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Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits?
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Elvis FAQ: Elvis' Backup Singers Elvis' Backup Singers The following groups and individuals provided backing vocals for Elvis, either live on stage, in the studio, or both. The years in parentheses indicate time spent backing Elvis. Almost all of these groups and individuals had full careers besides their association with Elvis. Backup Groups Pedro Berrios German Vega The Amigos backed Elvis on "We'll Be Together" from Girls! Girls! Girls!, in March of 1962, and their version of "Mama", without Elvis, was featured in the film briefly. They backed Elvis again on the Fun In Acapulco soundtrack, in January and February of 1963. The Blossoms (1968) Darlene Love - (born Darlene Wright) One of Phil Spector's studio singers, Darlene sang lead on the Crystals' hit, "He's A Rebel", and as a solo artist had quite a few hits as well, including the holiday rock 'n' roll classic, "Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)" Jean King Fanita James This group of "unsung heroines" backed Elvis for his NBC-TV special "Elvis" (the "comeback" special), recorded in June of 1968. Darlene does the duet with Elvis on "Let Yourself Go", in the video version of the song (the CD version is just Elvis). Darlene also sings lead on "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" with the others backing her, as part of the Gospel Medley. The Blossoms also sang at the sessions for The Trouble With Girls, at least on "Swing Down Sweet Chariot". They appeared briefly in Elvis' last feature film, Change of Habit (1970), as Elvis' neighbors. The "History of Rock" webpage below is a very interesting and very detailed account of the Blossoms' career. The Blossoms can be heard, completely uncredited, on many other Phil Spector girl-group hits, as well as the Darlene Love "solo" songs mentioned above. The Blossoms - from the "History of Rock" website Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans - also from the "History of Rock" website. Darlene and Fanita recorded with this group, another from Phil Spector's studio. Joe Moscheo The Imperials first joined up with Elvis in May of 1966, for his first non-soundtrack recording session in over two years. Out of these sessions came the entire How Great Thou Art album, as well as six other songs. The Imperials would accompany Elvis on many occasions for the next five years, both in the studio, and for many of his live concerts during his "comeback" period. They also appeared in the documentary Elvis: That's the Way It Is in 1970. Their last session with Elvis was for another gospel album, He Touched Me, recorded in May and June of 1971. Hugh Jarrett (bass) (up to June 1958) Ray Walker (bass) (from June 1958 on) Probably the group most often associated with Elvis, the Jordanaires appeared on almost all Elvis' recordings from July 1956 through September 1970. They had previously backed Hank Snow, among others, having sung at the Grand Ole Opry for many years. In Memphis at the Cotton Carnival in early 1954, Elvis met the Jordanaires backstage and told them, "If I ever cut a record, I want to use you guys singing background with me." Their first session with Elvis took place on July 2, 1956, and produced the double-sided hit record "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog" which would be Elvis' biggest selling single of all-time. Their last sessions with Elvis were the marathon recording dates of June 4 - 8, 1970, which yielded 34 songs, and a follow-up session on September 22 producing only 4 cuts. These sessions produced the albums That's The Way It Is, Elvis Country, and Love Letters, along with a few leftovers! The Jordanaires can be seen in a few of Elvis' films, most notably in Loving You, in the final number on stage, and in G.I. Blues, during the song, "Frankfort Special". After Elvis' death, they released a tribute album, The Jordanaires Sing Elvis's Gospel Favorites. The Jordanaires with Elvis Buy The Jordanaires' music at CD Universe! Th
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Elvis Presley - Biography - IMDb Elvis Presley Biography Showing all 302 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (10) | Trivia (225) | Personal Quotes (36) | Salary (24) Overview (5) The King of Rock 'n' Roll Height 5' 11¾" (1.82 m) Mini Bio (1) Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In September 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. In 1953, he attended the senior prom with the current girl he was courting, Regis Wilson. After graduating from high school in Memphis, Elvis took odd jobs working as a movie theater usher and a truck driver for Crown Electric Company. He began singing locally as "The Hillbilly Cat", then signed with a local recording company, and then with RCA in 1955. Elvis did much to establish early rock and roll music. He began his career as a performer of rockabilly, an up-tempo fusion of country music and rhythm and blues, with a strong backbeat. His novel versions of existing songs, mixing 'black' and 'white' sounds, made him popular - and controversial - as did his uninhibited stage and television performances. He recorded songs in the rock and roll genre, with tracks like "Jailhouse Rock" and "Hound Dog" later embodying the style. Presley had a versatile voice and had unusually wide success encompassing other genres, including gospel, blues, ballads and pop music. Teenage girls became hysterical over his blatantly sexual gyrations, particularly the one that got him nicknamed "Elvis the Pelvis" (television cameras were not permitted to film below his waist). In 1956, following his six television appearances on The Dorsey Brothers' "Stage Show", Elvis was cast in his first acting role, in a supporting part in Love Me Tender (1956), the first of 33 movies he starred in. In 1958, Elvis was drafted into the military, and relocated to Bad Nauheim, Germany. There he met and fell in love with 14-year old army damsel Priscilla Ann Wagner ( Priscilla Presley ), whom he would eventually marry after an eight-year courtship, and with whom he had his only child, Lisa Marie Presley . Elvis' military service and the "British Invasion" of the 1960s reduced his concerts, though not his movie/recording income. Through the 1960s, Elvis settled in Hollywood, where he starred in the majority of his thirty-three movies, mainly musicals, acting alongside some of the most well known actors in Hollywood. Critics panned most of his films, but they did very well at the box office, earning upwards of $150 million total. His last fiction film, Change of Habit (1969), deals with several social issues; romance within the clergy, an autistic child, almost unheard of in 1969, rape, and mob violence. It has recently received critical acclaim. Elvis made a comeback in the 1970s with live concert appearances starting in early 1970 in Las Vegas with over 57 sold-out shows. He toured throughout the United States, appearing on-stage in over 500 live appearances, many of them sold out shows. His marriage ended in divorce, and the stress of constantly traveling as well as his increasing weight gain and dependence upon stimulants and depressants took their toll. Elvis Presley died at age 42 on August 16, 1977 at his mansion in Graceland, near Memphis, shocking his fans worldwide. At the time of his death, he had sold more than 600 million singles and albums. Since his death, Graceland has become a shrine for millions of followers worldwide. Elvis impersonators and purported sightings have become stock subjects for humorists. To date, Elvis Presley is the only performer to have been inducted into three separate music 'Halls of Fame'. Throughout his career, he set records for concert attendance, television ratings and recordings sales, and remains one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Ed Stephan and Chris Holland Spouse
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Rowan Williams: UK 'needs to do more for refugees', says former archbishop - BBC News BBC News Rowan Williams: UK 'needs to do more for refugees', says former archbishop 19 June 2016 Close share panel Image copyright PA Image caption Dr Williams was appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002, standing down in 2012 The UK government needs to do more to respond to the refugee crisis, the former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has said. Dr Williams, who is now the chairman of the charity Christian Aid, said the rhetoric in the media which suggested the UK was "full" was "unfounded". "The UK must not turn a blind eye to this crisis. We must do more," he said. The government said it had pledged to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020 - and about 1,600 had already arrived. Dr Williams, who made his comments ahead of Refugee Week which begins on Monday, said the refugee crisis was the biggest displacement of people to Europe since the Second World War. "Desperate people who have been driven out of their homes by war are being forced to make dangerous journeys in search of sanctuary. Yet many countries are closing their borders and putting up barbed wire," he said. "The UK must not turn a blind eye to this crisis. We can and must do more to respond." 'Welcoming strangers' He said the UK had a proud history of offering refuge to those in need, welcoming Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Vietnamese refugees in the 1970s and Kosovan refugees in the late 1990s. "The rhetoric in the media is one that suggests that the UK is 'full', and that those arriving on our shores are a drain on our economy," he said. "Not only are these assertions unfounded, but they fail to recognise the positive, life-affirming contributions that generations of refugees have made to British society - and that we ourselves are changed by welcoming the stranger." Image copyright AP Dr Williams, who was appointed the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002 and stood down in 2012, said the charity Christian Aid was founded on the belief that "all people would live together as neighbours". The charity wants the government to take on "far higher" numbers of refugees and accelerate the resettlement of the 20,000 Syrian refugees it has agreed to accept. Syria has been embroiled in a bloody armed conflict for nearly five years. More than 250,000 Syrians have been killed, and 11 million displaced from their homes - more than four million have already left the country. Vulnerable children A Home Office spokesman said: "Last month the UK announced we will resettle unaccompanied migrant children registered in Greece, Italy or France before 20 March, where this is in their best interests. "It will mean the UK can focus on the most vulnerable children already in Europe - without encouraging more to make the journey. "This builds on the further announcement that 3,000 vulnerable children and family members will be resettled direct from the Middle East and North Africa." Syrian refugees are arriving in the UK under the government's Vulnerable Persons Relocation (VPR) scheme . The Home Office also highlighted the fact that the government had pledged £2.3bn in humanitarian aid to Syria and its neighbouring countries. Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme "Paperwork" is completed before the refugees arrive. Prioritises women and children at risk, people in need of medical attention and survivors of torture and violence. All refugees settled under the scheme have undergone a two-step security screening process. People under the scheme will have access to housing, medical care and education, and they can work. The Home Office provides funding of at least £10,000 per refugee for the first year. Refugees taken into the UK under the scheme granted five years' humanitarian protection which includes access to public funds, the labour market and the possibility of family reunion , if a person was separated from their partner or child when leaving their country. After those five years they can apply to settle in the UK . A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant
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England's Managers - Index England's Managers P 4 W 2 D 2 L 0 F 7: A 2 The Coaches/Managers BME Players Not until 1946 did the England national team have a manager or coach. From 1870, when England played their first match, a friendly not recognised as official, until the Second World War, the team was selected by International Select Committee functionaries, at first the F.A. Secretary and later the F.A.'s International Committee. Although most of the national teams of Continental Europe and South America had coaches from their beginnings, England's footballing establishment viewed coaching with suspicion in general and as unnecessary at this level in particular. The selected players simply showed up, took the pitch and played their own game. Match preparation, if there was time for it, was limited to training runs, conditioning exercises and perhaps a kickabout or two. The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS), a scholarly enterprise based in Wiesbaden, Germany, claims in its book on England's matches before the Second World War that Herbert Chapman was the team "trainer"--a term it uses in the Continental European sense of manager or coach--for the 1-1 draw with Italy in Rome on 13 May 1933 and that Thomas Whittaker was the "trainer" for six matches, the 5-2 win against Scotland at Wembley Stadium on 5 April 1930, the 2-1 loss to Austria in Vienna on 6 May 1936, the 3-2 loss to Belgium in Brussels on 9 May 1936, and the last three pre-war matches in 1939, the 2-2 draw with Italy in Milan on 13 May, the 2-1 loss to Yugoslavia in Belgrade on 18 May, and the 2-0 victory over Romania in Bucharest on 24 May. IFFHS, England (1872 - 1940), Eire (1924 - 1940), England/Amateurs (1906 - 1940): Full Internationals, pp. 116, 126, 134-35, 147-49 (IFFHS, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2000). Chapman, the famed Huddersfield Town and Arsenal manager of the 1920's and 1930's, did indeed play an advisory role in England's two-match Continental European tour of 1933, which also included the 4-0 win against Switzerland in Berne on 20 May as well as the draw with Italy a week earlier, but he never received an official appointment with the England team and acted in an entirely informal capacity. Another historian has the proper perspective: "in 1933, despite objections from selectors, he acted as unofficial manager to the England team in Italy and Switzerland with considerable success. His tactical pre-match team talks helped effect a 4-0 victory over a strong Swiss team, and a 1-1 draw against Italy, in Rome." Tony Say, "Herbert Chapman: Football Revolutionary?", The Sports Historian, vol 16, pp. 81-98 (May, 1996). Whittaker, too, accompanied the England team on occasion. But at the time he was the physical trainer for Arsenal, under Chapman at first and, following Chapman's death in early 1934, George Allison. It was almost certainly that role he filled with England; he certainly never received an appointment making him coach or manager of the England team. Whittaker did not become a manager himself until 1947, when he succeeded Allison at Arsenal. The IFFHS itself seems uncertain about Whittaker's role. While its book names him as trainer in the summaries of six matches taking place in 1930, 1936 and 1939, it inconsistently has him as trainer for only the three 1939 matches in the tabular record that follows the match summaries. The role Chapman or Whittaker filled with the England team was purely on an ad hoc basis. The F.A. did not give either of them official appointments putting them in charge of the team, and neither ever had anything resembling the authority of a manager or coach over the England team. For these reasons, it would be inaccurate to include them in the list of England managers/coaches. When international play resumed in 1946 following World War II's seven-year disruption, Walter Winterbottom was named England's first coach and manager. For the first few months of his tenure, he had responsibility for the national team as national director of coaching, but in May, 1947, imme
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In Greek legend, who, the last king of Troy, was the father of Hector and Paris?
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Hector | Greek mythology | Britannica.com Greek mythology Hecuba Hector, in Greek legend , the eldest son of the Trojan king Priam and his queen Hecuba . He was the husband of Andromache and the chief warrior of the Trojan army. In Homer’s Iliad he is represented as an ideal warrior and the mainstay of Troy . His character is drawn in most favourable colours as a good son, a loving husband and father, and a trusty friend. His leave-taking of Andromache in the sixth book of the Iliad, and his departure to meet Achilles for the last time, are movingly described. He is an especial favourite of Apollo , and later poets even described him as son of that god. His chief exploits during the Trojan War were his defense of the wounded Sarpedon, his fight with Ajax , son of Telamon (his particular enemy), and the storming of the Greek ramparts. When Achilles , enraged with Agamemnon , deserted the Greeks, Hector drove them back to their ships, which he almost succeeded in burning. Patroclus , the friend of Achilles, who came to the help of the Greeks, was slain by Hector with the help of Apollo. Then Achilles, to revenge his friend’s death, returned to the war, slew Hector, dragged his body behind his chariot to the camp, and afterward round the tomb of Patroclus. Aphrodite and Apollo preserved it from corruption and mutilation. Priam , guarded by Hermes, went to Achilles and prevailed on him to give back the body, which was buried with great honour. Hector was afterward worshipped in the Troad and also at Tanagra, east of Thebes . King Priam of Troy mourning over the body of his son Hector. © Photos.com/Jupiterimages Hector - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) In Homer’s epic poem the Iliad, Hector is the son of the Trojan King Priam and the greatest of the Trojan heroes. When the Greeks besieged Troy, Hector’s wife, Andromache, begged him not to fight, but Hector embraced their child and left to join the battle. Hector killed Patroclus, a friend of the Greek hero Achilles, and in revenge Achilles killed Hector. Achilles then drove his chariot around the walls of Troy, dragging Hector’s body behind him. Priam finally begged his son’s body from Achilles. The Trojans, mourning, burned Hector’s body, and buried his ashes. When the fighting resumed, Troy fell to the Greeks. (See also Achilles; Homeric legend.) Article History
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SparkNotes: Troilus and Cressida: Act II Troilus and Cressida Act III Summary In the Greek camp, Ajax summons his slave, Thersites, and orders him to find out the nature of the proclamation that has just been posted. Thersites, a foul-mouthed ruffian, refuses to obey and instead curses his master and the Greeks with equal vigor, provoking Ajax to beat him. Achilles and Patroclus come upon them, and Thersites includes the two newcomers in his curses. They send him away, and Achilles tells Ajax the news of Hector's challenge to any brave Greek warrior. The selection of the warrior has been put to a lottery—otherwise, Achilles says as he leaves, he would have been the only possible choice, a remark that produces a sneer from Ajax. In Troy, King Priam and his sons debate the wisdom of continuing the war, when they can end it by returning Helen to the Greeks. Hector, supported by his brother Helenus, argues eloquently that while the theft of Helen may have been a brave act, she cannot be worth the great and bloody price they are paying to keep her. When he is done speaking, his sister Cassandra, a prophetess who is considered mad, dashes in and cries that if they do not let Helen go, Troy will burn. When she is gone, Troilus dismisses her warning as ravings, and argues that they must keep Helen for the sake of their honor—and Paris supports him, declaring that his stolen woman is worth more than "the world's large spaces" (III.ii.162) and must be fought for. Hector retorts that this is why young men cannot be trusted to make moral decisions, since "the hot passion of distempered blood" (III.ii.169) overwhelms their reason, but when Troilus says that Helen is more than a woman, she is "a theme of honor and renown" (III.ii199), Hector yields and agrees to continue the war. He goes on to report the challenge that has been sent out to the Greeks, and how he hopes it will bring Achilles to the field. Alone, Thersites sneers at the pretensions of both Ajax and Achilles. When Patroclus and Achilles appear, he calls them fools; Patroclus moves to strike him, but Achilles holds him off. They see the Greek commanders—Agamemnon, Ulysses, Nestor, and Diomedes—approaching, accompanied by Ajax, and Achilles quickly retires to his tent. When Agamemnon asks to see him Patroclus tells the general that Achilles is ill. Agamemnon grows angry, but Achilles refuses to emerge, and tells Ulysses, who goes in to see him, that he still refuses to fight the Trojans. Agamemnon suggests that Ajax go in and plead with Achilles, but Ulysses declares that doing so would be insulting to Ajax, and then he, with the other Greek commanders, praises Ajax profusely, saying that he is the best of their warriors. They agree to leave Achilles in his tent, and decide that Ajax will be their champion against Hector the next day. Commentary These scenes mark the first appearances of Thersites in the play. With his constant cursing and abusive behavior, he is an unpleasant character to watch or read—but not necessarily an unsympathetic one. Although deformed, dirty, and vulgar, he is not meant to be seen as villainous or even bad—rather, he is a kind of lower-class scold, a moralist whose outbursts are occasioned by his disgust with the behavior of those around him. Most of his scenes are with Ajax and Achilles, both of whom certainly deserve his curses, and his cynicism toward the entire business of the war mirrors Shakespeare's own. All the characters in the play are desperately self-conscious—too aware, in a sense, of their role as "heroes," and not aware that their unpleasant behavior stains their heroic feats. But Thersites is aware, and his rhetoric exposes everyone else's pretensions. "Agamemnon is a fool to offer to command Achilles," Thersites declares, "Achilles is a fool to be commanded by Agamemnon, Thersites is a fool to serve such a fool, and this Patroclus is a fool positive" (II.iii.64-67). These are all (save for Thersites himself) great heroes in Greek myth, but in this play they are reduced to foolishness. No fool is greater than Ajax, though (even A
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The 1918 pandemic was given what name?
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The 1918 Influenza Pandemic I opened the window, And in-flu-enza. The influenza pandemic circled the globe. Most of humanity felt the effects of this strain of the influenza virus. It spread following the path of its human carriers, along trade routes and shipping lines. Outbreaks swept through North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Brazil and the South Pacific (Taubenberger). In India the mortality rate was extremely high at around 50 deaths from influenza per 1,000 people (Brown). The Great War, with its mass movements of men in armies and aboard ships, probably aided in its rapid diffusion and attack. The origins of the deadly flu disease were unknown but widely speculated upon. Some of the allies thought of the epidemic as a biological warfare tool of the Germans. Many thought it was a result of the trench warfare, the use of mustard gases and the generated "smoke and fumes" of the war. A national campaign began using the ready rhetoric of war to fight the new enemy of microscopic proportions. A study attempted to reason why the disease had been so devastating in certain localized regions, looking at the climate, the weather and the racial composition of cities. They found humidity to be linked with more severe epidemics as it "fosters the dissemination of the bacteria," (Committee on Atmosphere and Man, 1923). Meanwhile the new sciences of the infectious agents and immunology were racing to come up with a vaccine or therapy to stop the epidemics. The experiences of people in military camps encountering the influenza pandemic: An excerpt for the memoirs of a survivor at Camp Funston of the pandemic Survivor A letter to a fellow physician describing conditions during the influenza epidemic at Camp Devens A collection of letters of a soldier stationed in Camp Funston Soldier The origins of this influenza variant is not precisely known. It is thought to have originated in China in a rare genetic shift of the influenza virus. The recombination of its surface proteins created a virus novel to almost everyone and a loss of herd immunity. Recently the virus has been reconstructed from the tissue of a dead soldier and is now being genetically characterized . The name of Spanish Flu came from the early affliction and large mortalities in Spain (BMJ,10/19/1918) where it allegedly killed 8 million in May (BMJ, 7/13/1918). However, a first wave of influenza appeared early in the spring of 1918 in Kansas and in military camps throughout the US. Few noticed the epidemic in the midst of the war. Wilson had just given his 14 point address. There was virtually no response or acknowledgment to the epidemics in March and April in the military camps. It was unfortunate that no steps were taken to prepare for the usual recrudescence of the virulent influenza strain in the winter. The lack of action was later criticized when the epidemic could not be ignored in the winter of 1918 (BMJ, 1918). These first epidemics at training camps were a sign of what was coming in greater magnitude in the fall and winter of 1918 to the entire world. The war brought the virus back into the US for the second wave of the epidemic. It first arrived in Boston in September of 1918 through the port busy with war shipments of machinery and supplies. The war also enabled the virus to spread and diffuse. Men across the nation were mobilizing to join the military and the cause. As they came together, they brought the virus with them and to those they contacted. The virus killed almost 200,00 in October of 1918 alone. In November 11 of 1918 the end of the war enabled a resurgence. As people celebrated Armistice Day with parades and large partiess, a complete disaster from the public health standpoint, a rebirth of the epidemic occurred in some cities. The flu that winter was beyond imagination as millions were infected and thousands died. Just as the war had effected the course of influenza, influenza affected the war. Entire fleets were ill with the disease and men on the front were too sick to fight. The flu was devastating to both sides, kill
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Teaching Heritage Teaching Heritage Australian 20th century Australian 20th Century Timeline The ‘ Australian 20th century ’ timeline follows events and developments in Australia from Federation through to the year 2000. This collection of events provides another means of investigating Australia's past and trying to identify what we mean by 'Our Heritage'. 1900s The first decade of this century brought many changes. Federation occurred in 1901 and Australia became a nation. The flag we have today was chosen, all men and women could vote except for Aboriginal people. The streets were lit by electricity, surf bathing in the daytime was no longer considered illegal and Australia won Wimbledon for the first time. The first lifesaving club in the world was founded at Bondi Beach in Sydney. Peters Icecream company began and, appropriately, the automatic totalisator for betting on horse-races was invented by an Australian. The 'White Australia' Policy was established, the Australian Labor Party was formed, Empire Day was inaugurated and the High Court was set up. The two-party political system began in Australia. The New South Wales Aboriginal Protection Board was established and Canberra was chosen as a site for the federal capital. Questions for research and discussion: Choose three of the events listed in this decade and write a paragraph on each event arguing why it should be considered a major influence on how Australians regard themselves. What was the the 'White Australia' Policy? Why did it have an enormous influence on Australian society and culture? What did the 'Protectionists' believe in? What did the 'Free traders' believe in? Investigate one of the ship wrecks of this decade. Why do Australians celebrate Australia Day on 25 January? Why don't they celebrate 'Federation Day' - the day Australia became a nation on 1 January 1901? An outbreak of bubonic plague in Sydney's Rocks area leads to a massive clean-up. First discovery of natural gas in Australia. Soldiers from the Australian states depart for China's Boxer War. Lord Hopetoun arrives in Sydney (19 December) and invites NSW Premier Sir William Lyne to form a federal ministry, but Lyne, an anti-federalist, is unable to gain support. 24 December, Edmund Barton is commissioned. Intercolonial conference held at the Sydney Trades Hall to consider forming a Federal Labour Party. Whaling operations from Hobart end. Detachments of Citizen's Bushmen's Corps from New South Wales and South Australia leave for South Africa to fight in the Anglo-Boer War. (Detachments from Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia leave during March). SS 'Glenelg' wrecked off Victorian coast; 31 lives lost. Contingents of Imperial Bushmen begin leaving for South Africa. Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act passed by the British Parliament, receives Royal assent. At the Paris Olympics, F C V Lane wins the 200 metres freestyle swimming event. Film: Joseph Perry and the Salvation Army make 'Soldiers of the Cross'. Books: 'On the Track', 'Verses, Popular and Humorous' by Henry Lawson are published. The estimated population of Australia is 3,765,300. (New SouthWales, 1,360,305; Tasmania,172,900; WA,179,967; South Australia, 357,250; Victoria,1196,213; Queensland, 493,847; Northern Territory, 4,857.) The Commonwealth of Australia is proclaimed at a ceremony in Centennial Park, Sydney. Lord Hopetoun assumes office as Governor-General, and Prime Minister Edmund Barton and his cabinet ministers (Executive Council) are sworn in. Baldwin Spencer and F J Gillen make a year-long investigation of the Aborigines of northern Central Australia. William Farrar releases his early-maturing, drought-
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The Churn, the Windrush, the Cherwell and the Mole are all tributaries of which major river?
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Thames, river, England Encyclopedia > Places > Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries > British and Irish Physical Geography Thames Thames (tĕmz) [ key ], Rom. Tamesis, principal river of England, c.210 mi (340 km) long. It rises in four headstreams (the Thames or Isis, Churn, Coln, and Leach) in the Cotswold Hills, E Gloucestershire, and flows generally eastward across S England and through London to the North Sea at The Nore. In its upper course—around and above Oxford —it is often called Isis. The Thames drains c.5,250 sq mi (13,600 sq km); its tributaries include the Windrush, Cherwell, Thame, Kennet, Wey, Mole, Lea, Roding, and Medway. It is joined by canals (including the Oxford, Thames and Severn, and Grand Junction) that cover a wide area. The river is navigable by barges to Lechlade, below which there are a number of locks. The Thames is tidal to Teddington; there is a 23-ft (7-m) difference between low and high tide at London Bridge. The part of the stream near London Bridge is known as the Pool. The main part of the port of London stretches from London Bridge to Blackwall. The Thames Conservancy Board was established in 1857; the docks and the tidal part of the river below Teddington have been administered by the Port of London Authority since 1908. Part of the river is of great beauty, is much used for boating, and is still popular for fishing. The upper valley of the Thames is a broad, flat basin of alluvial clay soil, through which the river winds and turns constantly in all directions. At Goring Gap the valley narrows, separating the Chiltern Hills from the Berkshire Downs. The lower valley forms a second broad basin through which the Thames also meanders. The land around the river was formerly marshy, and the ancient roads were far from the river banks. In the Middle Ages the valley was very prosperous, with many religious houses and several large towns, including Reading and Windsor. Between Oxford and London, the valley is predominantly agricultural, with scattered villages; Reading is the only industrial town there. The Greater London conurbation along the river's lower course is one of the most important industrial regions of Great Britain. Among the many interesting archaeological discoveries made in the valley are fossils of seashells and a human skull from the Paleolithic period. In London the river is crossed by 27 bridges, including the new London Bridge, Westminster Bridge, Waterloo Bridge, and Tower Bridge. There are two main tunnels under the river in London, and one between Dartford and Purfleet, as well as several footpaths and 5 railroad tunnels. In 1963 governmental efforts began to combat pollution of the waters through a series of rules and regulations. At parts along the river downstream flood barriers were constructed, which became operational in 1982, to prevent London from damage by North Sea gales. See study by J. Schneer (2005). The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2012, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Tobermory Isle of Mull Scotland Website Tobermory was built as a fishing port in the late 18th century and is now the main town on Mull. It is a picture-postcard of a place with the brightly painted buildings along the main street to the pier and the high woodland-fringed hills surrounding the bay. The town has a good variety of shops , hotels , and other accommodation as well as being the administrative centre for the island. The harbour is always busy with fishing boats, yachts and the ferry to and from Kilchoan. In recent years, the island has become very popular for weddings in a romantic atmosphere. There is reputed to be the wreck of a Spanish galleon somewhere in the mud at the bottom of the bay. The ship was part of the defeated Armada of 1588 and was fleeing the English fleet when she anchored in Tobermory to take on provisions. Following a dispute over payment the ship caught fire which caused the gunpowder to explode. She was supposed to have been carrying millions of gold coins when she went to the bottom but no-one has ever managed to find any significant treasure. More recently, Tobermory has been the setting for the children's programme Balamory . After the initial success of these programmes in Britain, Balamory is now reaching a new audience in Australia. The Isle of Mull and Iona have become one of the premier destinations for wildlife watching in the United Kingdom in the last few years. Thousands of people are attracted to the islands in the hope of catching a glimpse of the rare and unusual Golden and White-tailed Eagles , Otter, Corncrake and an abundance of other birds and mammals. The seas off the coast of Mull are important feeding areas for whales, dolphins and basking sharks . The colourful and picturesque island capital of Tobermory is an ideal location from which to make the very most of your wildlife watching on the Isle of Mull. The island is home to the most famous pair of White-tailed Eagles in the world, as featured on numerous television and radio broadcasts. The re-introduction of these iconic birds of prey has been so successful that breeding pairs can now be seen throughout the length and breadth of the island, including Tobermory. A great opportunity exists to come and see the White-tailed Eagles who begin to lay their eggs from early March onwards. Incubation takes place after the first egg is laid and lasts for an average of 38 days. Both sexes share responsibility for sitting on the eggs, although the bulk of the incubation duty is carried out by the female. The Sea Eagle Hide is open all year round but booking is essential. Tel: 01680 812556.
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Natural Law | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Z Natural Law The term "natural law" is ambiguous. It refers to a type of moral theory, as well as to a type of legal theory, but the core claims of the two kinds of theory are logically independent. It does not refer to the laws of nature , the laws that science aims to describe. According to natural law moral theory, the moral standards that govern human behavior are, in some sense, objectively derived from the nature of human beings and the nature of the world. While being logically independent of natural law legal theory, the two theories intersect. However, the majority of the article will focus on natural law legal theory. According to natural law legal theory, the authority of legal standards necessarily derives, at least in part, from considerations having to do with the moral merit of those standards. There are a number of different kinds of natural law legal theories, differing from each other with respect to the role that morality plays in determining the authority of legal norms. The conceptual jurisprudence of John Austin provides a set of necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of law that distinguishes law from non-law in every possible world. Classical natural law theory such as the theory of Thomas Aquinas focuses on the overlap between natural law moral and legal theories. Similarly, the neo-naturalism of John Finnis is a development of classical natural law theory. In contrast, the procedural naturalism of Lon L. Fuller is a rejection of the conceptual naturalist idea that there are necessary substantive moral constraints on the content of law. Lastly, Ronald Dworkin’s theory is a response and critique of legal positivism . All of these theories subscribe to one or more basic tenets of natural law legal theory and are important to its development and influence. Table of Contents References and Further Reading 1. Two Kinds of Natural Law Theory At the outset, it is important to distinguish two kinds of theory that go by the name of natural law. The first is a theory of morality that is roughly characterized by the following theses. First, moral propositions have what is sometimes called objective standing in the sense that such propositions are the bearers of objective truth-value; that is, moral propositions can be objectively true or false. Though moral objectivism is sometimes equated with moral realism (see, e.g., Moore 1992, 190: "the truth of any moral proposition lies in its correspondence with a mind- and convention-independent moral reality"), the relationship between the two theories is controversial. Geoffrey Sayre-McCord (1988), for example, views moral objectivism as one species of moral realism, but not the only form; on Sayre-McCord's view, moral subjectivism and moral intersubjectivism are also forms of moral realism. Strictly speaking, then, natural law moral theory is committed only to the objectivity of moral norms. The second thesis constituting the core of natural law moral theory is the claim that standards of morality are in some sense derived from, or entailed by, the nature of the world and the nature of human beings. St. Thomas Aquinas, for example, identifies the rational nature of human beings as that which defines moral law: "the rule and measure of human acts is the reason, which is the first principle of human acts" (Aquinas, ST I-II, Q.90, A.I). On this common view, since human beings are by nature rational beings, it is morally appropriate that they should behave in a way that conforms to their rational nature. Thus, Aquinas derives the moral law from the nature of human beings (thus, "natural law"). But there is another kind of natural law theory having to do with the relationship of morality to law. According to natural law theory of law, there is no clean division between the notion of law and the notion of morality. Though there are different versions of natural law theory, all subscribe to the thesis that there
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EX LIBRIS: Commonplace Books by K . - issuu issuu “COMMONPLACE BOOKS” h!p://grr.aaaaarg.org/txt/collection/detail.php?id=52333d4d307888cb75000006 15 September 2013 and ongoing A curatorial- editorial experiment by Anna-Sophie Springer Dating back to antiquity and with particular popularity in the Renaissance period, commonplace books are a type of scholarly notebook containing a collection of excerpted and copied passages that a person compiled and stored for future purposes such as reference and quotation. How to actually keep and organize a commonplace book was a small science in itself. John Locke’s text A New Method of Making Common-Place-Books (1706) suggested some techniques—one of which is a system of classifying and coding entries into a growing subject index, one’s personal potential encyclopedia. While physical notebooks remain a treasure to keep and even if we do not yet live in a truly paperless age, our commonplace of today is that we access and store a huge amount of information digitally. By engaging an online pirate library, specifically the Arg library, “Commonplace Books” seeks to address shi"s in how we approach notions such as the “common” or the “public” more openly and actively than ever. The imaginary is not formed in opposition to reality as its denial or compensation; it grows among signs, from book to book, in the interstice of repetitions and commentaries; it is born and takes shape in the interval between books. It is a phenomenon of the library. ~ Michel Foucault A PDF has been created from excerpted and copied passages of thematically relevant publications available in digital form in the Arg library. It has been uploaded back onto the platform and a link will appear in the “New Texts” section on h!p://grr.aaaaarg.org making it available to all network users. This book made available by the Internet Archive. Is it not possible to reexamine, as a legitimate extension of this kind of analysis, the privileges of the subject? Clearly, in undertaking an internal and architectonic analysis of a work (whether it be a literary text, a philosophical system, or a scientific work) and in delimiting psychological and biographical references, suspicions arise concerning the absolute nature and creative role of the subject. But the subject should not be entirely abandoned. It should be reconsidered, not to restore the theme of an originating subject, but to seize its functions, its intervention in discourse, and its system of dependencies. We should suspend the typical questions: how does a free subject penetrate the density of things and endow them with meaning; how does it accomplish its design by animating the rules of discourse from within? Rather, we should ask: under what conditions and through what forms can an entity like the subject appear in the order of discourse; what position does it occupy; what functions does it exhibit; and what rules does it follow in each type of discourse? In short, the subject (and its substitutes) must be stripped of its creative role and analysed as a complex and variable function of discourse. The author—or what I have called the 'author-function'—is undoubtedly only one of the possible specifications of the subject and, considering past historical transformations, it appears that the form, the complexity, and even the existence of this function are far from immutable. We can easily imagine a culture where discourse would circulate without any need for an author. Discourses, whatever their status, form, or value, and regardless of our manner of handling them, would unfold in a pervasive anonymity. No longer the tiresome repetitions: ' W h o is the real author?' 'Have we proof of his authenticity and originality?' 'What has he revealed of his most profound self in his language?' New questions will be heard: 'What are the modes of existence of this discourse?' 'Where does it come from; how is it circulated; who controls it?' 'What placements are determined for possible subjects?' ' W h o can fulfill these diverse functions of the subjec
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The entrance to the Channel Tunnel is close to which racecourse?
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The English Classic Races | UK Flat Horse Racing Guide | HorseRacing.co.uk Want your site listed here? Contact Us . Classic Races British flat racing - meaning the races are run on 'the flat', without jumps - are the most traditional form of horse racing. The Classics, or Classic Races, are a series of five flat races, held annually and restricted to horses which are three years of age. The five races, which are subdivided into two separate competitions, the Triple Crown and the Fillies' Triple crown, are held at three different race courses; Newmarket , Epsom Downs and Doncaster . The Classic Races are so popular that bookmakers all across the UK offer year-round antepost betting on the events; allowing punting professionals to benefit from excellent early odds. The five Classic Races in the United Kingdom are: 2,000 Guineas Stakes This race is held at the famous Newmarket Racecourse , on the Rowley Mile, in late April or early May, and is run over a distance of one mile. The 2,000 Guineas Stakes was first held on 18th April 1809. It is open to fillies and colts, female and male three-year-olds, and is the first race of the Classics season. The 2,000 Guineas Stakes is also part of the Triple Crown, a separate cup comprised of the three classic races which allow horses of either sex to enter. 1,000 Guineas Stakes The second race of the Classics also takes place at Newmarket 's Rowley Mile at the same time as the 2,000 Guineas Stakes (late April or early March). The 1,000 Guineas Stakes was first introduced on 28th April 1814, five years after the 2,000 Guineas Stakes was established. It is open to fillies only, female horses of three years, which makes it part of the Fillies' Triple Crown, the fillies-only version of the Triple Crown mentioned above. As the 2,000 Guineas Stakes, it is run over the course of one mile. Epsom Oaks The race, conducted at Epsom Downs racecourse in Surrey, is the third of the Classics races, as well as the second event in the Fillies' Triple Crown. Like the 1,000 Guineas Stakes it is a contest for female three-year-olds only. The Epsom Oaks race was established in 1779, one year before the Derby Stakes premiered. It takes its name from 'The Oaks' a home rented by the 12th Earl of Derby in the Epsom area. The race takes place over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and ten yards. Epsom Derby Also known as simply The Derby to locals and as the Epsom Derby to the international audience, is the fourth race of the Classics series. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of one mile, four furlongs and ten yards - as the Epsom Oaks -; a meeting taking place annually in early June. As it is open to colts and fillies, it is also the second leg of the Triple Crown. The very first Epsom Derby was held on 4th May 1780, with Diomed, a colt from the stables of Lord Bunbury taking first place. St. Leger Stakes The last race of the Classics, the Triple Crown and- strangely - the Fillies' Triple Crown is hosted at Doncaster , and run over a distance of one mile, six furlongs and 132 yards every September. The St Leger Stakes is the longest of the Classic races and was introduced in 1777, named in honour of local army officer and politician Anthony St. Leger.
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Jaffa Jaffa Jaffa Jaffa (also known as Yafo) is the ancient port city out of which Tel Aviv has now grown. Jaffa has, in recent years, like much of South Tel Aviv, been regenerated with the old narrow streets and courtyards becoming a another highly desirable part of Tel Aviv’s urban tapestry. Jaffa flea market is a well known attraction of the area, with vendors selling a diverse range of interesting and unique products. Meanwhile the narrow passageways and ancient buildings in the Old City of Jaffa are worlds away from modern Tel Aviv. Jaffa’s beautiful harbor; bachmont, on Flickr History of Jaffa The history of Jaffa is a long one. As of the world’s oldest ports, Jaffa is thought to have been the port from which Jonah left in the story of the Whale! The port continued to be important through history, and served as the main entry point to the land of Israel through until the late 19th century when Jews from around the world began to return to Israel. It was through Jaffa that they entered the country and in Jaffa that many initially settled. The huge population increase led to overcrowding, and tense relations developed between the Jewish and Arab residents of the city. The result was that Jews began building outside of Jaffa, firstly neighborhoods such as Neve Tzedek , and later the city of Tel Aviv . As Tel Aviv developed, Jaffa decayed. By the 1940’s Tel Aviv was so much larger than Jaffa, then dominantly Arab as most Jews had moved out, that it was made into a neighborhood of Tel Aviv to create the official title of the city of Tel Aviv-Yafo. The decay continued until the municipality created a Development Organization to oversee the restoration of Jaffa, which continues today. In late 2011, a new Old Jaffa Visitors Center opened to the public and this features multimedia displays depicting Jaffa through the ages, as well as self-guided walking tours of the city as it is today. Jaffa is full of interesting faces and places bachmont, on Flickr Old Jaffa; RonAlmog, on Flickr Things to do in Jaffa There are lots of great things to see in Jaffa. Since its restoration, it has become a popular tourist attraction, with people visiting it as a part of Tel Aviv, and as a city of interest on its own. Jaffa is a real melting pot with Jewish and Arab populations living and breathing the same closely-packed air. It always feels like Jaffa is in a constant state of flux as people rush about on their daily business. The Flea Market is a key site, and the sites, sounds, and smells of the small alleyways and streets which make up this city are lined with artists galleries and studios, as well as boutique and craft shops. Jaffa also has some unique and interesting restaurants. The Jaffa Port is still being excavated, but has transformed into a unique destination, still used by fishermen, yet hosting a great array of cafes and restaurants, as well as the Jaffa Port Market . The views from here across to modern Tel Aviv, especially at sunset are incredible. Meanwhile, the gardens next to the sea are picturesque. Tel Aviv, as seen from Jaffa; RonAlmog on, Flickr Shops in Jaffa are unique. The small, narrow streets are home to small unique boutiques, design shops and other fascinating shops which you could even think are not shops. Restaurants and cafes in Jaffa offer the full range of food that Tel Aviv has become known for although there is a wide range of more oriental and Middle Eastern styles of food. For instance, one local institution Dr Shakshuka serves this unique tomato and egg based dish originating from Libya to crowds of natives and tourists alike. What’s near to Jaffa: HaTachana , Tel Aviv’s Old Railway station is a short stroll up the the Mediterranean Coast. Meanwhile the neighborhood of Florentin offers one the chance to see the ‘old’ South Tel Aviv – still to be regenerated with a fascinating array of shops selling all varieties of products. And, of course, there are many other great things to do in Tel Aviv . more things to do BOOK AT TOURIST ISRAEL TOURS IN ISRAEL Over 100 tours in Israel including day tours, multi-
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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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Crane Fly (Crane Fly or Daddy Longlegs) Crane flies are among the animals which cause the most panic in a bedroom, apart from probably spiders, that is. Attracted by the light, they fly in the window and start to flap against lampshades of the main light or the bedside light...apart from this they do no harm at all. Craneflies are merely large flies. They do not feed as adults, nor do they bite or sting. The female lays eggs in the ground, where the larvae feed on vegetation, sometimes causing damage by gnawing at the roots of plants. Crane fly larvae may also appear in thatch. They normally live in damp earth, and so it is only in old, damp, mossy thatched roofs that they can thrive. They themselves do little damage in a roof that has already suffered, but it becomes more serious if rooks or other birds discover this source of food and start to pull at the thatch in order to reach the larvae. These rather leggy flies, sometimes referred to as Daddy Longlegs, have a tendency for the legs to break off when handled. Many crane flies are only mosquito-sized, but all can be recognised by the V shaped suture on the thorax together with a lack of ocelli. Larger species generally rest with the wings extended: smaller species generally fold their wings flat over the body and often bob up and down on their legs when at rest, hence their alternative name of "bobbing gnats". The female abdomen is pointed for laying eggs into the ground or other materials. Some females are wingless and can be seen on house walls in late autumn. Adults may lap nectar and other fluids but do not feed much. Larvae live mainly as scavengers in the soil or decaying matter, often under water. The larvae, pictured above, are often referred to as "leatherjackets". Looking at the picture below that is of two craneflies mating, the female is recognisable on the right by her more swollen abdomen, this is because she is full of egss, as yet unfertilised. The abdomen tapers to a stylus like ovipositor, frequently mistaken for a sting. The male genitalia include a pair of claspers which grip the female genital valves but in order to do so the males abdomen has to be twisted through 180°.
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The Last Space Shuttle Launches Safely Into Orbit | WIRED The Last Space Shuttle Launches Safely Into Orbit subscribe 6 months for $5 - plus a FREE Portable Phone Charger. On Twitter 5 hours A comedy about the apocalypse—penned by @neilhimself —is slated for 2018. So there's that to look forward to at least bit.ly/2jcWNvp Author: Dave Mosher. Dave Mosher Science Date of Publication: 07.08.11. Time of Publication: 11:38 am. 11:38 am The Last Space Shuttle Launches Safely Into Orbit CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — The last mission in NASA’s decades-long space shuttle program is now underway. Atlantis rocketed into orbit today at 11:29 a.m. EDT and is flying at 17,500 mph around the Earth. The mission, STS-135, will catch up with the International Space Station in two days. The space shuttle launch marks the last in NASA’s history, closing out a government-funded space program that lasted 30 years. “The shuttle’s always going to be a reflection of what a great nation can do when it commits to be bold and follow through,” said astronaut Chris Ferguson, commander of the mission, from the cockpit of Atlantis just before pushing into space atop a billowing cloud of fumes. “We’re completing a chapter of a journey that will never end. Let’s light this fire one more time, and witness this great nation at its best.” During their 12-day mission, Ferguson and his three crewmembers — veteran astronauts Doug Hurley, Sandra Magnus and Rex Walheim — plan to wrap up construction of the space station. They’ll deliver a new room crammed with a year’s worth of food, water and other supplies and perform a suite of experiments in orbit, including the test of a bag able to recycle urine and a space-based iPhone application . They expect to land July 20 at 7:06 a.m. EDT. NASA’s space shuttle program has encountered both glowing support and heated opposition throughout its history. The space shuttle’s designers intended to make human spaceflight routine, safe and relatively inexpensive by launching the reusable spaceship 64 times per year at a cost of roughly $54 million (inflation-adjusted) per launch. In reality, the program averaged fewer than five launches a year and $1.5 billion per launch. “It’s a tough technical challenge to build a reusable spacecraft, and the president’s Office of Management … drew a line on how much money would be spent,” said Wayne Hale , a former NASA mission manager who now works as a director of human spaceflight for Special Aerospace Services. Early on, Hale said, the program never got the roughly $5 billion it needed to build a robust launch system that could handle 64 launches a year, so it was forced to make costly compromises. “If we really wanted to have something that would have flown as frequently, we would have spent more,” he said. But space-policy expert John Logsdon of George Washington University thinks the shuttle was the wrong spacecraft altogether. “Rather than lowering the costs of access to space and making it routine, the space shuttle turned out to be an experimental vehicle with multiple inherent risks, requiring extreme care and high costs to operate safely,” he wrote in an op-ed published Wednesday by MIT Technology Review . The space agency ultimately launched 135 space shuttle missions since 1981 at a total cost of about $209 billion. Two of the missions — Challenger‘s last in 1986 and Columbia’s in 2003 — ended catastrophically and claimed the lives of 14 astronauts. For all its setbacks, however, the program is on schedule to complete the most ambitious orbital laboratory ever conceived. It also delivered (and repaired) the Hubble Space Telescope , as well as an army of other artificial satellites. The future of U.S. human spaceflight won’t end with the conclusion of Atlantis‘ mission. But the shape of things to come is uncertain. No American spacecraft is ready to ferry astronauts to the space station during its anticipated 10-year lifespan. NASA is seeding money to commercial spaceflight companies to develop a human-ready spaceship, but the space agency expects a viable spacecraft to emerge
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Columbia: First Shuttle in Space Columbia: First Shuttle in Space By Elizabeth Howell, Space.com Contributor | January 16, 2013 08:50am ET MORE Columbia was the first shuttle to reach space, in 1981. Columbia carried dozens of astronauts into space during the next two decades, reaching several milestones. Columbia also underwent upgrades as technology advanced. However, the shuttle and a seven-member crew were lost over Texas when Columbia burned up during re-entry on Feb. 1, 2003. Columbia's loss prompted NASA to do extra safety checks in orbit for all future missions. Space shuttle Columbia launches on mission STS-107, January 16, 2003. Credit: NASA Decades of development Discussions on developing a reusable spacecraft began in earnest in 1966, when NASA was looking to figure out what programs would come after Apollo. While NASA was tasked with beginning the work, development was held off for years by budgetary constraints, according to NASA history documents. Work resumed more seriously when the first landing on the moon was imminent, in 1969. At that time, then-President Richard Nixon appointed a Space Task Group to look at future space options, and in subsequent years NASA began awarding design contracts for shuttle ideas. Some compromises were made in the design in response to budgetary constraints and input from the military, which was expected to be a major customer of the shuttle. For example, the size of the cargo bay was increased to accommodate large military satellites. Also, it was decided to make the shuttle only partially reusable instead of fully reusable to save on development costs, although critics noted this would increase the costs of individual flights. Construction began on a prototype on Jun 4, 1974. That spacecraft was designated Enterprise . Its purpose was to perform test flights and landings. It never flew into outer space. Construction on Columbia began on March 27, 1975. The name Columbia has several origins: Columbia is a historic poetic name for the United States. Columbia is a female symbol for the United States. It was part of the name of an explorer ship, Columbia Rediviva, which made the first American circumnavigation of the globe in 1790. It was the name of the command module of Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing. Milestones of flight Columbia's first flight took place on April 12, 1981. The shuttle program was officially referred to as the Space Transportation System (STS), so this flight was STS-1. The mission had a two-person crew: the commander, John Young , a veteran of Gemini and Apollo, and the pilot, Bob Crippen . The objective was to make sure that Columbia worked well in space. Media attention in particular focused on the new system of tiles covering the shuttle, which NASA had struggled with in early days, according to a NASA history on developing the space shuttle. Happily, Columbia came back safely. Several more test flights ran between 1981 and 1982. This included perhaps the most dramatic landing of the shuttle program, STS-3. An "autoland" system malfunctioned before landing on STS-3; the crew took over (as planned) just before landing, but the shuttle touched the runway faster than normal. After landing, Columbia's nose pitched up unexpectedly due to a software problem, according to commander Jack Lousma's oral history with NASA; it looked as though the shuttle was bobbing on the runway. The first operational flight for Columbia was STS-5 in November 1982. New shuttle Challenger took on the next three flights, and then Columbia flew once more in November 1983, carrying the Spacelab experiment module for the first time as well as the first European Space Agency astronaut. Columbia was then shelved for major upgrades (including adding heads-up displays) before flying on just one mission in 1986; that mission carried Democrat Bill Nelson on board , among the astronauts. Shuttle operations were interrupted by Challenger's demise in January 1986. It wouldn't be until 1989 that Columbia flew again. Science and telescope operations Columbia flew 28 missions in its
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First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major breakthrough Science First new antibiotic in 30 years discovered in major breakthrough The discovery of Teixobactin could pave the way for a new generation of antibiotics because of the way it was discovered. Sarah Knapton , Science Editor 7 January 2016 • 5:44pm The first new antibiotic to be discovered in nearly 30 years has been hailed as a ‘paradigm shift’ in the fight against the growing resistance to drugs. Teixobactin has been found to treat many common bacterial infections such as tuberculosis, septicaemia and C. diff, and could be available within five years. But more importantly it could pave the way for a new generation of antibiotics because of the way it was discovered. Scientists have always believed that the soil was teeming with new and potent antibiotics because bacteria have developed novel ways to fight off other microbes. But 99 per cent of microbes will not grow in laboratory conditions leaving researchers frustrated that they could not get to the life-saving natural drugs. Now a team from Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, have discovered a way of using an electronic chip to grow the microbes in the soil and then isolate their antibiotic chemical compounds. They discovered that one compound, Teixobactin, is highly effective against common bacterial infections Clostridium difficile, Mycobacterium tuberculous and Staphylococcus aureus. Professor Kim Lewis, Director of the Antimicrobial Discovery Centre said: “Apart from the immediate implementation, there is also I think a paradigm shift in our minds because we have been operating on the basis that resistance development is inevitable and that we have to focus on introducing drugs faster than resistance “Teixobactin shows how we can adopt an alternative strategy and develop compounds to which bacteria are not resistant.” The first antibiotic Penicillin, was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 and more than 100 compounds have been found since, but no new class has been found since 1987. The lack of new drugs coupled with over-prescribing has led to bacteria becoming increasingly resistant to modern medicines. Dame Sally Davies, the government’s Chief Medical Officer, said antibiotic resistant was ‘as big a risk of terrorism; and warned that Britain faced returning to a 19th century world where the smallest infection or operation could kill. The World Health Oganisation has also classified antimicrobial resistance as a "serious threat’ to every region of the world which ‘has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country" However the new discovery offers hope that many new antibiotics could be found to fight bacterial infections. Crucially, the scientists believe that bacteria will not become resistant to Teixobactin for at least 30 years because of its multiple methods of attack. Testing on mice has already shown that the antibiotic works well at clearing infections, without side-effects. The team is now concentrating on upscaling production so that it could be tested in humans. “Right now we can deliver a dose that cures mice and a variety of models of infection and we can deliver 10 mg per kg so it correlates well with human usage,” added Professor Lewis. The breakthrough was heralded by scientists who said it could prove a ‘game-changer’ in the struggle against antimicrobial resistance. Prof Laura Piddock, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Birmingham, said: “The screening tool developed by these researchers could be a ‘game changer’ for discovering new antibiotics as it allows compounds to be isolated from soil producing micro-organisms that do not grow under normal laboratory conditions.” Prof Mark Woolhouse, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, from the University of Edinburgh added: “Any report of a new antibiotic is auspicious, but what most excites me about the paper is the tantalising prospect that this discovery is just the tip of the iceberg. “Most antibiotics are natural products derived from microbes in the soil. The ones we have disc
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Photo identifications L-R: Dianthus thunbergii, Cuspidia cernua, Pentanisia prunelloides, Haemanthus montanus, Dimorphotheca jucunda, Cyphia tysonii, Berkheya setifera. The Eponym Dictionary of Southern African Plants Plant Names C-F Note: Names for which I have no derivations or about which I have further questions are being put on a separate page here and will be investigated further at a later date. I have included names which are no longer current because the individuals which these names commemorate nevertheless contributed to Southern African flora and deserve to be recognized and remembered. Also included here are the generic names of invasive species. Many of my entries have been added to and fleshed out by additional information from Hugh Clarke from the work which we hope at some point to have published, and I thank him greatly for the work he has done. Caesalpinia: for Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603), noted Italian botanist and plant collector, naturalist, philosopher and physician to Pope Clement VIII, professor of medicine and botany at Oisa and Rome, Praefectus of the first Botanical Garden of Pisa and founder of the second. He studied medicine and botany at the University of Pisa. He wrote on many subjects including the philosophical work Quaestionum peripateticarum libri V (1569), a medical work entitled Quaestionum medicarum libri duo (1593), the mineralogical work De metallicis libri tres (1596), and the celebrated botanical work De plantis libri XVI (1583) containing the first scientific classification of flowering plants based on morphology and physiology. He was one of the first botanists to create a herbarium, that which he produced for Bishop Alfonso Tornabono contained over 1500 plants. The genus Caesalpinia in the Fabaceae was published by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753. (CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names) Caesia: for Federico Cesi (Fridericus Caesius) (1585-1630), Italian botanist, microscopist and supporter of Galileo, discovered that ferns have spores. The genus Caesia in the Anthericaceae was published in 1810 by British botanist Robert Brown. (CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names) Cailliea: for Rene Caillie, French explorer (1799-1838), botanist, plant collector, the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu, author of Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo; and across the Great Desert, to Morocco (1824-1828). The genus Cailliea in the Fabaceae was published in 1833 by French botanists Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin and George Samuel Perrottet. (CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names; Wikipedia; David Hollombe, pers. comm.) Calandrinia: for Jean Louis Calandrini (1703-1758), Swiss botanist, traveller and professor of mathematics and philosophy at Geneva, wrote on such subjects as the aurora borealis, comets, the effects of lightning, and flat and spherical trigonometry. This genus Calandrinia in the Portulacaceae was published in 1823 by German botanist Karl Sigismund Kunth. (CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names; Wikipedia) Caldesia: for Ludovico Caldesi (1822-1884), Italian botanist, politician, mycologist, naturalist, and member of Parliament. He was a student of the Italian botanists Filippo Parlatore and Giuseppe De Notaris, and was the author of Florae Faventinae Tentamen. The genus Caldesia in the Alismataceae was published in 1860 by Italian botanist Filippo Parlatore. (CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names) Calomeria: named for the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the request of his first wife Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie (1763-1814), whom he called Joséphine de Beauharnais. Although Napoleon divorced her because she could not bear him a child, he seemingly loved her and mentioned her name on his deathbed even after he had been married to Maria Louisa of Austria. Étienne Pierre Ventenat (1757 – 1808), the author of Calomeria, was a French botanist. In 1803, he published Le Jardin de la Malmaison, being written at the request of Joséphine de Beauharna
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Re-Purposing An Outmoded Communication Method Re-Purposing An Outmoded Communication Method Sunday, 18 April 2010 Sematext Sematext incorporates text messaging with semaphore flags. A text message gets sent to a persons Sematext machine, which will repeat the message with its flags. A separate machine analyses the movement of the flags and interprets the message and prints out a translation for the receiver: Here is a video of Sematext in practice: As you can see there are many disadvantages with this method of communicating, which is why we stick to the simple way of texting. Sematext is a much more long-winded way and you won't be able to understand the message unless you learn how to understand semaphore, or buy an interpreter, which would cost more. Even then, you won't know if you've got a message unless you carry the machine around with you, which isn't very portable, especially if you need the interpreter aswel. I think this project has went well. I have research old methods of communicating and tried to modernise one of them. Even though the outcome isn't very practical, it is still a working solution. Posted by From Old To New From looking at those old methods of communication, I can see that technology-wise, we have come a long way. These days, we have swapped pigeon messaging for text messaging and instead of smoke signals, we leave status updates on Facebook and Twitter. My task is to modernise an out-dated form of communication, similar to those examples. Instead of using a real pigeon, how about a robotic one? I don't necessarily have to modernise something that old either. I could take things such as the mobile phone to another level (even though it can pretty much do anything these days). Now it's time to get my thinking cap on and perhaps brainstorm some ideas. Posted by Steam Punk "Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction and speculative fiction, frequently featuring elements of fantasy, that came into prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s. The term denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used — usually the 19th century, and often Victorian era England — but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. Other examples of steampunk contain alternate history-style presentations of "the path not taken" of such technology as dirigibles, analog computers, or digital mechanical computers. These frequently are presented in an idealized light, or with a presumption of functionality. Steampunk is often associated with cyberpunk and shares a similar fanbase and theme of rebellion, but developed as a separate movement (though both have considerable influence on each other). Apart from time period and level of technological development, the main difference between cyberpunk and steampunk is that steampunk settings usually tend to be less obviously dystopian than cyberpunk, or lack dystopian elements entirely. Various modern utilitarian objects have been modded by individual artisans into a pseudo-Victorian mechanical "steampunk" style, and a number of visual and musical artists have been described as steampunk." Posted by Semaphore Flags "Semaphore Flags are a system for conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands. Information is encoded by the position of the flags; it is read when the flag is in a fixed position. Semaphores were adopted and widely used (with hand-held flags replacing the mechanical arms of shutter semaphores) in the maritime world in the early 1800s. Semaphore signals were used, for example, at the Battle of Trafalgar. This was the period in which the modern naval semaphore system was invented. This system uses hand-held flags. It is still used during underway replenishment at sea and is acceptable for emergency communication in daylight or, using li
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1100-1199 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. 1100-1199 Which city does the statue of Jesus Christ, better known as Christ the Redeemer, overlook? Rio de Janeiro In an all-black cast, who played the role of Brick in the 2008 revival of "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"? Terrence Howard Advertisement ) What term describes the purchase of securities with borrowed money using the shares themselves as collateral? Buying on Margin In the sequence of presidential succession, who is next in line after the vice president? Speaker of the House Created by Ruth Handler, which 12-inch follower of fashion has been every girl's best friend since 1959? Barbie For which film did Kathy Bates win an Oscar in 1991? Misery Which country is home of port wine? Portugal The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is geographically part of which continent? Asia Which city was hit by the second American atomic bomb in 1945? Nagasaki What does a person with mythomania tend to? Tell lies What is the latin term for the science of languages? Linguistics Which Agatha Christie's fictional characters is the only one to have been given an obituary in the N.Y. Times? Hercule Poriot Guns N' Roses guitarist Saul Hudson is better known by what name? Slash Which land animal species lives the longest? Turtle Which militant Lebanese political group sparked a 2007 attack after capturing two Israeli soldiers? Hezbollah How many calories equal 42 Joules: about 1, 10 or 42? Ten Jumping and dressage are events in which Olympic competition? Equestrian What message delivery system did U.S. computer technician Raymond Tomlinson invent at the beginning of the 1970's? E-mail What is the gesture of submission, originating in imperial China, in which you kneel and touch the ground with your forehead? Kowtow On what sitcom did John Larroquette win three straight Best Supporting Actor Emmy Awards? Night Court What is the most distinctive exterior feature on a Russian Orthodox church? The Onion Dome Which 1957 Broadway musical is loosely based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"? West Side Story What is the name for the valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings? Price Earning Ratio What country issues gold coins called Krugerrands? South Africa In the 1960s, IBM designed a new typing head to reduce jams in typewriters. What shape was it? A ball Who directed "The Color Purple" in 1985? Steven Speilberg What does an oenologist specialize in? Wine What dam created Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S.? Hoover Dam Named after the city where they signed the pact in 1955, where did eight eastern European states agree to form a political alliance? Warsaw What part of the body is affected by a swelling known as a periodontal disease? Gums Which Polynesian word means "forbidden"? Taboo Which novel by J.D. Salinger that is still controversial today features Holden Caulfield as the protagonist? The Catcher in the Rye According to the classic Van Morrison song, who "comes around here bout mid-night?" Gloria What is a tapaculo: a fish, a rodent or a bird? A bird Who did Hugo Chavez refer to as "the devil" in a 2006 speech to the UN General Assembly? George W. Bush Which temperature scale has its absolute zero at minus 273.15 degrees Celsius? Kelvin In which chess move are the rook and the king used at the same time? Castling Which frequency band uses the abbreviation "U.H.F." Ultra High Frequency In which country did T'ai Chi originate? China What character on NCIS is commonly referred to as "Ducky"? Dr. Mallard By what name is the collection of Egyptian tombs across the Nile from Luxor better known? Valley of the Kings "Les Miserables" is a musical based on a novel by which writer? Victor Hugo What term describes the simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset in order to profit from a difference in price? Arbitrage (riskless profit) What president extended a "Good Neighbor Policy" to countries in South America, Central America and the Carribean? Franklin Delano Roose
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Queen Isabella I of Spain - Biography Queen Isabella I of Spain Queen Isabella I of Spain Co-Ruler of Castile and Aragon with Her Husband Ferdinand Queen Isabella I of Castile, c. 1490. Found in the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images By Jone Johnson Lewis Updated May 11, 2016. Known for: She was queen of Castile and León in her own right. She married Ferdinand II of Aragon, bringing the kingdoms together in what became Spain under the rule of her grandson, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. She is known for sponsoring Columbus' voyage to the Americas, and for her role in "purifying" the Roman Catholic faith through expelling Jews and defeating the Moors. Dates: April 22 , 1451 - November 26 , 1504 Occupation: Queen of Castile and Aragon, Queen of Spain. Known as: Queen Isabella, Isabella I of Spain, Isabella of Castile and Aragon, Isabella the Catholic, Isabel la Catolica Father: John (Juan) of Castile (1405 - 1454) Queen Isabella Biography Isabella was born in 1451. Her mother was Isabella of Portugal , whose father was a son of John I of Portugal and whose mother was a granddaughter of that same king. Isabella's half-brother, Henry IV , became king of Castile when their father, John II, died in 1454. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge Isabella was only three years old, and her younger brother Alfonso was the next in line to the Castilian throne after Henry. Isabella was raised by her mother until 1457, when the two children were brought to court by Henry IV to keep them from being used by opposition nobles. Henry's first marriage ended without children and in a divorce. When his second wife, Joan of Portugal, bore a daughter, Juana, in 1462, the opposition nobles soon claimed that Juana was actually the daughter of Beltran de la Cueva, duke of Albuquerque. Thus, she's known in history as Juana la Beltraneja. The opposition's attempt to replace Henry with Alfonso met with defeat, the final defeat coming in July, 1468 when Alfonso died of suspected poisoning, though historians consider it more likely he died of the plague. He had named Isabella his successor. Isabella was offered the crown by the nobles, but she refused, probably because she did not believe that she could maintain that claim in opposition to Henry. Henry was willing to compromise with the nobles and accept Isabella as his heiress in September. Marriage to Ferdinand Isabella married Ferdinand of Aragon (a second cousin) in October 1469 without Henry's approval, The cardinal of Valentia, Rodrigo Borgia (later Pope Alexander VI ), helped Isabel and Ferdinand obtain the necessary papal dispensation, but the couple still had to resort to pretenses and disguise to carry out the ceremony in Valladolid. Henry withdrew his recognition and again named Juana as his heir. At Henry's death in 1474, a war of succession ensued, with Alfonso V of Portugal, prospective husband of Isabella's rival Juana, supporting Juana's claims. The war was settled in 1479, with Isabella recognized as Queen of Castile. Juana retired to a convent rather than marry the son of Ferdinand and Isabella, Juan. Juana died in 1530. Ferdinand had by this time become King of Aragon, and the two ruled with equal authority in both realms, thus unifying Spain. Among their first acts were various reforms to reduce the power of the nobility and increase the power of the crown. The Catholic Monarchs In 1480, Isabella and Ferdinand instituted the Inquisition in Spain, one of many changes to the role of the church instituted by the monarchs. The Inquisition was aimed mostly at Jews and Muslims who had overtly converted to Christianity but were thought to be practicing their faiths secretly -- known respectively as morranos and moriscos -- as well as at heretics who rejected Roman Catholic orthodoxy, including alumbras who practiced a kind of mysticism or spiritualism. Ferdinand and Isabella were given the title "the Catholic monarchs" (los Reyes Católicos) by the Pope, in recognition of their role in "purifying" the f
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Full text of "Popular Titles And Subtitles Of Musical Composition" See other formats 781.97 B513P reference collection book K kaosas city public library Kansas city, missouri *;f-^ J Popular Titles and Subtitles of Musical Compositions by Freda Pastor Berkowitz The Scarecrow Press, Inc. New York 1962 Copyright 1962 by Freda Pastor Berkowitz L. C. Card No. 62-10121 To my daughters, Ellen and Joan Introduction For more than three hundred years, composers of serious music have used a relatively small number of general titles for their compositions. There are tens of thousands of works called "Sonata," "Concerto," "Symphony," "String Quartet" and so on; and even though composers have defined their works more specifically by adding the key and the opus number, as in "Sonata in A, op. 58," there remained the desire on the part of publishers, performers, and music listeners, for a lit- erary label which would make it easier to identify the composition, and would give a clue to the mood of the piece, or at least to one significant characteristic. Nicknames, and sometimes sub -titles, are a pe- culiar appendage to the art of music. Strangely enough, they usually were added by publishers, editors, critics, friends (or enemies) of the composer seldom by the composer himself. Often the origins of these unofficial appellations are shrouded in mystery or are based on legends or conjectures that have almost become legends. The aim of this present volume is to collect a representative sampling of these nicknames and sub- titles which have become associated with works from 1600 up until the present time. These will be listed in English, except where usage has accepted a foreign lan- guage as "Grosse Fuge" instead of "Great Fugue" together with some information regarding their origins whenever possible. There will undoubtedly be some omissions, but aJI those included are traceable to biographical and his- torical sources. I want to thank my friends, particularly Mrs. Adele P. Margolis, and my pupils, for their encourage- ment and help all during the time that I was assembling this book. I owe particular gratitude to Mr. Ralph Berko- witz for his many valuable suggestions; to Mr. Edward N. Waters of The Music Division of The Library of Congress, Washington, B.C., for his great co-operation and patience in answering all my questions; to Mr. Ef- rem Zimbalist, Director of The Curtis Institute of Mu- sic in Philadelphia, for his kind permission to use the library of The Curtis Institute at all times; to the won- derful staff at The Curtis Library, particularly Mr. Jack L. Gottlobe formerly) and Mr. Gordon Mapes, for their willingness to help me find information; to Miss Elizabeth R. Hartman and Mr. Theodore A. Seder of The Philadelphia Public Library, for assisting me in finding the necessary reference material; to the many composers for so graciously giving me information about their compositions; to Mr. H.C. Robbins Landon for his valuable Haydn information; to Mr. John N. Burk for his help on Mozart and Beethoven; to Miss Dika Newlin for her enlightening remarks on the music of Bruckner and Mahler; to Mr. Alan March for permitting me to examine the record covers of many albums. Freda Pastor Berkowitz VI "Academic Festival Overture'' Overture Op. 80 in C minor Johannes Brahms 1 In the Spring of 1879, The University of Breslau conferred upon Brahms an honorary Doctorate of Phi- losophy, naming him in its diploma Tt Artis Musical ser- ver ior is in germania nunc principi" (Now the foremost exponent in Germany of musical life in the severer style.) For what he termed his doctor 1 s thesis Brahms wrote the !t Academic Festival Overture," a jolly pot- pourri on student songs " la Suppe" as he jokingly called it. "Adieu a GuilJaume Kolberg" Polonaise For Piano in Bb minor Frederic Chopin 2 According to footnotes in the Breitkopf and Hr- tel edition of this work, the Bb minor Polonaise dates f
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Odense, Denmark Odense, Denmark Tourist Office Tel: 63 75 75 20 Population: 158,678 (2009) Odense is the 3rd largest city in Denmark The name 'Odense'comes from the Norse god Odin Located on the island of Funen (Fyn) Egeskov Slot is 28km south of the city Odense is 160km west of Copenhagen (København) Things to see and do in Odense Facts Odense is the 3rd biggest city in Denmark, and used to be the traffic nerve centre of Denmark. Odense was also once the centre of public administration and trade. The original name for Odense is "Odins", which means ‘Odin’s Sanctuary’. Odin is considered to be the most important God in Old Norse mythology. Prior to the acceptance of Christianity ‘Old Norse Mythology’ was the main pagan religion throughout Scandinavia. Odense was named ‘Odin’s Sanctuary’ because the town was considered a sanctuary for people who worshiped Odin. Generally the city considers itself to be a somewhat forgotten part of Denmark. Many tourists unfortunately drive right past Odense on their way to or away from Copenhagen (København). This is unfortunate because Odense is well worth a visit. Odense makes much ado about their most famous citizen, Hans Christian Andersen , even though he only lived in Odense until he was 14 years old, and even though Hans Christian himself never spoke well of his impoverished beginnings in Odense. Neither of these facts has deterred the city from expressing great pride that Hans Christian was born in their city. Odense has many quality museums and galleries. There are many pedestrian streets, good restaurants, and several interesting churches. The old town of Odense has more than its fair share of well preserved buildings which gives you a good idea about how life was in Odense during the Middle Ages. Approximately 28 km south of Odense is Egeskov Castle (Egeskov Slot) which is considered to be one of Europe’s best preserved castles surrounded by a moat. Anyone visiting the island of Funen (Fyn) should take the time to visit this extraordinary castle. The castle grounds are quite simply beautiful and there are many different impeccably manicured gardens. The castle grounds also have a wide variety of museums to suit anyone’s interests, including an automotive museum, a motorcycle museum, several vintage flying machines, and museum dedicated to the history of agriculture. History Archaeological evidence suggests that Odense has been inhabited since the Stone Age. However, the first documented mention of Odense dates back to the year 988 when the town is mentioned in a letter from the German emperor Otto the 3rd. The letter gave the church in Odense exemption from taxes, and selected the city as a bishop's domicile. It is for this reason that the town celebrated its 1000 anniversary in 1988. Part of the celebration involved the cultivation of a new forest named "The Thousand Year Forest" (Tusindårsskoven). It is clear that Odense grew quite quickly after it had first been mentioned in 988. In 1070, a mere 82 years later Odense was commonly being referred to as being a big city. In 1086, King Canute IV of Denmark (Knud den Hellige) was murdered in the former Church of St. Alban by peasants who were unhappy with the high taxation in the city. Canute IV is commonly thought of as being the last Viking king. The Albani Church no longer exists, however there has continued to be a church on the location since approximately 900. The current church is called St. Canute's Cathedral (Odense Domkirke or Sct. Knuds Kirke), and the crypt holds the remains of Canute and his brother Benedict. After Saint Canute's death he was recognized as the patron saint of Denmark by the Catholic Church. This had the effect that during the Middle Ages the shrine of Saint Canute inside Saint Canute's Cathedral was visited by many pilgrims. During the 18th century an enormous project was undertaken which would dramatically change the city. An 8 kilometre long channel was built from the Odense Harbour to Odense Fjord. The construction of this channel turned Odense into a real port city, and commerce and the populatio
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Cathedral Church of St. Michael - Coventry Location Priory Street Coventry's 14th Century St. Michael's cathedral was destroyed on the night of November 14th, 1940 during a massive bombing raid targetted on the city. The decision was made in the 1950s that the old cathedral would not be rebuilt but would be kept as a memorial and a new building would be erected beside it. A canopy supported by stone pillars connects the two churches. The foundation stone for the new cathedral was laid by Queen Elizabeth II on March 23rd, 1956. A little over six years later the building was consecrated, on the same day that the modern replacement for Berlin's Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church was also consecrated. The website dedicated to Sir Basil Spence describes the building as follows, "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." At the end of the nave hangs Graham Sutherland's 74 foot high tapestry of "Christ in Glory". Approximately the size of a tennis court, this work of art took twelve weavers three years to complete. Facing Sutherland's tapestry at the other end of the nave is a great glass wall in which Tim Hutton has engraved a "Screen of Saints and Angels." To one side is the font, made from a three-ton boulder from a hillside near Bethlehem, and behind it stands John Piper's Baptistry window made up of 195 panes of stained glass bathing the stone font in a pool of colour. Outside Jacob Epstein's spectacular bronze sculpture of "St. Michael Subduing the Devil" stands beside the stairs that lead up from Priory Street to the entrance. In the ruins of the old Cathedral is this statue of Reconcilliation. It is a copy of a statue originally entitled "Reunion" that was presented to Bradford University in 1998. The sculptress Josefina de Vasconcellos, who created it said, "The sculpture was originally conceived in the aftermath of the War. Europe was in shock, people were stunned. I read in a newspaper about a woman who crossed Europe on foot to find her husband, and I was so moved that I made the sculpture. Then I thought that it wasn't only about the reunion of two people but hopefully a reunion of nations which had been fighting." This copy is one of a number that have been donated to important historical sites including Hiroshima and the Berlin Wall Memorial.
