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Alouette Lyrics Alouette Lyrics Alouette Lyrics “Alouette“ is one of the most popular songs for learning French and teaching the language to kids. The song is over 100 years old and is said to have originated in Quebec, Canada. The song is about somebody telling a lark (a kind of bird) that they’ll pluck feathers off of it’s body. For each verse you add an additional body part. The song goes, “Alouette, gentille alouette, alouette je te plumerai.” “Je te plumerai” means “I will pluck your feathers”. Note, it uses ‘plumer’ (to pluck) plus an “ai” making it in the future tense. Watch the video and sing along as you read through the lyrics! Words With English Translation Lark, I will pluck you Je te plumerai la tête I will pluck your head (Je te plumerai la tête) (I shall pluck your head) Et la tête Lark, I will pluck you Je te plumerai le bec I shall pluck your beak Et le bec Sign Up For A FREE Trial French Lesson On Skype And Get Instant Access To My French Pronunciation Crash Course. Get the French Pronunciation Crash Course! Bonjour! My name is David Issokson. I'm an online French teacher. My mission is to help as many people as possible to learn how to speak this beautiful language that's brought me so much happiness in my life. Sign Up For A FREE Trial French Lesson On Skype! You'll Also Get a Headstart With My FREE French Essentials Ebook This book covers all of the most important elements of french pronunciation for the new speaker. It's FREE and yours if you sign up below. Fill in the info below and sign up for a FREE French lesson on Skype. Click to see some student reviews. Members - Crash Course - You Are Logged Out You are not currently logged in. Username: » Lost your Password? Private Lessons Testimonials "David is clearly a very experienced and knowledgeable teacher. He places emphasis on pronunciation and encourages me to recall my vocabulary in a way that is useful for speaking French day-to-day. His French lessons via Skype are both fun and interesting, and he adapts on-the-fly, so that he can always challenge me at the appropriate level." Maria, Cambridge, UK" Maria, Cambridge, UK "David is a great teacher who cares about his students and makes every effort for them to learn French on Skype where he types lessons notes. David has a proactive approach to learning and offers speaking conversation, grammar and reading classes. Check it out :)" Lachlan M., Sydney, Australia "David Issokson is a wonderful French teacher. I've had a number, and he is the best by far. He makes learning the language enjoyable, fun even, while covering the essentials." —Sandra Gulland, Ontario Canada "It is said that 'The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.' David is a great teacher who inspires. He has great patient and explains french pronunciation very nicely. He is very friendly with pleasant personality. I am sure anyone will love to learn french from David." – Dibakar Datta, Brown University, USA
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What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? Billy The Kid How many stories did each of the World Trade Towers have? 110 What is the name of the cafe in Coronation Street? Roy's Rolls According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace? 775 What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world? London Gatwick By number of films made, which country has the largest film industry? India Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Muhammad Ali On what day of the year is St George's day held? 23rd of April The scientific unit lumen is used in the measurement of what? Light Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle? Apollo 15 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? Stephenie Meyer What is the capital of India? New Delhi Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Edward Lear Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? Haiti In which city is the European Parliament based? Strasbourg Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit? Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c
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ID's.odt - Liberal Arts 01:510.349:01 with Koven at Rutgers University - New Brunswick/Piscataway - StudyBlue File Size: 7 Views: 14 Advertisement Teddy Boy: 1950 Nottinghill, Afro-Carribean people moved in huge escalation of white against black violence, TB=white vigilante. ?59 labor party youth commission ?girls sports clothes and entertainment no real great mission, no politics, social welfare all headonism. Style becomes a mode of politics, TB through dress and material goods act politics. Edwardian shortened to Teddy. Teddy boys were 1950 rebellious boys, who all dressed in a similar style. Drape jackets, ?brogue? shoes, slim jim ties, and greased ?duck? hair. Youth revolt during a major Britain loss of global power to Germany and Japan. What gave the Teddy Boys power was American Invasion of music and fashion, increase in leisure and entertainment businesses catering to youth, Butler Education Act, and a gap in the National Service. It ' s linked to children being on the frontlines of political action Womens War: The Igbo Women ' s War started in November 1929, when thousands of Igbo women from the Bende District of Nigeria southern Nigeria traveled to Oloko to protest against the Warrant Chiefs, whom they accused of restricting the role of women in the government. This incident become known as the Igbo Women ' s War of 1929. It was organized and led by the rural women of Owerri and Calabar provinces. sparked by a dispute between a woman named Nwanyeruwa and a man, Mark Emereuwa, who was helping to make a census of the people living in the town controlled by the Warrant, Okugo. In Oloko, the census was related to taxation, and women in the area were worried about who would tax them, especially during the perio d of hyperinflation in the late 1920s. On the morning of November 18, Emeruwa arrived at Nwanyereuwa ' s house and approached Nwanyereuwa, since her husband Ojim, had already died. He told the widow to " count her goats, sheep and people. " Since Nwanyereuwa understood this to mean, " How many of these things do you have so we can tax you based on them " , she was angry. She replied by saying " Was your widowed mother counted?, " meaning " that women don ' t pay tax in traditional Igbo society. " The two exchanged angry words, and Nwanyeruwa went to the town square to discuss the incident with other women who happened to be holding a meeting to discuss the issue of taxing women. Believing they would be taxed, based on Nwanyeruwa ' s account, the Oloko women invited other women from other areas in the Bende District, as well as from Umuahia and Ngwa. They gathered nearly 10,000 women who protested at the office of Warrant Chief Okugo, demanding his resignation and calling for a trial The Cotton Famine: Jamaica, Morant Bay, Oc t. 7, 1865. Distubance in courtroom to apprehend a man, Paul Bogel saved man and 150 ppl beat the officer and flee. 27 warrents issued for ppl and Bogel, riot assault stone throwing against warrents. Free trade sugar goes down in Jamaica?s plantations in trouble. Slaves are free but pay masters and work for them. Gov. Eyre uses martial law/Gordon Impartial and universal justice?test case for the legitimacy of British empire. Circulation of raw products, cotton, sugar, opium, tea, China, Jamaica, US, Global economy that linked together china India and American south through Manchester and great textile manufacuters and how that so hurt economy of India. Indians forced to wear callicos form Manchester even though India was premier producer of textiles. Cotton famine connected to plantocracy, so violent bc they suffered form free trade because they lowered the barriers, sugar cost the same, then slavery from SA. Plantocracy are richest whitest folk on island but they are stewards of a mode of life and production but free trade anti co rn law, abolition of slavery all brought down that way of life. Robert Peel: repealed corn laws (LOOK UP) Dual Mandate: IN AFRICA is the practice in which elected officials served in more than one elected or other public position simultaneously. The p
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 12th October – The Questions 12th October – The Questions Specialist questions set by Waters Green Rams. General knowledge questions set by Church House, Bollington. All vetted by Harrington Academicals. SPECIALIST ROUNDS- 1. SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE 2. SCIENCE 5. TIME FOR THE KIDS 6. POLITICS ROUND ONE - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE – News stories of the summer 1. Which actor, born Bernard Schwartz in 1925, died in September 2010? TONY CURTIS 2. In June, Princess Victoria married her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. Of which country is she a princess? SWEDEN 3. Which 74 year-old singing Dame received poor reviews when she appeared on a UK stage for the first time in 30 years at the London O2 in May? JULIE ANDREWS 4. What name was given to the tent city that was set up at the top of the San Jose pit shaft in Chile, where 33 miners were trapped? CAMP ESPERANZA (original Spanish name) or CAMP HOPE 5. Goodluck Jonathan became President of which country in May? NIGERIA 6. The Savile Enquiry finally delivered its findings on which event of 38 years ago? BLOODY SUNDAY (January 1972 in Derry) 7. Why was Mary Bale in the news in August? She was filmed on CCTV putting a CAT into a WHEELIE BIN in Coventry. 8. Which major New Zealand city was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale? CHRISTCHURCH Supp 1 Which company, with its head-quarters in Windermere, was declared the UK’s best retailer by Which? Magazine? LAKELAND Supp 2 Why was Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida in the news in September? He planned to BURN copies of the KORAN outside his church. ROUND TWO – SCIENCE 1. Which scientist was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and died at Down House in Kent in 1882? CHARLES DARWIN 2. Which acid was traditionally known as Oil Of Vitriol or Spirit Of Vitriol? SULPHURIC ACID 3. Which heavenly body has moons called Charon, Nix and Hydra? PLUTO 4. William was in prison in 1770, when he invented the toothbrush. What was his surname, still famous in that field today? ADDIS 5. Besides the elephant, which other African mammal is a source of ivory? HIPPOPOTAMUS 6. An amalgam is a compound containing which metal? MERCURY 7. What name is given to a triangle with sides of unequal length? SCALENE 8. What does a Campbell-Stokes Recorder Record? SUNSHINE (not temperature) Supp 1 Scientist William Harvey (born 1578) is famous for his research into what? THE BLOOD (circulation etc.) Supp 2 What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen? OZONE ROUND THREE – SPORT 1. Tony McCoy finally won his first Grand National in 2010 on his 15th ride in the race. Which horse did he ride? DON’T PUSH IT 2. Name either of the 2008 Ryder Cup captains. PAUL AZINGER or NICK FALDO 3. Which sport would you be taking part in if you used a monkey climber, waggler and a plumb? ANGLING / COARSE FISHING 4. Which county won the 2010 County Cricket Championship? NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 5. Which team won the 2010 Rugby League Challenge Cup? WARRINGTON WOLVES ( bt. Leeds Rhinos 30-6 in the final). Accept WARRINGTON. 6. Where will the final race in the 2010 Formula One Series be held? YAS MARINA circuit in ABU DHABI (accept either) 7. According to Wikipedia, which English football ground has the widest pitch and boasts the tallest floodlights? EASTLANDS (home of Manchester City) 8. Which football club holds the record for the fewest wins in a season in the Premier League? DERBY COUNTY – in 2007/8, their record was Played 38, Won 1, Drawn 8, Lost 29. Supp 1 How many times did Alex Higgins win the World Snooker Championship? TWO Supp 2 Which Rugby Union club has made their Premiership debut in the 2010/11 season? EXETER (Chiefs) ROUND FOUR – GEOGRAPHY 1. Which Irish port was known as Kingstown from 1821, after a visit by George IV, until 1921? DUN LAOGHAIRE (pronounced DUNLEARY) 2. Between 1947 and gaining independence in 1971, by what name was the present-day country of Bangladesh known? EAST PAKISTAN 3. Name an African country that, in its normal English spelling, contains the letter Q. MOZAMBIQUE or EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 4. The islands of Hokkaido a
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Why were German submarines in WWII called 'U-boats'? - Times of India Why were German submarines in WWII called 'U-boats'? Why were German submarines in WWII called 'U-boats'? U-boat is an abbreviation of the German word 'Unterseeboot' (meaning 'submarine' or 'under the sea boat'). Feb 8, 2003, 11.02 PM IST U-boat is an abbreviation of the German word ''Unterseeboot'' (meaning ''submarine'' or ''under the sea boat''). The German navy launched large-scale submarine offensives in both World Wars. The letter ''U'' inU-boats is from the German ''unter'', meaning ''under''. Geetha Balachandran, Chennai Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App. Click here to download it for your device. RELATED
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World War II | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia "The Second World War" and "WWII" redirect here. For other uses, see The Second World War (disambiguation) and WWII (disambiguation) . World War II (WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations —including all of the great powers —eventually forming two opposing military alliances : the Allies and the Axis . It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of " total war ", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort , erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) [1] [2] and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ), [3] it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities . These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history . [4] The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937, [5] but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939 [6] with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom . From late 1939 to early 1941, in a series of campaigns and treaties , Germany conquered or controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alliance with Italy and Japan . Based on the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union partitioned and annexed territories of their European neighbours, Poland , Finland , Romania and the Baltic states . For a year starting in late June 1940, the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth were the only Allied forces continuing the fight against the European Axis powers, with campaigns in North Africa and the Horn of Africa , the aerial Battle of Britain and the Blitz bombing campaign, as well as the long-running Battle of the Atlantic . In June 1941, the European Axis powers launched an invasion of the Soviet Union , opening the largest land theatre of war in history , which trapped the major part of the Axis' military forces into a war of attrition . In December 1941, Japan attacked the United States and European territories in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific. The Axis advance halted in 1942 when Japan lost the critical Battle of Midway , near Hawaii, and Germany was defeated in North Africa and then, decisively, at Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. In 1943, with a series of German defeats on the Eastern Front , the Allied invasion of Italy which brought about Italian surrender, and Allied victories in the Pacific, the Axis lost the initiative and undertook strategic retreat on all fronts. In 1944, the Western Allies invaded German-occupied France , while the Soviet Union regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Germany and its allies. During 1944 and 1945 the Japanese suffered major reverses in mainland Asia in South Central China and Burma , while the Allies crippled the Japanese Navy and captured key Western Pacific islands. The war in Europe ended with an invasion of Germany by the Western Allies and the Soviet Union culminating in the capture of Berlin by Soviet and Polish troops and the subsequent German unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945 . Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1945 and the refusal of Japan to surrender under its terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on 6 August and 9 August respectively. With an invasion of the Japanese archipelago imminent, the possibility of additional atomic bombings, and the Soviet Union's declaration of war on
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The 2000 Presidential Election: Why Gore Lost The 2000 Presidential Election: Why Gore Lost by GERALD M. POMPER Political Science Quarterly, Summer 2001, volume 116, issue 2, page 201 The presidential election of 2000 stands at best as a paradox, at worst as a scandal, of American democracy. Democrat Albert Gore won the most votes, a half million more than his Republican opponent George W. Bush, but lost the presidency in the electoral college by a count of 271-267. Even this count was suspect, dependent on the tally in Florida, where many minority voters were denied the vote, ballots were confusing, and recounts were mishandled and manipulated. The choice of their leader came not from the citizens of the nation, but from lawyers battling for five weeks. The final decision was made not by 105 million voters, but by a 5-4 majority of the unelected U.S. Supreme Court, issuing a tainted and partisan verdict. That decision ended the presidential contest, and George W. Bush now heads the conservative restoration to power, buttressed by thin party control of both houses of Congress. The election of 2000, however, will not fade. It encapsulates the political forces shaping the United States at the end of the twentieth century. Its controversial results will affect the nation for many years of the new era. THE SHAPE OF POLITICS IN 2000 The Geography of the Vote Not only two candidates, but virtually two nations confronted each other in the election of 2000. While Gore and Bush received essentially identical support in the total popular vote, they drew this support from very different constituencies. The electoral map (Figure 1) illustrates the cleavage. In carrying the preponderance of states (30), Bush changed the landscape of American politics. He swept the interior of the nation, including great swaths of the nation's territory in the South, Border, Plains, and Mountain areas. Gore won in only 20 states (and the District of Columbia), almost all on the geographical fringes of the nation--bordering the Atlantic Ocean (north of the Potomac), the Pacific Ocean, and the Great Lakes. Reflecting the sharp geographical divisions, which are detailed in the Appendix, the vote varied considerably among the nation's regions and states. While Gore won as much as two-thirds of the votes in New England, he won fewer than one in three in the Mountain states. These differences among the states were considerably more marked than in recent contests. [1] The ballots also revealed a rare instance of the conflict between "big states" and "small states" that had been feared by the framers of the Constitution. [2] Gore almost won because he carried six of the nine largest states, an advantage of 165 to 78, while Bush carried thirteen of the nineteen smallest, a 54-23 lead. The Texan's dominance in these small states exactly compensated for his loss of the single largest state, California. Even though he accumulated a million fewer votes than Gore (as well as a smaller plurality) in the combined totals of these states, the inherent tilt of the electoral college toward the smaller states brought a draw in this particular matchup. The geographical pattern of party support in 2000 was quite similar to that seen in recent elections, a correlation of .94 with the 1996 results. [3] Gore's support among the states was quite similar to that of Clinton--but it was critically smaller across the nation, a median loss of 5 percent. State size aside, the source of Bush's victory was his success in moving eleven states--including Gore's Tennessee and Clinton's Arkansas--that had supported the previous Democratic ticket into the Republican column, adding 112 electoral votes. The close national division was reflected in some of the states. A shift of merely a quarter of 1 percent of state votes--an infinitesimal national total of 17,000 ballots nationally--would have reversed 55 electoral votes from five states (Florida, Iowa, New Mexico, Oregon, and Wisconsin). Only in these close states, particularly Florida, did votes for the minor candidacies of Ralph Nader
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Tennis Events in History - BrainyHistory Years Tennis Events in History 2014 Event - Shamil Tarpischev, president of the Russian Tennis Federation, has been suspended for a year and fined $25,000 by the Women's Tennis Association Tour for making derogatory gender-based remarks about tennis champion sisters Serena and Venus Williams 2014 Event - Tennis champion Serena Williams beats Karolina Pliskova in her first game since leaving the Wimbledon games on July 1st due to illness; Williams will undergo future medical tests to confirm whether the illness was caused by a virus 2014 Event - French tennis player Alize Cornet beats top-ranked Serena Williams at Wimbledon 2014 Event - Serbian tennis player Ana Ivanovic, 2008 French Open Champion and former world number one, beats Serena Williams, a five-time Australian Open champion, during the fourth round of the 2014 Australian Open 2013 Event - For the second year in a row, Novak Djokovic is the winner of the Shanghai Masters Tennis competition 2013 Event - At the U.S. Open, tennis pro Serena Williams defeats Victoria Azarenka, winning Women's Singles for the fifth time 2013 Event - Serbian tennis pro Novak Djokovic achieves a four-set victory over opponent Andy Murray, winning the men's singles at the 2013 Australian Open 2013 Event - At the 2013 Australian Open, tennis pro Victoria Azarenka wins the women's singles event, after winning three sets in the final against Li Na 2012 Event - Britain tennis pro Andy Murray wins the16th gold medal for Britain during the 2012 Summer Olympics after defeating Roger Federer in the men's singles final 2012 Event - At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, tennis pro Roger Federer beats Andy Murray three sets to one at the Men's Singles final 2012 Event - Tennis pro Serena Williams beats Agnieszka Radwanska in the Women's Singles final at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships 2011 Event - Li Na becomes the first Asian tennis player to win a major title winning the 2011 French Open; Li Na is from the People's Republic of China 2010 Event - The Paris Masters final is won by Sweden's Robin Soderling, a first major win for the player, now ranked fourth in the world of tennis 2003 Death - Althea Gibson, tennis/golf great, first black woman to win Wimbledon, dies at 76 2001 Event - 115th U.S. Womens Tennis 2001 Event - 121st U.S. Mens Tennis 1999 Event - Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Event - Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Event - Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1998 Event - 68th French Womens Tennis: 1998 Event - 86th Australian Mens Tennis: Petr Korda beats Marcelo Rios (62 62 62) 1998 Event - 72nd Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats C Martinez (63 63) 1998 Death - Helen Wills Moody Roark, tennis ace (31 Grand Slams), dies at 92 1997 Event - Jana Novotna (Czechoslovakia) beats Mary Pierce (France) in Chase Tennis Champ 1997 Event - 35th Tennis Fed Cup: France beats Netherlands in Den Bosch Netherlands (4-1) 1997 Event - 111th U.S. Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Venus Williams (60 64) 1997 Event - 117th U.S. Mens Tennis: Patrick Rafter beats Greg Rusedski (63 62 46 75) 1997 Event - Men's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 Event - Women's championship at U.S. Tennis Open 1997 Event - 111th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats C Pioline (64 62 64) 1997 Event - 104th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beats Jana Novotna 1997 Event - 67th French Mens Tennis: Gustavo Kuerten beats S Bruguera (63 64 62) 1997 Event - 67th French Womens Tennis: Iva Majoli beats Martina Hingis (64 62) 1997 Event - 85th Australian Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Carlos Moya (62 63 63) 1997 Event - 71st Australian Womens Tennis: Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62) 1997 Event - Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International 1996 Death - Rene Lacoste, tennis player, dies at 92 1996 Event - 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0) 1996 Event - 110th U.S. Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (75 64) 1996 Event - 116th U.S. Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael C
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Sam Houston and the Battle for Texas Independence Sam Houston and the Battle for Texas Independence "Remember the Alamo" is a well-known phrase. Do you know what it means? Sam Houston had already served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as governor of Tennessee when he moved to Texas in 1832. At the time he arrived, Texas was part of Mexico and the site of rising tensions and violent disturbances between Mexican authorities and Anglo settlers from the United States. Voicing his support for a separate state of Texas, Houston emerged as a leader among the settlers. In 1835, he was chosen commander in chief of the Texas army. The Alamo was an 18th century Franciscan Mission in San Antonio, Texas, which was the location of an important battle for Texans fighting for independence from Mexico. In 1836, a small group of Texans was defeated by Mexican General Santa Anna. When Houston received word of the defeat at the Alamo, he was inspired to begin a month-long retreat to regroup and replenish the Texas army's strength. Remembering how badly the Texans had been defeated at the Alamo, on April 21, 1836, Houston's army won a quick battle against the Mexican forces at San Jacinto and gained independence for Texas. Soon after, Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas. He continued to serve as senator and governor after Texas became part of the United States in 1845. Sam Houston died in 1863 in Huntsville, Texas, where a 67-foot-tall memorial statue of him now stands. After a lifetime of service to his country, the event for which he is most well known is his role in the independence of Texas. page 1 of 1
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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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BIRMINGHAM SNOW HILL STATION - RAILWAY STATION (PART-TIME STAFF) in Birmingham (City Centre), England Geographic Location: Lat: 52.48447; Long: -1.9006 - GeoTag: GB-BIR Birmingham Snow Hill Station Birmingham Snow Hill Station is a Railway Station managed by London Midland and is located in or near Birmingham (City Centre), England. Mainland rail tickets from The Trainline.com You can obtain timetable information and ticket prices for trains from any UK mainland railway station to any other UK mainland railway station. Just click the banner below for further details. Discount on-line train tickets
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY Questions set by the Waters Green Lemmings and the Bate Horntails. ROUND ONE: Q1: The characters Vladimir and Estragon appear? A: Waiting for Godot. Q2: What relation was Pliny the Younger to Pliny the Elder? A: Nephew. Q3: Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed “Princess Pushy”? A: Princess Michael of Kent. Q4: What was the name of Perry Mason’s secretary? A: Della Street. Q5: What famous French film production/newsreel brand, established in 1896, was the first major movie corporation? A: Pathé (Pathé Frères - Pathé Brothers) Q6: Which King conferred the title “Royal and Ancient” on the Golf Club at St. Andrews? A: William IV. Q7: In which U.S. state is the vast majority of Yellowstone National Park? A: Wyoming. Q8: Which was the last British group to win the Eurovision Song Contest? A: Katrina and the Waves (in 1997 with Love Shine A Light). Q9: In October 2013, Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Driver’s Championship for the 4th consecutive time, but how many other people have achieved this feat? A: Three: (Juan Manuel Fangio; Alain Prost; Michael Schumacher). Q10: Which country finished third in the 1966 World Cup? A: Portugal. Q11: What was the surname of Art Historian and nun, Sister Wendy? A: Becket. Q12: What is the capital of Tajikistan? A: Dushanbe. Q13: Which Beatles album followed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? A: Magical Mystery Tour. Q14: Which detective was created by W J Burley? A: Wycliffe. Q15: Which of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five owned Timmy the Dog? A: George. Q16: In which prison was the television series “Porridge” set? Slade. Q17: Where in the human body is the radius? A: The forearm (accept arm). Q18: To which country do the islands of Spitzbergen belong? A: Norway. Q19: In which year was the Festival of Britain? A: 1951. Q20: In whose shop window did Bagpuss sit? A: Emily’s. Q1: At which English racecourse would you find Devil’s Dyke? A: Newmarket. Q2: Which is the largest moon in the Solar System? A: Ganymede. Q3: How many Nobel Prizes are usually awarded each year? A: Six: (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics). Q4: Who was the last King of Italy?
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RMS Titanic | Titanic Database Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Built in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, the RMS Titanic was the second of the three Olympic-class ocean liners – the others were the RMS Olympic and the HMHS Britannic (originally named Gigantic). [2] They were by far the largest vessels of the British shipping company White Star Line 's fleet, which comprised 29 steamers and tenders in 1912. [3] The three ships had their genesis in a discussion in mid-1907 between the White Star Line's chairman, J. Bruce Ismay , and the American financier J. Pierpont Morgan, who controlled the White Star Line's parent corporation, the International Mercantile Marine Co. Years earlier, in 1888, Pirrie had been in talks with Bruce Ismay's father Thomas Henry Ismay about the construction of a four funneled giant of these dimensions but it was decided no existing engine combination could power the behemoth. The White Star Line faced a growing challenge from its main rivals Cunard , which had just launched Lusitania and Mauretania – the fastest passenger ships then in service – and the German lines Hamburg America and Norddeutscher Lloyd. Ismay preferred to compete on size rather than speed and proposed to commission a new class of liners that would be bigger than anything that had gone before as well as being the last word in comfort and luxury. [4] The company sought an upgrade in their fleet primarily in response to the Cunard giants but also to replace their largest and now outclassed ships from 1890, the SS Teutonic and SS Majestic . The former was replaced by Olympic while Majestic was replaced by Titanic. Majestic would be brought back into her old spot on White Star's New York service after Titanic's loss. The ships were constructed by the Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff , who had a long-established relationship with the White Star Line dating back to 1867. [5] Harland and Wolff were given a great deal of latitude in designing ships for the White Star Line; the usual approach was for the latter to sketch out a general concept which the former would take away and turn into a ship design. Cost considerations were relatively low on the agenda and Harland and Wolff was authorised to spend what it needed on the ships, plus a five percent profit margin. [5] In the case of the Olympic-class ships, a cost of £3 million for the first two ships was agreed plus "extras to contract" and the usual five percent fee. [6] Harland and Wolff put their leading designers to work designing the Olympic-class vessels. It was overseen by Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line; naval architect Thomas Andrews , the managing director of Harland and Wolff's design department; Edward Wilding, Andrews' deputy and responsible for calculating the ship's design, stability and trim; and Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief draughtsman and general manager. [7] Carlisle's responsibilities included the decorations, equipment and all general arrangements, including the implementation of an efficient lifeboat davit design. [lower-alpha 1] On 29 July 1908, Harland and Wolff presented the drawings to J. Bruce Ismay and other White Star Line executives. Ismay approved the design and signed three "letters of agreement" two days later authorising the start of construction. [9] At this point the first ship – which was later to become Olympic – had no name, but was referred to simply as "Number 400", as it was Harland and Wolff's four hundredth hull. Titanic was based on a revised version of the same design and was given the number 401. [10] Dimensions and layout Edit Side plan of RMS Titanic Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28 m). Her total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m). [11] She measured 46,328 gross register tons and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (11 m), she displaced 52,310 tons. [2] All three of the Olympic-class ships had ten decks (excluding the top of the officers' quarters), eight of which w
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RMS Titanic is found by Dr Robert Ballad 1st September 1985 In the 1980s Dr. Robert Ballard was determined to discover the Titanic. On several occasions he tried to rally an expedition to find the most famous shipwreck of all time. To him undersea exploration was easy but the Titanic, deep on the Atlantic sea bed would push boundaries further than any deep sea diver had previously gone. Equipment had to be specially designed to withstand the water pressures of the depths they needed to explore. The Titanic would lay at a depth over 13,000 feet. In 1973, the submersible Alvin went through design changes. Inparticular, her steel hull was replaced with titanium alloy which could better withstand the depths involved. Eventually funding was granted from Woods Hole and equipment was borrowed from various sources that included a side scan sonar, a deep-towed magnetometer, an LIBEC imaging system and of course underwater cameras. The Titanic's distress signal placed the Titanic at 41°46'N, 50° 14' west. Part of the British Enquiry was to ascertain if this was exact. It concluded that the position given was slightly inaccurate as the Carpathia, who raced to the Titanic's rescue, reached the lifeboats before they should have done if the position was accurate. Ballard's search strategy was simply: they would scan the ocean floor within a best search triangle until they found the ship. Earlier in 1981 Jack Grimm led a team to find the ship, positive that they were searching the exact spot the ship foundered - they had not. Revised calculations suggested that the Titanic was eight miles further north than previously thought. They allowed for the speed of the lifeboats and the probable drift Titanic would have had on her way both after she had stopped and then down to the bottom of the ocean. After reworking these calculations, a second 1981 expedition failed again. The Deep-tow passed within a mile and a half of the wreck but the sonar scanners were out of range. After three weeks of searching Grimm was convinced he had found one of Titanic's propellers. He began to tell the world that Titanic had been found. Two years later Grimm wanted to search the area again but the expedition failed. Ballard who had followed the expeditions with great interest realised that Grimm had not spent enough time looking for the ship. It was now Ballard's turn. Ballard had a realisation which led him to develop the Argo/Jason concept. When assembled they were a remote controlled deep towed deep sea video vessel combined with a swimming robot on a cable leash. The name of the project was derived form Greek mythology (Jason and the Argonauts). Argo would be an unmanned submarine loaded with video cameras towed above the ocean bottom at the end of fibre-optical wires. The built in sonar could scan accurately the ocean floor for small debris. In 1984 the US Navy agreed to fund a three week test for the following summer and Argo was built. Aboard the Knorr, Ballard sailed to where he believed the Titanic sank. He hoped that his French colleagues had not beaten him to the wreck. However, by the end three weeks he had not found the ship and on August 6 1985 headed home. Lateral thinking When a ship it sinks it leaves a path of debris (objects from within the ship or objects breaking off). Depending how deep the vessel sinks this debris can be scattered over a large distance. On a shorter descent, the debris falls more or less vertically. However, as the Titanic sank 21/2 miles a huge debris field was expected. A new search strategy was formed. This time they would first look for the debris field rather than the Titanic herself. The logbook of the Californian enabled Ballard and his crew to estimate the speed and direction of drift of the lifeboats. The Californian was between five to ten miles away from the Titanic at the time of the disaster and reported in its log that they had experienced drift. Also Ballard knew that the Titanic had to be north of where the lifeboats were found. On August 24 1985 Ballard returned to the vacinity of the Titanic. He
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Chris Haney, co-creator of board game Trivial Pursuit, dies at 59 Chris Haney, 59 Chris Haney, co-creator of board game Trivial Pursuit, dies at 59 Chris Haney, left, and Scott Abbott came up with the idea for the board game in 1979. By the time Hasbro bought the rights to the game in 2008, 100 million copies of Trivial Pursuit had been sold. (Associated Press/canadian Press File) By Elaine Woo Thursday, June 3, 2010 Chris Haney, a former Canadian journalist whose fascination with entertaining, barely useful tidbits of information led him to co-create the bestselling board game Trivial Pursuit, died May 31 at a Toronto hospital. He was 59. He had kidney and circulatory problems, said Scott Abbott, who created the game with Haney more than 30 years ago and watched it become a cultural phenomenon across North America and around the world. "I was the architect and Chris was the general contractor. I invented it and he made it happen," Abbott said of the partnership that resulted in more than 100 million copies of Trivial Pursuit being sold in 33 countries by the time Hasbro bought the rights to the game for $80 million in 2008. Decades before data hounds had Google, there was Trivial Pursuit, a $29.99 board game that elevated the acquisition of a wide range of arcane knowledge to a coveted social skill. Players answered questions in six broad categories to collect six colored pie wedges to win. The game rewarded people who knew such factoids as what part of an elephant has 100,000 muscles, what was Elvis Presley's highest-grossing movie and who invented the flush toilet. Although trivia games and books were not new, Trivial Pursuit "spread like a virus all over the culture," said pop culture historian Robert Thompson, who attributed the game's enormous popularity to a critical mass of college-educated people that began building after World War II. Mr. Haney never had the appearance of a striver. He was often described in articles as somewhat scraggly looking, usually dressed in jeans with holes burned from cigarettes. He was more than 6 feet tall, with a handlebar moustache he was fond of twirling. Born Aug. 9, 1950, in Welland, Ontario, Mr. Haney often described himself as a beer-swilling high school dropout whose biggest mistake was quitting school at 17. "I should have done it when I was 12," he said in interviews. When he dropped out, his father, a radio news reader, insisted he get a job and helped him find one in the photo department at the Canadian Press wire service. He met Abbott, a sportswriter for the Canadian Press, in 1975 when he was assigned to the Montreal bureau to organize photo coverage of the 1976 Olympics. They became close friends and housemates. In 1979, Mr. Haney was married to his first wife, Sarah Crandall, and working for the Montreal Gazette when he and Abbott hit on the idea that would change their lives. It was a Saturday night before Christmas, and Mr. Haney and his wife had returned from grocery shopping with a surprise for Abbott: a Scrabble set. But Mr. Haney groused about paying what he believed was an inflated price -- $11 -- for the board game. "He said, 'There must be a lot of money in games. Why don't we invent one?' " Abbott recalled in an interview Tuesday. "Then he said, 'What should it be about?' I said, 'Trivia.' " They worked out the basic details in 45 minutes. Mr. Haney suggested calling the game Trivia Pursuit, but his wife suggested a crucial tweak: adding an L to make it Trivial Pursuit. CONTINUED 1
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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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'Magic Mike' Vs. 'The Full Monty' - MTV mtv Christine Champ 06/28/2012 "Steven Soderbergh and Channing Tatum: together at last." That's what we're sure you were thinking when you saw the trailer for "Magic Mike," a tale of seasoned Tampa stripper who shows a young buck the ropes. It's an abs, schlong and dance fest that also features "I Am Number Four" star Alex Pettyfer (as stripper ingenue Adam), "True Blood" werewolf Joe Manganiello as "Big Dick" Richie, and Matthew McConaughey in the role he was born for, smarmy leather-cowboy Dallas, club Xquisite's manager. What we were thinking, however, was how will "Magic Mike" measure up to another long-beloved stripper story, "The Full Monty" (starring Robert Carlyle, Tom Wilkinson and Mark Addy) -- the hard-knocks comedy about unemployed British steelworkers who lose their shirts (financially speaking) and decide to take the rest of it off to make the cash they need to survive a down economy? BEEFCAKE When women are in the mood for male strippers, what they're craving, to be frank, is beefcake. Hard, muscled bodies glistening with dirty, dirty dancing sweat. "The Full Monty": More like poundcake or string cheese, this film's down-and-out-of-shape middle-aged dance crew has the saggy physique and receding hairline of real steelworkers, not the kind ladies ogle on a Chippendales stage. "Magic Mike": "Oh looord, it's gettin' hot up in this theater!" is what women won't be able to stop saying, or thinking, when they see Channing Tatum and "True Blood"'s were-Adonis groove and gyrate. Advantage: Duh! "Magic Mike," of course. SHOWMANSHIP Costumes, choreography, staging ... lasses love a song-and-dance spectacle, especially even it involves sexy man buns (as opposed to slovenly plumber crack). "The Full Monty": The novice strippers ultimately manage to overcome their clumsiness and deliver a men-in-blue routine that playfully riffs on Joe Cocker's "You Can Leave Your Hat On." "Magic Mike": Cops, boxers, dream dolls, cowboys, firemen, dancers, soldiers in trenches thrusting to "It's Raining Men" ... Xquisite has all its female fantasy bases covered and pulls out all stops to hit a strip-club home run. (Home plate is reached is when a stripper dry humps a gleefully screaming female on stage.) Advantage: "Magic Mike" wins again. PENIS PUMPS Yes, that's right, we said penis pumps. Men, you know what we're talking about. Don't pretend you don't. "The Full Monty": What's worse than a penis pump that won't work? Having to dial the manufacturer from a public phone booth and tell them about it, which is exactly what Horse has to do when his pump doesn't seem to, well, make a difference ... "Magic Mike": Adam has a hard time concentrating on backstage chit-chat with the other dancers. Maybe it's because Big Dick's (aka Richie's) pump -- penis included -- is whooshing away inches from his face. Advantage: Pumps were present (though not in use) in both films, so we'll call this one a draw. SIZE MATTERS Speaking of penises ... we might as well talk about the elephant in the room, i.e., the elephant-sized appendage. "The Full Monty": By nickname alone, we assume Horse is well hung; but Lomper, judging by the jaws dropped when he drops his drawers, trumps him by more than a few inches. "Magic Mike": Big Dick. The name says it all. And what it doesn't say, we glimpse in a nude stage silhouette of Richie's manhood dangling for all to see. (BTW, ladies if you're wondering if Joe Manganiello used a dick double, he's not denying or confirming. As he told "The New York Post," "I'm reveling in the curiosity.") Advantage: Seeing (or at least almost seeing) is believing, so this point goes to "Magic Mike." THE MOVES "The Full Monty": Horse's "Funky Chicken" James Brown impression deserves applause, as does the aforementioned "You Can Leave Your Hat On" number. "Magic Mike": Damn, that Channing Tatum can dance! Which is really no surprise since the movie was based on the few months of his teenhood he spent as a Tampa stripper. And don't forget, the dance-off flick "Step Up" launched his Hollywood career. St
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BAND NAMES .. ORIGINS Numbers 10cc Manager Jonathan King chose the name after having a dream in which he was standing in front of the Hammersmith Odeon in London where the boarding read "10cc The Best Band in the World". A widely repeated claim, disputed by King and Godley, but confirmed in a 1988 interview by Creme, and also on the webpage of Gouldman's current line-up, is that the band name represented a volume of semen that was more than the average amount ejaculated by men, thus emphasising their potency or prowess. 10 SECONDS OF FOREVERS named after Hawkwind's "10 Seconds of Forever" 10,000 MANIACS Inspired by the old horror movie called '2000 Maniacs' 101 ERS (the) The group was named after the squat where they lived together: 101 Walterton Road, Maida Vale, although it was for a time rumoured that they were named for "Room 101", the infamous torture room in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. 13th FLOOR ELEVATORS (the) The band's name was developed from a suggestion by drummer John Ike Walton to use the name "Elevators" and Clementine Hall added "13th Floor" 2Be3 French band using English language as a pun ~ meaning To Be Free 23rd TURNOFF (THE) They took their name from the motorway sign indicating the nearby M6 exit. 3rd STRIKE Lead singer named his band after the "three strikes, you're out" law. 311 311 is an Omaha police code for indecent exposure. P-Nut and some friends went skinny dipping in a public pool. They were apprehended by police. P-Nut's friendwas arrested, cuffed (naked) and taken home to his parents. He was issued a citation for a code 311 (indecent exposure). 702 Pronounced "Seven-Oh-Two", named after the area code of their hometown of Las Vegas. 801 / THE 801 Taken from the Eno song "The True Wheel", which appears on his 1974 solo album Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy). The refrain of the song - "We are the 801, we are the central shaft" 808 STATE Took their name from their Roland TR-808 drum machine. ("the 808 state" is a nickname for Hawaii, due to 808 being the telephone area code) _____________________________________ A A DAY IN THE LIFE named after the Beatles song "A Day in the Life". They are now known as Hawthorne Heights. A DAY TO REMEMBER This was a phrase came from the band's first drummer Bobby Scruggs' girlfriend, who used the phrase a lot at the bands rehearsals. A PERFECT CIRCLE aka APC when asked at a news conference, frontman Maynard Keenan stated that the name " A Perfect Circle" originates from the friendships of the band members, all of them met one another in a way resembling "a perfect circle of friendship" A WILHELM SCREAM they named themselves after a sound effect, The Wilhelm scream, which is a frequently-used film and television stock sound effect, first used in 1951 for the film Distant Drums. A-CADS according to press releases, their name is a compromise between the band and thier manager Peter Rimmer. Apparently Rimmer was keen to name the group after the Rand Academy of Music, while the group members preferred choice was The Cads, the result being The A-Cads. A-HA "a-ha" comes from a title that member Pål Waaktaar thought giving to a song. Morten Harket was looking through Waaktaar's notebook and came across the name "a-ha". He liked it and said, "That's a great name. That's what we should call ourselves". After checking dictionaries in several languages, they found out that a-ha was an international way of expressing recognition, with positive connotations. A-STUDIO The band was first called their 'Alma-Ata Studio' after the town Almaty where it was formed. Later, the name was shortened to "A-Studio". A-TEENS The 'A' stands for ABBA since they started as a cover band for the group, but the name was changed upon the request from Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson to avoid confusion. ABC named after the 1970 number-one hit song by The Jackson 5, "ABC" ABBA An acronym for the first names of the band members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson and Anni-Frid (Frida) Lyngstad. AC/DC Guitarists
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Art Clokey's Gumbyworld – Official Home of Gumby & Pokey Dynamite Entertainment to Release Retrospective Art Book of a True American Icon: Gumby Gumby, the unforgettable stop motion character, has entertained generations of fans since his introduction in the early 1950s. Now, Dynamite will release the essential compendium to his 60-year history in 2017, featuring an incredible retrospective on not only the characters themselves, but a look into the life of their creator: Art Clokey. New Deluxe Collection to Pay Tribute to The » Read more Here Comes Gumby in the Hollywood Christmas Parade Mark your calendars! Live parade, Sunday, November 27. TV airings throughout the season: listings available here. Gumby will make his way down the red carpet of the Hollywood Christmas Parade on Sunday, November 27. A 60-foot inflatable Gumby joins the Gumby mascot and the Clokey family who will be presenting Gumby DVDs (compliments of NCircle Entertainment) and Gumby bendable toys (donated by N.J. Croce) to Toys » Read more Meet Gumby’s Godfather Tom Sarnoff Gumby Central spent some quality time with Tom Sarnoff, Gumby’s Godfather. Tom, a young executive at NBC studios in the 1950s and ‘60s, greenlit the very first Gumby Show, and he’s been involved with Gumby ever since. He has made tremendous contributions to the television industry. Here’s the interview: GC: When did you first meet Gumby creator Art Clokey? TS: I » Read more Gumby Jams with the Iconic Band RUSH! The iconic Canadian band RUSH has a new documentary, RUSH / Time Stand Still, which debuted in select theaters on November 3 and 17, 2016 in the U.S. and Canada. This fascinating documentary chronicles the final major tour of the legendary rock band. Gumby – RUSH connection RUSH members love Gumby! So much so, that they featured cuts to Gumby » Read more Gumby Pops up in Toy Exhibits Across the Country Gumby and Pokey are touring the U.S. Our dynamic duo (6” bendable toys from the ‘60s) are on display in the new exhibit: Toys of the ‘50s, 60s and 70s. Now appearing in its fifth U.S. city, the exhibit is drawing large crowds. This fun exhibit chronicles toys through three decades. And you guessed it… Gumby made the cut. Gumby. » Read more New Gumby DVDs: The 60’s Episodes, Vol. 2 Now Available Iconic Remastered Gumby Episodes–Always in Style Here come Gumby and Pokey in a new DVD gift set of wild and inventive late 60’s episodes! The Adventures of Gumby, 1960s, Volume 2 was just released on September 13, 2016. It contains over 40 clay-animated episodes, fully re-mastered from their original camera rolls and soundtracks. A great bonus—two Blockheads bendable toys are included. » Read more Read more
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Blondie and Dagwood Blondie and Dagwood Blondie is a popular comic strip created by Murat Bernard "Chic" Young and syndicated by King Features Syndicate. It has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930. The success of the comic strip led to a long-run Blondie film series (1938-1950) and a popular Blondie radio program (1939-1950). Chic Young drew Blondie until his death in 1973, when the control of the strip passed to his son Dean Young. Dean Young has collaborated with a number of artists on the strip, including Jim Raymond, Mike Gersher, Stan Drake, Denis Lebrun and most recently, John Marshall. Through these changes, Blondie has remained popular, appearing in more than 2300 newspapers in 55 countries and translated into 35 languages, as of 2005. Blondie celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2005. Characters Originally, Blondie focused on the adventures of Blondie Boopadoop, a carefree flapper girl who spent her days in dance halls. On February 17, 1933, after much fanfare and build-up, Miss Boopadoop married her boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead, the son of a wealthy industrialist. Unfortunately for the Bumsteads, Dagwood was disowned by his upper-crust family for marrying beneath his class. Ever since, he has been slaving away at the office of the J. C. Dithers Construction Company under the direction of tyrannical boss Julius Caesar Dithers, who frequently threatens to fire Dagwood from his workplace when (as frequently happens) Dagwood either botches or does not finish his work, sleeps on the job, comes into work late, or pesters Dithers for a raise or promotion. Blondie and Dagwood live next door to Herb and Tootsie Woodley. The Bumstead family has grown, with the addition of a son named Alexander (originally "Baby Dumpling") in 1934, a daughter named Cookie in 1941 (both permanently frozen in their late teens as of 2008), and a dog named Daisy. Alexander and Cookie have grown into teenagers who uncannily resemble their parents. Other regular characters include Mr. Beasley the mailman, Elmo Tuttle, a pesky neighborhood kid who often asks Dagwood to play, Cora Dithers, the domineering wife of Julius Dithers, and Lou, owner of Lou's Diner where Dagwood frequently eats on his lunch break. Running gags There are several running gags in this strip. * An impossibly tall sandwich Dagwood often fixes for a snack, which came to be known as a Dagwood sandwich. * Dagwood's propensity to nap on the couch during the day. * He is repeatedly shown colliding with Mr. Beasley while rushing out the front door each morning, or to be interrupted by other characters while he is relaxing in the bathtub. * Goofing off or sleeping at his desk in the office. * Mr. Dithers firing him for being incompetent, or physically booting him out of his office. * Dagwood demanding a raise from Dithers and failing to get it every time. * Dagwood meeting salesmen at his house door selling impossible looking items. * The car pool gag, with various variations, with Dagwood keeping his car pool waiting, running after their car, or stuck in traffic. * Having a midnight snack. * The Christmas shopping gag, where Dagwood is shown holding up a number of Christmas packages that completely cover up his face and upper body. 75th anniversary In 2005 the strip celebrated its 75th anniversary. In preparation of the anniversary the artists started the longest running serial ever, starting on 10 July, 2005, and running till 4 September, 2005. During this period they only ran preparation for the anniversary daily cartoons [1]. Characters from several other strips, including Garfield, Beetle Bailey and Hagar the Horrible, made appearances [2]. During this time, the strip Pearls Before Swine made fun of the fact that their cast was not invited, and decided to invite themselves. Changing times While the distinctive look and running gags of Blondie have been carefully preserve
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Megadeth | Megadeth | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Two months after lead guitarist Dave Mustaine was fired from Metallica due to drinking, drug use, violent behavior and personality conflicts with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich , Mustaine and bassist Dave Ellefson formed Megadeth in Los Angeles. Mustaine later said, "After getting fired from Metallica, all I remember is that I wanted blood. Theirs. I wanted to be faster and heavier than them." According to Mustaine, the name "Megadeth represents the annihilation of power. We spell the name phonetically because the meaning to us is the same as you get out of the dictionary; it's hypothetical body count after a nuclear fallout. It's a million deaths, and we want to leave our audience shell-shocked wherever we go." [1] Fueled by the desire for revenge, [2] Mustaine elevated the intensity of Megadeth's music, speeding up existing songs such as " Mechanix ," which Metallica 's new line-up adapted into the slower paced " The Four Horsemen ." After unsuccessfully searching for a vocalist for nearly six months, Mustaine decided to handle lead vocal duties himself, while also serving as the band's primary lyricist, main songwriter, and co-lead and rhythm guitarist. Early in 1984 Megadeth recorded a three song demo, the so-called 1984 Demo, featuring Mustaine, Ellefson, and Rausch, which contained early versions of "Last Rites/Loved to Death," ( Template:Audio ) "Skull Beneath the Skin" and "Mechanix." Kerry King (of Slayer fame), covered a handful of live dates while the band sought a permanent replacement. [3] After just a few shows in 1984, Lee Rausch was replaced by fusion drummer Gar Samuelson . [4] On the strength of their three song demo, Megadeth signed with the New York based independent label Combat Records , and in December added second guitarist Chris Poland , a friend of Gar's from the fusion scene. Template:Citation needed Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985–1986) Edit Early in 1985, the band was given $8,000 by Combat Records to record and produce their debut album. [5] However, after spending half of the album's budget on drugs, alcohol, and food the band was forced to fire their original producer and produce the album themselves. [5] Despite the resulting poor production, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! , released in May 1985, was a well-received effort that blended elements of thrash , and speed metal . [6] [7] The album features the first of many cover songs performed by Megadeth; a speed metal version of Nancy Sinatra 's classic " These Boots Are Made for Walkin' " ( Template:Audio ), with lyrics altered by Mustaine. The song sparked controversy in later years when the song's original author, Lee Hazlewood , deemed Mustaine's changes to be "vile and offensive" [5] and demanded that the song be removed from the album. Under threat of legal action, the song was removed from all pressings released after 1995. In 2002, however, the album was re-released with a partial version of the song, though with the altered lyrics censored by a "beep." In the Killing Is My Business... deluxe edition liner notes, Mustaine is strongly critical of Hazlewood, and notes he received royalties for almost 10 years before objecting to the altered version. [8] In the summer of 1985, the group toured the United States and Canada for the first time, supporting Killing Is My Business... with Exciter . During the tour, new guitarist Chris Poland abruptly left the band, and was replaced by touring guitarist Mike Albert. [4] Poland later rejoined Megadeth in October 1985 however, shortly before they began work on their second album with Combat Records . Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986–1987) Edit Originally completed in March 1986, Megadeth's second album again suffered from Combat Records small recording budget, and the band was initially unhappy with the final mixed product. Frustrated by the small independent label's financial insufficiencies, Megadeth signed to major label Capitol Records , who also bought the rights to the new album. Capitol hired
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Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin's Dubious Recording History Yardbirds photo courtesy of Epic/EMI Records By Will Shade In July 1968, the Yardbirds finally threw in the towel. Relf and McCarty made the fatal decision that heavy, guitar dominated music was on the way out. They formed the art rock/progressive band, Renaissance. McCarty is still rueful, yet bemused, about the path he chose to follow. He has since reformed the Yardbirds several times. The latest configuration, with Chris Dreja, has toured America and Europe well into the New Millenium. They do an incredible version of "Dazed and Confused,� seguing straight from a note perfect "Still I'm Sad.� It would seem that McCarty and Dreja feel some right to the song. Relf and McCarty's foray into prog rock was short lived. They released only one album with Renaissance. A second Renaissance LP was half done before they packed it in and John Hawken took it upon himself to locate other musicians to finish it. Keith Relf apparently realized the error of his ways, forming a heavy metal band in the mid-70s. Their one and only album, the self-titled Armageddon, is one of the great lost classics. It easily stands cheek by jowl with his former bandmate's work in Led Zeppelin. Chris Dreja was initially slated to be the bass player in Page's new lineup, but bowed out gracefully once a more enthusiastic replacement was found. Page obviously made the right choice. He walked away with a stockpile of songs, including heavy metal's nascent anthem, "Dazed and Confused." The stalwart Jimmy Page soon assembled a new band, which still called itself the Yardbirds. Comprised of Page, fellow session hack John Paul Jones on bass, drummer John Bonham and vocalist Robert Plant, they fulfilled the original band's final contractual obligations, touring Sweden in September 1968. Contrary to accepted facts, the band was not known as the New Yardbirds at the time. Scandinavian ads billed them as either the Yardbirds or Yardbirds with Jimmy Page. Now back to the name "Yardbirds� itself. McCarty and Relf signed a document, which authorized Page and Dreja to fill out a Yardbirds group to satisfy the Scandinavian dates only. Page and Dreja had the name, even when Dreja left the band to pursue his passion for photography. Chris Dreja cleared up matters in a 2001 interview with this author. He recalled an exchange with the last Yardbirds manager, Peter Grant, who would go on to guide Led Zeppelin as well. "I do remember through my own lawyer just remind Peter that I had in no way given up moral rights to the name itself whether I was a photographer or dentist or whatever. I certainly didn't hand it over to Jimmy Page," Dreja said. "I wasn't going to give up the moral rights to my status and what the band was. And through my lawyer I informed them of that. It was nothing heavy, but it's interesting they became Led Zeppelin fairly quickly." When Chris Dreja found out that manager Peter Grant was sending the group out to tour England (October 18-19) under the name, the ex-Yardbird informed Page and Grant that he did not want them to use said name. The name change was announced in the October 19, 1968 issue of "Disc" magazine. Dreja's request caused the name change - Page has never owned it. Around this time, the new group had entered the studio to record their first album (boxes containing the master tapes are marked "Yardbirds"). Soon, they adopted their new name, which would grace their eponymous debut. Amusingly enough, the name Led Zeppelin itself wasn't devised by any member of the band. In May 1966, Jeff Beck was growing disenchanted with the Yardbirds. He and Jimmy Page entered the studio to record a number of tracks along with John Paul Jones and the Who's great drummer, Keith Moon. Moon's bandmate, John Entwistle, was also involved in some capacity. Apocryphal legend says the recording session went so well that the four musicians discussed forming a band. Moon and Entwistle were dissatisfied with Pete Townshend's increasing dictatorial grip on the Who. They were quite keen on the ide
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"What is the name of the convict in Charles Dickens novel, ""Great Expectations""?"
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Great Expectations - Charles Dickens - Google Books Great Expectations 658 Reviews https://books.google.com/books/about/Great_Expectations.html?id=fhUXAAAAYAAJ One of the finest novels by iconic British author Charles Dickens, this Victorian tale follows the good-natured orphan Pip as he makes his way through life. As a boy, Pip crosses paths with a convict named Magwitch, a man who will heavily influence Pip’s adulthood. Meanwhile, the earnest young man falls for the beautiful Estella, the adoptive daughter of the affluent and eccentric Miss Havisham. Widely considered to be Dickens's last great book, the story is steeped in romance and features the writer's familiar themes of crime, punishment, and societal struggle. What people are saying - Write a review User ratings Novels purchased User Review - Maria - Target I purchased a class set of Great Expectations Abridged. It was a quick, easy purchase. I was notifited immediately when the shipment had to be split, but everythig arrived, as described, within a week. I'm very satisfied and would use online purchasing again. I also got free shipping! Read full review LibraryThing Review User Review - miss_scarlet - LibraryThing The first of Dickens' novels that I have read, it captured my attention from the start. The relation among all the characters was amazing. However, I read it for school, so my version was the abridged one. Very engrossing read. I now look forward to discovering more of Dickens' novels. Read full review
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Mr. Wopsle - Great Expectations Great Expectations "Mr. Wopsle, united to a Roman nose and a uncommonly proud of.." pg.23 From this phrase we have know of Mr. Wopsle's facial characteristics and we know he has a large head. We also know he has a voice he is proud of, but from the way it is stated that "he was uncommonly proud of..." (his voice) we can infer that some people may not find it very appealing. "Mr. Wopsle said grace with theatrical declamation- as it now appears to me, somthing like a religious cross of the Ghost of Hamlet with Richard the Third..." pg.25 From this phrase we now know that Mr. Wopsle is a very theatrical person and that he overexaggerates the simplest of things such as grace... you would like to hear give it out. Our This phrase form the book lets us know that Mr. Wopsle is the church clerk and that he really takes giving out the psalm seriously and enjoys speaking... From this phrase we know that Mr. Wopsle is a knowledgable man who Pip trusts to teach him. Also we now know that Mr. Wopsle is a kind man who doesn't mind sharing his knowledge and teaching Pip... Mr. Wopsle faces a man vs. society conflict throughout him wanting to be a good actor, but nobody ever quite taking him seriously. book he trys voicing his opinions but people never because he is always so theatrical. Whenever Mr. Wopsle speaks he is taken as a joke. Mr. Wopsle's conflict never fully gets when Pip and Herbert go to watch Mr. Wopsle's laughing and still don't take Mr. Wopsle's effort to be a truly good actor seriously. is never fully resolved because even though he succeeds in becoming an actor, he still isn't taken seriously. Great Expectations was a very difficult book for me to get into. I found that the book, by Charles Dickens, was very wishy- washy. I say this because some parts of the book were very boring and dragged on for me when reading, and other parts were exciting or mysterious. Great Expectations is split into three parts,I enjoyed the beginning of the book involving Pip's confrontation with the convict and his time when he was staying with Joe and Mrs. Joe. I also enjoyed the parts of the book involving Miss Havisham and Estella. I found that I disliked the second section of the book the most. For me, this part of the book dragged on and got very boring at parts. I say this because there wasn't much action that took place in this section of the book that really got me hooked. Rather, it included Pip staying in London, meeting new people and waiting to meet the person who has given him his great expectations. The third section got better and I enjoyed this part of the book. In this part of the book Pip discovered who had given him his expectations and the plot really takes off and many things are discovered in this part of the book. I warn others about the old style English writing style Dickens' used which made this book even harder to follow at certain parts. Overall, I did enjoy the book but I wouldn't recommend it to people who have a short attention span. If I chose a theme song for this novel, it would be "You Know Me" by The Format. I would chose this song because I can relate it to many parts of Great Expectations. At one point the lyrics state: "I could stand to do without all the people I have left behind", this of the song makes me think about Pip when he got his expectations. He made it seem as if Joe and Biddy meant nothing to him. In another point in the song the lyrics say: "I just gotta get myself, over me" this reminds me of Pip at the end of the book when he wants to reunite with Joe and Biddy. This also reminds me of the way Pip didn't want to be associated with Magwitch at first but then really grew to care about him after he found he lost his expectations. One last part of the song I can relate to the book is when the lyrics go: "Oh my God, I gave my best but for three whole years, to end like this?" This part of the song reminded me of all the time Pip wasted on Estella and how she never really gave him the light of day. Overall I could really relate song "You
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Flags of Every Country Follow us... Flags of Every Country Tweet This map shows Flags of every country in the world. Flag description produced from actual flags or the best information available at the time the entry was written. The flags of independent states are used by their dependencies unless there is an officially recognized local flag. Some disputed and other areas do not have flags. Note: Flag description from CIA Factbook and Flag image from Wikipedia. Last updated: Abkhazia Afghanistan three equal vertical bands of black (hoist side), red, and green, with the national emblem in white centered on the red band and slightly overlapping the other two bands; the center of the emblem features a mosque with pulpit and flags on either side, below the mosque are numerals for the solar year 1298 (1919 in the Gregorian calendar, the year of Afghan independence from the UK); this central image is circled by a border consisting of sheaves of wheat on the left and right, in the upper-center is an Arabic inscription of the Shahada (Muslim creed) below which are rays of the rising sun over the Takbir (Arabic expression meaning "God is great"), and at bottom center is a scroll bearing the name Afghanistan; black signifies the past, red is for the blood shed for independence, and green can represent either hope for the future, agricultural prosperity, or Islam note: Afghanistan had more changes to its national flag in the 20th century than any other country; the colors black, red, and green appeared on most of them Akrotiri the flag of the UK is used Albania red with a black two-headed eagle in the center; the design is claimed to be that of 15th-century hero George Castriota SKANDERBERG, who led a successful uprising against the Turks that resulted in a short-lived independence for some Albanian regions (1443-1478); an unsubstantiated explanation for the eagle symbol is the tradition that Albanians see themselves as descendants of the eagle; they refer to themselves as "Shkypetars," which translates as "sons of the eagle" Algeria two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white; a red, five-pointed star within a red crescent centered over the two-color boundary; the colors represent Islam (green), purity and peace (white), and liberty (red); the crescent and star are also Islamic symbols, but the crescent is more closed than those of other Muslim countries because the Algerians believe the long crescent horns bring happiness American Samoa blue, with a white triangle edged in red that is based on the fly side and extends to the hoist side; a brown and white American bald eagle flying toward the hoist side is carrying two traditional Samoan symbols of authority, a war club known as a "Fa'alaufa'i" (upper; left talon), and a coconut fiber fly whisk known as a "Fue" (lower; right talon); the combination of symbols broadly mimics that seen on the US Great Seal and reflects the relationship between the United States and American Samoa Andorra three vertical bands of blue (hoist side), yellow, and red, with the national coat of arms centered in the yellow band; the latter band is slightly wider than the other two so that the ratio of band widths is 8:9:8; the coat of arms features a quartered shield with the emblems of (starting in the upper left and proceeding clockwise): Urgell, Foix, Bearn, and Catalonia; the motto reads VIRTUS UNITA FORTIOR (Strength United is Stronger); the flag combines the blue and red French colors with the red and yellow of Spain to show Franco-Spanish protection note: similar to the flags of Chad and Romania, which do not have a national coat of arms in the center, and the flag of Moldova, which does bear a national emblem Angola two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and black with a centered yellow emblem consisting of a five-pointed star within half a cogwheel crossed by a machete (in the style of a hammer and sickle); red represents liberty, black the African continent, the symbols characterize workers and peasants Anguilla blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the
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Tanzania State Symbols, Song, Flags and More - Worldatlas.com Animal: Giraffe Coat of Arms: Coat of Arms: Tanzania's coat of arms is composed of a man and woman supporting a warrior's shield divided into four sections. The first section depicts a burning torch (symbolizing enlightenment, knowledge and freedom), the second is the national flag, the third a crossed axe and hoe, and the fourth contains wavy bands of blue (representing the land and sea). Motto: "Uhuru na Umoja" ("Freedom and Unity") Tree: African Blackwood
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IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Desperate Housewives" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Desperate Housewives" 1-50 of 186 names. Mae Whitman Mae was born in Los Angeles, California to Pat Musick, a voice artist, and Jeffrey Whitman, a personal manager and set construction coordinator. She began her career with a voice-over for a Tyson Chicken commercial. Whitman attended Ribét Academy, a private preparatory school in Los Angeles. She was later transferred to Whitefish Bay High School, where she graduated. Whitman made her first silver screen debut playing Meg Ryan's youngest daughter, "Casey Green", in When a Man Loves a Woman (1994). Among her notable childhood roles were that of "Patricia Whitmore", daughter of the President in Independence Day (1996); George Clooney's daughter, "Maggie Taylor", in One Fine Day (1996); and the charming daughter, "Bernice Pruitt", of Sandra Bullock, in Hope Floats (1998). As she has grown older, Mae has made several guest appearances in television shows such as JAG (1995), State of Grace (2001), Desperate Housewives (2004), Grey's Anatomy (2005) and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), just to name a few, as well as some voice-over work. In 2015, she starred in the movie The Duff (2015) portraying a high school student who realized she is the approachable one, the designated ugly fat friend, the DUFF. We should expect to see great things from Mae Whitman as her career progresses, for she has shown what a strong, dynamic, and talented actress she has become. Felicity Huffman Felicity toiled away for 20 years in ill fated television shows, Broadway plays and independent films in the shadow of her successful husband, actor William H Macy, then she got the part of Lynette Scalo in the television series Desperate Housewives and the film Transamerica resulting in a Golden Globe nomination for both. Jesse Metcalfe Jesse Eden Metcalfe was born in Carmel Valley, California, to Nancy (DeMaio) and Jeff Metcalfe. He has Italian, Portuguese, English, French, and Irish ancestry. He was raised in Southeastern Connecticut. Metcalfe attended the Williams School, a private high school in New London, Connecticut. He pursued his higher education at New York University where he studied acting and film at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts. Metcalfe first appeared on the small screen in NBC's daytime drama, 'Passions', but rose to fame on the mega-hit series, 'Desperate Housewives' playing teenage boy-toy, John Rowland. He's since been the lead in both studio and independent features. Best known for carrying Twentieth Century Fox's successful teen-comedy "John Tucker Must Die" and starring opposite Michael Douglas in "Beyond A Reasonable Doubt". 2011 saw Jesse cast in TNT's reboot of the iconic series, 'Dallas'. Playing the Christopher Ewing, son of Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy). Metcalfe is an avid art enthusiast and collector, plays both guitar and piano, enjoys basketball, boxing and weight training. Dougray Scott Born in Scotland, trained at the Welsh College of Music and Drama where he was named most promising drama student. Scott's early work was in Scottish national theatre and television, first appearing in the series Soldier Soldier as well as on the stage in the Tim Fleming directed production of Wallace. Early television credits to follow included The Rover, Taggart: Nest of Vipers, Lovejoy, and Soldier Soldier. Scott followed this up with impactful turns in the films You Don't Have to Say You Love Me, Black Beauty, and Another Nine & a Half Weeks. Shortly thereafter, Scott could be seen opposite Drew Barrymore in the hit film Ever After, opposite Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, and Vanessa Redgrave in the film Deep Impact, as well as the second installment in the hit Mission: Impossible franchise, Mission: Impossible 2. Scott also appeared opposite Kate Winslet in Michael Apted's Enigma as well as the 2002 film Ripley's Game, opposite Ray Winstone. Starring opposite Jennifer Connelly in the 2005 film Dark Water and the 2007 film Hit Man, Scott soon appeared in
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 12th October – The Questions 12th October – The Questions Specialist questions set by Waters Green Rams. General knowledge questions set by Church House, Bollington. All vetted by Harrington Academicals. SPECIALIST ROUNDS- 1. SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE 2. SCIENCE 5. TIME FOR THE KIDS 6. POLITICS ROUND ONE - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE – News stories of the summer 1. Which actor, born Bernard Schwartz in 1925, died in September 2010? TONY CURTIS 2. In June, Princess Victoria married her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. Of which country is she a princess? SWEDEN 3. Which 74 year-old singing Dame received poor reviews when she appeared on a UK stage for the first time in 30 years at the London O2 in May? JULIE ANDREWS 4. What name was given to the tent city that was set up at the top of the San Jose pit shaft in Chile, where 33 miners were trapped? CAMP ESPERANZA (original Spanish name) or CAMP HOPE 5. Goodluck Jonathan became President of which country in May? NIGERIA 6. The Savile Enquiry finally delivered its findings on which event of 38 years ago? BLOODY SUNDAY (January 1972 in Derry) 7. Why was Mary Bale in the news in August? She was filmed on CCTV putting a CAT into a WHEELIE BIN in Coventry. 8. Which major New Zealand city was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale? CHRISTCHURCH Supp 1 Which company, with its head-quarters in Windermere, was declared the UK’s best retailer by Which? Magazine? LAKELAND Supp 2 Why was Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida in the news in September? He planned to BURN copies of the KORAN outside his church. ROUND TWO – SCIENCE 1. Which scientist was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and died at Down House in Kent in 1882? CHARLES DARWIN 2. Which acid was traditionally known as Oil Of Vitriol or Spirit Of Vitriol? SULPHURIC ACID 3. Which heavenly body has moons called Charon, Nix and Hydra? PLUTO 4. William was in prison in 1770, when he invented the toothbrush. What was his surname, still famous in that field today? ADDIS 5. Besides the elephant, which other African mammal is a source of ivory? HIPPOPOTAMUS 6. An amalgam is a compound containing which metal? MERCURY 7. What name is given to a triangle with sides of unequal length? SCALENE 8. What does a Campbell-Stokes Recorder Record? SUNSHINE (not temperature) Supp 1 Scientist William Harvey (born 1578) is famous for his research into what? THE BLOOD (circulation etc.) Supp 2 What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen? OZONE ROUND THREE – SPORT 1. Tony McCoy finally won his first Grand National in 2010 on his 15th ride in the race. Which horse did he ride? DON’T PUSH IT 2. Name either of the 2008 Ryder Cup captains. PAUL AZINGER or NICK FALDO 3. Which sport would you be taking part in if you used a monkey climber, waggler and a plumb? ANGLING / COARSE FISHING 4. Which county won the 2010 County Cricket Championship? NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 5. Which team won the 2010 Rugby League Challenge Cup? WARRINGTON WOLVES ( bt. Leeds Rhinos 30-6 in the final). Accept WARRINGTON. 6. Where will the final race in the 2010 Formula One Series be held? YAS MARINA circuit in ABU DHABI (accept either) 7. According to Wikipedia, which English football ground has the widest pitch and boasts the tallest floodlights? EASTLANDS (home of Manchester City) 8. Which football club holds the record for the fewest wins in a season in the Premier League? DERBY COUNTY – in 2007/8, their record was Played 38, Won 1, Drawn 8, Lost 29. Supp 1 How many times did Alex Higgins win the World Snooker Championship? TWO Supp 2 Which Rugby Union club has made their Premiership debut in the 2010/11 season? EXETER (Chiefs) ROUND FOUR – GEOGRAPHY 1. Which Irish port was known as Kingstown from 1821, after a visit by George IV, until 1921? DUN LAOGHAIRE (pronounced DUNLEARY) 2. Between 1947 and gaining independence in 1971, by what name was the present-day country of Bangladesh known? EAST PAKISTAN 3. Name an African country that, in its normal English spelling, contains the letter Q. MOZAMBIQUE or EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 4. The islands of Hokkaido a
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Who plays the deaf man in the 1989 film ‘See No Evil, Hear No Evil’?
