30, 2012 by Iain Robertson Suzuka Circuit, 2011 (image courtesy of Mercedes GP) The rivalry between two of Japan’s leading carmakers, Toyota and Honda, is renowned, states Iain Robertson. Both are world players. Both have, at times, lead the new car sales charts in North America. Both are serious employers and manufacturers possessing important North American plants. Interestingly, both have experienced varying degrees of success in Formula One, although only Honda can lay claim to greater ‘ownership’ than its key competitor and the fact that it is the Honda Test Track at Suzuka, which plays host, solely, to the annual Japanese GP. // Every Little Boy's Scalextric The great invention of Freddie Francis, a British toy innovator of the 1950s, was a guided track-based model car racing system. Initially produced from pressed tin-plate, with wind-up clockwork motors, the racing cars and their rubberised track were marketed as ‘Scalex’. Of course, it was essentially a simple system running on a limited number of track sections that clipped together to produce an oval circuit. Yet, within a couple of years, Francis had harnessed electricity, running through a step-down transformer, which would introduce power to the in-track guides, now set into plastic moulded sections. The electric motors built into the plastic 1/32-scale cars were tiny and unsophisticated but the system had legs and the demand grew, even though it was far from inexpensive, even in its early days. Strangely, it always managed to bridge a gap between being a toy for children, yet something that older people (parents, usually the male of the house) wanted to play with. The new electrified product was called ‘Scalextric’. Through various ownership transformations, usually as a result of demand outstripping supply potential, Scalextric survived and it remains one of the most popular of track-based racing systems. One of the earliest, most popular and least costly toy track layouts was a ‘figure-of-eight’, which coincidentally is the primary layout of Suzuka Circuit, the only racing circuit in the modern F1 calendar possessing a crossover element. Scalextric has been used to recreate model circuit layouts worldwide for many years now. Technology has advanced its development to such a level that racing on the plastic tracks can be exceptionally realistic and innumerable slot-racing clubs exist around the world. Even the wide range of cars is now digitised, can be tuned and gain various tyre compounds to enhance the traction, just like the real thing. Sadly, the original Scalextric USA shop in Tacoma, Washington, was closed in 2007. However, another shop front in Auburn, Washington, is now the North American showcase for Scalextric slot cars, tracks and accessories, of which there are many. // ORIENTAL ENTHUSIASM While motor racing fans worldwide can be exceptionally ardent, demonstrating their enthusiastic support for drivers, teams and the entire circus in various ways, the Formula One lot are almost as ‘prestigious’ as the sport of Grand Prix racing itself. They will deign to show up at lesser formulae meetings but their true fascination is directed at F1 predominantly. In Japan, they assume a level of racked-up support that verges on hysteria. If you had always believed that the Italian ‘tifosi’ were the ultimate supporters, sleeping, eating and working hard to enjoy their vocal and physical hyperactivity, then you would scarcely be able to comprehend the fanaticism that exists in Japan. While a degree of partisan support has always been reserved for Japanese racing stars over the years, were Messrs Hamilton, Vettel, Raikkonen, Alonso and the rest to wander along Japanese streets unaccompanied, they would soon be surrounded, nay, swamped by ever-so-polite Japanese people of all ages and all social backgrounds, bowing deferentially, requesting autographs respectfully and wanting to be touched simply, by these gods of the circuit
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Singapore F1 - Formula 1 Night Race - Singapore Grand Prix Enhancements to Marina Bay Street Circuit 28 July 2015, Singapore – With the 2015 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX taking place in downtown Singapore in less than 2 months, race promoter Singapore GP announced that closer racing is expected this year, following a number of modifications to the Marina Bay Street Circuit between Turns 11 to 13. The changes ride on the back of a number of key enhancements to Singapore’s Civic District and tie-in with the city-state’s 50th anniversary of independence. The enhancement works by Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority aim to integrate the areas at Esplanade Park and Empress Place to form a new arts, culture and lifestyle precinct which includes the Asian Civilisation Museum, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall and the National Gallery. Formula One’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) and race promoter Singapore GP have approved modifications to the alignment of the track between Turns 11 and 13 to dove-tail with the new Civic District enhancement plans. The right-hand Turn 11 will remain, but will be re-aligned to sit tighter with the left-hand side of Fullerton Road for a slightly slower corner speed compared to 2014. The left-hand Turn 12 will also be modified slightly so that drivers now enter the left lane of Anderson Bridge, before accelerating towards Turn 13 at 200km/h – which is a similar speed to 2014. The Turn 13 hairpin will be widened by one metre to enable more overtaking opportunities. (See Annex 1 for track modification illustration) A new 220metre Jubilee Bridge which links the Merlion Park to the Esplanade promenade has also been incorporated into the Circuit Park, providing spectators with an excellent vantage point of the fireworks display once the chequered flag is waved. Patrons can now access the Circuit Park via a new gate at the Merlion Park. Ticketholders are advised to visit the official website ( www.singaporegp.sg ) to be updated on the new Circuit Park gate locations. Mr Colin Syn, Deputy Chairman of Singapore GP Pte Ltd, applauded the changes to both the Civic District and the Marina Bay Street Circuit. “It’s a win-win situation that the development of the new arts, culture and lifestyle precinct will provide an upgraded experience, but also potentially make for closer racing at this year’s FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX,” Mr Syn said. “We take pride in ensuring our event is one of the best on the calendar, and this will only add to the excitement, on top of the off-track entertainment planned for September 18 to 20 – which already includes Pharrell Williams, Maroon 5 and Bon Jovi.” Faithful+Gould Senior Project Manager and Engineering Track Manager, Jonathan Giesecke is overseeing changes to the Singapore circuit – and believes they will improve the racing. “It is a fantastic challenge to translate changes to Singapore’s Civic District into improvements to the Marina Bay Street Circuit. I expect the modifications from Turns 11 to 13 will enable closer racing and the potential for additional passing opportunities.” The 2015 FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX takes place on September 18 to 20, with tickets available at www.singaporegp.sg
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Iain Banks - Telegraph Books Obituaries Iain Banks Iain Banks, who has died aged 59, was a novelist who achieved popularity and critical success in two separate fields: literary fiction, for which he appeared on the first Granta list of young writers beside the likes of Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and AN Wilson; and, as Iain M Banks, science fiction, much of it set in an interstellar anarcho-communist utopia called The Culture. Iain Banks, born February 16 1954, died June 9 2013 Photo: Chris Watt 6:00PM BST 09 Jun 2013 Banks came rather to regret this demarcation of his novels, and in truth the distinction was not always straightforward. The grotesque and bizarre were often to the fore in his mainstream books, to the point that it was not always obvious into which category they fell. Indeed, 2009’s Transition was published in Britain as an Iain Banks novel, but under his science fiction byline — with its initial M — in America. His best-known book probably remained the first he published. The Wasp Factory brought Banks immediate notoriety. Even before its appearance, one publisher claimed that the book had made him vomit into his waste paper basket. It had a similarly emetic effect on many reviewers: “a repulsive piece of work”; “silly, gloatingly sadistic”; “a work of unparalleled depravity” were among the judgments of the newspapers. Many, though, also conceded the hallucinatory brilliance of the author’s imagination, and there was widespread acknowledgement that Banks’ control of tone and language were more assured than that of many established novelists. Iain Banks was born on February 16 1954 at Dunfermline in Fife and spent his early years in North Queensferry. His father Tom worked for the Admiralty “getting crashed jets out the water”, and his mother Effie, who had been a professional ice skater in a touring review, met her husband while teaching skating at Dunfermline’s ice rink. Though an only child, Iain had a close-knit and large extended family; their name had originally been Banks Menzies, but Iain’s paternal grandfather, a miner and trade union activist, had reversed the surnames after drawing the attention of the police during the General Strike of 1926. Although registered at birth as plain Iain Banks, he used Menzies as his middle name from childhood. The decision to add “M” for his first science fiction book, Consider Phlebas (the fourth of his novels), was prompted by the disapproval of his uncles and cousins when the initial had been dropped from his previous books — after an editor raised the remarkably unlikely prospect of confusion with Rosie M Banks, the fictional author of slushy romantic novels in PG Wodehouse’s stories. When Iain was nine, his father was posted to the west coast of Scotland, and the family moved from their home near the Forth Bridge. The boy’s principal childhood interests were television, reading science fiction, and producing homemade explosives from sugar and weedkiller. After Greenock High School, Iain went to the University of Stirling, where he took courses in English, Psychology and Philosophy. Related Articles Iain Banks updates fans on cancer treatment 21 May 2013 His father was, he recalled, fairly supportive of his resolve to become a novelist, though his mother hoped he might train as a teacher to have “something to fall back on”. Instead, after graduating, Banks hitch-hiked around Europe, and then took a series of jobs, working for almost a decade (some of it in the south of England) as a dustman, a hospital porter and a clerk, with stints at IBM and British Steel, while steadily devoting himself to his writing. Until his first book appeared, he plastered the walls of his room with rejection slips. His parents became more relaxed about the security of his career, he observed, only after he had bought them a house next door to his own. After the success of The Wasp Factory in 1984, Banks produced a steady series of books, all of which found a sizeable audience and, for the most part, an appreciative critical response. The excesses of his début, which
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Timeline: 1300-1400 King Wenceslas II ascends the throne in Poland. Birth of Guillaume de Machaut, French musician and poet. c. 1300 Cursor Mundi written and Marco Polo's Travels. 1300-1400 English displacing French as language of the upper classes and in schools and law courts. Mystery plays increasingly performed by guilds rather than churches--more actors, more spectacles, outdoor stages, comic elements. 1301 Edward I of England invests his baby son Edward as Prince of Wales 1302 Battle of Courtrai: Flemish burghers defeat the flower of French chivalry and save Flanders from French occupation. 1303 Guillaume de Nogaret, emissary of Philip IV of France, kidnaps Pope Boniface VIII and beats him. The pope is rescued by Italians from Anagni, but dies shortly thereafter in Rome, probably as a result of his injuries. His death ends the struggle between Philip IV of France and the pope over papal powers in France. 1304 Francis Petrarch (Franceswco Petrarca), Italian poet born. 1305 Pope Clement V (Bertrand de Got, Archbishop of Bordeaux) claims the Papal See. The "Babylonian Captivity" begins as the Papal See removed from Rome to Avignon, defying medieval custom. The English capture and execute Scottish rebel William Wallace. 1306 Philip IV expels the Jews from France. New Scottish rebellion against English rule led by Robert the Bruce. Robert is crowned King of Scotalnd at Scone, rules until 1329. This ends the ten-year interregnum in Scotland. 1307 King Edward dies while on campaign against Robert the Bruce. Edward II, King of England, rules until 1327. Dante's Divine Comedy written about 1307-1321 1308 Albert I, Holy Roman Emperor, dies. His replacement: Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor to 1313. 1310 English barons appoint appoint 21 peers--the Lords Ordainers--to manage Edward II's household and control the country until the king reaches his maturity. 1312 The King of France abolishes the Order of Knights Templar, accusing them of witchcraft. Birth of Geoffrey Chaucer's father, John Chaucer. 1313 Battle of Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce defeats Edward II and makes Scotland independent. Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor at civil war withhis rival, Frederick of Austria. Louis X, (Louis the Quarrelsome) King of France to 1316. 1315 Swiss forces beat Leopold of Austria at battle of Morgarten. 1316 John XXII becomes Pope. He holds the papal see until 1334. The papacy orders eight Dominican friars to travel to Ethiopia in search of Prester John, a legendary Christian emperor. 1317 France adopts the Salic Law, excluding women from succession to the throne. 1318 The Swiss make peace with the Habsburgs. 1320 Tughluk Dynasty in Delhi rules until 1413. Founded in 1320 by the Turk Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluk. 1321 Death of Dante Alighieri shortly after his completion of the Divina Commedia. 1322 Charles IV, the Fair, King of France. (Rules until 1328). 1325 Traditional date of the Aztecs arrival in Tenochtitlán (Mexico
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The malleus, incus, and stapes (the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup) are the three smallest bones in the human body, how are they collectively known?
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How do the hammer, anvil and stirrup bones amplify sound into the inner ear? - Scientific American Scientific American How do the hammer, anvil and stirrup bones amplify sound into the inner ear? Share on Facebook Advertisement | Report Ad Douglas E. Vetter, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience at the Tufts University Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, sounds out an answer to this query. The hammer, anvil and stirrup—also known as the malleus, incus, and stapes, respectively, and collectively, as "middle ear ossicles"—are the smallest bones in the human body. Found in the middle ear, they are a part of the auditory system between the eardrum and the cochlea (the spiral-shaped conduit housing hair cells that are involved in transmitting sound to the brain). To understand the role of these bones in hearing requires an understanding of levers. This is because the middle ear ossicles are arranged and interact with each other as a lever system. All levers generate a mechanical advantage. They are used to exert a large force over a small distance at one end of the lever by applying a smaller force over a longer distance at the opposite end. The leveraging capabilities of the middle ear ossicles are needed to generate the large forces that allow us to hear. As terrestrial animals, we live in a gaseous environment. But, our inner ear is filled with fluid, and this represents a problem. As an example, most people have first hand knowledge of hearing underwater. If someone screams at you from above the water's surface, the sounds are tremendously muted, making it difficult to understand or even hear at all. That is simply because most of the sound is reflected off the water's surface. So how do we take in airborne sounds, which are simply vibrations of the air molecules, and get them past the air-fluid interface between our ear canal and the inner ear? We need a system to use those air vibrations to push against the surface of the inner ear fluid. When the eardrum vibrates as sound hits its surface, it sets the ossicles into motion. The ossicles are arranged in a special order to perform their job. Directly behind and connected to the eardrum—which is essentially, a large collector of sound—is the hammer. The hammer is arranged so that one end is attached to the eardrum, while the other end forms a lever-like hinge with the anvil. The opposite end of the anvil is fused with the stirrup (so anvil and stirrup act as one bone). The stirrup then connects with a special opening in the cochlea called the "oval window." The footplate of the stirrup—the oval, flat part of the bone that resembles the part where one would rest ones foot in an actual stirrup—is loosely attached to the oval window of the cochlea, allowing it to move in and out like a piston. The piston-like action generates vibrations in the fluid-filled inner ear that are used to signal the brain of a sound event. Without the middle ear ossicles, only about 0.1 percent of sound energy would make it into the inner ear. Overcoming the problem of getting airborne sound into the fluid-filled inner ear is solved by two main mechanisms: the concentration of energy from the large eardrum onto the small stirrup footplate situated in the oval window; and the lever-like action between the hammer and the anvil-stirrup complex. In cats, for example, the simple concentration of forces from the eardrum to the stirrup increases pressure at the oval window to about 35 times what is measured at the eardrum. The lever action of the middle ear bones imparts a further mechanical advantage to the system—occurring because the anvil is shorter than the hammer—and further increases pressure by roughly 35 percent. In this way we overcome the problem of getting airborne vibrations into the pressurized, fluid-filled inner ear. Not all animals have this same middle ear bone configuration. In fact, reptiles, amphibians and birds, have a middle ear that contains just one bone, called the columella, which connects the eardrum directly to the oval window of the cochlea. When we examine the most sensitiv
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 4th November The Questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Lamb Inn ART & ENTERTAINMENT 1. Q. Offenbach’s barcarolle from ‘The Tales of Hoffman’ is a famous piece of music, but what is a barcarolle ? A. A BOATING SONG (Accept any reference to boats). 2. Q. Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta contains the song generally known as ‘A Policeman’s lot is not a happy one’ ? A. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. 3. Q. Which TV presenter is the daughter of Newspaper Editor and Columnist Eve Pollard ? A. CLAUDIA WINKELMAN. 4. Q. Who created the statue of ‘St.Michael’s victory over the Devil’ on Coventry Cathedral ? A. JACOB EPSTEIN. 5. Q. Which artist painted the work entitled ‘Guernica’ ? A. PABLO PICASSO. 6. Q. In the TV series ‘Inspector Morse’, who wrote the theme tune ? A. BARRINGTON PHELOUNG 7. Q. Mark McManus of ‘Taggart’ fame had a famous singing half-brother. Who is he ? A. BRIAN CONNOLLY (Lead singer of The Sweet). 8. Q. Who composed the music for the films ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ and ‘The Mission’ ? A. ENNIO MORRICONE. (a) Q. Which piece of music preceded TV’s ‘The Lone Ranger’ ? A. THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (Giaochino Rossini) (b) Q. Who is the mother of actress Joely Richardson ? A. VANESSA REDGRAVE. (c) Q. In which play does Mrs. Malaprop appear ? A. THE RIVALS (by Sheridan) 1) What is the capital of Croatia ? (A) Zagreb 2) Which river runs through Leicester ? (A) Soar 3) What is described as : a U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water ? (A) Ox Bow Lake 4) What is the largest lake in Europe ? (A) Lake Lagoda (14th largest in the world.) 5) What is a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth called ? (A) Contour 6) Which city is the capital of Canada ? (A) Ottawa 7) Which river runs through Ipswich ? (A) Orwell 8) Yosemite National Park is in which US State ? (A) California SUPPLEMENTARIES (a) Greenland belongs to which country ? (A) Denmark. (b) In which country are the largest waterfalls measured by flow-rate in Europe ? (A) Switzerland (Rhine falls) 1. Q. Which statesman married Miss Clementine Hosier in 1908 ? A. WINSTON CHURCHILL. 2. Q. Who founded The National Viewers & Listeners Association in 1965 ? A. MARY WHITEHOUSE. 3. Q. In which year did the first human heart transplant take place ? A. 1967 (allow 1966-1968). 4. Q. Where was Princess Elizabeth staying when she was given the news of her accession to the throne in 1558 ? A. HATFIELD HOUSE in Hertfordshire. 5. Q. Give a year in the life of Ivan the Terrible. A. 1530 – 1584 6. Q. The Rolls Royce ‘Thrust Measuring Rig’ developed in the 1950’s took off vertically, but what was its nickname ? A. THE FLYING BEDSTEAD. 7. Q. Whose London monument by Edward Bailey is guarded by Edwin Landseer’s lions? A. NELSON 8. Q. What, infamously, happened at Yekaterinburg on July 17th 1918 ? A. THE ASSASINATION OF THE RUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY (THE ROMANOVS) (a) Q. What was the code-name for planned German invasion of Britain ? A. OPERATION SEA LION. (b) Q. What is the connection between a large fish-eating bird and Drake’s ship ? A. PELICAN (Name of Drakes ship before becoming The Golden Hind). SCIENCE 1. Q. What is the tradename of the Du Pont synthetic fibre of high-tensile strength used mainly in rubber products, notably tyres and bullet-proof vests ? A. KEVLAR. 2. Q. In astronomy, where would you find the ‘Cassini Division’ ? A. SATURNS RINGS. 3. Q. As a percentage, what is the average salinity of sea water ? A. 3.5% (accept 3% to 4%) 4. Q. What name is given to static discharges visible on aircraft wing tips and the tops of ships masts ? A. ST. ELMO’S FIRE. 5. Q. In what device in the home would you find a magnetron ? A. MICROWAVE OVEN. 6. Q. Traditionally, how have teachers always used sticks of calcium sulphate ? A. BLACKBOARD CHALK. 7. Q. Why is sodium carbonate sometimes added to a water supply ? A. TO REDUCE NATURAL HARDNESS. 8. Q. Which element is common to all acids ? A. HYDROGEN. (a) Q. By what name is deuterium oxide also kn
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American Ballet Theatre | Les Balletonautes La Belle au bois dormant d’ABT : l’historique, le traditionnel ou l’authentique ? The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaîkovsky, Ratmansky d’après Petipa dans la notation Stepanov, American Ballet Theatre. Opéra Bastille les 4, 6, 7 et 10 septembre, matinée. Demandant à ce dilettante de James son avis sur la « reconstitution » Ratmansky de la Belle au Bois dormant présenté par ABT, j’ai obtenu cette réponse : « Je ne suis ni pour ni contre les reconstitutions chorégraphiques, pourvu que mon plaisir de spectateur soit contenté (chez les Balletonautes, les rôles sont strictement assignés, et aucune fée penchée sur mon berceau ne m’a donné l’érudition en partage). L’archéologie technique me laisse aussi assez froid : danser comme on faisait en 1890, sachant que la technique a évolué, m’intéresse aussi peu que d’écouter sur de vieilles cires Lillian Nordica chanter Wagner au Met en 1903. » Pour être à l’emporte-pièce, cette déclaration sur la reconstitution n’est pourtant pas loin d’être la mienne. Mais comme il paraît que j’ai reçu « le don de l’érudition », je vais m’exprimer beaucoup plus longuement. Pour les œuvres musicales, mais particulièrement les œuvres chorégraphiques, qui n’ont longtemps survécu que par la transmission orale de leurs interprètes sans même le concours de vieilles cires, une subtile distinction doit être faite entre ce qui est « historique » (ou archéologique) et ce qui est « traditionnel » (ce que, de manière consensuelle, on trouvera dans à peu près toutes les productions d’une œuvre classique) avant même de se poser la question de ce qui est authentique. Une production? Bakst, 1921. Rideau d’intermède d’après Léon Bakst L’élément qui semble le plus simple à reconstituer dans un ballet lorsqu’on veut se frotter à l’archéo-chorégraphie est la production. Pour la Belle au Bois dormant, cette option a déjà été tentée moult fois depuis la création du ballet en 1890. La première fois, en 1921, le succès esthétique avait été complet. Il s’agissait de la production « traditionnelle » des Ballets russes de Serge de Diaghilev. C’est à cette version, et non à celle de 1890, que la production Ratmansky fait référence. Le chorégraphe a demandé à son décorateur d’évoquer la splendeur des décors et des costumes de Léon Bakst. C’était mettre la barre un peu haut et c’est dommage. Car sans cette référence écrasante, la production américaine, qui se laisse globalement regarder, aurait évité certains écueils. Pour faire ressurgir la magie d’une production, il faut nécessairement l’adapter voire la transposer. Reproduire des toiles peintes à l’identique et les inonder de lumière crue ne sert à rien qu’à donner du ballet un aspect vieillot. Pour les costumes, c’est encore pire. Les étoffes d’autrefois, plus épaisses et pesantes, étaient brodées à la main. Elles étaient souvent superbes à voir de près mais pouvaient manquer de relief de loin. Pour leur en donner, Léon Bakst avait par exemple choisi des options chromatiques souvent osées. Les matériaux modernes, requis par les exigences techniques de la danse actuelle, sont beaucoup plus légers. Remplacer deux lais de tissus de couleurs différentes cousus ensemble par de la peinture ou surcharger un léger costume de motifs surimposés n’est jamais d’un bon effet. Sans tomber dans certains excès « acétate » d’une autre reconstruction de la Belle, celle du Marinsky, cette présente mouture n’évite donc pas toujours le croquignolet ou le ridicule. Il y a par exemple un pauvre hère, cavalier d’une des fées du prologue, qui est affublé d’une grenouillère rose à volants dont il doit cauchemarder la nuit. Les atours des fées, qui cherchent à reproduire les tutus courts en tulipe mouillée des années 20 (qu’on faisait ainsi tombants parce, non lavables, ils duraient plus longtemps que les plateaux) ne sont pas toujours du meilleur effet. Celui de la fée violente, surchargé de motifs criards qui ressemblent de loin à des cocottes en papier, donne l’impression que cette dernière a volé la coquette nuisette de sa maman pour jouer à la princesse. Lorsqu
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MINKUS - "DON QUIXOTE" - BALLET ~ MISTY COPELAND - 15 - 1997 - VOB - YouTube MINKUS - "DON QUIXOTE" - BALLET ~ MISTY COPELAND - 15 - 1997 - VOB 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 Jun 12, 2010 LUDWIG MINKUS - a.k.a. Léon Fyodorovich Minkus (1826--1917) was an Austrian composer of ballet music, a violin virtuoso and teacher. Minkus is most noted for the music he composed while serving as Ballet Composer of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres in Russia, where he wrote for the original works and revivals of the renowned Ballet Masters Arthur Saint-Léon and Marius Petipa. Among the composer's most celebrated compositions for these Ballet Masters were La Source (1866; composed jointly with Léo Delibes), Don Quixote (1869); and La Bayadère (1877). During his career Minkus wrote a substantial amount of supplemental material for insertion into already existing ballets. Among these pieces, Minkus is most noted for the Grand Pas classique, Pas de trois and Mazurka des enfants written for Marius Petipa's 1881 revival of the ballet Paquita. Today, Minkus's ballet music is some of the most popular and performed in all of ballet, and is a most integral part of the traditional classical ballet repertory. MISTY COPELAND - BALLET DANCER - AT A DANCE COMPETITION 1997 --- HERE SHE IS DANCING AT AGE 15 AFTER STUDYING FOR ONLY 2 YEARS - BORN 1982.... THIS IS BEFORE SHE JOINED THE AMERICAN BALLET THEATER - (ABT).... --- UPDATE 12-12-12 - NATALIA MARAKOVA - 72 - WAS ON A NATIONAL TALK SHOW LAST NIGHT AND SAID THAT SHE STARTED AT 13, (LIKE MISTY) - SO IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO START AT THAT AGE - NATALIA WENT ON TO PROVE IT BY BECOMING THE BIGGEST NAME, AND THE MOST LEGENDARY BALLERINA IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. SHE IS FROM RUSSIA, BUT NOW TEACHES IN SAN FRANCISCO - I GOT TO SEE HER DO TCHAIKOVSKY'S "SWAN LAKE" AT THE KENNEDY CENTER IN THE 80's - YEAH !!! Category
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History and Making of Ice Cream | Information Center History and Making of Ice Cream History and Making of Ice Cream History and Making of Ice cream From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ice cream is a frozen dessert made from dairy products , such as cream (or substituted ingredients), combined with flavorings and sweeteners , such as sugar. This mixture is stirred slowly while cooling to prevent large ice crystals from forming. This results a smooth textured ice cream. Although the term "ice cream" is sometimes used to mean frozen desserts and snacks in general, it is usually reserved for frozen desserts and snacks made with a high percentage of milk fat . Frozen custard , yoghurt , sorbet and other similar products are sometimes also called ice cream. Governments often regulate the use of these terms based on quantities of ingredients. Ice cream is generally served as a chilled product. It may also be found in dishes where the coldness of the ice cream is used as a temperature contrast, for example, as a topping on warm desserts, or even in fried ice cream . Some commercial institutions such as creameries specialize in serving ice cream and products that are related. Modern industrially produced ice cream is made from a mixture of ingredients: Minimum of 10% milk fat 9-12% milk solids: this component, also known as the serum solids, contains the proteins ( caseins and whey proteins ) and carbohydrates ( lactose ) found in milk 12-16% sweeteners: usually a combination of sucrose and/or glucose-based corn syrup sweeteners 0.2-0.5% stabilizers and emulsifiers , e.g. agar or carrageenan extracted from seaweed 55%-64% water which comes from milk solids or other ingredients These ingredients, along with air incorporated during the stirring process, make up ice cream. Generally, less expensive ice creams contain lower-quality ingredients (for example, vanilla bean may be replaced by artificial vanillin ), and more air is incorporated, sometimes as much as 50% of the final volume. Artisan-produced ice creams often contain very little air, although some is necessary to produce the characteristic creamy texture of the product. Generally speaking, the finest ice creams have between 3% and 15% air. Because most ice cream is sold by volume, it is economically advantageous for producers to reduce the density of the product in order to cut costs. Ice cream has also been hand-packed and sold by weight. The use of stabilizers rather than cream and the incorporation of air also decrease the fat and energy content of less expensive ice creams, making them more appealing to those on diets . Ice creams come in a wide variety of flavors, often with additives such as chocolate flakes or chips, nuts , fruit , and small candies /sweets. Some of the most popular ice cream flavors are vanilla , chocolate , strawberry , and Neapolitan (a combination of the three). Many people also enjoy ice cream sundaes , which often have ice cream, hot fudge , nuts, whipped cream , cherries or a variety of other toppings. Other toppings include cookie crumbs, butterscotch , sprinkles , banana sauce , marshmallows or different varieties of candy. Production Before the development of modern refrigeration, ice cream was a luxury item reserved for special occasions. Making ice cream was quite laborious. Ice was cut commercially from lakes and ponds during the winter and stored in large heaps in holes in the ground or in wood-frame ice houses, insulated by straw. Ice cream was made by hand in a large bowl surrounded by packed ice and salt. The temperature of the ingredients was reduced by the mixture of crushed ice and salt . The salt water was cooled by the ice, and the action of the salt on the ice causes it to (partially) melt, absorbing latent heat bringing the mixture below the freezing point of pure water . The immersed container can also make better thermal contact with the salty water and ice mixture than it could with ice alone. The hand-cranked churn, which still used ice and salt for cooling, was invented by an American named Nancy J
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The Persian Empire The Persian Empire (559 - 330 B.C.) Egypt, Babylonia, and Assyria were many centuries old when the mountain-walled plateau region south of the Caspian Sea was settled by a nomadic people from the grasslands of Central Asia in approximately 1000 BC. Although the newcomers called themselves Irani (Aryans) and their new homeland Irania (now Iran), the land came to be called Persia, because Greek geographers mistakenly named it after the province Pars, or Persis, where their early kings had their capital. The early Persians and their close relatives, the Medes, resembled the Semite peoples of the Middle East, but they spoke a different language. While the Semites spoke various Semitic languages, such as Arabic, Hebrew, and Assyrian, the languages of the Persians and Medes were Indo-Iranianthat is, they belonged to a group of languages that is more closely related to modern-day European languages than to Semitic tongues. Although both the Medes and Persians had worshiped nature gods, in the 6th century BC they began to follow the teachings of the prophet Zoroaster The Achaemenian Dynasty (559-330 BC) By the 6th century BC, the Medes had built a large empire that included the Persians to the east and the Assyrians to the west. However, in 550 BC Cyrus the Great of Persia conquered the Medes, acquiring Assyria in the process, which the Median King Cyarxes had taken in about 612 BC. The formidable armies of Cyrus battled their way to more victories, notably the conquest of Lydia, then ruled by King Croesus (see Croesus). This victory gave Cyrus possession of the Greek seaboard cities of Asia Minor. In 539 BC Babylon, capital of the Chaldean Empire, surrendered to Cyrus without a fight; in conquering Babylon, Cyrus also acquired Palestine. He allowed the Jews to return from Babylonian exile and rebuild their temple in Jerusalem. Turning eastward, Cyrus expanded his empire to the border of India. He was killed fighting against eastern nomads in 529 BC and was buried in a tomb he had prepared at his capital, Pasargadae. Cyrus' son Cambyses II, who ruled from 529 to 522 BC, successfully crossed the hostile Sinai Peninsula on his way to conquering Egypt in a short campaign. After his death, the crown of Persia was seized in 522 BC by Darius. Under Darius, the Persian Empire flourished. His most notable accomplishment was perfecting the system of government begun by Cyrus. The empire was divided into 20 satrapies, or provinces, each ruled over by a satrap. Officials known as the king's eyes made regular visits to the satrapies and reported their observations to the king. The satrapies furnished soldiers for the king's armies. Phoenicia, Egypt, and the Greek colonies of Asia Minor also supplied ships and sailors. In addition, each satrap paid a fixed yearly tribute to Darius. Enormous wealth flowed into the royal treasure houses of Susa, Persepolis, Pasargadae, and Ecbatana. When the king required money, he minted gold coins. To encourage commerce Darius standardized coins, weights, and measures; built imperial highways; and completed a canal from the Nile River to the Red Sea. He demanded strict enforcement of the severe laws of the Medes and Persians. Throughout his reign Darius was forced to suppress revolts in the empire. In 500 BC the Greek cities of Asia Minor rebelled. After putting down this rebellion, Darius turned on Athens to punish it for sending aid to the rebels. Beaten in the famous battle of Marathon, he prepared another expedition but died in 486 BC before it started. Xerxes, the son of Darius, ruled from 486 to 465 BC. He was a tyrannical king who began his reign by quelling rebellions in Egypt and Babylon, then gathered a huge force to overwhelm Greece. It seemed as if the mighty empire would conquer the small, disunited Greek city-states. Yet Xerxes met disaster at Salamis and Plataea, and his great army was driven back into Asia (see Persian Wars). This defeat marked the first sign of decay in the Persian Empire. Persian history for the next 125 years was filled with conspiracies, assassinations
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Which poet, who died during World War One, wrote the poems 'Peace' and 'Tiare Tahiti'?