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Simon & Garfunkel’s Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm Listeners Biography Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel are popular American musicians and singer-songwriters known collectively as Simon & Garfunkel. They formed the group Tom and Jerry in 1957 in Queens, New York, and had their first taste of success with the minor hit "Hey Schoolgirl". As Simon and Garfunkel, the duo rose to fame in 1965 backed by the hit single "The Sound of Silence". Their music was featured in the landmark film The Graduate, propelling them further into the public consciousness. They are well known for their close harmonies and sometimes unstable relationship. Their last album, Bridge over Troubled Water, was marked with several delays caused by artistic differences. Simon and Garfunkel were among the most popular recording artists of the 1960s, and are perhaps best known for their songs "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "Bridge over Troubled Water" and "The Boxer". They have received several Grammys and are inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Long Island Music Hall of Fame (2007). In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked Simon and Garfunkel #40 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. They have reunited on several occasions since their 1970 break-up, most famously for 1981's The Concert in Central Park, which attracted more than 750,000 people. Early history Close friends through childhood, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel grew up in the same Kew Gardens Hills (Queens, N.Y.) neighborhood just blocks away from one another. They met in elementary school, at Public School 164, in 1953, when they both appeared in the school play Alice in Wonderland (Simon as the White Rabbit, Garfunkel as the Cheshire Cat). They were classmates at Parsons Junior High School and Forest Hills High School in New York City, and began performing together in their junior year as Tom and Jerry, with Simon as Jerry Landis (whose last name he borrowed from a girl he had been dating) and Garfunkel as Tom Graph (so called because he was fond of tracking ("graphing") hits on the pop charts). They began writing their own songs in 1955, and made their first professional recording, "Hey, Schoolgirl", for Sid Prosen of Big Records in 1957. Released on 45 and 78 rpm records, the song—with B side "Dancin' Wild"—sold 100,000 copies, hitting #49 on the Billboard charts. Both Simon and Garfunkel have acknowledged the tremendous impact of The Everly Brothers on their style, and many of their early songs (including "Hey, Schoolgirl") bear the mark of this influence. They later performed their hit on American Bandstand, right after Jerry Lee Lewis's "Great Balls of Fire". Subsequent efforts in 1958 did not reach near their initial success, and after high school the duo went to separate colleges, with Simon enrolling at Queens College (C.U.N.Y.) and Garfunkel at Columbia University. While enrolled in college, they both joined the same fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi. In 1963 they found prominence as part of the Greenwich Village folk music scene. Simon, who had finished college but dropped out of Brooklyn Law School, had—like Garfunkel—developed an interest in the folk scene. Simon showed Garfunkel a few songs that he had written in the folk style: "Sparrow", "Bleecker Street", and "He Was My Brother"—which was later dedicated to Andrew Goodman, a friend of both Simon and Garfunkel and a classmate of Simon's at Queens College, who was one of three civil rights workers murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, on June 21, 1964. These three efforts were among five original songs by Simon included on their first album for Columbia Records, Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., which initially flopped upon its release on October 19, 1964. First breakup Shortly after finishing recording, the duo split and Simon moved to the United Kingdom, where he performed at Les Cousins and The Troubadour Club in London and toured provincial folk clubs. In these venues he was exposed to a wide range of musical influences and, while in England, recorded his solo Th
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Learn and talk about Tommy and Tuppence, Agatha Christie characters, Fictional characters introduced in 1922, Fictional detectives, Series of books Novels[ edit ] Tommy and Tuppence appear together in four full-length novels and one collection of short stories [2] The collection of short stories is Partners in Crime , (1929, each story referencing another writer's work); the four novels are The Secret Adversary (1922), [3] N or M? (1941), By the Pricking of My Thumbs (1968); and Postern of Fate (1973). [4] Postern of Fate was the last novel Christie ever wrote, although not the last to be published. Detectives[ edit ] Tuppence appears as a charismatic, impulsive and intuitive person, while Tommy is less imaginative, and less likely to be diverted from the truth (as their first adversary sums him up "he is not clever, but it is hard to blind his eyes to the facts"), which is why they are shown to make a good team. It is in this first book The Secret Adversary that they meet up after the war, [2] and come to realise that, although they have been friends for most of their lives, they have now fallen in love with each other. Unlike many other recurring detective characters, including the better known Christie detectives, Tommy and Tuppence aged in time with the real world, being in their early twenties in The Secret Adversary [3] and in their seventies in Postern of Fate . In their early appearances, they are portrayed as typical upper middle class " bright young things " of the 1920s, [5] and the stories and settings have a more pronounced period-specific flavour than the stories featuring the better known Christie characters. As they age, they are revealed to have raised three children – twins Deborah and Derek and an adopted daughter, Betty. Throughout the series they employ a man named Albert, who first appears as a lift boy who helps them in The Secret Adversary. In Partners in Crime, Albert becomes their hapless assistant at a private detective agency; and subsequently, as a now married pub owner, renders vital assistance to the pair in N or M?.; by Postern of Fate he's their butler and has now been widowed. In Postern of Fate they also have a small dog named Hannibal. In 1953 the BBC adapted Partners in Crime as a radio series starring Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim . The Tommy and Tuppence characters have been portrayed on television by James Warwick and Francesca Annis , first in the feature-length The Secret Adversary (1982), and then in the 10 episode series Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime (1983). The novel By the Pricking of My Thumbs was adapted in 2005 by the French director Pascal Thomas with the title Mon petit doigt m'a dit... . The movie casts André Dussolier as Tommy (renamed Bélisaire) and Catherine Frot as Prudence Beresford. The action is transposed to Savoie in France. A second movie, Le crime est notre affaire , came out in 2008. Le crime est notre affaire is named after Partners in Crime and stars the Beresfords, but its story is based on 4.50 From Paddington , which was originally a novel starring Miss Marple . A third film Associés contre le crime is very, very loosely based (to the point of being unrecognisable) on one of the stories in Partners in Crime. An adaptation of By the Pricking of My Thumbs appeared in 2006 as an episode of the Granada television series Marple even though Christie did not write Marple into the original story. In this version, Tommy and Tuppence were played by Anthony Andrews and Greta Scacchi respectively, but, unlike in the book, Miss Marple and Tuppence play the detective roles while Tommy is away on intelligence (MI6) business. BBC television began broadcasting two adaptations, comprising six episodes in 2015. Set in the 1950s and titled Partners in Crime , it starred David Walliams as Tommy [6] and Jessica Raine as Tuppence. [7] Original courtesy of Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_and_Tuppence — Please support Wikipedia. This page uses Creative Commons Licensed content from Wikipedia . A portion of the proceeds from advertising on Digplanet g
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Basic ideas of the Sicilian Defence? - Chess.com Chess.com #1 May 12, 2013 Im starting to learn the sicilian defence (transitioning from1...e5) and i want to do it one step at a time. I bought starting out the sicilian defence and have a few online resources but i thought the best way to learn the defence is to first learn the basic ideas so i was wondering if anyone could improve on my ideas here: 1. The C pawn is ment to be traded for the D pawn but gives white a lead in development but my 2 vs 1 center pawn ratio wont allow him to have any early attack. The C pawn is basically only ment to stake a claim on d5. 2. Its usually not a bad idea to fianchetto the bishop on g7 also known as the dragon bishop. 3. The Knight on b8 is very flexable. I can choose to put it on c6 or d7 and sometimes even a6. 4. Im pretty sure in the main sicilians like najdorf, schvengien, dragon i castle short so i should get used to doing that. 5. The rook on a8 99% of the time end up on c8 or d8. Its just sensable. 6. Look for the queen side pawn storm aka minority attack. 7. The knight on g8 pretty much always goes to f6. Okay so those are the basic ideas i know about the sicilian but i do have a few question: 1. What are the main pawn breaks in the opening that i am trying to achieve later on or earlier on? 2. Are there any common knight manuevers? 3. Any other common themes you can think of? Of course this is very broad the sicilian has tons of variations but i want to start playing it without so much the memorization of lines and variations and just start playing 1...c5 with the basic sicilian ideas. FOr example, after 1.e4...c5 2.Nf3...i have no idea why black would play 2...d6 at all? i cant comprehend that. What are some of white's ideas in most sicilians? Also, im going to start reading starting out the sicilian defence and watch GM games. Mainly fischer and kasparov. Any other reccomondations? #2 May 12, 2013 The sicilian is probably the most complex defence to 1. e4!. I will try to answer you as best as I can: 1. The C pawn is ment to be traded for the D pawn but gives white a lead in development but my 2 vs 1 center pawn ratio wont allow him to have any early attack. Answer: Yes, white's best option is to open up the centre with 2. Nf3 and 3. d4. The idea is that white has to win the middlegame, else black has a nice advantage in the endgame (more control of the centre with the pawns). However, with so active white pieces, black will have to make counterattacks. Therefor, the sicilian is often double-edged. 2. Its usually not a bad idea to fianchetto the bishop on g7 also known as the dragon bishop. Answer: If you want to fianchetto, I advice you to either play the accelerated dragon or the dragon variation, don't combine. Dragodorf is just a worse variation of the dragon, and should only be a surprise weapon. The accelerated dragon (1. e4 c5 2. nf3 nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. nxd4 g6) is meant to be positional. However, white got this bind called Maroczy Bind (5. c4!), after which he will have a nice advantage. There is still a game, but a very positional game. The dragon is just tactics. If you like sharp games, this is not for you. If you love sharp games, you must have this in your repertoire. In the yugoslav attack (1. e4 c5 2. nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. nxd4 nf6 5. nc3 g6 6. be3 bg7 7. f3 nc6 (0-0) 8. qd2 0-0 (nc6) 9. bc4, it's all about tactics. White have this ready-made pawn storm, black has a piece attack. Whoever come first wins. 3. The Knight on b8 is very flexable. I can choose to put it on c6 or d7 and sometimes even a6. Answer: I have never seen it to a6. Often it goes to d7 in the Najdorf, because it's well placed on either e5 or c5. In other variations, it's most common on c6, to give more control of the centre. 4. Im pretty sure in the main sicilians like najdorf, schvengien, dragon i castle short so i should get used to doing that. Answer: Dragon: Yes. Najdorf: no. Schvenningen: i dont know. In the najdorf, black often keeps his king in the centre, since it's more safe there. Kasparov was expert in making pawn sto
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Symphonic poem R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra Symphonic poem A symphonic poem or tone poem is a piece of orchestral music in a single continuous section (a movement) in which the content of a poem, a story or novel, a painting, a landscape or another (non-musical) source is illustrated or evoked. The term was first applied by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt to his 13 works in this vein. In its aesthetic objectives, the symphonic poem is in some ways related to opera; whilst it does not use a sung text, it seeks, like opera, a union of music and drama.[1][2] While many symphonic poems may compare in size and scale to symphonic movements (or even reach the length of an entire symphony), they are unlike traditional classical symphonic movements, in that their music is intended to inspire listeners to imagine or consider scenes, images, specific ideas or moods, and not to focus on following traditional patterns of musical form (e.g. sonata form). This intention to inspire listeners was a direct consequence of Romanticism, which encouraged literary, pictorial and dramatic associations in music. Musical works that attempt to inspire listeners in this way are often referred to as program music, while music that has no such associations may be called absolute music. Some piano and chamber works, such as Arnold Schoenberg's string sextet Verkl�rte Nacht, have similarities with symphonic poems in their overall intent and effect. However, the term symphonic poem is generally accepted to refer to orchestral works. A symphonic poem may stand on its own, or it can be part of a series combined into a symphonic suite . For example, The Swan of Tuonela (1895) is a tone poem from Jean Sibelius's Lemmink�inen Suite. A symphonic poem can also be part of a group of interrelated works, such as Vltava (The Moldau) as part of the six-work cycle M� vlast by Bed?ich Smetana. Also, while the terms "symphonic poem" and "tone poem" have often been used interchangeably, some composers such as Richard Strauss and Jean Sibelius have preferred the latter term for pieces that were less symphonic in design and in which there is no special emphasis on thematic or tonal contrast.[3] According to Macdonald, the symphonic poem met three 19th century aesthetic goals: it related music to outside sources; it often combined or compressed multiple movements into a single principal section; and it elevated instrumental program music to an aesthetic level that could be regarded as equivalent to, or higher than opera.[2] The symphonic poem remained popular from the 1840s until the 1920s, when the genre suffered a severe decline in popularity. In the second quarter of the 19th century, the future of the symphonic genre came into doubt. While many composers continued to write symphonies during the 1820s and 30s, "there was a growing sense that these works were aesthetically far inferior to Beethoven's.... The real question was not so much whether symphonies could still be written, but whether the genre could continue to flourish and grow".[4] Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann and Niels Gade achieved successes with their symphonies, putting at least a temporary stop to the debate as to whether the genre was dead.[4] Nevertheless, composers increasingly turned to the "more compact form" of the concert overture "as a vehicle within which to blend musical, narrative and pictoral ideas"; examples included Mendelssohn's overtures A Midsummer Night's Dream (1826) and The Hebrides (1830).[4] Between 1845 and 1847, Franco-Belgian composer C�sar Franck wrote an orchestral piece based on Victor Hugo's poem Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne. The work exhibits characteristics of a symphonic poem, and some musicologists, such as Norman Demuth and Julien Tiersot, consider it the first of its genre, preceding Liszt's compositions.[5][6] However, Franck did not publish or perform his piece; neither did he set about defining the genre. Liszt's determination to explore and promote the symphonic poem gained him recognition as the genre's inventor.[7] Liszt Franz Liszt in 1858 Main arti
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Premier League Managerial Moves By Season | The Sack Race Betting Offers List of Premier League Managerial Moves By Season Since 1992 Since its inception in 1992, the Premier League has been nothing short of a rollercoaster for managers with an average of eight top flight teams per season making a change, whether it is forced upon them after a manager resigns or is porched by another club or through choice following a sacking. Below is the full list of managerial departures that have occured (broken down by each season) since the Premier League began. Managers have been taken to have been dismissed, resigned or departed for health reasons where they were officially announced by the club as the permanent appointment be it on a long term contract or until the end of a given season. 1992/1993 Season Mick McGiven - Ipswich (demoted to assistant manager) Total managerial changes for the season - 7 1994/1995 Season Billy Bonds - West Ham (resigned) November 1994 Ossie Ardiles - Tottenham Hotspur (sacked) Mike Walker - Everton (sacked) Gerry Francis - Queens Park Rangers (left to move to Tottenham) Ron Atkinson - Aston Villa (sacked) Brian Little - Leicester City (resigned to join Aston Villa) December 1994 John Lyall - Ipswich Town (resigned) February 1995 Phil Neal - Coventry City (sacked) George Graham - Arsenal (sacked) John Deehan - Norwich City (resigned) May 1995 Alan Smith - Crystal Palace (sacked) Trevor Francis - Sheffield Wednesday (sacked) Brian Horton - Manchester City (sacked) June 1995 Kenny Dalglish - Blackburn Rovers (retired) July 1995 Alan Ball - Southampton (left to join Man City) Total managerial changes for the season - 15 1995/1996 Season Roy McFarland - Bolton Wanderers (sacked) May 1996 Glenn Hoddle - Chelsea (left to take the England job) June 1996 Total managerial changes for the season - 3 1996/1997 Season Alan Curbushley - Charlton Athletic (resigns) Steve McClaren - Middlesbrough (left to become England manager) July 2006 David O'Leary - Aston Villa (sacked) Total managerial changes for the season - 9 2006/2007 Season Iain Dowie - Charlton Athletic (sacked) December 2006 Alan Padrew - West Ham United (sacked) Les Reed - Charlton Athletic (sacked) April 2007 Sam Allardyce - Bolton Wanderers (resigned) May 2007 Stuart Pearce - Manchester City (sacked) Glenn Roeder - Newcaster United (resigned) Neil Warnock - Sheffield United (resigned) Paul Jewell - Wigan Athletic (resigned) Total managerial changes for the season - 9 2007/2008 Season Jose Mourinho - Chelsea (mutual consent) October 2007 Sammy Lee - Bolton Wanderers (mutual consent) Martin Jol - Tottenham (sacked) Chris Hutchings - Wigan (sacked) Steve Bruce - Birmingham City (left to join Wigan) Billy Davies - Derby County (sacked) December 2007 Roberto Mancini - Manchester City (sacked) Sir Alex Ferguson - Manchester United (retired) David Moyes - Everton (left to join Man Utd) Rafa Benitez - Chelsea (interim contract not renewed) Total managerial changes for the season - 9 2013/2014 Season Paolo Di Canio - Sunderland (sacked) October 2013 Ian Holloway - Crystal Palace (sacked) December 2013 Steve Clarke - West Brom (sacked) Andre Villas-Boas - Tottenham (sacked) Malky Mackay - Cardiff City (sacked) February 2014 Michael Laudrup - Swansea City (sacked) Rene Meulensteen - Fulham (sacked) Chris Hughton - Norwich City (sacked) David Moyes - Manchester United (sacked) May 2014 Pepe Mel - West Bromwich Albion (mutual consent) Tim Sherwood - Tottenham Hotspur (sacked) Mauricio Pochettino - Southampton (resigned)
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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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Obama joins 3 other US presidents who have won the Nobel Peace Prize - CSMonitor.com Obama joins 3 other US presidents who have won the Nobel Peace Prize President Obama delivers remarks from the Rose Garden on Friday after receiving word that he won the Nobel Peace Prize. NEWSCOM View Caption of Barack Obama is not the only one. The other US Presidents who have won the Nobel Peace Prize are, in chronological order, Theodore Roosevelt , Woodrow Wilson , and Jimmy Carter . (You can watch President Obama's remarks here ). Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to won a Nobel in any category. His Peace Prize was for his work in helping broker the end of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Normally, a US Secretary of State would have handled such diplomatic chores. But Roosevelt’s Secretary of State, John Hay , died in July 1905, and the forceful TR took charge of the duties himself. Photos of the Day Photos of the day 02/08 Further talks took place at the US Naval Base at Portsmouth, New Hampshire . The Treaty of Portsmouth was signed on September 5, 1905. Roosevelt did not pick up his Nobel medal, or his prize money, until 1910. He said he did not feel right accepting them while in office. Woodrow Wilson won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919 for his services in establishing the League of Nations. Following the tragedy of World War I, Wilson decided to lead the US peace delegation personally. He traveled to Paris in 1919 to press his idealistic vision of a world united against war. While the peace treaty itself did not reflect all the magnanimity of his famous “Fourteen Points” in support of peace, he did secure the adoption of a covenant for a League of Nations , a precursor to today’s UN . He barnstormed around the US in the months that followed in an effort to push ratification of American membership in the League through the Senate. But the strain of the effort resulted in a stroke that robbed him of his health. In the end, the US did not join, as ratification was defeated. Jimmy Carter is the only president to have won the Nobel following his time in office. His was awarded in 2002, for “his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development,” in the words of the Norwegian Nobel Committee . Many commentators at the time felt that the award was in recognition for a man who appeared to have redefined how much an ex-president could accomplish. Carter previously had come close to winning the Peace Prize in 1978 for his efforts in bringing together Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to sign the Camp David Peace Accords. Next up
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Presidents of the United States (POTUS) He was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. Ford was the first president to be an Eagle Scout. Ford was on the University of Michigan football team from 1931 to 1934. He was offered tryouts by both the Green Bay Packers and the Detroit Lions. Both Ford and his wife, Betty, had been models before their marriage. When Ford proposed to to his wife, he was wearing one brown & one black shoe. Ford was the fourth left-handed president of the United States. Running for Congress in 1948, Ford campaigned on his wedding day. Ford was one of the members of the Warren Commission appointed to study the assassination of President One night, Ford was locked out of the White House while walking his golden retriever, Liberty. The Secret Service finally let him in. Ford's daughter Susan held her senior prom at the White House. He was the first president to release to the public a full report of his medical checkup. Ford was the first president to visit Japan. Ford was the only president whose two assassination attempts against him were made by women. Gerald Ford was the first president not elected by the people to become president. He became vice president when Nixon's elected vice president, Spiro T. Agnew , resigned. Then became president when
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Who is credited with the authorship of the book known as the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible ?
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Acts of the Apostles Home > Catholic Encyclopedia > A > Acts of the Apostles Acts of the Apostles Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download . Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99... In the accepted order of the books of the New Testament the fifth book is called The Acts of the Apostles (praxeis Apostolon). Some have thought that the title of the book was affixed by the author himself. This is the opinion of Cornely in his "Introduction to the Books of the New Testament" (second edition, page 315). It seems far more probable, however, that the name was subsequently attached to the book just as the headings of the several Gospels were affixed to them. In fact, the name, Acts of the Apostles, does not precisely convey the idea of the contents of the book; and such a title would scarcely be given to the work by the author himself. Content The book does not contain the Acts of all the Apostles, neither does it contain all the acts of any Apostle. It opens with a brief notice of the forty days succeeding the Resurrection of Christ during which He appeared to the Apostles, "speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God ". The promise of the Holy Ghost and the Ascension of Christ are then briefly recorded. St. Peter advises that a successor be chosen in the place of Judas Iscariot , and Matthias is chosen by lot. On Pentecost the Holy Ghost descends on the Apostles, and confers on them the gift of tongues. To the wondering witnesses St. Peter explains the great miracle , proving that it is the power of Jesus Christ that is operating. By that great discourse many were converted to the religion of Christ and were baptized , "and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls ". This was the beginning of the Judeo-Christian Church . "And the Lord added to them day by day those that were being saved." Peter and John heal a man, lame from his mother's womb, at the door of the Temple which is called Beautiful. The people are filled with wonder and amazement at the miracle and run together unto Peter and John in the portico that was called Solomon's. Peter again preaches Jesus Christ , asserting that by faith in the name of Jesus the lame man had been made strong. "And many of them that heard the word believed ", and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. But now "the priests , and the prefect of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them, being sorely troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead . And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison unto the morrow." On the morrow Peter and John are summoned before rulers, elders, and scribes, among whom were present Annas , the High-Priest , Caiphas , and as many as were of the kindred of the High-Priest . And when they had set Peter and John in the midst they inquired: "By what power, or in want name have ye done this?" Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, answering gave utterance to one of the most sublime professions of the Christian faith ever made by man: "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel , that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead , in this name doth this man stand here before you whole. He [ Jesus ] is the stone which was set at naught by you the builders, which was made the head of the corner [ Isaiah 28:16 ; Matthew 21:42 ]. And in no other is there salvation : For neither is there any other name under Heaven , that is given among men, wherein we must be saved." The members of the council were brought face to face with the most positive evidence of the truth of the Christian religion . They command the two Apostles to go aside out of the council, and then they confer among themselves, saying "What shall we do with these men? For that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem ; and we cannot deny it". Here is one of the sp
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Who Replaced Judas as the Twelfth Apostle? « Friends of Jehovah’s Witnesses Where is the real Christmas? » Who Replaced Judas as the Twelfth Apostle? In the very first verse of Romans Paul identifies himself as an Apostle. Throughout his letters he re-iterates and supports his claim to Apostleship. If Paul was an Apostle, what does that make Matthias, who was chosen by the other eleven Apostles as the Apostle to replace Judas (before Paul’s conversion)? There are two choices: 1) Matthias was indeed the chosen replacement for Judas, or 2) Paul was the chosen replacement and not Matthias. Perspective One: Matthias was the chosen replacement: When Judas Iscariot defected and died unfaithfully, the twelve apostles became eleven. During the forty days time from Jesus resurrection until his ascension to heaven, Jesus did not appoint another apostle to fill the vacancy left by Judas. We read about it in Acts 1:1-13 (Act 1:1) The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, (Act 1:2) until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. (Act 1:3) To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. (Act 1:4) Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, “Which,” He said, “you heard of from Me; (Act 1:5) for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” (Act 1:9) And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. (Act 1:12) Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. (Act 1:13) When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. Starting in Acts 2:1 the account of the Holy Spirit being given to the disciples at Pentecost is recorded. During the ten days between the ascension (Acts 1:3) and Pentecost (Acts 2:1), Peter concludes based on two OT scripture sets that another be selected to fill Judas’ place because of Judas’ defection: (Act 1:20) “For it is written in the book of Psalms, ‘LET HIS HOMESTEAD BE MADE DESOLATE, AND LET NO ONE DWELL IN IT’; and, ‘LET ANOTHER MAN TAKE HIS OFFICE.’ The words are a combination of Psa. 69:25 and Psa. 109:8; in which the apostle discerns a greater than David, and a worse than Ahithophel and his fellow conspirators against David. (Psa 69:25) May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents. (Psa 109:8) Let his days be few; Let another take his office. Acts 1:11 lists 11 Apostles, Judas not being named among them. In vs 15-26, Peter presents the argument for filling Judas’ position with another choice, Barsabas or Matthias. The two criterion Peter identifies they must look for is that: • He must have been personally conversant with Jesus from John the Baptist onward, (by implication an eye witness of his works and miracles and a knowledge of his teachings) • He must have been an eyewitness of Jesus’ resurrection, After specifically asking the Lord to direct the decision Matthias was chosen. (Act 1:24-26) (Act 1:24) And they prayed and said, “You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen (Act 1:25) to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.” (Act 1:26) And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles. Matthias is included with the other eleven and received the Holy Spirit at Pentecost along with the other apostles and the many others. He was involved with the appointment of the seven deacons in Acts 6:1-3. (Act 6:1) Now at this time whil
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"What common poison was known as ""inheritance powder"" in the early 19th century?"
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Arsenic and the Forgotten Serial Killer | Speakeasy Science Arsenic and the Forgotten Serial Killer Posted February 10, 2012 by Deborah Blum in arsenic , poison , science history , Speakeasy Science Mary Ann Cotton (source: Wikipedia Common) Early this week, a British criminology professor wrote a slightly plaintive essay about the 19th century serial poisoner, Mary Ann Cotton. Why, he wondered, did no one remember the evil Mary Ann and her remarkable homicidal career: poisoning an estimated 21 people, including her mother, children and five husbands before being hanged in 1873? In retrospective, I worry that my first reaction to these questions is not what he wanted to elicit. Oh, yeah, Mary Ann Cotton, I thought. Arsenic. In the 19th century, arsenic (specifically arsenic trioxide (AsO3), also called white arsenic) was used so often that its nickname was “the inheritance powder.” That began to change in the mid-19th century after chemists – notably a determined British scientist named James Marsh – learned out to detect it in a corpse. Cotton was hanged, in fact, in part due to forensic evidence from the Marsh test. And then my next thought was, well, yeah, but Cotton was kind of a dreary, sneaky kind of serial killer, a carefully drab woman who liked to slip into the kitchen and mix arsenic into porridge, soup, a cup of milk. The author of the Cotton essay, David Wilson, attempts to give her more flamboyance, arguing she enjoyed the deaths themselves, got a charge out of watching people suffer, that “she was, in other words, a psychopath.” No argument from me. Cotton did kill some 21 people including her own children. Even if she didn’t get a charge out of watching, I think we could all agree that she possessed the most famous characteristic of a psychopath: “a profound absence of guilt or empathy.” Whether she was enjoying herself or whether she just possessed a kind of gray, sneaking evil, it’s the body count that really gives her away. But Wilson, I think, underestimates the role of arsenic here, misses the seductive lure of the poison itself. An analysis of 19th century crime statistics by the American forensic chemist, Rudolph Witthaus of Columbia University (author of the 1896 book, Medical Jurisprudence, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology ) found that arsenic alone accounted for about 40 percent of poison homicides in Europe from about 1835 and 1880. At the time, poison was astonishingly easy to acquire – it was used in tonics, Frederick Seddon (source: Wikipedia Commons) cosmetics, to color everything from wallpaper to jewelry, as the lethal agent in fly papers and rat poisons. (Several decades after Cotton’s execution, a British insurance collector named Frederick Seddon was executed for killing a boarder in his house with arsenic obtained by soaking flypaper in water.) It slipped easily enough into food and drink. Witthaus interviewed 822 people who had survived arsenic poisoning attempts. Only 15 had noticed the strange metallic taste in their morning cereal or evening cordial. And equally seductive for the killer, the poisoning symptoms of arsenic were frequently misdiagnosed as natural illness – the nausea and cramping as gastroenteritis, the joint pains as rheumatism, the sore throats and labored breathing as respiratory infections. Arsenic, Witthaus noted, of 19th century crime statistics has been “in almost every instance, the agent used by those who, having succeeded in a first attempt at secret poisoning, have seemed to develop a lust for murder and have continued to add to their victims until their very number has aroused suspicion and led to detection.” And that pattern would continue until the Marsh test was so refined, the ability to detect a bare whisper of arsenic in corpse so good, that the poison lost its homicidal charm. Herbert Rowse Armstrong (source: Murderpedia.org) A notorious arsenic case of the 1920s – the murder of his wife by the British solicitor Herbert Rowse Armstrong – illustrated this effect perfectly. Armstrong’s wife, Katherine, died in 1921; her death certificate cit
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Level 3 - General Knowledge 1000, - Memrise General Knowledge 1000 Ready to learn Ready to review Ignore words Check the boxes below to ignore/unignore words, then click save at the bottom. Ignored words will never appear in any learning session. Who wrote the Opera Madam Butterfly India What links - Goa - Kerula - Assam - Bihar George Orwell Eric Arthur Blaire was the real name of which author Shoemaker Names - Baker Cook obvious what did Cordwainer do China Which country do Sinologists study Barbara Stanwyck Rudy Stevens became famous under which name Grenadine Which non alcoholic cordial is made from pomegranates Dancing What is Orchesis - either professional or amateur Art of Horses Taken literally what should you see in a Hippodrome Alexander Dumas Who wrote the Man in the Iron Mask Hocus Pocus Which 1993 Disney film starred Bet Middler as a witch Louis Bleriot Who piloted the first flight across the English channel Dr No What was the first James Bond film Silence of the Lambs What 1991 film won best film Addis Ababa What was the capital of Ethiopia Medicine Aescapalious emblem staff snake Greek Roman god of what Motorcycle Racing Giacomo Agostini - 122 Grand Prix 15 world titles what sport Alaska What is the largest state in the USA Berlin Mexico London Led Deighton trilogy Game Set Match What 3 Capitals Woody Allen Alan Stuart Konigsberg famous as who Amnesty International Which human rights organisation founded 1961 got Nobel 1977 Nelson Mandela Whose autobiography was The long walk to Freedom Tutankamen tomb What was discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter Pluto Clyde Tonbaugh discovered what planet in 1930 Jackie Joyner-Kersey Who won the women's heptathlon at Seoul in 1988 Jayne Austin Who ran through the streets naked crying Eureka Johan Sebastian Bach Who composed the Brandeberg concertos .Full name Minnesota twins Who won the World Series in 1987 Your Holiness What is the correct term of address to the Pope Edinburgh In which city was Alexander Graham Bell born in 1847 Tchaikovsky Who composed the ballets Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker The Deaf AG Bell opened school in Boston in 1872 for Teachers of what Jack Benny Benjamin Kubelsky 1894 fame as what comedian Jonah In the Old Testament what book comes between Obadiah - Micah Mrs Doubtfire Robin Williams dressed in drag for which 1993 film Bishop Which chess piece could be a member of the church Blitzkrieg Which German word means lightning war used in WW2 Cabbage Broccoli belongs to what family of plants I. Kingdom Brunel Who designed the first Iron ship the Great Britain in 1845 Donald Campbell Whose boat Bluebird was recently raised from Coniston water Buick - Chrysler in 1951 which (of two) car companies introduced power steering Joseph Heller Who wrote Catch 22 (both names) Netherlands Which country set up the world’s first chemistry lab in 1650 Chess World Champs What links the names Botvinik Chrysanthemum What is the national flower of Japan Hit Gong Bombardier Billy Wells was seen on many Rank films - why Bordeaux Where in France do claret wines come from Logarithms What did mathematician John Napier invent in 1614 IBM FORTRAN
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Johnny Depp plays policeman Ichabod Crane in which 1999 film?
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Sleepy Hollow (1999) - 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 Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman. Director: Washington Irving (story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"), Kevin Yagher (screen story) | 2 more credits » Stars: a list of 38 titles created 26 Mar 2011 a list of 33 titles created 22 Feb 2012 a list of 38 titles created 21 Sep 2012 a list of 24 titles created 19 Jan 2014 a list of 45 titles created 22 Apr 2015 Search for " Sleepy Hollow " 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 1 Oscar. Another 23 wins & 39 nominations. See more awards » Videos A gentle man, with scissors for hands, is brought into a new community after living in isolation. Director: Tim Burton The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, AKA Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical. Director: Tim Burton A couple of recently deceased ghosts contract the services of a "bio-exorcist" in order to remove the obnoxious new owners of their house. Director: Tim Burton Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor. Director: Tim Burton An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection. Director: Tim Burton When a corrupt businessman and the grotesque Penguin plot to take control of Gotham City, only Batman can stop them, while the Catwoman has her own agenda. Director: Tim Burton The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker. Director: Tim Burton In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper. Directors: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes Stars: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm An ambitious but troubled movie director tries his best to fulfill his dream, despite his lack of support. Director: Tim Burton A writer is accused of plagiarism by a strange man, who then starts haunting him for "justice." Director: David Koepp A vampire tells his epic life story: love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger. Director: Neil Jordan A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones. Director: Roman Polanski Edit Storyline The curse of the headless horseman is the legacy of the small town of Sleepy Hollow. Spearheaded by the eager Constable Ichabod Crane and his new world ways into the quagmire of secrets and murder, secrets once laid to rest, best forgotten and now reawakened, and he too, holding a dark secret of a past once gone. Written by Cinema_Fan Motion Picture Rating ( MPAA ) Rated R for graphic horror violence and gore, and for a scene of sexuality | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 19 November 1999 (USA) See more » Also Known As: La leyenda del jinete sin cabeza See more » Filming Locations: $30,060,467 (USA) (19 November 1999) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia This and Bringing Out the Dead (1999) were the last movies to be released on the LaserDisc format. See more » Goofs (at around 55 mins) The rifle Brom uses to shoot the Headless Horseman has a scope on it. Scopes were not invented until the 19th century. The first documented telescopic rifle sight was invented between 1835 and 1840. See more » Quotes Katrina Anne Van Tassel : Because no one else would go with you. Ichabod Crane : I am now twice the man, and it is your white magic. See more » Crazy Credits The opening credits - shown over Ichabod's
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Bezzerwizzer at Paint Branch High School - StudyBlue StudyBlue Which geometric shape does Frank Llyod Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York echo? A spiral Which painter liked to present himself as the "Man in the Bowler Hat"? Rene Magritte Which IT company is also known by the abbreviation "HP"? Hewlett Packard Which American university is known by the abbreviation "M.I.T."? Massachusetts Institute of Technology What American fashion icon enjoys the sweet smell of success with his Double Black cologne? Ralph Lauren Whon won the Oscar for Best Actor in "The Godfather" in 1972? Marlon Brando Which traditional French dish consists of eggplant, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and onions? Ratatouille Which is the largest city in New Zealand? Auckland In 1960, which Asian country saw a woman elected as head of the government for the first time: Ceylon, Malaya or India? Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) What is the word for illnesses in which physical symptoms are traced back to mental causes? Psychosomatic How many people take part in a tete-a-tete? Two Who, in 1841, wrote about "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"? Edgar Allen Poe Who sang the title song to the James Bond film "Goldfinger"? Shirley Bassey Which species of deer is the most common across the world? Elk (moose) Who was elected President of Poland in 1990? Lech Walesa Which planet is also known as the "evening star"? Venus In a battle of the "hot-heads," who did Jimmy Connors defeat in 1982 in the Wimbledon tennis finals? John McEnroe Which videotape format prevailed in the face of competition from Betamax and Video2000? VHS Which President proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national holiday? Abraham Lincoln Who was the murder victim at the center of the plot in TV's "Twin Peaks"? Laura Palmer Renaissance architecture emerged from which country? Italy How many people can be seen in da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper"? Thirteen Which drink did pharmacist John S. Pemberton invent in 1886? Coca Cola Which term, used in sociology denotes the adaption of a minority to the culture and lifestyle of the majority? Assimilation What do the letters of the American fashion label "DKNY" stand for? Donna Karan New York Who played the role of Baron von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music"? Christopher Plummer Which nation brought chocolate to Europe from rainforests of Mexico and Central America? Spain In which country is the Gibson Desert? Australia What was the code name for Allied Invasion of Normandy on D-Day? Operation Overlord What substance gives blood its red color? Hemoglobin Which science deals with the origin, history and meaning of words? Etymology Which generation did Douglas Coupland portray in his 1991 novel? Generation X Which duo sang "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" in 1965? The Righteous Brothers Which bird has the largest wing span? The (wandering) albatross Bill Clinton was governor of which U.S. state before becoming president? Arkansas How is the number 1,500 written in Roman numerals? MD In swimming, how many strokes are there in an Individual Medley? Four Which country launched MIR space station in 1986? Soviet Union How many points does the Jewish Star of David have? Six In which city did the TV series "Frasier" take place? Seattle What is a column or monument made of a single block of stone? Monolith Which male entertainment group, originally Los Angeles, is known for its striptease routine? The Chippendales Which copmany was co-founded in 1975 by Paul Allen? Microsoft What is celebrated on the 8th of March throughout the world? International Women's Day Causing fistfights in toy stores in the 1980s, which must have dolls came with their own adoption papers? Cabbage Patch Kids Who won the 2000 Oscar for Best Actor in "American Beauty"? Kevin Spacey Which exclusive dish meaning "fat liver" in French is prepared from duck or goose liver? Foie Gras Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Antarctic? Indian Ocean Which Italian explorer gave his name to America? Amerigo Vespucci Who has, on average, more hair on their head: blondes, brunettes, or red
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T. S. Eliot Biography - life, family, children, name, story, death, wife, school, young T. S. Eliot Biography London, England American-born English author, poet, critic, playwright, editor, and publisher T. S. Eliot, American-English author, was one of the most significant poets writing in English in the twentieth century, as well as one of the most influential critics, an interesting playwright, editor, and publisher. Eliot's youth On September 26, 1888, Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St. Louis, Missouri, a member of the third generation of a New England family that had come to St. Louis in 1834. Eliot's grandfather, William Greenleaf Eliot, Unitarian minister and founder of schools, a university, and charities, was the family patriarch, or leader. While carrying on a tradition of public service, the Eliots never forgot their New England ties. T. S. Eliot claimed that he was a child of both the Southwest and New England. In Massachusetts he missed Missouri's dark river, cardinal birds, and lush vegetation. In Missouri he missed the fir trees, song sparrows, red granite shores, and blue sea of Massachusetts. Eliot family Henry Ware Eliot, the father of T. S. Eliot, became chairman of the board of a brick company and served the schools and charities his father had helped found, as well as others. He married a New Englander, Charlotte Champ. After having six children, she focused her energy on education and legal protection for the young. She also wrote a biography, some religious poems, and a dramatic poem (1926). Eliot grew up within the family's tradition of service to religion, community, and education. Years later he declared, "Missouri and the Mississippi have made a deeper impression on me than any part of the world." The Eliots spent summers on Cape Ann, Massachusetts. Education of a poet In St. Louis young Eliot received a classical education privately and at Smith Academy, originally named Eliot Academy. He composed and read the valedictory (something that involves a farewell) poem for his graduation in 1905. After a year at Milton Academy in Massachusetts, he went to Harvard T. S. Eliot. AP/Wide World Photos . University in 1906. Eliot was shy and independent and he made a good impression as a contributor and editor of the Harvard Advocate. He completed his bachelor of arts degree in three years. Eliot's stay at Harvard to earn a master of arts in philosophy (the study of knowledge) was interrupted by a year at the Sorbonne (The University of Paris) in Paris, France. He returned to Harvard in 1911 but in 1914 he went overseas again on a Harvard scholarship to study in Germany. When World War I (1914–18; a war fought between the German-led Central powers and the Allies: England, the United States, and France, among other nations) broke out, he transferred to Merton College, Oxford. Ezra Pound (1885–1972), the young American poet, discovered Eliot at Oxford. They shared a commitment to learning and poetry. After Oxford, Eliot decided to stay in England and in 1915 married Vivienne Haigh-Wood. He taught at Highgate Junior School for boys near London (1915–1916) and then worked for Lloyd's Bank. While teaching, he completed his dissertation (a writing on a subject that is required for a doctorate degree), Knowledge and Experience in the Philosophy of F. H. Bradley. The dissertation was accepted, but Eliot did not return to the United States to defend it and therefore did not receive his doctorate. Early poetry When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Eliot tried to join the U.S. Navy but was rejected for physical reasons. That year his first volume of poetry, Prufrock and Other Observations, appeared and almost immediately became the focus for discussion and
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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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Hornet - Norfolk Wildlife Trust Hornet Update: 18 January 2017 Following the flooding a... Features Hornet at its nest, Hickling NNR, Adam Pimble 1/2 Hornet, Horstead, Neville Yardy 2/2 Hornet Vespa crabro The hornet is Britain’s largest social wasp measuring up to 35mm long – its size alone ensures it cannot be mistaken for any other wasp. Like the common wasp, it is striped but, instead of being black and yellow, it has chestnut-brown and yellowy-orange stripes. The head consists of stout antennae, two ‘c’ shaped eyes and three round simple eyes. Conservation status This is a generally peaceful, non-aggressive species. It is not currently threatened. Details Did you know? Hornets are the largest eusocial wasps; some species can reach up to 55 mm (2.2 in) in length. How to recognise The hornet is easily Identifiable by its large size (being Britian's largest social wasp - up to 35mm long). Like the common wasp, it is striped, but, instead of being black and yellow, it has brown and yellow stripes. The head consists of stout antennae, two ‘c’ shaped eyes and three round simple eyes. The hornet usually nests in hollow trees and wall cavities, building with very brittle yellowish paper. Although it has a powerful sting it tends to be less aggressive than our other wasps. Where to see Hornets in Britain are found predominately in the south; however they are spreading northwards. They favour wooded areas, building their papery nests in hollow trees. The habitat must have a plentiful supply of insects, which are the main food for both adults and larvae. At NWT Foxley Wood , hornets have taken advantage of some of the bat boxes that have been put up. However, these often prove to be too small for the hornet colony and they will often have to build a second nest and relocate the colony to a new site. When to see In spring, usually May, the queen emerges from hibernation and begins to build her papery nest. The queen lays eggs which hatch into smaller (18-25mm ) sterile female workers. When 5-10 workers have emerged, the queen will leave the nest building and food collecting to them, and will concentrate on laying more eggs. On calm, warm nights worker hornets may be seen foraging for food. Later in the summer males (measuring 21-28mm) and fertile females hatch. On a warm day, the males and fertile females swarm from the nest and mate. As the weather becomes cooler in October/November, the newly mated female hibernates, and, if she survives, she will become the new queen the following spring. The males, the old queen and the workers all die. Find out more
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Birds' legs and feet: Different shapes Southern Cassowary Black-winged Stilt Others frequent the same type of habitat, but with vegetation, involving the need of long legs, in order to walk and run through bushes and scrubs. The birds of the wet areas also need long legs to forage in shallow or deeper waters. Some large terrestrial birds such as ostrich and other similar species, have didactylous feet, with only two strong toe forwards. Ostrich On the other hand, the aerial birds often perch on branches in trees, and need flexible toes with claws, able to grasp strongly the branch when they rest or sleep. They have the most common anisodactylous feet, with three toes forwards and one toe backwards. The creepers which are arboreal species have zygodactylous toes (two forwards and two backwards) allowing them to climb along the tree trunks. We find this type of feet in Psittaciformes , but also in Picidae and Sittidae families. Eurasian Treecreeper Little Woodpecker In addition, the Sittidae, and mainly the nuthatches, are able to forage upside down, and to move over the tree trunk upwards and downwards. But we can find several very different shapes, such as webbed feet in aquatic birds ( Anseriformes , Laridae and numerous shorebirds), lobed feet in coots or grebes, very long thin toes in jacanas, and semi-palmated feet in several shorebirds’ species. Eurasian Coot Least Grebe African Jacana Some aquatic birds such as gannets, cormorants and pelicans, have anisodactylous feet, with the four toes joined by the same membrane. Great Cormorant Juvenile The Apodiformes have short legs with pamprodactylous feet, with four toes forwards, allowing them to grasp the rim of the nest. These birds belong to the Apodidae Family and are almost exclusively aerial, landing only for nesting. Common Swift The short legs are well adapted to the behaviour of Trochilidae when they feed on nectar inside the flowers. Costa's Hummingbird And some species found in the Galliforme Order, show a spur on the rear legs, just above the other toes. Ring-necked Pheasant Legs and feet tell us how and where the bird is living, what is its foraging behaviour, if it moves by running, walking or swimming. As the bill, legs and feet are very important tools allowing each species to feed, to catch preys, to kill them. In fact, they are for the bird that are for us forks, knifes or shoes! We will learn more about each group in detail though the following pages.
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UK 2009 summer weather conditions prompted fears of a plague of harlequins - what insects are these?
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Could the ladybird plague of 1976 happen again? - BBC News BBC News Could the ladybird plague of 1976 happen again? By Justin Parkinson BBC News Magazine 5 March 2016 Read more about sharing. Close share panel The hot summer of 1976 saw swarms of ladybirds infesting towns and cities across the UK, with many people reporting being bitten by them. In the 40 years since there hasn't been a repeat, but could it happen again this summer? The drought of 1976 was unprecedented in its severity. Reservoirs dried up, as families queued to use standpipes to access drinking water. To titters worthy of a 1970s sitcom, Minister for Drought Denis Howell suggested people take baths with a friend. And, with Milton Abbas, Dorset, and Teignmouth, Devon, having no rain for 45 straight days, the government warned some industries might have to close down because of water shortages. Image copyright PA Image caption Reservoirs dried up as a result of drought in the summer of 1976 But the heat wasn't the only seemingly apocalyptic event to hit Britain that summer. A plague of starving seven-spotted ladybirds besieged villages, towns and cities. The British Entomological and Natural History Society has estimated that 23.65 billion of them were swarming on the southern and eastern coasts of England by late July. Brenda Madgwick, who spent some of the summer on holiday on Kent's Isle of Sheppey, remembered that "everywhere one put one's foot, it was thick with ladybirds . The posts along the sea-front holding up the chains were completely smothered.'' The ladybird population explosion happened at locations nationwide. "They were all over the place, on every pavement, and at times it was impossible to take a step without treading on them," recalled Frank Haiste of Leeds. The pool at Ruislip Lido in Middlesex was covered with dead ladybirds, deterring all but the hardiest swimmers. Image copyright Science Photo Library The bugs, usually liked by gardeners because they eat aphids, a class of plant-sapping pests that includes greenfly, became briefly hated. They reportedly started biting humans, particularly by the seaside. Simon Leather, professor of entomology at Harper Adams University, thinks changes to cereal production in the 1970s could have encouraged an increase in aphids , particularly the release of Maris Huntsman wheat - which they liked eating - in 1972. The main concern among agricultural scientists at the time was to prevent crops being ruined by fungi - not potential destruction by insects - he says, adding: "These days, people are much more aware of the importance of insect-resistance." In 1976 a warmer than average spring saw larger than usual populations of aphids, creating more food for ladybirds. But the hot, dry summer meant plants matured and dried early, leaving the aphids without food. Their population collapsed in late June and early July. So hungry ladybirds moved on in their billions, searching for nutrition. Swarms built up in coastal resorts as they got stuck by the sea, says Helen Roy, of the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. When well-fed, ladybirds are able to travel up to 120km (75 miles), flying at altitudes of more than 1,000m above sea level, allowing them to travel abroad. But by now they were too hungry and tired to go any further. Image caption There were reports of ladybirds biting people The attacks on humans happened as thirsty ladybirds tried to rehydrate using holidaymakers' sweat, says Roy. "They were also said to be attracted by people's ice creams," Roy, who co-runs the UK Ladybird Survey , adds, "because they would have provided a much-needed source of energy in the sugar they contained." But Ian Rotherham, professor of environmental geography at Sheffield Hallam University, says it's "unlikely" the swarms went from inland Britain to the coast. "They don't tend, on a hot summer's day, to decide they want to go to Bridlington, or wherever, to cool off for a bit," he adds. Rotherham thinks the migration was more likely to have been by ladybirds coming north from continental Europe, who landed on the beache
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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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Who composed the opera 'Albert Herring' in 1947?
