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"Chris Gittins played which character in BBC Radio's ""The Archers"" for thirty five-years between 1953 and 1988?"
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List of The Archers characters - WikiVisually FEATURED ARTICLES · CHANGE LANGUAGE · hover over links in text for more info click links in text for more info List of The Archers characters From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This is a list of many of the characters from the long-running British radio soap The Archers . Contents The Archer family tree[ edit ] Archer family tree (Brookfield Farm) (1) Grace Archer family tree (Bridge Farm) (1) Jack Tom The Archer family[ edit ] Jill Archer née Patterson (born 3 October 1930) ( Patricia Greene ) is the widow of Phil Archer and matriarch of the family. She was his second wife, and with him had four children: twins Shula and Kenton, and David and Elizabeth. She is busily involved in village life and supports her children by taking on child-minding duties. Jill is an active member of the Women's Institute , opened up a holiday cottage business, and is teaching her grandson, Josh, how to keep bees . Jill has a less traditional outlook on life than her late husband, who had been a Justice of the Peace , reflected in her opposition to both fox hunting and private education. Following a burglary at Glebe Cottage she was asked by David and Ruth to return to Brookfield which subsequently became permanent. Christine Barford née Archer, formerly Johnson (born 21 December 1931) (Lesley Saweard, formerly played by Pamela Mant [1] and briefly Joyce Gibbs), is the younger sister of Phil. A skilled horsewoman, she ran the local riding stables for many years. In the early 1950s she was a close friend of Grace Fairbrother who later married her brother Phil. Christine married Paul Johnson; it was discovered she was infertile, and they adopted a son, Peter. In the mid-1970s Paul deserted the family and he was later killed in a helicopter crash in Germany. In 1979 Christine married George Barford, a gamekeeper , which was seen as a class transgression, even though her uncle, Tom Forrest was also a gamekeeper, and colleague of her future husband. Her marriage to George lasted over 25 years and was happy, but latterly they experienced difficult times as their house burned down due to an arson attack by Clive Horrobin . George died peacefully whilst they were waiting for the house to be re-built. Christine currently shares a house with Peggy Woolley. Peggy Woolley, née Perkins, formerly Archer (born Margaret Perkins, 13 November 1924) ( June Spencer , briefly played by Thelma Rogers) is the widow of Jack Archer, Phil's elder brother and Jack Woolley . When married to Jack Archer, they managed (and later owned) the Bull. After many years of close friendship, Peggy married Jack Woolley. Peggy has two daughters, Jennifer and Lillian, and a son, Tony, by her first husband. She is indulgent of her grandchildren and has provided several of them with significant financial support. She is a natural conservative. Jennifer Aldridge, (née Archer, formerly Travers-Macy) (born Jennifer Elizabeth Archer, 1945) (Angela Piper) is the older daughter of Peggy Archer (and step-daughter of Jack Woolley). She is married to Brian Aldridge. She was formerly married to Roger Travers-Macy (hence her elder son is Adam Macy). Lilian Bellamy, née Archer (born 8 July 1947) (Sunny Ormonde, formerly played by Elizabeth Marlowe) is the twice-widowed, gin-soaked, chain-smoking second daughter of Peggy Archer (and step-daughter of Jack Woolley). After acquiring her second husband Ralph Bellamy in 1971, she left Ambridge to live with him in tax exile in the Channel Islands ; she has by him a grown-up son James (rarely encountered except when he needs money). Bellamy senior died in 1980, but Lilian unaccountably returned to Ambridge in 2003 and took up with Matt Crawford (then a married man); her exploits cause much gnashing of teeth from her respectable sister Jennifer Aldridge. Lilian was elected to the parish council in January 2006. Lilian took dancing lessons from Mike Tucker after she discovered that Crawford's ex-wife was a much better dancer than she. In 2008 she and Crawford were briefly separat
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'80s Actual: The Archers: Nigel Pargetter - Graham Seed - A Fond Farewell... 3.1.11 The Archers: Nigel Pargetter - Graham Seed - A Fond Farewell... Nigel Pargetter, played by Graham Seed, arrived in Ambridge in late 1983. The character hailed from a little way off, Lower Loxley House at Loxley Barrett, and was a completely unknown quantity in Ambridge. But he wasted no time in making his presence felt, becoming romantically linked to Shula Archer ("Shulie") in 1983, bouncing around in a gorilla costume at the Hunt Ball, and driving Mrs Antrobus 's Afghans wild with his Teddy Bears Picnic jingle as ice cream vendor Mr Snowy midway through the decade. It came as a great surprise to this blogger to discover that the character has been killed off as part of The Archers 60th anniversary "celebrations". I find this trend in soaps - to feature a tragic story-line on such occasions - rather odd, and it's by no means as long-established a custom as some soap historians would have us believe. A shame this trend has now reached The Archers. Graham Seed was spotted by then Archers editor William Smethurst in a Birmingham rep production of Major Barbara in 1980. This led to Mr Seed getting his start in radio drama at Pebble Mill in several plays. When the role of Nigel Pargetter was created in 1983, Mr Seed was asked to audition and won the part, which was originally intended to run for only a few weeks. When the character was written out after two years (!), Nigel being sent abroad in 1985, a listeners' campaign was launched to bring him back. It was successful - Nigel returned after only a few weeks away. As William Smethurst wrote in 1987: The Archers listener has always been a force to reckon with! Actor Nigel Caliburn - now Carrington - briefly took over the role when Graham Seed took a break in the late 1980s. Mr Seed was informed of Nigel's impending doom by Archers editor Vanessa Whitburn on 5 November 2010. Today, he issued an official statement: It is with huge sadness that I leave The Archers after 27 years. Nigel Pargetter was a joy and a privilege to play, from 'Mr Snowy' to proud father. His enthusiasm, charm and love of life helped make Ambridge a happier place. 'On a personal note, I will sorely miss working with so many old friends and colleagues, especially Alison Dowling who plays Nigel's Lizzie. 'May I take this opportunity to thank all those listeners who endlessly communicated their loyalty, appreciation and affection towards Nigel and me. I'll miss him!' Mr Seed further commented on the BBC's Archers blog: It would be wrong of me to pretend that I was other than shocked when Vanessa [Whitburn, Archers editor] phoned with the news on a damp November 5th. Fireworks night - rather apt I thought! The hardest thing has been to keep it under wraps, not just from friends and family, but colleagues too. Now at least all is out in the open... It's too soon to highlight memories. They go back to heady days in the '80s. William Smethurst created a wonderfully affectionate, vulnerable over-privileged young man causing havoc to the Archer household in scenes that were such fun to play. Scenes of course with Jack May (Nelson) and Mary Wimbush (Julia), laterly with Richard Atlee (Kenton). But always Ali... There was something of the Peter Pan in Nigel. He never really grew up. Nigel was a charming character, of aristocratic background, naive, not terribly bright, but capable of great kindness and sensitivity. Here's how the character was described in William Smethurst's 1987 book The Archers - The New Official Companion: NIGEL PARGETTER is the only son of Gerald and Julia Pargetter of Lower Loxley House, Loxley Barrett, and in his day was a leading light of the Borchester Young Conservatives. In 1983 he fell in love with Shula but in the following year he was banned from Brookfield when, on the night of the Hunt Ball, he crept into Phil and Jill's bedroom having supposedly mistaken it for the bathroom. Later that year he was convicted of taking and driving away a sports car which he thought belonged to Tim Bee
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The family seat of which English Duke is at Bradley House in Wiltshire, with a secondary estate at Berry Pomeroy in Totnes?
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Duke of Somerset - 必应 Sign in Duke of Somerset Duke of Somerset is a title in the peerage of England that has been created several times. Derived from Somerset, it is particularly associated with two families; the Beauforts who held the title from the creation of 1448 and the Seymours, from the creation of 1547 and in whose name the title is still held. The only subsidiary title of the Duke of Somerset is Baron Seymour, which is used as a courtesy title for the eldest son and heir of the Duke. The Duke of Somerset's heir's courtesy title is the lowest in rank of all heirs to Dukedoms in the peer ... (展开) ages of the British Isles, yet a Lord Seymour's precedence is higher than his title suggests, by virtue of the seniority of the Dukedom of Somerset (the only more senior non-royal duke is the Duke of Norfolk). Several other titles have been held by the Dukes of Somerset, but have become extinct. These include: Earl of Kendal (created 1443; extinct 1444), Viscount Rochester (created 1611; extinct 1645), Viscount Beauchamp of Hache (created 1536; forfeit 1552), Earl of Hertford (created 1537; forfeit 1552 and created 1559; extinct 1750), Marquess of Hertford (created 1640; extinct 1675), Baron Seymour of Trowbridge (created 1641; extinct 1750), Baron Percy (created 1722; separated 1750), Baron Cockermouth (created 1749; separated 1750), Earl of Egremont (created 1749; separated 1750), and Earl St. Maur (created 1863; extinct 1885). The ducal seat is Bradley House in Maiden Bradley, west Wiltshire, with a secondary estate at Berry Pomeroy Castle, Totnes, Devon. The principal burial place for the Seymour family today is at the Church of All Saints, adjacent to Bradley House; the church and the family cemetery can be reached from the grounds of Bradley House via private access. Duke of Somerset is a title in the peerage of England that has been created several times. Derived from the county of Somerset, it is particularly associated with two ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_Somerset Arms of John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset; Coronet That of a Duke Crest Out of a Coronet Or a Phoenix of the Last issuing from Flames Proper Helm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Seymour,_… Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, KG (1406 – 22 May 1455), sometimes styled 1st Duke of Somerset, was an English nobleman and an important figure in the Wars ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Beaufort,_1st... Arms of Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset: Quarterly, 1st and 4th: Or, on a pile gules between six fleurs-de-lys azure three lions of England (special ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Seymo… Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset KG (c. 1500 – 22 January 1552) was Lord Protector of England from 1547 until 1549 during the minority of his nephew, ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Seymour,_1st...
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When Warren Hastings, returning from a term as Governor-General in 1786, was impeached (and acquitted) where had he been in office?
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Warren Hastings | British colonial administrator | Britannica.com British colonial administrator Robert Clive Warren Hastings, (born December 6, 1732, Churchill, near Daylesford, Oxfordshire, England —died August 22, 1818, Daylesford), the first and most famous of the British governors-general of India , who dominated Indian affairs from 1772 to 1785 and was impeached (though acquitted) on his return to England. Warren Hastings, oil painting by Tilly Kettle; in the National Portrait Gallery, London. Courtesy of The National Portrait Gallery, London Early life The son of a clergyman of the Church of England, Hastings was abandoned by his father at an early age. He was brought up by an uncle, who gave him what was probably the best education then available for a boy of his inclinations, at Westminster School in London. Hastings showed great promise as a schoolboy and seems at Westminster to have acquired the literary and scholarly tastes that were later to give him a serious interest in Indian culture and civilization. His school days were, however, cut short by his uncle’s death in 1749. He was then taken away from school and granted a writership (as the junior appointments in the East India Company were called), and in 1750, at age 17, he sailed for Bengal. In 1750 British contact with India was still the monopoly of the East India Company, which was engaged in buying and selling goods at small settlements in Indian ports. As one of the company’s servants, for the early part of his career Hastings was employed in the company’s commercial business. But after 1756 the outlook for both the company and its servants was radically altered. The company became involved in hostilities in India both with the French and with Indian rulers, and under Robert Clive its army was able to depose the nawab, or Indian governor, of Bengal at the Battle of Plassey in 1757. Although the company did not at this stage intend to set itself up as the actual ruler of the province, it was now so powerful that the new nawabs became its satellites. Thus, the servants, including Hastings, began to be drawn more and more into Indian politics. Hastings served as the company’s representative at the court of the nawabs of Bengal from 1758 to 1761 and then on the company’s Council, the controlling body for its affairs in Bengal, from 1761 to 1764. His career was cut short, however, by bitter disputes within the Council. Finding himself in a minority, Hastings resigned from the company’s service and returned to England in 1765. Governorship of Bengal Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent Short of money, Hastings sought service in India again. In 1769 he was appointed second in Council in Madras. Two years later he received his great opportunity when he was sent back to Bengal as governor in charge of the company’s affairs there. Since he had last been in Bengal, the disintegration and demoralization of the normal Indian government of the province, begun after Plassey, had gathered speed; yet the company had been reluctant to create a new system in its place. In practical terms Bengal was in the power of the British, who were also virtually its legal rulers after being granted in 1765 the powers called the dewanee by the Mughal emperor. But the business of government was still conducted by Indian officials, with very limited European participation. Hastings recognized that this situation could not go on and that the British must accept full responsibility, make their power effective, and involve themselves more closely in the work of government, even if he shared his contemporaries’ objections to excessive involvement. His view of the role of the British in India was later to be regarded as a very conservative one. He saw no “civilizing” or modernizing mission for them. Bengal was to be governed in strictly traditional ways, and the life of its people was not to be disturbed by innovation . To ensure good government, however, he felt that the British must actively intervene. In what was to be the most constructive period of his administration, from 1772 to 1774, Has
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Washingtonpost.com: Hillary Clinton and the Whitewater Controversy: A Close-Up Hillary Clinton and the Whitewater Controversy: A Close-Up By David Maraniss and Susan Schmidt Washington Post Staff Writers Sunday, June 2, 1996; Page A01 The First Lady and Whitewater: Who's Who JAMES B. McDOUGAL Friend of Bill Clinton and gubernatorial aide during Clinton's first term, he was a partner with the Clintons in the Whitewater real estate venture and owned the failed Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. He was convicted last week on federal fraud and conspiracy charges. SUSAN McDOUGAL James McDougal's former wife and partner in the Whitewater real estate venture. She was also convicted last week in the Whitewater-related fraud trial. RICHARD MASSEY Young associate at the Rose Law Firm when Madison Guaranty became a client in 1985. Hillary Rodham Clinton has said Massey played a key role in bringing in Madison as a Rose client, but he does not remember the events in the same way. RONALD CLARK Current managing partner of the Rose Law Firm. While Hillary Clinton has said Massey asked for her help in getting McDougal to pay his outstanding legal bills in April 1985, Clark maintains that they were already paid by November 1984. GARY BUNCH Onetime president of Madison Bank & Trust, another McDougal-owned financial entity that owed money to the Rose Law Firm. BEVERLY BASSETT SCHAFFER A Gov. Bill Clinton appointee to the Arkansas Securities Commission, she took a telephone call from Hillary Clinton in April 1985, six days after McDougal put Rose Law Firm on retainer. SETH WARD Arkansas businessman hired by McDougal to assist in land acquisition for the Castle Grande project, and Webster Hubbell's father-in-law. Hillary Clinton worked with Ward on certain legal details of the project she knew as IDC. WEBSTER L. HUBBELL President Clinton's appointee as associate U.S. attorney general and former partner in the Rose firm, he pleaded guilty to defrauding the firm and its clients through false billings. JIM GUY TUCKER Arkansas governor convicted last week on mail fraud and conspiracy charges linked to the Castle Grande deal. He announced his intention to resign this summer. DAVID HALE Former Arkansas municipal judge and owner of a small business investment company, he pleaded guilty to defrauding the federal Small Business Administration and was the chief government witness in the trial of the McDougals and Gov. Tucker. SAM BRATTON An aide to Gov. Clinton who oversaw regulatory issues, he was alerted by Arkansas Securities Commissioner Schaffer that McDougal's S&L was in trouble with federal authorities. VINCENT FOSTER Former Rose Law Firm partner who went to the Clinton White House as deputy counsel. At Rose, Foster had been billing partner in work the firm did for Madison Bank & Trust. CAROLYN HUBER Former Rose Law Firm office manager who worked in the White House residence handling the Clintons' personal correspondence. She packed away Hillary Clinton's law firm records in a box of "knickknacks" and said she was unaware they were the long-sought Rose billing records. DAVID R. GERGEN As counselor to the president, Gergen advised the Clintons to share all Whitewater-related documents with The Washington Post in December 1993. In an interview in January, Hillary Clinton suggested that she and the president had done just that with the New York Times during the 1992 campaign, but five days later the White House issued a clarification saying she was mistaken. ALSTON JENNINGS Prominent Little Rock lawyer who represented businessman Seth Ward. He visited the White House residence and talked with Hillary Clinton and her lawyer David Kendall around the time the first lady's law firm billing records appeared on a table in the third-floor book room of the White House residence. DAVID KENDALL The first lady's personal lawyer on Whitewater issues announced discovery of the billing records and turned them over to the independent counsel. Kendall called the billing records episode "another of the meaningless mysteries of Whitewater." In the four years that Hil
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Which Country Does Samsung Belong to ? Find It Here | WhichCountry.co Ships Precision Instruments This is a largest and much famous company over the world having almost 369,000 (FY 2011) employees. It is providing services relating to the different natures such as Construction, Financial services, Advertising, Entertainment, Hospitality, Information and Communications Technology Services, Retail and Medical Services. but mostly it is famous for mobile phones, cameras and HDTV. Apple, Nokia are two big competitors. Which Country Does Samsung Belong to? For Samsung South Korea is the country of origin ,where it was founded and its originally belongs to it. the company is famous and widely spread over the world having more than 80 branches in different parts of world . and its Headquarters is Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea Also see
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TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates Careers Quotes delayed at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Interactive Data . ETF and Mutual Fund data provided by Morningstar, Inc. Dow Jones Terms & Conditions: http://www.djindexes.com/mdsidx/html/tandc/indexestandcs.html . S&P Index data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Terms & Conditions . Powered and implemented by Interactive Data Managed Solutions . All products and services featured are based solely on editorial selection. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. © 2017 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Powered by WordPress.com VIP YOU BROKE TIME.COM! Dear TIME Reader, As a regular visitor to TIME.com, we are sure you enjoy all the great journalism created by our editors and reporters. Great journalism has great value, and it costs money to make it. One of the main ways we cover our costs is through advertising. The use of software that blocks ads limits our ability to provide you with the journalism you enjoy. Consider turning your Ad Blocker off so that we can continue to provide the world class journalism you have become accustomed to. The TIME Team
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In the movie Taxi Driver, who played child prostitute Iris?
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Taxi Driver (1976) - 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 mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 31 titles created 30 Nov 2011 a list of 28 titles created 16 May 2012 a list of 28 titles created 23 Sep 2014 a list of 23 titles created 10 Jan 2016 a list of 23 titles created 8 months ago Search for " Taxi Driver " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 15 nominations. See more awards » Videos After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. Director: Quentin Tarantino 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X In future Britain, Alex DeLarge, a charismatic and psycopath delinquent, who likes to practice crimes and ultra-violence with his gang, is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan. Director: Stanley Kubrick Henry Hill and his friends work their way up through the mob hierarchy. Director: Martin Scorsese In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: Brian De Palma A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Director: Stanley Kubrick A criminal pleads insanity after getting into trouble again and once in the mental institution rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients. Director: Milos Forman A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Director: Stanley Kubrick During the Vietnam War, Captain Willard is sent on a dangerous mission into Cambodia to assassinate a renegade colonel who has set himself up as a god among a local tribe. Director: Francis Ford Coppola Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino An emotionally self-destructive boxer's journey through life, as the violence and temper that leads him to the top in the ring destroys his life outside it. Director: Martin Scorsese Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers, and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond. Director: Guy Ritchie Edit Storyline Travis Bickle is an ex-Marine and Vietnam War veteran living in New York City. As he suffers from insomnia, he spends his time working as a taxi driver at night, watching porn movies at seedy cinemas during the day, or thinking about how the world, New York in particular, has deteriorated into a cesspool. He's a loner who has strong opinions about what is right and wrong with mankind. For him, the one bright spot in New York humanity is Betsy, a worker on the presidential nomination campaign of Senator Charles Palantine. He becomes obsessed with her. After an incident with her, he believes he has to do whatever he needs to make the world a better place in his opinion. One of his priorities is to be the savior for Iris, a twelve-year-old r
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Film History Milestones - 1969 Event and Significance 1969 Midnight Cowboy (1969) , starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, became the only X-rated picture to ever win an Oscar for Best Picture (the rating was later changed to an R). More and more mainstream films contained sexual content that was unacceptable only a few years earlier. 1969 The last film to be rated M (for Mature Audiences) was director Pierre Grimblat's foreign film Slogan (1969, Fr.), issued on January 26, 1970. It marked the first collaboration between legendary French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and English actress/singer Jane Birkin, who had previously appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up (1966, UK). The couple later married and became infamous for the sexually explicit hit song "Je t’aime… moi non plus." 1969 Stand-up comic, writer and part-time actor Woody Allen made his directorial feature film debut in the comedy Take the Money And Run (1969) , serving as the film's director, actor, and co-scriptwriter. He had shared directorial duties for an earlier film, What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966), composed of rearranged and redubbed scenes from two Japanese spy films. 1969 On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) was the first (and last) film with Australian-born actor George Lazenby as Agent 007, the youngest (at age 29) of the actors to portray Bond at the time of filming. This was the only film in which Bond married one of his romantic conquests - although his bride was murdered in a drive-by shooting shortly afterwards on her wedding day by villain Blofeld's assistant Irma Bunt (Ilse Steppat). 1969 ABC-TV programmer Barry Diller created "The Movie of the Week." By 1971, ABC was airing Tuesday and Wednesday night versions. 1969 Sony introduced a new device -- the videocassette recorder (VCR) for home use. 1969 Kinney National Company, a New York conglomerate whose interests included parking lots and funeral homes, acquired Warner-Seven Arts and in 1972 renamed the company Warner Communications Inc. 1969 Director Costa-Gavras' French-Algerian co-produced thriller Z (1969) received the Oscar as the Best Foreign Language Film by the Academy. It was also the first nominee in the Best Foreign Language Film category to be nominated for Best Picture. It also had the shortest title of a film nominated for an Oscar. 1969 After her last film, Fox's Mr. Belvedere Goes to College (1949), former child star Shirley Temple entered politics after raising a family - she was appointed U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Later, she served as U.S. ambassador to Ghana (1974-1976) and Czechoslovakia (1989), and during the late 70s was the U.S. Chief of Protocol. 1969 Mario Puzo’s novel The Godfather was published in March of 1969, becoming the basis for director Francis Ford Coppola's monumental duo of Godfather films in the 1970s: The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather, Part 2 (1974) . 1969 The first of four theatrical feature film releases based on the popular Peanuts comic strip characters created by Charles Schulz, the animated A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969), appeared - directed by Bill Melendez. The other three feature films were: Snoopy, Come Home (1972), Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977), and Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (1980). 1969 The establishment of the "First Artists Production Company" was an attempt by Sidney Poitier, Paul Newman, and Barbra Streisand to form their own studio and control their own projects. Steve McQueen joined in 1971 (and later Dustin Hoffman in 1976). The first effort of the short-lived studio (until 1980 when the company was sold) was Streisand's own Up the Sandbox (1972). [Streisand's other two films for First Artists were A Star is Born (1976) and The Main Event (1979).] Approximately two dozen film
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The Foundation Years: Frank Field Independent Review by Alex Hawley - issuu issuu The Foundation Years: preventing poor children becoming poor adults The report of the Independent Review on Poverty and Life Chances Frank Field Cabinet Office 22 Whitehall London SW1A 2WH Publication date: December 2010 Š Crown copyright 2010 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/open-government-licence/ or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or e-mail: psi@nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk. This document/publication can also be viewed on our website at www.frankfield.co.uk Any enquiries regarding this document/publication should be sent to us at: fieldf@parliament.uk The material used in this publication is constituted from 75% post consumer waste and 25% virgin fibre. Ref: 403244 /1210 December 2010 Chapter1 APersonalCommentary 11 Chapter2 PovertyandLifeChances 27 Chapter3 TheInfluencesonChildren’sLifeChances 37 Chapter4 BuildingFoundationYearsServices 53 Chapter5 ANewFrameworkforMeasuringPovertyandLifeChances 71 Chapter6 OverviewoftheConsultationProcessandSummaryofFormalSubmissions 85 AnnexA LifeChancesIndicators–RecommendedMeasures 93 OptionsforanewMeasureofServiceQuality AnnexC ConsultationDetails AnnexD FrankField’sPublicStatements 98 Acknowledgements Acknowledgements AsthebulkoftheReview’sworkhasbeen undertakenbytheReviewteamIwanttoplace onrecordmythankstothem. AnnChinner,as ReviewTeamLead,andStephenBalchin,Lotta Gustafsson,DanielleMason,TimCrosierand TimWeedon,asPolicyAdvisors,haveworked onthefollowingreport.JonathanPortes,the CabinetOffice’sChiefEconomist,hasoverseen theworkoftheReview.Itishardtothinkthat theReviewcouldhavebeenbetterservedfrom acrossWhitehall.PatrickWhitefrommyHouse ofCommons’Officehaslinkedmyworkinthe HousewiththeworkoftheReviewandplayed akeyroleinshapingmycommentary.JillHendey, mysecretary,hastypedthenotesItookofallour evidencesessionsandtherecordsImadeofthe findingsfromtheresearchreportsIhaveread.I amextremelygratefultothisteamwhohasmade workingontheReviewapleasureaswesetabout ourtaskofreshapingananti-povertystrategythat willbeeffectiveduringthe21stcentury. IwishalsotothanktheteamofSeniorOfficials fromtheDepartmentforWorkandPensions, DepartmentforEducation,Departmentof Health,HMTreasury,GovernmentEqualities OfficeandDepartmentforCommunitiesand LocalGovernmentwhoplayedakeypartactingas valuablesoundingboardsforthisReview,andof coursealltheacademics,charities,practitioners, stakeholdersandindividualswhowehavemetand whosubmittedtheirevidence. 3 5 Introduction and Recommendations Introduction FrankFieldwascommissionedbythePrime MinisterinJune2010toprovideanindependent reviewonpovertyandlifechancesbytheendof theyear.Theaimofthereviewisto: •generateabroaderdebateaboutthenatureand extentofpovertyintheUK; •examinethecaseforreformstopoverty measures,inparticularfortheinclusionofnonfinancialelements; •explorehowachild’shomeenvironment affectstheirchancesofbeingreadytotakefull advantageoftheirschooling;and determiningwhethertheirpotentialisrealisedin adultlife.Thethingsthatmattermostareahealthy pregnancy;goodmaternalmentalhealth;secure bondingwiththechild;loveandresponsiveness ofparentsalongwithclearboundaries,aswellas opportunitiesforachild’scognitive,languageand socialandemotionaldevelopment.Goodservices mattertoo:healthservices,Children’sCentresand highqualitychildcare. Laterinterventionstohelppoorlyperforming childrencanbeeffectivebut,ingeneral,the mosteffective
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1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture?... Sign up View the step-by-step solution to: 1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture?... Part 2 The period between 1450 and 1600 in European development is known by what term, initially used by Italian scholars to express the rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture? The Renaissance (literally meaning rebirth) What is the main dog character called in Norton Juster's 1961 popular children's/adult-crossover book The Phantom Tollbooth? Tock Who detailed his experiences before and during World War I in Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man, and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer? Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) What significant law relating to literary and artistic works was first introduced in 1709? Copyright (prior to which creators had no legal means of protecting their work from being published or exploited by others) Who wrote the 1891 book Also Sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spake Zarathustra)? Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) What word, meaning 'measure' in Greek, refers to the rhythm of a line of verse? Metre (or meter) Cheap literature of the 16-18th centuries was known as 'what' books, based on the old word for the travelling traders who sold them? Chapbooks (a chapman was a travelling salesman, from the earlier term cheapman) What was Samuel Langhorne Clemens' pen-name? Mark Twain (1835-1910) Derived from Greek meaning summit or finishing touch, what word refers to the publisher's logo and historically the publisher's details at the end of the book? Colophon Japanese three-line verses called Haiku contain how many syllables? Seventeen Stanley Kubrick successfully requested the UK ban of his own film based on what Anthony Burgess book? A Clockwork Orange The ISBN (International Standard Book Number) code was increased to how many digits from 1 January 2007? Thirteen The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis asserts that people's perceptions and attitudes are affected particularly by what: book covers, book price, or words and language? Words and language (the theory applies to all media and language, in that the type of words and language read and used affects how people react to the world) What is the female term equating to a phallic symbol? Yonic symbol James Carker is a villain in which Charles Dickens novel? Dombey and Son (serialised 1846-8) What famous 1818 novel had the sub-title 'The Modern Prometheus'? Frankenstein (by Mary Shelley) Who wrote the 1947 book The Fountainhead? Ayn Rand By what name is the writer François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778) better known? Voltaire Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher? Edgar Allen Poe (1809-49) According to Matthew 27 in the Bible what prisoner was released by Pontius Pilate instead of Jesus? Barabbas What was the 1920s arts group centred around Leonard and Virginia Woolf and the district of London which provided the group's name? The Bloomsbury Group What Japanese term (meaning 'fold' and 'book') refers to a book construction made using concertina fold, with writing/printing on one side of the paper? Orihon What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? Montague and Capulet Who wrote The Power of Positive Thinking in 1953? Norman Vincent Peale Around 100AD what type of book construction began to replace scrolls? Codex (a series of folios sewn together) What name for a lyrical work, typically 50-200 lines long, which from the Greek word for song? Ode Who wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment? Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-81) Who wrote the 1513 guide to leadership (titled in English) The Prince? Niccolo Machiavelli William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey are commonly referred to as the 'what' Poets? Lake Poets (from around 1800 they lived close to each other in the Lake District of England) In bookmaking, a sheet folded three times is called by what name?
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Grappa: what it is, where it comes from and how to drink it. Living in Rome Grappa Grappa is one of Italy's most popular alcoholic drinks, with somewhere in the region of forty million bottles of grappa being produced every year. It's also a very Italian drink; since 1989 the name has been protected by the EU, meaning that the drink can only be called grappa if it's sourced and produced in Italy. What is Grappa? a monovitigno grappa from Nonino The main ingredient of grappa is pomace, which consists of the grape skins, seeds and stalks that are left over from the winemaking process. These are taken through a second process of distillation, which extracts the remaining flavours from the pomace before the waste is discarded. The grappa is then either bottled at once, which creates white grappa (grappa bianca), or aged in wooden casks to create the yellow or brown-hued grappa known as riserva. Grappa can either be made from a mixture of pomaces from different sources, or from one grape variety. If at least 85% of the pomace comes from a single variety, the grappa can be designated di vitigno or varietale, and the type of grape can be incorporated into the name of the drink. Examples of this include Po' Merlot di Poli and Po' Pinot di Poli from the Poli distillery and Francoli's Barbera and Moscato grappas. However, the best wines don't always produce the best grappa; as the grappa is made from the leftovers of the winemaking process, the more the wine takes out of the pomace, the less remains for the grappa. A variety of flavoured grappas are also available, including drinks with a hint of almond, honey or blueberry and Nardini's Acqua di Cedro, a grappa-based liquor made with cedro (an Italian fruit similar to an oversized lemon). Who makes grappa? There are more than a hundred different grappa producers spread across Italy. Some are winemakers, such as Rovero and Castelleri Bergaglio, who make grappa as a lucrative sideline to their main business. Others, including Poli and Nonino, are distillers dedicated solely to the production of grappa, buying in their pomace from the winemakers. Several of the distilleries are based in the town of Bassano del Grappa, the historic home of the drink. Nick Hopewell-Smith imports the popular Nardini brand to the UK, where his regular customers include London's famous Bar Italia. Grappa isn't always seen in a positive light by the British public, and Nick's a keen advocate of the drink, extolling its virtues at the annual La Dolce Vita show. 'Often they have these misconceptions,' he says, 'but when you go into it and explain the tradition, about Nardini and its history and the history of Bassano and the Ponte Vecchio, they really understand.' And if they actually try it, then more often than not they come back for more. How to serve grappa Grappa is a wonderful way to end a meal, drunk either as a shot on its own or added to an espresso (in which case it's known in Italy as a caffè coretto, or a "corrected coffee"). The Instituto Nazionale Grappa, the body that represents most of the grappa producers in Italy, recommends serving shots in small tulip-shaped glasses with open rims, rather than balloons or narrow glasses. Many Italian households serve grappa straight from the freezer, giving it an icy, crisp taste, while the Instituto Nazionale Grappa recommends serving young grappa at between 9 and 13 degrees Celsius, and riserva at around 17 degrees. Freezing can affect the flavour of a good grappa, but it's a perfectly acceptable way to enjoy the drink. As Nick Hopewell-Smith says, 'you take something away when you chill it, but if it makes it more accessible to people and people are more likely to try it and enjoy it, then why not?' The Poli Grappa Museum Grappa distilleries, some of which have been run by the same families for several generations, tend to be very proud of their product and its heritage. Poli have opened the Poli Museo della Grappa on Ponte Vecchio in Bassano del Grappa (open 9-19.30, free entry, Tel. +39 0424 524 426). The museum features information on the history o
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My Questions - Documents Documents Share My Questions Embed <iframe src="http://docslide.us/embed/my-questions.html" width="750" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://docslide.us/documents/my-questions.html" title="My Questions" target="_blank">My Questions</a></div> size(px) Download My Questions Transcript Chemically pure gold contains how many carats? What is the tallest and thickest type of grass? What was the surname of the family who employed Julie Andrews' character in 'The Sound Of Music'? Which nation has won the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other? What is the most common gas in the air we breathe? Which three different actors played Batman in the movies between 1989 and 1997? What colour is Bart's skateboard in the introduction? The theme tune to which TV show starts with the line "Stick a pony in me pocket"? Which soap opera is set in the fictional county of Borsetshire? Who did Sue Barker replace as host of the BBC quiz show "A Question Of Sport"? Which "Generation Game" presenter was famous for his catchphrase "Shut That Door"? "No Mean City" by Maggie Bell is the theme tune to which long running Scottish TV detective show? Anthony, Barbara, Dave, Denise, Jim and Norma make up which famous family on British TV? Which part did Deforest Kelley play in the TV series Star Trek? True or False In space it is impossible to cry? Famous sitcom actor Kelsey Grammar provides the voice for for a character in which famous cartoon TV Series The largest ever picnic for a childs toy was held in Dublin in 1995 where 33,573 of the toys were there . What was the toy ? Which American state comes first alphabetically? In Greek legend, what is the name given to the creature that is half man and half bull? Which country has the airline KLM? The sinking of which famous German battleship was portrayed in the title of a 1960 film? What organisation is also known as "La Cosa Nostra"? What was the Titanic’s first port of call after it left Southampton? Which mountain overshadows Fort William in scotland ? What was the name of the 1995 film starring Sandra Bullock as a computer expert whose identity is erased? A penguin called Wheezy was a character in which film ? Who played Vince in the 1980s TV series "Just Good Friends"? In which 1994 film did Whoopi Goldberg provide the voice of a hyena called Shenzi? What is the only venomous snake in Britain? How many pieces are there in a standard set of dominoes? James Earl Ray was responsible for who's death in 1968? In which city in England is the National Railway Museum? In the music world, which group sacked Simon Fuller in 1997? Which Roman God is one of the symbols of St Valentine's Day? What was the challanging method of catching a fly asked of Daniel in the film "The Karate Kid"? Actor Richard Kiel is best known for playing which character in two bond films ? Which is the odd one out, Comet, Dixon, Cupid, Vixen? Which planet in the solar system is named after the Roman messenger to the Gods? What product did Coke invented in 1982? Which Japanese word, also used in the English language, means "empty orchestra"? On which date does Halloween fall? Oscar is the first name of which of the famous songwriting duo Rogers and Hammerstein? 24 Bamboo Von Trappe Ireland Nitrogen Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney Green Only Fools And Horses The Archers David Coleman Larry Grayson Taggart The Royle Family Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy True (there is no gravity, so tears cannot flow) The Simpsons Teddy Bear Alabama Minotaur The Netherlands The Bismark The Mafia Cherbourg Ben Nevis The Net Toy Story 2 Paul Nicholas "The Lion King" The Adder 28 Martin Luther King's York Manager of the Spice Girls Cupid Using chopsticks to do it Jaws (in two James Bond films) Dixon - the others are Santa's reindeer Mercury Diet Coke Karaoke October 31st Hammerstein On 11th February 1990, which fam
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In architecture, what name is given to a supporting figure in the form of a draped female figure?
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Caryatid - definition of caryatid by The Free Dictionary Caryatid - definition of caryatid by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/caryatid Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . car·y·at·id n. pl. car·y·at·ids or car·y·at·i·des (-ĭ-dēz′) Architecture A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure. [From Latin Caryātides, caryatids, from Greek Karuātides, priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, caryatids, from Karuai, Caryae, a village of Laconia in southern Greece with a famous temple to Artemis.] car′y·at′i·dal (-ĭ-dəl), car′y·at′i·de′an (-ĭ-dē′ən), car′y·a·tid′ic (-ə-tĭd′ĭk) adj. caryatid (ˌkærɪˈætɪd) n, pl -ids or -ides (-ɪˌdiːz) (Architecture) a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure. Compare telamon [C16: from Latin Caryātides, from Greek Karuatides priestesses of Artemis at Karuai (Caryae), village in Laconia] ˌcaryˈatidal, ˌcaryˌatiˈdean, ˌcaryˈatic, caryatidic adj car•y•at•id n., pl. -ids, -i•des (-ɪˌdiz) a sculptured female figure used as a column. Compare atlas (def. 4). [1555–65; < Latin Caryātides] car`y•at′i•dal, adj. caryatid A female statue used as a column, as in an ancient Greek temple. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: 1. caryatid - a supporting column carved in the shape of a person pillar , column - (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure Translations [ˌkærɪˈætɪd] N (caryatids or caryatides (pl)) [ˌkærɪˈætɪdiːz] → cariátide f caryatid 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: telamon References in periodicals archive ? The domed pavilion theme combined with caryatid sculptures was realised in Mestrovic's first post-war building, the mausoleum for the Racic family in Cavtat, otherwise known as the church of Our Lady of the Angels (see Apollo, February 2014). Palestine under Assyrian rule a new look at the Assyrian imperial policy in the West The camera then glides past a much more distant view of the orchestra and audience before curving upward to halt on a caryatid that has been placed near the ceiling, continuing to skim across the first layer of the picture plane. The mise-en-scene of Aufbruch: Final Chord and the "New World" The drum, illustrated left, is known as a caryatid drum--as it is supported 1), figures, in this instance two women and a horse. Treasures of the Musee Barbier-Mueller Tucked away on a quiet street in the heart of the Vieille Ville, the name given to Geneva's old town district, is the Barbier-Mueller Museum. It is home to an extraordinary collection of African treasures. Baba Chenzira reports Bought with tile aid of the Art Fund and the Caryatid Fund. Building an inheritance: Dyfri Williams, research keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum, selects highlights of the department's acquisitions over the past 15 years, which range from a monumental Geometric Greek vase from Lord Elgin's collection to a masterpiece of Roman erotic art--and a great marble hound The Caryatid from the Erechtheion stood in the centre, while most pieces from the east and west pediments were evenly displayed in a semi-circle around it. Casts & connoisseurs: the early reception of the Elgin Marbles: this month is the 200th anniversary of the Elgin Marbles going on public view in London. The response they received was at first mixed, yet, for reasons that Marc Fehlmann explains, by the 1830s they had become integral to western art history and students everywhere were copying casts of them The work is Ernst Kirchner's Standing Girl, Caryatid, a painted wooden sculpture made in 1909-10.
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"Masterminds" - Manchester Evening News, November 7, 2015 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Playboy Russia covergirl Maria Kozhevnikova, boxer Nikolai Valuyev, and tennis player Marat Safin shared which honour in December 2011? 2. What William S Burroughs 1961 book popularised the rock music term 'heavy metal', and provided the names for at least two rock bands of the 1970s? 3. What main religion celebrates festivals including Nuakhai, Yatra (or Zatra/Jatra), Pongal, Holi and Shigmo? 4. Which country experienced the Velvet Revolution in Nov-Dec 1989? 5. According to the UK General Teaching Council how many of the 28,000 newly qualified teachers in 2010 had a computerrelated degree: 3; 30; 300 or 3,000? 6. Spell the word: Remanisence; Reminissense; Remeniscence; or Reminiscence? 7. What ancient Sanskrit word loosely meaning 'region' commonly now refers to people (and culture, products, etc) of Indian sub-continent origins? 8. Whom did Forbes Magazine list as the most powerful woman in the Southern Hemisphere in 2011? 9. Unrelated, what is a set of slats and a museum? 10. What ship, whose name means thunderbolt, was Nelson's flagship 1799-1801, and later a training ship for boys? 26 11. The Showa period of Japan coincided with what Emperor's reign? 12. Michael Morpurgo, author of the children's book War Horse, on In state Luther which the 2012 Spielberg film (of the same name) is based, held what UK position from 2003-5? 13. What fashionable Mediterranean resort hosted the G20 international economics conference at the height of the Greek Euro membership crisis? 27 14. How many cubic metres is the space in a room four metres square and three metres high? 15. Which politician bowled faster than Dennis Lillee and Andy Roberts? 16. What element is also known as hydrargyrum? David shows around 17. Whose father wrote and sang the popular Secret Lemonade Drinker song in the award-winning British 1970s-80s R Whites Lemonade TV advert ? … Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details Newspapers Encyclopedia Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details
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Which gangster was killed, along with his partner, in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana on May 23rd 1934?
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On this Day in History… May 23rd: Bonnie and Clyde - Prof. Boerner's Explorations Prof. Boerner's Explorations by Gerald Boerner Today’s historical event is offered more as a disincentive rather than as a model. Stories glamorizing the gangster groups that ran wild during 20s and 30s, like Bonnie and Clyde, abound. They make great stories for movies. They offer opportunities to compare their exploits with legendary characters like Robin Hood. But these gangsters were at best “bad people” and at worst sociopaths. During the Prohibition and Great Depression of the early 20th century, these opportunists made the best of the trade in illegal alcohol, prostitution, gambling, and bank robbery. In many cases, as with Bonnie and Clyde, this also included the murder of innocent people and attacks against the institutions of our city, state, and federal governments. Our examination of Bonnie and Clyde today is not intended to glamorize them, but to present the essential facts about their lives, behaviors, and misdeeds. The consequences of their actions resulted in their brutal murders by authorities; they did not get to abuse our court system to avoid or delay justice. That is not to say that the people, police, state, or whomever should take the law into their own hands, but it does reflect upon the consequences of breaking the law. GLB “Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.” — Tim Robbins “I decided that if the police couldn’t catch the gangsters, I’d create a fellow who could.” — Chester Gould “The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.” — Stanley Kubrick “Westerns was why I got into the business. I grew up on a small farm in California and all I ever wanted to do was to play gangsters and cowboys in movies.” — Brion James “My strangest media moment a photo session they all had dressed up like 50 gangsters. That was pretty cool. We have to get some more of those kind of photos sometimes.” — Kerry King “George Raft may or may not have gone both ways, but he was very sensitive to what they said about him, and it was one factor why he decided to play all those gangsters in the movies.” — Cesar Romero “And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.” — Lord Acton “We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.” — Quincy Jones Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Parker (1910 – 1934) and Clyde Barrow (1909 – 1934) were well known outlaws, robbers and criminals who, with their gang, traveled the Central United States during the Great Depression. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during what is sometimes referred to as the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1934. Though known today for his dozen-or-so bank robberies, Barrow in fact preferred to rob small stores or rural gas stations. The gang is believed to have killed at least nine police officers and committed several civilian murders. They were eventually ambushed and killed in Louisiana by law officers. Their reputation was cemented in American pop folklore by Arthur Penn’s 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. Believed at the time to be a full participant in the gang’s crimes, Parker’s role has since been a source of controversy. While gang members W. D. Jones and Ralph Fults said they never saw her fire a gun and described her role as logistical, Jones also told investigators that she had fired a pistol at officers "two or three times" when he was deposed under arrest in 1933. By 1968, his recollection was that "during the five big gun battles I was with them, she never fired a gun. But I’ll say she was a hell of a loader." Youngest Barrow sister Marie made the same claim: "Bonnie never fired a shot. She just followed my brother no matter where he went." Parker’s reputation as a ci
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Gangster Films: Media Resources Center UCB Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Algiers (1938) Directed by John Cromwell. Cast: Charles Boyer, Hedy Lamarr, Sigrid Gurie, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale. Pepe Le Moko, a thief who escaped from France with a fortune in jewels, has for two years lived in, and virtually ruled, the mazelike, impenetrable Casbah, "native quarter" of Algiers. A French official insists that he be captured, but sly Inspector Slimane knows he need only bide his time. The suave Pepe increasingly regards his stronghold as also his prison, especially when he meets beautiful Parisian visitor Gaby, who reminds him of the boulevards to which he dare not return...and arouses the mad jealousy of Ines, his Algerian mistress. 96 min. DVD X519 UC users only Alibi (1924) Directed by Roland West. Cast: Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanor Griffith, Regis Toomey. A prohibition gangster rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls under suspicion and the detective squad employs its most sophisticated and barbaric techniques to bring him to justice. 84 min. DVD 8363 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) Directed by Anatole Litvak. Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart, Allen Jenkins, Donald Crisp, Gale Page. Dr. Clitterhouse wants to find out what makes a criminal tick. Eager to study the physical and mental states of lawbreakers, he joins a gang of jewel thieves. Rocks Valentine, an ice-blooded tough guy the doc calls "a magnificient speciment of pure viciousness," is part of the gang. Jo Keller is a savvy crime queen the doc hooks up with. Special features: Commentary by historians Dr. Drew Casper and Richard Jewell; Warner Night at the Movies 1938 short subjects gallery: vintage newsreel; Your true adventure series short "Night intruder;" musical short "Toyland casino;" classic cartoon "Count me out;" trailers; audio-only bonus: Edward G. Robinson in 2 radio show adaptations. 87 min. DVD X514 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database American Gangster (2007) Directed by Ridley Scott. Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Josh Brolin, Ted Levine, Armand Assante, John Ortiz, John Hawkes, RZA, Lymari Nadal, Roger Guenveur Smith. Disc one: Unrated extended version (177 min.) ; Original theatrical version (158 min.) -- Disc two: Special features (ca. 113 min.) -- Disc three: Special features (ca. 53 min.). Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in Harlem. He does so by buying heroin directly from a source in South East Asia. Lucas comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States and as a result, his product is superior to what is currently available on the street and his prices are lower. His alliance with the New York Mafia ensures his position. It is also the story of Richie Roberts, a dedicated and honest policeman who heads up a joint narcotics task force with the Federal government. Inspired by a true story. Special features: Disc one: Feature commentary with director Ridley Scott and writer Steven Zailian (Theatrical version only) ; Disc two: Deleted scenes including an alternate opening; "Fallen empire: making 'American gangster'"; Case files ; Disc three: Music videos: "Do you feel me (Remix)" performed by Anthony Hamilton featuring Ghostface Killah, "Blue magic" from Jay-Z's album "American gangster"; Hip-hop infusion featuring Common and T.I.; "The BET special: the making of 'American gangster'"; "Dateline NBC: 'American gangster' first look"; Theatrical trailer. 335 min. DVD 9554 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database The American Soldier (Der Amerikanische Soldat) (West Germany, 1970) Written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Cast: Karl Scheydt, Elga Sorbas, Jan George, Margarethe Von Trotta. Story about a charisma
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Forte - definition of forte by The Free Dictionary Forte - definition of forte by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/forte (fôr′tā′, fôrt) n. 1. Something in which a person excels: "His forte was in defusing negative rumors before they ever exploded into news accounts" (Jane Mayer). 2. The strong part of a sword blade, between the middle and the hilt. [French fort, from Old French, strong, from Latin fortis; see fort.] Usage Note: Forte, meaning "something in which a person excels" can be pronounced with one syllable, like the French word from which it is derived. It can also be pronounced with two syllables (fôr′tā′), which is probably the most common pronunciation in American English and was the choice of 74 percent of the Usage Panel in our 1996 survey. Some people dislike this two-syllable pronunciation, arguing that it properly belongs to the music term forte, which is derived from Italian. for·te 2 In a loud, forceful manner. Used chiefly as a direction. n. A note, passage, or chord played forte. [Italian, strong, forte, from Latin fortis; see bhergh-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] forte n 1. something at which a person excels; strong point: cooking is my forte. 2. (Fencing) fencing the stronger section of a sword blade, between the hilt and the middle. Compare foible [C17: from French fort, from fort (adj) strong, from Latin fortis] forte (Music, other) loud or loudly. Symbol: f n (Music, other) a loud passage in music [C18: from Italian, from Latin fortis strong] forte1 (fɔrt, foʊrt or, for 1, ˈfɔr teɪ) n. 1. a strong point, as of a person; an ability or role in which one excels; specialty. 2. the part of a sword or foil blade between the hilt and the middle. [1640–50; earlier fort < Middle French (see fort )] pron: In the sense of a person's strong point (She draws well, but sculpture is her forte), the older, historical pronunciation of forte is with one syllable: (fôrt) or (fōrt). Perhaps owing to confusion with the musical term forte, borrowed from Italian, a two-syllable pronunciation (fôr′tā) is increasingly heard, esp. from educated speakers, and is now also considered standard. for•te2 1. loud; with force (opposed to piano ). adv. 3. a passage that is loud and forcible, or is intended to be so. [1715–25; < Italian < Latin fortis strong] forte green fingers , green thumb - a special ability to make plants grow 2. fortissimo loudness , intensity , volume - the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume" music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner 3. forte - the stronger part of a sword blade between the hilt and the foible part , portion - something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together" sword , steel , blade , brand - a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard Adj. 1. piano , soft - used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the piano passages in the composition" Adv. piano , softly - used as a direction in music; to be played relatively softly forte [ˈfɔːtɪ] (US) [fɔːt] N (= strong point) → fuerte m (Mus) → forte m forte [ˈfɔːrteɪ ˈfɔːrti] n → (point m) fort m forte n (= strong point) → Stärke f, → starke Seite forte adj (= played loudly) → laut or forte gespielt ; (= sung loudly) → laut or forte gesungen forte [ˈfɔːtɪ] n → forte m 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: hard References in classic literature ? Haley 's a puttin' us in a way of a good job, I reckon; just hold still--these yer arrangements is my forte. View in context Know, that in the course of your future life you will often find yourself elected the involuntary confidant of your acquaintances' secrets: people will instinctively find out, as I have done, that it is not your forte to tell of yourself, but to listen while others talk of th
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Notes for the the first half of Unit 1 textbook - Music 10 with David Josephson at Brown University - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. Notes for the the first half of Unit 1 textbook Notes for the the first half of Unit 1 textbook Bryan C. File Size: 12 Views: 48 Related Textbooks: Advertisement Advertisement Instruments (string, woodwind, brass, percussion) Pizzicato- On bowed string instruments it is a method of playing by plucking the strings with the fingers, rather than using the bow. This produces a very different sound from bowing, short and percussive rather than sustained. On a keyboard string instrument, such as the piano, pizzicato may be employed (although rarely seen) as one of the variety of techniques involving direct manipulation of the strings known collectively as "string piano". On the guitar, it is a muted form of plucking, which bears an audible resemblance to pizzicato on a bowed string instrument with its relatively shorter sustain. For details of this technique, see palm mute. Viola - The viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello. The casual observer may mistake the viola for the violin because of their similarity in size, closeness in pitch range (the viola is a perfect fifth below the violin), and nearly identical playing position. However, the viola's timbre sets it apart: its rich, dark-toned sonority is more full-bodied than the violin's. The viola's mellow voice being frequently used for playing inner harmonies, it does not enjoy the wide solo repertoire or fame of the violin. It has a throaty quality in is lowest range range, from middle c down an octive Bass Viol- also called: Bass, string bass and double bass. This deep instrument is used to back up the violin family in the orchestra. However it differs from violins in construction and actually belongs to the viol family Harp- A harp is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the soundboard. As many other non-percussion instruments, it can also be used as a percussion instrument. [2] All harps have a neck, resonator and strings. Some, known as frame harps, also have a forepillar; those lacking the forepillar are referred to as open harps. Depending on its size (which varies considerably), a harp may be played while held in the lap or while stood on the floor. Harp strings can be made of nylon (sometimes wound around copper), gut (more commonly used than nylon), wire, or silk. A person who plays the harp is called a harpist or a harper. Folk and Celtic musicians often use the term "harper," whereas classical/pedal musicians use "harpist." Woodwinds= flute, piccolo, alto flute and bass flute, recorder, Clarinet, Oboe, E flat Clarinet, bsoon, Saxophone Brass= trumpet, French Horne, Trombone, Tuba, Brass Tuba (random ones: fluglhorn, cornet, baritone horne, euphonium, saxhorn, bugle Percussion = Timpani- Timpani (also known commonly as kettledrums or kettle drums) are musical instruments in the percussion family. A type of drum, they consist of a skin called a head stretched over a large bowl traditionally made of copper, and more recently, constructed of more lightweight fiberglass. They are played by striking the head with a specialized drum stick or timpani mallet. Unlike most drums, they are capable of producing an actual pitch when struck, and can be tuned, often with the use of a pedal mechanism to control each drum's range of notes. Timpani evolved from military drums to become a staple of the classical orchestra by the last third of the 18th century. Today, they are used in many types of musical ensembles including concert, marching percussion, and even some rock bands. Glockenspiel Xylophone Marimba Vibraphone Celesta Tubular bells or chimes Unpitched Percussion Cymbals Triangle Tam-tam Snare drum Tenor drum Brass drum Keyboard instrument Piano Harpsicord Clavicord Organ Electronic keyboard instruments Plucked string instrument
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With what sport is Frank Bruno associated?
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Bruno and me | Sport | The Guardian The Observer Bruno and me Kevin Mitchell spent months with Frank Bruno as they worked on his powerful autobiography. Here he reveals how the fighter was changed by his struggles with mental illness - and how candid he was about the torments of his life Sunday 6 November 2005 07.13 EST First published on Sunday 6 November 2005 07.13 EST Share on Messenger Close Frank Bruno smiled and laughter filled the room. 'I'm all talk sometimes,' he said. 'Not always, Frank,' I said. 'Sometimes I can't get a word out of you.' What are you like, I thought. What is it like to be Frank Bruno. He smiled and laughed some more, his head dropping to his knees as that boom-box basso-profundo bounced off the walls. Frank loves to laugh. We were sitting in a quiet corner of a health farm in Hertfordshire on the most pleasant of late summer afternoons. The sun leaked near-horizontally through the French doors, spilling across the fine old snooker table and over the rich carpet that snaked through the Edwardian pile owned by Frank's friend and host these past few months, Stephen Purdew. Tea cups tinkled in the drawing room next door and pink-faced women trying to wish their fat away padded through the hallways swathed in white towelling, on their way to the supple fingers of the waiting masseurs. We seemed a long way from trouble and pain. The smile slipped from Frank's face and he turned, professionally, towards the tape recorder again to get down the details of his life, from grim to hilarious. It was one of our final sessions. We had met first at his house in Stondon Massey, Essex, the previous Christmas and, in helping him with his autobiography, I came to know a good deal better a very public figure I had only ever known superficially. The Bruno other journalists and I used to know was a packaged commodity, a product of the boxing business. From 1982 until 1996, he had performed for us, quipping his way from the Albert Hall to the MGM Grand. We recycled his jokes, he made his millions and we were all happy. Except, as the world would learn, Frank wasn't as happy as he or we thought. The pressures of the fight game are not dissimilar to those that actors experience. Boxers are often shy and insecure - like many actors - and they learn how to pretend in public. They have to conquer their own doubts before they can beat an opponent, or please an audience. And they have to banish all thoughts of inadequacy. Frank had to be kidded he was a world-beater. Those guiding him in the early days - his manager Terry Lawless and Mickey Duff, the promoter - told him to trust nobody outside the team. They knew best. They told him what to say, how to dress - and how to fight. He was a quick learner. Even in defeat, Frank continued to believe. And he improved. He grew more cynical, too. But only rarely did the mask slip. He became a consummate actor. Frank, by nature a loner, earned his living in the most exposed and unforgiving environment. He had to shake off his fear and put his self-esteem on the line in a 20ft by 20ft harshly lit ring, watched by thousands of strangers. He did not just have to fight for his life and his living; the commercial imperatives of his business dictated that he had to be a gregarious and lovable ticket-seller; a character, a personality. After a while, this he did with alacrity and a certain charming gaucheness. So, that was the Bruno of the public imagination. From the outside looking in, his life seemed perfect. In 1995, at the fourth time of asking, he won the world heavyweight title. Loved for losing, he was now being rousingly cheered as a winner, the very acme of male triumph and physical perfection. He was the most cherished athlete in the country. He had money, an adoring wife who had known him when he had nothing and three adorable children. They lived in a mansion in the Essex countryside. And Frank was heavyweight champion of the world, joining a distinguished lineage that stretched back over a century and more. This is what he had striven for since he left the building sites of so
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The Treaty of San Francisco, which came into effect on April 28, 1952, officially ended what?
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San Francisco Peace Conference | World War II Database World War II Database Contributor: C. Peter Chen ww2dbaseOn 8 Sep 1951, representatives of 48 nations signed the Treaty of San Francisco at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, California, United States. When it would come into effect on 28 Apr 1952, peace became official between Japan and some of the Allied nations, and thus it represented the technical end of WW2 even though guns had been silent since 1945. It also allocated compensation from Japan to various Allied nations. ww2dbaseMost Allied nations (and nations formed from former Allied possessions such as the Philippines, Burma, and Lebanon, to name only a few) attended the conference and signed the treaty, there were several exceptions. Burma was invited, but did not send any representatives. China was not invited due to disagreements on whether the established but defeated Republic of China or the newly formed People's Republic of China represented the Chinese people. The Republic of China would sign a separate peace treaty with Japan in 1952. Czechoslovakia sent representatives, but it refused to enter into the treaty, following the footsteps of Soviet Union. India was invited, but did not send any representatives for that India thought the treaty was interfering with the future of Japanese sovereignty. India would sign a separate peace treaty with Japan in 1952. Italy was not invited. Korea was not invited due to disagreements on whether South Korea or North Korea represented the Korean people. Poland sent representatives, but it refused to enter into the treaty, following the footsteps of Soviet Union. Soviet Union sent representatives, but it refused to enter into the treaty due to disagreements with United States and United Kingdom. Soviet Union would not end the state of war with Japan until 1956. Yugoslavia was invited, but did not send any representatives. ww2dbaseOther Peace Treaties with Japan ww2dbaseOn 28 Apr 1952, the Republic of China and Japan signed the Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty, commonly known as the Treaty of Taipei, in which Japan renounced its rights to Taiwan, Pescadores (now Penghu) Islands, Spratly Islands, Paracel Islands. It came into effect on 5 Aug 1952, but Japan would denounce this treaty in 1972. ww2dbaseThe Treaty of Peace Between Japan and India was signed on 9 Jun 1952. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru had attended the San Francisco conference in 1951, but refused to sign due to his belief that the future of Japan's sovereignty was being violated by the harsh terms of the agreement. ww2dbaseSoviet Union, whose disagreements with United States and United Kingdom led to Soviet (as well as Czechoslovakian and Polish) representatives' refusal to sign the peace treaty in 1951, entered into the separate Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration in 1956, finally ending the state of war and restoring diplomatic relations. This declaration was understood by both sides to not be a peace treaty. ww2dbaseSource: Wikipedia San Francisco Peace Conference Interactive Map San Francisco Peace Conference Timeline
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Silicon Valley History & Future Source: "Education and Tech Entrepreneurship" by Vivek Wadhwa, Richard Freeman, Ben Rissing. Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, 2008 About 60 years ago, Stanford University had some financial problems. The authorities of university tried to resolve these problems by leasing part of the university land to high-tech companies for 99 years. Carolyn Tajnai clarified this point of Stanford's history in more detail: ' In the 1950's, the idea of building an industrial park arose. The university had plenty of land over 8,000 acres....but money was needed to finance the University's rapid postwar growth. The original bequest of his farm by Leland Stanford prohibited the sale of this land, but there was nothing to prevent its being leased. It turned out that long-term leases were just as attractive to industry as out right ownership; thus, the Stanford Industrial Park was founded. The goal was to create a center of high technology close to a cooperative university. It was a stroke of genius , and Terman, calling it ``our secret weapon,'' quickly suggested that leases be limited to high technology companies that might be benspanananficial to Stanford. In 1951 Varian Associates signed a lease, and in 1953 the company moved into the first building in the park. Eastman Kodak, General Electric, Preformed Line Products, Admiral Corporation, Shockley Transistor Laboratory of Beckman Instruments, Lockheed, Hewlett-Packard, and others followed soon after.' Fred Terman, The father of Silicon Valley by Carolyn Tajnai, 1995 According to Varian Associates it was a simple decision: 'Gradually, facilities were moved from leased quarters in San Carlos to a quiet corner of Stanford land, thus creating what is today the Company's headquarters site, and incidentally bringingi nto being the Stanford Industrial Park - the most successful complex of its kind in the world.' Source: Varian Associates: An Early History The First building of Silicon Valley First Varian Associates building, Stanford Industrial Park, Palo Alto, California, 1953. Source: 'Russell and Sigurd Varian - The Inventor and The Pilot', by Dorothy Varian. Palo Alto, 1983, p.258. The picture is reproduced here with Varian Associates permission since 1995. Is it a reasonable doubt or ... just invitation to the further discussion? Among the different organizations that were instrumental in the process of creating Silicon Valley the significant role was the Stanford Research Institute (SRI): After World War II, a great industrial push was under way to reinvigorate the economy. Founded by a small group of business executives in conjunction with Stanford University, Stanford Research Institute (our founding name) was created in 1946 as a West Coast center of innovation to support economic development in the region. The world's first digital computer (ENIAC, weighing in at 30 tons) was introduced, and in what is now known as Silicon Valley a three-bedroom home sold for $10,000. Source: SRI Timeline . Perhaps it was just one of the reasons why at least some of SRI people appeared to be very skeptical about the above photo of Silicon Valley's building #1. Alice Resnick Senior Director, Corporate and Marketing Communications SRI International wrote to us concerning this subject 31 Jan 2002 14:41:03 -0800: For example, SRI had a building in Menlo Park (one that we still occupy) in 1947, several years before what you call the 'The First building of Silicon Valley: First Varian Associates building, Stanford Industrial Park, Palo Alto, California, 1953' on your web page at http://netvalley.com/. In 1995 William Hewlett decided to described in more details his own concept of Silicon Valley's birth. Supernova of Silicon Valley: What does it mean? '...in Ju
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Which Caribbean island group has a reptilian name?
