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Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies aged 84 | Television & radio | The Guardian The news on TV Comedy writer Jeremy Lloyd dies aged 84 Along with writing partner David Croft, Lloyd created hit shows including Are You Being Served? and ’Allo ’Allo! Jeremy Lloyd was given an OBE for services to comedy in 2012. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Tuesday 23 December 2014 11.18 EST Last modified on Tuesday 23 December 2014 19.32 EST Close This article is 2 years old Jeremy Lloyd, the creator of beloved British sitcoms ‘Allo ‘Allo! and Are You Being Served, has died age 84. Lloyd, who had worked in British comedy since the sixties, was admitted to hospital on Monday evening with pneumonia and died on Tuesday morning. His agent, Alexandra Cann, said: “[He was] a great wit and always a mass of original ideas. He had a wonderfully original mind and will be greatly missed.” Vicki Michelle, who played Yvette Carte-Blanche in ‘Allo ‘Allo, paid tribute to the comedy writer on Twitter, writing: “So sad to hear of Jeremy Lloyd’s passing. Such a wonderful talent, mentor & friend. A complete joy to work with. RIP Jeremy I’ll miss you xx.” Michelle was echoed by Sherlock and Doctor Who writer and actor Mark Gatiss, who said: “Farewell to Jeremy Lloyd and thanks for years of naughty laughs.” Lloyd was born in London to a mother who had been a Tiller girl who danced with Fred Astaire in Evergreen and Blue Skies in 1928 and 1929, and a petroleum engineer father. As a child he was sent to live with his grandmother in Manchester and rarely saw his parents, who he said had seen him as a failure. Before his first break into the world of comedy, Lloyd worked as a paint salesman, a metal sorter and even a road digger while writing his first film script, What a Whopper! Recalling how he got the film made, Lloyd said he had simply called up Earl St John, who was in charge at Pinewood Studios, and demanded he read the script. Lloyd’s first onscreen break came in School for Scoundrels in 1960, and he would go on to appear in over 30 films after that, including uncredited roles in The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night and Help! He then took on a role as a writer on the popular US sketch comedy show Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, writing for people such as Goldie Hawn, Roger Moore, Sammy Davis Jr, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, as well as often performing himself, his plummy British accent proving popular with American audiences. It was on his return from America in the early 70s that he and David Croft , whom he had met on the Billy Cotton Band Show, wrote and created Are You Being Served?, based on Lloyd’s past experiences working at Simpsons of Piccadilly. The BBC series, set in the fictional Grace Brothers store, ran for 13 years becoming one of Britain’s best loved sitcoms. Pinterest Carmen Silvera, Gorden Kaye and Vicki Michelle, who starred in ‘Allo ‘Allo!, which was co-written by Lloyd. Photograph: Rex Features The pair would then go onto create ‘Allo ‘Allo!, a sitcom set in a small-town café in Nazi-occupied France during the second world war, which would runbetween 1982 and 1992. He also went on to write music and lyrics for children’s character Captain Beaky, with a song performed by Keith Michell making the UK top five in 1980. Lloyd was married three times, including briefly to Absolutely Fabulous actor Joanna Lumley . Lumley later wrote about their fleeting marriage, saying “He was witty, tall and charming – we should have just had a raging affair.” Six months ago he married his third wife, Elizabeth Moberly. Lloyd was given an OBE in 2012 for his services to British comedy.
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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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Which figure personifying the USA was used on World War One recruiting posters
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Marianne in the World War One Poster | Vintage European Posters Marianne in the World War One Poster October 25, 2012 § 2 Comments Real, Inspired and Allegorical Figures in Poster Art Poster art often features the human figure. In many cases, the figure is solely an illustration conjured from the imagination of the artist. Stephane, Cognac Briand, c. 1925 In some instances, the figure is modeled after a real person such as in The Lefevre-Utile ‘LU’ Biscuits poster by David Lance Goines. This image was inspired by Ginger LeFevre, a descendant of the famous cookie family, and Goines shows the little girl reaching for a cookie jar. Likewise, Firmin Bouisset, used his children as models for many of his posters. Left: Goines, Lu Biscuit Right: Bouisset, Maggi Sometimes posters feature allegorical figures. Like the advertising posters which came before them, posters from the First World War were designed to motivate the viewer to enlist in the army, or to buy a war bond. They also had a secondary imperative: to inspire the viewer. In fact, in the United States, posters were part of a campaign of salesmanship to get the American public behind the war. American Posters used figures like Uncle Sam, Columbia, and Lady Liberty allegorically. French Bond Posters used Marianne. Silver coin featuring Marianne Marianne is the personification of the Republique Francaise and a symbol of liberty and freedom. Images of Marianne first appear in 1775 and depict her standing, young and determined, sometimes bare breasted as she leads soldiers into battle. Her image is allegorical, and is inspired by another allegorical figure, that of Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom and war. The figure was used on the French postage stamp in 1849, and also on the franc. Today she appears on the French Euro coin. We encounter Marianne occasionally in the advertising poster. Advertising poster for Saponite Laundry Soap, featuring Marianne berating a seated Napoleon She is, however, best enjoyed in the poster in French World War One Bond and Reconstruction posters. M. Richard Butz, Souscrivez Pour la Victoire, 1916 In this poster, created early in the war, a fierce Marianne flies over a battlefield littered with dead soldiers. Behind her, soldiers march triumphantly. After one and a half years of brutal battles and many losses, France needed such imagery to stay the course. Lelong, Credit Nationale, 1920 This reconstruction poster by Rene Lelong features Marianne in red wearing laurels of victory. She smites a battleaxe turning her blade in for a plough. The poster is populated with a blacksmith, a teacher, and a farmer, suggesting that France will enjoy a renaissance in construction, culture, and agriculture when the bond is sold successfully. Droit, Emprunt National, 1920 This beautiful and peaceful image by Lt. Jean Droit shows Marianne steering a boat, representing commerce, import, and export, through calm waters. In this image, she wears the Phrygian cap, an ancient symbol of freedom and liberty, which is a typical feature of her garb. If you visit Paris, keep an eye out for Marianne. If you know what to look for, you will no doubt spot her. Here she is at Place de Nation in Paris. Marianne at Place de Nation This noble Marianne statue was created by Aime Jules Dalou in 1899, and it is a strong image of history and inspiration. Although Marianne never lived, her iconic image has left an imprint in France for over a period of almost 225 years. We feel we know her, we feel we have seen her before, and that we can relate to her. I guess that is exactly what a good allegory is designed to do. This post was written by Elizabeth Norris, Owner Vintage European Posters and edited by Emily Jackson, UC Berkeley Art History Student and Gallery Assistant, www.vepca.com Vintage European Posters was established in 1997. We are the West Coast’s Largest Dealer in Original Vintage Posters from France and the United States. See us online anytime at www.vepca.com and at our Berkeley Showroom OUTPOST 2201 Fourth Street, Tuesdays and Thursdays As well
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TRIVIA - HISTORICAL TRIVIA - HISTORICAL ` History Trivia What was a ship called the Ancon the first to travel through, on August 15, 1914? The Panama Canal. What fighter pilot flew World War I missions with his Great Dane "Moritz" next to him in the cockpit? Monfred von Richthofen, or " The Red Baron". What country lost 17.2 percent of its population in World War II? Poland. What deranged Roman emperor had a name that meant "little boot"? Caligula. What Pakistani was the first head of state in the 20th century to give birth in office? Benazir Bhutto. What two-word term describes the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning f the Renaissance? Middle Ages. What newspaper won a Pulitzer for its Watergate coverage? The Washington Post. Who described the impending Persian Gulf ground war as "the mother of all battles"? Saddam Hussein. What ship's lookout was miffed when his request for binoculars was denied in 1912? The Titanic's. What big-league baseball prospect was jailed in Cuba from 1953 to 1955 before going on to bigger things? Fidel Castro. Who saw the turtleneck he wore at cease-fire talks in Bosnia fetch $5,000 at auction? Jimmy Carter. What brave-hearted Scottish patriot led soldiers to a defeat of the English at the Battle of Cambuskenneth in 1297? William Wallace. What nation issued the five-dollar bill found in Abraham Lincoln's pocket when he was shot? The Confederate States of America. What Argentinean was buried in a Milan cemetery under the pseudonym Maria Maggi? Eva Peron. What Polish political movement got the support of Pope John Paul II in the 1980s? Solidarity. What war lasted from June 5, 1967 to June 10, 1967? The Six-Day War. Who was the longest-reigning Arab ruler, through 1995? King Hussein of Jordan. What famous Swiss citizen said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"? Albert Einstein. What nation was bounced from the Organization of American States in 1962? Cuba. What's the Islamic Resistance Movement better known as to Palestinians? Hamas. Who was the first president of the National Organization for Women, in 1966? Betty Freidan. Who tooled around Chicago during Prohibition in a car bearing the license plate "EN-1"? Eliot Ness. Who cross-examined the victims in the trial against Long Island Railroad shooter Colin Ferguson? Colin Ferguson. What beating victim's 23-lawyer defense team handed the city of Los Angeles a bill for $4.4 million? Rodney King's. What can Germans publicly deny the existence of to earn five years in prison? The Holocaust. What French explorer was murdered by his crew after he spent two years failing to locate the mouth of the Mississippi? Robert La Salle. Who's believed by many to be buried in Downpatrick under a tombstone marked with the letter "P"? St. Patrick. What controversial crime fighter did Elvis Presley call "the greatest living American"? J. Edgar Hoover. What cavalryman's bonehead moves included leaving four Gatling guns behind, in 1876? George Armstrong Custer's. Who wrote in 1774 that "no thinking man" in America wanted independence from England? George Washington. What country was Adolf Hitler born in? Austria. What Ohio city was the 1995 Bosnian peace accord signed in? Dayton. What Persian Gulf warrior called his young majors in charge of combat operations "Jedi Knights"? Norman Schwarzkopf. What horse-loving future president cheated on an eye exam to join the cavalry reserves in the 1930s? Ronald Reagan. What president opined: "Once you get into this great stream of history you can't get out"? Richard Nixon. What name has been shared by the most popes? John. What leader ruled an area that stretched from the North Sea to central Italy at the onset of the ninth century? Charlemagne. What did Hirohito refer to as a "tragic interlude," during a 1975 U.S. visit? World War II. What nationality was Gavrilo Princip, who set off World War I by assassinating Archduke Ferdinand? Serbian. What 17th century English Lord Protector's severed head was finally buried
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What shape are the 12 faces of a dodecahedron?
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The Dodecahedron The dodecahedron has 30 edges, 20 vertices and 12 faces. Dodeca is a prefix meaning “twelve.” The dodecahedron is the only polyhedron I know of which is composed entirely of pentagons. Buckminster Fuller describes what he calls a '6 pentagonal tensegrity sphere' in Synergetics I, 726.01, and which is shown at Marvin Solit's website at www.fnd.org/geo.htm, but I don't believe that structure can be built without tensegrity struts and tension wires. Figure 1 The dodecahedron is pentagonal both inside and out, as can be seen from Figure 1. Like the icosahedron, it has many golden section relationships, which we shall see. The dodecahedron is even more versatile then the icosahedron. The icosahedron contains and geometry, but the dodecahedron contains , Figure 2 Cube and tetrahedron in dodecahedron. Cube in gray, tetrahedron in green This view of the dodecahedron is significant in that it shows the 2 dimensional shadow of the decagon. The decagon itself is based upon the pentagon, the building block of the dodecahedron. See Pentagon and Decagon for more information. Figure 2A -- Another view of tetrahedron (green) inside cube (blue) inside dodecahedron (orange) Figures 2 and 2A show how a cube and a tetrahedron can be placed inside a dodecahedron. These placements are 'nice' meaning that the vertices of the placed-in solids are all vertices of the dodecahedron. The cube, octahedron and tetrahedron are all based on root 2 and root 3 geometry: The relationship of the side of the cube to the radius of its enclosing sphere is r = sqrt(3) / 2. For the tetrahedron, The dodecahedron is capable of elegantly sustaining these and relationships, along with its own many relationships. Figure 3 -- octahedron inside tetrahedron Notice that the octahedron fits precisely on the bisected sides of the tetrahedron. The icosahedron cannot contain any of the other 5 solids 'nicely' on its vertices. The icosehedron and the dodecahedron are 'duals' (as are the cube and the octahedron). By 'dual' is meant that if you put a vertex in the middle of all of the faces and connect the lines, you get the dual. By placing a vertex at the middle of all the faces of the dodecahedron you get an icosahedron, and vice-versa. Figure 4 shows the dual nature of the icosahedron and dodecahedron. Figure 4 Duals ---- dodecahedron inside icosahedron Notice that to create the dodecahedron, all we did was draw lines from each vertex of the icosahedron to every other vertex. The vertices of the dodecahedron are at the intersection points. We could just as easily have found the vertices of the dodecahedron by drawing lines on every triangular face of the icosahedron. Where those lines intersect is the center of the face, and a vertex of the dodecahedron. That occurs because the dodecahedron has 12 faces and the icosahedron has 12 vertices. Now for the standard analysis: What is the volume of the dodecahedron? We will use the pyramid method. There are 12 pentagonal pyramids, 1 for each face, each pyramid beginning at O, the centroid. See Figure 1 and Figure 5. The volume of any n-sided pyramid is 1/3 * area of base * pyramid height. First we need to get the area of the base, which is the area of each pentagonal face: Figure 5 One pyramid on face BCHLG The area of the pentagon is the area of the 5 triangles which compose it. From Area of Pentagon we know This is approximately 1.720477401 . Now we need to find the height of the pyramid, OU. To do that, we need to find the distance from O to a vertex, lets say, OH. This distance will be the hypotenuse of the right triangle OUH. Since we already know UH, we can then get OU from the good ol’ Pythagorean Theorem. Imagine a sphere surrounding the dodecahedron and touching all of its vertices. OH is just the radius of the enclosing sphere. If you look at Figure 6, HOZ = GON = diameter. There is a line through HOZ to show the diameter. Figure 6 Now look at the rectangle MIFK. The diagonal of it, MF, is also a diameter (MF = HZ). Notice that the long sides of t
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Three-Dimensional Shapes | SkillsYouNeed Three-Dimensional Shapes You'll get our 5 free 'One Minute Life Skills' We'll never share your email address and you can unsubscribe at any time. See also: Properties of Polygons This page examines the properties of three-dimensional or ‘solid’ shapes. A two-dimensional shape has length and width. A three-dimensional solid shape also has depth. Three-dimensional shapes, by their nature, have an inside and an outside, separated by a surface. All physical items, things you can touch, are three-dimensional. This page covers both straight-sided solids called polyhedrons, which are based on polygons, and solids with curves, such as globes, cylinders and cones. Polyhedrons Polyhedrons (or polyhedra) are straight-sided solid shapes. Polyhedrons are based on polygons, two dimensional plane shapes with straight lines. See our page Properties of Polygons for more about working with polygons. Polyhedrons are defined as having: Straight edges. Flat sides called faces. Corners, called vertices. Polyhedrons are also often defined by the number of edges, faces and vertices they have, as well as whether their faces are all the same shape and size. Like polygons, polyhedrons can be regular (based on regular polygons) or irregular (based on irregular polygons). Polyhedrons can also be concave or convex. One of the most basic and familiar polyhedrons is the cube. A cube is a regular polyhedron, having six square faces, 12 edges, and eight vertices. Regular Polyhedrons (Platonic Solids) The five regular solids are a special class of polyhedrons, all of whose faces are identical with each face being a regular polygon. The platonic solids are: Tetrahedron with four equilateral triangle faces. Cube with six square faces. Octahedron with eight equilateral triangle faces. Dodecahedron with twelve pentagon faces. Icosahedron with twenty equilateral triangle faces. See the diagram above for an illustration of each of these regular polyhedrons. What is a Prism? A prism is any polyhedron that has two matching ends and flat sides. If you cut a prism anywhere along its length, parallel to an end, its cross-section is the same - you would end up with two prisms. The sides of a prism are parallelograms - four-sided shapes with two pairs of sides with equal length. Antiprisms are similar to regular prisms, their ends match. However the sides of anti-prisms are made up of triangles and not parallelograms. Antiprisms can become very complex. What is a Pyramid? A pyramid is a polyhedron with a polygon base that connects to an apex (top point) with straight sides. Although we tend to think of pyramids with a square base, like the ones that the ancient Egyptians built, they can in fact have any polygon base, regular or irregular. Furthermore, a pyramid can have an apex in the direct centre of its base, a Right Pyramid, or can have the apex off centre when it's an Oblique Pyramid. More Complex Polyhedrons There are many more types of polyhedra: symmetrical and asymmetrical, concave and convex. Archimedean solids, for example, are made up of at least two different regular polygons. The truncated cube (as illustrated) is an Archimedean solid with 14 faces. 6 of the faces are regular octagons and the other 8 are regular (equilateral) triangles. The shape has 36 edges and 24 vertices (corners). Three-Dimensional Shapes with Curves Solid shapes which include a curved or round edge are not polyhedrons. Polyhedrons can only have straight sides. Many of the objects around you will include at least some curves. In geometry the most common curved solids are cylinders, cones, spheres and tori (the plural for torus). Common Three-Dimensional Shapes with Curves: Cylinder Cone A cylinder has the same cross-section from one end to the other. Cylinders have two identical ends of either a circle or an oval. Although similar, cylinders are not prisms as a prism has (by definition) parallelogram, flat sides. A cone has a circular or oval base and an apex (or vertex). The side of the cone tapers smoothly to the apex. A cone is simila
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Which Las Vegas casino has an ancient Roman theme?
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Themed Hotels in Las Vegas | USA Today Themed Hotels in Las Vegas (Photo: streetsign: las vegas boulevard image by Brenton W Cooper from Fotolia.com ) Related Articles Couples Hotels in Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada is world-famous for its glitz, glitter, gambling, and fantasy-related allure. It therefore comes as no surprise that Vegas offers an abundance of elaborate, themed hotels for travelers to enjoy. Themed Vegas hotels are virtual cities unto themselves, offering everything you will need to keep occupied, sheltered, and well fed. Excalibur Hotel You can do everything from gamble to get married in this expansive medieval-castle-themed hotel that offers accommodations fit for the knights of the round table themselves. One thousand of the hotel's rooms have been remodeled to include 42-inch flat-screen televisions, updated in-room electronics, and enlarged bathrooms with granite counter tops. Special dining deals such as all-you-can-eat buffets and gourmet dinner specials can be enjoyed in The Steakhouse at Camelot, located in the hotel complex itself. The in-house casino offers a wide variety of table games, slot machines, and other games of chance. Above the casino floor, a ceiling full of elaborate stained glass panels adds to the castle theme with their medieval depictions. Catch a wide variety of live entertainment at the hotel's showroom, including a dinner show that includes live jousting, fireworks, and a three-course meal that you eat with your fingers. If you want to tie the knot in Vegas, you can do so at the Excalibur's Canterbury Wedding chapels, which are located on site. With such comprehensive entertainment and lavish provisions, you never need to leave the Excalibur hotel in order to enjoy the full Vegas experience. Excalibur Hotel 3850 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas NV 89109 877-750-5464 excalibur.com The Venetian Hotel This elaborate themed hotel brings guests right into the heart of Venice itself, with detailed ceiling frescoes, a winding canal complete with floating gondolas, and expansive Italian fountains for swimming pools. This mega-hotel has over 4,000 rooms available, 1,013 of which are luxury suites located in what is known as the "Venetian Tower." It boggles the mind to comprehend all that is available within the walls of the Venetian Hotel. A 62-room spa offers some of the most extensive treatments anywhere, an enormous casino offers gambling galore, a live music venue offers top notch entertainment, the famous Madame Trousseau's Wax Museum offers candid poses of famous figures, a health club, a nightclub, more than 70 restaurants and shops, a wedding chapel and a 1.9-million-square-foot convention center. Book your reservations online or via the hotel's reservation hotline. The Venetian Hotel 3355 Las Vegas Blvd S. Paradise, NV 89109 800-851-1703 thevenetian.com Caesar's Palace Mingle with celebrities, pop culture icons, and fellow travelers with a bit of cash to spend at this legendary hotel and casino in the heart of the Las Vegas strip. Modeled after ancient Rome, this themed hotel includes five towers named Centurion, Roman, Forum, Augustus, and Palace. The huge on-site casino includes a world-famous race and sports book, where fans can view and bet on sporting events on 6 big screens and 12 televisions. There are a number of restaurants in this themed Vegas hotel, including Guy Savoy’s Restaurant, headed by the famous French chef. Wedding chapels are available if you want to get married in classic Roman style at one of the outdoor garden locations or indoor in one of three chapels. There are eight Roman pools for you to enjoy, along with a health club, spa, aquarium, convention center, and entertainment venues. Caesar’s Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, NV 89109 866-227-5938 caesarspalace.com References
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The Lupercale (cave) - Rome World / Italy / Lazio / Rome World / Italy / Lazio / Roma temple, monument, ruins, cave, Roman Empire, grotto From Wikipedia: The Lupercal ("lupa", Latin for she-wolf) is a cave at the foot of the Palatine Hill in Rome, between the Temple of Apollo Palatinus and the Basilica of Santa Anastasia. In the legend of Rome's foundation, Romulus and Remus were found there by the lactating female wolf who suckled them until they were found by Faustulus. The priests of Lupercus later celebrated certain ceremonies of the Lupercalia there; from the late years of the Republic till A.D. 494, when the practice was ended by Pope Gelasius I. In January 2007 Italian archaeologist Irene Iacopi announced that she had probably found the legendary cave beneath the remains of Emperor Augustus's house, the Domus Livia, on the Palatine. Archaeologists came across the 15-meter-deep cavity while working to restore the decaying palace. On 20 November 2007 the first set of photos were released showing the vault of the cave which is encrusted with colourful mosaics, pumice stones and seashells. The center of the ceiling features a depiction of a white eagle, the symbol of the Roman Empire during the reign of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Archaeologists are still searching for the entrance of the grotto. Its location below Augustus' residence is thought to be significant; Octavian, before he became Augustus, had considered taking the name Romulus to indicate that he intended to found Rome anew.
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What is the proper medical name for the windpipe?
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Definition of Windpipe Definition of Windpipe Windpipe : The trachea , a tube -like portion of the respiratory ( breathing ) tract that connects the larynx (the voice box ) with the lungs . Each time we inhale (breathe in ), air goes into our nose or mouth , then through the larynx, down the trachea, and into our lungs. When we exhale (breathe out), the air goes out the other way. Prostate surgery has traditionally been seen as offering the most benefits for BPH and also, unfortunately, the most risks.
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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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According to Voltaire who was shot ‘to encourage the others’?
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No pardon for Admiral Byng. The MoD don't want to encourage any others | UK news | The Guardian No pardon for Admiral Byng. The MoD don't want to encourage any others · Family petition for only admiral ever executed · Records suggest sentence was a cover-up for failures Thursday 15 March 2007 19.58 EDT First published on Thursday 15 March 2007 19.58 EDT Share on Messenger Close The memorial in a Bedfordshire church bristles with outrage: "To the perpetual Disgrace of Public Justice," it claims of the man it commemorates, Admiral John Byng, executed on the quarterdeck of his ship 250 years ago yesterday for failing to engage the French in battle with sufficient enthusiasm. He was, it adds, "a Martyr to Political Persecution...when Bravery and Loyalty were Insufficient Securities for the Life and Honour of a Naval Officer." Or, as Voltaire put it more coolly and cynically in his contemporary novel Candide: "In this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others." As they gathered at the church in Southill, Beds, yesterday at noon, the time of Byng's execution, to lay a wreath and say prayers, with the bell tolling 52 times in commemoration of his age, descendants of the unfortunate admiral who have petitioned the government for a posthumous pardon were aware that their request was unlikely to be granted. Last night, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said Byng could not receive the sort of pardon that ministers granted last year to men shot at dawn during the first world war - basically because there is no one alive who remembers him. The MoD said there had been specific reasons for the first world war victims to be pardoned: "There are people alive who knew them. There was a feeling that a wrong had been done. It was a personal matter rather than something lost in the mist of time." The Byng episode, the spokesman said, was accepted past history and a pardon would set a precedent. Who next? Anne Boleyn or Joan of Arc? But descendant Sarah Saunders-Davies from Romsey, Hampshire, called it a shameful end for an admiral with an unblemished career. "His court martial was a sham, with false testimonies, witness intimidation and intrigue - all to cover up the failure of the government." Byng, a career naval officer, certainly appears to have been stitched up. He was sent with an inadequate fleet in May 1756 to prevent the capture of the British garrison at St Philip's Castle on the island of Menorca after a French invasion. The admiral made it clear that he believed he did not have enough ships or men, but was denied reinforcements. When a French fleet hove into view, they were half-heartedly engaged but then allowed to escape and Byng eventually set sail back to Gibraltar without relieving the fort. He may have been unfortunate that the French commander's jubilant account of the battle reached London before his own report did and the government, privately ashamed it had underestimated the threat to the island, determined to make its admiral a scapegoat. It released an edited version of Byng's dispatch to inflame the public against him then had him arrested, brought back to England and put before a court martial at Greenwich. Byng was so sure he would be acquitted that he ordered a carriage to carry him back to London. If the ministerial miscalculations sound familiar from subsequent conflicts, Byng's punishment was not. The government had recently altered the articles of war to ensure officers could not evade responsibility for their actions through the pulling of strings. The only punishment for dereliction of duty was death. On March 14 1757, despite appeals from the court martial - two vice-admirals refused to sign the sentence - Byng was led on to the quarterdeck of his flagship, the Monarque, anchored off Spithead, and was shot by an execution party of Marines. In the words of the Newgate Calendar: "Thus fell, to the astonishment of all Europe, Admiral John Byng who was at least rashly condemned, cruelly sacrificed to vile political intrigues." Byng was the first and last admiral to
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History Jeopardy Template Who is the Medici Family Who was the wealthy family in Florence that funded many artists during the Renaissance? 100 Who is Prometheus Who is that man that brought fire to the people of Greece by breaking off a piece of the sun? 100 Who is Helen of Sparta The Trojan War began because of the abduction of which Spartan queen according to classical sources? 100 What was the river that Egyptian civilizations depended on for flooding and irrigation? 100 After what explorer is our continent named? 200 What is Legalism What was the ancient Chinese philosophy that was used to bring an end to the Warring States Period in ancient China? 200 Who was the very wealthy king who loved gold more than anything? 200 In what year was the last battle of the War of 1812? 200 What type of belief system did most early civilizations have? 200 Who is that Spanish explorer that conquered the Incan empire? 300 What was the pictographic script used by the ancient Egyptians involving symbols? 300 Who was the god that was thrown off Mount Olympus because he was ugly? 300 During the Fourth Crusade, the pope excommunicated the Crusaders because they sacked what Christian city? 300 What is the Shang Dynasty What Chinese dynasty used tortoise shells and 'oracle bones' to communicate with the spirits which led to the first examples of Chinese writing? 300 Who is known as the first man to sail all the way around the world? 400 What is "Ring around the Rosie" What is the song that children sing for fun, but actually describes the Black Death that spread across Europe? 400 Artemis and who were the twins that Zeus had with Leto? 400 Who is Henry Tudor The War of Roses was fought between the Lancasters and the Yorks, but was one by a leader of neither party named who? 400 Who is the Nazca Who of this early Andes Mountains civilization carved enormous pictographs or glyphs into the desert floor that might be a form of ancient calendar? 400 Who crossed Panama and was the first European to see the Pacific Ocean? 500 What is 1886 What is the year in which the United States was presented with a monumental gift from France? 500 Who is Paris According to legend, who fired the arrow that hit Achilles in the heel, his only vulnerable spot? 500 What is the Treaty of Westphalia What was the resolution of the 30 Years War? 500 What is Papua New Guinea Jarred Diamond began searching the world for answers to a question posed by Yali, a native of what tropical country where Diamond did his early research? 500
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Tennis: Glossary of terms and definitions Back to the main Tennis page Ace - a serve that is a winner without the receiving tennis player able to return the ball. Ad court - the part of the tennis court that is to the left of the tennis players Advantage - when a tennis player needs one more point to win the game after the score was deuce. Alley - the extra area of the side court used for doubles. ATP - stand for the Association of Tennis Professionals Backhand - a way to swing the tennis racquet where the player hits the ball with a swing that comes across the body. Backspin - spin of a tennis ball that causes the ball to slow down and/or bounce low. Backswing - the motion of a swing that moves the racquet into position to swing forward and strike the ball. Baseline - the line indicating back of the court. Baseliner - a tennis player whose strategy is to play from the baseline. See Tennis Strategies for more. Break - when the server loses the game Break point - one point away from breaking serve Chip - blocking a shot with backspin Chip and charge - an aggressive strategy to return the opponent's serve with backspin and move forward to the net for a volley Chop - a tennis shot with extreme backspin. Meant to stop the ball where it lands. Counterpuncher - another name for a player who is a defensive baseliner. Court - the area where a tennis game is played Crosscourt - hitting the tennis ball diagonally into the opponent's court Deep - refers to a shot that bounces near the baseline verses near the net Deuce - when the score in a game is 40 to 40. Deuce court - the right side of the court Double Fault - two missed serves in a row. The server will lose the point. Doubles - a tennis game played by four players, two per side of the court. Down the line - hitting a tennis shot straight down the baseline Drop shot - a strategy where the tennis player hits the ball just go over the net. It is used when the opponent is far from the net. Drop volley - a drop shot from a volley Fault - a service that is not in play. First Service - the first of the two serves of a tennis ball a player is allowed. Generally the server will try a more difficult serve on the first service. Flat - a shot with little to no spin Follow through - the part of the swing after the ball is hit. A good follow through is important for accuracy and power. Foot fault - when the server steps over the baseline while making a serve. Forehand - a tennis swing where the player hits the tennis ball from behind their body. Often the forehand is the players best stroke. Game point - one point away to win the tennis game. Grand Slam - any one of the four most prestigious tennis tournaments including the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. Groundstroke - a forehand or backhand shot made after the tennis ball bounces once on the court Head - the top part of the racket that has the strings and is meant to hit the ball. Hold - when the server wins the tennis game. I-formation - a formation in doubled where the both players stand on the same side of the court prior to starting the point. Jamming - to hit the tennis ball straight to the opponent's body not allowing them to extend the racquet to hit the ball well. Kick serve - a serve with a lot of spin causing the ball to bounce high Let - when the tennis ball from a service touches the net but still lands within the service box. The server gets another try as this does not count as a fault. Lob - a tennis shot where the ball is lifted high above the net. Can be a defensive shot in some cases, but also may cause a winner when the ball is just out of reach of the opponent, but still lands in play. Love - zero points in a tennis game. Match point - when one tennis player only needs one more point to win the entire match Out - any tennis ball that lands outside the area of play. Passing shot - when the tennis ball is hit such that it passes by the opponent at the net without them being able to hit the ball. Poaching - an aggressive strategy in doubles where the tennis player at net attempts to v
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Serena Williams' Grand Slam history and U.S. Open Serena prepared for Slam Serena year by year A look at how far Serena Williams advanced in each of the grand slams during her nearly 20 years on tour. 1998 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 53 Serena Williams lost to No. 16 Venus Williams in the Round of 64, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1. FRENCH OPEN: No. 27 Serena Williams lost to No. 5 Arantxa Sanchez Vicario in the Round of 16, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3. WIMBLEDON: No. 20 Serena Williams lost to No. 47 Virginia Ruano Pascual in the Round of 32, 7-5, 4-1 (retired). U.S. OPEN: No. 20 Serena Williams lost to No. 8 Irina Spirlea in the Round of 32, 6-3, 0-6, 7-5. 1999 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 26 Serena Williams lost to No. 15 Sandrine Testud in the round of 32, 6-2, 2-6, 9-7. FRENCH OPEN: No. 10 Serena Williams lost to No. 37 Mary Joe Fernandez in the Round of 32, 6-3, 1-6, 6-0. WIMBLEDON: Missed tournament because of injury. U.S. OPEN: No. 6 Serena Williams won her first Grand Slam by defeating No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final, 6-3, 7-6. 2000 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 4 Serena Williams lost to No. 18 Elena Likhovtseva in the Round of 16, 6-3, 6-3. FRENCH OPEN: Missed tournament because of injury. WIMBLEDON: No. 8 Serena Williams lost to No. 5 Venus Williams in the semifinals, 6-2, 7-6. U.S. OPEN: No. 5 Serena Williams lost to No. 2 Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-2. 2001 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 6 Serena Williams lost to No. 1 Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 3-6, 8-6. FRENCH OPEN: No. 7 Serena Williams lost to No. 4 Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. WIMBLEDON: No. 5 Serena Williams lost to No. 4 Jennifer Capriati in quarterfinals, 6-7, (4-7), 7-5, 6-3. U.S. OPEN: No. 10 Serena Williams lost to No. 4 Venus Williams in the final, 6-2, 6-4. 2002 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Missed tournament because of injury. FRENCH OPEN: No. 3 Serena Williams beat No. 2 Venus Williams in the final, 7-5, 6-3. WIMBLEDON: No. 2 Serena Williams beat No. 1 Venus Williams in the final, 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. U.S. OPEN: No. 1 Serena Williams beat No. 2 Venus Williams in the final, 6-4, 6-3. 2003 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 1 Serena Williams beat No. 2 Venus Williams in the final, 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 6-4. FRENCH OPEN: No. 1 Serena Williams lost to No. 4 Justine Henin in the semifinals, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. WIMBLEDON: No. 1 Serena Williams beat No. 4 Venus Williams in the final, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. U.S. OPEN: Missed tournament because of injury. 2004 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: Missed tournament because of injury. FRENCH OPEN: No. 7 Serena Williams lost to No. 6 Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. WIMBLEDON: No.10 Serena Williams lost to No. 15 Maria Sharapova in the final, 6-1, 6-4. U.S. OPEN: No. 11 Serena Williams lost to No. 8 Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. 2005 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 7 Serena Williams beat No. 1 Lindsay Davenport in the final, 2-6, 6-3, 6-0. FRENCH OPEN: Missed tournament because of injury. WIMBLEDON: No. 4 Serena Williams lost to No. 85 Jill Craybas in the Round of 32, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4). U.S. OPEN: No. 8 Serena Williams lost to No. 10 Venus Williams in the Round of 16, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. 2006 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 15 Serena Williams lost to No. 17 Daniela Hantuchova in the Round of 32, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5). FRENCH OPEN: Missed tournament because of injury. WIMBLEDON: Missed tournament because of injury. U.S. OPEN: No. 91 Serena Williams lost to No. 1 Amelie Mauresmo in the Round of 16, 6-4, 0-6, 6-2. 2007 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 81 Serena Williams beat No. 2 Maria Sharapova in the final, 6-1, 6-2. FRENCH OPEN: No. 8 Serena Williams lost to No. 1 Justine Henin in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-3. WIMBLEDON: No. 8 Serena Williams lost to No. 1 Justine Henin in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. U.S. OPEN: No. 9 Serena Williams lost to No. 1 Justine Henin in the quarterfinals, 7-6 (7-3), 6-1. 2008 AUSTRALIAN OPEN: No. 7 Serena Williams lost to No. 4 Jelena Jankovic in the quarterfinals, 6-3, 6-4. FRENCH OPEN: No. 5 Serena Williams lost to No. 24 Katarina Srebotnik in the Round of 32, 6-4, 6-4. WIMBLEDON: No. 6 Serena Williams lost to No. 7 Venus Williams in the fina
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UCEAP: Host Institutions | University of Warwick University of Warwick Courses and Credits This program allows you to become fully integrated into the academic and social life of the University of Warwick. Fall quarter and year options are open to you. Strong disciplines at University of Warwick include biological science, business and management, computer science, creative writing, economics, English literature, history, mathematics, political science, social work, and sociology. Use the following resources to learn about courses on EAP: Compare the academic offerings at other English universities to determine if the University of Warwick is the right partner institution for you. University of Warwick, Coventry online catalog/course listings. Note that in the UK “course” typically refers to the degree or major and “modules” refer to individual classes. Part-year students need to consult the Part-Year Module Handbook when looking for courses MyEAP Course Catalog lists courses previously taken by UC students. Additional courses may be available and not all courses may still be offered. Courses that have not yet been taken for credit will not appear in the MyEAP Course Catalog. The Program Guide provides detailed information about the English Universities program. Units You are required to take a full-time course of study while abroad: 14-16 quarter/9.3-10.7 semester UC units per quarter; usually 3 or 4 courses. A total of 42-48 quarter/28-32 semester UC units are required per year. Research and Independent Study Independent study or research for academic credit may be possible. Arrangements are generally made after arrival at the host institution, although in some cases predeparture preparation may be required. A UCEAP Special Study Research Project would be in addition to a full course load. About The University of Warwick enrolls about 16,000 students; approximately 1,000 international students from 100 countries also attend. The emphasis is on small group teaching in seminars of about 8 to 12 students. The curriculum promotes a high level of independent, self-directed study. Test Drive Your Future HostInternships Internships abroad are a great way to enhance your resume for today’s competitive job market. Stand out from your peers, gain hands-on experience, and develop your global professional network. Important: Your ability to participate in any internship in the U.K. either for academic credit or life experience depends upon obtaining the correct Tier 4 Student Visa before departure. You must request a CAS number from the host university after acceptance. The CAS number is needed in order to apply for the Tier 4 Student Visa. A UCEAP Special Study Internship Project would be in addition to a full course load. 1. Internships found through the UCEAP London Study Center Become engaged in internships through the resources of the London Study Center. The Study Center has information on possible internships in the community, including some in the summer after the end of a year program. According to U.K. visa regulations, only year program students will be able to remain in the U.K. long enough to participate in a summer internship. However, fall or spring students can participate in an internship during the fall or spring term. Setting Up Your Internship: Contact the London Study Center and submit a resume or CV and a cover letter. The Study Center can assist by writing a letter of recommendation for you, if needed by the internship provider. 2. Student - initiated internships Be creative and design your own internship. Participants have interned at cultural events, at various city councils, and communication companies such as the BBC. These internships are frequently not for academic credit; however, if your internship is substantial you can request credit by following these three steps . Setting Up Your Internship: Contact companies and organizations that align with your interest. Career Development Offices on campus offer excellent guidance on resume or CV and cover letter writing. For
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Una Stubbs - Who Do You Think You Are - A regular in television and film for 50 years... Who Do You Think You Are? Una Stubbs - Who Do You Think You Are? A regular in television and film for 50 years... 24th July 2013 Claim 1 Month Free! Hurry, offer Ends in --:--:-- Find your ancestors & break down your brick walls using the same unique tools and record sets we used when researching this family tree. For one day only, we're giving you the opportunity to claim a one month free trial! Hurry, as this offer ends midnight! Claim your free sub here Una was born on the 1 May 1937 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, to parents Clarence Reginald Stubbs and Angela Rawlinson. Clarence worked at the local Shredded Wheat factory in Welwyn Garden City and Angela worked in the cutting room of a local film studio for which Hatfield was so renowned. This may have also given young Una her first taste of show business. With Una showing an interest in dance, she was sent to La Roche Dance School at age 14 and from there her career flourished. After starting off as a professional dancer, Una developed her skills further into the art of acting with numerous television and film roles. Stubbs became one of Lionel Blair's dance ensemble before obtaining a role in Cliff Richard's 1963 film Summer Holiday. By 1966, she was playing Rita, the daughter of Alf Garnett in the long-running BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part. For the following 30 years, Stubbs became one of the most recognisable faces on the small screen: in the 70s she was Aunt Sally in the children's TV series Worzel Gummidge; in the 80s she was team captain in the weekly game show Give Us a Clue; in the 90s, she was Miss Bat in The Worst Witch; and more recently she appeared on The Catherine Tate Show and EastEnders. Una Stubbs' father, Clarence, was born in 1908 in York and married Angela Rawlinson, from Hertfordshire, in 1933 in Hatfield. Here we find Clarence in the 1911 census with his family in York: His father's occupation was a confectioner. Clarence had an older brother, Alwyn Arthur and also an adopted brother, Albert, who lived with him, his mother and father, Arthur and Annie. Arthur's birth date is 1889 and his birthplace is listed as York. Clarence was later to fall out with his parents and sadly Una never knew her paternal grandparents. In the 1901 census, Arthur Stubbs is living at home with his parents, John and Elizabeth in York. John Stubbs is a house painter by trade and originates from Darlington. Here is their listing on the census., which shows Arthur as the eldest of 5 sons: John Stubbs hails from Darlington, then part of Durham. We find him on the 1871 census living with his father Henry, a cabinet maker and his elder brother, George. Henry had married Elizabeth Tait in Darlington in 1864. Sadly Henry's marriage to Elizabeth was not a long one, Elizabeth died in 1869 at the young age of 30. We can see a copy of her death record on TheGenealogist. Going further back to 1841, we find a young Henry Stubbs, aged 3, living with his parents, John and Elizabeth in Darlington, in the North East. John Stubbs is described as a 'Wool Comber' and it must have been a struggle to support his family in a traditional industry. Born in 1806, John's life would have been a far cry from the glamour of show business that has been experienced by his great-great- great grand-daughter, Una! Here is the 1841 Census record for Darlington, with the Stubbs family living in Brunswick Street, Darlington. The street they lived in contains a number of workers in the wool and agricultural labour industry, from wool combers, John Stubb's occupation, to wool sorters, weavers and skinners. On Una's mother's side, there appears to have been a bit more affluence. Angela Rawlinson was born in 1914 to parent's Charles Rawlinson and Kathleen Howard. On the Rawlinson side, Charles's father was George Rawlinson, a stockbroker agent based in St Pancras, London and originating from Lincolnshire. George appears to have done relatively well for himself, as the 1891 c
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How to Make Bread - Allrecipes Dish How to Make Bread Rye Beer Bread | Photo by lutzflcat Baking bread is actually quite simple. It’s just a handful of basic ingredients. Still, it’s an art as well as an exacting science, requiring attention to detail. The main point to keep in mind is that the star of the show, yeast, is actually a living organism. It requires a warm, moist environment and a food source to grow and thrive. Before you’re a baker, you’re kind of a rancher, feeding and growing the yeast. Behold, the basic steps to making yeast bread: 1) Proof the Yeast Yeast feeds on sugars and starches in the dough. And when it grows, it produces carbon dioxide that makes your dough rise. Yeast is a living organism; it’s also very sensitive. Too much heat (at the wrong time), sugar, or salt can kill it. When you’re “proofing,” you’re growing the yeast: this ensures it is active and re-hydrated. Note: This step is not required for fresh or instant yeast. To proof yeast: Pour 1 cup of warm (110 degrees F) water into a bowl. Add 2 teaspoons of sugar; stir to dissolve. Sprinkle a packet of yeast (2 ½ teaspoons) on top. Let it sit for a few minutes, then stir until it dissolves. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and set it in a warm, draft-free place (inside your turned-off oven, for example). Within 5 to 10 minutes the top of the mixture should have turned creamy and foamy, which means the yeast is working. If nothing happens, the yeast is dead; discard the mixture and try again with different yeast. You’re foamy, proofed yeast should look like this. Photo by Meredith Types of Yeast: Active dry yeast is the most commonly available form for home bakers. It is available in 1/4-oz packets or jars. Store jars in the refrigerator after opening. Be sure to check the expiration date before baking. Instant yeast is a dry yeast developed in the past thirty years. It comes in smaller granules than active dry yeast, absorbs liquid rapidly, and doesn’t need to be hydrated or “proofed” before being mixed into flour. “Bread Machine Yeast” is instant yeast that may include ascorbic acid, a dough conditioner. Cake yeast, or compressed yeast, is fresh yeast. It is used by many professional bakers and can be found in the refrigerated section of some supermarkets. It has a short shelf-life of one to two weeks. Some pastry recipes call for fresh yeast, which comes in 0.6-oz squares. A 0.6-oz cube of cake yeast is roughly equivalent to 2 to 2-1/4 tsp. active dry rapid rise, instant, or bread machine yeast. No time for yeast bread? Consider quick breads like pumpkin breads and banana breads, muffins, scones, and biscuits. They don’t need time to rise and require no kneading. Check out how to bake the best quick breads . Related: How to Make Bread in a Bread Machine 2) Combine Ingredients and Mix Well Combine the liquid and proofed yeast at the bottom of a mixing bowl. Add flour and salt. Some of the best breads are “lean doughs,” consisting simply of flour, water, yeast, and salt. Baguettes and ciabatta bread are examples of lean doughs. Enriched doughs contain fat, whether in the form of butter, milk, oil, or eggs. Challah, brioche, and sweet roll doughs are enriched doughs. If your recipe calls for butter or egg yolks, mix the flour-water-yeast mixture to hydrate the flour and develop the gluten strands before working in the fat. 3) Knead the Dough until Smooth and Soft Using a plastic bowl scraper, wooden spoon, or your hands, scrape the dough onto a liberally floured work surface. Kneading develops long elastic strands of gluten, or wheat protein, which trap the gases produced by the yeast. Kneading by hand is not a complicated process, but it does require some stamina. With the heels of your hands, press the dough down and away from you. Fold the dough over, turn 90 degrees, and repeat over and over until the dough is smooth and elastic. If you’re using a stand mixer, knead with the hook attachment on low speed until the dough is elastic. Flour or oil your fingertips and pinch off a small piece of dough. You should be able to stretch the dough
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The Food Timeline history notes--state foods 3/4 cup white sugar 3/4 cup boiling water Mix flour, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, salt. Stir in milk, vanilla, butter. Spread batter in buttered 8 X 8 pan. Scatter blueberries over batter. Sprinkle sugar over berries. Pour boiling water over all. Bake at 375 degree oven for 45 min. or unitl brown and done in center. Berries sink to bottom and form juice. Serve hot with light cream; or cold, topped with ice cream." ---Juneau Centennial Cookbook, Jane Stewart, Phyllice F. Bradner, Betty Harris (p. 43) About Alaska's blueberries: I & II . "Rhubarb Crisp Mix and place in greased baking pan: 3 C diced rhubarb, 1/4 C sugar Blend until crumbly and spread on top: 2/3 C butter, 2/3 C brown sugar, 2/3 C white sugar, 1 C flour, dash of salt. Bake in 350 degree oven for 40 minutes. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream." ---ibid (p. 49) "Governor George Parks' Sourdough Cook 3 large potatoes and mash well. To mashed potatoes, add 1 pint of potato water. When lukewarm, add 1/2 cake yeast and 2 C flour. Cover and put in warm place 48 hours. To use: take out 2 C and add 1/2 tsp soda, pinch salt, 2 T sugar and enough flour to make a hot cake batter. Add a little oil. To start add 2 C flour and 2 C water. Cook on griddle." ---ibid (p. 54) edible symbols include milk & pink tomato. The state cooking vessel is the Dutch Oven . Historic Arkansas foodways: "Most of the early pioneers who moved west bypassed what is now Arkansas and its Ozark Mountains because of the rocky landscape and poor soil. In the late 1700s and early 1800s, however, hard-working farmers from Kentucky, Illinois, and Tennessee, who were used to farming under difficult conditions, settled in Arkansas. They brought their recipes for curing hams, roasting pork ribs over open fires, and baking soda biscuits and molasses cakes...Since Arkansas borders the South, the Southwest, and the Midwest, it has a mixture of cuisines. Plantation cookery of the Mississippi Valley, the hill cooking of the Ozarks, and the Mexican influcences of Texas and Oklahoma all combine to make a unique style of food...There is a great emphasis of real "down-home" flavors. Fried pork chops with a light-brown cream gravy to which bits of sausage have been added have remained a favorite dish. Sausage is also used in poultry stuffings, along with cooked rice. Arkansas-style chicken is prepared by first simmering the chicken pieces in a skillet and then baking them in the oven with a Creole sauce. Each region of Arkansas has its own unique food. In the southern bayou country, roast duck, candied yams, fried chicken, fluffy biscuits and peach cobblers are often served. Around Texarkana, pinto beans and barbecued beef of the Southwest are typical fare. Along the Mississippi River, catfish are popular in stews and fried...In the hill coutnry of the Ozarks, dishes such as bacon with cracklin's corn bread, baked beans, wilted lettuce with bacon and vinegar, bread and apple jelly, and ginger bread for dessert are traditional everyday fare...Roasted raccoon, roasted beaver-tail, and baked opossum are Arkansas soul food...Arkansans prefer hot bread with their meals...They like steaming-hot corn breads, hot biscuits, or fresh-out-of-the-oven rolls. Strawberry shortcake is a favorite dessert of Arkansans...The Arkansas version of the shortcake usese a crisp, buttery biscuit, which is split in half, soaked in strawberry juice, and then topped with a mound of whipped cream and fresh strawberries...Over the past 50 years, Arkansas has become an important poulty-producing state, as well as a major producer of fruits, vegetables, rice, and soybeans. In the 1840s Arkansas farmers began experimenting with orchards. Their apples soon won first prizes...Peaches also became an important Arkansas fruit crop." ---Tastes of the States: A Food History of America, Hilde Gabriel Lee [Howell Press:Charlottesville VA] 1992 (p. 106-9) "The folks in Arkansas have so many good things to eat, and such different foods at different seas
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Fast Internet access becomes a legal right in Finland - CNN.com Fast Internet access becomes a legal right in Finland Story Highlights Providers will need to supply connection speeds of at least 1 megabit per second But Finland is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster 95 percent of Finnish population have some sort of Internet access The law is designed to bring the Web to rural areas By Saeed Ahmed CNN (CNN) -- Finland has become the first country in the world to declare broadband Internet access a legal right. The move by Finland is aimed at bringing Web access to rural areas, where access has been limited. Starting in July, telecommunication companies in the northern European nation will be required to provide all 5.2 million citizens with Internet connection that runs at speeds of at least 1 megabit per second. The one-megabit mandate, however, is simply an intermediary step, said Laura Vilkkonen, the legislative counselor for the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The country is aiming for speeds that are 100 times faster -- 100 megabit per second -- for all by 2015. "We think it's something you cannot live without in modern society. Like banking services or water or electricity, you need Internet connection," Vilkkonen said. Finland is one of the most wired in the world; about 95 percent of the population have some sort of Internet access, she said. But the law is designed to bring the Web to rural areas, where geographic challenges have limited access until now. "Universal service is every citizen's subjective right," Vilkkonen said. Should fast Internet access be everyone's legal right? It is a view shared by the United Nations, which is making a big push to deem Internet access a human right. In June, France's highest court declared such access a human right. But Finland goes a step further by legally mandating speed. On the other hand, the United States is the only industrialized nation without a national policy to promote high-speed broadband , according to a study released in August by the Communications Workers of America, the country's largest media union. Forty-six percent of rural households do not subscribe to broadband, and usage varies based on income, the study found. In February, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to submit a national plan to Congress. The FCC says that expanding service will require subsidies and investment of as much as $350 billion -- much higher than the $7.2 billion President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package has set aside for the task.
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Do you know...? Do you know...? 1. Over which country did Pan Am flight 103 crash in December 88? 2. Who sang about his Prerogative in the 1980s? 3. Which all-girl group had 80s No 1s with Walk Like An Egyptian and Eternal Flame? 4. Which sitcom, premiered in 1988, featured Dr. Harry Weston? 5. The 1980 Olympics were boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of which country? 6. What kind of Boys had an 80s No 1 with West End Girls? 7. Anwar Sadat was President of which country when he died in 1981? 8. What kind of disaster claimed some 100,000 lives in Armenia in 1988? 9. Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986? 10. Which President of the Philippines was deposed in 1986? 11. The increasing scarcity of elephants and rhinos led to a 1989 ban on which substance? I'll post the answers on Friday..... shockhazard Over which country did Pan Am flight 103 crash in December 88? A: Scotland. Who sang about his Prerogative in the 1980s? A: Bobby Brown. Which all-girl group had 80s No 1s with Walk Like An Egyptian and Eternal Flame? A: Bangles. Which sitcom, premiered in 1988, featured Dr. Harry Weston? A: Empty Nest. The 1980 Olympics were boycotted because of the USSR's invasion of which country? A: Afghanistan. What kind of Boys had an 80s No 1 with West End Girls? A: Pet Shop Boys. Anwar Sadat was President of which country when he died in 1981? A: Egypt. What kind of disaster claimed some 100,000 lives in Armenia in 1988? A: Earthquake. Where in the Ukraine was there a nuclear explosion in 1986? A: Chernobyl. Which President of the Philippines was deposed in 1986? A: Marcos. The increasing scarcity of elephants and rhinos led to a 1989 ban on which substance? A: Ivory. Where ever you go, there you are.
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"Pop Music - The group called ""The Attractions"" was the backing group for which pop singer?"
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Elvis Costello | New Music And Songs | Elvis Costello About Elvis Costello When Elvis Costello's first record was released in 1977, his bristling cynicism and anger linked him with the punk and new wave explosion. A cursory listen to My Aim Is True proves that the main connection that Costello had with the punks was his unbridled passion; he tore through rock's back pages taking whatever he wanted, as well as borrowing from country, Tin Pan Alley pop, reggae, and many other musical genres. Over his career, that musical eclecticism distinguished his records as much as his fiercely literate lyrics. Because he supported his lyrics with his richly diverse music, Costello emerged as one of the most innovative, influential, and best songwriters since Bob Dylan. The son of British bandleader Ross McManus, Costello (born Declan McManus) worked as a computer programmer during the early '70s, performing under the name D.P. Costello in various folk clubs. In 1976, he became the leader of country-rock group Flip City. During this time, he recorded several demo tapes of his original material with the intention of landing a record contract. A copy of these tapes made its way to Jake Riviera, one of the heads of the fledgling independent record label Stiff. Riviera signed Costello to Stiff as a solo artist in 1977; the singer/songwriter adopted the name Elvis Costello at this time, taking his first name from Elvis Presley and his last name from his mother's maiden name. With former Brinsley Schwarz bassist Nick Lowe producing, Costello began recording his debut album with the American band Clover providing support. "Less Than Zero," the first single released from these sessions, appeared in April of 1977. The single failed to chart, as did its follow-up, "Alison," which was released the following month. By the summer of 1977, Costello's permanent backing band had been assembled. Featuring bassist Bruce Thomas, keyboardist Steve Nieve, and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation to Bruce), the group was named the Attractions; they made their live debut in July of 1977. Costello's debut album, My Aim Is True, was released in the summer of 1977 to positive reviews; the album climbed to number 14 on the British charts but it wasn't released on his American label, Columbia Records, until later in the year. Along with Nick Lowe, Ian Dury, and Wreckless Eric, Costello participated in the Stiffs Live package tour in the fall. At the end of the year, Jake Riviera split from Stiff Records to form Radar Records, taking Costello and Lowe with him. Costello's last single for Stiff, the reggae-inflected "Watching the Detectives," became his first hit, climbing to number 15 at the end of the year. This Year's Model, Costello's first album recorded with the Attractions, was released in the spring of 1978. A rawer, harder-rocking record than My Aim Is True, This Year's Model was also a bigger hit, reaching number four in Britain and number 30 in America. Released the following year, Armed Forces was a more ambitious and musically diverse album than either of his previous records. It was another hit, reaching number two in the U.K. and cracking the Top Ten in the U.S. "Oliver's Army," the first single from the album, also peaked at number two in Britain; none of the singles from Armed Forces charted in America. In the summer of 1979, he produced the self-titled debut album by the Specials, the leaders of the ska revival movement. In February of 1980, the soul-influenced Get Happy!! was released; it was the first record on Riviera's new record label, F-Beat. Get Happy!! was another hit, peaking at number two in Britain and number 11 in America. Later that year, a collection of B-sides, singles, and outtakes called Taking Liberties was released in America; in Britain, a similar album called Ten Bloody Marys & Ten How's Your Fathers appeared as a cassette-only release, complete with different tracks than the American version. Costello and the Attractions released Trust in early 1981; it was Costello's fifth album in a row produced by Nick Lowe. Trust debuted at n
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Sandie Shaw’s Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm Listeners Biography Sandie Shaw (real name Sandra Ann Goodrich) (born February 26, 1947) was the most successful British girl singer of the 1960s. With her hair, slender frame, model cheekbones and outfits, she has been described as the ultimate working-class 'it' girl. Raised in Dagenham, Essex, UK, the Ford plant IBM operator dreamed of becoming a singer. She began her recording career in 1964 at just 17-years-old having been discovered by popular singer Adam Faith . She was spotted by Adam Faith after she appeared way down on the bill at a concert featuring himself and his group The Roulettes and The Hollies (she had gained a place in the concert having come second in a talent contest). After the show she was taken backstage to meet The Hollies and The Roulettes, and ended up being dragged to Faith's dressing room to do an impromptu rendition of "Everybody Loves A Lover." Faith was so impressed that he introduced her to his manager Eve Taylor, a former Variety manager. Within a fortnight the youngster had a record deal with Pye Records and a new stage name. Taylor signed songwriter Chris Andrews to Shaw and he wrote her first single "As Long As You're Happy Baby." However it was the second single that was to make her a household name after Eve Taylor discovered "(There's) Always Something There To Remind Me" on a song-hunting trip to America. The song had been written by legendary songwriting team Burt Bacharach and Hal David and had been a minor US hit for Lou Johnston. Shaw's version became a massive hit, spending three weeks at Number One in the UK singles chart in the autumn of 1964. This was followed by a string of classic pop hit singles written by Chris Andrews including "Girl Don't Come," "I'll Stop At Nothing," "Long Live Love" (Shaw's second UK Number One), "Message Understood," "Tomorrow" and "Nothing Comes Easy," all of which made the Top 20. The star was also a regular on popular programmes like Top Of The Pops, Ready Steady Go and Thank Your Lucky Stars. Shaw also recorded most of her hit singles in Italian, French, German and Spanish, boosting her popularity on the continent. She was also hugely popular across South America, had even performed behind the Iron Curtain and sung at some concerts in pre-revolutionary Iran. Problems with work permits prevented Shaw from breaking America, although she has developed quite a collection of avid fans there! Her trademark was to perform in bare feet because, in her own words, "I feel more relaxed, more able to get the mood of a song." The singles were produced by Eve Taylor, Andrews and herself (though she was never credited) with help from Pye arranger Ken Woodman. Although it was mainly her singles that brought her success and popularity, Shaw also released several original albums in the 60s - Sandie, Me, Love Me, Please Love Me, The Sandie Shaw Supplement and Reviewing The Situation. These albums generally consisted of Chris Andrews-penned songs mixed with cover versions of songs made popular by other artists. By 1967 Shaw's record sales were lower than they had previously been and her manager decided to go for a more cabaret appeal and, against her will (as she felt it would destroy her credibility), Shaw was put forward to represent the UK in that year's Eurovision Song Contest. She performed five songs on The Rolf Harris Show and the public voted that the song that should represent the country was the Bill Martin/Phil Coulter composition "Puppet On A String" (a song she hated!). The song won the contest hands down (making Sandie Shaw the first person to win the contest for the UK) and gave her another smash hit (her third UK number one single - a record for a female at the time). "Puppet On A String" was also another massive worldwide hit, and was the biggest selling single of the year in Germany. 1967 also saw Shaw marry fashion designer Jeff Banks with whom she would later have a daughter, Gracie, born in 1971. Fashion had become another of Shaw's trademarks, and i
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Which US state is nicknamed the 'Hawkeye State’?
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Iowa State Nickname Iowa State Nickname Sauk Chief Black Hawk ( public domain photo on Wikipedia ). Official State Nickname of Iowa Adopted early in the state's history, Iowa's nickname is "The Hawkeye State" as a tribute to chief Black Hawk, leader of the native American Sauk tribe (relocated to Iowa after unsuccessful fighting of settlers). Iowa is also called "The Corn State" - 90 percent of the land in Iowa is devoted to agriculture. All State Nicknames Iowa
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Who gained enlightenment sitting under a Bodhi tree?