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Albert Herring Albert Herring By Benjamin Britten Albert Herring, Op. 39, is a chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten. Composed in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947, this comic opera was a successor to his serious opera The Rape of Lucretia. The libretto, by Eric Crozier, was based on Guy de Maupassant’s novella Le Rosier de Madame Husson, but it was transposed entirely to an English setting.[1] Composition History After having composed and staged The Rape of Lucretia, Britten decided he should attempt a comedy, preferably set in England.[2] Eric Crozier suggested adapting the Maupassant short story Le rosier de Madame Husson and transplanting it to the Suffolk landscape already familiar to Britten from his home in Snape.[2] Britten composed Albert Herring at his home, The Old Mill at Snape, in the winter of 1946 and the spring of 1947.[2] He scored the opera for the same instrumental forces as he had used in his first chamber opera The Rape of Lucretia, intending it like the earlier opera for performance by the English Opera Group.[2] Performance History and Reception The opera was premiered on 20 June 1947 at Glyndebourne, conducted by the composer. According to one writer the owner and founder of Glyndebourne, John Christie, “disliked it intensely and is said to have greeted members of the first night audience with the words: ‘This isn’t our kind of thing, you know’.”[3] Just 38 years later Glyndebourne’s 1985 production was “one of the most successful the opera has had”.[3] The opera was given its US premiere on 8 August 1949 as part of the Tanglewood Music Festival.[3] In 1949, Britten’s English Opera Group toured with both Rape of Lucretia and Albert Herring, giving ten performances between 12–23 September in Copenhagen and Oslo:[4] an almost complete recording of one of their Copenhagen performances has been commercially released. Sviatoslav Richter called it “the greatest comic opera of the century”,[5] and in 1983 staged Albert Herring as part of the December Nights Festival at Moscow’s Pushkin Museum.[6] The opera was performed at Buenos Aires’s Teatro Colón in 1972. In 2008–2010, over 55 performances were given by companies such as those at Glyndebourne and the Portland Opera in Oregon (2008 season); the Opéra-Comique in Paris and the Opéra de Normandie in Rouen (2009); and, for 2010, at the Landestheater in Linz, the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki and the Santa Fe Opera.[7] The Santa Fe production was given by the Los Angeles Opera in 2011. Vancouver Opera presented the work, in a co-production with Pacific Opera Victoria, in 2013. Time: April and May 1900Place: Loxford, a small market town in East Suffolk, England Act 1 Housekeeper Florence Pike is run ragged. Her mistress Lady Billows is organising the annual May Day festival, and has gathered all the important people of the village to vet nominees for the coveted position of Queen of the May. But Florence has dug up dirt on every single girl nominated, proving that none is worthy to wear the May Queen’s crown. Lady Billows is depressed. Superintendent Budd suggests that the solution may be to select, this year, a May King instead of a May Queen. He knows of a young man in town who is as certainly virginal as the girls are not: Albert Herring. At the greengrocer’s, Albert is teased for his timidity by the easygoing Sid. Sid’s girlfriend Nancy comes in to do some shopping, and the couple shares a tender moment while Albert eats his heart out. The lovers leave, and Albert reflects on his miserable existence under his mother’s thumb. The Festival Committee arrives with the news of his selection as May King. Mrs. Herring is thrilled, Albert less so. Mother and son quarrel, to the mocking commentary of the village children. Act 2 It is the day of the festival. Sid and Nancy are preparing the banquet tent, and they take the chance to slip some rum into Albert’s lemonade glass. Albert is tongue-tied at the feast in his honour, but drinks his lemonade greedily (which Britten satirically illustrates with a quote from Richard Wagner’s T
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History — Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House entrance on Bow Street © ROH 2012 The Royal Opera was formed as the Covent Garden Opera Company in 1946, but behind it lies a tradition of operatic performance which goes back for more than 260 years at its home in Covent Garden. In each of the three theatres there have been on the site since 1732, opera has played an important role. The present theatre was built in 1858. During World War II it was used as a dance hall but after the war the idea of public subsidy of the arts was accepted and the decision was made to establish the Royal Opera House as the permanent year-round home of the opera and ballet companies now known as The Royal Opera and The Royal Ballet. It was the ballet company which reopened the building on 20 February 1946 with The Sleeping Beauty. The two Companies combined for Purcell’s The Fairy Queen that December, and on 14 January 1947, Covent Garden Opera Company gave its first complete opera performance, Bizet’s Carmen. The man appointed to run the new theatre was David Webster. His period as General Administrator coincided with the first three Music Directors of the opera company: Karl Rankl (1946–51), Rafael Kubelík (1955–8) and Georg Solti (1961–71). The Rankl period was principally one of establishing the Company and saw the beginnings of the careers of many British singers, including Charles Craig, Geraint Evans and Michael Langdon. This process continued throughout the 1950s and 1960s, with Covent Garden playing a large part in the development of performers such as Amy Shuard, Joan Sutherland, Josephine Veasey and Jon Vickers. Under Kubelík especially there was a considerable emphasis on the idea of an ensemble company, but internationally famous singers regularly appeared as guests: Kirsten Flagstad and Hans Hotter in Wagner; Maria Callas in a variety of roles, culminating in the legendary Franco Zeffirelli production of Tosca in 1964; Birgit Nilsson; Elisabeth Schwarzkopf; Boris Christoff; Tito Gobbi and Ramon Vinay. Guest conductors included Maria Giulini, Rudolf Kempe and Otto Klemperer. Among the producers and designers who worked at Covent Garden during this time, two Italians were especially notable – Zeffirelli and Luchino Visconti. As well as his Tosca, Zeffirelli also produced the 1959 Lucia di Lammermoor that took Joan Sutherland to international stardom. Later productions included distinguished stagings of Rigoletto, Falstaff and the double bill of Cavalleria rusticana and Pagliacci. Visconti’s work for the opera company was based on three great Verdi operas: the 1958 centenary production of Don Carlos and later stagings of Il trovatore and La traviata. He also mounted at Covent Garden an art nouveau Der Rosenkavalier. Much of this work carried over into the Solti era, but it was with his arrival as Music Director in 1961 that the Company took its place as one of the world’s leading opera companies. During his time, international awareness of Covent Garden and its singers grew considerably, a process confirmed by the success of the Company’s tour to Munich and West Berlin in 1970. The Solti period saw numerous developments in the Company’s repertoire and performing style. Of particular importance was the number of new productions of operas by Richard Strauss conducted by Solti himself, including Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten, Arabella and Salome. It was during this period in 1968 that the Company became The Royal Opera. Solti continued a fruitful association with The Royal Opera and in 1992 was created Music Director Laureate on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He conducted the very last operatic music to be heard in the theatre at a Farewell Gala marking its closure for redevelopment in July 1997. He died the following September. In 1970 Webster retired to be succeeded by John Tooley, and the following year Colin Davis took over as Music Director. This new partnership succeeded in maintaining the Company’s place in the top league of international houses. The world’s leading singers appeared regularly with guest conduct
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Astrology: Michael Caine, date of birth: 1933/03/14, Horoscope, Astrological Portrait, Dominant Planets, Birth Data, Biography 1st Fire sign - 1st Cardinal sign (spring equinox) - Masculine In analogy with Mars, his ruler, and the 1st House Aries governs the head. His colour is red, his stone is the heliotrope, his day is Tuesday, and his professions are businessman, policeman, sportsman, surgeon... If your sign is Aries or your Ascendant is Aries: you are courageous, frank, enthusiastic, dynamic, fast, bold, expansive, warm, impulsive, adventurous, intrepid, warlike, competitive, but also naive, domineering, self-centred, impatient, rash, thoughtless, blundering, childish, quick-tempered, daring or primitive. Some traditional associations with Aries: Countries: England, France, Germany, Denmark. Cities: Marseille, Florence, Naples, Birmingham, Wroclaw, Leicester, Capua, Verona. Animals: Rams and sheeps. Food: Leeks, hops, onions, shallots, spices. Herbs and aromatics: mustard, capers, Cayenne pepper, chilli peppers. Flowers and plants: thistles, mint, bryonies, honeysuckles. Trees: hawthorns, thorny trees and bushes. Stones, Metals and Salts: diamonds, iron, potassium phosphate. Signs: Taurus 1st Earth sign - 1st Fixed sign - Feminine In analogy with Venus, his ruler, and the 2nd House Taurus governs the neck and the throat. Her colour is green or brown, her stone is the emerald, her day is Friday, her professions are cook, artist, estate agent, banker, singer... If your sign is Taurus or your Ascendant is Taurus: you are faithful, constant, sturdy, patient, tough, persevering, strong, focused, sensual, stable, concrete, realistic, steady, loyal, robust, constructive, tenacious. You need security, but you are also stubborn, rigid, possessive, spiteful, materialistic, fixed or slow. Some traditional associations with Taurus: Countries: Switzerland, Greek islands, Ireland, Cyprus, Iran. Cities: Dublin, Palermo, Parma, Luzern, Mantua, Leipzig, Saint Louis, Ischia, Capri. Animals: bovines. Food: apples, pears, berries, corn and other cereals, grapes, artichokes, asparagus, beans. Herbs and aromatics: sorrels, spearmint, cloves. Flowers and plants: poppies, roses, digitales, violets, primroses, aquilegia, daisies. Trees: apple trees, pear trees, fig-trees, cypresses, ash trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: copper, calcium and potassium sulphate, emeralds. Signs: Gemini 1st Air sign - 1st Mutable sign - Masculine In analogy with Mercury, his ruler, and the 3rd House Gemini governs the arms, the lungs and the thorax. His colour is green or silver, his stone is the crystal, his day is Wednesday, his professions are journalist, lawyer, presenter, dancer, salesman, travel agent, teacher... If your sign is Gemini or if your Ascendant is Gemini: you are expressive, lively, adaptable, quick-witted, humorous, sparkling, playful, sociable, clever, curious, whimsical, independent, polyvalent, brainy, flexible, ingenious, imaginative, charming, fanciful but also capricious, scattered, moody, shallow, inquisitive, opportunistic, unconcerned, selfish, fragile, ironical or changeable. Some traditional associations with Gemini: Countries: Belgium, Wales, United-States, Lower Egypt, Sardinia, Armenia. Cities: London, Plymouth, Cardiff, Melbourne, San Francisco, Nuremberg, Bruges, Versailles. Animals: monkeys, butterflies, parrots, budgerigars. Food: dried fruits, chestnuts, ground-level vegetables: peas, broad beans, etc. Herbs and aromatics: aniseed, marjoram, lemon balm, cumin. Flowers and plants: lilies of the valley, lavenders, myrtle, ferns, Venus-hair-ferns, bittersweets. Trees: nut trees such as chestnut trees. Stones, Metals and Salts: agates, mercury, silicas and potashes. Signs: Cancer 1st Water sign - 2nd Cardinal sign (summer solstice) - Feminine In analogy with the Moon, her ruler, and the 4th House Cancer governs the stomach and the breast. Her colour is white or black, her stone is the moonstone, her day is Monday, her professions are catering, the hotel trade, property, antique dealer, archaeologist... If your sign is Cancer
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Michael Caine - Filmbug Michael Caine Michael Caine Michael Caine is one of the film industry's most esteemed actors, with a career spanning over half a century and encompassing more than 100 films and a myriad of acting honors. A twotime Academy Award winner, Caine won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Woody Allen 's Hannah and Her Sisters, for which he also received Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. He took home his second Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role in Lasse Hallstr�m's The Cider House Rules, also winning a Screen Actors Guild Award and earning Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations. In addition, Caine has garnered four Oscar nominations for Best Actor, the first coming in 1966 for the title role in Alfie, for which he also received a Golden Globe nomination and a New York Film Critics Award. He earned his second Oscar nod, as well as a Golden Globe nomination and an Evening Standard Award, for the part of Milo Tindle in 1972's Sleuth, opposite Laurence Olivier . His role in Educating Rita brought him his third Oscar nomination, as well as Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. He gained his latest Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for his work in 2002's The Quiet American, for which he also won a London Film Critics Circle Award. Caine previously won Golden Globe and London Film Critics Circle Awards and received a BAFTA Award nomination, all for Best Supporting Actor, for Little Voice. He won his latest London Film Critics Circle Award for his performance in Christopher Nolan 's period drama The Prestige. It was his second film for the director following their collaboration on the 2005 hit Batman Begins, in which Caine played Bruce Wayne's butler and confidant, Alfred. In 2008, he reprised the role of Alfred in Nolan's blockbuster The Dark Knight. Caine was born Maurice Micklewhite in South London in 1933 and developed an interest in acting at an early age. Upon his discharge from the Queen's Royal Regiment and Royal Fusiliers in 1953, he began pursuing his career. Taking his stage name from the title The Caine Mutiny, he toured Britain in a variety of plays and began appearing in British films and television shows. In 1964, Caine landed his first major film role as Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead in Zulu. The following year, he starred in the hit thriller The Ipcress File, earning his first of 37 BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayal of secret agent Harry Palmer. However, it was his Oscar-nominated performance in the seminal sixties film Alfie that catapulted Caine to international stardom. During the late 1960s, he went on to star in 11 films, including The Ipcress File sequels, Funeral in Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain; Gambit, earning a Golden Globe nomination; Hurry Sundown; Woman Times Seven; Deadfall; The Magus; The Italian Job; and Battle of Britain. Over the next two decades, Caine starred in more than 40 films, including Robert Aldrich 's Too Late the Hero; X, Y and Zee, opposite Elizabeth Taylor ; John Huston 's The Man Who Would Be King; Harry and Walter Go to New York; Richard Attenborough 's A Bridge Too Far; the Neil Simon comedy California Suite; Brian De Palma 's Dressed to Kill; John Huston's Victory; Sidney Lumet 's Deathtrap; Stanley Donen's Blame It on Rio; John Frankenheimer 's The Holcroft Covenant; Neil Jordan 's Mona Lisa; and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. Since then, Caine has starred in such films as Noises Off, Blood and Wine, Quills, Miss Congeniality, Austin Powers: Goldmember, and Lasse Hallstr�m's Secondhand Lions. His more recent film work includes Gore Verbinski 's The Weather Man, Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men, the 2007 remake of Sleuth, the title role in the independent film Harry Brown, and reuniting with Christopher Nolan in 2010's smash hit Inception. He also appears in the upcoming Journey 2: Mysterious Island for New Line/Warner Bros. Also an author, Caine wrote an autobiography entitled What's It All About?, as well as Acting on Film, a book based on a series of lectur
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Poets' Corner, which commemorates and contains remains of writers, is in which London building?
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Westminster Abbey » Abbey Treasures Home > Visit Us > Abbey Treasures The North Transept The north transept became known as Statesmen's Aisle following the burial of Prime Minister William Pitt, Earl of Chatham in 1778. The stained glass in the north rose window was designed by Sir James Thornhill in 1722, although it was altered in the late 19th century by J.L.Pearson. The three small chapels on the eastern side of this transept contain some fascinating monuments including that by Roubiliac to Lady Elizabeth Nightingale (pictured) which shows a skeletal figure of Death emerging from a cavern to aim his dart at the dying lady. In the north ambulatory can be found the large memorial to General James Wolfe. Famous People in this location General James Wolfe The upper Islip chapel was dedicated as the Nurses Memorial chapel in 1950 in memory of UK and Commonwealth nurses who died in the 1939-45 war (this chapel can be viewed on application to the information desk). Many fine Elizabethan monuments can be seen in St John the Baptist's chapel and St Paul's chapel, including the tallest monument in the Abbey (36 feet) to Henry Carey, Lord Hunsdon. The Nave When Henry III died in 1272 the building of the Gothic Abbey was not complete and part of the Norman nave remained attached to the new work. The present nave was nearly 150 years in building. It was begun in 1376 by Abbot Nicholas Litlyngton, who financed the work with money left by his predecessor Cardinal Simon Langham. The master mason was the great Henry Yevele, who followed closely the earlier Gothic style of architecture. Flying buttresses on the exterior took the thrust of the walls and enabled the roof to be raised to a height of 101 feet (31 metres). Richard II and Henry V later provided finance to continue the building but it was not finished until 1517, when the west window was glazed. The choir screen has a monument to Sir Isaac Newton, in an area often referred to as Scientists Corner. The West Window The present stained glass in the west window dates from 1735. The design is probably by Sir James Thornhill and the work was carried out by the glass-painter William Price. The design shows Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and fourteen prophets. At the base are the coats of arms of King Sebert, Elizabeth I, George II, Dean Wilcocks (the Dean at the time) and the City of Westminster. Just below this window you find the grave of the Unknown Warrior which commemorates the many thousands killed in the 1914-18 war who have no grave. The Waterford crystal chandeliers were the gift of the Guinness family for the Abbey's 900th anniversary in 1965. In front of the votive candle stands are two icons, one depicting Christ and the other showing the Blessed Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. These were painted by Sergei Federov and installed in 1994. Near the entrance to St George’s chapel (which is set aside for private prayer) is the earliest known contemporary portrait of an English king, Richard II, painted in about 1395. In a case nearby are seven volumes which form the Roll of Honour of the Civilian War Dead 1939-45. Famous People in this location View the Cosmati Pavement website The shrine of St. Edward the Confessor The Chapel containing the shrine of St. Edward the Confessor, lies east of the Sanctuary at the heart of the Abbey. It is closed off from the west by a stone screen, probably of 15th century date, carved with scenes from the Confessor's life. Work is in progress to conserve the floor of this chapel and during this time public access is restricted. An earlier shrine had been erected in 1163, after the Confessor had been canonised. When Henry III rebuilt Edward's Abbey he prepared a new shrine, bringing workmen from Italy. Peter the Roman was the chief artist. On 13 October 1269 the body was brought in solemn procession to its new resting place. The shrine seen today is only a shadow of its former self. It originally had three parts: a stone base decorated with Cosmati work, a gold feretory containing the saint's coffin, and a canopy above it,
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Neighborhoods in Brief in London | Frommer's advertisement West End Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia -- Bloomsbury, a world within itself, is bounded roughly by Euston Road to the north, Tottenham Court Road to the west, New Oxford Street to the south, and Clerkenwell to the east. It is, among other things, the academic heart of London. There are several colleges here, including University College London, one of the main branches of the University of London. Writers such as Virginia Woolf, who lived in the area, have fanned the neighborhood's reputation as a place devoted to liberal thinking, arts, and "sexual frankness." The novelist and her husband, Leonard, were unofficial leaders of a group of artists and writers known as the Bloomsbury Group in the early 20th century. However, Bloomsbury is a now fairly staid neighborhood of neat garden squares, with most of the students living outside the area. The heart of Bloomsbury is Russell Square, whose outlying streets are lined with moderately priced to expensive hotels and B&Bs. It's a noisy but central place to stay. Most visitors come to see the British Museum. Hotel prices have risen here in the past decade but are still nowhere near the levels of those in Mayfair and St. James's, and there are still bargains to be found, particularly on busy Gower Street. In general, Bloomsbury's hotels are comparable in price to what you'll find in Marylebone to the west, but Bloomsbury is arguably more convenient -- at its southern doorstep are the restaurants and nightclubs of Soho, the theatre district, and the markets of Covent Garden. If you stay here, it's a 5-minute Tube ride to the heart of the West End. To the west across Tottenham Court Road is Fitzrovia, a rather forgotten stretch of the West End, somewhat overshadowed by its more glamorous neighbors. To those in the know it offers a welcome respite from the crowds and madness along Oxford Street, with many good shops and pubs, particularly on Charlotte Street. The area was once the stamping ground for writers and artists such as Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, and George Orwell. The bottom end of Fitzrovia is a virtual extension of Soho, with a cluster of Greek restaurants. At Fitzrovia's center stands one of the great retro-futurist icons of London, the BT Tower, which looks a bit like an enormous spark plug. Opened in the mid '60s, it seemed then to represent the very cutting edge of architectural design, but now looks cheerfully dated. A restaurant once revolved at its summit, now long closed. Covent Garden & the Strand -- The flower, fruit, and "veg" market is long gone (since 1970), but memories of Professor Higgins and his "squashed cabbage leaf," Eliza Doolittle, linger on. Covent Garden contains the city's busiest group of restaurants, pubs, and cafes outside of Soho, as well as some of the city's hippest shops, particularly along and around Neal Street and Seven Dials. The restored market buildings here represent one of London's more successful examples of urban recycling. The main building is now home to a number of shops, as well as a small arts and crafts market, while the former flower market holds the London Transport Museum. The area attracts professional street performers, who do their juggling and unicycling on the piazza by St. Paul's Church in front of thronging crowds in summer -- and just a few shivering souls in winter. Everywhere you go on the main square, you'll see living statues, buskers, magicians, and on the lower floor sometimes even opera singers moonlighting from the adjacent Royal Opera House. Appropriately enough, London's Theatre district starts around Covent Garden and spills westward over to Leicester Square, Piccadilly Circus, and Soho. You'll probably come to the Covent Garden area for the theatre or dining rather than for accommodation. There are only a few hotels -- although among those few are some of London's smartest. Running east from Trafalgar Square, parallel to the River Thames, the Strand forms the southern border of Covent Garden. At one time it bordered the river, but in the 19th century
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James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive James Cameron Completes Record-Breaking Mariana Trench Dive Solo sub dive is deepest ever. View Images The DEEPSEA CHALLENGER sub during a February test off Papua New Guinea. Photograph by Mark Thiessen, National Geographic At noon on Monday, local time, (10 p.m. Sunday ET) James Cameron 's "vertical torpedo" sub broke the surface of the western Pacific, carrying the National Geographic explorer and filmmaker back from the Mariana Trench 's Challenger Deep—Earth's deepest, and perhaps most alien, realm. Related Content Tourists Try to See Great Barrier Reef Before It's Gone The first human to reach the 6.8-mile-deep (11-kilometer-deep) undersea valley solo, Cameron arrived at the bottom with the tech to collect scientific data, specimens, and visions unthinkable in 1960, when the only other manned Challenger Deep dive took place, according to members of the National Geographic expedition. After a faster-than-expected, roughly 70-minute ascent, Cameron's sub, bobbing in the open ocean, was spotted by helicopter and would soon be plucked from the Pacific by a research ship's crane. Earlier, the descent to Challenger Deep had taken 2 hours and 36 minutes. Expedition member Kevin Hand called the timing of the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER sub's ascent "perfect." "Jim came up in what must have been the best weather conditions we've seen, and it looks like there’s a squall on the horizon," said Hand, a NASA astrobiologist and National Geographic emerging explorer . Before surfacing about 300 miles (500 kilometers) southwest of Guam, Cameron spent hours hovering over Challenger Deep's desert-like seafloor and gliding along its cliff walls, the whole time collecting samples and video. Among the 2.5-story-tall sub's tools are a sediment sampler, a robotic claw, a "slurp gun" for sucking up small seacreatures for study at the surface, and temperature, salinity, and pressure gauges. (See pictures of Cameron's sub .) Now "the science team is getting ready for the returned samples," said NASA's Hand. Cameron—best known for creating fictional worlds on film ( Avatar , Titanic , The Abyss )—is expected to announce his initial findings later today. After analysis, full results are to be published in a future edition of National Geographic magazine . ( Video: Cameron Dive Is an Exploration First. ) "The Ultimate Test" Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Don Walsh , who descended to Challenger Deep in 1960, said he was pleased to hear that Cameron had reached the underwater valley safely. "That was a grand moment, to welcome him to the club," Walsh, said in a telephone interview from the sub-support ship. "There're only three of us in it, and one of them—late Swiss engineer Jacques Piccard—"is dead. Now it's just Jim and myself." Expedition physician Joe MacInnis called Cameron’s successful descent today "the ultimate test of a man and his machine." After breaching the ocean surface, the DEEPSEA CHALLENGER was first spotted by a helicopter owned by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen , a longtime Cameron friend. Allen was on the scene for the historic dive and posted live updates of the event on Twitter from aboard his yacht, the Octopus, which is providing backup support for the mission. Science in Three Dimensions Throughout the Mariana Trench dive, 3-D video cameras were kept whirring, and not just for the benefit of future audiences of planned documentaries. "There is scientific value in getting stereo images because ... you can determine the scale and distance of objects from stereo pairs that you can't from 2-D images," Cameron told National Geographic News before the dive. But "it's not just the video. The sub's lighting of deepwater scenes—mainly by an 8-foot (2.5-meter) tower of LEDs—is "so, so beautiful," said Doug Bartlett , a marine biologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California. "It's unlike anything that you'll have seen from other subs or other remotely operated vehicles," said Bartlett, chief scientist for the DEEPSEA CHALLENGE project , a partnership with the
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Avatar (film) | Avatar Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Avatar 2 Avatar is a science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron , starring Sam Worthington , Zoë Saldaña , Stephen Lang , Michelle Rodriguez , and Sigourney Weaver . It was made by Lightstorm Entertainment and released by 20th Century Fox on December 18, 2009. The film is set in the year 2154 on Pandora , a fictional Earth -like moon in a distant planetary system. Humans are engaged in mining Pandora's reserves of a precious mineral known as unobtanium , while the Na'vi — the sapient and sentient race of humanoids indigenous to the moon — resist the colonists' expansion, which threatens the continued existence of the Na'vi and the Pandoran ecosystem. The film's title refers to the remotely controlled, genetically engineered human-Na'vi bodies used by the film's human characters to interact with the indigenous population. Contents Plot Jake arrives at Hell's Gate In the year 2154, Jake Sully (Sam Worthington), a former U.S. Marine paralyzed from the waist down due to wounds sustained in combat, is selected to participate in the Avatar Program . Originally, the position was supposed to be filled by his identical twin brother Tom Sully , who was recently killed by a man who attempted to rob him of his money. Arriving from the six-year journey from Earth to Pandora , Jake awakes from cryosleep with hundreds of other personnel to work at the human colony on this inhabited moon of Polyphemus , one of three fictional gas giants orbiting Alpha Centauri A. Jake meets with Colonel Miles Quaritch (Stephen Lang), a hardened and seasoned military veteran who is in charge of security on the colony. Quaritch welcomes the new personnel and military soldiers and briefs them on Pandora. It is mostly covered with lush rainforests and wildlife, and home to the primitive Na'vi , a sentient race of tall, blue-skinned humanoids. The colony personnel and military are under the jurisdiction of the Resources Development Administration (RDA), a non-governmental organization back on Earth. Jake is introduced to Norm Spellman (Joel David Moore), a biologist who arrived on the same rotation of personnel as he did and Dr. Grace Augustine (Sigourney Weaver), a botanist as well as the leader of the Avatar Program, which allows humans to control avatars , which are genetically engineered human-Na’vi hybrids who look like Na'vi. Using the avatars, Grace and her team have made some considerable progress teaching some Na’vi their ways and English as well as learning their language and culture. Grace is not pleased with RDA administrator Parker Selfridge's (Giovanni Ribisi) decision to use Jake to replace his brother’s avatar position, as she will have to spend time training him in Na’vi culture as well as teaching him how to control his avatar. Parker stresses that the RDA needs to mine the extremely valuable mineral unobtanium, which can be found in huge deposits on Pandora. Meanwhile, Quaritch makes Jake his informant to gather information on the Na’vi and their home, the Hometree (kelutral), which has huge deposits of unobtanium buried deep below its surface. He wants Jake to gain their trust and convince them to leave their home within three months. After being trained for several weeks in his new body, Jake, Grace and Norm explore the native wildlife with Trudy Chacon (Michelle Rodriguez), a retired Marine pilot who is assigned to ferry them to their location. While Grace and Norm study the wildlife, Jake encounters a group of hammerhead titanotheres , a rhinoceros-like animal species. However, the titanotheres flee from a thanator (palulukan), a terrifying land predator. Grace shouts at her group to flee. Jake runs from the thanator, who is after him, and loses most of his equipment and weapon in the process. He narrowly escapes death from the predator and falls into raging rivers below. As darkness falls, Jake creates a fire torch using a sap substance on the trees, and once more runs and fights a large group of small sized viperwolves (nantang). A female Na’vi named Neytiri (Zoe S
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Greek handwriting | Handwritten Greek letters | How to handwrite in Greek Comment Same as Roman A. The first of the two is the most typical, “the Greek way” of writing an alpha. Some Greeks, however, write it just like a common hand-written version of the Roman a, as shown on the right. If you prefer your writing to look more genuinely Greek, use the first way; but if you like the safety of the familiar, you may use the second way. Same as Roman B. Two ways to draw a beta, differing only in the starting point of the strokes. The first way yields a more squarish beta at the top, and is done in two strokes. The second way yields a more roundish top, and is done in a single stroke (but starts a bit awkwardly at the bottom). Use whatever seems more convenient to you. Note: many non-native writers tend to put a little vertical tail at the end of the second stroke, seeing it in printed forms of this letter ( Γ ). Thats a serif! It does not belong to the basic form of gamma any more than the serifs at the end of the horizontal bar of a capital T belong to it. When we write, we usually do not mark the serifs. Not really different, the two ways depend on where you make the crossing point. Making it higher than the notebook line (first way) is more convenient in handwriting. Making it right at the line (second way) is more like the printed letter. An alternative order to draw the strokes is just as in A, with the horizontal line (3rd stroke) being the base of the triangle. When written quickly, the angle at the top-left usually comes out as a curve. Same as Roman E. An alternative way to draw this letter is like a c with a horizontal line in the middle (like this: є, or just as the math symbol for “belongs” — for whomever is familiar with that — but in small size). Same as Roman Z. The length of the top horizontal line doesn’t matter. Also, that line is sometimes slightly curved like a wide-open bowl. The hook at the bottom can be more closed or more open. Same as Roman H (but note that this is the Greek vowel eta). The first form is less common, but more consistent with Greek-style hand-writing. The second form is more common, and appears more familiar to non-Greeks, since it’s identical to the Roman letter n. Like an O with a horizontal bar bisecting it. The first form is thinner than its corresponding capital letter. The second form is cursive. Same as Roman I. Same as Roman i without the dot. Same as Roman K. The second form (which looks like the Roman u) is cursive but quite common — perhaps more common than the first form. Same as an A without the horizontal bar. Sometimes stroke #1 ends with a little hook pointing to the right. Same as Roman M. Drawing the strokes in the given order makes it a bit more cursive (preparing for the next letter). But you can also draw a Roman u first, and then extend the line on the left. Same as Roman N. If you want to distinguish the Greek ν from the Roman v, use the first form. A very rare letter. The second form probably exists so that the letter doesn’t appear discontinuous. Looks complicated, but it’s actually like a lowercase zeta (see it above), the curve of which has acquired an extra spike. Another way to see it is as a final sigma (or Roman s) on top of which stands a lowercase cursive tau (see it below). Same as Roman O. The second form is cursive, and quite rare. Same as Roman P (but note that this is the Greek rho). Don’t confuse the Greek ρ with the Roman p. The former has a complete circle, whereas the latter is nearly semicircular. The mid-point can sometimes be drawn so that it reaches as far to the right as the upper and lower end-points, but more commonly it stands a little to the left of those. In the first form, the top horizontal line is about as long as 1/2 diameter (or 1 radius) of the circle. The second form is the final sigma only (never use it instead of the mid-word
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Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary Greek alphabet - definition of Greek alphabet by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Greek+alphabet Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia . ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks alphabet - a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language alpha - the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet beta - the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet gamma - the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet delta - the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet epsilon - the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet zeta - the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet theta - the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet iota - the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet kappa - the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet lambda - the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet mu - the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet nu - the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet xi - the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet omicron - the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet pi - the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet rho - the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet sigma - the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet tau - the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet upsilon - the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet phi - the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet khi , chi - the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet psi - the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet omega - the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet Translations
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Andy Gray's sexist chat on Sian Massey left £1.7m job in the balance | Daily Mail Online Share this article Share The 55-year-old former Scottish international striker is reputed to earn £1.7million a year for his punditry and along with anchorman Keys has been an integral part of the pay TV station’s coverage of football for nearly two decades. A Sky insider said bosses had ‘let the dogs off the leash’ to protect the Sky brand. ‘There has to be a grovelling apology from both of them. 'A lot of people have just been waiting for this to happen. Sky have played every bit of footage that incriminates them. From what I can gauge people have been waiting for a long time to knock them off their perch.’ Sky reporter Andy Burton (right): 'Apparently, a female lino today, a bit of a looker...according to Steve the cameraman.' The second video to appear in public, released by Sky, showed reporter Andy Burton (right) talking to Gray: 'Apparently, a female lino today, a bit of a looker...according to Steve the cameraman.' Burton has since been suspended Burton: 'He says she's alright...now I don't know if I should trust his judgement on that.' In the initial tapes, leaked to the Mail on Sunday, Gray and Keys were recorded agreeing that 25-year-old Miss Massey would need the offside rule explaining to her because she was a woman. Pugh Andy Gray Keys also referred to Apprentice star Karren Brady, vice-chairman of West Ham, in a disparaging manner during the off-air conversation before Saturday’s match between Wolves and Liverpool, saying: ‘The game’s gone mad.’ In the new recording, Gray and reporter Andy Burton are heard discussing Miss Massey’s appearance before Gray again questions her ability to understand the offside law. Burton describes Massey as ‘a bit of a looker’, referring to comments made by another member of the broadcasting team. ‘He says she is all right,’ the reporter adds. ‘Now I don’t know if I should trust his judgement on that?’ Gray appears to sneak a look at Miss Massey, who is out of shot, while saying: ‘Nah, I wouldn’t. I definitely wouldn’t.’ A crew member then refers to her again, and Gray is heard replying: ‘I can see her from here [expletives]. What do women know about the offside rule?’ The incident is not the first time Keys and Gray have mocked women. In 1998, the pair began giggling while introducing the goals from the Women’s FA Cup Final, won by Arsenal. When captain Sian Williams dropped the base of the cup during the presentation by Delia Smith, Keys quipped: ‘Steady girls’, before Gray replied: ‘I’m glad she’s not in goal’. Gray: 'Nah I wouldm't...I definitely wouldn't.' Crew (in Gray's earpiece): 'Female assistant, Andy, any good to you?' Gray: 'No, I can see her from here.' Barney Francis, managing director of Sky Sports, said the pair had been dropped as a result of their ‘inexcusable’ and ‘unacceptable’ comments at the weekend. He said they had expressed opinions which would ‘rightly offend many of our customers, our people and the wider public’. On the beach: Linesman Sian Massey taking part part in water sports on holiday He added: ‘They are inexcusable from anyone at Sky, regardless of their role or seniority. They have been clearly warned about their behaviour and reminded of their responsibilities.’ There was no sign of Miss Massey last night at her home in Coventry, but a spokesman for the Professional Game Match Officials Board said Keys had called her and she had accepted his apology. A source close to her added that she was ‘sanguine about the matter and wants to put it all behind her’. Miss Massey, a PE teacher, has a MySpace page on which she has posted pictures of herself on a beach holiday and dancing. She is due to officiate at tonight’s League Two fixture between Crewe Alexandra and Bradford City. Miss Brady, no stranger to sexism since becoming the first female managing director of a professional club, at Birmingham, in 1993, said Gray and Keys’s remarks were ‘not anything other than sexism’ and added: ‘I’m surprised they didn’t say, “We’d better go down and tell her to pu
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World Snooker: Steve Davis says women will never match top men - BBC Sport BBC Sport World Snooker: Steve Davis says women will never match top men By Caroline Rigby Read more about sharing. Steve Davis does not expect to ever see a woman compete in the final stages of the World Snooker Championship. The six-time world champion, 56, believes the "obsessive" nature of men for an "absolutely irrelevant" activity gives them an advantage. "The male of the species has got a single-minded, obsessional type of brain that I don't think so many females have," he told BBC World Service's Sports Hour. Leading women's player Reanne Evans agreed that focusing solely on the game, given other priorities and a lack of financial support, is hard. "I think women find it difficult just to concentrate on snooker," said the 28-year-old, who has a seven-year-old daughter. "I've got my little girl and you're always thinking about them. Reanne Evans Began playing snooker aged 13 Highest break of 140 in 2008 Had child with male player Mark Allen - 2006 Won world mixed doubles with Neil Robertson in 2008 and Michael Holt in 2009 Became first woman to qualify for main stages of a men's ranking event in 2013 "I just think maybe men find it easier to focus on one thing at one time. Maybe that's a slight advantage there. "The men's game has the backing behind them that they can afford to have a part-time job, or no job, and just practise and work at the snooker, whereas there's no money in the women's game whatsoever." There are currently no professional women snooker players, despite top-tier competitions being open to both genders. Evans, who has won the Ladies World Championship for 10 successive years since 2005, was handed a wildcard to the World Snooker Tour for the 2010-11 season, but failed to win a match. She did, however, become the first female to reach the main stages of a ranking event last June by beating Thai player Thepchaiyah Un-Nooh in qualifying for the Wuxi Classic. While Evans dominates the women's game with an average break of around 40, she admits her level is still some way off the top male players. World number one Neil Robertson became the first player to record 100 centuries in the same season during his quarter-final victory over Judd Trump at the Crucible on Wednesday. Davis thinks women lack "that single minded determination in something that must be said is a complete waste of time - trying to put snooker balls into pockets with a pointed stick. "Men are ideally suited to doing something as absolutely irrelevant in life as that," he said. "They're the ones who have train sets in the loft. They have stamp collections to die for. Right? These are stupid things to do with your life. As is trying to practise eight hours a day to get to World Championship level. "So therefore I think we are also the idiots of the species as well. The male of the species has got a single-minded, obsessional type of brain that I don't think so many females have." Davis won six world titles between 1981-1989 but has now lost his place on the main tour for the first time Asked if he thought a woman would ever compete in the latter stages of the World Championship, the BBC commentator replied: "No." Evans was seven-and-a-half months pregnant with her daughter, Lauren, when she won the ladies world title in 2006. "The trophy just about fitted on my bump," she recalled. "I could only just about break off. It was very weird playing with a bump." Later this month, the mother-of-one from Dudley in the West Midlands will take part in World Snooker's Q School in an attempt to qualify as a professional. These days we're a fast moving sport. The opportunity is there for girls to play WPBSA's Jason Ferguson She believes mental strength rather than physical power is the key factor which sets men apart from the women. "It can be an advantage if you have cue power but there are a lot of men out there who haven't got a lot of cue power, like [Hong Kong's world ranked number seven] Marco Fu compared to [world number five] Shaun Murphy," she added. "But it's not
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YouTube History of Music: Birth of Swing Jazz 1: Big Bands Source: Wikiwand Born in 1903 in Pennsylvania, extraordinary pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines , first recorded per 'Falling' and 'Congaine' on October 23, 1923, with Lois Deppe's Serenaders at the Gennett studio in Richmond, IN. Hines had left home at age seventeen to play piano in Philadelphia at a nightclub called the Liederhaus with a band named the Symphonian Serenaders led by Lois Deppe. He was paid board, two meals a day and $15 per week. In 1925 he moved to Chicago to play at the Elite No. 2 Club and tour to Los Angeles with Carroll Dickerson's band. Upon his return he laid a couple unissued tracks with Kathryn Perry ('Mandy' and 'Sadie Green') in July of 1926 before recording with Johnny Dodds ' Black Bottom Stompers in April of '27. That was fortuitous because Johnny was the brother of Baby Dodds , both of whom were partners of Louis Armstrong and Bud Scott, all of whom had first recorded together with Lil Armstrong and King Oliver in 1923. Also in Dodds 's Black Bottom Stompers were Roy Palmer on trombone and Barney Bigard on trombone. Hines and Armstrong had met at the musician's union, with whom he began playing at the Sunset Cafe. Following Dodds 's Stompers came a session with Armstrong 's Stompers on May 9 of '27. Hines found himself with Jimmie Noone and his Apex Club Orchestra in 1928, with whom he recorded 14 tracks that year, along with additional sides by Louis Armstrong adding up to 38 with the latter that year. Hines capped 1928 in December with a string of debut piano solo recordings in Long Island City for QRS and Okeh. Among fifteen from multiple sessions Red McKenzie is vocalist on four of them (Okeh). It was also 1928 that Hines began leading his own orchestra, at the Grand Terrace Cafe owned by Al Capone. His first issues as a bandleader are thought to have been from a session on February 13, 1929, yielding two takes of 'Sweet Ella May' and three of 'Everybody Loves My Baby'. With his orchestra to employ as many as 28 members, Hines began broadcasting nationally on radio from the Grand Terrace. Touring in the summers, the Grand Terrace closed in 1940, after which Hines took his band traveling year round. In 1943 the draft for World War II made it difficult for Hines to keep a band together, so he formed an all female orchestra. It was during that time in the early forties that Hines began seeding bebop, the first period of modern jazz often associated with sax man Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie , both of whom passed through Hines' orchestra. Between 1948 and 1951 Hines played with Louis Armstrong 's All-Stars, after which he began touring again in 1954 with the Harlem Globetrotters (an exhibition basketball team). Things slowed down for Hines in the sixties, when he opened a tobacco shop, though he did tour much internationally. But the list of prominent musicians with whom Hines played and recorded in the seventies is nigh endless. Among Hines' notable performances were solos for Duke Ellington 's funeral, the White House (twice) and the Pope. It is thought Hines last recorded in 1981 in São Paulo, Brazil: 'One O'clock Jump' among 13 titles on 'Fatha's Birthday' with Marva Josie and the 150 Band. He died in 1983 in Oakland, California. Earl Hines 1923 Bass: Joe Benjamin Born in 1901 in Denver, cornetist/trumpeter, Roy Fox , was raised in Hollywood in a Salvation Army family together with his sister. He first performed in public at age thirteen, playing cornet in a newsboy band with the 'Los Angeles Examiner'. He next worked as a studio musician playing bugle for Cecille B DeMille. At age sixteen he joined the Abe Lyman Orchestra . In 1920 he formed his first band. A couple sources seem to want Fox recording with the Art Hickman Orchestra
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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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What is the name of the process, in which a fluid passes through a semi-permeable membrane, from a weaker to a stronger solution?
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Osmosis | Define Osmosis at Dictionary.com osmosis [oz-moh-sis, os-] /ɒzˈmoʊ sɪs, ɒs-/ Spell 1. Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. a subtle or gradual absorption or mingling: He never studies but seems to learn by osmosis. Origin of osmosis Expand 1865-1870 1865-70; Latinized form of now obsolete osmose osmosis, extracted from endosmose endosmosis, exosmose exosmosis < French, equivalent to end- end- , ex- ex- 2 + Greek ōsm(ós) push, thrust + French -ose -osis Related forms [oz-mot-ik, os-] /ɒzˈmɒt ɪk, ɒs-/ (Show IPA), adjective osmotically, adverb Examples from the Web for osmosis Expand Historical Examples This fat absorption thus appears to be a vital process, and not one simply controlled by physical forces like osmosis. A Civic Biology George William Hunter "I believe that story of the duck that understood the theory of osmosis," said Mr. Burroughs. A Civic Biology George William Hunter Nourishment passes through them by a simple process of osmosis. Embryology Gerald R. Leighton Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study Ontario Ministry of Education osmosis takes place when two fluids of different osmotic pressure are separated by animal membrane. British Dictionary definitions for osmosis Expand noun 1. the passage of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated to a more concentrated solution until both solutions are of the same concentration 2. diffusion through any membrane or porous barrier, as in dialysis 3. gradual or unconscious assimilation or adoption, as of ideas Derived Forms C19: Latinized form from osmose (n), from Greek ōsmos push, thrust Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for osmosis Expand n. 1867, Latinized from osmose (1854), shortened from endosmosis (1830s), from endosmose "inward passage of a fluid through a porous septum" (1829), from French endo- "inward" + Greek osmos "a thrusting, a pushing," from stem of othein "to push, to thrust," from PIE *wedhe- "to push, strike" (cf. Sanskrit vadhati "pushes, strikes, destroys," Avestan vadaya- "to repulse"). Figurative sense is from 1900. Related: Osmotic (1854, from earlier endosmotic). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper osmosis (ŏz-mō'sĭs) The movement of a solvent through a membrane separating two solutions of different concentrations. The solvent from the side of weaker concentration usually moves to the side of the stronger concentration, diluting it, until the concentrations of the solutions are equal on both sides of the membrane. ◇ The pressure exerted by the molecules of the solvent on the membrane they pass through is called osmotic pressure. Osmotic pressure is the energy driving osmosis and is important for living organisms because it allows water and nutrients dissolved in water to pass through cell membranes. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2002. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.
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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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Video: Meet Gary, the world's largest pet rodent - Telegraph Weird News Video Meet Gary, the world's largest pet rodent A couple in America have adopted a giant rodent the size of a labrador, and even allow it to sleep in their bed. 4:15PM BST 21 Jun 2013 Melanie Typaldos, 57, shares her home in Texas with her pet Gary - the world's largest rodent. The computer programmer and her husband, Richard Loveman, 54, even let the giant guinea pig - known as a capybara - sleep in their bed. The couple fell in love with the South American mammals during a holiday to Venezuela , and adopted Gary from an owner who could no longer care for him. The capybara has become part of the family and enjoys nothing more than swimming with his owners in the swimming pool, which was built to remind the pet of his natural habitat. Melanie says: "Although some people might find it strange, it’s really no different than having a dog or a cat . Related Content
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The FunBoxs Biggest Quiz Ever .. | Page 2 | Orphelia's FunBox 2 Main forum | Guild Forums | Gaia Online Orphelia's FunBox 2 Main forum Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:36 pm 6501..In fashion correspondent and bar are types of what item? 6502..Artemis is Greek Goddess of what - only one among all Gods? 6503..25% of the adult male population of the UK are what? 6504..Churchill, Iroquois, Owen and Smiths are all what? 6505..A company called Symbol owns patent to what common item? 6506..What can you find on California's Mount Cook? 6507..Fescue, Foxtail, Ruppia and Quitch are types of what? 6508..In the twelve labours of Hercules what did he do third? 6509..In Heraldry what symbol is a lymphad? 6510..What job links Paul Clifford, Claude Duval, Capt. Macheath? 6511..Whose cases were Empty House Copper Beeches Black Peter? 6512..Which King is known as The Suicide King? 6513..In Costa Rica and El Salvador you spend what? 6514..In the Christmas song your true love gave you give eight what? 6515..Name the Capital of the Ukraine? 6516..What was the name of the dog in Peter Pan? 6517..UK football Derby County home the Baseball Ground nickname? 6518..Every 12 seconds in USA someone does what in a Holiday Inn? 6519..Who rode a horse called Lamri? 6520..Which stringed instrument is blown to produce sound? 6521..Bear, Bird, Goat, Eagle, Swan and Rabbit what links in Ireland? 6522..Hera in Greece Juno in Rome Goddesses of what? 6523..In Japan what is an obi? 6524..Honi soit qui mal y pence is the motto of what organisation? 6525..What is unusual about The lake of Monteith in Scotland? 6526..Which tree is sacred to Apollo (Daphne changed into one)? 6527..Who wrote The Dong with the Luminous Nose and The Jumblies? 6528..What are Blur Crow, Brimstone, Owl and Ringlet types of? 6529..The liquor Curacao is flavoured with what? 6530..In French legend who is the lover of Abelard? 6531..If a male a** is a Jackass what is a female called? 6532..What are Luster, Moreen, Mungo and Nankeen types of? 6533..In George Orwell's Animal Farm what type of animal was Muriel? 6534..In London what links Lambeth, St James and Westminster? 6535..What does an icthyophage do? 6536..Oswestry founded in 1407 is Britain's oldest what? 6537..In mythology who married the beautiful maid Galatea? 6538..In Bradshaws you would find information about what? 6539..The Romans called it Mamcunium what is this English city? 6540..Shakespeare wrote Cruel only to be kind in what play? 6541..Traditional 7 Seas N S Atlantic N S Pacific Arctic Antarctic?? 6542..Launfal, Pelleas and Tristram were part of what group? 6543..Who wrote the humorous books on One Upmanship? 6544..Greek Roman Apollo Babylonian Marduk Indian Vishnu gods?? 6545..Which English King rode a horse called White Surrey? 6546..Billycock, Wideawake, Gibus and Mitre all types of what? 6547..Quilp (A Dwarf) is a character in which Dickens novel? 6548..What word can be added to Fae, Fen, Bil, Goose to make fruit? 6549..Caracul, Dorset, Urial, Mufflon and Jacobs are types of what? 6550..What are Strength, Chariot and Hermit? 6551..Belly, Block, Blout, Nut, Rib and waist are all parts of what? 6552..Mauna Loa, Paricutin, Surtsey and Susya are all what? 6553..Which countries leader was an extra in Hollywood? 6554..BOZ was the penname if which writer? 6555..What bird is sometimes called the Yaffle? 6556..What organisation is known as the Society of Friends? 6557..Balein, Boops, Fin, Grampus and Pothead are types of what? 6558..The Ten Commandments what was number four? 6559..Who wrote the play Androcles and the Lion? 6560..What country was ruled by the Schleswig-Holstein dynasty? 6561..In France what take place at Auteuil, Saint-Cloud and Chantilly? 6562..A Tiercel is the correct name for a male what? 6563..An algophile loves what? 6564..Who is the Roman Goddess of invention and wisdom? 6565..What would you do with a celesta? 6566..What would you do if someone gave you a Twank? 6567..What is the subject of the reference book Janes? 6568..Which spice comes in hands? 6569..What would you expect to see at Santa Pod? 6570..What doe
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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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Guide to German Cookies and Cakes - Germanfoods.org Guide to German Cookies and Cakes for german speaking exporters Guide to German Cookies and Cakes German cookies and cakes are known all over the world, not only for their quality but also because of their uniqueness. The selection of premium ingredients combined with recipes which have been perfected in family-owned businesses for generations guarantee the extraordinary flavor of the baked goods. Compared to American cookies and cakes you will find that products from Germany are usually less sweet than their American counterparts. The cookie assortment in Germany ranges from The cookie assortments range from crisp wafer creations to rich butter cookies with layered or glazed with delicious chocolate. The cookies come in various shapes, some of which are unique to the respective companies (a popular example would be the Bahlsen butter cookie with its 52 “teeth”). The variety of German cakes is truly remarkable and ranges from simple pound cakes all the way to elaborate cakes (Torten) which are either made with whipped cream or buttercream. German Christmas specialties enjoy great popularity all around the globe. The most well-known seasonal baked goods are the ubiquitous Stollen (yeast sweetbread with dried fruits and nuts)and highest quality gingerbread (Lebkuchen). Bee Sting Cake (Bienenstich) This is a sheet cake made with a Hefeteig (sweet yeast dough) filled with vanilla custard, glazed with a honey mixture and sprinkled with almonds. The cake gets its name “Bienenstich” (Bee Sting) from the honey glaze and the thin pieces of almonds. Please see recipe here. For baking mixes, click here . Black Forest Cake (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte) Black Forest Cake is perhaps Germany’s most well-known and most-loved cake. It consists of a chocolate cake with a filling of fresh cream and cherries soaked in Kirschwasser, a clear cherry schnaps that is a specialty in the Black Forest. The cake is decorated with cream, chocolate shavings and cherries. While this cake bears the name of the area of Germany known as the Black Forest, a pastry chef from Bad Godesberg, near Bonn, claims to have invented it in 1915. He was originally from Lake Constance, which is in the Black Forest, so maybe that’s why he named it Black Forest Cake. There are a number of other theories as to how the cake got its name. Firstly, the chocolate shavings on the top of the cake resemble a black forest. Then, perhaps, the name was thought up because the cake contains Kirschwasser, which is a specialty of the Black Forest. And last but not least, there’s a theory that the name came from the traditional dress of the women in the Black Forest which consists of a black dress, white blouse and a hat with a white base and red balls on top resembling the cherries. Please see recipe here. Butter Cake/ Sugar Cake (Butterkuchen/ Zuckerkuchen) Butterkuchen (Butter Cake) or Zuckerkuchen (Sugar Cake) is a simple sheet cake made with a Hefeteig (sweet yeast dough). Small holes are pressed into the dough with your fingers and butter is spread over the top. It then gets sprinkled with sugar and almonds. It’s a popular cake at both weddings and funerals and is sometimes referred to either as Freud- und Leidkuchen (Joy and Sympathy Cake) or as Beerdigungskuchen (Funeral Cake). It is especially popular in Northern Germany and in Westphalia. Please see recipe here . For baking mixes, click here . Cheese Cake (Käsekuchen) Genuine German cheesecake is made with Quark cheese. It’s sometimes also called Quarkkuchen or Quarktorte in Switzerland. In Austria it’s known as Topfenkuchen. For variety, berries such as raspberries or blueberries can be added, as can cherries and raisins. Please see recipe here. Donut (Krapfen / Berliner) Known as Pfannkuchen in Berlin and large parts of Eastern Germany, Kreppel in Hessen, Krapfen in Southern Germany and Berliner in much of Western Germany, the jelly-filled donut is a pastry which enjoys great popularity. Especially during the carnival season, which is known as Fasching, Karneval or Fastnach
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Wolverine | fictional character | Britannica.com fictional character comic strip Wolverine, comic-book character whose gruff, violent disposition set the standard for later antiestablishment comic heroes. The character was created for Marvel Comics by writer Len Wein and artist John Romita, Sr. Wolverine—who possesses razor-sharp claws, the ability to rapidly heal virtually any injury, and a skeleton reinforced with an indestructible metal—made his first full appearance in The Incredible Hulk no. 181 (1974). Hugh Jackman as the title character in The Wolverine (2013), directed by … Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation/Marvel Entertainment Wolverine was created at the request of Marvel’s then editor in chief Roy Thomas, who wanted a Canadian hero to boost north-of-the-border sales. Although artist Herb Trimpe drew the Hulk stories, it was Marvel art director John Romita, Sr., who designed the costume and clawed look of Wolverine. His initial yellow-and-blue attire did not evoke the image of a ferocious woodland animal, but his trio of claws and his surly attitude made him stand out among superheroes of the day. Readers discovered Wolverine to be a dangerous loner in the tradition of the western antihero; he has no compunctions about killing, but he treats the helpless well (as long as they cause him no trouble). Wolverine was soon transferred to the pages of the revitalized X-Men series with Giant-Size X-Men no. 1 (1975), but he received little attention until 1977, when writer Chris Claremont and artist John Byrne developed the character further. It was revealed that Wolverine’s mutant powers included superhuman strength and reflexes, enhanced senses and tracking abilities, and a special healing power that also slows his aging. His powers enabled him to survive a mysterious process whereby his entire skeleton had been coated in an indestructible alloy known as adamantium. Over subsequent years, writers slowly revealed Wolverine’s history, notably his ties to Japan, which included a love affair with the daughter of a Japanese crime lord and a background steeped in Japanese martial arts and traditions. Similar Topics Spider-Man This aspect of the character was explored further in Wolverine (1982), a much-lauded miniseries written by Claremont and drawn by Frank Miller . The anthology series Marvel Comics Presents, which debuted in September 1988, furthered the character by featuring a Wolverine serialized story in almost every issue. The most famous of these—a story known as “ Weapon X ”—ran in 1991 and finally showed the experiments by which Wolverine’s skeleton was covered with adamantium. As more details about Wolverine’s past were unveiled throughout the 1990s and the early 21st century, it became increasingly clear that the character was far older than he appeared to be. It was established that he had fought alongside Captain America and others during World War II , but he seemed older than that. The character’s full backstory was finally revealed in the Origin miniseries (2001–02), which was set near the end of the 19th century. Wolverine was born James Howlett to a wealthy family in Alberta, Canada. With a completely withdrawn mother and a busy father, James was cared for largely by a hired playmate, a red-haired girl named Rose. After the family’s groundskeeper killed James’s father, bony claws protruded from young James’s hands for the first time, and he used them to fatally stab the groundskeeper—a man later revealed to be James’s real father. This chain of events ultimately led to the suicide of James’s mother. Rose took James to a mining colony to live and gave him the name Logan. As Marvel expanded its offerings beyond the printed page, Wolverine figured prominently in other media. Hugh Jackman offered a star-turning performance as the gruff mutant in the first live-action X-Men (2000). Jackman reprised the role in the sequels X2 (2003), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and starred as the lead character in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and The Wolverine (2013). He made a
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Emmet Brickowski | Heroes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia The Chosen One / Zero to Hero “ Hello. I'm Emmet. I'm just gonna come right out. I have no idea what's going on. At all. „ ~ Emmet when he is brought up to the royal court Emmet Brickowski is a regular Lego construction worker and the main protagonist of the 2014 Lego crossover film, The Lego Movie. He is called up as "The Special" (in other words, "The Chosen One") by the Master Builders's leader Vitruvius to stop the evil President Business from destroying Lego World. In order to do so, he reluctantly teams up with a tough-as nails spy Wyldstyle whom he develops a crush on, Vitruvius, and even Batman to stop Business. He is voiced by Chris Pratt, who also played Peter Quill/Star Lord and Owen Grady . Contents [ show ] History At first, he lives an average ordinary day at the town of Bricksburg with the other construction workers, until he spots a hooded girl running away after Emmet falls in love upon first sight, He tries to follow her to apologize, but falls down a long hole and stumbles upon the Piece of Resistance. Emmet is later woken up by Bad Cop and interrogated to know where he got the Piece of Resistance. When Emmet can't comply, Bad Cop orders the robots to take Emmet to the melting chamber. Wyldstyle, the girl he saw the construction site saves him by building a mortorcycle and evading Bad Cop and the robots. Wyldstyle gets upset that Emmet is not that creative and tells him to follow her to go to the cantina bar to meet Virtuvius. Vitruvius is about to train Emmet, but Sheriff Notarobot and a ton of Deputrons try to break into the hiding spot to catch them but Emmet, Wyldstyle, and Vitruvius manage to evade them and Batman joins the group. They later get to Cloud Cuckoo Land the home of Princess Uni-Kitty and she leads them to the Puppy Court where the Master Builders gather and meet. Emmet tells them that he is the least qualified person to lead them, which causes the Master Builders to get angry at him and disband. Suddenly a golf ball is tossed at them, and a ton of robot ships surround the area. The group meet Benny a blue classic spaceman that is obsessed with building spaceships joins the group. Bad Cop tries to stop them, but they manage to dive underwater with a custom submarine and evade him. Emmet tries to comfort Unikitty on the loss of her destroyed homeland, but only makes it a bit worse. The sub suddenly explodes, but the group manage to save themselves by using the double decker couch idea that Emmet had at his vision. Metalbeard , then gets them all to his pirate ship and sets sail for the Octan corporation with Emmet giving out a complex plan to stop Lord Business from using the Kragle.Wyldstyle reveals Emmett she wanted to be the special and it turned out to be Him, Emmet reveals that when met at night during the road and told him it was important it was the first time someone said something. Wyldstyle also reveals that his real name is Lucy and Emmet says it's a nice name. About to take both hands are interrupted by Batman. Some seconds later continue with the plan It looked like the plan would work, but unfortunately, the plan fails when Wyldstyle and the others are captured by Bad Cop and the drones. Emmet gets captured too, and just when it looks like they are about to get imprisoned in the Think Tank, Vitruvius is able to fend off the drones but is killed when Lord Business decapitates him with a penny. His last words to Emmet was that he made up the prophecy before succumbing to his wound. Emmet is tied up to an explosive battery linked to the Think Tanks, while Lord Business cuts the Piece of Resistance off Emmet with an Exacto Knife and tosses it into the abyss of no return. The ghost of Vitruvius (tied to yarn) tells Emmet that he made up the prophecy because he told him he is not the only one that is special. Emmet then sacrifices his life, saving and freeing everybody by jumping into the abyss of no return. Inspired, the Master Builders make Wyldstyle "The Special" and she tells them to be creative and make all sorts of
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What You Need To Know About Rationing In The Second World War | Imperial War Museums Quick read What You Need To Know About Rationing In The Second World War In January 1940, the British government introduced food rationing. The scheme was designed to ensure fair shares for all at a time of national shortage. The Ministry of Food was responsible for overseeing rationing. Every man, woman and child was given a ration book with coupons. These were required before rationed goods could be purchased. Basic foodstuffs such as sugar, meat, fats, bacon and cheese were directly rationed by an allowance of coupons. Housewives had to register with particular retailers. A number of other items, such as tinned goods, dried fruit, cereals and biscuits, were rationed using a points system. The number of points allocated changed according to availability and consumer demand. Priority allowances of milk and eggs were given to those most in need, including children and expectant mothers. As shortages increased, long queues became commonplace. It was common for someone to reach the front of a long queue, only to find out that the item they had been waiting for had just run out. Not all foods were rationed. Fruit and vegetables were never rationed but were often in short supply, especially tomatoes, onions and fruit shipped from overseas. The government encouraged people to grow vegetables in their own gardens and allotments. Many public parks were also used for this purpose. The scheme became better known as ‘Dig For Victory’. Certain key commodities were also rationed – petrol in 1939, clothes in June 1941 and soap in February 1942. The end of the war saw additional cuts. Bread, which was never rationed during wartime, was put on the ration in July 1946. It was not until the early 1950s that most commodities came ‘off the ration’. Meat was the last item to be de-rationed and food rationing ended completely in 1954. One way to get rationed items without coupons, usually at greatly inflated prices, was on the black market. Shopkeepers sometimes kept special supplies ‘behind the counter’, and ‘spivs’ - petty criminals - traded in goods often obtained by dubious means. By March 1941, 2,300 people had been prosecuted and severely penalised for fraud and dishonesty. Follow us
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World War II | WarWiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Adolf Hitler then turned on the Soviet Union , launching a surprise attack ( codenamed Operation Barbarossa ) on June 22 , 1941 . Despite enormous gains, the invasion stalled on the outskirts of Moscow in late 1941, as the winter weather made further advances difficult. The Germans initiated another major offensive the following summer, but the attack bogged down in vicious urban fighting in Stalingrad . The Soviets later launched a massive encircling counterattack to force the surrender of the German Sixth Army at the Battle of Stalingrad (1942–43), decisively defeated the Axis at the Battle of Kursk , and broke the Siege of Leningrad . The Red Army then pursued the retreating Wehrmacht to Berlin , and won the street-by-street Battle of Berlin , as Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker on April 30 , 1945 . Meanwhile, the Western Allies successfully defended North Africa (1940–43), invaded Italy (1943), and then liberated France (1944), following amphibious landings in Normandy . After repulsing a German counterattack at the Battle of the Bulge that December, the Western Allies crossed the Rhine River to link up with their Soviet counterparts at the Elbe River in central Germany. During the war in Europe, some 6 million Jews , along with another 5 to 6 million people — Roma (Gypsies) , Slavs , Communists , homosexuals , the disabled and several other groups — were murdered by Germany in a state-sponsored genocide that came to be known as the Holocaust . War in Asia and the Pacific Main articles: Second Sino-Japanese war and Pacific War Territory of the Empire of Japan at its peak. The Empire of Japan , already in Manchuria since 1931, invaded China on July 7 , 1937 . Australia and then the United States, in 1940 , responded with embargoes on iron exports to Japan. On September 27 , 1940 Japan signed the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. After fruitless negotiations with the United States concerning withdrawal from China, excluding Manchukuo , Japan attacked Vichy French -controlled Indochina on July 24 , 1941. This caused the United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands to block Japan's access to oil , such as that in the Dutch East Indies and British colonies in Borneo . Japan launched nearly simultaneous surprise attacks against the major U. S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor , on Thailand and on the British territories of Malaya and Hong Kong . Though it was significant to the US Navy , most Americans had never heard of Pearl Harbor . The attacks occurred on December 7 , 1941 in western international time zones and on December 8 in the east. Later on December 8, Japan attacked The Philippines , which was politically controlled by the United States at the time and quickly fell to Japanese forces. On December 11, Germany and Italy also declared war on the United States. Japanese forces commenced assaults on British and Dutch territory in Borneo on December 15. From their major prewar base at Truk in the South Pacific, Japanese forces began to attack and occupy neighboring Allied territories. Japan's campaign in China lasted from 1937 to the end of the war, during which the Republic of China faced 80% of Japanese troops and relieved the Soviet Union under Stalin from fighting a two-front war . In the war against Japan, China lost more than 3 million soldiers and more than 17 million civilians. Many others were tortured, forced into slavery or raped, which resulted in charges of Japanese war crimes . Japan won victory after victory in South East Asia and the Pacific, including the capture of 130,000 Allied prisoners in Malaya and at the fall of Singapore on February 15, 1942. Much of Burma , the Netherlands East Indies, the Australian Territory of New Guinea , and the British Solomon Islands also fell to Japanese forces. In the last year of the war US air forces conducted a strategic firebombing campaign against the Japanese homeland. On August 6 , 1945 , the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima , and on August 9 another was dropped on
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The Proms: A Beginner's Guide Ancient Britain � Castles � Churches/Cathedrals � Houses/Manors � Museums � Towns � Countryside � London � History & Folklore � Travel Tips Test daily news The Proms: A Beginner's Guide by Dawn Copeman If you're in Britain over summer, why not come to a Prom? Don't worry, you don't need a tuxedo, fancy dress, corsage or a limo. These aren't high school proms, but a uniquely British form of classical music concerts. The main Proms take place in London from July to September each year. In addition, many castles, abbeys and country houses hold Proms throughout the summer. But what are these Proms and why are they so special? To answer that, we need to look at the history of the Proms, how the Proms changed, and what you can expect to see and hear at a Proms concert today. The History of the Proms In 1894 Mr. Robert Newman, manager of the Queen's Hall, London, met a talented young musician and conductor named Mr. Henry Wood and informed him of his plans for a new series of concerts to be held over summer. These concerts would, Newman hoped, educate the people about classical music and hopefully make it more popular. The concerts would begin with easy pieces and gradually introduce more challenging pieces of music. Mr. Wood agreed to become the conductor of a permanent orchestra and to help Mr. Newman develop his concerts. And so the first of the Proms, or as they were then known, "Mr. Robert Newman's Promenade Concerts," was performed on August 10, 1895. The original concerts lasted for three hours and were a mix of classical works in the first half and pieces from popular operas in the second. The tickets cost one shilling (five pence) for a single concert or a guinea (�1.05) for a season ticket. They were called Promenade concerts because a large part of the seating area had no seats and so the patrons had to stand during the performances. This is still true at Proms concerts in London today, and dedicated Prommers will tell you that this is the best place to be. During the original Proms the patrons could smoke, eat and drink, as Newman and Wood wanted to keep the atmosphere as informal as possible, although customers were asked not to strike matches during vocal performances. Wood and Newman certainly challenged their audience. They had Wagner and Beethoven nights, performed works by the leading composers of the day (such as Debussy, Ravel and Rachmaninov), and introduced new pieces of work that they called novelties. During the First World War the Proms caused some controversy by continuing to play music by German composers, as both Newman and Wood felt that music and art should rise above the political squabbles of the day. Whether this was a wise decision is a moot point, as the Proms started to lose money. After the war, Newman was forced to sell the lease to the Queen's Hall (and thus the Proms) to repay his debts. Chappell's, a publishing firm, bought the lease and acquired the Proms, but they too withdrew their support when the Proms continued to make a loss. Thus in 1927 the BBC took over the Proms. They asked Henry Wood to remain in charge of the orchestra and to continue to coordinate the mixture of works to be performed, in line with his and Newman's original vision. The retention of Henry Wood proved to be vital when, at the start of the Second World War, the BBC was forced to temporarily close down production of the Proms. Henry Wood managed to find private sponsorship for the Prom seasons in 1940 and 1941. These seasons were shorter than usual; in 1940 the season lasted only four weeks, and concerts were often interrupted by air-raids. During one air-raid in 1941 the Queen's Hall was destroyed by a bomb, forcing the Proms to find a new home. They moved to the Albert Hall, where they've been held ever since. In 1942 the BBC took over the Proms again. Then in 1944, during the 50th season of the Proms, Henry Wood died. He was 75 years old. The Changing Nature of the Proms Following the war the Wagner and Beethoven nights were dropped and Viennese eve
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UK Pop Charts for the Week Ending March 14, 2015 UK Pop Charts for the Week Ending March 14, 2015 James Masterton. Courtesy James Masterton By Bill Lamb It has taken until the middle of March, but here we are with what is only the second brand new Number One single of 2015 on the Official UK Singles chart. Ellie Goulding finally makes way for electropop group Years & Years who fly straight to the top of the charts with brand new single "King". The trio first charted, as is so often the case these days, in conjunction with another act - appearing as the featured performers on "Sunlight" by The Magician which reached Number 7 in October last year. They swiftly followed that up with their own debut hit "Desire" just before Christmas although on that occasion could only reach Number 22. Their ascent to the top of the charts follows their crowning in the new year as the winners of the BBC's Sound Of 2015 poll, an accolade which has proved to be a double-edged sword for some in the past but which on this occasion has appeared to be the anointment they needed as the proverbial next big thing. Royal titles have been a common theme in the past as use as both single titles and artist names. continue reading below our video Celebrity Breakups of 2015 We Didn't See Coming Over the years we have seen all four regal themes used by acts - King, Queen, Prince and Princess all having had chart hits although only the middle two have had Number One singles, notwithstanding the chart-toppers achieved by Ben E King, Kings Of Leon and Storm Queen of course. Years & Years are the third act to have a Number One hit with a song with "king" in the title, following Roger Miller's "King Of The Road" in 1965 and Wamdue Project's "King Of My Castle" in 1999. Britain has also had chart-toppers in the past named for a "Dancing Queen" and a "Queen Of My Heart" as well as a "Prince Charming" but the closest we have ever come to a Princess at Number One was in 2007 when Princess Superstar teamed up with Mason for "Perfect (Exceeder)" and reached Number 3. Watch "King" The second highest debutant of the week is a new solo name, Marlon Roudette debuting with a single that has already been a major success across Europe, the steel drum-infused "When The Beat Drops Out". He is also well known on the continent for his 2012 single "New Age" although British audiences were less impressed at the time, sending the single to a lowly Number 90. The British performer first made his name as one half of hip-hop duo Mattafix, best known for their 2005 single "Inner City Life" which charted at Number 15. Watch "When the Beat Drops Out" Also making a chart debut this week is 21 year old producer Alex Adair who may be just 21 but whose name has appeared on hit remixes of tracks by the likes of Ella Henderson, Ed Sheeran and Jessie Ware. His debut hit single is "Make Me Feel Better" which lands at Number 13. If one can level any criticism at the track it is that it sounds for all the world like a hit from last summer, a blissed-out club track featuring a looped and sampled vocal in very much the same vibe as "Waves" by Mr Probz and other hits of that ilk. Nothing wrong with it at all, just the feeling that we've in all honesty heard it all before. Watch "Make Me Feel Better" After two weeks at Number 5, Kanye West's "FourFiveSeconds" moves annoyingly to Number 3 and thus deprives us of the 4-5-2nd chart run every chart nerd was praying we would see. The single is joined on the charts this week by "All Day", the third in the series of West/McCartney collaborations to have charted since the start of the year and which lands at Number 18. The legendary performer this time around is merely a featured performer and doesn't even receive a chart credit, the single instead listed as being performed by Kanye West alongside Theophilus London and Allan Kingdom. The current series of The Voice UK has now reached the end of the blind auditions and moved last week onto the battle performances stage, a broadcast which resulted in sales spikes for many of the songs featured. None more so t
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Acts of the Apostles Home > Catholic Encyclopedia > A > Acts of the Apostles Acts of the Apostles Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download . Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99... In the accepted order of the books of the New Testament the fifth book is called The Acts of the Apostles (praxeis Apostolon). Some have thought that the title of the book was affixed by the author himself. This is the opinion of Cornely in his "Introduction to the Books of the New Testament" (second edition, page 315). It seems far more probable, however, that the name was subsequently attached to the book just as the headings of the several Gospels were affixed to them. In fact, the name, Acts of the Apostles, does not precisely convey the idea of the contents of the book; and such a title would scarcely be given to the work by the author himself. Content The book does not contain the Acts of all the Apostles, neither does it contain all the acts of any Apostle. It opens with a brief notice of the forty days succeeding the Resurrection of Christ during which He appeared to the Apostles, "speaking the things concerning the Kingdom of God ". The promise of the Holy Ghost and the Ascension of Christ are then briefly recorded. St. Peter advises that a successor be chosen in the place of Judas Iscariot , and Matthias is chosen by lot. On Pentecost the Holy Ghost descends on the Apostles, and confers on them the gift of tongues. To the wondering witnesses St. Peter explains the great miracle , proving that it is the power of Jesus Christ that is operating. By that great discourse many were converted to the religion of Christ and were baptized , "and there were added unto them in that day about three thousand souls ". This was the beginning of the Judeo-Christian Church . "And the Lord added to them day by day those that were being saved." Peter and John heal a man, lame from his mother's womb, at the door of the Temple which is called Beautiful. The people are filled with wonder and amazement at the miracle and run together unto Peter and John in the portico that was called Solomon's. Peter again preaches Jesus Christ , asserting that by faith in the name of Jesus the lame man had been made strong. "And many of them that heard the word believed ", and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. But now "the priests , and the prefect of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them, being sorely troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead . And they laid hands on them, and put them in prison unto the morrow." On the morrow Peter and John are summoned before rulers, elders, and scribes, among whom were present Annas , the High-Priest , Caiphas , and as many as were of the kindred of the High-Priest . And when they had set Peter and John in the midst they inquired: "By what power, or in want name have ye done this?" Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, answering gave utterance to one of the most sublime professions of the Christian faith ever made by man: "Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel , that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth , whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead , in this name doth this man stand here before you whole. He [ Jesus ] is the stone which was set at naught by you the builders, which was made the head of the corner [ Isaiah 28:16 ; Matthew 21:42 ]. And in no other is there salvation : For neither is there any other name under Heaven , that is given among men, wherein we must be saved." The members of the council were brought face to face with the most positive evidence of the truth of the Christian religion . They command the two Apostles to go aside out of the council, and then they confer among themselves, saying "What shall we do with these men? For that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem ; and we cannot deny it". Here is one of the sp
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Jewish sacred texts - ReligionFacts ReligionFacts Jewish Timeline Jewish sacred texts Jews are known as the "People of the Book," an appropriate title. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE and the subsequent exile, sacrifices became impossible and Jewish religious life turned to study of the scriptures and prayer in the synagogue. Study of Torah and other Jewish texts has been central to religious life ever since. The Torah, the Talmud, and other Jewish writings are precious sources of Jewish history and divine commandments (the mitzvot), both of which continue to play a dominant part in Judaism. To remember the great things God has done for the Jewish people in history, and what he asks of them in return, selections from the Torah and the Prophets are read in the synagogue several times a week. To assist in proper interpretation and application of the mitzvot, a great body of rabbinical writings has developed and continues to develop to this day. Study of Torah (preferably in its original language, Hebrew) is an integral part of a Jewish child's education, and even Jewish mysticism is focused on intensive textual study. Tanakh The Jewish sacred text is the Tanakh, whose name is an acronym of Torah, Nebi'im and Ketuvim (Law, Prophets and Writings). It consists of the same books as the Christian Old Testament, although in a slightly different order and with other minor differences. Torah Although the word "Torah" is sometimes used to refer to the entire Tanakh or even the whole body of Jewish writings, it technically means the first five books of the Tanakh. These books are also known as the Five Books of Moses or the Pentateuch. Talmud: The Oral Torah Another important Jewish text is the Talmud, a collection of rabbinical writings that interpret, explain and apply the Torah scriptures. The Talmud was written between the second and fifth century CE, but Orthodox Jews believe it was revealed to Moses along with the Torah and preserved orally until it was written down. The Talmud is thus known as the "Oral Torah," with the first five books of the Tanakh designated the "Written Torah." Midrash A third group of Jewish literature is the Midrash, which is a large body of rabbinical material derived primary from sermons (the Hebrew word for "sermon" is d'rash). The primary collections of Midrash were compiled between the fourth and sixth centuries, but the midrashic form continues to the present day. Responsa A further set of Jewish writings is the responsa, a vast collection (thousands of volumes) of answers to specific questions on Jewish law. If the Talmud is a law book, the responsa are case law. The Septuagint An ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible dating to before the time of Jesus Christ, and used extensively by New Testament writers and the early church. Zohar The Sefer ha-Zohar (Book of Splendor) is the central text of Kabbalah, the mystical branch of Judaism.
