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Chapter 1: ABCs of Pharmacology - Medicines By Design - Science Education - National Institute of General Medical Sciences Chapter 1: ABCs of Pharmacology Medicines By Design in PDF Chapter 1: ABCs of Pharmacology Know why some people's stomachs burn after they swallow an aspirin tablet? Or why a swig of grapefruit juice with breakfast can raise blood levels of some medicines in certain people? Understanding some of the basics of the science of pharmacology will help answer these questions, and many more, about your body and the medicines you take. So, then, what's pharmacology? Despite the field's long, rich history and importance to human health, few people know much about this biomedical science. One pharmacologist joked that when she was asked what she did for a living, her reply prompted an unexpected question: “Isn't 'farm ecology' the study of how livestock impact the environment?” Of course, this booklet isn't about livestock or agriculture. Rather, it's about a field of science that studies how the body reacts to medicines and how medicines affect the body. Pharmacology is often confused with pharmacy , a separate discipline in the health sciences that deals with preparing and dispensing medicines. For thousands of years, people have looked in nature to find chemicals to treat their symptoms. Ancient healers had little understanding of how various elixirs worked their magic, but we know much more today. Some pharmacologists study how our bodies work, while others study the chemical properties of medicines. Others investigate the physical and behavioral effects medicines have on the body. Pharmacology researchers study drugs used to treat diseases, as well as drugs of abuse. Since medicines work in so many different ways in so many different organs of the body, pharmacology research touches just about every area of biomedicine. Many scientists are drawn to pharmacology because of its direct application to the practice of medicine. Pharmacologists study the actions of drugs in the intestinal tract, the brain, the muscles, and the liver-just a few of the most common areas where drugs travel during their stay in the body. Of course, all of our organs are constructed from cells, and inside all of our cells are genes. Many pharmacologists study how medicines interact with cell parts and genes, which in turn influences how cells behave. Because pharmacology touches on such diverse areas, pharmacologists must be broadly trained in biology, chemistry, and more applied areas of medicine, such as anatomy and physiology . A Juicy Story Did you know that, in some people, a single glass of grapefruit juice can alter levels of drugs used to treat allergies, heart disease, and infections? Fifteen years ago, pharmacologists discovered this "grapefruit juice effect" by luck, after giving volunteers grapefruit juice to mask the taste of a medicine. Nearly a decade later, researchers figured out that grapefruit juice affects medicines by lowering levels of a drug-metabolizing enzyme , called CYP3A4, in the intestines. More recently, Paul B. Watkins of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discovered that other juices like Seville (sour) orange juice—but not regular orange juice—have the same effect on the body's handling of medicines. Each of 10 people who volunteered for Watkins' juice-medicine study took a standard dose of Plendil® (a drug used to treat high blood pressure) diluted in grapefruit juice, sour orange juice, or plain orange juice. The researchers
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‘Pop’ Culture: Patent Medicines Become Soda Drinks - CSI Skeptic Authors Steven Salzberg and Joe Nickell to Receive Balles Prize in Critical Thinking June 14, 2013 Forbes columnist Steven Salzberg and author-investigator Joe Nickell will each be awarded the 2012 Robert P. Balles Prize in Critical Thinking, to be presented by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry at the CFI Summit in October. ‘Pop’ Culture: Patent Medicines Become Soda Drinks Skeptical Inquirer Volume 35.1, January/February 2011 Mineral water, including naturally carbonated water, has long been promoted as a curative for various ailments. The soda fountains of yesteryear-a particularly American phenomenon-were in drug stores for a reason. Introduced in pharmacies at the end of the eighteenth century and increasing in the 1830s, they were an effective means of dispensing medications: adding a small amount of flavoring along with some seltzer (effervescent water) made medicine more palatable (New Orleans, n.d.; Mariani 1994, 291). As part of my studies of snake oil and other cure-alls (Nickell 1998, 2005, 2006)-which ranged over several years and included collecting antique bottles and ephemera and visiting such sites as the Coca-Cola museum-I was struck by the fact that several famous soft drinks had originated as patent medicines, which in turn had their origin in herbal and other folk remedies (see figure 1). Pharmacists claimed the added ingredients “made medicines taste so good, people wanted them, whether they needed them or not, and that's how soft drinks evolved” (New Orleans, n.d.). Figure 1 Advent of Soda ‘Pop' Mineral water, including naturally carbonated water (figure 2), has long been promoted as a curative for various ailments. As early as the beginning of the sixteenth century, scientists tried to duplicate nature's carbonation process. It fell to Dr. Joseph Priestley (discoverer of oxygen) to advance the first practical process in 1772, thus helping to launch the soda-water industry. In time, flavored soda waters caught on. Figure 2 Some early soda bottles, such as those for English ginger ale, had rounded bottoms, so they could not be stood upright. This prevented their corks from drying out and shrinking, which kept the gas pressure from causing them to “pop.”1 Later “pop” bottles had patented stoppers (again, see figure 2), including the familiar one from 1891 still used today, called the crown cork (a crimped metal cap with a cork liner) (Munsey 1970, 101–10). Root Beer and Sarsaparilla Two plant roots particularly, sarsaparilla and sassafras (figure 1), were early recognized for their potent flavor and presumed medicinal properties. In 1830, in his treatise on medical botany, Constantine Rafinesque described the American sassafras tree (an aromatic member of the laurel family) and its qualities, noting that “Indians use a strong decoction to purge and clear the body in the spring.” Sassafras has long been used as a tea and “home-remedy spring tonic and blood purifier” (Rafinesque 1830). (I dug the root as a boy in Kentucky, seemingly coming by my interest naturally: my great, great grandparents, Harry and Martha Murphy, were Appalachian herbalists and folk doctors.) Sassafras was an original, major ingredient in many recipes for root beer, which was brewed in the eighteenth century as a mildly alcoholic beverage. Reportedly, in 1870 an unknown pharmacist created a formula that he billed as a cure-all and offered to the public. However, it was not actually marketed until Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires produced a liquid concentrate in small bottles (see figure 3), introducing it at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in 1876. By 1893 the Hires family was selling bottled versions of their carbonated drink, thus securing a place in soft drink history (“History” 2010; “Root beer” 2010). One slogan was “Join Health and Cheer/Drink Hires Rootbeer [sic]” (Munsey 1970, 274). Figure 3 Ironically, in time, root beer's healthfulness was seriously questioned after safrol (a substance in s
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Europe Landforms and Land Statistics - Europe Landforms, Land Statistics Print this map Alps: Located in south-central Europe, they extend for almost 700 miles from the coastline of southern France (near Monaco) into Switzerland , northern Italy and Austria, then southeast through Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as the (Dinaric Alps). Ending in Albania on the rugged coastline of the Adriatic Sea. Known for stunning scenery, glaciers, lakes and valleys and the best skiing conditions on the planet, they're the source of many rivers and tributaries including the Danube, Po, Rhine and Rhone . The highest point is Mont Blanc at 15,771 ft. (4,807 m) Apennines: The source of almost all rivers in Italy including the Arno, Tiber, and Volturno , the Apennines Mountains (Ital. Appennino) 830 miles (1,350 km) in length, form the backbone of the country, and run the entire length of the Italian Peninsula, ending on the island of Sicily. The highest point is Mt. Corno at 9,560 ft. (2,914 m). Atlantic Highlands: Formed million of years ago during the Caledonian mountain-building periods as western lands were (forced) or pushed against the Scandinavian Shield. Significant mountain ranges here include the Kjolen in Norway and Sweden, and the Pennines that stretch through the central United Kingdom. Balkan Mountains These mountains extend from Yugoslavia across Bulgaria. Additional ranges run through Albania, Greece and Macedonia. Its most famous mountain is Mt. Olympus, the highest and most awe-inspiring peak in all of Greece. In ancient times it was the mythical home of Zeus, and was declared the first national park in Greece in 1939. It stands at 9,568 ft. (2,918 m). Carpathian Mountains This mountain system located in eastern Europe is the source of the Dniester, Tisza and Vistula Rivers . They form the natural border between Slovakia and southern Poland, and then extend southward through Ukraine and into Romania. There are major subdivisions, and the highest point is Mt. Gerlachovkain in northern Slovakia, standing at 8,711 ft. (2,655 m). Caucasus Mountains Stretching from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea, these volcanic mountains have many peaks above 15,000 ft. (4,572 m). The highest point (and the highest point in Europe) is located here; Mt. Elbrus at 18,506 ft. (5,642 m). Great Hungarian Plain Located in southeastern Europe, and surrounded by mountains, the land features several small forests and large patches of grassland. It averages only 100 meters above sea level and often suffers from dry conditions, thus relying on winter snow run-off from the Alps and Carpathian Mountains. Kjolen Mountains This jagged mountain system runs along the border of eastern Norway and western Sweden. The highest point is Mt. Kebnekaise, standing at 6,965 ft. (2,123 m). Massif Central This mountainous plateau of southeastern France is the source of the Allier, Creuse and Loire . It's about 32,189 sq. miles (85, 001 sq. km) in size, and the highest point is Puy de Sancy at 6,186 ft. (1,885 m). Mesata The central plateau, or Mesata, covers nearly half of the entire country of Spain. This high plateau averages about 2,300 ft. (700 m) in the north, and 2,000 ft. (600 m) in the south. It's surrounded by a series of mountain ranges including the Cantabrian, Sierra De Gata and Sierra Guadarrama in the north and central, and the Sierra Morena and Sierra Nevada in the south. These mountains separate the Meseta from the Costa Verde, the Ebro valley, the Mediterranean and the valleys of Andalucia. North European Plain The fertile North European Plain slopes to the north-northeast from the Alps, extending to the Baltic Sea, and on into Denmark and southern Finland, Norway and Sweden. It continues east for almost 2,500 miles (4000 km), on into the Russian Federation. The land is largely flat with smaller areas of hills, including the Central Russian Uplands. Farming is prevalent and agricultural communities dot the landscape. Pyrenees These mountains form the natural border between France and Spain and extend for about 270 miles from the Bay of Bisca
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Oporto in Portugal stands on what river The Duoro 41 What boxer - IT - 402 View Full Document Oporto in Portugal stands on what river The Duoro 41 What boxer was nicknamed The Boston Strong Boy John L Sullivan 42 Stage role, written for a man, took 80 years to be played by one Peter Pan RSC 1982 43 Sicily is the traditional source of which element Sulphur 44 Name the main horse in Animal Farm Boxer 45 Strabismus is the correct name for what condition A Squint 46 What languages appear on the Rosetta stone Egyptian Greek 47 Who used the pseudonym Ellis Bell Emily Bronte 48 Where were the first glass mirrors made in Europe circa 1300 Venice 49 Who went to school at Hogwarts Harry Potter 50 What was Pierce Brosnan's first James Bond film in 1995 Goldeneye Page 128 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 64 Answers 51 Who won the best actor award for Marty in 1955 Ernest Borgnine 52 Name Helen of Troys husband Menelaus 53 Who hired the Mormon Mafia to prevent contamination Howard Hughs 54 Captain W E Johns invented which hero Biggles 55 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years where Oberammergau 56 What was the theme music to The Exorcist Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield 57 Who directed Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick 58 In Judo if the referee calls Sono-mama what does it mean Players must freeze in position 59 What mountain overlooks Rio de Janeiro harbour Sugar Loaf 60 What is Romaic The modern Greek language 61 In what WW1 battle were tanks first used in 1916 Somme 62 Who are Britain's oldest publisher dating from 1469 Oxford University Press 63 Who was called The Scourge of God Attila the Hun 64 Victor Barna was world champion five times at what sport Table Tennis 65 What sort of wood was Noah's Ark made from Gopher wood 66 In Yugoslavian Belgrade is called Beograd what does it mean White City 67 Collective nouns - which creatures are a clamour or building Rooks in a rookery 68 First public supply in Britain from river Wey in 1881 what Electricity 69 In what city was Handel's Messiah first performed Dublin 70 Who was the first person to wear a wristwatch Queen Elizabeth 1st 71 What colour is the wax covering Gouda cheese Yellow 72 In Norse mythology who was Odin's wife Frigga 73 Six verified copies of his signature survive - who is he William Shakespeare 74 What city is at the mouth of the Menam river Bangkok 75 In what sport is the Palma Match contested Shooting 76 Which musical stage show ( and film ) uses tunes by Borodin Kismet 77 Ireland and New Zealand are the only countries that lack what Native Snakes 78 In cricket how many times does a full toss bounce None 79 Impressionism comes from painting Impression Sunrise - Artist Claude Monet 80 Name the first self contained home computer - A Commodore Pet 81 What exploded in 1720 The South Sea Bubble 82 Who named a city after his horse Bucephalus Alexander the Great 83 Beethoven's ninth symphony is nicknamed what The Choral 84 In Spain St John Bosco is the Patron Saint of what Cinema 85 In 1928 Simon Bolivar was president 3 countries Bolivia and ? Columbia Peru 86 Who lit the flame 1956 Olympics and then broke 8 world records Ron Clark 87 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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What type of animal inspired the creation of Bugs Bunny, Brer Rabbit, and the Easter Bunny?
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Famous Rabbits Rabbits in Myth and Folklore The Lunar Year of the Rabbit The rabbit is one of twelve animals in the Chinese zodiac, celebrated once every tweleve years. Centzon Totochtin In Aztec mythology, the Centzon Totochtin ("four-hundred rabbits") are a group of deities who meet for frequent parties; they are divine rabbits, and the gods of drunkenness. Nanabhozo or Mahnabohzo Nanabozho is a Native American creator figure who takes the shape of a rabbit and is characterized as a trickster. In his rabbit form, he is called Mishaabooz ("Great rabbit" or "Hare") or Chi-waabooz ("Big rabbit"). He was sent to Earth by Gitchi Manitou to teach the Ojibwe. The Rabbit in the Moon A belief found in Asia, MesoAmerica, and other locations, which links the rabbit to the moon, and to lunar goddesses The Easter Bunny Because of the rabbit's symbolic associations with regeneration, the rabbit is (along with the egg) commonly associated with Easter The Jackalope A mythical animal of North American folklore described as a jackrabbit with antelope horns or deer antlers. Rabbits in Literature White Rabbit and the March Hare From Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Brer rabbit A trickster rabbit from Africa, popularized in the Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris Peter Rabbit Peter Rabbit, Benjamin Bunny, the Flopsy Bunnies, the Fierce Bad Rabbit, etc. in the stories of Beatrix Potter Rabbit From A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh stories Rabbit Angstrom The central character in John Updike's novel, Rabbit, Run Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, etc. from Richard Adams' Watership Down The Velveteen Rabbit From the book by Margery Williams in which a well-loved toy learns what it takes to become real. Edward Tulane A china rabbit who is the main character of the book, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, by Kate DiCamillo Bunnicula A vampire bunny who sucks the juice from vegetables from the book by Deborah and James Howe Rabbits on Television Bugs Bunny The most famous of the Warner Brothers cartoon characters; he derives from the Brer rabbit stories Crusader Rabbit "Crusader Rabbit" was the first animated series produced specifically for television in 1948. Greg the Bunny An American television sitcom that originally aired in 2002, starring Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny. Rabbits in Film Oswald Oswald the Lucky Rabbit was a cartoon character created by Walt Disney in the 1920s and 1930s. Thumper Bambi's sidekick from the Disney animated film, Bambi Were-Rabbit A werewolf-like character from the animated British film, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, starring Wallace and Grommit, by Nick Park Frank The 7-foot tall apocalyptic rabbit in Donnie Darko Harvey The invisible, six foot, three and a half inch white rabbit from the movie Harvey, starring Jimmy Stewart Jessica Rabbit and Roger Rabbit The lead characters from the animated film, Who Framed Roger Rabbit The Rabbit of Caerbannog A killer rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: "run away, run away!" Killer rabbits From the 1972 horror film, Night of the Lepus, which depicts a small Arizona town attacked by thousands of mutated, carnivorous killer rabbits. Rabbits in Song The 1967 song written by Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane about hallucinogenic drugs Rabbits in Advertising and Popular Culture The Playboy Bunny The mascot of Hugh Hefner's adult entertainment empire The Trix Rabbit The mascot for Trix fruit-flavored cereal The Energizer Bunny The mascot for Energizer batteries: they keep going and going and going... The Cadbury Bunny The mascot for Cadbury's Easter chocolates The Nesquick Bunny The mascot for Nesquick's chocolate milk drinks Happy Bunny Happy Bunny is a small, smiling bunny, often varying in color, with an insulting slogan printed at its feet. Happy Bunny was designed by Jim Benton, and is featured in stickers, buttons, greeting cards, posters, and other merchandise. Rabbits in Comics Mr. Bun Susie's stuffed rabbit from Calvin and Hobbes, the comic strip from Bill Watterson that ran from 1985 to 1995 Mr. B and Butterscotch Two house rabbits
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The Scooby Story The Scooby Story INTRODUCTION: Who would ever imagine: A cowardly canine who's afraid of his own shadow, and created as a desperate experiment in new cartoon ideas, rises to [cartoon] superstardom, and inspires a generation of cartoons to follow. The way it would usually start, is with a group of four teenagers and a dog, who are simply on their way to such normal teenage activities as concerts, parties or the beach, in their colorful flower painted van. They would stumble across shady, or supposedly supernatural events, which they would curiously get more involved in and investigate. This would lead them to all sorts of creepy mansions or other seemingly haunted places where they would encounter ghosts and other creepy characters, often associated with some legend or myth, who would chase them around as they found clues to the mystery. Then, they would eventually set a trap, often using their cowardly pet as bait to capture the villain, who would always turn out to be an ordinary human crook in disguise with their intention of scaring people away from the scene of his crime, or from some hidden treasure or other asset he's trying to steal. The theme worked well. On the heels of Scooby, CBS and the other networks clamored for more. Hanna Barbera produced Josie and the Pussycats, which had real villains, but was similar in the idea of teenage sleuths. Then, even more in the line of the Scooby Doo Mystery was a whole plethora of mystery crime-solvers-- the Globetrotters, the Funky Phantom, Clan Chan, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, featuring another cowardly canine, Speed Buggy, Hong Kong Phooey, the Clue Club, featuring two more cowardly canines and Captain Caveman. Scooby's actual creators, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears opened their own studio in the late 70's, and continued the pattern, with Fang Face, Plastic Man, and even later a series of popular video-game characters, such as Donkey Kong and Frogger, and even a living animated Rubik's Cube-- all with crime-solving formats with phony monsters unmasked in the end, who "only did it to scare everyone away". Meanwhile, Scooby himself remained steady foiling ghosts as his fame increased. Soon, famous celebrities would join him in his adventures. The act got so hot that his canine relatives gradually joined him, as monsters got weirder and weirder and his travels spread to all around the world. Scooby then took a few years off from crime solving, only to wind up in such fantastical places as Atlantis and Wonderland, where he finds that the monsters, witches and other mythical characters are no longer phony crooks, but are quite real. He quickly returned to phony ghosts, climbing the corporate ladder of the crime-solving industry to get his own detective agency, and then came the ultimate challenge, as he and his friends teamed up with Vincent Price, king of horror films (in animated form, of course) to capture the 13 most terrifying ghosts of all, which Scooby himself had accidentally released from a chest. Scooby's illustrious career, running longer than any other cartoon show, would end in the nostalgic kick we are in today, where Scooby at times received more air-play than any other cartoon character, and finally has his own live action feature. OUTLINE Scooby's history is divided into the following eras: BOOK 1 Era 1: "Mystery Five" 1969, 70 "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?: 25 (17 first season + 8, 2nd season) half-hour episodes 1972, 73 The Scooby Doo Movies: 24(16+8) hour long episodes featuring famous guests 1976 Scooby Doo/Dynomutt: 16 half-hr episodes, plus "Dynomutt". 1977 Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics: 8 additional half-hour episodes, plus "Laff-A-Lympics" 1978 Scooby's All-stars: 16 half-hr episodes, plus reruns, and other shows 1979 Scooby and Scrappy Doo: 16 half-hr episodes featuring whole gang plus Scrappy Era II: Scooby, Scrappy, and Shaggy (Intermission) 1980-1 "The Scary Scooby Funnies": 60 7 min. episodes (3 per hr, part of "Richie Rich") 1982
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United States of America travel guide - Wikitravel dial 911 Map of the mainland US, insular areas and Minor Outlying Islands. The United States of America is a large country in North America , often referred to as the "USA", the "US", the "United States", "America", or simply "the States". Home to the world's third-largest population, with over 318 million people, it includes both densely populated cities with sprawling suburbs and vast, uninhabited natural areas. With its history of mass immigration dating from the 17th century, it is a "melting pot" of cultures from around the world and plays a dominant role in the world's cultural landscape. It's famous for its wide array of popular tourist destinations, ranging from the skyscrapers of Manhattan and Chicago , to the natural wonders of Yellowstone and Alaska , to the warm, sunny beaches of Florida , Hawaii and Southern California . "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." — Mark Twain The United States is not the America of television and the movies. It is large, complex, and diverse, with several distinct regional identities. Due to the vast distances involved, travelling between regions often means crossing through many different landscapes, climates, and even time zones. Such travel can often be time-consuming and expensive, but often very rewarding. Geography[ edit ] The contiguous United States (called conus by US military personnel) or the "Lower 48" (the 48 states other than Alaska and Hawaii) is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west, with much of the population living on the two coasts. Its land borders are shared with Canada to the north, and Mexico to the south. The US also shares maritime borders with Russia , Cuba , and the Bahamas . If counting the Insular Areas and Minor Outlying Islands, the United Kingdom , Samoa , and Haiti would also share maritime borders. The country has three major mountain ranges. The Appalachians extend from Canada to the state of Alabama , a few hundred miles west of the Atlantic Ocean. They are the oldest of the three mountain ranges, are covered with a diversity of Subtropical and Temperate flora and fauna, a thick canopy of dense vegetation, and offer spectacular sightseeing and excellent camping spots. The loess lands of the southern Mid-West and the Limestone cliffs and mountains of the south add beauty to the region, with lush vegetation coating the surfaces of cliff faces that border rivers, and mist shrouding beautiful green mountains and gorges. The Rockies are, on average, the highest in North America, extending from Alaska to New Mexico , with many areas protected as national parks. They offer hiking, camping, skiing, and sightseeing opportunities, as well as desert and subtropical getaways in the southern lowlands of the region. The combined Sierra Nevada and Cascade ranges are the youngest. The Sierras extend across the "backbone" of California , with sites such as Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park ; the Sierras transition at their northern end into the even younger volcanic Cascade range, with some of the highest points in the country. The Great Lakes define much of the border between the eastern United States and Canada. More inland seas than lakes, they were formed by the pressure of glaciers retreating north at the end of the last Ice Age. The five lakes span hundreds of miles, bordering the states of Minnesota , Wisconsin , Illinois , Indiana , Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania and New York , and their shores vary from pristine wilderness areas to industrial "rust belt" cities. They are the second-largest bodies of freshwater in the world, after the polar ice caps. The western portions of the USA are rugged and very arid landscapes, complete with wind-shaped desert sand dunes like White Sands New Mexico. Death Valley (282 feet below sea level) is the lowest spot on the USA mainland and one of the hottest areas on Earth. Natural areas include vast areas of desert untouched by humans. Camping and hiking through the majestic landscapes of the Southwe
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We're sorry, that page can't be found. We're sorry, that page can't be found. Share Here are some suggestions for finding information on the U.S. Department of State website. Check the URL and change any upper case letters to lower case. URLs on www.state.gov are case-sensitive and are all lower case. Try the Search option located on every page. For career information, visit careers.state.gov For Travel information, visit travel.state.gov Check our Archive page for links to previous Adminstration websites If you still cannot find something, Contact Us . Thank you for your interest. In This Section: U.S. Embassies The Office of Website Management, Bureau of Public Affairs, manages this site as a portal for information from the U.S. State Department.External links to other Internet sites should not be construed as an endorsement of the views or privacy policies contained therein.Note: documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) require Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or higher to view, download Adobe Acrobat Reader .
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Held just outside Bridgeville, DE, Friday marks the start of the world championship in the art of throwing what for distance, using classes such as Air, Centrifugal, Catapult, Trebuchet, and Human Powered?
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November 6, 2008_S by Morning Star Publications - issuu issuu VOL. 13 NO. 29 50 cents NEWS HEADLINES ELECTION - State and local election results are found on page 3. ECONOMY - Housing will bounce back, but it could take years. Today and Tomorrow Conference examines economy in Sussex County. Page 8 FERRY - The ‘Tina Fallon’ is placed in service at Woodland. Finally, the connection along Route 78 is once more in operation. Page 10 MUSEUM - The Seaford Museum has a new permanent exhibit. Find out who is portrayed. Page 5 CHARITY - Bridgeville Charity Open announces final results. Page 13 VICTORIAN - Get ready for the 12th Annul Victorian Christmas at the Ross Mansion. Page 20 TONY WINDSOR - The farther he ran, the madder his mother got. The madder his mother got, the faster she ran. Page 43 GAS LINES - The amazing decline in the price of gasoline continues. Page 43 POLICE - You won’t believe the number of police items this week. Page 54 VETERANS - Find out where the local Veterans Day ceremonies are being held and more about our local heroes. Pages 57-59 Sports STARS OF THE WEEK - A Seaford football player, a Woodbridge football player, a Sussex Tech cross country runner, and a Sussex Tech field hockey player are this week’s Seaford Stars of the Week. Page 47 INSIDE THE STAR BUSINESS BULLETIN BOARD CHURCH CLASSIFIEDS EDUCATION ENTERTAINMENT FINAL WORD FRANK CALIO GOURMET HEALTH LETTERS 6 21-24 26 34-42 30 32 63 43 33 14 62 MOVIES OBITUARIES OPINION PAT MURPHY PEOPLE POLICE PUZZLES SPORTS TIDES TODD CROFFORD TONY WINDSOR © 7 28 62 25 56 54 24 45-52 7 42 43 ‘This is for everybody who forgot his catapult today,’ said Nick Hopkins, 27, of West Ocean City, Md. Hopkins was manning a booth at the 23rd annual Punkin Chunkin, held Saturday in a field east of Bridgeville. Competitors visiting the booth were invited to try their luck in pitching a pumpkin into a metal bin. Most pumpkins landed on the ground. Related photos on pages 12 and 19. Photo by Lynn R. Parks They love to see pumpkins fly, and they love to wear orange By Lynn R. Parks Orange was the color of the day. Even though some of the pumpkins that were flying through the air, propelled by machines as long as 100 feet, were white, many of the tens of thousands of people attending the Punkin Chunkin were sporting the more traditional pumpkin color. Orange hats. Orange shirts. Orange boas. Orange flags, balloons and punching balls. Even, in the case of at least one visitor, bright orange hair. “I’m just here for the party,” said Tom Granger, 43, Pocomoke, Md., whose real hair was covered with a neon orange afro wig. “I come back every year to see the band and just enjoy hanging out with everybody.” The 23rd annual Punkin Chunkin was held Friday, Saturday and Sunday on a large soybean field east of Bridgeville, owned by Wheatley Farms. More than 100 machines competed in 15 classes, including catapult, trebuchet and human power. By the end of the weekend, three world records had been set, including a 4,483-foot chunk by the air-powered Young Glory III, operated by Jake Burton, 21, of Lewes. This was the second year that the world championship event was held in Bridgeville. After 21 years on the east side of the county, the event was moved to a spot that could accommodate the competition, which features pumpkins hurling through the air at distances of nearly a mile. Granger and his friend, Wayne Tindle, 47, Pocomoke, who was wearing a fuzzy orange hat, were watching the operator of Mack Daddy, a compressed air punkin chunker, load and fire his machine. The operator, instead of going for distance, was going for accuracy. He was trying to hit a large stuffed animal off the top of a paneled truck that was parked in the field. Pumpkins flew by the target, wide right one time, wide left another time. Finally, in frustration, the operator loaded a trio of pumpkins into the long cannon and with a big whoosh of air, fired all three at once. One gourd flew by the target on one side, another flew by on the other side. The third went under the truck. The crowd watching the target practice
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Nancy Cartwright : snopes.com Nancy Cartwright Claim: Voice actress Nancy Cartwright was elected mayor of Northridge, California. Status: False. Example: [ANI, 2005] Nancy Cartwright, the voice behind Bart Simpson in the cartoon 'The Simpsons' has been elected as the Mayor of Northridge in Los Angeles. The 47-year-old mother of two is now determined to make her mark in the political arena and plans to clamp down on rampaging youths immediately. "Everyone finds it funny that Bart is the new mayor. I can influence people because I'm Bart Simpson. I live in a nice neighbourhood. But down the road there's drugs and gangs, stealing and illiteracy," Female first quoted her as saying. (ANI) Origins: Seeing actors make the transition to political officeholders is nothing new, especially here in California. Singer Sonny Bono represented California in the U.S. Congress, actor/director Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of the northern California town of Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1986, action film star Arnold Schwarzenegger currently holds the California governorship, and, of course, former actor Ronald Reagan served two terms as both Governor of California and President of the United States. Still, when readers started asking us in May 2005 (best known as the voice of perennially 10-year-old Bart Simpson) had been elected mayor of Northridge, California, we were skeptical for several reasons: We live in the Northridge area, but we didn't hear anything about it. Northridge is a community in the San Fernando Valley, which is part of the City of Los Angeles, and thus it doesn't have its own mayor. The only news outlets that seem to have picked up the story were relatively small overseas ones. We considered that perhaps Ms. Cartwright's mayorship was merely an honorary one, in the same vein as Johnny Grant 's long-standing "Ceremonial Mayor of Hollywood" title (although it seemed rather odd that the story didn't seem to have made the news in California or any other part of the U.S.), and the foreign press had somehow managed to garble the story. That assumption turned out to be accurate, as an inquiry to her press agent confirmed: You are one of the more intelligent responses to this article, you are actually checking the facts. The overwhelming response has been to reprint it all over the world without bothering to check its veracity. The fact of the matter is that Nancy was appointed the HONORARY Mayor of Northridge through the Northridge Chamber of Commerce. It is strictly a PR-type position which would allow Nancy to be involved with her local community, businesses, neighborhood and involves being part of or planning various events, gatherings, etc. in the area. The quote below was taken out of context, omitting the "honorary" part (maybe the interviewer, who was from London, simply didn't understand what that meant) and the word "elected" was inserted, along with some note from the article's author about how Nancy went into politics to help clean up the area, when nothing like that was ever said. Since it was first printed last week in the London Sun, it has been reprinted all over the world. Thanks for checking. Last updated: 25 May 2005
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Film History of the 1960s Film History of the 1960s 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s The Invasion of British Cinema: Increasing American interest in British fads, fashion, and culture coincided with the smash-hit period comedy and Best Picture-winning Tom Jones (1963) that was based on the hero of Henry Fielding's classic novel. [The adapted screenplay was written by John Osborne - known for his earlier work for the socially-realistic Look Back in Anger (1959).] Its win of four Oscars (including Best Picture) and six other nominations in 1963 took everyone by surprise - Tony Richardson's British film was an especially appealing, free-spirited, 'Swingin' Sixties' film because of its bawdy, slapstick attitude toward sex seen through the misadventures of a lusty youth (Albert Finney) in 18th century England. The Fabulous Four Beatles, who had invaded the US with Beatlemania in 1963 and 1964 with their pop music made two semi-documentary musical films: (1) director Richard Lester's fast-paced, inventive rock 'n' roll comedy A Hard Day's Night (1964) (filmed in only eight weeks after the Beatles' return to England) - a day in the life of the band, and (2) the energetically zany Help! (1965). A few years later, a third Beatles-related film, the UK's animated, kaleidoscopic fantasy musical Yellow Submarine (1968) with a score by George Martin, featured a Nowhere Man, actors' voices standing in for the actual Beatles, and an invasion of Blue Meanies on Pepperland. Other British films such as John Schlesinger's Darling (1965) and Far From the Madding Crowd (1967), Georgy Girl (1966), and Lewis Gilbert's sex comedy Alfie (1966) gave international attention to actors like Julie Christie, Lynn Redgrave and Michael Caine (also Vanessa Redgrave, Glenda Jackson and others). Oscar-winning Maggie Smith starred in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969), a film set in 1930s Edinburgh about an exceptional, free-thinking teacher whose pupils were "the creme de la creme." Director Ken Loach's low-budget debut film Kes (1969) told about an abused 15 year old boy (David Bradley) from the Yorkshire working classes who found solace with a pet kestrel (falcon). Blacklisted US director Joseph Losey collaborated with scriptwriter Harold Pinter and actor Dirk Bogarde (as a sinister and unctuous manservant named Barrett) to satirize the upper strata of the British class system in The Servant (1963) and Accident (1967). But the British film (now a cult classic) that best exemplified the 'swinging' youth drugs/sex era of late 60s London was co-directors Donald Cammell's and Nicolas Roeg's originally X-rated Performance (1970) - starring Rolling Stones rock star Mick Jagger. The Invasion of Foreign Cinema: Many of the best and most varied arthouse films came from foreign directors (from Italy, France, and Japan) during this decade and were enjoyed (with subtitles) by college students and other sophisticated metropolitan audiences, such as: Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8 1/2 (1963) Jean-Luc Godard's A Bout De Souffle (1960) (aka Breathless) Michelangelo Antonioni's L'Avventura (1960) and Blow-Up (1966) Francois Truffaut's Shoot the Piano Player (1960) and Jules Et Jim (1962) Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad (1961) Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961) and Sanjuro (1962) Luchino Visconti's The Leopard (1963) Ingmar Bergman's Persona (1966) Luis Bunuel's Viridiana (1961), Belle De Jour (1967) and Tristana (1970) Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Samourai (1967) Jacques Tati's Playtime (1967) Many famous European directors (Antonioni, Truffaut,
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Peter Pan Summary & Study Guide Peter Pan Summary & Study Guide This section contains 1,575 words (approx. 4 pages at 400 words per page) View a FREE sample Act I Peter Pan opens in the nursery of the Darling family household in Bloomsbury, London. The family is somewhat impoverished, employing Nana, a Newfoundland dog, as the three children's nurse. When the play's action begins, Nana is putting the youngest Darling child, Michael, to bed, while Mrs. Darling prepares to go out for dinner with her husband. Wendy and John, the eldest and middle, respectively, play at being their parents for her. While Nana sees to the children. Mrs. Darling confides to her husband that she saw the face of a little boy at the window trying to get in and that she has seen it before. She almost caught him once but only managed to snare his shadow, which she has kept rolled up in a drawer. Mrs. Darling also describes a ball of light accompanying him. Mr. Darling declares that he is sick of Nana...
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 2nd February - The Questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League SET BY THE ROBIN HOOD 1. Arts and Entertainments 8. Sport (Pics) Apologies for the smaller than traditional pictures…we live in austere times. sorry I'm having some problems with the pictures - I'll come back to it but have posted in the meantime - Nick Arts and Ents – Waxing Lyrical. Identify either the song/novel/poem OR the singer/band/author as appropriate. Q1 With reference to our stay in the A-League…. 2002 Song, taken from album “A rush of blood to the head” – Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh take me back to the start Coldplay or “The Scientist” 1993 Song taken from album “Pablo Honey” I’m a _BLANK_, I'm a weirdo, What the hell am I doing here? I don't belong here. I only knew what hunted thought quickened his step, and why He looked upon the garish day with such a wistful eye; The man had killed the thing he loved and so he had to die. Oscar Wilde or “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” Q4 My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunkMy heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk Ode to a Nightingale – John Keats Q5 1987 Song taken from the album “Actually” At school they taught me how to be so pure in thought and word and deed They didn't quite succeed Pet Shop Boys or “It’s a Sin” Q6 1967 Song from an eponymous album The room was humming harder As the ceiling flew away When we called out for another drink The waiter brought a tray Procol Harum or “A Whiter Shade of Pale” Q7 "All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Leo Tolstoy or “Anna Karenina” Q8 1963 Novel "It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York." Sylvia Plath, or “The Bell Jar” S1 Supp 1 1989 Novel "To be born again," sang Gibreel Farishta tumbling from the heavens, "first you have to die." Salman Rushdie or “The Satanic Verses” S2 Song – Original Artist from 1975 or title Required She tied you to a kitchen chair She broke your throne, and she cut your hair Hallelujah or “Leonard Cohen” Geography – Picture Round. Identify the country from the image provided. Q1 S1 / VI 1 SUPP/VISUALLY IMPAIRED 1. Kinshasa is one of the 20 biggest cities (by population) in the world. In which country is it found. DR Congo (accept Zaire with reluctance) S2/ VI 2 Dili is the capital of which country which achieved independence in 2002. East Timor/ ( or Timor-Leste) Runners Up – in honour of the position the Robin keeps achieving on a Tuesday night. In each case you will be given the name of a winner of an event. Name the memorable 2nd placer. Q1 1997 General Election. Enfield Southgate constituency. Winner, Stephen Twigg (Labour) Michael Portillo (..were you still up for him?...) Q2 2015. General Election. Twickenham Constituency. Winner, Tania Mathias (Conservative) Vince Cable 2002 Pop Idol. Winner – Will Young Gareth Gates 2009 Britain’s Got Talent. Winner – Diversity Susan Boyle 2015. General Election. Thanet South Constituency. Winner Craig Mackinlay (Conservative) Nigel Farage 2015 General Election. Bradford West constituency. Winner Naseem Shah (Labour) George Galloway 1990-1994. 5 World Snooker Championship Finals. Winners – Stephen Hendry and John Parrott Jimmy White 1993 Wimbledon Ladies Singles (tearfully). Winner: Steffi Graf Jana Novotna 2000 US Presidential Election. Winner: George W. Bush Al Gore Science – Periodic Table. All of these are chemical elements – but there are other routes to the answer if you are not a scientist. Slight errors in the ending of the name should be tolerated. Q1 Atomic Number 84. Radi
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Heritage History | Homeschool History Curriculum | Story of Modern France by Helene Guerber Next Chapter ► Death of Marie Antoinette In the middle of October, the queen—again without warning—was summoned before the Tribunal to be tried, no time being given to her to prepare any defense, while her enemies had craftily made all their plans to condemn her. For instance, a commission had even been sent to the Temple, to question the prince and both princesses. Poor little Louis, dazed already by Simon's rough treatment, said "yes" to anything these men chose to ask. Then his sister was summoned, and entered the room, terrified at being alone with men for the first time in her young life; but, perceiving suddenly her small brother, she darted forward rapturously to embrace him, only to be cruelly prevented from doing so by the officers, who now proceeded to question her, too. Six years older, and therefore wiser and braver than the boy, Madam Royal gave them no satisfaction, although they cross-questioned her a long, long time, and did all they could to frighten her. But, while they did succeed in wringing tears from this little heroine, they could not obtain one word which could ever be used against her beloved mother. Next the aunt was called, whom these coarse men could not brow-beat as they had the children, and from whom, also, they could not wring anything save expressions of love and deep admiration for her poor brother's widow. At her trial, Marie Antoinette was accused of meddling with the government, of giving her husband bad advice, and of considering her son king, although the Republic had been proclaimed! She was also asked to reveal what she knew in regard to certain so-called plots against the nation, giving the names of those who had taken part in them; but Marie Antoinette was no craven telltale, and all her judges obtained was the noble answer: "I shall never inform against my subjects. I have seen all, understood all, and forgotten all!" Then the old story of the Diamond Necklace, and all the other slanders spread by her enemies, were again brought to light, and, as if she could not be spared a single pang, the poor queen was told that her little son had accused her of trying to corrupt his morals. To all these charges Marie Antoinette answered briefly or not at all, and, when urged to reply to the last, indignantly exclaimed, "I appeal to every mother here present, whether such a thing is possible!" This bold retort won such applause, even from hostile hearers, that the judges, fearing lest she should win the sympathy of the mob at the last minute, went on hurriedly with the business on hand. While thus questioned and badgered, hour after hour, she remained cool and dignified, saying pathetically toward the last: I was a queen and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you robbed me of my children. My blood alone remains; take it, but do not make me suffer too long!" You see, she knew it was her life that these wretches were determined to have, so she was not surprised when the verdict "guilty" was given, and she was condemned to die within twenty-four hours. Taken back to her unwholesome prison, Marie Antoinette spent the night writing a touching letter to Madam Elizabeth, imploring her to watch over the orphaned children. This letter, in which the queen forgave all her enemies, and begged her children never to try to avenge her, was not delivered to Madam Elizabeth, but was found among the cruel judge's papers when he was guillotined in his turn. It is now one of the precious historic relics of the country, and a copy of it is engraved in marble in the Chapelle Expiatoire. After her sentence had again been read to her in prison, Marie Antoinette made her last toilet,—still watched by her jailers— gently thanking the young actress who gave her a clean white dress to wear. Next the chief executioner entered, cut off her beautiful hair, which he burned, and bound her hands behind her so tightly that the cords actually cut into her tender flesh! MARIE ANTOINETTE GOING TO EX
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Emily Davison (Suffragette) killed by King's Horse at Derby (1913) - YouTube Emily Davison (Suffragette) killed by King's Horse at Derby (1913) Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jul 27, 2011 Prior to the First World War, women's rights were a regular item of Pathé newsreels. One great landmark in the history of Pathe scoops was one of their cameras capturing the extreme sacrifice by the suffragette Emily Davison. In the blink of an eye, Davison runs from the crowds and throws herself under the King's horse. Crowds of people run on to the track to try and help both the fallen rider and Davison. Davison died several days later in hospital. Watch another video from Disaster Caught on Camera: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58nhZq... Check out our playlist:
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Character names in David Copperfield - The David Copperfield Community The David Copperfield Community Publication 25 By Emily on Sunday, August 26, 2001 at 16:45 Location: Unavailable Registered: Sunday, August 26, 2001 Posts: 1 I am trying to find out why and how Charles Dickens named the characters in David Copperfield. Can you let me know how to find out this information? Publication 26 By Daveman424 on Sunday, August 26, 2001 at 16:47 Location: Unavailable Registered: Sunday, August 26, 2001 Posts: 4 In my opinion, I think Dickens chose David Copperfield as a name because of his initials, DC. Dickens' initials are CD. One never knows! Publication 150 By leo on Friday, August 31, 2001 at 03:18 Location: Albania Registered: Friday, August 31, 2001 Posts: 5 Quote Dickens is known for naming his characters in order to reveal something about the traits of the character. Eg. Mr. Murdstone represents hardness and murder (is suspected of inadvertently causing David's mother death). Miss Murdstone is no different. Steer in Steerforth touches on his leadership role for he guides (steers)David and himself.Steerforth had no father to guide him (which he expresses regret over, and his mother only idolizes him. She doesn't guide him). Betsey Trotwood's last name, suggests a hurried woman (trot), for she is fond of order and does everything with no time to spare. Remember her expression "Oh tut, tut, tut" Publication 151 By absent-minded on Friday, August 31, 2001 at 19:13 Location: Greece Registered: Friday, June 29, 2001 Posts: -166 Quote Besides being a Spring and Joy, like a field of copper-colored butterflies, resisting corruption all the time, it is very interesting, that in fact he is called in many ways, from Trotwood and Trot, to Daisy and Copperful, without himself paying much attention to it, so that eventually and essentially his real name proves a name beyond names; open to anyone's wishes and subject to all kinds of changes it remains hidden - or maybe it doesn't exist at all, but only as a drive and cause of the very act of naming. This way David Copperfield indicates the hidden reality inside any other character in the story, who are thus defined from and in their relationship to him. For a different view, see Dickens' Answers P.S. I can't resist putting down all those appearances: Davy, Master Davy, Master Copperfield, David Trotwood Copperfield, Trotwood, Trot, Copperfield, Mister Copperfield, Dodie, Copperful, Daisy, and: David Copperfield But I love most when Peggotty calls him "my darling boy". -------- Publication 338 By karthik on Sunday, July 21, 2002 at 00:43 Location: India Registered: Sunday, July 21, 2002 Posts: 1 I want the character sketch of Uriah Heep from the novel David Copperfield by Charles Dickens . Publication 339 By absent-minded on Sunday, July 21, 2002 at 00:51 Location: Greece Registered: Friday, June 29, 2001 Posts: -166 Take a look at this page Publication 687 By Jimmy_Connerly on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 at 06:42 Location: Australia Registered: Friday, December 3, 2004 Posts: 2 Quote: Originally posted by pete on Monday, November 08, 2004 what is the summary of david copperfield In order, Born, beloved, beaten, belittled, bullied, beguiled, beggardly, beleived, beheld, boyish, blinkered, besotted, bespoken, bound, beleagured, bewailing, burdoned, bewildered, bibiliographic, beleiving, betrothed, blissful. Well, you did ask! Publication 736 By Asia.pl on Saturday, March 19, 2005
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Charles Dickens, Bleak House - UI Victorian Wiki - UIowa Wiki UI Victorian Wiki Go to start of metadata "The universe makes rather an indifferent parent, I am afraid" John Jarndyce uses the quote above to describe the apathy that so many poor and orphaned citizens of England faced in the 19th Century. Bleak House, by Charles Dickens, follows the trajectories of a large cast of characters from various social statuses and backgrounds but all of whom are tightly tangled in the infamous case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce. The case is a symbol of the greed and exuberance demonstrated by the British elite and those in power of the civil court system. The stark contrasts between the wealthy and the destitute are highlighted within the novel. The novel follows the story of Esther Summerson, an orphan who becomes an unwilling participant in the Jarndyce and Jarndyce case. The story also revolves around the mystery of Esther's identity as several links to wealthy and fashionable aristocrats are quickly established. Esther's closest friends, Ada Clare and Richard Carstone, conversely tumble into poverty and destitution as the novel unfolds. The Early Edition Bleak House, along with many others of Dickens’ novels, was originally published in serial installments. There were a total of 20 installments and each one contained 32 pages of text, two illustrations, and 16 pages of advertisements. Dividing the novel into installments was an effective use of marketing. It allowed Dickens to have a wider audience because more people were able to afford it. People could sign up for an installment plan and pay one shilling a month over paying 21 shillings for the novel. Table of Contents Major Themes Government/Legal System Corruption "Never can there come fog too thick, never can there com mud and mire too deep, to assort with the groping and floundering condition which this High Court of Chancery, most pestilent of hoary sinners, holds, this day, in the sight of heaven and earth(14)". The heavy, dirty, suffocating fog that the narrator describes in the opening pages of Bleak House symbolizes the ubiquitous corruption of the government and legal system of Victorian London. Just as there is “fog everywhere,” a murky force seeming to suffocate the city, the High Court of Chancery seems to slowly suck the life out of nearly everyone who has been unfortunate enough to be involved in a suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce; a case that has dragged on for generations. Miss Flite, the oldest living ward of the case, has gone insane from her years of waiting. She keeps caged birds and gives them the names of Hope, Joy, Youth, Peace, Rest, Life, Dust, Ashes, Waste, Want, Ruin, Despair, Madness, Death, Cunning, Folly, Words, Wigs, Rags, Sheepskin, Plunder, Precedent, Jargon, Gammon, and Spinach; all symbolizing the victims of the suit. Richard, one of the newest wards, succumbs to the involvement of the Chancery and becomes so obsessed with the suit that he is unable to find passion for anything else in life. The narrator tells us in chapter 39 that “The one great principle of the English law is, to make business for itself”(621) as it is perpetually causing delays and creating costs that the parties of the suit can never expect to get back. The case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce symbolizes the corrupt legal system that ruined, rather than represented, the people of Victorian London. Echoing the corruption of the Court of Chancery is the parody of the members of Parliament. In chapter 40, the narrator describes the corrupt process of electing a new leader in Government. Like the lawyers of Chancery, the politicians are only concerned with power and personal gain. The narrator of Bleak House even suggests that the leader of Parliament was elected through bribery money given by Sir Leicester Dedlock, a prominent member of the aristocracy. Below: A caricature of William Ballantine, a famous Queen's Council member. Vanity Fair. 1870. (Wikimedia Commons). [DQ]The parody of England’s Parliament, while entertaining, doesn’t seem to help to move the plot along in any wa
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Edouard Manet Biography, Art, and Analysis of Works | The Art Story Like The Art Story on Facebook Follow The Art Story on Google+ "I paint what I see and not what others like to see." Synopsis Édouard Manet was the most important and influential artist to have heeded poet Charles Baudelaire's call to artists to become painters of modern life. Manet had an upper-class upbringing, but also led a bohemian life, and was driven to scandalize the French Salon public with his disregard for academic conventions and his strikingly modern images of urban life. He has long been associated with the Impressionists; he was certainly an important influence on them and he learned much from them himself. However, in recent years critics have acknowledged that he also learned from the Realism and Naturalism of his French contemporaries, and even from seventeenth century Spanish painting. This twin interest in Old Masters and contemporary Realism gave him the crucial foundation for his revolutionary approach. Key Ideas Manet's modernity lies above all in his eagerness to update older genres of painting by injecting new content or by altering the conventional elements. He did so with an acute sensitivity to historical tradition and contemporary reality. This was also undoubtedly the root cause of many of the scandals he provoked. He is credited with popularizing the technique of alla prima painting. Rather than build up colors in layers, Manet would immediately lay down the hue that most closely matched the final effect he sought. The approach came to be used widely by the Impressionists, who found it perfectly suited to the pressures of capturing effects of light and atmosphere whilst painting outdoors. His loose handling of paint, and his schematic rendering of volumes, led to areas of "flatness" in his pictures. In the artist's day, this flatness may have suggested popular posters or the artifice of painting - as opposed to its realism. Today, critics see this quality as the first example of "flatness" in modern art. Most Important Art Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe (1863) As the primary talking point of the Salon des Refuses in 1863, it is fairly clear to see why this canvas shocked the bourgeois patrons and the Emperor himself. Manet's composition is influenced by the Renaissance artist Giorgione and by Raimondi's engraving of the Judgment of Paris after Raphael, but these influences are fractured by his disregard for perspective and his use of unnatural light sources. But it was the presence of an unidealized female nude, casually engaged with two fashionably dressed men, that was the focus of the most public outrage. Her gaze confronts the viewer on a sexual level, but through her Manet confronts the public as well, challenging its ethical and aesthetic boundaries. Oil on canvas - Musee d'Orsay Like The Art Story on Facebook Biography Childhood Édouard Manet was born into an upper-middle class Parisian family. His father, August, was a dedicated, high-ranking civil servant and his mother, Eugenie, was the daughter of a diplomat. Along with his two younger brothers, Manet grew up in a bourgeois environment, both socially conservative and financially comfortable. A mediocre student at best, he enrolled at thirteen in a drawing class at The Rollin School. Manet had a passion for art from an early age, but agreed to go to the Naval Academy to appease his father. When he failed the entrance exam, he joined the Merchant Marine to gain experience as a student pilot and voyaged to Rio de Janeiro in 1849. He returned to France the following year with a portfolio of drawings and paintings from his journey, and used it to prove his talent and passion to his father, who was skeptical of Manet's ambitions. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Early Training In 1849, Manet fell in love with his piano teacher, Suzanne Leenhoff. This affair resulted in a boy, Leon (b. 1852), who was passed off to Suzanne's family and, to avoid scandal, was introduced to society as Suzanne's younger brother a
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El Greco | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition dates: October 7, 2003-January 11, 2004 Exhibition location: Special exhibition galleries, second floor Press preview: Monday, September 29, 10:00 a.m. - noon The first major retrospective in more than 20 years devoted to the great 16th-century painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos (1541-1614) – known to posterity as El Greco – will open at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 7, 2003. One of the most original artists of his age, El Greco was celebrated for his highly expressive and visionary religious paintings. The international loan exhibition's approximately 80 works include an unsurpassed selection of his psychologically compelling portraits, as well as his rare incursions into landscape, genre, mythology, and sculpture. Particular emphasis will be placed on his late works, in which mystical content, expressive distortions, and monumental scale are taken to ever greater extremes, culminating in the Adoration of Shepherds, the spectacular nine-foot-tall painting created to decorate his own tomb. All aspects of the artist's activity will be explored, from his beginnings as an icon painter in his native Crete, to his move to Venice and Rome and his study of Italian art, to his definitive move to Toledo, Spain, and his creation of a uniquely personal and deeply spiritual style. His work has sometimes been associated with the great mystics of Counter-Reformation Spain, but his paintings have had a profound influence on the protagonists of 20th-century modernism, including Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. El Greco will remain on view at the Metropolitan through January 11, 2004. The exhibition is funded by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in celebration of its 25th Anniversary. The exhibition has been organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and The National Gallery, London. "In his own time," stated Philippe de Montebello, Director of the Metropolitan Museum, "El Greco's highly personal style – with its dematerialization of the figure and its expressive effects of light and color – was without precedent and often astonished his contemporaries. Yet it is only in the last 150 years that he has come to be appreciated as one of the great creative geniuses of Western art. This landmark gathering of his works, which has been organized by an international team of scholars, builds on the last major El Greco exhibition of 1982 with a greater focus on the artist's late and most mystical phase, and the philosophical and religious thought that informed it." A unique synthesis of late medieval Byzantine traditions and the art of the Italian Renaissance, El Greco's art sought to create a new and spiritually more intense relationship between viewer and image. Although he established a large and productive workshop in Toledo, he founded no school, and for almost two centuries following his death his works were decried for their extravagance—except for his astonishing portraits, which Velÿzquez took as his model. A sympathetic interest in his art was the product of the 19th-century Romantic movement's new emphasis on individual expression and extremes of emotion. Since then El Greco's creative stature has never been challenged. Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin saw themselves as his artistic heirs. More recently, his works have inspired the expressive abstractions of generations of 20th-century painters. The 1982 exhibition of his works was seen in Madrid, Washington, Toledo, Ohio, and Dallas. The Dormition of the Virgin (Syros, Church of the Dormition) and St. Luke Painting the Virgin (Athens, Benaki Museum) are among the rare, early works documenting El Greco's first training as a painter of religious icons in his birthplace of Crete. The archaizing abstractions of these images – based on late medieval prototypes – reflect his country's continuing reverence for the Byzantine traditions of its Greek heritage. The style and sacred function of Byzantine icons, which rejected mimesis in favor of an attempt to mystically embody the living presence of
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Shooting: Team GB's Peter Wilson holds nerve to win gold medal in double trap | The Independent Shooting: Team GB's Peter Wilson holds nerve to win gold medal in double trap Thursday 2 August 2012 14:40 BST Click to follow Shooting: Team GB's Peter Wilson holds nerve to win gold medal in double trap 1/2 August 2, 2012: Peter Robert Russel Wilson of Great Britain competes in the men's double trap Shooting qualification on Day 6 GETTY IMAGES 2/2 August 2, 2012: Peter Robert Russel Wilson of Great Britain competes in the men's double trap Shooting qualification on Day 6 GETTY IMAGES August 2, 2012: Peter Robert Russel Wilson of Great Britain competes in the men's double trap Shooting qualification on Day 6 Shooting star Peter Wilson claimed Britain's fourth gold medal of London 2012 in the men's double trap. The 25-year-old farmer's son from Dorset led from start to finish at the Royal Artillery Barracks. Wilson, the world record holder and world number two in the event, was three points ahead going into this afternoon's final after three qualifying rounds in the morning. And in a tense final shoot-out Wilson missed five shots, including a double as he closed in on gold. But his opponents could not take advantage and the Briton eventually finished two clear of Sweden's Hakan Dahlby with a total score of 188 out of 200 shots fired. Wilson only took up competitive trap shooting in 2006 after a shoulder injury suffered while snowboarding prevented him from playing squash and cricket. He smashed the world record in Arizona in March, scoring an incredible 198, and is now Britain's first shooting medallist since Richard Faulds won gold in the same event in Sydney 12 years ago. Wilson needed one hit from the final two targets but nailed both before falling to his knees in tears. A capacity crowd gave the new Olympic champion a standing ovation before he climbed into the first row of seats to greet his mother and tearful girlfriend Michelle. As he was surrounded by photographers he simply said: "It's awesome, fantastic." Dahlby took silver while, behind the celebrations, Russian Vasily Mosin won bronze after a shoot-off with Kuwaiti Fehaid Aldeehani. Wilson is coached by none other than Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum, the Olympic gold medallist in the same event at Athens in 2004 and a member of Dubai's Royal Family. Wilson thought his mentor would not be able to be present due to health problems but he made the journey to London. "He was confident today," said Sheikh Ahmed. "He wasn't confident a week ago, he was worried about the fans, shooting at home and that he had to win it. "I told him if you are planning to win it you are not going to win it, he had a job to do, and the job is about technique. We had to focus on that, it was hard." PA
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50 stunning Olympic moments No46: GB win hockey gold at Seoul 1988 | Sport | The Guardian 50 stunning Olympic moments No46: GB win hockey gold at Seoul 1988 How an eight-year dream turned into glorious reality Great Britain's Richard Leman, left, Imran Sherwani and Martyn Grimley celebrate their gold medal win over West Germany at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Photo: BTS Wednesday 4 July 2012 04.00 EDT First published on Wednesday 4 July 2012 04.00 EDT Share on Messenger Close Late July 2008 and ahead of competing at the Beijing Games, the forwards from Great Britain’s men’s Olympic hockey team are gathered around a breakfast table at their Bisham Abbey training base. The press are in town and it is not long before the question James Tindall, Simon Mantell, Matt Daly, Jonty Clarke and Stephen Dick were expecting to crop up is fired their way. Why Olympians shine under the spotlight Read more “Can you name the players who won hockey gold for Britain 20 years ago?” asks one of the reporters. “Sean Kerly …” comes the tentative response, followed by complete, collective silence. The reporters close in and one suggests British hockey has hardly made the most of that victory in Seoul in terms of keeping the sport in the public consciousness and that it is a real shame the heroes of 1988 have become so easily forgotten. Then, in what seems like a blink of an eye, one of the men in the blue and red Team GB tracksuits hits back: “David Faulkner, Imran Sherwani, Stephen Batchelor, Ian Taylor, Richard Leman, Stephen Martin, Kulbir Bhaura, Paul Barber. And Kerly. Obviously.” Raucous laughter suddenly fills the room and it is later pointed out that Tindall, Mantell and co are aware that others, such as the captain Richard Dodds, Jon Potter, and Martyn Grimley, also won gold two decades ago. Of course they had not been forgotten. How could they be? Seoul ‘88 is to British hockey what Wembley ‘66 is to English football, and then some. The triumph was the nation’s first in the sport at that level – gold had been won by a purely English side at the 1908 and 1920 Games, in London and Antwerp respectively – and created instant heroes of amateurs who prior to the Olympics were barely recognisable faces in their own streets. Well perhaps Sherwani was – the scorer of two goals in the 3-1 final victory over West Germany had in 1988 also been a newsagent in Cobridge, Staffordshire. Unlike that of 1966, this success was also secured on foreign soil and in the particularly alien conditions of South-east Asia. Kerly and co not only beat Australia and West Germany en route to the high-point of their careers, they also overcame searing heat and exhausting altitude. Little wonder, then, that every generation since has been reminded of the heroes of Seoul. What took place in South Korea was, above all, a triumph for long-term planning and the art of using a slump as motivation to strive for greatness, twin processes which had their roots in the formation of the British Hockey Board in 1948. The organisation was put together in response to the individual successes of England, Scotland and Wales in the pre-war era and, initially, appeared a step in the right direction as Britain took silver at the 1948 Games in London, losing 4-0 in the Wembley final to an impressive India side. But from there a decline set in motion, beginning at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics when Britain finished up with a bronze medal on the back of a farcical period of preparation during which the BHB voted to withdraw the team from the competition only for officials from England and Wales to veto the move. There were no medals at all in Melbourne four years later, or in Rome in 1960, before things got really bad. Britain finished eighth at the Tokyo Olympics and then 12th in Mexico in 1968 before salvaging some pride with a sixth-place finish in Munich four years later. But humiliation was back in 1976, when the team were not even present for the Montreal Games despite the withdrawal of 25 African countries protesting at New Zealand’s sporting links with South Africa. The team were also de
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History of the Road Stud History of the Road Stud They originated in the UK in 1933 and today are used all over the world. The simple road stud, or as they are commonly known, the Cat's Eye was invented by Percy Shaw, a road mender from Halifax, and are now used as a safety device on over 90% of Britain's roads. Their invention came about from a remarkable piece of observation when Shaw noticed after the removal of tram-lines in the nearby suburb of Ambler Thorn, he had, unwittingly been using the old polished strips of steel to navigate. The name "cat's eye" comes from Shaw's inspiration for the device: the reflection from the eyes of a cat apparently when driving home one foggy night. That is when he clicked onto the idea of using a simple reflective device buried in the road surface to guide drivers along dangerous roads. Having seen how cars were becoming more and more popular and that as more and more people wanted to travel at night they would need more and more help to do so safely. In 1934, he patented his invention, but to actually design something which was not only bright enough to light the road but also withstand the impact of the cars driving over the top of it. In 1937 he won the government contract to mass manufacture the stud and what we still see today on our roads was born. Shaw made the device from two pairs of reflective glass spheres - the 'eyes' - which are traditionally set into a white rubber dome, mounted in a cast iron housing. The clever thing about the road stud is its ability to clean itself by using a fixed rubber wiper which effectively 'washes' the reflectors as they are pushed down when a car drives over the top of the device using rainwater which has collected in the base, making the stud's effectively way ahead of their time in terms of recycling as well. At its peak, Shaw's company Reflective Road studs made over a million studs a year, exporting all over the planet, and while these days they are available in a range of colours and can be solar powered or hard wired the basic principle remains the same. What do the various types of Cat's-Eyes mean? On UK roads today there are various types of road stud all of which have different meanings: The original Cats Eyes are white studs that separate lanes or the middle of the road. Red studs warn motorists that they are close to the left edge of the road. Amber studs warn drivers of the central reservation of a dual carriageway or motorway. Green studs signify the edge of the main carriageway where rest-areas and access roads exit the main road. Green/yellow studs warn drivers that there are temporary adjustments to lane layouts, e.g. where roadwork’s are taking place.