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Holy Sites of Buddhism: Bodh Gaya - Place of Enlightenment Seat of Enlightenment: The Diamond Throne, Vajrasana. "Bodh Gaya is the place where Gautama Buddha attained unsurpassed, supreme Enlightenment. It is a place which should be visited or seen by a person of devotion and which would cause awareness and apprehension of the nature of impermanence". Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha-to-be, had been dwelling on the banks of the Nairanjana River with five ascetic followers for six years practicing austerities. Realising that austerities could not lead to realisation he abandoned them. His five ascetic companions disgusted at his seeming failure, deserted him and left for Sarnath. He then moved towards the village of Senani where he was offered rice milk by a Brahmin girl, Sujata. Accepting from a grass-cutter a gift of kusa grass for a mat, the Bodhisattva took a seat under a pipal tree facing east. Here he resolved not to rise again until enlightenment was attained. "Here on this seat my body may shrivel up, my skin, my bones, my flesh may dissolve, but my body will not move from this seat until I have attained Enlightenment, so difficult to obtain in the course of many kalpas". As Gautama sat in deep meditation, Mara, Lord of Illusion, perceiving that his power was about to be broken, rushed to distract him from his purpose. The Bodhisattva touched the earth, calling it to bear witness the countless lifetimes of virtue that had led him to this place of enlightenment. When the earth shook, confirming the truth of Gautama's words, Mara unleashed his army of demons. In the epic battle that ensued, Gautama's wisdom broke through the illusions and the power of his compassion transformed the demons' weapons into flowers and Mara and all his forces fled in disarray. The Maha Bodhi Temple The historical place at which the Enlightenment took place became a place of pilgrimage. Though it is not mentioned in the scriptures, the Buddha must have visited Bodh Gaya again in the course of his teaching career. About 250 years after the Enlightenment, the Buddhist Emperor, Ashoka visited the site and is considered the founder of the Mahabodhi Temple. According to the tradition, Ashoka, as well as establishing a monastery, erected a diamond throne shrine at this spot with a canopy supported by four pillars over a stone representation of the Vajrasana, the Seat of Enlightenment. The temple's architecture is superb but its history is shrouded in obscurity. It was constructed with the main intention of making it a monument and not a receptacle for the relics of the Buddha. Several shrines were constructed with enshrined images for use as places of worship. The basement of the present temple is 15m square, 15m in length as well as in breadth and its height is 52m which rises in the form of a slender pyramid tapering off from a square platform. On its four corners four towers gracefully rise to some height. The whole architectural plan gives pose and balance to the observers. Inside the temple there is a colossal image of the Buddha in the "touching the ground pose", bhumisparsha m
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Hanif Kureishi (Author of The Buddha of Suburbia) edit data Hanif Kureishi is the author of novels (including The Buddha of Suburbia, The Black Album and Intimacy), story collections (Love in a Blue Time, Midnight All Day, The Body), plays (including Outskirts, Borderline and Sleep With Me), and screenplays (including My Beautiful Laundrette, My Son the Fanatic and Venus). Among his other publications are the collection of essays Dreaming and Scheming, The Word and the Bomb and the memoir My Ear at His Heart. Kureishi was born in London to a Pakistani father and an English mother. His father, Rafiushan, was from a wealthy Madras family, most of whose members moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. He came to Britain to study law but soon abandoned his studies. After meeting and marryi Hanif Kureishi is the author of novels (including The Buddha of Suburbia, The Black Album and Intimacy), story collections (Love in a Blue Time, Midnight All Day, The Body), plays (including Outskirts, Borderline and Sleep With Me), and screenplays (including My Beautiful Laundrette, My Son the Fanatic and Venus). Among his other publications are the collection of essays Dreaming and Scheming, The Word and the Bomb and the memoir My Ear at His Heart. Kureishi was born in London to a Pakistani father and an English mother. His father, Rafiushan, was from a wealthy Madras family, most of whose members moved to Pakistan after the Partition of India in 1947. He came to Britain to study law but soon abandoned his studies. After meeting and marrying Kureishi’s mother Audrey, Rafiushan settled in Bromley, where Kureishi was born, and worked at the Pakistan Embassy. Kureishi attended Bromley Technical High School where David Bowie had also been a pupil and after taking his A levels at a local sixth form college, he spent a year studying philosophy at Lancaster University before dropping out. Later he attended King’s College London and took a degree in philosophy. In 1985 he wrote My Beautiful Laundrette, a screenplay about a gay Pakistani-British boy growing up in 1980’s London for a film directed by Stephen Frears. It won the New York Film Critics Best Screenplay Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay. His book The Buddha of Suburbia (1990) won the Whitbread Award for the best first novel, and was also made into a BBC television series with a soundtrack by David Bowie. The next year, 1991, saw the release of the feature film entitled London Kills Me; a film written and directed Kureishi. His novel Intimacy (1998) revolved around the story of a man leaving his wife and two young sons after feeling physically and emotionally rejected by his wife. This created certain controversy as Kureishi himself had recently left his wife and two young sons. It is assumed to be at least semi-autobiographical. In 2000/2001 the novel was loosely adapted to a movie Intimacy by Patrice Chéreau, which won two Bears at the Berlin Film Festival: a Golden Bear for Best Film, and a Silver Bear for Best Actress (Kerry Fox). It was controversial for its unreserved sex scenes. The book was translated into Persian by Niki Karimi in 2005. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2008 New Year Honours. Kureishi is married and has a pair of twins and a younger son. ...more
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Which English brewery produces 'Abbots Ale'?
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Abbot Ale | Greene King / Morland Brewery | BeerAdvocate Greene King / Morland Brewery Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.00% Availability: Year-round No notes at this time. Added by BeerAdvocate on 07-07-2001 BEER STATS look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4 500mL can (date stamp L4323 05:49) served in a tulip stout glass. Appearance: Bright amber with an initial 1/2" thick off white head that eventually died down to a thin 1/16" but persistent foam all the way across the top. An occasional island of lacing noted. Smell: Faint herbal hop aroma, with a bit of metallic note and hint of butter. Taste: Biscuity malt with some additional sweetness complimented by leafy bittering hops. A hint of butter as well. Some metallic note at the finish. Mouthfeel: Spot on for style - light carbonation, a tiny bit sticky. Overall / Drinkability: Very drinkable, and I think this would pair better with food rather than having it by itself as I did. One pint is enough, but I would not mind at all having it again, and I wonder what it would be like fresh out of a cask. A classic English Pale Ale from start to finish and a great looking beer. ★ 904 characters 3.54/5 rDev -3.3% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5 500mL clear glass bottle served in a short tumbler. Beer has a crisp, even lagery aroma. Color is crystal clear and of an orange amber hue. No bubbles and only minimal head formation. Flavor is dominantly biscuity and bready, with a buttery richness in the background, which also forms the aftertaste. No surprises here: a malt-forward English ale. Malt aftertaste throws the whole thing a bit out of balance and keeps this out of great beer territory, though it is most enjoyable and successfully conveys what English Ale is about. ★ 538 characters look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4 Reviewed in Roger Protz' "300 Beers To Try Before You Die!" Listed in the "1001 Beers To Taste Before You Die". MJ's 1999 "Guide" gave it 2.5 stars of 4 and said it has "lost some spicy interest, but gained in hop aroma." ★ 221 characters 2.51/5 rDev -31.4% look: 5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.25 Amber color, clear. The head is the strong point of this beer, ecru, compact, very dense, long. The aroma is a strong foundation malty, slightly caramel, with subtle notes of fruit. Taste: here definitely much more caramel maybe even too much, again delicate fruitiness well and it would be enough. Gentian delicate, soap. Low saturation. ★ 338 characters 4.23/5 rDev +15.6% look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25 It's got one trick but does it very well. Color suggests a very heavy body but in reality its pleasantly light and crisp. Still a malt bomb but pleasant hop/caramel notes on the finish. Superb! ★ 193 characters 4.04/5 rDev +10.4% look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25 Cask ale pumped a rich golden amber with a 1/2 inch of creamy tan head that recedes to a solid cap. Aroma of caramel and candy...trace toffee. Taste of creamy caramel...sweet full bodied. ★ 187 characters 3.41/5 rDev -6.8% look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25 Nice smooth bitter here(.5l bottle). Taste of toffee, aroma of butterscotch and caramel. Nice copper color with small creamy head. Mouthfeel hits the spot for this style. Imagine the tap variety would be a little creamier, but good effort here... ★ 246 characters 4.16/5 rDev +13.7% look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25 Fantastic example of an English Pale. Had on cask at a restaurant in Philly but it made me feel like I was at a pub in London. Earthy, bready, creamy and delicious. ★ 164 characters look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25 This English Pale Ale is in a 500ml can, 5% Not a bad beer. Surprisingly creamy with a fruity and hoppy taste. not strong. This is a beer I think would be good as a draft. Will have to look for it. ★ 199 characters 3/5 rDev -18% look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel
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Mentioned in the title of Cole Porter’s Begin the Beguine, what is a beguine?
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What’s in a Song: Begin the Beguine (1) What’s in a Song: Begin the Beguine (1) August 5, 2009 by John 8 Comments [Cole Porter at the piano, sometime in the 1930s. For me, it’s easy to see in him, from this photo, the song “Begin the Beguine” — but not the beguine itself.] [This is another in an occasional series on popular songs with appeal across the generations. This post will be broken into two parts; Part 2 appears in a few days here .] So let’s start with the obvious question for a word geek, that word: beguine. As far as I can tell, every Google result for the word “beguine” (pronounced something like b’GEEN) refers to the song — with these exceptions: dictionary pages (some of them!) for the word itself; pages about a 13th- to 14th-century religious order, whose female adherents were called Beguines; and pages on which only the lyrics appear.* And what does beguine refer to, in the context of the song? Wikipedia : The beguine is a dance, similar to a slow rumba, that was very modestly popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where the Martinique beguine is a slow close dance with a roll of hips. (Indeed, a whole style or genre of music exists, known as biguine — not at all unrelated to the beguine dance.) Cole Porter had two stories for where he encountered the dance before enshrining its name in the song. In one, he saw it performed on an island in the South Pacific; in the other, later version, he saw Martinique immigrants perform it on a Paris dance-hall stage. Charles Schwartz’s Cole Porter: A Biography offers a letter from Porter to a fan as an explanation which joins both of those stories into one: I was living in Paris at the time and somebody suggested that I go to see the Black Martiniquois, many of whom lived in Paris, do their native dance called The Beguine. This I did quickly and I was very much taken by the rhythm of the dance, the rhythm was practically that of the already popular rumba but much faster. The moment I saw it I thought of BEGIN THE BEGUINE as a good title for a song and put it away in a notebook, adding a memorandum as to its rhythm and tempo. About ten years later [on an island to the west of New Guinea, in what is now Indonesia, a] native dance was stated [?] for us, the melody of the first four bars of which was to become my song. In these terms, then, the music of “Begin the Beguine” sprang from a Caribbean rhythm and a South Pacific melody. (Note, though: Porter was a notorious kidder and practical joker, and very aware of his popular image. Various other explanations have been offered — by Porter and others — for the song’s origin. Basically, all we truly know about the song is what anyone has known since it was published.) In any case, what’s inarguable is that the song first appeared in a Broadway musical in 1935, called Jubilee. In the story, a family of royals in a fictional European country are (temporarily) forced to abandon their thrones, deciding to take up separate quests for long and fondly held dreams. The Prince encounters night-club singer Karen O’Kane (originally played by June Knight) at the Cafe Martinique, and that’s where the song is played, sung, and danced to. “Begin the Beguine” took a while to become popular. Xavier Cugat’s Waldorf Astoria Orchestra released a recording of it — also in 1935 — with a vocal by Don Reid; this went as high as #13 on the charts (such as they were back then). (Cugat apparently claimed — though I’ve found only one reference to this — that Porter dedicated the song to him, and said further that he was actually present when its lightning struck Porter the first time.) But what really broke “Beguine” out was a straight-up instrumental, a 1938 recording by Artie Shaw: [Below, click Play button to begin. While audio is playing, volume control appears at left — a row of little vertical bars. This clip is 3:12 long. ] Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here . You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. That l
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Clarion Spring 2014 by Barton Court Grammar School (page 51) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ 51 16 Which pioneering American poet and story-teller wrote The Fall of the House of Usher and The Tell Tale Heart? 17 What were the respective family names of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? 18 Which Russian writer wrote the 1866 book Crime and Punishment? 19 "Reader, I married him," appears in the conclusion of what Charlotte Bronte novel? 20 The ancient Greek concept of the 'three unities' advocated that a literary work should use a single plotline, single location, and what other single aspect? 21 Who wrote Brighton Rock (1938) and Our Man in Havana (1958)? 22 "In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice which I've been turning over in my mind ever since," is the start of which novel? 23 In the early 1900s a thriller was instead more commonly referred to as what sort of book? 24 Which novel begins "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife..."? 25 Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima committed what extreme act in 1970 while campaigning for Japan to restore its nationalistic principles? 26 Jonathan Harker's Journal and Dr Seward's Diary feature in what famous 1897 novel? 27 What is the technical name for a fourteen-lined poem in rhymed iambic pentameters? 28 "Make then laugh; make them cry; make them wait..." was a personal maxim of which novelist? 29 What term for a short, usually witty, poem or saying derives from the Greek words 'write' and 'on'? 30 What was the original title of the book on which the film Schindler's List was based? Mark out of 30 ? Answers窶馬o peeking before you have finished! 1 Novella, 2 Lord Alfred Tennyson , 3 Lady Chatterley's Lover, 4 Anne Brontﾃｫ, 5 Beowulf, 6 Existentialism, 7 Farce or farcical , 8 Magazine, 9 Isaac Newton , 10 Renaissance, 11 Copyright, 12 Metre, 13 Seventeen, 14 A Clockwork Orange, 15 Frankenstein, 16 Edgar Allen Poe , 17 Montague and Capulet, 18 Fyodor Dostoevsky , 19 Jane Eyre , 20 Time , 21 Graham Greene, 22 The Great Gatsby , 23 Shocker , 24 Pride and Prejudice , 25 Suicide, 26 Dracula , 27 Sonnet, 28 Charles Dickens, 29 Epigram , 30 Schindler's Ark Barton Court Grammar School Follow publisher Unfollow publisher Be the first to know about new publications.
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What is the alternative name for the Authorized Version of the Bible?
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Why is the King James Bible called the "Authorized Version"? How did King James Authorize it? 8 am - 5 pm PT (909) 941-8128 Fax © 2001 by David W. Daniels Question: Why is the King James Bible called the "Authorized Version"? How did King James Authorize it? Answer: Despite stories to the contrary, King James, in no uncertain terms, clearly authorized the translation of the Bible that now bears his name. [Note: This is a drastically shortened account of the birth of God's preserved words in English. Longer accounts are available, as in Final Authority: A Christian's Guide to the King James Bible , by William P. Grady.] Sanctioning the Authorized Version When Elizabeth died on April 1, 1603, she had seen 130 editions of the New Testament and the Bible published during her 45 years as Queen of England. James VI of Scotland, son of Mary, "Queen of Scots," became James I of England. Four days later, on his way to London, a delegation of Puritan ministers met James, asking him to hear their grievances against the Church of England. James consented, and on January of 1604, four Puritans came to express their troubles at Hampton Court, in front of King James and over 50 Anglican (Church of England) officials. One by one each request was rejected, until the Puritan group's leader, John Rainolds said these famous words: "May your Majesty be pleased to direct that the Bible be now translated, [since] such versions as are extant [are] not answering to the original." At first, Bishop Bancroft of London was dead-set against it, saying, "If every man's humor might be followed, there would be no end to translating." But the King made it clear he liked the idea. Not too long later Bancroft wrote this to a friend: I move you in his majesty's name that, … no time may be overstepped by you for the better furtherance of this holy work…. You will scarcely conceive how earnest his majesty is to have this work begun! When this Bible was translated, the title page was printed basically as you find it today in Cambridge Bibles: THE
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The 'Mezuzah', which is affixed to the doorframe of Jewish homes, is inscribed with Hebrew verses taken from which book of the 'Torah' ('Old Testament')?
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Mezuzah: The Jewish Lightning Rod before reading the Torah on this web site. Mezuzah: The Jewish Lightning Rod On the doorposts of every Observant-Jewish home, you will find a little rectangular case. Inside that case is a Mezuzah. It's there because the Torah commands us to affix a Mezuzah on each doorpost in our homes. What is a Mezuzah? In brief, a Mezuzah is two chapters from the Torah written (in Hebrew, of course) on a piece of parchment. The parchment is then rolled into a scroll, wrapped in paper or plastic, usually inserted into a hard-plastic or metal case, and affixed to the doorpost. We will, with Hashem's help, discuss this more at length below. First let us discuss the meaning of this Mitzvah. The essence of the mitzvah of Mezuzah is the concept of the Oneness of G-d. The very first verse written on the Mezuzah is the Shema: "Hear oh Israel, the L-rd is our G-d, the L-rd is One." When we pass a doorpost, we touch the Mezuzah and remember that G-d is One: a Oneness that is perfect and unique, a Oneness that is not one of many, nor one of a species. G-d is One without parts, partners, copies, or any divisions whatsoever. Moreover, Hashem is our G-d, Whom we must love and obey, and Who protects us. Every moment that the Mezuzah is on your doorpost is another merit in your favor, even though you are not actively doing anything! How a Mezuzah is Made There is a common tendency to call the box the "Mezuzah," and the scroll the "parchment." This is a mistake. The Mezuzah is the parchment scroll with the writing on it. The box is just a box. It's primary purpose is to protect the Mezuzah that is inside it. A Mezuzah must be handwritten. If it is printed, copied, photographed, or produced by any means other than writing, then it is invalid and may not be used. A Mezuzah must contain in Hebrew, in a special alphabet, the following two chapters: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, and Deuteronomy 11:13-21. Anything else, or anything more or less is completely unacceptable. There is only one way to write a Mezuzah. There are no alternatives. After the Mezuzah is written, it should look something like this: (Please note that all the Names of Hashem in the gif to the left have been intentionally created incomplete, to prevent any accidental desecration. However, it is still Torah, and should not be treated lightly.) This is not necessarily the actual size. A Mezuzah can be anywhere from two inches square to six inches square. However, it is inadvisable to use a two-inch square Mezuzah, as they are harder to write, and therefore more prone to errors and spoilage. There is also writing on the outside of the Mezuzah, including other Names of Hashem, one of which becomes at least partly visible when the Mezuzah is rolled. Of course, the Mezuzah will not look like this on the doorpost, because Jewish Law says that it must be rolled and placed in a case. The Mezuzah must be written on special, handmade parchment. If it is written on any other type of surface, it is invalid. The parchment must come from a kosher animal, such as a cow, or a goat, and must be prepared by means of specific processes. The ink used in the writing must also be made according to specific Laws. Among other things, it must be black. The quill used for the writing is also made a certain way (but that's mostly for practical reasons, not for legal reasons). And the writing of the Mezuzah itself must be performed according to many very exacting Laws. While the creation of a Mezuzah, tefillin, or Torah Scroll takes a great deal of work, that's not where the biggest effort goes. The most work must be put into the fashioning of the person who writes the Mezuzah! And the person who writes the Mezuzah is the only one who can do that work for him. The person who writes the Mezuzah is called a sofer (scribe). Since Mezuzah is a Commandment of the Torah, we must put the maximum holiness into it. This can be done only when a holy person writes the Mezuzah. A sofer must be fully trained in all the many Laws of writing mezuzos, tefillin, and Torah Scrolls. He must also love and fear H
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What Books Make Up the Bible? What Books Make Up the Bible? Related Which Bible Translation Is Best? Most modern versions of the Bible contain 66 books, 39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. Originally, the number of books in the Bible was 49 because the Jews divide the 39 Old Testament books into 22 books by combining several books into one (e.g., they combine the twelve Minor Prophets into one book). The New Testament canon has remained stable at 27 books since early times. A complete list appears below. Old Testament I. The Gospels and Acts 1. Genesis II. The Epistles of Paul 6. Joshua-Judges 7. Book of Kingdoms (I & II Samuel, I & II Kings, considered one book) 7. I Corinthians 11. The Twelve (The "Minor" Prophets, considered one book) 11. Philippians 21. Ezra-Nehemiah (considered one book) 22. Chronicles (considered one book) The church of God does not accept the Apocrypha (the books of Esdras, Tobit, Judith, The Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, the books of Maccabees, etc.) or any other so-called apostolic or early church writings as canonical. [close] You Will See This Only Once The Bereans "received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:10-11). This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the Word of God. See what over 135,000 subscribers are already receiving each day. Email: We respect your privacy. Your email address will not be sold, distributed, rented, or in any way given out to a third party. We have nothing to sell. You may easily unsubscribe at any time.
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Jefferson City is the capital of which US state?
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Welcome to City of Jefferson, Missouri Rss Feed Welcome to the City of Jefferson, Missouri Upon arriving in Jefferson City, visitors are captivated by the majestic Missouri River and tree lined bluffs. Missouri’s capital city, Jefferson City’s beauty shines not only through its natural landscape, but also through the many historic buildings and special landmarks. The Missouri State Capitol, Supreme Court Building, Governor’s Mansion and charming Downtown are just a few of the architectural treasures that anchor this unique community, a real gem tucked away in the heart of the nation. Aside from the many museums to explore, fine cuisine, quaint boutiques and beautiful parks are just waiting to be discovered. Come see for yourself why Jefferson City was chosen as “America’s Most Beautiful Small Town!” Watch our winning video here. IMPORTANT: SEWER BILL Due to a printing error, multiple sewer bills were mailed. Please disregard the bill with the December 15, 2016 due date. Pay only from the bill with a due date of January 15, 2017. Open Burning On November 1, 2016 residents inside the City of Jefferson will be allowed to burn yard waste material which includes leaves, grass clippings, and small tree limbs. Any burning must be done on personal property and attended at all times. Burning in the street or storm water area isn’t permitted. Open burning is allowed from sunrise to sunset and fires must be extinguished. Fire officials report one of the biggest complaints the fire department receives is fires left smoldering in the evening hours. Trying to determine the location of these smoldering fires can be challenging due to the fact that the smoke will stay low to the ground travel through several neighborhoods with the evening having cooler temperatures and higher humidity. Open burning is allowed from November 1, 2016 and will end on March 1, 2017. Fire officials urge residents to use caution at all times when burning yard waste.
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World Capital Named After a U.S. President The Question: There are two world capitals named for American presidents. One is Washington D.C., but what is the other? The Answer: The other capital city named after a U.S. president is Monrovia , the capital city of the African country Liberia . Monrovia was founded in 1822 during the term of President James Monroe . A port city located at the mouth of the St. Paul River, Monrovia was established by the American Colonization Society as a haven for freed black slaves from America. The ACS thought that the deportation of blacks would be the answer to America's slavery problem. The country was originally called Monrovia, but switched to the Free and Independent Republic of Liberia in 1847. Incidentally there are four U.S. capitals named after presidents: Jackson, Miss., Lincoln, Neb., Jefferson City, Mo. and Madison, Wis. —The Editors
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What is the capital city of Slovakia?
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Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia | Slovak-Republic.org Tourist Info General Information Bratislava is the capital city of Slovakia. Its population is approximately 427,000 and it is also the largest city in the country. Bratislava lies on both banks of the river Danube in southwestern Slovakia. Its originality between capitals is that it borders with two countries – Austria (Vienna 60 km apart) and Hungary. Bratislava is a political, economical and cultural centre of the country. It is a seat of the parliament, Slovak president and the executive branch of government. Several universities, museums, galleries and other important institutions have their headquaters here. It is also the home of many large businesses and financial institutions. As the capital of Slovakia, Bratislava is a logical starting point for your trip. It’s also easy to reach by air, car, train or Danube River cruise/hydrofoil from Austria (2 miles) or Hungary (8 miles) or the Czech Republic (40 miles). And it’s easy to explore because it’s compact and walkable. There’s even a historic red sightseeing tram that makes a circuit of the main sights. And don’t forget to get a Bratislava City card which provides discounts on public transportation, restaurants and museums. Filled with historical monuments and relics dating back to the early Stone Age, Bratislava is both old and new. It has survived the Celts, the Romans, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Soviet domination. Bratislava is also one of the youngest capitals in Europe. Of a total population of 450,000, some 60,000 are students at three universities. This – and the diversity of people – gives the city vibrancy and dynamism. You can feel it in the extraordinary number of cafes, bars and clubs in the narrow streets, cellars and courtyards of the mostly-pedestrianized Old Town. You’ll want to spend most of your time there, soaking up both historical ambience and youthful energy . Bratislava is the most cosmopolitan, accessible city in Slovakia for Americans to visit. It has the best restaurants – with a wide selection of cuisines – the best cafes, bars, and entertainment – including operas and symphonies, folk music and dance and international pop culture. Although still inexpensive by Western standards – say, $15 for a good dinner for two including wine or beer – prices in Bratislava are the highest in Slovakia. Speaking of wine, take time to enjoy the wine villages just outside the city – vineyards start in the northern suburbs on the slopes of the Small Carpathian mountains. Bratislava has warmer temperatures and more sunshine than the rest of the country – good for grapes and good for people! The city hosts a large number of festivals and special events throughout the year featuring folk and contemporary art, wine, beer, historical re-enactments, classical music, jazz, dance, and just plain craziness (come for April Fool’s Day!). Heavily influenced throughout history by Germans, Austrians, Hungarians and its pre-WWII Jewish population, Bratislava is the most sophisticated and least typical town in the country. To get an idea of what Slovakia is all about, we recommend staying just a little longer and discover one or two other towns. Bratislava City Districts Bratislava I – Staré mesto (Old Town) Bratislava II – Ružinov, Vrakuňa, Podunajské Biskupice Bratislava III – Nové Mesto (New Town), Rača, Vajnory Bratislava IV – Karlova Ves, Dúbravka, Lamač, Devín, Devínska Nová Ves, Záhorská Bystrica Bratislava V – Petržalka, Jarovce, Rusovce, Čunovo Map Transport The Public Transport System (Mestská Hromadná Doprava – MHD) in Bratislava consists of buses (“autobus”), trolleybuses (“trolejbus” – looks like a bus, but takes electric power from overhead power lines) and trams (“električka”). There is no subway (“metro”), although it has been a subject of municipal discussions for over 20 years. The network is relatively dense and most lines operate between 5 am and midnight. During the night, there are special night lines, but they are not very frequent. If you want to travel by
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European Tree Climbing Championship 2010 - LANEX a.s. About us European Tree Climbing Championship 2010 The brand of LANEX - TENDON is a sponsor of the THROWLINE discipline at the European Tree Climbing Championship – ETCC which will take place in the Czech Republic for the first time this year. The Czech Landscape and Garden Society, Civic Association (SZKT), and its Tree Care Section – ISA under the auspices of the Mayor of the Capital of Prague Mr. Pavel Bém, in cooperation with the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), the Botanic Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and the Municipality of Průhonice organize this unusual sport event in the Průhonice Park from 12 June to 13 June 2010. This year the 13th championship will be held and the Czech Republic succeeded in becoming the organizing country for the first time! >But tree climbing contests are not only a presentation for the public. The contests are important for the tree care itself. The championship was held in 1976 for the first time and the main reason was to reduce number of accidents and injuries during the tree care. This idea has been an intergral part of the contests the whole time and promotes safe working practices. Part of the European Championship is also nomination for the recognized European City of The Trees Award which is highly regarded all over Europe. In the past years the cities of Turin in Italy and Malmö in Sweden were awarded, this year Prague has been nominated! Tree climbing contests are very attractive for the audience and the Průhonice Park, where the main programme will be held, is a quite interesting and beautiful place. These international contests are visited by national and international guests, specialists as well as uninitiated visitors, every year. Families with children are welcome, too. For children there will be an entertaining programme prepared. We are inviting everybody to join us in watching an unusual and interesting show! The TENDON Team is looking forward to the sport performances. We will be pleased to welcome you at our stand! Source: www.etcc-prague.cz
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How many stars appear on the flag of New Zealand?
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New Zealand Flag, Flags of New Zealand Home » New Zealand Travel » Key Facts » New Zealand Flag The New Zealand Flag The official New Zealand flag was first used in 1869. It is based on the British blue ensign with the Union Flag (also known as the Union Jack) in the upper left corner, and four red stars with white borders to the right. These stars represent the constellation of Crux, the Southern Cross, as it seen from New Zealand. Initially used only on government ships, it wasn't until 1902 that it was made the official flag of New Zealand. The need for an official New Zealand flag was first recognised when a New Zealand trading vessel was seized by customs officials in Sydney harbour. The ship had been sailing without a flag, which was a violation of British navigation laws. However New Zealand-built ships could not fly under a British flag as New Zealand was not yet a British colony. This incensed Maori, as two important chiefs were on the ship that was seized, and the call for an official New Zealand flag gained impetus. Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand The first New Zealand flag was adopted on 9 March 1834 after a vote made by the United Tribes of New Zealand. One of three flags that were initially proposed, this flag became known as the Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand. To Maori, the United Tribes flag signified that Britain had recognised New Zealand as an independent nation with its own flag, and had acknowledged the mana of the Maori chief. The flag is still flown at Waitangi, site of the signing of New Zealand's founding document, The Treaty of Waitangi. The Union Jack Following the signing of the Treaty on 6 February 1840, which effectively made New Zealand a British colony, the Union Jack replaced the Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand as the official flag. However some Maori believed that they should have the right to fly the United Tribes flag alongside the Union Jack, and viewed the Union Jack as a symbol of British power over Maori. The Union Jack remained New Zealand's flag until the passing of the New Zealand Ensign Act instituted the current flag in 1902, yet was still used regularly in New Zealand well into the 1950s. Other New Zealand Flags The Silver Fern The silver fern flag is often seen at sporting fixtures involving New Zealand teams or individuals. There are many variations, but it is typically the image of a silver fern on a black background. Although it has no formal recognition, many regard it as the unofficial flag of New Zealand. A symbol of national pride, the silver fern emblem is also incorporated into the logos of many New Zealand sporting teams, including the All Blacks rugby team. For several years, some people in New Zealand have been calling for a change to the official New Zealand flag that signifies New Zealand's independence from Britain. Several variations of the silver fern flag have appeared in support of this call for a new national flag. Tino Rangatiratanga Since 1990, the Tino rangatiratanga flag has been used by some Maori as an alternative to the official New Zealand flag, and a symbol of Maori independence. Tino rangatiratanga's closest English translation is self-determination, although some refer to it as "absolute sovereignty" or "Maori independence". Chosen through a competition, this New Zealand flag uses black to represent potentiality, white to represent the physical world of light and understanding, red to represent open daylight (representing the achievement of full potential and understanding), and the Koru, a spiral-like shape representing the unfolding of new life. Featured
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New Zealand | The Commonwealth The Commonwealth Pacific Did you know: New Zealand was a founder member of the Commonwealth in 1931 when its independence was recognised under the Statute of Westminster. Sir Don McKinnon of New Zealand was Commonwealth Secretary-General 2000–08. Six New Zealanders have won overall Commonwealth Writers’ Prizes: Witi lhimaera in 1987 (Best First Book); Janet Frame in 1989; John Cranna in 1990 (Best First Book); Lloyd Jones in 2007; Craig Cliff in 2011 (Best First Book); and Emma Martin in 2012 (Short Story Prize). Another, Eleanor Catton, took the Man Booker Prize in 2013. Key facts Population density (per sq. km): 17 New Zealand’s Maori name is Aotearoa, meaning ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’. A well-watered and fertile mountainous island country in the South Pacific, New Zealand consists of two large islands (North Island and South Island), Stewart Island and a number of offshore islands. It is somewhat isolated, being about 1,600 km east of Australia, the nearest land mass. Other neighbouring countries are Vanuatu and Tonga. Main towns: Wellington (capital, pop. 190,065 in 2013; greater Wellington includes Lower Hutt, Porirua and Upper Hutt), Auckland (427,110; greater Auckland includes Manukau, North Shore and Waitakere), Manukau (greater Auckland, 401,883), Christchurch (353,349), North Shore (greater Auckland, 273,594), Waitakere (greater Auckland, 206,244), Hamilton (170,571), Tauranga (120,414), Dunedin (112,032), Lower Hutt (greater Wellington, 97,653), Palmerston North (78,195), Hastings (64,002), Nelson (60,561), Napier (58,221), Rotorua (53,268), New Plymouth (52,695), Porirua (greater Wellington, 51,537), Whangarei (49,182) and Invercargill (47,898). Transport: There are 94,280 km of roads, 66 per cent paved. The railway network, privatised in 1993 and subsequently renationalised, extends over 3,900 km, with many scenic routes. There are 13 major commercial ports, including those in Whangarei (shipping oil products), Tauranga (timber and newsprint) and Bluff (alumina and aluminium) as well as container ports in Auckland, Wellington, Lyttleton (near Christchurch) and Dunedin. There are international airports in Auckland (23 km to the south of the city), Christchurch (10 km north-west), Wellington (8 km south- east), Hamilton and Dunedin. International relations: New Zealand is a member of Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Pacific Community, Pacific Islands Forum, United Nations and World Trade Organization. Topography: New Zealand being in the ‘Pacific ring of fire’, volcanic activity has shaped the landscape. Earthquakes, mostly shallow, are common, and volcanic eruptions occur in the North Island and offshore to the Kermadec Islands. Some 75 per cent of the country is higher than 200 metres above sea level. Around one- tenth of the North Island (113,729 sq km) is mountainous. Its Rotorua area, a much-visited tourist attraction, has boiling mud pools and geysers. The South Island (150,437 sq km) is very mountainous; the Southern Alps extend almost its entire length; they have many outlying ranges to the north and south-west; there are at least 223 peaks over 2,300 metres above sea level and 360 glaciers. There are numerous lakes, mostly at high altitude, and many rivers, mostly fast-flowing and difficult to navigate, which are important sources of hydroelectricity (which provides more than 90 per cent of the country’s power). Stewart Island, named after Captain Stewart, who first charted the island in 1809, and (further out) the Auckland Islands lie south of the South Island. The Chatham and Pitt Islands are 850 km east of Christchurch. In addition, the Kermadec Islands were annexed in 1887 and the Ross Dependency in Antarctica was acquired in 1923. The country has a long coastline (15,130 km) in relation to its area. Climate: Temperate marine climate influenced by the surrounding ocean, the prevailing westerly winds, and the mountainous nature of the islands. The weather tends to be changeable. Winds can be very st
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Who is the mother of Pax, Knox, Vivienne, Zahara, Shiloh and Maddox?
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Pax Jolie Pitt News, Photos, and Videos | Just Jared Angelina Jolie & Her Kids Celebrated the Holidays in Colorado! Angelina Jolie reportedly spent Christmas and New Year’s with her kids in Colorado! The 41-year-old actress had her six children by her side while celebrating the holidays in the snowy town of Crested Butte. Brad Pitt was not sighted with the family, but Angie had a blast with Maddox , 15, Pax , 13, Zahara , 11, Shiloh , 10, and twins Knox and Vivienne , 8, according to People . Angelina and her ex Brad are currently in a custody battle over the six children and he recently filed a motion to protect the privacy of the kids.
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IMDb: Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Bullfighter" Most Popular People With Biographies Matching "Bullfighter" 50 names. Paz Vega Actress Paz Campos Trigo was born in Seville, Spain, to a bullfighter father. She has been based in Los Angeles since 2008. She has starred in dozens of films in Europe and North America. After six successful seasons as Laura in "Seven Lives" (Telecinco,) one of Spain's longest running sitcoms, the young Seville born actress makes her leap to the big screen, attracting the attention of Spanish and European audiences in 2001 when she won the Goya for Best New coming Actress with her performance as Lucia in "Sex and Lucia" by Julio Medem, as well as the prestigious Chopard Award for Best Actress at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film, as well as the actress, went on to receive several other important awards in Spain and across its borders. Also in 2001, Paz starred in "Solo Mia/ Only Mine" by Javier Balaguer, opposite Sergi López and was nominated for yet another Goya Award, this time for Best Actress, marking a milestone in the history of the prestigious awards. For the first time, an actress was nominated twice for two different roles in one edition. In 2002, Paz appears in "Talk to Her" by Pedro Almodóvar. The film received over thirty international awards, including the Academy Award for the Best Original Screenplay and the Golden Globe for best foreign language film, along with seven Goya Awards nominations. The same year, the actress starred in "El Otro Lado de la Cama" by Emilio Martínez Lázaro, one of the highest grossing Spanish comedies of all time. In 2003, she was Carmen in Vicente Aranda's film, based on the homonymous novel by Prosper Mérimée, opposite Leonardo Sbaraglia. That same year, she pairs up with Santi Millán in the romantic comedy, "Dí Que Sí/Say I Do," for Columbia Pictures in Spain. Both films went on to have very successful box office careers in 2004. As a result of her collaboration with Columbia Pictures in "Dí Que Sí", James L. Brooks invited her to co-star in "Spanglish" opposite Adam Sandler. For her role, Paz won the Best Female Newcomer of the Phoenix Film Critics Society. Since "Spanglish," Paz Vega has been directed by acclaimed filmmakers such as Frank Miller, Danis Tanovic, Oliver Parker, Michelle Placido and the Taviani brothers and shared billboard with fellow actors such as, Scarlett Johansson, Andie McDowell, Eva Mendes, Colin Farrell, not to mention the legendary Christopher Lee and Morgan Freeman, among others. Paz also starred in the first film directed by Jada Pinkett Smith, produced by Will Smith: "The Human Contract." Most recently, Paz repeated her collaboration with Spain's emblematic Director, Almodovar, in "I'm So Excited," released in 2013 and has lended her voice to the Andalusan horses in "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted." Paz Vega has performed in English, Spanish, French and Italian, in the United States, several European countries as well as Latin America. Recently, she has played the lead on Alfonso Pineda Ulloa's "Espectro" in Mexico. The province of Andalucía and the city of Seville have repeatedly recognized the actress for her tireless work representing her native region and city throughout the world. Paz has, thus, been awarded the Medal of Andalucía, the Seville Medal and the prestigious Seville Gold Medal. Gabriel Byrne Byrne was the first of six children, born in Dublin, Ireland. His father was a cooper and his mother a hospital worker. He was raised Catholic and educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. He spent five years of his childhood in a seminary training to be a Catholic priest. He later said, "I spent five years in the seminary and I suppose it was assumed that you had a vocation. I have realized subsequently that I didn't have one at all. I don't believe in God. But I did believe at the time in this notion that you were being called." He attended University College Dublin, where he studied archeology and linguistics, and became proficient in Irish. He played football (soccer) in Dublin wi
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What was the name of the Scottish clan featured in the TV show and movies Highlander?
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Highlander (1986) - 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 immortal Scottish swordsman must confront the last of his immortal opponent, a murderously brutal barbarian who lusts for the fabled "Prize". Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 25 titles created 30 Aug 2011 a list of 28 titles created 01 Apr 2012 a list of 24 titles created 13 Nov 2012 a list of 24 titles created 03 Mar 2015 a list of 39 titles created 5 months ago Search for " Highlander " 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. In the future, Highlander Connor MacLeod must prevent the destruction of Earth under an anti-ozone shield. Director: Russell Mulcahy Deceived that he had won the Prize, Connor MacLeod awakens from a peaceful life when an entombed immortal magician comes seeking the Highlander. Director: Andrew Morahan Immortals Connor and Duncan MacLeod must join forces against Kell, an evil immortal who has become too strong for anyone to face alone. Director: Douglas Aarniokoski Duncan MacLeod is Immortal, and must live in modern society, concealing his true nature while fighting other Immortals. Stars: Adrian Paul, Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrnes A vengeful barbarian warrior sets off to avenge his tribe and his parents whom were slain by an evil sorcerer and his warriors when he was a boy. Director: John Milius When Robin and his Moorish companion come to England and the tyranny of the Sheriff of Nottingham, he decides to fight back as an outlaw. Director: Kevin Reynolds Edit Storyline In New York, the owner of a sophisticated antique shop Russell Edwin Nash is challenged to a sword fight in the parking lot of the Madison Square Garden by a man called Iman Fasil that is beheaded by Russell. He hides his sword and is arrested by the police while leaving the stadium. Russell recalls his life in the Sixteenth Century in Scotland, when he is Connor MacLeod and is deadly wounded in a battle against another Clan. However he surprisingly survives and his Clan believes he has a pact with the devil and expels him from their lands. Then he meets Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez that explains that he is immortal unless he is beheaded. Further, the immortals dispute a game killing each other and in the end only one survives receiving a price with the power of the other immortals. Russell is released by the police, but the snoopy forensic agent Brenda J. Wyatt is attracted by the case since she founds fragments of an ancient Katana and follows Russell. But the also immortal ... Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil There can be only one. See more » Genres: Rated R for strong action violence, a scene of sexuality and some language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 7 March 1986 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The low flying aircraft in the final scene was a Sepecat Jaguar T2 belonging to 226 Operational Conversion Unit based at R.A.F. Lossiemouth. This unit is incorrectly listed in the final credits as the "Jaguar Fighter Wing, R.A.F. Lossiemouth." The Jaguar is actually a ground attack aircraft and not a fighter. 226 O.C.U. was a training unit used to train pilots to fly the Jaguar. See more » Goofs When the Kurgan and Brenda look at the Silvercup building from the bridge, the sign says "Silvercup Studios." When MacLeod and the Kurgan fight on top of the building, the sign simply says "Silvercup." See more » Quotes Ramirez : Greetings. [Connor and Heather look baffled] Ramirez : I am Juan Sánchez Villalobos Ramírez, Chief metallurgist to King Charles V of Spain. And I'm at your service. (Chicago, IL) – See all my reviews The first time I saw this movie I knew it was going to be a lifelong favorite. With all the years that have gone by since then, and the repeated viewings I have given it, The
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Did you know - Scottish Music Hall & Variety Theatre Society Scottish Music Hall & Variety Theatre Society Interesting facts from the Scottish Music Hall and Variety Theatre "DID YOU KNOW!" At the turn of the last Century, Glasgow boasted at having approximately 26 Theatres in the City. Today the City only has six main Theatres left, The Kings, Pavilion, Theatre Royal, Mitchell, Tron and the Citizens. Those were the days!!!!! "DID YOU KNOW!" Music Hall Artist Mark Sheridan appeared in four Panto seasons in Glasgow at the Theatre Royal. They were: 1895-96 Sinbad the Sailor with Marie Loftus. 1898-99 Cinderella with Evie Green. 1901-02 Dick Whittington starring Mark Sheridan. 1907-08 Babes In The Wood with Harry Conlin. "DID YOU KNOW!" During the recent demolition of the former STV Studios in Cowcaddens, the stone rectangular proscenium of the Alexandra Music Hall built in 1867 for James Baylis as part of the complex of buildings of his Royal Colosseum and Opera House has been found. An article on this find will feature in the December edition of STAGEDOOR. "DID YOU KNOW!" Ronnie Coburn and his cast from �A Breath of Scotland� have the nickname �Coburn�s Commandos�. In the 45 year history of the show, casts have been rescued by Helicopter from 50ft snowdrifts in Labrador and blown of the highway by horrendous storms. One year the cast once woke up in the morning to find their hotel buried in 30ft of snow and they have also been known to form human chains to get from the bus to the motel due to seriously high winds. A commando course indeed. There�s no business like show business! "DID YOU KNOW!" The Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow staged a Royal Variety performance on the night of the 3 July 1958. The cast included Alec Finlay, Rikki Fulton, Margo Henderson, Clark and Murray, Jimmy Logan, Kenneth McKellar, Jack Radcliffe, Alistair McHarg, Tommy Morgan, Stanley Baxter, Jimmy Shand and his Band and the Glasgow Police Pipe Band. "DID YOU KNOW!" In the 1920�s, Sir Harry Lauder was commanded to give a special performance in front of King George and Queen Mary at Balmoral Castle. After the performance, Sir Harry was presented with two silver framed signed photographs from their Majesties. "DID YOU KNOW!" Daily Record 3rd May 1955: �The Spring Show: Every week in every way, we�re getting better and better. If that�s the Spring Show company slogan for their season at the Pavilion, they�re certainly living up to it. Jack Anthony, and Chic Murray and Maidie are tops in this week�s better than ever edition. Chic Murray enhances his growing reputation with his novel form of comedy."DID YOU KNOW!" The 1956/57 choice of pantomimes in Glasgow included: �Puss in Boots� with Jack Milroy at the Pavilion Theatre, �We�re Joking�, with Chic Murray, Duncan Macrae, Jack Anthony and Robert Wilson at the Empire Theatre, �Robinson Crusoe� with Harry Gordon and Jack Radcliffe at the Theatre Royal, �Scotland the Brave� with Clark and Murray at the Metropole Theatre and �Babes in the Wood�, with Jimmy Logan, Rikki Fulton and Kenneth McKellar at the Alhambra Theatre. "DID YOU KNOW!" Wartime entertainment in Glasgow remained unchanged during Christmas of 1940 when no fewer than seven first class pantos were being presented. Glasgow was the only city in Britain which had an unaltered Christmas Entertainment Season. Among the pantos running that year are �Babes in the Wood� with Dave Willis at the Theatre Royal, �Bonnie Prince Charlie� with Tommy Morgan at the Metropole and �Humpty Dumpty� with Frank and Doris Droy at the Queens Theatre. "DID YOU KNOW!" In 1962 there was a Royal Gala Performance of Rob Roy at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh in honour of The King of Norway, The Queen and HRH Duke of Edinburgh, two very well know Actor/Comedians appeared in this Royal Production, they were Walter Carr and John Cairney."DID YOU KNOW!" The following bill appeared at the Empire Theatre , Glasgow. Monday 1st March, 1954, twice nightly - 6.10 and 8.25 pm. BERNARD DELFONT PRESENTS STAN L
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Dominica This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Dominica image by Carlos Esparza, 9 Febuary 2001 Official Name: Commonwealth of Dominica Capital: Roseau Government Type: Parliamentary Democracy; Republic within the Commonwealth Flag adopted : 3 November 1978 (Modified 1988) Coat of arms adopted: 21 July 1961 ISO Code: DM The National Flag From Album 2000 [ pay00 ] - National Flag (CSW/CSW 1:2) - Green flag with yellow-black-white corss and red disk with 10 yellow bordered green stars and sisserou parrot (loking towards hoist). The construction details are given beside the figure as (9+2+2+2+9):(21+2+2+2+21). Measuring the image in Album 2000, the disk diameter apears to be equal to 12 units (i.e. double the three stripes width). It is hard to judje the size of the stars, they apear to be inscribed in circles larger then 2 units, but weather they'll be 3, I couldn't say. maybe the document from which Armand got the rest of the construction would say more. I doubt that the size of yellow border is prescribed. The use of unusual colours in this flag might be a good reson to quote the colour approximation provided in Album: green Pantone 347c, red Pantone 185c. yellow Pantone 116c and purple Pantone 254c. eljko Heimer, 15 June 2001 Is there some branch under the parrot and what is the orientation of stars? Note: The Sisserou parrot is, scientifically, Amazona Imperialis. Jan Zrzavy, 16 June 2001 The image by Carlos Esparza is very well done regarding the details in the disk (however, the cross is not quite according to the Album secification, though). So the stars are pointing "outwards" but that virtually means that the topmost star is pointing upwards and then interchangably next one is pointing downwards, and next one upwards again and so on. There is a yellow branch on which the parror is sitting (not brownish as by Carlos). The beak and "fingers" are white (or very light yellow?) in Album, and those parts that are in Carlo's image blue are purple in Album. There should not be the small green part between the two purple parts (near the beak) - all should be purple there. I always wandered - Dominica was under British colonial influencem, so how come that they never adopted anything similar to the British rich flags & ensigns system? eljko Heimer, 16 June 2001 We say on our website: "The ten lime green stars - the traditional symbol of hope - represent the ten parishes of the country". According to Encyclopaedia Universalis Yearbook, the ten parishes are: St. Andrew St. David, St. George (including the capital city Roseau), St. John, St. Joseph, St. Luke, St. Mark, St. Patrick, St. Paul and St. Peter. Ivan Sache, 15 June 2004 I see the common name used in Dominica to call the Amazona imperialis, followed by a scientific binomial name is Sisserou Parrot (Psittacus Imperiala) (see Official Announcement of the Flag at Independence ). Zoologically, nowadays the name "Psittacus imperialia" doesn't exist and isn't accepted as the correct Linnean name of the parrot is Amazona imperialis, Richmond 1899. (The Genus Psittacus contains just one specie, which is Psittacus erithacus, Linneus 1758; the African grey parrot). Francesco Dalba, 28 September 2004 Some photos and a lot of descriptive text found (for instance) at < www.rarespecies.org/imperial.htm > and < www.worldparrottrust.org >. It seems, that this parrot is highly endangered (around 100 individuals left only). Marcus Schmöger, 28 September 2004 From Official Website of the President's Office : The flag of the Commonwealth of Dominica consists of a circular emblem of red bearing a Sisserou parrot (Amazona imperialis) standing on a twig encircled by ten lime green stars. This is superimposed on three vertical and three horizontal stripes of yellow, black and white forming a triple coloured cross against a general background of forest green. The central emblem presents the National Bird of Dominica, the Sisserou parrot, also a symbol of flight toward greater heights and fulfilment of aspiratio
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Akrotiri and Dhekelia – Britain Treasure Island Akrotiri and Dhekelia About The British Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia comprise those parts of Cyprus which stayed under British jurisdiction and remained British sovereign territory when the 1960 Treaty of Establishment created the independent Republic of Cyprus. They cover 254 km2, 123 around Akrotiri, the Western Sovereign Base Area (WSBA) and 131 around Dhekelia, the Eastern Sovereign Base Area (ESBA). Because they are run as military bases, the Sovereign Base Area Administration (SBAA) reports to the British Ministry of Defence in London, rather than the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. They are a British Overseas Territory with a civilian administration working under an Administrator who is Commander of the British Forces, Cyprus. The Chief Officer, Administrative Secretary, Resident Judge, Chief Constable and other senior officials are recruited from or seconded from UK departments. The administration of the Bases exists to ensure the effective use as a military base; the full co-operation with the Republic of Cyprus; and the protection of those resident or working in the Bases. The laws deliberately match those in the Republic of Cyprus, where practicable. The SBAA is responsible for protection of the environment in the Bases, working with the relevant Cypriot Republic departments. Work includes protecting breeding endangered loggerhead Caretta caretta and green turtles Chelonia mydas, which nest here. The only remaining colony of griffon vultures Gyps fulvus on Cyprus is found on the cliffs at Episkopi in the WSBA, and there is a large colony of Eleanora’s falcons Falco eleonorae both here and on the cliffs bordering the Royal Air Force station at Akrotiri. The most important wetland on the island of Cyprus, Akrotiri salt lake, lies within the WSBA and is a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance. Twenty seven habitat types are recognised across this spectacular mosaic of marshland, salt lake, coastal and marine areas. Two hundred species of migratory birds use the wetland for over-wintering or breeding, such as over 30,000 greater flamingos Phoenicopterus roseus demoiselle crane Anthropoides virgo, various migrant waders, black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa, blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, alongside many resident species. The Bases support hundreds of plant species, many of which are rare or endemic such as Achillea maritime, Lotus cytisoides and Mesembryanthemum crystallinum. They also contain hundreds of invertebrates, including nearly eighty endemic insect species, and various reptiles and amphibians, some of which have a disproportionately high importance here due to the reduced habitat elsewhere in Cyprus. Read more about the wildlife, history and cultural heritage of all of the UK Overseas Territories in the 704 page Britain’s Treasure Islands book ( CLICK HERE ). Watch 42 ‘mini-documentaries’ that explore the wildlife, cultures and history of all of the UK Overseas Territories ( CLICK HERE ).
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"Which work ends with the line ""They have a world to win, working men of all countries unite !""?"
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Communist Manifesto (Chapter 4) MIA : Marxists : Marx & Engels : Library : 1848 : Manifesto of the Communist Party : Chapter 4: [German Original] Chapter IV. Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition Parties Section II has made clear the relations of the Communists to the existing working-class parties, such as the Chartists in England and the Agrarian Reformers in America. The Communists fight for the attainment of the immediate aims, for the enforcement of the momentary interests of the working class; but in the movement of the present, they also represent and take care of the future of that movement. In France, the Communists ally with the Social-Democrats (1) against the conservative and radical bourgeoisie, reserving, however, the right to take up a critical position in regard to phases and illusions traditionally handed down from the great Revolution. In Switzerland, they support the Radicals, without losing sight of the fact that this party consists of antagonistic elements, partly of Democratic Socialists, in the French sense, partly of radical bourgeois. In Poland, they support the party that insists on an agrarian revolution as the prime condition for national emancipation, that party which fomented the insurrection of Cracow in 1846. In Germany, they fight with the bourgeoisie whenever it acts in a revolutionary way, against the absolute monarchy, the feudal squirearchy, and the petty bourgeoisie. But they never cease, for a single instant, to instill into the working class the clearest possible recognition of the hostile antagonism between bourgeoisie and proletariat, in order that the German workers may straightway use, as so many weapons against the bourgeoisie, the social and political conditions that the bourgeoisie must necessarily introduce along with its supremacy, and in order that, after the fall of the reactionary classes in Germany, the fight against the bourgeoisie itself may immediately begin. The Communists turn their attention chiefly to Germany, because that country is on the eve of a bourgeois revolution that is bound to be carried out under more advanced conditions of European civilisation and with a much more developed proletariat than that of England was in the seventeenth, and France in the eighteenth century, and because the bourgeois revolution in Germany will be but the prelude to an immediately following proletarian revolution. In short, the Communists everywhere support every revolutionary movement against the existing social and political order of things. In all these movements, they bring to the front, as the leading question in each, the property question, no matter what its degree of development at the time. Finally, they labour everywhere for the union and agreement of the democratic parties of all countries. The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working Men of All Countries, Unite! (1) The party then represented in Parliament by Ledru-Rollin, in literature by Louis Blanc, in the daily press by the Réforme. The name of Social-Democracy signifies, with these its inventors, a section of the Democratic or Republican Party more or less tinged with socialism. [Engels, English Edition 1888] * * * The famous final phrase of the Manifesto, “Working Men of All Countries, Unite!”, in the original German is: “Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euch!” Thus, a more correct translation would be “Proletarians of all countries, Unite!” “Workers of the World, Unite. You have nothing to lose but your chains!” is a popularisation of the last three sentences, and is not found in any official translation. Since this English translation was approved by Engels, we have kept the original intact.
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References To Other Songs Or Musicians - TMBW: The They Might Be Giants Knowledge Base References To Other Songs Or Musicians From This Might Be A Wiki TMBG often make obvious or subtle references to other songs and musicians, bands, or performers. This list includes many of those references. However, without the Johns' stamp of validation, it must be admitted that some of them may just be guesses. Contents Lyrical references[ edit | edit source ] Ana Ng - "All alone at the '64 World's Fair / Eighty dolls yelling 'Small girl after all'" - Disney's It's a Small World song and ride repeats the line "It's a small world after all" in . The ride was unveiled at the fair and eventually moved to Disneyland. Ana Ng - "It's like a whirlpool and it never ends" is a reference to the Tommy Roe song "Dizzy": "My head is spinning, like a whirlpool it never ends." The Biggest One - Lyrics play on Gloria Gaynor 's "I Will Survive" ("Change the lock, throw away the key, I will survive") Birdhouse In Your Soul (Demo) - "Give me something to write on" and "I don't feel thirty" both play on extemporaneous lines from Van Halen 's "Hot For Teacher", in which David Lee Roth exhorts, "I don't feel tardy." Birds Fly - The line about "a good luck charm hanging off my arm" refers to the Elvis Presley song "Good Luck Charm." Brain Problem Situation - The line "Wake up / Put on my makeup / And pick the rake up / And rake my hair" could be a reference to " Chop Suey! " by System of a Down ("Wake up / Grab a brush and put a little makeup"), or " I Say A Little Prayer " by Bacharach and David ("The moment I wake up / Before I put on my makeup"). Cage & Aquarium - Contains the line "This is the spawning of the Cage and Aquarium" in the chorus; a skewed match to the song " Age of Aquarius " which contains the line "This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius" in its chorus. Age of Aquarius is originally from the 60's musical " Hair ", but is a well-known oldies song in its own right. Circular Karate Chop - The lyric " short sharp shock " originally appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan 's 1885 comic opera The Mikado . The same phrase has also been used in other musical and literary works. Damn Good Times - "She acts like David Lee Roth when he turned 21", song itself a reference to David Lee Roth's "Damn Good" from the 1987 DLR album Skyscraper. Damn Good Times - "I know a girl who's got a record machine" is almost exactly the same as a line from "20 Flight Rock" by Eddie Cochran . Free Bird's Rebirth - Reference to the Lynyrd Skynyrd song. Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal - last verse in which TMBG makes references to several of their own songs "Well, I told you about the world - its address", "Chess Piece Face's patience must be wearing thin", etc., mimics the Beatles' "Glass Onion" ("I told you about Strawberry Fields", etc, in which the Beatles reference themselves) I Hope That I Get Old Before I Die - Twist on "Hope I die before I get old" from The Who 's "My Generation" Impossible - "Well I'd like to be an octofish" may refer to the Captain Beefheart song "Neon Meate Dream of a Octafish" from the 1969 album Trout Mask Replica . Iowa - "And if that broom don't fly / I'm gonna buy you / a Dustbuster" is a play on the traditional lullaby " Hush Little Baby ". It's Not My Birthday - "When this grey world crumbles like a cake / I'll be hanging from the hope / that I'll never see that recipe again" is a play on "Someone left the cake out in the rain...and I'll never have that recipe again" from "MacArthur Park" by Richard Harris . Lucky Ball & Chain - A modified quote of Darlene Love 's song "(Today I Met) The Boy I'm Gonna Marry" ("playing 'Here Comes the Bride' when he walks in the door"), which itself references "The Wedding March (Here Comes the Bride) ". Maine - "Shaving razor's rusty, but the sting brings you exactly back to Maine" is probably a reference to the Monkees song "Daydream Believer" ("The shaving razor's cold, and it stings"). Mainstream U.S.A. - We Are the World (which TMBG have covered ), Ringo Starr 's " Back Off Boogaloo ", g
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Which philosopher founded the Stoics?
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Stoicism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Stoicism First published Mon Apr 15, 1996; substantive revision Fri Dec 6, 2013 Stoicism was one of the new philosophical movements of the Hellenistic period. The name derives from the porch (stoa poikilê) in the Agora at Athens decorated with mural paintings, where the members of the school congregated, and their lectures were held. Unlike ‘epicurean,’ the sense of the English adjective ‘stoical’ is not utterly misleading with regard to its philosophical origins. The Stoics did, in fact, hold that emotions like fear or envy (or impassioned sexual attachments, or passionate love of anything whatsoever) either were, or arose from, false judgements and that the sage—a person who had attained moral and intellectual perfection—would not undergo them. The later Stoics of Roman Imperial times, Seneca and Epictetus, emphasise the doctrines (already central to the early Stoics' teachings) that the sage is utterly immune to misfortune and that virtue is sufficient for happiness. Our phrase ‘stoic calm’ perhaps encapsulates the general drift of these claims. It does not, however, hint at the even more radical ethical views which the Stoics defended, e.g. that only the sage is free while all others are slaves, or that all those who are morally vicious are equally so. (For other examples, see Cicero's brief essay ‘Paradoxa Stoicorum’.) Though it seems clear that some Stoics took a kind of perverse joy in advocating views which seem so at odds with common sense, they did not do so simply to shock. Stoic ethics achieves a certain plausibility within the context of their physical theory and psychology, and within the framework of Greek ethical theory as that was handed down to them from Plato and Aristotle. It seems that they were well aware of the mutually interdependent nature of their philosophical views, likening philosophy itself to a living animal in which logic is bones and sinews; ethics and physics, the flesh and the soul respectively (another version reverses this assignment, making ethics the soul). Their views in logic and physics are no less distinctive and interesting than those in ethics itself. 1. Sources of our information on the Stoics Since the Stoics stress the systematic nature of their philosophy, the ideal way to evaluate the Stoics' distinctive ethical views would be to study them within the context of a full exposition of their philosophy. Here, however, we meet with the problem about the sources of our knowledge about Stoicism. We do not possess a single complete work by any of the first three heads of the Stoic school: the ‘founder,’ Zeno of Citium in Cyprus (344–262 BCE), Cleanthes (d. 232 BCE) or Chrysippus (d. ca. 206 BCE). Chrysippus was particularly prolific, composing over 165 works, but we have only fragments of his works. The only complete works by Stoic philosophers that we possess are those by writers of Imperial times, Seneca (4 BCE–65 CE), Epictetus (c. 55–135) and the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (121–180) and these works are principally focused on ethics. They tend to be long on moral exhortation but give only clues to the theoretical bases of the moral system. For detailed information about the Old Stoa (i.e. the first three heads of the school and their pupils and associates) we have to depend on either doxographies, like pseudo-Plutarch Philosophers' Opinions on Nature, Diogenes Laertius' Lives of Eminent Philosophers (3rd c. CE), and Stobaeus' Excerpts (5th c. CE)—and their sources Aetius (ca. 1st c. CE) and Arius Didymus (1st c. BCE-CE)—or other philosophers (or Christian apologists) who discuss the Stoics for their own purposes. Nearly all of the latter group are hostile witnesses. Among them are the Aristotelian commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias (late 2nd c. CE) who criticises the Stoics in On Mixture and On Fate, among other works; the Platonist Plutarch of Chaeronea (1st-2nd c. CE) who authored works such as On Stoic Self-Contradictions and Against the Stoics on Common Conceptions; the medical writer Gale
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Laozi (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Laozi First published Sat Dec 15, 2001; substantive revision Thu May 2, 2013 Confucianism, Daoism (Taoism), and Buddhism generally name the three main pillars of Chinese thought, although it should be obvious that like any “ism,” they are abstractions—what they name are not monolithic but multifaceted traditions with fuzzy boundaries. In the case of “Daoism,” it designates both a philosophical tradition and an organized religion, which in modern Chinese are identified separately as daojia and daojiao, respectively. With their own complex histories and rich internal differences, the two are deeply intertwined. Laozi (or Lao-tzu, in the “Wade-Giles” system of transliteration favored by earlier generations of Western scholars) figures centrally in both. Philosophical Daoism traces its origins to Laozi, an extraordinary thinker who flourished during the sixth century B.C.E., according to Chinese tradition. According to some modern scholars, however, Laozi is entirely legendary; there was never a historical Laozi. In religious Daoism, Laozi is revered as a supreme deity. The name “Laozi” is best taken to mean “Old (lao) Master (zi),” and Laozi the ancient philosopher is said to have written a short book, which has come to be called simply the Laozi, after its putative author, a common practice in early China. When the Laozi was recognized as a “classic” (jing)—that is, accorded canonical status in the classification of Chinese literature, on account of its profound insight and significance—it acquired a more exalted and hermeneutically instructive title, Daodejing (Tao-te ching), commonly translated as the “Classic of the Way and Virtue.” Its influence on Chinese culture is pervasive, and it reaches beyond China. Next to the Bible, the Daodejing is the most translated work in world literature. It is concerned with the Dao or “Way” and how it finds expression in “virtue” (de), especially through what the text calls “naturalness” (ziran) and “nonaction” (wuwei). These concepts, however, are open to interpretation. While some interpreters see them as evidence that the Laozi is a “mystical” work, others emphasize their contribution to ethics and/or political philosophy. Interpreting the Laozi demands careful hermeneutic reconstruction, which requires both analytic rigor and an informed historical imagination. 1. The Laozi Story The Shiji (Records of the Historian) by the Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.) court scribe and historian Sima Qian (ca. 145–86 B.C.E.) offers a “biography” of Laozi. Its reliability has been questioned, but it provides a point of departure for reconstructing the Laozi story. Laozi was a native of Chu, according to the Shiji, a southern state in the Zhou dynasty (see map and discussion in Loewe and Shaughnessy 1999, 594 and 597). His surname was Li; his given name was Er, and he was also called Dan. Laozi served as a keeper of archival records at the court of Zhou. Confucius (551–479 B.C.E.) had consulted him on certain ritual matters, we are told, and praised him lavishly afterward (Shiji 63). This establishes the traditional claim that Laozi was a senior contemporary of Confucius. A meeting or meetings between Confucius and Laozi, identified as “Lao Dan,” is reported also in the Zhuangzi and other early Chinese sources. “Laozi cultivated Dao and virtue,” as Sima Qian goes on to relate, and “his learning was devoted to self-effacement and not having fame. He lived in Zhou for a long time; witnessing the decline of Zhou, he departed.” When he reached the northwest border then separating China from the outside world, he met Yin Xi, the official in charge of the border crossing, who asked him to put his teachings into writing. The result was a book consisting of some five thousand Chinese characters, divided into two parts, which discusses “the meaning of Dao and virtue.” Thereafter, Laozi left; no one knew where he had gone. This completes the main part of Sima Qian's account. The remainder puts on record attempts to identify the
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Half a sixpence,from the novel 'Kipps'by H.G.Wells : a musical play in two acts book by Beverley Cross | 0 available edition | Alibris Books Questions? Contact the seller. Seller's Description Very Good. Paperback. WORKING SCRIPT for the 1965 Broadway production of Half a Sixpence. The play was written by Cross and the music and lyrics by Heneker. It was based on the H.G. Wells novel Kipps: the Story of a Simple Soul. The play was in good part a vehicle for its star, Tommy Steele. John Cleese was also part of the cast. A penciled note to the first page states that the play opened on April 25, 1965 and ran for 512 performances. The script was produced by the Hart Stenographic Bureau in NYC. In very good condition. Bound in blue soft cover with title and Hart name and address to front cover. Small stamp to rear of last page "Dupl/NYPL. An enjoyable piece of Broadway memorabilia. 107 pages, with each of two acts paginated separately. DRA/090805. Customer Reviews
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From The Law of the Jungle Kipling gained renown throughout the world as a poet and storyteller. He was also known as a leading supporter of the British Empire. As apparent from his stories and poems, Kipling interested himself in the romance and adventure which he found in Great Britain's colonial expansion. Kipling was born on Dec.30, 1865, in Bombay, where his father directed an art school. He learned Hindi from his nurse, and he also learned stories of jungle animals. At six, he was sent to school in England, but until he was 12, poor health kept him from attending. At 17, Kipling returned to India and soon became a journalist. He wrote sketches and verses which at first were used as fillers for unused editorial space. Many were later published in Departmental Ditties (1886). At this time, he also created his soldiers three, and Irishman, a Cockney, and a Yorkshireman, the bases for his 1888 humorous tale Soldiers Three. In 1889, Kipling return to England. In the 1890s, he developed a great interest in folk legends and animal myths. The Jungle Book (1894) and Just So Stories (1902) give the wit and wisdom of the animals who can talk. The stories of Mowgli, a man-cub who was the central character in The Jungle Book, brought Kipling great popularity in England and the United States. Kipling composed many of his poems while living for several years in the United States in the mid-1890s. His poems became famous for their lively, swinging rhythm. Typical are Gunga Din and Mandalay . The first tells of the courage of an Indian boy who is shot while carrying water to British soldiers in the thick of battle. Mandalay tries to capture the strange atmosphere of the east. In 1896, Kipling returned to England from the United States. By then, he was a controversial figure because of his views toward empire, which many misunderstood. In many of his works, Kipling seemed to imply that it was the duty of Great Britain to carry the white man's burden by civilizing backward races. But he was not just the shallow imperialist that his critics tried to make him appear. His famous poem, Recessional , written in 1897 in honor of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, contains a strong warning to the British not to exploit other races. In 1900, Kipling went to South Africa to report the Boer War for an English newspaper. In 1905, Kipling completed Kim, his first major novel. In it he gives a colorful and dramatic picture of the complicated life of the Indian People, as seen through the eyes of the poor orphan boy, Kim. Kipling received the 1907 Nobel prize for literature. Before World War I, Kipling became active in politics. he widely lectured and wrote for the British cause both before and during the war. His only son was killed in World War I. After the war, Kipling wrote Songs for Youth (1925), another of his highly popular works.