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Selective Vehicle Priority Methods BALANCE; and SPOT / UTOPIA Within the UK, most recent experience has been obtained with SCOOT which grants priority to buses through green time extensions and stage recalls, coupled with a variety of possible compensation strategies. Priority is considered for an individual node only. Priority to emergency vehicles is normally provided in UK systems through simple fixed green wave progression initiated manually from the fire station. The research has examined the full range of systems developed within the UK and overseas, considering the impact of their different characteristics such as: the base UTC system which forms the vehicle for providing priority; rules applied to the application of extension, recalls and compensation mechanisms; the time horizon considered for modelling and granting priority; and effect of data transmission delays. The review has sought out studies of the effect of traffic variables on the performance of priority systems such as congestion and the frequency of priority requests. Experience of priority systems that are more advanced than those currently employed generally in the UK have been sought. Examples are priority systems that can discriminate between vehicle characteristics using data transmitted from "intelligent" in vehicle units. Greater sophistication has also been applied in some fire station green wave systems employing selective vehicle detection on the fire appliances. The research review has also sought out developments that address the perceived demands of the UK market, which have been revealed in the parallel work package, WP3.0, the assessment of user needs. A particular area of interest has been currently unsatisfied areas of the market such as fixed time UTC systems. Searches of relevant published literature have been made using on-line facilities linked to national and international databases, and UK library catalogues. The review builds on previous work done in this area such as the ERTICO Collaborative Study on Public Transport Priority at Traffic Signals (Hounsell et al, 1996) Table 1: Results of Keyword Searches DATABASE - - Use has been made of the TRANSPORT CD-ROM, the BIDS database and other bibliographic search tools which are available at ITS . Search parameters were defined to ensure that all relevant material has been uncovered, and to restrict the volume of material to be reviewed for manageable proportions. Abstracts of relevant publications have been examined and full copies of the most useful papers obtained and studied in detail. Table 1 gives the number of abstracts uncovered in each of the databases used for a variety of keywords. Once the most important papers had been uncovered an attempt was made to obtain sufficient information about each scheme to enable the scheme architecture to be described in terms of the Logical Reference Model adopted by the UTMC programme (See Appendix A ). The selective priority systems revealed by the literature search have been categorised under three headings. These are: Bus priority, where priority is only given to buses, usually travelling along with other traffic. Tram/trolley bus/guided bus priority, where priority is given to public transport vehicles which are constrained in their movements by tracks, overhead wires or a guideway and which often move along segregated carriageways. Sometimes these priority schemes are also integrated with bus priority schemes. Emergency vehicle priority, where priority is given to emergency vehicles when they attend emergencies. This is sometimes an adaption of a public transport priority scheme, with the emergency vehicle receiving a higher level of priority. A specialist application which gives priority to slow moving convoys of vehicles has also been found in operation in Brisbane, Australia. For each priority scheme reported on in this chapter, there is an Introduction section giving a brief description of the scheme. There is then a section describing how the priority is given by the signal control strategy. This is followed by a section describi
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Success Science Engel A., Problem-Solving Strategies, Springer Verlag, 1998. Proctor T., Creative Problem Solving for Managers, Routledge, London, 1999. Starfield A., K. Smith, and A. Bleloch , How to Model It: Problem Solving for the Computer Age, Burgess Intl. Group, 1994. The Prototype Applications An important consequence of the application of OR/MS/DS/SS to a wide variety of problems is that a small set of problem types have been identified which account for most problems. Because of the frequent recurrence of these problems, prototype techniques have been developed for modeling them and for deriving solutions from these models. Prototype applications include: Forecasting: Using time series analysis to answer typical questions such as: How big will demand for products be? What are the sales patterns? How will this affect profits? Finance and Investment: How much capital do we need? Where can we get this? How much will it cost? Manpower planning and Assignment: How many employees do we need? What skills should they have? How long will they stay with us? Sequencing and Scheduling: What job is most important? In what order should we do jobs? Location, Allocation, Distribution and Transportation: Where is the best location for an operation? How big should facilities be? What resources are needed? Are there shortages? How can we set priorities? Reliability and Replacement Policy: How well is equipment working? How reliable is it? When should we replace it? Inventory Control and Stockout: How much stock should we hold? When do we order more? How much should we order? Project planning and control: How long will a project take? What activities are most important? How should resources be used? Queuing and Congestion: How long are queues? How many servers should we use? What service level are we giving? This broad range of potential applications and wide variety of OR/MS/DS/SS modeling process techniques, which can be selected and combined for a multi-disciplinary approach, work together to make the profession a dynamic and exciting one. Flexibility and Variety of Careers in OR/MS/DS/SS Completion of OR/MS/DS/SS enables graduates to find employment as OR/MS/DS/SS analysts, academicians or managers. It is a fact that education and work in OR/MS/DS/SS can lead to the executive suite where decisions are made. Career opportunities in the following areas of business are excellent: Manufacturing, Insurance, Planning, Systems analysis, Marketing, Budgeting, Finance, Program evaluation, Banking, Services (non-profit). The OR/MS/DS/SS profession should be particularly considered by persons who are attracted to the use of mathematics, statistics, and other branches of science, in general, for solving decision-making problems of practical significance. Some individuals believe that OR/MS/DS/SS is viewed as a "young person's" profession. Given the fact that analytical modeling is at the heart of OR/MS/DS/SS activity, such an assertion might be relevant. This belief originally came from the mathematical community. Some mathematicians believe that mathematics is a mind game, therefore like any other game, young persons engage in them more fully. However, youth is not a time of life -- it is a state of mind. Therefore, as long as your mind is active, you are young and indeed well-suited for the excitement of the OR/MS/DS/SS profession. No one is too old if they have a passion to learn. To absorb new ideas is to live anew and to see the world with fresh eyes. Henry Ford said "Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young." Also visit the following collection: Decision Making Resources The Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Nature OR/MS/DS/SS The growing trends in interventional managerial decision-making increasingly utilize applications of more than one technique and involve individuals from other disciplines. Moreover, they involve a blend of "hard" and "soft" as well as a mixing of different "hard"
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Our left-wing lug nut Our left-wing lug nut Exclusive: Burt Prelutsky notes how quickly Obama's honeymoon was over Published: 03/25/2009 at 12:00 AM Burt Prelutsky About | Email | Archive Burt Prelutsky has been a humor columnist for the L.A. Times, a movie critic for Los Angeles magazine and a freelance writer for TV Guide, Modern Maturity, the New York Times and Sports Illustrated. His latest book is entitled ""Barack Obama, You're Fired! (And Don't Bother Asking for a Recommendation)." Print I have to hope for the sake of our country’s future that when people voted for Obama they really had no idea what a disaster he would be, even though I kept warning them that he was a left-wing lug nut. It seemed to me that his legion of fans had been hypnotized or sprinkled with fairy dust. They blindly accepted that words like “hope” and “change” were complete sentences that actually added up to a national policy. We, who assumed that a grown-up whose friends and mentors were people like Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, Saul Alinsky, the folks at ACORN and the most corrupt of Chicago politicians, believed he was more likely to belong in a square cell than in the Oval Office. For my part, I felt a lot like Kevin McCarthy in the movie, “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” trying to warn my fellow earthlings that the pod people were among us and definitely up to no good. It’s not just the big things the man does, things such as the kazillion dollar bailouts, the trichinosis-infested budget and the threat of the Fairness Doctrine being enacted, that make my blood run cold. It’s not even the allegedly eloquent orator requiring a teleprompter in order to say, “Hello.” What I’m referring to is the commander in chief’s earmarking $900 million for Hamas and, worse yet, proposing we make veterans financially responsible for their own service-related medical treatments. (That comes under the heading of adding insult to injury.) And let us not forget Obama’s sending the bust of Winston Churchill back to the English embassy and then, compounding that infantile act of boorishness, treating the prime minister of our staunchest ally like a guttersnipe. A leading British commentator’s warning to America: “Welcome to Obamaland: I Have Seen Your Future and It Doesn’t Work” Funny, I seem to recall Obama’s partisans insisting that he would personally make the United States popular the world over. Well, so far, he has certainly reached out to Cuba, Venezuela and Iran, and I suppose if he actually closes Gitmo, Islamics will dance in the street of Tehran just before dropping the bomb on Israel. Regarding the recent brouhaha, I’m afraid I’m one of the few people who wasn’t up in arms over the AIG bonuses. To me, they were just an obvious distraction by the administration, just like the unwarranted attacks on Rush Limbaugh or Clinton’s bombing of the pharmaceutical factory. I’m not saying I was happy about the bonuses, but a contract is a contract, and I prefer to see a bunch of scumbags collect their undeserved millions than to see the day that contracts in America are no longer worth the paper they’re written on. I keep hearing people on the radio and TV going ballistic over the fact that employees at a failed company were collecting as much as 4 million taxpayer dollars for being rotten at their jobs, and I’m sick and tired of it. How is it that nobody is demanding that 435 self-righteous congressmen and 100 arrogant senators give back their salaries? They’re the folks who not only oversaw a failing economy, but, thanks to pushing sub-prime home loans on people who didn’t have a pot to pi– in, did the most to cause the financial calamity in the first place. On top of all that, I’ve heard that Obama and his legislative cronies plan to give AIG at least another 30 billion before they’re done. So how about, instead of having to watch politicians grandstanding over the measly $165 million in bonuses and Charlie Schumer’s threatening to get the money back by having the IRS bludgeon these folks to death, the schmucks in Washington just wr
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Passable Literature Trivia Quiz In which book would you find a Heffalump? Which detective had a landlady called Mrs. Hudson? Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? Which of Alexandre Dumas' 'Three Musketeers' real identity is Comte de la Fère? In which language did Vladimir Nabokov write Lolita? Which 1949 novel begins 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?' How many lines are there in a sonnet? Don Diego de la Vega is the secret identity of which hero? In which novel does an alien invasion commence in Woking, England? In the title of a Shakespeare play, who are Valentine and Proteus? In which George Bernard Shaw play are Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle central characters? Which fictional Count's real name is Edmond Dantès? What was the name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's novel? Which poet wrote the Canterbury Tales? Who was Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased partner in 'A Christmas Carol?' Question Who created the fictional town of Middlemarch? In which novel would you find the exceedingly strong drink called the 'Pan-galactic Gargle Blaster?' In which Jane Austen novel do the Bennet family appear? Who is the title hobbit in 'The Hobbit?' Which author used the pseudonyms Isaac Bickerstaffe and Lemuel Gulliver among others? What is the name of the sequel to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost?' In which novel does the character Major Major Major Major appear? Who went on a circumnavigation of the world from the Reform Club as the result of a bet? Which Ray Bradbury novel opens 'It was a pleasure to burn?' Which novel was subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus?' Who wrote the short story 'I, Robot' in 1950? In the Harry Potter novels, as whom did Tom Riddle become infamous? Which novel takes place in the Year of Our Ford 632? Who taught children to fly using 'lovely thoughts' and fairy dust? Which John Steinbeck novel centers on the characters George and Lennie? Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? How are the sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy collectively known? Which mythological figure 'Shrugged' in the title of an Ayn Rand novel? How many syllables are there in a haiku? 'Workers of the world, unite!' is the last line of which work? What real-life Soviet organisation is James Bond's nemesis in the early novels? In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found? Who is the chief protagonist in John Buchan's The 39 Steps? How is David John Cornwell better known? What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot? At what age do Adrian Mole's diaries start? Who lived the last few years of his life in Paris under the pseudonym 'Sebastian Melmoth'? Who created Noddy?
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Glenmorangie 1974 - Bot.2000 Scotch Whisky : The Whisky Exchange Glenmorangie 1974 Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky Distillery Bottling This product is currently out of stock Enter your email address below, you will be notified when this product is available. when this product is available. Facts A 1974 vintage Glenmorangie bottled in 2000, specially for the duty free market. The best selling malt in the UK when it was bottled, this was handcrafted by the sixteen men of Tain (the distillery famously only uses 16 staff in the production process). Bottler
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Welcome to the www.TheOnedinLine.com website Welcome to our website James Onedin ( Peter Gilmore ), the younger son of old Samuel Onedin, a miserly ship chandler, was a penniless sea captain with aspirations to greater things. He married Anne Webster ( Anne Stallybrass ), who was some years his senior (The actor playing Anne Webster, Ann Stallybrass, is actually seven years younger than Peter Gilmore) and the spinster daughter of Captain Joshua Webster, owner of the topsail schooner Charlotte Rhodes (portrayed by the schooner Meta Jan). James's only motivation was to get his hands on the ship. A shrewd and often ruthless operator, James soon built up a fleet, assisted by the loyal Mr. (later Captain) Baines ( Howard Lang ). His other sailing ships included the Pampero, the Medusa, the Soren Larsen, the "Neptune", the "Falcon", the "Trident", the "Osprey", the steamship "Shearwater", the " Christian Radich", the "Thorsoe", the steamer "Black Pearl", the "Jenny Peak" renamed the "Letty Gaunt", the "Ondine", the "Orlando", the "Star of Bethlehem", the "Teawind" and the "Lady Lazenby". He also initiated the building of a steamship, the Anne Onedin (until the death of his wife, to be named the "Golden Nugget") Ships used in the Onedin Line series Sailing vessel: The Charlotte Rhodes The Charlotte Rhodes berthed in the 1860s harbor of Liverpool, England (In the Onedin Line series). It was operated by Captain James Onedin, ( Peter Gilmore ) who rose to wealth and power as he established his flourishing cargo shipping service. The ship "Charlotte Rhodes", called Kathleen and May, is Britain's last three-masted top sail schooner. It was built for Captain John Coppack in 1900 in Connah's Quay in Flintshire, for cargo trading around the Irish Sea Among others, these tall ships were filmed: Sailing vessel: Statsraad Lehmkuhl (See web header of TheOnedinLine.com) The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is a three-masted barque rigged sail training vessel owned and operated by the Statsraad Lehmkuhl Foundation. It is based in Bergen, Norway and contracted out for various purposes, including serving as a school ship for the Royal Norwegian Navy (using RNoN's prefix "KNM", English: "HNoMS"). It was built in 1914 as a school training ship for the German merchant marine under the name Grossherzog Friedrich August. After the First World War the ship was taken as a prize by the United Kingdom and in 1921 the ship was bought by former cabinet minister Kristoffer Lehmkuhl (hence the name, which means 'Cabinet Minister Lehmkuhl'). With the exception of the Second World War, when she was captured by German troops and called Westw�rts, the ship has belonged to Bergens Skoleskib until it was donated to the Foundation in 1978. In 2000, it was chartered by the German Navy while their Gorch Fock was overhauled. Sailing vessel: Christian Radich Christian Radich is a Norwegian full rigged ship, named after a Norwegian shipowner. The vessel was built at Framn�s shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway, and was delivered on 17 June 1937. The owner was The Christian Radich Sail Training Foundation established by a grant from an officer of that name. The vessel is a full rigged three masted steel hull, 62.5 m long, with an overall length of 73 m including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 9.7 m. She has a draught of about 4.7 meters and a displacement at full load of 1050 tons. Under engine power, the Christian Radich reaches a top speed of 10 knots, while she can make up to 14 knots under sail. The crew is 18 all together. It can accommodate 88 passengers. The Christian Radich is well known through the international release in 1958 of the Cinemiracle widescreen movie Windjammer. The Christian Radich sailed to the United States in 1976 as part of the Bicenten
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Carthage: Ancient Phoenician City-State Carthage: Ancient Phoenician City-State By Owen Jarus, Live Science Contributor | October 24, 2012 12:41pm ET MORE Founded by a seafaring people known as the Phoenicians, the ancient city of Carthage, located in modern-day Tunis in Tunisia, was a major center of trade and influence in the western Mediterranean. The city fought a series of wars against Rome that would ultimately lead to its destruction. The Phoenicians were originally based in a series of city-states that extended from southeast Turkey to modern-day Israel. They were great seafarers with a taste for exploration. Accounts survive of its navigators reaching places as far afield as Northern Europe and West Africa. They founded settlements throughout the Mediterranean during the first millennium B.C. Ruins at Carthage in Tunisia. Credit: Asta Plechaviciute shutterstock Carthage, whose Phoenician name was Qart Hadasht (new city), was one of those new settlements. It sat astride trade routes going east to west, across the Mediterranean, and north to south, between Europe and Africa. The people spoke Punic, a form of the Phoenician language. The two main deities at Carthage were Baal Hammon and his consort, Tanit. Richard Miles writes in his book Carthage Must Be Destroyed (Penguin Group, 2010) that the word Baal means “Lord” or “Master,” and Hammon may come from a Phoenician word meaning “hot” or “burning being.” Miles notes that Baal Hammon is often depicted with a crescent moon, while Tanit, his consort, is shown with outstretched arms. The city The earliest archaeological evidence of occupation at Carthage dates to about 760 B.C. The settlement quickly grew to encompass a 25-30 hectare (61-74 acres) residential area surrounded by a necropolis (graveyard), notes Roald Docter, of Ghent University. Within a century the settlement would have city walls, harbor installations and a “Tophet,” a controversial installation in the southeast of the city that may have been used for child sacrifice (it could simply have been a special burial ground). A great marketplace (which the Greeks called an “agora”) also developed and, in later centuries, was located by the sea, writes University of Sydney professor Dexter Hoyos in his book, The Carthaginians (Routledge, 2010). “Besides its role as a market, it would be the obvious place for magistrates to assemble the citizens for elections and lawmaking,” he writes. By 500 B.C., the city’s system of government, as suggested by the large marketplace, was a republic of sorts. Hoyos notes that the Carthaginians had two elected sufetes (the Greeks called them kings) that served along with a senate, citizen assembly and pentarchies (five-person commissions). There was also an enigmatic body called the “court of 104” that occasionally crucified defeated Carthaginian generals. As with other ancient (and to some degree modern) republics, wealthy individuals from powerful families had the advantage in getting into office. Nevertheless, the combination of trade opportunities and republican structure appears to have had some success at Carthage. In the second century B.C., just before it was destroyed by Rome, the city boasted a population estimated at more than half a million people. As the city grew, so did its external influence, with evidence of involvement in places such as Sardinia, Spain and Sicily, entanglements that would ultimately lead to conflict with Rome. Legendary foundation It wasn’t unusual for large cities in the ancient world to have elaborate foundation myths, and Greek and Roman writers had a tale for Carthage, one set more than 2,800 years ago. According to legend, Carthage was founded by Elissa (sometimes referred to as Dido), a queen of the Phoenician city of Tyre, located in modern-day Lebanon. When her father died she and her brother Pygmalion both ascended the throne. This did not work out well, with Pygmalion eventually ordering the execution of Elissa’s husband, the priest Acherbas. Elissa, along with a small group of settlers, would leave the city, sailing nearly 1,4
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The Punic Wars Essay Examples | Kibin The Punic Wars Essay Examples 529 total results A History of the Punic Wars The modern world was profoundly shaped by the events of ancient Europe. A very notable event, the Punic Wars, signified the demise of a civilization. Motivated by economic and cultural tensions in the Mediterranean, Rome ended the last reign of Phoenician culture by defeating Carthage in the Punic Wars. Although Rome won th... 2,177 words A History of the Punic Wars Between Rome and Carthage The Punic Wars was a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage for a period of 118 years. Rome, one of the sides of these wars, was a immense empire whose influence covered much of the known world at the time. Carthage, the other player in the Punic Wars, was a city state on the North Coast of Africa which had p... 514 words A Biography of Hannibal of Carthage, a Punic Carthaginian Military Commander Hannibal of Carthage: The Father of Strategy Through out history there have been many great military leaders, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Generals Washington, Grant and Charles Lewis Puller. The one however that sticks out the most is General Hannibal of Carthage. Often called the Father of Strategy his march over the Al... 809 words A Report and Criticism of the Star Wars Trilogy We live in a society, which relies on fairy tales and mythology to entertain and take us off to a far away place where we can identify with our imagination. The Star Wars trilogy is a classic example of the hero cycle. A young man is brought up believing the light side of the force is his destiny. It has an old warrior,... 657 words Star Wars' Heroes and Villans Star Wars Hero's and Villain's In todays world there are many Heroes, but most of todays heroes are fictional characters, such as Superman, or The Power Rangers. It seems like there are more real life villains than there are heroes. Probably cause the media tends to cover all the bad stuff that happens, and stories o... 494 words The Benefits and Importance of Media During Wars Over different wars, media has progressed in its technology to show viewers more coverage. It has given us a chance to see a war thousands of miles a way on their living room television. It shows us things that are going on around the world, that at one time took months and know only take seconds. Coverage has changed... 404 words A Paper on Three Punic Wars The Punic Wars was a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage for a period of 118 years. Rome, one of the sides of these wars, was a immense empire whose influence covered much of the known world at the time. Carthage, the other player in the Punic Wars, was a city state on the North Coast of Africa which had p... 508 words The History and Consequences of the Punic Wars "Were the Punic Wars a phyrric victory for the Roman Republic?" The term "Punic Wars" refers to the series of wars fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BCE. The Romans called the Carthaginians Poeni (Phoenicians), from which is derived the adjective "Punic." There were three... 885 words The Fall of the Roman Empire Everything is nothing in the End: Why Rome Fell Rome was a great empire at one time. It stretched across the world, and has no doubt Shaped the world as we see it now. However, it eventually started to weaken and fall. There was not one sole reason that Rome to fall, but rather many varied ones. These reasons i... 1,013 words The Expansion of Rome During the 200s and 100s B.C. During the 200s and 100s B.C., Rome expanded overseas. First they conflicted with the sea power and trading center on the coast of northern Africa, Carthage. They fought over the Mediterranean Sea in the Punic Wars. In the first war, Rome conquered Sicily, and made it the first Roman province, and also conquered Sardinia an... 678 words
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Blind Faith - Born Under a Bad Sign Blind Faith 1968 - 1969 Blind Faith - Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood and Rick Grech - the second 'super-group' to be born after the break up of Cream. Blind Faith released their only album, Blind Faith, in August 1969. Born Under a Bad Sign Mojo Magasine - by Johnny Black IN THE EVENING COOL OF JUNE 6, 1969 , almost 7,000 people made their way to Hyde Park. where they slept under stars to be sure of the best places in the natural amphitheatre of The Cockpit for the public wetting of a baby’s head. The next morning dawned bright, and by lunchtime the weather was perfect for the 100,000 curious attendees of the christening. The baby had been born a shade prematurely but to proud parents. They’d named it Blind Faith. Mr Eric Clapton and Mr Steve Winwood had simply wanted to make something good together and their union had seemed a match made in heaven. The young couple, both recently divorced, got along famously, respected each other’s talents and, best of all, each supplied what the other had lacked in his previous relationship. Steve had the voice and keyboard talents while Eric had the guitar side pretty well taped. It should have been The Golden Child but, instead, it was Rosemary’s Baby. CLAPTON AND WINWOOD HAD KNOCKED AROUND together for years. While Clapton was still God, playing with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, he frequently turned out to jam with Winwood during The Spencer Davis Group’s Thursday night residency at London’s Marquee Club in 1966. The pair would also get together whenever possible at blues festivals and even appeared on record as Powerhouse, a short—lived studio—only combo which had contributed several tracks to What's Shakin', a blues-boom cash-in compilation. The possibility of working together in a full-time band, however, seemed remote. Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, The Yardbirds and Cream kept Clapton busy and, after the demise of The Spencer Davis Group, Winwood was more than fully occupied with Traffic. By the middle of 1968, however, neither man was happy with his lot. “In Cream , there was a constant battle between Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce,” explained Clapton later. “They loved each other’s playing, but they couldn’t stand the sight of each other. I was the mediator and I was getting tired of that.” And, when Clapton conveyed these feelings to the band’s manager, Robert Stigwood,the response was comforting. If Cream split, Stigwood assured him, Clapton was the one he would stick by. Even so, Clapton was not yet ready to quit. Cream had one foot in the grave but he felt the band might yet return to rude health if only Steve Winwood could he brought in on keyboards. “I’d heard the tapes of Music From Big Pink by The Band and I thought, this is what I want to play not extended solos and maestro bullshit but just good funky songs.” Clapton reasoned that Winwood’s presence might stabilise the group by adding an element of song composition and a shift of emphasis towards vocals, rather than the endless instrumental improvisation which Clapton now found so tiresome. But before Clapton could approach Winwood, the final nail was knocked into Cream’s coffin. “Rolling Stone called me ‘the master of the cliché’ which just about knocked me cold. At that point, I decided to leave Cream.” Destroying a hand because of the opinion of a single journalist might seem drastic, but Ginger Baker confirms that Rolling Stone was Clapton’s bible. "As soon as he got it, he would read it from cover to cover. From the day he saw that review he wanted to be in the background. He didn’t want to be the focus of attention any more.” By the time Cream played its farewell concerts at the Royal Albert Hall on November25 and 26, 1968, Clapton and Winwood had begun their first tentative steps towards working together. Although still a member of Traffic, Winwood spent that Christmas with Clapton at his home, Hurtwood Edge, where they jammed long into the night. “When I left Traffic in January, I knew I was going to work with Eric,” says Winwood.
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Amazon.com: The Wire: The Complete Series: Various: Movies & TV Ad feedback Special Offers and Product Promotions Save Big On Open-Box & Pre-owned: Buy "The Wire: The Complete Seriesâ from Amazon Warehouse Deals and save 65% off the $199.95 list price. Product is eligible for Amazon's 30-day returns policy and Prime or FREE Shipping. See all Open-Box & Pre-owned offers from Amazon Warehouse Deals. Editorial Reviews Product Description In the projects. On the docks. In City Hall. In the schools. In the media. The places and faces have changed, but the game remains the same. Review The Wire: The Complete First Season After one episode of The Wire you'll be hooked. After three, you'll be astonished by the precision of its storytelling. After viewing all 13 episodes of the HBO series' remarkable first season, you'll be cheering a bona-fide American masterpiece. Series creator David Simon was a veteran crime reporter from The Baltimore Sun who cowrote the book that inspired TV's Homicide , and cowriter Ed Burns was a Baltimore cop, lending impeccable street-cred to an inner-city Baltimore saga (and companion piece to The Corner ) that Simon aptly describes as "a visual novel" and "a treatise on institutions and individuals" as opposed to a conventional good-vs.-evil police procedural. Owing a creative debt to the novels of Richard Price (especially Clockers), the series opens as maverick Detective Jimmy McNulty (Dominic West, in a star-making role) is tapping into a vast network of drugs and death around southwest Baltimore's deteriorating housing projects. With a mandate to get results ASAP, a haphazard team is assembled to join McNulty's increasingly complex investigation, built upon countless hours of electronic surveillance. The show's split-perspective plotting is so richly layered, so breathtakingly authentic and based on finely drawn characters brought to life by a perfect ensemble cast, that it defies concise description. Simon, Burns, and their cowriters control every intricate aspect of the unfolding epic; directors are top-drawer (including Clark Johnson, helmer of The Shield's finest episodes), but they are servants to the story, resulting in a TV series like no other: unpredictable, complicated, and demanding the viewer's rapt attention, The Wire is "an angry show" (in Simon's words) that refuses to comfort with easy answers to deep-rooted societal problems. Moral gray zones proliferate in a universe where ruthless killers have a logical code, and where the cops are just as ambiguous as their targets. That ambiguity extends to the ending as well; season 1 leaves several issues unresolved, leaving you begging for the even more impressive developments that await in season 2. --Jeff Shannon The Wire: The Complete Second Season It hardly seems possible, but The Wire's second season is even better than the first . The "visual novel" concept of this masterful HBO series is taken even further in a rich, labyrinthine plot revolving around the longshoremen of Baltimore's struggling cargo docks, where corruption, smuggling, and murder draw the attention of detective McNulty (Dominic West). What follows is a series of events which at first seem unrelated (including 13 bodies found in a cargo container), and then the ongoing effort to topple the drug empire of "Stringer" Bell (Idris Elba) and the imprisoned Avon Barksdale (Wood Harris), whose business is suffering from short supply, high demand, and disruption of distribution. The dutiful diligence of a Marine Police Patrol Officer and the moral outrage of the longshoremen's union leader are also factored into the suspicious goings-on at the loading docks, and what unfolds in these 12 episodes is an American crime epic easily on par with the Godfather saga. Yes, it's that good. Detailed synopsis is pointless; The Wire must be seen, heard, and absorbed to fully appreciate the way in which over 40 characters are flawlessly incorporated into a sprawling but tightly disciplined plot that deals, in the larger sense, with the deindustr
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series 2000–2015) - 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 An elite team of police forensic evidence investigation experts work their cases in Las Vegas. Creator: CSIs past and present come together at the news of Warrick's death. But will Warrick's real killer successfully frame another police officer for his murder? 9.2 Grissom gets Dr. Langston's help to find the man who is carrying on the serial killer's work before the next victim is killed. The case will prove to be Grissom's last with the crime lab. 9.2 Catherine goes into hiding with D.B. after Mark Gabriel's hitmen try to kill her, but they soon come to the realization that Gabriel himself may not be calling the shots. 9.2 a list of 23 titles created 13 Sep 2011 a list of 45 titles created 05 Jan 2012 a list of 40 titles created 15 Jan 2012 a list of 31 titles created 22 Feb 2013 a list of 37 titles created 31 Jan 2015 Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015) 7.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 6 Golden Globes. Another 64 wins & 119 nominations. See more awards » Videos CSI Head Detective Mac Taylor and his team solve crimes in New York City. Stars: Gary Sinise, Carmine Giovinazzo, Hill Harper The cases of the Miami-Dade, Florida police department's Crime Scene Investigations unit. Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez The cases of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service's Washington DC Major Case Response Team, led by Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs. Stars: Mark Harmon, Pauley Perrette, David McCallum Criminal Minds (TV Series 2005) Crime | Drama | Mystery The cases of the FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), an elite group of profilers who analyze the nation's most dangerous serial killers and individual heinous crimes in an effort to anticipate their next moves before they strike again. Stars: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kirsten Vangsness, Thomas Gibson NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series 2009) Crime | Drama | Mystery The Naval Criminal Investigation Service's Office of Special Projects takes on the undercover work and the hard to crack cases in LA. Key agents are G. Callen and Sam Hanna, streets kids risen through the ranks. Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Daniela Ruah, Barrett Foa The cases of an FBI unit specializing in missing persons investigations. Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Enrique Murciano CSI: Immortality (TV Movie 2015) Crime | Drama | Mystery An explosion inside a casino brings Catherine Willows back to Las Vegas to investigate. And when the crime is tied to Lady Heather, Gil Grissom is brought back as well to aid the investigation. Director: Louis Shaw Milito The third "Law and Order" series involves the criminal justice system from the criminal's point of view. Stars: Kathryn Erbe, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jamey Sheridan This show introduces the Special Victims Unit, a new elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually related crimes. Stars: Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T Special agent Avery Ryan works to solve crimes as a CyberPsychologist for the FBI. Stars: Patricia Arquette, James Van Der Beek, Shad Moss Follows a crime, usually adapted from current headlines, from two separate vantage points, the police investigation and the prosecution in court. Stars: Jerry Orbach, Jesse L. Martin, Dennis Farina Forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan, and cocky FBI special agent Seeley Booth build a team to investigate murders - and quite often, there isn't more to examine than rotten flesh or mere bones. Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin Edit Storyline This show follows the nights of the detectives working at the Las Vegas Police Department Crime Scene Investigations bureau. Being the second busiest crime l
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First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland | Reuters Sat Nov 14, 2009 | 7:36 AM EST First U.S. marijuana cafe opens in Portland By Dan Cook | PORTLAND, Oregon PORTLAND, Oregon The United States' first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration's move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it -- as long as they are out of public view -- despite a federal ban. "This club represents personal freedom, finally, for our members," said Madeline Martinez, Oregon's executive director of NORML, a group pushing for marijuana legalization. "Our plans go beyond serving food and marijuana," said Martinez. "We hope to have classes, seminars, even a Cannabis Community College, based here to help people learn about growing and other uses for cannabis." The cafe -- in a two-story building which formerly housed a speak-easy and adult erotic club Rumpspankers -- is technically a private club, but is open to any Oregon residents who are NORML members and hold an official medical marijuana card. Members pay $25 per month to use the 100-person capacity cafe. They don't buy marijuana, but get it free over the counter from "budtenders". Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., it serves food but has no liquor license. There are about 21,000 patients registered to use marijuana for medical purposes in Oregon. Doctors have prescribed marijuana for a host of illnesses, including Alzheimer's, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and Tourette's syndrome. On opening day, reporters invited to the cafe could smell, but were not allowed to see, people smoking marijuana. "I still run a coffee shop and events venue, just like I did before we converted it to the Cannabis Cafe, but now it will be cannabis-themed," said Eric Solomon, the owner of the cafe, who is looking forward to holding marijuana-themed weddings, film festivals and dances in the second-floor ballroom. NO PROSECUTION The creation of the cafe comes almost a month after the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical reasons or dispensaries in states which have legalized them. About a dozen states, including Oregon, followed California's 1996 move to adopt medical marijuana laws, allowing the drug to be cultivated and sold for medical use. A similar number have pending legislation or ballot measures planned. Pot cafes, known as "coffee shops", are popular in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, where possession of small amounts of marijuana is legal. Portland's Cannabis Cafe is the first of its kind to open in the United States, according to NORML. Growing, possessing, distributing and smoking marijuana are still illegal under U.S. federal law, which makes no distinction between medical and recreational use. Federal and local law enforcement agencies did not return phone calls from Reuters on Friday seeking comment on the Portland cafe's operations. "To have a place that is this open about its activities, where people can come together and smoke -- I say that's pretty amazing." said Tim Pate, a longtime NORML member, at the cafe. Some locals are hoping it might even be good for business. "I know some neighbors are pretty negative about this place opening up," said David Bell, who works at a boutique that shares space with the cafe. "But I'm withholding judgment. There's no precedent for it. We don't know what to expect. But it would great if it brought some customers into our store." (Writing by Bill Rigby; editing by Mohammad Zargham) ADVERTISEMENT
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The Only State... Quiz Extra Trivia ...whose name appears in another state's most populous city? Kansas City is the name of the biggest city in Missouri but only the third biggest city in Kansas. ...to host three modern Olympic Games? Besides the two Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. ...that allows residents to vote from outer space? The reasoning behind this 1997 law makes sense when you consider that most Astronauts live and work in Houston. ...without a McDonalds within the borders of its state capital? Montpelier is also the smallest state capital, with less than 8,000 people. ...to have a state-owned bank? The Bank of North Dakota was founded in 1919, and receives funds from state agencies. ...whose name has no letters in common with that of its capital? This may not be the most interesting 'Only' stat about South Dakota, but it's the only one I could find... ...to insist upon statewide female suffrage as a requirement for its entry into the Union? The Wyoming Territory's 1869 passage of female suffrage inspired the state's Official Nickname 'The Equality State.' ...whose legal right to statehood was brought before the Supreme Court? Virginia v. West Virginia, in which Virgina strove to regain counties that had seceded during the Civil War, was decided in favor of the Defendant. ...that has no law requiring seatbelts for adults in automobiles? New Hampshire residents take their 'Live Free Or Die' motto rather seriously ...to have a lighthouse that stands over 60 meters high? The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, 63 meters tall (200 feet), is located on the state's easternmost island. ...in which diamonds are mined? Crater of Diamonds State Park is also the world's only diamond-bearing site open to the public. ...in which the Northern half is in a different time zone than the Southern half? Northern Idaho is on Pacific Time, while Southern Idaho is on Mountain Time. ...to be represented by an African-American Senator prior to the 20th Century? Before 1967, Mississippi's Hiram Revels (1870) and Blanche Bruce (1875) were the only two black US Senators in history. ...whose median age is under 30 years old? The Mormon Church's encouragement of large families may explain why Utah's median age is only 28.8 years. ...to produce two US Presidents whose sons also became Presidents? Coincidentally, both sons shared their Father's names--John Quincy Adams and George Walker Bush. ...to be named after an American? Perhaps only George Washington had the gravitas to merit such an honor; a state of Franklin was attempted but failed to be approved. ...to have a higher population density than Puerto Rico? The most densely populated state, New Jersey's 1,189 residents/square mile beats out Puerto Rico's 1,163. ...whose postal abbreviation consists of two vowels? Iowa is also the only state whose name begins with two vowels. ...to lie entirely above 1,000 meters elevation? Colorado's lowest point, at the border with Kansas, is higher than Pennsylvania's tallest summit. ...where a nuclear weapon was exploded prior to the bombing of Japan? The Trinity Site, NM, was America's first and only test of the atomic bomb before it was dropped on Hiroshima. ...to host a Confederate President's inauguration? Jefferson Davis took his oath of office at the Alabama State Capitol building in 1861. ...that has 'parishes' instead of counties? Louisiana's unique use of the word 'parish' is a holdover from its days as a French Colony. ...to have two Federal Reserve Banks? The Federal bank in Kansas City covers the Great Plains region, while the bank in St. Louis covers part of the Central US. ...with a modern city founded by European colonists prior to 1600? St. Augustine, founded in 1565, was originally the capital of Spanish Florida. ...to contain more than one Ivy League school? Columbia University is located in New York City, while Cornell is in Ithaca Exceptional Quality ...whose official name is more than four words long? 'State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,' is typically used only on of
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Super Bowl Tickets | 2017 Superbowl at NRG Stadium | February 5th in Houston, TX | Super Bowl 51 Travel Packages for Super Bowl Need more than just Super Bowl tickets? GoTickets also offers travel packages that can include options like hotel stays and transportation to make your Super Bowl experience hassle free. Check out our Super Bowl travel packages today! 2017 Super Bowl LI Ticketing Information Super Bowl 51 is still a few years away but the city of Houston is already planning for the Big Game. As the city with the newest NFL franchise in the league, Houston is anxious to host the Super Bowl in 2017. When the Super Bowl heads to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas in 2017 the whole world will be watching. Rest assured that Houston will be prepared come 2017. What more could NFL fans ask for than one of the most impressive stadiums in the league and a great city like Houston to host the game. Make your plans to be at the Big Game when you purchase 2017 Super Bowl tickets from GoTickets. Can the hometown Houston Texans make a title run and play at their own stadium? What about their division rivals the Indianapolis Colts ? Its anyone’s guess and there are plenty of contenders who would love the right to play for the 2017 Super Bowl. The last Super Bowl in Houston marked the start of a dynasty in New England as relative unknown quarterback Tom Brady led the Pats to a 32-29 win over the Carolina Panthers. It has been hailed as one of the greatest Super Bowls ever played, can the game’s return to Houston in 2017 produce the same sort of result? Order your Super Bowl LI tickets today from GoTickets and make your plans to be in H-Town for the Big Game! Important Information for Super Bowl 51 Who Will Play the Half-Time Show at Super Bowl LI? The headliner for the Super Bowl 2017 half-time show has yet to be announced. What Time will the Game be on Television? The game kicks off on Sunday, February 5th, 2017 at 6:30 PM EST on Fox . Why Buy Your Super Bowl 2017 Tickets from GoTickets? We've been connecting fans with hard-to-find seats like Super Bowl tickets for over 20 years. GoTickets.com is also as a proud member of the National Tour Association (NTA), and American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA), so you can rest assured that you can order tickets to Super Bowl LI in a secure environment and your order will be 100% guaranteed. Still curious? Find out more about GoTickets Future Super Bowl Locations
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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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bullace - Memidex dictionary/thesaurus bullace a small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters Class: from Old French beloce, from Medieval Latin bolluca, perhaps of Gaulish origin (Source: Collins Dictionary) [more] Wikipedia: Bullace a variety of plum. It bears edible fruit similar to those of the damson, and like the damson is considered to be a strain of the insititia subspecies of Prunus domestica. Although the term has regionally been applied to several different kinds of "wild... "damson" (specific sense) | [United States] "muscadine" (6 of 17 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation, 1 image ) Collins Dictionary: bullace a small Eurasian rosaceous tree, "Prunus domestica insititia" (or "P. insititia"), of which the damson is the cultivated form "plum" (20 of 279 words, pronunciation) bullace | Prunus domestica [species] a thorny shrub or small tree with small purple-black plum-like fruits. The damson is probably a cultivated form.; Prunus domestica subsp. insititia ... (22 of 55 words, pronunciation) damson | bullace | Prunus insititia [species, sense-specific] A Eurasian plum tree "(Prunus insititia") cultivated since ancient times for its edible fruit. | The oval, bluish-black, juicy plum of this tree. (22 of 51 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation) a European plum (Prunus domestica insititia) with small ovoid fruit in clusters (12 of 34 words, pronunciation) A small European plum (Prunus communis, var. insitita). | The bully tree. (11 of 12 words, 2 definitions) Prunus [plant genus] genus of more than 400 species of flowering shrubs and trees, in the rose family. The genus Prunus has great economic importance as it includes the ... Columbia Encyclopedia: plum | cherry plum common name for a tree of any of many species of the genus "Prunus" of the family Rosaceae (rose family) and for its fruit, a drupe. The plum is ... (29 of 471 words) plum | plums [plural] [countable] a small round fruit with purple, red, or yellow skin and a large hard seed inside. It grows on a plum tree. | [uncountable] a colour that ... (27 of 56 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation) plum [adjective] between red and purple in colour | a plum job or position is one that many people wish they could have because it's very good (24 of 47 words, 2 definitions, pronunciation)
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Did you know? Did you know? More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain life. Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk. To sell your home faster and for more money, paint it yellow. Daphne du Maurier, best known for Rebecca, wrote the story upon which Alfred Hitchcock based his 1963 suspense film The Birds. Scarlett O�Hara�s real first name was Katie . Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner. The average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring in a lifetime. The word �queue� is the only word in English that is pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. If a frog�s mouth is held open too long the frog will suffocate. In Disney�s fantasia, the Sorcerer name is Yensid which is Disney spelled backwards. Tablecloths meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second. Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in �A Christmas Carol,� three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam. Around 1900, the Addis Brush Company started producing the first artificial Christmas tree. It was made from the same material that they used for their toilet brushes. Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company. Sources: funfunnyfacts.com, trivia country.com, alltrivia.net. qsl.net, strangefacts.com, funtrivia.com, corsinet.com. December 6, 2013
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BIOGRAPHY: Abba Lifetime Born: 16 12 1946 Birth place: Stockholm, Sweden Both Benny Andersson's father and grandfather were musicians and he was introduced to the accordion at a very young age. Benny had no patience for regular music lessons, preferring to pick up the instrument and play it. With obvious musical talent, he was able to easily do this with almost any instrument. By the age of 18, Benny’s favourite was the piano. He was with girlfriend Christina Gronvall at this time. She had fallen pregnant with the first of their two children when Benny was only 15-years-old. After graduating from high school, Benny was invited to join The Hep Stars, a popular Swedish beat group with a huge teenage girl fanbase. It was during this time that he met fellow young songwriter Bjorn Ulvaeus. Benny remained with The Hep Stars for a number of successful years, until they disbanded in the late 1960s. He then joined forces with Bjorn and they released an LP together. Shortly after that, Bjorn and Benny’s girlfriends, Agnetha Faltskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, joined the duo. They formed the touring folk act Festfolket, which was not much of a success. The foursome then transformed into the legendary ABBA, finding international stardom and remarkable success. Bjorn Ulvaeus Born: 25 04 1945 Birth place: Gothenburg, Sweden Bjorn's first foray into music was with the folk music act The Hootenanny Singers, who had strong jazz and blues influences. They made their television debut in a Swedish talent contest in 1963. Bjorn joined up with Benny Andersson to write songs. One of these, 'Isn’t it Easy to Say', was a hit for The Hep Stars, and Bjorn sometimes guested with the band when they were on tour. At one point, it was suggested that The Hep Stars and The Hootenanny Singers merge to form one band, although this never happened. Stig Anderson, manager of The Hootenay Singers and founder of Polar Music, saw Benny and Bjorn’s collective potential and encouraged them to write more songs in order to release an album. They followed his advice and Polar Music released their album 'Lycka' ('Happiness') in 1970. Benny and Bjorn went on to release a further six singles. They also wrote a significant amount of music for the Polar label before joining with their girlfriends, Anni-Frid and Agnetha, to form ABBA, under the management of Stig Anderson. Anni-Frid Lyngstad Born: 15 11 1945 Birth place: Narvik, Norway Anni-Frid’s mother, young Norwegian Synni Lyngstad, had an affair with German officer, Alfred Haase, during World War II. It was at the end of the war, when he returned to his country, that Synni discovered she was pregnant with his child. She gave birth to Anni-Frid (Frida, as she was later known) in the small Norwegian town of Narvik. To avoid being punished as a collaborator, Synni took her baby daughter to Torshalla, Sweden. When Frida was only two-years-old, her mother died and her grandmother, who always encouraged her to sing, raised her. In 1957, at age 13, Frida made her stage debut at a Red Cross charity event. She met her boyfriend, Ragnar Fredriksson, when she was 15 and they had a son, Hans, when Frida was only 17. Shortly after Hans’s birth, Frida and Ragnar married and they had their second child, Lise-Lotte, a few years later. Frida, a part-time cabaret singer, was fully committed to her burgeoning music career and was not prepared to give it up to be a full-time mother. This caused tensions in the marriage and eventually they divorced. Frida left her children in the care of their father, Ragnar, and her grandmother (“Mamma”), and went to live in Stockholm. It was here that Frida met Benny Andersson, at the folkpark tour, and they were soon a couple. Benny invited her to sing backing vocals with Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn’s girlfriend, on the 'Lycka' album. Both women were uncredited for this work. Soon after this, the foursome became ABBA. Benny produced Frida’s only solo LP during the ABBA years, 'Frida Ensam' (1975), which included an earlier, Swedish hit single version of 'Fernando'. Agnetha Faltskog Born: 05 04 1950 Birth pla
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Index-a What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for? Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia? G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention? Name the core specialism of notable Anglo-Danish industrialist Sir Ove Nyquist Arup (1895-1988) and the global (Arup Group) corporation he created: Pharmacy; Structural engineering; Shipbuilding; or Food canning? The famous guitar maker founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1902 is: Gibson; Fender; Rickenbacker; or Gretsch? Calabria, flanked by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, is the southern peninsular of which country? In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly: Coil; Rhythm; Pill; or Condom? What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912: Rubber; Cotton; Gold; or Silk? What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above? If a fifth of the charges in a $60 bill are discounted by 25%, what is the total cost? What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive? The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art? Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil? What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval? Ogilvy & Mather, WWP and James Walter Thompson famously operate in: Law; Advertising; Auditing; or Architectural design? What mathematical term originated from Arabic 'awar', meaning 'damage to goods', evolving through French terminology for an apportionment of shipping liabilities between owners of vessel and cargo? What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)? Avian refers to: Birds; Bees; Apes; or Vikings? Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications? Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936? Brazil's first ever football match as a national team was in 1914 at Laranjeiras stadium, Rio de Janeiro state, against: Argentina; USA; Prussia; or Exeter City? What is/are 'pince-nez': Cream and wine sauce; Ferry tug-boats; Armless spectacles; or Four-legged trousers for dogs? The Arabic term 'Al-jebr' (reunion of broken parts) is famously associated with: Disaster relief; TV news; Twin skyscrapers; or Algebra? The UHF wireless technology developed by Eriksson in 1994 for data transfer between devices in close proximity is: Silverlip; Bluetooth; Rednose; or Goldeye? What is the '1c Magenta', which (at $20m) became the most expensive man-made object ever in terms of weight to value? A circular partner-swapping ballroom dance, named after a 1700s maritime leader, is the: William Bligh; Paul Jones; Horatio Nelson; or James Hook? The Stone Age was roughly how many years ago: 4-5,000; 50-100,000; 500,000-1million; or 1-2m? Originally a French portmanteau word combining a shoe and boot, what means 'wilfully destroy'? What is the recurring number when two-thirds is expressed as a decimal? A lodestone (or loadstone, from old English meaning 'leading-stone' or 'way-stone') is a naturally occurring what? Which controversial Swiss sports head, accused of racism, sexism and corruption 1990s-2000s, was once president of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders, which advocated women should not replace stockings and suspenders with pantyhose? Bambino is the family trust of which controversial business mogul, subject to criminal proceedings in Germany 2014? Boundary-pushing Dutch media corporation Endemol sought participants in 2014 for a reality show requiring the group to: Marry each other; Marry animals; Have face transplants; or Live indefinitely on Mars? The volcano Olympic Mons, three times taller than Mount Everest, and the highes
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Robert and James Adam, architects of the Age of Enlightenment (Book, 2012) [WorldCat.org] Find more libraries Librarian? Claim your library to Robert and James Adam, architects of the Age of Enlightenment Author: Print book : Biography : English View all editions and formats Database: WorldCat Summary: During the second half of the eighteenth century British architecture moved away from the dominant school of Classicism in favour of a more creative freedom of expression. At the forefront of this change were architect brothers Robert and James Adam. Without rejecting established architectural tradition, the Adam brothers were modernists, free from dogmatic adherence to a particular style. Architecture has tended to be left out of the historiography of the Enlightenment. While previous studies on the Adam brothers have focused on describing their style and their inspirations, Kondo's work places them within the context of eighteenth-century intellectual thought. Only by examining the Adams' work in this context can the full extent of their contribution to Enlightenment development be understood. Read more... Rating:
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Smith, Adam | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Z Adam Smith (1723—1790) Adam Smith is often identified as the father of modern capitalism. While accurate to some extent, this description is both overly simplistic and dangerously misleading. On the one hand, it is true that very few individual books have had as much impact as his An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. His accounts of the division of labor and free trade, self-interest in exchange, the limits on government intervention, price, and the general structure of the market, all signify the moment when economics transitions to the "modern." On the other hand, The Wealth of Nations, as it is most often called, is not a book on economics. Its subject is " political economy ," a much more expansive mixture of philosophy, political science, history, economics, anthropology, and sociology. The role of the free market and the laissez-faire structures that support it are but two components of a larger theory of human interaction and social history. Smith was not an economist; he was a philosopher. His first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, sought to describe the natural principles that govern morality and the ways in which human beings come to know them. How these two books fit together is both one of the most controversial subjects in Smith scholarship and the key to understanding his arguments about the market and human activity in general. Historically, this process is made more difficult by the so-called "Adam Smith Problem," a position put forth by small numbers of committed scholars since the late nineteenth century that Smith's two books are incompatible. The argument suggests that Smith's work on ethics, which supposedly assumed altruistic human motivation, contradicts his political economy, which allegedly assumed egoism . However, most contemporary Smith scholars reject this claim as well as the description of Smith's account of human motivation it presupposes. Smith never uses the term "capitalism;" it does not enter into widespread use until the late nineteenth century. Instead, he uses "commercial society," a phrase that emphasizes his belief that the economic is only one component of the human condition. And while, for Smith, a nation's economic "stage" helps define its social and political structures, he is also clear that the moral character of a people is the ultimate measure of their humanity. To investigate Smith's work, therefore, is to ask many of the great questions that we all struggle with today, including those that emphasize the relationship of morality and economics. Smith asks why individuals should be moral. He offers models for how people should treat themselves and others. He argues that scientific method can lead to moral discovery, and he presents a blueprint for a just society that concerns itself with its least well-off members, not just those with economic success. Adam Smith's philosophy bears little resemblance to the libertarian caricature put forth by proponents of laissez faire markets who describe humans solely as homo economicus. For Smith, the market is a mechanism of morality and social support. Table of Contents 1. Life and Influences a. Early Life and Influences Adam Smith was born in June, 1723, in Kirkcaldy, a port town on the eastern shore of Scotland; the exact date is unknown. His father, the Comptroller and Collector of Customs, died while Smith's mother was pregnant but left the family with adequate resources for their financial well being. Young Adam was educated in a local parish (district) school. In 1737, at the age of thirteen he was sent to Glasgow College after which he attended Baliol College at Oxford University. His positive experiences at school in Kirkcaldy and at Glasgow, combined with his negative reaction to the professors at Oxford, would remain a strong influence on his philosophy. In particular, Smith held his teacher Francis Hutcheson in high esteem. One of the early leaders of the philosophical movement now called the Scottish Enl
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JFK assassination: Cronkite informs a shocked nation - YouTube JFK assassination: Cronkite informs a shocked nation 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 Nov 17, 2013 "As The World Turns" was airing on CBS the afternoon of November 22, 1963, when Walter Cronkite broke in to tell the nation that President Kennedy had been shot. Coverage then went back to the soap opera, but not for long. Charles Osgood reports on how America learned of the shooting of a president. Category
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Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald - Nov 24, 1963 - HISTORY.com Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald Share this: Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald Author Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald URL Publisher A+E Networks At 12:20 p.m., in the basement of the Dallas police station, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy, is shot to death by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner. On November 22, President Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in an open-car motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas. Less than an hour after the shooting, Lee Harvey Oswald killed a policeman who questioned him on the street. Thirty minutes after that, he was arrested in a movie theater by police. Oswald was formally arraigned on November 23 for the murders of President Kennedy and Officer J.D. Tippit. On November 24, Oswald was brought to the basement of the Dallas police headquarters on his way to a more secure county jail. A crowd of police and press with live television cameras rolling gathered to witness his departure. As Oswald came into the room, Jack Ruby emerged from the crowd and fatally wounded him with a single shot from a concealed .38 revolver. Ruby, who was immediately detained, claimed that rage at Kennedy’s murder was the motive for his action. Some called him a hero, but he was nonetheless charged with first-degree murder. Jack Ruby, originally known as Jacob Rubenstein, operated strip joints and dance halls in Dallas and had minor connections to organized crime. He also had a relationship with a number of Dallas policemen, which amounted to various favors in exchange for leniency in their monitoring of his establishments. He features prominently in Kennedy-assassination theories, and many believe he killed Oswald to keep him from revealing a larger conspiracy. In his trial, Ruby denied the allegation and pleaded innocent on the grounds that his great grief over Kennedy’s murder had caused him to suffer “psychomotor epilepsy” and shoot Oswald unconsciously. The jury found him guilty of the “murder with malice” of Oswald and sentenced him to die. In October 1966, the Texas Court of Appeals reversed the decision on the grounds of improper admission of testimony and the fact that Ruby could not have received a fair trial in Dallas at the time. In January 1967, while awaiting a new trial, to be held in Wichita Falls, Ruby died of lung cancer in a Dallas hospital. The official Warren Commission report of 1964 concluded that neither Oswald nor Ruby were part of a larger conspiracy, either domestic or international, to assassinate President Kennedy. Despite its seemingly firm conclusions, the report failed to silence conspiracy theories surrounding the event, and in 1978 the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded in a preliminary report that Kennedy was “probably assassinated as a result of a conspiracy” that may have involved multiple shooters and organized crime. The committee’s findings, as with those of the Warren Commission, continue to be widely disputed. Related Videos
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How to Write a Limerick How to Write a Limerick How to Write a Limerick Oli Kellett/Taxi/Getty Images Share By Grace Fleming You might need to write a limerick for an assignment, or you may want to learn the art just for fun or to impress a friend. Limericks are fun--they usually have a bit of a twist and a perhaps a silly element. And best of all, they can be a great way to express how clever and creative you can be! A limerick contains five lines. In this mini-poem, the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme, and the third and fourth lines rhyme. Here is an example: There once was a student named Dwight, Who slept only three hours a night. He dozed in the classroom And snoozed in the bathroom, So Dwight’s college options are slight. There is also a certain rhythm to a limerick that makes it unique. The meter, or the number of beats ( stressed syllables ) per lines, is 3,3,2,2,3. For example, in the second line, the three stressed points are slept, three, and night. The syllabification is (usually) 8,8,5,5,8, but there is some variation in this. In the limerick above, there are actually 6 syllables in the third and fourth lines. continue reading below our video Test Your General Science Knowledge To write your own limerick, begin with a person and/or a place. Make sure that one or both of them are easy to rhyme. For your first try, start with “there once was” and finish the first line with five more syllables. Example: There once was a boy from Cancun. Now think of a feature or an event and write a line that ends in a word that rhymes with Cancun, such as: Whose eyes were as round as the moon. Next, skip to the fifth line, which will be the final line that includes the twist or punch line. What are some of your rhyming word choices? There are many.