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Highwayman | GoodShit Highwayman source The word highwayman is first attested from the year 1017.[1] Robbers operated in Great Britain[1] and Ireland[2] from the Elizabethan[3] period until the early 19th century[4]. The term ‘highwayman’ is mainly applied to robbers who travelled on horseback, as opposed to those who robbed on foot (foot-pads[5]).[2] Mounted robbers were widely considered to be socially superior to foot-pads.[3] Slang names for them included ‘knights of the road’ and ‘gentlemen of the road’.[4] In the mid to late 19th century[6] American West[7], highwaymen were known as road agents[8].[5] Robber heroes There is a long history of treating highway robbers as heroes. Originally they were admired by many because they were considered to be bold men who confronted their victims face-to-face and were ready to fight for what they wanted.[6] The most famous English robber hero is the legendary medieval outlaw[9] Robin Hood[10]. Later robber heroes included the Cavalier[11] highwayman James Hind[12], the debonair French highwayman Claude Du Vall[13], Dick Turpin[14] and ‘Sixteen-string Jack’ (John Rann[15]). Some highwaymen were remembered as Robin Hood-like figures who robbed those who deserved it and helped people in trouble.[7] Modus operandi Some highwaymen robbed alone, but others operated in pairs or in small gangs. They often targeted coaches, including public stagecoaches; the post-boys who carried the mail were also frequently held up.[8] The famous demand to ‘Stand and deliver!’ (sometimes in forms such as ‘Stand and deliver your purse!’ or ‘Stand and deliver your money!’) was in use from the 17th century: A fellow of a good Name, but poor Condition, and worse Quality, was Convicted for laying an Embargo on a man whom he met on the Road, by bidding him Stand and Deliver, but to little purpose; for the Traveller had no more Money than a Capuchin, but told him, all the treasure he had was a pound of Tobacco, which he civilly surrendred. (The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 25 April 1677)[9] The phrase ‘Your money or your life’ is mentioned in trial reports from the middle of the eighteenth century: Evidence of John Mawson: ‘As I was coming home, in company with Mr. Andrews, within two fields of the new road that is by the gate-house of Lord Baltimore, we were met by two men; they attacked us both: the man who attacked me I have never seen since. He clapped a bayonet to my breast, and said, with an oath, Your money, or your life! He had on a soldier’s waistcoat and breeches. I put the bayonet aside, and gave him my silver, about three or four shillings.’ (The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 12 September 1781)[10] Dangerous places Highwaymen often lay in wait on the main roads radiating from London[16]. They usually chose lonely areas of heathland or woodland. Hounslow[17] Heath was a favourite haunt: it was crossed by the roads to Bath[18] and Exeter[19].[11] Bagshot Heath in Surrey[20] was another dangerous place on the road to Exeter. One of the most notorious places in England was Shooter’s Hill[21] on the Great Dover Road. Finchley Common[22], on the Great North Road, was very nearly as bad.[12] Many other places could be mentioned.h Executions The penalty for robbery with violence was hanging[23], and most notorious highwaymen ended on the gallows[24]. The chief place of execution for London and Middlesex[25] was Tyburn[26]. Famous highwaymen who ended their lives there included Claude Du Vall, James Maclaine and Sixteen-string Jack. Highwaymen who could go to the gallows laughing and joking, or at least showing no fear, are said to have been admired by many of the people who came to watch.[13] Decline After about 1815 mounted robbers are recorded only rarely. The last recorded robbery by a mounted highwayman occurred during 1831. The development of the railways[27] is sometimes cited as a factor, but highwaymen were already obsolete before the railway network was built. A very important factor was the expansion of the system of turnpikes, manned and gated toll-roads[28], which made it all but impossib
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Which country do the Faroe Islands belong to?
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Faeroe Islands Map and and Map of Faeroe Islands Information Page Faeroe Islands Map and and Map of Faeroe Islands Information Page Faeroe Islands Map and and Map of Faeroe Islands Information Page The rugged Faeroe Islands (18 in all), are in the North Atlantic Ocean, about 250 miles (402 km) directly north of Scotland. First settled by the Norwegian Vikings, these islands, politically connected to Denmark since the 14th Century, have enjoyed home rule since 1948, and continually strive for full sovereignty. Many of the inhabitants live in and around the Thorshavn area, the administrative capital and largest city in the islands. With very little cultivated land, sheep raising is a significant business, and in fact, the name Faeroe Islands is said to mean "Sheep Islands." Fishing, and offshore oil finds help diversify the economy. Ferries and shipping companies link the islands to the European mainland, and tourism is a growing business. The Faeroe Island's maps and information pages are currently being revised, and will be posted soon. Quick Facts and Figures Official Name Faeroe Islands (alt. Faroe, or Føroyar) a self governing territory of Denmark, claimed in 1380 Administrative Capital Torshavn Latitude/Longitude 62º 00' N, 7º 00' W Official Currency Danish Krone Population 46,345 Land Area 1,399 sq km (540 sq miles) Landforms Similar to Iceland, the Faeroes are lava based islands with elevated coastal cliffs and some elevated peaks. The highest point (on Eysturoy) rises to 2,894 ft. (882m) Grass grows along the base of local mountains, but few trees survive because of the relentless North Atlantic winds. Maps
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Faro - Faro card game - cheating at faro - DesertUSA Faro - Card Game of the Southwest Today, the card game known as faro is all but forgotten, but when America was young before windsurfing, Packard automobiles, computers, Hoover Dam, the Scopes “monkey” trial, Route 66 or wind farms in the desert had ever been mentioned faro was the most popular card game in the country. On the frontier, from Deadwood to Tijuana, from Reno to Langtry, from New Orleans to St. Louis and countless places in between, the faro table was a familiar sight and sound to virtually all persons who hung out in saloons. History Faro originated in France around 1713 as a revised form of the popular British pub game, basset. King Louis the XIV outlawed basset in 1691. Although both faro and basset were forbidden in France, these games remained popular in England during the 18th century because they were easy to learn and, when played honestly, the odds for a player were the best of all gambling games. The word “faro” came from the court of King Louis XIV, where one of the cards in a standard playing deck bore the face of an Egyptian pharaoh. Scottish expatriate John Law (1671 to 1729) introduced an early version of the game in the Americas around 1717 in what was to become the city of New Orleans. The son of a goldsmith, Law, in his youth, participated in a duel in England; because his victim was the son of a prominent politician, he was forced to flee England. Later, he wound up in Scotland, where, in 1705, he proposed a National Bank and the printing of paper money. Following the Scottish Parliament’s rejection of these proposals, Law moved to France. Louis XIV expelled Law from France in 1714 for accruing heavy gambling debts on behalf of the King’s nephew, Philippe II, the Duke of Orleans. Law returned to France following the King’s death and, with the help of his friend, Philippe, he went on to form the Royal Bank of France and print the first government-backed paper currency. In time, Law established the North American Indian Trading Company. For 25 years, this company held a monopoly on all French overseas trade. Following the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, Law endorsed the game of faro, which spread up the Mississippi River on riverboats, where it became a favorite among professional gamblers and players alike. Since the mid-1800s, the presiding mythical deity of the game of faro has been the Bengal tiger; both ‘bucking the tiger” and “twisting the tiger’s tail” have been common euphemisms for playing the game. Back alleys, streets and urban areas that featured many gambling parlors were often referred to as “tiger alley” or “tiger town,” because faro was the prominent gambling game of the time. So popular was the game that faro gaming tables could be found in just about every saloon in every frontier town. Draw poker (“bluff” or “bluff poker” as it was called back then) was actually a rarity on the frontier until the late 1870s. In contrast, almost every saloon featured at least one faro table, particularly during the Gold Rush period from 1849 to 1890. In 1882, a New York Police Gazette study estimated that more money was wagered on faro in the U. S. each year, than on all other forms of gambling combined. Nineteenth century Denver con man Soapy Smith preferred faro to any other game. It was said that every faro table inside Soapy’s Tivoli Social Club in Denver around 1889 was gaffed, that is, fixed to cheat. Famed scam artist Canada Bill Jones loved the game so much that when asked why he played only one card game at Soapy’s, a game that was known to be rigged, he replied: “For better or worse, it’s the only game in town.” While faro became scarce after World War II, it continued to be dealt at a few Las Vegas casinos through the 1970s. Jackie Gaughan, owner of the El Cortez casino in Las Vegas will, it is claimed, occasionally still deal a private game for friends and employees. Playing Faro The faro table was square, with a cutout for the banker, that is, the house. The layout featured 13 square boxes painted on felt,
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Name the mountains across north-western Africa ranging c.1,600miles through Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia?
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Africa - 5 | Britannica.com Africa the second largest continent (after Asia), covering about one-fifth of the total land surface of the Earth. Displaying 301 - 400 of 638 results Kufrah, Al- oasis group about 30 miles (48 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide in southeastern Libya, in an elliptical trough near the centre of the Libyan Desert. Astride ancient caravan routes, the oasis was a raiders’ stronghold until 1895, when it became the... Kuiseb River intermittent watercourse in southwestern Africa. It rises in the mountains to the west of Windhoek, Namib., and flows for 300 miles (500 km) in a semicircle (southwestward, westward, and northwestward) into the cool coastal Namib desert, where it normally... Kush the southern portion of the ancient region known as Nubia. Kwahu Plateau plateau, southern Ghana. It comprises the uplifted southern edge of the Volta River basin and extends for 160 miles (260 km) northwest-southeast from Wenchi to Koforidua. It forms the main watershed of Ghana, separating rivers in the western half of... Kwando River river in southern Africa, rising in central Angola and flowing southeast, forming for nearly 140 miles (225 km) the boundary between Angola and Zambia. Near the end of its course the Kwando reaches the northern boundary of the Caprivi Strip, which juts... Kyoga Lake lake located north of Lake Victoria in central Uganda, formed by the Victoria Nile in its middle course. The many-armed lake is shallow, with swampy, papyrus-reeded shores; masses of papyrus are broken loose by strong winds and at times have completely... La Palma island, Santa Cruz de Tenerife provincia (province), in the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of the Canary Islands of Spain, in the North Atlantic Ocean, off the northwestern coast of Africa. Its central geographic feature is La Caldera de Taburiente,... Ladysmith Black Mambazo South African music group founded in 1964 by Joseph Shabalala, a young musician who hoped to bring new interpretations to traditional Zulu music. The a cappella group’s compelling performance style was a unique melding of indigenous Zulu songs and dances... Lalībela religious and pilgrimage centre, north-central Ethiopia. Roha, capital of the Zague dynasty for about 300 years, was renamed for its most distinguished monarch, Lalībela (late 12th–early 13th century), who according to tradition built the 11 monolithic... Lanzarote island, Las Palmas provincia (province), in the Canary Islands comunidad autónoma (autonomous community), Spain. It is the easternmost of the Canary Islands, in the North Atlantic Ocean. Although it rises to only 2,198 feet (670 metres) at Peñas del... Lavigerie, Charles cardinal and archbishop of Algiers and Carthage (now Tunis, Tunisia) whose dream to convert Africa to Christianity prompted him to found the Society of Missionaries of Africa, popularly known as the White Fathers. He was ordained a priest in 1849 after... Leakey, Louis Kenyan archaeologist and anthropologist whose fossil discoveries in East Africa proved that human being s were far older than had previously been believed and that human evolution was centred in Africa, rather than in Asia, as earlier discoveries had... Lebombo Mountains long, narrow mountain range in South Africa, Swaziland, and Mozambique, southeastern Africa. It is about 500 miles (800 km) long and consists of volcanic rocks. The name is derived from a Zulu word, Ubombo, that means “big nose.” In South Africa the... Leo Africanus traveler whose writings remained for some 400 years one of Europe’s principal sources of information about Islam. Educated at Fès, in Morocco, Leo Africanus traveled widely as a young man on commercial and diplomatic missions through North Africa and... leopard Panthera pardus large cat closely related to the lion, tiger, and jaguar. The name leopard was originally given to the cat now called cheetah —the so-called hunting leopard—which was once thought to be a cross between the lion and the pard. The term... Leptis Magna largest city of the ancient region of Tripolitania. It is located 62 miles
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Free Flashcards about DDG Trivia Places 10 Is Scandinavia in the north or south of Europe? North Which Arctic country's Finnish name is Lapin Li? Lapland The Straight of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean with which Sea? Mediterranean Which country is also called the Hellenic Republic? Greece What is Europe's most mountainous country? Switzerland In Norway, a fjord is made up largely of what? Water The island of Rhodes belongs to which Mediterranean country? Greece Euro tunnel links which two countries? England and France The Left Bank generally refers to the Left Bank of the Seine in which city? Paris Okinawa is a volcano in which country? Japan What is the largest country in South America? Brazil What was the ancient city, carved out of red rock in Jordan, that was forgotten by Europeans until the 19th century? Petra. Which of the Seven Wonders of the World was a Ephesus? The Temple of Artemis What was the original purpose of the leaning tower of Pisa? Bell Tower What island in San Francisco Bay was the site of an almost escape-proof prison? Alcatraz. What was the former site of the two temples celcbrating Ramses II and Nefertari, before they were moved because of flooding by the waters of the Aswan High Dam? Abu Simbel Where is the Valley of the Kings, the scene of a terrorist attack in 1997? Egypt. What was Ho Chi Minh City before it was called Ho Chi Minh City? Saigon To the nearest thousand, how many islands does Indonesia have? 13,000 Which country contains the Biblical rivers of the Tigris and the EUPHRATES? Iraq What was St. Petersburg called for most of the 20th century? Leningrad. Which country lies to the north of Austria and to the south of Poland? Czech Republic What name is given to the popular holiday area between Marseille and La Spezia? Riviera How tall is the Eiffel Tower? 984 feet. Archaeologists believe they have located the burial site of Boudicca, the British queen who led a bloody revolt against Roman rule in the first century A.D. Where is it? Under Platform 8 of the King's Cross Railway Station in London. What Middle Eastern country's name includes the name of it's first ruler? Saudi Arabia. Ruler Abd al-Aziz ibn Saud unified his dual kingdoms of Hejaz and Nejd and their dependencies under the name Saudi Arabia in 1932. What is the name of Moscow's largest department store? GUM What country has more volcanoes than any other? Indonesia. It has 167 of the 850 active volcanoes known in the world.
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BBC - History - Stanley Baldwin z Stanley Baldwin © Baldwin was British prime minister three times in the 1920s and 1930s . Stanley Baldwin was born on 3 August 1867 in Bewdley, Worcestershire, the only son of a wealthy industrialist and member of parliament. The author Rudyard Kipling was Baldwin's cousin on his mother's side of the family. After graduating from Cambridge University, Baldwin joined the family iron-mongering business. He became Conservative MP for Bewdley in 1908, a seat his father had held. Following various ministerial appointments, in 1922 he was appointed chancellor of the exchequer. The following year he became prime minister when ill health forced Andrew Bonar Law to retire. He soon called a general election to seek approval for the government's plans to introduce protective tariffs, but failed to gain a majority. Ramsay MacDonald's first Labour government came to power, backed by Liberal support. It was short-lived. By November 1924, the Conservatives were back in power with a landslide majority and Baldwin as prime minister. In the General Strike of 1926, Baldwin proclaimed a state of emergency and refused to negotiate further until the strike was over. The following year he passed the Trade Disputes Act, which declared general strikes to be revolutionary and illegal. The Conservatives lost the general election of 1929 and Labour came back to power. Baldwin considered leaving politics, and spent much of the next two years fighting elements within his own party. But in 1931 he returned to government as a member of Ramsay MacDonald's National Coalition and in June 1935 he became prime minister again when MacDonald resigned. This term of office was dominated by rising tension in Europe and the abdication crisis. Baldwin believed that Edward VIII's wish to marry the divorcee Wallis Simpson was unacceptable. The king was given the choice of renouncing her or abdicating, and chose to abdicate in December 1936. Baldwin resisted calls for re-armament and took a conciliatory approach towards Nazi Germany. Baldwin retired in May 1937 and was made Earl Baldwin of Bewdley. He died on 14 September 1947.
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Britain Magazine | The official magazine of Visit Britain | Best of British History, Royal Family,Travel and Culture - British prime ministers of the 20th century Latest issue British prime ministers of the 20th century Do you know who presided over the setting up of the National Health Service, or who served the shortest time as leader? Read our timeline of British prime ministers of the 20th century for all the answers. Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Robert Gascoyne-Cecil 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Conservative 1895 to 1902 Salisbury was the last peer to serve as PM (this was his third tenure), with the brief exception of Douglas Home (below) who renounced his peerage within a few days of being appointed. Arthur James Balfour Conservative 1902 to 1905 Balfour was the nephew of the Marquess of Salisbury but his cabinet was divided on the issue of free trade and without the support of Edward VII he was forced to resign in December 1905. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Liberal 1905 to 1908 Following Arthur James Balfour’s resignation, Edward VII invited the leader of the next largest party, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, to form a government. He was the first leader to officially use the title of ‘Prime Minister’. Herbert Henry Asquith Liberal 1908 to 1916 Asquith is the only Prime Minister to have taken office on foreign soil. At the time that he succeeded Campbell-Bannerman, Edward VII was in Biarritz so Asquith travelled there for the official ‘kissing-hands’ ceremony. David Lloyd George in 1916 David Lloyd George Liberal 1916 to 1922 One of the 20th centuries most radical thinkers, Lloyd George was the first and only Welshman to hold the position of prime minister, introducing state pensions and waging a war on poverty. Andrew Bonar Law Conservative 1922 to 1923 Law was prime minister for just 209 days. He retired due to ill health in May 1923 and died of throat cancer six months later. Stanley Baldwin Conservative 1923 to 1924 Baldwin took over as prime minister after Bonar Law retired but he was soon ousted from his first term, albeit temporarily. James Ramsey MacDonald Labour 1924 to 1924 In 1924 Ramsey MacDonald was asked by King George V to form a government when Stanley Baldwin’s Conservative majority proved ungovernable, and his was the first Labour government. Stanley Baldwin Conservative 1924 to 1929 In his second tenure as prime minister Baldwin extended the right to vote to women over 21. James Ramsey MacDonald Labour 1929 to 1935 In his second minority government in 1929, MacDonald appointed Margaret Bondfield as the first female cabinet minister, but forming a cross-party government proved his downfall. Stanley Baldwin Conservative 1935 to 1937 By taking office as prime minister for the third time Baldwin remarkably served under three monarchs. Neville Chamberlain Conservative 1937 to 1940 Chamberlain famously declared “I believe it is peace for our time” following a meeting in 1938 with Adolf Hitler. Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 1940 to 1945 Following Chamberlain’s resignation in 1940, Churchill succeeded him as prime minister of an all-party coalition government. Clement Attlee Labour 1945 to 1951 Taking over from Churchill at the end of the war, Attlee is perhaps best remembered for setting up the National Health Service. Winston Churchill gives his infamous V sign on 20 May 1940 Sir Winston Churchill Conservative 1951 to 1955 While serving his second term as prime minister Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his many published works. Sir Anthony Eden Conservative 1955 to 1957 Eden is best remembered for his controversial handling of the Suez Crisis, which led to his resignation. Harold Macmillan Conservative 1957 to 1963 Macmillian took over as leader following Eden’s resignation and led the nation through the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was made Earl of Stockton in 1984 and died in 1986. Sir Alex Douglas-Home Conservative 1963 to 1964 The aristocratic Douglas-Home took on the trade unions but only served as prime minister for 363 days , the second shortest p
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Karataka and Damanaka are the names of two jackals that are retainers to a lion king. Their lively adventures as well as the stories they tell one another make up nearly half of which classic ancient Sanskrit work?
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Panchatantra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Panchatantra This article is written like a personal reflection or essay and may require cleanup . Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style . (March 2009) The Panchatantra [1] [2] [3] [4] ( IAST : Pañcatantra, Sanskrit : पञ्चतन्त्र, 'Five Principles') was originally a canonical collection of Sanskrit (Hindu) as well as Pali (Buddhist) animal fables in verse and prose. The original Sanskrit text, now long lost, and which some scholars believe was composed in the 3rd century BCE, [5] is attributed to Vishnu Sarma . However, based as it is on older oral traditions, its antecedents among storytellers probably hark back to the origins of language and the subcontinent's earliest social groupings of hunting and fishing folk gathered around campfires. [6] It is "certainly the most frequently translated literary product of India" and there are over 200 versions in more than 50 languages. [7] Versions of it have also been known as the Tantrākhyāyikā [8] ( Sanskrit : तन्त्राख्यायिका) and in other cultures as Kalīleh o Demneh ( Persian : کلیله و دمنه) or Anvār-e Soheylī [9] [10] [11] ( Persian : انوار سهیلی, 'The Lights of Canopus ') or Kalilag and Damnag [12] ( Syriac ) or Kalīlah wa Dimnah [13] ( Arabic : كليلة و دمنة) or Kalila and Dimna [14] (English, 2008) or The Fables of Bidpai [15] [16] (or Pilpai, in various European languages) or The Morall Philosophie of Doni (English, 1570) A page from Kelileh o Demneh dated 1429, from Herat , a Persian translation of the Panchatantra derived from the Arabic version — Kalila wa Dimna — depicts the manipulative jackal-vizier, Dimna, trying to lead his lion-king into war. Contents 16 External links [ edit ] Origins, content and function A page from the Arabic version of Kalila wa dimna dated 1210 CE illustrating the King of the Crows conferring with his political advisors A Panchatantra relief at the Mendut temple, Central Java , Indonesia . The work is an ancient and vigorous multicultural hybrid that to this day continues an erratic process of cross-border mutation and adaptation as modern writers and publishers struggle to fathom, simplify and re-brand its complex origins. [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] In the Indian tradition, the Panchatantra is a nītiśāstra, a treatise on political science and human conduct, or nīti. One of the early Western scholars on the Panchatantra was Dr. Johannes Hertel, who viewed the book as having a Machiavellian character. Other scholars dismiss this assessment as one-sided, and even view the stories as teaching dharma, or proper moral conduct. [26] It illustrates, for the benefit of princes who may succeed to a throne, the central Hindu principles of Raja niti ( political science ) through an inter-woven series of colorful animal tales. These operate like a succession of Russian dolls , one narrative opening within another , sometimes three or four deep, and then unexpectedly snapping shut in irregular rhythms[ clarification needed ] to sustain attention. [27] It consists of five books, which are called: Mitra Bhedha (The Loss of Friends) Mitra Laabha, also called Mitra Samprāpti (Gaining Friends) Kākolūkīyam (Crows and Owls) Labdhapraṇāśam (Loss Of Gains) Aparīkṣitakārakaṃ (Ill-Considered Action / Rash deeds) Each distinct part of the book contains (as Professor Edgerton noted in 1924) "at least one story, and usually more, which are 'emboxed' in the main story, called the ' frame-story '. Sometimes there is a double emboxment; another story is inserted in an 'emboxed' story. Moreover, the [whole] work begins with a brief introduction, which as in a frame all five . . . [parts] are regarded as 'emboxed'". Vishnu Sarma 's idea was that humans can assimilate more about their own habitually unflattering behavior if it is disguised in terms of entertainingly configured stories about supposedly less illustrious beasts than themselves. [28] Another observation that Professor Edgerton makes challenges our persistent assumption that animal fables function mainly as adjuncts to r
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Dodgson biography Version for printing Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is better known by the pseudonym "Lewis Carroll". Although he was a mathematician, he is best known as the author of Alice's adventures in wonderland (1865) and Through the looking glass (1872), children's books that are among the most popular of all time. They are distinguished as satire and as examples of verbal wit. Dodgson wrote mathematical works under his own name but for his children's books he invented the pen name "Lewis Carroll" by translating his first two names "Charles Lutwidge" into Latin as "Carolus Lodovicus", then anglicising and reversing their order. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's father was the Reverend Charles Dodgson. Charles Dodgson senior was born in 1800 and studied at the University of Oxford where he gained a First Class degree in both mathematics and classics. He was appointed as a mathematics lecturer at Oxford where he held a Fellowship but, on marrying his cousin Frances Jane Lutwidge in 1827, he had to give up his Oxford Fellowship. He then became a curate at All Saints' Church in Daresbury and it was in that town that ten of Charles and Frances' eleven children were born. Charles Lutwidge was the eldest of his parents three boys, having two elder sisters Fanny, born in 1828, and Elizabeth, born in 1830. Charles was baptised on 11 July 1832 in his father's church and grew up in a strict Christian household. His early education, like that of his brothers and sisters, was provided by his parents. He read mostly religious books as a child and an indication of his rapid progress is that he had read Pilgrim's Progress by the time he was seven. Charles looked up to his father and wished to be like him. Since mathematics was his father's favourite subject, it is easy to see how Charles gained an early love for it. Not only did Charles model himself on his father, but his father also wanted his son to follow in his footsteps by studying mathematics at Oxford, then obtaining a Fellowship, marrying and becoming a vicar. At Daresbury the Dodgson family had to struggle financially, so it was a relief when Charles's father moved to become vicar at Croft-on-Tees in Yorkshire in 1843 where his income was substantially increased. At Croft the family lived in a large rectory with a wonderful garden but chose to live much more simply than they might have done. On 1 August 1844 Charles enter Richmond School as a boarder, living in the headmaster's house. The school was only ten miles from his home and so his parents were able to visit him just over a week after he arrived. They found that he was settling in well and indeed at this school he received an excellent foundation for his education, excelling in mathematics. On 27 January 1846, Charles' fourteenth birthday, he enrolled at Rugby School. This was a famous school but one where Charles found things extremely difficult. A shy, sensitive boy with a stammer, he suffered bullying from the older boys and, as Clark writes [ 7 ]:- From every point of view life at Rugby was a personal disaster for young Dodgson. Despite being deeply unhappy, Dodgson achieved high standards in his school work, receiving a steady stream of prizes. Again mathematics was his favourite subject but he also excelled at divinity. A number of illnesses which he suffered from in 1848 had a lasting effect. The first was whooping cough which he caught in the spring. He was left with a persistent cough which returned at various times throughout his life. In the autumn he contracted mumps and this left him somewhat deaf in his right ear, a problem which never improved. He wrote afterwards of his time at Rugby (see for example [ 9 ]):- During my stay I made I suppose some progress in learning of various kinds, but none of it was done with love, and I spent an incalculable time in writing out impositions - this last I consider one of the chief faults of Rugby School. I made some friends there ... but I cannot say that I look back upon my life at a Public School with any sensations of pleasure, or that any earthly considerations would
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1000+ images about Rudyard Kipling on Pinterest | Rudyard kipling, In india and House Learn more at en.wikipedia.org JOSEPH RUDYARD KIPLING (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems of British soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. More
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The Prince and the Pauper + A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court + Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc eBook by Mark Twain - 9788026804550 | Kobo Show more Show less This carefully crafted ebook: “The Prince and the Pauper + A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court + Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc” contains 3 books in one volume and is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Prince and the Pauper is a novel by Mark Twain first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. Set in 1547, it tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by Mark Twain, originally published in book form in 1896. The novel is a satirical comedy that looks at 6th-Century England and its medieval culture through the eyes of Hank Morgan, a 19th-century resident of Hartford, Connecticut, who, after a blow to the head, awakens to find himself inexplicably transported back in time to early medieval England at the time of the legendary King Arthur. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, published in 1896, is the remarkable story of the saint's life as told by the fictional Sieur Louis de Conté, Joan's page and secretary, in the form of a memoir written in the twilight of life. The character has had the privilege of growing up with Joan of Arc, accompanying her during the excitement and pageantry of her military campaigns, and being present at each of her three trials. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 – 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called "the Great American Novel." Buy the eBook
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Urantia News - Verifying History and Science in The Urantia Book Star Power Star Power is intended to provide visitors with an appreciation of the famous people who have become associated with The Urantia Book over the years. There is no suggestion by the inclusion of this information that The Urantia Book is any more credible on an objective level because of these associations. Nor is it suggested that all the people listed are or were "believers" in The Urantia Book. If people have had at some point or currently do have some degree of appreciation for The Urantia Book, then they qualify for being on this list. Objective credibility is, of course, an impersonal, hard facts issue. Objective credibility is what the reports are all about. Star Power is included simply because we are people. Personal credibility matters to whatever degree we make it matter. Notwithstanding that Star Power is not substantive, is highly subjective and is, well, personal, it is nonetheless an issue that we humans tend to appreciate for whatever personal reasons we have for doing so. If you know of anyone that you think should be added to Star Power, please get in touch. Email Halbert regarding entries for this list. Pato Banton (born 1961) "The Urantia Book has played a major role in my life by providing the answers to the many religious questions I had, but could not find an answer to in any other religious books:-) What I have learned from years of searching is this: "When you truly love the Creator of this Universe, you develop a strong urge to Serve. The greatest way for a human being to serve God, is through Loving Service to the Family of Humanity. There is no other way to achieve Peace On Earth." Pato Banton's official websites: http://www.patobanton.com/ Pato has performed at numerous Urantia related events over the years, including international conferences held in 1999 in Vancouver, Canada and in 2008 in Los Angeles, California. He makes The Urantia Book available at his concerts along with UBtheNEWS pamphlets. "Pato Banton (born Patrick Murray) is a reggae singer and toaster from Birmingham, England. He began recording in 1982, appearing on "Pato and Roger a Go Talk" (from Special Beat Service) with Ranking Roger of The Beat. He was one of the guest artists that appeared on the UB40 album Baggariddim in 1985. His solo debut was 1987's Never Give In, which included a collaboration with Paul Shaffer. After an EP in 1988, Banton released a more pop-oriented LP, Visions of the World, followed by 1990's Wize Up! (No Compromise), which included a college radio hit in Spirits in the Material World (The Police cover)[used in the soundtrack for Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls and featuring Sting] and another collaboration, "Wize Up!", this time with David Hinds of Steel Pulse. "Banton then worked on a live album and with Mad Professor, and then released 1992's Universal Love. After a 1994 British #1 hit in Baby Come Back (originally by Eddy Grant performing with The Equals), with Robin and Ali Campbell of UB40, a best-of album was released. 1996's Stay Positive was followed by Life Is a Miracle in 2000. Life Is a Miracle received a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album in 2001. Recently, Banton has been playing with Mystic Roots, a reggae band formed in Chico, California." Jerry Garcia (1942-1995) In A Long Strange Trip: The Inside History of the Grateful Dead (2002), author Dennis McNally asserts, when talking about Jerry Garcia, that The Urantia Book was “one of his favorite esoteric works.” Paul Krassner Interview by Sunny Sunndowner July 9, 2009: SS: And we might go so far as to say that, in addition to being a healing ceremony, it was a “spiritual experience.” One interesting aside, though, came in an interview with Jerry later on, where he was asked what he thought about this one faction of “Deadheads” who considered him to be “God,” and he responded that he would tolerate it until they came for him with the “nails and a cross.”
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Altberg - Meaning And Origin Of The Name Altberg | WIKINAME.NET Altberg Name Number: 2. Meaning: Partnership, Sense, Other, Passive, Assistance, Acceptance, Intimacy, Peace Songs about Altberg: Sahara (Altberg Remix) by Kreis from the Album 4 Djs Only - Techno, Vol. 1 Sahara (Altberg Remix) by Kreis from the Album Electronic Music Society New York Winter Edition Sahara (Altberg Remix) by Kreis from the Album Between Ep Books about Altberg: The Sutton House McCook Nebraska Architect Frank Lloyd Wright - 2008 by Donald Morgan; John Altberg GEORGES BATAILLE Ou l'envers de la philosophie: 89 (Camion Noir) (French Edition) - Feb 18, 2014 by Frédéric Altberg Marco Altberg - Coleção Aplauso (Em Portuguese do Brasil) - 2011 by 0 Anomalies of Water and the Crystalline Structure of Ice (Anomalii Vody i Kristallicheskaya Struktura lda) - 1972 by V. Y. Altberg On the Centers or Nuclei of Water Crystallization (O Tsentrakh ili Ladrakh Kristallizatsii Vody) - 1972 by V. Y. Altberg Under the Glacier - Mar 8, 2005 by Halldor Laxness and Magnus Magnusson A Brave Man Seven Storeys Tall: A Novel (P.S.) - Jul 7, 2015 by Will Chancellor Dead Aim: A Novel - Feb 14, 2006 by Thomas Perry Anita Loos Rediscovered: Film Treatments and Fiction by Anita Loos, Creator of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" - Nov 10, 2003 by Anita Loos and Cari Beauchamp Latvijas Dzelzcelu Lokomotives (Latvian Language Edition) - 2005 by Toms Altbergs Pitkin Public School District Number Five - Oct 8, 2010 by Myron D. Dillow SPY SAT DOWN BESIDE HER - Jul 1, 2005 by Kenneth Byrns Wiki information Altberg: Basshunter Eurodance Artist, Broadcast Artist, Musical Artist, TV Actor, Musician, Award Nominee, Person, , Record Producer, Award Winner Jonas Erik Altberg, better known by his stage name Basshunter /ˈbeɪs.hʌn.tər/, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, record producer, and DJ. He is best known for his number one hits "Boten Anna", "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA", "Now You're Gone"... Marco Altberg Film director, Film producer, Person, Topic Marco Altberg is a film director, a film producer and a screenwriter. Marcela Altberg Actor, Person, Topic, Film casting director Marcela Altberg is an actress and casting director. Ebbe Altberg Maria Altberg is a film editor. Eric Barclay Actor, Film actor, Deceased Person, Topic, Person Eric Barclay was a Swedish film actor. Barclay became a prominent actor in French silent films of the early 1920s, often working with director Jacques de Baroncelli. He also appeared in German and British films, and those of his native Sweden. Emmanuel Altberg
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Vintage Caraway Cake {anyone for tea?} | Foods of Our Lives Foods of Our Lives Share Vintage Caraway Seed Cake {anyone for tea?} This is a cake I saw in my vintage cake book that I am baking my way through and just had to make. It just sounded so completely different and I really didn’t know what to expect. I did read up on Caraway Seed and found that it has a slight anise flavor to it, but I didn’t read up on the origins of the cake until after I had made it and tried it. It took me a couple bites of the cake to figure out what I thought about it. I liked it, but it was kind of strange. But I thought to myself, it must be a tea cake. It just tastes like something you would have at tea. That’s why I looked up the history of the seed cake. According to Wikipedia, it was a popular cake in Great Britain to make after the harvest of the spring wheat. Caraway seeds were so popular that they were used in about 14 different recipes and were also popular in Ireland and Wales. Of course having already made the cake, I found out it is traditionally made in a loaf pan. I had made it in a square 8×8 pan….whoops. I also added the whipped cream on a whim because I thought it tasted good – don’t all cakes taste good with whipped cream? But it’s not really supposed to have whipped cream on it. Ha! Oh well….I liked it that way. This was an easy cake to make and I thoroughly enjoyed it and did end up having a slice with a bit of tea and it was very tasty. Vintage Caraway Seed Cake {anyone for tea?}
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As American as chiffon cake As American as chiffon cake June 29, 2016 12:00 AM Michael Heninger/Post-Gazette Orange chiffon cake is perfect for a Fourth of July picnic. Michael Heninger/Post-Gazette By Arthi Subramaniam / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette When it comes to cakes, it doesn’t get more American than a chiffon. The chiffon cake was born in California and changed the way America baked, says cake cognoscente Anne Byrn, who wrote the runaway best-seller, “The Cake Mix Doctor,” and the sequels, “Chocolate From the Cake Mix Doctor”; “The Dinner Doctor” and “Cupcakes From the Cake Mix Doctor.” Presidential cakes Presidents had their favorite cakes, too, and here are what some of them craved: • George Washington: Martha Washington Great Cake (a fruitcake made with wine). • Thomas Jefferson: An orange-flavored sponge cake. • Chester Arthur: Devil’s Food Cake. • Franklin D. Roosevelt: Fruitcake (dark, dense chocolate cake). • Richard Nixon: Baked Alaska (a sponge cake topped by a thick slab of ice cream and blanketed by meringue. It is then baked for about 5 minutes or until the top is golden brown). • Jimmy Carter: Lane Cake (a three-layered cake filled and frosted with a boozy custard packed with pecans, raisins and maraschino cherries). It was served in the Carter home during his childhood. — Anne Byrn Instead of butter, the chiffon cake uses vegetable oil for moistness and relies on beaten egg whites for volume and lightness, Ms. Byrn writes in her upcoming cookbook, “American Cake: From Colonial Gingerbread to Classic Layer, the Story Behind Our Best-Loved Cakes From Past to Present,” which will be released Sept. 6 by Rodale Books. The book methodically looks at how cakes have evolved from the Colonists’ era to now. The chiffon cake is quintessential American, Ms. Byrn says, unlike the gingerbread cake that came with the settlers, the sponge cake that had roots in England and France, the pound cake that originated in England and the angel food and crumb coffee cakes that immigrated with the Pennsylvania Dutch. Harry Baker, an insurance salesman whose hobby was baking, is credited to have created the first chiffon cake in 1927, using vegetable oil. He made it for the famous Brown Derby Restaurant in Los Angeles, which sold the cake to Hollywood stars. The story goes that he held the secret ingredient so close to his heart that he disposed his garbage of himself so that no one could find out why his cakes turned out so moist. He eventually sold the recipe to General Mills in 1948, so that “Betty Crocker could give the secret to the women of America.” Ms. Byrn spoke last week in a phone interview from Nashville, Tenn., on how to master baking a chiffon cake. Q: What do you think prompted Harry Baker to use vegetable oil instead of butter? A: I would have been fascinated to have interviewed Harry Baker about that. Vegetable oil was a key ingredient at that time, and he must have tasted a cake with it. After all, Wesson oil was a 20th-century game changer. Q: In addition to the oil, what are the key basics for a chiffon? A: Flour, sugar, a bit of leavening, salt and a lot of eggs. Also, the egg whites need to be beaten separately from the yolks. Strong citrus flavors like orange and lemon can be added as well. The cake is a very good keeper. Q: Other than a citrus chiffon, what other flavors appeal to you? A: Instead of oranges and lemons in the batter and an orange glaze, you can add a teaspoon of espresso and top the cake with a chocolate glaze. Or you can add coconut milk and coconut extract and top it with desiccated coconut. The chiffon is a good canvas and can go with anything. It is like an angel food cake in that regard. Q: What’s the best way to slice the cake? A: A serrated knife is the best because it helps to preserve the height of a tall cake. You work so hard on the volume and you don’t want to push it down. Instead saw into it gently. Q: Is it imperative to bake a chiffon in a tube pan or can it be baked in a Bundt, loaf pan or as cupcakes? A: It’s best to bake a chiffon in a tube pan because it offers the height
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High politics and Hellfire: William Hogarth Monday, 3 November 2008, 12:00AM High politics and Hellfire: William Hogarth Robin Simon FSA Download this lecture Infamous rake (and Chancellor of the Exchequer), Sir Francis Dashwood was the founder of the Hellfire Club whose avowed flouting of all moral and sexual decency and the deliberate offending of religion brought about inevitable public outcry. It was for this reason that William Hogarth painted Sir Francis Dashwood at his Devotions, portraying the aristocratic libertine in the posture of St Francis at prayer, replacing the Bible with a copy of an erotic novel and placing a naked woman as the supposed image of his concentration. This clearly scandalous and offensive portrait of his friend was perhaps the perfect depiction of the founder of a club so forcefully (and playfully) out to shock the public. Robin Simon, editor of The British Art Journal, will speak on the portrait, the men involved and the world of 18th Century London in which such strange things could occur. Editor of the British Art Journal Read More Monday, 3 November 2008, 12:00AM Extra Lecture Materials High politics and Hellfire: William Hogarth Robin Simon FSA [NOTE that [ILL] refers to a change of image] Good afternoon. I hope you are feeling robust! Because we are going to explore the rather one-track humour of the English upper classes in the 18th century. Even in an age of political patronage - or of corruption, as one might more accurately call it - the appointment by the Prime Minister, Lord Bute, of Sir Francis Dashwood as, first, Treasurer of the Chamber in 1761, and then in 1762 as Chancellor of the Exchequer, stunned the chattering classes of Georgian England. To compound this act of favouritism, Dashwood himself lost no time in securing a government pension of £800 a year for his very close friend Paul Whitehead - to whom we shall return. The main point for now is that Paul Whitehead is the person most likely to have been responsible for the commissioning of Hogarth's portrait of Sir Francis Dashwood at his devotions [ILL] which dates from about 1751. Whitehead organized Dashwood's famous Hellfire Club, the Monks of Medmenham or "Order of the Friars of St Francis of Wycombe". West Wycombe was Dashwood's country house [ILL], and Medmenham a house on the river which he rented [ILL]. And Whitehead was also a very close friend of Hogarth. He wrote poetry about him; was a fellow-member of the Sublime Society of Beef Steaks; was satirized together with Hogarth by Charles Churchill; and his verses appear in Hogarth's last engraving:Time Smoking a Picture [ILL]: "As statues moulder into worth". The painting [ILL] reflects a general perception that Hogarth shares with Alexander Pope, and that is the possibility latent in Roman Catholic baroque art for confusion between the flesh and the spirit, at the very time that it most earnestly endeavours to exalt the spirit through the senses. One thinks of Pope's verses upon the excesses of the Duke of Chandos's chapel at Cannons - it survives, rather improbably, as St Lawrence, Little Stanmore [ILL, ILL]: "On painted Ceilings you devoutly stare, Where sprawl the Saints of Verrio and Laguerre, On gilded clouds in fair expansion lie, And bring all Paradise before your Eye. [Moral Essays, "Epistle to Burlington", ll. 145-8] The saints in question are female, and the "fair expansion" opens their legs, offering a vision of the Mohammedan conception of paradise as copulation with virgins. In Hogarth's picture [ILL], Dashwood's eyes are fixed on the "fair expansion" offered by the female nude with her legs spread wide upon his "altar". Her mouth is open in abandon, and Hogarth and Pope's perception was shared by their contemporary, Charles de Brosses [ILL], who famously observed of Bernini's orgasmically ecstatic St Teresa [ILL, ILL]: "If that is divine love, I know it very well." I confess that when this comparison first occurred to me, it seemed just a pleasing coincidence. But it turned out that there are more substantial grounds for thinking that it was this
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Garrick looks to loosen its old club ties - Telegraph Garrick looks to loosen its old club ties Lord Attenborough wearing the salmon and cucumber tie By Zoe Griffin 12:02AM BST 25 Jun 2004 The Garrick Club, one of Britain's most exclusive members clubs, could relax its dress code and make tie-wearing optional. Since the London gentlemen's club was founded in 1831 all members, from Charles Dickens and Edward Elgar to Lord Attenborough and David Suchet, have had to wear appropriate neckwear - frequently the Garrick's official salmon pink and cucumber green tie - to enter the clubhouse in Garrick Street. The salmon and cucumber tie has been the club's trademark since the 1920s when the actor Norman Forbes Robertson wore one to dinner and it was universally admired by other members. Now the tradition is threatened by a motion to the Garrick's annual meeting next week asking the committee to look into the possibility of relaxing the dress code. Related Articles Stephen Fry's club admits defeat over Harriet Harman's Equality Act 30 Oct 2010 The Garrick, which has annual fees of £1,000 and is said to have a seven year waiting list, refused to comment. But, according to club talk, the incident that prompted the debate was the appearance of a theatre director wearing a leather jacket and what was described as a "white silk choker". It is not the first time that Garrick members, predominantly actors, lawyers and journalists, have argued about the code. Several years ago, some were upset when the nightclub owner Peter Stringfellow wore shoes with no socks when dining as a guest of a member. Some members hope that less formal standards will be accepted. Simon Tait, an arts journalist and club member, said: "Lawyers wear ties. Actors and journalists on the whole do not. "The fact of the matter is that it is a pain when you find yourself in town without a tie. It is as if you cannot go for lunch in your own home." Traditionalists are likely to fight to keep the status quo, as they did in 1992 when they voted by four-to-one against admitting women as members.
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Wycliffe Well – Travel guide at Wikivoyage Understand[ edit ] Although Wycliffe Well only has a few permanent inhabitants, many travellers can't miss it while driving on the Stuart Highway from or to the Red Centre . In Australia, a small settlement like this is known as a roadhouse, a service stop for petrol, food and accommodation for long drives through the Outback. But Wycliffe Well is not just another roadhouse — it is the self-proclaimed UFO Capital of Australia. According to its own brochure, "UFO sightings are so common, that if you stayed up all night looking, you would be considered unlucky not to see anything, rather than lucky to see something". It's unbelievably cheesy, but the local restaurant is filled with newspaper clippings and images to persuade sceptical visitors. For its remote location, it is remarkable that it also boasts one of the largest selections of beer in the Northern Territory. Climate[ edit ] The summers in Wycliffe Well are known for their intense heat. Expect temperatures to be around 35°C at daytime and around 21°C at night time. Fortunately all the rooms have air-conditioning! The winters are easier to comprehend with daytime temperatures around 20°C, but it doesn't cool down much at night with temperatures hovering around 15°C. By car[ edit ] There are two ways to get in: either from the north or from the south on the Stuart Highway. From the north you will come from Tennant Creek , while from the south you will come from Alice Springs in the Red Centre . By bus[ edit ] Greyhound Australia (tel. 1300 473 946, Australian phones only) offers bus services between Wycliffe Well and other places in Australia. Every day the bus from Alice Springs leaves at 7:30PM to arrive about 5 hours later at Wycliffe Well. From Darwin, the coach leaves exactly at noon, passes Katherine at 5:25PM and arrives at Wycliffe Well around 4:45AM. See[ edit ] Caution: UFO Landing Site Ahead As many previous sightings have 'proved', this is your best bet in Australia to see UFOs. In fact, according to The Sun Herald, it is ranked fifth for top reported UFO activity in the whole world. It all started during World War II, when servicemen who stayed at Wycliffe Well kept records in an old bindered book of nightly-seen unidentified objects. This book used to be on the front counter of the local restaurant for everyone to see, but has been stolen in 1990. Since then a new book is kept which includes possible sightings from the early 1990s. It's quite fun to browse through the logs filled with details of claimed sightings. If you get tired of all the alien encounters, you might want to appreciate the stunning sunrises and sunsets. The sky of the Northern Territory is known the world over, and Wycliffe Well proves no exception. Get up early or stay up late and you'll be able to make beautiful pictures of the sun. Due to the small amount of lighting at night time, you can see an amazing amount of stars in the sky (but the front lights of the occasional road train might ruin your view). Another sight is the Wycliffe Well Railway. This sugar cane train originally from the state of Victoria has been relocated to Wycliffe Well in 1998. Do[ edit ] It is only a 300 metre walk from the settlement to the nearby Lake Wycliffe. It is a 10-acre man-made recreational lake that holds about 150 million litres of water. As of 2008, the lake is still under construction, but ask the staff that you want to see the project and its construction and they will bring you there. Buy[ edit ] There's not much for sale in Wycliffe Well beyond walls of UFO-related souvenirs — this settlement basically exists for buying basic amenities. So fill up your car with petrol, water, food and drinks, because you still have a long way to go through the Outback. Eat[ edit ] The restaurant is quite large compared to the size of the settlement, it has a total of 300 seats for all its visitors. There's some excellent crab and other seafood to be had here, thanks to the lakes nearby. Mains $16-25. Drink[ edit ] Wycliffe Well's local restaurant boasts some of the
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Australian Inland Mission | National Library of Australia National Library of Australia Australian Inland Mission Australian Inland Mission John Flynn (1880-1951) was born at Moliagul, Victoria, and was educated at government primary schools and the University High School in Melbourne. He became a pupil-teacher in the Education Department and developed a strong interest in photography. In 1903 he became a home missionary of the Presbyterian Church and served at Beech Forest in the Otway Ranges and Buchan in Gippsland. In 1907 he began studies at the Presbyterian Theological Hall in Melbourne and he was ordained as a minister in Adelaide in 1911. In the same year he joined the Smith of Dunesk Mission in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. In 1912 he compiled a detailed report on the spiritual condition of the people, both Indigenous and European, of the Northern Territory and Central Australia. The General Assembly of Australia responded by establishing the Australian Inland Mission, with Flynn as Superintendent. The Australian Inland Mission, which was responsible for the Northern Territory and the remote parts of South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland, began with one padre (Bruce Plowman), a nursing sister and a nursing hostel at Oodnadatta. In 1913 Flynn launched the illustrated magazine The Inlander . By 1918 he had established patrols at Oodnadatta, Port Hedland, Broome, Pine Creek and Cloncurry and nursing sisters at Oodnadatta, Port Hedland, Halls Creek, Maranboy and Alice Springs. In 1926 he persuaded Alfred Traeger to come to Alice Springs and develop the pedal radio. A radio station was installed at the Presbyterian Church at Cloncurry and pedal sets placed at homesteads and missions. In 1929 the Aerial Medical Service was established, operating from Cloncurry, and it was an instant success. It was transferred to the Australian Aerial Medical Service (later the Flying Doctor Service) in 1933. In 1933 Flynn was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and he was Moderator-General of the Presbyterian Church in 1939-42. He remained Superintendent of the AIM and in his last years he established a retirement home in Alice Springs and a holiday camp for Outback children in Adelaide. Following Flynn’s death in 1951, Fred McKay, who had been a patrol padre in the 1930s, was appointed Superintendent. Under his leadership, the AIM became a very large organisation, its influence extending to the new mining regions in the far north and west and even to Papua New Guinea. The John Flynn Memorial Church was opened in Alice Springs in 1956. McKay retired in 1974 and was succeeded by Max Griffiths. In 1977 the Presbyterian Church divided, with the majority of churches joining the Uniting Church of Australia. All the AIM properties were awarded to the Uniting Church, but after some fraught negotiations the two churches agreed that the name ‘Australian Inland Mission’ would no longer be used. The Uniting Church adopted the name ‘Frontier Services’ for its range of Outback ministries. Acquisition In 1964, at the suggestion of Sir John Ferguson, Jean Flynn presented to the Library the papers of her husband, the Reverend John Flynn. In 1977 the Board of Frontier Services of the Uniting Church of Australia donated an extensive archive of the Australian Inland Mission. Numerous additions were made to the archive between 1983 and 2001, more than doubling it in size. The Library had a long and happy association with the second Superintendent of the AIM, the Reverend Fred McKay and his wife Margaret. They made many visits to the Library between 1982 and 1991 and compiled the listings that cover the bulk of the archive. The personal papers of Fred McKay were presented by his family in 2001. The papers of Dr George Simpson, one of the founders of the Flying Doctor Service, were donated by his wife Nesta Simpson in 1962. In 1967 R. Cameron Plowman presented the papers of his father, R.B. Plowman, the first AIM padre. Description
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Facts & Figures - Lancashire and Blackpool Facts & Figures Home Media Room Facts & Figures Facts & Figures As befitting a county with a long and fascinating history (and one that continues to thrive and surprise), Lancashire is a facts and figures seeker's paradise. Read on to discover more about the Red Rose county and why it's bursting with 'colour'. Geography and History Lancashire was established in 1183 It has a population of 1,460,893 (2011 Census) The county covers an area of 3,075 sq km - making it one of the largest shire counties It is also surprisingly rural with 80 per cent of the county officially classed as rural Dunsop Bridge in the Ribble Valley is the centre of the British Isles The highest point in the county is Gragareth at 627 metres high or 2057 feet, making it a mountain. It is near Whernside, one of Yorkshire's `Three Peaks` Preston is one of England's newest Cities and in 2012 it celebrated the Preston Guild, which only happens every 20 years and is England's oldest festival The Leeds Liverpool Canal - Britain's longest - flows through large parts of the county The mill towns of Blackburn and Burnley were the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century You can see Blackburn and Burnley from the famous Pendle Hill. The hill is only 165ft shy of also being called a mountain The largely `undiscovered` Forest of Bowland Area of Outstanding Beauty covers 802 square km - making it the same size as New York City And the Forest of Bowland is the first protected area in England to be awarded the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas, joining just 30 other protected areas across Europe Bashall Town, near Clitheroe, is England's smallest town Did you know? Blackpool Illuminations comprise an amazing one million lamps in various types and styles and cost £2.4 million to stage More multi-million pound lottery winners choose Blackpool as their favourite over any other British destination (source: Camelot) It takes 7 years to paint Blackpool Tower from top to bottom and the tower's lifts travel 3,500 miles every year In her official biography, by Sarah Bradford, the Queen expressed a desire to retire to the Ribble Valley And Morecambe's potted shrimps have a Royal seal of approval Miles Standish, the captain of America's first settlers, the Pilgrim Fathers, came from Chorley Lancaster born scientist Richard Owen created the word `dinosaur` The post office and craft shop in Chipping is the country's oldest continuously trading shop. A shop has been in existence here since the 1600s Garstang was the world's first Fairtrade town And in Garstang in October 2007, the world's biggest hotpot was created to help launch Taste Lancashire 08. It is in the Guinness World Records. Famous Lancastrians Among those born in Lancashire: Eric Morecambe (Entertainer) Nick Park (creator of Wallace and Gromit) Andrew Flintoff (Cricketer) Sir Tom Finney (Football Player) Richard Arkwright (Invented the Spinning Machine) James Hargreaves (Invented the Spinning Jenny) Alfred Wainwright (Walking Books Creator) Jane Horrocks (Actress) Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys) Jon Richardson (Comedian) Famous Lancashire Stonyhurst College and the surrounding Ribble Valley is said to be the inspiration for Tolkien's Middle-earth from `Lord of the Rings` - his son boarded at the college which he visited regularly Pendle Hill is where George Fox is believed to have had his vision in 1640 prior to founding the Quaker Movement The trial of the Pendle Witches in Lancaster in 1612 is the UK's most famous witchhunt and in 2012 Lancashire marked its 400th Centenary Squires Gate, now known as Blackpool International Airport, was the UK's first airport Blackpool's permanent electric street tramway was the world's first when it opened in 1885 Martin Mere, Lancashire's largest lake, is said to be the last known home of King Arthur's sword `Excalibur` Roger Bannister, the first person to break the four minute mile, lived at what is now Pendle Heritage Centre in Barrowford Sirloin beef is said to get its name after a visit by Jame
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The Counties of England | English County Guide County of Bedfordshire Tourism Website Districts: Bedford, Central Bedfordhsire, Luton Where is Bedfordshire? Bedfordshire borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east. County of Berkshire Tourism Website Districts: West Berkshire, Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell Forest, Windsor and Maidenhead, Slough Where is Berkshire? Berkshire borders Greater London to the East, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire to the North, Wiltshire to the West, and Hampshire & Surrey to the SOuth. The royal residence of Windsor Castle is in Berkshire. City of Bristol Tourism Website Districts: Bristol Where is Bristol? Bristol is sandwiched between Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Built around the River Avon, the city of Bristol is the most populous city in South West England. County of Buckinghamshire Tourism Website Districts: South Bucks, Chiltern, Wycombe, Aylesbury Vale, Borough of Milton Keynes Where is Buckinghamshire? Buckinghamshire borders 6 counties including Greater London to the south-east, Hertfordshire to the east, and Oxfordshire to the west. County of Cambridgeshire Tourism Website Districts: Cambridge, South Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire, Fenland, East Cambridgeshire, Peterborough Where is Cambridgeshire? Cambridgeshire lies directly west of Norfolk and Suffolk and has a northen border with Lincolnshire. Cambridgeshire is home to the famous university and the magnificent Ely cathedral. County of Cheshire Tourism Website Districts: Cheshire West & Chester, Cheshire East, Warrington, Halton Where is Cheshire? Cheshire borders Wales to the east and Liverpool & Manchester to the North. Cheshire boasts the beautiful city of Chester, not to mention some very famous cheese. City of London Tourism Website Districts: London postcodes of EC, WC & E1 Where is the City of London? The Square Mile or City of London is in the middle of Greater London on the north side of the Thames between the boroughs of Westminster and Tower hamlets. It is England's smallest ceremonial county. County of Cornwall Tourism Website Districts: Cornwall, Isles of Scilly Where is Cornwall? With Devon to its east, Cornwall is in the far south western corner of the UK and has the longest stretch of continuous coastline in Britain. County of Cumbria Tourism Website Districts: Borough of Barrow-in-Furness, District of South Lakeland, Borough of Copeland, Borough of Allerdale, District of Eden, City of Carlisle Where is Cumbria? Cumbria is in the furthest north western corner of England, with the Scottish Border to the north and the Irish Sea to the west. Cumbria is predominantly rural and includes the Lake District, considered one of England's most outstanding areas of natural beauty. County of Derbyshire Tourism Website Districts: High Peak, Derbyshire Dales, South Derbyshire, Erewash, Amber Valley, North East Derbyshire, Chesterfield, Bolsover, Derby Where is Derbyshire? Derbyshire borders Yorshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, and Staffordshire to the south-west. Derbyshire & the Peak District offers a spectacular landscape in one of the most beautiful & inspiring parts of the British Isles. County of Devon Tourism Website Districts: Exeter, East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, Torridge, West Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Plymouth, Torbay Where is Devon? Situated between Cornwall to the west and Somerset to the east, Devon is one of the largest English counties and boasts rolling countryside, beautiful beaches and
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Lord Prescott takes his place in the House of Lords - BBC News BBC News Lord Prescott takes his place in the House of Lords 8 July 2010 Close share panel John Prescott has taken up his seat in the House of Lords, becoming Baron Prescott of Kingston-Upon-Hull. Labour's former deputy PM was among a number of ex-ministers to be given peerages after the election in May. Lord Prescott, deputy to Tony Blair for 10 years, was watched by his wife Pauline, who sat in one of the public viewing galleries. Although reportedly against taking a peerage in the past, he now says it will enable him to campaign on issues. The 72-year old has officially became Baron Prescott during a short ceremony in the House of Lords, although he will be known as Lord Prescott. I tell you what. The Lords is a place of class, no doubt about that, and I'd like to be in the battle there, like I am elsewhere Lord Prescott Wearing traditional ermine robes, he pledged allegiance to the Queen, signed the official documents before departing the Lords chamber, pausing briefly to chat to Conservative peer Lord Strathclyde, the leader of the house. After he stood down as deputy leader in 2007, Mr Prescott reportedly indicated that he would not be following in their footsteps. "I don't want to be a member of the House of Lords," the Daily Mail reported him as saying in August 2008, although he denies ever saying it. Mr Prescott has remained active in political life despite standing down as the MP for Hull East at the last election. Politically active He campaigned vigorously for Labour - travelling the country in a battle bus - and has since said he wants to be the party's Treasurer to help improve its finances. Speaking after it was announced he would be nominated for a peerage in May, he said he was not ready for "his pipe and slippers" yet. "I tell you what. The Lords is a place of class, no doubt about that, and I'd like to be in the battle there, like I am elsewhere," he said. He said he wanted a platform to continue to make the case for jobs, social justice and environmental protection and denied he had been talked into it by his wife. "I make my own decisions. Of course I'd be influenced by my wife, but I'm not doing it for that." Former Labour MPs Quentin Davies, who defected from the Tories in 2007 and became a defence minister, and ex-Cabinet Office minister Angela Smith also took their places in the Lords. They were sworn in as Lord Davies of Stamford and Baroness Smith of Basildon.