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How is Rosh Hashanah Celebrated? - How Rosh Hashanah Works | HowStuffWorks How is Rosh Hashanah Celebrated? Prev Next The shofar is blown in the synagogue during Rosh Hashanah services. Rosh Hashanah is celebrated in lots of different ways, and even in different ways by different kinds of Jews (see "Divisions of Judaism" below). There are, however, certain methods and traditions that are basic to the observance of Rosh Hashanah, and so are part of almost any celebration of the holiday. In the Synagogue As for the more formal aspects of Rosh Hashanah, what goes on in the synagogue during this holidays is a departure from the "standard" Friday-night and Saturday-morning services of the weekly Sabbath (Shabbat). High Holiday services are longer than Sabbath services, often starting earlier in the morning and lasting well into the afternoon. Also, Jews use a special prayer book -- called the Machhzor -- in Rosh Hashanah (and Yom Kippur) services. The Machzor contains the specific prayers of the high holidays and further sets this time apart as especially important. Up Next The History of Easter Quiz There is a special holiday service held in the days or weeks before Rosh Hashanah, called Slichot, which is Hebrew for forgiveness. Slichot consists of a series of prayers that ask for the gift of God's forgiveness. This is meant to prepare the worshipper for Rosh Hashanah, for repentance and a fresh start. These prayers are especially recited the night before Rosh Hashanah, usually beginning at midnight. There are several prayers that are central to the observance of Rosh Hashanah: Avinu Malkaynu Consists of 44 admissions of guilt, asking God's forgiveness for each sin Unetaneh Tokef "On Rosh Hashanah our destiny is written; at the end of Yom Kippur it is sealed. Who shall live and who shall die? Who by fire and who by water?" Musef Amidah The prayers that accompany the blowing of the shofar Three blessings: recognizing God's power over all of creation, remembering Jewish history, and relating the blowing of the shofar to events in the past and the future of Judaism The shofar is blown with accompanying prayers (see this page from Torah Tots and scroll down to "The Shofar.") There are specific ways of blowing the shofar, meant to awaken Jews to God's judgement and affirm God's position as judge and king. The Torah readings for Rosh Hashanah relate both the birth of Isaac -- to Abraham and Sarah, who was believed to be barren until one day, at the age of 100, God blessed her with a child -- and Isaac's near-sacrifice, when God spared his life because Abraham proved his absolute faith is God's word. Other Prayers and Customs In another Rosh Hashanah practice, known as Tashlich, Jews say particular prayers as they toss breadcrumbs (or something similar) into a moving body of water. The breadcrumbs are meant to symbolize a person's sins, which are then washed away. The practices of candle lighting and saying kiddush -- a blessing over wine -- are holy acts in Judaism for "bringing in" the Sabbath and any other holy days. For Rosh Hashanah, the candles (usually two) are lit with special prayers or prayer melodies to signify the specialness of the holiday. The Challah, a special bread that also accompanies the celebration of Shabbat, on Rosh Hashanah is round instead of twisted. This symbolizes both the unending circle of life and the crown of God's kingship over man. Some people brush the Challah with honey when it is baking, instead of salt; this change signifies the Rosh Hashanah wish for a "sweet New Year," also present is the custom of dipping apples in honey. In fact, all sorts of especially sweet foods are eaten on Rosh Hashanah. It is customary on Rosh Hashanah to set the dinner table with one's finest linens and china, and to wear new, special clothing to express the importance of the occasion. In Sephardic tradition, many people place covered baskets of fruit on the table -- covered so that no one knows exactly which fruits are inside, much like one never knows just what the coming year will bring. For more information o
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Released in 2012, which is the fourth in the ‘Bourne’ series of films?
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The Bourne Legacy (2012) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC An expansion of the universe from Robert Ludlum's novels, centered on a new hero whose stakes have been triggered by the events of the previous three films. Director: a list of 22 titles created 19 Jul 2011 a list of 35 titles created 26 Sep 2011 a list of 21 titles created 07 Sep 2012 a list of 21 titles created 26 Jan 2013 a list of 49 titles created 30 Apr 2013 Title: The Bourne Legacy (2012) 6.7/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 11 nominations. See more awards » Videos When Jason Bourne is framed for a CIA operation gone awry, he is forced to resume his former life as a trained assassin to survive. Director: Paul Greengrass A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and regain his memory. Director: Doug Liman Jason Bourne dodges a ruthless CIA official and his agents from a new assassination program while searching for the origins of his life as a trained killer. Director: Paul Greengrass The CIA's most dangerous former operative is drawn out of hiding to uncover more explosive truths about his past. Director: Paul Greengrass The IMF is shut down when it's implicated in the bombing of the Kremlin, causing Ethan Hunt and his new team to go rogue to clear their organization's name. Director: Brad Bird Agent Ethan Hunt comes into conflict with a dangerous and sadistic arms dealer who threatens his life and his fianceé in response . Director: J.J. Abrams An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. Director: Brian De Palma James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. All the while, he still tries to seek revenge over the death of his love. Director: Marc Forster 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/10 X Armed with a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, but things are not what they seem. Director: Martin Campbell Bond's loyalty to M is tested when her past comes back to haunt her. Whilst MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost. Director: Sam Mendes A secret agent is sent to Sydney, to find and destroy a genetically modified disease called "Chimera". Director: John Woo Jack Sparrow and Barbossa embark on a quest to find the elusive fountain of youth, only to discover that Blackbeard and his daughter are after it too. Director: Rob Marshall Edit Storyline The events in this movie take place around the same time as the events in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). When a British reporter was writing an expose about Black Ops operations Treadstone and Black Briar, and the ones responsible for them are concerned. And when Jason Bourne, former Treadstone operative got the file on Treadstone and Black Briar and gave it to Pamela Landy who then passed it to the media. When the men behind Treadstone and Black Briar learn of this, they're concerned how this will affect other ops they have. They decide it's best to shut down all ops and make sure make everyone involved disappears. They try to take out Aaron Cross who is part of another op called Outcome, but he manages to survive. He then seeks out Dr. Marta Shearing who worked on him when he began. It seems part of the program is for all subjects to take medications but he has run out, which is why he seeks her. But someone tries to kill her. He saves her and she tells him, he should have stopped ... Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com There Was Never Just One Genres: Rated PG-13 for vio
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1974 Academy Awards® Winners and History ELLEN BURSTYN in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", Diahann Carroll in "Claudine", Faye Dunaway in "Chinatown" , Valerie Perrine in "Lenny", Gena Rowlands in "A Woman Under the Influence" Supporting Actor: ROBERT DE NIRO in "The Godfather, Part II" , Fred Astaire in "The Towering Inferno", Jeff Bridges in "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot", Michael V. Gazzo in "The Godfather, Part II" Supporting Actress: INGRID BERGMAN in "Murder on the Orient Express", Valentina Cortese in "Day for Night", Madeline Kahn in "Blazing Saddles" , Diane Ladd in "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore", Talia Shire in Director: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA for "The Godfather, Part II" , John Cassavetes for "A Woman Under the Influence", Bob Fosse for "Lenny", Roman Polanski for "Chinatown" , Francois Truffaut for "Day for Night" The Best Picture victor, The Godfather, Part II , shifted back and forth over six decades in time to retrace the story of the same Corleone family and how it was founded. Simultaneously, it documented the rise to power of young Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) and the family's decline a generation later through the aging son (Michael Corleone). It was the only sequel to win a Best Picture Oscar at the time of its win. [An earlier unsuccessful attempt at a sequel-Best Picture win was The Bells of St. Mary's (1945) - following the Best Picture winner of the previous year - Going My Way (1944). Later, its 'sequel' The Godfather, Part III (1990) was also nominated for Best Picture - and lost, and two sequel-installments of The Lord of the Rings (2002, 2003) were also nominated, with the latter winning the top honor. Some might consider the Best Picture-winning The Silence of the Lambs (1991) as a sequel to Manhunter (1986) , but that stretches the definition of a true sequel.] It also accomplished a marvelous feat - it did exceptionally well with double the total number of Oscars than its predecessor - with eleven nominations and six wins (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (Robert DeNiro), Best Screenplay Adaptation, Best Art Direction/Set Decoration, and Best Original Dramatic Score (by Nino Rota and the director's own father Carmine Coppola)). It duplicated its predecessor's feat of three nominations for Best Supporting Actor (for Lee Strasberg, Michael V. Gazzo, and winner DeNiro). Five of its six un-rewarded nominations were for acting roles. [Francis Ford Coppola had previously won two Oscars for himself - for the Best Story and Screenplay for Patton (1970) and the Best Adapted Screenplay (a shared award) for The Godfather (1972) . With his new honors in 1974, he would add three more awards: Best Picture (as producer), Best Director, and Best Screenplay Adaptation (again shared with Mario Puzo). It was an unprecedented win for Coppola - three Oscars for writing, producing, and directing the same film.] (Note: A triple win had also occurred for Leo McCarey in 1944, Billy Wilder in 1960, James L. Brooks in 1983, and would later occur for James Cameron in 1997.) For the first time since 1951, when individual producers rather than companies were ci
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Which company is the major operator of ferries between the Scottish mainland and the islands off the west coast?
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Travelling Around Scotland By Ferry | VisitScotland Ferry Travel Add to basket Remove from basket Plus Minus Add to trip planner Remove from trip planner Getting around Scotland by ferry Many of the greatest adventures start with a ferry ride - where will yours take you? Scotland's various ferry services are a vital life line for island residents, and a great way to explore the unique beauty of these remote areas. Firth of Clyde and the Inner and Outer Hebrides Caledonian MacBrayne, generally known as CalMac, operates all main services on the Firth of Clyde and to the Inner and Outer Hebrides, sailing to over 20 destinations . Mainland ports which serve the islands in the west include Oban and Kennacraig in Argyll, and Mallaig and Ullapool in the Highlands. For CalMac ferries, it's recommended to book tickets in advance wherever possible, although you can normally buy foot passenger tickets on the day of travel. If planning on making multiple ferry journeys, you can consider purchasing an Island Hopscotch ticket which combines multiple journeys, or you can leave the car behind and opt for a great value Rail and Sail ticket. Purchasing the passes doesn't guarantee a place on a specific ferry, so it's best to book ahead if you are travelling with a vehicle. Always check the journey information before you travel, for details on baggage allowance, checking in times and delays or cancellations due to weather conditions. Argyll Ferries also run a regular service between Dunoon and Gourock, which can be combined with a train ticket from Glasgow Central and only takes an hour and a half in total. Ferries to Orkney and Shetland NorthLink Ferries operate nightly car ferries from Aberdeen in the north east to Lerwick in Shetland, with stops en route on alternative days at Orkney's main port, Kirkwall. Travel time is around 12 hours direct, and just over 14 hours via Orkney. Shetland's inter-island ferries are run in conjunction with the local council, and information about routes and timetables can be found on the Shetland Islands Council website . NorthLink Ferries also operate car ferry services from Scrabster in Caithness to Stromness on Orkney, which takes around an hour and a half. You can also get to Orkney with Pentland Ferries who run a car ferry from Gills Bay, near John o' Groats, to St Margaret's Hope, South Ronaldsay. In summertime, John o' Groats Ferries offer a passenger ferry service from John o' Groats to Burwick, South Ronaldsay. Many of the Orkney Islands are linked by services run by Orkney Ferries . Ferries are popular so make sure you book in advance. You'll find you can book Northlink Ferries or Pentland Ferries directly with the companies. Ferries in other areas There are also numerous small operators running day excursion trips around Scotland's coast and islands. Find more information in our listings, or check out our tours section for more ideas about what to see around the stunning Scottish coast. Calmac ferry leaving Ardrossan, North Ayrshire Discover other ways to explore Scotland Previous
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The History of Chocolate More about the range 1847The business moves to Bridge Street In 1847, the Cadbury brothers' booming business moved into a new, larger factory in Bridge Street in the centre of Birmingham. The new site had its own private canal spur, which linked the factory to the Birmingham Navigation Canal and from there to all the major ports in Britain. More about the new factory 1847Fry's Produce the First Chocolate Bar 18th century France produced pastilles (tablets) and bars. But it wasn’t until Bristol company Fry & Son made a ‘chocolate delicieux a manger’ in 1847 that the first bar of chocolate appeared, as we know it today. The first ever chocolate bar was made from a mixture of cocoa powder and sugar with a little of the melted cocoa butter that had been extracted from the beans. The result was a bar that could be moulded. It might have been coarse and bitter by today’s standards, but it was still a revolution. Shaped into blocks and bars, and poured over fruit-flavoured centres, this plain chocolate was a real breakthrough. But there were many more treats in store... More about the brothers 1866An innovative processing technique is introduced The turning point for the Cadbury business was the introduction of a new processing technique, resulting in the 1866 launch of 'Cadbury Cocoa Essence', the UK's first unadulterated cocoa. Before Cocoa Essence, the cocoa Cadbury produced, like that of many other manufacturers, contained high levels of cocoa butter. They had to add starches to mask its taste and texture. But George Cadbury had heard about an innovative cocoa press being used by a Dutch manufacturer called Coenraad Johannes van Houten. The press squeezed out much of the cocoa butter from the beans, so it wasn’t necessary to add starches. Could this be the way forward? Buying the press was a massive gamble. It was expensive and the brothers had little money. It had to be used for mass production and no one knew if there’d be enough demand for the product. But the Cadbury brothers decided to go for it - the first British manufacturer to go down this route. It was a momentous step, one that changed the British cocoa business and led to the future prosperity of Cadbury. The press was installed in their factory in Bridge Street, Cadbury Brothers’ new product appeared. Cocoa Essence was extensively advertised as 'Absolutely Pure. Therefore Best’, alongside medical testimonials. The marketing of Cocoa Essence helped increase sales dramatically and transformed a small business into the worldwide company that Cadbury is today. More about Cocoa Essence 1875First Milk Chocolate Bar In 1875, a Swiss manufacturer called Daniel Peter added milk to his recipe to make the first milk chocolate bar. This wasn’t a completely new idea; Cadbury produced their milk chocolate drink based on Sir Hans Sloane’s recipe between 1849 and 1875. And Cadbury added their own milk chocolate bars in 1897. But Daniel Peter was still way ahead of them – using condensed milk rather than powdered milk to produce a chocolate with a superior taste and texture. Another Swiss manufacturer invented the conching machine in 1879. This refined chocolate, giving it the smooth texture we know today. Swiss milk chocolate dominated the British market – a situation the Cadbury family set out to challenge in the 20th Century. More about milk chocolate 1875Cadbury makes their first Easter egg The first Cadbury Easter egg was made in 1875. The earliest eggs were made with dark chocolate and had a smooth, plain surface. They were filled with sugar-coated chocolate drops known as 'dragees’. Later Easter eggs were decorated and had their plain shells enhanced with chocolate piping and marzipan flowers. 1878The Cadbury Brothers are inspired by their vision When the Bridge Street factory became too small, George Cadbury had a new vision of the future. 'Why should an industrial area be squalid and depressing?’ he asked. His vision was shared by his brother Richard, and they began searching for a very special site for their new factory. In 1878 the brother
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Film History Milestones - 1928 Event and Significance 1928 RKO (Radio-Keith-Orpheum) Pictures, evolving originally from the Mutual Film Corporation (1912), was created in the merger of the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), the Film Booking Office (FBO) and Keith-Albee-Orpheum, a major Vaudeville corporation. It was established as a subsidiary of RCA and joined the ranks of the major Hollywood studios. 1928 Director Roy William Neill's The Viking (1928) was the first feature-length Technicolor film that featured a soundtrack, and the first film made in Technicolor's Process 3. 1928 By 1928, Hollywood's major film studios had signed an agreement with AT&T/Western Electric's licensing division (ERPI, or Electrical Research Products, Inc.) to use their audio technologies to produce films with sound. They proceeded with the conversion of production facilities and theaters for sound film. This led to an explosion in the popularity of sound in cinema. 1928 The first 'Mickey Mouse' short animated film, Plane Crazy (1928), was debuted on May 15, 1928. The character of an animated mouse (future Mickey Mouse) was modified from Disney's earlier character Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, which was introduced in 1927. 1928 The first all-talking cartoon short, Paul Terry's Dinner Time (1928) with synchronized sound was premiered, preceding Disney's Steamboat Willie (1928) by about a month. It was made after Warner Bros.' success with The Jazz Singer (1927) . 1928 Walt Disney also introduced the first popular animated cartoons with synchronized sound later in this year: Steamboat Willie (on July 29, 1928, in limited release) and Galloping Gaucho (on August 2, 1928). Steamboat Willie - Mickey's first sound cartoon, was then re-released on November 18, 1928 with sound and premiered at the 79th Street Colony Theatre in New York - it was Disney's first cartoon with a post-produced synchronized soundtrack (of music, dialogue, and sound effects) and was considered Mickey Mouse's (and Minnie's) screen debut performance and birthdate. It was the first sound cartoon that was a major hit. Walt Disney provided the voice for Mickey until his death. 1928 The Best Picture-nominated western film In Old Arizona (1928), made by directors Raoul Walsh and Irving Cummings, was released. It was the first full-length talkie film to be shot outdoors (on location) and not in a studio, as well as the first sound western film. 1928 The gangster melodrama The Lights of New York (1928) was released by Warner Brothers as the first 100% all-talking feature film, as a result of the phenomenal success of The Jazz Singer (1927) with just a few minutes of sound. This first Warner Bros. gangster film was unexpectedly successful, grossing over $2 million. 1928 Warner Brothers' second 'all-talking' picture was The Terror (1928) - director Roy Del Ruth's adaptation of Edgar Wallace's play regarding a haunted house terrorized by a homicidal asylum escapee. The film's many ads capitalized on the new feature of sound (creaking doors, howling winds, organ music), heard with the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process: "It will thrill you! Grip you! Set you into tremors of awe. HEAR this creepy tale of mystery - the baffling story of a detective's great triumph. With voices and shadows that will rack your nerves and make you like it. Come, hear them talk in this Vitaphone production of the play that has gripped London for over 3 years." 1928 Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer's startling and influential The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) used minimal sets, extremely oblique and other unusual camera angles, and excruciatingly huge close-ups to create a virtually new visual language soulfully expressive of the martyr's (Maria Falconetti) suffering psychology. 1928 Future star John Wayne (a former prop man) has often been credited as making his debu
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Online Etymology Dictionary plagiarism (n.) 1620s, from -ism + plagiary (n.) "plagiarist, literary thief" (1590s), from Latin plagiarius "kidnapper, seducer, plunderer, one who kidnaps the child or slave of another," used by Martial in the sense of "literary thief," from plagiare "to kidnap," plagium "kidnapping," from plaga "snare, hunting net," perhaps from PIE *plag- (on notion of "something extended"), from root *plak- (1) "to be flat" (see placenta ).
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The Parts of the Periodic Table Elements named after countries, states, or other geographical features: Californium: state (and University) of California Francium: France Gallium: Latin word for France, Gallia Germanium: Latin word for Germany, Germania Hassium: German state of Hesse, where the GSI is located Magnesium: named after Magnesia, a district in Thessaly in central Greece Polonium: named for Marie Curie's native country of Poland Rhenium: named after the Latin word for the Rhine River, Rhenus Ruthenium: named after the Latin word for Russia, Ruthenia Scandium: named after the Latin word for Scandinavia, Scandia Thulium: named after the ancient word for Scandinavia, Thule Elements named after cities: Berkelium: Berkeley, California, home of the University of California, where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Darmstadtium: Darmstadt, Germany, home of the Laboratory for Heavy Ion Research (GSI, Gesellschaft f�r Schwerionenforschung) where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Dubnium: Dubna, Russia, home of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, Объединённый институт ядерных исследований, ОИЯИ), where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium, Yttrium: all named after the Swedish village of Ytterby (near Vaxholm), where these elements were first isolated (as well as Holmium, Scandium, and Tantalum) Hafnium: Copenhagen (Hafnia), Denmark Fermium: Enrico Fermi, the inventor of the first nuclear reactor Lawrencium: Ernest O. Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron Meitnerium: Lise Meitner, one of the first scientists to recognize that uranium could undergo nuclear fission Mendelevium: Dimitri Mendelev, the deviser of the Periodic Table of the Elements Nobelium: Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize Roentgenium: Wilhelm R�ntgen, the discoverer of X-rays Rutherfordium: Ernest Rutherford, discoverer of the atomic nucleus, and a pioneer in the study of nuclear physics Seaborgium: Glenn T. Seaborg, who discovered/synthesized a number of transuranium elements Most of the rest of the names of the elements are derived from various chemical or physical properties: Actinium: Greek: aktinos, "ray" (because it glows with a blue light in the dark) Antimony: Greek: anti + monos, "not alone" (because it was never found uncombined with another element) Argon: Greek: argos, "idle" (because of its unreactivity) Astatine: Greek: astatos, "unstable" (because it is) Barium: Greek: barys, "heavy" (in reference to the high density of some barium minerals) Bromine: Greek: bromos, "stench" (elemental bromine has a terrible smell) Cobalt: German: kobold, "goblin" (because of the toxic fumes of arsenic that were produced when silver miners heated the arsenic-containing ore smaltite, mistaking it for silver ore) Dysprosium: Greek: dysprositos, "hard to get at" (because the first isolation of the element required a tedious separation sequence) Fluorine: Latin: fluere, "to flow" Hydrogen" Greek: hydro + genes, "water forming" Krypton: Greek: kryptos, "hidden" (since it had been "hidden" in a sample of argon) Lanthanum: Greek: lanthanein, "to be hidden" (because the element was discovered "hidden" as an impurity in ores of cerium) Manganese: Latin: magnes, "magnet" (because it can be made to be ferromagnetic with the right treatment) Neodymium: Greek: neos + didymos, "new twin" Neon" Greek: neos, "new" Nickel: German: kupfernickel, "Old Nick's copper" (i.e., copper of the devil, or false copper, because it was frequently mistaken for copper) Nitrogen: Latin: nitron + genes, "nitre [potassium nitrate] forming" Osmium: Greek: osme, "odor" (because of its nasty smell, which is actually caused by osmium tetroxide) Oxygen: Latin: oxy + genes, "acid forming" Phosphorus: Greek: phos + phoros, "light bringing" (because it glows in the dark, and spontaneou
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Elsie Lappin | Coronation Street Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Maudie Edwards Elsie Lappin (née Castleway, previously Foyle) was the owner of the Corner Shop in Coronation Street from 1945 to 1960 . A variety singer in her youth, Elsie's singing days ended when she injured her vocal chords at twenty-three. In 1930 , she married widower Tommy Foyle and ran the Corner Shop in Coronation Street with him until his death in 1945. They had two children together, Hilda and Shelagh . Elsie enjoyed working behind the counter and took over the running of the shop when Tommy was confined to bed after a stroke. When rationing laws were in place during World War II , Elsie helped her neighbours by buying black market goods to supplement their allotments. Elsie's scheme was rumbled by the police and she was fined. The war ended on 8th May 1945, but as the other Street residents celebrated, the Foyles mourned the passing of Tommy who died from a heart attack. An invalid in his later years, Tommy had urged Elsie to remarry so she wouldn't have to run the shop alone after his death, and although she could cope perfectly well at the shop Elsie did get married again, to Les Lappin in 1947 . Elsie was a widow again in 1952 when Les died from a heart attack. Hilda and Shelagh remained at the shop until 1957 and in 1960 Elsie decided to retire. Buying a bungalow at Knott End , she sold the shop to Florrie Lindley . After the sale, Elsie remained for a few days to show Florrie the tricks of the trade and warn her about the neighbours. Elsie Lappin was played by actress Maudie Edwards . The character appeared in episodes Episodes 1 and 2 and spoke the very first words on Coronation Street . As a long-standing proprieter of the Corner Shop who was just leaving Coronation Street when the series began, little was revealed about Elsie's life on-screen, but her backstory was expanded upon significantly by Daran Little in his published books Weatherfield Life and Around the Coronation Street Houses . Most of the information on this page comes from those works.
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Video: Watch: All the best Christmas adverts from 2015 - Telegraph Follow Now it's November, expect your tellies and social media feeds to be packed full of minute-long videos reminding you of the kind of familial and festive love that makes you part with lots of money. We'll be collecting all the best adverts from this year to make it easier to figure out which company wins Christmas 2015 – and to see how they stack up against the giants of yesteryear . Grab your tissues, here we go. In alphabetical order: Aldi "Reindeer on rooftops and brandy cream pouring" begins the discount supermarket's version of My Favourite Things from the Sound of Music. Argos Invoking the powers of both Frozen and Minions, which last year was the most viral Christmas advert , Argos' offering shows people skiing and zorbing down a mountain to promote the retaler's fastest service ever. Asda Asda's advert, created by VCCP, celebrates the things we do "because it's Christmas" – from covering our houses in fairy lights to grabbing that opportunity underneath the mistletoe. As Martine McCutcheon's Natalie says in Love Actually, if you can't do it at Christmas, when can you? The ad, which ends with Asda's traditional pocket tap, features X Factor runner-up Fleur East's debut single Sax ahead of its release on November 6. Body Shop "'Tis the season of the shower-ballad," apparently. The Body Shop's Christmas ad is a collection of clips of people singing Jingle Bells in the shower. Bare bums and all. Boots There wasn't a dry eye in the house after Boots' advert last year , which showed a family coming together early on Boxing Day so they can celebrate Christmas with their mother, a nurse coming off the night shift. This year's ad is a jollier, sparklier affair, showing all of the beauty gifts availale at Boots. Burberry In his second year as the Christmas face of Burberry, Romeo Beckham is joined by a host of celebrities including Julie Walters, Elton John, James Corden, Naomi Campbell and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. This year's Burberry campaign is a homage to Billy Elliott , recreating the film's opening scene to mark the 15th anniversary of its release. Cadbury The chocolate maker has created a "Cadvent calendar", with 24 trucks rolling out across the country, opening their doors daily throughout December bringing treats to the UK's local confectionary lovers. Carphone Warehouse "Keith Lemon in the outback – it's as wrong as being on the wrong phone deal," says Carphone Warehouse's chief marketing officer Julian Diment. Coca-Cola The iconic "Holidays are Coming" jingle has been gracing our screens for 20 years now. To celebrate the occasion, Matt Smith, a 28-year-old professional truck driver from Andover in Hampshire, was the first member of the public ever to get behind the wheel of the Coca-Cola Christmas truck. Currys PC World Jeff Goldblum, star of The Fly and Jurassic Park, makes a comical appearance in Currys PC World's Spare The Act campaign, created by AMV BBDO. The Oscar-nominated 1980s heart-throb comes to the rescue when a woman fails to hide her disappointment upon getting an uninspiring gift from her husband and a family struggles to swallow a charred turkey, giving them a master class in acting. Debenhams Following last year's "Found It" campaign, which featured children running around Debenhams store looking for their presents, the retailer has focused on finding the perfect gift to send to your loved ones. Halfords If it looks familiar, it's because Halfords ran a similar advert last year. But if it ain't broke... the ad was well received for its simple and nostalgic reminder of childhood. As the ad asks, does anything beat a bike? Harrods The animated mice are back. Peter Pumpernickel and Poppy Peasprout find themselves in the middle of a ballet troupe performing in the windows of Harrods. Harvey Nichols Harvey Nicks coins the term "gift face", or that stiff-cheeked frozen smile that comes from receiving too many terrible presents. House of Fraser 'Tis the season to drop beats do Christmas in your own style, whether that's partying
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Ten dukes-a-dining: Gathered together over lunch for a unique picture, the grandees with £2bn and 340,000 acres between them | Daily Mail Online Ten dukes-a-dining: Gathered together over lunch for a unique picture, the grandees with £2bn and 340,000 acres between them comments At first glance, it might resemble the board meeting of a firm of auctioneers or a convention of prep school headmasters. On closer inspection, it is actually a remarkable portrait of the grandest club in Britain, a super-elite who account for some 340,000 acres, more than £2billion and 4,505 years of aristocratic moving and shaking. Some owe their fortunes to bravery in battle, others to royal philandering or political chicanery. But they are all distantly related to each other and they are all addressed in exactly the same way: Your Grace. Outside the Royal Family, dukedoms have only ever been granted to a handful of men of power and influence. The assembled: (from left to right) 1. James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose; 2. David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland; 3. John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset; 4. Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland; 5. Andrew Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford; 6. Edward Fizalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk; 7. Torquhil Campbell, 18th Duke of Argyll; 8. Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster; 9. Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans; 10. Arthur Wellesey, 8th Duke of Wellington. See list below for details Dukes are just one rung down from royalty in the social pecking order and enjoy a special status way above the rank and file of the aristocracy. As peerages go, it's the jackpot. Today, there are just 24 non-royal dukes in existence, down from a total of 40 in their Georgian heyday. And it's fair to say that no modern monarch or government is likely to create any more. So, to celebrate its 300th birthday, Tatler magazine decided to invite this dwindling band of mega-toffs to a ducal lunch. The result was the largest gathering of dukes since the Coronation of 1953. Some were too frail to attend. Some live abroad. But ten of them gathered for oysters and Dover sole in London's clubland. And the result is this intriguing study of 21st century nobility. 'After 300 years, we wanted to recapture the spirit of the original Tatler, and what better than a room full of dukes,' says Tatler editor Catherine Ostler. Once, the holders of these titles would have been the A-list celebrities of their time. Today, most people would be pushed to name a single one of them. With hereditary peers cast out into the political wilderness, dukes might seem little more than a comic anachronism in modern Britain. While they retain their rank and social clout, their only power is financial. In the case of, say, the Duke of Bedford, this amounts to £500million in art, London property and a large slab of Home Counties commuter belt. As for the Duke of Leinster, whose grandfather ran a teashop, it is next to nothing. A very special edition: The picture appears in the November issue of Tatler magazine Yet many dukes still play an active part in public life. The Duke of Norfolk, as hereditary Earl Marshal, is still responsible for organising the State Opening of Parliament and any coronations which should occur. The Duke of Northumberland runs several public bodies across the North East while his wife is the local Lord Lieutenant. The very first dukedom was a royal affair. In 1337, Edward III created his son, the Black Prince, the Duke of Cornwall. The title derives from the Latin dux - leader - and, throughout history, fewer than 500 British men have held the rank of 'Duke'. The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1900 for the former Earl of Fife, who was upgraded to Duke following his wedding to Queen Victoria's granddaughter. There might have been a new one in 1955 when the Queen offered one to Churchill, but he declined, preferring to die a commoner. The only non-duke at the Tatler gathering was historian Andrew Roberts, invited to chronicle the event. 'They're all related and they all stick up for each other,' he recalls. But he fears that dukes c
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History of Newspapers by the NMA William Caxton sets up the first English printing press in Westminster. 1549 First known English newsletter: Requests of the Devonshyre and Cornyshe Rebelles. 1621 First titled newspaper, Corante, published in London. 1649 Cromwell suppressed all newsbooks on the eve of Charles I's execution. 1690 Worcester Postman launched. (In 1709 it starts regular publication as Berrow's Worcester Journal, considered to be the oldest surviving English newspaper). 1702 Launch of the first regular daily newspaper: The Daily Courant. 1709 First Copyright Act; Berrow's Worcester Journal, considered the oldest surviving English newspaper, started regular publication. 1712 First Stamp Act; advertisement, paper and stamp duties condemned as taxes on knowledge. Stamford Mercury believed to have been launched. 1717 The Kentish Post and Canterbury Newsletter launched. It took on its current name, Kentish Gazette, in 1768. 1718 Leeds Mercury started (later merged into Yorkshire Post). 1737 Belfast News Letter founded (world's oldest surviving daily newspaper). 1748 Aberdeen Journal began (Scotland's oldest newspaper - now the Press & Journal). 1772 Hampshire Chronicle launched, Hampshire's oldest paper. 1788 Daily Universal Register (est. 1785) became The Times. 1791 Harmsworth (then Northcliffe) bought The Observer. 1906 Newspaper Proprietors Association founded for national dailies. 1907 National Union of Journalists founded as a wage-earners union. 1915 Rothermere launched Sunday Pictorial (later Sunday Mirror). 1922 Death of Northcliffe. Control of Associated Newspapers passed to Rothermere. 1928 Northcliffe Newspapers set up as a subsidiary of Associated Newspapers. Provincial Newspapers set up as a subsidiary of United Newspapers. 1931 Audit Bureau of Circulations formed. 1936 Britain's first colour advertisement appears (in Glasgow's Daily Record). 1944 Iliffe took over BPM Holdings (including Birmingham Post). 1946 Guild of British Newspaper Editors formed (now the Society of Editors). 1953 General Council of the Press established. 1955 Month-long national press strike. Daily Record acquired by Mirror Group. 1959 Manchester Guardian becomes The Guardian. Six-week regional press printing strike. 1960 Photocomposition and web-offset printing progressively introduced. 1964 The Sun launched, replacing Daily Herald. Death of Beaverbrook. General Council of the Press reformed as the Press Council. 1969 Murdoch's News International acquired The Sun and News of the World. 1976 Nottingham Evening Post is Britain's first newspaper to start direct input by journalists. 1978 The Times and The Sunday Times ceased publication for 11 months. 1980 Association of Free Newspaper founded (folded 1991). Regional Newspaper Advertising Bureau formed. 1981 News International acquired The Times and the Sunday Times. 1983 Industrial dispute at Eddie Shah's Messenger group plant at Warrington. 1984 Mirror Group sold by Reed to Maxwell (Pergamon). First free daily newspaper, the (Birmingham) Daily News, launched by husband & wife team Chris & Pat Bullivant. 1986 News International moved titles to a new plant at Wapping. Eddie Shah launchedToday, first colour national daily launched. The Independent launched. 1987 News International took over Today. 1988 RNAB folded. Newspaper Society launched PressAd as its commercial arm. Thomson launched Scotland on Sunday and Sunday Life. 1989 Last Fleet Streetpaper produced by Sunday Express. 1990 First Calcutt report on Privacy and Related Matters. Launch of The European (by Maxwell) and Independent on Sunday. 1991 Press Complaints Commission replaced the Press Council. AFN folded. Death of Robert Maxwell (November). Management buy-out of Birmingham Post and sister titles. Midland Independent Newspapers established. 1992 Management buy-out by Caledonian Newspapers of Lonrho's Glasgow titles, The Herald and Evening Times. 1993 Guardian Media Group bought The Observer. UK News set up by Northcliffe and Westminster Press as rival news agency to the Press Association. Second Calcutt report into s
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Quotes and Insulting Quotations from Winston Churchill Political Insults & Putdowns Quotes and Insulting Quotations from Sir Winston Churchill He is one of those orators of whom it was well said. Before they get up, the do not know what they are going to say;when they are speaking, they do not know what they are saying;and when they have sat down, they do not know what they have said On Lord Charles Beresford I remember when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the programme which I most desired to see was the one described as "The Boneless Wonder". My parents judged that the spectacle would be too demoralising and revolting for my youthful eye and I have waited fifty years, to see the The Boneless Wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench. On Ramsay MacDonald A curious mixture of geniality and venom On Herbert Morrison Mr Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right On Gladstone The happy warrior of Squandermania On Lloyd George Unless the right honourable gentleman changes his policy and methods and moves without the slightest delay, he will be as great a curse to this country in peace as he was a squalid nuisance in time of war On Aneurin Bevan They are not fit to manage a whelk stall On the Labour Party There he stalks, that wuthering height On John Reith A sheep in sheep's clothing On Clement Atlee A modest man, who has much to be modest about On Clement Atlee An empty taxi arrived at 10 Downing Street, and when the door was opened, Atlee got out On Clement Atlee He delivers his speech with an expression of wounded guilt On Stafford Cripps There but for the grace of God, goes God On Stafford Cripps I wish Stanley Baldwin no ill, but it would have been much better if he had never lived On Stanley Baldwin The candle in that great turnip has gone out On Stanley Baldwin He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened On Stanley Baldwin Mr Chamberlain loves the working man, he loves to see him work On Joseph Chamberlain He always played the game, and he always lost it On Austin Chamberlain He looked at foreign affairs through the wrong end of a municipal drainpipe On Neville Chamberlain At the depths of that dusty soul there is nothing but abject surrender On Neville Chamberlain An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last On Neville Chamberlain Lady Astor to Churchill "Winston, if you were my husband I would flavour your coffee with poison" Churchill: "Madam, if I were your husband, I should drink it" Bessie Braddock to Churchill "Winston, your drunk!" Churchill: "Bessie, your ugly, and tomorrow morning I shall be sober" The greatest cross I have to bear is the cross of Lorraine On Charles de Gaulle In defeat unbeatable, in victory unbearable On General Montgomery What could you hope to achieve except to be sunk in a bigger and more expensive ship this time On Admiral Mountbatten A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma On Russia it becomes still more difficult to reconcile Japanese action with prudence or even with sanity On Japan Cultured people are merely the glittering scum which floats upon the deep river of production When I am abroad I always make it a rule never to criticise or attack the Government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting Winston Churchill 1915
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80 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Queen Elizabeth 80 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Queen Elizabeth Anagrammy Awards > Miscellaneous files 80 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know About Queen Elizabeth: Queen Elizabeth II is the fortieth monarch since William the Conqueror obtained the crown of England. In 2002, aged 76, she was the oldest monarch to celebrate a Golden Jubilee. The youngest was James I (James VI of Scotland) at 51 years. Since 1952, she has conferred over 387,700 honours and awards. Elizabeth has personally held over 540 Investitures. She speaks fluent French and often uses the language for audiences and state visits. She does not require an interpreter. The Queen has received over 3 million items of correspondence during her reign. Over the course of the reign, around 1.1 million people have attended garden parties at Buckingham Palace or the Palace of Holyrood House (Elizabeth ended Presentation Parties in 1958). Over the reign, she has given regular Tuesday evening audiences to 10 British Prime Ministers Winston Churchill 1951-55, Sir Anthony Eden 1955-57, Harold Macmillan 1957-63, Sir Alec Douglas-Home 1963-64, Harold Wilson 1964-70 and 1974-76, Edward Heath 1970-74, James Callaghan 1976-79, Margaret Thatcher 1979-90, John Major 1990-97, Tony Blair 1997-present. There have also been 10 US Presidents during her reign. Tony Blair is the first Prime Minister to have been born during her reign. He was born in early May 1953 - a month before the Coronation. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh introduced small, informal luncheon parties at Buckingham Palace to meet distinguished people from all professions, trades and vocations. The first was held on 11th May 1956 and the tradition continues to this day. There are usually 6-8 guests and two members of the Household attending. Elizabeth is patron of more than 620 charities and organisations. During her reign, she has made more than 256 official overseas visits to 129 different countries. Many of Elizabeth's official tours were undertaken on the Royal Yacht Britannia. It was launched by the Queen on April 16, 1953 and was commissioned for service on January 7,1954. It was de- commissioned in December 1997. During this time, Britannia travelled more than a million miles on Royal and official duties. Britannia was first used by Elizabeth when she embarked with the Duke of Edinburgh on May 1,1954 at Tobruk for the final stage of their Commonwealth Tour returning to the Pool of London. The last time Elizabeth was on board for an official visit was on August 9, 1997 for a visit to Arran. Elizabeth has visited Australia 15 times, Canada 23 times, Jamaica six times and New Zealand 10 times . Her Majesty most recently visited Australia in March 2006 to open the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Since her accession to the throne in 1952, she has visited Edinburgh nearly every year, taking up residence in the Palace of Holyroodhouse during Holyrood Week. During her reign, the Queen has received many unusual gifts including a variety of live animals. The more unusual of which have been placed in the care of the London Zoo - among them jaguars and sloths from Brazil, and two black beavers from Canada. There have also been gifts of pineapples, eggs, a box of snail shells, a grove of maple trees and 7kg of prawns. Elizabeth has sent around 100,000 telegrams to centenarians in the UK and the Commonwealth. She has sent more than 280,000 telegrams to couples in the UK and the Commonwealth celebrating their diamond wedding (60 years) anniversary. Her real birthday is on April 21, but it is celebrated officially in June. She has attended 34 Royal Variety performances. She has opened 15 bridges in the United Kingdom. She has given over 91 State banquets during her reign. Since 1952, The Queen has undertaken 78 State Visits accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh; the most recent being to Singapore in March 2006. She has launched 23 ships in her lifetime. The first was HMS Vanguard which she launched - as Princess Elizabeth - on November 30, 1944 in Clydebank. Her firs
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7 Animals That Have Helped Sell Cars 1 of 8 « Back Next » Michael McMurrough, Alamy Pontiac Firebird Flying cars are still a thing of the future (we hope!), but for now, we'll settle for a Pontiac Firebird . By the late 1970s, this car was all the rage, and although production on the model stopped in 2002, they're still easy to spot, not only for their iconic design but also, on some, by the giant bird emblem painted on the hood. Gives new meaning to flying down the highway! © 2013 Chrysler Group LLC Dodge Ram The Dodge Ram logo has had multiple makeovers since its inception in the late 1920s by sculptor Avard T. Fairbanks. Unlike the striking sheep logo we know today, previous iterations featured the animal as a prominent hood ornament. © Automobili Lamborghini Holding S.p.A. Lamborghini Another horned animal, a strong bull, plays a front and center role for this luxury car company . Founder Ferrucio Lamborghini was born under the sign of Taurus (Latin for "bull"), which explains why he found this animal to be a fitting symbol for the speed and muscle of the Lamborghini vehicles. © 2013 Chrysler Group LLC Dodge Viper Known as the SRT Viper as of 2013, the Dodge Viper was first assembled in the early 1990s. These modern muscle cars are as sleek as their animal counterpart and fulfill a need for speed. © Ford Motor Company Ford Mustang The Ford Mustang has become a huge part of Americana, with more than a million manufactured since the 1960s. Featured in more than 500 films, the car, along with its equine emblem, is a part of history for its speed and design. Peugeot Peugeot The king of the jungle has a seat in the automotive world with Peugeot vehicles. Original Peugeot vehicles date back to France in the late 1800s. However, the company founder, Emile Peugeot, applied for the lion trademark decades before he made his first car, showing this brand's dedication to its ruling animal. Jaguar Jaguar Jaguar has long been known for sleek, sexy and sophisticated luxury vehicles. The company has seen success in the development of speed vehicles as well, which makes Jaguar's big cat mascot, which has stood proudly as a hood ornament on many of the company's creations, an apt portrayal of the brand.
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1511st (2) by Mike Hall (page 23) - issuu issuu IN THE KNOW INTERACTIVE Trivia Quiz If you think you’ve got what it takes to beat our monthly brain buster, take our quiz and prove your intellectual talents! 1 What code name was given to Nazi Germany's plan to invade Britain during the Second World War? 11 12 Which country only switched to the modern Gregorian Calendar on January 1, 1927? Olibanum is the Medieval Latin alternative English word for which Biblical aromatic resin? The splanchnocranium refers to the bones of which defining part of the human body? 13 Which city, mythically founded by a twin saved by a shewolf, was built on the seven hills, east of the River Tiber called Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Palatine, Quirinal and Viminal? 3 Used to measure the height of horses, how many inches are there in one hand? 14 On which Mediterranean island is the famous nightlife holiday resort of Magaluf? 4 5 Apiphobia is the fear of what creatures? What are metal rope-fixings on a boat and cyclist's shoes? Occurring twice yearly, what name is given to a day consisting of twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of darkness? 6 Which country is the natural habitat of the emu? 16 How many times does the second-hand of a clockwork clock 'tick' (move) while the hour hand completes one full rotation? 7 8 17 What's the common technical term for the removal of a president from office, due to wrongdoing? How many hurdles are there in a 400 metres hurdles race? 18 Which famous corporate logo changed to a flat colour/colour sans serif font in its first major change since 1999? K'ung Futse (Venerated Master Kong) is better known as which major philosopher and religious founder? 9 19 Japan's NTT DoCoMo mobile phone company developed which texting icon 'pictograph' series, Japanese for 'picture' and 'character'? 20 The flags of China, Japan, Argentina, Uruguay, Greenland and Bangladesh share what common feature? 1. Operation Sea Lion. 2. Turkey. 3. Four. 4. Bees. 5. Equinox. 6. Australia. 7. Ten. 8. Google. 9. Emoji. 10. Geronimo. 11. Frankincense. 12. Face. 13. Rome. 14. Majorca. 15. Cleats. 16. 43,200 (12 hours x 60 minutes x 60 second 'ticks'). 17. Impeachment. 18. Confucius. 19. Mexico City. 20. Sun. Answers: 10 What Native American Apache Indian chief 's name became an exclamation of exhilaration? What's the largest capital city without a river, and also the oldest capital of its continent? November15 TalkMagazine
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Environmental Concern-Facts About Nutria What is a Nutria? Nutria are large rodents that look like beavers with long, thin tails. Nutria may weigh up to 20 lbs, but on average weight between 12-15 lbs, with males slightly larger than females. They have dense, grayish underfur overlaid by long glossy guard hairs that vary in color from dark brown to yellowish brown. Their large front teeth are yellow-orange to orange-red on the outer surface. The forepaws have four well-developed clawed toes and one non-functional toe. The hind feet have 5 clawed toes: four webbed and one that hangs free. Nutria have several other adaptations to help them in the water. Their eyes, ears and nostrils are set high on their heads. The nostrils and mouth have valves that seal out water while swimming, diving or feeding underwater. The female’s teats are located high on her sides to allow the young to suckle while in the water. Nutria are primarily nocturnal (active at night), with peak activity occurring near midnight. When food is abundant, nutria rest and groom during the day and feed at night. When food is limited, daytime feeding increases, especially in wetlands free from disturbance. Where are Nutria Found? Nutria inhabit fresh and brackish marshes, rivers, bayous, farm ponds, freshwater impoundments, drainage canals, swamps and various other types of wetlands. Although found in 16 U.S. states, nutria are native to South America. Their original range includes Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Brazil. Due to escaping from captivity in the U.S. and elsewhere, they now inhabit a much greater area. Nutria were first imported into the United States between 1899 and 1930 in an attempt to establish a fur farm industry. Many of the fur farms failed in the late 1940's because fur prices fell and nutria did not reproduce well in captivity. Many nutria were released into the wild. Nutria have been reported in every Maryland Eastern Shore county and are found from Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware through the Delmarva Peninsula to Virginia's Eastern Shore. They have also been reported on the western shore of Maryland in the Potomac and Patuxent Rivers and in Virginia as far south as the Northern Neck near the Rappahanock River. Reproduction: Nutria are highly prolific and breed all year. Reproductive peaks occur in late winter, early summer and mid-autumn. Reproduction and survival may be influenced by extreme weather conditions. Nutria reach sexual maturity at four to six months. Sexually mature male nutria can breed throughout the year. Females are pregnant from 128 to 130 days, and are ready to breed within 48 hours after giving birth. Litters average four to five young. However, nutria can have up to 13 young per litter and may have 3 litters per year. Young are born fully furred and active, weighing 8 oz. at birth. They can swim and eat vegetation shortly thereafter, still feeding on mother's milk for up to 8 weeks. Within 5 days of life, nutria can survive away from the mother. What do Nutria Eat? Nutria feed almost entirely on vegetation. They are opportunistic feeders with an extremely varied diet. They consume about 25% of their body weight daily. Their diet includes: Olney three-square (Schoenoplectus amercianus, formerly Scirpus olneyi), saltmarsh hay (Spartina patens) and smooth cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), which are major components of the marshes of Dorchester County including Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). Nutria also eat crops, lawn grasses, and ornamentals adjacent to aquatic habitats Problems Caused by Nutria: As non-native species in Maryland, nutria have negative impacts on our marshes because: 1. They have high reproductive capacity. 2. They have no natural predators in Maryland. 3. They feed primarily on marsh plants, creating open water and removing habitat for native species, especially muskrat and waterfowl. Population Increase: With no natural predators to help control population growth, nutria populations in Maryland ha
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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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What name is given to the untanned skins of sharks and rays?
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Shagreen--Conservation DistList Date : Tuesday, April 17, 2001 Mark Vine <100436.3447 [at] compuserve__com> writes >This enquiry is placed on behalf of a conservator without access to >the list. He has been given two 20 x 30 inch panels which the >custodian tells him are covered with shagreen (my understanding is >that this is the skin from the underside of a shark). The first time I saw shagreen it covered the surface of a tea caddy case. It was labeled "imitation leather" and had me stumped. Once it is known, however, shagreen has a very recognizable surface pattern that is unmistakable under magnification. Shagreen is the term for a coarse-surfaced hide; the original use for the name stems from the seed-impregnated donkey, horse or camel hide found on Persian riding boots and weapons from the 1600's. Generally, though, shagreen is assumed to be the untanned skin of sharks or rays. Shagreen has a long history of use. Early protective wear and sand-paper applications aside, shagreen inlays for luxury items were made by Jacques Galuchat for Louis XIV in the 1750's; Herman Melville mentioned it 1851, in Moby Dick ("...Hosea Hussey had his account books bound in superior old shark-skin"); and the 1920's saw inspired designs by avant-garde furniture makers. The shagreen look has been imitated with paper; more recently, new low-friction swim suits which recreate the surface of sharkskin were used at the Sydney Olympics. The best illustrations of artifacts with shagreen components I know are in the catalogue of a retrospective exhibit held in Paris in 1994. The book (Caunes, Lison de et Perfettini, Jean. Galuchat. Les editions de l'amateur, Paris, France, 1994) is out of print but can still be found through French book dealers. Here are some identification notes: Sharkskin has a rough outer surface due to deeply embedded dermal denticles called "placoid scales". The placoid scales of sharks and their close relatives, rays and skates, are composed of calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, dentine and enamel like teeth, while the scales of all other fishes are composed of calcium salts and collagen fibres, like bone. Placoid scales are unique to sharks, rays and skates. They can range in size from microscopic and closely spaced (over half of shark species are less than one meter long) to prominent spikes. Depending on the species, age and location on the body, placoid scales have different shaped crowns with variable numbers of ridges, cusps, blades or keels and furrows. On the body of the shark, the common arrangement of denticles has the pointed cusp facing the tail. This head-tail direction feels smooth to the touch, while in the opposite direction it is sharp. On shagreen, the same directional difference between smooth and rough can be expected to some degree. Shagreen is prepared by scraping, stretching and drying. It is not a true leather but a rawhide. It is processed into a useable material by grinding, filing and polishing the surface denticles in order to flatten their sharp points. The skin may also have been dyed, or have pearly white denticles interspaced with black varnish. (A chemical process to decalcify and soften placoid scales for producing commercially tanned leather did not exist prior to the 1920's). Black filler in-between closely spaced denticles is common, as are natural, light-coloured skins with ground-down spikes, e.g., from the stingray. Copper salts and other dyes were used for contrasting denticles and skin tones in shades of green, red, brown and yellow. The dermis of sharkskin is composed of a tight network of unusually long connective fibres that may be seen along exposed edges due to, for example, a distorted substrate or shrinkage. If necessary, a fibre can be tested with a protein stain. Using the microscope is advisable for this test since the shagreen (or its imitations) may have been originally adhered to a substrate with hot hide glue. It is also for this reason that I prefer an acrylic emulsion such as Rhoplex N-560 for conservation treatment. Finally, shagreen is susceptible to
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Bill Sherwood's Trivia Page - archive page 4 On to page < 1 > < 2 > < 3 > < 5 > < 6 > The flag of the Philippines is the only national flag that is flown differently during times of peace or war. A portion of the flag is blue, while the other is red. The blue portion is flown on top in time of peace and the red portion is flown in war time. The phrase "sleep tight" originated when mattresses were set upon ropes woven through the bed frame. To remedy sagging ropes, one would use a bed key to tighten the rope. It was discovered on a space mission that a frog can throw up. The frog throws up it's stomach first, so the stomach is dangling out of it's mouth. Then the frog uses it's forearms to dig out all of the stomach's contents and then swallows the stomach back down again. A baby eel is called an elver, a baby oyster is called a spat. The arteries and veins surrounding the brain stem called the "circle of Willis" looks like a stick person with a large head. Welsh mercenary bowmen in the medieval period only wore one shoe at a time. Lake Nicaragua boasts the only fresh-water sharks in the entire world. The gene for the Siamese colouration in animals such as cats, rats or rabbits is heat sensitive. Warmth produces a lighter colour than does cold. Putting tape temporarily on Siamese rabbit's ear will make the fur on that ear lighter than on the other one. There are only 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet. Venetian blinds were invented in Japan. Armoured knights raised their visors to identify themselves when they rode past their king. This custom has become the modern military salute. Soldiers from every country salute with their right hand. Medieval knights put sharkskin on their sword handles to give them a more secure grip; they would dig the sharp scales into their palms. "Freelance" comes from a knight whose lance was free for hire, i.e. not pledged to one master. Giving the Finger Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew"). Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, "See, we can still pluck yew! PLUCK YEW!" Over the years some 'folk etymologies' have grown up around this symbolic gesture. Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say (like "pleasant mother pheasant plucker," which is who you had to go to for the feathers used on the arrows for the longbow), the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute are mistakenly thought to have something to do with an intimate encounter. It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird." (This is but one possible explanation that I know of) It was illegal to sell ET dolls in France because there is a law against selling dolls without human faces. In the 1983 film "JAWS 3D" the shark blows up. Some of the shark guts were the stuffed ET dolls being sold at the time. Spider Monkeys like banana daiquiris. Dinosaur droppings are called coprolites, and are actually fairly common. The leg bones of a bat are so thin that no bat can walk. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world. The first letters of the months July through November, in order, spell the name JASON. Moisture, not air, causes superglue to dry. Cyano-acrylate glues (Super glues) were invented by accident. The researcher was trying to make optical coating materials, and would test their properties by putting them between two prisms and shining light through them. When he tried the cyano-acrylat
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Which London landmark was designed by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Great Fire of London?
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Christopher Wren designed Monument commemorates the Great London Fire of 1666 - pictures, history. Monument in London by Katie Calvert Built to commemorate the Great Fire of 1666 and one of many London landmarks designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the Monument stands near the site of the baker's house on Pudding Lane where the blaze began. The Monument served as a symbol of London's rebirth and economic resilience in the wake of the disaster. For those energetic enough to make the climb today, its enclosed observation deck affords a 360-degree (bottom of this page) view of the modern London that was rebuilt from the ashes. The fire began early in the morning of Sunday, September 2. Some evidence suggests that it started in the kitchen of Thomas Farriner (sometimes spelled Farrinor, Farynor, or Farryner), a baker to the king. Narrow streets and alleys, closely packed houses and shops, and construction that favored the use of timber and thatch—London had all the right ingredients to feed and nourish the flames for several days. By the time the fire was extinguished, it had engulfed 80 percent of the City, destroying much of the London that Shakespeare would have known. Among the ruins were old St Paul's Cathedral and the Royal Exchange. Diarist Samuel Pepys , who described the conflagration and recorded its course, wrote that when the fire was put out in Cripplegate on day four "the King himself was seen helping the soldiers." On day four (Wednesday) the wind dropped and the fire stopped its advance; Londoners would douse the last of its flames late Thursday night. The Monument was one of the first structures King Charles II commissioned to be built after the fire. The job fell to Sir Christopher Wren . It is amazing to realize that the man most responsible for the rebuilding of London never studied to be an architect. Educated at Oxford University , Wren was a scientist, an astronomer, and a mathematician. He became the most influential British architect of the Baroque period , and, arguably, of all time. His masterpiece, St. Paul's, still helps define London's skyline. Borrowing from the classical Roman style, the Monument is a Doric column made of Portland stone. Its height of 202 feet is also the distance it stands from the site of Farriner's kitchen. The top displays a flaming golden urn, while the bottom consists of plaques that describe the fire, inscriptions, and a bas-relief sculpture showing King Charles II (in Roman dress) and his brother James, the Duke of York, directing the rebuilding of the City. The Monument was erected between 1671 and 1677. Aided and abetted by his friend and fellow designer, Robert Hooke (another multitalented man known by all mechanical engineers for Hooke's Law of elasticity and whose other discoveries and contributions to science are only now becoming better recognized), Wren designed the Monument for a second purpose: to serve as a scientific research facility, complete with an underground laboratory. The Monument's central shaft was designed for use as a zenith telescope (the top was hinged). These two mathematical geniuses designed the structure's interior to enable accurate barometric pressure readings to be taken. It served as the site of numerous gravity and pendulum experiments. The view from the observation deck is not the only reason to climb the Monument's beautiful spiral staircase. Bragging rights—backed up by a handsome certificate—belong to those who climb up and down the column's 311 steps. If you do climb the tower a pair of binoculars or a camera with a telephoto lens will come in handy to view distant structures. The monument went through an 18 month restoration project and reopened in February 2009 with a new wire mesh around the viewing platform—after these photos were taken. Standing at the top the skyscrapers of London's financial center dominate the view north of the Monument—most notably the egg-shaped Swiss Re headquarters. Looking east, you can see the Tower of London , Tower Bridge, the more modern City Hall and the HMS Belfast . Southwark i
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The Albert Memorial - Kensington Gardens - The Royal Parks The Albert Memorial The Albert Memorial The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens is one of London's most ornate monuments. It commemorates the death of Prince Albert in 1861 of typhoid. The Albert Memorial is located in Kensington Gardens on Albert Memorial Road opposite the Royal Albert Hall. It is one of London's most ornate monuments, designed by George Gilbert Scott. Unveiled in 1872, The Albert Memorial commemorates the death of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband, who died of typhoid fever at the age of 42. Influenced by the series of 13th Century Eleanor Crosses (Charing Cross perhaps being the most famous) and other statues in Edinburgh and Manchester, the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens is one of the grandest high-Victorian gothic extravaganzas anywhere. Officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, it celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and interests. The memorial shows Prince Albert holding the catalogue of the Great Exhibition, held in Hyde Park in 1851, which he inspired and helped to organise. Marble figures representing Europe, Asia, Africa and America stand at each corner of the memorial, and higher up are further figures representing manufacture, commerce, agriculture and engineering. Yet further up, near the top, are gilded bronze statues of the angels and virtues. All around the base of the memorial the Parnassus frieze depicts celebrated painters, poets sculptors, musicians and architects, reflecting Albert's enthusiasm for the arts. There are 187 exquisitely carved figures in the frieze.