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Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798. Lines 112-160 | What They Half-create, / And What Perceive What They Half-create, / And What Perceive A Hypertext Scholarly Edition of "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth User login Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour, July 13, 1798. Lines 112-160 Click "play" to hear this section read by Tim McMullan for the BBC . Nor, perchance, If I were not thus taught, should I the more Suffer my genial11 spirits to decay: For thou art with me, here, upon the banks 115 Of this fair river; thou, my dearest Friend, My dear, dear Friend, and in thy voice I catch The language of my former heart, and read My former pleasures in the shooting lights Of thy wild eyes. Oh! yet a little while 120 May I behold in thee what I was once, My dear, dear Sister! And this prayer I make, Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her; 'tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead 125 From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues,12 Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, 130 Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our chearful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings. Therefore let the moon 135 Shine on thee in thy solitary walk; And let the misty mountain winds be free To blow against thee:13 and in after years, When these wild ecstasies shall be matured Into a sober pleasure, when thy mind 140 Shall be a mansion for all lovely forms, Thy memory be as a dwelling-place For all sweet sounds and harmonies; Oh! then, If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief, Should be thy portion, with what healing thoughts 145 Of tender joy wilt thou remember me, And these my exhortations! Nor, perchance, If I should be, where I no more can hear Thy voice, nor catch from thy wild eyes these gleams Of past existence, wilt thou then forget 150 That on the banks of this delightful stream We stood together; and that I, so long A worshipper of Nature, hither came, Unwearied in that service: rather say With warmer love, oh! with far deeper zeal 155 Of holier love. Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs, And this green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves, and for thy sake. 160 11. A) Note by Richey and Robinson: Genial: Native, inborn. B) Note by John O. Hayden: genial cheerful and creative (a play on words, pointing up their common root, often made by Coleridge). Type: Note by Richey and Robinson: Compare Milton, Paradise Lost: "On evil days though fall'n, and evil tongues" ( 7.26 ). Type: Note by Richey and Robinson: Compare " The Old Cumberland Beggar ," lines 165-69. Type: Lines 085-6, 144 Thomas McFarland, William Wordsworth: Intensity and Achievement, 133-4 Specifically, Wordsworth does not search the future for the reassurance in the present; rather he looks to the past for reassurance in the future. He is almost always, and certainly in his deepest apprehensions, concerned to know that [as stated in The Excursion] ‘The future cannot contradict the past.’ There is a peculiar but inexorable logic that compels this Wordsworthian idiosyncrasy. If, for Wordsworth, the earliest part of life was the state of fullest being (‘trailing clouds of glory do we come / … Heaven lies about us in our infancy’) and the process of growth was accompanied by the loss of being (‘Shades of the prison-house begin to close / Upon the growing Boy’) it follows t
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Unforgiven (1992) - 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 Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. 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 22 titles created 01 Mar 2011 a list of 28 titles created 21 Mar 2011 a list of 45 titles created 10 Jun 2013 a list of 49 titles created 19 Oct 2013 a list of 25 titles created 5 months ago Search for " Unforgiven " 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 4 Oscars. Another 36 wins & 29 nominations. See more awards » Videos Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino. Director: Clint Eastwood A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Director: Oliver Stone Two bounty hunters with the same intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw. Director: Sergio Leone A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional. Director: Clint Eastwood An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. Director: Sergio Leone A group of professional bank robbers start to feel the heat from police when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. Director: Michael Mann As corruption grows in 1950s LA, three policemen - one strait-laced, one brutal, and one sleazy - investigate a series of murders with their own brand of justice. Director: Curtis Hanson Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong and more than two million dollars in cash near the Rio Grande. Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Stars: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin In Miami in 1980, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed. Director: Brian De Palma Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two best friends, a mafia underboss and a casino owner, for a trophy wife over a gambling empire. Director: Martin Scorsese Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen Edit Storyline The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff 'Little Bill' tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town whores just try to get by.Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Dissatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid', and aging killer William Munny. Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned, saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth. Written by Charlie Ness It's a hell of a thing, killing a man Genres: Rated R for language, and violence, and for a scene of sexuality | See all certifications » Pa
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Reservoir Dogs (1992) - 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 After a simple jewelry heist goes terribly wrong, the surviving criminals begin to suspect that one of them is a police informant. Director: 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 24 titles created 12 Oct 2012 a list of 26 titles created 03 Dec 2012 a list of 35 titles created 12 Sep 2015 a list of 46 titles created 15 Oct 2015 a list of 41 titles created 11 months ago Search for " Reservoir Dogs " 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. 9 wins & 15 nominations. See more awards » Videos The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster's wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption. Director: Quentin Tarantino In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers coincides with a theatre owner's vengeful plans for the same. Directors: Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth The Bride wakens from a four-year coma. The child she carried in her womb is gone. Now she must wreak vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her - a team she was once part of. Director: Quentin Tarantino With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. Director: Quentin Tarantino An insomniac office worker, looking for a way to change his life, crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker, forming an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more. Director: David Fincher Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. Director: David Fincher The Bride continues her quest of vengeance against her former boss and lover Bill, the reclusive bouncer Budd and the treacherous, one-eyed Elle. Director: Quentin Tarantino 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8.3/10 X In future Britain, Alex DeLarge, a charismatic and psycopath delinquent, who likes to practice crimes and ultra-violence with his gang, is jailed and volunteers for an experimental aversion therapy developed by the government in an effort to solve society's crime problem - but not all goes according to plan. Director: Stanley Kubrick A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future. Director: Stanley Kubrick A man juggles searching for his wife's murderer and keeping his short-term memory loss from being an obstacle. Director: Christopher Nolan A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. Director: Stanley Kubrick A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims. Director: Jonathan Demme Edit Storyline Six criminals, who are strangers to each other, are hired by a crime boss, Joe Cabot, to carry out a diamond robbery. Right at the outset, they are given false names with the intention that they won't get too close and will concentrate on the job instead. They are completely sure that the robbery is going to be a success. But, when the police show up right at the time and the site of the robbery, panic spreads amongst the group members, and two of them are killed in the subsequent shootout
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Seat belt survey reveals the states with the highest use Seat belt survey reveals the states with the highest use Consumer Reports News: August 11, 2011 02:08 PM Seat belts save over 12,000 lives a year, but there is a big difference in usage between the states. The variation in buckling correlates with the state seat-belt laws—the stronger the better for optimal safety. The nationwide seat belt use rate in 2010 was 85 percent—the highest it’s ever been. Even better, 15 states plus the District of Columbia have use rates over 90 percent, according to a new survey from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Three of those states hit over 97 percent: Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Not surprising, the state with the lowest use rate is the only state without a seat belt law—New Hampshire at 72.2 percent. Live free or die, as the state motto goes. The study also noted the importance of strong seat belt laws. Kansas strengthened their law last year to a primary enforcement law (meaning, the police can pull you over for a seat-belt violation) and the compliance rate jumped from 77 percent to 81.8 percent. There is no reason why this country can’t approach 100-percent compliance. Seat belts are an easy way to add a level of safety each and every time you get into your vehicle. It protects passengers from hitting hard vehicle surfaces or being ejected from the vehicle in a crash. So take a couple seconds to buckle up and model good behavior for the next generation. It really does save lives. Need further convincing? Check out our more than 325 crash-test videos .
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Blog Blog Written by Sarasota Post Staff on 20 December 2016 . 125 million people come from all over the world to see Christmas in New York City! It is a magical place during the holidays. It has become a present to myself over the last few years and I start thinking about what to do months ahead. This year it started in March with the announcement of Billy Joel's residency show at Madison Square Garden for December. I photographed Billy earlier this year in Tampa and it was a fabulous show. I knew the Christmastime show would be special. 09 September 2014 . I spend my summer’s in Northern Wisconsin at my family vacation home, settled on two lakes, and over eighty acres. Since having added a mini pig, Officer, to my family, driving from Florida with him and his brother, a black cat with OCD named Uncle Putt, has become necessary. Oh, Officer can fly, but Delta clipped his wings. Driving North the last two years, I have always had company on this twenty-seven hour road trip, but not this year. I pulled out of my driveway on June 20, and pulled into our property the 22nd, two days later. It was a really wasn’t so bad; a pretty easy drive. Wisconsin summers have always been a time to unwind and write, playing fast and hard on the lake in the day, fishing in the evening, and fireflies, bonfires, and a flurry of stars above at night. Spending time with family and friends, the world’s best Bloody Mary’s, and fried cheese curds can only be found in one place, so this Floridian heads north each year. Uncle Putt and Officer love it as well. Uncle Putt gets to explore the outdoors, feeling like a “bad ass” chasing squirrels up trees, and killing field mice in the basement. Officer, roots and edges acre after acre, fertilizing as he goes, then off for a swim in the lake to cool down. Most people used to think he was an ugly dog, a “something-doodle”, but now they know, “It’s just Officer Volpe.” They both go through a depression whenever we get back to Florida, and “that time” arrives more quickly each year, when we must pack up and head home. I had work to do. I was asked to co-emcee, Ladies Sing the Blues, with the Florida Blues Brothers, and we had promotions to shoot. I had obligations to REAL Exclusive Magazine, another publication I write for, and there has been some impressive developments for me since my last article with them went viral — stay tuned! And…I seriously needed my hair done! It was just too bad I was leaving my family a week before my birthday. I have since learned, traveling the identical route in reverse can sometimes be tricky. As we made our way back home, by way of a few extra states, since missing my exit in Champaign, Illinois, the first thing I noticed upon entering my native state, is my fellow Florida driving etiquette. They are the only people on Earth who drive 20 mph over the speed limit, passing you with the shittiest expression, like you're doing something wrong…God, it was good to be home! The next day I was blonde again, feeling refreshed and more like myself by the minute. The “boys”, however, were melancholy. All Uncle Putt wanted to do was eat. Eat lizards, eat my plants, eat my shoes, eat Q-Tips, you name it. Officer, all he wanted to do was sleep, unless I wasn't home, then he wanted to interior decorate. I’d walk in to find my furniture rearranged, blankets and pillows littering the floor, papers half eaten and books with the cover or first page devoured — literally, and guess who’s sound asleep in the middle of it all…the gloomy lil piggy! Needless to say, I haven't been home a lot. My birthday is September 3, and since my good pal, Sande Caplin, was going to be gone that week, babysitting in Brooklyn, he decided to celebrate my special day from Thursday, August 28 to Sunday, August 31! “Frick” and “Frack” were back and celebrate we did. In case you haven’t read my story for The Sarasota Post, The Reality and Rebuttal of Sande Caplin, I confess that I may have called my cherished friend, Mr. Caplin, a “Dick”, and possibly a “Dumb ass”. If you know our belo
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. . July 9, 09: The oldest viable seeds in the world, thot to date from the Pleistocene era, are not what we thought. New dating techniques have revealed that the seeds, which have been grown into live Arctic lupine plants, are not 10,000 years old as believed, but now known to date from the 1950s. They are modern seeds which contaminated ancient rodent burrows. Jun 24, 09: People have been making music for more than 35,000 years, judging by prehistoric bird-bone flutes excavated in southwest Germany. Researchers said they had found a five-hole flute made from the radius bone of a griffon vulture and two fragments of ivory flutes in a cave in the Swabian Jura mountains. The flutes are at least 5,000 years older than any previous confirmed archaeological examples of musical instruments. Jun 23, 09: People were storing grain long before they learned to domesticate crops, a new study indicates. A structure used as a food granary discovered in recent excavations in Jordan dates to about 11,300 years ago. Apr 15, 09: Archaeologists are to search three sites in Egypt that they say may contain the tomb of doomed lovers Anthony and Cleopatra. Apr 10, 09: Archaeologists have discovered the earliest evidence of human beings ever found in Scotland. The flints were unearthed in a plowed field. They are similar to tools known to have been used in the Netherlands and northern Germany 14,000 years ago, or 12,000 BC. They were probably used by hunters to kill reindeer, mammoth and giant elk and to cut up prey and prepare their skins. Mar 31, 09: Researchers in Germany have used a modern medical procedure to uncover a secret within one of ancient Egypt's most treasured artworks �-the bust of Nefertiti has two faces. A team led by Dr. Alexander Huppertz, director of the Imaging Science Institute at Berlin's Charite hospital and medical school, discovered a detailed stone carving that differs from the external stucco face when they performed a computed tomography, or CT, scan on the bust. . . The findings are the first to show that the stone core of the statue is a highly detailed sculpture of the queen. Mar 27, 09: An Italian archaeologist says she has discovered what is believed to be the oldest site of religious worship in Cyprus, a temple which is about 4,000 years old. Mar 25, 09: The world may be able to get a whiff of that ancient royal scent when researchers complete their investigation into the perfume worn by Hatshepsut, the powerful pharaoh-queen who ruled over ancient Egypt for 20 years beginning around 1479 B.C. . . Analyzing a metal jar belonging to the famous queen, the team from the Bonn U Egyptian Museum recently found residue thought to be leftovers from Hatshepsut's own perfume. Their next step will be attempting to "reconstruct" the scent, which was likely made from pricey incense imported from present-day Somalia. . . Using powerful X-rays, the remains of a dried-out fluid were discovered at the bottom of the flacon. Pharmacologists will now analyze the residue and break it into its constituents, in the hopes of putting the scent back together, 3,500 years after Hatshepsut last wore it. Mar 23, 09: A Greek fisherman must have been expecting a monster of a catch when he brought up his nets in the Aegean Sea last week. Instead, Greek authorities say his haul was a section of a 2,200-year-old bronze statue of a horseman. Dating to the late 2nd century B.C., the statue represented a male rider wearing ornate breast armor over a short tunic and armed with a sheathed sword. Mar 17, 09: Biblical scholars have long argued that the Dead Sea Scrolls were the work of an ascetic and celibate Jewish community known as the Essenes, which flourished in the 1st century A.D. in the scorching desert canyons near the Dead Sea. Now, a prominent Israeli scholar, Rachel Elior, disputes that the Essenes ever existed at all - a claim that has shaken the bedrock of biblical scholarship. . . Elior, who teaches Jewish mysticism at Jerusalem's Hebrew U, claims that the Essenes were a fabrication by the 1st century A.D. Jewish-Roman historian Flav
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Chichen Itza | ancient city, Mexico | Britannica.com ancient city, Mexico list of presidents of Mexico Chichén Itzá, ruined ancient Maya city occupying an area of 4 square miles (10 square km) in south-central Yucatán state, Mexico . It is located some 90 miles (150 km) east-northeast of Uxmal and 75 miles (120 km) east-southeast of the modern city of Mérida . The only source of water in the arid region around the site is from wells (cenotes) formed by sinkholes in limestone formations. Two big cenotes on the site made it a suitable place for the city and gave it its name, from chi (“mouths”), chen (“wells”), and Itzá, the name of the Maya tribe that settled there. Chichén Itzá was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1988. The Casa de las Monjas (“Nunnery”), one of the earliest structures built at … © lunamarina/Fotolia Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mex., designated a World Heritage site in 1988. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Overview of Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz Chichén was founded about the 6th century ce, presumably by Maya peoples of the Yucatán Peninsula who had occupied the region since the Pre-Classic, or Formative, Period (1500 bce–300 ce). The principal early buildings are in an architectural style known as Puuc , which shows a number of divergences from the styles of the southern lowlands. These earliest structures are to the south of the Main Plaza and include the Akabtzib (“House of the Dark Writing”), the Chichanchob (“Red House”), the Iglesia (“Church”), the Casa de las Monjas (“Nunnery”), and the observatory El Caracol (“The Snail”). There is evidence that, in the 10th century, after the collapse of the Maya cities of the southern lowlands, Chichén was invaded by foreigners, probably Maya speakers who had been strongly influenced by—and perhaps were under the direction of—the Toltec of central Mexico. These invaders may have been the Itzá for whom the site is named; some authorities, however, believe the Itzá arrived 200 to 300 years later. Chac Mool sculpture at Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. © Comstock Images/Jupiterimages El Caracol (“The Snail”), an observatory at Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, … © Ron Gatepain (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Similar Topics Mitla In any event, the invaders were responsible for the construction of such major buildings as El Castillo (“The Castle”), a pyramid that rises 79 feet (24 metres) above the Main Plaza. El Castillo has four sides, each with 91 stairs and facing a cardinal direction; including the step on the top platform, these combine for a total of 365 steps—the number of days in the solar year. During the spring and autumnal equinoxes, shadows cast by the setting sun give the appearance of a snake undulating down the stairways. A carving of a plumed serpent at the top of the pyramid is symbolic of Quetzalcóatl (known to the Maya as Kukulcán), one of the major deities of the ancient Mesoamerican pantheon. Excavations within the nine-platform pyramid revealed another, earlier structure containing a red jaguar throne studded with jade. El Castillo (“The Castle”), Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. © Graham S. Klotz/Shutterstock.com El Castillo (“The Castle”), Chichén Itzá, Yucatán, Mexico. © Ron Gatepain (A Britannica Publishing Partner) pre-Columbian civilizations: Major sites The ball court (for playing the game tlachtli [Mayan: pok-ta-pok]) is 545 feet (166 metres) long and 223 feet (68 metres) wide, the largest such court in the Americas. Six sculpted reliefs run the length of the walls of the court, apparently depicting the victors of the game holding the severed head of a member of the losing team. On the upper platform at one end of the court stands the Temple of the Jaguars, inside of which is a mural showing warriors laying siege to a village. Standing on the platform of the temple to the north of the court, it is possible to hear a whisper from 150 feet (46 metres) away. The tlachtli (Mayan: pok-ta-pok) ball court at Chichén … Nataliya Hora—Hemera/Thinkstock Jaguar throne in the entrance to the lower chamber of the Tem
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Fancy a Cresta Run? - (Celerina,Lana) - Ski News Fancy a Cresta Run? Started by J2SkiNews in Ski News Login To Create or Answer a Topic Dec-2011 J2SkiNews The world famous Cresta Run at St Moritz opens in January for a surprisingly brief period. The Cresta Run is not a bobsleigh run or indeed an ice slope for those modern Olympic sports of skeleton or luge, but a slope on which participants slide on tiny metal toboggans at high speed. Controversially those participants remain 'men only' originally due to reasons of chivalry and spurious and unsubstantiated medical grounds (essentially "women too delicate") but in the modern era with no attempt to give a politically correct explanation. Along with the Cresta run there's also a separate bobsleigh track which was first created roughly 20 years later, in 1904, the St Moritz Celerina Olympic bobsled was created. Today, they are the oldest runs in the world and the only ones made entirely of naturally formed ice making them the world's largest ice sculptures. The St Moritz Tobogganing Club is based in The Kulm Hotel St Moritz ( www.kulmhotel-stmoritz.ch ) at the top of the runs. This was the very first hotel in St Moritz in the 1850s and is credited as being when the first ever winter sports holiday took place anywhere in the world back in 1864. This was before downhill skiing had been invented and when the first British guests arrived to winter in St Moritz they looked for ways to amuse themselves until one bright spark came up with the idea of using the natural slope from St Moritz to the neighbouring hamlet of Celerina to create an icy shute, down which they could throw themselves attached to a tiny sled. The Cresta Run was born. Today The Kulm is ranked as one of the top ten winter sports hotels in Switzerland according to Sonntagszeitung, the country's leading Sunday newspaper, the Kulm achieved its ranking thanks to its consistently high service standards and exemplary management. The "Cresta Run" package includes three nights' accommodation, plus a lavish daily breakfast and lunch in the Sunny bar, the meeting point of the Cresta riders off the shutes, as well as five Cresta rides over 2 to 3 days including tuition, equipment and a 25-minute massage – essential for easing the pain after a ride! The package costs from CHF 1,515 (approx £1,050) per person sharing a double room. Female guests receive a credit of CHF400 to use in the Panorama Spa in compensation for not beding allowed down the Cresta Run, Women are, however, allowed to participate fully in the "Bob Taxi Ride" package, which includes two nights' accommodation on a half-board basis, a bob taxi ride (with a certificate and an Olympic Bob Run pin) and a relaxing sea salt bath. Prices start from CHF965 (approx £670) per person sharing a double room. Tthe Cresta Run is only open from 9 January 2012 to 9 February 2012 (excluding Saturdays) and the bob run is only open from 15 January 2012 to 9 February 2012. www The Snow Hunter
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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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Formation of The Australian Alps Formation of The Australian Alps Latitude -36.415964, Longitude 148.623476 Located in the Snowy Mountains Region of NSW, nearest town Jindabyne Source with permission: www.australianalps.environment.gov.au/learn/geology.html Link to Detailed Map The Australian Alps do not fit the conventional image of towering, sharply defined peaks and ice-scoured ridges as found in the Himalayas and European Alps. Instead, the Australian Alps comprise extensive undulating plateaus and ridges, surrounded by steep slopes, escarpments and gorges. In New South Wales, much of the undulating plateau landform is still intact; whereas in Victoria there are a number of smaller isolated plateau areas dissected by deep gorges and river valleys. The Australian Alps may not be very high by world standards - Mt Kosciuszko is 2,228 metres above sea level, while Mt Bogong, the highest in Victoria, is 1,986m, and Mt Bimberi, the highest in the Australian Capital Territory, is 1,911m - but Australia's Alps are remarkable for their age and formation. They are lower than other famous mountain ranges elsewhere in the world because they are older, were formed differently, and have been subject to erosion for a longer period. Formation of the Australian Alps The Australian Alps are the highest part of a larger entity, the Eastern Highlands of Australia, which runs the length of the east coast from northern Queensland to Victoria. The origin of the Alps is the same as that of the Eastern Highlands. Because the Australian Alps cover a large area, they display a wide range of rock types and a complex geological history spanning 520 million years. The events that formed the different rocks in the Alps, and the Alps landscapes, are described here in order from oldest to youngest. When talking geological history, we use the abbreviation mya to mean "million years ago". Link to Development of the Australian Alps Diagram Early history - deep oceans and ancient mountains Earth's surface is continually being reshaped and modified by geological processes. Southeastern Australia has only existed as a continuous landmass for about 350 million years, and its appearance has changed radically during that time. Before 350 mya, there were oceans and island chains where there is now dry land. The oldest rocks in the alpine region are basalt lavas erupted onto the deep ocean floor about 520 mya, in the Cambrian period. They occur in Victoria in the Howqua Valley and the remote Dolodrook Valley. At this time eastern Australia did not exist - the region was a deep ocean dotted with volcanic islands, similar to the western Pacific Ocean of today. During the next 80 million years, in the Ordovician period, vast areas of the ocean floor were covered by a thick blanket of sand and mud, over time turning into the sedimentary rocks sandstone and mudstone. These rocks form much of the Australian Alps. In this time interval a large chain of volcanic islands formed in what is now New South Wales, erupting basalt and andesite lava. These rocks are seen in the Kiandra and Jagungal areas. From 440 to 360 mya (the Silurian and Devonian periods) a series of mountain-building events folded the sedimentary and volcanic rocks, lifted them out of the sea to form land and moved blocks of crust tens to hundreds of kilometres along large faults. This was the result of collisions of several small tectonic plates, crumpling rocks together and thickening up the crust. In addition, some rocks were buried deep in the crust and heated, thereby becoming metamorphosed to produce rocks such as slate, schist and gneiss. Slate is common throughout the high country, with good examples at Mt Hotham and Mt Feathertop in Victoria. Schist and gneiss occur in the Victorian Alps around Mt Bogong, Falls Creek and Omeo. Some rocks were heated above 650° C, enough to melt them. Also in the Silurian and Devonian, large bodies of granite were emplaced into the crust and huge volcanoes erupted ash and lava over the newly create
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The Highest Mountains in Western Europe | USA Today The Highest Mountains in Western Europe The Alps are home to Mont Blanc, Europe's tallest peak. (Photo: Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images ) Physical Characteristics of the Appalachian Mountains Sometime between 400 and 260 million years ago, the African tectonic plate ground against the Laurasian plate, slowly thrusting Europe's crust upward, creating the continent's hills and mountain ranges. While the Alps are home to Europe's tallest peaks, the continent's other ranges boast towering peaks that attract geologists and mountain climbers alike. From peaks towering over the counterparts in the Appenines and Pyrenees, to freestanding mountains and active volcanoes, almost every country in western Europe boasts at least one impressive mountain. Alps At 15,771 feet, Mont Blanc is Europe's tallest peak, straddling the borders of Italy and France. Visitors can travel via cable car from the French town of Chamonix to the mountain's Italian side, enjoying Alpine vistas as they soar to heights of over 15,000 feet. (Ref. 5) The Zugspitze is Germany's tallest mountain, standing almost 10,000 feet tall. Travelers can ascend the mountain by rail or cable car, and enjoy views at the summit overlooking four nations. Balkans Mount Musala is located within Bulgaria's Rila National Park and at 9,596 feet, stands as the tallest peak in the Balkans. The mountain receives more than 50,000 visitors annually, and travelers can ascend to the summit by riding the park's gondola to the base of the hiking trail and walking the remaining distance. Visitors can buy souvenirs and hot beverages at the summit's weather station. Mount Olympos is Greece's tallest mountain at 9,570 feet and the legendary home of the Greek gods. Visitors can explore the museum at the mountain's base, and explore the nearby ancient theater, where actors still perform classic dramas during the annual Olympus Festival. Greenland Gunnbjorn is Greenland's highest peak and at 12,136 feet, it's also the tallest in the Arctic. The mountain takes its name from Gunnbjorn, a ninth-century Norse explorer who, according to legend, discovered Greenland when he was blown off course during an expedition. Pyrenees Spain's Pico de Aneto is the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees, standing 11,167 feet tall. Pico de Aneto also holds the Pyrenees' largest glacier, which covers 403 acres. The glacier's current size fuels concerns over global warming, as it covered 1710 acres during the final years of the 19th century. Russian climber Platon de Tchihatcheff, Count Albert de Franqueville of France and four guides became the first men to reach the summit in July 1842. Sierra Nevada Spain's Mulhacen is Europe's tallest peak outside the Alps and Caucasus ranges, standing 11,410 feet tall. The mountain takes its name from Grenada's 15th-century Muslim ruler, King Abu l-Hassan Ali, who the Spanish called Muley Hacen. According to legend, the king lies at rest on Mulhacen's summit. The mountain attracts both beginning mountaineers, who can easily ascend the south and west ridges, and more experienced climbers attracted by the challenge of Mulhacen's north face. Sicily Sicily's Mount Etna is Europe's largest active volcano, looming 10,902 feet above the island, and continues to threaten nearby villages. As of May 2011, Mount Etna had erupted twice during the year. Depending on the volcano's activity, travelers may be able to travel to the summit, striding through the smoky fields of hardened lava that encircle the mountain's churning cauldron. References
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Who resigned as Prime Minister of France in August 1976?
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Jean-Pierre Raffarin | prime minister of France | Britannica.com prime minister of France Jean-Pierre Raffarin, (born Aug. 3, 1948, Poitiers , France), French businessman and politician who served as prime minister of France (2002–05). French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin (left) and Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin in … Property of the European Commission Raffarin’s father was a member of the French National Assembly and a government minister, responsible for agriculture. Raffarin was educated in Poitiers and Paris, with law studies followed by a business school diploma in 1972. He became a product manager for a coffee business but was quickly attracted into centre-right politics by Pres. Valéry Giscard d’Estaing . He entered local politics in Poitiers in the late 1970s and spent five years (1976–81) as a political appointee in the Labour Ministry. After the victory of the Socialist Party in 1981, Raffarin returned to marketing with a group of management consultants, where his speciality was development strategies for towns and local authorities. He remained involved in politics, however, and by 1988 he was president of the regional council for the Poitou-Charentes region. From 1989 to 1995 Raffarin represented France in the European Parliament , where he belonged to the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats). During 1995–97 he was the national minister for small business; in that role he sponsored legislation that made it harder for big supermarkets to expand at the expense of small corner shops. He was elected to the French Senate in 1995 but did not complete his term; he was reelected in 1997 and served until 2002. Raffarin had placed himself in the middle of the fragmented political world of the French right. He rose through the centre-right Union for French Democracy and later became the deputy leader of the Liberal Democratic Party. After the first round of the 2002 presidential election, he was quick to support incumbent president Jacques Chirac ’s new Union for the Presidential Majority (later renamed the Union for a Popular Movement [Union pour un Mouvement Populaire; UMP]). Chirac, following his resounding victory in the presidential runoff, named Raffarin prime minister on May 6, 2002. At the time of Raffarin’s appointment, fewer than half the French people knew who he was, but this relative anonymity was one of the main reasons for his selection. After five years of having to share power with the Socialists, Chirac wanted a premier who not only would not eclipse him but also would be as far removed as possible from the traditional arrogant Parisian image of past prime ministers. In short, the president was looking for a modest provincial, and he appeared to find him in Raffarin, a man of rumpled suits and little swagger who had a political base in western France. Indeed, in his first months as prime minister, Raffarin cultivated the image of being open to, and part of, la France d’en bas—the France of ordinary people—and of being guilelessly determined to improve their lot. Britannica Stories Ringling Bros. Folds Its Tent As prime minister, Raffarin at first proved to be a pragmatic number two to Chirac. He cut income tax and restrained growth in the minimum wage but moved very cautiously on partial privatization of state utilities, pension reform, and civil service cuts. Similarly, Raffarin would not let his former Europeanism prevent his government from opposing reforms to European Union (EU) farming and fishing regulations. However, many French people opposed the government’s economic liberalization measures, and, as the ailing economy failed to improve, Raffarin’s popularity plummeted. In May 2005, after French voters rejected a new EU constitution that had been backed by the government, Raffarin resigned. That fall he returned to the Senate.
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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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Chuck Norris | Taekwondo Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Share Ad blocker interference detected! Wikia is a free-to-use site that makes money from advertising. We have a modified experience for viewers using ad blockers Wikia is not accessible if you’ve made further modifications. Remove the custom ad blocker rule(s) and the page will load as expected. Chuck Norris in 1976 Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born March 10, 1940) is an actor and practitioner of Moo Duk Kwan Taekwondo / Tang Soo Do . He is the originator of his own martial arts style - a variant of the above styles - called Chun Kuk Do . Norris was the first person ever voted into the Black Belt Hall of Fame. From 1965 through 1980, he won many state, national, and international championships. Norris received the Competitor of the Year award in 1968 and was the first man ever to win the World Professional Karate Championship. In 1975, Norris received the Instructor of the Year award, and in 1977, the Competitor of the Year. Norris is founder of the United Fighting Arts Federation with more than 2,300 Chun Kuk Do Black Belts all over the world. In 1997, Norris reached another milestone in his life: he was the first man ever in the western hemisphere to be awarded an 8th degree Black Belt Grand Master recognition in the Tae Kwon Do martial arts system.
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14 | April | 2016 | Ed B on Sports Ed B on Sports William Fichtner – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Fichtner From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William Fichtner Fichtner at the 2011 USA Film Festival Born Children 2 William Edward “Bill” Fichtner, Jr. (born November 27, 1956) [1] is an American actor. He has appeared in a number of notable films and TV series. He is known for his roles as Sheriff Tom Underlay in the cult favorite television series Invasion , Alexander Mahone on Prison Break , and numerous film roles, including: Quiz Show , Armageddon , The Perfect Storm , Crash , Blades of Glory , Black Hawk Down , Nine Lives , The Longest Yard , Mr. & Mrs. Smith , The Dark Knight , Date Night , The Lone Ranger , Phantom , Elysium , Independence Day: Resurgence , and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel . Contents Fichtner was born on Mitchel Air Force Base [2] on Long Island , and was raised in Cheektowaga, New York , a suburb of Buffalo . He is the son of Patricia A. (née Steitz) and William E. Fichtner. [3] [4] He has German ancestry. [5] Fichtner graduated from Maryvale High School (Cheektowaga) in 1974. After graduating from Farmingdale State College in 1976 with an associate degree in criminal justice, he attended SUNY Brockport and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice in 1978. Fichtner then studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Fichtner credits his Farmingdale State College admissions counselor, Don Harvey, with his decision to study acting. Harvey, who became a lifelong friend, took Fichtner to his first Broadway show . On 18 May 2008, Fichtner was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by Farmingdale State College. [6] Fichtner began his acting career as Josh Snyder in As the World Turns in 1987. Fichtner’s film credits include Contact , Heat , Armageddon , Go , Equilibrium , Black Hawk Down , The Perfect Storm , The Longest Yard , Crash , Ultraviolet , and The Dark Knight . Mainly a character actor , one of Fichtner’s few leading roles is in Passion of Mind , also starring Demi Moore and Stellan Skarsgård . For his role in Crash, he won a Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance Award and a “Best Acting Ensemble” Award from Broadcast Film Critics Choice. Fichtner, 2003 Credited as Bill Fichtner, he voiced the character Ken Rosenberg in the video games Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas . Between 2005 and 2006, Fichtner also starred in the science-fiction TV series Invasion as Sheriff Tom Underlay. After Invasion was cancelled, Fichtner played FBI Agent Alexander Mahone in the second through fourth seasons (2006–2009) of Prison Break . [7] Later that year, he presented an award at the National Hockey League award show.[ citation needed ] He also appears in The West Wing episode, “ The Supremes ” as Christopher Mulready, a conservative judge nominated to the Supreme Court. Fichtner also had a role as the Gotham National Bank manager in the feature film The Dark Knight , and as Jurgen in Equilibrium . In June 2009, Fichtner signed on to guest star on Entourage playing TV producer Phil Yagoda, who is trying to remake his hit 1990s teen series. [8] He also voices Master Sergeant Sandman in the 2011 video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 . [9] Personal life[ edit ] As of June 2014, Fichtner lives in Prague , Czech Republic , where he filmed the television series Crossing Lines . Fichtner is a Buffalo Bills fan, appearing in a commercial for the team before the 2014 season . [12] More recently, Fichtner narrated the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary titled “Four Falls of Buffalo”, chronicling the Buffalo Bills’ four consecutive Super Bowl appearances from 1990 – 93 . High Lonesome: A Father For Charlie [13] Sheriff Here is a typical Nathan Eovaldi game: 1ST INNING: SAD ALEX RODRIGUEZ – Google Search is hitting .120. He has a an idea gifs – Google Search steroids GIFS – Google Search The past two games at The Rodgers Center in Toronto, The Yankees bats have looked like old men. Evovaldi was his typical inconsisten
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Bruce Lee Address History Bruce Lee Address History Seattle WA After returning to the United States in 1959 (Bruce was born in America) he lived and worked at Ruby Chow's restaurant, 1122 Jefferson Street, Seattle WA 98104 (at the corner of Broadway and Jefferson). The building is no longer there and is now the parking lot for First Hill Medical Building. Click each picture for a larger version. As I walked down Boren Avenue from the old Ruby Chow location towards Seattle's Chinatown, I realized Bruce had likely walked this same path many times before me. It was a remarkable realization knowing that I was literally walking in the footsteps of the master Bruce and his students would often work out wherever there was space including parking garages, public parks, etc. One of the first locations where they would gather to exercise and train is in the Chinatown area at 651 S. Weller St, Seattle WA 98104. This is now the Ho Ho Restaurant (653 S. Weller St). Click each picture for a larger version Bruce would sometimes demonstrate gung fu at the Chong Wa Benevolent Association hall in Chinatown at 522 7th Avenue S, Seattle WA 98104. Bruce taught gung fu lessons to the members of Boy Scout Troop 54 here at Chong Wa and later at the Chinese Southern Baptist Church. Click each picture for a larger version The Chinese Southern Baptist Church in Chinatown was located at 925 S King St, Seattle WA 98104 (10th Avenue S and King St). Click each picture for a larger version Early on Bruce used the address 908 8th Avenue, Seattle WA. This was actually student Taky Kimura's address and was the address Bruce listed on his United States Selective Service application. Click each picture for a larger version The TaiTung Restaurant in Chinatown at 655 S. King St, Seattle WA 98104 was one of Bruce's favorite places to eat Bruce opened his first gwoon (school) at 609 S. Weller St, Seattle WA 98104. This is now the Mongolian Hot Pot restaurant Bruce's second gwoon was established a few blocks away at 418 1/2 8th Avenue South, Seattle WA 98104 next to the Szechuan Noodle Bowl restaurant. Some sources list the address as 420 1/2 (or B) 8th Avenue South in the basement of the actual Szechuan Noodle restaurant Bruce's 3rd gwoon was opened in 1963 near the University of Washington campus at 4750 University Way NE, Seattle WA 98105. He lived in the back of the restaurant at the same address. Taky Kimura became his senior instructor Bruce attended and graduated from the Edison Technical School in 1960. It is now the Seattle Central Community College, 1701 Broadway (Broadway and Pine), Seattle WA 98122. Bruce and his first student Jesse Glover used to workout in this area near some steps on the back of the college off Harvard Avenue Bruce performed gung fu demonstrations at Garfield High School, 400 23rd Avenue, Seattle WA 98122. This is where he met his future wife Linda Emery He also gave gung fu demonstrations at Franklin High School, 3013 S. Mount Baker Blvd., Seattle WA 98144 Bruce attended the University of Washington, 4014 University Way NE, Seattle WA 98195 Sometimes Bruce taught gung fu classes near these impressive columns on the University of Washington campus. Click each picture to see a larger version After Bruce passed away his body was shipped from Hong Kong to Butterworth Mortuary, 300 East Pine St, Seattle WA 98122. Butterworth has since moved to 520 W Raye St, Seattle WA 98119. This location is now Groff Murphy Lawyers of Seattle. Both Bruce and Brandon Lee are buried at Lakeview Cemetery, 1554 15th Avenue E, Seattle WA 98122. Many are unaware that Bruce's current headstone is not the original one it's actually the third. The original featured a picture of Bruce from Enter the Dragon. The second, featuring Bruce wearing glasses, was vandalized and subsequently replaced with the current headstone. Click each picture to see a larger version The first picture is the original headstone. The second is the replacement after the first was vandalized. About 30 feet to the right of Bruce and Brandon's graves (as you face the graves) ar
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Bruce Lee Bruce Lee 2006 Bruce Lee Foundation. Bruce Lee Bio Bruce Jun Fan Lee was born in the hour of the Dragon, between 6 and 8 a.m., in the year of the Dragon on November 27, 1940 at the Jackson Street Hospital in San Franciscos Chinatown. Today, a plaque in the hospital's entry commemorates the place of his birth. Bruce’s birth, in the hour and the year of the Dragon, is a powerful symbol in Chinese astrology. It would be a strong omen of the powerful life that was to be lived by Bruce Lee and the explosive impact his life would have on countless others.  Bruce was the fourth child born to Lee Hoi Chuen and his wife Grace Ho. He had two older sisters, Phoebe and Agnes, an older brother, Peter, and a younger brother, Robert. Lee Hoi Chuen was, by profession, a comedian in the Chinese opera and an actor in Cantonese films. At the time Bruce was born, Mr. and Mrs. Lee were on tour with the opera company in the United States. Thus, it was fortuitous for Bruce's future that his birth took place in America, as he would return 18 years later to claim his birthright of American citizenship. Bruce's parents gave him the name “Jun Fan.†Since it is Chinese custom to put the surname first, Bruce's full name is written Lee Jun Fan. The true meaning of Jun Fan deserves an explanation as it, too, would foretell the journey of the newly born Lee son. Literally, JUN means to arouse to the active state or make prosperous. It was a common middle name used by Hong Kong Chinese boys in those days, understandably because China and the Chinese people were very vulnerable at that time, and everyone, including Bruce’s parents, wanted the "sleeping lion of the East" to wake up. The FAN syllable refers to the Chinese name for San Francisco, but its true meaning is "fence of a garden" or "bordering subordinate countries of a big country." During the period of the Ching Dynasty (1644-1911), many Chinese immigrated to Hawaii and San Francisco as laborers, and the implication became that the United States was FAN of the Great Ching Empire. Thus the true meaning of Bruce's name--JUN FAN--was "to arouse and make FAN (the United States) prosperous." The gut feeling of many Chinese at that time, who felt suppressed by and inferior to foreign powers, was that they wished to outshine the more superior countries and regain the Golden Age of China. Bruce's parents wanted Bruce to have his name shine and shake the foreign countries, which he certainly succeeded in doing. The English name, BRUCE, was given to the baby boy by a nurse in the Jackson Street Hospital although he was never to use this name until he entered secondary school and began his study of the English language. The story goes that on the first day of English class, the students were asked to write down their English names, and Bruce, not knowing his name, copied the name of the student next to him. His family almost never used the name Bruce, especially in his growing up years when his nickname in the family was "SAI FON," which literally means Little Peacock. This is a girl's nickname, but in being applied to Bruce, it had a serious purpose. The first-born child of Mr. and Mrs. Lee had been a boy who did not survive infancy. Their belief was that if the gods did not favor the birth of a male child, the babe might be taken away. Thus, the name, Little Peacock, was used as a ruse to fool the gods into thinking that Bruce was a girl. It was a term of great affection within the family circle. At the age of three months, Lee Hoi Chuen, his wife Grace and baby Bruce returned to Hong Kong where Bruce would be raised until the age of 18. Probably because of the long ocean voyage and the change in climates, Bruce was not a strong child in his very early years, a condition that would change when he took up the study of gung fu at the age of 13. (Bruce always spelled his Chinese martial art as GUNG FU, which is the Cantonese pronunciation of the more commonly spelled Kung Fu, a Mandarin pronunciation.) Bruce's most prominent memory of his ear
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INXS Leader Michael Hutchence's Final Hours - MTV mtv archive-Nick-Corr 11/27/1997 AUSTRALIA -- Although it's likely no one will ever know the exact sequence of events leading up to the death of INXS leader Michael Hutchence, who was found hanging from his leather belt last Saturday in his suite at Sydney, Australia's Ritz-Carlton, based on that country's media reports, Addicted to Noise police interviews and research, here is a chronology of Hutchence's final hours. FRIDAY, Nov. 21 (local time): Daytime -- Hutchence rehearses with INXS for the band's 20th anniversary tour. A crew from the Australian news show "A Current Affair" film the band for a segment on the tour. Frances Georgeson, national promotions manager for Mercury Records, who visited with Hutchence that night, said, "He was in great spirits. He was going out for dinner with his father, making jokes, looking forward to the tour." 7:45 p.m. -- Hutchence dines with his father, Kel, and step-mother at The Taste of India, a popular restaurant in Edgecliff, a five-minute drive from the Ritz-Carlton. The mood, according to restaurant manager Ashley Notani, was warm and relaxed. The singer nibbled at his dinner, chain-smoking throughout the meal, planting a kiss on Notani's lips and baring his belly when a staff member suggested he eat more. The restaurant's assistant manager, Susan Murtagh, told journalists that at one point in the evening, Hutchence's father placed his hand over his son's and asked if everything was all right. Conflicting reports suggest that Hutchence replied either by shrugging his shoulders, or said "Dad, I'm fine." The restaurant yesterday refused to take several bookings for the "Hutchence table." 10:30 p.m. -- Kel Hutchence takes Michael back to the Ritz-Carlton, where he had several drinks in the hotel bar. 11 p.m. -- Tanya Turnball, 29, of Sydney, and Tamara Brachmanis, 26, of Manly, share an elevator with Hutchence at the hotel, saying he seemed relaxed and happy. The pair see Hutchence again soon after, chatting with actress Kym Wilson and her boyfriend, Christopher Stollery. Hutchence leaves the bar alone, returning to his room. Staff at the hotel confirm that several calls for room service are made during the night. Time Unknown -- Hutchence's girlfriend, Paula Yates, phones to say that, due to a delayed custody hearing, neither she nor the couple's daughter, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily, will be able to join INXS in Australia for the 20th Anniversary tour. Yates said a furious Hutchence then phoned Yates' former husband, ex-Boomtown Rat Bob Geldof and, according to Britain's Sun newspaper, shouted: "She's not your wife anymore." "The last words [Yates] heard Michael say were, 'I love you. I'm going to phone Bob right now and beg him, beg him to allow them to come,' " according to British television journalist Martin Frizell. SATURDAY, Nov. 22 (local time): Midnight to dawn -- Police confirm that hotel staff deliver room service to Hutchence's fifth floor suite (524) on several occasions throughout the night. They refuse to comment if Hutchence was alone at these times or what he ordered. Staff tell police the singer seemed fine. 9 to 9:30 a.m. -- Police say Hutchence phones a former girlfriend, Michelle Bennett, in nearby Bellevue Hill around 9 a.m., leaving a message on her answering machine saying, "I need to see you." Bennett tells police that Hutchence's voice sounded "normal," neither distressed nor angry. 11 a.m. -- Bennett hears the message and goes to the hotel. There is no reply, so she slips a note under the door and leaves. 11:55 a.m. -- Hotel staff try to wake Hutchence by telephone. When this fails, a maid is sent up to his room. She uses a spare keycard to open the door but there is resistance, so she forces it and finds Hutchence there dead, hanging by his leather belt. A senior Rose Bay police investigator says it appears the singer could have been dead for two to three hours. 12:30 p.m. -- Police arrive at the scene, by which time news of the death has already started to leak to the media. Prescription drug bottles
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Sydney travel guide - Wikitravel Stretching from Parramatta out to the Blue Mountains The Hawkesbury is a semi-rural area to the northwest of the city, centred around the Hawkesbury River. Its main towns are Richmond and Windsor . Understand[ edit ] Sydney is a major global city and one of the most important cities for finance in the Asia-Pacific. The city is surrounded by nature and national parks, which extend through the suburbs and right to the shores of the harbour. Sydney's 4,757,083 residents (according to a 2013 estimate) sprawl over an area of more than 12,350km². The timezone is identical with the majority of the state of New South Wales : GMT +10. The local timezone is AEST or Australian Eastern Standard Time. The city, as does the rest of the state, observes Daylight Savings time from October to April each year. Sydney became the centre of the world's attention in September 2000 when the city hosted the Summer Olympics - officially announced by the IOC Chairman at the closing Ceremony to be the "the best games ever"! The Olympics saw a major building and renovation program take hold of Sydney, positioning it as one of the great world cities of the 21st century. Sydney continues to attract and host large international events History[ edit ] Giraffes at Taronga Zoo Some evidence suggests that humans inhabited the area of Australia that would later become Sydney almost 50,000 years before the first European settlers arrived. How those first people arrived in Sydney still remains an unsolved mystery. What is known is that in the late 1700's an English Lord named Thomas Townshend (aka Lord Sydney) thought it would be a great idea if England established a penal colony on the east coast of Australia, an area discovered by Captain James Cook about 16 years earlier. On January 26, 1788, a fleet of 11 (known as the First Fleet) ships, bearing around 850 prisoners, arrived at Sydney Cove. The date became known as Australia Day. The European diseases the colonists brought with them rapidly decimated the native population. A shortage of food and lack of farming knowledge led to widespread starvation that almost wiped out the convicts and their guards. The arrival of the second fleet in 1790 was meant to bring relief in the form of supplies, but primarily brought more sick and dying convicts which only worsened the situation. In 1810, Lachlan Macquarie became governor of Sydney and conditions began to improve. Macquarie wanted to build a city and build he did. Under his leadership, labor forces (made up primarily of convicts) erected public buildings such as banks and churches, constructed roads and bridges, and built wharves to accommodate the rapidly burgeoning maritime trade. He also allowed convicts who had served their term to enter society as free citizens. Macquarie's tenure as governor ended in 1821 when he was recalled to London for spending too much money and ruling autocratically. Sydney continued to grow, despite Macquarie's absence. In 1842, Sydney was incorporated and became Australia's first official city. The practice of transporting convicts ended in 1850, by which time it had a population of 35,000 people. Australia experienced an overall population depletion as citizens left the country to seek their fortune in the gold fields of California. Around 1852, though, gold was discovered in Australia and people came pouring back into the country. The Australian economy boomed. By 1871, Sydney's population had reached 200,000. Despite a few setbacks, namely an outbreak of bubonic plague in 1900, the Great Depression and two world wars, Sydney continued to thrive. By the early 1950's, Sydney's population, boosted by a steady influx of immigrants, had jumped from 481,000 to over one and a half million. Employment rates were high and the economy strong. Skyscrapers began to dot Sydney's landscape and its iconic opera house opened in 1973. The 2000 Summer Olympic Games were held in Sydney, branding the city once and for all as a city worth noting. Today, Sydney is home to over four million "Sydneysiders." It is c
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Which King of England was married to Caroline of Ansbach ?
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The Wives of the Georgian Kings: Caroline of Ansbach – Royal Central The Royal W: Gentleman Usher of the Blue Rod Lucy Worsley has called Caroline of Ansbach “the cleverest queen consort ever to sit on the throne of England”. In many ways, she really was. The wife of King George II was a patron of the arts and never missed an opportunity to branch out her knowledge. She was extremely well read, and during her husband’s reign, she popularised inoculation among the masses. Caroline served as regent on occasion, and her death left the King devastated – so devastated, in fact, that he never married again. Caroline of Ansbach as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. Caroline of Ansbach was born on 1st March 1683. Her parents were John Frederick, the Margrave of the small German state of Ansbach, and his wife Eleonore. Her father died when she was only three years old, and Caroline and her younger brother had to accompany their mother to Dresden, where she married the Elector of Saxony. After Eleanore’s death in 1696, Caroline went to live, first with her half-brother, the new Margrave of Ansbach, and then with the future King Frederick I of Prussia and his wife, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover. By a happy coincidence, Sophia Charlotte was the sister of the future King George I of England. George had a stormy relationship with his own wife , and didn’t want his son, George Augustus, to go through the same thing. So George Augustus was given the freedom to choose a wife of his liking. He settled upon Caroline when, after having heard good reports of her from his aunt, he visited the court in Ansbach to see his future bride. George Augustus immediately took a liking to Caroline’s good character, and the couple were married in Hanover in 1705. Their eldest son, Frederick Ludwig, was born a little less than two years later. Almost immediately after Frederick’s birth, Caroline came down with smallpox. Her infant son was kept away from her to avoid catching the disease, but George Augustus stayed by her side and subseqeuntly developed smallpox himself. Thankfully, the pair recovered soon enough, and Caroline went on to have seven more children with her husband, all but one of whom survived till adulthood. For the first nine years of Caroline’s marriage, she enjoyed a relatively quite life in Hanover with her four oldest children. That all changed in 1714, when her father-in-law ascended the throne of England as King George I. George Augustus was now the Prince of Wales, and since the new King had divorced his wife, Caroline, now as the Princess of Wales, was the highest-ranking lady in the entire kingdom. She arrived on British shores in October with her daughters – her seven year-old son Frederick had been left behind to represent his grandfather in Hanover. In England, both Caroline and George Augustus made an effort to learn the English language and politics. King George, on the other hand, favoured the German customs, which led to the creation of a separate court run by the Prince of Wales. King George and his son had shared a tense relationship ever since the former imprisoned the latter’s mother in a castle, and the formation of this rival court only made matters worse. Things came to a head in 1717 at the baptism of George and Caroline’s son, George William. Father and son got into an argument over who were to be the baby’s godparents and, infuriated by his son’s behaviour, King George had the Prince and Princess of Wales placed under house arrest in St James’ Palace, while their children were placed under his care. Just as he had done with his own wife, George forbade his son and daughter-in-law from meeting their children. Being separated from her children took a serious toll on Caroline’s health. So desperate was she to see them that she paid her children a secret visit, against the King’s orders. Seeing Caroline’s state, George grudgingly allowed her to contact the young Prince and Princesses. Unfortunately, while all this was taking place little George William fell very ill, and died shortly afterwards. Both Caroline and Georg
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Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II - Jun 02, 1953 - HISTORY.com Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Share this: Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Author Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II URL Publisher A+E Networks On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium. A thousand dignitaries and guests attended the coronation at London’s Westminster Abbey, and hundreds of millions listened on radio and for the first time watched the proceedings on live television. After the ceremony, millions of rain-drenched spectators cheered the 27-year-old queen and her husband, the 30-year-old duke of Edinburgh, as they passed along a five-mile procession route in a gilded horse-drawn carriage. Elizabeth, born in 1926, was the first-born daughter of Prince George, the second son of King George V. Her grandfather died in 1936, and her uncle was proclaimed King Edward VIII. Later that year, however, Edward abdicated over the controversy surrounding his decision to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American divorcee, and Elizabeth’s father was proclaimed King George VI in his place. During the Battle of Britain, Princess Elizabeth and her only sibling, Princess Margaret, lived away from London in the safety of the countryside, but their parents endeared themselves to their subjects by remaining in bomb-damaged Buckingham Palace throughout the German air offensive. Later in the war, Elizabeth trained as a second lieutenant in the women’s services and drove and repaired military trucks. In 1947, she married her distant cousin, Philip Mountbatten, a former prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry Elizabeth. He was made duke of Edinburgh on the eve of the wedding. The celebrations surrounding the wedding of the popular princess lifted the spirits of the people of Britain, who were enduring economic difficulties in the aftermath of World War II. Their first child, Prince Charles, was born in 1948 at Buckingham Palace. A second, Princess Anne, was born in 1950. On February 6, 1952, the royal couple were in Kenya in the midst of a goodwill tour when they learned the king had died. Elizabeth was immediately proclaimed Britain’s new monarch but remained in seclusion for the first three months of her reign as she mourned her father. During the summer of 1952, she began to perform routine duties of the sovereign, and in November she carried out her first state opening of the Parliament. On June 2, 1953, her coronation was held at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony at Westminster was one of pomp and pageantry, and the characteristically poised Elizabeth delivered in a solemn and clear voice the coronation oath that bound her to the service of the people of Great Britain and the British Commonwealth. In the procession through the streets of London that followed, Elizabeth and her husband were joined by representatives from the more than 40 member states of the Commonwealth, including heads of state, sultans, and prime ministers. British troops like the Yeomen of the Guard were joined by a great variety of Commonwealth troops, including police from the Solomon Islands, Malaysians in white uniforms and green sarongs, Pakistanis in puggaree headdresses, Canadian Mounties, and New Zealanders and Australians in wide-brimmed hats. After the parade, Elizabeth stood with her family on the Buckingham Palace balcony and waved to the crowd as jet planes of the Royal Air Force flew across the Mall in tight formation. In five decades of rule, Queen Elizabeth II’s popularity has hardly subsided. She has traveled more extensively than any other British monarch and was the first reigning British monarch to visit South America and the Persian Gulf countries. In addition to Charles and Anne, she and Philip have had two other children, Prince Andrew in 1960 and Prince Edward in 1964. In 1992, Elizabeth, the wealthiest woman in England, agreed to pay income tax for the first time. On April 21, 2006, Queen Elizabeth turned 80, making her the third
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List of Austria's Highest Mountains : Austrian Alps : Peaks & Summits of Austria home > background > travel practicalities > highest mountains List of Austria's Highest Mountains There are many mountains in Austria, most of them belong to the Alps and I am sure you know this already. You might have even heard of the highest one, Mount Großglockner. It is famous for the road ( Großglockner Hochalpenstraße ) leading near its peak and the scenic glacier that supplements it. Most other really high mountains in Austria are a lot less famous. If you are keen on hiking or skiing, the local tourism board of a certain region will have the information you need for deciding where to go. The following list is not very useful for such a purpose - for suggestions on good hiking areas, you might rather read my articles on " Hiking in Austria " or the main article on " Skiing in Austria ". The following list gives a good overview of the big players on the roof of the nation. It also echoes the "alpine" flavour of each province, with Tyrol clearly taking the mountainous lead. Rank
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The Highest Mountains in Western Europe | USA Today The Highest Mountains in Western Europe The Alps are home to Mont Blanc, Europe's tallest peak. (Photo: Hemera Technologies/AbleStock.com/Getty Images ) Physical Characteristics of the Appalachian Mountains Sometime between 400 and 260 million years ago, the African tectonic plate ground against the Laurasian plate, slowly thrusting Europe's crust upward, creating the continent's hills and mountain ranges. While the Alps are home to Europe's tallest peaks, the continent's other ranges boast towering peaks that attract geologists and mountain climbers alike. From peaks towering over the counterparts in the Appenines and Pyrenees, to freestanding mountains and active volcanoes, almost every country in western Europe boasts at least one impressive mountain. Alps At 15,771 feet, Mont Blanc is Europe's tallest peak, straddling the borders of Italy and France. Visitors can travel via cable car from the French town of Chamonix to the mountain's Italian side, enjoying Alpine vistas as they soar to heights of over 15,000 feet. (Ref. 5) The Zugspitze is Germany's tallest mountain, standing almost 10,000 feet tall. Travelers can ascend the mountain by rail or cable car, and enjoy views at the summit overlooking four nations. Balkans Mount Musala is located within Bulgaria's Rila National Park and at 9,596 feet, stands as the tallest peak in the Balkans. The mountain receives more than 50,000 visitors annually, and travelers can ascend to the summit by riding the park's gondola to the base of the hiking trail and walking the remaining distance. Visitors can buy souvenirs and hot beverages at the summit's weather station. Mount Olympos is Greece's tallest mountain at 9,570 feet and the legendary home of the Greek gods. Visitors can explore the museum at the mountain's base, and explore the nearby ancient theater, where actors still perform classic dramas during the annual Olympus Festival. Greenland Gunnbjorn is Greenland's highest peak and at 12,136 feet, it's also the tallest in the Arctic. The mountain takes its name from Gunnbjorn, a ninth-century Norse explorer who, according to legend, discovered Greenland when he was blown off course during an expedition. Pyrenees Spain's Pico de Aneto is the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees, standing 11,167 feet tall. Pico de Aneto also holds the Pyrenees' largest glacier, which covers 403 acres. The glacier's current size fuels concerns over global warming, as it covered 1710 acres during the final years of the 19th century. Russian climber Platon de Tchihatcheff, Count Albert de Franqueville of France and four guides became the first men to reach the summit in July 1842. Sierra Nevada Spain's Mulhacen is Europe's tallest peak outside the Alps and Caucasus ranges, standing 11,410 feet tall. The mountain takes its name from Grenada's 15th-century Muslim ruler, King Abu l-Hassan Ali, who the Spanish called Muley Hacen. According to legend, the king lies at rest on Mulhacen's summit. The mountain attracts both beginning mountaineers, who can easily ascend the south and west ridges, and more experienced climbers attracted by the challenge of Mulhacen's north face. Sicily Sicily's Mount Etna is Europe's largest active volcano, looming 10,902 feet above the island, and continues to threaten nearby villages. As of May 2011, Mount Etna had erupted twice during the year. Depending on the volcano's activity, travelers may be able to travel to the summit, striding through the smoky fields of hardened lava that encircle the mountain's churning cauldron. References
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US Gemstone Mines: Arizona Oregon Idaho Montana Arkansas Nevada Home » Gemstones » Gemstone Mining in the United States Gemstone Mining in the United States A wide variety of gemstones are found throughout the United States U.S. Gemstones: A diversity of gemstones are produced from mines throughout the United States. Top row: malachite and azurite cabochon (Arizona), a rough ruby (North Carolina), a faceted orange sunstone (Oregon), a teardrop variscite cabochon (Utah). Second row: a Vesuvianite cabochon (California), a freshwater cultured pearl (Tennessee), a cabochon of Montana Moss Agate (Montana), a handful of diamonds (Arkansas). Third row: two pieces of aquamarine rough (Colorado), an opal cabochon (Idaho), a faceted bicolor tourmaline (Maine), a faceted fire opal (Nevada). Scroll down to read more about these gems and others. A Diversity of U.S. Gemstones A surprising diversity of gemstones are produced within the United States. Did you know that Montana is the home of world-famous sapphire localities, and that emeralds , rubies , and sapphires are all found in North Carolina? Have you ever seen an " Oregon sunstone " that flashes with a copper aventurescence, or a cultured freshwater pearl with a golden luster produced in Tennessee? These are just a few of the unique gemstones produced in the United States. State Utah The United States Geological Survey reports that notable quantities of gem-quality beryl , coral, garnet , feldspar, opal , quartz , sapphire, ruby, shell, pearls, peridot , topaz , tourmaline , turquoise , and other gem materials are currently produced in the United States. Ten states with a long history and nice diversity of gemstone production include: Arizona , North Carolina , Oregon , California , Utah , Tennessee , Montana , Colorado , Arkansas , and Idaho . Did You Know? If you attend the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show (held every February), you can purchase rough or cut stones from most of the important gemstone mines in the United States - and often purchase directly from the person who did the mining. Don't be afraid to ask - they usually enjoy telling you all about their operation. Sometimes the same person mines, cuts, and markets the stones! Small Mines and Recreational Miners Although the United States produces a diversity of gemstone varieties, the quantity produced is very small. In calendar year 2011 the total gemstone production of the United States was only $11 million. That amount is very very small compared to the $23.5 billion in gemstones that were imported. The United States has greater than a 99.9 percent dependence on foreign gemstone supplies. Most of the gemstone production in the United States comes from very small mines with just two or three employees who are often part-time or seasonal workers. Very few of the mines have more than a dozen employees and operate during all four seasons of the year. In 2011 only about 1000 to 1200 people in the United States worked in the gemstone mining industry. Much of the gemstone mining in the United States is done by rockhounds (amateurs who search for rocks , minerals , gemstones , and fossils as a hobby). Many of them do their rockhounding on public land (areas owned by the government where individuals can collect if they observe the rules). Others go to fee mining sites . These are proven gemstone deposits where visitors can pay a fee, look for gemstones, and keep any that they find. U.S. Gemstone Production Values 11,300 9,570 ND - value not disclosed because it would reveal proprietary information of a small number of producers - included in totals. Data from USGS Minerals Yearbooks. Why Is Production So Low? Some of the gemstone deposits in the United States have been associated with major metal deposits which are much more valuable. The gemstone deposits, which are generally very slow to mine, were removed because the disruption that they cause is more costly than the value of the gem materials. Other gemstone deposits are not operated because they are extremely labor intensive. They would be mined in cou
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Amethyst: The purple Quartz mineral Amethyst information and pictures Advertising Information The Mineral amethyst Amethyst is a well known mineral and gemstone. It is the purple variety of the mineral Quartz , and its most valuable and prized variety. Its name derives from the Greek "amethystos", which means "not drunken", as Amethyst in antiquity was thought to ward off drunkenness. The color of some Amethyst specimens from certain localities slowly fade upon prolonged exposure to light. When used as a gemstone, Amethyst is often heat treated to deepen the color, or to transform it into Citrine . Some varieties may also change to a light green color, which is given the trade name "Prasiolite", or "Green Amethyst", as it is more commonly known in the gem trade. Amethyst is most prevalent as small stubby pyramidal crystals, although several localities such as the Mexican occurrences are well-known for producing elegantly tall prismatic crystals, which are very highly regarded by collectors. Amethyst also forms the internal lining of geode s, some of which can be over 10 feet tall and weighing several tons. For additional information, see the gemstone section on Amethyst . USES Amethyst is one of the most popular gems. It has a beautiful color and is fairly common, making it an inexpensive and widely used gem. Most Amethyst is faceted into jewelry cuts, and some are cut as cabochon s. Large, massive chunks of Amethyst banded with Quartz is sometimes carved into ornaments. Amethyst is also very popular among mineral collectors. Small geode sections and tumbled stones are sold to amateur collectors, while more serious collectors go for the rare prismatic crystals and giant geode sections. NOTEWORTHY LOCALITIES Amethyst is a very common mineral and is found worldwide. Only a select few of the most famous localities will be mentioned here. Tall, prismatic , well-shaped crystals are restricted to several Mexican localities: Piedras Parado and Las Vigas de Ramirez, both in Veracruz; and Amatitlan, in Guerro. They occur in elongated crystals that are rarely faceted , since collectors pay well for these rarities. Another excellent Mexican locality is Guanajuato, where plates of stubby crystals are found. Enormous quantities of Amethyst come from Minas Gerais, Brazil, which contains the famous Rio Grande do Sul, where huge crystal-lined Amethyst geode s are found, especially in Ametista do Sul. Another South American country, Uruguay, produces deeply colored crystals in large geodes and pipe s in Artigas, near the Brazilian border. Another good South American locality, which is especially noted for Ametrine , is the Anahi Mine, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Large amounts of Amethyst are found both in Namibia and South Africa -- these are often labeled in the jewelry industry as "African Amethyst". In Namibia, an interesting occurrence is the Goboboseb Mountains, near Brandberg, in the Erongo Mountains, where crystals are zoned in lighter to darker colors. In South Africa, extensive deposits are in Boekenhoutshoek (Magaliesberg), Mkobola district, where the Amethyst occurs with a spiky overgrowth of small crystals (popularly called " Cactus Quartz "). Very dark and clear Amethyst was once found in Russia in the Ural Mountains and Siberia; and a drusy , lilac-colored Amethyst in globular associations has recently come from Nyiri, in northeastern Hungary. There are two notable Canadian occurrences. One is Thunder Bay, Ontario, where specimens contain an internal coating of red Hematite . The other locality is the area of Digby, Nova Scotia, where naturally rounded, waterworn Amethyst pebbles are found on the beaches along the Bay of Fundy. In the U.S., fine Amethyst crystals comes from the Four Peaks (in the Mazatzal Mountains), Gila Co., Arizona; in the Pohndorf Mine, Jefferson Co., Montana; Crystal Park, Beaverhead Co., Montana; the Pennoyer Mine at Redfeather Lakes, Larimer Co., Colorado; and at Deer Hill, Oxford Co., Maine. There are several good localities in the Carolinas, specifically Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina; the R
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"Who is associated with the phrase ""history is bunk""?"