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Brief biographies of 25 poets of the First World War, THE WAR POETRY WEB SITE RUPERT CHAWNER BROOKE , 1887-1915. Georgian poet. Born at Rugby. Educated at Rugby School and King's College, Cambridge. He was an atheist and active Socialist. He was a friend of Edward Marsh and worked with him to prepare and promote the first Georgian Anthology of poetry. After travelling in Germany, and, following his nervous breakdown he went on a long tour to recuperate, taking in the USA, Canada, Honolulu, Samoa, Fiji, New Zealand, and Tahiti. After hesitation about what course of action to take at the start of the First World War he joined the navy. He was a witness at the siege of Antwerp before writing his famous set of five sonnets called 1914. Though he had seen the devastation and suffering created by the war he kept it all at an emotional distance from himself, denying the realities of war. He had a deeply confused personality - given to both ecstatic enthusiasm and suicidal doubt. Following a mosquito bite he died of acute blood poisoning on board ship on his way to Gallipoli, and was buried on the Greek Island of Skyros. Minds at War and Out in the Dark contain all five of Brooke's 1914 war sonnets, plus his sombre and realistic last poem, Soon to Die. Minds at War contains a further thirteen and a half pages of discussion of Brooke's ideas, and extracts from his letters which reveal something of the way his mind worked, and the origins of some of the ideas in his sonnets. There are five pages of information about Brooke, and extracts from his letters in Out in the Dark. ELEANOR FARJEON, 1881-1965. Born in London. Well known as an author of children's stories. She was a close personal friend of Helen and Edward Thomas in the last few years of his life. She loved Edward, but knew that expressing her feelings to him would mean the immediate end of their friendship. They often visited each other and went on long country walks together. She typed his poems for him and submitted them, on his behalf, under the pseudonym of Edward Eastaway, to various publications. Helen was aware of Eleanor's feelings towards Edward and was perfectly content with the situation, believing that it might help to make Edward a little happier. There are two of her poems in Minds at War and one in Out in the Dark. The poem that is common to both books is "Now that you, too" which is a moving poem about saying goodbye to Edward Thomas for the last time. JULIAN GRENFELL , 1888-1915. Educated at Eton, and Balliol College, Oxford. He joined the army in 1910. He seemed to take a psychopathic joy in killing people. His poem Into Battle is said to be the most anthologised poem of the First World War. He died of wounds on 30th April, 1915, a few days after sending his poem to The Times. Into Battle appears in both Minds at War and Out in the Dark. IVOR GURNEY , 1890-1937. Born in Gloucester. Educated at King's School Gloucester and the Royal College of Music. He wrote poetry and music from before the war. He volunteered to fight and was initially turned down because of his poor eyesight. He was gassed and wounded and returned to Britain. Mental illness developed. He was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic in 1922. He was committed to mental hospital where he continued to write poetry and compose - sometimes believing that he was still taking part in the war. He died of tuberculosis. Three of his poems appear in Minds at War and two in Out in the Dark. RUDYARD KIPLING , 1865-1936. Born in Bombay. As a small child he was sent to England (Southsea)
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What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? Billy The Kid How many stories did each of the World Trade Towers have? 110 What is the name of the cafe in Coronation Street? Roy's Rolls According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace? 775 What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world? London Gatwick By number of films made, which country has the largest film industry? India Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Muhammad Ali On what day of the year is St George's day held? 23rd of April The scientific unit lumen is used in the measurement of what? Light Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle? Apollo 15 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? Stephenie Meyer What is the capital of India? New Delhi Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Edward Lear Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? Haiti In which city is the European Parliament based? Strasbourg Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit? Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c
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Paul Galdone (Author of The Three Billy Goats Gruff) edit data Paul Galdone (1907 - November 7, 1986) was a children's literature author and illustrator. He was born in Budapest and he emigrated to the United States in 1921. He studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design. He served for the US Army during world War II. He illustrated nearly all of Eve Titus' books including, Basil of Baker Street series which was translated to the screen in the animated Disney film, The Great Mouse Detective. Galdone and Titus were nominated for Caldecott Medals for Anatole (1957) and Anatole and the Cat (1958). The titles were later named Caldecott Honor books in 1971. He died of a heart attack in Nyack, New York. He was posthumously awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contribution Paul Galdone (1907 - November 7, 1986) was a children's literature author and illustrator. He was born in Budapest and he emigrated to the United States in 1921. He studied art at the Art Student's League and New York School for Industrial Design. He served for the US Army during world War II. He illustrated nearly all of Eve Titus' books including, Basil of Baker Street series which was translated to the screen in the animated Disney film, The Great Mouse Detective. Galdone and Titus were nominated for Caldecott Medals for Anatole (1957) and Anatole and the Cat (1958). The titles were later named Caldecott Honor books in 1971. He died of a heart attack in Nyack, New York. He was posthumously awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contribution to children's literature. His retellings of classic tales like The Little Red Hen or Three Billy Goats Gruff have become staples. ...more
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Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. "SH-3" redirects here. For other uses, see SH3 (disambiguation) . SH-3 Sea King US Navy SH-3H Sea King helicopters Role Retired by United States Navy in 2006 Status Westland Sea King The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King (company designation S-61) is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. It was a landmark design, being the first ASW helicopter to take advantage of turboshaft engines, as well as being the first amphibious helicopter in the world. [2] Introduced in 1961, it served with the United States Navy , and remains in service in many countries around the world. The Sea King has been built under license in Italy and Japan, and in the United Kingdom as the Westland Sea King . The major civil versions are the S-61L and S-61N . Contents Edit As the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union developed, the Soviet Navy had elected to construct a large fleet of over 200 submarines, the US Navy chose to counter this threat by investing in newer and increasingly capable ASW technologies and platforms such as the Sea King. [3] In 1957, Sikorsky was awarded a contract to develop an all-weather amphibious helicopter for the U.S. Navy. The new helicopter would excel at anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and would combine the roles of hunter and killer, previously these had to be performed by two separate helicopters. [4] The key features of the emerging ASW helicopter would include its amphibious hull for landing on the water, and its twin-turboshaft engines that enabled a larger, heavier and better-equipped aircraft than prior helicopters. [4] [5] SH-3As of HS-6 above USS Kearsarge in the early 1960s The first prototype took flight for the first time in March 1959. [4] Carrier suitability trials were conducted on board the USS Lake Champlain ; the trials were completed successfully in mid-1961. [6] Production deliveries of the HSS-2 (later designated SH-3A) to the US Navy began in September 1961, these initial production aircraft were each powered by a pair of General Electric T58 turboshaft engines. [7] Sikorsky also developed a variant of the Sea King for the civil market, designated Sikorsky S-61L . The first operator of the S-61L was Los Angeles Airways , who introduced them to service on 11 March 1962. [8] [9] Another variant with a conventional hull, the Sikorsky S-61R , was also concurrently developed for transport and search and rescue (SAR) duties, this type was extensively operated by the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Coast Guard . [10] In late 1961 and early 1962, a modified U.S. Navy HSS-2 Sea King was used to break the FAI 3 km, 100 km, 500 km and 1000 km helicopter speed records. This series of flights culminated on 5 February 1962 with the HSS-2 setting an absolute helicopter speed record of 210.6 mph. [11] This record was broken by a modified Sud Super Frelon helicopter on 23 July 1963 with a speed of 217.7 mph. [12] Further developments Edit In the early 21st century, following their drawdown in US service, there has been multiple initiatives to refurbish ex-military Sea Kings for continued operations; in addition to civil operators, nations such as Egypt and India acquired refurbished Sea Kings to supplement their own aging fleets. [13] [14] [15] While Sikorsky formally ended production of the helicopter model in the 1970s, in 2009, it was reported that nearly 600 Sea Kings were in operational service. [16] Design Edit When introduced, the Sea King was a considerable advancement over previous helicopters; its twin-turboshaft powerplant layout gave the SH-3 a payload capacity and level of reliability far in excess of previous anti-submarine helicopters. [4] In the event of an engin
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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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East 17 | New Music And Songs | East 17 About East 17 With the notable exception of Take That, East 17 were the most successful teen-oriented dance-pop band in Britain of the early '90s. Led by songwriter Tony Mortimer, the group initially tried to emulate American rap and hip-hop, before settling down into a commercial fusion of new jack R&B, hip-hop beats, rap, and pop melodies. The stylish, accessible blend of dance music, plus the group's boyish good looks, made East 17 into a teen pop sensation. Occasionally, the band achieved some credibility from dance circles when they convinced remixers to reshape their infectious singles, but for the most part, East 17 was a decidedly adolescent -- and decidedly British -- phenomenon, scoring a number of hit singles during the early and mid-'90s, before Brit-pop captured the attention of the majority of British teens. Comprised of four vocalists/rappers -- Tony Mortimer (born Anthony Michael Mortimer, October 21, 1970), Brian Harvey (born Brian Lee Harvey, August 8, 1974), Terry Coldwell (born Terence Mark Colwell, July 21, 1974), and John Hendy (born Jonathan Darren Hendy, March 26, 1971) -- East 17 were formed in London in 1991. Taking their name from their local London postal code in Walthamstow, the group began their musical career by imitating American rap outfits, eventually finding inspiration from urban soul and dance music as well. By 1992, their demo tapes had made their way to London Records, where Tom Watkins -- an A&R instrumental in launching the careers of the Pet Shop Boys and Bros -- signed the band in April of 1992. In August of that year, the group's debut single, "House of Love," was released and it shot into the British Top Ten, selling over 600,000 copies by the end of the year. It was quickly followed in 1993 by their debut album, Walthamstow, which became a hit, despite being panned by critics. For the next two years, East 17 was very popular throughout Britain, and managed to gain a following in Europe, as well. Steam, the band's second album, was a hit upon its release in 1995, but it wasn't quite as popular as their debut, largely due to the shifting musical tastes of the U.K. As the country gravitated toward guitar rock and electronic music, East 17's dance-pop began to lose ground on the charts. In 1996, the band released the singles compilation Around the World: The Journey So Far. In January of 1997, Brian Harvey was kicked out of East 17 following an interview in which he endorsed the drug ecstasy. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi Hear more of
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93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot | Famous Units | Research | National Army Museum, London 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot Share this page Last updated: 7 July 2014 Other ranks’ glengarry badge, 93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot, c1876 NAM. 1967-07-33-32 Introduction The regiment’s origins lie in the Sutherland Fencibles, home defence troops raised and disbanded three times in northern Scotland during the 18th century. On the Fencibles’ final disbandment in 1799, its former colonel William Wemyss re-recruited most of its troops into a new regular infantry regiment, on behalf of his cousin Elizabeth, Countess of Sutherland. This new regiment was given the number 93 in the army order of precedence and formally embodied at Inverness in 1800. The new unit initially served in the Channel Islands, Scotland and Ireland before eight years at the Cape of Good Hope from 1806. It then fought against the Americans at New Orleans in 1814 during the War of 1812, before lengthy garrison duties in Ireland, the West Indies and Canada following the end of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-15). In 1813 a 2nd Battalion was raised but this was disbanded in 1816 after service in Britain and Newfoundland. The 93rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot at Balaklava, October 1854 NAM. 1959-09-45 1st Battalion arrived back for home service in Scotland and England in 1848, providing an honour guard for Queen Victoria the following year. It then embarked for the Crimea in 1854. It fought with distinction at the Alma (20 September 1854) and became the only infantry regiment to win the battle honour ‘Balaklava’ (25 October 1854) after holding off repeated Russian cavalry charges. This feat gained it the nickname ‘The Thin Red Line’, a term coined by the journalist William Howard Russell. It was then re-deployed to India to deal with the Indian Mutiny (1857-59), winning six Victoria Crosses (VC) in one day during the storming of the Secundra Bagh in Lucknow. A seventh VC was won by William Bean, a lieutenant in the regiment, for killing 11 rebels at the gate of Kaiser Bagh. The unit then remained in India on garrison duty until 1870, taking part in the Umbeyla Campaign (1863-64). It then carried out garrison duties in Britain, Ireland and Gibraltar until July 1881, when it amalgamated with the 91st (Princess Louise’s Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot to form Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland) Highlanders . Key facts
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What element is the most malleable metal? | Reference.com What element is the most malleable metal? A: Quick Answer The most malleable metal that exists in its pure state is gold. Gold, also the most ductile metal, is capable of being flattened so that it can measure only 0.000127 millimeters in thickness. Full Answer A single ounce of gold can be rolled and beaten thinly enough that it could cover a sheet that measures about 5 meters on a side. Since gold is the most malleable and ductile metal in existence, it has to be alloyed with other metals to be used in jewelry and coins, which require gold to be plated onto them rather than comprising the entire item. Pure gold jewelry and coins would be easily deformed by pressure.
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Index-a What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for? Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia? G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention? Name the core specialism of notable Anglo-Danish industrialist Sir Ove Nyquist Arup (1895-1988) and the global (Arup Group) corporation he created: Pharmacy; Structural engineering; Shipbuilding; or Food canning? The famous guitar maker founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1902 is: Gibson; Fender; Rickenbacker; or Gretsch? Calabria, flanked by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, is the southern peninsular of which country? In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly: Coil; Rhythm; Pill; or Condom? What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912: Rubber; Cotton; Gold; or Silk? What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above? If a fifth of the charges in a $60 bill are discounted by 25%, what is the total cost? What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive? The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art? Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil? What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval? Ogilvy & Mather, WWP and James Walter Thompson famously operate in: Law; Advertising; Auditing; or Architectural design? What mathematical term originated from Arabic 'awar', meaning 'damage to goods', evolving through French terminology for an apportionment of shipping liabilities between owners of vessel and cargo? What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)? Avian refers to: Birds; Bees; Apes; or Vikings? Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications? Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936? Brazil's first ever football match as a national team was in 1914 at Laranjeiras stadium, Rio de Janeiro state, against: Argentina; USA; Prussia; or Exeter City? What is/are 'pince-nez': Cream and wine sauce; Ferry tug-boats; Armless spectacles; or Four-legged trousers for dogs? The Arabic term 'Al-jebr' (reunion of broken parts) is famously associated with: Disaster relief; TV news; Twin skyscrapers; or Algebra? The UHF wireless technology developed by Eriksson in 1994 for data transfer between devices in close proximity is: Silverlip; Bluetooth; Rednose; or Goldeye? What is the '1c Magenta', which (at $20m) became the most expensive man-made object ever in terms of weight to value? A circular partner-swapping ballroom dance, named after a 1700s maritime leader, is the: William Bligh; Paul Jones; Horatio Nelson; or James Hook? The Stone Age was roughly how many years ago: 4-5,000; 50-100,000; 500,000-1million; or 1-2m? Originally a French portmanteau word combining a shoe and boot, what means 'wilfully destroy'? What is the recurring number when two-thirds is expressed as a decimal? A lodestone (or loadstone, from old English meaning 'leading-stone' or 'way-stone') is a naturally occurring what? Which controversial Swiss sports head, accused of racism, sexism and corruption 1990s-2000s, was once president of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders, which advocated women should not replace stockings and suspenders with pantyhose? Bambino is the family trust of which controversial business mogul, subject to criminal proceedings in Germany 2014? Boundary-pushing Dutch media corporation Endemol sought participants in 2014 for a reality show requiring the group to: Marry each other; Marry animals; Have face transplants; or Live indefinitely on Mars? The volcano Olympic Mons, three times taller than Mount Everest, and the highes
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Scotsman Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration for what Daniel Dafoe novel?
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Alexander Selkirk biography | birthday, trivia | Scottish Castaway | Who2 Alexander Selkirk Biography Sailor A true-life castaway, Scotsman Alexander Selkirk was the inspiration for Daniel Defoe ‘s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. While sailing with English privateers in 1704, Selkirk quarrelled with his captain and asked to be put ashore on an uninhabited island off of South America. He took with him a musket, a hatchet, and a few utensils. There he survived alone for four years and four months before being rescued by another English ship. He sailed for two years before returning home, where his story made him a celebrity. Extra credit The island where Selkirk left his ship is now called Robinson Crusoe Island; it was formerly known as Más a Tierra or Aguas Buenas.
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman or browse other Shmoopers' Questions In A Nutshell Tristram Shandy is a soap opera about penises—big penises, small penises, working penises, broken penises, wounded penises, real penises, symbolic penises, and… you get the point. Where does the soap opera come in, you might ask? Tristram Shandy's got all the drama of Days of Our Lives —think marriage, misunderstandings, mistakes and misnamings. Basically, it covers everything but Tristram's life: his father's philosophical opinions, his mother's obsession with giving birth in London, his parson's ability to make everyone mad, his uncle's mania for toy forts, and, more than anything else, how stinkin' hard it is to write this book. Tristram Shandy might be soapy, but it's also got substance. Shmoopers, you're checking out one of the Top 40 Hits of the 18th century. And this duckling doesn't look like any of the others: not Samuel Richardson , who wrote long, detailed novels about girls being raped; not Daniel Defoe , who wrote biographical novels about sailors and prostitutes; not Henry Fielding , who wrote funny parodies of Richardson. Nope, Tristram Shandy self-consciously makes fun of all these conventions while being pretty entertaining in its own right. There are two ways to make sense of this: (1) Tristram Shandy is a postmodern classic. The 19th century is famous for producing big door-stopper novels full of complex plots and characters. At the end of the century, some writers started to get bored with realism , the idea that novels were supposed to represent "real life" accurately. They started writing novels that played with the idea that a book could have anything to do with real life. Voilà, you have modernism . A few decades later, other writers started to question the ideal of modernism. Technologies like TV, radio, and movies made "real life" start to seem a lot less real. They used techniques like pastiche (collage), stream-of-consciousness, and self-reflexivity to question not just "real life" but the whole idea of writing. That's postmodernism in a nutshell. If you've read a piece of contemporary literary fiction—the kind of book that wins prizes—and closed it thinking, "What the heck?" then you've probably read a postmodern book. Plenty of people will claim that Tristram Shandy was postmodern before there was any modernism to be post about. Okay, we'll bite. The book is self-reflexive (it thinks about itself), narrator-Tristram produces multiple versions of himself, there's no climax and no resolution, and the characters are caricatures rather than complex, rounded people. David Foster Wallace or any other postmodern writer would be darn tootin' proud. (2) On the other hand, maybe Tristram Shandy is not forward-looking but backward-looking. The 17th and early-18th centuries (and even farther back) had a tradition of something called learned wit. Basically, learned wit consisted of really smart people making smart jokes for other smart people. (A good example of today's learned wit might be cartoons in The New Yorker .) Some scholars say that Tristram Shandy is one of the last examples of learned wit. It's not supposed to be a novel; it's a clever parody of novels that's more interested in responding to the philosopher John Locke than in telling a story. Which is it? If you asked Tristram, he'd probably ask right back: "Why does it matter?" Why Should I Care? Tristram Shandy is kind of like of graffiti. Picture Laurence Sterne scrawling all over literary conventions, looking over his shoulder for the police to show up. So here's the catch: this graffiti packs an artistic punch. Sterne's not really defacing his contemporaries' work—he's just being a little irreverent with oh-so-serious Literature while adding a few ingredients of his own to the pot. He's like a punk kid who wants to rile up authorities with blank pages, big words, and really bad jokes. See, Sterne is a little tired of the pat answers and neat conclusions found in traditional liter
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What is the strong inelastic material found in a human tendon?
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Tendon | Article about tendon by The Free Dictionary Tendon | Article about tendon by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/tendon Related to tendon: Achilles tendon tendon, tough cord composed of closely packed white fibers of connective tissue that serves to attach muscles to internal structures such as bones or other muscles. Sometimes when the muscle involved is thin and wide, the tendon is not a cord but a thin sheet known as an aponeurosis. The purpose of the tendon in attaching muscle to bone is to enable the power of the muscle to transfer over a distance. For example, when one wants to move a finger, specific muscles in the forearm contract and pull on ligaments that in turn pull the finger bones to produce the desired action. Tendon A cord connecting a muscle to another structure, often a bone. A tendon is a passive material, lengthening when the tension increases and shortening when it decreases. This characteristic contrasts with the active behavior of muscle. Away from its muscle, a tendon is a compact cord. At the muscle, it spreads into thin sheets called aponeuroses, which lie over and sometimes within the muscle belly. The large surface area of the aponeuroses allows the attachment of muscle fibers with a total cross-sectional area that is typically 50 times that of the tendon. See Muscle Tendons are living tissues that contain cells. In adult tendons, the cells occupy only a very small proportion of the volume and have a negligible effect on the mechanical properties. Like other connective tissues, tendon depends on the protein collagen for its strength and rigidity. The arrangement of the long, thin collagenous fibers is essentially longitudinal, but incorporates a characteristic waviness known as crimp. The fibers lie within a matrix of aqueous gel. Thus, tendon is a fiber-reinforced composite (like fiberglass), but its collagen is much less stiff than the glass and its matrix is very much less stiff than the resin. See Collagen The function of tendons is to transmit force. They allow the force from the muscle to be applied in a restricted region. For example, the main muscles of the fingers are in the forearm, with tendons to the fingertips. If the hand had to accommodate these muscles, it would be too plump to be functional. Tendon extension can also be significant in the movement of a joint. For example, the tendon which flexes a human thumb joint is about 7 in. (170 mm) long. The maximum force from its muscle stretches this tendon about 0.1 in. (2.9 mm), which corresponds to rotation of the joint through an angle of about 21°. See Joint (anatomy) Some tendons save energy by acting as springs. In humans, the Achilles tendon reduces the energy needed for running by about 35%. This tendon is stretched during the first half of each step, storing energy which is then returned during takeoff. This elastic energy transfer involves little energy loss, whereas the equivalent work done by muscles would require metabolic energy in both stages. See Connective tissue , Muscular system Tendon a cord consisting of connective tissue; a tendon attaches a muscle to a bone and causes a contracting muscle to move. Tendons are composed of thick, strong, inelastic collagen fibers. The fibers are continuous with the muscle fibers at one end and are interwoven into the periosteum at the other end. Tendons vary in shape; those attached to long muscles are cylindrical, and those attached to transverse muscles are flattened and are termed aponeuroses. The centrum tendineum and galea aponeurotica are distinctive in shape. Some tendons, for example, those of the long flexor muscles of the fingers and toes, are surrounded by a synovial membrane that releases a fluid enabling the tendons to slide easily during motion. Tendon function may be impaired by inflammation or injury. Diseases of the tendons and synovial bursae are treated conservatively. Surgery is indicated when tendons are ruptured as a result of injury. tendon
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No Questions Quiz 31 Answers - Shareware Notice Shareware Notice No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 1 The lack of calcium in the diet causes what condition Rickets 2 Where would you find Lunate Triquetral and Hamate Bones in Wrist 3 What are Jean Bernard, Pierre St-Martin and Berger in France Worlds deep caves 4 Dallol Ethiopia has what claim to fame Worlds hottest average place 94 5 Where are Bay of Heats and Bay of Dew Sinus Aestuum - Roris Near side of Moon 6 The star constellation Lepus has what English name The Hare 7 Lauris Nobilis is the Latin name of what common herb Bay 8 If you suffered from varicella what have you got Chickenpox 9 Chi is the Chinese year of what Cock 10 A Comte France Landgraf Germany Conde Italy what England Earl 11 In heraldry what is a vertical line dividing a shield called Pale 12 The Templeton prize is awarded annually for progress in what Religion 13 International car registration letters what country is ZA South Africa 14 In England what is the most popular girls name of the 90s Rebecca 15 Rosencrantz and Guilderstern are dead - name playwright Tom Stoppard 16 Lucy Johnson became famous under what name Ava Gardner 17 What is a Tam Tam Orchestral Gong 18 FITA are the governing body of what sport Archery 19 Denzil Washington's first film as director was what Finding Fish 20 What is Canada's oldest city founded in 1608 Quebec 21 In the Jewish religion what's banned during The three weeks Marriage or Haircut 22 Who wrote the hymn Hear my Prayer Mendlesson 23 38 million Americans one in five don’t like what Sex 24 Alan Ginsberg is credited with inventing what 60s phrase Flower Power 25 Where would you find a pintle Hinge - it’s the pin holding it 26 Who created Woody Woodpecker Walter Lantz 27 Winston Churchill had a dog - what type Miniature Poodle 28 Who was born in Chicago 5th December 1901 died 1966 Walt Disney 29 What is the name of Paul McCartney's official fan club Club Sandwich 30 By US government figures people have tried 28000 ways of what Losing Weight 31 If you suffer from Tinea Pedis what have you got Athletes foot 32 What colour is Llamas milk Yellow 33 In Alberta its illegal to play craps if you are using what Dice 34 Narcotics comes from the Greek - what it literally mean Electric eels - put on foreheads 35 What did Pope John XX1 use as effective eyewash Babies Urine 36 Rhodopsis original Egyptian Cinderella had what job Prostitute - bird stole her shoe 37 Whose attendance compulsory at priests banquets in Egypt Mummies – dead reminded short life 38 Siddhartha Gautama became better known as who Buddha 39 In ancient Greece young brides had to sacrifice what Their Dolls – show they were grown up 40 Caer-Lud was the former name of what capitol city London 41 4% of women never do what according to survey Wear Underwear 42 In superstition if you marry on Saturday you will have what No luck at all 43 What was the first million dollar seller paperback I the Jury – Mickey Spillane 44 Who founded Methodism in 1738 John Wesley 45 What was the ancient Egyptian cure for haemorrhoids Beer - lots of beer 46 Middle ages Monks denied meat on fast days ate what Rabbit Foetuses – Said were eggs 47 Where was Ice Cream invented China 48 Brittany Spears - what is her favourite drink Sprite 49 What job does Charlie Browns father do Barber 50 International direct dialling codes what country has 353 Republic of Ireland ^ No Questions Quiz 31 Answers 51 What is the main food of walruses Clams 52 30% of people quit this job in USA each year - what job School Bus Driver 53 Napoleons life was saved by a dog what breed – and he hated dogs Newfoundland – saved from drowning 54 In 1821 Jacob Fusel worlds fist commercial factory making what Ice Cream 55 The star constellation Grus has what English name The Crane 56 International aircraft registration letters what country is PP or PT Brazil 57 What was the first 30 minute animated Disney show Duck Tales 58 A renaissance doctor - what treatment excl