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Society for Caribbean Linguistics Figure 1 Q2. What is the political status of these territories? A. The majority are independent (including four republics — Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and Trinidad & Tobago), 5 are colonies of Great Britain (BWI), 5 belong to the Netherlands (N), and 3 are overseas departments (départements d'outre-mer) of France (F). Q3. Are Venezuela, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador considered part of the Caribbean? A. Yes, they are part of the continental or Greater Caribbean. They are traditionally seen as part of Latin America (to which the insular Hispanic territories of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic also belong). These eight Spanish-speaking countries are not traditionally included in the above listing (A.1) of Caribbean countries. List A.1 includes the physical islands of the archipelago (regardless of language affiliation), and the four "linguistic islands" (English, French and Dutch) in an Iberian "sea." (Latin America should really be called Iberian America, since although French is also a Latin language, French Guiana is not included in Latin America.) The four non-Iberian continental "islands" are Belize in Central America, and Guyana, Suriname and Guyane (French Guiana) in South America. (Note that Spanish is also spoken in English-official Belize.) South and Central America are often thought to be synonymous with Latin America, but they are not. Trinidad, for example, is geologically part of both the Caribbean and South America, but ceased to belong to Latin America upon British takeover in 1797–1802. The Association of Caribbean States ( ACS-AEC ) includes as member states most territories whose shores are washed by the Caribbean Sea. Included also are El Salvador on the Pacific side of Central America, and France because of its three overseas Départements ("departments") in the Caribbean and South America. (The USA is not included, although southern Florida — especially Miami — has strong cultural connections with the anglophone, francophone, hispanophone and créolophone Caribbean, and Georgia and the Carolinas share strong historical and sociolinguistic ties with the English-speaking Caribbean, and Louisiana with the French-speaking Caribbean.) Bermuda is not part of the Caribbean due to its location in the Atlantic, but is sometimes included in a listing of Caribbean countries because of common historical links with the Caribbean islands. Pre-Colombian Amerindians, including those who gave their name to the region, no doubt had their own worldview and way of organising their world. Geography Q4. Which are the Greater Antilles and which are the Lesser Antilles? A. The Greater Antilles comprise Cuba, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), Jamaica and Puerto Rico. The Lesser Antilles comprise the Leeward Islands , the Windward Islands , and Trinidad & Tobago. Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and Turks & Caicos to the north, and the ABC Islands to the south do not belong to any of these groupings. Q5. Which are the Leeward Islands and which are the Windward Islands? A. The Windward Islands comprise Grenada, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Martinique, and also Barbados. The Leeward Islands comprise Dominica (which was sometimes grouped with the Windwards), Guadeloupe and her dependencies (St. Martin, Marie-Galante and St.Barths), Montserrat, Antigua & Barbuda, St. Kitts-Nevis, Anguilla, the SSS Islands , and the Virgin Islands. The terms Windward and Leeward are also political terms. The term Eastern Caribbean often refers to the nine-member Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) which share a common currency, the EC dollar (Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Lucia, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, and also Anguilla, and the BVI). Q6. Which are the ABC Islands and the SSS Islands? A. The ABC Islands of the Southern Caribbean comprise Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. The latter two belong to the Netherlands Antilles (Aruba is independent), as do the SSS Is
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The Caribbean - Backpacking > Jamacia, Cuba, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada and Trinidad The Caribbean Trends since we started Caribbean Yeah Man. It is not cheap, it is not easy to island hop, few independently travel and small island nationals can be void of attractions. But we love it. Cuba and Jamaica are stand-out gems. Country Summaries North Africa Caribbean Islands - inc. Cuba & Jamaica . Wait. There is something different about this summary. With 13 independent island nations, god knows how many separate islands (over 7000!) and many more dependent [overseas territories] it just isn't practical to list country all countries with full summaries. So we have split this section by regions as much as we could since each region is pretty similar - the regions are explained to the right. There is one overview and summaries for the two biggest and most interesting countries ( Cuba and Jamaica ). There is also something different about the Caribbean too, in that travelling freely and independently (certainly on a budget) just isn't possible in the same way as in Asia, the Americas or Europe. As a region, despite the fact it is tough to get around, short on 'attractions' and expensive it is, in places, sensationally beautiful and impossible not to fall in love with. As always if you decide these are some of the countries you want to visit and need more planning information then you are strongly recommended to complement what you find here with a planning guide . Trust us it will make life much easier. If you are set on going and need a guidebook or reading material please see a list of recommended guides/books here (go on, have a look). All guides/books can be viewed in more detail and click-through purchased with Amazon in the UK, US or Canada. Plus shopping through the site is a big thank you (if you have been helped out), to see why click here . It is worth looking, if you have not already, at the example layout to see the guidelines each section of information is based on - or for other travel advice and site home head for www.travelindependent.info The Geography It is important to start with a little geography as 'the Caribbean' can be a pretty open term in which some include parts of Central and Latin America under. For the record we only cover Caribbean Islands here, which have four distinct regions: (working West to East and then South to North) - The Greater Antilles , that's Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola (Hispaniola being the island that is split between Haiti and Dominican Republic). After Puerto Rico (an American territory) as you hit the British and America Virgin Islands, you come to a large group of small islands known as the Leeward Islands (note, the Leeward Antilles are something else off Venezuela (the ABC islands not covered here). Here you'll find most of the small islands - a mecca for yachts - such as Saint Kitts and Nevis , Antigua and Montserrat. Then heading South towards South America you find the Windward Islands or Less Antilles - Dominica , Martinique Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada . The last in the chain, really part of South America, is Trinidad and Tobago. The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands are considered part of North America and because not so budget independent traveller friendly are more or less excluded from this page. The Leeward and windward are of course loose terms from an age long since passed and there are many examples of islands some consider in one or the other group. We just keep things simple here! Is it possible to travel independently (backpack) the Caribbean? The answer is both yes and no, depending on your expectations. Yes, in that as much as 'of course it is', you can travel virtually anywhere on the globe and there are some great destinations within the region. And no in that don't expect to hop from island to island freely and cheaply. In fact if
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Which silent comedy star appears in the the famous clock-hanging scene in the 1923 film ‘Safety Last’?
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Safety Last Movie Review & Film Summary (1923) | Roger Ebert Tweet It is by general agreement the most famous shot in silent comedy: a man in a straw hat and round horn-rim glasses, hanging from the minute hand of a clock 12 stories above the city street. Strange, that this shot occurs in a film few people have ever seen. Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last" (1923), like all of his films, was preserved by the comedian but rarely shown; having been through most of Charlie Chaplin and virtually everything by Buster Keaton , I viewed it for the first time last week, and it was my first Harold Lloyd. Others now have their chance, as a retrospective of Lloyd's work, meticulously restored, tours the country in advance of a DVD package. Advertisement Lloyd was "the third genius," the silent film historian Kevin Brownlow declared in a documentary of the same name. Lloyd's films outgrossed those of Chaplin and Keaton in the '20s, if only because he made many more than Chaplin, and his everyman appealed to a wider audience than Keaton. But he is not a genius in their sense, creating comedy out of inspiration and instinct and an angle on the world. "He had to think it all out," Walter Kerr says of Lloyd in his invaluable 1975 book The Silent Clowns. "Lloyd was an ordinary man, like the rest of us: ungrotesque, uninspired. If he wanted to be a successful film comedian, he would have to learn how to be one, and learn the hard way." Lloyd played an early would-be Chaplin character named Lonesome Luke, then saw a silent film where the character calmly replaced his glasses after an action scene, and adopted the glasses as his own. To the degree Lloyd's famous character has a name at all, it is "Glasses," and in "Safely Last," he is billed merely as The Boy. The glasses make distinct a face that is otherwise pleasant, even handsome, but not remarkable in the way that Keaton's deadpan gaze and Chaplin's toothbrush moustache are distinctive. Advertisement Nor was Lloyd's character remarkable -- not in the sense of Chaplin's Little Tramp, whose every movement expressed an attitude toward life, or Keaton's characters, always on the run, always deadly earnest about goals of overwhelming importance. The Glasses character in "Safety Last" would have blended with the background of the department store where he worked if it had not been for action imposed upon him. But what action! The plot: The Boy promises the Girl (Mildred Davis, Lloyd's real-life wife) that he will go to the city, make good and send for her. He gets a lowly job as a dry goods clerk, but impresses her with such inventive letters that she hurries to the city to join him. The Boy poses as the manager of the store, is exposed and decides to risk everything for a $1,000 prize offered to anyone who can lure more traffic to the store. His idea: Have his roommate (Bill Strother), a human fly, climb the building. This is a splendid idea, as far as it goes. It doesn't take into account that the roommate has earlier angered a cop (the silent veteran Noah Young) and escaped from him by climbing up the side of the building. Now, as the roommate prepares to repeat the stunt, the cop appears and gives chase, and The Boy is forced to substitute as the climber. The theory is that the roommate will replace him on the second floor, or the third, or sooner or later, but Glasses ends up scaling the entire building, despite hazards on every floor. A child showers him with peanuts, which attract hungry pigeons. A mouse climbs up his pants leg. A window swings out and almost brushes him to his death. A weathervane changes direction and nearly dooms him. And finally there he is, hanging from the clock. A little later, he does some remarkably casual walking or even dancing on the building's roof ledge. Advertisement It looks real. That is the whole point. It seems to really be Harold Lloyd, really climbing the building, over a real drop that would be fatal. Kerr emphasizes in his book: "virtually every shot in it keeps the street below in view." Well, was it Lloyd? It certainly wasn't special effects, which w
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Sherlock Holmes | Film review | Film | The Guardian Sherlock Holmes Saturday 26 December 2009 19.05 EST First published on Saturday 26 December 2009 19.05 EST Share on Messenger Close Everyone has their favourite Sherlock Holmes impersonator, as well as their favourite Holmes story, novel and film. For me the best Holmes is the one played on stage in 1974 by John Wood. But I admire Jeremy Brett's on TV and retain immense affection for Basil Rathbone, the first Sherlock I saw, partly because he looks like the Sidney Paget illustrations, and partly because he has the right combination of intelligence, wit, poise and world-weariness. I later came to wish that Rathbone had a better companion than Nigel Bruce's dithering, dim-witted Dr Watson. My favourite story is a toss-up between "The Red-Headed League" (which Woody Allen drew on for Small Time Crooks) and "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" (I once had the privilege of showing its Hampstead setting to blind Conan Doyle fan Jorge Luis Borges), and my favourite novel is The Sign of Four. My favourite adapted film is the 1939 Hound of the Baskervilles, my non-canonical one Billy Wilder's immaculate, elegiac The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, which I would love to see restored to the three-hour-plus version that only its producers have seen. So where does Ritchie's film fit in? Well, it's written by two young screenwriters (Michael Robert Johnson and Anthony Peckham) who clearly know the stories, and it takes place in a realistic, handsomely designed Victorian London where Tower Bridge is still under construction. Jude Law is a suitably sober yet dashing Watson. Robert Downey Jr is an intelligent Holmes, though his diction (seemingly based on studying Anthony Hopkins and Patrick McGoohan) is strained and not always easy to follow, and he's invariably ill-shaven and as badly turned out as Raskolnikov. The one dislikable aspect of Billy Wilder's film – its crude jokes about a suspected homosexual liaison between Holmes and Watson – is here blown up into a tiresome running gag, in which the pair bicker like an old married couple, have lovers' tiffs and argue about who's wearing whose clothes. The invented story is another of those grand conspiracy thrillers, where an ancient secret society (the Masons in all but name) employs witchcraft and allies in high places in their attempt to take over the world, with the House of Lords their first target. The villain, Lord Blackwood (chillingly played by Mark Strong), is a cross between Hannibal Lecter, Count Dracula and a leading member of the Hellfire Club. Also involved are Holmes's old flame Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams) and, more remotely, his old enemy Professor Moriarty. A cross between a Dennis Wheatley black magic novel and The Da Vinci Code, it's more a brown study than A Study in Scarlet. There is also far too much violence (both slow-motion and speeded-up) and too many frenetic chases. Unendearing, then, but not unentertaining.
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Which actor plays Father Brown in the latest T.V. series?
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Father Brown (TV Series 2013– ) - 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 Series inspired by the stories of GK Chesterton; a Catholic priest has a knack for solving mysteries in his English village. Creators: Bunty Lady Felicia's niece is suspected of murder while being looked after by Father Brown. 9.0 On the day that Father Brown is visiting Gloucester University to see his old friend Professor Hilary Ambrose, a man suffering from memory loss, a medal from the university's trophy cabinet is stolen... 8.8 Father Brown attends an exhibition of Agnes Lesser's dioramas of murder scenes, which have helped the police solve crimes. She is also seeking his, and other guest's, help to ascertain how exactly ... 8.7 a list of 25 titles created 18 May 2014 a list of 47 titles created 24 Sep 2015 a list of 30 titles created 11 months ago a list of 58 titles created 8 months ago a list of 36 titles created 6 months ago Search for " Father Brown " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. A Cambridgeshire clergyman finds himself investigating a series of mysterious wrongdoings in his small village of Grantchester. Stars: James Norton, Robson Green, Morven Christie Death in Paradise (TV Series 2011) Crime | Drama | Mystery A British inspector is transferred to Saint-Marie's police department, but he hates the sun, sea, and sand. The series follow his investigations into murders on the island. Later series see another British DI head the investigative team. Stars: Danny John-Jules, Elizabeth Bourgine, Sara Martins Midsomer Murders (TV Series 1997) Crime | Drama | Mystery A veteran DCI and his young sergeant investigate murders around the regional community of Midsomer County. Stars: John Nettles, Jane Wymark, Barry Jackson Set in the 1960s, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford. Stars: Shaun Evans, Roger Allam, James Bradshaw Inspector Robert Lewis and Sergeant James Hathaway solve the tough cases that the learned inhabitants of Oxford throw at them. Stars: Kevin Whately, Laurence Fox, Clare Holman With her caustic wit and singular charm, DCI Vera Stanhope and her trusted right-hand man DS Joe Ashworth face a series of captivating murder mysteries set against the breathtaking Northumberland landscape. Stars: Brenda Blethyn, Jon Morrison, David Leon Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series 2004) Crime | Drama | Mystery An elderly spinster living in the village of St Mary Mead helps her friends and relatives solve mysterious murders. Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Julia McKenzie, Stephen Churchett Our female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit. Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt Set amongst the stunning gardens of Europe, Rosemary Boxer and Laura Thyme, two professional gardeners, find themselves drawn into solving mysterious crimes. Stars: Felicity Kendal, Pam Ferris, Ryan Philpott Inspector George Gently (TV Series 2007) Crime | Drama | Mystery With the help of DS John Bacchus, Inspector George Gently spends his days bringing to justice members of the criminal underworld who are unfortunate enough to have the intrepid investigator assigned to their cases. Stars: Martin Shaw, Lee Ingleby, Simon Hubbard Inspector Morse has an ear for music, a taste for beer and a nose for crime. He sets out with Sergeant Lewis to solve each intriguing case. Stars: John Thaw, Kevin Whately, James Grout New Tricks (TV Series 2003) Comedy | Crime | Drama Three retired police officers are drafted in to solve cold cases, with a touch of comedy and drama Stars: Dennis
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Richard Briers: TV Shows Starring Richard Briers G Options B Comments & Embed 1 Alias the Jester Richard Briers, Jimmy Hibbert, Brian Wilde Alias the Jester was a British animated series created by Cosgrove Hall Films, airing in 13 episodes on ITV starting on 13 November 1985. The show also aired during the Australian Broadcasting ; 2 All in Good Faith Richard Briers, Barbara Ferris, John Woodvine All in Good Faith is a British sitcom that aired on ITV from 1985 to 1988. Starring Richard Briers, it was written by John Kane. All in Good Faith was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. ; Bird Bath Richard Briers 4 Bob the Builder Chris Evans, Richard Briers, Greg Proops Bob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series Bob appears as a building contractor specializing in masonry in a stop motion animated ; 5 Brothers In Law Richard Briers, Richard Waring Brothers in Law is a British television series inspired by the 1955 comedy novel Brothers in Law by Henry Cecil Leon. It first aired on the BBC in thirteen half-hour episodes between 17 April and 10 ; Dad (2005) Richard Briers 7 Down to Earth Kyle Richards, Dick Sargent, Rip Taylor Down to Earth is an American fantasy situation comedy series that ran on Superstation TBS from 1984 to 1987. The series was originally produced by The Arthur Company, and later, by Procter & ; 8 Ever Decreasing Circles Richard Briers^! Penelope Wilton^! Peter Egan Ever Decreasing Circles is a British situation comedy which ran on BBC1 for four series from 1984 to 1989. It was written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey, and it reunited them with Richard Briers, the ; Goodbye Mr Kent Richard Briers, Hannah Gordon 10 If You See God, Tell Him Richard Briers, Adrian Edmondson, Imelda Staunton If You See God, Tell Him is a black comedy television series starring Richard Briers, Adrian Edmondson, and Imelda Staunton. Written by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, it was first broadcast on ; 11 Marriage Lines Richard Briers, Prunella Scales, Edward de Souza Marriage Lines is a British television sitcom first broadcast between 1961 and 1966. The series gave Richard Briers and Prunella Scales, its lead stars, a significant boost in their careers. At first ; 12 Monarch of the Glen Richard Briers, Susan Hampshire, Dawn Steele Monarch of the Glen is a British drama television series produced by Ecosse Films for BBC Scotland and broadcast on BBC One for seven series between 2000 and 2005. The Monarch of the Glen television ; My Appalling School Report Richard Briers 14 Noah and Nelly in the SkylArk Richard Briers, Peter Hawkins Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk is a children's cartoon series produced by Bob Godfrey's Movie Emporium. ; One-Upmanship Richard Briers, Frederick Jaeger, Peter Jones One-Upmanship is a TV program. 16 Roobarb Richard Briers Roobarb is a British animated children's television programme, originally shown on BBC1 just before the evening news. Each cartoon, written by Grange Calveley and animated by Bob Godfrey, was about ; Tall Stories Richard Briers, Michael Hordern 18 The Good Life Richard Briers, Felicity Kendal, Penelope Keith The Good Life is a British sitcom, produced by BBC television. It ran from 1975 to 1978 and was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. Opening with the midlife crisis faced by Tom Good, a 40-year-old ; The Other One Michael Gambon, Richard Briers 20 Watership Down John Hurt, Stephen Fry, Dawn French Watership Down is a British-Canadian animated television series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Richard Adams. It was a co-production of Alltime Entertainment of the United Kingdom and ;
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What was Jesus Christ according to the Rice / Lloyd Webber show?
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Jesus Christ Superstar: Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical goes from ‘evil brew’ to family TV in ITV1's Superstar - Telegraph TV and Radio Jesus Christ Superstar: Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical goes from ‘evil brew’ to family TV in ITV1's Superstar As Andrew Lloyd Webber's ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ gets the talent-show treatment in ITV1's 'Superstar', Matthew Sweet recalls the hostility it once aroused. The film version of Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), with Ted Neeley, far right, as Jesus. By Matthew Sweet 7:30AM BST 06 Jul 2012 It was “a witches’ brew of anti-black and anti-Semitic venom”. It was “evil… rotten to the core”. It was “demeaning” and “nothing less than a catastrophe”. And now it’s back, as a massive arena spectacular and a Saturday night talent show presented by Amanda Holden. Sir Tim Rice and Lord [Andrew] Lloyd Webber’s 1971 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar is a four-decade phenomenon. Seven million albums sold; productions in 41 countries; an Oscar-nominated movie adaptation; “the biggest media parley in showbiz history,” according to Variety. But it also deserves another, less obvious accolade. Thanks to its portrayal of its hero as a fallible figure uncertain of his own divinity, Jesus Christ Superstar remains the most protested-against work in the history of musical theatre – and these protests are still being made. The show was banned last month in Belarus after a campaign by Orthodox prelates, who claimed to be acting on the wishes of “insulted believers”. Its 2011 tour of Ireland was picketed by Presbyterian ministers who denounced it as “an utter blasphemy” produced by “two sinful, blinded, benighted sinners”. In 2008, a Texan Baptist declared: “Every born-again Christian should readily recognise the evil of Jesus Christ Superstar, and should shun it like the plague.” One for the poster, perhaps. Starting next Saturday, British television is to provide the show’s enemies with more pulpit material. The new arena staging will discover its leading man through the quasi-judicial process familiar to viewers of the phone-ins that have procured Lloyd Webber a Maria, a Nancy, a Joseph and a Dorothy. It’s called Superstar. And if you just imagined the shiny face of Holden bellowing “You could be Jesus!” at sweaty hopefuls, then you’re not the first to have the thought. Like Luther railing against the sale of indulgences, Rice has denounced the television adjunct to the production as “tasteless” and “downmarket”. Has this schism been confected as bait for showbiz hacks? Related Articles Melanie C and Chris Moyles join the cast of Jesus Christ Superstar 16 May 2012 Apparently not. If Rice doesn’t like the winner, he’ll veto the casting, as is his right. It’s one of those ironic reversals of history – the rock opera accused of blasphemy is now a canonical text that demands deferential treatment. In the West End offices of Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Theatre Company, evidence of the rich history of Jesus Christ Superstar has been carefully preserved. The files record that its producer, the wily Robert Stigwood, arranged for a gaggle of bishops to see the show before the critics; that Norman Jewison, the film’s director, wanted to cast Paul McCartney as Jesus and crucify him on a Californian rubbish dump. With admirable impartiality, the archive also retains a bulletin by Frederic Brussat, a minister in the United Church of Christ, which concludes its seven-page demolition of the 1971 Broadway production with a quote borrowed from J D Salinger: “Old Jesus probably would’ve puked if He could see it.” When I track him down 41 years later, Brussat, now running a multi-faith group, is surprised by the ferocity of his younger self. “A lot of the songs have people wondering who Jesus is. It’s that which makes me think Rice was ahead of his time with his emphasis on Jesus’s humanity.” Not all, however, are willing to recant. In 1973, Marc Tanenbaum, the director of inter-religious affairs on the American Jewish Committee, commissioned a line-by-line analysis of Rice’s lyrics that concluded Jesus Christ Superstar wa
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December 1960 - Virtual Newsstand - Comic Book Plus Next » December - African and Malagasy Organisation for Economic Cooperation (OAMCE) (Organisation Africain et Malagache de Coopération Économique) is established. - Édith Piaf's recording of "Non, je ne regrette rien" is released in France. December 1 - Patrice Lumumba, the deposed premier of the Republic of the Congo, is arrested by the troops of Colonel Joseph Mobutu. - A Soviet satellite containing live animals and plants is launched into orbit. Due to a malfunction it burns up during re-entry. December 2 - The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, talks with Pope John XXIII for about one hour in Vatican City. This is the first time that any chief of the Anglican Church had ever visited the Pope. - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the use of $1.0 million for the relief and resettlement of Cuban refugees, who had been arriving in Florida at the rate of about 1,000 per week. December 4 - The admission of Mauritania to the United Nations vetoed by the Soviet Union. December 5 - Pierre Lagaillarde, who led the insurrections in 1958 and 1960 in Algeria, fails to appear in court in Paris, France. He had reportedly[citation needed] fled with his four fellow defendants to Spain en route to Algeria. - Boynton v. Virginia: The Supreme Court declares that segregation in public transportation is illegal in the United States. December 7 - The United Nations Security Council is called into session by the Soviet Union in order to consider Soviet demands for the Security Council to seek the immediate release of the former Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba. December 8 - For the first time, the Mary Martin Peter Pan is presented as a stand-alone two-hour special on NBC instead of as part of an anthology series. This version, rather than being presented live, is shown on videotape, enabling NBC to repeat it as often as they wish without having to restage it. Although nearly all of the adult actors repeat their original Broadway roles, all of the original children have, ironically, outgrown their roles and are replaced by new actors. December 9 - French President Charles de Gaulle's visit to Algeria is bloodied by European and Muslim rioters in Algeria's largest cities. These riots caused 127 deaths. - The classic British TV series Coronation Street premieres. Planned as a 13-part drama, it becomes such a success among viewers it continues to be shown five times per week through 2012. December 11 - MGM's The Wizard of Oz is rerun on CBS only a year after its previous telecast, thus beginning the tradition of annual telecasts of the film. December 12 - The Supreme Court of the United States upholds a lower Federal Court ruling that the State of Louisiana's laws on racial segregation laws are unconstitutional, and overturns them. December 13 - While Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia visits Brazil, his Imperial Bodyguard leads a military coup against his rule, proclaiming that the emperor's son, Crown Prince Asfa Wossen, is the new emperor. - The countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua announce the formation of the Central American Common Market. - The U.S. Navy's Commander Leroy Heath (pilot) and Lieutenant Larry Monroe (bombardier/navigator) establish a world flight-altitude record of 91,450 feet (27,874 m), with payload, in an A-5 Vigilante bomber carrying 1,000 kg (2,200 lb), and better the previous world record by over four miles (6 km). December 14 - Antoine Gizenga proclaims in Republic of the Congo, that he has taken over as the premier. December 15 - King Mahendra of Nepal deposes the democratic government there and he takes direct control himself. - King Baudouin of Belgium marries Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragon. December 16 - Secretary of State Christian Herter announces that the United States will commit five nuclear submarines and eighty Polaris missiles to the defense of the NATO countries by the end of 1963. - New York air disaster: a United Airlines DC-8 collides in mid-air with a T
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‘You’re doing fine’ is the call for which Bingo number?
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Bingo Calls - Eyes down for all you need to know about the game of Bingo Bingo Calls Traditional bingo calls Bingo calls have been an essential part of the game of bingo for years. It is hard to say when the bingo calls we know today were introduced. But we know they were already in use when bingo become popular in the 1960s. In recent years the bingo halls have struggled to survive which is obviously not good news for us bingo players. Less bingo halls means less competition and less choice. On the positive side the world of online bingo has emerged in recent years presenting a wealth of choice. Although there is a multitude out there, we follow them all pretty closely and keep our eyes open (and down!) for the best sites and promotions. Below are our top 5 recommended bingo sites. Bingo Site Keep coming back to us because we update this information regularly as promotions change. Traditional Bingo Calls Words or phrases in brackets after a bingo call refer to the traditional shouted response from the bingo players. This is sometimes known as bingo lingo. You will also find that some bingo calls refer to more than one number – such as ‘Danny LaRue’. There is no ‘correct’ way round to call the numbers. Some bingo callers will call the number and then the saying. Others will call the saying then the number. But most will mix them as certain bingo calls just ‘sound right’ a certain way. Those calls listed below tend to be British in origin. Though anyone looking closely at the history of bingo will see that it has been – and still is – played all over the world. While this site as a whole tends to concentrate upon bingo sites UK , there are also many other quality bingo operators available where you can choose from many bingo games . The games themselves will be similar in that 90 ball bingo (the British version) and 75 ball bingo (the U.S. version) tend today to be available on all sites along with 80 ball bingo, speed bingo and many other variations. 1 : Kelly’s eye | at the beginning | buttered scone 2 : one little duck | me and you | Little Boy Blue 3 : you and me | cup of tea | one little flea | goodness me 4 : knock at the door | the one next door 5 : man alive | one little snake 6 : Tom Mix | chopsticks | Tom’s tricks | half a dozen | chopping sticks 7 : lucky | one little crutch | God’s in Heaven 8 : garden gate | one fat lady | she’s always late | Golden Gate 9 : doctor’s orders | doctor’s joy 10 : David’s den | uncle Ben | cock and hen 11 : legs 12 : one dozen | monkey’s cousin 13 : unlucky for some | bakers dozen | the Devil’s number 14 : the lawnmower | Valentines day 15 : young and keen 17 : often been kissed | dancing queen | old Ireland 18 : coming of age | now you can vote 19 : end of the teens | goodbye teens 20 : one score 21 : key of the door | royal salute 22 : two little ducks (quack quack) | ducks on a pond | dinkie-doo 23 : The Lord is My Shepherd | thee and me | a duck and a flea 24 : knock at the door | two dozen 25 : duck and dive 26 : half a crown | pick and mix | bed and breakfast 27 : duck and a crutch | gateway to heaven 28 : in a state | overweight | The Old Braggs | a duck and its mate 29 : rise and shine | in your prime | you’re doing fine 30 : Dirty Gertie | Burlington Bertie 31 : get up and run 32 : buckle my shoe 50 : half a century | bullseye | Hawaii five oh 51 : tweak of the thumb | The Highland Div 52 : Danny La Rue | The Lowland Div | pack of cards | weeks in a year 53 : here comes Herbie (beep beep) | stuck in a tree | The Welsh Div | the joker 54 : house with a bamboo door | clean the floor 55 : snakes alive | bunch of fives 56 : Shotts bus | was she worth it? (she was) 57 : Heinz | Heinz varieties | beans means Heinz 58 : make them wait | choo cho
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UK television adverts 1955-1985 Breads, spreads, biscuits, crackers, cakes Anchor Butter (1): c.1970 There’s an Anchor sign on Britain’s favourite butter, It’s the Anchor sign that tells you it’s the best. If you like your bread and butter, There’s no other word you’ll utter ’Cos you’ll always want the butter With the Anchor sign! (A little butter sailor singing and dancing to a hornpipe tune) Anchor Butter (2): 1982 Didn’t we have a lov-er-ly time Those far off days with Anchor? Salmon and cucumber butties for you Something cheesy — ain’t it breezy? Somebody’s seen the butler machine! Kiss-me-quick and donkeys So far away — and I Anchor today For those days gone by. You’ve got to Anchor for the real taste of butter! Tune: “Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor”] Anchor Butter (3) There’s an anchor sign on Britain’s favourite butter, It’s the anchor sign that tells you it’s the best. If you want your bread and butter there’s no other name you’ll utter ’Cos Britain’s favourite butter has the Anchor sign Everybody loves it ’cos it tastes so nice, Housewives like it for the lovely price. If you want your bread and butter there’s no other name you’ll utter ’Cos Britain’s favourite butter has the Anchor sign! Big T bread: 1970s Big T, Big T Roll, Big T, Big T in a ba-ag! (The wrapping was one of the first plastic bag types, which eventually almost replaced wax paper) Blue Band Margarine It’s a good good feeling! Breakaway chocolate biscuit: c.1972 With Eric Idle’s “nudge nudge” advert adapted from Monty Python Breakaway. The milk chocolate suggestive biscuit. Burton’s Bingo caramel bar Sung by Joe Brown in a cockney accent in skiffle style, to the tune of "What a crazy world we’re living in." Burton’s made a biscuit, Favver said "By jingo!" "Muvva’s played a blinder son, she’s gone and bought some Bingo". Sister can’t resist ’em, with all that Ca-Ra-Mel When ’er boyfriend asks for some she says “You go and buy yer own!” Joe: So do your mouth a favour, and listen you yer ma, Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar Sister: With lovely chocolate! Joe: Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar Father: With crispy wafer! Joe: Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar And give us anuvver muvver! Butter (1): 1950s Lady (giving man a sandwich): Here you are. It’s butter too. Real butter. Man: Mmmm: wonderful! Lady: Only butter tastes like butter. Voiceover: Buy some extra butter this week. Butter (2): 1960s With Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier AL: What are you doing with that teacake? JLM: Nothing; nothing at all really. AL: You are looking to see if it has got butter in it, aren't you? Well, has it? JLM: It's rather difficult to say. AL: Well, don't keep staring at it. Taste it. That's the only way to tell if there's butter in it JLM: Mmmm. Beautiful butter. AL: Thank goodness for that. Voiceover: Butter tastes so much better. Cadbury’s Chocolate Biscuits: 1950s Good to eat and good for you … Cadbury’s Chocolate Biscuits. Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (1): 1960s They’re singular, they’re fingular, They’re biscuits without any bends, They’re long and little, they start at the middle And come to a stop at the ends. They’re long and thin With a chocolate skin — Like sticks in chocolate silk But the most singular thing In a finger is … Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (2) Well I got these chocolate fingers now And I know they’re gonna please, They sure taste good, well I knew they would, ’Cos they’re made by Cadbury’s. Well those fingers sure go quickly, And I tell you kids they should, ’Cos when Cadbury’s make the chocolate, It sure makes those fingers good So the next time you buy fingers, Make sure they’re just like these, ’Cos the chocolate makes the fingers, And the chocolate’s Cadbury’s! Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (3) [Child trying to fit Cadbury’s chocolate fingers between his own fingers bites the end off to make it fit]: Why are you so clever, Brian? Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (4) Brian (counting chocolate fingers in a box): “Firty-one, firty-two …. Younger friend: Wha’ ya doin’ Brian? Brian: I'm counting Cadburys chocolate fin
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What crop was farmed by Jimmy Carter?
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Boyhood Farm | Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm Research “My life on the farm during the Great Depression more nearly resembled farm life of fully 2,000 years ago than farm life today. I have reflected on it often since that time; social eras change at their own curious pace, depending on geography and technology and a host of other factors. It is incredible with what speed those changes have totally transformed both the farming methods and the very life-style I knew in my boyhood.” -Jimmy Carter, 1975 Our Childhood Home “Our farm was at Archery, about three miles west of Plains, Georgia. Of course, Archery was not incorporated or organized in any way; it was just the name of the rural community and train stop.” – Jimmy Carter, 1975 Earl Carter with his children Jimmy, Ruth, and Gloria in front of the store. The day the Carter family moved to the farm in 1928 was memorable. Earl Carter forgot his house key and had hi 4-year-old son Jimmy crawl through a window to open the front door. The family never remembered the door being locked again. The home has been restored to its appearance, just before electricity was installed in 1938. “When electricity came to the farm,” Jimmy Carter recalled, “an almost unbelievable change took place in our lives.” This farm was home to Jimmy Carter until he departed for college in 1941. The Carters grew peanuts, cotton, and sugar cane as cash crops. They also raised vegetables and livestock on this 360-acre farm. The store adjacent to the Carter home contained various rural necessities for sale: canned goods, coffee, lamp wicks, kerosene, soap, lard, tobacco, overalls, shoes, flour, sugar, cornmeal, castor oil, and homemade syrup. Earl Carter also sold hams, pork shoulders, and sausage which had been cured in the smokehouse. Farm workers and neighbors could buy their goods on credit and settle their bill on payday, which was Saturday. Farm animals were tended such as cows, guinea hens, ducks, geese, and pigs. Jimmy also had his own pets to take care of such as dogs, Shetland ponies, and occasional calves and pigs for Future Farmer of America projects. Dogs were constant companions; they were used for playmates and also for hunting squirrels, rabbits, coons, possums, and other small game. Although chores kept the family busy, there was always time for recreational activities. A clay tennis court was located between the house and the store. The Carter family was known for its competitive spirit. The girls had a playhouse adjacent to the Carter home. Fishing hunting, reading, playing with homemade toys, and listening to their father’s battery-powered radio were also favorite pastimes. The Community Around Us “In the undefined community of Archery, there lived two permanent families who were white, one my own family and the other that of the Seaboard Railroad section foreman. There were usually one or two more transient white families and about twenty-five black families in the community.” – Jimmy Carter, 1975 The town of Plains was for the Carter children the center of commerce, education, and Jimmy riding his horse Lady Lee alongside his dog, Sam. religion. During his childhood Jimmy Carter didn’t consider himself part of the Plains society, but always thought of himself as a visitor when he entered what he called that “metropolitan” community. He attended his school and church in town and could even travel to nearby Americus on occasion, but his life was mostly tied to his home in Archery. The small rural community consisted of a train stop, the St. Mark African-Methodist-Episcopal (A.M.E.) church (located 1/2-mile southwest of the Carter home), a school for black youth, and houses used for railroad employees. This school for black youth, known as the Johnson Home Industrial College, offered primary, high school, and vocational classes to male and female African-American students. Classes taught job skills to enable students to obtain careers other than farming. Life On The Farm “My black playmates were the ones who joined me in the field work that was suitable for younger boys. We were the ones w
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Bill Clinton: Life Before the Presidency—Miller Center About the Administration William Jefferson Clinton spent the first six years of his life in Hope, Arkansas, where he was born on August 19, 1946. His father, William Jefferson Blythe, had died in an auto accident several months before his mother, Virginia Cassidy Blythe, gave birth to the future President. Raised in the home of his grandmother, Edith Cassidy, Bill's early years were dominated by two strong women, who often competed for his attention. His mother, a vivacious and fun-loving free spirit, was often away from home taking nursing classes in New Orleans. It was during those periods that his grandmother, a temperamental and strong-willed disciplinarian, tried to shape her grandson's character—and taught him to be a very early reader. Bill later remembered loving both women during that time of his life but feeling torn between them as a young mediator of their arguments. In 1950, Bill's mother married Roger Clinton, a car dealer and abusive alcoholic. The family moved to Hot Springs, Arkansas, a bustling resort town an hour away. (She later divorced Roger Clinton when Bill was fifteen, only to remarry him quickly thereafter.) Again, Clinton had to intervene between two adults engaged in violent arguments. As a teenager, Bill excelled in school and showed a passion for politics. He played saxophone in a high school band and especially loved the gospel music of his Baptist faith. The fun of gambling dens and mineral spas competed for Bill's attention with Baptist churches and politics. But while his mother went to the racetracks on Sunday, Bill attended church, principally to hear the music he loved. In this small community, Bill was widely recognized as a young man of rare talent and ambition. An Education for Leadership Hot Springs High School, although a segregated all-white school, stood heads above most public schools in Arkansas. School Principal Johnnie Mae Mackey—another strong woman in Clinton's life—recruited staff committed to producing leaders who thought of personal success in terms of public service. Clinton became her brightest protégé. It was under her mentoring that Clinton was sent to Washington, D.C., as one of two Arkansas delegates to Boy's Nation, an imitation political convention sponsored by the American Legion. While there, the seventeen-year-old Clinton was captured in a historic photograph shaking hands with his political idol, President John F. Kennedy, in the White House Rose Garden. That July 1963 handshake later symbolized the continuity between the Kennedy 1960s and the Clinton 1990s. Ever since he was child, Clinton's mother had told him that he would some day be President of the United States. The Kennedy handshake left Clinton determined to fulfill her prediction. (Virginia Clinton lived to see her son become President, dying in 1994 of cancer.) Upon graduation from high school in 1964, Clinton left Little Rock to attend Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. An international affairs major, he managed to cover his expenses through scholarships and by working part-time jobs. At this Catholic-sponsored, well-heeled institution, the student body clearly looked upon Clinton as an outsider from backwoods Arkansas. Although a clique of students running the newspaper discouraged Clinton's efforts to contribute to the school, his energy, dashing good looks, and personal charm pushed him to the top in student government. He won the presidency of his freshman and sophomore classes. In his junior year, Clinton ran for president of the student council, but lost in a stunning defeat. In attempting to please everybody, Clinton had miscalculated. He looked too political to his peers, and they elected his lesser-known opponent. Rhodes Scholar and Vietnam Draftee Beginning in his junior year, Clinton worked as a clerk for the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. At that time, the powerful committee was headed by Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, a leading critic of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. The experience greatly shap
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In which town or city would you find the headquarters of 'Everards Brewery'?
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Everards Clock Tower - Leicester #MyHome - YouTube Everards Clock Tower - Leicester #MyHome Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jan 8, 2015 The Clock Tower has stood proudly in Leicester city centre since 1868 and we are delighted to brew a special beer ‘Clock Tower’ in it's honour. A deep golden ale brewed with four types of hops to celebrate one of Leicester's most famous landmarks. The video features some great local heroes including, Leicester Tigers player Marcos Ayerza and Leicester Riders recent signing, Tyler Berdini as well as some of Leicester’s iconic Leicester landmarks. Tell us why you love your home town via twitter #MyHome - Cheers! Category
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Free Flashcards about GK 5 Question Answer Tinian Island, from which Enola Gay took off en route to bomb Hiroshima, is part of which US territory? Northern Mariana Islands What is 'The Sky At Night''s theme tune? At The Castle Gate by Sibelius Who played the title character in 'Veronica Mars'? Kristen Bell What are the start and end points of the Severn Valley Railway? Kidderminster, Bridgnorth Which national trail runs between Ivinghoe Beacon and Overton Hill? The Ridgeway Former PM Gordon Brown and Kenny Dalglish were both born in which city? Glasgow Which London museum was founded by a tea magnate in 1901 in Forest Hill, and was designed in the Arts and Crafts style by Charles Harrison Townsend? Horniman Museum On which horse did Lester Piggott first win the Derby, in 1954? Never Say Die Which suffragette famously died at the 1913 Derby by running in the path of the horses? Emily Davison In McManus's cartoon "Bringing Up Father", what was "father's" name? Jiggs In McManus's cartoon "Bringing Up Father", to whom was father married? Maggie Who painted "The Roses of Heliogabalus (1888)"? Alma-Tadema Who wrote the novel "Angel Pavement"? JB Priestley Which pig was the leader in "Animal Farm"? Napoleon Who wrote "Anna Of The Five Towns"? Arnold Bennett In criminology, what is an "inchoate offence"? An offence (such as incitement or conspiracy) anticipating or preparatory to a further criminal act What is the alternative name for a wolverine? Glutton Which disease causes the roots of brassicas (eg cabbage) to swell? Club Root Which Indian-made car was unveiled in January 2008 as "the least expensive car in the world"? Tata Nano Which white frothy liquid is produced on plants by the frog hopper insect? Cuckoo spit How did Barnes Wallis assist the 'Dambusters' raid? Designed the 'bouncing bomb' Which constellation bears the popular name 'Charioteer'? Auriga Which is the biggest 'centaur' in the Solar System? Chiron How is hydroxybenzene better known? Phenol, or carbolic acid Who died on Loch Ness in 1952, trying to set a water speed record? John Cobb What type of stamps first went on sale in the UK in 1966, and have been sold every year since? Christmas stamps Which Mars canyon is over 4000km long? Valles Marineris The TATA OneCAT is a car that runs on what? Compressed air What is the legal term for someone authorised to stand in another's place? Proxy What type of hat is traditionally worn by a town crier? Tricorn What was the name of the dog sent into space in 1957? Laika Which company used the slogan "more experienced than our name suggests"? Virgin Atlantic Which spectacular comet was the brightest of the 20th century, best seen and passing perihelion in 1997? Hale-Bopp What make of washers were used by Britain's first launderette, that opened in 1949? Bendix Which shipyard built the QE2? John Brown's Which fine-grained metamorphic rock can be split into thin layers and used for roofing etc? Slate What do Americans call a flick knife? Switchblade Which disease is also called lockjaw? Tetanus Who set the record for the longest time continuously spent in space by an individual in human history by spending 437 days on 'Mir'? Valeri Polyakov The spectacled bear is native to which continent? South America Which is the last period of the Paleozoic Era? Permian A member of CARD (1964-67) campaigned against what? Racial Discrimination What is the inverse Tan of 1 in degrees? 45 degrees What is the log base 10 of 100? Two Which common metallic element has the atomic number 12? Magnesium Who manufactured the 'Lincoln' aircraft? Avro What is a 'wildcat well'? Exploratory well for oil or gas In 2014, the Kurdish minority Yazidi group were surrounded by ISIS on which mountain in Iraq? Sinjar Religious group the Yazidis generally refuse to wear which colour? Blue Dabiq is the online magazine of who? ISIL/ISIS (Islamic state of Iraq and the Levant) Of what are PANAS and SWANE measuring devices? Well-being/happiness Almedalen Week is an important political forum in which country? Sweden What is the capital of the Faroe Islands? Torshavn
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Graham Nash left which group in 1968 to join David Crosby and Stephen Stills?
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Crosby, Stills, Nash (And Young) (Music) - TV Tropes YMMV CSNY during their heyday. Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (or Crosby, Stills and Nash) are a Super Group consisting of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash originally, until they were joined by a fourth member, Neil Young , and eventually became known under this name instead. The band came about after David Crosby had left The Byrds due to internal conflict. Around the same time Stephen Stills' old band Buffalo Springfield had split and he was on his own feet too. Graham Nash was a member of The Hollies in those days, but had felt long frustrated about just being second violin to the group as a whole. When the three musicians came together in 1968 they realized they could start a new band by themselves and thus Crosby, Stills And Nash was born. They decided to use their own names , because it would better showcase their individuality and prevent the tensions they all had experienced by operating as an anonymous musician under a collective band pseudonym. From the start the band had immediate success. Their debut record Crosby, Stills And Nash from 1969 spawned the Top 40 singles "Marrakesh Express" and "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and got great reviews. Stills brought a fourth band member aboard, Neil Young , who had played alongside him in Buffalo Springfield . Restructured, the band now became Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young. They played during the legendary Woodstock festival in 1969, where their song "Woodstock" (a cover of Joni Mitchell ) became the unofficial anthem of the concert. They also played at Altamont, but due to the violence and murder associated with the festival their performance was cut at their own request from the documentary Gimme Shelter from 1970. 1970 also saw the release of D�j� Vu , which generated the hits "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children" and "Our House", and the occurrence of the Kent State Shootings, which inspired their Protest Song "Ohio", criticising the fact that the Ohio National Guard (US Army reserve units under the command of the state's governor) had shot at protesting students in Kent State University, Ohio. Each individual member released a solo album ( Neil Young 's After The Gold Rush from 1970, Stephen Stills' Stephen Stills from 1970, David Crosby If I Could Only Remember My Name from 1971 and Graham Nash's Songs For Beginners from 1971. Crosby And Nash even started a duo together, with their first album being Graham Nash/David Crosby from 1972. Although they performed on each other's solo albums they start spending more attention to their own work than working together as a group. Tensions and drug abuse took their toll. Only after seven years the next collective album came out and by that point Young had already left the group, causing them to name the album CSN, short for the first names of the remaining band members. Only "Just A Song Before I Go" became a hit. During the 1980s the band kept performing. "Daylight Again" from 1982 had a hit song in the title track, but that same year Crosby was arrested for drug and weapon charges and spent 8 months in jail. He decided to go into rehab afterwards and Young rejoined the band briefly for "American Dream" in 1988. By that point the band effectively became more popular as a concert experience and their social activism than for their newer albums. In 1997 they were inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, however Neil Young was excluded. Principal Members (Founding members in bold, current members in italic): David Crosby - lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, tambourine (1968�1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977�Present) Graham Nash - lead vocals, guitar, piano, organ, keyboard, harmonica, percussion, sound effects (1968�1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977�Present) Stephen Stills - lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboard, piano, synthesizer, banjo, timbales, maracas, percussion (1968�1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977�Present) Neil Young - lead vocals, guitar, keyboard, piano, harmonica, banjo, tiple, celeste (1969�1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1988, 1991, 1999-2006, 2013) Studio Dis
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The Rod Stewart Picture Pages I Don't Want to Talk About It Background: “Elvis was the king. No doubt about it. People like myself, Mick Jagger and all the others only followed in his footsteps.” Rod Stewart British singer and songwriter Rod Stewart began his music career with the groups Jimmy Powell and the Five Dimensions, The Hoochie Coochie Men, Shotgun Express, The Jeff Beck Group and Faces before raising to fame as a soloist thanks to the 1971 platinum album “Every Picture Tells a Story,” which was a No. 1 album in the United Kingdom and United States. He continued to produce hit albums throughout the 1970s with “Never A Dull Moment” (1972), “Smiler” (1974), “Atlantic Crossing” (1975), “A Night On The Town” (1976) and “Blondes Have More Fun” (1978), which became his last U.S. chart topping release in 26 years. Stewart enjoyed varied success during 1980s and 1990s and experienced a rebirth in the 2000s by singing pop standards from the “Great American Songbook.” He won his first Grammy Award for “Stardust: The Great American Songbook 3” (2004), his third album of Pop standards. The album also marked his first U.S. No. 1 hit release after “Blondes Have More Fun.” He had another chart topper with “Still The Same... Great Rock Classics Of Our Time” (2006). During his long tenure in the industry, Stewart has produced a number of hit singles, including “Maggie May,” ”Reason to Believe” (1971), “You Wear It Well” (1972), “Sailing” (1975), “Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” (1976), “I Don't Want to Talk About It,” “The First Cut Is the Deepest” (1977), “Do Ya Think I'm Sexy” (1978) and “Baby Jane” (1983). In the music industry since 1964, Steward was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame on October 11, 2005, for his contribution to music. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and the U.K. Music Hall of Fame in 2006. He was also awarded CBE in 2007. Rod the Mod Childhood and Family: Roderick David Stewart, professionally known as Rod Stewart, was born on January 10, 1945, in Highgate, London, England, to a Scottish father, Robert Joseph Stewart, and an English mother, Elsie Stewart. His father was a master builder and after he retired ran a news agent shop. The Stewart family lived over the shop. The youngest of five siblings, Rod has two brothers (Bob and Don) and two sisters (Mary and Peggy). All of his siblings were born while the family lived in Scotland years before they moved to Highgate. Rod was educated at Highgate Primary School and the William Grimshaw Secondary Modern School in Hornsey. Growing up in a family of soccer lovers, he became an avid fan of Arsenal F.C. and excelled in the sport. He served as the captain of the soccer team at his school and also played for Middlesex Schoolboys. It was his family who introduced him to music when they became a fan of singer Al Jolson. Rod developed a love for rock and roll after he listened to Little Richard's hit “The Girl Can't Help It” (1956) and attended a concert of Bill Haley & His Comets. He got his first guitar at age 14 and joined his first group a year later. Rod quit school at age 15 and worked as a silk screen printer. At the urging of his father, he pursued professional soccer and became an apprentice with the Brentford F.C., in 1961. He soon grew bored, decided to leave the team and turned his attention toward music. On April 6, 1979, Rod married actress and former model Alana Hamilton Stewart (born Alana Kaye Collins on May 18, 1945), the ex-wife of actor George Hamilton. They welcomed a daughter named Kimberly Stewart on August 21, 1979, and a son, Sean Stewart, on September 1, 1980, before divorcing in 1980. He then married actress/model Rachel Hunter (born on September 9, 1969) on December 15, 1990. The couple has two children, Renée Stewart (born on June 1, 1992) and Liam McAlister Stewart (born on September 4, 1994). Rod and his second wife became estranged in 1999 and divorced on November 2, 2006. He married model Penny Lancaster (born on March 15, 1971) on June 16, 2007. They have one son together, Alastair Wallace Ste
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Real life police officers Buddy Russo and Jimmy Popeye Doyle are depicted in the movie The French Connection by which two actors?
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THE FRENCH CONNECTION (a J!-ENT Blu-ray Disc Review) : J!-ENT – j-entonline.com THE FRENCH CONNECTION (a J!-ENT Blu-ray Disc Review) February 19, 2009 by Dennis Amith “The definitive version of ‘THE FRENCH CONNECTION’ to own. Loaded with special features, an all-out exciting and informative Blu-ray release that is a fantastic tribute to one of the true classic crime thrillers!“ TITLE: THE FRENCH CONNECTION DURATION: 104 minutes BLU-RAY DISC INFORMATION: Widescreen 1:85:1, English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, English Dolby Digital, English Mono, Spanish French 5.1 Dolby Digital, AVC 34.5 MBPS COMPANY: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment RATED: R Based on a book by Robin Moore Screenplay by Ernest Tidyman Produced by Philip D’antoni Associate Producer: Kenneth Utt Executive Producer: G. David Schine Music composed and conducted by Don Ellis Cast: Gene Hackman as Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle Roy Scheider as Det. Buddy Russo Fernando Rey as Alain Charnier Tony Lo Bianco as Sal Boca Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre Nicoli Frederic de Pasquale as Devereaux Bill Hickman as Mulderig Ann Rebbot as Marie Charnier Harold Gary as Weinstock Arlene Farber as Angie Boca Sonny Grosso as Klein Benny Marino as Lou Boca New York City detectives “Popeye” Doyle (Gene Hackman) and Buddy Russo (Roy Scheider) hope to break a narcotics smuggling ring and ultimately uncover “The French Connection”. Based on a true story, this action-filled thriller won five 1971 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Directing (William Friedkin), Actor (Gene Hackman), Adapted Screenplay and Film Editing. Known for having one of the best car scenes in a film. Known for it’s gritty storyline and showcasing a different side of the police. “THE FRENCH CONNECTION”, the winner of five Academy Awards back in 1971 will be released on Blu-ray disc. And all I can say is that if you are a big fan of this film, “THE FRENCH CONNECTION” on Blu-ray disc is the definitive version to own. The film will always be known for its grittiness, a different take of a New York police detective, a car chase scene, the music and its grittiness. But what the Blu-ray disc also provides is the making and behind-the-scenes of “THE FRENCH CONNECTION” which probably can be a movie in itself because of all that went on behind-the-scenes which was very surprising. But before I explain why this Blu-ray release is awesome, let me first explain what the film is about. “THE FRENCH CONNECTION” is a film adaption of the popular non-fiction book by Robin Moore which was based on the investigation by New York City detectives Eddie Egan and Sonny Grosso who were looking into narcotics trafficking from overseas from France to the United States and how they began their surveillance on criminals which include Jean Jehan and popular French TV personality Jacques Angelvin. The film adaption is 90% based on the actual adventures of these two detectives but the names were changed. Eddie Egan was changed to Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle (played by Gene Hackman) and Sonny Grosso, name changed to Sonny “Cloudy” Grosso (played by Roy Scheider). Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle is not your typical police officer. He follows the beat of his own drum, interrogates thugs and people the way he wants. A ladies man and a feared by criminals on the streets. Very outspoken, rash and always looking for trouble. As for Sonny “Cloudy” Grosso, he is the total opposite. A dedicated police officer that tolerates Doyle and overall, a true partner. Upon watching “THE FRENCH CONNECTION”, watching the film these days, the first thing that may come to mind is if these cops are rogue cops. Doyle and Grosso would frequent bars where a lot of junkies (all of African-American descent) would be and have them all face the wall while he checks for drugs hidden under the tables of the bar and take their drugs and destroy them. And in fact, you would hear Doyle say the “N” word which is quite racist. So, to say the least, one thing you can get from “Popeye” Doyle is that he’s not exactly the nicest guy. He doesn’t necessarily go by the book and it was definitely a sign of the
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A “duffer” is a below average player of what sport?
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Little Duffer's | Phineas and Ferb Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia " Put That Putter Away " Little Duffer's is the only miniature golf course in Danville . It is owned by a short Scots-Irishman . It closed and was put up for sale due to lack of interest and respect for the game: "They think it's just golf in miniature. But, it's not! It's Miniature Golf." Phineas states that he always used to love this place as a young child. Realizing that "it's a sad thing when a town loses a major sports franchise", he is inspired to build a new miniature golf course in his backyard. The golf course was transported to the Little Duffer's lot that afternoon. It presumably re-opened shortly thereafter with the Phineas and Ferb remodel. (" Put That Putter Away ") Course Features After Phineas and Ferb Remodel Several holes requiring the player to hit the ball through the air. Balloon elevator labeled "Elevator to the coolness". Features an elaborate slide with golf hat and putter dispensers to move players around the course. Hockey hole featuring an air-hockey style air cushion and standard hockey goal net instead of standard golf cup. Several holes using a target, a troll with a club that lives inside a golf ball, a windmill, a clown, and a waterfall A hole that combines a driving range with a carnival shooting gallery. The Tilt-A-Maze where players must try to sink their putt while being tilted around in a human-sized maze A hole where a player on a trapeze must hit the ball off the nose of another player and into the mouth of a mechanical bird that lays the golf ball like an egg. It rolls down a ramp and into the mouth of a mechanical dinosaur that kicks it like an American football field goal. Ostrich polo hole. A baseball batting cage hole where the player must hit it off the image of a Giant floating baby head who sticks out its tongue to reveal the cup. In " Disco Miniature Golfing Queen ", the 18th and final hole is a disco-themed hole that includes disco balls, a light-up dance floor that tilts to hinder the player, a huge stage shaped like golf tees, and golf ball shaped lava lamps. Background Information A duffer is a term for a below average golfer. The fence outside Little Duffer's has the name Robbie in bright green balloon-like letters. While this is likely graffiti, it is possible, but unlikely that it could be part of the name of the course and the name of the owner. There is no confirmation either way. Continuity A cynical woman has appeared on different occasions (" Leave the Busting to Us! ", " Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! ") to criticize people about their lack of planning or upkeep on a business, chastising them for expecting the answer to their problem to just fall out of the sky. Due to Heinz Doofenshmirtz 's attempts to seek revenge on a neighbor with an Atomic Leaf Blower-inator, Phineas and Ferb 's golf course flew into the sky and landed on the Little Duffer's lot. The owner's response was, "You'd be surprised what falls out of the sky in Danville ."