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Where was ex-British Prime Minister Tony Blair born?
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History of Tony Blair - GOV.UK GOV.UK Tony Blair Labour 1997 to 2007 Born 6 May 1953, Edinburgh, Scotland Dates in office Labour Major acts Civil Partnership Act 2004: allowed legal recognition of civil partnership relationship between two people of the same sex. Interesting facts Tony Blair initiated reforms in the House of Commons, modernising the format of Prime Minister's Question Time. Tony Blair, the longest serving Labour Prime Minister, oversaw the Northern Irish peace process, public sector reform and the response to the 9/11 and 7/7 terrorist attacks. Tony Blair was born in 1953 in Edinburgh, Scotland. After taking a gap year he attended the University of Oxford and studied Law; after graduating he became a barrister. He joined the Labour Party in 1975 and, in 1983, successfully fought for the safe seat of Sedgefield. Gordon Brown was also elected in 1983 and they became firm allies. Tony Blair assumed several Shadow Cabinet roles before being made Shadow Home Secretary in 1992. In 1994, his and Gordon Brown’s friendship was permanently changed when the Labour leader, John Smith, died suddenly. Tony Blair won the following leadership contest overwhelmingly, having made an agreement with Gordon Brown that, if he didn’t stand, he would become a powerful chancellor should Labour win the next election. Tony Blair was seen as a new kind of politician with enormous charisma, arguably the finest opposition leader of modern times – even succeeding in reforming ‘Clause IV’ of the Labour constitution. It was of little surprise when Labour won the 1997 general election by a landslide majority of 179. Succeeding John Major to the role, he officially became Prime Minister on 2 May 1997. Important constitutional changes happened quickly, with Scottish and Welsh devolution, reform to the House of Lords, the Human Rights Act and a Freedom of Information Act. One of his biggest achievements came in 1998 when the Northern Irish peace process really made progress with the Good Friday Agreement. On foreign affairs, he became increasingly convinced of Britain’s need to become more involved, joining the American bombing of Iraq in 1998. A landmark came in 1999 when he risked much to protect the Kosovars, his idea of ‘liberal interventionism’ explained in his ‘Chicago’ speech on ‘The Doctrine of the International Community’. Limited military involvement in Sierra Leone in 2000 reinforced the democratically elected government. Thanks to Tony Blair’s leadership, a healthy economy and a poor showing by the Conservative Party, Labour won the 2001 general election with another landslide, with 167 seats. His priority for the second term was to increase the pace of public sector reform, which took shape in the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, bills on Foundation Hospitals, Academy Schools and university tuition fees, and the increasing ‘choice agenda’. He also intended to call a referendum over Britain adopting the Euro, but events prevented this. The 9/11 terrorist attacks became defining moments for Tony Blair and his legacy. He allied with the USA and President Bush over the need to confront militant Islamism, first in Afghanistan in 2001 and then, much more controversially, in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq. The case for war in the UK had been built around the widespread belief that Saddam harboured weapons of mass destruction (WMD), which were not subsequently found. This, together with criticism over use of the machinery of government and doubts over the legality of the UK’s involvement, led the previously popular Tony Blair to become a divisive figure. Despite this, he led Labour to a third general election victory in 2005, with a much smaller but still significant majority of 66. The 7/7 London explosions by British-born Muslim suicide bombers led Blair to try to tighten civil liberties, another cause of public division. In 2006, the Israel-Lebanon war saw a very large Labour rebellion against Tony Blair over his reluctance to criticise Israel and his continued support for Bush. He resigned as Prime Minister on 27 June 2007.
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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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Which river flows the length of the Grand Canyon?
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Colorado River We'd like to send you lake news articles, videos, and podcasts from around the web. We will never share your email Colorado River Length: 1450 miles (2,333 kilometers) Colorado River rising in the Rocky Mountains of north Colorado, in northwest Rocky Mountain National Park northwest of Denver, and flowing generally southwest through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, then between Nevada and Arizona, and Arizona and California, and then into Mexico, emptying into the Gulf of California. The Colorado River drains 244,000 square miles. The source is surrounded on three sides by the Continental Divide; flows south through Grand Lake (Shadow Mountain Reservoir) and Lake Granby reservoirs, then generally southwest past Glenwood Springs, Rifle, and Grand Junction, Colorado, where it receives the Gunnison River from southeast, into Utah, where it forms the south boundary of Arches National Park at Moab, then through Canyonlands National Park, where it receives the Green River, its longest tributary from the north. The Colorado then enters Glen Canyon National Recreational Area and Lake Powell, formed by the Glen Canyon Dam at Page, in extreme northeast Arizona, and at 26,997,000,000 cubic feet is the 2d largest reservoir in the United States. The Colorado receives the San Juan River from the east. Below Glen Canyon Dam, the river enters Marble Canyon and Grand Canyon National Park. (The river and part of Lake Powell form the northwest boundary of the Navajo Indian Reservation.) Due to major park expansion in 1975, the river flows 140 miles through the park, through Marble Canyon and the spectacular Grand Canyon; then for another 100 miles it forms the south boundary of the west extension of the park and north boundary of Hualapai Indian Reservation. It then enters Lake Mead National Recreational Area (at 28,253,000,000 cubic feet Lake Mead, formed by Hoover Dam, is the largest reservoir in the United States). The lake and Lake Mohave below it, formed by Davis Dam, form the Arizona-Nevada state line. The large north arm of Lake Mead receives the Virgin River from the northeast. Below the Hoover Dam, the river flows almost due south. Below the Davis Dam, it flows through Fort Mohave Indian Reservation and becomes the California-Arizona state line. It forms the boundary of Havasu National Wildlife Refuge, east, and Chemehueva Indian Reservation, west, flowing past Lake Havasu City and through Lake Havasu, formed by Parker Dam. Below Parker Dam, the river flows past Parker; through Colorado Indian Reservation; through Cibola and Imperial National wildlife refuges; forms east and south boundary of Fort Yuma Indian Reservation; and past Yuma, Arizona. Around Yuma, the Colorado passes through Imperial, Laguna, and Morelos dams, each with minor reservoirs, the volume of the river having been reduced by diversion to major cities and irrigation projects in California, Nevada, and Arizona. Just east of Yuma, the Colorado receives the Gila River from east. Below Yuma, the river forms part of the United States-Mexico border. Approximately final 100 miles of the river, reduced to a braided trickle, flows through Mexico, forming the border between Baja California Norte and Sonora states, and enters the north end of the Gulf of California. In its small delta is Isla Montague. Many national parks, monuments, and recreational areas are located along the river banks. The Colorado’s waters are used for power and irrigation, especially by means of the Colorado River. storage project, the Colorado–Big Thompson project, Hoover Dam, Davis Dam, Imperial Dam, the All-American Canal, Parker Dam, and Glen Canyon Dam. Controversies over water rights on the Colorado have long raged between the United States and Mexico and among the bordering states; treaties and compacts regulate the river’s use. COLORADO RIVER LAKES
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Rivers and Streams - Grand Canyon National Park (U.S. National Park Service) Rivers and Streams Rivers and Streams Rivers and Streams Water is a vital natural resource, particularly in the arid southwest. Most of the flow of the Colorado River through Grand Canyon originates in the Rocky Mountain region. From its origin to its mouth in the Gulf of California, many hands have claimed the Colorado waters for such purposes as irrigation and water supply. The Colorado River within the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park drains an area of approximately 41,070 square miles. The major perennial streams feeding into the Colorado (such as Kanab and Havasu creeks, the Little Colorado River and the Paria River) are related to large perennial spring systems on both the north and south sides of the Canyon. However, the majority of water sources are intermittent or ephemeral in nature. The availability of water in these individual systems is closely related to geologic structure, seasonality and annual precipitation. Knowledge of all water sources within Grand Canyon is incomplete. A partial inventory was done in 1979 over a 1,881 square mile area of the park which found 57 perennial water sources, 21 of which are streams and 36 which are seeps. Specific geologic layers, such as the Muav limestone, are the most common sources for these perennial waters.
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Sinope is a moon of which planet in the Solar System
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Sinope | The Solar System Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia THE SOLAR SYSTEM WIKI 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. Sinope Red (black and grey on different geographical features) Alternate Name(s) Jupiter IX Sinope, also known as Jupiter IX, is a retrograde, or orbiting a planet backward, satellite belonging to the outer planet of Jupiter . This satellite was founded by Seth Barnes Nicholson at the Lick Observatory on July 21, 1914. Once known as the outermost satellite of the planet Jupiter, another satellite, S/2003 J2 was given this title, also surpassing the satellite of Megaclite. Formation Edit With its color differing from its neighboring satellite, Pasiphae , it also has an infrared spectrum differing from Pasiphae as well. The spectrum matches that of a D-type asteroid, which is mostly found in places in the solar region, the Asteroid belt , which neighbors the planet of Jupiter. Pasiphae, however, matches that of a C-type asteroid, which outnumbers the amount of D-type asteroids in the Asteroid belt, meaning Sinope was pulled into Jupiter's gravitational pull from a distance in the Asteroid belt. Group Effort Edit Sinope, being only two-thirds the size of Pasiphae, is in a group called the Pasiphae group, a group that contains retrograde satellites that are similar to the size of Pasiphae and have a similar orbit. The largest of the group is Pasiphae. The rest, in order from largest to smallest are Sinope, Callirrhore, Megaclite, Autonoe, Eurydome, and Sponde. Surface Edit Unlike its neighboring satellite, Pasiphae, Sinope has a reddish surface while Pasiphae has a grey surface. These two different color spectrums prove that Sinope came from a different region in the Asteroid belt than Pasiphae. The surface appears to have no visible craters, but do have visible valleys and hills. These geographical features appear to be darker than the surrounding area, being colors of black and grey.
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Planet Jupiter: Facts About Its Size, Moons and Red Spot Planet Jupiter: Facts About Its Size, Moons and Red Spot By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor | November 14, 2014 12:59am ET MORE This photo of Jupiter was taken on Sept. 20, 2010 when Jupiter made its closest approach to Earth since 1963. (Uranus [insert] was visible through telescopes near Jupiter.) Credit: Jimmy Eubanks Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Fittingly, it was named after the king of the gods in Roman mythology. In a similar manner, the ancient Greeks named the planet after Zeus, the king of the Greek pantheon. Jupiter helped revolutionize the way we saw the universe and ourselves in 1610, when Galileo discovered Jupiter's four large moons — Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, now known as the Galilean moons. This was the first time celestial bodies were seen circling an object other than Earth, major support of the Copernican view that Earth was not the center of the universe. Physical characteristics Jupiter is the most massive planet in our solar system , more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined, and had it been about 80 times more massive, it would have actually become a star instead of a planet. Its atmosphere resembles that of the sun, made up mostly of hydrogen and helium, and with four large moons and many smaller moons in orbit around it, Jupiter by itself forms a kind of miniature solar system. All told, the immense volume of Jupiter could hold more than 1,300 Earths. The colorful bands of Jupiter are arranged in dark belts and light zones created by strong east-west winds in the planet's upper atmosphere traveling more than 400 mph (640 kph). The white clouds in the zones are made of crystals of frozen ammonia, while darker clouds of other chemicals are found in the belts. At the deepest visible levels are blue clouds. Far from being static, the stripes of clouds change over time . Inside the atmosphere, diamond rain may fill the skies. The most extraordinary feature on Jupiter is undoubtedly the Great Red Spot , a giant hurricane-like storm seen for more than 300 years. At its widest, the Great Red Spot is three times the diameter of the Earth, and its edge spins counterclockwise around its center at a speed of about 225 mph (360 kph). The color of the storm, which usually varies from brick red to slightly brown, may come from small amounts of sulfur and phosphorus in the ammonia crystals in Jupiter's clouds. The spot grows and shrinks over time, and every now and again, seems to fade entirely. Jupiter's gargantuan magnetic field is the strongest of all the planets in the solar system at nearly 20,000 times the strength of Earth's. It traps electrically charged particles in an intense belt of electrons and other electrically charged particles that regularly blasts the planet's moons and rings with a level of radiation more than 1,000 times the lethal level for a human, damaging even heavily shielded spacecraft such as NASA's Galileo probe. The magnetosphere of Jupiter, which is composed of these fields and particles, swells out some 600,000 to 2 million miles (1 million to 3 million km) toward the sun and tapers to a tail extending more than 600 million miles (1 billion km) behind Jupiter. Jupiter spins faster than any other planet, taking a little under 10 hours to complete a turn on its axis, compared with 24 hours for Earth. This rapid spin makes Jupiter bulge at the equator and flatten at the poles, making the planet about 7 percent wider at the equator than at the poles. Jupiter broadcasts radio waves strong enough to detect on Earth. These come in two forms — strong bursts that occur when Io, the closest of Jupiter's large moons, passes through certain regions of Jupiter's magnetic field, and continuous radiation from Jupiter's surface and high-energy particles in its radiation belts. These radio waves could help scientists to probe the oceans on its moons. Composition & structure Atmospheric composition (by volume): 89.8 percent molecular hydrogen, 10.2 percent helium, minor amounts of me
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Which English monarch was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485?
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King Richard III: Battle of Bosworth descendants meet - BBC News BBC News King Richard III: Battle of Bosworth descendants meet 25 March 2015 Close share panel Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Richard, the last English king to die in battle, was killed at Bosworth Field in 1485 Descendants of some 20 families who fought at the Battle of Bosworth, that ended the reign of Richard III, have met for the first time. Researchers who identified the king using DNA from his distant family used the same techniques to find descendants of those who fought in the battle. They met family members directly related to the last Plantagenet king at a reception in Leicester. Some have flown from Australia, South Africa and Canada for the occasion. Richard, the last English king to die in battle, was killed at Bosworth Field in 1485 , at the end of the Wars of the Roses. The pro-vice chancellor at the University of Leicester, Prof Kevin Schürer, who conducted the research, said it was "challenging" but had "thrown up some interesting stories". Image copyright Rex Harris Image caption A stained glass window at Malvern Priory depicts Sir Reynold Bray, who is credited with finding Richard's golden crown on a hawthorn bush at Bosworth Among those identified by Prof Schürer are relatives whose ancestors include: Marmaduke Constable who survived at Bosworth and later fought in the Battle of Flodden, aged 71, but died after swallowing a frog while drinking a glass of water. Sir John Babington of Dethick, Derbyshire who had been Sheriff of Derby and Nottingham and is reported to have fought for King Richard's cause. Samuel Spriggs a Leicestershire man who accompanied Richard to battle and is reputed to have been made an esquire of his body. John Hardwick who knew the local terrain and advised Henry of Richmond on the best battle positions, thus being credited as "the architect of Richard's defeat". Sir Reynold Bray from Worcester who is credited with having found Richard's golden crown on a hawthorn bush on the Bosworth battlefield and handing it to Lord Stanley who placed it on Henry's head. Simon Digby from Leicester who was knighted and given the manor of Coleshill, Warwickshire for his part in the battle. Thomas Iden who fought for the Lancastrian cause and subsequently served as the Sheriff of Kent in 1500. Prof Schürer said: "The stories are a mixture of continuity and change, with a fair measure of fame and glory thrown in. "The inter-relation between some of the families from Bosworth is another interesting feature - in some regards it truly was a battle of cousins. "Bringing together these families for the first time in over 500 years will be a remarkable event." King Richard's reburial ceremony will be held at Leicester Cathedral on Thursday, led by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
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BBC - iWonder - Elizabeth I: Troubled child to beloved Queen Elizabeth I: Troubled child to beloved Queen 1533 1603Elizabeth dies a beloved queen 'Good Queen Bess' Elizabeth I is one of England's greatest monarchs – perhaps the greatest. Her forces defeated the Spanish Armada and saved England from invasion, she reinstated Protestantism and forged an England that was a strong and independent nation. But she had a very difficult childhood and was fortunate to make it to the throne at all. When she was young, her father Henry VIII executed her mother Anne Boleyn. She was stripped of her inheritance and was imprisoned in the Tower of London. 1533 Born into the Tudor dynasty Getty Elizabeth's parents Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII. Elizabeth is born on 7 September in Greenwich Palace. News of her birth causes rejoicing across the country, but is a bitter disappointment to her father Henry. He is desperate for a male heir to continue the Tudor dynasty. Although Elizabeth is made next in line to the throne, the King prays his next child will be male – superseding her claim to the throne. Getty Anne Boleyn awaits her fate in the Tower of London. Elizabeth is two years and eight months old when her mother Anne Boleyn is accused of adultery and beheaded on the orders of Henry VIII. Her father marries Anne’s lady-in-waiting Jane Seymour a week later. Elizabeth is declared illegitimate and removed from the royal succession. Her title is downgraded from 'Princess’ to 'Lady’. Elizabeth is neglected for a number of years until Henry's final wife Catherine Parr takes charge and makes sure she is educated to the highest standards and, crucially, taught the art of public speaking by renowned Cambridge scholar Roger Ascham. She does perceive how, of herself… she can do nothing that good is, or prevails for her salvation, unless it be through the grace of god… Elizabeth describes a translation of French verse in a letter to Catherine Parr, 1544. 1547 Father dies You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip. Simon Schama explains how Thomas Seymour and Elizabeth's relationship developed. A History of Britain by Simon Schama (BBC Two, 2000). Elizabeth is 13-years-old when Henry VIII dies. Her nine-year-old half-brother Edward becomes King. Elizabeth joins the household of her stepmother Catherine Parr. When Elizabeth is caught in an embrace with Parr’s husband Thomas Seymour, she is banished from the house. In 1548 Catherine dies in childbirth and Seymour is subsequently executed for plotting to marry Elizabeth and kidnap Edward VI. When Elizabeth is questioned by the authorities she protests her innocence and escapes prosecution. Imprisoned in the Tower of London Mary Evans Elizabeth held prisoner in the Tower of London. After Edward’s early death in 1553 Elizabeth’s older sister Mary I becomes queen. Mary returns the country to Catholicism and begins a series of bloody purges of Protestants. 287 are executed during her short reign. Mary’s plan to marry Prince Phillip of Spain sparks an unsuccessful rebellion and Elizabeth is interrogated about her involvement with the plotters. She is imprisoned in the Tower of London before being put under house arrest in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Remember your last promise and my last demand that I be not condemned without answer and due proof. In a letter Elizabeth beseeches her half-sister Mary not to send her to the Tower, March 1554. 1558 Elizabeth becomes Queen You need to have JavaScript enabled to view this clip. Simon Schama describes Elizabeth I's coronation. Clip from A History of Britain by Simon Schama (BBC Two, 2000). Following the death of her half-sister Mary, Elizabeth succeeds to the throne. She is 25. Elizabeth has inherited a country wracked by religious strife and knows she needs public support to remain queen. The celebrations for the coronation the following year are spectacular. As her procession makes its way through London on its way to Westminster she pauses to listen to congratulations and receive flowers from ordinary people on the street. I will be as good unto ye as eve
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Cassini: Mission to Saturn: Cassini Explores a Methane Sea on Titan News & Features | April 26, 2016 Cassini Explores a Methane Sea on Titan Preston Dyches and Markus Bauer Sunlight glints off of Titan's northern seas this near-infrared, color mosaic from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. More › Key Points ♦ A new study finds that a large sea on Saturn's moon Titan is composed mostly of pure liquid methane, independently confirming an earlier result. Key Points ♦ The seabed may be covered in a sludge of carbon- and nitrogen-rich material, and its shores may be surrounded by wetlands. Of the hundreds of moons in our solar system, Titan is the only one with a dense atmosphere and large liquid reservoirs on its surface, making it in some ways more like a terrestrial planet. Both Earth and Titan have nitrogen-dominated atmospheres -- over 95 percent nitrogen in Titan's case. However, unlike Earth, Titan has very little oxygen; the rest of the atmosphere is mostly methane and trace amounts of other gases, including ethane. And at the frigid temperatures found at Saturn's great distance from the sun, the methane and ethane can exist on the surface in liquid form. It's a marvelous feat of exploration that we're doing extraterrestrial oceanography on an alien moon. - Steve Wall, Cassini radar team deputy lead. For this reason, scientists had long speculated about the possible existence of hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Titan, and data from the NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission does not disappoint. Since arriving in the Saturn system in 2004, the Cassini spacecraft has revealed that more than 620,000 square miles (1.6 million square kilometers) of Titan's surface -- almost two percent of the total -- are covered in liquid. There are three large seas, all located close to the moon's north pole, surrounded by numerous of smaller lakes in the northern hemisphere. Just one large lake has been found in the southern hemisphere. The exact composition of these liquid reservoirs remained elusive until 2014, when the Cassini radar instrument was first used to show that Ligeia Mare, the second largest sea on Titan and similar in size to Lake Huron and Lake Michigan combined, is methane-rich. A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, which used the radar instrument in a different mode, independently confirms this result. "Before Cassini, we expected to find that Ligeia Mare would be mostly made up of ethane, which is produced in abundance in the atmosphere when sunlight breaks methane molecules apart. Instead, this sea is predominantly made of pure methane," said Alice Le Gall, a Cassini radar team associate at the French research laboratory LATMOS, Paris, and lead author of the new study. The new study is based on data collected with Cassini's radar instrument during flybys of Titan between 2007 and 2015. A number of possible explanations could account for the sea's methane composition, according to Le Gall. "Either Ligeia Mare is replenished by fresh methane rainfall, or something is removing ethane from it. It is possible that the ethane ends up in the undersea crust, or that it somehow flows into the adjacent sea, Kraken Mare, but that will require further investigation." In their research, the scientists combined several radar observations of heat given off by Ligeia Mare. They also used data from a 2013 experiment that bounced radio signals off Ligeia. The results of that experiment were presented in a 2014 paper led by radar team associate Marco Mastrogiuseppe at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, who also contributed to the current study. During the 2013 experiment, the radar instrument detected echoes from the seafloor and inferred the depth of Ligeia Mare along Cassini's track over Ligeia Mare -- the first-ever detection of the bottom of an extraterrestrial sea. The scientists were surprised to find depths in the sea as great as 525 feet (160 meters) at the deepest point along the radar track. Le Gall and her colleagues used the depth-sounding information to separate the contributions made to the sea's obser
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Mars Science Laboratory Fun Send a Postcard to Curiosity - 08/06/2013 Celebrate Curiosity's fourth year on Mars by sending the rover and the team a message. Send Postcard >> Mars on the Go! Download the Be A Martian App on your Android, iPhone, Windows Phone and Tablets! Curiosity's Mission Enjoy this slideshow about Curiosity's mission: To see if Mars ever had the right conditions to support life! Learn About The Rover Curiosity's parts are similar to what a human would need to explore Mars (body, brains, eyes, arm, legs, etc.). Check it out though--sometimes they are located in odd places! Landing On Mars Follow Curiosity through the Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL) phase. Interactive >> At a Glance >> Ask Dr. C Have you ever wondered why Mars is red? Or, how big is the Mars Science Laboratory rover? Ask Dr. C, your personal Mars expert! Curiosity Latest Mission Updates Hear directly from science team members on what the rover has done recently. Read Latest Update >> Curiosity's Location See a map of Curiosity's current location and check out the mission clock, which tells you how many days Curiosity has been on Mars. More >> Latest Raw Images - 07/16/2014 Want to see the latest images from Curiosity? Click here to see images by day (sol). See raw images >> Best of Image Gallery >> Follow Curiosity's Journey Follow Curiosity's journey, get the latest traverse info and daily weather data. With regular updates as the rover explores Mount Sharp! Start Now >> Curiosity Scientific Data NASA's Planetary Data System archives and distributes scientific data from NASA planetary missions, astronomical observations, and laboratory measurements, including Curiosity! Get Data >>
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Ten dukes-a-dining: Gathered together over lunch for a unique picture, the grandees with £2bn and 340,000 acres between them | Daily Mail Online Ten dukes-a-dining: Gathered together over lunch for a unique picture, the grandees with £2bn and 340,000 acres between them comments At first glance, it might resemble the board meeting of a firm of auctioneers or a convention of prep school headmasters. On closer inspection, it is actually a remarkable portrait of the grandest club in Britain, a super-elite who account for some 340,000 acres, more than £2billion and 4,505 years of aristocratic moving and shaking. Some owe their fortunes to bravery in battle, others to royal philandering or political chicanery. But they are all distantly related to each other and they are all addressed in exactly the same way: Your Grace. Outside the Royal Family, dukedoms have only ever been granted to a handful of men of power and influence. The assembled: (from left to right) 1. James Graham, 8th Duke of Montrose; 2. David Manners, 11th Duke of Rutland; 3. John Seymour, 19th Duke of Somerset; 4. Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland; 5. Andrew Russell, 15th Duke of Bedford; 6. Edward Fizalan-Howard, 18th Duke of Norfolk; 7. Torquhil Campbell, 18th Duke of Argyll; 8. Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Duke of Leinster; 9. Murray Beauclerk, 14th Duke of St Albans; 10. Arthur Wellesey, 8th Duke of Wellington. See list below for details Dukes are just one rung down from royalty in the social pecking order and enjoy a special status way above the rank and file of the aristocracy. As peerages go, it's the jackpot. Today, there are just 24 non-royal dukes in existence, down from a total of 40 in their Georgian heyday. And it's fair to say that no modern monarch or government is likely to create any more. So, to celebrate its 300th birthday, Tatler magazine decided to invite this dwindling band of mega-toffs to a ducal lunch. The result was the largest gathering of dukes since the Coronation of 1953. Some were too frail to attend. Some live abroad. But ten of them gathered for oysters and Dover sole in London's clubland. And the result is this intriguing study of 21st century nobility. 'After 300 years, we wanted to recapture the spirit of the original Tatler, and what better than a room full of dukes,' says Tatler editor Catherine Ostler. Once, the holders of these titles would have been the A-list celebrities of their time. Today, most people would be pushed to name a single one of them. With hereditary peers cast out into the political wilderness, dukes might seem little more than a comic anachronism in modern Britain. While they retain their rank and social clout, their only power is financial. In the case of, say, the Duke of Bedford, this amounts to £500million in art, London property and a large slab of Home Counties commuter belt. As for the Duke of Leinster, whose grandfather ran a teashop, it is next to nothing. A very special edition: The picture appears in the November issue of Tatler magazine Yet many dukes still play an active part in public life. The Duke of Norfolk, as hereditary Earl Marshal, is still responsible for organising the State Opening of Parliament and any coronations which should occur. The Duke of Northumberland runs several public bodies across the North East while his wife is the local Lord Lieutenant. The very first dukedom was a royal affair. In 1337, Edward III created his son, the Black Prince, the Duke of Cornwall. The title derives from the Latin dux - leader - and, throughout history, fewer than 500 British men have held the rank of 'Duke'. The last non-royal dukedom was created in 1900 for the former Earl of Fife, who was upgraded to Duke following his wedding to Queen Victoria's granddaughter. There might have been a new one in 1955 when the Queen offered one to Churchill, but he declined, preferring to die a commoner. The only non-duke at the Tatler gathering was historian Andrew Roberts, invited to chronicle the event. 'They're all related and they all stick up for each other,' he recalls. But he fears that dukes c
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Duke of Northumberland faces bizarre challenge to his title - Telegraph The Royal Family Duke of Northumberland faces bizarre challenge to his title The Duke of Northumberland, whose ancestral seat Alnwick Castle is the home of Hogwarts School in the Harry Potter films, is facing a bizarre challenge to his hereditary title. By Andrew Pierce 7:30AM GMT 21 Nov 2009 Kevin Percy, a former Olympic hockey player, who claims his ancestors include Harry “Hotspur” Percy who was immortalised in Shakespeare’s Henry V, claims that he is the rightful heir to the estate. He has written to the Queen to seek her support for the exhumation of the 5th Earl of Northumberland, who died in 1560, to see if the remains match his own DNA Ralph Percy, the 12th Duke of Northumberland, who has been informed of the challenge to his 50,000 hectare estate, is confident he will see it off. Mr Percy, 74, an antiques dealer from Napier in New Zealand, has spent years working with genealogists and the London College of Arms to try to gather evidence for his claim that his family has been denied their rights to one of Britain’s most famous dynasties. Mr Percy said: “I’m 74 and I can think of nothing worse than going to my grave without knowing I’ve done my best for my family and our bloodline. I and my New Zealand family are not trying to cheat and deceive." Related Articles Secret plot to deny the Queen the throne 22 Nov 2009 His family has narrowed the search to two men who carried the Louvain-Percy bloodline – a line thought to have ended in 1670 when the 11th Earl of Northumberland died with no male heir. One skeleton that Mr Percy wants exhumed is a descendant of Thomas Percy, a co-conspirator of Guy Fawkes. The other was a younger brother of a previous earl. They are both buried in Cambridge. Mr Percy believes DNA from the remains of either man will prove he carries their bloodline. “In the end this claim will be decided one way or the other in a geneticist’s laboratory,” he said. A Henry Percy was also engaged to Anne Boleyn until Henry VIII swept the young woman off her feet, married her, and beheaded her after she failed to give him a son. The claims of Mr Percy, who represented New Zealand at hockey at the 1960 Rome Olympics, have not unduly ruffled the 12th Duke of Northumberland who inherited his title in 1995. “It is not unusual to hear such claims, as they crop up every few years,” said a spokesman for the duke. Alnwick Castle, the family home in Northumberland, northern England, which celebrated its 700th anniversary this week, was also the backdrop for the film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett, and the television series Blackadder. The Northumberland family’s London mansion Syon Park, next to the River Thames, was in The Madness of King George and Gosford Park.
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Farewell, Charles Schulz Heart attack a day before final comic runs Feb. 13, 2000 By TIM TESCONI Santa Rosa Press Democrat Staff Writer Charles M. Schulz, the barber's son from Minnesota who sketched his way to international fame as the creator of "Peanuts,'' the most popular comic strip in the history of newspapers, died of a heart attack Saturday. He was 77. Schulz had been battling colon cancer since last fall. His son, Craig, said Schulz died about 9:30 p.m. Craig Schulz said that earlier Saturday his father "was fine -- like he'd been for the last week or so.'' Although Schulz had been seriously ill for many weeks, attorney and friend Ed Anderson said his death was sudden and unexpected. And it was ironic, he said, that his death came the night before his final new strip was to appear. Anderson said Schulz had been anxious about today's strip and the fact that it signaled the end of his career. "I think it's been very difficult for him,'' Anderson said. Schulz' physical condition had been diminished, but despite all that he continued to go to his office and the nearby Redwood Empire Ice Arena that he built. And he had planned to go to Monday night's performance of the Santa Rosa Symphony. His speech was impacted, but he continued to talk with friends and well-wishers who phoned him at his home. A shy and introverted man, Schulz avoided the limelight while making Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Lucy and Linus household words and "Peanuts'' a cultural phenomenon. Snoopy went to the moon aboard an Apollo spacecraft and Linus' security blanket is in the dictionary. "Peanuts'' appears in 2,600 newspapers, with an estimated 350 million people in 75 countries turning to the comic strip each day to glean a simple joke, a dash of philosophy, a dose of dark humor. Schulz was Sonoma County's most famous resident during the last half of the century, gracing the community with quiet celebrity and the generous gifts his success made possible. As the creator of the most popular comic strip in history, the unassuming artist enjoyed world acclaim and received many accolades. He won five Emmys, two Peabody awards, the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government and the Cartoonists Hall of Fame. He had his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and even a personal invitation to meet the Pope, who numbered among the millions of Peanuts' fans. The universal appeal of the Peanuts characters has been attributed to "their sophisticated melding of wry wisdom and sly one-upmanship.'' It was all part of Schulz' quiet genius and a reflection of a personality streaked with melancholy. "The only thing I really ever wanted to be was a cartoonist,'' Schulz repeatedly said in interviews. "That's my life. Drawing.'' Paola Muggia Stuff, the director of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum, once said in an interview that Schulz's personality was reflected in the ageless characters he created -- characters whose desires proved perpetually elusive. Charlie Brown pines for the Little Red Haired Girl he can never approach. Lucy loves Schroeder, who only cares for Beethoven. "He (Schulz) would love to say he was Snoopy but he's not often a Snoopy personality,'' she said. "He's got the crabbiness of Lucy; he feels as lonely and out of place as Charlie Brown. He's all of those characters.'' The nickname Schulz's association with comic strips began in infancy when he was nicknamed "Sparky'' after Sparkplug, the horse in the Barney Google cartoon. The name stuck, and Schulz was called "Sparky'' by friends and family throughout his life. From the time he could pick up a pencil, Schulz was drawing, driven by an obsession to succeed at his chosen craft. He remembered that visiting his dying grandfather in the hospital he chanced upon a how-to book for wannabe cartoonists. "I bet I read that thing a thousand times,'' Schulz recalled. He took drawing lessons from a correspondence school and later taught there, picking up extra money by doing the lettering, turning his jittery pencil scrawl into a firm ink line. There were the usual rejections from editors and syndica
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Renowned Playwright Arthur Miller, Author of Death of a Salesman, Is Dead at 89 | Playbill Renowned Playwright Arthur Miller, Author of Death of a Salesman, Is Dead at 89 By Kenneth Jones , Robert Simonson , Ernio Hernandez Feb 11, 2005 Arthur Miller, the author of the landmark drama Death of Salesman and widely regarded as America's greatest living playwright, has died. He was 89. Arthur Miller at the July 29, 2004 opening night of After the Fall Photo by Aubrey Reuben Mr. Miller was battling cancer, pneumonia and a heart condition, according to the New York Post, which first reported the writer's illness on Feb. 11. He had been receiving hospice care at sister Joan Copeland's New York apartment but, earlier this week, asked to be taken by ambulance to his longtime home in Roxbury, Connecticut. He died Thursday night. Mr. Miller, a gruff, robust presence at the many recent New York revivals of his dramas, has been a mainstay in the American theatre since the late forties, when Broadway productions of All My Sons and Salesman made his reputation as a serious-minded playwright. His other works include The Crucible, A View From the Bridge, After the Fall, Incident at Vichy, The Price and The American Clock. After a period in the 1970s and 1980s when Mr. Miller fell out of favor with the critics, his star rose again in the late nineties with acclaimed revivals of A View From the Bridge, Death of a Salesman, The Price and The Crucible—all four were nominated for Tony Awards, with the first two winning—as well as the Broadway debut of a new play, The Ride Down Mt. Morgan and the reclamation of his first, obscure work, The Man Who Had All the Luck, which was acclaimed in a 2002 revival at the Roundabout Theatre Company . Mr. Miller's last known original work, Finishing the Picture, had its world premiere in fall 2004 at The Goodman Theatre. Robert Falls , who helmed Death of a Salesman recently at the Goodman and on Broadway, directed. The starry cast featured Harris Yulin, Frances Fisher, Stacy Keach, Stephen Lang, Linda Lavin , Matthew Modine, Scott Glenn and Heather Prete. The script was inspired by the story of former wife Marilyn Monroe's last movie, 1961's "The Misfits," which was directed by John Huston, and for which Mr. Miller penned the screenplay. During filming, Monroe was struggling with depression, unwieldy moods and substance abuse. The Goodman described the play this way: "A distinguished director is about to lose his picture due to the unstable behavior of a famously fragile movie star. She's recognized all over the world, loved by millions, but unable to believe in herself. The studio owners are threatening to pull the plug, and a temperamental acting teacher is flown in to coax the actress out of bed and onto the set." Upon learning of Mr. Miller's death, director Robert Falls, told Playbill.com: "He had such joy and drive and pleasure in his work, and an engagement in the world. It never felt like working with a legend, it felt like working with a colleague. A greater fortune for me was not working on Death of a Salesman, but working on his last play Finishing the Picture. He treated them exactly the same. They were two plays where he couldn't wait to hear the laughter and applause of the audience. I feel a bit like I've lost my compass [with his passing]. His sense of the world and sense of what is right with the world was great." He continued, "He is to me one of the giants. He, along with Williams and O'Neill, created the serious American play in America. They were fortunate enough to do it at a time when the culture appreciated them on Broadway." Of Mr. Miller's influence, Falls said, "I think of as children of Miller — Tony Kushner , David Mamet and August Wilson . I take those three names off the top of my head as playwrights who stand on the shoulders of Arthur Miller ." Falls continued, "I think for us in the theatre, it's not just Arthur Miller's art. It's the way Arthur Miller lived his life in the world. He defines liberal in the absolute best sense of that word. This is a man who saw the Depress
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erickbonnier-pictures - Wales - Hye on Wye books Wales - Hay on Wye Hay-on-Wye (Welsh: Y Gelli Gandryll), is a small market town and community in Powys, Wales, situated on the English border. Often described as "the town of books", it is the National Book Town of Wales. The town lies on the east bank of the River Wye and is within the Brecon Beacons National Park, just north of the Black Mountains. The town is situated just within the Welsh side of the border with Herefordshire, England, which is defined by the Dulas Brook at this stretch. Where the brook joins the River Wye just to the north of the town, the border continues north along the river. Hay has approximately 1,900 inhabitants. The village of Cusop lies on the other side of the Dulas Brook and is in England. The nearest city is Hereford, county town of Herefordshire, some 22 miles (35 km) to the east. The town was formerly served by Hay-on-Wye railway station by the train services known as the Canney Creeper, which closed in 1963 under the infamous Beeching Axe. Hay-on-Wye, like Builth Wells, has two Norman castles within a short distance of each other. It seems likely that Hay was fortified by William Fitz Osbern during his penetration of south-east Wales in the summer of 1070 when he defeated three Welsh kings. The history of the site then continues through the lordships of the de Neufmarchés, which was confirmed at the Battle of Brecon in 1093, and also the Gloucester/Hereford families until 1165, when the district of Brycheiniog passed into the hands of the de Braose dynasty of Marcher Lords. In 1230 Hay Castle passed to the de Bohuns and the local history, including the battle near Hay in 1231, is continued through the Mortimer Wars of the 1260s and the battle near Brecon in 1266 down to the death of Earl Humphrey de Bohun in 1298. Lying close to St. Mary’s Church on the western edge of Hay-on-Wye is a small but well-preserved motte. The site overlooks a gorge and small stream, locally known as The Loggin Brook, that flows into the River Wye, which was undoubtedly one reason for the construction of a motte and bailey castle there. A recently levelled platform under the car park to the north east may have once have housed the castle's bailey. This little fortress was probably the work of William Revel, a knight of Bernard de Neufmarché who is usually referred to as Bernard Newmarch, and may later have been the seat for the manor or commote of Melinog. Other than this, the motte has no further recorded history. The main fortress within Hay-on-Wye was situated on the great site commanding the town and river under the current ruins of the castle and mansion. This was undoubtedly the 'castello de haia' handed to Miles of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, in 1121 with Sibyl de Neufmarché, the daughter of Bernard de Neufmarché. It is most likely that the keep stood by this time. It is therefore possible that this is the oldest Norman tower in Wales, dating to the onslaught of William Fitz Osbern in 1070. During the anarchy (1136–54) in the reign of King Stephen a series of charters were passed by the Gloucesters concerning the castle. In 1165 the last of Miles of Gloucester's male descendants was killed at nearby Bronllys Castle and Hay-on-Wye Castle passed into the hands of William de Braose, 3rd Lord of Bramber and of New Radnor and Buellt. The de Braose dynasty were energetic lords and probably built the core of the gatehouse which now stands besides the keep. In the summer of 1198 a major English army formed here before marching off to victory at the Battle of Painscastle some four miles to the north. In 1230 the last de Braose of Brecon, William de Braose was hanged by Prince Llywelyn ab Iorwerth and Brecon lordship with Hay-on-Wye passed into the hands of the de Bohuns. Taking advantage of this in 1231, Prince Llywelyn ravaged the lands of his de Bohun in-laws during which Hay-on-Wye town was burnt, although the castle survived the onslaught. The castle saw service in the Barons' War of 1263 to 1266, changing hands three times, once being surrendered t
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Prime Ministers of Great Britain political party 1721-42 Sir Robert Walpole - Restored confidence in the country following the South Sea Bubble financial crash of 1720. Dominated the political scene during the reigns of George I and George II. George II made Walpole a gift of 10 Downing Street. Walpole resigned as a consequence of his perceived mis-handling in dealing with the War of Jenkins' Ear . Whig 1742-43 Earl of Wilmington - Suffering poor health for most of his time as Prime Minister, he died in office. Whig 1743-54 Henry Pelham - During his time in the post he oversaw the the British involvement in the War of the Austrian Succession in 1744-48, the 1745 Jacobite Rising and the adoption of the Gregorian calender . He died in office. Whig 1754-56 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle - Assumed the office of Prime Minister just 10 days after the death of his brother Henry Pelham. During the Seven Years' War, he was blamed for the loss of Minorca and was replaced by the Duke of Devonshire. Whig 1756-57 William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire - In a government effectively controlled by Pitt the Elder, Devonshire's administration was brought to end following the dismissal of Pitt by the king, it was replaced by the Second Newcastle Ministry. Whig 1757-62 Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of Newcastle - Returning to office with Pitt the Elder as Southern Secretary, this government helped steer Britain to ultimate victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. Whig 1762-63 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute - A favourite of George III, he was the first Scot to hold the top office. Unpopular with the 'great unwashed', he introduced a tax on cider in order to help pay for the Seven Years' War. He resigned following fierce criticism of his handling of the peace negotiations. Tory The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Viscount Melbourne 1828-30 Arthur Welleslley, 1st Duke of Wellington - The second Irish-born Prime Minister and second veteran general, perhaps more famous as a soldier of the Napoleonic Wars than a politician. Is said to have commented after his first Cabinet meeting: “An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.” He introduced the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829, removing many of the restrictions on Catholics in the UK. Resigned after a vote of no confidence. Tory 1830-34 Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey - Famous for the blend of tea named after him, his political achievements included the Reform Act of 1832, which started the process of electoral change that we recognise today. His other legacies included the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire and restrictions concerning the employment of children. He resigned after disagreements over his Irish policies. Whig 1834 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - The last Prime Minister to be dismissed by a Sovereign, King William IV. Whig 1834-35 Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet - At the second time of asking, Peel accepted King William IV’s invitation to form a government. Head of a minority government, he resigned following a number of defeats in Parliament. Whig 1835-41 William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne - Returning to office for the second time, Melbourne found the new Queen Victoria much more agreeable than William IV. Tutoring the young queen in the ways of politics, they formed a close relationship. He resigned after a series of parliamentary defeats. Whig 1841-46 Sir Robert Peel 2nd Baronet - Returning to office for the second time, Peel introduced important employment laws that banned women and children from working underground in mines, in addition The Factory Act of 1844 limited the hours of work for children and women. Unable to feed a starving Ireland, he finally succeeded in repealing the Corn Laws. Conservative 1846-52 Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell - Russell was the last Whig Prime Minister. His Public Health Act of 1848 improved the sanitary conditions of towns and cities. He was in office at the time of The Great Exhibition of 1851 . Whig 1852 Edward Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby - Co
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Wagner Has Some Beautiful Moments But Terrible Quarter-Hours | Quote Investigator Wagner Has Some Beautiful Moments But Terrible Quarter-Hours Critic: Gioachino Rossini? Mr. Archer? Charles Gounod? Apocryphal? Criticized: Richard Wagner? Signor Tamberlik? François Rabelais? M. Chelles? Dear Quote Investigator: The prominent Italian composer Gioachino Rossini reportedly delivered an amusingly harsh assessment of the famous German composer Richard Wagner. Here are three versions: 1) Wagner’s operas contain wonderful moments but terrible half hours. 2) Wagner has great moments, but some pretty awful half-hours. 3) Wagner had some fine moments but ugly quarter-hours. Would you please explore this topic? Quote Investigator: This quip can be expressed in many ways; hence, it has been difficult to trace. The earliest close match located by QI appeared in an 1861 issue of a London weekly called “The Illustrated Times”. The criticism was aimed at an operatic tenor named Signor Tamberlik, and the key phrases were presented in French instead of English. Boldface has been added to excerpts: 1 . . . Signor Tamberlik, sings more tremulously this year than ever. He would always seem admirable if we never heard him in anything but the “Otello” duet, where his quivering voice suggests naturally enough the emotion of jealous rage. In other operas he has, according to a French expression, his “beaux moments,” but he has also his “fichus quarts d’heure.” One way to render this statement into English is the following: He has his “beautiful moments”, but he also has his “ugly quarter-hours”. In 1872 an instance in this family of jokes was published in a French-language newspaper in New Orleans, Louisiana called “Le Carillon”. The statement was grouped together with other remarks in a column titled “Pensees de Larochefaux-Col”: 2 Rabelais, si l’on en croit la légende, avait de bons moments, mais de fichus quarts d’heure. In 1876 a German-language book about Italian composers was published in Berlin titled “Italienische Tondichter von Palestrina bis auf die Gegenwart”. Gioachino Rossini was credited with a remark about Wagner: 3 “O!” rief Rossini aus, “in dieser Beziehung bin ich ganz Ihrer Meinung und Niemandist entferner davon, die Origianlität des Schöpfers des Lohengrin anzuzweifeln, als ich; nur daß es uns der Componist mitunter recht schwer macht, das Schöne, was wir ihm verdanken, in dem Chaos von Tönen, das seine Opern enthalten, aufzufinden. Sie werden es selbst schon erfahren haben: Mr. Wagner a de beaux moments, mais de mauvais quart d’heures! Dennoch bin ich seiner bisherigen Laufbahn mit gespanntem Interesse gefolgt.” Below is one possible rendering of the above passage into English “O!” cried out Rossini, “in this connection I am completely of your opinion and no one is further from doubting the originality of the creator of Lohengrin than I; only that the composer sometimes makes it right difficult for us to find the beauty, which we thank him for, in the chaos of the tones, that his operas contain. You will have heard it yourself already: Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarter-hours. Nevertheless I have followed his career up to now with excited interest.” The text above contained the earliest linkage of the quip to Rossini known to QI. Lohengrin was first performed in 1850, and the book was published in 1876. So if Rossini made the remark above then he must have spoken sometime between those two dates. In addition, the joke schema was circulating by 1861. The authenticity of the ascription was not clear to QI. Future researchers may discover more evidence. Here are additional selected citations in chronological order. In 1881 an issue of the London journal “The Theatre: A Monthly Review” printed an anecdote about Rossini’s reaction to Wagner’s opera “Tannhäuser” when it was performed in Paris in 1861. A proponent of Wagner’s compositions named Auber encouraged Rossini to attend: 4 Upon the conclusion of the third act he approached Rossini with something less than his usual sprightliness, having observed the master’s counte
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String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, “Emperor” | LA Phil String Quartet in C, Op. 76, No. 3, “Emperor” Last Modified: November 6, 2012 Haydn’s “Kaiser” quartet was a product of the years after his triumphant London visits of 1791-92 and 1794-95. In England he had been exposed to a newly emerging genre: the national anthem. Back in Vienna, Haydn mentioned to Baron von Swieten, Prefect of the Imperial Court Library and friend and patron to many composers, that while Napoleon’s France threatened the Austrian empire, it would be good to have something to rally patriotic hearts and spur military recruitment the way “God Save the King” did in England. Swieten helped arrange for a prominent poet to write “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” (God Save Emperor Franz), to which Haydn composed an instant and enduring classic in 1797. This “Kaiserlied” quickly acquired national status, although the Austrian government, as conservative in its procedures as in its politics, did not officially adopt it as the national anthem until 1847. Meanwhile, the song migrated out of Austria and acquired a set of words that began “Deutschland über Alles” in 1841, 30 years before Germany became a unified country. In 1922 the Weimar Republic adopted it and, despite its use by the Nazis, it remains the German national anthem. The tune has also been turned into Christian and Masonic hymns. Haydn always loved it. In his final years, when he was unable to compose (an unknown illness changed Haydn from a vigorous, creative 70-year-old to a feeble 71-year-old), he would play it on his piano and weep. A few months after composing the anthem, Haydn made it the centerpiece of one of his boldest and brightest quartets. Its first movement mixes energetic high spirits, intricate counterpoint, and some harmonic adventures that foreshadow Schubert, who in 1797 was busy being born. Just before the recapitulation, the principal theme turns into a welcome-to-rural-Hungary folk dance (complete with droning bagpipes or hurdy-gurdies) in E major, then into a spooky little variation in E minor, which gives way, without the slightest regard for convention, to the original theme in the original C major. The second movement is a set of variations on the Kaiserlied. Haydn leaves the melody unaltered (a mark of his regard for it), changing only the accompaniment as each instrument takes a turn with it. The third movement continues the first movement’s intriguing juxtaposition of major and minor, but is, rhythmically speaking, a fairly conventional minuet, which is a surprise coming from a composer who liked to stretch the minuet form beyond its dance origins. The finale is a violent tempest in C minor that looks back to Haydn’s Sturm und Drang period of 30 years earlier, and forward to Beethoven’s early quartets of a few years later. When the key of C major finally reappears in the coda, it seems less an inevitable development than torrential rain finally ending and the sun coming out, even while the wind is still blowing. -- Notes by Howard Posner
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Milwaukie is the largest city by population in which state of America?
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United States Population (2016) - World Population Review World Population Review United States Population 2016 [[getCurrentPopulation()]] According to the US Census Bureau's population clock, the estimated 2016 United States population (December 2016) is nearly 325 million. This falls just a bit short of the 324.1 million estimated by the United Nations. By population, the United States of America is the third largest country in the world, falling far behind China (1.4 billion) and India (1.25 billion) . Its most populous states are California (39 million) and Texas (27 million), and its most populous city is New York City (8.5 million.) Largest state in the United States The largest state in the USA by population is California, which is estimated to be home to just over 39 million people. If California was a country, it would be the 36th most populous in the world, slightly larger than Poland. Its economy would be the eighth largest economy in the world, with roughly the same GDP as Italy, a European country of 61 million people. Interestingly, though, although California is the largest state in the United States of America, it isn't the largest state in the continent of North America - that honor goes to Brazil's state of Sao Paulo. Largest city in the United States The largest city in the USA is New York City. The city's population is estimated at an impressive 8.5 million, which makes New York City larger than the second and third most populous cities in the United States (Los Angeles and Chicago) combined. For much of the early 20th century, New York City was the largest city in the world. The stunning growth of cities elsewhere in the world means that today, New York is the world's 9th largest city, sandwiched between Beijing and Guangfo, both located in China. It is, however, the world's second largest city by GDP - its nominal GDP of $1.55 trillion puts it second only to the Japanese city of Tokyo. United States Census 2010 The United States census is held once every ten years, to count the number of people in the country to gather basic information, including age, sex, and race. The last census was held in 2010, and the next census will be held in 2020. The information collected in the census is used for many purposes. The first purpose is to ensure that each seat in Congress represents roughly the same amount of people. National and State governments also use the information to plan services - for example, if they know that the population in an area is growing rapidly, they can plan to build more housing, schools, and hospitals. Every year, the Census Bureau releases annual population estimates. Statistical modelling methods are applied to the most recent census data to give an up-to-date picture of how the population of America changes between censuses. You can read more about the census at the US Census Bureau website . United States Population History Nobody is sure what the population of the Americas was before Columbus arrived in 1492. Estimates vary wildly, but it is commonly accepted that the indigenous population of the Americas (the continents of North and South America combined) was between 50 million and 100 million in the 1490s. That includes approximately 15 million people living in the Aztec Empire and around 6 million Inca. The population of North America at the time is equally uncertain and has been estimated to be between 5 and 15 million. Indigenous populations were hit hard by the arrival of European settlers. They were attacked by diseases including smallpox, and some historians believe that disease killed over 50% of the population. Even more were killed by wars, massacres, and resettlement programs. The Native American population of the United States reached a low point in the early 20th century but has since been gradually increasing. Formal censuses were not carried out during the colonial era, but records show that the colonial population grew from a shaky start of just 3,800 in 1610 to over 1 million in 1750. The population grew rapidly moving forward, and when the first official
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Which Jane Austen novel features Mr Knightley and Frank Churchill?
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Frank Churchill in Emma NEXT Character Analysis Ah, Frank. What can we say about him that hasn’t been said already? No, seriously. When Frank finally gets around to visiting his father, the town of Highbury already feels like they know all about him…because they’ve been talking so much about him that he seems almost real. The entire town knows all about him: "Mr. Frank Churchill was one of the boasts of Highbury, and a lively curiosity to see him prevailed, though the compliment was so little returned that he had never been there in his life." Wait a second, he’s never even been to Highbury? Yup. So how does everybody know so much about him? Well, that’s one of Austen’s brilliant moves: she uses Frank to emphasize how important gossip can be in a small town. No one has ever seen Frank, but everyone’s heard about him. And really, that’s exactly the same thing. Right? Here, for example, is Mr. Weston talking about Frank to Emma:"'…you must not be expecting such a very fine young man; you have only had my account you know; I dare say he is really nothing extraordinary:'—though his own sparkling eyes at the moment were speaking a very different conviction." OK, so we don’t really hear anything in particular about Frank, but it’s precisely this ambiguity that makes him seem so fascinating. At least, that’s what Emma thinks. Let’s focus on the word "seems" for a second here: Frank seems to be a lot of things. He seems handsome (OK, we admit, he actually is pretty cute). He seems to be compassionate, witty, the perfect gentleman, and interested in anyone and everyone he meets. In other words, he seems perfect. And like your mother always told you, anything that seems too good to be true…probably is. But wait – if he’s perfect, why does Emma immediately think that he’s not quite as wonderful as she imagined him to be? And, more importantly, why does Mr. Knightley hate his guts? Well, we know that Mr. Knightley might be jealous of all that young hotness, but Emma should be head over heels in love. She doesn’t even have a good reason for it herself – like she tells the Westons, it’s strange that she seems to have fallen out of love with Frank before he got engaged to Jane. Maybe this is a neat coincidence, but we’re laying bets that Austen wants us to feel the same way Emma does. If you don’t quite trust Frank, but can’t put your finger on why that’s the case, you’re in good company. Perhaps Frank seems less than ideal because he’s totally dependent on his aunt, Mrs. Churchill, for cash. We all understand that a man needs to pay the bills, but, well, let’s face it – you can’t really respect a man who can’t be bothered to work on his own. Or maybe it’s because he drives sixteen miles (that’s a whole day on horseback, mind you) to get a haircut. Or maybe it’s because, now that we think about it, Frank is actually a lot like…Emma. Which makes you wonder why Emma is so likeable, doesn’t it? Let’s set that thought aside for a second, though, and return to Frank. Frank is, in many ways, the perfect gentleman. He’s accomplished (meaning that he can sing with Emma and ride with Mr. Knightley) and he’s obviously smart (although he seems to be directing all those smarts at getting Jane to conceal their engagement). He’s got street smarts, too – he can charm his way into just about anything. For all that intelligence, though, he doesn’t realize how much pain he’s putting Jane through – or how flirty he may seem to everyone else. Remember Box Hill? We suspect that Frank enjoys his own sense of humor so much that he can’t resist putting people into awkward situations. He continually feeds Emma’s witty remarks about Jane and Mr. Dixon, even though he knows that they’re completely unfounded – and that they’ll probably embarrass Emma (not to mention Jane) once the actual truth come out. In other words, if Emma contains characters which are all variations on the theme of social smarts, Frank’s the guy who’s got everything figured out…but he never seems to understand the consequences of his knowledge. Perhaps, returning to our question a few parag
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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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Ant and Dec - Mirror TV Ant and Dec The cheeky Geordie chappies have been best friends since they first appeared on screen together in children's series Byker Grove. After a pop hit with Let's Get Ready To Rumble as PJ and Duncan, they went on to become the undisputed kings of Saturday night TV on shows like I'm A Celebrity, Britain's Got Talent and Saturday Night Takeaway
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All Gas And Gaiters All Gas And Gaiters 1 9 6 6 (UK) 1 9 6 7 - 1 9 7 1 (UK) 33 x 30 minute episodes 1 x short special Another intelligent sitcom from the BBC, All Gas And Gaiters starred Derek Nimmo as the bumbling, inept but well-meaning chaplain Mervyn Noote of St Oggs, a 13th Century cathedral. Reverend Noote never used one word when ten would do, and his misadventures were usually aided and abetted by the Archdeacon (Robertson Hare) and the Bishop (William Mervyn). The trio were in constant battle with the church authorities, especially the Dean (played in turn by John Barron and Ernest Clark). All Gas And Gaiters was one of many shows to spring from the BBC's Comedy Playhouse initiative, which gave new writers a peak-time slot in which to try out new ideas. Beginning life under the title The Bishop Rides Again, All Gas & Gaiters proved particularly durable, with 33 half-hours from husband and wife writing team Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps. Handsomely served by a fine cast, the show elevated Derek Nimmo to the top rank of British comic character actors, at the same time giving him a religious connection in the public's mind that he cheerfully explored for many years. During the run of All Gas And Gaiters, Nimmo moonlighted as novice monk Brother Dominic in Oh Brother! and the two shows combined for a segment of the BBC's 1968 Christmas Night With The Stars. A radio version of All Gas And Gaiters aired for 33 episodes (January 1971 - December 1972 on BBC Radio 4) featuring the main TV cast but with Derek Nimmo leaving after the first series of 13 to be replaced by Jonathan Cecil. Reverend Mervyn Noote
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During the 2 circuits of the Grand National course at Aintree how many jumps are taken by those horses completing the race?
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Grand National Course Guide GUIDE TO AINTREE & THE GRAND NATIONAL The course, fences and history of the race… Race & Course Guide Aintree has been the home of the Grand National since it’s first running in 1839, and although a version of the race took place in years prior to this, 1839 is the accepted date of the official commencement of The Grand National. Since those early days the course and fences have undergone many changes. Most recently the wooden stakes at the core of the fences have been replaced with flexible plastic to reduce the risk of horses and jockeys getting injured. The starting line has also moved further away from the main stand as this helps the horses remain calmer in the moments before the off. These changes haven’t effected the essence of the race, which still remains the one of the toughest tests of horse and rider in the world. Forty horses line up at the starting tape and around 60% of the entrants will not complete the race, which is four and a half miles long and has thirty fence jumps. Aintree Aintree is the home of the Grand National and apart from a couple of years during the first world war, the race has always taken place at the course, which is located just five miles from the centre of Liverpool. Well served by public transport and a train station, the course is modern and offers a wide range of facilities. The Grand National is just one of many race meetings that take place during the National Hunt season although not all meetings and races are run over the National course. Getting to Aintree is very easy from all parts of the United Kingdom. Liverpool has excellent rail links, motorway access and is served by John Lennon Airport. Queues on the day of the Grand National can build up on the roads surrounding the course but this is to be expected for such a popular sporting occasion. Around 70,000 racing fans will watch the race live making it one of the biggest sporting events in the calendar. Course The Grand National course is 4 miles and 4 furlongs long. The horses encounter 16 different fences with varying degrees of height and width. Riders must navigate two circuits of the course (missing out fences 15 & 16 on the second circuit) before turning for the home straight which is the longest run-in of any UK racecourse. The Grand National is the longest race in the UK but it’s the difficulty for the fences that provide the real challenge to horse and rider. Just a mention of the fences Becher’s Brook, The Chair and the Canal Turn make a jockey’s blood run cold. Often called the ‘Original Extreme Sport’ steeplechase races originated in Ireland. Legend has it that the first race was between Cornelius O’Callaghan and Edmund Blake as they raced from Buttevant Church to St. Leger Church, or from steeple to steeple, hence the term steeplechase. Those original cross country races are now replicated on racecourses across England and Ireland. However, the Aintree course is arguably the toughest of all. Jockeys no longer have to jump a stone wall at Aintree or cross the ploughed field, but the water jumps, brooks and ditches still feature on many of its fences. Famous Fences THE GRAND NATIONAL FENCES Few races can claim to have famous fences, maybe with the exception of the infamous ‘Taxis’ fence in the Velká pardubická, no other race can rival the Grand National for fearsome jumps. Of the 16 fences which make up the National course six of the jumps have become famous in their own right. Becher’s Brook, Valentines’ Brook, The Chair, Canal Turn and Foinavon are names which are known throughout the world. These fences are woven into the very fabric of the Grand National race. Becher’s Brook Becher’s Brook is the the 6th and 22nd fence in the Grand National. Standing at 4ft 10 inches the fence has a fearsome reputation due to the fact that the landing side of the fence is 10 inches lower than the take off side. Jockeys have compared it to “jumping off the edge of the world.” The fence takes its name from Captain Martin Becher, one of the Grand National pioneers and keen jockey. Becher fell at this
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The five 100-1 outsiders who won the Grand National : Features : Grand National The five 100-1 outsiders who won the Grand National Free Bet Mon Mome was the last 100-1 Grand National winner. Dan Fitch takes a look back at the five 100-1 outsiders, who defied the odds to win the Grand National. The Grand National course at Aintree has a reputation of being the toughest event in racing. Run over a distance of four miles and 876 yards and punctuated by 30 challenging fences, it's little wonder that sometimes the form book can go out of the window and a rank outsider can win the race. Since the race was first ran in 1839, there have been a handful of occasions when a real no-hoper shocked the nation by winning at Aintree. Here are the five 100-1 outsiders to have won the Grand National. 1928 - Tipperary Tim The first 100-1 horse to win the Grand National was Tipperary Tim. As the race was about to start, Tipperary Tim's jockey William Dutton heard a friend call out "Billy boy, you'll only win if all the others fall down." As fate would have it, 41 of the 42 riders did fall down, leaving Tipperary Tim to win the race ahead of the re-mounted Billy Barton. The two horses were the only finishers, after a melee at the Canal Turn in treacherous weather conditions. 1929 - Gregalach One year after Tipperary Tim made history, Gregalach became the second successive 100-1 shot to win the Grand National. The horse was given such lengthy odds having fallen at Sandown, just eight days prior to the race at Aintree. Gregalach's jockey Robert Everett rode a clever race in which he gradually gained ground on the leaders and overtook the legendary Easter Hero on the second to last fence, before winning the race by six lengths. 1947 - Caughoo As if the fact that the 100-1 outsider Caughoo won the 1947 Grand National isn't exciting enough, legend has it that his victory wasn't exactly legit. With the Aintree course covered in a thick fog, it has long been rumoured that Caughoo hid behind a fence in the early stages of the race, only to emerge towards the end of the race and win by 20 lengths. Caughoo's jockey Eddie Dempsey was beaten up by another rider after the race, but it seems that this was unwarranted, as photographic evidence emerged years later, clearly showing Caughoo jumping Becher's Brook on two separate occasions. 1967 - Foinavon The most famous 100-1 winner of them all was Foinavon, who entered into Grand National folklore by winning the race amidst a mass pile-up and ended up having a fence named after him. Foinavon was lagging behind the other 27 remaining runners, as they approached the 23rd fence. Popham Down veered wildly to the right as it came to the fence, which resulted in a melee. The only horse to jump the fence first time was Foinavon, who was lagging so far behind that his jockey John Buckingham could steer away from trouble. Although 17 re-mounted horses gave chase, no one could catch Foinavon. 2009 - Mon Mome A total of 42 years passed after Foinavon's victory, before Mon Mome became the next 100-1 winner of the Grand National. Venitia Williams became only the second woman to train a Grand National winner, while Mon Mome's jockey Liam Treadwell rode the horse to victory on his Grand National debut.