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BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | Brazil will stage 2014 World Cup Brazil will stage 2014 World Cup Romario, Dunga and Brazilian President Lula with the World Cup Brazil has been named as the host nation for the 2014 football World Cup. The South American country was the only one bidding to host the tournament, which was due to be staged on the continent under Fifa's rotation system. Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said: "Soccer is more than a sport for us, it's a national passion." Brazil have won the tournament a record five times and hosted the World Cup once before, in 1950, when they lost 2-1 in the final to Uruguay. 606: DEBATE Will Brazil be good hosts? It is the first time the World Cup is being held in South America since Argentina hosted, and won, the 1978 tournament. Brazil is setting aside around �550m to update its stadiums, including the Maracan� in Rio de Janeiro which hosted the 1950 World Cup final. And that money will need to be spent wisely as Fifa's inspection report has identified 18 grounds with more than 40,000 capacity that could host games. These will be whittled down to nine or 10. However, of the 18, four would have to be re-built from scratch and all of the others need to undergo substantial renovation. This World Cup will have such a big social and cultural impact in Brazil Fifa president Sepp Blatter So basic are the facilities at the moment that most of the stadia are not even equipped for television commentary. Fifa president Blatter said, however, that he had been impressed by Brazil's plans for 2014 despite the fact they were the only bidders. "The task was not easy - for us it was a real big challenge to have the same list of requirements and the same conditions for only one candidate," he said. "There was an extraordinary presentation by the delegation and we witnessed that this World Cup will have such a big social and cultural impact in Brazil. Brazilians celebrate at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio "This is the country that has given to the world the best football and the best footballers, and they are five times world champions." Fifa's inspection report added: "Brazil has a rich history of hosting sporting and other international events. "But the standards and demands of the World Cup will far surpass those of any other event staged in the history of Brazil in terms of magnitude and complexity. "The inspection team wants Fifa experts to review the process and progress of host city selection to ensure that adequate financing is committed and secured." As news filtered through, celebrations broke out in various towns around the country with fireworks and festivities set to continue into the night. Around 100 people unfurled a green and yellow banner, emblazoned with the words 'The 2014 World Cup is ours', at the foot of the famous Christ the Redeemer statue which overlooks Rio. Meanwhile, women's world champions Germany will host the 2011 Women's World Cup after beating off competition from Canada. Bookmark with:
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FIFA.com - FIFA World Cup™ FIFA World Cup™ You're logging in with Facebook You're logging in with Twitter You're logging in with Google+ Connect Login Error The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. This Facebook account is already present Your Club account has been locked due to a breach of our Terms of Service. Please set up a new account in line with the Club rules. Review the Club Rules . Alternatively, you can email us by completing our contact form . Please enter a valid email address The email address/password you submitted is wrong or could not be found. Please try again. If you are not a member of the FIFA.com Club, please register first. Log-in unsuccessful FIFA World Cup™ © Foto-net The FIFA World Cup™ is the biggest single-event sporting competition in the world and is contested by the senior men's national teams from the 208 Member Associations of FIFA. The competition has been played every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. It fulfils FIFA’s objectives to touch the world, develop the game, and build a better future through a variety of ways. Tournament format The current format of the tournament involves 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation(s) over a period of one month – this phase is often called the Final Competition. A qualification phase, the Preliminary Competition which currently takes place over the preceding three years, is used to determine which teams qualify for the tournament together with the host nation(s). The preliminary competition for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ sees a total of 204 entries across six continents competing for 31 available spots. For the last FIFA World Cup, 200 teams played a total of 853 matches as 31 teams qualified for South Africa. Both the preliminary and final competitions act as a massive promotion for the game of football and for the host nation(s) and are therefore wonderful opportunities to help promote values of respect, fair play and discipline to the watching world. Understandably, the organisation of such an event is a huge task for FIFA and the Local Organising Committee and is therefore one of the main activities of FIFA over a four-year period. Facts and figures The 19 FIFA World Cup tournaments have been won by eight different national teams. Brazil have won five times, and they are the only team to have played in every tournament. The other winners are Italy, with four titles; Germany, with three wins; Argentina and inaugural winners Uruguay, with two; and England, France, and Spain, with one title each. The FIFA World Cup is the world's most widely viewed sporting event; an estimated 715.1 million people watched the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup held in Germany and the 2010 event in South Africa was broadcast to 204 countries on 245 different channels. Inside the stadiums, a total of 3,170,856 spectators attended the 64 matches an average of 49,670 per match and the third highest aggregate attendance behind USA 1994 and Germany 2006. There were also over six million people who attended public viewing events in 16 sites across the world: ten within South Africa and a further six across the globe in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Sydney, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro. A total of 350,000 fans attended the International FIFA Fan Fest in Berlin for the semi-final match between Germany and Spain. 177,853 accreditations for the last FIFA World Cup were printed, while the hospitality programme attracted almost a quarter of a million guests. Over three quarters of a million litres of beer were sold in the stadiums and 390,600 hot dogs were sold in the public catering concessions; many to the half a million international visitors who descended on South Africa. The F
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Cardamom. Let's get cooking! Sign up for our free meal planner, click here for more details. Guide to cardamom, an exotic eastern spice that is used in sweet and savoury dishes. Cardamom is a small green pod containing tiny black seeds. The seeds are highly aromatic and the spice is immensely popular in Indian and Scandinavian cuisines in particular. When cooking with cardamom, the seeds are the most important part of the spice and it is the seeds that impart the sweet and spicy flavour. The cardamom pod Cardamom belongs to the same family as ginger and turmeric. The cardamom plant is native to India and Sri Lanka and is also cultivated in Guatemala, Mexico, Indonesia and other areas of southern Asia. advertisement The cardamom pods are harvested just before they are ripe and they are allowed to dry in the sun or more often than not nowadays, by using drying machines. When purchased from the supermarket, cardamom pods are usually green in colour, however they can also be found in a bleached white form. Avoid any pods that are a black colour - the greener the pod, the better. You can also buy cardamom in a ground form, yet the quality is not as good as using seeds from a whole pod and grinding them yourself. Cardamom is a very expensive spice and sometimes other spices are added to ground cardamom to reduce the cost. Once the pods are opened or if they are ground, the flavour and aroma of the cardamom is lost very quickly, due to the rapid loss of the essential oils. Releasing the cardamom seeds Cardamom seeds will keep much of their flavour for longer if they are stored in airtight containers. To use the pods and seeds in cooking, the pods need to be ground or crushed. This can be managed very easily by using a pestle and mortar. Simply place the cardamom pods in the mortar and lightly pound the pods with the pestle. The pods will burst open and the seeds will ooze out. If you are using cardamom seeds for baked pastries or breads, just scoop the seeds out of the mortar and add them to the required mixture. For curries or stews, the pod can be added to the cooking pot along with the seeds. After a while the pod will dissolve and a little extra flavour is given to the dish. Culinary uses of cardamom Cardamom can be used in sweet or savoury dishes depending on your taste. In Indian, North African and cuisines of the Middle East, cardamom is a popular spice in curries and is often one of the components of their typical spice blends used for all types of savoury dishes. In the Arab world, visitors may be offered a cup of coffee flavoured with cardamom and cream and this is seen as a show of hospitality and welcome. In Scandinavian countries, on the other hand, cardamom is used in all types of sweet pastry and bread dishes and is added to dishes, as we would use cinnamon. Ground cardamom seeds can also be used to flavour other types of foods such as soups, pâtés, stews, purées and rice dishes or if you prefer to try cardamom in a sweet dish, try adding some seeds to your homemade rice pudding, ice cream, custard or sprinkle them over a fresh fruit salad. Medicinal uses of cardamom Cardamom has been used medicinally for thousands of years. It was popular in Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, India and China. It is renowned for its ability to treat digestive and stomach disorders but is also used to treat other complaints, such as those listed below: Cardamom can help relieve indigestion and intestinal gas. In India it is used for chest disorders such as asthma and bronchitis. Some say that cardamom is an excellent tonic and pick-me-up. It also has diuretic properties. Cardamom can relieve bad breath and can help clear up teeth and gum disorders. advertisement Cardamom Recipes
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See Assorted Sweet Chile Peppers Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) Cloves (Syzygium aromaticum) are native to the Spice Islands of the East Indies and belong to the same family as allspice, the Myrtaceae. In fact, they belong to the same genus as the Australian brush cherry (S. paniculatum), a commonly cultivated small tree or shrub in southern California. Also in this genus is the rose apple (S. jambos), a popular West Indian fruit that is native to southeast Asia. Unlike cinnamon and nutmeg, the clove spice comes from dried, unopened flower buds. Clove oil is extracted from the buds, stems and leaves, and is used in the perfume and soap industries and as a naturopathic, temporary remedy for tooth aches. Up to 80-95 percent of clove oil contains eugenol, a phenolic essential oil. Useful essential oils from the myrtle family may be phenolic or terpene derivatives, depending on the species. Cloves are the sun-dried, flower buds of (Syzygium aromaticum), a tree native to the Molucca Islands between Celebes and New Guinea (also known as the Spice Islands). Clove oil has antibacterial and painkilling (anesthetic) properties. When applied directly to the gums, it will numb the pain of toothache. A mouthwash containing clove oil has been shown to be effective in treating gingivitis. See Blossom And Fruits Of Rose Apple Bay Rum (Pimenta racemosa) Bay rum is obtained from the distillation of the leaves of Pimenta racemosa, a tree native to the West Indies. The bay rum tree belongs to the same genus as allspice, both members of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae). It contains a phenolic essential oil used in lotions and colognes. The fragrant oil superficially resembles clove oil, another tree in the myrtle family. The name bay "rum" comes from the former practice of distilling bay in rum and water. It is NOT consumed internally as in the highly intoxicating sugar cane beverage known as rum. Left: Shiny green leaves and trunk of the ray rum tree (Pimenta racemosa) on the island of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Right: Bottle of fragrant bay rum cologne (not to be confused with sugar cane rum). Caper Family (Capparaceae) Capers (Capparis spinosa) Like cloves, the tasty "spice" called capers (Capparis spinosa) also comes from unopened flower buds. The caper plant is a low, trailing shrub in the caper family (Capparaceae) native to the Mediterranean region. Also known as Capparidaceae, the caper family is a small plant family closely related to the mustard family (Brassicaceae). It includes an interesting native southern California shrub called bladderpod (Isomeris arborea). Capers are used mainly for flavoring pickles, relishes and sauces. Their salty flavor truly enhances fish and pasta dishes. Capers are the pea-sized, unopened flower buds of Capparis spinosa (Capparidaceae), a trailing shrub of the Mediterranean region. They are used to flavor pickles, relishes and sauces, and are absolutely delicious on swordfish steaks and in spaghetti dishes. Caper (Capparis spinosa), a trailing shrub of the Mediterranean region. The image shows a long-stalked fruit (berry) and the typical flat, oval leaves. The showy white flowers have numerous stamens. Capers of commerce come from the pea-sized, unopened flower buds of this species. Laurel Family (Lauraceae) True cinnamon comes from the bark of the cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), a member of the Laurel Family (Lauraceae). Another species of Cinnamomum (C. camphora) is the source of camphor oil, a monoterpene essential oil distilled from the twigs, leaves and wood. Camphor oil is used in antiseptics and in pain-relieving creams, gels and lotions. Along with menthol, it is the active ingredient in aromatic analgesic ointments for nasal decongestion and muscular aches and pains. Camphor (Cinnamomum camphora) Camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora): The source of camphor oil, a monoterpene essential oil used in topical antiseptics and aromatic analgesics. Ceylon Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum = C. verum) The cinnamon tree (Cinnamomum zeylanicum), a member of the laurel family
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Who painted his grandson in the famous work, `Bubbles'?
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Artwork details, Liverpool museums See a larger version About the artwork One of the most famous paintings by the Victorian artist Sir John Millais has been placed on long loan at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. It has been lent by Unilever. 'Bubbles' was painted in 1885-6. It shows a boy blowing bubbles with a pipe and a bowl of soap suds. The boy was the artist’s grandson, Willie James, aged about four: he later became an Admiral. To get round the problems of painting the bubbles, the artist had a glass sphere specially manufactured. Millais originally titled his painting 'A Child’s World' but it was later changed to 'Bubbles'. As a young man, Millais was one of the chief artists in the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood , which set out to attack the complacency of the Royal Academy. He painted masterpieces such as 'Isabella' ( Walker Art Gallery ) and ' Ophelia ' ( Tate Britain ) in a new style with bright colours, wiry outlines and minute detail. By the time he painted 'Bubbles', Millais was in his 50s. He had abandoned the Pre-Raphaelite style and had adopted darker colours and looser brushwork. No longer a rebel, he had joined the Royal Academy and had become a pillar of the art establishment. Much of his work at this stage in his career featured sentimental portrayals of small children. Other examples, at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, are 'Little Speedwell’s Darling Blue' and 'The Nest'. Although 'Bubbles' may appear sentimental to modern taste, it has a serious meaning. Millais was using a symbol with a long tradition behind it. 'Bubbles' are fragile and have a brief moment of beauty before they burst. In the 17th century Dutch artists painted children blowing bubbles to convey the brevity of human life, the transience of beauty and the inevitability of death. This theme appealed to Millais and is a key to several other of his paintings, such as ' Spring (Apple Blossoms) ' also at the Lady Lever Art Gallery. Amongst the beauty of the young girls and the spring flowers in this picture, Millais painted a scythe, to indicate that beauty fades and that death awaits us all. This aspect of 'Bubbles' was not obvious to the Victorians. Victorian artists associated childhood with sweetness and innocence. The attitude is seen in the book illustrations of Kate Greenaway and in historical pictures such as 'And when did you last see your father?' by W. F. Yeames (Walker Art Gallery). It had also been seen in the 18th century in pictures like ' The Age of Innocence ' (Tate Britain) by Sir Joshua Reynolds , who was much admired by Millais. The interpretation of childhood changed radically after Freud wrote about it as a troubled period of latent sexuality, but it would be unhistorical to expect Millais to reflect these ideas in his work. Listen to a recording of Julian Treuherz's gallery talk on 'Bubbles' online now . The painting was brought from Millais by Sir William Ingram, proprietor of the Illustrated London News, a popular magazine with a wide circulation. Ingram also bought the copyright from the artist. He published 'Bubbles' as a special presentation colour print with the Christmas number of the magazine in 1887. (Other paintings of children by Millais had been published with previous Christmas numbers with great success.) Before its appearance in the magazine, the painting with its copyright was sold to A & F Pears, manufacturers of Pears soap. The Managing Director of Pears, Thomas Barrett, was a pioneer of modern advertising methods, and he and William Lever of Lever Brothers, makers of Sunlight Soap, were great rivals, each spending vast sums on promoting their brands. Barrett turned 'Bubbles' into an advertisement by adding a bar of soap in the foreground. Millais was furious, but he could do nothing about it. Millais was unfairly criticised for degrading his art, but as the copyright owner, Barrett was within his rights. And the use of the painting for advertising meant that the picture became the best known of all his works. Lever responded to Barrett’s initiative in 1889 by purchasing ' The New Frock ' by Frith and using
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gebze 101 Jeopardy Template Which creature was a threat to holiday makers in Jaws? 100 How many legs has a spider got? 100 Who painted the Mona Lisa? 100 In which city is Hollywood? 100 What is Turkish delight Invented by Haci Bekir Effendi at his Istanbul shop in 1777 what is the globally consumed 'lokum' more famously called? 200 what famous rapper appeared in the movie 8 mile? 200 which animal lays the biggest eggs 200 Who wrote Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Hamlet? 200 What's the name of the famous big clock in London? 200 What falling fruit supposedly inspired Isaac Newton to write the laws of gravity? 300 Which Tom played spy Ethan Hunt in Mission: Impossible? 300 What is the alternative common name for a Black Leopard? 300 What is Hula Hoop One of the most popular toys of all time is a plastic ring with a Hawaiian name. What is it? 300
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What is the process by which an insect undergoes distinct physical change from immaturity (typically larva or nymph) to adulthood?
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intro to insects 1 - Entomology 6234 with Musser at Mississippi State University - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. intro to insects 1 chemical breakdown of food and absorption of nutrience Advertisement ) insect any animal of the class insects, small, air breathing arthropods having 3 divided body parts, wings and legs. arthropods any invertebrate of the phylum arthropods, having segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually undergoes molting appendages can be antennae, wings, legs, or mouthparts. head hardened anterior region of the body that bears the eyes, antennae, and mouthparts. compound eyes consist of a few to several thoughts individual eye units single eye located on top of the head of adults. (usually three) have sensory functions used to detect orders and sounds and to touch and taste objects. sense world around them "upper-lip". forms roof of mouth and used for pulling food in. mandibles part of an insects mouth that looks like a jaw. (1st pair of jaws) cut, chewing, and tearing food. maxilla 2nd pair of jaw- located behind mandible. used for handing food. labium floor of the mouth. "lower-lip" antenna, compound eye, mandible, maxilla, labium, labrum, ocelius the head contains? external covering that provides protection for invertebrates. Advertisement thorax is divided into 3 segments? head used mainly for eating, sensing things and gathering information. thorax protects body and gives support for 3 pair of jointed legs and 1 or 2 wings. Thorax between the neck and abdomen abdomen contains the organs for digestion and reproduction open circulatory system system where blood and interstitial fluids are allow to mix in an organism hemocoel body cavity where blood flows hemolymph brings oxygen into their bodies through a series of tubes prothorax bears first pair of legs. anterior division. bearing the forewings and elytra metathorax posterior segment. bearing the hind wings sensillam sensory hairs used to pick up chemical in the environment. located on antennae piercing 1st segment of the leg of an insect joining leg to body. hip joint. trochanter second segment in the leg that serves as a joint connecting coxa and femur femur usually long and stouter than the other segments and contains the main muscles used in running, jumping and digging. 3rd segment 4th segment in the leg located between femur and tarsus tarsus foot of the insect leg, finial segment. claws thorax wings composed of 2 membranes of the cuticle pressed together and supported by a series of veins costa second vien, typically unbranched. behind costa radius third vein, one to five branches reach wing margin media fourth longitudinal vein, one to four branches reach the wing margin cubitus fifth longitudinal vein, one to three branches reach the wing margin anal viens contains the organs used for digestion and reproduction tergites laying of eggs aphid bug that feeds by sucking sap from plants. reproduce rapidly. live in large colonies that cause extensive damage to crops exoskeleton basic unit of nervous system insecticides substance used for killing insects ganglion group of cell nerves bodies are located in nervous system axon long slender projection of the nerve that typically conducts electrical impulses away from neuron cell body nerve transmission electrical impulses that travel fast and is caused by ion migration dendrites receive impulse from neurons or sensory system synapse physical gap between two nerves chemically how does impulse get across the gap? neurotransmitters small molecules which carry info across synapses from a nerve cell to its neighbor cell. critical for animal behavior complimentary enzymes destroy left over neurotransmitters presynaptic related to or denoting a nerve cell that releases a transmitter substance into synapse during transmitting of an impulse post synaptic receiving end of discharge across synapse nervous system network of nerve cells that transmits nerve impulses thru the body c
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Life Cycle of Butterflies and Moths The life cycle or life history of Butterflies and Moths is:- The Egg or Ovum, The Caterpillar or Larva, The Chrysalis or Pupa and finally the Adult Butterfly or Moth (the Imago). BUTTERFLY AND MOTH EGGS Eggs come in an incredible variety of shapes, sizes and markings. Those that are going to hatch out within a week or two are often laid on a leaf, some on the upper side of the leaf and some on the underside and they may be laid singly, in pairs or in a large batch depending on the species. A few species drop their eggs into grasses when in flight. Many species that overwinter as eggs lay them on the trunk, branch or twig of a tree and often close to a bud. Examples of the eggs of twelve butterfly species are shown below. Starting from the top left the species of the eggs is as follows:- Row 6: Alder Moth ( Acronicta alni ), Copper Underwing ( Amphipyra pyramidea ), Light Crimson Underwing ( Catocala promissa ) THE CATERPILLAR OR LARVA Most caterpillars have 3 pairs of true legs and with a few exceptions up to 5 pairs of prolegs or claspers as illustrated in the picture below. The true legs are segmented with joints and become the walking legs in the adult butterfly or moth. In most cases the number of prolegs varies from 2 to 5 but some leaf-mining caterpillars and Limacodidae species have none and some Zygaenoidea have more than 5 pairs. The number of prolegs and their size is often helpful in determining which family or families the caterpillar is likely to be part of and hence can help in identifying which species it is, examples from a few families can be found below. As a caterpillar grows in size it becomes too large for its skin which it sheds, typically 4 times, before it changes into a chrysalis. In some cases the number of prolegs which are visible increases as the caterpillar grows and changes its skin. WHAT'S THAT CATERPILLAR? MOTH CATERPILLARS Trying to work out the species of many caterpillars is often very difficult, not only because of the large number of species but also because many caterpillars undergo a significant change in their appearance as they grow. One method that can be used to start the identification process is to try and work out which family grouping the caterpillar belongs to. The following gives some pointers to help decide which of the main family groups a caterpillar belongs to. The order in which the families are listed below is not taxonomic but is my own suggestion for working through some of the key identifying characteristics. This starts with caterpillars that only have two pairs of functional prolegs, then three pairs followed by the groups which, apart from a small number of exceptions, have five pairs of prolegs. In the following examples I have also included pictures of the caterpillars that enthusiasts in the UK are most often asked to identify. NOTE: If you want to see the life history that has been recorded so far for any of the species listed below, click on the scientific name and it will appear on a separate frame. Family: Geometridae This is a large family with around 300 species either resident or regular migrants to the UK. Virtually all these species have only two pairs of prolegs, being without those on abdominal segments A3, A4 and A5. The absence of these three pairs of prolegs results in them moving by a looping process of arching and straightening the body - hence they are often called 'loopers'. The photograph of a Pale Brindled Beauty ( Apocheima pilosaria ) caterpillar is shown below. I am aware of a few species which are classified as Geometers which 'break the rule'. The Orange Underwing ( Archiearis parthenias ) (picture below) and Light Orange Underwing ( Archiearis notha ) both have varying size vestigial prolegs on segments A3 to A5. The March Moth ( Alsophila aescularia ) (picture below) and the Light Emerald ( Campaea margaritata ) both have vestigial prolegs on A5. The Scalloped Hazel ( Odontopera bidentata ) pictured below has two tiny pairs
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The ancient ritual of bull-leaping took place on which Mediterranean island?
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Strange Horizons - Bull-Leaping in Bronze Age Crete Bull-Leaping in Bronze Age Crete comes near the midpoint of the story, on the doomed island of Atlantis. In it, the royal princess Charis takes part in one of the major rituals of her people: bull-leaping. Sir Arthur Evans; image courtesy of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture The idea of acrobats flinging themselves at and over charging bulls was not Lawhead's invention; he took it from Minoan-period Crete. The archaeological record contains many depictions of this activity, and the concept of it has enchanted many people since Sir Arthur Evans first carried out excavations in the palace at Knossos . Since then, however, many scholars have raised questions about it, ranging from the meaning of the activity, to the manner and location of its execution, to who engaged in it. The subject is muddied in part by Evans's own writings; his work at Knossos and elsewhere is the foundation of Minoan archaeology (he was the one to name the period Minoan, after the mythological figure of Minos), and his efforts are laudable, but he approached Crete and its ancient civilization with a romantic light in his eye, and it colored all that he saw. Because his work is the foundation upon which so much else is built, that romantic light has also tinted much later scholarship. Disentangling Evans's biases from his own work and that of others in order to form a clearer picture of this characteristically Minoan activity is not a simple task. What is bull-leaping? The most commonly cited representation of bull-leaping is a well-preserved member of the four-panel grouping known as the "Taureador" or "Bull-Leaping" frescoes found at Knossos. Large portions of the panel are missing, but it seems that many key parts are preserved. The fresco shows three individuals of debatable gender and a bull with its legs outstretched in the common artistic code for a full gallop. One figure, dark-skinned and apparently male, seems to be somersaulting over the bull's back; his legs are in the air and his arms stretch around the bull's sides. At the bull's head another figure stands and seems to grasp the bull's horns, perhaps preparatory to performing the kind of acrobatics the other is currently engaged in. The third figure stands behind the bull, arms outstretched, perhaps in an attitude of reverence, perhaps to catch or steady the individual doing the somersault. The other three panels are similar in composition, with the primary difference being that in two of them the third figure appears to be landing from a leap rather than reaching out to catch the other acrobat. The Taureador Frescoes are far from the only representation of bull-leaping in Minoan wall art. Evans's personal count of their instances may be somewhat inflated; he was capable of looking at a fresco fragment showing the front leg of an animal, most likely a bull, and extrapolating from this an entire bull-leaping scene complete with acrobats. His restorers then obligingly provided him with all the missing pieces. And, unfortunately, reproductions of the frescoes often do not show where the fragments end and the reproductions begin, so that many readers are misled into thinking the entire thing is genuine. Elsewhere, Evans's extrapolations may be better founded, as in one fragment which shows not only the forelegs of a bull but also marks which seem to be locks of hair, which could indicate the presence of an acrobat. Nevertheless, when Evans calls bull-grappling a common motif in Minoan art, that designation must be taken with a grain of salt. Still, the Taureador Frescoes are not alone. A fragment from what Evans called the "Deposit of High Reliefs" shows a man's left arm thrown over a bull's horn; the fist is clenched, but not around the horn itself, and curiously enough the arm is turned in such a direction that it implies the man is facing away from the bull, instead of toward it, as is the case in the Taureador Frescoes. There are, moreover, frescoes from other sites that show the same or similar scenes: Pylos and Tiryns
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MOUFFLON | Pafos Zoo FACILITIES The Mouflon is a species of wild sheep and as such is one of the Caprinae or “goat antelopes”. It is thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep breeds.[1][2] It is red-brown with a dark back-stripe, light colored saddle patch and underparts. The males are horned and the females are horned or polled. They originated in Southwest Asia, home to the species known as the “Asiatic mouflon” (Ovis orientalis). Mouflon were introduced to the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, Rhodes, and Cyprus during the neolithic period, perhaps as feral domesticated animals, where they naturalized to the mountainous interiors of these islands over the past few thousand years, giving rise to the species known as European mouflon (O. musimon or O. ammon). They are now rare on the islands and classified as vulnerable by the IUCN,[3] but have been successfully introduced into central Europe, including Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania, and even in some northern European countries such as Finland. Since the 1980s, Mouflons have been introduced successfully in game ranches in North America for the purpose of hunting; however in game ranches pure breeds are rare,[citation needed] as they interbred with other species introduced for the same purpose, like Barbado(s) Sheep, Corsican sheep, Painted Desert Sheep, Texas Dall Sheep or Four Horned Sheep (Jacob’s Sheep). As a result, Europe and Asia Minor present the only wild populations of purebred animals. St, George, Peyia Paphos
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Name the title and artist of this 1991 #1 hit: ‘With the lights out, it’s less dangerous. Here we are now, entertain us. I feel stupid and contagious. Here we are now, entertain us.”