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A Question of Sport - UKGameshows A Question of Sport Bill Beaumont (2 programmes, 1996) Sue Barker (2 programmes in 1996, then 1997-) Jimmy Carr (Sport Relief special 2008) Jason Manford (A Question of Sport: Super Saturday) Co-hosts Phil Tufnell (2008-) There have also been several stand-in captains over the years. They have included: Bobby Moore; Bobby Charlton; John Barnes; Roger Black; Jonathan Davies; Will Carling; Sam Torrance; Matthew Pinsent; David Ginola; David Seaman; Michael Owen; Shane Warne; Jamie Redknapp; Ricky Hatton; Dennis Taylor and Gary Speed. Ally McCoist, John Parrott and Phil Tufnell were all also stand-in captains before becoming regulars. Broadcast BBC1 North West (regional), 2 December 1968 (Pilot) BBC North West for BBC1, 5 January 1970 to present as A Question of Sport: Super Saturday BBC One, 21 June to 19 July 2014 (5 episodes in 1 series) Synopsis The eternal question: What Happens Next? This show has been going for years and years and years. And maybe longer than that. Past captains (well, Bill Beaumont anyway - and of course David Coleman) have hosted the show and it has been regular prime-time viewing. And yes, it's about sport. Each team is made up of three people, two famous sporting guests and a captain who is usually more portly. The traditional show invariably began with the Picture Round. 12 boxes each hide a picture of a famous sportsperson in an interesting pose (usually, Media Studies fans, a long shot but always an action shot). Each person would score two points if they got it correct, but if they don't know it's passed over to the opposition for a bonus. Every member of both teams gets a go. Generally there is two pictures for every sport represented by the team members that week. A typical picture from the board. This, believe it or not, is Princess Anne - although Emlyn Hughes failed to recognise her (see 'Key Moments', below). Then comes the Specialised Subject round. Each person would get a collage of clips based on their sport, and they would be asked to name two specific people in it. The captains, however, would get a completely random selection of sports, being the captains and everything. Then comes the Home and Away round, a round devoted to everybody's third-favourite Australian soap. Ha, not really! Actually each guest in turn chooses to answer either a question on their own sport ("home") for one point or a general question ("away") for two. The team captains usually don't get the choice and have to take an "away" question. Mystery Personality next, and a short piece of film of a famous personality filmed from odd positions and situations. They are carefully filmed so as never to completely give away who they are (or not, as was the case when they decided to show a full facial shot of Katharine Merry). Two points for a correct answer and one point if they don't know and the opposition gets it. Then, it's What Happens Next? A piece of film starts and at an inopportune moment it stops and the contestants need to guess... well, you get the idea. Usually with some outrageous (i.e.wrong) guesses, you can be sure that hilarity will ensue when it turns out that a little cat runs onto the pitch or somesuch. Every week. The One Minute Round, nine questions, nine points and sixty seconds. A nice mixture of trivia, picture questions and the famous "These three people all have surnames connected with snowball fighting" question. Completely random, completely pointless but good fun nonetheless. Finally, the Picture Round reprise, the six remaining pictures are taken one at a time a la Round One and the same points apply and at the end of the round, whoever wins, wins and whoever loses loses, predictably enough. For no particularly good reason except to annoy us, the 1998 season reordered the rounds, and dropped the One Minute Round in favour of an On the Buzzer end game that Ally McCoist tended to dominate (John Parrott was once so miffed by McCoist's constant luck in that round that he (Parrott) went to sit in the audience in protest). Not a particularly inspired decision,
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What is Dipsophobia? What is Dipsophobia? written by: jason1244 • edited by: Paul Arnold • updated: 3/8/2011 “My mother’s father drank and her mother was an unhappy, neurotic woman, and I think she has lived all her life afraid of anyone who drinks for fear something like that might happen to her" is a quote by John Hurt who is probably best known as the lead actor in “The Elephant Man". Can you relate? slide 1 of 5 What is Dipsophobia? Dipsophobia is an abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. If you have what might be considered an undue anxiety about becoming addicted to alcohol and you are concerned about the effect that it could have on your body, you could be suffering from dipsophobia. The opposite of dipsophobia is dipsomania or a strong desire or cravings for alcohol, but that’s another article. slide 2 of 5 What are the Causes of Dipsophobia? Like many phobias dipsophobia is caused by irrational thoughts about your situation or some object that you may be focused on, but actually presents no danger to you. The natural thing to do under these circumstances is to avoid the things that frighten you. If you are dipsophobic, you may try to avoid environments where people will be drinking or you may choose not to associate with drinkers at all in your personal life. The debate about the causes of phobic behavior in the mental health community are many, some believe it could be a result of trauma, or a learned behavior from your parents and/or a chemical imbalance in the brain. slide 3 of 5 What are the Symptoms of Dipsophobia? People who suffer from phobias often share the same or similar physical symptoms when they feel threatened or anxious. The symptoms can come simultaneously or be sequential. Take a look at the partial list below to see if you recognize any of the symptoms. Panic and fear (terror, extreme fright, feeling like you might die) Rapid heartbeat (you can actually feel your heart beat in your chest) Shortness of breath (tightness in your throat and/or chest) Trembling (shaking hands, weak knees and general nervousness) A strong desire to get away (all you can think about is the exit) Nausea (swirling feeling in your stomach, dizziness in your head) Sweating (sweaty hands, under arms, forehead and/or legs) slide 4 of 5
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Ergophobia – Causes of Ergophobia – Treatment of Ergophobia Share your stories and support others... Ergophobia Tweet Working nine-to-five Monday through Friday can be a real drag. Having a job can cause stress and anxiety in almost everyone’s life, but what if that stress and anxiety were so bad that you could barely even go to work? People who suffer from Ergophobia have a persistent fear of work, finding work or functioning and experience undue anxiety about the workplace environment, even though they realize their fear is irrational. They may fear losing a job, not being able to perform certain aspects of their job (such as meeting deadlines or giving presentations) or experience extreme anxiety with any basic task. These fears and anxieties can manifest into actual physical symptoms and this phobia can even be debilitating, making completing any sort of work near impossible. Physical symptoms of Ergophobia: Panic attacks Causes of Ergophobia Since every individual is different it’s hard to determine a cause of ergophobia. But, with most other phobias, it’s probably a result of some sort of trauma experienced earlier in life. Getting fired, losing a job, or being mocked or humiliated in the workplace could be a few reasons why people develop this fear. There are many different instances of trauma that could lead to this phobia and they don’t always have to originate in the workplace. For example, a person who has had extremely negative experiences making presentations in school can have a fear of making presentations in the workplace. This could also be the same with meeting deadlines. A person could have had negative experiences with meeting deadlines in the past; therefore they now have a fear of it in their present workplace. Although ergophobia is considered to be an irrational fear, there are rational elements that may fuel it. For example, a person may be so worried that they wont be able to complete a task efficiently that it may prevent them from completing the task altogether. This could put that person’s job in danger, therefore fueling the phobia even more. This is why it is very important to realize you have ergophobia and seek treatment. People that do have this phobia are usually aware that they have it and self-diagnose. But, it’s important to consult with a professional psychologist or psychiatrist to confirm the diagnosis. Treatment of Ergophobia Treatment of ergophobia can be in the form of medication or therapy, or both. Medications that are prescribed are taken to reduce anxiety in the workplace. A person with ergophobia can also greatly benefit from therapy. The most common type of therapies used are cognitive-behavioral and desensitization therapy . With the right help and treatment, someone with ergophobia can definitely overcome their fears and anxiety. If you think you may have this phobia, seeking help from a professional psychologist or psychiatrist can help you better understand yourself and this phobia. Overtime you can overcome your fears and anxiety, regain your confidence and lead a happy work life. View Resources
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Why is Kosher Food So Attractive… and Profitable? – Sam Mollaei, Esq. – Medium Online entrepreneur, writer, and business lawyer for entrepreneurs @ MollaeiLaw.com | Contact me: sam@mollaeilaw.com Feb 19, 2016 Why is Kosher Food So Attractive… and Profitable? The religious procedure most universally associated with Judaism is the intricate dietary laws many Jews observe — kosher. Over the past twenty-five years, the demand for kosher certified products has increased dramatically. [1] As of 2014, more than 40% of the United State’s new packaged food and beverage products are labeled as kosher. Further, there are approximately 12 million kosher consumers in the United States. [2] At any given time, 21% of Americans either regularly or occasionally purchase kosher products because they are kosher. [3] The number of kosher products in U.S. supermarkets exceeds 125,000. [4] The value of the U.S. kosher market is also very significant- the dollar value of kosher market exceeds $12 billion dollars while enjoying an annual growth of approximately 15%. [5] In comparison, non-kosher food sales in American supermarkets are growing at approximately 4% a year. [6] In order to meet this demand, companies are pursuing kosher certification in order to magnify their existing market and improve sales strategies. A certificate assuring kosher can now be found on hundreds of thousands of processed foods including restaurants, airlines, hotels, and caterings throughout the world. Non-Jewish Consumers An increasing number of non-Jewish consumers also purchase kosher food today because they perceive it as better quality and healthier. [7] Because the Food and Drug Administration has many issues dealing with stereoids and drugs, many consumers believe that current food standards do not adequately supervise the food market as they should. For many kosher food consumers, the kosher designation serves as a check. Kosher designation means that a rabbi has been to the food processor’s company and has inspected the equipment. This leads many consumers to determine that the product is going to be more clean and healthier. Business Motivation Behind Kosher Business motivation is the primary reason for the increased number of kosher certified products and food processors seeking kosher certification. Rabbi Hillel Klavan, chairman of the Rabbinical Council of Greater Washinton, explains that, “very few of these establishments are in it for the love of religion. It’s a marketing system, a profit-making endeavor.” [8] Many food processors try to separate themselves from the rest of the kosher food market by attaching their own kosher seal of approval. For example, Rabbi Menachem Genack’s seal of approval, a circle with a U inside, is the best known and most widely used kosher food symbol. [9] Many companies have benefited from placing kosher designations on their packaging. For example, a study done by Dannon Yogurt Company showed Empire Kosher Poultry Inc.’s sales jumped 14% to $7 million by entering their frozen pizzas and prepackaged luncheon meats into the kosher food market. [10] It does not cost much to be labeled as “kosher” and the labeling may bring higher sales. “With companies very aggressive in terms of trying to gain market share, even the smallest edge… is significant.” [11] Regulation of Kosher Labeling It was exactly this profit-seeking incentive that encouraged the State of New York to enact legislation in 1915 regulating the sale of kosher food products. [12] In the late nineteenth century, profiteers were passing off non-kosher food as kosher. [13] The State of New York wanted to prevent such misleading and fraudulent practices in order to protect the consumer by regulating the market. A number of states followed New York, adopting kosher food laws modeled after the New York Statute. [14] Since the enactments of these legislations, there have been many various constitutional challenges to these kosher food laws based on the Equal Protection, Due Process, vagueness, and First Amendment grounds. [15] Until the New Jersey Supreme Court case
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Chinese Religions: An Overview The End of Empire and Postimperial China Bibliography [This article provides an introduction to the rise and development of various religious movements, themes, and motifs over time. Its emphasis is on historical continuities and on the interaction of diverse currents of Chinese religious thought and practice from the prehistoric era to the present]. The study of Chinese religion presents both problems and opportunities for the general theory of religion. It is therefore instructive, before embarking on a historical survey, to outline a theoretical approach that will accomodate the wide variety of beliefs and practices that have traditionally been studied under the rubric of religion in China. One indicator of the problematic nature of the category "religion" in Chinese history is the absence of any pre-modern word that is unambiguously associated with the category. The modern Chinese word zongjiao was first employed to mean "religion" by late 19th-century Japanese translators of European texts. Zongjiao (or shky in Japanese) is a compound consisting of zong (sh), which is derived from a pictogram of an ancestral altar and most commonly denotes a "sect," and jiao (ky), meaning "teaching." (The compound had originally been a Chinese Buddhist term meaning simply the teachings of a particular sect.) Zongjiao/shky thus carries the connotation of "ancestral" or sectarian teachings. The primary reference of this newly-coined usage for shky in the European texts being translated was, of course, Christianity. And since Christianity does in fact demand exclusive allegiance and does emphasize doctrinal orthodoxy (as in the various credos), zongjiao/shky is an apt translation for the concept of religion that takes Christianity as its standard or model. Part of the problem arising from this situation is that Chinese (and Japanese) religions in general do not place as much emphasis as Christianity does on exclusivity and doctrine. And so Chinese, when asked to identify what counts as zongjiao in their culture, are often reluctant to include phenomena that Westerners would be willing to count as religion, because the word "religion" - while notoriously difficult to define - does not carry the same connotations as zongjiao. Before the adoption of zongjiao, jiao itself ("teaching") came closest, in usage, to the meaning of "religion." Since at least the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), the standard rubric for discussing the religions of China was san jiao, or the "three teachings," referring to Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Yet this is problematic too, as it excludes what today is usually called "popular religion" (or "folk religion"), which throughout Chinese history has probably accounted for more religious behavior than the "three teachings" combined. This exclusion is more than a matter of usage: jiao does not apply well to popular religion beause popular religion is strongly oriented toward religious action or practice; it has very little doctrine and, apart from independent sects, no institutionally-recognized canonical texts in which doctrines would be presented. Although constituting a standard chapter in modern Western surveys of Chinese religion, Confucianism is very often described as something other than a religion in the strict (yet poorly defined) sense. There was a time in Western scholarship when Buddhism was occasionally described in similar fashion, although outside the most conservative theological frameworks that is no longer the case. But the status of Confucianism, even in academic circles focused on Chinese religion, is still disputed. The problematic nature of Confucianism vis-à-vis religion is the most compelling reason to suggest at the outset a conceptual framework in whi
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Darts 501 - Terms and Meanings The centre of the board. (see also: "SINGLE-BULL" and "DOUBLE-BULL") Score of 50 BUST / BUSTED Hitting more than you needed in an x01 game. The darts do not count and the player begins his next turn on the same score he had prior to. C C In a Cricket game this refers to high scores base on the number of darts scored. For example a triple-20, single-20, single-20 would be called a C-5 because "5 darts" were scored with three darts. CHAMPAGNE BREAKFAST Hitting treble 20, treble 1 and treble 5 in three darts (see "BREAKFAST") CHALKING Keeping score / marking the game. CHIPS A score of 26. (See also: "BREAKFAST /BED & BREAKFAST") CHUCKER A player who just "chucks" the darts at the board, doesn't aim or care. CIRCLE IT When a player scores a single digit (less than 10) with three darts, his team-mates would shout out "Circle it!" to the scorekeeper to highlight the terrible throw. A variation on this tradition is to draw a fish around the score, often leading to aquarium-related jokes being aimed at particularly poor or unlucky players. CLOCK The dartboard itself, usually in the context of "ROUND THE CLOCK". CORK The centre of the board. This comes from the cork in the end of a keg where it is tapped. The ends of kegs were used for targets in the game's early days. D DARTITIS Name given to a mental state of a dart thrower unable to release his / her dart during a throw. DEVIL The treble-6, so called due to '666', and the fact that it is often hit in error when going for treble-13 or treble-10. DIDDLE FOR THE MIDDLE A throw to see who gets one dart closer to the bullseye to determine who throws first in the game. Also known as a "BULL OFF", "MIDDLE FOR MIDDLE" and "OUT FOR BULL". DOUBLE The thin outer ring of the board. In standard x01 games, a double counts for two times the number hit. DOUBLE-BULL On dartboards configured with a bullseye consisting of two concentric circles, the outer circle is commonly green and worth 25 and the inner circle is commonly red and worth 50 points. Hitting the innermost ring of this type of bullseye is a "DOUBLE-BULL". (See also: "BULLSEYE") DOUBLE IN (DI) A variant of x01 in which a double is needed to start the game. DOUBLE OUT (DO) Hitting the double of a number to win a game of 'x01 DOUBLE TOP Not being able to hit the double needed to win the game. DOWNSTAIRS The lower portion of the board, usually in reference to the 19s in a game of x01. E A game that requires no special shot to begin scoring. FAT The largest portion of a number (the area between the double and triple ring) FEATHERS The 'feathers'/ Flights of the dart which makes the dart more aerodynamic FLIGHTS The "wings" at the end of a dart that make it fly straight. Also known as feathers. G Advises all players that the match has now started GAME SHOT Signifies that the match winning double has been hit GOOD GROUP A compliment for tight, accurate throwing. GRAND SLAM Hitting the T5, T20 & T1 in one throw. GRANNY A lose without scoring, see SHUT OUT cricket game H HAIL MARY The third dart that miraculously scores a high treble where the first two combined scored low single numbers HAT TRICK A score of three bullseyes in a single throw. HIGH TON Scoring between 151-180 points in a game of '01 HOCKEY The throw or Toe line. See 'Oche' Oche is pronounced as Hockey I ISLAND The actual playable area of a dart board (inside the doubles ring). Missing this area entirely is sometimes referred to as "Off the island". J K KILLER A game variant where a number of players "own" a number on the dartboard and compete to build up "lives" (by hitting that number) until a threshold is reached (usually 4 or 6) before attempting to "kill" other players by removing the lives they have built up (by hitting those other players' numbers) until a single player is left. L LEG One game of a match. Most professional matches are made up of a number of sets, each of which is split into legs. LEG SHOT Signifies that a player has completed (Won) the "leg" as per Game Shot. LIPSTICK Nam
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UK television adverts 1955-1985 Breads, spreads, biscuits, crackers, cakes Anchor Butter (1): c.1970 There’s an Anchor sign on Britain’s favourite butter, It’s the Anchor sign that tells you it’s the best. If you like your bread and butter, There’s no other word you’ll utter ’Cos you’ll always want the butter With the Anchor sign! (A little butter sailor singing and dancing to a hornpipe tune) Anchor Butter (2): 1982 Didn’t we have a lov-er-ly time Those far off days with Anchor? Salmon and cucumber butties for you Something cheesy — ain’t it breezy? Somebody’s seen the butler machine! Kiss-me-quick and donkeys So far away — and I Anchor today For those days gone by. You’ve got to Anchor for the real taste of butter! Tune: “Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor”] Anchor Butter (3) There’s an anchor sign on Britain’s favourite butter, It’s the anchor sign that tells you it’s the best. If you want your bread and butter there’s no other name you’ll utter ’Cos Britain’s favourite butter has the Anchor sign Everybody loves it ’cos it tastes so nice, Housewives like it for the lovely price. If you want your bread and butter there’s no other name you’ll utter ’Cos Britain’s favourite butter has the Anchor sign! Big T bread: 1970s Big T, Big T Roll, Big T, Big T in a ba-ag! (The wrapping was one of the first plastic bag types, which eventually almost replaced wax paper) Blue Band Margarine It’s a good good feeling! Breakaway chocolate biscuit: c.1972 With Eric Idle’s “nudge nudge” advert adapted from Monty Python Breakaway. The milk chocolate suggestive biscuit. Burton’s Bingo caramel bar Sung by Joe Brown in a cockney accent in skiffle style, to the tune of "What a crazy world we’re living in." Burton’s made a biscuit, Favver said "By jingo!" "Muvva’s played a blinder son, she’s gone and bought some Bingo". Sister can’t resist ’em, with all that Ca-Ra-Mel When ’er boyfriend asks for some she says “You go and buy yer own!” Joe: So do your mouth a favour, and listen you yer ma, Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar Sister: With lovely chocolate! Joe: Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar Father: With crispy wafer! Joe: Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar And give us anuvver muvver! Butter (1): 1950s Lady (giving man a sandwich): Here you are. It’s butter too. Real butter. Man: Mmmm: wonderful! Lady: Only butter tastes like butter. Voiceover: Buy some extra butter this week. Butter (2): 1960s With Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier AL: What are you doing with that teacake? JLM: Nothing; nothing at all really. AL: You are looking to see if it has got butter in it, aren't you? Well, has it? JLM: It's rather difficult to say. AL: Well, don't keep staring at it. Taste it. That's the only way to tell if there's butter in it JLM: Mmmm. Beautiful butter. AL: Thank goodness for that. Voiceover: Butter tastes so much better. Cadbury’s Chocolate Biscuits: 1950s Good to eat and good for you … Cadbury’s Chocolate Biscuits. Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (1): 1960s They’re singular, they’re fingular, They’re biscuits without any bends, They’re long and little, they start at the middle And come to a stop at the ends. They’re long and thin With a chocolate skin — Like sticks in chocolate silk But the most singular thing In a finger is … Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (2) Well I got these chocolate fingers now And I know they’re gonna please, They sure taste good, well I knew they would, ’Cos they’re made by Cadbury’s. Well those fingers sure go quickly, And I tell you kids they should, ’Cos when Cadbury’s make the chocolate, It sure makes those fingers good So the next time you buy fingers, Make sure they’re just like these, ’Cos the chocolate makes the fingers, And the chocolate’s Cadbury’s! Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (3) [Child trying to fit Cadbury’s chocolate fingers between his own fingers bites the end off to make it fit]: Why are you so clever, Brian? Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (4) Brian (counting chocolate fingers in a box): “Firty-one, firty-two …. Younger friend: Wha’ ya doin’ Brian? Brian: I'm counting Cadburys chocolate fin
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The Bridge World If you are keeping score, points received by your side are entered in the "We" column and the opponents' points are placed in the "They" column. The innocent-looking horizontal line in the middle of the score sheet is of extreme importance because only scores below the line count towards games, those valuable things that are necessary to win the rubber. When the declarer fulfills the contract, the points for tricks bid and made are registered below the line. All other scores, such as bonuses, penalties for failing to make a contract, and extra tricks above the minimum needed to make a contract (overtricks), are placed above the line. If declarer is successful and makes the contract (takes at least the number of tricks contracted for), the score is determined by the table shown below. Points are never counted for the first six nicks (book), so all scoring is given in terms of odd tricks, tricks in excess of the first six. Contract Clubs or diamonds 20 points per trick As you can see, tricks are worth the most in notrump and the least in the minor suits. The reason that only tricks bid for and made are scored below the line is to reward accuracy and penalize errors during the bidding. Remember that in order to score a game you must get 100 points below the line. Let's see how that fiendish horizontal line works in practice by looking at a few examples: 1. You bid two clubs and take eight tricks. You have made your contract, so you score 40 points below the line (20 for each odd trick). You have not made a game, which would require 100 points below the line, but you do have a start towards one; as you did exactly what you promised (took eight tricks with clubs as trumps), all of your points count towards game. Since you have scored part of a game, this result is called a part-score or partial. WE 2. You bid one heart and take nine tricks, so you have made your contract with two extra tricks to boot. Only tricks contracted for during the bidding are scored below the line; you bid only one heart and therefore score just 30 points below the line. The 60 points for the two overtricks are placed above the line and do not count towards game(100 points below the line). This is not a major disaster, however, for even if you had bid three hearts and taken the same nine tricks you would have scored only 90 points below the line--a greater total, to be sure, but still not a game. And the 60 points above the line count towards your final score. WE 3. You bid two notrump and take eleven tricks. You score 70 points below the line (40 for the first odd trick at notrump, and 30 for each additional trick) and 90 points above the line for the three overtricks. This is perhaps a most unfortunate result! Had you been less conservative during the bidding and gone on to three notrump, then made the same eleven tricks, you would have made a game, scoring 100 points below the line (and 60 points above the line). As it is, you have settled for a part-score--useful, but not nearly so good as a game. WE 4. You bid four hearts and take ten tricks. You score 120 points below the line--game! The horizontal line drawn underneath your score signifies a completed game. A line was not drawn under the part-score results in the preceding examples because game had not been finished, and it is possible to score a game by combining the results of two or more part-scores into a total of 100 or more points. However, you must "complete" a part-score before the opponents score a game. When a game is scored, a new horizontal line is drawn and both sides start over in quest of game. Thus, if one side scores a game, the value of the other's part-score towards a game is cancelled (though the points remain on the score sheet). We'll see an example of "killing a part-score" in the sample rubber later on. WE A side that has already scored one game is said to be vulnerable (otherwise it is not vulnerable, or nonvulnerable). Bidding and making four hearts, as in this example, makes your side vulnerable. 5. You bid four spades and take nin
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Game Show NewsNet - Cash Cab: After Dark Destination: Chat 'n Chew, 16th West and Union Square Blocks: 27. First strike here... $50: The National Weather Service uses the slogan "Turn around, don't drown" to warn people about what specific type of flood? They think about "flash flood"... No follow-through, though. "Tsunami" gives them the first strike with $100. $50: Nicknamed "the Human Horse", what man-powered mode of transportation was banned from the streets of Calcutta in 2007? "Bicycles?" Strike two! It was a rickshaw. They get $200 with eight to go. $100: Also called a running knot, what specific type of knot is beloved by Boy Scouts, sailors, and hangmen? Teena & Joel use their Mobile Shoutout. Calling Will. "A slipknot." Correct for $300 on the successful Shoutout. Next question... $100: Thanks to poor roads and great distances, what US state has approximately one airplane pilot for every 78 residents? They go with Wyoming. Sorry, the correct answer, with half a block remaining, is GET OUT OF MY CAB! It was Alaska! Next, a couple of dudes... Passengers: Colin & Beezy Destination: 29th & Second, Paddy O'Reilly's Blocks: 25 The guy sweep the lower tier. Beezy needs to stop for this... $100: Putting computer users at the controls of a jet, what Microsoft videogame has flown off shelves since 1982? Street Shoutout coming in Murray Hill. "Flight Simulator." This coming from a woman who actually was LOOKING for the Cash Cab. But hey, someone wins $100 from it. The guys are up to $300. The guys end up winning $500, but will they take it and run or risk it on a Video Bonus? Beezy wants to drink until he can't feel feelings anymore. He can do that with $500, so off they go. Next up, a threesome... Destination: 12 East 12th. Blocks: 29 The three sweep the first tier for $200. They have $300 at a red light with four blocks to go, which means... RED LIGHT CHALLENGE: originating in a remote region of Europe, Spanish is now on the tip of everyone's tongue. Name six of the eight nations with the largest Spanish-speaking populations. Spain, Argentina, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, and Chile do it for $550. Final question... Gotten! They win $650! But will they put it at risk for double? Nope. They take the money and run. Starting the second half of the night shift with... Passenger: Amy & Jazz Destination: 52nd between Fifth & Sixth; the 21 Club Blocks: 41. First three are gotten. The fourth... $50: Attempting to anger its diminutive leader, the US banned the sale of iPods, Marlboros, and Segways to what country in 2006? They go with Cuba... Strike one! It was North Korea. "Diminutive" means short, or Kim Jong-Il. $100: Reemerging every 17 years, what noisy locust-like bugs can serve as a high-protein snack that tastes like asparagus? Locusts... are wrong. It was "cicada". Strike two. First $200 question... $200: Named for the gynecologist who invented them, what exercises for the pelvic muscles were originally developed to combat incontinence? Street Shoutout! "Kegel"... correct for $650! With one block to go, we have a red light... RED LIGHT CHALLENGE: Used by US military websites, .mil is one of the seven original Internet domains introduced in 1985. Name five of the remaining six. .gov, .edu, .com, .net, and .org are right for $900! The final one: .int. The ladies get one more question with two strikes... $200: In the world's darkest children's rhyme, what disturbed daughter gives her mother 40 whacks with an axe? "Annie ... something..." We're here, so this is for everything. "Annie"... is wrong. It was Lizzy Borden. All together now... Lizzy Borden had an axe, Gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father 41. It's 20 after 1 on a Saturday morning. Streets are still filled with people. People like this... Passengers: Monica, Drew & Levi Destination: 50th & Broadway; Caroline's Blocks: 27 They sweep the first tier for $200 and the second for another $400. They get one more $200 question for $800 and a perfect game! Will THEY play the Video? We're playing the
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What About Quorn? What About Quorn? Pinterest 0 Dear John, What do you think of the new meat substitute made from mushrooms, called Quorn? Do you eat it? Judy Judy, Thanks for your Quorn query. Quorn is the brand name for a “mycoprotein” products sold as meat substitutes. Quorn products take the form of faux chicken patties, nuggets, cutlets, and imitation ground beef. It is designed to appeal to vegetarians who are looking for protein sources that aren’t meat. The manufacturer of Quorn is Marlow Foods, a division of the multinational pharmaceutical giant Astra Zeneca, one of the dominant corporations in genetically engineered food. They are telling the public that the food is made from mushrooms. The packaging says the “mycoprotein” in Quorn is “made from natural ingredients” that are “mushroom in origin,” and “made from a small, unassuming member of the mushroom family.” This evokes images of tiny mushrooms growing humbly and peacefully in the Earth. Actually, though, this is far from the case. Quorn, in fact, is a highly processed food made in giant laboratory vats from a fungus ( Fusarium venenatum ) which is a mold, not a mushroom. An expert on Fusarium fungus, David M. Geiser of the Pennsylvania State University Fusarium Research Center , told the FDA that calling the Fusarium fungus that is the basis of Quorn foods a mushroom is like “calling a rat a chicken because both are animals.” A mycologist from Cornell University said that mushrooms are as distantly related to Quorn’s fungus as humans are to jellyfish. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is strongly opposed to Quorn, and has asked the FDA to halt the marketing of Quorn products and to require all Quorn foods to be recalled from market shelves. According to CSPI, quite a number of people have gotten sick after eating the product, typically vomiting several hours after eating the product. This comes as no surprise to Dr. David A. Morowitz, Clinical Professor of Medicine (gastroenterology) at Georgetown University . The data argue compellingly,” he says, “that the mycoprotein derived from Fusarium venenatum is almost certainly gastrotoxic. The risk of its toxicity does not justify its continued use here in the United States.” “On theoretical grounds alone,” adds Dr. John Santilli, a Bridgeport, Connecticut allergist, “the use of this mold in food is highly dubious. Intentionally increasing consumer exposure to mold through the food supply will only increase the risk of discomfort and adverse reactions in mold-sensitive consumers.” I’ve never eaten Quorn, and I have no intention of ever trying it. Personally I like to stay with traditional foods that have stood the test of the centuries. Quorn looks to me like another highly processed and deceitfully labeled product that may end up causing health problems, and which shouldn’t be in the food supply in the first place. This blessed Earth has given us many wonderful foods. I believe our trust is best placed in foods the way Nature intends, not in products concocted in laboratories by multinational corporations trying to exploit the vegetarian market. In gratitude for Nature’s gifts, John
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Which ex make of car shares its name with an American Indian chief who led a rebellion against the British between 1763 and 1766?
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US History Timeline: 1700 - 1800 Before 1600 | 1600 - 1700 | 1700 - 1800 | 1800 - 1900 | 1900 - 2000 | American Revolution Timeline | Cold War Timeline 1690 - The beginning of King William's War as hostilities in Europe between the French and English spill over to the colonies. In February, Schenectady, New York is burned by the French with the aid of their Native American allies. THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION IN AMERICA 1691 - In New York, the newly appointed Governor of New England, Henry Sloughter, arrives from England and institutes royally sanctioned representative government. In October, Massachusetts gets a new royal charter which includes government by a royal governor and a governor's council. 1692 - In May, hysteria grips the village of Salem, Massachusetts, as witchcraft suspects are arrested and imprisoned. A special court is then set up by the governor of Massachusetts. Between June and September, 150 persons are accused, with 20 persons, including 14 women, being executed. By October, the hysteria subsides, remaining prisoners are released and the special court is dissolved. 1693 - The College of William and Mary is founded in Williamsburg, Virginia. 1696 - The Royal African Trade Company loses its slave trade monopoly, spurring colonists in New England to engage in slave trading for profit. In April, the Navigation Act of 1696 is passed by the English Parliament requiring colonial trade to be done exclusively via English built ships. The Act also expands the powers of colonial custom commissioners, including rights of forcible entry, and requires the posting of bonds on certain goods. 1699 - The English Parliament passes the Wool Act, protecting its own wool industry by limiting wool production in Ireland and forbidding the export of wool from the American colonies. 1700 - The Anglo population in the English colonies in America reaches 275,000, with Boston (pop. 7000) as the largest city, followed by New York (pop. 5000). 1700 - In June, Massachusetts passes a law ordering all Roman Catholic priests to leave the colony within three months, upon penalty of life imprisonment or execution. New York then passes a similar law. 1701 - In July, The French establish a settlement at Detroit. In October, Yale College is founded in Connecticut. 1702 - In March, Queen Anne ascends the English throne. In May, England declares war on France after the death of the King of Spain, Charles II, to stop the union of France and Spain. This War of the Spanish Succession is called Queen Anne's War in the colonies, where the English and American colonists will battle the French, their Native American allies, and the Spanish for the next eleven years. 1706 - January 17, Benjamin Franklin is born in Boston. In November, South Carolina establishes the Anglican Church as its official church. 1711 - Hostilities break out between Native Americans and settlers in North Carolina after the massacre of settlers there. The conflict, known as the Tuscarora Indian War will last two years. 1712 - In May, the Carolina colony is officially divided into North Carolina and South Carolina. In June, the Pennsylvania assembly bans the import of slaves into that colony. In Massachusetts, the first sperm whale is captured at sea by an American from Nantucket. 1713 - Queen Anne's War ends with the Treaty of Utrecht. 1714 - Tea is introduced for the first time into the American Colonies. In August, King George I ascends to the English throne, succeeding Queen Anne. 1716 - The first group of black slaves is brought to the Louisiana territory. 1718 - New Orleans is founded by the French. 1720 - The population of American colonists reaches 475,000. Boston (pop. 12,000) is the largest city, followed by Philadelphia (pop. 10,000) and New York (pop. 7000). 1725 - The population of black sla
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Elvis FAQ: Elvis' Backup Singers Elvis' Backup Singers The following groups and individuals provided backing vocals for Elvis, either live on stage, in the studio, or both. The years in parentheses indicate time spent backing Elvis. Almost all of these groups and individuals had full careers besides their association with Elvis. Backup Groups Pedro Berrios German Vega The Amigos backed Elvis on "We'll Be Together" from Girls! Girls! Girls!, in March of 1962, and their version of "Mama", without Elvis, was featured in the film briefly. They backed Elvis again on the Fun In Acapulco soundtrack, in January and February of 1963. The Blossoms (1968) Darlene Love - (born Darlene Wright) One of Phil Spector's studio singers, Darlene sang lead on the Crystals' hit, "He's A Rebel", and as a solo artist had quite a few hits as well, including the holiday rock 'n' roll classic, "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" Jean King Fanita James This group of "unsung heroines" backed Elvis for his NBC-TV special "Elvis" (the "comeback" special), recorded in June of 1968. Darlene does the duet with Elvis on "Let Yourself Go", in the video version of the song (the CD version is just Elvis). Darlene also sings lead on "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" with the others backing her, as part of the Gospel Medley. The Blossoms also sang at the sessions for The Trouble With Girls, at least on "Swing Down Sweet Chariot". They appeared briefly in Elvis' last feature film, Change of Habit (1970), as Elvis' neighbors. The "History of Rock" webpage below is a very interesting and very detailed account of the Blossoms' career. The Blossoms can be heard, completely uncredited, on many other Phil Spector girl-group hits, as well as the Darlene Love "solo" songs mentioned above. The Blossoms - from the "History of Rock" website Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans - also from the "History of Rock" website. Darlene and Fanita recorded with this group, another from Phil Spector's studio. Joe Moscheo The Imperials first joined up with Elvis in May of 1966, for his first non-soundtrack recording session in over two years. Out of these sessions came the entire How Great Thou Art album, as well as six other songs. The Imperials would accompany Elvis on many occasions for the next five years, both in the studio, and for many of his live concerts during his "comeback" period. They also appeared in the documentary Elvis: That's the Way It Is in 1970. Their last session with Elvis was for another gospel album, He Touched Me, recorded in May and June of 1971. Hugh Jarrett (bass) (up to June 1958) Ray Walker (bass) (from June 1958 on) Probably the group most often associated with Elvis, the Jordanaires appeared on almost all Elvis' recordings from July 1956 through September 1970. They had previously backed Hank Snow, among others, having sung at the Grand Ole Opry for many years. In Memphis at the Cotton Carnival in early 1954, Elvis met the Jordanaires backstage and told them, "If I ever cut a record, I want to use you guys singing background with me." Their first session with Elvis took place on July 2, 1956, and produced the double-sided hit record "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog" which would be Elvis' biggest selling single of all-time. Their last sessions with Elvis were the marathon recording dates of June 4 - 8, 1970, which yielded 34 songs, and a follow-up session on September 22 producing only 4 cuts. These sessions produced the albums That's The Way It Is, Elvis Country, and Love Letters, along with a few leftovers! The Jordanaires can be seen in a few of Elvis' films, most notably in Loving You, in the final number on stage, and in G.I. Blues, during the song, "Frankfort Special". After Elvis' death, they released a tribute album, The Jordanaires Sing Elvis's Gospel Favorites. The Jordanaires with Elvis Buy The Jordanaires' music at CD Universe! Th
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World’s first parking meter installed - Jul 16, 1935 - HISTORY.com World’s first parking meter installed Share this: World’s first parking meter installed Author World’s first parking meter installed URL Publisher A+E Networks The world’s first parking meter, known as Park-O-Meter No. 1, is installed on the southeast corner of what was then First Street and Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on this day in 1935. The parking meter was the brainchild of a man named Carl C. Magee, who moved to Oklahoma City from New Mexico in 1927. Magee had a colorful past: As a reporter for an Albuquerque newspaper, he had played a pivotal role in uncovering the so-called Teapot Dome Scandal (named for the Teapot Dome oil field in Wyoming), in which Albert B. Fall, then-secretary of the interior, was convicted of renting government lands to oil companies in return for personal loans and gifts. He also wrote a series of articles exposing corruption in the New Mexico court system, and was tried and acquitted of manslaughter after he shot at one of the judges targeted in the series during an altercation at a Las Vegas hotel. By the time Magee came to Oklahoma City to start a newspaper, the Oklahoma News, his new hometown shared a common problem with many of America’s urban areas–a lack of sufficient parking space for the rapidly increasingly number of automobiles crowding into the downtown business district each day. Asked to find a solution to the problem, Magee came up with the Park-o-Meter. The first working model went on public display in early May 1935, inspiring immediate debate over the pros and cons of coin-regulated parking. Indignant opponents of the meters considered paying for parking un-American, as it forced drivers to pay what amounted to a tax on their cars, depriving them of their money without due process of law. Despite such opposition, the first meters were installed by the Dual Parking Meter Company beginning in July 1935; they cost a nickel an hour, and were placed at 20-foot intervals along the curb that corresponded to spaces painted on the pavement. Magee’s invention caught on quickly: Retailers loved the meters, as they encouraged a quick turnover of cars–and potential customers–and drivers were forced to accept them as a practical necessity for regulating parking. By the early 1940s, there were more than 140,000 parking meters operating in the United States. Today, Park-O-Meter No. 1 is on display in the Statehood Gallery of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Related Videos
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Full text of "Guide to the Numismatic Collection of the Mint of the United States at ..." See other formats Google This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other maiginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to keep providing tliis resource, we liave taken steps to prevent abuse by commercial parties, including placing technical restrictions on automated querying. We also ask that you: + Make non-commercial use of the files We designed Google Book Search for use by individuals, and we request that you use these files for personal, non-commercial purposes. + Refrain fivm automated querying Do not send automated queries of any sort to Google's system: If you are conducting research on machine translation, optical character recognition or other areas where access to a large amount of text is helpful, please contact us. We encourage the use of public domain materials for these purposes and may be able to help. + Maintain attributionTht GoogXt "watermark" you see on each file is essential for in forming people about this project and helping them find additional materials through Google Book Search. Please do not remove it. + Keep it legal Whatever your use, remember that you are responsible for ensuring that what you are doing is legal. Do not assume that just because we believe a book is in the public domain for users in the United States, that the work is also in the public domain for users in other countries. Whether a book is still in copyright varies from country to country, and we can't offer guidance on whether any specific use of any specific book is allowed. Please do not assume that a book's appearance in Google Book Search means it can be used in any manner anywhere in the world. Copyright infringement liabili^ can be quite severe. About Google Book Search Google's mission is to organize the world's information and to make it universally accessible and useful. Google Book Search helps readers discover the world's books while helping authors and publishers reach new audiences. You can search through the full text of this book on the web at |http: //books .google .com/I n CJ \\ .> GUIDE NUMISMATIC COLLECTION OF THE MINT OF THE UNITED STATES AT PHILADELPHIA. PA. (SICIL. thes. amer. seftcn.) Tbeasitbt Depabtment, Document No. 2677. Director of the Mint, \\\\ Or A © Treasuey Department, Office of Director of the Mint, Washingtorij January 28, 191S. The honorable the Secretary of the Treasury. Sir: The need has long been felt of a small descriptive guide book which could De sold to visitors to the Numismatic Collection in the Philadelphia Mint. A year ago a complete catalogue of the collec- tion, a book of 600 pa^es, was published, which sells at $1, and public interest in it has justified the publication. This, however, does not fully satisfy the want. There are thousands of visitors annually who would be served and instructed by a small pamphlet that mieht be sold for much less than the price of the catalogue, and the usemlness of the collection would be greatly enhanced
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CityPages May 2015 by CityPages Kuwait (page 128) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ HOMEWORK FOR GROWN UPS EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED AT SCHOOL... BUT CAN YOU REMEMBER? General Knowledge Quiz 1.Teriyaki is a Japanese: Martial art; Intelligence service; Cooking method; or Cartoon hero? 2. In 2015 artist Oscar Santillan controversially removed and exhibited the top inch of: Buckingham Palace; Scafell Pike; The Eiffel Tower; or Donald Trump's hair? Test Your Vocabulary Once again the main problem was killing time. In this sentence, problem means: 1. trouble 3. What dance/music/style name is thought derived from the Spanish word ('with the colour of flame') for the wading bird Phoenicopterus? 2. effect 4. A cairn, a traditional trail marker for walkers/explorers, of simple or grand design, is basically a: Shack; Pile of stones; Wooden cross; or Hanging lantern? 4. purpose 3. judgment 5. Prince Charles' private letters to government ministers, made public by the UK Supreme Court in 2015, are known as the '(What?) memos', due to his handwriting style: Black spider; Blue tooth; Purple haze; or Green onions? The meaning of the Greek word pr贸blema meant "to put forth," which is different from the meaning of problem today, but it reminds you that any problem becomes easier to solve once you have defined it. A math problem is easier once you have the numbers in front of you: that's why word problems can be so difficult. Problem can also be an adjective in rare cases. Once you were a problem child, but now you spend your time listening to everyone else's problems. 6. Contralto refers to a singing voice/range equating to: Highest Male; Lowest Male; Highest Female; or Lowest Female? If you are facing something that will be difficult to handle, you have a problem on your hands. A problem is a roadblock in a situation, something that sets up a conflict and forces you to find a resolution. 8. The areca nut (often with betel leaf), a popular stimulant in Asia, is traditionally prepared for: Chewing; Smoking; Drinking; or Sniffing? 9.'Ol' Blue Eyes' is the nickname of: Lord Byron; Frank Sinatra; Al Capone; or Napoleon Bonaparte? 10. The Italian word 'scuderia' typically referring to a motor racing team, eg Scuderia Ferrari, means: Stable; Able; Fable; or Label? 11. The ball-shaped roots of a more popular salad vegetable, Bergers White Ball, Ibis, Kojak, and Snow White are what? 12. Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Chad, Niger, Mali and Ethiopia are the largest nations in the world without a: Railway system; Coastline; Poisonous snake; or National currency? 13. What is the correct order of this essential rule for aircraft pilots: Communicate, Aviate, Navigate? ANSWER: 1.In this question, problem is a noun that means a source of difficulty. 7. Name Warren Buffett's investment corporation, which he bought in 1964, ostensibly to sack its boss who had made him angry? 10-digit Number 10 1. Find a 10-digit number where the first digit is how many zeros in the number, the second digit is how many 1s in the number etc. until the tenth digit which is how many 9s in the number. 14. The eponymous cannabis brand launched in 2015 by a famous country music singer is: Willie's Reserve; Garth's Ganja; Dollydope; or Shaniah's Shtash? 15. Created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger, who first appeared in Detective Comics No27 in May 1939? 18. Susy, a portmanteau abbreviation for a fundamental yet increasingly elusive particle physics theory is in full 'Super (What?)': System; Symmetry; Sympathy; or Syllabub? 19. The Ryman Auditorium (also called the Union Gospel Tabernacle) is the home of what major music institution? 20. The position of the Arctic Circle was/is determined by: Sea ice; Sun visibility; Temperature; or Unclaimed territory? ANSWERS:1.Cooking method (grilled fish/meat with sweetened soy sauce glaze), 2. Scafell Pike (England's highest mountain), 3. Flamenco (based on 'flamengo', Spanish for flamingo - the other suggested meaning, 'Flemish', is a somewhat less appealing origin), 4. Pile of stones, 5. Black spider, 6. Lowest Female, 7. Berkshire Hathaway (Buffett tells th
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50 Interesting Facts | IAS 50 Interesting Facts Hypermetropic people are what : Long Sighted Which leader lives in the Potola : Dalai Lama What wood was the cross supposed to be made of : Mistletoe Joseph Levitch became famous as who : Jerry Lewis If you planted a bandarilla what are you doing : Bullfighting What was the first Pink Floyd album : Piper at the gates of dawn In which city was the first public opera house opened : Venice In what Elvis film did he play a double role : Kissing Cousins The Aphrodite of Melos has a more famous name what : Venus de Milo Which country invented the concentration camp Britain : Boer war John Huston scored a hit with his first film what? : Maltese falcon Stan laurel, Mickey Rooney, Lana Turner what in common : 8 marriages What real person has been played most often in films : Napoleon Bonaparte Scotopic people can do what : See in the dark What is the most critical thing keeping bananas fresh transport Temperature not below : 13 C 55F What is the name of the Paris stock exchange : Bourse Whose music featured in The Clockwork Orange : Beethoven What was the Troggs most famous hit : Wild Thing In Japan what colour car is reserved for the royal family only : Maroon What city has Kogoshima as its airport : Tokyo What was gangsters George Nelsons nickname : Baby Face Whose first wife was actress Jayne Wyman : Ronald Regan In MASH what is Radars favourite drink : Grape Knee High What do you give on the third wedding anniversary : Leather What is a baby whale called : Calf In which film did the Rolls Royce have the number plate AU1 : Goldfinger Vladamere Ashkenazy plays what musical instrument : Piano With which organ does a snake hear : Tongue On what is the Mona Lisa painted : Wood What is the second most common international crime : Art theft Count de Grisly was the first to perform what trick in 1799 : Saw woman in half Who wrote Les Miserable : Victor Hugo Which bird turns it head upside down to eat : Flamingo The colossus of Rhodes was a statue of who : Apollo Who rode a horse called Bucephalus : Alexander the Great To which London club did Mycroft Holmes belong : Diogones What did William Addis invent in prison : Toothbrush What is the only duty of police Gracthenvissers in Amsterdam : Motorists in canals Kleenex tissues were originally intended as what in 1915 WW1 : Gas mask filters Who invented popcorn : American Indians What is the colour of mourning in : Turkey Violet For what is spirits of salt another name : Hydrochloric acid Which game is played on an oval with 18 player per team : Australian football In the Winnie the Pooh stories what is Kanga’s baby called : Roo Which actor is common to Magnificent 7 and Dirty Dozen : Charles Bronson Who saved Andromeda from the sea monster : Perseus What flower is the symbol of secrecy : Rose What item were originally called : Hanways Umbrellas What is Brussels best known statue : The Mannequin Pis In which language does God Jul mean happy : Xmas Swedish SHARE
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Falkland Islands | islands and British overseas territory, Atlantic Ocean | Britannica.com islands and British overseas territory, Atlantic Ocean Written By: Alternative Titles: Islas Malvinas, Malvinas Islands Related Topics list of cities and towns in the United Kingdom Falkland Islands, also called Malvinas Islands or Spanish Islas Malvinas, internally self-governing overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean . It lies about 300 miles (480 km) northeast of the southern tip of South America and a similar distance east of the Strait of Magellan . The capital and major town is Stanley , on East Falkland; there are also several scattered small settlements as well as a Royal Air Force base that is located at Mount Pleasant , some 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Stanley. In South America the islands are generally known as Islas Malvinas, because early French settlers had named them Malouines, or Malovines, in 1764, after their home port of Saint-Malo , France . Area 4,700 square miles (12,200 square km). Pop. (2012, excluding British military personnel stationed on the islands) 2,563. Falkland Islands (Malvinas Islands). Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Land The two main islands, East Falkland and West Falkland , and about 200 smaller islands form a total land area nearly as extensive as the U.S. state of Connecticut. The government of the Falkland Islands also administers the British overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , including the Shag and Clerke rocks, lying from 700 to 2,000 miles (1,100 to 3,200 km) to the east and southeast of the Falklands. Ranges of hills run east-west across the northern parts of the two main islands, reaching 2,312 feet (705 metres) at Mount Usborne in East Falkland. The coastal topography features many drowned river valleys that form protected harbours. The small rivers occupy broad, peat-covered valleys. The islands’ cool and windy climate offers few temperature extremes and only minor seasonal variability. Consistently high west winds average 19 miles (31 km) per hour, while the mean annual average temperature is about 42 °F (5 °C), with an average maximum of 49 °F (9 °C) and an average minimum of 37 °F (3 °C). Precipitation averages 25 inches (635 mm) annually. Similar Topics Azores The islands’ vegetation is low and dense in a landscape with no natural tree growth. White grass (Cortaderia pilosa) and diddle-dee (Empetrum rubrum) dominate the grasslands. Where livestock grazing has been controlled, coastal tussock grass (Parodiochloa flabellata) still covers offshore islands. The chilly, damp climate inhibits the complete decomposition of plant matter and permits the accumulation of deep peat deposits. There are no longer any land mammals indigenous to the Falklands, the wild fox being extinct. About 65 species of birds, including black-browed albatrosses, Falkland pipits, peregrine falcons, and striated caracaras, are found on the islands. The Falklands are breeding grounds for several million penguins—mostly rockhopper, magellanic, and gentoo penguins with smaller numbers of king and macaroni penguins. Dolphins and porpoises are common, and southern sea lions and elephant seals are also numerous. Fur seals are found at a few isolated sites. Squid are abundant in the waters surrounding the islands, but overfishing became an issue in the 1990s, and measures were taken to correct the problem. People The population of the Falkland Islands is English-speaking and consists primarily of Falklanders of British descent. The pattern of living on the islands is sharply differentiated between Stanley and the small, isolated sheep-farming communities . Four-fifths of the population lives in Stanley. Economy Almost the whole area of the two main islands, outside of Stanley, is devoted to sheep farming. The islands’ sheep stations (ranches) vary in size and may be owned by individual families or by companies based in Britain. Several hundred thousand sheep are kept on the islands, producing several thousand tons of wool annually as well as some mutton
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Falklands War | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Main article: Events leading to the Falklands War In the period leading up to the war, and especially following the transfer of power between military dictators General Jorge Rafael Videla and General Roberto Eduardo Viola in late-March 1981, Argentina had been in the midst of a devastating economic crisis and large-scale civil unrest against the military junta that had been governing the country since 1976. [11] In December 1981 there was a further change in the Argentine military regime bringing to office a new junta headed by General Leopoldo Galtieri (acting president), Brigadier Basilio Lami Dozo and Admiral Jorge Anaya . Anaya was the main architect and supporter of a military solution for the long-standing claim over the islands, [12] calculating that the United Kingdom would never respond militarily. [13] Admiral Jorge Anaya was the driving force in the Junta's decision to invade. [14] [15] [16] In doing so the Galtieri government hoped to mobilise Argentines' long-standing patriotic feelings towards the islands and thus divert public attention from the country's chronic economic problems and the regime's ongoing human rights violations. [17] Such action would also bolster its dwindling legitimacy. The newspaper La Prensa speculated in a step-by-step plan beginning with cutting off supplies to the Islands, ending in direct actions late in 1982, if the UN talks were fruitless. [18] The ongoing tension between the two countries over the islands increased on 19 March when a group of Argentine scrap metal merchants (actually infiltrated by Argentine marines) raised the Argentine flag at South Georgia, an act that would later be seen as the first offensive action in the war. The Royal Navy ice patrol vessel HMS Endurance , was dispatched from Stanley to South Georgia in response, subsequently leading to the invasion of South Georgia by Argentine forces on 3 April. The Argentine military junta, suspecting that the UK would reinforce its South Atlantic Forces, [19] ordered the invasion of the Falkland Islands to be brought forward to 2 April. Britain was initially taken by surprise by the Argentine attack on the South Atlantic islands, despite repeated warnings by Royal Navy captain Nicholas Barker and others. Barker believed that Defence Secretary John Nott 's 1981 review (in which Nott described plans to withdraw the Endurance, Britain's only naval presence in the South Atlantic) sent a signal to the Argentines that Britain was unwilling, and would soon be unable, to defend its territories and subjects in the Falklands. [20] [21] Argentine invasion Main articles: 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands , Invasion of South Georgia , Argentine air forces in the Falklands War , Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War , and Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War On 2 April 1982, Argentine forces mounted amphibious landings of the Falkland Islands, following the civilian occupation of South Georgia on 19 March, before the Falklands War began. The invasion met a nominal defence organised by the Falkland Islands' Governor Sir Rex Hunt , giving command to Major Mike Norman of the Royal Marines . Events included the landing of Lieutenant Commander Guillermo Sanchez-Sabarots' Amphibious Commandos Group , the attack on Moody Brook barracks, the engagement between the troops of Hugo Santillan and Bill Trollope at Stanley, and the final engagement and surrender at Government House . Initial British response File:The empire strikes back newsweek.jpg Word of the invasion first reached Britain from Argentine sources. [22] A Ministry of Defence operative in London had a short telex conversation with Governor Hunt's telex operator, who confirmed that Argentines were on the island and in control. [22] [23] Later that day, BBC journalist Laurie Margolis was able to speak with an islander at Goose Green via amateur radio, who confirmed the presence of a large Argentine fleet and that Argentine forces had taken control of the island. [22] Operation Corporate was the codename
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Southernmost U.S. capital • Mordo Crosswords - Crossword Puzzle Answers Answers, Clues and Solutions for all the Puzzles We think that knowledge should pass freely. This time, we got the following crossword puzzle clue: Southernmost U.S. capital that also known as Southernmost U.S. capital dictionary. First, we gonna look for more hints to the Southernmost U.S. capital crossword puzzle. Then we will collect all the required information and for solving Southernmost U.S. capital crossword . In the final, we get all the possible answers for this crossword puzzle definition. Honeymoons in Hawaii squares measure being chosen from couples marrying all told seasons, from red-faced June brides to red-nosed Dec brides. The plush island state has several faces, from its remote and isolated beaches to the new, hip, and happening of downtown state capital, the state's capital. Consisting of various islands, the terra firma state sometimes attracts guests to its four main islands: Oahu Island, the large Island of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui. Every of those islands encompass a special side that draws couples seeking differing kinds of Honeymoons in Hawaii, from the swashbuckling to the romantic. If you want to incorporate many islands in your honeymoon, think about taking a cruise round the island state. Here are more similar crossword definitions: State capital that means "sheltered bay", Capital whose name means "sheltered bay", AFC-NFC Pro Bowl city; Setting of the first revolving restaurant in the U.S., Chaminade University site, Try Solution 8 letters: HONOLULU Do you have other crossword puzzle solutions? Please write us in the comment box. Did we help you ? Please click Like and Share. good luck :)
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The Capitals of Texas | Texas Almanac The Capitals of Texas Timeline of Texas History Many different locations have served as capitals of the area that is now Texas, including a number that served only briefly. The National Capitals of Texas Capitals of the six nations that have ruled Texas have been: Spain: Valladolid (before 1551) and Madrid; France: Paris; Mexico: Mexico City, D.F.; Republic of Texas: San Felipe de Austin, Washington-on-the-Brazos, Harrisburg, Galveston Island, Velasco, Columbia, Houston and Austin; United States: Washington, D.C.; Confederate States of America: Montgomery, Ala., and Richmond, Va. A replica of the 1836 capitol in West Columbia. The Administrative Headquarters The administrative headquarters for Texas shifted many times from the arrival of the Spanish in the 16th century to the end of the Civil War. Spanish Provincial Capitals In 1686, Monclova, Coahuila, Mex., became the first provincial capital for the area that became Texas. While Texas was associated with Spain and the Republic of Mexico, its government was administered largely from Coahuila, which alternately had Monclova and Saltillo as its provincial capital. In 1721-22 Marqués de Aguayo, governor of Coahuila including Texas, led an expedition north of the Rio Grande and established the presidio of Los Adaes a short distance east of the Sabine River on the site of present-day Robeline, La. Los Adaes became the capital of Texas and remained so for half a century. The seat of government was moved to San Antonio in 1772, where it remained until 1824. For two short periods during this time, the administrators of Coahuila y Texas conducted business from La Casa Piedra (today commonly called the Old Stone Fort) in Nacogdoches: Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante in 1806 and Manuel María de Salcedo for three months in 1810. Mexican Provincial Headquarters After Mexico became independent of Spain in 1821, Texas was again united with Coahuila, of which Saltillo was then the capital. The first state congress convened there Aug. 15, 1824. The capital of Coahuila-Texas was moved to Monclova, March 9, 1833. A heated controversy between Saltillo and Monclova ensued. When the issue was placed before President Santa Anna, he favored Monclova. The capital of the first Anglo-American colony in Texas was San Felipe de Austin. The conventions of 1832 and 1833, as well as the Consultation of 1835 met at San Felipe, which continued to be the official headquarters until March 1, 1836. Capitals of the Republic of Texas The provisional government of the Republic of Texas met at Washington-on-the-Brazos March 1, 1836. This convention, in which all powers of sovereignty were claimed and exercised, adopted the Declaration of Independence on March 2. They also wrote a constitution and inaugurated executive officers. Because of the movement of Santa Anna's troops, President Burnet selected Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou as the temporary capital. As Mexican troops moved eastward after their victory at the Alamo, President Burnet and part of his cabinet boarded the steamboat Cayuga at Harrisburg on April 15, 1836, making it the de facto capital of the Republic until the Texas officials went ashore at Galveston on April 26. The capital then moved to Velasco until October. In October 1836, Columbia (today's West Columbia) became the first capital of an elected government of the Republic of Texas. President Houston, on Dec. 15, 1836, ordered the seat of government removed to Houston. The government began operating from Houston on April 19, 1837. In 1839, the Capital Commission selected the "site of the town of Waterloo, on the north bank of the Colorado" as the permanent capital. This was confirmed by the Texas Congress Jan. 19, 1839, and the place was renamed Austin in honor of Stephen F. Austin. President Mirabeau B. Lamar and his cabinet moved there October 17, 1839. When Mexican troops threatened San Antonio in March 1842, President Sam Houston ordered the government moved to Houston. Officials moved to Washington-on-the-Brazos, in September, and Houston sent
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The Far Side | Comic Strips Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Template:Trivia Anatidaephobia : The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you. In Cheers,Woody looks at a newspaper depressed. When the regulars ask why he's down he says its because he doesn't get the Far Side. After they explain it to him, he tells them he was just disappointed his newspaper doesn't carry it, and now they made him feel stupid. Strong Sad from Homestar Runner dresses up as the fat kid from The Far Side in the 2007 Halloween special. Template:Fact Darkwing Duck: In the episode "Beauty and the Beet" (September 9, 1991), two Larsonian type scientists called Dr. Gary and Dr. Larson are featured. [3] Darkwing Duck: In the episode "Twin Beaks" (November 7, 1991), an alien cow states, "We come from the planet Larson on the Far Side of the galaxy." [4] Tom Clancy, wrote in The Bear and The Dragon, "The Early Bird was the clipping service the government provided for senior officials, but for breakfast Swordsman preferred the real paper, complete with cartoons. Like many, Ryan lamented the retirement of Gary Larson and the attendant loss of the morning Far Side, but Jack understood the pressure of enforced daily output." Template:Fact In The Simpsons episode "The Homega Man", Homer is in the Withstandinator bomb shelter reading Far Side comics when Springfield is destroyed. As he flips the pages of the Off The Wall Calendar he states "Oh, a Gary Larson calendar …. I don't get it, I don't get it, I don't get it, I don't get it, ha! Ha! Ha! I don't get it...". In Scrubs (TV series), episode My Intern's Eyes, there is a scene in which JD fantasizes about a hospital where the patients are treated like horses and the doctors carry shotguns. This is a parody of a Far Side cartoon. JD cocks the shotgun as he says to a patient with a broken leg: "I am sorry Mr. Larson, but I do not like the look of that leg." Template:Fact In Family Guy, episode 8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter, Peter buys an entire rack of greeting cards on credit and gives Meg a Far Side one of a Vulture wearing a cowboy hat which Meg says is "kind of funny". In Lois Kills Stewie, Stewie comments that his new presidential portrait is better than the one Gary Larson drew which shows him drawn in a Far Side style conversing with an anthropomorphic chicken. Template:Fact In War of the Worlds (TV series) the closing credits for every episode in the first season is a reference to The Far Side cartoons by Gary Larson , courtesy of Chronicle Features. Several cutout Far Side comic strips are seen briefly in “The Resurrection”, tacked onto a bulletin board in Suzanne McCullough’s university office; however, since this is only seen in one episode, it’s unknown why the credit remains throughout the season. [5] In Gilmore Girls, episode (Emily In Wonderland), Lorelai tells Rory that whenever she talks to her mother all she hears is "blah blah blah Ginger." Template:Fact Australian comedians, Roy and HG, when commentating State of Origin football matches, would refer to Gary Larson (rugby league) as being "on the far side" of the playing arena - a joke aimed at his name being shared with famous cartoonist Gary Larson ("and the ball is passed to Gary Larson... on the far side..."). Template:Fact In his book, Dave Barry In Cyberspace, Dave Barry wrote an article titled, The Farside comes to life in Oregon which tells of a Far Side like real story of dead whale removal and large amounts of explosivies. [6] The Worth1000 website for image manipulation contests has featured Far Side contests where Far Side cartoons made real [7] . In the Calvin's Batman Adventure episode of the Calvin And Hobbes fanfiction Calvin And Hobbes: The Series, Hobbes mentions that they once used the book transporter to go in a Far Side book.
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Roger Hargreaves | British cartoonist | Britannica.com British cartoonist Jack Kirby Roger Hargreaves, (born 1935, Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, Eng.—died Sept. 12, 1988, Kent county), British cartoonist who created whimsical characters best known in the popular “Mr. Men” series of books for children. Hargreaves was a creative director in an London advertising firm when he began to market his potato-shaped doodles in the early 1970s. The simple figures were given such names as Mr. Tickle, Mr. Happy, Mr. Nosey, Mr. Greedy, and Mr. Grumpy. These characters appeared in books, as BBC cartoons, and in a comic strip in the Daily Mirror. The “Mr. Men” characters spawned more than 700 products, from T-shirts to food cartons, and paved the way for a “Little Miss” series, including Little Miss Helpful and Little Miss Bossy. Together the two series reached worldwide sales of 85 million volumes and were published in 20 languages. Learn More in these related articles: 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: July 20, 1998 URL: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Roger-Hargreaves Access Date: January 13, 2017 Share
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Who was the youngest person to be elected president of the USA?
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Question - Youngest President of the United States By Martin Kelly Updated February 29, 2016. While many mistakenly say that John F. Kennedy was the youngest president of the United States, this is in error. He was the youngest president ever elected to the presidency at the age of 43. However, Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest man to serve as president when he took over after William McKinley's assassination . He was 42. The founders of the Constitution decided that the age requirement to become a member of the House of Representatives should be 25, to become a Senator should be 30, and to become the president to be 35. One reason why this was the case was to make sure that individuals had the time to gain real world experience before leading the nation. In addition, there were no term limits set on the presidency until the passage of the 22nd amendment in 1947. Older presidents would not be able to stay in office quite as long, avoiding the appearance of a monarchical president. Finally, there was a belief that by the age of 35 individuals would have created a reputation for themselves on the national stage so that voters and electors would know ore about who they were electing as president. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World Some question whether this age limit could be considered age discrimination. However, this issue is moot in that individuals who are even 40 years of age are often cited as being too young when they run for president. When President Obama ran for the presidency in 2008, he was 46 years old. Articles such as one written by one of John McCain's justice advisory committee members, Steven Calabresi, argued that he was still too young to serve as president. This despite the fact that he was 11 years old than he minimum required by the Constitution. However, in a poll taken during 2008, 13% of those polled stated that they thought he was too young to be president. The point of this is that in the United States, there is a perception that age is important in terms of gaining experience and reputation when being considered for the presidency. Here are the ages of the ten youngest presidents to have served in the United States since its founding:
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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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Who wrote 'The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals' in 1872, considered the start of body language science?
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The Universal Expression of Emotion The Universal Expression of Emotion Search the site The Universal Expression of Emotion Are Our Emotional Expressions Universal? By Kendra Cherry Updated May 03, 2016 Emotions play an important role in our daily lives. Each and every day we spend a tremendous amount of time witnessing the emotions of others, interpreting what these signals might mean, determining how to respond and dealing with our own complex emotional experiences. Emotions in Psychology and Research Emotions are also an important topic in psychology and researchers have devoted a great deal of energy toward understanding the purpose of emotions and theories about how and why emotions occur. Researchers have also learned a great deal about the actual expression of emotion. We express our emotions in a number of different ways including both verbal communication and nonverbal communication . Body language such as a slouched posture or crossed arms can be used to send different emotional signals. One of the most important ways that we express emotion, however, is through facial expressions . Are Emotional Expressions Universal? You have probably heard that body language signals and gestures sometimes have different meanings in different cultures, but does the same idea apply to facial expressions as well? Do people in other countries and cultures express emotions in the same way? In his 1872 book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, famed naturalist Charles Darwin argued that human expressions of emotion were both innate and universal across cultures. Researcher and emotion expert Paul Eckman has found that, for the most part, the facial expressions used to convey basic emotions tend to be the same across cultures. While he has found that the human face is capable of creating an astonishing variety of expressions (more than 7,000!), there are six key basic emotions: Happiness Disgust Fear Researchers have shown photographs of people expressing these emotions to individuals from different cultures, and people from all over the world have been able to identify the basic emotions behind these expressions. Eckman believes that not only are these basic emotions probably innate, they are most likely hard-wired in the brain. Cultural Variations In Emotional Expression However, there are important cultural differences in how we express emotions. Display rules are the differences in how we manage our facial expressions according to social and cultural expectations. In one classic experiment, researchers watched Japanese and American participants as they viewed grisly images and videos of things such as amputations and surgeries. People from both backgrounds showed similar facial expressions, grimacing and conveying disgust at the gory images. When a scientist was present in the room as the participants viewed these scenes, however, the Japanese participants masked their feelings and kept neutral facial expressions. Why would the presence of the scientist change how these viewers responded? In Japanese culture, it is considered offensive to reveal negative emotions in the presence of an authority figure. By masking their expressions, the Japanese viewers were adhering to the display rules of their culture. The ability to express and interpret emotions plays an essential part of our daily lives. While many expressions of emotion are innate, and likely hard-wired in the brain, there are many other factors that influence how we reveal our inner feelings. Social pressures, cultural influences, and past experience can all help shape the expression of emotion. Find Out More
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TV and Movies A Penny For Your Thoughts TV and Movies No one probably reads this page.....except for you and the last person.....lol Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, was home to Rocky and Bullwinkle. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first film featuring the character Indiana Jones, was crawling with four-, eight-, and no-legged creatures: - Number of boas, cobras and pythons used in the film: 7,500 - Number of tarantulas: 50 - Source of the name "Indiana Jones": it was the name of producer George Lucas' pet Malamute. The first ever televised murder case appeared on TV in 1955, Dec. 5-9. The accused was Harry Washburn. Twentieth Century-Fox studio cut all scenes showing physical contact between America's curly-haired darling Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in "The Little Colonel" in 1934 to avoid social offense and to assure wide U.S. distribution. Pre-release showings of the film, particularly in the southern U.S., shocked audiences when the two actors touched fingers during their famous staircase dance sequence. Beaver Cleaver graduated in 1953. On Beaver Cleaver's US tour, he visited Albuquerque on a Tuesday. Muppets creator Jim Henson first created Kermit in 1955 - as a lizard. He was made from Henson's mother's coat and two halves of a Ping-Pong ball (no flipper feet or eleven-point collar). The person who performs the Muppets - Miss Piggy, Fozzie, Animal, and Grover is Frank Oz. Oz is also the voice of Star Wars Yoda. By the way, his real name is Frank Oznowicz. The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - "As Good As It Gets", is known in China as "Mr. Cat Poop". Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers (Moe, Curly and Shemp.) The writers of The Simpsons have never revealed what state Springfield is in. A theater manager in Seoul, Korea felt that The Sound of Music was too long, so he shortened it by cutting out all the songs. Bruce was the nickname of the mechanical shark used in the "Jaws" movies. The original title of the musical "Hello Dolly!" was "Dolly: A Damned Exasperating Woman." Why did they change it? The original had such music, poetry, and pizzazz. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. A two hour motion picture uses 10,800 feet of film. Not including the previews and commercials. For many years, the globe on the NBC Nightly News spun in the wrong direction. On January 2, 1984, NBC finally set the world spinning back in the proper direction. In the Mario Brothers movie, the Princess' first name is Daisy, but in Mario 64, the game, her first name is Peach. Before that, it's Princess Toadstool. "60 Minutes" is the only show on CBS that doesn’t have a theme song. Dooley Wilson appeared as Sam in the movie Casablanca. Dooley was a drummer - not a pianist in real life. The man who really played the piano in Casablanca was a Warner Brothers staff musician who was at a piano off camera during the filming. The TV sitcom Seinfeld was originally named "The Seinfeld Chronicles". The pilot which was broadcast in 1989 also featured a kooky neighbor named Kessler. This character later became known as Kramer. In the movie 'Now and Then', when the girls are talking to the hippie (Brenden Fraser), and they get up to leave, Teeny (Thora Birch) puts out her cigarette twice. In Hitchcock’s movie, "Rear Window", Jimmy Stewart plays a character wearing a leg cast from the waist down. In one scene, the cast switches legs, and in another, the signature on the cast is missing. In the movie "Two Jakes," which is set in the 1940's, Jack Nicholson walks right by a B
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Who directed the films The Graduate, Silkwood and Primary Colours?
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Mike Nichols • Great Director profile • Senses of Cinema web resources Mike Nichols and The Business of Living In Andrew Sarris’ fascinating, infuriating (and badly-in-need-of-an-update) manifesto, American Cinema, Mike Nichols was dismissed along with Stanley Kubrick, Richard Lester and Norman Jewsion as a director whose work was less than meets the eye. Like many hot directors in the 1960s, Nichols wore his style on his sleeve. The two films that insured his A-list status, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and The Graduate (1967), gleefully utilised all the toys available to a thirtysomething boy wonder of that period: self-conscious editing and cinematography, stylised production design, hypernaturalistic acting, and a willingness to break down the crumbling dicates of the Hays Code. Until the mid-’70s, Nichols, like many of his peers, embraced the European ideal of the personal filmmaker. He continued to choose projects that gave cinematic expression to a tragicomic sensibility forged in the mid-1950s and early ’60s when the director was then best known as one of half of the improvisational duo, Nichols and May. Then around 1975, Nichols dropped out of the virtual reality of New Hollywood. For almost a decade, he directed plays or executive produced television or film projects. When he returned to feature filmmaking with Silkwood in 1983, a sea change had occurred in his work. Although Silkwood was an ostensibly ’60s film dealing with corporate corruption, political activism, class and gender, the film was, at its core, a character study about a woman and her friendships. Silkwood was also unadorned by the visual flourishes (especially those that annoyed a hardline auteurist like Sarris) that had made him such a quintessential ’60s director. The film would also be the last time until Primary Colors (1998) that Nichols would make a film about the kind of big ideas—politics, war, sex, death, alienation, etc.—that were de rigeur for a director of his stature and autonomy. That kind of seriousness would be satisfied through his theatre work, most notably David Rabe’s Hurlyburly, Tom Stoppard’s The Real Thing, Ariel Dorfman’s Death and The Maiden and Samuel Beckett’s Waiting For Godot. However, the films would focus almost exclusively on the politics of the personal: the process by which individuals and groups interact on a daily basis, the minutiae of the business of living, and the gap between domesticity and romance in relationships. Conflicts which Nichols often sought to explore through romantic comedy. This major shift in ambition and approach by Nichols did not endear him to critics, although his films continued to be successful with audiences. David Thomson says his post-’60s work made you walk out of the cinema, wondering why did they ever bother to make this? Such elegant dismissiveness may make Thomson fun to read, but does little to explain or illuminate what Nichols does. Nichols has become a kind of anti-Kubrick, an enigmatic filmmaker who uses his power to make seemingly modest, self-effacing film souffles. Outside of the usual film junket type publicity, there has been little serious commentary about Nichols’ work (the only book length study on Nichols by Wayne H. Schuth came out in 1978, when many assumed he had retired from film). Yet beneath the laughter, Nichols’ ironic sensibility remains remarkably consistent in the second half of his filmmaking career. It is a form of irony that may be out of fashion with those for whom irony means never having to think too deeply about any one idea for too long, but for those trying to reconcile the gap between dream and nightmare in their waking life, Nichols work continues to resonate. Born in Berlin on November 6, 1931 as Michael Igor Peschkowsky, Nichols came with his German-Jewish family to the USA when he was seven. The death of his father when he was twelve dealt a financial blow to his family. Although he was raised with aspirational middle class values, he worked hard to win scholarships that got him a place at the University of Chicago. It appears he
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Clint Eastwood - Hollywood Life Clint Eastwood Also Known As: Clinton Eastwood, Walt Kowalski, Tommy Nowak, Nick Pulovski, Robert Kincaid FameFlynet Date of Birth: May 30, 1939 Height: 6'4" Hometown: San Francisco, California, United States In a Relationship With: Divorced Best Quotes: “I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it.” “I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.” “There's only one way to have a happy marriage, and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.” Bio: Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. in San Francisco, California on May 30, 1930) is an American actor, director, producer, and politician. In his extensive career, he has appeared in more than 50 major films, acting, directing, producing, and creating music for most of his roles. Some of his standout roles include work on films True Crime, Flags of Our Fathers, The Bridges of Madison County, The Rookie, and Gran Torino. He also directed major films like Invictus, J. Edgar, Pale Rider, and Heartbreak Ridge. He won Academy Awards for both Best Director and Best Picture for Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven. He was nominated for the same awards for Letters to Iwo Jima and Mystic River. Clint served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Clint famously gave a speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention to an empty chair, in which he pretended President Barack Obama was sitting. Best Known For: Clint Eastwood is best known as a film director and actor in westerns, dramas, and action films. Personal Life: Clint Eastwood married Maggie Johnson in 1953, just six months after meeting her on a blind date. During their marriage, he had an affair with dancer Roxanne Tunis, which resulted in the 1964 birth of his first daughter, Kimber Tunis. Clint did not publicly acknowledge Kimber until 1996. He then had two children with Maggie — Kyle and Alison Eastwood. Clint filed for separation from Maggie in 1978 but they did not divorce until 1984. Clint began a relationship with actress Sondra Locke in 1975. The pair lived together for 14 years, all while Sondra was legally married to her gay husband. Sondra had two abortions before electing to have her tubes tied. While still living with Sondra, Clint secretly had two children with flight attendant Jacelyn Reeves: Scott and Kathryn Reeves. In 1990, he began living with actress Frances Fisher. Their daughter, Frances Fisher-Eastwood, was born in 1993. After ending his relationship with Frances, Clint started dating television news anchor Dina Ruiz, who is 35 years younger than him. They got married in March 1996. The couple had one daughter together, Morgan Eastwood, in 1996. In 2013, Dina revealed that she and Clint were separated and living apart.
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"Who was the first female presenter of ITV's, ""News at Ten""?"