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View All Photos (6) Movie Info The third pairing of comic actors Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder was much less successful than their previous team-ups, Silver Streak(1976) and Stir Crazy (1980). Wilder plays Dave, the deaf proprietor of a newsstand and employer of blind gambler Wally (Pryor). When Wally's bookie is shot and killed at the stand, Dave and Wally are arrested for the crime. Since the deaf Dave had his back turned and didn't see the crime, while the blind Wally only heard it, the clues they have to offer the police are slim -- Dave's glimpse of a shapely leg and Wally's whiff of a perfume called Shalimar. It turns out the dead man was in possession of a coin that he dropped into Dave's tip box, which Wally is now carrying. The coin contains a valuable microchip sought by crime baron Sutherland (Anthony Zerbe), for whom hired killer Eve (Joan Severance) and her British partner, Kirgo (Kevin Spacey), are working. Posing as lawyers, Eve and Kirgo spring Dave and Wally from jail, leading to a series of misadventures as the coin changes hands and the two sensory-challenged pals attempt to learn who has framed them and why. Rating:
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Academy Awards Best Actor The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) ); two were consecutive nominations (from 1930/31-1931/32) Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins (Philadelphia (1993), Forrest Gump (1994)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1993-1994) Sean Penn (5) - with two wins (Mystic River (2003) and Milk (2008)); nominations were from 1995-2008 The Most Best Actor Nominations: Actors with the highest number of Best Actor acting nominations (in parentheses) include: Spencer Tracy (9) - with two wins Laurence Olivier (9) - with one win (Hamlet (1948)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1939-1940) Jack Nicholson (8) - with two wins Paul Newman (8) - with one win (The Color of Money (1986)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1981-1982) Peter O'Toole (8) - with no wins; two were consecutive nominations (from 1968-1969); nominations from 1962-2006 Marlon Brando (7) - with two wins Dustin Hoffman (7) - with two wins Jack Lemmon (7) - with one win (Save the Tiger (1973)); two were consecutive nominations (from 1959-1960, and from 1979-1980) Paul Muni (6) - with one win (The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1935-1937) Richard Burton (6) - with no wins; three were consecutive nominations (from 1964-1966) Gary Cooper (5) - with two wins Tom Hanks (5) - with two wins Fredric March (5) - with two wins Sean Penn (5) - with two wins Daniel Day-Lewis (5) - with three wins James Stewart (5) - with one win ( Anthony Hopkins (3) - with one win ( The Silence of the Lambs (1991) ); nominations from 1991-1995 Russell Crowe (3) - with one win (Gladiator (2000)); three were consecutive nominations (from 1999-2001) Jeff Bridges (3) - with one win (Crazy Heart (2009)); nominations from 1984-2010 George Clooney (3) - with no wins; nominations from 2007-2011 Consecutive Best Actor-Winning Performers: There are only two actresses (Luise Rainer and Katharine Hepburn) who have received two consecutive Best Actress awards, as there are only two actors who have received two consecutive Best Actor statuette wins: Spencer Tracy (Captains Courageous (1937) and Boys Town (1938)) Tom Hanks (Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994)) [Note: Jason Robards won two consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscars in 1976 and 1977.] Winners of Both a Lead and Supporting Actor Oscar: In 1997, Jack Nicholson tied Walter Brennan for the most wins (3) for a male performer (Brennan has three Best Supporting Actor trophies, Nicholson has two for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor). The only stars to win both a Best Actor and a Best Supporting Actor (BSA) Oscar are the following: Jack Nicholson (BA for Gene Hackman (BA for The French Connection (1971) , BSA for Unforgiven (1992) ) Kevin Spacey (BA for American Beauty (1999), BSA for The Usual Suspects (1995)) Denzel Washington (BA for Training Day (2001), BSA for Glory (1989)) The Only Best Actor Tie: In the Best Actor category, an unusual tie (the only occurrence among male acting performances) occurred in 1931/32 between Wallace Beery and Fredric March, for their respective performances in The Champ (1931/32) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931/32). The Most Best Actor Oscar Nominations - Without Winning: Peter O'Toole is the only star with eight Best Actor Oscar nominations without a single win. His record extends 44 years, from 1962 to 2006. Richard Burton was nominated seven times (and never won), although his first nomination was as Best Supporting Actor for My Cousin Rachel (1952) -- his last six nominations were as Best Actor. Oscar-Winning Actor Roles and Trends: Biographies of remarkable, real-life individuals (military figures or soldiers, law-and-order enforcers, historical figures) and portrayals of the mentally ill are heavily represented among male Oscar winners, particularly in the acting awards. It helps an
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L. Ron Hubbard is known as the founder of what movement?
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An Introduction to L. Ron Hubbard There are only two tests of a life well lived, L. Ron Hubbard once remarked: Did one do as one intended? And were people glad one lived? In testament to the first stands the full body of his life’s work, including the more than ten thousand authored works and three thousand tape-recorded lectures of Dianetics and Scientology. In evidence of the second are the hundreds of millions whose lives have been demonstrably bettered because he lived. They are the generations of students now reading superlatively, owing to L. Ron Hubbard’s educational discoveries ; they are the millions more freed from the lure of substance abuse through L. Ron Hubbard’s breakthroughs in drug rehabilitation ; still more touched by his common sense moral code; and many millions more again who hold his work as the spiritual cornerstone of their lives. SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF L. RON HUBBARD The following chronology presents the milestone events along the many avenues L. Ron Hubbard walked—as an adventurer, explorer, author, philosopher and all else that led him to truthfully declare: “I have lived no cloistered life and hold in contempt the wise man who has not lived and the scholar who will not share.” “I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.” HUMANITARIAN Notwithstanding this century’s array of technological wonders—in medicine, transportation, nuclear energy and electronic communications—we live in a seriously troubled society. Under the triple onslaught of drug abuse, criminality and declining morals much of this world has truly become a wasteland...
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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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As at October 2011, ice covers about what percentage of the world's land surface?
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Ice and Glaciers -The Water Cycle-USGS Water-Science School View full size Stored water as part of the water cycle The water cycle describes how water moves above, on, and through the Earth. But, in fact, much more water is "in storage" at any one time than is actually moving through the cycle. By storage, we mean water that is locked up in its present state for a relatively long period of time. Short-term storage might be days or weeks for water in a lake, but it could be thousands of years for deep groundwater storage or even longer for water at the bottom of an ice cap, such as in Greenland. In the grand scheme of things, this water is still part of the water cycle. Ice caps around the world Map of where glaciers and ice caps exist on Earth. Credit: National Geographic The white areas in this map show glaciers and ice sheets around the world (reproduced from National Geographic WORLD, February 1977, no. 18, p. 6, with permission). The vast majority, almost 90 percent, of Earth's ice mass is in Antarctica, while the Greenland ice cap contains 10 percent of the total global ice mass. The Greenland ice cap is an interesting part of the water cycle. The ice cap became so large over time (about 600,000 cubic miles (mi3) or 2.5 million cubic kilometers (km3)) because more snow fell than melted. Over the millennia, as the snow got deeper, it compressed and became ice. The ice cap averages about 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) in thickness, but can be as thick as 14,000 feet (4,300 meters). The ice is so heavy that the land below it has been pressed down into the shape of a bowl. In many places, glaciers on Greenland reach to the sea, and one estimate is that as much as 125 mi3 (517 km3) of ice "calves" into the ocean each year—one of Greenland's contributions to the global water cycle. Ocean-bound icebergs travel with the currents, melting along the way. Some icebergs have been seen, in much smaller form, as far south as the island of Bermuda. Ice and glaciers come and go The climate, on a global scale, is always changing, although usually not at a rate fast enough for people to notice. There have been many warm periods, such as when the dinosaurs lived (about 100 million years ago) and many cold periods, such as the last ice age of about 18,000 years ago. During the last ice age much of the northern hemisphere was covered in ice and glaciers, and, as this map from the University of Arizona shows, they covered nearly all of Canada, much of northern Asia and Europe, and extended well into the United States. Glaciers are still around today; tens of thousands of them are in Alaska. Climatic factors still affect them today and during the current warmer climate, they can retreat in size at a rate easily measured on a yearly scale. Ice caps influence the weather Just because water in an ice cap or glacier is not moving does not mean that it does not have a direct effect on other aspects of the water cycle and the weather. Ice is very white, and since white reflects sunlight (and thus, heat), large ice fields can determine weather patterns. Air temperatures can be higher a mile above ice caps than at the surface, and wind patterns, which affect weather systems, can be dramatic around ice-covered landscapes. Some glacier and ice cap facts Bering Glacier in Alaska is the largest glacier in North America. This NASA satellite view shows how a glacier is similar to a river. View full size Glacial ice covers 10-11 percent of all land. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) , if all glaciers melted today the seas would rise about 230 feet (70 meters). During the last ice age (when glaciers covered more land area than today) the sea level was about 400 feet (122 meters) lower than it is today. At that time, glaciers covered almost one-third of the land. During the last warm spell, 125,000 years ago, the seas were about 18 feet (5.5 meters) higher than they are today. About three million years ago the seas could have been up to 165 feet (50.3 meters) higher. Largest surface area of any glacier in the contiguous United Stat
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Queen Maud Land | region, Antarctica | Britannica.com Queen Maud Land New England Queen Maud Land, region of Antarctica south of Africa, extending from Coats Land (west) to Enderby Land (east) and including the Princess Martha, Princess Astrid, Princess Ragnhild, Prince Harold, and Prince Olav coasts. A barren plateau covered by an ice sheet up to 1.5 miles (2.4 km) thick, it has a mountainous coastal area where rocky peaks, exceeding 11,800 feet (3,600 m) above sea level , pierce the ice cap. The region was discovered by a Norwegian expedition in 1930, claimed by Norway in 1939, and declared a dependency of that nation in 1949. It was named for the Norwegian queen. Several countries have operated coastal research stations there. Learn More in these related articles: in Antarctica National rivalries and claims ...purpose seemed more for intelligence activities than for science. The international Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition of 1949–52 carried out extensive explorations from Maudheim Base on the Queen Maud Land coast in the territory claimed in 1939 by Norway. The United States had shown little interest in Antarctica since the Ronne expedition and the U.S. naval “Operation... Mineral resources ...that has been reached on the configuration of the Gondwanaland landmass during Mesozoic times. The gold-producing Witwatersrand beds of South Africa may correspond to the terranes of western Queen Maud Land. The young mountain belt of the copper-rich South American Andes continues southward, looping through the Scotia Arc into the Antarctic Peninsula and probably beyond into Ellsworth... More about Queen Maud Land 3 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference Queen Maud Land - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11) Queen Maud Land is a region of Antarctica. It covers the part of Antarctica that is to the south of Africa. It is a frozen wedge of land extending from the Atlantic and Indian oceans to the South Pole. A sheet of ice covers its barren terrain. In some places the ice sheet is over 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) thick. Along its coast are mountains with rocky peaks rising to more than 11,800 feet (3,600 meters) above sea level. Queen Maud Land - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) South of Africa, with a coastline bordering the Atlantic and Indian oceans, lies the frozen plateau of Queen Maud Land. Located on the continent of Antarctica, it is a frozen wedge of land extending to the South Pole. A sheet of ice covers its barren terrain; in some places the ice sheet is over 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) thick. Along its coast are mountains with rocky peaks, over 11,800 feet (3,600 meters) above sea level, that pierce the ice cap. Article History Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again
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‘Satis’ is the name of the house in which Charles Dickens novel?
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SparkNotes: Great Expectations: Themes, Motifs & Symbols Themes, Motifs & Symbols Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. Ambition and Self-Improvement The moral theme of Great Expectations is quite simple: affection, loyalty, and conscience are more important than social advancement, wealth, and class. Dickens establishes the theme and shows Pip learning this lesson, largely by exploring ideas of ambition and self-improvement—ideas that quickly become both the thematic center of the novel and the psychological mechanism that encourages much of Pip’s development. At heart, Pip is an idealist; whenever he can conceive of something that is better than what he already has, he immediately desires to obtain the improvement. When he sees Satis House, he longs to be a wealthy gentleman; when he thinks of his moral shortcomings, he longs to be good; when he realizes that he cannot read, he longs to learn how. Pip’s desire for self-improvement is the main source of the novel’s title: because he believes in the possibility of advancement in life, he has “great expectations” about his future. Ambition and self-improvement take three forms in Great Expectations—moral, social, and educational; these motivate Pip’s best and his worst behavior throughout the novel. First, Pip desires moral self-improvement. He is extremely hard on himself when he acts immorally and feels powerful guilt that spurs him to act better in the future. When he leaves for London, for instance, he torments himself about having behaved so wretchedly toward Joe and Biddy. Second, Pip desires social self-improvement. In love with Estella, he longs to become a member of her social class, and, encouraged by Mrs. Joe and Pumblechook, he entertains fantasies of becoming a gentleman. The working out of this fantasy forms the basic plot of the novel; it provides Dickens the opportunity to gently satirize the class system of his era and to make a point about its capricious nature. Significantly, Pip’s life as a gentleman is no more satisfying—and certainly no more moral—than his previous life as a blacksmith’s apprentice. Third, Pip desires educational improvement. This desire is deeply connected to his social ambition and longing to marry Estella: a full education is a requirement of being a gentleman. As long as he is an ignorant country boy, he has no hope of social advancement. Pip understands this fact as a child, when he learns to read at Mr. Wopsle’s aunt’s school, and as a young man, when he takes lessons from Matthew Pocket. Ultimately, through the examples of Joe, Biddy, and Magwitch, Pip learns that social and educational improvement are irrelevant to one’s real worth and that conscience and affection are to be valued above erudition and social standing. Social Class Throughout Great Expectations, Dickens explores the class system of Victorian England, ranging from the most wretched criminals (Magwitch) to the poor peasants of the marsh country (Joe and Biddy) to the middle class (Pumblechook) to the very rich (Miss Havisham). The theme of social class is central to the novel’s plot and to the ultimate moral theme of the book—Pip’s realization that wealth and class are less important than affection, loyalty, and inner worth. Pip achieves this realization when he is finally able to understand that, despite the esteem in which he holds Estella, one’s social status is in no way connected to one’s real character. Drummle, for instance, is an upper-class lout, while Magwitch, a persecuted convict, has a deep inner worth. Perhaps the most important thing to remember about the novel’s treatment of social class is that the class system it portrays is based on the post-Industrial Revolution model of Victorian England. Dickens generally ignores the nobility and the hereditary aristocracy in favor of characters whose fortunes have been earned through commerce. Even Miss Havisham’s family fortune was made through the brewery that is still connected to her manor. In this way, by connecting the theme of social class to the idea of w
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"Bob Sawyer" by J. Clayton Clarke Watercolour reproduced on John Player cigarette card no. 19 Character from Dickens's The Pickwick Papers Scanned image and text by Philip V. Allingham [You may use this image without prior permission for any scholarly or educational purpose as long as you (1) credit the person who scanned the image and (2) link your document to this URL in a web document or cite the Victorian Web in a print one. ] Of the set of 50 cigarette cards, initially produced in 1910 and reissued in 1923, fully 13 or over 25% concern a single novel, The Pickwick Papers, attesting to the enduring popularity of the picaresque comic novel and also suggesting that the later, darker novels such as Our Mutual Friend and The Mystery of Edwin Drood offered little for the caricaturist, the only late characters in the series being the singularly unpleasant Silas Wegg and Rogue Riderhood from Our Mutual Friend, and Turveydrop, Jo, Bucket, and Chadband from Bleak House. The popular taste was clearly still towards the earlier farce and character comedy of Dickens. Kyd's representations are largely based on the original illustrations by Phiz and Seymour , although the modelling of the figures is suggestive of Phiz's own, expanded series for Household Edition volume of the 1870s. The anomaly, of course, is that Kyd should elect to depict minor figures from the first Dickens novel such as the Dingley Dell cricketers Dumkins and Luffey and the minor antagonist Major Bagstock in Dombey and Son, but omit significant characters from such later, still-much-read novels as A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations. Five of the fifty or 10% of the series come from the cast of The Adventures of Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress (1837-39): Oliver himself, asking for more; Fagin with his toasting fork, from the scene in which he prepares dinner for his crew; Sikes holding a beer-mug, and the Artful Dodger in an oversized adult topcoat and crushed top-hat. Surprisingly, some of the other significant characters, including Nancy and Rose Maylie, are not among the first set of fifty characters, in which Kyd exhibits a strong male bias, as he realizes only seven female characters: only the beloved Nell, the abrasive Sally Brass, and the quirky Marchioness from The Old Curiosity Shop, Sairey Gamp from Martin Chuzzlewit, Aunt Betsey Trotwood from David Copperfield, the burly Mrs. McStinger from Dombey and Son, and the awkward Fanny Squeers from Nicholas Nickleby appear in the essentially comic cavalcade. Clearly the popular taste in "characters from Dickens" as well as in "novels from Dickens" has changed markedly over the past century, so that even educated readers would probably not associate the name "Bob Sawyer" with Dickens, and only those familiar with the original Phiz illustrations would connect the roistering young imbiber in the checked trousers with Dickens's medical student turned apothecary in Conviviality at Bob Sawyer's (chapter 38, Part 14; May 1837) and Mr. Bob Sawyer's Mode of Travelling (chapter 50, Part 18; October 1837) — the uproarious medical school dropout who provides so much comic relief after the trial of Bardell versus Pickwick.
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Karl Stromberg | James Bond Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Film biography Background The webbed-fingered Karl Stromberg is a successful self-employed businessman as head of his own shipping firm . It must be noted that in Christopher Wood 's novelisation of the film, Stromberg's first name is Sigmund, and is Swedish. Stromberg's obsession and passion is the ocean where he lives in his palace, named Atlantis , that could submerge itself underwater so as not to be seen or detected. Located off the coast of Sardinia , Italy , Atlantis has everything to support life above and below water for any length of time. In fact, Atlantis is more like a city, able to support dozens if not hundreds of people. Stromberg also owns a huge tanker, named Liparus , that serves as his headquarters away from Atlantis. Aboard the tanker he has a small army of soldiers clad in orange jumpsuits. Scheme Although Stromberg has a passion and love for the ocean and its various species, he absolutely despises the human race, not unlike Jules Verne's Captain Nemo. Stromberg, however, is much more diabolical and has no interest in benefitting the world. He has a congenital condition in which his hands were webbed like those of aquatic birds or mammals. It is his personal mission to start over with a new civilization underwater. After contracting two scientists to create the technology to track nucleur submarines , Stromberg takes this technology and uses it to capture a Soviet nuclear submarine and a United Kingdom submarine. By tracking the subs, Stromberg's specially adapted tanker, the Liparus, would sneak up on the subs and capture them inside the tanker. His plan calls for the use of firing nuclear weapons from these subs at Moscow and New York City , thus framing each other's government and starting a nuclear war, which would wipe out every last human being on Earth. The Russian and British government send the agents Anya Amasova and James Bond respectively. -"Every person who even comes into contact with that microfilm, is to be eliminated". Stromberg to Jaws This scheme is actually a recycled plot from a previous film, You Only Live Twice , which was similar in that by stealing space capsules it would start a war between the Soviets and the Americans. The scheme in which the villain wishes to destroy mankind to create a new race or new civilization was also used in Moonraker , the next film after The Spy Who Loved Me. In Moonraker, the villain Hugo Drax had an obsession with starting a new human civilization in space. The film Moonraker was also written by Christopher Wood. Both featured Jaws as a henchman. Prevention While Bond and Amasova are briefed about their task, Stromberg meets with Dr. Bechmann and Professor Markovitz , the men who developed his submarine tracking system. He tells them that he has payed 10 million dollars each into their bank accounts. Before dismissing them, he tells them that he regrets to inform them that someone has been attempting to sell the plans to competing world powers and that only someone close to the project could have done so. He tells his assistant to leave the room while he discusses with the men, but as she enters the elevator, Stromberg pushes a button and the bottom of the elevator opens, dropping the girl into a water tank occupied by a swimming shark. Over a PA system, Stromberg reveals that woman was the one responsible for trying to sell the project as she had access to the information and watches with little to no emotion as the woman ends up being devoured by the shark. The two scientists then leave the room and Stromberg heaves Atlantis, his underwater palace, out of the ocean. He then calls two henchmen, Sandor and Jaws, and tasks them with the recovery of the tracking system, telling them to eliminate everyone who came into contact with the system. Stromberg then watches the helicopter with the two scientists leaving Atlantis and, with them having outlived their usefulness, blows them up. He then swiftly cancels the transaction and tells a secretary to inform the two mens' families that the
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Sam Smith sings theme song for James Bond film 'Spectre' - CNN.com 1 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers English singer Matt Monro is best known for his hearty rendition of the theme tune for 1963's "From Russia with Love." (The first James Bond movie, "Dr. No," had an instrumental title song.) Hide Caption 2 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Shirley Bassey, perhaps the most iconic Bond theme-song singer, sang the title theme to 1964's Goldfinger." Bassey brought her strong, distinctive voice back to the series in title tunes for 1971's "Diamonds Are Forever" and 1979's "Moonraker." Hide Caption 3 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Welsh singer Tom Jones, best known for hits like "What's New Pussycat" and "She's a Lady," sang the title tune for 1965's "Thunderball." Hide Caption 4 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers These boots were made for walking, but she was made for singing: Nancy Sinatra performed the theme to "You Only Live Twice" in 1967. Hide Caption 5 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Jazz great Louis Armstrong sang "We Have All the Time in the World," the secondary musical theme from the 1969 Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." The song became a hit in the UK 25 years later when it was featured in a Guinness beer commercial. Hide Caption 6 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Paul and then-wife Linda McCartney and their pop group Wings performed the title number from 1973's "Live and Let Die," the first of the Bond movies to star Roger Moore as Agent 007. The song is still a staple of Paul McCartney's live concerts. Hide Caption 7 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Scottish pop singer Lulu sang the title song for 1974's "The Man with the Golden Gun." Hide Caption 8 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Carly Simon scored a major radio hit with "Nobody Does it Better," the theme from the 1977 Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me." Hide Caption 9 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers After the band Blondie recorded another version that was rejected, Scottish pop star Sheena Easton was tapped to sing "For Your Eyes Only" for the 1981 Bond movie of the same name. The song reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Rita Coolidge sang "All Time High," the theme from 1983's "Octopussy." Hide Caption 11 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers American singer Lani Hall, wife of bandleader Herb Alpert, sang the title song to 1983's "Never Say Never Again," which brought Sean Connery back for his final Bond role. The film was made by a different production company from the other James Bond movies, so some fans don't consider it part of the official series. Hide Caption 12 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Singer Simon Le Bon and British pop group Duran Duran did the title song for 1985's "A View to a Kill." Hide Caption 13 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Norwegian pop band A-Ha recorded the title song for 1987's "The Living Daylights," the first of two films starring Timothy Dalton as Bond. It was the last theme written by longtime Bond composer John Barry. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Soul legend Gladys Knight sang the theme to "License to Kill" in 1989. Hide Caption 15 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers After a six-year hiatus, the Bond series rebooted with 1995's "GoldenEye" and Pierce Brosnan in the lead role. Tina Turner sang the theme song, which was written by U2's Bono and the Edge. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Sheryl Crow performed the title song to 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies." Hide Caption 17 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Garbage, led by Shirley Manson, did the title track to 1999's "The World is Not Enough." Hide Caption 18 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Pop icon Madonna finally did her first and only Bond theme song in 2002 for "Die Another Day." Hide Caption 19 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers One of the few men to sing a Bond theme, rocker Chris Cornell performed
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JOHAN CRUYFF - International Football Hall of Fame Johan Cruyff Born: 25 April, 1947. Amsterdam, Netherlands International Caps Ajax, Barcelona, Los Angeles Aztecs, Washington Diplomats, Levante, Feyenoord Team Honours European Cup (1971, 72, 73) Dutch Championship (1966, 67, 68, 72, 73, 82, 84) Dutch Cup (1967, 70, 71, 72, 83) Spanish Championship (1974) Individual Honours European Footballer of the Year (1971, 73, 74) If Holland were the team that gave the world Total Football, then Johan Cruyff was THE Total Footballer. Cruyff was one of a number of youngsters who emerged with Ajax of Amsterdam in the late Sixties and came to dominate European and world football in the early Seventies. Cruyff was the most outstanding of them all and was seen by many as the natural successor to Pele as the world's greatest player. He won a hat-trick of European Cups with Ajax, the World Clubs' Cup and was three times European Footballer of the Year. At their peak, the Dutch side he captained were the most exciting and talented team in international football, yet, strangely, they never won a major trophy during his reign. Total Football was not a new idea when the Dutch picked it up. It had been around since the Fifties when it was known as The Whirl. But it was first Ajax then Holland that brought it to prominence. The idea was to build a team in which all of the players had equal levels of technical ability and physical strength. In its execution it meant that all the players were capable, at any point in a game, of switching into each other's roles as circumstances demanded. Anyone could do anything. Defenders became forwards, forwards became defenders. Strictly speaking, Cruyff played centre forward in this system. But he would drop deep to confuse his markers or suddenly move to the wing with devastating effect. Once there, according to the reference book Soccer: The World Game, "a favourite trick out on the left-wing was to drag the ball behind him with his right foot, turn through 180 degrees and accelerate away outside a bemused defender." No one had seen a centre forward like that before. Cruyff was born in Amsterdam in 1947 close to the Ajax ground. His mother worked as a cleaner at the club and it was she who persuaded the coaches to admit her son to their youth development system at the age of 12. It was the English coach Vic Buckingham who recommended that the club sign him on a contract and Cruyff made his senior debut when he was 17. Naturally, he scored. Two years later he was playing for Holland, grabbing the last-minute equaliser in his first match - a 2-2 draw against Hungary. Dutch football, traditionally, had been largely amateur. But by the mid-1960s it was beginning to make the change to a professional game. The most influential man in the development of the country's football was Rinus Michels who became manager of Ajax in 1964. Within seven years his team was the best in Europe. Bill Shankly's Liverpool suffered an early taste of what was to come, losing 5-1 to Ajax in Amsterdam in a European tie. By 1968 Ajax had won a hat-trick of Dutch Championships and the following season reached the final of the European Cup. They lost 4-1 to AC Milan, but were on the brink of achieving greatness. Cruyff had grown into a powerful, long-striding athlete. He had wonderful balance, deadly speed and breathtaking ball control. But his greatest quality was vision, based on an acute sense of his team-mates' positions as an attack unfolded. The sports writer David Miller believed Cruyff superior to any previous player in his ability to extract the most from others. He dubbed him "Pythagorus in boots" for the complexity and precision of his angled passes and wrote: "Few have been able to exact, both physically and mentally, such mesmeric control on a match from one penalty area to another." His one fault was a questionable temperament which, at times, threatened to undermine his ability. His outspoken nature often led him into trouble, such as when he was sent off against Czechoslovakia in only his second international match and su
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Cannavaro wins Fifa world player of the year award | Football | The Guardian Cannavaro wins Fifa world player of the year award Ian Bass Monday 18 December 2006 19.01 EST First published on Monday 18 December 2006 19.01 EST Close This article is 10 years old Fabio Cannavaro has become the first defender to be named Fifa world player of the year after collecting the award at the annual gala ceremony in Zurich. The Real Madrid centre-half captained Italy to World Cup victory in June, beating France in the final. In November the 33-year-old also scooped the Ballon D'Or as European footballer of the year. A fantastic year could have been even better for Cannavaro after his Juventus side won the Italian Serie A title, only to be stripped of it and relegated to Serie B in the wake of the Italian match-fixing scandal. He received 498 votes from the panel of international coaches and captains. Retired France international Zinedine Zidane finished second with 454 while Barcelona's Brazilian forward Ronaldinho was third with 380. Cannavaro said: "It is unusual for a defender to be sitting alongside Ronaldinho and Zinedine Zidane, who do marvellous things all season, so I saw it as a victory just to be here. "I think I have been very lucky this year because we won the World Cup and perhaps this has been very helpful for me to make it here tonight. "The competition was scary, it was so strong. After winning the World Cup and the European footballer of the year award, I do not think I could ask for anything more." Cannavaro paid tribute to Zidane, who retired after headbutting Marco Materazzi during the World Cup final defeat. "When I came to Real everybody asked me what it means to wear the same shirt," said Cannavaro. "I can only say now what I said then: it is an honour to wear the same number as such a great player." Dedicating his win to Italian football after its turbulent year, Cannavaro added: "I'd like to dedicate this to Italian football overall. "Everyone knows the problems we had before the World Cup. It's time for Italian football to grow up and move on and look forward to the future." The Yashin award for the best goalkeeper of the World Cup was presented to Italy's Gianluigi Buffon. And Zidane picked up the consolation of Adidas golden ball award, presented to the outstanding player from the World Cup, while Germany's Miroslav Klose took home the Adidas golden shoe award as leading marksman, having scored five goals in this summer's tournament.
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What type of relationship first explored in Symposium by a famous philosopher was described as 'Christian apology' of Greek love?
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Plato on Friendship and Eros (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Plato on Friendship and Eros First published Fri Feb 20, 2004; substantive revision Wed Jun 1, 2016 Plato discusses love (erôs) and friendship (philia) primarily in two dialogues, the Lysis and the Symposium, though the Phaedrus also adds significantly to his views. In each work, Socrates as the quintessential philosopher is in two ways center stage, first, as a lover of wisdom (sophia) and discussion (logos), and, second, as himself an inverter or disturber of erotic norms. Plato’s views on love are a meditation on Socrates and the power his philosophical conversations have to mesmerize, obsess, and educate. In what follows, section 1 deals with the Lysis and Symposium. Sections 2–4 primarily with the Symposium alone. Section 5 deals with the Phaedrus. Section 6 with the closing section of the Symposium and with parts of the Ion, Protagoras, and Laws. Sections are not self-contained, however, and are intended to be read sequentially. Most scholars agree that the order of composition of the “erotic” dialogues is Lysis, Symposium, Phaedrus, though some put the Phaedrus earlier than the Symposium. 1. Socrates and the Art of Love “The only thing I say I know,” Socrates tells us in the Symposium, “is the art of love (ta erôtika) (177d8–9). Taken literally, it is an incredible claim. Are we really to believe that the man who affirms when on trial for his life that he knows himself to be wise “in neither a great nor a small way” (Apology 21b4–5) knows the art of love? In fact, the claim is a nontrivial play on words facilitated by the fact that the noun erôs (“love”) and the verb erôtan (“to ask questions”) sound as if they are etymologically connected—a connection explicitly exploited in the Cratylus (398c5-e5). Socrates knows about the art of love in that—but just insofar as—he knows how to ask questions, how to converse elenctically. Just how far that is, we discover in the Lysis, where Socrates makes a similar claim. Hippothales, like Socrates, loves beautiful boys and philosophical discussions (203b6–204a3). But he does not know the art of love and so does not know how to talk to Lysis—the boy with whom he is in love. What Hippothales does is sing eulogies to Lysis, and that, Socrates argues, no skilled lover would ever do. For if your suit succeeds “everything you’ve said and sung turns out to eulogize yourself as victor in having won such a boyfriend,” but if it fails, then “the greater your praise of his beauty and goodness, the more you will seem to have lost and the more you will be ridiculed.” Consequently, someone “who is wise in the art of love (ta erôtika) doesn’t praise his beloved until he has him: he fears how the future may turn out” (205e2–206a2). Convinced, Hippothales asks Socrates to tell him “what someone should say or do to get his prospective boyfriend to love him?” (206c1–3). As in the Symposium, Socrates is uncharacteristically forthcoming: “if you’re willing to have him talk with me, I might be able to give you a demonstration of how to carry on a discussion with him” (c4–6). What follows is an elenctic examination of Lysis. Socrates’ lessons in love, we may infer, are elenctic lessons—lessons in how to ask and answer questions. At the end of the examination, Socrates characterizes what he has accomplished: “This is how you should talk to your boyfriends, Hippothales, making them humble and drawing in their sails, instead of swelling them up and spoiling them, as you do” (210e2–5). It sounds simply chastening put like that. But in the overall context of the Lysis, where love is a desire and desire is an emptiness, it is much more. It is a step in the creation of the canonical lover—the philosopher: Those who are already wise no longer love wisdom (philosophein), whether they are gods or men. Neither do those who are so ignorant that they are bad, for no bad and stupid person loves wisdom. There remains only those who have this bad thing, ignorance, but have not yet been made ignorant and stupid by
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The Rich, Historic Roll Call of Great Christian Thinkers and Scientists | Cold Case Christianity The Rich, Historic Roll Call of Great Christian Thinkers and Scientists PDF If you listen carefully to our increasingly secular culture, you might think science and reason are completely incompatible with Christian belief . Several notable scientists and thinkers in the past two hundred years have been atheists, and their ranks seem to have grown in direct proportion with our increase in scientific knowledge. Is a scientific understanding of the world incompatible with Christian Theism? Must rational thinkers and scientific investigators abandon their belief in God to discover scientific truth or contribute to the larger scientific enterprise? No. In fact, the historic roll call of scientists has included many great Christian believers. I thought it might be helpful to remind ourselves of the contribution offered by Christian theists throughout the history of scientific discovery (a much larger list provided the foundation for my summary): John Philoponus (c.490 to c.570) He theorized about the nature of light and stars and criticized Aristotelian physics Bede, the Venerable (c.672 to 735) He wrote two volumes on “Time and its Reckoning” that revealed a new understanding of the “progress wave-like” nature of tides Pope Silvester II (c.950 to 1003) He influenced and shaped the teaching of math and astronomy in Christian schools Hermannus Contractus (1013 to 1054) He wrote on geometry, mathematics, and the astrolabe (a historical astronomical instrument used by classical astronomers and navigators) Robert Grosseteste (c.1175 to 1253) He is considered the founder of scientific thought in Oxford. He wrote books on the mathematical sciences of optics, astronomy and geometry. He believed that experiments should be used in order to verify a theory Pope John XXI (1215 to 1277) He wrote the “Thesaurus Pauperum” (a widely used medical text) Albertus Magnus (c.1193 to 1280) He was a scientist who may have been the first to isolate arsenic. He wrote “Natural science does not consist in ratifying what others have said, but in seeking the causes of phenomena” Roger Bacon (c.1214 to 1294) He contributed in areas of optics, mechanics and geography; he promoted empiricism and was one of the earliest advocates of the modern scientific method. He was also responsible for promoting the concept of the “laws of nature” Theodoric of Freiberg (c.1250 to c.1310) He gave the first correct explanation for the rainbow in “De Iride et Radialibus Impressionibus” (or “On the Rainbow”) Thomas Bradwardine (c.1290 to 1349) He was called “the Profound Doctor”and his studies lead to important developments in mechanics Jean Buridan (1300 to 1358) He developed a theory known as ‘impetus’; an important step toward the modern concept of ‘inertia’ Nicole Oresme (c.1323 to 1382) He was one of the early founders and promoters of ‘modern sciences’. He made many scientific discoveries, including the discovery of curvature of light through atmospheric refraction Nicholas of Cusa (1401 to 1464) He made contributions to the field of mathematics and developed the concepts of the ‘infinitesimal’ and of ‘relative motion’ Otto Brunfels (1488 to 1534) He was a botanist and his “Herbarum Vivae Icones” was a formative work in the field of botany Nicolaus Copernicus (1473 to 1543) He introduced the ‘heliocentric’ world view, discovering the earth and the solar system planets revolved around the sun William Turner (c.1508 to 1568) He is the “father of English botany” and was also an ornithologist Ignazio Danti (1536 to 1586) He was a mathematician who wrote about Euclid (an astronomer, and a designer of mechanical devices) Giordano Bruno (1548 to 1600) He was an Italian cosmologist who argued that the Earth revolved around the Sun and that other worlds also revolved around other suns Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (1561 to 1613) He was a mathematician who may have coined the word trigonometry in the English and French Languages John Napier (1550 to 1617) He was a Scottish mathematician ren
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Who played Bill Sykes in the 1968 film ‘Oliver’?
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Oliver! (1968) - 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 Young Oliver Twist runs away from an orphanage and meets a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. 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 21 titles created 04 Nov 2013 a list of 31 titles created 06 Nov 2013 a list of 39 titles created 21 Feb 2015 a list of 35 titles created 10 months ago a list of 33 titles created 6 months ago Search for " Oliver! " 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. Won 5 Oscars. Another 7 wins & 25 nominations. See more awards » Photos A misogynistic and snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society. Director: George Cukor A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to the children of a Naval officer widower. Director: Robert Wise A down-on-his-luck inventor turns a broken-down Grand Prix car into a fancy vehicle for his children, and then they go off on a magical fantasy adventure to save their grandfather in a far-off land. Director: Ken Hughes A Victorian Englishman bets that with the new steamships and railways he can circumnavigate the globe in eighty days. Directors: Michael Anderson, John Farrow Stars: David Niven, Cantinflas, Finlay Currie A magical nanny helps bring the two children she's in charge of closer to their father through songs and magical adventures. Director: Robert Stevenson Charlie receives a golden ticket to a factory, his sweet tooth wants going into the lushing candy, it turns out there's an adventure in everything. Director: Mel Stuart At the turn of the century in a Welsh mining village, the Morgans, he stern, she gentle, raise coal-mining sons and hope their youngest will find a better life. Director: John Ford The dramatic lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer are told against a background of circus spectacle. Director: Cecil B. DeMille Edit Storyline Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens 's classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au> Winner 6 Academy Awards! [post-Oscar] See more » Genres: 27 September 1968 (UK) See more » Also Known As: 153 min Sound Mix: Mono (35 mm optical prints)| 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)| 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (35 mm magnetic prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia The London sets covered six sound stages and a huge studio backlot - with rich and poor sections. The sets were adaptable overnight in spite of their sturdy look, due to the fact that single dance numbers sometimes required changing sets up to a dozen times. See more » Goofs On his way to London, Oliver gets onto a cart which is being pulled along a tarmac road. The first tarmac road in Britain was in 1902, the story was set in the 1800s. See more » Quotes See more » Frequently Asked Questions I consider Oliver! the movie to be my mate. 5 November 2009 | by Spikeopath (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Charles Dickens famous novel of an orphan boy, Oliver Twist, who escapes from his poor life to seek his fame and fortune in London, is adapted as a glossy musical. Who would have thought that a story from the brilliant Dickens could be so sweet and endearing? So it be with Carol Reed's {Best Director Winner} unforgettable 1968 Best Picture Winner. Yes it's some way
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It's not that easy being a YES MAN - Tom Sykes decided to say yes to everything for a week and got more than he bargained for... | Daily Mail Online It's not that easy being a YES MAN - Tom Sykes decided to say yes to everything for a week and got more than he bargained for... comments Just over two years ago, before I returned home from America where I was working for a while, I was the most enthusiastic man on the planet. Fancy going skiing in upstate New York? Sure! A picnic and game of frisbee in Central Park? Why not? A road trip to LA? Let's go! I looked back across the Pond with pity at the antipathetic Brits, always making excuses, not showing up and letting each other down at the last minute. YES! Inspired by the new film Yes Man, Tom Sykes decided to say yes to everything for a week Living in New York, the global capital of can-do positivity, had forever banished the grumpy old curmudgeon in me and transformed me into a real go-getter. Or so I thought. As soon as I was back on this side of the Atlantic, I slowly reverted to my old ways. When asked to do something, whether it was to go for lunch or help someone out, my instinct once again was to let out a resounding 'No!'. I realised how entrenched my default position of refusal had become when a friend invited me to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall over the summer which included one of my favourite bands - the Manic Street Preachers. I didn't even reply to his text. I told myself the band were not as good as they used to be, that the venue was not right for them, that it'd be difficult and expensive to get home. But the truth was more simple: I just couldn't be bothered. Why couldn't I just have said yes, got myself on the bus and gone? I was reflecting on this recently when I heard about a new movie, Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey. Based on a book by Danny Wallace, it tells the story of a guy who, fearing his get up and go has got up and gone, makes a vow to say yes more. It changes his life. I was fascinated by the concept - it sounded like the kick-start I needed to get me back on a positive track, so I decided to give it a whirl. But how would a week of saying yes to absolutely everything turn out? Jim Carrey does a bungee jump off a bridge in Pasadena, California, during the filming of Yes Man Monday The start of another week, and I sit down blearily at the desk in my office at home. Will saying yes make a difference? And when will I have to actually start being positive? Content I won't have to say the 'Y' word until I leave the house, I turn on my computer and log into my email account. As usual, the two or three messages of any importance are barely retrievable under the weight of mountains of spam. And it is then that I realise the true scale of my quest. Would I like £27 million? Would I like to meet women in my area? Do I need some Viagra? How about £10 off my shopping delivery? Irresistible prices on LCD TVs? Would I by any chance have the time to complete a brief survey? It will take just six minutes and I'll be entered into a prize draw. But instead of hitting the delete button, as is my custom when presented with such drivel, I do something I have never done before: I reply to my spam. Yes, I write to a man who identifies himself as the grandson of a former president of Liberia, I would be interested in helping him liberate £20million from frozen bank accounts in return for 50 per cent of the proceeds. Sure, I'll meet some women in my area . . . You want someone to do a survey? I'm your man. I timed this one; it took nine minutes . . . And yes, please, do send me some free Viagra - and, you know what, sign me up for the newsletter, too. My wife, Sasha, comes into my office with a cup of tea just as a new message pops up on my screen - Jane from London (presumably one of the women I'd said I'd like to meet seconds earlier) wants a date. 'What's that?' my wife asks, looking at the email I've just opened. Jane looks suspiciously like a young Pamela Anderson and she appears to regard a negligee as overdressing. She wants to meet me for 'fun t
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Papershell, Wonderful and Spanish Ruby, are all types of which fruit?
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Pomegranate Morton, J. 1987. Pomegranate. p. 352355. In: Fruits of warm climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL. Pomegranate Other Uses Steeped in history and romance and almost in a class by itself, the pomegranate, Punica granatum L., belongs to the family Punicaceae which includes only one genus and two species, the other one, little-known, being P. protopunica Balf. peculiar to the island of Socotra. Despite its ancient background, the pomegranate has acquired only a relatively few commonly recognized vernacular names apart from its many regional epithets in India, most of which are variations on the Sanskrit dadima or dalim, and the Persian dulim or dulima. By the French it is called grenade; by the Spanish, granada (the fruit), granado (the plant); by the Dutch, granaatappel, and Germans, granatapfel; by the Italians, melogranato, melograno granato, pomo granato, or pomo punico. In Indonesia, it is gangsalan; in Thailand, tab tim; and in Malaya, delima. Brazilians know it as roma, romeira or romazeira. The Quecchi Indian name in Guatemala is granad. The Samoan name is limoni. The generic term, Punica, was the Roman name for Carthage from whence the best pomegranates came to Italy. Plate XLIX: POMEGRANATE, Punica granatum Description An attractive shrub or small tree, to 20 or 30 ft (6 or 10 m) high, the pomegranate is much-branched, more or less spiny, and extremely long-lived, some specimens at Versailles known to have survived two centuries. It has a strong tendency to sucker from the base. The leaves are evergreen or deciduous, opposite or in whorls of 5 or 6, short-stemmed, oblong-lanceolate, 3/8 to 4 in (1-10 cm) long, leathery. Showy flowers are home on the branch tips singly or as many as 5 in a cluster. They are 1 1/4 in (3 cm) wide and characterized by the thick, tubular, red calyx having 5 to 8 fleshy, pointed sepals forming a vase from which emerge the 3 to 7 crinkled, red, white or variegated petals enclosing the numerous stamens. Nearly round, but crowned at the base by the prominent calyx, the fruit, 2 1/2 to 5 in (6.25-12.5 cm) wide, has a tough, leathery skin or rind, basically yellow more or less overlaid with light or deep pink or rich red. The interior is separated by membranous walls and white spongy tissue (rag) into compartments packed with transparent sacs filled with tart, flavorful, fleshy, juicy, red, pink or whitish pulp (technically the aril). In each sac, there is one white or red, angular, soft or hard seed. The seeds represent about 52% of the weight of the whole fruit. Origin and Distribution The pomegranate tree is native from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India and has been cultivated since ancient times throughout the Mediterranean region of Asia, Africa and Europe. The fruit was used in many ways as it is today and was featured in Egyptian mythology and art, praised in the Old Testament of the Bible and in the Babylonian Talmud, and it was carried by desert caravans for the sake of its thirst-quenching juice. It traveled to central and southern India from Iran about the first century A.D. and was reported growing in Indonesia in 1416. It has been widely cultivated throughout India and drier parts of southeast Asia, Malaya, the East Indies and tropical Africa. The most important growing regions are Egypt, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, India, Burma and Saudi Arabia. There are some commercial orchards in Israel on the coastal plain and in the Jordan Valley. It is rather commonly planted and has become naturalized in Bermuda where it was first recorded in 1621, but only occasionally seen in the Bahamas, West Indies and warm areas of South and Central America. Many people grow it at cool altitudes in the interior of Honduras. In Mexico it is frequently planted, and it is sometimes found in gardens in Hawaii. The tree was introduced in California by Spanish settlers in 1769. It is grown for its fruit mostly in the dry zones of that state and Arizona. In California, commercial pomegranate cultivation is concentrated in Tulare, Fresno and K
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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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Rio 2016 Olympics - Schedule, Medals, Results & News More info The Rio 2016 emblem is inspired by the organisers’ vision, which is: “All Brazilians uniting to deliver the greatest festival on earth and proudly advancing our national promise of progress.” It has, as its essence, the concepts of passion and transformation, which both reflect modern-day Brazil. This positioning is supported by four pillars – harmonious diversity, contagious energy, exuberant nature, and the Olympic spirit. These have all been masterfully combined to give Rio 2016 its colourful identity. This emblem is not only a symbol of Rio’s and Brazil’s hopes for these Games but also for the future of the city and country. IOC On the obverse, Nike, goddess of victory, flies into the Panathinaikos stadium bringing triumph to the best athlete. For these Games, her figure is accompanied by the specific inscription: “XXXI Olympiada Rio 2016”. The reverse features laurel leaves – a symbol of victory in the ancient Greece, in the form of the wreaths awarded to competition winners. They are surrounding the Rio 2016 Olympics logo. Bearing a design that celebrates the relationship between the strengths of Olympic heroes and the forces of nature, the 500g gold, silver and bronze medals have been made with sustainability at their heart. The silver and bronze medals have been produced using 30 per cent recycled materials while the ribbons are made from 50 per cent recycled PET. Meanwhile, the gold medals are completely free of mercury. The gold medals are purer than ever, meeting sustainability criteria from extraction to refining, as well as meeting strict environmental and labour laws. They make use of recycled raw silver at 92.5 per cent purity, coming from leftover mirrors, waste solders and X-ray plates. And 40 per cent of the copper used in the bronze medals came from waste at the Mint itself. The substance was melted and decontaminated to provide material for the medals. Number of medals: 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze. Weight: 500g Mint: Brazilian Mint The city of Rio de Janeiro hosted the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. This followed three rounds of voting by members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 2 October 2009 at the 121st IOC Session, in Copenhagen, Denmark. Rio 2016 Alex Ferro Seven cities were initially proposed by their National Olympic Committees to host the 2016 Games: Chicago (USA), Prague (CZE), Tokyo (JPN), Rio de Janeiro (BRA), Baku (AZE), Doha (QAT) and Madrid (ESP). On 4 June 2008, the IOC Executive Board selected four cities to enter the Candidate City phase of the bid process. Listed in the official order of drawing of lots, these cities were: Chicago (USA) Rio de Janeiro (BRA) Madrid (ESP) During the vote on 2 October 2009, Rio de Janeiro eventually triumphed by taking 66 votes compared to Madrid's 32. This gave Rio the majority that it needed to be elected as the host city for the 2016 Games. Rio had to overcome stiff competition, however, in the form of Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid in order to get the Games. 21st IOC Session, 2 October 2009, Copenhagen: Election of the Host City of the XXXI Games of the Olympiad Rounds
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From Candidate to Host City From Candidate to Host City HOST CITY ELECTION FOR THE OLYMPIC Summer GAMES 2020 3 Candidate Cities: Istanbul, Tokyo, Madrid On the evening of 7 September 2013, the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Jacques Rogge announced Tokyo as the host city of the 2020 Olympic Games. This announcement was the culmination of a two-year process, which the IOC has developed over a number of years to ensure that the city that is elected is capable of hosting the Games and that the process is transparent for all involved. Here is a brief recap of how the decision was reached. Applicant Phase A total of six cities endorsed by their National Olympic Committees (NOCs) submitted their applications to host the 2020 Olympic Games. These cities, in order of the drawing of lots, were: Istanbul, Tokyo, Baku, Doha, Madrid, and Rome*. Phase I, known as the Candidature Acceptance Procedure, involved a thorough review by the IOC of each city’s potential to organise the 2020 Olympic Games. Cities were asked to reply to a questionnaire, and their answers, which were consolidated in a document called the Applicant File, were studied by an IOC-appointed Working Group. This Working Group produced a report to assist the IOC Executive Board in selecting the cities to become Candidate Cities and move on to Phase II. *Rome withdrew during the first phase of the bid process Phase I: Timeline 1 September 2011: NOCs informed the IOC of the name of an Applicant City 15 February 2012: Submission of Application File and guarantee letters to the IOC February-May 2012: Examination of replies by the IOC 23 May 2012: IOC Executive Board acceptance of Candidate Cities IOC Candidature Phase On 23 May 2012, the IOC Executive Board selected Istanbul, Tokyo and Madrid as Candidate Cities to advance to the second phase of the bid process. Phase II requires Candidate Cities to submit their Candidature File, an in-depth description of their Olympic project, and prepare for the visit of the 2020 IOC Evaluation Commission. The Candidature files are based upon the 14 themes of the IOC’s Candidature Procedure and Questionnaire and these files form the basis of each city’s bid for the Games. The 2020 Evaluation Commission made a detailed technical assessment of each candidature and published a report provided to all IOC members , highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of all the cities. Phase II: Timeline 7 January 2013: Submission of Candidature File and guarantees to the IOC March 2013: Evaluation Commission visits 25 June 2013: Report of the 2020 IOC Evaluation Commission published* 3 and 4 July 2013: 2020 Briefing for IOC members (At the discretion of the Executive Board): Designation by the Executive Board of Candidate Cities to be submitted to the IOC Session for election 7 September 2013: Election of the host city for the 2020 Olympic Games and signature of the Host City Contract *To be delivered at the time of the Technical Briefing for IOC Members Evaluation Commission In September 2012, President Rogge announced the composition of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2020 Games . Led by IOC Vice-President Sir Craig Reedie , the Commission was composed of representatives of the Olympic Movement and a number of technical advisors. The Commission visited each of the Candidate Cities on the following dates: Tokyo: 4 - 7 March 2013 Madrid: 18 - 21 March 2013 Istanbul: 24 - 27 March 2013 Following these visits, the Commission produced the IOC Evaluation Commission report , a technical appraisal of each city’s bid. The report was made public and distributed to the IOC members prior to the 2020 Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members. 2020 Candidate City Briefing for IOC Members A technical briefing for IOC members with the Candidate Cities was held in Lausanne on 3 and 4 July 2013. This meeting gave the cities and the IOC members the opportunity to discuss the technical elements of their bids over a two-day period. This meeting involved a technical briefing from each city, followed by a second day for members to ask any follow
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Which British television series was first broadcast in 1983 as a single drama called ‘Woodentop’?