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'History is bunk' - the meaning and origin of this phrase History is bunk Live in the present, not the past. Origin Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company, the father of the assembly line and of mass-production, and one of the wealthiest and most famous people who ever lived. However, history is bunk is probably one of the two things that most of us can recall that he ever said. The other being "People can have the Model T in any colour - so long as it's black". Did Henry Ford say 'history is bunk? Well, more or less, yes. What he actually said about history was: "History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history that we make today." (Chicago Tribune, 1916). His gung ho, don't concern yourself with the past - live in the present philosophy was also apparent in a couple of other quotations: "You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do." "If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right." In the Series 3, Episode 7 edition of the BBC's QI quiz show, Stephen Fry made this comment: There's no evidence that Ford actually ever said, "Any color you like so long as it's black." Fry's researchers would do well to read Ford's autobiography, My Life and Work, 1922, which includes this passage: In 1909 I announced one morning, without any previous warning, that in the future we were going to build only one model, that the model was going to be "Model T," and that the chassis would be exactly the same for all cars, and I remarked: "Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black." In is likely that Ford was being somewhat playful in making that remark. Model Ts were, in fact, offered in a choice of colour early in the car's lifetime around 1908, and again after 1926. The statement was true when Ford's biography was published, in 1922, and when he was cutting costs by using a type of quick-drying paint that was only then available in black.
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The FunBoxs Biggest Quiz Ever .. | Page 2 | Orphelia's FunBox 2 Main forum | Guild Forums | Gaia Online Orphelia's FunBox 2 Main forum Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:36 pm 6501..In fashion correspondent and bar are types of what item? 6502..Artemis is Greek Goddess of what - only one among all Gods? 6503..25% of the adult male population of the UK are what? 6504..Churchill, Iroquois, Owen and Smiths are all what? 6505..A company called Symbol owns patent to what common item? 6506..What can you find on California's Mount Cook? 6507..Fescue, Foxtail, Ruppia and Quitch are types of what? 6508..In the twelve labours of Hercules what did he do third? 6509..In Heraldry what symbol is a lymphad? 6510..What job links Paul Clifford, Claude Duval, Capt. Macheath? 6511..Whose cases were Empty House Copper Beeches Black Peter? 6512..Which King is known as The Suicide King? 6513..In Costa Rica and El Salvador you spend what? 6514..In the Christmas song your true love gave you give eight what? 6515..Name the Capital of the Ukraine? 6516..What was the name of the dog in Peter Pan? 6517..UK football Derby County home the Baseball Ground nickname? 6518..Every 12 seconds in USA someone does what in a Holiday Inn? 6519..Who rode a horse called Lamri? 6520..Which stringed instrument is blown to produce sound? 6521..Bear, Bird, Goat, Eagle, Swan and Rabbit what links in Ireland? 6522..Hera in Greece Juno in Rome Goddesses of what? 6523..In Japan what is an obi? 6524..Honi soit qui mal y pence is the motto of what organisation? 6525..What is unusual about The lake of Monteith in Scotland? 6526..Which tree is sacred to Apollo (Daphne changed into one)? 6527..Who wrote The Dong with the Luminous Nose and The Jumblies? 6528..What are Blur Crow, Brimstone, Owl and Ringlet types of? 6529..The liquor Curacao is flavoured with what? 6530..In French legend who is the lover of Abelard? 6531..If a male a** is a Jackass what is a female called? 6532..What are Luster, Moreen, Mungo and Nankeen types of? 6533..In George Orwell's Animal Farm what type of animal was Muriel? 6534..In London what links Lambeth, St James and Westminster? 6535..What does an icthyophage do? 6536..Oswestry founded in 1407 is Britain's oldest what? 6537..In mythology who married the beautiful maid Galatea? 6538..In Bradshaws you would find information about what? 6539..The Romans called it Mamcunium what is this English city? 6540..Shakespeare wrote Cruel only to be kind in what play? 6541..Traditional 7 Seas N S Atlantic N S Pacific Arctic Antarctic?? 6542..Launfal, Pelleas and Tristram were part of what group? 6543..Who wrote the humorous books on One Upmanship? 6544..Greek Roman Apollo Babylonian Marduk Indian Vishnu gods?? 6545..Which English King rode a horse called White Surrey? 6546..Billycock, Wideawake, Gibus and Mitre all types of what? 6547..Quilp (A Dwarf) is a character in which Dickens novel? 6548..What word can be added to Fae, Fen, Bil, Goose to make fruit? 6549..Caracul, Dorset, Urial, Mufflon and Jacobs are types of what? 6550..What are Strength, Chariot and Hermit? 6551..Belly, Block, Blout, Nut, Rib and waist are all parts of what? 6552..Mauna Loa, Paricutin, Surtsey and Susya are all what? 6553..Which countries leader was an extra in Hollywood? 6554..BOZ was the penname if which writer? 6555..What bird is sometimes called the Yaffle? 6556..What organisation is known as the Society of Friends? 6557..Balein, Boops, Fin, Grampus and Pothead are types of what? 6558..The Ten Commandments what was number four? 6559..Who wrote the play Androcles and the Lion? 6560..What country was ruled by the Schleswig-Holstein dynasty? 6561..In France what take place at Auteuil, Saint-Cloud and Chantilly? 6562..A Tiercel is the correct name for a male what? 6563..An algophile loves what? 6564..Who is the Roman Goddess of invention and wisdom? 6565..What would you do with a celesta? 6566..What would you do if someone gave you a Twank? 6567..What is the subject of the reference book Janes? 6568..Which spice comes in hands? 6569..What would you expect to see at Santa Pod? 6570..What doe
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Which English footballer was the first to be transferred for £1 million in 1979?
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The day Trevor Francis broke football's £1m mark - Telegraph Nottingham Forest The day Trevor Francis broke football's £1m mark A million-pound fee for a footballer is not much of a story these days. Premier League clubs made 26 such signings in the January transfer window alone. Marked man: Trevor Francis with his wife, Helen, and Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough at the City Ground after becoming Britain's most expensive player Photo: PA By Simon Briggs 7:30AM GMT 09 Feb 2009 But when Trevor Francis became the first British player to break the seven-figure barrier, 30 years ago on Monday, it felt like the sporting equivalent of putting a man on the Moon. Nottingham Forest supplied the payment to Birmingham City. Their initial outlay of £950,000 spiralled to £1.18 million with the addition of VAT and other sundries, though Brian Clough always claimed that the real figure was £999,999, out of concern for his new signing's state of mind. He was right to be worried: Francis is still remembered as the man who went for a million, yet never quite lived up to his billing. Technically, the deal was not a world record. Two Italian strikers – Giuseppe Savoldi and Paolo Rossi – had already cleared the two billion lire mark, which equated to well in excess of £1 million. But Serie A was not then so well known in Britain as it is today, and the reporters who gathered around the signing ceremony on Feb 9, 1979, had a breathless sense of history in the making. Related Articles Delivering the goods 08 Feb 2009 Clough, typically, put his own spin on events. He turned up in a bright red sports jacket, and with a squash racket in his hand, as if to suggest that his social life was far more important than this minor business formality. His comments were perfunctory, and not especially complimentary, in true 'Ol' Big 'Ead' fashion. Before Francis's debut, Clough instructed him to "just give the ball to John Robertson – he's a better player than you". Francis, not surprisingly, felt bemused by his lukewarm welcome. "When I signed for Forest, they said provocatively to the press that they thought I had great potential!" he would recall. "And they had just paid a million for me. I thought to myself, well, what can they get out of me that no one else has got?" The question was never fully answered. Francis went some way towards repaying Forest's investment when he broke through Malmo's tenacious defence with a diving header to win the 1979 European Cup final. But Clough and his assistant Peter Taylor could never quite agree where Francis should play: up front with his back to goal, or breaking forward from the right side of midfield. In the end, the million-pound misfit was shuffled on to Manchester City for another hefty sum. Francis was not alone in labouring under the weight of his giant price-tag, as the accompanying list should make clear. Those whom the gods wish to destroy, they sell for a record transfer fee. Take Ian Rush's £3.2 million move to Juventus in 1987, which lasted just over a year, and spawned the deathless quote "It was like living in a foreign country." Rush was thrown off balance by the warm embraces of the Juventus fans, and the equally intimate attentions of the local defenders. He suffered from acute homesickness, as did Paul Gascoigne at Lazio five years later. Yet some of these players felt out of place without even leaving the country: just look at Stan Collymore in his time at Liverpool. The ebbs and flows of football politics are reflected in the way the record has grown – stealthily at first, and then at a crazy gallop. During the 1980s, a handful of top British players drifted to the Continent, motivated not only by the size of the salaries on offer but by Uefa's post-Heysel ban on British clubs. Hence the elopements of Rush, David Platt, and Chris Waddle, the latter a former sausage-factory worker who became Marseille's £4.25 million man in 1989. Two years later, the lifting of the ban spun everything on its head. In 1995, a time when only three foreigners could appear in the European Cup, Manchester Unit
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Cash from TV deals drives record European soccer transfer spree Cash from TV deals drives record European soccer transfer spree * Premier League leads way as soccer clubs splash TV cash * Real Madrid and Barcelona defy Spain's economic downturn * Clubs seen complying with UEFA rules despite investment By Keith Weir LONDON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - European soccer clubs have reinvested cash from television deals to go on a record-breaking summer spending spree led by teams from the English Premier League and Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona. Clubs in the English top flight had spent 630 million pounds ($980.5 million) by the player transfer deadline on Monday night. Teams in the big European leagues must now wait until January before they can hire new players. The spending by English clubs broke the 2008 record of 500 million pounds, according to figures compiled by business services group Deloitte, and underlined the Premier League's status as the world's richest national competition. "As the financial rewards for participation and success in the Premier League increase, so it follows that clubs are investing on the pitch to ensure they continue to benefit from the remarkable Premier League growth story," Deloitte's Dan Jones said. Champions Manchester United and the other 19 Premier League teams are expected to share revenues of about 1.6 billion pounds this season thanks to enhanced television deals with BSkyB and BT in Britain, and broadcasters around the globe that began last month. It was not all one-way traffic as the Premier League lost one of its biggest names when Real Madrid bought Welshman Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur for a world record 100 million euros ($132 million). Not to be outdone, Real's perennial rivals Barcelona spent $75 million to buy Brazil forward Neymar from Brazilian top division club Santos. PLAYING FAIR? Spending such sums might appear to defy logic given Spain's economic problems but Real and Barcelona enjoy the luxury of doing their own TV deals rather than pooling revenues as happens in England and other major leagues. That has made the two clubs the world's richest in terms of revenues and allowed them to remain buyers when many of their Spanish rivals are forced to sell their best players. Real and Barcelona have TV deals with Spanish production and distribution company Mediapro. They both also have lucrative new main sponsorship deals this season - Barcelona with Qatar Airways and Real with the Emirates airline names on their kit. Overall spending levels may also raise eyebrows when loss-making clubs are supposed to be complying with new Financial Fair Play rules introduced by UEFA, European soccer's governing body, to put soccer on a more stable footing. "A lot of English clubs have gone on a spending spree but they haven't breached the Financial Fair Play rules as they are only spending what they have earned," said Simon Chadwick, a professor of sports business at England's Coventry University. Clubs also have the advantage of spreading the cost of a player's transfer over the duration of his contract in their accounts, lessening the impact on the bottom line. Many clubs also offload players to help fund spending. Real Madrid are a case in point - recouping half of what they paid for Bale by selling German international Mesut Ozil to Premier League Arsenal. Indeed, the total invested by Premier League clubs comes down to 400 million pounds when proceeds from sales such as that of Bale are factored in. Spanish clubs actually generated a surplus of 95 million pounds from player trading this summer, according to Deloitte, while clubs from Italy's cash-strapped Serie A also posted a small profit. Reblog
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Key dates - UK Parliament Key dates The Great Reform Act excludes women from the electorate by defining voters as 'male persons' 1832 First petition on women's suffrage presented to Parliament 1867 First debate on women's suffrage in Parliament, led by John Stuart Mill 1884 Women campaign to be included in the Third Reform Act, without success 1889 The Women's Franchise League is formed and aims to win the vote for married women as well as single and widowed women 1897 Formation of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), led by Millicent Fawcett (1847-1929), drawing together peaceful campaign groups under one banner 1903 The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) is founded in Manchester by Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) 1905 The Women's Freedom League is formed after a break from the WSPU 1908 Hunger striking by Marion Wallace-Dunlop adopted as a WSPU strategy 1909 Forcible-feeding begins 1910-1912 Parliament considers various 'Conciliation Bills' which would have given some women the vote, but none pass 1911 The suffragette Emily Wilding Davison (1872-1913) hides in a cupboard in the House of Commons on census night 1913 The Prisoners' Temporary Discharge for Ill-Health Act, also known as 'The Cat and Mouse Act', is introduced, targeting suffragettes on hunger-strike 1914 Britain declares war on Germany on 4 August. During the war years, 1914-18, an estimated two million women replace men in traditionally male jobs 1916 A conference on electoral reform, chaired by the House of Commons Speaker, is set up and reports in 1917. Limited women's suffrage is recommended 1918 The Representation of the People Act is passed on 6 February giving women the vote provided they are aged over 30 and either they, or their husband, meet a property qualification 1918 The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act is passed on 21 November allowing women to stand for Parliament 1918 Women vote in a general election for the first time on 14 December with 8.5 million women eligible 1928 The Equal Franchise Act is passed giving women equal voting rights with men. All women aged over 21 can now vote in elections. Fifteen million women are eligible 1929 On 30 May women aged between 21 and 29 vote for the first time. This general election is sometimes referred to as the Flapper Election Biographies
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Which was the first country, and which was the last, to give the vote to women. Have any countries always been equal in their voting rights between men and women? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk YESTERYEAR Which was the first country, and which was the last, to give the vote to women. Have any countries always been equal in their voting rights between men and women? THE FIRST to give the vote to women was New Zealand in 1912. I do not know which was the last, but I do know that some otherwise "democratic countries", eg Liechtenstein and Kuwait, still deny them this. Anna Macey, Cyncoed, Cardiff. Under the Constitutional Act of 1791 Lower Canada (now the province of Québec) gave women the right to vote as the Act used the word "person" instead of "men". This state of affairs didn't last long, though... Jacques Alain Contant, Montréal, Canada I think I remember reading in 'The Cause' by Ray Strachey that NZ actually enfranchised women in 1893. I think the last country in Europe to do so was Switzerland, in 1972. As for equality, one might say that new states (eg Ukraine, never previously independent) have a consistent record of voting equality. Stephen Kingston, Nuneaton A couple of years ago, my wife and I spent a week in Raratonga, the main island of the Cook Islands. Whilst there I read in a local history entitled "The Last of the Pooh-bahs", that the first place in the world to enfranchise women was the Cook Islands sometime late in the nineteenth century. A combination of pressures from missionary and one guesses colonial sources caused the withdrawal of the vote for women when the Cook Islands became a "protectorate" of New Zealand prior to the First World War. Kevin Wooldridge, Trondheim, Norway I don't think any country has "given" the vote to women. Women have had to get it. John MacDonald, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK In 1893 New Zealand was the first country to give women the vote. One of the main reasons they didn't get it sooner was the fear that New Zealand would go 'dry' (this did not happen). They were not however, allowed to stand for Parliament until 1919. We have come a long way: at the moment the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition and the Governer General are women. Jennifer Peat, Dunedin New Zealand In Ireland women were given the right to vote in local elections in 1896. When independence was won universal suffrage was declared for everyone over 21 regardless of sex. Ireland also had the first female member of parliament (1918) and first female cabinet minister (1919) in the form of Constance Gore-Booth, countess of Marciwietz (sic!) Tim McCoy-O'Connor, Galway, Ireland According to the website http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/ea/side/wsffrg.html; "Women in New Jersey could vote initially because a loophole in the state's constitution of 1790 gave the vote to "all inhabitants" who satisfied certain property and residence requirements. Property-holding women took advantage of the constitution's vague wording. A state legislator who had almost been defeated by women voters helped to pass a bill to disenfranchise the state's women and black men in 1807" I read somewhere else that the official reason for disenfranchising them was their "propensity for voting multiple times", but I do not know if this was a justified claim or not. Siggy, Riverside, USA The Isle of Man parliament, Tynwald, gave women the right to vote in 1881, 47 years before the UK. Since UK common law does not specifically apply to the Isle of Man, and that the UK only represents the I.O.M. on an international level, I would presume that should help qualify the Manx with the title of being the first nation to give women the vote. Mark Erickson-Rohrer, Southport, England Stephen Kingston is not exactly right about Switzerland. The franchise was set at cantonal level and various cantons granted female suffrage on different dates. I think that the date he gives - 1972 - was the date the last canton came into line with the rest of the country. Quentin Langley, Woking, UK
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The Land Rover History: Series I Land Rover Home Series I Land Rovers It all started with the Series 1 Land Rover 80", although when it was introduced in 1948 it was just called "The Land Rover". The first Land Rover was smaller than all later models, but it was adaptable and durable, quickly becoming a familiar sight in the UK and overseas. This capable vehicle was created as more of a 'stop-gap' to match Rover production requirements, rather than to meet a specific existing market. The Rover Company started off in the mid-1800s selling sewing machines and then 'Safety' Tricycles and Bicycles. By the 1930s, it had evolved into a car company but was hit badly by the Depression. In common with many British industrial companies during World War 2, its factories were turned over to the war effort and produced engines for tanks and aircraft. By 1945 and the end of World War 2, Rover found itself with two excellent factories and a highly skilled workforce. It was looking at restarting car production and produced ambitious plans to build 20,000 cars per year. A new model, the 'M'-type was dropped when it became clear that it would be unsuitable for export and that tooling costs would be excessive. Plans to produce 15,000 of the pre-war designs per year were quickly quashed by the Government which refused to allocate steel for more than 1,100 cars per year. This serious short-fall led Rover to realise that a stop-gap solution was required until sufficient steel was available. The stop-gap also had to have export potential. Just to make things difficult, Rover had never exported any vehicles before! In the 1940s, Rover's Managing Director was Spencer Wilks, and his brother Maurice was the Chief Designer. Maurice Wilks owned a farm in Anglesey that also had a war surplus Willys Jeep. Although very beaten up, the Jeep proved to be a very useful vehicle for small jobs around the farm. Seriously in need of replacing, Maurice Wilks had a problem. Although further war surplus jeeps were available, they were in a similar condition. Spare parts could only be purchased in bulk, and new Jeeps were not being exported from the US to the UK. Besides, the British Chief Designer balked at the idea of buying a non-British vehicle, and commented that if he could not build a better vehicle he should not be in the business! This was the beginning of a the project to build a Rover for the Land, ie. a Land Rover. The idea formed in early 1947, and early prototypes were running during summer 1947. At a Board Meeting in September 1947, this new vehicle was described as an 'all-purpose vehicle on the lines of the Willys-Overland post-war Jeep'. Although similar to the Jeep, it was designed to be more useful to the farmer. It had greater utility as a power source being able to drive things, have lots of bolt-on accessories, and "to have power take offs everywhere". Tooling was also minimised by using existing Rover parts where possible, and using body panels that could be made with simple folds. The existing P3 engine, gearbox, and back axle were used. Design and planning were rapid with a concept that did not exist before 1947 being exhibited to the public by April 1948. This was mainly because a workforce was waiting to be employed, and Rover desperately needed the export ability. The severe shortage of steel, meant the body panels had to be made of aluminium - a distinctive feature that would be repeated in many later Land Rover products. Early prototypes used the 1.4l Rover 10 engine, but this quickly demonstrated a lack of power; and a new high torque 1.6 litre engine was fitted. The gearbox was fitted with a transfer case and four wheel drive unit, as well as the ability for a variety of power take-offs to be fitted. Rover did not know what to expect at the Amsterdam Show in 1948, but they need not have worried. Enthusiasm was displayed in all quarters and was quickly followed by very serious interest and the order books quickly over-flowed. The new vehicle could be used as a car, but also as a power source and even
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Car History 4U - History of MG Motor Cars / Automobiles History of MG Motor Cars / Automobiles | Print | 8.7.6. MG The MG letters are derived from the initials of Morris Garages Ltd, which was a distributor for Morris Cars Ltd from 1913 until the late 1920s. In 1922 Cecil Kimber became General Manager of Morris Garages and in 1923 he started to produce customised Morris cars. These “specials” became known as “Morris Garage Chummys”. Within a year, possibly initially along with the Morris badge, the distinctive octagon MG badge started to appear. The 1924 14/28 MG Super Sports Morris is considered by many to be the first car fitted with the MG badge (fitted on the car’s running boards). 440 were built between 1924 and 1927 This 1,802 cc model, which had a top speed of 65 mph (104 kph), consisted of a new sports body fitted to a Morris Oxford chassis. Just before Cecil Kimber’s death in 1945 he referred to a car called “Old Number One” (FC 7900) as the “first M.G. car I ever built.” The MG badge was fitted on the side of the car. The car had a 1,496 cc Hotchkiss four-cylinder engine and produced about 38 bhp. The car was registered in March 1925, just prior to the competitive event for which it was built. In 1927 Morris Garages introduced the MG 14/40 model. This was followed in 1928 by the MG 18/80, a car considered to be the first purpose built MG. In addition to its specially designed chassis, the Morris type bullnose radiator was replaced on this model with the now traditional MG grille. In 1929 MG cars produced M-Type Midget, the first in a long line of “Midget” sports cars models. 1930s Company records are said to indicate that the M.G. Car Company Ltd (Reg # 249645) was formed in 1930. In what month? In that year MG built about 1,000 cars. The first car produced in 1930 by the newly formed Company was the MG 18/100 “Tigress” racing car. Two further racing cars were produced in the 1930s, the Q-Type in 1934 and the R-Type in 1935. In 1935 the M.G. Car Company was sold to Morris Motors Ltd. Up to the start of World War 2 in 1939 the company produced more than 10 different sports models, a small salon car, the MG KN (1933-34), another medium sized car, the MG VA (1937-39) and the two larger salon cars, the MG SA (1936-39) and the WA (1938-39). 1940s The first car produced after World War 2 was the 1,250 cc MG TC Midget, a sports car that had a top speed of 78 mph (125 kph). Between 1945 and 1949 over 10,000 were built. In 1947 MG introduced the YA Type, a medium sized saloon car that had been developed by late 1939. Nearly 6,200 of these cars were built up to 1951. 1950s During the 1950s MG also produced 3 models of the TD Midget (1950-53); a total of 29,566 + 98 in 1949 , the TF Midget (1953-55); a total of 9,600 (including 3,400 1,466 cc models), the 1,488 cc MGA (1955-62); a total of 101,081 and three Magnette models, the ZA, ZB & Mk III(1953-61). 1960s Between 1961 and 1968 the company produced the Mk lV Magnette. The 1,798 cc MGB was produced from 1962 to 1980, a car with a top speed of 105 mph (168 kph). Including a GT version, over 500,000 of these cars were built. In 1975 an MGB became the one millionth MG car. In 1962 the company also started production of their MG 1100 model, with nearly 117,000 being built by 1967. MG also produced the 1300 model from 1967 to 1973. Other Models Other models produced up to 2007 include the MG Midget, MGC, RV8, MGF & TF, Maestro, Montego, Metro, MG ZR, ZS & ZT, MG 3, MG 7 and the MG XPower SV. Ownership Between 1935 and 2007 MG has been owned by Morris Motors & the Nuffield Organisation (1935-52), BMC (1952-68), BLMC (1968-86), Rover Group (1986-88), BAe (1988-94), BMW (1994-2000), the MG Rover Group (2000-05) and the Nanjing Automobile Group of China since 2005. © copyright - form and function
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Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer Marry! | Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, True Blood, Wedding : Just Jared Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer Marry! Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer have tied the knot! The 28-year-old True Blood star and her 40-year-old love (and co-star) married at a private residence in Malibu on Saturday evening (August 21), according to Us Weekly . Anna and Stephen swapped vows just across the street from the beach in front of guests including True Blood co-star Carrie Preston and Elijah Wood , Anna‘s costar from their upcoming movie, The Romantics. This is the first marriage for Anna; Stephen has two children, Billy and Lilac , from previous relationships. Congratulations to the happy couple!! Just Jared on Facebook Toby Keith isn't apologizing for performing at Donald Trump's inauguration - TMZ SNL spoofs The Bachelor with Beard Hunk in new episode - Gossip Cop Dakota Fanning is returning to TV with new show! - Just Jared Jr Uma Thurman's custody battle gets dirty in court - Radar Johnny Depp has started filming his new film - Lainey Gossip American Apparel is closing its LA headquarters and over 100 stores - The Hollywood Reporter ← I hope they’ll be happy!!! Really!! :) I love both of them! Jen awww… Cool as a cucumber Uh-Oh! This smells fishy…..I mean, this is just like Miranda and Orlando. You’ll see in a few months they are gonna tell us Anna’s five months along HA. Wanna bet? :) But hey, I’m not hating or something, I’m just saying what I’m thinking :D I wish them the best and umm CONGRATULATIONS ! Jonte Wow, I didn’t realise Stephen was 40. ioyu diabo de faculdade d merda, essa porcaria de site n vai censurar isso? congrats, Moyer is soooo handsome deveria casar com algumas vacas por aqui ioyu They make a wonderful couple. I’m very happy for them! Bill Compton is HOT They are SO talented and really good people from the interviews I’ve seen. I wish them the best and I LOVE True Blood. indigo @ Cool as a cucumber : they’ve been engaged well over a year. so unless anna’s been carrying an overly post-mature fetus, this should come as no surprise. ;-) Clue Best wishes to both. another day Can’t be cynical here – congrats to Anna and Stephen. They seem like a great couple, hope they last… Observer what was Elijah Wood doing there? that was random to read… Jaded Aw they are so cute. Congrats to them. CanadaGirl How wonderful. Congratulations to the newlyweds. Question Congratulations! What a lovely couple! YvetteW Congratulations to Stephen & Anna. Wishing them many many years of wedded bliss. kaila so many celebs getting hitched! H728 Congratulations, Anna & Stephen! They make a cute couple. :) goop Congrats! Liz That’s great! Congrats to both of them! But I SO knew it was gonna be this week end, when Carrie Preston said in a show that they were going to get married “very soon”! Plus, the pics of all her family. Congrats! Nikki Congrats to a happy and perfect couple I hope they are blessed and live a happy life together. All my best to their future. Askars rocks Congratulations to the happy couple! Justsaying Congrats to Anna and Steven!!! BTW where the F is Alexander Skarsgard..didn’t he say they were like his family??? I know he is filming a movie but they don’t tpically film on the weekends…Carrie and Elijah were there yet he was not ..starting think that whatever he says is BS like many have stated before, just weird!!! JM Congratulations Anna & Stephen! Glad they married on their own terms and without a pap filled three ring circus. May they have many happy years together! V They’ve been engaged for a long time. Finally getting married isnt fishy. Its whats suppose to happen. V He and Anna star in The Romantics together. JM Here’s a link to a few pictures. Nothing personal or intimate just a bunch of people celebrating the couple’s new life together. @ Just Saying, Maybe Stephen & Anna decided to marry without Skarsgard to avoid the obvious pap hoards that would follow trying to get a picture of him looking remotely interested let alone happy with Bosho. I say more power to them! http://warrenmallard.bl
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1988 Academy Awards® Winners and History Working Girl (1988) Actor: DUSTIN HOFFMAN in "Rain Man", Gene Hackman in "Mississippi Burning", Tom Hanks in "Big", Edward James Olmos in "Stand and Deliver", Max von Sydow in "Pelle the Conqueror" Actress: JODIE FOSTER in "The Accused", Glenn Close in "Dangerous Liaisons", Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl", Meryl Streep in "A Cry in the Dark", Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist" Supporting Actor: KEVIN KLINE in "A Fish Called Wanda", Alec Guinness in "Little Dorritt", Martin Landau in "Tucker: the Man and His Dream", River Phoenix in "Running on Empty", Dean Stockwell in "Married to the Mob" Supporting Actress: GEENA DAVIS in "The Accidental Tourist", Joan Cusack in "Working Girl", Frances McDormand in "Mississippi Burning", Michelle Pfeiffer in "Dangerous Liaisons", Sigourney Weaver in "Working Girl" Director: BARRY LEVINSON for "Rain Man", Charles Crichton for "A Fish Called Wanda", Mike Nichols for "Working Girl", Alan Parker for "Mississippi Burning", Martin Scorsese for "The Last Temptation of Christ" Beginning this year, the trademark phrase: "and the winner is..." was substituted with "and the Oscar goes to..." Director Barry Levinson's critically and financially-successful Rain Man was the major Oscar winner in 1988. It was the buddy-road saga of the human relationship that gradually develops between two sibling brothers: the elder one a TV-obsessed, institutionalized adult autistic (Hoffman), the other an ambitious, hotshot money-maker/car salesman and hustler (Cruise). The autistic savant's kidnapping from an asylum by his fast-talking brother is with the intent to swindle him of his inheritance, but during a cross-country road trip, a loving relationship develops between the brothers with strong blood ties. Rain Man had a total of eight nominations and four wins - for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay (by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow). It was the year's highest-grossing picture as well, taking in $173 million (domestic). The other Best Picture nominees included the following: director Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of Anne Tyler's novel, the psychological drama The Accidental Tourist (with four nominations and one win - Best Supporting Actress), with two co-stars - Kathleen Turner and William Hurt - that Kasdan had teamed together in an earlier film - Body Heat (1981) British director Steven Frears' first American feature film, the lush, pre-Revolutionary France costume drama of competitive sexual seduction Dangerous Liaisons (with seven nominations and three wins - Best Screenplay, Best Art/Set Direction, and Best Costume Design) director Alan Parker's propagandist account of the investigation of the disappearance of three civil rights activists in 1964 in the social drama Mississippi Burning (with seven nominations and only one win - Best Cinematography) director Mike Nichols' sophisticated romantic comedy about 80s corporate ladder-climbing and office politics in Working Girl (with six nominations and one win - Best Song by Carly Simon: "Let the River Run") Two of the five directors of Best Picture nominees were not included in the list of Best Director nominees. The tw
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1994 San Marino GP: The world sees Senna die - F1 Fanatic F1 Fanatic The crash seen around the world 1994 San Marino Grand Prix flashback: SundayPosted on | Author Keith Collantine The Santerno river rises in the hills south-west of Imola. It winds its way down for 50 kilometres until it reaches the town, which is home to over 68,000 people and to a racing circuit: the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. In April 1994 two men who had raced at the circuit many times before looked down at the river from the first of the track’s 15 corners: Tamburello. They had been testing their cars at the track, rounding the corner at over 300kph (186mph), and had become concerned about the concrete wall which separated the circuit from the river. One of the men had crashed at the corner five years earlier. His car exploded into flames, but men with fire extinguishers quickly arrived at the scene and saved his life. His companion pointed towards the Santerno. “Look,” he said, “we can’t move the wall, there’s a river behind it”. The two men agreed there was nothing that could be done about the wall. And with that Gerhard Berger and Ayrton Senna walked away. Tamburello Tamburello is an innocuous enough word in Italian: it means ‘tambourine’, and is also the name of a court game similar to squash. But to the Formula One world Tamburello is like Terlamenbocht at Zolder where Gilles Villeneuve died, or the nameless stretch of the Hockenheimring which claimed Jim Clark . It is the place where one of the greatest of them all met an untimely, unthinkable end. The Imola circuit had been in use for four decades and by the time it held its first world championship race in 1980 a chicane had been inserted before the start/finish line to reduce the speed of the cars as they approached Tamburello. But the constant improvements in car design had their inevitable effect and by 1994 drivers were tackling the corner at close to maximum speed without a hint of a lift on the throttle as their cars screamed towards the Tosa hairpin. It was uncommon to see anyone struggle in the corner unless they were unlucky enough to suffer a technical failure there. When that happened, the consequences were often fearful. In 1987 a suspected tyre failure sent Nelson Piquet’s Williams into the Tamburello wall, leaving him with concussion and forcing him to miss the race. Then came Berger’s crash in 1989, caused by front wing failure. Two years later the same happened to Michele Alboreto , who was hospitalised with broken ribs and a deep gash. In 1992 a second Williams driver, Riccardo Patrese, was taken to hospital after crashing at the corner during testing – again a tyre failure was to blame. Senna The subject of safety had been a growing concern of Senna’s for several years. He had befriended Professor Sid Watkins, taken an interest in his work and had a heart-to-heart talk with him following Ratzenberger’s death. At the drivers’ meeting, held at 11 o’clock on the morning of the race, Berger led the drivers in raising a complaint about the use of a course car to lead the field on the formation lap at the previous race. He did so at Senna’s urging, as both believed the car was too slow and prevented drivers from being able to get their tyres up to temperature. The decision was taken not to use the course car for the formation lap. Before leaving the drivers observed a minute’s silence in memory of Ratzenberger. Some of the more experienced drivers had witnessed fatalities before – including Martin Brundle , Michele Alboreto and Andrea de Cesaris. Senna himself had competed in a support race at Zolder in 1982 on the same weekend Gilles Villeneuve was killed . For many others the shock hit them all the harder for being unfamiliar. While increasingly concerned with safety matters, Senna’s impulse to compete spurred him on, and that side of his life presented him with further challenges. He had agonised over his switch from McLaren to Williams at the beginning of the year, and was still acclimatising to his new environment. Against expectations Williams had begun the season on th
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: November 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League 25th November Cup Round 2 and Plate The Nag’s Head and Cock Inn 1. By what name is the post war “European Recovery Program” better known? MARSHALL PLAN 2. Who directed Marilyn Monroe in “The Seven Year Itch and “Some Like It Hot”? BILLY WILDER 3. Which is the only non-English UK city to host The Eurovision Song Contest? EDINBURGH (1972) 4. Who wrote the opera Madame Butterfly? PUCCINI 5. The cholesterol lowering Product Benecol, was first produced in 1995, in which country? FINLAND 6. Eric Arthur Blair was the real name of which author? GEORGE ORWELL 7. Volubilis is a partly excavated Roman city in which African country? MOROCCO 8. Who was the youngest goalkeeper to play in the England football team? JACK BUTLAND 9. What are wrapped in bacon to make angels on horseback? OYSTERS 10. When she saw her lover captain Vronsky with another woman, which literary heroine threw herself under his parting train? ANNA KARENINA 11. Who has the most international football caps for Wales? NEVILLE SOUTHALL 12. Which king of England abdicated in 1399, and died whilst a prisoner at Pontefract castle in 1400? RICHARD II 13. In which country would you find the Negev Desert? ISRAEL 14. What is the name of Hagar the Horrible’s dog in the famous cartoon strip? SNERT 15. Who ran through the streets naked crying, “Eureka”? ARCHIMEDES 16. Which author writes about the exploits of Dirk Pitt? CLIVE CUSSLER 17. Where did the game of Bridge originate? TURKEY 18. Which country singer who died in 1995, Was known as The Silver Fox? CHARLIE RICH 19. In which city was Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin killed in 1995? TEL AVIV 20. To which saint is Chester Cathedral dedicated? ST. WERBURGH 21. Which London bridge, under construction, was painted by Caneletto? WESTMINSTER 22. Oscar winning actress Geena Davis narrowly missed out on a place in the US women’s team for the 2000 summer Olympics. At which sport? ARCHERY 23. In the artwork by Andy Warhol, how many tins of Campbells soup were there? 32 24. Which US President officially opened the Panama Canal? WOODROW WILSON 25. Which English king was known as “Old Rowley”? CHARLES II 26. What is the name of the village Bard in the ‘Asterix’ stories? CACOFONIX 27. Who is the Artistic Director of the National Theatre? SIR NICHOLAS HYTNER 28. What is the name for a rural villa in Russia? A DACHA 29. Which Elvis Presley film is based on the Harold Robbins novel ‘A Stone For Danny Fisher’? KING CREOLE 30. Who piloted the first airplane flight across the English Channel? LOUIS BLERIOT 31. Who wrote Catch 22? JOSEPH HELLER 32. Who, in 1985, murdered his parents, sister and nephews, at White House Farm in Essex? JEREMY BAMBER 33. Since such ceremonies were established as a matter of course, which King of England was the first not to have a coronation? EDWARD V 34. “But love is blind, and lovers cannot see” is a quotation from which Shakespeare play? THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 35. Which 2011 film starred Matt Damon, Scarlett Johannson and a cast of animals? WE BOUGHT A ZOO 36. In which year did the NHS come into operation? 1948 37. Damien Thorn is the central character in which horror film, originally made in 1976? THE OMEN 38. Which D.H. Lawrence novel is set in Mexico? THE PLUMED SERPENT 39. Which US state has the longest official name? THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS 40. Who was leader of the Labour Party prior to Clement Atlee? GEORGE LANSBURY 41. Which author writes the ‘Outlander’ series of books, (now a US TV series)? DIANA GABALDON 42. On which London street is the famous Palladium theatre? ARGYLL STREET 43. Who was the commander of the fleet in opposition to Nelson, at the Battle of Trafalgar? PIERRE VILLENEUVE 44. What is unique about the class of mammals known as ‘Monotremes’? EGG LAYING (e.g. Platypus or Spiny Anteater) 45. Winter Banana is variety of which fruit? APPLE 46. Which UK rock band had a UK number 1 hit single in 1994 with a song called ‘Inside’, on the back of a hugely popular Livis TV ad? STILTSKIN 47. Fr
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Gene Anthony Ray, 41, a Dancer in 'Fame' - The New York Times The New York Times Arts |Gene Anthony Ray, 41, a Dancer in 'Fame' Search Gene Anthony Ray, 41, a Dancer in 'Fame' By KIMETRIS N. BALTRIP Continue reading the main story Correction Appended Gene Anthony Ray, who starred as Leroy, a street-smart urban teenager, in the 1980 movie ''Fame'' and the later television series, died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 41. The cause was complications of a stroke he had in June, and he was also H.I.V. positive, said Jean E. Ray, his mother. Mr. Ray was a natural fit when he was cast as Leroy in the film, which won Academy Awards for best song and original score. Like his character in the film, Mr. Ray had never had professional dance training but had a raw talent that dazzled choreographers. The actors who performed in the movie and in the television series ''Fame'' portrayed students at New York's High School of the Performing Arts, which Mr. Ray attended for a year before being kicked out. ''It was too disciplined for this wild child of mine,'' Mrs. Ray said. His journey into the spotlight began at Julia Richmond High School. He performed in a dance class there and later auditioned for Louis Falco, the choreographer for the film ''Fame.'' He skipped school the day of the first tryout, and ''Leroy Johnson was born,'' Mrs. Ray said. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Mr. Ray also played Leroy in the NBC television series ''Fame,'' which made its debut in 1982. It was canceled by NBC because of poor ratings but was later picked up by MGM Television, which distributed it in syndication from 1983 to 1987. Born on May 24, 1962, in Harlem, Mr. Ray lived on on West 153rd Street. After he gained stardom for his roles in ''Fame,'' Mr. Ray left school to pursue his career. In 1982 he toured Britain, to perform with other ''Fame'' cast members in 10 concerts. ''The Kids From Fame,'' a television special about the tour, was broadcast in the United States a year later. His other film credits include ''Out of Sync'' (1995), which was directed by his ''Fame'' co-star Debbie Allen, and ''Eddie'' (1996), which starred Whoopi Goldberg. According to Selma Rubin, who managed Mr. Ray for 24 years, his last video project is a one-hour BBC ''Fame'' reunion documentary, ''Fame Remember My Name,'' which was taped in Los Angeles in April 2003 but has not yet been shown. Correction: November 22, 2003, Saturday An obituary on Wednesday about Gene Anthony Ray, featured dancer in the movie ''Fame,'' misspelled part of the name of the Manhattan high school where he auditioned. It was Julia Richman High School, now part of the Julia Richman Educational Complex (not Richmond).
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Jimmy Durante | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie twitter Biography by Hal Erickson Known to friends, family and fans as "The Schnozzola" because of his Cyrano-sized nose, American entertainer Jimmy Durante was the youngest child of an immigrant Italian barber. Fed up with his schooling by the second grade, Durante dedicated himself to becoming a piano player, performing in the usual dives, beer halls and public events. He organized a ragtime band, playing for such spots as the Coney Island College Inn and Harlem's Alamo Club. He secured two long-lasting relationships in 1921 when he married Maud Jeanne Olson and formed a professional partnership with dancer Eddie Jackson; two years later Durante and Jackson combined with another dancer, Lou Jackson, to form one of the best-known roughhouse teams of the 1920s. Clayton, Jackson and Durante opened their own speakeasy, the Club Durant (they couldn't afford the "E" on the sign), which quickly became the "in" spot for show-business celebrities and the bane of Prohibition agents. Durante was clearly the star of the proceedings, adopting his lifelong stage character of an aggressive, pugnacious singer, yelling "Stop the music" at the slightest provocation and behaving as though he had to finish his song before the authorities hauled him away for having the nerve to perform. Durante 's trio went uptown in the Ziegfeld musical Show Girl in 1929, the same year that Durante made his screen debut in Roadhouse Nights . Though popular in personal appearances, Durante's overbearing performing style did not translate well to movies, especially when MGM teamed the megawatt Durante with stone-faced comedian Buster Keaton. Though Durante and Keaton liked each other, their comedy styles were not compatible. Durante had reached his peak in films by 1934, and was thereafter used only as a specialty or in supporting roles. On stage, however, Durante was still a proven audience favorite: he stopped the show with the moment in the 1935 Billy Rose stage musical Jumbo , wherein, while leading a live elephant away from his creditors, he was stopped by a cop. "What are you doing with that elephant?" demanded the cop. Durante looked askance and bellowed, " What elephant?" In hit after hit on Broadway, Durante was a metropolitan success, expanding his popularity nationwide with a radio program co-starring young comedian Garry Moore, which began in 1943, the year of Durante's first wife's death (she may or may not have been the "Mrs. Calabash" to whom he said goodnight at the end of each broadcast). Virtually out of films by the 1950s, Durante continued to thrive on TV and in nightclubs, finding solace in his private life with his 1960 marriage to Margie Little. By the mid-1960s, Durante was capable of fracturing a TV audience simply by mangling the words written for him on cue cards; a perennial of ABC's weekly Hollywood Palace , he took on a weekly series in his 76th year in a variety program co-starring the Lennon Sisters. Suffering several strokes in the 1970s, Durante decided to retire completely, though he occasionally showed up (in a wheelchair) for such celebrations as MGM's 50th anniversary. Few stars were as beloved as Durante, and even fewer were spoken of so highly and without any trace of jealousy or rancor after his death in 1980; perhaps this adulation was due in part to Durante's ending each performance by finding a telephone, dialing G-O-D, and saying "Thanks!" Movie Highlights Factsheet Raspy-voiced singer whose trademark song was "Inka-Dinka-Doo." Nicknamed "Schnozzola" and "The Schnozz" because of his large nose; the nose was also referenced in the Cole Porter song "You're the Top" in the line "you're the nose on the great Durante." Owned a nightclub called Club Durant in the 1920s that was shut down because of Prohibition. Trademark closing line was "And goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are."
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Wembley Stadium - London - The Stadium Guide The Stadium Guide Club: none | Opening: 2007 | Capacity: 90,000 seats History and description Wembley Stadium is, after Camp Nou , the second largest stadium in Europe and the standard playing venue of the English national team. It also hosts the annual League Cup final, FA Cup final, and the Community Shield. Wembley Stadium replaced the old stadium with the same name that had stood in its place since 1923 and had been host to many cup finals. The old Wembley Stadium got demolished in 2003, after which construction of the new stadium started. After several delays, postponing the opening of the stadium for almost two years, the stadium finally got completed in 2007. Wembley Stadium officially opened on the 19th of May 2007 with the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Manchester United (1-0). Earlier other official football matches had already been played, of which a match between the English and Italian U21 sides was the proper first. The new stadium was designed by architecture firms Foster and Partners and Populous and is estimated to have cost a total of £757 million. Most iconic feature of the stadium is its 133 metre tall arch, that, with its span of 315 metres, is the longest single span roof structure in the world. Wembley Stadium furthermore has a sliding roof that sits 52 metres above the pitch. Even though the roof does not completely close, it does cover every seat in the stadium, which makes Wembley the largest fully covered stadium in the world. The stadium hosted the 2011 Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United (3-1) and will again host the Champions League final in 2013 to mark the 150th anniversary of the FA. How to get to Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium is located in the north-west of the city of London, about 6 miles from Paddington station, 7 miles from Marylebone station, and 8 miles from Kings Cross St Pancras and Euston station. The stadium is served by trains from London Marylebone station. The journey to Wembley Stadium station takes about 8 minutes. Wembley Park tube station, a 5-minute walk from the stadium, is served by the Jubilee and Metropolitan metro lines. Both lines connect the stadium with London’s city centre, though the Metropolitan line does so with fewer stops. The stadium is also within walking distance (10 to 15 minutes) from Wembley Central metro station, which is served by the Bakerloo line and the London Overground metro. Finally, local buses 18, 83, 92, and 224 connect the stadium with local destinations as well as other parts of the city. It is advised not to arrive by car on matchdays, or only if parking is booked in advance. On non-matchdays the stadium can be reached by car from the A406, which connects with the M1 slightly further north. The exits toward the stadium are signposted from the A406. From central London the stadium can be reached by driving up Harrow Road (A404) in north-western direction. Harrow Road branches off the A40 at the altitude of Paddington station. At Wembley Rail Station turn right onto Wembley Hill Road to reach the stadium (follow the signs). Address: Wembley, London HA9 0WS Eat, drink, and sleep near Wembley Stadium Wembley Stadium is located in a quiet residential area with some offices mixed in. The few pubs and eating options, for example near Wembley Park tube station, tend to get very crowded on matchdays, and it may be a better idea to eat and drink in central London. There are a few hotels near the stadium for those that like to avoid a crowded tube ride. Most of the hotels are of the typical chain hotels such as a Premier Inn , Ibis , Holiday Inn , and Hilton . They come in different price ranges. For all hotels near Wembley Stadium click here . If you choose a hotel in central London, you can try to strategically pick a hotel close to the Metropolitan or Jubilee line to ease the journey. For example, there are many affordable options near Paddington Station , which is not far from tube stop Baker Street. For all hotels in central London go here . If you arrive by car, y
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The first FA Cup final: A shilling to get in, no nets and seven up front - BBC Sport BBC Sport The first FA Cup final: A shilling to get in, no nets and seven up front By Tom Rostance Read more about sharing. Football in the late 19th Century was a chaotic affair as this illustration of an early England v Scotland game at the Oval shows Saturday's FA Cup final between Arsenal and Aston Villa at Wembley will be watched by half a billion viewers in more than 120 countries. Close to 90,000 fans will be at Wembley for the 134th final of the world's oldest cup competition as two teams of elite, millionaire sportsmen battle it out for glory. But what exactly was the scene at the original final way back in 1872? An estimated crowd of 2,000 were there to see 22 amateurs play on a cricket pitch, with no nets, as Wanderers beat Royal Engineers 1-0 thanks to a goal from Morton Betts. BBC Sport, with the help of Matthew Taylor, professor of history at De Montfort University, look at the first final 143 years ago... The best 15 teams in the land Prior to the 1872 FA Cup, there were no regular competitive games being played in England. Football Association secretary Charles Alcock drew up plans for the first FA Cup which saw 15 teams enter the first round of November 1871. As this letter from July 1871 shows, an FA committee established the first FA Cup. Letter courtesy of the Football Association and the National Football Museum Step forward Barnes, Civil Service, Hitchin, Crystal Palace (confusingly not the present-day Palace but their precursors who were dissolved in 1876), Maidenhead, Marlow, Queen's Park, Donington School, Upton Park, Clapham Rovers, Royal Engineers, Reigate Priory, Wanderers, Harrow Chequers and Hampstead Heathens, who were given a bye. Teething problems and the logistical headaches of scheduling football matches across Britain in the era of steam meant that Scottish side Queen's Park advanced to the semi-finals without actually playing a game. The semi-finals - both goalless draws - were played at the Kennington Oval. The Royal Engineers booked their place in the final with a 3-0 replay win over Crystal Palace, while Wanderers made it through when Queen's Park decided they could not afford another costly trip to London for the replay and withdrew. A (gentle)man's game: The Royal Engineers side of 1872 The historian's view: "The general consensus is that the FA Cup was based on the knockout competitions between 'Houses' at major public schools such as Harrow. But Alcock may also have taken inspiration from existing competitions in the provinces, such as Sheffield's Youdon Cup, launched in 1867. "Certainly football was equally, if not more, established and popular in Sheffield as it was in London at this time, and the elite ex-public schoolboys based in the capital knew and played against teams from Sheffield, Nottingham and elsewhere." Invented the Cup, ran the FA Alcock - the brains behind the whole idea - played in defence for Wanderers. Formed in 1859 as Forest Football Club, the side mainly consisted of former Harrow public schoolboys and took the name 'Wanderers' because they played their matches at different grounds. But by 1869 the club was based at the Kennington Oval, where Alcock also happened to be the secretary of Surrey cricket club. The Royal Engineers are still playing and still proud of their heritage. The Royal Engineers were founded in 1863 by Major Francis Marindin - an extraordinary man. Having served in the Crimean war, he would go on to play in the 1872 final, become president of the FA in 1874 and then referee eight further FA Cup finals. 'Wanderers attacking from the Vauxhall End' The 1872 final was held at Kennington Oval, also the venue for the first international football match between England and Scotland in 1870. The Oval would go on to host 20 of the next 21 FA Cup finals, with the 1873 final played at Lillie Bridge - close to Chelsea's modern home at Stamford Bridge. The historian's view: "Many football clubs played on cricket grounds in the late 19th century. Football clubs often
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Java and the Malayan Peninsula are separated by which stretch of water?
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AFG Venture Group: A Short History of Southeast Asia: Singapore A Short History of Southeast Asia A Short History of Southeast Asia: Singapore Timeline 1990: Goh Chok Tong becomes the country's second Prime Minister 1965: Leaves Malaysia and becomes independent Republic with Lee Kuan Yew the first Prime Minister 1963: Joins with Malaya to form Malaysia 1959: Elections result in People's Action Party gaining a majority that was to begin their period of dominance of government in subsequent elections 1955: Limited self government granted 1948: Malay Communist Party launches insurrection in Singapore and Malaysia resulting in a State of Emergency being declared 1942-45: Japanese occupation 1880's: Established as a major trans-shipment port and commercial centre 1867: Straits Settlements become a Crown Colony 1842: Britain's annexation of Hong Kong accelerates Chinese migration 1826: Straits Settlements formed with Penang and Melaka 1819: Stamford Raffles arrives and establishes English East India Company Introduction Singapore is an immigrant society. When acquired by Britain in 1819 it was populated by only a few hundred Malays living simple lives in fishing villages. In the 1990s it is a thriving city-state, with a population of about 2.7 million, and a per capita income the highest by far in Asia outside of Japan. Geography is central to Singapores history. Located at the foot of the Malay peninsula, separated from the mainland by a narrow stretch of shallow water, it is the pivotal island in the Straits of Melaka. Singapores history has revolved around turning its strategic location to its commercial benefit while remaining on good terms with its larger neighbours. Singapore is a Chinese city-state. There is a significant Indian minority, and a much smaller Malay community, but political, commercial and cultural power is in the hands of the ethnic Chinese. A major theme in Singapores history since the end of the Second World War has been the continuous efforts to create a Singapore identity. What does it mean to be a Singaporean? How can the predominantly Chinese cultural heritage be transformed into a distinctly Singaporean culture? How best can a small, predominantly ethnically Chinese island relate to its overwhelmingly more populous Malay-Muslim neighbours in Malaysia and Indonesia? Colonialism Stamford Raffles hoisted the British flag on the island of Singapore on 29 January 1819. It was the second island in the region occupied by the English East India Company (EIC). Penang had been acquired in 1786. The EIC had a monopoly on the English trade between India and China, had acquired considerable territory in India and was eager to ensure control of the Straits of Melaka, the crucial passage of water through which most of its trading ships to China sailed. Penang gave it the ability to control the northern entrance of the Straits: Singapore gave it the ability to control the southern exit. For nearly two hundred years the Netherlands East Indies Company, the VOC, had been the EICs arch rival in the region. When Napoleon annexed the Netherlands in 1810, Britain occupied the major Dutch possessions in the Indonesian archipelago in order to prevent them falling into the hands of the French. Melaka, Bencoolen on the west coast of Sumatra and the island of Java were taken over by Britain. Stamford Raffles was appointed head of a civil government to run Java and Sumatra. The colony was added to the EIC Indian empire, reporting directly to Calcutta. When the Napoleonic war ended in 1815 Britain wanted to bolster the Low Countries (the Netherlands and Belgium) as a bulwark against a revived France. Dutch pressure, then, for the return of its colonies in the Indonesian archipelago fell on responsive ears. In 1818 Java was returned to Netherlands rule. Raffles was extremely disappointed that wider European strategic considerations had forced him to return Java to the Dutch. He was an expansionist at heart, believing that Britain should acquire territory throughout the Indonesian archipelago and the Malay peninsula, cre
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Geographic Anomalies Some Geographic Anomalies or Paradoxes Or at least some surprises for the uninformed Global Division Alaska's Near Islands in the Aleutians are closer to Tokyo, Japan, than they are to Alaska's state capital of Juneau. Southernmost Algeria is farther from Algiers than is London, England. The distance from Petropavlovsk, in easternmost Russia, to Moscow is about the same distance as from Petropavlovsk to Denver, Colorado. The Atlantic end of the Panama Canal is west of the Pacific end. Recife, Brazil, is closer to the African cities of Dakar (Senegal), Freetown (Sierra Leone), and Monrovia (Liberia), than it is to Cruzeiro do Sul in western Brazil. Binzert, Tunisia, is north of Lagos, Portugal, Granada, Spain, and Sparta, Greece. It's only 49 miles (79 km) from Talinn, the capital of Estonia, to Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Estonia and Finland nonetheless have no common land border, thanks to the Gulf of Finland. The Pacific is more than half again as large as the Atlantic, but the Atlantic drains three and a half times as much land area as the Pacific. Venice is west of Rome. Prague is west of Vienna. Alaska's Near Islands in the Aleutians are west of Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand. The straight-line distance from the headwaters of the Nile in Lake Victoria to the Nile Delta is about the same as that across North America from Savannah, Georgia, to San Francisco, California, or about the same as that across Europe from Lisbon to Moscow. The Ural Mountains, the eastern boundary of Europe, are east of the Straits of Hormuz, which are at the mouth of the Persian Gulf and thus very much in Asia. New York City is west of Lima, Peru. Jacksonville, Florida, is west of the entire mainland of South America. Honolulu, Hawaii, is south of Havana, Cuba. Dunkerque, France, is north of Heerlen, the Netherlands. The northernmost part of Ireland, Malin Head, isn't in Northern Ireland. It's in the Republic of Ireland. Pelee Point, Ontario, is south of Conneaut, Ohio. Traveling due south from Detroit, Michigan, puts one in Canada. Kenora, Ontario, is nearer by road to three other provincial capitals (Winnipeg, Regina, and Edmonton) and nearer by any measure to eleven state captals (Lansing, Indianapolis, Springfield, Madison, St. Paul, Jefferson City, Topeka, Lincoln, Cheyenne, Pierre, and Bismark) than it is to its own provincial capital of Toronto. The easternmost shore of Hudson Bay is due north of Washington, D.C.; the westernmost shore of Hudson Bay is due north of Kansas City, Missouri. Two-hundred-and-thirty-plus years after the French and Indian War (or the Seven Years' War) delivered Canada to British control, France still controls a colony called St. Pierre et Miquelon off the southwest coast of Newfoundland. Miami, Florida, is nearer two national capitals, Nassau (The Bahamas) and Havana (Cuba), than it is to its own state capital of Tallahassee, Florida. British Columbia is bigger than Texas, Ontario is one-and-a-half times as big as Texas, and Quebec is more than twice as big as Texas. U.S. Division Ewing, Virigina, is closer to eight other state capitals than it is to its own state capital, Richmond. The eight are Charleston, WV, Columbus, OH, Indianapolis, IN, Frankfurt, KY, Nashville, TN, Atlanta, GA, Columbia, SC, and Raleigh, NC. In addition, Montgomery, AL, is virtually the same distance away as Richmond. Ironwood, Michigan, is due north of St Louis, Missouri. Cairo, Illinois, is closer to Atlanta than it is to Chicago. Pensacola, Florida, is closer to Houston, Texas, than it is to Miami, Florida. Jackson, Wyoming, is nearer to three other state capitals (Salt Lake City, UT, Boise, ID, and Helena, MT) than it is to its own state capital in Cheyenne, WY. Clovis, New Mexico, is east of Sturgis, South Dakota. Evansville, Indiana, is closer to Blytheville, Arkansas, than it is to Fort Wayne. Buffalo, New York, is nearer Detroit, Michigan, than it is either Albany or New York City. It's farther from Miami, Florida, to Boston, Massachusetts, than it is from Miami to the Panama Canal
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What collective name is given to Jews dispersed around the world?
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The 7 Wonders of Jewish History CLICK HERE for the MP3 on this That the Jewish nation—such a tiny group of people—survived two thousand years of exile and persecution was nothing short of a supernatural phenomenon. Pascal wasn’t the only one who was so amazed by the survival of the Jewish people. Other thinkers, philosophers and historians have noticed something unusual about the Jews. Mark Twain, an agnostic and self-acknowledged skeptic, penned this in 1899 in Harper’s Magazine: “The Egyptian, Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away. The Greek and Roman followed, made a vast noise and they are gone. Other peoples have sprung up, and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out and they sit in twilight now or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal, but the Jew. All other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?” Why were Pascal, Mark Twain and many others so amazed by the survival of the Jews against all odds? The Seven Wonders of Jewish History (TOP) It has been prophesied in the Torah that Jews would be an eternal nation: “And I will establish My covenant between Me and you, and your descendants after you, throughout the generations. An eternal covenant to be your God, and the God of your descendants after you” (Genesis 17-7). This promise is repeated many times throughout the Torah (Leviticus 26:43, Deuteronomy 4:26-27, Deut. 28:63-64). And it has come true. Even though Jews did not have a homeland, a common language or a shared history (the factors that historians use to define a nation), they have remained a distinct people. 2) Exile and Dispersion (TOP) It has been prophesied in the Torah that Jews would be exiled and dispersed: “And you, I will scatter among the nations, at the point of My drawn sword, leaving your country desolate and your cities in ruins” (Leviticus 26:33). Jews have remained a people despite exile and dispersion. In all of human history, there have been less than ten exiles of an entire people out of their country. It’s a highly unusual phenomenon to take a whole people and throw them out of their country. Multiple exiles are unheard of, since after the first one the people generally disappear—they simply become assimilated among other peoples. In human history, multiple exiles and dispersion are unique only to the Jewish people. The dispersion of the Jewish People to the four corners of the globe is a completely unique phenomenon in human history. Jews have wandered and settled in almost every land on earth -while somehow managing to maintain their distinct national identity. The Jewish people were exiled from Israel by the Babylonians in 586 BCE. They survived, returned to Israel after 70 years, and then built the Second Temple. Then in 70 CE, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple, causing the Jews to go into exile once again. Therefore, we see two different uniquenesses: A. The only nation exiled twice from their own land B. The only nation to ever survive and return from a previous exile The Torah goes on to spell out one final uniqueness within this phenomenon—amongst these nations within which the Jews will be scattered, there will be a continual wandering. Immediately after Deuteronomy 28:64 (“And G-d shall scatter you among all the peoples from one end of the earth to the other…”), the prophesy continues—“Among those nations you shall find no repose, not a foot of ground to stand upon, for there the L-rd will give you an anguished heart and wasted eyes and a dismayed spirit.” (Deuteronomy 28:65). This prophesy of the “Wandering Jew” has remarkably not only characterized our ancient history, it continues to identify us as a unique people right up until and including the present day. When we scan the diaspora of Jewry over the entire globe and throughout the entire
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Which sauce is traditionally served with roast lamb?