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ITV's Mark Austin attacks 'pretty' news presenters - Telegraph Celebrity news ITV's Mark Austin attacks 'pretty' news presenters Mark Austin, the ITV newsreader, has launched a withering attack on a new generation of "pretty" presenters, claiming they do not have the journalistic experience to do the job. Mark Austin currently co-presents the ITV evening news alongside Mary Nightingale Photo: Philip Hollis By Nicole Martin, Digital and Media Correspondent 1:10PM BST 15 Sep 2008 Comments The award-winning journalist, who was recently voted the sexiest newsreader of all time, said he was convinced the new crop of "autocuties" would not stand the test of time. He declined to give names but said that 24-hour news channels were particularly guilty of hiring presenters for their looks rather than their journalistic background. "I do think there are a number of pretty young women and handsome young men without a solid journalistic background reading the news nowadays," he said in an interview with the Radio Times. "Naming no names, but particularly on the 24-hour news channels. I do believe, though, that they'll get found out. You don't need to have been to a war zone to read the news, but it does help. The main requirement for a newsreader is to stay calm under pressure." He added: "I think viewers want to believe you know something about what you're saying. But you could make a very good foreign correspondent and not be a good newsreader at all, or vice versa." Related Articles The Beano is 'too PC' 14 Sep 2008 Austin, 49, is the latest in a long line of newsreaders who have attacked news channels for overlooking older, more experienced presenters. His views echo those of Peter Sissons, Kate Adie, Anna Ford, Selina Scott and John Humphrys who have all criticised the lack of older faces on primetime television. Sissons, 68, who is now seen mainly on the BBC's 24-hour news channel, said earlier this year: "What matters far more is the passing appeal of presenters. We are all fashion goods now. Presenters are chosen more and more for the way they look, than what they have done." Austin, who received an Emmy award for his coverage of the floods in Mozambique in 2000, currently co-presents the ITV evening news alongside Mary Nightingale. He also steps in to co-host the revived News At Ten bulletin when Sir Trevor Mcdonald is away. Austin criticised the decision in 1999 to axe News at Ten, saying it was "the single most catastrophic mistake in the history of television news". News at Ten returned in January in a blaze of publicity, complete with Sir Trevor, the bongs and a new high-tech, state-of-the-art studio. However, the BBC's 10 O'Clock News has consistently won the ratings battle, pulling in around five million viewers compared to ITV's 2.5 million.
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BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - Presenters Desert Island Discs Presenters Roy Plomley Roy Plomley, the programme's creator, presented the programme for 43 years. Starting out as a stage and film actor, he began working in radio in 1936 as an announcer on Radio Normandy. Following a stint with International Radio, broadcasting from Paris and London, he began to freelance for the BBC in 1940. Although he also wrote plays, and presented other programmes such as One Minute, Please, he will be forever associated with Desert Island Discs. He wrote several books about the programme: Desert Island Discs (1975), Desert Island Picks (1982) and Desert Island Lists (1984, with his producer then, Derek Drescher). Michael Parkinson Michael Parkinson was asked to take the chair following Roy Plomley's death in May 1985. His first castaway, on 5th January 1986, was the film director Alan Parker. Parkinson, widely celebrated for his successful TV chat-show, had already himself appeared as a castaway on 19th Feb 1972. Between 1986 and 1988, he presented nearly 100 programmes but by the end of 1987 he'd decided to move on. On 13th March 1988 he interviewed his final castaway - athlete Brendan Foster Sue Lawley Sue Lawley was well-known as a TV reporter, newsreader and presenter & had appeared as a castaway on 8th November 1987, interviewed by Michael Parkinson. Her first guest was Lord Hailsham (Quintin Hogg), who was castaway on 27th March 1988. Describing the role as “one of the best jobs in broadcasting”, Sue went on to interview a further 771 people from all aspects of public life including politics, entertainment, science and sport. On 27th August 2006, her final castaway was the actress Dame Joan Plowright, Sir Laurence Olivier’s widow. Kirsty Young Journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Young opened her tenure as presenter by interviewing the illustrator Quentin Blake on 1st October 2006. Among her guests have been musicians Morrissey, Sir Tom Jones, Alice Cooper, and Barry Manilow, politicians Nick Clegg, Alex Salmond and Alan Johnson, actors Sir Michael Caine, Kathy Burke and June Spencer. In addition to Desert Island Discs, since 2008 she has been the presenter of Crimewatch on BBC One and has also presented the documentary series The British Family and The British at Work. Other Desert Island Discs presenters Two other people have presented editions of Desert Island Discs - Leslie Perowne, Head of Popular Record Programmes at the BBC, who interviewed Roy Plomley the first time he appeared as a castaway in May 1942. On the second occasion Plomley was castaway, in May 1958, he was interviewed by Eamonn Andrews. Strictly speaking, therefore, six people have presented Desert Island Discs over its sixty years, although only Roy Plomley, Michael Parkinson, Sue Lawley and Kirsty Young can genuinely be called 'Desert Island Discs presenters' in the accepted sense.
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Facts About Whitehorse, Capital City of Yukon, Canada Dateline: 12/30/2014 About the City of Whitehorse Whitehorse, the capital city of the Yukon Territory of Canada, is a major northern hub. It is the largest community in Yukon, with more than 70 percent of Yukon's population living there. Whitehorse is within the shared traditional territory of the Ta'an Kwach'an Council (TKC) and the Kwanlin Dun First Nation (KDFN) and has a thriving arts and cultural community. Its diversity includes French immersion programs and French schools and it has a strong Filipino community, amongst others. Whitehorse has a young and active population, and the city has many amenities you might be surprised to find in the North. There's a Canada Games Centre, which 3000 people attend every day. There are 700 kilometres of trails extending through and out of Whitehorse, for biking, hiking, and cross-country and downhill skiing. There are also 65 parks and many rinks. Schools are well-equipped with sporting facilities and offer a variety of skilled trades programs which support a thriving small business community. Whitehorse is also set up to handle tourism, and three airlines fly in and out of the city. Around 250,000 travellers also drive through the city every year. Location of Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse is located just off the Alaska Highway, on the Yukon River about 105 kilometres (65 miles) north of the British Columbia border. Whitehorse is situated in the wide valley of the Yukon River, and the Yukon River flows right through town. There are broad valleys and big lakes around the city. Three mountains also surround Whitehorse: Grey Mountain on the east, Haeckel Hill on the northwest and Golden Horn Mountain on the south. Land Area of City of Whitehorse 8,488.91 sq. km (3,277.59 sq. miles) (Statistics Canada, 2011 Census) Population of City of Whitehorse 26,028 (Statistics Canada, 2011 Census) Date Whitehorse Was Incorporated as a City 1950 Date Whitehorse Became the Capital of Yukon In 1953 the capital of the Yukon Territory was transferred from Dawson City to Whitehorse after the construction of the Klondike Highway bypassed Dawson City by 480 km (300 miles), making Whitehorse the highway's hub. Whitehorse's name was also changed from White Horse to Whitehorse. Government of the City of Whitehorse, Yukon Whitehorse municipal elections are held every three years. The current Whitehorse City Council was elected on October 18, 2012. The Whitehorse City Council is made up of a Mayor and six Councillors.
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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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George Stubbs. Biography - Olga's Gallery Olga's Gallery George Stubbs (1724-1806) George Stubbs at Artprice . To look at auction records, find Stubbs's works in upcoming auctions, check price levels and indexes for his works, read his biography and view his signature, access the Artprice database. George Stubbs belongs to the artists whose names are re-discovered in the 20th century. At his time he was known only to a narrow circle of aristocratic sportsmen and horse lovers, for his contemporaries he was a mere horse-painter. A broadened critical view of the 20th century revealed the full extent of his achievement, his innovations and exceptional originality and power. His works are still mostly, with some exceptions, in private collections in the houses for which they were executed. This, of course, restricts the number of his admirers. But his reassessment has lifted him to the level of the greatest of his time. George Stubbs was born in 1724 in Liverpool, son of a currier and one of five children. He had a minimum of formal instruction: in 1739 he was briefly a pupil of the minor painter Hamlet Winstanley. This was apparently enough to launch Stubbs off as a provincial portrait painter. As such he worked (1743-53) in Wigan, Leeds, York and at Hull. When at York he already knew enough anatomy to give private lessons to medical students at York Hospital and this led to his commissions in 1751 to illustrate a book on midwifery by Dr. John Burton. He learnt enough of etching from a local engraver to etch the plates himself. His interest in anatomy and its studies continued all his life and proved to be important not only to his art but also a new contribution to science. In 1766 his The Anatomy of the Horse was published, which added to his prestige; he worked on a comparative anatomy of a man, a tiger and common fowl until his death, it was left incomplete. At the age of 30, in 1754 he went to Italy by boat. He is said to have gone with no enthusiasm for Italian art, but with a desire to confirm his view that nature, not art, was the only source of inspiration and improvement. On the return journey he made a stop in Marocco. It is believed that a scene he saw there inspired his later picture Horse Attacked by a Lion (1762-1765). In 1756, his son, George Townley Stubbs (d.1815), was born by Mary Spencer who had become his common-law wife. In 1759, the family moved to London. In the 1760s-1770s, Stubbs lived in London. The nature of his commissions required him to travel almost as much as a topographical watercolourist of his day. A series of masterpieces mostly belonging to this decade was that depicting horses and foals. Some of the horses named and were painted for their owners, but others may have been prompted by Stubbs�s own liking for variations on the theme Mares and Foals in a Wooded Landscape (1760-1762), Racehorses Belonging to the Duke of Richmond Exercising at Goodwood (1760-1761), Mares and Foals Disturbed by an Approaching Storm (1764-1766). As portraits his horses were satisfying to his patrons: Whistlejacket (1761-1762). His powers, however, expanded in other directions. There was an easy transition from the portraiture of mounted sportsmen to the open-air 'conversation' picture without reference to hunting or racing. From the end of the 1760s he produced magnificent examples of the genre The Melbourne and Milbanke Families (1769-1770), John and Sophia Musters Out Riding at Colwick Hall (1777). A separate development beginning in the 1760s was Stubbs�s portrayal of wild animals. A unique product of an imaginative kind was the horse and lion series: Horse Attacked by a Lion (1768-1772). He was commissioned to paint the first kangaroo brought to England, for another client he painted a moose The Moose (1770); there were commissions for an Indian rhinoceros, a baboon with a macaque monkey, a yak, and other animals. An exceptional commission was that commemorating the gift of a cheetah to George III by the Governor of Madras,
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Gombrich Explains the Death of Marat | Art | Agenda | Phaidon Gombrich Explains the Death of Marat Gombrich Explains the Death of Marat Lady Gaga recreates the French Revolution work at Art Basel, what does our legendary art historian think of it? Detail from The Death of Marat (1793) by Jacques-Louis David SHARE THIS PAGE The best-selling art historian on why critics were wrong to consider cubism 'an insult to their intelligence' Article Tools A · A Lady Gaga is coming to Art Basel Miami Beach. Or, more accurately, a video-clip of Gaga is going on show. The singer features in a show of Robert Wilson’s work for Galerie Thomas Schulte in the fair’s Kabinett presentation. Wilson, an American theatre director and artist, is known for his video portraits, or brief film clips, half way between a still and moving image. He has featured many famous subjects – including Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp – and has recreated well-known paintings, including Rembrandt's Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp and Mary Queen of Scots late sixteenth century portrait in the style of Nicholas Hilliard. At Miami, Wilson will show his 2013 reworking of Jacques-Louis David’s 1793 work, The Death of Marat, with the singer taking the role of the fallen revolutionary. It’s a striking painting, but why is it worthy of recreation over 200 years after its oils dried? Perhaps because, as the great EH Gombrich suggests in his canonical art history book, The Story of Art , David was able to imbue the modern world with a heroic quality. The Death of Marat (2013) by Lady Gaga and Robert Wilson In chapter 24, entitled The Break In Tradition, Gombrich describes how the revolutionary ructions of the late eighteenth century altered the way artists viewed their own age, and the suitability of certain subjects when painting a historical-style canvas. “The French Revolution gave an enormous impulse to this type of interest in history, and to the painting of heroic subjects,” he writes. “The leading artist of this neo-classical style was the painter Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825), who was the ‘official artist’ of the Revolutionary Government,” Gombrich explains. David and his fellow revolutionaries “felt they were living in heroic times, and that the events of their own years were just as worthy of the painter’s attention as the episodes of Greek and Roman history.” “When one of the leaders of the French Revolution, Marat, was killed in his bath by a fanatical young woman,” Gombrich goes on, “David painted him as a martyr who had died for his cause.” This was no simple task, as the Frenchman had not died on the battlefield, but while bathing. “Marat was apparently in the habit of working in his bath and his bath tub was fitted with a simple desk,” Gombrich writes. “His assailant had handed him a petition, which he was about to sign when he she struck him down. The situation does not seem to lend itself easily to a picture of dignity and grandeur, but David succeeded in making him seem heroic while yet keeping to the actual details of a police record.” The Death of Marat (1793) by Jacques-Louis David Some of this heroism is apparent in the way David renders the revolutionary’s naked torso, but also in the details that the painter chooses to excise. “He had learned from the study of Greek and Roman sculpture how to model the muscles and sinews of the body,” Gombrich explains, “and gave it the appearance of noble beauty; he had also learned from classical art to leave out all the details which were not essential to the main effect, and to aim at simplicity.” In this way, the painter managed to make a modern work shot through with ancient qualities. “It is an impressive commemoration of a humble ‘friend of the people’ – as Marat had styled himself – who had suffered the fate of a martyr while working for the common weal,” Gombrich concludes. Visitors to Art Basel Miami Beach can find out whether the singer brings similar qualities to her video portrait later this week, when the fair opens. Meanwhile, all readers can gain greater insight into this painting an
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Araucaria araucana (monkey puzzle) | Plants & Fungi At Kew Discover plants and fungi Araucaria araucana (monkey puzzle) The monkey puzzle was given its name by an observer who thought that monkeys wouldn't be able to climb the spiky branches. Araucaria araucana in Chile (Photo: Martin Gardner) Species information Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch Common name: monkey puzzle, Chile pine (English); araucaria, pino araucana, pino Chileno, piñonero (Spanish) Conservation status: Vulnerable (VU) according to IUCN Red List criteria. Declared a Natural Monument in Chile in 1990. Habitat: Mixed deciduous and evergreen forest, or growing as pure stands; in moist loamy soil or in stabilised volcanic ash; on the lower slopes of mountains. Key Uses: Ornamental; edible seeds; a valuable timber tree, but logging of wild trees now strictly prohibited; a sacred tree in indigenous culture. Known hazards: The rigid spines on the trunk and leaf tips are potentially hazardous. This is a tree to avoid climbing! Taxonomy Genus: Araucaria About this species The monkey puzzle or Chile pine (Araucaria araucana) is an evergreen conifer native to Argentina and Chile. It was discovered in about 1780 by a Spanish explorer and introduced to England by Archibald Menzies in 1795. Menzies was a plant collector and naval surgeon on Captain George Vancouver's circumnavigation of the globe, travelling in Captain James Cook's old ship, HMS Discovery. He was served the seeds of this conifer as dessert while dining with the governor of Chile and later sowed them in a frame on the quarter deck, returning home to England with five healthy plants. One of these monkey puzzles could be seen at Kew until it died in 1892. The common name alludes to the fact that the task of climbing the tree, with its sharp branches tightly clothed with spiny leaves, would puzzle even a monkey. Synonym: Discover more Geography and distribution Native to southwest Argentina and southern and central Chile, where it grows at 600 to 1,800 m above sea level. Description Araucaria araucana pollen cones at Kew An evergreen, pyramid-shaped tree, the monkey puzzle grows up to 50 m high with a trunk circumference of up to 2.5 m. The tree's most distinguishing feature is its leaves. They are stiff, dark green and glossy with a spiny tip and completely cover each branch, closely overlapping each other. The visual effect is wholly unusual and while many consider the appearance of the tree majestic, others find its scaly, almost reptilian foliage somewhat scary. The horizontal branches are produced in tiers and have few side branches. The female cone is globular and up to 20 cm in diameter; the male cone is cylindrical and up to 15 cm long. Trees normally have cones of only one sex, rarely both. Threats and conservation The monkey puzzle is well-adapted to fire, volcanic activity having long caused wildfires in its natural habitat, so this is not a threat under natural circumstances. However, fires resulting from human activities (especially agricultural clearances) cause severe damage to remaining populations of the tree. Research in Chile, carried out under the auspices of the Flagship Species Fund of the U.K.’s Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Flora & Fauna International (FFI), found at least 80% of the trees remaining in one study area had suffered fire damage. Monkey puzzle stem Despite being officially declared a Natural Monument in 1990 (making it an offence to cut down wild trees), forests outside of protected areas are still subject to high levels of damage due to burning, grazing and conversion to commercial plantations. The majority of the forests occur in a relatively small area of the Chilean and Argentinean Andes; the most threatened populations are in the coastal cordillera in southern Chile. Araucaria araucana is listed in CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) Appendix 1, which includes species threatened with extinction. Trade in specimens of these species is permitted only in exceptional ci
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Index-a This Week's Puzzles So You Think You Know Soccer A soccer goal is what dimensions, yards wide and feet high: 8x7; 7x8; 8x8 or 9x8? According to FIFA World Cup rules which flag must be displayed inside each match stadium besides those of FIFA/Fair Play, and the two competing nations? Approximately how many million people play regular organized football in the world (at the early 2000s): 5; 25; 65; or 250? The word soccer derives from: Sock; Association; Kosher; or Socrates? What is not required by the rules of soccer: Goal net; Penalty spot; Specified ball pressure; or Shin guards? The 2014 World Cup Finals allocated European and African teams respectively how many places: 3 and 9; 4 and 10; 5 and 13; or 6 and 15? What city/club football rules, which spread widely in the late 1800s, introduced heading, corners, throw-ins, changing ends, and the goal crossbar: Sheffield; Paris; Milan; or Berlin? FIFA's 2014 World Cup Finals/Qualifying rules dictate a match squad of how many players: 18; 23; 26; or 30? In the 2010 World Cup Final, Jo'bulani was the: Winner's national anthem; Winning goalscorer; Ball; or Trumpet-like horn blown by fans? The minimum rest-period between two games for any team at the 2014 World Cup is how many hours: 24; 36; 48; or 72? Soccer rules award what after an 'own goal' directly from a throw-in: Goal; Penalty; Corner; or Drop-ball? The headquarters of FIFA are in Brussels; London; Zurich, or Oslo? Who has made the World Cup footballs since 1970: Adidas; Puma; Umbro; or Nike? The World Cup Qualifiying matches between El Salvador v Honduras in 1969 coincided with what mutual event: Independence; Earthquake; Drought; or War? The first ever �100,000 (or above) football transfer, in 1961, was: Bobby Moore; Pele; Dennis Law; or Eusebio? A white ball was first used in a World Cup in: 1930; 1950; 1966; or 1982? The centre circle of a soccer pitch is used only at kick-offs/re-starts, and in which other game feature? Matthias Sammer, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Rivaldo, and Luis Figo won what between 1990-2002: European Cup; World Cup; Golden Boot; or European Footballer of the Year? The first, second and third placed teams at the 2014 World Cup receive how many medals: 20; 30; 40 or 50? Soccer has been an Olympic event since: 1900; 1964; 1992; or 2002? PAGE 6
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BBC - Press Office - BBC's flagship arts series Imagine returns to BBC One BBC's flagship arts series Imagine returns to BBC One Category: Factual & Arts TV ; BBC One The BBC's flagship arts strand Imagine returns to BBC One with a compelling line-up of films exploring human stories: how art and history remain at the heart of political change in Egypt and Iraq; the struggle of two of the iconic songwriters of the 20th century to come to terms with their personal demons; and the story of one of the world's best-known brain specialists and his patients, who have overcome rare and strange conditions through the power of their creativity. Starting the series, as part of Books on the BBC 2011, Alan Yentob meets clinical neurologist and author Dr Oliver Sacks in Imagine: The Man Who Forgot How To Read And Other Stories. Through fascinating and bizarre case studies including patients who've lost the ability to read, recognise faces and see in 3D, the film explores how we see not just with our eyes, but also with our mind. In Imagine: The Pharaohs' Museum On Liberation Square Alan visits the Egyptian National Museum, a treasure trove of exhibits from Pharaonic times, which sits on Tahrir Square – the scene of the recent uprising. Exploring how attitudes to history and culture are changing since the revolution, Alan meets with officials, curators and even Omar Sharif, to understand how the country's unique cultural history has shaped its present. The film will also feature exclusive unseen footage shot by young Egyptian filmmakers who were at the very heart of the revolution. Alan Yentob also introduces a documentary casting new light on one of the most iconic figures in music history – John Lennon. Imagine – Lennon: The New York Years delves into Lennon's life following his move to New York City, as well as his relationship with Yoko Ono. Michael Epstein's film features never-before-heard studio recordings from the Double Fantasy sessions and never-before-seen outtakes from Lennon in concert and his home movies, the film reveals a wealth of new insights. During his brief split from Ono, Lennon travelled to LA to let his hair down. Whilst there, he famously spent time "living it up" with one of his musical heroes – Harry Nilsson. Alan Yentob introduces Imagine: Harry Nilsson – The Missing Beatle, which explores the life and career of one of the most talented, but least known, American songwriters and vocalists of the Seventies, remembered as much for his wild lifestyle as for his outstanding performance of Everybody's Talkin' from the movie soundtrack Midnight Cowboy. John Scheinfeld's documentary features interviews and newly discovered footage, the film unveils the accomplishments of this unsung hero and asks how he inspired a generation of musicians and performers. In the final programme, Imagine: Iraq In Venice (Working Title), Alan will follow six Iraqi artists as they represent Iraq at the prestigious Venice Biennale festival for the first time since 1976. Separated from the country they love, the artists will be united at the festival through the shared theme of their work – water – particularly relevant in a country where water is more expensive than oil. Imagine will follow the artists as they prepare the work they will exhibit in The Iraqi Pavilion of the Venice Biennale, whilst negotiating with the Iraqi government and officials in Venice. Alan Yentob, editor and presenter of Imagine, says: "I like to think of the stories in this season of Imagine as tales of the unexpected which both will surprise and inspire our viewers." The series will run as follows: Tuesday 28 June: The Man Who Forgot How To Read And Other Stories Tuesday 5 July: The Pharaohs' Museum On Liberation Square Tuesday 12 July: Lennon: The New York Years Tuesday 19 July: Harry Nilsson: The Missing Beatle Tuesday 26 July: Iraq In Venice (Working Title) Notes to Editors Imagine: The Man Who Forgot How To Read And Other Stories Tuesday 28 June BBC One Launching the new series of Imagine as part of the Books on the BBC season, presenter Alan Yentob meet
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BBC Radio 2 folk DJ Mike Harding hits out at boss after sacking | Media | The Guardian BBC Radio 2 folk DJ Mike Harding hits out at boss after sacking Veteran presenter to be replaced by Mark Radcliffe after 15 years presenting Folk Show Mike Harding says controller Bob Shennan only rang him once and that was to sack him. Photograph: Jude Edginton/BBC Wednesday 17 October 2012 12.07 EDT First published on Wednesday 17 October 2012 12.07 EDT Close This article is 4 years old BBC Radio 2 presenter Mike Harding, who has been axed as presenter of the station's folk music show after 15 years, has hit out at its controller Bob Shennan, saying the only time he rang him was to sack him. Harding will be replaced in the new year by another Radio 2 presenter, Mark Radcliffe, his first primetime show on Radio 2 since he switched to 6 Music last year. "In 15 years I have built the programme from 70,000 listeners to 860,000 listeners. In all that time I have never had a single phone call from Radio 2 to say I was doing a good job even though I instituted things like the Folk Awards with my producer John [Leonard]. I built that show up over the years with a lot of hard work because it is music that is in my blood," Harding said. "Last Tuesday I got the only phone call I have ever had from Radio 2 – from Bob Shennan – telling me he was pulling me from the programme. No reason was given beyond that they wanted to make it more 'live'. No other presenter was mentioned." Harding, who currently pre-records the show, said he could have broadcast it live if requested. He will continue to present the Wednesday evening slot for the rest of the year, with his last show on Boxing Day. "I will continue to do it with the professionalism that I have always done," said the singer and comedian who had his own show on BBC2 . Harding, who is also known as the "Rochdale Cowboy" after his 1975 chart hit, turns 68 later this month. He said age should have nothing to do with presenting. "Folk music spans the generations," he said. "Young people don't care how old I am as long as I know what I'm talking about. I'm a player, I'm a musician. It's my life." Radcliffe, who currently presents a late-night show on Radio 2 alongside his afternoon 6 Music show, which he co-hosts with Stuart Maconie, said: "I can't say how thrilled and honoured I am to be doing this. "I am also well aware of how loved and cherished Mike Harding is and it is daunting to be following in his footsteps. He is a friend and someone I respect enormously and I really want to pay tribute to the sterling job he's done on the Folk Show for so long. Thanks Mike, from all of us." Shennan described Radcliffe as a "firm favourite with Radio 2 listeners [with] unrivalled broadcasting credentials and longstanding passion, knowledge and hands-on experience of folk music". The Radio 2 and 6 Music controller added: "I'd like to thank Mike Harding, who has spent 15 years at the top of his game, delighting fans with his expertise and rooting out the very best folk music. "On his watch, folk has enjoyed a huge surge in popularity and Mike has been key in supporting the genre and introducing Radio 2 listeners to a broad range of new artists. We very much hope to work with him again in the future." • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediatheguardian.com or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication". • To get the latest media news to your desktop or mobile, follow MediaGuardian on Twitter and Facebook . TalkSport has also held talks with DJ's agent after BBC London show was axed, prompting an on-air tirade from presenter. By John Plunkett Published: 2 Nov 2012
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Yakking | Article about yakking by The Free Dictionary Yakking | Article about yakking by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/yakking Related to yakking: yacks yak, bovine mammal, Bos grunniens, of the Tibet region of China and adjacent areas. It is oxlike in build, with short, thick legs, humped shoulders, large upcurved horns, and a thick coat that hangs down to the ankles. Wild yaks were formerly found from Kashmir to W China, but were so extensively hunted for meat and hides that they now survive only in isolated highlands at elevations above 14,000 ft (4,300 m). They live in herds numbering from 10 to 100 animals, mostly females and young led by a few old bulls; males are mostly solitary. Yaks have been domesticated in Tibet for centuries, and the domestic form has been introduced into other parts of central Asia. The wild yak may attain a shoulder height of 65 in. (165 cm) and have horns 3 ft (90 cm) long; its coat is dark brown. The domesticated yak is smaller, with short horns; its coat, which may be long enough to reach the ground, may be black, brown, reddish, piebald, or albino. Yaks can live on vegetation so sparse that it cannot support other domesticated animals. The domestic yak is a source of milk, butter, meat, hair (for cloth), and leather and is also much used as a beast of burden. Yaks are classified in the phylum Chordata Chordata , phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals. ..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Artiodactyla, family Bovidae. Yak (Poephagus grunniens), a ruminant of the subfamily Bovinae. The yak occurs in the wild only in Tibet. A large animal, the wild yak sometimes reaches a height of 2 m and a weight of 1 ton. The body is massive. The legs are relatively short, and there is a hump at the shoulders. The long, rather slender horns of the males spread outward, forward, and then upward. The horns of the females are shorter than those of the males. The black-brown coat is thick, and there is a warm undercoat. The hair is especially long on the abdomen, chest, and legs, forming a “skirt” that keeps the animal warm when it lies on the snow. The tail is covered with long, coarse hair. The wild yak inhabits forest-less high-desert plateaus. It is solitary or lives in groups of two or three. It feeds on herbaceous vegetation, which it can obtain even from under the snow. Mating occurs in September or October, with a single young born in June and July. The wild yak avoids contact with human habitation; hence, crowded out by domestic herds, it is decreasing alarmingly in number. Domesticated yaks are raised in high-mountain regions of China and Mongolia. In the USSR they are raised in the Gomo-Altai AO, the southwestern Tuva ASSR, the Kirghiz SSR, and the Buriat ASSR. They are smaller than wild yaks. Adult males weigh 400–450 kg, and adult females 270–300 kg. The annual milk productivity is 300–350 kg of marketable milk per year; the fat content of the milk is 6–7 percent. The lactation period is 170 to 180 days; the calves are suckled. Yaks pasture under the open sky year-round. They are valuable work animals, able to easily carry loads of as much as 140 kg on mountain trails. Yaks are also kept for their coarse-fibered flavorful meat. Hair clippings yield as much as 3 kg per year; the hair is used to manufacture coarse cloth and rope. Hybrids are obtained by crossing with cattle; bulls are fertile in the third or fourth generation. The hybrids exceed yaks in weight and productivity. yak
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What's in a Name? Can Native Americans Control Outsiders' Use of their Tribal Names? | Cultural Survival Cultural Survival Quarterly Magazine What's in a Name? Can Native Americans Control Outsiders' Use of their Tribal Names? In the United States, Native American names and symbols appear on many company products. Jeep Cherokee, Pontiac cars, Shawmut Bank, Mohawk Paper Company, Crazy Horse Malt Liquor and Sioux Industries are just a few examples. Indigenous names seem to be showing up more frequently, maybe a case of commercial markets following the renewed interest in Native peoples in the United States. Urban Outfitters, a national clothing and housewares chain selling to the youth market, recently named a marketing division the "Department of Anthropologie" and sells a line of housewares under the name, "Zuni," the name of a Pueblo Indian Nation. These practices are prevalent in particular industries. Many natural foods companies sell traditional indigenous foods (such as wild rice, blue corn and potatoes), using tribal names, pictures of Native peoples and symbols on product labels. Several cosmetics containing traditional Native plants and these products display similar advertising practices. The Self-Help and New Age spiritual movements freely pick and choose among the great diversity of sacred Native beliefs, religions and ways of life, using indigenous names and symbols with their seminars, books and programs. Indigenous beliefs, names, symbols and practices clearly are worth money in the American marketplace. The market is so lucrative that companies frequently blur the line between authentic indigenous products and non-indigenous products. Hopi Blue Popcorn is a prime example of a company that has wrapped itself in Native American-ness. The Hopi Blue Popcorn label has a picture of Hopi women wearing traditional clothing and hair styles, working in a field with corn plants sowed several feet apart, a traditional Pueblo desert planting technique. The label copy tells a story that blue corn was grown by the Hopi and was an integral part of their religious life. Despite all these strong suggestions, there is no connection between the Hopi People and this product. The corn is not Hopi blue corn-it is not even blue corn. Instead, it is a hybrid of yellow and blue corn. The product is not sold by any Hopi and the popcorn probably isn't farmed in the way shown on the label. Finally, the Hopi and the other Pueblos do grow blue corn and blue corn is sacred and part of their spiritual life. However, consumers reading this label could easily believe that this product contains Hopi blue corn, that the corn was grown by the Hopis, grown in the traditional way or that Hopis themselves sell this product. The names and symbols of indigenous groups may be among the few remaining resources or cultural properties of many indigenous societies. Can the unauthorized use of Native names and symbols be stopped? This article introduces some U.S. laws that Native American Nations, groups, companies and individuals may be able to use to stop outsiders from using tribal names and symbols on non-Native commercial products or from falsely claiming to sell a Native American product. This article focuses on trademark law, the federal Indian Arts & Crafts Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Food & Drug Act, and other state laws regulating trademarks, unfair competition, and consumer fraud and protection. TRADEMARK LAW The federal and state systems of trademark registration can be a powerful way for Native American Nations to register and protect their names - and to stop companies from using their names on products, such as the Jeep Cherokee. trademark law regulates and protects the names and slogans that companies use to sell their products. A trademark is a name, a brandname, a group of words or symbols that companies use to identify their products and services. A trademark is like a brand on cattle; it identifies where a product is front and the company that sells it. Coca Cola is a trademark and property, as is the name Cultural Surv
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Sea Breeze Cocktail Recipe | How to make a Sea Breeze ♥ About this recipe Although various drinks have borne the name Sea Breeze (or Seabreeze) over the years, the definitive Sea Breeze is the recipe that became a rite of passage for anyone growing up in late 60s or early 70s America. Its origins lie with a clever marketing executive at Ocean Spray, Ed Gelsthorpe. When Gelsthorpe became CEO in 1963, the cranberry cooperative was struggling financially. So Gelsthorpe decided to innovate, firstly by releasing new mixed cranberry drinks, and secondly by marketing cranberry juice for use in cocktails. Cranberry paired naturally with vodka, and one of the first drinks introduced was the Cape Codder, a blend of vodka and cranberry, today also known as the New Yorker. The The Sea Breeze rapidly followed, as did the Bay Breeze (vodka, cranberry and pineapple) and the Madras (vodka, cranberry and orange); the 1980’s favourite Sex on the Beach is a Madras with peach schnapps, while a Woo Woo is a Cape Codder with peach schnapps. When Ocean Spray exported its cranberry juice drinks to Europe, beginning in the early 1990s, the Breeze craze began: 1990’s London cocktail bars would offer Breezes based on everything from rum to absinthe, although these drinks have not stood the test of time. The clean taste of Smirnoff No. 21 pairs perfectly with the Sea Breeze and its siblings. For a twenty-first century Breeze, try the Cîroc Pink Breeze or Frosted Rose. ➤ 1.9 units of alcohol per serve Smirnoff Sea Breeze Ingredients added to shopping list
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Kahlua Coffee Liqueur mixed drinks: 30+ appetizing drink recipes. Kahlua Coffee Liqueur mixed drinks 1/1 Pour kahlua and white creme de menthe into an old-fashioned glass. Fill with chocolate milk, and serve. Serve in: Old-Fashioned Glass Leave ice-cream out for about 10 minutes. Add ingredients in order, stir with chopstick (butter knife or spoon works too). Consume immediately and often. Nice and light, great for following a heavy drink. 2% (4 proof) 4 oz Coca-Cola® Pour the Kahlua and Rumple Minze into a highball glass and pour the Coca-cola over the top. Put the glass to your mouth and enjoy the flavor. 15% (30 proof) 3 - 5 squirts chocolate syrup Mix all ingredients until no chocolate residue is left on bottom of glass. Serve chilled. Serve in: Collins Glass Fill blender with coffee ice-cream and the amount of kahula to your desire. Blend until drinkable, pour into a beer mug and garnish with a cinnamon stick. Serve in: Beer Mug Blend kahlua, creme de cacao, and frangelico. Add cream. Serve with ice cubes in highball glass. 17% (34 proof) 4 oz Coca-Cola® Build the kahlua, caribbean cream and milk (or half-and-half) over ice in a tall highball glass. Add coca-cola and stir gently. Add straws, and serve. 3% (6 proof) 2 shots Irish cream Pour chocolate milk into a large glass. Add 2 shots of kahlua and 2 shots of irish cream. Serve cold. 5% (10 proof) Carefully layer ingredients, in order, into a brandy snifter; grenadine, kahlua and then bailey's irish cream. 17% (34 proof) Pour all ingredients over ice (add cream to taste) in cocktail glass. Serve in: Cocktail Glass Mix all together. Serve in a collins glass over ice. 4% (8 proof) 1 handful cottage cheese Shake the chocolate syrup and kahlua, and slowly mix in the desired amount of cottage cheese. Serve cold. Serve in: Hurricane Glass Fill a blender about 3/4 full with vanilla ice-cream (not solid). Add the amaretto and kahlua, followed by the bailey's irish cream. Blend until smooth, and pour into tall glasses. Serve in: Hurricane Glass 1 oz whipped cream Add the Kahlua coffee liqueur, Tia Maria coffee liqueur, Cointreau and milk to a blender. Blend for 5 seconds, and pour into a highball glass almost filled with ice. Layer whipped cream on top, garnish with a half-strawberry, and serve. 10% (20 proof) 1 oz cream Pour all ingredients into a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Add more cream if desired. Shake well. Strain into a highball glass filled with ice cubes, and serve. 7% (14 proof) fill with milk Pour creme de menthe and kahlua in a glass over ice. Add milk to fill. Garnish with whatever you'd like, and serve. Serve in: Highball Glass Pour all ingredients into a highball glass and stir. Add a straw, and serve. 4% (8 proof) fill with cola Shake kahlua, bailey's irish cream, frangelico, and jagermeister in an ice-filled shaker, and strain contents into an ice-filled highball glass. Fill with cola. 12% (24 proof) Stir or shake. Ice cream can be used instead of milk and blended in a blender. 8% (16 proof) 1 dash chocolate milk Coat the bottom of a collins glass with chocolate syrup. Fill the glass half-way with ice cubes. Add Kahlua coffee liqueur, Irish cream and creme de cacao. Fill with chocolate milk and shake gently. Sprinkle with chocolate shavings if desired, and serve. 8% (16 proof)
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Boy Scout Neckerchiefs | Scoutmastercg.com Home » Gear » Boy Scout Neckerchiefs Boy Scout Neckerchiefs By Clarke Green Boy Scout neckerchiefs have been with us since Baden Powell published Scouting for Boys : The Scout Uniform is very like the uniform worn by my men when I commanded the South African Constabulary. They knew what was comfortable, serviceable, and a good protection against the weather. So Scouts have much the same uniform. … … the scarf or neckerchief which is folded into a triangle with the point at the back of the neck. Every Troop has its own scarf color, and since the honor of your Troop is bound up in the scarf, you must be very careful to keep it clean and tidy. It is fastened at the throat by a knot, or “woggle”, which is some form of ring made of cord, metal, or bone, or anything you like. The scarf protects your neck from sunburn and serves many purposes, such as for a bandage or as an emergency rope. Love them or leave them neckerchiefs identify scouts as scouts the world over. Scout Neckerchief resources at inquiry.net: Necessary Neckerchief The Neckerchief is the thing by which Scouting is most quickly recognized the world over. How to make a Traditional (square) Neckerchief Ever wonder why your Troop doesn’t look like a Norman Rockwell painting? One reason is the design of the Scout Neckerchief. In the 1970s, the Neckerchief was relegated to its current position as an under-the-collar fashion accessory. Baden-Powell designed the Neckerchief to protect the neck from sunburn, but even more important than this intended function was B-P’s eye as an artist. Around the world, a full-sized Neckerchief is the most striking aspect of the Scout Uniform! The size of a Traditional Boy Scout Neckerchief is a square 32″ X 32,” and it is worn over the collar. Scouting with a Neckerchief (1927) … the Scout Uniform has been brightened by the addition of the colorful Scout kerchief, which is now regarded as an indispensable article of equipment for every member of the Boy Scouts of America. It is more than a part of the Scout Uniform; it is actually one of the most useful items of a Scout’s equipment. The Neckerchief as a reminder of the Scout Oath and Law (from uscouts.org ) My first Scoutmaster taught the importance of the Scout Oath and Law using the Neckerchief. He would hold the open neckerchief in his hands and remind the young scouts of what the last item of clothing they put on when they were getting dressed for the meeting was, his neckerchief. He said that it was no coincidence that the neckerchief had 3 sides, just like the three parts of the Scout oath. He would run a side through his fingers and say “On my honor, I’ll do my best. To do my duty to God” The first and longest side is to remind you of your long standing duty to God. This whole side is hidden from view, just as your faith is deep inside you. But with out that faith, there is no strength for the rest. Holding on to the neckerchief by the point he would run the next side through his fingers and say “To help other people at all times….” This shorter side is to remind you of your duty to help others. Remember it is some of this duty that shows to others, just like part of this side of your neckerchief shows. So do your duty to others well so that people might see the good work you do in the name of Scouting. The last side also shows. He would say “To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.” This last side is your duty to your self. This shows to others as well. They will know that by seeing your uniform, you are a young man who is physically fit. Has a strong moral foundation and who is not apt to fall into the temptations of drugs and alcohol. He would then say that this was a means by which we could remember the Scout Oath, every time we got dressed in uniform. He also gave us a means by which to remember the Scout Law. While wrapping the neckerchief up for wear, he said to wrap it tight in small twists, 12 in fact. And to repeat the 12 points of the Scout Law as you did so. Then as you place
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"Masterminds" - Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), December 27, 2014 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Which actor starred as detective Magnum PI? 2. Which town in Cornwall has become famous for the number of artists who are based there because of its light? 3. Which Manx rider won five stages in the 2010 tour de France? 4. Which comedian created the characters Stavros, Tory Boy and Loadsamoney? 5. Which famous TV chef played football for Glasgow Rangers FC? 6. In the Thunderbirds TV series, which son piloted Thunderbird Two and dressed in yellow? 7. In the TV series Diagnoses Murder, who plays Dr Mark Sloan? 8. Where is the Royal Regatta held each year on the River Thames? 9. Who was the captain of the 2010 European Ryder cup team? 10. Who won 18 this year's Strictly Come Dancing final? 11. What was the name of her partner? 12. What is the capital city of Spain? 13. What is a Samoyed? 14. How many inches make a yard? 15. Which tree grows the tallest? 16. Where is Angel Falls? 17. What was once known as a love apple? 23 18. What is Cher's real name? 19. What was the name of Lou Reed's band? 20. Who invented the lightning conductor? 21. Where in England according to Bram Stoker did Dracula first set ashore? 22. Which TV detective had a secretary called Miss Lemon? 23. In which film does British rock star David Bowie star as a goblin king? 24. How was entertainer Nicolai Poliakoff better known? 25. True or False: the Kingdom of Bahrain is an island nation? … Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details Newspapers Encyclopedia
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Zidane (Zinedine Yazid Zidane) | All Football Players Zidane (Zinedine Yazid Zidane) Zlatan Ibrahimović Zidane (Zinedine Yazid Zidane) Zinedine Zidane is a retired French football player and the only three-time FIFA World Player of the Year winner. Zidane received the Ballon d’Or in 1998, and in 2004 he was voted as the best European footballer of the previous 50 years in UEFA’s 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee Poll. He helped France to victories in the 1998 World Cup as well as in the 2000 European Championship, and he also captained France to the 200 World Cup Final where he was awarded with the FIFA Golden Ball as the tournament’s most outstanding player. Career At the age of ten, Zidane joined the junior team of US Saint-Henri, a local club based in La Castellane. After a year and a half he switched to SO Septèmes Valons. When he was 14 years old he was selected to attend a training camp run by the French Football Federation and was spotted by a talent scout for the AS Cannes. Zidane travelled to Cannes for a six-week stay, but ended up staying with the club for four years as a pro. At first the 14 year old lived in a dormitory with other trainees, but soon he moved in with Cannes director Jean-Claude Elineau and his family. Zidane played his first Ligue 1 match for Cannes in 1989, at the age of 17. During Zidanes first full season with Cannes, the team qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time in the history of the club. In the 1992/1993 season Zidane was transferred to Girondins de Bordeaux where he stayed until 1996. Girondins de Bordeaux won the 1995 Intertoto Cup and finished second in the 1995/1996 UEFA Cup. Zidane was transferred to Juventus for £3.2 millions in 1996. Juventus won the 1996/1997 Serie A and the 1996 Intercontinental Cup, and finished second in the 1997 UEFA Champions League. Juventus then proceeded to win the 1997/1998 Serie A and once again finish second in the UEFA Champions League. In 2000/2001, the team finished second in Serie A. During his time with Juventus, Zidane was named Serie A Foreign Footballer of the Year for both 1997 and 2001. In 2001, Zidane signed a four year contract and transferred to Real Madrid for a record breaking transfer fee of 150 billion Italian lire (roughly €75 millions). Real Madrid won the 2002 UEFA Champions League, and in the next season Zidane helped his team secure a victory in La Liga. During Zidane’s last season for Real Madrid, he was their second highest goal scorer and assists provider with 9 goals and 10 assists over the course of 28 games. Zidane played his last home match for Real Madrid in May 2006. Private life Zinedine Zidane was born in Marseille, France in 1972. His parents Smaïl and Malika comes from Aguemone, a village in Kabylia, a Berber-speaking part of Algeria. They emigrated to France in 1953. In Marseille, Smaïl worked as a warehouseman at a department store while Malika was a house wife. Zinedine grew up in La Castellane, a low-income suburb in northern Marseille. Zinedine has three older brothers and one older sister. At the age of five, Zinedine started playing football in his neighborhood. Zinedine is married to Véronique Fernandez. They have four sons; Enzo (born 1995), Luca (born 1998), Theo (born 2002),and Elyaz (born 2006). Enzo, Luca and Theo have joined the Real Madrid Academy. Zenidine has promoted several charity projects in various ways. By playing charity matches, he has helped raise money for UNICEF, for the United Nations Development Programme and for the Keuydaroon children’s AIDS charity. Zenidine is also a UN goodwill ambassador.
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The footballs during the FIFA World Cup™ 2014 Brazil The brazuca, which means 'Brazilian' and refers to the Brazilian way of life, is the most-tested adidas ball in history. It was, over a two-and-a-half-year period, tried out by over 600 of the world’s top players or former players including Iker Casillas, Dani Alves, Lionel Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Zinedine Zidane, and 30 teams in ten countries across three continents. The brazuca was also used at a selection of international football matches, albeit with a different design, including a friendly between Sweden and Argentina last February. The brazuca’s colours and ribbon design of the ball panels symbolise the traditional multi-coloured wish bracelets worn in the country, in addition to reflecting the vibrancy and fun associated with football in the South American country. It has a new structural innovation, with a unique symmetry of six identical panels alongside a different surface structure will provide improved grip, touch, stability and aerodynamics on the pitch. 2010 South Africa The adidas Jabulani, which means ‘to celebrate’ in isiZulu, was the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ and is already the 11th edition of adidas's FIFA World Cup balls. The 11 colours that are present on the Jabulani pay tribute to both football and the country in which Africa’s first-ever FIFA World Cup will be held. Grip 'n' groove Jabulani ushers in some major advances in football technology. The grip ’n’ groove’s profile circles twist around round the entire ball in an optimal aerodynamic way and the integrated grooves provide unmatched flight characteristics, making this the most stable and most accurate adidas ball ever. Minimal seam, more perfection As opposed to the flat-paneled molding of previous adidas footballs, Jabulani comprises eight thermally bonded 3D panels that have been, for the first time ever, spherically molded to make this ball a perfectly round football that is more accurate than ever before. 2006 Germany More than three years of extensive research and development were needed to present the adidas +Teamgeist™, the company’s best performing ball ever. Thanks to a revolutionary 14-panel ball configuration, players were able to show their true skills, as the quality and performance characteristics were identical every time they kicked the ball. The adidas Innovation Team (a.i.t) rigorously tested the new ball for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™, first under the toughest laboratory conditions possible, later also with professional players and clubs on the field of play. Scientific tests were conducted together with the Sports Technology Research Group of the University of Loughborough, one of the leading institutions of its kind worldwide. These tests confirmed that the adidas +Teamgeist™ was more round, precise and consistent than any top competitor’s match ball. Italy won their fourth world crown in Germany, beating France on penalties in Berlin. If Zinedine Zidane's red card was the final's defining image, Italy's triumph will be remembered as a team effort, with ten different Azzurri players finding the net during the course of the tournament. 2002 Korea/Japan The ball for the FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan™ was known as the “Fevernova”. It was the result of three years of improvement on the “Tricolore” at the adidas research centre in Scheinfeld in southern Germany. The material consisted of six layers or coatings starting with a natural latex bladder inside, then a three-ply Raschel knitted fabric, syntactic foam, a polyurethane layer, a protected iriodine print and finally transparent polyurethane abrasion-resistant coating. The adidas triad design had now become two single, enlarged triads with the points turning into clockwise arrows in the colours of grey, red and gold. The background was no longer a traditional pure white but more of a champagne colour. Over 2,500 balls were supplied for the finals and an estimated six million of the high-quality match balls and replica-quality balls were sold worldwide. The final was between the two mos
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Neither a borrower nor a lender be - eNotes Shakespeare Quotes Neither a borrower nor a lender be Polonius: Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry. Read on Owl Eyes This eText is now on Owl Eyes. Clicking this link will open a new window. Old Polonius counsels his hotheaded son Laertes, who is about to embark for Paris for his gentleman's education [see THE PRIMROSE PATH ]. While he still has the chance, Polonius wholesales a stockroom of aphorisms, the most famous of which is "Neither a borrower nor a lender be." On Polonius's terms, there is little to argue with in his perhaps ungenerous advice. His logic is thus: lending money to friends is risky, because hitching debt onto personal relationships can cause resentment and, in the case of default, loses the lender both his money and his friend. Borrowing invites more private dangers: it supplants domestic thrift ("husbandry")—in Polonius's eyes, an important gentlemanly value. Incidentally, in the days when Hamlet was first staged, borrowing was epidemic among the gentry, who sometimes neglected husbandry to the point where they were selling off their estates piece by piece to maintain an ostentatious lifestyle in London.
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Free Flashcards about GK 3 Semantics is the branch of logic concerned with what? Meaning Which Northumberland castle, located between Craster and Embleton, is closely associated with the legend of Guy the Seeker? Dunstanburgh Castle Whose poem is "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket"? Robert Powell Which poem did Milton write about the drowned fellow poet Edward King? Lycidas What was England's second-largest and second-most commercially important city for the bulk of the 14th century? Norwich Which sea battle was fought on 24 June 1340 as one of the opening salvoes of the 100 Years War? Sluys In which county are Chipchase and Belsay Castles? Northumberland In England, often associated with the wool trade, what European historiography term refers to the entire medieval system of trade and its taxation? Staple The narrator of Anthony Burgess's 'Earthly Powers' is generally held to have been a lampoon or caricature of which real-life author? W Somerset Maugham Maria Edgeworth is a character in which literary work? Castle Rackrent In which play does the line "to thine own self be true" appear? Hamlet In which Graham Greene novel is Scobie a character? The Heart of The Matter Paul Morel is the protagonist of which novel? Sons and Lovers Gerald Crich appears in which DH Lawrence novel? Women In Love Stephen Blackpool is the hero of which Dickens work? Hard Times Which fictitious Northern city is scene of much of the action in 'Hard Times'? Coketown In which novel is Paul Pennyfeather a character? Decline and Fall (Waugh_ In which century was the Sorbonne founded? 13th (1253) Dorothea Brooke appears in which classic novel? Middlemarch In a church, what is the chancel? The space around the altar at the liturgical East end of a church. Give a year in the reign of Philip II (Phillipe Auguste) of France. 1180-1223 Which perfume house introduced the 'Gentleman' brand in 1974? Givenchy Which word can refer to a bomber aircraft, a radio call sign and the Z-Cars code-name? Victor What was Eleanor Thornton the model for in 1911? The Spirit of Ecstasy Liverworts and green leaves are both rich in which vitamin group, including retinol, retinal, retinoic acid? Vitamin A Which Englishman designed the first modern steam turbine in 1884? Parsons Which foodstuff is prepared from Hydrocarbon toluene? Saccharine Which company made the 'Forester' car model? Subaru Which American first used the term 'torpedo' for a naval explosive? Fulton Which element is atomic number 9? Fluorine Highland Dirks and Stilettos are both types of what? Daggers Fish-oils and egg yolk are both rich in which Vitamin? Vitamin D Plasterers and Diggers are both types of what sort of insect? Wasps How long is a vicennial? Every 20 years What name is given to a female badger? Sow If a male cat is a tom, what is a female? Queen A musquash fur comes from which animal? Musk Rat What was unusual about the UK Nobel Prize Winner stamps issued in 2001? Scented What type of animals are cervidae? Deer The first UK self-adhesive stamps depicted what? Cats Gypsum is more correctly known by what chemical name? Hydrated calcium sulphate What is the chemical symbol of promethium? Pm Which Miletus-born Presocratic philosopher is sometimes called 'The Father of Science'? Thales The quagga is a subspecies of which animal? Zebra Which class of subatomic particles is named from the Greek for 'heavy'? Baryons Which Ancient Greek astronomer both discovered the precession of the equinoxes, and may have compiled the first star catalogue? Hipparchus Which kitchen appliance did Denis Papin introduce in 1679? Pressure Cooker Which vitamin deficiency causes beri-beri? B1 Which class of subatomic articles is named from the Greek for 'thick'? Hadrons In which year were self-adhesive stamps introduced to the UK? 2001 Which type of creature has the largest brain relative to body size yet known? Ant Asparagus, leeks and tulips are all part of which plant family? Lily Archangel and Havana Brown are both breeds of what animal? Cat Which mathematician is (possibly fancifully) often credited with inventing roul
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Castel Gandolfo, Lazio tourist guide (the Pope's summer residence) Terracina temple Castel Gandolfo, Lazio A pretty hill-town perched high above Lake Albano (Lago di Albano), Castel Gandolfo is just a few miles south of Rome, and is the summer residence of the Pope Castel Gandolfo is one of the Castelli Romani , historic towns dotted around the wooded Alban Hills and dominated by grand villas. The summer residence of the Pope, Castel Gandolfo is little more than a pretty village clustered around the Papal Palace and the extensive gardens enjoyed by popes for centuries. It was a particular favourite of John Paul II, and one of the first acts of his successor, Benedict XVI was to thank the people of Castel Gandolfo and assure them that he, too, would be spending his summers in their "beautiful little town" above Lake Albano. Much of Castel Gandolfo is discreetly dedicated to the various Pontifical villas and religious foundations. The Papal Palace - with astronomical observatory attached - dominates Piazza della Libert�, but other locations, like the sprawling papal gardens, are tucked away out of sight. The papal tradition of spending summer here dates back to Pope Urban VIII (1623-1644). However, it wasn't the first time that an important Roman had summered on this spot; the pontifical gardens of the seventeenth-century Villa Barberini cover the site of a villa belonging to the Roman Emperor Domitian. The Pope's gardens are truly spectacular, but sadly not open to the general public. With splendid views reaching over the plain to the sea, they contain extensive formal areas, farmland and a large chamber dating back to the time of Domitian. On the attractive main square, Piazza della Libert�, the church of San Tommaso di Villanova, designed by Bernini, sits opposite the palace gateway. As well as a couple of cafes, there are also a few shops selling local produce and tourist fripperies in the piazza, perhaps with an eye to the faithful who arrive on summer Sundays to see the Pope. Castel Gandolfo is a sleepy little place, but although there's not a great deal for tourists to see, it's a pleasant spot to spend a few relaxing hours. There are some good places to eat, including the panoramic terraces of the Ristorante Bucci (pictured). The area is renowned for its local produce, and several establishments offer you the chance to taste and buy wine, meat and other local specialities. The town is picturesque, offering good photo-opportunities and a chance to appreciate Italian small-town atmosphere. It's hard to believe you are just a few miles from Rome as you admire the peaceful lake views or wander the tiny lanes. There is a tourist information kiosk (limited opening) close to the piazza (under an arch and down a slope) on Via Massimo d'Azeglio. Some decent public toilets are located below the piazza, overlooking Lake Albano. To reach Castel Gandolfo station, descend the zig-zag footpath helpfully called Via della Stazione. The town has a peach festival, the Sagra delle Pesche, on the third Sunday in July. The patron saint is San Sebastiano, whose saint's day is celebrated in September. Castel Gandolfo transport Castel Gandolfo is 15 miles from Rome and can be reached by bus from Anagnina Metro station, or by train from Rome's Termini station. Trains are infrequent, but the journey is very scenic. The station is halfway up the slope above Lake Albano (be alert as the station is not clearly announced or signed). A steep path zigzags uphill to the town, emerging just below the main square. It's quite a climb. The train and buses connect the town with the rest of the Castelli Romani. The enterprising could try walking to nearby Albano (along the wooded main road above the lake; 25 minutes then a steep drop into Albano) or down to the lakeshore and Marino. However, the roads are designed for cars and not pedestrians, so it's not a particularly enjoyable or safe walk. Castel Gandolfo accommodation In the historic heart of Castel Gandolfo is Hotel Castel Gandolfo - a well-reviewed hotel with lake views.
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47 Count of Monte Cristo <p><i>The Count of Monte Cristo</i> (French: <i>Le Comte de Monte-Cristo</i>) is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas, père. It is often considered, along with <i>The Three Musketeers</i>, as Dumas's most popular work. The writing of the work was completed in 1844. Like many of his novels, it is expanded from the plot outlines suggested by his collaborating ghostwriter Auguste Maquet.</p><p>The story takes place in France, Italy, islands in the Mediterranean and the Levant during the historical events of 1815–1838 (from just before the Hundred Days through the reign of Louis-Philippe of France). The historical setting is a fundamental element of the book. It is primarily concerned with themes of justice, vengeance, mercy, and forgiveness, and is told in the style of an adventure story. (Summary from Wikipedia)</p> <p>This book contains alternate versions of a number of chapters – indicated by an alt after the file number. The Zip files contain both versions of these chapters.</p><p>There are 2 versions of the M4Bs made , one containing the original files for these chapters (4 parts), the other containing the alternate files for the chapters (5 parts).</p> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1184 53 Bleak House <p>Bleak House is the ninth novel by Charles Dickens, published in 20 monthly parts between March 1852 and September 1853. It is widely held to be one of Dickens' finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. Dickens tells all of these both through the narrative of the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and as an omniscient narrator. Memorable characters include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, the friendly but depressive John Jarndyce and the childish Harold Skimpole. The plot concerns a long-running legal dispute (Jarndyce and Jarndyce) which has far-reaching consequences for all involved. (Summary from Wikipedia)</p> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1023 59 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn <p><em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em> (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in <em>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</em>), his friend Jim, and their journey down the Mississippi River on a raft. Both are on the run, Huck from his drunk and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave.</p> <p>As Huck and Jim drift down the river, they meet many colorful characters and have many great adventures. The true heart of the story, however, is the friendship between Huck and Jim. A constant theme throughout the book is Huck’s internal struggle between what he has been taught, that helping a runaway slave is a sin, and what he truly believes, that Jim is a good man and it couldn’t possibly be wrong to help him.</p> <p><em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em> was unique at the time of its publication (1884) because it is narrated by Huck himself and is written in the numerous dialects common in the area and time in which the book is set. Although the book was originally intended as a sequel to the children’s book <em>The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</em>, as Twain wrote <em>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn</em> it progressed into a more serious work. Twain’s views on slavery and other social issues of the time become clear through the words, thoughts, and actions of Huck Finn. The book has always been the subject of great controversy, and according to <a href="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/100-most-frequently-challenged-books-1990–1999" target="_blank">The American Library Association</a> it was fifth on the list of most frequently challenged books in the 1990s.<br />(Summary by Annie Coleman)</p> http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/76 64 Heart of Darkness <p> Set in a time of oppressive colonisation, when large areas of the world were still unknown to Europe, and Africa was literally on maps and minds as a mysterious shadow, Heart of Darkness famously explores the r
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Afghanistan: Maps, History, Geography, Government, Culture, Facts, Guide & Travel/Holidays/Cities Taliban Captures Kunduz, Doctors Without Borders Hospital Hit in Airstrike Geography Afghanistan, approximately the size of Texas, is bordered on the north by Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan, on the extreme northeast by China, on the east and south by Pakistan, and by Iran on the west. The country is split east to west by the Hindu Kush mountain range, rising in the east to heights of 24,000 ft (7,315 m). With the exception of the southwest, most of the country is covered by high snow-capped mountains and is traversed by deep valleys. Government In June 2002 a multiparty republic replaced an interim government that had been established in Dec. 2001, following the fall of the Islamic Taliban government. History Darius I and Alexander the Great were the first to use Afghanistan as the gateway to India. Islamic conquerors arrived in the 7th century, and Genghis Khan and Tamerlane followed in the 13th and 14th centuries. In the 19th century, Afghanistan became a battleground in the rivalry between imperial Britain and czarist Russia for control of Central Asia. Three Anglo-Afghan wars (1839–1842, 1878–1880, and 1919) ended inconclusively. In 1893 Britain established an unofficial border, the Durand Line, separating Afghanistan from British India, and London granted full independence in 1919. Emir Amanullah founded an Afghan monarchy in 1926.