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Menzies Campbell Menzies Campbell Lord Campbell of Pittenweem Sir Menzies "Ming" Campbell is one of the most respected and successful politicians of his generation. He was MP North East Fife for over a quarter of a century between 1987 and 2015. He was born in 1941 and educated at Glasgow University, where he graduated as a Master of the Arts and Batchelor of Law. He went on to study at Stanford University, California where he carried out post-graduate studies in international law. He was called to the Bar in Scotland in 1968 and appointed Queens Counsel in 1984. Ming held the British record for the 100 metre sprint between 1967 and 1974, and captained the Great Britain athletic team in 1965 and 1966. He still retains a particular interest in athletics Ming campaigned with the Liberal Democrats in North East Fife in the General Elections of 1979 and 1983. His work in the constituency helped win the seat for the Liberals overturning decades of Conservative control. Each election he reduced the Tory majority, bringing the Liberals closer to winning, until 1987 when Ming won with a majority of 1,447. Throughout his career as an MP Ming and his local team achieved large Liberal Democrat majorities as his reputation as an intelligent and decent politician grew. During his long political career Ming served as Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson between 1992 and 2006, a role that saw him throw his support behind Lib Dem opposition to the 2003 Iraq War. He went on to be Deputy Leader of the party between 2003 and 2006, before taking over from Charles Kennedy as Leader of the Liberal Democrats. Ming played a key role in turning the Lib Dems into a professional political party and he pushed for reform of the internal structures of the party to compete effectively against Labour and the Conservative Party. Under his leadership Ming promoted many up and coming Lib Dem MPs to his front bench, including Jo Swinson as Scotland Spokesperson and Nick Clegg as Spokesperson for Home Affairs. Sir Menzies received the CBE in 1987; was appointed to the Privy Council in 1999 before being knighted in 2004 for his services to Parliament. He became a Companion of Honour in the 2013 Birthday Honours for public and political service. He has been the Chancellor of the University of St. Andrews since 2006. Ming announced he would step down from his seat of North East Fife ahead of the 2015 General Election. He received a peerage in the 2015 Dissolution Honours, and joined was introduced to the House of Lords in November of the same year. He has been married to Elspeth Campbell since 1970, in his spare time he enjoys sports, music and theatre.
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"The TV series ""Broadchurch"" (2013 - present) stars Olivia Colman together with what actor famous for his Dr Who persona?"
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news – Page 3 – Olivia Colman Online Tweet The 41-year-old actress – currently starring as Ellie Miller in ITV’s Broadchurch – has revealed she and novelist husband Ed Sinclair will welcome a baby later this year. Olivia and Ed already have sons Finn, nine and seven-year-old Hall together and Olivia told the Daily Mirror newspaper: ‘We’re all very excited’. Colman revealed the news when explaining why she will be unable to take part in a big-screen remake of her short film The Karman Line, which Spike Lee is directing. The star, who says she has quite a while to go before the baby is born, told the paper: ‘i love Spike Lee and would certainly take his call but he’ll have to wait a while before we start anything.’ Although she captured the nation’s attention as Sophie Chapman in the side-splitting Peep Show and her role in Broadchurch has kept viewers gripped, Olivia voiced her fears about her acting future last year. In an interview with the Sunday People, Olivia explained: ‘It’s harder to get roles as you get older. ‘I have a lot of friends that should be working and aren’t and that’s a real mystery and needs to change’. And the Hot Fuzz star feels that it is not her acting ability that gets her parts. She said: ‘I feel fortunate I’m not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.’ Olivia previously revealed she’s careful to make sure her husband knows he is appreciated. ‘When you’ve got children it’s easy to do that thing of keeping a tally of who woke up earliest and whose turn it is to put them to bed. ‘But I think the important thing is to appreciate and love each other and to show that appreciation.’ Tweet A BAFTA nominated film starring Broadchurch actress Olivia Colman is to be screened in cinemas across the UK and around the world. The Karman Line, a moving short film directed by Northamptonshire film-maker Oscar Sharp, will tour cinemas next month as part of a national BAFTA Shorts tour. The 24-minute long film, which is a moving story about death and loss, was shortlisted in the Best Short Live Action category in last week’s BAFTA Awards 2015. Directed by Oscar, who is from Potterspury, the award-winning film captures the life of a mother who is hit by a rare condition that sees her lift off the ground at a slow but ever increasing rate. The agony eventually forces her husband and daughter to come to terms with losing her. Although Oscar narrowly missed out on a BAFTA gong, his film will now be part of a feature-length package of all of this year’s BAFTA-nominated British short films and animations which will screen in cinemas from March. The nearest location for people in Northamptonshire to watch it will be in Milton Keynes at MK Gallery on Friday, April 3, 2015. Click here for the full list of locations the films will be appearing at. Amanda Berry OBE, Chief Executive of BAFTA, said: “We are delighted to be bringing the work of exciting British filmmaking talent to a wider audience, and giving the shorts theatrical exposure beyond a film festival environment. The BAFTA-nominated shorts represent the best in live action and animated short-filmmaking, and it’s particularly gratifying to see individuals who BAFTA has recognised and supported early in their careers progress to our flagship Film Awards ceremony in just a few short years.” Oscar, who grew up in Northamptonshire, studied for an MA in Drama and Philosophy at Manchester University and is now studying in the Graduate Film School at New York University. He was a BAFTA Los Angeles Scholarship recipient in 2012. Oscar’s credits include Sign Language which won the Virgin Media Shorts Award in 2010. The Kármán Line has travelled to festivals worldwide winning nine prizes including Best Short Film at the British Independent Film Awards. Oscar recently signed a one-picture blind deal with Tobey Maguire’s Material Pictures. Lisa Bryer, BAFTA-winning producer and Chair of the British Short Film jury, said: “This year’s BAFTA-nominated shorts reflect the huge diversity and strength of film production across the UK,
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TV ACRES: Medicine > Hospitals > Blair General Hospital (Dr. Kildare) Richard Chamberlain as Dr. James Kildare (intern/resident specializing in Internal Medicine) Raymond Massey as Dr. Leonard Gillespie (Kildare's mentor) Eddie Ryder as Dr. Simon Agurski Jud Taylor as Dr. Thomas Gerson Steve Bell as Dr. Quint Lowry Ken Berry as Dr. Kapish Robert Paget as Dr. John Ross Martin Balsam as Dr. Milton Orliff Andrew Prine as Dr. Roger Helvick William Shatner as Dr. Carl Noyes Philip Bourneuf as Dr. Wickens James T. Callahan as Dr. Yates Atkinson MD Dean Stockwell as Dr. Rudy Devereux Dan O'Herlihy as Dr. Phillip Downey Barry Atwater as Dr. Demerest James Mason as Dr. Maxwell Becker Mart Hulswit as Dr. Vincent Brill Bruce Hyde as Dr. Jeff Brenner James Earl Jones as Dr. Lou Rush Lew Gallo as Dr. Philip Leland Susan Oliver as Dr. Jessie Martel William Sargent as Dr. Steve Bardeman Donald Harron as Dr. Ian MacDuff Paul Stewart as Dr. Guiseppe Muretelli James Edwards as Dr. Lench Paulene Myers as Dr. Sackley Noah Keen as Dr. Bellaman Gail Kobe as Dr. Anne Warner Ford Rainey as Andy Meadows MD Carol Eve Rossen as Dr. Lois Bower Charles McGraw as Dr. Kenneth Hasker Laurence Haddon as Dr. Galmeir Sandy Kenyon as Dr. Galdi Frank Killmond as Dr. Brown Sammy Reese as Dr. Dan Shanks Sidney Blackmer as Dr. Andrew Bennett Charles Alvin Bell as Dr. William Coombs Robert Brubaker as Dr. John Connor Rip Torn as Dr. Nicholas Keefe Theodore Bikel as Dr. Mahmel Homatka Robert Culp as Jesse Hartwood MD Diana Hyland as Dr. Lilith McGraw Kevin McCarthy as Harvey Gruboldt MD Brendan Dillon as Dr. Gault Wilton Graff as Dr. Cassidy Mary Webster as Dr. Pauline Stewart Robert Cornthwaite as Dr. Max Gunther Jan Arvan as Dr. Friedkin Whit Bissell as Dr. Kenneth Kline William Bramley as Dr. Bernard Krantz Robert F. Simon as Dr. Brantell Dr. Gillespie and Dr. Kildare Other support personnel included: Lee Meriwether as Nurse Bonnie Mynes Carol Anderson as Millie McLean RN Ann Loos as Nurse Whitman Lory Patrick as Nurse Betty Taylor Della Sharman as Betty Johnson RN Patience Cleveland as Jackie Barnett RN Helen Wallace as Lucy Webber RN Jean Inness as Nurse Fain Lee Kurty as Nurse Zoe Lawton Jo Helton as Nurse Conant Christopher Riordan as Dr. Halliman's Orderly Joan Patrick as Susan Deigh, the Receptionist Audrey Larkins as Receptionist Bert Freed as Director TRIVIA NOTE: The Dr. Kildare character was created by author Max Brand (under the pen name for Frederick Schiller Faust) in a series of short stories. Between 1938 and 1947, several movies were made starring Lew Ayres as Kildare and Lionel Barrymore as Gillespie (these actors continued their roles in a late 1940s radio network series). In the early 1970s, the Dr. Kildare franchise was revived as YOUNG DR. KILDARE/SYN/1972 starring Mark Jenkins as Dr. James Kildare and Gary Merrill as Dr. Leonard Gillespie with Claiborne Cary as Nurse; Norma Crane as Nurse Connors; Joyce Van Patten as Nurse Marvin; and Marsha Mason as Nurse Marsha Lord. External Links
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Oswestry | England, United Kingdom | Britannica.com England, United Kingdom Oswestry, town (parish) and former borough (district), administrative and historic county of Shropshire , western England . It is bordered on three sides by Wales . Market square at Oswestry, Shropshire, Eng. Edward Williams Oswestry lies in a scenic setting in the foothills of the Berwyn Mountains between Wat’s Dyke (c. 700) and Offa’s Dyke (c. 784), defensive earthworks formerly separating England and Wales. “Old” Oswestry, an Iron Age hill fort with complicated defenses reflecting a long history, stands 1 mile (1.6 km) from the town. Oswestry is thought to derive its name from Oswald (later St. Oswald ), king of Northumbria , who was killed by Penda , king of Mercia , in 642 at the Battle of Maserfelth (or Maserfeld), probably near the present town. The scene of much border warfare between the Welsh and the English, the town was twice burned to the ground in the Middle Ages. On Castle Bank are the ruins of a castle built by Madog ap Maredudd, Welsh king of the adjacent region of Powys . A grammar school was founded in Oswestry town in 1407 and was moved to larger premises in 1776, but the old building still stands. For centuries Oswestry has been a market centre for Welsh goods, especially wool. The modern town has a large cattle market and light industry. Aside from the town of Oswestry, the area is mostly rural. Pop. (2001) 15.613; (2011) 17,105. Learn More in these related articles:
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Waterways of Norfolk Waterways of Norfolk Navigable Rivers and Canals within Norfolk The Swan Inn, Horning, on the River Bure. Aylsham Navigation The whole navigation was in Norfolk. Waterway Description: Also called the Upper Bure Navigation and running 9.5 miles with 5 locks using the course of the upper Bure River plus a mile of cut to Aylesham Basin. History: Authorised by an Act of 1773, work started in 1774 and opened in October of 1779. Abandoned in 1928. For more details see the Waterway details page . Candle Dyke to Hickling Broad Waterway's place in Norfolk : The whole waterway is within Norfolk. Waterway Description: For more details see the Waterway details page . Great Ouse Relief Channel The whole of this waterway is within Norfolk. Waterway Description: A 6.5 mile navigable channel from a lock at Denver Sluice to Wiggenhall Bridge just over two miles south of King's Lynn. History: Built around the 1960s as a flood relief channel running parallel yo the tidal Great Ouse and opened up to navigation by the building of a lock at Denver in July 2001. For more details see the Waterway details page . Haddiscoe (or New) Cut - Norfolk & Suffolk Broads Waterway's place in Norfolk : The whole waterway is within Norfolk. Waterway Description: This 2 mile canal runs from Reedham to Haddicoe and links the rivers Waveney and Yare. History: For more details see the Waterway details page . Hardley Dyke (River Yare) The whole waterway is within Norfolk. Waterway Description: For more details see the Waterway details page . Langley Dyke (River Yare) The whole waterway is within Norfolk. Waterway Description: For more details see the Waterway details page . Little Ouse or Brandon River Waterway's place in Norfolk : Most of this river forms the boundary between Norfolk and Suffolk, except for about two miles, where it passes first through Suffolk and then through Norfolk before returning to its course on the county boundary, and the first 3� miles from the original head of the navigable river at Thetford Town Bridge, which is wholly within Norfolk. Waterway Description: A 22.5 mile tributary of the Great Ouse. Currently only navigable for 13 miles. History: For more details see the Waterway details page . Martham Broad to West Somerton Waterway's place in Norfolk : The whole waterway is within Norfolk. Waterway Description: For more details see the Waterway details page . Meadow Dyke to Waxham Bridge Waterway's place in Norfolk : This navigation is entirely within Norfolk. Waterway Description: For more details see the Waterway details page . Middle Level - Old River Nene Waterway's place in Norfolk : From Marmont Priory Sluice, where the river crosses into Norfolk from Cambridgeshire, to its terminus at Outwell Junction, where it connects with Well Creek, the river runs 2 miles into Norfolk. Waterway Description: Runs 26 miles from Mere Mouth, where it joins Bevill's Leam and Black Ham Drain, to Outwell, the junction with Well Creek. For more details see the Waterway details page . Middle Level - Popham's Eau Waterway's place in Norfolk : The first mile of the navigation from the Old River Nene junction is in Cambridgeshire. The waterway then crosses into Norfolk. Waterway Description: Runs 2.5 miles from the Middle Level Drain, although there is no connection at this point, to Popham's Eau End, where it joins the Old River Nene. For more details see the Waterway details page . Middle Level - Sixteen Foot River Waterway's place in Norfolk : From its junction with Popham's Eau only the first � mile of this waterway is in Norfolk, the remainder of its 9� miles length are in Cambridgeshire. Waterway Description: Runs 9.6 miles, from Three Holes Bridge, where it joins Popham's Eau, to Sixteen Foot Corner, where it joins the Forty Foot River. For more details see the Waterway details page . Middle Level - Well Creek The whole of this waterway is within Norfolk. Waterway Description: Runs almost 5.4 miles from Outwell Junction, where it joins the Old River Nene, to Salter's Sluice, where it joins the River Ouse. For more details se
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Which British monarch is portrayed in the 1940 film ‘The Sea hawk’, starring Errol Flynn?
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The Sea Hawk (1940) - 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 | Action , Adventure , History | 1 July 1940 (USA) Geoffrey Thorpe, a buccaneer, is hired by Queen Elizabeth I to nag the Spanish Armada. The Armada is waiting for the attack on England and Thorpe surprises them with attacks on their galleons where he shows his skills on the sword. Director: Howard Koch (screen play), Seton I. Miller (screen play) Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 35 titles created 20 Mar 2011 a list of 30 titles created 25 Mar 2011 a list of 24 titles created 27 Dec 2012 a list of 30 titles created 18 Jan 2013 a list of 32 titles created 5 months ago Title: The Sea Hawk (1940) 7.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for 4 Oscars. See more awards » Videos After being wrongly convicted as a traitor, Peter Blood, an English physician, is sent to exile in the British colonies of the Caribbean, where he becomes a pirate. Director: Michael Curtiz When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army. Directors: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley Stars: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone A Texas cattle agent witnesses first hand, the brutal lawlessness of Dodge City and takes the job of sheriff to clean the town up. Director: Michael Curtiz A major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children. Director: Michael Curtiz A depiction of the love/hate relationship between Queen Elizabeth I and Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex. Director: Michael Curtiz The great lover Don Juan comes to the assistance of his queen. Director: Vincent Sherman A platoon of special ops are tasked to parachute into the remote Burmese jungle and destroy a strategic Japanese radar station, but getting out isn't as easy. Director: Raoul Walsh A highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876. He has little ... See full summary » Director: Raoul Walsh In 1854, Jeb Stuart, George Custer and other graduates from West Point are posted to Kansas to help pacify the territory before railroad construction to Santa Fe can resume. Director: Michael Curtiz As bareknuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the top of the boxing world. Director: Raoul Walsh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from Confederate Prison and is set to Virginia City in Nevada. Once there he finds that the former commander of his prison Vance Irby is planning to send $5 million in gold to save the Confederacy. Director: Michael Curtiz A Canadian Mountie of German descent feigns disaffection with his homeland in hopes of infiltrating and thwarting a Nazi sabotage plot. Director: Raoul Walsh Edit Storyline Geoffrey Thorpe is an adventurous and dashing pirate, who feels that he should pirate the Spanish ships for the good of England. In one such battle, he overtakes a Spanish ship and when he comes aboard he finds Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal. He is overwhelmed by her beauty, but she will have nothing to do with him because of his pirating ways (which include taking her prized jewels). To show his noble side, he suprises her by returning the jewels, and she begins to fall for him. When the ship reaches England, Queen Elizabeth is outraged at the actions of Thorpe and demands that he quit pirating. Because he cannot do this, Thorpe is sent on a mission and in the process becomes a prisoner of the Spaniards. Meanwhile, Dona Maria pines for Thorpe and when he esca
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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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Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain Poets Laureate of Great Britain by J. Zimmerman Several of the other Laureates were famous poets, particularly Ted Hughes , Robert Southey , John Masefield , Sir John Betjeman , Cecil Day-Lewis , and the current Laureate, Andrew Motion . History and responsibilities. In Great Britain, the Poet Laureate is: The realm's official poet. A member of the royal household. Charged with writing verses for court and national occasions (such as for a Royal Wedding or the New Year). Awarded the position for life. Chosen by the British reigning monarch, from a list of nominees that the Prime Minister compiles after a poet laureate dies. Shortly after the 1668, the position became the Poet Laureate of Great Britain in 1707, when The Act of Union created "Great Britain" as the political name of England, Scotland, and Wales. The name Laureate derives from the Latin laureatus ("crowned with laurel"). It comes from an ancient Roman tradition of honoring a person (especially a poet) who has shown excellence of achievement. The honor is signified by presenting the person with a wreath of laurel leaves. FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on the Poets Laureate of Great Britain. What does "Laureate" mean? Answer . Who was the best? Most frequently this is said to be Tennyson . John Dryden (1631-1700). Laureate 1668-88. Appointed in 1668 by King Charles II, who gave John Dryden a formal royal warrant that awarded him the official titles of Poet Laureate and Historiographer Royal. This role continued under King James II. As a powerful satirist, Dryden was a strong advocate and spokesman for his monarch, and "the best poet, dramatist, translator and critic of the age" [ Levin in Verses of the Poets Laureate] In 1689, sacked [or fired] by William III for failing to take an oath of allegiance. Thomas Shadwell (1643?-1692). Laureate 1689-92. The successful dramatist Thomas Shadwell was chosen in large part because he was a Protestant Whig, essential to replace the Catholic Dryden. met an inglorious end in 1693, A weak poet, a heavy drinker, and an opium user, Shadwell died from an overdose of opium, which he took in part to relieve his gout. He was said to have found the laureateship unimportant. Disrespected by John Dryden , among others, for his poetry as well as for his politics. Shadwell wrote a yearly ode on the monarch's birthday, and introduced the tradition of writing a New Year ode; his odes are crashingly uninspired and mechanistic, as if written by an unusually dimwitted computer program. Nahum Tate (1652-1715). Laureate 1692-1715. Born in Dublin, Tate was awarded the Poet Laureate position (and its £100 per year) but the post of Historiographer Royal (and its annual £200) became a separate assignment. Tate is most known today for his authorship of the widely loved Christmas carol "While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night". He is notorious for his (creative?) revision of Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear, giving it a happy ending. In response to public events, Tate wrote poems for victories against the French (1704), the Act of Union between the Parliaments of England and Scotland (1707), and the signing of the Peace of Utrecht with France (1713). Nicholas Rowe (1674-1718). Laureate 1715-18. Nicholas Rowe was celebrated as a dramatist rather than as a poet. The Poet Laureate's role was now general praise of the sovereign, rather than political and historical. In addition to the annual New Year ode, the Laureate acquired the duty of writing a birthday ode to the monarch, a practice which was to last over 100 years. Laurence Eusden (1688-1730). Eusden never published a book of poetry. His work is mediocre. Colley Cibber (1671-1757). The poetry of dramatist Colley Cibber was conscientious but not inspired. William Whitehead (1715-85). Laureate 1757-85. [The appointment was first offered to and declined by Thomas Gray.] William Whitehead (a respectable though perhaps dull dramatist) was good humored and amiable. For example, h
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Famous British Architects Famous British Architects Profession: Writer English poet and essayist. He wrote a peculiarly English form of romantic and nostalgic light verse, as well as prose works on architecture and social history which reflect his interest in the Gothic Revival. His Collected Poems appeared 1958 and a verse autobiography, Summoned by Bells, 1960. He became poet laureate 1972. Betjeman was born in London and educated at Oxford. During World War II he had a post at the Admiralty, and after that worked for a time for the British Council. He was a contemporary of W H Auden at Oxford, but he had little in common with the poets of the 1930s. His verse is backward-looking, traditional in form - favouring iambic lines and a conversational clarity - and subject matter. He recalls with great precision and affection details of his childhood in N London and holidays in Cornwall. He also admires and champions Victorian and Edwardian taste. A Nip in the Air 1972 and High and Low 1976 are later collections of verse. His books on architecture include Ghastly Good Taste 1933, A Pictorial History of English Architecture 1972, and West Country Churches 1973. Sir Norman Foster Profession: Architect Sir Norman Foster was born in Manchester, England in 1935. He has designed some of the highest profile buildings in the World often winning projects against fierce competition from local architects. His work includes the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the New German Parliament, the Chek Lap Kok International Airport, Daewoo HQ in South Korea, the Sainsbury Centre for visual arts in the U.K and Century Tower in Japan. Foster was awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1983, and in 1990 the RIBA Trustees Medal was made for the Willis Faber Dumas building. He was knighted in 1990, and recieved the Gold Medal of the AIA in 1994. On June 7, 1999, Sir Norman received the Pritzer Architecture Prize. Sir Joseph Paxton (1801 - 1865) Profession: Architect Sir Joseph Paxton (1803�1865) was an English gardener and architect of The Crystal Palace. He was born on 3 August 1803, the seventh son of a farming family, at Milton Bryan, Bedfordshire. (Some references, incorrectly, list his birth date as 3 August 1801. This is, as he admitted in later life, a result of misinformation he provided in his teens, which enabled him to enrol at Chiswick Gardens.) He became a garden boy at the age of fifteen for Sir Gregory Page-Turner at Battlesden Park, near Woburn. After several moves, he obtained a position in 1823 at the Horticultural Society's Chiswick Gardens. These were close to the gardens of William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire at Chiswick House. The latter would frequently meet the young gardener as he strolled in his gardens and became impressed witth his skill and enthusiasm. The Duke offered the 23-year-old Paxton the position of Head Gardener at Chatsworth, which was considered one of the finest landscaped gardens of the time. Although the Duke was in Russia at the time, Paxton set off for Chatsworth on the Chesterfield coach forthwith, arriving at Chatsworth at half past four in the morning. By his account he had explored the gardens, scaling the kitchen garden wall in the process, and set the staff to work, then ate breakfast with the housekeeper and met his future wife, Sarah Bown, the housekeeper's niece, as he later put it, completing his first morning's work before nine o'clock. They later married, and she proved to be supremely capable of managing his affairs, leaving him free to pursue his ideas. He enjoyed a very friendly relationship with his employer who recognised his diverse talents and facilitated his rise to prominence. One of his first projects was to redesign the garden around the new north wing of the house and to set up a 'pinetum', a collection of conifers which developed into a forty acre arboretum which still exists. In the process he became skilled in moving even mature trees. The largest, weighing about eight tons, was moved from Kedleston Road in Derby. Among several other large projects at Chatsworth, such as the R
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The Flood of Noah FROM ADAM TO NOAH The biblical record of life on earth before the flood, from Adam to Noah, is only briefly sketched in Genesis Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7. The years before the Flood and the flood itself occupy Chapters 8 and 9, and Chapters 10 and 11 ("The Table of Nations") show the early repopulating of the earth by the three sons of Noah and their descendants from the Fertile Crescent area to the four corners of the earth. Adam and Eve left the garden before bearing children. Their third son, Seth, was born when Adam was 130 years old (5:3). The available evidence suggests that Adam and Eve were not in the garden long before the fall occurred, perhaps it was only months or a few years, but possibly could have been as long as a hundred years. It is interesting that after the fall quite a few of the Antediluvians bore their first children around the age of 100 according to the Genesis record. The bearing of children would have been a normal part of Adam and Eve's relationship before the fall since they were commanded to be fruitful and to multiply, however the fact is they had no children before the fall while they were still in the Garden located "to the East, in Eden." The fall of man and its consequences occupy the pivotal and packed Third Chapter of Genesis and these matters are discussed in separate articles. See: The Relationship between Sin and Death in Genesis, by James Stambaugh Eve (called in Chapter 3 "the mother of all living") expected that her first-born son would be the promised messiah, hence her remark when Cain was born---the name Cain means "gotten." Abel, her second son, was given a name which means "breath" or "vanity." Perhaps Abel was weak and sickly, or perhaps she foresaw that his life would some how be in vain and wasted. Early man not only engaged in farming but also in animal husbandry. Cain and Abel each had lines of work that were legitimate enterprises, and the sacrifices of either son (whether farm produce or animals) would have been acceptable to God had their individual motives been right. Abel had a heart open to the Lord and understood that true worship is based on gratitude to God rather than attempted merit by human efforts or works. Cain's problem was a wrong motive rather than the wrong type of offering. The first murder gives us further evidence that the fall of Adam and Eve ("original sin")---from the innocence of the garden---was a fall into total depravity and lostness. Cain did not have to be taught how to sin. Evil sprang from the well-springs of his heart spontaneously. Several thousand years later Jesus Christ taught, "What comes out of a man is what defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, fornication, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a man." (Mark 7:20-23) When the murder of Abel came to light, Cain despaired his chances of surviving the vengeance of other family members who would surely seek his life when his murder of his brother became public knowledge. Rather than bringing immediate justice to Cain, judgment upon him was delayed by God's longsuffering mercy. Cain was given a pledge by God, a guarantee of God's protection. God encouraged Cain to seek the Lord and thus learn to overcome the evil which controlled him. Sadly, there is no record of Cain (or any of his family or any of descendants) availing themselves of God's grace and mercy. None of these descendants accepted God's offer of regeneration and restoration over the next 1600 years until the Flood of Noah, as far as we know. The New Testament says this about Cain and Abel: "By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received approval as righteous, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts; he died, but through his faith he is still speaking." (Heb. 11:4 ); "...[be] not like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own
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Great British Art: The Pond by LS Lowry - Anglotopia.net Anglotopia.net British Slang: 48 British Words For Driving That You May Not Know Check Out Our Slang Dictionary! Check out Anglotopia's Dictionary of British Slang - Your Complete Guide to over 1,000 British Slang Words and Phrases. Available from All Major Retailers. Click here for more info Buy Now In Print Buy Now for Your Kindle Buy Now for iPad - Anglotees Introducing Anglotees Anglotees is our sister business that offers up 2 British Themed T-shirt to buy a week and available only for 1 week. This Week's Shirts - 2 Designs This week we're offering 2 designs. Starting at $16.99. Available in Men's, Women's, V-neck, Long Sleeve, Sweatshirt and Hoodie. Issue #4 Now Shipping! We received Issue #4 from the printer last week and have begun the process of shipping out. There’s almost 900 to send, so it will take a about 7-10 days to ship them all out. It will be with you soon! Related Issue #4 is Almost Done! We’re almost done with Issue #4 which is taking a bit longer than we planned to get ready. It’s with our copy editor now and we’ll be sending it to the printer this week. We expect to begin shipping out in 2-3 weeks. Related The London Annual Has Gone to Press! We have approved the final proofs for the London Annual and it’s going to press. We expect them in the office in a couple weeks at which point we’ll mail them out to all that pre-ordered. It has sold very well for us and we ordered extras but as with all our other magazine, quantities […] Now Taking Pre-Orders for the London Annual and Issue #4 We’re now taking pre-orders for a special one off magazine called the London Annual which will be a great guide to London in 2017 (this is not included in the subscription). We’re also now open to pre-orders for the fourth issue of the Anglotopia Magazine. Place your orders here now. Related Third Issue Update: All Subscriptions Have Been Mailed We have finished mailing out all subscriptions and single issue orders of the third issue of the Anglotopia Magazine. Took a bit longer than we thought but they’re all on the way. We have a limited number left in stock of the third issue – so if you haven’t already – pick it up soon! […] Digital Subscribers – Your Issue is Ready to Download! We have sent out the emails to digital subscribers letting them know they can now download the Issue #3 of the Anglotopia Magazine. You will received an email from us, be sure to check your SPAM folder if you haven’t received it today. Email us right away and we’ll send you a different link to […] Issue #3 Has Been Printed and We’ll Begin Shipping Them We have just picked up Issue #3 of the Anglotopia Magazine from the printer. It looks beautiful! We’ll begin shipping them out tomorrow. It’s going to take us about a week to get them all out. We have about 600 subscribers and pre-orders to get through. Last time we used a third party shipping company […] Pre-order Issue #3 Now To make sure that you can get a copy of the next issue of the Anglotopia magazine, we recommend pre-ordering. We’re only getting 900 copies and 600 or so have already been reserved. We will likely sell out again. Click here to preorder. Related By Jonathan Leave a Comment This week in Great British Art we present The Pond by LS Lowry and was painted in 1950. It’s a stunning impression of an industrial landscape in Britain. From the Tate Gallery: “‘The Pond’ is an impressive industrial landscape containing many features typical of Lowry’s work; smoking chimneys, terraced houses and on the right, in the middle distance, the Stockport Viaduct. The scene is brought to life by his so called ‘matchstick’ people who swarm like ants through the city’s streets and open spaces. ‘This is a composite picture built up from a blank canvas. I hadn’t the slightest idea of what I was going to put in the canvas when I started the picture but it eventually came out as you see it. This is the way I like working best’. Lowry considered this to be his finest industrial landscape.” It’s currently on display in the Tate Britain gallery i
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Manson married? At least it’s only on paper; Manson married? At least it’s only on paper By Jayson Jacoby , The Baker City Herald Published Nov 28, 2014 at 02:43PM / Updated Feb 13, 2016 at 06:24PM So Charles Manson is engaged. And you thought the Thanksgiving dinner conversation at your family's table was awkward. Fianceandeacute;: "I've decided to get married." Mother: "How exciting! And please pass the sweet potatoes. Do we know him?" Fianceandeacute;: "Well, you might have heard of him, yes. Ever read "Helter Skelter?" Father, after his wife nose dives into the gravy bowl: "Does anyone here know how to do the Heimlich maneuver?" Manson, whose messianic visage once dominated the covers of such esteemed magazines as Life and Rolling Stone, hasn't gotten much publicity this century. But the announcement that a 26-year-old woman, Afton Elaine Burton, plans to marry Manson, who turned 80 earlier this month and has been in prison in California since 1969, sent TV producers scrambling to find the grainy news footage that's familiar to anyone who has a passing knowledge of the Manson case. For the first time in years the evening news showed aerial views of the Bel Air estate where three of Manson's followers murdered five people, including the pregnant actress Sharon Tate, the night of Aug. 9, 1969. The next night two of those killers, joined by a third member of Manson's cult, known as "The Family," stabbed to death a Los Angeles couple, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, in their home. Until 1994, when O.J. Simpson became famous for something other than scoring touchdowns and leaping over furniture in airports, the Manson murders ranked second only to the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy among notorious American crimes. Our society maintained its morbid fascination with Manson well into the 1970s, largely due to "Helter Skelter," the 1974 book co-written by Vincent Bugliosi, the L.A. deputy district attorney who successfully prosecuted Manson and his knife-wielding acolytes. Bugliosi's account of the crimes and the trial, co-written by Curt Gentry, remains the best-selling true crime book in history. It lacks the literary cachet of Capote's "In Cold Blood." But no book has frightened me more than "Helter Skelter." The passage of nearly half a century, with mass murders almost an annual event, has dulled the keen interest in Manson. Subsequent tragedies on a far greater scale - Oklahoma City, 9/11 - further diminished the sense of uniqueness that was so integral to the lure of the Manson story. But it seems to me, after watching the flurry of publicity that followed news of Manson's pending nuptials, that the case has retained rather more of its sinister hold on American culture than I had believed. I suppose I ought not be surprised. From the start, when Manson and his followers were charged in November 1969 with the seven Tate-LaBianca murders, what left so many people flabbergasted wasn't what Manson did with a knife or a gun, but what he did with his personality - with his mind, in other words. Manson, unusual among high-profile murderers, didn't physically kill his victims. Instead, he convinced several members of his "family," all in their late teens or early 20s, and among them three women, to murder for him. But it was the way he did this that truly made Manson unique. Taking the phrase from a song on The Beatles' White Album, released in 1968, Manson brainwashed his followers into believing that Helter Skelter, an apocalyptic race war, was imminent, and that only by complying with his orders would they survive this global conflict. (In reality, a place with which Manson seemed unfamiliar, a helter skelter is a winding slide common in English amusement parks, which is where the song's writer, Paul McCartney, got the idea.) Some people say they're outraged that Manson, whose name is to murder what Babe Ruth's is to baseball, can actually get married. I might agree, except that California no longer permits conjugal visits. Even if Manson does marry Burton they'll never consummate the relationship. I think this is proper
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: October 2015 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League 1st round of the cup 27th October Questions compiled by the Plough Horntails and the Robin Hood. 1. What is the capital of the US State of Kansas? A. Topeka 2. What is the capital of the US State of Connecticut? A. Hartford 3. Which Shipping Area lies between Wight and Plymouth A. Portland? 4. Which Shipping Area lies between South East Iceland and Fair Isle A. Faeroes? 5. Name the castle in Kent which was the home of the Boleyn family when their daughter Anne married Henry VIII. A. Hever Castle 6. Monticello in the US state of Virginia was the home of which of their Presidents? A. Thomas Jefferson 7. Which actress played Elizabeth Bennet to Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy in the TV production of Pride & Prejudice? A. Jennifer Ehle 8. Which actor played Inspector George Gently? A. Martin Shaw 9. Neville Norway was the real name of which 20th C novelist? A. Nevil Shute 10. David Ivor Davies was the real name of which 20th C composer and entertainer? A. Ivor Novello 11. In which city was the composer Frederick Delius born in 1862? A.Bradford 12. What was the title of the first novel in Terry Prachett's Discworld series? A.The colour of magic 13. What military rank was held by James Bond? A.Commander, Royal Navy. 14. Who was the artistic director for the London 2012 Olympic Opening ceremony? A.Danny Boyle. 15. What is the capital of Namibia? A.Windhoek 16. Who founded the Bauhaus school of architecture and design in Germany in 1919? A.Walter Gropius. 17. Which British playwright wrote "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead"? A.Tom Stoppard 18. Who in 1932 became the first female to fly non-stop across the Atlantic single-handed? A.Amelia Earhart 19. Which was the first country to host a FIFA World Cup tournament for a second time? A.Mexico (1970 & 1986). 20. Which author wrote the novels "Blott on the Landscape" and "Porterhouse Blue"? A Tom Sharpe. 21. In which castle was Mary Queen of Scots imprisoned and later executed? A Fotheringay. 22. Which obstacle to navigation does the Welland Canal bypass? A Niagara Falls 23. Mountain, Grevys and Plains are the three subspecies of which animal? A Zebra. 24. In Shakespeare’s plays who are Valentine and Proteus? A The Two Gentlemen of Verona. 25. On which river does the city of Hereford stand? A Wye 26. In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, what was the name of the computer that gave 42 as the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything? A Deep Thought 27. Whose official country residence is Dorneywood, Buckinghamshire? A Chancellor of the Exchequer. 28. What is the name for a line on a map connecting points of equal underwater depth? A Isobath 29. From which plant are vanilla pods obtained? A.Orchid, specifically the Vanilla Orchid. 30. Who wrote the book “The Interpretation of Dreams”? A.Sigmund Freud. 31. Near which city are the villages of Bevendean, Saltdean and Roedean? A.Brighton & Hove (accept Brighton) 32. In which county are the villages of Melmerby, Langwathby and Glassonby ? A.Cumbria 33. Where is Narita airport? A.Tokyo 34. Which city is served by airports called Tegel and Schoenefeld? A.Berlin 35. What was the name given to the 8-engine aircraft designed & owned by Howard Hughes in the 1940’s? A.The Spruce Goose 36. Who referred to the English as a ‘Nation of Shopkeepers’? A.Napoleon Bonaparte 37. Which state in the USA has the words ‘THE FIRST STATE’ on its car number plates? A.Delaware …. It was the first state to recognise the US constitution 38. Which state in the USA has the words ‘FIRST IN FLIGHT STATE’ on its car number plates? A.North Carolina ... it was where the Wright Brothers were working. 39. Playing (Played) in the 2015 Rugby Union world cup, which team has the nickname of ‘The Cherry Blossoms’? A.Japan 40. Also playing in the 2015 Rugby Union world cup, what is the nickname of Canada? A.`The Canucks` 41. What is the name given to the top vertebra of the spinal column? A.Atlas. ( also accept C1 vertebra or top Cervical) 42. Which car company used the words ‘Hand
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The Battle of New Orleans - Jan 08, 1815 - HISTORY.com No-nonsense commander Andrew Jackson cleverly defended New Orleans against the threat of an overwhelming British force during the War of 1812. General Interest The Battle of New Orleans Share this: The Battle of New Orleans Author The Battle of New Orleans URL Publisher A+E Networks Two weeks after the War of 1812 officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the war at the Battle of New Orleans. In September 1814, an impressive American naval victory on Lake Champlain forced invading British forces back into Canada and led to the conclusion of peace negotiations in Ghent, Belgium. Although the peace agreement was signed on December 24, word did not reach the British forces assailing the Gulf coast in time to halt a major attack. On January 8, 1815, the British marched against New Orleans, hoping that by capturing the city they could separate Louisiana from the rest of the United States. Pirate Jean Lafitte, however, had warned the Americans of the attack, and the arriving British found militiamen under General Andrew Jackson strongly entrenched at the Rodriquez Canal. In two separate assaults, the 7,500 British soldiers under Sir Edward Pakenham were unable to penetrate the U.S. defenses, and Jackson’s 4,500 troops, many of them expert marksmen from Kentucky and Tennessee, decimated the British lines. In half an hour, the British had retreated, General Pakenham was dead, and nearly 2,000 of his men were killed, wounded, or missing. U.S. forces suffered only eight killed and 13 wounded. Although the battle had no bearing on the outcome of the war, Jackson’s overwhelming victory elevated national pride, which had suffered a number of setbacks during the War of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans was also the last armed engagement between the United States and Britain. Related Videos
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French Quarter, New Orleans French Quarter 5 26 votes The French Quarter or Vieux Carré (Old Quarter) forms the heart of New Orleans. This is where New Orleans was founded in 1718 and where you find many of the city's historic buildings. LaBranche House The French Quarter is the oldest part of New Orleans. The original twenty blocks that formed the fledgling city of New Orleans were laid out in 1721 around the Place d'Armes, now Jackson Square . Most of the houses in the French Quarter were built before Louisiana was sold to the United States in 1803. The area has been surprisingly well preserved, and as a result it is full of historic buildings designed in Creole and Spanish style with beautiful laced balconies and shuttered windows. Thanks to its compact size and low car traffic (there are no parking lots) it's best to explore the French Quarter on foot. History Colorful houses in Bourbon Street In 1718 Jean Baptiste Le Moyne founded a new French settlement near the Mississippi river, at the time known as Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans). Three years later he ordered engineer Adrien de Paugier to lay out a street pattern for Nouvelle-Orléans which resulted in the compact street grid of the French Quarter. After struggling initially, the settlement started to thrive by the mid 1750s thanks to its position at the Mississippi river. 18th-century map of New Orleans The settlers built Creole style houses and the city resembled a Caribbean seaside town. After the Spanish took control over the city in the 1760s the local architecture became influenced by Spanish colonial architecture as evidenced by new buildings that were erected such as the Cabildo and the St. Louis Cathedral . Despite the Great fire of 1788 and another one in 1794 during which more than 80% of the existing buildings were destroyed, the city continued to grow. After the purchase of Louisiana in 1803 by the United States - which more than doubled the size of the US - Americans started to settle in New Orleans but most of them chose to live outside the Vieux Carré, Madame John's Legacy, a Creole style house which allowed the historic center to keep its distinct Creole character. After the Civil War, which marks the end of New Orleans's Golden Era, the French Quarter started to decline as wealthy Francophones moved out. During the 1920s the unique character of the French Quarter started to attract the interest of writers and artists and calls were made for the preservation of the old quarter. For this purpose, a special committee was created, the Vieux Carré Commission. It successfully fended off a proposal by Robert Moses to build a highway straight through the old quarter, an idea that was finally shelved in the 1960s. The commission continues to protect the character of the French Quarter, which is now a protected Old Ursuline Convent Historic Landmark District. Compared to the rest of New Orleans the French Quarter escaped from Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flooding relatively unscathed, mainly thanks to its elevated location. Sights The oldest buildings Despite its name, you won't find many French buildings in the French Quarter. As a result of the Great Fires at the end of the eighteenth century, most of the original French buildings were reduced to rubble. Some however escaped the fire, such as the Old Ursuline Convent , the oldest building in the Mississippi Valley, built between 1745 and 1750. Lafitte's Blacksmith From the same era is Lafitte's Blacksmith, now the oldest bar in New Orleans. It is said that the pirate brothers Jean and Pierre Lafitte used the blacksmith as a front for their smuggling activities. Another historic building is Madame John's Legacy, built in 1789 and the oldest surviving residence in New Orleans. It was built in the style of a Creole Plantation House, with a raised veranda. Spanish Colonial architecture Cabildo Many of the most notable buildings in the French Quarter were built under Spanish rule, when the St. Louis Cathedral , the Cabildo (town hall), the Presbytere and the Pontalba buildings were erected around Jac
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Zinc Zinc Zinc, Zn, is a transition metallic element found in Group IIb of the periodic table. Atomic Number : 30 Relative Atomic Mass : 65.38 Discovery Zinc was known from ancient times, when Brass (i.e. an alloy of Copper and Zinc) was used. Lohneyes was the first to apply the term "Zinc" correctly to the metal that we know today in 1697AD. Occurrence Zinc is found in different ore forms, including Zinc Spar, ZnCO3, Zinc is extracted using two process : Roasting, which involves the preparation of zinc oxide and Reduction, with charcoal which involves the release of the zinc from the oxide. Properties a bright bluish-white metal, which is brittle at room temperature. is slowly oxidised in moist air. is an good conductor of heat and electricity. Reactions Zinc burns in air at 1000 degC to form a bulky mass of zinc oxide which is known as Philosopher's Wool. Zinc reacts with dilute acids, with the liberation of hydrogen. Zn + H2SO4 ==> ZnSO4 + H2 Zinc in the presence of dilute acid is a powerful reducing agent, probably due to Nascent Hydrogen, H*, liberated in the reaction being a better reducing agent than hydrogen gas. Zincis amphoteric and forms salts with alkalis. For example, Zinc dissolves in hot concentrated caustic soda solution with the liberation of hydrogen gas and the formation of sodium zincate. Zn + 2 NaOH ==> Na2ZnO2 + H2 Uses Zinc is in widespread use in the manufacture of electric cells (i.e. Dry Cells), in the manufacture of galvanized iron sheets, to protect against corrosion of the iron, in the manufacture of die-castings objects (e.g. the carburettor in car engines), in alloys, in medicine (as the Oxide), and as a filler for Rubber and in Paints. Detection and Analysis Zinc is detected by heating the material with sodium carbonate on a charcoal block when the zinc oxide produced is coloured yellow when hot and white when cold.
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List of the Chemical Elements Sodium is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive "alkali metal" element. 12 Magnesium 24 Magnesium is found naturally only combined with other elements as it is highly reactive. The free metal burns with a distinctive brilliant white light. 13 Aluminium 27 Aluminium is found naturally only combined with other elements as it is highly reactive. It is a soft, durable, lightweight, ductile and malleable metal whose appearance ranges from silvery to dull gray. It is non-magnetic, non-sparking and insoluble in alcohol. The free metal burns with a distinctive brilliant white light. 14 Silicon 28 Silicon rarely occurs in free element form in nature. It is found in dusts, sands, and forms of silicon dioxide (silica) or silicates. 15 Phosphorus 31 Phosphorus occurs in phosphate rocks. Elemental phosphorus exists in two forms, white phosphorus and red phosphorus but - due to its high reactivity, phosphorus is never found as a free element in nature. 16 Sulphur 32 Sulphur is a bright yellow crystalline solid. In nature, it can be found as the pure element and as sulfide and sulfate minerals. 17 Vanadium is a soft, silvery gray, ductile transition metal. 24 Chromium 52 Chromium is a steely-grey, lustrous, hard metal with a high melting point. It is odourless, tasteless, and malleable. 25 Manganese 55 Manganese is a silvery-grey hard metal, very brittle and difficult to fuse but easy to oxidize. Manganese metal and its common ions are paramagnetic. 26 Iron 56 Iron and iron alloys (steels) are the most common metals and ferromagnetic materials in everyday use. 27 Cobalt 59 Cobalt is a hard, lustrous, grey metal that occurs in metallic-lustered ores, e.g. cobaltite (CoAsS). Cobalt-based colours and pigments have been used for jewellry and paints for 1000s years. 28 Zinc is a bluish-white, lustrous, diamagnetic, hard, brittle, transition metal. 31 Gallium 70 Gallium is a soft silvery-coloured brittle solid at low temperatures. It is a poor metal and does not occur in elemental form in nature, but as the gallium(III) salt in very small amounts in bauxite and zinc ores. 32 Germanium 73 Germanium is a lustrous, hard, greyish-white metalloid that has five naturally occurring isotopes ranging in atomic mass number from 70 to 76. It is an important semiconductor material used in transistors, electronics,fiber-optic systems, infrared optics and solar cells. 33 Arsenic 75 Arsenic is a poisonous metalloid that has many forms incl. a yellow (molecular non-metallic) and several black and grey forms. 34 Selenium 79 Selenium occurs in various forms, the most stable of which is a dense purplish-grey semiconductor. Non-conductive forms of selenium include a black glass-like allotrope and several red crystalline forms. 35 Bromine 80 Bromine is a halogen that is a brown liquid at room temperature. Its vapour is toxic and corrosive. 36 Krypton 84 Krypton is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, noble gas that occurs in trace amounts in the atmosphere. 37 Rubidium is a soft, silvery-white "alkali metal" element. 38 Strontium 88 Strontium is a grey, silvery metal that is softer than calcium and highly reactive with water. It occurs naturally only in compounds with other elements, such as in the minerals strontianite and celestite . 39 Yttrium 89 Yttrium is a silvery-metallic transition metal that is nearly always found combined with the lanthanoids in rare earth minerals - as a free element. 40 Zirconium 91 Zirconium is a lustrous, grey-white, strong transition metal. It is not found in nature as a free element but may be obtained from the mineral zircon. 41 Cadmium is a soft bluish-white toxic metal. 49 Indium 115 Indium is a rare and very soft, malleable post-transition metal. It is named for the indigo blue line in its spectrum that was the first indication of its existence as a new and unknown element (in metal ores). 50 Tin 119 Tin is a malleable, ductile, and highly crystalline silvery-white metal of low-toxicity. It was used widely during the "Bronze Age" to form bronze, an alloy of tin and copper. 51 Antimony
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I'm A Celebrity line-up 2012: Nadine Dorries reveals her jungle outfit | Daily Mail Online Next Nadine MP for (Sun) Beds: As storm brews at home over her decision to enter I'm a Celebrity, Tory enjoys blue skies in Oz Cabinet ministers say they will vote to keep controversial MP Nadine Dorries in the jungle for as long as possible Speculation grows that she could use the TV exposure to defect to UKIP Former contestants compare her to TV nutritionist Gillian McKeith who faced a string of trials and famously appeared to faint live on air Chief Whip Sir George Young suspended Ms Dorries from the Tory party after not telling him she was jetting to Australia She will be up against a boxer, a comedian, a Coronation Street star and one of the Pussycat Dolls Published: 00:55 EST, 6 November 2012 | Updated: 21:13 EST, 7 November 2012
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The Mad Monarchist: Royal Profile: Princess Michael of Kent Friday, April 20, 2012 Royal Profile: Princess Michael of Kent HRH Princess Michael of Kent is surely one of the more controversial members of the modern British Royal Family, and one of my favorites for all of that. Whereas most of the “controversial” members of the family attain that distinction for behavior which, for lack of a better word, might be considered too “common”; the Princess of Kent won the distinction for behavior which is a bit too “royal” for these egalitarian times. She was born Baroness Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz on January 15, 1945 in Karlsbad, Czechoslovakia (today the Czech Republic) to Baron Gunther Hubertus von Reibnitz (a German) and Countess (take a deep breath) Maria Anna Carolina Franziska Walpurga Bernadette Szapáry von Muraszombath, Szèchysziget und Szapár (a Hungarian). After World War II the couple divorced and her father moved to Portuguese East Africa while her mother took the children and moved to Australia where she opened a beauty salon. As she grew up Baroness Marie Christine was often back in Europe and very cognizant of the fact that through the long ancestries of her parents she is related to virtually every royal house in Christendom. While in Germany, hunting wild boar, she met an English banker named Thomas Troubridge; no one too special (when your claim to ‘fame’ is that your older brother is a baronet -you’re no one too special). In 1971 the two were married in London and in 1973 they separated. If it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out. It was not until 1977 that the two formally divorced and (for reasons not made public) the following year the Baroness was granted an annulment by the Roman Catholic Church. There was a perfectly good reason for the Baroness to finally want to get around to a formal divorce and annulment: she had met and fallen in love with her soul mate, and someone considerably more important than the kid-brother of a baronet. The lucky man in question was, of course, HRH Prince Michael of Kent, first cousin to HM Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and etc. The very tall Austro-Hungarian aristocrat and the dashing British sailor made quite a handsome couple and they were married, the first time, in a civil ceremony in Vienna, Austria on June 30, 1978. The Baroness then became known to one and all as HRH Princess Michael of Kent, being a royal princess by marriage rather than by birth. On June 29, 1983, with the special permission of the Roman Pontiff, the two had a religious wedding ceremony in London. Because of his marriage to a Roman Catholic, according to the 1701 Act of Settlement, Prince Michael of Kent lost his place in the line of succession to the British throne (not that he was very high on the list anyway). By that time the Prince and Princess of Kent already had a family. In 1979 the Princess gave birth to their first child, Lord Frederick Windsor, and in 1981 to their daughter Lady Gabriella Windsor. Aside from the usual raised eyebrows about her religion, Princess Michael soon began attracting controversy or at least reported controversy by those in the media business who stand to gain from controversy. Some of it was over their income and their residence and the sort of stuff typical on a slow news day in the tabloids. However, more was to be made of the character and attitude of Princess Michael. It was, for instance, reported (and I stress “reported”) that HM the Queen said Princess Michael was “a bit too grand” as part of a trend the media began to follow portraying the princess as arrogant and elitist. In the first place there is no proof the Queen ever said such a thing and, in the second place, there must be more people besides myself who want royals to be a bit “grand”. I would rather that they behave “a bit too grand” than to behave common. However, this was the line of attack the media would use against Princess Michael for a long time. It did not help that she (reportedly again) did not get along well with the much beloved Diana, Princess of
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Commando Raid - The British Commandos of World War II ©2005-2009 QuikManeuvers. All Rights Reserved. Commando Raid British Commandos of World War II © 2009 252 pages; 12 chapters and 4 appendixes Although the British commandos are mentioned in every history of World War II, very little detailed information is available. Commando Raid focuses upon the organization and tactics of British commando battalions. However, some attention is given to large-scale fighting as well as micro-tactical combat. Most of the material in Commando Raid is devoted to British commando exploits during the World War II years 1940-1942. Although the commando idea was good, British commando units were poorly organized. The commando raid was the main type of combat carried out by British commandos. The Saint Nazaire commando raid, the Varengeville commando raid, and the commando raid on General Rommel’s headquarters are covered in some detail. The book is not a complete and detailed description of British commandos, but instead captures the essence of their organization, training, and tactical level combat during World War II. “The general alarm went out about 05:30 and the German 302nd Infantry Division reacted quickly. Major von Blücher, commander of the 302nd Antitank Battalion was ordered to organized a counterattack towards Berneval. He formed a battle group composed of: a squadron of men on bicycles, the 3rd Company of the 570th Infantry Regiment, and a company of divisional engineers, and moved them to the area. They quickly engaged the Commandos moving inland from Yellow I Beach and forced them to retreat. Unfortunately the commandos’ landing craft had either withdrawn or been sunk under heavy fire. As a result, the Commandos had no choice but to surrender. They suffered thirty-seven killed and eighty-one lost as prisoners, the majority of whom had been wounded. Among the killed was Lieutenant Edward Loustalot, one of the American Rangers accompanying the 3rd Commando. He was the first American soldier to be killed in Europe during World War II. Meanwhile, Young's group, steadily running out of ammunition, was caught in an exposed position. He therefore withdrew his men to the beach and signaled for naval craft to come and pick them up. On the coast of France, at the town of Dieppe, on August 18th, 1942, the cream of the British infantry (Canadians and commandos), made a large-scale raid to "test" the quality of German defenses and infantry. The "test" resulted in an embarrassing and costly defeat. For the first time, the Western allies perceived the effect of vast numbers of German light machine guns. The German troops, with at least one machine gun per squad, smothered the elite British troops with devastating fire along the skirmish line. The commonwealth troops were cut down in swaths by numerically inferior, but better deployed and equipped German squads. In the words of one Canadian, "We went into intense, accurate light machine gun fire." It was a true disaster.” .
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Civil War Echoes: The Desert War I | Emerging Civil War Emerging Civil War Posted on January 11, 2016 by Chris Kolakowski 75 years ago today, the German high command decided to send a contingent of German troops to North Africa to bolster Italian forces that had suffered a series of defeats at the hands of the British. This contingent fell under the command of General Erwin Rommel, and was known as the Afrika Korps; later reinforcements grew Rommel’s forces into Panzerarmee Afrika, which became one of the most famous formations of World War II. Rommel earned the nickname the “Desert Fox” in two years of back and forth battles across Libya and Egypt that are collectively known as the Desert War. The Desert War contains echoes of the Civil War. The Civil War echoes in the desert in two major ways. First, the German high command had studied the battles of the Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia in the 1930s, and passed along their lessons in mobile warfare among the senior officers. Rommel had read those studies, and put their lessons to use. His operations against more numerous British forces used flank attacks and mobility reminiscent of Stonewall Jackson’s Foot Cavalry and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. (While Rommel definitely studied the Civil War, there is a persistent myth that he also toured the Virginia battlefields in the 1930s. Instead, German officers from the attaché’s office in the Washington embassy visited the battlefields and then wrote up detailed reports and lessons for the General Staff and the German Army’s schools. Rommel taught in various Army schools from 1934 to 1938, and would have reviewed these studies at that time.) The second major Civil War echo is in the names of the British tanks that faced Rommel. Starting in November 1941, the United States provided increasing numbers of light and medium tanks to the British Eighth Army in North Africa. Officially these were known to the U.S. Army by their designations: M3 Light, M3 Medium, M4. The British assigned nicknames – significantly, reaching back to Civil War generals. The M3 Light became the Stuart (informally “Honey”), the M3 Medium was the Lee, while modified versions became Grant; and the M4 was the Sherman. These names stuck, and later in the war the U.S. Army officially adopted them. Stuarts first fought Rommel during the fall of 1941 in Operation Crusader with mixed results. The Grant/Lee appearance at Gazala in May and June of 1942 jarred the Germans because of their superiority in gunpower and range. Shermans were the main armored spearhead of Eighth Army at El Alamein and on the march to Tunisia. Top: British Shermans advance in the desert in late 1942. Bottom Left: Rommel (center) with staff, summer 1942. Bottom Right: A British Grant tank passes a knocked-out German Panzer I during the Battles for Gazala. Far Bottom: General Bernard Law Montgomery directs the battle of El Alamein from a Grant tank, October 1942. Montgomery’s command tank is today in the Imperial War Museum in London.