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Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana Songfacts Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana Songfacts Songfacts Kurt Cobain wrote this song for Nirvana; it came together in a jam session when he played it for the band. He said: "I was trying to write the ultimate pop song. I was basically trying to rip off The Pixies." Kathleen Hanna, the lead singer of the group Bikini Kill, gave Cobain the idea for the title when she spray painted "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on his bedroom wall after a night of drinking and spraying graffiti around the Seattle area. In his pre-Courtney Love days, Cobain went out with Bikini Kill lead singer Tobi Vail, but she dumped him. Vail wore Teen Spirit deodorant, and Hanna was implying that Cobain was marked with her scent. Hanna explained that early in the night, she was Cobain's lookout as he spray pained "God Is Gay" on the wall of a religious center that they believed was posing as an abortion clinic and telling women they would go to hell if they aborted their child. They got quite inebriated that night, and Hanna said, "We ended up in Kurt's apartment and I smashed up a bunch of s--t. I took out a Sharpie marker and I wrote all over his bedroom wall - it was a rental so it was really kind of lame that I did that. I passed out with the marker in my hand, and woke up hung over." Six months later she got a call from Cobain, asking her if he could use what she wrote on the wall for a lyric. Said Hanna, "I thought, how is he going to use 'Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit as a lyric?" Cobain didn't know it when he wrote the song, but Teen Spirit is a brand of deodorant marketed to young girls. Kurt thought Hanna was complimenting him on his rebellious spirit, as someone who could inspire youth. Sales of Teen Spirit deodorant shot up when this became a hit, even though it is never mentioned in the lyrics. This was the first "Alternative" song to become a huge hit, and in many ways it redefined the term, as "alternative" implies lack of popularity and the song was embraced by the mainstream. In an effort to save the label for acts like Porno For Pyros and Catherine Wheel, some industry folk referred to the genre as "Modern Rock," which became a common radio format. "Alternative" became more of a catchall for music played by white people that didn't fit the pop or country formats, and Nirvana quickly became a "Classic Alternative" band. With this track, Nirvana helped ignite the "grunge" craze, which was characterized by loud guitars, angst-ridden lyrics, and flannel. Grunge was a look and sound that was distorted and emotive, led by bands coming out of the Northwest. Pearl Jam and Soundgarden were other top grunge bands of the era. Cobain would often dismiss the term as a meaningless label when asked about it in early interviews, but their bass player Krist Novoselic explained that it was a growling, organic guitar sound that defined it. Cobain said he wrote this song because he was feeling "disgusted with my generation's apathy, and with my own apathy and spinelessness." This feeling of detachment is what led to lyrics like "Oh well, whatever, nevermind." Krist Novoselic added: "Kurt really despised the mainstream. That's what 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' was all about: The mass mentality of conformity." The video was a huge hit on MTV. The concept was "Pep Rally from Hell," and it was shot at Culver City Studios in California on August 17, 1991, directed by Samuel Bayer, who was a 1987 graduate of the New York City School of Visual Arts. The kids were recruited at a show the band played two days earlier at The Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, where flyers were handed out saying, "Nirvana needs you to appear in their upcoming music video. You should be 18-25 year old and adopt a high school persona, i.e. preppy, punk, nerd, jock. Be prepared to stay for several hours. Come support Nirvana and have a great time." The shoot took more like 12 hours, with the extras ordered to sit in the bleachers and look bored while the song played over and over. Said Bayer: "Nobody wanted to be there for more than a half hour, and I
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Frivolous fantasy: How Oasis sank a Rolls-Royce | Classic Driver Magazine Frivolous fantasy: How Oasis sank a Rolls-Royce 04 July 2013 Library In 1997, the Oasis album ‘Be Here Now’ became the fastest-selling album in British history. On the cover was a Rolls-Royce submerged in a swimming pool in true rock ‘n’ roll fashion, but What’s The Story behind it? Classic Driver asked the photographer who captured the well-known image... You might think plunging a car into a swimming pool would be simple enough for a rock ‘n’ roll band, especially given the devil-may-care nature of many heroes of the music business. With the intention of paying homage to Keith Moon’s much-rumoured ‘carpooling’ antics, the crew needed to find an appropriate venue. Stocks House in Hertfordshire, UK, was deemed the most appropriate by famous rock photographer Michael Spencer Jones: “It had a swimming pool directly in front of the house, and from a photographic point of view was ideal”. Perhaps just as importantly, it also had the required history: "In the 70s it played home to Playboy’s UK arm, regularly holding parties of a ‘hedonistic’ nature. Make of that what you will…" "With the band's arrival imminent, I began to imagine their reaction..." Jones recalls: “The white Rolls-Royce arrived at Stocks the day before the shoot, albeit without an engine”. Although the final cover image embodied the frivolous ‘rock star’ lifestyle, the Rolls had in fact been destined for the scrapheap, before being purchased for £1,000 by the crew. Otherwise in good condition, the Silver Shadow was lowered into the empty swimming pool – the only change being a new numberplate. “It needed to be replaced with a more interesting number” explains Jones, “and it was suggested that it should be replaced with the number plate 28 IF, as seen on the VW car on the cover of The Beatles’ album Abbey Road. This was too obvious, so I decided it would be better to have the plate from the black police van, which was SYO 724F.” Once the car was lowered into the pool and the scaffolding arranged to support the car at the ideal angle (with the registration number visible just above the water line), the local fire brigade helped to refill the pool. However, “the oil and dirt from the underside of the Rolls had transferred into the swimming pool, creating a scummy mess on the surface,” Jones reminisces. “With the band's arrival imminent, I began to imagine their reaction. Luckily oil and water don’t mix, so with the aid of a rowing paddle, the top layer of oil and scum was carefully removed from the surface.” With everything in place – including the band members and associated props – the scene was set to become one of the most iconic images in musical history. Photos: © Michael Spencer Jones
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Angelina Jolie Makes Directorial Debut with 'In The Land of Blood and Honey' Angelina Jolie Makes Directorial Debut with 'In The Land of Blood and Honey' December 08, 2011 7:00 PM Alex Villarreal Email to a Friend Print American movie star Angelina Jolie is making her directorial debut with a film set during Bosnia's civil war in the 1990s. In an exclusive interview with VOA's Bosnian service, Jolie says the message of the film, titled In the Land of Blood and Honey , is one of tolerance and understanding. Angelina Jolie is used to being in front of the camera. But for her latest project, the Academy Award-winning actress stepped behind it... and into the brutality of wartime Bosnia. "The more I learned about it and the more I read about it, the more angry I got about the lack of intervention," Jolie says, "the more emotional I was about the violence against women. And I wanted to do a film that would help to look into the relationships between not just a couple, but also sisters, and fathers and sons, and mothers and children." Jolie wrote as well as directed In the Land of Blood and Honey. It is a love story between a Muslim woman and a Serb man during Bosnia-Herzogovina's bloody, three-year ethnic conflict. Jolie says she hopes the film sparks discussion about the war and Bosnia's continued struggle since the 1995 peace agreement. "I want people to remember Bosnia, and I want them to remember what happened, and I want them to pay respect to all of the people who survived, and today, to remember that this country still has so much healing to do,” she explains. As a United Nations goodwill ambassador, the mother of six and partner to Brad Pitt often brings her influence as an actress to global issues. But this time is different. "This film is the first time that these worlds have collided for me," Jolie says, "so this film means more to me than any film I’ve ever made." A film festival in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo honored Jolie earlier this year, despite initial criticism from Bosnian sexual violence victims and a lawsuit alleging she stole plot pieces from a book. She credits her Bosnian cast and war victims, organizations and officials she consulted with the result. "It’s not an American film made about Bosnia. It’s a film made with one American and many Bosnians and many people from the area, and we made it together," she says. In the Land of Blood and Honey opens in U.S. theaters on December 23. It has two versions: one in English, the other in the Bosnian language.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton - People - Department History - Office of the Historian Hillary Rodham Clinton - People - Department History Biographies of the Secretaries of State: Hillary Rodham Clinton (1947–) Introduction On January 21, 2009, Hillary Rodham Clinton was sworn in as the 67th Secretary of State of the United States. Secretary Clinton joined the State Department after nearly four decades in public service as an advocate, attorney, First Lady, and Senator. Hillary Rodham Clinton, 67th Secretary of State Secretary Clinton was born in Chicago, Illinois on October 26, 1947 to Dorothy Rodham and the late Hugh Rodham. She attended local public schools before graduating from Wellesley College and Yale Law School, where she met Bill Clinton. In 1974, Secretary Clinton moved to Arkansas, a year later then married Bill Clinton and became a successful attorney while also raising their daughter, Chelsea. She was an assistant professor at the University of Arkansas School of Law, and after working to strengthen the local legal aid office, she was appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 to serve on the board of the Legal Services Corporation, which she later chaired. During her 12 years as First Lady of the State of Arkansas, she was Chairwoman of the Arkansas Education Standards Committee, co-founded the Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families, and served on the boards of the Arkansas Children's Hospital, and the Children's Defense Fund. In 1992, Governor Clinton was elected President of the United States, and as First Lady, Hillary Clinton became an advocate of health care reform and worked on many issues relating to children and families. She led successful bipartisan efforts to improve the adoption and foster care systems, reduce teen pregnancy, and provide health care to millions of children through the Children's Health Insurance Program. She also traveled to more than 80 countries as a representative of our country, winning respect as a champion of human rights, democracy and civil society. Her famous speech in Beijing in 1995 -- when she declared that "human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights" – inspired women worldwide and helped galvanize a global movement for women’s rights. With Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary Clinton worked to launch the government’s Vital Voices Democracy Initiative. Today, Vital Voices is a non-governmental organization that continues to train and organize women leaders across the globe. In 2000, Hillary Clinton made history as the first First Lady elected to the United States Senate, and the first woman elected statewide in New York. In the Senate, she served on the Armed Services Committee, the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Budget Committee and the Select Committee on Aging. She was also a Commissioner on the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. As a Senator, Clinton worked across party lines to build support for causes important to her constituents and the country, including the expansion of economic opportunity and access to quality, affordable health care. After the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, she was a strong advocate for funding the rebuilding of New York and the health concerns of the first responders who risked th
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Peter Mandelson : definition of Peter Mandelson and synonyms of Peter Mandelson (English) St Catherine's College, Oxford Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC (born 21 October 1953) is a British Labour Party politician , who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004 , served in a number of Cabinet positions under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown , and was a European Commissioner . He was a key architect in the rebranding of the Labour Party as " New Labour " and its subsequent landslide victory in the 1997 general election . [1] He twice resigned from Tony Blair's government while holding Cabinet positions. After his second resignation, he served as the European Commissioner for Trade from 2004 to 2008. He rejoined the government when he was made a life peer by the Queen and took his seat in the House of Lords on 13 October 2008. [2] Contents 7 External links Early life Peter Mandelson was born in London in 1953, the son of Mary Joyce (née Morrison) and George Norman Mandelson. [3] His father's family was Jewish, and his father was the advertising manager at The Jewish Chronicle . On his mother's side, he is the grandson of Margaret (Kent) and Herbert Morrison , the London County Council leader and Labour cabinet minister. [4] He was educated at Hendon County Grammar School 1965–72. [5] In 1966 he appeared on stage with the local amateur theatre group, the Hampstead Garden Suburb Dramatic Society as the eponymous lead in The Winslow Boy . He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at St Catherine's College, Oxford (1973–1976) and in the late 1970s, became Chair of the British Youth Council . As Chair of the BYC, he was a delegate in 1978 to the Soviet -organised World Festival of Youth and Students in Havana , Cuba, where with several future Labour cabinet colleagues, he with Hilary Barnard, future IUSY President, and Trevor Phillips successfully frustrated agreement on a distorted Soviet text on youth in the capitalist countries. [6] [7] In his teenage years, he was also a member of the Young Communist League . [8] but was a member of the Oxford University Labour Club delegation to the December 1975 NOLS Conference when the entryist Trotskyist Militant tendency lost control of NOLS. He was elected to Lambeth Borough Council in September 1979, but retired in 1982, disillusioned with the state of Labour politics. [9] Media and public relations career He worked as a television producer at London Weekend Television on Weekend World before Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock appointed him as Director of Communications in 1985, with a view to his overseeing Labour's campaign for the next general election , which was ultimately held in June 1987 and ended in a third successive win for Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, [10] although the Conservative majority was slightly reduced as Labour gained 20 seats. [11] Mandelson was able to secure close friendships within the Labour Party because of uncle Alexander Butler, who had worked alongside many important Labour politicians during the 1960s. In this role he was one of the first people in Britain to whom the term " spin doctor " was applied; he was thus called 'the Prince of Darkness ' [12] [13] and, after his ennoblement , 'the Dark Lord', nicknames he apparently enjoys having. [14] In 1986, Mandelson ran the campaign at the Fulham by-election in which Labour defeated the Conservative Party. [15] He then managed the Labour Party's 1987 general election campaign. He is author (with Roger Liddle ) of The Blair Revolution (1996). More recently, he contributed to the book The City in Europe and the World (2005). Mandelson has been given the nickname "Mandy" in the popular media. [16] Political career He ceased being a Labour Party official in 1990 when he was selected as Labour candidate for the safe seat of Hartlepool . He was elected to the House of Commons at the 1992 general election . [17] Shadow cabinet Mandelson made several speeches outlining his strong support for the European Union . He was close to two Shadow Cabinet members
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2015 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Park Tavern and the Brewers Q1 Great Britain is to appear in the Tennis Davis Cup final in which Belgian city? Ghent Q2 Once storms Abigail, Barney, Clodagh, Desmond and Eva have passed the UK, which will be next? Frank The current Ebola outbreak started in which African country? Guinea (Dec 2013) Where would you find Connexus and Versatile? On TV program The Apprentice (Teams names in the current TV series) Q5 Which actor has appeared as James Bond in exactly 2 official Bond films? Timothy Dalton (The Living Daylights, License to kill) Q6 According to Collins English Dictionary what has been chosen as the word of the year 2015? Binge-watch Q7 What is the tag line of the upcoming Star Wars film episode 7 of the series? The Force Awakens Who replaced Nick Hewer in the TV program The Apprentice? Claude Littner Q9 Which RAF base was in the news in October, owing to the arrival of ~140 migrants by boat? RAF Akrotiri (Cyprus) Q10 There is one remaining hovercraft service operating in the UK, from which city does it operate? Portsmouth (Southsea -> Ryde on the Isle of Wight) Q11 Baroness Dido Harding of Winscombe has been in the news recently, as the CEO of which company? Talk Talk Q12 Which British airline is celebrating its 20th Anniversary, flying its inaugural flight on November 10th 1995? EasyJet The Schengen Treaty takes its name from a village in which country? Luxembourg MP can stand for two things on an ordnance survey Map, name either? Mile Post or Mooring Post Q15 On a marine map what does HWM stand for? High Water Mark Which country is to host the next Winter Olympics in 2018? South Korea Who did Seb Coe succeed as head of the IAAF? Lamine Diack What is the third largest object in the solar system? Saturn (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn) Which man made object is furthest from Earth? Voyager 1 (allow Voyager) Q20 For his part in which 1953 film did Frank Sinatra receive a Best Supporting Actor Oscar? From Here to Eternity Which current world leader is sometimes known as Bibi? Benjamin Netanyahu Q22 Who has been recently sworn in as Canada's 23rd Prime Minister after winning a surprise majority? Justin Trudeau What is the longest motorway in the UK? M6 What is the longest A road in the UK? A1 Who is the shadow chancellor? John McDonnell Which building was built in 1093 to house the shrine of St Cuthbert? Durham Cathedral In which building would you find the famous Cosmati Pavement? Westminster Cathedral Who hosts 'Modern Life is Goodish'? Dave Gorman Frankie Fredericks represented which African country in athletics? Namibia Who hosts 'As yet untitled'? Alan Davies Who will be the new host of QI succeeding Stephen Fry? Sandi Toksvig What is the word used to describe an animal/plant that is both male and female? Hermaphrodite With which artistic medium would you associate Ansel Adams? Photography Which city is normally accepted as being the ancient capital of Wessex? Winchester Which group recorded the track 'Unfinished Symphony'? Massive Attack Which school featured in UK TV's 'Please Sir'? Fenn Street Q37 80s band Heaven 17 got their name from a well-known novel originally published in 1962. Name it? A Clockwork Orange - (by Anthony Burgess) Q38 Steely Dan got their name from which notorious novel originally published in 1959? The Naked Lunch (by William Burroughs) Q39 Wladimir Klitschko is a champion boxer from which country? Ukraine The 'Rockhampton Rocket' was a nickname given to which famous sportsman? Rod Laver Which British astronaut is going to the international space station in December? Tim Peake How many cantons make up Switzerland? 26 (accept 25 to 27) Q43 Which city was the imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo? Kyoto Saloth Sar born 19 May 1925 is better known by what name? Pol Pot What was discovered in 1799 by Pierre-François Bouchard a Napoleonic soldier? The Rosetta Stone 'I told you I was ill' are the words carved into whose gravestone? Spike Milligan Q47 What did Newcastle chemist William Owen invent in 1927 for those
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Brunei - Asian Destination Travel Brunei Thursday, 28 January 2016 15:41 Brunei (4 votes) Mosque in Brunei Brunei is one of the interesting countries for travelers. Some people go to this country for finding golds. They could earn lots of money in this kind of job. Brunei is one of the interesting counties in South East Asia. There are lots of misery that you might find in Brunei. Apart from its coastline with the South China Sea, the country is completely surrounded by the state of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is separated into two parts by the Sarawak district of Limbang. Brunei is the only sovereign state completely on the island of Borneo; the remainder of the island's territory is divided between the nations of Malaysia and Indonesia. Brunei’s was 408,786 in July 2012 General explanation about Brunei. The Nation of Brunei or the Abode of Peaceis a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is around 5.765 km. it is the smallest country in Asian Economic Community. Bandar Seri Begawan is the capital city of Brunei. The main income of their country is from oil and tourism industry. They are plenty of rich people. It is peaceful and safe. Booking cheap hotels in Brunei Advice for travelers : Travel by airplane would be the best choice because Brunei is on the Islands. Or else you can travel by boat which take longer hour than airplane. Using airplane would be the safest way and convince to go to Brunei. Highlight of Brunei 1. There are less criminal and thief in Brunei. Compare to the members of Asian Economics Community, Brunei has the least criminal. There are only 1,000 to 5,000 cases a year. Comparing to Thailand, they have about 900,000 case a year. So we can say that Brunei is one of the safest countries in South East Asia. And it is good for travelers. 2. Their houses and city are arranged well. From the high income of the country, Brunei government has done many things to make the country nice. If you have visited Brunei, you will see the well-arranged street and roads. 3. Environments and peacefulness are the heart of Brunei. If you search for the word “Brunei Darussalam”, there will be meaning say land of happiness. Therefore, when you come to this country, you would have a peacefulness. There are less events and noise in Brunei. If you like quiet place, this place would be a paradise for you. 4. There are many ethical attraction in Brunei. Islam is Brunei's official religion, 67 percent of the population is Muslim. Most of Brunei people are Islam so we would see Dome which is gold and gorgeous everywhere in the city. The dorm is beautiful especially with the sun shine in the afternoon. This would be a memorable picture that you might get when you visit Brunei.The culture of Brunei is predominantly Malay, with heavy influences from Islam, but is seen as much more conservative than Indonesia and Malaysia. Influences to Bruneian culture come from the Malay cultures of the Malay Archipelago. Four periods of cultural influence have occurred, animist, Hindu, Islamic, and Western. Islam had a very strong influence, and was adopted as Brunei's ideology and philosophy. Brunei's official main language is the Malay language but the English language is also widely spoken as it is considered a compulsory subject in the majority of the schools. Map of Brunei Expense that you should know 1. Airplane ticket is around 1,000 to 3,999 Baht per flight. (Low price ticket is available in low class airline.) 2. Food expense is around 70 to 200 Baht per meal. It is quite expensive comparing to the countries in South East Asia. 3. Expense in entering architecture and tourist attraction are ranged free until 2,000Baht (depends on the place) 4. Their currency is Dollar in Brunei Advice from the writer : As a writer, I think Brunei is a peaceful country with beautiful cultures and religions. Islam is the main religion in Brunei. And there are many Dorm of Islam around the country. Their agriculture is fantastic and gorgeous. Brunei people are friendly and kind. Brunei is matched p
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Riau Islands travel guide - Wikitravel Understand[ edit ] Map of the Riau Islands in Indonesia The Riau Islands Province came into existence in July, 2004, when it was separated from neighboring Riau Province on the island of Sumatra . It includes the islands of Karimun, Batam, Bintan, Singkep-Lingga, and the Anambas and Natuna island groups in the South China Sea. Though Kepri is a new addition to the political map of Indonesia, the far-flung islands of this archipelago make up one of the most important historical regions in the country. An archipelago of over 3,000 islands, the region has benefited greatly from its location: straddling the sea routes between the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea. For thousands of years traders and pirates alike have taken advantage of its relatively calm and shallow waters, along with its many safe harbors. The earliest Malay kingdoms may have arisen in Sumatra but their prosperity relied on trade through these islands, while their navies were supported by the Orang Laut (literally "sea peoples") who lived in the archipelago. After the destruction of the Malacca Sultanate at the hands of the Portuguese in 1511, the Riau Islands and neighboring Johor (in Malaysia) became the center of a powerful successor sultanate. The Riau-Johor Sultanate, with its chief port near present-day Tanjung Pinang , reached the height of its power in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, though it eventually succumbed to internal disputes, slave raiding by the Sulu Sultanate, and a war with the Dutch East India Company in 1784. By the early 1800s trade had moved elsewhere and the islands were split by a succession dispute between two sons of the recently deceased Sultan Mahmud. In 1819 an agent of the British East India Company promised to support one of the sons' (Sultan Hussain's) claim to the thrown in exchange for allowing him to set up a settlement that would become Singapore . An Anglo-Dutch treaty in 1824 divided the archipelago into two spheres of influence, splitting the former sultanate between Singapore and Johor on the British side and the Riau Islands on the Dutch side. Strung between Singapore and Batavia (present-day Jakarta ), the Riau Islands declined in economic and political importance in the 19th and 20th centuries. However, the area remained a center of Malay culture and Islamic learning in Southeast Asia and many historic buildings, especially on Penyengat Island near Tanjung Pinang , remain from this period. The province still lies on some of the most important shipping routes in the world and, for better or worse, it is firmly embedded in the greater Singaporean economy. Some of the Riau Islands are within eyesight of downtown Singapore, while others are hundreds of kilometers away from anything. Because of this, the province offers many different experiences to a traveller. The luxury resorts on the north coast of Bintan and the much seedier towns of Batam are a short ferry ride from Singapore. Historic and ethnically-diverse Tanjung Pinang , the capital and largest town on Bintan, is further away but still easy to reach. Lingga and Singkep islands are much further afield and have become a favorite destination for cycling enthusiasts from Singapore. At the furthest extreme, the Anambas and Natuna Islands are the realm for divers and adventurous backpackers. Islands[ edit ] Map of central Riau: Batam and Bintan Bintan - the largest island, home to the provincial capital Tanjung Pinang and to a large resort area Batam - an island with a fast-growing city, industrial zones, resort area and an international airport Karimun - an island west of Batam popular for its granite mine. The island also has a few beautiful beaches. Talk[ edit ] Bahasa Indonesia is modeled on the version of Malay which originates from the Riau Islands. In fact, Riau Malay is regarded as the purest form of the Malay language and visitors from Malaysia will find the Malay spoken here very similar to Bahasa Malaysia, which is the version of Malay spoken back home. Many of the islands, especially Batam, Bintan , K
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Our Lady of Lourdes, France Our Lady of Lourdes About Lourdes For Catholics, Lourdes is the world's most beloved Shrine. Nestled in a valley in the southwestern part of the Hautes-Pyrenees, it is the scene of pilgrims gathering from all over the world. On February 11,1858, the Virgin revealed herself to a poor shepherd girl, Bernadette Soubirous who was born in January 7, 1844. Eighteen such apparitions were reported. Bernadette, died in a convent in 1879. She was beatified in 1925, then canonized in 1933. Her apparitions literally put Lourdes on the map. The town has subsequently attracted millions of visitors, the illustrious and the povery-stricken. The Church has recognized many "cures" that have taken place after patients bathed in the springs, labeling them "true miracles." At the Grotto of Massabielle the Virgin is said to have appeared 18 times to Bernadette between February 11 and July 16, 1858. This venerated site is accessible to pilgrims both day and night, and Mass is celebrated there every day. The Statue of Our Lady depicts the Virgin in the posture she is said to have taken in the place she reputedly appeared, saying to Bernadette in Pyrenean dialect, "I am the Immaculate Conception." At the back of the Grotto, on the left of the Altar, is the Miraculous Spring that reportedly spouted on February 25, 1858, during the ninth apparition, when Bernadette scraped the earth as instructed. The Virgin is said to have commanded her, "Go and drink at the spring and wash there." The water from this spring is collected in several reservoirs, from which you can drink. Other Sancturies associated with St. Bernadette include the crypt, the first chapel built on top of the Grotto, the Basilica of St. Pius X. In town, there are the house where Bernadette lived, the Cachot, the baptismal font in the parish church, and the hospital chapel where she made her First Communion. The Upper Basilica, at place du Rosaire, was built in the 13th century ogival style but was not conscracted until 1876. It contains one nave split into five equal bays. Lining its interior are votive tables. On the west side of the square is the Rosary Basilica, with two small towers. It was built in 1889 in the Roman-Byzantine style and holds up to 4,000. Inside, 15 chapels are dedicated to the "Mysteries of the Rosary". The oval Basilica of Pius X was consacrated in 1958. An enormous underground chamber covered by a concrete roof, it has 660 feet long and 270 feet wide, holding as many as 20,000. It is one of the world's largest churches. [an error occurred while processing this directive] Prayer Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes: O ever immanculate Virgin, Mother of mercy, health of the sick, refuge of sinners, comfort of the afflicted, you know my wants, my troubles, my sufferings; deign to cast upon me a look of mercy. By appearing in the Grotto of Lourdes, you were pleased to make it a privileged sanctuary, whence you dispense your favors, and already many sufferers have obtained the cure of their infirmities both spiritual and corporal, I come, therefore, with unbounded confidence, to implore your material intercession. Obtain, O loving Mother, the grant of my requests. I will endeavor to imitate your virtues, that I may one day share your glory, and bless you in eternity. Amen.
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Montmartre : Map (The Full Wiki) The Full Wiki Wikipedia article: Map showing all locations mentioned on Wikipedia article: Montmartre is a hill (the butte Montmartre) which is 130 meters high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris , a part of the Right Bank . Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district. The other, older, church on the hill is Saint Pierre de Montmartre , which claims to be the location at which the Jesuit order of priests was founded. Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí , Modigliani , Claude Monet , Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh . Montmartre is also the setting for several hit films. This site is served by metro line 2 stations of Anvers . Name origin The toponym Mons Martis ("Mount of Mars") survived into Merovingian times, Christianised as Montmartre, signifying 'mountain of the martyr'; it owes this name to the martyrdom of Saint Denis , who was decapitated on the hill around 250 AD. Saint Denis was the Bishop of Paris and is the patron saint of France . The hill's religious symbolism is thought to be even older, as it has been suggested as a likely druidic holy place because it is the highest point in the area. No archeological evidence supports the claim. In the 18 and 19th centuries, there were a number of gypsum mines in Montmartre. A fossil tooth found in one of these was identified by Georges Cuvier as an extinct equine , which he dubbed Palaeotherium, the "ancient animal". His sketch of the entire animal in 1825 was matched by a skeleton discovered later. 19th century When Napoleon III and his city planner Baron Haussmann planned to make Paris the most beautiful city in Europe , a first step was to grant large sweeps of land near the centre of the city to Haussmann's friends and financial supporters. This drove the original inhabitants to the edges of the city — to the districts of Clichy , La Villette , and the hill with a view of the city, Montmartre. Russians occupied Montmartre when invading Paris. They used the altitude of the hill for artillery bombardment of the city. There is a memorial sign on one of the restaurants on Montmartre that says: On 30 March 1814 - here the Cossacks first launched their famous "Bistro" and thus on this summit occurred the worthy ancestor of our Bistros . LE 30 MARS 1814 SYNDICAT D'INTIATIVE DU VIEUX MONTMARTRE Basilica of the Sacré Cœur, Montmartre, Paris. Since Montmartre was outside the city limits, free of Paris taxes and no doubt also due to the fact that the local nuns made wine, the hill quickly became a popular drinking area. The area developed into a centre of free-wheeling and decadent entertainment at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. In the popular cabaret the Moulin Rouge The Basilica of the Sacré Cœur was built on Montmartre from 1876 to 1912 by public subscription as a gesture of expiation of the "crimes of the communards", after the Paris Commune events, and to honour the French victims of the 1871 Franco-Prussian War . Its white dome is a highly visible landmark in the city, and just below it artists still set up their easels each day amidst the tables and colourful umbrellas of Place du Tertre . At the beginning of his political career, the future French statesman Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929) was mayor of Montmartre. Artists gather In the mid-1800s artists, such as Johan Jongkind and Camille Pissarro , came to inhabit Montmartre. By the end of the century, Montmartre and its counterpart on the Left Bank , Montparnasse , became the principal artistic centers of Paris. A restaurant opened near the old windmill near the top, the Moulin de la Galette . Pablo Picasso , Amedeo Modigliani , and other impoverished artists lived and worked in a commune , a building called Le Bateau-Lavoir during the years 1904–1909. Artist associations such as Les Nabis and the Incoherents were formed and individuals including Vincent van Gogh , Pierre Brissaud , Alfred
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10 Best-Selling Products of All Time Spencer Platt—Getty Images This post is in partnership with 24/7 Wall Street . The article below was originally published on 247wallst.com . Creating the most popular product of the year will make consumers and investors happy. But making an all-time bestseller can transform an industry and define a business for decades. Many of the best-selling products were first in a new category. Apple, which has sold more than 500 million iPhones, was the first to introduce a touchscreen smartphone that could seamlessly handle music, web browsing and phone calls. Other bestsellers took a niche market and made it mainstream. Before Star Wars, film was either comedy, romance or drama. The Harry Potter book series was so successful that The New York Times Book Review created a separate children’s bestseller list in 2000 to account for the series’ popularity. MORE: 10 Companies Paying Americans the Least In some cases, top-selling products were a simply better than their competitors. Before the Sony PlayStation, video game consoles were largely cartridge-based. With the advent of the PlayStation, which relied on the new CD-ROM format, game files could be large enough to support 3D gameplay and full-motion video. Lipitor, which has become the world’s best-selling drug with $141 billion in sales, was far more effective than previously-released drugs at lowering bad cholesterol. A number of these products continue to be dominate their markets . The iPad remains the world’s best-selling tablet, with a 32.5% market share last quarter, despite challenges from Amazon.com’s Kindle Fire and Samsung’s Galaxy tablet lines. The PlayStation 4 has sold over 7 million units since it launched last year, well above the Microsoft Xbox One. Despite their success, some of these products face challenges. Sales of Pfizer’s Lipitor dropped each year after its maker, Pfizer, lost patent protection on the drug in 2011 and cheaper generic drugs came on the market. The ongoing Star Wars saga may lose its status as the all time best-selling movie franchise to Walt Disney’s Marvel Franchise. The Avengers broke box office records, grossing $203.4 million on its opening weekend. MORE: The Most Polluted Cities in America To determine the best-selling products of all-time, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed categories of products widely purchased by consumers and identified individual products that had the highest sales in their category.In some cases, we gathered figures from multiple sources and estimated the final sales figure. In other instances, where one company had a clear market lead, figures reflect data from previous years. These are the best-selling products of all time. 1. PlayStation > Total sales: 344 million units > Parent company: Sony When Sony released the PlayStation in the United States in 1995, its 32-bit processor was the most powerful available on the console market at the time. Sony sold more than 70 million PlayStations worldwide by the time the PlayStation 2 was released in 2000. The PlayStation 2 also sold very well in the U.S. and abroad. Sony released the PlayStation 3 in 2006, and it sold 80 million units to retailers by November 2013. The latest generation, the PlayStation 4, has been wildly successful thus-far, already selling 7 million units as of April. 2. Lipitor > Total sales: $141 billion > Parent company: Pfizer Pfizer’s Lipitor is prescribed to lower LDL (or bad) cholesterol — high levels of bad cholesterol increase the risk of heart disease. Lipitor is classified as a statin, a class of drug used to reduce the risk of heart-related ailments. However, Lipitor sales have plummeted in recent years after its U.S. patent expired in 2011. Lipitor has lost patent protection in other major markets since. In 2013, Lipitor sales totaled $2.3 billion, down from $9.6 billion in 2011 according to Pfizer’s 2013 annual report. Still, since its introduction in 1997, no other drug came close to Lipitor’s commercial success. The closest competitor for all time sales is Plavix, which had slightly more than half of Lipitor’s
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September 8 A colossal statue of Apollo is discovered at a - BUS - 208 View Full Document September 8 A colossal statue of Apollo is discovered at a UNESCO World Heritage Site at Hierapolis, Turkey. Sudanese journalist Lubna al-Hussein is freed from one day in jail after being prosecuted for wearing trousers – the fine was paid by the Journalist Union. September 9 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document US Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC) interrupts President Barack Obama's health care speech to the Congress with an audible shout of "You lie!" "Beatles Day" is celebrated worldwide as remastered versions of The Beatles' albums are released, as well as The Beatles: Rock Band. September 10 British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologises for the post-war treatment of celebrated WWII code- breaker Alan Turing, who was chemically castrated for having homosexual relations. Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi says he will demand a permanent place in the United Nations Security Council for Africa and compensation worth 777 trillion dollars for years of colonialism in New York later this month. September 11 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe condemns "bloody whites" for meddling in his country's affairs, specifically perceived British and American interference. The oldest person in the world, Gertrude Baines, dies in Los Angeles aged 115. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez announces the discovery of a vast gas field off the coast of his country, one of the world's largest finds. September 12 Ireland's Taoiseach Brian Cowen denies Libertas founder Declan Ganley's claim that the second Irish referendum on the Treaty of Lisbon is "profoundly undemocratic". In rugby union, South Africa defeat New Zealand 32-29 to win the 2009 Tri Nations Series. September 13 Kim Clijsters of Belgium defeats Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark to win the 2009 US Open Women's Singles. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva heavily criticises the "rich countries", the G8 and other international bodies over the global economic crisis. Two of the so-called Bermuda Triangle's most mysterious disappearances in the late 1940s may have been solved. September 14 Legislators in Aceh province in Indonesia pass a new law on stoning to death and other severe sentences for adultery, homosexuality and premarital sex. China lodges a complaint with the World Trade Organization over the United States' decision to impose import duties on Chinese-made tires. In tennis, Juan Martín del Potro defeats Roger Federer at the U.S. Open. American actor Patrick Swayze dies at age 57, after suffering from pancreatic cancer for more than 1 year. September 15 Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke says the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s has likely ended, while warning that growth may not be strong enough to quickly reduce the unemployment rate. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accuses the United States of "blocking" Russia's accession to the World This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Dreams and nightmares. We were plunged in to darkness. Screams pierced my ears. The d 22505330-Titanic-Nostalgia
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The USA purchased Alaska in 1867; when did it become one of the states in the United States?