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Oasis - Music on Google Play Oasis About the artist Oasis are widely regarded as one of the most significant bands to emerge from the UK in the last two decades and one of the few acts who can genuinely claim to have defined a generation. Over their 14 year career they have sold over 70 million albums worldwide, had 22 consecutive top 10 singles and 7 number 1 studio albums. Their debut album Definitely Maybe was originally released in August 1994 and was an immediate critical and commercial smash. The fastest selling debut album ever at the time, it went seven-times platinum in the UK (over 2 million copies), and sold 5 million worldwide. Containing the classic debut single 'Supersonic', released April 1994, and subsequent singles 'Shakermaker', 'Live Forever' and 'Cigarettes & Alcohol', Definitely Maybe frequently appears on ‘best album of all time’ polls, including a number 1 placing in the 2008 Q Magazine/HMV poll of the ‘Greatest British Albums’. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? is Oasis’ biggest-selling album. Released in October 1995 it spent 10 weeks at number 1 and has sold 22 million copies worldwide. It features many of Oasis’ biggest hit singles, including 'Don’t Look Back In Anger', 'Wonderwall', 'Some Might Say' and 'Roll With It', and won the Best Album at the 1996 Brit Awards, with Oasis also taking the Best British Group and Best Video awards. It was during the Morning Glory? era when Oasis played their some of their most iconic gigs, including two nights at Maine Road Stadium, the then home of Manchester City Football Club, in April 1996, and Knebworth House, where the band played to 250,000 fans over two nights in August 1996. Over 2.6 million people applied for tickets for the shows, making it the largest ever demand for concert tickets in British history. Description provided by artist representative Top songs 1 $9.49 Dig Out Your Soul is the seventh and final studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on 6 October 2008 by Big Brother Records. It was recorded between August and December 2007 at Abbey ... 1 1 $5.99 Don't Believe the Truth is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on 30 May 2005 through Big Brother Records. It reached number one in the UK Albums Chart with first week s... 1 1 $5.99 Heathen Chemistry is the fifth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on 1 July 2002 by Big Brother Records. The album was written and recorded with a back-to-basics sound with a mor... 1 1 $5.99 Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on 28 February 2000 by Big Brother Records. It is the 16th fastest selling album in UK chart h... 1 Noel Gallagher 0 Just as Noel Gallagher could only have written late 20th century hymns like 'Rock ’n’ Roll Star' and 'Live Forever' as a young man on the cusp of a great adventure, so he could only have written Ch... 0 Beady Eye 0 Beady Eye were an English rock band formed in 2009, by lead vocalist Liam Gallagher, guitarists Gem Archer and Andy Bell, and drummer Chris Sharrock, all former members of Oasis. In 2013, former Ka... 0 The Verve 0 The Verve were an English rock band formed in Wigan in 1990 by lead vocalist Richard Ashcroft, guitarist Nick McCabe, bass guitarist Simon Jones and drummer Peter Salisbury. Guitarist and keyboard ... 0 Stereophonics 0 Since winning a Brit Award for Best New Group in 1998 Stereophonics have gone from strength to strength, delivering outstanding music over several decades. Consistently at the very top of their gam... 0 Blur 0 Blur are an English rock band, formed in London in 1988. The group consists of singer/keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist/singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Their de... 0 Travis 0 Travis – a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1990 – aren’t like other bands. It’s not that they lack ambition: they’ve existed now for a quarter of a century, and you don’t continue working a... 0 The Stone Roses 0 The Stone Roses are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1983. They
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TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES TRIVIA - TV AND THE MOVIES What TV show lost Jim Carrey when he stepped into the movies? In Living Color. Who plays a paleontologist on Friends? David Schwimmer. What aging pop icon forgot the lyrics to We Can Work It Out on MTV Unplugged? Paul McCartney. What segment of the TV industry receives ACE Awards? Paul McCartney. What classic quiz show was originally titled Occupation Unknown? What's My Line? What 1966 TV show theme by Lalo Schifrin made a comeback in a 1996 blockbuster move? Mission: Impossible. Consumer News and Business Channel. How many fingers does Homer Simpson have? Eight. What sitcom character moved from a Boston barstool to a Seattle radio station? Dr. Frasier Crane. What Saturday Night Live cast member played Kap'n Karl on Pee-wee's Playhouse? Phil Hartman. What M*A*S*H principal won Emmys for acting, writing and directing? Alan Alda. What cable network drew twice its usual audience for a show called The Wonderful World of Dung? The Discovery Channel. What TV host went gold with the CD Romantic Christmas? John Tesh. What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There For You? Friends. What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico? Beavis and Butt head. What Indianapolis weatherman of the 1970s once forecast hail "the size of canned hams"? David Letterman. What kid's show's interracial cast needed riot police protection during a 1969 trip to Mississippi? Sesame Street's. What gritty 1990's TV drama series is subtitled Life on the Street? Homicide. What entertainer's wedding prompted NBC to order 10,000 tulips from Holland? Tiny Tim's. What sitcom helped John Larroquette earn three straight supporting actor Emmy Awards? Night Court. Who once observed: "This is America. You can't make a horse testify against himself"? Mr. Ed. What Marx Brother's name spelled backwards is the name of a daytime talk show host? Harpo's. Who began his radio shows with: "Good evening, Mr. ad Mrs. America and all the ships at sea, let's go to press"? Walter Winchell. What TV star said of his worldwide fame: "I didn't know I could top Knight Rider"? David Hasselhoff. What sitcom was among the top 20 most watched shows every season during its entire run, form 1984 to 1992? The Cosby Show. Who inherited Tom Snyder's CNBC talk-show slot in 1995? Charles Grodin. What was the fist sitcom to be broadcast from videotape, in 1971? All in the Family. What blond bombshell had a hankerin' for NYPD Blue detective Gegory Medavoy? Donna Abandando. What animated characters are known as Smolf in Stockholm? The Smurfs. What 1980s sitcom was credited with pulling NBC from third to first in overall ratings? The Cosby Show. What Muppet advised: "Never eat anything at one sitting that you can't lift"? Miss Piggy. What former TV anchorman made headlines by attending two Grateful Dead concerts? Walter Cronkite. What animated kitty was the first cartoon character licensed for use on merchandise? Felix the Cat. What's the "dimension of imagination, "according to the host of a classic TV series? The Twilight Zone. Who appeared in Return of the Killer Tomatoes before he landed a role on ER? George Clooney. What 250-pound star of Hairspray shed half her weight to host a TV talk show? Ricki Lake. What Mayberry resident once hijacked a bull when he'd had too much to drink? Otis Campbell. What four-word TV slogan did Sting add to the Dire Straits hit Money for Nothing? "I want my MTV". What Mary Tyler Moore Show character's blue blazer made it into the Smithsonian? Ted Baxter's. Who was a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers before she became TV's Lois Lane? Teri Hatcher. What was Redd Foxx's last name before show business beckoned? Sanford. Who's been Saturday Night Live's most frequent host? Steve Martin. What town did Howdy Doody live in? Doodyville. What sitcom star advised: "It's okay to be fat. So you're fat. Just be fat and shut up about it"? Roseanne. What Richard Chamberlain vehicle is second only to Roots in total viewers for a miniseries? The Thorn Birds. What media award was derived from the slang term for the 1
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Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet - Universe Today Universe Today Why Pluto is No Longer a Planet Article Updated: 16 Oct , 2016 This article was originally written in 2008, but we created a cool video to go along with it yesterday Let’s find out why Pluto is no longer considered a planet. Pluto was first discovered in 1930 by Clyde W. Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff Arizona. Astronomers had long predicted that there would be a ninth planet in the Solar System, which they called Planet X. Only 22 at the time, Tombaugh was given the laborious task of comparing photographic plates. These were two images of a region of the sky, taken two weeks apart. Any moving object, like an asteroid, comet or planet, would appear to jump from one photograph to the next. After a year of observations, Tombaugh finally discovered an object in the right orbit, and declared that he had discovered Planet X. Because they had discovered it, the Lowell team were allowed to name it. They settled on Pluto, a name suggested by an 11-year old school girl in Oxford, England (no, it wasn’t named after the Disney character, but the Roman god of the underworld). The Solar System now had 9 planets. Astronomers weren’t sure about Pluto’s mass until the discovery of its largest Moon, Charon, in 1978. And by knowing its mass (0.0021 Earths), they could more accurately gauge its size. The most accurate measurement currently gives the size of Pluto at 2,400 km (1,500 miles) across. Although this is small, Mercury is only 4,880 km (3,032 miles) across. Pluto is tiny, but it was considered larger than anything else past the orbit of Neptune. Over the last few decades, powerful new ground and space-based observatories have completely changed previous understanding of the outer Solar System. Instead of being the only planet in its region, like the rest of the Solar System, Pluto and its moons are now known to be just a large example of a collection of objects called the Kuiper Belt. This region extends from the orbit of Neptune out to 55 astronomical units (55 times the distance of the Earth to the Sun). Astronomers estimate that there are at least 70,000 icy objects, with the same composition as Pluto , that measure 100 km across or more in the Kuiper Belt. And according to the new rules, Pluto is not a planet. It’s just another Kuiper Belt object. Here’s the problem. Astronomers had been turning up larger and larger objects in the Kuiper Belt. 2005 FY9, discovered by Caltech astronomer Mike Brown and his team is only a little smaller than Pluto . And there are several other Kuiper Belt objects in that same classification. Astronomers realized that it was only a matter of time before an object larger than Pluto was discovered in the Kuiper Belt. And in 2005, Mike Brown and his team dropped the bombshell. They had discovered an object, further out than the orbit of Pluto that was probably the same size, or even larger. Officially named 2003 UB313, the object was later designated as Eris. Since its discovery, astronomers have determined that Eris’ size is approximately 2,600 km (1,600 miles) across. It also has approximately 25% more mass than Pluto. With Eris being larger, made of the same ice/rock mixture, and more massive than Pluto, the concept that we have nine planets in the Solar System began to fall apart. What is Eris, planet or Kuiper Belt Object; what is Pluto, for that matter? Astronomers decided they would make a final decision about the definition of a planet at the XXVIth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, which was held from August 14 to August 25, 2006 in Prague, Czech Republic. Astronomers from the association were given the opportunity to vote on the definition of planets. One version of the definition would have actually boosted the number of planets to 12; Pluto was still a planet, and so were Eris and even Ceres, which had been thought of as the largest asteroid. A different proposal kept the total at 9, defining the planets as just the familiar ones we know without any scientific rationale, and a third
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Planets - Zoom Astronomy Your age on the Planets The Planets (plus the Dwarf Planet Pluto) Our solar system consists of the sun, eight planets, moons, many dwarf planets (or plutoids), an asteroid belt, comets, meteors, and others. The sun is the center of our solar system ; the planets, their moons, a belt of asteroids , comets , and other rocks and gas orbit the sun. The eight planets that orbit the sun are (in order from the sun): Mercury , Venus , Earth , Mars , Jupiter , Saturn , Uranus , Neptune . Another large body is Pluto , now classified as a dwarf planet or plutoid. A belt of asteroids (minor planets made of rock and metal) lies between Mars and Jupiter. These objects all orbit the sun in roughly circular orbits that lie in the same plane, the ecliptic (Pluto is an exception; it has an elliptical orbit tilted over 17° from the ecliptic). Easy ways to remember the order of the planets (plus Pluto) are the mnemonics: "My Very Excellent Mother Just Sent Us Nine Pizzas" and "My Very Easy Method Just Simplifies Us Naming Planets" The first letter of each of these words represents a planet - in the correct order. The largest planet is Jupiter. It is followed by Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, and finally, tiny Pluto (the largest of the dwarf planets). Jupiter is so big that all the other planets could fit inside it. The Inner Planets vs. the Outer Planets The inner planets (those planets that orbit close to the sun) are quite different from the outer planets (those planets that orbit far from the sun). The inner planets are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. They are relatively small, composed mostly of rock, and have few or no moons. The outer planets include: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto (a dwarf planet). They are mostly huge, mostly gaseous, ringed, and have many moons (again, the exception is Pluto, the dwarf planet, which is small, rocky, and has four moons). Temperatures on the Planets Generally, the farther from the Sun, the cooler the planet. Differences occur when the greenhouse effect warms a planet (like Venus) surrounded by a thick atmosphere. Density of the Planets The outer, gaseous planets are much less dense than the inner, rocky planets. The Earth is the densest planet. Saturn is the least dense planet; it would float on water. The Mass of the Planets Jupiter is by far the most massive planet; Saturn trails it. Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, and Pluto are orders of magnitude less massive. Gravitational Forces on the Planets The planet with the strongest gravitational attraction at its surface is Jupiter. Although Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are also very massive planets, their gravitational forces are about the same as Earth. This is because the gravitational force a planet exerts upon an object at the planet's surface is proportional to its mass and to the inverse of the planet's radius squared. A Day on Each of the Planets A day is the length of time that it takes a planet to rotate on its axis (360°). A day on Earth takes almost 24 hours. The planet with the longest day is Venus ; a day on Venus takes 243 Earth days. (A day on Venus is longer than its year; a year on Venus takes only 224.7 Earth days). The planet with the shortest day is Jupiter ; a day on Jupiter only takes 9.8 Earth hours! When you observe Jupiter from Earth, you can see some of its features change. The Average Orbital Speed of the Planets As the planets orbit the Sun , they travel at different speeds. Each planet speeds up when it is nearer the Sun and travels more slowly when it is far from the Sun (this is Kepler's Second Law of Planetary Motion ). The Planets in Our Solar System Planet (or Dwarf Planet) In 2005, a large object beyond Pluto was observed in the Kuiper belt. A few astronomers think that there might be another planet or companion star orbiting the Sun far beyond the orbit of Pluto. This distant planet/companion star may or may not exist. The hypothesized origin of this hypothetical object is that a celestial object, perhaps a hard-to-detect cool, br
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Vitamin D (Cholecalciferol, Calcitriol) Glossary Vitamin D (Calcitriol) Bioactive vitamin D or calcitriol is a steroid hormone that has long been known for its important role in regulating body levels of calcium and phosphorus, and in mineralization of bone. More recently, it has become clear that receptors for vitamin D are present in a wide variety of cells, and that this hormone has biologic effects which extend far beyond control of mineral metabolism. Structure and Synthesis The term vitamin D is, unfortunately, an imprecise term referring to one or more members of a group of steroid molecules. Vitamin D3, also known as cholecalciferol is generated in the skin of animals when light energy is absorbed by a precursor molecule 7-dehydrocholesterol. Vitamin D is thus not a true vitamin, because individuals with adequate exposure to sunlight do not require dietary supplementation. There are also dietary sources of vitamin D, including egg yolk, fish oil and a number of plants. The plant form of vitamin D is called vitamin D2 or ergosterol. However, natural diets typically do not contain adequate quantities of vitamin D, and exposure to sunlight or consumption of foodstuffs purposefully supplemented with vitamin D are necessary to prevent deficiencies. Vitamin D, as either D3 or D2, does not have significant biological activity. Rather, it must be metabolized within the body to the hormonally-active form known as 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol. This transformation occurs in two steps, as depicted in the diagram to the right: Within the liver, cholecalciferal is hydroxylated to 25-hydroxycholecalciferol by the enzyme 25-hydroxylase. Within the kidney, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol serves as a substrate for 1-alpha-hydroxylase, yielding 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, the biologically active form. Each of the forms of vitamin D is hydrophobic, and is transported in blood bound to carrier proteins. The major carrier is called, appropriately, vitamin D-binding protein. The halflife of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol is several weeks, while that of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol is only a few hours. Control of Vitamin D Synthesis Hepatic synthesis of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol is only loosely regulated, and blood levels of this molecule largely reflect the amount of amount of vitamin D produced in the skin or ingested. In contrast, the activity of 1-alpha-hydroxylase in the kidney is tightly regulated and serves as the major control point in production of the active hormone. The major inducer of 1-alpha-hydroxylase is parathyroid hormone ; it is also induced by low blood levels of phosphate. Interesting species differences exist in the ability to synthesize vitamin D through the sunlight-mediated pathway described above. The skin of humans, horses, pigs, rats, cattle and sheep contain adequate quantities of 7-dehydrocholesterol which can effectively be converted to cholecalciferol. In contrast, the skin of dogs and cats constains significantly lower quantities of 7-dehydrocholesterol than other species, and its photochemical conversion to cholecalciferol is quite inefficient; dogs and cats thus appear to rely on dietary intake of vitamin D more than do other animals. The Vitamin D Receptor and Mechanism of Action The active form of vitamin D binds to intracellular receptors that then function as transcription factors to modulate gene expression. Like the receptors for other steroid hormones and thyroid hormones , the vitamin D receptor has hormone-binding and DNA-binding domains. The vitamin D receptor forms a complex with another intracellular receptor, the retinoid-X receptor, and that heterodimer is what binds to DNA. In most cases studied, the effect is to activate transcription, but situations are also known in which vitamin D suppresses transcription. The vitamin D receptor binds several forms of cholecalciferol. Its affinity for 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol is roughly 1000 times that for 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, which explains their relative biological potencies. Physiological Effects of Vitamin D Vitamin D is wel
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Carrots nutrition facts and health benefits Photo courtesy: wordridden Daucus carota is cultivated across the world for its prized taproot. It is biennial and bears flowers during second year of life. However, in general, the whole plant is harvested much prematurely without wait for the bloom when its root reaches about an inch in diameter, tender and juicy. Asian (oriental) variety. color and tail like tapering lower ends. Carrots vary widely in color and shape depending up on the cultivar types. Generally, oriental taproots are long, featuring flat upper end with tapering, tail like, lower ends. They are winter season crops in many parts of Asia. European carrots, on the other hand, have more rounded blunt ends with almost as a cylindrical body. In addition, European-variety feature bright orange color in contrast to saffron colored Asian cultivars. Health benefits of carrots Sweet and crunchy carrots are notably rich in anti-oxidants, vitamins and dietary fiber. They provide only 41 calories per 100 g, negligible amount of fat and no cholesterol. They are exceptionally rich source of carotenes and vitamin-A. 100 g fresh carrot contains 8285 µg of beta-carotene and 16706 IU of vitamin A. Studies have found that flavonoid compounds in carrots may offer protect from skin, lung and oral cavity cancers. Carotenes converted into vitamin A in the liver cells. Beta-carotene is the major carotene present in these roots. Beta carotene is one of the powerful natural anti-oxidant that helps protect human body from harmful oxygen-free radical injury. In addition, it also carry out all the functions of vitamin-A such as maintaining good eye health, reproduction (sperm production), maintenance of epithelial integrity, growth and development. Carrots are rich in poly-acetylene antioxidant, falcarinol. Research study conducted by scientists at University of Newcastle on laboratory animals has found that falcarinol in carrots may help fight against cancers by destroying pre-cancerous cells in the tumors. Fresh roots are also good in vitamin C; provide about 9% of RDA. Vitamin-C is water soluble anti-oxidant. It helps the body maintain healthy connective tissue, teeth and gum. Its anti-oxidant property helps the human body protect from diseases and cancers by scavenging action on harmful free radicals. In addition, they are especially rich in many B-complex groups of vitamins such as folic acid, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), thiamin, pantothenic acid, etc., that acts as co-factors to enzymes during substrate metabolism in the body. Further, They also compose healthy levels of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium, manganese and phosphorus. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure by countering effects of sodium. Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Selection and storage Fresh carrots and green bell peppers in a market. Fresh carrots can be available in the markets around the season. While buying, look for young, tender, bright-colored roots with firm consistency. Avoid soft, flabby roots, with cuts or mold. Furthermore, avoid very large-sized roots as they can be an indication of overmaturity, ensuing poor eating quality. Undue exposure of carrot to sunlight would result in greenish discoloration near its top end because of chlorophyll photo-pigment deposition. Although this may not affect on health badly, however, the condition may diminish its sweet taste. Avoid forking or twisting carrots as they may be the indication of either disease infestation or close crop cultivation. Once at home, wash them thoroughly in cold water to remove dirt, soil, or insecticide/fungicides. Generally, the top greens are severed from the root before storing in the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator where they keep well for 1-2 weeks. Set refrigerator temperature level below 35 degree F and high humidity to maintain vitality. Preparation and serving methods Wash carrots thoroughly before use. Trim both ends; gently scrape
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In summer 2010 what species produced offspring in the wild in the UK for the first time in around 400 years after reintroduction to Scotland?
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Scotland wild beaver reintroduction trial 'an outstanding success' | Environment | The Guardian Wildlife Scotland wild beaver reintroduction trial 'an outstanding success' Ecologists say four pairs of beavers have produced 14 young, transformed the landscape and boosted tourism in Knapdale A reintroduced Eurasian beaver at Knapdale Forest, Argyll, Scotland. Photograph: Rob Munro/Royal Zoological Society of Scotland Close This article is 2 years old The reintroduction of beavers to the wild in Scotland for the first time in 400 years has been an "outstanding success", according to the team of ecologists that brought them back. The four pairs of beavers reintroduced in Knapdale five years ago have produced 14 young, engineered 18-metre-long dams and lodges the size of double garages and significantly boosted tourism. Monitoring of the UK's first ever licenced mammal reintroduction programme finishes at the end of May, after five years evaluating the impact of the species on the local environment and the potential to attract tourism. The results will be presented to Holyrood, which will make a decision on the future of beavers in Scotland next year. Simon Jones, project manager of the Scottish Beaver Trial , said the project had been an "outstanding success" that provided an opportunity to study the ecology and biology of an animal that has not been seen in Scotland for more than 400 years. "In terms of asking 'can beavers live in the wild in Scotland and can they breed' then the answer is yes. We're extremely happy about how the trial has gone but now it's for the government to decide whether we want to have a wider beaver population in Scotland," he said. Simon Jones and Jenny Holden, from the Scottish Beaver Trial, releasing one of animals into the wild for the first time in 400 years in May 2009. Photograph: Royal Zoological Society of Scotland/PA The trial, conducted by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, the Scottish Wildlife Trust and Forestry Commission Scotland, released 16 Eurasian beavers (Castor fiber) in four family groups between May 2009 and September 2010 into three lochs in the Knapdale forest, west of Lochgilphead, in Argyll. After a challenging start , the first beaver kit was born in 2010 and the latest count shows there are now 13 animals living around lochs Coille Bharr, Buic, Creagh Mhor and Linne. "Numbers of young are probably slightly below average but we know that three out of the four families have bred and we've had kits from the first spring of the trial until now. We're comfortable with the range of animals that have been born and the condition that they're in," Jones said. Examining the environmental impact of the beavers on biodiversity, forestry, the landscape and hydrology, researchers found that the animals had transformed the landscape, constructing dams, felling trees, creating canals and building lodges. The largest dam built during the trial – 18m long and 1.6m high – was on the Dubh Loch, while the largest lodge measured 7.78m long, 2.14m high and 11.29m wide – around the same size as a double garage. "There were no surprises in terms of what we know from beavers in other parts of Europe," Jones said. "At a landscape scale with healthy populations, beavers can have many positive impacts – they can even play some kind of role in the control of water in our countryside. But occasionally they can do things we don't want them to do – felling trees, digging burrows and building dams – so it's a species that requires careful management as well." Gnawed trees are evidence of beaver activity at Dubh Loch. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod for The Guardian Beavers were once widespread in the UK but were hunted to extinction by the 16th century for their fur, medicinal value and meat. They are known as a "keystone species" because of the effect they have on their surrounding environment. Incredible engineers, their dams, burrows and ditches and the branches they drag into the water create habitats for a host of other species including otters, dragonflies and waterfowl. Their dams slow rivers dow
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Anchovy, anchovies | Marine Conservation Society Marine Conservation Society Join us - Find out how to become an MCS member What we do Stock area - Bay of Biscay Stock detail - VIII Fish type - Oily fish Sustainability rating This fish, caught by the methods and in the area listed above, is a good sustainable fish to eat. Click on the rating icon above to read more and on the alternatives tab below to find similar fish to eat. Alternatives Sustainability overview The Bay of Biscay anchovy fishery re-opened in July 2010. The closure of the fishery has led to an increase in the abundance of older fish and has increased the biomass above precautionary levels. The stock is now assessed as having full reproductive capacity. However, the actual fishing mortality is not defined. It is a short-lived species, with the fishable stock consisting primarily of one-year-old fish. Anchovy is also a species at or near the base of the food chain and the impact of their large-scale removal on the marine ecosystem is poorly understood. Biology Anchovy is the only European member of the Engraulidae family. A relative of the herring, it is a small, short-lived fish, generally living less than three years although it can live up to four years. The European anchovy is mainly a coastal marine species, forming large schools. It tolerates salinities of 5-41 ppt and can be found as deep as 400m. Average length at maturity is 13.5 cm although it can reach 20cm. Spawning occurs over an extended period from April to November, with peaks usually in the warmest months (June to August in the southern North Sea and the Channel, and April to September in the Mediterranean); the limits of the spawning season are dependent on temperature and thus this is more restricted in northern areas. It is found in the East Atlantic, and although anchovy can be found as far north as Norway and as far south as South Africa, it is more commonly found in the Mediterranean and off the Atlantic coast of Portugal, Spain and France. It tends to move further north and into surface waters in summer, retreating and descending into deeper waters in winter. It feeds on planktonic organisms, especially calanoid copepods, cirrepede and mollusk larvae, and fish eggs and larvae. Anchovies are prey for other fish and marine mammals. Stock information The spawning-stock biomass for this stock is at full reproductive capacity and fishing pressure below average. Management Although there are no specific management objectives known to ICES, a plan for the management of the stock based on a constant harvest rate has been proposed and evaluated as precautionary . Capture information The main methods for catching anchovy in this area are by pelagic trawl (12%) and purse seine (88%). The Spanish fleet operates in Divisions VIIIc and VIIIb in spring, while the French fleets operate in VIIIa in summer and autumn and in Divisions VIIIb in winter and summer. Both fleets have reduced in size since 2003 and the closure of the fishery in 2006. Purse seining is the most selective fishing method as species specific shoals can be targeted; pelagic trawls are associated with higher incidences of bycatch. Both methods can be associated with cetacean bycatch. Read more about capture methods Alternatives Based on method of production, fish type, and consumer rating: only fish rated 2 and below are included as an alternative in the list below . Click on a name to show the sustainable options available. Sign up to get all the latest marine related news from MCS The UK charity for the protection of our seas, shores and wildlife. Read more about MCS What’s a sustainability range? Many of the fish listed are caught in different ways and from different areas of the sea. Some species are caught in a variety of ways and this range shows that, within a species, some may be fished sustainably whilst others unsustainably. To find out the individual ratings for each fish click on the ratings button next to the image. Fish to Eat are rated 1 and 2, Fish to Avoid are rated 5. Ratings 3 and 4 mean don’t eat too oft
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George Orwell - Wikiquote George Orwell Jump to: navigation , search Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind . George Orwell ( 25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950 ) was the pen name of British novelist, essayist, and journalist Eric Arthur Blair. In England , a century of strong government has developed what O. Henry called the stern and rugged fear of the police to a point where any public protest seems an indecency. But in France everyone can remember a certain amount of civil disturbance ... The highly socialised modern mind, which makes a kind of composite god out of the rich, the government, the police and the larger newspapers, has not been developed — at least not yet. See also: Quotes[ edit ] And now abideth faith , hope , money , these three; but the greatest of these is money. If you have no money , men won't care for you, women won't love you; won't, that is, care for you or love you the last little bit that matters. We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. A liberal intelligentsia is lacking. Bully-worship, under various disguises, has become a universal religion , and such truisms as that a machine- gun is still a machine-gun even when a "good" man is squeezing the trigger ... have turned into heresies which it is actually becoming dangerous to utter. He is laughing, with a touch of anger in his laughter , but no triumph, no malignity. It is the face of a man who is always fighting against something, but who fights in the open and is not frightened, the face of a man who is generously angry — in other words, of a nineteenth-century liberal, a free intelligence, a type hated with equal hatred by all the smelly little orthodoxies which are now contending for our souls . The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule , between good and evil but between two evils. The fallacy is to believe that under a dictatorial government you can be free inside. I consider that willingness to criticize Russia and Stalin is the test of intellectual honesty . To admit that an opponent might be both honest and intelligent is felt to be intolerable. It is more immediately satisfying to shout that he is a fool or a scoundrel, or both, than to find out what he is really like. Looking at the world as a whole, the drift for many decades has been not towards anarchy but towards the reimposition of slavery . The whole idea of revenge and punishment is a childish day-dream. Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy , and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible. So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the Earth , and to take pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information . If I had to make a list of six books which were to be preserved when all others were destroyed, I would certainly put Gulliver's Travels among them. Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism , as I understand it. In my opinion , nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country and that every act of its rulers must be excused, if not imitated. I had seen little evidence that the USSR was progressing towards anything that one could truly call Socialism . If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. Sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality , usually on a battlefield. Public opinion , because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious a
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George Orwell | British author | Britannica.com British author Alternative Title: Eric Arthur Blair George Orwell Virginia Woolf George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (born June 25, 1903, Motihari , Bengal, India —died January 21, 1950, London , England ), English novelist, essayist, and critic famous for his novels Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-four (1949), the latter a profound anti- utopian novel that examines the dangers of totalitarian rule. George Orwell. BBC Copyright Born Eric Arthur Blair, Orwell never entirely abandoned his original name, but his first book, Down and Out in Paris and London , appeared in 1933 as the work of George Orwell (the surname he derived from the beautiful River Orwell in East Anglia). In time his nom de plume became so closely attached to him that few people but relatives knew his real name was Blair. The change in name corresponded to a profound shift in Orwell’s lifestyle, in which he changed from a pillar of the British imperial establishment into a literary and political rebel. Early life He was born in Bengal, into the class of sahibs. His father was a minor British official in the Indian civil service; his mother, of French extraction, was the daughter of an unsuccessful teak merchant in Burma (Myanmar). Their attitudes were those of the “landless gentry,” as Orwell later called lower-middle-class people whose pretensions to social status had little relation to their income. Orwell was thus brought up in an atmosphere of impoverished snobbery. After returning with his parents to England, he was sent in 1911 to a preparatory boarding school on the Sussex coast, where he was distinguished among the other boys by his poverty and his intellectual brilliance. He grew up a morose, withdrawn, eccentric boy, and he was later to tell of the miseries of those years in his posthumously published autobiographical essay , Such, Such Were the Joys (1953). Orwell won scholarships to two of England’s leading schools, Winchester and Eton, and chose the latter. He stayed from 1917 to 1921. Aldous Huxley was one of his masters, and it was at Eton that he published his first writing in college periodicals. Instead of accepting a scholarship to a university, Orwell decided to follow family tradition and, in 1922, went to Burma as assistant district superintendent in the Indian Imperial Police. He served in a number of country stations and at first appeared to be a model imperial servant. Yet from boyhood he had wanted to become a writer, and when he realized how much against their will the Burmese were ruled by the British, he felt increasingly ashamed of his role as a colonial police officer. Later he was to recount his experiences and his reactions to imperial rule in his novel Burmese Days and in two brilliant autobiographical sketches, “ Shooting an Elephant” and “ A Hanging,” classics of expository prose. Against imperialism Scientists Ponder Menopause in Killer Whales In 1927 Orwell, on leave to England, decided not to return to Burma, and on January 1, 1928, he took the decisive step of resigning from the imperial police. Already in the autumn of 1927 he had started on a course of action that was to shape his character as a writer. Having felt guilty that the barriers of race and caste had prevented his mingling with the Burmese, he thought he could expiate some of his guilt by immersing himself in the life of the poor and outcast people of Europe. Donning ragged clothes, he went into the East End of London to live in cheap lodging houses among labourers and beggars; he spent a period in the slums of Paris and worked as a dishwasher in French hotels and restaurants; he tramped the roads of England with professional vagrants and joined the people of the London slums in their annual exodus to work in the Kentish hopfields. British Culture and Politics Those experiences gave Orwell the material for Down and Out in Paris and London, in which actual incidents are rearranged into something like fiction. The book’s publication in 1933 earned him some initial literary recognition. Orwe
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1 January 1962: The Beatles audition for Decca Records | The Beatles Bible The Beatles audition for Decca Records The Beatles audition for Decca Records Monday 1 January 1962 Studio 19 Comments The Beatles' famous audition for Decca Records took place in London on New Year's Day in 1962. The session followed the label's A&R representative Mike Smith's attendance at a Cavern performance on 13 December 1961 . The Beatles' performance that night hadn't been strong enough to secure them a record deal, but the label was willing to offer them a session in their studios at 165 Broadhurst Gardens, West Hampstead, London. The group – John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Pete Best – travelled down from Liverpool with driver and roadie Neil Aspinall . Beset by snowstorms, the party eventually arrived just in time for the 11am audition. Brian Epstein had travelled separately on train. The group was annoyed that Smith turned up late, having spent the night before seeing in the new year. Smith further unnerved them by insisting they use Decca's amplifiers, having judged The Beatles' own gear to be substandard. The Beatles recorded 15 songs altogether. The likely order was: Searchin' Three of the songs – Like Dreamers Do, Hello Little Girl and Love Of The Loved – were Lennon-McCartney originals. It is likely that the majority of songs were recorded in a single take without overdubs; the entire session, which began at 11am, took roughly an hour. Of the Decca recordings, five songs – Searchin', Three Cool Cats, The Sheik Of Araby, Like Dreamers Do and Hello Little Girl – appeared on the Anthology 1 collection in 1995. The rest have been widely available on bootleg since 1977. Although nerves meant The Beatles didn't perform at their best, all four members and Brian Epstein were confident that the session would inevitably lead to a contract with Decca. The label, meanwhile, was erring towards Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, who had also auditioned that day. As head of A&R Dick Rowe later remembered: I told Mike he'd have to decide between them. It was up to him – The Beatles or Brian Poole and the Tremeoloes. He said, 'They're both good, but one's a local group, the other comes from Liverpool.' We decided it was better to take the local group. We could work with them more easily and stay closer in touch as they came from Dagenham. Dick Rowe The official reason given, meanwhile, was that "guitar groups are on the way out, Mr Epstein". These words would become infamous, and Dick Rowe later became known as "the man who turned down The Beatles". He did, however, sign The Rolling Stones on the recommendation of George Harrison. Brian Epstein didn't take rejection lying down. He travelled back to London for further meetings with Decca, even promising their sales team that he'd buy 3,000 copies of any Beatles single they released. Had Dick Rowe been informed of this, history could have been quite different. I was never told about that at the time. The way economics were in the record business then, if we'd been sure of selling 3,000 copies, we'd have been forced to record them, whatever sort of group they were. Dick Rowe However, the Decca audition tapes did prove fortunate for The Beatles. Had they signed to Decca, their career may never have involved Ringo Starr , who joined the group only after George Martin expressed concerns about Pete Best's drumming. Furthermore, the audition gave Epstein some good-quality recordings of the group, on reel-to-reel, enabling him to take them around the remaining London labels. The manager of the HMV record store on London's Oxford Street suggested that Epstein transfer the recordings from reel-to-reel to disc, to enable them to be more easily played. Epstein agreed, and immediately took the tapes to a studio and pressing plant situated above the store. Engineer Jim Foy was impressed with the recordings. When Epstein told him three of the songs were original Lennon-McCartney compositions, Foy contacted Sid Coleman, of music publishers Ardmore & Beechwood (a subsidiary of EMI), who offered Epstei
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Fontana Album Discography Fontana Album Discography By Mike Callahan, David Edwards, Patrice Eyries, and Randy Woods Last update: June 1, 2009 Fontana was started in the 1950s in Europe as a subsidiary of the Dutch record company Philips. Shortly after Philips reached a deal with Mercury Records in the US in November, 1961, Mercury established a US version of Fontana in early 1962 as their subsidiary for international recordings. The label initially was almost exclusively an album label, with 23 albums released in 1962 and 1963 and only two singles. The pre-1965 albums were typical of the "international" albums selling in the US at the time, showcasing various countries' cultural music. Mostly, they were modest sellers at best, and forgettable. The exception was Greek singer Nana Mouskouri, who had a large following and a long career in Europe and charted a couple of albums here in the US. Before 1965, there were so few singles released that Fontana used the Smash label's catalog sequence. The first release was Nana Mouskouri's version of "Wildwood Flower" (actually released as the "B" side of "What Now My Love"). It was issued on Fontana 1785 in November, 1962, and made #27 in Chicago, but failed to chart nationally. It was the only Fontana single release in 1962. In 1963, there was also only one 45 issued, Johnny Dankworth's "Hoe Down"/"Sing-Sing-Sing" on Fontana 1841. Dankworth was a British orchestra leader who had had a couple of US chart hits in the 1950s. He recorded several albums in Europe that were released on US Fontana starting in 1964. Of the total album output for Fontana in 1962 and 1963, two of the albums were by Nana Mouskouri, two were soundtracks, and the others were the generic "international" music. In 1964, however, things started heating up. The "British Invasion" was hitting the US, and Fontana had the rights to some of the popular British artists like the Merseybeats, Eden Kane, the Escorts, the Pretty Things, the Others, the Honey Bees, the Spencer Davis Group, and Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders. Fontana released 22 singles in 1964, many of them US issues of songs that were making the British hit charts. These included the Merseybeats' "I Think of You" [US Fontana 1882, made #5 in UK], Eden Kane's "Boys Cry" [Fontana 1891, #8 UK], the Merseybeats' "Don't Turn Around" [Fontana 1905, #13 UK], the Pretty Things' "Rosalyn" [Fontana 1916, #41 UK], Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders' "Stop Look Listen" [Fontana 1917, #37 UK], the Pretty Things' "Don't Bring Me Down" [Fontana 1941, #10 UK], the Merseybeats' "Last Night" [Fontana 1950, #40 UK], and the Spencer Davis Group's "I Can't Stand It" [Fontana 1960, #47 UK]. Surprisingly, especially in light of the raging British Invasion going on, not one of these British Fontana hits charted in the US. But in 1964, the US Fontana label also widened their artist roster to include a few American artists, most notably New York pop/jazz singer Gloria Lynne. Lynne did make the charts, with "Be Anything (But Be Mine)" [Fontana 1890], a remake of an old Eddie Howard pop tune which made the US charts in April, 1964, reaching #88 pop and #40 on the R&B charts. It was Fontana's first US national chart record. Other singles issued in 1964 included discs by Johnny Gregory, Al Brisco Clark, the Escorts, Vicki Anderson, Joyce Kennedy (another American singer, lead singer of the group Mother's Finest) the Dell-Mates, Larry Hale, the Honey Bees, Diana Dors, the Others, Paul Nero's Blues Sounds, and ex-Drifters vocalist Bill Pinkney. None of these were successful on the US charts. The 15 albums issued in 1964 on Fontana took a decided turn away from solely ethnic international music and towards pop, R&B, and jazz, including two albums by Gloria Lynne, but by the end of 1964, Fontana had yet to reach the album charts. Fontana's first real hit came in early 1965, with Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders' "Game of Love" [Fontana 1509], which made #1 in the US and #2 in England. Since Wayne Fontana was born Glyn Ellis, he obviously took his stage name from his record label's n
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Is there another name for brain swelling? | Nervous System Disorders and Diseases discussions | Body & Health Conditions center | SteadyHealth.com kingsley43354183 over a year ago Hello, good people. My neighbor suffers from brain swelling. I wonder whether there is another name for this condition. It is strange to me to call it “swelling”. I don’t know why. I would like to know whether another name exists. Thanks for your effort in replying my post. It means a lot to me. Loading... tirrell75954182 over a year ago Hi, there. I am sorry to hear for your neighbor. Brain swelling is accumulation of the water in interstitial (extracellular) space. It has indeed another name. It is called cerebral edema or oedema as British call it. There are several types. Those are: vasogenic, cytotoxic, hydrostatic, osmotic, interstitial and High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE)! I hope everything will be all right. I wish you all the best. Bye!
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Shakespeare's Unconventional Conventions by Dictionary.com Iambic pentameter When the love-struck Romeo first sees Juliet emerge on her balcony, what poetic form could mirror his pounding heart? Iambic pentameter of course. "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" Shakespeare wrote in iambic pentameter because it was believed to imitate the human heart beat. The word comes from the French iambique meaning "a foot of verse," referring to the form's basic two-syllable verse unit: unstressed, stressed (e.g., dum DUM). Pentameter comes from the Greek meaning "five" (five feet per line). Zeugma [zoog-muh] Are your verbs slacking off? Take a tip from the Bard and try a zeugma. From the Greek zeugnynai meaning "to yoke or join," zeugma is the clever use of a single verb in two different idiomatic senses within one sentence: "Golden lads and girls all must / As chimney-sweepers, come to dust." In this funeral song in Shakespeare's Cymbeline chimney-sweepers encounter literal "dust" in their work, whereas "Golden lads and girls" become figurative "dust" in death. Groucho Marx also used zeugma in the film Duck Soup: "Leave in a minute," he said, "and a huff." Enjambment [en-jam-muhnt, -jamb-] Queen Hermione stands trial in Shakespeare's A Winter's Tale after being falsely accused of adultery by her husband. But could any literary device give voice to her frantic plea? Enjambment can try. "I am not prone to weeping," Hermione says, "but I have / that honourable grief lodged here which burns / Worse than tears drown." From the French word enjamb meaning "to encroach," enjambment is the running on of a thought from one line of text onto the next without a syntactical break. Here, Hermione's words spill over the way her tears would if she could cry. Litotes [lahy-tuh-teez, lit-uh-, lahy-toh-teez] In the third act of Julius Caesar, Marc Antony enters the Roman forum holding Caesar's body. How will he convince the crowd that their emperor was murdered wrongly? Litotes! "You all did love him once," Antony explains, "not without cause." From the Greek litos meaning "plain, small, meager," litotes is an understatement, usually illustrated using a double negative. Antony tells the assembled Romans that they loved their murdered emperor "not without cause," using the double negative "not without" to imply that they had great cause to love Caesar. Slant rhyme Shakespeare's King Lear is about to end, and with his last lines, the young Edgar looks toward his future as his whole family lies dead around him. "The oldest have borne most;" he says, "we that are young / Shall never see so much, nor live so long." This desperately sad slant rhyme on "young" and "long" recalls the fatal miscommunications between young and old that set the tragic events of the play in motion. Slant rhymes typically share at least one identical stressed phoneme, but like the ambitions of this ill-fated family, not all their syllables align. Isocolon [ahy-suh-koh-luhn] Hamlet has just begun; Claudius just married Gertrude after killing her husband his brother. How can he show his happiness while publicly respecting his secret victim? Isocolon. Claudius says, "With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in marriage." From the Greek isokolos meaning "of equal members," isocolon unites two clauses using parallel structure and similarly distributed syllables. Claudius uses "With __ in __" as a template to compare opposing concepts of equal syllable length: "mirth" vs. "dirge" and "funeral" (pronounced with two syllables) vs. "marriage." Antanaclasis [ant-an-uh-klas-is] In the final act of Henry V, Pistol, a drunkard and braggart turned soldier, decides to return to England to become a pickpocket after winning the Battle of Agincourt in France, but how can he explain his plan with finesse? Antanaclasis! "To England will I steal, and there I'll steal." Pistol plans to flee or steal from France to England and once there, to steal people's wallets, thus using the same word in two different senses in the same sentence. Derived from the combination of three Greek roots, an
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World Jeopardy Jeopardy Template The national dish of Spain 100 It is the earth's largest continent? 100 This flag is red, white and blue and has fifty stars. 100 The Yankees and Mets play this type of sport. 100 Who is Lasse Hallstrom? What is the name of the Swedish director who directed Chocolat and My Life as a Dog? 200 I am the national dish of _________ and my name is Coucou. 200 The boundary between Mexico and Belize called this. 200 Green, Yellow, Blue, and White are the colors of this South American flag. 200 Zinedine Zidane The French football player who was known as the European footballer of the year in 1998 and was apart of the 1998 World Cup winning team? 200 What is Bengali? India's national anthem is written in what language that is also the national language of one of its neighbors? 300 I am the national dish of France, but i am eaten often in America. 300 lt's what divides the U.K. from Ireland. 300 White, Blue and Red are this country's colors' flag after the fall of Communism. 300 D) Fast speed skating Which of the "skating" is actually not a skating event ? A) Long track speedskating B) Short track speedskating C) speed skating D) Fast speed skating 300 Who is Calliope? This musical instrument takes its name from a muse who was used in riverboats and in circuses because of its loudness 400 What is grits? Popular in the South (of the United States), this food is made out of corn and usually served with breakfast. 400 The U.S.'s largest trading partner? 400 What are the colors of the South Sudan flag? Black, Yellow, Green, White, Red, and Blue 400 The Jets and Giants play this popular game? 400 Who is Lady Gaga? The Queen song "Radio Ga Ga" is said to be the main inspiration behind the name of this current day hit singer. 500 It is the name of the country that the Pizza Hut franchise began in. 500 The name of the country that is the most populous in the world? 500 It is a white flag with a red circle in the middle. 500 It is where the 2008 Olympics were held. 500 What is Baby it's Cold Outside? This 1944 pop standard by Frank Loesser has a man attempting to convince his date to stay with him because of the weather.
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Rigoletto | Opera Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851 Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi . The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo . It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on 11 March 1851. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had control over northern Italian theatres at the time, the opera had a triumphant premiere and is considered by many to be the first of the operatic masterpieces of Verdi's middle-to-late career. Its tragic story revolves around the licentious Duke of Mantua, his hunch-backed court jester Rigoletto, and Rigoletto's beautiful daughter Gilda. The opera's original title, La maledizione (The Curse), refers to the curse placed on both the Duke and Rigoletto by a courtier whose daughter had been seduced by the Duke with Rigoletto's encouragement. The curse comes to fruition when Gilda likewise falls in love with the Duke and eventually sacrifices her life to save him from the assassins hired by her father. Contents Edit The orchestra calls for 2 flutes , (Flute 2 doubles piccolo ), 2 oboes , (Oboe 2 doubles English horn ) 2 clarinets , 2 bassoons , 4 horns in Eb, D, C, Ab, G, and F, 2 trumpets in C, D, and Eb, 3 trombones , cimbasso , timpani , bass drum and cymbals , and strings. Offstage: Banda , bass drum , 2 bells , thunder machine Onstage: Violins I and II, violas , and contrabasses History Edit Verdi was commissioned to write a new opera by the La Fenice opera house in Venice in 1850, at a time when he was already a well-known composer with a degree of freedom in choosing the works he would prefer to set to music. He then asked Francesco Maria Piave (with whom he had already created Ernani , I due Foscari , Macbeth , Il Corsaro and Stiffelio ) to examine the play Kean by Alexandre Dumas, père , but he felt he needed a more energetic subject to work on. [1 ] Verdi soon stumbled upon Victor Hugo's Le roi s'amuse . He later explained that "The subject is great, immense, and has a character that is one of the most important creations of the theatre of all countries and all Ages.". [1 ] It was a highly controversial subject and Hugo himself had already had trouble with censorship in France , which had banned productions of his play after its first performance nearly twenty years earlier (and would continue to ban it for another thirty years). As Austria at that time directly controlled much of Northern Italy , it came before the Austrian Board of Censors. Hugo's play depicted a king ( Francis I of France ) as an immoral and cynical womanizer, something that was not accepted in Europe during the Restoration period . [2 ] From the beginning, Verdi was aware of the risks, as was Piave. In a letter which Verdi wrote to Piave: "Use four legs, run through the town and find me an influential person who can obtain the permission for making Le Roi s'amuse." [1 ] Correspondence between a prudent Piave and an already committed Verdi followed, and the two remained at risk and underestimated the power and the intentions of Austrians. Even the friendly Guglielmo Brenna, secretary of La Fenice, who had promised them that they would not have problems with the censors, was wrong. At the beginning of the summer of 1850, rumours started to spread that Austrian censorship was going to forbid the production. They considered the Hugo work to verge on lèse majesté , and would never permit such a scandalous work to be performed in Venice. In August, Verdi and Piave prudently retired to Busseto , Verdi's hometown, to continue the composition and prepare a defensive scheme. They wrote to the theatre, assuring them that the censor's doubts about the morality of the work were not justified but since very little time was left, very little could be done. At the time, Piave and Verdi had titled opera La maledizione (The Curse), and this unofficial title was used by Austrian censor De Gorzkowski in an emphatic letter written in December 1850 in which he definitively denied consent to it
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United Nations Day Home Calendar Holidays UN Holidays United Nations Day United Nations Day United Nations Day highlights, celebrates and reflects on the work of the United Nations (UN) and its family of specialized agencies. United Nations offices around the world join in to observe United Nations Day. United Nations offices around the world join in to observe United Nations Day. ©iStockphoto.com/Michael Palis What Do People Do? On and around October 24, many activities are organized by all parts of the UN, particularly in the main offices in New York, the Hague (Netherlands), Geneva (Switzerland), Vienna (Austria) and Nairobi (Kenya). These include: concerts; flying the UN flag on important buildings; debates on the relevance of the work of the UN in modern times; and proclamations by state heads and other leaders. Public Life United Nations Day is a global observance and not a public holiday. Background The foundations for a “League of Nations” were laid in the Treaty of Versailles, which was one of the treaties to formally end World War I. The treaty was signed in Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919. The league aimed to encourage disarmament, prevent outbreaks of war, encourage negotiations and diplomatic measures to settle international disputes and to improve the quality of life around the world. However, the outbreak of World War II suggested that the League of Nations needed to take on a different form. The ideas around the United Nations were developed in the last years of World War II, particularly during the UN Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, the United States, beginning on April 25, 1945. The UN was officially created when a UN charter was ratified on October 24 that year. United Nations Day was first observed on October 24, 1948. The UN recommended that United Nations Day should be a public holiday in member states since 1971. There were also calls for United Nations Day to be an international public holiday to bring attention to the work, role and achievements of the UN and its family of specialized agencies. These have been spectacular, particularly in the fields of human rights, support in areas of famine, eradication of disease, promotion of health and settlement of refugees. The UN does not work alone but together with many specialized agencies, including: the World Health Organization (WHO); the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO); the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); International Labour Organization (ILO); United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); and United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Symbols The UN emblem consists of a projection of the globe centered on the North Pole. It depicts all continents except Antarctica and four concentric circles representing degrees of latitude. The projection is surrounded by images of olive branches, representing peace. The emblem is often blue, although it is printed in white on a blue background on the UN flag. United Nations Day Observances
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The secretaries general - The Secretary-General - system, future, policy, Trygve Lie The Secretary-General The Secretary-General - The secretaries general The first secretary-general, Trygve Lie of Norway, was appointed for a five-year term on 1 February 1946. On 1 November 1950, he was reappointed for three years. He resigned on 10 November 1952 and was succeeded by Dag Hammarskjöld of Sweden on 10 April 1953. On 26 September 1957, Hammarskjöld was appointed for a further five-year term beginning on 10 April 1958. After Hammarskjöld's death in a plane crash in Africa on 17 September 1961, U Thant of Burma was appointed secretary-general on 3 November 1961, to complete the unexpired term. In November 1962, U Thant was appointed secretary-general for a five-year term beginning with his assumption of office on 3 November 1961. On 2 December 1966, his mandate was unanimously renewed for another five years. At the end of his second term, U Thant declined to be considered for a third. In December 1971, the General Assembly appointed Kurt Waldheim of Austria for a five-year term beginning on 1 January 1972. In December 1976, Waldheim was reappointed for a second five-year term, which ended on 31 December 1981. He was succeeded by Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru, who was appointed by the Assembly in December 1981 for a five-year term beginning on 1 January 1982. He was reappointed for a second five-year term beginning on 1 January 1987. In late 1991, Pérez de Cuéllar expressed his wish not to be considered for a third term. On 3 December 1991, the General Assembly appointed Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt to a five-year term beginning on 1 January 1992. On 17 December 1996, Kofi Annan of Ghana was appointed to a five-year term that began on 1 January 1997. Trygve Lie Born in Oslo, Norway, 1896; died in Geilo, Norway, 30 December 1968. Law degree from Oslo University. Active in his country's trade union movement from the age of 15, when he joined the Norwegian Trade Union Youth Organization. At 23, became assistant to the secretary of the Norwegian Labor Party. Legal adviser to the Norwegian Trade Union Federation (1922–35). Elected to the Norwegian Parliament (1935). Minister of justice (1935–39). Minister of trade, industry, shipping, and fishing (1939–40). After the German occupation of Norway in 1940 and until the liberation of Norway in 1945, he was, successively, acting foreign minister and foreign minister of the Norwegian government in exile in London. A prominent anti-Nazi, he rendered many services in the Allied cause during World War II. For example, he was instrumental in preventing the Norwegian merchant marine, one of the world's largest, from falling into German hands. Reelected to Parliament in 1945. Headed the Norwegian delegation to the San Francisco Conference. Secretary-General, 1946–1952. Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld Born in Jönkönpirg, Sweden, 1905; died in a plane accident while on a peace mission near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), 17 September 1961. Studied at Uppsala and Stockholm universities; Ph.D., Stockholm, 1934. Secretary of Commission on Unemployment (1930–34). Assistant professor of political economy, Stockholm University (1933). Secretary of the Sveriges Riksbank (Bank of Sweden, 1935–36); chairman of the board (1941–45). Undersecretary of state in the Swedish ministry of finance (1936–45). Envoy extraordinary and financial adviser to the ministry of foreign affairs (1946–49). Undersecretary of state (1949). Deputy foreign minister (1951–53). Delegate to the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC; 1948–53). Vice-chairman of the Executive Comm
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With the symbol Wb what is the unit of magnetic flux?
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schoolphysics ::Welcome:: HOME > AGE 16 - 19 > ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM > ELECTROMAGNETISM > FLUX AND FLUX DENSITY Flux and flux density To understand the meaning of magnetic flux (Φ) and magnetic flux density (B) think first about an ordinary bar magnet. Around the magnet there is a magnetic field and this gives a �flow of magnetic energy� around the magnet. It is this flow of energy that we call magnetic flux (Φ). We think of magnetic flux as flowing from the north pole of a magnet round to its south pole as shown by the arrows on the lines in the diagram. Looking at the diagram you should see that there is as much flux flowing �from the north pole� as there is �flowing into the south pole�. Magnetic flux is given the symbol Φ and is measured in units called Webers (Wb). However the amount of magnetic flux flowing through a given area will change from one point to another around the magnet and you can understand this by thinking about a loop of wire placed in the field at two different points (A and B). You can see that in position B there are a smaller number of magnetic field lines passing through the loop than there is when it is in position A. We call the amount of flux passing through a unit area at right angles to the magnetic field lines the flux density (B) at that point. Flux density is measured in Tesla (T) where 1 T = 1 Wbm-2 So: Flux (Φ) = Flux density (B) x area through which flux passes (A) Φ = BA If we now use more than one loop of wire, in others words a coil of N turns as shown in position C the flux flowing through the N turns is simply N times that flowing through the single loop. The quantity NΦ is called the the flux linkage for the coil at that point. Therefore:
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fUSION Anomaly. William S. Burroughs ambient track _The End Of Words_ MP3 (192k) by Material off of _Seven Souls_ (1989) inaudible text narrated by WSB drum & bass release _Funktion/Naked Lunch_ MP3 12" by Ed Rush & Optical on V #026 (1998) lo fi neo psychedelia track _Christmas With William S._ MP3 (160k) by Olivia Tremor Control off of _Singles & Beyond_ compilation on Emperor Norton (2000) paisley underground roots rock track _Exploring The Axis_ MP3 by Thin White Rope off of _Exploring The Axis_ 12" on Diablo (1985) name of band is taken from WSB's term for ejaculation track _Letter To William S. Burroughs And Ode To Jack_ MP3 by Hunter S. Thompson spoken word cabaret track _What Keeps Mankind Alive_ MP3 (96k) off of _September Songs: The Music Of Kurt Weill_ compilation CD (1997) Weill was a German composer affiliated with Bertolt Brecht, which means cabaret. Cabaret was a medium for political dissent. ' Educational opera' is the term used. track _Word Is Virus_ MP3 off of _The Elvis Letters_ 12" on TK (1985) music & production by director Gus Van Sant spoken word track _Just Say No To Drug Hysteria (excerpt 4:08)_ MP3 off of _Best Of William S. Burroughs: From Giorno Poetry Systems CDx4 on Mouth Almighty (1998) band Steely Dan - name taken from a reference in William S. Burroughs' book _Naked Lunch_ about a steam-powered sex toy (dildo). beat poetry track _Dinosaurs (live reading)_ MP3 (192k) (6:00) track _Ah Pook Is The Mayan God Of Death_ MP3 off of _Ah Pook Is Here_ (written in 1975) track _K-9 Was In Combat With _Do Android's Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick ; title _Blade Runner_ comes from the name of a totally unrelated William S. Burroughs novel about black market surgeons, which was itself based on a story by Alan E. Nourse.] The Western Lands Working closely with Skopelitis, Bill Laswell created two pivotal albums in the late 1980s -- that serve as arguable prototypical predecessors for some of Axiom's landmark releases by Baker, Skopelitis, and Material, among others -- within a short-lived but intense series of albums for the Nation and Venture subsidiaries of Virgin. The first was Material's _Seven Souls_, which featured the voice of William S. Burroughs. About William Burroughs: The identification of control systems and devising means to destroy them has always dominated his work. Burroughs has always fought for complete freedom -- freedom from all control from invasion by alien forces from religion, sexual repression, and suppression from the American way of life and traditional family values. From programming by TV, media, and the subtext of language . The ugly spirit as the ugly American, the forces of greed and corruption, selfishness and stupidity. Featuring Sly Dunbar on drums, Shankar and Simon Shaheen on violins, and with Burroughs' voice augmented by Arabic, West African, and New York hip-hop vocalists, Material's _Seven Souls_ is a sublime fusion of high-tech production with acoustic elements. Jeff Bova's synthesizers blend organically with Skopelitis' various guitars and ethnic stringed instruments to create washes of sound that breathe behind Burroughs' stark readings from the texts of "The Western Lands." Thematically, sonically, and conceptually, _Seven Souls_ -- like _Future Shock_ -- is a landmark recording for Laswell in its reflection of such a variety of perfectly united elements. Although his cavalier lifestyle and counterculture status has overshadowed his multimedia experiments, William S. Burroughs studied with Alfred Korzybski (who formulated General Semantics and E-Prime ), and was a fierce critic of Scientology's psycho-linguistic games. Burroughs' interest in epigenetic (brain) and cultural ( evolution as the basis of contemporary advertising techniques anticipated Howard Bloom's research that the co-evolution of language and brain contains viral elements. - Alex Burns "Western man is externalizing himself in the form of gadgets" - _N
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Which heritage railway runs from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster?