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City Mayors: European cities of culture City Mayors reports news from towns and cities around the world. Worldwide | Elections | North America | Latin America | Europe | Asia | Africa | Events | Mayors from The Americas, Europe. Asia, Australia and Africa are competing for the annual World Mayor Award. More City Mayors ranks the world’s largest as well as richest cities and urban areas. It also ranks the cities in individual countries, and provides a list of the capital cities of some 200 sovereign countries. More City Mayors reports political events, analyses the issues and depicts the main players. More City Mayors describes and explains the structures and workings of local government in Europe, The Americas, Asia, Australia and Africa. More City Mayors profiles city leaders from around the world and questions them about their achievements, policies and aims. More City Mayors deals with economic and investment issues affecting towns and cities. More City Mayors reports on how business developments impact on cities and examines cooperation between cities and the private sector. More City Mayors describes and explains financial issues affecting local government. More City Mayors lists and features urban events, conferences and conventions aimed at urban decision makers and those with an interst in cities worldwide. More City Mayors reports urban environmental developments and examines the challenges faced by cities worldwide. More City Mayors reports on and discusses urban development issues in developed and developing countries. More City Mayors reports on developments in urban society and behaviour and reviews relevant research. More City Mayors deals with urban transport issues in developed and developing countries and features the world’s greatest metro systems. More City Mayors examines education issues and policies affecting children and adults in urban areas. More City Mayors investigates health issues affecting urban areas with an emphasis on health in cities in developing countries. More City Mayors examines the importance of urban tourism to city economies. More City Mayors examines the contributions history and culture make to urban society and environment. More City Mayors describes the history, architecture and politics of the greatest city halls in the world. More City Mayors invites readers to write short stories about people in cities around the world. More City Mayors questions those who govern the world’s cities and talks to men and women who contribute to urban society and environment. More City Mayors profiles national and international organisations representing cities as well as those dealing with urban issues. More City Mayors reports on major national and international sporting events and their impact on cities. More City Mayors lists cities and city organisations, profiles individual mayors and provides information on hundreds of urban events. More Melina Mercouris legacy: European Cities of Culture The European City of Culture was the result of an initiative by the late Greek Minister of Culture, Melina Mercouri. In November 1983 she invited European Community (EC) culture ministers to Athens and presented them with a project for creating knowledge of European cultures within the EC member states. At the time, the Greek minister felt that culture was not given the same attention as politics and economics. She told her European colleagues that the voices of artists should be heard as loudly as those of politicians and economists. Culture, art and creativity are not less important than technology, commerce and economics, Ms Mercouri said. In the summer of 1985 the European City of Culture programme was launched with Athens being the first title-holder. The European Cities of Culture between 1985 and 2004 were chosen on an intergovernmental basis. The European member states selected unanimously cities worthy of hosting the event, and the European Commission awarded a grant each year to the city selected. While between 1985 and 1999 only one European city carried the title City of Culture, in 199
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Myanmar - Union of Myanmar - Country Profile - Burma - Asia ___ Myanmar - Burma Destination Myanmar. Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia, also known as Burma, its also called the Golden Land. With an area of 676,578 km² the country is almost twice the size of Germany or slightly smaller than the U.S. state of Texas . Myanmar is bordered in north and northeast by China , in east by Laos and Thailand , in south by the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal and in west by Bangladesh and India . With 5,881 m (19,295 ft) Mount Hkakabo Razi in Kachin state on the border tri-point with China and India is the highest elevation in Myanmar and Southeast Asia's highest mountain. Main rivers are the Chindwin and the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) river. Myanmar has a population of 51.4 million people (2014 census). Largest city, former capital, and the economic center of Myanmar is Yangon , capital is since 2005 the planned city of Naypyidaw . Spoken languages are Burmese. On this pages you will find comprehensive information about Myanmar, or Burma in its diversity, its geography, economy, people, culture, environment, government and history. You will have access to newspapers from Myanmar and you will find travel and tourism information. Landscape near Mrauk U a town in in northern Rakhine State. Image © nationsonline.org Capital City since 6 November 2005: Naypyidaw (Nay Pyi Taw) Other Cities: Yangôn (Rangoon, pop. 5 million), Mandalay (pop. 700 000) Government: Type: nominally civilian government (since 29th March 2011, when Burma's military handed over power). The new political system came into effect after an election in November 2010. Constitution: 3 January 1974 (suspended since 18 September 1988 when latest junta took power). Burma has been under military authority since 1962. Geography: Location: Southeast Asia, bordering the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal. Area : 676,578 km² (261,228 square miles). Terrain: A land of hills and valleys rimmed in the north, east and west by mountain ranges forming a giant horseshoe. Enclosed within the mountaion barriers are the flat lands of Ayeyarwaddy, Chindwin and Sittaung River valleys where most of the country's agricultural land and population are concentrated. Climate: Tropical monsoon; cloudy, rainy, hot, humid summers (southwest monsoon, June to September); less cloudy, scant rainfall, mild temperatures, lower humidity during winter (northeast monsoon, December to April). People: Nationality: Burmese. Population : 51.4 million (2014 census) Ethnic groups: according to Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs there are 8 Major National Ethnic Races in Myanmar, which all comprises different ethnic groups: the Kachin, the Kayah, the Kayin, the Chin , the Mon, the Bamar, the Rakhine, and the Shan. according to the CIA World Factbook the ethnic groups are: Burman 68%, Shan 9%, Karen 7%, Arakanese 4%, Chinese 3%, Mon 2%, Indian 2%, other 5%. Religions: Buddhism (89.2%), Christianity (5.0%), Islam (3.8%), Hinduism (0.5%), Spiritualism (1.2%) and others (0.2%). Languages : Burmese; Myanmar is a union of 135 ethnic groups with their own languages and dialects. Literacy: 90% (2003 official Government of Burma statistics); estimates of functional literacy are closer to 30% Natural resources: Timber, tin, antimony, zinc, copper, tungsten, lead, coal, limestone, precious stones like jade, ruby and sapphires, natural gas, hydropower, and some petroleum. Agriculture Products: Rice, pulses, beans, sesame, groundnuts, sugarcane, hardwood, fish and fish products. Industries: Agricultural processing; knit and woven apparel; wood and wood products; copper, tin, tungsten, iron; construction materials; pharmaceuticals; fertilizer; cement. Former Flag of Myanmar (1974 - 2010) Background: Previously an independent kingdom, Burma was annexed by the British Empire into the colony of India in 1886. The occupation brought social, economic, cultural and administrative changes to the once-feudal society. The Japan ese Empi
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Brief Biography of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Share By Kallie Szczepanski The current king of Thailand , Bhumibol Adulyadej, is the longest-reigning monarch in the world today, as well as Thailand's longest-reigning king ever. The beloved king's common name is pronounced "POO-mee-pohn uh-DOON-ja-deht"; his throne name is Rama IX. Early Life: Born a second son, and with his birth taking place outside of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej was never meant to rule. His reign came about through a mysterious act of violence. Since then, the King has been a calm presence at the center of Thailand's stormy political life. On December 5, 1927, a Thai princess gave birth to a son named Bhumibol Adulyadej ("Strength of the Land, Incomparable Power") in a Cambridge, Massachusetts hospital. The family was in the United States because the child's father, Prince Mahidol, was studying for a Public Health certificate at Harvard University . His mother studied nursing at Simmons College . The boy was the second son for Prince Mahidol and Princess Srinagarindra. continue reading below our video 10 Best Universities in the United States When Bhumibol was a year old, his family returned to Thailand, where his father took up an intership in a hospital in Chiang Mai . Prince Mahidol was in poor health, though, and died of kidney and liver failure in September of 1929. Schooling in Switzerland: In 1932, a coalition of military officers and civil servants staged a coup against King Rama VII . The "Revolution of 1932" ended the Chakri Dynasty's absolute rule and created a constitutional monarchy. Concerned for their safety, Princess Srinagarindra took her two young sons and little daughter to Switzerland the following year. The children were placed into Swiss schools. In March of 1935, King Rama VII abdicated in favor of his 9-year-old nephew, Bhumibol's older brother Ananda Mahidol. The child king and his siblings remained in Switzerland, however, and two regents ruled the kingdom in his name. Ananda Mahidol returned to Thailand in 1938, but Bhumibol remained in Europe. The younger brother continued his studies in Switzerland until 1945, when he left the University of Lausanne at the end of World War II . Mysterious Succession: On June 9, 1946, King Ananda Mahidol died in his palace bedroom of a single gunshot wound to the head. It was never conclusively proven whether his death was murder, accident or suicide, although two royal pages and the king's personal secretary were convicted and executed for assassinating him. 18-year-old Prince Bhumibol had gone in to his brother's room about 20 minutes before the gun went off, so conspiracy theorists have long implicated him in Ananda Mahidol's death. Bhumibol's uncle was appointed his Prince Regent, and the new king returned to the University of Lausanne to finish his degree. In deference to his new role, he changed his major from science to political science and law. Accident and Marriage: Just as his father had done in Massachusetts, Bhumibol met his wife-to-be while studying overseas. The young king often went to Paris, where he met the daughter of Thailand's ambassador to France, a student named Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kiriyakara. Bhumibol and Sirikit began a demure courtship based on taking in Paris' tourist sights . In October of 1948, Bhumibol rear-ended a truck and was seriously injured. He lost his right eye and suffered a painful back injury. Sirikit spent a lot of time nursing and entertaining the injured king; his mother urged the young woman to transfer to a school in Lausanne so that she could continue her studies while getting to know Bhumibol better. On April 28, 1950, King Bhumibol and Sirikit got married in Bangkok. She was 17 years old; he was 22. The King was officially coronated one week later. Military Coups and Dictatorships: The newly crowned king had very little actual power. Thailand was ruled by military dictator Plaek Pibulsonggram until 1957, when the first of a long series of coups removed him from office. Bhumibol declared martial law during the crisis, which ended wi
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About Badminton About Badminton Wednesday January 18, 2017 About Badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles), who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their opponents' half of the court. A rally ends once the shuttlecock has struck the ground, and the shuttlecock may only be struck once by each side before it passes over the net. The shuttlecock (or shuttle) is a feathered projectile whose unique aerodynamic properties cause it to fly differently from the balls used in most racquet sports; in particular, the feathers create much higher drag, causing the shuttlecock to decelerate more rapidly than a ball. Shuttlecocks have a much higher top speed, when compared to other racquet sports. Because shuttlecock flight is stubbornly affected by wind, competitive badminton is always played indoors. Badminton is also played outdoors as a casual recreational activity, often as a garden or beach game. Since 1992, badminton has been an Olympic sport with five events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles, in which each pair is a man and a woman. At high levels of play, the sport demands excellent fitness: players require aerobic stamina, agility, strength, speed, and precision. It is also a technical sport, requiring good motor coordination and the development of sophisticated racquet movements. (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton ) History and Development Badminton was known in ancient times; an early form of the sport was played in ancient Greece. In Japan, the related game Hanetsuki was played as early as the 16th century. In the west, badminton came from a game called battledore and shuttlecock, in which two or more players keep a feathered shuttlecock in the air with small racquets. The game was called "Poona" in India during the 18th century, and British Army officers stationed there took a competitive Indian version back to England in the 1860s, where it was played at country houses as an upper class amusement. Isaac Spratt, a London toy dealer, published a booklet, "Badminton Battledore - a new game" in 1860, but unfortunately no copy has survived. The new sport was definitively launched in 1873 at the Badminton House, Gloucestershire, owned by the Duke of Beaufort. During that time, the game was referred to as "The Game of Badminton," and the game's official name became Badminton. Until 1887 the sport was played in England under the rules that prevailed in India. The Bath Badminton Club standardized the rules and made the game applicable to English ideas. The basic regulations were drawn up in 1887. In 1893, the Badminton Association of England published the first set of rules according to these regulations, similar to today's rules, and officially launched badminton in a house called "Dunbar" at 6 Waverley Grove, Portsmouth, England on September 13 of that year. They also started the All England Open Badminton Championships, the first badminton competition in the world, in 1899. The International Badminton Federation (IBF) (now known as Badminton World Federation) was established in 1934 with Canada, Denmark, England, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales as its founding members. India joined as an affiliate in 1936. The BWF now governs international badminton and develops the sport globally. While originated in England, international badminton has traditionally been dominated by a few Asian countries, plus Denmark from Europe. China, Indonesia, South Korea and Malaysia are among the nations that have consistently produced world-class players in the past few decades and dominated competitions on the international level, with China being the most dominant in recent years.
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Snooker Rules Snooker Rules 1. Aim of the game Snooker is played with fifteen object balls that are not numbered and are solid red (called reds), six object balls of other colors that are not numbered (called colors in snooker) and a cue ball (called the white ball). The aim of snooker is to pocket the balls legally according to the rules and to score a greater number of points than the opponent. Point values for object balls: red-1, yellow-2, green-3, brown-4, blue-5, pink-6, black-7. 2. Opening break rules The game of Snooker begins with the cue ball in hand in the Half Circle (so the starting player can place the cue ball anywhere inside the Half Circle). The rules for the opening break are the same as when one of the players gets the right to strike. 3. Game Rules A player who gets the right to strike has to hit one of the red ball first. Each shot has to be completed in 60 seconds, otherwise a foul is called. A strike, when the next legal object is a red ball, is legal when: The white ball is not potted. The white ball hits a red ball first. Only red balls are potted. Otherwise the strike is a foul. When the strike on the red ball is legal: If no red ball is potted then the opposing player is next. When a red ball is potted then the player gets as many points as the number of red balls he has potted. The striker's next legal object is a colored snooker ball (see next point rules). A strike, when the next legal object is a color ball, is legal when: The white ball is not potted. If there are still red balls on the table then one of the colored balls is hit by the white ball first. If there are no more red balls on the table then the colored ball with the lowest points is hit first. Only the ball that was hit first by the white ball is be potted. Otherwise the strike is a foul. When the strike on the colored ball is legal: If no ball is potted then the opposing player is next. When a colored ball is potted then the player's points increase by the point value of the potted colored ball. The striker's next legal object is a red ball. If there are no more red balls on the table, the next legal object is the ball with the lowest points. 4. Snooker Fouls If a hit is a foul then the other player gets penalty points: 4 points if the white ball is potted. 4 points if time limit is exceeded (60 seconds/shot) If the white hits the wrong ball first then the value of this ball. If the wrong ball is potted first then the value of this ball. When a hit results in more fouls then the opposing player gets the points of foul with the highest value. Penalty points have a minimal value of 4. After committing a foul the incoming player may play the ball(s) as they lie request to pass the shot and let the offending player play the stroke again (without returning to the original position) 5. Game over rule When the only ball left on the table is the black one and The black ball is potted by the next legal shot. The next hit is a foul. Playoff: If the scores are equal after potting the last ball, the black ball is respotted and the player on plays again from the D. The first foul or pot ends the game.
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The axolotl is the tadpole form of what creature found in Mexico and the USA. It is unusual in that it attains maturity and reproduces in the tadpole, or larval, stage of amphibian metamorphosis?
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Puzzles - Coffeetime Triv (Sat) 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? 7: In which film did Roy Scheider play a sheriff and Richard Dreyfus a marine biologist? 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J.K.Rowling 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? A metronome 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and black 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid Wow! I got a footie and an anagram question. I'm going to need to lie down! 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? Batman? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? Italy 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 15 to 1 Patience, so you did. Well done all three of you only one missing is 7: and 'Marine Biologist' (the new wannabe career for Britain's 6th-formers) might have given it to you - the fiilm was Jaws
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Shock | definition of shock by Medical dictionary Shock | definition of shock by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/shock Definition Shock is a medical emergency in which the organs and tissues of the body are not receiving an adequate flow of blood. This deprives the organs and tissues of oxygen (carried in the blood) and allows the buildup of waste products. Shock can result in serious damage or even death . Description There are three stages of shock: Stage I (also called compensated, or nonprogressive), Stage II (also called decompensated or progressive), and Stage III (also called irreversible). In Stage I of shock, when low blood flow (perfusion) is first detected, a number of systems are activated in order to maintain/restore perfusion. The result is that the heart beats faster, the blood vessels throughout the body become slightly smaller in diameter, and the kidney works to retain fluid in the circulatory system. All this serves to maximize blood flow to the most important organs and systems in the body. The patient in this stage of shock has very few symptoms, and treatment can completely halt any progression. In Stage II of shock, these methods of compensation begin to fail. The systems of the body are unable to improve perfusion any longer, and the patient's symptoms reflect that fact. Oxygen deprivation in the brain causes the patient to become confused and disoriented, while oxygen deprivation in the heart may cause chest pain . With quick and appropriate treatment, this stage of shock can be reversed. In Stage III of shock, the length of time that poor perfusion has existed begins to take a permanent toll on the body's organs and tissues. The heart's functioning continues to spiral downward, and the kidneys usually shut down completely. Cells in organs and tissues throughout the body are injured and dying. The endpoint of Stage III shock is the patient's death. Causes and symptoms Shock is caused by three major categories of problems: cardiogenic (meaning problems associated with the heart's functioning); hypovolemic (meaning that the total volume of blood available to circulate is low); and septic shock (caused by overwhelming infection, usually by bacteria). Cardiogenic shock can be caused by any disease, or event, which prevents the heart muscle from pumping strongly and consistently enough to circulate the blood normally. Heart attack , conditions which cause inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis), disturbances of the electrical rhythm of the heart, any kind of mass or fluid accumulation and/or blood clot which interferes with flow out of the heart can all significantly affect the heart's ability to adequately pump a normal quantity of blood. Hypovolemic shock occurs when the total volume of blood in the body falls well below normal. This can occur when there is excess fluid loss, as in dehydration due to severe vomiting or diarrhea, diseases which cause excess urination (diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, and kidney failure), extensive burns , blockage in the intestine, inflammation of the pancreas ( pancreatitis ), or severe bleeding of any kind. Septic shock can occur when an untreated or inadequately treated infection (usually bacterial) is allowed to progress. Bacteria often produce poisonous chemicals (toxins) which can cause injury throughout the body. When large quantities of these bacteria, and their toxins, begin circulating in the bloodstream, every organ and tissue in the body is at risk of their damaging effects. The most damaging consequences of these bacteria and toxins include poor functioning of the heart muscle; widening of the diameter of the blood vessels; a drop in blood pressure; activation of the blood clotting system, causing blood clots , followed by a risk of uncontrollable bleeding; damage to the lungs, causing acute respiratory distress syndrome; liver failure; kidney failure; and coma . Initial symptoms of shock include cold, clammy hands and feet; pale or blue-tinged skin tone; weak, fast pulse rate; fast rate of breathing; low
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Patent US7498276 - Advanced body armor utilizing shear thickening fluids - Google Patents Advanced body armor utilizing shear thickening fluids US 7498276 B2 Abstract An armor composite material has been invented which contains a fabric which has been impregnated with shear thickening fluid. This invention offers a ballistic resistant material that is more flexible and less bulky than comparable, conventional ballistic fabric. The material in the alternative can be puncture resistant. The invented material offers superior ballistic performance and/or puncture resistance compared to conventional ballistic fabric-based materials of equal thickness. The invented material can be applied to applications requiring armor that is compact and/or flexible, such as body armor, protective clothing and flexible protective devices and shields, and stab resistant clothing and devices. Images(2) Claims(36) 1. A material for dissipating the kinetic energy of a moving object comprising a fabric or a yarn which further comprises a shear thickening fluid (STF) intercalated into said fabric and/or yarn wherein said STF remains in a fluid form and said STF comprises particles suspended in a solvent and said particle-solvent suspension remains in a flowable form after intercalation and said solvent is environmentally stable and remains integral to said material and said suspended particles during service. 2. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said material is a ballistic material which contains aramid fibers, graphite fibers, nylon fibers or glass fibers. 3. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said particles are oxides, calcium carbonate, synthetically occurring minerals, naturally occurring minerals, polymers or a mixture thereof. 4. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said solvent is water, which optionally contains added salts, surfactants, and/or polymers and said material is a poly (para-phenylene terephthalamide). 5. The material as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said solvent is ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, ethanol, silicon oils, phenyltrimethicone or a mixture thereof and said material is a poly (para-phenylene terephthalamide). 6. A material for dissipating the kinetic energy of a moving object comprising a fabric or yarn which further comprises a shear thickening fluid (STF) intercalated into said fabric and/or yarn wherein said STF remains in a fluid form in said material during service. 7. The material as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said material is a ballistic material which contains aramid fibers, graphite fibers, nylon fibers or glass fibers. 8. The material as claimed in claim 7 , wherein said shear thickening fluid comprises particles suspended in a solvent. 9. The material as claimed in claim 8 , wherein said particles are oxides, calcium carbonate, synthetically occurring minerals, naturally occurring minerals or polymers or a mixture thereof. 10. The material as claimed in claim 9 , wherein said particles are SiO2, polystyrene or polymethylmethacrylate. 11. The material as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the solvent is water, which optionally contains added salts, surfactants, and/or polymers and said material is a poly (para-phenylene terephthalamide). 12. The material as claimed in claim 10 , wherein said solvent is ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, ethanol, a silicon oil or phenyltrimethicone or mixtures thereof and said material is a poly (para-phenylene terephthalamide). 13. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said particles have an average diameter size of less than 1 mm. 14. The material as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said particles have an average diameter size of less than 100 microns. 15. The material according to claim 6 , wherein the material comprises one or more layers of said material and said at one or more layers are a woven fabric. 16. The material according to claim 6 , wherein the material comprises one or more layers of said material and said at one or more layers are a nonwoven fabric. 17. The material according to claim 6 , wherein the material comprise
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Why is the Everton soccer team called the Toffees? | Reference.com Why is the Everton soccer team called the Toffees? A: Quick Answer Nobody knows for sure, but many people believe the Everton soccer team is called the Toffees because a shop owner used to give toffee to fans during game days. Despite the unclear origin, the nickname has stuck around. Full Answer The Everton soccer team is named after a small village that was part of Old England in the northwest region of the country. Later, it merged into Liverpool, which is now where the soccer team plays its home games at Goodison Park, which can hold more than 40,000 fans. The team colors are blue and white, although they wear black during away games. In the 2012-13 season, the team took 6th place with their leading scorer, Marouane Fellaini.
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Rangers F.C. | Rangers Football Club Rangers Football Club Posted on March 9, 2011 by celticfootball Rangers F.C. are commonly called as Gers, Teddy Bears. The fans of these clubs were termed as bluenoses. They are based in Scotland playing for the Scottish Premier League. They are one of the football clubs with strange names for both the team and the fans. Rangers have won 53 League Championships, more than any other club in the world. They have won the Scottish League Cup 26 times — more than any other Scottish club — and the Scottish Cup 33 times. In 1961 Rangers reached the final of the European Cup Winners’ Cup, becoming the first British club to reach the final of a UEFA club competition. They won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1972, having been the runners-up in 1961 and 1967, and were runners-up in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final. An estimated 130,000 Rangers fans made the journey to Manchester, even though most of them did not have tickets for the match. The club have traditionally been identified with and favoured by the Protestant and Unionist community of Scotland, as well as the Unionist community in Northern Ireland. For most of their history, Rangers have enjoyed a fierce rivalry with their cross-city opponents Celtic, and the two are collectively known as the Old Firm. Posted on March 7, 2011 by celticfootball Rangers currently have two different club crests. The scroll crest, representing letters RFC overlapping each other, has been used since the club’s formation in 1872 and was first introduced to the Rangers kits in 1968; it was modified several times in the 1990s. After successful season 2002/2003, which delivered Rangers a Treble and their 50th championship title, it was decided to add five stars above the scroll crest, one for every ten titles won by the club. The circular crest was adopted in 1959 and features a lion rampant on an old-style football and the club’s motto Ready, which was shortened from Aye Ready (meaning Always Ready in Scottish English) in 1966, all surrounded by the official team name, Rangers Football Club. The circular crest is mostly used on merchandise and by the media. Posted on March 7, 2011 by celticfootball The club colours of Rangers F.C. are royal blue, white and red. However, for the majortiy of the first forty-eight years of Rangers existence the club played in a plain light blue home shirt. The only deviation from this was a four season period from 1879 when the side wore a light blue hooped shirt. The team’s home strip invariably features a royal blue shirt (often with white and/or red trim). Traditionally this is accompanied by white shorts (often with royal blue and/or red trim) and black socks with red turn-downs. Black socks were first included in 1883 for five seasons before disappearing for eight years but became a permanent fixture from 1896 onwards. When the red turn-downs were added to the socks in 1904, the strip began to look more like the modern day Rangers home kit. Occasionally the home kit will be altered by the shorts and socks, sometimes replacing the black socks with white ones; or replacing the white shorts and black socks combination with royal blue shorts and socks. The basic design of Rangers away strips has changed far more than the traditional home strip. White and red have been the most common colours for Rangers alternate strips, though dark and light blue have also featured highly. In recent years, Rangers have introduced a third kit. This is usually worn if both the home and away kits clash with their opponents. The colours used in the third kits have included combinations of white, red, dark and light blue as well as black. Posted on March 7, 2011 by celticfootball The four founders of Rangers – brothers Moses and Peter McNeil, Peter Campbell and William McBeath – met in 1872 and named their team after an English rugby club upon seeing the name in a book. In May of that year the first match was played, a 0–0 draw in a friendly against Callander F.C. on the public pitches of Glasgow Green. The only other match played that year was another frien
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English Symphonies Collection / Various - Naxos: 20573690 | Buy from ArkivMusic English Symphonies Collection / Various SEE, HEAR & LEARN MORE! Notes & Editorial Reviews Works on This Recording Customer Reviews Notes and Editorial Reviews You will not find such a stellar retrospective of the English Symphony anywhere, at any price. Included are the complete symphonies of Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Bax, Malcolm Arnold and many more. �The Malcolm Arnold Symphonies set arguably constitutes the best series of recordings in the Naxos catalog--performances of uniformly high quality made in the presence of the composer and recorded with more realistic balances and cleaner textures than any of their rivals�At any price, you can't do better.� -- ClassicsToday.com �The Best Bax cycle available at any price�top quality performances and sonics of excellent technical quality Read more � � ClassicsToday.com In addition, you will find a "First Rate" complete Vaughan Williams Symphony cycle and, the best know of the genre, the Elgar symphonies (including Anthony Payne's completion of the Third). William Walton's symphonies are here and the entire set is rounded out by the lesser known works of Rawsthorne, Bantock, and Bliss. Absolutely a "Must Have" set for anyone with an interest in the English Symphony or, truly, the Symphonic genre as a whole. The avid collector will want to hear these versions if they are unfamiliar, and for the novice...Wow! What an introduction! For more details and reviews of some of the individual discs in this set Click Here . English Symphonies Collection When compared to musical developments in the rest of Europe, nationalism in English music came late. After being virtually absent from the British musical landscape for well over a century, the symphony made a fantastic reentry with the 1908 Symphony No. 1 of Sir Edward Elgar, widely regarded as the first English masterpiece in the medium, receiving dozens of performances throughout the world in that first year alone. With nine numbered symphonies composed in his extensive career, Ralph Vaughan Williams became, arguably, England�s finest symphonist, with each work projecting nobility, melodic directness and a profound Englishness. Much of his work makes skillful use of folk material. �A London Symphony� is the composer�s well-crafted and loving evocation of the atmosphere of the capital. The seven symphonies of Arnold Bax were composed in the 1920s and 30s and display a remarkable contrapuntal skill, impressionist use of orchestral color and a fine sense of pace. Linked to Ireland by his friendships, annual visits to the rural west, and a Dublin residency before and during the time of the Easter Rising, Bax was conflicted about his knighthood, bestowed in 1939. The unjustly neglected Granville Bantock also drew inspiration from Celtic culture, but from the landscape of Scotland�s far flung corners. His ambitious Hebridean Symphony celebrates the remote islands of the Scottish Highlands, working folksong into a symphonic framework. William Walton was an immense musical figure in English musical life and his First Symphony was an enormous success at its premiere in 1935, rapidly leading to hundreds of performances. The emotional range of the work is staggering, from the tense opening movement to the impish scherzo (marked to be played �with malice�) to the satisfying finale. The Second Symphony is scarcely less impressive while the composer�s Viola Concerto � composed for Lionel Tertis but premiered by Paul Hindemith (and coupled here) � is arguably the greatest concerto ever written for the instrument. The prolific William Alwyn, contemporary of Britten and Tippett, composed in a variety of forms, including five well-constructed symphonies, two of which are included in this collection. The first English composer ever to win an Oscar, ( in 1958, for Bridge on the River Kwai), Malcolm Arnold is celebrated for his work in film, though his nine symphonies are arguably the finest works in an oeuvre that also includes concertos, balle
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Arts and Music 101: Edward Elgar's Works Saturday, June 2, 2012 Edward Elgar's Works Sir Edward William Elgar was born on June 2, 1857 and died on February 23, 1934. He was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. He also composed choral works, including The Dream of Gerontius, chamber music and songs. He was appointed Master of the King's Musick in 1924. Selected Words Froissart, concert overture, Op. 19 (1890) Serenade for Strings, Op. 20 (1888 1892) Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36 (1899) includes Variation 9 Nimrod Cockaigne (In London Town), concert overture, Op. 40 (1900 1901) Pomp and Circumstance, five marches, all Op. 39 (1901 1930) March No. 1 in D (1901) (The trio contains the tune known as Land of Hope and Glory) In the South (Alassio), concert overture, Op. 50 (1903 1904) Introduction and Allegro for strings (quartet and orchestra), Op. 47 (1904 05) The Wand of Youth, suites Nos. 1 and 2, Opp. 1a/b (1867 71, rev. 1907/8) Symphony No. 1 in A-flat, Op. 55 (1907 1908) Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 (1909 1910) Romance for bassoon and orchestra, Op. 62 (1910) Symphony No. 2 in E-flat, Op. 63 (1909 1911) Falstaff, symphonic study, Op. 68 (1913) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (1918 1919) The Severn Suite, Op. 87 (1930) (for brass band, trans. for orchestra 1932) Cantatas and Oratorios The Black Knight, symphony/cantata for chorus and orchestra, Op. 25 (1889 1892) The Light of Life (Lux Christi), oratorio for soprano, alto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op. 29 (1896) Scenes From The Saga Of King Olaf, cantata for soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op. 30 (1896) Caractacus, cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op. 35 (1897 1898) The Dream of Gerontius, for mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op. 38 (1899 1900) The Apostles, oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor and three bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op. 49 (1902 1903) The Kingdom, oratorio for soprano, contralto, tenor and bass soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op. 51 (1901 1906) The Music Makers, ode for contralto or mezzo-soprano soloist, chorus and orchestra, Op. 69 (1912) Songs "The Wind at Dawn", poem by C. Alice Roberts (1888) Sea Pictures, (Sea Pictures: A Cycle of Five Songs for Contralto), Op. 37. (1897 1899) "Land of Hope and Glory", words by Arthur Christopher Benson (1902) Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar (1907) Partsongs "O Happy Eyes", SATB unacc., words by C. Alice Elgar, Op. 18 No.1 (1890) "My Love Dwelt in a Northern Land", SATB unacc., words by Andrew Lang, dedicated to Rev. J. Hampton (1890) "The Snow", SSA acc. 2 violins and piano, words by C. Alice Elgar, dedicated to Mrs. E. B. Fitton, Op. 26 No.1 (1894) (also with orchestral accompaniment, 1903, and various other combinations of voices SATB etc.) "Go, Song of Mine", SSAATB unacc., words by Cavalcanti, tr. D. G. Rossetti, dedicated to Alfred H. Littleton, Op. 57 (1909) "The Shower" and "The Fountain", SATB unacc., words by Henry Vaughan, Op. 71 Nos.1 and 2 (1914) Sacred Music Three motets: "Ave verum corpus", "Ave Maria" and "Ave Maris Stella", Op. 2 (1887) Te Deum and Benedictus, Op. 34 (1897) Chamber Music Romance, violin and piano, Op. 1 (1878) Salut d'Amour (Liebesgruss), violin and piano, Op. 12 (1888) Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin, violin and piano, Op. 15 Nos. 1 and 2 (1897/1899). Violin Sonata in E minor, Op. 82 (1918) String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83 (1918) Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84 (1918 1919) Keyboard Organ Sonata in G, Op. 28 Concert Allegro, piano, Op. 46 (1901; unpublished) Arrangements J. S. Bach, Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537, tr. for orchestra, Op. 86 (1921 1922) Handel, Overture in D minor (Overture to Chandos Anthem "In the Lord put I my Trust", HWV247), tr. for orchestra (1923)
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"Nicknamed ""Little Mo"" who was the first player to win the Grand Slam in women's tennis?"
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Ten women tennis players who achieved a career Grand Slam | Zee News Ten women tennis players who achieved a career Grand Slam Last Updated: Sunday, June 10, 2012 - 14:20 0 Follow @ZeeNewsSports Zeenews Sports Bureau New Delhi: After winning Wimbledon in 2004, the U.S. Open in 2006 and the Australian Open in 2008, the new World No 1 Maria Sharapova completed her Grand Slam and became only the 10th women in the history to do so. The 25-year-old Russian underwent a shoulder surgery four years back after which she was uncertain about her future, she overcame all the hurdles to achieve the historic feat. Here is a list of all the ten women tennis players who have completed a career Grand Slam. 1) Maureen Connolly Brinker (USA): Fondly known as the Little Mo, Maureen was the first female tennis player to complete a career Grand Slam in the same year. Australian Open: (1953) Wimbledon: (1952, 1953, 1954) US Open: (1951, 1952, 1953) 2) Doris Hart (USA): During her childhood, the American suffered from osteomyelitis, which resulted in a permanently impaired right leg. In spite of that, she has won 14 singles titles at major tournaments. Australian Open: (1950) French Open: (1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953) Wimbledon: (1947, 1951, 1952, 1953) US Open: (1951, 1952, 1953, 1954) 3) Shirley Fry Irvin (USA): Just like Maria Sharapova, the American has also won just four grand slams at the major tournaments. Australian Open: (1957) Wimbledon: (1956) US Open: (1956) 4) Margaret Court (Australia): She has the record of winning the Australian Open for seven consecutive times. Australian Open: (1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973) French Open: (1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1973) Wimbledon: (1963, 1965, 1970) US Open: (1962, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1973) 5) Billie Jean King (USA): She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women`s doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Australian Open: (1968) Wimbledon: (1966, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1975) US Open: (1967, 1971, 1972, 1974) 6) Chris Evert (USA): The former World No. 1 won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record seven championships at the French Open and a record six championships at the U.S. Open. Australian Open: (1982, 1984) French Open: (1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1986) Wimbledon: (1974, 1976, 1981) US Open: (1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982) 7) Martina Navratilova (Czech): Along with Margaret Court and Doris Hart, the 56-year-old has a unique record of winning a career Grand Slam in singles, women`s doubles, and mixed doubles (called the Grand Slam "boxed set"). She has also won the women’s singles title at the Wimbledon for a record nine times. Australian Open: (1981, 1983, 1985) French Open: (1982, 1984) Wimbledon: (1978, 1979, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1990) US Open: (1983, 1984, 1986, 1987) 8) Steffi Graf (Germany): The German is the only singles player to have achieved a Calendar Year Grand Slam while playing on all three major types of tennis courts (grass courts, clay courts and hard courts). Australian Open (1988, 1989, 1990, 1994) French Open: (1987, 1988, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1999) Wimbledon: (1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996) US Open: (1988, 1989, 1993, 1995, 1996) 9) Serena Williams (USA): The former World No 1 who dominated women tennis for quite some time with her powerful strokes is the recent women tennis player to hold a career slam simultaneously. Australian Open: (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010) French Open: (2002) Wimbledon: (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010) US Open: (1999, 2002, 2008) 10) Maria Sharapova (Russia): The Women`s Tennis Association has ranked Sharapova World No. 1 in singles on five separate occasions, the first time being on August 22, 2005. The Russian has been has been in seven Grand Slam finals with a record of 4–3. Australian Open: (2008)
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Martina Navratilova (Tennis Player) - Pics, Videos, Dating, & News Martina Navratilova Former Tennis Player Female Martina Navratilova is a retired Czech American tennis player and a former World No. 1. Billie Jean King said about Navratilova in 2006, "She's the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who's ever lived. " Navratilova won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 major women's doubles titles, and 10 major mixed doubles titles.… Read More related links Murray's Rise To Top 'amazing Accomplishment': Navratilova Yahoo News - Nov 06, 2016 ' Scotsman Andy Murray\\'s achievement in becoming men\\'s tennis world number one is exceptional women\\'s tennis legend <mark>Martina Navratilova</mark> told the BBC on Sunday. Murray, 29, moved to the top of the rankings for the first time in his career after replacing long-time incumbent Novak Djokovic when Milos Raonic pulled out of their semi-final in Paris on Saturday. The Scot\\'s climb to the ATP rankings\\' summit -- the first Briton to do so since computerised rankings came in in 1973 -... Us Athletes Jumping Into Heated Presidential Race Yahoo News - Oct 31, 2016 ' As the presidential candidates sprint the final leg of the race for the White House, sports luminaries are lining up behind their preferred candidates. LeBron James, Stephen Curry and <mark>Martina Navratilova</mark> have said they will vote for Democrat Hillary Clinton on November 8, while Republican candidate Donald Trump has the support of Mike Tyson, Jack Nicklaus and Dennis Rodman. ' Evert Sees Post Serena 'new Era' Taking Shape Yahoo News - Oct 29, 2016 'Women\\'s tennis has entered a new era no longer dominated by Serena Williams, 18-time Grand Slam winner Chris Evert said Saturday. \\"I don\\'t think nobody will dominate in the near future anyway like Serena Williams, and kudos to her, it shows how great she was as a player, but I think now this is how we\\'re going to form some new rivalry where the girls will have to play it out,\\" she said at the WTA Finals in Singapore. The variety and depth, different age groups, different styles of play,... Maria Sharapova Joins Wtt Smash Hits Charity Tennis Event To Benefit The Elton John Aids Foundation Yahoo News - Oct 05, 2016 'NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) is pleased to announce that tennis star Maria Sharapova will join Mardy Fish, John McEnroe, <mark>Martina Navratilova</mark>, Mark Philippoussis, and Andy Roddick to headline World TeamTennis (WTT) Smash Hits at Caesars Palace, a charity night of tennis co-hosted by longtime friends Sir Elton John and Billie Jean King on Monday, October 10, 2016. Also joining the line-up is former world No. 1 doubles sta... Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Martina Navratilova. CHILDHOOD 1956 Birth Born on October 18, 1956. 1962 5 Years Old In 1962, her mother Jana married Miroslav Navrátil, who became her first tennis coach. … Read More Martina then took the name of her stepfather (adding the feminine suffix "ová"), thus becoming Martina Navrátilová. Her father, Mirek, was a ski instructor and remarried and divorced. When she was eight, he committed suicide. Read Less TEENAGE 1972 15 Years Old … Navratilova has a sister, Jana, and an older paternal half-brother. Navratilova's grandmother, Agnes Semanska, was a tennis player for the Czechoslovak Federation before the Second World War and had a ranking as high as no. 2 among Czech women during her amateur career. <br /><br />When Navratilova was 4, she was hitting a tennis ball off a cement wall and started to play tennis regularly at age 7. Read Less In 1972, at the age of 15, Navratilova won the Czechoslovakia national tennis championship. Show Less In 1973, aged 16, she made her debut on the United States Lawn Tennis Association professional tour but did not turn professional until 1975. … Read More Although perhaps most renowned for her mastery of fast low-bouncing grass, her best early showing at majors was on the red clay at the French Open, where she would go on to reach the final
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Olympic Games - 2 | Britannica.com Olympic Games athletic festival that originated in ancient Greece and was revived in the late 19th century. Displaying 1 - 100 of 410 results Abrahams, Harold British athlete who won a gold medal in the 100-metre dash at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris. Abrahams was born into an athletic family; his older brother Sidney represented Great Britain in the Olympics in 1912. Abrahams participated in the 1920 Olympic... Agassi, Andre American professional tennis player who won eight Grand Slam titles, as well as the “career Grand Slam” for winning each of the four major tennis tournaments— Wimbledon, the Australian Open, the French Open, and the U.S. Open —at least once. By age 2... Ainslie, Ben British sailing champion who became the most-decorated Olympic mariner of all time when he captured his fourth career gold medal (fifth medal overall) at the 2012 Games in London. Ainslie was born in the north of England, but when he was seven, his family... Akii-Bua, John Ugandan athlete who in 1972 became the first, and thus far the only, Ugandan to win an Olympic gold medal when he triumphed in the 400-m hurdles in 47.82 seconds, a world record (b. Dec. 3, 1949--d. June 20, 1997). Albertville 1992 Olympic Winter Games athletic festival held in Albertville, France, that took place February 8–23, 1992. The Albertville Games were the 16th occurrence of the Winter Olympic Games. The 1992 Games are noted for not only a change in the modern Olympics but a change in the... Alekseyev, Vasily Ivanovich Soviet weightlifter who was arguably the greatest super heavyweight lifter of all time. Between 1970 and 1978 he set 80 world records and won two Olympic gold medals. Alekseyev was the son of a lumberjack. At age 12 he was felling trees and lifting logs... Ali, Muhammad American professional boxer and social activist. Ali was the first fighter to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions; he successfully defended this title 19 times. Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., grew up in the American South... Altis in Greek religion, the sacred grove of Zeus, or the sacred precinct in Olympia, Greece. It was an irregular quadrangular area more than 200 yards (183 m) on each side, and walled except to the north, where it was bounded by the Kronion (hill of Cronus).... Amsterdam city and port, western Netherlands, located on the IJsselmeer and connected to the North Sea. It is the capital and the principal commercial and financial centre of the Netherlands. To the scores of tourists who visit each year, Amsterdam is known for... Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games athletic festival held in Amsterdam, that took place May 17–Aug. 12, 1928. The Amsterdam Games were the eighth occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. Track-and-field and gymnastics events were added to the women’s slate at the 1928 Olympics. There was... Andrianov, Nikolay Soviet gymnast who won 15 Olympic medals, a record for male gymnasts. Andrianov began his gymnastics career at age 12, late for his sport, and began to train with coach Nikolay Tolkachov, who would become his surrogate father. He was selected for the... Anthony, Carmelo American professional basketball player who plays for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Anthony, who grew up in a high-crime neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, was sent by his mother to school in western Virginia for... Antwerp city, Flanders region, Belgium. It is one of the world’s major seaports. Antwerp is situated on the Schelde (Scheldt) River, about 55 miles (88 km) from the North Sea. The Schelde, together with the Meuse and the Rhine, forms the biggest estuary in western... Antwerp 1920 Olympic Games athletic festival held in Antwerp, Belg., that took place April 20–Sept. 12, 1920. The Antwerp Games were the sixth occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. The 1920 Olympics were awarded to Antwerp in hopes of bringing a spirit of renewal to Belgium,... Ashford, Evelyn renowned American sprinter and five-time Olympian. At her high school in California, Ashford was invited t
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General Knowledge Quiz - By Zarbo84 The fictional character John Clayton is better known by what name? La Paz is the administrative capital of which South American country? Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name? The medical condition ‘aphonia’ is the inability to do what? In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the king of which Island? Who played the title role in the 1953 film ‘The Glenn Miller Story’? A third wedding anniversary is traditionally represented by which material? In the Bible, what sign did God give Noah that the earth would not be flooded again? In August 2011 NASA announced that photographic evidence had been captured of possible liquid water of which planet in our solar system? The restored tomb of which dramatist was unveiled in Paris in November 2011, after being ruined by lipstick smears left by thousands of kisses? What was the name of the hurricane which hit the East Coast of America in August 2011? On 11th March 2011 a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of which country? Convict George Joseph Smith was known as the ‘Brides in the ‘what’ murderer’? In the human body, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis is commonly known by what name? A peregrine is what type of bird? What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant? Which British pop musician/actor was actress Sadie Frost’s first husband? British singer Gaynor Hopkins is better known by what name? Who played Ron Kovic in the 1989 film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’? Ben Gurion International Airport is in which country? Which basketball star is kidnapped by cartoon characters in the 1996 film ‘Space Jam’? In the tv series The A Team, what does B.A. stand for in the name B.A. Baracus? In medicine, metritis is the inflammation of which part of the body? In which year was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in the USA? In the human body, where is the atrium? The OK Corral is in which US town? In Greek mythology, Amphitrite, queen of the sea, was the wife of which god? Which British boxer bought one of the original ‘Only Fools and Horses’ Reliant Robins in 2004? Actor Roy Harold Scherer was better known by what name? Anna Gordy was the first wife of which late soul singer? Who played Heinrich Himmler in the 1976 film ‘The Eagle Has Landed’? Which is the fastest rotating planet in our solar system? Which country was invaded by Iraq in 1990? Cobalt, Cyan and Cerulean are shades of which colour? In 1936, Joseph Bowers was the first inmate to attempt an escape from which prison? In the 18th Century, the British Royal Navy ordered limes and lemons to be carried on board ships as a remedy for which disease? In which US state were the 1692 Witch Trials held? Question Who was the father of English monarch Edward VI? Vermicide is a substance used for killing which creatures? Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs were two elderly residents in which UK tv sitcom? Who was US actor Mickey Rooney’s first wife? The resort town of Sliema is on which Mediterranean island? In the Bible, what is the Decalogue more commonly known as? In Greek mythology, Hypnos was the god of what? Which real-life couple starred in the 1994 remake of the film ‘The Getaway’? American 1940′s murder victim Elizabeth Short was known by what posthumous nickname? British monarch Henry VIII married which of his wives in 1540? In February 1983 which US writer choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops? Which US gangster was released from Alcatraz prison in November 1939? Who built the Roman wall which divided England and Scotland? In the human body, the hallux is more commonly known by what name? The liqueur Maraschino is flavoured with which fruit? Which famous US outlaw shot the cashier of a savings bank in Gallatin Missouri in 1869? Kathmandu is the capital of which country? TAP is the chief airline of which European country? In November 2002, which member of the British royal family was convicted and fined for violating the Dangerous Dogs Act? Tommy Lee plays which instrument in the band Motley Crue? The Wang River i
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h2g2 - John Charles - the Footballer - Edited Entry 4 Conversations Undoubtedly the most accomplished footballer of his time and, in the opinion of many Welsh football fans, the finest footballer Wales has ever produced, John Charles was born in Cwmbarla, Swansea, on 27 December, 1931. At the age of 15 he joined the local football (soccer) club's groundstaff. Three years later, in 1949, spotted playing a game in a public park, he was enticed away to the professional English club, Leeds United, where their disciplinarian manager, Major Buckley, took young John under his wing. Record Goals Lead to Record Transfer Fee Starting out playing in the heart of Leeds defence-unit as a centre-half, John later switched to centre-forward, a position in which he proved just as effective, scoring a club record of 42 goals in one season. In 1957, Juventus, at the time the giants of Italian football, decided that John Charles was the player they wanted... at any cost. To get their man, Juventus spent a (then) world record £65,000, a figure almost double the previous record. Il gigante buono ('the gentle giant'), as he was dubbed by the fanatical Italian crowds, became an instant hit scoring 28 goals in a country notorious for its defensive football. At one stage during his time with Juventus, John was voted Italy's 'Player of the Year'. A Painful World Cup In 1958 John was a member of the Welsh team at the World Cup in Sweden - the only time Wales have qualified for the final stages of the World Cup. Wales progressed to the quarter finals where they met the favourites, Brazil. Unfortunately, due to some over-the-top treatment, dished out to him by defenders in earlier matches, John was injured and had to watch from the sidelines as 17-year-old wonder-kid, Edson Arantes di Nascimento, otherwise known as Pele, scored the only goal of the game Plenty of Success in Italy After five seasons with Juventus, where his silky skills played a large part in the club winning three Italian championships and an Italian Cup, Leeds United bought him back (in 1962) for a brief and unhappy spell. Later that year he was transferred back to Italy where he turned out for Roma. In 1963 he returned to Wales to play for Cardiff City before dabbling in football management with the smaller British clubs Hereford and Merthyr Tydfil. Wonderful Disciplinary Record In a career spanning almost 25 years with six clubs, during which time he represented his country 38 times, John Charles was never cautioned (shown a yellow card); an incredible feat considering the harsh treatment meted out to him by defences worldwide. John eventually went back to Yorkshire to become a publican (pub owner). In 1987 he became technical director at Hamilton Steelers in the Canadian soccer league. Playing Career Statistics Aug 1962-October 1962 - Leeds United 1962-63 - Roma 1953 v Northern Ireland, France, Yugoslavia 1954 v England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Austria 1955 v Yugoslavia, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland 1956 v England, Scotland Austria, Northern Ireland 1957 v Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Czechoslovakia 1958 v Israel, Israel, Hungary, Mexico, Sweden, Hungary 1960 v Scotland 1962 v England, Brazil, Brazil, Mexico 1963 v Scotland
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BBC Sport - Football - Torres makes record move from Liverpool to Chelsea Torres makes record move from Liverpool to Chelsea Advertisement Chelsea move a step forward - Torres Chelsea have broken the British transfer record by paying a reported £50m to seal the capture of striker Fernando Torres from Liverpool. The 26-year-old Spain international signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with the Blues. "This is the target for every footballer - to try to play for one of the top clubs in the world," he said. "They [Chelsea] are one of the biggest teams in Europe and are always fighting for everything." The signing was pushed through shortly before the transfer deadline and came on a dramatic day, with Chelsea and Liverpool involved in the four biggest transfers of the day. PHIL MCNULTY'S BLOG The Anfield club looked to plug the gap left by Torres leaving by signing two strikers - Uruguayan Luis Suarez from Ajax for £22.7m and Andy Carroll from Newcastle for £35m. Chelsea also brought in Benfica defender David Luiz for a reported fee of £21.3m. But it will be the capture of Torres that sends out the strongest message that the club remain a force to be reckoned with in the transfer market. Torres, a World Cup winner in 2010 and European champion in 2008 with Spain, spent three-and-a-half years at Liverpool after joining from Atletico Madrid for a fee of £20m, scoring 81 goals in 142 matches. BIGGEST WORLD TRANSFERS Man Utd-Real Madrid (July 2009) 2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (£56.5m) AC Milan-Real Madrid (June 2009) 4. Fernando Torres (£50m) Liverpool-Chelsea (Jan 2011) "I'm so happy and proud to be here," added Torres, who is available to play in the Champions League having only featured in this season's Europa League and could face Liverpool in the league on Sunday. "It's been two, three, four very hard days for me. I'm really happy - this is a great club. I'm prepared and ready for the challenge. "I know there are many great players here and I will work hard to win a place in the team. "I am looking forward very much to helping my new team-mates this season and for many years to come. "It's my dream to win the Champions League and I'm sure I can, playing for Chelsea." Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti has selected both Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka up front in four of Chelsea's last five league games. 606: DEBATE Torres is a quality player and he is reaching his peak so for 50mill I believe we have a bargain Andrew_S_95 The defending champions' only defeat in that period - a 1-0 reverse against Wolves - came when Anelka started the match on the bench. "I am a big fan of all of the Chelsea strikers," said Torres of his competition for a striking berth. "When I was very young I remember Anelka was playing for Arsenal. Obviously Drogba is the best striker in the world by far. "It is a big responsibility for me to play alongside them because the level they have is so high." Torres becomes the fourth most expensive signing in world football behind Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Kaka. Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck added: "This is a very significant day for Chelsea, capturing one of the best players in the world with his peak years ahead of him. "We have long admired the talents of a player who is a proven goalscorer in English football and Fernando's arrival is a sign of our continuing high ambitions. I hope every Chelsea fan is as excited as I am with this news." The Reds rejected a £35m bid from Chelsea after Torres' transfer request was turned down on Friday. Mark Lawrenson on deadline day activities at Liverpool But with Torres clearly intent on a move away from Anfield the Reds finally accepted defeat and cashed in on their prize asset. Manager Kenny Dalglish said earlier on Monday: "Movement is part and parcel of football but the most important people at Liverpool Football Club are the ones who want to be here." Liverpool had been angered by the timing of Torres' transfer request last week and reportedly believe the London club "tapped up" the player by encouraging him to express a desire to leave. Torres had a £50m release
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Sugar tax, fat fines and gold coins: new ways cities are tackling obesity | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian health in cities Sugar tax, fat fines and gold coins: new ways cities are tackling obesity Mexico City is giving free train tickets to people who exercise, while Puerto Rico wants to fine parents of obese children Sugar beet: the UK city of Brighton has started taxing fizzy drinks to try to beat excessive sugar intake. Photograph: Graham Turner Supported by Thursday 22 October 2015 05.23 EDT Last modified on Monday 19 September 2016 12.45 EDT Share on Messenger Close Obesity impacts countries across the globe, bringing with it a wave of problems that affect public services and society at large. No one doubts that action is needed: worldwide the rate of obesity has nearly doubled since 1980 . Cities across the globe are taking different approaches to tackle the problem. Steer clear of salt shakers in New York In New York, 58% of adults and 40% of primary school children are overweight or obese, but Jenifer Clapp, director of the healthy eating initiative at the New York City Health Department, claims it has “some of the most innovative public health policies in the country”. It is the first US city to require chain restaurants to post warning levels next to menu items that contain high levels of sodium – a major risk factor for increased blood pressure and heart disease. The policy, due to come into effect on 1 December 2015, will see a salt shaker icon next to menu items containing more than an adult’s daily allowance of sodium. The city’s health department is also targeting hospitals. Nearly 40 have committed to adopting the New York City food standards , evidence-based nutrition criteria that ensures employees, visitors, and patients have better access to healthy food. Clapp says a number have shifted their sugary drinks and made sure water is readily available; there’s more availability of fresh fruits and vegetables and whole grains, and cafeterias have eliminated fried foods. As Clapp says: “It’s not brain surgery, but its making sure there’s a sense that food that can be comfort food can also be really healthy.” Brighton has partnered with Jamie Oliver, who introduced a 10p sugar tax in his own restaurants. Photograph: Rex Join Jamie Oliver in Brighton’s battle against sugar Across the pond in the UK, Brighton and Hove has taken a slightly different approach, trying to limit people’s intake of another ingredient linked to obesity. The city is the first in Britain to introduce a voluntary sugar tax . The local council has partnered with chef Jamie Oliver, who introduced a 10p tax in his own restaurants, and is calling on eateries to impose a 10p surcharge on all sugary soft beverages, with the proceeds to be donated to charity. Sugar tax could help solve Britain's obesity crisis, expert tells MPs Read more Dr Tom Scanlan, Brighton and Hove director of public health, says: “I think you can argue the merits of what sort of effect this will have in terms of consumption. But what it does is raise awareness, get a lot of attention and get restaurants thinking about children when they’re doing their menus.” Brighton’s sugar tax is part of a wider programme called Sugar Smart City aimed at further reducing childhood obesity. The city already ranks well compared to the rest of the UK – in 2013/14, 71.9% of children in Year 6 were classed as a healthy weight, up from 67.5% in 2007/8 . Scanlan’s next step is to tackle sugary products offered in hospital vending machines. He says: “It’s ridiculous if you’re a diabetic, you’re sitting there in the waiting room and there’s a vending machine along the corridor offering you what got you in the problem in the first place.” He’s been in touch with hospitals in the area and says one chief executive has replied saying that he is willing to look into the problem. Avoid Puerto Rico’s fat fines In Puerto Rico, where more than 28% of children are considered obese, authorities are considering more drastic action . Legislators are debating a controversial bill that would
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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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International Women's Day Home Calendar Holidays UN Holidays International Women's Day International Women's Day International Women’s Day is annually held on March 8 to celebrate women’s achievements throughout history and across nations. It is also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace. International Women's Day celebrates women's achievements worldwide. International Women's Day celebrates women's achievements worldwide. Illustration based on artwork from ©iStockphoto.com/Mark Kostich, Thomas Gordon, Anne Clark & Peeter Viisimaa What Do People Do? International Women’s Day events are held worldwide on March 8. Various women, including political, community, and business leaders, as well as leading educators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and television personalities, are usually invited to speak at various events on the day. Such events may include seminars, conferences, luncheons, dinners or breakfasts. The messages given at these events often focus on various themes such as innovation, the portrayal of women in the media, or the importance of education and career opportunities. Many students in schools and other educational settings participate in special lessons, debates or presentations about the importance of women in society, their influence, and issues that affect them. In some countries school children bring gifts to their female teachers and women receive small presents from friends or family members. Many workplaces make a special mention about International Women’s Day through internal newsletters or notices, or by handing out promotional material focusing on the day. Public Life International Women’s Day, is a public holiday in some countries such as (but not exclusive to): Azerbaijan. Ukraine . Many businesses, government offices, educational institutions are closed in the above-mentioned countries on this day, where it is sometimes called Women’s Day. International Women’s Day is a national observance in many other countries. Some cities may host various wide-scale events such as street marches, which may temporarily affect parking and traffic conditions. Background Much progress has been made to protect and promote women’s rights in recent times. However, nowhere in the world can women claim to have all the same rights and opportunities as men, according to the UN. The majority of the world's 1.3 billion absolute poor are women. On average, women receive between 30 and 40 percent less pay than men earn for the same work. Women also continue to be victims of violence, with rape and domestic violence listed as significant causes of disability and death among women worldwide. The first International Women’s Day occurred on March 19 in 1911. The inaugural event, which included rallies and organized meetings, was a big success in countries such as Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland. The March 19 date was chosen because it commemorated the day that the Prussian king promised to introduce votes for women in 1848. The promise gave hope for equality but it was a promise that he failed to keep. The International Women’s Day date was moved to March 8 in 1913. The UN drew global attention to women's concerns in 1975 by calling for an International Women's Year. It also convened the first conference on women in Mexico City that year. The UN General Assembly then invited member states to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for Women's Rights and International Peace in 1977. The day aimed to help nations worldwide eliminate discrimination against women. It also focused on helping women gain full and equal participation in global development. International Men’s Day is also celebrated on November 19 each year. Symbols The International Women’s Day logo is in purple and white and features the symbol of Venus, which is also the symbol of being female. The faces of women of all backgrounds, ages, and nations are also seen in various promotions, such as posters, postcards and information booklets, on International Women’s Day. Various messages and slogans that promote the da
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Today's Document from the National Archives Larger Version President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914 President Woodrow Wilson's Mother's Day Proclamation of May 9, 1914 (Presidential Proclamation 1268)., 05/09/1914 ; General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 1992; Record Group 11; National Archives. On May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother's Day "as a public expression of love and reverence for the mothers of our country."
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What is the official language of the Dominican Republic?
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Dominican Republic - Language, Culture , Customs and Etiquette Dominican Republic Guide Award-Winning Culture Guides 80+ country-specific guides covering country characteristics, the people, language, culture, etiquette, business protocol, communication styles and much more . Dominican Republic Guide Language, Culture , Customs and Etiquette Welcome to our guide to the Dominican Republic. This is useful for anyone researching the culture, customs, manners, etiquette, values and wanting to understand the people better. You may be going to the Dominican Republic on business, for a visit or even hosting colleagues or clients in your own country. Remember this is only a very basic level introduction and is not meant to stereotype all Dominican people you may meet! Facts and Statistics Location: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti Capital: Santo Domingo Climate: tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall Population: 10,349,741 (July 2014 est.) Ethnic Make-up: white 16%, black 11%, mixed 73% Religions: Roman Catholic 95% Government: representative democracy Language in the Dominican Republic Spanish is the official language of the country and which street signs and restaurant menus are written in. Even though the people linked to the tourist trade generally speak English, knowing some Spanish is a great advantage. It is important to point out that "Dominicanese" (the local way of speaking Spanish, interspersed with Dominican elements) is the everyday life experience of the peasant's soul and wisdom, expressed with a rustic accent and with inland flavor. As in all countries, each region has its charm and accentuates its expressions in a peculiar way, identifying the speaker from the first words uttered in his conversation. Dominican Society & Culture Dominican Family Values The family forms the basis of stability. The individual derives a social network and assistance in times of need from the extended family, which generally encompasses three generations. When possible, the extended family lives together or within the same vicinity. Loyalty to the family comes before any other social relationship, even business. Nepotism is considered a good thing, since it implies employing people one knows and trusts, which is of primary importance. The oldest male in the extended family makes decisions affecting the balance of the family. Dominican Hospitality Dominicans pride themselves on their hospitality. When someone visits, Dominicans go out of their way to make guests feel welcome and comfortable House guests are treated royally and Dominicans attempt to cater to their every desire. Appearances Matter In Dominican society appearance is very important. People are extremely fashion conscious and believe that clothes indicate social standing and success. They take great pride in wearing good fabrics and clothes of the best standard they can afford. Designer labels, particularly those from the USA, are looked upon favourably. Class in the Dominican Republic Racial and economic issues determine social stratification in the Dominican Republic. The upper class are descended from the European settlers and have lighter skin than the lower class who are darker skinned and descended from African slaves or Haitians. The middle class is comprised of mulattoes who are of mixed African and European ancestry and form the majority of the population. Social class determines access to power and position, although in the large cities, the lines of demarcation often blur slightly. Status is defined more by family background than by absolute wealth. There is little social mobility. Religion in The Dominican Republic The Dominican constitution guarantees freedom of religion. Over 90% of the population is nominally Roman Catholic. For most people religious practice is limited and formalistic. Popular religious practices are far removed from Roman Catholic orthodoxy. People respect the advice of their local priest, or the
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Chile's Official Language - Chile Travel Guide - Pepe's Chilean Adoration Page Travel > Chile's Official Language Chile's official language is Spanish. If you want to be able to speak with a Chilean, use Spanish. Spanish Chileans, like many Latin Americans, speak Spanish as their primary language. When asked what language they speak, Chileans will often respond "Castellano" or Castilian instead of "Espa�ol." Chileans have adapted Spanish with their own slang and manner of speaking . English The English language is taught in schools and is the language of international business. The English taught in grade schools isn't really enough for fluent conversations with a native English speaker. If you will be visiting heavy tourist spots, odds are your guide or those with whom you interact will speak enough English to get the point across. German Southern Chile has several areas with rich German heritage. You may find some people here that speak German. Indigenious Languages Chile does have some indigenious residents that have preserved their native languages. These people are found in the extreme north and southern parts of the country as well as on Easter Island. Need Help with Your Spanish? If you are headed to Chile and need some help with your Spanish, take along a Spanish pocket reference guide . This will give you the basic phrases you need to communicate with the locals. Are you going to Chile? Chilean Spanish is just one of the cultural challenges you'll find during your stay in Chile. Avoid culture shock by reading the Gringo's Culture Guide to Chile .
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What dog is known as the King of the Terriers
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Get to Know the Airedale Terrier: King of Terriers Get to Know the Airedale Terrier: King of Terriers Police dog, military dog, and consummate companion: There's a reason he's called the king! Caroline Coile | Nov 4th 2013 Also: Lifestyle Watch This Reminder That Puppies Are Available for Adoption, Too He’s called the King of Terriers, and if you know an Airedale , you understand why. Not only does he stand heads above any other dog in the terrier group, but he has attitude with a capital A — and T-T-I-T-U-D-E! He’s lived in the White House and ruled over many powerful homes. But this majestic terrier’s origins are far more humble. In the 1800s, black-and-tan terriers in the River Aire region were crossed with Otterhounds to produce a dog adept at otter hunting. It was originally called the Bingley or Waterside Terrier, but became known as the Airedale in 1878. Later crosses were made to the Irish Terrier and Bull Terrier . The breed has been used to hunt big game. It was one of the earliest breeds used as a police dog. During World War I, Airedale Terriers were used by the British army to carry messages to soldiers behind enemy lines, to carry mail and to find wounded soldiers. A famous military Airedale named Jack ran through half a mile of enemy fire, arrived with his message intact, and died of his injuries immediately upon delivering it. The Airedale was one of the first breeds used for search and rescue missions. In the United States, the tail is traditionally docked to a medium-short length. The coat is wiry and dense, wavy but not curly. Technically, the coat should be hand-stripped, which means the dead hair is plucked out with the fingers or pulled out with a stripping comb. If this is done every few weeks, the dog sheds very little. But because it’s also labor-intensive, usually only show dogs are hand-stripped. Pet dogs are usually trimmed with clippers, which makes the coat softer. The color pattern is tan with either a black or grizzle (black mixed with gray or white) saddle. Some are born without a saddle. The first White House celebrity dog was an Airedale named Laddie Boy owned by Warren G. Harding. The dog sat in on cabinet meetings and accompanied the president everywhere. An Airedale named Paddy the Wanderer wandered the street of Wellington, New Zealand, for years, hitching rides on planes and ships until it was claimed he had even traveled to America. When he died, it’s said the city was brought to a standstill for his funeral. Two Airedales sank with the Titanic. In the early 1900s, an Airedale named Rolf was claimed to be able to do arithmetic and to communicate by tapping out codes for letters. Theodore Roosevelt said, “An Airedale can do anything any other dog can do and then lick the other dog, if he has to.” Owners include Warren G. Harding, Woodrow Wilson, John Wayne, Ty Cobb, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Bo Derek, James Earl Jones, Renee Richards, Calvin Coolidge and Theodore Roosevelt. Four Airedale Terriers have won Best in Show at the Westminster dog show. The Airedale is the 54th most popular AKC breed. In the early 1900s, it was one of the most popular breeds in America. Do you own an Airedale? Have you spent time with one? Let’s hear what you think about this fascinating breed in the comments! And if you have a favorite breed you’d like us to write about, let us know that, too! About the author: Caroline Coile is the author of 34 dog books, including the top-selling Barron’s Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds. She has written for various publications and is currently a columnist for AKC Family Dog. She shares her home with three naughty Salukis and one Jack Russell Terrier . Read more breed profiles:
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Who made the longest Oscar acceptance speech, at five minutes and 30 seconds, when collecting her Oscar for Best Actress in 1942 for her role as Mrs. Miniver?
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The Longest Oscar Acceptance Speech Does anyone keep track of the longest acceptance speech at the Oscars? The Answer: The folks at Guinness World Records do. According to them, Greer Garson spoke for five minutes and 30 seconds after accepting the award for Best Actress for her role in Mrs. Miniver in 1942. Here's some more information about the 1942 Academy Awards . As an aside, while she didn't take as much time, Olivia de Havilland thanked a record 27 people in her 1947 acceptance speech. —The Editors
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1995 Academy Awards® Winners and History Il Postino: The Postman (1994, It./Fr./Belg.) Sense and Sensibility (1995, UK/US) Actor: NICOLAS CAGE in "Leaving Las Vegas", Richard Dreyfuss in "Mr. Holland's Opus", Anthony Hopkins in "Nixon", Sean Penn in "Dead Man Walking", Massimo Troisi in "Il Postino" Actress: SUSAN SARANDON in "Dead Man Walking", Elisabeth Shue in "Leaving Las Vegas", Sharon Stone in "Casino", Meryl Streep in "The Bridges of Madison County", Emma Thompson in "Sense and Sensibility" Supporting Actor: KEVIN SPACEY in "The Usual Suspects", James Cromwell in "Babe", Ed Harris in "Apollo 13", Brad Pitt in "Twelve Monkeys", Tim Roth in "Rob Roy" Supporting Actress: MIRA SORVINO in "Mighty Aphrodite", Joan Allen in "Nixon", Kathleen Quinlan in "Apollo 13", Mare Winningham in "Georgia", Kate Winslet in "Sense and Sensibility" Director: MEL GIBSON for "Braveheart", Mike Figgis for "Leaving Las Vegas", Chris Noonan for "Babe", Michael Radford for "Il Postino", Tim Robbins for "Dead Man Walking" The major Oscar winner of the year was the Best Picture award winner, producer / star / director Mel Gibson's and Paramount's stirring and violent historical action-epic tale Braveheart, about 13th century Scottish folk rebel hero and warrior Sir William Wallace, who led a vengeful, bloody revolt composed of guerrilla strikes against the treachery of villainous King Edward I. The three-hour, rousing action tale (Australian Gibson's second feature as director after his work in The Man Without a Face (1993)), with unforgettable battle scenes, romance, and sacrifice, was nominated for ten awards (including Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Original Dramatic Score, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Sound). It triumphantly won five Oscars - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, and Best Sound Effects. Braveheart was the only Best Picture nominee that didn't have an acting nomination (Gibson was denied a nomination in the performing category). The only Best Picture nominee that could be considered a traditional Hollywood offering was director Ron Howard's blockbuster hit Apollo 13 (with nine nominations and two wins - Best Sound and Best Editing) - a chronicle of the real-life adventures of the ill-fated, heroic astronauts (Jim Lovell and his crew) of the 1970s Apollo-13 mission to the moon, who averted tragedy with the persistent help of the Houston NASA team. The other three Best Picture nominees included: the Australian fantasy film by director Chris Noonan, Babe (with seven nominations and one win - Best Visual Effects) about a live-action barnyard and its 'sheepherding' star - an intelligent piglet named Babe Taiwanese director Ang Lee's costume drama and British comedy of manners Sense and Sensibility (with seven nominations and one win - Best Adapted Screenplay for first-time screenwriter and star actress Emma Thompson), a witty adaptation of Jane Austen's 19th century novel director Michael Radford's and Miramax Studio's Italian tragi-comedy based on Antonio Skarmeta's novel Burning Patience, Il Postino (The Postman) (with five nominations and only one win - Best Dramatic Score by Luis Enriquez Bacalov) about a sweet, tongue-tied Mediterranean mailman (Ma
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What is secreted by the lachrymal glands?
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Lacrimal gland: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia Image URL of this page: //medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/19671.htm Lacrimal gland Overview The lacrimal gland lies within the orbit on the outer portion of the upper eye. The gland continually secretes tears which moisten, lubricate, and protect the surface of the eye. Excess tears drain into small ducts which empty into the nasal cavity. Review Date 10/22/2011 Updated by: Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org). URAC's accreditation program is an independent audit to verify that A.D.A.M. follows rigorous standards of quality and accountability. A.D.A.M. is among the first to achieve this important distinction for online health information and services. Learn more about A.D.A.M.'s editorial policy , editorial process and privacy policy . A.D.A.M. is also a founding member of Hi-Ethics and subscribes to the principles of the Health on the Net Foundation (www.hon.ch). The information provided herein should not be used during any medical emergency or for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. A licensed physician should be consulted for diagnosis and treatment of any and all medical conditions. Call 911 for all medical emergencies. Links to other sites are provided for information only -- they do not constitute endorsements of those other sites. Copyright 1997-2017, A.D.A.M., Inc. Duplication for commercial use must be authorized in writing by ADAM Health Solutions.