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Adamant Chapter 3, a Harry Potter + Justice League Crossover fanfic | FanFiction To obtain wealth, work harder. To receive knowledge, study more. To improve your skills, practice them. No, the truth of a man, the very foundation that his character was built upon, was in his ability to endure. And now her son, in her eyes, was a man without compare. He had weathered pain, mental and physical and spiritual. He had seen the worst of the worst among humanity, had even been drenched in it's physical manifestation, and still he moved on. It made her both sad and proud. Proud to be a mother of such a wonderful son. And sorrowful that her son had to endure such things, to grow up so quickly and at such a young age. He was a young lion, baring his fangs to world and cutting lose with his first roar. It was part of being a mother to protect their children. But her son wasn't a child anymore. He was a man that would protect everything that was precious to him, even onto his own destruction, in a heartbeat. It worried her greatly. Add in his own brand of magecraft with this mind set and she went past worried and went straight to a step below absolutely terrified. But there was little she could do about it now, his Origin was too ingrained into his very being. The best she could do was try to teach him to use his brain before he jumped in with both feet. She sighed wearily, her anger leaving her and making her feel drained of strength. "Much as I want to, I can't fault you, completely, for your actions," she grimaced slightly as she knelt down, wrapping her arms around her precious son. The height difference between them meaning that, despite her son being tall for his age and seated in a high backed chair, her head was on the same level as his, the benefit of being both an Amazon and a daughter of Ares meaning that she was no short woman herself. "But I want you to look after yourself as well," her voice was stern, almost reprimanding, as she clenched him closer, hugging him tightly. "Things are different now," she whispered into his ear, "I am here and am staying here." The resolve in the last two words was enough to fuel a mouse to move a mountain. The tight grip she had on him loosened slightly, becoming more comforting and soft. A mother's embrace. "But my staying here will mean nothing if you somehow depart." Her soft voice entered his ear again. "Just as you have lived, have fought and even died for me, placing myself above your own concerns, so too do I value you and your love." The embrace tightened once more. "Your pain is my pain. Your joy is mine to share. Do not throw away your own life, risking it needlessly, just so that I have a chance to live." A slim yet strong hand lifted his head, green meeting a soft blue. "Even if we have barely been together for less than a year, I can no longer fathom a life with both of us in it together." Soft lips pressed into his forehead. "I thought I had lost my family twice already," her voice whispered, almost choking with the stifled emotions. He could feel a slight dampness through his mop of black hair, his nose filling with the unique scent of salt and water. "please do not make me have to live through it again." Harry did the only thing he could think of at that moment, his mind and body more than slightly confused at the predicament he currently found himself in, having never ever seen his Mother so out of it and sorrowful, outside the memories he had of the dream cycle from the Grail War. Firm and toned arms of a preteen boy slowly wrapped themselves around the waist of a distraught mother, showing his own love and care for the woman as he embraced her close, never wanting to let her go, even as his mind churned and spun in thought. He remembered when he had first saw her, tall and straight and proud, even as he lay in a pool of his own blood. It had been a surreal sight for the young and inexperienced boy, like his mind had slipped sideways into the realm of madness, never to emerge from the rabbit hole. It had only grown more so with the events that came after. Eventually, how
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Poll system, 2 new trivia lists · Twentysix26/Red-DiscordBot@9ce74b6 · GitHub 75 trivia/2015.txt @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@ +In China in 2015 the record for the longest mating session between two giant pandas was broken at?`18 minutes`18 mins +Ford claimed to launch the first 'e-(What?)' at the 2015 Mobile World Congress Show?`Bike +A 2015 intensive listening study discovered that giraffes actually?`Hum +Name the last US president to meet the leader of Cuba before Barack Obama did in 2015?`Eisenhower +Jay Z and Beyonce launched a music streaming service in 2015 called? `Tidal +At auction in 2015, $1.2m was paid for Don McLean's original handrwitten lyrics for which 1971 big hit song? `American Pie +In 2015 what global contest ruled against the use of swimsuits for its 114 competitors, for the first time since 1951 inception? `Miss World +Which vast tech corporation opened its first 'Nest' branded intelligent home store in Palo Alto California in 2015?`Google +In 2015 Japan lowered its voting age to what?`18`eighteen +The abbreviation MERS, significantly impacting South Korea 2015, is otherwise known as?`Camel Flu +Christian is the lead character in the film 2015 adaptation of what extraordinarily successful book?`Fifty Shades of Grey`50 shades of grey +Who stepped down as chief of 21st Century Fox in 2015?`Rupert Murdoch`murdoch +In 2015 a new North Korean schools curriculum reportedly included that leader Kim Jong-un learnt to drive at age?`3`three +Which car company launched the Avensis model in 2015?`Toyota +In 2015 evidence of water was found on which planet?`Mars +Which 'BRIC' country launched the Astrosat space lab in 2015?`India +Who won the 2015 men's tennis French Open?`Stan Warwinka`warwinka +What company launched the S6 Edge smartphone?`Samsung +Which leading professional networking tech corporation, whose main revenue is selling user access/details to recruiters, bought the Lynda learning company for $1.5bn in 2015?`Linkedin`linked in +'Dismaland' was the temporary theme park/exhibition of which famous 'anonymous' artist?`Banksy +Matthais Muller was made chief of which troubled car company in 2015?`Volkswagen`vw +In 2015 the World Anti-Doping Agency suggested banning which nation from the 2016 Olympics?`Russia +The game of Monopoly celebrated what anniversary in 2015?`eighty`80`80th +Name the Princess born 4th in succession to the British throne in 2015, to Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge?`Charlotte +The 2015 Mad Max movie is sub-titled?`Fury Road`mad max: fury road`mad max fury road +The Magna Carta, signed in London, and inspiring constitutional rights globally thereafter, was how many years old in 2015?`eight hundred`800 +In 2015 the Sinabug volcano erupted in what country?`Indonesia +Olav Bjortmont became 2015 world champion in?`Quizzing`quiz +Lars Lokke led his centre-right party to 2015 government election victory in what country?`Denmark +Blackberry's new phone for 2015 was called the...?`Priv +Facebook's new music sharing/streaming feature launched in 2015 was called "Music... "?`Stories +Eddie Jones was appointed head coach of which English sporting team in 2015?`Rugby Union`rugby +According to 2015 survey what fruit was most popular among USA children?`Apples`apple +Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey celebrated what birthday in 2015?`49`fourty-nine`fourty nine`49th +Jon Snow was killed off in what TV series in 2015, adapted from GRR Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire'?`Game of Thrones +Finance minister Yanis Yaroufakis caused comment for not wearing a tie in February 2015 when negotiating the debts for which nation?`Greece +What nation hosted the 2015 Women's World (soccer) Cup?`Canada +What iconic equine-alluding company, in countless books/films/cowboy holsters, filed for bankruptcy in 2015?`Colt +Due to a 2015 contamination scandal in India/Afica, which corporation destroyed 400 million packets of Maggi noodles?`Nestle +How many years old was the McDonalds fast food company in 2015?`60`sixty +It was announced in 2015 that Alexander Hamilton would be replaced on?`$10 bill`$10`tendollars`ten dollar bill`ten
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History of MV Meccanica Verghera The MV Agusta motorcycle factory, based in Italy, ceased trading. 1982 David and Mark Kay, along with many other owners, found replacement parts increasingly difficult to source. As a result, they commenced manufacturing high quality replica parts for their 750cc Race Bike and 900cc Sidecar. As accomplished engineers, they began to earn a reputation within the world of racing for the high standard of their work. On a visit to the MV Agusta Race Shop in Gallarate near Milan the Kays' MV motorcycle, which had been built from parts, was stolen Mr Magni, Mr. Ubbiali and Mr. Laudi, the spares supremo, were devastated. Mr. Magni promised to replace the bike which he later did. Mr. Laudi gave the Kays a complete set of 500GP 72 four cylinder engine unmachined castings. It then took 30 years to obtain sufficient information to machine the 500 4cylinder GP engine. This is a photo of the first bike they ever built from original factory parts. It's an MV 750Sport. Dave Kay rode it all the way to Italy, with Mark, then only 15 yr old, riding pillion. 1984 Dave and Mark Kay made a decision to build their own engine. They manufactured and machined castings to enable them to build 500cc to 862cc Engines 1988 The Kays constructed the world’s first road going MV500cc 4 cylinder motorcycle. The Kays register their Company. M.V.-Meccanica Verghera Limited is incorporated under the Companies Act (1985) as a Private Limited Company. A copy of this certificate (6Mb PDF) is here 1995 David and Mark Kay’s hand built Ferrari motorcycle was unveiled at the 1995 Classic International Bike Show and was described by Sammy Miller and others as a ‘Unique Engineering Masterpiece’. The concept was conceived during a conversation with a good friend Rodney Timson of Milford. He suggested, to showcase our engineering capabilities, we build a one off motorcycle, which had not been attempted by other manufacturers or engineers. After much thought and deliberation it was agreed to write to Ferrari Cars and ask permission to build a motorcycle in honour, and dedicated to, the memory of the founder of the company Enzo Ferrari. To our surprise and delight his son Petro replied giving his agreement. We have been told over the years that Enzo Ferrari had no connection with motorcycles so why bother. This is untrue. Enzo Ferrari in his teenage years raced Scott motorcycles built in Shipley, Yorkshire and had a love affair with bikes long before cars. The project was commenced in 1990 with the basic idea it had to look like a two wheeled Ferrari. A machine which the factory could have built if they had gone into motorcycle manufacture at this time. Hence Twin Head and Rear Lights, Italian Webber dual Choke Carbs, as fitted to their cars installed on a four cylinder engine with 4 exhausts. (See elsewhere for further details). After 5 years work Mark and David displayed the bike at Silverstone Race Track where they were guests of the Lamborgini car manufacturer. Lord Hesketh, on seeing the bike, insisted it be displayed in the Race Drivers Private Rest Garden. This was the first and only time a mechanical vehicle was allowed on this hallowed turf. Drivers insisted it be fired into life. Jack Brabham, World Champion, push started the bike to great applause of the other drivers. Was it worth the effort? You bet!! For further details about this unique project, please click here. 1997 David and Mark Kay bought the domain name 'mv-agusta.co.uk' and it has been registered in their name ever since October 1997, as this certificate shows (pdf 410Kb) Later in 2000 Cagiva, the owner of the MV Agusta motorcycle name objected to the registration and insisted on arbitration. He lost his case Claudio Castiglioni admitted in hard copy during Cagiva’s submissions to the arbitrator that the Kays had kept the name MV Agusta alive "..we appreciated that your company has restored and repaired veteran MV AGUSTA motorcycles for about 22 years and we are aware that you have kept the MV AGUSTA name alive in the motorcycles fie
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Triple threat: the trouble with theatrical trilogies | Stage | The Guardian Mark Lawson's Theatre studies Triple threat: the trouble with theatrical trilogies Dramatic triptychs – from Aeschylus’s Oresteia to Rona Munro’s James plays – are expensive to stage and bum-numbing to watch. Do they deliver three times the pleasure? Rare form … Sofie Gråbøl and Jamie Sives in The True Mirror, the third part of Rona Munro’s James trilogy. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/Guardian Share on Messenger Close Like a maternity ward deluged with multiple births, contemporary British writing is full of triplets. In literature, Hilary Mantel and Will Self are working on the final parts of trilogies featuring, respectively, the historical Thomas Cromwell and the fictional Dr Zack Busner. And, in theatre, Rona Munro’s sequence of linked plays about Scottish Kings – James I, James II and James III – have just transferred from the National Theatre of Scotland to the National Theatre of Great Britain in London. While novelistic trios are relatively common, the form is much rarer in theatre. The reasons are largely logistical: literary trilogies can be published and read over a period of years, but multi-part plays make most sense when performed in repertory, hugely multiplying budgets and rehearsal time, and requiring theatre-goers to commit three evenings or (on special three-in-one days) an entire Saturday. In their shape, Munro’s The James Plays continue a dramatic tradition stretching back two and a half millennia to Aeschylus , although The Oresteia is the only surviving example of what are thought to have been many works by the Greek playwright in which a character or historical event was dramatised in three separate chapters. In modern times, a key example is Arnold Wesker’s turn-of-the-60s trilogy comprising Roots, Chicken Soup With Barley and I’m Talking About Jerusalem, his escalating examinations of the nature of Judaism finding a sort of Irish equivalent around three decades later in Billy Roche’s haunting The Wexford Trilogy , which presents a triple perspective on a rural community. A small-town American family in the Vietnam era is also progressively explored in The Talley Trilogy by the American writer Lanford Wilson . Wilson, Roche and Wesker all built up their trilogies progressively, with gaps around the earlier parts, as did David Hare, whose examinations of a trinity of British institutions – the church in Racing Demon (1990), the law in Murmuring Judges (1991) and politics in The Absence of War (1993) – were presented as a formal sequence only with the opening of the final play . Contrastingly, as with the Munros, the three parts of Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests (1973) were premiered together, as, on a single Saturday in 2002, were Voyage, Shipwreck and Salvage, the constituent parts of Tom Stoppard’s The Coast of Utopia , his biographical triptych about 19th-century Russian revolutionaries and writers. The most notable super-size play of late 20th-century American theatre was an epic two-parter – Tony Kushner’s Angels in America – but the rule of three applied to Neil Simon’s autobiographical string of alphabetically branded plays: Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983), Biloxi Blues (1985) and Broadway Bound (1986). Return readers will know that I maintain a rather lonely campaign for the greatness of a Scottish threesome: the pieces variously known as The Slab Boys or Paisley Patterns trilogies, written in the late 70s, drawing on his experiences while working in a carpet factory, by the writer-artist John Byrne. And space should be found for the only sequential piece of theatre inspired by a cheeky pun: while the Hare trilogy was running at the National, the great theatrical joker Ken Campbell, who had rather fewer than three hairs on his head, declared that his new show for the NT would be called The Bald Trilogy. Pinterest Voyage, the first part of Tom Stoppard’s Coast of Utopia trilogy Photograph: Tristram Kenton/Guardian The purest theatrical three-parters are probably The Norman Conquests and The Oresteia because each in
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207 Classical Greek Tragedy: Aeschylus, Classical Drama and Theatre SECTION 2: CLASSICAL GREEK TRAGEDY AND THEATRE Chapter 7: Classical Greek Tragedy, Part 1 I. Introduction: The Data, or the Depressing Lack Thereof Although Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides emerge from history as the great names associated with Greek tragedy, there were scores of other dramatists who achieved renown over the course of classical antiquity. The triumphs of many playwrights at the Dionysia are recorded on inscriptions and in other sources. In the end, it isn't clear why the works of only three tragedians have come down to us—or why these three, in particular—except that subsequent generations put this trio in a class above their peers. Despite so narrow a slice of history, occasionally a glimpse of the larger pool of writing talent at work in the day drifts into view, for instance, the late fifth-century tragedian Agathon. While no play of his survives entire, several other Greek authors mention him, including the philosophers Aristotle and Plato and the comic poet Aristophanes. According to Aristotle (Poetics 9), for instance, Agathon "invented plots," by which Aristotle must mean that he devised the first dramas based on original storylines, i.e. build around characters not taken from older myths or tales. If so, Agathon's contribution to drama is hard to disparage, inasmuch as the creation of new and innovative plots is still held in high esteem today. Moreover, we learn from Plato's Symposium, a philosophical treatise which is set in Agathon's house at a party celebrating his first place award for playwriting at the Dionysia of 416 BCE. From Socrates' praise of the beauty and subtlety of Agathon's drama there, it is impossible not to regret its loss. Worse yet, even the dramatic output of the surviving trio is not particularly well accounted for. From the hundreds of plays Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides composed, a mere thirty-three have been preserved whole, and of those only one is a satyr play, Euripides' Cyclops, the sole representative of its genre to have been transmitted in manuscript form to the modern age (see below, Chapter 8 ). It is rather ironic to note, then, that in antiquity Aeschylus was almost as well known for his satyr plays as his tragedies, a reputation that endured for centuries. To wit, a Roman mosaic created half a millennium after the Classical Age depicts Aeschylus directing not a tragedy but a satyr play. Likewise, the Roman poet Horace mentions Eupolis and Cratinus, two famous playwrights of Old Comedy, in the same breath with their contemporary and rival Aristophanes, which suggests Horace held all three in relatively equal esteem. Today, however, only Aristophanes' works survive whole. This litany of loss serves as a serious reminder that our picture of classical drama is far from complete, making reconstruction a difficult but inevitable aspect of dealing with theatre in this age. II. Early (Pre-Aeschylean) Tragedy Little is known about specific Greek tragedies prior to Aeschylus. While fragments of text and the occasional anecdote may shed a ray of light here and there, all but nothing can be confirmed from credible historical sources. Our best information about early drama comes, in fact, not from plays as such but from inscriptions, the official notices of the Athenian state. This type of evidence is called epigraphical ("written on") because the records were carved onto stone plaques, usually marble, and posted in public places. For drama, the most informative of the inscriptions are the Athenian victory lists, a catalogue of playwrights and producers—and later, performers—who won first prize at the City Dionysia annually. From these lists not only emerge many names of Greek playwrights and choregoi who would otherwise have passed from memory entirely, but these inscriptions also shed light on the evolution of theatre and drama in ancient Athens. For instanc
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On this day in 1993 (4th Aug.), two Los Angeles police officers were sentenced to jail for their brutal assault of which African-American motorist?
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PHOTOS: A look back at the 1991 Rodney King beating - Press Telegram Media Center Share Search A photo taken from the videotape shows Rodney King being beaten on March 3, 1991 in Lake View Terrace. The acquittal of four police officers in the videotaped beating of King sparked rioting that spread across the city and into neighboring suburbs. Cars were demolished and homes and businesses were burned. Before order was restored, 55 people were dead, 2,300 injured and more than 1,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed. (File photo) FILE - This file photo of Rodney King was taken three days after his videotaped beating in Los Angeles on March 6, 1991. The photo is one of three introduced into evidence by the prosecution in the trial of four LAPD officers in a Simi Valley, California Courtroom, March 24, 1992. The acquittal of four police officers in the videotaped beating of King sparked rioting that spread across the city and into neighboring suburbs. Cars were demolished and homes and businesses were burned. Before order was restored, 55 people were dead, 2,300 injured and more than 1,500 buildings were damaged or destroyed. (AP Photo/Pool,File) Timothy Wind, Stacey Koon,Theodore Briseno and Laurence Powell, LAPD officers involved in the beating of black motorist Rodney King. The acquittal of the officers in the beating of Rodney King sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots. (Los Angeles Daily News file photo) Rodney King shows off his bruises in Los Angeles, in this March 6, 1991 photo. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) George Holliday, the man who videotaped the beating by four LAPD officers of black motorist Rodney King, cradles his camera after appearing at a news conference, March 28, 1991. (AP Photo/Craig Fujii) Rodney King makes a statement at a Los Angeles press conference, May 1, 1992, pleading for the end to the rioting and looting that has plagued the city following the verdicts in the trial against four Los Angeles Police officers accused of beating him. (AP Photo/David Longstreath) Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl F. Gates speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles Thursday, March 07, 1991 that he will ask for criminal charges to be filed against three of his officers seen clubbing Rodney King on a videotape. He said the department would work with the District Attorney's office to determine the precise charges. (AP Photos/Nick Ut) Witness and Passenger, Bryant Allen is asked by prosecuting Attorney Allen Yochelson to identify pictures of Rodney King during the first day of the beating trial in Simi Valley. 03/05/92 (Daily News file photo) File - Los Angeles police officer Theodore Briseno defends his actions in the assault on motorist Rodney King during court testimony in Simi Valley, Calif., April 3, 1992. A scene from the video of the assault is shown at left. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Rodney King calls for an end to the rioting on May 1, 1992. (Daily Breeze file photo) Los Angeles commander Michael Bostic, right, looks over quotes in a training bulletin shown to him by defense attorney John Barnett during testimony in Simi Valley, California on Monday, April 13, 1992. The training bulletin contained LAPD comments regarding the Rodney King beating seen nationwide on an amateur video made in March of 1991. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terill) Rodney King calls for an end to the rioting on May 1, 1992. "People, I just want to say, you know, can we all get along?" (David Crane/Los Angeles Daily News) Steven Lerman, attorney for Rodney King, displays a photo of his client during a press conference at his office in Beverly Hills, California, Friday, March 8, 1991. King's doctor outlined the extent of man's injuries for reporters during the meeting. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) The 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Rodney King (Daily Breeze file photo) Rodney King, center, and attorney Steve Lerman, left, speaks with reporters in Los Angeles, Friday, May 1, 1992. King made a plea to end the rioting and looting that has plagued Los Angeles for the last three days. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) Former Los Angeles police officer Timothy Wind (rig
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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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Flags used by Musicians This page is part of © FOTW Flags Of The World website Flags used by Musicians Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors Please note that flags in this sections are used in various ways (live concerts, music videos, paraphernalias, etc...) and while they might be meant to represent fictional entities, they are nonetheless not considered to be part of the fictional flags section unless they have also been used in a work of fiction (book, game, etc...). On this Page: Elephunk Flag Image by Eugene Ipavec , 8 July 2007 The Black Eyed Peas in Somalian mode? at least on the cover of their album Elephunk. Jan Mertens, 7 July 2007 Chaos Flag Image by Eugene Ipavec , 5 July 2007 In an old issue of the magazine "Creem" was a feature on the Heavy Metal band Blue Oyster Cult. It had a photograph of the band performing live with a large Nazi-style banner or backdrop behind the band. It had a red field and white disc, but had in place of the swastika the symbol of the Blue Oyster Cult which is something like this: with a vertical line above the dot and a horizontal line on either side of the dot. As at least one member of the band is Jewish, IIRC, they were almost certainly not making any nod to a band crypto-fascism. Rather, the band emerged in the wake of the so-called "Summer of Love" and their dark and brooding style was in direct opposition to the hippie notions of love and peace of that time. You can see the flag here For a closer look at the symbol, look here John Evosevic, 18 October 2002 Their symbol was supposedly the Greek symbol of chaos and had nothing to do with neo-fascism or Nazis.�I have been a Blue Oyster Cult fan since 1971 and all of us have known this since then. Greg Biggs, 18 October 2002 Some further comments on Blue Oyster Cult, as listed on that page. Yes, at least one of their core members is Jewish (Eric Bloom and Sandy Pearlman both are, IIRC), and the logo is not intended to be antisemitic/neonazi. The symbol is featured somewhere (even if hidden) on each of the band's album covers. On one album - "On your feet or on your knees" - it is shown on a car flag (a la the flags of presidents and other high ranking officials). On this cover, the flag is white with the symbol in red, as shown here The symbol, according to Wikipedia, is "that of Kronos , the king of the Titans and father of Zeus in Greek mythology, and is the alchemical symbol for lead, one of the heaviest of metals." James Dignan , 3 July 2007 Rastafarian Flag Image by António Martins-Tuválkin , 7 June 2007 A long time ago, back in 1999 or so I reported and GIFfed a flag I glipsed on TV: It was a red-up rastafarian flag (Ethiopian-based red-yellow-green horizontal tricolor) with a black sold David star on the yellow stripe, standing on two points and tangent at the stripes edge. The screen caption read Burning Spear, and may have been archival footage. I'm persistent enough to send it a second time after eight years. According to the English Wikipedia , Burning Spear is the name of a reggae band, and later the stage name of its lead singer, Winston Rodney (born 1948). I tried to find online the Rasta flag with solid black David star, but I found none (but see last link below). I recall a large flag hanging on the stage background during concert; the David star symbolism should have obvious connections to the interpretation of the Bible in Rastafarian religion. I found however other uses of flags by Burning Spear, in what may be typical Rastafarian and/or reggae musician usage, some photos showing: Ethiopian tricolor with golden lion: Land of Confusion Flag Image by Eugene Ipavec , 2 September 2006 This is a flag that appears in an animated music video by the group Disturbed for their cover of the song "Land of Confusion," originally by Genesis. Detail of screengrab here . The video shows the masked allegorical figure of Anarchy leading a mob into battle against the forces of the repressive, warmongering world order, represented by caricatures of the leaders of the great powers and pr
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Band Facts Band Facts 3 DOORS DOWN's video for "Krytonite" didnt go all to good when the neon sign behind drummer Richard Liles started an electrical fire and almost burned down the bar. AALIYAH'S name in Swahili means 'most exalted one'. AALIYAH was only 14 when she released her first album, Age Ain't Nothing But A Number, in 1994. She married singer R. Kelly and released a second record in 1996. She released her third record in 2001, and she was starting an acting career, having co-starred in "Romeo Must Die", and nabbing parts in the two "Matrix" sequels. On August 26, 2001, on a return trip from shooting a music video, the plane she was on crashed, killing her at the age of 22. ACE FREHLEY The first lead guitarist with KISS. KISS auditioned over 60 lead players. Ace quit KISS after making the "I Love It Loud" video. His face appears on the "Creatures of the Night" album cover, but he did not play on it. Ace rejoined KISS in February of 1996. ALICE COOPER was the master of shock-rock. Nowadays he spends his time working on his golf game and raising money for his favourite charities. Has recorded with Eric Singer from KISS. AMERICAN HI-FI'S Stacy Jones was the drummer for Veruca Salt. AXL ROSE also once known by the name of Bill Bailey. Bailey being his stepfathers name. He took the name of Rose when he found out when he found out it was his real father's name. He is the charasmatic and unpredictable lead singer with heavy metal band Guns'N Roses. Married to Erin Everly, the inspiration for "Sweet Child O' Mine", but they divorced after less than a year. He has also dated model Stephanie Seymour, his bride in "November Rain". BABYFACE was responsible for the success of Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, Toni Braxton and TLC due to his ability to pen memorable melodies that suit the artist's styles. BARBARA STREISAND, One of the biggest stars of our time. Multi talented Ms Streisand is well known for her aversion to performing in public. Probably better known for her singing. Refused to have the nose job studio bosses thought would further her career, it seems that her decision may have paid off. Starred with Kris Kristofferson in "A Star is Born". Previously married to Elliot Gould, now married to actor James Brolin. BBMAK first met in northwest England, When Mark was in college working his way to become a firefighter. BBMAK's Mark Berry has been playing bag pipes since the age of 10 and was a 4-time English Champion. BIG BOPPER was most frequently remembered for his untimely death with Richie Valens and Buddy Holly in a plane crash. It was his creative energy that drove the early days of rock and roll. BIG PUNISHER weighed in at 450 - 700 pounds, and died of a heart attack at the age of 28. BLINK 182'S Tom Delonge's first instrument was the trumpet. BLINK 182'S first drummer was Scott Raynor BLACK CROWES' Chris Robinson and his wife both have a facination with skulls. BOB DYLAN -No other single music artist has had a more profound impact on popular music, and yet over the last 20 years he has only made two quality albums. His album "Time Out of Mind" won a fistful of Grammys. He also appears on a soundtrack to the TV show "The Sopranos". BON SCOTT briefly became a member of The Spektors, and recorded an album with pop group The Valentines and another with rock band Fraternity. He became AC/DC's second lead vocalist (after Dave Evans) in September of 1974. He went on to record and co-write six albums with AC/DC, including the huge international hit "Highway to Hell" in 1979 with producer Mutt Lange. Bon Scott died on February 19, 1980 in London from choking on his own vomit, left unconscious in a friend's car after drinking heavily. BOOBONIC AND MR MAN from the rap duo, PHILLY'S MOST WANTED, have been best friends since they were 8 years old. BRIAN From BSB has 2 chihuahuas named Tyke and Litty BRITNEY SPEARS is and excellent dart player. BRITNEY SPEARS' song "Dont let me be the last to know" was written by Shania Twain. BSB's Howie Dorough and NSYNC'S Chris Kirkpatrick sang in the Valencia Community College Chior Together BUS
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Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Home Weather Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Weather Glossary – Terms & Definitions Below is a list of weather terms that are described in weather reports, forecasts and readings. This data is collected from: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service; the Met Office in the United Kingdom; Canada’s Weather Office; and the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology. Top Acid rain Cloud or rain droplets containing pollutants, such as oxides of sulfur and nitrogen, to make them acidic (eg. pH < 5.6). Afternoon Noon to sunset. Arctic air A mass of very cold, dry air that usually originates over the Arctic Ocean north of Canada and Alaska. Arctic high Top Ball lightning A relatively rarely seen form of lightning, generally consisting of an orange or reddish ball of the order of a few cm to 30cm in diameter and of moderate luminosity, which may move up to 1 m/s horizontally with a lifetime of a second or two. Barber pole A thunderstorm updraft with a visual appearance including cloud striations that are curved in a manner similar to the stripes of a barber pole. The structure typically is most pronounced on the leading edge of the updraft, while drier air from the rear flank downdraft often erodes the clouds on the trailing side of the updraft. Barometer An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. Barometric pressure The actual pressure value indicated by a pressure sensor. Bitterly cold In winter, bitterly cold or very cold, refers to more than seven degrees Celsius below normal. Black ice Thin, new ice that forms on fresh water or dew covered surfaces; it is common on roadways during the fall and early winter and appears "black" because of its transparency. Blizzard Includes winter storm conditions of sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more that cause major blowing and drifting of snow, reducing visibility to less than one-quarter mile for 3 or more hours. Extremely cold temperatures often are associated with dangerous blizzard conditions. In Canada, a blizzard described as a severe storm that lasts three or more hours, and brings low temperatures, strong winds and poor visibility due to blowing snow. In Australia, it is described as a violent and very cold wind which is loaded with snow, some of which has been raised from snow covered ground. Blocking high A high pressure area (anticyclone), often aloft, that remains nearly stationary or moves slowly compared to west-to-east motion. It blocks the movement eastward movement of low pressure areas (cyclones) at its latitude. Blowing Dust Dust that is raised by the wind to moderate heights above the ground to a degree that horizontal visibility decreases to less than seven miles. Visibilities of 1/8 mile or less over a widespread area are criteria for a Blowing Dust Advisory. Blowing sand Sand particles picked up from the surface of the earth by the wind to moderate heights above the ground, reducing the reported horizontal visibility to less than seven statute miles. Blowing snow Wind driven snow that reduces visibility to six miles or less causing significant drifting. Blowing snow may be snow that is falling and/or loose snow on the ground picked up by the wind. In Canada, it is described as snow that is lifted by the wind from the earth's surface to a height of two meters or more. Blowing spray Water droplets torn by the wind from a body of water, generally from the crests of waves, and carried up into the air in such quantities that they reduce the reported horizontal visibility to less than seven statute miles. Blustery Descriptive term for gusty winds that accompany cold weather. Breezy Wind in the range of 15 miles per hour to 25 mile per hour with mild or warm temperatures. Brisk Wind in the range of 15 to 25 miles per hour when the temperature is cold. Broken clouds The absence of apparent motion in the air. Celsius A temperature scale in which zero is the freezing point of water and one hundred is the boiling point. Chinook A Chinook is a warm, dry, gu
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Gas Laws Gas Laws One of the most amazing things about gases is that, despite wide differences in chemical properties, all the gases more or less obey the gas laws. The gas laws deal with how gases behave with respect to pressure, volume, temperature, and amount. Pressure Gases are the only state of matter that can be compressed very tightly or expanded to fill a very large space. Pressure is force per unit area, calculated by dividing the force by the area on which the force acts. The earth's gravity acts on air molecules to create a force, that of the air pushing on the earth. This is called atmospheric pressure. The units of pressure that are used are pascal (Pa), standard atmosphere (atm), and torr. 1 atm is the average pressure at sea level. It is normally used as a standard unit of pressure. The SI unit though, is the pascal. 101,325 pascals equals 1 atm. For laboratory work the atmosphere is very large. A more convient unit is the torr. 760 torr equals 1 atm. A torr is the same unit as the mmHg (millimeter of mercury). It is the pressure that is needed to raise a tube of mercury 1 millimeter. The Gas Laws: Pressure Volume Temperature Relationships Boyle's Law: The Pressure-Volume Law Boyle's law or the pressure-volume law states that the volume of a given amount of gas held at constant temperature varies inversely with the applied pressure when the temperature and mass are constant. Another way to describing it is saying that their products are constant. PV = C When pressure goes up, volume goes down. When volume goes up, pressure goes down. From the equation above, this can be derived: P1V1 = P2V2 = P3V3 etc. This equation states that the product of the initial volume and pressure is equal to the product of the volume and pressure after a change in one of them under constant temperature. For example, if the initial volume was 500 mL at a pressure of 760 torr, when the volume is compressed to 450 mL, what is the pressure? Plug in the values: (760 torr)(500 mL) = P2(450 mL) 760 torr x 500 mL/450 mL = P2 844 torr = P2 The pressure is 844 torr after compression. Charles' Law: The Temperature-Volume Law This law states that the volume of a given amount of gas held at constant pressure is directly proportional to the Kelvin temperature. V Same as before, a constant can be put in: V / T = C As the volume goes up, the temperature also goes up, and vice-versa. Also same as before, initial and final volumes and temperatures under constant pressure can be calculated. V1 / T1 = V2 / T2 = V3 / T3 etc. Gay-Lussac's Law: The Pressure Temperature Law This law states that the pressure of a given amount of gas held at constant volume is directly proportional to the Kelvin temperature. P Same as before, a constant can be put in: P / T = C As the pressure goes up, the temperature also goes up, and vice-versa. Also same as before, initial and final volumes and temperatures under constant pressure can be calculated. P1 / T1 = P2 / T2 = P3 / T3 etc. Avogadro's Law: The Volume Amount Law Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856) Gives the relationship between volume and amount when pressure and temperature are held constant. Remember amount is measured in moles. Also, since volume is one of the variables, that means the container holding the gas is flexible in some way and can expand or contract. If the amount of gas in a container is increased, the volume increases. If the amount of gas in a container is decreased, the volume decreases. V FW = gRT / PV ; V = (0.1000 g)(0.0821 L-atm / mole-K)(295.3 K) / (0.0928 atm)(0.256 L) = 102 g / mole FW of CHF2 = 51.0 g / mole ; 102 / 51.0 = 2 ; C2H2F4 If the equation above is rearranged further, g / V = P x FW / RT = density you get an expression of the density of the gas as a function of T and FW. EXAMPLE 3: Compare the density of He and air (average FW = 28 g/mole) at 25.0 oC and 1.00 atm. dHe = (4.003 g / mole)(1.00 atm) / (0.0821 L-atm / mole-K)(298 K) = 0.164 g / L dair = (28.0 g / mole)(1.00 atm) / (0.0821 L-atm / mole-K)(298 K) = 1.14 g / L EXAMPLE 4: Compare the density of air at 25
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Royal Court Theatre London Seating Plan & Reviews | SeatPlan - Closed 06/08/16 Overview The Royal Court is situated on Sloane Square and is the ultimate venue for new writing. Opening in 1870, the building has experienced a variety of names such as the New Chelsea Theatre, the Belgravia and the Court. In 1888, the building was demolished and rebuilt by Walter Emden and Bertie Crewe, who renamed it the New Court. After a brief period as a cinema, the theatre was damaged by a bomb in WWII and closed. It was later refurbished and in 1956, the theatre entered a golden age as it became the home of the English Stage Company lead by George Devine. It also premiered John Osborne’s hugely radical and famous Look Back in Anger, which changed the face of British theatre forever. The upstairs space opened in 1969 and premiered The Rocky Horror Show, but the theatre was threatened with closure in 1995. After receiving lottery funding, the venue underwent major refurbishment and reopened in 2000 as the Royal Court. Compromising the large 400-seat Jerwood Theatre Downstairs and the intimate 90-seat Jerwood Theatre Upstairs, there is flexible seating which varies from show to show. Jerwood Downstairs is split across three levels, which include the Stalls, Circle and Balcony. As it is a relatively small theatre, it offers very good views throughout the auditorium. Location and Map
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London travel guide - Wikitravel Understand[ edit ] The Tower of London "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford" — Samuel Johnson History[ edit ] London has existed in various incarnations for two millennia. The city has been the principal seat of British royal dynasties and of English (later British) governments throughout its history and has survived through fire, invasion and plague. Evidence has been unearthed of Bronze and Iron Age settlement on the present day site of London, though it is unlikely a city existed here before the Roman conquest of Britannia in 43 AD. Londinium, the precursor to the modern city of London, was established in 50 AD. Ten years later it was conquered and destroyed by the Celtic Iceni tribe, led by their queen, Boudica. Soon rebuilt, by the 2nd century AD Londinium was the capital of Roman Britain and its largest city. Around 200 AD, the London Wall was erected to defend the city. The wall stretched for two miles around the ancient City, from Tower Hill in the East to Blackfriars Station in the West. Isolated Roman period remains and traces of the wall are still to be seen within the City of London (now known as the Square Mile). After the end of Roman rule in 410, London experienced a gradual revival under the Anglo-Saxons. A coalition of Angles, Saxons and Jutes from Northern Europe , the Anglo-Saxons ruled in Britain for 500 years until the Norman invasion of 1066. The early Anglo-Saxon trading settlement of Lundenwic was established a mile away from Londinium. London’s British Museum houses the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon artifacts in the world. From the late 8th century, Viking raids were common in Britain. In 871 London was seized by the Danish Norsemen, until it was reclaimed for Britain by King Alfred the Great of Wessex in 886. In 1016 the Danish king Cnut gained control of London and all of England. Westminster Abbey was completed in 1065 during the reign of his stepson Edward the Confessor. Following the Norman Conquest in 1066, the paramount political status of London was confirmed when William the Conqueror was crowned King of England in Westminster. The Normans built fortifications throughout Britain and the Tower of London in particular confirmed their dominance over the existing population. After the Norman Conquest London emerged as a great trading city and with the rise of England to first European then global prominence, London became a great centre of culture, government and industry. During the 12th and 13th centuries it gradually replaced Winchester as the royal capital of England . There have been several plagues in London, notably The Black Death (1348 – 1350) and the Great Plague (1664 – 1666). The plague was followed by the Great Fire of London in 1666 after which the city was largely rebuilt. Georgian London (1714 – 1830) saw the erection of fine Georgian architecture, particularly housing (for example, 10 Downing Street) as the population greatly increased. London's long association with the theatre flourished during the English Renaissance (late 15th to early 17th C). From 1576 indoor and outdoor theatres began to appear in London. The Rose Theatre was built in 1587 in the reign of Elizabeth 1st and was the first purpose-built theatre to stage the plays of Shakespeare. The most famous outdoor theatre was the Globe, built in 1599 by The Lord Chamberlain’s Men. William Shakespeare was their resident playwright. Admission prices ranged from a penny standing charge to sixpence for the most desirable seats. There are currently over forty London theatres in the West End, in an area known as ‘Theatreland’. London’s Victoria and Albert Museum houses a permanent exhibition of the history of British theatre. Hampton Court Palace was built from 1515 to 1530 under the reign of Henry VIII with traditional Renaissance lines. English royal dynasties spanning a millennium have all added to the cultural richness of present day London, from medieval buildings like Westminster Abbey to royal London palaces like th
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At which Olympic Games were there new events including BMX (men and women), swimming marathon (10 km), and for the first time, women competed in the steeplechase and some team fencing events?
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Athletics - Summer Olympic Sport Athletics Nambu leaps into the record books 04 Aug 1932 Athletics was contested in the first ancient Olympic Games, and champions have been recorded from as far back as 776 BC. First and original Throughout recorded sports history, athletics has always been practised. The first event contested in the ancient Olympic Games was the “stadium” race, a sprint of about 192 metres. Winners in this event have been recorded from as far back as 776 BC. Ancient events Much like today, the ancient Olympic Games included a wide variety of track and field events. Such events included longer foot races, a race in armour, and a pentathlon event that consisted of the “stadium” race, long jump, discus throw, javelin throw and wrestling. Across the globe Similar events were held in ancient Greece at the Isthmian, Nemean and Pythian Games. Throughout Europe, local fairs and festivals often included running, jumping and throwing events. In Ireland and Scotland, these developed into organised sets of Tailteann and Highland Games, respectively. There was also a tradition of “pedestrian” events – often with heavy betting involved – in the 18th and 19 centuries, especially in Great Britain, which normally involved walking or running races. Modern organisation The modern format of athletics, in which a variety of running, jumping, throwing, walking and combined events are competed at a single “meeting” or “meet”, evolved in the late 19th century, when schools and military colleges began to incorporate sports and exercise as part of education programmes. The earliest recorded meeting dates back to 1840 in Shropshire, England, but specialised championships began to thrive in the 1880s in the USA, UK, and throughout Europe, as well as in other developed nations. Olympic history Since 1896, athletics has been on the programme of each edition of the Games of the Olympiad. Its presence on the Games programme has allowed its popularity to increase across the world. This popularity was also strengthened by the creation of the IAAF in 1912. Women’s events appeared for the first time at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, while the men’s programme was standardised as of the 1932 Games in Los Angeles. Although at the beginning women were authorised to participate in only some events, today their programme is almost identical to that of the men. The 1960s saw a boom in athletics in developing countries, with the success of African runners and sprinters of Caribbean origin. Americans have for a long time reigned over men’s athletics, although European nations have also dominated. For the women, the Soviet Union and the GDR (East Germany) dominated the competitions before their dissolution. More recently, high-level Asian athletes have risen up the ranks. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, athletes from 62 countries competed in the finals.
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Interesting Olympic Games Firsts Olympic Firsts Here are some of the 'firsts' that have occurred at the Olympic Games. See more Olympic Trivia . The FIRST Olympic Games for which we still have written records were held in 776 BCE (though it is generally believed that the Games had been going on for many years already). The FIRST Olympic champion in recorded history was a naked runner, Coroebus (a cook from Elis), who won the only event, the stade. The FIRST ever event of the modern Olympic Games was the 1st heat of the 100m, held on 6 April 1896. The FIRST Olympic champion of the modern Olympic Games was James Brendan Connolly of United States, the winner of the triple jump (the triple jump was the first final event of the 1896 Olympics). The FIRST brothers to win Olympic gold medals were Americans John and Sumner Paine - they came first in the military pistol and free pistol shooting events respectively in 1896. The FIRST time women competed at the Olympic Games was in 1900 in Paris. It is commonly believed that the FIRST women to take part in the Olympic Games occurred on June 28, when French players Marie Ohnier and Mme Brohy participated in the 1900 croquet games. Actually another female, Swiss sailor Hélène de Pourtalès competed before then, on May 22, 1900. The FIRST female Olympic Champion was England's Charlotte Cooper, who won the tennis singles in 1900. However, she was not the first female Olympic gold medalist, as Swiss sailor Hélène de Pourtalès earlier won gold as part of a boat crew in the 1-2 ton class. The FIRST team sport added to the Olympics was Football in 1900. The FIRST black athlete to compete at the Olympics was Constantin Henriquez de Zubiera, competing for France in 1900. The FIRST black athlete to win a gold medal was African-American John Taylor, who was part of the US relay team in athletics in 1908. the FIRST time the teams and competitors were representatives of countries and not of clubs or just individuals was in 1908. the FIRST time athletes marched into the stadium behind their nations' flags was in London 1908. the FIRST brother and sister to win Olympic medals were William Dod who won the men's archery competition, and his sister Charlotte 'Lottie' Dod who won the silver medal in the women's archery competition - in 1908. The FIRST time a swimming pool was used for swimming events was at the London Olympics in 1908. The FIRST Asian country to participate at the Olympic Games was Japan in the 1912 Stockholm Games. The FIRST women's swimming gold medal was won by the Australian Sarah 'Fanny' Durack, who won the 100m freestyle in 1912. The FIRST Games to include competitors from all five continents was in 1912. The FIRST electronic automatic timing system and photo finish was introduced for the athletics track events in 1912. The FIRST twins to win Olympic Gold medals were the Swedish brothers Vilhelm Carlberg (3 golds) and Eric Carlberg (2 gold) in shooting in 1912. The FIRST death of an athlete at the Olympic Games was in Stockholm 1912. Portuguese runner Francisco Lazaro collapsed from sunstroke and heart trouble at the 29 km mark of the marathon, and died the next day. The FIRST Olympic Games in which the Olympic Oath was voiced was 1920. The FIRST Olympic Games in which doves were released to symbolize peace was 1920. The FIRST Olympic Games in which the Olympic Flag was flown was 1920. The FIRST (and only time) in Olympic history an event was held in two different countries was in 1920, for the 12-foot dinghy event in sailing. The early races were held in Belgium, but the final two races in the event were held in the Netherlands, as the only two competitors in the event were Dutch. The FIRST time the Games returned to a former venue was in 1924 in Paris. The FIRST Winter Olympic Games were held in Chamonix, France in 1924. The FIRST Games to have an Olympic Village for the athletes was in Paris 1924. The FIRST person to win a medal in the same event in Summer and Winter Olympics was Gillis Grafström, when he won figure skating gold medals at the
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The Animals The Animals The Animals were part of the English blues scene of the early Sixties and one of the most noteworthy bands of the original British Invasion. The group formed in Newcastle-on-Tyne, a port city and coal-mining hub in northeast England. With the five piece lineup of singer Eric Burdon, organist Alan Price, bassist Chas Chandler, guitarist Hilton Valentine and drummer John Steel, the band reflected their earthy upbringing with blues-based Rock 'n' Roll. The group derived its inspiration and much of its early repertoire from American blues and R&B sources, adapting them to a British working-class sensibility. Gruff-voiced Eric Burdon was a commanding Blues singer, imparting rage and anguish into their material. The band's sound was also heavily defined by Alan Price's organ playing, which provided dramatic accents and a Blues-Jazz atmosphere. Originally known as The Alan Price Combo, the group changed its name to the Animals when Burdon joined in 1962. With the release of "House of the Rising Sun" in mid-1964, they became the first British group after the Beatles to chart a number one single in America. Their dark, brooding arrangement of that traditional folk song became an early milestone in the British Invasion. They continued their assault on the American record charts with "I'm Crying" (#19), "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (#15) and "Bring It On Home To Me" (#32). The original membership lasted only until May, 1965, with Alan Price's 1965 departure due to his fear of flying. Keyboardist Dave Rowberry was brought in to replace him and The Animals continued their hit streak with "We've Gotta Get Out of This Place", (#13) "It's My Life" (#23), "Inside Looking Out" (#34) and "Don't Bring Me Down", (#12). After a series of more line-up changes, Eric Burdon continued with new recruits now billed as Eric Burdon And The Animals and enjoyed several more U.S. hits such as "See See Rider" (#10), "When I Was Young" (#18), "San Franciscan Nights" (#9), "Monterey" (#15) and "Sky Pilot" (#14). After breaking up the Animals in December, 1968, Burdon entered the Seventies as front man for a Black funk group from the streets of Los Angeles known as War and recorded the hit single "Spill the Wine"(#3) and two albums. When Burdon became discouraged and quit the music business because of what he said was "too much competition", War continued to have a successful career without him, placing 11 more songs in the Billboard Top 40. Burdon eventually changed his mind and continued as a solo artist, recording intermittently throughout the Seventies and Eighties. As for the other early Animals, Alan Price enjoyed a highly successful solo career in Britain, Dave Rowberry became a session player and bassist Chas Chandler discovered and managed Jimi Hendrix. The original Animals subsequently reunited in 1976 to tour and record a reunion album called "Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted", after which Burdon ventured into new territory by appearing in several European films and eventually starred in and composed the soundtrack for the German film, Comeback. Burdon reunited with The Animals once again for more world touring in 1983. He also recorded a song called "Sixteen Tons" for the soundtrack to Tom Hanks' feature film, Joe Versus the Volcano. In 1990 Burdon toured with Robbie Krieger (formerly with The Doors), did a cameo roll in Oliver Stones' picture, The Doors, studied acting at The Actor's Studio in Los Angeles, did more professional acting by doing a cameo role in the feature film The Eleventh Victim, and appeared as featured artist in television shows such as China Beach. In 1991 he collaborated with follow Englishman and keyboard player Brian Auger to form the Eric Burdon / Brian Auger Band and continued to tour the world, primarily in Europe, performing for his many loyal fans. From this collaboration came the live, double album, "Access All Areas". In 1994, Eric Burdon and The Animals were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. Chas Chandler died of a heart attack in 1996. Dave Rowberry suffered a similar
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Instant Video Play: The Monkees - Valleri The Monkees - Valleri Details The Monkees - Valleri David Thomas "Davy" Jones (30 December 1945 -- 29 February 2012) was an English recording artist, actor, and businessman, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name. His acting credits include a Tony-nominated role as the Artful Dodger in Oliver! as well as roles in The Brady Bunch film and television show; Love, American Style; and My Two Dads. Jones is considered to be one of the greatest teen heartthrobs of all time. At age 11, he began his acting career, appearing on the British television soap opera Coronation Street, which was produced at Granada Studios by Granada Television in Manchester. In 1961, Jones played Ena Sharples' grandson, Colin Lomax, the second year Coronation Street was broadcast. He also appeared in the BBC police series Z-Cars. After the death of his mother from emphysema when he was 14 years old, Jones rejected acting in favour of a career as a jockey, apprenticing with Newmarket trainer Basil Foster. He dropped out of high school to begin his career in that field. This career was short-lived however, as though Foster believed Jones would be successful as a jockey, he encouraged his young protégé to take a role as the Artful Dodger a production of Oliver! in London's West End, a move which consequently changed the course of Jones' life forever. In turn, Jones cared for Foster in his later years, bringing him to the United States and providing financial support for his mentor. Foster was approached by a friend who worked in a theatre in the West End of London during casting for the musical Oliver!. Foster replied, "I've got the kid." Jones was cast and appeared to great acclaim as the Artful Dodger. He played the role in London and then on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award. On 9 February 1964, he appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show with Georgia Brown who was playing Nancy in the Broadway production of Oliver!. This was the same episode of the show in which The Beatles made their first appearance. Jones said of that night, "I watched the Beatles from the side of the stage, I saw the girls going crazy, and I said to myself, this is it, I want a piece of that." Following his Ed Sullivan appearance, Jones signed a contract with Ward Sylvester of Screen Gems (then the television division of Columbia Pictures). A pair of American television appearances followed, as Jones received screen time in episodes of Ben Casey and The Farmer's Daughter. Jones debuted on the Hot 100 in the week of 14 August 1965, with the single "What Are We Going To Do?" The 19 year old singer was signed to Colpix Records, a label owned by Columbia. His debut album David Jones, on the same label, followed soon after (CP493). On 1967 the album was issued in the UK, in mono only, on the Pye Records label (NPL 18178). From 1966 to 1971, Jones was a member of The Monkees, a pop-rock group formed expressly for a television show of the same name. With Screen Gems producing the series, Jones was shortlisted for auditions, as he was the only Monkee who was signed to a deal with the studio, but still had to meet producers Bob Rafelson's and Bert Schneider's standards. Jones sang lead vocals on many of the Monkees' recordings, including "I Wanna Be Free" and "Daydream Believer". The NBC television series The Monkees was popular, and remained so in syndication. After the band disbanded in 1971, Jones reunited with Micky Dolenz as well as Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart in 1974 as a short-lived group called Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart. A Monkees television show marathon ("Pleasant Valley Sunday") broadcast on 23 February 1986 by MTV resulted in a wave of Monkeemania not seen since the group's heyday. Jones reunited with Dolenz and Peter Tork from 1986 to 1989 to celebrate the band's renewed success and promote the 20th anniversary of the group. A new top 20 hit, "That Was Then, This Is Now" was released (though Jones did not perform on the song) as well as an album, Pool It
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6 questions about the future of the British Monarchy – Royal Central Different countries, different customs. robert I was surprised by the assertion that no monarch in history has reigned 70 years. Surely an institution that has existed throughout the world for over ten thousand years has had at least ONE to pass that milestone. If they meant British history, that is true. Louis E. The most recent 70-year monarch in Europe was Prince Johann of Liechtenstein (reigned 1858-1929). Orchard 10 AFAIK Platinum hadn’t been discovered in Louis XIV reign. bobby If and when Prince Harry becomes Duke of York (given that Prince Andrew dies before Prince Harry gets married), would Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie remain as Princess Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie or York? Given that these two remained unmarried? Royal Central In that circumstance, yes Princess Beatrice and Eugenie would remain as ‘of York’ as titles are held for life and aren’t necessarily affected by the death of a parent. Dominic If perhaps the Duke of York were to have a son would the title still pass to the son ? Or would the son have to take a lesser title like earl since he is so far from the crown now ? It doesn’t make sense to me how titles like Dukedom of York can typically be for 2nd sons when the 2nd son is so likely to have his own son who inherits a title. Royal Central No, the title would pass to Andrew’s son, who’d also be an HRH. Usually, the title holder has died heirless so the title reverts to the crown and can be issued to a new generation. Only convention says Dukedom of York is for second sons, nothing in law. Louis E. Queen Victoria made her second son Duke of Edinburgh despite York having been vacant.If the new infant expected in April is a boy he might get dibs on York.If Prince Edward could be Earl of Wessex,maybe Prince Henry will be Marquess of Mercia…but Sussex,Clarence,Kendal,and Windsor are all traditionally Royal and currently vacant dukedoms,while Albany and Cumberland are suspended since 1917 but have heirs who could ask to be restored. Ricky There’s no chance of any new royal babies getting the title Duke of York as long as Prince Andrew is alive; there can only be one living holder of any title. It’s my understanding that The Queen had originally intended to give Prince Edward the title Duke of Cambridge when he married. He received the title Earl of Wessex instead because he requested it, after seeing a film that had a character with that title. It’s doubtful Prince Harry would receive anything less than a dukedom when he marries, since this has been the tradition for a long time. However, if he asked Her Majesty for something different, she would probably accommodate him. I think the title Duke of Sussex would be a good choice, and the most likely title. I think It’s especially appropriate to give Harry a title that has “sex” in it! Louis E. I’m well aware that there wouldn’t be two Dukes of York at once…a second son of William has a better chance of reaching adulthood after Andrew’s death than does his Uncle Harry. It’s only in the current reign that sons of the Sovereign have had to wait until marriage for their ducal creations. Ricky , royalpain1966 yes I agree, I don’t think the title will be given to Harry. Harry will probably get a special title like Princess Anne, the Princess Royal and a Dukedom. The Duke of York, really should be the 2nd son of the reigning Monarch, which will be William. Andrew will most likely live a long life like his mother and his father, respectfully the Queen and Duke of E, 90 and 95 as of today. Ricky Prince William is not Prince Charles’ second son; that would be Prince Harry. Bruce Alan Wilson I read that part of the idea is that after Phillip’s death he can become Duke of Edenborough. Ricky The intention is that Prince Edward will take the title Duke of Edinburgh after Prince Philip’s death. I’ve also read from multiple sources about another event supposedly on hold until after Philip’s demise. People close to the Duke and Duchess of York say they would like to remarry, but this is i
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Richard III Richard III In 1399, the English Crown changed hands. The childless Richard II, last king in an unbroken line of descent since the Norman Conquest, was deposed and murdered by his cousin Henry of Bolingbroke, who became King Henry IV. The Lancastrian kings - Henry IV, Henry V of Agincourt fame, and Henry VI - descended from John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, the third surviving son of Edward III. The heirs of Richard II, stemming from Lionel, Duke of Clarence and Edward, Duke of York, the second and fourth sons of Edward III, were disinherited from the throne. When Henry V died in 1422, his son Henry was an infant of nine months. A regency directed by a council of leading peers and churchmen were put in place until Henry VI came of age to rule. As was the case with a royal minority, Henry's childhood and youth were dominated by squabbling nobles determined to control the young king. Unfortunately, Henry VI remained governed by various groups throughout his adult life. Richard Plantagenet, was born on the 2nd of October, 1452 at Fotheringhay Castle. His father, the Duke of York, the heir of Richard II, possessed a better claim to the English throne than did Henry VI. His mother, Cecily Neville, known as "The Rose of Raby" was a member of the numerous and powerful Neville family. When Richard was a young child, the political scene in England changed. Henry VI spent large parts of his reign in a catatonic state, unable to recognize his chief ministers or govern the kingdom. The Duke of York, as the leading peer of the realm, was appointed Protector while the king was in a catatonic state. Meanwhile, Henry's French queen, Margaret of Anjou, established her own court party and was jealous of the Duke of York's power and position. She pursued a policy that deliberately alienated the Duke and deprived him of a role and voice in the government. Margaret, by her partisan politics, made the mistake of attaching the English crown to a faction. Thus, families such as the Nevilles, who were unable to get impartial justice from the king, turned to the Duke of York to redress their local grievances. It was in this fashion that York, who was positioned as a reformer, built his support. At the Battle of St. Albans , matters came to a head. Over the next five years, the Duke of York's family lived in a state of uncertainty and risk, their fortunes changing with each battle. In 1459, York was defeated at Ludlow and fled to Ireland. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, and York's eldest son, Edward, escaped to Calais in France. The Duke of York claimed the throne; and in December of 1460, York, and his seventeen year old son, Edmund, Duke of Rutland were ambushed and killed at the Battle of Wakefield . The Yorkists accepted York's eldest son, Edward of March as king. He cemented his title by soundly defeating the Lancastrians at Towton thus deposing Henry VI. During the struggle, Richard, along with his brother, George, were sent to the Netherlands for their safety. Richard and George returned back to England. Edward IV created George, Duke of Clarence, and shortly thereafter, Richard, was created Duke of Gloucester. In November of 1461, Richard was sent to Middleham Castle in North Yorkshire to begin his knightly training under his cousin, Richard Neville, known as the "Kingmaker". Richard spent the next three years of his life beginning his apprenticeship in knightly conduct. His training consisted of learning Latin, French, law, mathematics, penmanship, music, horsemanship and military training. He learned to practice with sword, dagger and battle-axe, and how to manage a hawk and learn to hunt. He learned the fine arts of his time - harping, singing, piping and dancing. While he was at Middleham, he would have been in the company of Warwick's second daughter, the Lady Anne Neville, who was four years his junior. In 1464, the political scene changed again. While Warwick was conducting negotiations for Edward IV to marry a French princess, Edward took
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A Sailor's Dictionary A Sailor's Dictionary. Wild state in which a sailor acquires a boat. Aboard: 1). A piece of construction lumber. 2). What one becomes when one is a-uninterested. Above Board: Above decks, therfore, meaning to be out in the open, visible to all; honest, straight forward, etc. Abreast: An object searched for by male lookouts. Only one? Afterguy: Last guy out of the bar. American Practical Navigator (Bowditch): Ancient nautical treatise, generally though to deal with navigation, which to the present day has resisted all attempts to decipher it. Often found on board ship as a decorative element or paperweight. Amidships: Condition of being surrounded by boats. Anchor: 1). Any of a number of heavy, hook-shaped devices that is dropped over the side of the boat on the end of a length of rope and/or chain, and which is designed to hold a vessel securely in place until (a) the wind exceeds 2 knots, (b) the owner and crew depart, or (c) 3 a.m. 2.) A device designed to bring up mud samples from the bottom at inopportune or unexpected times. 3). The thing rotting in the bilge of every racing yacht (unseen). Anchor Light: A small light used to discharge the battery before daylight. Azimuth Bar: 1). What unsteady folks should do in heavy weather. 2). The last thing to grab as your falling overboard. Baggywrinkle: Effect of sun and salt spray on your face. Bar: 1). Long, low-lying navigational hazard, usually awash, found at river mouths and harbor entrances, where it is composed of sand or mud, and ashore, where it is made of mahogany or some other dark wood. Sailors can be found in large numbers around both. 2). Land based nesting and pre-mating natural habitat frequented by sailors when they force themselves to go ashore. Bare Boat: Clothing optional or sailing naked. Bar Buoy: What you will be looking for to lead you to a good time. Bare Poles: Sailing with unclothed persons from Eastern Europe. Barometer: Meteorological instrument which sailors use to confirm the onset of bad weather. It's readings, together with heavy rain, severe rolling, high winds, dark skies and deep cloud cover indicate the presence of a storm. Battery: Electrochemical storage device capable of lighting a lamp of wattage approximately equal to that of a refrigerator lamp for a period of 15 minutes after having been charged for two hours. Beam Sea: A situation in which waves strike a boat from the side, causing it to roll unpleasantly. This is one of the four directions from which wave action tends to produce extreme physical discomfort. The other three are `bow sea' (waves striking from the front), `following sea' (waves striking from the rear), and `quarter sea' (waves striking from any other direction). Beating to windward: A method of flogging crew to increase upwind performance when racing. Berth: 1). Any horizontal surface whose total area does not exceed one half of the surface area of an average man at rest, onto which at least one liter of some liquid seeps during any 12-hour period and above which there are not less than 10 kilograms of improperly secured objects. 2). Little newborn addition to the crew. 3). Sometimes the result of removing the last article of clothing. Bifurcation Buoy: Buoy that you can't tell if its coming or going. Binoculars: Entertainig shipboard kaleidoscope which when held up to the light reveals interesting patterns caused by salt spray scratches and thumb prints. Uncapped, its lens may be used to collect small amounts of salt from spray through evaporation. Bitter End: 1) Finish of a race when you are last over the line. 2) Wrong end of a siphon hose. 3) Time to alert the bartender in the English pub. BOAT: 1). Break Out Another Thousand. 2). A hole in the water surrounded by wood/plastic/steel/aluminium into which you pour all your money. BOAT Bucks: Monetary unit for yachties, for the sake of simplicity with a fixed conversion ratio of 1.000 with the local currency. Boat ownership: 1). Standing fully-clothed under a cold shower, tearing up 100-dollar bills. 2). Boat ownership i
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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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Transuranium element Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Transuranium element In chemistry , Transuranium elements (also known as transuranic elements) are the chemical elements with atomic numbers greater than 92, the atomic number of Uranium . Of the elements with atomic numbers 1 to 92, all but four (43- technetium , 61- promethium , 85- astatine , and 87- francium ) occur in nature. All of the elements with higher atomic numbers, however, have had to be produced artificially. They are all radioactive , with a half-life much shorter than the age of the Earth , so any atoms of these elements, if they ever were present at the earth's formation, have long since vanished. Those that can be found on earth now are artificially generated, via nuclear reactors or particle accelerators (Exception: Pu-239 is permanently generated in atomic quantities by neutrons from spontaneous fission in uranium ore with two subsequent beta decays (U-238 > U-239 > Np-239 > Pu-239)). Transuranic elements that have not been discovered, or have been discovered but are not yet officially named, use IUPAC 's systematic element names. The naming of transuranic elements is a source of controversy . The majority of the transuranium elements were produced by two groups: Edwin Mattison McMillan , first to produce a transuranium element: 93. neptunium , Np, named for the planet Neptune , as it follows uranium and Neptune follows Uranus in the planetary sequence. Glenn T. Seaborg , next in order, who produced: 94. plutonium , Pu, named for the planet Pluto , following the same naming rule as it follows neptunium and Pluto follows Neptune in the planetary sequence. 95. americium , Am, named because it is an analog to europium , and so was named for the continent where it was first produced. 96. curium , Cm, named for Pierre and Marie Curie , famous scientists who separated out the first radioactive elements. 97. berkelium , Bk, named for the city of Berkeley , where the university is located. 98. californium , Cf, named for the state of California , where the university is located. Albert Ghiorso, who had been on Seaborg's team when they produced curium, berkelium, and californium, took over as director to produce: 99. einsteinium , Es, named for the great physicist Albert Einstein . 100. fermium , Fm, named for Enrico Fermi , the physicist who produced the first controlled chain reaction . 101. mendelevium , Md, named for the Russian chemist Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev , one of the two men who developed the periodic table of the chemical elements. 102. nobelium , No (see below). 103. lawrencium , Lr, named for Ernest O. Lawrence , a physicist best known for his development of the cyclotron , and the person for whom the Lawrence Laboratories (which hosted the creation of these transuranium elements) were named. 104. rutherfordium , Rf, named for Ernest Rutherford , who was responsible for the concept of the atomic nucleus . 105. An element for which the Berkeley group proposed the name hahnium, after Otto Hahn , the first chemist to detect evidence of nuclear fission , but which is now named dubnium , Db (see below). 106. seaborgium , Sg, named for Glenn T. Seaborg. This name caused controversy because Seaborg was still alive, but eventually became accepted by international chemists. A group at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (Society for Heavy Ion Research) in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany , under Peter Armbruster, who prepared: 107. bohrium , Bh, named for the Danish physicist Niels Bohr , important in the elucidation of the structure of the atom . The group had first suggested the name nielsbohrium, but the ultimately accepted name is bohrium. 108. hassium , Hs, named for the Latin form of the name of Hesse , the German Bundesland where this work was performed. 109. meitnerium , Mt, named for Lise Meitner , a German physicist who was one of the earliest scientists to become involved in the study of nuclear fission .