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Kidderminster Station | Trains to Kidderminster – Trainline Trains to Kidderminster Share this route Kidderminster station opened in 1852, although the current station buildings were built over a century later in the 1960s. The station has regular services to Worcester, Birmingham and Great Malvern, as well as a number of trains a day to London Marylebone. Next door to Kidderminster station is Kidderminster Town, a Victoria-style station that opened in 1984 to serve the Severn Valley heritage steam railway that runs to Bridgnorth. Both stations are about half a mile east of the town centre. Throughout the town, it is still possible to see some well-preserved examples of 19th-century mill architecture, from the time when Kidderminster was at the centre of the carpet industry in Great Britain. The main shopping area is on the pedestrianised streets south of The Swan shopping centre, and some newer developments along the banks of the River Stour. On the High Street, there is a twice-weekly market on Thursdays and Saturdays. Station details & facilities The ticket hall with shop and toilets leads directly on to platform 1, with an extra side entrance for step-free access. Platform 2 is reached either via a footbridge (with lifts) or through an additional station entrance on Comberton Hill. Trains for Birmingham and London depart from platform 1, for Great Malvern and Worcester from platform 2. The car park is between the Kidderminster station and the heritage railway, and has space for 400 cars. Ticket Office Ticket Office opening hours : None Day Telephones type : Coins and cards Staff Help Notes : Please note that staff help is only available when the ticket office is open. To ensure that we provide the best service possible we recommend that customers who require assistance book with us and provide at least 1 working day's notice. We will always aim to assist customers whether they have booked assistance or not. Booking assistance gives you the extra reassurance that your needs will be met. Customer Service Notes : We are open from 07:00 to 19:00 Monday to Friday and 08:00 to 16:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and all Bank Holidays except Christmas Day. A recorded message service is available outside of these hours. ÿ **Kidderminster is accredited by the Secure Station Scheme** Customer help points : False Carpark name : Station Car Park Carpark operator : Meteor Parking Ltd Car parking spaces : 224 Cycle storage location : Off platform Accessibility Step-free access : Part of station Step-free access notes : Main entrance for Booking Hall and Birmingham platform has 1 step to enter. Step-free side gate and second side gate with 1 kerb to access, but both locked when Booking Hall open. Step-free access to Worcester platform via ramp. Step-free route between platforms is 240m. Shortcut to road overbridge from station step-free via station approach road. Step-free interchange to Severn Valley Railway. Ramps for train access : Accessible Booking Office counter : False Accessible taxis : unknown Accessible taxis are not available Trains to Kidderminster Station Approach, Combertor, Kidderminister, Worcestershire, DY10 1QZ Ticket Office Hours
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The tale of Saint Pega’s Anglo-Saxon stone | The Heritage Journal The tale of Saint Pega’s Anglo-Saxon stone 30/04/2010 in Ancient monuments , Neglect From The Stone Crosses of the County of Northamptonshire (1901) by C A Markham Mike Pitts in a Guardian article on Sunday the 25th April highlighted the danger of an Anglo-Saxon carved stone cross shaft being sold in the saleroom of Bonhams auctioneers. The cross dedicated to Saint Pega (who died in AD 716, and was England’s first female hermit) was from Peakirk in Northamptonshire. As an invaluable piece of our heritage, that it should go on to the open market, with the danger of it being exported abroad, raised alarm bells in the archaeological world. Two things came to light about this stone, firstly that although the chapel and house in which it had been housed were listed buildings under English law, the stone was not, and of course stone as a material is not covered by the Treasure Act. Professor Rosemary Cramp, a leading expert on Anglo-Saxon history said she had worked hard to “stop a market in these monuments from being created”. It was indeed unfortunate that the owner of the house in which the stone had been kept for the last few years, had merely decided to sell the stone on a whim, rather than with a profit motive in mind. But the seventh cavalry came charging in at the last moment, and it can be revealed that, “it was the Guardian wot won it”. In an article on Thursday 29th, Mike Pitts, ever so slightly victorious, wrote that Bonham’s had withdrawn the cross from sale on Tuesday evening, in no small part to letters of protest written by Janet Gough (director of cathedrals and church buildings for The Church of England) and Mike Heyworth (director of the Council for British Archaeology). So the cross is saved, its’ future not known at the present time, though it would obviously be preferable that it ended up in Peterborough Museum for public display. For more information the following links lead to the two original articles and the link below raises a more serious question as to the legality of selling ‘ancient stones’…. “Bonhams established it [sc. the cross] was not part of the listed building, which would have prevented the sale: the church had simply sold it with the house without restrictions, and it’s not physically attached… But there is a more important issue here. “Has the cross been “removed from a building or structure of historical, architectural or archaeological interest where the object has at any time formed part of the building or structure”? Would the cross be protected under the Dealing in Cultural Objects (Offences) Act 2003?”. Looting Matters blog Has the stone been saved? Mike Pitts – Guardian article; 28th April 2010 Paul Barford’s excellent blog also highlights the perils.
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Brideshead is the seat of which family in Evelyn Waugh's novel?
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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh — Reviews, Discussion, Bookclubs, Lists Shelves: novels ********Please note - contains spoilers ************ One's head is rather spinning, there are so many terribly good things and likewise so very much abject wretchedness it's hard to begin. Let us try. 1) This book is the twisted story of a homosexual affair, which I was truly not expecting it to be. It's famously set amongst the upper classes, firstly in Oxford, so you get pages of blissed-out descriptions of life amongst British aristocratic students in the 1920s and how many plovers eggs they ea ********Please note - contains spoilers ************ One's head is rather spinning, there are so many terribly good things and likewise so very much abject wretchedness it's hard to begin. Let us try. 1) This book is the twisted story of a homosexual affair, which I was truly not expecting it to be. It's famously set amongst the upper classes, firstly in Oxford, so you get pages of blissed-out descriptions of life amongst British aristocratic students in the 1920s and how many plovers eggs they eat and which claret they guzzle. That part is what I was expecting, and very lush and delectable and appalling it is too. But what surprised me is that it all takes place within a thick pall of implied and overt homosexuality. The two principals of the first half, Charles and Sebastian, are in love, clearly. they do everything and go everywhere together. And the best character in the whole book is a Quentin Crisp-style flaming queer called Anthony Blanche who says things like "Good evening Mulcaster, old sponge and toady, are you lurking amongst the hobbledehoys? Have you come to repay me the three hundred francs I lent you for the poor drab you picked up in the casino? It was a niggardly sum for her trouble, and WHAT a trouble, Mulcaster!" and "The gallery after luncheon was so full of absurd women in the sort of hats they should be made to eat that I rested here with Cyril and Tom and these saucy boys." At one point Anthony takes our hero Charles to a gay club which Charles refers to as a "pansy bar". But here's the thing - a) this novel is not notorious for its gay subject matter; it is true there is no explicit buggery going on, but neither is it especially coy. As it was published in 1945 when English men were being imprisoned for homosexuality (a crime which was only removed from the statutes in 1967, that year of liberation) this seems to me very interesting. b) Nor in the book is there any trace of disapproval anywhere, from anyone, that homosexuality is wrong. The only sin which gets its religious comeuppance is adultery. From this book you would get the notion that the upper classes tolerated openly gay relationships in the 1920s and 1930s. This is surprising to me. It could be something to do with the public school system and the worship of classical Greece. It's all very queer. 2) This book appears to think its point is a religious one. So that the climactic sundering of the lovers in part two is because one of them is a passionate disbeliever and the other one realises that religion, by which we mean Catholicism, is genuinely important. As a confirmed "what's God got to do with it" agnostic, this washes right over my head but leaves me feeling damp and annoyed - I trudged through 330 pages for a stupid religious damp squib ending like that? Give me my money back! In the words of The Shangri-Las, "and that's called...bad". 3) this book is a love song to wealth and class, and as an only slightly reconstructed old class warrior, I was sailing on queasy seas, but could not help enjoying Waugh's tremendous atmospheric prose and beautiful dialogue. In the words of The Shangri-Las, "and that's called...glad". 4) This book presents us with one of my least favourite types of characters, the doomed agonised male with whom we are supposed to agonise along with and swoon over and indeed love. You get this creep popping up all over the place. He's there in The English Patient, he's there in that stupid movie Damage, he's there in Dead Man Walkin
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Puzzles - Fictional Addresses 1. Who lives at 4 Paget Drive, Little Whinging? 2. Which author created a fictional world that included Little Delving, Hardbottle and The Marrish? 3. Which family live at 742 Evergreen Terrace? 4. �Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again� is the opening line of which 1938 classic novel? 5. Which TV programme is set in Glenbogle, an estate in the Scottish highlands? 6. Which famous character lived in �the world`s largest estate�, Xanadu? 7. Which TV comedy series featured a fictional property, with a sign featuring letters that had been re-arranged into anagrams such as Fatty Owls and Farty Towels? 8. Pemberley is the country estate owned by Fitzwilliam Darcy in which Jane Austin novel? 9. Which TV family lived in Nelson Mandela House? 10. Which novel first introduced Room 101? Have we had these before in a previous existence? 3. Which family live at 742 Evergreen Terrace? The Simpsons 7. Which TV comedy series featured a fictional property, with a sign featuring letters that had been re-arranged into anagrams such as Fatty Owls and Farty Towels? Flowery Twats 9. Which TV family lived in Nelson Mandela House? The Trotters 4. �Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again� is the opening line of which 1938 classic novel? Rebecca 8. Pemberley is the country estate owned by Fitzwilliam Darcy in which Jane Austin novel? p&p postage and packing or Pride and Prejudice 10. Which novel first introduced Room 101? 1984 2. Which author created a fictional world that included Little Delving, Hardbottle and The Marrish? JRR Tolkien 5. Which TV programme is set in Glenbogle, an estate in the Scottish highlands? Monarch of the Glen Well done everyone! nearly got them all Have we had these before in a previous existence? Possibly do a search on 'Little Whinging' if you want to be quite sure talking of which 1. Who lives at 4 Paget Drive, Little Whinging? Harry Potter 6. Which famous character lived in �the world`s largest estate�, Xanadu? Citizen (Charles Foster) Kane 1. Who lives at 4 Paget Drive, Little Whinging? Harry Potter shome mishtake shurely, it's Privet not Paget D'you know, I thought something didn't look quite right about that Think of it as your Brainteaser and Trivia all rolled into one
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Helen Graham is the eponymous protagonist of which 19th-century novel?
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë | lisadcwrites The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë Posted in: 1800's . Tagged: Alcoholism , English Fiction , Marriage , Romance . Leave a comment “When the mysterious and beautiful young widow Helen Graham becomes the new tenant at Wildfell Hall rumours immediately begin to swirl around her. As her neighbour Gilbert Markham comes to discover, Helen has painful secrets buried in her past that even his love for her cannot easily overcome.”* Published in 1848, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall has been overshadowed, as has the author, by her own sisters’ literary contributions, most notably Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights. But standing away from the Brontë canon, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall does a remarkable job at standing on its own two feet. Anne Brontë deserves a great deal of respect and admiration for dealing with some pretty powerful and controversial themes in her novel. She does not shy away describing the effects of alcoholism, and how a love of drinking caused the downfall of a man. While Brontë possessed the courage to identify alcoholism and to discuss the evils and aftermath of drink, I would rather concentrate on another, more significant theme in her novel – marriage. Adultery is what truly causes Helen Graham to leave her husband. I have not read many 19th Century novels that seriously deal with a wife fleeing her husband. Helen Graham has the courage to leave her husband and to make a living by herself – that is the most remarkable thing about this novel. Anne Brontë created a character who committed a great moral wrong, in leaving her marriage, yet for the most part, readers still fell in love with her character. And that is the best part of this novel. Regarding the narrative, I confess that the first hundred pages of the novel – under the narration of Gilbert Markham, bored me. Yes, the mystery of Helen Graham and who she was intrigued me, but under the words of Markham, I was disinclined to hurry and find out about the mystery woman. But once Helen Graham’s narration came underway, I perked up. Under Helen’s story, the true narrative style of Anne Brontë reveals itself. She lays claim to true emotions and masters the element of suspense rather well. I felt what Helen felt the whole way through, and as each new surprise revealed itself, I fell more deeply into Helen’s, and Anne’s, spell. Verdict: A classic – for the heavy themes Anne deals with, and for the way she dealt with them. Anne managed to truly outline the ravages of alcohol and what it does to a marriage, and she defines marriage as a partnership that thrives on equality. Despite a rather too emotional hero *Brontë, Anne. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. London: Vintage Books, 2009. Share this:
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A Rake's Progress | artble.com A Rake's Progress A Rake's Progress Story / Theme Plate 3: Cavorting with prostitutes Plate 5: Marrying an old maid In A Rake's Progress Hogarth depicts the story of Tom Rakewell, a young man who inherits money from his late father and squanders it on expensive clothes, prostitutes and gambling. Although Tom is not portrayed as an evil character, he is certainly out of his depth, thrown into a life trying to emulate the aristocracy without the knowledge or the funds to sustain it. Over eight plates Hogarth illustrates the life of Tom Rakewell; after losing his father and his fortune, he indulging in orgies and drunkenly cavorting with prostitutes. Having squandered his fortune Tom is forced to marry an older, wealthy woman in order to pay his debts. However, his attention is directed at the maid rather than his new wife. He then loses his second fortune and is sent to the debtor's jail and eventually ends up in the notorious Bedlam Hospital for the insane which is full of a range of characters. Tom is comforted by the ever present Sarah Young, the maid he so greatly admires. A Rake's Progress Inspirations for the Work Plate 6: A gambling den at Soho's White Club Plate 7: The notorious Fleet debtor's prison Plate 8: Bedlam Debtors' prison: Hogarth's father was detained in Fleet debtor's prison for most of his childhood. Although the artist never talked about this in any of his biographical writings it must have had a profound effect on him. Certainly the conditions which Tom Rakewell found himself in must have been very similar to that of Hogarth's father. Bedlam: Bedlam was an infamous mental hospital in the 18th century and was open for viewing by the public for a small fee. Run by the infamous Baron Henry Brougham, there were many accounts of inmates being badly treated and abused. Hogarth's use of this setting reflects the 18th century view that madness was a result of moral weakness. Local scandals: The social scandals of the day can only have been inspirations for this satirical attack on the upper classes. Wealthy young men were often seen frequenting the drinking holes and brothels of London. Gambling and drinking were so popular that it's very likely Hogarth had read about or knew men in similar positions. It was certainly very common for a poor young man to marry an older woman for her money. Hogarth's Moral Values: In all of Hogarth's paintings his strong moral code is very evident and he uses his work almost as an excuse to preach to society. A Presbyterian upbringing and strong moral standing meant that Hogarth was keen to use art as a way to shock the general public into action, concerning the vices and addictions that he felt were ruining English society. A Rake's Progress Analysis William Hogarth Composition: In A Rake's Progress Hogarth uses his theories on the analysis of beauty by including numerous characters within the scene and using symbolism to create an overcrowded composition in which the narrative is very clear. The artist also uses his serpentine curves and his lighting techniques highlight various characters and aspects, while lesser characters are in the shadowy parts of the painting. Painting style: These works were later made into engravings and became publically available, being displayed in public buildings as well as private houses. Hogarth's style of painting is reminiscent to that of the Rococo fashion where loose lines and free hand movement dominate the work. Color palette: A rich color palette is also used in bright and muted tones as Hogarth makes red his primary color to accentuate the characters in the smoky tavern and dingy buildings. He uses many brown tones in these works and overall warm colors dominate, with numerous chiaroscuro techniques. A Rake's Progress Critical Reception Brian Sewell Industry and Idleness , 1747: Produced later than A Rake's Progress, this series is darker and although still satirical, has a shocking quality to it which is not present in Hogarth's earlier offerings. These plates illustrate the story of two apprentices who
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The river | Klick here for a large view! The Saar is a river… | Flickr Klick here for a large view! The Saar is a river in northeastern France and western Germany, and a right tributary of the Moselle River. It rises in the Vosges mountains on the border of Alsace and Lorraine, with two headstreams (Sarre Rouge and Sarre Blanche, united in Lorquin), that both start near Mont Donon, the highest peak of the northern Vosges. After 246 km (126 km in France and 120 km in Germany) the Saar flows into the Moselle River at Konz (Rhineland-Palatinate), having a catchment area of 7,431 km². In former times, the Saar was very important for the Saarland industries of coal, iron and steel. Raw materials and finished products were shipped on it by water via the Saar Coal Canal, the Marne-Rhine Canal and the Rhine, for instance, to the Ruhrgebiet or the port of Rotterdam. Although the German part of the Saar has been upgraded to a waterway by deepening, construction of sluices and straightening, there is no significant shipping traffic. From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia Done
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Lewis and Clark’s Trail through Missouri River Country | Montana's Missouri River Country CULBERTSON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 406-787-5821 SIDNEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 406-482-1916 THE FAIRVIEW-KORNER MOTEL 406-742-5259 APRIL 30, 1805 – MAY 8, 1805 Brockton to Fort Peck Continually impressed with the landscape, Clark declared, “the Countrey” on both Sides have a butifull appearance.” In this area near Brockton, the prairie north of the Missouri slopes gradually down toward meandering river bottoms and extensive stands of cottonwoods, while badlands and bluffs guard the south. May 1, a particularly nasty storm with waves several feet high caused all forward motion to be halted at noon. The next morning Clark described, “a verry extroadernaley Climate, to behold the trees Green & flowers Spred on the plain & Snow an inch deep.” After a late 3 p.m. start, making only about five miles, they camped on the north bank near where MT Highway 251 crosses the river between Brockton and Poplar. The crew overnighted several miles above Poplar and the mouth of today’s Poplar River on May 3. The Captains gave the waterway a different name, ” … we saw an unusual number of Porcupines from which we determined to call the river after that anamal, and accordingJy denominated it Porcupine river. “They also christened the present Redwater River in this area, “2000 mile creek,” estimating it was 2,000 miles from St. Louis. That evening, while Clark hiked to the top of one of the rises and saw the Little Rocky Mountains far to the west, Lewis penned, “the country in this neighborhood of this river, and as far as the eye can reach is level, fertile, open and beatifull beyond description. ” Making 18 miles on the 4th, Lewis documented, “the river bottoms are very extensive … the fore part of this day the river was bordered with timber on both sides, a circumstance that is extreemly rare and the first that has occurred of anything like the same extent since we left the Mandans … I saw immence quantities of buffaloe in every direction,” The Corps then traveled another 14 or so miles and spent the evening of May 5 southeast of Wolf Point. Lewis wrote, ” … as usual saw a great quantity, of game today… The country is as yesterday beatifull in the extreme. ” As a result of years of river action, the approximate location of this campsite is now more than a mile from the river. With a favorable wind, the Corps covered a decent 25 miles and camped on May 6 just southwest of the small town of Oswego. “The country we passed today … is one of the most beautiful plains we have yet seen, it rises gradually from the river bottom … then becoming level as a bowling green … as far as the eye can reach … no appearance of birnt hills coal or pumicestone, ” so noted Lewis of the 15 miles to their encampment of May 7, a short way southwest of Frazer. On May 8, 1805, with a respectable 28 miles behind them, the Corps attained another of the landmarks predicted by the Hidatsa. Meriwether Lewis writes, ” … the water of this river posseses a peculiar whiteness, being about the colour of a cup of tea with the admixture of a tabelspoonfull of milk. from the colour of it’s water we called it Milk river. we think it possible that this may be the river called by the Minitares (Hidatsa) ‘the river that scolds at all others’ … ” Lewis climbed and noted the Milk River Hills that rise almost 700 feet above the floodplain of the Milk and Missouri, which can be ascended on their south side and reached via MT 24 across Fort Peck Dam. From these points one can view much of the terrain Lewis and Clark described, both along the Missouri on the north side of the hills and southwest out over Fort Peck Lake, once part of the Missouri River channel. According to their interpretation of information from the Hidatsa, they expected that the Rocky Mountains should not be far off; but oh, how wrong they would be. After this momentous day, the resting spot that night was just south of the Milk River confluence and northeast of the town of Fort Peck, Fort Peck Lake and the east border of the Charles M. R
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Resins Resins 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Mailstop Code: 1103 Washington DC 20250-1103 What is a plant resin? Pine resin. What do you think of when someone says resin? Images of sticky, gummy sap-like substances instantly jump to mind and most people consider all these plant products to be resins. Not all these sappy liquids are resins however. Resins are plant products that, are not soluble in water, harden when exposed to air, do not play a role in the fundamental processes of the plant, and are generally produced by woody plants. Resins are produced in special resin cells in plants, and are also produced when an injury occurs to the plant. Resins can be produced through the bark of a tree, the flowers of an herb, or the buds of a shrub. Think of a pine tree that has a missing tree limb. What do you see? Sticky “sap” flows from the tree, essentially making a bandage over the wound that hardens and eventually fossilizes into an incredibly hard substance called amber. What is not a resin? Carnivorous plants such as the spoon-leaved sundew (Drosera intermedia) use mucilage to trap insects. Plants produce many compounds that can be confused with resins. These compounds include: Tabonuco Tabonuco (Dacroydes excelsa). Photo courtesy Smithsonian Institution. Tabonuco (Dacroydes excelsa) is a regal rainforest tree found in El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico. These magnificent native giants are the dominant large tree species that formerly covered all the lower and middle slopes of the mountains of Puerto Rico. They can grow to 100 feet tall with a diameter exceeding 40 inches. Because of their beauty and resistance to decay, tabonuco trees have been used for all types of furniture, cabinetwork, boat construction and boxes. The smooth pale bark of tabonuco exudes a white resin that was used medicinally by early settlers and for making candles and incense. Tabonuco resin was also useful for making torches for starting fires and caulking material for boats. The endangered Puerto Rican parrot feeds on tabonuco seeds and the tree is rarely cut today. People and Resins Humans have used resins and amber for thousands of years. The trade of amber can be traced back to the Stone Age (3500 BCE) while the history of resin can be traced to just before 1700 BCE during the Bronze Age. Amber An ant preserved in amber. Photo by Mila Zinkova. Amber is fossilized plant resin. Amber has been known to preserve insects and other small organisms that were imbedded in the resin before it hardened. Amber is used for scientific research but it is used more widely for jewelry and art. It is often considered a gemstone although it is not a mineral. Amber can be many colors, including green, gold, brown, red, black, and even bluish. The most well known and highly used amber comes from conifers, mostly pines; however, these same trees are not in existence today. Different amber sources have been dated from 40,000 years ago to 310 million years ago. Amber can be found in deposits over many parts of the globe, generally in river deltas or sedimentary soils where water had washed plants downstream. The remaining plant structures, including their resin, fossilized and created amber. European amber trade first began in the Stone Age, yet amber had been used ornamentally for hundreds of years before that. The best known amber deposit is from the Baltic Sea in north-central and Eastern Europe. From there, amber trade routes went to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea and beyond. Amber artifacts have been found in China (from Myanmar deposits) and Central America. Many cultures valued amber as religiously significant, due to its warm tones and ability to preserve life such as insects and plant parts. Other cultures used it to bargain for metal and necessities. Today, amber is still valued for its aesthetic beauty. Incense Balsam, cedar, and fir needle incense. Photo by Teresa Prendusi. Traditionally, incense was derived from plant resins, commonly from frankincense and myrrh trees. Resin is tapped
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Wood you do it for me: A beginner’s guide to dendrophilia | drmarkgriffiths Wood you do it for me: A beginner’s guide to dendrophilia Posted by drmarkgriffiths Dendrophilia (also known as arborphilia) literally translates as a love of trees (in fact, I was originally going to try and get the words “pining for it” in the title of this blog but decided against it in the end). For me, human sexual contact with trees is not something that I think of as naturally going together. The only modern day “cultural” reference I can recall (an I use the word “cultural” in its loosest sense) was in the 1981 film The Evil Dead when the character Cheryl is attacked by trees possessed by the demons, that then come to life and brutally rape her (a scene that director Sam Raimi has since regretted including in the film). However, the word ‘dendrophilia’ has now been adopted by some in the sexology field to refer to those who have a fetishistic or paraphilic interest in trees (i.e., individuals who derive sexual pleasure, sexual arousal and/or are sexually attracted to trees). This may involve actual sexual contact with trees and/or (as Raymond Corsini notes in his 1999 Dictionary of Psychology) veneration as phallic symbols. In his 2009 book Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects of Sexual Crimes and Unusual Sexual Practices, Dr Anil Aggrawal (Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India) defines dendrophilia as arousal from trees or fertility worship of them” whereas Dr. G.R. Pranzarone in his online Dictionary of Sexology says it is the love of trees. But categorically states “it is not a paraphilia” (but doesn’t give any reason as to why). Dr. Brenda Love in her Encyclopedia of Unusual Sex Practices writes about dendrophilia and notes that trees were ancient symbols of fertility and that on designated holy days, men had to go into the fields and ejaculate onto the trees. She also cites the work of anthropologist Thomas Gregor who studied the South American people of Mehinaku (a village of the Amazonian Xingu tribe) and described the following folk tale of a dendrophilic act in his 1985 book Anxious Pleasures; the Sexual Lives Of An Amazonian People: “I have been able to find only two other stories of masturbation, and in both, men are the principal actors. In one tale we learn of a man who found a remarkably gratifying hole in a tree, which he began to use to the exclusion of his wife and girlfriends. In the second story, a man made an artificial vagina of leaves to which he became similarly attached. In both myths, the culprits were seen by other villagers who hacked away the hole with an axe and tore the leaf vagina to shreds. In both stories, the masturbators behaved as if their leafy companions had been real women. They wailed for the deceased plants, cut their hair short, and took off their belts as a symbol of mourning”. Just to put these observations into context, Dr. Theodore Lidz in reviewing Gregor’s book for the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, notes that the Xingu tribe are a small society that not only permits extramarital promiscuity (to an extent perhaps never before recorded), but the promiscuity promotes rather than disrupts the societal integration. A fairly recent British case of dendrophilia came to light when 21-year old Scottish man William Shaw received a lifetime ban from Airdrie’s Central Park for attempting to have sex with one of the trees (with The Sun winning the best headline with “Fancy a treesome?”). He dropped his trousers and underpants and simulated sex with a tree while in the visitor attraction in September 2009. he was subsequently charged with an act of public indecency at the town’s sheriff court. The Sheriff (Frank Pieri) released Shaw on bail on the condition that he did not set foot in Central Park again. I also feel duty bound to point out that there was also a YouTube video posted in March 2012 showing a very intoxicated woman trying to have sex with a tree. Willow Monrroe in her regular ‘Fetish of the Week’ column also briefly examined dendrophilia (although none of her cla
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Pol Pot - Leader of the Khmer Rouge Pol Pot Pol Pot Leader of the Khmer Rouge An interview with former Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot in the rebels' Cambodian stronghold of Anlgong Veng. Asked about his role in the killing of as many as two million Cambodians, Pol Pot said he did not wish to discuss the matter. (Jan. 8, 1998). (Photo By Getty Images) By Michael Richards, Contributing Writer Updated March 28, 2016. Who Was Pol Pot? As head of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot oversaw an unprecedented and extremely brutal attempt to remove Cambodia from the modern world and establish an agrarian utopia. While attempting to create this utopia, Pol Pot created the Cambodian Genocide, which lasted from 1975 to 1979 and caused the deaths of at least 1.5 million Cambodians out of a population of approximately 8 million. Dates: May 19, 1928 (1925?) – April 15, 1998 Also known as: Saloth Sar (born as); “brother number one” Childhood and Youth of Pol Pot The man who would later be known as Pol Pot was born as Saloth Sar on May 19, 1928, in the fishing village of Prek Sbauk, Kampong Thom province, in what was then French Indochina (now Cambodia ). His family, of Chinese-Khmer descent, was considered moderately well-to-do. They also had connections to the royal family: a sister was a concubine of the king, Sisovath Monivong, and a brother was a court official. In 1934, Pol Pot went to live with the brother in Phnom Penh, where he spent a year in a royal Buddhist monastery and then attended a Catholic school. continue reading below our video Profile of Pol Pot At age 14, he began high school in Kompong Cham. Pol Pot was, however, not a very successful student and switched to a technical school to study carpentry. In 1949, Pol Pot obtained a scholarship to study radio electronics in Paris. He enjoyed himself in Paris, gaining a reputation as something of a bon vivant, fond of dancing and drinking red wine. However, by his second year in Paris, Pol Pot had become friends with other students who were impassioned by politics. From these friends, Pol Pot encountered Marxism, joining the Cercle Marxiste (Marxist Circle of Khmer Students in Paris) and the French Communist Party. (Many of the other students whom he befriended during this period later became central figures in the Khmer Rouge.) After Pol Pot failed his examinations for the third year in a row, however, he had to return in January 1953 to what would shortly become Cambodia. Pol Pot Joins the Viet Minh As the first of the Cercle Marxiste to return to Cambodia, Pol Pot helped assess the different groups rebelling against the Cambodian government and recommended that returning members of the Cercle join the Khmer Viet Minh (or Moutakeaha). Although Pol Pot and other members of the Cercle disliked that the Khmer Viet Minh had heavy ties with Vietnam, the group felt that this Communist revolutionary organization was the one most likely to take action. In August 1953, Pol Pot left his home secretly and, without even telling his friends, headed to the Viet Minh’s Eastern Zone Headquarters, located near the village of Krabao. The camp was located in the forest and consisted of canvas tents that could be easily moved in case of an attack. Pol Pot (and eventually more of his Cercle friends) were dismayed to find the camp completely segregated, with Vietnamese as the high ranking members and Cambodians ( Khmers ) given just menial tasks. Pol Pot himself was assigned tasks such as farming and working in the mess hall. Still, Pol Pot watched and learned how the Viet Minh used propaganda and force to take control of peasant villages in the region. When the Khmer Viet Minh were forced to disband after the 1954 Geneva Accords ; Pol Pot and several of his friends headed back to Phnom Penh. The 1955 Election The 1954 Geneva Accords had temporarily quashed much of the revolutionary fervor within Cambodia and proclaimed a mandatory election in 1955. Pol Pot, who was now back in Phnom Penh, was determined to do what he could to influence the election. He thus infiltrated the Democratic Party in the hopes of b
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TRIVIA - HISTORICAL TRIVIA - HISTORICAL ` History Trivia What was a ship called the Ancon the first to travel through, on August 15, 1914? The Panama Canal. What fighter pilot flew World War I missions with his Great Dane "Moritz" next to him in the cockpit? Monfred von Richthofen, or " The Red Baron". What country lost 17.2 percent of its population in World War II? Poland. What deranged Roman emperor had a name that meant "little boot"? Caligula. What Pakistani was the first head of state in the 20th century to give birth in office? Benazir Bhutto. What two-word term describes the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning f the Renaissance? Middle Ages. What newspaper won a Pulitzer for its Watergate coverage? The Washington Post. Who described the impending Persian Gulf ground war as "the mother of all battles"? Saddam Hussein. What ship's lookout was miffed when his request for binoculars was denied in 1912? The Titanic's. What big-league baseball prospect was jailed in Cuba from 1953 to 1955 before going on to bigger things? Fidel Castro. Who saw the turtleneck he wore at cease-fire talks in Bosnia fetch $5,000 at auction? Jimmy Carter. What brave-hearted Scottish patriot led soldiers to a defeat of the English at the Battle of Cambuskenneth in 1297? William Wallace. What nation issued the five-dollar bill found in Abraham Lincoln's pocket when he was shot? The Confederate States of America. What Argentinean was buried in a Milan cemetery under the pseudonym Maria Maggi? Eva Peron. What Polish political movement got the support of Pope John Paul II in the 1980s? Solidarity. What war lasted from June 5, 1967 to June 10, 1967? The Six-Day War. Who was the longest-reigning Arab ruler, through 1995? King Hussein of Jordan. What famous Swiss citizen said of nuclear bombs: "If I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"? Albert Einstein. What nation was bounced from the Organization of American States in 1962? Cuba. What's the Islamic Resistance Movement better known as to Palestinians? Hamas. Who was the first president of the National Organization for Women, in 1966? Betty Freidan. Who tooled around Chicago during Prohibition in a car bearing the license plate "EN-1"? Eliot Ness. Who cross-examined the victims in the trial against Long Island Railroad shooter Colin Ferguson? Colin Ferguson. What beating victim's 23-lawyer defense team handed the city of Los Angeles a bill for $4.4 million? Rodney King's. What can Germans publicly deny the existence of to earn five years in prison? The Holocaust. What French explorer was murdered by his crew after he spent two years failing to locate the mouth of the Mississippi? Robert La Salle. Who's believed by many to be buried in Downpatrick under a tombstone marked with the letter "P"? St. Patrick. What controversial crime fighter did Elvis Presley call "the greatest living American"? J. Edgar Hoover. What cavalryman's bonehead moves included leaving four Gatling guns behind, in 1876? George Armstrong Custer's. Who wrote in 1774 that "no thinking man" in America wanted independence from England? George Washington. What country was Adolf Hitler born in? Austria. What Ohio city was the 1995 Bosnian peace accord signed in? Dayton. What Persian Gulf warrior called his young majors in charge of combat operations "Jedi Knights"? Norman Schwarzkopf. What horse-loving future president cheated on an eye exam to join the cavalry reserves in the 1930s? Ronald Reagan. What president opined: "Once you get into this great stream of history you can't get out"? Richard Nixon. What name has been shared by the most popes? John. What leader ruled an area that stretched from the North Sea to central Italy at the onset of the ninth century? Charlemagne. What did Hirohito refer to as a "tragic interlude," during a 1975 U.S. visit? World War II. What nationality was Gavrilo Princip, who set off World War I by assassinating Archduke Ferdinand? Serbian. What 17th century English Lord Protector's severed head was finally buried
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Ecumenical Buddhism, Daoism, & Confucianism: The Stylites Ecumenical Buddhism, Daoism, & Confucianism Buddhism is the successor of the tribal Hindu faith. LaoZi is the greatest prophet of the Dao. Siddhartha Gautama is Saint Ioasaph in the Orthodox & Catholic Christian Churches. Jesus Christ can, in truth, be called a Buddha. He is the Eternal Dao, who is also One with the Father & Holy Spirit in the Holy Trinity. Apostolic Christianity is the successor of not only the tribal Jewish religion but also the 3 in 1 San Jiao He Yi faith of Buddhism, Daoism & Confucianism combined. 22 August 2010 The Stylites Stylites (from Greek stylos, "pillar") or Pillar-Saints are a type of Christian ascetic who in the early days of the Byzantine Empire stood on pillars preaching, fasting and praying. They believed that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure the salvation of their souls. The first stylite was probably Simeon Stylites the Elder who climbed on a pillar in Syria in 423 and remained there until his death 37 years later. Palladius of Galatia tells us of a hermit in Palestine who dwelt in a cave on the top of a mountain and who for the space of twenty-five years never turned his face to the west so that the sun never set on his face. St. Gregory of Nazianzus (Patrologia Graeca 37, 1456) speaks of a solitary who stood upright for many years together, absorbed in contemplation, without ever lying down. Theodoret assures us that he had seen a hermit who had passed ten years in a tub suspended in midair from poles (Philotheus, chapter 28). Palladius of Galatia was bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia, and a devoted disciple of Saint John Chrysostom. He is best remembered for his work, the Lausiac History; he was also, in all probability, the author of the Dialogue on the Life of Chrysostom. Palladius was born in Galatia in 363 or 364, and dedicated himself to the monastic life in 386 or a little later. He travelled to Egypt to meet the prototypical Christian monks, the Desert Fathers, for himself. In 388 he arrived in Alexandria and about 390 he passed on to Nitria, and a year later to a district in the desert known as Cellia, from the multitude of its cells, where he spent nine years, first with Macarius of Alexandria and then with Evagrius Ponticus. At the end of the time, his health having broken down, he went to Palestine in search of a cooler climate. In 400 he was ordained bishop of Helenopolis in Bithynia, and soon became involved in the controversies which centred round St. John Chrysostom. The year 405 found him in Rome, whither he had gone to plead the cause of Chrysostom, his fidelity to whom resulted in his exile in the following year to Syene and the Thebaid, where he gained first-hand knowledge of another part of Egypt. In 412–413 he was restored, after a sojourn among the monks of the Mount of Olives. His great work was written in 419–420 and was called the Lausiac History, being composed for Lausus, chamberlain at the court of Theodosius II. He died some time in the decade 420–430. There seems no reason to doubt that it was the ascetic spirit manifested in such examples as these which spurred men on to devise new and more ingenious forms of self-crucifixion and which in 423 led Simeon Stylites the Elder first of all to take up his abode on the top of a pillar. Critics have recalled a passage in Lucian (De Syria Dea, chapters 28 and 29) which speaks of a high column at Hierapolis Bambyce to the top of which a man ascended twice a year and spent a week in converse with the gods, but the Catholic Encyclopedia argues that it is unlikely that Simeon had derived any suggestion from this pagan custom. In any case Simeon had a continuous series of imitators, particularly in Syria and Palestine. Daniel the Stylite may have been the first of these, for he had been a disciple of Simeon and began his rigorous way of life shortly after his master died. Saint Simeon Stylites or Symeon the Stylite (Arabic: مار سمعان العمودي mār semʕān l-ʕamūdī; Greek: Ἅγιος Συμεὼν Στυλίτης Hagios Symeon Stylites) (c. 390 – 2 September 45
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St. Hilda of Whitby see also In Search of St. Hilda - Whitby, November 2006 Hilda played a major role in the events that unfolded during Wilfrid's lifetime. It was at Hilda's monastery that the great Synod Of Whitby took place in 664 and the choice of venue and host were no accident. Bede tells us that all called Hilda 'mother' and it is evident that she had the confidence of bishops and kings alike and had developed Whitby into the foremost centre of learning in Britain and the world. Hilda window in St. Wilfrid's Lady Chapel Although time did not permit us to visit Whitby during our pilgrimage last year, there was an indirect reference to the great abbess when we visited the crypt near the tomb of William Fitzherbert in York Cathedral. Our venerable guide opened his talk by summarizing all the things he was going to tell us about the history of the cathedral and then said "and if I have any time left I will try to find something nice to say about Wilfrid", which indicated some of the not too flattering views about our controversial saint that we encountered during our pilgrimage in the North! What did catch my eye during this incident in the crypt was that we were all seated facing three altars, each with an imposing oil painting portrait. The paintings were of bishop Paulinus on the left, king Edwin on the right and in the middle Saint Hilda. The significance of all these characters I will presently unfold, suffice to say at this juncture that Hilda was one of Wilfrid's sternest critics and I often wonder if our guide was playing a little intellectual joke on us down in that crypt! Hilda was born in 614 into the Deiran royal household in bloody and fractious times when the kingdom was under the subjection of neighbouring Bernicia. Hilda's father was Hereric, the Anglo Saxon nephew of Edwin (future king of Northumbria), and her mother was Breguswith, a Celt. Edwin had been banished from Northumbria since 588 when king Aethelric of Bernicia, and then his son Aethelfrith (who as if to add salt to the wound had taken Edwin's sister Acha to be his bride) controlled Deira. Hereric was also in exile under the 'protection' of British king Cerdic in 614 and was allegedly poisoned shortly after the birth of his daughter. Bede tells us that the death of Hereric and the destiny of the infant Hilda were foreseen by Breguswith in a dream in which she suddenly became aware that her husband was missing. After searching for him frantically without success, she discovered a precious necklace under her garment. When she gazed on the jewel it flashed a blaze of light that illuminated all Britain with its gracious splendour. A pointer if ever there was one to the light that Hilda was destined to shine on Northern Christianity and, as we shall see, indirectly on poetry in the native tongue. Two years later in 616 Edwin defeated and killed Aethelfrith in a battle at the river Idle near Leeds and returned to rule both kingdoms of Deira and Bernicia as the united king of Northumbria and Hilda, just 2 years old, became part of the Northumbrian royal court. In 625, Edwin's first wife had died and he chose for his second wife the Christian Aethelburgh, daughter of the King of Kent. As part of the marriage contract, Aethelburgh was allowed to continue her Roman Christian worship and she was accompanied to Northumbria with her chaplain Paulinus, a Roman monk sent to England back in 601 to assist Augustine's mission in England which was based in Kent. Edwin also promised that he would become a Christian if "on examination of his advisers decided that it appeared more holy and acceptable to God than their own pagan religion." (Bede). Despite the urgings of Paulinus and letters from the Pope, it was another two years before Edwin was converted and then only after an assassination attempt on his life with a poisoned dagger on the night that his daughter Eanfled was born. Edwin was saved when Lilla, one of his nobleman, threw himself in front of the king and was slain instead. I mention this becaus
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Kaiser Wilhelm II - World War I - HISTORY.com Kaiser Wilhelm II A+E Networks Introduction Wilhelm II (1859-1941), the German kaiser (emperor) and king of Prussia from 1888 to 1918, was one of the most recognizable public figures of World War I (1914-18). He gained a reputation as a swaggering militarist through his speeches and ill-advised newspaper interviews. While Wilhelm did not actively seek war, and tried to hold back his generals from mobilizing the German army in the summer of 1914, his verbal outbursts and his open enjoyment of the title of Supreme War Lord helped bolster the case of those who blamed him for the conflict. His role in the conduct of the war as well as his responsibility for its outbreak is still controversial. Some historians maintain that Wilhelm was controlled by his generals, while others argue that he retained considerable political power. In late 1918, he was forced to abdicate. He spent the rest of his life in exile in the Netherlands, where he died at age 82. Google Kaiser Wilhelm II’s Early Years Kaiser Wilhelm II was born in Potsdam, Germany, on January 27, 1859, the son of Prince Frederick Wilhelm of Prussia (1831-88) and Princess Victoria (1840-1901), the oldest daughter of Queen Victoria of England (1819-1901). The future monarch was the queen’s firstborn grandchild and was genuinely fond of her; in fact, he was holding her in his arms when she died. His ties to Britain through its royal family would play an important part in his later political maneuvering. Did You Know? Kaiser Wilhelm II was reportedly amused when he heard his cousin King George V (1865-1936) had changed the name of the British royal family from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor in 1917 as a result of anti-German sentiment in Britain during World War I. Wilhelm’s childhood was shaped by two events, one medical and one political. His birth had been traumatic; in the course of a complicated delivery, the doctor permanently damaged Wilhelm’s left arm. In addition to its smaller size, the arm was useless for such ordinary tasks as cutting certain foods with a knife at mealtime. The political event that shaped Wilhelm was the formation of the German Empire under the leadership of Prussia in 1871. Wilhelm was now second in line after his father to become an emperor as well as king of Prussia. Twelve years old at the time, Wilhelm was filled with nationalistic enthusiasm. His later determination to win a “place in the sun” for Germany had its roots in his childhood. An intelligent young man who possessed a lifelong interest in science and technology, Wilhelm was educated at the University of Bonn. His quick mind, however, was combined with an even quicker temper and an impulsive, high-strung personality. He had dysfunctional relationships with both parents, particularly his English mother. Historians still debate the effects of the kaiser’s complicated psychological makeup on his political decisions. In 1881, Wilhelm married Princess Augusta Victoria (1858-1921) of Schleswig-Holstein. The couple would go on to have seven children. Emperor and King: 1888 Wilhelm’s father became Kaiser Frederick III of Germany in March 1888. Already ill with terminal throat cancer, he died after a reign of only several months. Wilhelm succeeded his father on June 15, 1888, at the age of 29. Within two years of his coronation, Wilhelm broke with Otto von Bismarck (1815-98), the “Iron Chancellor” who had dominated German politics since the 1860s. The kaiser embarked on his so-called New Course, a period of personal rule in which he appointed chancellors who were upper-level civil servants rather than statesmen. Bismarck bitterly predicted that Wilhelm would lead Germany to ruin. Wilhelm damaged his political position in a number of ways. He meddled in German foreign policy on the basis of his emotions, resulting in incoherence and inconsistency in German relations with other nations. He also made a number of public blunders, the worst of which was The Daily Telegraph affair of 1908. Wilhelm gave an interview to the London-based newspaper in which h
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States (1856 - 1924) - Genealogy Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States Birthdate: in Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States Cause of death: stroke and heart related problems: apoplexy Immediate Family: stepchild About Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)[1] was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. A leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as President of Princeton University and then became the Governor of New Jersey in 1910. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican Party vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. He proved highly successful in leading a Democratic Congress to pass major legislation that included the Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act, America's first-ever federal progressive income tax in the Revenue Act of 1913 and most notably the Federal Reserve Act.[2][3] Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States. 28th President of the United States of America Woodrow Wilson helped establish both the Federal Reserve and Federal Trade Commission during his presidency. He was president during World War I and was the second president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856–February 3, 1924), was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. A devout Presbyterian and leading intellectual of the Progressive Era, he served as president of Princeton University then became the reform governor of New Jersey in 1910. With Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft dividing the Republican vote, Wilson was elected President as a Democrat in 1912. He proved highly successful in leading a Democratic Congress to pass major legislation including the Federal Trade Commission, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Underwood Tariff, the Federal Farm Loan Act and most notably the Federal Reserve System. Re-elected narrowly in 1916, his second term centered on World War I. He tried to negotiate a peace in Europe, but when Germany began unrestricted submarine warfare he wrote several notes to Germany. He called on Congress to declare war when the factors that would lead to a favorable decision to enter war built up. Ignoring military affairs, he focused on diplomacy and finance. On the home front he began the first effective draft in 1917, raised billions through Liberty loans, imposed an income tax, set up the War Industries Board, promoted labor union growth, supervised agriculture and food production through the Lever Act, took over control of the railroads, and suppressed anti-war movements. He paid surprisingly little attention to military affairs, but provided the funding and food supplies that helped to make Allied victory in 1918 possible. In the late stages of the war he took personal control of negotiations with Germany, especially with the Fourteen Points and the Armistice. He went to Paris in 1919 to create the League of Nations and shape the Treaty of Versailles, with special attention on creating new nations out of defunct empires. Wilson collapsed with a debilitating stroke in 1919, as the home front saw massive strikes and race riots, and wartime prosperity turn into postwar depression. He refused to compromise with the Republicans who controlled Congress after 1918, effectively destroying any chance for ratification of the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations went into operation anyway, but the U.S. never joined. Wilson's idealistic internationalism, whereby the U.S. enters the world arena to fight for democracy, progressiveness, and liberalism, has been a highly controversial position in American foreign policy, serving as a model for "idealists" to emulate or "realists" to reject for the following century. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)[1][2] was the 28th President of the United States. A
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UFOs - the Soviet Connection Flying Saucers Era On August 20, 1953, Moscow announced the explosion of the first Soviet H bomb. Three weeks earlier, the Korean War had ended in stalemate with 30,000 dead American troops. Back home, anti-Communist sentiment had never been higher and McCarthyism was at its peak. With suspicion rife that the Reds had tunneled their way into the very machinery of government and public life, it was not hard for ordinary people to be convinced by conspiracy theories about aliens. Rumors, initiated by the saucer faithful, began to intensify that the government and the military knew more about UFOs than they were prepared to admit. The public was hungry for anything that looked remotely like inside information on the subject of flying saucers, and some fanatics and charlatans, no doubt seeing the commercial possibilities, were happy to oblige � even if it meant peddling fake photos and stories that were manufactured from beginning to end. In addition, there was a subtle shift of public attitude in some quarters toward UFOs in the mid- to late-'fifties, a change of sentiment augured and perhaps partly inspired by the film The Day the Earth Stood Still. What if the aliens were not, after all, malevolent? What if they were actually here to warn us � capitalists and communists alike � of the dangers of meddling with forces over which we had no control? Central to the claim of early saucer contactees, like Adamski, was that the UFO inhabitants were both benign and wiser than ourselves. Far from wanting to take over our planet, they wished to help us, to forewarn us of what might happen unless we could defuse the nuclear time-bomb that had been set ticking. So, although the contactees may have been myth-mongering on a grand scale, they were also reflecting a mood of the times. They voiced what many people badly wanted to believe: first that flying saucers existed, and second that the creatures inside them offered a solution to the most pressing problem facing the world in the 1950s � the very real and imminent possibility of nuclear devastation. Project Sign The first official investigation, carried out by the U.S. Air Force, into reports of "flying disks." Project Sign (officially known as Special Project HT-304) was established on Dec. 30, 1947, in response to the massive wave of sightings that year and following recommendations by Lieutenant-General Nathan F. Twining, the head of Air Materiel Command (AMC). It was staffed by members of AMC's Technical Intelligence Division, based at Wright Field (now Wright-Patterson AFB), Dayton, Ohio, and began work on January. 22, 1948. At the outset, the consensus among Sign researchers seems to have been that the flying disks (UFOs) were real and were most likely advanced Soviet aircraft, possibly developed from German prototypes captured at the end of World War II. During the 368 days of Sign's existence, however, opinion shifted to the extent that in a secret document entitled, Estimate of the Situation, which reached U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff General Hoyt S. Vandenburg in early October 1948, it was suggested that the extraterrestrial hypothesis offered the best solution to the mystery of the flying disks. Vandenburg rejected this conclusion, the document was declassified a few months later, and all copies of it were ordered burned. When the destruction order became public knowledge, in the mid-1950s, it served to inflame a growing belief that the government was orchestrating a cover-up as to the true nature of UFOs. Subsequent denials by the Air Force that the Estimate document had ever existed only further exacerbated the situation. Following Vandenburg's rejection of the extraterrestrial hypothesis, supporters of this view at Sign were gradually reassigned to other duties until skeptics became the majority. In its final report, Project Sign expressed itself guardedly on the extraterrestrial issue: It is hard to believe that any technically accomplished race would come here, flaunt its ability in mysterious ways and then simply go away ... Only one mo
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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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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY Questions set by the Waters Green Lemmings and the Bate Horntails. ROUND ONE: Q1: The characters Vladimir and Estragon appear? A: Waiting for Godot. Q2: What relation was Pliny the Younger to Pliny the Elder? A: Nephew. Q3: Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed “Princess Pushy”? A: Princess Michael of Kent. Q4: What was the name of Perry Mason’s secretary? A: Della Street. Q5: What famous French film production/newsreel brand, established in 1896, was the first major movie corporation? A: Pathé (Pathé Frères - Pathé Brothers) Q6: Which King conferred the title “Royal and Ancient” on the Golf Club at St. Andrews? A: William IV. Q7: In which U.S. state is the vast majority of Yellowstone National Park? A: Wyoming. Q8: Which was the last British group to win the Eurovision Song Contest? A: Katrina and the Waves (in 1997 with Love Shine A Light). Q9: In October 2013, Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Driver’s Championship for the 4th consecutive time, but how many other people have achieved this feat? A: Three: (Juan Manuel Fangio; Alain Prost; Michael Schumacher). Q10: Which country finished third in the 1966 World Cup? A: Portugal. Q11: What was the surname of Art Historian and nun, Sister Wendy? A: Becket. Q12: What is the capital of Tajikistan? A: Dushanbe. Q13: Which Beatles album followed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? A: Magical Mystery Tour. Q14: Which detective was created by W J Burley? A: Wycliffe. Q15: Which of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five owned Timmy the Dog? A: George. Q16: In which prison was the television series “Porridge” set? Slade. Q17: Where in the human body is the radius? A: The forearm (accept arm). Q18: To which country do the islands of Spitzbergen belong? A: Norway. Q19: In which year was the Festival of Britain? A: 1951. Q20: In whose shop window did Bagpuss sit? A: Emily’s. Q1: At which English racecourse would you find Devil’s Dyke? A: Newmarket. Q2: Which is the largest moon in the Solar System? A: Ganymede. Q3: How many Nobel Prizes are usually awarded each year? A: Six: (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics). Q4: Who was the last King of Italy?
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Who had hits with the songs, 'Lonely Boy' in 1976 and 'Never Let Her Slip Away' in 1978?
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Andrew Gold: Musician and songwriter whose collaborators included Ronstadt, Garfunkel and Cher | The Independent Andrew Gold: Musician and songwriter whose collaborators included Ronstadt, Garfunkel and Cher Tuesday 7 June 2011 23:00 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Andrew Gold was part of the outstanding musical scene which developed in Los Angeles in the 1970s and included Linda Ronstadt, the Eagles, Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne. Gold, a multi-instrumentalist, played on numerous albums and also had his own hit singles with "Lonely Boy", "Never Let Her Slip Away" and "Thank You For Being A Friend". He could have had, and perhaps should have had, more solo success but his voice was probably not distinctive enough. "I know I can sing," he told me in 2000, "but I also know that I'm not Lennon or Sinatra." Andrew Gold was born in Burbank in August 1951, the son of two highly musical parents. His father, Ernest, was a film composer who wrote the scores for On The Beach (1959) and Exodus (1960), and his mother, Marni Nixon, had a singing role in The Sound Of Music (1962) and was also Natalie Wood's singing voice in West Side Story (1961) and Audrey Hepburn's in My Fair Lady (1964). For part of his adolescence, Gold was educated in the UK. His musical talent was soon appreciated and in the early 1970s he was playing in two Los Angeles bands, Bryndle and the Rangers, both with the guitarist Kenny Edwards. While at Oakwood School in Hollywood, he met Linda Ronstadt, then singing with the Stone Poneys. Both Edwards and Gold were invited to join the Stone Poneys, and his burgeoning talent was soon recognised. Gold sang and played guitars and keyboards on her big-selling and highly acclaimed solo albums, Heart Like A Wheel (1974), Prisoner In Disguise (1975), Hasten Down The Wind (1976), Living In The USA (1978), Mad Love (1980) and Get Closer (1982). In 1975 Linda Ronstadt had her only US No 1 with a revival of "You're No Good", previously a hit for Betty Everett and the Swinging Blue Jeans. The record was produced by Peter Asher but it was a tour de force for Gold, who played electric piano and drums as well as the guitar solo. Gold sang a duet with Ronstadt on a revival of the Everly Brothers' "When Will I Be Loved", while Ronstadt encouraged him to make solo records and sang backing vocals on his first hit, "Lonely Boy". Although Gold put personal references in "Lonely Boy" (1975) including his year of birth, he told me that it was not autobiographical: "Maybe it was a mistake to do that but I simply put in those details because it was convenient. I hadn't been a lonely boy at all – I'd had a very happy childhood." In1978, Gold had a UK Top 10 single with the ultra-catchy "Never LetHer Slip Away". "It's like McCartney meets Brian Wilson," he explained, "I can always tell when I am going into that mode. There's a very cheap synthesiser on that record, but it was right for the song." Gold promoted the single in the UK, admittedly spending much of his earnings in the gambling club, Crockfords. This led to his album track, "I'm A Gambler". He followed up with another Top 20 single, "How Can This Be Love". Gold had a third hit in 1978 with "Thank You For Being A Friend", which had a new lease of life when it was sung by Cindy Fee as the theme for TheGolden Girls (1985-92). Gold released the albums, Andrew Gold (1975), What's Wrong With This Picture (1976), AllThis And Heaven Too (1978) and Whirlwind (1980). He did, however, refuseto sign contracts with music publishing companies, calling them "banks with real bad interest rates posing as song pluggers." There is no doubt that Gold was regarded as a very safe pair of hands and he was invited to play on scores of albums. They included Maria Muldaur (1974), Kate And Anna McGarrigle (1975), Jennifer Warnes' Shot Through The Heart (1979) and Stephen Bishop's Careless (1976). He was strongly featured on Art Garfunkel's album, Breakaway (1975) and provided most of the accompaniment on the stunning No 1 single, "I Only Have Eyes For You". Less successful was his support for a P
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The UK Number Ones : 1975-1979 Week Ending ACT + Links TITLE Weeks TALLY COMMENT 18 Jan 1975 Status Quo Down Down 1 Only No 1 This famous band of head bangers had 22 Top 10s out of 52 hits between 1968 and 1996, but only this No 1. 25 Jan 1975 Tymes Ms Grace 1 Only No 1 US group that first charted in 1963. They had only two other hits before this No 1. 1 Feb 1975 Pilot January 3 Only No 1 British group whose two follow-ups failed even make the Top 30. 22 Feb 1975 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) 2 Only No 1 They had two Top 10s before this. Harley went solo in 1976 but never made the big time. 8 Mar 1975 Telly Savalas If 2 Only No 1 Actor who starred in the tv cop show "Kojak". He spoke his way through this song by David Gates from Bread. 22 Mar 1975 Bay City Rollers Bye Bye Baby 6 1st No 1 Scottish band that dressed in tartan and built up a fanatical teen following. Best-selling single of 1975. 3 May 1975 Mud Oh Boy 2 3rd & last No 1 Buddy Holly hit from 1958. They had a further 4 Top 10 hits by the end of 1976. 17 May 1975 Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man 3 Only No 1 Legendary US country music singer for whom this song became a trade mark. 7 Jun 1975 Windsor Davies & Don Estelle Whispering Grass 3 Only No 1 Spin-off from the BBC sitcom " It Ain't Half Hot Mum ". This pair were the stars. 28 Jun 1975 10 CC I'm Not In Love 2 2nd No 1 Classic love song and radio play list favourite. They were major stars of the 1970s. 12 Jul 1975 Johnny Nash Tears On My Pillow 1 Only No 1 Texan who specialised in soft reggae arrangements, and had much success in the UK. 19 Jul 1975 Bay City Rollers Give A Little Love 3 2nd & last No 1 "Rollermania" had been coined by this time, but by mid-77, it was all over. 9 Aug 1975 Typically Tropical Barbados 1 Only No 1 Two recording engineers created this reggae dance hit, but became One-hit Wonders. The song, with new words and title made No 1 again in 1999. 16 Aug 1975 Stylistics Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) 3 Only No 1 Philadelphian satin soul group who charmed the UK with a succession of smooth ballads. 6 Sep 1975 Rod Stewart Sailing 4 3rd No 1 One of his classic anthems, which returned to No 3 the following year, after use in a tv documentary series. 4 Oct 1975 David Essex Hold Me Close 3 2nd & last No 1 He was at the height of his popularity at this time. In the 1980s he concentrated on stage musicals. 25 Oct 1975 Art Garfunkel I Only Have Eyes For You 2 1st No 1 Having separated from Paul Simon, he recorded mostly MOR standards. 8 Nov 1975 David Bowie Space Oddity 2 1st No 1 He made No 5 with this in 1969. Rick Wakeman provides synthesiser backing. 22 Nov 1975 Billy Connolly D.I.V.O.R.C.E. 1 Only No 1 Scottish comedian who made this parody of a Tammy Wynette hit. 29 Nov 1975 Xmas No 1 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 9 1st No 1 All-time classic which was accompanied by a video, and was the first No 1 to benefit from tv exposure. In 1991, the record was back at No 1. 31 Jan 1976 Abba Mamma Mia 2 2nd No 1 Two years after their first No 1 they were back, and their careers took off. 14 Feb 1976 Slik Forever And Ever 1 Only No 1 Scots band led by Midge Ure . He went on to groups Visage and Ultravox , but his next No 1 was solo in 1985. 21 Feb 1976 Four Seasons December '63 2 Only No 1 Major 60s act, with falsetto vocalist, Frankie Valli, who made a strong return in the 70s with the band and solo. 6 Mar 1976 Tina Charles I Love To Love 3 Only No 1 She once recorded budget cover versions and was in band 5000 Volts. Solo, she had two other Top 10 hits. 27 Mar 1976 Brotherhood Of Man Save Your Kisses For Me 6 1st No 1 UK Eurovision winner, which shot them to stardom for a couple of years. Best-selling single of 1976. 8 May 1976 Abba Fernando 4 3rd No 1 The momentum was now picking up - Abbamania began. 5 Jun 1976 J J Barrie No Charge 1 Only No 1 Slushy, sentimentality from the Canadian. Female vocals are by Vicky Brown, late wife of 60s' rocker Joe Brown . 12 Jun
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What states border the Atlantic Ocean? | Reference.com What states border the Atlantic Ocean? A: Quick Answer The states in the U.S. that border the Atlantic Ocean include Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland and Massachusetts. In addition, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia also border the Atlantic Ocean. Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama border a part of the Atlantic Ocean known as the Gulf of Mexico. Full Answer The states that directly border the Atlantic Ocean have a combined coastline of 2,069 miles. The states that border the Gulf of Mexico have a total coastline length of 1,631 miles. States bordering the Atlantic Ocean are typically known as East Coast states. The northernmost of these states is Maine, and the southernmost state is Florida. Important cities that lie along the Atlantic Ocean coastline include Boston, New York City, Atlantic City, Ocean City, Virginia Beach, Kitty Hawk, Wilmington, Charleston, Savannah, Daytona Beack, West Palm Beach, Miami and Key West. Geographical features along the coastline include Cape Hatteras, Cape May, Myrtle Beach, Roanoke Island, the barrier islands and the Chesapeake Bay. The I-95 corridor runs down the Atlantic coastline from New York to Florida. The earliest U.S. colony, Jamestown, Virginia, was located along the Atlantic Ocean coastline, which was settled by colonists who crossed the Atlantic from Europe.
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What is the Sargasso Sea? Home Ocean Facts What is the Sargasso Sea? What is the Sargasso Sea? The Sargasso Sea, located entirely within the Atlantic Ocean, is the only sea without a land boundary. Mats of free-floating sargassum, a common seaweed found in the Sargasso Sea, provide shelter and habitat to many animals. Image credit: University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory. The Sargasso Sea is a vast patch of ocean named for a genus of free-floating seaweed called Sargassum . While there are many different types of algae found floating in the ocean all around world, the Sargasso Sea is unique in that it harbors species of sargassum that are 'holopelagi' - this means that the algae not only freely floats around the ocean, but it reproduces vegetatively on the high seas. Other seaweeds reproduce and begin life on the floor of the ocean. Sargassum provides a home to an amazing variety of marine species. Turtles use sargassum mats as nurseries where hatchlings have food and shelter. Sargassum also provides essential habitat for shrimp, crab, fish, and other marine species that have adapted specifically to this floating algae. The Sargasso Sea is a spawning site for threatened and endangered eels, as well as white marlin, porbeagle shark, and dolphinfish. Humpback whales annually migrate through the Sargasso Sea. Commercial fish, such as tuna, and birds also migrate through the Sargasso Sea and depend on it for food. While all other seas in the world are defined at least in part by land boundaries, the Sargasso Sea is defined only by ocean currents. It lies within the Northern Atlantic Subtropical Gyre . The Gulf Stream establishes the Sargasso Sea's western boundary, while the Sea is further defined to the north by the North Atlantic Current, to the east by the Canary Current, and to the south by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current. Since this area is defined by boundary currents, its borders are dynamic, correlating roughly with the Azores High Pressure Center for any particular season. Search Our Facts
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Directions from Cologne to Basel via Rhine River, Cologne, 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein, Strasbourg, Breisach Directions from Cologne to Basel via Rhine River, Cologne, 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein, Strasbourg, Breisach Start Total driving distance travelled is 740 Km Day 1 740 Cologne » Rhine River » Cologne » 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein » Strasbourg » Breisach » Basel Road Route Plan from Cologne to Basel MODE: Directions from Cologne to Basel via Rhine River, Cologne, 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein, Strasbourg, Breisach Get driving directions from Cologne to Basel Presented below are road directions from Cologne to Basel on Google Map. TIP: Click on each item below to automatically ZOOM the map to the see detailed directions above! * Note: Driving directions from Cologne to Basel are as given by Google Maps. We can't gurantee the accuracy and/or they being up to date. Add this Direction Calculation to your website! Make your content more creative and effective for your users. Embed using the following script! Embed Code Directions Summary and More Information Your directions start from Cologne, Germany. And Basel, Switzerland is the place you need to reach. Driving directions include the following stops- 1) Rhine River, Duisburg, Germany 2) Cologne, Germany 3) 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein, Germany 4) Strasbourg, France 5) Breisach, Germany We are sure that after getting road driving directions from Cologne to Basel will help you find the route from Cologne to Basel easier! If you need more information on Distances, Travel Times, Flight Distances, Travel, please refer below- Want to get bigger driving directions Map? Want to see the how the bigger picture looks? You can see the Map from Cologne to Basel, Switzerland via Rhine River, Cologne, 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein, Strasbourg, Breisach ! Wish you could just fly and jump from Cologne to Basel than following directions? Check the Flight distance between Cologne and Basel, Switzerland . With the road route plan from Cologne to Basel you might also want to know the Travel timeYou can find the the Travel Time from Cologne to Basel, Switzerland via Rhine River, Cologne, 65385 Rüdesheim am Rhein, Strasbourg, Breisach . This will help you estimate how much time you will spend driving from Cologne to Basel.