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Parts of the Eye Here I will briefly describe various parts of the eye: Sclera The sclera is the white of the eye. "Don't shoot until you see their scleras." Exterior is smooth and white Interior is brown and grooved Extremely durable Continuous with sheath of optic nerve Tendons attached to it The Cornea The cornea is the clear bulging surface in front of the eye. It is the main refractive surface of the eye. Primary refractive surface of the eye Index of refraction: n = 1.37 Normally transparent and uniformly thick Nearly avascular Richly supplied with nerve fibers Sensitive to foreign bodies, cold air, chemical irritation Nutrition from aqueous humor and Tears maintain oxygen exchange and water content Tears prevent scattering and improve optical quality Anterior & Posterior Chambers Index of refraction: n = 1.33 Specific viscosity of the aqueous just over 1.0 (like water, hence the name) Pressure of 15-18 mm of mercury maintains shape of eye and spacing of the elements Aqueous humor generated from blood plasma Renewal requires about an hour Glaucoma is a result of the increased fluid pressure in the eye due to the reduction or blockage of aqueous from the anterior to posterior chambers. Iris/Pupil Sphincter muscle to constrict or dilate the pupil Pupil is the hole through which light passes Pupil diameter ranges from about 3-7 mm Area of 7-38 square mm (factor of 5) Eye color (brown, green, blue, etc.) dependent on amount and distribution of the pigment melanin Lens Transparent body enclosed in an elastic capsule Made up of proteins and water Consists of layers, like an onion, with firm nucleus, soft cortex Gradient refractive index (1.38 - 1.40) Young person can change shape of the lens via ciliary muscles Contraction of muscle causes lens to bulge At roughly age 50, the lens can no longer change shape Becomes more yellow with age: Cataracts The graph on the right shows the optical density (-log transmittance) of the lens as a function of wavelength. The curves show the change in density with age. More short wavelength light is blocked at increases ages. Vitreous Humor Retina Notice the orientation of the retina in the eye. The center of the eyeball is towards the bottom of this figure and the back of the eyeball is towards the top. Light enters from the bottom in this figure. The light has to pass through many layers of cells before finally reaching the photoreceptors. The photoreceptors are where the light is absorbed and and transformed into the electrochemical signals used by the nervous system. This change is called TRANSDUCTION. The interior of the eyeball is the "inner" side and the exterior is the "outer" side. The nuclear layers contain cell bodies. The plexiform layers contain the connections between cells in the retina. This next picture shows a schematic of the cells in the retina: Again the light in entering from the bottom passing through all these layers before being absorbed in the receptors. You can see the two types of receptors: the rod-shaped rods and the cone-shaped cones. The signal, after transduction, is passed to the horizontal cells (H) and the bipolar cells via a layer of connections. Lateral processing takes place in this layer via the horizontal cells. The throughput is transferred to another layer of connections with the amacrine cells (A) and the ganglion cells. The amacrine cells also exhibit lateral connections in this inner plexiform layer. The signals pass out of the eye via the ganglion cell axons which are bundled together to form the optic nerve. The retina has a similar layered structure as the gray-matter top layers of the cerebral cortex of the brain. In fact, the retina is an extension
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In 1994, Sannie Carlson became the first ever non-British singer to make a chart debut at number one - under what one word name?
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whigfield : definition of whigfield and synonyms of whigfield (English) 5 External links Biography Sannie Charlotte Carlson was born in Skælskør , Denmark. She spent several years in Africa as a child before returning to her native country. Before singing Sannie worked as a very successful model and studied music. When she met the producer Larry Pignagnoli , who also produces Benny Benassi , Katla, In-Grid, Ally & Jo, Ann Lee, Spagna, J.K., Dhany and others, the artist "Whigfield" was born. The name "Whigfield" is a tribute to her piano teacher. [1] Musical career International success She rose to prominence when her single "Saturday Night" became the summer smash hit of 1994, thanks to extensive play in the clubs of the Mediterranean and the fact that it had a dance which many found easy to learn. It was also the single which prevented Wet Wet Wet from reaching a record-equalling 16th week at number 1 in the UK. [2] She became the first ever non-UK or American artist to debut at No.1 in her first week in the UK Singles Chart . Her music was also very successful in Australia , Brazil , Venezuela , Canada , Italy , France , India , the Netherlands , the Nordic countries , The Philippines where it became a hugely popular and smash hit summer song of 1994 gaining a very decent cult status in recent years along with the songs of Ace of Base and Los del Río , and Spain during the 1995 Eurodance phenomenon. Her role in the Eurodance scene has been very significant and has played an important role in music coming from Italy and Scandinavia. Later singles include "Think of You", "Close To You", " Last Christmas ", "Gimme Gimme" and "Sexy Eyes". "Gimme Gimme" and "Sexy Eyes" reached #14 and #6 in Australia, respectively, and they were the only two significant charting hits in that country. [3] Like the group Milli Vanilli , Whigfield was accused of not singing her own songs. This was because she did all her live performances lip synching (miming to a backing track). "Saturday Night" was produced by Larry Pignagnoli and Davide Riva , two Italian producers known for a variety of Eurodance projects, who usually worked with vocalists such as Daniela Galli (better known as Dhany ), Annerley Gordon (aka Ann Lee ) and Sandy Chambers . Another Pignagnoli project, Ally & Jo, featured a similar voice to Whigfield's but different faces in the CD cover and led to the accusations. In October 2007, Whigfield released All In One, a greatest hits album with past hits being resung with newer, modern beats. The album included updated versions of "Think Of You", "Gotta Getcha", "Sexy Eyes", "Givin All My Love", "No Tears To Cry", "Was A Time", "Close To You", "Out Of Sight", "Another Day", and her biggest hit "Saturday Night". The album also includes two new songs, "Rainbow" and " Right in the Night ", a cover version of Jam & Spoon 's track. On 18 December, she released her first single in three years, "Think of You", which contains mixes from Mathieu Bouthier & Muttonheads and Gabry Ponte. A second single "Right In The Night" was released in May 2008, which peaked at #4 on the Eurodance.com Interactive Chart. A third single was released "Saturday Night (Klm Mixes)" in late 2008 which contains 20 new mixes. However successful Whigfield became on the international marketplace, the only place where she has yet to achieve major commercial success, is the United States . Although she placed both "Saturday Night" and "Another Day" on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1995, with "Night" peaking at #19 and "Day" coming in at #21, respectively. In the years 1994-1997 Whigfield sold more records than Oasis and Blur combined,[ citation needed ] although in a 1998 interview she accepted that she was not a bigger influence on mainstream music than either band. Recent works Whigfield has since written and performed many dance songs for groups such as Benny Benassi, changed her performance name to Naan, and is still involved in the industry. [4] In 2005, Whigfield appeared on the Benassi Bros album Phobia, writing and singing on two songs
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ABBA - Biography - IMDb Biography Jump to: Trade Mark (1) | Trivia (27) Trade Mark (1) Flamboyant on-stage gear / knee-high platform-soled boots / tinsel headgear Trivia (27) 6th April 1974: Won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, with the song "Waterloo". Anni-Frid Lyngstad was the only non-Swedish member of the group. She is Norwegian. In 1975, "SOS" became the first song with a palindromic title recorded by a group with a palindromic name - Abba - to score a Top 20 hit on the pop charts. Created the band's name ABBA by taking the first letter of the first name of each band member and flanking the males' initials with the females' initials. Artists who have requested permission to use samples of ABBA songs include: Fugees ("The Name of the Game" for "Rumble in the Jungle"), Madonna ("Gimme Gimme Gimme" for "Hung Up"), etc. Their popular songs were mostly composed by Björn Ulvaeus (lyrics) and Benny Andersson (music). Not only were ABBA the most successful Swedish band in pop history, they were the most successful pop act to emerge from a Eurovision Song Contest victory (1974), apart from Céline Dion, who represented Switzerland in 1988. At the Swedish premiere of Mamma Mia! (2008), the foursome were seen together, in public, for the first time in 22 years. As of 2008, more than 30 million fans worldwide have seen the stage production "Mamma Mia!" When adapted for the screen, Mamma Mia! (2008) went on to become the most successful movie in the UK's box office history, outstripping the record heretofore held by the Harry Potter series. In addition to Mamma Mia! (2008), an earlier film that also features the music of ABBA is the highly acclaimed Muriel's Wedding (1994). Before 1974, the members of the group resisted using the name ABBA, which was what fans and disk jockeys were starting to call them. A Swedish seafood company had trademarked the name in 1906. (As with the singing group, the seafood company's name was an acronym. It stands for "AB Bröderna Ameln" which translates to "Ameln Brothers, Ltd.") In 1974, the two ABBAs agreed to a deal where the singing group would pay a licensing fee to the seafood company in exchange for the use of its name. All four members of the group were the first-born children in their respective families. Anni-Frid Lyngstad was an only child. The other three each had one sister and no brothers. Have sold over 375 million records, making them the fourth best-selling music artists in the history of music. "Abba Gold" has sold over 28 million copies worldwide. It is Abba's most successful album and one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. It is the third biggest selling album of all-time in the UK with sales exceeding 4.6 million copies. "Abba Gold" has occupied every position in the top 75 of the U.K. album chart, while also appearing in the chart every year since the release except for 2002 and 2006. It now jointly holds the title of longest time spent in the album charts (490 weeks in the Top 100) with "Greatest Hits Vol 1" by Queen. Their 1976 single "Fernando" has sold 10 million copies worldwide. In Australia the single spent 14 weeks at number one and 40 weeks on the singles chart. It topped the chart in 13 countries and sold over 6 million copies in 1976 alone. Have never scored a top 10 album in the U.S. Their highest charting album there is "ABBA: The Album" which made #14 in 1978. "Dancing Queen" is their only US number single. They scored 9 other top 20 hit singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 between 1974 and 1980. The band only ever toured 3 times in its history. This was mainly to do with them wanting to be the headliner and not the opening act. In fact, they had only played 23 live dates in total before their 1979 tour in support of "Voulez Vous". That tour was the only time the band toured North America and would also prove to be their last world tour. Were once offered a billion dollars to do a reunion tour. During one of their live shows in Perth in 1977, an anonymous phone call informed that there was a bomb somewhere at the venue. Everyone except
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What is the name for the pinkish corner of the eye?
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What is the inside corner of your eye called? | Reference.com What is the inside corner of your eye called? A: Quick Answer According to Stanford Children's Health, the inside corner of the eye is called the lacrimal caruncle. This small pink nodule is made of modified oil and sweat glands, and it may become inflamed and itchy in response to allergies. Full Answer According to the US National Library of Medicine, the lacrimal gland is located to the side of the lacrimal caruncle. It continuously secretes tears to moisten, lubricate and protect the eye's surface. The lacrimal caruncle has two openings on both sides that suction the excessive moisture from the eyes as soon as the upper eye comes back up after an individual blink.
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My Questions - Documents Documents Share My Questions Embed <iframe src="http://docslide.us/embed/my-questions.html" width="750" height="600" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://docslide.us/documents/my-questions.html" title="My Questions" target="_blank">My Questions</a></div> size(px) Download My Questions Transcript Chemically pure gold contains how many carats? What is the tallest and thickest type of grass? What was the surname of the family who employed Julie Andrews' character in 'The Sound Of Music'? Which nation has won the Eurovision Song Contest more than any other? What is the most common gas in the air we breathe? Which three different actors played Batman in the movies between 1989 and 1997? What colour is Bart's skateboard in the introduction? The theme tune to which TV show starts with the line "Stick a pony in me pocket"? Which soap opera is set in the fictional county of Borsetshire? Who did Sue Barker replace as host of the BBC quiz show "A Question Of Sport"? Which "Generation Game" presenter was famous for his catchphrase "Shut That Door"? "No Mean City" by Maggie Bell is the theme tune to which long running Scottish TV detective show? Anthony, Barbara, Dave, Denise, Jim and Norma make up which famous family on British TV? Which part did Deforest Kelley play in the TV series Star Trek? True or False In space it is impossible to cry? Famous sitcom actor Kelsey Grammar provides the voice for for a character in which famous cartoon TV Series The largest ever picnic for a childs toy was held in Dublin in 1995 where 33,573 of the toys were there . What was the toy ? Which American state comes first alphabetically? In Greek legend, what is the name given to the creature that is half man and half bull? Which country has the airline KLM? The sinking of which famous German battleship was portrayed in the title of a 1960 film? What organisation is also known as "La Cosa Nostra"? What was the Titanic’s first port of call after it left Southampton? Which mountain overshadows Fort William in scotland ? What was the name of the 1995 film starring Sandra Bullock as a computer expert whose identity is erased? A penguin called Wheezy was a character in which film ? Who played Vince in the 1980s TV series "Just Good Friends"? In which 1994 film did Whoopi Goldberg provide the voice of a hyena called Shenzi? What is the only venomous snake in Britain? How many pieces are there in a standard set of dominoes? James Earl Ray was responsible for who's death in 1968? In which city in England is the National Railway Museum? In the music world, which group sacked Simon Fuller in 1997? Which Roman God is one of the symbols of St Valentine's Day? What was the challanging method of catching a fly asked of Daniel in the film "The Karate Kid"? Actor Richard Kiel is best known for playing which character in two bond films ? Which is the odd one out, Comet, Dixon, Cupid, Vixen? Which planet in the solar system is named after the Roman messenger to the Gods? What product did Coke invented in 1982? Which Japanese word, also used in the English language, means "empty orchestra"? On which date does Halloween fall? Oscar is the first name of which of the famous songwriting duo Rogers and Hammerstein? 24 Bamboo Von Trappe Ireland Nitrogen Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer and George Clooney Green Only Fools And Horses The Archers David Coleman Larry Grayson Taggart The Royle Family Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy True (there is no gravity, so tears cannot flow) The Simpsons Teddy Bear Alabama Minotaur The Netherlands The Bismark The Mafia Cherbourg Ben Nevis The Net Toy Story 2 Paul Nicholas "The Lion King" The Adder 28 Martin Luther King's York Manager of the Spice Girls Cupid Using chopsticks to do it Jaws (in two James Bond films) Dixon - the others are Santa's reindeer Mercury Diet Coke Karaoke October 31st Hammerstein On 11th February 1990, which fam
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Ray-Ban Wayfarers | Miami Vice Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Ray-Ban Wayfarers were first manufactured in 1952, by Ray-Ban, a marque of Bausch and Lomb. This revolutionary design marked a great departure from Ray-Ban's metal styles, such as the Aviator and Shooter. The classic trapezoidal design has been credited to early 50s trends such as Cadillac fins and angular Art Deco designs. Initial popularity was not as well as expected, but soon thereafter sales took off in the mid-50s to late-60s. In the 70s, sales waned, most likely due to the great number of knockoffs and other repopluarized styles, such as the Aviator and mirrored aviator styles. Sales remained low until 1982, when key product placement deal gave Ray-Ban Wayfarers a new life. Tom Cruise popularized them in the 1983 movie Risky Business, and sales soon tripled. The trend continued to rise, given further popularity by Michael Mann's seminal cop show Miami Vice. Miami Vice Connection Edit The Ray-Ban Wayfarer became Det. Sonny Crockett's sunglasses of choice in the second episode of Miami Vice, " Heart of Darkness ." In the first episode of the show, he is seen wearing Carrera 5512s in brown with pink lenses. Crockett would later relegate these lenses to Tubbs, as he would begin wearing the Wayfarers. He is first seen wearing these while riding in a limousine with Artie Rollins, Det. Rico Tubbs, and a porn director named Jimmy. In the first two seasons, Sonny would wear Mock Tortoise framed Wayfarers with G-15 lenses. The season 3 episode " When Irish Eyes Are Crying " would show Sonny wearing Persol 69218s in black. Sonny would return to the Wayfarers in Seasons 4 and 5, this time wearing black framed Wayfarers with G-15 lenses.
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Tom Hanks: From 'Big' To 'Brothers' - Photo 3 - Pictures - CBS News Tom Hanks: From 'Big' To 'Brothers' Next From'Big' To 'Brothers' Though he'd appeared in various films and television shows, including the short-lived sitcom "Bosom Buddies" and the 1984 surprise hit "Splash," it wasn't until the 1988 blockbuster "Big" that actor Tom Hanks, pictured here just after the film's release, became a household name. Credit: AP Hanks received his first Oscar in 1994 for his role as an attorney dying of AIDS in "Philadelphia." The previous year, he starred opposite Meg Ryan in the now-classic romantic comedy "Sleepless in Seattle." Credit: AP Hanks' role as the simple-minded "Forrest Gump" earned him a second Academy Award in 1995, making him the first actor in 50 years to have earned two consecutive Oscars. Credit: AP Hanks, with John Travolta, Kelly Preston and wife Rita Wilson (second from left) at a 1995 Oscar function. Hanks met Wilson on the set of "Volunteers" in 1985 and married her three years later. The couple has two sons, Chester and Truman. Hanks also has a daughter, Elizabeth, and a son, Colin, from his previous marriage to actress/producer Samantha Lewes. Credit: AP Hanks played astroinaut Jim Lovell, who headed a troubled moon-bound mission, in the 1995 historical space thriller, "Apollo 13." Credit: UNIVERSAL PICTURES Hanks poses with "Apollo 13" director Ron Howard. Howard, whom he met on the set of the TV program "Happy Days," gave Hanks his first big break by casting him opposite Daryl Hannah in "Splash." Credit: AP Hanks is pictured here at the London premier of his 1997 screenwriting and directorial debut, "That Thing You Do!" He also had a starring role in the film. Credit: AP Hanks and Matt Damon in Steven Spielberg's 1998 war epic, "Saving Private Ryan." Both Hanks and Spielberg have been honored by veterans groups for their work in "Private Ryan" and in "Band of Brothers," a TV miniseries on World War II. Credit: AP Hanks and Michael Clark Duncan in "The Green Mile," based on the Stephen King serialized novel. Hanks' performance in it generated a great deal of Oscar buzz in 2000. Credit: AP Hanks poses with his 2001 Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture, which he won for "Cast Away." In it, he played a Federal Express pilot stranded on a tropical island after a plane crash. Credit: AP Steven Speilberg presented Hanks with the 30th AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002. Spielberg directed several of the actor's films, including "Forrest Gump" and "Saving Private Ryan." Hanks was the youngest actor ever to recieve the lifetime honors. Credit: AP Hanks and Wilson (far left) are shown with the cast of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" at the 2003 People's Choice Awards. The couple jointly produced the romantic comedy, which won for best comedic motion picture. It also was a huge hit at the box office. Credit: AP Hanks with Irma P. Hall in the 2004 remake of the 1955 comedy, "The Ladykillers." Hanks, dubbed a modern-day Jimmy Stewart, is known for his ability to shine in both dramatic and humorous films. Credit: AP Hanks with Catherine Zeta-Jones, the costar of his latest film, "The Terminal." Credit: AP
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The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner Songfacts The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner Songfacts Songfacts "The Ride Of The Valkyries" is the popular term for the prelude to Act III of Die Walküre, the second of the four operas by German composer Richard Wagner that comprise The Ring of the Nibelungs (German Der Ring des Nibelungen). The Ring of the Nibelungs is a sequence of four musical dramas based on the Norse saga, which concerns the turbulent family history of a race of gods and their pursuit of a magical golden ring. It began as a single opera focusing on the death of Siegfried but grew into a vast cycle of four operas comprising Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold), Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), Siegfried and Die Gotterdammerung (The Twilight of the Gods). Wagner's intention for The Ring was to create a "Gesamtkunstwerk," a total work of art that fuses elements of music, drama, poetry, and stagecraft into an indivisible whole. It was a more ambitious piece of musical theater than any other devised up to that time and it arguably remains the most influential contribution by any composer to opera. The entire cycle was completed in 1874, and the first complete performance of The Ring took place in 1876 at the Bayreuth Festival in a theater especially designed for the production by Wagner. The opera was an immediate success. Richard Wagner devised the Wagner Tuba, a cross between the French Horn and Sax horn to enrich the harmonies for The Ring. Other composers have since written for the instrument, include Anton Bruckner, whose Symphony No. 7 utilizes four of them in memory of Wagner during the slow movement. The main theme for "The Ride Of The Valkyries" itself was first written down on a loose sheet of paper by Wagner on July 23, 1851 and was fully orchestrated by the end of the first quarter of 1856. It introduces the third act, which starts with the Valkyries, warrior maidens raised by the god Wotan, riding back from battle before they gather on a mountaintop. The complete opera Die Walküre was first performed on June 26, 1870 in the National Theatre Munich and soon the composer was receiving requests for "The Ride" to be performed separately. However, Wagner wrote in his journal that such a performance should be considered "an utter indiscretion" and forbade "any such thing." The best known use of "The Ride" in the media is during the 1979 film Apocalypse Now, where it is the music played as the American helicopters bombard a Vietnamese village. The piece was similarly used in the Vietnam flashback scene in the 2009 Watchmen film, where it soundtracks nuclear superhero Dr. Manhattan obliterating Viet Cong soldiers with his godlike power.
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Valkyries Valkyries The Valkyries had often inspired poets as women-warriors. Their name means, "Chooser of the Slain", and were often called battle-maidens, shield-maidens, swan-maidens, wish-maidens and mead-maidens. As these names suggest, they had various functions. Their main duty was to select the slain warriors, who had fallen in battle or other combat, such as quest or killing dragon, etc. These slain warriors were known as the Einherjar (Einheriar), and were chosen to fight alongside with the Aesir gods at Ragnarok . The Einherjar waited for Ragnarok, in Odin's hall, called Valhalla . They were sometimes called "Swan-maiden", because they wore garments made of swan feathers that allowed them to fly, carrying off the slain warriors to the hall called Valhalla. Their other duties included serving mead or ales in drinking-horns or mugs to the Einherjar in Valhalla. Three Valkyries appeared in the Volsunga Saga . Sigrun ("victory-rune") married the hero Helgi , the son of Sigmund . The other two Valkyries were Brynhild ("bright battle") and Gudrun ("battle-rune"), and these two were associated with the hero Sigurd , another son of Sigmund. Gudrun had also been associated with Helgi in other sources, as the hero's first wife. Brynhild was the most famous of all the Valkyries. In the Volsunga Saga , Odin punished Brynhild, for assigning the wrong king to die in battle. Odin condemned her to marry a mortal. Brynhild vowed that she would only marry the bravest of warriors, so she slept in the Ring of Fire, until the bravest hero could ride through the flame. Sigurd had rode through the flame, twice. The second time, she was duped into marrying Gunnar, the brother of Gudrun, while her hero married Gudrun. In the end she caused Sigurd's death. Brynhild overcome with grief, died in Sigurd's funeral pyre. See Volsunga Saga for the whole tale about Brynhild. Brynhild goes by a different name in the one of the poems of Poetic Edda. In Sigrdrifumal ("Lay of Sigrdrifa"), Brynhild was known as Sigrdrifa ("victory-urger"), where she taught the hero runic magic. Odin also had the wish-maidens or Óskmær to serve him. In once instance, the wish-maiden have fertility function, as found in the Volsunga Saga. See Hljod . Brynhild (Brünhild) A Valkyrie . Brynhild was the daughter of Budli. She was the sister of Atli and Bekkhild, and possibly of Oddrun. Brynhild was also the foster-daughter of Heimir. In a Eddaic poem, Helreid Brynhildar (Brynhild's Ride to Hell), it says that she was one among eight sisters; whether this referred only to Valkyries that served Odin or that she really had seven sisters, is not made clear (I'm assuming the former). Brynhild (Brünhild or Brunhild) was the beautiful Valkyrie who punished by Odin for disobedience. Brynhild had struck down Hjalmgunnar, the king Odin had promised victory. As punishment Odin told the Valkyrie that she had to marry, but she made a vow to marry only a man without fear. In the high mountain of Hindarfell, sleeping within a circle of fire, Brynhild was to sleep until a hero with no fear ride through the flame. Sigurd rode through the flame twice. The first time he rode through, Sigurd had already killed the dragon Fafnir, and had taken the dragon's cursed treasure. Sigurd and Brynhild fell in love with one another. But Sigurd left her there, since he had many tasks he must perform. Sigurd promised to return to her when he had complete his tasks. Brynhild agreed and said she would wait for him within the Ring of Fire. She promised she would marry no other but the man who would ride through the flame. Sigurd gave her his magic ring (Andvaranaut), so they were betrothed. The second time Sigurd came to her, he was disguised as Gunnar , through the use of magic. The problem was that Gunnar was not brave enough to ride through the flame, so they had switch faces (shape-shifting) and Sigurd rode in Gunnar's place. Sigurd had forgotten his pledge to Brynhild, was now betrothed to Gudrun , sister of Gunnar. Sigurd's amnesia was due to the magic potion of Grimhild , mother of Gunnar an
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How many times has croquet been an Olympic sport?
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Croquet - Discontinued Olympic Sports Discontinued Olympic Sports If you do not know the game of croquet, it is a game that is played by hitting wooden balls with mallets through hoops (commonly known as wickets). This game is played on a grassy open court. Croquet has been enjoyed by many all over the world (mainly Europe) for centuries. Croquet only made one appearance in the 1900 Paris Olympics. Like many of the sports in the 1900 Paris Olympics, it was messy for many various reasons like: small number of spectators, poor organization, lack of diversity, and scarcity of publicity, and many other reasons. The croquet event in the Olympics was not very popular. The event only had one spectator, an Englishman, who traveled all the way from Nice, France , just to watch the events. This was one of the main reasons that croquet did not return because nobody wanted to watch it. It was no surprise that croquet did not reappear the next Summer Olympics in 1904. The 1900 Summer Olympics also very special. Two of the French croquet competitors were women, although they did not win any medals, they were the first woman to compete in the Olympic Games (competing with other men), in a match of croquet that began on June 28, 1900. One of the other major reasons that croquet is no longer an Olympic sport is because of the lack of diversity. Nine out of the ten competitors were French, two woman and seven men. The remaining competitor was Belgian, named Marcel Haentjens. Haentjens received last place and did not medal in anything. This lack of diversity was another cause of the loss of croquet. The game of croquet began in the mid 1800s, starting in France and then traveling from Ireland through England. It was not popular among women, they did not enjoy games that were outdoors. The game was always closely chaperoned, making pressure build up on the competitors, which was another reason why the game was so challenging. As time passed, croquet became more popular in England and France,which was why they thought it would be a good idea to put it in the 1900 Summer Olympics. Today, croquet is played all over the world (most commonly in Europe). Fun facts about croquet: 1. Croquet balls were originally made from wood but now, they are mainly made from hard plastic. 2. There are not enough countries that play croquet for it to be accepted again as an Olympic sport. 3. Croquet was played in the movie and book Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Hedgehogs were used as ball and flamingos were used as mallets. 4. It was the first game in history to celebrate equality for both the sexes. 5. Tobacco smoke was the only thing that spread faster than croquet in the British Empire. 6. Croquet is believed to have origins from the 17th century palle-maille, a game usually played in London’s Pall Mall. 7. Croquet first came to the South Pole in 2005, played by American Scientists in the snow. Create a free website
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Al OERTER - Olympic Athletics | United States of America Al OERTER An Olympic legend, American discus thrower Al Oerter was the first track and field athlete to win four successive Olympic titles, a feat since equalled only by Carl Lewis in the long jump. Four new Olympic records Oerter took the gold medal in the discus in 1956, 1960, 1964 and 1968, setting a new Olympic record on each occasion, although he was never the favourite to win the event. His third victory in 1964 was remarkable for the fact that he overcame the handicap of neck and rib injuries, but still managed to set a career best. He also won the Pan-American title in 1959 and set four world records, the first of which in 1962 gave him the distinction of being the first man to record a legal throw of over 200 feet (60.96 metres). The longest throw in 1980 Oerter retired after the Olympic Games of 1968 but returned to full-time competition in 1977 with the goal of making the 1980 Olympic Games and winning a fifth gold medal. He finished 5th at the TAC Championships in 1979 and 6th in 1980. His comeback was derailed by the 1980 Olympic boycott by the United States, but Oerter did post the longest throw in the world in 1980.
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"The English actress Diana Dors once called herself ""the only sex symbol Britain has produced since"" which person? No peeping or you'll go blind."
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Soho Golem | The Kim Newman Web Site The Kim Newman Web Site Subscribe to RSS Soho Golem “Of all quarters in the queer adventurous amalgam called London, Soho is perhaps least suited to the Forsyte spirit … Untidy, full of Greeks, Ishmaelites, cats, Italians, tomatoes, restaurants, organs, coloured stuffs, queer names, people looking out of upper windows, it dwells remote from the British Body Politic.” John Galsworthy 1: Spoiling the Barrel 'Soho Golem' was published in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror. On a fine May day in 197—, Fred Regent and Richard Jeperson stood in Old Compton Street, London N1. The pavement underfoot was warm and slightly tacky, as if it might retain the prints of Fred’s scruffy but sturdy Doc Martens and Richard’s elastic-sided claret-coloured thigh-high boots. Slightly to the north of but parallel with the theatrical parade of Shaftesbury Avenue, Old Compton Street was among Soho’s main thoroughfares. Blitzed in the War, the square-mile patch had regenerated patchwork fashion to satisfy or exploit the desires of a constant flux of passers-through. People came here for every kind of “lift.” Italian coffeehouses had opened on this street a century ago; now, you could buy a thousand varieties of frothy heart attack in a cup. This was where waves of “dangerous” music broke, from bebop to glitter rock. Within sight, careers had begun and ended: Tommy Steele strumming in an espresso skiffle trio, Jimi Hendrix choking in an alley beside The Intrepid Fox. Also, famously and blatantly, Soho was a red-light district, home to the city’s vice rackets for two hundred years. Above window displays were neon and plastic come-ons: GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS—LIVE NUDE BED REVUE—GOLDILOXXX AND THE THREE BARES. Above doorbells were hand-printed cards: “French Model One Flight Up,” “Busty Brunette, Bell Two,” “House of Thwacks: Discipline Enforced.” Fred checked the address against his scribbled note. “The scene of the crime,” he told Richard. Richard took off and folded his slim, side-panelled sunglasses. They slid into a tube that clipped to his top pocket like a thick fountain pen. “Just the one crime?” he said. “Couldn’t say, guv,” replied Fred. “One big one, so far this week.” Richard shrugged—which, in today’s peacock-pattern watered-silk safari jacket, was dangerously close to flouncing. Even in the cosmopolitan freak show of Soho, Richard’s Carnabethan ensemble attracted attention from all sexes. Currently, he wore scarlet buccaneer britches fit tighter than a surgical glove, a black-and-white spiral-pattern beret pinned to his frizzy length of coal black hair, a frill-fronted mauve shirt with a collar-points wider than his shoulders, and a filmy ascot whose colours shifted with the light. “I certainly feel a measure of recent turmoil,” said Richard, who called himself “sensitive” rather than “spooky.” He flexed long fingers, as if taking a Braille reading from the air. “It certainly could be a death unnatural and occult. Still, in this parish, it’d be unusual not to find a soupçon of eldritch atmos, eh? This is east of Piccadilly, mon ami.Vibes swirl like a walnut whip. If London has a psychic storm centre, it’s on this page of the A to Z. Look about, pal—most punters here are dowsing with their dickybirds. It’s not hard to find water.” A skinny blonde in hotpants, platforms and a paisley haltertop sidled out of Crawford Street. She cast a lazy look at them, eyes hoisting pennyweights of pancake and false lash. Richard bowed to her with a cavalier flourish, smile lifting his Fu Manchu. The girl’s own psychic powers cut in. “ Fuzz,” she sniffed, and scarpered. “Everyone’s a detective,” Richard observed, straightening. “Or a tart,” said Fred. The girl fled. Heart-shaped windows cut out of the seat of her shorts showed pale skin and a sliver of Marks and Sparks knicker. Four-inch stack-soles made for a tottering, Thunderbirds-puppet gait that was funnier than sexy. “That said, shouldn’t this place be veritably swarming with the filth?” commented Richard. “One of their own down, and all that. Uniforms, sirens,
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MILESAGO - Features - Jean Shrimpton in Melbourne MILESAGO - Features JEAN SHRIMPTON IN MELBOURNE On October 30 1965 British model Jean Shrimpton unwittingly triggered off an international controversy when she attended Derby Day at Melbourne's Flemington race course. Her appearance was a flashpoint of the Generation Gap in Australia, and it highlighted the rapid changes taking place in '60s fashion and exposed the deeply conservative nature of Australian society at the time, especially in matters pertaining to the image of women. Shrimpton, then aged just 22, was known as "The Shrimp" (a nickname she greatly disliked). In 1965 she was the world's highest paid model, arguably the world's first "supermodel" and certainly the first to become internationally known by name. She was one of the 'faces' of Swinging London, one-third of the world famous trio of Sixties supermodels with Twiggy and Veruschka (though she was famous before the other two) and her famous fashion photos are quintessential images of the era. Elle dubbed her "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World," and Glamour named her Model of the Year in 1963. She gained international attention as the original "face" of Yardley cosmetics, with whom she had a three-year contract in the mid-'60s and for whom she did several major publicity tours. She appeared on countless fashion magazine covers, made the cover of Newsweek on May 10, 1965, was written up in Esquire, Ladies Home Journal, McCalls, and Good Housekeeping. Throughout the Sixties her career and life was constantly reported in the media, particularly her engagement to famous fashion photographer David Bailey the top London photographer who did much to launch her career, and who was inspiration for David Hemmings' character in Antonioni's 1967 film BLOW UP; so too her subsequent relationship with Bailey's friend, actor Terence Stamp. Her sister Chrissie Shrimpton was also a leading model, and for a time she was almost as famous as her sister, thanks to her well publicised relationship with singer Mick Jagger, prior to Jagger's meeting with longtime girlfriend Marianne Faithfull. Jean's two-week promotional visit to Australia, on which she was accompanied by Stamp, was sponsored by the Victorian Racing Club and a local synthetic fibre company who brought her out to promote a range of new dresses made of Orlon. A mark of her stature was her fee -- £2000. This an enormous sum for the time, equivalent to at least a year's wages for the average Australian man at the time. Just how well-paid she was can be gauged by a comparison with The Beatles, who had been paid £1500 for their tour of Australia in June 1964. Jean was scheduled to appear at Derby Day, where she was to present prizes for the annual "Fashion On The Field" contest, and at the Melbourne Cup. These were the two major fixtures of Melbourne's famous Spring Racing Carnival, and her visit was regarded as bringing international glamour and prestige to the event, so she was quite unprepared for the stir she was about to cause. For the visit, she had been sent some Orlon mini dresses and while they were rather shorter than normal she didn't worry, because hemlines in the U.K. were already starting to come up. But while London was the acknowldeged fshion capital of the Sixties, the new style had yet to be accepted elsewhere and certainly Australia had never seen anything quite as short as the Derby Day mini. In her memoirs, Jean recalled: "The day of the races was a hot one, so I didn't bother to wear any stockings. My legs were still brown from the summer, and as the dress was short it was hardly formal. I had no hat or gloves with me, for the very good reason that I owned neither. I went downstairs cheerfully from my hotel room, all
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Early years foundation stage to be radically slimmed down - Press releases - GOV.UK Early years foundation stage to be radically slimmed down From: Childcare and early education This news article was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government Dame Clare Tickell recommends streamlining the EYFS to make it more focused on making sure children start school ready to learn. Dame Clare Tickell is today recommending that the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is radically slimmed down to make it easier to understand, less burdensome and more focused on making sure children start school ready to learn. Dame Clare Tickell on the EYFS review Setting out her recommendations, Dame Clare says that while parents and early years professionals agree that the EYFS has had a positive impact on children’s outcomes and helped to raise standards, in its current form there is far too much time spent filling in forms and not enough interacting with children. She says the EYFS needs to be simplified and made even more accessible for parents and practitioners. The current EYFS has 6 areas of learning and 69 learning goals. These goals are used to monitor children’s progress while they are in pre-school. At the age of 5 they are assessed against these goals, on a 117 point scale, as part of the EYFS profile. To reform the current framework and make it less bureaucratic, Dame Clare’s recommendations include: Significantly reducing the number of early learning goals children are assessed against at age five from 69 to 17. Parents to get a summary of their child’s development, alongside the health visitor check at age two, to help identify any early problems or special educational needs. A new focus on three prime areas which are the foundations for children’s ability to learn and develop healthily: personal, social and emotional development; communication and language; and physical development. Beneath these should be four areas of learning where these skills are applied: literacy, mathematics, expressive arts and design and understanding the world. With the three new prime areas of learning, a greater emphasis on making sure children have the basic social, emotional communication and language skills they need to learn and thrive at school - things like being able to make friends and listen effectively. There should also be a stronger link between the EYFS and what is expected of children in KS1. Freeing the workforce from unnecessary bureaucracy so they can spend more time interacting with children - including scrapping written risk assessments for nursery trips and outings. All early years practitioners to have at least a level 3 qualification (which is equivalent to A level) and the Government should consider applying the ‘teaching schools’ model to the early years. Ofsted should be clearer on what is required of settings when they are inspected to help reduce high levels of paperwork. Independent schools should be allowed to apply to opt out of the learning and development part of the EYFS, and the exemptions process should be made easier. Dame Clare Tickell said: The earliest years in a child’s life are absolutely critical. Next to a loving and stable home environment, high quality early years education is one of the most important factors in a child’s development. It’s clear that the current EYFS has helped to improve outcomes and is popular with parents and professionals who welcome a framework that lets them know how children are developing. But it’s far from perfect. The current EYFS is cumbersome, repetitive and unnecessarily bureaucratic. And it isn’t doing enough to engage parents in their child’s development or make sure children are starting school with the basic skills they need to be ready to learn. My recommendations will help give those professionals more freedom and are designed to make the entire system work better for children, professionals and parents. I hope my review leads to a slimmer, more resilient EYFS, that makes sure every child has the best possible start in life. R
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Committed Cynic | Better than being a politician, or a pundit. Better than being a politician, or a pundit. Essential reading for the committed cynic September 30, 2009 If you want to stay informed about the UK’s political shenanigans, then Private Eye is essential reading. The magazine is published fortnightly, and gives more details on the goings-on in and around British politics than anything else you can buy (it’s £1.50 well-spent). It also has the distinction of being Britain’s most-sued publication; not that surprising if you know how truly appalling UK libel laws are. Were you try and set up a similar publication today, nobody would offer any financial backing because of the outrageous risks involved. The magazine’s editor, Ian Hislop , has become almost blasé about that. In one high-profile case brought by that pillar of society Robert Maxwell , his remark to reporters outside the court upon losing was, “I’ve just given a fat cheque to a fat Czech“. As some might remember, that unctuous media mogul who was born Ján Ludvík Hoch, once owned, and was chairman of, Oxford United Football Club. Perennially absent from the team’s matches, the fans had their own little chant for the man who saved their club from bankruptcy: “He’s fat. He’s round. He’s never at the ground. It’s Cap’n Bob, Cap’n Bob“. Rupert Murdoch, better known to Eye readers as The Dirty Digger,saw his arch-rival, Maxwell, subsequently vanish – supposedly falling off his yacht in the middle of the ocean. The body was never found, and the timing of the disappearance was spookily convenient; there was a huge scandal surrounding the fact that he had robbed the pension funds of his newspapers to prop up his business empire. Ian Hislop – on the other hand – is, allegedly, still alive and doing rather well. He’s instantly recognisable to most people in the UK as one of the team captains on the popular satirical show, Have I Got News For You . And to close, let me explain the joke in the above magazine cover for non-UK readers. Question Time is a popular topical debate programme on the BBC. Sometime in the coming month, it expected that the leader of the British National Party will appear on the show . The BNP are the inheritors of Oswald Mosley’s legacy, and successors to the British Union of Facists . The speech bubble is a play on host David Dimbleby ‘s manner when selecting members of the audience to put questions to the panel. As a comment below suggests I add, the actual origin of the show’s name comes from a long-running tradition of the British House of Commons, Prime Minister’s Questions . Computer security that works? September 30, 2009 While I am happily sitting here typing away in Linux ( Ubuntu 9.04 ), the vast majority of desktop PC users are still stuck with Windows. Yes, I still have a copy of Windows on my PC, but I’m somewhat forced to do so; I need to be able to run Internet Explorer to test websites. As virtually everyone will attest, possibly the biggest headache with Windows is the threat of viruses and all the other malicious software that wants to control your PC, spy on what you’re doing, or use you your machine to help launch a distributed denial of service attack against some random individual or company. In short, with Windows security software is essential. For quite some time, Microsoft has made a couple of products to help with this – the first was their firewall, and the second is Windows Defender, a tool to scan your PC for hidden-away malicious software. This left most people without an actual anti-virus solution. Actually, what it generally means is that when you buy a new PC the bundle of software included with it probably included something from Symatec – commonly known to most as Norton anti-virus. I’m old enough to remember when Norton products were good, but that was quite some time before Windows XP came out. The crap they shovel out now will slow your PC down more than having half a dozen viruses installed. And, to top it all, you have to keep paying Symatec protection money to keep it working. That is the whole purpos
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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) - Shelley's Ghost - Reshaping the image of a literary family Home > Explore the exhibition > Biographies > Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Chronology of Shelley's life on the 'Romantic Circles' website. Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was born in Field Place, the family home in Sussex, and educated at Eton College. He entered University College Oxford in 1810, and was expelled in 1811 after publishing a pamphlet entitled The Necessity of Atheism. He then eloped with 16-year-old Harriet Westbrook and for the next three years engaged in radical politics and lived in various parts of Britain. In 1813 he privately distributed his first major poem, Queen Mab. In 1814 he met and eloped with the 16-year-old Mary Godwin, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. They married soon after Harriet’s suicide in 1816. In 1816 Shelley and Mary spent time with Lord Byron in Geneva and visited the Alps, a visit which inspired Shelley’s poem Mont Blanc. In 1818 Shelley published his longest poem, The Revolt of Islam. Later that year he and Mary left England for good and moved to Italy, living in various cities and towns including Rome, Florence and Pisa, and spending more time with Byron. In Italy Shelley wrote a series of masterpieces including Prometheus Unbound, Julian and Maddalo, Epipsychidion and Adonais; shorter poems such as To a Skylark and Ode to the West Wind; and his greatest prose work, A Defence of Poetry. He drowned off the Italian coast on 8 August 1822. His body was cremated and his ashes buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome. Object details
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Percy Bysshe Shelley "Ozymandias" Poem animation - YouTube Percy Bysshe Shelley "Ozymandias" Poem animation 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 Oct 21, 2011 Heres a virtual movie of the great poet Percy Bysshe Shelley reading possibly his best loved poem "Ozymandias" "Ozymandias" ( /ˌɒziˈmændiəs/,[2] also pronounced with four syllables in order to fit the poem's meter) is a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley, published in 1818 (see 1818 in poetry) in the January 11 issue of The Examiner in London. It is frequently anthologised and is probably Shelley's most famous short poem. It was written in competition with his friend Horace Smith, who wrote another sonnet entitled "Ozymandias" seen below. In addition to the power of its themes and imagery, the poem is notable for its virtuosic diction. The rhyme scheme of the sonnet is unusual[3] and creates a sinuous and interwoven effect. The central theme of "Ozymandias" is the inevitable complete decline of all leaders, and of the empires they build, however mighty in their own time this is surely a pertinent theme given the death yesterday of the last of the old order of middle eastern dictators the deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. For sure history does indeed just repeat itself. The 'Younger Memnon' statue of Ramesses II in the British Museum thought to have inspired the poemOzymandias was another name for Ramesses the Great, Pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt Kind Regards All rights are reserved oin this video recording copyright Jim Clark 2011 Ozymandias........ I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: `Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert... Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear -- "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away Category
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Atomic Number 5 Element Facts Atomic Number 5 Element Facts Atomic Number 5 Element Facts What Element is Atomic Number 5? Element atomic number 5 is boron. Boron is a lustrous, black semimetal. Science Picture Co, Getty Images By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Updated September 14, 2015. Boron is the element that is atomic number 5 on the periodic table. It is a metalloid or semimetal that is a lustrous black solid at room temperature and pressure. Here are some interesting facts about boron. Atomic Number 5 Element Facts Boron compounds form the basis for the classic slime recipe , which polymerizes the compound borax. The element name boron comes from the Arabic word buraq, which means white. The word was used to describe borax, one of the boron compounds known to ancient man. A boron atom has 5 protons and 5 electrons. Its average atomic mass is 10.81. Natural boron consists of a mix of two stable isotopes: boron-10 and boron-11. Eleven isotopes, with masses 7 to 17 are known. Boron exhibits properties of either metals or nonmetals, depending on the conditions. Element number 5 is present in the cell walls of all plants, so plants, as well as any animal that eats plants, contain boron. Elemental boron is non-toxic to mammals. continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Over a hundred minerals contain boron and it is found in several compounds, including boric acid, borax, borates, kernite, and ulexite. Yet, pure boron is extremely difficult to produce and the element abundance is only 0.001% of the Earth's crust. Element atomic number 5 is rare in the solar system. In 1808, boron was partially purified by Sir Humphry Davy and also by Joseph L. Gay-Lussac and L. J. Thénard. They achieved purity of about 60%. In 1909 Ezekiel Weintraub isolated nearly pure element number 5. Boron has the highest melting point and boiling point of the metalloids. Crystalline boron is the second hardest element, following carbon. Boron is tough and heat resistant. While many elements are produced via nuclear fusion inside stars, boron is not among them. Boron appears to have been formed by nuclear fusion from cosmic ray collisions, before the solar system was formed. The amorphous phase of boron is reactive, while crystalline boron is not reactive. There is a boron-based antibiotic. It is a derivative of streptomycin and is called boromycin. Boron is used in super hard materials, magnets, nuclear reactor shielding, semiconductors, to make borosilicate glassware, in ceramics, insecticides, disinfectants, cleaners, cosmetics, and many other products. Boron is added to steel and other alloys. Because it is an excellent neutron absorber, it is used in nuclear reactor control rods. Element atomic number 5 burns with a green flame. It can be used to produce green fire and is added as a common colorant in fireworks. Boron can transmit part of infrared light. Boron forms stable covalent bonds rather than ionic bonds. At room temperature, boron is a poor electrical conductor. Its conductivity improves as it is heated. Although boron nitride is not quite as hard as diamond, it is preferred for use in high temperature equipment because it has superior thermal and chemical resistance. Boron nitride also forms nanotubes, similar to those formed by carbon. However, unlike carbon nanotubes, boron nitride tubes are electrical insulators.
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1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? 3. If Alpha is 1, and Beta is 2, what is 6? 4. If Tony Blackburn won in 2002, Phil Tuffnell won in 2003, and Kerry Katona won in 2004, who won in 2007? 5. If David Lloyd George is 1, Andrew Bonal Law is 2, and Stanley Baldwin is 3, who is 4? 6. If Liverpool won in 2006, and Chelsea won in 2007, who won in 2008? 7. How many pints does a 10- gallon hat hold? 8. Who was murdered by Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Morville and Le Breton? 9. Who presents Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer? 10. From what ancient activity does the word ‘crestfallen’ come? 11. What non-mechanical sport achieves the highest speeds? 12. What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? 13. Who succeeded Alf Ramsey to become caretaker manger for the English national football team in 1974? 14. What did Britain’s roads first acquire in 1914? 15. Which former Liverpool player held the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring 3 goals in less than 5 minutes? 16. Myleen Klass (pictured) now presents 10 Years Younger on Channel 4, but what was the name of the pop band that gave her success in 2001? 17. Who was the presenter of Out Of Town in the 1960s who went on to appear on the children’s TV programme How? 18. Whose autobiography is called Dear Fatty? 19. Who were Tom and Barbara’s neighbours in The Good Life? 20. In Cockney rhyming slang what are your ‘Daisy Roots’? 21. What is the surname of the twin brothers who compiled the Guinness Book of Records together between 1955 and 1975? 22. Which actor played Columbo? 23. Does the Bactrian camel have one hump, or two? 24. Where is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock? 25. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, what National Charity was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists, Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley? 26. What famous make of motorcycle was Lawrence of Arabia riding when he was tragically killed in Dorset in 1936? 27. What colour of flag should a ship fly to show it is in quarantine? 28. Purple Brittlegill, Velvet Shank and Orange Milkcap are three types of what? 29. What is the name of the flats where the Trotters lived in Only Fools And Horses? 30. In computing, what does the abbreviation USB stand for? ANSWERS: 1. Saturn; 2. Tom Baker (Doctor Who actors); 3. Zeta; 4. Christopher Biggins. (I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Joe Pasquale 04, Carol Thatcher 05, Matt Willis 06, and Joe Swash 08); 5. Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Ministers post WW1); 6. Portsmouth (FA Cup); 7. 6; 8. Thomas Becket; 9. Kirstie Allsopp; 10. Cockfighting; 11. Sky-diving; 12. Montreal; 13. Joe Mercer; 14. White Lines; 15. Robbie Fowler; 16. Hearsay; 17. Jack Hargreaves; 18. Dawn French; 19. Margo and Jerry Leadbetter; 20. Boots; 21. McWhirter (Ross and Norris); 22. Peter Falk; 23. Two; 24. The Clock Tower on the Palace of Westminster in London (Big Ben is the nickname for the bell); 25. The National Trust; 26. Brough Superior; 27. Yellow; 28. Fungi; 29. Nelson Mandela House; 30. Universal Serial Bus Like us on Facebook
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In a 2009 article in The Economist, which late artist was described as the ‘bellwether of the art market’, referring to a painting of his which was sold in 1963 for $100 million?
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Andrew Warhola (1928 - 1987) - Genealogy Andrew Warhola in New York, NY, USA Cause of death: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, United States Immediate Family: Brother of <private> Warhola and <private> Warhola Occupation: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: ... against A motion by the City of Avon can Trustee President Andrew Warhola said he hoped staff members would remain apolitical Mrs Mabel ... Date: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: ... Assistant Prosecutor Andrew Warhola, also present, proposed that the engineering departments of Elyria, Lorain and the county get togeth... Date: Text: ... additional in- struction at other colleges. Technical course Andrew Warhola, board presi- dent, toW "I'm fear- ful ..." Date: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "...’s a culmination of our plans,” said former Trustee Andrew J. Warhola. “I’m very proud that our dream came true in probably one of th... Date: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: ... recommendations by their mid-August meeting. A l-mill levy, President Andrew J. Warhola said, would provide million. No site has yet bee... Date: ... Lorain County Assistant Proso-cutor Andrew Warhola, how ..." Date: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: "..., according to Andrew Warhola, assistant Lorain County prosecutor. Wtuhola attended the four-day NDAA meeting held recently at Bal Ha... Date: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: ... man, advised Board der of Avon and Robert King of Chairman Andrew Warhola of Wellington. free They were advised that Bowl- the ing -Gree... Date: NewspaperARCHIVE.com Text: ... for a temporary injunction was made by Assistant Prosecutor Andrew Warhola representing County Dog Warden Walter Abra-hamowicz and his d... Date: sibling About Andy Warhol Andrew Warhola known as Andy Warhol, was a Rusyn-American painter, printmaker, and filmmaker who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. After a successful career as a commercial illustrator, Warhol became famous worldwide for his work as a painter, avant-garde filmmaker, record producer, author, and public figure known for his membership in wildly diverse social circles that included bohemian street people, distinguished intellectuals, Hollywood celebrities and wealthy patrons. Warhol has been the subject of numerous retrospective exhibitions, books, and feature and documentary films. He coined the widely used expression "15 minutes of fame". In his hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Andy Warhol Museum exists in memory of his life and artwork. The highest price ever paid for a Warhol painting is $100 million for a 1963 canvas titled Eight Elvises. The private transaction was reported in a 2009 article in The Economist, which described Warhol as the "bellwether of the art market." $100 million is a benchmark price that only Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt and Willem de Kooning have achieved. Andy Warhol was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.He was the fourth child of Ondrej Warhola (died 1942) and Julia (nee Zavacka, 1892–1972), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their migration to the U.S. His parents were working-class immigrants from Mikó (now called Miková), in northeastern Slovakia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Warhol's father immigrated to the US in 1914, and his mother joined him in 1921, after the death of Andy Warhol's grandparents. Warhol's father worked in a coal mine. The family lived at 55 Beelen Street and later at 3252 Dawson Street in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The family was Byzantine Catholic and attended St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church. Andy Warhol had two older brothers, Ján and Pavol, who were born in today's Slovakia. Pavol's son, James Warhola, became a successful children's book illustrator. In third grade, Warhol had chorea, the nervous system disease that causes involuntary movements of the extremities, which is believed to be a complication of scarlet fever and causes skin pigmentation blotchiness. He became a hypochondriac, developing a fear of hospitals and doctors. Often bed-ridden as a child, he became an outcast among his school-ma
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NPR's Morning Edition -- Giacometti Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art Click to enlarge Dec. 17, 2001 -- To many, the sculptures of Alberto Giacometti have become icons of the anxious mood of the post-World War II era: Thin, solitary figures with long arms and legs, betraying just a hint of human form. The Swiss artist was one of the surrealists, but found fame with a style of sculpture that was completely original. Giacometti would have been 100 this year -- and in an appropriate gesture by the first museum to ever buy his work, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City is holding a commemorative exhibition with works from Giacometti's long career. David D'Arcy reports for Morning Edition that even now, what the artist's sculptures actually express is a matter of debate. Most art critics assumed that those thin figures were rising from the ashes of Europe after the Holocaust, embodiments of a worldview that came to be called existentialism. Spoon Woman, 1926-27 Click to enlarge Giacometti himself often said they were his homage to the ancient Greek and Egyptian art he saw and sketched at the Louvre Museum in Paris. But many critics say it is the very ambiguity of the images that give them such power. Giacometti did not intend to become a sculptor when he began his art career in Paris. A few years before he died in 1966, he told a French television interviewer that he took up the form because it wasn't easy: "I did not want to spend my whole life making sculpture. I started sculpting because it was the art that I understood the least about. I should have moved on to other things that suited me better, but I couldn't tolerate the fact that I wasn't suited for sculpture. So kept doing it, so I'd get it out of my system." In a famous encounter, the head of the surrealist movement, Andre Breton, asked Giacometti whether any artist cared what a human head looked like. Giacometti said, "I do." Point to the Eye, 1932 Mus�e national d'art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Click to enlarge That ended his relationship with the surrealists -- but the thin sculptures that began taking shape in Giacometti's studio still have echoes of the surreal, said Tobias Bezzola of the Kunsthaus Zurich, which collaborated with MoMA on the show. The breadth of the MoMA exhibit, with about 200 works from all stages of the artist's career, proves Giacometti's skill as a painter, too. In the last decade of his life, Giacometti turned to nature, concentrating on portraits, when the trend in art was abstraction. Six decades of Alberto Giacometti's work are on view at the Museum of Modern Art through Jan. 8, 2002. Search for more broadcast coverage on art museums . Other Resources The Museum of Modern Art, New York has an extensive Flash presentation with examples of the art in the Giacometti exhibit , along with extensive critical notes following the progression of his career.
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Napoleon enters Moscow - Sep 14, 1812 - HISTORY.com Napoleon enters Moscow Publisher A+E Networks One week after winning a bloody victory over the Russian army at the Battle of Borodino, Napoleon Bonaparte’s Grande Armée enters the city of Moscow, only to find the population evacuated and the Russian army retreated again. Moscow was the goal of the invasion, but the deserted city held no czarist officials to sue for peace and no great stores of food or supplies to reward the French soldiers for their long march. Then, just after midnight, fires broke out across the city, apparently set by Russian patriots, leaving Napoleon’s massive army with no means to survive the coming Russian winter. In 1812, French Emperor Napoleon I was still at the height of his fortunes. The Peninsular War against Britain was a thorn in the side of his great European empire, but he was confident that his generals would soon triumph in Spain. All that remained to complete his “Continental System”–a unilateral European blockade designed to economically isolate Britain and force its subjugation–was the cooperation of Russia. After earlier conflict, Napoleon and Alexander I kept a tenuous peace, but the Russian czar was unwilling to submit to the Continental System, which was ruinous to the Russian economy. To intimidate Alexander, Napoleon massed his forces in Poland in the spring of 1812, but still the czar resisted. On June 24, Napoleon ordered his Grande Armée, the largest European military force ever assembled to that date, into Russia. The enormous army featured more than 500,000 soldiers and staff and included contingents from Prussia, Austria, and other countries under the sway of the French empire. Napoleon’s military successes lay in his ability to move his armies rapidly and strike quickly, but in the opening months of his Russian invasion he was forced to be content with a Russian army in perpetual retreat. The fleeing Russian forces adopted a “scorched earth” strategy, seizing or burning any supplies that the French might pillage from the countryside. Meanwhile, Napoleon’s supply lines became overextended as he advanced deeper and deeper into the Russian expanse. Many in the czarist government were critical of the Russian army’s refusal to engage Napoleon in a direct confrontation. Under public pressure, Alexander named General Mikhail Kutuzov supreme commander in August, but the veteran of earlier defeats against Napoleon continued the retreat. Finally, Kutuzov agreed to halt at the town of Borodino, about 70 miles west of Moscow, and engage the French. The Russians built fortifications, and on September 7 the Grande Armée attacked. Napoleon was uncharacteristically cautious that day; he didn’t try to outflank the Russians, and he declined to send much-needed reinforcements into the fray. The result was a bloody and narrow victory and another retreat by the Russian army. Although disturbed by the progress of the campaign, Napoleon was sure that once Moscow was taken Alexander would be forced to capitulate. On September 14, the French entered a deserted Moscow. All but a few thousand of the city’s 275,000 people were gone. Napoleon retired to a house on the outskirts of the city for the night, but two hours after midnight he was informed that a fire had broken out in the city. He went to the Kremlin, where he watched the flames continue to grow. Strange reports began to come in telling of Russians starting the fires and stoking the flames. Suddenly a fire broke out within the Kremlin, apparently set by a Russian military policeman who was immediately executed. With the firestorm spreading, Napoleon and his entourage were forced to flee down burning streets to Moscow’s outskirts and narrowly avoided being asphyxiated. When the flames died down three days later, more than two-thirds of the city was destroyed. In the aftermath of the calamity, Napoleon still hoped Alexander would ask for peace. In a letter to the czar he wrote: “My lord Brother. Beautiful, magical Moscow exists no more. How could you consign to destruction the loveliest ci
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Russian Army of Napoleonic Wars : Officers : Discipline : Strength : Organization : Tactics Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars . "The whole appearance of a Russian army denotes hardihood and bravery, inured to any privations . They subsist well on black bread: few cattle are seen following the army. Their commissaries have little to do; and the great burden of managing the commissariat, which is so irksome to a B r i t i s h commander on service, seems perfectly light to a Russian chief." - British General Sir Charles Stewart . "If the Frenchmen had the firmness and the docility of the Russians the world not be great enough for me." - Napoleon . "...the Russians are very brave." -Karl v.Clausewitz, Prussian officer If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery then the Russians must have been most flattered when in 1815 the Prussian army adopted the style and design of Russian uniforms. . "Russia, as much by her position as by her inexhaustible resources, is and must be the first power in the world." - Chancellor Rostopchin . When Revolution in France erupted Russia promised that the rule of mobs in France would soon end and true order of matters would be restored. This drew Russia into a series of wars against France and her neighbors, which had far-reaching consequences for Europe. Russia was torn between Asia and Europe and only sparsely settled. The vast land together with the long winters produced the melancholy and mystery not felt in any other country. According to Paul Austin when in 1812 Napoleon's army entered Russia, the troops were "a bit frightened at the sight of so sparsely populated and poverty-stricken a countryside. Dedem finds himself in 'a desert' ... Bonnet of the 18th Regiment of Line Infantry, Ney's III Army Corps ... is shocked to see how the peasants' clothing consists of only "a shirt, a pair of coarse cloth trousers, a hooded cloak of sheepskin and some kind of a fur cap." ... As for their villages, they're even more squalid than the Polish ones. ... General Claparede, writes home to his young bride: 'The inhabitants and their houses are very ugly and extremely dirty, and the latter only differ from the peasants' log cabins in possessing a chimney or two.'" (Austin - "1812 The March on Moscow" p 59) By the end of the 16th century the Russian peasant came under the complete control of the landowner and during the middle of the 17th century serfdom became hereditary. Their situation became comparable to that of slaves in USA and they could be sold to another landowner in families or singly. By the 19th century it was estimated that about 50 % of Russian peasants were serfs. By 1800, the nobles made up more than 2 % of the population. In 1804 approx. 50 % of Russian factory workers were serfs. Willian Napier of British army calls Russia "the most formidable and brutal, the most swinish tyranny that has ever menaced and disgraced European civilization." (Napier - "History of the War in the Peninsula 1807-1814" Vol IV, p 167) According to the census of 1857 the number of serfs was 23 million out of 62 million Russians. By comparison, the U.S. had 4 million slaves by 1860. Moscow however made great impression on the French and German soldiers: "The sun was reflected on all the domes, the spires and gilded palaces. The many capitals I'd seen - such as Paris, Berlin, Warsaw, Vienna and Madrid - had only produced an ordinary impression on me. But this was quite different !" - wrote Bourgogne. Griois writes: "In no way did it resemble any cities I'd seen in Europe." Richard Rhein writes, "Moscow in 1812 was a sprawling city of about 250,000 inhabitants during the fall. Throughout the winter months, when the nobles and their serfs returned from their country estates, the population would increase by about 100,000." Even the road to Moscow was a masterpiece - according to Captain Breaut des Marlots "you can march along in 10 vehicles abreast." Moscow and St.Petersburg were the largest Russian cities. St.Petersburg was a planned city of canals and straight streets. By contr
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Ronald Reagan: Life Before the Presidency—Miller Center About the Administration Ronald Wilson Reagan, the son of Jack and Nelle Reagan, was born in a small apartment above the Pitney General Store on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois, His family, which included older brother Neil, moved to a succession of Illinois towns as his salesman father searched for a well-paying job. In 1920, the Reagans settled in Dixon. Jack Reagan was a gregarious man with a grade-school education who made his way as a salesman, usually of shoes. He was a dreamer and also an alcoholic. Years later, Ronald Reagan recalled the searing experiences of being the child of an alcoholic father, including an incident where he dragged a "passed out" Jack Reagan into the house from the snow. Jack and Nelle were both Democrats; in religion he was a Roman Catholic, and she an active member of the Disciples of Christ. After Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President in 1932, Jack Reagan was rewarded for his Democratic activism by being named the local director of the Works Progress Administration, a federal agency created by Roosevelt to provide work for jobless Americans. Neil Reagan was also employed by the WPA. Ronald Reagan remembered his father as being fiercely opposed to racial and religious intolerance. He refused to allow his children to see the film Birth of a Nation, because it glorified the Ku Klux Klan. Jack Reagan died in 1941. Ronald's mother, Nelle Wilson Reagan, nurtured and encouraged her sons. She taught them that alcoholism was a disease and urged them not to blame their father for succumbing to it. She had married Jack Reagan in a Catholic ceremony, and the older son Neil was raised as a Catholic. Both boys believed that Neil took after his father and Ronald more after his mother. Nelle raised Ronald in her church, the Disciples of Christ. She was a relentless do-gooder, visiting prisoners, poorhouse inmates, and hospital patients. She also organized drama recitals—some of which featured her sons—and worked as a salesclerk and seamstress in the 1930s. As an adult, Ronald often reminisced fondly about his mother's compassion and generosity. He moved her to Hollywood after Jack died; she died in 1962. Youth and College Years As a boy, Reagan's life was filled with scrapes and adventures. He once narrowly escaped death while playing under a train that suddenly began moving. Reagan graduated from Dixon High School in 1928, where he played on the football and basketball teams, became president of the student body, acted in school plays, and wrote for the yearbook. Reagan, an accomplished swimmer since early boyhood, worked six summers as a lifeguard in Lowell Park in Dixon on the treacherous Rock River. According to newspaper reports of the time and later research, he saved 77 people from drowning. Reagan enrolled in 1928 at Eureka College in Eureka, Illinois. He majored in economics but was an indifferent student, graduating with a "C" average in 1932. At Eureka, he played football and was a member of the college swim team, performed with the drama club, joined the debate club, worked as a reporter on the school newspaper, edited the college yearbook, and served as president of the student council. Admitted to college on a partial football scholarship, Reagan washed dishes at his fraternity house, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and at a girl's dormitory, and worked as a lifeguard and a swimming coach to pay the rest of his college costs and sent money home to his economically hard-hit family. He also had an early taste of politics: while still a freshman he made a dramatic oration on behalf of Eureka students who were striking to restore classes that the school administration had eliminated because of financial strains caused by the Great Depression. After the strike, the college president resigned. Radio, Film, and Television Career After graduation, Reagan landed a job as a radio sportscaster at WOC in Davenport, Iowa, for $10 per game and transportation expenses. His lively imagination and resonant radio voice compensated for his inexperience
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Mount Rushmore Audio Tour Mount Rushmore National Memorial is one of the country's most recognizable landmarks, attracting more than two million people each year. This huge sculpture features the carved faces of four beloved U.S. presidents approximately sixty feet in height. The four presidents from left to right are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. These four distinguished leaders were chosen by the lead sculptor of the project because of their role in preserving the country and expanding it. George Washington George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, and is most famous for being the first President of the United States. His role as commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War prior to his presidency was also key in obtaining independence from the British. With George Washington's incredible influence in the formation of the country, he is referred to with much affection as the "Father" of the country. One of his most notable quotes is, "It is better to be alone than in bad company." Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, and served as the third President of the United States. He is also well known as being the main author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. His visions of what America should be have made him one of the most influential of the Founding Fathers. Major accomplishments during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is known for many philosophical statements, including, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, and is well known for his energetic persona and his cowboy image. He served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States, and was a key figure in the Republican Party during his political career. He is also known for inviting the press into the White House for daily briefings, which later became a tradition, and for adding on to the Monroe Doctrine, and passing the Pure Food and Drug Act. Theodore Roosevelt was known to have said, "A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards." Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and served as the 16th President of the United States. Although his presidential term was cut short when he was assassinated in 1865, he led the country through the Civil War and was successful in ending slavery in the country. His Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 abolished slavery, and he also promoted passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In speaking of the Civil War, Lincoln stated, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Mount Rushmore Grand Legends Tour You can learn more about Mount Rushmore and the many other attractions in the area with the nine hour Mount Rushmore Grand Legends Tour. This comprehensive guided tour begins with a visit to Mount Rushmore, and then moves on to Custer State Park , the Iron Mountain Road, Sylvan Lake , and the Crazy Horse Memorial . The final leg of this great experience takes you on the 1880 Train , a vintage train that travels across the Black Hills .