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Roast lamb with mint sauce | Good Food Channel > Roast lamb with mint sauce Roast lamb with mint sauce Buy your lamb from a quality butcher for a really succulent and tender result - try your hand at Roopa Gulati's roast - too good to save just for Sunday lunches By Roopa Gulati 1 x 2 kg leg of lamb 2 cloves garlic, shredded 1 small handful mint leaves 1-2 tbsp sugar 4-5 tbsp white wine vinegar For the gravy 1 small onion, finely sliced 100 ml red wine freshly ground salt and black pepper Method 1. Preheat the oven to 220C/gas 8 2. Place the lamb on a chopping board and make incisions over the joint with a sharp knife. Insert slivers of garlic into the cuts. 3. Heat the dripping in a roasting tin in the oven until smoking hot. Place the lamb in the tin and roast for 30 minutes. 4. Turn the heat down to 170C/gas 3 and continue roasting for about 1 hour 20 minutes. Pierce the meat with a skewer to test if it's done. If the juices run a pale pink, it's ready. While the lamb is roasting, make the mint sauce. 5. For the mint sauce, finely chop the mint leaves along with a teaspoon of the measured sugar - this helps fix the colour. Place the chopped mint in a heatproof jug and pour over the boiling water. Stir in the remaining sugar, and sharpen with enough vinegar to give a pleasant tang, 6. Take the lamb out of the oven and remove from the roasting tin. Leave to stand for about 15 minutes on a chopping board while you make the gravy. This standing time gives the meat time to relax and develop its flavour. 7. For the gravy, pour off any extra oil from the roasting tin, leaving back a tablespoon or so in the tin. Place the roasting tin over a low heat, add the onions, and cook until softened. If it looks like catching on the bottom of the tin, add a dash of red wine and scrape well with a metal spoon to lift up any meaty sediment - this has the most flavour and adds a rich flavour to the finished gravy. 8. Once the onions are soft, pour in the remainder of the wine and add the stock and redcurrant jelly. Bring to a boil over a medium heat and cook down until reduced by one third. 9. Mix the cornflour with 1 tablespoon of water until it resembles a smooth paste. Add a ladleful of the hot gravy into the cornflour mixture and stir to mix before returning to the pan. Stir, over a moderate heat, until the gravy has thickened. Taste for seasoning and keep warm until ready to serve. 10. Carve the lamb into medium-thick slices using a sharp knife, and serve with the gravy and mint sauce. Accompany with roast potatoes and a green vegetable such as fresh peas. Rate This Recipe
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Worcestershire Sauce recipe | The Taste of Aussie The Taste of Aussie Bringing the best recipes to you Search for: The Cook Leave a comment Worcestershire sauce, usually shortened to Worcester sauce, is a fermented liquid condiment. It is often an ingredient in Welsh Rarebit , Caesar Salad , Oysters Kilpatrick , and sometimes added to Chilli Con Carne , Beef Stew , Hamburgers , and other Beef Dishes . Worcestershire sauce is also used to flavour cocktails such as a Bloody Mary or Caesar . Known as salsa Inglesa (English sauce) in Spanish, it is also an ingredient in Michelada, the Mexican beer cocktail. Worcestershire sauce is made with anchovy and therefore may not be suitable for special diets. History of Worcestershire Sauce A fermented fish sauce called garum was a staple of Greco-Roman cuisine and of the Mediterranean economy of the Roman Empire, as the first-century encyclopaedist, Pliny the Elder writes in Historia Naturalis and the fourth/fifth-century Roman culinary text Apicius includes garum in its recipes. The use of similar fermented anchovy sauces in Europe can be traced back to the 17th century. The Lea & Perrins brand was commercialised in 1837 and has continued to be the leading global brand of Worcestershire sauce. Lea & Perrins Lea & Perrins Origin The origin of the Lea & Perrins recipe is unclear. The packaging originally stated that the sauce came “from the recipe of a nobleman in the county”. The company has also claimed that “Lord Marcus Sandys, ex-Governor of Bengal” encountered it while in India under the East India Company in the 1830s, and commissioned the local apothecaries to recreate it. However, author Brian Keogh concluded in his privately published history of the Lea & Perrins firm on the 100th anniversary of the Midland Road plant, that “No Lord Sandys was ever governor of Bengal, or as far as any records show, ever in India.” “Lord Marcus Sandys” may refer to Arthur Moyses William Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1792–1860) of Ombersley Court, Worcestershire, who was a Lieutenant-General a member of the House of Commons at the time of the legend. The first name may be a confusion of his brother and heir, Arthur Marcus Cecil Sandys, 3rd Baron Sandys (1798–1863), although he did not succeed to the title until 1860, when the sauce was already established on the British market. The barony in the Sandys family (“sands”) had been revived in 1802 for the second baron’s mother, Mary Sandys Hill, so at the date of the legend, in the 1830s, “Lord” Sandys was actually a Lady. No identifiable reference to her could possibly appear on a commercially bottled sauce without a serious breach of decorum. A version of the story was published by Thomas Smith: We quote the following history of the well-known Worcester sauce, as given in the World. The label shows it is prepared “from the recipe of a nobleman in the county.” The nobleman may be Lord Sandys. Many years ago, Mrs. Grey, author of The Gambler’s Wife and other novels, was on a visit at Ombersley Court, when Lady Sandys chanced to remark that she wished she could get some very good curry powder, which elicited from Mrs. Grey that she had in her desk an excellent recipe, which her uncle, Sir Charles, Chief Justice of India, had brought thence, and given her. Lady Sandys said that there were some clever chemists in Worcester, who perhaps might be able to make up the powder. Messrs. Lea and Perrins looked at the recipe, doubted if they could procure all the ingredients, but said they would do their best, and in due time forwarded a packet of the powder. Subsequently the happy thought struck someone in the business that the powder might make a good sauce in solution. The profits now amount to thousands of pounds a year. According to historian and Herald for Wales, Major Francis Jones, 1908–1993, the introduction of the recipe can be attributed to Captain Henry Lewis Edwardes 1788–1866. Edwardes, originally of Rhyd-y-gors, Carmarthenshire, was a veteran of the Napoleonic wars and held the position of Deputy-Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire. He is believed to hav
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Ezzard Charles was a world champion in which sport?
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1000+ images about Ezzard Charles on Pinterest | Jersey, Days in and James toney Learn more at Uploaded by user This Day in Boxing History - December 12, 1951 - Charles KOs Oma at the Garden. Heavyweight Champion Ezzard Charles stops Lee Oma at Madison Square Garden. Referee Ruby Goldstein calls a halt to the action in the 10th round. facebook - boxing hall of fame las vegas www.boxinghalloffame.com http://youtu.be/sUIp7HUmXco More
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Bezzerwizzer at Paint Branch High School - StudyBlue StudyBlue Which geometric shape does Frank Llyod Wright's Guggenheim Museum in New York echo? A spiral Which painter liked to present himself as the "Man in the Bowler Hat"? Rene Magritte Which IT company is also known by the abbreviation "HP"? Hewlett Packard Which American university is known by the abbreviation "M.I.T."? Massachusetts Institute of Technology What American fashion icon enjoys the sweet smell of success with his Double Black cologne? Ralph Lauren Whon won the Oscar for Best Actor in "The Godfather" in 1972? Marlon Brando Which traditional French dish consists of eggplant, garlic, peppers, tomatoes, zucchini and onions? Ratatouille Which is the largest city in New Zealand? Auckland In 1960, which Asian country saw a woman elected as head of the government for the first time: Ceylon, Malaya or India? Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) What is the word for illnesses in which physical symptoms are traced back to mental causes? Psychosomatic How many people take part in a tete-a-tete? Two Who, in 1841, wrote about "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"? Edgar Allen Poe Who sang the title song to the James Bond film "Goldfinger"? Shirley Bassey Which species of deer is the most common across the world? Elk (moose) Who was elected President of Poland in 1990? Lech Walesa Which planet is also known as the "evening star"? Venus In a battle of the "hot-heads," who did Jimmy Connors defeat in 1982 in the Wimbledon tennis finals? John McEnroe Which videotape format prevailed in the face of competition from Betamax and Video2000? VHS Which President proclaimed Thanksgiving Day a national holiday? Abraham Lincoln Who was the murder victim at the center of the plot in TV's "Twin Peaks"? Laura Palmer Renaissance architecture emerged from which country? Italy How many people can be seen in da Vinci's painting of "The Last Supper"? Thirteen Which drink did pharmacist John S. Pemberton invent in 1886? Coca Cola Which term, used in sociology denotes the adaption of a minority to the culture and lifestyle of the majority? Assimilation What do the letters of the American fashion label "DKNY" stand for? Donna Karan New York Who played the role of Baron von Trapp in 1965's "The Sound of Music"? Christopher Plummer Which nation brought chocolate to Europe from rainforests of Mexico and Central America? Spain In which country is the Gibson Desert? Australia What was the code name for Allied Invasion of Normandy on D-Day? Operation Overlord What substance gives blood its red color? Hemoglobin Which science deals with the origin, history and meaning of words? Etymology Which generation did Douglas Coupland portray in his 1991 novel? Generation X Which duo sang "You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling" in 1965? The Righteous Brothers Which bird has the largest wing span? The (wandering) albatross Bill Clinton was governor of which U.S. state before becoming president? Arkansas How is the number 1,500 written in Roman numerals? MD In swimming, how many strokes are there in an Individual Medley? Four Which country launched MIR space station in 1986? Soviet Union How many points does the Jewish Star of David have? Six In which city did the TV series "Frasier" take place? Seattle What is a column or monument made of a single block of stone? Monolith Which male entertainment group, originally Los Angeles, is known for its striptease routine? The Chippendales Which copmany was co-founded in 1975 by Paul Allen? Microsoft What is celebrated on the 8th of March throughout the world? International Women's Day Causing fistfights in toy stores in the 1980s, which must have dolls came with their own adoption papers? Cabbage Patch Kids Who won the 2000 Oscar for Best Actor in "American Beauty"? Kevin Spacey Which exclusive dish meaning "fat liver" in French is prepared from duck or goose liver? Foie Gras Which ocean lies between Africa, Asia, Australia and the Antarctic? Indian Ocean Which Italian explorer gave his name to America? Amerigo Vespucci Who has, on average, more hair on their head: blondes, brunettes, or red
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Download Book Le Tour Du Monde En 80 Jours By Jules Verne - CohowtO CohowtO Welcome Guest Please create a free account to access unlimited downloads & reading. Read Books, Magazines & Comics & many more directly on your browser or download on PC or Tablet! Download at full speed with unlimited bandwidth with just one click! New Books, Magazines & Comics added every day! Fully optimized for all platforms - no additional software required ! Get Access to more than 10 million Books, Magazines & Comics for FREE! Experience all the content you could possibly want from comprehensive library of timeless classics and new releases. We value your privacy. We will not sell or rent your email address to third parties. See our Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy for more details. Browse by Genre .hey here we are a real post Le Tour du monde en 80 jours by Jules Verne ‘To go around the world…in such a short time and with the means of transport currently available, was not only impossible, it was madness’ One ill-fated evening at the Reform Club, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions 20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just eighty days—and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his da… Le Tour du monde en 80 jours Author Le Tour du monde en 80 jours Reviews Charity Nov 10, 2008 I finished today and it was even better than I remembered from my childhood. Admittedly, the version I had read as a child was the edition that was, unfortunately, abridged. I felt that a reading of the unabridged classic was long overdue. Shockingly enough, I still remembered the ending 20 years later. Just the task Phileas Fogg faces in traveling the world in 80 days (in the 19th century) and the obstacles that pop up to delay his travels w I finished today and it was even better than I remembered from my childhood. Admittedly, the version I had read as a child was the edition that was, unfortunately, abridged. I felt that a reading of the unabridged classic was long overdue. Shockingly enough, I still remembered the ending 20 years later. Just the task Phileas Fogg faces in traveling the world in 80 days (in the 19th century) and the obstacles that pop up to delay his travels would make for a fabulous story, but the element of a cat-and-mouse chase really puts this book over the top! I highly recommend it for anyone who loves grand adventure stories. I can see why Jules Verne is touted as one of the finest French authors. He is deserving of all accolades! Mark May 29, 2008 Really neat story. It was a fun view into life about a century ago. My only nit with it was with the particular audio book I heard: an annoying afterward that publisher felt he had to append. In it, he explained to us how Mr. Verne’s views of other cultures are simply not acceptable to modern people such as ourselves, and although he has transgressed and used stereotypes of different cultures the book still has some value. I found it unfair and unnecessary. Verne’s depiction of different cultures Really neat story. It was a fun view into life about a century ago. My only nit with it was with the particular audio book I heard: an annoying afterward that publisher felt he had to append. In it, he explained to us how Mr. Verne’s views of other cultures are simply not acceptable to modern people such as ourselves, and although he has transgressed and used stereotypes of different cultures the book still has some value. I found it unfair and unnecessary. Verne’s depiction of different cultures includes stereotypes, of course, but he goes out of his way to present a variety of individuals in each culture. Some are good, some are bad. Some fit the stereotypes, and some don’t. In other words, he describes the world as he saw it. I don’t need someone to explain to me that the book still has some value. David Sasaki Jan 11, 2009 Whether or not you’ve read the novel or watched the movie, Jules Verne’s is so embedded in Western culture that just about everyone knows the basic plot premise: wealthy and reticent Englishman Phileas Fogg makes gentlemanl
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Puzzles - Coffeetime Triv (Sat) 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? 7: In which film did Roy Scheider play a sheriff and Richard Dreyfus a marine biologist? 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J.K.Rowling 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? A metronome 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and black 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid Wow! I got a footie and an anagram question. I'm going to need to lie down! 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? Batman? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? Italy 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 15 to 1 Patience, so you did. Well done all three of you only one missing is 7: and 'Marine Biologist' (the new wannabe career for Britain's 6th-formers) might have given it to you - the fiilm was Jaws
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The prefix thio- refers to the presence of which element in a chemical compound?
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Patent US9084783 - Thio compounds - Google Patents II. Terms In order to facilitate an understanding of the embodiments presented, the following explanations are provided. The singular terms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural referents unless context clearly indicates otherwise. Similarly, the word “or” is intended to include “and” unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The term “comprises” means “includes.” Also, “comprising A or B” means including A or B, or A and B, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It is to be further understood that all molecular weight or molecular mass values given for compounds are approximate, and are provided for description. Although methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of this disclosure, suitable methods and materials are described below. In addition, the materials, methods, and examples are illustrative only and not intended to be limiting. “Administration of” and “administering a” compound or agent should be understood to mean providing a compound or agent, a prodrug of a compound or agent, or a pharmaceutical composition as described herein. The compound, agent or composition can be administered by another person to the subject (e.g., intravenously) or it can be self-administered by the subject (e.g., tablets). The term “subject” refers to animals, including mammals (for example, humans and veterinary animals such as dogs, cats, pigs, horses, sheep, and cattle). An “R-group” or “substituent” refers to a single atom (for example, a halogen atom) or a group of two or more atoms that are covalently bonded to each other, which are covalently bonded to an atom or atoms in a molecule to satisfy the valency requirements of the atom or atoms of the molecule, typically in place of a hydrogen atom. Examples of R-groups/substituents include alkyl groups, hydroxyl groups, alkoxy groups, acyloxy groups, mercapto groups, and aryl groups. “Substituted” or “substitution” refer to replacement of a hydrogen atom of a molecule or an R-group with one or more additional R-groups such as halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, trifluoromethyl, acyloxy, hydroxy, mercapto, carboxy, aryloxy, aryl, arylalkyl, heteroaryl, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, morpholino, piperidino, pyrrolidin-1-yl, piperazin-1-yl, nitro, sulfato or other R-groups. “Acyl” refers to a group having the structure RCO—, where R may be alkyl, or substituted alkyl. “Lower acyl” groups are those that contain one to six carbon atoms. “Acyloxy refers to a group having the structure RCOO—, where R may be alkyl or substituted alkyl. “Lower acyloxy” groups contain one to six carbon atoms. “Alkenyl” refers to a cyclic, branched or straight chain group containing only carbon and hydrogen, and unless otherwise mentioned typically contains one to twelve carbon atoms, and contains one or more double bonds that may or may not be conjugated. Alkenyl groups may be unsubstituted or substituted. “Lower alkenyl” groups contain one to six carbon atoms. The term “alkoxy” refers to a straight, branched or cyclic hydrocarbon configuration and combinations thereof, including from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably from 1 to 8 carbon atoms (referred to as a “lower alkoxy”), more preferably from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, that include an oxygen atom at the point of attachment. An example of an “alkoxy group” is represented by the formula —OR, where R can be an alkyl group, optionally substituted with an alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, aralkyl, cycloalkyl, halogenated alkyl, alkoxy or heterocycloalkyl group. Suitable alkoxy groups include methoxy, ethoxy, n-propoxy, i-propoxy, n-butoxy, i-butoxy, sec-butoxy, tert-butoxy cyclopropoxy, cyclohexyloxy, and the like. The term “alkyl” refers to a branched or unbranched saturated hydrocarbon group of 1 to 24 carbon atoms, such as methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, isopropyl, n-butyl, isobutyl, t-butyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, decyl, tetradecyl, hexadecyl, eicosyl, tetracosyl and the like. A “lower alkyl” group is a saturated branched or unbranched hydroc
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Which car manufacturer produced the models, Laurel, Maxima and Scarab?
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Nissan Maxima is First Produced | World History Project 1976 Nissan Maxima is First Produced The Nissan Maxima is a full-size car manufactured by Nissan, marketed as the "four-door sports car". The Maxima debuted in 1976 as an upscale version of the Bluebird and was spun into its own line in 1980, having been made continuously since then. Most pre-2004 Maximas were built in Oppama, Japan, until the current North American Maximas started being assembled in Smyrna, Tennessee. The Maxima models are also known as Nissan Cefiro or Nissan Laurel in various markets. The Maxima model line began with the Nissan Bluebird Maxima, which was available in the US as Datsun 810 from February 1977. It was powered by two versions of the SOHC L-series I6 engine, a 2.0 L displacement for the Japanese market and a 2.4 L (as found in the Datsun 240Z) for the US market. The Bluebird Maxima used a carburetor for the base model and fuel injection for the sporty version. The 2.0 L engine was good for 122 PS JIS (90 kW), while the bigger American engine could reach 125 hp SAE (93 kW). The sporty version channeled power through a four speed manual transmission. These cars were rear-wheel drive and had a semi-trailing arm rear suspension. The station wagon variant had the rear live axle for load carrying reasons. The 2-door coupe version was introduced in 1979 along with an exterior refresh, and was available in the Maxima lineup in the Datsun 810 only. The new Datsun 280ZX shared the 810's chassis, though the 810 did not get that car's larger 2.8 L engine. Source: Wikipedia Added by: Kevin Rogers For much of the 1990s, our editors considered new family sedans from Japan and America to be quite practical for everyday use but rather feckless in terms of generating excitement or pride of ownership. There was, however, a recommended alternative for the car enthusiast weighed down by the grim reality of family life -- the Nissan Maxima. During this period, the Maxima, with its powerful V6, upscale interior and catchy "Four-Door Sports Car" marketing tagline, was ideally positioned as a bridge between those midsize snoozers and out-of-reach European sport sedans. These traits, along with continual improvements made by Nissan, ensured a loyal following and strong name recognition. Since that time, other automakers have targeted the Maxima's niche and brought out excellent competing models. The previous-generation Maxima, in particular, had little to offer to justify its extra price. However, a new Maxima has recently debuted, and it's again a compelling choice for a sedan that provides both performance and luxury. Used Nissan Maximas can also be very worthy, though certain model years are better than others, so some extra research will likely be required. Current Nissan Maxima The current Maxima represents the car's seventh generation, and debuted for the 2009 model year. It's a front-wheel-drive midsize sedan that packs a 290-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine. Sending the engine's power to the front wheels is a continuously variable transmission (CVT). In terms of size, it's actually a bit shorter than earlier Maximas; Nissan made this change in hopes of improving the car's handling and making it more distinctive. There are two available trim levels: 3.5 S and 3.5 SV. The base-model S is pretty well equipped, with a standard features list that includes amenities like keyless ignition/entry, dual-zone automatic climate control and a full complement of safety features. SV models pump up the luxury with features like leather upholstery and a premium nine-speaker Bose stereo. Numerous packages are available that give you the chance to upgrade with options like a voice-activated navigation system, iPod integration and a rearview camera. Our editors have praised the current Nissan Maxima for its powerful V6 engine and well-sorted suspension tuning. It also offers a high-quality interior and a high number of high-tech features. On the downside, Nissan packages much of that high-tech equipment into expensive packages, meaning the car's price might rise higher than
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News : March 2008 - AROnline : AROnline News : March 2008 TATA Motors acquires Jaguar and Land Rover Classic names are part of Tata deal Tony Lewin, Automotive News Europe 27th March, 2008 Tata Motors will get the right use three classic British auto-brand names as part of its £1.15bn deal to buy Jaguar and Land Rover. Included in the deal are the Rover name and the Jaguar-owned names of Daimler and Lanchester. Ford bought the rights to the Rover brand name from BMW in September 2006 for an undisclosed sum to ensure no other automaker could use it and cause confusion with the Land Rover brand. “We acquired the Rover trademark in the interests of protecting Land Rover,” said Ford of Europe spokesman John Gardiner. “So it’s also in the interests of the new owner of Land Rover to have it.” BMW obtained ownership of the Rover name when it bought the Rover Group in 1994. In 2006, BMW refused a request from China’s SAIC to use the Rover brand name under licence. SAIC had bought some assets of the ailing MG Rover Group and now builds cars called Roewes in China. Jaguar acquired the rights to sell cars badged as Daimlers in 1960 from the UK Daimler car company that was founded in 1896 and licensed by Gottlieb Daimler to use his internal combustion engine. The UK Daimler car company also owned the Lanchester brand name. LEADER: Jaguar goes to Tata, The Financial Times 27th March, 2008 Tata’s £1.15bn successful bid for Jaguar and Land Rover has propelled India’s biggest vehicle-maker on to the international stage. The company famed for making the world’s cheapest car has acquired two of Britain’s prime luxury marques. Ratan Tata, Tata’s chairman and the driving force behind its global ambitions, believes it can succeed where Ford, the previous owner, failed. He faces a monumental task. The sale of Jaguar and Land Rover is a strategic withdrawal for Ford, which in recent years has had to subsidise losses in Jaguar. It is profitable in Europe and can now focus on its core US car business. By contrast, Tata’s appetite for global reach is as strong as ever. It has risen beyond its domestic roots to become the undisputed standard bearer of India’s push overseas, possibly at the expense of India’s own industrialisation. The combination of a lossmaking Jaguar and a profitable Land Rover poses a sterner test for management than last year’s acquisition of the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus, to which Tata can marry low-cost production of raw materials. With Jaguar, the challenge is whether Tata has the resources – and patience – to save a brand that has been in decline for 40 years. Tata would be advised to learn from Ford’s mistakes, particularly in the managing of the Jaguar brand. The US company miscalculated badly when it sought to turn Jaguar into a high-volume producer, making a car based on the mass market Mondeo. Tata should exploit Jaguar’s traditional appeal: a distinctive blend of style and power that could sell well in expanding Asian markets. The new XF model, developed on Ford’s watch and a sleek replacement for an S-type in need of a makeover, could be the fillip it needs. Tata’s decision to stick to current business plans is logical. Even so, it is hard to see how anyone can turn a struggling manufacturer into a world-class business in a country where the industrial base has shrunk dramatically. The decline and collapse in 2005 of MG Rover, the UK’s last mass car producer, shows that fusty design and high labour costs carry a heavy price in a fiercely competitive automotive industry. Tata has won plaudits from trade unions by insisting that it will not “Indianise” the British brands. But it is likely to have to cut costs, despite a pledge not to close down factories in the UK before 2011. Tapping its own cheaper engineering and development expertise is an obvious early remedy. More drastic action may yet be needed if Jaguar is to survive and prosper. Tata pledge on UK car plants The Financial Times, Jonathan Guthrie in Birmingham, Joseph Leahy in Mumbai and John Reed in London, 27th March, 2008 Tata Motors has promised to kee
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The painting 'And When Did You Last See Your Father' can be found in Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery. Who painted it?
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John Shirley Fox, R.B.A. (British, 1860–1939) | The Knohl Collection John Shirley Fox, R.B.A. (British, 1860–1939) After "And When Did You Last See Your Father" by William Frederick Yeames You are here: Home / The Collection / Paintings / John Shirley Fox, R.B.A. (British, 1860–1939) Next » Henri-Paul Motte (French, 1846-1922) John Shirley Fox, R.B.A. (British, 1860–1939), watercolor, signed lower right, 27.5″ x 37″ [after the original oil by William Frederick Yeames (1878)] John Shirley Fox, R.B.A. studied in Paris at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under the famous French academic artist, Jean-Léon Gérôme. Fox started exhibiting at the Paris Salon at the early age of 16. Starting in 1890, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, and was elected a full Member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1892. He exhibited 15 paintings at the Royal Academy, 49 at the RBA, 2 at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, 1 at the Royal Oil Painters Institute, 4 at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolor and variously in the provinces. He lived in London in 1890, but later moved to Marlborough, keeping an apartment in London. He was married to Ada R. Holland, a portrait and figure painter who is also a listed artist and frequent exhibitor. Fox enjoyed fly fishing, and wrote two books, one about fishing and one about his experiences as an art student in Paris. His biographical details may be found in The Dictionary of British Artists (Collector’s Club) and The Dictionary of British Artists by Grant Waters. And When Did You Last See Your Father? is a watercolor painted after the original oil by William Frederick Yeames (1855-1918). The painting depicts a scene in an imaginary Royalist household during the English Civil War (1642 – 1646). The Parliamentarians have taken over the house and are questioning the boy about his Royalist father’s whereabouts. Behind him, a Roundhead soldier holds the boy’s crying sister, who waits her turn to be questioned. At the back of the hall the mother and elder daughter wait anxiously on the boy’s reply. You can see the mother’s fear and anxiety as she waits for the boy’s answer. The boy is obviously quite distraught; if the boy tells the truth he will endanger his father, but if he lies he will go against the ideal of honesty undoubtedly instilled in him by his parents. During the English Civil War, Roundheads (Parliamentarians) and Cavaliers (Royalist) fought against each other in order to gain control of the country. The Roundheads were unhappy with the way King Charles I ruled the country. The Cavaliers were loyal to the King. Oliver Cromwell, a leading Roundhead, had the King executed and then became leader of the country. The original oil painting, one of the most popular works hanging in the Walker Art Gallery, has been widely reproduced and is often found in history textbooks. It is also the subject of a popular 1890s song and has been replicated as a waxwork tableau at Madame Tussaud’s in London. For more information about the painting see:
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General Knowledge Quiz - By Zarbo84 The fictional character John Clayton is better known by what name? La Paz is the administrative capital of which South American country? Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name? The medical condition ‘aphonia’ is the inability to do what? In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the king of which Island? Who played the title role in the 1953 film ‘The Glenn Miller Story’? A third wedding anniversary is traditionally represented by which material? In the Bible, what sign did God give Noah that the earth would not be flooded again? In August 2011 NASA announced that photographic evidence had been captured of possible liquid water of which planet in our solar system? The restored tomb of which dramatist was unveiled in Paris in November 2011, after being ruined by lipstick smears left by thousands of kisses? What was the name of the hurricane which hit the East Coast of America in August 2011? On 11th March 2011 a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of which country? Convict George Joseph Smith was known as the ‘Brides in the ‘what’ murderer’? In the human body, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis is commonly known by what name? A peregrine is what type of bird? What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant? Which British pop musician/actor was actress Sadie Frost’s first husband? British singer Gaynor Hopkins is better known by what name? Who played Ron Kovic in the 1989 film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’? Ben Gurion International Airport is in which country? Which basketball star is kidnapped by cartoon characters in the 1996 film ‘Space Jam’? In the tv series The A Team, what does B.A. stand for in the name B.A. Baracus? In medicine, metritis is the inflammation of which part of the body? In which year was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in the USA? In the human body, where is the atrium? The OK Corral is in which US town? In Greek mythology, Amphitrite, queen of the sea, was the wife of which god? Which British boxer bought one of the original ‘Only Fools and Horses’ Reliant Robins in 2004? Actor Roy Harold Scherer was better known by what name? Anna Gordy was the first wife of which late soul singer? Who played Heinrich Himmler in the 1976 film ‘The Eagle Has Landed’? Which is the fastest rotating planet in our solar system? Which country was invaded by Iraq in 1990? Cobalt, Cyan and Cerulean are shades of which colour? In 1936, Joseph Bowers was the first inmate to attempt an escape from which prison? In the 18th Century, the British Royal Navy ordered limes and lemons to be carried on board ships as a remedy for which disease? In which US state were the 1692 Witch Trials held? Question Who was the father of English monarch Edward VI? Vermicide is a substance used for killing which creatures? Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs were two elderly residents in which UK tv sitcom? Who was US actor Mickey Rooney’s first wife? The resort town of Sliema is on which Mediterranean island? In the Bible, what is the Decalogue more commonly known as? In Greek mythology, Hypnos was the god of what? Which real-life couple starred in the 1994 remake of the film ‘The Getaway’? American 1940′s murder victim Elizabeth Short was known by what posthumous nickname? British monarch Henry VIII married which of his wives in 1540? In February 1983 which US writer choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops? Which US gangster was released from Alcatraz prison in November 1939? Who built the Roman wall which divided England and Scotland? In the human body, the hallux is more commonly known by what name? The liqueur Maraschino is flavoured with which fruit? Which famous US outlaw shot the cashier of a savings bank in Gallatin Missouri in 1869? Kathmandu is the capital of which country? TAP is the chief airline of which European country? In November 2002, which member of the British royal family was convicted and fined for violating the Dangerous Dogs Act? Tommy Lee plays which instrument in the band Motley Crue? The Wang River i
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Terry Gene Bollea - Hulk Hogan Net Worth Terry Gene Bollea Read more... Hulk Hogan Hulk Hogan Net Worth is $30 Million. Hulk Hogan's net worth is $30 million dollars, or at least it was before his divorce was finalized! Hulk, real name Terry Bollea, made his money from his days as a wrestler in the WWE. Hulk also invested his money. Terry Gene Bollea (born Augu... Hulk Hogan Net Worth is $30 Million. Hulk Hogan Net Worth is $30 Million. Hulk Hogan's net worth is $30 million dollars, or at least it was before his divorce was finalized! Hulk, real name Terry Bollea, made his money from his days as a wrestler in the WWE. Hulk also invested his money Terry Gene Bollea , better known by his ring name Hulk Hogan, is an American professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling . Hogan enjoyed mainstream popularity in the mid 1980s through the early 1990s as the all-American character Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation , and was notable in the mid-to-late 1990s as Hollywood Hogan, the villainous nWo leader, in World Championship Wrestling . Following the closure of WCW, he made a brief return to WWE in the early 2000s before revising his heroic character by combining elements of his two most famous personas. Hogan was later inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005. He is a 12-time world champion being a six-time WWF/WWE Champion, six-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion, as well as a former WWE World Tag Team Champion with Edge. He won the Royal Rumble in 1990 and 1991, making him the first to win two consecutive Roy...
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Baldwin Brothers Biography Alec, Daniel, Billy and Stephen Alec Baldwin Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958, in Massapequa, New York, Long_Island, New York) is an American actor who is the oldest and best known of the "Baldwin brothers", with brothers Daniel, Stephen and William. He is of three quarters Irish and one quarter French descent. Baldwin has appeared in movies such as The Cooler, The Hunt for Red October, Beetlejuice, Ghosts of Mississippi, Talk Radio, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (voice), The Cat in the Hat, Pearl Harbor, Thomas and the Magic Railroad, Along Came Polly, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and The Aviator. He has also made notable appearances on television. In particular, Baldwin is one of the most frequent hosts of Saturday Night Live, leading the show twelve times and also making cameo appearances regularly. He played William Barrett Travis in a movie about the Alamo called Thirteen Days of Glory. In 1998, he began narrating the American version of the children's series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He left the series in 2003. When Baldwin was young, he had a job as a busboy at famous New York City disco Studio 54. He claims he had to quit the job because seeing all of the sex going on around him "was making me too horny." He was married to actress Kim Basinger from 1993 to 2002. They were the subject of much media attention for the bitter divorce and custody fight for their daughter and accusations that Baldwin was an abusive husband, which many believed hurt his career in addition to allegations of him having anger managemeant problems. Baldwin, a liberal Democrat, has always had an active interest in politics and is frequently rumored to be a candidate for public office. He recently revealed in a British magazine interview that he plans to leave acting in a few years to pursue a career in politics. Daniel Baldwin Daniel Baldwin is an American actor who is a member of the famous Baldwin family. His brothers, Alec, Stephen and William are also actors. William Baldwin William Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor. He is best known for his early starring roles in such films as Backdraft and Flatliners. He also starred alongside Cindy Crawford in the 1995 film, Fair Game. He has continued to act in films and on television, but has not taken many lead roles. His brothers Daniel, Stephen and Alec are also notable actors - see Baldwin brothers. He is married to singer Chynna Phillips. Stephen Baldwin Stephen Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor. He is one of the "Baldwin brothers," with brothers Daniel, William and the most famous Alec. In 2001 and 2002 he was a frequent caller into "The Ron and Fez Show" before they moved from New York City to Washington D.C. He is a born-again Christian in contrast to his leftist brother Alec. He currently resides in the village of Nyack, New York. He directed and produced Livin' It!, a film that focuses on Christian athletes involved in extreme sports and evangelism. Stephen Baldwin became a born-again Christian shortly after the 9/11 attacks. He frequently talks about his conversion experience, which involves his Portuguese housekeeper. He also currently hosts the television show, Scare Tactics. From Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_brothers
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Tokyo Consult: How to get from Narita Airport to Tokyo city. How to get from Narita Airport to Tokyo city. Bus and Train information counter at Narita airport Narita airport is located approximately 50 miles (80 kilometers) from Tokyo city. Getting from Narita airport to the city might make first time travelers feel a bit uneasy. It is actually surprising easy to do in a area where the public transportation system is best established in the world. -To read about how to plan your trip to Tokyo, visit Planning for your trip to Tokyo -To read about where you can find the best Ramen in Tokyo, visit Best Ramen in Tokyo. Rental Car For most of the people from North America, rental cars might come into mind. However, dealing with international driver's license, rental car process, new driving rules (on the opposite side of the road) and lack of parking spaces in Tokyo city, are definitely complicated and intimidating in one of the busiest city in the world. Driving a rental car is definitely not recommended for first time travelers in Japan. I would reserve this option for more advanced travelers and will possible discuss about this topic in my future blog post. -Advantage: Freedom. -Disadvantage: Trouble; Cost; Parking issues; Traffic. Taxi It is perhaps the easiest method. All you need to do is to wave at one right after you get out of the airport terminal. Imagining paying for taxi for a 50 mile (80 kilometer) ride. The cost might be as high as 40,000 yen one way. That is close to 500 USD or 400 EURO. Traffic might also get in the way of the taxi ride and adds to the high cost of taxi fare. Traffic in Tokyo could add an additional hour to your total taxi ride. Sure it is convenient and easy, but I rather reserve this option for when someone else is paying for my ride or when I have won the lottery ticket. -Advantage: Easy; No need to drag luggage on the streets. -Disadvantage: COST!!! Traffic Public Transportation In my opinion, public transportations are the best ways to get from Narita airport to the city center. With the rising cost of travel expenses and exchange rate, the cost-performance value is high with public transportation. Most of the train stations access are located in the basement of Narita terminals. As soon as travelers go through the customs, look for signs directing to basement train ticket office/platform. Train JR Narita Express Modern, fast , and simple choice for first time travelers. The cost is approximately 3,000 to 3,500 for one way trip. Round-trip ticket with SUICA card package offers lower rate and it is a great deal in my opinion. Narita Express train line stops at major stations in Tokyo, which include Tokyo, Shinagawa, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Ikebukuro. The travel time will be around 60 to 80 minutes depending on the destination. -Advantage: Fast; Convenient; Covered by JR Pass; Smooth ride; Reserved seats; No traffic. -Disadvantage: Only stops at major stations in the city; not the cheapest option. JR Train (Sobu Line) Local train that takes you from the airport terminal to Ueno. It is one of the cheapest options to get from the airport to the city. The train will stop at many local stations. There will be many budget travelers riding this train. The time it takes to get to the city will be approximately 90 minnutes. Costs around 1200 to 1500 yen for an one-way ride. -Advantage: Inexpensive; Mostly commuter locals. No traffic. -Disadvantage: Slower than other options; Not the most comfortable train ride. No reserved seats and seats are limited; Travelers might be standing during the entire train ride. Fastest/Newest option Narita/Tokyo has to offer. It takes approximately 45 minutes to get from Narita to Ueno/Nippori station. Reserved seats. Cost is about 2,000 to 2,500 yen. Package deals with one/two-day Metro pass are also available. -Advantage: Fast, bullet-train-like speed. Reserved seats. Slightly cheaper than Narita Express. No traffic. -Disadvantage: Stops at Nippori and Ueno station only, it will require transfer on other train lines in order to get to your final destination. Not the ch
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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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BBC - Remembrance - The Cenotaph About the Remembrance Wall The Cenotaph The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London has played host to the Remembrance Service for the past nine decades. But how did the monument become such an indelible part of the UK's commemoration of those who lost their lives in past conflicts? Originally intended as a small part of the Peace Day events of July 1919, The Cenotaph was designed and built by Edwin Lutyens at the request of the then Prime Minister Lloyd George The Cenotaph - which literally means Empty Tomb in Greek - was initially a wood and plaster construction intended for the first anniversary of the Armistice in 1919. At its unveiling the base of the monument was spontaneously covered in wreaths to the dead and missing from The Great War. Such was the extent of public enthusiasm for the construction it was decided that The Cenotaph should become a permanent and lasting memorial. The Cenotaph, made from Portland stone, was unveiled in 1920. The inscription reads simply "The Glorious Dead". Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph in Whitehall by His Majesty King George V, 11 November 1920 © Copyright Imperial War Museum On the Sunday nearest to 11 November at 11am each year, a Remembrance Service is held at the Cenotaph to commemorate British and Commonwealth servicemen and women who died in the two World Wars and later conflicts. The monarch, religious leaders, politicians, representatives of state and the armed and auxiliary forces, gather to pay respect to those who gave their lives defending others. The service has changed little since it was first introduced in 1921, hymns are sung, prayers are said and a two minute silence is observed. Official wreaths are laid on the steps of The Cenotaph. The ceremony ends with a march past of war veterans; a poignant gesture of respect for their fallen comrades. Services of Remembrance are held at war memorials and cenotaphs throughout Britain and the Commonwealth nations. While the style and size of these memorials vary considerably from place to place, an exact replica of Lutyens' Cenotaph stands proudly in London, Canada. BBC Links:
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London 2012 | Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything Computing: The Science of Nearly Everything Tim Berners-Lee at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony: “THIS IS FOR EVERYONE” It was a delight to see Tim Berners-Lee taking part in the London 2012 Opening Ceremony last night, which was a thoroughly classy and enjoyable (if slightly bonkers in places) celebration of the UK. As you can see, I got a little bit excited when TBL appeared on stage (with his NeXTcube ), but it was clear recognition of the UK’s contribution to the Digital Age and its impact on the entire world. There was also a hat tip at the beginning of the ceremony to engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel (albeit some Americans thought he was a Dickensian character ), although it would have been nice to have recognised Alan Turing in his centenary year . The message from TBL was “ THIS IS FOR EVERYONE “, even live-tweeting from the ceremony: This is for everyone #london2012 #oneweb #openingceremony @ webfoundation @ w3c — Tim Berners-Lee (@timberners_lee) July 27, 2012 The Web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect — to help people work together — and not as a technical toy. The ultimate goal of the Web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies. We develop trust across the miles and distrust around the corner. Tim Berners-Lee Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web (1999) A great message to take away from the London 2012 Olympics.
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What Olympic sport is derived from the Greek word for naked?
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Gymnastics in Greece and the First Olympics - Gymnastics Zone Gymnastics Zone You are here: Home > Gymnastics in Greece and the First Olympics Gymnastics in Greece and the First Olympics Posted on January 19, 2011 in Articles Introduced in early Greek civilization, gymnastics facilitated physical body development utilizing a variety of activities including running, jumping, wrestling, weight lifting, swimming and throwing. Gymnastics in Ancient Crete The later history of gymnastics is closely related to the ancient Olympic Games, but a thousand years before the first Olympics, King Minos (and others during the Crete Minoan period 2,700 BC – 1,400 BC) had already advocated such physical exercises. The First Olympics In 776 BC, the Greeks held the first Olympic games, which was a festival dedicated to their god, Zeus. In this game there was only a foot race of 200 yards. These first Olympic games continued for about 1,100 years The ancient Greeks practiced physical exercises and routines and as a result, gymnastics was added in the ancient Olympic Games along with boxing, wrestling, throwing, jumping, and weightlifting. A Variety of Gymnastics Events Gymnastics is one of the oldest Olympic sports, and competitors performed a variety of events that could loosely be termed “gymnastics”. These activities are recorded in illustrations seen on ancient clay pots. Nude Gymnastics The name of the sport “gymnastics” is derived from the ancient Greek word “gymnos” which literally translated means naked and comes from, the Greek word for naked. In ancient Greece, male athletes trained and competed in the nude. Because of this, women were excluded from the ancient Games, not just as competitors but also as spectators. Gymnasiums The Greeks built elaborate complexes known as gymnasia for their physical education training. The gymnasium, originally an area for physical training, evolved into a school for training both the body and the mind. There were three types of teachers in a gymnasium: Grammatistes, who taught reading, writing and other scholarly pursuits; Kitharistes, who taught music; and paidotribes, who were physical fitness teachers. Thus, the gymnasium also became a center for the arts, philosophy and literature. Early Gymnastics to Music Physical training took place in the palestra, which was a square, walled, open-air workout area and even equipped with changing rooms and baths. A variety of activities were classified as gymnastics, including running, jumping, weightlifting, throwing, wrestling, and swimming. Evidently, many exercises were conducted to music, just like in the floor exercise routines of modern women’s artistic gymnastics. Spartan Gymnastics Among the ancient Greeks, gymnastics probably reached a peak in Sparta. With their emphasis on the military, the Spartans prized activities and exercises that could improve not only physical fitness but also military discipline. In Athens and other Greek city-states, usually only boys received a formal education and took part in gymnastics. Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics Physical fitness was a highly valued attribute in ancient Greece for both men and women. Basic gymnastics events were practiced in some form even prior to the introduction of “gymnazein” which means literally, “to exercise naked” or “gymnos” meaning “naked art.” The Early Christian View of Gymnastics Christians of the time considered gymnastics Satanic because of its focus on the body and that gymnasts performed in the nude at the all-male ancient Games of Olympia. Early Gymnastics Evolves into Other Sports Many of these exercises, activities and competitions grouped under the ancient definition of gymnastics later became separate sports such as track and field, wrestling, and boxing. The First P.E. Teachers Early Greek gymnastics and physical fitness teachers, the paidotribes, were the first to design systems of physical activity for both athletes and the ordinary citizens. These programs were central aspects of a formal education. The Body is a Temple The Greek philosophy views the human body as a temp
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Sydney Olympic Games, 2000 | australia.gov.au Sydney Olympic Games, 2000 The exceptionally well-organised Sydney Games were a true celebration of Olympic values and sporting excellence. Olympic Committee The Sydney Olympic Games were held from 15 September to 1 October 2000. Sydney was awarded the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games in 1993. It was the second time that an Australian city had hosted the Olympic Games, the first being in Melbourne in 1956. The first Olympic Games of the modern era were held in Athens in 1896 following the founding of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. The Olympics began in Greece about 3,500 years ago but were discontinued in 393 AD. In 1887, Baron Pierre de Coubertin came up with the idea of reviving the Olympics. At the Sydney 2000 Olympics there were 199 competing countries and four individual athletes from East Timor who marched in the parade of nations. There were 10,651 athletes (4,069 women, 6,582 men). There were 300 events. One of the extraordinary characteristics of the Sydney Olympics was the number of volunteers, 46,967, which had grown from an original group of 500, honoured in a parade through the city after the games. The extent of interest world-wide in the Olympics is reflected in the 16,033 accredited media people (5,298 written press, 10,735 broadcasters). Highlights – 100 years of women's participation Cathy Freeman wins gold in the 400m. Image courtesy of the ABC. Sydney 2000 celebrated 100 years of women's participation in the Olympic Games. The Triathlon made its Olympic debut with the women's race as the first event. Brigitte McMahon of Switzerland swam, cycled and ran to win gold and beat the favoured Australian athlete Michelie Jones who won silver. McMahon only passed Jones in sight of the finish line. Taekwondo was another new addition to the Olympic programme. Australian Lauren Burns, won gold in taekwondo, women's -49kg. Roared on by home fans, Burns surged ahead to 4-2 in the second round after being tied at the end of first round. Susanthika Jayasinghe became the first Sri Lankan woman to win a medal, claiming bronze in the 200m, whilst Birgit Fischer of Germany earned two gold medals in kayaking to become the first woman in any sport to win medals 20 years apart, having won gold at the Moscow, Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games. Women also took part in weightlifting and the modern pentathlon for the very first time. Australian Maria Pekli, won silver in judo for the women's 57kg. Other Australian women gold medal winners included Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst for beach volleyball, and Jenny Armstrong and Belinda Stowell for sailing, in the women's 470 class. The Australian women's hockey, softball and water polo teams also showed their excellence in winning gold. Opening ceremony and Olympic Flame Sydney 200 opening ceremony. Image courtesy of the ABC. The opening ceremony began with a tribute to Australian culture, history and identity with over 120 Australian stock horses stepping out, paying tribute to Australian stockmen. Performances that followed included references to the arrival of the First Fleet, immigration and rural industry as well as a large display of lawnmowers and an Australian Hill's hoist clothes line representing domestic life and ingenuity. Music and performance highlights of the opening were two hundred (200) Indigenous women from Central Australia dancing to cleanse and protect the Games and hundreds of tap-dancing teenagers. Olivia Newton-John and John Farnham sang the duet 'Dare to Dream' while walking among the athletes. Torres Strait Islander Christine Anu sang 'My Island Home' and the Australian National Anthem was sung by the boy band Human Nature with the second verse sung by Julie Anthony. The games were opened by the Australian Governor-General Sir William Deane with the Olympic Flag carried around the arena by eight former Australian Olympic champions: Bill Roycroft, Murray Rose, Liane Tooth, Gillian Rolton, Marjorie Jackson, Lorraine Crapp, Michael Wenden and Nick Green. Cathy Freeman lighting the Olympic Fla
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Gillette Co. | AdAge Encyclopedia of Advertising - AdAge Adage Aleady a member? Sign in Get More From Ad Age Register to become a member today. You'll get the essential information you need to do your job better, including 7 free articles per month on Ad Age and Creativity Ability to comment on articles and creative work Access to 9 custom e-newsletters like Ad Age Daily, Ad Age Digital and CMO Strategy To get unlimited content and more benefits, check out our Membership page Register Now Want more Access, Content & Connections? We are glad you are enjoying Advertising Age. To get uninterrupted access and additional benefits, become a member today. Already a member? Log in or go back to the homepage . Hey, there. It looks like you're using an ad blocker. The news and features are funded in part by our advertisers. To support Ad Age and the industry we cover please either: . Most Popular In September 1901, King Camp Gillette founded the American Safety Razor Co., which was renamed the Gillette Safety Razor Co. in 1904. By the end of that year, in which Mr. Gillette received a U.S. patent for the safety razor, his company had produced more than 90,000 razors and 120,000 blades. Sales expanded both domestically and overseas, with Gillette opening units in London and Paris, as well as Canada, Germany and, in 1906, Mexico. Gillette's blades were sold wrapped in green paper with Mr. Gillette's picture on the wrapper. Thanks to Mr. Gillette's easily recognizable face and signature adorning every package, the company established one of the first brands known worldwide. For the "civilized man" Early Gillette ads targeted men exclusively; they appeared principally in newspapers and general circulation magazines, and stressed the civilizing aspect of shaving. "The country's future is written in the faces of young men," one blurb from 1910 declared, continuing, "The Gillette is a builder of regular habits. Own a Gillette—be a master of your time—shave in three minutes." Another ad from the same year indicated that Gillette's razors separated independent, civilized men from brutes and effeminate males: "Woman is the great civilizer. If it were not for her, man would revert to whiskers and carry a club. . . . " Many early ads criticized barbers, who posed a threat to the popularity of home shaving. But such combative ads disappeared once the marketer enticed barbers into selling Gillette products by giving them a percentage of each home kit they sold. Gillette first attempted to create a profitable women's market in 1915, with an extensive national ad campaign promoting the Milady Decollette as the "safest and most sanitary method of acquiring a smooth underarm"; the campaign proved only marginally successful. During World War I, the marketer weathered the loss of its European sales offices and factories with help from the U.S. military market. Since 1910, Gillette had asserted that its razor was a "godsend to a sailor" and equated clean-shaven cheeks with manly military discipline. The U.S. military reinforced that message in 1918, when it began issuing each soldier a Gillette shaving kit. That helped Gillette's sales rise from 1.1 million razors in 1917 to 3.5 million razors and 32 million blades in 1918. When the war ended, millions of U.S. servicemen returned home to ads that suggested a Gillette shave was a symbol of civilization and a universal imprimatur of masculinity: "There are some things that all big-brained, red-blooded men agree on. And the Gillette Safety Razor is one of them. Twenty million men of all breeds, all classes, in every country on earth are using Gillettes every day of their lives and liking them," read one 1920 ad. Gillette continued its efforts to reach the women's market during the Roaring Twenties, introducing the slightly undersized Bobby Gillette razor in 1924, but it met with limited success. The marketer took an early shine to radio. Beginning in 1929, listeners could tune in every Friday night to NBC for music by the Gillette Blades Orchestra; the voices of the Gay Young Blades, accompanied by a pai
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Who sings the signature tune to Dad's Army
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We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story – review: Don’t panic! This is absolutely lovely | Television & radio | The Guardian Last night's TV We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story – review: Don’t panic! This is absolutely lovely A BBC drama about a great BBC success story of the past could have been unbearable. But it’s much more than a Dad’s Army luv-in Co-writers David Croft (Richard Dormer) and Jimmy Perry (Paul Ritter) in We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story. Photograph: Helen Sloan/BBC/Endemol Shine UK Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler If you think we’re on the run? We are the boys who will stop your little game We are the boys who will make you think again … Can you see those animated arrow-headed nazi snakes poking their swastika heads through Europe towards Blighty? And the plucky little Union Jack arrow, poking them back again? Don’t panic! There’s a charming scene in Stephen Russell’s We’re Doomed! The Dad’s Army Story (BBC2). Roy Hudd playing Bud Flanagan sings the theme tune to Jimmy Perry (Paul Ritter). Sings it beautifully, straight through, records it in one take. It was, incidentally, the last thing Bud Flanagan recorded; he died not long after, in October 1968. Anyway, it brings a tear to Perry’s eye; his show has got its tune, all done now, good to go. Brings a tear to my eye, too, if I’m honest. But that’s jumping the gun. Back to the beginning, March 1967, and Perry, a jobbing actor who is failing to get parts and going nowhere, has an idea for a sitcom, based on his experiences in the Home Guard during the war. He writes it, and shows it to BBC producer David Croft (Richard Dormer), also frustrated professionally, who likes it. Together, they rewrite and write more and turn it into … well, you know what it turns into. This could have been unbearable. A BBC drama about a great BBC success story of the past; actors playing well-loved actors playing well-loved characters; a warm, sticky, luvvie daisy chain of self-congratulation, and up-its-own-arseness (“they DO like it up ’em!”). In fact, it’s very hard not to like, whether you are Dad’s Army’s biggest fan, and you get all the knowing nods and the winks (not just to DA but to future Perry-Croft collaboration Hi-de-Hi! too) or you’ve never seen a single episode. It is more than a Dad’s Army luv-in, it’s a portrait of a working partnership working very well; two men who weren’t having much fun at all suddenly having a lot of it, making something funny. Almost like a work romance. And it’s not just the creators having fun, the actors are, too, and a happy cast has happy results, apparently. Plus, it’s a nice portrait of the late 60s – big collars, little skirts, pretty girls, the Pretty Things, Herman’s Hermits, the Kinks, a Beetle, spelled like that, a red one. As for the BBC, well she’s not a hero in this at all – more like the pantomime villain. If anything, We’re Doomed shines the spotlight on everything wrong – then and still – with Auntie, the layers of management and bureaucracy nonsense. So head of comedy Michael Mills (Harry Peacock) likes Perry and Croft’s sitcom, but then it has to go to head of light entertainment Tom Sloan (Stuart McQuarrie) and then above him there’s Head Of BBC1 Paul Fox ( Keith Allen ), a former para and a man of few words who doesn’t seem to like anything much at all. They have all got to have their say, and their input. There are so many compromises to be made, and egos to be kept happy, it’s a wonder that anything of any worth with any character or integrity came/comes out of the place at all. It’s a relief that Michael Mills is a friend and a colleague’s dad (or was, he died in 1988) rather than either of the other two, which would have made discussing the show awkward. Mills – with his big battleship on his desk and his gruff “now look here”s – comes across as someone who makes things happen rather than someone who tries to stop things from happening. He didn’t just commission it, he came up with the name Dad’s Army too (clearly a better title than Perry’s The Fighting Tigers) and was instrumental in casting it. They’v
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Dad's Army | Music from the television series on CD and download 1. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? Bud Flanagan 2. BLUE SKIES ARE 'ROUND THE CORNER Jack Hylton and his Orchestra 3. THE KING IS STILL IN LONDON Billy Cotton and his Band 4. TIGGERTY BOO Joe Loss and his Orchestra 5. KEEP YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL Harry Roy and his Orchestra 6. IT'S A HAP-HAP-HAPPY DAY Arthur Askey, with Orchestra 7. LET THE PEOPLE SING Geraldo and his Orchestra. Vocal by Evelyn Lane 8. CALLING ALL WORKERS Eric Coates and Orchestra 9. I'VE GOT MY EYES ON YOU Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Jack Cooper 10. FOOLS RUSH IN Carroll Gibbons and his Orchestra. Vocal by Anne Lenner 11. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Sam Browne 12. RUN RABBIT RUN Ambrose and his Orchestra. Vocal by Jack Cooper 13. WISH ME LUCK (AS YOU WAVE ME GOODBYE) Gracie Fields 14. THE TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC Henry Hall and his Orchestra, with Chorus 15. THE DEVIL'S GALOP Charles Williams and his Concert Orchestra 16. LORDS OF THE AIR Harold Williams and Orchestra 17. ADOLF Billy Cotton and his Band 18. I CAME, I SAW, I CONGA'D Nat Gonella and his New Georgians 19. FOLLOW THE WHITE LINE Arthur Riscoe and Orchestra 20. WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK Billy Cotton and his Band 21. HEY LITTLE HEN Bunny Doyle with Orchestra 22. WHEN THEY SOUND THE LAST 'ALL CLEAR' Vera Lynn with Mantovani's Orchestra 23. BLESS 'EM ALL Billy Cotton and his Band 24. THERE'LL ALWAYS BE AN ENGLAND Jack Payne and his Orchestra. Vocal by Robert Ashley 25. FURIOSO No. 1 The Crawford Light Orchestra 26. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? (MARCH) Performed by the Grand Massed Bands Sleevenote: The immortal BBC television comedy series Dad's Army ran for over 80 episodes between 1968 and 1977, as well as spawning a feature film, a radio series and a West End musical. Written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, it established Captain Mainwaring, Segeant Wilson, Corporal Jones and Privates Pike, Godfrey, Walker and Frazer as comedy legends, spawning half a dozen deathless catchphrases such as "Don't panic!" and "Stupid boy". In addition to drawing on his own experience as a youthful Home Guard in Barnes and Watford between 1940-1943 (reflected in the character of Pike), Jimmy Perry elected to use period music rather than library material, which is often somewhat sterile. This decision was also influenced by budgetary restrictions at the BBC - and thank goodness, since the use of nostalgic vintage recordings added immeasurably to the success and popularity of the show. A BBC survey as early as 1968 confirmed that "attention to detail and the inclusion of excerpts from wartime songs add greatly to the atmosphere of authenticity." On this popular CD you will hear many of the best songs featured in the nine series filmed, as well as rare incidental music, and the immortal theme written by Jimmy Perry, and sung by Bud Flanagan. Said Jimmy Perry: "It didn't take me long to write Mr Hitler. I often tell people that I just put together a lot of wartime songs. This isn't quite true, but once I had decided on my theme - the brave defiance of the British people against one of the most evil forces the world has known - the words seemed to come quite easily. I sorted out the melody and then I contacted Derek Taverner to put the whole thing together for me." The song (together with the end title version, performed by the Band of the Coldstream Guards) was recorded at BBC Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, in February 1968. Of Bud Flanagan, David Croft recalled: "We were very lucky to get him. It turned out he'd never recorded a song that he hadn't actually sung before. In the end that signature tune was an accumulation of about eight takes pieced together." Three months later Flanagan died, and a great music hall legend passed into the hall of fame. In 1970 the song won a richly deserved Ivor Novello award for best signature tune. Annotated tracklist: 1. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING, MR HITLER? Performed by Bud Flanagan. Written by Jimmy Perry and Derek Taverner. Published by Veronica Music Ltd. O
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Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize-Apnaahangout Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize Only person ever to win an Oscar and Nobel prize Arun Kallarackal Last updated on: August 26, 2013 Tips and Facts No Comments Oscar is the holy grail of cinema world and Nobel prize is an ultimate achievement for any individual who makes notable contributions in the fields of medicine, chemistry, literature, peace, physics. Double delight! Both are highly valued and respected. Has any individual won an Oscar and Nobel? The answer is yes. George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright won Nobel Prize for literature in 1925. Later, he went on to win an Oscar for Best Screenplay for the film Pygmalion. Thus he became the one and only person ever to win the Oscar and Nobel Prize both. Related Posts
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The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930 Sinclair Lewis The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930 Sinclair Lewis Prize share: 1/1 The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930 was awarded to Sinclair Lewis "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters". Photos: Copyright © The Nobel Foundation Share this: To cite this page MLA style: "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1930". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2017. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1930/>
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Heath Ledger favored to become second actor to win Oscar posthumously | Tampa Bay Times Heath Ledger favored to become second actor to win Oscar posthumously I want to see more articles tagged I'm already following articles tagged 2 Weeks Ago Times Film Critic Peter Finch awoke on Jan. 14, 1977, dressed, kissed his wife and began a familiar stroll to the nearby Beverly Hills Hotel. The 64-year-old British actor often visited the hotel's bar, but this occasion was different. Finch was to appear on Good Morning America with director Sidney Lumet, promoting their new movie, Network. Finch would later earn his second best actor nod (after Sunday Bloody Sunday), playing the mad prophet newsman Howard Beale, urging viewers to get mad as hell at life's injustice and not take it anymore. But he wouldn't be alive to relish the honor. Inside the hotel lobby, Finch felt tightness in his chest. He collapsed into a plush chair, felled by a massive heart attack. An hour later, Finch was pronounced dead at a hospital. Ten weeks after, he became the only actor ever to receive a posthumous Oscar. Sunday night, Finch will likely gain company in that distinction. Heath Ledger never had a chance to enjoy his best supporting actor nomination for The Dark Knight. The Australian-born actor died at age 28 of an accidental prescription drug overdose in a New York apartment, exactly one year before his nomination was announced on Jan. 22. After winning every major award in his category before the Oscars — the result of fond remembrance and a stunning portrayal of Batman's archenemy, the Joker — Ledger is expected to complete the sweep at the Kodak Theatre. It should be the kind of dramatic, spontaneous theater that makes the Oscars intriguing every year. Ledger's surviving family is rumored to be attending to accept the Oscar, as Finch's widow, Eletha, did in 1977. Posthumous Oscar nominations aren't uncommon; Ledger is the 70th person to receive one in the academy's 81-year history. Fourteen deceased nominees — Walt Disney among them — have won the Oscar, mostly artists behind the camera, anonymous to moviegoers. Actors are who we see when we watch movies, so we care a bit more about them. Ledger's nomination is only the eighth bestowed upon an actor who didn't live to enjoy the ceremony. The first went to Jeanne Eagles in 1930, for best actress in The Letter. The most recent was Massimo Troisi, for best actor in 1996 for The Postman (Il Postino). James Dean is the king of after-death honors, with two posthumous nominations in the mid 1950s: best actor for Giant and supporting actor for East of Eden. Sir Ralph Richardson (Greystroke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes) was a supporting actor finalist in 1985. Spencer Tracy was a sentimental best actor nominee in 1968 for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. None of those actors had Ledger's year-end awards momentum, or the Internet-era buzz that practically fills out academy voters' ballots. Sunday night, an envelope will open in the Kodak Theatre, and so will tear ducts. And somewhere in the hereafter, Finch will welcome Ledger into the Academy Awards' saddest, most exclusive club. Information from the Associated Press, Internet Movie Database, Los Angeles Times and Elaine Dundy's book "Finch, Bloody Finch" was used in this report. . FAST FACTS
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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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Sir John Houblon (1632–1712), First Governor of the Bank of England (1694–1697) | Art UK Art UK | Discover Artworks Sir John Houblon (1632–1712), First Governor of the Bank of England (1694–1697) Sir John Houblon (1632–1712), First Governor of the Bank of England (1694–1697) Start a discussion on Art Detective Notes Add or edit a note on this artwork that only you can see. You can find notes again by going to the ‘Notes’ section of your account. Discard changes You can help us tag artworks on Tagger . The tags above come from the public, and also from an image recognition project run by the Visual Geometry Group, University of Oxford . Bank of England Museum Threadneedle Street, London, Greater London EC2R 8AH England Not all locations are open to the public. Please contact the gallery or collection for more information Catherine Taylor (d.1757) The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford Edward Coke (1552–1634), Lawyer, Legal Writer and Politician Trinity College, University of Cambridge Elizabeth, Marchioness of Lindsey Birmingham Museums Trust Mary Harpur (d.1752), Lady Holte (?) National Trust, Calke Abbey William Wake (1657–1737), Archbishop of Canterbury Lambeth Palace John Pearson (1613–1686), Master (1662–1672), Bishop of Chester (1672–1686) Trinity College, University of Cambridge Samuel Gale (1682–1754) Society of Antiquaries of London: Burlington House How you can use this image © All rights reserved All images on Art UK are protected by copyright and image permissions vary across the Art UK website. Please check individual artwork pages for information about permitted use. This image can be used for non-commercial research or private study purposes, and other UK exceptions to copyright permitted to users based in the United Kingdom under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. Some images on Art UK are available to purchase as prints and may be available to license for commercial purposes through the Art UK Shop . For all other types of use please contact the owning collection. Their website may have more information about permitted uses and licensing.
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2001 KO Final February, which ex-PM was awarded an earldom on his 90th birthday ? Harold Macmillan B1 A member of the House of Lords and an ex-MP, who celebrated his 100th birthday in November 1984 ? Mannie Shinwell Which government department banned trades unions causing a national outcry ? GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) Outside which foreign government building was policewoman Yvonne Fletcher shot and fatally wounded ? Libyan People's Bureau or Libyan Embassy A3 In the course of a violent argument in April, which recording artist was shot and killed by his father ? Marvin Gaye In October, who was killed by members of her own bodyguard ? Indira Ghandi A4 In March the British government announced its approval of the sale of which shipyard on the lower Clyde to Trafalgar House ? Scott Lithgow B4 In October which bank, a bullion dealer, was rescued from debts of around �250 million by a Bank of England buy-out ? Johnson Matthey Subject: �One Word Cinema� Answers A1 A 1992 Oscar winning Clint Eastwood film in which a former hired killer turned unsuccessful farmer returns to his old ways in pursuit of a $1,000 reward ? Unforgiven B1 A 1972 John Boorman film in which a leading character, played by Ned Beatty, is raped by a �Hillbilly� ? Deliverance A2 A 1929 film, Hitchcock�s first talkie, in which a Scotland Yard Inspector is placed in a difficult position when he discovers his girlfriend has committed a murder ? Blackmail B2 Set in Rio, a 1946 Hitchcock film with Cary Grant & Ingrid Bergman in which a woman marries a Nazi renegade to help the US Government ? Notorious A3 A 1916 film by D.W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish in one of four intercut stories including Balshazzar�s Feast and the St Bartholomew�s Day Massacre ? Intolerance B3 A 1967 camped-up version of Faust in which a short order cook is saved from suicide by Mr Spiggott - who offers him 7 wishes in exchange for his soul ? Bedazzled A4 A 1924 Erich von Stroheim film in which an ex-miner turned dentist kills his avaricious wife and her lover ? Greed B4 Set in the mid 19th century, a 1999 film starring Guy Pearce & Robert Carlyle in which a cannibalistic officer commands an isolated army outpost ? Ravenous Answers A1 The liqueur Cura�ao (say �Koor-a-sow�) is traditionally flavoured with sugar & which fruit ? Orange B1 Which spirit takes its name from a place near Guadalajara (say �Gwadlahara�) where the conquistadors first developed it from a variety of Aztec drink ? Tequila A2 With a peculiar but agreeable taste, which coarse & potent liquor is made in the East Indies from a variety of sources, including fermented rice & coconut juice ? Arrack B2 Used to season food & fruit as well as alcoholic drinks, which flavouring is prepared with oil distilled from the aromatic bark of two S. American trees blended with herbs, and bears the former name of a port in Venezuela ? Angostura (now called Cuidad Bolivar) A3 Derived from a town in north east Hungary, what name is shared by a grape variety and a golden-yellow coloured, sweet, aromatic wine ? Tokay (from Tokaj) Subject: Wordgame �No� as in �Note� Answers � a spout on a hose etc. from which a jet issues ? Nozzel � a small round piece of meat or a chocolate made with hazelnuts ? Noisette � something or someone absolutely un
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Following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon surrendered to the British aboard which warship?