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The Bill: ITV drops police drama after 27 years | Media | The Guardian ITV plc The Bill: ITV drops police drama after 27 years Long-running show The Bill to be axed by ITV in autumn after revamp and switch to new 9pm slot fail to revive ratings Friday 26 March 2010 06.23 EDT First published on Friday 26 March 2010 06.23 EDT Close This article is 6 years old The Bill , one of the UK's longest-running TV dramas, is to be dropped by ITV in the autumn after 27 years, MediaGuardian.co.uk can reveal. ITV has taken the decision to axe the police drama after last year's revamp and switch to a new 9pm slot failed to halt a long-term ratings decline. The Bill was moved last year from being aired twice a week at 8pm on ITV1 to a single slot on Thursdays at 9pm. The show's storylines were tweaked to take account of the new post-watershed slot. However, ratings for the show have failed to pick up. In 2002 the show averaged more that 7 million viewers, while more recently audiences been about 3.5 million. ITV's decision puts jobs at risk in The Bill's 90-strong production team, which is based in Merton, south London. Talkback Thames, the independent producer which makes the show, said that it would now enter a consultation process with staff that work on The Bill and was expecting a "significant number of redundancies". The broadcaster said that the decision to drop the series was made as part of a creative rethink of its drama schedule, which has seen the development of popular short run shows such as Collision and Above Suspicion, and not on cost-cutting grounds. ITV intends to use the multimillion-pound saving from axing The Bill to create shorter run drama series for the 9pm slot with projects in the works including a new medical series with writer Peter Bowker and a new series from Collision and Foyle's War writer Anthony Horowitz. "The Bill has been a fixture on our screens for more than 25 years and has been the home of some of the UK's best serial drama storylines, and a great showcase for terrific scriptwriting and fine acting talent," said Peter Fincham, the ITV director of television, channels and online. "But times change, and so do the tastes of our audience. Whilst The Bill will come to an end in 2010, we will continue to invest more in drama programming than any other commercial broadcaster in the UK and viewers can look forward to a wide range of high quality drama on ITV1." In the current economic climate the chances of The Bill being picked up by another broadcaster seems slim, with one source describing the costly show as "a victim of circumstance". After a quarter of a century on ITV, a rival broadcaster would also find it difficult to "own" the show. "We are devastated that after 26 successful years on ITV, The Bill will be coming to an end," said Lorraine Heggessey, chief executive of Talkback Thames. "Regrettably, we anticipate that this may result in a significant number of redundancies. We are entering into a period of consultation with employees at The Bill where this will be discussed further. "We are incredibly proud of what the show has achieved. It is a credit to everyone who has worked on The Bill that the series will be signing out on a creative and editorial high with both critical and industry-wide acclaim and a loyal fan base who have supported the show throughout." The Bill grew out of a single drama called Woodentop, broadcast on ITV in 1983 , which followed a day in the life of young PC Jim Carver, played by Mark Wingett, who stayed with the show until 2005, with his character rising to become a detective sergeant. Named after writer Geoff McQueen's first idea of a title "Old Bill", The Bill first aired in 1984 and went on to become one of British TV's longest-running dramas. The show is based around the fictional Sun Hill police station in east London, with filming taking place at various locations across the capital's southern suburbs, as well as on the main set in Merton. • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email editor@mediaguardian.co.uk or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries pl
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: February 2012 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Specialist Rounds 21 February 2012 Tonight’s specialist questions have been set by the Puss In Boots, and vetted by the Albion. Entertainment: Radio Ha Ha Q1. What four unimaginative new names were given to the Home Service, Light and Third Programmes and their associated services following a reorganisation on 30 September 1967? A1. BBC Radios 1, 2, 3 and 4 [all four station names required]. Q2. The Mary Whitehouse Experience was Radio 1’s first attempt at a comedy series in 1989. The four original writers included Rob Newman and Hugh Dennis. Name one of the other two who went on to TV fame? A2. David Baddiel or Steve Punt Q3. The Million Pound Radio Show that aired in the mid-1980s launched the career of which TV funny man that went on to make ‘loadsamoney’? A3. Harry Enfield Q4. Which long-running topical television panel game was a taken from an idea first tested by Radio 4’s The News Quiz? A4. Have I Got News for You Q5. What was peculiar about Radio 4’s eight-and-a-half hour continuous broadcast on Boxing Day 2000? A5. Uninterrupted and unabridged reading of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (because JK Rowling refused to let it be serialised). Q6. Jack Dee now gives the panel members of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue silly things to do, but whose famous jazz-trumpet playing shoes did he fill? A6. Humphrey Lyttelton Q7. Where is the radio show Old Harry’s Game set? A7. Hell Q8. Who wrote The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, originally a radio comedy, first broadcast in 1978? A8. Douglas Adams Supplementaries Q9. In which BBC Radio programme could you have found the characters Neddie, Eccles, Min, Major Bloodknock and Count Moriarty? A9. The Goon Show Q10. Mark Steel presenter of Mark Steel’s in Town, also writes a column for which national daily newspaper? A10. The Independent or the "i" Geography Q1. The Oresund bridge joins two European countries - name either of them. A1. Sweden or Denmark Q2. Which river separates Devon and Cornwall? A2. Tamar Q3. Which Motorway links Glasgow and Edinburgh? A3. M8 Q4. Which Motorway links Coventry and Leicester? A4. M69 Q5. Which is the only English port offering passenger ferry services to the Republic of Ireland? A5. Liverpool Q6. Which is the only English port offering passenger ferry services to Scandinavia? A6. Harwich (runs to Esbjerg in Denmark) Q7. Which British National Park has the longest Coastline? A7. Pembrokeshire Coast (260 miles) Q8. Near which British city would you find the mumbles? A8. Swansea Q9. What is the highest denomination Euro banknote available? A9. 500 Euro Q10. St Davids, St Thomas and St James Park are all railway stations in which British City? A10. Exeter Q1. Who was the maternal grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany? A1. Queen Victoria of Great Britain Q2. What was St Petersburg known as between 1914 and 1924? A2. Petrograd [and then Leningrad until 1991 but I specifically want “Petrograd”] Q3. Who was Chancellor of West Germany at the time of its reunification with East Germany? A3. Helmut Kohl Q4. The Falange were a far right wing group holding power from the 1930s to 1970s in which European country? A4. Spain Q5. In which year did Ted Heath's Government impose the "Three Day Week"? A5. 1974 [leeway 1973-1975] Q6. Which British Prime Minister lived at Chartwell in Kent from 1924 to 1965? A6. Winston Churchill Q7. Apart from West Germany and France, name one other of the founding members in 1952 of the European Coal and Steel Community? A7. Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg Q8. In 1963, which French president vetoed the UK's application to join the European Economic Community? A8. Charles De Gaulle Supplementaries Q9. What was the name of the trade union that went on strike at the Lenin Shipyards in Gdansk in 1980? A9. Solidarity ("Solidarnosc" if anyone can remember the Polish). Q10. What is the name of the Bosnian town, infamous as the site of the July 1995 mass murders perpetrated by Ratko Mladic's forces? A10. Srebrenica [pronounced Sreb-ren-it
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Which 2007 Rihanna song topped the charts in fifteen countries?
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Rihanna | MUSFAN – Search and listen songs Clear Playlist Rihanna Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known by her stage name, Rihanna, is a Bajan singer. Her song Umbrella was one of the highest-selling songs of 2007 and her 3rd album Good Girl Gone Bad was critically acclaimed, helping propel her to superstar status. She has attained thirteen Billboard Hot 100 number ones thus far and is the second Bajan artist to win a Grammy Award. She is also a cultural ambassador for Barbados. Rihanna was born in Saint Michael, Barbados to Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor, and Monica Fenty, an accountant. Her mother, a native of Guyana, is Afro-Guyanese and her father is Bajan and Irish. She is the oldest of three siblings; two younger brothers, Rorrey and Rajad Fenty. She began singing at around the age of seven. Her childhood was deeply affected by her father's addiction to crack cocaine and parent's rocky marriage, which ended when she was fourteen years old. Rihanna attended Charles F. Broome Memorial School, a primary school in Barbados, and then the Combermere School, where she formed a musical trio with two of her classmates at the age of fifteen. In 2004 she won the Miss Combermere Beauty Pageant. She was an army cadet in a sub-military programme that trained with the military of Barbados and Shontelle was her drill sergeant. At the age of 15, she formed a girl group with two of her classmates. In 2003, friends introduced Rihanna and her two bandmates to record producer Evan Rogers, who was vacationing in Barbados with his wife. The group auditioned for Rogers, who said that "the minute Rihanna walked into the room, it was like the other two girls didn't exist." While auditioning for Rogers, Rihanna sang Destiny's Child's cover of "Emotion". Over the next year, Rihanna and her mom shuttled back and forth to Rogers home in Stamford, Connecticut. Then, shortly after turning 16, she relocated in the United States and moved in with Rogers and his wife. Carl Sturken helped Rihanna record a four-song demo, which included the ballad "The Last Time," a cover of Whitney Houston’s hit "For the Love of You" and what would become her first hit, "Pon de Replay" to send to various recording companies. It took a year to record the demos, because she was going to school and would only record during summer and Christmas school breaks. Rihanna's demo made its way to Def Jam, which invited her to audition for the label's then-president, Jay-Z, who quickly signed her. Rihanna broke into the recording industry in 2005 with the release of her debut album Music of the Sun, which features the number 2 hit single "Pon de Replay". Less than a year later, Rihanna released A Girl Like Me and earned her first number-one single, "SOS, which sampled the popular 80s track "Tainted Love". "Unfaithful" was also released and was fairly successful. Rihanna released her third album, Good Girl Gone Bad, in June 2007. Prior to the release of the album, she spent the week of the Grammys writing songs for the album with Ne-Yo. She adopted a more sexual image while recording the album, eventually dying her hair black and cutting it short. Rihanna worked with Timbaland and Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, as well as previous musical collaborators such as Stargate, Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers to re-imagine her album compositions with uptempo dance tracks. Rihanna commented, "I want to keep people dancing but still be soulful at the same time. You feel different every album, and [at] this stage I feel like I want to do a lot of uptempo [songs]." The album topped the charts in countries like the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Brazil, Russia and Ireland, and peaked at number two in the United States and Australia. Unlike previous work, the album featured a more dance-pop sound instead of the dancehall, reggae and ballad styles. The album received positive reviews by critics, becoming her most critically acclaimed album at that time compared to her previous efforts. It yielded eight hit singles - "Umbrella" "Shut Up and Drive", "Don'
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Oodles Of Fun: April 2010 Oodles Of Fun Are You Using Your nOodle? Pages Question of the Day - On this day in 1931, what 102-story, 1,046-foot building was dedicated in New York City? Empire State Building Bon Jovi sang "You Give Love a ____ Name". Bad Bing Crosby's real name was: Harry Which is the only Marx Brothers film to feature on the AFI's top 100? Duck Soup The Broadway show Movin' Out featured the songs of: Billy Joel The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie? Die Hard 2 Which film has the line, "I can't have a baby, because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting"? Baby Boom In An Affair to Remember, where did the lovers decide to meet six months later? New York Where do the scientists first find a mysterious monolith, in 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Moon Which actress stars in the film Mean Girls? Lindsay Lohan This horror classic is called: Invasion of the Body ________. Snatchers Whose real name is Eric Bishop? Jamie Foxx Who said: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done"? George W. Bush Bruce Springsteen says "Everybody's got ________". A hungry heart Who had the 1976 hit: "Play That Funky Music"? Wild Cherry Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey starred in: Two for the Money In the "Rock DJ" video, what former Take That singer literally sheds layers of clothes and layers of flesh? Robbie Williams Which film is a love story between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher? Anna and the King What former star of Broadway's Annie married Matthew Broderick, who starred in The Producers? Sarah Jessica Parker What was the last Beatles' album to be recorded before the band's split? Abbey Road Which actress' father is well-known actor Jon Voight? Angelina Jolie What was the name of Herman's wife on The Munsters? Lily On the TV series Heroes, the character Hiro Nakamura is able to: Stop time The music to the U.S. Navy song "Anchors Aweigh" was written by: Charles Zimmerman Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell changed hats to play which narrating character in "Seussical the Musical"? The Cat in the Hat All members of The Monkees have what same color of eyes? Brown The tagline, "Resistance is Futile", comes from which 1996 movie? Star Trek: First Contact One of the longest movie song titles, as sung by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, was: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Who played Truman Capote in Capote? Philip Seymour Hoffman Which Scottish actor voiced a dragon called Draco in the movie Dragon Heart? Sean Connery Question of the Day - Willie Nelson turns 77 today. What is NOT one of his songs? Hit the Road, Jack Which character sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy Finish this line from The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take _________". The cannoli Name the ship commanded by Russell Crowe in Master and Commander. HMS Surprise In which of the Rocky movies was the statue of Rocky unveiled? Rocky III Where was the character Elijah Prince, aka "Mr. Glass", from Unbreakable born? A department store Who sang "When You Wish upon a Star" in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio? Jiminy Cricket What was the name of the woman Dustin Hoffman played in Tootsie? Dorothy Michaels What comedian actress shared Steve Martin's body in All of Me? Lily Tomlin Who played Starsky in the film Starsky and Hutch? Ben Stiller In 1995, what Irish New Age musician released the album The Memory of Trees? Enya Which best describes Kiefer Sutherland? Agent Jack Bauer on 24 Which Beatle sang "My Sweet Lord"? George Harrison In which movie does Kevin Bacon discover the secret of invisibility? Hollow Man Antonin Dvorak's most famous symphony is known as Z Noveho Sveta in his native language. What do we call it? From the New World Which actor played the monster in the original film of Frankenstein? Boris Karloff The movies Courage Under Fire and A Soldier's Story featured which actor? Denzel Washington Angela Lansbury was in which movie? Bedknobs and Broomsticks What film is showing at the Bedford Falls theater at the end of It's A Wonderful Life? The Bells of St. Mary's What sport is pla
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 5 | 1980: SAS rescue ends Iran embassy siege 1980: SAS rescue ends Iran embassy siege The siege of the Iranian embassy in London has ended after a dramatic raid by SAS commandos. Five Iranian gunmen were killed and one was arrested. Nineteen hostages were set free but one died and two were injured in the cross-fire. Millions of people watched the rescue live on television as bank holiday entertainment on all three channels was interrupted to show the real-life drama unfold. We did not surrender, we became victorious Iran's President Bani-Sadr More than 30 masked troops stormed the embassy building from the balcony and front and back doors throwing grenades through the windows. Screams were heard from inside the building and some 15 minutes later the hostages emerged and were escorted by Scotland Yard police to waiting ambulances. The siege began five days ago when six gunmen took over the Iranian embassy in Kensington. Most of their hostages were fellow Iranians but also included embassy police guard PC Trevor Lock, BBC sound man Sim Harris, BBC news organiser Chris Cramer and tourists who had stopped by to collect visas. Four of the captives - including Mr Cramer - were released over the last week for medical reasons. The gunmen belonged to a dissident Iranian group opposed to Ayatollah Khomeini, the religious leader who came to power last year. They wanted the release of 91 political prisoners held in Iran as well as an aircraft to take them and the hostages out of the UK. The Home Secretary William Whitelaw ordered the attack on the sixth day of the siege after the gunmen shot dead Iranian press attach� Abbas Lavasani and dumped his body outside the building. Speaking through PC Lock who relayed the demands from an embassy window to police officers on the ground, they then threatened to kill the rest of the hostages and blow up the embassy if their demands were not met. The Iranian government approved the use of force and President Bani-Sadr announced the SAS raid as a victory. In a broadcast he said "We did not surrender, we became victorious." The Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has visited the SAS barracks in Kensington to congratulate the troops on a successful mission, codenamed Operation Nimrod.
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Britain and the World 1988 Australia's bicentennial anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbour Feb17 Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins, an American officer serving with a United Nations truce monitoring group, was kidnapped in southern Lebanon (he was later slain by his captors). Feb21 The grave of Boadicea, the warrior queen who fought the Romans almost 2,000 years ago, was located by archaeologists under Platform 8 at King's Cross railway station. Feb23 The fifteenth Winter Olympic Games opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Feb25 Sinner and US TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is suspended by the elders of the church for his descent into immorality Feb29 Nazi document implicates Kurt Waldheim in WW II deportations. He is also accused of criminal involvement in the execution of seven British Commandos Mar6 Three IRA terrorists were shot dead by SAS men in Gibraltar. The circumstances surrounding their deaths formed the basis of a controversial TV documentary "Death On The Rock" Mar11 The one pound note (introduced 12th March 1797) ceased to be legal tender, and was replaced by the pound coin. Apr4 The ITV soap opera Crossroads ended after 24 years and 4510 episodes Apr10 The world's longest double-decker bridge opened to traffic,carrying cars and trains. The 7-9 mile long 'Great Seto Bridge' crossed the Inland Sea and liked the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. It had taken 10 years to build and cost �4.9 billion. Apr16 PLO military chief Khalil Wazir (Abu Jihad) is gunned down by Israeli commandos in Tunisia. Apr18 Israeli court convicted John Demjanjuk of Nazi war crimes, saying he was the gas chamber operator "Ivan The Terrible" at the Treblinka death camp in World War 11 May15 Soviet troops began leaving Afghanistan after eight years of occupation Jun2 In Canberra, the High Court unanimously rejected Britain's bid to ban further publication in Australia of the "Spycatcher" memoirs of former secret agent Peter Wright. Jun6 The Queen stripped imprisoned jockey Lester Piggott of his OBE. He was jailed earlier for repeated tax evasion Jul3 American warship Vincennes shot down an Iran Airbus A300 over the Gulf in the last weeks of the Iran-Iraq war, killing all 290 aboard. Jul6 167 men die in an explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea. Aug19 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their eight year-old war Oct19 British government banned broadcast interviews with groups which expressed support for violence in Northern Ireland, provoking opposition charges it was handing a propaganda coup to the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Nov8 George Bush (Republican) beats Mike Dukakis (Democrat) for Presidency of the USA Dec1 Benazir Bhutto named first female Prime Minister of a Moslem country (Pakistan) Dec6
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Sugababes Sugababes Quote From Sugababes' Keisha Buchanan: "It sounds bad, but they don't care about your age if you're famous." Early Years: The Sugababes' Keisha Buchanan and Mutya Buena were childhood friends growing up in London. Buchanan's family are Jamaican, and Buena's family comes from the Philippines. The pair met Siobhan Donaghy at a party in 1998 when they were 13. Shortly after meeting they decided to form a group. London Records decided to sign them to a contract when they turned 14 and brought in Cameron McVey, producer for All Saints, to work on their first album. 'One Touch': The release of the first album One Touch was preceded by the single "Overload." The single landed in the U.K. pop singles top 10 and One Touch, released in October 2000, reached the top 30 on the album chart. 3 more top 40 singles from the album followed, but, unfortunately, London Records was disappointed with the album sales and dropped the group. continue reading below our video 5 Classic Novels Everyone Should Read In another blow, Siobhan Donaghy left the group in the middle of a concert tour in 2001. Heidi Range speaks with a Liverpudlian (from Liverpool) accent. Sugababes Reconstituted: With rumors swirling about whether Siobhan Donaghy left the group voluntarily or was forced out, Buchanan and Buena added former Atomic Kitten member Heidi Range to become a trio again. They signed to Island Records and released their next single "Freak Like Me" in May 2002. Featuring lyrics from Adina Howard's version on top of a Gary Numan sample, the record became their first U.K. #1. 'Angels With Dirty Faces': With "Freak Like Me" still ringing in their fans' ears, the next single "Round Round" and the album Angels With Dirty Faces appeared in August 2002. "Round Round" became their 2nd U.K. #1 and the album reached #2. Critics lauded the album as one of the best pop releases of the year. 2 more hit singles followed from the album and the trio took home a Brit Award for Best British Dance Act. 'Three': Sugababes' third album, appropriately titled Three appeared in October 2003 along with the first single "Hole In the Head." The single became their third U.K. #1 pop single, and it had the distinction of being the group's first single to reach the U.S. pop chart, stopping at #96. However, "Hole In the Head" was a #1 dance hit in the U.S. 3 more top 10 U.K. singles followed and in September 2004 the trio decided to take a break from the music business. 'Taller In More Ways': In the spring of 2005, Mutya Buena gave birth to a daughter Tahlia. The group returned to the stage for the first time in a year for the Edinburgh Live 8 concert in July, 2005. "Push the Button" and "Ugly," two songs from Sugababes' upcoming album were debuted on BBC radio in August. "Push the Button" was released as a new single the first week of October, 2005 and it debuted at #1 on the U.K. pop singles chart becoming the trio's 4th #1. 2 weeks later the album Taller In More Ways debuted at the top as well. In December of 2005 word came that Mutya Buena had left the group. She was soon replaced by Amelle Berrabah . 'Change': In late 2006 a Sugababes greatest hits collection titled Overloaded: The Singles appeared. It included the hit single "Easy." A new studio album Change was released in October 2007. It became the Sugababes' second consecutive #1 hit in the UK and included the #1 single "About You Now." However, the followup title single failed to reach the top 10, and that album did not sell nearly as well outside the UK as its predecessor. 'Catfights and Spotlights' and the Future: It was only a year before the Sugababes' next album Catfights and Spotlights appeared in October 2008. However, it was a commercial disappointment peaking only at #8. That was the most lackluster chart performance for the group since their debut studio album One Touch. Less than a year later the song "Get Sexy," the first single from an upcoming seventh studio album by the Sugababes, was released and went to #2 on the pop singles. The British pop music
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 2nd February - The Questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League SET BY THE ROBIN HOOD 1. Arts and Entertainments 8. Sport (Pics) Apologies for the smaller than traditional pictures…we live in austere times. sorry I'm having some problems with the pictures - I'll come back to it but have posted in the meantime - Nick Arts and Ents – Waxing Lyrical. Identify either the song/novel/poem OR the singer/band/author as appropriate. Q1 With reference to our stay in the A-League…. 2002 Song, taken from album “A rush of blood to the head” – Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh take me back to the start Coldplay or “The Scientist” 1993 Song taken from album “Pablo Honey” I’m a _BLANK_, I'm a weirdo, What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. I only knew what hunted thought quickened his step, and why He looked upon the garish day with such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved and so he had to die. Oscar Wilde or “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” Q4 My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunkMy heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk Ode to a Nightingale – John Keats Q5 1987 Song taken from the album “Actually” At school they taught me how to be so pure in thought and word and deed They didn't quite succeed Pet Shop Boys or “It’s a Sin” Q6 1967 Song from an eponymous album The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray Procol Harum or “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Q7 "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Leo Tolstoy or “Anna Karenina” Q8 1963 Novel "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York." Sylvia Plath, or “The Bell Jar” S1 Supp 1 1989 Novel "To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die." Salman Rushdie or “The Satanic Verses” S2 Song – Original Artist from 1975 or title Required She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair Hallelujah or “Leonard Cohen” Geography – Picture Round. Identify the country from the image provided. Q1 S1 / VI 1 SUPP/VISUALLY IMPAIRED 1. Kinshasa is one of the 20 biggest cities (by population) in the world. In which country is it found. DR Congo (accept Zaire with reluctance) S2/ VI 2 Dili is the capital of which country which achieved independence in 2002. East Timor/ ( or Timor-Leste) Runners Up – in honour of the position the Robin keeps achieving on a Tuesday night. In each case you will be given the name of a winner of an event. Name the memorable 2nd placer. Q1 1997 General Election. Enfield Southgate constituency. Winner, Stephen Twigg (Labour) Michael Portillo (..were you still up for him?...) Q2 2015. General Election. Twickenham Constituency. Winner, Tania Mathias (Conservative) Vince Cable 2002 Pop Idol. Winner – Will Young Gareth Gates 2009 Britain’s Got Talent. Winner – Diversity Susan Boyle 2015. General Election. Thanet South Constituency. Winner Craig Mackinlay (Conservative) Nigel Farage 2015 General Election. Bradford West constituency. Winner Naseem Shah (Labour) George Galloway 1990-1994. 5 World Snooker Championship Finals. Winners – Stephen Hendry and John Parrott Jimmy White 1993 Wimbledon Ladies Singles (tearfully). Winner: Steffi Graf Jana Novotna 2000 US Presidential Election. Winner: George W. Bush Al Gore Science – Periodic Table. All of these are chemical elements – but there are other routes to the answer if you are not a scientist. Slight errors in the ending of the name should be tolerated. Q1 Atomic Number 84. Radi
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Lewis Carroll (Author of Alice in Wonderland) Children's , Poetry , Fiction Influences edit data The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense. Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses. He also has works published under his re The Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass as well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense. Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses. He also has works published under his real name. For more information, please see http://www.answers.com/topic/lewis-ca... ...more
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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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The UK Number Ones : 1970-1974 -now Week Ending ACT + Links TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT 31 Jan 1970 Edison Lighthouse Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) 5 Only No 1 Studio act with lead singer Tony Burrows . He sang on hits for many other groups. 7 Mar 1970 Lee Marvin Wandrin' Star 3 Only No 1 Tough-guy actor who growled this song in his film "Paint Your Wagon". 28 Mar 1970 Simon & Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water 3 Only No 1 Only Art Garfunkel sings on this perennial favourite. Paul Simon went on to even greater solo success, but never made No 1. 18 Apr 1970 Dana All Kinds Of Everything 2 Only No 1 First Eurovision winner for Ireland. Her career was shorter than most expected. 2 May 1970 Norman Greenbaum Spirit In The Sky 2 Only No 1 A "Praising Jesus" song that Norman wrote himself. Doctor & The Medics took the song to No 1 in 1986. 16 May 1970 England World Cup Squad Back Home 3 1st No 1 Mexico World Cup sing-along, which did not help England to win the cup. 6 Jun 1970 Christie Yellow River 1 Only No 1 Written by Jeff Christie for the Tremeloes who turned it down - so he recorded it himself. 13 Jun 1970 Mungo Jerry In The Summertime 7 1st No 1 Good-time band led by Ray Dorset. The song has been revived several times since. 1 Aug 1970 Elvis Presley The Wonder Of You 6 16th No 1 He was reviving his career in Las Vegas, and this is a live recording from his show. At this point he was still one behind the Beatles. 12 Sep 1970 Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Tears Of A Clown 1 1st No 1 Motown act - Robinson was a director of the company. He had a solo No 1 in 1981. 19 Sep 1970 Freda Payne Band Of Gold 6 Only No 1 Song about marriage failure from an actress, produced by former Motown men. 31 Oct 1970 Matthew's Southern Comfort Woodstock 3 Only No 1 21 Nov 1970 Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Chile 1 Only No 1 American with legendary status who found fame in London, where he died two months prior to this No 1. 28 Nov 1970 Xmas No 1 Dave Edmunds I Hear You Knockin' 6 Only No 1 Mainly a producer, he has been involved in hits for dozens of artists. 9 Jan 1971 Clive Dunn Grandad 3 Only No 1 "Dad's Army" star who tapped seasonal sentimentality that Christmas & New Year. 30 Jan 1971 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 5 1st No 1 The ex-Beatle excelled with this, but was sued for plagiarism a few years later. The recording returned to the top in 2002, following his death. 6 Mar 1971 Mungo Jerry Baby Jump 2 2nd & last No 1 Written by leader Ray Dorset. He remained in the music business until the 90s. 20 Mar 1971 T Rex Hot Love 6 1st No 1 Led by Marc Bolan, an acoustic folk hero who turned electric and became a glam rock star. 1 May 1971 Dave & Ansil Collins Double Barrel 2 Only No 1 Jamaican duo who provided only the second West Indian reggae chart topper. 15 May 1971 300th No 1 Dawn Knock Three Times 5 1st No 1 19 Jun 1971 Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep 5 Only No 1 They were a Scottish foursome who first tasted success in Europe. 24 Jul 1971 T Rex Get It On 4 2nd No 1 Great guitar riffs ensured that Marc Bolan would get another chart topper. 21 Aug 1971 Diana Ross I'm Still Waiting 4 2nd No 1 (1st with Supremes) Chosen as Tony Blackburn's record of the week, it sold by the bucket load, and was her first solo No 1. 18 Sep 1971 Tams Hey Girl Don't Bother Me 3 Only No 1 American act whose US chart career was already over. This was a reissue of a 1964 US hit. 9 Oct 1971 Rod Stewart Maggie May 5 1st No 1 A veteran of several bands, notably The Faces. This remains a perennial radio favourite. 13 Nov 1971 Slade Coz I Luv You 4 1st No 1 Wolverhampton glam rockers who launched a long and successful career with this. 11 Dec 1971 Xmas No 1 Benny Hill Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) 4 Only No 1 Popular tv comic who recorded novelty songs over a number of years. 8 Jan 1972 New Seekers I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing 4 1st No 1 They were formed by a member of the Seekers. Song started as a Coca Cola tv ad. 5 Feb 1972 T Re
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Standing - Hazards Magazine Theatre ushers / front of house staff Tell Hazards if your job is missing from the list. Half left standing European studies suggest between one-third and half of all workers spend more than 4 hours a day on their feet, either standing or walking ( 5 ). This means more than seven million and possibly as many as 11 million UK workers could spend at least half their working day on their feet. Some, like machine minders or retail workers hemmed in behind checkouts, sometimes have scarcely the room or opportunity to move their feet at all. Although this is a major health and safety and comfort issue for millions of UK workers, there has never been a Health and Safety Executive prosecution for a breach of the current 12-year-old health and safety regulation covering provision of seating at work. HSE’s prosecution and notices database contain no records of prosecutions under section 11 paragraph 3 of the Workplace (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, the law requiring provision of suitable seats where the work or a substantial part of it can be done sitting. The database reveals HSE has issued just five improvement notices relating to this law. The database also show no seating related prosecutions under the VDU regulations, and just one improvement notice under these regulations relating to provision of an unsuitable chair. Sitting comfortably? The sum total of HSE’s enforcement action under Regulation 11(3) of the Workplace Regulations is: • 22/03/2004: E Meyer & Co (Mentor) Ltd. Improvement notice. Failure to provide suitable seating for employees on the finishing line at a screw and fastener manufacturing firm. Complied with. • 03/02/2003: Legrand Electric Ltd. Improvement notice. Employer has failed to provide suitable seats for work that could be undertaking sitting. Complied with. • 27/05/2002: B & S Electronic Services Ltd. Improvement notice. Workstations and chairs for close assembly work all badly adjusted and set up. Evidence of employees adopting awkward postures to fit around work space and fashioning home made repairs to equipment. Improvement notice served to risk assess and indicate timescales to implement improvements. Complied with. • 17/05/2002: Plastic Moulders (Yorks) Ltd. Improvement notice. Workstation seating provision was plastic garden furniture and therefore unsuitable as it may constitute an ill-health problem. Company purchased seating with adjustable features and lower back support. Complied with. • 19/07/2001: Aviation & Airport Services Ltd. Improvement notice. Contravention of Workplace Regulations, Regulation 11(3). No seats were provided for workers who could perform their packing duties sitting down. Workers complaining of aching and tired legs etc. Complied with. • Alternate standing and walking with sitting • Make work surfaces height-adjustable. According to Professor Messing: “In factory jobs, the new, fashionable modular production sometimes forces workers to stand because they are rotating constantly from job to job. In those cases it would be good to discuss alternatives with the workers. They usually like changing jobs but might want to change less often so they could sit. Revamping the work area might also help.” No job, no pension, no justice David Craner was employed for 13 years as a school site manager in Weymouth. A highly qualified UNISON branch health and safety officer and safety rep, he was
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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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The Body After Death - How Dying Works | HowStuffWorks The Body After Death Steven Puetzer/Photographer's Choice RF/ Getty Images After the heart stops beating, the body immediately starts turning cold. This phase is known as algor mortis, or the death chill. Each hour, the body temperature falls about 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.83 degrees Celsius) until it reaches room temperature. At the same time, without circulation to keep it moving through the body, blood starts to pool and settle. Rigor mortis, or a stiffening of the body, sets in about two to six hours after death [source: Marchant, Middleton ]. While the body as a whole may be dead, little things within the body are still alive. Skin cells, for example, can be viably harvested for up to 24 hours after death [source: Mims ]. But some things that are still alive lead to the putrefaction, or decomposition, of the body -- we're talking about little organisms that live in the intestines. Up Next 10 Worst Ways to Die A few days after death, these bacteria and enzymes start the process of breaking down their host. The pancreas is full of so many bacteria that it essentially digests itself [source: Macnair ]. As these organisms work their way to other organs, the body becomes discolored, first turning green, then purple, then black. If you can't see the change, you'll smell it soon enough, because the bacteria create an awful-smelling gas. In addition to smelling up the room, that gas will cause the body to bloat, the eyes to bulge out of their sockets and the tongue to swell and protrude. (In rare instances, this gas has created enough pressure after a few weeks to cause decomposing pregnant women to expel the fetus in a process known as coffin birth.) A week after death, the skin has blistered and the slightest touch could cause it to fall off. A month after death, the hair, nails and teeth will fall out. The hair and nails, by the way, while long rumored to keep growing after death, don't have any magical growth properties. They merely look bigger as the skin dries out. Internal organs and tissues have liquefied, which will swell the body until it bursts open. At that point, a skeleton remains. Now, most of us don't see that process because the law requires that we do something with the body. There are endless possibilities: We can choose a coffin for our body or an urn for our ashes. We can be embalmed, mummified or frozen. Some cultures were rumored to engage in cannibalistic rituals of consuming the dead, while others left their dead exposed to the elements for animals to cart away. You could donate your body to science or ask for burial at sea. But unless mummified or preserved, bodies eventually disintegrate in the process described above. However, burial in a coffin slows the process tremendously; even the type of soil in which you're buried can make a difference. Disposal of a dead body is largely regulated by cultural and religious beliefs. Early cultures buried the dead with their favorite possessions (and sometimes their favorite people) for the afterlife. Sometimes, warriors or servants were buried standing up, eternally ready for action. Orthodox Jews shroud their dead and bury them on the same day as death, while Buddhists believe that consciousness stays in the body for three days [source: Mims ]. Hindus are cremated, because it's believed that burning releases the soul from the body, while Roman Catholics frown on cremation out of respect for the body as a symbol of human life [sources: Mims ; Cassell et al ]. Religion and culture will always be intertwined with death, and one large area of influence relates to the ethical questions surrounding the dying process. On the next page, we'll consider some of the issues.
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Pieta in Art: Image of Virgin Mary Holding Dead Christ Image of Virgin Mary Holding Dead Christ. Pieta (1500) St Peter's Rome. The world's most famous "pieta". Sculpted by Michelangelo at By Luis de Morales (El Devino) Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid. Pieta (1600) and styles, see: History of Art . For chronology, see: History of Art Timeline . What is a Pieta? In Christian art , "pieta" - the Italian for "pity" or "mercy" - is a depiction of the dead Christ following the descent from the cross, accompanied either by a sorrowful Virgin/Madonna (sometimes with Saint John), or angels. The image may be a sculpture - most often a marble sculpture or a wood carving - or a painting . The most famous Pieta is the sculpture by Michelangelo , which can be seen in St Peter's Basilica , Rome. The Pieta is not unlike the Lamentation of Christ, taken from the Passion, except it is more reflective, and its most common form is one consisting only of the dead Jesus lying on the lap of the Virgin Mary. Indeed, if Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by too many figures, the work can lose its meditative character, and become a Lamentation. Another important difference between a Pieta and a Lamentation, is that while the latter represents a particular biblical scene from Christ's Passion, the former is a timeless image. The Pieta is one of several representations used in Biblical art to depict a grieving Virgin Mary (the Mater Dolorosa). Another comes from the Stations of the Cross, when the weeping mother meets her son Jesus on the way to his Crucifixion at Calvary. The second is the Stabat Mater (here stands the mother), depicting the Madonna standing beneath the cross, an image often used as part of a large church-crucifix or rood. The intensity of the imagery can vary considerably. Wood-carved Pietas in German Gothic art often emphasise Christ's wounds, and/or the Virgin's grief. However, once the grief becomes too obvious, the work loses its reflective character, and becomes a Lamentation. History of the Pieta The Pieta appears to have originated in Germany (where it is known as the Vesperbild) during the mid to late 13th century era of Gothic art (although equally early examples have been found in Spain and in Orthodox churches in Russia). Thereafter it spread to Italy in time for the Early Renaissance (c.1400-90), although it was not in widespread use as a form of religious art : witness an entry from the diary of Landucci, a writer, which describes a painting as being of "a seated Madonna, holding the dead Christ in her arms, following the descent from the cross, which some are calling a Pieta." Also, the French Cardinal who commissioned the St Peter's version from Michelangelo, was so unfamiliar with the subject that he insisted on describing the pose required, in the contract. Famous Pietas Rottgen Pieta (1300) Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, by unknown carver. Christ on the Virgin's Knees (c.1350) Munich, by unknown sculptor. Pieta in limestone (1400) The Cloisters New York, by unknown sculptor. Dead Christ Attended by Angels (1443) Victoria & Albert, by Donatello . Pieta (1500) St Peter's Basilica, by Michelangelo. Pieta (1500-20) Eglise Saint-Martin, Bayel, by the Master of Chaource. PAINTING The Avignon Pieta (c.1454-6) Louvre, by Enguerrand Quarton . Pieta with Saint John and donor (1435) Prado, by Roger van der Weyden . Christ Upheld by Angels (1460) Staatsgalerie Berlin, by Giovanni Bellini. Christ Upheld by the Virgin & St John (1468) Brera Milan, by Giovanni Bellini . Pieta (1490) Uffizi Gallery, by Perugino . Pieta (c.1560) Prado, by Luis de Morales. Pieta (c.1570) Accademia Venice, by Titian . Pieta (1571-6) Philadelphia Museum of Art,
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The Girl of the Golden West – Composer The Girl of the Golden West – Composer The Girl of the Golden West – Composer Share Pin It Giacomo Puccini His full name was Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini . . . it was Italian tradition to include the names of your grandfathers on the birth certificate. Giacomo came from a long line of organists, composers and choir masters in Lucca, a small town in nothern Italy. As a boy, Puccini was described as “lazy, slow, and a poor student,” who enjoyed only bird hunting. His mother, a single parent with seven children, forced him to study music. To help with family finances, Puccini began working at age 11 as a church organist, and later earned money by teaching piano and playing piano in Lucca’s taverns. Puccini saw his first opera at age 18. Too poor for train fare, he walked almost 20 miles to see Verdi’s AIDA in Pisa, and it changed his life: “I felt that a musical window had opened for me.” Puccini now knew he would not become a church musician like his father, but would turn to opera. He made plans to move to Milan, where the famous opera house, La Scala, was the new center of Italian opera. It took him four years to save enough money to enroll in Milan Conservatory. In Milan, Puccini was poor, but he met the most influential figures in Italian opera. To save money, he shared an apartment with several friends, and in later years, he would recall episodes of dodging bill collectors and playing piano in bars for food. Puccini hated his landlord, who opened the tenants’ mail to collect rent before they could spend it. The students were not allowed to cook in their rooms, but were too poor to eat out, so while his friends cooked, Puccini played piano as loudly as possible to cover the kitchen sounds. In LA BOHÈME, the landlord would become the old buffoon, Benoit, and the young roommates would cheat him out of his rent. . . something Puccini wanted to do in his youth. Puccini wrote his first opera, LE VILLI, for an opera competition. The judges didn’t like it, but Giulio Ricordi, the most important publisher in Italy, liked it, and saw great promise in Puccini. He paid Puccini a stipend for several years, and stood by him through several attempts to write a successful opera. Ricordi believed that Puccini would become famous. He was right. He made a fortune as the publisher of the world’s most popular operas: TOSCA, LA BOHÈME, and MADAMA BUTTERFLY. Some of Puccini’s most popular operas were composed around the turn of the century included LA BOHÈME in 1896, TOSCA in 1900, and MADAMA BUTTERFLY in 1904, an opera he based on a David Belasco play he’d seen in London. This would not be the first time that Puccini had inspiration from a Belasco play. Then came a long period when he searched for new subjects and yearned to write a different kind of opera. The result was a commission from America, on an American subject, to be premiered in New York for the Metropolitan Opera. Puccini was again inspired by a David Belasco play and subsequently wrote LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST (THE GIRL OF THE GOLDEN WEST), a tale of gold miners in the California gold rush. FANCIULLA had its premiere in 1910. He wrote four more operas before beginning TURANDOT in 1920. TURANDOT would prove to be an extremely difficult project for Puccini. In fact, he never completed the opera. There were many problems: his librettists were slow, the story line required major rewriting, Puccini wanted it to be bigger than any of his other works and, worst of all, his health was failing. Throughout his life Puccini was never without his beloved cigars, and he was diagnosed with throat cancer in 1923. He had a fatal heart attack after surgery in Brussels, and died on November 29, 1924. Unlike most composers, Puccini died a wealthy man, with an estate valued at $24 million in today’s money. From 1850 to Puccini’s time, the opera business in Italy was like the Broadway musical scene of today: it was big business. Wealthy investors poured money into star performers and big productions,
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Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel - Brilliant Classics Home > Catalogue > Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Readings: State Library of Victoria Cnr La Trobe & Swanston Str Melbourne VIC Music Store at the Opera Centre Leonardo da Vinci 28 Tel Aviv 03-6927888 www.arkivmusic.com About this release Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov showed musical promise as a child, but the pursuit of a Naval career meant that much of his grounding in musical theory was gained in between various tours of duty. Although best known in the Western world for his nationalist orchestral works, Rimsky-Korsakov brought Russian opera to the fore, so that by the end of his life, the genre was flourishing. The Golden Cockerel, written between 15 October 1906 and 29 August 1907, was inspired by Alexander Pushkin’s tale and caused concern among the Russian authorities, with the story detailing the murder of a Tsar and providing a critique of the power associated with Tsarism. This predictably led to trouble with the censor, which demanded that the prologue, epilogue and fourteen lines of the libretto should be cut; Rimsky-Korsakov refused and the work was permitted to only appear in print. At the centre of the opera is the juxtaposition of two of the characters and their respective musical language: that of the rigid marches demonstrating the power of King Dodon and the delicate, ethereal chromaticism of the Queen of Shemaka, designed to sound other-worldly. This recording includes the opera in full, containing none of the cuts demanded by the censor. Of this 1985 recording by the Sofia National Opera, conducted by Dimiter Manolov, BBC Music Magazine wrote that ‘the famous 19-minute coloratura show-piece … is beautifully encompassed’ by Elena Stoyanova, who sings the role of the Queen of Shemakha. The role of King Dodon is sung by Hungarian bass Nikolai Stoilov. Other information: - Recorded in 1985. - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is one of the most important Russian composers of romantic opera. His operas, often on themes taken from Russian folklore and fairy tales, abound in colourful and atmospheric scenes, with just the right tinge of spicy Russian melodic flavours. - The Golden Cockerel, based on a tale by Pushkin, was censored by the Russian authorities, accused of hidden political motives. This performance offers the complete, uncut version of the opera, one of Rimsky’s finest and best known. Excellent performance by great Bulgarian voices and forces, a superb recording from the Balkanton catalogue. - The Booklet includes the synopsis of the opera, as well as notes on the composer and the work. The Golden Cockerel: Prologue: Introduction: I am the master magician (Astrologer) 2 The Golden Cockerel: Act 1: The King’s monologue: I have summoned you here (King Dodon) The Golden Cockerel: Act 1: Guidon’s plan: Great father (Guidon/King Dodon/Chorus of Boyars) The Golden Cockerel: Act 1: Afron’s plan (King Dodon/Boyars/Afron/Polkan/Guidon) 5 The Golden Cockerel: Act 1: Hail, Majesty! Sire! (Astrologer) – Oh, that’s a fairy tale (King Dodon/The Golden Cockerel) 6 The Golden Cockerel: Act 1: Cock-a-doodle-do! The coast is clear – The Parrot Scene (The Golden Cockerel/King Dodon/Amelfa) 7 The Dodon’s siesta – Cock-a-doodle-do! Beware! (Chorus of the People/Amelfa/The Golden Cockerel) – Our King! Father of the people! (Polkan/King Dodon/Afron/Chorus of Boyars/Guidon) The Golden Cockerel: Act 1: King Dodon’s dream (The Golden Cockerel/King Dodon/Amelfa/Chorus) 9 The Golden Cockerel: Act 1: The Cockerel’s scene: Cock-a-doodle-do!... Oh! What misfortune! (The Golden Cockerel/Chorus of the People/Polkan/King Dodon) Disk 2 1 The Golden Cockerel: Act 2: Soldiers’ chorus: The silent night is ehispering fearful things (Chorus of Soldiers) – What terrible sight is this? – Behold, a tent! (King of Dodon/Polkan/Chrous of Soldiers) 2 The Golden Cockerel: Act 2: The Queen of Shemakha’s entrance: Hail, O ray of morning sun (Queen of Shemakha/King of Dodon/Polkan) The Golden Cockerel: Act 2: Whose heart rich
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What in the common name for ascorbic acid?
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Ascorbic acid: Indications, Side Effects, Warnings - Drugs.com Ascorbic acid Generic Name: ascorbic acid (ASS-kor-bik ASS-id) Brand Name: Examples include Ascor L 500 and Betac Overview Pricing & Coupons Ascorbic acid is used for: Treating and preventing low levels of vitamin C. It may also be used for other conditions as determined by your doctor. Ascorbic acid is a vitamin. It works by supplementing vitamin C, which is used in many functions in the body. Do NOT use ascorbic acid if: you are allergic to any ingredient in ascorbic acid Contact your doctor or health care provider right away if any of these apply to you. Slideshow Don't Believe The Hype: How Multivitamins Conquered The Land Of The Free Before using ascorbic acid: Some medical conditions may interact with ascorbic acid. Tell your doctor or pharmacist if you have any medical conditions, especially if any of the following apply to you: if you are pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or are breast-feeding if you are taking any prescription or nonprescription medicine, herbal preparation, or dietary supplement if you have allergies to medicines, foods, or other substances if you have diabetes, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, a high iron level in the blood, anemia (eg, sickle cell, sideroblastic, thalassemia), or kidney stones Some MEDICINES MAY INTERACT with ascorbic acid. Tell your health care provider if you are taking any other medicines, especially any of the following: Anticoagulants (eg, warfarin) because side effects may be increased by ascorbic acid This may not be a complete list of all interactions that may occur. Ask your health care provider if ascorbic acid may interact with other medicines that you take. Check with your health care provider before you start, stop, or change the dose of any medicine. How to use ascorbic acid: Use ascorbic acid as directed by your doctor. Check the label on the medicine for exact dosing instructions. Ascorbic acid is usually administered as an injection at your doctor's office, hospital, or clinic. If you are using ascorbic acid at home, carefully follow the injection procedures taught to you by your health care provider. If ascorbic acid contains particles or is discolored, or if the vial is cracked or damaged in any way, do not use it. Keep this product, as well as syringes and needles, out of the reach of children. Do not reuse needles, syringes, or other materials. Dispose of properly after use. Ask your doctor or pharmacist to explain local regulations for proper disposal. If you miss a dose of ascorbic acid, take it as soon as possible. If it is almost time for your next dose, skip the missed dose and go back to your regular dosing schedule. Do not take 2 doses at once. Ask your health care provider any questions you may have about how to use ascorbic acid. Important safety information: Do not take large doses of vitamins (megadoses or megavitamin therapy) while taking ascorbic acid unless directed to by your doctor. Ascorbic acid may cause incorrect results with some in-home cholesterol test kits. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are taking ascorbic acid and need to check your cholesterol at home. Diabetes patients - Ascorbic acid may cause incorrect test results with some urine glucose tests. Check with your doctor before you adjust the dose of your diabetes medicine or change your diet. Ascorbic acid may cause incorrect test results with kits used to check for blood in the stool. Check with your doctor if you are taking ascorbic acid when using the test kit. PREGNANCY and BREAST-FEEDING: If you become pregnant while taking ascorbic acid, discuss with your doctor the benefits and risks of using ascorbic acid during pregnancy. Ascorbic acid is excreted in breast milk. If you are or will be breast-feeding while you are using ascorbic acid, check with your doctor or pharmacist to discuss the risks to your baby. Possible side effects of ascorbic acid: All medicines may cause side effects, but many people have no, or minor, side effects. Check with your doctor if any of these most COMMO
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What is the common name for calcium carbonate? | Reference.com What is the common name for calcium carbonate? A: Quick Answer Calcium carbonate is an element found around the world. Because of this, there are six common names for the element: calcite, chalk, eggshells, limestone, marble and Tums. Full Answer Calcium carbonate can be found in rocks, snails, pearls, and more. Most of it is mined from quarries, and pure sources of calcium carbonate can be extracted and used for foods and pharmaceuticals. It can also be created from calcium oxide. When water is added to calcium oxide, it produces calcium hydroxide. Passing carbon dioxide through calcium hydroxide produces calcium carbonate by means of precipitation, earning it the industry name of precipitated calcium carbonate, or PCC.
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What is the most abundant protein in mammals making up about 25% of their total protein content?
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Most Abundant Protein: What Is the Most Common Protein? Most Abundant Protein What Is the Most Common Protein? This is a space-filling model of RuBisCO or ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase, the most common protein in the world. ARP, public domain Have you ever wondered what the most abundant protein is? The answer depends on whether you want to know the most common protein in the world, in your body or in a cell. Most Abundant Protein in the World The most abundant protein in the world is RuBisCO , which is an enzyme that catalyzes the first step in carbon fixation. RuBisCO is found in plants, algae, cyanobacteria and certain other bacteria. Carbon fixation is the main chemical reaction responsible for inorganic carbon entering the biosphere. In plants, this is part of photosynthesis, in which carbon dioxide is made into glucose. Most Abundant Protein in the Human Body The most abundant protein in your body is collagen . Around 25% to 35% of protein in your body is collagen. It is the most common protein in other mammals, too. Collagen forms connective tissue. It is found primarily in fibrous tissue, such as tendons, ligaments and skin. Collagen is a component of muscle, cartilage, bone, blood vessels, the cornea of the eye, intervertebral discs and the intestinal tract. Most Common Protein in Cells It's a little harder to name a single protein as the most common protein in cells because the protein composition of cells depends on their function. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge Actin is a very common "housekeeping" protein that is found in all eukaryotic cells. Tubulin is another important and abundant protein, used in cellular division, among other purposes. Histones, associated with DNA, are expressed in all cells. Ribosomal proteins are abundant, since they are needed to produce other proteins. The type of cell matters. Red blood cells contain high concentrations of the protein hemoglobin, while muscle cells contain high level of the protein myosin.
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Dean's Den: My Favorite Quotations My Favorite Quotations "I hate quotations." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson It's kind of amazing to notice how many people these days like to put treasured quotations up on their personal web sites. It's as if each of us is publishing our own personal "good book," our own sacred collection of wisdom and insight. The way I see this, in the old days we settled for a book of wisdom written by a committee, and naturally it was full of mistakes and nonsense. But in the future human truth will spread like wildfire in a much more reliable way, because each of us will have taken the responsibility to help carry from hand to hand only those insights we have personally verified. Anyway, here are some of my own favorites for you to test drive. Yogi Berries NOTE: I have sprinkled a few of my own quotes in the following collection, mostly because I could get away with it. Some of them were extracted from larger texts, but some were always intended to be one-sentence essays. Since I have never heard of anyone treating the quotation as a literary form before, it may be appropriate at this moment to remember the words of that much misunderstood rebel of yesteryear: "There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things." -- Niccolo Machiavelli Animal Liberation Jeremy Bentham: The question is not can they reason, not can they talk, but can they suffer? [Animal Protection Institute of America pamphlet] Henry Beston: We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature, and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge, and sees thereby a feather magnified and the whole image in distortion. We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err and err greatly. For the animal should not be measured by man. In a world older and more complete than ours, they move finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren; they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendor and travail of the earth. [from The Outermost House: A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod (1928), which Rachel Carson once described as the only influence on her writing.] Leonardo Da Vinci: The day will come when men such as I will look on the murder of animals as they now look on the murder of men. [Animal Protection Institute of America pamphlet] Ghandi: If animals could speak, they would state a case against mankind that would stagger the imagination. Dean Hannotte: All of us, from pet owners to sociobiologists, describe animals as having "lovely" or "fierce" or "gentle" personalities. Isn't it time we agreed that anything with a personality is a person? And if corporations can be "persons" just to enjoy legal protections, shouldn't we grant legal protections to fellow creatures that can actually think and feel? If IBM is a person, why isn't my cat? George Bernard Shaw: I wouldn't eat meat even if it were good for me. Isaac Bashevis Singer: In our behavior towards animals, all men are Nazis. Mark Twain: I believe I am not interested to know whether vivisection produces results that are profitable to the human race or doesn't. The pain which it inflicts upon unconsenting animals is the basis of my enmity toward it, and it is to me sufficient justification of the enmity without looking further. Cats, Reigning and Otherwise [unknown]: Albert Schweitzer, a lefty, wrote prescriptions with his right arm because his cat Sizi preferred to sleep on his left arm. [from Pet House Magazine, 4/94, page 39] [unknown]: Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God. [unknown]: I got rid of my husband
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Which is Britain’s largest native butterfly?
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Continental swallowtail butterfly settles in Britain for the first time | Daily Mail Online Rare European butterfly settles in Britain for the first time: Continental swallowtail has been spotted in Sussex The large yellow and black butterfly has been spotted 12 times in Sussex It's thought to have migrated from France during last summer's heatwave Current invasion could be the start of the colonisation of Southern England Continental swallowtail is common across the warmer parts of Europe but it was previously thought it couldn't survive Britain's cold winters The UK's subspecies of swallowtail is smaller, darker and lives in Norfolk
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Britain's 50 greatest islands - Telegraph Britain's 50 greatest islands Julia Hunt selects the best of more than a thousand islands around the United Kingdom. Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, lies a mile off the Northumbrian coast Photo: Getty The Cullins mountains dominate the skyline as you approach Skye Photo: Getty Iona has had an abbey since St Columba arrived in the sixth century Photo: Getty Lundy is ideal for bird-watching, nature walks and snorkelling safaris Photo: Getty Rathlin is Northern Ireland's only inhabited offshore island Photo: Getty By Julia Hunt 12:24PM BST 01 Sep 2008 1. St Mary’s The largest of the Scilly Isles, St Mary’s is nevertheless only three miles wide, though it has the best links with the mainland, thanks to an airport and ferry service. Travel along the quaint lanes by horse, bicycle or vintage car. Stay at the Star Castle Hotel (01720 422317; www.star-castle.co.uk ; from £240), which was built as a garrison for Queen Elizabeth I. 2. Tresco Palm trees and exotic plants from around the world flourish in the sheltered Abbey Garden, thanks to the mild Scilly climate. Beaches, one pretty village, and 20 minutes from Penzance by helicopter. Stay at The Island Hotel (01720 422883; www.tresco.co.uk ; from £270). 3. Lundy English seaside cafes: Coffee and coast 01 Aug 2008 In the mouth of the Bristol Channel, Lundy is just over three miles long and one mile wide. England’s only marine nature reserve and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, it is ideal for bird-watching, nature walks and snorkelling safaris. Self-catering is available in Landmark Trust properties ( www.lundyisland.co.uk ). 4. Anglesey The largest island off the Welsh coast, Anglesey has wide beaches, Victorian seaside towns and the village with the longest place name in Britain (shortened to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll). The island is regarded as the bread basket of Wales and culinary events include a beer festival next month and an oyster festival in October. www.visitanglesey.com . 5. Isle of Man The island has its own government, the Tynwald, and its own language, Manx, yet is just 60 miles off the Lancashire coast. Attractions include sandy beaches, medieval castles and the TT motorcycle races. www.isleofman.com . 6. Rathlin Island With its dramatic basalt cliffs, Northern Ireland’s only inhabited offshore island is home to thousands of seabirds, which you can view from a RSPB bird colony. Daily passenger ferries from Ballycastle, six miles across the Sea of Moyle, with Caledonian MacBrayne ( www.calmac.co.uk/rathlin ). 7. Inchmurrin The largest inland island in Britain, Inchmurrin is found towards the south of Loch Lomond, Scotland’s largest loch. Named after St Mirren, the island has traces of a seventh-century monastery. Activities include walking, swimming and watersports. Access by ferry or Balmaha Mail Boat. Restaurant and self-catering accommodation. Further information, www.inchmurrin-lochlomond.com . 8. Bute Located in the Firth of Clyde, Bute was a popular Victorian holiday destination. The jazz festival is a big draw now, along with Mount Stuart, the Gothic home of the Earls of Bute. Cruise back on the Waverley, Glasgow’s last paddle steamer. www.visitbute.com . 9. Arran Often referred to as “Scotland in miniature”, Arran has a diverse landscape of beaches, mountains, woodlands and villages, just an hour from the Ayrshire coast. Attractions include the Isle of Arran distillery, Brodick Castle, several golf courses and a wide range of accommodation. www.visitarran.net . 10. Sanda Popular with sailors and helicopter pilots, this tiny island south of the Mull of Kintyre, has one of Britain’s remotest pubs, the Byron Darnton Tavern. Visitors include the Princess Royal, who stocks up on the free-range beach eggs. Self-catering available. Boat trips from Campbeltown. www.sanda-island.co.uk . 11. Gigha Three miles off the Kintyre peninsula, Gigha was bought by the community in 2002. The island is small enough to walk around in a day, taking in the pretty bays and beautiful Achamore Gardens with magnificent rhododendr
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Near which English town is the 'Legoland theme park' to be found?
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Shop LEGO Toys and Apparel - LEGOLAND Florida COMMITMENT TO QUALITY LEGOLAND® Florida is a 150-acre interactive theme park dedicated to families with children between the ages of 2 and 12. With more than 50 rides, shows and attractions and the all-new water park, LEGOLAND is geared towards family fun! There are currently five other LEGOLAND Parks in the world – LEGOLAND California in Carlsbad, LEGOLAND Billund in Denmark, LEGOLAND Deutschland near Günzburg, Germany and LEGOLAND Windsor outside of London and just opened LEGOLAND Malaysia —the sixth LEGOLAND Park and first in Asia. The LEGOLAND theme parks are a part of Merlin Entertainments Group, the second largest attractions operator in the world. Prices, times and schedules subject to change without notice. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Mini figure and LEGOLAND are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2015 The LEGO Group. LEGOLAND FLORIDA IS A PART OF THE MERLIN ENTERTAINMENTS GROUP®. Contact us at (877) 350-5346. Star Wars™ and all characters, names and related indicia are © 2011 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Book a Stay
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Trumpton | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia left For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article about Trumpton . Trumptonshire was the smallest county of England , being only 1 mile in diameter and 16 inches high. UDI (Unilateral Declaration of Independence) was proclaimed in 1958 though only Libya , Zimbabwe and Button Moon recognised the break-away entity. The United Kingdom government protested the action to the United Nations but failed to reassert its claim on the county due to Trumptonshire's tiny size and it being stuck in the early 1920s – like Llandudno. Since then Trumpton has established high level diplomatic relations with Legoland , Disneyland , Hogwarts , the Vatican and Monaco . Trumpton has retained its own currency, the Monopoly Dollar and all bank accounts are held in Liechtenstein to avoid tax. Since UDI the county has split into 3 self-governing areas based around the major towns: Trumptonshire Major, centred on the historic county town of Trumpton, the Camberwick Green Autonomous Region and the People’s Republic of Chigley. An application by Pogles' Wood to join Trumpton were rejected in a referendum because of the fear that the Pogles would move their tree into the more upmarket Camberwick Green and open the door for the Fairies to dance and prance around in daylight. In the late 1960s the BBC began filming a documentary series based in Trumptonshire, but the bitter enmity between the regions soon became apparent and it was swiftly decided to make three series over a number of years, illustrating their differences in culture, and vastly contrasting forms of government. Contents edit Modern use The character Windy Miller appeared in September 2005 along with some other Camberwick Green characters in commercials for Quaker Oats on UK television following their escape on the Underground Railroad. Episode five of the second series of the BBC's Life on Mars features a recreation of the opening of Camberwick Green, with a puppet of the show's main character, Sam Tyler, emerging from the gimp box and despairing over his colleague, Gene Hunt, who can be seen in puppet form "kicking in a nonce " at the end. This later leads to Sam to threaten Hunt, telling him to "Stay out of Camberwick Green!". It emerges that Sam is tripping after being accidentally overdosed in his hospital bed. edit Trumpton Trust a trendy French director to jump on a fire engine themed bandwagon. Francois Truffaut 's 'homage' to Trumpton with his film Farenheit 451 . The second series, filmed in Trumptonshire Major, first aired in 1967. Each episode began with a shot of Trumpton Town Hall Clock, "telling the time, steadily, sensibly; telling the time for Trumpton". Failure to be able to tell the time steadily and sensibly was an offense punishable by death, a possible contributory factor to the falling enrollment numbers at local primary schools. Uniquely in world history, Trumptonshire Major is governed by the fire brigade (Pyrocracy) - though this organisation had clearly become more militaristic since its disastrous intervention in the Camberwick Green – Chigley war of 1966 when a disagreement about the lyrics to a cheerful song saw a high body count. Captain Flack's roll-call was recited in every episode: "Pugh! Pugh! Barney McGrew! Cuthbert! Dribble! Cock!” They are continually being called out to put down bread riots and break strikes; but to Captain Flack's annoyance, never attend an actual fire. However, this doesn't stop the Fire Brigade absent-mindedly getting out the fire hose each time and receiving a rebuke from Captain Flack ("No, no! Not the hose! We’re not allowed to beat civilians with rubber-hose any more, the Canadian Government will cut off development aid."). The Pyrocracy of Trumptonshire Major. Other characters to feature in the Trumptonshire Major series were Mayor Marion Barry, Mr Troop the Town Simpleton, Chippy Minton the extortionist and his apprentice son, Nobbs, Mrs. Cobbit the “exotic herbalist”, Miss Lovelace the 'plasticine prostitute' and her trio of
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What is the capital of the Yukon, Canada?
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Canada : WHITEHORSE, capital of the YUKON.... - Paris Côte d'Azur Paris Côte d'Azur Canada : WHITEHORSE, capital of the YUKON.... Crédits: very far from Vancouver, the clean city, and the alpine country around Jasper... second of 5 articles on this subject, first published in French , translated by Joanna Bremond. When I got off the bus at five in the morning, a pale sun was rising - very far from Vancouver, the clean city, and the alpine country around Jasper… still a bit dazed, I collected my luggage. It was almost mid-August but at that latitude (60°41’ north), the days were still long. The air was damp and cold and no one was about. Brock and I wandered round the town, which was slowly waking up. We had our first contacts with young Amerindians, who asked first for cigarettes, then for money, but without being aggressive… as if these requests were normal. We went into a place which would be difficult to define for the French … a sort of bar, but which didn’t serve alcohol… half-way between a fast-food and a cafeteria. The coffee was bad by European standards and the croissants very second-rate by mine! And what was more, everything was much too sweet! - pictures©Romain Dartigues - We then set off to look for a camp site, which we found half an hour’s walk from the centre. This site was called “Robert Service” after an Englishman who immigrated to Canada in 1894. The bank where he worked transferred him to Whitehorse, and inspired by the wilderness in the area he turned out to be an excellent author who had the knack of describing in detail the great north land all around. His pœm “The cremation of Sam McGee” made him internationally famous, and deeply respected by the inhabitants of the Yukon. Oddly, he later decided to move to France, where he ended his days… This “White Horse”, situated on the famous Alaska Highway - usually called the AL-CAN - is the only way towards Dawson City, built by and for gold diggers. Some of them even went further north towards the frozen wastes near the Arctic. The 25 636 inhabitants of the capital of the Yukon occupy a huge area, on the scale of a province which has 31,530 residents, the area of which is comparable to Spain or Sweden. I explored the town, climbing up towards the airport, which is built overhanging residents’ houses - it occupies a rather strange situation (see the photo on the left). The following days I explored the town and its surroundings. Until then I couldn’t get away from my imaginings of the Gold Rush at the end of the 1800s, recalling constantly Jack London’s books which were part of this “fever”, such as “White Fang”, “The call of the wild”, “To build a fire”…. I must admit however that I was a bit disappointed … what was left of that marvellous epic time, so well depicted by Charlie Chaplin in “The Gold Rush”, a silent film dated 1928, except some traditional pictures, faded posters, or old photos in the local museum… As for the short film shown by the Tourist Office, as I soon discovered, it was far from being even a reflection of reality. - Credit Hougen Group 1976 et photo Anton Vogee - Is it politically correct to mention the Indian problems? In Whitehorse, the locals didn’t tell me what they thought, yet it was clear that the situation was a tragic one. The news items in the local paper were obviously not exaggerated: alcoholism, drugs, violence, arrests … these reflect the present situation of many of these first inhabitants, culturally smothered by their invaders, unable to adapt to an imposed lifestyle which maintains them in a state of dependence, weakened by food and drink which dœsn’t suit them… a whole series of problems which can’t fail to add fuel to the inevitable tensions and resentments between the two communities. All North America, in fact, is confronted with this same problem, but here, where the natives are numerous, it is much more obvious. I found myself right out in front - witness to the decline of the descendants of tribes which occupied enormous territories, as one can see when visiting the relative sections of the Washington Museu
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Round One Jeopardy Template The name of Dr. Sieuss's egg-hatching elephant 100 Well-known Tasmanian-born leading lady who launched her entertainment career under the name of Queenie O'Brien. 100 What is the kitchen? Room in the average American home that is the scene of the greatest number of arguments. 100 The distance between bases on a little league baseball field. 100 The part of the brain that regulates physiological stability. 200 Clark Kent's high school sweetheart 200 Yves Montand was born in this country. 200 What is Truth or Consequences? Current name of the town that was formerly Hot Springs, New Mexico, that was re-named in 1960 by its citizens in honor of a popular radio show. 200 First sport in which women were invited to compete at the Olympics. 200 What is Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, with 823 words Novel containing the longest sentence in literature 300 What are George and Michael? Brummel was George Geste was Michael The real names of Beau Brummel and Beau Geste. 300 What are Patience and Fortitude? (Names were given by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia.) Names of the two landmark stone lions sitting in front of the New York Public Libaray at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in New York City. 300 What is bicycle moto x (cross)? In cross-country bike racing, what the initials BMX stand for. 300 What are hiccups? DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!! Term for a series of uncontrollable intakes of air caused by sudden spasms of the diaphragm. 400 What is The Little Engine That Could? Famous book that begins: "Chug, chug, chug. Puff, puff, puff." 400 Who is Peter Lorre? Famous actor who prepared for a career in psychiatry - studying and working with pioneer psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler - before he turned to performing. 400 What are six months? Time - in months - the average American motorist spends during his lifetime waiting for red lights to turn green. 400 Who is Jackie Robinson? (He later gained national fame playing professional baseball.) In 1939, the famous American athlete who starred on UCLA's undefeated football team and was the top scorer in the Pacific Coast Conference for basketball. 400 What is the retina?