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Milestones: 1866–1898 - Office of the Historian Milestones: 1866–1898 Purchase of Alaska, 1867 The purchase of Alaska in 1867 marked the end of Russian efforts to expand trade and settlements to the Pacific coast of North America, and became an important step in the United States rise as a great power in the Asia-Pacific region. Beginning in 1725, when Russian Czar Peter the Great dispatched Vitus Bering to explore the Alaskan coast, Russia had a keen interest in this region, which was rich in natural resources and lightly inhabited. As the United States expanded westward in the early 1800s, Americans soon found themselves in competition with Russian explorers and traders. St. Petersburg, however, lacked the financial resources to support major settlements or a military presence along the Pacific coast of North America and permanent Russian settlers in Alaska never numbered more than four hundred. Defeat in the Crimean War further reduced Russian interest in this region. Signing of the Alaska Treaty, 1867 Russia offered to sell Alaska to the United States in 1859, believing the United States would off-set the designs of Russia’s greatest rival in the Pacific, Great Britain. The looming U.S. Civil War delayed the sale, but after the war, Secretary of State William Seward quickly took up a renewed Russian offer and on March 30, 1867, agreed to a proposal from Russian Minister in Washington, Edouard de Stoeckl, to purchase Alaska for $7.2 million. The Senate approved the treaty of purchase on April 9; President Andrew Johnson signed the treaty on May 28, and Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, 1867. This purchase ended Russia’s presence in North America and ensured U.S. access to the Pacific northern rim. For three decades after its purchase the United States paid little attention to Alaska, which was governed under military, naval, or Treasury rule or, at times, no visible rule at all. Seeking a way to impose U.S. mining laws, the United States constituted a civil government in 1884. Skeptics had dubbed the purchase of Alaska “Seward’s Folly,” but the former Secretary of State was vindicated when a major gold deposit was discovered in the Yukon in 1896, and Alaska became the gateway to the Klondike gold fields. The strategic importance of Alaska was finally recognized in World War II. Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959.
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U.S. States by Area U.S. States by Area U.S. States by Area The Fifty United States Ranked by Area Alaska is the largest state in the United States. Its 663,267 square milesis 429 times larger than Rhode Island, the country's smallest state. StockTrek/Getty Images By Katherine Schulz Richard The United States is the world's third largest country by area. Its fifty states vary widely in area. The largest state, Alaska, is more than four hundred times larger than Rhode Island, the smallest state. Texas is the largest state of the 48 contiguous states. The U.S. states by area listed below include water features that are part of the state and are ranked in size by square miles. U.S. States by Area
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Which of the Rolling Stones has a cameo role as Captain Jack Teague, father of Jack Sparrow in 'Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End'?
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Keith Richards | PotC Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia ― Rob Marshall [src] Keith Richards is an English musician and songwriter, and a founding member of The Rolling Stones . Richards had come to be seen as the quintessential rock and roll guitarist. He had been called "the Human Riff," and his playing, an uncanny combination of irreducible rawness and innate musicality, had made him one of the most influential musicians in rock history. Rolling Stone magazine said Richards had created "rock's greatest single body of riffs," and ranked him 4th on its list of 100 best guitarist. Fourteen songs Richards wrote with Rolling Stones' lead vocalist Mick Jagger are listed among Rolling Stone magazine's " 500 Greatest Songs of All Time ." His candor, rigorous personal integrity, and uncompromising commitment to the music he loved had earned him the respect not only of the people who grew up with The Rolling Stones, but of succeeding generations of younger fans. He was an outlaw, but with an aristocratic bearing; a fearsome figure, but with unmistakable touches of sweetness and vulnerability; a feral rocker who can also break your heart with a lovely ballad. That's why Johnny Depp had cited Keith Richards as an inspiration for his portrayal of Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean series , which made Richards the ideal choice to portray Jack's father Captain Teague in At World's End and On Stranger Tides . Contents Life and career The Rolling Stones The Rolling Stones , of course, were among the handful of artists who redefined popular music when they emerged from London in the 1960s, and Keith Richards was one of the seminal group's founding members. In particular, he loved the American blues and R&B that have proven to be important elements of the Stones' music. Richards was the engine that drove the band's irresistibly rhythmic sound, and collaborating with singer Mick Jagger , he had written some of the most indelible songs of the rock era, including "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Start Me Up," "Brown Sugar" and "Jumping Jack Flash." In addition, Richards had made two solo albums, Talk Is Cheap and Main Offender, with his band, the XPensive ("as in formerly thinking," he wryly explained) Winos. [1] Film career Nor was Richards a stranger to the world of film. He produced the music for the concert film Chuck Berry: Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987), directed by Taylor Hackford, in honor of Berry's 60th birthday. Gimme Shelter , the Maysles Brothers documentary of the Stones' tumultuous American tour in 1969, is widely regarded as one of the best rock and roll films ever made. Martin Scorsese, Jean-Luc Godard and Hal Ashby are among the other directors the Stones have worked with in the course of their storied career. [1] Pirates of the Caribbean Johnny Depp's inspiration Johnny Depp , a close friend of Richards, had cited Keith Richards as an inspiration for his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl . Depp, who developed his ideas for the character, had strong ideas about Jack's attitude and appearance. He modeled a large part of Jack Sparrow after Keith Richards, saying that "Pirates were the rock stars of their day." [2] Captain Jack Sparrow's famous look was a collaboration in the first film between costume designer Penny Rose , key makeup artist Ve Neill, key hairstylist Martin Samuel, and Johnny Depp himself. "Having spent some time with Keith Richards was certainly a huge part of the inspiration for the character," said the actor. "I spent a little time with Keith here and there, and each time I'd see him he'd have a new thing tied into his hair. 'What is that hanging?' I'd ask, and Keith would say, 'Ah yeah, I got that in Bermuda,' or wherever. So it felt to me like Jack, on his travels and adventures, would see something and go, 'Oh yeah, I'll keep that,' tie it in his hair or have someone else do it. Each little trinket would have a story. For example, the bone that hangs just above the bandana is a shinbone from a reindeer. Then Jack has the dangly bits, be
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1000+ images about "I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45." ~ Mick Jagger on Pinterest | Moves like jagger, Rock legends and Keith richards Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (1943) , English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, best known as the lead vocalist and a co-founder of the Rolling Stones. New York, 2008 © Bryan Adams. See More
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Which Scot won a Gold medal at the 1991 World Athletics Championships and a Silver medal at the 1988 Olympics in the 10000 metres – she also won the London Marathon in 1996?
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Liz McColgan Liz McColgan 24 May 1964 Athlete Elizabeth ("Liz") McColgan (née Lynch) MBE is a Scottish former middle-distance and long-distance track and road-running athlete. Born Elizabeth Lynch, she grew up in the Whitfield area of Dundee and was a pupil of St Saviour's RC High School. She joined her local athletics club, the Hawkhill Harriers, at age 12 at the advice of her PE teacher Phil Cairns. Coached by Harry Bennett, she soon discovered a talent for distance running and won her first UK titles at the age of 18. Following Bennett's death, McColgan self-coached herself in preparation for the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, McColgan took the gold medal in the 10,000 metres, finishing nearly 12 seconds ahead of the nearest competitor and giving the host country its only gold medal in Athletics. This was followed by a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. McColgan was the 1986 NCAA National Champion in the mile run representing the Alabama Crimson Tide in the American collegiate Indoor Track and Field national Championships and was the school's record-holder for the mile run. McColgan won silver in the 3,000 metres at the World Indoor Championships in 1989. She became the only Scot to successfully defended a Commonwealth title at the 1990 games in Auckland, New Zealand, when she took the gold for the 10,000 metres again, as well as taking bronze at the 3,000 metres. In August 1991, she won gold in the 10,000 metres at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In November of that year at the New York City Marathon, her first marathon, she won with a time of 2:27.23, beating the record for a debut marathon by three minutes. In 1992, she won the inaugural World Half Marathon Championships, where she also helped the British team claim the silver medal in the team competition. Later that year, she won the Tokyo International Women's Marathon. In 1996, she won theLondon Marathon with a time of 2 hours, 27 minutes and 54 seconds. McColgan retired from competing in August 2001 when she fractured a bone in her foot while training for selection for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. However she returned in 2004 to win the Scottish Indoor Championships 3000 metres (in 9:31). In 2007, she ran the London Marathon, finishing 25th in 2:50:38. She also completed the 2010 New York Marathon in 3:10:54. In 1987 she married Northern Irish athlete Peter McColgan; they have five children. The eldest, Eilish, won the 2004 British cross country championships in her age-group, was ranked top in Scotland over 800 metres and 1500 metres in her age-group and competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 3000 metres steeplechase. The couple separated in November 2010. On 18 January 2014, McColgan was married to John Nuttall. In December 1991, McColgan appeared on This Is Your Life and was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1992 and inducted to the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. To make your own nomination download the nomination form here
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Iconic British Sportswomen | Stylist Magazine Iconic British Sportswomen 20 View Gallery As Team GB's women continue to rack up an unprecedented Olympic medal collection take a look at some of the country's finest sportswomen before them, from world-record breaking Olympians like Dame Kelly Holmes and tennis legend Virginia Wade, to determined boxer Jane Couch, multi-award winning golfer Laura Davies, unbeaten triathlete Chrissie Wellington and more. Who is your most inspirational female athlete? Let us know on Twitter or in the comments section below. Click on an image below to launch the gallery... Share via WhatsApp Heptathlete Before Jessica Ennis came Wolverhampton-born Lewis, who grabbed gold for Britain in the heptathlon at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Now a regular BBC Sports pundit and Strictly Come Dancing alumni, the 40-year-old is acting as an Olympics ambassador during the 2012 Games. Share via WhatsApp Wheelchair racer One of the UK's greatest Paralympians, Cardiff-born Baroness Grey-Thompson holds over 30 world records, has won 16 Paralympic medals - including 11 golds - and is a six-time London Marathon winner. The 43-year-old who was born with spina bifida, retired in 2005 and is now a crossbench peer. Share via WhatsApp Javelin thrower and heptathlete Famous for an enduring rivalry with fellow Olympic javelin thrower Fatima Whitbread, Sanderson competed in no less than six Olympic Games from 1976 to 1996, taking gold in Los Angeles in 1984. Awarded a CBE in 2004, she now runs a foundation that helps discover and train future athletes. Share via WhatsApp Javelin thrower Long before she joined the likes of Freddie Starr and Peter Andre in the celebrity jungle, London-born multiple-medal winner Whitbread, broke the javelin world record with a throw of 77.44m in 1986. The feisty sports star was known for celebrating her silver and bronze Olympic medal wins with a cheeky wiggle and for her fierce rivalries with fellow Brit Tessa Sanderson and German rival Petra Felke. She has spoken openly about a traumatic early childhood, which turned around when she was adopted at the age of 14 by her javelin coach, Margaret Whitbread. Share via WhatsApp Middle distance athlete The record-holding Olympian from Kent took a diverse career path, including jobs as a shop assistant, carer, and army lorry driver, before finally becoming a professional athlete in 1997 at the age on 27. At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, she became the first Briton in 84 years to race home to gold in both the 800m and 1500m - a feat that not even her childhood hero Sebastian Coe had managed. She was made a Dame in 2005. Share via WhatsApp Triathlete The unstoppable "Chrissinator", from Suffolk, is a four-time World Ironman Champion who beat her own personal best by 2.17 minutes last year. The 35-year-old, who has beaten anorexia and bulimia, is the only triathlete of either gender to have won the World Championship less than 12 months after turning professional. Share via WhatsApp Sailor Derbyshire-born MacArthur's unshakeable dedication to her craft began as a youngster when she saved up her school dinner money for eight long years to buy her first boat - an 8ft dinghy. In 2005, at the age of 28, she broke Francis Joyon's solo record for sailing non-stop around the world by one day, 8 hours, 35 minutes, 49 seconds. In the same year she was made Britain's youngest Dame. Share via WhatsApp Track-and-field athlete The first-ever British female to win an Olympic gold medal in a track and field event, Somerset-born Rand romped home in the long jump at the 1964 Games by breaking the world record. While the women's triple jump was not formally recognised until 1990, Rand also held the unofficial record in the event from 1959 to 1981. Share via WhatsApp Sprinter, hurdler, long jumper "I knew nothing about the event but being so naive was probably to my advantage; it meant I did not have any limitations in my head regarding what I should or could do. Ignorance proved to be bliss." Forty years before Dame Kelly Holmes claimed an 800m gold, the event was won b
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United States Constitutional Convention Woman (to Benjamin Franklin): "Well, Doctor, what have we got - a Republic or a Monarchy?" Benjamin Franklin: "A Republic, if you can keep it." -McHenry, The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, Oil on Canvas, Howard Chandler Christy The hundred day debate known as the Constitutional Convention was one of the most momentous occurrences in United States Constitutional History, and the events that would take place in the Pennsylvania State House during that time would set the United States on the course towards becoming a true Constitutional Republic. The Constitutional Convention took place from May 14 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The point of the event was decide how America was going to be governed.Although the Convention had been officially called to revise the existing Articles of Confederation, many delegates had much bigger plans. Men like James Madison and Alexander Hamilton wanted to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. The delegates elected George Washington to preside over the Convention. 70 Delegates had been appointed by the original states to attend the Constitutional Convention, but only 55 were able to be there. Rhode Island was the only state to not send any delegates at all. As history played out, the result of the Constitutional Convention was the United States Constitution, but it wasn't an easy path. The drafting process was grueling. They wanted the supreme law of the United States to be perfect. The first two months of the Convention saw fierce debate over the 15 points of the " Virginia Plan " which had been proposed by Madison as an upgrade to the Articles of Confederation. Yet, the "Committee of the Whole" couldn't agree on anything. So, on July 24 of that year, the Committee of Detail was enacted to handle the drafting process. The United States (U.S.) Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 with 39 signatures before being distributed to the States for ratification. The Committee of Detail The Committee of Detail , headed by John Rutledge (nicknamed Dictator John), was in charge of drafting the Constitution. Other members included Edmund Randolph, Oliver Ellsworth, James Wilson, and Nathaniel Gorham. Other than Gorham, the committee members had all been respected lawyers, and would go on to become leading legal figures in the new government (Randolph would be the first attorney general, while Rutledge, Ellsworth and Wilson would become Supreme Court justices). John Rutledge (May 27, 1738 - June 11, 1796) 14th President of the United States under the Articles of Confederation Helped draft the Massachusetts Constitution "Any person chosen governor, or lieutenant-governor, counsellor, senator, or representative, and accepting the trust, shall before he proceed to execute the duties of his place or office, take, make and subscribe the following declaration, viz. 'I, __________, do declare, that I believe the Christian religion, and have a firm persuasion of its truth.' " George Washington and the First Draft of the Constitution George Washington's Annotated First Draft of the United States (US) Constitution The United States Constitution was drafted by the Committee of Detail, who used bits and pieces from original Virginia Plan, the decisions of the Constitutional Convention on modifications to that plan, along with other sources including the Articles of Confederation, to produce the first full draft. From August 6 to September 10, the report of the Committee of Detail was discussed, section-bysection, and clause-by-clause. The most famous copies of this early draft are the ones annotated by President George Washington. This draft of the Constitution displays Washington's handwritten notes in pencil, recording the Convention's handling of each proposed clause. Official Report of the United States (US) Constitution by the Committee of Style Once this phase of the Convention had ended, on September 10, a Co
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Other past and future presidential candidates and birthplace issues Other past and future presidential candidates and birthplace issues March 25, 2015 The debate over Senator Ted Cruz’s birthplace has raised some interesting questions about other folks who sought, or make seek, the White House, with parents who were born outside the United States. Chester Arthur Cruz was born in Canada in 1970, with his father being from Cuba and his mother coming from Delaware in the United States. The Constitution’s Natural Born Citizenship Clause states that “no person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President.” Recent thoughts from constitutional experts on Cruz’s situation seem to clearly point to one fact : Since Cruz’s mother was born in the United States as a citizen, Cruz is a “natural born” citizen through his mother’s own status back in 1970. Sarah Helene Duggin from Catholic University, who is an expert on this topic, wrote at length for us about a potential Cruz candidacy back in October 2013, and she explained why scholars believe Cruz is eligible. “There is a strong argument that anyone who acquires United States citizenship at birth, whether by virtue of the 14th Amendment or by operation of federal statute, qualifies as natural born,” she said. Former Solicitors General Paul Clement and Neal Katyal made the same argument in the Harvard Law Review recently about Cruz. “Congress has recognized since the Founding, a person born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent is generally a U.S. citizen from birth with no need for naturalization. And the phrase “natural born Citizen” in the Constitution encompasses all such citizens from birth,” they said. Clement and Katyal also explained the same logic applied to three past presidential candidates who were born outside of a specific state: John McCain (Panama Canal Zone), George Romney (Mexico) and Barry Goldwater (Arizona Territory). But another argument cropped up in these “Natural Born” debates: What about candidates born in the United States with parents who weren’t United States citizens at the time? This is actually a debate that goes back to 1880, when Chester Alan Arthur ran as the vice presidential candidate on the James Garfield ticket for the Republican Party. Arthur became President after Garfield’s death in 1881 and there rumors that Arthur had been born in Canada, and not Vermont, as he claimed. Arthur’s father was born in Ireland and his mother was born in the United States. If Arthur was born in Canada, some claimed, there may have been a citizenship issue. Marquette Law professor J. Gordon Hylton pointed out in a 2009 blog post if Arthur was born in Canada “he was technically foreign-born, and in 1829, citizenship in such cases passed to the child only if the father was a United States citizen, and, of course, at this point Arthur’s father was still a citizen of the British Empire.” Hylton also pointed out that the Supreme Court’s 1830 ruling in Inglis v. Trustees of Sailor’s Snug Harbor and other cases made it clear that having a father as a United States citizen wasn’t mandatory in such cases. Justice Joseph Story’s concurrence in the Inglis decision cited Blackstone’s commentaries, saying that “nothing is better settled at the common law than the doctrine that the children, even of aliens, born in a country while the parents are resident there under the protection of the government and owing a temporary allegiance thereto, are subjects by birth.” Soon after Arthur’s time in the White House, the Supreme Court made it clear in the case of Wong Kim Ark in 1898 that a child born in the United States automatically became a citizen regardless of the parents’ citizenship status. “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside,” said Justice Horace Gray. There was also a birthplace controversy over the 1916 presidential candidacy of Charles Ev
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SparkNotes: Agamemnon: Characters SparkNotes Overall Summary Lines 1-257 Agamemnon - The King of Argos, the husband of Clytemnestra, and the commander of the Greek armies during the siege of Troy. Agamemnon is the older brother of Menelaus, whose wife Helen was stolen by a Trojan prince, thus igniting a decade-long war. A great warrior, he sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia in order to obtain a favorable wind to carry the Greek fleet to Troy. During the ten-year conflict, his Queen has plotted his death in order to avenge the killing of their daughter. He appears on stage only briefly, and behaves arrogantly. He goes to his death unaware of his fate. Clytemnestra - The play's protagonist, Clytemnestra is Agamemnon's wife and has ruled Argos in his absence. She plans his murder with ruthless determination, and feels no guilt after his death; she is convinced of her own rectitude and of the justice of killing the man who killed her daughter. She is, a sympathetic character in many respects, but the righteousness of her crime is tainted by her entanglement with Aegisthus. Even so, Aeschylus makes it clear that Agamemnon's death must be avenged. Chorus - The elder citizens of Argos, who were too old to fight in the Trojan War. They serve as advisors to Queen Clytemnestra during Agamemnon's absence, and provide commentary on the action of the play. Their speeches provide the background for the action, for they foreshadow the King's death when they describe the events of the Trojan War and discuss the dangers of human pride. Cassandra - A Trojan priestess, captured by Agamemnon and carried to Argos as his slave and mistress. She was Apollo's lover. Apollo gave her the gift of prophecy, but when she refused to bear him a child, he punished her by making all around her disbelieve her predictions. She sees the ancestral curse afflicting Agamemnon's family, and predicts both his death and her own, as well as the vengeance brought by Orestes in the next play. Aegisthus - Agamemnon's cousin, and Clytemnestra's lover. His father and Agamemnon's father were rivals for the throne. Agamemnon's father boiled two of his rival's children--Aegisthus' brothers--and served them to him for dinner. Since that time, Aegisthus has been in exile awaiting a chance to seek revenge for the terrible crime. The Watchman - The man assigned to watch for the signal of Troy's fall from the roof of the palace. He is joyful at his king's return, but also is gripped with a sense of foreboding. The Herald - He brings the Chorus news of Agamemnon's safe homecoming. An ardent patriot, he is ecstatic to see the home he thought he had left forever and provides vivid descriptions of the horrors of the war against Troy. More Help
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ZEUS MYTHS 4 LOVES - Greek Mythology Roman Name Jupiter Europa and Zeus as bull, Paestan red-figure calyx krater C4th B.C., The J. Paul Getty Museum ZEUS was the king of the gods, and god of the sky, weather, fate and law. This page describes three of Zeus' mortal liaisons--Danae who was impregnated by the god in the form of a golden shower, Antiope who was seduced by the god in the guise of a satyr, and Kallisto who was deceived by Zeus disguised as the maiden Artemis. (1) MORTAL LOVES (WOMEN) ALKMENE (Alcmena) A lady of Thebes in Boiotia (central Greece) who was seduced by Zeus in the form of her own husband. She bore twins: Herakles by Zeus and Likymnios by her husband Amphitryon. ANTIOPE A lady of Thebes in Boiotia (central Greece) who was seduced by Zeus in the shape of Satyros. She bore him twin sons Amphion and Zethos which were exposed at birth. DANAE A princess of Argos (central Greece) who was imprisoned by her father in a bronze tower. Zeus seduced her in the form of a golden shower, and she gave birth to a son, the hero Perseus. DIA A queen of the Lapith tribe of Thessalia (northern Greece), wife of King Ixion. According to some, she was seduced by Zeus, and bore him a son Peirithoos (but others say, the father was her husband Ixion). [see Family ] ELARE (Elara) A princess of Orkhomenos (central Greece) who was loved by Zeus. In fear of the wrath of Hera, he hid her beneath the earth, where she gave birth to a son the Gigante Tityos. EUROPA A princess of Phoinikia (Phoenicia) (West Asia) who was abducted to Krete )in the Greek Aegean) by Zeus in the form of a bull. She bore him three sons: Minos, Sarpedon and Rhadamanthys. EURYMEDOUSA (Eurymedusa) A princess of Phthiotis (northern Greece) who was seduced by Zeus in the form of an ant. Their son was named Myrmidon (Ant-Man). KALLISTO (Callisto) A princess of Arkadia (southern Greece) who was seduced by Zeus in the guise of the goddess Artemis. She was transformed into a bear by a wrathful goddess into a bear and in this form bare a son named Arkas. KALYKE (Calyce) A queen of Elis (southern Greece), the wife of King Aithlios. She was the mother by Zeus (or by her husband Aithlios) of Endymion. [see Family ] KASSIOPEIA (Cassiopeia) A lady of the island Krete (Greek Aegean) who bore Zeus a son named Atymnios. [see Family ] LAMIA A queen of Libya (North Africa) who was loved by Zeus. When the jealous Hera stole her children by the god--Herophile and Akhilleus--she was driven mad with grief. LAODAMEIA A princess of Lykia (Asia Minor) who was loved by Zeus and bore him a son, Sarpedon. [see Family ] LEDA A queen of Lakedaimonia (southern Greece) who was seduced by Zeus in the form of swan. She laid an egg from which were hatched the Dioskouroi twins--one Polydeukes was the son of Zeus, the other Kastor the son of her husband Tyndareus. According to some, she was also the mother of egg-hatched Helene (though others say this egg was given her by the goddess Nemesis). LYSITHOE A woman who bore Zeus a son named Herakles (a man with the same name as the famous hero). [see Family ] NIOBE A princess of Argolis (southern Greece). She was the very first mortal woman loved by Zeus, and bore him two sons: Argos and Pelasgos (though according to others Pelasgos was a son of Poseidon or Earth-Born). OLYMPIAS An historical queen of Makedonia, the mother of Alexander the Great. According to legend, her son was fathered by the god Zeus. PANDORA A princess of the Hellenes, one of the daughters of King Deukalion, surviver of the Great Deluge. She was loved by Zeus and bore him sons Latinos and Graikos. [see Family ] PROTOGENEIA A princess of the Hellenes, one of the daughters of King Deukalion, surviver of the Great Deluge. She was loved by Zeus and bore him a son Aithlios. [see Family ] PYRRHA The wife of King Deukalion of the Hellenes, who with her husband survived the Great Deluge. According to some, her first born son, Hellen, was fathered by Zeus rather than Deukalion. [see Family ] PHTHIA A girl from Aegion in Akhaia (southern Greece). Zeus seduced her in the guise of a pigeon
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History Ireland Published in Features , Issue 2 (Summer 1996) , Pre-history / Archaeology , Pre-Norman History , Volume 4 Emperor Claudius – invaded Britain in AD43. A number of areas are worth exploring in this regard: not only the possibility of a Roman invasion of Ireland but also Roman geographical knowledge and perceptions of Ireland and Roman attitudes to their empire generally. Whilst debates about an invasion of Ireland, however fascinating, may always be inconclusive, it is ironic—Roman perceptions of space and power being what they were—that Rome did not need to set foot in Ireland in order to claim imperium over it. Greek geographers First we must establish Ireland’s place in the Roman world in geographical terms. The first known geographer to mention Ireland is the Greek Pytheas of Massilia, who, according to a later historian Polybius, made a journey in which he at least visited Britain. Whether he landed in Ireland we do not know, but we can be confident that he learned of its existence. It is possible that later authors, principally Strabo and Diodorus Siculus, used the work of Pytheas as a source for their writings. Diodorus Siculus, a first-century author writing in Greek, mentions an island in the north on which there was a magnificent spherical shrine to the god Apollo, adorned with many votive offerings. It has been suggested that this may have been Navan, which had been visited in the second century BC by a Greek or Phoenician traveller. This individual brought a gift of a barbary ape, the remains of which have been found at the site. It is not until the works of Latin authors mention Ireland that we receive a clearer picture. There is no doubt that the Romans knew of the existence of ‘Hibernia’, long before any direct contact, as the Greeks did of ‘Ierne’, their name for Ireland. Better knowledge was prompted by better communication, mainly as a result of trade. The later, and probably most famous of early geographers, Claudius Ptolemy, also notes that the ports and coasts of Ireland were well-known by traders. Fig 1. Strabo’s view of Western Europe – claimed that Ireland was ‘barely habitable on account of the cold’ Caesar The first Roman writer to refer to Ireland is Julius Caesar, in his account of his campaigns in Gaul, which was probably published around 50 BC. Caesar considered Ireland to be two-thirds the size of Britain, from which it was separated by a strait of equal width to that between Britain and Gaul. Pliny the Elder merely tells us that it was the same breadth as Britain, but two hundred miles shorter, adding that the shortest route by sea to Ireland was thirty miles. In the period between these two authors, Strabo wrote a vast work of geography on more ethnographical lines concerning the ‘inhabited world’. He placed Ireland north of Britain, on the limits of the known world, and claimed that it was ‘barely habitable on account of the cold’. (See fig.1) He generously considered the inhabitants more savage than the Britons, since they are man-eaters as well as heavy-eaters, and since they count it an honourable thing when their fathers die to devour them, and openly to have intercourse not only with other women, but with their mothers and sisters as well; but I say this only with the understanding that I have no trustworthy witnesses for it. Another author, Pomponius Mela, echoed the theme that the Irish were more savage than any other race. He also notes that Ireland was unsuitable for growing wheat, but was so rich in grass that cattle would burst from eating too much if unrestrained. The lack of arable farming seems to be borne out by pollen records which suggest a decrease in agricultural activity between 100 BC and AD 200. Solinus, who wrote in the third century AD and who may have depended on the work of Pliny and Mela, claimed that the Irish were an inhospitable race, but incidentally is the first to refer to the lack of snakes before the arrival of Patrick. The fifth century writer Orosius describes Ireland as being inhabited by the Scoti, and indeed surpassing Britain in clim
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KellysDirectories - Kent HISTORY OF KENT The area has been occupied since the Palaeolithic era, as attested by finds from the quarries at Swanscombe. The Medway megaliths were built during the Neolithic era. There is a rich sequence of Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Roman era occupation, as indicated by finds and features such as the Ringlemere gold cup and the Roman villas of the Darent valley. The modern name of Kent is derived from the Brythonic word Cantus meaning "rim" or "border". This describes the eastern part of the current county area as a border land or coastal district. Julius Caesar had described the area as Cantium, or home of the Cantiaci in 51 BC. The extreme west of the modern county was occupied by Iron Age tribes, known as the Regnenses. It is possible that another ethnic group occupied what is now called The Weald and East Kent. East Kent became a kingdom of the Jutes during the 5th century and was known as Cantia from about 730 and as Cent in 835. The early medieval inhabitants of the county were known as the Cantwara, or Kent people. These people regarded the city of Canterbury as their capital. In 597, Pope Gregory I appointed Augustine as the first Archbishop of Canterbury. In the previous year, Augustine successfully converted the pagan King Æthelberht of Kent to Christianity. The Diocese of Canterbury became Britain's first Episcopal See and has since remained Britain's centre of Christianity. In the 11th century, the people of Kent adopted the motto Invicta, meaning "undefeated". This naming followed the invasion of Britain by William of Normandy. The Kent people's continued resistance against the Normans led to Kent's designation as a semi-autonomous County Palatine in 1067. Under the nominal rule of William's half-brother Odo of Bayeux, the county was granted similar powers to those granted in the areas bordering Wales and Scotland. During the medieval and early modern period, Kent played a major role in several of England's most notable rebellions, including the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, led by Wat Tyler, Jack Cade's Kent rebellion of 1450, and Wyatt's Rebellion of 1554 against Queen Mary I. The Royal Navy first used the River Medway in 1547. By the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603) a small dockyard had been established at Chatham. By 1618, storehouses, a ropewalk, a drydock, and houses for officials had been built downstream from Chatham. By the 17th century, tensions between Britain and the powers of the Netherlands and France led to increasing military build-up in the county. Forts were built all along the coast following the raid on the Medway, a successful attack by the Dutch navy on the shipyards of the Medway towns in 1667. The 18th century was dominated by wars with France, during which the Medway became the primary base for a fleet that could act along the Dutch and French coasts. When the theatre of operation moved to the Atlantic, this role was assumed by Portsmouth and Plymouth, with Chatham concentrating on shipbuilding and ship repair. As an indication of the area's military importance, the first Ordnance Survey map ever drawn was a one-inch map of Kent, published in 1801. Many of the Georgian naval buildings still stand. In the early 19th century, smugglers were very active on the Kent coastline. Gangs such as The Aldington Gang brought spirits, tobacco and salt to the county, and transported goods such as wool across the sea to France. In 1889, the County of London was created and the townships of Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich, Lee, Eltham, Charlton, Kidbrooke and Lewisham were transferred out of Kent and in 1900 the area of Penge was gained. Some of Kent, notably Dartford, is contiguous with Greater London. During World War II, much of the Battle of Britain was fought in the skies over the county. Between June 1944 and March 1945, over 10,000 V1 flying bombs, known as "Doodlebugs", were fired on London from bases in Northern France. Many were destroyed by aircraft, anti-aircraft guns, and barrage balloons, yet both London and Kent