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The Battle of Waterloo: 18 June 1815 The Age of George III I am happy that you are using this web site and hope that you found it useful. Unfortunately, the cost of making this material freely available is increasing, so if you have found the site useful and would like to contribute towards its continuation, I would greatly appreciate it. Click the button to go to Paypal and make a donation. The Battle of Waterloo: 18 June 1815 After his exile to Elba , Napoleon returned to France in March 1815 to regain his empire in a campaign known as the ' Hundred Days '. On 18 June 1815, the battle was fought that ended the career of Napoleon and ended twenty-two years of European wars that had begun in 1793. At Waterloo the Napoleonic Empire finally crumbled. The battle, fought twelve miles south of Brussels, continued during the whole day, the French foot and cavalry making constant but unavailing attacks on the English lines. Wellington was relying for final victory on the arrival of the Prussians under General Blucher, and late in the afternoon they appeared on the battlefield at the moment when Napoleon had ordered the Imperial Guard to launch itself against the English positions. This attack was already being repelled when the Prussians entered the battle. From that moment it became a rout of the French force. Napoleon lost the battle for a number of reasons: an accident of weather. As before all of Wellington's battles , it rained heavily all the previous night so Napoleon could use neither his guns nor his cavalry to their best advantage. His guns sank up to their axles in the mud and his cavalry could not charge uphill in the soggy conditions. The start of the battle was delayed for about two hours, so that the ground could dry out a little. Wellington's tactics were superb. He refused to move from the high ground into the boggy valley, so the French had to take the battle to him, uphill and through mud. Wellington used the "thin red line" and hid his troops: this surprised Napoleon, who had never seen this method of fighting. Wellington had perfected them in Spain while Napoleon was occupied in fighting elsewhere. Wellington's smaller force held the French to a stalemate from about 11 a.m. (when the battle started), until about 4 p.m. Wellington was about to give the order for a general retreat following Napoleon's order for a general advance, when Blucher arrived and tipped the balance in favour of the Allies. Napoleon said he lost Waterloo because of the "obstinate bravery of the English troops" - many of whom were Irish. [1] There is an account that Napoleon was not functioning at his best because of a medical problem. It seems that he suffered terribly from haemorrhoids (piles); his physician used leeches to alleviate the pain but during the night of 16 June, the leeches were lost. The physician gave Napoleon laudanum to alleviate the pain but by accident administered an overdose; consequently, at Waterloo, Napoleon's abilities were impaired. Napoleon fled to Paris, where he found the parliament unwilling to give him further support. Finally, he surrendered to the captain of a British warship, H.M.S. Bellerophon, and was sent to his second exile, this time on the island of St. Helena in the south Atlantic, where he busied himself with writing his memoirs and giving his own version of his triumphs and ultimate defeat. He died in the year 1821. [1] Although Wellington was the Commander of the forces that fought at Waterloo, there were more non-English troops in his army than there were Englishmen. Napoleon did not differentiate between the various nationalities; English historians have made the same mistake and labelled the Allied army "English". [back]
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What price the Battle of Waterloo? - Telegraph History What price the Battle of Waterloo? Wellington’s defeat of Napoleon changed the world – and George Osborne’s £1 million contribution to mark the 200th anniversary is crucial to restoring the battlefield History enthusiasts re-enacting Wellington's defeat of Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo Photo: REUTERS Comments In the House of Commons on Wednesday, as on the battlefield on June 18,1815, the boys in blue began the bombardment. “We’ll make sure the site of the Battle of Waterloo is restored in time for the 200th anniversary,” Chancellor George Osborne roared, a Duke of Wellington at his lectern. “To commemorate those who died there and to celebrate a great victory of coalition forces over a discredited former regime that had impoverished millions.” Cue loud guffaws from the ranks behind him, as Osborne’s Spending Review howitzer rung in Labour’s ears. But at a time of rationed spending, £1 million seems a lot to pay for a good sound bite. The Battle of Waterloo was one of the turning points in the history of modern Europe and was recently voted Britain’s greatest battle in a National Army Museum poll. Yet the imminent anniversary has largely slipped under the country’s radar. In part, that is because the Government has been preoccupied with a £50 million programme to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War next year. And sensitivities about offending the French, particularly when our relationship is becoming increasingly fractured in the EU, mean ministers have avoided discussions of Napoleon and Waterloo. Wellington’s great victory allowed Britain to secure its world empire at the expense of its neighbour across the Channel. The novelist Victor Hugo said the field of Waterloo became the tomb of France. Two centuries on, nobody appears very keen to reopen it. Related Articles On the trail of Manchester's moving mummy 26 Jun 2013 Until this week, all attempts to commemorate the battle in Britain have been left to a dedicated team of volunteers led by Lord Douro and Lady Jane Wellesley, the son and daughter of Arthur Valerian Wellesley, the eighth Duke of Wellington who is a close friend of the Queen and turns 98 next week. The plans include installing the first memorial to the British on the battlefield, re-enacting the delivery of Wellington’s victory dispatch to 18 St James’s Square in London and hosting a memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral and exhibitions at the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery. But before Mr Osborne’s announcement, there were fears that the key part of the project – to restore the walled farm of Hougoumont, around which the battle raged – would not be completed in time. Hougoumont was on the right wing of Wellington’s position, defended by soldiers from the Coldstream Guards, Scots Guards and Grenadier Guards. It was where the battle started and it remained the centre of action throughout the day. Its heroic defence prompted the Duke to say “the outcome of the battle of Waterloo turned on the closing of the gates at Hougoumont”. Yet following the death of the farmer who owned it a few years ago, the building has become derelict. Around 500,000 euros has been raised by the Project Hougoumont in private donations (with a further 500,000 euros expected). The French-speaking Walloon government in southern Belgium is also contributing around 1.5 million euros. Repairs need to begin by this autumn to be completed by 2015. The Government’s intervention means that can now take place. “We want the inauguration of Hougoumont to be the centrepiece of the 2015 celebrations,” a Foreign Office spokesman says. “That is why the Chancellor has found resources to support the project.” Major General Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, the former commander of the Household Division and the last colonel of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment who is the chairman of the Waterloo 200 committee, which is overseeing the commemoration, says the money could not have come at a more opportune time. “This has put an air of certainty on
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The Yule Log -- Christmas Customs and Traditions -- whychristmas?com The Yule Log The History of the Yule Log The custom of burning the Yule Log goes back to, and before, medieval times. It was originally a Nordic tradition. Yule is the name of the old Winter Solstice festivals in Scandinavia and other parts of northern Europe, such as Germany . The Yule Log was originally an entire tree, that was carefully chosen and brought into the house with great ceremony. The largest end of the log would be placed into the fire hearth while the rest of the tree stuck out into the room! The log would be lit from the remains of the previous year's log which had been carefully stored away and slowly fed into the fire through the Twelve Days of Christmas . It was considered important that the re-lighting process was carried out by someone with clean hands. Nowadays, of course, most people have central heating so it is very difficult to burn a tree! In Provence (in France ), it is traditional that the whole family helps to cut the log down and that a little bit is burnt each night. If any of the log is left after Twelfth Night, it is kept safe in the house until the next Christmas to protect against lightning! In some parts of Holland, this was also done, but the log had to be stored under a bed! In some eastern European countries, the log was cut down on Christmas Eve morning and lit that evening. In Cornwall (in the UK ), the log is called 'The Mock'. The log is dried out and then the bark is taken off it before it comes into the house to be burnt. Also in the UK, barrel makers (or Coopers as barrel makers were traditionally called) gave their customers old logs that they could not use for making barrels for Yule logs. (My surname is Cooper, but I don't make barrels! My Great Grandfather did own a walking stick factory though!) #138587950 / gettyimages.com The custom of the Yule Log spread all over Europe and different kids of wood are used in different countries. In England, Oak is traditional; in Scotland, it is Birch; while in France, it's Cherry. Also, in France, the log is sprinkled with wine, before it is burnt, so that it smells nice when it is lit. In Devon and Somerset in the UK, some people have a very large bunch of Ash twigs instead of the log. This comes from a local legend that Joseph, Mary and Jesus were very cold when the shepherds found them on Christmas Night. So the shepherds got some bunches of twigs to burn to keep them warm. In some parts of Ireland , people have a large candle instead of a log and this is only lit on New Year's Eve and Twelfth Night. Different chemicals can be sprinkled on the log like wine to make the log burn with different colored flames! Potassium Nitrate = Violet Table Salt = Bright Yellow This sounds very dangerous, so please only try this out with some adult supervision!! The ashes of Yule logs were meant to be very good for plants. This is true, because the ash from burnt wood contains a lot of 'potash', which helps plants flower. But if you throw the ashes out on Christmas day it was supposedly very unlucky! A Chocolate Yule Log or 'bûche de Noël' is now a popular Christmas desert or pudding. It's traditionally eaten in France and Belgium , where they are known as 'Kerststronk' in Flemish. They are made of a chocolate sponge roll layered with cream. The outside is covered with chocolate or chocolate icing and decorated to look like a bark-covered log. Some people like to add extra decorations such as marzipan mushrooms!
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Common Furniture Woods - A Guide to Furniture Woods | HowStuffWorks A Guide to Furniture Woods Hardwood Manufacturers Beech Common furniture woods have their own distinctive marks, just like each person has his or her own unique fingerprints. Below are some details or characteristics that can help you easily identify the numerous types of furniture woods available. Ash (white ash): Ash is a tough hardwood known primarily for its excellent bending abilities; it's used for bentwoods and for bent furniture parts requiring maximum strength. Ash veneers are also common. Ash varies in color from creamy white or gray with a light brown cast to a dark reddish brown. The price is moderate. Up Next Hardwood Manufacturers Basswood Basswood: Basswood is a common hardwood, often used in combination with rare woods such as walnut and mahogany. Its color varies from creamy white to creamy brown or reddish, with broad rays and sometimes slightly darker streaks. The grain is straight and even. Basswood is close-grained, with very small pores. It is inexpensive. Beech: Beech is another hardwood that bends easily, but it isn't as attractive as ash. Beech is often used with more expensive woods, primarily in inconspicuous places -- chair and table legs, drawer bottoms, sides and backs of cabinets. Beech takes a stain well, and is often stained to look like mahogany, maple, or cherry. Beech is both hard and heavy,and is difficult to work with hand tools. It is inexpensive. Butternut Hardwood Manufacturers Yellow Birch Birch (yellow birch): Birch, a common hardwood, is used in all aspects of furniture construction. The wood is light yellowish brown, very similar in color and in grain to maple. The grain is quite pleasing. Birch is close-grained. It is moderately expensive. Butternut: This hardwood, often called white walnut, is similar in many ways to walnut. The wood is light brown, with occasional dark or reddish streaks. The grain is pronounced and leafy. Butternut is coarse-textured, with visibly open pores; it is usually filled. Butternut stains well, and is often stained to look like dark walnut. The wood is light, and is easy to work with hand tools. It is moderately expensive. Hardwood Manufacturers Cherry Cedar Cedar (Eastern red cedar): Cedar, a softwood, is used primarily in chests and closets; it has a distinctive scent, and is effective in repelling insects. The wood is a light red, with light streaks and knots; the grain is quite pleasing. Cedar is close-grained. It should not be bleached or stained. Cedar storage chests should be left unfinished on the inside, and treated with a clear finish on the outside. Cedar is moderately expensive. Cherry (black cherry): Cherry, one of the most valued of hardwoods, is used in fine furniture and cabinets. Its color varies from light brown to dark reddish brown, and it has a very attractive and distinctive grain, often with a definite mottle. Cherry is close-grained, and does not require a filler. A light stain is sometimes used to accentuate the color. Cherry is difficult to work with hand tools, and it is expensive. Hardwood Manufacturers Elm Elm (rock elm, American elm): This hardwood has excellent bending qualities; it's used in all types of furniture, and especially for bentwoods. Elm is light brown to dark brown, often with some red streaks Elm has a distinct grain; rock elm has contrasting light and dark-areas. Because Dutch elm disease has destroyed so many trees, elm has become a rare wood, and can be both hard to find and expensive. Gum (sweetgum, red gum): This hardwood is often used in veneers or in combination with rare woods; it's also used in some moderately priced furniture. Gum is an even brown, with a reddish cast; it sometimes has darker streaks. Its price is moderate to low. Lauan Hickory Hickory (shagbark hickory): This hardwood is noted for its strength, hardness, and toughness; it is used in rockers, Windsor chairs, lawn furniture, and some veneers. The wood is brown to reddish brown, with a straight, indistinct grain; it is open-grained. Hickory is very hard and he
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Proverbs 9:1 Wisdom has built her house; she has set up its seven pillars. Matthew Henry Commentary 9:1-12 Christ has prepared ordinances to which his people are admitted, and by which nourishment is given here to those that believe in him, as well as mansions in heaven hereafter. The ministers of the gospel go forth to invite the guests. The call is general, and shuts out none that do not shut out themselves. Our Saviour came, not to call the righteous, but sinners; not the wise in their own eyes, who say they see. We must keep from the company and foolish pleasures of the ungodly, or we never can enjoy the pleasures of a holy life. It is vain to seek the company of wicked men in the hope of doing them good; we are far more likely to be corrupted by them. It is not enough to forsake the foolish, we must join those that walk in wisdom. There is no true wisdom but in the way of religion, no true life but in the end of that way. Here is the happiness of those that embrace it. A man cannot be profitable to God; it is for our own good. Observe the shame and ruin of those who slight it. God is not the Author of sin: and Satan can only tempt, he cannot force. Thou shalt bear the loss of that which thou scornest: it will add to thy condemnation.
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Books of the Bible: Old Testament Home | Meet The Master | Bible Study | Prayer Closet | Dreams | Daily Devotionals | Spiritual Q&A | Our Ministry The Books of the Bible: The Old Testament is the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible. After you review a short synopsis of each book, take a look at some INSIGHTS TO SCRIPTURE so you can more than "know" - you will start to "grow". Genesis "Beginnings." Takes us from creation through the establishment of the covenant with Abraham, and ends with the death of Joseph in Egypt. What's the first indication that God would provide a solution to the sin problem? Read Messiah to find out. How did Abraham negotiate for Sodom and Gomorrah? Read Abraham-Master Negotiator to find out. Is Evolution really true? Read Evolution Revolution to find out. Exodus The main story is the deliverance of Israel from the bondage of Egypt, the Ten Commandments, and the establishment of the Tabernacle. Leviticus The rules of the law relating to every day life lived out in holiness before God. A key word is "holy" which appears more than 80 times. Does the Bible recommend New Year's resolutions? See Not Your Typical New Year's Resolutions Numbers Wanderings in the wilderness: the Israelites travel from Mount Sinai to the River Jordan. Contains the famous story of the twelve spies sent into the land of Canaan. (Chapter 13) Waiting on God? Character counts! See Character Study: Moses - Humility Deuteronomy Deuteronomy is the "second reading" of the law by Moses as a reminder to the people of their special covenant with God in preparation of entering the Promised Land. Note: The first five books of the Bible are called the Pentateuch, meaning "five scrolls". Because of their unity, they are more like five sections of one book and can be viewed as a whole. Top Joshua Joshua takes over leadership of the people; they enter the land of Canaan and begin to take possession of their inheritance. Contains the fall of Jericho and the beautiful story of Rahab the prostitute who becomes part of the lineage of Christ. (Chapter 2) What you speak matters. Read more in What Did You Say? Judges The time in which Israel is ruled by Judges. There is a constant cycle of disobedience to God, oppression by an enemy, a turning back to God and then deliverance. Famous last line of the book is "In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes." (Note: Kind of reminds you of today doesn't it?) How does your courage compare? See in Deborah - God's Iron Lady Should we test God? Read more in Gideon - Testing God Ruth Set during the time of Judges, Ruth exemplifies loyalty and courage in contrast to the nation's constant rebellion. Only four chapters long but power packed and still a best loved book. Boaz is seen as a type of Christ in this book as the "Kinsman redeemer." Famous line: "For wherever you go, I will go: and wherever you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God, my God." If you long for God's restoration read Call Me "Mara" 1 Samuel Beginning with Hannah's cry for a son and the resulting birth of Samuel, this book tells the story of the beginning of the era of kings over Israel. Saul is established as the first king but is rejected through disobedience and David begins to ascend. The story of David and Goliath is in Chapter 17. The book ends with the death of Saul. Read the story of Hannah, an ordinary woman living in extraordinary times: Great Prayers of the Bible - Hannah . What difference in character made all the difference for these two kings? Character Study: Saul & David . 2 Samuel Ascendance of David to the throne of Israel and the 40 years of his reign. David restores the Ark back to Jerusalem, subdues his en
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What is the surname of Woody, the assistant bartender, in the US television comedy series ‘Cheers’?
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Learn and talk about Cheers, 1980s American comedy television series, 1982 American television series debuts, 1990s American comedy television series, 1993 American television series endings The Tortellis (1987) Cheers is an American sitcom that ran for eleven seasons between 1982 and 1993. The show was produced by Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions in association with Paramount Network Television for NBC and created by the team of James Burrows , Glen Charles , and Les Charles . The show is set in a bar named Cheers in Boston , Massachusetts , where a group of locals meet to drink, relax, and socialize. The show's main theme song, written and performed by Gary Portnoy lent its famous refrain " Where Everybody Knows Your Name " as the show's tagline . [1] After premiering on September 30, 1982, it was nearly canceled during its first season when it ranked almost last in ratings for its premiere (74th out of 77 shows). Cheers, however, eventually became a highly rated television show in the United States, earning a top-ten rating during eight of its eleven seasons, including one season at number one. The show spent most of its run on NBC's Thursday night " Must See TV " lineup. Its widely watched series finale was broadcast on May 20, 1993, and the show's 270 episodes have been successfully syndicated worldwide. Nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series for all eleven of its seasons on the air, it earned 28 Primetime Emmy Awards from a record of 117 nominations. The character Frasier Crane ( Kelsey Grammer ) was featured in his eponymous spin-off show , which aired until 2004 and included guest appearances by virtually all of the major and minor Cheers characters. During its run, Cheers became one of the most popular series of all time and has received critical acclaim. In 1997, the episodes " Thanksgiving Orphans " and " Home Is the Sailor ", aired originally in 1987, were respectively ranked No. 7 and No. 45 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time . [2] In 2002, Cheers was ranked No. 18 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time . [3] In 2013, the Writers Guild of America ranked it as the eighth best written TV series [4] and TV Guide ranked it #11 on their list of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time. [5] Contents Characters[ edit ] Before the Cheers pilot " Give Me a Ring Sometime " was completed and aired in 1982, the series originally consisted of four employees in the first script. [6] Neither Norm Peterson nor Cliff Clavin , regular customers of Cheers, were featured; later revisions added them as among the regular characters of the series. [7] In later years, Woody Boyd replaces Coach, who dies off-screen in season four (1985–86) to account for actor Nicholas Colasanto 's real life passing. Frasier Crane starts as a recurring character and becomes a permanent character. In season six (1987–88) Rebecca Howe replaces Diane Chambers , who was written out of the show after the finale of the previous season (1986–87). Lilith Sternin starts as a one-time character in an episode of season four, "Second Time Around" (1985). After she appears in two episodes in season five, she becomes a recurring character, and later featured as a permanent one for season ten (1991–92). Original main characters[ edit ] Cast of seasons one through three: left to right: (top) Shelley Long , Ted Danson ; (middle) Rhea Perlman , Nicholas Colasanto ; (bottom) George Wendt , John Ratzenberger Ted Danson portrays Sam Malone , a bartender and an owner of Cheers. Sam is also a lothario . Before the series began, he was a baseball relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox nicknamed "Mayday Malone" until he became an alcoholic , harming his career. He has an on-again, off-again relationship with Diane Chambers , his class opposite, in the first five seasons (1982–1987). During their off-times, Sam has flings with many not-so-bright "sexy women", [8] yet fails to pursue a meaningful relationship [8] and fails to seduce other women, such as intellectuals. After Diane is written out of the series, he tries to pursue Rebecca Howe, with varying resu
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In 2013 which British politician was challenged to fulfil his claim that he could live on 53 pounds sterling a week?
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Britain votes to leave European Union, Cameron resigns | GulfNews.com Britain votes to leave European Union, Cameron resigns Markets in turmoil as investors responded with a mix of shock, fear and excitement; second independence vote 'on the table': Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Britain votes to leave European Union.Image Credit: Reuters Nigel Farage (front), leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) reacts with supporters following Image Credit: Reuters Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon Image Credit: Reuters President Barack Obama issued a statement in response to the success of the Brexit vote. Image Credit: AP British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to the press in front of 10 Downing street in central London.Image Credit: AFP Leave supporters cheer results at a Leave.eu party after polling stations closed in the Referendum on the EuroImage Credit: Reuters Britain votes to leave the European UnionImage Credit: AFP & Reuters Supporters of the 'Stronger In' Campaign react as results of the EU referendum are announced at a resuImage Credit: AFP A supporter of leaving the EU celebrates in central London.Image Credit: AP Leave.eu supporters celebrate the result in Sunderland after polling stations closed on June 23, 2016.Image Credit: Reuters UK Independence Party (UKIP) leader Nigel Farage speaks to journalists.Image Credit: AFP ‹ › Published: 08:45 June 25, 2016 Gulf News Web Report Britain has voted to break out of the European Union (EU), striking a thunderous blow against the bloc and spreading panic through world markets. Gulf News reports the events as they happened. UAE respects decision of British people: Mohammad His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Friday said the UAE respects the decision of Britons and remains committed to its partnership with the United Kingdom. “As the British people voted to leave Europe, we respect their choice and remain committed to our long and close partnership with the UK,” Shaikh Mohammad tweeted. “We also reaffirm our commitment to further develop our historical, strong relations with UK on all political and economic levels, a country that has been developing over the past four decades,” he added. As the British people votes to leave Europe, we respect their choice and remain committed to our long and close partnership with the UK.— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) June 24, 2016 We have woken up in a different country We respect their decision: Obama on Brexit US President Barack Obama said in a statement on Friday he respects the UK vote to leave the European Union. “The people of the United Kingdom have spoken, and we respect their decision,” he said. “The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is enduring, and the United Kingdom’s membership in Nato remains a vital cornerstone of US foreign, security, and economic policy. So too is our relationship with the European Union, which has done so much to promote stability, stimulate economic growth, and foster the spread of democratic values and ideals across the continent and beyond." “The United Kingdom and the European Union will remain indispensable partners of the United States” — @POTUS pic.twitter.com/gI76eRleD0 — The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 24, 2016 At the same time, the shock result from the British referendum left many in Washington contemplating whether a similar wave of voter populism could elect Donald Trump in November. Key 'Leave' campaign promise not true: Farage A major claim made by the "Leave" campaigners was that £350 million ($479 million) per week that Britain was sending to the EU would instead be put toward the National Health Service (NHS), a publicly funded health care system. But, on Good Morning Britain on Friday, UK Independence Party Leader Nigel Farage said that claim is untrue. WATCH: @Nigel_Farage tells @susannareid100 it was a 'mistake' for Leave to claim there'd be £350M a week for NHS https://t.co/JNkl5k8IlK — Good Morning Britain (@GMB) 24
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David Edward "Screaming Lord Sutch" Sutch (1940 - 1999) - Find A Grave Memorial David Edward "Screaming Lord Sutch" Sutch Death: Jun. 16, 1999 Comedian. He was born in Kilburn, North-West London. His father was a policeman who was killed in the War when the boy was ten months old. After leaving school, David worked as a plumber's mate before becoming a singer. His stage name came from his main influence, Screaming Jay Hawkins, and from the fur-lined crash helmet which he wore on stage, topped with bobbles so that it resembled a coronet. In 1968, he changed his name by deed poll to Lord David Sutch. Although he never had any hits, his antics on and off stage brought him great notoriety, and he was to record with, among others, Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Jeff Beck, Noel Redding, Ritchie Blackmore, Nicky Hopkins and Keith Moon. In 1963, he stood for Parliament as the National Teenager's Candidate in Stratford-on-Avon, following the resignation of John Profumo after the scandal with Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies. Although he gained only 209 votes, nearly all the policies he advocated - reducing the voting age to 18, commercial radio, calling for pubs to be open all day - were to become law long before his death. He was to contest 44 elections and is mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records as having stood for Parliament more times than anyone else. In the 1980's, he tried to change his name again, to Mrs. Thatcher, but was refused permission, allegedly on the grounds that it might cause confusion if he did make it to the House of Commons. He was to become Great Britain's longest serving party leader, having formed the Monster Raving Loony Party in 1983. He was never elected and, indeed, never retained his deposit. However, in May 1990 at Bootle, he received 418 votes to the Social Democratic Party's 156; following which Dr. David Owen, the leader of the S.D.P and a former Labour Foreign Secretary, retired from politics. What was not known to the general public was that Sutch suffered from depression and had been on medication for many years. This became more acute following the death of his mother in 1997. In the same year, he met a lady named Yvonne Elwood. (Sutch never married but, in 1975, had a son, Tristram, with an American model.) His last years were dogged with financial troubles, but he seemed to be more cheerful in his last weeks and was looking forward to concerts in Belgium and Las Vegas. However, in June 1999, he was found by Yvonne at his late mother's house, 10 Parkfield Road, near South Harrow Station, having hanged himself. The last entry in his diary read : "Depression, depression, depression is all too much." The coroner at the inquest described Sutch as "A comedian with tragedy in his heart. The public saw the public face, a cheery outgoing character, yet, in the privacy of his room, his true sadness emerged." (bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) Cause of death: Suicide (hanging)
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Which Japanese car manufacturer has a logo which features a silver ‘H’ inside a rectangle?
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Car Company Logos Car Company Logos By Mary Gormandy White In addition to being an essential part of advertising and brand identity, car company logos provide a powerful visual image for auto consumers. Each automobile manufacturer has a unique logo, many of which have changed dramatically over the years. In some cases, these logos are tied to the company's history in surprising ways. List of Car Company Logos Abarth Now Fiat's racing arm, Abarth's logo is rich with meaning. The scorpion represents the Zodiac sign of company founder Karl Alberto Abarth, and the shield is a symbol of passion and triumph. The colors beneath the name represent the Italian flag. Acura Honda's luxury brand features a logo that looks like a stylized letter "A" inside a circle. The symbol also represents the caliper, an important precision engineering tool. Aixam Now Aixam Mega, the logo for this French microcar manufacturer is simple and elegant, spelling out the company's original name and calling out the first letter with a bold "A" (or "M" in some cases) inside a circular graphic. Alfa Romeo This Italian exotic car brand has a complicated, circular logo featuring a red cross and a green snake with a dragon's head. These symbols represent the city of Milan, where the company was founded. Aston Martin The British luxury car brand has an iconic logo of a pair of wings with the company name. A version of this logo has graced Aston Martin cars since the 1920s. Audi This German automaker's four interlocking rings represent this history of the company as it started out as four smaller companies. Bajoun Bajoun is a General Motors brand made and sold only in China. The name means "treasured horse" - and that's exactly what the logo depicts. Bentley The British exotic car manufacturer features a winged logo with a letter "B" in the center. The wings in this logo call up the company's aerospace roots. BMW BMW's blue and white checkerboard pattern represents an airplane propeller, since BMW was originally an airplane manufacturer. The logo's colors and checks are from the Bavarian flag, where the company was founded. Buick This American car brand features a logo with three shields inside a circle. The idea for the shield came from the Buick family crest. Cadillac Cadillac has had many logos over the years. This current version features two stalks of wheat with a shield in the center. Chevrolet One of the most iconic American car logos, the symbol for Chevrolet is a simple angled cross with a longer horizontal line. The design is referred to as the Chevrolet bowtie. Chrysler There are several versions of the Chrysler logo, but the most recognizable is a pentagon with a star in the center, referred to as the Chrysler Pentastar. The current version is sleeker and simpler, suggesting wings. Citroen The double chevrons in Citroen's logo represent the Helical Gear, a Citroen invention that is used in every modern automobile. They also represent the company's commitment to technical innovation. Dacia This Romanian car brand has been part of Renault since 1999.The company is bold and simple, highlighting the company name in a shade of blue representative of one of the colors of the Romanian flag, on a bold, silver-tone graphic. Daewoo The modern logo of this Korean General Motors brand still bears the crown-shaped emblem from the company's early days. The shape is similar to that of a now defunct, but once popular, football club in South Korea. Daimler The Daimler logo is simple and elegant, conveying the same sense of understated luxury that this German car manufacturer is known for around the world. Datsun The Datsun brand is exclusive to Japan and emerging markets like India. The logo places the brand front and center, superimposed over a striking chrome and blue graphic. Denza As the first Chinese car brand dedicated to new energy vehicles, Denza's logo represents the company's values of responsibility to nature and society Dodge The logo for this American brand features is the manufacturer's name in simple block lettering. The two red stripes represent sp
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BBC SPORT | Motorsport | Formula One | Global crisis ends Honda F1 era Global crisis ends Honda F1 era Advertisement Honda to quit Formula One Honda is pulling out of Formula One, blaming the world economic crisis for plans to sell its team. The decision leaves Englishman Jenson Button and 2009 team-mate Rubens Barrichello without drives, with only a few mid-ranking seats still available. Honda, which spent more than �300m a year on F1, said it would also no longer supply the sport with engines. The team say they are optimistic they will find a buyer who will enable them to continue in the sport. Chief executive Nick Fry said he has had three approaches already. But a deadline of January has been set to find an investor and workers at Honda's Brackley base have been told to expect redundancy letters before Christmas. "Honda Motor Co. has come to the conclusion that we will withdraw from all Formula One activities, making 2008 the last season for participation," said Honda president Takeo Fukui at an emotional press conference. HONDA IN F1 Honda team created in 2006 after BAR team was taken over Finished fourth in 2006 constructors' championship with 86 points, but struggled to eighth in 2007 (six points) and ninth in 2008 (14 points) Team costs Honda �200m annually with more than 800 staff at Brackley Honda ran F1 cars with minimal advertising, meaning more funding had to come from Japanese parent company English driver Jenson Button could lose his place in the sport if the team were to fold "This difficult decision has been made in light of the quickly deteriorating operating environment facing the global auto industry... and the sudden contraction of the world economies," he added. "Honda must protect its core business activities and secure the long term as widespread uncertainties in the economics around the globe continue to mount." According to the Reuters news agency, team bosses Ross Brawn and Nick Fry told a meeting of the Formula One Teams' Association they had a month to find a buyer, otherwise Honda were closing the team. BBC sports news correspondent Adam Parsons said the team was available for a nominal fee of �1. But any new owner would need a budget of at least �40m to compete in F1 next year. If no buyer is found, Honda's decision will leave F1 with just 18 cars on the grid next season. Honda said next year's Japanese Grand Prix at its Suzuka circuit would go ahead as planned. Button 'to stay positive' Honda recently cut road vehicle production as a response to the global economic crisis - the company's sales in its key US market were down 30% last month. F1 is a notoriously expensive sport in which to compete, and teams have spent recent months in intensive discussions over cost-cutting measures. Max Mosley, president of world motorsport governing body the FIA, recently urged teams to find ways to reduce costs. In an exclusive interview with the BBC, Mosley described Honda's withdrawal as a significant warning to the rest of the teams to start cutting costs dramatically. Mosley wants to make drastic changes for the 2010 season - including making a standard engine and gearbox available to all teams at a projected cost of 5m Euro (�4.4m) per team. Jenson Button faces an uncertain future after the announcement The idea is opposed by the road-car constructors still in F1, who are proposing a new engine formula of their own. Honda's decision came as a surprise within the sport as it curtails the company's involvement just when they were expecting to deliver on their investment. Honda appointed Brawn, the man who masterminded seven world titles for Michael Schumacher at Benetton and Ferrari, as their team principal prior to the start of the 2008 season. His arrival was seen as the signal for the start of a concerted push for success by the company after several seasons as also-rans. The company returned to F1 as a team owner and car builder in 2005, having spent five years as an engine supplier to the British American Racing team. But they have struggled to make an impact at the top levels of the spo
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What name was given to the Dock in Wapping where pirates and smugglers were hanged?
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The Phantom Pirate of Execution Dock | TMR The Phantom Pirate of Execution Dock On the trail of Captain Kidd... May 31, 2011 By James Clark , Columnist With Captain Jack Sparrow entertaining cinema audiences in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , I thought I'd take a trip to east London on the trail of another pirate - this one of the supernatural variety. The waterfront neighbourhood of Wapping, to the east of the City of London, has changed enormously over the last few centuries. Once, this place teemed with dockers and sailors scratching out a hard but honest living, and with pirates and smugglers squeezing out a hard and dishonest living, the law-abiding and the criminal crammed together amid the noise and bustle of these winding streets. Now the area is relaxed and fashionable, the old wharves and warehouses having been converted to luxury apartments during the last two decades of the 20th century. The past floated up from the depths as I slipped down a narrow alley beside the Town of Ramsgate pub in Wapping High Street. There I found myself at the top of some steep, time-worn stone stairs leading down to the murky waters of the River Thames. Despite the bright spring sunshine this place was silent and deserted and, after carefully picking my way down the seaweed-slimed steps, I reached the rocky foreshore of the river. There I was alone with the gently lapping tide, breathing in air that smelled faintly of the sea: of salt and ancient decay. This is the foot of Wapping Old Stairs and it is around here that the ghost of pirate Captain William Kidd is said to linger. Descriptions of where Kidd's ghost has been seen are a little vague on details but he is supposed to haunt the site where he was put to death in 1701 - the wonderfully named Execution Dock. Although the dock no longer exists it stood just a short distance to the east of these steps. As the name suggests, Execution Dock was where pirates, smugglers and mutineers were hanged after they had been sentenced to death by Admiralty (maritime) courts. Because the Admiralty had jurisdiction only over crimes committed at sea, the scaffold from which the condemned were hanged was positioned in the River Thames itself, just beyond the low-tide mark. After death, the bodies were left to hang until three tides had washed over them and only then would the bloated and blackened corpses be cut down. (The fact that this happened at Wapping may be the source of the expression "What a whopper", referring to something enormous.) Execution Dock was in use for 400 years and it stood until around 1830. Reminding visitors of the area's brutal past, a mocked-up gallows (see picture below) stands at the rear of the Prospect of Whitby pub a few minutes' walk further east from the site of the old dock. So who was the pirate whose ghost bobs about here? William Kidd was born in Scotland in around 1645. Little is known of his early life but after around 1689 Kidd was working as a privateer in the Caribbean, authorised by the British Crown to attack enemy (which meant French) ships. He was later sent out by the authorities in New York and Massachusetts, charged to fight against enemy privateers operating off the North American coast. Then in 1695 Kidd was given letters of marque from King William III, commissioning him to hunt and capture pirates in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean who were attacking ships of the East India Company. In February 1696, Kidd set sail from Deptford in southeast London aboard a newly built ship, the Adventure Galley. This voyage would go disastrously wrong. As the months passed it became increasingly apparent that Kidd's ship was not fully seaworthy and was developing leaks. A third of his crew died from a cholera outbreak on the Comoro Islands off the southeast coast of Africa. Worst of all, the captain was unable to find any pirates to attack. He desperately needed to capture ships because this was an expensive expedition and most of the funding had been put up by powerful English nobles who expected a return on their investment. He also had his own
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History of Arundel Castle History The Norman keep before restoration, by James Canter c.1770 There are nearly 1,000 years of history at this great castle, situated in magnificent grounds overlooking the River Arun in West Sussex and built at the end of the 11th century by Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel. The oldest feature is the motte, an artificial mound, over 100 feet high from the dry moat, and constructed in 1068: followed by the gatehouse in 1070. Under his will, King Henry I (1068-1135) settled the Castle and lands in dower on his second wife, Adeliza of Louvain. Three years after his death she married William d'Albini II, who built the stone shell keep on the motte. King Henry II (1133-89), who built much of the oldest part of the stone Castle, in 1155 confirmed William d'Albini II as Earl of Arundel, with the Honour and Castle of Arundel. Apart from the occasional reversion to the Crown, Arundel Castle has descended directly from 1138 to the present day, carried by female heiresses from the d'Albinis to the Fitzalans in the 13th century and then from the Fitzalans to the Howards in the 16th century and it has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk and their ancestors for over 850 years. From the 15th to the 17th centuries the Howards were at the forefront of English history, from the Wars of the Roses, through the Tudor period to the Civil War. Among the famous members of the Howard family are the 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443-1524), the victor of Flodden, Lord Howard of Effingham, who with Sir Francis Drake repelled the Armada in 1588, the Earl of Surrey, the Tudor poet and courtier, and the 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473-1554), uncle of Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, both of whom became wives of King Henry VIII (1491-1547). These were politically dangerous times: the 'Poet' Earl was executed in 1547; his father, the 3rd Duke of Norfolk only escaped the death penalty because King Henry VIII died the night before the execution was due and the 4th Duke (1536-72) was beheaded for plotting to marry Mary Queen of Scots. There have been two cardinals and a saint in the Howard family; St Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557-95) died in the Tower of London for his faith. By contrast, his son, the 'Collector' 14th Earl (1585-1646), as his nickname suggests, was responsible for many of the treasures which can be seen today. The results of all this history are concentrated at the Castle, which houses a fascinating collection of fine furniture dating from the 16th century, tapestries, clocks, and portraits by Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Mytens, Lawrence, Reynolds, Canaletto and others. Personal possessions of Mary, Queen of Scots and a selection of historical, religious and heraldic items from the Duke of Norfolk's collection are also on display. During the Civil War (1642-45), the Castle was badly damaged when it was twice besieged, first by Royalists who took control, then by Cromwell's Parliamentarian force led by William Waller. Nothing was done to rectify the damage until about 1718 when Thomas, the 8th Duke of Norfolk (1683-1732) carried out some repairs. Charles Howard, the 11th Duke (1746-1815), known to posterity as the 'Drunken Duke' and friend of the Prince Regent subsequently carried out further restoration. Queen Victoria (1819-1901) came from Osborne House with her husband, Prince Albert, for three days in 1846, for which the bedroom and library furniture were specially commissioned and made by a leading London furniture designer. Her portrait by William Fowler was also specially commissioned by the 13th Duke in 1843. The building we see now owes much to Henry,15th Duke of Norfolk (1847-1917) and the restoration project was completed in 1900. It was one of the first English country houses to be fitted with electric light, integral fire fighting equipment, service lifts and central heating. The gravity fed domestic water supply also supplied the town. Electricity cost over £36,000 to install, but the splendidly carved chimneypiece in the Drawing Room only cost £150!
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Why did Dumbledore tell Harry there were 6 Horcruxes when he already knew Harry was a horcrux? - Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange Why did Dumbledore tell Harry there were 6 Horcruxes when he already knew Harry was a horcrux? 2 Harry: "He made seven Horcruxes?" Dumbledore: "...Not seven Horcruxes: six. The seventh part of his soul, however maimed, resides inside his regenerated body..." (HP6, US Hardback, page 503). I would think that Dumbledore had already known that there were 6 horcruxes: the diary Helga Hufflepuff's cup Nagini (the whole essence divided thing) Now those are the five that he was sure of. He knew that when Riddle came to Hogwarts to ask for the DADA position, he was really there so he could hide a horcrux. (But he never got a chance to tell Harry that, right?) Did Dumbledore know of the diadem? Or did he just think Riddle wanted to hide the cup? Did Dumbledore say there were 6 and not 7 because he didn't know about the diadem but did know about Harry being a horcrux? Or did he say there were 6 to ensure Harry didn't guess he was a horcrux? Sorry if this makes no sense. I know that in the end there were 7 horcruxes and an 8th part of Voldemort's soul right? WARNING: Possible spoiler for Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows follows! Yes, he said "6" to Harry for a reason: He didn't yet want Harry to know he was a Horcrux. He confirmed that when talking to Snape, (when Harry was viewing Snape's memories at the end of DH, Ch 33). Emphasis mine. “Harry must not know, not until the last moment, not until it is necessary, otherwise how could he have the strength to do what must be done” “But what must he do?” “That is between Harry and me. Now listen closely, Severus. There will come a time—after my death—do not argue, do not interrupt! There will come a time when Lord Voldemort will seem to fear for the life of his snake.” “For Nagini?” Snape looked astonished. “Precisely. If there comes a time when Lord Voldemort stops sending that snake forth to do his bidding, but keeps it safe beside him under magical protection, then, I think, it will be safe to tell Harry.” “Tell him what?” Dumbledore took a deep breath and closed his eyes. “Tell him that on the night Lord Voldemort tried to kill him, when Lily cast her own life between them as a shield, the Killing Curse rebounded upon Lord Voldemort, and a fragment of Voldemort’s soul was blasted apart from the whole, and latched itself onto the only living soul left in that collapsed building. Part of Lord Voldemort lives inside Harry, and it is that which gives him the power of speech with snakes, and a connection with Lord Voldemort’s mind that he has never understood. And while that fragment of soul, unmissed by Voldemort, remains attached to and protected by Harry, Lord Voldemort cannot die.” Also (less relevant), JKR later stated (on Pottermore I think) that Harry was not really, technically speaking, a Horcrux. So there were, indeed, only 6 Horcruxes, 1 not-Horcux-soul-fragment (Harry), and 8 pieces. But that wasn't what Dumbledore was referring to.
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Introduction mong the multitude of characters who people Dickens novels, it has often been remarked, there are few mature adult women who are portrayed in any convincing way as sexual beings, although critics such as Michael Slater, and, more recently, David Holbrook, Rita Lubitz, and Patricia Ingham have all explored Dickens presentation of women in his novels. Yet little attention has been given to such marginal but significant characters as Rosa Dartle in David Copperfield, Miss Wade in Little Dorrit, and Lady Dedlocks French maid, Hortense, in Bleak House. I shall argue that such women all challenge the moral schemes and values, the resolutions, and sometimes, the linguistic norms and conventions of the novels. They are rarely, if ever, seen sympathetically by the novels narrators, or by their other characters, or, presumably, by Dickens himself. But they force their way into the novels nonetheless, and, like other marginal characters in Dickens fiction, they articulate criticisms of the some of the most basic tenets of his philosophy, like the value and validity of Christian charity, the necessity of knowing and keeping to one's place in the social hierarchy, and the ultimate defensibility of the sexual double standard. These criticisms may be seen to be undermined to a certain extent by the nature of the women and men who utter them, but they are made nonetheless, and to examine the characters who make them is, in a certain sense, to read Dickens against himself. Rosa, Miss Wade, and Hortense are all described, like many of Dickens characters, through their outward appearance which acts as a transparent sign or set of signs of their internal nature. As Ingham notes, in the pseudo-sciences of physiognomy (and, it might be added, phrenology ), Dickens, like other nineteenth-century novelists, found a ready-made code of signification (1992: 24, 26). As befits women who all in some way or other challenge social norms and conventions in Dickens novels, and indeed, in nineteenth-century novels generally5, all are dark, proud, passionate, unhappy, and repressed, although all of them overcome the usual repression of their feelings at certain points in the novels, in various ways and in varying degrees. Hortense, Lady Dedlocks French maid, rebels by murdering Tulkinghorn, Sir Leicester Dedlocks lawyer, and a bastion of the British legal system at the end of Bleak House; Rosa and Miss Wade express their repressed anger and desire only through verbal violence, although in certain scenes, for example when Rosa tells David the story of what has happened to Emily and when she confronts Emily towards the end of the novel, that verbal violence is extreme. In all three cases, the women's anger is provoked at least partly by feelings of a perceived inferiority of class and gender (and race, in Hortenses case), and in two cases out of three, with Rosa and Miss Wade, it is also partly a product of jealousy. In their cases, their anger against the men who play with their feelings and then abandon them is displaced and transformed into jealousy of the women who have supplanted them (who are then either abandoned or mistreated in their turn), and into anger against the other women who embody the social hierarchy which condemns them as inferior. In the case of Hortense, jealousy of a younger woman is part of the pattern, but her animosity is more explicitly and logically directed at the man who has exploited her and dominated her. Since I shall not have time here today to examine all three cases in detail, I will focus on Rosa and, to a lesser extent on Miss Wade, although I shall discuss the significance of Hortenses murder of Tulkinghorn briefly before concluding. Rosa Dartle (David Copperfield) osa Dartle is the female companion to Mrs. Steerforth, James Steerforths mother in David Copperfield. We first meet Rosa when David visits the Steerforth home on his way to visit Mr. Peggotty and his family in Yarmouth. It is through David's innocent and id
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Herpes Herpes Treatments What is herpes? Herpes is a term that generally refers to a family of viral infections characterized by painful, fluid-filled sores or blisters in and around the mouth or genital region. Herpes is also called herpes simplex, which includes two types: Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD) marked by outbreaks of blisters and lesions in the genital area. Genital herpes is most often caused by infection of the herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2).About one out of six people 14 to 49 years of age has genital herpes caused by the HSV-2 infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Infection (Source: CDC ). Another herpes virus, herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which generally causes oral herpes, can also cause genital herpes. Oral herpes (herpes simplex labialis) is a very common disease that causes small, painful cold sores and fever blisters of the mouth, lips or gums. Oral herpes is most often caused by HSV-1, but HSV-2 may also be responsible in some cases. It is estimated that 50% to 80% of all American adults have oral herpes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Infection. HSV-1 and HSV-2 are closely related viruses that belong to a larger family of herpes viruses that can cause a variety of other diseases. Other common types of herpes viruses include cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpes zoster (causes shingles and chickenpox), and Epstein-Barr virus (can cause mononucleosis and other infections). Looking for a Doctor? Search Now Find an Infectious Disease Specialist Herpes simplex virus infections are very contagious and can be spread to either the genital or oral areas by direct contact with herpes sores or blisters, or skin, saliva, or mucus membranes infected with a herpes simplex virus. Herpes is not curable, but it is preventable and controllable in many cases. Dangers of Mixing Alcohol and Hepatitis C In some cases, herpes can lead to serious complications, such as meningitis, blindness, or death of a newborn that was exposed to the disease during pregnancy or delivery. Seek prompt medical care if you are pregnant or have a disease or condition that suppresses the immune system, and believe that you have been exposed to herpes or have herpes symptoms, such as sores or blisters in the genital or oral area.
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Morbilli | definition of morbilli by Medical dictionary Morbilli | definition of morbilli by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/morbilli Related to morbilli: Morbillivirus , incomplete paralysis measles [me´z'lz] a highly contagious illness caused by a virus; it is usually a childhood disease but can be contracted at any age. Epidemics usually recur every 2 or 3 years and are most common in the winter and spring. In spite of the availability of a vaccine and intensive effort on the part of public health personnel to eradicate the disease, measles continues to occur in the United States. Called also rubeola . Cause. The virus that causes measles is spread by droplet infection and can also be picked up by touching an article, such as a handkerchief, that an infected person has recently used. The incubation period is usually 11 days, although it may be as few as 9 or as many as 14. The patient can transmit the disease from 3 or 4 days before the rash appears until the rash begins to fade, a total of about 7 or 8 days. One attack of measles usually gives lifetime immunity to rubeola, although not to German measles ( rubella ), a somewhat similar disease. Symptoms. Measles symptoms generally appear in two stages. In the first stage the patient feels tired and uncomfortable, and may have a running nose, a cough, a slight fever, and pains in the head and back. The eyes may become reddened and sensitive to light. The fever rises a little each day. The second stage begins at the end of the third or beginning of the fourth day. The patient's temperature is generally between 38° and 40°C (103° and 104°F). Koplik's spots, small white dots like grains of salt surrounded by inflamed areas, can often be seen on the gums and the inside of the cheeks. A rash appears, starting at the hairline and behind the ears and spreading downward, covering the body in about 36 hours. At first the rash consists of separate pink spots, about a quarter of an inch in diameter, but later some of the spots may run together, giving the patient a blotchy look. The fever usually subsides after the rash has spread. The rash turns brownish and fades after 3 or 4 days. The most serious complication of rubeola is encephalitis, which occurs in about 0.1 per cent of all cases and is responsible for an estimated 600 cases of mental retardation each year. Other complications include pneumonia, otitis media, and mastoiditis. Patient Care. The patient should be kept in bed as long as the rash and fever continue, and should get as much rest as possible. Aspirin, nose drops, and cough medicine may be prescribed during this stage. Water and fluids can be given for fever. The sickroom should be well ventilated and fairly warm. If the patient's eyes are sensitive to light, strong sunlight should be kept out of the room. The rash may itch a great deal and prevent the patient from resting. If so, calamine lotion, cornstarch solution, or plain cool water will afford some relief. If the itching continues, antihistamine drugs may be necessary. Measles can greatly lower resistance to other infections such as bronchitis, pneumonia, and ear infection. If the patient's temperature remains high for more than 2 days after the rash fades, or if he complains of pain in the ear, throat, chest, or abdomen, medical attention should be obtained without delay. The person with measles should be placed under respiratory precautions until the fifth day of the rash. Anyone with a cold or cough should be kept away from the patient because another infection can cause serious complications. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend continuing respiratory isolation precautions for 4 days after start of the rash, except in immunocompromised patients, with whom precautions should be maintained for the duration of the illness. Prevention. The first measles vaccine was developed and made available in the early 1960s. It consisted of killed virus and is now known to have conferred little or no immunity and, in addition, made the person susceptible to the de
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What are the 26 areas called that make up The Swiss Confederation?
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Switzerland | history - geography | Britannica.com Switzerland Alternative Titles: Confédération Suisse, Confederazione Elvetica, Confederazione Svizzera, Confederaziun Helvetica, Helvetia, Helvetic Confederation, Schweiz, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Suisse, Svizzera, Svizzra, Swiss Confederation Switzerland federal state with two legislative houses (Council of States [46]; National Council [200]) Head of state and government President of the Federal Council: Doris Leuthard Capital French; German; Italian; Romansh (locally) Official religion Literacy: percentage of population age 15 and over literate Male: 100% GNI per capita (U.S.$) (2014) 84,720 1Official long-form name in French is Confédération Suisse; in German, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft; in Italian, Confederazione Svizzera; in Romansh, Confederaziun Svizra. 2The federal supreme court is located in Lausanne . Country Data Overview (PDF) Switzerland, federated country of central Europe . Switzerland’s administrative capital is Bern , while Lausanne serves as its judicial centre. Switzerland’s small size—its total area is about half that of Scotland —and its modest population give little indication of its international significance. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. An Alpine village near Saint Moritz in the upper Engadin valley, Graubünden canton, … © thomas.andri/Fotolia Time-lapse video of night views of Switzerland. © Alessandro Della Bella (A Britannica Publishing Partner) A landlocked country of towering mountains, deep Alpine lakes , grassy valleys dotted with neat farms and small villages, and thriving cities that blend the old and the new, Switzerland is the nexus of the diverse physical and cultural geography of western Europe, renowned for both its natural beauty and its way of life. Aspects of both have become bywords for the country, whose very name conjures images of the glacier-carved Alps beloved of writers, artists, photographers, and outdoor sports enthusiasts from around the world. Zürich, Switzerland. Zurich Tourism/Manuel Bauer Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. For many outsiders, Switzerland also evokes a prosperous if rather staid and unexciting society, an image that is now dated. Switzerland remains wealthy and orderly, but its mountain-walled valleys are far more likely to echo the music of a local rock band than a yodel or an alphorn . Most Swiss live in towns and cities, not in the idyllic rural landscapes that captivated the world through Johanna Spyri ’s Heidi (1880–81), the country’s best-known literary work. Switzerland’s cities have emerged as international centres of industry and commerce connected to the larger world, a very different tenor from Switzerland’s isolated, more inward-looking past. As a consequence of its remarkably long-lived stability and carefully guarded neutrality, Switzerland— Geneva , in particular—has been selected as headquarters for a wide array of governmental and nongovernmental organizations, including many associated with the United Nations (UN)—an organization the Swiss resisted joining until the early 21st century. Restaurant in the Alpine village of Grindelwald, Switzerland. © fotoman_65/Fotolia La Gruyère district, Fribourg canton, Switzerland. Emma Lee—Life File/Getty Images Related People Leo Jud Switzerland’s rugged topography and multicultural milieu have tended to emphasize difference. People living in close proximity may speak markedly distinct, sometimes nearly mutually unintelligible dialects of their first language, if not a different language altogether. German, French, Italian, and Romansh all enjoy national status, and English is spoken widely. Invisible lines separate historically Protestant from historically Roman Catholic districts, while the tall mountains of the Saint Gotthard Pass separate northern from southern Europe and their diverse sensibilities and habits. Yet, Switzerland has forged strength from all these differences, creating a peaceful society in which individual rights are carefully balanced against community and national interests. The Alps in Switzerland. Countries of
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Guns of the Swiss Guard: Happy Hole-y Week - Guns.com Guns of the Swiss Guard: Happy Hole-y Week The Vatican’s Swiss Guard has been on protection detail since the 1500s. Pope Francis and a saluting Swiss Guardsman. Sure, they may look funny in their brightly colored costumes, complete with feathered metal headgear, but these soldiers are the only military force for the smallest country in the world. They are also one of the best equipped. Who is the Swiss Guard? If you ever watch footage of the Pope, in the background you will often see a ceremonial guard dressed in an odd uniform. Made up of an extremely garish combination of purple and gold and cut in the style of a 15th century jester, these guards add an interesting flair to the Papal office, though their function is far from ceremonial. These men (no women are allowed) are all sworn members of a company of professional soldiers that dates back more than five centuries to 1506 making them the oldest military unit that has seen continuous service in history. Swiss Guards may look like toy soldiers but they are actually all trained and experienced military men serving in the oldest continuously operating unit in the world. That looks pretty good on a resume. Every Swiss Guardsman is drawn from the regular Swiss Army. The Swiss Guard’s attire is fairly timeless although their firearms are not. Formed of 110 officers and men, the Pontifical Swiss Guard are the defacto military of the Vatican City, an independent country of just .17 square miles (110-acres) in size located inside Rome, Italy. They are responsible for the security and safety of the Pope as well as the Papal facilities. All of the members are volunteers serving 25-month contracts. To be a member you have to be an adult male Swiss citizen, at least 5-foot, 8-inches tall, under 30 years of age, and have successfully completed prior service with the Swiss Army. Once selected members receive further training in less-lethal weapons, crowd control techniques, dignitary protection, and other skills needed in their future job. The Guard takes their mission seriously. In 1527 during the Sack of Rome, the Swiss Guard suffered more than 80% casualties in a rear guard action known forever as the Stand of the Swiss Guard, which allowed the then-current Pope to escape. The Guard responds to regular attacks on the Pope both in the Vatican and abroad. Medieval styling but modern behind the scenes While on parade the Swiss Guard are equipped with halberds, swords and pikes. If things ever go hot though, be aware that they can switch to SIGs, HKs and Glocks in double time. On public duty (i.e. tourist duty) the Swiss Guard uses medieval weapons like pikes, Swiss voulges and short swords. They are however fully trained in combat with all of these… While the public face of the Swiss Guard is the classic Michelangelo uniform with armor plate, plumes, and Conquistador-style Morion helmets, this is for the benefit of the tourists. Sure, these soldiers receive specialized training in these Renaissance-age weapons and the last thing you would ever want to do is pick a fight against a Swiss soldier with a 9-foot long steel pike unless you had a modern firearm, but they are not the Vatican’s only means of defense. Located deep inside the barracks of the Swiss Guard is an arsenal of arms that the soldiers train with constantly over the course of their service and, today, this steel is far from archaic. Handguns and longarms For almost 80 years, the officers and NCOs of the Swiss Guard were armed with Hugo Schmeisser ’s very homely Dreyse Model 1907 pistol . This 7-shot .32ACP was ugly but reliable. After the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul in 1981 by a Turkish hitman , the Guard upgraded these handguns to the logical SIG P220 , which is standard issue for the Swiss Army. There are also a number of Austrian-made Glock Model 19 9mm pistols used when a more concealable duty weapon is desired, such as on overseas dignitary protection. The very unusual Dreyse pistol guarded the Pope for almost 80-years. Since 1990, the standard i
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Who won the Eurovison Song Contest for the United Kingdom in 1967?
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Eurovision United Kingdom 1967: Sandie Shaw - "Puppet On A String" Sandie Shaw - "Puppet On A String" I wonder if one day that you'll say that you care If you say you love me madly, I'll gladly be there Like a puppet on a string Love is just like a merry-go-round With all the fun of the fair One day I'm feeling down on the ground Then I'm up in the air Are you leading me on? Tomorrow, will you be gone? I wonder if one day that you'll say that you care If you say you love me madly, I'll gladly be there Like a puppet on a string I may win on the roundabout Then I'll lose on the swings In or out, there is never a doubt Just who's pulling the strings I'm all tied up in you But where's it leading me to? I wonder if one day that you'll say that you care If you say you love me madly, I'll gladly be there Like a puppet on a string I wonder if one day that you'll say that you care If you say you love me madly, I'll gladly be there Like a puppet on a string Like a puppet on a string
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Chronicle 1967 Charlie Watts & Mick Jagger (1967): A new direction for the Rolling Stones Charlie: Our scene is really the recording scene. Producing and writing and playing - trying to keep ahead of the rest. This is much more exciting than the show-business aspect. Mick: We're at a funny stage. We are just making records and have time to gather our thoughts. It's impossible to do that when you're dashing around all over the place, worried about getting to gigs and things. I don't really know whether it's a good thing or not. I know I didn't enjoy last year very much. I enjoyed the things I did but I didn't enjoy things so much as a whole. It's true we didn't sell so many discs in England during 1966 as in the previous year, but neither did the other groups. As far as abroad goes, America is okay and we broke the Italian and German markets in 1966. We haven't quietened down. It's madder now than ever before. We couldn't possibly go on doing ballrooms and cinema appearances all the time. All the groups seem to be cooling off in this respect. Mick Jagger (1967): A Rolling Stones circus (The Rolling Stones will perform q)uite soon. What I want to do is have a show for young people which is not just pop stars comign on stage singing their latest recordings. I want it to include all kinds of acts- a stage show - except at the end we'll go round on a revolving stage, leaping about fro an hour to make up for the Palladium. Oh, and the ice creams will all have acid in them - that's my brother's idea! I suppose we could take an elephant on stage and break that up! Astrid Lundstrom: Stone dynamics (I was) immediately aware of the split in the band: Mick and Keith together, and Brian, Bill and Charlie on the other side. I found it frustrating to be with somebody who was able to be that passive. I felt Bill should be more outspoken, not put up with as much as he did, and I told him so. He said he tried but didn't get very far. February 5, 1967: Mick Jagger issues a press statement announcing he will sue the British newspaper News of the World for alleging he revealed using drugs. (Brian Jones had been mistaken for Mick Jagger.) Keith Richards: A winter Sunday at Redlands There's a big knock at the door. Everybody is just sort of gliding down slowly from the whole day of sort of freaking about. Everyone has managd to find their way back to the house. TV is on with the sound off and the record player is on. Strobe lights are flickering. Marianne Faithfull has just decided that she wanted a bath and has wrapped herself up in a rug and is watching the box. Bang bang bang, this big knock at the door and I go to answer it. Oh look, there's lots of little ladies and gentleman outside. He says, Read this, and I'm going, Wha? wha? All right. We were just gliding off from a 12-hour trip. You know how that freaks people out when they walk in on you. The vibes were so funny for them. I told one of the women with them they'd brought to seach the ladies, Would you mind stepping off that Moroccan cushion? Because you're ruining the tapestries. We were playing it like that. They tried to get us to turn the record player off but we said, No. We won't turn it off but we'll turn it down. As they went, as they started going out the door, somebody put on Dylan's Rainy Day Women really loud. Everybody must get stoned. And that was it. Keith Richards: The 1967 bust and Morocco (W)e had just started to turn on to acid. Yeah, we had picked it up in America in ‘66, on that last tour in the summer and we came home and just laid back and started to get it on. We had been working for a long time without stopping, without thinking, for along time. For three years. The bust ended it. We knew it was going to be heavy... The English are very strange. They're tolerant up to a point where they're told not to be. You get to a point up there where somebody turns around and swings a little finger. They've had it in their hands so long, the power. They haven't been fucked since Cromwell, man. First they don't like young kids with a lot
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Whose gang were the victims of the St Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929?
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The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre - Feb 14, 1929 - HISTORY.com The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Share this: The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Author The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre URL Publisher A+E Networks Fourmen dressed as police officers enter gangster Bugs Moran’s headquarters on North Clark Street in Chicago, line seven of Moran’s henchmen against a wall, and shoot them to death. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, as it is now called, was the culmination of a gang war between arch rivals Al Capone and Bugs Moran. George “Bugs” Moran was a career criminal who ran the North Side gang in Chicago during the bootlegging era of the 1920s. He fought bitterly with “Scarface” Al Capone for control of smuggling and trafficking operations in the Windy City. Throughout the 1920s, both survived several attempted murders. On one notorious occasion, Moran and his associates drovesix cars past a hotel in Cicero, Illionis, where Capone and his associates were having lunch and showered the building with more than 1,000 bullets. A $50,000 bounty on Capone’s head was the final straw for the gangster. He ordered that Moran’s gang be destroyed. On February 14, a delivery of bootleg whiskey was expected at Moran’s headquarters. But Moran was late and happened to see police officers entering his establishment. Moran waited outside, thinking that his gunmen inside were being arrested in a raid. However, the disguised assassins were actually killing the seven men inside. The murdered men included Moran’s best killers, Frank and Pete Gusenberg. Reportedly Frank was still alive when real officers appeared on the scene. When asked who had shot him, the mortally wounded Gusenberg kept his code of silence, responding, “No one, nobody shot me.” The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre actually proved to be the last confrontation for both Capone and Moran. Capone was jailed in 1931 and Moran lost so many important men that he could no longer control his territory. On the seventh anniversary of the massacre, Jack McGurn, one of the Valentine’s Day hit men,was killed him in a crowded bowling alley with a burst of machine-gun fire. McGurn’s killer remains unidentified, but was likely Moran, though hewas never charged with the murder. Moran was relegated to small-time robberies until he was sent to jail in 1946. He died in Leavenworth Federal Prison in 1957 of lung cancer. Related Videos
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Capone goes to prison - Oct 17, 1931 - HISTORY.com Capone goes to prison Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899 to Italian immigrants. He was expelled from school at 14, joined a gang and earned his nickname “Scarface” after being sliced across the cheek during a fight. By 1920, Capone had moved to Chicago, where he was soon helping to run crime boss Johnny Torrio’s illegal enterprises, which included alcohol-smuggling, gambling and prostitution. Torrio retired in 1925 after an attempt on his life and Capone, known for his cunning and brutality, was put in charge of the organization. Prohibition, which outlawed the brewing and distribution of alcohol and lasted from 1920 to 1933, proved extremely lucrative for bootleggers and gangsters like Capone, who raked in millions from his underworld activities. Capone was at the top of the F.B.I.’s “Most Wanted” list by 1930, but he avoided long stints in jail until 1931 by bribing city officials, intimidating witnesses and maintaining various hideouts. He became Chicago’s crime kingpin by wiping out his competitors through a series of gangland battles and slayings, including the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, when Capone’s men gunned down seven rivals. This event helped raise Capone’s notoriety to a national level. Among Capone’s enemies was federal agent Elliot Ness, who led a team of officers known as “The Untouchables” because they couldn’t be corrupted. Ness and his men routinely broke up Capone’s bootlegging businesses, but it was tax-evasion charges that finally stuck and landed Capone in prison in 1931. Capone began serving his time at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, but amid accusations that he was manipulating the system and receiving cushy treatment, he was transferred to the maximum-security lockup at Alcatraz Island, in California’s San Francisco Bay. He got out early in 1939 for good behavior, after spending his final year in prison in a hospital, suffering from syphilis. Plagued by health problems for the rest of his life, Capone died in 1947 at age 48 at his home in Palm Island, Florida. Related Videos
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