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On the Reynolds trail in the RA archive | Blog | Royal Academy of Arts On the Reynolds trail in the RA archive On the Reynolds trail in the RA archive By Amy Macpherson Published 25 February 2015 On the eve of a major exhibition London dedicated to Sir Joshua Reynolds, we delve into the RA’s archive to learn more about the Academy’s founding president. In March 2015, a new exhibition about Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA opens at the Wallace Collection. Appointed the first President of the Royal Academy when it was founded in 1768, Reynolds was considered the foremost portrait painter of the 18th century and his published Discourses on Art are still in print today. The Royal Academy’s archive is a treasure trove of information about Reynolds, so ahead of the exhibition’s opening, we took a trip behind the scenes with Archivist Mark Pomeroy to learn more about this celebrated painter and thinker – and about the early days of the Academy. Video Pall Mall: The Academy's first home Royal Academy Archivist Mark Pomeroy looks through a 19th-century scrapbook to reveal illustrations of the Academy’s first home, and its founder Members. Video Thomas Gainsborough's deathbed letter to Sir Joshua Reynolds Royal Academy Archivist Mark Pomeroy reads the letter that Thomas Gainsborough wrote to Sir Joshua Reynolds on his deathbed, after years of ill-will between the two Academicians. Video A peek inside Joshua Reynolds's diary Royal Academy Archivist Mark Pomeroy takes a look inside one of Joshua Reynolds’s diaries, one of many held in the RA Collection - a fascinating snapshot of 18th century high society. Video A lock of hair Royal Academy Archivist Mark Pomeroy finds a mysterious lock of hair tucked into the back of one of Joshua Reynolds’s 18th-century diaries. Could it be a romantic keepsake?
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Little-known facts about our First Ladies... Little-known facts about our First Ladies... Martha Washington, 1731-1802 George Washington’s wife was the first to be given the title “lady” by the press, as in “Lady Washington,” and the first wife of a president to appear on U.S. postage stamp. Abigail Adams, 1744-1818 John Adams’ wife urged her husband to “remember the ladies” when he was writing the nation’s Declaration of Independence in 1776. She also was the first woman to be both a president’s wife and the mother of a president, and the first to live in the White House. Martha Jefferson, 1748-1782 No known portrait exists of Thomas Jefferson’s wife, who died 18 years before her husband was elected president. Their daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph served as White House hostess, and was the first to give birth in the presidential mansion in Washington, D.C. Dolley Madison, 1768-1849 James Madison’s wife is the only first lady given an honorary seat on the floor of Congress, and was the first American to respond to telegraph message—sent by inventor Samuel Morse. Elizabeth Monroe, 1768-1830 James Monroe's wife ended the custom of a president's wife making the first social call on the wives of other officials in Washington - and the insulted women boycotted her White House receptions. Louisa Adams, 1775-1852 John Quincy Adams’ wife was the only first lady born in a foreign country—England. She played the harp, wrote satirical plays and raised silkworms. Rachel Jackson, 1767-1828 Andrew Jackson’s wife was a bigamist, having married Jackson before she was divorced from her first husband. She died after Jackson was elected president but before his inauguration. Her niece Emily Donelson served as White House hostess during most of the Jackson administration. Hannah Van Buren, 1783-1819 Martin Van Buren’s wife—his second cousin—died 18 year before her husband was elected president. Their daughter-in-law Angelica Van Buren served as White House hostess during the last two year of the Van Buren administration. Anna Harrison, 1775-1864 William Henry Harrison’s wife is the only spouse of a president and grandmother of another. She never lived in the White House because her husband died a month after his inauguration. Their daughter-in-law Jane Harrison served as White House hostess for the shortest time—30 days. Letitia Tyler, 1790-1842 John Tyler’s first wife was a stroke victim and the first president’s wife to die in the White House. Their daughter Letty Tyler Semple and daughter-in-law Priscilla Cooper Tyler served as White House hostesses until Tyler eloped with his second wife, Julia (1820-1889), who became the first photographed first lady. Sarah Polk, 1803-1891 James Polk’s wife worked as the president's secretary without taking a salary, and forbid dancing and card playing the White House. Margaret “Peggy” Taylor, 1788-1852 Zachary Taylor’s wife learned to shoot a gun when she lived with her husband on the Western frontier. When she lived in the White House, she refused to serve as hostess, giving that role to their daughter Betty Taylor Bliss. Abigail Fillmore, 1798-1853 Millard Fillmore’s wife was the first presidential spouse to work and earn a salary before marriage—as a schoolteacher. She died three weeks after leaving the White House, and her husband later married Caroline Fillmore, a widower who was wealthier than he was. Jane Pierce, 1806-1863 Franklin Pierce’s wife discouraged her husband’s interest in politics. Two months before his inauguration, Mrs. Pierce was overtaken with grief and depression when she witnessed the gruesome death of their only living son in a train accident. She never completely recovered from the trauma. Harriet Lane, 1830-1903 James Buchanan’s niece was the White House hostess for the only president to remain a bachelor. An avid art collector, Lane upon her death bequeathed her collection to the Smithsonian Institution, which today includes the National Gallery of Art. Mary Lincoln, 1818-1882 Abraham Lincoln’s wife was the first to hold séances in the White House
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"Who performed ""Sex Crimes"", the theme song from the film ""1984""?"
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Eurythmics "Sex Crime" 1984 - YouTube Eurythmics "Sex Crime" 1984 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 Feb 28, 2009 From the seriously under appreciated soundtrack album 1984 (For the Love of Big Brother) I do not own rights to this Video. All copyright holders shall be respected. Category
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1984 Academy Awards® Winners and History A Passage to India (1984, UK) Places in the Heart (1984) A Soldier's Story (1984) Actor: F. MURRAY ABRAHAM in "Amadeus", Jeff Bridges in "Starman", Albert Finney in "Under the Volcano", Tom Hulce in "Amadeus", Sam Waterston in "The Killing Fields" Actress: SALLY FIELD in "Places in the Heart", Judy Davis in "A Passage to India", Jessica Lange in "Country", Vanessa Redgrave in "The Bostonians", Sissy Spacek in "The River" Supporting Actor: HAING S. NGOR in "The Killing Fields" , Adolph Caesar in "A Soldier's Story", John Malkovich in "Places in the Heart", Noriyuki "Pat" Morita in "The Karate Kid", Ralph Richardson in "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes" Supporting Actress: PEGGY ASHCROFT in "A Passage to India", Glenn Close in "The Natural", Lindsay Crouse in "Places in the Heart", Christine Lahti in "Swing Shift", Geraldine Page in "The Pope of Greenwich Village" Director: MILOS FORMAN for "Amadeus", Woody Allen for "Broadway Danny Rose", Robert Benton for "Places in the Heart", Roland Joffe for "The Killing Fields" , David Lean for "A Passage to India" Most of the nominations-totals for 1984's Best Picture nominees were very close, and two 'prestige' pictures were tied for eleven nominations each: Amadeus - eleven Places in the Heart - seven A Soldier's Story - three Ultimately, the 1984 awards were monopolized by Amadeus with eight wins, the Saul Zaentz-produced, Milos Forman-directed film. The musical biopic/epic won the following awards: Best Picture, Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham), Best Director, Best Screenplay Adaptation (Peter Shaffer for the transformation of his own Broadway/London stage hit), Best Art/Set Direction, Best Sound, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup. It became the 7th film in Oscar history to win eight Oscars. The Best Picture winner was visually and musically superior and focused on the court rivalry between flamboyant, genius composer (and scatologically-obsessed buffoon) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the less-talented, intensely-jealous Antonio Salieri, both composers for Hapsburg Emperor Joseph II. The other Best Picture nominees included strong contenders: British director David Lean's A Passage to India - the film was an imposing, triumphant return to the screen (and last picture) for the 76 year-old director (known for his two Best Director awards for The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962) ). The lavish epic film (with eleven nominations and two wins - for Best Supporting Actress (Peggy Ashcroft) and Best Original Score - for Maurice Jarre - his third Oscar for a David Lean film) was based on E. M. Forster's 1924 novel about the romantic adventures of a young Englishwoman writer/director Robert Benton's Places in the Heart (with seven nominations and two wins - Best Actress and Best Screenplay by Benton himself), was based on the director's own childhood memories in Waxahachie, Texas where a young widow attempts to save her farm producer David Puttnam's and director Roland Jaffe's The Killing Fields (with seven nominations and three wins - Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography (Chris Menges), and Best Film Editing), was based on the experiences of NY Times cor
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Monty Python | Monty Python Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Front row: Terry Jones , John Cleese , Michael Palin Monty Python, or The Pythons, is the collective name of the creators of Monty Python's Flying Circus , a British television comedy sketch show that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. A total of 45 episodes were made over four series. However, the Python phenomenon developed from the original television series into something much greater, in scope and impact: it spawned touring stage shows, four films, numerous albums, several books and a spin-off stage musical—as well as launching the members on to individual stardom. The television series, broadcast by the BBC from 1969 to 1974, was conceived, written and performed by Graham Chapman , John Cleese , Terry Gilliam , Eric Idle , Terry Jones , and Michael Palin . Loosely structured as a sketch show but with a highly innovative stream-of-consciousness approach (aided by Terry Gilliam's animations), it pushed the boundaries of what was then considered acceptable, both in terms of style and in content. The group's influence on comedy has often been compared to The Beatles' influence on music, [1] [2] a self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work and changing the way performers entertained audiences. The Pythons' creative control allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding the established rules of television comedy and breaking new ground for those who came after (George Harrison, who became friends with several members of the cast, said that he regarded Monty Python as 'continuing the spirit' of The Beatles). Their influence on British comedy of all kinds has been apparent for many years, while in America it has coloured the work of many cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. There are differing accounts of the origins of the Python name although the members agree that its only 'significance' was that they thought it sounded funny. In the 1998 documentary Live At Aspen the group implied that 'Monty' was selected as a gently-mocking tribute to Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, a legendary British general of World War II; requiring a "slippery-sounding" surname, they settled on 'Python'. On other occasions Idle has claimed that the name 'Monty' was that of a popular and rotund fellow who drank in his local pub; people would often walk in and ask the barman, "Has Monty been in yet?", forcing the name to become stuck in his mind. These explanations aside, some believe that 'Monty Bodkin', the name of a character in several books by humourist P. G. Wodehouse, served on some level as an inspiration. In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, three of the six members were voted among the top 50 greatest comedians ever, by fellow comedians and comedy insiders. Palin was at number 30, Idle was voted 21st and Cleese was at two, just beaten to the top by Peter Cook. Contents in Do Not Adjust Your Set . Palin and Jones first met at Oxford University, while Cleese and Chapman met at the University of Cambridge. Idle was also at Cambridge, but started a year after Cleese and Chapman. Cleese met Gilliam in New York while on tour with the Cambridge University Footlights revue Cambridge Circus (originally entitled A Clump of Plinths). Chapman, Cleese and Idle were all members of the Footlights, which at that time also included the future Goodies—Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden—as well as Jonathan Lynn (co-writer of Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister). During the time of Idle's presidency of the Club, feminist writer Germaine Greer and broadcaster Clive James were also members. Recordings of these so-called "Smokers" at Pembroke College include sketches and performances by Idle and Cleese. They are currently kept in the archives of the Pembroke Players, along with tapes of Idle's performances in some of the college drama society's theatrical productions. Variously, the Python members appeared in or wrote, or both, for t
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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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St Pauls Cathedral London - Architecture, Building - e-architect Home > London > St Pauls Cathedral London – Architecture, Building St Pauls Cathedral London – Architecture, Building Published by Isabelle Lomholt updated on September 30, 2015 St Pauls Cathedral Architecture, Christopher Wren Building, Architect, Date, Picture St Pauls Cathedral London Religious Building in England: Architecture – design by Sir Christopher Wren, architect page updated 4 Jul 2014 St Paul’s Cathedral Location: central / east London, north of the Thames Date: 1675-1710 New photos from 12 Nov 2012: photos © Adrian Welch Years built: 604; 962; circa 1088 to 1314; 1677 Summary of key aspects of the building: – Church of England cathedral – seat of the Bishop of London – dedication to Paul the Apostle dates back to the original church on this site, founded in AD 604. – St Paul’s sits at the top of Ludgate Hill, the highest point in the City of London images © Andrew McRae – present church dating from the late 17th century – built to an English Baroque design of Sir Christopher Wren – as part of a major rebuilding program which took place in the city after the Great Fire of London – was completed within his lifetime. – one of the most famous and most recognisable sights of London – dominating the skyline for 300 years. – 365 feet (111 m) high, it was the tallest building in London from 1710 to 1962 photos © Nick Weall The dome is also among the highest in the world. photos © Nick Weall In terms of area, St Paul’s is the 2nd largest church building in the United Kingdom after Liverpool Cathedral. photos © Adrian Welch St Paul’s Cathedral occupies a significant place in the national identity of the English population.[4] It is the central subject of much promotional material, as well as postcard images of the dome standing tall, surrounded by the smoke and fire of the Blitz.[4] Important services held at St Paul’s have included the funerals of Lord Nelson, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher; Jubilee celebrations for Queen Victoria; peace services marking the end of the First and Second World Wars; the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer, the launch of the Festival of Britain and the thanksgiving services for the Golden Jubilee, the 80th Birthday and the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. St Paul’s Cathedral is a busy working church, with hourly prayer and daily services. Source: wikipedia Contains famous Whispering Gallery under the dome Stone Gallery – panoramic view over London Golden Gallery accessed via stairs between inner & outer domes photos © Adrian Welch Nearest Tube: St Paul’s St Paul’s Cathedral – contact: 020 7246 8348 St Pauls Cathedral Architect – Christopher Wren St Pauls Cathedral photographs taken with Panasonic DMC-FX01 lumix camera; Leica lense: 2816×2112 pixels – original photos available upon request: info(at)e-architect.co.uk View across the River Thames:
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Sir Basil Spence Archive Project What We Did Sir Basil Spence is most famously associated with his modern design for the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral following its destruction by bombing during the Second World War. Building commenced for his competition-winning programme in 1955, and by the time the new cathedral was consecrated in 1962 it had become an international symbol of regeneration and reconciliation. The old cathedral in the historic centre of Coventry was destroyed during an air raid in the Second World War. In 1951 Spence was chosen from over 200 architects who had entered a competition to design a new cathedral to replace it. “I saw the old cathedral as standing clearly for the sacrifice, one side of the Christian Faith and I knew my task was to design a new one which should stand for the Triumph of the Resurrection” - Sir Basil Spence in his book, 'Phoenix at Coventry' Spence chose to keep the ruins of the old cathedral intact – the only competition entrant to do so - and link them to the new cathedral with a high porch. The main body of the new building is constructed of red sandstone. Projecting out are the circular Chapel of Unity and the Chapel of Industry. Zigzag walls let angled windows direct light down the nave towards the altar. Large artworks commissioned by Spence include the baptistery window stained glass by John Piper and Patrick Reyntiens, a bronze sculpture of St Michael by Jacob Epstein, and the tapestry behind the main altar by Graham Sutherland. Spence wrote a book entitled ‘Phoenix at Coventry’ on his experience as architect of the cathedral that brought him worldwide fame. Images
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Who announced his ‘Great Leap Forward’ in 1958?
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The Great Leap Forward - History Learning Site The Great Leap Forward Citation: C N Trueman "The Great Leap Forward" historylearningsite.co.uk. The History Learning Site, 26 May 2015. 16 Aug 2016. The Great Leap Forward took place in 1958. The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to modernise China’s economy so that by 1988, China would have an economy that rivalled America. Card issued to celebrate the Great Leap Forward Mao had toured China and concluded that the Chinese people were capable of anything and the two primary tasks that he felt they should target was industry and agriculture. Mao announced a second Five Year Plan to last from 1958 to 1963. This plan was called the Great Leap Forward. The Great Leap Forward planned to develop agriculture and industry. Mao believed that both had to grow to allow the other to grow. Industry could only prosper if the work force was well fed, while the agricultural workers needed industry to produce the modern tools needed for modernisation. To allow for this, China was reformed into a series of communes. The geographical size of a commune varied but most contained about 5000 families. People in a commune gave up their ownership of tools, animals etc so that everything was owned by the commune. People now worked for the commune and not for themselves. The life of an individual was controlled by the commune. Schools and nurseries were provided by the communes so that all adults could work. Health care was provided and the elderly were moved into “houses of happiness” so that they could be looked after and also so that families could work and not have to worry about leaving their elderly relatives at home. The commune provided all that was needed – including entertainment. Soldiers worked alongside people. The population in a commune was sub-divided. Twelve families formed a work team. Twelve work terms formed a brigade. Each sub-division was given specific work to do. Party members oversaw the work of a commune to ensure that decisions followed the correct party line. By the end of 1958, 700 million people had been placed into 26,578 communes. The speed with which this was achieved was astounding. However, the government did all that it could to whip up enthusiasm for the communes. Propaganda was everywhere – including in the fields where the workers could listen to political speeches as they worked as the communes provided public address systems. Everybody involved in communes was urged not only to meet set targets but to beat them. If the communes lacked machinery, the workers used their bare hands. Major constructions were built in record time – though the quality of some was dubious. The Great Leap Forward also encouraged communes to set up “back-yard” production plants. The most famous were 600,000backyard furnaces which produced steel for the communes. When all of these furnaces were working, they added a considerable amount of steel to China’s annual total – 11 million tonnes. The figures for steel, coal, chemicals, timber, cement etc all showed huge rises though the figures started at in 1958 were low. Grain and cotton production also showed major increases in production. Mao had introduced the Great Leap Forward with the phrase “it is possible to accomplish any task whatsoever.” By the end of 1958, it seemed as if his claim was true. The consequences of the Great Leap Forward However, in 1959, things started to go wrong. Political decisions/beliefs took precedence over commonsense and communes faced the task of doing things which they were incapable of achieving. Party officials would order the impossible and commune leaders, who knew what their commune was capable of doing or not, could be charged with being a “bourgeois reactionary” if he complained. Such a charge would lead to prison. Quickly produced farm machinery produced in factories fell to pieces when used. Many thousands of workers were injured after working long hours and falling asleep at their jobs. Steel produced by the backyard furnaces was frequently too weak to be of any use and could not be used in con
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General Analysis on International Justice General Analysis on International Justice This timeline tracks the development of international law from the Declaration Respecting Maritime Law in 1856 to the establishment of international tribunals for war crimes in the 1990's. (Crimes of War) Articles Budgeting for Human Rights: Progressive Realization (September 24, 2014) The obligation of progressive realization has long been central to understanding how economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights recognized in the present International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) should be achieved. Indeed, at the time the ICESCR was adopted, it was considered appropriate to underscore that the right to health, education and social security, among other rights, could not be fully and immediately realized everywhere in the world. In her blog, Helena Hofbauer from the International Budget Partnership explores the implications of progressive realization for government budgets. She argues that the connection between international human rights law and budget analysis has the potential to be a powerful tool for holding governments to account for their obligation of progressive realization not only at times when public resources are scarce, but equally when they are plentiful. New Book: Peace Diplomacy, Global Justice and International Agency (May 16, 2014) A new book about UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, who influenced fundamental principles and practices of the United Nations, will be launched by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation at Uppsala University House on May 19, 2014. More than fifty years after the death of Hammarskjöld in a plane crash, GPF policy advisor Henning Melber and Carsten Stahn publish a tribute to him. In the book, they critically review his values and experiences in office as well as concepts associated with him, such as an international civil service. Investigations in the book about particular conflicts like the Congo crisis may serve as lessons for contemporary conflict resolution or developing concepts like human security. (Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation) Inquiry: New investigation into the tragic death of Dag Hammarskjöld (March 21, 2014) The Hammarskjöld Commission, a voluntary body of four international jurists, deals with circumstances of the tragic death of the former UN chief Dag Hammarskjöld. In September 1961 the Secretary-General died with all other passengers in a plane crash. Untill today inquiries into the crash did not find specific causes. The Hammarskjöld Commission's report, published in September 2013, selects new evidence which shows that the aircraft may have been shot down on the way to peace negotiations in what is now Zambia. According to the report the new findings now available would justify that the UN reopens its inquiry. (The Hammarskjöld Commission) Sharp rise in environmental and land killings (April 15, 2014) Killings of people protecting the environment and rights to land increased sharply between 2002 and 2013 as competition for natural resources intensifies, a new report from Global Witness reveals. In the most comprehensive global analysis of the problem on record, the campaign group has found that at least 908 people are known to have died in this time. Disputes over industrial logging, mining and land rights the key drivers, and Latin America and Asia-Pacific particularly hard hit. (Global Witness) Amnesty asks for Justice – Europe’s failure to protect Roma from racist violence (April 8, 2014) Amnesty International publishes a new report “We ask for justice: Europe’s failure to protect Roma from Racist Violence”. On International Roma Day, Amnesty blames the EU and its member states for failing to respond to discriminations and racist violence against Roma communities. The International Roma Day celebrates Romani culture and wants to raise awareness of discrimination faced by Europe’s largest ethnic minority. (Amnesty International) 14 Misconceptions about Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations (March 29, 2014) A new brochure by ETO Consortium reacts
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‘Noodle’. Ein deutsches Wort? German loanwords in the English language - Terminology Coordination Unit [DGTRAD] - European Parliament ‘Noodle’. Ein deutsches Wort? German loanwords in the English language April 2, 2015 10:00 am English is a West Germanic language that is spoken almost everywhere. It was first spoken in early medieval England and now is a global language, official of almost 60 sovereign states and is known as the most common language spoken around the world. It is widely learned as a second language and is an official language of the European Union and of the United Nations, as well as of many world organisations. But how has English become widespread globally? What has been its interaction with other languages and which of them has enriched English, turning it into a language with one of the biggest vocabularies? In every language many words have their roots in other languages. Cultural links, historical events, the dominance of some cultures may all influence vocabularies. It is known that there are many terms borrowed from Italian in classical music, and a lot of words in the field of medicine originate from Greek and Latin. But another language which English has borrowed words from is German. Certainly, there are German loanwords that are being used daily in the English vocabulary. Actually, ‘loanword’ itself is a calque or loan translation of the German Lehnwort (Lehn from leihen= ‘lend’ + Wort = ‘word’). Some of the loan terms may be better known than others and many have become a natural part of everyday English vocabulary. Some of them are more obvious than others. It is the case of ‘muesli’ and other foodie words like ‘pretzel’, which is originally German but while any German will know what you mean when you ask for a Pretzel, the German standard spelling is actually Brezel. Other popular German loanwords in English are lantern, cockroach, kindergarten, or more recent borrowings from the last century, linked to the history of countries and which reflect the traumatizing experience of the Second World War. It is the case of führer (now used to describe a tyrannical leader) and blitzkrieg (literally “fast war”) to explain the systematic bombings of cities in World War II. More classic examples of words of German origin commonly used in English would be: –wunderkind: (Wunder + ‘wonder’ + Kind = child) for some reason ‘wunderkind’ is used instead of ‘wonderchild’. –schadenfreude: pleasure derived from another person’s misfortune. –zeitgeist: spirit of a period in history to explain social norms, trends and beliefs of the time. –weltschmerz: feeling of melancholy and word-weariness. –achtung: Attention! Watch out! –scheisse: Shit! Also the word über, which means above or over, is sometimes used in English to mean ‘extremely’ or ‘too much’ as an adjective, as in for example: ‘über intelligent’. Anyway, Hamburguer may be the best known German loanword to the English language in the world. This term comes directly from Germany’s second city of Hamburg, where at the beginning of the 19th century thousands of Germans emigrated to the USA, taking food delicacies with them, including the ‘Hamburg’ steak, known now as the popular ‘Hamburger’. In contrast, the German origin of the word ‘noodle’ could be not so easily recognizable. It did enter the English language in the late 18th century via the German Nudel, but unfortunately the origin of the German word in unknown. On the other hand, some loanwords are primarily from professional, scientific, literary and intellectual fields (Waldsterben, Weltanschauung) or used in special areas such as gestalt in psychology or aufeis and loess in geology. In addition, other interesting German loanwords are: – feierabend: (literally ‘party evening’). It means the time when you finish work, as well as the rest of the evening after you’ve left work. It’s also used colloquially to say I’ve had enough / enough of this: Jetzt ist aber Feierabend! – fachidiot: A ‘subject idiot’, someone who knows an awful lot about one subject, but doesn’t have too many capa
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Barbra Streisand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Your continued donations keep Wikipedia running! Barbra Streisand Barbra Streisand (born April 24 , 1942 as Barbara Joan Streisand), is a two-time Academy Award -winning American singer , theatre and film actress , composer , film producer and director . She has won Oscars for Best Actress and Best Original Song as well as multiple Emmy Awards , Grammy Awards , Golden Globe Awards and an honorary Tony Award . Contents [ edit ] Early years Streisand was born Barbara Joan Streisand to a Jewish family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , New York . Her father, Emanuel Streisand, a grammar teacher, died when she was 15 months old; and she had a turbulent relationship with her stepfather , Louis Kind. Her mother, Diana Ida Rosen, did not encourage her daughter to pursue a show business career, opining that Barbara was not attractive enough. She was educated at Erasmus Hall High School , where she graduated fourth in her class in 1959, and she sang in the school choir with Neil Diamond . She was also friendly there with future World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer . She never attended college. Streisand has said, "I hated it ( Brooklyn ) when I grew up, but now I realize that I draw strength from my roots." (October 17, 2006; concert in Toronto ). [ edit ] Early singing, theater, and television career Following a music competition, Streisand became a nightclub singer while in her teens. She originally wanted to be an actress and appeared in a number of Off-Off-Broadway productions, including one with then-aspiring actress Joan Rivers , but when her boyfriend Barry Dennen helped her create a club act — first performed in a gay bar in Manhattan 's Greenwich Village in 1960 — she achieved success as a singer. It was at this time that she shortened her first name to Barbra to make it more distinctive. Streisand in 1962 In 1962 Streisand first appeared on Broadway , in a small but star-making role in the musical I Can Get It for You Wholesale (1962). She also signed her first recording contract that year with Columbia Records . Her first album, The Barbra Streisand Album, won two Grammy Awards in 1963. Her recording success continued, and at one time, Streisand's first three albums appeared simultaneously on Billboard's pop albums Top Ten - an unusual feat considering it was at a time when rock and roll and The Beatles dominated the charts. Jule Styne 's and Bob Merrill 's Funny Girl (1964), based upon the life of Fanny Brice , was fashioned for Streisand after Styne saw Streisand's I Can Get It For You Wholesale performance. Styne saw Streisand's work in the show at the invitation of producer Ray Stark's wife, who was Fannie Brice's daughter. Ironically, she was strongly opposed to the casting of Streisand, preferring Carol Burnett . After several notable television appearances, including a legendary guest appearance on The Judy Garland Show (CBS, 1963), Streisand appeared on a number of her own television specials for CBS . The first special, My Name Is Barbra (1965), was praised by critics and fans, as were most of the subsequent specials.[ citation needed ] Streisand is classified as one of the most "Amazing Female Vocalists" in the 2006 edition of Women in Song. [ edit ] Singing career Barbra Streisand has recorded more than 60 albums, almost all with the Columbia Records label. Her early works in the 1960s (her debut, The Second Barbra Streisand Album, The Third Album, My Name Is Barbra, etc.) are considered classic renditions of theatre and nightclub standards, including her version of "Happy Days Are Here Again". Beginning with My Name Is Barbra her albums were often medley-filled keepsakes of her television specials. Starting in 1969, Streisand tackled contemporary songwriters; like many talented singers of the day, she found herself a fish out of water in attempts to tackle rock , but her vocal talents prevailed and she gained newfound success with the pop and ballad-oriented, Richard Perry -produced album Stoney End in 1971. The title track, written by Laura Nyro , was a big hi
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UK MUSIC CHARTS, No.1 Singles 1: Al Martino - Here In My Heart - 14/11/1952. 1953 2: Jo Stafford : You Belong To Me - 16/1/1953 3: Kay Starr : Comes A-Long A-Love - 23/1/1953. 4: Eddie Fisher: Outside Of Heaven - 30/1/1953. Feb 5: Perry Como: Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes - 6/2/1953 March 6: Guy Mitchell: She Wears Red Feathers - 13/3/1953 April 7: Stargazers: Broken Wings - 10/4/1953 8: Lita Roza: (How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window - 17/4/1953 9: Frankie Laine: I Believe - 24/4/1953 June 10: Eddie Fisher: I'm Walking Behind You - 26/6/1953 Aug 11: Mantovani Song: from 'The Moulin Rouge' - 14/8/1953 Sept 12: Guy Mitchell: Look At That Girl - 11/9/1953 Oct 13: Frankie Laine: Hey Joe - 23/10/1953 Nov 14: David Whitfield: Answer Me - 6/11/1953 15: Frankie Laine: Answer Me - 13/11/1953 1954 16: Eddie Calvert: Oh Mein Papa 8/1/1954 March 17: Stargazers: I See The Moon 12/3/1954. April 18: Doris Day: Secret Love 16/4/1954 19: Johnnie Ray: Such A Night 30/4/1954 July 20: David Whitfield: Cara Mia 2/7/1954 Sept 21: Kitty Kallen: Little Things Mean A Lot 10/9/1954 22: Frank Sinatra: Three Coins In The Fountain 17/9/1954 Oct 23: Don Cornell: Hold My Hand 8/10/1954 Nov 24: Vera Lynn: My Son My Son 5/11/1954 25: Rosemary Clooney: This Ole House 26/11/1954 Dec 26: Winifred Atwell: Let's Have Another Party 3/12/1954 1955 27: Dickie Valentine: Finger Of Suspicion 7/1/1955. 28: Rosemary Clooney: Mambo Italiano 14/1/1955 Feb 29: Ruby Murray: Softly, Softly 18/2/1955 March 30: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Give Me Your Word, 11/3/1955 April 31: Perez Prez Prado & His Orchestra: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 29/4/1955 May 32: Tony Bennett: Stranger In Paradise 13/5/1955 33: Eddie Calvert: Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White 27/5/1955 June 34: Jimmy Young: Unchained Melody 24/6/1955 July 35: Alma Cogan: Dreamboat 15/7/1955 36: Slim Whitman: Rose Marie 29/7/1955 Oct 37: Jimmy Young: The Man From Laramie 14/10/1955 Nov 38: Johnston Brothers: Hernando's Hideaway 11/11/1955 39: Bill Haley & His Comets: Rock Around The Clock 25/11/1955 Dec 40: Dickie Valentine: Christmas Alphabet 16/12/1955 1956 41: Tennessee Ernie Ford: Sixteen Tons 20/1/1956. Feb 42: Dean Martin: Memories Are Made Of This 17/2/1956 March 43: Dream Weavers: It's Almost Tomorrow 16/3/1956 44: Kay Starr: Rock And Roll Waltz 30/3/1956 April 45: Winifred Atwell: Poor People Of Paris 13/4/1956 May 46: Ronnie Hilton: No Other Love 4/5/1956 June 47: Pat Boone: I'll Be Home 15/6/1956 July 48: Frankie Lymon And The Teenagers - Why Do Fools Fall in Love 20/7/1956 Aug 49: Doris Day - Whatever Will Be Will Be (Que Sera, Sera) 10/8/1956 Sept 50: Anne Shelton - Lay Down Your Arms 21/9/1956 Oct 51: Frankie Laine - A Woman In Love 19/10/1956 Nov 52: Johnnie Ray - Just Walking In The Rain 16/11/1956 1957 53: Guy Mitchell.. Singing The Blues 4/1/1957 54: Tommy Steele.. Singing The Blues 11/1/1957 55: Frankie Vaughan.. The Garden Of Eden 25/1/1957 Feb 56: Tab Hunter.. Young Love 22/2/1957 April 57: Lonnie Donegan.. Cumberland Gap 12/4/1957 May 58: Guy Mitchell.. Rock-A-Billy 17/5/1957 59: Andy Williams.. Butterfly 24/5/1957 June 60: Johnnie Ray.. Yes Tonight Josephine 7/6/1957 61. Lonnie Donegan.. Puttin' On The Style / Gamblin' Man 28/6/1957 July 62. Elvis Presley.. All Shook Up 12/7/1957 Aug 63. Paul Anka.. Diana 30/8/1957 Nov 64. The Crickets.. That'll Be The Day 1/11/1957 65. Harry Belafonte.. Mary's Boy Child 22/11/1957 1958 66. Jerry Lee Lewis.. Great Balls Of Fire 10/1/1958 67. Elvis Presley.. Jailhouse Rock 24/1/1958 Feb 68. Michael Holliday.. The Story Of My Life 14/2/1958 69. Perry Como.. Magic Moments 28/2/1958 April 70. Marvin Rainwater.. Whole Lotta Woman 25/4/1958 May 71. Connie Francis.. Who's Sorry Now 16/5/1958 June 72. Vic Damone.. On The Street Where You Live 27/6/1958 July 73. Everly Brothers.. All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 4/7/1958 Aug 74. Kalin Twins.. When 22/8/1958 Sept 75. Connie Francis.. Carolina Moon / Stupid Cupid 26/9/1958 Nov 76. Tommy Edwards.. All In The Game 7/11/1958 77. Lord Rockingham's XI.. Hoots Mon 28/11/195
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Obituary: Johnny Duncan | News | The Guardian Johnny Duncan Tennessee hillbilly singer who helped pave the way for Britain's rock revolution John Pilgrim Share on Messenger Close In the summer of 1957, the Tennessee singer Johnny Duncan, who has died of cancer in Australia aged 67, achieved a one-off hit, Last Train To San Fernando. It epitomised the spirit of the British skiffle boom, remained in the top 20 for weeks and featured an irritating, compulsive catchline that reverberated down the rest of the century. Duncan had not wanted to record the song - he was a hillbilly country singer with one eye on rock 'n' roll - and he was to pay a price for his association with skiffle. But he had a good voice, a talent for the guitar and mandolin, and, in an era when inept imitation of transatlantic rock 'n' roll plagued British pop, he was, at least, a real American. It was a time when Musicians Union restrictions limiting the entry of American stars increased the exoticism of those few transatlantic imports. And Duncan was the first in a line of US pop singers - Geno Washington, the Walker Brothers, PJ Proby et al - whose careers blossomed in Britain. Duncan was a miner's son, born in Oliver Springs, Tennessee. He sang with his local church choir and later with a gospel quartet before heading for Texas in his mid-teens. There he learned guitar and performed with a hillbilly trio. Then came the draft. He arrived as a serviceman in England in 1952. A year later he married a Cambridgeshire girl, Betty. After a brief return to the US, her illness and homesickness brought them back, and he briefly worked on her father's market clothes stall. It was while performing at the American Club in Bushey Park that Duncan attracted the attention of Dickie Bishop, banjoist with the then hugely successful Chris Barber jazz band. The band had been the launchpad for the "king of skiffle", Lonnie Donegan, who had quit Barber following the phenomenal success of Rock Island Line. Bishop recalls inviting Duncan to the White Hart in Southall to meet Barber - and he was taken on for £10 a week. The American stayed with the band - or with the Chris Barber Skiffle Group, within it - for a year, performing live, recording and broadcasting. By early 1957, alongside the impact of American rock 'n' roll, skiffle, that "peculiar mixture of country, gospel, folk and blues" as Duncan's sometime recording manager Keith Glass labelled it, had emerged as a British phenomenon, and indeed the seedbed of domestic rock 'n' roll, with Donegan and others enjoying a string of hits. Thus did Duncan leave Barber and, guided by producer Dennis Preston, recruited the Blue Grass Boys, Lennie Hastings, Denny Wright, Jack Fallon and Danny Levan. Their first single, Hank Williams's Kaw Liga in April 1957, flopped. Then, two months later, came Last Train To San Fernando. The Duke Of Iron had recorded the song as a calypso, and Preston's Caribbean wife had drawn the song to her husband's attention. "I'd have chucked it in the trash can," Duncan said subsequently, an observation which may have led later to suggestions that he was a redneck racist. But Preston would not have recorded him if he had been; Fallon refutes the charge, and so do those - like me - who played on the same circuit as he did. Duncan just didn't like the song. It was fortunate that Wright did. With Duncan's bassist and manager Jack Fallon, Wright worked up an arrangement - and provided the sparkling guitar - that, together with Duncan's singing, made it a best seller. It was Paul Anka's multi-million selling Diana that blocked it from number one. Duncan the Tennessee hillbilly singer briefly became a British star. He sounded authentic. When he sang of "blowing down that old dusty road", listeners believed he had been there, rather than - as with his English contemporaries - confined hard travelling to the number nine bus route. He headlined over visiting Americans singers like Marvin Rainwater, starred on BBC television's first teen slot, The 6.5 Special, had his own BBC radio series, Tennessee Songbag, and t
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Story of the Song - Warwick Avenue, Duffy (2008) | The Independent Story of the Song - Warwick Avenue, Duffy (2008) Friday 20 March 2009 00:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Culture Van Morrison ambled up Cyprus Avenue and Eddy Grant caught the spark of Electric Avenue. In her London A-Z, Duffy circled a stuccoed, tree-lined street near genteel Little Venice. The 19-year-old Welsh songstress, with just one EP to her name, had recently relocated from North Wales and was getting to grips with the London Underground. She alighted at Warwick Avenue station, on the Bakerloo line, by accident. "I got off at that stop and the name just took me by surprise," she said. The following day she was writing songs for a projected album and, as she put it, "it just sort of came out". Lyrically, "Warwick Avenue" is a heart-on-sleeve number, in the tradition of great break-up songs. "I wrote it from a secretive perspective," Duffy commented coyly after the song was a hit, stating it to be the most unusual song in her repertoire. "Everyone is talking about it now. It meant something different to me all those years ago." Duffy collaborated with her producer, Jimmy Hogarth, and fellow songwriter Eg White. In the studio, Bernard Butler's guitar, a soulful string arrangement by Oliver Kraus and James Banbury's cello were added. The retro soft-shoe shuffle suggests "My Girl", Smokey Robinson's 1964 classic for The Temptations. "I'm learning about music – not only soul music, but all kinds," said Duffy when the similarity was brought to her attention. "I didn't even know what Tamla Motown was when I first started this record. I thought Tamla was one thing, and Motown another." "Warwick Avenue" was performed live by Duffy during 2007 and premiered on British television that autumn on Later with Jools Holland. Extracted from the following year's bestselling album, Rockferry, it was the singer's second Top 10 hit in May 2008, charting initially as a download. For the video, Duffy had planned an elaborate production featuring dancers and special effects. Instead, she settled for a tearful head-shot. In the back of a black cab, the singer's mascara smudges as she sings: "Meet me by the entrance of the Tube/ We can talk things over a little time/ Promise me you won't stay by the light." At playback, the footage surprised the singer: "That's as close as I'm ever going to get to doing a performance that's real in a video." More about:
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BBC - History - Thomas Becket z Thomas Becket © Becket was a 12th century chancellor and archbishop of Canterbury whose murder resulted in his canonisation. Thomas Becket was born in around 1120, the son of a prosperous London merchant. He was well educated and quickly became an agent to Theobald, Archbishop of Canterbury, who sent him on several missions to Rome. Becket's talents were noticed by Henry II, who made him his chancellor and the two became close friends. When Theobald died in 1161, Henry made Becket archbishop. Becket transformed himself from a pleasure-loving courtier into a serious, simply-dressed cleric. The king and his archbishop's friendship was put under strain when it became clear that Becket would now stand up for the church in its disagreements with the king. In 1164, realising the extent of Henry's displeasure, Becket fled into exile in France, and remained in exile for several years. He returned in 1170. On the 29 December 1170, four knights, believing the king wanted Becket out of the way, confronted and murdered Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Becket was made a saint in 1173 and his shrine in Canterbury Cathedral became an important focus for pilgrimage.
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The History Girls: A SURFEIT OF LAMPREYS AND OTHER MISFORTUNES: The Death of Henry I Sunday, 24 November 2013 A SURFEIT OF LAMPREYS AND OTHER MISFORTUNES: The Death of Henry I King Henry I is not that often touched upon in fiction and one of the lesser studied kings of England in schools today. He has also been the subject of a couple of excellent academic biographies by the late Warren Hollister and historian Judith Green. Occasionally he turns up a secondary source character in novels, mine among them. I enjoyed his portrayal in Valerie Anand's novel King of the Wood which was about his brother William Rufus. Juliet Dymoke used him as her protagonist in her excellent novel Henry of the High Rock, but he still receives rather limited exposure. What many people of a certain age know of Henry I from their school days is that this youngest son of William the Conqueror, died of 'a surfeit of lampreys' - I suspect that this was a phrase known, but not understood by many students. Actually, even when it is understood, there is more to this than meets the eye. Henry I was born either in 1068 or 1069 and died in December 1135, which puts him at about 66 at his demise - a good age for the 12th century and not bad at all for a king with all the stresses and strains that being an active and domineering head of state entailed. His father was 59; his celebrated grandson Henry II only made it to 56. Of his great grandsons by Henry who became kings, Henry the Young king died of dysentry at 28, Richard the Lionheart from gangrene at 38, and King John from (depending who you listen to) 'a surfeit of peaches and cider' a couple of months shy of his 50th birthday. Henry I, described by contemporary chronicler Henry of Huntingdon as 'great in wisdom, profound in counsel, famous for his far-sightedness, outstanding in arms, distinguished for his deeds, remarkable for his wealth', was still to all intents and purposes hale and hearty when he arrived at the forest of Lyons in Normandy in late November to undertake a spot of hunting with the court. He had been hoping to cross to England, but political difficulties on the Norman side of the border meant that he was staying longer than intended. During the course of his hunting sojourn, one of the courses on which he dined at table were the dreaded lampreys. Lampreys are an eel-like fish lacking a jaw. There are about thirty species in the world, some parasitic, some not. The mouth has a circular suction pad with teeth in the adults. As a food in the medieval period they were seen as edible - but dangerous and this is where we come to more than meets the eye. The Medieval way of thinking about diet was to afford each item a humour and a temperature and people were advised to eat foods that balanced their own humours. The four humours were sanguine, which was warm and moist, yellow bile - warm and dry, phlegm - cold and moist, and melancholic - cold and dry. If everything was in balance, you should have an equal mix of all these and your diet should reflect this. All foods had their own value in the humour table too. Elderly people were seen as having cold humours and as such needed to eat foods with warming properties. Red wine was a good one since it was warm and dry (I know wine is wet, but trust me on this one!). Lampreys, on a scale of 1-10 scored a 10 for being cold and moist and one of the most chilling foodstuffs in existence, guaranteed to put out anyone's fire. To an elderly person, already cold to begin with, they could be deadly. The best way to render them less of a threat was to kill them in red wine and then cook them in the same liquor in the hopes that it would neutralise their properties. Everyone knew this. A chronicler wouldn't have had to spell out the details. Once you know this, reading Henry I's death scene from the chronicler Roger of Wendover takes on a whole new light. Henry...stopped at St. Denys in the wood of Lions to eat some lampreys, a fish he was very fond of, though they always disagreed with him, and the physicians had often cautioned him aga
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Photophobia – Symptoms, Causes and Treatment Photophobia – Symptoms, Causes and Treatment Lifestyle and General Health What is Photophobia? This is an eye condition described as a very abnormally high sensitivity to all types of light, ranging from fluorescents to sunlight. While “ photophobia ” really means when translated exactly “fear of light,” advocating that this is a psychosomatic problem, it really should be accurately termed “aversion to light” when used in this situation. A diversity of things may cause photophobia and there are a number of treatments presented, depending on the primary cause. Many individuals have sensitivity to sunlight and normally wear sunglasses to protect their eyes. But when a person is unable to bear bright light and literally experiences intense pain as well as migraines then they are likely to have photophobia. It is not caused by any type of underlying disease but it can be associated to some eye problems, which can be aggravated whether in low or soft light. Photophobia Symptoms Photophobia is in some causes actually a common symptom and in many cases is not caused by any causal illness or eye difficulty. Photophobia which is severe can be linked to problems with the eye and can cause serious eye pain even in very low light. This condition has some symptoms other than just sensitivity to light and they include: Inflammation of eye when tears may or may not be present Atrophy of optic nerve caused by excessive use of alcohol Irritation of brain and nerves caused by excessive use of alcohol Swelling of the eyes Shooting pains in the head as well as the temples Headaches Vidarabine Vitamin D Analog If an individual is being treated with any of these medications and is experiencing photophobia they should contact their physician before stopping any medical therapy. Medical professionals are working on research which is showing that photophobia may be more than a psychological disorder than a physical problem. It has been observed that individuals suffering from the following are more vulnerable to photophobia: Depression Agoraphobia Migraines The disorder intensity varies among individuals and also by season. Obviously, the condition will be much less obvious in the months during winter. Physicians support wearing glasses with rose-tinting rather than glasses which are dark since the latter could actually be exacerbating this problem. Many physicians are assertive that once they can establish the neural pathway which generates sensitivity to light and exactly how the brain is wired they will be better able to treat this condition. Advertisement Photophobia is also associated with other problems which include: Botulism Relaxation techniques – controlled breathing, visualization Medication for anxiety Some individuals resort to remedies such as wearing sunglasses, staying in dark rooms with blinds closed as well as doing whatever is necessary to generally avoid sunlight. If this condition continues indoors with very little light or the pain is extremely severe than that individual should see a physician to seek medical treatment and management. The physician will examine the eye with a biomicroscopy which will check the iris, lens and cornea as well as eyelid. He/she may also suggest a corneal scraping and also in some cases a lumbar puncture also referred to as a spinal tap. The individual may also wear wide-brimmed hats as well as UV sunglasses from the protection of harsh light sources. Some individuals with photophobia which is serious may need prosthetic prescription safety glasses that prevent large amount of lights from entering the eyes. Lifestyle and General Health
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Question Results - The Weather Network View Results What is the term used for a fear of lightning? Keraunophobia is the fear of lightning. Brontophobia is the fear of thunder. ICYMI: Lightning bolts are very hot. They are five times more hot than the sun, and can reach temperatures more than 50,000 F. Popular Right Now
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Rising Damp (TV Series 1974–1978) - IMDb IMDb Doctor Strange Confirmed to Appear in ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ 7 hours ago 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 Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long suffering tenants. Stars: By coincidence Rigsby and Ruth answer the personal ad each has placed in the local paper and meet at the same hotel, both wearing pink carnations for identification purposes. Then a bridal party ... 8.7 A very camp actor called Hilary moves into the house. He has written a play which he wants Ruth and Alan to perform. Rigsby is less than pleased to think that this will allow the long-haired student ... 8.6 Rigsby invests in a white sports car to impress Ruth and takes her to the country club in it. On their return the car is severely dented and carrying part of another car with it. When Rigsby learns ... 8.4 a list of 42 titles created 21 Mar 2011 a list of 35 titles created 27 Sep 2013 a list of 28 titles created 11 months ago a list of 40 titles created 10 months ago a list of 49 titles created 6 months ago Search for " Rising Damp " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Rising Damp (1974–1978) 7.8/10 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. 1 win & 3 nominations. See more awards » Photos BBC Television comedy detailing the fortunes of Reginald Iolanthe Perrin. Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own ... See full summary » Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Pauline Yates, John Barron Classic 1960s British comedy series about a middle aged man and his elderly father who run an unsuccessful 'rag and bone' business (collecting and selling junk). Harold (the son) wants to ... See full summary » Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Frank Thornton Stingy English landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers Cooper, an arts student, and Philip, an African jock, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger... See full summary » Director: Joseph McGrath Terry and Bob from The Likely Lads (1964) continue their life after Terry arrives home from serving in the Army to discover that Bob is about to marry his girlfriend Thelma. Can Thelma lead... See full summary » Stars: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system. Stars: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay The adventures of two "likely lads" ostensibly set in the North East of England (but filmed in Willesden Junction, London). Terry and Bob have been friends since childhood. Bob is the ... See full summary » Stars: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Don McKillop Alf and Elsie are getting old, Rita's left home, Elsie's confined to a wheelchair. Alf must now do battle with the Social Security system. Stars: Warren Mitchell, Carmel McSharry, Arthur English Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby. Stars: Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice, Jessica Forte A working-class Cockney bigot with a biased and expirienced opinion of everything shares them bluntly and almost carelessly. Stars: Warren Mitchell, Anthony Booth, Una Stubbs Long running BBC comedy show consisting of sketches and humourous musical routines involving the large Ronnie Barker and the small Ronnie Corbett. Most sketches involved both men, but ... See full summary » Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fle
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: October 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League & Harrington ‘B’ What well-known product was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, who at that time was addicted to morphine and was looking to find a less harmful substitute? Coca-Cola The entrepreneur Donald F Duncan introduced which toy in 1929, often thought to be based on a weapon used by 16th Century Filipino hunters? Yo-Yo Who was the Greek God of time? Chronos Which English King was the son of Edward, The Black Prince Richard II Who succeeded Richard II as King in 1399? Henry IV What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands off Norway? Maelstrom Which hit song from July 1979 was inspired by the doings of one Brenda Spencer on 29th January that year? I Don’t Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats) Which motor manufacturer produces the model which has the best-selling car name of all time (the model has undergone at least eleven redesigns from 1966 to date)? Toyota (the Corolla is the model in question) What was Fanny Cradock’s real Christian name? Phyllis (Born as Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey) What is the collective name for the handmaidens of Odin who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live? Valkyries Illustrated on its logo, the product Marmite is named after a French word for what? Cooking Pot Which Nintendo game first introduced the character of Mario? Donkey Kong (in 1981…pre-dating Super Mario Bros. by 4 years) Which song was the Labour Party’s theme in its Election campaign of 1997? Things can only get better (by D:Ream) Who is the only woman to have been French Prime Minister? Edith Cresson Who designed the first Blue Peter badge as well as the “Ship” logo used by the programme? Tony Hart Born in Ulverston in 1890, by what name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson better known? Stan Laurel Of which actress did Groucho Marx say “I knew her before she became a virgin”? Doris Day Who wrote and composed the Opera ‘Oedipus Rex’? Stravinsky Who was the first “First Minister of Scotland”? Donald Dewar Who was the first Secretary General of The United Nations? Trygve Lie Against the people of which city did the Romans fight the Punic Wars? Carthage Josip Broz was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. By what name is he better known? Tito Which famous Independent day and Boarding School in Derbyshire was founded by Sir John Port in 1557? Repton School Buddy Holly had a posthumous hit with the song "It doesn’t matter any more". Which singer / songwriter of the time wrote it? Paul Anka An alibi is a form of defence used in criminal proceedings where the accused attempts to prove their innocence. What does the Latin word alibi literally mean? Elsewhere (The accused attempts to prove they were somewhere else at the time of the offence) Who said in a speech in 1968 “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'”? Enoch Powell In a famous 1871 poem, the wedding feast consisted of “mince and quince eaten with a runcible spoon“. Name either of the parties supposedly getting married. Owl or Pussycat (in the Edward Lear poem) Who was the last King of France before the First French Republic was established in 1792? Louis XVI (the Sixteenth) Which modern Japanese martial art is descended from swordsmanship and uses a weapon called a Shinai Kendo Who wrote the book ‘Whisky Galore’? Compton Mackenzie Which fictional pirate captain went to his death murmuring the words ‘Floreat Etona’? Captain Hook In which London restaurant did Boris Becker have his famously brief, but expensive, 'affair' in a broom cupboard with model Angela Ermakova? Nobu Who was the US President throughout the period of World War I? Woodrow Wilson Who was the UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I? Asquith Gruinard Island is an uninhabited Scottish island which was used as the scene for experiments on which bacterium during the 20th century? Anthrax Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. Wha
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Chess Grandmasters by Edward Winter Chess Grandmasters Edward Winter From page 132 of the Oxford Companion to Chess by D. Hooper and K. Whyld (Oxford, 1984), in the entry on �Grandmaster�: �A correspondent writing to Bell�s Life 18 Feb. 1838 refers to Lewis as �our past grand master�, probably the first use of this term in connection with chess.� (848) In an article on page 19 of the March 1989 CHESS Nigel Davies writes: �The original grandmasters, however, were created by the Tsar at the great St Petersburg tournament of 1914. They were Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Marshall and Rubinstein, arguably the five best players of the day, and of whom three held the world championship at one time or another.� For Rubinstein read Tarrasch; A.K.R. came nowhere in the St Petersburg tournament. The Tsar�s conferment of the five Grandmaster titles is a recurrent story in historical works, but what proof of it is there in Russian literature of the time? (1810) Louis Blair (Knoxville, TN, USA) believes that the source of the Tsar story is almost certainly page 21 of Marshall�s My Fifty Years of Chess (New York and Philadelphia, 1942), a book in which Fred Reinfeld is known to have played an extensive role. Our correspondent quotes a passage (referring to the period of the St Petersburg, 1914 tournament) from page 198 of Nicholas II by Dominic Lieven (New York, 1993): �The imperial family spent April and May 1914 in the Crimea. The Council of Ministers no longer had an effective chairman, but the monarch was hundreds of miles from his capital with communications passing by post and courier.� (2080) We note that both the Wiener Schachzeitung and the Deutsche Schachzeitung were using the term �grandmaster (Gro�meister) tournament� to describe St Petersburg, 1914 before the event began. Page 28 of the January 1914 Deutsche Schachzeitung called Capablanca �der kubanische Gro�meister�. (This news item also reported that in a simultaneous display at St Petersburg, in 1913, a draw had been scored by a ten-year old, Prince Gedroiz, who was �the son of a lord-in-waiting of the Imperial Court�.) (2101) Page 119 of the second volume of Complete Games of Alekhine by V. Fiala and J. Kalendovsk� (Olomouc, 1996) offers a strange twist to the question of whether Tsar Nicholas II conferred the title of �grandmaster� on the finalists of the St Petersburg, 1914 tournament. The book quotes an interview with Alekhine in El Debate of 28 May 1922. Asked whether he had started to play chess at a very early age, he replied: �I have played chess since the age of seven and when I was 14 I was named a master by the Tsar himself when I won the national tournament in St Petersburg.� For 14 read 16. The event in question was the St Petersburg, 1909 All-Russian tournament, but is there any more evidence of the Tsar�s involvement in that event than there is, at present, concerning St Petersburg, 1914? (2139) On page 265 of Chess Digest Magazine, December 1974 Larry Evans, a chess writer not famed for accuracy, stated: �Czar Nicholas I coined the title of �Grandmaster� when he sponsored the great St Petersburg tournament in 1914.� Nicholas I lived from 1796 to 1855. With regard to the origin of the term �grandmaster�, Znosko-Borovsky dealt with the issue extensively on pages 221-222 of the November 1925 L�Echiquier. His conclusion was that the title was over-used: �In truth, the only players whom we should consider grandmasters are Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker, perhaps Marshall (if we wish to forget his misfortunes in match play) and, on account of their former successes, Tarrasch and Rubinstein. All the others should be regarded as plain masters.� In
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Sofitel Biarritz Le Miramar Thalassa | We Heart Sofitel Biarritz Le Miramar Thalassa checking into French resort's splendid Sofitel... Lisa Davidson 1 October, 2012 What catches your attention as soon as you step inside this hotel is the fragrance from the fresh flowers, and scented candles, adorning the large reception area. There’s a warmth – like a home from home – and immediately you feel relaxed. The Sofitel Biarritz Le Miramar Thalassa – part of the French luxury chain – is one of very few hotels in the area with a Thalassotherapy centre. Surprising really, as the fascination with freeing your mind and listening to your body through the virtues of sea-water is big news in Biarritz. Located in south-western France, the city is compact, more of a town really. It lies on the Atlantic coast’s Bay of Biscay, and holds onto its reputation as an upscale seaside resort. Although it still retains some of the glitz and glamour of yesteryear – in the 1850s it was frequented by the British royal family – today, it’s feeling a little washed out… there’s a definite casual vibe brought into town by the many surfers, and there’s a charming air of faded glamour. It’s like an old Hollywood star who’s fallen on hard times, but never lost the elegant swagger that made her who she was. The hotel overlooks the popular surfer spot of the Grand Plage, one of six beaches along a six-kilometre coastline – and is only a short 10 minute walk into the town. The relaxed Biarritz vibe continues into the hotel, where guests wander the public spaces (around the pool and even at the breakfast table) in their Sofitel bathrobe and slippers. At first I was rather bemused by this peculiar cult, but it didn’t take long before I too was heading to the pool each morning dressed exactly the same, although I did draw the line at under-dressing in such a manner at breakfast. And what a pool area it is. I’d looked online before arriving and the images I’d encountered did not do it justice. It’s a rectangle pool, nothing special there, but heated and filled with saltwater and has the most stunning backdrop of the beach and its jagged outcrops. Looking out to the left, you can see down to the Casino and beyond, and to the right, the Biarritz Lighthouse (dating back to 1831) looming 73 metres above sea level. The sun loungers were plentiful and comfortable, and dotted around the pool were peculiar coloured objects, I’m not too sure if they were seats or not, but me being me, gave it a go, just the once mind. It has a pleasant shaded patio – dark wicker sofas with plush white cushions – a perfect spot for enjoying a cold drink and people watching and the hotel’s outdoor bar Le “B” Côté Terrase does some killer cocktails, and tapas-style light bites. The terrace and adjoining indoor restaurant is where you have breakfast – we were lucky enough to sit outdoors each morning due to the warm mid-September sun, and splurged on fresh fruit, french breads, baguettes, cheeses, pastries and crêpes. Nothing was too much trouble for the staff, something which strongly resonated throughout the whole hotel. Although sadly we never made it into the spa for any treatments, we did check out the fitness and relaxation area. The small gym overlooks the promenade as does the heated indoor pool area with its jacuzzi, water massage system and neck showers. The hammam next door was bliss with an invigorating menthol and eucalyptus steam room and sauna. The Sofitel Biarritz doesn’t disappoint, it’s everything you’d expect from the chain; spacious bedrooms (if in need of a spruce up, but very befitting the town’s shabby-chic) – ours a superior sea room, the views from both inside and the sizable balcony stunning – and an in-room espresso machine that perked us up when required. L’Occitane amenities in the large modern bathrooms were abundant, and taking up a big chunk of the room was the most ridiculously comfortable bed I’d slept in since, well, my stay at Sofitel Philadelphia earlier this year. Collapsing into it after a hard days sunbathing, and hitting the restaurants and bars of B
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Varosha drone footage shows stunning view of Cyprus' ghost town | Daily Mail Online Next A bird's-eye view of the 'ghost town' of the Mediterranean: Drone footage shows decaying hotels and land reclaimed by nature at Cyprus resort once visited by Elizabeth Taylor and Brigitte Bardot Varosha, on the divided island of Cyprus, was last inhabited in 1974 when it was seized by Turkish troops High-end beach resort was a playground for the rich and famous, including actress Elizabeth Taylor, in its heyday After decades of neglect, high-rise hotels are crumbling in the fenced-off suburb and visitors are banned
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Which peer was arrested by police in connection with the 'Cash For Honours' investigation?