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Shoulder Joint - Anatomy Pictures and Information Home > Skeletal System > Bones of the Arm and Hand > Shoulder Joint Shoulder Joint The most flexible joint in the entire human body, our shoulder joint is formed by the union of the humerus, the scapula (or shoulder blade), and the clavicle (or collarbone). Commonly thought of as a single joint, the shoulder is actually made up of two separate joints - the glenohumeral and acromioclavicular joints. These two joints work together to allow the arm both to circumduct in a large circle and to rotate around its axis at the shoulder. The glenohumeral joint is a ball-and-socket joint formed between the articulation of the rounded head of the humerus (the upper arm bone) and the cup-like depression of the scapula, called the glenoid fossa.... Move up/down/left/right: Click compass arrows Rotate image: Click and drag in any direction, anywhere in the frame Identify objects: Click on them in the image Shoulder Joint, Posterior (Back) Full Shoulder Joint Description [Continued from above] . . . The glenoid fossa forms a very shallow socket, so the muscles, ligaments, and cartilage of the shoulder joint reinforce its structure and help to prevent dislocations. A ring of cartilage known as the labrum surrounds the glenoid fossa to extend the size of the socket while maintaining flexibility. To further reinforce the shoulder, the four muscles of the rotator cuff extend from the scapula and surround the head of the humerus to both rotate the arm and prevent dislocation. The acromioclavicular joint is formed by an articulation between the lateral end of the clavicle and the acromion process of the scapula. It is a flat, gliding joint that gives the shoulder joint additional flexibility that would not be possible with just the glenohumeral joint. Although both of these joints are held together by extensive ligament and muscle attachments, certain types of force can easily weaken the shoulder. The shoulder joint is vulnerable to dislocations from sudden jerks of the arm, especially in children before strong muscles have developed. Dislocation of the shoulder is extremely painful and may require surgical repair or even cause permanent damage. Chronic or acute wear and tear on the glenohumeral joint can lead to the painful tearing of the tendons of the rotator cuff or a torn labrum. Both of these conditions are very painful and may require surgery to remove or reattach the torn tissue. Prepared by Tim Taylor, Anatomy and Physiology Instructor
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Definition of Shoulder blade Definition of Shoulder blade Causes of a Heart Attack Slideshow Shoulder blade: The familiar flat triangular bone at the back of the shoulder. Known familiarly as the wingbone or, medically, as the scapula. The word "scapula" (with the accent on the first syllable) is Latin. The Romans always employed the plural "scapulae", the shoulder blades. Because the shoulder blade resembles the blade of a trowel (a small shovel), the word "scapula" is thought to have come from the Greek "skaptein" meaning "to dig." Last Editorial Review: 5/13/2016
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The Stories Behind 6 Famous Slogans | Mental Floss The Stories Behind 6 Famous Slogans Image credit: Like us on Facebook Though some of the greatest advertising slogans in history seem relatively simple ("Just Do It" is only three words, after all), most of the time, they're anything but. Here's how six of the most enduring taglines came to be. 1. “Just Do It.” The famous Nike slogan came from a rather unlikely source - spree killer Gary Gilmore, who received the death penalty for murdering two people in Utah in July, 1976. Just before a firing squad did their duty, Gilmore was asked if he had any last words. “Let’s do it,” he simply said. When Dan Wieden of Wieden+Kennedy was tapped to create a tagline for Nike a decade later, something about Gilmore’s words just seemed to fit. “Let’s” was changed to “Just” to add a dash of emphasis. 2. “Good to the Last Drop.” Maxwell House has a pretty neat story for this one. They claim that while Teddy Roosevelt was visiting Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage in 1907, he insisted on taking a cup of coffee where Old Hickory once enjoyed his meals, saying, “I must have the privilege of saying that I have eaten at General Jackson's table.” As the story goes, after thoroughly enjoying his joe, Teddy smacked his lips and declared that the stuff was “good to the last drop.” Some years later, the coffee giant decided the slogan was a double win - it was a catchy phrase, but it also provided celebrity endorsement. That being said, there’s a pretty good chance that the whole tale is just a pretty good bit of PR. The Theodore Roosevelt Association, however, claims they know of a credible witness who verified the whole conversation. More from mental_floss writer Bill DeMain: A few tidbits about Maxwell House – A Nashville Banner article from 1907 quoted Teddy Roosevelt as saying of that famous cup of coffee: “This is the kind of stuff I like to drink, by George, when I hunt bears.” Nothing about “good to the last drop.” Though maybe that phrase didn’t sound as quotable back then. Regardless, it was a big deal to have the president enjoying your brand of coffee, and in the days after Roosevelt’s visit, three different coffee companies in Nashville ran ads in the Banner claiming it was their java, not Maxwell House’s, that Teddy liked. Finally, though Maxwell House started using the “good to the last drop” slogan in print ads around 1917, they waited until long after Roosevelt was dead before they started using his name and image in their ads. 3. “A Diamond is Forever.” I wish I was one of those people who went to bed with a problem and woke up with the solution in my head. I’m not, but apparently copywriter Frances Gerety was, because she said the famous De Beers slogan came to her in a dream in 1947. It’s certainly enduring - the tagline has been a De Beers mainstay ever since. Advertising Age even named it the best slogan of the 20th century . 4. “We try harder.” This one is a rare moment of truth in advertising, according to Time magazine. When given the difficult task of making Avis seem appealing - Hertz had a firm lock on the top rental car spot in the U.S. - famed copywriter Bill Bernbach asked company president Robert Townsend why he thought anyone would use his company. “We try harder,” Townsend decided, and a slogan was born. 5. “I People weren’t exactly in a New York state of mind in 1977. Tourism was down, the city was getting a reputation for being dirty, and Deputy Commissioner of the NY State Department of Commerce William Doyle decided to do something about it. He requested a catchy ad campaign to boost tourism, and man, did he get one. Respected designer Milton Glaser created the iconic image thinking it would just be part of a quick, three-month campaign. He had no idea it would still be in use years later, even becoming a rallying cry after 9/11. The kicker: he did the work pro bono. 6. “That was Easy.” It would be nice if real life worked like the Staples ads: when you’re overwhelmed with work, chores, or life in general, all you have to do is push a button and some inventive and
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The Biggest List of Financial Slogans Ever The Biggest List of Financial Slogans Ever 5 Comments By Jeffry Pilcher, CEO/President & Publisher of The Financial Brand Slogans, taglines, mantras, catchphrases, positioning statements, rallying cries. Call them what you will, but countless financial institutions have them. Banks, credit unions, insurers and credit card companies — all of them vying for a small piece of consumers’ minds with a (hopefully) pithy piece of language. Here is the largest collection of financial slogans you’ll find anywhere. Interesting and noteworthy slogans have been highlighted. This list includes both past and present slogans. [Editor: All slogans are ™ or ® by their respective owners. This compilation is © 2008 by The Financial Brand. See also, The Comprehensive Guide to Financial Slogans .] Abbey National Bank – Because life’s complicated enough. Abbey National Bank – Get the Abbey habit. Abbey National Bank – Investments with Abbey endings. Abbey National Bank – More ideas for your money. Abbey National Bank – Turning banking on its head. ABN AMRO Bank – Making more possible. Absa Bank – Today. Tomorrow. Together. « ARTICLE » Achieva Credit Union – Dream it. Achieve it. Addison Avenue FCU – We listen. You prosper. Afena Credit Union – We’re already there. AIG – We know money. AIG – The strength to be there. Air Force FCU – A higher financial altitude. Al Hilal Bank – It’s all about you. Alliance & Leicester – Now that’s a real plus! Allianz – Insurance solutions from A to Z. Allianz – The Power on Your Side Ally Bank – Straightforward. « ARTICLE » Alipine Bank – A bank you actually like. Allstate – You’re in Good Hands AltaOne FCU – Reach new heights. Amcore Bank – Making It Easy for You American Eagle FCU – The right way to go. American Express – My life. My card. American Express – Do more. American Express – Don’t leave home without it. American Express – OPEN American State Bank – Banking for you. Amica – We keep our promises to you. Amplify FCU – Bank less. Live more. AmSouth Bank – The relationship people. Anchor Bank – Banking beyond the ordinary. Apple Bank – We’re good for you. Arizona State Credit Union – One State of Mind. Aviva – Taking care of what’s important. Aviva – Forward Thinking Astoria Federal Savings – Putting people first. ANZ – The better we know you, the more we can do. B Pay – Easy as can B Bank2 – Twice the Bank Bank of America – Bank of Opportunity Bank of America – Embracing Ingenuity Bank of America – Higher Standards Bank of New Zealand – Bank Smarter Bank of the Philippines – We’ll take you farther. Bank of Westport – Get the attention you deserve. Bank of the Southwest Credit Union – True to you. Bank of the West – Getting Bigger by Acting Smaller BankWest – Happy Banking « ARTICLE » BankUnited – It’s a local thing. Barclays – Now there’s a thought. Barclays – Fluent in finance. Bancorp South – Right where you are. Bay Fed Credit Union – A richer journey. Beacon Credit Union – Guiding the Way BECU – More than just money. Beneficial Bank – Starting now BB&T – There’s opportunity here. BNP Pariba – The bank for a changing world. BNZ – Better off. Bridgewater Credit Union – Where membership matters. Bridgeway FCU – Spanning life. Capital One – What’s in your wallet? Capitol Federal – True Blue for over 110 years Central Star Credit Union – Shining Solutions Charles River Bank – smooth banking ahead Chase – What matters most. « ARTICLE » Chase – Your Choice Your Chase Charter Oak Credit Union – Relationships beyond banking CIBC – For what matters. Citi – Let’s get it done. Citi – Live Richly Citizens Bank (a) – Not your typical bank. Citizens Bank (b) – Bank Your Own Way Citizens Republic – Let’s make it happen. City National – The way up. CoastHills FCU – Bank among friends. Colonial Bank – You’ll like it here. Commerce Bank – Ask. Listen. Solve. Companion Credit Union – We’re listening… Compass Bank – Just a little better. CommSec – Better together. « ARTICLE » Community Bank of Pleasant Hill – Where Your Future Shines! Community Credit Union of Florida – Cleare
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The okta is a unit used by meteorologists to measure which aspect of the weather?
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BBC - KS3 Bitesize Geography - Weather and climate : Revision, Page 3 Humidity (amount of water vapour in the air) Sunshine Temperature is measured in Celsius (°C) using a thermometer [thermometer : An instrument used to measure temperature.] . The thermometer must be shaded from direct sunlight and should have air circulating around it. The thermometers can be placed in a Stevenson Screen. This is a wooden box with slatted sides, a sloping roof and legs to keep the screen off the ground. It is painted white to reflect the sun. Precipitation [precipitation: Moisture that falls from the air to the ground. Includes rain, snow, hail, sleet, drizzle, fog, and mist.] is measured using a rain gauge. This is a funnel inside a graduated container [graduated container: An object that holds fluids with a measuring scale up the side. These may be used for measuring rainfall amounts.] . The depth of the rain in millimetres can be read from the side of the container. Wind direction is reported by the direction it is blowing from, according to the compass. Wind blowing from the west is travelling eastwards so is called a westerly wind, not an easterly wind. Wind speed can be measured using an anemometer [anemometer: A device for measuring wind speed.] . The strength of the wind is measured on the Beaufort scale. Beaufort scale Next Cloud cover is measured in units called oktas [oktas: A unit used to express the extent of cloud cover. It is equal to one-eighth of the area of the sky. ] . Each okta represents one eighth of the sky covered by cloud. Air pressure. Air is light but because there is so much of it above us, it exerts a pressure on us. Air pressure is measured by a barometer. The units used are millibars. The greater the reading, the higher the pressure. A high-pressure system is called an anticyclone [anticyclone: High pressure systems, giving clear skies and gentle wind.] . Air falls in an anticyclone so no clouds are formed. In summer, high pressure usually results in clear skies, gentle breezes and fine weather. In winter high pressure leads to clear skies and colder conditions. An area of low pressure is called a depression [depression: In meteorological terms, a depression is an area of low air pressure. ] . Air rises in a depression so clouds and rainfall are formed. Depressions therefore bring unsettled weather and rain. Winds are normally stronger. They usually form over the Atlantic Ocean and are carried across Britain by westerly winds. Page
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What do you call a person who studies weather? | Reference.com What do you call a person who studies weather? A: Quick Answer A person who uses scientific methods to study, observe or forecast atmospheric patterns and weather events is known as a meteorologist. This field can be further divided into a number of differing job types, including broadcasting, teaching, researching and forensic meteorology. Full Answer The most common undergraduate degrees associated with this profession include physics, chemistry and mathematics prior to attaining an advanced degree in meteorology. Known as "the science of the atmosphere," a meteorologist is tasked with predicting the shifts in weather and climate that can affect the lives of the public. Many meteorologists work closely with other Earth scientists, including oceanographers and hydrologists, while communicating vital weather information to governments, media outlets and industry leaders.
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Presidential Elections - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Presidential Elections A+E Networks Introduction Departing from the monarchical tradition of Britain, the founding fathers of the United States created a system in which the American people had the power and responsibility to select their leader. Under this new order, George Washington, the first U.S. president, was elected in 1789. At the time, only white men who owned property could vote, but the 15th, 19th and 26th Amendments to the Constitution have since expanded the right of suffrage to all citizens over 18. Taking place every four years, presidential campaigns and elections have evolved into a series of fiercely fought, and sometimes controversial, contests, now played out in the 24-hour news cycle.The stories behind each election—some ending in landslide victories, others decided by the narrowest of margins—provide a roadmap to the events of U.S. history. Google 1789: George Washington – unopposed The first presidential election was held on the first Wednesday of January in 1789. No one contested the election of George Washington , but he remained reluctant to run until the last minute, in part because he believed seeking the office would be dishonorable. Only when Alexander Hamilton and others convinced him that it would be dishonorable to refuse did he agree to run. The Constitution allowed each state to decide how to choose its presidential electors. In 1789, only Pennsylvania and Maryland held elections for this purpose; elsewhere, the state legislatures chose the electors. This method caused some problems in New York , which was so divided between Federalists who supported the new Constitution and Antifederalists who opposed it that the legislature failed to choose either presidential electors or U.S. senators. Before the adoption of the Twelfth Amendment, each elector cast two votes for president. The candidate with a majority won the presidency, and the runner-up became vice president. Most Federalists agreed that John Adams should be vice president. But Hamilton feared that if Adams was the unanimous choice, he would end in a tie with Washington and might even become president, an outcome that would be highly embarrassing for both Washington and the new electoral system. Hamilton therefore arranged that a number of votes be deflected, so that Adams was elected by less than half the number of Washington’s expected unanimous vote. The final results were Washington, 69 electoral votes; Adams, 34; John Jay , 9; John Hancock , 4; and others, 22. 1792: George Washington – unopposed As in 1789, persuading George Washington to run was the major difficulty in selecting a president in 1792. Washington complained of old age, sickness, and the increasing hostility of the Republican press toward his administration. The press attacks were symptomatic of the increasing split within the government between Federalists, who were coalescing around Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, and Republicans, forming around Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson . James Madison , among others, convinced Washington to continue as president by arguing that only he could hold the government together. Speculation then shifted to the vice presidency. Hamilton and the Federalists supported the reelection of John Adams. Republicans favored New York governor George Clinton, but Federalists feared him partly because of a widespread belief that his recent election to the governorship was fraudulent. In addition, the Federalists feared that Clinton would belittle the importance of the federal government by retaining his governorship while serving as vice president. Adams won relatively easily with support from New England and the Mid-Atlantic states, except New York. Only electoral votes are recorded here, because most states still did not select presidential electors by popular vote. Nor was there a separate vote for president and vice president until the Twelfth Amendment took effect in 1804. The results were Washington, 132 electoral votes (unanimous); Adams, 77; Clinton, 50; Jefferson,
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History | whitehouse.gov Holidays History This is really what the White House is all about. It’s the “People’s House.” It’s a place that is steeped in history, but it’s also a place where everyone should feel welcome. And that's why my husband and I have made it our mission to open up the house to as many people as we can. Michelle Obama Our first president, George Washington , selected the site for the White House in 1791. The cornerstone was laid in 1792 and a competition design submitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban was chosen. After eight years of construction, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved into the unfinished house in 1800. During the War of 1812, the British set fire to the President’s House in 1814. James Hoban was appointed to rebuild the house, and President James Monroe moved into the building in 1817. During Monroe’s administration, the South Portico was constructed in 1824, and Andrew Jackson oversaw the addition of the North Portico in 1829. During the late 19th century, various proposals were made to significantly expand the President’s House or to build an entirely new house for the president, but these plans were never realized. In 1902,Our first president, George Washington, selected the site for the White House in 1791. The cornerstone was laid in 1792 and a competition design submitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban was chosen. After eight years of construction, President John Adams and his wife, Abigail, moved into the unfinished house in 1800. During the War of 1812, the British set fire to the President’s House in 1814. James Hoban was appointed to rebuild the house, and President James Monroe moved into the building in 1817. During Monroe’s administration, the South Portico was constructed in 1824, and Andrew Jackson oversaw the addition of the North Portico in 1829. During the late 19th century, various proposals were made to significantly expand the President’s House or to build an entirely new house for the president, but these plans were never realized. The White House In 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt began a major renovation of the White House, including the relocation of the president’s offices from the Second Floor of the Residence to the newly constructed temporary Executive Office Building (now known as the West Wing). The Roosevelt renovation was planned and carried out by the famous New York architectural firm McKim, Mead and White. Roosevelt’s successor, President William Howard Taft, had the Oval Office constructed within an enlarged office wing. Less than fifty years after the Roosevelt renovation, the White House was showing signs of serious structural weakness. President Harry S. Truman began a renovation of the building in which everything but the outer walls were dismantled. The reconstruction was overseen by architect Lorenzo Winslow, and the Truman family moved back into the White House in 1952. Every president since John Adams has occupied the White House, and the history of this building extends far beyond the construction of its walls. From the Ground Floor Corridor rooms, transformed from their early use as service areas, to the State Floor rooms, where countless leaders and dignitaries have been entertained, the White House is both the home of the President of the United States his family and a museum of American history. The White House is a place where history continues to unfold. White House Trivia There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators. At various times in history, the White House has been known as the "President's Palace," the "President's House," and the "Executive Mansion." President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901. Presidential Firsts while in office... President James Polk (1845-49) was the first President to have his photograph taken... President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-09) was not only the first President to ride in an automobile, but also the first President to trav
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Whose comic characters include 'Gareth Cheeseman', 'Tony Ferrino' and 'Tommy Saxondale'?
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Coogan's Run - TVerie TVerie Follow! Coogan's Run was a 1995 UK TV series featuring Steve Coogan as a series of odd characters living in the fictional town of Ottle. It was written by various people including Coogan, Patrick Marber, David Tyler, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Geoffrey Perkins and Henry Normal. The series consists of six self-contained stories, although Coogan's characters from the other episodes in the series make occasional cameo appearances. Rated with 7/10 by 3 users 1 Steve Coogan - The Inside Story An unconventional look at the best of Steve Coogan's television work and character comedy. With classic archive moments and some rarely seen early appearances, this one-hour special includes interviews with well-known faces who have collaborated with Steve, and others who are simply fans of Alan Partridge, Paul and Pauline Calf, Tony Ferrino and Tommy Saxondale - to name only a few of his great comic creations. Along with Julia Davis, Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer also appear in several guises to give the inside scoop on what it's like to work with Steve Coogan - while Steve himself appears as his Irish auntie Peggy and Mickey Gold - his first showbiz agent. Narrated by Mark Williams. Episode 1 Get Calf Paul Calf is a jobless Manchester City fan, whose main job in life is to get drunk, get off with as many girls as possible, and to fight the local "poncy students." 2 Dearth of a Salesman Gareth Cheeseman's mind is a bomb, nothing can stand in his way. In the coporate jungle he is - truly - a tiger. With only three days of the Microsell '95 conference to clinch the deal that will elevate him to the Diamond club of supersalesman, hard-selling Gareth will do anything - truly - to pull the big one.... Believe it. 3 Handyman for All Seasons It's the 1960s and whether it be a slow-running clock, a broken church-door, or even a steel-coated anchorpin, local Ottle handyman Ernest Moss can fix it and have it running "tickety-boo" in no time. He and his faithful sidekick Robin run a simple handyman service for the people of Ottle. But Ernest is a tad concerned when slimy property developer Francis Burgoyne and his sultry partner Valerie come to town, offering to develop Ottle into a new, state-of-the-art housing community. Ernest is not afraid of the future, and is well aware that by 1980 everyone will have their own personal hovercraft, but he doesn't trust Burgoyne one bit. However Ernest is having his own problems, as everything he puts back together lately seems to be falling apart. Is Ernest really learning his marbles or is there more to Burgoyne's houses of the future than meets the eye? 4 Thursday Night Fever Mike Crystal is an all-round performer at a cabaret club. He wants his own night, but his boss won't give it to him. In order to get a better slot, he invents an alter-ego- tough Cockney agent Clint Stallone. He gets himself in a mes, however when the boss sends someone to get photographs of Clint doing something incriminating. He is photographed with his own girlfriend, but dressed as Clint. Mike is informed off this and he stupidly arranges a fight to take place at the office of said boss. He shouts at himself and smashes a window, claiming that Clint ran off. Mike gets a job releasing a new record by the Wurzels, who are at a ceremony presented by Mike. He pre-recorded a tape of Clint, claiming that he was dying of cancer. 5 Natural Born Quizzers The mad trivia obsessed Crump brothers, Stuart and Guy went to a remand centre in 1975 after losing a childrens quiz show, which compelled them to burn the TV studio down, killing one of the twin siters who won the quiz show. Twenty years later, they kidnapped their therapist while he was suffering from piles and escaped from jail. They then got the surviving sister from the quiz show, Cathy Briggs who is a policewoman and threatened to detonate a bomb unless they could reconstruct the quiz show on live TV from a multi-storey car park which is where the studios once stood. They drove to the house of the quiz show host, Jeremy Monkhead only to find out that
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Ferrari Challenge THE TRACKS: California Speedway, Fontana California Speedway is a two-mile, low-banked, D-shaped oval super-speedway in Fontana, California, similar to that of its ‘sister track’, the Michigan International Speedway, which located on the site of the former Kaiser Steel mill. It is a relatively new track, opening in early 1997, located a stone's throw from the old Ontario Motor Speedway and the old Riverside International Raceway. Like many modern oval tracks, California Speedway also features an infield road-course. The facility is often used for television shows and commercials, and for major films. In 2000, portions of Charlie's Angels were filmed at the speedway and in 2004, portions of Herbie: Fully Loaded were filmed there. California Speedway was considerably overhauled in 1999 following the death of Canadian driver Greg Moore, who was killed in a crash into a concrete retaining wall. This incident resulted in a major overhaul of the track, including the paving of the infield grass on the backstretch in time for the 2000 NASCAR event. Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is located at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île Notre-Dame, a man-made island in the St. Lawrence River in Montreal. The racetrack is named after legendary Ferrari driver, Canadian Gilles Villeneuve, who won six Grand Prix races in his short career at the highest level of motor-racing, before he tragically died in an infamous 140mph collision with German Jochen Mass in the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is the venue for the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix. Though the circuit’s roads were designed for automobile racing, they are also used as public roads for the rest of the year and many experienced drivers have been caught out by barriers located very close to the track. The most famous part of the circuit is the Quebec Wall on the outside of the exit of the final chicane, which famously ended the race of Formula One World Champions, Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher & Jacques Villeneuve in 1999. Fiorano, Italy Fiorano is the historic home of Ferrari and symbolises the heritage, emotion and engineering excellence at the heart of the Maranello legend. The Fiorano circuit is located a stone’s throw from the factory in Maranello and was officially opened on 8th April 1972. It is a private track used purely for development and testing and to allow Ferrari customers to test drive new cars. On 4th June 1988 Pope John Paul II visited Ferrari and completed one lap of the track alongside Piero Ferrari. The track is 8.4 metres (27.6 ft) wide and 3.02 km (1.9 miles) long. As it's a testing track, it has many different kinds of turns and corners, with corner diameters between 13 metres (42.7 ft) and 0.3 metres (1.0 ft), and is fully equipped with telemetry instrumentation and a large steering pad for testing. It's a common sight to see Ferrari ‘Tifosi' peering through the roadside fence, the closest point at which the track is viewable to the public, to get a glimpse of the tests in progress. Hockenheim, Germany The Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg, situated in Germany’s Rhine valley. Originally built in 1932, it first hosted the German Grand Prix in 1970, when F1 drivers boycotted the Nürburgring unless major changes were made on that circuit. Subsequently, the German Grand Prix ran at Hockenheim from 1977 to 2006 (with the exception of 1985, when the race was again held at the Nürburgring). Scuderia Ferrari has had a particularly good run in current years, having won the World Championship six times since 1994, with Michael Schumacher winning the race three times for Ferrari at Hockenheim since 2002. 2002 was also the year that the Hockenheim circuit was completely modified, with the long straights through the forest and the Ostkurve disappearing completely. The circuit now features a far tighter first turn, the Nordkurve, a number of second and third gear corners and a host of other challenging corners reaching the Motodrom, which remains unchanged. The tight hairpin following the very lon
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According to the nursery rhyme, what did Little Jack Horner pull from his pie?
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Little Jack Horner | Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said “What a good boy am I!” The 1725 version: Now he sings of Jacky Horner Sitting in the Chimney-corner Putting in his thumb, Oh Fie Putting in, Oh Fie! his Thumb Pulling out, Oh Strange! a Plum. Carey's Satirical Poem Henry Carey wrote this nursery rhyme (the version of 1725) as a satirical poem. The target for his satire was Ambrose Philips, also a poet and writer. The mocking was motivated by jealousy, because Philips enjoyed being patronized by wealthy aristocrats. His poems that are sometimes called ‘infantile’ were in fact enjoyed and admired by many precisely because of their simplicity. Jack Horner, however, has been ever since associated with opportunism. The Manor in a Pie Another interpretation of this nursery rhyme was created in the nineteenth century. According to this, the story of Little Jack Horner is about Thomas Horner, who was a contemporary of King Henry VIII. He served blessed Richard Whiting, the head of the monastery in Glastonbury, England. Whiting sent Horner to Henry VIII with a big Christmas pie, inside of which were hidden the deeds to twelve manors. He tried to save the monastery with this act, as Henry VIII had broken off from the Catholic Church, was closing monasteries, and seizing their properties. During the journey Horner stole one of the deeds, the deed to the manor in Mells, and afterwards became the owner of it. Even though Henry VIII got the remaining eleven manors, he didn’t spare the monastery. It was also closed down, Whiting was accused of treason and executed.
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Mary Poppins Mary Poppins November 7 - December 22, 2013 Marian Theatre Mary Poppins is appropriate for all ages - a great show to see as a family. Children as young as 3 years old may attend the 1:30 performances on November 10, November 30, December 7, and December 19. Children attending all other performances must be at least 5 years old. Mary Poppins A musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film. Original Music & Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman Book by Julian Fellows New Songs and Additional Music & Lyrics by George Stiles & Anthony Drewe Generously sponsored by Ng & Ng Dental & Eye Care Dr. Dennis & Franziska Shepard Joan G. Sargen The whole family will delight in this high-flying musical, fresh from Broadway. It's the beloved story of practically perfect nanny Mary Poppins, who floats over London's chimneys into Cherry Tree Lane, stirring up the winds of change for the upstanding but unhappy Banks family. Anything can happen as Mary and the Chim-Chiminey-sweep Bert, step in time through a jolly holiday with the Banks children, Jane and Michael, in which Mary's magic transforms ordinary virtues into extraordinary values. She helps the children, their parents, and all of us, learn to take our medicine with a spoonful of sugar, find the silver lining in every situation, and realize that sometimes we should just use the winds of change to go fly a kite. Director Choreographer Sierra Wells Ensemble Benjamin McNamara, Lucas Blair, Casey Canino, Katie Wackowski, Alysa Perry, Sierra Wells, Amanda Farbstein, Steven Jasso, Zach Johnson, Edgar Lopez, William Hoshida Pit Singers: Kenny Bordieri, Gian Console, Erik Groth, Kurt Haaker, Allyson Hankins, Claire Harlan, Danielle Levin, Shannon Peters, Melissa Ramirez, Cameron Rose, Noelle Sisneros, Dominic Williams *Member, Actors' Equity Association November 7 - December 22, 2013 Sun 7pm 1:30 & 7pm *Children as young as 3 years old may attend the 1:30 performances on November 10, November 30, December 7, and December 19. Children attending all other performances must be at least 5 years old. Elizabeth Stuart* as Winifred Banks, Marisa Dinsmoor as Jane Banks & Sacha Carlson as Michael Banks Karin Hendricks as Mary Poppins Andrew Philpot* as George Banks & Peter S. Hadres* as Bank Chairman "Step In Time" Kitty Balay* as Miss Andrew & Karin Hendricks as Mary Poppins "Jolly Holiday" Marisa Dinsmoor as Jane Banks, Karin Hendricks as Mary Poppins, Sacha Carlson as Michael Banks Julia Galloway as Jane Banks, Devin Orr as Michael Banks, George Walker as Bert, Peter S. Hadres* as Park Keeper Karin Hendricks as Mary Poppins "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Kitty Balay* as Mrs. Corry Photos: Luis Escobar, Reflections Photography Studio Thumbnails are linked to high resolution images intended for the media About the Play Mary Poppins is the title character of a series of children’s books written by P.L. Travers. The first book, Mary Poppins, was published in 1934, and the last, Mary Poppins and the House Next Door, in 1988. The books focus on the magical English Nanny, Mary Poppins, who is blown by the wind into the lives of the Banks family. She arrives and gets right to work mending the family and bringing order to the chaotic home. Mary and the children have numerous adventures in which they encounter everything from singing chimney sweeps, to a loving bird woman, dancing statues, and a carpet bag that fits the strangest things. In 1964, Walt Disney Productions produced a film version of Mary Poppins. Walt Disney had fallen in love with the stories and had started pursuing Ms. Travers for the rights to produce the film in the early 1940s but was rejected because Travers did not believe that a film version would do justice to her creations and she was opposed to an animated film. Eventually, Disney’s persistence succeeded in gaining Travers’ permission in 1961 to produce the film, with the caveat that she had final script approval rights. The creation of the film and composition of the songs took roughly two years of work. The Mary P
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Jamie Foxx 'in the running' to play Frank Sinatra - Telegraph Celebrity news Jamie Foxx 'in the running' to play Frank Sinatra Jamie Foxx, the African-American actor, singer and comedian, has been named as a potential contender for the role of Frank Sinatra in Martin Scorcese's biopic of the entertainer. Foxx won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles Photo: AP 4:24AM BST 18 May 2009 Foxx, who won a Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 film Ray, reportedly considered to be "perfect" for the role. If he is chosen for the part, it will be one of the most prominent examples of "colour-blind" casting in Hollywood history. Also in the running are George Clooney, Leonardo di Caprio, Harry Connick Jnr and Justin Timberlake. But an unnamed source told the Daily Express: "Cool is colour-blind. Jamie would seem to be born to the role." "Magnificent singing voice, totally convincing acting ability, like Frank himself, born the wrong side of the tracks, rags to riches, makes it big against the odds, has his brushes with authority. The guy's a gift." Foxx, 41, rose to prominence in 1999 in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday. He also boasts has a string of hit albums. He was adopted as a baby by his grandparents and raised a strict Baptist in a racially-segregated Texan community. Sinatra, who was raised in New Jersey by Italian immigrants, also shot to fame despite a hard upbringing during the Great Depression. Scorcese finally won the rights to make the film of Sinatra's life after years of negotiations with his family. Sinatra died in 1998 aged 82.