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Instructor: Thomas J. Sienkewicz ( toms@monm.edu ) THE NOMENCLATURE The American Heritage Dictionary 3rd ed. lists 103 chemical elements. Of these, 45 are made from Latin or Greek base words. Approximately 31 from Greek, and 14 from Latin. The names from Latin and Greek were not just chosen at random. There was a definite characteristic that made these names applicable. For instance, both bromine (35) and osmium (76) are derived from Greek words that mean "stink"; phosphorus means "light-bearing." Many identify colors associated with the element [e.g. beryllium 4) (and praseodymium (59) are from Greek words which mean green; iridium (77) = the Latin rainbow; rhodium (45) = the Greek rose, and rubidium (37) = the Latin red]. The names of 9 elements are derived from characters in Classical mythology. For instance, mercury (80) is very fluid, so it was named after the fleet-footed messenger of the gods. Promethium (61) is named after the Titan who gave humans fire. Both the earth (tellurium, 52) and the moon (selenium, 34) have elements associated with them. All of the planets in our solar system are named from mythological deities, and three of the chemical elements draw their name from these planets. The focal point here is Uranus, from which uranium (92) is named. Neptune comes next to Uranus as a planet; therefore, the chemical element next to uranium is neptunium (93). And second to Uranus is the planet Pluto and the second element beyond uranium is plutonium (94), Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, gave her name to iridium (77). Perhaps the most fascinating mythological names are these last two: 1. Tantalus could not drink water, so an element that does not an element that does not absorb water nor dissolve in most acids was named tantalum (73). 2. Tantalus had a daughter named Niobe, thus an element found in association with tantalum (73) is called niobium (41). Another seven elements are derived from Latin or Greek names of places. For example, lutetium (71) comes from Lutetia, the Roman name for Paris, and magnesium (12) and manganese (25) from Magnesia in Greece. This makes a total of 6l (almost two thirds) which have an affiliation with Latin or Greek. There are also two from characters in Norse mythology: thorium (90) from Thor, and vanadium (23) from an alternate name for the goddess Freya. EPONYMY Chemical elements are also named after places, including countries, cities, continents, and people. 20 elements have names derived from places: A. National or continental: polonium (84) (so named by Madame Curie to honor her native country) ruthenium (44) (from the Latin name for Russia) scandium (21) thulium (69) (because it was discovered in North Scandinavia, and the Greeks called the farthermost regions Thoule) indium (49) B. Towns [mostly where discovered, and Scandinavia has its share of these]: 1. Scandinavian cities: holmium (67) (from the latin form of Stockholm) erbium (68) (from a town in Sweden) Yttrium (39), terbium (65), and ytterbium (70) are all named after Ytterby, a town in Sweden. Note clipping of name. 2. Other towns: lutetium (71) (from the the Latin name for Paris) strontium (38) (from a town in Scotland, where it was first found in the lead mines) berkelium (97) rhenium (75) (from the Rhine) copper (29) (from Cyprus, famous for its copper mines) californium (98) Nine of the remaining 21 elements are based on people's names. The Scandinavians, Russians, and French rate two each in this category: A. Scandinavian 1. gadolinium (64)- so named by a Swiss chemist who discovered it in gadonlinite, which was named from a Finnish chemist. Gadolin (1760-1812) 2. nobelium (102)- from the Swedish inventor of dynamite and originator of the Nobel prize. It was so called because this element was first discovered at the Nobel Institute in Stockholm. B. Russian 1. mendelevium (101)- from the Russian chemist Mendeleev [pronounce men - de - la - ef] 2. samarium (62)- from Colonel Samarski, a Russian mining official C. French 1. curium (96)- of course from Pierre Curie and his Polish wife Marie 2. g
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Kingdoms of Eastern Europe - Wallachia Principality of Wallachia The name 'Wallachia' derives from the same Germanic base word as the English name for the Romano- Britons : 'Wealas'. Situated to the mountainous region immediate south of the Carpathian Mountains, Wallachia is effectively the 'land of the foreigners'. In this instance, the word arrived via the Goths who ventured down toward the Balkans. A local derivative, or evolution, of the word is the Slavic 'Vlach'. The principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia were the first Vlach (Romance-language) states that formed north of the Danube. They appeared once the incursions by nomadic Steppe people (the Huns , the Mongols ) ceased. They were never subject to the Byzantine emperors in Constantinople, and they occupied territories that had only been partially occupied and then swiftly abandoned by the Roman empire in the third century. During the fourteenth century, while Byzantium was steadily weakening, the principalities of Wallachia (about the size of Luxembourg ) and Moldavia gained a degree of self-rule which ended with the Ottoman occupation and rule of the Balkans. Edward Dawson is of the opinion that 'Wealas' and its cognates in Germanic languages probably derives from an earlier form of the name that the Celts used for themselves. The ancient Greeks recorded that the northern barbarians were Keltoi, and Julius Caesar reported that the Gauls called themselves Celtae in their own language. Recorded tribal names of Galati and Galaci existed. So how did 'Celt' become 'Wal'? The Celtic habit was to take a 'w' sound and stick a 'g' in front of it (G and K are usually interchangeable). This occurred before the first century AD at least once with another word, that for forest (wood in English, coed in Welsh ). This first shift apparently placed a 'k' instead of a 'g'; possibly due to regional dialects. If one postulates that the original name of the Celts was 'Walt', then the Celts placed a 'k' in front of it to produce 'Kwalt', which was shortened to 'Kelt'. The Germans would have continued using the original Walt, softening the 't' to a 'th', then dropping it entirely to produce 'Wal'. If so the Wallachians were not 'foreigners' as such but were remnant Celtic tribes in Wallachia who were gradually absorbed by Germans and Slavs. (Additional information by Edward Dawson, and Aurel Vilcu, historian at the Institute for Cultural Memory, Bucharest, Romania. Sources include: Istoria Romaniei, Bucharest, 1971; Istoria Romaniei, Bucharest, 1962; and Din istoria Transilvaniei, Bucharest, 1963. External Link: Institute for Cultural Memory .) 1299 - 1300 The power struggle between Toqta of the Golden Horde and Nogai Khan of the Nogai Horde flares up into open conflict, and Toqta is the eventual victor. With the threat of a break-away khanate ended, the Golden Horde is fully under the control of one khan again. Nogai's territories, which reach from the Crimea and the southern Rus principalities to parts of Wallachia, are divided by Toqta between Nogai's brother, Sareibugha, and his sons. 1310 - 1354 Basarab I 1330 Lithuania defeats the boyars of the Rus and occupies Kiev and its surrounding territory. The loss of this vassal state by the Golden Horde removes not only it from their control, but also cuts off Wallachia. Basarab I effectively becomes an independent ruler, although this has increasingly been the case for five or six years. However, despite this setback, Ozbeg Khan is still able to threaten the Bulgars , Byzantium , and the Lithuanians themselves. 1354 - 1364 Phanaroits (Tax Farmer Princes) in Wallachia AD 1711 - 1821 In occupied Wallachia and Moldavia , the Ottomans began the destructive practice of appointing Greek tax farmers, known as the Phanariots (from the Phanar section of Istanbul), as princes. They were placed in power simply to get as much money out of t
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Bessarabia | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia For other uses, see Bessarabia (disambiguation) . Map of Bessarabia within Moldova and Ukraine Map of Bessarabia from Charles Upson Clark's book Basarabia (Romanian language: Basarabia Russian: Бессарабия Bessarabiya, Ukrainian language Бессарабія Bessarabiya) is a historical region in Eastern Europe , bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west. Nowadays the bulk of the region is part of Moldova, while the northern and southern areas are part of Ukraine. In the aftermath of the Russo-Turkish War, 1806-1812 , and ensuing Peace of Bucharest , the eastern parts of the Principality of Moldavia , an Ottoman vassal, along with some areas formerly under direct Ottoman rule, were ceded to Imperial Russia . The newly acquired territories were organised as the Governorate of Bessarabia , adopting a name previously used for the southern plains of the Dniester-Prut interfluve. Following the Crimean War , in 1856, the southern areas of Bessarabia were returned to Moldavian rule; nevertheless, Russian rule was restored over the whole of the region in 1878, when Romania, which had emerged from Moldavia's union with Wallachia , was pressured into exchanging those territories for Dobruja. In 1917, in the wake of the Russian Revolution , the area constituted itself as the Moldavian Democratic Republic , an autonomous republic part of a federative Russian state. Bolshevik agitation in late 1917 and early 1918 resulted in the intervention of the Romanian Army , ostensibly to pacify the region. Soon after, the parliamentary assembly declared independence and then Union with the Kingdom of Romania . [1] The legality of these acts was however disputed, most prominently by the Soviet Union , which regarded the area as a territory occupied by Romania. In 1940, after securing the assent of Nazi Germany through the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact , the Soviet Union pressured Romania into withdrawing from Bessarabia, allowing the Red Army to militarily occupy the region. The area was formally integrated into the Soviet Union: the core region joined parts of the Moldavian ASSR to form the Moldavian SSR , while the territories inhabited by Slavic majorities in the North and the South of Bessarabia were transferred to the Ukrainian SSR. Axis -aligned Romania briefly recaptured the region in 1941, during the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union , but lost it in 1944, as the tide of war changed. In 1947, the Soviet-Romanian border set along the Prut River was internationally recognised by the Paris Treaty that ended World War II . During the process of dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Moldavian and Ukrainian SSR proclaimed their independence in 1991, becoming the modern states of Moldova and Ukraine, while preserving the existing partition of Bessarabia. Following a short war in the early 1990s, Transnistria proclaimed itself the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic , separate from the government of the Republic of Moldova, extending its authority also over the municipality of Bender in Bessarabia. Part of the Gagauz -inhabited areas in the southern Bessarabia were organised in 1994 as an autonomous region within Moldova. Contents Edit Map of Bessarabia within Moldavia through the time The region is bounded by the Dniester River to the north and east, the Prut to the west and the lower River Danube and the Black Sea to the south. It has approximately 17,600 sq mi (46,000 km2). The area is mostly hilly plains with flat steppes . It is very fertile for agriculture, and it also has some lignite deposits and stone quarries. People living in the area grow sugar beets , sunflowers, wheat, maize, tobacco, wine grapes and fruit. They also raise sheep and cattle. Currently, the main industry in the region is agricultural processing. The region's main cities are Chişinău , the capital of Moldova, Izmail , Bilhorod-Dnistrovs'kyi (historically called Cetatea Albă / Akkerman). Other towns of administrative or historical importance include: Khotyn , Lipcani , Briceni , Soroca , Bălţi , Orhei ,
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Harvey and Lee: John Armstrong - Page 75 - JFK Assassination Debate - The Education Forum JFK Assassination Debate Not recommended on shared computers Sign In (edited) Again Tracy, you are entitled to conclude whatever you like from the evidence offered... People with that mentality decided in 1964 that Oswald did it alone based on the evidence, their interpretation skills and the need not to buck the system. What amazes me is you all would rather spend all this time critiquing and so very little time coming up with explanations on your own to account for all these conflicts... Voebal says, Myra says, Smith Says, Murret says... The man in the grave was the man who Ruby killed... so what? Why do you have such a hard time with the DoD and USMC records... of course they could be wrong... prove them wrong. simple. Oswald is on the ship BACK from Taiwan on the 6th of Oct.... is the USMC so lost that they place a man left behind and receiving medical attention in Japan on a ship back from Taiwan? along with witnesses who worked with him in Taiwan and stated so, along with CE1961 which puts him in Taiwan... Which records are the mistaken ones? Amazingly convenient that the records which show Lee and Harvey conflicts are wrong - based on your say so... Felde was just wrong too? and everyone else witnessing the duality of the situation... wrong, wrong wrong... So you tell us boys, what did they get right? anywhere, in any record? You've read the book Mr. LeDoux ? followed up on the sources yourself as you call Steve out? I have... and sourced every single one... took 2 years and I compiled a side by side timeline to illustrate the conflicts... I know exactly when and where the problems occurred and what the WCR and HSCA did to try and cover them up. What have you done? edit: as for Steve's posts.. quite whining already. If you dont have the attention span to read for 15 whole minutes in a row WTF are you doing here? Hoping for fortune cookie one liners to explain the complexity of our history is a lazy, simple and unimaginative way to go about things boys.... is it really so tough for you to read an essay? or you simply dont want to be bothered trying to learn anything new from someone you disagree with for the simply joy of disagreeing? It's one thing to present rebuttals and evidence and discuss where interpretation may be right or wrong... it's another to pull these "Bernie" posts out after asking idiotic rhetorical questions about what a twin is... grow up already and stop whining about long posts... If they are too much for ya start a "explanations of the JFK situation in 10 words or less" thread and have at it... for the rest of us, we understand it takes a little time, effort and work to study this case... grow up already little boys... or find another sandbox to sit and cry in while the adults use the big words and write more than 3 rhetorical stupid lines of tautology and non-sequitur... Edited David Josephs wrote, The man in the grave was the man who Ruby killed... so what? The man in the grave is supposed to be "Harvey" but "Lee" had a mastoid operation as did the man in the grave. I don't have to prove anything-you have to prove the H&L theory and you have not done that to the satisfaction of other conspiracy researchers up to this point. I don't need to explain the discrepancies in the evidence. I understand that there will be witnesses who will say all kinds of things for whatever reason. I understand that there will be records that don't match up, regardless of whether they are military or others. The H&L team need to prove all of these things to the satisfaction of Jefferson Morley or whoever you expect to eventually take the evidence to for verification and presentation before the media or Congress. And if you do not intend to do that, I would ask what is the point of H&L? Share this post David Josephs wrote, The man in the grave was the man who Ruby killed... so what? The man in the grave is supposed to be "Harvey" but "Lee" had a mastoid operation as did the man in the grave. // Parnell =
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BBC ON THIS DAY | 14 | 1983: Parkinson quits over lovechild scandal 1983: Parkinson quits over lovechild scandal Cecil Parkinson, Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, has resigned. The decision comes as fresh details were revealed about his extramarital affair with his former secretary Sara Keays. Miss Keays published a statement in The Times newspaper today to "put the record straight" regarding the nature of their relationship. Her statement criticises Mr Parkinson's conduct and attitude towards their relationship and the revelation that she was pregnant with his child. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had initially stood by her Trade and Industry Secretary, but accepted his offer of resignation at the Conservative party conference early this morning. After returning from the conference Mr Parkinson made no comment to reporters assembled outside his Hertfordshire home. In a statement issued through his solicitor, Mr Parkinson referred back to his original statement of 5 October where he admitted the affair but said no more questions would be answered on the matter. 'Quite broken' Friends of Mr Parkinson say he is "quite broken", that he does not entirely accept Miss Keay's version of events, and that he has no plans to give up his parliamentary seat. In her statement Sara Keays said that Mr Parkinson had not been as frank about the affair as he had claimed. She added that media comment, government pronouncements and continued speculation had placed her "in an impossible position". She said she had a "duty" to speak out about her relationship with Mr Parkinson, after perceiving that the full facts had not been made public. Miss Keays denied suggestions that she had tried to trick Mr Parkinson into marriage or that she had sought to destroy his reputation. "My baby was conceived in a long-standing, loving relationship which I allowed to continue because I believed in our eventual marriage," she said. She also said that pressure on her to remain silent would cast doubt on her own reputation and the child's "fundamental right" to know its father's identity. Cecil Parkinson has held several senior positions in the government since 1979, and was credited as the mastermind behind the Tories' successful general election campaign in June.
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The Fisher King (1991) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A former radio DJ, suicidally despondent because of a terrible mistake he made, finds redemption in helping a deranged homeless man who was an unwitting victim of that mistake. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 36 titles created 04 Nov 2012 a list of 30 titles created 17 Feb 2014 a list of 24 titles created 26 Mar 2014 a list of 25 titles created 13 Nov 2014 a list of 27 titles created 29 Jan 2015 Title: The Fisher King (1991) 7.6/10 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. Won 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 27 nominations. See more awards » Videos An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits. Director: Terry Gilliam A young boy accidentally joins a band of time traveling dwarves as they jump from era to era looking for treasure to steal. Director: Terry Gilliam An unorthodox and irreverent DJ begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services Radio station in Vietnam. Director: Barry Levinson Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination. Director: Terry Gilliam The victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them. Director: Penny Marshall A bureaucrat in a retro-future world tries to correct an administrative error and himself becomes an enemy of the state. Director: Terry Gilliam A young peasant, with no interest in adventure or fortune, is mistaken as the kingdom's only hope when a horrible monster threatens the countryside. Director: Terry Gilliam A traveling theater company gives its audience much more than they were expecting. Director: Terry Gilliam English teacher John Keating inspires his students to look at poetry with a different perspective of authentic knowledge and feelings. Director: Peter Weir The true story of a heroic man, Hunter Patch Adams, determined to become a medical doctor because he enjoys helping people. He ventured where no doctor had ventured before, using humour and pathos. Director: Tom Shadyac A mentally unstable photo developer begins to attack a middle-class family after his obsession with them becomes more sick and disturbing than any of them could imagine. Director: Mark Romanek After he dies in a car crash, a man searches heaven and hell for his beloved wife. Director: Vincent Ward Edit Storyline After hearing a popular DJ rail against yuppies, a madman carries out a massacre in a popular New York bar. Dejected and remorseful, the DJ strikes up a friendship with Parry, a former professor who became unhinged and then homeless after witnessing his wife's violent death in the bar shooting. The DJ seeks redemption by helping Parry in his quest to recover an item that he believes is the Holy Grail and to win the heart of the woman he loves. Written by Jim Sanders and Determined Copy Editor Taglines: A good, old-fashioned story of guilt, poverty, love, madness and free video club membership. (vv) See more » Genres: Rated R for language and violence | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 27 September 1991 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The Grand Central Station waltz sequence is an idea that came up to Terry Gilliam when they were about to shoot a small and scripted sequence on that location. Of this, Gilliam said: "The script had a scene in Grand Central Station where Jeff Bridges ' character in kind of a mood and he hears this poor, black woman singing a beautiful song and he stops in the rush of his life and he asseses his situation. Well, that was fine, and we were in Gra
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Fidel Castro - Cold War - HISTORY.com Fidel Castro A+E Networks Introduction Cuban leader Fidel Castro (1926-2016) established the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere after leading an overthrow of the military dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista in 1959. He ruled over Cuba for nearly five decades, until handing off power to his younger brother Raúl in 2008. During that time, Castro’s regime was successful in reducing illiteracy, stamping out racism and improving public health care, but was widely criticized for stifling economic and political freedoms. Castro’s Cuba also had a highly antagonistic relationship with the United States–most notably resulting in the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The two nations officially normalized relations in July 2015, ending a trade embargo that had been in place since 1960, when U.S.-owned businesses in Cuba were nationalized without compensation. Castro died on November 25, 2016, at 90. Google Fidel Castro: Early Years Castro was born on August 13, 1926, in Birán, a small town in eastern Cuba. His father was a wealthy Spanish sugarcane farmer who first came to the island during the Cuban War of Independence (1895-1898); his mother was a domestic servant for his father’s family who bore him out of wedlock. After attending a couple of Jesuit schools–including the Colegio de Belén, where he excelled at baseball–Castro enrolled as a law student at the University of Havana. While there, he became interested in politics, joining the anti-corruption Orthodox Party and participating in an aborted coup attempt against the brutal Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo . Did You Know? In addition to the Bay of Pigs invasion, the United States made several failed attempts on Fidel Castro's life, including poisoning his cigars with Botox. In 1950, Castro graduated from the University of Havana and opened a law office. Two years later, he ran for election to the Cuban House of Representatives. The election never happened, however, because Batista seized power that March. Castro responded by planning a popular uprising. “From that moment on, I had a clear idea of the struggle ahead,” he said in a 2006 “spoken autobiography.” Castro’s Revolution Begins In July 1953, Castro led about 120 men in an attack on the Moncada army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. The assault failed, Castro was captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison, and many of his men were killed. The U.S.-backed Batista, looking to improve his authoritarian image, subsequently released Castro in 1955 as part of a general amnesty. Castro ended up in Mexico , where he met fellow revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara and plotted his return. The following year, Castro and 81 other men sailed on the yacht “Granma” to the eastern coast of Cuba, where government forces immediately ambushed them. The estimated 18 survivors, including Castro, his brother Raúl and Guevara, fled deep into the Sierra Maestra Mountains in southeastern Cuba with virtually no weapons or supplies. According to Castro, the revolutionaries started reorganizing with only two rifles,. But by early 1957 they were already attracting recruits and winning small battles against Rural Guard patrols. “We’d take out the men in front, attack the center, and then ambush the rear when it started retreating, in the terrain we’d chosen,” Castro said in his spoken autobiography. In 1958, Batista tried to snuff out the uprising with a massive offensive, complete with air force bombers and naval offshore units. The guerrillas held their ground, launched a counterattack and wrested control from Batista on January 1, 1959. Castro arrived in Havana a week later and soon took over as prime minister. At the same time, revolutionary tribunals began trying and executing members of the old regime for alleged war crimes. Castro’s Rule In 1960, Castro nationalized all U.S.-owned businesses, including oil refineries, factories and casinos. This prompted the United States to end diplomatic relations and impose a trade embargo that still stands today. Meanwhile, in Apr
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Michelle Bachelet | president of Chile | Britannica.com president of Chile Alternative Title: Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria Michelle Bachelet Bernardo O’Higgins Michelle Bachelet, in full Verónica Michelle Bachelet Jeria (born September 29, 1951, Santiago , Chile), Chilean politician who served as president of Chile (2006–10; 2014– ). She was the first female president of Chile and the first popularly elected South American president whose political career was established independently of her husband. Michelle Bachelet, 2006. Ian Salas—epa/Corbis Bachelet’s father was a general in Chile’s air force, and her mother was an archaeologist. In 1973 her father was arrested for opposing the military coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power and was tortured for several months before suffering a heart attack and dying in custody in 1974. Bachelet, then a medical student at the University of Chile, was arrested (along with her mother) and sent to a secret prison, where she also was tortured. Released into exile in 1975, Bachelet lived in Australia before moving to East Germany , where she became active in socialist politics and studied at the Humboldt University of Berlin . In 1979 she returned to Chile and subsequently completed her medical degree. Although Bachelet’s family history made it difficult for her to find employment in Pinochet’s Chile, eventually she joined a medical clinic that treated victims of torture. After Pinochet was ousted from power in 1990, she became active in politics, particularly in the medical and military fields. In 1994 she was appointed an adviser to Chile’s minister for health, and she subsequently studied military affairs at Chile’s National Academy of Strategy and Policy as well as the Inter-American Defense College in Washington, D.C. Bachelet also was elected to the central committee of the Socialist Party (Partido Socialista). In 2000 Ricardo Lagos , the candidate of the Coalition of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de los Partidos por la Democracia; CPD), a group of centre and centre-left parties, was inaugurated as Chile’s first socialist president since Salvador Allende in 1973, and Bachelet was appointed health minister. In 2002 she became the first woman to lead the Defense Ministry. In 2005 Bachelet was selected by the CPD as its presidential candidate. Her campaign focused on meeting the needs of the country’s poor, reforming the pension system, promoting the rights of women, and recognizing constitutionally the rights of the indigenous Mapuche people. She also promised continuity in foreign affairs, especially regarding Chile’s close ties with the United States and other Latin American countries. Important in a country where Roman Catholicism is strong, Bachelet’s campaign had to counter her professed agnosticism and the fact that she was a divorced mother of three. She led the first round of voting in December 2005 but failed to receive a majority, which was required to win outright. In the runoff on January 15, 2006, she defeated the conservative candidate Sebastián Piñera , winning 53 percent of the vote, and she was sworn in as president in March. Britannica Stories Scientists Ponder Menopause in Killer Whales Months after taking office, however, Bachelet faced domestic difficulties. Students who were dissatisfied with Chile’s public education system staged massive protests, and labour unrest resulted in demonstrations and a strike by copper miners. In 2007 Santiago’s new transportation system, a plan formulated by former president Lagos, was introduced and proved chaotic, sparking much criticism . Bachelet’s popularity fell sharply amid the series of problems, but it rebounded during the second half of her term, largely because of her economic policies. When the price of copper—one of Chile’s main exports—peaked, she directed the government to set aside the profits. The savings enabled the country to easily weather the global financial crisis of 2008 and funded pension reforms, social programs, and a stimulus package to create jobs. Bachelet was also credited with reducin
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CHAPTER 1 - PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USES OF AGAR CHAPTER 1 - PRODUCTION, PROPERTIES AND USES OF AGAR by Rafael Armisen and Fernando Galatas Hispanagar, S.A., Poligono Industrial de Villalonquejar Calle López Bravo "A", 09080 Burgos, Spain INTRODUCTION According to the US Pharmacopeia, agar can be defined as a hydrophilic colloid extracted from certain seaweeds of the Rhodophyceae class. It is insoluble in cold water but soluble in boiling water. A 1.5% solution is clear and when it is cooled to 34-43°C it forms a firm gel which does not melt again below 85°C. It is a mixture of polysaccharides whose basic monomer is galactose. These polysaccharides can be sulphated in very variable degrees but to a lesser degree than in carrageenan. For this reason the ash content is below those of carrageenan, furcelleran (Danish agar) and others. A 5% maximum ash content is acceptable for agar although it is normally maintained between 2.5-4%. Agar is the phycocolloid of most ancient origin. In Japan, agar is considered to have been discovered by Minoya Tarozaemon in 1658 and a monument is Shimizu-mura commemorates the first time it was manufactured. Originally, and even in the present times, it was made and sold as an extract in solution (hot) or in gel form (cold), to be used promptly in areas near the factories; the product was then known as tokoroten. Its industrialization as a dry and stable product started at the beginning of the 18th century and it has since been called kanten. The word "agar-agar", however, has a Malayan origin and agar is the most commonly accepted term, although in French- and Portuguese-speaking countries it is also called gelosa. A Japanese legend is told about the first preparation of agar: "A Japanese Emperor and his Royal Party were lost in the mountains during a snow storm and arriving at a small inn, they were ceremoniously treated by the innkeeper who offered them a seaweed jelly dish with their dinner. Maybe the innkeeper prepared too much jelly or the taste was not so palatable but some jelly was thrown away, freezing during the night and crumbling afterwards by thawing and draining, leaving a cracked substance of low density. The innkeeper took the residue and, to his surprise, found that by boiling it up with more water the jelly could be remade". Agar production by modern techniques of industrial freezing was initiated in California by Matsuoka who registered his patents in 1921 and 1922 in the United States. The present manufacturing method by freezing is the classic one and derives from the American one that was developed in California during the years prior to World War II by H.H. Selby and C.K. Tseng (Selby, 1954; Selby and Wynne, 1973; Tseng, 1946). This work was supported by the American Government which wanted the country to be self sufficient in its strategic needs, especially in regard to bacteriological culture media. Apart from the above American production, practically the only producer of this phycocolloid until World War II was the Japanese industry which has a very traditional industrial structure based on numerous small factories (about 400 factories operated simultaneously). These factories were family operated, producing a non-standardized quality, and had a high employment rate as production was not mechanized. For this reason, and in spite of the later installation of some factories of a medium to small size, only in recent times has Japan operated modern industrial plants. During the second world war the shortage of available agar acted as an incentive for those countries with coastal resources of Gelidium sesquipedale, which is very similar to the Gelidium pacificum used by the Japanese industry. So in Portugal, Loureiro started the agar industry in Oporto while at the same time J. Mejias and F. Cabrero, in Spain, commenced the studies which led to the establishment of the important Iberian agar industry. Other European countries which did not have agarophyte seaweeds tried to prepare agar substitutes from other seaweed extracts (see Appendix). SOURCES OF AGAR Different s
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100 Years of American Food: 1900 to 1999 | Leite's Culinaria Oysters Rockefeller 1910—1919 Immigration was at an all-time high during these years, bringing new flavors to the kitchen. Italian, German, Jewish, Chinese and Eastern European foods filled millions of tables, mostly in ethnic enclaves in large cities. As a result the 1910s became the “hyphenate decade.” Merrill Shindler describes in American Dish (Angel City Press, 1996) how food descriptors such as Italian-American, Chinese-American and Jewish-American began popping up. Spaghetti and Meatballs, Chop Suey, Chow Mein, Swedish Meatballs and goulashes of every sort crowded specials boards in neighborhood restaurants. In addition, says Kraig, the 1910s saw the beginning of the proliferation of processed foods. In a scant 10 years, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Oreo cookies, Crisco, Quaker Puffed Wheat and Puffed Rice, Marshmallow Fluff and Nathan’s hot dogs took a bow. Aunt Jemima’s smile was already imprinted upon the American culinary psyche, as were the Kellogg’s and C.W. Post’s brand names. And lucky Clarence Birdseye — who on an ice-fishing trip noticed that a fish left out in the cold froze instantly and tasted good when cooked weeks later — set about perfecting his “Frosted Foods,” which he would introduce to the world in 1930. We needed a place to purchase such bounty, and the self-service market was born. Instead of having to hand a list to a clerk and wait as he fetched the items from the back, a customer could amble through the shop’s aisles at her leisure. Stores such as A&P offered up to a thousand items (29,000 fewer than today’s supermarkets), boggling the minds of housewives everywhere. With such variety and availability, the over-indulgence of the first decade prevailed — at least among the wealthy. Restaurant menus remained chockfull of meats, shellfish, pâtés and mousses, and the girth of the upper classes remained formidable. “Before World War I it was chic to look plump,” says Ruth Adams Bronz, author of Miss Ruby’s American Cooking (Harper & Row, 1989). “Round was in.” The poster boy of the times: our then president, William H. Taft, a hefty 300-pounder. Is it any wonder his favorite meal was Lobster Newburg? A wildly popular dish of the day was Vichyssoise. Dreamed up in 1917 by Chef Louis Diat of New York City’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Vichyssoise is a heavenly chilled soup of puréed leeks, onions, potatoes and cream. Vichyssoise’s enduring popularity has as much to do with its superb taste as with its relatively democratic ingredients. It could be made in the most well-to-do as well as the most simple of homes. Granted, leeks weren’t common at the time, but that wasn’t something a resourceful cook couldn’t fix with an extra onion or two. A death knell sounded in January 1919, when the Eighteenth Amendment — otherwise known as Prohibition — was ratified. Scheduled to go into effect on January 16, 1920, Prohibition was going to save those poor souls whose moral compasses had gone awry. Or so self-satisfied politicians told one another over glasses of port after dinner. 1920—1929 The Roaring Twenties were indeed a deafening decade. The music was loud, the people wild and the stock market boisterous. We had money and were willing to spend it in the most conspicuous ways. Novel electrical gadgets like toasters, refrigerators and gas stoves were being sold by the thousands. Maîtres d’hôtel (as in earlier decades, the best food was still found in hotels) were tripping over themselves to serve the most sumptuous and costly dishes. The unwelcomed appearance of Prohibition did little to curtail the drinking habits of the masses. The Noble Experiment, as it was called, actually encouraged us to drink more, which is why in part it was repealed in 1933. In fact, the majority of the drinks we know today were concocted during Prohibition. Speakeasies sprang up everywhere, and patrons slunk into these underground establishments by the millions to drink and to listen to the new music called jazz. To accommodate them, and to soak up some of the harsh bathtub gin, prop
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Behind the French Menu: Huitres. Oysters in France 1. Ordering, Eating, and Enjoying Oysters. Huitres on French Menus. Huitres. Oysters in France 1. Ordering, Eating, and Enjoying Oysters. Huitres on French Menus. from Ordering, Eating, and Enjoying Oysters in France …… "O Oysters," said the Carpenter, "You've had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?' But answer came there none— And this was scarcely odd, because they'd eaten every one. From The Walrus and The Carpenter I Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. By Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) 1832 -1898 Huître (L') – The oyster; the oysters on your menu in France, with very few exceptions, all are farmed oysters. When first ordering oysters in France you will quickly learn that there are only two species of oysters on offer; the European or plate oyster and the Pacific or Creuse, Japonaise oyster. These two oysters provide a very wide variety of tastes and textures. Eating, enjoying and ordering oysters in France; however, takes a small amount of background knowledge. Ordering oysters is not difficult but read this post before you place your first order. This post notes the factors that affect the taste, the texture, the size and so the costs that should be considered when ordering French oysters. The differences in sizes and weights are the subject of a separate post. Huitres - Oysters II. How Fresh Oysters, in France, are Sold by Weight - Creuse Oysters also called the Pacific or Japonaise, on the half-shell. Half a dozen European (the plat or verte) oysters, on the half-shell. Photograph courtesy of Ulterior Epicure. The fattening of oyster and the source of their different tastes. When an oyster reaches two or three years old. After reaching two or three years of age, oysters are taken to specific fattening grounds; there for one to four months they will eat very well and then they will go to the market. The algae that live in the fattening grounds in river estuaries and saltwater marshes become the oysters' breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and each area produces algae with different tastes. The algae in each of France's twenty plus unique oyster fattening grounds provides oysters with different tastes and textures and is graded by experts. The experts taste the oysters, not the algae! French diners eat more oysters per-capita than any other nation. There are many factors that affect an oyster's taste, and so the average Frenchman or woman learns the minimum requirements for grading an oyster. When visitors to France have the time they should visit one of the fattening areas on France’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, nearly all may be visited. When you visit an oyster farm, you will learn by sampling and enjoying the local product some of the factors that affect an oysters grade. Oysters with names like Belon, Isigny, Paimpol, and Oléron will be among the most expensive; these are the names of highly-rated oyster fattening grounds and each of these areas becomes the oysters’ brand. Inside and outside oysters farms are restaurants serving cut-priced oysters and locally caught seafood. If you have time to visit to visit an oyster farm, then including lunch, allow yourself two to two-and-a-half hours. Eating oysters, with friends, while accompanied by a good white wine raises the oysters' grade by a factor of two or three. Having learned which type of oyster is being offered, and noted the fattening area where the oysters absorbed their different flavors is, regretfully, only part of the information for making a well-informed order. The time an oyster spends on a fattening farm and its access to the food offered will affect the oyster's taste and size. Expect further information about this on your visit. The three superior grades: Most oyster fattening areas produce three oyster grades that are above the standard grade that most restaurants offer. Your menu may offer one of these grades. Fine de Claire - An oyster fattened for approximately one month; it grows fatter along
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King of the Jazz Age - Commentary Magazine Commentary Magazine He was no Duke Ellington, but Paul Whiteman's contribution was no less indispensable. Terry Teachout 2003-12-01 Facebook Twitter Google+ Email Print A In 1930, Paul Whiteman, then the most popular dance bandleader in America, appeared with his 28-piece orchestra in a Hollywood musical called King of Jazz. The title of the film was also Whiteman’s “official” nickname, coined in 1924 by a publicist. Though he is said to have been uncomfortable with the name, he never tried to suppress it, and it stuck with him to the end of his life (he died in 1967) and beyond. By then, the notion that Whiteman was ever the “king of jazz” had long since been refuted by critics who had no use for what one of them, Gary Giddins, has termed “the damp rhythms and minimal improvisation” of Whiteman’s “concert ballroom music.” Never mind that Whiteman had written himself into the history of American modernism by commissioning George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue in 1924, or that his band in the late 20’s featured such indisputably authentic jazz instrumentalists as Bix Beiderbecke, Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey, Eddie Lang, Red Nichols, and Frank Trumbauer (not to mention Bing Crosby, who at the time was for all purposes a jazz singer). True, but irrelevant-at least to those who saw Whiteman’s commercial success as an insult to the jazzmen whom he employed and admired. As early as the 40’s, criticism of Whiteman and his “symphonic jazz” (as it came to be known) began to take on a racial tinge, and even today some writers continue to make jokes about his surname. More seriously, it is widely assumed that the success of the Whiteman band came at the expense of worthier black groups. (To be sure, Whiteman’s orchestra, like every other American dance band of the 20’s and early 30’s, was racially segregated, though he employed such noted black arrangers as Don Redman and William Grant Still and recorded their work.) Even some who freely acknowledge the significance of the great white musicians of the period are nonetheless reluctant to give Whiteman his due. Perhaps the most puzzling example of anti-Whiteman bias has arisen out of his relationship with the cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, after Louis Armstrong the most influential jazz musician of the 20’s and 30’s. Beiderbecke played with Whiteman’s band from 1927 to 1929, recording some 40-odd solos with the group. He never played better than on these recordings, and he was both excited and stimulated by the challenge of fitting his harmonically advanced style into the similarly advanced contexts created by Whiteman’s arrangers. Yet Beiderbecke’s liking for Whiteman’s music was never accepted by many admirers of the cornetist, including one so perceptive as the poet and jazz connoisseur Philip Larkin: [T]o hear him explode like Judgment Day out of the Whiteman Orchestra . . . only to retire at the end of sixteen bars into his genteel surroundings like a clock-cuckoo is an exhibition of artistic impotence painful to witness. Bix should have been dominating his own group, not decorating the Whiteman cake. Not until 1968 did Whiteman begin, tentatively, to receive serious critical attention. In that year, Gunther Schuller published Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical Development, the first full-length study in which a trained musician would analyze in detail the technical workings of pre-1930 jazz. Significantly, Early Jazz contained a 35-line footnote in which Schuller describes the Whiteman band as “an orchestra that was overflowing with excellent musicians and virtuoso instrumentalists” and whose arrangements were “marvels of orchestrational ingenuity.” This departure from conventional wisdom was followed by equally thoroughgoing reappraisals by Richard M. Sudhalter, who wrote perceptively about Whiteman in Bix: Man and Legend (1974, with Philip R. Evans and William Dean-Myatt) and Lost Chords: White Musicians and Their Contribution to Jazz, 1915-1945 (1999), and William H. Youngren, whose series of groundbreaking essays about Whiteman began to appear
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Historum - History Forums - On this day in MUSIC January 26th, 2013 05:44 AM 26 JANUARY in 1962 - Fran Lhotka, Czech-Yugoslav composer, dies at 78. in 1962 - Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles in 1962 - "The Twist" is banned from the Buffalo, New York Roman Catholic Diocese for being "impure." in 1963 - Andrew Ridgeley, English pop singer/songwriter guitarist and producer (Wham!), is born. in 1963 - Jazzie B, [Beresford Romeo], English rapper (Soul II Soul-Feel Free) is born. in 1963 - The Rooftop Singers started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Walk Right In', a No.10 hit in the UK. in 1963 - The Beatles played two gigs, the first was at the El Rio Club/Dance Hall in Macclesfield, Cheshire, supported by Wayne Fontana and the Jets. Then The Beatles drove 20 miles to their next gig at King's Hall, Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. in 1964 - Susannah Melvoin, American rock and pop singer/songwriter and actress (The Family, The Revolution), is born. in 1965 - during a Rolling Stones tour of Australia and New Zealand, guitarist Keith Richards had his shirt torn off after 50 fans invaded the stage during the gig at The Town Hall in Brisbane. in 1968 - Pink Floyd played their first gig without Syd Barrett at Southampton University. They were supported by Tyrannosaurus Rex, (later to be renamed T Rex) featuring Marc Bolan and percussionist Steve Peregrine Took. in 1970 - Kirk Franklin (US gospel singer; Georgia Mass Choir) is born. in 1970 - Elvis Presley played the first night of a four-week engagement playing 2 shows every night at The International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nirvada. in 1970 - John Lennon wrote, recorded and mixed his new single 'Instant Karma' all in one day. It ranks as one of the fastest-released songs in pop music history, recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios and arriving in stores only ten days later. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqP3wT5lpa4"]Instant Karma - John lennon - YouTube[/ame] in 1971 - Elvis Presley played the first night of a 31 date run at The Hilton Hotel in Las Vegas, Nirvana. Elvis played a 8.30pm and midnight shows on most days. in 1972 - Ya Kid K Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moaso Djogi (R&B singer from Zaire) is born. in 1972 - Sean Combs� (Puff Daddy) father Melvin was shot dead in his car in a Manhattan park aged thirty-three. Sean was aged 2 at the time. in 1973 - Sweet were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Blockbuster'. The glam rockers only UK No.1 of 15 Top 40 hits. in 1973 - Jay C. Higginbotham dies at age 66. American jazz musician; considered to be the most vital of the swing trombone players. His strong, raucous sound on the trombone and wild outbreaks on stage were characteristic.In the 1930s and 1940s he played with some of the premier swing bands, including Luis Russell's, Benny Carter's, Red Allen's, Louis Armstrong, and Fletcher Henderson's. From 1947 on he chiefly led his own groups. He recorded extensively both as a sideman and as a leader. He led several bands in the Fifties in Boston and Cleveland, appeared regularly at the Metropole in New York between 1956 and 1959, and led his own Dixieland band there in the Sixties in 1974 - Wiktor Labunski, Polish-American pianist, composer and teacher, dies at 78. in 1974 - Mud were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with the Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman song 'Tiger Feet', the group's first of three UK No.1's. in 1974 - Ringo Starr went to No.1 on the US singles chart with his version of the Johnny Burnette 1960 hit 'Your Sixteen', a No.3 hit in the UK. in 1975 - The BBC 'Omnibus' documentary 'Cracked Actor' a film about David Bowie was shown on UK TV. in 1976 - Willie Adler (US guitarist; Lamb of God) is born in 1976 - Furuya Hitomi (Japanese singer, songwriter) is born in 1977 - Tye Tribbett (US singer, keyboardist; Tye Tribbett & G.A) is born. 1977 - former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Peter Green threatened his accountant Clifford Adams with an air rifle when he was trying to deliver a �30,000 ($51,000) royalty check to him. Peter Green, 40 years on from his pioneering work with the or
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Game of Thrones 4-Book Boxed Set (A Song of Ice and Fire Series) by George R. R. Martin | 2900345529052 | Paperback | Barnes & Noble® Overview A NEW ORIGINAL SERIES, NOW ON HBO. George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series has become, in many ways, the gold standard for modern epic fantasy. Martin—dubbed the “American Tolkien” by Time magazine—has created a world that is as rich and vital as any piece of historical fiction, set in an age of knights and chivalry and filled with a plethora of fascinating, multidimensional characters that you love, hate to love, or love to hate as they struggle for control of a divided kingdom. It is this very vitality that has led it to be adapted as the HBO miniseries “Game of Thrones.” This boxed set includes the following novels: A GAME OF THRONES
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Stieg Larsson: Fiction & Literature | eBay Fiction & Literature Buy It Now Free Shipping Larsson, Stieg (Author). The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Series) [Audio CD]. US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. Book may include an inscription. Publisher:... Buy It Now Free Shipping "The Girl in the Spider s Web," the new book in the Millennium Series, is Murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue combine into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmos... $10.99 Buy It Now #1 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. #2 - The Girl Who Played with Fire. #3 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. All books are paperback. These 3 books are inVERY GOOD condition. Minimal or very... Buy It Now or Best Offer The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is a hardcover; the others are paperbacks. Includes the following The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Girl Who Played with Fire. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's... $8.99 Buy It Now All three volumes of Stieg Larsson's THE MILLENNIUM TRILOGY. These are not movie tie-in editions. Very light wear. A little corner wear & signs of reading on Dragon Tattoo. A little back cover wear on...
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Characters | Mary Poppins | Disney Movies Saving Mr. Banks Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson bring to life the untold true story about the origins of one of the most treasured Disney classics of all time. John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side) directs this acclaimed film that reveals the surprising backstory behind the making of Mary Poppins. Determined to fulfill a promise to his daughters, Walt Disney (Hanks) tries for 20 years to obtain the rights to author P.L. Travers’ (Thompson) beloved book. Armed with his iconic creative vision, Walt pulls out all the stops, but the uncompromising Travers won’t budge. Only when he reaches into his own complicated childhood does Walt discover the truth about the ghosts that haunt Travers, and together, they set Mary Poppins free!
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The Magic Roundabout | Scratchpad | Fandom powered by Wikia Welcome to the The Magic Roundabout mini wiki at Scratchpad! You can use the box below to create new pages for this mini-wiki. The Magic Roundabout is a television created in France in 1963 by Serge Danot. Some five hundred five-minute-long episodes were made and were originally broadcast between 1964 and 1971 on ORTF. The series also attained great success in the United Kingdom. The English-language version was narrated by Eric Thompson, the father of actresses Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson, and was broadcast from 18 October 1965 to 25 January 1977. This version of the show attained cult status, and was watched as much by adults for its dry humour as by the children for whom it was intended. Contents Characters Although the characters were common to both versions, they were given different names depending on the language. The main character was Dougal (Pollux in the original French-language version) who was a drop-eared variety of the Skye Terrier. In the French version Pollux was a British character who spoke somewhat broken French with an outrageous English accent, as a result of Ivor Wood's role as co-creator. His sweet tooth, shown through his fondness for sugar lumps, was based on a French belief that one of the traits of the English is a liking for sweets. Other characters include Zebedee (Zébulon), a jack-in-the-box; Brian (Ambroise), a snail; Ermintrude (Azalée), a cow, and Dylan (named after Bob Dylan[1])(Flappy) a rabbit, who in the French version was Spanish. There are two notable human characters: Florence (Margote), a young girl; and Mr Rusty (le Père Pivoine), the operator of the roundabout. The show had a distinctive visual style. The set was a brightly coloured and stylised park containing the eponymous roundabout (a fairground carousel). The programmes were created by stop motion animation, which meant that Dougal was made without legs to make him easier to animate. Zebedee was created from a giant pea which was available in the animation studio and was re-painted. The look of these characters was the responsibility of British animator Ivor Wood, who was working at Danot's studio at the time (and who subsequently animated The Herbs, Paddington Bear and Postman Pat). English-language version The British (BBC) version was especially distinct from the French version in that the narration was entirely new, created by Eric Thompson from just the visuals, and not based on the script by Serge Danot. A former BBC employee, interviewed on BBC Radio in 2008, maintained that the original contract with the French owners did not include the scripts which accompanied the original animations (contrary to BBC assumptions). The BBC, instead of making a further payment to acquire the scripts, which would have required translation, decided to commission its own version - without access to the original French, and the English-language version therefore bears no resemblance to it. The first BBC broadcasts were stripped across the week and shown at 5.40pm, just before the early evening news each day on BBC1. This was the first time an entertainment programme had been transmitted in this way in the UK. The original series, which was a serial, was made in black-and-white. It was made in colour from series 2, with the first colour programme transmitted 5 October 1970. Fifty-two additional episodes, not previously broadcast, were shown in the UK during 1992 by Channel 4. Thompson had died by this time, and the job of narrating them in a pastiche of Thompson's style went to actor Nigel Planer. The British Dougal was grumpy and loosely based on Tony Hancock, an actor and comedian. Ermintrude was rather matronly and fond of singing. Dylan was a hippy-like, guitar-playing rabbit, and rather dopey. Florence was portrayed as courteous and level-headed. Brian was unsophisticated but well-meaning. Zebedee was an almost human creature in a yellow jacket with a spring instead of feet. He always appeared and disappeared with a loud "boing"-sound and usually closed the show wit
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Empire Awards 2013: Skyfall and the Hobbit big winners - Telegraph Film news Empire Awards 2013: Skyfall and the Hobbit big winners Bond film Skyfall and the Hobbit both win two Empire Awards, while Helen Mirren is named Empire Legend. Martin Freeman won Best Actor at the Empire Awards 2013 Photo: Getty Images Image 1 of 2 Daniel Craig in last year's Skyfall, which was named Best Film at the Empire Awards 2013 Photo: MGM/COLOMBIA PICTURES By James Lachno 9:16AM GMT 25 Mar 2013 Skyfall and the Hobbit were the big winners at the Empire Awards 2013, on a night where British film talent dominated. James Bond film Skyfall beat Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained and the latest Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, to win the Best Film award, while Sam Mendes was named Best Director. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, the first part of Peter Jackson's new film trilogy adapted from JRR Tolkien's fantasy novels, won Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy film. Martin Freeman won the Best Actor award for his performance as Bilbo Baggins, beating Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis and Skyfall's Daniel Craig. It was a mixed night for Mendes, however, as despite him also winning the Empire Inspiration award, he was later criticised by Dame Helen Mirren . After winning the Empire Legend award, Mirren spoke out about Mendes's earlier acceptance speech. She said: “I don’t want to unduly pick on Sam Mendes, but when he spoke about his inspirations earlier this evening, I’m afraid not a single one of the people he mentioned was a woman." Related Articles
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Oscars 2011: full list of winners | Film | The Guardian Oscars 2011: full list of winners A full list of winners and nominees for the Oscars 2011 It's not the winning... the nominees for the best actor Oscar 2011: Javier Bardem (Biutiful), James Franco (127 Hours) Colin Firth (The King's Speech),Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network), Jeff Bridges (True Grit) Sunday 27 February 2011 20.47 EST First published on Sunday 27 February 2011 20.47 EST Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network) James Franco (127 Hours) Performance by an actress in a leading role WINNER: Natalie Portman (Black Swan) Annette Bening (The Kids Are All Right) Art direction WINNER: Alice in Wonderland - Robert Stromberg (production design), Karen O'Hara (set decoration) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - Stuart Craig (production design), Stephenie McMillan (set decoration) Inception - Guy Hendrix Dyas (production design), Larry Dias and Doug Mowat (set decoration) The King's Speech - Eve Stewart (production design), Judy Farr (set decoration) True Grit - Jess Gonchor (production design), Nancy Haigh (set decoration) Achievement in cinematography Danny Cohen (The King's Speech) Jeff Cronenweth (The Social Network) Roger Deakins (True Grit) Performance by an actress in a supporting role WINNER: Melissa Leo (The Fighter) Amy Adams (The Fighter) Helena Bonham Carter (The King's Speech) Hailee Steinfeld (True Grit) WINNER: The Lost Thing (Nick Batzias, Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann) Day & Night (Teddy Newton) The Gruffalo (Jakob Schuh and Max Lang) Let's Pollute (Geefwee Boedoe) Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary) (Bastien Dubois) Best animated feature film of the year WINNER: The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin 127 Hours - Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt (screenplay); John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich (story) True Grit - Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Winter's Bone - Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini Original screenplay The Kids Are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg Best foreign language film of the year WINNER: In a Better World (Denmark) Biutiful (Mexico) WINNER: Christian Bale (The Fighter) John Hawkes (Winter's Bone) Mark Ruffalo (The Kids Are All Right) Geoffrey Rush (The King's Speech) Achievement in music written for motion pictures (original score) WINNER: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (The Social Network) John Powell (How to Train Your Dragon) Hans Zimmer (Inception) Alexandre Desplat (The King's Speech) AR Rahman (127 Hours) WINNER: Inception (Lora Hirschberg, Gary A Rizzo and Ed Novick) The King's Speech (Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley) Salt (Jeffrey J Haboush, Greg P Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin) The Social Network (Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten) True Grit (Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F Kurland) Achievement in sound editing Toy Story 3 (Tom Myers and Michael Silvers) Tron: Legacy (Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague) True Grit (Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey) Unstoppable (Mark P Stoeckinger) Edouard F Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng ( The Way Back ) Achievement in costume design Jenny Beavan (The King's Speech) Sandy Powell (The Tempest) WINNER: Strangers No More (Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon) Killing in the Name (Nominees to be determined) Poster Girl (Nominees to be determined) Sun Come Up (Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger) The Warriors of Qiugang (Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon) Best live action short film WINNER: God of Love (Luke Matheny) The Confession (Tanel Toom) Wish 143 (Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite) Best documentary feature Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz) Gasland (Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic) Restrepo (Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger) Waste Land (Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley) Achievement in visual effects WINNER: Inception (Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb) Alice in Wonderland (Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christi
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Elliott Gould - Biography - IMDb Elliott Gould Biography Showing all 33 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (2) | Trivia (18) | Personal Quotes (6) Overview (3) 6' 3" (1.91 m) Mini Bio (1) Elliott Gould is an American actor known for his roles in MASH (1970), his Oscar-nominated performance in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), and more recently, his portrayal of old-time con artist Reuben Tishkoff in Ocean's Eleven (2001), Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). Gould was born Elliott Goldstein on August 29, 1938 in Brooklyn, NY, to Lucille (Raver), who sold artificial flowers, and Bernard Goldstein, a textiles buyer in the garment industry. His family were Jewish immigrants (from Ukraine, Poland, and Russia). Gould 's portrayal of Trapper John in Robert Altman 's MASH (1970) marked the beginning of perhaps the most prolific period of his career, highlighted by such roles as Philip Marlowe in Altman's The Long Goodbye (1973) and Robert Caulfield in Capricorn One (1977). On television Gould has the distinction of having hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) six times and helmed E/R (1984), a situation comedy set in Chicago about a divorced physician working in an emergency room, which aired for one season. He also co-starred in the series Nothing Is Easy (1986) about a couple raising an adopted Chinese boy. Gould appeared regularly on television and in film throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, including cameos in The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). His most prominent recent television role was a recurring part on Friends (1994), on which he played Monica and Ross Geller's father Jack. More recently he voiced the character of Mr. Stoppable on the Disney Channel animated series Kim Possible (2002). In film Gould received critical acclaim for his portrayal of an older mobster in Warren Beatty 's Bugsy (1991), and make a noteworthy appearance in American History X (1998). His next major TV role will be in Showtime's drama Ray Donovan (2013) starring Liev Schreiber . Gould has been married three times, twice to Jennifer Bogart , and once to Barbra Streisand . He has three children. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Spouse (3) Characters often given to sarcastic quips Trivia (18) Father, with singer-actress Barbra Streisand , of actor Jason Gould . He and MASH (1970) co-star Donald Sutherland both own apartments in same Manhattan high-rise luxury building. Has hosted Saturday Night Live (1975) six times. Was the first actor to play the character of Trapper John, in the film version of MASH (1970). The second actor was Wayne Rogers in the TV series ( M*A*S*H (1972)) and the third was Pernell Roberts for the TV series Trapper John, M.D. (1979). MASH (1970) director Robert Altman originally wanted him to play Duke Forrest. It was only at his request that he played Trapper John. Was a major box office star in 1970 and 1971, but according to Robert Altman , Gould hadn't been able to find a job for six months when he hired him for The Long Goodbye (1973). Critic Hollis Alpert speculated that Gould's anti-heroic character was extremely popular with campus radicals, and once radicalism declined around the time of Richard Nixon 's re-election in 1972, Gould's popularity also declined. Director Ingmar Bergman denounced Gould as "difficult" after the two worked together in The Touch (1971) ("The Touch"), one of the great master's least memorable films. Was originally attached to the movie version of Dr. David Reuben 's best-selling sex guide Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * But Were Afraid to Ask (1972), but backed out. The film was made by Woody Allen in 1972. His son with Jennifer Bogart , Samuel Gould , was born in January 1973. They also had a daughter. Former son-in-law of director Paul Bogart . Was the lead in the film adaptation of Herman Raucher 's novel "A Glimpse of Tiger" and one day walked off the set for reasons then unclear. He had been playing a wild, clownish, unpredictable character. A new director, Peter Bogdanovich , then got invol
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Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called? The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953? Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what? Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Bri
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Curtain And Valance Sizing, What Size Curtain Do I Need To Fit My Windows - About Curtains Home > About Curtains > What size do I need? What size do I need? CURTAIN LENGTH Curtain length is typically measured from the top of the rod pocket to the bottom edge of the curtain. If the curtain has a header (the part above the rod pocket), this is typically not included in the length of the curtain. If the header is included in the length of the curtain, it will be specified in the description of the curtain. Tab curtain lengths include the tabs unless specified. The length of the fringe or edging sewn to a curtain or a dust ruffle should be added to the curtain length or dust ruffle drop length. The fringe length is specified in the description of the curtain. If you plan to use clip rings, remember the top of the curtain will start at the clip so you will need to take the length of the ring into account when determining what curtain length to purchase. Overall curtain length is a matter of personal preference and need not be exact. If you have not yet installed your rod, you can adjust the placement of your rod, a little higher or lower, to get the bottom of the curtain to fall where you want at your window. CURTAIN WIDTH Using a metal tape measure or a wooden yardstick, measure the width of the window area you would like to cover, typically from bracket to bracket. For proper fullness, order curtain pair widths that are approximately one and a half times to double the width of the window area you would like to cover. For wider windows, order wider width pairs, available in many styles, or order an extra pair of regular width curtains. How to Select & Install a Rod Pocket Panel or Tailored Panel Curtains: Rod Pocket Panels/Tailored Panels usually comes in 2 sized pockets, a standard pocket which usually varies between 1 1/4" & 1 3/4", this type of pocket usually works with curtain rods less then 3/4" in diameter. The second type of pocket is called the wide pocket, this pocket is 3"W & usually works with a 2 1/2" wide pocket curtain rod or a decorative rod up to 1 1/4" in diameter. For added decor many customers are now installing them with decorative curtain rods & clip rings. Fullness is subjective, so here is a guide, use approximately 2 times your window width in fabric. For thinner fabrics use more fullness as much 3 1/2 times your window width, for thicker fabrics use less fullness. If you want more privacy use more fullness, if you want more light use less fullness. If you want to just soften your window, you can use one panel one each side with a tie back or a hold back. Selecting this type of panel usually means that you are not going to draw them open & closed a lot, they are usually used more for decor. The standard width of a panel usually coincides with the width of the bolt of fabric the manufacturer started with. So if you want to same money & buy a standard sized panel, it is not unusual to have to use multiple panels to achieve your desired fullness. So you usually need 2 panels for a single window & 4 panels for a double window , etc. Some customers think they need a special width to fit their windows, this is simply not true. You can achieve your desired width with any sized panel we offer. How to Select & Install Grommet Top Curtains: Grommet Top Panels/Grommet Curtains are manufactured with a metal grommet that can accommodate a curtain rod up to 1 1/2" in diameter. This allows the grommet top curtain to work nicely with most decorative curtain rods. A decorative rod is used since the curtain rod will be visible. The beauty of selecting the Grommet Top Curtain is that they curtains hang wonderfully right out of the package and the curtain folds look perfect. Fullness is subjective, so here is a guide, use approximately 2 times your window width in fabric. Selecting this type of panel usually means that you will be drawing them open & closed a lot. The standard width of a panel usually coincides with the width of the bolt of fabric the manufacturer started with. So if you want to same money & buy a s
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 12th October – The Questions 12th October – The Questions Specialist questions set by Waters Green Rams. General knowledge questions set by Church House, Bollington. All vetted by Harrington Academicals. SPECIALIST ROUNDS- 1. SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE 2. SCIENCE 5. TIME FOR THE KIDS 6. POLITICS ROUND ONE - SINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE – News stories of the summer 1. Which actor, born Bernard Schwartz in 1925, died in September 2010? TONY CURTIS 2. In June, Princess Victoria married her former personal trainer Daniel Westling. Of which country is she a princess? SWEDEN 3. Which 74 year-old singing Dame received poor reviews when she appeared on a UK stage for the first time in 30 years at the London O2 in May? JULIE ANDREWS 4. What name was given to the tent city that was set up at the top of the San Jose pit shaft in Chile, where 33 miners were trapped? CAMP ESPERANZA (original Spanish name) or CAMP HOPE 5. Goodluck Jonathan became President of which country in May? NIGERIA 6. The Savile Enquiry finally delivered its findings on which event of 38 years ago? BLOODY SUNDAY (January 1972 in Derry) 7. Why was Mary Bale in the news in August? She was filmed on CCTV putting a CAT into a WHEELIE BIN in Coventry. 8. Which major New Zealand city was hit by an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale? CHRISTCHURCH Supp 1 Which company, with its head-quarters in Windermere, was declared the UK’s best retailer by Which? Magazine? LAKELAND Supp 2 Why was Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida in the news in September? He planned to BURN copies of the KORAN outside his church. ROUND TWO – SCIENCE 1. Which scientist was born in Shrewsbury in 1809 and died at Down House in Kent in 1882? CHARLES DARWIN 2. Which acid was traditionally known as Oil Of Vitriol or Spirit Of Vitriol? SULPHURIC ACID 3. Which heavenly body has moons called Charon, Nix and Hydra? PLUTO 4. William was in prison in 1770, when he invented the toothbrush. What was his surname, still famous in that field today? ADDIS 5. Besides the elephant, which other African mammal is a source of ivory? HIPPOPOTAMUS 6. An amalgam is a compound containing which metal? MERCURY 7. What name is given to a triangle with sides of unequal length? SCALENE 8. What does a Campbell-Stokes Recorder Record? SUNSHINE (not temperature) Supp 1 Scientist William Harvey (born 1578) is famous for his research into what? THE BLOOD (circulation etc.) Supp 2 What is the more common name for triatomic oxygen? OZONE ROUND THREE – SPORT 1. Tony McCoy finally won his first Grand National in 2010 on his 15th ride in the race. Which horse did he ride? DON’T PUSH IT 2. Name either of the 2008 Ryder Cup captains. PAUL AZINGER or NICK FALDO 3. Which sport would you be taking part in if you used a monkey climber, waggler and a plumb? ANGLING / COARSE FISHING 4. Which county won the 2010 County Cricket Championship? NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 5. Which team won the 2010 Rugby League Challenge Cup? WARRINGTON WOLVES ( bt. Leeds Rhinos 30-6 in the final). Accept WARRINGTON. 6. Where will the final race in the 2010 Formula One Series be held? YAS MARINA circuit in ABU DHABI (accept either) 7. According to Wikipedia, which English football ground has the widest pitch and boasts the tallest floodlights? EASTLANDS (home of Manchester City) 8. Which football club holds the record for the fewest wins in a season in the Premier League? DERBY COUNTY – in 2007/8, their record was Played 38, Won 1, Drawn 8, Lost 29. Supp 1 How many times did Alex Higgins win the World Snooker Championship? TWO Supp 2 Which Rugby Union club has made their Premiership debut in the 2010/11 season? EXETER (Chiefs) ROUND FOUR – GEOGRAPHY 1. Which Irish port was known as Kingstown from 1821, after a visit by George IV, until 1921? DUN LAOGHAIRE (pronounced DUNLEARY) 2. Between 1947 and gaining independence in 1971, by what name was the present-day country of Bangladesh known? EAST PAKISTAN 3. Name an African country that, in its normal English spelling, contains the letter Q. MOZAMBIQUE or EQUATORIAL GUINEA. 4. The islands of Hokkaido a
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Spain has been through the upheaval of civil war more than once; what were the dates of the war in the 20th century?