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Scotland Yard in corruption scandal: Met Police feared officers were leaking information from 'cash for honours' inquiry to private intelligence firm News Scotland Yard in corruption scandal: Met Police feared officers were leaking information from 'cash for honours' inquiry to private intelligence firm Crash scene: investigators study the wreckage of the helicopter in which Stephen Curtis died in 2004. Curtis, a lawyer working for Russian oligarchs, set up up ISC Global, later RISC Management Ltd, in 2004 Credit: BPNS Claire Newell 7 October 2016 • 6:58am Tony Blair had occupied Downing Street for almost nine years when the Metropolitan Police launched an inquiry into potentially explosive claims that peerages had been “sold” by political parties to their wealthy owners. A complaint had been brought by Angus McNeil, the SNP MP, after it emerged that four businessmen who gave Labour £4.5 million in unpublicised loans were subsequently nominated for peerages – all of which were later blocked by the House of Lords. Offers of corporate hospitality and even future employment were made to police officers by RISC employees In April 2006 Des Smith, a headteacher involved in the Government’s academies project, was arrested by police carrying out the inquiry. Three months later Lord Levy, Mr Blair’s chief fundraiser, was also arrested. Scotland Yard’s team of detectives, led by the then assistant commissioner John Yates, was centring its investigation at the heart of Britain’s political parties. By July 14 2007, 48 people had been interviewed. The third arrest to emerge, in September 2006, was that of Sir Christopher Evans, a biotechnology entrepreneur who had lent the Labour Party £1 million in 2005. Sir Christopher, like Lord Levy and Mr Smith, was never charged. But the “cash for honours” team at Scotland Yard had appeared fixated on a note in his diary in which he had recorded a conversation with Lord Levy in which the peer discussed the possibility of the then Mr Evans receiving a “K” or a “P” – code for a knighthood or peerage. Sir Christopher Evans Credit: VISMEDIA The conversation took place a year before he was knighted in 2001 and five years before his loan to Labour. Later, when Mr Blair was interviewed by detectives he was asked about the diary entry. Sir Christopher was left “shocked and dismayed” about his arrest, given that in his mind his payment had simply been a commercial loan to help Labour. What followed was months of uncertainty as he attended further police interviews, but he avoided publicly speaking out, having been warned by legal advisers that “to get caught up in this circus” would “damage my interests”. It was simply a case of sitting tight and waiting for the storm to pass. Intelligence indicates that on 2nd May 2007, an employee of RISC received information from a [senior detective] who is believed to be attached to the 'Cash For Honours’ inquiry Quote from Met reports on its covert operation into alleged actions of RISC employees Unbeknown to him, however, a private intelligence firm was, according to Scotland Yard documents , in the background making inquiries about progress with the case. One source suggested that employees of the firm –which folded in 2014 – may have “gone rogue”. It is possible that employees of the firm were carrying out activities of which its directors were unaware. Sir Christopher was unwittingly linked to the apparent activities of the firm, RISC Management Ltd, in intelligence reports prepared by Met officers. There is no evidence he instructed RISC Management Ltd to carry out any work in relation to the case – although he had used the firm’s services on entirely separate matters relating to Merlin Biosciences, his venture capital fund. Spokesmen for Sir Christopher and Keith Hunter, who was chief executive of RISC Management Ltd, confirmed on Thursday that while the businessman had instructed the company for entirely separate work relating to Merlin, he never asked them to carry out any activities relating to the “cash for honours” investigation. Investigators for hi
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 19 | 1975: Davis campaigners stop Test match About This Site | Text Only 1975: Davis campaigners stop Test match Campaigners calling for the release of robber George Davis from prison have vandalised the pitch at Headingley cricket ground in Leeds. They dug holes in the pitch and poured oil over one end of the wicket. The walls surrounding the ground were also daubed with the now- familiar slogans demanding the release of Davis, the east London minicab driver jailed for his part in an armed robbery. The damaged pitch was discovered early on Tuesday by the head groundsman, George Cawthray. Mr Cawthray said: "When I first saw the damage it did not sink in. I was amazed. I thought I should be able to repair the holes but it was the oil that did the damage." The campaigners' actions led to the final match between England and Australia on Tuesday being abandoned. It was declared a draw robbing England of the chance to win back the Ashes and the trophy. 'Mistaken identity' Detectives are searching for several men believed to have travelled from London to Leeds on Monday. Four police officers from Leeds have travelled to London to assist the Metropolitan police in their investigations Davis, 34, who was sentenced to a 20-year term last year, is serving his sentence at Albany Prison on the Isle of Wight. His supporters say he was the victim of mistaken identity and did not take part in a payroll robbery in Ilford, Essex, when a police officer was shot and injured. Since Davis' imprisonment they have organised marches, petitions and fund-raising events to increase public awareness of his case. In May two campaigners - Davis' brothers-in-law Jim and Colin Dean - carried out a seven-hour roof-top protest at St Paul's cathedral in London.
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Which cartoon character is depicted on the welcome sign in Crystal City, Texas, ‘the spinach capital of the world’?
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Popeye the Sailor (character) | Paramount Cartoons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Popeye the Sailor (character) Famous , Max Fleischer Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional hero notable for appearing in comic strips and animated films as well as numerous television shows. He was created by Elzie Crisler Segar , [1 ] and first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929. Popeye has now become the strip's title as well. Although Segar's Thimble Theatre strip, first published on December 19, 1919, was in its tenth year when Popeye made his debut, the sailor quickly became the main focus of the strip and Thimble Theatre became one of King Features' most popular properties during the 1930s. Thimble Theatre was carried on after Segar's death in 1938 by several writers and artists , most notably Segar's assistant Bud Sagendorf . The strip, now titled Popeye, continues to appear in first-run installments in its Sunday edition , written and drawn by Hy Eisman . The daily strips are reprints of old Sagendorf stories. In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer 's Fleischer Studios adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures . These cartoons proved to be among the most popular of the 1930s, and the Fleischers—and later Paramount's own Famous Studios —continued production through 1957. The cartoons are now owned by Turner Entertainment , a subsidiary of Time Warner , and distributed by sister company Warner Bros. Entertainment. Over the years, Popeye has also appeared in comic books , television cartoons , arcade and video games, hundreds of advertisements and peripheral products, and a 1980 live-action film directed by Robert Altman starring comedian Robin Williams as Popeye. Contents Edit In most appearances (except during the World War II era), Popeye is a middle-aged sailor with a unique way of speaking, disproportionately muscular forearms with two anchor tattoos , thinning hair, and an ever-present corncob pipe (which he toots like a steamship's whistle at times). Popeye is generally depicted as having only one eye, his left. In at least one Fleischer cartoon, Bluto refers to Popeye as a "one-eyed runt ." Mostly quiet as to how he lost his right eye, the sailor claims it was in "the mos' arful battle" of his life. Later versions of the character had both eyes, with one of them merely being squinty, or "squinky" as he put it. According to the official site, Popeye is 34 years old and was born in a typhoon off Santa Monica, California (however, in Popeye, the Ace of Space his original age is given as 40 by an alien aging machine). Popeye's strange, comic and often supernatural adventures take him all over the world, and place him in conflict with enemies such as the Sea Hag and Bluto. His main base of operations is the fictional town of Sweethaven. Popeye's father is the degenerate Poopdeck Pappy , who does not share his son's moral righteousness and is represented as having abandoned Popeye in some sources. Popeye's sweetheart (and in some sources, wife) over the years is Olive Oyl ; although the two characters often bickered, especially in early stories after his first appearance. Popeye is the adoptive father of Swee'Pea , an infant foundling left on his doorstep. (Sweet Pea is a term of affection used by Popeye; in the cartoon We Aim to Please, he addressed Olive Oyl as "Sweet Pea" at one point.) In addition to a gravelly voice and a casual attitude towards grammar , Popeye is known for having an apparent speech impediment (a common character-distinguishing device in early cartoons), which either comes naturally or is caused by the ever-present pipe in his mouth. Among other things, he has problems enunciating a trailing "t"; thus, "fist" becomes "fisk" (as sung in his theme song, which makes it conveniently rhyme with "risk") and "infant" becomes "infink." This speech impediment even found its way into some of the titles of the cartoons. Popeye is depicted as having superhuman strength , though the nature of his strengt
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Scarfe, Gerald Scarfe, Gerald > Billedkunstnere > Scarfe, Gerald Gerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE, RDI, (born 1 June 1936 in St John's Wood, London) is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker. His most famous work was for rock group Pink Floyd, particularly on the The Wall album (1979) and movie (1982), and his work as the production designer on the Disney animated feature, Hercules. After briefly working in advertising, a profession he grew to dislike intensely, Scarfe's early caricatures of public figures were published in satirical magazine Private Eye throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In the mid 1960s he took a job at the Daily Mail following a Dutch auction for his services with the Daily Express. His decision to work for the Daily Mail led to his estrangement from fellow cartoonist Ralph Steadman, alongside whom he had studied art at East Ham Technical College. Soon after, Steadman was commissioned to illustrate Scarfe and produced an image that was half saint and half Superman, but with a disconnected heart. Scarfe spent just a year working for the Daily Mail, during which time he was sent to provide illustrations from the Vietnam War. Scarfe was approached to work with Pink Floyd after Roger Waters and Nick Mason both saw his animated BBC film A Long Drawn Out Trip. Scarfe's first work for the band was a set of animated short clips used on the 1977 "In The Flesh" tour, including a full-length music video for the song "Welcome to the Machine". He also drew the cover illustration for their 1979 album The Wall, and in 1982 worked on the film version of The Wall, although he and Waters fell out with director Alan Parker during the latter stages of editing. As well as the artwork, Scarfe contributed 15 minutes worth of elaborate animation to the film, including a sequence depicting the German bombing campaign over England during World War II, set to the song "Goodbye Blue Sky". He was also involved in the theatrical adaptation, including The Wall Concert in Berlin, where his animations were projected on a vast scale. He continued to work with Roger Waters when the latter left Pink Floyd, creating the graphics and animation for Waters' solo album The Pros And Cons Of Hitch Hiking (1984) and its supporting tour. Scarfe's collaboration with Waters is a celebrated one in rock history and in August 2008, was marked by the release of a signed limited-edition eight-print series, "Scarfe On The Wall", which contains a monograph book (with an extended new interview with Scarfe) signed by Roger Waters as part of the collection. Scarfe was approached to work on the 1997 Disney film Hercules by Ron Clements and John Musker, long time fans who had risen to prominence within Disney following the success of The Little Mermaid. Scarfe worked as a conceptual character artist, designing almost all of the characters and then supervising the 900 Disney artists charged with adapting his designs for the film. On 22 November 2005 the United Kingdom's Press Gazette named its 40 most influential journalists, and included Scarfe alongside just two other cartoonists, Carl Giles, and Matt Pritchett. Scarfe was awarded 'Cartoonist of the Year' at the British Press Awards 2006. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours. Comicart.dk is proud to present selected art by this fine British artist. Galleri Comicart.dk - Trepkasgade 5 - 2100 K�benhavn � (tor 12-18, fre 12-19, l�r 11-15) Tlf. +45 24 21 48 13 (Peter Hartung) - E-mail: info@comicart.dk - CVR-nummer: 27599982
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Narcolepsy Fact Sheet | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Where can I get more information? What is narcolepsy? Narcolepsy is a chronic brain disorder that involves poor control of sleep-wake cycles. People with narcolepsy experience periods of extreme daytime sleepiness and sudden, irresistible bouts of sleep that can strike at any time. These “sleep attacks” usually last a few seconds to several minutes. Narcolepsy can greatly affect daily activities. People may unwillingly fall asleep while at work or at school, when having a conversation, playing a game, eating a meal, or, most dangerously, when driving or operating other types of machinery. In addition to daytime sleepiness, other major symptoms may include cataplexy (a sudden loss of voluntary muscle tone while awake that makes a person go limp or unable to move), vivid dream-like images or hallucinations, as well as total paralysis just before falling asleep or just after waking-up. Contrary to common beliefs, people with narcolepsy do not spend a substantially greater proportion of their time asleep during a 24-hour period than do normal sleepers. In addition to daytime drowsiness and uncontrollable sleep episodes, most individuals also experience poor sleep quality that can involve frequent waking during nighttime sleep, and other sleep disorders. For most adults, a normal night's sleep lasts about 8 hours and is composed of four to six separate sleep cycles. A sleep cycle is defined by a segment of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep followed by a period of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. The NREM segment can be further divided into increasingly deeper stages of sleep according to the size and frequency of brain waves. REM sleep is accompanied by bursts of rapid eye movement along with sharply heightened brain activity and temporary paralysis of the muscles that control posture and body movement. When subjects are awakened, they report that they were "having a dream" more often if they had been in REM sleep than if they had been in NREM sleep. Transitions from NREM to REM sleep are controlled by interactions among groups of neurons (nerve cells) located in different parts of the brain. For normal sleepers a typical sleep cycle is about 100 to 110 minutes long, beginning with NREM sleep and transitioning to REM sleep after 80 to 100 minutes. People with narcolepsy frequently enter REM sleep within a few minutes of falling asleep. Who gets narcolepsy? Narcolepsy affects both males and female equally and appears throughout the world. Symptoms often start in childhood or adolescence, but can occur later in life. The condition is life-long. Narcolepsy is not rare, but it is an underrecognized and underdiagnosed condition. Narcolepsy with cataplexy is estimated to affect about one in every 3,000 Americans. More cases without cataplexy are also likely to exist. What are the symptoms? People with narcolepsy experience various types of day- and nighttime sleep problems that are associated with REM sleep disturbances that tend to begin subtly and may change dramatically over time. The most common major symptom, other than excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), is cataplexy, which occurs in about 70 percent of all people with narcolepsy. Sleep paralysis and hallucinations are somewhat less common. Only 10 to 25 percent of affected individuals, however, display all four of these major symptoms during the course of their illness. Excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) EDS, the symptom most consistently experienced by almost all individuals with narcolepsy, is usually the first to become clinically apparent. Generally, EDS interferes with normal activities on a daily basis, whether or not individuals had sufficient sleep at night. People with EDS describe it as a persistent sense of mental cloudiness, a lack of energy, a depressed mood, or extreme exhaustion. Some people experience memory lapses, and many have great difficulty maintaining their concentration while at school, wor
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Coma - NHS Choices Coma Coma Introduction A coma is a state of unconsciousness where a person is unresponsive and cannot be woken. It can result from injury to the brain, such as a severe head injury or stroke . A coma can also be caused by severe alcohol poisoning or a brain infection (encephalitis) . People with diabetes could fall into a coma if their blood glucose levels suddenly became very low (hypoglycaemia) or very high (hyperglycaemia) . You may find the following information useful if you have a friend or loved one who is in a coma. It covers: Support and more information What is a coma? Someone who is in a coma is unconscious and has minimal brain activity. They're alive, but can't be woken up and show no signs of being aware. The person's eyes will be closed and they'll appear to be unresponsive to their environment. They won't normally respond to sound or pain, or be able to communicate or move voluntarily. Someone in a coma will also have very reduced basic reflexes such as coughing and swallowing. They may be able to breathe on their own, although some people require a machine to help them breathe. Over time, the person may start to gradually regain consciousness and become more aware. Some people will wake up after a few weeks, while others may go into a vegetative state or minimally conscious state (see recovering from a coma , below). Caring for and monitoring a person in a coma Doctors assess a person's level of consciousness using a tool called the Glasgow Coma Scale . This level is monitored constantly for signs of improvement or deterioration. The Glasgow Coma Scale assesses three things: eye opening – a score of one means no eye opening, and four means opens eyes spontaneously verbal response to a command – a score of one means no response, and five means alert and talking voluntary movements in response to a command – a score of one means no response, and six means obeys commands Most people in a coma will have a total score of eight or less. A lower score means someone may have experienced more severe brain damage and could be less likely to recover. In the short term, a person in a coma will normally be looked after in an intensive care unit (ICU) . Treatment involves ensuring their condition is stable and their body functions, such as breathing and blood pressure, are supported while the underlying cause is treated. In the longer term, healthcare staff will give supportive treatment on a hospital ward. This can involve providing nutrition, trying to prevent infections, moving the person regularly so they don't develop bedsores, and gently exercising their joints to stop them becoming tight. What you can do as a visitor The experience of being in a coma differs from person to person. Some people feel they can remember events that happened around them while they were in a coma, while others don't. Some people have reported feeling enormous reassurance from the presence of a loved one when coming out of a coma. When visiting a friend or loved one in a coma, you may find the advice below helpful: when you arrive, announce who you are talk to them about your day as you normally would – be aware that everything you say in front of them might be heard show them your love and support – even just sitting and holding their hand or stroking their skin can be a great comfort Research has also suggested that stimulating the main senses – touch, hearing, vision and smell – could potentially help a person recover from a coma. As well as talking to the person and holding their hand, you might want to try playing them their favourite music through headphones, putting flowers in their room or spraying a favourite perfume. Recovering from a coma A coma usually only lasts a few weeks, during which time the person may start to gradually wake up and gain consciousness, or progress into a different state of unconsciousness called a vegetative state or minimally conscious state. a vegetative state – where a person is awake but shows no signs of being aware of their surroundings or themselves a minimally con
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Bordeaux Wine - Beginner's Guide Bordeaux Wine A Beginners Guide to the Basics of Bordeaux Wine Bordeaux's Left Bank - Medoc. CIVB / Philippe Roy By Stacy Slinkard Updated February 06, 2016. Bordeaux...just the name conjures up all sorts of extraordinary wine expectations. As the fourth largest French city, the largest controlled wine growing region (AOC) in France, home to over 10,000 producers and the artisan of close to 70 million cases of wine per vintage, Bordeaux is the modern-day red wine Mecca, beckoning pilgrims near and far to scout for, speculate on and ultimately imbibe in the crown jewel, Bordeaux's exalted red wines. Not to say that Bordeaux doesn’t enjoy a favored following on the white wine or sweet wine fronts, merely that Bordeaux has been built on a foundation of red wine for hundreds of years, forged in large part by the historical and somewhat symbiotic relationship with the British over the highly coveted claret. This famous winemaking region’s maritime climate, celebrated parcels of land, distinguished collection of grape varieties, well-honed traditions and complicated classification systems all come together in a tethered trellising system to form the winemaking wonder that is Bordeaux. continue reading below our video How to Juice Citrus A land based on “banks” – left bank or right bank, formal family roots and home to a slew of newcomers, layered with rules yet capable of cultivating wines that don’t all fall in regulatory line, crafting wine for futures yet gracing the table with everyday wine, every day, and built on a reputation of high-end wine, but presenting over 80% of its juice to the world in the “affordable” wine category at the $8-30 price point, Bordeaux is full of contrasts and more than capable of maintaining multiple wine expectations very well. Bordeaux – Climate and the Lay of the Land Located in the southwest corner of France, just miles from the Atlantic, Bordeaux benefits considerably from the coastal maritime influence, and typically enjoys wet springs, fairly gentle summers and mild winters. The Gulf Stream exerts a warming influence on the region, yet summer weather can be fickle and inconsistent, making for interesting issues when it comes to getting grapes to fully ripen. Bordeaux: Good Vintages vs. Great Vintages Bordeaux’s climate is a critical player in vintage quality year in and year out. With great vintages built on the backs of well-ripened grapes and intended to age for the long haul and good vintages, maintaining the silver lining of being ready to drink earlier and selling at more affordable prices. The best vintages are always warm ones, Bordeaux can be a cool climate for red grapes, which need plenty of sun to reach full maturity, with optimum levels of sugar and tannin. Mature grapes create great wines. With good vintages , the wines come across fairly fresh, with less complexity and overall intensity. These wines may be ready to drink upon release and require a lot less age to enjoy fully, though if you do want to hold a good vintage 3-5 years will often suffice. Vintages from recent years that fall into the “good category” include 2006, 2007 and 2008. Great vintages are built to cellar. They have a density, intensity and overall complexity that will only get more interesting with age. Recent Bordeaux vintages that fall into the “great category” include 2005, 2009 and 2010. Battle of the Banks – Bordeaux's Left Bank vs. Right Bank Three rivers do their best to define Bordeaux, with the major river, Gironde (truly classified as an estuary), effectively dividing the region into two primary sections – known worldwide simply as the left bank and the right bank. The flat, lower-lying land south of the Gironde is designated as the left bank and includes the regions of the Medoc and Graves . The gently sloping land on the north side of the Gironde is considered the right bank. The Gironde maintains two tributaries, the Garonne and Dordogne, with the Dordogne River serving to extend the right bank southeast along the most notable districts of Pomerol and St. Emil
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Roman Paris Athena Review, Vol. 4, No. 2 Roman Paris Setting: Paris occupies a natural limestone basin hollowed out by the Seine, which passes through the city en route to the Normandy coast about 150 km to the northwest. The conventional names of the Right and Left Banks of the Seine, used since ancient times, are oriented to face downstream (northwest). The surrounding heights of the Paris basin define the limits of the modern city, which extends 10 km in all directions from the center at the Île de la Cité. The ancient and medieval city was much smaller, measuring only about 2 km from end to end (fig.1). While today the river level is some 9 m below street level, the ground surface was significantly lower in antiquity and the early Middle Ages, as attested to by the underground archaeological crypt found below Notre-Dame Cathedral (see Gallo-Roman remains beneath Notre-Dame cathedral ). Much of the low-lying area east of the city was a swampy zone known as the Marais (built over in the 13th century, and today an upscale region of Paris), which was criss-crossed by small Seine tributary streams . During Roman times the city was called Lutetia, derived from an ancient Parisii word for marsh or swamp. Ancient settlement in Paris: Late Iron Age towns were abundant along the Seine from the 3rd to 1st century BC, when the ancient Parisii (one of dozens of Celtic tribes in Gaul) inhabited the area around the Île de la Cité. At the time of the arrival of the Romans in 53-52 BC, the largest settlement of the Parisii seems to have been at Nanterre (15 km west of the Île de la Cité), where remains of a nucleated town have recently been discovered within a loop of the Seine, including several main streets and traces of hundreds of houses (see AR 4,1). Like many other prosperous Celtic groups from Late Iron Age Gaul, Britain, and Germany, the Parisii minted their own coins of bronze, silver, and gold, indicating their involvement in trade networks fed by Roman commerce in wine and other commodities. [Fig.1: Section of a map of Roman Paris (after Crypte Archéologique 2005, Paris; MacKendrick 1972)]. Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic Wars, de Bello Gallico (ca. 50 BC), the earliest written source on the region, first mentions Lutetia as the scene where, in 53 BC, an annual assembly was held between Caesar, commander of the Roman Legions, and local Gallic leaders. In 52 BC, the Parisii broke their agreement with the Romans in order to support the Gallic war leader Vercingetorix. Their stronghold at Lutetia, left to be defended by the elderly warleader Camulogenus, was captured and burned by Labienus, one of Caesar's generals. The Romans soon established a new town called Lutetia on the hills of the Left Bank of the Seine, with the forum located about 1 km south of the river (fig.1). Roman Lutetia was laid out at the intersection of the Seine and two parallel Roman roads running north-south. The right hand or easternmost of these (today's rue St-Jacques) served as the Roman cardo or main NS street. Ultimately coming from Spain, this road passed through Orléans (Cenabum) to Paris, crossed the Seine at the Île de la Cité via the Petit Pont ("small bridge") and Grand Pont ("large bridge," now the Pont Notre-Dame) and went north through Senlis. The second road (the present-day rue Galande), coming from Italy, passed through Lyon to Paris, then turned NW toward Beauvais, Rouen, and the Normandy coast. Linked by a grid of east-west streets, this network of Roman roads remained at the core of Paris through the Middle Ages (Didier Busson, 2003). The Romanization of Paris was seemingly well underway by the early 1st century AD. Evidence for this comes from le Pilier des Nautes , an altar to Jupiter found under the choir of Notre-Dame cathedral. Erected by a corporation of local river merchants and sailors (nautes), it invokes several Roman deities along with native Gallic gods. Other temples and shrines from the Gallo-Roman period include a temple of Mercury on top of Montmartre, ab
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Top Ten Oil Exporting Countries | Which Country Exports the Most Oil | WhichCountry.co Which Country Exports the Most Oil 1.4k Views SHARES Even with the initiation of green economy, oil is still considered a precious commodity that has the power and ability to create the fortunes of different nations around the world. Number of Fuel markets have abundance of causes to be spooked. Libya is considered the home of Africa’s Crud oil reserves than all other African nations. Today no one can deny the importance of Fuel due to the world’s largest running commodity. There is no country having no fuel consumption but their production, import and export vary from each other. Currently Russia is the largest oil-producing country with more than 10,730,000 BB/per day and contributing to 12.65% in global fuel output. Russia has world’s leading Petroleum industry. It is the largest natural gas exporting nation in the world. Similarly it is considered world’s third largest energy-consuming nation too so by the figures of export, Saudi Arabia leads Russia exporting 7,635,000 barrels of refined oil each day.KSA produces 10.3 Million Barrels per day in totals List of Top Ten Oil Exporters in the World Rank 1,920,000 KSA is an Islamic country which is respected all over the world due to its holy places mainly Mecca and Medina. Its Capital city is Al Riyadh. Official language is Arabic and law is purely Islamic. Most of the countries get benefit from Saudi government for their fuel needs. Though since 2009, a decline in its annual exports has observed but still it is world’s largest exporter. It has animatedly one-fifth of the world’s proven natural fuel reserves and said to be the largest producer as well as exporter of all the petroleum liquid products. The Following chart is showing the Saudi Exports by Destination. From different authentic resources it is concluded that Saudi Arabia is the biggest exporter of oil. Also See :
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Do you know...? Do you know...? 1. Over which country did Pan Am flight 103 crash in December 88? 2. Who sang about his Prerogative in the 1980s? 3. Which all-girl group had 80s No 1s with Walk Like An Egyptian and Eternal Flame? 4. Which sitcom, premiered in 1988, featured Dr. Harry Weston? 5. The 1980 Olympics were boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of which country? 6. What kind of Boys had an 80s No 1 with West End Girls? 7. Anwar Sadat was President of which country when he died in 1981? 8. What kind of disaster claimed some 100,000 lives in Armenia in 1988? 9. Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986? 10. Which President of the Philippines was deposed in 1986? 11. The increasing scarcity of elephants and rhinos led to a 1989 ban on which substance? I'll post the answers on Friday..... shockhazard Over which country did Pan Am flight 103 crash in December 88? A: Scotland. Who sang about his Prerogative in the 1980s? A: Bobby Brown. Which all-girl group had 80s No 1s with Walk Like An Egyptian and Eternal Flame? A: Bangles. Which sitcom, premiered in 1988, featured Dr. Harry Weston? A: Empty Nest. The 1980 Olympics were boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of which country? A: Afghanistan. What kind of Boys had an 80s No 1 with West End Girls? A: Pet Shop Boys. Anwar Sadat was President of which country when he died in 1981? A: Egypt. What kind of disaster claimed some 100,000 lives in Armenia in 1988? A: Earthquake. Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986? A: Chernobyl. Which President of the Philippines was deposed in 1986? A: Marcos. The increasing scarcity of elephants and rhinos led to a 1989 ban on which substance? A: Ivory. Where ever you go, there you are.
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Which English football team play their home games at Old Trafford?
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Teams still don't like to play at Old Trafford, says Marouane Fellaini | Squawka News | News Posted on April 20, 2016 Marouane Fellaini is of the opinion that teams still “don’t like to play” at Old Trafford, despite the claims that Manchester United have lost their fear factor recently. The Red Devils have lost just two Premier League home games this season, with the last defeat coming back in January against Southampton. Since then, they’ve won their last four on the bounce at the Theatre of Dreams, as Louis van Gaal’s men look to keep up their top four challenge. United beat Aston Villa 1-0 last time out to keep the pressure on the likes of Arsenal and Manchester City, but their inconsistency has been the one real stumbling block in mounting a challenge for loftier goals, which has seen Van Gaal come under intense pressure. However Fellaini believes that the fans are still with the team, and that could prove vital in the final run-in. How Man Utd should line up vs. Crystal Palace SEE GALLERY “A lot of teams don’t like to play at Old Trafford; it’s a difficult place to come to and our supporters are always with us,” the Belgian international told the club’s official website ahead of tonight’s home clash with Crystal Palace. “We have to make that count and make sure we perform. “[Palace] are a good team and they have a lot of quality in attack. We have to be ready for that and also play on the front foot because we’re at home. It’s a good test for us before the big game on Saturday.” Fellaini, like his manager, has been subject to heavy criticism this season, with his place in the side questioned by many United fans. The 28-year-old has scored one goal and created nine chances in 16 Premier League appearances, winning 44% of his average duels and with an average pass accuracy of 83%. Marouane Fellaini’s average duels in the Premier League this season. United sit fifth on 56 points following their win at the weekend, four adrift of Arsenal in fourth and five behind City in third with just five games remaining. After tonight’s clash with Palace, who drew 1-1 at the Emirates last time out, Van Gaal’s men take on Everton in their FA Cup semi-final at Wembley on Saturday, looking to take another step towards winning their first piece of silverware since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement.
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BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Where the Premier League's players come from Where the Premier League's players come from Data shown is place of birth, not nationality. (Data last updated 13 August 2009) By Ollie Williams In the past two decades, the composition of England's top-flight teams has changed dramatically. At the start of the 1989-90 season, leading clubs like Arsenal and Manchester United boasted just one or two regular first-team players who were born outside the United Kingdom. Now, Premier League teams have, on average, 13 foreign-born stars within their ranks. 'THE GLOBAL GAME' Watch the BBC News Channel/BBC World on Friday for interviews and analysis on the global growth and appeal of the Premier League, with coverage also on radio and online Use the interactive world map above to explore the birthplaces of players in all the current Premier League squads, and compare them with the same teams' players from the start of the 1989-90 season - then find out more about each team below. Twenty years ago, defending champions Arsenal had just two players born outside the UK on their books: Icelandic midfielder Sigurdur Jonsson and Irish forward Niall Quinn. Jonsson made barely a handful of appearances before leaving Highbury in 1992, while Quinn was soon to sign for Manchester City. Liverpool, eventual title-winners that season, had an unusually large number of foreign-born players in their 1989-90 squad. Bruce Grobbelaar - one of few foreign stars in 1989 Kenny Dalglish's side featured five players born outside the UK: John Barnes (Jamaica), Bruce Grobbelaar (South Africa), Glenn Hysen (Sweden), Jan Molby (Denmark) and Steve Staunton (Republic of Ireland). But they were the exception. Teams were far more likely to boast just one or two players born outside the UK and, in many cases (such as Manchester City's David Oldfield and Chelsea's Tony Dorigo), those players were British nationals who happened to have been born abroad. Two decades ago, the teams making up this year's Premier League could only boast 12 players born outside the Commonwealth between them. Twenty years later, more than half of the Premier League's clubs could field an entire starting line-up of foreign-born players. Liverpool now have just three UK-born first-team stars in Jamie Carragher, Steven Gerrard and Glen Johnson, with other British talents like Jay Spearing making only occasional European appearances to date. Anfield is home to 20 foreign-born players with a strong first-team claim, while Arsenal can boast 23, as opposed to four Brits, all aged under 21. Teams recently promoted to the top flight have the fewest foreign-born players in their first-team squads - Burnley have seven, Wolves have eight, as do Stoke, who gained promotion a year earlier, while Birmingham have nine. West Ham are also at the lower end of the spectrum, with nine foreign-born players, but at the time of writing this still comprised almost half of the 21 first-team players at Gianfranco Zola's disposal. You can find out more about your team below. Remember that the data focuses on place of birth, not nationality. Read more, comment and download the data on Ollie Williams' blog Jump to a team 1989-90: 19 players born in UK, two born abroad 2009-10: Four players born in UK, 23 born abroad Jack Wilshere is one of Arsenal's UK-born youngsters Jonsson and Quinn, mentioned above, were as exotic as it got for the Gunners 20 years ago. Arsenal could almost have put out a starting line-up featuring only players born in the London area. By contrast, in February 2005, manager Arsene Wenger became the first in English football to field a matchday squad lacking any English players. The current squad's UK-born talents - Theo Walcott, Aaron Ramsey, Kieran Gibbs and Jack Wilshere - are all under 21 years old. Points on the map 2009-10: Carlos Vela, who waited more than three years for his first Arsenal goal (and two of those waiting for a work permit), is Mexican. Brazilians Denilson and Eduardo hail from Sao Paulo and Rio respectively. There are three imports from West
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Final: Australia v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 17, 1996 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo Jayasuriya named player of the tournament after the 2nd semi final. MA Taylor and RT Ponting 101, record 2nd wicket partnership in a World Cup final. MA Taylor 74, highest score by an Australian captain in any World Cup match. SK Warne, 1st player to be stumped in a World Cup final (by RS Kaluwitharana). PA de Silva 107*, 3rd ever 100 in a World Cup final. (Previous two: CH Lloyd 102 in 1975, IVA Richards 138* in 1979). Sri Lanka least wickets lost (3) in any World Cup final. PA de Silva, man of the match for an unbeaten 107, 3 wickets, and 2 catches (most runs, most wickets, and equal most catches in the match). Sri Lanka are the 1st host country to win a World Cup, and the 1st country to win a World Cup final batting second. Sri Lanka win their 1st World Cup after only winning a total of 4 matches in the previous 5 World Cups.
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Picking an All-Conquering XI of Recently-Retired Cricketers | Bleacher Report Picking an All-Conquering XI of Recently-Retired Cricketers Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow Gallo Images/Getty Images 8 Comments Sachin Tendulkar, Graeme Swann and Ricky Ponting were just some of the top cricketers who called time on illustrious careers in 2013. They joined the likes of Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Michael Hussey who said farewell to the international arena a year earlier. The list of recently retired players boasts thousands of runs and hundreds of wickets but who makes the cut in our All-Conquering Test XI? The only criteria for selection is that the player has retired from some form of cricket since 1 January 2012. Wickets: 39 @ 43.87 Retired from Test cricket in October 2013 How many players are inventive enough to have a shot named after them? Tillakaratne Dilshan is one of that select band courtesy of the outrageous " Dilscoop ". The Sri Lankan opener was much more than a one-trick pony though and was a prolific scorer in all formats of the game. His Test match strike rate of 65.54 runs per hundred balls is second only to India's Virender Sehwag in terms of opening batsman and he'd have a licence to attack in our stacked retired XI. Runs: 7,037 @ 40.91 Retired from all forms of cricket in August 2012 Strauss may not be the most naturally gifted stroke maker in our XI but what he lacked in flair he made up for with oodles of grit and determination. An excellent puller and cutter, Strauss was a dependable presence at the top of the England order and went on to become an accomplished skipper. The former Middlesex man has been tipped as a potential parliamentary candidate and like his politics, Strauss's captaincy was essentially conservative. It was highly successful though with England enjoying home and away Ashes victories and rising to top spot in the Test rankings with Strauss in charge. He'll be the skipper of the retirement XI. Wickets: 255 @ 29.96 Retired from all forms of cricket in December 2013 Graeme Swann was that rarest of creatures—an attacking English finger spinner who gave the ball a real rip. The Nottinghamshire offie was a late developer, not making his Test debut until he was 29. He seized his chance in the big time though, taking more Test wickets than any other bowler in 2010. Arguably no bowler benefited more from the Decision Review System and when facing left-handers he could be deadly. A clean striker of the ball, Swann boasts one of the best strike rates of any batsman with more than 1,000 Test runs. He will leave a huge gap in the England XI following his mid-Ashes departure. Wickets: 310 @ 30.81 Retired from One Day Internationals and T20s in July 2012 As Mitchell Johnson showed in the recent Ashes series, there's nothing like pure, unadulterated pace to terrify an opposition batting line up. Which is just what Brett Lee did at the height of his career. Regularly topping 90mph on the speed gun, Lee ended his Test career as Australia's fourth-highest wicket taker, needing just 76 matches to claim 310 victims. He was no mug with the bat either, notching up five half-centuries from the lower reaches of the order. Even at the age of 37, Lee can still send it down at a fair lick as Piers Morgan will testify . Wickets: 59 @ 28.23 Retired from First Class Cricket in September 2013 Ah, Simon Jones—the great if only of English cricket. By 2005, the muscular Welshman had developed into a truly threatening bowler, one blessed with genuine pace and the ability to bowl devastating reverse swing . The only England bowler to take two five-wicket hauls during that historic Ashes series, the Glamorgan man's international future seemed assured. Then within a blink of an eye it was all over. Serious injury followed serious injury and despite a number of attempted comebacks and a few tantalising cameos he could never stay fit for long. It was great while it lasted, though.
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What is the name collectively given to several groups of people in Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique, originally known as the Karanga?
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Zimbabwe - Tribes and People Zimbabwe - Tribes and People The tribes and people of Zimbabwe (Individual projects will follow) The following at this stage are various notes - the aim is to refine them into a comprehensive and more cohesive overview of the Zimbabwean people. Zimbabwe is a mixture of people. More than two-thirds of the population speaks Shona as their first language. Shona-speaking people live mainly in the eastern two-thirds of the country, including the capital of Harare, and are made up of the following groups Karanga, Rozwi and Zezuru Around one in five Zimbabweans (the Ndebele and Kalanga groups) speak Northern Ndebele, commonly known as Sindebele. Both Shona and Sindebele are Bantu languages originating from the time when Bantu-speaking tribes populated the region over 1000 years ago. The Shona tribe is Zimbabwe's largest indigenous group whose tribal language is also called Shona (Bantu). Their population is around 9 million. They are the largest ethnic group in Zimbabwe. The Shona are found in Zimbabwe, Botswana and southern Mozambique. Representing over 80% of the population, the Shona tribe is culturally the most dominant tribe in Zimbabwe. Traditionally, Shona people live in isolated settlements, usually consisting of one or more elder men and their extended families. The Shona are a cluster of peoples who have lived for about 2,000 years in a region of the southern Africa Plateau that includes most of Zimbabwe and part of Mozambique. Shona is the name collectively given to two groups of Bantu people in the east and southeast of Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique. History There have been many civilisations in Zimbabwe, evidence being the ancient stone structures at Khami, Great Zimbabwe and Dhlo-Dhlo. The "Great Zimbabwe" ruins have been radio carbon dated to approximately 600 A.D. Historic findings suggest that the ancestors of modern day Shona people built Great Zimbabwe and hundreds of other stone walled sites in Zimbabwe. Bantu-speaking farmers, either Khoisan settlers or Iron Age migrants from the north, were the first occupants of the Great Zimbabwe site in the south of the country. Between 500 and 1000AD, the Gokomere (a Bantu group) enslaved and absorbed San groups in the area. As early as the 11th century, some foundations and stonework were in place at Great Zimbabwe and the settlement, generally regarded as the burgeoning Shona society. One line of thought is that the Shona people are descendants from one group of families, that was ruled by one paramount Chief. This line of thought would justify the fact that such Shona High spirits as Chaminuka, Kaguvi and Nehanda command authority over all Shona tribes. It is this that could have enabled the Shona risings of 1896-7, known as the First Chimurenga. Before the risings there where a number of mhondoros (Mhondoro is a Shona language term meaning the founding ancestor of a particular dynasty) in the then Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) but none had the authority to co-ordinate the various Shona tribes against the European settlers. The Shona people as they are today are a fragmented horde of tribes with very tenuous bonds of unity between them. Most Shona people identify with a particular clan rather than with the Shona group as a whole, most Shona communities contain a mixture of clans. (Clan - group of people who descended from the same ancestor) The Shona consisted and still consist of two distinct families – the original Bantu occupants of the country and the conquerors – each of which has split up into a multiplicity of tribes. The original Shona occupants of Zimbabwe are all embodied under the umbrella name “Hungwe”. The conquerors of the Hungwe fall under the blanket name “Mbire”. It is believed that it was the Mbire who were the founders of the Mutapa Empire as well as the Rozvi Empire which was destroyed by the various Nguni tribes that passed through the land of Zimbabwe during the Mfecane wars. Namely, the Ndebele tribe, who now occupy southwest Zimbabwe, and the Shangane tribe in the southeast of Zimbabwe. The Hungwe settled in Zimb
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Malawi | Three Farmers and a Greek Three Farmers and a Greek Population: 15 028 757 (Est. 2009) GDP: US$ 13 149 billion (Est. 2010) Per Capita Annual Income: US$ 900 – Nr 220 out of 230 countries. The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in south east Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. The country is also nicknamed, “The Warm Heart of Africa” The Great Rift Valley runs through the country from north to south, and to the east of the valley lies Lake Malawi (also called Lake Nyasa), making up over three-quarters of Malawi’s eastern boundary with Mozambique. The jewel in the crown of the country’s tourist attractions is Lake Malawi, “discovered” by the missionary-explorer Dr David Livingstone just over 150 years ago. Although totally landlocked, Malawi is not denied its “inland sea”. This vast body of freshwater fringed by beaches of golden sand is not only a scenic wonderland but it provides water sport opportunities for those looking for something beyond sun, sand and swimming. Its approximate dimensions are 365 miles/ 584km north to south and 52 miles/83.2km broad, hence the sobriquet: “the calendar lake”. The Lake, in the north, is quite extraordinarily deep: 700m, plunging well below sea level. This reflects the enormity of the natural faulting of the Great Rift Valley, which is the origin of the Lake. The width of the lake’s shorelands, vary from nothing to over 25km, the edge of the Rift Valley rising steeply in places and more gently in others. The Shire River flows from the south end of the lake and joins the Zambezi River 400 km farther south in Mozambique. The surface of Lake Malawi is located at 457 above sea level, with a maximum depth of 701m, which means the lake bottom is over 213m below sea level at some points. Malawi’s capital is Lilongwe, and its commercial center and largest city is Blantyre, with a population of over 500,000 people. Malawi has two sites listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Lake Malawi National Park was first listed in 1984 and the Chongoni Rock Art Area was listed in 2006. Malawi was first settled during the 10th century and remained under native rule until 1891 when it was colonized by the British, who ruled the country until 1964. Upon gaining independence it became a single-party state under the presidency of Hastings Banda, who remained president until 1994, when he was ousted from power. Malawi is among the world’s least developed and most densely populated countries. The economy is heavily based in agriculture, with a largely rural population. The Malawian government depends heavily on outside aid to meet development needs, although this need (and the aid offered) has decreased since 2000. The Malawian government faces challenges in growing the economy, improving education, health care and the environmental protection and becoming financially independent. Malawi has several programs developed since 2005 that focus on these issues, and the country’s outlook appears to be improving, with improvements in economic growth, education and healthcare seen in 2007 and 2008. Because of its rich fish harvest, the Lake plays an important part in the economy. Fishing villages are scattered along the shore and the traditional industry and practices are an attraction to visitors. Access to the Lake is possible along much of its length but it should be noted that it is usually necessary to take a short detour off the main roads in order to reach the beach. Despite the attraction the Lake has to settlement, there are long stretches of totally uninhabited golden sand lakeshore, lapped by crystal clear waters. Kayaking, sailing, snorkelling, scuba diving and water skiing are just some of the lake activities available to visitors. Cape Maclear and the Lake Malawi National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.In recent years, a number of high quality lod
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vocal music reviews FRENCH SONGS NIMBUS NI5938 These delightful recordings by London-born baritone Simon Wallfisch and the excellent pianist feature unusual French music �from la belle epoque to les anne folle�. There are songs by Andr� Caplet (Nuit d�Automne, �Quand reverrai-je, h�las!...�, Le croix Douloureuse and the amusing Trois Fables de Jean de la Fontaine), Arthur Honegger (the brilliant Six Po�mes de Guillaume Apollinaire and Trois Po�mes de Paul Fort) and Darius Milhaud�s Les Soir�es de P�trograde (twelve miniature poems by Ren� Chalupt). The disc ends with a performance of Maurice Ravel�s masterful Chansons mad�casses, a collection of three songs ("Nahandove", "Aoua" and "Il est doux") written between 1925 and 1926 for voice (mezzo-soprano or baritone), flute, cello and piano, with words by the poet �variste de Parny. The musicians here also include Efrain Oscher (flute) and Raphael Wallfisch (cello). Simon Wallfisch was born into a family of musicians and began playing the cello aged 5 before going on to study cello and voice as a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music, during which time (2000-2006) he was awarded several prizes including from Royal Overseas League, Countess of Munster and English Speaking Union. Edward Rushton studied piano and composition at Chetham�s School of Music in Manchester, before reading music at King�s College, Cambridge and then composition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. KITTY KALLEN - LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT RETROSPECTIVE RTR4290 Born in Philadelphia in 1921, popular American singer Kitty Kallen�s career spanned from the 1930s to the 1960s, including the Swing era of the Big Band years, the post-World War Two pop scene and the early years of rock �n roll. She performed with some of the finest big bands of the 1940s, such as those of Jimmy Dorsey and Harry James, before striking out on a solo career. Her best known recording is �Little Things Mean a Lot�, a song that stayed at the US number one spot for nine weeks in 1954 and charted there for almost seven months. It was also and number one hit on the UK singles chart, and sold more than two million copies. Kitty Kallen continued to record until her retirement in the 1960s and died in January 2016, at the ripe age of 94. Retrospective pays tribute to one of the greatest big-band singers and solo stars of the 50s with this generous compilation of her best work. As well as the timeless title track that brought her superstardom there are wonderful earlier performances with the bands of Jack Teagarden (Love For Sale), Jimmy Dorsey (four huge hits including the million-selling No.1 Besame Mucho) and, biggest of all, Harry James. Eleven of the tracks feature the brilliant James trumpet, including I�m Beginning To See The Light and It�s Been A Long, Long Time. Kitty also gives a fine rendering of My Heart Belongs To Daddy with the 1946 Artie Shaw Orchestra. Her later hits include another million-seller, In The Chapel In The Moonlight, and a moving interpretation of My Colouring Book, her last Top 20 entry. This is a perfect introduction to an impressive and graceful singer who successfully moved from classic big band swing to modern post-war pop. RUTH ETTING - AMERICA�S SWEETHEART OF SONG RETROSPECTIVE RTS4283 Renowned for her great beauty, gorgeous voice and tragic life, Ruth Etting gre up in Nebraska and wanted to be an artist, drawing and sketching everywhere she could. At sixteen, her grandparents sent her to art school in Chicago, where she found a job designing costumes at the Marigold Gardens nightclub. She soon became a featured vocalist at the club and gave up art classes in favour of a career in show business. She also married Chicago gangster Moe Snyder, who managed her career for the next two decades. She became nationally known when she appeared in Ziegfeld�s �Follies of 1927�and her blond hair, blue eyes and stunning voice all led to her being dubbed the Sweetheart of Columbia Records, America�s Radio Sweetheart, and fina
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Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri
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'Some Like it Hot' - The greatest ending line in movies - YouTube 'Some Like it Hot' - The greatest ending line in movies 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 May 28, 2010 These are the final moments of a great film. Jack Lemmon tells Joe E. Brown why they can't get married. For a review and appreciation of the film, visit:
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1954 Academy Awards® Winners and History Supporting Actress: EVA MARIE SAINT in "On The Waterfront" , Nina Foch in "Executive Suite", Katy Jurado in "Broken Lance", Jan Sterling in "The High and the Mighty", Claire Trevor in "The High and the Mighty" Director: "On The Waterfront" , Alfred Hitchcock for "Rear Window" , George Seaton for "The Country Girl", William Wellman for "The High and the Mighty", Billy Wilder for "Sabrina" The Best Picture winner (of producer Sam Spiegel), director Elia Kazan's semi-documentary, expose, and thriller, On The Waterfront (with twelve nominations and eight wins) matched two other films with eight wins - but they each had thirteen nominations: From Here to Eternity (1953) The awards for the top winner this year included: Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director, Best Story/Screenplay (Budd Schulberg), Best B/W Cinematography (Boris Kaufman), Best B/W Art/Set Direction, and Best Film Editing. The low-budget, black and white Best Picture was filmed entirely on location in Hoboken and told the gritty story of New York dock workers, brutality, corruption, and embroilment with a gangster union boss. It provided an expose of union racketeering while showcasing the murder of an innocent longshoreman. Kazan and screenwriter Budd Schulberg justified their own naming of names (blacklisting-testimony against alleged Communists) as friendly witnesses before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in the early 50s with the film's story of an heroic longshoreman informant Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) who stood alone and turned witness against the corrupt and intimidating union bosses and became a marked 'pigeon'. The film marked a comeback for Brando, who hadn't won a Best Actor Oscar - yet. Losing to the Best Picture winner were these four films: director George Seaton's and Clifford Odets' backstage melodrama The Country Girl (with seven nominations and two wins - Best Actress and Best Screenplay) about the comeback attempt of an alcoholic singer Fox's light CinemaScope travelogue/romance by director Jean Negulesco about three women romantically involved with Italian men in Rome, Three Coins in the Fountain (with three nominations and two wins - Best Color Cinematography (for Milton Krasner) and Best Song, the title song "Three Coins in the Fountain" - remarkably defeating Judy Garland's "The Man That Got Away" in A Star Is Born ) another CinemaScope film and one of the best musical/dance films ever made by director Stanley Donen, MGM's Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (with five nominations and only one win - Best Musical Score) about seven fur-trapping brothers in the Oregon Territory who gradually find wives, starring Jane Powell and Howard Keel the courtroom drama about a naval mutiny based on Herman Wouk's novel, The Caine Mutiny (with seven nominations and no wins) from director Edward Dmytryk Elia Kazan, director of the dockside drama On The Waterfront won his second (and last) Oscar, defeating among others director Alfred Hitchcock, who was also nominated for Rear Window . [The famed
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BBC One - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria: Connie's Story BBC One This programme is not currently available on BBC iPlayer How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria: Connie's Story Documentary which follows Connie Fisher's journey from telesales girl to leading lady, after she landed the role of Maria in The Sound of Music by winning a television competition. Share this page
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Past Eurovision Song Contest winners from the UK - ITV News 9 May 2014 at 10:51am Past Eurovision Song Contest winners from the UK Lulu won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. Photo: Youtube Despite the recent run of disappointments, the UK is still considered to be one of the most successful countries to compete in the Eurovison Song Contest, and many of our biggest stars have sang in the competition. The UK first participated in the competition in 1957 and has gone on to claim first place five times. Hoping to join the UK's hall of Eurovision fame this year is Molly Smitten-Downes, who will perform her self-written song Children of the Universe. Ahead of tomorrow's competition, we take a look back through the history of United Kingdom's best moments. 1967: Sandie Shaw became the first winner from the UK with her hit Puppet On A String. 1969: Lulu joined Spain, Netherlands and France in first place with her hit Boom Bang A Bang. 1976: Brotherhood of man were the first band from the United Kingdom to win with their single Save Your Kisses For Me. 1981: The band Bucks Fizz, who formed specifically for Eurovision, sang their way to first place with their hit Making Your Mind Up. 1997: Katrina & The Waves were the first UK winning Eurovision entry for 16 years singing Love Shine a Light.
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Alliot Verdon Roe | Oswald Mosley | Briton - Fascist - European. Books Alliot Verdon Roe Alliot Verdon Roe was born in 1877 in Patricroft, Manchester. His father was a Doctor and his mother was later famous for her work in organising and setting standards for day nurseries. His father had hoped that his son would follow in his profession but the boy was more keenly interested in engineering. When he was fourteen he set off to Canada to work in a civil engineering firm, but the job did not last long. The young Alliott then engaged in an apprenticeship in Portsmouth dockyard which he duly completed. After studying marine engineering at Kings College, London as well as the dockyard the young man joined the ship S.S.Inchanga as fifth engineer. It was during this time that Alliott first turned his mind to the possibility of actually building a flying machine. He began with small models and in this he was quite successful. When the Wright brothers made the very first flight in a heavier than air machine at Kittyhawk, U.S.A. he was almost immediately in correspondence with them. He applied for and took a job with the Royal Aero Club. Then found a job in the U.S.A. with a firm trying to build a gyrocopter. The machine was a failure and Alliott was back in Britain. But not discouraged. It was in 1906 that he patented the first aircraft control column, as previously two levers were required. It was as well he patented the idea as many years later a Frenchman tried to claim copyright and £1,000,000 damages. When Lord Northcliffe of the Daily Mail offered a prize of £250 for a model capable of sustained flight Alliott took the prize. Thus encouraged he designed and built his own real aircraft. He set up shop at Brooklands, near Weybridge. On the 8th June, 1908 A.V. Roe actually flew for the first time, but his short flights were not registered officially by the Royal Aero Club and Lord Brabazon took the honour of registering first. Roe pressed on regardless. It was a challenging time as he had to learn so much. Designing, building and flying all at once! It was dangerous because things kept breaking. Controls were not correctly understood and engines were unreliable. On the plus side the aircraft of those days could glide and crashes were often not fatal. After being evicted from Brooklands, and then Hackney Marshes Alliott Roe set up his flying operations at Wembley Park, Middlesex, as it then was. Alliott’s brother, Humphrey, who was later to marry Marie Stoppes, came into the business and on New Years Day 1910 A.V. Roe became the first company ever to be registered as an airplane manufacturer.. The learning curve was so fast, that hardly ever were two aircraft built that were exactly the same. Improvements came along at a breathtaking pace. Manufacturing moved to Manchester and with Brooklands under new management an Avro flying school was set up there, later moving to Shoreham. Other money-earning ventures were the founding of an aircraft spares warehouse and the invention and marketing of a turnbuckle for tightening the bracing wires used on aircraft in those days. With the coming of the First World War, A.V. Roe and Co. had a first rate aircraft for the forces. It was the Avro 504. A good basic design that leant itself to a variety of engines. So good was it that it became a standard trainer after the war and soldiered on until 1940 during the Second World War. After the First World War military orders dried up to a trickle and even with new designs Avro Avianorders were small. The civil market was hotly contested and Avro’s most successful aircraft was the Avro Avian. Even before this a considerable financial investment had been made in the company by the Groves family of Groves and Whitnall Ltd. the Manchester brewers. In 1920 Crossley Motors bought three fifths of the shares in the company. In 1928 control of the company passed to the Armstrong Siddley Development Group. As a result both of the Avro brothers, Alliott and Humpfrey, left to join S.E. Saunders Limited of Cowes, Isle of Wight. Saunders were exponents of the fly
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Untitled Page National Capitol: The Washington Monument is dedicated. Government Grover Cleveland (1837-1906) is inaugurated as the 22nd President of the United Staes and Thomas A. Hendricks (1819-1885) in inaugurated as the nation's 21st Vice President. Government President Cleveland (1837-1906) proposes the suspension of the minting of silver dollars, fearing that silver is undermining the nation’s gold reserves. War Indian Wars: Apache Indians leave their reservation in Arizona and continue their war against Whites under Geronimo. Science In memory of ornithologist James Audubon (1785-1851), the National Audubon Society is founded in the United States to study bird species. Science Sir Francis Galton (1822-1911) establishes the uniqueness of fingerprints. Medicine The first appendectomy in the United States is performed in Davenport Iowa, by Dr. William Grant. Medicine Vaccines: Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) administers the first anti-rabies vaccine to a nine-year-old schoolboy. Inventions The first motorcycle is patented, built by Gottlief Daimler in Germany. Inventions Karl Benz (1824-1929) builds the world's first gasoline-powered vehicle. It has a traveling speed of nine miles per hour. Inventions The first modern bicycle is built. Bikes are a craze in America and Europe until the end of the century. Inventions The dictaphone, the electric transformer, the electric drill, and the thermos bottle are invented. Inventions African American Inventors: Women’s Firsts: Sarah E. Goode becomes the first African-American woman to receive a patent, for a bed that folds up into a cabinet. Education Children’s Books: Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924), writes "Little Lord Fauntleroy." Education Children's Books: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) publishes "A Child’s Garden of Verses." Education The Bryn Mawr School for Girls in Baltimore, later joined by Bryn Mawr College for Women near Philadelphia, is founded. Arts and Letters "The Mikado," the comic operetta by William S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), premieres at the Savoy Theatre, London. Arts and Letters American Theatre: Theatrical lighting with electricity is made available to theatrical productions. Truman, Bess Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (1885-1982), wife of Harry S. Truman, is born in Independence, Missouri, on February 13. Grant, Julia Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), 18th President of the United States, dies July 23 in Mount McGregor, New York. Economics The first commercially operated electrical streetcar begins operation in Baltimore. Economics Railroad History: The Santa Fe Railroad is completed. Daily Life History of Toys: Crayola Crayons: Edwin Binney (1866-1934) and cousin, C. Harold Smith, begin the partnership of Binney & Smith in Peekskill, N.Y. Early products include red oxide pigments for painting red barns and carbon black for car tires. Daily Life Special delivery mail service begins in the United States. Daily Life Newspapers: Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (1867-1922), writing as Nelly Bly, becomes a reporter for the Pittsburgh Dispatch, reporting on poor working conditions in factories, problems of working girls, slums, divorce, and political corruption. Sports Golf: Golf is introduced to the U.S. from Scotland by John M. Fox of Philadelphia. Sports A weight-lifting strongman is reported to have lifted 3,239 pounds with a harness. Popular Culture H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) writes the adventure novel, "King Solomon’s Mines." Popular Culture "A Thousand and One Nights" is translated by Richard Burton (1821-1890); it includes the stories of “Sindbad the Sailor,” “Aladdin and the Magic Lamp,” and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.” Religion The U.S. Salvation Army is officially organized. Religion The Mormons divide into polygamous and monogamous factions. 1886 The U.S. Forestry Service is established as part of the Dept. of Agriculture. Government A new Presidential Succession Act is passed providing the presidential succession to go to the Vice President, and then to Cabinet officers in the order that their departments were
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What is the cube root of 64? | Reference.com What is the cube root of 64? A: Quick Answer The cube root of 64 is 4. The cube root of a chosen number can be verified by multiplying a smaller number by itself three times in order to get the chosen number. Full Answer The cube root of 64 is 4 because 4 times 4 equals 16, and 16 times 4 equals 64. The cube root of a number is similar to the square root of a number, except the latter is only to the power of two instead of three. Beyond the cube root is the fourth root, fifth root and so on. The key is how many times a number is multiplied by itself.
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Index-a Don't Forget To Hit <ESC> before going to a different page. Let's play a game of 30 questions. No, not that old standard of 20 questions, but one with an extra 10 questions added in and one that uses numeric answers (from 1 to 30). If you get stumped, go on to the next one. Perhaps the answer you need will be one of those left over when you complete all the questions you're sure of. Each answer is a number. The answers are the numbers 1-30. Each number appears only once. (Obviously) the questions are not in the right order.. 1. Aside from an extra 385 yards, how many miles is a marathon race? 2. If 27 solid cubes are formed into one big 3x3x3 cube how many individual cubes, at most, are visible from any single angle? 3. In the movie Spinal Tap what number is: "Well, it is one louder.."? 4. 'Via Dolorosa' is the (how many) Stations of the Cross, the Christian ritual tracing the key stages of the death of Jesus, beginning with his condemnation and ending with his being laid in the tomb? 5. How many dots are on a (standard 1-6) die? 6. The Russian 'Crimea Highway' trunk road from Moscow to the Crimea in Ukraine is the M (what)? 7. What number, between two hyphens, is used by journalists, etc., to mark the end of a newspaper or broadcast story? 8. How many unique dominoes are in a standard 'double six' set? 9. What number turned on its side (rotated 90 degrees) is the symbol for infinity? 10. The Marvel Comics superhero team led by Mr Fantastic was the Fanstastic (what)? 11. What is the larger number of the binary system? 12. Japanese haiku poems loosely comprise how many syllables? 13. The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are respectively (what number)-and-half degrees north and south of the Equator? 14. What number is Hurricane on the Beaufort Scale? 15. Greek deka, and Latin decem, are what number? 16. Conventionally how many books are in the Bible's New Testament? 17. How many legs (or arms) are most usually on a starfish? 18. A lunar month is an average (how many) days plus 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds? 19. 'Roaring' refers to what pluralised number in describing a 1900s decade of western world prosperity? 20. Traditionally what number of years anniversary is symbolized by silver? 21. What is generally stated to be the number of major joints in the human body? 22. What number is the French coded slang 'vingt-deux!', which warns that police are coming? 23. What is the only number that equals twice the sum of its digits (digit means numerical symbol)? 24. The early/mid-1900s American vaudeville comedy act was called the (how many) Stooges? 25. Any line of three numbers in the 'magic square' (a 3 x 3 grid of the numbers 1-9) adds up to what? 26. What is the international SPI resin/polymer identification coding system number (typically shown within a recycling triangle symbol) for polystyrene? 27. Traditionally the diameter of the 45rpm gramophone record is (how many) inches? 28. Pure gold is (how many)-carat? 29. The expression 'On cloud (what)' refers to being blissfully happy? 30. Each player begins with (how many) pieces in a game of chess? Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan (born 13 May 1950) is a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. Kirwan's first recorded work with the band was on the huge instrumental hit single "Albatross". Green later stated that, "I would never have done "Albatross" if it wasn't for Danny. I would never have had a number one hit record." The B-side of the single was Kirwan's first published tune, the instrumental "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues". This was an old clarinet piece, written by Joe Venuti and Adrian Rollini, and recorded by the Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang Blue Five in 1933. Kirwan had adapted the piece for himself and Green to play on
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Bindi: The Great Indian Forehead Art Bindi: The Great Indian Forehead Art All You Need to Know about Bindis Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters Thanks, You're in! Health Tip of the Day Recipe of the Day There was an error. Please try again. Please select a newsletter. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? Jupiterimages/Photodisc/Getty Images Updated March 28, 2016. The bindi is arguably the most visually fascinating of all forms of body decoration. Hindus attach great importance to this ornamental mark on the forehead between the two eyebrows -- a spot considered a major nerve point in human body since ancient times. Also loosely known as 'tika', 'pottu', 'sindoor', 'tilak', 'tilakam', and 'kumkum', a bindi is usually a small or a big eye-catching round mark made on the forehead as adornment. That Red Dot In southern India, girls choose to wear a bindi, while in other parts of India it is the prerogative of the married woman. A red dot on the forehead is an auspicious sign of marriage and guarantees the social status and sanctity of the institution of marriage. The Indian bride steps over the threshold of her husband's home, bedecked in glittering apparels and ornaments, dazzling the red bindi on her forehead that is believed to usher in prosperity, and grants her a place as the guardian of the family's welfare and progeny. Explore More: Tripundra or Three Stripes & Bindi A Hot Spot! The area between the eyebrows, the sixth chakra known as the 'agna' meaning 'command', is the seat of concealed wisdom. It is the centre point wherein all experience is gathered in total concentration. According to the tantric cult, when during meditation the latent energy ('kundalini') rises from the base of the spine towards the head, this 'agna' is the probable outlet for this potent energy. The red 'kumkum' between the eyebrows is said to retain energy in the human body and control the various levels of concentration. It is also the central point of the base of the creation itself — symbolizing auspiciousness and good fortune. See Also: Abhishek & Aishwarya's Hindu Wedding How to Apply Traditional bindi is red or maroon in color. A pinch of vermilion powder applied skillfully with practiced fingertip make the perfect red dot. Women who are not nimble-fingered take great pains to get the perfect round. They use small circular discs or hollow pie coin as aid. First they apply a sticky wax paste on the empty space in the disc. This is then covered with kumkum or vermilion and then the disc is removed to get a perfect round bindi. Sandal, 'aguru', 'kasturi', 'kumkum' (made of red turmeric) and 'sindoor' (made of zinc oxide and dye) make this special red dot. Saffron ground together with 'kusumba' flower can also create the magic! QUICK POLL: Women look more beautiful when they wear a bindi. Do you agree? View Current Results Fashion Point With changing fashion, women try out many shapes and designs. It is, at times a straight vertical line or an oval, a triangle or miniature artistry ('alpana') made with a fine-tipped stick, dusted with gold and silver powder, studded with beads and crusted with glittering stones. The advent of the sticker-bindi made of felt with glue on one side, has not only added colors, shapes and sizes to the bindi but is an ingenious easy-to-use alternative to the powder. Today, bindi is more of a fashion statement than anything else, and the number of young performers sporting bindis is overwhelming even in the West. Buy a Bindi Even those who use the bindi purely for decorative purposes, often notice its power. If you're looking for hot spots where you can buy your bindis from don't forget to check our list of top online bindi shops .