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Maastricht Travel Guide - Netherlands - Eupedia Maastricht Travel Guide Introduction The southernmost city of the Netherlands, Maastricht (pop. 121,500) lies on the River Meuse, at a stone's throw from the Belgian and German borders. It is without contest one of the most beautiful cities in the Benelux. The city became famous in Europe in 1992, when the Treaty of Maastricht was signed there, creating the European Union (which was till then the EEC), the European citizenship (including EU passports) and effectively removed visa regulations and border checks between member states. History Starting as a Celtic settlement from at least 500 B.C.E., Maastricht evolved as the Roman city of Trajectum Ad Mosam ("Meuse-crossing"). It was the second city located in the present-day Netherlands to gain civil rights under the Romans (after Nijmegen ), and the first with Medieval city rights (in 1204). Saint Servatius of Tongeren died in Maastricht and is buried in the crypt of the basilica that bears his name (see below). In the Middle Ages, the Prince-Bishopric of Li�ge and the Duchy of Brabant held joint sovereignty over the city. The celebrated Comte d'Artagnan, Captain-Lieutenant of the musketeers of the king of France (the one from the 3 musketeers by Alexandre Dumas), was killed in Maastricht while attempting to take the city. After the Napoleonic era, Maastricht became a part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815. When the southern provinces sought independence from the North to form Belgium in 1830, Maastricht and the whole province of Limburg was at first almost entirely under Belgian rule. In 1839, the Treaty of London was imposed on the Belgians and the city and the eastern part of Limburg, despite being geographically and culturally closer to Belgium, were permanently added to the Netherlands. Attractions Maastricht's charm resides in its homogeneity and atmosphere, rather than in impressive buildings. Its architecture contrasts with the cities of Holland, and resembles cities upstream the Meuse, like Liege and especially Namur . The Meuse splits the center in a western and an eastern half. The station and business area are on the eastern side, while the historical centre and greater part of the shopping streets are on the other side. The modern pedestrian John F. Kennedy Bridge links the two. Maastricht boasts not just one, but two 1000-year old basilicas. Both edifices were built in a similarly sober Romanesque style. Onze Lieve Vrouwebasiliek (Basilica of Our Lady) stands opposite the pedestrian bridge over the Meuse, near the visible section of the ramparts. Sint Servaasbasiliek (Basilica of Saint Servatius) dominates the Vrijthof Square at the other end of the shopping streets, a few hundreds metres inland. The delightful traditional Mosan-style (i.e. from the Meuse region) is at its best in the old Maastricht, within the ramparts. Note the Dinghuis, built in 1470 in the Mosan Renaissance style. It was originally used as a courthouse by the Principality of Li�ge and the Duchy of Brabant, which ruled conjointly over the city. It was converted into a theatre in 1713, and now houses the Tourist Information Centre. The handsome bluestone Stadhuis (townhall) occupies the Markt, the second largest town square in the country. There are two modern shopping centres, one west of the square, and the other one east. Facing JFK Bridge, the Helpoort is a section of the medieval rampart (with towers) that survived almost intact. It dates from 1229, making it the oldest such fortification in the country. The delightful Nolenspark, Stadpark (city park) and Aldenhofpark surround the southern section of the city wall, along the Jeker canal and two large ponds. The area southwest of the historic centre is endowed with cute orange-roofed white houses reminding of Bruges ' Beguinages. Every year in February, Maastricht stages one of Europe's biggest and most lively carnivals. It may not have the beauty of Binche's carnival in Belgium, but the festive spirit is there. Restaurants Maastricht has a reputation for excellent dini
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The Gregorian Calendar Home Calendar Gregorian The Gregorian Calendar The Gregorian calendar is today's internationally accepted civil calendar and is also known as the Western or Christian calendar. The Vatican, 'birth place' of the Gregorian calendar. Rome's Vatican City is the 'birth place' of the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced it. ©iStockphoto.com/Antonio Gravante Go to Calendar 12 Irregular Months The Gregorian Calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world today. It is a solar calendar based on a 365-day common year divided into 12 months of irregular lengths. 11 of the months have either 30 or 31 days , while the second month, February , has only 28 days during the common year. However, nearly every four years is a leap year , when one extra – or intercalary – day, is added on 29 February , making the leap year in the Gregorian calendar 366 days long. Replaced Julian Calendar The Gregorian calendar's predecessor, the Julian Calendar , was replaced because it was too inaccurate. It did not properly reflect the actual time it takes the Earth to circle once around the Sun, known as a tropical year . Realigned With the Sun The Julian calendar's formula to calculate leap years produced a leap year every four years. This is too often, and eventually the Julian calendar was several days out of sync with the fixed dates for astronomical events like equinoxes and solstices . The introduction of the Gregorian calendar allowed for the realignment with events like the vernal equinox and winter solstice . New Leap Year Formula The Gregorian calendar was first adopted in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain in 1582 , and included the following changes: New formula for calculating leap years: The year is evenly divisible by 4; If the year can be evenly divided by 100, it is NOT a leap year, unless; The year is also evenly divisible by 400: Then it is a leap year 10 days were dropped in October 1582 New rules for calculating Easter -dates Is Any Calendar Perfect? The more advanced leap year formula makes the Gregorian calendar far more accurate than the Julian. However, it is not perfect either. Compared to the tropical year, it is off by one day every 3236 years. Who Designed the Calendar? Although the Gregorian calendar is named after Pope Gregory XIII, it is an adaptation of a calendar designed by Italian doctor, astronomer and philosopher Luigi Lilio (also known as Aloysius Lilius). He was born around 1510 and died in 1576, six years before his calendar was officially introduced.
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Primate of All Ireland : Wikis (The Full Wiki) 7 External links History The episcopal see of Dublin was created in the eleventh century, when Dublin was a Norse city. Its first bishop, Dunan (or Donatus) was described at his death as "chief bishop of the Foreigners". [2] From the first, Dublin had close ties to the see of Canterbury . [3] The fifth bishop of Dublin, Gregory, was only a subdeacon when he was elected bishop by what Aubrey Gwynn called "the Norse party in the city". He was sent to England where he was consecrated by Archbishop Ralph of Canterbury, but on his return he was prevented from entering his see by those who wanted Dublin integrated with the Irish hierarchy. A compromise was reached by which Gregory was recognised as bishop of Dublin, while he in turn accepted the authority of Cellach , archbishop of Armagh, as primate. [4] The Synod of Kells in 1152 divided Ireland between the four archdioceses of Armagh, Dublin, Cashel and Tuam. Gregory was appointed archbishop of Dublin. The papal legate , Cardinal John Paparo , also appointed the archbishop of Armagh "as Primate over the other bishops, as was fitting." [5] Henry de Loundres , archbishop of Dublin from 1213 to 1228, obtained a bull from Pope Honorius III prohibiting any archbishop from having the cross carried before him (a symbol of authority) in the archdiocese of Dublin without the consent of the archbishop of Dublin. [6] A century later, this bull led to a confrontation between Richard FitzRalph, archbishop of Armagh, and Alexander de Bicknor , archbishop of Dublin, when FitzRalph, acting on letters of King Edward III specifically allowing him to do so, entered Dublin in 1349 "with the cross erect before him". He was opposed by the prior of Kilmainham on the instructions of Bicknor, and forced to withdraw to Drogheda. On Bicknor's death, and the succession of John de St. Paul to the see of Dublin, King Edward revoked his letters to FitzRalph and forbade the primate to excercise his juristiction in Dublin. [7] In 1353 the matter was referred to Avignon . There Pope Innocent VI , acting on the advice of the College of Cardinals , ruled that "each of these prelates should be Primate; while, for the distinction of style, the Primate of Armagh should entitle himself Primate of All Ireland, but the Metropolitan of Dublin should subscribe himself Primate of Ireland." [8] Status The Archbishop of Armagh's leading status is based on the belief that his See was founded by St. Patrick , the city of Armagh thus being the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland. On the other hand, Dublin is the political, cultural, social, economic and secular centre of Ireland, and has been for many centuries, thus making the Archbishop of Dublin someone of considerable influence, with a high national profile. Dispute has "flared up" on a number of occasions, such as during the time in office of Saint Oliver Plunkett and in the late 18th century. Since the 1870s one or other of the Catholic archbishops of Armagh and Dublin has been a member of the College of Cardinals . Due to Ireland's small size, two Irish reigning diocesan cardinals are unlikely to be created. [9] An apparent dominance of Dublin over Armagh was shown in the 1850s when the then Archbishop of Armagh, Paul Cullen was transferred from Armagh to the nominally inferior see of Dublin, where he became the most high-profile Catholic prelate in Ireland. Some years after the First Vatican Council , in which he played a central role in the proclamation of Papal Infallibility , he was made Ireland's first cardinal, ahead of the nominally superior Archbishop of Armagh. Cullen's successor in Dublin, Archbishop Edward MacCabe was also made a cardinal. But after that, the cardinal's red hat went invariably to the Archbishop of Armagh, until Pope John Paul II awarded the red hat not to the low-key pastoral Seán Brady of Armagh, but to the higher-profile, more intellectual, and clearly conservative, Desmond Connell of Dublin. But in 2007 Pope Benedict XVI decided to give the honour again to the See of Patrick, creating Brady
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aardvark - definition - What is ? What is ? aardvark definition : aardvark The aardvark ( ; Orycteropus afer) is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa. It is the only living species of the order Tubulidentata, "anteater" (not to be confused with the South American anteater), or the "Cape anteater" (similar origin to the name groundhog). The name Orycteropus means burrowing foot, and the name afer refers to Africa. === Taxonomy === The aardvark is not closely related to the pig; rather, it is the sole extant representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, in which it is usually considered to form one variable species of the genus Orycteropus, the sole surviving genus in the family Orycteropodidae. The aardvark is not closely related to the South American anteater, despite sharing some characteristics and a superficial resemblance. Along with the sirenians, hyraxes, elephants, and their extinct relatives, these animals form the superorder Afrotheria. Studies of the brain have shown the similarities with Condylarthra, The ptolemaiidans, a mysterious clade of mammals with uncertain affinities, may actually be stem-aardvarks, either as a sister clade to Tubulidentata or as a grade leading to true tubulidentates. The first unambiguous tubulidentate was probably Myorycteropus africanus from Kenyan Miocene deposits. ===Subspecies=== The aardvark has seventeen poorly defined subspecies listed: ==Description== The aardvark is vaguely pig-like in appearance. Its body is stout with a prominently arched back and is sparsely covered with coarse hairs. The limbs are of moderate length, with the rear legs being longer than the forelegs. The teeth consist of 14 upper and 12 lower jaw molars. Its nose is made up of more turbinate bones than any other mammal, with between 9 and 11, compared to dogs with 4 to 5. The snout resembles an elongated pig snout. The mouth is small and tubular, typical of species that feed on ants and termites. The aardvark has a long, thin, snakelike, protruding tongue (as much as long) The ears, which are very effective, ==Habitat and range== Aardvarks are found in sub-Saharan Africa, where suitable habitat (savannas, grasslands, woodlands and bushland) and food (i.e., ants and termites) is available. They spend the daylight hours in dark underground burrows to avoid the heat of the day. The only major habitat that they are not present in is swamp forest, as the high water table precludes digging to a sufficient depth. They have been documented as high as in Ethiopia. They are present throughout sub-Saharan Africa all the way to South Africa with few exceptions. These exceptions include the coastal areas of Namibia, Ivory Coast, and Ghana. They are not found in Madagascar. the only fruit eaten by aardvarks is the aardvark cucumber. Termite mounds alone don't provide enough food for the aardvark, so they look for termites that are on the move. When these insects move, they can form columns long and these tend to provide easy pickings with little effort exerted by the aardvark. These columns are more common in areas of livestock or other hoofed animals. When it is threatened it will make for one of its burrows. If one is not close it will dig a new one rapidly. This new one will be short and require the aardvark to back out when the coast is clear. ===Reproduction=== Aardvarks pair only during the breeding season; after a gestation period of seven months, Also, some tribes, such as the Margbetu, Ayanda, and Logo, The titular character of Arthur, an animated television series for children based on a book series and produced by WGBH, shown in more than 180 countries, is an aardvark. An aardvark features as the antagonist in the cartoon The Ant and the Aardvark as well as in the Canadian animated series The Raccoons. In the military, the Air Force supersonic fighter-bomber F-111/FB-111 was nicknamed the Aardvark because of its long nose resembling the animal. It also had similarities with its nocturnal missions flown at a very low level employing ordnance that could penetrate deep i
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Snowy Afternoon quiz [Archive] - CPFC BBS 1. As at 2008 which corporation owns the brands Duracell, Braun and Gillette? 2. Who was the first artist to appear at the new Wembley Stadium? 3. In which year did the first Mersey road tunnel open? 4. In which country was Imry Nagy twice Prime Minister, executed for treason in 1958 and reburied as a hero in 1989? 5. Which English artist and engraver is famed for his paintings of horses? 6. American jazz musician Art Tatum excelled on which instrument? 7. What is the technical term for a solid figure with five plane (flat) faces? 8. A boomslang is what type of creature? 9. What is grandpa's name in the TV show The Munsters? 10. In which country was Greenpeace founded? 11. Who succeeded James Callaghan as leader of Britain's Labour Party? 12. Which student of Socrates, and teacher of Aristole, wrote Republic? 13. What is the name of the assembly of cardinals for the election of a pope? 14. Chiromancy is the technical name for what pseudoscience (claimed but not proven to be scientific)? 15. The Karnak Temple complex, dating back to the ancient city of Thebes, is in which country? 16. As at 2008 what is the most popularly attended concert venue in the world (highest audience numbers per year)? 17. Nanga Parbat, meaning 'naked mountain', the 9th highest in the world, is part of which mountain range? 18. In which year was the United Nations founded? 19. Which American singer's real name was Eunice Wayman? 20. The ghost of great Dane dog Kabur, said to haunt Los Angeles Pet Cemetery, belonged to which 1920s screen idol? 21. Who wrote Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance? 22. What country hosts the World Wife-Carrying Championships? 23. What country temporarily renamed its currency Bolivar Fuerte (meaning strong Bolivar) while phasing out the use of the previous Bolivar alongside it? 24. What vital mechanism did Elisha Otis invent in 1852? 25. What is Earl's band called in the TV series My Name is Earl? 26. Which British MP claims responsibility for introducing speed bumps ('sleeping policemen') to UK roads? 27. Who holds the record for the longest televised successful golf putt (as at 2008)? 28. Harrisburg is the capital of which US state? 29. What are the Italian cheese balls whose name translates as 'small mouthfuls? 30. What did Colonel Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671? Psychokiller 02-02-2009, 03:06 PM 1. As at 2008 which corporation owns the brands Duracell, Braun and Gillette? P&G 4. In which country was Imry Nagy twice Prime Minister, executed for treason in 1958 and reburied as a hero in 1989? Hungary 5. Which English artist and engraver is famed for his paintings of horses? Stubbs 11. Who succeeded James Callaghan as leader of Britain's Labour Party? Foot 12. Which student of Socrates, and teacher of Aristole, wrote Republic? Plato 15. The Karnak Temple complex, dating back to the ancient city of Thebes, is in which country? Egypt 18. In which year was the United Nations founded? 1949? 23. What country temporarily renamed its currency Bolivar Fuerte (meaning strong Bolivar) while phasing out the use of the previous Bolivar alongside it? Venezuala (sp) 30. What did Colonel Thomas Blood attempt to steal in 1671? Crown Jewels brighton_eagle 02-02-2009, 03:09 PM The answer I have is elevator brake. Which allowed him to build the safety elevator which is commonly known as the elevator today. So whilst correct, your answer is not the only answer. Sorry. Carry on.
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Inter alia - definition of inter alia by The Free Dictionary Inter alia - definition of inter alia by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/inter+alia Also found in: Legal , Acronyms . in·ter a·li·a (ĭn′tər ā′lē-ə, ä′lē-ə) adv. [Latin : inter, among + alia, neuter accusative pl. of alius, other.] inter alia in•ter a•li•a (ˈɪn tɛr ˈɑ lɪˌɑ; Eng. ˈɪn tər ˈeɪ li ə, ˈɑ li ə) adv. Latin. A Latin phrase meaning among other things. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: inter alia - among other things; "the committee recommended, inter alia, that he be promoted" Translations Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: Write what you mean clearly and correctly. References in classic literature ? Psychology is concerned, inter alia, with our sensations when we see a piece of matter, as opposed to the matter which we see. Case creates new twist on lost profit claims Subject, inter alia, to shareholder approval to the conversion of the existing convertible preference shares, the banking syndicate will extend the maturity of its existing facilities provided to WPP to June 1997 and will provide new facilities of up to $150 million to the Group for a period of two years. WPP GROUP PLC SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH BANKING SYNDICATE Under the Restructuring Agreement, SSTY agreed to: (1) terminate in its entirety the March 16, 2006 licensing agreement between SSTY and TPID, wherein SSTY licensed to TPID certain contractual rights of SSTY in exchange for, inter alia, a royalty, and certain payments to SSTY and others and repayment; and (2) strike in its entirety certain provisions of the March 17, 2006 Agreement to Issue Stock for Technology License between SSTY and TPID, wherein SSTY could have received TPID shares in addition to the shares SSTY had already received and had distributed to its shareholders as a dividend.
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Words and Phrases Coined by Shakespeare Words and Phrases Coined by Shakespeare NOTE: This list (including some of the errors I originally made) is found in several other places online. That's fine, but I've asked that folks who want this on their own sites mention that I am the original compiler. For many English-speakers, the following phrases are familiar enough to be considered common expressions, proverbs, and/or clichés. All of them originated with or were popularized by Shakespeare. All our yesterdays (Macbeth) All that glitters is not gold (The Merchant of Venice)("glisters") All's well that ends well (title) As good luck would have it (The Merry Wives of Windsor) As merry as the day is long (Much Ado About Nothing / King John) Bated breath (The Merchant of Venice) Bag and baggage (As You Like It / Winter's Tale) Bear a charmed life (Macbeth) Be-all and the end-all (Macbeth) Beggar all description (Antony and Cleopatra) Better foot before ("best foot forward") (King John) The better part of valor is discretion (I Henry IV; possibly already a known saying) In a better world than this (As You Like It) Neither a borrower nor a lender be (Hamlet) Brave new world (The Tempest) Break the ice (The Taming of the Shrew) Breathed his last (3 Henry VI) Brevity is the soul of wit (Hamlet) Refuse to budge an inch (Measure for Measure / Taming of the Shrew) Catch a cold (Cymbeline; claimed but seems unlikely, seems to refer to bad weather) Cold comfort (The Taming of the Shrew / King John) Conscience does make cowards of us all (Hamlet) Come what come may ("come what may") (Macbeth) Comparisons are odorous (Much Ado about Nothing) Crack of doom (Macbeth) Dead as a doornail (2 Henry VI) A dish fit for the gods (Julius Caesar) Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war (Julius Caesar) Dog will have his day (Hamlet; quoted earlier by Erasmus and Queen Elizabeth) Devil incarnate (Titus Andronicus / Henry V) Eaten me out of house and home (2 Henry IV) Elbow room (King John; first attested 1540 according to Merriam-Webster) Farewell to all my greatness (Henry VIII) Faint hearted (I Henry VI) Fancy-free (Midsummer Night's Dream) Fight till the last gasp (I Henry VI) Flaming youth (Hamlet) Forever and a day (As You Like It) For goodness' sake (Henry VIII) Foregone conclusion (Othello) The game is afoot (I Henry IV) The game is up (Cymbeline) Give the devil his due (I Henry IV) Good riddance (Troilus and Cressida) Jealousy is the green-eyed monster (Othello) It was Greek to me (Julius Caesar) Heart of gold (Henry V) Her infinite variety (Antony and Cleopatra) 'Tis high time (The Comedy of Errors) Hoist with his own petard (Hamlet) Household words (Henry V) A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse! (Richard III) Ill wind which blows no man to good (2 Henry IV) Improbable fiction (Twelfth Night) In a pickle (The Tempest) In my heart of hearts (Hamlet) In my mind's eye (Hamlet) Infinite space (Hamlet) In my book of memory (I Henry VI) It is but so-so(As You Like It) It smells to heaven (Hamlet) Itching palm (Julius Caesar) Kill with kindness (Taming of the Shrew) Killing frost (Henry VIII) Knit brow (The Rape of Lucrece) Knock knock! Who's there? (Macbeth) Laid on with a trowel (As You Like It) Laughing stock (The Merry Wives of Windsor) Laugh yourself into stitches (Twelfth Night) Lean and hungry look (Julius Caesar) Lie low (Much Ado about Nothing) Live long day (Julius Caesar) Love is blind (Merchant of Venice) Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues we write in water (Henry VIII) Melted into thin air (The Tempest) Though this be madness, yet there is method in it ("There's a method to my madness") (Hamlet) Make a virtue of necessity (The Two Gentlemen of Verona) The Makings of(Henry VIII) Milk of human kindness (Macbeth) Ministering angel (Hamlet) Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows (The Tempest) More honored in the breach than in the observance (Hamlet) More in sorrow than in anger (Hamlet) More sinned against than sinning (King Lear) Much Ado About Nothing (title) Murder most foul (Hamlet) Naked truth (Love's Labo
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CityPages December 2015 by CityPages Kuwait (page 146) - issuu issuu Issuu on Google+ HOMEWORK FOR GROWN UPS EVERYTHING YOU LEARNED AT SCHOOL... BUT CAN YOU REMEMBER? 1. Aquae Sulis is the Roman name for what aptly renamed English spa city? 2. What metal element, symbol B, was named after its natural mineral form, popularised for its use as a cleaning product in the 1880s? 3. What friendly word produces six new words when it prefixes: Ace; Ate; Let; Lid; Mate; and Try? 4. The human Frenulum Linguae is webbed tissue between: Tongue/Mouth-floor; Thumb/Hand; Ear/Scalp; or Chin/Neck? 5. Pomology is the science of: Volcanoes; Cheerleading; Apple cultivation; or Australian colonization? 6. A Muscovite refers to a native of where in the world? Test Your Vocabulary An animal might not question it, but a human would see hands had manufactured it quickly enough. In this sentence, manufactured means: 1. crumpled up or wadded up 2. shown to be right by providing justification 3. put together out of artificial or natural components 4. ripped it to shreds or small sections Manufacture is generally associated with industry and factories. Henry Ford, for instance, revolutionized industry by using assembly lines to manufacture Model Ts. But manufacture can also be used for the natural word, like bees that manufacture honey. Occasionally it use used more generally to mean to construct by putting parts together. And in a pinch, you can manufacture — or make — the truth, which is a creative way to say “lie.” General Knowledge Quiz 7. What is a third of a half? your own clothes, a company probably had to manufacture them. ANSWER: 3.To manufacture something, is to make or construct it, usually for industry and sale. Unless you make all 8. La Niña is the counterpart of, and often follows what? 9. Sage, thyme, rosemary, and marjoram are members of the plant genus: Apple; Mint; Lemon; or Pine? 10. The Great Wall of China generally runs: East-to-West; North-to-South; In a MATH EQUATION circle; or Every which way? 11. In Shakespeare's Richard III, King Richard's horse (killed prior to Richard's plea 'My kingdom for a horse') is called: Surrey; Kent; Dorset; or Northamptonshire? 12. What famous ancient city is on the river Tiber: Cairo; Rome; Athens; or Babylon? 13. A prebiotic induces growth in humans (and other living hosts) of beneficial: Hormones; Fungi/bacteria; Antibodies; or Hair? fat content; Atmospheric pressure; Gambling machine payout; or Hotness of chili peppers? The value of 1.07 × 65 + 1.07 × 26 + 1.07 × 9 is; A. 10.73 15. What eponymous brand, founded1946, re-established Paris as world-centre of C. 10.70 D. 107 'D' is correct answer. Well Done! women's fashion: Chanel; Dior; Gucci; or FCUK? 16. Linoleum (e.g., 'Lino' flooring) originally comprises which three of these: Polypropylene; Canvas, Bamboo; Linseed oil; or Powdered cork? 17. What old English term for a third came to refer to an administrative division of Yorkshire and an electroral district of Canada? 18. The CAC40 is a main stock market index of: Brazil; France; Japan; or USA? 19. Golden Horse/Rooster/Bell/Melody, and Hundred Flowers are major movie/TV/ music awards for which nation/language: Russia; China; Mexico; or Saudi Arabia? JUMBLED WORDS M I P L E A L K I E G U C T A H 20. Which one of these did not originate in 16th century Italian 'Commedia dell'arte' ANSWERS: 1.Bath (after Sulis Minerva, a goddess, representing the healing qualities of the spa waters, worshipped by the Romano-British), 2.Boron (named from Borax), 3.Pal, 4.Tongue/Mouth-floor (Latin - Lingua, tongue), 5.Apple cultivation, 6.Moscow, 7.A sixth (or 0.1666666 recurring), 8.El Niño (the weather systems - 'El Niño', 'Christ child', because Pacific warming near S America is often at Christmas, and so 'La Niña', 'The Girl', was chosen to refer to the counter effect), 9.Mint, 10.East-to-West(along China's old Northern borders, protecting against invasion from Siberian tribes), 11.Surrey, 12.Rome, 13.Fungi/bacteria. 14.Atmospheric pressure, 15.Dior (fully Christian Dior), 16.Canvas, Linseed oil
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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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Bernie Ecclestone | Sport | The Guardian Bernie Ecclestone Ross Brawn has been working with F1’s future owner, Liberty Media, and looks to be on his way back into the sport Published: 2 Nov 2016 Nico Rosberg has said he is ‘not here to please everyone’ after Bernie Ecclestone claimed it would be bad for the sport should the German win Formula One’s world championship Published: 27 Oct 2016 Chase Carey, the new chairman of F1, has spoken out after attending the Singapore grand prix while Lewis Hamilton has promised a big push to overcome the championship deficit Published: 18 Sep 2016 The veteran chief executive could be approaching the end of an era after Liberty Media’s takeover, with the Formula E founder Alejandro Agag a contender for the role Published: 15 Sep 2016 Chase Carey will breathe new life into F1 after Bernie Ecclestone neglect Paul Weaver Chase Carey, the head of Liberty Media, said he wants to get young fans to reconnect with Formula One, saying ‘people connect with people, not with steel’ Published: 9 Sep 2016 The $8bn purchase comes with promises of growth and catering to fans but also shows how Bernie Ecclestone has transformed the sport in recent decades Published: 8 Sep 2016 São Paulo kidnappers left amateurish trail of clues that led police to rented flat where Aparecida Schunk was being held Published: 2:39 PM Bernie Ecclestone and the senior drivers’ representative, Sebastian Vettel, have found themselves in conflict as F1 rejected the introduction of the halo head protection device Published: 28 Jul 2016 Formula One’s top teams could lose tens of millions of pounds after Bernie Ecclestone revealed he plans to scrap the current bonus scheme and redistribute monies Published: 27 Jun 2016 Motor racing chief Bernie Ecclestone shrugs off criticism over staging prestige event under a repressive regime Published: 18 Jun 2016 Bernie Ecclestone insists Formula One has a “100%” clear conscience despite the sport facing criticism on its arrival in Azerbaijan for the oil-rich state’s first race Published: 16 Jun 2016 Formula One has been urged to improve its image by speaking out on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, which will stage its inaugural grand prix on 19 June Published: 7 Jun 2016 The F1 chief executive, Bernie Ecclestone, has warned that the new regulations, with the engine-related rules ratified only on Friday, may be ‘torn up’ should they not produce better racing Published: 5:52 AM F1 aims to introduce cockpit protection for 2017 despite Ecclestone objections Formula One’s race director, Charlie Whiting, has confirmed that the use of a cockpit protection device in the sport is still set to go ahead for the 2017 season, despite objections from some drivers and the sport’s chief executive Published: 4:46 AM
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General Sport - TM Speakers General Sport General Sport administrator 2015-03-23T12:22:20+00:00 Willie Thorne William Joseph “Willie” Thorne is an English former professional snooker player and now a sports commentator. Derek Redmond Derek Anthony Redmondis a retired British athlete. During his career, he held the British record for the 400 metres sprint, and won gold medals in the 4×400 metres relay at the World Championships, European Championships and Commonwealth Games. Steve Collins Stephen Collins, more commonly known as Steve Collins, is a former professional boxer. He appeared in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels as a boxing gym bouncer. In 1999, he made a cameo appearance in U2’s video for “Sweetest Thing.” Steve Backley Stephen James Backley OBE is a retired British athlete who was formerly the world record holder for javelin throwing. Stephen Hendry Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a former Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. Sir Stirling Moss Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss, OBE FIE is a former racing driver from England. Sandy Jones Sandy Jones, Chief Executive PGA’s of Europe. Sam Torrance Sam Torrance OBE is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid 1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Sally Gunnell Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE is a British former Olympic champion in the 400 m hurdles. She also worked as a television presenter, predominantly for the BBC until January 2006. Rory McIlory Rory McIlroy, MBE is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down who is a member of both the European and PGA Tours. He is the current World Number One and a two-time major champion. Roger Black Roger Anthony Black MBE is a retired British athlete. During his athletics career, he won individual silver medals in the 400 metres sprint at both the Olympic Games and World Championships, two individual gold medals at the European Championships, and 4×400 metres relay gold medals at both the World and European Championships. Since retiring from athletics, he has worked as a television presenter and motivational speaker. Ricky Hatton Richard John “Ricky” Hatton MBE, is a British professional boxer and boxing promoter. He is a former WBA, IBF, IBO & The Ring Light Welterweight Champion and WBA Welterweight Champion. Richie Woodhall Richie Woodhall is a former English boxer who held the WBC super middleweight title. He lost his last fight to his friend Joe Calzaghe in 2000, and subsequently retired in 2002. Richard Pitman Richard Pitman, is a retired British jump jockey who rode 470 winners in his career including Lanzarote in the 1974 Champion Hurdle. Richard Phillips He is Patron or Trustee for the charities; Sparks, Spinal Research and Racing Welfare. Phil Taylor Philip Douglas “Phil” Taylor is an English professional darts player, nicknamed The Power. He is regarded as the best darts player ever to have played the game, having won more than 150 professional tournaments and a record 15 World Championships. Richard Dunwoody Thomas Richard Dunwoody MBE is a retired British jockey in National Hunt racing. He was a three-time Champion Jockey, riding 1699 British winners in his career. Peter Allis Peter Alliss is an English professional golfer, BBC television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer. Alliss is known for his charismatic and unique style of commentary, often displaying a witty demeanour. Peter McGovern Since becoming head professional at The Belfry in 1981, Peter has amassed a wealth of golfing experience, whilst ensuring many corporate golf days have been huge successes. Mickey Walker Michelle Carol “Mickey” Walker OBE is an English professional golfer. She has also worked as a golf coach, radio and television commentator and public speaker. Nicky Piper Nicky Piper MBE is a retired Welsh super middleweight and light heavyweight boxer from Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff. His career was at its peak in the 1990s be
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For Pippa Middleton, the Media’s Love Sours - The New York Times The New York Times Fashion & Style |For Pippa Middleton, the Media’s Love Sours Search For Pippa Middleton, the Media’s Love Sours By JENNIFER CONLIN Continue reading the main story Photo Clockwise from top left, Pippa Middleton, with her sister, Kate, attending a match at Wimbledon last year; leaving a Vanity Fair party in May; and with her boyfriend, Nico Jackson, at Wimbledon this month. Credit Clockwise from top left, Clive Brunskill/Getty Images; Neil P. Mockford/FilmMagic; Karwai Tang/WireImage It was the derrière that launched a thousand photos. As she gracefully carried the bride’s train up the steps of Westminster Abbey on April 29, 2011, no one could have predicted younger sister Pippa’s sheathed bottom would steal the show from Kate’s veiled face. But soon, Pippa’s Facebook fan page was joined by a second one devoted entirely to her backside (both still have more than 200,000 likes). A TLC documentary called “Crazy About Pippa” soon followed, as did hordes of Pippa-mad paparazzi, snapping the younger Middleton daughter each time she walked out of her London apartment building or into a nightclub, or down the street with her brother or boyfriend. “Pippa did not just steal the limelight at her sister’s wedding,” says Ingrid Seward, editor of the London-based Majesty magazine, which covers royal families around the world. “She was the limelight.” Flash forward to just over two years later, and Pippa’s press is now decidedly different. “ Does Pippa Dress in the Dark? ” asked one of England’s most popular tabloids, The Daily Mail, recently comparing her clothing to “potato sacks” and her “lolling” breasts to “spaniel’s ears.” The two-page fashion spread included more than a dozen photos of the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister at various events, including Wimbledon, criticizing everything from her fascinator to her footwear. Only the final image — one of Pippa’s pert backside from the Royal wedding —was flattering, though the caption was anything but. “So much promise,” it read, “So little delivery.” Advertisement Continue reading the main story But Pippa’s problems stem less from her wardrobe than how she has spent her time these last two years. While, as of Monday, her sister has a new role as the doting mother to yet another heir to the British throne (making Pippa perhaps the most famous aunt in the world), Pippa also has a new identity: that of author and magazine columnist on all things related to food, party planning and general merriment. This spring she was named a contributing editor by Vanity Fair magazine , only months after securing a “Friday Feasts” column in a popular British supermarket glossy. All this coming off a home entertainment book she wrote last year that flopped in bookstores. The result is a disdainful British press and populace who have all but forgotten about her star-making turn on Kate’s wedding day. “People here just don’t like her,” Ms. Seward said. “She is not a cook, not a writer and has not really done anything but get this all off the back of her sister. Generally, there is a feeling that she is simply capitalizing off the situation.” Camilla Tominey, the royal editor for The Sunday Express, a British newspaper, said, “There is some pretty sneering commentary over here that she has been cashing in on her sister.” But at the same time, both correspondents acknowledge it is not easy being Pippa. “Whatever she does, she will probably be criticized,” said Ms. Seward, whose latest book, “A Century of Royal Children,” will come out this August. Photo Pippa Middleton in the audience at a London tennis tournament in June. Credit Clive Brunskill/Getty Images Ms. Tominey added: “She may have seemed like a shrinking violet around the time of the wedding, but she is not. She has to make a living and this is her found fame.” But does Pippa, 29, really need to earn her keep? The Middleton parents’ mail-order supplies business, Party Pieces, was estimated by financial analysts around the time of the wedding to be worth around £30 mil
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General Knowledge Questions and Answers - Quiz General Knowledge Questions and Answers What was Mohammad Ali`s birth name? Cassius Clay Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link? Anne Robinson How many dots are there in total on a pair of dice? 42 Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces? Knight At which racecourse is the Derby and the Oaks traditionally run? Epsom Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear? Winnie the Pooh `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? Fifteen-to-one Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and Black Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J K Rowling The name of which football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid In the TV show `Fawlty Towers` from which city does the waiter Manuel hail? Barcelona What is the furthest planet from the sun? Pluto How many red balls are used in a game of snooker? 15 How many sides has an octagon? Eight What is the name of the coloured part of an eye? The iris In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale? The Wizard Of Oz Who played Jerry in the film `Jerry McGuire`? Tom Cruise How many strings are on a violin? 4 Who was the lead singer in The Police? Sting (Gordon Sumner) Which part of the body would be treated by a chiropodist? Feet What was the hunchback of Notre Dame`s name? Quasimodo Which animal is associated with the beginning of an MGM film? A lion In snooker, what colour is the ball that begins a game in the centre of the table? Blue In which month of 1929 did the St Valentines Day massacre take place? February Which actress played the title role in the 1990 film `Pretty Woman`? Julia Roberts How many legs does an insect have? Six What is the chemical symbol for Hydrogen? H In the Australian TV series, what type of animal was `Skippy`? Kangaroo Which famous person in history rode a horse called Black Bess? Dick Turpin What is the name of the city in which The Simpsons live? Springfield Who had a number one in 1960 called `Only The Lonely`? Roy Orbison What is the longest river in the world? The Nile What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair? Full house Which cartoon show included characters called Thelma and Shaggy? Scooby Doo What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag? Red Who played the title role in the 1960 film `Spartacus`? Kirk Douglas What is the normal colour of the gem sapphire? Red, Green or Blue? Blue Who had a number one hit in 1984 with `Hello`? Lionel Richie What was snow whites coffin made of ? Glass Which ear did vincent Van Gogh partially cut off ? Left Which animal provides the blood for black pudding ? Pig What was the last UK no1 for the super group Abba ? Super Trooper Which lagers name is translated as lions brew ? Lowenbrau What colour is the car on monopolys free parking space ? Red What combines with a tia maria to make a Tia Moo Moo ? Milk Was shirley temple 21 25 or 29 when she made her last film in 1949 ? 21 Which 2 of the 7 dwarfs names do not end witn the letter Y Doc and Bashful What was Mrs Fawltys Christian name in the TV series fawlty towers ? Sybil What is the name of Cluedos colonel ? Mustard What group had their first uk hit with three times a lady ? Commodores What in horse racing terms are a jockeys hat and shirt called? Silks Who did monica marry in the tv series friends ? Chandler Muriel Bing What colour is the center stripe on the german flag, Red, Black or Gold ? Red Who taught Eliza Dolittle to be a lady ? Professor Henry Higgins Which is the closet planet to the sun to have a moon ? Earth Who were the 2 British prime ministers of the 1970s ? Wilson and Heath Where sitting on his suitcase was Paddington bear found ? Paddington station What is the perdominant colour of a harrods carrier bag ? Green W
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Daniel Radcliffe - IMDb IMDb Actor | Soundtrack | Producer Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London, England, to casting agent Marcia Gresham (née Jacobson) and literary agent Alan Radcliffe . His father is from a Northern Irish Protestant background, while his mother was born in South Africa, to a Jewish family (from Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Germany). Daniel began ... See full bio » Born:
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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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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - IMDb (Jonquiere, Canada) – See all my reviews When you ask casual movie fans (read: any of my friends) what their favorite movie is, you might get an answer like this: "Uh..I dunno...Jurassic Park 2 was cooler than the first... but Gladiator had people getting their heads cut off... and Scary Movie rocked, man... that movie is so funny." So what the hell do they mean? Well, beats me. Not too long ago, we were having a "philosophical" conversation about movies, when the subject came to Star Wars and the quels. (Pre and se.) We were arguing which one was the best. One of my friends said, "Well, I gotta admit, the first one is a classic, but the prequel has its moments." I swear a tear came to my eye. I never thought I'd have this kind of conversation with one of my friends. My point here is that Star Wars is a classic even to people who don't know Casablanca from Scooby Doo. It has everything you could possibly want: action, romance, midgets, cool creatures, quotable dialogue, midgets in bear suits, a great score and many more midgets. (Seriously, though, I don't mind midgets.) All this in a non-violent, non-racy, perfect-for-your-wee-ones package. For those of you who haven't seen this movie (yes, all 20 of you. I'm watching you.) I'll describe the plot. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is a young man who lives with his uncle and aunt on a desert planet. See. Luke's parents are dead. One day, as Luke is... outside, something crashes and he checks it out. It turns out there were two robots in there, namely C-3P0 and R2-D2. They have a message to give to some guy named Obi-Wan Kenobi (which turns out to be Alec Guiness!) from Princess Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher). Luke goes off to find old Ben, who lives close to his uncle. Old Ben gives Luke a long story about how his father was a Jedi and he will be one too, etc. When they come back, Luke's uncle and aunt are dead and now, he's not safe. So Luke and Ben and the robots head to Nar Shadaa, a hole, basically. There they meet up with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and his big, uh, ape-like thing called a Wookie. There's a lot more plot to this movie, and I would pass the limit of 1000 word before I could explain it all. The fact of the matter is, there'S a lot of backstory to this movie. There's probably more backstory to this movie than there is to your LIFE. (Don't feel bad...) I used to be a fanatic. I used to know everything there was to know about Star Wars. And you will notice that I didn't start my review by saying I was blah blah blah in 1977. Why is that? Because, I wasn't at all in 1977. I saw every movie in its special edition form, in 1997. I had seen the movies on TV before, but they never held my attention. Until they were re-released. Just type in Star Wars in a search engine. You'll see that this movie has a rabid following and a detailed history to boot. The acting here is not what's important. It's about on the same level as old adventure films of the 30's and 40's except for a few notable exceptions (Guiness, Ford and a few supporting actors). What makes this movie exceptional is the whole spectacle that unfolds. This is never boring, rarely violent and always a treat to watch. All the creatures, all the characters, all the action scenes, all of this movie is basically perfect. People criticize it as being a kids' movie, as being just stupid mindless action. Well, you guys are right. But that's what this movie was set out to be, that's what it is and that's why I like it. Lucas borrowed from Kurosawa and Ford to make this movie, and consequently, many have borrowed from his work. This movie deserves to be borrowed from. It shaped American cinema, it shaped the way people think about "action-adventure" movies, it spawned dozens of books, two sequels, one prequel, two TV movies, comic books, action figures and legions of fans. If you haven't already seen this... Well ,you probably haven't seen much anyway, so rent this. If you have seen this, watch it again. I think I will. 10/10 190 of 315 people found this review helpful. W
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Sir Christopher Lee | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Christopher Lee as Dracula Lee auditioned for the part of Gandalf , but according to an interview with Lawrence French called Sir Christopher Lee on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Lee stated " Of course I would have loved to play Gandalf, but I don’t think he (Peter Jackson) ever had me in mind for Gandalf, because by that time I was too old." [5] It is also further stated on Wikipedia, due to his physical limitations, the amount of fighting and horseback riding involved in the role was what prevented Lee from being considered. Playing Saruman was more ideal since it involved less fighting and horseback riding. [6] {Ian McKellen who played Gandalf was 17 years younger than Lee.} Lee was the only actor of The Lord of the Rings who had ever met Tolkien . He is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as one of the worlds tallest actors (6'5"). Lee is said to have had more recorded sword fights than any other actor in history. After his first role as Dracula , Lee appeared as the vampire in six other Dracula films. He also played 'The Creature' in The Curse of Frankenstein. Sir Christopher Lee also played Count Dooku in two of the Star Wars prequel trilogy movies, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith. Lee was fluent in Italian (his grandfather was Italian) and German . He spoke moderate French . According to a behind scenes footage found on YouTube, During the filming of his character Saruman's death scene for the The Return of the King , (later put in the Extended Edition) Peter Jackson began to coach him how he (Jackson) wanted Lee to react when Saruman was stabbed in the back by Grima ( Brad Dourif ). However, Lee interrupted him, reminding him that Lee actually had previously heard the sound a man makes when he is stabbed in the back. Jackson explains in the commentary "He proceeded to talk about a very clandestine part of World War II. He seemed to have expert knowledge on exactly the kind of noise they make." Producer Barry Osborne mentions "He (Lee) was part of the British Secret Service or OSS or whatever they were called." Jackson never pushed the subject and allowed Lee to proceed. Jackson even mentions what he said to Lee and his final thought on his performance "I'm sure you'll do great and he did." [1] Christopher Lee re-read Lord of the Rings (LOTR) every year. Lee received the Award BAFTA Fellowship in 2011. Christopher Lee The Carandinis, Lee's maternal ancestors, were given the right to bear the coat of arms of the Holy Roman Empire by the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Cinemareview cites: "Cardinal Consalvi was Papal Secretary of State at the time of Napoleon and is buried at the Rome Pantheon in Rome next to the painter Raphael. His painting, by Lawrence, hangs in Windsor Castle". Lee was a step-cousin of Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond spy novels. He played the villain Scaramanga in the Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun. In the Film The House that Dripped Blood Lee, in one clip, is filmed reading a paperback edition of The Lord of the Rings . Reportably he was considered for a part in the movie "The Longest Day" as a RAF officer but didnt get it; ironically Lee had actually served in the RAF during World War II.
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French Military Operation in Mali - Combat Footage (Operation Barkhane and Serval) - YouTube French Military Operation in Mali - Combat Footage (Operation Barkhane and Serval) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Dec 15, 2015 The French mission in Mali 2012 -14 The Northern Mali Conflict, Mali Civil War, or Mali War refers to armed conflicts that started from January 2012 between the northern and southern parts of Mali in Africa. On 16 January 2012, several insurgent groups began fighting a campaign against the Malian government for independence or greater autonomy for northern Mali, an area known as Azawad. The National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), an organization fighting to make Azawad an independent homeland for the Tuareg people, had taken control of the region by April 2012. Operation Barkhane is an ongoing anti-terrorist operation in Africa's Sahel region, which commenced 1 August 2014. It consists of a 3,000-strong French force, which will be permanent and headquartered in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad. The operation has been designed with five countries, and former French colonies, that span the Sahel: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. These countries are collectively referred to as the "G5 Sahel.
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What is a young pigeon called Squab 30 Around which French town - IT - 402 View Full Document What is a young pigeon called Squab 30 Around which French town is the champagne industry located Epernay 31 What country invented castanets Egypt 32 Who is the patron saint of music St Cecilia 33 Whose first box office film was called Risky Business Tom Cruise 34 What is the smallest state of Australia Tasmania 35 What is measured by an interferometer Wavelength of light 36 What airlines identification code is VS Virgin Atlantic 37 The Grand Duke 38 What emperor ordered St Peter crucified Nero 39 What was the name of Ali Babas female slave Morgiana 40 In which novel does the character Quebec Bagnet appear Bleak House 41 Sarah Josepha Hall wrote what Mary had a little lamb 42 What is the main ingredient of faggots Liver 43 Who were the first people to measure the year Babylonians 44 Who voices the female hyena in the lion king Whoopee Goldberg 45 Anthony McMillan became famous as who Robbie Coltrane 46 Roy Thines played David Vincent in which TV series The Invaders 47 What colour is the cap given to an England cricket player Blue 48 What capital city began as the village of Edo Tokyo 49 Whose music was on the soundtrack of When Harry met Sally Harry Connick Jr 50 In which sport is there a York round Archery Page 28 This preview has intentionally blurred sections. Sign up to view the full version. View Full Document 10000 general knowledge questions and answers www.cartiaz.ro No Questions Quiz 14 Answers 51 In Penny Lane what is the nurse selling from a tray Poppies 52 Whose last words were "lets do it" Garry Gilmore 53 The Black Swan is native to which country Australia 54 Who said "All the world's art ain't worth a good potato pie" L S Lowrie 55 Collective nouns a Toc of what Capercailzie 56 If you had podobromhidrosis what would you have Smelly Feet 57 What instrument is also called the octave flute Piccolo 58 What type of food is coulibac Russian Fish Pie 59 What spice is used to make a whiskey sling Nutmeg 60 What sort of creature is a tarantula hawk Wasp - hunts spiders 61 Where does the spice saffron come from The Crocus 62 What tennis player had trials with Bayern Munich soccer club Boris Becker 63 Which children's character was created by Mary Tourtel Rupert the Bear 64 What does the name Ghengis Khan mean Very Mighty Ruler 65 Who was Canada's first prime minister Sir John MacDonald 66 In Utmost Good Faith is the motto of which organisation Lloyds of London 67 The Shadows first record went straight to no 1 - what was it Apache 68 What is the most common disease in the world Dental Caries 69 Cirrus is a cloud type - what literal translation of its Latin name Lock of Hair 70 Which country was the first to make seat belts compulsory Czechoslovakia 71 What do Stacey Keach and Oscar Wilde have in common Reading Jail 72 Mathew Webb swam the channel - where did he drown Niagara Falls 73 In what movie did Sinatra sing My Kind of Town Robin and the 7 Hoods 74 Whose last unfinished novel was The Last Tycoon F Scott Fitzgerald 75 What do callipygian people have Prettily shaped buttocks 76 Collective nouns a Host of Sparrows 77 This is the end of the preview. Sign up to access the rest of the document. TERM Kenyatta University IT 402 - Spring 2015 1 2 3 4 5 Sampling In Research What is research? According Webster (1985), to researc HYPO.docx
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Tendons | Define Tendons at Dictionary.com C16: from Medieval Latin tendō, from Latin tendere to stretch; related to Greek tenōn sinew 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 tendons Expand tendon n. 1540s, from Medieval Latin tendonem (nominative tendo), altered (by influence of Latin tendere "to stretch") of Late Latin tenon, from Greek tenon (genitive tenontos) "tendon, sinew," from teinein "to stretch" (see tenet ). Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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General Knowledge Questions and Answers - Quiz General Knowledge Questions and Answers What was Mohammad Ali`s birth name? Cassius Clay Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link? Anne Robinson How many dots are there in total on a pair of dice? 42 Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces? Knight At which racecourse is the Derby and the Oaks traditionally run? Epsom Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear? Winnie the Pooh `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? Fifteen-to-one Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and Black Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J K Rowling The name of which football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid In the TV show `Fawlty Towers` from which city does the waiter Manuel hail? Barcelona What is the furthest planet from the sun? Pluto How many red balls are used in a game of snooker? 15 How many sides has an octagon? Eight What is the name of the coloured part of an eye? The iris In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale? The Wizard Of Oz Who played Jerry in the film `Jerry McGuire`? Tom Cruise How many strings are on a violin? 4 Who was the lead singer in The Police? Sting (Gordon Sumner) Which part of the body would be treated by a chiropodist? Feet What was the hunchback of Notre Dame`s name? Quasimodo Which animal is associated with the beginning of an MGM film? A lion In snooker, what colour is the ball that begins a game in the centre of the table? Blue In which month of 1929 did the St Valentines Day massacre take place? February Which actress played the title role in the 1990 film `Pretty Woman`? Julia Roberts How many legs does an insect have? Six What is the chemical symbol for Hydrogen? H In the Australian TV series, what type of animal was `Skippy`? Kangaroo Which famous person in history rode a horse called Black Bess? Dick Turpin What is the name of the city in which The Simpsons live? Springfield Who had a number one in 1960 called `Only The Lonely`? Roy Orbison What is the longest river in the world? The Nile What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair? Full house Which cartoon show included characters called Thelma and Shaggy? Scooby Doo What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag? Red Who played the title role in the 1960 film `Spartacus`? Kirk Douglas What is the normal colour of the gem sapphire? Red, Green or Blue? Blue Who had a number one hit in 1984 with `Hello`? Lionel Richie What was snow whites coffin made of ? Glass Which ear did vincent Van Gogh partially cut off ? Left Which animal provides the blood for black pudding ? Pig What was the last UK no1 for the super group Abba ? Super Trooper Which lagers name is translated as lions brew ? Lowenbrau What colour is the car on monopolys free parking space ? Red What combines with a tia maria to make a Tia Moo Moo ? Milk Was shirley temple 21 25 or 29 when she made her last film in 1949 ? 21 Which 2 of the 7 dwarfs names do not end witn the letter Y Doc and Bashful What was Mrs Fawltys Christian name in the TV series fawlty towers ? Sybil What is the name of Cluedos colonel ? Mustard What group had their first uk hit with three times a lady ? Commodores What in horse racing terms are a jockeys hat and shirt called? Silks Who did monica marry in the tv series friends ? Chandler Muriel Bing What colour is the center stripe on the german flag, Red, Black or Gold ? Red Who taught Eliza Dolittle to be a lady ? Professor Henry Higgins Which is the closet planet to the sun to have a moon ? Earth Who were the 2 British prime ministers of the 1970s ? Wilson and Heath Where sitting on his suitcase was Paddington bear found ? Paddington station What is the perdominant colour of a harrods carrier bag ? Green W
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With which instrument is Jazz musician Miles Davis most associated with?
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Miles Davis | Biography & History | AllMusic google+ Artist Biography by William Ruhlmann Throughout a professional career lasting 50 years, Miles Davis played the trumpet in a lyrical, introspective, and melodic style, often employing a stemless Harmon mute to make his sound more personal and intimate. But if his approach to his instrument was constant, his approach to jazz was dazzlingly protean. To examine his career is to examine the history of jazz from the mid-'40s to the early '90s, since he was in the thick of almost every important innovation and stylistic development in the music during that period, and he often led the way in those changes, both with his own performances and recordings and by choosing sidemen and collaborators who forged new directions. It can even be argued that jazz stopped evolving when Davis wasn't there to push it forward. Davis was the son of a dental surgeon, Dr. Miles Dewey Davis, Jr., and a music teacher, Cleota Mae (Henry) Davis, and grew up in the black middle class of East St. Louis after the family moved there shortly after his birth. He became interested in music during his childhood and by the age of 12 began taking trumpet lessons. While still in high school, he started to get jobs playing in local bars and at 16 was playing gigs out of town on weekends. At 17, he joined Eddie Randle's Blue Devils, a territory band based in St. Louis. He enjoyed a personal apotheosis in 1944, just after graduating from high school, when he saw and was allowed to sit in with Billy Eckstine 's big band, which was playing in St. Louis. The band featured trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonist Charlie Parker , the architects of the emerging bebop style of jazz, which was characterized by fast, inventive soloing and dynamic rhythm variations. It is striking that Davis fell so completely under Gillespie and Parker 's spell, since his own slower and less flashy style never really compared to theirs. But bebop was the new sound of the day, and the young trumpeter was bound to follow it. He did so by leaving the Midwest to attend the Institute of Musical Art in New York City (renamed Juilliard) in September 1944. Shortly after his arrival in Manhattan, he was playing in clubs with Parker , and by 1945 he had abandoned his academic studies for a full-time career as a jazz musician, initially joining Benny Carter 's band and making his first recordings as a sideman. He played with Eckstine in 1946-1947 and was a member of Parker 's group in 1947-1948, making his recording debut as a leader on a 1947 session that featured Parker , pianist John Lewis , bassist Nelson Boyd , and drummer Max Roach . This was an isolated date, however, and Davis spent most of his time playing and recording behind Parker . But in the summer of 1948, he organized a nine-piece band with an unusual horn section. In addition to himself, it featured an alto saxophone, a baritone saxophone, a trombone, a French horn, and a tuba. This nonet, employing arrangements by Gil Evans and others, played for two weeks at the Royal Roost in New York in September. Earning a contract with Capitol Records, the band went into the studio in January 1949 for the first of three sessions and produced 12 tracks that attracted little attention at first. The band's relaxed sound, however, affected the musicians who played it, among them Kai Winding , Lee Konitz , Gerry Mulligan , John Lewis , J.J. Johnson , and Kenny Clarke , and it had a profound influence on the development of the cool jazz style on the West Coast. (In February 1957, Capitol finally issued the tracks together on an LP called Birth of the Cool .) Davis , meanwhile, had moved on to co-leading a band with pianist Tadd Dameron in 1949, and the group took him out of the country for an appearance at the Paris Jazz Festival in May. But the trumpeter's progress was impeded by an addiction to heroin that plagued him in the early '50s. His performances and recordings became more haphazard, but in January 1951 he began a long series of recordings for the Prestige labe
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Charlie Haden, Bass - 00.08 by Francis Davis (The online version of this article appears in two parts. Click here to go to part two. ) A 1999 issue of the magazine Jazziz featured on its cover a photograph of Charlie Haden, cropped so that the fingerboard and tuning pegs and scroll of his string bass occupied center page, and only the left side of Haden's face, the fingers of his left hand, and his left shoulder were visible. Haden was one of the sidemen with whom the alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman turned jazz upside down at the end of the 1950s. He was a member of the Coleman-alumni band Old and New Dreams from its formation, in 1976 (by which point Coleman himself was playing an idiosyncratic brand of funk, in an amplified setting), until its demise, a few years ago. Whenever Coleman returns to an acoustic context, Haden is still the bass player he is likely to call. Discuss this article in the Arts & Culture conference of Post & Riposte. More on arts and culture in The Atlantic Monthly and Atlantic Unbound. From the archives: Liberation Music Orchestra The album's liner notes, written by Charlie Haden in May, 1969. But Haden also enjoys a sovereign identity as the leader of two ensembles as different from each other as they are from Coleman's or anyone else's: the Liberation Music Orchestra, for which Haden and the arranger Carla Bley have written music in solidarity with revolutionary movements, often using actual field recordings as a springboard; and the in-search-of-lost-time Quartet West, whose evocations of film noir and the detective fiction and torch songs of the 1940s and early 1950s heighten nostalgia into the most powerful of emotions. Haden might have taken offense at being crowded off the magazine's cover. Yet the unusual angle actually captured him better than a smiling head shot would have. No other bass player since Charles Mingus has seemed so thoroughly joined to the instrument. Mingus, who had a beat like a wrecking ball and a temperament to match, bent the bass to his will, but Haden has bent his will to the instrument's. (Mingus, who was bad with names, used to call him "Bass," which Haden took as an honorific.) Like the saxophone, though older by some 300 years (a prototype has been traced to the mid sixteenth century), the double bass -- or contrabass, or bass violin -- has become more closely identified with jazz than with the symphonic literature for which it was intended. In classical music the string bass is usually limited to shadowing the cellos at the bottom of the octave or to delivering, in more recent compositions, a series of arrhythmic pizzicato thumps to signal that a piece is atonal or otherwise "modern." In jazz no other instrument is more essential. A common misconception about jazz is that drummers keep time, like conductors with two sticks instead of one. Drummers do control tempo, which is quite a different matter from time, and they supply color and momentum with their accents and punctuations. But the job of actually keeping a beat (or implying one, as the case may be) ordinarily falls to a group's string-bass player, and the group isn't going to swing unless his notes suggest a heartbeat rather than a metronome. The "walking" bass line -- four equal beats to the measure in steplike motion, as perfected by Walter Page, with the Count Basie Orchestra, in the late 1930s -- has become a trademark of modern jazz, what people tap a foot to when they think they're tapping to the drums. A bass line of whatever sort -- walking in time or running free of it -- serves a second vital purpose in jazz. Since the 1930s, and especially since bebop in the late 1940s, much jazz improvisation has been guided, though not necessarily dictated, by harmonic progressions or chord changes. Spelling out the chords is the bass player's other responsibility, and his choice of notes and accuracy of pitch are thus as important to a band's well-being as his ability to lay down a flowing beat. The bass line is the thread that connects improvised solos to an underlying harmonic framework -- a backbone as
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Holidays: Lincoln's Birthday in United States Current location: Home page > Calendar > Holidays > Lincoln's Birthday in United States Lincoln's Birthday in United States Quick Facts Lincoln’s Birthday is observed in the United States in honor of Abraham Lincoln, who was the nation’s 16th president and was known as the Great Emancipator. Local names See list of observations below Lincoln’s Birthday celebrates the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, one of the most popular presidents in United States history. It is a state holiday in some states on or around February 12 each year. The day is also known as Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday, Abraham Lincoln Day or Lincoln Day. Some states observe the day as part of Presidents’ Day , which is officially known as Washington’s Birthday. Abraham Lincoln (image pictured above) is one of the United States' most popular presidents. ©iStockphoto.com/Chris Howells What do people do? Various activities such as re-enactments, concerts and birthday parties are often organized for the day. Organizations such as the Indiana Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail, and the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum often plan large-scale events to honor and remember Lincoln on or around his birthday. A wreath-laying ceremony and reading of the Gettysburg Address at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC are traditional events on February 12. Republican Party members may also hold Lincoln Day fundraising dinners because he is known as the first president of the Republican Party. Public life Lincoln’s Birthday is a public holiday in the following states on February 12: Connecticut. Missouri. New Jersey. New York (Lincoln's Birthday is a floating holiday for state government employees in certain bargaining units). Many government offices, schools and businesses are closed within most these states (see status for New York, above) on this day. Lincoln’s Birthday is also absorbed into Presidents’ Day in other parts of the United States, such as Arizona, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia. Background Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky, on February 12 in 1809. He lived for a time in Indiana before moving to Illinois. He worked on a farm, split rails for fences, worked in a store, was a captain in the Black Hawk War, and worked as a lawyer. He married Mary Todd and together they had four boys, only one of whom lived to maturity. Lincoln began his political career at the age of 23 in 1832 when he ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Illinois General Assembly, as a Whig Party member. He joined the newly formed Republican Party in 1854 and was nationally recognized during the 1858 debates with Stephen Douglas despite Douglas’ win in the race for US Senator. Lincoln won the presidency in 1860 and, despite being a Republican, rallied most of the northern Democrats to the Union case during the Civil War (1861-65). Lincoln was known as the Great Emancipator, the Rail Splitter and Honest Abe. He was the president throughout the American Civil War and is known for his struggle to preserve the Union and the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. John Wilkes Booth assassinated Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC on Good Friday, April 14, 1865. The assassination occurred less than two weeks after the Confederacy surrendered at Appomattox Court House in 1865. It has been recorded that Lincoln’s Birthday was first celebrated as a holiday in 1866, one year after his death. Many states have a joint holiday to honor both Lincoln and George Washington, sometimes calling it Presidents’ Day. Symbols Various museums and monuments are dedicated to Abraham Lincoln. Various artworks, such as paintings, drawings, statues and photographs, have been created in Lincoln’s image and preserved to honor him. Examples include: Lincoln’s likeness on Mount Rushmore Lincoln’s portrait on the American five dollar bill. The Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Daniel Chester French’s sculpture inside the Lincoln Memorial. The L
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| Politics , United States , Business & Economy , History , slavery The portrait of Harriet Tubman, the late abolitionist born into slavery in the 1800s, will replace the countenance of the US' seventh president, Andrew Jackson, on the $20 bill. Tubman, known as the leader of the Underground Railroad - a network of anti-slavery activists - will become the first African American on US paper money and the first woman to be depicted on the country's currency in 100 years. The portrait of Jackson, who was a slave owner, will be pushed to the back of the currency. The move is one of numerous changes announced by Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Wednesday. The $5 bill will also undergo a face-lift: The illustration of the Lincoln Memorial on the back will be redesigned to honour "events at the Lincoln Memorial that helped to shape our history and our democracy", Lew said. The new image on the $5 bill will include numerous new figures, including civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, who gave his famous "I have a dream" speech on the steps of the memorial in 1963. US set to unveil new hundred-dollar bill On the $10 bill, the Treasury building on the back will be changed to commemorate a 1913 march that ended on the steps of the building. It will also feature suffragette leaders Lucretia Mott, Sojourner Truth, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Alice Paul. The US dollar, the world's most widely accepted currency, has undergone upgrades over the years to stay ahead of counterfeiters. But the updates proposed by Lew for the three bills will be the most sweeping changes since 1929, when all US paper money was redesigned to feature more standard designs and a smaller size to save printing costs. 'Small but meaningful vindication' Tubman, who was born into slavery in the early part of the 19th century, escaped and then used the network of anti-slavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad to transport other slaves to freedom. After the Civil War, Tubman, who died in 1913, became active in the campaign for women's suffrage. Numerous groups have been campaigning to have a woman honoured on the nation's paper currency, which has been an all-male domain for more than a century. Amrita Myers, a historian at Indiana University, said honouring Tubman was appropriate. "Not only is this going to be the first African American historical figure on US currency, but it's a woman specifically from the era of slavery," Myers said. Wednesday's announcement helped mark a decades-long decline in the reputation of Jackson, once a pillar of the modern Democratic Party but now often defined by his ownership of slaves and the "Trail of Tears" saga that forcibly removed American Indians from their land. Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Bill John Baker said in a statement that the currency move was a "small but meaningful vindication" for Native Americans. The last woman featured on US paper money was Martha Washington, the wife of the first president of the US, George Washington. She was on a dollar silver certificate from 1891 to 1896. The only other woman ever featured on US paper money was Pocahontas, from 1865 to 1869. Source: Agencies
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What is the nickname of the flag of the USA?