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Spanish Civil War tours in Barcelona Spanish Civil War tours in Barcelona See also Green Barcelona tour Spanish Civil War tours around Barcelona visiting some of the key sites in the city between 1936-1939. The tours cover themes such as Anarchism, George Orwell, the realities of daily life and bombing. We hope this is a different way of looking at the city. Contact (spanishcivilwartours@gmail.com). Client comments here below or many others here on Tripadvisor See also review in The Guardian here Cost: -25 euros for 4 hour tour. Children under 11 = free, 11-15 =12 euros. (please note children are more than welcome but only recommended for those really interested in history). -Private/schools tours: from 290 euros (please specify if you want a private tour when contacting me) PLEASE NOTE; I’m away for a few days over Christmas and I won’t be able to do a tour until 4 January which I’m afraid is now full. Next tour with free places would 7 January. Otherwise, Ricard Martinez a colleague of mine is running his own excellent tour “Fighting Gazes” – a walking tour around the city as seen through the eyes of international photojournalists who witnessed the Spanish Civil War. If you are interested his email is ricard@arqueologiadelpu ntdevis 2017 Dates, times and booking: -Spanish Civil War tour: Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday: 10.00-1400 approx. January-February not all above days. Depends on week -Green Barcelona. Urban wildlife and history tour Most days and by appointment. More Please book in advance to avoid disappointment. Contact for meeting point and to book (info@spanishcivilwartours.com) Guides are Nick Lloyd and Catherine Howley Tour 1. Gothic Quarter and Rambles 4 hours . This walking tour gives an overview of all the issues in the Civil War in Barcelona told chronologically from the 1936 failed military coup to the fall of the city to Franco’s forces in 1939. Many of the key events of the war took place in this area. For example the defeat of the rebellion, and most of the events described by George Orwell in the city. Contact for meeting point and to book (info@spanishcivilwartours.com) Tour 2. Urban wildlife tour Cost: 20 euros/person/3 hours plus.This guided walk with biologist Monica Navarro takes us around some of the most beautiful corners of Montjüic park, looking at the wildlife that lives in this dense Mediterranean city. It also looks at cultural aspects such as Cerdà’s vision of a green city, the wild inspiration behind Guadí’s Sagrada Familia and the history of Montjuic including the shanty towns and quarries that once covered much of the hill. More Contact for meeting point and to book (info@spanishcivilwartours.com) Tour 3. Montjuïc mass grave [Not available at the moment] This is centred on Montjuic cemetery and the Fossar de la Pedrera, one of the most moving places in Barcelona and unique in the whole of Spain. The bodies of more than 1700 executed Republicans were dumped here during the 1940s. Today, this abandoned quarry functions as a space of memory for the victims of the Civil War. The tour focuses on the Francoist repression, but also on themes such as the International Brigades and the Spaniards in the Holocaust. We will also visit the graves of Durruti and Lluís Companys. The Fossar is a very atmospheric place COMPLETELY off the beaten track. The tour ends back in the city in a bar. I also do this tour in Catalan and Spanish with “Cementaris de Barcelona”. Here’s a write-up by someone who recently came on the tour in Spanish which if you don’t understand at least you’ll get an idea of the place. Themes covered by tours Disenchantment and defeat. Francoism: repression, restistance and exile Background After the military coup was defeated in July 1936 Barcelona was engulfed by a unique libertarian revolution, which would be crushed barely 10 months later with the rise of Stalinism, as is brilliantly described by Orwell in Homage to Catalonia. It was also one of the first cities in the world to be systematically bombed, and the first to build a large number of air-ra
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Comparative Criminology | Europe - Spain World : Europe : Spain The Iberian Peninsula has been occupied for many millennia. Some of Europe's most impressive Paleolithic cultural sites are located there; the famous caves at Altamira contain spectacular paintings which date from about 15,000-25,000 years ago. The Basques are the first identifiable people of the peninsula and are the oldest surviving group in Europe. Iberians arrived from North Africa during a more recent period. Beginning in the ninth century BC, Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, and Celts entered the Iberian Peninsula, followed by the Romans, who arrived in the second century BC. Spain's present language, religion, and laws stem from the Roman period. Although the Visigoths arrived in the fifth century AD, the last Roman strongholds along the southern coast did not fall until the seventh century AD. In 711, North African Moors sailed across the straits, swept into Andalusia, and, within a few years, pushed the Visigoths up the peninsula to the Cantabrian Mountains. The Reconquest--efforts to drive out the Moors--lasted until 1492. By 1512, the unification of present-day Spain was complete. During the 16th century, Spain became the most powerful nation in Europe, due to the immense wealth derived from its presence in the Americas. But a series of long, costly wars and revolts, capped by the defeat by the English of the "Invincible Armada" in 1588, began a steady decline of Spanish power in Europe. Controversy over succession to the throne consumed the country during the 18th century, leading to an occupation by France during the Napoleonic era in the early 1800s, and led to a series of armed conflicts throughout much of the 19th century. The 19th century saw the revolt and independence of most of Spain's colonies in the Western Hemisphere: three wars over the succession issue; the brief ousting of the monarchy and establishment of the First Republic (1873-74); and, finally, the Spanish-American War (1898), in which Spain lost Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the United States. A period of dictatorial rule (1923-31) ended with the establishment of the Second Republic. It was dominated by increasing political polarization, culminating in the leftist Popular Front electoral victory in 1936. Pressures from all sides, coupled with growing and unchecked violence, led to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936. Following the victory of his nationalist forces in 1939, Gen. Francisco Franco ruled a nation exhausted politically and economically. Spain was officially neutral during World War II but followed a pro-Axis policy. The victorious Allies isolated Spain at the beginning of the postwar period, and the country did not join the United Nations until 1955. In 1959, under an International Monetary Fund stabilization plan, the country began liberalizing trade and capital flows, particularly foreign direct investment. Despite the success of economic liberalization, Spain remained the most closed economy in Western Europe--judged by the small measure of foreign trade to economic activity--and the pace of reform slackened during the 1960s as the state remained committed to "guiding" the economy. Nevertheless, in the 1960s and 1970s, Spain was transformed into a modern industrial economy with a thriving tourism sector. Its economic expansion led to improved income distribution and helped develop a large middle class. Social changes brought about by economic prosperity and the inflow of new ideas helped set the stage for Spain's transition to democracy during the latter half of the 1970s. Upon the death of General Franco in November 1975, Prince Juan Carlos de Borbon y Borbon, Franco's personally designated heir, assumed the titles of king and chief of state. Dissatisfied with the slow pace of post-Franco liberalization, in July 1976, the King replaced Franco's last Prime Minister with Adolfo Suarez. Suarez entered office promising that elections would be held within one year, and his government moved to enact a series of laws to liberalize the n
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The 50 Greatest Hits - Elvis Presley | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic The 50 Greatest Hits google+ AllMusic Review by Ben Davies For those familiar only with the King of Rock & Roll's name and reputation, the prospect of buying a best-of can be quite a nauseating proposition. The huge range of compilations available varies in quality, and depth, but as yet there exists no definitive choice for first-time Presley ers. RCA's latest attempt to correct this is perhaps the finest best-of Elvis Presley ever. Spanning two CDs and, as its title suggests, 50 songs, all the classic tracks are here, from "Heartbreak Hotel" through "Suspicious Minds." The sound quality is as near-perfect as one will get for a best-of from this artist, and the packaging is quite superb. While it may not be as in-depth as other compilations, The 50 Greatest Hits is adequate for those wanting the major hits, and provides a taster for each of his styles. As a starting point to Elvis Presley 's work, this is unmatched by any other best-of and is an almost perfect compilation in that all of his most noted tracks are here, as are all the finest moment from each of his eras. For the more hardcore Elvis fan, also, The 50 Greatest Hits is an essential purchase, offering almost all of the finest tracks on a mere two discs. Track Listing - Disc 1
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Only the Lonely | The Huffington Post 21/10/2013 17:17 | Updated 21 December 2013 1.2k Neil Cossar More music trivia than you can shake a stick at - editor of This Day in Music In Oct 1960, Roy Orbison had his first UK No.1 single with Only The Lonely which was the first of 33 UK hits. The song was turned down by The Everly Brothers and Elvis Presley, so Orbison decided to record it himself. Roy had teamed up with songwriter Joe Melson who had recently quit his band The Cavaliers. The pair went on to write a string of hits for Monument Records including: Running Scared, Crying, Blue Bayou, and Only The Lonely, which became Orbison's first major hit. I find it funny to think that various budding English rock musicians were in awe of Orbison, and before they became famous would buy his singles, listening, learning and attempting to copy his singing and writing skills. I am of course taking about The Beatles, who at this time were playing the endless sets in Liverpool and Hamburg, Germany, but would later meet their hero, tour with him and Harrison would end up working alongside Roy in The Traveling Wilburys where Roy was know as 'Lefty Wilbury' and Harrison 'Nelson Wilbury'. Roy Orbison was born in Vernon, Texas, the middle son of Orbie Lee Orbison, an oil well driller and car mechanic. On his sixth birthday, Orbison's father gave him a guitar. He became a fan of Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers and country singer, guitarist Lefty Frizzell (who Roy named himself after in the Wilburys). In high school, Orbison and some friends formed The Wink Westerners (what a brilliant name), a band that played country standards and Glenn Miller songs. When they were offered $400 to play at a dance, Orbison realised that he could make a living in music. Later, after hearing about a new rising star by the name of Elvis Presley, Orbison drove 355 miles to Dallas to see the on-stage antics of Presley. Orbison also got to meet Johnny Cash when he toured in 1955, playing on the same local radio show as Roy, who suggested that Orbison approach Sam Phillips at Sun Records. Roy Orbison and the Teen Kings signed to Sun in 1956, and their first release Ooby Dooby became a chart hit, but the follow-up singles failed. Then in 1958 Roy's luck changed. He was offered a spot on an Everly Brothers show in Hammond, Indiana. It turned out The Everlys needed a song for their new single and asked Roy if he had anything. He sang his new composition Claudette and they asked him to write the words down. So he did, on the top of a shoebox. The Everlys' Claudette was released in late March 1958 as the B-side of All I Have To Do Is Dream. The A side went to No. 1 (this song is very special to me - it was at the top of the charts on the day I was born!). Soon Roy's songs had been recorded by Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Rick Nelson and Johnny Cash. Orbison had a knack for writing a great pop song. Now signed to Fred Foster's Monument label, Roy was up and running as a solo artist. Only the Lonely peaked at No.2 on the Billboard Charts and became No.1 in the UK. Only the Lonely became the first song that truly probed the frightening potential of Roy Orbison's voice, and established his uniqueness. And then he gave us Oh Pretty Woman which became his biggest hit. Few songs have boasted such a memorable guitar riff; the song sold about seven million copies in 1964 alone. Roy was now a true star; he toured with The Beatles in the UK, The Rolling Stones and toured with The Beach Boys in Australia. Sadly during the mid-'60s Roy suffered two major personal tragedies: Roy and his wife Claudette shared a love for motorcycles; however, tragedy struck on 6 June, 1966, when Orbison and Claudette were riding home from Bristol, Tennessee. Claudette was struck by a semi-trailer truck and died instantly. Two years later, on 14 Sept, 1968, tragedy struck again when, horrifically, two of his three sons lost their lives in a house fire. Roy Dwayne Orbison was ten-years-old; his brother, Anthony, was just six. Unable to write songs in the wake of such crushing loss, Orbison nonetheless
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SparkNotes: Animal Farm: Chapter IV Animal Farm Chapter V Summary By late summer, news of Animal Farm has spread across half the county. Mr. Jones lives ignominiously in Willingdon, drinking and complaining about his misfortune. Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick, who own the adjoining farms, fear that disenchantment will spread among their own animals. Their rivalry with each other, however, prevents them from working together against Animal Farm. They merely spread rumors about the farm’s inefficiency and moral reprehensibility. Meanwhile, animals everywhere begin singing “Beasts of England,” which they have learned from flocks of pigeons sent by Snowball, and many begin to behave rebelliously. At last, in early October, a flight of pigeons alerts Animal Farm that Mr. Jones has begun marching on the farm with some of Pilkington’s and Frederick’s men. Snowball, who has studied books about the battle campaigns of the renowned Roman general Julius Caesar, prepares a defense and leads the animals in an ambush on the men. Boxer fights courageously, as does Snowball, and the humans suffer a quick defeat. The animals’ losses amount only to a single sheep, whom they give a hero’s burial. Boxer, who believes that he has unintentionally killed a stable boy in the chaos, expresses his regret at taking a life, even though it is a human one. Snowball tells him not to feel guilty, asserting that “the only good human being is a dead one.” Mollie, as is her custom, has avoided any risk to herself by hiding during the battle. Snowball and Boxer each receive medals with the inscription “Animal Hero, First Class.” The animals discover Mr. Jones’s gun where he dropped it in the mud. They place it at the base of the flagstaff, agreeing to fire it twice a year: on October 12th, the anniversary of the Battle of the Cowshed—as they have dubbed their victory—and on Midsummer’s Day, the anniversary of the Rebellion. Analysis This chapter extends the allegory of the Russian Revolution to Russia’s interwar period. The spread of Animalism to surrounding farms evokes the attempts by Leon Trotsky to establish communism as an international movement. Trotsky believed, as did Karl Marx, that communism could only achieve its goals if implemented on a global scale, and he devoted much of his formidable intelligence and eloquence to setting off what Western leaders later called the “Domino Effect.” The Domino Effect, or Domino Theory, posited that the conversion or “fall” of a noncommunist state to communism would precipitate the fall of other noncommunist governments in nearby states. Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson used this theory to justify their military involvement in Greece, Turkey, and Vietnam—countries they hoped to “save” from the spread of communism. In Animal Farm, the proprietors of the neighboring farms fear a similar contagion, which we might term the “Snowball Effect.” Just as the West tried to discredit Russian communism, so do Mr. Pilkington and Mr. Frederick spread disparaging rumors about Animal Farm. Just as diplomatic skirmishes between the West and Russia ended up bolstering Trotsky and his allies, the armed skirmish between humans and animals ends up strengthening the animals’ hold on the farm. In this chapter, Orwell makes masterful use of irony, an important component of satirical writing, to illustrate the gap between what the animals are fighting for and what they believe they are fighting for. All of the animals—except Mollie—fight their hardest in the Battle of the Cowshed, but as Chapter III demonstrates, they do not fully understand the ideals for which they fight, the principles that they defend. In putting all of their energies toward expelling the humans, the animals believe that they are protecting themselves from oppression. In reality, however, they are simply and unwittingly consolidating the pigs’ power by muting the primary threat to the pigs’ regime—the human menace. Moreover, though the animals are prepared to give their lives in defense of Animal Farm, they appear unprepared to deal with the co
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Amazon.com: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (9780723247708): Beatrix Potter: Books The Tale of Peter Rabbit Buy the selected items together This item:The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Hardcover $5.99 In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. FREE Shipping on orders over $25. Details Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. FREE Shipping on orders over $49. Details Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Page 1 of 1 Start over Sponsored Products are advertisements for products sold by merchants on Amazon.com. When you click on a Sponsored Product ad, you will be taken to an Amazon detail page where you can learn more about the product and purchase it. To learn more about Amazon Sponsored Products, click here . HENRY HOCKEYSTICKS: A DAY ON THE POND Brian Johnson Henry enjoys a day of hockey from the fresh fallen snow to the full hockey moon surrounded by nature with clever rhymes and cute illustrations. The Shepherds' War Tony Kordyban It's Detroit in the summer of 1968. Can Spencer rescue his brother from an army of KGB psychics? After all, heâs ten-and-a-half years old already. Editorial Reviews Amazon.com Review The quintessential cautionary tale, Peter Rabbit warns naughty children about the grave consequences of misbehaving. When Mrs. Rabbit beseeches her four furry children not to go into Mr. McGregor's garden, the impish Peter naturally takes this as an open invitation to create mischief. He quickly gets in over his head, when he is spotted by farmer McGregor himself. Any child with a spark of sass will find Peter's adventures remarkably familiar. And they'll see in Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cotton-tail that bane of their existence: the "good" sibling who always does the right thing. One earns bread and milk and blackberries for supper, while the obstinate folly of the other warrants medicine and an early bedtime. Beatrix Potter's animal stories have been a joy to generations of young readers. Her warm, playful illustrations in soft colors invite children into the world of words and flights of fancy. Once there, she gently and humorously guides readers along the path of righteousness, leaving just enough room for children to wonder if that incorrigible Peter will be back in McGregor's garden tomorrow. (Ages Baby to Preschool) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Read more From School Library Journal PreS-Gr 2-Over the years, Hague has re-illustrated many texts that were in the public domain. A number of his books have given new life to overlooked work and have been widely appreciated. His reinterpretation of the work of Potter, however, is egregiously unnecessary. Potter wanted her books to be small enough for little hands to hold. Hague's book is almost twice as large. Potter's book has softly colored spot illustrations, honing in beautifully on the drama or emotions of the facing pages of text. Hague's art is overblown with extraneous details that threaten to overwhelm the plot. His rabbits with enormous eyes are reminiscent of those kitschy, large-eyed waifs popularized by the Keans in the 1960s. If Potter's books were out of print, or in danger of becoming so, one might be more receptive to Hague's version, but they are readily available and hard, if not impossible, to improve upon. Why try?-Miriam Lang Budin, Chappaqua Public Library, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App . Product Details Age Range: 3 - 7 years Grade Level: Preschool - 2 Publisher: Warne; Original edition (September 16, 2002) Language: English Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces ( View shipping rates and policies ) Average Customer Review: By Occasional Reviewer on August 6, 2000 Format: Board book I purchased this book for our daughter whe
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Audience Reviews for The Maltese Falcon ½ Bogart is perfect as an arrogant detective who tries (along with us) to make heads and tails of an extremely intricate and dizzy affair, and the best thing is that it has an incredibly well-constructed plot in which all of the pieces fit in the end leaving no loose ends. Carlos Magalhães Super Reviewer The Maltese Falcon is highlighted by a character study of contrasting personality types. People wrestle with greed, deception, and loyalty. Humphrey Bogart is conflicted by darker desires. He's more of an antihero as the lead. Cynical and hard-hearted - he doesn't seem overly troubled by his partner's death, removing his fellow associate's name on the business door while the body is still warm. Nevertheless Bogart exemplifies cool collected style as the self-assured gumshoe. Mary Astor is captivating as the requisite femme fatale. She initially appears fragile, but looks can be deceiving. Then there's a colorful trio of shady individuals. 61 year old stage actor Sidney Greenstreet surprisingly making his feature debut here as "The Fat Man". He was Oscar nominated for his supporting role. Yet Peter Lorre is just as iconic as the effete Joel Cairo. Joel is no match for Spade. "When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it," Spade rebukes him. Elisha Cook, Jr. is the lightest heavy of the three. He provides some much appreciated comedic relief. At times, the set-bound action almost resembles a play. The movie is talky to say the least. Scenes are inundated with words, overstuffed even. But oh what dialogue! John Huston's Oscar nominated screenplay is so meticulously composed, you'll marvel at its construction. It demands repeat viewings to take it all in, but it only gets better with age. fastfilmreviews.com Mark Hobin Super Reviewer It is uneven, and dips in energy mid-way through, however the mystery and well-delivered one-liners make The Maltese Falcon a mostly enjoyable watch. Matthew Samuel Mirliani Super Reviewer A knockout dame walks into Sam Spade's office with what should be a simple job, but soon stiffs are turning up as an exotic cast of characters shows up, all looking for the fabulous Maltese Falcon. Quite possibly the greatest film noir movie; the principal cast is miraculously good, with Humphrey Bogart basically creating the cinematic private eye archetype out of cigarette smoke, whiskey, quick fists and quicker wits. Greg S
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James's DVDs - Release Date - 1970 - 1982 Directed by Mike Nichols. Starring Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel. 1970: COMEDY R 121 min. loc: W - Not Viewed Director Mike Nichols and writer-actor Buck Henry followed their enormous hit The Graduate (1967) with this timely adaptation of Joseph Heller's satiric antiwar novel. Haunted by the death of a young gunner, all-too-sane Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) wants out of the rest of his WW II bombing missions, but publicity-obsessed commander Colonel Cathcart (Martin Balsam) and his yes man, Colonel Korn (Henry), keep raising the number of missions that Yossarian and his comrades are required to fly. After Doc Daneeka (Jack Gilford) tells Yossarian that he cannot declare him insane if Yossarian knows that it's insane to keep flying, Yossarian tries to play crazy by, among other things, showing up nude in front of despotic General Dreedle (Orson Welles). As all of Yossarian's initially even-keeled friends, such as Nately (Art Garfunkel) and Dobbs (Martin Sheen), genuinely lose their heads, and the troop's supplies are bartered away for profit by the ultra-entrepreneurial Milo Minderbinder (Jon Voight), Yossarian realizes that the whole system has lost it, and he can either play along or jump ship. Though not about Vietnam, Catch-22's ludicrous military machinations directly evoked its contemporary context in the Vietnam era. Cathcart and Dreedle care more about the appearance of power than about victory, and Milo cares for money above all, as the complex narrative structure of Yossarian's flashbacks renders the escalating events appropriately surreal. Confident that the combination of a hot director and a popular, culturally relevant novel would spell blockbuster, Paramount spent a great deal of money on Catch-22, but it wound up getting trumped by another 1970 antiwar farce: Robert Altman's MASH. With audiences opting for Altman's casual Korean War iconoclasm over Nichols' more polished symbolism, the highly anticipated Catch-22 flopped, although the New York Film Critics Circle did acknowledge Arkin and Nichols. Despite this reception, Catch-22's ensemble cast and pungent sensibility effectively underline the insanity of war, Vietnam and otherwise. Gimme Shelter Directed by David Masles, Albert Maysles. Starring The Rolling Stones, Jefferson Airplane, Ike & Tina Turner, Melvin Belli. 1970: MUS/DOC NR 91 min. loc: W - Not Viewed This musical documentary concerns the Rolling Stones and their tragic free concert at Altamont Speedway near San Francisco in early December 1969. The event was all but destroyed by violence that marked the end of the peace and love euphoria of the 1960s. The night began smoothly, with the supercharged Flying Burrito Brothers opening up for the Rolling Stones and performing the truck-driving classic "Six Days on the Road" and Tina Turner giving a sensually charged performance. But on this particular evening, the Stones made the fateful (and disastrous) decision to hire the Oakland chapter of the Hell's Angels motorcycle gang as bodyguards and bouncers. It was a foolhardy, careless choice that turned the night into an unmitigated disaster; halfway through the Stones' act, the Angels killed one black spectator, and injured several others who were present (including Jefferson Airplane's lead singer Marty Balin). In the film, we watch Mick Jagger -- ere an ebullient, charismatic performer of bisexual charm -- reduced to standing on stage like a frightened child with his finger in his mouth in wake of the violence. Unsurprisingly, the Grateful Dead refused to perform after the violence erupted; the picture ends on a despairing note, with the Stones repeatedly watching a film of the murder. Celebrated documentarians Albert and David Maysles directed and Haskell Wexler shot the film, with heightened instinct and control; as a result, this film is considered one of the greatest rock documentaries ever made. Stones songs performed include "Brown Sugar," "Under My Thumb," and "Sympathy for the Devil." Patton Directed by Franklin J. S
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HERMAN'S HERMITS - 1965 - "Mrs Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter" - YouTube HERMAN'S HERMITS - 1965 - "Mrs Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter" 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 Mar 22, 2014 Category
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Popular UK Seventies TV Programmes Popular UK Seventies TV Programmes UK (BBC) Drama. BBC 1 1978-80; 1983; 1985; 1988-90 Based on the celebrated autobiographical novels of James Herriot, All Creatures Great and Small proved to be an enormous success as a TV series, inspired by a 1974 cinema version featuring Simon Ward, and its 1976 sequel, It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet starring John Alderton. With Christopher Timothy now pulling on the vet's wellies, the TV adaptation (with its echoes of Dr. Findlay's Casebook ) took viewers back to the 1930s as Herriot arrives at Skeldale House, home of the veterinary practice in the North Riding town of Darroby (the real-life Askrigg). There he joins senior partner Siegfried Farnon (Robert Hardy), his easy-going brother, Tristan (Peter Davidson), and housekeeper Mrs. Hall (Mary Hignett), helps to build up the practice and deals with all manner of agricultural and domestic animal ailments. If James is not preventing foot and mouth or groping around up a cow's posterior, he is treating the likes of Tricki-Woo, the pampered Pekinese owned by villager Mrs. Pumphrey (Margaretta Scott). James meets and marries Helen Anderson (Carol Drinkwater, later played by Lynda Bellingham) who later bears him a son, Jimmy (Oliver Watson), and a daughter, Rosie (Rebecca Smith). The series "ends" after three years when James and Tristan head off to join the war effort (Herriot's original novels had run out). A couple of Christmas specials kept the concept alive during the early 1980s, before public clamor was answered with a new series in 1988. The series ran for three more seasons, plus another Christmas special. The programme's sweeping theme music was composed by Johnny Pearson. Buy this series on DVD at Amazon.com UK (BBC) Antiques. BBC 1 1979- A Sunday afternoon favourite, Antiques Roadshow has travelled the length and breadth of the United Kingdom, inviting viewers to drop in and have their family heirlooms valued. Since the first broadcast in 1979, there has been much raiding of attics and basements across the land, in the hope of discovering something of value. Punters have queued up, cherished items in hand, awaiting the verdict of one of the experts, who have all been drawn from leading auction houses and dealerships. Participants have explained how the items came into their family's possession, and the specialists have then provided more background information, explaining where, when and by whom it was probably made, and winding up with a financial valuation. One piece a week has usually proved to be a real find -- a magnificent specimen of furniture, a long-lost work by a distinguished artist, etc. -- much to the delight of both the excited connoisseur and the gasping proprietor. Among the longest-serving experts are David Battie and Hugh Morley-Fletcher (both porcelain), Simon Bull (timepieces), Roy Butler (militaria), and David Collins and Philip Hook (both paintings). Some have become celebrities in their own right -- "potaholic" Henry Sandon, his son, John Sandon, furniture specialist John Bly, and ceramics man Eric Knowles, for instance. Hugh Scully hosted the proceedings for many years until his departure in 2000. A young person's special, entitled Antiques Roadshow - the Next Generation, has been screened occasionally. The main series also inspired a similarly successful American version of the same name, closely following the same format, that airs on the PBS network. ARE YOU BEING SERVED? UK (BBC) Situation Comedy. BBC 1 1973-9; 1981; 1983; 1985 Chock-full of nudge-nudge, wink wink innuendo, this long-running farce centers on the members of staff in the clothing department on the first floor of Grace Brothers. Clearly divided into male and female sections, supervised by department manager Mr. Rumbold (Nicholas Smith) and floor walker Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton), the clothing section employs some well-defined comedy stereotypes. On the men's side there is swishy homosexual Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), declaring "I'm free" whenever a customer needs attention and
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Beef Cuts: Not All Are Created Equal Beef & Bison Cuts: Not All are Created Equal "Good wine, good meat, thank god, let's eat." Prayer said at many dining tables By Meathead Goldwyn Bovines have been a part of human life for thousands of years. The ancestors of cattle and bison, named aurochs, can be seen on paintings of cave walls in Europe. We have used bovines for centuries to pull plows, for their hides, for milk and cheese, and their flesh for food. The Meat Buyers Guide: Meat, Lamb, Veal, Pork and Poultry by NAMI (North American Meat Institute) 8th Edition The North American Meat Institute Meat Buyer's Guide is the definitive reference on all the different cuts of meat, with charts, excellent photos, a glossary, and nutritional info. It is aimed at butchers, chefs, and ranchers, but a home chef can learn a lot. If you are really really into cooking, it is worth of a spot on your bookshelf. Buy Steak from Amazon It is a safe bet that it didn't take early humans long to determine that different muscles in the carcass had different characteristics. Some were tender, some tough, some juicy, some fatty, some rich in flavor, some bland. Nowadays most steers and heifers live on farms eating grass and hay until they are about 15 months of age. Then they are sold to huge feed lots where they stay for about four months and are fed grain, mostly a type of high calorie corn flake, and vitamins and medicines, often including antibiotics, for about four months. According to the Amazingibs.com beef scientist, Dr. Antonio Mata , "Bovines are like humans. When they consume a lot of calories they accumulate fat. First belly fat, then subcutaneous fat, then fat between the muscles, and finally intramuscular fat, which is marbling. The process is very inefficient but produces huge quantities of tasty beef at relatively low cost." On the other hand, the process has come under a great deal of criticism for a number of issues including arguments that the method is inhumane; that the antibiotics are not killing all the bacteria and the ones that survive are antibiotic resistant, and that means that humans can no longer rely on antibiotics when they get sick; that corn subsidies are making beef artificially cheap; that these large Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) create a massive environmental hazard with unmanageable quantities of waste chief among them. More and more cattle are being finished on farms on grass rather than grain, where the manure fertilizes the grass they eventually eat. The resulting meat is more expensive, often chewier, and tastes different, with a mineral character that I remember from my youth, before CAFOs. Some disdain the taste, some love it. Mata says "grasses vary greatly. Alfalfa hay for example, can produce beef with plenty of marbling and superb flavor. Some of the best beef I've tasted has been fed primarily alfalfa. On the other hand, winter grasses produce beef with limited amount of marbling and depending on the grass, sometimes there is a fish-like flavor. Just like beef cuts, not all grasses are created equal, and most produce marginal tasting beef." I love the taste of both grass finished and corn finished meats. For more on the subject, read my article on beef grades. I hope to discuss these political and economic issues in depth in the future. Suffice it to say that I have read extensively on the subject, and I agree that corn subsidies, CAFOs, and antibiotic overuse are serious issues and there may be viable alternatives, but the impact of these other systems will certainly mean more expensive beef. Many of us can afford pricier beef, but many, especially those who depend on cheap ground beef, would face hardship or a major lifestyle change. Beef primals & the cuts they contain For centuries, animals were slaughtered and broken down by the town butcher and by restaurants close to where they were grown, and there was no label consistency from one butcher to the next. In 1865, immediately after the Civil War, the Union Stockyards in Chicago became a central distribution point for shippi
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Oodles Of Fun: April 2010 Oodles Of Fun Are You Using Your nOodle? Pages Question of the Day - On this day in 1931, what 102-story, 1,046-foot building was dedicated in New York City? Empire State Building Bon Jovi sang "You Give Love a ____ Name". Bad Bing Crosby's real name was: Harry Which is the only Marx Brothers film to feature on the AFI's top 100? Duck Soup The Broadway show Movin' Out featured the songs of: Billy Joel The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie? Die Hard 2 Which film has the line, "I can't have a baby, because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting"? Baby Boom In An Affair to Remember, where did the lovers decide to meet six months later? New York Where do the scientists first find a mysterious monolith, in 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Moon Which actress stars in the film Mean Girls? Lindsay Lohan This horror classic is called: Invasion of the Body ________. Snatchers Whose real name is Eric Bishop? Jamie Foxx Who said: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done"? George W. Bush Bruce Springsteen says "Everybody's got ________". A hungry heart Who had the 1976 hit: "Play That Funky Music"? Wild Cherry Al Pacino and Matthew McConaughey starred in: Two for the Money In the "Rock DJ" video, what former Take That singer literally sheds layers of clothes and layers of flesh? Robbie Williams Which film is a love story between the King of Siam and a British schoolteacher? Anna and the King What former star of Broadway's Annie married Matthew Broderick, who starred in The Producers? Sarah Jessica Parker What was the last Beatles' album to be recorded before the band's split? Abbey Road Which actress' father is well-known actor Jon Voight? Angelina Jolie What was the name of Herman's wife on The Munsters? Lily On the TV series Heroes, the character Hiro Nakamura is able to: Stop time The music to the U.S. Navy song "Anchors Aweigh" was written by: Charles Zimmerman Talk show host Rosie O'Donnell changed hats to play which narrating character in "Seussical the Musical"? The Cat in the Hat All members of The Monkees have what same color of eyes? Brown The tagline, "Resistance is Futile", comes from which 1996 movie? Star Trek: First Contact One of the longest movie song titles, as sung by Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins, was: "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" Who played Truman Capote in Capote? Philip Seymour Hoffman Which Scottish actor voiced a dragon called Draco in the movie Dragon Heart? Sean Connery Question of the Day - Willie Nelson turns 77 today. What is NOT one of his songs? Hit the Road, Jack Which character sings "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz? Dorothy Finish this line from The Godfather: "Leave the gun. Take _________". The cannoli Name the ship commanded by Russell Crowe in Master and Commander. HMS Surprise In which of the Rocky movies was the statue of Rocky unveiled? Rocky III Where was the character Elijah Prince, aka "Mr. Glass", from Unbreakable born? A department store Who sang "When You Wish upon a Star" in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio? Jiminy Cricket What was the name of the woman Dustin Hoffman played in Tootsie? Dorothy Michaels What comedian actress shared Steve Martin's body in All of Me? Lily Tomlin Who played Starsky in the film Starsky and Hutch? Ben Stiller In 1995, what Irish New Age musician released the album The Memory of Trees? Enya Which best describes Kiefer Sutherland? Agent Jack Bauer on 24 Which Beatle sang "My Sweet Lord"? George Harrison In which movie does Kevin Bacon discover the secret of invisibility? Hollow Man Antonin Dvorak's most famous symphony is known as Z Noveho Sveta in his native language. What do we call it? From the New World Which actor played the monster in the original film of Frankenstein? Boris Karloff The movies Courage Under Fire and A Soldier's Story featured which actor? Denzel Washington Angela Lansbury was in which movie? Bedknobs and Broomsticks What film is showing at the Bedford Falls theater at the end of It's A Wonderful Life? The Bells of St. Mary's What sport is pla
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BBC - History - Historic Figures: Lady Jane Grey (1537 - 1554) z Lady Jane Grey © Jane was nominal queen of England for just nine days in 1553, as part of an unsuccessful bid to prevent the accession of the Catholic Mary Tudor. Jane was born in the autumn of 1537, the daughter of the Marquess of Dorset. Through her mother, Lady Frances Brandon, she was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII. At around the age of 10, Jane entered the household of Henry VIII's last queen, Katherine Parr where she was exposed to a strongly Protestant, academic environment. Jane developed into an intelligent and pious woman. In October 1551, her father was created duke of Suffolk and Jane began to appear at court. There, real power lay in the hands of the fiercely Protestant Duke of Northumberland, who acted as regent to the young king, Edward VI. In May 1553, Jane was married to Northumberland's son, Lord Guildford Dudley. It became clear that Edward was dying, and Northumberland was desperate to prevent the throne passing to Edward's half-sister and heir, the Catholic Mary Tudor. Northumberland persuaded the king to declare Mary illegitimate, as well as Edward's other half-sister Elizabeth, and alter the line of succession to pass to Jane. Edward died on 6 July 1553. Four days later, Jane was proclaimed queen. However, Mary Tudor had widespread popular support and by mid-July, even Suffolk had abandoned his daughter and was attempting to save himself by proclaiming Mary queen. Northumberland's supporters melted away and Suffolk easily persuaded his daughter to relinquish the crown. Mary imprisoned Jane, her husband and her father in the Tower of London. While Suffolk was pardoned, Jane and her husband were tried for high treason in November 1553. Jane pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death. The carrying out of the sentence was suspended, but Suffolk's support for Sir Thomas Wyatt's rebellion in February 1554 sealed Jane's fate. On 12 February, she and her husband were beheaded. Her father followed them two days later.
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William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland - Unionpedia, the concept map Yes, please No, thanks William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809) was a British Whig and Tory statesman, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Prime Minister of Great Britain, serving in 1783 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1807 to 1809. [1] An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs is a book written by the Irish Whig MP and philosopher, Edmund Burke, published on 3 August 1791. Ancestry of Elizabeth II Queen Elizabeth II, present sovereign of the Commonwealth realms, is the daughter of King George VI, the second son of King George V and Queen Mary; and of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later Queen Elizabeth, and, after her daughter's accession to the throne, the Queen Mother), the daughter of Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and his wife, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne. Charles Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond Charles Henry Gordon-Lennox, 7th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, 2nd Duke of Gordon, (27 December 1845 – 18 January 1928), 7th Duke of Aubigny (French peerage in the French nobility), styled Lord Settrington until 1860 and Earl of March between 1860 and 1903, was a British politician and peer. Charles James Fox Charles James Fox PC (24 January 1749 – 13 September 1806), styled The Honourable from 1762, was a prominent British Whig statesman whose parliamentary career spanned 38 years of the late 18th and early 19th centuries and who was the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. Children of the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom This is a list of children and grandchildren of the Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom. Edmund Burke Edmund Burke PC (12 January 17299 July 1797) was an Anglo-Irish statesman born in Dublin, as well as an author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher, who, after moving to England, served for many years in the House of Commons of Great Britain as a member of the Whig party. F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC (1 November 1782 – 28 January 1859), styled The Honourable F. J. Robinson until 1827 and known as The Viscount Goderich between 1827 and 1833, the name by which he is best known to history, was a British statesman. Fitzrovia Fitzrovia is a district in central London, near London's West End lying partly in the City of Westminster (in the west), and partly in the London Borough of Camden (in the east); and situated between Bloomsbury and Marylebone, and north of Soho. Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle Frederick Howard, 5th Earl of Carlisle KG, KT, PC (28 May 1748 – 4 September 1825) was a British diplomat and the son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle and his second wife Isabella Byron. His mother was a daughter of William Byron, 4th Baron Byron and his wife Hon. Frances Berkeley, a descendant of John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton. She was also a sister of William Byron, 5th Baron Byron and a great-aunt of George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, the poet. In 1798, Carlisle was appointed guardian to Lord Byron who later lampooned him in English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. George Canning George Canning, FRS, (11 April 1770 – 8 August 1827) was a British statesman and Tory politician who served in various senior cabinet positions under numerous Prime Ministers, before himself serving as Prime Minister for the final four months of his life. George III of the United Kingdom George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. George IV of the United Kingdom George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover following the death
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what is haiku? > A Japanese poem composed of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables. Haiku often reflect on some aspect of nature www.nps.gov/efmo/parks/glossary.htm (plural: Haiku, from archaic Japanese Haikai): A poetic form derived from Japanese literature. The haiku traditionally consists of three lines. The first line contains five syllables, the second line contains seven, and the last line five. The traditional subject-matter is a description of a location, natural phenomona, or wildlife, which is described in a poetic manner without authorial commentary or moral judgment explicitly stated. More information will be forthcoming. guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/wheeler/lit_terms_H.html A haiku is a Japanese poem having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables. Traditionally it concerns nature, the seasons, or an aspect of the natural world. community.middlebury.edu/~asantolu/glossary.htm www.writefromhome.com/writingtradearticles/197.htm Haiku is a form of Japanese poetry that does not rhyme. Haiku poetry always has three lines of verse, with strict rules on the numbers of syllables for each line. The first line has five, the second line has seven, and the last line has five syllables. 164.109.43.23/GEP/documents/oth/teamlyc/glossary.htm – A 17 syllable form of Japanese poetry that consists of three unrhymed lines of five, seven and five syllables www.migrant.org/assets/literature/literary_glossary.cfm Is an unrhymed Japanses poem recording the essence of a moment keenly percieved, where nature is linked to human nature. There poems are usually written in three lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables. Example 1:page 730 Japanese haiku by Matsuo Basho Silent and still: then Even sinking into the rocks, The cicada's screech. Example 2: page 731 (not always consistant with the traditional subject matter.) Widow's Lament by: Richard Brautigan It's not quite cold enough to go borrow soome firewood from the neighbors Example 3: page 731 Hokku Poems by: Richard Wright I am nobody A red sinking autumn sun Took my name away Make up your mind snail! You are half inside your house And halfway out! In the fallling snow A laughing boy holds out him paalms Until they are white Keep straight down this block Then turn right where you will find A peach tree blooming Wiith a twitching nose A d og reads a telegram On a wet tree trunk The spring lingers oon In the scent of a damp dog Rotting in the sun www.northern.edu/benkertl/poetry_dictionary.html An unrhymed Japanese poem consisting of three lines with five, seven, and five syllables, respectively. Kabuki: (pg. 241) Japanese plays in which all the parts are played by men. Origins were in performances of wandering ballad singers and dancers, who acted out stories by dancing and gesturing. A rich blend of music, dance and mime and involved spectacular staging and costumes. Play's subjects ranged from adventures of brave samurai to tales of romance. Still popular today. Kami: Name given to divine spirits. Noh drama: (pg. 236) Developed from both Shinto and Buddhist forms of worship. A masked dancer, supported by minor players and a chorus, presents a slow dance-drama. Actors wear lavish costumes, but the stage is bare. Script is poetic, and the plot is simple.
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Index-a Don't Forget To Hit <ESC> before going to a different page. Let's play a game of 30 questions. No, not that old standard of 20 questions, but one with an extra 10 questions added in and one that uses numeric answers (from 1 to 30). If you get stumped, go on to the next one. Perhaps the answer you need will be one of those left over when you complete all the questions you're sure of. Each answer is a number. The answers are the numbers 1-30. Each number appears only once. (Obviously) the questions are not in the right order.. 1. Aside from an extra 385 yards, how many miles is a marathon race? 2. If 27 solid cubes are formed into one big 3x3x3 cube how many individual cubes, at most, are visible from any single angle? 3. In the movie Spinal Tap what number is: "Well, it is one louder.."? 4. 'Via Dolorosa' is the (how many) Stations of the Cross, the Christian ritual tracing the key stages of the death of Jesus, beginning with his condemnation and ending with his being laid in the tomb? 5. How many dots are on a (standard 1-6) die? 6. The Russian 'Crimea Highway' trunk road from Moscow to the Crimea in Ukraine is the M (what)? 7. What number, between two hyphens, is used by journalists, etc., to mark the end of a newspaper or broadcast story? 8. How many unique dominoes are in a standard 'double six' set? 9. What number turned on its side (rotated 90 degrees) is the symbol for infinity? 10. The Marvel Comics superhero team led by Mr Fantastic was the Fanstastic (what)? 11. What is the larger number of the binary system? 12. Japanese haiku poems loosely comprise how many syllables? 13. The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are respectively (what number)-and-half degrees north and south of the Equator? 14. What number is Hurricane on the Beaufort Scale? 15. Greek deka, and Latin decem, are what number? 16. Conventionally how many books are in the Bible's New Testament? 17. How many legs (or arms) are most usually on a starfish? 18. A lunar month is an average (how many) days plus 12 hours, 44 minutes and 3 seconds? 19. 'Roaring' refers to what pluralised number in describing a 1900s decade of western world prosperity? 20. Traditionally what number of years anniversary is symbolized by silver? 21. What is generally stated to be the number of major joints in the human body? 22. What number is the French coded slang 'vingt-deux!', which warns that police are coming? 23. What is the only number that equals twice the sum of its digits (digit means numerical symbol)? 24. The early/mid-1900s American vaudeville comedy act was called the (how many) Stooges? 25. Any line of three numbers in the 'magic square' (a 3 x 3 grid of the numbers 1-9) adds up to what? 26. What is the international SPI resin/polymer identification coding system number (typically shown within a recycling triangle symbol) for polystyrene? 27. Traditionally the diameter of the 45rpm gramophone record is (how many) inches? 28. Pure gold is (how many)-carat? 29. The expression 'On cloud (what)' refers to being blissfully happy? 30. Each player begins with (how many) pieces in a game of chess? Daniel David "Danny" Kirwan (born 13 May 1950) is a British musician whose greatest success came with his role as guitarist, singer and songwriter with the blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac between 1968 and 1972. Kirwan's first recorded work with the band was on the huge instrumental hit single "Albatross". Green later stated that, "I would never have done "Albatross" if it wasn't for Danny. I would never have had a number one hit record." The B-side of the single was Kirwan's first published tune, the instrumental "Jigsaw Puzzle Blues". This was an old clarinet piece, written by Joe Venuti and Adrian Rollini, and recorded by the Joe Venuti / Eddie Lang Blue Five in 1933. Kirwan had adapted the piece for himself and Green to play on
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ISM Military History Quiz - Page 16 - International Scale Modeller International Scale Modeller Joined: Thu Dec 11, 2014 1:13 pm Location: Surrey,England,UK. Post by privatepete » Thu Nov 24, 2016 6:05 am Questions & Answers For 23-11-2016 Q: What is the senior service of the UK armed forces? A: Royal Navy. Q: Who commands the Army according to the Bill Of Rights of 1869? A: Parliament (Government). Q: Who is commander in chief for the UK's Armed Forces? A: The reigning Monarch (at present Queen Elizabeth II). Q: What is the highest military rank in the army, the navy and the Royal Air Force? A: Army - Field Marshall, RAF - Marshall of the Royal Air Force, RN - Admiral of the Fleet. Q: The Royal Air Force's ground defence unit is called what? A: RAF Regiment. Post by privatepete » Fri Nov 25, 2016 6:06 am Questions & Answers For 24-11-2016 Q:What type of aircraft was used to drop bombs in the first German air raids on London in 1915? A: A Zeppelin. Q:What was the name of the Japanese destroyer that sank PT-109, commanded by Lt. John F. Kennedy, on August 2, 1943? A: Amigiri. Q:In what war was the color khaki first used for uniforms? A: The Afghan War in 1880--the color was considered good camouflage. Q:Who was issued ID number 01 when the U.S. military started issuing dog tags in 1918? A: General John J. Pershing. Good Luck. Post by privatepete » Sat Nov 26, 2016 6:22 am Questions& Answers For 25-11-2016 Q:At which naval battle in WWII did the Americans decisively defeat the Japanese Carrier Task Force? A:Battle of Midway Q:In 1944 what was the name of the operation to take key bridges over major rivers in Holland by airborne and land force assaults? Q:Market-Garden Q:After which battle did the British Life Guards first obtain their breast-plates? A:Waterloo - from Napoleon's defeated Cuirassier's breast-plates. Q:Which WWI battle occurred on a peninsular south of Istanbul in Turkey? A: Gallipoli Q:Which ancient, fierce warrior nation, upon attacking ancient Israel, ‘…. came down like a wolf on the fold’? A:The Assyrians.