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A Visual History of the Safety Pin | Museum of Every Day Life A Visual History of the Safety Pin A Visual History of the Safety Pin A Visual History of the Safety Pin Antiquity In Homer’s Odyssey, Antinous, (one of the unscrupulous suitors of Odysseus’ wife Penelope) presents Penelope with a gift of jeweled pins in an attempt to seduce her: Then Antinous said, “Queen Penelope, daughter of Icarius, take as many presents as you please from any one who will give them to you; it is not well to refuse a present; but we will not go about our business nor stir from where we are, till you have married the best man among us whoever he may be.” The others applauded what Antinous had said, and each one sent his servant to bring his present. Antinous’s man returned with a large and lovely dress most exquisitely embroidered. It had twelve beautifully made pins of pure gold with which to fasten it and gleamed like sunlight… Herodotus’s Histories mention the long, dagger-like pins Athenian women used to fasten their tunics, and recount the murder of an Athenian soldier by a group of angry women who stabbed him to death with their cloak pins. A law was passed forbidding the wearing of the Athenian-style tunic. Ancient Roman Fibula The Latin Fibula is an ancient precursor to the safety pin, used in the ancient and early medieval world to keep togas, cloaks, hoods, and other kinds of clothing fastened in place, replacing the straight pins used in the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age. Most fibulae are made of bronze or iron, but some were encrusted with jewels, decorated with enamel, glass, coral or bone. Anatomy of the Fibula The four parts of a Fibula are the Body, the Pin, the Spring, and the Hinge. The Body The Body of the Fibula was generally one of two types, either long and narrow, referred to as a “Bow,” or flat and wide, called a “Plate.” Bow type Fibulae appeared in the late Bronze Age, using simple forms, at first a low flat arch, and later, by the 6th Century BC, a more rounded, higher arch. Decorative variations developed, using spirals, oval, and diamond shaped forms. In the Roman Era in the 1st Century AD, a wide variety of variations in the fibula Body proliferated, including shapes of common weapons, animal shapes, and other highly decorative embellishments. The spring or hinge end of the Body is referred to as the Head and the end where the fibula closes is called the Foot. Fibulae were worn facing up, down, or to the side, depending on the culture and time period. The Pin The pin of a Fibula was either a continuation of the body, or a separate piece that attached to it. The Catch Plate is the name of the connection point which closed the fibula, holding the Pin in place. The Spring Early Fibulae had a unilateral Spring, which provided tension to the Pin. Unilateral Springs wound in one direction only, replaced later by bilateral springs, which wrapped around a holding pin or axel. By the 1st Century AD some springs were concealed under a metal cover that was an extension of the fibula Body. The Hinge The early 1st Century AD saw the development of the Hinge, which attached the Pin to the Plate of the Body. In the 3rd Century AD the famous Crossbow Fibula design was created by placing the Hinge in the center of a long transverse bar. Spring-type and Hinge-type fibulae were used contemporaneously Medieval Europe Wealthy people of rank used elaborate safety pins of silver, gold, brass, and ivory. The poor most likely used wooden skewers. By the fifteenth century, pins were made from drawn iron wire. Walter Hunt & The Invention of the Modern Safety Pin Walter Hunt (1796-1859) was a mechanic living in New York state, a prolific inventor, a man whose ethics and humility prevented him from profiting greatly from his inventions. In 1846, Hunt invented the lockstitch sewing machine, and suggested to his daughter that she manufacture the device. When she pointed out to him that this machine would put many poor women in the garment industry out of work, hunt dropped the idea and never patented his invention. In 1849,
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History of Volvo The successor to the PV53-56 was the PV60, a larger car in American style. The new, small car, christened the P V444, was introduced in the autumn of 1944. Even at this stage, Volvo knew that the car would be unique, as it combined American design with European size. This later proved to be a highly successful combination. IT STAYED IN PRODUCTION IN MODIFIED FORM FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. Taxis, ambulances and trucks where made in the 40�s and 50�s using the 800 model. Some of them had an "Americanized" front with five upright "teeth" between the front bars. 1950-1960 Volvo's plans for a two-seater sports car came as a great surprise. After all, the Volvo was known as a good, sturdy car, albeit a little boring. The Volvo Sport, also called P1900 was subjected to grueling tests in Sweden. The engine was a B14A with twin carburetors, which developed 70 hp, but the other components had been taken from the PV444. There was little demand for the Volvo Sport in Sweden; only 67 cars were produced and production ceased within one year. The first Volvo Duett 445 (later called 210) was introduced. The name Duett symbolized Volvo's idea of "two cars in one" one for work and one for leisure. Volvo has been involved with manufacturing military vehicles and equipment for the Swedish Army through all the years and the 915 "Suggan" (the Sow) is just one of the many. The Volvo management decided to make a whole-hearted commi tment to internationalization. Introduction on the US market was incredibly important. Production of the 120 (called Amazon in Scandinavia) began in 1957, and a great deal of work had been put into its safety features. The top half of the dashboard was "padded", and Volvo was the first car manufacturer in the world to equip its cars with three point safety belts as a standard fitting. 1960-1970 The P1800 went into production. In "THE SAINT�, Roger Moore drove a white P1800 much to the annoyance of the British Automobile Industry. P1800 received awards for its attractive design at the 1961 California State Fair, and at the 24-hour race at the Sebring track in the US, the P1800 was the official car of 1963 and 1964. In April 24, 1964 the new Torslanda Plant was opened. Its estimated capacity was 110,000 cars. A number of new features were presented. These included disc brakes at the front on all Amazon models and power assisted brakes on station wagons. Volvo presented a new type of front seat, which had been developed in collaboration with medical experts, who maintained that sitting in the right position had an important effect on traffic safety. In August of 1966 a new car model was presented. It was called the Volvo 144. In terms of safety, this car was extremely advanced. It had disc brakes all round, a split steering column and a new lock on the three-point safety belts. The body had energy-absorbing crumple zones at the front and rear. Even the door locks had a safety design. The 144 also meant the introduction of a triangle-split dual-circuit brake system. The car had two brake circuits and, if one of them failed, 80% of braking effect was still available. The Volvo 144 was also a success abroad. In USA, the 144 complied with the new safety regulations before they had even been made public. The Volvo 145 was introduced later that year. Technically speaking, this car was virtually identical to the other 140 models. The tailgate was made in one piece and opened outwards with the hinges located in the roof. Volvo now had three estates in its range, the P210 Duett, the Amazon/221 Estate and the Volvo 145. 1970-1980 The most powerful standard car Volvo had ever produced, the Volvo 164 E, was presented. The engine had electronic fuel injection and developed 175 hp. A new version of the P1800 was also introduced in 1971. The accentuated fastback profile underlined the sporty nature of the car. This model was known as the P1800 ES. In 1972 Volvo presented a safety vehicle, the VESC (Volvo Experimental Safety Car), an experimental car but also one that looked towards the future. New generati
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The History of Reliant The History Of Reliant This article is about the car manufacturer. For Chrysler's "K car", see Plymouth Reliant. Reliant was a British car manufacturer. The company was traditionally based at Tamworth in Staffordshire, England, but in 2001 it moved to nearby Cannock. It ceased manufacturing cars shortly afterwards. Reliant was founded in 1935 by T L Williams to take over the manufacture of the Raleigh three-wheeler delivery van. Williams had designed this in 1933 and Raleigh no longer wished to produce it. It was powered by a 750 cc V-twin engine driving the rear wheels through a 3-speed gearbox and shaft drive. In 1939 the engine was replaced by Reliant's version of the straight-four cylinder 747 cc Austin 7 side-valve engine. In 1952 a four-seat car version was launched, and in 1956 the bodywork was changed to glass fibre. The company is notable for building composite-bodied specialist vehicles, such as the sports cars Reliant Scimitar (including the unusual sports estate Scimitar GTE) and Reliant Sabre; and the infamous three-wheeled Reliant Regal, Reliant Robin and Reliant Rialto economy cars. After absorbing Bond Cars, which had also been a maker of three-wheeler cars – though in their case with more stable rear engines – Reliant used the Bond name for the iconic 1970s Bond Bug, a sporty three-wheeler designed by the Ogle designer Tom Karen. Reliant also built four-wheeled version of the Regal and Robin, called the Reliant Rebel and Reliant Kitten respectively. Between 1983 and 1990 a utility/pickup vehicle called the Reliant Fox was produced. This was based on an original development by the Greek company MEBEA on Reliant mechanicals and was jointly developed for production by MEBEA and Reliant; it had originally been built in Greece by MEBEA between 1979 and 1983. Reliant also made a small three-wheeled commercial vehicle called the Reliant TW9, later sold by other companies as the Ant, which was basically a chassis and cab, onto which a custom rear body was fitted and used by public utility companies. Most of these quirky and distinctly British small cars used Europe's first mass-produced lightweight overhead valve aluminium alloy engine, initially 598 cc, but enlarged through the years to a final 848 cc in 1975. Early Reliant three-wheelers used an engine derived from the 747cc 1930s Austin Austin 7. Reliant's own aluminium alloy engine is also used as the replacement for the Austin Seven engine by the 750 Motor Club in their Formula 750 motor sport. Reliant's expertise in the area of composite car body production has also seen the company produce lightweight body shells for Ford RS200 rally cars and a glass fibre-bodied taxi, the MetroCab — the first to have full wheelchair provision, manufactured by a division of Kamkorp. Reliant has provided designs to several other manufacturers, including Autocars in Israel and Otosan in Turkey in the 1960s, and MEBEA in Greece and Sipani in India in the 1970s. In 2001, production rights for the Reliant Robin were sold to a Sudbury-based firm called B&N Plastics, but production ceased in 2002. Reliant concentrated on importing "speciality" vehicles from European manufacturers, including Piaggio, Bultaco and Ligier. The firm also had plans to import the Indian San Storm sports car, but this plan never came to fruition. Regal 1951-1972
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No, it was Colonel Mustard with the Lead Pipe in the Conservatory! « pleasureinlearning by Pat Riley Thanks to Doug Savage for sharing so generously! More laughs at www.savagechickens.com If you are not familiar with the Parker Brothers board game called CLUE, it is a game where winning involves figuring out which suspect committed the murder, what weapon they used, and in what room the murder took place. In the classic version of the game, there are six suspects (Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Professor Plum). There are also six weapons (knife, rope, lead pipe, candlestick, revolver, and wrench) and nine rooms (hall, lounge, dining room, kitchen, ballroom, conservatory, billiard room, library, and study). At the beginning of the game, one suspect, one weapon, and one room are randomly (and secretly) removed from the deck and “hidden” during the game. The game involves determining which three items are “hidden” by trying to find out the rest of the cards in play. Assuming that there is a full game (six players), each player will be dealt three of the remaining cards. Depending on what cards you are dealt, you may have an easier or harder time winning the game. It all depends on what you are given and how many possible correct answers are left. If you use all of the cards (6 suspects, 6 weapons, and 9 rooms) and the understanding that you will have one of each in the answer, you multiply these numbers together to determine the number of possible combinations of suspect/weapon/room that could be a possible answer. This would be 6*6*9 = 324 possible options. I like to use this example in my Statistics class when we are covering the different counting techniques. Quite often “book” problems on this topic are boooooring! However, many students are familiar with this game and have fond memories of it…..at the very least it is a more happy example. Karen’s much-played 1963 vintage game When I tell them that I am going to give them a strategy to make it a little easier to win the game, their interest is piqued. They are now ready to learn something that they can take with them of value for the next time they play the game. I expand on the original problem and then explain how they can analyze their hand. Once you know what you have in your hand, you can eliminate some of these options. For example, if you are dealt the “knife” card, you can eliminate all of the 324 options which use the knife as the weapon. If you are given one suspect, one weapon, and one room card, then that leaves 5 suspects, 5 weapons, and 8 rooms that you do not know and can be used to make the correct answer. This leaves you with 5*5*8 = 200 possible options. Is this a good hand or not? The answer to that can be determined by listing all of the possible sets of cards that you can be dealt to begin a game. Without listing all of the options here, we will just go straight to the “best” starting hand and the “worst” starting hand. The best hand you could be dealt is either getting three suspect cards (or three weapon cards). That will leave you with three more suspect cards (or three other weapon cards), all six weapon cards (or all six suspect cards), and all nine rooms. This gives you 3*6*9 = 162 possible options….38 fewer than the 200 from the earlier example. The worst hand you could be dealt is three room cards. This would leave you with all six suspect and weapon cards that you don’t know as well as six of the rooms still to figure out. That means there are still 6*6*6 = 216 options to have to figure out. How does this help a player once they already have their cards? Well, I jokingly tell them that if they get three room cards to fake a violent sneeze which causes them to toss their cards up and expose them……necessitating a re-deal of the cards and hopefully a better starting hand. Good luck sleuthing! –Pat ***** pleasureteam notes: Clue has been used in a number of different educational settings. You might want to visit http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/nsf/clue/ to see how it has be
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Super Bowl | Packers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), the premier association of professional American football. It was first played on January 15, 1967, as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League (AFL). It was agreed that the two leagues' champion teams would play in an AFL–NFL World Championship Game until the merger was consummated in 1970. After the merger, each league became a "conference", and the game was then played between conference champions. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played in 1967 to determine the championship of the regular season played in 1966, while Super Bowl XLV was most recently played on February 6, 2011, which the Green Bay Packers won to become the champions of the 2010 regular season.
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What is the name of the straight line joining any two points on the circumference of a circle?
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What Is Circle? What Is Circle? Circle is the locus of points equidistant from a given point, the center of the circle. The common distance from the center of the circle to its points is called radius. Thus a circle is completely defined by its center (O) and radius (R): C(O, R) = O(R) = {x: dist(O, x) = R}. This definition that appears so natural to a 21st century reasonably educated person is markedly different from the one given by Euclid (Definition I.15). In Sir Heath's translation: A circle is a plane figure contained by one line such that all the straight lines falling upon it from one point among those lying within the figure are equal to one another. And in the translation by Robert Simson : A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called circumference, and is such, that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another. As an extra, comes Definition I.16: And the point is called the center of the circle. What is so different between our definition and Euclid's? Strange as it may seem, Euclid did not have a notion of metric or a distance function. Nowhere in the Elements he refers to a distance between two points, but only to the length of the line segment joining the two. The whole of geometry has been developed without the idea of a 2d-distance! And so it does not seem to be necessary. The definition we gave which is the most common nowadays is the outgrowth of the culture permeated by analytic geometry. Ironically, in the modern terminology being Euclidean exactly means being in possession of a suitable metric. Euclid might have objected. Now, returning to the 21st century, our definition is meaningful in any metric space . For some metrics the circles may look rather square . However, a circle looks like a circle in Euclidean geometry . Although the Euclidean circle has much to recommend it for, long, long ago Piet Hein has discovered that circles in the metric dist((x1, y1), (x2, y2)) = ((x1 - x2)5/2 + (y1 - y2)5/2)2/5 are more pleasant to the eye than the Euclidean ones. For square circles, it is relatively simple to define their length as the sum of lengths of the constituent sides. The length of the Euclidean (ordinary) circle may be approximately measured to any precision with a variety of means. A rigorous definition, nonetheless, requires a theory of limits - the fundamental notion in Calculus . The length of a circle is usually called its circumference and is equal 2πR, where R is the radius of the circle. The area enclosed by the circle can also be computed with a simple formula: πR². In any affine space endowed with a metric, all circles are similar. Which does not mean there is similarity between circles in various metric spaces. But which does mean that, however defined, the ratio of the circumference to the radius of circles in a given metric space is constant. It may vary between spaces, though. In Euclidean space, the ratio equals 2p, named so by L. Euler. The most common tool for constructing (Euclidean) circles is the venerable compass. But there are of course other ways. The inversion can be used to convert circular motion into rectilinear and vice versa. A circle is also traced by the point common to two lighthouse beams rotating at the same angular speed. The midpoint of a ladder sliding down a wall also traces a circle. Circle is also the locus of points having the same ratio of distances to a pair of points . Circle (a part of it actually) is also the locus of points from which a given line segment is seen under a given angle. The line joining the center of the circle to one of its points is often called the radius-vector of that point, or just one of the radii. Likewise, the word diameter is used in two different, but close meanings. On one hand, diameter is the largest distance between any two points on a circle. As such, it equals twice the radius of the circle. For a given circle, there is exactly one and only one diameter. On the other hand, the word "diameter" designates a line segment joining a p
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Super Squad Jeopardy 2 Jeopardy Template What group sang "Runaway Train" 100 What's the team name of the baseball team that plays in Miami, FL? 100 What is "Barbie's" full name? 100 Which state's nickname is The "Pine Tree State?" 100 "Wojo", "Yemana", "Fish" and "Levitt" were the names of characters from this sitcom? 200 What artist sang the song "Bette Davis Eyes" 200 The Pittsburgh Pirates belong to which league and which division? 200 A unit of time for 1/100th of a second is often referred as? 200 Dover is the Capital of which state? 200 James Buchanan High School In the sitcom Welcome back Kotter what was the name of the high school that Mr. Kotter taught at? 300 What group sang "Black hole Sun" 300 Rogers Centre is home to which MLB team? 300 In the Cosby Show Sitcom...what was Venessa's finance's first name? 400 What artist sang "Rock the cradle of love" 400 17-0 and Don Shula In 1972, the Miami Dolphins captured a perfect record season..how many games did they win and who was the head coach at the time? 400 The Speaker of the House In England, which member of Parliament/House of Commons is not allowed to speak? 400 "Just Do It" What famous 3-word ad line of an apparel company was coined by Dan Wieden who got it from the final words of executed murderer Gary Gilmore? 400 The chair used by this character in what sitcom is currently in the Smithsonian? 500 Which group sang "Friday I'm in Love" 500 Ten players: a goalkeeper, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attackmen. How many players make up a team in Lacrosse? 500 10 inches of snow melts down to about an inch of liquid rain. On the average, one inch of rain is equivalent to how many inches of snow? 500 Cuba and North Korea In June 2012, Coca-Cola announced plans to commence operations in Burma/Myanmar after a gap of 60 years leaving what two countries as the only places where it does not do business? 500 Leland University In the sitcom Family Ties what University does Alex attend be fore taking a job on Wall Street?
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Dubya Nickname Dubya Nickname Nicknames granted by President George W. Bush . Name Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. Bibliographies NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. They may be accessed by the "Bibliography" tab at the top of most pages, or via the "Related Topics" box in the sidebar. Please feel free to suggest books that might be critical omissions.
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Famous people of Georgia Zabit "Maugli" Samedov is an Azerbaijani kickboxer fighting out of Chinuk Gym in Minsk, Belarus. Zaza Pachulia Basketball Center Zaza Pachulia is a Georgian professional basketball who currently plays for Milwaukee Bucks of the NBA. He was born as Zaur Pachulia, but his first name was legally changed to Zaza. Diana Gurtskaya Pop Artist Diana Gudaevna Gurtskaya is a blind Georgian singer of Russian ethnicity who resides in Moscow, Russia. Following a failed attempt in Belarus the previous year Diana, on March 1, 2008, won the Georgian national final with 39.4% of the vote, therefore she represented Georgia at the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, Serbia. She won a place in the final at the second semi-final on May 22 and finished 11th. Gurtskaya has a number of awards to her credit. Most notably, a 2007 Russian Honorable Artist award given to her by president Vladimir Putin, a Medal of Honor given to her by Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, and the Award of Saint Barbara in Ukraine amongst others. She has recorded duets with various well-known foreign singers including Ray Charles, Toto Cutugno, and Demis Roussos. In 2009, Gurtskaya received significant media attention after failing to obtain a visa from the British embassy due to her blindness. However, after a much publicised campaign, a visa was granted and the rules were changed. Gurtskaya is married to Pyotr Kucherenko, who is a sighted lawyer in Moscow, and they have one son, Konstantin. Sergei Witte Politician Count Sergei Yulyevich Witte, also known as Sergius Witte, was a highly influential policy-maker who presided over extensive industrialization within the Russian Empire. He served under the last two emperors of Russia. He was also the author of the October Manifesto of 1905, a precursor to Russia's first constitution, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire. Shota Arveladze Soccer Shota Arveladze is a former Georgian professional football player and currently the manager of Kasımpaşa. He is Georgia’s all-time top scorer with 291 goals in his 410 league games for his clubs and 26 goals during his 61 games on the national team. Since 2010–11 season, he is the manager of Turkish side Kayserispor. Arveladze played at Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, and Ajax, and finished at least one season as the top goal scorer at all three. When he led Trabzonspor in goals in 1995–96, he also led the Süper Lig, making him the second non-Turk to date to lead that league in goals after Tarik Hodžić 1983–84. He is recorded as "most loved foreign player" for Trabzonspor supporters. Arveladze joined Rangers from Ajax for £2 million in 2001. He scored the 300th goal in the SPL. He was part of the squad that won the domestic treble in 2002–03 and the double in 2004–05. He departed for Dutch side AZ on a free transfer in 2004–05. He was also a regular in the Georgian national team, and was the nation's all-time leading scorer. In 1993 he scored an effective first Euro Tournament goal in the history of independent Georgian Football in the match against Linfield, Northern Ireland. He is now retired from international football. His twin brother Archil also played international football for Georgia. Arveladze played football on a high level well into his thirties despite having to deal with chronic asthma his entire career. He ended his playing career on 22 May 2008 and joined AZ's coaching staff, under former Ajax coach Louis van Gaal. Shota's son Giorgi Arveladze, and is trying to follow his father's footsteps. He scored the most goals in the top leagues of different countries from the former Soviet Union. Shota is the top scorer of the Georgia national football team, and he was the top scorer in the Championships of both Turkey and the Netherlands. Teymuraz Gabashvili Tennis Player Teymuraz Gabashvili is a tennis player from Russia. He was born in Georgia but moved to Moscow, Russia. Gabashvili reached the fourth round of the 2010 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 59 in February 2009. Shota Rus
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In Greek mythology who is the Goddess of Retribution?
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NEMESIS - Greek Goddess of Retribution & Indignation NEMESIS Dispenser of Dues Nemesis and Tyche, Athenian red-figure amphora C5th B.C., Antikensammlung Berlin NEMESIS was the goddess of indignation against, and retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune. She was a personification of the resentment aroused in men by those who commited crimes with apparent impunity, or who had inordinate good fortune. Nemesis directed human affairs in such a way as to maintain equilibrium. Her name means she who distributes or deals out. Happiness and unhappiness were measured out by her, care being taken that happiness was not too frequent or too excessive. If this happened, Nemesis could bring about losses and suffering. As one who checked extravagant favours by Tykhe (Tyche) (Fortune), Nemesis was regarded as an avenging or punishing divinity. In myth Nemesis was particularly concerned with matters of love. She appears as an avenging agent in the stories of Narkissos and Nikaia, whose callous actions brought about the death of their wooers. In some versions of the Trojan War, she was the mother of Helene, and is shown in scenes of her seduction by Paris pointing an accusing finger at the girl. Nemesis was often sometimes depicted as a winged goddess. Her attributes were apple-branch, rein, lash, sword, or balance. Her name was derived from the Greek words nemêsis and nemô, meaning "dispenser of dues." The Romans usually used the Greek name of the goddess but sometimes also named her Invidia (Jealousy) and Rivalitas (Jealous Rivalry). FAMILY OF NEMESIS [1.1] NYX (no father) (Hesiod Theogony 223, Pausanias 7.5.3) [1.2] EREBOS & NYX (Hyginus Preface, Cicero De Natura Deorum 3.17) [2.1] OKEANOS (Pausanias 7.5.3, Nonnus Dionysiaca 48.375, Tzetzes on Lycophron 88) [3.1] ZEUS (Homerica Cypria Frag 8) OFFSPRING [2.1] THE TELKHINES (by Tartaros ) (Bacchylides Frag 52) ENCYCLOPEDIA NE′MESIS (Nemesis), is most commonly described as a daughter of Night, though some call her a daughter of Erebus (Hygin. Fab. Praef.) or of Oceanus (Tzetz. ad Lyc. 88; Paus. i. 33. § 3, vii. 5. § 1). Nemesis is a personification of the moral reverence for law, of the natural fear of committing a culpable action, and hence of conscience, and for this reason she is mentioned along with Aidôs, i. e. Shame (Hes. Theog. 223, Op. et D. 183). In later writers, as Herodotus and Pindar, Nemesis is a kind of fatal divinity, for she directs human affairs in such a manner as to restore the right proportions or equilibrium wherever it has been disturbed; she measures out happiness and unhappiness, and he who is blessed with too many or too frequent gifts of fortune, is visited by her with losses and sufferings, in order that he may become humble, and feel that there are bounds beyond which human happiness cannot proceed with safety. This notion arose from a belief that the gods were envious of excessive human happiness (Herod. i. 34, iii. 40; Pind. Ol. viii. in fin., Pyth. x. 67). Nemesis was thus a check upon extravagant favours conferred upon man by Tyche or Fortune, and from this idea lastly arose that of her being an avenging and punishing power of fate, who, like Dike and the Erinyes, sooner or later overtakes the reckless sinner (Apollon. Rhod. iv. 1043; Sophocl. Philoct. 518; Eurip. Orest. 1362; Catull. 50, in fin.; Orph. Hymn. 60). The inhabitants of Smyrna worshipped two Nemeses, both of whom were daughters of Night (Paus. vii. 5. § 1). She is frequently mentioned under the surnames Adrasteia and Rhamnusia or Rhamnusis, the latter of which she derived from the town of Rhamnus in Attica, where she had a celebrated sanctuary (Paus. i. 33. § 2). Besides the places already mentioned she was worshipped at Patrae (Paus. vii. 20, in fin.) and at Cyzicus (Strab. p. 588). She was usually represented in works of art as a virgin divinity, and in the more ancient works she seems to have resembled Aphrodite, whereas in the later ones she was more grave and serious, and had numerous attributes. But there is an allegorical tradition that Zeus begot by Nemesis at Rhamnus an
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Monsters in Greek Mythology Monsters in Greek Mythology Argus Argus may have had as many as one hundred eyes, which were located all over his body. Hera employed him as a guard. He was killed by Hermes . Afterward, Hera put Argus's eyes in the tail of the peacock, her favorite bird. Cerberus Cerberus was a huge and powerful three-headed dog. He was owned by Hades , god of the dead, who used the fearsome hound to guard the entrance to the underworld. In his final labor, Hercules went to the underworld and kidnapped Cerberus . Cyclopes Each of the Cyclopes was gigantic and had a single eye in the middle of its forehead. The Cyclopes made lightning and thunderbolts for Zeus to use. The brutal Polyphemus , a Cyclops and a son of Poseidon , lived on an island, where he was blinded by Odysseus . Gorgons The Gorgons were horrifyingly ugly monsters who lived at the edge of the world. Their hair was made of serpents, and one look from a Gorgon's eyes would turn a man to stone. Perseus killed the Gorgon Medusa by beheading her while looking only at her reflection. The Hydra Hydra The Hydra was a massive and poisonous serpent with nine heads. Every time one head was injured, another two grew in its place. Hercules sought out the monster in its dark marsh and succeeded in destroying it. Minotaur The Minotaur was a man-eating monster with the head of a bull. King Minos kept it hidden in a labyrinth (a maze) in Knossos, on the island of Crete, where he used it to frighten his enemies. Theseus killed the Minotaur. The Minotaur Scylla and Charybdis The powerful monsters Scylla and Charybdis lived together in a sea cave. Scylla had many fierce dog heads and ate sailors alive; Charybdis created whirlpools by sucking in and spitting out seawater. Both Jason and Odysseus safely traveled by these monsters. Sirens The Sirens were giant, winged creatures with the heads of women. They lived on rocks on the sea, where their beautiful singing lured sailors to shipwreck. Odysseus filled his sailors' ears with wax so that they might sail safely past the Sirens.
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In which country are the headquarters of Amazon.com?
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Amazon Corporate Office Headquarters Amazon Corporate Office Headquarters Amazon Corporate Office Headquarters HQ Address: 1200 12th Avenue South, Suite 1200 Seattle, WA 98144 USA Corporate Email: info@amazon.com Corporate Stock Symbol: AMZN Amazon is famous for their retail website, Amazon.com. Amazon is the largest internet retailer in the USA. The company sells a wide range of products online from electronics to home goods. Amazon's Customer Service Phone Number is 1-800-201-7575. The company does encourage users to use their technical support system and help forums on their website. SHARE:
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Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`Bike +A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually?`Hum +Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015?`Eisenhower +Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called? `Tidal +At auction in 2015, $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original handrwitten lyrics for which 1971 big hit song? `American Pie +In 2015 what global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its 114 competitors, for the first time since 1951 inception? `Miss World +Which vast tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' branded intelligent home store in Palo Alto California in 2015?`Google +In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age to what?`18`eighteen +The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as?`Camel Flu +Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what extraordinarily successful book?`Fifty Shades of Grey`50 shades of grey +Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015?`Rupert Murdoch`murdoch +In 2015 a new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that leader Kim Jong-un learnt to drive at age?`3`three +Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?`Toyota +In 2015 evidence of water was found on which planet?`Mars +Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?`India +Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open?`Stan Warwinka`warwinka +What company launched the S6 Edge smartphone?`Samsung +Which leading professional networking tech corporation, whose main revenue is selling user access/details to recruiters, bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?`Linkedin`linked in +'Dismaland' was the temporary theme park/exhibition of which famous 'anonymous' artist?`Banksy +Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?`Volkswagen`vw +In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?`Russia +The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015?`eighty`80`80th +Name the Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?`Charlotte +The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled?`Fury Road`mad max: fury road`mad max fury road +The Magna Carta, signed in London, and inspiring constitutional rights globally thereafter, was how many years old in 2015?`eight hundred`800 +In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in what country?`Indonesia +Olav Bjortmont became 2015 world champion in?`Quizzing`quiz +Lars Lokke led his centre-right party to 2015 government election victory in what country?`Denmark +Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the...?`Priv +Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called "Music... "?`Stories +Eddie Jones was appointed head coach of which English sporting team in 2015?`Rugby Union`rugby +According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular among USA children?`Apples`apple +Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey celebrated what birthday in 2015?`49`fourty-nine`fourty nine`49th +Jon Snow was killed off in what TV series in 2015, adapted from GRR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?`Game of Thrones +Finance minister Yanis Yaroufakis caused comment for not wearing a tie in February 2015 when negotiating the debts for which nation?`Greece +What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?`Canada +What iconic equine-alluding company, in countless books/films/cowboy holsters, filed for bankruptcy in 2015?`Colt +Due to a 2015 contamination scandal in India/Afica, which corporation destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi noodles?`Nestle +How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015?`60`sixty +It was announced in 2015 that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced on?`$10 bill`$10`tendollars`ten dollar bill`ten
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Agents 002, 003 and 004 appear in which James Bond film?
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51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) 51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) Description This article is from the James Bond FAQ , by Michael Reed reed55@core.com with numerous contributions by others. 51 What other "00" agents are mentioned? (James Bond) In the James Bond films, a number of 00 agents have been depicted over the years: 002 - Bill Fairbanks, assassinated in Beirut by Francisco Scaramanga in 1969 ("The Man With The Golden Gun"); replaced by another agent who is quickly captured during a training mission at Gibraltar ("The Living Daylights") 003 - Found dead in the Siberian ice ("A View To A Kill") 004 - Assassinated during a training mission at Gibraltar ("The Living Daylights") 006 - Alec Trevelyan, listed dead by MI6 at the hands of Soviet Colonel Ourumov during a mission with 007 to blow-up a Soviet nerve gas factory...at least for a while ("GoldenEye") 008 - Bond's replacement, should he be unable to complete his mission ("Goldfinger" and "The Living Daylights") 009 - Assassinated in West Berlin by a circus knife-thrower after stealing a Faberge egg ("Octopussy"); a new 009 was named as the man who put the bullet in Renard's head ("The World Is Not Enough") 0012 - Technically unnamed in the film, the novelization of "The World Is Not Enough" has Bond avenging his death in the opening scene. On screen he is simply referred to as an MI6 agent In addition, the movie "Thunderball" has Moneypenny state the "every Double-O man in Europe" is in the conference room, and Bond arrives as the ninth agent to be briefed. Whether this means that the agents are 001 through 009 or not is never stated, as it COULD be 002 through 0010, for instance. And perhaps we should consider that some Double-0's were not in Europe and missed the meeting. Sharp eyes also could not miss the moment in "The World Is Not Enough" when Moneypenny distributes assignment folders to other agents, one of which is a woman. While Miranda Frost in "Die Another Day" is an MI6 agent, it is never stated she is a "Double-O", and we only learn that her experience was three years in cryptography before the Graves' assignment. For the novels according to Ian Fleming, James Bond was originally the senior member of only three agents in the Section. At the time of the "Moonraker" mission, 008 (known only as 'Bill') had just escaped from East Berlin, while 0011 had vanished in Singapore just two months before. Although 008 surfaced again in "Goldfinger" (listed as Bond's replacement, should he have failed), 0011 was never heard from again. 009 was briefly mentioned in "Thunderball". In "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", Bond was even odds to "get" Mary Goodnight first with an ex-Royal Marine Commando who was 006, making Fleming's total of 00 agents -- including 007 -- five. Kingsley Amis' "Colonel Sun" noted that the head of station G in Athens had served as "005" before "an eye defect had begun to impair his ability with firearms." (Submitted by Donal Rogers <donalrogers@iolfree.ie>) In "Zero Minus Ten" Raymond Benson includes a scene with the "Single-O's" who are working toward a "00" classification.
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Sam Smith sings theme song for James Bond film 'Spectre' - CNN.com 1 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers English singer Matt Monro is best known for his hearty rendition of the theme tune for 1963's "From Russia with Love." (The first James Bond movie, "Dr. No," had an instrumental title song.) Hide Caption 2 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Shirley Bassey, perhaps the most iconic Bond theme-song singer, sang the title theme to 1964's Goldfinger." Bassey brought her strong, distinctive voice back to the series in title tunes for 1971's "Diamonds Are Forever" and 1979's "Moonraker." Hide Caption 3 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Welsh singer Tom Jones, best known for hits like "What's New Pussycat" and "She's a Lady," sang the title tune for 1965's "Thunderball." Hide Caption 4 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers These boots were made for walking, but she was made for singing: Nancy Sinatra performed the theme to "You Only Live Twice" in 1967. Hide Caption 5 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Jazz great Louis Armstrong sang "We Have All the Time in the World," the secondary musical theme from the 1969 Bond film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service." The song became a hit in the UK 25 years later when it was featured in a Guinness beer commercial. Hide Caption 6 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Paul and then-wife Linda McCartney and their pop group Wings performed the title number from 1973's "Live and Let Die," the first of the Bond movies to star Roger Moore as Agent 007. The song is still a staple of Paul McCartney's live concerts. Hide Caption 7 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Scottish pop singer Lulu sang the title song for 1974's "The Man with the Golden Gun." Hide Caption 8 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Carly Simon scored a major radio hit with "Nobody Does it Better," the theme from the 1977 Bond film, "The Spy Who Loved Me." Hide Caption 9 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers After the band Blondie recorded another version that was rejected, Scottish pop star Sheena Easton was tapped to sing "For Your Eyes Only" for the 1981 Bond movie of the same name. The song reached No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard charts. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Rita Coolidge sang "All Time High," the theme from 1983's "Octopussy." Hide Caption 11 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers American singer Lani Hall, wife of bandleader Herb Alpert, sang the title song to 1983's "Never Say Never Again," which brought Sean Connery back for his final Bond role. The film was made by a different production company from the other James Bond movies, so some fans don't consider it part of the official series. Hide Caption 12 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Singer Simon Le Bon and British pop group Duran Duran did the title song for 1985's "A View to a Kill." Hide Caption 13 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Norwegian pop band A-Ha recorded the title song for 1987's "The Living Daylights," the first of two films starring Timothy Dalton as Bond. It was the last theme written by longtime Bond composer John Barry. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Soul legend Gladys Knight sang the theme to "License to Kill" in 1989. Hide Caption 15 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers After a six-year hiatus, the Bond series rebooted with 1995's "GoldenEye" and Pierce Brosnan in the lead role. Tina Turner sang the theme song, which was written by U2's Bono and the Edge. Hide Caption Photos: James Bond theme song singers Sheryl Crow performed the title song to 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies." Hide Caption 17 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Garbage, led by Shirley Manson, did the title track to 1999's "The World is Not Enough." Hide Caption 18 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers Pop icon Madonna finally did her first and only Bond theme song in 2002 for "Die Another Day." Hide Caption 19 of 22 Photos: James Bond theme song singers One of the few men to sing a Bond theme, rocker Chris Cornell performed
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Who was the hero of several Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories first introduced in 'The Lost World'?
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Biography - The Arthur Conan Doyle Encyclopedia Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Biography Young Arthur Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 may 1859, at Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland. His mother, Mary Foley, was Irish and descendant of the famous Percy family of Northumberland, in the line of Plantagenet. His father, Charles Altamont Doyle , was a not very ambitious officer with some artistic talent [1] . When he lost his job, he sank into alcoholism and was interned after severe seizures before dying in 1893. The three brothers of his father distinguished themselves in England: James wrote The Chronicles of England, Henry was director of the National Gallery in Dublin and Richard was one of the most famous illustrators of Punch . Arthur is the second of seven children (Annette Constance, Caroline, Innes, Ida and Julia). His education begins at home and in a small Edinburgh school. At nine, he entered the Jesuit college Hodder in Lancashire to prepare his admission to the Stonyhurst College. He succeeded two years later and already starting to get excited about literature : Walter Scott, Jules Verne or Macaulay. He even founded a little magazine : The Stonyhurst Figaro . However, Jesuit education hardly suited him and when he left school in 1875, he completely rejected Christianity, preferring to be agnostic. Nevertheless, he spent an additional year at a Jesuit college in Feldkirch, Austria, to improve his German. In 1876, he began his medical studies at the Faculty of Edinburgh. Dr. Joseph Bell There he met two men who influence the choice of his future novel hero: Professor Rutherford, whose Assyrian beard, booming voice and broad chest, inspire him Professor George Edward Challenger [2] and Dr. Joseph Bell , Professor of Surgery, whose amazing deductions on his patients and their diseases did germinate the idea of a detective using the same methods. Alongside his studies, Arthur tries to win some money to help her family. He worked as medical assistant in Sheffield, Birmingham and Shropshire and doctor aboard a whaling in Greenland. In 1879, two of his short stories are published anonymously ( The Mystery of Sasassa Valley and The American's Tale ). 22 october 1881, he graduated and enlisted as a doctor aboard a steamer to Western Africa. The voyage which proves unpleasant because of a storm and a fire on board, Conan Doyle became seriously ill (probably malaria) in Lagos. He decides to exercise his talents more peacefully. After a brief partnership in 1882, with a crooked colleague, he opened a practice of ophthalmology in Southsea, near Portsmouth. His clientele leaves him plenty of time to read, write and try to publish other short stories but without success. Louisa Hawkins In august 1885, he married Louisa Hawkins ("Touie"), the sister of one of his rare patients. She gave him two children ( Mary Louise and Kingsley ) and strongly encouraged him to persevere in literature. He followed his advice because in 1886 he finished his first novel The Firm of Girdlestone , but failed to find a publisher (it will be serialized in 1889-1890 in People magazine). Beeton's Christmas Annual (1887) In 1887, he wrote his first Sherlock Holmes adventure, A Study in Scarlet . The manuscript was rejected by several publishers before Ward, Lock & Co. bought it for the paltry sum of £25. They published it in their Beeton's Christmas Annual in november 1887 and was completely unnoticed. But the young author, disciple of Walter Scott, is already working on historical novels (the kind he considered the only worthy of his vocation) like Micah Clarke (published in 1889). Having some success, he devours the chroniclers of the Middle Ages as Froissart and Philippe Commynes. As a result, he wrote The White Company (published in 1891). With this latest novel, which is a somewhat idealized description of English chivalry, Conan Doyle was proud to give England a second Ivanhoe. Lippincott's Magazine (1890) In august 1889, during a dinner hosted by J. M. Stoddart, an American agent of the Lippincott's Monthly Magazine
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Odysseus Greek Hero Roman Gods Odysseus and the Trojan War Odysseus was the king of Ithaca. He was one of the famous hero in the Trojan war and his adventures are detailed in Homer's great work Odyssey. He was clever, cunning and eloquent. When the time came for Helen of Troy to choose a husband, Odysseus was one of the suitors. He suggested that all suitors take an oath to protect the interests of whomever she choose. It was Menelaus who won the hand of Helen eventually. When Helen ran off with Paris to Troy, he feigned madness to avoid the war. He pretended to plough and sow salt instead of grains into the field. But when Palamedes placed his infant son, Telemachus, infront of the plow, he turned his plow away and his sanity was revealed. On the battlefield, Odysseus was courageous and employed his eloquences and wiles to defeat his enemies. He persuaded the Greek generals to award him, instead of Ajax, Achilles armor. He devised the trick of all tricks: the Trojan Horse, without which the Greeks would have never won the war. Going Home AFter the war, Odysseus had a difficult time getting home. While sailing home he encountered natives who offered visitors the fruit of lotus. Three of his crew entirely forgotten the mission after eating the food. Odysseus had to dragged them back to the ships. Cyclops He then sailed to another island and met savage, one-eyed giants known as Cyclops. He and twelve crew were trapped in a cave inhabited by one of the giants, Polyphemus. Odysseus escaped by blinding the giant and tying his remaining men and himself to the undersides of ram of the ogre's flock. Soceress Circe On another island, he met the soceress Circe who transformed a few of men into swine. With the help of Hermes, Odysseus forced Circe to change his men back. Circe became his mistress and served Odysseus and his crew for a full year. Afterwhich, he was to travel to the Underworld to seek out the counsel of Teiresias, the famed Theban soothsayer. Teiresias told him not to lay a hand on the immortal herds of cattle tendered by the daughters of Helius on the island of Thrinacia. Before he set off again, Circe also warned him about more dangers: the Sirens and the Wandering Rocks. Sirens Approaching the Sirens, Odysseus has his crew members filled their ears with beeswax and had himself bound tightly to the mast. The Sirens (birdwomen) seductive singing had caused many sailors to forget their purpose and abandon all acitivity until they died of starvation. After they escaped from the Sirens, they headed for the narrow Strait of Messina to avoid the Wandering Rocks. Why trying to avoid the whirpool Charybdis, six men were eaten by the Scylla: the long-necked, six headed beast. Divine Cattle After the harrowing escape, the crew finally stopped for rest in the island of Thrinacia. Odysseus warned them not to eat anything from the island. But when they their food stores were low, they killed some of the cattle of the sun-god, which Circe had warned them not to touch. This enraged the the daughters of Helius (sun-god). After they set sail again, Zeus sent a violent storm that killed everyone except Odysseus himself. He was washed ashore on the island of Calypso (daugher of Atlas), who became his her lover and wanted him to remain with her forever. He stayed for seven years until Zeus ordered Calypso to let him go. Odysseus sailed away on a tiny boat, but was again shipwrecked by another storm sent by Poseidon. He finally swam ashore on the island of the Phaeacians, where he was fed amd clothed and and escorted home to Ithaca, after 20 years. Kill the Suitors However, during Odysseus' absence, his wife, Penelope, though had remained faithful to him, was under enormous pressure to remarry. Upon his return, Odysseus killed the host of suitors who lived off his wealth for years while waiting for his wife to choose one of them as her second husband. The relatives of the killed suitors came back for vengeance. But Zeus and Athena intervened and brokered a peace between the two sides stopping the bloodbath. Copyright 2005-16, Greek-Myt
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Lord Wakeham resigned from which public body in January 2003?
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Goodbye to Lord Wakeham | MediaWise Goodbye to Lord Wakeham by MediaWise Admin 1 February 2002 – The departure of Lord Wakeham from the chairmanship of the Press Complaints Commission in the wake of the Enron scandal is doubly significant. On the one hand it represents an all-too-rare example of an honourable and unforced resignation from public office; on the other it provides an opportunity for significant reform of the PCC. Lord Wakeham’s role will, for the moment, be performed by Professor Robert Pinker, the PCC’s Privacy Commissioner for the past seven years. Professor Pinker is a distinguished academic who has long performed a solid PR role for the Commission, and it is probably unrealistic to expect any radical changes of policy under his leadership. Yet such change is urgently needed, and no time should be lost in finding a permanent successor to his Lordship who will have the courage and clout to implement it. Under Lord Wakeham the PCC has been notably successful in achieving its main (though undeclared) objective: the avoidance of statutory regulation of the press. It has been less successful in protecting the ordinary citizen from the ethical misdeeds of newspapers, in spite of a reasonable Code of Practice to which, in theory, all editors subscribe. Because it is financed by the industry, because its Code is drawn up by editors, and because it lacks any disciplinary powers, the inevitable impression has been given that this is a cosy club in which the rules are weighted against the complainants – unless they happen to reside in Downing Street or Buckingham Palace. So what is needed? 1. The Commission must have more significant lay representation of real stature, including membership of the Pressbof committee responsible for initiating the Code. 2. There must be power to levy fines on offending publications and/or order compensation for victims. 3. The Commission should be pro-active, using its discretion to take action against serious transgressions even when there has not been, and sometimes cannot be, a complaint from an injured individual. This is particularly important in cases of racial or ethnic slurs, at present ignored because of the Commission’s refusal to accept “third party” complaints. 4. There is a need for an independent investigating arm of the Commission to establish the facts in each case, with subsequent hearings when those facts are in dispute – along the lines of those conducted by the Broadcasting Services Commission. The current reliance upon written evidence, with only the newspaper involved being granted the right to appear in person, loads the scales against the complainant. Such an investigatory function would cost money, but Pressbof – which provides the Commission’s finance – might consider devoting Lord Wakeham’s £156,000 salary to the task. 5. The Code should be revised and strengthened, with consideration given, among other things, to the inclusion of guidelines for the reporting of suicide. 6. The Commission should use its influence with proprietors to argue for the insertion of a “conscience clause” in journalists’ contracts of employment, permitting them to refuse, without fear of retribution, any assignment which would breach the Code. Why should the PCC bother to do any of these things? Simply because, with the departure of “the great fixer”, political pressure for the replacement of self-regulation with statutory control is likely to grow much stronger. Neither newspapers (nor, incidentally, PressWise) want to see this happen. The time to act is now. Bill Norris Associate Director (Bulletin No 58)
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Teapot Dome Scandal | United States history | Britannica.com United States history Alternative Titles: Elk Hills Scandal, Oil Reserves Scandal Related Topics petroleum Teapot Dome Scandal, also called Oil Reserves Scandal or Elk Hills Scandal, in American history, scandal of the early 1920s surrounding the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by the secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall . After Pres. Warren G. Harding transferred supervision of the naval oil-reserve lands from the navy to the Department of the Interior in 1921, Fall secretly granted to Harry F. Sinclair of the Mammoth Oil Company exclusive rights to the Teapot Dome (Wyoming) reserves (April 7, 1922). He granted similar rights to Edward L. Doheny of Pan American Petroleum Company for the Elk Hills and Buena Vista Hills reserves in California (1921–22). A 1924 cartoon depicting Washington officials racing down an oil-slicked road to the White House, … The Granger Collection, New York Albert Bacon Fall. Harris & Ewing Collection/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Digital File Number: LC-DIG-hec-17141) When these leases and contracts came under investigation by committees of the U.S. Senate, it was disclosed that shortly after the signing of the Teapot Dome lease, Fall and members of his family had received from an unknown source more than $200,000 in Liberty bonds under circumstances indicating that the bonds came from a company organized by Sinclair and others receiving benefits from the lease. Also, it appeared that prior to the execution of the Pan American contracts and leases, Doheny, at Fall’s request, sent $100,000 in currency to Fall as a “loan” that had not been repaid. When the affair became known, Congress directed President Harding to cancel the leases; the Supreme Court declared the leases fraudulent and ruled illegal Harding’s transfer of authority to Fall. Although the president himself was not implicated in the transactions that had followed the transfer, the revelations of his associates’ misconduct took a severe toll on his health; disillusioned and exhausted, he died before the full extent of the wrongdoing had been determined. Fall was convicted of accepting a bribe in the Elk Hills negotiations and imprisoned. Doheny and Sinclair were acquitted of charges of bribery and criminal conspiracy , but Sinclair spent 6 1/2 months in prison for contempt of court and contempt of the U.S. Senate. Although the secretary of the navy, Edwin Denby, had signed all the leases, he was cleared of all charges. While “Teapot Dome” entered the American political vocabulary as a synonym for governmental corruption, the scandal had little long-term effect on the Republican Party . Calvin Coolidge , a Republican , was elected president in 1924. Political cartoon depicting the Teapot Dome Scandal of the early 1920s. JT Vintage/age fotostock
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Infographic: the world's biggest cruise liners - Ship Technology MV Ventura cruises at a speed of 22kt, accommodating up to 3,574 passengers. Infographic: the world's biggest cruise liners The global cruising industry has witnessed significant growth during recent years, with the number of cruise passengers exceeding the 20 million mark in 2012. With the help of Cruise Kings, Ship-technology.com profiles the world's biggest cruise liners. Click on each image to see it full size. Oasis of the Seas / Allure of the Seas Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas are two Oasis class passenger ships owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. The cruise ships were built by STX Europe at its Turku facility in Finland. Oasis of the Seas started its maiden voyage in December 2009 and its sister ship Allure of the Seas entered service in December 2010. Port Everglades, Florida, is the home port for the two ships. Both the vessels are 1,181ft in length and have a maximum beam of 213ft and draught of 30ft. The gross tonnage capacity is 225,282t. Eight Wärtsilä V12 diesel engines and four 7,500hp bow thrusters drive the vessel to a maximum speed of 22.6kt. Each ship has 2,706 staterooms accommodating up to 6,296 passengers. Passengers can choose from a wide variety of accommodation options, including 28 two-level loft suites. Amenities include an amphitheatre, five swimming pools, rock-climbing walls, mini-golf, night clubs and casino. Norwegian Epic Norwegian Epic is owned and operated by Norwegian Cruise Line. STX France built the ship at its Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. The cruise ship has been in service since 2010, sailing on both Caribbean (round trip from Miami) and European routes (round trip from Barcelona). It also started offering round trips from Rome and Marseille in 2012. With a total of 19 decks, the ship can carry up to 5,183 passengers. It is 1,081ft in length and has a maximum beam of 133ft and draught of 28.5ft. The gross tonnage capacity is 155,873t. A powerful propulsion system consisting of six Caterpillar diesel-electric engines and six Wärtsilä thrusters, drive the vessel to a maximum speed of 20.2kt. Accommodation facilities include 2,114 staterooms in different categories such as deluxe suites, family villas, family mini suites, spa suites, pent houses and a studio, apart from balcony and inside accommodations. Epic Theatre, the onboard conference theatre, accommodates 681 guests. Freedom / Independence / Liberty of the Seas Freedom of the Seas, Independence of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas are three Freedom class cruise ships owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. The ships were built by STX Europe's Turku facility in Finland. Freedom of the Seas, the first among the three ships, sailed for its maiden voyage in May 2006. Liberty of the Seas has been in service since May 2007. Independence of the Seas was brought into service in May 2008 and refurbished in April 2013. Each ship is 1,112ft long and has a draught of 28ft. The beam of Freedom of the Seas and the Liberty of the Seas is 185ft, whereas that of Independence of the Seas is 183.4ft. The gross tonnage capacity of all the ships is 154,407t. Propulsion is provided by six Wärtsilä 46 V12 diesel engines, rated at 12.6MW, three ABB Azipod units and four bow thrusters. The cruising speed of each ship is 21.6kt. Each ship has 1,817 staterooms distributed across 18 decks. It includes 1,084 Ocean view staterooms, of which 842 are with balconies, and 733 interior staterooms among which 172 offer promenade view. A total of 4,375 passengers can be accommodated. Passenger amenities include a solarium, surf simulator, boxing ring, mini-golf, ice skating rink, casino and theatre. RMS Queen Mary 2 Queen Mary 2 (or QM 2), built at a cost of $900m, is the largest ocean liner ever built since the Queen Elizabeth 2 in 1969. The QM 2 entered into service in January 2004 as a flagship of Cunard Line and currently sails on transatlantic voyages between Southampton and New York. The 151,400grt ship is 1,132ft long and
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W.E. (2011) - 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 From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC The affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson, and a contemporary romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard. Director: a list of 22 titles created 07 Jan 2012 a list of 30 titles created 17 Jan 2012 a list of 41 titles created 27 Jan 2012 a list of 44 titles created 19 Nov 2012 a list of 38 titles created 06 May 2013 Search for " W.E. " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline In 1998, an auction of the estate of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor causes great excitement. For one woman, Wally Winthrop, it has much more meaning. Wally becomes obsessed by their historic love story. As she learns more about the sacrifices involved, Wally gains her own courage to find happiness. Written by Anonymous Rated R for some domestic violence, nudity and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 20 January 2012 (UK) See more » Also Known As: El romance del siglo See more » Filming Locations: $47,074 (USA) (3 February 2012) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia The song "Masterpiece", which won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song, was deemed ineligible for the Academy Awards because it appeared only as the second piece of music during the credits. See more » Goofs In the newsreel scene from 1936 showing the funeral procession of Edward's father the King, the voiceover announcer says that "King George the Third has died and the nation mourns". It should of course have been King George the Fifth. See more » Quotes Sound Created and Performed by Mark Ayres © 1996 Silva Screen Records Ltd. (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews Having finally opened in the UK, I've now had the opportunity to watch 'W.E.', having followed its coverage to this point with interest. I can't, in all honestly, say that this is a good movie. I'll back the common positives and reiterate that it looks amazing and Andrea Riseborough is wonderful in it. The score, while lovely, is over- powering at times - Madonna is obviously terrified of silence! I went with the movie quite happily for the first hour. The Wallis and Edward scenes are effective (I thought the dizzying/choppy camera work worked really well contrasting with the vintage images) and reminded me quite a bit of Stephen Fry's movie "Bright Young Things". But they had absolutely zero dramatic tension. Largely, this was due to the fact that they weren't chronological, but also it was because (to my horror) they almost seemed there to serve the modern day story, rather than vice versa. And as for those modern day parts ... well ... Firstly, I'll say that I didn't think the concept was bad and it had potential. However, they needed to be trimmed by about three quarters. Christ, did they ever go on. The dialogue was serviceable, at best, and toe-curling at worst. The character of Wally was about as engaging as a paper clip and that was largely due to Abby Cornish's lifeless performance. Honestly, I wanted to scream at the screen, "Stop whispering all the time and TALK, woman!" That said, if the movie had only cut to these scenes every so often and used them as well-timed interjections, rather than as a story worthy of screen time in their own right, it would have been more bearable. The film really lost me in the second hour when I realised it had used up all its party tricks and it was obvious where it was going. (And, no, I don't mean the Wallis/Edward story arch, but how it was going to contrast the two tales, and what the oh-so-obvious climax was going to be.) By the end, I couldn't wait for it to finish. There are some lovely scene
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Liverpool's year of culture: Ashkenazy, Rattle, and the WAGs | The Independent Liverpool's year of culture: Ashkenazy, Rattle, and the WAGs Tuesday 7 November 2006 00:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online The question of whether Liverpool's Capital of Culture year in 2008 should be high brow or populist has been a source of intense argument in the city since it beat Newcastle to the title three years ago. Organisers revealed last night that they will attempt to make it both, unveiling a programme of events for the year that could pitch Wayne Rooney's girlfriend Coleen McLoughlin alongside new commissions from the composer Michael Nyman and the artists Richard Wilson and Ben Johnson. There will also be several international art exhibitions and performances by the pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy and the conductor Sir Simon Rattle. The Liverpool schedule, unveiled to the World Trade Market in London, did not include a commission from one of the city's living legends - the musician Sir Paul McCartney or the playwrights Willy Russell or Alan Bleasdale. But 2008 will provide a better home at last for the city's collection of work by the American artist J J Audubon, some of which will be accommodated in a new Liverpool University gallery. Liverpool's preparations were in disarray four months ago when the city parted company with the artistic director Robyn Archer, whose tastes many considered too esoteric. But the city seems determined not to dumb down for its culture year. By mid 2007, Wilson will have reshaped a building scheduled for demolition into a project entitled Turning the Place Over. Wilson's appearance will coincide with the Turner Prize at Liverpool's Tate gallery in October. In its determination to avoid a standing start, the city has also attracted BBC3 in Christmas 2007 to stage a Nativity version of this year's Manchester Passion, in which the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ are re-enacted in a procession through the streets. Organisers have also persuaded Liverpool-born Sir Simon to return to the city of his birth to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Meanwhile, the actor Pete Postlethwaite, who was born in Warrington, Cheshire, is likely to star in a production of King Lear at the Everyman theatre and the poet Roger McGough joins the authors Doris Lessing and Philip Pullman at a literary festival. But a determination in some quarters to prevent the event from becoming a shrine to all things Scouse is reflected in one of the artistic highlights - the UK's first comprehensive exhibition of work by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt at Tate Liverpool. In conjunction, the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra will perform a series of Vienna-themed concerts, and provide music for two Viennese balls at the city's newly restored St George's Hall. A new choral work by Sir John Taverner has also been commissioned as part of a City of Song programme which will run throughout the year. And then there is the popular culture, with football playing an appropriately central role. The People's Festival, in May 2008, is billed as a weekend celebration of football, fashion and music, featuring images of the greatest moments in European soccer, set to music written by Nyman. This will include a fashion show featuring footballers' wives and girlfriends, dressed by the Liverpool boutique, Cricket. The names of the WAGs have not yet been confirmed but Coleen McLoughlin is a long-standing patron. The city's pop music heritage will be celebrated in a riverside concert, where the acts will perform on a floating stage on the Mersey. Names of the acts are yet to be confirmed but many people believe the presence of Sir Paul McCartney to be a racing certainty.
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A professional mining engineer, who was the President of the US at the start of the Great Depression?