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USA Flag, US Flag History & Facts, Download American Flag Image in JPG, PNG, GIF & PDF Star Spangled Banner, Old Glory, The Stars and Stripes United States of America Flag The flag of the United States of America contains thirteen alternating horizontal stripes of equal width, of which seven are red in color and six are white. In the upper-left corner is a blue rectangle, on which are drawn fifty white five-pointed stars. Since 1777 when it was first adopted officially, the US flag has undergone several revisions to reach its current design. Meaning of Colors in USA Flag Although the USA flag was adopted officially in 1777, at that time there was no meaning attached to the colors. However, the same colors were used in designing the Seal of the United States of America in 1782, having specific meaning. In the words of Charles Thompson, secretary to the Continental Congress: "The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valor, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice". History of the American Flag For over 200 years now, the American flag symbolizes the unity and strength of the country. In other words, one can also say that it is a source of inspiration and pride for the citizens. The USA flag has turned out to be a viable icon in the history of the nation. Year 1776 - Way back in 1776 (1st of January), the Continental Army was reorganized keeping in pace with the Congressional resolution. This placed the American forces under the control of George Washington. In the same year and on New Year’s Day, the Continental Army was laying cordon to Boston that was then was under the control of the British Army. As per the instruction of George Washington, the Grand Union flag was hoisted at the Prospect Hill. This flag had thirteen stripes in red and white alternately. Besides, at the canton it also had the British Union Jack. Year 1776 (May) - Betsy Ross had sewed the first USA flag. Year 1777 (June 14) - The First Flag Act was passed by the Continental Congress for introducing an official flag. It was an order that the American flag should consists of 13 stripes in red and white alternatively. It was also ordered that there should be 13 stars in the union, which would symbolize a fresh constellation. Year 1777-1960 - In between these years several acts were passed by the Congress which altered the design, shape as well as the flag arrangement. Moreover, other acts were also passed for introducing additional stripes and stars. Year 1794 (January 13) - An act was passed for introducing 15 stars and 15 stripes. Year 1818 (April 4) - This act was passed for introducing 13 stripes and one star for every state, on 4 July, following the incorporation of the new states and after getting the same approved by President Monroe. Year 1912 (June 24) - President Taft passed this order so that the stars can be arranged in six horizontal rows and each row carrying eight stars. Year 1959 (January 3) - President Eisenhower passed this order so that the stars can be arranged in seven rows where each row should have seven stars staggered vertically and horizontally. Year 1959 (August 21) - President Eisenhower further redirected his order and made it clear that the stars should be arranged in nine rows horizontally and in eleven rows where they are arranged vertically. Year 1960 (July 4) - The 50th star was introduced on 4th July, 1960 and represented the state of Hawaii which became a part of the Union on 21st August, 1959. As of now, the USA flag comprises 13 horizontal stripes, where seven red stripes and six white stripes are arranged horizontally. The stripes that you find in the American flag symbolize the thirteen colonies and the stars symbolize the fifty Union States. Besides, the red and the white colors that have been used in the flag have their own significance. For instance, the red color represents valor and hardiness while the white color stands f
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Stars and Stripes - Flag of the USA Englisch-hilfen.de/ Stars and Stripes – Flag of the USA There are 13 red and white stripes in the flag of the USA. These 13 stripes (seven red and six white ones) represent the former Thirteen Colonies . On 4 July 1776 these colonies became independent of Great Britain ( Declaration of Independence ). There are 50 stars in the blue rectangle on top left of the flag. These stars represent the 50 federal states . This has been the official flag since Hawaii became a member of the union on 21 August 1959. Older flags contain less stars depending on how many states belonged to the Union. (see States by Entry into the Union ) The flag of the United States of America is often called ›Stars and Stripes‹.
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What term describes the point at which a celestial object in orbit around the Earth, such as the Moon, makes its closest approach to Earth?
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Moon Glossary: Lunar Terms and Definitions Moon Posters Moon Glossary: Lunar Terms and Definitions A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | W | X, Y, Z A Albedo This term is a unit-less measure that refers to the how much an object diffusely reflects light from the sun. Angular Diameter The measurement of the diameter of a distant object from the perspective of the angle resulting between the observer and the object's outer edges. Also known as the 'visual diameter'. Annular Eclipse Refers to an solar eclipse where the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth, but with the Moon appearing smaller than the Sun to the observer, leaving a bright ring around the circumference of the Moon. Anomalistic Month The length of time that the Moon takes to pass between perigee (or apogee) passages that is, the 27.55455 day period during which the Moon moves from its closest (or farthest) point to the Earth, all the way around and back again. Anorthositic Rock A calcium-rich rock type found in abundance on the Moon. Aphelion The farthest point from the Sun in a planetary body's orbit. Apogee The farthest point from the Earth in the Moon's orbit. Apogean Tide The name for low tide when the Moon is at it's farthest point from the Earth. Apolune The farthest point from the Moon in an object's orbit around it. B Basalt Volcanic rock formed by rapidly cooling lava. Found on the moon and the earth. Breccia A type of rock that is composed of a matrix of different materials, minerals and fragments of other rocks. Found on the moon and the earth. C Celestial equator The projection of the Earth's equator into space. It could be considered an invisible belt that surrounds the Earth in the minds of astronomers. Celestial Mechanics The specialized areas of astrology that describes the gravitational effects of heavenly bodies as well as their motion. Colongitude Also called selenographic colongitude, it is the longitude of the Moon's morning terminator. Conjunction The term applied when two planets are in close proximity to each other in the sky, from the perspective of an Earth-bound observer. Crater Wall The cliff-like wall formed by the impact of a meteor with a celestial body such as a planet or moon. Crescent Moon The famous image of the Moon frequently used in the media, consisting of only a thin crescent slice of the Moon being visible from Earth. This phase of the moon occurs just after the New Moon phase, which is also known as Dark of the Moon. There is also a Crescent Moon phase just prior to the next New Moon as well. D Dark of the Moon So named because during this phase, the Moon is not visible in the sky, Dark of the Moon is also known as New Moon. Declination Declination is the position of a celestial body, such as the Moon, in the equatorial coordinate system. Declination is measured by degrees in relation to the celestial equator. Diurnal In astronomy, diurnal generally refers to the motion of an object in a 24 hour period. An example would be Moon-rise. These activities repeat every 24 hours. The diurnal arc describes the amount of time a celestial object takes to transition from fully risen to fully set. DST Daylight Savings Time. E Earthshine The light of the sun that is reflected back into space by the Earth, and which can illuminate other objects such as the Moon. Eclipse Any interference between the light from the Sun and the object being illuminated. The Moon frequently moves between the Earth and the Sun, blocking out the Sun's rays. Ecliptic A term applied to the invisible path in the sky that the Sun moves through during the year, in relation to Earth and the other planets. Elongation The angle found between a planet and the Sun, from the perspective of the Earth. Ephemeris An astronomical text which contains the position of celestial bodies in the sky as seen from Earth at specific times. These positions are given in coordinates that astronomers can then use to locate and view these bodies. Equatorial Tide A tide with a perio
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The Influence of Comets Comets Comets, huge lumps of dirty ice and rock in space which glow, sometimes very brilliantly, when their eccentric orbits take them close to the Sun, have long been the object of awe and almost superstitious fear; they appear and disappear suddenly and mysteriously, introducing an element of unpredictability into an otherwise well-ordered universe. Throughout history they have been regarded as omens, sometimes bad ones. "The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes," Shakespeare wrote in Julius Caesar, a play whose central event is the assassination of the Roman general and dictator, which occurred at about the same time as an appearance of a comet. One appearance of Comet Halley occurred at around the time of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth; the next saw the destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem by Titus. The great religious and spiritual awakening of the mid-19th century which gave rise to widespread expectations of Armageddon and the Mormon, Christian Scientist, Baha'i, and Spiritualist faiths is associated, at least in part, with 1844's astoundingly spectacular Comet Biela. Some have worried that a comet might crash into the earth, with apocalyptic results, or that the gases of which it is composed will poison earthlings; some believe that the end of the world will come as the result of a comet collision with Earth. Others believe that life on Earth is partly due to a comet collision bringing water and organic substances from space to Earth's surface billions of years ago. Astrologically, comets indicate mutation; they are harbingers of change, for good or ill, in the lives of individuals and corporate entities, including nations. Some recent Great Comets or famous comets whose influence I have researched or determined are listed below. It would seem to me that comets, when they attain perihelion, energize the Sun's zodiacal longitude according to their influence, an energy point which may be in an entirely different place from the position of the comet's perihelion. A comet will often attain perihelion at a significant distance from the Sun; that and the inclination of the comet's orbit, which may be inclined at a steep angle to the ecliptic, conspires to place the perihelion at a considerable distance in zodiacal longitude from the position of the Sun at the time of the comet's perihelion. The perihelion of Comet Ikeya-Seki, a sungrazer, is an exception, in all likelihood. Comet Halley Comet Halley, or Halley's Comet, is without a doubt the most famous of the myriad comets that inhabit the solar system. It is named for 17th-century English astronomer Edmund Halley, who first noticed its regular 76-year orbit and was the first to realize that it was the comet which appeared shortly before the 1066 Norman Conquest of England in which King William I, "The Conqueror," deposed and killed Harold II, last of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, a pivotal event in world history depicted in the so-called Bayeux Tapestry. Edmund Halley Another famous association of Comet Halley is with Mark Twain, who was born during the comet's 1835 passage and correctly predicted that he would die when it came again in 1910. It last appeared in 1986 and will appear again in 2062. Astrologically, Comet Halley indicates high focus, obsession, intensity, attainment, being in the limelight. It may indicate fame, though not necessarily —and even if it does prove to be an indicator of fame, it may be of the "15 minutes of fame" kind. Comet Halley spends most of its period in two signs, Cancer and Leo; most of the human race has Comet Halley here, except for those people born around its close approaches to the Sun and to Earth. Comet Arend-Roland (C/1956 R1, also designated 1956h [8th comet discovered in 1956] and 1957 III [3rd comet to perihelion in 1957]) Comet Arend-Roland was discovered by Belgian astronomers Sylvain Arend and Georges Roland at the Royal Observatory in Uccle, Belgium on November 8, 1956. It attained magnitude +1 during the spring of 1957, perihelioning at 6 Aries 57 on April 8, 19
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What is the anatomical name for the shin bone?
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Tibia Bone Anatomy, Pictures & Definition | Body Maps Your message has been sent. OK We're sorry, an error occurred. We are unable to collect your feedback at this time. However, your feedback is important to us. Please try again later. Close Tibia The tibia is a large bone located in the lower front portion of the leg. The tibia is also known as the shinbone, and is the second largest bone in the body. There are two bones in the shin area: the tibia and fibula, or calf bone. The fibula is smaller and thinner than the tibia. These two bones connect the ankle to the knee and work together to stabilize the ankle and provide support to the muscles of the lower leg; however, the tibia carries a significant portion of the body weight.
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Foot & Ankle Anatomy - Foot Anatomy - HealthCommunities.com Foot & Ankle Anatomy Print Anatomy of the Foot and Ankle The human foot combines mechanical complexity and structural strength. The ankle serves as foundation, shock absorber and propulsion engine. The foot can sustain enormous pressure (several tons over the course of a one-mile run) and provides flexibility and resiliency. The foot and ankle contain: 26 bones (One-quarter of the bones in the human body are in the feet.); 33 joints; more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments (Tendons are fibrous tissues that connect muscles to bones and ligaments are fibrous tissues that connect bones to other bones.); and a network of blood vessels, nerves, skin, and soft tissue. These components work together to provide the body with support, balance, and mobility. A structural flaw or malfunction in any one part can result in the development of problems elsewhere in the body (such as back pain ). Abnormalities in other parts of the body can lead to problems in the feet. Parts of the Foot Structurally, the foot has three main parts: the forefoot, the midfoot, and the hindfoot. Top View of Foot Bones Side View of Foot Bones Click on the images to view a larger version. The forefoot is composed of the five toes (called phalanges) and their connecting long bones (metatarsals). Each toe (phalanx) is made up of several small bones. The big toe (also known as the hallux) has two phalanx bones—distal and proximal. It has one joint, called the interphalangeal joint. The big toe articulates with the head of the first metatarsal and is called the first metatarsophalangeal joint (MTPJ for short). Underneath the first metatarsal head are two tiny, round bones called sesamoids. The other four toes each have three bones and two joints. The phalanges are connected to the metatarsals by five metatarsal phalangeal joints at the ball of the foot. The forefoot bears half the body's weight and balances pressure on the ball of the foot. The midfoot has five irregularly shaped tarsal bones, forms the foot's arch, and serves as a shock absorber. The bones of the midfoot are connected to the forefoot and the hindfoot by muscles and the plantar fascia (arch ligament). The hindfoot is composed of three joints and links the midfoot to the ankle (talus). The top of the talus is connected to the two long bones of the lower leg (tibia and fibula), forming a hinge that allows the foot to move up and down. The heel bone (calcaneus) is the largest bone in the foot. It joins the talus to form the subtalar joint. The bottom of the heel bone is cushioned by a layer of fat. Publication Review By: John J. Swierzewski, D.P.M. Published: 30 Dec 1999
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If cats are feline which creatures are bovine
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Bovine TB: how to spot and report the disease - GOV.UK GOV.UK Bovine TB: how to spot and report the disease From: 1 October 2014, see all updates Applies to: England, Scotland, and Wales How to spot bovine tuberculosis (bovine TB), what to do if you suspect it and measures to prevent its spread. Contents Bovine TB affects cattle and other mammals including humans, badgers, deer, goats, pigs, dogs and cats. The disease is currently present in Great Britain. Bovine TB is a notifiable disease. That means if you suspect it you must tell the Animal and Plant Health Agency ( APHA ) immediately. Failure to do so is an offence. How to spot bovine TB It is hard to spot bovine TB as the signs are similar to other diseases and normally only develop in advanced stages of infection. The disease is normally picked up in the compulsory cattle testing programme before clinical signs develop. Occasionally it is also detected during inspections of slaughtered cattle. But you should look out for cattle that: keep getting thinner have a light fever that keeps coming back are weak and have a reduced appetite Some infected cattle will also have: swollen lymph nodes, for example in the neck a moist cough that gets worse in the morning and during cold weather or exercise chronic mastitis (an infection of the udder that is not cured by the conventional antibiotic therapy) Risk to humans Humans can catch bovine TB through: unpasteurised milk or dairy products from an infected cow, buffalo, goat or sheep inhaling bacteria breathed out by infected animals inhaling bacteria released from the carcasses of infected animals or from their excretions (such as faeces) Infection is more likely if an unprotected wound is exposed to bacteria from an infected animal. But the risk of infection is very low for the vast majority of the population. Symptoms are similar to human TB, including weight loss, fever, night sweats and a persistent cough. If you develop these symptoms consult a doctor. The disease can be treated by a complex combination of drugs over a long period. More information on TB in humans can be found at Public Health England . How to reduce the risk of infection To avoid infection: isolate suspect animals and their carcasses do not get too close to the heads of infected animals or hold them avoid unpasteurised milk from suspect animals wash your hands regularly, especially before eating and smoking don’t eat, drink or smoke in animal areas How bovine TB is spread Bovine TB is mainly spread into new herds through the movement of infected cattle that have not been detected. In the west of England and parts of Wales the disease is also spread from infected badgers to other animals, including cattle, and vice versa. Infected animals spread the disease mainly through coughing and sneezing. Bacteria are released into the air and inhaled by other animals in close contact. The disease can also be spread: from infected cows to their offspring during suckling and, much more rarely, in the womb through contaminated equipment, animal waste, feed and pasture Preventing and controlling bovine TB Preventing bovine TB There are a range of controls in place to reduce the spread of bovine TB. These controls form the basis of the strategy for achieving bovine TB free status for England. You should also practise strict biosecurity on your premises. A series of videos about farm biosecurity is also available which shows practical measures to reduce the risk of TB from wildlife. If you suspect bovine TB You must: isolate suspected animals not allow animals, equipment, carcasses or animal milk to leave your farm An APHA vet will inspect your herd. If they can not rule out bovine TB, they will carry out tests. If bovine TB is confirmed If your animals are infected , restrictions will be imposed. Certain movements on and off restricted premises may be allowed, but only under licence from APHA . Some of your cattle may have to be killed, but you will be compensated . Further information on prevention and control
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"Catcalls for Kattomeat" by Bidlake, Suzanne - Marketing, January 30, 1992 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt Spiller Foods is dropping the Kattomeat name from its 40-year-old flagship brand in what some suggest is a desperate attempt to reclaim its main brand asset -- its "spokescat" Arthur. The company, locked in intense competition with Mars' Pedigree subsidiary for control of the 1.1bn pounds food market, will next month rename its pretender to the catfood throne as "Arhtur's" after the feline ad star. It will be putting 2m pounds -- its biggest single advertising investment ever -- behind a national television, press and poster campaign through Bartle Bogle Hegarty to explain the new identity with the line "No other cat-food is worthy of the name." Spillers puts the strategic shift down to a realisation that the white cat Arthur which eats with its paw is its strongest asset. "Arthur is the third most famous cat behind tom (of Tom and Jerry) and Garfied," says marketing director John Sharrock, who claims to have been incubating the name change idea since his appointment in 1986, just waiting for "the right time". "It would be silly not to capitalise on that." He claims that in research people identified Kattomeat as 'Arthur's". But evidence is that consumers were remembering the Arthur name yet attributing it in some cases to the wrong brand. "The ads are successful," says a supermarket petfood buyer. "But people don't realise Arthur is selling Kattomeat." In a market crowded with brands labelled with such cat-speak as Kit-e-kat, Katkins and Meowmix, Spillers is desperately attempting to make its 49.1m pounds turnover flagship stand out from others on the shelf. Spillers is also aiming to bring the brand image and can design upmarket to give it more of the standing of a top brand. Sharrock denies such a blatant move, but concedes that the new design by Ziggurat, "reinforces what we have been doing with the premium values that the brand has always had." This is an unusual market dominated by a duopoly, where own-label takes only a 6% value share and the branding of what are essentially very similar products holds the key to consumer purchase. … 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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What is Britain's richest horse race in 2015?
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The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race Updated 1252 GMT (2052 HKT) April 20, 2016 Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds. Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race The Derby is Britain's richest horse race, an event that dates all the way back to 1780 and is named after the then Earl of Derby. Hide Caption 1 of 15 Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race The course that hosts it each year, Epsom, attracts a wide range of patrons. From the fashionistas... Hide Caption 2 of 15 Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race ... to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who was in situ for last year's running of the prestigious race. Hide Caption 3 of 15 Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race Top hats and tails are in order for gentlemen on race day at Epsom, a short train ride from London. Hide Caption Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race The event is as much about the party atmosphere as the racing itself. Hide Caption 5 of 15 Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race And betting plays a key role with the odds chopping and changing in the lead-up to the race. Hide Caption Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race Fashion runs side-by-side with the racing, including these rather fetching Panama hats. Hide Caption 7 of 15 Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race The Red Devils parachute team mark the start of the race as they swoop down on the course last year complete with a Union Jack. Hide Caption Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race And a marching band get spectators in the mood under blue skies. Hide Caption 9 of 15 Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race Ahead of each race, jockeys make their way into the parade ring to meet the owners and saddle up on their mounts. Hide Caption Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race The grandstand is a mere blur as the race action hots up on the turf. Hide Caption 11 of 15 Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race The crowd watches on as Joseph O'Brien rides Australia to victory last year, a horse trained by his father Aidan. Hide Caption 12 of 15 Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race In truth, though, Epsom has something for everyone. Here, a modest trio entertain the passing crowds. Hide Caption Photos: The Epsom Derby: Britain's richest race Elm Park is among the favorites for this year's race. Hide Caption
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Easter Festival - April 16th to 18th at Fairyhouse | Fairyhouse.ie | Fairyhouse Racecourse Ryanair Gold Cup Sunday 16th April 2017 The Ryanair Gold Cup is a Grade 1 race of the highest quality and attracts some of England and Ireland’s best novice chasers aged five years and up. As one of the highlights of the Irish racing calendar punters are promised a day full of excitement and unpredictability. Whether you find yourself in one of our private luxury suites, the famous BobbyJo Bistro or cheering your horse home trackside, you’re sure to be captivated by the top class racing. The BoyleSports Irish Grand National Monday 17th April 2017 Nearing its 150th running, the BoyleSports Irish Grand National has become a stalwart at the heart of the Irish sporting calendar. A race which encapsulates everything that is great about Irish racing, affords connections the opportunity to etch their names into history and join an elusive group who have been fortunate enough to be successful in this race. The race is now the richest Jumps race in the country, standing at a whopping €500,000. The substantial prize fund, coupled with the reputation of the race attracts the game’s best runners and riders to Fairyhouse to take on this demanding course.
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Which footballer was fined for giving 'the quenelle', known as the reverse Nazi salute, during a match at West Ham?
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Tony Parker apologises for giving controversial 'quenelle' salute | Sport | The Guardian Tony Parker apologises for giving controversial 'quenelle' salute • NBA star pictured with French comic Dieudonné • Simon Wiesenthal Center wants further statement Tony Parker pictured with the French comedian Dieudonné. Photograph: Twitter Monday 30 December 2013 15.11 EST Last modified on Friday 11 November 2016 09.41 EST Close This article is 3 years old The San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker has apologised after being photographed giving a salute considered to be antisemitic. In his apology, he said the photograph had been taken three years ago, and added that he had not known at the time that the gesture could be “in any way offensive or harmful”. The French NBA star was pictured giving the “quenelle”, which has been described as a “reverse Nazi salute”, with its originator, the French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala. Dieudonné, a controversial figure whose film The Anti-Semite was banned from the 2012 Cannes festival, maintains that it is intended as an anti-establishment gesture. French authorities are currently considering banning performances by Dieudonné . French soccer star Nicolas Anelka, a friend of Dieudonné, provoked a furious reaction in France after he used the quenelle gesture in a Premier League match on Saturday. On Monday, a Jewish human rights organisation, the Simon Wiesenthal Center , included Parker's gesture in its list of the Top Ten Anti-Semitic/Anti-Israel Slurs of 2013, and issued a statement calling for an apology. Parker subsequently released a statement which said : “While this gesture has been part of French culture for many years, it was not until recently that I learned of the very negative concerns associated with it. When l was photographed making that gesture three years ago, I thought it was part of a comedy act and did not know that it could be in any way offensive or harmful. Since I have been made aware of the seriousness of this gesture, I will certainly never repeat the gesture and sincerely apologize for any misunderstanding or harm relating to my actions. Hopefully this incident will serve to educate others that we need to be more aware that things that may seem innocuous can actually have a history of hate and hurt.” Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, responded: “The Simon Wiesenthal Center takes Mr Parker at his word. There is, however, one more crucial step that he needs to take: a statement in French to reassure 600,000 French Jews and the multitude of his young fans in France that he disassociates himself from the quenelle salute and everything it stands for.” Tony Parker in action against LeBron James of the Miami Heat, in Game Two of the 2013 NBA Finals. Photograph: Brendan SmialowskiAFP/Getty Images Anelka made the salute after scoring a goal during a 3-3 draw between West Bromwich Albion and West Ham United on Saturday. The striker, who faces a five-game ban on anti-discriminatory grounds , said he had performed the salute in tribute to Dieudonné. However, on Monday, Anelka said he would not make the salute again, and used Twitter to say: “(The) meaning of quenelle: anti-system. I do not know what the word 'religion' has to do with this story! This is a dedication to Dieudonné.” Anelka's salute prompted condemnation across French society. The minister for sport, Valérie Fourneyron, called it “shocking and sickening”. On Twitter, Anelka continued: “With regard to the ministers who give their own interpretations of my quenelle, they are the ones that create confusion and controversy without knowing what it really means, this gesture.” Two other Premier League footballers, the Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri and the Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho, have been photographed performing the quenelle. Dieudonné M'Bala M'Bala vows to contest ban after interior minister Manuel Valls urges regional officials to block show Published: 6 Jan 2014 Nicolas Anelka has agreed not to perform his controversial quenelle goal celebration again, ac
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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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Point Barrow is the most northerly point of which country?
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Bridgetown, capital city of Barbados All... Bridgetown, capital city of Barbados Bridgetown is not just the capital of Barbados; it is also the island's only city. More than 110,000 people call Bridgetown home, and it is the cultural, political and economic heart of the island nation. The city boasts beautiful architecture, a UNESCO World Heritage site, terrific shopping and world-class restaurants, all in a paradisiacal setting with blue skies, palm trees and the country's only natural harbor. The harbor made Bridgetown a key hub for commerce and trade during the 17th century, but it also made Barbados a target. The colonial powers of Spain, England, Holland and France were often battling over the Caribbean's prosperous islands, and Barbados soon was dotted with fortifications to protect the island. The largest fort is the Barbados Garrison, built in 1705. Today, the garrison's walls surround Bridgetown's historic district, whose serpentine layout and buildings are outstanding examples of colonial architecture. The Garrison district is now a perfect blend of historic buildings and modern amenities. There are many restaurants, beaches, galleries, boutiques, cafes and villas in the area, making it a favorite destination of both travelers and locals. The Chamberlain Bridge is just two miles south of the garrison in the capital's center. Originally built between 1865 and 1872, the bridge separates the outer and inner basins of the harbor, creating a safe space for fishing boats, catamarans and pleasure crafts. The Bridgetown boardwalk runs along the west side of the bridge and makes for a lovely waterfront stroll. At the west end of the boardwalk is a small park dedicated to the country's maritime history. Visitors can see some of the island's oldest cannons and read posters with fascinating facts about Barbados' pirates. The east end of the boardwalk leads to Independence Square, a quiet respite in the center of the city. The square has many benches that offer beautiful waterfront views of some of Bridgetown's most historic buildings, including the Parliament Building. The Museum of Parliament offers visitors a riveting inside-look at politics in Barbados, and the nearby National Heroes Gallery traces the lives and work of many influential citizens, including doctors, sportsmen, politicians and artists. The beaches that surround Carlisle Bay are considered to be some of the best in Barbados. The waters on the west side of the island are generally calmer and more suitable for swimming and diving than those on the east or north coasts, and what lies underwater is even more beautiful and intriguing than what is on land. Carlisle Bay is home to several species of exotic and brilliantly colored marine life, including reef squid, sea horses, barracudas, frog fish, moral eels, octopi, mackerel and more. The bay also contains the wrecks of six ships, including the coral-laden Berwyn, the country's first tugboat and a Canadian freighter sunk in World War II by a German torpedo. Bridgetown's nightlife is quite active, and although most bars and nightclubs do not open until later in the evening, they usually keep the party going until dawn. The beaches often play host to bonfire parties, where guests are treated to steel drum music and mouth-watering barbecues, and most establishments only charge a cover fee. After that, the drinks flow like water all night and you do not have to pay a single penny. Bridgetown Geographical Location Bridgetown is located in the southwest of Barbados on the Constitution River. The approximate population of Bridgetown is 100,000 and is Barbados’ largest city. Bridgetown Language English is the official and primary language of Barbados although it is a regional variant. Bridgetown Predominant Religion
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Laureates | British Horse Society Share this Twitter FaceBook Colonel Sir Michael Ansell Although an excellent all-round horseman, showjumping was Colonel Ansell’s greatest passion. During his time as a prisoner of war in Germany, he formulated a plan for the revival of British showjumping, which was largely responsible for the success and popularity of the sport today. Upon his return to England, Colonel Ansell was elected Chairman and Vice-President of the BSJA. He quickly introduced the requirement to register horses and ponies, as well as the recording of results. He also initiated the grading system, thus allowing novice horses a fairer chance of winning and progressing. Colonel Ansell also helped to launch the first BSJA National Championship in 1945. The course design was innovative and entertaining, and the show was a resounding success. The BSJA also took over the selection of the British international showjumping team, which has been successful ever since. He was Chairman of The British Horse Society and the BSJA for 20 years, and was the first president of the British Equestrian Federation. George Bowman George Bowman is 19 times British National Carriage Driving Champion. Caroline Bradley David Broome David Broome’s riding career began at the age of two, when he was given his first pony. In 1959, aged just 19, he became British showjumping’s leading money winner. During his career, David represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games four times, earning individual bronze medals in 1960 with Sunsalve, and 1968 with Mr Softee. He also has the distinction of being the only rider to have won the men’s individual championship three times, the British National Championship six times, and to have lifted the prestigious King George V Gold Cup on five occasions. After representing Great Britain 106 times in Nations Cup events, David retired from international teams in 1994, having spent more than 30 years as one of the world’s top showjumpers. Douglas Bunn Douglas Bunn was born on 1 March 1928. A barrister, he had a lifelong interest in showjumping, having been Chairman, President, and Honorary Vice-President of the British Showjumping Association. Having competed successfully on ponies before turning to horses, Douglas owned many showjumpers, notably The Maverick, latterly ridden by Alison Dawes. He competed Beethoven successfully himself before giving the ride to David Broome, who won the World Championships in La Baule in 1970 on this horse. Douglas was also Chef d’Equipe of many British teams. In 1960 he opened the All England Showjumping Course at Hickstead, incorporating many permanent obstacles in its international arena. Hickstead is now home to many prestigious events in the national and international calendars including the Royal International Horse Show, the Hickstead Derby, the British Nations Cup, and the Schools Showjumping championships. Sophie Christiansen OBE Sophie Christiansen is a leading light of para dressage who has won several medals in three consecutive Paralympic Games. At 16, she was Great Britain's youngest athlete in the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games and won her first Paralympic medal at these Games before winning three Gold medals at the European Championships in Hungary the following year. Her Paralympic medal record since has totalled three Golds, one silver and one bronze, becoming Great Britain's first Paralympic triple Gold medallist at the 2012 Games. She also claimed Gold at the 2007 World Championships in the freestyle dressage, taking bronze in the individual dressage event. Sophie was appointed as an MBE in 2009 and as an OBE in 2013 for services to equestrianism. Kristina Cook Kristina Cook was just ten years old when her father Josh Gifford trained Aldaniti to win the Grand National and it was almost inevitable that she too would excel with horses. Her first major success was a Team Gold medal at the 1987 Junior European Eventing Championships and from there she has gone on to be a consistent member of the British team, winning European, World and Olympic medals. In 2009 she wo
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Dickie Valentine on Apple Music To preview a song, mouse over the title and click Play. Open iTunes to buy and download music. Biography Never a major star, Dickie Valentine nevertheless had two number singles in 1955 and was voted Top UK male vocalist of 1952 while singing with the Ted Heath Band before embarking on a solo career. Born Richard Bryce in Marylebone, London on the 4th of November 1929, he first tried his hand at singing while he was working as child actor and developed an act, impersonating other singers of the time. He appeared in several movies as a child and got his break when he signed to the Ted Heath Band. He married Elizabeth Flynn in 1954 just as his solo career was getting underway in earnest. He signed to Decca records and his first chart entry was as the chart was only three months old in February 1953 with a competing version of "Broken Wings,", a song which the Stargazers took to the top and resoundly won that particularly battle, although on later releases he would team up with the vocal group. Early in 1955 his version of the romantic ballad "Finger of Suspicion" hit number one. and that year was his peak year with three other top 10 singles, Mr Sandman, A Blossom Fell and I Wonder, all covers of successful American songs, and at the end of the year he enjoyed his second (and final) chart topper with Christmas Alphabet, a sickly sweet run through the spelling of the word Christmas and the first no.1 created specifically for the Christmas market. Rock n Roll was coming however, and Dickie Valentine's style of crooning was considered old fashioned and although during 1956 he had his own TV series, The Dickie Valentine Show, on which he partnered Peter Sellers, the hits had virtually dried up and he had only one further top 10 single the following Christmas with another attempt to capture the holiday market, Christmas Island. Changing record companies in 1959 to Pye Nixa did not change his fortunes and he had two further minor hits before falling off the charts for the final time just two weeks shy of the new decade. He remained popular on the cabaret and live circuit throughout the 1960s but travelling from a gig in Wales on the 6th of May 1971, he was killed in a car crash aged just 41. ~ Sharon Mawer Top Albums
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Dictionary of France - M - M6 to Mutuelle - About-France.com Z M 6 - The sixth French TV channel; a commercial channel, M6 is more youth oriented, innovative and and cheeky than the main channels. Macadam - Monthly magazine sold on the streets of French cities by the homeless ( SDF ) and unemployed. Vendors get to keep at least 1€ from the cover price of 2 €. The French equivalent of Britain's "Big Issue" or Germany's "Asphalt", Macadam is affiliated to the International Network of Street Papers. Macron, Emmanuel. Born 1977, Emmanuel Macron came into the public eye when in 2014 he was appointed economic advisor to President François Hollande. At the start of his career Macron was a senior civil servant in the Inspectorate of Finances at the Ministry of the Economy. He then joined Rothschilds investment bank. In 2012 he joined President Hollande's team of advisers, and later in 2014 was appointed to the post of Minister of the Economy in the first Valls administration. His profile as a former investment banker did not go down well with the left wing of Hollande's government, and nor did his liberalising economic policies. His economic reform package that came in in 2015, and is known as the Loi Macron, included rolling back restrictions on Sunday trading, opening up the intercity bus and coach market to private competition, and attacking restrictive practices in France's regulated professions (legal professions, pharmacists, bailiffs etc.). In 2015 he founded his own political movement (not a party) called En Marche (perhaps best translated as Just do it) and subsequently announced that he was standing for the presidency as an anti-system independent in the 2017 Presidential elections. Madelin, Alain : Born 1946. Former minister, Alain Madelin is renowned as the most strident defender of economic liberalism in France, during the early 1990s, at a time when " liberalism " was still the "L" word, even for many French conservatives. A right-wing activist during his student days, virulently anti-Socialist, Madelin later joined Giscard d'Estaing's centre-right UDF party. He held a number of ministerial portfolios, eventually being appointed Minister of Finance and the Economy by prime minister Edouard Balladur in 1995; Balladur however sacked him after three months, judging Madelin too liberal . In reality, Madelin was ahead of his times, and many of his economic ideas - aimed at freeing up the French economy - have since been put in place. In 1997, he became president of the Parti Républicain (PR), which he later renamed Démocratie Libérale (DL): in 2003 DL merged with the mainstream conservative UMP party. Madelin retired from politics in 2007. Maghrébins: People from North Africa, notably from the former French colonies or protectorates of Algeria, Morrocco, and Tunisia. French national censuses do not include questions about ethnicity, but it is estimated that about 5% of the population of modern Frence (some 3 million people) are partly or fully of Maghreban descent. Magny Cours. French motor racing circuit, near Nevers in the Nièvre department, some 250 km south of Paris, formerly site of French Formula 1 Grand Prix races. MAIF : large insurance cooperative (friendly society), only open to active or retired employees of the French state education service. The MAIF was reputed to offer very competitive insurance rates; today it is particularly appreciated as an honest insurer and one which pays up quite fast when a claim is made. Maire : Mayor, the chief executive of a Commune, or municipality. Amont the many functions of French mayors are that of officiating at marriages. Mayors are elected for a six-year term in office, by municipal councillors, following a municipal election. The person chosen is generally the leader of the "list" which gained the majority of seats on the council following the election. Mairie: Municipal offices, building housing the main administrative office or offices (depending on the size) of a commune or a town. Mairies are responsible for the management of local services and local a
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The French Fifth Republic: Against All Odds The French Fifth Republic: Against All Odds By Håkon Tranvåg Since the French Revolution in 1789, France has had five different republican systems. All of them have been the results of violent crises. The fifth and current one was an outcome of the Algerian crisis in the 1950’s. It withstood several assassinations attempts and rebellions, proving to be one the longest lasting and most stable political systems France has seen so far. In this article I seek to give a brief overview of how this happened. The First Republic began with the fall of King Louis XVI in 1792 and ended with Napoleon Bonaparte declaring himself emperor of the First French Empire in 1804. After Napoleon’s empire had ended, a period of monarchies followed, until the 1848 Revolution saw the birth of the Second Republic, paradoxically enough with the election of Napoleon’s own nephew, Napoleon III, as its first president. An apple never falls to far from the tree, and within just four years he had made himself emperor of the French Second Empire. The Second Empire collapsed in 1870 with the catastrophic war against the Prussians, which the French soundly lost. That same year, the Third Republic was created. This would prove to be the hitherto longest lasting of the French republics. But although the Third Republic had a long life, it was on the other hand quite unstable: In the period from 1929 to 1939, there were 18 different governments. The Third Republic ended in 1940 with the German occupation of France. The Fourth Republic was established after the war and officially put in place in 1946. It was in many respects a revival of the Third Republic, and thus suffered from a lot of of the same problems. But more acutely, it was confronted with the collapse of the French Colonial Empire, and in particular the Algerian War, which began in 1954. The Fourth Republic had successfully lead France to an economic recovery after WWII, but proved itself incapable of resolving the conflict in Algeria. As the French generals and army section stationed in there feared that the government in Paris would abandon them and strike a deal with the Algerian independence movement, the FLN, they took control over the French administration and forces in Algeria, and issued a poorly hidden threat of a coming coup d’état: If the French government failed to give them the support they needed, they “could not predict the army’s reaction.” They then followed this up by taking control of Corsica to force the president to the negotiation table. The generals wanted the former leader of the Free French Forces, Charles de Gaulle, as new head of government to ensure support for the war. It was now a straightforward threat: If de Gaulle wasn’t given the position they would land paratroopers in Paris and seize the city. The president’s hands were tied, and de Gaulle was named head of government. In June 1958 the Parliament dissolved itself and the constitution. De Gaulle now led the forging a new constitution, and by the end of the summer the result was presented to the French people for a referendum. On September 28th a vast majority approved of the constitution, thus commencing the Fifth Republic. In December that year de Gaulle became it’s first elected president. The main problem with the two preceding republics had been that the executive branch was too weak. Governments struggled to achieve a majority; they relied on coalitions and alliances, and were often forced to resign. Further, the political parties were poorly organised, thus making the political game even more complicated. De Gaulle De Gaulle was well aware of all this, and keen to change it. The Fifth Republic was to have a strong executive power. The Prime minister and his cabinet would be less dependent on the Parliament, but more importantly, the President was given considerable authorities: He would be elected by an electoral college and not by the people directly, he appointed the Prime minister, could rule by decree in times of crisis and he could dissolve Parliament and c
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Living in the USA Underground USA Adapting When I first arrived in the USA it seemed inevitable that there would be some "Huh?" moments, when I said words that the local didn't understand and they used words that perhaps I knew but wouldn't necessarily have been my first choice. But what I found a little staggering was that there were many many more words that I would have imagined that are different, and you don't find out what some of them are until you've been there two to three years. Odd, obscure words that suddenly pop out in conversation turn out to be not-for-general-use on the other side of the pond. Everyone knows the obvious ones, for example trousers are pants, a pavement becomes a sidewalk, a nappie is a diaper and you'd get into an elevator and not the lift anymore. But I made a list of all the more obscure ones - the ones you don't discover until you immerse yourself into their culture for a bit. And form the list comes a whole new world of customs and cultures too, and here they all are ... Familiarise yourself first ... Get to grips with the USA first though! I discovered the excellent 'place the state' game, which is one of those things that you'll think you'll try once, and then get sucked in and play it for the next 20 minutes trying to get a perfect 100%. UK - And once you think you've cracked that, try placing all the English counties in their proper place The List So I made a list. This webpage started out at a big list of words that are different between British English and American English. Then I found out that someone had already done it and rather well too. Please go and have a look at the English2American.com site, which also has the brilliant 'What's the difference between Great Britain and the United Kingdom' page, explained for all of those that don't know. Oh and the fact that our date format is superior too. The # key on the keyboard is called the pound. Nothing to do with the UK pound sign. Calling # it's proper name hash gets them looking at you as if you're making a weird drug reference. Driving any where throws up so many, it's hard to know where to start. The bonnet becomes the hood, the boot becomes the trunk, even wing mirrors become side mirrors. You don't have indicators either, you now have turn signals. Traffic light? Don't be silly - they're the stop lights. Food & Drink Everyone know the basics .. like sweets are called candy, crisps are known as chips and biscuits are called cookies. But to an American (especially a southerner) a biscuit is also some pasty-scone-like cake thing to which I can think of no UK equivalent. Their Bacon is weird. You can't get nicely thick and widely cut Danish. Think and streaky seems to be the order of the day. Their eggs are generally more white than brown. And whilst their bread seems to last longer before going mouldy, the slices are just that much smaller than your typical Mothers Pride loaf. Oh, and they have no idea what a crumpet is either, and I have no idea how to best describe it. (No, it's not the same as an English muffin. Incidentally, in the UK, English Muffins are just called 'Muffins'. That's a joke) Food, dining and eating throws up so many anomalies it's hard to know where to start. Crockery for one is more commonly known as flatware. And when you're in a nice restaurant you'll open up with a Starter in England, but Americans wouldn't know that that's what they call an Appetizer. And when you've finished that nice meal, don't use a serviette to wipe your face after you've eaten - no, you'll be using a napkin instead. Don't order a pudding either. You have to order a dessert. To Americans, pudding is a type of dessert, not a generics name for one. Root vegetables seem to be an ares where there are lots of different names - an aubergine is known as an eggplant, corgette's as zuchinni's and a swede is known as rutabega. This causes endless amount of amusement to Americans to think that 'Swede' could be a food, a not just ... a person from Sweden. Squash is Marrow. It took me three years of living in the USA
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Section 1 – Britain and all things British - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo Section 1 – Britain and all things British 1. What is the most common street name in Britain? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 1. What is the most common street name in Britain? 2. Which British city has more miles of canal than Venice? 3. The first single to sell over two million copies in Great Britain was written as a tribute to where in Great Britain? 4. Which lake in Great Britain has the largest volume of water? 5. In the TV show “Little Britain” what is the name of “the only gay in the village”? 6. True or False: Great Britain is one of the top 10 largest islands in the world? 7. Who lived “in the top left-hand corner of Wales”? 8. What is the longest motorway in Great Britain? 9. Which four British cities have hosted the Commonwealth Games? 10. In Britain, which University has more students than any other? Section 2 – Song lyrics - can you identify which songs these lyrics are from? 11. “We haven’t had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine”? 12. “My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die”? 13. “Switch on the TV, we may pick him up on channel two”? 14. “Lord, I never drew first, but I drew first blood”? 15. “You coulda’ heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and locked the door”? 16. “Now you’re calling me up on the phone so you can have a little whine and a moan”? 17. “Light up your face with gladness”? 18. “Ask the local gentry, and they will say is elementary”? 19. “Heaven sent and heaven stole”? 20. “Right now tomorrow’s lookin’ bright, just like the sunny mornin’ light”? Section 3 - General knowledge and lateral thinking 21. Change the first letter in the surname of a famous jockey to get the surname of a famous New Zealand cricketer. What’s the name of the jockey and the cricketer. 22. Which rock group has four members, all of whom are dead, one of whom was assassinated? 23. Which comedian and member of the radio show the Goons had the line ‘I told you I was ill’ engraved on his grave stone? 24. What was unusual about the Austrian concert pianist Paul Wittgenstein? 25. Which two words, allegedly heard for the first time in the song Born To Be Wild by Steppenwolf, describe a style of rock music? 26. Where would you most likely be headed if you were in a tumbrel during the French revolution? 27. How did Olivia overtake Grace in 2008? 28. Three second hand vehicles were put on the market in December 2008 for £27m each. What are they? 29. What Olympic sport is derived from the Greek word for naked? 30. If you are a Greek man and wear a fustenella what kind of garment would you be wearing? 1. High Street; 2. Birmingham; 3. Mull Of Kintyre; 4. Loch Ness; 5. Daffyd Thomas; 6. True (it is 8th largest); 7. Ivor The Engine; 8. M6; 9. London, Edinburgh, Manchester and Cardiff; 10. The Open University; 11. Hotel California by The Eagles; 12. The Show Must Go On by Queen; 13. Starman by David Bowie; 14. Blaze Of Glory by Jon Bon Jovi; 15. Coward Of The County by Kenny Rogers; 16. Smile by Lily Allen; 17. Smile by Nat King Cole; 18. Love And Marriage by Frank Sinatra; 19. Jesus To A Child by George Michael; 20. Dance The Night Away by The Mavericks; 21. Frankie Dettori and Daniel Vettori; 22. Mount Rushmore (they’re all made of rock!); 23. Spike Milligan; 24. He was one handed – lost his right hand in first world war but taught himself to play with his left hand; 25. Heavy Metal (Heavy Metal Thunder); 26. That you were on your way to visit Madame Guillotine – it was the two wheeled cart used to ferry people to their deaths; 27. By becoming the most popular girl’s name in the UK; 28. All US Space Shuttles – Atlantis, Endeavour and Discovery; 29. Gymnastics; 30. Skirt Like us on Facebook
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Ming The Merciless (Character) - Comic Vine Ming The Merciless The Ming The Merciless wiki last edited by fesak on 06/24/14 04:36PM View full history Origin When Flash Gordon and his friends land on the planet Mongo , they find it ruled by the evil Emperor Ming, a tyrant who quickly becomes his arch-enemy for many years. His hatred for Flash Gordon is only matched by his desire to rule the Universe, on the course of using his Machiavellian plot such as releasing the Purple Death on Earth as spite for Flash Gordon. Creation Published by King Features Syndicate , Ming the Merciless was created by Alex Raymond . Powers and Abilities Ming is possesses an incredible intellect, which he uses for evil purposes. Out-smarting Flash Gordon and setting traps up for him, devising vile schemes, and various other intentions. He is also able to use magic to aid in his plans, and appears to have technology that is fairly advanced. Other Media Charles Middleton as Emperor Ming Universal Pictures released three Flash Gordon cliffhanger serials in the 1930's and 40's and Charles Middleton played Emperor Ming in all three films. This writer has over 100 cliffhanger serials in his private collection and in his opinion no serial actor ever played a better villain than Charles Middleton did when he was Emperor Ming. Ming in Defenders of the Earth Ming was the primary antagonist in the 80's cartoon Defenders of the Earth, appearing alongside other King Features characters such as Flash Gordon , The Phantom , Mandrake & Lothar . Latest Images Close This edit will also create new pages on Comic Vine for: Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Make sure this is what you intended. This will likely increase the time it takes for your changes to go live. Comment and Save Until you earn 1000 points all your submissions need to be vetted by other Comic Vine users. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved. Save your changes Thanks, we're checking your submission. Whoah, whoah... slow down there. Thanks! Your changes are live! Some of your changes are live Because you're new to wiki editing, we sent your submission off to our moderators to check it over. Most changes are approved within a few hours. We'll send an email when it is. Once you've earned over points you'll be able to bypass this step and make live edits to our system. Until then, gain points by continuing to edit pages. You are currently banned from editing the wiki. Wiki submissions are currently disabled. No changes were submitted, nothing was done! Please make changes to the wiki! Thanks for continuing to improve the site. Some of your changes are now live. However, some of your changes were sent to moderation because you do not have enough points to make those live edits. You need points to live edit the changes you commited. For the changes that went through, our robot math gave you points for this submission. Thanks for continuing to improve the site. Your changes are now live. Our robot math gave you points for this submission.
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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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What are the women’s trousers cut to look like a skirt?
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Culottes - definition of culottes by The Free Dictionary Culottes - definition of culottes by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/culottes (ko͞o-lŏt′, kyo͞o-, ko͞o′lŏt′, kyo͞o′-) n. often culottes A pair of pants that usually falls between the knees and the ankles and is cut to resemble a skirt. [French, breeches, diminutive of cul, rump, from Latin cūlus; see (s)keu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] culottes (Clothing & Fashion) women's flared trousers cut to look like a skirt [C20: from French, literally: breeches, from cul bottom; see culet] cu•lottes also cu•lotte′, n. (used with a pl. v.) women's trousers, usu. knee-length or calf-length, cut full to resemble a skirt. [1835–45; < French: literally, breeches =cul rump + -ottes, pl. of -otte, feminine of -ot n. suffix. See culet ] culottes Women’s or girls’ pants cut with a wide flare to look like a skirt. Translations [kjʊːˈlɒts] NPL → falda fsing pantalón culottes pl → Hosenrock m; a pair of culottes → ein Hosenrock culottes Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us , add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content . Link to this page: trousers References in classic literature ? The French noblesse chose to have the people `sans culottes,' and they had `sans culotte' governors to their hearts' content. View in context All River Island | Right: Cape, PS65, burgundy culottes, PS35, heels, PS65, bag, PS55. STYLE YOUR SHAPE.. Two of the hottest designer trends this year may strike fear into even the most stylish shoppers - culottes and pussy bow blouses. How to wear... Cool khaki; FASHION Collarless lemon coat PS40, culottes PS16, pointed courts PS15, all Matalan Work it girl; Your office uniform doesn't have to be boring suits all the time. EMMA JOHNSON finds ways to make your nine-to-five a bit more stylish A prized embroidered flounce, lace and tulle are the fabrics that comprise the collection as complete; the possibility exists to opt between a beautiful corset and a shaping underwear, or within a push-up with a pair of organized culottes and a thong.
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Which is the deepest lake in the English Lake District?
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A Quick Guide to England's Lake District Updated December 24, 2016. Claims to fame: The Lake District, in England's Northwest, is a vast national park, carved out by glaciers about 15,000 years ago. It has: four mountains over 3,000 feet including England's highest about 50 lakes and tarns, including England's biggest and England's deepest connections with leading literary figures, including Wordsworth, Coleridge and de Quincey. been attracting visitors for hundreds of years - dating back to intrepid lady diarist Celia Fiennes in 1698 inspired England's most famous fell walking guides - The Wainwright Guides. Lakeland statistics and superlatives: The Lake District is England's only true mountain region. The national park covers 885 square miles (33 miles north to south, 40 miles east to west) - about 85 percent of the area of Rhode Island. Among its outstanding features: Windermere, England's biggest natural lake is 10.56 miles long, a mile wide and about 220 feet deep. Wastwater, England's deepest lake has a surface 200 feet above sea level and a bottom 50 feet below sea level. continue reading below our video Long-Haul Flight Survival Tips Scaffell Pike, at nearly 3,209 feet, is England's highest mountain - called a fell - and considered to be one of the hardest of the UK's high peaks to get to. Cities, Towns and Roads in the Lake District: Although the Lake District is England's most densely populated national park, there are no cities,large towns or major road routes. The M6 Motorway skirts the eastern edge of the national park and passes through, or near, these regional gateway cities and towns: Fell Walking in the Lakes: The word fell comes from the Old Norse word fjall for mountain. One of the most popular pastimes in the the Lake District is fell walking. The challenges range from hills around Keswick and Derwentwater that are little more than modest uphill walks of a couple of hundred feet, to difficult scrambling hikes to the top of Scafell Pike. Because the Lakeland fells are virtually bare and preside over vast, U-shaped valleys, the rewards of fell walking are the spectacular views. Alfred Wainwright and the Lakeland Fells.: Between 1952 and 1966, Alfred Wainwright, considered by many to be the father of fell walking, set out to walk 214 Lake District Peaks and write about them in seven, carefully handwritten and illustrated walking guides. These books have now become British classics.<p> In the summer of 2007, to mark the centenery of Wainwright's birth, six million people watched the BBC2 Series Wainwright Walks. Walking in Wainwright's footsteps opens up some of the best routes and views in the Lakes. A Pictorial Guide To The Lakeland Fells - Compare Prices Wainwright's "Eight Lakeland Walks" is now available as a podcast. Compare Prices The Lakes are linked to: William Wordsworth - The Gondola on Coniston Water When to go: Summers are crowded in the Lake District. There are few roads and those are narrow and wind through valleys and mountain passes so traffic can be a real problem during July and August. Go, if you can, in spring or autumn, when the color of the landscape is at its best. Winter also has its charms - there is little snow, except on the highest ground and the lakes don't usually freeze. Steamers on Lake Windermere and Ullswater cruise all year round. Keep in mind though that winter fell walking is only for well equipped walkers with plenty of experience. Some of the higher road passes can ice up in winter. Five More Cool Things to Do in the Lakes:
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Ohrid Lake Ohrid Lake Ohrid Lake Being the largest and most beautiful out of Macedonia’s three tectonic lakes, Lake Ohrid is about 30 kilometers (18 miles) long and round 288 meters (945 feet) deep. Its astonishingly clean and clear waters, together with the serene stillness of its mountain settings have captivated visitors since prehistoric times. While the lake is filled up by water from three rivers, most of Ohrid’s water comes from another lake - Prespa which is located on the other side of Mountain Galicica. Due to the high elevation, Prespa spills its water down to Ohrid through mountain springs, the most important ones being Ostrovo and Biljana, located near the monastery of St. Naum and Ohrid town, respectively. With its unique flora and fauna characteristic of the tertiary period (2-4 million years ago), Ohrid is one of Europe’s great biological reserves. Most of the lake’s plant and animal species are endemic and unique to Ohrid. The most famous among these are two types of the Ohrid trout, named letnica and belvica. Other unique Ohrid creatures include two types of eel, and the bleak whose scales are used for making the well-known Ohrid pearl. This treasured jewel is produced according to a secret method which was passed on from generation to generation. Sport fishing attracts many passionate fishermen from Macedonia, Europe and even from the world. Lake Ohrid, straddles the mountainous border between southwestern Macedonia and eastern Albania. It is one of Europe's deepest and oldest lakes, preserving a unique aquatic ecosystem that is of worldwide importance, with more than 200 endemic species. The importance of the lake was further emphasized when it was declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO in 1979 and when, in 2010, NASA decided to name one of Titan's lakes after Lake Ohrid. The towns situated at the lakeside are Pogradec in Albania, along with Ohrid and Struga in Macedonia. The Ohrid and Prespa Lakes belong to a group of Dessaret basins that originated from a geotectonic depression during the Pliocene epoch up to five million years ago on the western side of the Dinaric Alps. Worldwide, there are only a few lakes with similarly remote origins with Lake Baikal and Lake Tanganyika being the most famous. Most other, short-lived lakes have a life span of less than 100,000 years before they are eventually filled up with sediments. It is believed that in the case of Lake Ohrid this process was delayed by its great depth and small sediment input from its filtered spring inflows. Moreover the Ohrid-Korca graben to the south of the lake is still tectonically active and might compensate sedimentation by subduction. In contrast to Lake Ohrid, Lake Prespa is likely to have turned dry several times in its history, as a result of its karstic underground. In 2008, Macedonian media reported that international experts will be researching the lake in order to determine its age. Travel with a bus If you considering to go with a bus you have a dozen of buses between Ohrid and Skopje.Time travel is 3 hours.Price for one way ticket is 500 denars/8 EUR and two way tickets is 700 denars/ 11.3 EUR. Time of departure from Skopje: 05:30, 06:00, 08:00,10:00,11:00,13:00,14:00,14:45,15:30,16:00,16:30,18:30,19:30. Note: If you considering travelling on weekend and holidays please contact the bus station for any changes of the lines. Travel by train
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On which Scottish island is the town of Stornoway?
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Stornoway, Scotland | By Scotland Channel City finder Stornoway of Lewis Island Located in the Western Isles of Scotland is a fascinating town called Stornoway. With a history dating back many centuries, a beautiful setting and much to please the eye, Stornoway of Lewis is well worth a visit. Stornoway is said to have begun as a Viking settlement that progressively grew in a lovely natural harbor. The town's name is believed to come from the word 'Stjornavgr', which means “Steering Bay” in Norse. Some time in the 1100s a castle was built proudly overlooking the town by the MacNicol family. Stornoway Castle was annexed by Leod, predecessor to the MacLeods of Lewis. The Middle Ages saw much fighting amongst Scottish clans and the MacLeod family was much despised by the government in Edinburgh. King James VI attempted to remove their influence in 1597, but did not succeed. In the 1600s the castle of Stornoway was crushed by forces led by Oliver Cromwell. The town came under control of the MacKenzies. As time progressed, Stornoway town saw the rising of buildings, a port and other developments. In 1844 the area of Lewis, including Stornoway was bought by Sir James Matheson. Matheson was responsible for the construction of Lewis Castle . Then in 1918, Lewis was sold to Lord Leverhume. Today, Stornoway is a popular tourist destination. A busy little town with a bustling harbor, visitors to Stornoway will have a delightful adventure. The town is a doorway to the island of Lewis and its many attractions dating far back in history. Stornoway itself offers sightseers plenty to view including the Stornoway Town Hall, Lewis Castle, the arts center and Lewis Loom Center. Many streets have been made available only for use by pedestrians. Around the town center, visitors will discover pleasant stores including those which sell Harris Tweed. Located on the castle grounds you will find Stornoway Golf Club. Interestingly, this is the only golf course in the Outer Hebrides with 18 holes. The Hebridean Celtic festival is also hosted on the estate every July. You won't want to miss this exciting 3-day event. Those who decide to visit Stornoway should know that the town's inhabitants strongly adhere to the Sabbath. Hence, you may find many of the stores, pubs, petrol stations and attractions are closed throughout Sunday. There are certain exceptions to the rule, however, such business are usually only open for limited hours. Tags:
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Argyll & Isles - Things To Do & Accommodation | VisitScotland Isle of Tiree Islands The Isle of Tiree is the most westerly island of the Inner Hebrides, with a mild climate and white sand beaches. Jura Islands The long and narrow island of Jura is one of the wildest and most mountainous of the Inner Hebrides. Lochgilphead Towns & Villages Lochgilphead is situated at the apex of a short loch called Loch Gilp, an offshoot on the western shore of the much larger Loch Fyne. Lochgoilhead Towns & Villages Lochgoilhead is a small village situated at the northern end of Loch Goil, a sea loch running into Loch Long. Mull Islands Mull is the largest of the islands of Argyll and the third largest in Scotland, with 300 miles of coastline. Oban Towns & Villages The largest town in Argyll & The Isles, Oban is known as the ‘Gateway to the Isles’ and the 'Seafood Capital of Scotland'. Rothesay Towns & Villages Rothesay is a smart Victorian seaside resort and the main town on the east side of Isle of Bute. Tarbert Towns & Villages Tarbert on Loch Fyne is an attractive village which for many visitors acts as the gateway to the beautiful peninsula of Kintyre. Tobermory & North Mull Towns & Villages Tobermory is the main town on the island of Mull, in the Inner Hebrides. The picture-postcard port with its brightly coloured harbour-front buildings was the setting of children's TV show Balamory. Bowmore iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Bowmore's iCentre is located in the Square in the centre of the Island of Islay. Information is available to make your stay on the Island the best it can be. Campbeltown iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Ideally located at the bottom of the Main Street/Head of the Pier. We can offer a wide selection of information on the local area and Scotland in general. Craignure iCentre VisitScotland iCentres We are perfectly located directly opposite the ferry terminal from Oban and can therefore provide you with tailor-made information to help you make the most of your holiday right from the start. Dunoon iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Dunoon iCentre is situated in Dunoon's east bay, a quarter of a mile from our iconic Victorian pier. Inveraray iCentre VisitScotland iCentres Inveraray VIC is situated on the A83 and faces on to Loch Shira, an arm of Loch Fyne. The VIC is located on Front street, next door to the Argyll Hotel.
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