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Sir Barnes Wallis - "The Dam Busters" The Dam Busters (1955) The film The Dam Busters premiered on 16th/17th May 1955 (the 12th anniversary of the raid), attended by numerous survivors of the raid. Overall, the film is a very good portrayal of the story of the development of the "bouncing bomb" and Operation Chastise itself (and of the characters involved in the story), but like all cinematic versions, there are some inaccuracies, omissions or inconsistencies (for whatever reason). This list gives some detail on the factual inaccuracies in the film: Upkeep: the bomb shown beneath the attacking Lancasters in the film is too large and too spherical in shape; this suggests continuity with the earlier footage of real test drops, but is more likely due to the secret nature of the Upkeep weapon (it was still secret when the film was made, details only being released in 1963 - hence in some of the real test drop footage from the Wellington and Mosquito, the bomb is masked out by a black disc). There is no hint of the mechanism used to spin the bombs, this feature going unmentioned in the film as it was still secret. The shots of the bombs bouncing towards the dams in the film are actually archive shots of Highball tests on Loch Striven. [There is no archive footage of Upkeep test drops with a suitable background.] Other Aircraft: During the crew briefing in the film (and very prominently in the cinema trailer for the film), Gibson remarks that 617 will be the only squadron operating that night. This is also stated in Gibson's book and Morpurgo's biography of Wallis, although Sweetman and Cooper note that other squadrons were flying that night (including "gardening" (mine-laying) operations all along the enemy coast (with 54 aircraft, one of which was lost), and a 9 Mosquito raid on Berlin; major bombing raids were off due to the full moon). [Cooper and Sweetman are correct, according to the Bomber Command diary for May 1943 .] The spotlights: The idea of the triangulated spotlamps to set the aircraft height is shown as being Gibson's, during a visit to the theatre; in fact it was Benjamin Lockspeiser (Chief Scientist at the Ministry of Supply) who came up with the idea, it having been used as far back as World War I. Also in the film, the height spotlamps are shown under the nose and tail of the Lancasters; in fact the second spotlamp was in the rear of the bomb bay. In many art prints of the dams raid, the spotlamp beams are incorrectly shown shining down directly beneath the aircraft (where they could not have been seen from the cockpit). Hitting the dams: In the film, all the mines hit the dams (with the exception of Hopgood's at the M�hne and Maudley's at the Eder) and it appears to take several hits to break the dams, contrary to Wallis' theory that one hit in the right place would be enough. In fact, it was the first correctly placed mine which actually broke the dam in each case, just as Wallis predicted. The last mine was dropped at the M�hne (by Maltby) just as the dam was already crumbling following the hit by Young. [This error, which actually reflects badly on Wallis, is probably down to wanting it to appear as though all the aircraft bombed accurately.] The Eder: In the film, the second mine dropped at the Eder (by Maudslay) is dropped too late and the explosion causes the aircraft to crash into the hillside after a last faint radio message. However, it is now known that Maudslay's aircraft actually crashed in Holland, so it was either not damaged by the explosion of the mine (other than perhaps the radio), or took longer to succumb to the damage than is suggested. [This error is probably due to the records of the time which showed Maudslay as lost over the Eder.] The Sorpe: Although mentioned as one of the raid's targets during the crew briefing in the film, the actual attack on the dam, and the different method of attack, are not shown. [This omission is pro
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Bible Study - The Man Who Replaced Judas Questions? Search all 6,500+ Bible studies on this website. Just type in topic word(s) or a question. Due to extensive use of high-quality maps and illustrations, this educational website is best-viewed with a minimum screen-resolution width of 1280 pixels The Man Who Replaced Judas by Wayne Blank Matthias, an abbreviated form of Mattathias, meaning a gift of God, was a disciple of Jesus Christ who was among those who witnessed everything from the ministry of John The Baptist to Christ's ascension. Although Matthias is mentioned specifically by name only once in The Bible , he most certainly played a prominent role in the early church after having been selected to replace Judas Iscariot among The Twelve Apostles , and he most certainly will, as the Scriptures below make plain, be a prominent member of the Kingdom of God. The Choosing Of Matthias "Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet [shown in the photograph, see also The Mount Of Olives ], which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away; and when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew , Philip and Thomas , Bartholomew and Matthew , James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James. All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers." (see Mary's Other Children? ) "In those days Peter stood up among the brethren, the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty, and said, "Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David [i.e. King David ], concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus. For he was numbered among us, and was allotted his share in this ministry." "Now this man bought a field with the reward of his wickedness; and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out. And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood." "For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his habitation become desolate, and let there be no one to live in it'; and 'His office let another take.'" "So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that The Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when He was taken up from us - one of these men must become with us a witness to His resurrection." "And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. And they prayed and said, "Lord, Who knowest the hearts of all men, show which one of these two Thou hast chosen to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside, to go to his own place." And they cast lots for them, and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was enrolled with the eleven apostles." (Acts 1:12-26 RSV) Why Was A Replacement Apostle Needed? The Twelve Apostles served the Gospel's purpose in their human lifetime, but they will also have a major role to play in the Kingdom of God: "You are those who have continued with Me in My trials; and I assign to you, as My Father assigned to Me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel." (Luke 22:28-30 RSV) "And in the Spirit he carried me away to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. It had a great, high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and on the gates the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were inscribed; on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb." (Revelation 21:10-14 RSV) Fact Finder: What caused
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Identifying the Biblical Town of Emmaus Jesus and Salvation The story of the encounter between the resurrected Jesus Christ and two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus is one of the most dramatic post-Resurrection stories in the Gospels. On the Sunday after the crucifixion two disciples of Jesus leave Jerusalem to travel back to their hometown of Emmaus discussing the events of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection on their journey ( Luke 24:13-17 ). As the men talked about the events of the past week Jesus came and walked beside them, but like Mary Magdalene they were prevented from recognizing Him ( John 20:14 ). Jesus inquired about the events they were discussing. The disciples told the “stranger” that they had hoped Jesus of Nazareth would be the promised Messiah, but they could not understand all the tragic events that had transpired. Jesus rebuked them, calling them foolish men and then patiently explained that it was necessary that the Messiah should suffer before entering into his glory. Starting with the books of Moses, and going all through books of the prophets, Jesus explained to them the passages in Sacred Scripture that were about Him ( Luke 24:18-27 ). When they reach their destination, the disciples were so enthralled with this stranger's teaching that they invited him to stay with them. As Jesus sat with the disciples at the dinner table, He took the bread, said the blessing and then broke the bread and handed the pieces to His disciples. In the breaking of the bread, their eyes were opened and they recognized the risen Savior. Jesus then disappeared from their sight. Jesus encounter with His Emmaus disciples was the first Lord's Day liturgical service. The liturgy began with the breaking open of the Word and ended with the revelation of the glorified Christ in the breaking of the Eucharistic bread. Filled with joy over what they had witnessed, the two disciples immediately returned to Jerusalem to tell the Apostles they had seen the resurrected Jesus Christ. In St. Luke's account, only one of the disciples is named and that is Cleopas ( Luke 24:13 ), but according to Christian tradition the other disciple is believed to have been Cleopas' son, Simeon, who became the second Christian bishop of Jerusalem after the death of James, kinsman of Jesus, the first bishop of Jerusalem (Church History, Eusebius, 3.11.1-2). This encounter with Christ is mentioned in Mark 16:12 , but only St. Luke records this story with many details ( Luke 24:13-35 ), and the Gospel of Luke is the only New Testament book which mentions the town of Emmaus. The encounter between the resurrected Jesus and two of His disciples on the road to Emmaus is one of twelve post-Resurrection appearances of Jesus recorded in the New Testament; eight of these encounters are recorded in the Gospels: Appearance to St. Mary Magdalene at the tomb on Resurrection Sunday ( Mark 16:9-11 ; John 20:11-18 ). Appearance to the women disciples at the tomb on Resurrection Sunday ( Matthew 28:9-10 ; Luke 24:10-11 ). Appearance to two disciples, St. Cleopas and his son, from the village of Emmaus on Resurrection Sunday ( Mark 16:12 ; Luke 24:13-35 ). Appearance to the ten Apostles (St. Thomas is absent) in the Upper Room on Resurrection Sunday ( Mark 16:14-18 ; Luke 24:36-49 ; John 20:19-23 ; Luke 24:36-53 ). Appearance to the Apostles including St. Thomas in the Upper Room a week after the resurrection ( John 20:24-29 ).( 1 ) Appearance to seven Apostles on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, circa two weeks after the resurrection; according to John 21:14 this is the 3rd time Jesus appeared to His disciples as a group ( John 21:1-23 ). Appearance to eleven Apostles at a mountain in Galilee, circa two weeks after the resurrection ( Matthew 28:16-20 ). The record of a private meeting with St. Peter (called Simon in Luke 24:34 ). St Paul refers to this same meeting but calls St. Peter by his title “Rock” ( Matthew 16:18 ) in Aramaic, which is “Cephas” ( 1 Corinthians 15:5 ). Appearance to the
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PMC Polish Dance Sites: Mazur, Mazurka Music HISTORY The mazur and mazurek (i.e. small mazur), or in English mazurka, are general terms for a series of Polish folk dances in triple meter, which originated in the plains of Mazovia around Warsaw. The people of the province were called Mazurs; thus, the dance mazur bears the same name as the male inhabitant of the region. The dances, known abroad as mazurkas, comprise more than one type: mazur or mazurek, the obertas or oberek, and the kujawiak from the neighboring district of Kujawy (see PMC entries on oberek and kujawiak ). These dances are linked by common rhythmic and choreographic traits, especially the mazurka rhythm discussed below. The name is much younger than the dance itself, and probably originated outside of the region. This term appears for the first time in J. Riepel's music dictionary published in Germany in 1752. Zofia Stryjeńska, 1927. The dance was known as early as the 16th century; early lute and organ tablatures feature many instances of the mazurka rhythm in pieces entitled Polish dance, or in Latin, Chorea polonica. During the 17th century the dance spread over Poland and began to appear also in neighboring countries; distinct versions of these dances could be found in the repertoire of the countryside (the folk mazur-type dances and the mazur of the nobility), and the towns (urban mazurka). Augustus II, the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (1697-1733) was very fond of this dance and introduced it into the courts of Germany. Following Poland's loss of independence, the dance became fashionable in higher social circles in Paris, then London, and other centers of Western Europe. In 1830, the British paper The Observer (25 April 1830) described the mazurka as "just introduced, or intended to be introduced, into this country." In the 1830s and 1840s, the mazurka enjoyed its greatest popularity in the Western salons; along with the krakowiak and the polonaise, it served as a sign of solidarity with the oppressed Polish nation, the cause championed by Polish exiles in Paris and their aristocratic patrons. Paradoxically, after the partitions of Poland, the mazurka also became popular among the Russian aristocracy and peasantry. An important fact in the history of the mazurka is its appearance in the Polish national anthem. Mazurek Dąbrowskiego (Dąbrowski Mazurka) was created in 1797 as a Song of the Polish Legion for the troops of General Jan Dąbrowski, serving Napoleon during his conquest of Europe with the hope of regaining Poland's independence. The melody of the anthem is of anonymous, folk origin; the text was penned by Józef Wybicki (for more information visit the PMC National Anthems Site). Thus, the fast-paced, energetic dance became a national symbol in several distinct ways. DESCRIPTION The most characteristic feature of the dance is the presence of the so-called mazurka rhythms, which occur in a variety of non-dancing songs and dances from the central and western parts of Poland. According to current research, it is not possible to describe traits which would unequivocally distinguish an oberek from a mazur or a kujawiak (the rhythm is further discussed in the section on "music"). State Group, Mazowsze, 1964. There are many folk dances that fall into this category, besides the ones mentioned above: ksebka, obertas, okrągły (round), okrąglak (round), and owczarek (shepherd). Oskar Kolberg stated in the first volume of his monumental folklore collection, Pieśni ludu polskiego (Songs of the Polish people 1857), that kujawiak, i.e. obertas, is the most popular dance in the whole country. In his later writings, Kolberg distinguishes between these dances differing in tempo, with the mazur occupying the middle ground between the slow, lyrical kujawiak and the furiously fast-paced oberek. Moreover, he describes a performance practice of dancing a set of three dances, a chodzony (walking dance, folk version of the polonaise), followed by a kujawiak, and a mazur or an obertas (oberek). This confusion of terminology and typology arose because
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade Op. 35 - YouTube Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Sheherazade Op. 35 Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Sep 8, 2011 Sheherazade (Scheherazade; Russian: Шехерезада, Shekherezada in transliteration), Op. 35, is a symphonic suite composed by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. Based on The Book of One Thousand and One Nights, sometimes known as The Arabian Nights, this orchestral work combines two features common to Russian music and of Rimsky-Korsakov in particular: dazzling, colourful orchestration and an interest in the East, which figured greatly in the history of Imperial Russia, as well as orientalism in general. It is considered Rimsky-Korsakov's most popular work. During the winter of 1887, as he worked to complete Alexander Borodin's unfinished opera Prince Igor, Rimsky-Korsakov decided to compose an orchestral piece based on pictures from The Arabian Nights as well as separate and unconnected episodes. After formulating musical sketches of his proposed work, he moved with his family to the Glinki-Mavriny dacha, in Nyezhgovitsy along the Cheryemenyetskoye Lake. During the summer there he finished Sheherazade and the Russian Easter Festival Overture. Notes in his autograph orchestral score show that the former was completed between June 4 and August 7, 1888. Sheherazade consisted of a symphonic suite of four related movements that form a unified theme. It was written to produce a sensation of fantasy narratives from the Orient. The work is scored for two flutes and a piccolo (with 2nd flute doubling on 2nd piccolo for a few bars), two oboes (with 2nd doubling cor anglais), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns in F, two trumpets in A and B-flat, three trombones, tuba, timpani, bass drum, snare drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine, tam-tam, harp and strings.[14] The music premiered in Saint Petersburg on October 28, 1888 conducted by Rimsky-Korsakov. Movement overview: I. The Sea and Sinbad's Ship 0:14 This movement is composed of various melodies and contains a general A B C A1 B C1 form. Although each section is highly distinctive, aspects of melodic figures carry through and unite them into a movement. Although similar in form to the classical symphony, the movement is more similar to the variety of motives used in one of Rimsky-Korsakov's previous works Antar. Antar, however, used genuine Arabic melodies as opposed to Rimsky-Korsakov's own ideas of an oriental flavor. II. The Kalendar Prince 10:40 This movement follows a type of ternary theme and variation and is described as a fantastic narrative. The variations only change by virtue of the accompaniment, highlighting the Rimsky-ness in the sense of simple musical lines allowing for greater appreciation of the orchestral clarity and brightness. Inside the general melodic line, a fast section highlights changes within both tonality and structure. of the fanfare motif, played by trombone and muted trumpet. III. The Young Prince and The Young Princess 21:54 This movement is also ternary, and is considered the simplest movement in form and melodic content. The inner section is said to be based on the theme from Tamara, while the outer sections have song-like melodic content. The outer themes are related to the inner by tempo and common motif, and the whole movement is finished by a quick coda return to the inner motif, balancing it out nicely. IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman. 32:30 This movement ties in aspects of all the proceeding movements as well as adding some new ideas Including but not limited to: an introduction of both the beginning of the movement and the Vivace section based on Sultan Shakhriar's theme, a repeat of the main Sheherazade violin theme, and a reiteration of the fanfare motif to portray the ship wreck. Coherence is maint
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Earth - Basic planetary data | planet | Britannica.com Basic planetary data Learn more about this topic 1 Find out more about Earth’s orbit The mean distance of Earth from the Sun is about 149,600,000 km (92,960,000 miles). The planet orbits the Sun in a path that is presently more nearly a circle (less eccentric) than are the orbits of all but two of the other planets, Venus and Neptune . Earth makes one revolution, or one complete orbit of the Sun, in about 365.25 days. The direction of revolution—counterclockwise as viewed down from the north—is in the same sense, or direction, as the rotation of the Sun; Earth’s spin, or rotation about its axis, is also in the same sense, which is called direct or prograde. The rotation period, or length of a sidereal day (see day ; sidereal time )—23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds—is similar to that of Mars . Jupiter and most asteroid s have days less than half as long, while Mercury and Venus have days more nearly comparable to their orbital periods. The 23.44° tilt, or inclination , of Earth’s axis to its orbital plane, also typical, results in greater heating and more hours of daylight in one hemisphere or the other over the course of a year and so is responsible for the cyclic change of season s. Earth’s rotation on its axis and its revolution around the Sun. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The planet Earth, as photographed from the Galileo spacecraft during its December 1990 flyby en … NASA/JPL geoid: Determination of Earth’s figure With an equatorial radius of 6,378 km (3,963 miles), Earth is the largest of the four inner, terrestrial (rocky) planets, but it is considerably smaller than the gas giants of the outer solar system . Earth has a single natural satellite, the Moon , which orbits the planet at a mean distance of about 384,400 km (238,900 miles). The Moon is one of the bigger natural satellites in the solar system; only the giant planets have moons comparable or larger in size. Some planetary astronomers consider the Earth-Moon system a double planet, with some similarity in that regard to the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon, Charon . Related Topics Africa Earth’s gravitational field (see gravitation ) is manifested as the attractive force acting on a free body at rest, causing it to accelerate in the general direction of the centre of the planet. Departures from the spherical shape and the effect of Earth’s rotation cause gravity to vary with latitude over the terrestrial surface. The average gravitational acceleration at sea level is about 980 cm/sec2 (32.2 feet/sec2). Ten reasons why Earth is round. © MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner) Earth’s gravity keeps the Moon in its orbit around the planet and also generates tides in the solid body of the Moon. Such deformations are manifested in the form of slight bulges at the lunar surface, detectable only by sensitive instruments. In turn, the Moon’s mass—relatively large for a natural satellite —exerts a gravitational force that causes tides on Earth. The Sun, much more distant but vastly more massive, also raises tides on Earth. (See celestial mechanics: Tidal evolution .) The tides are most apparent as the twice-daily and daily rises and falls of the ocean water, although tidal deformations occur in the solid Earth and in the atmosphere as well (see tide ). The movement of the water throughout the ocean basins as a result of the tides (as well as, to a lesser extent, the tidal distortion of the solid Earth) dissipates orbital kinetic energy as heat , producing a gradual slowing of Earth’s rotation and a spiraling outward of the Moon’s orbit. Currently this slowing lengthens the day by a few thousandths of a second per century, but the rate of slowing varies with time as plate tectonics and sea-level changes alter the areas covered by inland bays and shallow seas. Planetary data for Earth inclination of orbit to ecliptic 0.000° Earth year (sidereal period of revolution) 365.256 days rotation period (Earth sidereal day) 23.9345 hr (23 hr 56 min 4 sec) of mean solar time 24.0657 hr (24 hr 3 min 57 se
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Famous Firsts in Aviation Famous Firsts in Aviation Virgin Atlantic's Globalflyer 1783 First balloon flight. Jacques and Joseph Montgolfier of Annonay, France, sent up a small smoke-filled balloon about mid-November. First hydrogen-filled balloon flight. Jacques A. C. Charles, Paris physicist, supervised construction by A. J. and M. N. Robert of a 13-foot-diameter balloon that was filled with hydrogen. It got up to about 3,000 ft and traveled about 16 mi in a 45-minute flight (Aug. 27). First human balloon flights. A Frenchman, Jean Pilâtre de Rozier, made the first captive-balloon ascension (Oct. 15). With the Marquis d'Arlandes, Pilâtre de Rozier made the first free flight, reaching a peak altitude of about 500 ft, and traveling about 51/2 mi in 20 min. (Nov. 21). 1784 First powered balloon. Gen. Jean Baptiste Marie Meusnier developed the first propeller-driven and elliptically shaped balloon—the crew cranking three propellers on a common shaft to give the craft a speed of about 3 mph. First balloon flight by a woman. Mme. Thible, a French opera singer (June 4). 1793 First balloon flight in America. Jean Pierre Blanchard, a French pilot, made it from Philadelphia to near Woodbury, N.J., in just over 45 min. (Jan. 9). 1794 First military use of the balloon. Jean Marie Coutelle, using a balloon built for the French Army, made two 4-hour observation ascents. The military purpose of the ascents seems to have been to damage the enemy's morale. 1797 First parachute jump. André-Jacques Garnerin dropped from about 6,500 ft over Monceau Park in Paris in a 23-foot-diameter parachute made of white canvas with a basket attached (Oct. 22). 1843 First air transport company. In London, William S. Henson and John Stringfellow filed articles of incorporation for the Aerial Transit Company (March 24). It failed. 1852 First dirigible. Henri Giffard, a French engineer, flew in a controllable (more or less) steam-engine-powered balloon, 144 ft long and 39 ft in diameter, inflated with 88,000 cu ft of coal gas. It reached 6.7 mph on a flight from Paris to Trappe (Sept. 24). 1860 First aerial photographers. Samuel Archer King and William Black made two photos of Boston, which are still in existence. 1872 First gas-engine-powered dirigible. Paul Haenlein, a German engineer, flew in a semi-rigid-frame dirigible, powered by a 4-cylinder internal-combustion engine running on coal gas drawn from the supporting bag. 1873 First transatlantic attempt. The New York Daily Graphic sponsored the attempt with a 400,000-cubic-foot balloon carrying a lifeboat. A rip in the bag during inflation brought the collapse of the balloon and the project. 1897 First successful metal dirigible. An all-metal dirigible, designed by David Schwarz, a Hungarian, took off from Berlin's Tempelhof Field and, powered by a 16-horsepower Daimler engine, got several miles before leaking gas caused it to crash (Nov. 13). 1900 First zeppelin flight. Germany's Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin flew the first of his long series of rigid-frame airships. It attained a speed of 18 mph and got 31/2 mi before its steering gear failed (July 2). 1903 First successful heavier-than-air machine flight. Aviation was really born on the sand dunes at Kitty Hawk, N.C., when Orville Wright crawled to his prone position between the wings of the biplane he and his brother Wilbur had built, opened the throttle of their homemade 12-horsepower engine, and took to the air. He covered 120 ft in 12 sec. Later that day, in one of four flights, Wilbur stayed up 59 sec. and covered 852 ft (Dec. 17). 1904 First airplane maneuvers. Orville Wright made the first turn with an airplane (Sept. 15); five days later his brother Wilbur made the first complete circle. 1905 First airplane flight over half an hour. Orville Wrig
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Arthur's Seat (Edinburgh, Scotland): Top Tips Before You Go - TripAdvisor Neighbourhood Profile Southside & Holyrood Many of Edinburgh’s student hangouts gather around university buildings in Southside, the sort of neighbourhood that supports a long string of second-hand shops and eateries serving ethnic food for just a few pounds. In August the student population is replaced by vast numbers of boisterous visitors here for the Fringe, Edinburgh’s world-class comedy and arts festival which headquarters itself here. Flanking Southside are two great parks. The Meadows is a vast flat and sporty space where football, rugby, tennis, cricket, croquet, and golf often all take place side by side. Kids in its big playgrounds add to the joyful noise. Far bigger and much wilder, Holyrood Park extends to the east and provides a real hike up Arthur’s Seat, but the district is best known as the site of Scotland’s Parliament and its premier Royal Palace—and their steady stream of sightseers.
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King Arthur Arthur is the name that inspired people to think of the Age of Chivalry, where the tall, impregnable castle overlooked the field of combats, a clash between two opposing armies or tournaments between jousting knights, or where we romanticised armoured knight embarked on a perilous journey to prove his prowess and worth. Arthur had gone through various stages, where rose from warlord of the forgotten period to his status the warrior-king. Then later, he was reduced to a role of passive ruler, while the knight, swore into the fellowship of the Round Table, overcame monsters and enemies in his name. No other king represented medieval kingship and chivalry than Arthur. Arthur's shadowy past would later surpassed the historical emperor of the Franks, Charlemage. King Arthur Would the real Arthur, please step forward There has been centuries-old debate on whether there was ever a real Arthur. Archaeological evidence proved fruitless. Historical literary sources have been scant and totally unreliable. Distinguishing history from legend is like trying to find a needle in a hay-sack. Geoffrey of Monmouth's so-called history of the British kings (titled Historia regum Britanniae) was nothing more than an inventive history. Geoffrey of Monmouth (Galfridus Monemutensis) claimed thar he got his sources from an old book from Archdeacon, was also pure fabrication. Geoffrey's Historia was based on three central figures: Brutus, the first British king and the great-grandson of Aeneas , a Trojan hero in Greek mythology. Brutus fled to the isle that was named after him. Then, there's Belinus, the so-called British king, who sacked Rome about 390 BC. Though, Rome was sacked in 390 BC. It definitely wasn't from Celtic Britons. The Celtic tribes who defeated the Romans were from the Gauls, who migrated into Italy from France about fifth or fourth century BC. Therefore, Geoffrey was mixing history with his own invention. And of course, King Arthur, himself. Geoffrey portrayed Arthur as a world conqueror, who established an empire that comprised of England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland and France. With these sorts of people in his Historia, it really can't be taken seriously to be history. It was Geoffrey who made the legend of King Arthur, popular in Britain and the Continent. Its influences were tremendous; its inspirations would cause later medieval authors to further enrich the legend. Those who take the Geoffrey's Historia or another part of the legend as history, I believed had misunderstood the nature of literary art. As I see it, Geoffrey had used some elements of history in his compositions but in general his works were purely fictional. You may have wondered where Geoffrey got his sources from. Arthur appeared to be an early Celtic hero, particularly among the Welsh. There are a number of Welsh literature that could have inspired Geoffrey to write his History. Arthur seemed to have connection with a British victory over the Saxons at the battle or seige of Mons Badonicus or Badon Hills, possibly in Wessex. The earliest account of this battle come from the Celtic monk-historian named Gildas, who died in AD 570, recorded in his De excidio et conquestu Britanniae, about the battle in Mons Badonicus (Badon Hills, in Wessex). Though Gildas did not mention Arthur, the monk had indirectly associated the victory to the leader Ambrosius Aurelianus in the earlier paragraph. ...that they might not be brought to utter destruction, took arms under the conduct of Ambrosius Aurelianus, a modest man, who of all the Roman nation was then alone in the confusion of this troubled period by chance left alive. His parents, who for their merit were adorned with the purple, kind been slain in these same broils, and now his progeny in these our days, although shamefully degenerated from the worthiness of their ancestors, provoke to battle their cruel conquerors, and by the goodness of our Lord obtain the victory. After this, sometimes our countrymen, sometimes the enemy, won the field, to the end that our Lord might thi
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When British football managers thrived in Spain | Football | The Guardian Guardian Sport Network When British football managers thrived in Spain Clubs in La Liga are not rushing to appoint another British manager after Real Sociedad’s failed experiment with David Moyes , but there was a time when clubs in the UK worried about their best young coaches migrating to jobs in Spain Monday 16 November 2015 07.20 EST Last modified on Monday 4 April 2016 07.47 EDT Share on Messenger Close There’s always something for British football to wring its hands about. Ten years ago it was foreign owners in “our” game. Before that, foreign players. In the 1980s, among other things, it was the “talent drain” of managers heading off to foreign lands was troubling the fretters of the nation. “I hope Spain has now had its fair share as far as Everton is concerned,” huffed then Toffees chairman Philip Carter in 1987. “It is a real problem for British football and there are moves afoot to liberalise the situation even further … it should be of great concern to those involved with our national game.” Carter was speaking after Howard Kendall, having just won his second league title with Everton, had left Goodison Park to take charge of Athletic Bilbao . Russell Thomas wrote in the Guardian that Kendall’s move “confirms the most depressing trend in British football: the drift of talent, player and managerial, to the continent,” while, in the Times, Stuart Jones said Kendall’s departure represented “another disturbing signpost. It points to the continuing decline of individual talent, whether it be on the pitch or on the periphery of it.” How Howard Kendall saved his job at Everton and won the FA Cup in 1984 Read more Of course, British and Irish managers moving to Spain was nothing new. The early history of many Spanish clubs is littered with names such as Patrick O’Connell, Arthur Johnson, Robert Firth and Frederick Pentland, the latter known as “The Bowler Hat” because of his favoured headgear. Indeed, the rough Spanish equivalent of “gaffer” is “mister”, which partly came about due to the early prevalence of British coaches in the country. However, 1987 seemed to be the peak of a minor exodus, inspired by the huge success of English teams in Europe, success that was then stymied by the five-year ban after Heysel. British coaches were tempted abroad with the promise of, among other things, continental competition, although the lifestyle and salaries probably helped too. Kendall’s move to Spain was at least partly inspired by the English ban from Europe. “Would I have stayed if we hadn’t been banned?” he said in an interview earlier this year. “Probably, yes. We would have been involved in Europe again. But when your top players are allowed to leave, as Trevor Steven and Gary Stevens did, it takes some rebuilding.” Kendall managed Bilbao for two seasons; Terry Venables won the league with Barcelona; Jock Wallace took charge of Sevilla for a while; and Ron Atkinson had a brief spell as Atlético Madrid boss. Colin Addison took Celta Vigo up from the second tier then served as Atkinson’s assistant, taking over upon his dismissal, while John Mortimore, Chelsea stalwart of the 50s and 60s who won the league twice in two spells with Benfica, had a year in charge of Real Betis. In the summer of 1987, seven of the 20 managers in the Spanish top flight were British. Of those who joined the exodus, John Toshack is the daddy of them all, spending a total of 17 seasons in Spain with Real Sociedad (three times), Real Madrid (twice), Deportivo la Coruna and Real Murcia. Toshack, once thought to be a shoo-in for the Liverpool job, left his homeland after life at Swansea soured, relegation to the Second Division starting the wilderness years that eventually left them in the fourth, where he had lifted them from in the first place. Toshack first went to Portugal and Sporting (turning down Aston Villa) and then to Sociedad, where he became their first ever non-Basque manager. Indeed, one of the problems he had to face was the club’s policy that all players had to
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FA Cup: Greatest moments in every Premier League team's history | Daily Mail Online Find out what Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert had to say about the FA Cup. Since it's inception in 1871, the FA Cup has had it all - thrills, spills, shocks, surprises, stunning goals and some of the most memorable moments in English football's rich history. With the third round of this year's tournament taking place this weekend, it's time for the big boys to get involved and for the smaller teams to dream of a fairytale run all the way to Wembley. But, after Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert claimed the FA Cup is something the majority of Premier League clubs could do without, we take a time-out to remind you what is so special about the competition and list every top-flight club's best moment in the greatest domestic cup in the world. ARSENAL Double up: Arsenal completed their first double under Arsene Wenger in 1998, goals from Dutch winger Marc Overmars and French striker Nicolas Anelka sealed a 2-0 win against Newcastle United in the FA Cup final at Wembley after the Gunners sealed the Premier League title, pipping Manchester United by one point. Arsenal won the double in 1971 and then for a third time in 2002. Since 2002, Arsenal have won the FA Cup twice more, in 2003 and 2005, and a total of 10 times in their history. ASTON VILLA Aston Villa captain Johnny Dixon holds the FA Cup aloft after a 2-1 win over Manchester United in the 1957 final. Peter McParland was the hero for the Villans that day as he scored both goals. This was the seventh time Villa had won the FA Cup but, amazingly for a club their size, they haven't since had a taste of glory. In fact, since their last FA Cup win, Villa have won the League Cup on five occasions, in 1961, 1975, 1977, 1994 and 1996, as well as their historic European Cup win in 1982. CARDIFF Across the Severn: For the first time in history the FA Cup left English shores and moved to the Welsh capital when Cardiff beat Arsenal 1-0 in the 1927 final. In the picture above, Arsenal goalkeeper Dan Lewis lets Hughie Ferguson's 74th minute shot slip through in one of the biggest howlers and most famous goals in FA Cup final history. Cardiff make it to the final two years before this, in 1925, and were also back there in 2008 when they were beaten by Harry Redknapp's Portsmouth. CHELSEA Early goal: Roberto di Matteo's strike after 42 seconds ended Chelsea's 27-year wait to land the Cup as he set them on their way to a 2-0 win over Middlesbrough in 1997. Eddie Newton sealed the win with an 83rd-minute goal. Chelsea have won the FA Cup five times since then and four times in six seasons under Roman Abramovich, including in 2012 when Di Matteo was manager and the Blues beat Liverpool 2-1 in the final. CRYSTAL PALACE Familiar face: Current Newcastle manager Alan Pardew's most memorable moment in his playing career. Pardew scored an extra-time winner for Crystal Palace in the 1990 FA Cup semi-final against Liverpool at Villa Park. Palace won a thrilling tie 4-3 to advance to the final, where they played Manchester United. The first match was drawn 3-3 after extra time, but United won a less frantic replay 1-0 with a goal from Lee Martin. This was the first major trophy of Sir Alex Ferguson's glittering reign at Old Trafford. Little did we know what would unfold over the next two decades. EVERTON Riding high: Paul Rideout's header sealed a 1-0 victory over Manchester United in the 1995 final and the Toffees’ last FA Cup success. Rideout's winning goal came after Graham Stuart's shot rebounded off the crossbar. Goalkeeper Neville Southall made several outstanding saves to keep United out. Sir Alex Ferguson's team that day featured Peter Schmeichel, Gary Neville, Roy Keane, Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes. FULHAM Debut: The FA Cup doesn't hold great memories for Fulham, but they did make it to the final in 1975. But Fulham were beaten 2-0 by West Ham with two goals from Alan Taylor, who is pictured above scoring his second. The Fulham team that day featured form
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Pam Ferris - IMDb IMDb Actress | Soundtrack Pam Ferris was born on May 11, 1948 in Hannover, Lower Saxony, Germany as Pamela E. Ferris. She is an actress, known for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Matilda (1996) and Children of Men (2006). She has been married to Roger Frost since August 1986. See full bio » Born: a list of 41 people created 19 May 2012 a list of 35 people created 07 May 2014 a list of 40 people created 14 Jul 2015 a list of 36 people created 5 months ago a list of 31 people created 2 months ago Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Pam Ferris's work have you seen? User Polls 2011 Midsomer Murders (TV Series) Liz Tomlin 2010 Grandma's House (TV Series) Deborah Adler 2009 Gavin & Stacey (TV Series) Cath 2004 Agatha Christie's Marple (TV Series) Elspeth McGillicuddy 2002 Paradise Heights (TV Series) Marion Eustace 2001 Linda Green (TV Series) Norma Fitts 2001 Sweet Revenge (TV Movie) Denise Williams 1998 Our Mutual Friend (TV Mini-Series) Mrs. Boffin - Episode #1.1 (1998) ... Mrs. Boffin 1997 Cows (TV Movie) 1995 Screen Two (TV Series) Alice Hartley 1994 The Rector's Wife (TV Mini-Series) Eleanor Ramsay 1993 Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) Matron 1992 Mr. Wakefield's Crusade (TV Series) Mad Marion 1989 All Change (TV Series) Maggie Oldfield 1988 Valentine Park (TV Series) Mrs. Fox 1988 The Fear (TV Series) Brenda 1987 Lizzie's Pictures (TV Mini-Series) Grace 1987 Hardwicke House (TV Series) Ms. Crabbe 1986 Ladies in Charge (TV Series) Charlie 1985 The Bill (TV Series) Mrs. Draper 1984 The House (TV Movie) Mrs. Smeth 2010 Jackboots on Whitehall (performer: "Jerusalem") Hide 1996 Magic Within (TV Movie) (special thanks) Hide 2013 Afternoon Tea, a Matilda Reunion (Video documentary short) Herself - 'Agatha Trunchbull' 2013 Pointless Celebrities (TV Series) Herself 2011 50 Greatest Harry Potter Moments (TV Movie documentary) Herself - Aunt Marge 2009 Richard & Judy (TV Series) Herself 2009 Little Dorrit: An Insight (Video documentary short) Herself - 'Mrs. General' 2008 Drama Trails (TV Series documentary) Herself 2007 Christmas Cooks (TV Series) Herself 2006 Film 2016 (TV Series) Herself 2005 The 50 Greatest Documentaries (TV Movie documentary) Herself 2005 Page Turners (TV Series documentary) Herself 2004 Head to Shrunken Head (Video documentary short) Herself 2004 This Morning (TV Series) Herself 2003 French and Saunders (TV Series) Herself 1993 Aspel & Company (TV Series) Herself - Guest 1991 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary) Herself 2011 Special Collector's Edition (TV Series) Agatha Trunchbull Personal Details Other Works: She acted in John Osborne's play, "The Entertainer," at the Old Vic Theatre in London, England with Robert Lindsay, Emma Cunniffe, John Normingotn, David Dawson, and Jim Creighton in the cast. Sean Homes was director. See more » Publicity Listings: 1 Interview | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more » Official Sites: Did You Know? Personal Quote: I was obsessed with work in my youth. It's why I didn't get married until I was 38 and the reason I didn't have kids. Not having children isn't a sadness in my life, though. I know I wouldn't have been a half-bad mother, but that's what happened. There's no regretting it. Trivia: In The Darling Buds of May (1991), there was a famous scene where Ferris shared a bath with David Jason while eating supper. Jason thought about turning up to the set in a frog mask and flippers but couldn't go through with it. Jason and Ferris both wore swimming costumes and the water was colored up to protect their modesty's. Jason considered that scene their icebreaker. See more » Star Sign:
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4 out of 5 stars Time Out says 4 out of 5 stars Emma Rice makes a brilliant start to her reign at the Globe with this riotously irreverent 'Dream' ‘Did Emma Rice send you?’ spits Lucy Thackeray’s Tina Quince as Margaret Ann Bain’s Philostrate tries to confiscate her tambourine. ‘I’ll have you know this was given to me by Mark Rylance’. For all the blithe interviews in which new Globe boss Rice – the theatre’s third leader after Rylance and Dominic Dromgoole – has said how little she knows about Shakespeare, let’s make one thing clear: she knows exactly what she’s doing. And her first production for the Bankside institution is an absolute blinder. Though not as out-there as the ‘Cymbeline’ she did with her erstwhile company Kneehigh a decade ago, it’s more revolutionary, gleefuly pointedly hauling the Globe into a new epoch. Rice’s ‘Dream’ is a wild, bright, polysexual romp in which the theatre’s longstanding fidelity to the Elizabethan period is merrily chucked out of the window. Almost everyone is in modern dress, there’s a Bollywood-style sitar soundtrack, the lighting rig and sound system have been souped up, a vivid, tactile set from Börkur Jónsson is based on giant wobbling balloons, and Shakespeare’s script does not survive unscathed. Still, Rice’s ebullient innovations never feel out of step with the spirit of the play – it doesn’t feel like one of those pointedly ‘adult’ ‘Dreams’, just a production in touch with the play’s anarchic id. The most notable innovation is Helena becoming Helenus (a sassy Ankur Bahl), a move that rather spices up the lovers storyline, with Lysander and Demetrius now flip-flopping between straight and queer on their one wild night in, er, Hoxton (no Athenian woods here). Beyond Helenus, the most ostentatious innovation is to turn am-dram-obsessed bumpkins The Mechanicals into a group of dotty Globe stewards, led by Thackeray’s Quince and Ewan Wardrop’s hilariously Alan Partridge-like Bottom. Elsewhere Zubin Varla’s fairy king Oberon is a magnificent letch in period garb, swigging from a two-litre bottle of Strongbow; cabaret star Meow Meow is a hoot as both a rather undignified Titania and a gangster’s moll Hippolyta; and Katy Owen’s marvellous, audience-baiting Puck is an absolute loon – screeching and cackling and force-feeding bananas to audience members (‘What is wrong with you?’ snaps Varla’s Oberon, not unreasonably). Sure, it’s a bit panto. Purists will freak out. And there may be those who feel worried that it has fundamentally changed what the Globe is about, in terms of it no longer existing to offer a quasi-authentic ‘Shakesperian’ experience. But the bottom line is it’s a bloody joy: ravishing, engrossing and laugh-out-loud funny. Rice has reinvigorated the Globe, but the Globe has reinvigorated her – Kneehigh’s productions have become somewhat repetitive in recent years, but this doesn’t feel like a Kneehigh production. It feels like Shakespeare, taken to his gloriously anarchic max. By: Andrzej Lukowski 4 out of 5 stars Average User Rating
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue - Books on Google Play Reagan Kaffenberger April 11, 2015 From wat the title says I CANT WAIT TO READ THIS BOOK Ricer Tap-Tap July 28, 2015 Good Whatever the weather.. Full Review Patricia Newton July 11, 2015 I' ve been a Poe fan since my middle school days. This book brings me pleasant memories and reading pleasure :) Debbie Phillips July 6, 2015 Tttttttttt..,. Full Review Roger Greenlaw June 30, 2015 Great read to eliminate boring times Though it suffers from some small errors in converting type set text to digital form and uses archaic words. Most of the intended meanings can be inferred from surrounding text, while one may employ a good dictionary for better understanding. Robin Rife June 22, 2015 , Guadalupe Perez May 29, 2015 Edger Allen Poe His BOOKS Are the BEST,especially The raven and other tales Stephanie Peterson May 28, 2015 Love Love poetry Jackie Lecza May 22, 2015 Murder This reminds me of my favorite band iron maiden Mea Isawesome May 3, 2015 Good I liked it Alan. Culshaw Culshaw July 30, 2015 The murders in the rue morgue and other tales Not my kind of reading Larry Striker March 30, 2015 Love poe . It's a great read Kerri Tyler March 9, 2015 I love Poe !! Full Review Dr Gregory Wright March 4, 2015 Google Play Can't Be Beat I just viewed 100 move titles, cost, this was my first time. I am shock its cheap Full Review sandra hess March 2, 2015 The murders in Rue Mourge: and other tales It was wonderful and worked like a cloud in the sky Full Review March 1, 2015 A fun read. Seminal detective story! Amazing complete earliest Detective Stories. Poe created the detective sleuth who uses observation of detail to solve crime in 4 stories starring 2 detectives. See Murders in the Rue Morgue, Purloined Letter, Mystery of Marie Roget, & Gold Bug- the FIRST detective C.S.I. dramas. Sherlock Holmes, Hercules Poirot, Father Brown & every detective whodunnit would not exist without the genius of Edgar Allan Poe. ;^) Ray Exum II February 28, 2015 Awesome. Before Stephen King, we had Poe. alex hanger February 13, 2015 The murders in the run morgue I didn't like it to much Tina p February 10, 2015 Ok Jack Lio February 5, 2015 The murders It kinda sucked dick Hunter Ebling October 14, 2015 Loved it Poe writes interesting story's I love all of them Full Review Vanessa Faulkinbury August 27, 2016 Not poems not gloomy Loved it it is a great read dB not to dark but lots of mystery could not TB put it down Full Review Alexandria Cales August 14, 2016 The Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allen Poe Let me begin by offering due praise for what (in my opinion) is possibly his beat work. It is exciting, mysterious, and intelligent. Most of all it is quite entertaining, as it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. Let me end by saying: Poe is not for everyone, neither are Romance novels. So stick to your preferences and avoid dissapointment; and save us from your useless description Phyllis Whitehurst January 24, 2016 Murders in the Full Review craig scilagyi December 20, 2015 Poe! Are you kidding? Read as much as you can handle. He writes in color! Vivid and crispy Cold Michael Alexander Francis OSB November 30, 2015 Gripping classic s Perfect Midnight's reading. Michele Greenberg November 18, 2015 Biteme1152@gmail.com Great book. Djskrechy32 KK CHRISTIE November 10, 2015 It was ok dave delong October 25, 2015 The murders in the rue morgue Good book from Poe Full Review October 15, 2015 CLASSICS from the Master of the Macabre I read these stories as a teenager and again as a young adult. I am now a great grandmother and looking forward to reading them again. Full Review Rob Simmonds December 20, 2016 Can't download - authentication error Really enjoyed reading Poe as a teenager and wanted to reacquaint myself with this groundbreaking author but Google Books is preventing me from doing so. This seems the only place to complain and ask that they fix the download link. Cathy Parrish October 13, 2015 Poe Never a poet before and "never more"...ever like Poe. Chevelle Langston October 1
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Ronald Reagan Publishes His Autobiography, "Where's the Rest of Me?" | World History Project 1965 Ronald Reagan Publishes His Autobiography, "Where's the Rest of Me?" In the film, Reagan's character, Drake McHugh, has both legs amputated by a sadistic surgeon, played by Coburn. When he wakes from anesthesia, he says, "Where's the rest of me?" Reagan used that line as the title of his 1965 autobiography. Reagan and most film critics considered Kings Row his best movie. Reagan called the film a "slightly sordid but moving yarn" that "made me a star."
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Michael Duane JOHNSON - Olympic | United States of America Olympic Games 1992 , 1996 , 2000 Sprint superman Michael Johnson is widely regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time. In the 1990s, the four-time Olympic gold medallist dominated the 200m and 400m, going an incredible seven years undefeated in the latter. College boy Born in the Texan city of Dallas on 13 September 1967, Michael Duane Adalbert Adam Johnson was the youngest of five siblings. As a teenager he devoted himself to his studies, with athletics just a regular sideline. Aged 19, he enrolled at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. It was there, in April 1987, that he was spotted by Clyde Hart – the coach who would later take him to the pinnacle of world athletics – as he broke the university 200m record. By then he had already adopted his distinctive running style, characterised by an upright gait and short stride, that would later see him nicknamed “the Duck”. The road to the top After gaining a degree in accountancy, Johnson decided to focus full-time on athletics in 1990. Unusually, he excelled over both 200m and 400m, finishing the year at the top of the international rankings for both distances. It was a rare combination but one that would soon bring him glory. In 1991, in Tokyo, he was crowned world 200m champion, but then suffered a setback the following year when food poisoning denied him the chance of glory in the individual events at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. However, he was restored to fitness in time to help the US 4x400m relay team secure the victory that brought Johnson his first taste of Olympic gold. Seven years unbeaten Starting in 1993, Johnson embarked on an incredible sequence of 58 400m races in which he went undefeated, and he was soon being hailed as “Superman”. The pinnacle of his track career came on home soil, at the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. 83,000 spectators looked on as Johnson, resplendant in his golden running shoes, completed a remarkable 200m-400m double, an achievement never matched before or since in men’s athletics. His times were remarkable too: 19.32 seconds for the 200m – a world record that stood for 12 years until being broken by Usain Bolt – and 43.49 seconds for the 400m. A decade of solid gold On 26 August 1999 in Seville (SPA), Johnson set a new 400m world record of 43.18 seconds, which remains unbeaten to this day. In the space of a decade at the top, which culminated in a final Olympic gold in the 400m at Sydney 2000, he amassed a total of eight world and four Olympic titles (never once experiencing the taste of silver or bronze). He retired from competition in 2001 to pursue a successful career as a media pundit, while also managing the career of one of his successors, Jeremy Wariner, who won Olympic gold in the 400m at Athens 2004.
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The Man | Evel Knievel was born Robert Craig Knievel on Oct. 17, 1938 in Butte, Montana. After a police chase in 1956, in which he crashed his motorcycle, Knievel was taken to jail on a charge of reckless driving. When the night jailer came around to check roll call, he noted Robert Knievel in one cell and William Knofel in another. Knofel was well known as “Awful Knofel” (“awful” rhyming with “Knofel”) so Knievel began to be referred to as Evel Knievel (“Evel” rhyming with “Knievel”). He chose this misspelling because of his last name and because he didn’t want to be considered “evil”. And thus the legend was born… “THE PEOPLE DON’T COME TO SEE ME DIE. THEY COME TO SEE ME DEFY DEATH.” Death-defying feats have fascinated mankind for centuries. From sword swallowers to human cannonballs, the daredevils of history have risked life and limb to draw a crowd. Few performers gained lasting fame. But in the 1970’s a motorcycle-jumping stuntman from Butte, Montana vaulted this tradition from its sideshow origins to unthinkable heights of popularity and influence. Evel Knievel made the leap from rural county fairs to sold-out stadiums through a unique combination of bravado, determination, and promotional genius. He invented himself and his business, jumping, crashing, and miraculously recovering to promise even more outrageous stunts to come. A generation of kids grew up transfixed by his televised exploits, imitating his stunts on bicycles and with Evel Knievel toys. Evel’s first jump was i n1966 at the National Date Festival in Indio, California. From that point on, Knievel’s stunts became more ambitious and more dangerous. Some of his most memorable jumps include Caesars Palace (1967), Madison Square Garden (1971), Twin Falls, Idaho, Snake River Canyon(1975), and of course the famous Wembley Stadium jump (1975). When USA ABC’s Wide World of Sports collated the top twenty most watched sporting moments of all time, Evel featured five times – including the top spot. In one of his first jumps for ABC’s Wide World of Sports, Knievel successfully jumped 50 stacked cars at the Los Angeles Coliseum in front of a crowd of 35,000. This performance lead to a world record where Evel jumped 14 greyhound buses at King’s Island amusement park in Ohio in 1975, four months after a spectacular crash in the jump over 13 buses at Wembley Stadium in London, England – which remains ABC’s Wide World of Sports’ highest rated show of all time. Teach your kids about good and Evel. With the throttle wide-open, Evel Knievel went head to head with danger and lived to tell the tale. Despite failed jumps, crashes, and multiple broken bones, he always rose to perform again. This unconventional attitude to do things that had never been done before is exactly what made him a global icon. Evel Knievel is an inspiration to people – young and old – who recognize they want to be in control of their own destiny. People who want to go out and do great things. People who use drive, determination, personality, and hard work to become their own legend. AN AMERICAN ICON From his humble roots in the unlikely town of Butte, MT, Knievel rode his motorcycle and guts to an unparalleled level of worldwide glory and fame, much of which he still carries with him today: King of the Daredevils, The Last of the Gladiators, The Godfather of Extreme Sports, Guinness Book of Records holder for the most bones broken, an unwavering optimist, a doer, a go-getter, self-promoter extraordinaire, media genius, an enigmatic folk hero — an American legend. Knievel’s nationally televised motorcycle jumps, including his 1974 attempt to jump Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho, represent four of the twenty most-watched, including the number 1 spot, ABC’s Wide World of Sports events in history. His achievements and failures, including his record 35 broken bones, earned him several entries in the Guinness Book of World Records. These are the titles by which millions of people around the world know Evel Knievel. Evel Knievel spoke a prayer to himself before every jump, whether it
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Three towns win city status for Diamond Jubilee - BBC News BBC News Three towns win city status for Diamond Jubilee 14 March 2012 Close share panel Image caption St Asaph's Cathedral building dates to the 13th Century Chelmsford, Perth and St Asaph are to gain 'city status' to mark this year's Diamond Jubilee. The towns beat off competition from 22 others across the UK to win the "civic honours" accolade. The awards were granted by The Queen under the royal prerogative, following advice from ministers. Events to mark The Queen's 60 years on the throne began last month and come to a head with four days of celebration in the first weekend of June. The grant of city status is purely honorific and confers no additional powers, functions or funding. Local authorities were invited last year to submit bids for their towns to take on city status in a process overseen by the deputy prime minister's office. The winners are Chelmsford in Essex, Perth in Perthshire and St Asaph in Denbighshire. 'High quality' Only one title was expected to be awarded but the government said the awards to towns in England, Scotland and Wales were made "in recognition of the significance of every part of the UK" in Jubilee year, as well as the "high quality" of the bids submitted. Chelmsford, home to Essex County cricket team and Anglia Ruskin University, is one of the fast-growing towns in the south-east of England. The leader of Chelmsford Council, Roy Whitehead, said he was delighted with the announcement, which he called a "tremendous honour". I hope the competition has given the residents of all the places which applied a sense of civic pride Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister Perth, on the banks of the River Tay, is one of Scotland's largest towns and will become the country's seventh city. Pete Wishart, the SNP MP for Perth and North Perthshire, said the award was "fantastic news". St Asaph, which has a population of about 3,500, will become one of the smallest cities in the UK. It is one of the few towns in the UK with a cathedral never to have had city status and it also played an important role in the history of the Welsh language. The priest who translated the bible into Welsh, William Morgan, later became the bishop of St Asaph. In recent times, it is more popularly known as the birthplace of Liverpool striker Ian Rush. The current Bishop of St Asaph, Rt Rev Dr Gregory Cameron, said he was pleased "these decisions are made not on the size of the population but on the quality of community life". St Asaph was chosen ahead of Wrexham, a much larger town in north Wales. The other unsuccessful towns which entered the 2012 contest were: Bolton, Bournemouth, Colchester, Coleraine, Corby, Craigavon, Croydon, Doncaster, Dorchester, Dudley, Gateshead, Goole, Luton, Medway, Middlesbrough, Milton Keynes, Reading, Southend, St Austell, Stockport and Tower Hamlets. 'Civic pride' Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said the three towns had won out from an "exceptional" field of entrants. "I have been moved by the pride and passion which people have shown in putting their nominations forward," he said. "The standard of application was very high and those who missed out should not be downhearted. I hope the competition has given the residents of all the places which applied a sense of civic pride, of collective ownership and community spirit." There are currently 66 cities in the UK. City status is rarely granted, with only 14 new cities created during the 20th century. In the last contest - held in 2002 for the Queen's Golden Jubilee - Preston, Newry, Lisburn and Newport were among the winners. In 2000, Brighton and Hove, Inverness and Wolverhampton were given the status to mark the new millennium. The government also announced on Wednesday that the right to use the title of Lord Mayor will be bestowed on the city of Armagh in Northern Ireland. It was chosen ahead of 11 other cities.
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WALES - Welsh Rugby Memorabilia from 1900 to present day, WALES / CYMRU Welsh rugby memorabilia - you will find on this page a marvellous selection of memorabilia from all eras of Welsh Rugby. From the first Golden era to the 2008 Grand Slam, we've got the lot. Click on the links below or scroll down to see what great items we have on offer. 2012 GRAND SLAM - 2008 GRAND SLAM - 2005 GRAND SLAM - 1900's GOLDEN ERA - BETWEEN THE WARS 1920's & 30's - WARTIME/SERVICES - POST-WAR 40s, 50s & 60s - 1970's GOLDEN ERA - WELSH CENTENARY YEAR - 1980s TO DATE - THE GREAT PLAYERS - GREAT WELSH VICTORIES - GROGGS - CARDIFF ARMS PARK - SCHOOLS & COLLEGES - WELSH RUGBY UNION - CLUBS - REGIONS Welsh Rugby Book & DVD Gift Pack. This pack contains a 96 page full colour book titled "The Golden Age of Welsh Rugby" and a 100 minute DVD featuring 101 great Welsh Tries. An ideal gift for any Welsh rugby fan. The pack is brand new, unopened in very good condition. RRP �14.99 Ref: PL44-warrbkdv-gift.pack - �12.99 2012 Wales Grand Slam - INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMMES v Ireland WALES GRAND SLAM 2005 MAGIC MOMENTS - TURF PAPERWEIGHTS Rugby Relics are proud to be able to offer the actual turf on which Shane Williams touched down for his try against England and the very piece of grass from which Gavin Henson launched his penalty kick that won the game for Wales. The pitch cut up badly during the game and the Millennium Stadium and Welsh Rugby Union decided a new pitch was needed. To do this the whole pitch needed to be removed and re-laid. These two important pieces of turf were pinpointed by stadium staff and removed from the main pitch on Tuesday 15th of February. We have turned these two pieces of historical turf into a series of limited edition paperweights. For more information on the Magic Moments - Turf Paperweights - CLICK HERE �10.00 A Limited Edition print by Jonathan Evans celebrating that wonderful moment when Gavin Henson kicked the winning goal against England to set Wales on their way to the 2005 Triple Crown and Grand Slam. For further details CLICK HERE The 2005/6 Rugby Annual for Wales (37th year) - This annual includes details of Wales' Grand Slam, the British Lions tour of New Zealand, Wales tour of North America + other European & Worldwide competitions. As always it is a mine of information, the most comprehensive view of rugby in Wales - Ref: anwa2005-06 - �7.50 For other editions of the Rugby Annual for Wales including 2006/7 - CLICK HERE 1905 WALES v NEW ZEALAND - WALES TEAM POSTCARD SET A quality set of 20 A6 size postcards featuring the Welsh team that defeated New Zealand in 1906. The postcards in this set are as follows: Welsh team, Gwyn Nicholls, Percy Bush, Jack Williams, Rhys Gabe, Arthur Harding, Jehodia Hodges, Dai 'Tarw' Jones, Will Joseph, Teddy Morgan, Willie Llewellyn, Dicky Owen, Cliff Pritchard, Charlie Pritchard, George Travers, Bert Winfield, Sir JDT Llewellyn, Tom Williams, Ack Llewellyn & official programme. Ref: pcwa1905nzst20 - �25.00 Wales v New Zealand 1905 facsimile programme. This programme was reproduced in 1981. It is the same as the original programme apart from reproduction details on the back page. 8 pages, in very good condition. Ref: prwanz.1905.rpxb - �35.00 England v Wales Schools 1913 touch judges' flag. This embroidered flag which measures 47cm x 30cm was used in the intermediate (under 16) schools match at Leicester on March 1st 1913. England schools triumphed 17 points to 3, only their 2nd victory over Wales. The flag has some light marks and folding creases, for it's age it is in very good condition. From the collection of a former WRU President, COA provided.
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Which seeded player did Lukas Rosol beat in the second round at Wimbledon in June?
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Stan Wawrinka survives Lukas Rosol scare to reach French Open second round | Sport | The Guardian Stan Wawrinka survives Lukas Rosol scare to reach French Open second round • Reigning champion wins 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 • Third seed Wawrinka battles back from 2-1 down to progress Stan Wawrinka celebrates his victory against Lukas Rosol at Roland Garros. Photograph: Mike Frey/BPI/REX/Shutterstock Stan Wawrinka survives Lukas Rosol scare to reach French Open second round • Reigning champion wins 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 • Third seed Wawrinka battles back from 2-1 down to progress Kevin Mitchell at Roland Garros Monday 23 May 2016 11.09 EDT Last modified on Monday 23 May 2016 17.00 EDT Close This article is 8 months old Lukas Rosol might not be the most popular player in tennis, but he will always be one of the most dangerous, as the defending French Open champion, Stan Wawrinka , was reminded when, just two days after arriving in Paris from Geneva, he took five gruelling sets to get rid of the most stubborn Czech since Vaclav Havel. French Open 2016: Murray, Watson in action on day two – live! Read more Wawrinka, seeded third here after the withdrawal of his compatriot Roger Federer, beat Rosol last week on the way to winning the Geneva Open, his first on home soil in 11 years and just 28 miles from where he grew up. As he remarked after arriving at Roland Garros, he very much enjoyed the hospitality of his Swiss fans. However, it put enormous pressure on his schedule, and he was caught cold in a stuttering first set before grinding out a 4-6, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win against a player who, as a junior, was regarded as not far behind Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet. Rosol, who famously beat Nadal in the second round at Wimbledon four years ago and put out the then world No8, Jürgen Melzer, here in 2008, has slipped a bit since, and came to the draw ranked 68 in the world, but he invariably brings an unsettling edginess to his tennis. In the space of a week last summer, he snubbed Guillermo García-López at the net after their match in Bucharest, then so angered Andy Murray in Munich that the Scot was heard to say to him at one changeover, “Everyone hates you.” For three hours and 11 minutes on Court Philippe Chatrier , Wawrinka probably did not harbour the warmest of feelings towards Rosol, although there was no discernible rancour beyond the usual sulking that professionals indulge in, on a cool day of whipping wind and drizzle. Indoors, meanwhile, the tournament director, Guy Forget, played as deft a hand in front of the microphone as he once did with a racket when addressing the sluggardly progress on putting a roof over the main court, as well as extending the space of the game’s most cramped slam tournament. “While Wimbledon, Melbourne and New York have the new roof, we’ll have to wait until 2020 to have ours,” Forget admitted. As fans crammed into any available covered space outside to shelter from the elements, Forget offered a not altogether novel excuse for the delayed project: “Welcome to France.” Rain on day one had wiped out eight men’s matches and interrupted three more, while 22 of 32 women’s matches were incomplete. The forecast is better for the next couple of days, then dire again on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. While clay is a more accommodating surface than either grass or hardcourt in bad weather, the lack of a covered court was again embarrassing for the hosts. Wawrinka took time to warm-up (in common with everyone in a 50-mile radius, it has to be said) and looked grooved in dismissing Rosol for the loss of just one game in the second set. But his level dipped again and he looked anything but a slam champion as Rosol went ahead after three sets. Just as Rosol contemplated another upset, Wawrinka unfurled a glorious backhand that almost sliced his static opponent in two to break for 5-3 in the fourth, and he went on to level at two sets apiece. The deciding set began two and a half hours after the first delayed exchanges, as the light picked up, in keeping with Wawrinka’s spirits. Andy Murray admits feel
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Tennis - How Stanislas Wawrinka learned to win Tennis comment It's not often that a player chooses his own epigram, let alone gets it tattooed it on his left arm. But it would be tough to sum up Stanislas Wawrinka 's season more lyrically than with the words Wawrinka himself chose from Irish playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett earlier this year -- "Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail Better." "In tennis, as you know, if [you] are not Roger [Federer] or Rafa [Nadal] and [Novak] Djokovic or Andy [Murray] now, you don't win so many tournaments and you always lose," the 28-year-old from Lausanne, Switzerland, said at the US Open. "But you need to take the positive of the loss, and you need to go back to work and still [keep] playing." Perhaps no player this year has failed better than Wawrinka, who has come up with some stunning performances -- if not always victories. It all began with his memorable five-set loss to Djokovic at the Australian Open, still a top contender for the match of the year. (Nadal versus Djokovic at the French Open, Wawrinka versus Richard Gasquet at the French Open and Djokovic versus Wawrinka II at the US Open would be among the others.) Hard to believe, but Stanislas Wawrinka could end the 2013 season as the highest-ranked Swiss. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images In that fourth-round match in Oz, Wawrinka stormed out of the blocks to take a 6-1, 5-2 lead against the top seed, but just as impressive was the way he battled back after losing the second and third sets. He rebounded to win a tight fourth-set tiebreaker and stayed with Djokovic all the way to 12-10 in the fifth. His aggressive shot-making and bold winners sustained over four hours were a revelation. With his full-swinging one-handed backhand, Wawrinka had also developed a reputation for inconsistency and letting the occasion get to him. Despite losing the match, he was feted in defeat. That would be the case again two weeks later, as he and Marco Chiudinelli lost 24-22 in the fifth to Tomas Berdych and Lukas Rosol in a Davis Cup doubles match, allowing the Czechs to hand Switzerland a first-round defeat. At 7 hours, 1 minute, it was the longest Davis Cup match on record. Then came a nervy, three-set defeat at Indian Wells to a hurting Roger Federer , in whose shadows Wawrinka has spent most of his career. It was after that defeat that Wawrinka tweeted the quotation that has come to define his season. "It stuck with me," he said later. By spring, the words were inscribed on his skin, though for him their meaning clearly ran deeper. It was the message he had given himself and had been given by his Davis Cup teammates and friends ever since that match against Djokovic. "A few tough losses at the beginning of the year, but we always said, 'Look, the most important is what you do with that situation,'" said Swiss captain Severin Luthi, who has provided coaching support to Wawrinka. "If you react negative and you go into a mental hole, you won't progress. You have to accept the positive and negative out of it and try to improve; that's all you can do. "And he was very disciplined in that direction." Getting to this point had already been a long journey for Wawrinka. Although he wasn't regarded as much of a prospect for most of his junior days, his ranking reached No. 9 in 2008 before slipping outside the top 20 during the next two years. During that time, he married girlfriend Ilham Vuilloud and the couple had a daughter, Alexia. In a bid to climb back up the rankings in 2010, Wawrinka hired Peter Lundgren, former coach of Federer and Marat Safin , and shortly afterward, Wawrinka upset Andy Murray on his way to the US Open quarterfinals. As 2011 began, news came that Wawrinka was also leaving his wife and daughter, with Vuilloud saying Wawrinka wanted to focus more on his career. By the end of the year, however, Wawrinka split with Lundgren, and last year publicly reunited with his family, embracing his role as a father and getting Alexia's name tattooed on his hand. But he remained coachless for a year and a half un
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Which author and poet described golf as an expensive way to play marbles
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Marbles Quotes: best 40 quotes about Marbles Tweet Top Quotes About Marbles 1. "So there are cakes and pillows and colors galore, but underneath this more obvious patchwork quilt are places like a quiet room where you can go hold someone's hand and not have to say anything. Give no story. Make no claim. Where you can live at the edge of your skin for as long as you wish. This wide wide heaven is about flat head nails and the soft down of new leaves, wild roller coaster rides and escaped marbles that fall, then hang, then take you somewhere you could never imagined in your small-heaven dreams." Author: Alice Sebold 2. "Tell the story, gather the events, repeat them. Pattern is a matter of upkeep. Otherwise the weave relaxes back to threads picked up by birds to make their nests. Repeat, or the story will fall and all the king's horses and all the king's men. . . . Repeat, and cradle the pieces carefully, or events will scatter like marbles on a wooden floor." Author: Ann Marie MacDonald 3. "Why?' He kept asking in his sweetly belling voice, its tone as pure as marbles swirled around a crystal pail. Why him wun up the tree? Why him nest up theah? Why him gadder nuts? Why? Why? Why? And Billy answering every question to the best of his ability, as if anything less would disrespect the deep and maybe even divine force that drove his little nephew toward universal knowledge." Author: Ben Fountain 4. "I tried not to smile as I gathered the marbles. After counting them out by color and placing them into the holes, I looked at Sapphire and shrugged. 'There aren't enough.'Miz Obee's face tensed, but Sapphire looked at her friend kindly, patted the table, and said, 'Just set up the board as best you can. We'll play with whatever we got.'I thought that was one of the wisest things I'd ever heard anyone say." Author: Beth Hoffman 5. "When your little girlasks you if she's prettyyour heart will drop like a wineglasson the hardwood floorpart of you will want to sayof course you are, don't ever question itand the other partthe part that is clawing atyou will want to grab her by her shoulderslook straight into the wells ofher eyes until they echo back to youand sayyou do not have to be if you don't want toit is not your jobboth will feel rightone will feel bettershe will only understand the firstwhen she wants to cut her hair offor wear her brother's clothesyou will feel the words in yourmouth like marblesyou do not have to be pretty if you don't want toit is not your job" Author: Caitlyn Siehl 6. "The years of her life tumbled out onto the floor like marbles that she would never be able to gather up again in one bowl. The years of her life had been a made puzzle that one day gets unmade, the pieces all scattered." Author: Cathie Pelletier 7. "I want to take ye to bed. In my bed. And I mean to spend the rest of the day thinking what to do wit ye once I got ye there. So wee Archie can just go and play at marbles with his bollucks, aye?" Author: Diana Gabaldon 8. "To this point, he could not really have said that he loved William. Feel the terror of responsibility for him, yes. Carry thought of him like a gem in his pocket, certainly, reaching now and then to touch it, marveling. But now he felt the perfection of the tiny bones of William's spine through his clothes, smooth as marbles under his fingers, smelled the scent of him, rich with the incense of innocence and the faint tang of shit and clean linen. And thought his heart would break with love." Author: Diana Gabaldon 9. "In Just-spring??????????when the world is mud-luscious the littlelame balloonmanwhistles??????????far??????????and weeand eddieandbill comerunning from marbles andpiracies and it'sspringwhen the world is puddle-wonderfulthe queerold balloonman whistlesfar??????????and??????????weeand bettyandisbel come dancingfrom hop-scotch and jump-rope andit'sspringand??????????the????????????????????goat-footedballoonMan??????????whistlesfarandwee" Author: E.E. Cummings 10. "'Marbles' really took so much and such a thorough effort from me that I was so happy to tie that up a
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Raymond Chandler, Philip Marlowe and rhetoric Raymond Chandler's use of rhetoric Sign up for our Email Newsletter FREE weekly newsletter with public speaking tips, techniques, humor, quotes & anecdotes you can use in your very next speech or presentation. Simply place your email address in the box on the left and press 'GO'. "It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window." Raymond Chandler is rightly celebrated as one of the USA's most famous and successful authors. In 1940s America, his character Philip Marlowe - the protagonist of such novels and movies as The Big Sleep and Farewell My Lovely - was the guy all men wanted to be and all women wanted to be with. In fact, the very name 'Marlowe' is almost synonymous with 'private detective'. Robert Mitchum as hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe He only published seven full novels during his life, all of which - except Playback - were made into movies, some several times. Many people consider Humphrey Bogart to be the quintessential Marlowe, but personally I prefer Robert Mitchum; Marlowe was a big guy and Bogart just doesn't cut it with me - somehow I don't ever imagine Bogart being able to knock me out. You just know Mitchum could, whatever your size. The poet W H Auden once wrote that Chandler's âpowerful but extremely depressing books should be read and judged, not as escape literature, but as works of artâ and I couldn't agree more. I've known his movies for decades but only read my first Chandler novel last year, after which I immediately downloaded and read his entire repertoire. He could have written the telephone directory or a grocery list and I'd have devoured it. He's renowned as the master of the snappy one-liner, but many people don't realize just how many rhetorical devices and figures of speech he used in his books. If you've never read Chandler I almost envy you, for you've a treat ahead. But in case you don't want to, I've trawled through his books (and it was a pleasure not a penance to do so) and identified some of my favorite rhetorical examples below. ANALOGY is a kind of extended metaphor or long simile in which a comparison is made between two things in order to develop a line of reasoning. While it is similar to simile, similes are generally more artistic and brief, while an analogy is longer and explains a thought process. "It seemed to me for an instant that there was no sound in the bar, that the sharpies had stopped sharping and the drunk on the stool stopped burbling away and it was just like after the conductor taps on his music stand and raises his arms and holds them poised" (The Long Goodbye) ANADIPLOSIS repeats one or several words that end one clause or sentence and begin another. "It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window." (Farewell My Lovely) ANAPHORA repeats the same word or words at the beginning of successive phrases, or sentences: "Her eyes went down to the paper very, very slowly. Her eyes held on to it. Her hand moved to take it, but his was quicker" (Playback) "I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun." (Farewell MY Lovely) "Common sense says go home and forget it, no money coming in. Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you you ought to have your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But never is. He's high up in the stands with a hip flask. Common sense is the little man in a grey suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always someone else's money he's adding up." (Playback) "There was something Mongolian about his face, something south-of-the-border, something Indian, and something darker than that" (Playback) "I was a blank man. I had no face, no meaning, no personality, hardly a name" (The Little S
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Who played the role of ballerina Victoria Page in the 1948 film ‘The Red Shoes’?