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Herbert Hoover - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com Google Early Years Herbert Clark Hoover was born on August 10, 1874, in West Branch, Iowa–the first U.S. president to be born west of the Mississippi River. He was the second of three children in a family of Quakers, who valued honesty, industriousness and simplicity. His father, Jesse Clark Hoover (1846-80), worked as a blacksmith, and his mother, Hulda Minthorn Hoover (1848-84), was a teacher. Orphaned at age nine, Hoover was raised primarily by an uncle in Oregon . Did You Know? On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a law that made "The Star-Spangled Banner," based on an 1814 poem by Francis Scott Key (1779-1843), America's national anthem. After attending Quaker schools, Hoover became part of the first class to enter Stanford University when it opened in 1891. He graduated four years later with a degree in geology and launched a lucrative career as a mining engineer. Intelligent and hardworking, Hoover traveled all over the world to find valuable mineral deposits and establish business enterprises to extract the resources. His work made him a multimillionaire. On February 10, 1899, Hoover married his college sweetheart, Lou Henry (1874-1944), and the couple had two sons, Herbert (1903-69) and Allan Henry (1907-93). Humanitarian Work At the start of World War I (1914-18), Hoover dedicated his talents to humanitarian work. He helped 120,000 stranded American tourists return home from Europe when the hostilities broke out, and coordinated the delivery of food and supplies to citizens of Belgium after that country was overrun by Germany. When the U.S. entered the war in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) appointed Hoover head of the Food Administration. Hoover encouraged Americans to reduce their consumption of meat and other commodities in order to ensure a steady supply of food and clothing for the Allied troops. Once the war ended, Hoover, as head of the American Relief Administration, arranged shipments of food and aid to war-ravaged Europe. He earned worldwide acclaim for his humanitarian efforts, as well as thousands of appreciative letters from people across Europe who benefited from the free meals known as “Hoover lunches.” Hoover’s success earned him an appointment as secretary of commerce under President Warren Harding (1865-1923), and he continued in this position under President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933). During the fast-paced modernization of the 1920s, Hoover played an active role in organizing the fledgling radio broadcasting and civilian aviation industries, and also laid the groundwork for the construction of a huge dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada . (Named for Hoover, the dam opened in 1936.) The Great Depression In the U.S. presidential election of 1928, Hoover ran as the Republican Party’s nominee. Promising to bring continued peace and prosperity to the nation, he carried 40 states and defeated Democratic candidate Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944), the governor of New York , by a record margin of 444-87 electoral votes. “I have no fears for the future of our country,” Hoover declared in his inaugural address. “It is bright with hope.” On October 24, 1929–only seven months after Hoover took office–a precipitous drop in the value of the U.S. stock market sent the economy spiraling downward and signaled the start of the Great Depression. Banks and businesses failed across the country. Nationwide unemployment rates rose from 3 percent in 1929 to 23 percent in 1932. Millions of Americans lost their jobs, homes and savings. Many people were forced to wait in bread lines for food and to live in squalid shantytowns known derisively as Hoovervilles . Hoover undertook various measures designed to stimulate the economy, and a few of the programs he introduced became key components of later relief efforts. However, Hoover’s response to the crisis was constrained by his conservative political philosophy. He believed in a limited role for government and worried that excessive federal intervention posed a threat to capitalism and in
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historical background political parties elections 20th century United States History: Elections--20th Century Figure 1.--The Democratic Party was in the first half of the 19th century the dominant American political party, in some elections the only national political party. In the aftermath of the Civil War, the new Republican Party became the dominant party. This did not change until the Depression of the 1930s and the coalition Franklin Roosevelt put togerger (1932). Organized labor like this coal miner were a key part of that coaltion. While Republicans managed to win many presidential elections after President Rossevelt's four victories, the Democrats dominated the Congress with only a few exceptions until the Republican resurgence at the end of the century. The Republicans began the 20th century as the dominant politicl party in the United States. Conservarives dominanted the Party, but the assasination of President McKinnley brought Vice President Roosevelt to the presidency (1900). He sponsored a series of progressive reforms and a more forceful role for the United States in world affairs. A split in the Republicn Party resulted in the electin of Democraric New Jersey Govenor Woodrow Wilson (1912). Wilson sponsored more progressive reforms called the New Freedoms. He also after reelection reluctantly led America into World War I (1917). President Wilson after the War hoped to prevent future wars through a system of collective security overseen by the new League of Nations. The Republican dominated Senate rejected the League. Senator Warren Harding persued what he called a return to normalcy (1920). American returned to a Republican dominated government. The economic boom of the 1920s made the three Republicans presidents ellected in the 1920s extreemely popular. The Republicans with their philosophy of laizze faire , however, failed to address major inequities in American society or to adequately regulate business. The result was the Great Depression which was made worse by flawed monetary policies. The result was a major realignment in American politics. With Franklin Roosevelt's election (1932), the Democrats became the dominant political party. President Roosevelt led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. President Roosevelt's New Deal enacted many important reforms, but often forgotten in the glow of Roosevelt's masterful war leadership, the New Deal never suceeded in ending the Depresion. To everyone'suprise, President Truman was also able to defeat the Republicans (1948). Truman established the basic policies pursued by a series of Democratic and Republican presidents to fight the Cold War. The Republicans nominating war hero General Dwight Eisenhower finally regained the White House (1952). Eisenhower did not as some Republicans wanted, reverse the New Deal. The assasination of President Kennedy (1963) brought Vice President Lyndon Johnson to the presidency. Major liberal reforms were enacted by President Johnson, but his standing was tragically ruined by the War in Vietnam. Former Vice President Richard Nixon won two elections, but his image and that of the Republican Party was tarnished by Watergate. He became the first president forced to resign his office (1973). The presidency swung back and forth between the two parties in the late-20th century, although the Democrats maintained control of Congress. Govenor Ronald Reagan was elected (1980). beginning a notable Republican resurgency leaving the Republicans the majority party and in control of Congress by the end of the century. 1900 Presidential Election The 1900 election was a rematch between President McKinley and former Congressman William Jennings Bryan. Bryan had an unimpressive political history. He had served two terms in Congress (the second with a narriow vicvtory) and had been defeated in a senate race. McKinnely has soundly defeated Bryan in 1896, but Bryan with his oritorical skills retained control over the Democratic Party. He had traveled the country giving speeches in suppor
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang | TheatreBoard Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Back to Top Post by Michael on Jul 31, 2016 14:40:07 GMT Only just read that, and I agree with both danb and talkstageytome . I think it's not a secret that I'm not exactly Carrie's biggest fan, but seriously? Overweight? I think her weight is just, well, normal, and she's neither skinny nor chubby. Last Edit: Jul 31, 2016 14:53:21 GMT by Michael If you want blood, we'll give you some Straight from the heart till the job is done Senior Member 2,809 posts Back to Top Post by danieljohnson14 on Jul 31, 2016 14:55:27 GMT How dare you shame someone for their weight! I cant stand this kind of mentality. Carrie has a healthy, normal body size, who are you to tell her to lose weight?! Post by Theatrelover on Aug 3, 2016 17:36:04 GMT Claire opens in the show tonight, if anyone is there or sees her perform, please report back! Jul 31, 2016 14:55:27 GMT danieljohnson14 said: How dare you shame someone for their weight! I cant stand this kind of mentality. Carrie has a healthy, normal body size, who are you to tell her to lose weight?! I'm sorry everyone but weight does matter. End of. It's casting and you have to face up to that. In certain shows people have been called into the creative team office for putting on/losing too much weight. The fat content of a character changes who they are actually meant to be. It's not personal it's a fact of showbusiness. You wouldn't get a stick thin Tracy in Hairspray, an obese Kim in Siagon, you wouldn't get a chubby Oliver Twist and I don't think a size 12/14 truly scrumptious is ideal either. M Unlike many countries the UK is over sensitive about the acceptance of weight (especially women), I will bet 1000 pounds the producers and creative team have either been worried or have said something. Not to be cruel but because that's the truth. She has a sensational voice but the extra weight in my opinion changed her character from the dainty lead to a rather headmistress horse racer type person. That's neither good or bad - it's just not what the part is. Last Edit: Aug 3, 2016 20:27:59 GMT by westendwendy Post by danieljohnson14 on Aug 3, 2016 20:54:39 GMT westendwendy your original post: "Glad they got rid of the child catcher song but didn't think much of Truly's new song. Not memorable and didn't go anywhere. (on that note Carrie needs to lose 10kg - she looked like a headmistress rather than a leading lady, but sang beautifully)" You make no mention of the character regarding her weight. You make a comment directed at Carrie and her weight. You said she looks more like headmistress rather than a leading lady, that is a clear dig at Carrie's weight and not a comment on the character itself. Which is not on. I respect that it may not of been your intention to offend, but the way you worded your initial comment is possibly the reason that it caused a backlash. What you needed to do was say something like maybe Carrie isn't the right body type for this role. But you made no attempt at this in your initial comment. You merely said she does not look like a leading lady. Which implies you mean this simply based on the weight of the actress and not the characterisation of the role. Last Edit: Aug 3, 2016 20:56:00 GMT by danieljohnson14 Jul 31, 2016 14:55:27 GMT danieljohnson14 said: How dare you shame someone for their weight! I cant stand this kind of mentality. Carrie has a healthy, normal body size, who are you to tell her to lose weight?! I'm sorry everyone but weight does matter. End of. It's casting and you have to face up to that. In certain shows people have been called into the creative team office for putting on/losing too much weight. The fat content of a character changes who they are actually meant to be. It's not personal it's a fact of showbusiness. You wouldn't get a stick thin Tracy in Hairspray, an obese Kim in Siagon, you wouldn't get a chubby Oliver Twist and I don't think a size 12/14 truly scrumptious is ideal either. M Unlike many countries the UK is over sensitive about the acceptance of weight (especially women),
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IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Chain, The" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Chain, The" 1-50 of 694 names. Hilary Duff Hilary Erhard Duff was born on September 28, 1987 in Houston, Texas, to Susan Duff (née Cobb) and Robert Erhard Duff, a partner in convenience store chain. When Hilary was six, she had been traveling in the Cechetti Ballet with her sister Haylie Duff but decided she wanted to fulfill her dream of acting. Her first part was in the mini-series True Women , but her first starring role was as "Ellie" in The Soul Collector , for which she won a Best Performance in a TV Movie or Pilot (Supporting Young Actress) Young Artist Award. Hilary also starred in Casper Meets Wendy in 1998, in which she played the young witch "Wendy". Success came again as she took the role of the starring title character "Lizzie McGuire" in the #1 hit Disney Channel series Lizzie McGuire . "Lizzie" was extremely successful and spawned The Lizzie McGuire Movie . The Lizzie McGuire Movie was released to theaters on May 2nd, 2003, grossing an impressive US$42 million domestically. Hilary also appeared in Agent Cody Banks in 2003. Additionally, Hilary is storming the music charts, with singles "So Yesterday" and "Come Clean" settling nicely into the top 40. Hilary's first album, "Metamorphosis", debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200, and eventually ascended to #1 in the following weeks. To date, it has sold more than 2 million copies. Although she toured the USA in support of "Metamorphosis", Hilary hasn't discarded her film career. A Cinderella Story , co-starring Chad Michael Murray , hit theaters on July 19th. The Perfect Man and Raise Your Voice opened in 2005. Hilary was the 2004 international spokesperson of "Kids With A Cause", a charity organization that specializes in poverty-stricken children. Her other film credits include Cheaper by the Dozen , Human Nature , Cadet Kelly and True Women . Hilary continues guest-starring on TV shows, filming movies, recording albums and doing television concerts. Cam Gigandet Cam graduated from Auburn High School in Auburn, Washington in 2001. His family lives in Lake Tapps, WA. His father's name is Jay, mother's name is Kim and he has one older sister, Kelsie. His father is one of the founders of a popular restaurant chain called The Rock, Wood Fired Pizza & Spirits. Cam resides in West Hollywood, California. Marlon Brando Marlon Brando is widely considered the greatest movie actor of all time, rivaled only by the more theatrically oriented Laurence Olivier in terms of esteem. Unlike Olivier, who preferred the stage to the screen, Brando concentrated his talents on movies after bidding the Broadway stage adieu in 1949, a decision for which he was severely criticized when his star began to dim in the 1960s and he was excoriated for squandering his talents. No actor ever exerted such a profound influence on succeeding generations of actors as did Brando. More than 50 years after he first scorched the screen as Stanley Kowalski in the movie version of Tennessee Williams ' A Streetcar Named Desire and a quarter-century after his last great performance as Col. Kurtz in Francis Ford Coppola 's Apocalypse Now , all American actors are still being measured by the yardstick that was Brando. It was if the shadow of John Barrymore , the great American actor closest to Brando in terms of talent and stardom, dominated the acting field up until the 1970s. He did not, nor did any other actor so dominate the public's consciousness of what WAS an actor before or since Brando's 1951 on-screen portrayal of Stanley made him a cultural icon. Brando eclipsed the reputation of other great actors circa 1950, such as Paul Muni and Fredric March . Only the luster of Spencer Tracy 's reputation hasn't dimmed when seen in the starlight thrown off by Brando. However, neither Tracy nor Olivier created an entire school of acting just by the force of his personality. Brando did. Marlon Brando, Jr. was born on April 3, 1924, in Omaha, Nebraska, to Marlon Brando, Sr., a calcium carbonate salesman
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Ranks in the French Army | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Ranks in the French Army 204,343pages on Ranks in the French Army Awards See Ranks in the French Navy for more details about the Navy Ranks. Marshal of France denoted with a "seven-star" insignia was last conferred to Generals Leclerc (1902-1947) in 1952, Alphonse Juin (1888-1967) in 1952, and Marie Pierre Koenig (1898-1970) in 1984. General of Group of Armies (General de Groupe d'Armees) was a former rank (notably for the Paris Military District - Général d'Armée Commandant de Paris, the Army General in Command of Paris) in position just below that of Marshal of France. It may have been denoted with a "six-star" insignia. The "six-star" insignia in the French Army has reportedly only been worn once, by Joseph Gallieni (1849-1916) while he held the rank General de Division during World War I at a time when he was military governor of Paris. While usually not listed in French rank insignia, the "one-star" insignia has been used in the French military. The "one-star" insignia denoted an appointment of a colonel to command a brigade (Général de Brigade) or a superior echelon normally commanded by a general. Including the "one-star" insignia, the ranks of Marshal of France and General of Group of Armies become, in effect, the "seven-star" and "six-star" ranks of the insignia they would display. Contents Edit Rank insignia in the French army depend on whether the soldier belongs to an "infantry" or "cavalry" unit. Sleeves are emblazoned with marks denoting either the infantry or the cavalry: In the infantry the main insignia colour is gold, but in the cavalry the main insignia colour is silver/white. However, the artillery uses gold as the main colour, despite being a cavalry branch, and spahis use gold as the main colour despite being part of the cavalry, a division representing the armored cavalry. Foot arms: Infantry, Naval troops, Foreign Legion, Engineering, etc. Horse arms: Armoured Cavalry arm, Train, Artillery, Maintenance and Logistics. Marshals Edit The title of Maréchal de France is awarded as a distinction, rather than a rank . The marshals wear seven stars and carry a baton . Famous examples include Turenne , Vauban, Joachim Murat , Michel Ney , Bazaine , Guillaume Brune , Louis Nicolas Davout , André Masséna , Philippe Leclerc de Hautecloque , Jean de Lattre de Tassigny , Marie Pierre Koenig and Alphonse Juin . A famous example would be Philippe Pétain , who became famous as Maréchal Pétain, Chief of State of the Vichy France regime and retained his title even after his trial and imprisonment and after he was stripped of other positions and titles. Another particular example is Marshal de MacMahon , who ruled the Third Republic from 1875 to 1879. Six Marshals of France have been given the even more exalted rank of Marshal General of France : Biron , Lesdiguières , Turenne , Villars , Saxe and Soult . Officers the regular officers of the Army the commissary of the Army the officers of the technical and administrative corps of the Army. They all wear the same insignia and titles. Généraux - General officers Edit Général d'armée: Army General : In command of an army. This is not a genuine rank, but an appointment of Divisional General. Général de corps d'armée: Corps General : In command of an army corps. This is not a genuine rank, but an appointment of Divisional General. Général de division: Divisional General : in command of a division . Général de brigade: Brigade General : in command of a brigade , or of a légion in the Gendarmerie . A famous Général de brigade was Charles de Gaulle , who often wore military uniform whilst President of the French Republic. The title "général" originates in the ancient rank of "capitaine général" (literally, "general captain"), who was in command of the whole army. There is no distinction between infantry and cavalry generals, since they are all supposed to be able to command any type of unit. Officiers supérieurs - Senior officers In the below descriptions, "horse-mounted" does not refer to current units (t
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Animals and war - The British Library Copyright: © Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België (Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique) Beasts of burden The extent of the logistical apparatus that made the war feasible is almost impossible to imagine. Today, hundreds of tons of armaments remain to be discovered under the former battlefields of Belgium and France. The numbers and weights involved are vast: during the Battle of Verdun, for example, some 32 million shells were fired, while the British barrage preceding the Battle of the Somme fired some 1.5 million shells (in total, nearly 250 million shells were used by the British army and navy during the war). Railways, trucks and ships transported these munitions for much of their journey, but they also relied on hundreds of thousands of horses, donkeys, oxen and even camels or dogs for their transport. Field guns were pulled into position by teams of six to 12 horses, and the dead and wounded carted away in horse-drawn ambulances. The millions of men at the Front and behind the lines also had to be fed and supplied with equipment, much of which was again hauled by four-legged beasts of burden. Because of the deep mud and craters at the front, much of this could only be carried by mules or horses. Even the British army, which could boast that it was the most mechanised of the belligerent forces, relied largely on horse power for its transport, much of it organised by the Army Service Corps: by November 1918, the British army had almost 500,000 horses, which helped to distribute 34,000 tons of meat and 45,000 tons of bread each month. The animals themselves needed feeding and watering, and British horses had to carry some 16,000 tons of forage each month. In total, perhaps six million horses were engaged by all sides. Looking after these animals were specially trained soldiers, who knew how to care for such beasts from their jobs before the war, and who were also trained in modern methods of animal husbandry (although the level of training varied from army to army). Dead horses Free from known copyright restrictions Supply of horses and other animals Without the millions of horses, mules and donkeys serving on the various fronts, the war of attrition would have been impossible. Losses through exhaustion, disease (such as infection from the tsetse fly in East Africa), starvation and enemy action were high. 120,000 horses were treated in British veterinary hospitals in one year, many of which were field hospitals. The resupply of horses and other animals was a major concern for the leadership of all sides. At the outbreak of the war, Britain’s horse population stood at under 25,000, and so it turned to the United States (which supplied around a million horses during the war), Canada and Argentina. Germany had prepared for war with an extensive breeding and registration programme, and at the start of the war had a ratio of one horse to every three men. However, while the Allies could import horses from America, the Central Powers could only replace their losses by conquest, and requisitioned many thousands from Belgium, from invaded French territory and from the Ukraine. The difficulty of replacing horses arguably contributed to the eventual defeat of the Central Powers. An Indian Cavalry horse hospital in a French factory [Estrée Blanche] An Indian Cavalry horse hospital in France, July 1915. Copyright: © Crown copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen’s Printer for Scotland Cavalry and fighting animals Despite the machine gun, barbed wire and trenches (or thick bushes in the Levant), cavalry proved to be remarkably effective during the conflict where mobile fighting could take place. Cavalry saw considerable action at Mons, and Russian cavalry penetrated deep into Germany during the early phases of the war. Cavalry were still occasionally used in their traditional role as shock troops even later in the war. Cavalry were effective in Palestine, although were obstructed by thick bushes as much as by barbed wire. Cavalryme
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In Greek Mythology which King was condemned to stand near fruit and water which moved away when he reached for them?
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Keep Your Eyes on God | church of Christ | Sermon Keep Your Eyes On God Keep Your Eyes on God Introduction: King David put descendants of Levi in change of the musical worship before the ark in Jerusalem and the tabernacle in Gibeon. Later on it would also be in the temple. (I Chronicles 6:16, 31-33a, 25:1, 7-8) The psalm we will focus on (Psalm 73) is one of David�s. Note from I Chronicles 25:1 that he prophesied through the songs. He was guided by the Spirit of God. He was God�s spokesman. (I Chronicles 25:3b) Text: Psalm 73 Body: I. My Eyes Turned Away from God (Verses 1-15) � Verses 1-2 His eyes were starting to stray from God. This lack of focus was hurting his walk with God. He was stumbling and slipping. � Verse 3 �When I saw� � He was enticed by what his neighbor had. Tantalus, in Greek mythology, [king of Lydia and son of Zeus] Tantalus was a favorite mortal of the gods until he was caught trying to deceive them. The gods then condemned him to hang forever from a tree in Tartarus, the lowest region of the underworld. Under the tree was a pool of water, but when Tantalus stooped to drink, the pool would dry. The branches above him were laden with fruit, but when he reached up, the wind blew the branches away. He became the symbol of utter frustration. Today his name is remembered in the word �tantalize.� Where you stand, determines what you see. See Psalm 37:1,7, Jeremiah 12:1) � Verses 4-5 The psalmist describes his temptation to be envious of those with many earthly possessions because of how much easier their life seemed to be. They had everything and lacked for nothing. Note his eyes were not in focus. Many wicked people through time experienced terrible deaths � Jezebel, Absalom, Herod, Judas. . . � Verses 6-9 They are proud, arrogant, and boastful. They act like they own the world. See Psalm 109:18-19. They didn�t care what they said or did because they did not fear or respect God. They mocked God. (Jude :16) � Verses 10-12 The wicked don�t believe in God or at least His power. (Job 22:12-14) � Verses 13-15 Asaph�s vision was still out of focus because he doubted being good was worth it. Note Elihu�s words in Job 34:9. II. My Eyes Turned to God (Verses 16-20) � Verses 16-17 Enlightenment came in the house of God. Worship puts God at the center of our vision. It�s only when God is at the center of our focus that we see things as they really are. Life is about perspective; it is keeping a clear focus with our eyes turned to God. � Verses 18-20 A clear focus helps us see the real future of the wicked. (Psalm 35:5-6, 37:38) Their future is filled with terrors. III. My Eyes Remain on God (Verses 21-28) � Verses 21-22 The answer to life�s injustices is not to be expected in this life. The ignorant couldn�t see clearly. � Verses 23-24 God is always with us if we just open our eyes. (Psalm 139:7-10) We need to cling to Him. (Psalm 63:8) Follow His counsel. � Verse 25 Having God, one needs nothing else. (Psalm 16:2) � Verse 26 Regardless of what happens, if I remain close to God, He will be my rock. (Psalm 18:1-2) � Verse 27 The wicked are far from God. (Psalm 119:155) When the last breath of life leaves the wicked, their dream existence will come to an end. (II Thessalonians 1:8-9) This life is the only heaven they will ever know. � Verse 28 Being near to God is always the best! (James 4:7-8, Hebrews 10:22) Conclusion: It�s so easy for us to turn away our eyes from God. It takes effort to remain focused on Him and His Word. Bobby Stafford
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Europa | Greek mythology | Britannica.com Greek mythology Isis Europa, in Greek mythology , the daughter either of Phoenix or of Agenor, king of Phoenicia . The beauty of Europa inspired the love of Zeus , who approached her in the form of a white bull and carried her away from Phoenicia to Crete . There she bore Zeus three sons: Minos , ruler of Crete; Rhadamanthys, ruler of the Cyclades Islands; and, according to some legends , Sarpedon, ruler of Lycia. She later married Asterius, the king of Crete, who adopted her sons, and she was worshipped under the name of Hellotis in Crete, where the festival Hellotia was held in her honour. Europa being abducted by Zeus disguised as a bull, detail from an Attic krater, 5th century; in the … Courtesy of the Museo Nazionale Tarquiniense, Tarquinia, Italy; photograph, Hirmer Fotoarchiv, Munich Learn More in these related articles: Zeus in ancient Greek religion, chief deity of the pantheon, a sky and weather god who was identical with the Roman god Jupiter. His name clearly comes from that of the sky god Dyaus of the ancient Hindu Rigveda. Zeus was regarded as the sender of thunder and lightning, rain, and winds, and his... in Greek mythology: Myths involving animal transformations ...(animal worship) was ever practiced by the Greeks. Gods sometimes assumed the form of beasts in order to deceive goddesses or women. Zeus, for example, assumed the form of a bull when he carried off Europa, a Phoenician princess, and he appeared in the guise of a swan in order to attract Leda, wife of a king of Sparta. Poseidon took the shape of a stallion to beget the wonder horses Arion and... in Cadmus in Greek mythology, the son of Phoenix or Agenor (king of Phoenicia) and brother of Europa. Europa was carried off by Zeus, king of the gods, and Cadmus was sent out to find her. Unsuccessful, he consulted the Delphic oracle, which ordered him to give up his quest, follow a cow, and build a town on the spot where she lay down. The cow guided him to Boeotia (Cow Land), where he founded the city...
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Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–1912 | Kimbell Art Museum Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–1912 Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–1912 May 29, 2011 to August 21, 2011 Picasso and Braque: The Cubist Experiment, 1910–1912 united select paintings and nearly all of the prints created by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque during these two exhilarating years of their artistic dialogue. “This small-scale exhibition examines a brief moment with huge implications for the history of art,” commented Eric M. Lee, director of the Kimbell Art Museum. “This show is the first to focus exclusively on this landmark period of intense productivity and adventure for Picasso and Braque.” This international loan exhibition was organized by the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and the Kimbell Art Museum and had its debut in Fort Worth. During the years 1910 through 1912, these two great masters invented a new style that took the basics of traditional European art—modeling in light and shade to suggest roundedness, perspective lines to suggest space, indeed the very idea of making a recognizable description of the real world—and toyed with them irreverently. “These are beautiful, enigmatic, playful works of art. They’re like conversations in the artist’s studio or favorite café, not to be hurried,” remarked Malcolm Warner, deputy director at the Kimbell Art Museum. “We hope our visitors will take the time to savor them.” Following up on hints they found in the work of Paul Cézanne, and brimming with youthful bravado, Picasso and Braque created pictorial puzzles, comprehensible to a point but full of false leads and contradictions. Viewers pick up a few clues—a figure, a pipe, a mustache, a bottle, a glass, a musical instrument, a newspaper, a playing card—and these start to suggest a reality in three dimensions. The impression is that of a fast, modern world, with glimpses of models, friends, and the paraphernalia of drinking and smoking. But things never fully add up, either in detail or as a whole—and deliberately so. Teasingly elusive, the image is a construction of forms and signs that the artist has put together in a spirit of parody and play. The pleasure for the viewer is to let go of all normal expectations and enter into the game, which is an endlessly intriguing one. More than any avant-garde artists before them, Picasso and Braque called into question conventional ideas about art as the imitation of reality. They collaborated so closely and like-mindedly (“roped together like mountain climbers,” in Braque’s own phrase) that their works of this period are sometimes difficult to tell apart. Their radical experiment in picture-making, which came to be known as Analytic Cubism, has been as far-reaching in its implications for art as the theories of Einstein for science. This choice, intimately scaled exhibition, featuring 16 paintings and 20 etchings and drypoints, was conceived and organized by Eik Kahng, chief curator at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, in partnership with the Kimbell and Mr. Warner. The Kimbell was a natural collaborator on the project since the Museum’s collection includes an outstanding example of the work of each artist from the Analytic Cubist period, Picasso’s Man with a Pipe and Braque’s Girl with a Cross, both painted in 1911. In the exhibition these appeared among paintings from a number of other distinguished collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Menil Collection and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the Tate in London, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid, and the Robert B. and Mercedes H. Eichholz Collection. The etchings and drypoints were selected from several sources, most notably the extraordinary holdings of Cubist prints in the Melamed Family Collection. Not surprisingly in light of its importance in the history of art, Cubism has been the subject of numerous museum exhibitions.
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El Greco | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition dates: October 7, 2003-January 11, 2004 Exhibition location: Special exhibition galleries, second floor Press preview: Monday, September 29, 10:00 a.m. - noon The first major retrospective in more than 20 years devoted to the great 16th-century painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614) – known to posterity as El Greco – will open at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 7, 2003. One of the most original artists of his age, El Greco was celebrated for his highly expressive and visionary religious paintings. The international loan exhibition's approximately 80 works include an unsurpassed selection of his psychologically compelling portraits, as well as his rare incursions into landscape, genre, mythology, and sculpture. Particular emphasis will be placed on his late works, in which mystical content, expressive distortions, and monumental scale are taken to ever greater extremes, culminating in the Adoration of Shepherds, the spectacular nine-foot-tall painting created to decorate his own tomb. All aspects of the artist's activity will be explored, from his beginnings as an icon painter in his native Crete, to his move to Venice and Rome and his study of Italian art, to his definitive move to Toledo, Spain, and his creation of a uniquely personal and deeply spiritual style. His work has sometimes been associated with the great mystics of Counter-Reformation Spain, but his paintings have had a profound influence on the protagonists of 20th-century modernism, including Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. El Greco will remain on view at the Metropolitan through January 11, 2004. The exhibition is funded by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in celebration of its 25th Anniversary. The exhibition has been organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and The National Gallery, London. "In his own time," stated Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum, "El Greco's highly personal style – with its dematerialization of the figure and its expressive effects of light and color – was without precedent and often astonished his contemporaries. Yet it is only in the last 150 years that he has come to be appreciated as one of the great creative geniuses of Western art. This landmark gathering of his works, which has been organized by an international team of scholars, builds on the last major El Greco exhibition of 1982 with a greater focus on the artist's late and most mystical phase, and the philosophical and religious thought that informed it." A unique synthesis of late medieval Byzantine traditions and the art of the Italian Renaissance, El Greco's art sought to create a new and spiritually more intense relationship between viewer and image. Although he established a large and productive workshop in Toledo, he founded no school, and for almost two centuries following his death his works were decried for their extravagance—except for his astonishing portraits, which Velÿzquez took as his model. A sympathetic interest in his art was the product of the 19th-century Romantic movement's new emphasis on individual expression and extremes of emotion. Since then El Greco's creative stature has never been challenged. Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin saw themselves as his artistic heirs. More recently, his works have inspired the expressive abstractions of generations of 20th-century painters. The 1982 exhibition of his works was seen in Madrid, Washington, Toledo, Ohio, and Dallas. The Dormition of the Virgin (Syros, Church of the Dormition) and St. Luke Painting the Virgin (Athens, Benaki Museum) are among the rare, early works documenting El Greco's first training as a painter of religious icons in his birthplace of Crete. The archaizing abstractions of these images – based on late medieval prototypes – reflect his country's continuing reverence for the Byzantine traditions of its Greek heritage. The style and sacred function of Byzantine icons, which rejected mimesis in favor of an attempt to mystically embody the living presence of
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In the activity known as BASE jumping, for what does the E stand?
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BASE Jumping - Google+ BASE Jumping Shared publicly - 2017-01-13 Top 3 Antenna BASE JUMPS in Venezuela and Spain. “BASE Tripping” – The incredible new Base Jump Travel series by Carlos Pedro Briceño! Read moreShow less Top 3 Antenna BASE JUMPS in Venezuela and Spain. "BASE Tripping" - The incredible new Base Jump Travel series by Carlos Pedro Briceño! 1 I wanted to go this is was my 3rd time I miss it smh Read moreShow less Shared publicly - 2016-09-23 Zakynthos Greece - Go Fast Games 2016. Apex BASE Organizers Marta Empinotti & Jimmy Pouchert, Rescue Team Vassili Theodorou & George Gerolimos Read moreShow less Zakynthos Greece - Go Fast Games 2016. Apex BASE Organizers Marta Empinotti & Jimmy Pouchert, Rescue Team Vassili Theodorou & George Gerolimos 1 Shared publicly - 2016-07-20 Sebastien Montaz has been filming the Skyliners and their Alpina watches on an incredible exploration into the world of free flight Read moreShow less Shared publicly - 2016-05-05 Dwain Weston - Australian skydiver and BASE jumper. While participating in the Go Fast Games was killed attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge Read moreShow less Dwain Weston - Australian skydiver and BASE jumper. While participating in the Go Fast Games was killed attempting to fly over the Royal Gorge Bridge 1 Shared publicly - 2016-10-27 Legendary Red Bull athlete Valery Rozov, sets a new world-record with his jump from Cho Oyu in China as part of the FXTMbasejump project. Following the 31-day expedition to the exit spot, on the 5th of October 2016, Valery BASE jumped 7700m above sea level, setting a new record for the highest BASE jump and proving what can be achieved through effective preparation and training, proper risk management and constantly having the inspiration to push the limits of possibilities higher. Read moreShow less Shared publicly - 2016-08-17 Jeb Corliss Tianmen Cave - take a look behind the scenes as Jeb Corliss fufills his quest to make history. The first person to fly through Heaven's Gate Read moreShow less Reply What Does B.A.S.E Stand for? Check out the Chris Douggs McDougall video to find out the answer! Read moreShow less Shared publicly - 2016-04-29 Mike racks up over 150,000 air-miles each year traveling to wingsuit projects around the world - is one of the world's most experienced wingsuit pilot Extreme videos with BASE Jumping Introduction BASE jumping is an activity that employs an initially packed parachute to jump from fixed objects. “B.A.S.E.” is an acronym that stands for four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump: buildings, antennas, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs). The acronym “B.A.S.E.” was coined by filmmaker Carl Boenish, his wife Jean Boenish, Phil Smith, and Phil Mayfield. Carl was the real catalyst behind modern BASE jumping, and in 1978, he filmed the first BASE jumps to be made using ram-air parachutes and the freefall tracking technique (from El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park). While BASE jumps had been made prior to that time, the El Capitan activity was the effective birth of what is now called BASE jumping. BASE jumping is significantly more dangerous than similar sports such as skydiving from aircraft, and is currently regarded by many as a fringe extreme sport or stunt. BASE jumping grew out of skydiving. BASE jumps are generally made from much lower altitudes than skydives, and a BASE jump takes place close to the object serving as the jump platform. Because BASE jumps generally entail slower airspeeds than typical skydives (due to the limited altitude), a BASE jumper rarely achieves terminal velocity. Because higher airspeeds enable jumpers more aerodynamic control of their bodies, as well as more positive and quick parachute openings, the longer the delay, the better. Links
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 12th October – The Questions 12th October – The Questions Specialist questions set by Waters Green Rams. General knowledge questions set by Church House, Bollington. All vetted by Harrington Academicals. SPECIALIST ROUNDS- 1. SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE 2. SCIENCE 5. TIME FOR THE KIDS 6. POLITICS ROUND ONE - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE – News stories of the summer 1. Which actor, born Bernard Schwartz in 1925, died in September 2010? TONY CURTIS 2. In June, Princess Victoria married her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. Of which country is she a princess? SWEDEN 3. Which 74 year-old singing Dame received poor reviews when she appeared on a UK stage for the first time in 30 years at the London O2 in May? JULIE ANDREWS 4. What name was given to the tent city that was set up at the top of the San Jose pit shaft in Chile, where 33 miners were trapped? CAMP ESPERANZA (original Spanish name) or CAMP HOPE 5. Goodluck Jonathan became President of which country in May? NIGERIA 6. The Savile Enquiry finally delivered its findings on which event of 38 years ago? BLOODY SUNDAY (January 1972 in Derry) 7. Why was Mary Bale in the news in August? She was filmed on CCTV putting a CAT into a WHEELIE BIN in Coventry. 8. Which major New Zealand city was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale? CHRISTCHURCH Supp 1 Which company, with its head-quarters in Windermere, was declared the UK’s best retailer by Which? Magazine? LAKELAND Supp 2 Why was Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida in the news in September? He planned to BURN copies of the KORAN outside his church. ROUND TWO – SCIENCE 1. Which scientist was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and died at Down House in Kent in 1882? CHARLES DARWIN 2. Which acid was traditionally known as Oil Of Vitriol or Spirit Of Vitriol? SULPHURIC ACID 3. Which heavenly body has moons called Charon, Nix and Hydra? PLUTO 4. William was in prison in 1770, when he invented the toothbrush. What was his surname, still famous in that field today? ADDIS 5. Besides the elephant, which other African mammal is a source of ivory? HIPPOPOTAMUS 6. An amalgam is a compound containing which metal? MERCURY 7. What name is given to a triangle with sides of unequal length? SCALENE 8. What does a Campbell-Stokes Recorder Record? SUNSHINE (not temperature) Supp 1 Scientist William Harvey (born 1578) is famous for his research into what? THE BLOOD (circulation etc.) Supp 2 What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen? OZONE ROUND THREE – SPORT 1. Tony McCoy finally won his first Grand National in 2010 on his 15th ride in the race. Which horse did he ride? DON’T PUSH IT 2. Name either of the 2008 Ryder Cup captains. PAUL AZINGER or NICK FALDO 3. Which sport would you be taking part in if you used a monkey climber, waggler and a plumb? ANGLING / COARSE FISHING 4. Which county won the 2010 County Cricket Championship? NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 5. Which team won the 2010 Rugby League Challenge Cup? WARRINGTON WOLVES ( bt. Leeds Rhinos 30-6 in the final). Accept WARRINGTON. 6. Where will the final race in the 2010 Formula One Series be held? YAS MARINA circuit in ABU DHABI (accept either) 7. According to Wikipedia, which English football ground has the widest pitch and boasts the tallest floodlights? EASTLANDS (home of Manchester City) 8. Which football club holds the record for the fewest wins in a season in the Premier League? DERBY COUNTY – in 2007/8, their record was Played 38, Won 1, Drawn 8, Lost 29. Supp 1 How many times did Alex Higgins win the World Snooker Championship? TWO Supp 2 Which Rugby Union club has made their Premiership debut in the 2010/11 season? EXETER (Chiefs) ROUND FOUR – GEOGRAPHY 1. Which Irish port was known as Kingstown from 1821, after a visit by George IV, until 1921? DUN LAOGHAIRE (pronounced DUNLEARY) 2. Between 1947 and gaining independence in 1971, by what name was the present-day country of Bangladesh known? EAST PAKISTAN 3. Name an African country that, in its normal English spelling, contains the letter Q. MOZAMBIQUE or EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 4. The islands of Hokkaido a
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Giulio Andreotti: Ex-Italian prime minister dies - BBC News Giulio Andreotti: Ex-Italian prime minister dies 6 May 2013 Image copyright AP Image caption Giulio Andreotti was known for his political cunning Giulio Andreotti, one of the most prominent political figures of post-war Italy, has died aged 94. Mr Andreotti was Italian prime minister seven times between 1972 and 1992. He led the Christian Democrat party, which dominated Italian politics for decades. He was dogged in later years by allegations of corruption and Mafia links. He died at home in Rome. He was reported to have suffered heart and respiratory problems in recent years. Rome's Mayor, Gianni Alemanno, called Mr Andreotti "the most representative politician" in recent Italian history. Analysis By David WilleyBBC News, Rome News of the death of Giulio Andreotti led every Italian newspaper and TV and radio bulletin. Although two decades have passed since his last stint as prime minister, Mr Andreotti's legendary negotiating and political skills continue to fascinate Italians. La Repubblica ran an editorial entitled The Cult of Power and a selection of some of his best known witticisms. The Corriere della Sera recalled that he had led the successful bid to hold the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. Former Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Mr Andreotti had, just like himself, been demonised by the left and been the victim of Italian criminal justice. The stooped, slightly hunched, bespectacled Christian Democrat politician with big ears was a gift to Italian cartoonists. His physical presence was unmistakeable, and he was everywhere during his five decades as political power broker. He served as government minister no fewer than 23 times, including seven time as prime minister, five times as foreign minister, and eight times as defence minister. And even during his latter years as life senator, when he was fighting the law on what he insisted were trumped-up charges of Mafia conspiracy, he preserved his reputation for political savvy. Obituary: Giulio Andreotti But others saw him as an arch political manipulator. Another former Prime Minister, Massimo D'Alema, said he was "a highly disputed figure... for his conception of power". Mr Andreotti entered the Italian parliament in 1946 and remained there for more than 60 years, before seeing out his days as a senator-for-life. He had a reputation for cunning. He managed to find and meet the Pope as an eight-year-old after sneaking away from a Vatican tour group. He later became one of the founding fathers of the post-war Italian republic, says the BBC's David Willey in Rome. He was a junior minister at the age of 28, and went on to serve as either prime minister or a senior minister in the many frequently changing Christian Democratic coalitions that held power almost continuously between 1946 and 1992. The party then lost power and collapsed. 'Kiss of honour' He was strongly anti-communist, pro-American and supportive of Nato. He was known as a pro-European who committed Italy to European integration and helped forge the way forward to a single currency. He was one of the most prominent figures of the "years of lead" during the 1970s and 1980s, when hundreds of people were killed in political violence. And he himself faced a string of allegations of links with corrupt financiers and top criminals. Giulio Andreotti 1942 While studying law in Rome, becomes head of Catholic student movement 1946 Elected to constituent assembly, helps draw up new constitution 1954 At 34, becomes Italy's youngest ever interior minister 1972-73 First period as prime minister 1976-79 Second period as PM 1989-92 Third period as PM 1999 Acquitted in murder trial; 2002 Convicted on appeal; 2003 Conviction overturned He was accused by a supergrass of sharing a "kiss of honour" with the Mafia's "boss of bosses", Toto Riina, at a secret meeting in 1987. And he was tried for allegedly ordering the murder of a journalist who had threatened to publish details of his alleged Mafia involvement. His acquittal was subsequently overturned by an appeals court, w
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President Romano Prodi - Speaker Profile | Celebrity Speakers President Romano Prodi Former Prime Minister of Italy, President of the European Commission (1999 - 2004) President Romano Prodi served as President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) of Italy twice, from 1996 - 1998 and 2006 - 2008. He became President of the European Commission at a time of crisis, from 1999 - 2004. In 2008, he was named by the UN as president of the African Union - UN peacekeeping panel. In 2009, he was appointed Professor-at-Large at the Watson Institute for International Studies of Brown University. "One of Italy's most successful post-war Prime Ministers" In detail Romano Prodi graduated in economics at Milan's Catholic University and did postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics. He also spent a year as visiting professor at Harvard in 1974. He has received almost 20 honorary degrees from institutions in Italy, and from the rest of Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa. From 1982-1989 and 1993-1994 Prodi was CEO of the powerful state-owned industrial holding company IRI. He surprised everyone by successfully getting Italy accepted as a member of the single European currency against all odds. What he offers you Romano Prodi, an expert economist and negotiator and prominent pro-European, provides his worldwide audiences with insights into his commitment to deliver on all issues from leading state-run industries to successful international political negotiation. His low-key style of government by consensus and compromise won over millions of Italians, achieving continued success through a carefully managed policy of government financial and fiscal discipline. How he presents A seasoned, thoughtful and articulate world leader, Romano Prodi is a man of concrete deeds who has an understated style, backed up by delivery and action. Languages He presents in Italian & English. Want to know more? Give us a call or send us an e-mail to find out exactly what he could bring to your event. How to book President Romano Prodi? Simply phone, fax or e-mail us. Topics Italian Politics The Future of Europe
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What is the Christian name of the female singer Duffy?
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Duffy — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm singer-songwriter There are several artists who go by the name Duffy . The most notable of these is Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy (born Aimée Ann Duffy ). 1) ’60s-sounding Welsh blues singer Aimee Anne Duffy - known professionally as Duffy - released her debut single Rockferry in December 2007. After relocating to London in 2006, she came to the attention of Rough Trade. She is often compared to late ’60s soul diva Dusty Springfield and has experienced significant mainstream success with the single Mercy reaching #1… read more
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Judith Weir as Master of the Queen's Music is a vital step for new composers | Jessica Duchen | Opinion | The Guardian Judith Weir as Master of the Queen's Music is a vital step for new composers Jessica Duchen As a once aspiring composer myself I know how difficult it is for women to enter – never mind succeed in – this profession ‘Judith Weir, whose works have been praised for their ‘lightness, wisdom and sheer imagination' by Guardian critic Tom Service, is one of Britain’s most distinguished composers.' Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian Sunday 29 June 2014 11.30 EDT Share on Messenger Close Judith Weir is to be appointed Master of the Queen's Music . Weir, 60, will be the first woman ever appointed to this role, which has existed for nearly 400 years . The title may be archaic, the job's implied responsibilities establishmentarian, but given the struggles for recognition that have faced women composers over the centuries it is still a significant crack in a crystal ceiling. In an ideal world, nobody would think of mentioning her gender. Weir, whose works have been praised for their " lightness, wisdom and sheer imagination " by Guardian critic Tom Service, is one of Britain's most distinguished composers, her track record including everything from grand scale operas to intimate music for solo piano. Her latest opera, Miss Fortune, was not warmly received, but seems to have been a rare glitch in an output of otherwise sterling quality. Her new role is one that has evolved to become the musical equivalent of the Poet Laureate (a position currently held by Carol Ann Duffy , who sets a similar precedent). As the official website of the British Monarchy says, the holder "may choose to produce compositions to mark royal or state occasions if he or she wishes to do so". The musician is paid only an honorary stipend. Few composers of lasting renown held the job for its first 300 years. It was only in the 20th century that the post began to be awarded to those with a higher public profile – notably Elgar, Arnold Bax and Arthur Bliss. As media influence grew, so did opportunities for this official composer to use the increase in clout as a platform to speak up on behalf of classical music in general – something that the outgoing holder, Peter Maxwell Davies, has done many times in the past decade. That is why Weir's appointment is welcome first for her music – but also, inevitably, for more than her music. Women composers face a ceiling made not of one sheet of plate glass, but a multicoloured mosaic of issues. Classical music is still dominated by works written well before women were given the vote. The perceived "difficulty" of contemporary music in the postwar years did not help to endear it to sales-aware promoters, and even now opportunities to air new compositions remain limited. This year's Proms include music by eight women composers and songwriters – a relatively large number, believe it or not, yet still only a fraction of the 88 concerts on offer. Another major problem is that the paucity of successful role models has made it rare for younger women to consider becoming composers. I remember arriving, in the 1980s, for my first term at university in great excitement at the idea of trying to compose, having been encouraged to do so at my school, one alumna of which is Weir herself. It did not take long to discover that women would-be composers were doomed to a series of patronising putdowns by resistant faculty and arrogant male students. The strongest – I wasn't one – survived despite this environment rather than because of it. You had to be tough and believe in yourself, because nobody else was going to believe in you. Most people need a star by which to navigate and, though women composers did exist, they were few in number and far, far away. I hope all that has changed now. As Master of the Queen's Music (let's not worry about redubbing her "Mistress", a word loaded with the contradictory atmospheres of schoolroom and boudoir), Weir becomes a necessary figurehead: visible, high-profile proof that women not
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The rights to which children's book were bequeathed to the Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929?
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History | Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity Barrie requested that the amount raised from Peter Pan should never be revealed, and the hospital has always honoured his wishes. Legacy Although he and his wife were childless, Barrie loved children and had supported Great Ormond Street Hospital for many years. In 1929 he was approached to sit on a committee to help buy some land so that the hospital could build a much needed new wing. Barrie declined to serve on the committee but said that he "hoped to find another way to help". Two months later, the hospital board was stunned to learn that Sir James had handed over all his rights to Peter Pan. At a Guildhall dinner later that year Barrie, as host, claimed that Peter Pan had been a patient in Great Ormond Street Hospital and that "it was he who put me up to the little thing I did for the hospital". JM Barrie dedication plaque So began the enduring link between the author and the children of Great Ormond Street Hospital. On 14 December 1929, at Barrie’s suggestion, the cast of a London production of Peter Pan came to the hospital and they played out the nursery scene for the children, the first of a long tradition. Peter Pan archives and memorials Peter Pan and memorials to J M Barrie can be found throughout the hospital, for example: A bronze statue of Peter Pan and Tinker Bell outside the hospital entrance. A plaque dedicated to Barrie in the hospital chapel (unveiled in 1938 by J B Priestley). Tinker Bell play area in Octav Botnar Wing. A tiled mural created and donated by the art students of the University of Wolverhampton. You can view some of these archives and memorials in our Peter Pan photo gallery . Please note that the hospital is not a public place and some of the memorials are not accessible to the general public.
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J.M. Barrie (Author of Peter Pan) edit data Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired him in writing about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (included in The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play" about this ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. This play quickly overshadowed his previous work and although he continued to write su Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish author and dramatist, best remembered today as the creator of Peter Pan. The child of a family of small-town weavers, he was educated in Scotland. He moved to London, where he developed a career as a novelist and playwright. There he met the Llewelyn Davies boys who inspired him in writing about a baby boy who has magical adventures in Kensington Gardens (included in The Little White Bird), then to write Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up, a "fairy play" about this ageless boy and an ordinary girl named Wendy who have adventures in the fantasy setting of Neverland. This play quickly overshadowed his previous work and although he continued to write successfully, it became his best-known work, credited with popularising the name Wendy, which was very uncommon previously. Barrie unofficially adopted the Davies boys following the deaths of their parents. Before his death, he gave the rights to the Peter Pan works to Great Ormond Street Hospital, which continues to benefit from them. ...more
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Cabaret Tickets - Cabaret The Musical With Will Young - ATG Tickets Cabaret Cabaret Direct from his award nominated performance as Emcee, internationally celebrated singer/songwriter Will Young reprises his role in Rufus Norris’ acclaimed production of Cabaret.... Read more >> Running time: 2h 25m including one interval Cabaret Overview Direct from his award nominated performance as Emcee, internationally celebrated singer/songwriter Will Young reprises his role in Rufus Norris’ acclaimed production of Cabaret. Following a successful West End run, the UK tour of Cabaret will open at New Wimbledon Theatre on Wednesday 28 August. Ever since winning the inaugural series of Pop Idol in 2002, Will Young has been one of the UK’s most popular and successful music artists and holds the record for the fastest selling debut single in British chart history. Will has also enjoyed a successful acting career which saw him appear alongside Dame Judi Dench in the film Mrs Henderson Presents, and it is the combination of these talents which has led him to star in Cabaret. Siobhan Dillon joins the cast as the iconic Sally Bowles, reprising the role from the UK tour in 2009. Siobhan was a popular finalist on the BBC’s hit show How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? Following Maria, Siobhan won a record deal with Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group and also co-wrote and recorded an album for Universal Music. Last year she starred in the highly acclaimed UK tour of Can’t Smile Without You, and recently she made her West End debut in Grease, both to rave reviews. Theatre veteran Lyn Paul will play Fraulein Schneider, with Matt Rawle (Cliff), Linal Haft (Herr Schultz) and Nicholas Tizzard (Ernst) returning after great acclaim in the West End. Varlerie Cutko will play Fraulein Kost with an ensemble including: Alastair Postlewaite, Alessia Lugoboni, Alexzandra Sarmiento, Cydney Uffindell-Phillips, Emily Bull, Luke Fetherston, Oliver Roll and Shahla Tarrant. Since its Broadway premiere in 1966 and the renowned movie version with Liza Minnelli and Joel Grey, Cabaret has won a staggering number of stage and screen awards including 8 Oscars, 7 BAFTAs and 13 Tonys. Cabaret features show-stopping choreography, dazzling costumes and some of the most iconic songs in musical theatre including Money Makes the World Go Round, Two Ladies, Maybe This Time and of course Cabaret. The production turns Weimar Berlin of 1931 into a sassy, sizzling haven of decadence. And at its dark heart are the notorious Emcee and sassy Sally Bowles, who perform nightly at the infamous Kit Kat Klub. Rufus Norris is a multi-award winning theatre, opera and film director whose production of London Road at the National Theatre, where he is associate director, won the Critics Circle Award for Best Musical. Other theatre includes Vernon God Little (Young Vic), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Broadway), Festen (West End and Broadway) The Country Girl (Apollo) and Afore Night Came (Young Vic, Evening Standard Award). Featuring Tim Roth, Cillian Murphy, Rory Kinnear, and original music by Damon Albarn, his debut feature film Broken opened the prestigious Critics’ Week at the Cannes film festival in 2012. It was produced by Cuba Pictures, BBC Films, Lypsync and Bill Kenwright. Choreography is by the Olivier award winning Javier De Frutos. In 1990, he formed The Javier De Frutos Dance Company. His work includes The Hypochondriac Bird and Affliction of Loneliness. Recently he joined forces with Sadler’s Wells and The Pet Shop Boys to create a brand new dance work based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story, The Most Incredible Thing. Recommended as suitable for over 13s, subject to parental/teacher guidance, as the subject matter deals with adult themes and the staging includes some brief moments of nudity.
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John Gielgud (Author of Acting Shakespeare) edit data Sir Arthur John Gielgud, OM, CH was an English actor/director/producer. A descendant of the renowned Terry acting family, he achieved early international acclaim for his youthful, emotionally expressive Hamlet which broke box office records on Broadway in 1937. He was known for his beautiful speaking of verse and particularly for his warm and expressive voice, which his colleague Sir Alec Guinness likened to "a silver trumpet muffled in silk".[1][2] Gielgud is one of the few entertainers who have won an Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony Award.
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"Who wrote the violin concertos ""The Four Seasons""?"
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Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons - YouTube Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons 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 Apr 23, 2012 Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons Full HD (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a set of four violin concertos by Antonio Vivaldi Full Concert. Composed in 1723, The Four Seasons is Vivaldi's best-known work, and is among the most popular pieces of Baroque music. The texture of each concerto is varied, each resembling its respective season. For example, "Winter" is peppered with silvery pizzicato notes from the high strings, calling to mind icy rain, whereas "Summer" evokes a thunderstorm in its final movement, which is why the movement is often dubbed "Storm." The concertos were first published in 1725 as part of a set of twelve concerti, Vivaldi's Op. 8, entitled Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione (The Contest between Harmony and Invention). The first four concertos were designated Le quattro stagioni, each being named after a season. Each one is in three movements, with a slow movement between two faster ones. At the time of writing The Four Seasons, the modern solo form of the concerto had not yet been defined (typically a solo instrument and accompanying orchestra). Vivaldi's original arrangement for solo violin with string quartet and basso continuo helped to define the form. Die Vier Jahreszeite, Les Quatre Saisons compléter completare all movements English Chamber Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 1 RV 269-1 - Allegro - Spring Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 1 RV 269-2 - Largo - Spring Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 1 RV 269-3 - Allegro - Spring Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 2 RV 315-1 - Allegro Non Molto - Allegro - Summer Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 2 RV 315-2 - Adagio - Summer Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 2 RV 315-3 - Presto - Summer Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 3 RV 293-1 - Allegro - Autumn Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 3 RV 293-2 - Molto Adagio - Autumn Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 3 RV 293-3 - Allegro - Autumn Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 4 RV 297-1 - Allegro Non Molto - Winter Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 4 RV 297-2 - Largo - Winter Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons, Op 8, N. 4 RV 297-3 - Allegro - Winter Le quattro stagioni The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) Die Vier Jahreszeiten Las Cuatro Estaciones Classical Music compléter ganze Konzert von Vivaldi Full Concert Complete Music all movements greatest hits Category
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The 101 Strings Orchestra - Pieces Of Dreams - YouTube The 101 Strings Orchestra - Pieces Of Dreams 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 Apr 17, 2014 Music Fast Facts : To win a gold disc, an album needs to sell 100,000 copies in Britain, and 500,000 in the United States. ▼▼▼ THE 101 STRINGS 101 Strings Orchestra was a brand for a highly successful easy listening symphonic music organization, with a discography exceeding a hundred albums and a creative lifetime of roughly thirty years. Their LPs were individualized by the slogan "The Sound of Magnificence", a cloud logo and sepia-toned photo of the orchestra. The 101 Strings orchestra was composed of 124 string instruments (all male except for the harpist) and was conducted by Wilhelm Stephan. Core staff arrangers were Monty Kelly, Joseph Francis Kuhn and Robert Lowden. All three proved adept at penning original compositions that were stylistically consistent both with contemporary hit songs and each other Kelly's earliest successes were Latin and Spanish travelogues (such as the Soul of Spain series) although, following the British Invasion, he became 101 Strings' 'Now Sound' specialist. Kuhn concentrated on radio-friendly numbers in the 'Pops' orchestral manner ("Blues Pizzicato," etc.) which provided Somerset its initial catalog of originals. Lowden penned lounge ballads (such as "Blue Twilight"). Their body of early 1960s work would be recycled via rerelease throughout the next twenty years. Although many 101 Strings albums are simply orchestrated versions of pop hits and show tunes, the early material contains many examples of the exotica and lounge genres. Songs of the Seasons in Japan, Hawaiian Paradise and East of Suez are three such albums. 101 Strings Play the Blues and Back Beat Symphony comprise early experiments in symphonic-pop hybridization, while Fly Me To The Moon contains five noir-ish originals. In the 30 years of their existence, 101 Strings sold over 50,000,000 records worldwide. DID YOU KNOW ? Pieces of Dreams was written by famous French composer and orchestrator Michel Legrand for the film with the same name. The film was directed by Dan Haller and was released in 1970. Legrand received two Academy Award Nominations: one for the soundtrack in general, the other for "Pieces of dreams" specifically (Best Original song). MHO The 101 Strings at their best with a beautiful rendition of Michel Legrand's outstanding composition "Pieces of Dreams". Romantic, enchanting and a melody that will linger on in your mind, long after you stopped listening...... Enjoy. Category
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Pongo and Perdita feature in which Disney film?
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Perdita | Disney Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia “The most beautiful creature on four legs!” ―Pongo on Perdita Perdita is the female protagonist of the 1961 Disney animated feature film, One Hundred and One Dalmatians . She is the pet of Anita , wife of Pongo , and the mother of 15 Dalmatian puppies and adoptive mother of 84 more puppies. Contents [ show ] Personality Perdita is very well mannered, elegant and radiant; a complete foil to Pongo's goofy nature. She is also rather stern and appears to be a tad more prominent when it comes to disciplining her children, as well as the rascally Pongo. Despite her well-coordinated nature, Perdita tends to be incredibly worrisome in hectic situations and prefers to avoid oncoming conflict by leaving the scene, as shown when Cruella visits. She is also rather observant and appears able to sense nearby danger, being the only one to expect Cruella's villainy even before the kidnapping of her children. A complete contrast to the optimistic Pongo, Perdita's worries can often escalate to pessimism, only to be put to rest by the always headstrong and relentless Pongo. Even so, Perdita is a fierce warrior, and will jump into battle in the situation calls for it. Like Pongo, her primary concerns are her puppies. As such, she has shown to willingly abandon her usual guidelines of self-composure for the sake of her family. Appearances One Hundred and One Dalmatians Perdita in the original film. In the original film, Pongo is searching for mates for himself and his pet Roger Radcliffe . Pongo is close to giving up when he spots Perdita and her pet, Anita . Pongo rushes to the park to follow them. Perdita spots Pongo and is seemingly attracted to him, but tries to look as if she doesn't notice him. Perdita and Anita soon leave and Pongo tries a trick to attract their attention. At first, it seems as if it failed, Perdita was mad at Pongo for making her owner, Anita wet. But as Roger and Anita talk more they fall in love. Perdita falls in love with Pongo as well. Perdita soon becomes pregnant with puppies, but when the family gets a visit from Cruella De Vil she becomes frightened, referring to Cruella as "that devil woman." Perdita hides but is able to hear Cruella's desire for the puppies. Perdita regrets having puppies due to the fact that Cruella wants them. Unfortunately for Perdita, the puppies arrived three weeks later, where it is revealed that she has had fifteen puppies. She is tired afterward but is relieved to hear from Pongo that the puppies are safe thanks to Roger. The puppies grow and are shown watching their favorite show with their parents. Perdita is seen interacting with her various puppies: telling Lucky to get down from the TV, reminding Rolly that they just had dinner, and scolding Patch for his coarse language. After the puppies are put to bed, Pongo and Perdita go on a walk with their respective owners. During their absence, the puppies were kidnapped by Cruella's henchman Jasper and Horace . Pongo and Perdita realize that neither the humans nor Scotland Yard will find their puppies, and take it upon themselves to rescue their children. They use the twilight bark, a canine gossip chain, to spread the news of their stolen puppies. Later, they receive an answer and learn that their puppies are at Hell Hall, Cruella's former home. Perdita immediately goes off on a dangerous journey to rescue the puppies alongside Pongo. The winter conditions make the journey tough, but they eventually meet with a sheepdog called the Colonel, who takes them to the puppies. Upon seeing the other puppies alongside their own fifteen, they decide to take them all to London, knowing that Roger and Anita would never turn them out. 101 Dalmatians: The Series Perdita with Pongo in 101 Dalmatians: The Series. Perdita appears as a supporting character being that her pups take over as the stars. Here she and Pongo after serving minor roles and act as regular parents and often seen with Roger and Anita. Some have speculated that she is a much stricter parent than Pongo but this is arguable as both she
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It's Behind You - Cinderella THE ORIGINS Cinderella- the most popular pantomime story owes its popularity to Perrault. Either Charles or Pierre Perrault retold this already ancient tale in �Histories ou Contes du temps pass��, published in Paris in 1697. There are many older versions of this �rags to riches� story �Scotland had a version called �Rashin Coatie�-after the garment of rushes a King�s daughter had to wear because of her three wicked step-sisters. In this version, as with many others, there is no fairy godmother- Rashin Coatie received her magic from a slaughtered calf- other versions , like �Ashenputtel� from the Grimm Brothers sees her with two step-sisters, and she is aided by a white bird, perched on a tree. In each case the heroine is able to meet her Prince through her kindness to others. One version of the story had already been printed in English before the Perrault publication- �Finetta the Cinder Girl� had been published in 1721 by Madam d�Aulnoy In this story three children are abandoned in the wood, and are taken in by an Ogre. Two sisters live the grand life, and Finetta is forced to be their servant. In this tale she discovers a golden key in the ashes of the fire. This opens a chest filled with beautiful gowns, and again, she gets to meet her Prince in disguise. Even earlier was the Italian story of �La Gatta Cenerentola�- �The Hearth Cat� which dates from 1634. This is a much darker tale, with the heroine not so pure of heart- by her plotting to rid herself of her Step-mother events pass which see her faced with six step-sisters! This version actually has a fairy (living in a date tree) who grants her wishes. Possibly the oldest version exists in China, from a book written around 850-860AD. Yeh-hsien the heroine is kept in rags by her step mother. This time it is a magic fish- or the ghost of a magic fish that grants her desires. The version includes the loss of a slipper, and after a search for the owner, Yeh-hsien gets to marry the King. The Chinese story has nearly all the elements that occur in the later European versions. The slipper- in some versions made of silk, is often believed to be the result of a mis-translation of Perrault�s story- It has been mooted that he described the slipper as �Vair�- rabbit fur, rather than �verre�-Glass. However, it is likely that Perrault always intended the slipper to be made of glass- glass cannot be stretched, and by being made of glass, it could be seen to fit. The final proof must be that the Perrault title was �Cendrillon, ou la petit pantoufle de verre�. THE PERRAULT 'CINDERELLA' 'CINDERILLA' or The Little Glass Slipper A gentleman- now a widower, married his second wife �The proudest and most haughty woman that ever was known�. She had two daughters who were exactly like her. The gentleman had a daughter by his former wife �but of unparalleled goodness and sweetness of temper�. After the wedding the Step-Mother began to display her ill humour. She could not bear the good qualities in her step-daughter, as it made her own daughters all the more hated and despised. The gentleman�s daughter was treated as a servant by these three, and lived in the top rooms of the house in a garret,on a bed of straw, while her own daughters lay in fine rooms, upon beds in the newest fashion. The poor girl bore all patiently, and dared not tell her Father, who was governed entirely by his wife. When she had finished her work, she would sit in the chimney corner, and sit down upon the cinders. Her cruel step-sister gave her the name �Cinderbreech�, but the youngest of her step-sisters, not as rude and uncivil as her sister called her �Cinderilla�. It happened that the King�s son gave a ball, and invited all persons of quality to it. The step-sisters were invited to it, and were very busy choosing out �such gowns, petticoats, and head-clothes as might become them best�. This was a new trouble for Cinderilla, as she had to iron, and pleat their ruffles. The Sisters
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955) Author: James Hitchcock from Tunbridge Wells, England "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing" is set in Hong Kong in 1949-50, and tells the story of the relationship between Mark Elliott, a white American journalist, and Han Suyin, a half-Chinese half-European doctor. This story of a mixed-race love affair was quite a daring theme for the fifties, and, as it often did, Hollywood tried to soften the blow by casting a white actress as the supposedly non-Caucasian woman who falls in love with a white man, something that would be regarded as politically incorrect today but was quite acceptable then.. (Think, for example, of the casting of Ava Gardner in "Show Boat" or Natalie Wood in "West Side Story") The setting of the story in a British colony was also perhaps a way of exploring racial issues in a way that would cause less controversy in America. Suyin loses her job in a Hong Kong hospital because her British superiors take exception to the fact that she is dating a white man, whom she is unable to marry because his estranged wife will not grant him a divorce. As was sometimes the case, European colonialism was made the whipping-boy for some of America's own failings. Imagine the furore that would have been unleashed had a similar film been made about a black or mixed-race woman doctor in a hospital in Alabama. Besides racial issues, the film also raises questions of international politics, referring to both the Communist seizure of power in China and the outbreak of the Korean War. Han Suyin was a real person and a well-known author of the period; in reality she tended to support Mao's Communist regime, but here she is shown as firmly anti-Communist. This is not, however, primarily an "issue" movie about either racialism or politics, but rather a romance, a good example of what would have been known at the time as a "woman's picture". Such films, although mostly made by male directors, were mostly aimed at female audiences. They dealt with love and romance- often unhappy romance- from the woman's point of view, and had a strong female character in the leading role. The genre often provided roles for actresses older than the heroines of standard romances. Earlier examples were normally in monochrome, but by the fifties they generally, as here, used lush, sumptuous colour. Although a Chinese or Eurasian actress would have been more convincing in the role, Jennifer Jones, does a very good job as Suyin. I found William Holden, as Mark, rather uncharismatic, but this does not matter much as Suyin is very much the dominant figure. She is screen much more than Mark, and the film examines her family and professional life much more than it does his. Although Jennifer was still strikingly beautiful, she was in her mid-thirties, rather older than most romantic heroines of films of this period. Holden was about the same age, unusually for the fifties when "boy-meets-girl" often meant "older man meets girl". The film is not particularly profound, but is well-made with some attractive photography, particularly of Hong Kong itself, reflecting the growing trend in the fifties for shooting on location rather than on studio sets. Seldom can Hong Kong have looked so beautiful; the view from a hill overlooking the city takes on a special meaning, as this is where Suyin and Mark go for their romantic assignments. The overall mood is one of poignant, doomed romance, a mood heightened by the atmospheric photography and the musical score, including one of the most memorable movie themes ever written. 7/10 Was the above review useful to you?