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Academy Awards Best Actor The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) ); two were consecutive nominations (from 1930/31-1931/32) Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins (Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1993-1994) Sean Penn (5) - with two wins (Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008)); nominations were from 1995-2008 The Most Best Actor Nominations: Actors with the highest number of Best Actor acting nominations (in parentheses) include: Spencer Tracy (9) - with two wins Laurence Olivier (9) - with one win (Hamlet (1948)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1939-1940) Jack Nicholson (8) - with two wins Paul Newman (8) - with one win (The Color of Money (1986)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1981-1982) Peter O'Toole (8) - with no wins; two were consecutive nominations (from 1968-1969); nominations from 1962-2006 Marlon Brando (7) - with two wins Dustin Hoffman (7) - with two wins Jack Lemmon (7) - with one win (Save the Tiger (1973)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1959-1960, and from 1979-1980) Paul Muni (6) - with one win (The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1935-1937) Richard Burton (6) - with no wins; three were consecutive nominations (from 1964-1966) Gary Cooper (5) - with two wins Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins Fredric March (5) - with two wins Sean Penn (5) - with two wins Daniel Day-Lewis (5) - with three wins James Stewart (5) - with one win ( Anthony Hopkins (3) - with one win ( The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ); nominations from 1991-1995 Russell Crowe (3) - with one win (Gladiator (2000)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1999-2001) Jeff Bridges (3) - with one win (Crazy Heart (2009)); nominations from 1984-2010 George Clooney (3) - with no wins; nominations from 2007-2011 Consecutive Best Actor-Winning Performers: There are only two actresses (Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn) who have received two consecutive Best Actress awards, as there are only two actors who have received two consecutive Best Actor statuette wins: Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938)) Tom Hanks (Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)) [Note: Jason Robards won two consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars in 1976 and 1977.] Winners of Both a Lead and Supporting Actor Oscar: In 1997, Jack Nicholson tied Walter Brennan for the most wins (3) for a male performer (Brennan has three Best Supporting Actor trophies, Nicholson has two for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor). The only stars to win both a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor (BSA) Oscar are the following: Jack Nicholson (BA for Gene Hackman (BA for The French Connection (1971) , BSA for Unforgiven (1992) ) Kevin Spacey (BA for American Beauty (1999), BSA for The Usual Suspects (1995)) Denzel Washington (BA for Training Day (2001), BSA for Glory (1989)) The Only Best Actor Tie: In the Best Actor category, an unusual tie (the only occurrence among male acting performances) occurred in 1931/32 between Wallace Beery and Fredric March, for their respective performances in The Champ (1931/32) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931/32). The Most Best Actor Oscar Nominations - Without Winning: Peter O'Toole is the only star with eight Best Actor Oscar nominations without a single win. His record extends 44 years, from 1962 to 2006. Richard Burton was nominated seven times (and never won), although his first nomination was as Best Supporting Actor for My Cousin Rachel (1952) -- his last six nominations were as Best Actor. Oscar-Winning Actor Roles and Trends: Biographies of remarkable, real-life individuals (military figures or soldiers, law-and-order enforcers, historical figures) and portrayals of the mentally ill are heavily represented among male Oscar winners, particularly in the acting awards. It helps an
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ABBA on Apple Music To preview a song, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to buy and download music. Biography The most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s, the origins of the Swedish superstars ABBA dated back to 1966, when keyboardist and vocalist Benny Andersson, a onetime member of the popular beat outfit the Hep Stars, first teamed with guitarist and vocalist Bjorn Ulvaeus, the leader of the folk-rock unit the Hootenanny Singers. The two performers began composing songs together and handling session and production work for Polar Music/Union Songs, a publishing company owned by Stig Anderson, himself a prolific songwriter throughout the 1950s and 1960s. At the same time, both Andersson and Ulvaeus worked on projects with their respective girlfriends: Ulvaeus had become involved with vocalist Agnetha Faltskog, a performer with a recent number one Swedish hit, "I Was So in Love," under her belt, while Andersson began seeing Anni-Frid Lyngstad, a one-time jazz singer who rose to fame by winning a national talent contest. In 1971, Faltskog ventured into theatrical work, accepting the role of Mary Magdalene in a Swedish production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Jesus Christ Superstar; her cover of the musical's "Don't Know How to Love Him" became a significant hit. The following year, the duo of Andersson and Ulvaeus scored a massive international hit with "People Need Love," which featured Faltskog and Lyngstad on backing vocals. The record's success earned them an invitation to enter the Swedish leg of the 1973 Eurovision song contest, where, under the unwieldy name of Bjorn, Benny, Agnetha & Frida, they submitted "Ring Ring," which proved extremely popular with audiences but placed only third in the judges' ballots. The next year, rechristened ABBA (a suggestion from Stig Anderson and an acronym of the members' first names), the quartet submitted the single "Waterloo," and became the first Swedish act to win the Eurovision competition. The record proved to be the first of many international hits, although the group hit a slump after their initial success as subsequent singles failed to chart. In 1975, however, ABBA issued "S.O.S.," a smash not only in America and Britain but also in non-English speaking countries such as Spain, Germany and the Benelux nations, where the group's success was fairly unprecedented. A string of hits followed, including "Mamma Mia," "Fernando," and "Dancing Queen" (ABBA's sole U.S. chart-topper), further honing their lush, buoyant sound; by the spring of 1976, they were already in position to issue their first Greatest Hits collection. ABBA's popularity continued in 1977, when both "Knowing Me, Knowing You" and "The Name of the Game" dominated airwaves. The group also starred in the feature film ABBA -- The Movie, which was released in 1978. That year Andersson and Lyngstad married, as had Ulvaeus and Faltskog in 1971, although the latter couple separated a few months later; in fact, romantic suffering was the subject of many songs on the quartet's next LP, 1979's Voulez-Vous. Shortly after the release of 1980s Super Trouper, Andersson and Lyngstad divorced as well, further straining the group dynamic; The Visitors, issued the following year, was the final LP of new ABBA material, and the foursome officially disbanded after the December 1982 release of their single "Under Attack." Although all of the group's members soon embarked on new projects -- both Lyngstad and Faltskog issued solo LPs, while Andersson and Ulvaeus collaborated with Tim Rice on the musical Chess -- none proved as successful as the group's earlier work, largely because throughout much of the world, especially Europe and Australia, the ABBA phenomenon never went away. Repackaged hits compilations and live collections continued hitting the charts long after the group's demise, and new artists regularly pointed to the quartet's inspiration: while the British dance duo Erasure released a covers collection, ABBA-esque, an Australian group called Bjorn Again found success as ABBA impersonators. In 1993,
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Remember the Music of the 80's - Pop-Rock International Pop/Rock International --------------------------------------> Year | T | Time | Artist - "Title" -------------------------------------------> 1981 | | 4'28 | ABBA - "The Visitors" 1982 | | 4'50 | ABC - "All of My Heart" 1985 | | 3'39 | ABC - "Be Near Me" 1987 | | 4'41 | ABC - "King Without a Crown" 1982 | | 3'25 | ABC - "Poison Arrow" 1982 | | 3'32 | ABC - "The Look of Love" 1987 | | 4'54 | ABC - "The Night You Murdered Love" 1987 | | 4'24 | ABC - "When Smokey Sings" 1989 | . | 4'55 | After 7 - "Can't Stop" 1983 | | 3'52 | Agnetha - "The Heat is On" 1986 | | 4'09 | a-ha - "Cry Wolf" 1990 | | 2'59 | a-ha - "Early Morning" 1990 | | 4'53 | a-ha - "I Call Your Name" 1986 | | 4'27 | a-ha - "I've Been Losing You" 1986 | | 4'50 | a-ha - "Manhattan Skyline" 1991 | | 4'18 | a-ha - "Move to Memphis" 1985 | | 3'47 | a-ha - "Take On Me" 1988 | | 4'06 | a-ha - "The Blood That Moves The Body" 1987 | | 4'16 | a-ha - "The Living Daylights" [soundtrack version, mixed by John Barry] 1985 | | 5'04 | a-ha - "The Sun Always Shines on TV" 1988 | | 4'37 | a-ha - "Touchy!" 1985 | | 4'17 | a-ha - "Train of Thought" (Single Remix) 1988 | | 3'48 | a-ha - "You Are The One" (Single Remix) 1984 | | 4'19 | Al Corley - "Cold Dresses" 1984 | | 3'41 | Al Corley - "Square Rooms" 1983 | | 4'03 | Al Jarreau - "Boogie Down" 1986 | | 5'06 | Al Jarreau - "L is for Lover" 1981 | | 5'31 | Al Jarreau - "Roof Garden" 1986 | . | 3'51 | Al Jarreau - "Says" 1976 | | 3'20 | Al Stewart - "On The Border" 1976 | | 6'34 | Al Stewart - "Year of the Cat" 1986 | | 4'57 | Alan Barry - "Come On" 1985 | | 4'13 | Alan Ross - "Valentino mon amour" 1986 | | 3'54 | Albert One - "For Your Love" 1987 | | 5'40 | Albert One - "Hopes & Dreams" 1976 | | 3'21 | Alessi Brothers - "Oh Lori" 1986 | | 4'28 | Alisha - "Baby Talk" (Dance Mix) 1985 | | 4'04 | Alison Moyet - "Invisible" 1984 | | 3'50 | Alison Moyet - "Love Resurrection" 1987 | | 3'01 | Alpha Blondy - "Sweet Fanta Diallo" 1984 | | 3'52 | Alphaville - "Big in Japan" 1986 | | 4'08 | Alphaville - "Dance With Me" 1984 | | 4'29 | Alphaville - "Sounds Like a Melody" 1981 | | 3'35 | Altered Images - "I Could Be Happy" 1984 | | 4'36 | Amii Stewart - "Friends" 1979 | | 3'16 | Amii Stewart - "Knock on Wood" 1985 | | 3'05 | Andrea - "I'm a Lover" 1986 | | 3'52 | Andy Taylor - "When The Rain Comes Down" 1986 | . | 4'15 | Animotion - "I Engineer" 1984 | . | 3'58 | Animotion - "Obsession" 1984 | . | 5'30 | Animotion - "Obsession" (Extended) 1979 | | 3'18 | Anita Ward - "Ring My Bell" 1988 | | 4'02 | Annabel Lamb - "The Ghost of You" 1988 | . | 3'48 | Annie Lennox & Al Green - "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" 1985 | | 4'43 | Arcadia - "The Promise" 1986 | | 3'48 | Art of Noise - "Peter Gunn" 1985 | | 3'54 | Arthur Simms - "Guns & People" [ Subway ] 1985 | | 4'31 | Arthur Simms - "It's Only Mystery" [ Subway ] 1984 | | 3'21 | Ashford & Simpson - "Solid" 1984 | | 5'09 | Ashford & Simpson - "Solid" (Extended) 1982 | . | 3'53 | Asia - "Heat of the Moment" 1988 | | 4'18 | Avalanche - "Johnny Johnny Come Home" 1989 | | 4'16 | B-52's - "Love Shack" 1979 | | 4'34 | B-52's - "Planet Claire" 1989 | . | 4'49 | B-52's - "Roam" 1974 | | 3'37 | Bachman-Turner Overdrive - "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" 1985 | | 3'58 | Bad Boys Blue - "You're a Woman" 1982 | | 4'50 | Balance - "In for the Count" 1985 | | 3'47 | Baltimora - "Tarzan Boy" 1986 | | 4'08 | Bananarama - "A Trick of the Night" (Single version, released in Jan '87) 1983 | | 3'30 | Bananarama - "Cruel Summer" 1989 | | 3'01 | Bananarama - "Help!" (Original by The Beatles in 1965) 1987 | . | 3'26 | Bananarama - "I Heard a Rumour" 1987 | . | 5'54 | Bananarama - "I Heard a Rumour" (Horoscope Mix) 1987 | | 3'
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Trainspotting [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic Trainspotting [Original Soundtrack] google+ AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Trainspotting concerns the adventures of a group of young, nearly criminal, drug-addicted Scottish friends. The novel, written by Irvine Welsh, became one of the most popular books in the British indie scene in the early '90s and was adapted to film in 1996 by the makers of Shallow Grave. Appropriately, an all-star collection of British pop and techno stars -- everyone from Blur , Pulp , and Elastica to Leftfield , Primal Scream , and Underworld -- contributed to the soundtrack, which also features a couple of oldies by veteran punk godfathers like Lou Reed ("Perfect Day") and Iggy Pop ("Lust for Life," "Nightclubbing"). The entire soundtrack holds together surprisingly well, as the techno tracks balance with the pop singles. Every song, whether it's Pulp 's deceptively bouncy "Mile End" or Brian Eno 's lush "Deep Blue Day," is quite melancholy, creating an effectively bleak, but oddly romantic, atmosphere for the entire record. With the exception of the oldies, every song is rare or especially recorded for the soundtrack, and nearly every one is superb. Primal Scream 's title track sees them returning to the dub/dance experiments of Screamadelica with grace, while Damon Albarn 's first solo song, "Closet Romantic," is as good as any of Blur 's waltzes. But the finest new song is Pulp 's "Mile End," with its jaunty, neo-dancehall melody and rhythms and Jarvis Cocker 's evocative, haunting lyrics. That song, more than anything else on the soundtrack, captures the feeling of the film. Track Listing
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A Swingin' Safari by Billy Vaughn Songfacts Songfacts This song was written by German band leader Bert Kaempfert, and was released as the title track of his 1962 album. The album went Gold in his native country. Whereas Kaempfert's recording failed to chart, Vaughn's cover reached #13 on the Billboard chart. Vaughn was Dot Records' staff producer. The song and the album reflect the influence that Kwela music had on Bert Kaempfert. Kwela is a genre of music originating in Southern Africa, which prominently features the use of a penny whistle. This sound was also adapted in other successful Western music, notably Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland. In the liner notes to The Bert Kaempfert Collection, Ladi Geisler, the orchestra's bass guitarist, said: "Bert Kaempfert tried to swap the penny whistle for a piccolo. Now that was a real piece of innovation. Then, finally, it was all ready and Bert was really pleased, he had managed it, he had captured the sound of the penny whistle using the piccolo." This was the original theme of the TV game show The Match Game ('60s version). It was reused as a theme for several later game shows.
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The 3 basic rock types Ask GeoMan... What are the 3 basic types of rocks? Just as any person can be put into one of two main categories of human being, all rocks can be put into one of three fundamentally different types of rocks. They are as follows: Igneous Rocks Igneous rocks are crystalline solids which form directly from the cooling of magma. This is an exothermic process (it loses heat) and involves a phase change from the liquid to the solid state. The earth is made of igneous rock - at least at the surface where our planet is exposed to the coldness of space. Igneous rocks are given names based upon two things: composition (what they are made of) and texture (how big the crystals are). Click here for more on igneous rock composition and texture. Click here for more on elements and minerals common in igneous rocks. Click here for more on magma and igneous rocks. Click here for more on plate tectonics and the formation of magma. Click here for a chart summarizing the main divisions of igneous rocks. Click here for more on basalt and granite. Sedimentary Rocks In most places on the surface, the igneous rocks which make up the majority of the crust are covered by a thin veneer of loose sediment, and the rock which is made as layers of this debris get compacted and cemented together. Sedimentary rocks are called secondary, because they are often the result of the accumulation of small pieces broken off of pre-existing rocks. There are three main types of sedimentary rocks: Clastic: your basic sedimentary rock. Clastic sedimentary rocks are accumulations of clasts: little pieces of broken up rock which have piled up and been "lithified" by compaction and cementation. Chemical: many of these form when standing water evaporates, leaving dissolved minerals behind. These are very common in arid lands, where seasonal "playa lakes" occur in closed depressions. Thick deposits of salt and gypsum can form due to repeated flooding and evaporation over long periods of time . Organic: any accumulation of sedimentary debris caused by organic processes. Many animals use calcium for shells, bones, and teeth. These bits of calcium can pile up on the seafloor and accumulate into a thick enough layer to form an "organic" sedimentary rock. Click here for more on sedimentary processes and rocks (RCC). Click here for more on sedimentary rocks (GPHS). Metamorphic Rocks The metamorphics get their name from "meta" (change) and "morph" (form). Any rock can become a metamorphic rock. All that is required is for the rock to be moved into an environment in which the minerals which make up the rock become unstable and out of equilibrium with the new environmental conditions. In most cases, this involves burial which leads to a rise in temperature and pressure. The metamorphic changes in the minerals always move in a direction designed to restore equilibrium. Common metamorphic rocks include slate, schist, gneiss, and marble. Click here for more on metamorphic processes and rocks (RCC). Click here for more on metamorphic rocks (GPHS).
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The largest sub-species of brown bear takes its name from which archipelago off Alaska?
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The 4 Largest Bears Ever Taken by Hunters | OutdoorHub The 4 Largest Bears Ever Taken by Hunters Bernie Barringer Text Polar bears, Kodiak bears, grizzly bears, black bears—hunters have taken some giants over the years. Ever wonder where the biggest bears come from? Here’s the lowdown on where the biggest bears are likely to be found. Some of the locations will surprise you. Bears are some of nature’s most fascinating creatures. I am sure there are many reasons why so many people have more than just a passing interest in them. Who hasn’t been lying in a tent at night when a strange noise suddenly brings the thought of a bear to the front of their consciousness? There are four species of bears in North America, and all of them have killed people; some more than others. That’s just one of the reasons why people get an adrenaline surge when they encounter one. Most bears, of course, won’t hurt you. But they could, and that’s enough. Black bears are the most common bear by far, and a tiny fraction of encounters with black bears have ended with an injury. Contrast that to the polar bear, most of which live out their entire lives without ever seeing a human. To a polar bear, anything that moves is potential food. Both subspecies of the brown bear, the Kodiak and grizzly, are dangerous creatures, though not so much as the polar bear. In some areas, these bears get really big—like as-big-as-a-Volkswagen big. That interests hunters who crave the difficulty of taking the premier specimens of any given species, and it interests those who just thing big bears are amazing creatures. We all seem to be fascinated by things that get really big. The biggest bears have some things going for them. First, they have to live in near-perfect habitat; second, they need to grow old enough to reach peak size; and third, to become a world-record size, they must hit the DNA lottery. They need the right genetic code to grow to outsized proportions. Let’s look at the biggest bears of all four species that have been shot by hunters or found and entered into the Boone and Crockett Records. We can learn some things about where the largest of each of these species can be found. Boone and Crockett scores bears by measuring the size of the skull, an accurate way of judging a bear’s size. Some bears may weigh more than others, but generally the bears with the biggest heads are the biggest bears. The score is simply the greatest length added to the widest portion measured in sixteenths of inches. Kodiak bear Kodiak bears (also known as Alaskan brown bears) are a subspecies of brown bear and are only found on the Kodiak Archipelago in Alaska. The biggest brown bears come from Kodiak Island itself. While bears are found on many islands off Alaska and the Alaskan peninsula, 17 of the top 25 Alaskan brown bears were taken from Kodiak. The world record was bagged by Roy Lindsley in 1952. Its score is 30 12/16. It’s the largest-scoring bear of any speices known. The skull is now owned by the Los Angeles County Museum. The largest specimens of brown bears commonly weigh more than half a ton, which is a predator that will make the knees of the most seasoned hunter shake. Larry Fitzgerald poses with the largest grizzly bear taken by a hunter. It was bagged in 2013 near the Totatlanika River, Alaska. The second- and third-place bears were also taken on Kodiak. Erling Hansen took one in 1961 that scored 30 11/16 and Fred Henton took one in 1938 that scored 30 9/16. Henton’s bear was the world’s record until Lindsley’s harvest overtook it in 1952. The most recent bear in the top 25 was bagged by Thomas Stago in Uyak Bay, Alaska in 2012. Grizzly bear Grizzly bears are another subspecies of brown bear. But while Alaskan brown bears live on the coast, grizzlies live inland and over time have adapted to the the unique environments they live in. These adaptations have led to smaller bears. North American brown bears that aren’t shot in coastal areas are considered grizzlies, and their recorded sizes show it. Seventeen of the top 25 grizzlies were taken in, you guessed it, Al
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Arctic ambitions: Will US let Russia control shipping in the Far North? - Alaska Dispatch News Arctic ambitions: Will US let Russia control shipping in the Far North? Updated: September 28, 2016 Published June 28, 2015 YAKUTSK, Russia -- In August 1981, our Russian hosts built a campfire on a bluff overlooking the Lena River here, a region most Americans only know from its strategic position in the board game Risk. Under a bright midnight sun, we washed down frozen whitefish, cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes and stewed horsemeat with numerous toasts of Soviet champagne, vodka and brandy, and dreamed out loud about what could happen in the Arctic. A boat steamed by, headed downstream toward the port of Tiksi on the Arctic Ocean. Wally Hickel, then between his service as U.S. Interior secretary and his second term as Alaska governor, jumped up and waved his arms with excitement, explaining "that ship can turn west and go to Murmansk in Europe, east and go to Vladivostok on the Pacific. These Russians have shown how Arctic shipping can link the continents. The rest of us need to learn there even is an Arctic Ocean!" It no longer takes the reverie of a campfire to envision hundreds, if not thousands, of ship voyages happening each year over the top of the world. For the practical purposes of commerce, the world has a brand-new ocean. Mines and gas fields in Northwest Siberia and the Norwegian Arctic use Russia's Northern Sea Route to expand their market options to the Pacific. Container ship owners -- who currently use canals in Suez and Panama as shortcuts -- are looking to a newly accessible Arctic to link Europe and Asia. China's Overseas Shipping Company (COSCO) made an experimental trans-Arctic container shipment in 2013. That same year, Asia's largest shipping and trading nations -- India, Singapore, China, Korea and Japan -- successfully pressed to join the eight-nation Arctic Council as "observers." Three major changes in the Arctic have occurred in a generation: • Arctic sea ice is thinner; • Icebreaking technology is better; and, • The supply of and demand for Arctic energy and mineral resources is growing. While polar explorers have sought Arctic routes for centuries, nations in our time have an opportunity to work together now to offer a reliable international seaway in the Arctic. The world once coped with lengthy and dangerous shipping around two capes -- Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope -- before replacing them with the Panama and Suez canals. Singapore made port investments, based on Lee Kuan Yew's vision in the 1960s, and today it's a major trans-shipment hub of Asia. In the Arctic, coordinated investments in icebreakers, ports and promotion will make a huge difference for global shipping in a generation. The top of the world is no less ripe for infrastructure than the American West was after the Louisiana Purchase and before the transcontinental railroads. Perhaps the most effective model for an Arctic shipping regime is the St. Lawrence Seaway, operated by Canada and the U.S. and linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Last year, the Seaway's 3,900 vessel customers carried 37.1 million metric tons of cargo, mostly grain, iron ore and bulk commodities. Icebreakers provided by the U.S. and Canada ensured the route stayed open 286 days. A Seaway analysis says their infrastructure supports 227,000 jobs, $35 billion in economic activity, and saved shippers $3.6 billion in transport costs. Arctic shipping will happen, but without strong Western participation, it is likely to happen poorly -- with negative consequences for business reliability, the environment, energy access and security. In the last decade, Western nations bent over backward to keep Russia from having more opportunities to "turn off the tap" as pipelines were built to bring oil and gas from the Caspian Region. The Arctic basin contains 13 percent of the world's potential oil and 30 percent of the world's potential gas. Leaving Russia alone to shepherd shipping from the Arctic gives them even more dangerous leverage over global energy supplies.
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St Luke’s Summer is a name given to exceptionally warm weather in which month?
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| What is an Indian Summer? « Woolly Green What is an Indian Summer? Sunday, September 15, 2013 @ 07:09 AM It has been a great summer, so when a little chat came about with Woolly friend @stretchHose wondering whether last week’s warm weather constituted an ‘Indian’ summer, or whether we should look forward to one, we didn’t actually really know. A little Woolly rummaging required. First of all, when is it? The Meteorological Glossary defines it thus: “A warm, calm spell of weather occurring in autumn, especially in October and November.” But that doesn’t necessarily preclude September. It so happens, that the origin of term ‘Indian Summer’ is actually American, referring to a spell of warm weather coming after the first damaging frost of autumn , known as the ‘Squaw Winter’. As a matter of fact, the term ‘Indian Summer’ has only become commonly used in the UK since the 1950s, but, before that, we had a few names for a late spell of warm weather all of our own. Shakespeare referred to the “All Halloween Summer” in Henry IV part I, describing warm weather at the end of October and the dawn of November. (Of course you remembered that didn’t you?!) Later, there were a variety of names given to a late summer, all related to whatever the feast day of the church was at the time. For example, it would have been called ‘St Luke’s Little Summer’ as the feast day of St Luke falls on 18 October, while in mid-November it would be ‘St Martin’s Summer’ as St Martin’s feast day is 11 November. I like this idea, so instead of wondering whether we’re going to have an ‘Indian Summer’ and what it is anyway, we could be looking forward to ‘St Martin’s Summer’ as late as mid-November And it’s great to know that the squaw’s definitely the boss! Image from http://www.pinterest.com/pin/192740059026143928/ wallpaperus.com This entry was posted on Sunday, September 15th, 2013 at 07:15 and is filed under Archive , Useful Info . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site. Leave a Reply
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League 25th November Cup Round 2 and Plate The Nag’s Head and Cock Inn 1. By what name is the post war “European Recovery Program” better known? MARSHALL PLAN 2. Who directed Marilyn Monroe in “The Seven Year Itch and “Some Like It Hot”? BILLY WILDER 3. Which is the only non-English UK city to host The Eurovision Song Contest? EDINBURGH (1972) 4. Who wrote the opera Madame Butterfly? PUCCINI 5. The cholesterol lowering Product Benecol, was first produced in 1995, in which country? FINLAND 6. Eric Arthur Blair was the real name of which author? GEORGE ORWELL 7. Volubilis is a partly excavated Roman city in which African country? MOROCCO 8. Who was the youngest goalkeeper to play in the England football team? JACK BUTLAND 9. What are wrapped in bacon to make angels on horseback? OYSTERS 10. When she saw her lover captain Vronsky with another woman, which literary heroine threw herself under his parting train? ANNA KARENINA 11. Who has the most international football caps for Wales? NEVILLE SOUTHALL 12. Which king of England abdicated in 1399, and died whilst a prisoner at Pontefract castle in 1400? RICHARD II 13. In which country would you find the Negev Desert? ISRAEL 14. What is the name of Hagar the Horrible’s dog in the famous cartoon strip? SNERT 15. Who ran through the streets naked crying, “Eureka”? ARCHIMEDES 16. Which author writes about the exploits of Dirk Pitt? CLIVE CUSSLER 17. Where did the game of Bridge originate? TURKEY 18. Which country singer who died in 1995, Was known as The Silver Fox? CHARLIE RICH 19. In which city was Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin killed in 1995? TEL AVIV 20. To which saint is Chester Cathedral dedicated? ST. WERBURGH 21. Which London bridge, under construction, was painted by Caneletto? WESTMINSTER 22. Oscar winning actress Geena Davis narrowly missed out on a place in the US women’s team for the 2000 summer Olympics. At which sport? ARCHERY 23. In the artwork by Andy Warhol, how many tins of Campbells soup were there? 32 24. Which US President officially opened the Panama Canal? WOODROW WILSON 25. Which English king was known as “Old Rowley”? CHARLES II 26. What is the name of the village Bard in the ‘Asterix’ stories? CACOFONIX 27. Who is the Artistic Director of the National Theatre? SIR NICHOLAS HYTNER 28. What is the name for a rural villa in Russia? A DACHA 29. Which Elvis Presley film is based on the Harold Robbins novel ‘A Stone For Danny Fisher’? KING CREOLE 30. Who piloted the first airplane flight across the English Channel? LOUIS BLERIOT 31. Who wrote Catch 22? JOSEPH HELLER 32. Who, in 1985, murdered his parents, sister and nephews, at White House Farm in Essex? JEREMY BAMBER 33. Since such ceremonies were established as a matter of course, which King of England was the first not to have a coronation? EDWARD V 34. “But love is blind, and lovers cannot see” is a quotation from which Shakespeare play? THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 35. Which 2011 film starred Matt Damon, Scarlett Johannson and a cast of animals? WE BOUGHT A ZOO 36. In which year did the NHS come into operation? 1948 37. Damien Thorn is the central character in which horror film, originally made in 1976? THE OMEN 38. Which D.H. Lawrence novel is set in Mexico? THE PLUMED SERPENT 39. Which US state has the longest official name? THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS 40. Who was leader of the Labour Party prior to Clement Atlee? GEORGE LANSBURY 41. Which author writes the ‘Outlander’ series of books, (now a US TV series)? DIANA GABALDON 42. On which London street is the famous Palladium theatre? ARGYLL STREET 43. Who was the commander of the fleet in opposition to Nelson, at the Battle of Trafalgar? PIERRE VILLENEUVE 44. What is unique about the class of mammals known as ‘Monotremes’? EGG LAYING (e.g. Platypus or Spiny Anteater) 45. Winter Banana is variety of which fruit? APPLE 46. Which UK rock band had a UK number 1 hit single in 1994 with a song called ‘Inside’, on the back of a hugely popular Livis TV ad? STILTSKIN 47. Fr
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Read MKTG2_CasesQues_01-66.qxp CASE ASSIGNMENT: Netflix Ready For Primetime Shocked at the $40 fee he incurred for a late return of Apollo 13, Netflix founder Reed Hastings decided that in the age of the Internet, there had to be a better way to rent videos for home viewing. Thus, in 1997, he started an Internetbased, DVD rental service that offered direct-to-home deliveries with no late fees. A mere decade and 4 million subscribers later, Netflix has taken on established video rental companies such as Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, and Wal-Mart and emerged as the leader in innovation and customer service. In addition to betting that the Internet would be the future of the video rental market, Hastings made a few other key predictions that helped him develop a company with almost $700 million in revenue in under ten years. He watched as moviegoers fled public theaters for the comfort of home theater systems, and he observed those same consumers embracing the features, capacity, and high-quality format of the DVD. Realizing that the Internet could allow those same convenience seekers 24-hour browsing and selection access to an unprecedented volume of movie titles in a single digital catalog, Hastings shrewdly designed a service that outperforms traditional, store-based video rentals. Netflix allows consumers to choose from a variety of subscription plans. The most popular plan offers three DVDs for $17.99 per month. Once a subscriber builds a list of favorite movies and TV shows from a selection of over 60,000 titles, Netflix mails out the three titles at the top of the list, along with return-addressed prestamped envelopes. After viewing the DVDs, the customer simply mails them back to Netflix in the supplied packaging. When the titles are scanned in at one of the distribution warehouses, the customer is simultaneously sent the next selections on the favorites list. With 34 strategically placed distribution centers, Netflix can deliver 92 percent of its movies within one day of being ordered. That outstanding delivery service is just the tip of the iceberg. Netflix's Web site takes personalization to new levels through its high-powered recommendation software, called Cinematch. Cinematch uses over a million lines of code and over half a billion customer-supplied ratings to suggest rental choices upon request. Amazingly, over 60 percent of the titles added to users' favorites lists come from Cinematch recommendations, and over a million ratings are sent to Netflix every day. Just how effective is Cinematch? Netflix uses fewer than 50 customer service reps to support its entire customer base! Of those, 10 are authorized to make direct callbacks to customers with complaints to find out how the problem could have been prevented in the first place. It's that kind of attention to customers that forced retail giant Wal-Mart to give up and turn over its entire customer list to Netflix. Netflix even added two key features to its service in response to customer requests. The first is the ability to generate multiple favorites lists for a single account, allowing families to build multiple wish lists that can differ as much as Steel Magnolias and Old School. The second is the addition of a community feature called "Friends." Friends enables users to share the titles, ratings, and preferences for recently viewed shows with those they invite to be part of their network. Always looking to the future, Hastings wants to diversify Netflix by adding high-definition DVD rentals to its current service, selling previously rented DVDs in the rapidly growing used-DVD market, and developing an on-demand video download service. Though it's impossible to tell exactly what blockbuster service Netflix will deliver next, it's a safe bet its customers will applaud. SOURCES: Jena McGregor, "At Netflix, the Secret Sauce is Software," Fast Company, December 2005, 4851; Jennifer Netherby, "Netflix Delivers Big Earnings Increase: Sets 5.9 Million Subs as Modest 2006 Goal," Video Business, January 30, 2006, 1; Steven Zeitchnik
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Gracie’s last visit to Rochdale, for the opening of the Gracie Fields Theatre | The Official Gracie Fields The Official Gracie Fields The website for 'The Dame Gracie Fields Appreciation Society' Search Gracie’s last visit to Rochdale, for the opening of the Gracie Fields Theatre Arriving at the Town Hall September 1978 saw the last visit of Gracie to her home town, for the honor of the opening of the Gracie Fields Theatre on September 16th. A hectic schedule included visits to hospitals and schools, charity events and the opening the new shopping centre in the middle of Rochdale. Entertaining school children. I have obliterated a certain persons face, he doesn’t belong in the same photo as our Gracie Gracie was honoured with a luncheon at Manchester Town Hall, where she was presented with a gold disc by Warwick Records, for sales of her record ‘The Golden Years.’ After an appearance on Pebble Mill, alongside Sandy Powell, Gracie and Boris returned to Rochdale. Talking during her visit Talking during her visit The culmination of her visit was a surprise appearance at the end of the opening concert at the Gracie Fields Theatre. Although the audience knew that Gracie was going to be in attendance at the event, it was not known whether or not she would perform. Tickets sold out within minutes of the booking office opening, though complaints were sent to the Rochdale Observer that MPs and dignitaries received 100 free tickets. On stage at the opening of GF theatre Gracie’s performance At the end of the concert, featuring Ben Warris, Sandy Powell and Larry Grayson, Gracie took to the stage. She had been rehearsing with Bert Waller secretly for a number of days at Peacehaven, and at the end of the concert took to the stage for half an hour to sing some of her old favourites. Gracie tried to add ‘Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs’, but couldn’t get all the words out.