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BathRugby.com: The Official Website 4/2/17KO 15:00AwayNewcastle FalconsAnglo Welsh Match information New to Bath Rugby? We salute you Join us this season for: Epic, elite entertainment
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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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An annual World Cup for which sport, which ran from 1979 to 1990, featured teams of three players representing their country against other such teams, but with individual 1st, 2nd, etc., places?
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Snooker World Cup - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Snooker World Cup Wikis Snooker World Cup: Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . (Redirected to World Cup (snooker) article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Snooker See: Snooker tournaments The World Cup was an invitational snooker tournament (created by Mike Watterson, who also organised the UK Championship and who brought the World Snooker Championship to the Crucible ). The annual contests featured team of three players representing their country against other such teams, but with individual 1st, 2nd, etc., places (not unlike the Davis Cup in tennis ). Steve Davis has won the World Cup more times than any other player, with 4 titles for England . The World Cup began in 1979 as the State Express World Challenge Cup before becoming the State Express World Team Classic from 1981–83. In 1985, the event moved from an early to late season and the tournament became a knockout contest rather than a round robin as it had been previously and it was renamed to World Cup. After State Express's parent company British American Tobacco pulled out of all sport sponsorships in the UK in 1984, the event had various different sponsors, including Guinness , Car Care Plan, Tuborg and Fersina Windows, before the event was terminated after the 1990 event. The World Cup made a brief return in 1996 when it was held in Bangkok, Thailand and sponsored by Castrol ( BP ) and Honda . The Nations Cup was first organised in the 1998/99 season . It was played on a round robin basis with the top two meeting in the final. The 1999 and 2000 contests featured team of four players representing their country against other such teams. (In the 2001 event was a team of 3 players). It was discontinued because the tv-coverage was not settled. Venues Categories: Snooker non-ranking competitions | Snooker competitions in the United Kingdom | Recurring events established in 1979 Advertisements Template:Snooker tournaments The Snooker World Cup was an invitational snooker tournament (created by Mike Watterson, who also organised the UK Championship and who brought the World Snooker Championship to the Crucible ). The annual contests featured team of three players representing their country against other such teams, but with individual 1st, 2nd, etc., places (not unlike the Davis Cup in tennis ). Steve Davis has won the World Cup more times than any other player, with 4 titles for England . The Snooker World Cup began in 1979 as the State Express World Team Cup before becoming the State Express World Team Classic from 1981–83. In 1985, the event moved from an early to late season and the tournament became a knockout contest rather than a round robin as it had been previously. It was renamed the World Cup in the late 1980s.[not specific enough to verify] After State Express's parent company British American Tobacco pulled out of all sport sponsorships in the UK in 1984, the event had various different sponsors, including Guinness , Car Care Plan, Tuborg and Fersina Windows, before the event was terminated after the 1990 event. The World Cup made a brief return in 1996 when it was held in Bangkok, Thailand and sponsored by Castrol ( BP ) and Honda . The Nations Cup was first organised in the 1998/99 season . It was played on a round robin basis with the top two meeting in the final. The 1999 and 2000 contests featured team of four players representing their country against other such teams. (In the 2001 event was a team of 3 players). It was discontinued because the tv-coverage was not settled. Venues
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BBC Sport - Rugby Union - Namibia rugby: Out of Boks' shadow Namibia rugby: Out of Boks' shadow By Sean Davies Rugby songs: Land of the brave Nick name: Biltongboere, Welwitschias The First World War brought rugby to Namibia, the game introduced by South African soldiers when they invaded the German-run colony in 1915. Full record: Wales v Namibia The South African influence would continue, Namibia's team competing in the Currie Cup as South West Africa until the country gained its independence in 1990. The British and Irish Lions played games in South West Africa in 1962, 1968, 1974 and 1980 and, until independence, Namibian players were also eligible to represent the Springboks, the likes of Jan Ellis and Percy Montgomery taking that route. The Namibia Rugby Union was formed in March 1990 and immediately joined the International Rugby Board. They had gained their best-ever Currie Cup finish of third in 1989, so presented a tough challenge to Ron Waldron's Neath-dominated Wales side when they toured in 1990. Kevin Phillips captained Wales on the tour, fellow Welsh All Blacks Glyn Llewellyn and Chris Bridges winning their maiden caps in the first Test in Windhoek. Bridges scored the crucial try on his Wales debut against Namibia in 1990 It was men from Neath who contributed all the Welsh points, Paul Thorburn scoring 14 while Bridges got the crucial try that took Wales from a worrying 9-9 scoreline to an 18-9 win. Namibia full-back Andre Stoop - who was later to make a name for himself in rugby league in the north of England - was sent off by referee Fred Howard for head-butting Steve Ford. Waldron's men stayed in Windhoek for the second Test a week later, where Owain Williams was given his only Wales cap. The flanker scored a try, while Thorburn's 15 points and a long Anthony Clement drop-goal took the tourists to a 30-15 advantage. But the fragilities in Waldron's team were exposed as Namibia fought back to level at 30-30, Wales needing Arthur Emyr to score his second try to sneak the win. The following year was perhaps the finest for Namibian rugby as they won all 10 of their Tests, including two victories over Ireland and two in another home series against Italy. Their introduction to the international scene had been too late to give the fledgling side the chance to qualify for the 1991 World Cup, though. Wales were back in Windhoek in 1993 under coach Alan Davies - and again they had to battle for their win. The tourists were behind 20-19 after 60 minutes in a match that saw the lead change five times. Namibia full-back Jaco Coetzee contributed 18 points, but two tries from Emyr Lewis helped Wales to a 38-23 success. The Welwitschias missed out on qualification for the 1995 World Cup, but reached rugby's ultimate stage in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Limited player numbers and the difficulties of finding regular, challenging fixtures have restricted their impact, though. Namibia have never won a World Cup game and suffered a record 142-0 defeat against Australia in 2003. The Welwitschias will be very much the underdogs in New Zealand in 2011 as they prepare for group games against Wales, South Africa, Fiji and Samoa. Bookmark with:
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Famous Russian Composers of Classical Music Contact Famous Russian Composers Russian composers have created some of the most beautiful and powerful classical music. They hold a special place in my heart, and they're also separated geographically and historically form the rest of Europe. Since there are so many of them, and they're a tight-knit bunch, I've put several of them here on one page. Of course there's Peter Tchaikovsky as well, but he's famous enough to have his own section. In the 19th century, a group called The Five (Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Balakirev, Borodin and Cesar Cui) banded together and made their goal the promotion of purely Russian music. Their compositions were inspired by Russian history and folk stories, and used traditional tunes and harmonies. It's the perfect example of nationalist music, which had a huge rise all over Europe towards the end of the 1800s. This was a golden age for Russian classical music. It was only really at this point that the Russian's efforts began to be appreciated by their European peers, who previously thought it was crude and unsophisticated. Here are some of the big names... One of the most skilled and inventive orchestrators of all-time, Rimsky-Korsakov had the ability to create astonishingly rich and creative orchestral sound worlds. His talent wasn't the product of extensive practice, but some innate, maybe even divine, gift. He started out not as a musician, but as a naval officer. During his 3-year long round-the-world cruise as a cadet, he wrote his first symphony. He hadn't had any musical training before so it took him a while! On his return he was mentored by Mily Balakirev, and then became Professor of Composition at the Saint Petersburg conservatory. He is world-famous for such pieces as the Flight of the Bumblebee (from the opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan), Capriccio Espagnol , and Sheherezade . He wrote 13 operas, three symphonies, and several other orchestral and chamber pieces. Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) A later Russian composer, Glazunov was introduced to the already famous and established Balakirev and Rimksy-Korsakov at an early age. His talent was huge and he progressed exceptionally quickly. He became the director of the Saint Petersburg conservatory, and later the Leiningrad conservatory after the Russian revolution. But the Soviet government didn't like his methods and his drinking habits, so he eventually fled the country in 1928. His music is a kind of mix of the styles of other Russian composers, with a graceful confidence and wonderfully joyous melodies. Even during his own lifetime the public thought of him as slightly old-fashioned! Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) Mussorgsky's story is one of the most tragic stories of all the Russian composers. His music is also slightly different, with a rawer, harsher sound. Still, the beauty and genius of his music is impossible to deny. His work wasn't recognized enough until after his death, when other composers like Rimsky-Korsakov polished the pieces up to 'performance standard' (although loads of people, including me, now prefer Mussorgsky's dark originals!) He was a hugely talented pianist as a child, but joined a military academy and had an uneventful life in the civil service. His life went on a downward spiral of poverty, depression, and alcoholism , until he died at age 42. He is most remembered for the masterful opera Boris Godunov, the chilling orchestral thunderbolt Night on Bald Mountain , and the Pictures at an Exhibition suite. Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) Ah, the polymath! Known for his achievements in chemistry as much as music, Borodin was a both scientist and composer. Born into an aristocratic family, he became a member of The Five later in life, even though music was hardly more than a serious hobby for him. Borodin created expansive, floating harmonies in some of his songs for voice and piano, which directly inspired French composer Claude Debussy 's luxuriously free-form harmonies. His most famous works are the two beautiful string quartets, and the opera Prince Igor (fro
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Listen to "The Rake's Progress", Opera in Three Acts by Igor Stravinsky - Listening Library - The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra Composed 1951 George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress) Stravinsky thought of writing an opera in English not long after he arrived in the United States in 1939. The idea waited until 1947, when Stravinsky saw an exhibit of 18th-century engravings by William Hogarth titled A Rake’s Progress. Having found his subject, Stravinsky began looking for a librettist to elaborate the scenario, a search that led him to the poet W.H. Auden. The Russian composer and the British poet, meeting in America, embarked on a dynamic and fruitful collaboration; they sketched the shape of the opera in a matter of days. Auden brought in another poet, Chester Kallman, to assist with the elegant verse libretto. Stravinsky wrote his only full-length opera in a language he barely knew. Conductor Robert Craft, one of Stravinsky’s closest musical partners, met the composer on the very day Auden delivered the libretto in 1948, and recounted the unusual process by which Stravinsky set the unfamiliar words to music: He would ask me to read aloud, over and over and at varying speeds, the lines of whichever aria, recitative, or ensemble he was about to set to music. He would then memorize them, a line or a couplet at a time, and walk about the house repeating them, or [do so] when seated in his wife’s car (a second-hand, ancient and dilapidated Dodge) en route to a restaurant, movie, or doctor’s appointment. Much of the vocabulary was unfamiliar to him but he soon learned it and began to use it in his own conversation, charging someone with “dilatoriness,” or excusing himself for having to “impose” upon us, which sounded very odd from him. The piquant story and sophisticated libretto of The Rake’s Progress, entertaining as they are, might have been forgotten but for the miraculous music they inspired. After 30 years of neo-classical compositions, Stravinsky reached an apotheosis with this opera. It is, in some ways, his most mannered music, with self-conscious arias and old-fashioned recitatives accompanied by harpsichord. Yet somehow Stravinsky transcended mere stylistic mimicry to create music with beguiling clarity and lyricism, heir to the pure spirit of Monteverdi, Mozart and Rossini and utterly free of sarcasm (except where intended, e.g. Baba the Turk). Its first critics, many still hoping for a rehashing of The Rite of Spring, seemed not to know whether to take The Rake’s Progress seriously. Now, after nearly 60 years in the repertoire, the opera stands as a masterpiece of 20th-century musical drama, one of many high points in the wide-ranging career of the era’s most influential composer. The action of The Rake’s Progress centers on Tom Rakewell, a young man determined to “live by [his] wits and trust to [his] luck.” In Act I, he courts Anne Trulove, whose father disapproves of Tom’s lack of income. Just when Tom expresses his wish for money, the diabolical Nick Shadow appears with news that an unknown uncle has left Tom a fortune. Tom heads to London, with Nick as his new servant, and soon the pair find their way to Mother Goose’s brothel. After expressing his “sorrow” and “shame” in a beautiful cavatina, Tom exits with Mother Goose. Meanwhile, Anne worries about Tom and heads to London to find him. Act II begins with Tom bored and disconsolate. With the phrase “I wish I were happy,” Nick Shadow again makes a timely entrance, and manages to convince Tom to marry Baba the Turk, the hideous bearded lady from a nearby fair. In the next scene, Tom returns to his house in a coach with his unsightly new bride, and finds Anne waiting outside. He tells Anne to leave, professing himself “unworthy,” and enters his new life with the jealous and irascible Baba. The next scene shows the unhappy marriage, with Tom finally silencing the relentless Baba by throwing his wig over her head. Tom sleeps, and dreams of a “fantastic baroque machine” that converts stones to bread. Shadow just happens to have rigged just such a con
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About the Mariana Trench - DEEPSEA CHALLENGE Expedition DEEPSEA CHALLENGE / The Expedition / The Mariana Trench The Mariana Trench While thousands of climbers have successfully scaled Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth, only two people have descended to the planet’s deepest point, the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean’s Mariana Trench. Located in the western Pacific east of the Philippines and an average of approximately 124 miles (200 kilometers) east of the Mariana Islands, the Mariana Trench is a crescent-shaped scar in the Earth’s crust that measures more than 1,500 miles (2,550 kilometers) long and 43 miles (69 kilometers) wide on average. The distance between the surface of the ocean and the trench’s deepest point—the Challenger Deep, which lies about 200 miles (322 kilometers) southwest of the U.S. territory of Guam—is nearly 7 miles (11 kilometers). If Mount Everest were dropped into the Mariana Trench, its peak would still be more than a mile (1.6 kilometers) underwater. The Mariana Trench is part of a global network of deep troughs that cut across the ocean floor. They form when two tectonic plates collide. At the collision point, one of the plates dives beneath the other into the Earth’s mantle, creating an ocean trench. The depths of the Mariana Trench were first plumbed in 1875 by the British ship H.M.S. Challenger as part of the first global oceanographic cruise. The Challenger scientists recorded a depth of 4,475 fathoms (about five miles, or eight kilometers) using a weighted sounding rope. In 1951, the British vessel H.M.S. Challenger II returned to the spot with an echo-sounder and measured a depth of nearly 7 miles (11 kilometers). The majority of the Mariana Trench is now a U.S. protected zone as part of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument , established by President George W. Bush in 2009. Permits for research in the monument, including in the Sirena Deep, have been secured from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Permits for research in the Challenger Deep have been secured from the Federated States of Micronesia. HISTORIC DIVE Because of its extreme depth, the Mariana Trench is cloaked in perpetual darkness and the temperature is just a few degrees above freezing. The water pressure at the bottom of the trench is a crushing eight tons per square inch—or about a thousand times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level. Pressure increases with depth. The first and only time humans descended into the Challenger Deep was more than 50 years ago. In 1960, Jacques Piccard and Navy Lt. Don Walsh reached this goal in a U.S. Navy submersible, a bathyscaphe called the Trieste. After a five-hour descent, the pair spent only a scant 20 minutes at the bottom and were unable to take any photographs due to clouds of silt stirred up by their passage. Until Piccard and Walsh’s historic dive, scientists had debated whether life could exist under such extreme pressure. But at the bottom, the Trieste‘s floodlight illuminated a creature that Piccard thought was a flatfish, a moment that Piccard would later describe with excitement in a book about his journey. “Here, in an instant, was the answer that biologists had asked for the decades,” Piccard wrote. “Could life exist in the greatest depths of the ocean? It could!” WAITING IN THE DEEP While the Trieste expedition laid to rest any doubts that life could exist in the Mariana Trench, scientists still know very little about the types of organisms that reside there. In fact, some question whether Piccard’s fish was actually a form of sea cucumber. It is thought that the pressure is so great that calcium can’t exist except in solution, so the bones of vertebrates would literally dissolve. No bones, no fish. But nature has also proven scientists wrong many times in the past with its remarkable capacity for adaptation. So are there fish that deep? Nobody knows, and this is the whole point of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGE project, to find answers to such fundamental questions. In recent years, deep-ocean dredges and unmanned subs have glimpsed exotic organisms
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Ahoy - Mac's Web Log - The Sinking of British Battleship, HMS Royal Oak, at Scapa Flow, by German Submarine, U-47 The Sinking of British Battleship, HMS Royal Oak, at Scapa Flow, by German Submarine, U-47 This Marshall Islands stamp depicts Gunter Prien sinking Royal Oak, after he penetrated Scapa Flow Over two World Wars, Scapa Flow in the Orkneys, was the main Fleet Anchorage in the British Isles for the Royal Navy, During WW1, the German Submarine UB-116 commanded by Oberleutnant Hans Joachim Emsmann had, in October 1918, attempted to penetrate this British Base, but had come to grief on a mine, and was lost with all hands. Just after going to war against Britain in September 1939, the German U-Boat Commander, Admiral Donitz, was keen to upset both the Royal Navy, and her First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill, by breaching the defences of Scapa Flow and sinking a major Naval Vessel. In September 1939, U-14 had carried out a patrol in that area and brought back valuable information about the approaches to this major Fleet Base. In addition, the Luftwaffe, on the 26th. of September, had managed to obtain excellent photographs of this seemingly impregnable anchorage. At least the British believed it was inviolable; but not so, thought Donitz. The defences of Britain's major naval base were still not complete 6 weeks after the commencement of hostilities with Germany. Donitz studied the reconnaissance photographs, and decided that a 50 foot gap existed between the blockships which had been sunk in the northern end of the most eastern entrance in Kirk Sound, and he thought that a surfaced Submarine could penetrate this narrow access at the time of slack water. But, a night attack would be mandatory. On Sunday the 1st. of October 1939, Donitz sent for one of his best submarine Captains, Kapitanleutnant (equivalent to our Lieutenant Commander) Gunter Prien, and offered him the mission of taking his U-Boat, U-47, into Scapa Flow to sink a major British warship. Prien had been born at Leipzig in Saxony in 1909 , and left school at 14, to become a cabin boy at sea. He rose to be a Merchant Marine officer, but come the depression, he was out of a job. Somewhat embittered by being unemployed in his early twenties, Prien joined the Nazi Party in 1932, and in the following year joined the Navy as an Ordinary Seaman. He was quickly seen as Officer material, became a Cadet, joined the Submarine service and by 1938 had risen to command level. When WW2 broke out, Prien was in command of U-Boat 47, and had recently been married. It was made quite clear to Prien, that he could refuse this task without damaging his bright career, but Prien after studying the plans overnight, decided to accept this formidible challenge. On the 8th. of October 1939, Prien took U-47 through the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal and cleared her into the North Sea. Whilst enroute to Scapa Flow he took particular care to avoid any vessels that might betray his whereabouts. At 2331 (11.31 PM) on the 13th of October (obviously not a superstitious sailor) Prien commenced his run into the British Naval stronghold. Because of the strong currents obtaining in this area, he chose the slack water period (the time in between the tide changing from ebbing to flowing or vice versa, when there is no actual water movement) and navigated his boat on the surface, between vessels sunk in the channels by the British, designed to stop such a passage by a U-Boat or any other enemy craft. At one stage of Prien's approach, he was so close to the shore that a passing car's headlights illuminated his crawling submarine, but he continiued undetected. Just after midnight on the 13/14th of October, he noted in his War Diary at 0027 (2.27 AM) " WIR SINDIN SCAPA FLOW!!" (WE are in Scapa Flow!!) For the Royal Navy it was fortunate that the major units of the Home Fleet had not yet returned to Scapa Flow after chasing a strong German Naval Force, led by the Battlecruiser Gneisenau, which had sortied into the North Sea. Inside the anchorage, Prien looked for any likely targets and sighted two la
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Which film features Tom Cruise dancing in his underwear to Old Time Rock 'n' Roll by Bob Seger?
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Risky Business Dance Scene - YouTube Risky Business Dance Scene 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 Nov 13, 2008 Tom Cruise dances to Old Time Rock and Roll by Bob Seger! Enjoy! Category
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Bring It All Back, S Club 7’s debut single released all the way back in 1999 – The Sun Kim Woodburn removed from Celebrity Big Brother after epic row with Jamie O’Hara 00:45 Chloe Ferry reprimanded by Big Brother for putting her bum on John Grimes 03:52 Outgoing President Obama will not stay silent if ‘core values’ are threatened 01:51 Moment traffic warden is bundled to the ground in ‘citizens’ arrest’ 01:08 Pointless contestant gives Alexander Armstrong as answer to album question 01:17 Amazing footage Wild orangutan uses a saw to cut tree branches on BBC’s Spy in the Wild 01:38 'GET YOUR CAR OFF ME VAN!' Bizarre moment woman parks millimetres from white van and refuses to move 00:43 Disturbing video of young girl being treated for sinus infection 01:46 "I will always love her" Kidnapped teen Alexis Manigo gives first TV interview 01:06 British tourists begin evacuation from Gambia during state of emergency 00:38 World’s worst Kung Fu ‘master’ threatens cop with some awful martial arts moves 02:04 Video appears to show attorney trying to hypnotise woman for sex 03:52 Outgoing President Obama will not stay silent if ‘core values’ are threatened 00:32 Driver nearly hits cyclist after fitting his car with a siren to avoid traffic 01:18 Man arrested for threats to kill Trump with high powered rifle inauguration 01:59 US President Barack Obama gives his final news briefing at the White House 00:31 Looters rifle through belongings of car crash victims before stealing cash 00:30 Appeal for donors Tottenham’s Heung-Min Son makes a plea for a stem cell donor for young Ally Kim 00:31 Blizzard conditions Snowballs are thrown on Spain’s Costa Blanca as snow falls for the first time in 35yrs 00:31 German inventor creates rape-proof knickers in the wake of sex attacks 01:46 "I will always love her" Kidnapped teen Alexis Manigo gives first TV interview 01:38 FC Basel captain Matias Delgado trains with GoPro strapped to him 01:57 Plymouth 0-1 Liverpool : Lucas Leiva scores his first goal in seven years 00:51 Tottenham’s new stadium looks to be taking shape in this new video 02:04 Newcastle 3-1 Birmingham : Matt Ritchie brace puts The Magpies through 02:04 Southampton 1-0 Norwich : Late winner by Shane Long in his 100th game 00:32 Real Madrid in training ahead of their Copa Del Rey game against Celta Vigo 00:33 Joe Cole and Juan Sebastian Veron meet Mickey Mouse at Disney Land 01:53 Messi! It seems clear who Pep Guardiola thinks is the best player in the world…Lionel Messi! 00:52 Xabi Alsono set to retire from football after glittering Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern career 02:00 Barnsley 1-2 Blackpool : Bright Osayi-Samuel with the dramatic 120th-minute winner 01:55 Lincoln 1-0 Ipswich : Nathan Arnold sees Lincoln through for the first time in 41 years 01:49 Jeremy Kyle guest admits to driving without a licence on the show 03:56 Spencer Pratt winds up Kim Woodburn by opening the door on Celebrity Big Brother 00:36 James C refuses superhero costume and it costs Celebrity Big Brother house hot water 00:37 Katie Price shocks fans as she posts Instagram of a litter of rabbits 00:49 NHS PRESSURE Patient stuck in surgical bed for six hours after operation as Intensive Care Unit is full 00:25 Scarlett Moffatt reveals her nerves on The One Show ahead of hosting the NTAs 00:31 Holly Hagan posts naked Snapchat video while on holiday in Thailand 00:45 Chloe Ferry reprimanded by Big Brother for putting her bum on John Grimes 00:50 Chloe Ferry asks the question all the girls want to know in Celebrity Big Brother 01:09 Frustrating Cute capuchin monkey gets mad after failing to open a nut on BBC’s Spy in the Wild 01:17 Amazing footage Wild orangutan uses a saw to cut tree branches on BBC’s Spy in the Wild 04:57 Woman left blind after dermal filler injections caused face to swell 01:30 'WE HOPE THEY'LL BE FRIENDS' Kevin the baby emu from eBay meets a chick for the first time 00:37 Mum’s £25 egg ‘bought on eBay’ hatches into Kevin the baby emu 00:51 Video of daredevil teen risking his life on roof of Croydon’s Nestlé Tower 00:59 Happy
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Who hosts Radio 4's News Quiz?
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Miles Jupp to host The News Quiz - BBC News BBC News Miles Jupp to host The News Quiz 29 June 2015 Read more about sharing. Close share panel Image caption Miles Jupp wrote and starred in sitcom In And Out Of The Kitchen - as the cookery writer Damien Trench - on both radio and TV Miles Jupp is to take over from Sandi Toksvig as the new host of BBC Radio 4's comedy show The News Quiz. The comedian and actor first appeared as a panellist on the quiz show in 2009. His debut in the host's chair will be broadcast on Friday 17 September. "It is a massive honour to follow in the footsteps of Barrys Norman and Took, of Simon Hoggart and the delectable Sandi Toksvig and be asked to take on this role," Jupp said. "Sandi has been remarkable in her time in charge of The News Quiz and her legacy will live on forever amongst listeners. "Following her departure my first job will be to lead the regulars and listeners through as many of the stages of grief as are ultimately deemed necessary (by a completely independent arbiter). Image caption Jupp, seen with Paul Merton (right), has been a regular guest on Have I Got News For You "Then it will simply be a matter of dumbing it down and sexing it up. Or vice versa, depending entirely on the circumstances." Jupp hosted the R4 panel show It's Not What You Know and wrote and starred in radio sitcom In And Out Of The Kitchen as the cookery writer Damien Trench. He later adapted the show for TV. The 35-year-old is a familiar face on TV in programmes such as Rev, The Thick Of It, Have I Got News For You and Mock The Week. He also played Archie the inventor in the pre-school TV series Balamory. Image caption Jupp, pictured in 2002, played Archie in CBeebies show Balamory Jupp began his comedy career in stand-up while a student at Edinburgh University. He has appeared in a number of films including Made in Dagenham and The Monuments Men as well as plays in the London's West End and at the National Theatre, where he is currently in the cast of Rules for Living, alongside Stephen Mangan. Toksvig announced in April that she was to step down from The News Quiz - after nine years and 28 series - to set up a new political party named the Women's Equality Party. Her last programme was broadcast last week. Commenting on her replacement, she said: "I couldn't be more delighted that Miles Jupp is taking over as host of The News Quiz. He is perfect - affable, funny and charming. I look forward to going from host to fan." The News Quiz was first broadcast in 1977 and is now in its 87th series.
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Best moments of Evan Davis on Radio 4's Today programme - Telegraph BBC Best moments of Evan Davis on Radio 4's Today programme As the BBC broadcaster presents his final Radio 4 show before moving to Newsnight, we take a look back at some of his finest moments Former Today programme presenter Evan Davis: "I just think [drug taking] is something gay people have to watch out for" Photo: Rex Features Follow This morning Evan Davis presented his final show on Radio 4’s Today programme before moving Newsnight, where he will replace Jeremy Paxman as the anchor of the BBC Two's flagship current affairs show. His final show featured a list of Mr Davis' "golden rules" for Today presenters, which included "if you lose interest in an item, find a way to amuse yourself" and "if something has gone wrong, just carry on". He praised the "stoic and heroic" work of his team, and recalled some of his most "fantastic" experiences such as interviewing from the Dalai Lama to Jay Z. Mr Davis concluded the show with an accidental slip of the tongue when he told listeners to "have a great night" which he quickly corrected to "day". He joined the Today programme in April 2008 after six-and-a-half years as the BBC's economics editor. Related Articles Gareth Malone creates celebrity choir for Children In Need single 25 Sep 2014 As Mr Davis presents his final show, we take a look back at some of his best moments. Downing Street complaint Mr Davis became embroiled in a row with Chancellor George Osborne in December 2012 following a post-autumn statement interview. He provoked an official complaint from Downing Street after a 13-minute interview with George Osborne, where he was accused of adopting an “unacceptably hostile” tone. Conservative MPs rounded on Mr Davis on Twitter for giving Mr Osborne a tougher time than his Labour opposite. Not knowing which sex Lady Gaga is Mr Davis said: "Women's singing is doing very well at the moment. If you look at the UK top ten, four single females are in there...plus Lady Gaga". This episode prompted one of his golden rules for Today presenters: "Get a grip on popular culture and know what sex Lady Gaga is." Calling the Today programme a "shambles" When a guest on the show told Mr Davis he was downstairs but could not get up into the studio, the presenter said, live on air: "For goodness sake, this programme is such a shambles sometimes." Being mistaken for a relation of David Davis An American guest once asked Mr Davis: "I had dinner last night with David Davis, are you any relation?" A fiery interview with Lord Young Mr Davis sparked controversy back in October 2010 when he was accused of promoting the legalisation of cannabis. During an interview with Lord Young, Mr Davis seized on Lord Young’s remark that: “Frankly, if I want to do something stupid and break my leg or neck, that’s up to me.” When Lord Young asked: “Haven’t you ever been skiing?” the presenter replied: “So if I want to smoke cannabis, that’s up to me as well, presumably? What principle distinguishes between me doing something dangerous that can break my neck and having a spliff?” Greenwald interview fallout The fallout between Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald and Mr Davis, after a heated interview on the Today programme about the ethics of spying disclosures, spilled onto Twitter. Commenting on the interview, Mr Greenwald said: "I love and favour adversarial interviews: but when you're only aggressive w/govt critics, not natl security officials, that's shoddy journalism". This was in November 2013, as Britain's top spy chiefs prepared to be grilled by MPs over the NSA and GCHQ spying furore, sparked by Greenwald's reports. Too many "old blokes"
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How high in feet, normally, is a standard basketball hoop off the ground?
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Patent US5102127 - Package-unit adjustable-height basketball backboard support - Google Patents Package-unit adjustable-height basketball backboard support US 5102127 A Abstract A pre-assembled package-unit for adjusting the height of a basketball backboard includes a fixed assembly including a pair of vertical square tubes into whose downward ends fit the square tubes of an upward telescoping assembly which bears lower brackets to support the backboard. On the outer square surfaces of the fixed assembly slide the internally-squared surfaces of upper brackets extending to the backboard. An electric linear actuator, mounted on the fixed assembly and extending to the telescoping assembly, is powered and controlled from below by a hand-held electric wand to adjust the height of the backboard. The squared construction firmly resists side forces imposed on the backboard. Images(1) Claims(5) I claim: 1. For interposition between a basketball backboard and structural support means therefor, an upward-telescoping height-adjustable mount means comprising (A) a stationary frame portion having two parallel vertical fixed-position members comprised of metal tubing, having non-round exterior and interior surfaces, said members having open lower ends and interior slide surfaces extending upward therefrom, and upper beam means interconnecting their upper ends; (B) a telescoping-frame portion including two parallel telescoping vertical members having outer slide surfaces fittable slidable within the open lower ends and interior slide surfaces of said stationary-frame portion fixed members, and having downward-projecting lower ends and beam means interconnecting said ends, there being at said downward-projecting ends, lower bracket means projecting therefrom away from plane of said two parallel stationary-frame portion fixed members, whereby to project toward such backboard, further including (C) upper backboard bracket members similarly projecting from said plane and including means for vertical sliding along the exterior surfaces of said stationary-frame tubular members, together further with (D) linear actuator means for adjustably establishing the vertical spacing between said upper beam means of said fixed frame and said beam means of said telescoping frame, whereby on securing both said lower bracket means and said upper bracket means to such backboard, and on operating said linear actuator, the slide surfaces of said telescoping frame vertical members may slide vertically within the interior slide surfaces of said stationary-frame vertical members while said means for vertical sliding of said upper bracket members slide vertically along the exterior slide surfaces of said stationary-frame vertical members, nevertheless resisting sideward forces imposed on such backboard. 2. The upward-telescoping height-adjustable mount means as defined in claim 1, wherein said linear actuator means has a mounting point at said stationary-frame upper beam means, and operatively extends to said telescoping-frame beam means, and conductor and control means for supplying electric current to said linear actuator for extension and retraction thereof. 3. The upward-telescoping height-adjustable mount means as defined in claim 2, further including a receptacle projecting from and presented downwardly from the stationary portion of said mount means, together with a rigid wand mounting an electric connector extending from a plug end for mating with said receptacle. 4. The upward-telescoping height-adjustable mount means as defined in claim 1, further including lower beam means interconnecting said lower ends of said stationary-frame vertical members wherein the stationary portion of said mount means includes a downwardly-presented electric receptacle therefor in further combination with a hand-carried electric-conduit wand having at one end an electric plug adapted to mate with and disconnect from said receptacle. 5. The upward-telescoping height-adjustable backboard mount means as defined in claim 1, wherein said upper backboard bracket member means for v
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Sports Sports With which sport would you most associate the commentator Ted Lowe? The 'Green Jacket' is presented to the winner of which sporting event? From what bridge does the Oxford/Cambridge boat race start? In which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his first Olympic gold medal? In what sport do players take long and short corners? By what name is Edson Arantes do Nascimento better known? For half a mark each, give the nationality and the team (2003) of Fernando Alonso, the youngest-ever grand prix winner? What is the 'perfect score' in a game of Ten Pin Bowling? Which current premier league football team had an obsolete nickname of the Glaziers? What is the name of the new Leicester Football club stadium? What is the highest-achieveable break in snooker?
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The 'Hautboy' is an old name for which woodwind instrument?
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Hautboy - definition of hautboy by The Free Dictionary Hautboy - definition of hautboy by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hautboy Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . haut·boy also haut·bois (hō′boi′, ō′boi′) n. pl. haut·boys also haut·bois (-boiz′) An oboe. [French hautbois, from Old French : haut, high; see haughty + bois, wood (of Germanic origin).] hautboy (ˈəʊbɔɪ) n 1. (Plants) Also called: hautbois strawberry or haubois a strawberry, Fragaria moschata, of central Europe and Asia, with small round fruit 2. (Instruments) an archaic word for oboe [C16: from French hautbois, from haut high + bois wood, of Germanic origin; see bush1] o•boe a woodwind instrument having a slender conical, tubular body and a double-reed mouthpiece. [1690–1700; < Italian < French hautbois=haut high + bois wood; compare hautboy ] o′bo•ist, n. double reed , double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together basset oboe , heckelphone - an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe musette pipe - a small simple oboe oboe da caccia - an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn oboe d'amore - an oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music shawm - a medieval oboe 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: In English it becomes hautboy, a wooden musical instrument of two-foot tone, I believe, played with a double reed, an oboe, in fact. The case of a treble hautboy Was a mansion for him, a court. But--and mark you, the leap paralyzes one--crossing the Western Ocean, in New York City, hautboy, or ho-boy, becomes the name by which the night-scavenger is known. View in context As Fouquet was giving, or appearing to give, all his attention to the brilliant illuminations, the languishing music of the violins and hautboys, the sparkling sheaves of the artificial fires, which, inflaming the heavens with glowing reflections, marked behind the trees the dark profile of the donjon of Vincennes; as, we say, the superintendent was smiling on the ladies and the poets the fete was every whit as gay as usual; and Vatel, whose restless, even jealous look, earnestly consulted the aspect of Fouquet, did not appear dissatisfied with the welcome given to the ordering of the evening's entertainment.
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Learn and talk about Washboard (musical instrument), American musical instruments, Cajun musical instruments, Improvised musical instruments, Scraped idiophones This article is about the musical percussion instrument. For the tool used to wash clothing, see Washboard (laundry) . For other uses, see Washboard (disambiguation) . Washboard player accompanying piano The washboard and frottoir (from Cajun French "frotter", to rub) are used as a percussion instrument , employing the ribbed metal surface of the cleaning device as a rhythm instrument. As traditionally used in jazz , zydeco , skiffle , jug band , and old-time music , the washboard remained in its wooden frame and is played primarily by tapping, but also scraping the washboard with thimbles. Often the washboard has additional traps, such as a wood block , a cowbell , and even small cymbals . Conversely, the frottoir (zydeco rubboard) dispenses with the frame and consists simply of the metal ribbing hung around the neck. It is played primarily with spoon handles or bottle openers in a combination of strumming, scratching, tapping and rolling. The frottoir or vest frottoir is played as a stroked percussion instrument, often in a band with a drummer , while the washboard generally is a replacement for drums. In Zydeco bands, the frottoir is usually played with bottle openers, to make a louder sound. It tends to play counter-rhythms to the drummer. In a jug band, the washboard can also be stroked with a single whisk broom and functions as the drums for the band, playing only on the back-beat for most songs, a substitute for a snare drum . In a four-beat measure, the washboard will stroke on the 2-beat and the 4-beat. Its best sound is achieved using a single steel-wire snare-brush or whisk broom. However, in a jazz setting, the washboard can also be played with thimbles on all fingers, tapping out much more complex rhythms, as in The Washboard Rhythm Kings , a full-sized band, and Newman Taylor Baker . Busking on a washboard. There are three general ways of deploying the washboard for use as an instrument. The first, mainly used by American players like Washboard Chaz of the Washboard Chaz Blues Trio and Ralf Reynolds of the Reynolds Brothers Rhythm Rascals, is to drape it vertically down the chest. The second, used by European players like David Langlois of the Blue Vipers of Brooklyn and Stephane Seva of Paris Washboard, is to hold it horizontally across the lap, or, for more complex setups, to mount it horizontally on a purpose-built stand. The third (and least common) method, used by Washboard Sam and Deryck Guyler , is to hold it in a perpendicular orientation between the legs while seated, so that both sides of the board might be played at the same time. There is a Polish traditional jazz festival and music award named " Złota Tarka " (Golden Washboard). Washboards, called " zatulas ", are also occasionally used in Ukrainian folk music. Contents History[ edit ] The washboard as a percussion instrument ultimately derives from the practice of hamboning as practiced in West Africa and brought to the new world by African slaves. This led to the development of Jug bands which used jugs , spoons , and washboards to provide the rhythm. [1] Jug bands became popular in the 1920s. The frottoir, also called a Zydeco rub-board, is a mid-20th century invention designed specifically for Zydeco music. It is one of the few musical instruments invented entirely in the United States and represents a distillation of the washboard into essential elements ( percussive surface with shoulder straps). It was designed in 1946 by Clifton Chenier and fashioned by Willie Landry, a friend and metalworker at the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Clifton's brother Cleveland Chenier famously played this newly designed rubboard using bottle openers. Likewise, Willie's son, Tee Don Landry, continues the traditional hand manufacturing of rubboards in his small shop in Sunset, Louisiana , between Lafayette and Opelousas. [2] In 2010 Saint Blues Guitar Workshop launched an electric washboard p
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Who played painter Paul Gaugin in the 1956 film ‘Lust for Life’?
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Lust for Life | film by Minnelli [1956] | Britannica.com film by Minnelli [1956] Lust for Life, American film drama, released in 1956, that chronicles the life of artist Vincent van Gogh and was notable for the acclaimed performances by Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn . (From left) Anthony Quinn, Pamela Brown, and Kirk Douglas in Lust for Life … Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Lust for Life details the passions and frustrations of van Gogh (played by Douglas), who eventually took his own life. Although relatively unknown at the time of his death, he would later be considered one of the greatest Post-Impressionists . It took producer John Houseman almost a decade to bring Irving Stone ’s best-selling fictionalized biography of van Gogh to the screen. The film, directed by Vincente Minnelli , includes numerous scenes that were shot in the actual European locales featured in van Gogh’s paintings. Douglas earned an Academy Award nomination for his fiery performance, and Quinn won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his brief appearance as painter Paul Gauguin . Production notes and credits James Donald (Theo van Gogh) Pamela Brown (Christine) Academy Award nominations (* denotes win) Screenplay, adapted Art direction–set decoration (colour) Lead actor (Kirk Douglas) Vincent van Gogh March 30, 1853 Zundert, Netherlands July 29, 1890 Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, France Dutch painter, generally considered the greatest after Rembrandt, and one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists. The striking colour, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms of his work powerfully influenced... Post-Impressionism in Western painting, movement in France that represented both an extension of Impressionism and a rejection of that style’s inherent limitations. The term Post-Impressionism was coined by the English art critic Roger Fry for the work of such late 19th-century painters as Paul Cézanne,... More about Lust for Life 2 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference The American film drama Lust for Life (1956) chronicles the life of artist Vincent van Gogh. The movie was notable for the acclaimed performances by Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn. Article Contributors 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 Article Title: Lust for Life Website Name: Encyclopædia Britannica Date Published: November 14, 2013 URL: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lust-for-Life-film Access Date: January 06, 2017 Share
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Moby Dick (1956) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Famous Directors: From Sundance to Prominence From Christopher Nolan to Quentin Tarantino and every Coen brother in between, many of today's most popular directors got their start at the Sundance Film Festival . Here's a list of some of the biggest names to go from Sundance to Hollywood prominence. a list of 47 titles created 29 Nov 2011 a list of 23 titles created 15 Aug 2013 a list of 39 titles created 29 May 2014 a list of 22 titles created 28 Jun 2014 a list of 45 titles created 1 week ago Search for " Moby Dick " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 5 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards » Photos Moby Dick (TV Mini-Series 1998) Adventure | Drama | Thriller The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. Stars: Henry Thomas, Patrick Stewart, Bruce Spence Captain Ahab's descent into madness destroys everyone around him. This powerful character drew John Barrymore, Orson Wells and John Huston. This film has been called the best, most authentic version of Herman Melville's MOBY DICK. Director: Paul Stanley Moby Dick (TV Mini-Series 2011) Adventure | Drama The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick. Stars: William Hurt, Ethan Hawke, Charlie Cox A modern adaptation of the classic novel of the captain of a high tech submarine and his obsessive quest to destroy the enormousprehistoric whale that maimed him. Director: Trey Stokes In this extremely loose adaptation of Melville's classic novel, Ahab is revealed initially not as a bitter and vengeful madman, but as a bit of a lovable scamp. Ashore in New Bedford, he ... See full summary » Director: Lloyd Bacon The true story of the surviving sailors whose whaling ship was destroyed by a sperm whale. Director: Christopher Rowley Truncated adaptation of Stephen Crane's novel about a Civil War Union soldier who stuggles to find the courage to fight in the heat of battle. Director: John Huston A mysterious explosion occurs at the Balam Bridge in Seoul on November 20th, 1994. In front of hot-blooded local news reporter Lee Bang-Woo, Yoon Hyeok appears. Yoon Hyeok is from the same ... See full summary » Director: In-je Park A marine and a nun form an unlikely friendship. The marine is shipwrecked on a Pacific island and the nun has been left behind there; they find comfort in one another as the two wait out the war. Director: John Huston Fictional account of French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Director: John Huston A major heist goes off as planned, until bad luck and double crosses cause everything to unravel. Director: John Huston Edit Storyline This classic story by Herman Melville revolves around Captain Ahab and his obsession with a huge whale, Moby Dick. The whale caused the loss of Ahab's leg years before, leaving Ahab to stomp the boards of his ship on a peg leg. Ahab is so crazed by his desire to kill the whale, that he is prepared to sacrifice everything, including his life, the lives of his crew members, and even his ship to find and destroy his nemesis, Moby Dick. Written by E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com> See All (49) » Taglines: In all the world---in all the seas---in all adventure, there is no might like the might of [Moby Dick] See more » Genres: 3 October 1956 (Portugal) See more » Also Known As: Herman Melville's Moby Dick See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Orson Welles ' one-scene cameo helped to fund
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In which English county is Stokesay Castle?
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Stokesay Castle | English Heritage English Heritage Stokesay, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9AH Open weekends, 10am - 4pm Stokesay, Craven Arms, Shropshire, SY7 9AH Step into the finest and best-preserved fortified medieval manor house in England. Discover the great hall, unchanged for over 700 years. Spot characters carved in the timbers of the 17th-century gatehouse and climb to the top of a fairy-tale tower for breath-taking views of the Shropshire Hills. Stokesay Castle was constructed at the end of the 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, who at the time was one of the richest men in England. It remains a treasure by-passed by time, one of the best places to visit in England to experience what medieval life was like. Today the castle has been carefully restored and there is plenty to do here on a family day out. Don't Miss The stunning views of Shropshire countryside from the gable windows of the great hall The beautfiully carved overmantel within the solar The Stokesay tearoom © Jon Wyand About us English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and places - from world-famous prehistoric sites to grand medieval castles, from Roman forts on the edges of empire to a Cold War bunker. Through these, we bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year. The English Heritage Trust is a charity, no. 1140351, and a company, no. 0744722, registered in England. How We Are Funded Our target is to become completely self-funding by 2023. Our confidence in achieving this is based on our track record. During the past 10 years, our commercial income has doubled and we have raised nearly £60m in donated income. 66% Self-generated income
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Lyme Regis Dorset ~ Art of the Jurassic Coast Sidmouth Lyme Regis, Dorset Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and 25 miles (40 km) east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border. It is nicknamed "The Pearl of Dorset." In the 13th century it developed into one of the major British ports. The town was home to Admiral Sir George Somers, its one time mayor and parliamentarian, who founded the Somers Isles, better known as Bermuda. Lyme Regis is twinned with St. George's, in that Atlantic archipelago. The town has a population of 4,406, 45% of whom are retired.[2]. Lyme is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The Royal Charter was granted by King Edward I in 1284, with the addition of 'Regis' to the town's name. This charter was confirmed by Elizabeth I in 1591. History In 1644, during the English Civil War, Parliamentarians here withstood an eight week siege by Royalist forces under Prince Maurice. It was at Lyme Regis that the Duke of Monmouth landed at the start of the Monmouth Rebellion in 1685. In the early 1960s, the town's railway station was closed, as part of the Beeching Axe. It was rebuilt at Alresford, on the Mid Hants Watercress Railway in Hampshire. The route to Lyme Regis had been notable for being operated by aged Victorian locomotives, one of which is now used on the Bluebell Line in Sussex. In 2005, as part of the bicentenary re-enactment of the arrival of the news, aboard the Bermuda sloop HMS Pickle, of Admiral Nelson's victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, the actor playing the part of Trafalgar messenger Lieutenant Lapenotiere was welcomed at Lyme Regis. The Cobb Lyme Regis is well-known for "The Cobb", a harbour wall full of character and history. It is an important feature in Jane Austen's novel Persuasion (1818), and in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by local writer John Fowles. The Cobb was of enormous economic importance to the town and surrounding area, allowing it to develop as both a major port and a shipbuilding centre from the 13th century onwards. The wall provided both a breakwater to protect the town from storms and an artificial harbour. Well-sited for trade with France, the port's most prosperous period was from the 16th century until the end of the 18th century and as recently as 1780 it was larger than Liverpool. The town's importance as a port declined in the 19th century because it was unable to handle the increase in ship sizes. It was in the Cobb harbour, after the great storm of 1824, that Captain Sir Richard Spencer RN carried out his pioneering lifeboat design work. The first written mention of the Cobb is in a 1328 document describing it as having been damaged by storms. The structure was made of oak piles driven into the seabed with boulders stacked between them. The boulders were floated into place tied between empty barrels. A 1685 account describes it as being made of boulders simply heaped up on each other: "an immense mass of stone, of a shape of a demi-lune, with a bar in the middle of the concave: no one stone that lies there was ever touched with a tool or bedded in any sort of cement, but all the pebbles of the see are piled up, and held by their bearings only, and the surge plays in and out through the interstices of the stone in a wonderful manner." The Cobb has been destroyed or severely damaged by storms several times; it was swept away in 1377 which led to the destruction of 50 boats and 80 houses. The southern arm was added in the 1690s, and rebuilt in 1793 following its destruction in a storm the previous year. This is thought to be the first time that mortar was used in the Cobb's construction. The Cobb was completely reconstructed in
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Whitby Whitby Tweet It rains rather a lot in Britain. Even the Tourist Board aren’t unwise enough to pretend it doesn’t. Most of our seaside resorts have, therefore, been spoilt by over-development to ‘cater for’ visitors when it’s too cold or wet for the beach. Whitby’s different. Certainly, there are amusement arcades, fortune-tellers and gift-shops in plenty. But, since Whitby is still a working fishing port, it hasn’t been taken over completely. Anyway, I was in Whitby researching for an article about explorer Captain James Cook. So, the weather didn’t really matter. I’d brought some no-messing mountaineering waterproofs with me, and faced the rain and the howling wind, and gained some amusement from the few tourists struggling with their cheap plastic ponchos. But, I hoped it would brighten later, because I also wanted some pictures of Whitby Abbey for a calendar project. I didn’t get them, but walked in the footsteps of Whitby’s fictional villain, as well as its real hero! James Cook looks out from the West Cliff Whitby Harbour is a narrow river-mouth. On each side, a red cliff towers, and to its slopes, the old town clings. The West Cliff belongs to Captain Cook. His statue stands looking out to sea, atop the cliff. As a young man, he lodged with, and worked for a merchant named John Walker, in Grape Lane. Walker’s house still stands, and is now a museum, devoted to the achievements of his protégé. It was probably from the West Cliff that, on 31st October, 1885, Irish novelist Bram Stoker witnessed the cargo ship ‘Dimitry’ out of Narva, run aground on Tate Hill Sands. When, some years later, he wrote Dracula, he had the Count arrive in the ‘Demeter’, from Varna, steered by the dead hand of her Captain. The East Cliff is ‘Dracula Country’, but it doesn’t belong exclusively to him. On top of the cliff stand the ruins of 7th Century Whitby Abbey, where a simple herd-boy once sang to, and captivated the Abbess Hilda. Hilda went on to become a Saint; the Song of Caedmon is said to be the pioneer of English religious music. ‘Caedmon’s Trod’ is the name given to one of the two sets of steps leading up to the Abbey from the old town. Curiously, though, the commemorative Cross of Caedmon stands at the top of the other steps, called the Abbey Steps, or, more usually, simply the 199 steps. Don’t ask; I didn’t count them! Both sets are good for pictures looking across the red-tiled roofs of old Whitby. The sun shows the tiles to their best advantage … but, wind and rain ensures that the steps aren’t too crowded! You pays your money … or, you gets up early, or you comes in winter! The Abbey steps lead, as you might expect, to the Abbey. But, in front of the Abbey stands St. Mary’s Church, and its churchyard. Here, Stoker had Mina and Lucy watching the approach of the ‘Demeter’ … and here, the ill-fated Lucy Westenra met the Count while out sleepwalking … with the inevitable result! The graveyard on East Cliff ... haunt of Count Dracula! Everyone who’s ever been to Whitby remembers ‘a great fish and chip shop by the harbour’. Most people I spoke to said the best of all was ‘Trenchers’… which, unfortunately, was destroyed by fire! But, there are many, many more! A lady in the Tourist Information Centre told me that it isn’t actually illegal to serve bad fish and chips in Whitby, but the competition is so fierce that anyone who does so, or is miserly with the portions, is unlikely to last very long. From the many, I chose the ‘Endeavour and Resolution’ because of the ‘Captain Cook’ work I’d come to do. I wonder if there’s a fish and chip shop named after the Count, though? There ought to be; it would be the ideal place to pop into for a quick bite! Leave a Comment
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William Morris and the Kelmscott Press | Cleveland Museum of Art The Golden Legend (1892), Golden type. The Historyes of Troye (1892), Troy type. The Order of Chivalry (1892), Chaucer type. This woodcut title page was designed by William Morris for the only Kelmscott book to use a non-Morris type. Atlanta in Calydon's (1894) Greek passages were set from Macmillan electrotype. Miller argues that work such as The Water of Wondrous Isles (1897) should be read as "simultaneously archaic and futuristic."8 This invoice from prominent London book dealer Bernard Quaritch dated October 3, 1917, provides the only known documentation of the Marlatts' collecting. A William Morris and the Kelmscott Press "The most celebrated private press in the history of printing"1 was founded by William Morris (1834-1896) in 1891. At age 56, Morris was internationally known for the furniture, stained glass, wallpaper, and textiles sold through his firm, Morris & Co; for his many literary works; and for founding the breakaway Socialist League. Morris wanted to return to pre-Industrial production methods because he claimed printing had reached a low point. He embarked on what he termed his "typographical adventure" at his Oxfordshire home, Kelmscott Manor. Biographer Fiona MacCarthy explains that the Press was Morris' most personal project in both form and content: he executed detailed design work and supervised an overall aesthetic in order to publish his own writings and to distribute texts of great personal significance. Admirers marvel at the artistry of the books, but the productivity of the Press is equally impressive. In just seven years, they produced over 22,000 copies of 53 titles. The most famous of these is The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer (1896), known as the Kelmscott Chaucer, which Secretary of the Press Sydney Cockerell identifies as their most important achievement. Initially, Morris was so eager to start that he printed the first book in 1891 before Walter Crane's slated illustrations were even finished. The Glittering Plain, which appeared with engravings in 1894, was the only title printed twice at the Kelmscott Press. The success of Kelmscott was due to the talents of men like editor F. S. Ellis (1830-1901), illustrator Edward Burne-Jones (1833-1898), and engraver W. H. Hooper (1834-1912). Morris originally hired the young Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962) to catalog his personal library but he "soon made himself indispensable"2 and was ultimately Morris' literary executor. His diary and records constitute the most significant primary sources available on the Press. Upon his deathbed, Morris asked Cockerell to continue the Kelmscott Press. Cockerell wanted to close the Press to preserve the integrity and quality of Morris' publications. It took a year and a half to finish all existing projects and to close the Press. Aesthetic of the Press The Kelmscott style is very consistent, unlike some small presses which make separate design decisions for each title. All the volumes feature thick, handmade linen paper; Morris' ideal margin proportions; and durable, handsewn binding. On the Albion letterpress, Morris insisted on old-fashioned black ink so difficult to use that the printers threatened to strike. Poems by the Way (1891) was the first Kelmscott book to appear in two colors. Love is Enough (1897), which also used blue ink, is one of just two tri-colored volumes by the Press. Morris designed each of the three Kelmscott fonts. The Golden Legend (1892) uses the Press' first type, a roman now referred to as Golden. The black-letter Troy type is named after the book in which it first appeared. Chaucer type, a smaller version of Troy designed for use in the mammoth Chaucer, first appeared in The Order of Chivalry (1892). The plain Kelmscott covers arguably belie their handsome contents, but they create a dramatic contrast with highly ornamented pages such as Morris' woodcut title and border found in Charles Algernon Swinburne's Atlanta in Calydon (1894). The beauty of the Kelmscott books is unquestioned; the technical handiwork marks the hig
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Stephen Benn lays claim to his father Tony's seat in the Lords | Daily Mail Online Keeping it in the family: Stephen Benn reclaims to the seat in the Lords his father Tony gave up 50 years ago Socialist Tony Benn relinquished the Viscountcy of Stansgate in 1963 He inherited title when his father died, barring him from sitting as an MP The former Cabinet minister died in March this year at the age of 89 Son Stephen Benn has reclaimed the title in Register of Hereditary Peers Brother Hilary is already a Labour MP and former Cabinet minister
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Exmoor - RD Blackmore MENU RD Blackmore Although Richard Doddridge Blackmore was not born in Devon, he claimed: "In everything, except the accident of my birth I am a Devonian; my ancestry were all Devonians; my sympathies and feelings are all Devonian." His family seems to have stemmed from the parish of Parracombe. From the 17th century or before they owned the farms of East Bodley and Barton and leased land in the neighbouring parish of Martinhoe at Killington and Bumsley. In each generation there had been Richard or John Blackmores or both. John Blackmore, the novelist’s grandfather, was born at Parracombe in 1764. He passed the family estate there to the novelist’s father, also John Blackmore, who later sold East Bodley, West Hill and Bumsley to support his son Frederick, the novelist’s half brother. This caused a rift with Henry, the novelist’s full brother, who from then onwards adopted the surname Turberville. Their relatives, the Doddridges, came from the Devon line of Sir John Doddridge, the famous bachelor judge who lies buried under his effigy in Exeter cathedral. John senior went to TivertonSchool and ExeterCollege, Oxford, to which John junior followed. John senior became curate of High Bray, where he married Mary Hunt and produced sons John (b1794) and Richard (b1798). About 1780 he bought the advowson of the neighbouring parish of Charles hoping to become rector there, but the vacancy did not arise until 1840. Meanwhile, in 1809 he became rector of Oare, then also Combe Martin in 1833. He held both of these positions until his death in 1842. Richard Doddridge Blackmore was born in 1825 in the village of Longworth in Oxfordshire, where his father was Curate. His mother, Anne (née Knight), died of typhus a few months after his birth. Along with his older brother Henry (who became an eccentric in later life), he was sent off to care of Anne's sister Mary at Nottage Court, near Porthcawl. After her marriage to the Rev. Richard Gordon, they moved with her to Elsfield Rectory, near Oxford. During this time John Blackmore Jnr. worked as Curate in Bushey, Herts. He then re-married and moved to his native Devon, at King's Nympton from 1832-35. Richard and Henry returned full-time to life with two parents in this very rural village. Richard started formal schooling during this period. He first went to Hugh Squier's School in South Molton for about a year before being transferred about 1833 to Kings School, Bruton, in Somerset. In 1837 he transferred to Blundell's school in Tiverton. By now his parents had moved to Culmstock village, where they settled for a further six years, and there was completed the second family of two half sisters and one half brother for Richard. Many years later, in 1894, Culmstock became the Perlycross in his novel of that name. Perlycross includes detailed descriptions of local places and living conditions at that time. Blackmore used real places, but changed their names: Perlycross is Culmstock; Perlycombe is Hemyock; River Perle is the Culm; Perliton is Uffculme; Pumpington is Wellington. After that, John Blackmore Jnr. moved yet again, to become Curate at Ashford, near Barnstaple. John Snr. served as Curate at Charles there for many years, lived at the 'Old Rectory' and farmed the Parsonage Farm, adjoining. By the time the living fell vacant he was Rector of Combe Martin and Oare and, unable to undertake further responsibility, he appointed his second son Richard to the living. His elder son, John, was for some unknown reason passed over, and remained Curate of Ashford. John Jnr performed the ceremony at his brother's wedding at Combe Martin church in 1840. RD Blackmore loved to stay at his uncle's and grandfather's at Charles during his school holidays. According to a local gazetteer, his uncle had "a large and commodious Rectory House, recently rebuilt, and commanding extensive views." At the east end of Charles church is a memorial window erected in 1925 to celebrate the centenary of RD Blackmore's birth. At Charles Bottom, by the bridge, there is a lar
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Coronets Of Peers And Peeresses Coronets Of Peers And Peeresses Description This section is from " Every Woman's Encyclopaedia ". Also available from Amazon: Every Woman's Encyclopaedia . Coronets Of Peers And Peeresses The Power of Tradition-the Original Use of Coronets-the Coronet as the Distinctive Badge of Rank-the Coronets Worn by Members of Each Grade of the Peerage Notwithstanding De Foe's assertion that " titles are shadows, crowns but empty things," and the much more familiar Tennysonian aphorism that "true hearts are more than coronets," there is, and in all human probability always will be, a certain charm and fascination as well as dignity attached to a coronet. It is not merely an ensign of rank, though this in itself would suffice to account for much of its undoubted attractiveness. Associated with it, as a rule , are an ancient and lofty lineage, an historic name distinguished in the Senate or " tented field ," broad acres, vast wealth, a princely mansion, and many social privileges and advantages which, in this very matter-of-fact world , are likely to outweigh all the sage utterances of poets , cynics , and philosophers. But a coronet is, of course, primarily and essentially a distinguishing badge of rank, worn only on great State occasions, as, for example, the coronation of a sovereign. In its inception, however, it was merely a personal ornament which played a useful part by confining the hair at the brows at a period when it was the fashion for men of noble birth or great wealth to wear long, curling locks falling over the shoulders . This custom prevailed till the middle of the fourteenth century; and at festivals or on occa-s ion s of special cere- Fig . I. The coronet of the Prince of Wales, which differs from the Royal crown only by the absence of one of the arches mony or rejoicing, these fillets, or plain broad bands of gold , were usually adorned with leaves and berries, thus suggesting the subsequent or-namenta-tion of the coronet with which we are now so familiar. Fig. 2. Coronet of a prince or princess of the Blood Royal, without arches. Sons and daughters of the Sovereign retain the fleur' de-lis, but in the case of their children strawberry leaves are substituted The great nobles of those days, of course, wore these adornments, though not as a distin-guis hing mark of their exalted rank; and numerous examples of ladies wearing coronets of various descriptions are to be met with in the richly illuminated books of the fourteenth and fiteenth centuries. Previous to the reign of Edward IV. the form of the coronets worn by the nobility appears to have been designed according to the taste and fancy of the wearers, and not prescribed by authority. It was not until a considerably later period that the style of the various coronets was definitely fixed, and their use rigidly restricted to the members of the peerage. As now worn, the coronet of each rank is of a distinctive character or design , and in every case the coronet of a peeress is similar to that of her noble husband , the only difference being in the size. Next in importance to the Crown of England is the coronet of the Prince of Wales, which r e -sembles it c 1 o s e 1 y (Fig. 1.Indeed, it differs from the Royal crown only by the ab-sence of one of the arches. Springing from the the Sovereign, in which strawberry leaves Fig. 3. Coronet worn by grandchildren of take the place of fleurs-de-lis Fig. 4. A ducal coronet, with its eight golden strawberry leaves. The coronets of peers and peeresses are alike in every respect except size. No coronets of peers, except those belonging to the Royal Family , may be adorned with jewels golden circlet are four crosses pattee, and four fleurs-de-lis, the latter, of course, being emblematic of the now long-abandoned claim of the Kings of England to the throne of France, an absurd pretension which was not dropped officially until the coronation of George IV. The coronets of princes and princesses of the Blood Royal are without arches; the sons and daughters of the Sovereign retain the fleurs-de-lis (Fig
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It's Behind You - Babes in the Wood HISTORY: Based on an old English Ballad (preserved in the British Museum) of 1595, it tells the story of two children, abandoned deep in the forest upon the orders of their Wicked Uncle. First presented on the stage in 1793 as �The Children In The Wood�, an Opera performed at the Haymarket Theatre. It was created by Dr. Samuel Arnold. In this version the children survived, and were restored to their parents, but other versions stuck to the more gloomy conclusion of the original ballad. It was the subject of an operatic �Burletta� in 1812 at the Surrey Theatre. They succumbed to the elements in �Harlequin and Cock Robin: or, The Babes In The Wood� at Drury Lane in 1827,in what was the first �pantomime� version, and again in 1856 at the Haymarket. In 1867 the character of Robin Hood was introduced to the story. He rescued the babes from their fate, but this was not always the case. Covent Garden�s pantomime in 1874 kept the unhappy ending, and also saw their Wicked Uncle meeting his death. In modern versions the babes always survive their ordeal, and the evil uncle is unmasked. The parts of the children have been interpreted in different ways-from small children to comedians. Dan Leno and Herbert Campbell appeared as �The Babes� at Drury Lane in 1897. More often the roles are taken by Juveniles, or actors who comfortably pass as juveniles to play �Boy Babe and Girl Babe�. THE STORY: When their Father dies, two young children- their names vary from one version to another- are entrusted into the care of their Uncle (sometimes portrayed as a wicked Baron). The uncle is eager to acquire the fortune left to the children and knows that it will pass to him if the children should die. He persuades two cronies (often called Good & Bad Robbers) to take the children deep into the woods and murder them. One of the cronies relents at the last moment, and kills his companion. The children are left to their fate. In some versions they are looked after by a guardian Fairy. They eat wild berries to survive, and when they fall asleep the birds cover them over with leaves to keep them warm. In the original ballad this was the ending- the Babes did not survive. In pantomime it is traditionally the end of Act One. ROBIN HOOD and The Babes In The Wood In later versions of the pantomime the Babes were discovered by Robin Hood and Maid Marion. The children are taken into their encampment in the forest and Marion often becomes their nurse. The Merry Men are often part of this story. The Story ends when the evil deeds of their uncle are revealed, and the children are restored. The introduction of Robin Hood to the pantomime version became very popular- often the title became �Robin Hood and The Babes In The Wood�. How exactly Robin Hood came to be connected to the story of �The Babes� is uncertain. The character of Robin Hood had been the subject of his own pantomime since �Merry Sherwood� in the 1790�s. a very far fetched theory could be that, in the original ballad the Babes were discovered by a Robin (Redbreast)- the feathered type, and that by word association the name of Robin (Hood) came into play. Unlikely, but then so is Robin Hood�s appearance in their story! He first appeared in the �Babes In The Wood� in 1867 at Covent Garden. Robin Hood and his Merry Men, all played by women, were joined by Maid Marion who became the Nurse to the babes. Robin historically had lived two hundred years before the Babes In The Wood were born, but soon he became associated with their story in the world of pantomime. Because the story-line of the babes themselves is quite thin, introducing a second story- one already known to children- was a sensible idea. Rather than wait until the beginning of Act Two for Robin to find the babes, the pantomime versions often started with part of the Robin Hood legend. As late as 1888 The Times could still express surprise at Robin Hood�s connection with the Babes In The Wood, claiming the babes were �mixed up with the proceedings of R
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Olympic Games Olympic Games Intercalated Most successful countries in Summer Olympics from 2000 to 2016 by the number of medals. The modern Olympic Games or Olympics ( French : Jeux olympiques [1] ) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions . The Olympic Games are considered the world’s foremost sports competition with more than 200 nations participating. [2] The Olympic Games are held every four years , with the Summer and Winter Games alternating by occurring every four years but two years apart. Their creation was inspired by the ancient Olympic Games , which were held in Olympia, Greece , from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894. The IOC is the governing body of the Olympic Movement , with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The evolution of the Olympic Movement during the 20th and 21st centuries has resulted in several changes to the Olympic Games. Some of these adjustments include the creation of the Winter Olympic Games for ice and winter sports, the Paralympic Games for athletes with a disability, and the Youth Olympic Games for teenage athletes. The IOC has had to adapt to a variety of economic, political, and technological advancements. As a result, the Olympics has shifted away from pure amateurism , as envisioned by Coubertin, to allowing participation of professional athletes . The growing importance of mass media created the issue of corporate sponsorship and commercialisation of the Games. World wars led to the cancellation of the 1916, 1940, and 1944 Games. Large boycotts during the Cold War limited participation in the 1980 and 1984 Games. The Olympic Movement consists of international sports federations (IFs), National Olympic Committees (NOCs), and organising committees for each specific Olympic Games. As the decision-making body, the IOC is responsible for choosing the host city for each Games, and organises and funds the Games according to the Olympic Charter. The IOC also determines the Olympic programme, consisting of the sports to be contested at the Games. There are several Olympic rituals and symbols, such as the Olympic flag and torch , as well as the opening and closing ceremonies . Over 13,000 athletes compete at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games in 33 different sports and nearly 400 events. The first, second, and third-place finishers in each event receive Olympic medals : gold, silver, and bronze, respectively. The Games have grown so much that nearly every nation is now represented. This growth has created numerous challenges and controversies , including boycotts, doping , bribery, and a terrorist attack in 1972 . Every two years the Olympics and its media exposure provide unknown athletes with the chance to attain national and sometimes international fame. The Games also constitute an opportunity for the host city and country to showcase themselves to the world. Contents Stadium in Olympia, Greece The Ancient Olympic Games were religious and athletic festivals held every four years at the sanctuary of Zeus in Olympia, Greece . Competition was among representatives of several city-states and kingdoms of Ancient Greece . These Games featured mainly athletic but also combat sports such as wrestling and the pankration , horse and chariot racing events. It has been widely written that during the Games, all conflicts among the participating city-states were postponed until the Games were finished. This cessation of hostilities was known as the Olympic peace or truce. [3] This idea is a modern myth because the Greeks never suspended their wars. The truce did allow those religious pilgrims who were travelling to Olympia to pass through warring territories unmolested because they were protected by Zeus. [4] The origin of the Olympics is shrouded in mystery and legend; [5] one of the most popular myths identifies Heracles and his father Zeus as t
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Olympic Games | Olympics Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Main article: Summer Olympic Games After the initial success, the Olympics struggled. The celebrations in Paris (1900) and St. Louis (1904) were overshadowed by the World's Fair exhibitions in which they were included. The 1906 Intercalated Games (so-called because of their off-year status, as 1906 is not divisible by four) were held in Athens, as the first of an alternating series of Athens-held Olympics. Although originally the IOC recognised and supported these games, they are currently not recognised by the IOC as Olympic Games, which has given rise to the explanation that they were intended to mark the 10th anniversary of the modern Olympics. The 1906 Games again attracted a broad international field of participants—in 1904, 80% had been American—and great public interest, thereby marking the beginning of a rise in popularity and size of the Games. From the 241 participants from 14 nations in 1896, the Games grew to nearly 11,100 competitors from 202 countries at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens . The number of competitors at the Winter Olympics is much smaller than at the Summer Games; at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy, 2,633 athletes from 80 countries competed in 84 events. The Olympics are one of the largest media events. In Sydney in 2000, there were over 16,000 broadcasters and journalists, and an estimated 3.8 billion viewers watched the games on television. The growth of the Olympics is one of the largest problems the Olympics face today. Although allowing professional athletes and attracting sponsorships from major international companies solved financial problems in the 1980s, the large number of athletes, media and spectators makes it difficult and expensive for host cities to organize the Olympics. For example, the 2012 Olympics (which were held in London), is based on an updated budget of over £9bn—one of the biggest budgets for an Olympics to date. Even if sponsorships do lighten the load in terms of the debt that these countries take on, one of the biggest problems faced is how their economies will cope with the extra financial burdens put on them. Despite the Olympics usually being associated with one host city, most of the Olympics have had events held in other cities, especially the football and sailing events. There were two Olympics where some events were held in a different country: during the 1920 Antwerp Olympics two sailing races were held in the Netherlands; and during the Melbourne Olympics equestrian events were held in Sweden. The 2008 Beijing Olympics marked the third time that Olympic events have been held in the territories of two different NOC 's: at the 2008 Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong (which competes separately from mainland China.) 203 countries currently participate in the Olympics. This is a noticeably higher number than the number of countries belonging to the United Nations, which is only 193. The International Olympic Committee allows nations to compete which do not meet the strict requirements for political sovereignty that many other international organizations demand. As a result, many colonies and dependencies are permitted to host their own Olympic teams and athletes even if such competitors hold the same citizenship as another member nation. Examples of this include territories such as Puerto Rico , Bermuda , and Hong Kong , all of which compete as separate nations despite being legally a part of another country. Also, since 1980, Taiwan has competed under the name " Chinese Taipei ", and under a flag specially prepared by the IOC. Prior to that year the People's Republic of China refused to participate in the Games because Taiwan had been competing under the name "Republic of China". The Republic of the Marshall Islands was recognised as a nation by the IOC on February 9, 2006, and competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing . [9] Youth Olympic Games Main article: Youth Olympic Games The Youth Olympic Games (YOG) [10] are planned to be a "junior" version of the Games, complement
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Lemon Syllabub Recipe - Allrecipes.com Constance 8/18/2009 This is a lovely dessert! Try substituting Limoncello for the white wine, it lends a more subtle hint of alcohol. I also like using double cream (Devonshire) for its richness and serve with a ... CHAMMI 3/12/2006 While I think it's dubious to warn parents about giving their kiddos the equivalent of a teaspoon or two of wine, I have to give Sarah-neko props for sharing this recipe. It's essentially glor... tanyaw168 8/19/2006 Very delish! I changed the presentation a little bit. I put sponge cake in the bottom of a parfait cup, then a layer of fresh blueberries, and then topped with syllabub and a few more berries. I... Star Dust Mining Company 2/4/2011 I was going to a dinner part hosted by a bunch of foodies who drink expensive wine, eat cheese I have never heard of and use the word "palate" in their sentences. Needless to say I didn't want t... 6/29/2007 Chilled is the way to go. Note: starts to separate after a day but can be re-whipped. CathCooks 2/14/2007 This has been very popular with guests. I love to serve it when I cook seafood. I pair it with lemon curd, either swirled or layred. Very nice. Melonie 7/20/2006 I looked like a star when I brought this for a light unique dessert. Easy & wonderful over berries, decorated with flowers from my garden & lemon peel swirls. EILEEN B. K. 3/24/2003 Easy to make, and is so simple. Wonderful tasting too, one has to enjoy a fattening dessert every so often!! KIRSTIEH 9/15/2003 Light and delicious as well as being quick and easy to prepare. Makes a great alternative to a Sabayon/Zambaglioni for a dinner party, since it is made in advance.