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Shakespeare in Love: 11 Romantic Destinations from Shakespeare's Plays - The Column from Trafalgar Couples & Romance , Destinations , Europe , France , Greece , Italy , See & Do , Spain , Travel , Travel Inspiration , United Kingdom In celebration of Shakespeare’s 400th birthday, why not discover the real life locations of many of his plays. From the Italian cities of Verona and Rome to bewitching Paris and historic London, visit 11 of Europe’s most romantic destinations, using Shakespeare’s plays as your inspiration. Vienna, Austria Vienna is an architecturally rich capital city peppered with Imperial palaces. But it’s also Vienna’s great artists that have made it such an alluring location, from Classical composer Beethoven to contemporary artist Klimt. It’s on these culturally vibrant streets that Shakespeare’s play Measure for Measure takes place. With justice, corruption and purity as the play’s main themes, the Duke of Vienna pretends to leave the city on diplomatic business, but instead remains there in disguise to spy on the judge left in charge. Visit Vienna on Prague, Vienna and Budapest , Imperial Highlights , Highlights of Bohemia , Sound of Music , Highlights of Austria, Slovenia and Croatia , Best of Germany and Austria and Switzerland and Austria . Paris, France The City of Light has long been considered one of the world’s most romantic destinations, renowned for its iconic monuments, scenic River Seine and attractive boulevards with intimate bistros and brasseries. With scenes set in Paris, Shakespeare’s play All’s Well That Ends Well tells the story of a physician’s daughter who is given in marriage to the man she loves, but refused due to her lower rank. The story follows her endeavours to win him over. Visit Paris on Highlights of France , Paris Explorer , Delights of London and Paris , Wonderful France , The Treasures of France , Secrets of France and Best of France . Athens, Greece With its maze of narrow streets and ancient architecture of crumbling ruins, Athens inspires romance at every turn. And it’s in the woodland surrounding the city that Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream is set, in which four lovers become entangled in a dispute between the King and Queen of the fairies. Visit Athens on Athens and Aegean , Greek Island Explorer , Ancient Lands , Aegean Odyssey , Greek Island Hopper , Best of Greece with 4 Day Aegean Cruise and Best of Greece . Rome, Italy An exceptionally rich history of arts and culture is at the heart of Roman life, amidst majestic architecture and temple ruins that reflect the immense power once held by the Roman Empire. Look up at the frescoes painted by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel and wander through the Vatican City. Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar is set here, in which the playwright tells the story of Caesar’s dictatorial ambition, and its disastrous consequences. Sicily, Italy Sicily lies within the Mediterranean waters just off the southern tip of Italy, encompassing mountainous landscape, the stratovolcano Mount Etna, and the vibrant market town of Palermo, located on the island’s sublime shores. It’s here that Shakespeare set his play The Winter’s Tale, in which King Leontes believes his wife, Hermione, is having an affair, with tragic ensuing events. Venice, Italy Crisscrossed with canals, the cluster of islands within Venice are home to vast piazzas, marble palaces and winding narrow streets. Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, The Merchant of Venice, unfolds in the 16th century city, focussing on the story’s merchant, Antonio; his friend, Bassanio; the romantic interest, Portia; and the moneylender, Shylock. Verona, Italy Verona is a romantic destination in its own right, with medieval and Renaissance architecture and a Roman Arena that’s considered one of the world’s greatest opera venues. But it’s Shakespeare’s famous romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, that makes the city even more appealing. Visit the 14th century house where Juliet’s balcony scene is said to have been set, and follow in the footsteps of the play’s star-crossed lovers. Visit these
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Distance-Rate-Time and other Problems The equation that relates distance, rate, and time is d = rt Where d is the distance traveled, r is the rate, and t is the time. On the CAHSEE exam, you will be given two of these and will be asked to use the above equation to find the third. Example 1 It took Markus half an hour to drive home from work. He averaged 34 miles per hour. How far does Markus live from his work? Solution We are given that it takes 1/2 an hour for the trip. This is a time: t = 1/2 We are given that he averages 34 miles per hour. This is a rate: r = 34 We are asked how few he has traveled. This is a distance. We use the d=rt equation: d = rt = 17 Markus lives 17 miles from work. Now try one by yourself. If you want to see the answer, put your mouse on the yellow rectangle and the answer will appear. Exercise 1 The current along the beach is moving towards the south at 1.5 miles per hour. If a piece of debris is placed into the water, how far will the current take it in 6 hours? Example 2 Elena always rides her bicycle at a speed of 15 miles per hour. On Sunday, she goes on a 24 mile bike ride. How many hours does this ride take? Solution The speed of 15 miles per hour is a rate. The key words that tell us that this is a rate are "speed" and "miles per hour". We can write: r = 15 Next, 24 miles is a distance. We have: d = 24 Now use the d=rt equation to get 24 = 15t To solve this, divide both sides by 15 to get t = 24/15 Both are divisible by 3, so this fraction reduces to t = 8/5 = 1.6 Elena's ride takes 1.6 hours. Now try one by yourself. If you want to see the answer, put your mouse on the yellow rectangle and the answer will appear. Exercise 2 Roberto will be driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas tomorrow. He can average 60 miles per hour for the trip. It is 282 miles from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. How long will it take Roberto to drive from Los Angeles to Las Vegas? Example 3 Juan has just completed a 5 kilometer race in 20 minutes. What was his average speed in kilometers per hour? Solution First, 5 kilometers is a distance, so d = 5 Next, we are given 20 minutes and we are asked to present the speed in kilometers per hour rather than kilometers per minute. We need to convert 20 minutes to hours. Since there are 60 minutes per hour, we divide by 60 to find out how many hours it took t = 20 minutes / 60 minutes per hour = 1/3 hours Now we can use the d=rt equation: 5 = (r)(1/3) If we multiply both sides by 3, we get (3)(5) = (r)(1/3)(3) r = 15 Juan's average speed was 15 kilometers per hour. Now try one by yourself. If you want to see the answer, put your mouse on the yellow rectangle and the answer will appear. Exercise 3 It takes 2 hours for a turtle to move a distance of 60 meters. How fast in kilometers per hour is the turtle moving? Problems Involving Work Related to the d=rt equation are problems that involve work. We will look at a few such examples. Example 4 If one person paints the outside of a house, then it will take that person 56 hours to complete the job. If a team of 4 people each work 7 hours per day, how many days will it take the team to paint the outside of the house? Solution The strategy that we will take is to first find out how many person-hours each day the house is being painted. Since there are 4 people on the job and each works 7 hours in a day, there are (4)(7) = 28 person-hours each day. We can now divide the number of hours to complete the job by the number of person-hours to find the total number of days: Days = (56 hours) / (28 person-hours per day) = 2 days It will take 2 days for the team to finish painting the house. Now try one by yourself. If you want to see the answer, put your mouse on the yellow rectangle and the answer will appear. Exercise 4 It would take one person 72 hours to h
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Name Erin - The Meaning Of The Name The Meaning Of The Name Toggle navigation Name: Erin Gender: Female Usage: Erin, of Scottish-Gaelic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name. People having the name Erin are in general originating from Australia, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States of America. Peace Ireland Please feel free to read what others say about this name and to share your comments if you have more information. N.B. Sometimes it happens that another name has the same meaning. There is nothing surprising in this: both names have the same origin or the same numbers of numerology. To test the compatibility of this name with another, enter a name and click The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 1. Interpretation: Learn more with our free Numerology Tool Popularity of the Name The name Erin is ranked on the 197th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used. We estimate that there are at least 2911200 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.04% of the population. The name Erin has four characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database. The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Erin for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.: We do not have a name day for Erin. For other names check our Name Day Calendar History and Origin Erin is a Hiberno-English derivative of the Irish word "Éirinn". "Éirinn" is the dative case of the Irish word for Ireland - "Éire", genitive "Éireann". The dative form is the one usually used in spoken Irish where the written language would require the nominative "Éire". Poets and nineteenth-century Irish nationalists used Erin in English as a romantic name for Ireland. In this context, along with Hibernia, Erin is the name given to the female personification of Ireland, but the name was rarely used as a given name, probably due to the fact that no saints, queens, or literary figures were ever called Erin. According to Irish mythology and folklore, the name was originally given to the island by the Milesians after the goddess Ériu. Erin go bragh ("Éirinn go brách" in standard orthography), a slogan dating from the 1798 revolution, is often translated as "Ireland forever". The etymology of the word as it drifted throughout the Gaelic region gave rise to its use by the early Scots to both mean Ireland and "west" - as Ireland lies to the west of Scotland. English and Irish: from Gaelic Éirinn, dative case of Éire Ireland. Erin has been used as a poetic name for Ireland for centuries, and in recent years this has become a very popular given name. It has enjoyed particular popularity in the United States, even among people with no Irish ancestry. The section "History and Origin" of this page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article " Erin "; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) . You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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Northern Ireland - Wikitravel Northern Ireland English, Irish, Ulster Scots(No official language) Religion Time Zone UTC, UTC+1(DST) Northern Ireland is located on the island of Ireland and is administratively part of the United Kingdom . Northern Ireland has stunning landscapes and scenery. Despite its former reputation as being violent and dangerous the political situation has stabilised quite a bit. Although a few extremist paramilitary organizations are still active, the six counties are much safer to visit than they formerly were. Regions Edit Northern Ireland was created in 1921 when the British government split Ireland into two autonomous territories. It comprises six of the nine counties of Ulster (one of the four ancient Irish provinces), with the remaining three (Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal) staying in what is now the modern day Republic of Ireland . For this reason Ulster is a popular colloquial alternative name for Northern Ireland, even if it is not in the strictest sense historically accurate. Regions of Northern Ireland A rural county, home to the Sperrin Mountains. Place names and national identity Edit Owing to the political situation in the region, the actual nomenclature used for the region itself, and certain towns and cities is something of a sensitive issue. As a general rule, those who sympathise with the Unionist/Loyalist cause (i.e. those who wish Northern Ireland to remain part of the United Kingdom), tend to steer away away from calling the country "Ireland", or describing themselves as "Irish" - preferring the terms "Ulster" or "Northern Ireland", or "Northern Irish" or "British", to differentiate themselves from the Republic, which is commonly referred to simply as "The South". For the Republican/Nationalist side (i.e those who wish Northern Ireland to secede from the United Kingdom and reunite with the Republic to form a single independent Ireland), the opposite is true - in formal conversation they will refer to the country as the "North of Ireland" or simply "Ireland", since the ancient province of Ulster actually includes three counties (Monaghan, Donegal and Cavan) which are still part of the Republic of Ireland. The best example of this ambiguity however, is the city of Londonderry, which is still recognised by its pre-Union name of Derry among the Republican/Nationalist community - the most visible evidence of this being the road signs that point to the city from the Republic which still say "Derry", contrasting with those that say "Londonderry" in Northern Ireland. Some road maps tried to resolve this by referring it as "Londonderry/Derry", which gave rise to the nickname "Stroke City" among locals. ("Stroke" is one word for what, in American English, is usually called a "slash": / ) However a compromise was reached in the 1990s, whereby the city's local council was renamed "City of Derry Corporation", whilst it was still called "Londonderry" officially at national level. Cities Edit Northern Ireland is home to numerous cities and towns. Below is a list of nine of the most notable. Other urban areas are listed on their specific county article. Belfast ("mouth of the river bank") — the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. It is also the second largest city on the island of Ireland (after Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland), and the fifteenth largest in the United Kingdom. Shattered by more than three decades of paramilitary conflict, Belfast has undergone a renaissance in recent years and is now a vibrant, modern city. It has been voted the fourth best city in the UK for a city break in the Guardian/Observer travel awards. Derry, or Londonderry ("the Maiden City") —On the banks of the Foyle River is the second city of Northern Ireland and fourth city of Ireland is well worth a visit for its famous stone city walls (which date from the 16th century and are the only complete city walls in Ireland). Armagh — ecclesiastical capital of Ireland; containing the headquarters of both the (Anglican) Church of Ireland and the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. Bangor — a
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What is a bottomless pit or chasm, a very deep gorge, or a reference to something unfathomable and usually threatening or chaotic, such as hell?
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barrons_word_list_4700.pdf - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. barrons_word_list_4700.pdf Last Modified: 2012-03-07 Views: 27 1 abase lower; degrade; humiliate; make humble; make (one- self) lose self-respect ♠ abash embarrass ♠ abate subside or moderate abbreviate shorten abdicate renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibil- ity) aberrant abnormal or deviant aberration deviation from the normal; mental disorder ♠ abet assist usually in doing something wrong; encourage ♠ abeyance suspended action abhor detest; hate abject (of a condition) wretched; as low as possible; lacking pride; very humble; showing lack of self-respect; Ex. abject apology abjure renounce upon oath ablution washing abnegation renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation abolish cancel; put an end to abominate loathe; hate abominable detestable; extremely unpleasant aboriginal being the first of its kind in a region; primitive; native; indigenous; N. aborigine abortive unsuccessful; fruitless abrasive rubbing away; tending to grind down abridge condense or shorten abrogate abolish ♠ abscission cutting off; separation abscond depart secretly and hide absolute complete; totally unlimited; having complete power; certain; not relative; Ex. absolute honesty/ruler; CF. absolutism absolve pardon (an offense) abstain refrain; withhold from participation; intentionally not use one’s vote;l ݶ abstemious sparing in eating and drinking; temperate abstinence restraint from pleasant things, esp. eating or drinking; CF. abstention: act of abstaining from vote abstract theoretical; not concrete; nonrepresentational ♥ representational (of a style of art) showing things as they actually appear in real life abstruse obscure; profound; difficult to understand abusive coarsely insulting; physically harmful ♠ abut border upon; adjoin abysmal bottomless abyss enormous chasm; vast bottomless pit academic related to a school; not practical or directly useful accede agree accelerate move faster accessible easy to approach; obtainable accessory additional object; useful but not essential thing acclaim applaud; praise; greet with great approval; an- nounce with great approval; Ex. The new drung has been acclaimed as the most important discoveries for years; N: strong expression of approval and praise acclimate adjust to climate or environment; adapt ♠ acclivity sharp upslope of a hill; OP. declivity accolade award of merit; strong praise and approval ♥merit good quality deserving praise; merits: aspect of char- acter or behavior deserving approval or disapproval; Ex. judge each plan on its own merits; V: deserve; earn ♥ demerit fault; bad quality ♥ earn gain for the performance of service or labor; gain (something that one deserves); deserve accommodate oblige or help someone; adjust or bring into harmony; adapt; make enough space for; ADJ. accommoda- tive; CF. accomodating: helpful and obliging accomplice partner in crime accord agreement accost approach and speak first to a person ♠ accoutre equip; N. accoutrement accretion growth or increase in size by gradual addition; growth; increase; increase by natural growth; Ex. towers and other accretions of the castle; V. accrete accrue come to one as a gain; accumulate over time; come about by addition; Ex. benefits that accrue from scientific research; Ex. interest accruing in a bank account; N. accrual ♠ acerbity bitterness of speech and temper; ADJ. acerbic: bit- ter; acrid (in taste, manner, or tone) ♥ bitter having a sharp biting taste; H; causing sharp pain to the body or mind; filled with resentment, disappointment, or other unpleasant feelings; Ex. bitter wind/sorrow/tears ♥ biting sharply painful to the body or mind; Ex. biting wind/remarks ♠ acetic vinegary ♠ acidulous slightly sour (in taste or manner); sharp; caustic acknowledge recognize; admit ♠ acme peak; pinnacle; highest point acoustics science of sound; quality that makes a room eas
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A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma - TV Tropes A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account Share A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma × — The Riddler, The Long Halloween A Stock Phrase typically used to describe something that is immensely puzzling to figure out or extraordinarily complex to fully understand, often relying on hyperbole and, occasionally, sarcasm. The phrase is often open to great interpretation and variation. Its three distinct-yet-related nouns allow for a variety of setups and gags related to The Triple and dependent on the Rule of Three . Frequently, the last item of the phrase is changed to something completely different and irrelevant to mystery for Rule of Funny , and the exact order of what's wrapped and inside what varies with almost every separate occasion the phrase is evoked. Sometimes, one of the three parts may be dropped for gags and line deliveries that require a faster pacing; conversely, additional clauses can be added for greater exaggeration . The trope name originates from a statement made by Sir Winston Churchill in 1939 about what role The Soviet Union might play in World War II : "I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, but perhaps there is a key. That key is Russian national interest." Not to be confused with Riddle for the Ages . Examples open/close all folders American Newspapers An article from January 2008 in The New York Times that explains why fortune cookies are absent from Chinese restaurants in China was titled "Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Cookie." Fanfic At one point in the Homestuck fanfic Moirallegiance Is Science, Vriska is described in this manner. You're complicated. You're like a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, sealed with obscurity, and shipped through the WTF postal service. That's just the package you come in .'' Films — Animated In Monsters vs. Aliens , General Monger refers to the top-secret prison Susan is taken to as "an X-File, wrapped in a cover-up, and deep-fried in paranoid conspiracy." Films — Live-Action In Oliver Stone's film JFK , David Ferrie refers to the Kennedy Assassination as "a mystery wrapped in a riddle inside an enigma" when trying to convince Jim Garrison to drop his investigation during a paranoia-fueled rant. In Holy Flying Circus , the character Alan Dick uses the phrase "he's a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a shit" to describe Malcolm Muggeridge's unpredictability. Literature From Tiassa , two guardsmen conversing, as rendered by Paarfi of Roundwood: "An Easterner with an Imperial Title!" "Well," said Nill, "this is an enigma wrapped in, ah..." "Another enigma?" "Precisely." In Heat Rises, Jameson Rook claims "What can I say? I'm an enigma inside a conundrum inside a condom." Used by Verin Sedai in The Wheel of Time (namely, in The Dragon Reborn): "Name hidden within name shrouded by name. Secret buried within secret cloaked by secret." Live-Action TV In one episode of Seinfeld , Elaine and Jerry get into a discussion about the nature of Newman. Elaine: Maybe he's an enigma—a mystery wrapped in a riddle. Jerry: He's a mystery wrapped in a Twinkie. The Star Trek: Voyager episode "Riddles" sees The Doctor refer to the Vulcan brain as "a puzzle wrapped inside an enigma housed inside a cranium." In the Supernatural episode "Free To Be You And Me," when Sam takes a 10-Minute Retirement and tries to live a "normal" life, a girl curious to learn about Sam's past but at a loss of words to describe his peculiarity gives Sam the opportunity to quip that he's "a riddle wrapped inside an enigma wrapped inside a taco." On Everybody Loves Raymond , Robert once described himself as "an enigma wrapped in a mystery." Ray promptly replied that Robert was more of "an idiot wrapped in a moron." On Eureka , when the characters are trying to shut down an extremely powerful Death Ray Doomsday Device in the episode "Dr. Nobel," Henry calls the weapon
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Find Another Hotel London is my delight at Easter. The Spring Holiday is a signal for a mass exodus out of town that leaves us with an uncluttered, traffic-free West End; the perfect backdrop for a Happy Easter, whether you are resident or visitor! Now we can throw off our wintered look to face the world with a smile on our face and a tune on our lips. With a new jauntiness in our step we take to the Royal Parks to ride, walk the dog, feed the ducks, tryst our beloveds, make new conquests, and enjoy the scents and colours of London's burgeoning spring. Hyde Park and the more formal Kensington Gardens overlooked by Kensington Palace, together with St. James's Park and Green Park, are the green lungs of London's West End. They provide residents and visitors with gracious walkways that meander through meticulously maintained vistas of floral banks and shrubberies, past impressive bronzes and marbles commemorating people and past glories, and peaceful stretches of water which double as the Queen's London Swanneries. These graceful royal birds are nesting now and will be hatching broods of up to six fluffy cygnets. Hyde Park is a perfect pivotal point from which to enjoy Easter in London. It is at its most beautiful now, its lawns at Hyde Park Corner, where the sandy Rotten Row bridleway meets Park Lane, are now richly caparisoned in purple and gold from the carpet of crocuses and banks of daffodils that scent the air with their subtle narcissus fragrance.�Royalty, nobility, their ladies and courtesans, congregated each morning and afternoon on Rotten Row to see and be seen throughout the 19th century, parading on horseback or in open carriage in their fashionable finery to see and be seen.� Lillie Langtry The bewitching Lillie Langtry first burst upon the London scene here, catching a princely eye, later to be triumphantly paraded on the Row as a prize trophy by her royal�paramour, the future King Edward VII. There are some five miles of bridleways in Hyde Park's 750 acres, of which Rotten Row, (a corruption of the French route de roi), is the most famous. Kings and courtesans, princes and paramours, together with their horses and�escutcheoned carriages are just a memory now, but Hyde Park still provides the finest equestrian exercise in any capital city of the world. If you are in town over Easter, (and I strongly recommend it as an option), venture into the Park on a sunny morning from the Grand Entrance at Hyde Park Corner, or one of the Gates lining the southern aspect of Hyde Park and watch the horses and their mounts on Rotten Row. If you are early enough, you will see a troop of The Queen's Household Cavalry exercising their mounts or possibly training for a royal event. I ride in Hyde Park on a horse hired from the Hyde Park Stables in Bayswater. This long established British Horse Society approved riding centre is tucked away in one of the many picturesque mews streets hidden behind the leafy squares that sprang up around Hyde Park when Regency London expanded west of Park Lane. These little streets tucked behind the�Grecian porticoed residences in the squares�were originally built to house the elegant carriages, horses and their grooms that served the gentry. �Few stables remain in central London now other than Hyde Park Stables, the neighbouring Ross Nye Stables and Pony Club, and The Queen's stables in the Royal Mews behind Buckingham Palace. All have been converted into expensive 'bijou residences' with sleek automobiles behind the stable doors rather than Noddie and nosebag. Equestrian wear on Rotten Row is more casual since Lillie's time, when top hatted Victorian ladies rode side saddle with their chaperone escort. But the age of elegance is not yet dead on Rotten Row, though I have yet to see a lady riding side saddle there, and an obligatory riding helmet has superseded the top hat. The appreciation of the televised Olympic equestrian events at Greenwich Park last year however, has ensured�the fortunes of British equestrian outfitters who now offer bespoke and ready to wear clothing online to an internation
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The London Monopoly Board The London Monopoly Board Jessica Korteman 11 Comments Ah, memories of school holidays past. That’s when the Monopoly board would come out and fill afternoons buying and selling properties with funny names based on an unimaginably posh city faraway. At least that is what it was in my mind. In Australia we traditionally play the UK version of Monopoly with dollars instead of pounds. On coming to London for the first time, we just had to seek out these places that formed a memorable part of our childhoods. In Monopoly get-up, of course! Come with us as we journey around London visiting the properties found on the original British board. Purple/Maroon Square: Old Kent Road American version: Mediterranean Avenue Light Blue Square: The Angel Islington American version: Oriental Avenue Light Blue Square: Euston Road American version: Vermont Avenue Light Blue Square: Pentonville Road American version: Connecticut Avenue American version: St. Charles Place Maroon/Pink Square: Whitehall American version: St. James Place Orange Square: Marlborough Street Orange Square: Vine Street American version: New York Avenue Why Vine Street was included on the Monopoly board is anyone’s guess. In reality it’s a dead-end that serves as a goods delivery entrance for a hotel. It wasn’t the cheapest of the properties either. But we could smell cookies – that’s gotta add to property value! Red Square: The Strand American version: North Carolina Avenue Green Square: Bond Street Now onto the prime positions on the board! Dark Blue Square: Park Lane American version: Park Place White Square: King’s Cross Station American version: Reading Railroad White Square: Fenchurch Street Station American version: B. & O. Railroad White Square: Liverpool Street Station American version: Short Line Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect $200. Where “jail” is might not be specified on the board, but we couldn’t resist including it on our adventure. Tower of London it is! GIVEAWAY TIME! Nomads, would you like to win a 12-month Hostelworld Gold Card Membership? That means the waiving of all your Hostelworld service fees for a full year from activation! To gain two entries into the draw, tell us your favourite Monopoly property (could be one listed here or from the version you play) by commenting on this post by 1 December 2013. Head on over to our Facebook page and tell us your favourite Monopoly property there by commenting on the post pinned to the top of the page (also by 1 December 2013) to receive one extra entry! Maximum number of entries per person: 3. We have two of these awesome memberships to give away! Winners will be drawn at random and will be notified by email or Facebook. Good luck! Want to travel more? Get access to our exclusive monthly updates plus a photo e-book! It's FREE! No spam, just real content. Share this:
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BBC NEWS | UK | Wales | Welsh tributes to ex-PM Callaghan Welsh tributes to ex-PM Callaghan Lord Callaghan 'never lost touch with his former Cardiff constituency' Politicians from Wales have joined the tributes to former prime minister Lord Callaghan of Cardiff, who has died on the eve of his 93rd birthday. Welsh Secretary Peter Hain called him a "much-loved adopted son of Wales" and assembly First Minister Rhodri Morgan said he made an "immense contribution". Lord Kinnock, one of his successors as Labour leader, applauded his "justice, great dignity and determination". James Callaghan was an MP in Cardiff for 42 years. Lord Callaghan died at his home in East Sussex, only 11 days after the death of his wife of 67 years, Audrey, aged 91. He may be the last British politician to have risen from real poverty to the top of the British political tree First Minister Rhodri Morgan He was prime minister from 1976 to 1979, and became the first of three successive Labour leaders to represent south Wales seats. He was followed by Michael Foot, then MP for Blaenau Gwent, and Neil Kinnock, who represented Islwyn. He was MP for Cardiff South-East - later Cardiff South and Penarth - from 1945 until his retirement at the 1987 general election. Neil and Glenys Kinnock who met and cut their political teeth together at Cardiff University in the 1960s, said they had the "great pleasure of working with Jim" when they were students. "Jim had a strong sense of justice, great dignity and determination, and he will long be remembered with huge affection and respect in Cardiff, Wales and internationally," they said in a joint statement. Lord Callaghan died 11 days after his wife Audrey Rhodri Morgan was another young political activist in Cardiff at the time and joined the Labour Party in Lord Callaghan's constituency in the early 1960s. Mr Morgan, who became MP for neighbouring Cardiff West in 1987, said he had lost "a great friend and mentor". 'Warmth and wisdom' "I would like to express my deepest sympathies to his children, Margaret, Michael and Julia and his many grandchildren," said Mr Morgan, who has led the Welsh assembly since 2000. His leadership as prime minister in an enormously difficult time for the Labour Party and the tremendous contribution he made nationally and internationally has always been underestimated Alun Michael MP "He may be the last British politician to have risen from real poverty to the top of the British political tree but the notable thing with Callaghan was that it would never have occurred to him to have a chip on his shoulder about anything." Neath MP Mr Hain, who is also leader of the Commons, said: "Jim Callaghan was a much loved adopted son of Wales, who achieved fantastic heights in government. He will be sorely missed." Alun Michael, who succeeded Lord Callaghan as MP for Cardiff South and Penarth, said he never lost touch with his roots. "His many friends in the constituency will miss the regular contact he maintained even after he ceased to be our MP. "His leadership as prime minister in an enormously difficult time for the Labour Party and the tremendous contribution he made nationally and internationally has always been underestimated. "He was a great statesman, a great leader and a great parliamentarian. "I and many others in the local party will miss his warmth and his wisdom." Conservative leader Michael Howard, who was born and raised in Llanelli, south Wales, said: "Lord Callaghan was the only politician to hold all the high offices of state. "His long and distinguished career was marked by many highs and lows. He will be remembered with affection and respect."
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John Smith: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland The Burial Ground of Relig Odhráin, with Iona Abbey in the Background John Smith, QC, lived from 13 September 1938 to 12 May 1994. He was the leader of the British Labour Party at the time of his sudden death. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline. John Smith was born in Dalmally in Argyll & Bute, and was the son of a headmaster. He grew up in Adrishaig before being sent to board in Dunoon so he could attend Dunoon Grammar School. In 1956 he became a student at the University of Glasgow, studying history until 1959, and then law. While there he formed a close friendship with his future political ally, Donald Dewar. After leaving university, Smith practiced as a solicitor and subsequently became a member of the Faculty of Advocates, the body of lawyers allowed to act as advocates in Scottish courts. In 1983 he became a Queen's Counsel. In a 1961 by-election and in the 1964 General Election, Smith stood unsuccessfully as the Labour Candidate in the East Fife Constituency. In the 1970 General Election he was elected to be the Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire North. He retained this seat until it disappeared as a result of boundary changes in 1983, and thereafter represented the new and closely geographically related constituency of Monklands East. In 1971, for the only time in his political career, he defied Labour Party whips to vote in favour of UK membership of the European Economic Community (the precursor to the European Union). In October 1974, Smith turned down the post of Solicitor General for Scotland in Harold Wilson's Government and instead became a Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Energy. The following year he was promoted to Minister of State. When James Callaghan became Prime Minister in 1976, Smith was appointed Minister of state at the Privy Council Office, and was responsible for driving the Government's controversial plans for devolution in Scotland and Wales through the House of Commons. In November 1978 he became the youngest member of the Cabinet when he was appointed Secretary of State for Trade. Labour lost power to Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party in the 1979 General Election, and Smith became Shadow Energy Secretary. He later served as Shadow Employment Secretary and Shadow Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, before being made Shadow Chancellor by Labour Leader Neil Kinnock in June 1987. On 9 October 1988 Smith suffered a heart attack. This resulted in his being out of politics for three months. He responded by dieting and taking up Munro bagging, going on to climb 108 of the 284 Scottish Munros (separate mountains over 3000ft). When Labour suffered its fourth successive defeat in the 1992 General Election, Neil Kinnock resigned, and John Smith was elected to replace him as Leader of the Labour Party. As leader of the opposition to John Major's Government, Smith proved himself an effective operator, and during his tenure the mood of the country began to shift: for the first time in a long time, Labour began to look credible candidates for Government. In 1993 John Smith committed a future Labour Government to establishing a Scottish Parliament. By the beginning of May 1994, the Labour Party were 23% ahead of the Conservatives in opinion polls. On 12 May 1994, John Smith suffered a second heart attack and died. His funeral was held in Edinburgh, and a memorial service in Westminster Abbey was attended by over 2,000 people. John Smith was buried at the ancient burial ground of Relig Odhráin on the Isle of Iona, where he lies alongside 48 Kings of Dalriada and Scotland, 8 Kings of Norway and 4 Kings of Ireland. As perhaps the best Prime Minister that the UK never had, it is tempting to thing he is in fitting company. John Smith was survived by his wife Elizabeth and thei
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The Wolf Man (1941) | Horror Film Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Wolf Man (1941) Share “ Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the Autumn moon is bright. „ His hideous howl a dirge of death! Directed By 18 image(s) of The Wolf Man (1941) The Wolf Man is a 1941 film directed by George Waggner . It is one of the earliest produced Horror films, and considered to be a classic of cinema. It turned title star Lon Chaney, Jr. into a star and icon of the Horror genre. The film was re-made in 2010. Contents Talbot Castle Having been living abroad for more than eighteen years, Larry Talbot returns home to Llanwelly Village after receiving word of his brother's unfortunate death during a hunting accident. At the expansive Talbot Castle , Larry reunites with his formerly estranged father, Sir John Talbot . The two lament the fact that a death in the family was required for the two men to make restitution with one another, and they both agree to shelve their former animosity. Sir John takes Larry into the attic of the house, which he has since converted into an observatory. Larry admires the giant telescope in the center of the room and begins making adjustments. Sir John leaves him to his work. While looking through the telescope, Larry catches sight of a young, blonde-haired woman across the street. She is in her upstairs bedroom trying on a pair of earrings. Peering downward, Larry notes that the room is above Charles Conliffe's Antiques store. Larry walks over to the store and introduces himself to the young woman, whom he learns is the proprietor's daughter, Gwen . Under the pretense of being a regular customer, Larry begins flirting with her. Gwen avoids his overzealous affections and convinces him to purchase a silver-tipped cane. The cane is unique in that the handle is in the shape of a wolf's head with the mark of the pentagram etched on the side. Gwen explains that the pentagram symbolizes the werewolf and then recites an old poem, "Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright". She further informs him that a werewolf can see the sign of the pentagram in the palm of his next victim. Caring little about occult folklore, Larry asks Gwen out on a date, but she politely turns him down. He refuses to take "no" for an answer though and warns Gwen that he will stop by the shop at 8:00 to pick her up. Gwen again tells him "no", but Larry playfully ignores her. That evening, Larry arrives at the antiques shop as promised. He wants to take Gwen to the nearby gypsy camp to have her fortune told. Gwen agrees, but only if her friend Jenny Williams can come with them. Larry shifts about uncomfortably, but agrees. Bela the Gypsy When they arrive at the camp, Jenny is anxious to have her fortune told. Larry encourages her to go first, allowing him the opportunity to spend more time with Gwen. Gwen warns Larry that she is engaged to be married to a man named Frank Andrews. While the two talk outside, Jenny goes into the tent of Bela the fortune teller. Bela prepares to read her future, but grows horror stricken when he sees the image of the pentagram in Jenny's palm. He tells her that she must go and then rushes out of the tent. Moments later, Larry and Gwen hear a scream of terror and Larry runs towards it to investigate. Through the foggy marsh, he sees a large wolf attacking Jenny Williams. He grapples with the animal and beats it repeatedly with his new cane. During the scuffle, the wolf bites Larry on the chest, but then falls over dead. Gwen and an old gypsy woman named Maleva bring Larry back to Talbot Castle. Immediately, villagers begin mounting a private investigation. Colonel Montford examines the scene and finds the body of Bela the gypsy as well as Larry's silver-tipped cane. The following morning, Sir John summons Doctor Lloyd who examines Larry. When Larry is feeling a bit better rested, he sits up and tries to explain what happened. Sir John's friend Colonel P
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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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"Why Did William Golding Name His Novel 'The Lord of the Flies'?" - A-Level English - Marked by Teachers.com Lord of the Flies, on the surface, may resemble any other children adventure story. ... 5 star(s) Toward the end, Jack who is atrocious and animalistic replaces Ralph who is sensible and far-sighted as chief on the island, suggesting the complete collapse of morality, both within the characters and on the island. The novel ends with the return of order and sanity only when a British naval officer comes to their rescue. To what extent can Lord of the Flies be considered a Marxist piece? 3 star(s) allies (he was on the ship that sank the German ship Bismarck.) Golding said in his essay 'Fable' - originally given as part of a lecture series in 1962 - "My book was to say: you think that now the war is over and an evil thing destroyed, you are safe because you are naturally kind and decent. The Beast in Lord of the Flies 3 star(s) Later Simon discovers that the beast is nothing more than a dead airman and takes the man down to free the boys of "the beast" but by this time the beast is alive and well inside many of the boys. What does chapter one of &quot;The Spire&quot; reveal about Jocelin and his attitude to ... reminds the reader that Jocelin is a man of God and that he has immense faith in Him. This contrasts with the previous paragraph about Goody Pangall where it seemed that Jocelin had become so immersed in his thoughts about her that he had forgotten about who, and where, he was. Lord of the Flies Summary Ralph is furious when he finds that a ship is passing, and the fire at the top of the mountain is out. The hunter's were so excited over their first pig kill that they forgot about the fire. Piggy insults Jack, who hits Piggy, causing him to break one of the lenses of his glasses. Higher - Lord of the Flies - Character not in harmony with his society best for the job, and would seize it by force if necessary. Jack is also the first to partially break the codes of civilisation imposed on the boys by our society. When Ralph, Simon, and he go out, he is the only one who even contemplates killing a pig: "Jack drew his knife again with a flourish. Human Nature in Lord of the Flies are still too strong for him to give in completely to his savage urges. At this point, Roger still feels constrained by ?parents and school and policemen and the law??the figures and institutions that enforce society?s moral code. Before long, Roger and most of the other boys lose their respect for these forces. Lord of the Flies: The Darkness of Man's Heart The first time Ralph blows the conch, the boys dispersed all over the island automatically respond and rush toward the sound, and the group is unified. Ralph sets a new rule regarding the conch: anyone with possession of the shell has the right to speak. Want the latest Marked by Teachers news? Get our newsletter Sign up
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1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? - Liverpool Echo News 1. What is the name of the hit show based on the songs of Abba? 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Which “G” is the name of the Italian astronomer who improved the telescope so much as to discover that there were craters on the moon? 3. For which series of films were the actors Kenneth Williams and Sid James best known? 4. What is the name given to the largest bee in a hive? 5. Which alternative word for the Devil is a Hebrew word with translates as “Lord Of The Flies”? 6. On which TV island might you have found actor Ricardo Montalban? 7. Mozart’s opera, which was a continuation of The Barber Of Seville, was called The Marriage Of . . . who? 8. What is the nearest planet to the Sun? 9. What was the name of the road sweeper played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in Only Fools And Horses? 10. What connects the answers above? 11. What was the nickname of the first Spice Girl to go solo? 12. Which of the following events did Carl Lewis not win a gold medal for at the 1984 Olympics? Long Jump, 400m or 100m relay? 13. Which two actors were nominated for best actor awards at the Oscars in 1991, both for playing wheelchair-bound characters? 14. How is Eldrick Woods better known? 15. Who did Iain Duncan Smith beat in September, 2001, to become the leader of the Conservative Party? 16. Who was the main villain in the cartoon Wacky Races? 17. When the band Hear‘say formed, who was the oldest member at 24? 18. What is the name of the third book of the Bible? 19. What was advertised with Eva Herzagovia using the slogan “hello boys”? 20. Which model gave birth to her daughter, Lola, in September, 2002? 21. “All children, except one, grow up” is the opening line from which famous story? 22. How are Fizz, Milo, Jake and Bella better known collectively? 23. What number on the Beaufort Scale represents a hurricane? 24. In which film did Jodie Foster play a character called Tallulah? 25. What is pathophobia the fear of? 26. What was the title of the TV show Bonanza changed to? 27. What mountain range is the natural habitat of the llama? 28. What nationality was scientist Marie Curie? 29. Who played the title role in the TV series Worzel Gummidge? 30. Which toy was originally called the Pluto Platter when it was first introduced in 1957? 1. Mama Mia; 2. Galileo; 3. Carry On; 4. Queen; 5. Beelzebub; 6. Fantasy; 7. Figaro; 8. Mercury; 9. Trigger; 10. The song Bohemian Rhapsody; 11. Ginger Spice; 12. 400m; 13. Tom Cruise (for Born On The Fourth Of July) and Daniel Day-Lewis (for My Left Foot); 14. Tiger Woods; 15. Ken Clarke; 16. Dick Dastardly; 17. Kym Marsh; 18. Leviticus; 19. The Wonderbra; 20. Kate Moss; 21. Peter Pan; 22. The Tweenies; 23. 12; 24. Bugsy Malone; 25. Illness; 26. Ponderosa; 27. Andes; 28. Polish; 29. Jon Pertwee; 30. Frisbee Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
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Which car manufacturer has a badge with one large star and five small stars in a circle?
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An Encyclopedia of Automotive Emblems Volvo’s Autonomous Driving XC90 Is Already Being Tested by Real Families A Quick Primer on the Hood Ornament Not every brand has a fancy, protruding hood ornament, nor can every brand pull one off. Companies like Bentley and Rolls-Royce lead the pack when it comes to sculpted hood candy, while brands like Jaguar and Cadillac no longer slap sleek leaping cats or wreathed crests (respectively) on their cars. The hood ornament started when radiator caps were located on the outside of the car, rather than in the engine compartment. Companies started making the cap the visual focal point, giving rise to iconic hood ornaments like Bentley’s Flying B, Packard’s Winged Woman or Pontiac’s Indian Chief. Hood ornaments can take the form of a three-dimensional representation of the brand’s emblem, like Mercedes-Benz’s three-pointed star on the 2012 E-Class, or they can be completely separate from the brand emblem, as is the case with the 1978 Ford Thunderbird’s model-specific ornament. Hood ornaments today are viewed as overwrought and detrimental to aerodynamics, to the ornamentalists’ chagrin. Alfa Romeo One of the more intricate and dramatic automotive emblems, Alfa Romeo ‘s is rife with Italian tradition . The original was created by Romano Catteneo, an Italian draughtsman, and the emblem employs Milanese elements, including the Biscione (shown on the right side of the emblem), which signifies the house of Visconti, Milanese rulers in the 14th century. The left side shows a Milanese red cross on a white background. In 1918, the badge was changed to include a dark blue surround ring with the words “Alfa-Romeo Milano”, along with two Savoy dynasty knots for the kingdom of Italy. In 1925, it underwent further change to include laurels that signify the Alfa P2’s win at the Automobile World Championship, and in 1945 when Italy’s monarchy ended, the Savoy knots were removed. Though at first glance it appears that the crowned serpent is shooting red flames out of its mouth, it’s actually a man being swallowed. This part of the symbol has been very controversial, seemingly symbolizing the Crusades, wherein the Christians defeated the Moors. Suffice it to say the folks at Alfa Romeo don’t much talk about that part. Aston Martin Carmakers love wings, and Aston Martin is no exception. The British carmaker was founded in 1913 by two gents, Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford. While they were selling Singer cars out of their Bamford & Martin shop, they came up with the idea to produce their own vehicles. Some years later, the name transitioned from Bamford & Martin to Aston Martin Motors, born from Martin’s name and the Aston Clinton Hillclimb in Buckinghamshire, where Martin would drive from time to time, no doubt spiritedly. The logo itself denotes speed (hence the wings), but it has evolved over the decades from simple superimposed A and M letters within a circle to, in 1927, a V-shaped winged logo and then, in 1987, to what is essentially the modern version. The emblem today employs straight wings and the Aston Martin name front and center, and it’s one of the more elegant brand emblems in existence today. Audi Don’t make the mistake of thinking that Audi has anything to do with the Olympic Games . The four silver rings symbolize the merger, in 1932, of the four oldest car manufacturers in Germany: Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer. These four companies formed what is known as the Auto Union, and initially only Auto Union-specific cars bore the four-ringed badge, while the individual carmakers used their own logos. In 1985, the Auto Union name disappeared forever and the Audi name (a Latin derivative of founder August Horch’s last name, meaning “to hear”) carried forth the same German auto-making spirit. It also carried forward the iconic emblem that lives on today, largely unchanged. Rumors have floated around claiming that the emblem symbolized four driven wheels from the Quattro all-wheel-drive system, but that claim has no historical merit. Still, Audi occasionally has made reference to the connection,
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: October 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League & Harrington ‘B’ What well-known product was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, who at that time was addicted to morphine and was looking to find a less harmful substitute? Coca-Cola The entrepreneur Donald F Duncan introduced which toy in 1929, often thought to be based on a weapon used by 16th Century Filipino hunters? Yo-Yo Who was the Greek God of time? Chronos Which English King was the son of Edward, The Black Prince Richard II Who succeeded Richard II as King in 1399? Henry IV What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands off Norway? Maelstrom Which hit song from July 1979 was inspired by the doings of one Brenda Spencer on 29th January that year? I Don’t Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats) Which motor manufacturer produces the model which has the best-selling car name of all time (the model has undergone at least eleven redesigns from 1966 to date)? Toyota (the Corolla is the model in question) What was Fanny Cradock’s real Christian name? Phyllis (Born as Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey) What is the collective name for the handmaidens of Odin who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live? Valkyries Illustrated on its logo, the product Marmite is named after a French word for what? Cooking Pot Which Nintendo game first introduced the character of Mario? Donkey Kong (in 1981…pre-dating Super Mario Bros. by 4 years) Which song was the Labour Party’s theme in its Election campaign of 1997? Things can only get better (by D:Ream) Who is the only woman to have been French Prime Minister? Edith Cresson Who designed the first Blue Peter badge as well as the “Ship” logo used by the programme? Tony Hart Born in Ulverston in 1890, by what name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson better known? Stan Laurel Of which actress did Groucho Marx say “I knew her before she became a virgin”? Doris Day Who wrote and composed the Opera ‘Oedipus Rex’? Stravinsky Who was the first “First Minister of Scotland”? Donald Dewar Who was the first Secretary General of The United Nations? Trygve Lie Against the people of which city did the Romans fight the Punic Wars? Carthage Josip Broz was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. By what name is he better known? Tito Which famous Independent day and Boarding School in Derbyshire was founded by Sir John Port in 1557? Repton School Buddy Holly had a posthumous hit with the song "It doesn’t matter any more". Which singer / songwriter of the time wrote it? Paul Anka An alibi is a form of defence used in criminal proceedings where the accused attempts to prove their innocence. What does the Latin word alibi literally mean? Elsewhere (The accused attempts to prove they were somewhere else at the time of the offence) Who said in a speech in 1968 “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'”? Enoch Powell In a famous 1871 poem, the wedding feast consisted of “mince and quince eaten with a runcible spoon“. Name either of the parties supposedly getting married. Owl or Pussycat (in the Edward Lear poem) Who was the last King of France before the First French Republic was established in 1792? Louis XVI (the Sixteenth) Which modern Japanese martial art is descended from swordsmanship and uses a weapon called a Shinai Kendo Who wrote the book ‘Whisky Galore’? Compton Mackenzie Which fictional pirate captain went to his death murmuring the words ‘Floreat Etona’? Captain Hook In which London restaurant did Boris Becker have his famously brief, but expensive, 'affair' in a broom cupboard with model Angela Ermakova? Nobu Who was the US President throughout the period of World War I? Woodrow Wilson Who was the UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I? Asquith Gruinard Island is an uninhabited Scottish island which was used as the scene for experiments on which bacterium during the 20th century? Anthrax Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. Wha
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20 Animals with Two Different Colored Eyes «TwistedSifter 20 Animals with Two Different Colored Eyes In anatomy, heterochromia refers to a difference in coloration, usually of the iris but also of hair or skin. Heterochromia is primarily the result of the relative excess or lack of melanin (a pigment). However, it may also be inherited, or caused by genetic mosaicism, disease, or injury. Below you will find a gallery of animals (mainly cats and dogs) with two different colored eyes. These are all examples of heterochromia and give each animal a very unique and memorable look.
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Creature Feature Creature Feature Creature Feature - Hooded Cuttlefish Hooded Cuttlefish, Sepia prashadi This intelligent mollusc has almost incredible powers of mimicry. It can control the colour, patterning and texture of its skin to perfectly match its surroundings. And not just from above, the camouflage works from whichever angle it is observed. From birth, cuttlefish can display at least 13 type of body pattern, made up from over 30 different components. A recent study suggested that the military can learn from the cuttlefish and create "invisible suits". Hooded Cuttlefish showing courtship colouration taken in Oman by David Collins In addition to avoiding predators, pattern control is also used in courtship by male cuttlefish. This impresses females and warns off competitors. After mating the male will often defend the female while she lays clumps of eggs. These hatch in two to three months to reveal minature cuttlefish. Females only breed once and die soon after laying. Eye of the cuttlefish, by Tim Nicholson With its flattened body skirted each side with fins, the cuttlefish moves with a pretty rippling motion. Like the closely related octopus, it can also escape by powerful jet propulsion whilst simultaneously ejecting a cloud of black ink to distract its foe. This ink is called sepia and was once used by artists. The cuttlefish's beak-like mouth is surrounded by eight arms each with two rows of suckers. It also has two long extendable tentacles with suckered, club-like ends for catching fast-moving prey like crustaceans and fish. In this photo the cuttlefish is raising its tentacles in an aggressive posture, by Captain Victor Oram To change colour, the cuttlefish has a central sac (chromatophore) containing granules of pigment. This is surrounded by a series of muscles. When the brain sends a signal to the cell, the contracting muscles make the central sacs expand, dispersing pigment and generating the optical effect. Their skin can change colour and pattern in just a second to match their environment. Scientists have recently also discovered that cuttlefish possess luminescent protein structures that allow them to actively emit light, not just reflect and filter the ambient light from their environment. Additionally, they also discovered the presence of reflectin in the chromatophores, a high-refractive-index protein that, they suggest, allows the chromatophores, when highly stretched out, to more effectively absorb light than if they contained color pigments alone. According to Helmut Debelius, the hooded cuttlefish can grow to 30 cm but is usually only half that size.You find these cuttlefish in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean. Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Cephalopoda (Class) > Coleoidea (Subclass) > Decapodiformes (Superorder) > Sepiida (Order)
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Sebastian Coe, Politician • Biography & Facts Sebastian Coe Politician Sebastian Newbold Coe, Baron Coe, CH, KBE (born 29 September 1956), often referred to as Seb Coe or Lord Coe, is a British politician and former track and field athlete. As a middle-distance runner, Coe won four Olympic medals, including the 1500 metres gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984. He set eight outdoor and three indoor world records in middle-distance track events – including, in 1979, setting three world records in the space of 41 days – and the world record he set in the 800 metres in 1981 remained unbroken until 1997. Coe's rivalries with fellow Britons Steve Ovett and Steve Cram dominated middle-distance racing for much of the 1980s.Following Coe's retirement from athletics, he was a member of parliament for the Conservative Party from 1992 to 1997, and became a Life Peer on 16 May 2000.He headed the successful London bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics and became chairman of the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games. In 2007, he was also elected a vice-president of the International Association of Athletics Federations. On 25 August 2011, he was re-elected for another four-year term.In 2012, Coe was appointed Pro-Chancellor at Loughborough University where he had been an undergraduate, and is also a member of the University's governing body. In November 2012 he was also appointed chairman of the British Olympic Association. In 2012 he was of one of 24 athletes inducted as inaugural members of the International Association of Athletics Federations Hall of Fame. Coe was presented with the Lifetime Achievement award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December 2012. Personal facts
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Sebastian Moran | Baker Street Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Colonel Sebastian Moran is an ex-army colonel and the right-hand man of Professor James Moriarty . Sherlock Holmes 's miniature biography described him as the "second most dangerous man in London ." Biography Edit Sebastian Moran was born in London in 1840, the son of Sir Augustus Moran, CB, sometime Minister to Persia. After being educated at Eton College and the University of Oxford, he went on to a distinguished military career. Formerly of the 1st Bangalore Pioneers (Madras), he served in the Jowaki Expedition of 1877-1878 and in the Second Anglo-Afghan War , seeing action at the Battle of Char Asiab, 6 October 1879 (for which he was "mentioned in despatches"); the Battle of Sherpur, 23 December 1879; and at Kabul. An accomplished marksman and prolific big-game hunter, Moran authored the books Heavy Game of the Western Himalayas in 1881 and Three Months in the Jungle. Years later, Holmes remarked that Moran's "bag of tigers" was still the record in India, and no single British hunter had taken more. Reading this portion of Moran's biography, John Watson commented that it was the history of an honorable soldier, with no hint of the arch-criminal he and Holmes later confronted. Holmes agreed that Moran had several noteworthy qualities, especially his iron nerve, which made him outwardly admirable. According to Holmes, many of Moran's feats were still legendary in India, such as when he "crawled down a drain after a wounded man-eating tiger." Holmes whimsically speculated that Moran's criminality was the result of some "hereditary disease," similar to a blight which affects offshoots of otherwise healthy trees. Whatever the reason was, Moran went to the bad, and, although there was no open scandal, he was obliged to retire from the army and return to London. Outwardly respectable, with an address in Conduit Street, Mayfair, and a member of the Anglo-Indian Club, the Tankerville Club and The Bagatelle Card Club, he still acquired an evil reputation in London's underworld, which led to his recruitment by Professor Moriarty , who employed him as the chief of staff of his criminal empire. In addition, Moran was employed for select assassinations that required his uncanny marksmanship. Moran followed Professor Moriarty to Switzerland , and, after Moriarty perished at the bottom of the Reichenbach Falls , attempted to kill Holmes by rolling boulders down on him. Holmes escaped, but was forced to remain officially dead for several years, knowing that Moran would be gunning for him as soon as he revealed himself. Instead, Holmes waited for Moran to slip up and incriminate himself. After the collapse of Moriarty's criminal organization, Moran returned to London and earned a living by playing cards at several clubs. When one of the other players, Ronald Adair, noticed that Moran won by cheating and threatened to expose him, Moran murdered Adair with a silent air rifle that fired revolver bullets, crafted especially to Moriarty's specifications by a blind German mechanic. Dr. Watson and a returned Holmes took the case, and Moran attempted to kill the detective by firing his air rifle from a vacant house opposite Holmes' residence at 221B Baker Street . Holmes having anticipated this, Moran shot a wax effigy of Holmes while the real Holmes, with Watson and Inspector Lestrade , hid nearby to seize Moran.
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Clue (board game) | Clue Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Genre Murder-Mystery Clue (Cluedo outside the U.S.) is a popular murder-mystery board game. It was originally published in Leeds, England in 1949. It was devised by Anthony E. Pratt, a so ly move around the game board (a mansion), as of one of the game's six suspects (or, collecting clues from which to deduce which suspect murdered the game's perpetual victim: Mr. Boddy ( Dr. Black , outside of U.S.), and with which weapon and in what room. Several games, books, and a film have been released as part of the Cluedo franchise. The board game forms a chronology. Overall, several spinoffs have been released, some featuring extra characters, and for some, different game play. More recent editions have restored the name Boddy Mansion to the mansion, and say the mansion is located in Boston, Massachusetts in the year 1954 (located in Hampshire, England outside of the U.S.). Contents Edit In 1944, Anthony E. Pratt, an English solicitor's clerk, filed for a patent of his invention of a murder/mystery-themed game, originally named "Murder!" The game was originally invented as a new game to play during sometimes lengthy air raid drills in underground bunkers. Shortly thereafter, Pratt and his wife presented the game to Waddingtons' executive, Norman Watson, who immediately purchased the game and provided its trademark name of "Cluedo" (a play on "clue" and "Ludo", which is Latin for "I play"). Though the patent was granted in 1947, due to post-war shortages, the game was not officially launched until 1949, at which time the game was simultaneously licensed to Parker Brothers in the United States for publication, where it was re-named "Clue" along with other minor changes. However, there were several differences between the original game concept and that initially published in 1949, In particular, Pratt's original design calls for ten characters, one of whom was to be designated the victim by random drawing prior to the start of the game. These ten included the eliminated Mr. Brown, Mr. Gold, Miss Grey, and Mrs. Silver, with Nurse White, and Colonel Yellow. The game allowed for play of up to eight remaining characters, providing for nine suspects in total. Originally there were eleven rooms, including the eliminated "gun room" and cellar. In addition there were nine weapons including the unused axe, bomb, syringe, poison, shillelagh (walking stick/cudgel), and fireplace poker. Some of these unused weapons and characters would appear in later spinoff versions of the game. Some gameplay aspects were different as well. Notably, the remaining playing cards were distributed into the rooms to be retrieved, rather than dealt directly to the players. Players also had to land on another player in order to make suggestions about that player's character through the use of special counter-tokens, and once exhausted, a player could no longer make suggestions. There were other minor differences, all of which would be updated by the game's initial release and remain essentially unchanged in the standard classic editions of the game. Equipment Edit The game's current equipment consists of a board which shows the rooms, corridors and secret passages of an English country house called Boddy Mansion, although previously named variously as Tudor Close or Tudor Hall, and in some editions Tudor Manor or Tudor Mansion). The game box also includes several colored playing pieces to represent characters, miniature murder weapon props, one or two six-sided dice, three sets of cards, each set describing the aforementioned rooms, characters and weapons, Solution Cards envelope to contain one card from each set of cards, and a Detective's Notes pad on which are printed lists of rooms, weapons and characters, so players can keep detailed notes during the game. Suspects Edit Depending on edition, the playing pieces are typically made of colored plastic, shaped like chess pawns, or character figurines. Occasionally they are made from wood or pewter. The standard edition of Cluedo comes with six basic tokens rep
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No, it was Colonel Mustard with the Lead Pipe in the Conservatory! « pleasureinlearning by Pat Riley Thanks to Doug Savage for sharing so generously! More laughs at www.savagechickens.com If you are not familiar with the Parker Brothers board game called CLUE, it is a game where winning involves figuring out which suspect committed the murder, what weapon they used, and in what room the murder took place. In the classic version of the game, there are six suspects (Miss Scarlet, Colonel Mustard, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, and Professor Plum). There are also six weapons (knife, rope, lead pipe, candlestick, revolver, and wrench) and nine rooms (hall, lounge, dining room, kitchen, ballroom, conservatory, billiard room, library, and study). At the beginning of the game, one suspect, one weapon, and one room are randomly (and secretly) removed from the deck and “hidden” during the game. The game involves determining which three items are “hidden” by trying to find out the rest of the cards in play. Assuming that there is a full game (six players), each player will be dealt three of the remaining cards. Depending on what cards you are dealt, you may have an easier or harder time winning the game. It all depends on what you are given and how many possible correct answers are left. If you use all of the cards (6 suspects, 6 weapons, and 9 rooms) and the understanding that you will have one of each in the answer, you multiply these numbers together to determine the number of possible combinations of suspect/weapon/room that could be a possible answer. This would be 6*6*9 = 324 possible options. I like to use this example in my Statistics class when we are covering the different counting techniques. Quite often “book” problems on this topic are boooooring! However, many students are familiar with this game and have fond memories of it…..at the very least it is a more happy example. Karen’s much-played 1963 vintage game When I tell them that I am going to give them a strategy to make it a little easier to win the game, their interest is piqued. They are now ready to learn something that they can take with them of value for the next time they play the game. I expand on the original problem and then explain how they can analyze their hand. Once you know what you have in your hand, you can eliminate some of these options. For example, if you are dealt the “knife” card, you can eliminate all of the 324 options which use the knife as the weapon. If you are given one suspect, one weapon, and one room card, then that leaves 5 suspects, 5 weapons, and 8 rooms that you do not know and can be used to make the correct answer. This leaves you with 5*5*8 = 200 possible options. Is this a good hand or not? The answer to that can be determined by listing all of the possible sets of cards that you can be dealt to begin a game. Without listing all of the options here, we will just go straight to the “best” starting hand and the “worst” starting hand. The best hand you could be dealt is either getting three suspect cards (or three weapon cards). That will leave you with three more suspect cards (or three other weapon cards), all six weapon cards (or all six suspect cards), and all nine rooms. This gives you 3*6*9 = 162 possible options….38 fewer than the 200 from the earlier example. The worst hand you could be dealt is three room cards. This would leave you with all six suspect and weapon cards that you don’t know as well as six of the rooms still to figure out. That means there are still 6*6*6 = 216 options to have to figure out. How does this help a player once they already have their cards? Well, I jokingly tell them that if they get three room cards to fake a violent sneeze which causes them to toss their cards up and expose them……necessitating a re-deal of the cards and hopefully a better starting hand. Good luck sleuthing! –Pat ***** pleasureteam notes: Clue has been used in a number of different educational settings. You might want to visit http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/nsf/clue/ to see how it has be
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