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Barbi Benton - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack | Composer Barbi Benton was born on January 28, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA as Barbara Lynn Klein. She is an actress, known for Hee Haw (1969), Hugh Hefner: Once Upon a Time (1992) and Deathstalker (1983). She has been married to George Gradow since October 14, 1979. They have two children. See full bio » Born: a list of 555 people created 14 Oct 2011 a list of 392 people created 15 Apr 2012 a list of 31 people created 26 Nov 2012 a list of 654 people created 23 Mar 2013 a list of 2190 people created 2 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Barbi Benton's work have you seen? User Polls Hee Haw Herself / Herself - Featured Singer (1972-1983) 1978-1987 The Love Boat (TV Series) Kiki Atwood, Spoiled Rich Girl / Barbi Benton / Cathy Somms / ... 1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) Nurse Sue Beth 1984 Fox Mystery Theater (TV Series) Caroline Trent 1983 Matt Houston (TV Series) Ava 1978-1982 Fantasy Island (TV Series) Courtney / Miss Winslow / Joan Michaels / ... - The Cowboy Connection (1981) ... Kitty Rhinestone 1981 CHiPs (TV Series) 1980 Charlie's Angels (TV Series) Toni Green - Miss Hard Hat USA (1980) ... Dixie Lee Griffin 1979 Vega$ (TV Series) 1979 Flying High (TV Series) Joan 1977-1978 Sugar Time! (TV Series) Maxx Douglas 1972 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) Liz Lynn Keefe (as Barbara Benton) Hide 1981 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - The Cowboy Connection (1981) ... (performer: "Singing in My Car", "Can I See You Tonight") 1977 The Sonny and Cher Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #2.16 (1977) ... (performer: "Nights On Broadway") 1975 McCloud (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Park Avenue Pirates (1975) ... (performer: "Philadelphia Freedom", "When Will I Be Loved", "My Guy", "Ain't That Just The Way" - uncredited) Hide 2012 America's Book of Secrets (TV Series documentary) Herself - The Wheel World (2009) ... Herself - Hef's Former Girlfriend - Kickin' Aspen (2008) ... Herself - Hef's Former Girlfriend 2006 E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series documentary) Herself 2006 Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2004 When Playboy Ruled the World (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2003 Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2002 Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2000 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV Series documentary) Herself 1998 Hugh Hefner: American Playboy Revisited (TV Movie documentary) Herself 1983 Pete's Place (TV Series) Herself (1983) 1972-1983 Hee Haw (TV Series) Herself / Herself - Featured Singer 1982 Circus of the Stars #7 (TV Special documentary) Herself - Trapeze Artist 1980 Circus of the Stars #5 (TV Special documentary) Herself 1980 Horas doradas (TV Series) Herself 1978-1980 The Hollywood Squares (TV Series) Herself - Panelist 1979 Circus of the Stars #4 (TV Special documentary) Herself - Performer 1979 Sha Na Na (TV Series) Herself 1978 America 2-Night (TV Series) Herself - Episode #2.16 (1977) ... Herself / Various Characters 1976 Dinah! (TV Series) 1969 Treffpunkt Airport (TV Series documentary) Herself 1969 Playboy After Dark (TV Series) Herself 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series) Herself (Cocktail Party) - Episode #2.8 (1968) ... Herself (Cocktail Party) Hide 2000 Playboy: The Party Continues (TV Movie documentary) Herself Album: "Something New" (1976) Playboy Records See more » Publicity Listings: 1 Portrayal | 22 Pictorials | 3 Magazine Cover Photos | See more » Alternate Names: Did You Know? Personal Quote: I believe that mink are raised for being turned into fur coats and if we didn't wear fur coats those little animals would never have been born. So is it better not to have been born or to have lived for a year or two to have been turned into a fur coat? I don't know. Trivia: Moved to Los Angeles when she was 16 and found some jobs modeling. Barbi met and started a relationship with Hugh M. Hefner in 1968, when she was only 18 ye
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Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 31 - StateUniversity.com Cambridge Encyclopedia Vol. 31 gout - Signs and symptoms, Diagnosis, Pathogenesis, Stages of gout, Treatment, Diet, Suggestions for pain relief, Additional observations A disorder arising from a raised concentration of uric acid in the blood, which is deposited in the joints and soft tissues leading to recurrent acute attacks of arthritis, classically affecting the big toe, and accumulations of uric acid in the fingers, ear lobes, and kidneys. The cause is unknown, but affected individuals are typically overweight males. Gout (also called metabolic arthrit… Gouverneur Morris - Political career, Personal life and legacy, Sources US statesman and diplomat, born in Morrisania (now part of New York City), New York, USA. Fundamentally conservative, he nevertheless served as a New York delegate to the Continental Congress (17779) and supported the move for independence. Failing to be re-elected, he moved to Philadelphia where he became assistant superintendent of finances under Robert Morris (no relation) and helped plan the… Gozo - Geography, Connection to the Maltese 'Mainland', History, Ecclesiastical history, Sources and external links 36°00N 14°13E; pop (2000e) 28 000 (with Comino); area 67 km²/26 sq mi. Island in the Maltese group, often called the Isle of Calypso; 6 km/4 mi NW of the main island of Malta; coastline, 43 km/27 mi; chief town, Victoria (Rabat); largely given over to agriculture; prehistoric temples, Ta' Pinu church a centre of pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary. Gozo is an island of the Maltese… grace - Religion, Title, Names, Music, Other In Christianity, the free and unmerited assistance or favour or energy or saving presence of God in his dealings with humankind through Jesus Christ. The term has been understood in various ways, eg as prevenient (leading to sanctification), or actual (prompting good actions). Sacraments are recognized as a means of grace, but the manner of their operation and the extent to which humans co-ope… Grace (Anna) Coolidge - Reference US first lady (19239), born in Burlington, Vermont, USA. She taught at a school for deaf children before she married Calvin Coolidge in 1903. Socially active and a lively personality, she was a great asset to her taciturn husband. She was a popular first lady but suffered personally from the tragedy of the death of her younger son from blood poisoning. Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January… Grace (Patricia) Kelly - Early life, Career, Life as Princess, Filmography, Trivia Film actress and princess, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Art, she acted in television and on Broadway, and made her film debut in 1951. Her short but highly successful film career as a coolly elegant beauty included such classics as the Western High Noon (1952), Rear Window (1954), The Country Girl (1954, Oscar), To Catch a Thief (1955)… Grace Abbott Social worker and activist, born in Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. She studied at the universities of Nebraska and Chicago, and in 1908 went to live at Chicago's Hull House to head the Immigrants' Protective League. A writer of forceful articles exposing the exploitation of immigrants, she also campaigned for child labour laws, and as director of the federal Children's Bureau (from 1919) she adminis… Grace Darling - Further Reading Heroine, born in Bamburgh, Northumberland, NE England, UK. She lived with her father, William (17951860), the lighthouse keeper on one of the Farne Islands. On 7 September 1838, she braved raging seas in an open rowing boat to rescue the survivors of the Forfarshire steamboat, which was stranded on one of the other islands in the group. Grace Darling (November 24, 1815–October 20, 1842)… Grace Hartigan - Bibliography Painter, born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. Based in New York City until 1960, she then settled in Baltimore, MD. She was an abstract painter who focused on the human figure, as in River Bathers (1953), and also depicted urban landscapes, as seen
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Passable Literature Trivia Quiz In which book would you find a Heffalump? Which detective had a landlady called Mrs. Hudson? Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? Which of Alexandre Dumas' 'Three Musketeers' real identity is Comte de la Fère? In which language did Vladimir Nabokov write Lolita? Which 1949 novel begins 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?' How many lines are there in a sonnet? Don Diego de la Vega is the secret identity of which hero? In which novel does an alien invasion commence in Woking, England? In the title of a Shakespeare play, who are Valentine and Proteus? In which George Bernard Shaw play are Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle central characters? Which fictional Count's real name is Edmond Dantès? What was the name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's novel? Which poet wrote the Canterbury Tales? Who was Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased partner in 'A Christmas Carol?' Question Who created the fictional town of Middlemarch? In which novel would you find the exceedingly strong drink called the 'Pan-galactic Gargle Blaster?' In which Jane Austen novel do the Bennet family appear? Who is the title hobbit in 'The Hobbit?' Which author used the pseudonyms Isaac Bickerstaffe and Lemuel Gulliver among others? What is the name of the sequel to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost?' In which novel does the character Major Major Major Major appear? Who went on a circumnavigation of the world from the Reform Club as the result of a bet? Which Ray Bradbury novel opens 'It was a pleasure to burn?' Which novel was subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus?' Who wrote the short story 'I, Robot' in 1950? In the Harry Potter novels, as whom did Tom Riddle become infamous? Which novel takes place in the Year of Our Ford 632? Who taught children to fly using 'lovely thoughts' and fairy dust? Which John Steinbeck novel centers on the characters George and Lennie? Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? How are the sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy collectively known? Which mythological figure 'Shrugged' in the title of an Ayn Rand novel? How many syllables are there in a haiku? 'Workers of the world, unite!' is the last line of which work? What real-life Soviet organisation is James Bond's nemesis in the early novels? In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found? Who is the chief protagonist in John Buchan's The 39 Steps? How is David John Cornwell better known? What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot? At what age do Adrian Mole's diaries start? Who lived the last few years of his life in Paris under the pseudonym 'Sebastian Melmoth'? Who created Noddy?
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It's Elemental - The Element Titanium It's Elemental Melting Point: 1941 K (1668°C or 3034°F) Boiling Point: 3560 K (3287°C or 5949°F) Density: 4.5 grams per cubic centimeter Phase at Room Temperature: Solid Element Classification: Metal Period Number: 4 Group Number: 4 Group Name: none What's in a name? From the Greek word Titans , the mythological "first sons of the Earth." Say what? Titanium is pronounced as tie-TAY-nee-em. History and Uses: Titanium was discovered in 1791 by the Reverend William Gregor, an English pastor. Pure titanium was first produced by Matthew A. Hunter, an American metallurgist, in 1910. Titanium is the ninth most abundant element in the earth's crust and is primarily found in the minerals rutile (TiO2), ilmenite (FeTiO3) and sphene (CaTiSiO5). Titanium makes up about 0.57% of the earth's crust. Titanium is a strong, light metal. It is as strong as steel and twice as strong as aluminum , but is 45% lighter than steel and only 60% heavier than aluminum. Titanium is not easily corroded by sea water and is used in propeller shafts, rigging and other parts of boats that are exposed to sea water. Titanium and titanium alloys are used in airplanes, missiles and rockets where strength, low weight and resistance to high temperatures are important. Since titanium does not react within the human body, it is used to create artificial hips, pins for setting bones and for other biological implants. Unfortunately, the high cost of titanium has limited its widespread use. Titanium oxide (TiO2) is used as a pigment to create white paint and accounts for the largest use of the element. Pure titanium oxide is relatively clear and is used to create titania, an artificial gemstone. Titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4), another titanium compound, has been used to make smoke screens. A final bit of titanium trivia -- titanium is one of the few elements that will burn in an atmosphere of pure nitrogen . Estimated Crustal Abundance: 5.65×103 milligrams per kilogram Estimated Oceanic Abundance: 1×10-3 milligrams per liter Number of Stable Isotopes: 5 ( View all isotope data ) Ionization Energy: 6.828 eV
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Chemicals in the Home : Basic Chemistry Common Chemicals found in the Home This page is intended to help students of basic (school-level) chemistry with questions such as: List the common names together with the chemical names and formulae of 20 household chemicals. OR Identify 20 chemicals in everyday household items (which is a hint to read the "ingredients" labels on packets of cleaning materials, paints and other containers of substances in your home). or other similar questions, which may ask for more or fewer examples. The following table of the chemical names and molecular formulae of common chemicals is arranged in alphabetical order of the common (often "household" or "domestic") name of the chemical. If you are not sure what the molecular formulae mean you can look up the symbols by viewing the list of chemical elements (listed in alphabetical order of chemical symbol) . You can also read more about molecular formulae of organic molecules . Common / Used as a multipurpose cleaner and bleach. Brass alloy of copper and zinc Cu and Zn Used to make fixtures, fittings and ornaments. Examples date from the Roman period (history). Bronze alloy of copper and tin Cu and Sn Other metal elements may also be present. Now used mainly for ornaments, previously various products incl. weapons. Examples date from antiquity, incl. the European "Bronze Age" (approx. 2500BC in Britain). Calgon®* calcium hexametaphosphate¶ (NaPO3)6 ¶ Among other ingredients. Calgon is a brand registered trademark of several corporations. Its name was a combination of the phrase "calcium gone". * Trade name (formula found online - see note below) Caustic soda The "lead" in traditional pencils is a form of graphite. Gypsum calcium sulphate dihydrate CaSO4⋅2H2O Also known as "plasterboard". Used in construction, incl. interior walls in houses. Usually covered in a thin layer of plaster then either paint, wallpaper or tiles. Lime calcium oxide CaO Less common in modern homes than in the past. Glows when heated; was used in theatres before invention of electric lighting. Health risks on skin contact or inhalation. Liquid paper* titanium dioxide¶ TiO2 Generic name: Correction Fluid. ¶ Among other ingredients. The organic solvent 1,1,1-trichloroethane was used as a thinner in the 1980s and later associated with health concerns. Correction fluids were reformulated to remove suspected toxic solvents. * Trade name (formula found online - see note below) Magnesia magnesium oxide MgO Previously used as a home-remedy to treat various ailments, incl. heartburn and sore stomach, as an antacid, magnesium supplement, and as a short-term laxative , also to improve symptoms of indigestion - not without side effects. Marble calcium carbonate CaCO3 Used to make ornaments, bathroom or kitchen tiles, some worksurfaces and even steps e.g. outside a front door. Margarine Used in construction, incl. interior walls in houses. Potash potassium carbonate K2CO3 Potash is the common name for various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form. Quartz silicon dioxide SiO2 Used in jewellry and ornamental objects incl. many types of crystals, e.g. rose quartz and citrine . Quicklime calcium oxide CaO Quicklime (also known as slaked lime) is a white, caustic and alkaline crystalline solid at room temperature. Rolaids®* dihydroxyaluminum sodium carbonate¶ NaAl(OH)2CO3 ¶ Among other ingredients. Rolaids is a brand of antacid previously also used for muscle soreness and stomach aches associated with constipation. * Trade name (formula found online - see note below) Salt (Table Salt) sodium chloride NaCl Used to season food (during food preparation and at the table), also used in the past as a method of food preservation. Sand silicon dioxide SiO2 Various uses incl. building sand, sand for "sand pits" for children to play in, and for use in ornaments e.g. to hold candles upright in suitable containers. Sani-flush®* Sodium bisulphate, with sodium carbonate (and other ingredients)¶ NaHSO4 ¶ Among other ingredients. Brand of toilet bowl cleaner pop
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Holst - The Perfect Fool (Ballet Suite), Op 39 - (1/2) - YouTube Holst - The Perfect Fool (Ballet Suite), Op 39 - (1/2) 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 27, 2009 The Planets! Merely the mention of the name Gustav Holst brings to mind one work in most people's minds; 'The Planets'. And, indeed, 'The Planets' is a marvel. However, Holst composed over 200 pieces of beautiful music including Operas, Ballets (this Suite came from Holst's Opera of the same name), Songs, Songs without Words, Choral Works, Symphonies, Chamber Pieces, Choral Hymns... The Perfect Fool, originally written by Holst as an opera for which Holst also wrote the libretto after his friend, playwright, journalist, poet and lyricist, Clifford Bax, brother of composer Arnold Bax, refused to write it. The opera was poorly received by the public and was quickly forgotten. But here, in Holst's reduction of the Opera to a Ballet Suite, Holst took the best of the operatic score and created a beautiful work for Orchestra. All four pieces are rich and full of texture yet minimal enough at just the right times to make the piece come alive for the listener. The story is that of a Wizard who, (in the 1st movement) invokes with trombone, the Spirits of Earth (heard dancing in the 2nd movement); invokes with Viola, the Spirits of Water (heard dancing in the 3rd movement), and, with a climactic unity of the orchestra, the Spirits of Fire (crackling and burning in the 4th movement). Here are the first and second movements, 'Invocation' (Andante) and 'Dance of Spirits of Earth' (Moderato - Andante), respectively, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra with the great Andre Previn at the helm. Enjoy!
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Shakespeare celebrated in Hungarian State Opera’s epic new season | by Bachtrack for classical music, opera, ballet and dance event reviews Shakespeare celebrated in Hungarian State Opera’s epic new season By Bachtrack , 26 August 2015 “If music be the food of love, play on,” declares Duke Orsino at the start of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. There is no operatic version of Twelfth Night, but plenty of the Bard’s plays have been turned into operas or ballets, many of which feature in Hungarian State Opera ’s new season. The celebrations to mark Shakespeare’s 400th birthday build to an epic climax during May 2016 which sees a festival focusing on music inspired by the English playwright. Hungarian State Opera House © Attila Juhasz https://bachtrack.com/imagecache/scaled/27485-450-hungarian_state_opera_house_foto_juhasz_attila.jpg450299 Of all Shakespeare’s plays, Romeo and Juliet has probably had the greatest number of musical adaptations. Early in the season, there is an opportunity to see Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story , where the conflict between the Montagues and Capulets in Verona is relocated to the Upper West Side, New York, with two gangs – the Sharks and the Jets – engaged in a bitter, violent feud. Hungarian coloratura Erika Miklósa, known to international audiences for her Queen of the Night for Claudio Abbado, sings the role of Maria in this new production, performed in the Erkel Theatre. During the Shakespeare400 Festival, you can catch concert performances of two other versions of the star-cross’d lovers: Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi and Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette . Earlier in the season, Prokofiev’s famous ballet also makes an appearance in Seregi László’s choreography. Sir John Falstaff is the larger than life figure who appears in three of Shakespeare’s plays: Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2), where he is the companion to Prince Hal (the future Henry V), and as the lead figure of fun in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Verdi’s opera Falstaff is a far finer work than the play on which it is based, concerning the fat knight’s escapades in wooing the “Merry Wives” Alice Ford and Meg Page. Romanian baritone Alexandru Agache takes on the title role during Shakespeare400, when there’s also the rare opportunity to see Otto Nicolai’s opera based on the same material, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor ; many people know Nicolai’s rumbustious overture but nothing else from this opera. The Grand Staircase © Attila Juhasz https://bachtrack.com/imagecache/scaled/27487-300-grand_staircase_foto_juhasz_attila.jpg300450 All Verdi’s Shakespearean operas feature during this season. Macbeth , one of his early operas, stars Georgian baritone Lado Ataneli, who made his La Scala debut in the title role. Szilvia Rálik sings the tortuously difficult role of Lady Macbeth. Otello is one of Verdi’s very best works and a huge challenge for any tenor. Pinchas Steinberg conducts Stefano Poda’s new production, which opens in September, then returns in May for the festival. Gabriella Létay Kiss, who impressed in Balázs Kovalik’s thrilling production of Mefistofele last season, sings Desdemona. Verdi had long wanted to write an opera on King Lear. There are even suggestions that he began composing one, but failed to find the singers he wanted. Aribert Reimann’s Lear was composed at the suggestion of famous German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and premiered in 1978. Ferenc Anger brings Reimann’s opera to the Hungarian stage in a new production based on the work of the legendary Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. One of the most successful contemporary opera is Thomas Adès’ The Tempest , which received its world première in 2004 in Covent Garden. Since then, it has travelled the globe, including a high profile production at The Metropolitan Opera, and will make its Hungarian debut during the Shakespeare400 Festival, in a brand new production by Ludger Engels. The main roles are for the magician Prospero, sung by Franco Pomponi, and Ariel – a spirit – a part which contains stratospheric coloratura writing which should suit Erika Miklósa perfectly. Erkel Th
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The 1999 autobiography ‘Still Me’ is by which late US actor?
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Still Me (Christopher Reeve Homepage) Press Release | Relevant Links | Reviews & Interviews "When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked 'What is a hero?' I remember the glib response I repeated so many times. My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences--a soldier who crawls out of a foxhole to drag an injured buddy to safety. And I also meant individuals who are slightly larger than life: Houdini and Lindbergh, John Wayne, JFK, and Joe DiMaggio. Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles: a fifteen-year-old boy who landed on his head while wrestling with his brother, leaving him barely able to swallow or speak; Travis Roy, paralyzed in the first thirty seconds of a hockey game in his freshman year at college. These are real heroes, and so are the families and friends who have stood by them." The whole world held its breath when Christopher Reeve struggled for life on Memorial Day, 1995. On the third jump of a riding competition, Reeve was thrown headfirst from his horse in an accident that broke his neck and left him unable to move or breathe. In the years since then, Reeve has not only survived, but has fought for himself, for his family, and for the hundreds of thousands of people with spinal cord injuries in the United States and around the world. And he has written Still Me, the heartbreaking, funny, courageous, and hopeful story of his life. Chris describes his early success on Broadway opposite the legendary Katharine Hepburn, the adventure of filming Superman on the streets of New York, and how the movie made him a star. He continued to move regularly between film acting and theater work in New York, Los Angeles, and at the WIlliamstown Theatre Festival in the Berkshires. Reunited with his Bostonians director, James Ivory, in 1992, he traveled to England to work with Emma Thompson and Anthony Hopkins in The Remains of the Day. The man who cannot move has not stopped moving. He has established a charitable foundation to raise awareness and money for research on spinal cord injuries. His work as director of the HBO film In the Gloaming earned him an Emmy nomination, one of five that the film received. His speeches at the Democratic National Convention and the Academy Awards inspired people around the country and the world. He has testified before Congress on behalf of health insurance legislation, lobbied for increased federal funding for spinal cord research, and developed a working relationship with President Clinton. With dignity and sensitivity, he describes the journey he has made--physically, emotionally, spiritually. He explores his complex relationship with his parents, his efforts to remain a devoted husband and father, and his continuing and heroic battle to rebuild his life. This is the determined, passionate story of one man, a gifted actor and star, and how he and his family came to grips with the kind of devastating, unexplainable shock that fate can bring to any of us. Chris and Dana Reeve have gathered the will and the spirit to create a new life, one responsive and engaged and focused on the future. The man who was Superman has written a never-to-be-forgotten story of his life, at once moving, funny and enthralling. Listen to Christopher Reeve read his remarkable memoir in the audiobook version of Still Me. Chris won a Grammy for this audio book in the category of "Best Spoken Word Album" in the 1999 Grammy Awards. In the introduction of the audio book Chris says this to show his appreciation for the spoken word, "The audio book allows me to communicate with you in a very personal way, second only to being in the same room. I am very grateful for the power of the spoken word." Please Note: All links to external web pages (i.e. Not within this site) will be opened up in a new Browser Window on top of the Christopher Reeve Homepage. Once you've finished reading the external web page, all you need to do is
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1996 Academy Awards® Winners and History Shine (1996, Australia/UK) Actor: GEOFFREY RUSH in "Shine", Tom Cruise in "Jerry Maguire", Ralph Fiennes in "The English Patient", Woody Harrelson in "The People vs. Larry Flynt", Billy Bob Thornton in "Sling Blade" Actress: FRANCES MCDORMAND in "Fargo" , Brenda Blethyn in "Secrets & Lies", Diane Keaton in "Marvin's Room", Kristin Scott Thomas in "The English Patient", Emily Watson in "Breaking the Waves" Supporting Actor: CUBA GOODING, JR. in "Jerry Maguire", William H. Macy in "Fargo" , Armin Mueller-Stahl in "Shine", Edward Norton in "Primal Fear", James Woods in "Ghosts of Mississippi" Supporting Actress: JULIETTE BINOCHE in "The English Patient", Joan Allen in "The Crucible", Lauren Bacall in "The Mirror Has Two Faces", Barbara Hershey in "Portrait of a Lady", Marianne Jean-Baptiste in "Secrets & Lies" Director: ANTHONY MINGHELLA for "The English Patient", Joel Coen for "Fargo" , Milos Forman for "The People vs. Larry Flynt", Scott Hicks for "Shine", Mike Leigh for "Secrets & Lies" In the 1996 awards race, four of the five Best Picture nominees were from independent studios - and financed outside of mainstream Hollywood. 1996 was therefore dubbed "The Year of the Independents," plus films from abroad. For the first time in Oscar history, none of the major Hollywood studios (including Paramount, MGM, Warner Bros., UA, Fox, Columbia, Universal, or Disney's Buena Vista) were represented among the Best Picture-nominated films for 1996. All the pictures nominated for Best Picture were low-budget, independent films - with the sole exception possibly being Tri-Star's Jerry Maguire, the closest nominee to a major, mainstream Hollywood studio. [The surge for independent films wouldn't last long - in 1997, the big-studio, big-budget Titanic (1997) swept the Oscars.] The big winner of the year was writer/director Anthony Minghella's The English Patient (a Saul Zaentz/Miramax film). [20th Century Fox studios dropped its support during pre-production, letting it go to the independent Miramax.] It was a prestigious, three hour long World War II saga/romance composed of flashbacks, conspiracies, and ambiguities and based on an adaptation of Michael Ondaatje's novel, about a French-Canadian nurse who cares for a mysterious, dying burn patient ('The English Patient') in a ruined, abandoned monastery in Italy's Tuscany, after he was wounded in a WWII plane crash in the African desert. It had twelve nominations and nine Oscar wins - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Sound, Best Original Dramatic Score, Best Costume Design, and Best Film Editing. It lost its nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay (Minghella), Best Actor (Fiennes) and Best Actress (Scott Thomas). Its nine Oscar wins made it the third most-awarded film in Academy history - and tied it with two other films with nine wins: Gigi (1958), and The Last Emperor (1987). Previously, only two other films had more wins: Ben-Hur (1959) (with eleven). With its Best Picture win for the expensively-made film, producer Saul Zaentz became a multiple Oscar-winning producer over a span of twenty years with over twenty Oscars for
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