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Free Flashcards about GK 6 Which horse was involved in the 1913 incident that killed Emily Davison? Anmer What is the meaning of "discursive"? digressing from subject to subject What was the German 'Jugendstil' known as in Britain and the USA? Art Nouveau The artists Odilon Redon and Fernand Khnopff were most closely associated with which artistic movement? Symbolism What nationality was artist Fernand Khnopff? Belgian What is the meaning of 'post hoc, ergo propter hoc'? "After which, therefore because of which" In which year did BBC Radio 2, in the guise of the BBC Light Programme, start broadcasting? 1945 What radio programme used the signature tune "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by Bryan Fahey? Pick of The Pops Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was which Roman writer's father-in-law? Tacitus Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was recalled in disgrace by which Emperor? Domitian Which Iron Age tribe had a capital at Emain Macha in Ulster? Ulaid Who had a 1955 Number 1 with "Softly, Softly"? Ruby Murray Who had UK hits with "Be My Love" and "Because You're Mine"? Mario Lanza Who took "Rose Marie" to No 1 spot in the UK IN 1954? Slim Whitman In 1955 Jimmy Young had a No 1 single with "The Man From..." - where? Laramie Which singer was the indirect cause of 1944's Columbus Day Riot? Frank Sinatra In which year did "Rock Around The Clock" hit No 1 in both the UK and the US? 1955 Both "boogie-woogie" and "rock and roll" supposedly got their names from what? Euphemisms for sex Who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues"? Jerry Wexler Which Cleveland DJ is usually credited with coining the term "rock n roll" to apply to the music of that style? Alan Freed Which band were originally called "The Rambling Yodeller And The Sandmen"? Bill Haley & The Comets Who had a 1950s hit with "Be-Bop-A Lula"? Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Which chemical elements occupy positions 89-103 on the Periodic Table? Actinides What name is given to a 3D co-ordinate system with three planes, x, y, and Z? Cartesian What are the names given to the three sides of a right-angled triangle? Hypotenuse, Base, Altitude If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is sinθ equal to? a/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is cosθ equal to? b/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is tanθ equal to? a/b (or sinθ/cosθ) What is the meaning of sin(squared)θ? sinθsinθ An object that has both magnitude and direction in space Which letters are traditionally used for the three base vectors? i, j, k Who had a 1962 Number 1 with "Wonderful Land"? The Shadows Which artistic group was founded in 1911 by Kandinsky and Marc? Der Blaue Reiter Artist Franz Marc was born in wRhich country? Germany Who painted "Luxe, Calme et Volupte"? Matisse Who is generally held to be the originator of the Suprematist art movement? Malevich The artists Boccioni, Carra and Severeni, all Italians, belonged to which movement? Futurism What was the real name of The Big Bopper, who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly? JP Richardson What was the stage name of the singer Rosemary Brown? Dana Which country singer got to No. 1 in the UK with "Coward Of The County"? Kenny Rogers Who composed "The Stars And Stripes Forever"? John Phillip Sousa Who composed the waltz "Tales From The Vienna Woods"? Johann Strauss Robert-Francois Damiens attempted to assassinate (and failed, although he did wound) which king? Louis XV of France When was the Seven Years' War? 1756-63 Whose final work was 1804's "Opus Postumum"? Kant The Pregolya River, which features in Euler's 'Seven Bridges'problem, runs through which city? Kaliningrad Who wrote 1848's "The Principles Of Political Economy"? John Stuart Mill What is defined as "the composite of an organism's observable traits"? Phenotype The Japanese word 'hara',
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Oscars 2009: Slumdog Millionaire wins eight Academy Awards including best picture and best director - Telegraph Oscars Oscars 2009: Slumdog Millionaire wins eight Academy Awards including best picture and best director Slumdog Millionaire has swept the Academy Awards, winning eight Oscars including the coveted best picture and best director. By Catherine Elsworth in Los Angeles 6:48AM GMT 23 Feb 2009 The night of triumph sealed the Mumbai-set British film’s unlikely dominance of Hollywood’s glittering award season. The Oscar haul equals that of Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, which scooped eight Oscars in 1983, though falls short of The English Patient, Anthony Minghella's Second World War romance, which won nine Academy Awards in 1997. Slumdog, a rags-to-riches fairy tale about an orphan who appears on India’s version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, had already accrued a wealth of awards in the build-up to the Oscars, including seven Baftas and four Golden Globes , and was favourite in most of the 10 categories in which it was nominated, including best picture. It beat fellow nominees The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , Frost/Nixon , Milk , and The Reader to win the award, the last of the night, which was announced by Steven Spielberg. Accepting the best picture statuette, Christian Colson, the film’s British producer, said the production was “a collaboration between hundreds of people”. Related Articles 23 Feb 2009 He made reference to the fact the low-budget film almost failed to get released. "Together we've been on an extraordinary journey,” he said, surrounded by members of the cast and crew. “When we started out, we had no stars, we had no power or muscle. "We didn't have enough money, really, to do what we wanted to do. But what we had was a script that inspired mad love in everyone who read it. "We had a genius for a director, we had a cast and a crew who were unwavering in their commitment and whose talents are up on the screen for you to see." “Most of all we had passion and belief. And our film shows that if you have those two things, anything is possible.” Earlier Danny Boyle picked up the coveted best director Oscar for Slumdog, which has made around $150 million worldwide since its November release. The film also won Oscars for best adapted screenplay, best original score and song, best sound mixing, film editing and cinematography. Only seven other films in the 81-year-history of the Oscars have won eight or more awards. Slumdog’s haul overtook that of Shakespeare in Love, which won seven statuettes in 1999 and was the last British film to dominate the Oscars. Start your free 30 day Amazon Prime trial»
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Academy Awards Best Pictures - Facts & Trivia Stanley 'Stosh' in The Deer Hunter (1978) Box Office: Lowest Grossing Best Picture In recent times since the advent of modern box-office tabulations, Best Director-winning Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker (2009) was the lowest-grossing Best Picture winner of all time. Its domestic gross earnings were $12.6 million at the time of its nomination, and only $14.7 at the time of its award. Color and Black and White Best Pictures: Gone With the Wind (1939) was the first all-color film that won the Best Picture Oscar. [Note: Broadway Melody (1928/29) contained only a few sequences shot in two-color (red/green) Technicolor.] The next four Best Picture color films were: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) Schindler's List (1993) was the first black-and-white film (although it had a few short segments in color) to win the top award since the all B&W The Apartment (1960) . The Artist (2011) was the last entirely B/W film to win Best Picture. Only one Best Picture-winning film was originally a TV comedy drama: the black and white Marty (1955) . [It was also the second Best Picture Oscar winner to also win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or - the first to win the top prize was The Lost Weekend (1945) .] The first time all five Best Picture nominees were shot in color was 1956. The first film to be released on home video before winning Best Picture was The Silence of the Lambs (1991) . Foreign-Language Film Best Pictures Nominees: It should be noted that 1956 was the first year that the regular competitive category of Best Foreign Language Film was introduced. Foreign-language films would no longer be recognized with only a Special Achievement Honorary Award or with a Best Picture nomination (as in 1938) - see below. The first non-English (foreign language) film to be nominated for Best Picture was Grand Illusion (1938). To date, none of the nominated foreign-language films won the Best Picture Oscar. The only foreign-language films nominated for Best Picture include: Grand Illusion (1938, France) # Nominee for both Best Foreign Language Film and Best Picture * Winner of Best Foreign Language Film Five films have the double honor of both Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film nominations: Z (1969), The Emigrants (1972), Life is Beautiful (1998), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), and Amour (2012). The Emigrants (1972) was the only one of the five to receive the nominations in different years, and was the only one of the five to not receive the award for Best Foreign-Language Film. Bertolucci's Chinese/Italian-produced Best Picture winner The Last Emperor (1987) was not a Foreign-Language Film nominee. So far, three partly 'foreign-language' films have won Best Picture: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) The Best Foreign Language Film Category: In 1956, the regular competitive Oscar category of Best Foreign Language Film was introduced (the first award was actually presented at the 29th Academy Awards ceremony held in the spring of 1957). Currently, Italy has the most Best Foreign Language Film Oscars - a total of 11 Oscars and 3 Honorary or Special Awards. [Second place is France with 9 Oscars, and Spain with 4 Oscars.] Italy broke its own record for number of Best Foreign Language Film nominations with its 28th for The Great Beauty (2013), the year's winner. The first winner in the new category of Best Foreign Language Film was Federico Fellini's La Strada (1956). Italian director Fellini holds the honor of most Oscar wins (4) for Best Foreign Language Film as a director, for: La Strada (1956) 8 1/2 (1963) Amarcord (1974) If Special Oscars were also considered (awarded
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The End of the Center-Left? Greece's Socialist Party Loses to Both Hard Left and Neo-Nazis - Breitbart by Frances Martel 26 Jan 2015 0 26 Jan, 2015 26 Jan, 2015 SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER The European left is in party mode. After the decisive victory of Greece’s Coalition of the Radical Left (Syriza) in parliamentary elections last night, Greek leftists took to the streets and their analogs in Spain and the UK warned that their nations would be next. But while the hard left has much to celebrate, “moderate” socialists on the continent should take the news with a grain of salt, as the leftist party that ruled Greece as recently as 2011 appears to have lost almost all support. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER The BBC reports , using Greek government statistics, that, with 74% of the vote counted, Syriza won 36%. Such a victory is historic for the nascent party and its leader, Alexis Tsipras, now expected to be the nation’s next prime minister. Syriza decisively defeated the only party to pose a real challenge against them– the incumbent center-right New Democracy–which received 28.1% of the vote. One would expect that, given the enormous victory for the nation’s most prominent leftist party, that the Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok), the largest center-left party in the country, would have come in third. They did not. Golden Dawn, a neo-Nazi party whose leadership is almost entirely behind bars , took third place. Nor did Pasok make fourth place– that went to “ The River ,” a populist leftist experiment starved out of the competition by the growth of Syriza. Pasok was not in fifth place. That went to the Greek Communist Party. Pasok made a sixth-place showing in the Greek elections, with 4.7% of the vote. Even more marked for the party: George Papandreou, Pasok leader and former Prime Minister, will no longer be in Parliament. It will be the first time a Papandreou will not be in Parliament in 92 years , as the party’s founder and current leader’s father, Andreas Papandreou, also served a long tenure in Parliament. The younger Papandreou left the party to run for his seat with a new party, the Socialist Democrats Movement (KIDISO), after failing to reach agreements with other Pasok leaders on how to cooperate with New Democracy, the center-right party. Kidiso failed to garner a high enough percentage of the vote to keep Papandreou in office. The combined indignity of losing the elections to not one, but three other leftist groups– Syriza, The River, and the Greek Communist Party– as well as losing to Golden Dawn may have been the last nail in the coffin for Pasok. The party’s death knell had been ringing for years in the height of the debt crisis that Papandreou failed to solve. In an article in 2013, Greek supporters of the party told the BBC that uttering “Pasok” is “like a dirty word.” “Now the party has destroyed our national identity, our social and business environment. It has destroyed everything,” said one man who identified himself as a former loyal Pasok supporter in the port city of Patras. He now supports Syriza. Pasok is not a “center-left” party the way that the Democratic Party in America is. The younger Papandreou also served as president of the Socialist International during his tenure as Prime Minister. They are hard economic and political leftists– simply slightly less hard left than the radicals in Syriza, and, as establishment figures, less appealing than even Greek Communist Party. Observers of the January 25 elections may see a victory for left in Greece and only allow their analysis to reach a certain level of depth within the political organization of Greece: the far left has won, so the Greek people are moving left. But the Greek people have also by and large abandoned the dominant centrist leftist party of the past century, preferring to bank on the wildly unpredictable Syriza/Golden Dawn upstarts. The only establishment party to make a decent showing is the right-wing New Democracy. This is something to keep in mind in the coming months as other European nations face similar decisions. In Spai
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Britain Magazine | The official magazine of Visit Britain | Best of British History, Royal Family,Travel and Culture - British prime ministers of the 20th century Latest issue British prime ministers of the 20th century Do you know who presided over the setting up of the National Health Service, or who served the shortest time as leader? Read our timeline of British prime ministers of the 20th century for all the answers. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Conservative 1895 to 1902 Salisbury was the last peer to serve as PM (this was his third tenure), with the brief exception of Douglas Home (below) who renounced his peerage within a few days of being appointed. Arthur James Balfour Conservative 1902 to 1905 Balfour was the nephew of the Marquess of Salisbury but his cabinet was divided on the issue of free trade and without the support of Edward VII he was forced to resign in December 1905. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal 1905 to 1908 Following Arthur James Balfour’s resignation, Edward VII invited the leader of the next largest party, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, to form a government. He was the first leader to officially use the title of ‘Prime Minister’. Herbert Henry Asquith Liberal 1908 to 1916 Asquith is the only Prime Minister to have taken office on foreign soil. At the time that he succeeded Campbell-Bannerman, Edward VII was in Biarritz so Asquith travelled there for the official ‘kissing-hands’ ceremony. David Lloyd George in 1916 David Lloyd George Liberal 1916 to 1922 One of the 20th centuries most radical thinkers, Lloyd George was the first and only Welshman to hold the position of prime minister, introducing state pensions and waging a war on poverty. Andrew Bonar Law Conservative 1922 to 1923 Law was prime minister for just 209 days. He retired due to ill health in May 1923 and died of throat cancer six months later. Stanley Baldwin Conservative 1923 to 1924 Baldwin took over as prime minister after Bonar Law retired but he was soon ousted from his first term, albeit temporarily. James Ramsey MacDonald Labour 1924 to 1924 In 1924 Ramsey MacDonald was asked by King George V to form a government when Stanley Baldwin’s Conservative majority proved ungovernable, and his was the first Labour government. Stanley Baldwin Conservative 1924 to 1929 In his second tenure as prime minister Baldwin extended the right to vote to women over 21. James Ramsey MacDonald Labour 1929 to 1935 In his second minority government in 1929, MacDonald appointed Margaret Bondfield as the first female cabinet minister, but forming a cross-party government proved his downfall. Stanley Baldwin Conservative 1935 to 1937 By taking office as prime minister for the third time Baldwin remarkably served under three monarchs. Neville Chamberlain Conservative 1937 to 1940 Chamberlain famously declared “I believe it is peace for our time” following a meeting in 1938 with Adolf Hitler. Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 1940 to 1945 Following Chamberlain’s resignation in 1940, Churchill succeeded him as prime minister of an all-party coalition government. Clement Attlee Labour 1945 to 1951 Taking over from Churchill at the end of the war, Attlee is perhaps best remembered for setting up the National Health Service. Winston Churchill gives his infamous V sign on 20 May 1940 Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 1951 to 1955 While serving his second term as prime minister Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his many published works. Sir Anthony Eden Conservative 1955 to 1957 Eden is best remembered for his controversial handling of the Suez Crisis, which led to his resignation. Harold Macmillan Conservative 1957 to 1963 Macmillian took over as leader following Eden’s resignation and led the nation through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was made Earl of Stockton in 1984 and died in 1986. Sir Alex Douglas-Home Conservative 1963 to 1964 The aristocratic Douglas-Home took on the trade unions but only served as prime minister for 363 days , the second shortest p
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Hotels, Pubs, Restaurants & Guest Houses just off the M69 Motorway The M69 motorway runs for 16 miles from Coventry to Leicester The M69 starts in Coventy from the M6 motorway at junction 2 and passes through Nuneaton and Hinkley for 16 miles until it reaches the M1 motorway at Leicester. Click image to enlarge
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Bezzerwizzer at Paint Branch High School - StudyBlue StudyBlue Which geometric shape does Frank Llyod Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York echo? A spiral Which painter liked to present himself as the "Man in the Bowler Hat"? Rene Magritte Which IT company is also known by the abbreviation "HP"? Hewlett Packard Which American university is known by the abbreviation "M.I.T."? Massachusetts Institute of Technology What American fashion icon enjoys the sweet smell of success with his Double Black cologne? Ralph Lauren Whon won the Oscar for Best Actor in "The Godfather" in 1972? Marlon Brando Which traditional French dish consists of eggplant, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and onions? Ratatouille Which is the largest city in New Zealand? Auckland In 1960, which Asian country saw a woman elected as head of the government for the first time: Ceylon, Malaya or India? Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) What is the word for illnesses in which physical symptoms are traced back to mental causes? Psychosomatic How many people take part in a tete-a-tete? Two Who, in 1841, wrote about "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"? Edgar Allen Poe Who sang the title song to the James Bond film "Goldfinger"? Shirley Bassey Which species of deer is the most common across the world? Elk (moose) Who was elected President of Poland in 1990? Lech Walesa Which planet is also known as the "evening star"? Venus In a battle of the "hot-heads," who did Jimmy Connors defeat in 1982 in the Wimbledon tennis finals? John McEnroe Which videotape format prevailed in the face of competition from Betamax and Video2000? VHS Which President proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national holiday? Abraham Lincoln Who was the murder victim at the center of the plot in TV's "Twin Peaks"? Laura Palmer Renaissance architecture emerged from which country? Italy How many people can be seen in da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper"? Thirteen Which drink did pharmacist John S. Pemberton invent in 1886? Coca Cola Which term, used in sociology denotes the adaption of a minority to the culture and lifestyle of the majority? Assimilation What do the letters of the American fashion label "DKNY" stand for? Donna Karan New York Who played the role of Baron von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music"? Christopher Plummer Which nation brought chocolate to Europe from rainforests of Mexico and Central America? Spain In which country is the Gibson Desert? Australia What was the code name for Allied Invasion of Normandy on D-Day? Operation Overlord What substance gives blood its red color? Hemoglobin Which science deals with the origin, history and meaning of words? Etymology Which generation did Douglas Coupland portray in his 1991 novel? Generation X Which duo sang "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" in 1965? The Righteous Brothers Which bird has the largest wing span? The (wandering) albatross Bill Clinton was governor of which U.S. state before becoming president? Arkansas How is the number 1,500 written in Roman numerals? MD In swimming, how many strokes are there in an Individual Medley? Four Which country launched MIR space station in 1986? Soviet Union How many points does the Jewish Star of David have? Six In which city did the TV series "Frasier" take place? Seattle What is a column or monument made of a single block of stone? Monolith Which male entertainment group, originally Los Angeles, is known for its striptease routine? The Chippendales Which copmany was co-founded in 1975 by Paul Allen? Microsoft What is celebrated on the 8th of March throughout the world? International Women's Day Causing fistfights in toy stores in the 1980s, which must have dolls came with their own adoption papers? Cabbage Patch Kids Who won the 2000 Oscar for Best Actor in "American Beauty"? Kevin Spacey Which exclusive dish meaning "fat liver" in French is prepared from duck or goose liver? Foie Gras Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Antarctic? Indian Ocean Which Italian explorer gave his name to America? Amerigo Vespucci Who has, on average, more hair on their head: blondes, brunettes, or red
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Starsky & Hutch (Video Game 2003) - 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 Take the wheel of the Zebra 3 with two of the coolest undercover cops in town. Join the soft-spoken Hutch and the street-wise Starsky, as they solve the toughest cases in the roughest ... See full summary » Director: a list of 201 titles created 03 Jan 2011 a list of 37 titles created 14 Aug 2011 a list of 1284 titles created 05 Sep 2013 a list of 1645 titles created 14 Apr 2014 a list of 454 titles created 10 months ago Search for " Starsky & Hutch " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Starsky & Hutch (Video Game 2003) 7.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Storyline Take the wheel of the Zebra 3 with two of the coolest undercover cops in town. Join the soft-spoken Hutch and the street-wise Starsky, as they solve the toughest cases in the roughest neighborhoods -battling the hard-nosed but lovable Captain to fight crime in their own unconventional way. And with the assistance of the always suave and cool Huggy Bear, they stop the criminals every time. Written by the Manufacturer
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TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the movies? In Living Color. Who plays a paleontologist on Friends? David Schwimmer. What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out on MTV Unplugged? Paul McCartney. What segment of the TV industry receives ACE Awards? Paul McCartney. What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown? What's My Line? What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a 1996 blockbuster move? Mission: Impossible. Consumer News and Business Channel. How many fingers does Homer Simpson have? Eight. What sitcom character moved from a Boston barstool to a Seattle radio station? Dr. Frasier Crane. What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Phil Hartman. What M*A*S*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and directing? Alan Alda. What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show called The Wonderful World of Dung? The Discovery Channel. What TV host went gold with the CD Romantic Christmas? John Tesh. What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You? Friends. What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico? Beavis and Butt head. What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970s once forecast hail "the size of canned hams"? David Letterman. What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection during a 1969 trip to Mississippi? Sesame Street's. What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the Street? Homicide. What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips from Holland? Tiny Tim's. What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight supporting actor Emmy Awards? Night Court. Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse testify against himself"? Mr. Ed. What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host? Harpo's. Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"? Walter Winchell. What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could top Knight Rider"? David Hasselhoff. What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992? The Cosby Show. Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995? Charles Grodin. What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971? All in the Family. What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective Gegory Medavoy? Donna Abandando. What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm? The Smurfs. What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall ratings? The Cosby Show. What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift"? Miss Piggy. What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful Dead concerts? Walter Cronkite. What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for use on merchandise? Felix the Cat. What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a classic TV series? The Twilight Zone. Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER? George Clooney. What 250-pound star of Hairspray shed half her weight to host a TV talk show? Ricki Lake. What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink? Otis Campbell. What four-word TV slogan did Sting add to the Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing? "I want my MTV". What Mary Tyler Moore Show character's blue blazer made it into the Smithsonian? Ted Baxter's. Who was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before she became TV's Lois Lane? Teri Hatcher. What was Redd Foxx's last name before show business beckoned? Sanford. Who's been Saturday Night Live's most frequent host? Steve Martin. What town did Howdy Doody live in? Doodyville. What sitcom star advised: "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it"? Roseanne. What Richard Chamberlain vehicle is second only to Roots in total viewers for a miniseries? The Thorn Birds. What media award was derived from the slang term for the 1
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How Kent fell in love with the hovercraft, romanced it, then dumped it at the start of the 21st century - News - Kent News How Kent fell in love with the hovercraft, romanced it, then dumped it at the start of the 21st century 14:05 15 November 2015 Cross-Channel hovercraft leaving Dover Nick Hawkes We take a look back to find out where it all went wrong for what was once such a state-of-the-art mode of transport Email this article to a friend To send a link to this page you must be logged in. Usurv Hovercraft on its final journey into Dover Fifteen years ago, the county finally bid farewell to what, for years, had been one of the most popular forms of cross-Channel transport. The hovercraft was once upon a time a very modern method of transport; harnessing technology, speed and style. It flew above the choppy waters, taking passengers over the busy Dover to Calais route in a mere 30 minutes, hitting speeds of some 60 knots – close to 70mph. Dover was not alone during its hey-day either – a service from Thanet operated too. The hovercraft era promised so much... but ultimately, pardon the pun, ran out of air. The catamarans which replaced the hovercraft Granted, those who travelled in them often found the journey a little, shall we say, ‘lumpy’ but for speed and efficiency it was hard to argue. They may have been noisy – as the giant fans processed the air which acted as a cushion upon which the vessel bounced across the waves – but they were admired by many. So when Hoverspeed ran its final service from Dover to Calais, and return, on October 1, 2000, it signalled the end of an era. Replaced by the more futuristic and smoother catamarans – although also slower – the hovercrafts now only operate a commercial service in the Solent – whisking people to and from the Isle of Wight. Today, the Channel Tunnel may still take a little longer, but the journey time is similar and the weather rarely interferes in its operation. So just what wrong with the once might hovercraft? Pete Boast is the trustee and treasurer at the Dover Transport Museum. He told KoS: “It is a shame these giants of the sea have gone. But the ferries and later the Channel Tunnel put them out of business because they were able to take so many more cars and passengers at once.” Hovercraft could take just over 50 cars per crossing. The catamarans - which have long since also been rested – took around 90. The ferries of today, can take close to 1,000. Capacity versus cost is everything, and for the hovercraft across the Channel, the sums stopped adding up. There was also the small issue of limited space in the passenger cabin itself - a far cry from the expanse offered by the ferries. Adds Mr Boast: “But they were magnificent to see coming and going from the port. “Of course, the hovercraft landing pad at the Western Docks is the last thing to go. The harbour is modifying the port there and this pad will soon be dug up. “I used the hovercraft many times and am personally sorry it has gone. “We have one of their giant propellers sitting outside the museum here, and it must stand about 15 feet tall. And they had four of these things on top of the cabins. “They were a sight to see but made so much noise you would have to feel sorry for the people who lived quite close to the harbour. They may not be so sad they have finally gone.” Today the hovercraft operates in Portsmouth, but now far more popular are the one or two-man playthings for adventurers and thrillseekers. The British Hovercraft Company in Sandwich says it’s built around 1,000 over the past 15 years. Hard to believe, but it all started with a visionary and empty cans of cat food and coffee tins and a vacuum cleaner. It dawned on Sir Christopher Cockerell more than half a century ago that perhaps the way for us to leave our island nation was to fly above the water rather than through it. But his idea was that it flew only a few feet above the water, using the fluid dynamics of the surface to support a vessel on a cushion of air. Cockerell came up with the obvious name of hovercraft when his working proto
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Essays and Diversions: Elegy written in a country churchyard - Thomas Gray Elegy written in a country churchyard - Thomas Gray “Hard by yon wood….” Thomas Gray, who spent most of his adult life in Pembroke , visited his mother and aunt at their home in the Buckinghamshire village of Stoke Poges , and may well have been inspired to write his “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” in the vicinity of the parish church of St Giles in this village. It is, however, possible that his reflections were inspired by various scenes in the neighbourhood, such as the “ivy-mantled tower” of St Laurence’s Church in nearby Upton , and there is one theory that it was actually inspired by an altogether different location, at Everdon, in Northamptonshire. Whatever the fact, Gray is buried near his mother in Stoke Poges , and a large and inelegant memorial to him stands nearby, with lines from the Elegy engraved thereon. The poem, one of only thirteen that Gray saw published in his lifetime, is one of the best-known and best-loved in the English language. In the mid-18th century this poem was the torch song for a group of writers who shelter under the collective title of “Graveyard Poets,” due to their melancholic verses, often set in graveyards, which reflect on mortality. He most probably wrote the first draft (Stanzas Wrote in a Country Churchyard) in August 1742, as evidenced in a letter he wrote to his friend, Horace Walpole: “I have been here at Stoke a few days (where I shall continue good part of the summer); and having put an end to a thing, whose beginnings you have seen long ago. I immediately send it you. You will, I hope, look upon it in light of a thing with an end to it; a merit that most of my writing have wanted, and are like to want, but which this epistle I am determined shall not want.” Stoke Poges, on the edge of Slough and uncomfortably close to the busy A & E department of Wexham Park hospital, has lost a little of the charm Gray may have detected there in the 1740s. It is only about an hour’s walk, however, down Duffield Lane and Collum Green Road , to the hamlet of Hedgerley, where certain aspects of rural life and vernacular architecture have been bypassed by the A335 and the M40 of progress, whose drowsy rumblings now “lull the distant folds.” We are on the edge of Farnham Common and Burnham Beeches here, but it is less frequented and the lanes are still so narrow a coach and eight would struggle to get through. In Gray’s time, before the enclosure acts (with Gray’s friend Walpole’s connivance), parcelled up the commons and hedged in the woods and fields, it would have been a wonderful wander, and indeed would have taken him “far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife,” though now of course it is hard to find “rugged elms,” a “straw-built shed,” harvests yielding to sickles, or jocund ploughmen driving their teams afield! But there is a corner, or two in fact, of Hedgerley that is forever England of St Mary was built in 1852, there have been churches on this site since 1237, and it was only(!) poor soil and springs that put paid to the last one. And as the current edifice is constructed of local flint, stone, wood and tile, it breathes an air that belies its comparative youth. Anyway, in the yew tree’s shade there is “many a mouldering heap,” where the forefathers of the hamlet sleep. They will not all have been farm labourers, for since Gray we have gone through both the industrial and the technological revolution, and we have developed both the BMW and the Lexus, to name but a pair of exemplar vehicles from a random sample of those parked outside the timber frame dwellings around. So not quite so many are roused from their lowly beds by the cock’s shrill clarion to break the stubborn glebe with their furrow. As Gray says, however, “the paths of glory lead but to the grave.” Ambitions, heraldry, pomp and wealth, lie in this neglected spot just as surely as the, “short and simple annals of the poor,” fade in the destiny obscure, though in this cool sequestered vale of life we hold the memories of those
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On 29th July 2000, Martin Dugard of Eastbourne became the first-ever winner of the British Grand Prix - in which sport?
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RIDERS - W - British Speedway Official Website [ N ] - [ O ] - [ P ] - [ Q ] - [ R ] - [ S ] - [ T ] - [ U ] - [ V ] - [ W ] - [ X ] - [ Y ] - [ Z ] The following is an A-Z list of riders who are contracted to appear in 2011, at Elite League, Premier League and National League level. NOTE: (1) All entries for the current season are as per the declared team line-ups, but do not necessarily relate to actual appearances for the named clubs, particularly in the case of No. 8 riders in the Elite League; (2) The symbol II after a team's name differentiates between a club's National level and higher league side, when more than one team was operated in the same season; (3) With regard to 'Club Honours', riders have been credited with a contribution to a league title-winning side if they rode in 6 or more matches of the team's league programme - and with a cup-winning contribution if they appeared in at least one leg of the final; (4) '2011 Starting Average' is each rider's figure at the beginning of the campaign or, indeed, if they joined after the start of the season. These are the official figures, which exclude bonus points. By contrast, all averages mentioned under 'Additional Info' are 'real-time' figures; this means the average a rider achieved from all official meetings, inclusive of bonus points; (5) The Speedway Grand Prix statistics will be updated for participating riders after each round of the 2011 series. Speedway Grand Prix and Speedway World Cup statistics courtesy of Steve Brandon. LAST UPDATED: NOVEMBER 3, 2011 RIDERS - W DATE OF BIRTH: 4 May 1992, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. BRITISH CAREER: (2008) Boston; (2009) King’s Lynn; (2010-11) Poole. MAJOR HONOURS: Queensland Under-21 State Champion: 2009; Australian Under-21 Champion: 2009, 2010, 2011; World Under-21 Champion: 2009, 2010; New South Wales State Champion: 2010. CLUB HONOURS: League Championship winner: 2009 [King’s Lynn], 2011 [Poole]; Premier Trophy winner: 2009 [King’s Lynn]; Knock-Out Cup winner: 2009 [King’s Lynn], 2010 [Poole], 2011 [Poole]; Pairs Championship winner: 2011 [Poole]. 2011 STARTING AVERAGE: 6.63 (EL). ADDITIONAL INFO: Having ridden spectacularly for Boston at Conference-level during the second-half of the 2008 campaign, the teenage sensation started the 2009 season at reserve for King’s Lynn in British speedway’s middle sphere. However, he soon became the talk of the sport after a string of magnificent displays, which led to him moving up to the side’s No. 1 slot in early June. His blistering form continued and saw him shoot to pole position in the overall Premier League averages, before injury struck at Edinburgh on 10 July. The Aussie was leading heat five, but lost control on the pits bend and crashed into the safety fence, chipping a bone at the bottom of an ankle. The injury necessitated a spell on the sidelines and the use of guests in his place; the youngster quickly recovered, though, returning to the Stars’ line-up on 2 August to continue his high-scoring exploits. Ward’s efforts helped propel King’s Lynn to a League Championship and Premier Trophy double, whilst individually the talented Aussie finished a gallant runner-up to home representative Ricky Ashworth in the Premier League Riders’ Championship at Sheffield on 27 September. Further glory came his way on 3 October, though, when he annexed the World Under-21 Championship with a typically breathtaking display at Goričan, Croatia. Ward was to retain top spot in the Premier League averages, finishing up with a real-time figure of close on 10 points per match. He did, however, sustain a back injury whilst representing Australia against Great Britain in an Under-25 Test match at Ipswich on 15 October. That necessitated a trip to Poland, where he received specialist attention from his Extra League club’s physiotherapist at Toruń, before returning to the UK for more treatment with a specialist in London. He subsequently appeared in the first leg of the Knock-Out Cup final at Edinburgh on 23 October, but missed the return fixture five days later when the Stars secured an
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EAGLES V IPSWICH (EL) - PREVIEW - Eastbourne 'IT First' Eagles Speedway Official Website EAGLES V IPSWICH (EL) - PREVIEW Wednesday 07 April, 2010 THE Eastbourne Lifestyle Eagles Speedway team will be seeking a little help from their friends as they endeavour to seize their first victory of the 2010 Elite League season this weekend when Suffolk rivals, the Ipswich Witches come visiting Arlington stadium on Saturday evening with a 7.30 p.m. start time. With new number one Matej Zagar, whose final heat victory snatched a last gasp draw for the Sussex side against the Lakeside Hammers on Good Friday, absent contesting the Slovenian National Championship, the Eagles management have moved swiftly to enlist the services of Chris Holder, Poole Pirates bang in form Australian, as a guest replacement for their recent signing. Hopes are prevalent that Holder, Arlington's joint track record holder, together with an improved showing from the remainder of the Eastbourne septet will provide the necessary firepower sufficient to see off the challenge of the Witches, a team who can vaunt a fair degree of success from their visits to the Sussex countryside in season's past. With a home defeat against the Swindon Robins together with that draw against the men from Purfleet to reflect upon, the Eagles promotion know that it's time to start walking the walk as well as talking the talk results wise and they will view victory against the Witches as essential as they embark on a punishing week of matches with visits to the homes of Belle Vue and last seasons Champions Wolverhampton, together with the return fixture at Foxhall Heath all in prospect over the next eleven days. Certainly, the Eagles have had something of a rough ride in their early exchanges, terrace hero Lukas Dryml, who is due back in the Eastbourne line up this weekend, suffering a fall that ruled him out of the Easter meetings against Lakeside and the disappointing early season form of Simon Gustafsson, alongside a catalogue of other misfortune that denied them potentially match winning points. However, team manager Trevor Geer will be looking for some positive mental attitude as his charges set forth onto the Arlington shale against the Witches tomorrow (Saturday) night. Admittedly frustrated by results thus far, Geer is convinced, especially considering the impressive form shown by new signing Dawid Lampart, that the Eagles should be trouncing other teams and he remains resolute that Ipswich should be the ones to feel the backlash as the Sussex men endeavour to boost confidence levels ahead of hitting the road next week. As ever, the task will not prove to be an easy one however as the Witches have often proved a thorn in the Eagles side when on Arlington duty. With the weather having decimated their early fixture list, home and away clashes against the Robins both being halted mid meeting due to heavy rain, Ipswich will be looking to hit the ground running as they contest what would prove to be their first Elite League encounter of the campaign and victory over their Sussex hosts would certainly send out a cold clear message to the rest of the section that they should be taken seriously as contenders for silverware themselves. Former Eagle, Scott Nicholls is certainly one who will need no instruction as to the fastest lines around the Sussex arena and aided by an impressive back up cast that includes fellow English World Cup hopefuls Daniel King and Oliver Allen as well as in form duo Claus Vissing and Dawid Stachyra they certainly intend to crash the Eastbourne party on Saturday. With Holder considered a more than adequate guest for the absent Zagar however, co-promoter Mike Bellerby is confident that fortunes are just about to turn for his side. "We don't feel that we could have got anyone better than the Arlington joint track record holder to aid our cause against the Witches"he commented. "With Lukas Dryml looking to make his return our reserves riding as they are, I am sure that improved fortunes for the rest of the lads will spur us to victory on Saturday"he concluded.
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‘Jeudi’ is French for which day of the week?
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What day is it? Today is ... - French Days of the Week French Days of the Week What day is it? Today is ... There are a few different formulas you need to know in order to talk about the day of the week in French. Asking and answering French has three different ways to ask "What day (of the week) is it?" Quel jour est-ce ? Quel jour est-on ? Quel jour sommes-nous ? To answer, simply uninvert one of the verb-subject pairs above and then say the day of the week . So "It's Saturday" can be said C'est samedi. To say "Today is Thursday," say Aujourd'hui, followed by any of the above phrases. Aujourd'hui, c'est jeudi. Aujourd'hui, nous sommes jeudi. When is ___? To find out "what day" or "when" something will happen, ask Quel jour est ... ? or Quand est ... ? Then to answer, say ... continue reading below our video How to Say the Dates in French est + the day of the week. Quel jour est la fête ? La fête / Elle est samedi. What day is the party? The party / It is on Saturday. Quand est le repas ? Le repas / Il est lundi. When is the meal? The meal / It is on Monday. When asking which day an annual event will fall on, say Quel jour / Quand tombe ... cette année ? (Note that this question is for when you know the date of the event. To ask about an actual date rather than just the day of the week, see page 1 .) Quel jour tombe ton anniversaire (cette année) ? C'est dimanche. What day is your birthday (this year)? It's (on) Sunday. Quand tombe Halloween (cette année) ? C'est mercredi. When (What day) is Halloween this year? It's (on) Wednesday. Definite articles When talking about the day of the week something happened or will happen, you may or may not need a definite article , depending on how far the event is in the past or future and whether it is a one-time event. 1) For an event that occurred last week or will occur next week, you do not need an article. Generally speaking, this is equivalent to using the word "this" in English: Il est arrivé samedi. He arrived on Saturday, He arrived this Saturday. Nous allons faire des achats mercredi. We're going to go shopping on Wednesday, this Wednesday. 2) If it occurs further in the past or future, you do need an article. In the English translation, you're likely to need the word "that": Il est arrivé le samedi (de cette semaine-là). He arrived that Saturday, He arrived that week on Saturday. Nous allons faire des achats le mercredi (avant la fête). We're going to go shopping that Wednesday (before the party). 3) You also need the definite article when talking about something that occurred, occurs, or will occur on that same day more than once: Il arrivait le samedi. He used to arrive on Saturdays, every Saturday. Nous faisons des achats le mercredi. We go shopping on Wednesdays. Je ne vais plus travailler le vendredi. I'm not going to work on Fridays any more. Day of the week + date When including the day of the week in answer to the question "what's the date?" , there's one slightly tricky aspect to be aware of in French: the day of the week should be placed between the definite article and the numeric date. C'est On est + le + day + date + month (+ year) Nous sommes C'est le samedi 8 avril. It's Saturday, 8 April / the 8th of April / April 8th. Nous sommes le lundi premier octobre 2012. It's Monday, October 1st, 2012. Or if you really want to say the day of the week first, just be sure to pause before following with the date. On est mardi... le 16 juillet. It's Tuesday... July 16th.
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The Days of Holy Week The Days of Holy Week Dennis Bratcher Holy Saturday Holy Week is the last week of Lent , the week immediately preceding Easter or Resurrection Sunday. It is observed in many Christian churches as a time to commemorate and enact the suffering (Passion) and death of Jesus through various observances and services of worship. While some church traditions focus specifically on the events of the last week of Jesus’ life, many of the liturgies symbolize larger themes that marked Jesus’ entire ministry. Observances during this week range from daily liturgical services in churches to informal meetings in homes to participate in a Christian version of the Passover Seder . In Catholic tradition, the conclusion to the week is called the Easter Triduum (a triduum is a space of three days usually accompanying a church festival or holy days that are devoted to special prayer and observance). Some liturgical traditions, such as Lutherans, simply refer to "The Three Days." The Easter Triduum begins Thursday evening of Holy Week with Eucharist and concludes with evening prayers Easter Sunday. Increasingly, evangelical churches that have tended to look with suspicion on traditional "High-Church" observances of Holy Week are now realizing the value of Holy Week services, especially on Good Friday (see Low Church and High Church ). This has a solid theological basis both in Scripture and in the traditions of the Faith. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian who was executed by the Nazis, wrote of the Cost of Discipleship and warned of "cheap grace" that did not take seriously either the gravity of sin or the radical call to servanthood: "When Jesus bids a man come, he bids him come and die." It is this dimension that is well served by Holy Week observances, as they call us to move behind the joyful celebrations of Palm Sunday and Easter, and focus on the suffering, humiliation, and death that is part of Holy Week. It is important to place the hope of the Resurrection, the promise of newness and life, against the background of death and endings. It is only in walking through the shadows and darkness of Holy Week and Good Friday, only in realizing the horror and magnitude of sin and its consequences in the world incarnated in the dying Jesus on the cross, only in contemplating the ending and despair that the disciples felt on Holy Saturday, that we can truly understand the light and hope of Sunday morning! In observing this truth, that new beginnings come from endings, many people are able to draw a parable of their own lives and faith journey from the observances of Holy Week. In providing people with the opportunity to experience this truth in liturgy and symbol, the services become a powerful proclamation of the transformative power of the Gospel, and God at work in the lives of people. The entire week between Palm Sunday and Holy Saturday is included in Holy Week, and some church traditions have daily services during the week. However, usually only Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, and Good Friday are times of special observance in most churches. Palm Sunday (or Passion Sunday) Holy Week begins with the sixth Sunday in Lent. This Sunday observes the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem that was marked by the crowds who were in Jerusalem for Passover waving palm branches and proclaiming him as the messianic king. The Gospels tell us that Jesus rode into the city on a donkey, enacting the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9, and in so doing emphasized the humility that was to characterize the Kingdom he proclaimed. The irony of his acceptance as the new Davidic King (Mark 11:10) by the crowds who would only five days later cry for his execution should be a sobering reminder of the human tendency to want God on our own terms. Traditionally, worshippers enact the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem by the waving of
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Piccadilly Radio at 40: Celebrating 40 years of Piccadilly Radio, and now Key 103 - Manchester Evening News Business Celebrating 40 years of Piccadilly Radio The station, which first broadcast on April 2 1974, has been Manchester’s number one station for years and some of the DJs which made it a success could not wait to celebrate Share Get business updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email Radio royalty gathered in Media City tonight to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Piccadilly Radio. The station, which first broadcast on April 2 1974, has been Manchester’s number one station for years and some of the DJs which made it a success could not wait to celebrate. Among the guests were Roger Day, who was the first to broadcast on the station, Andy Peeble and Paul "Locko" Lockitt who has been with station since 1979 and is currently Key 103's breakfast news editor. Roger said: "It was just a brilliant time. I haven't got a bad word to say about my time in Manchester. "I almost took a job in Canada before I heard about this. A radio station that was bringing the spirit of Pirate radio but complying with the regulations that were in place then. It was so exciting and the best decision I ever made. "One of my favourite memories was when Graham Nash rang in saying he loved the show but that I should play a Hollies record that he was on. I said fair enough, but why don't you come in for an interview. And he did, and Graham Nash never did interviews. But we have actually ended up life long friends because of it." View gallery Andy Peebles, who has gone on to have a broadcasting career spanning 40 years, said: "It was an amazing time. People from Leeds would ring in to say they were travelling into the reception area so they could listen to my northern soul show. "It was so amazing to be a part of it at the start. Usually when you go to a radio station everything is already established but getting to see everything from the wires being put in the floor. "For me it was a very lucky break not least because of the broadcasting career I''ve gone on to have." Phil Sayer, who started at the station in 1976 said: "We never forgot we were a local station. We did the big news but we would go to ribbon cuttings at local schools and played on darts teams in little street corner pubs in Beswick and Clayton. And that is what's missing from local radio now." Video Loading Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8Cancel Play now Jim Hancock, the stations first employee, said: "I was the President of Manchester University's Student Union and was offered a job by Phil Birch. He said it was 9 months as his producer and then the chance to be a news reporter. "I was given the chance to go to all these concerts and record companies and I'd told them I'd wanted to be a reporter." Paul Lockitt, the stations longest serving employee from 1979 to the present day, said: "After five years I got trained as a reporter. I came in just as it was all changing it was still a pioneering radio station but we were going into the 80s. "The biggest stories I remember at the time were the Woolworth's fire in Piccadilly which was horrendous and the Manchester Air disaster." Mike Sweeney, who currently presents a morning show on BBC Radio Manchester, said: "I don't like to say lucky because I think you make your own luck but I am so fortunate thanks to Piccadilly. "Piccadiilly has meant I haven't had to drive a van my whole life. "Put me in front of a microphone and I could just do it but Piccadilly made me a broadcaster rather than a disc jockey." Colin Walsh programme controller 1974 to 1985 and managing director 85 to 89, said: "Everyone keeps coming up to me and saying you gave me my big break which is incredibly cheering. "It was such an exciting time looking back although we didn't realise it at the time." Among the guests at the bash were Jane Morgans who started out as secretary to the head of sales and travelled from New Caledonia off the coast of Australia for the party as well as guests who had tra
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Hotels near Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus Piccadilly Circus and Shaftesbury Avenue At the heart of Piccadilly lies Piccadilly Circus, known for its crowds, Eros Statue and wall of illuminated advertisements in the northwest corner. Originally constructed to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly, this busy junction has grown to become a tourist attraction in its own right. Standing next to Eros gives you the best vantage point to see the imposing Grade II listed buildings surrounding the junction. Ripley’s of Believe It Or Not!, a museum full of oddities and curiosities from around the world, is also located here. Piccadilly Circus joins the theatres on Shaftesbury Avenue with Haymarket, Glasshouse Street and Coventry Street, leading down to Leicester Square. There are plenty of hotels near Piccadilly Circus; while directly underneath the plaza there’s Piccadilly Circus Underground Station, where you can hop on the Piccadilly or Bakerloo lines. 8.6/10 Average score from 7393 reviews on The Z Hotel Piccadilly The contemporary Z Hotel offers compact, minimalist rooms and a café serving continental breakfast. The Theatre Royal Haymarket and Her Majesty's Theatre are within five minutes' walk from this Piccadilly hotel. From 7.6/10 Average score from 1140 reviews on My Apartments Piccadilly Circus Set in the heart of the West End, these Piccadilly apartments feature sleek, modern interiors and free Wi-Fi. Located on Shaftesbury Avenue, they are situated close to popular theatres. From 8.9/10 Average score from 1773 reviews on every hotel Piccadilly Located behind the Prince of Wales Theatre, every hotel Piccadilly offers free Wi-Fi and full English breakfasts. It is set between Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus Tube stations. From 8.6/10 Average score from 1826 reviews on Thistle Trafalgar Square, The Royal Trafalgar The centrally located and modern Thistle Trafalgar Square features free Wi-Fi, a restaurant and terrace. It is just 100 metres from the National Portrait Gallery. From
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 7 | 1969: Israel elects first female leader About This Site | Text Only 1969: Israel elects first female leader Golda Meir, the "grand old woman of Israeli politics", is to become the first female prime minister of Israel. The 70-year-old's candidature was officially accepted by the Labour Party in Tel Aviv after she received 287 votes from her own central committee. Forty-five MPs abstained. On Sunday she will formally succeed her political friend and colleague Levi Eshkol, who died of a heart attack last week. I have faced difficult problems in the past but nothing like the one I'm faced with now in leading the country Golda Meir Mrs Meir, who has come out of retirement to take up the role, pledged to maintain national unity and called on the people who worked with Mr Eshkol to "continue in the same framework" in her government. She added: "I have never failed to accept party decisions and I shall not refuse now. "I have faced difficult problems in the past but nothing like the one I'm faced with now in leading the country." With her party controlling the largest faction in parliament, Acting Prime Minister Yigal Allon and Defence Minister Moshe Dayan have agreed to step aside and reserve their own bids for power until later in the year. Following their decision, she was the only nominee put forward before the central committee. Mrs Meir, a former schoolteacher in America, previously served as Israeli foreign minister for 10 years before she retired following ill health. Because of her age and condition, her appointment is regarded by many as a stop-gap, intended to maintain national unity before the Labour Party chooses a leader for the October general elections. Many supporters within the party consider General Dayan to be a more suitable candidate. Acting Prime Minister Mr Allon also has substantial backing within the party leadership. Both are younger than Mrs Meir and considered national heroes. Despite such opposition, General Dayan, who is expected to retain his post as defence minister, said he would be honoured to work with Mrs Meir. Her government is expected to reflect the same parties and ministers who previously served under Mr Eshkol. Details of her new cabinet will be announced in the next few days.
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BBC News | UK | Blair joins tributes to Jill Craigie Tuesday, 14 December, 1999, 14:24 GMT Blair joins tributes to Jill Craigie Michael Foot and Jill Craigie: "Devoted" couple Labour politicians have paid tribute to film-maker and author Jill Craigie, the wife of former Labour leader Michael Foot. Ms Craigie died on Monday night at the Royal Free Hospital in north west London, aged 85. She had been ill for some time, and a fall in the summer had exacerbated a heart condition. Prime Minister Tony Blair said the news was "devastating" and that her husband had been "devoted" to her. Former Labour Prime Minister Lord Callaghan of Cardiff said she had been a "a courageous lady of deep conviction". Baroness Castle of Blackburn, a former Labour Employment Secretary and Social Services Secretary, said she had been "highly intelligent" and "beautiful". Ms Craigie had had a long and highly successful career as an actress, film-maker, author and authority on the suffragettes. She was also regarded as a great source of strength to her husband, who was leader of the Labour Party and the Opposition between 1980 and 1983. Postwar fame Jill Craigie was born in Derbyshire, the only child of Scottish-Russian parentage, and spent much of her youth at boarding school. Foot at the '99 Labour conference: Craigie denied driving his career While working at her first job, writing novelettes, she began developing and writing film scripts. Her talent fully emerged in the postwar years when she became Britain's first woman film director, gaining sponsorship and general releases for her films. She was famous for flouting convention, starting with documentaries and progressing to fictional films with a distinct socialist content. She shocked Britain's cinema world by proving that films about ordinary people were box-office material. Her two most acclaimed films were Blue Scar, about the everyday lives of miners, and The Way We Live, based on plans for the rebuilding of Plymouth after the devastation of the Second World War. At the door of their South Wales home in 1983 In Wales, Blue Scar reportedly broke the records of the big box office films of 1948. Political driving force Ms Craigie married Michael Foot in 1949, when she was 34 and well-established, and he was 36 and an aspiring politician. She also by then had a 13-year-old daughter Julie, by a previous marriage. The couple had no children themselves but were fully committed to their family life with Julie and, later, her four children. They lived in a flat in Hampstead, north London, and a cottage in Ebbw Vale, South Wales. Throughout her marriage Ms Craigie continued an independent career, but always put her married life first. Some went so far as to say she was the driving force behind her husband's political career, a role she always denied. In latter years Ms Craigie became more involved with her book on the suffragette movement. She believed she had one of the largest collections of feminist literature in Britain, with pamphlets dating back to John Stuart Mill. Ms Craigie last hit the headlines a year ago, after she confirmed reports that she had been beaten and raped by the late Hungarian-born writer Arthur Koestler shortly after she was married. Search BBC News Online
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Top 10 Rugby Players Of All Time | Terrific Top 10 Counting down to the BEST Top 10 Rugby Players Of All Time by Kyle Rugby is one of the world’s most popular sports, despite only becoming professional in the 90’s. It has produced many great players throughout the years, and here are the ten I feel are the best. Several outstanding players had to be left out, because I just couldn’t find a place for them. Honorable Mentions: Bryan Habana, Joost van der Westhuizen, George Gregan, Francois Pienaar, Matt Giteau, Gareth Edwards, Gavin Hastings #10. Shane Williams Arguably Wales’ greatest ever player, Shane Williams has scored more tries, and had more appearances than any other Welsh player in history. His breakthrough was in the 2005 Six Nations, where Wales won every single match (a Grand Slam), largely thanks to his tries. He also led Wales to another Grand Slam in 2008. That year, he was awarded the IRB rugby player of the year award, the first Welshmen to win the honor. In his final match, a friendly against Australia in 2011, Shane Williams scored his 58th try with final touch of the ball. Williams was famous for his acceleration, and his small size, being nicknamed “Little Shane Williams.” #9. Naas Botha Despite playing during the time when South Africa was almost completely banned from international rugby for Apartheid, Naas Botha was still able to leave his mark on the game. He was an excellent kicker, who was famous for his ability to score drop-goals under pressure. In only 28 caps for South Africa, Botha was able to score 312 points, a South African record for decades. Towards the end of his career, Botha was able to see South Africa rejoin the international fold. If only his team hadn’t been banned, Botha may have been very near the top of this list. #8. Percy Montgomery The all-time record holder in both caps and points for South Africa, Percy Montgomery was one of the sport’s greatest kickers. He was the top points scorer in both the 2004 and 2005 Tri Nation tournaments. However, his finest moment came in the 2007 World Cup, when his accurate kicking led South Africa to the title of the most prestigious rugby tournament. Montgomery started off being extremely erratic, as he could play brilliantly one match and then be very poor the next. However, he was able to sort that out to become one of the sport’s greats. #7. Brian O’Driscoll O’Driscoll holds the record for the most tries for any centre, his position, in history. He is also the most capped Irish player, with 83 of his 120 Irish caps being as captain. In fact, he is the second most-capped player ever. O’Driscoll was named the player of the tournament at three separate Six Nations – 2006, 2007, and 2009. In the 2009 edition, he led Ireland to their first Grand Slam in 61 years, and scored a try in every match except one. He has played for Ireland in the last three World Cups, leading them to the quarterfinals in 2011. #6. Jonny Wilkinson Wilkinson began his rise in 2001, but really burst onto the scene in 2003. In one of the most famous World Cup moments, he scored a drop-goal in the last minute of extra time in the final to give England the win against Australia, their only World Cup title. He suffered a series of injuries in the next few years, and critics argued his best form was behind him. However, Wilkinson proved them wrong by leading England to the final of the 2007 World Cup, where they lost a close match to South Africa. He was rugby’s highest point scorer in history, until New Zealand’s Dan Carter surpassed him in mid-2011. #5. Richie McCaw McCaw was surprisingly chosen for New Zealand’s end-of-2001 tour, despite his inexperience. But in his debut match against Ireland, he was named man of the match after a brilliant performance. McCaw became a key part of the New Zealand side, and was named captain in 2006. He was criticized after New Zealand underperformed at the 2007 World Cup, falling in the quarterfinals. However, he silenced his critics in the 2011 World Cup, when he brilliantly led his team to
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Rugby League: Crusaders toast end of an era at the Brewery - Wales Online Sport Rugby League: Crusaders toast end of an era at the Brewery CELTIC Crusaders bid farewell to the Brewery Field when they host Challenge Cup finalists Huddersfield Giants tonight (6pm). Share Get rugby updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email CELTIC Crusaders bid farewell to the Brewery Field when they host Challenge Cup finalists Huddersfield Giants tonight (6pm). The Crusaders will play the bulk of their engage Super League at Newport’s Rodney Parade next season with three matches scheduled to be taken around Wales – one of them to Wrexham. Crusaders coach John Dixon admits it will be an emotional day as they say goodbye to Bridgend as their regular home. “We have some fond memories of this ground,” said Dixon. “We started off with games against sides like London Skolars and Lokomotiv Moscow and now this week we’re taking on Huddersfield Giants, who last week played at Wembley Stadium. We’ve certainly moved on. “The Crusaders came into being here in South Wales and Bridgend was our starting home. All the plans say that we’ll spend two years in Newport and then we’ll come back to a purpose-built stadium for Super League and rugby league in Wales. “We’d love to exit Brewery Field with a win. We’ve had some challenges in front of us and I think we’ve stood up fairly well.” Lincoln Withers and Mark Lennon return for the first time in a month, but Marshall Chalk’s season is over after a knee operation. “Huddersfield are one of the form teams of the year,” said Dixon. “They’ll be hurting a bit with their loss last week in the Challenge Cup final. “People talk about their defence being a cornerstone this year but when I look at them, I think they’re a dangerous team and play an open entertaining game.” Huddersfield coach Nathan Brown has brought in youngsters Josh Griffin and Larne Patrick who have made just five Super League appearances between them this season . Crusaders (from): A Blackwood, R O’Hara, L Withers, M Bryant, M Smith, B Flower, J James, M Lennon, J Chan, D Tangata Toa, C Beasley, S Tyrer, N Budworth, G Rhys Davies, L White, G Dudson, L Mills, E Kear, A Bateman Huddersfield (from): M Aspinwall, P Whaturia, D Hodgson, L Fulton, L Robinson, E Crabtree, D Faiumu, A Raleigh, S Wild, S Finnigan, P Jackson, K Mason, M Lawrence, S Moore, L Cudjoe, S Lunt, J Griffin, L Patrick, D Sculthorpe Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent Most Read Most Recent
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