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The Red Shoes (1948) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A young ballet dancer is torn between the man she loves and her pursuit to become a prima ballerina. Directors: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 30 titles created 05 Oct 2010 a list of 25 titles created 16 Sep 2013 a list of 31 titles created 20 Jul 2014 a list of 25 titles created 03 Aug 2014 a list of 36 titles created 27 Oct 2014 Title: The Red Shoes (1948) 8.3/10 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. Won 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards » Videos After opening a convent in the Himalayas, five nuns encounter conflict and tension - both with the natives and also within their own group - as they attempt to adapt to their remote, exotic surroundings. Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Stars: Deborah Kerr, David Farrar, Flora Robson A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court. Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Stars: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote From the Boer War through World War II, a soldier rises through the ranks in the British military. Directors: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger Stars: Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr, Anton Walbrook A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror. Director: Michael Powell Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband. Director: David Lean A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century. Director: Kenji Mizoguchi A beautiful young woman takes her father's place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast, who wishes to marry her. Directors: Jean Cocteau, René Clément Stars: Jean Marais, Josette Day, Mila Parély Edit Storyline Under the authoritarian rule of charismatic ballet impressario Boris Lermontov, his proteges realize the full promise of their talents, but at a price: utter devotion to their art and complete loyalty to Lermontov himself. Under his near-obsessive guidance, young ballerina Victoria Page is poised for superstardom, but earns Lermontov's scorn when she falls in love with Julian Craster, composer of "The Red Shoes," the ballet Lermontov is staging to showcase her talents. Vicky leaves the company and marries Craster, but still finds herself torn between Lermontov's demands and those of her heart. Written by Paul Penna <tterrace@wco.com> A Dancing, Singing, Swinging Love Tale See more » Genres: 6 September 1948 (UK) See more » Also Known As: Las zapatillas rojas See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia Much to his surprise, Michael Powell had great difficulty persuading Moira Shearer to be in the film. She held out for a year before giving in to him. Shearer herself, however, did not particularly care for Powell. In later years she described the making of the film as being a terrible ordeal. She said that Powell was distant and aloof and never really gave her much direction; and having to dance for hours on end on concrete floors also physically took its toll on all the dancers, making their legs swell up. See more » Goofs When Vicky begins to dance with the "newspaper" character, only the words "Le Journal" are typed across his face. Partway through the dance his face is covered with newsprint. See more » Quotes Doorman : They're going mad, sir. It's the students. [From outside] Julian Craster : Down with tyrants! Manager, Covent Garden: All right, let them in. (Marietta, GA, USA) – See all my reviews I first heard of "The Red Shoes" when I read the liner notes to an album by the jazz/fusion group Weather Report, called "Tale Spinnin'". Therein it said that saxophonist Wayne Shorter had seen the film a few dozen times. Intrigued, I
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1957 Academy Awards® Winners and History Witness For the Prosecution (1957) Actor: ALEC GUINNESS in "The Bridge On The River Kwai" , Marlon Brando in "Sayonara" , Anthony Franciosa in "A Hatful of Rain", Charles Laughton in "Witness for the Prosecution", Anthony Quinn in "Wild Is the Wind" Actress: JOANNE WOODWARD in "The Three Faces of Eve", Deborah Kerr in "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison", Anna Magnani in "Wild is the Wind", Elizabeth Taylor in "Raintree County", Lana Turner in "Peyton Place" Supporting Actor: RED BUTTONS in "Sayonara" , Vittorio De Sica in "A Farewell to Arms", Sessue Hayakawa in "The Bridge On The River Kwai" , Arthur Kennedy in "Peyton Place", Russ Tamblyn in "Peyton Place" Supporting Actress: MIYOSHI UMEKI in "Sayonara" , Carolyn Jones in "The Bachelor Party", Elsa Lanchester in "Witness for the Prosecution", Hope Lange in "Peyton Place", Diane Varsi in "Peyton Place" Director: DAVID LEAN for "The Bridge On The River Kwai" , Joshua Logan for "Sayonara" , Sidney Lumet for "12 Angry Men" , Mark Robson for "Peyton Place", Billy Wilder for "Witness for the Prosecution" This awards ceremony, held on March 26, 1958 and broadcast live, was the first TV production to be produced by the motion picture industry itself. The entire show was broadcast from Hollywood - there were no cut-ins from New York as in the previous five years. The number of competitive categories, which had grown to 30 in the previous year, was now downsized to 24. Unfortunately, the presentations were overshadowed by the recent death (March 22, 1958) four days earlier of the previous year's Best Picture producer/winner Michael Todd, husband of Elizabeth Taylor. And Columbia Pictures' legendary but often-despised boss Harry Cohn, one of the original founders of the studio that produced the Best Picture winner this year, also died a month before the ceremony, on February 27, 1958. The big winner in 1957 was David Lean's epic (almost three hour long) prison-war film based on Pierre Boulle's best-selling World War II novel The Bridge On The River Kwai (with eight nominations and seven Oscars - Best Picture (producer Sam Spiegel), Best Actor (Alec Guinness), Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Musical Score (including the catchy British whistling military march - 'Colonel Bogey's March'), and Best Film Editing). The large-scale film was financed and distributed by Columbia Studios, but used a British cast and crew almost entirely. [The true screenwriters for the Best Picture winner were blacklisted Michael Wilson and Carl Foreman (who received no screen credit). They were posthumously awarded Oscars in 1984.] The war-time film centered on a battle of wills between an obsessed and rigid British colonel and a Japanese POW camp commander within a prison camp deep in an Asian jungle - with the theme of the folly of war. [Historically, this was the second Best Picture Oscar for a British film.] The Best Director Oscar was David Lean's first Oscar after three previous nominations ( Brief Encounter (1946) , Great Expectations (1947), and Summertime (1955)), and it was Lean's first sweeping epic picture - the kind of film for which he would became famous. He also became
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By what name is the medical condition adhesive capsulitis more commonly known?
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What is Frozen Shoulder? | Ability Rehabilitation Previous Next What is Frozen Shoulder and What Are Your Treatment Options? Frozen shoulder is the commonly known name for a medical condition called adhesive capsulitis. The characteristics of this shoulder condition are joint stiffness, pain, and loss of mobility, which could give someone the impression that their shoulder is “frozen” and will not move properly; therefore the name “frozen shoulder” has been linked to this shoulder disorder. Adhesive capsulitis affects about 2% of the general population and is most commonly seen in women between the ages of 40 and 70. The causes of frozen shoulder are not fully understood and the condition often arises for no known reason at all. The picture above shows the anatomical structures involved in the process of frozen shoulder. Deep within the shoulder joint there is a fibrous tissue called the shoulder capsule which connects to both the upper arm bone (humerus) and the shoulder socket (the glenoid). In a healthy shoulder, this capsule stretches and twists as you move your shoulder in various ways; however, in a frozen shoulder, the capsule thickens and forms scar tissue that will inhibit your mobility. Generally, movements that require rotation, such as reaching behind your back, are more limited than the movement of reaching overhead due to the way that the capsule has to move during these actions. In a way, frozen shoulder acts as if there is super glue in your shoulder joint! Symptoms and Stages of Frozen Shoulder Pain due to frozen shoulder is generally dull or aching and worsens with attempted movement. The pain is usually located over the outer shoulder area and sometimes the upper arm, and usually is not sore to the touch. X-rays of a frozen shoulder are usually normal and there is no association with arthritis or other joint abnormalities. A physician is usually able to diagnose adhesive capsulitis simply by identifying the classic symptoms of movement loss, pain when sleeping on the affected shoulder, and difficulty with daily activities, as well as ruling out other shoulder injuries. There are three stages related to the process of a frozen shoulder. Painful/Freezing Stage: This is the most painful stage of frozen shoulder. Motion is restricted, but the shoulder is not as stiff as the frozen stage. This stage typically lasts 6-12 weeks. Frozen Stage: During this stage the pain usually eases up, but the stiffness worsens. This stage can last 4-6 months. Thawing Stage: This stage is gradual and motion improves slowly over a lengthy period of time. The thawing phase can last up to a year! Treatment of Frozen Shoulder It is very important to seek treatment for the symptoms of frozen shoulder. Treatment involves movement and stretching of the shoulder muscles, which is the opposite of what a typical person would do if their shoulder was hurting them. A physical therapist can show you the proper way to stretch out your shoulder in order to regain as much mobility as possible without causing too much stress on the joint. A frozen shoulder will often times resolve on its own over the course of a year; however, physical therapy can significantly decrease your recovery time and improve your mobility. A physician may also recommend anti-inflammatory medications, injections, or in severe cases, a surgical procedure to alleviate symptoms. If you have any signs or symptoms of a shoulder problem, it is important to seek treatment from a medical professional. The longer that you wait to seek treatment, the more difficult it becomes to treat your injury. Shoulder injuries are one of the most commonly seen injuries in physical therapy. Stretches to Increase Mobility In Your Shoulder These exercises can help to stretch out a stiff shoulder. You should consult a physician or therapist to see if they are right for you.
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Index-a What does the workplace flexi-hours acronym TOIL stand for? Waterloo, the location of Napoleon's 1815 defeat, is in modern-day: France; Belgium; Spain; or Russia? G-BOAG, G-BOAC, and F-BVFC and the tragic F-BTSC designated what iconic 20thC invention? Name the core specialism of notable Anglo-Danish industrialist Sir Ove Nyquist Arup (1895-1988) and the global (Arup Group) corporation he created: Pharmacy; Structural engineering; Shipbuilding; or Food canning? The famous guitar maker founded in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1902 is: Gibson; Fender; Rickenbacker; or Gretsch? Calabria, flanked by the Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas, is the southern peninsular of which country? In the 1920s Japanese and Austrian physicians Kyusaku Ogino and Hermann Knaus devised the contraceptive method called popularly: Coil; Rhythm; Pill; or Condom? What boom caused gross exploitation of native people of Brazil and adjacent nations by European industrialists c.1879-1912: Rubber; Cotton; Gold; or Silk? What popular Spanish word has various meanings including go, hurry up, come on, let's go, up, upstairs, and above? If a fifth of the charges in a $60 bill are discounted by 25%, what is the total cost? What punning word is an animal's mother, a barrier, and a biblical expletive? The artists Monet, Manet, Degas and Cezanne are mainly noted for what style of art? Comprising 100 centavos, what is the currency of Brazil? What word, derived from Latin meaning to 'pay against the evil of something' refers to expressing disapproval? Ogilvy & Mather, WWP and James Walter Thompson famously operate in: Law; Advertising; Auditing; or Architectural design? What mathematical term originated from Arabic 'awar', meaning 'damage to goods', evolving through French terminology for an apportionment of shipping liabilities between owners of vessel and cargo? What herb is traditionally associated, besides garlic, with the pickling of a gherkin (US pickle)? Avian refers to: Birds; Bees; Apes; or Vikings? Derived from Latin for 'place', what anglicized French word commonly means 'instead' in formal communications? Which inspirational genius created the landmark film 'Modern Times' and its theme song, 'Smile', released in 1936? Brazil's first ever football match as a national team was in 1914 at Laranjeiras stadium, Rio de Janeiro state, against: Argentina; USA; Prussia; or Exeter City? What is/are 'pince-nez': Cream and wine sauce; Ferry tug-boats; Armless spectacles; or Four-legged trousers for dogs? The Arabic term 'Al-jebr' (reunion of broken parts) is famously associated with: Disaster relief; TV news; Twin skyscrapers; or Algebra? The UHF wireless technology developed by Eriksson in 1994 for data transfer between devices in close proximity is: Silverlip; Bluetooth; Rednose; or Goldeye? What is the '1c Magenta', which (at $20m) became the most expensive man-made object ever in terms of weight to value? A circular partner-swapping ballroom dance, named after a 1700s maritime leader, is the: William Bligh; Paul Jones; Horatio Nelson; or James Hook? The Stone Age was roughly how many years ago: 4-5,000; 50-100,000; 500,000-1million; or 1-2m? Originally a French portmanteau word combining a shoe and boot, what means 'wilfully destroy'? What is the recurring number when two-thirds is expressed as a decimal? A lodestone (or loadstone, from old English meaning 'leading-stone' or 'way-stone') is a naturally occurring what? Which controversial Swiss sports head, accused of racism, sexism and corruption 1990s-2000s, was once president of the World Society of Friends of Suspenders, which advocated women should not replace stockings and suspenders with pantyhose? Bambino is the family trust of which controversial business mogul, subject to criminal proceedings in Germany 2014? Boundary-pushing Dutch media corporation Endemol sought participants in 2014 for a reality show requiring the group to: Marry each other; Marry animals; Have face transplants; or Live indefinitely on Mars? The volcano Olympic Mons, three times taller than Mount Everest, and the highes
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What is the first name of the Duchess of Cambridge?
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Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to daughter - BBC News BBC News Royal baby: Duchess of Cambridge gives birth to daughter 2 May 2015 Media captionPrince William and son Prince George waved to crowds before entering hospital The Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a girl, Kensington Palace has announced. The princess - who is fourth in line to the throne - was "safely delivered" at 08:34 BST, the palace statement said. The Duke of Cambridge, who was present for the birth of the 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg) baby girl, brought his 21-month-old son Prince George to visit his sister at St Mary's Hospital, west London. The couple and their daughter will leave hospital on Saturday evening. They will travel home to Kensington Palace, where Prince George has now returned. In a statement, Kensington Palace said: "Their Royal Highnesses would like to thank all staff at the hospital for the care and treatment they have all received. "They would also like to thank everyone for their warm wishes." As he left the hospital briefly to pick up his son, Prince William told the waiting crowds the couple were "very happy". Both Catherine and her daughter are "doing well", Kensington Palace said. The name of the baby will be announced in due course. For live updates click here and for the royal baby special report, click here . The Prince of Wales, who had earlier said he was hoping for a grand-daughter, and the Duchess of Cornwall said they were "absolutely delighted". Image copyright PA Image caption An official notice was placed on an easel at Buckingham Palace - it will be there for 24 hours Image copyright PA Image caption People are queuing outside Buckingham Palace for a glimpse of the easel Image copyright AP Image caption Cameras are focused on the door of the Lindo wing Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Prince William plants a kiss on his son's head before taking him inside the hospital to visit his baby sister Image copyright Reuters Image caption It is the first time Prince George has been officially seen in public in the UK since he left the same hospital as a newborn in 2013 The duchess had been admitted to the private Lindo Wing at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, west London, at 06:00 BST. The birth announcement came just after 11:00 BST. The statement from Kensington Palace added: "The Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Harry and members of both families have been informed and are delighted with the news." The latest royal joins the line of succession behind her grandfather Prince Charles, father Prince William and brother Prince George, who was born at the same hospital in July 2013. The princess is the Queen's fifth great-grandchild. Outside the Lindo Wing: Henrietta McMicking, BBC News Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Crowds began gathering after it was announced Catherine was in labour Hundreds of well-wishers have gathered outside St Mary's Hospital to catch a first glimpse of the new princess. Some are seasoned royal watchers. Margaret Tyler, 71 from Wembley, north-west London, has been waiting for the last 11 days: "But no nights, I'm too old for that now". Meanwhile, Ash decided to bring his young daughter Ankita to mark the historic event. "We moved to London from the US nine years ago," he said. "I wanted to go and see Will and Kate's wedding but my wife thought I was mad." There has been lots of speculation about a name from small girls in the crowd, from Disney-inspired Belle and Ariel to Alex, Stella and Rose. And everyone wants a selfie with Tony Appleton, who runs a care home in Chelmsford, Essex, but has been a town crier for 30 years and stood on the steps of the Lindo wing to announce the news. Image copyright Royal Navy Image caption The Royal Navy posted this celebratory picture by the crew of HMS Lancaster Image caption The BT Tower in London welcomed the news Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted : "Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on the birth of their baby girl. I'm absolutely delighted for them." Deputy Prime Mi
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spend first full day as parents | UK news | The Guardian The Duchess of Cambridge Duke and Duchess of Cambridge spend first full day as parents Prince William stayed overnight with mother and baby at the Lindo wing at St Mary's hospital, Paddington, west London An easel stands in front of Buckingham Palace anouncing the royal birth. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Close This article is 3 years old The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were spending their first full day with their newborn son on Tuesday, amid anticipation the world would get its first glimpse of the baby destined to be a king. Prince William stayed overnight with mother and baby at the Lindo wing at St Mary's hospital, Paddington, west London, where, at 4.24pm on Monday the duchess was safely delivered of her son, weighing 8lbs 6oz (3.8kg). In a brief statement issued on Monday night, the duke said: "We could not be happier." HMS Kent celebrates the royal birth. Photograph: LA(Phot) Joel Rouse/PA A Kensington Palace spokesman said it was "too early" to say if the family would be leaving St Mary's Lindo wing on Tuesday: "In terms of whether they will be discharged, it's down to their medical team and themselves when they'll be discharged, but it's too early to say." It is not known whether the couple will receive visitors. While Kate's parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, and siblings Pippa and James may pop in, new grandfather the Prince of Wales was continuing his two-day visit to Yorkshire. He issued a brief statement on Monday night, saying: "Both my wife and I are overjoyed at the arrival of my first grandchild. It is an incredibly special moment for William and Catherine and we are so thrilled for them on the birth of their baby boy. "Grandparenthood is a unique moment in anyone's life, as countless kind people have told me in recent months, so I am enormously proud and happy to be a grandfather for the first time and we are eagerly looking forward to seeing the baby in the near future." A sign in the window of a restaurant in New York. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images It is thought unlikely that the Queen will visit – though she did on the occasion of William's birth. But she will undoubtedly be able to see her third great-grandchild in private before departing for Balmoral for her summer sojourn on Friday. No name has yet been announced for the third-in-line to the throne, though the bookies' favourites were George and James. The couple have drawn up a shortlist but, given their son's destiny, will be consulting with members of the royal family. It took one week for William's name to be made public, and a month for Charles's. There were celebrations around the world. In London, gun salutes will sound across the capital to mark the birth of the baby, a tradition carried out upon the arrival of every new prince or princess. The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery will ride past Buckingham Palace to stage a 41-gun royal salute in Green park at 2pm. At the Tower of London, there will be a 62-gun salute from the Gun Wharf by the Honourable Artillery Company. A royal gun salute normally comprises 21 rounds, increased to 41 if fired from a royal park or residence. The Tower gets an extra 21 for the citizens of the City of London to show their loyalty to the monarch. Outside Buckingham Palace the ornate easel, upon which the foolscap bulletin announcing details of the birth to the world was placed last night, remained in place. The fountains in Trafalgar Square are illuminated in blue to mark the birth of a royal baby boy. Photograph: Bogdan Maran/EPA New Zealand got in early with its 21-gun salute, due to the time difference, staging it outside parliament in Wellington. The country also planned to illuminate 37 landmarks nationwide. Back in London, Trafalgar Square's fountains were lit with blue lights, and will remain lit for the next six days, as will London's Living Room at the top of City Hall. The London mayor, Boris Johnson, said: "Huge congratulations to the duke and duchess on the birth of their first child who will,
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Which famous director's first film was 'Sugarland Express'?
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The Sugarland Express (1974) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 29 titles created 16 Nov 2012 a list of 24 titles created 27 Jul 2014 a list of 22 titles created 25 Feb 2015 a list of 26 titles created 08 Mar 2015 a list of 30 titles created 4 months ago Title: The Sugarland Express (1974) 6.8/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards » Photos Hysterical Californians prepare for a Japanese invasion in the days after Pearl Harbor. Director: Steven Spielberg A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer. Director: Steven Spielberg A romantic adventure about a legendary pilot's passion for dare-devil firefighting and his girl. Director: Steven Spielberg Menacing flying saucers attack the citizens of a town. Director: Steven Spielberg A black Southern woman struggles to find her identity after suffering abuse from her father and others over four decades. Director: Steven Spielberg Something Evil (TV Movie 1972) Horror A young couple moves into a farmhouse in rural Pennsylvania. What they don't know is that there is an unseen presence in the house, and that it wants to take possession of the wife. Director: Steven Spielberg After an encounter with U.F.O.s, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen. Director: Steven Spielberg A young English boy struggles to survive under Japanese occupation during World War II. Director: Steven Spielberg Edit Storyline Lou-Jean, a blonde woman, tells her husband, who is imprisoned, to escape. They plan to kidnap their own child, who was placed with foster parents. The escape is partly successful, they take a hostage, who is a policeman and are pursued through to Texas... Written by Kornel Osvart <kornelo@alphanet.hu> Based on a real life event which happened in Texas in 1969 See more » Genres: 29 May 1974 (Sweden) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia One major challenge facing Steven Spielberg was bringing together the acting styles of Goldie Hawn and William Atherton . The stage-trained Atherton got better with each successive take, but Hawn did her best work on the first two. She did, however, get a second wind if the scene went to 12 takes or more. Spielberg found it best to start with her close-ups. Then he would film Atherton's close-ups until Hawn started to rebound, at which point he could get two shots when they were both at their best. See more » Goofs Throughout the film, Captain Tanner's unmarked blue Dodge Polara is shown to have full-size factory hubcaps. When he is crashed into by the local sheriff trying to "76" the hi-jacked patrol car, Tanner jumps out and the car now has typical police dog dish hubcaps. See more » Quotes Mrs. Nocker : You got me out here with no where to sit. Mr. Alvin T. Nocker : Why don't you sit on your fist and lean back on your thumb. Early Goldie, early Spielberg, both first-rate... 22 April 2001 | by moonspinner55 (las vegas, nv) – See all my reviews Petty crook is busted out of pre-release jail by his determined-yet-reckless wife; seems their infant son has been farmed out to a wealthy foster couple while the two were behind bars and the Mrs. wants her baby back now. Director Steven Spielberg's first theatrical film has a scene midway through that still takes my breath away: Goldie Hawn and William Atherton take refuge in a mobile home parked in a lot behind a drive-in movie theater, a cartoon is up on the screen and Atherton supp
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1945 Academy Awards® Winners and History Spellbound (1945) Actor: RAY MILLAND in "The Lost Weekend" , Bing Crosby in "The Bells of St. Mary's", Gene Kelly in "Anchors Aweigh", Gregory Peck in "The Keys of the Kingdom", Cornel Wilde in "A Song to Remember" Actress: JOAN CRAWFORD in "Mildred Pierce" , Ingrid Bergman in "The Bells of St. Mary's", Greer Garson in "The Valley of Decision", Jennifer Jones in "Love Letters", Gene Tierney in "Leave Her to Heaven" Supporting Actor: JAMES DUNN in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", Michael Chekhov in "Spellbound", John Dall in "The Corn Is Green", Robert Mitchum in "The Story of G.I. Joe", J. Carrol Naish in "A Medal for Benny" Supporting Actress: ANNE REVERE in "National Velvet", Eve Arden in "Mildred Pierce" , Ann Blyth in "Mildred Pierce" , Angela Lansbury in "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Joan Lorring in "The Corn Is Green" Director: BILLY WILDER for "The Lost Weekend" , Clarence Brown for "National Velvet", Alfred Hitchcock for "Spellbound", Leo McCarey for "The Bells of St. Mary's", Jean Renoir for "The Southerner" Now that World War II was over and a more optimistic mood swept across the country, glamour returned to the awards ceremony. But the Best Picture award was presented to producer/director/co-writer Billy Wilder's four-Oscar winning, socially-significant The Lost Weekend , a grim, realistic, downbeat drama based on Charles Jackson's best-selling novel and the first major Hollywood film to deal with the subject of alcoholism in a serious tone. Some consider Wilder's humiliation the previous year with his seven-time nominated film Double Indemnity (1944) (with no wins) was one of the main factors for his tremendous win this year. This time, Wilder's Best Picture film won four of its seven nominations. This was also the first time that the Best Picture Oscar winner also won the prestigious top prize (known as the Grand Prix) at the Cannes Film Festival. [The Best Picture winner in 1945 set a pattern for more adult, socially-responsible Best Picture winners in the 40's. Serious "social issues" films would win the Best Picture award in four of the next five years: e.g., The Lost Weekend (1945) , The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) , Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and All the King's Men (1949) .] The meaningful film, from Charles Jackson's adapted novel, won four major awards - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay. Director Wilder won Oscars for Best Director and Best Screenplay (shared with Charles Brackett). Brackett and Wilder were producers-directors of the previous year's Double Indemnity (1944) . They would collaborate together in the future with A Foreign Affair (1948) and Sunset Boulevard (1950) . The Best Picture winner defeated the following four Best Picture nominees: the classic film noir melodrama by director Michael Curtiz, Mildred Pierce (with six nominations and one win - Best Actress) MGM's lively musical directed by George Sidney, Anchors Aweigh (with five nominations and one win - Best Musical Picture Score) - notable for an animated mouse named Jerry, from the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon, in a dance sequence with star Gene Kelly director A
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Although they had 9 number ones in their home country, which Dutch group’s only UK hit was “Radar Love”?
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Golden Earring Story - The Eighties 2020 The Eighties 1980 - The band has a contract for one more record for Polydor and so Prisoner Of The Night was recorded. It contains several fine rocksongs like Long Blond Animal and No For An Answer. This time the album was (again on low budget!) recorded at the Golden Earring Workshop Zoetermeer with the Mira Sound Mobile studio and mixed at Soundpush studio's Blaricum, Holland by John Kriek and George Kooymans. The release date for the album was September 12, 1980, exactly 15 years after the release of their first single Please Go. Although the band has put out several fine albums over the years, Golden Earring has not always had an easy time staying consistent from album to album. This 1980 effort was one of the rare instances in the Golden Earring catalog in which the group takes a good album, No Promises... No Debts, and actually improves on it. Like the aforementioned album, Prisoner of the night presents a collection of songs that combine pop hooks and hard rock muscle in a radio-friendly way. However, Golden Earring improves on this style instead of recycling it: The guitar riffs hit harder, the hooks are catchier, and the arrangements are more willing to toss an occasional left turn at the listener while still managing to keep the songs lean and exciting. Good examples include the single "No For An Answer" which combines a muscular array of guitar riffs and a frenetic hard rock tempo with a killer singalong chorus, and "My Town", an amped-up slice of driving power pop that is worthy of Cheap Trick. However, the finest of the rockers is "Long Blond Animal," which combines a stomping beat, a circular guitar riff, and another infectious chorus to create a blood-pumping rocker that is as catchy as it is invigorating. Some of the other songs don't quite hit the manic highs of these standout tracks, but everything is well-arranged and features unexpected twists that keeps things fresh (i.e., the new wave synthesizer riff that pops up out of nowhere midway through the power ballad "Will And Mercy"). The end result is one of the finest albums of Golden Earring's career. It's a required listen for the group's fans and an album that is likely to win over any pop/rock devotee who gives it a spin. The album Prisoner Of The Night was also released in the USA but with a different title ‘Long Blond Animal’ named after one of the albumtracks. The for July 19, 1980 scheduled concert in Den Haag at the Maliepop open air festival had to be postponed till next day because of heavy rain. The other bands programmed for the Maliepop concert on July 20 were New Adventures, Gruppo Sportivo, Urban Heroes, Tutti Frutti, Dr. Pop, Iquana. The Maliepop festival was organised by Leen Visser, stagemanager Maarten Baggerman and Rob Gerritsen. Maliepop was named after the location Malieveld and was the predecessor of the now wellknown Parkpop festival which is organised annualy from Summer 1981 on at the The Hague Zuiderpark. This park is located very near to the neighbourhood George Kooymans and Rinus Gerritsen spent their childhood. The track Long Blond Animal was released on single in September 1980, entered the Dutch Top 40 on September 20, 1980 on position 35 and became a minor hit only as it reached chart position 19 and a total of 7 weeks in the charts. The b-side from the Long Blond Animal single is Triple Treat. It's a single only track which is not available on any original Golden Earring album. The next single No For An Answer (Released November 1980) did it even more worse as it reached the Tipparade only.... Polydor released another compilation album on lp and cassette called Greatest Hits 3. This album had the working title 15 years Golden Earring but was renamed. In February 1980 the first lp by the New Adventures was released which was produced by George Kooymans. Earlier on several singles were released (New Adventures, Come On, Late Late Show and Backdoor Lover). The Chuck Berry cover "Come On" was the most successful of them all. All the singles were also produced by George as well. Geor
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Rage Against the Machine beats Simon Cowell to UK Christmas Number 1. Rage Against the Machine beats Simon Cowell to UK Christmas Number 1. shares If you needed more proof of the weight behind social media, this is it. Rage Against the Machine have just had their first UK Number 1. They got it thanks to an Facebook group campaign, beating X-Factor winner Joe McElderry. FIND OUT WHY Killing in the Name, the single, was released over 15 years ago. RATM spent nothing on marketing and yet they made it to Christmas No.1. In taking the title for 2009, Killing In The Name also sets two new landmarks, becoming the UK’s first download-only Christmas number one and notching up the biggest one-week download sales total in British chart history. A week ago X-Factor Winner Joe McElderry appeared to be a Shoo in for Christmas No.1. Every year, for four years, the Winner of X-Factor has been number one at Christmas. But this year Jon and Tracy Morter , of Essex, who decided to set up a protest campaign on Facebook and promote Rage Against the Machine as a possible contender. Cowell praised the couple behind the anti-X Factor online drive. He said: “I am gutted for Joe because a number one single meant a lot to him but I have to congratulate Jon and Tracy, who started the Facebook campaign. “I called Jon on Saturday to congratulate the two of them that, win or lose, they turned this into a very exciting race for the Christmas number one. HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo said: “This is a truly remarkable outcome – possibly the greatest chart upset ever, which few people could have imagined when Joe claimed the X Factor crown last weekend. Rage Against The Machine sold 502672 copies, beating X Factor Joe by approximately 50,000 sales. Former CEO of The Next Web. A fan of startups, entrepreneurship, getting things done faster, penning the occasional blog post, taking photos, designing, listening to good music and making lurrrve. Contact
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Salamanca Old Town - Spain - UNESCO World Heritage Site - YouTube Salamanca Old Town - Spain - UNESCO World Heritage Site Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Dec 18, 2010 Ferries to Spain: http://ferriesspain.net/ Salamanca is a city in western Spain, the capital of the province of Salamanca, which belongs to the autonomous community of Castile and Leon (Castilla y León). The Old City was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988. It is situated about 200 km west of Madrid and 80 km east of the Portuguese border. With a population around 160,000 it is the third most populated city in Castile and Leon, following Valladolid and Burgos. Salamanca is known both for its monumental sights and the University of Salamanca, which was founded in 1218 and is the oldest university in Spain and the fourth oldest western university. With its 30,000 students, the university is, together with tourism, the economic engine of the city. Salamanca is also known for the teaching of the Spanish language;[1] in this field, Salamanca supplies 16% of the market within Spain[2] and attracts thousands of foreign students Source: Wikipedia]
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Oporto in Portugal stands on what river The Duoro 41 What boxer - IT - 402 View Full Document Oporto in Portugal stands on what river The Duoro 41 What boxer was nicknamed The Boston Strong Boy John L Sullivan 42 Stage role, written for a man, took 80 years to be played by one Peter Pan RSC 1982 43 Sicily is the traditional source of which element Sulphur 44 Name the main horse in Animal Farm Boxer 45 Strabismus is the correct name for what condition A Squint 46 What languages appear on the Rosetta stone Egyptian Greek 47 Who used the pseudonym Ellis Bell Emily Bronte 48 Where were the first glass mirrors made in Europe circa 1300 Venice 49 Who went to school at Hogwarts Harry Potter 50 What was Pierce Brosnan's first James Bond film in 1995 Goldeneye Page 128 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 64 Answers 51 Who won the best actor award for Marty in 1955 Ernest Borgnine 52 Name Helen of Troys husband Menelaus 53 Who hired the Mormon Mafia to prevent contamination Howard Hughs 54 Captain W E Johns invented which hero Biggles 55 The Passion Play is performed every 10 years where Oberammergau 56 What was the theme music to The Exorcist Tubular Bells – Mike Oldfield 57 Who directed Full Metal Jacket Stanley Kubrick 58 In Judo if the referee calls Sono-mama what does it mean Players must freeze in position 59 What mountain overlooks Rio de Janeiro harbour Sugar Loaf 60 What is Romaic The modern Greek language 61 In what WW1 battle were tanks first used in 1916 Somme 62 Who are Britain's oldest publisher dating from 1469 Oxford University Press 63 Who was called The Scourge of God Attila the Hun 64 Victor Barna was world champion five times at what sport Table Tennis 65 What sort of wood was Noah's Ark made from Gopher wood 66 In Yugoslavian Belgrade is called Beograd what does it mean White City 67 Collective nouns - which creatures are a clamour or building Rooks in a rookery 68 First public supply in Britain from river Wey in 1881 what Electricity 69 In what city was Handel's Messiah first performed Dublin 70 Who was the first person to wear a wristwatch Queen Elizabeth 1st 71 What colour is the wax covering Gouda cheese Yellow 72 In Norse mythology who was Odin's wife Frigga 73 Six verified copies of his signature survive - who is he William Shakespeare 74 What city is at the mouth of the Menam river Bangkok 75 In what sport is the Palma Match contested Shooting 76 Which musical stage show ( and film ) uses tunes by Borodin Kismet 77 Ireland and New Zealand are the only countries that lack what Native Snakes 78 In cricket how many times does a full toss bounce None 79 Impressionism comes from painting Impression Sunrise - Artist Claude Monet 80 Name the first self contained home computer - A Commodore Pet 81 What exploded in 1720 The South Sea Bubble 82 Who named a city after his horse Bucephalus Alexander the Great 83 Beethoven's ninth symphony is nicknamed what The Choral 84 In Spain St John Bosco is the Patron Saint of what Cinema 85 In 1928 Simon Bolivar was president 3 countries Bolivia and ? Columbia Peru 86 Who lit the flame 1956 Olympics and then broke 8 world records Ron Clark 87 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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Demeter, Greek Goddess of The Bountiful Harvest Goddess of the Bountiful Harvest and the Nurturing Spirit In Greek mythology the goddess Demeter was the most generous of the great Olympian goddesses. The Greek goddess Demeter was beloved for her service to mankind in giving them the gift of the harvest, the reward for cultivation of the soil. Also known as the Roman goddess Ceres, Demeter was the goddess of the harvest and was credited with teaching humans how to grow, preserve, and prepare grain. Demeter was thought to be responsible for the fertility of the land. She was the only one of the Greek goddesses who was involved on a day-to-day basis in the lives of the common folk. While others occasionally "dabbled" in human affairs when it suited their personal interests, or came to the aid of "special" mortals they favored, the goddess Demeter was truly the nurturer of mankind. Demeter also was the only one of the Greek goddesses who could truly empathize with the human experience of suffering and grief, having experienced it fully herself. The goddess Demeter is best known for her fierce defense of her daughter, Persephone, who was also known as the child, Kore (or Cora). Persephone's father was Zeus, the mighty ruler of the Olympians. The goddess Demeter had been one of his early consorts, long before his marriage to Hera. Persephone was an obedient, cheerful girl who had a happy childhood, playing with her cousins, Artemis and Athena. Reaching adolescence, she was carefree and spirited, often dancing playfully and picking wildflowers in the meadow near her home. Persephone's youthful beauty drew the attention of Hades, the god of the underworld, and he could not help falling in love with her. One day as Persephone reached over to pick a flower, the earth opened and the arm of Hades reached up from the underworld. And so Hades abducted her, dragging her back to his kingdom. Hearing Persephone's screams, the goddess Demeter rushes to the meadow, but cannot find Persephone. Carrying a torch, Demeter traveled the world day and night, never eating or resting, searching futilely for her daughter. Poseidon, god of the sea, noticed the goddess Demeter as she traveled and pursued her with amorous intent. Then Demeter tried to fool him by changing herself into a mare and hiding herself in the middle of a herd of horses, but he was not fooled. Poseidon saw through Demeter's disguise, turned himself into a stallion, and took her at his will. When Demeter continued her journey in search of her daughter, she met an old and poor man who was gathering firewood who invited her to return to his home to eat supper with his family and to rest on her journey. When she told him that she was searching for her daughter, he wished her success and told her that he understood her suffering since his son lay dying at home. Demeter, goddess of compasion, changed her mind and went with the kindly man, stopping only once to gather some poppies by the path. Entering his humble home, Demeter went straight away to the boy's bedside and kissed the boy lovingly on the cheek. Immediately the pallor left his face and his breathing eased, as Demeter's love had restored the son to full health. Although it was the custom of the Greek goddesses and gods to become very vindictive toward anyone who failed to honor them in a dignified fashion, Demeter was such a kind goddess that she seldom utilized this privilege. One of the few times was when she stopped on her travels to quench her thirst by drinking from a spring and heard a man named Ascaelabus laughing at the sound of her gulping the fresh water. Embarrassed, and angry at the man for being so rude, Demeter turned him into a lizard. Resuming her search, she soon encountered Hecate, goddess of the crossroads, who advised her to speak with Helio, goddess of the sun . . . reasoning that, since sh
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Hera (Juno) - Greek Goddess - Queen of the Gods. | Greek Mythology Pantheon Greek Mythology Pantheon Greek Mythology Pantheon > Hera (Juno) – Greek Goddess – Queen of the Gods Hera (Juno) – Greek Goddess – Queen of the Gods Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess - Art Picture Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess - Art Picture Hera (Roman equivalent is Juno) is one of the most interesting figures of the ancient Greek Pantheon of Gods. She is daughter of Cronus and Rhea, the only lawful wife of Zeus, Olympian goddess, protector of marriage and especially married women and personification of conjugal faith. Hera embodies the virtues and defects of the married woman. She is faithful and loyal, affectionate and submissive woman to her lord and husband. On the other hand, she is also dynamic and resourceful, fractious and grumpy, oppressive and jealous, passionate and vindictive wife. The woman who wants her husband "convict" and devise every possible way to keep him close to her. Hera is usually madly jealous at Zeus, passionately hating and revenging him. Her jealousy is an inextinguishable flame of burning guts and mind drilling. Her revenge usually wipes out everything in its path. Hera is battling, struggling desperately for what rightfully belongs to her, for the object of her desire. The ancient Greeks, having an original and inexhaustible source of humor, gave a more human dimension to their deities. They imagined the marriage of Hera and Zeus, as an area of constant rivalry, controversy and conflict and the king mortals and immortals, Zeus, to be endlessly victimized by a jealous and vengeful wife and resorting to trickery and machinations to avoid the windy bursts of her wrath. Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by isikol Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by isikol The birth of the queen of the gods is placed in Samos, while others say in Stymfalia or Euboea. Hera’s fate was no different from that of her brothers. The unforgiving Cronus swallowed her, trying to fight his fate. Only when the resourceful Rea, along with Zeus and Metis, managed to trick and defeat Cronus, then Hera, along with the other siblings, saw again the light. After the dethronement of Cronus, Zeus requested to marriage her. She fended off proudly. Being madly in love with his sister, Zeus did not waive his purposes. A rainy, winter day, as the goddess was walking in the forest, Zeus transformed into a cuckoo bird and fell at the feet of unsuspected Hera. The goddess pitied the half frozen creature. She stooped, took it in her arms and stroked it tenderly with her arms to warm it. Then the king of the gods took his real form. Magnificent, majestic, powerful and irresistible, overcame all of Hera’s resistance. Hera was defeated, subjugated and became forever his own, having first secured his commitment to marriage. Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by liliaosipova Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by liliaosipova Their divine wedding was splendor. Their life was not always happy. Instead, it was stormy and turbulent, as their love was also stormy. The successive explosions of rage and jealousy of the goddess and the frequent quarrels between the divine couple fed the imagination of the ancient Greeks, who created popular stories and readings. Zeus, arrogant, fickle and unfaithful husband, often crushed her dignity and irreparably hurt her female pride. He did not hesitate even to brag in front of Hera, for his countless adventures with goddesses and mortals. Hera, untamed, and haughty, invoked her honored lineage and displayed the inalienable rights, her status of lawful wife. Zeus, through the Homeric verse, stated that he despised her anger and nagging and was insistently asking for her submission. Once, he did not hesitate to transform his threats to acts, tying her hands and feet and hanging her between the sky and the clouds. Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by NeneThomas Hera (Juno) Greek Goddess - Art Picture by NeneThomas Hera often counterattacked, having her dignity dishonored and being blinded by passion for revenge,. Managing to
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England captain Andrew Strauss retires from professional cricket | Sport | The Guardian England captain Andrew Strauss retires from professional cricket • Replaced as England Test captain by Alastair Cook Wednesday 29 August 2012 08.18 EDT First published on Wednesday 29 August 2012 08.18 EDT Close This article is 4 years old Andrew Strauss , one of England's most successful captains after winning Ashes series at home and away, has announced he is retiring from professional cricket. Strauss said he had taken the decision to retire primarily because of his own batting problems, and that he had been considering his future long before Kevin Pietersen rocked England's boat this summer. "I'd run my race," the 35-year-old told a press conference at Lord's, having abandoned his initial attempt to leave his comments to a brief pre-prepared statement with typical grace and good humour. "In truth I hadn't batted well enough for a long period of time now. From a captaincy point of view it's important you're not a passenger, and people aren't speculating on your future. I know from my own energy levels and motivation I wasn't going to improve batting-wise. "It's not something that's happened overnight. It's been a gradual thing over the last 12 months, and certainly the last six weeks." Asked directly whether the Pietersen stand-off, which was prompted by text messages sent about him to members of the South Africa team, had been a factor in his decision, Strauss added: "No, not in any way. I've been thinking about it for a while. I first spoke to Andy [Flower, the team director] prior to the whole Kevin Pietersen incident rearing its head. It hasn't been a consideration to me. "I was pretty sure I was going to make the decision before the Kevin Pietersen situation arose. What happened I didn't feel had undermined me in the eyes of the team in any way. It was obviously a difficult situation to deal with but not in terms of making me more or less keen to lead the side forward. You just know in your mind how you're feeling about things. "At the end of the South Africa series with losing the number one ranking it's time for the side to refresh and think about how best to regain the number one ranking. For more than 12 months now I've looked at this series as a bit of a crossroads. If I'd have been playing really well and the team were doing really well, then I might have pushed through the next two Ashes series. But as it is I've not played well enough, and the team had some difficult times." Strauss said that he had yet to speak to the majority of the England players, having spent much of Tuesday writing to them individually, but Cook confirmed that the news of his decision had stunned the one-day team when it reached them after their defeat by South Africa in Southampton on Tuesday. "It was a sad dressing room yesterday when we found out," he said. "That speaks volumes for Andrew. You take people for granted, don't you? Andrew's played 100 Tests, and it feels like I've spent my whole career going out to bat with him. He's going to leave a huge hole to fill. I might have to face the first ball now." Cook confirmed that he now expected to become involved for the first time in the stand-off with Pietersen. Hugh Morris, the managing director of England cricket, had earlier said both he and Flower planned talks with Pietersen before the tour squad for India is announced next month. The announcement brings to an end a Test career that began with a century at Lord's against New Zealand in May 2004, and a first-class career that was launched six years earlier with Middlesex . He first captained England in the summer of 2006, when both Michael Vaughan and Andrew Flintoff were injured, and was discreetly disappointed when Flintoff was then chosen to lead the team to Australia for the Ashes series in the continuing absence of Vaughan. That was a disaster, but then Vaughan returned under a new head coach, Peter Moores, and when he resigned during a home defeat by South Africa, the ECB turned to Kevin Pietersen to lead the team in all forms of the
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Ian Chappell: Charismatic, candid and controversial — one of the greatest captains in history - Cricket Country › Ian Chappell: Charismatic, candid and controversial — one of the greatest captains in history Ian Chappell, born September 26, 1943, was one of the most charismatic captains of Australia and one of the most controversial characters in the game. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man who was the architect behind the image of the Ugly Australians. | Updated : September 2, 2015 9:15 PM IST Ian Chappell © Getty Images Ian Chappell, born September 26, 1943, was one of the most charismatic captains of Australia and one of the most controversial characters in the game. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of the man who was the architect behind the image of the Ugly Australians. The triumph at The Oval “I think we are the better team. And if we go home two-all, we will have been seen as one,” Ian Chappell ’s simple words rang loud and clear around the dressing room, sparking resolve and lighting the fire. The team was young. Ross Edwards at 30 was the eldest. Besides, Australia had been going through a harrowing period. They had won just one of the last 15 Tests, when Bob Massie’s magical swing had turned the game their way at Lord’s in the current series. But, as they went into The Oval, Ray Illingworth’s hardened men led the series 2-1 aided by the fusarium Test at Headingley . Now the team wanted to drag Australia out of the trough. They wanted to be a champion side. They wanted to be a part of the celebrations that were encouraged by their captain whenever they won. They wanted it for themselves and their captain. Dennis Lillee charged in to take 5 for 58. The Chappell brothers Ian and Greg hit hundreds, securing a 115-run lead. This was the first time in the history of Test cricket that a pair of brothers had scored centuries in the same innings, and parents Jeanne and Martin watched from the stands. England fought back, scoring 356, but Lillee captured five more. At 137 for 4 the target of 242 looked dicey. But, Paul Sheahan held firm and Rod Marsh walked in at the fall of the fifth wicket to smack 43 from just 51 balls. The young brigade had squared the series. Marsh and Sheahan ran off the field, swinging their bats around their heads, having scripted the most significant win in Australian cricket since 1948. And on reaching the dressing room, the wicketkeeper leapt onto the table, giving a full-throated rendition of the song that has become part of the folklore of the baggy green: “Under the Southern Cross I stand A sprig of wattle in my hand, A native of my native land, Australia, you f***ing beauty.” It marked the advent of the new Australian side, the best in the world, a bunch of tough, competitive individuals of brimming talent, led by one of the most charismatic captains of all time. The win even led Arthur Gilligan, the old England captain, rival turned greatest friend of former Australian skipper Vic Richardson, to pen a letter to Jeanne Chappell — daughter of Richardson and the mother of the Chappell brothers. Heaping glorious praise on the young team, Gilligan wrote, “Ian has led his team magnificently during the whole of the 1972 tour — a very great credit to him and all the boys. I am sure you are both very pleased to have had two sons who have achieved greatness over here.” Amidst all the celebration, the young captain was both gracious and honest enough to observe that Australia may well have won the Ashes if Bill Lawry had toured instead of the New South Wales opener Bruce Francis. This was both a touching and a gutsy tribute, especially given the story behind Chappell’s ascension to the top job. The road to the top Chappell had replaced Lawry during the 1970-71 series against England , when the great Australian opener paid the price for standing up for his players. In late 1969, Australians had slogged their way through the hardships of the Indian tour, roughing it out in shabby, dingy hotels. In spite of
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Basorexia | definition of basorexia by Medical dictionary Basorexia | definition of basorexia by Medical dictionary http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/basorexia basorexia Sexuoeroticism linked to kissing. 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: Copyright © 2003-2016 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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Free Flashcards about GK 6 Which horse was involved in the 1913 incident that killed Emily Davison? Anmer What is the meaning of "discursive"? digressing from subject to subject What was the German 'Jugendstil' known as in Britain and the USA? Art Nouveau The artists Odilon Redon and Fernand Khnopff were most closely associated with which artistic movement? Symbolism What nationality was artist Fernand Khnopff? Belgian What is the meaning of 'post hoc, ergo propter hoc'? "After which, therefore because of which" In which year did BBC Radio 2, in the guise of the BBC Light Programme, start broadcasting? 1945 What radio programme used the signature tune "At The Sign Of The Swinging Cymbal" by Bryan Fahey? Pick of The Pops Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was which Roman writer's father-in-law? Tacitus Agricola, Roman Governor of Britain, was recalled in disgrace by which Emperor? Domitian Which Iron Age tribe had a capital at Emain Macha in Ulster? Ulaid Who had a 1955 Number 1 with "Softly, Softly"? Ruby Murray Who had UK hits with "Be My Love" and "Because You're Mine"? Mario Lanza Who took "Rose Marie" to No 1 spot in the UK IN 1954? Slim Whitman In 1955 Jimmy Young had a No 1 single with "The Man From..." - where? Laramie Which singer was the indirect cause of 1944's Columbus Day Riot? Frank Sinatra In which year did "Rock Around The Clock" hit No 1 in both the UK and the US? 1955 Both "boogie-woogie" and "rock and roll" supposedly got their names from what? Euphemisms for sex Who coined the term "Rhythm and Blues"? Jerry Wexler Which Cleveland DJ is usually credited with coining the term "rock n roll" to apply to the music of that style? Alan Freed Which band were originally called "The Rambling Yodeller And The Sandmen"? Bill Haley & The Comets Who had a 1950s hit with "Be-Bop-A Lula"? Gene Vincent and The Blue Caps Which chemical elements occupy positions 89-103 on the Periodic Table? Actinides What name is given to a 3D co-ordinate system with three planes, x, y, and Z? Cartesian What are the names given to the three sides of a right-angled triangle? Hypotenuse, Base, Altitude If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is sinθ equal to? a/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is cosθ equal to? b/c If theta represents the angle opposite the altitude in a right angled triangle, a is the altitude, b the base and c is the hypotenuse, what is tanθ equal to? a/b (or sinθ/cosθ) What is the meaning of sin(squared)θ? sinθsinθ An object that has both magnitude and direction in space Which letters are traditionally used for the three base vectors? i, j, k Who had a 1962 Number 1 with "Wonderful Land"? The Shadows Which artistic group was founded in 1911 by Kandinsky and Marc? Der Blaue Reiter Artist Franz Marc was born in wRhich country? Germany Who painted "Luxe, Calme et Volupte"? Matisse Who is generally held to be the originator of the Suprematist art movement? Malevich The artists Boccioni, Carra and Severeni, all Italians, belonged to which movement? Futurism What was the real name of The Big Bopper, who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly? JP Richardson What was the stage name of the singer Rosemary Brown? Dana Which country singer got to No. 1 in the UK with "Coward Of The County"? Kenny Rogers Who composed "The Stars And Stripes Forever"? John Phillip Sousa Who composed the waltz "Tales From The Vienna Woods"? Johann Strauss Robert-Francois Damiens attempted to assassinate (and failed, although he did wound) which king? Louis XV of France When was the Seven Years' War? 1756-63 Whose final work was 1804's "Opus Postumum"? Kant The Pregolya River, which features in Euler's 'Seven Bridges'problem, runs through which city? Kaliningrad Who wrote 1848's "The Principles Of Political Economy"? John Stuart Mill What is defined as "the composite of an organism's observable traits"? Phenotype The Japanese word 'hara',
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An Introduction to Chinese Herbs AN INTRODUCTION TO CHINESE HERBS by Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon The herbal tradition of China is valued scientifically, as well as being a fascinating and popular tradition. Scientists working in China and Japan during the past four decades have demonstrated that the herb materials contain active components that can explain many of their claimed actions. Modern drugs have been developed from the herbs, such as treatments for asthma and hay fever from Chinese ephedra, hepatitis remedies from schizandra fruits and licorice roots, and a number of anticancer agents from trees and shrubs. Several popular formulations produced in China, called "patent medicines," are relied upon daily by millions of Chinese (in China and abroad), such as the Bupleurum Sedative Pills and Women's Precious Pills that invigorate the energy, nourish the blood, calm tension, and regulate menstruation, and Yin Chiao Jie Du Pian, which is a reliable treatment for the early stages of common cold, sore throat, and influenza. More than three hundred herbs that are commonly used today have a history of use that goes back at least 2,000 years. Over that time, a vast amount of experience has been gained that has gone towards perfecting their clinical applications. According to Chinese clinical studies, these herbs, and others that have been added to the list of useful items over the centuries, can greatly increase the effectiveness of modern drug treatments, reduce their side-effects, and sometimes replace them completely. In China, the two most common methods of applying herb therapies are to make a decoction (a strong tea that must be simmered for about an hour or more) and to make large honey-bound pills. Both of these forms meet with considerable resistance in Western countries. The teas are deemed too time-consuming, smelly, and awful-tasting to justify their use, and the honey pills (boluses) are sticky, difficult to chew, and bad tasting. Thus, modern forms that are more acceptable have been developed for most applications. The two popular forms to replace the standard Chinese preparations are extract powders (or granules) and smooth, easy-to-swallow tablets or capsules. The extracts are made by producing a large batch of tea and then removing the water and producing a powder or tiny pellets; the resulting material is swallowed down with some water or mixed with hot water to make a tea. Tablets and capsules contain either powdered herbs or dried extracts or a combination of the two. Despite the convenience, one must take a substantial quantity of these prepared forms (compared to the amount of drugs one takes). For example, doses of the dried extracts range from 1-2 teaspoons each time, two to three times per day, and the tablets or capsules range from about 3-8 units each time, two to three times per day. The herb materials used in all these preparations are gathered from wild supplies or cultivated, usually in China (some come from India, the Mid-East, or elsewhere). There are an estimated 6,000 species in use, including nearly 1,000 materials derived from animal sources and over 100 minerals, all of them categorized under the general heading "herbs." Herbs are processed in various ways, such as cleaning, soaking, slicing, and drying, according to the methods that have been reported to be most useful. These materials are then combined in a formulation; the ingredients and amounts of each item depend on the nature of the condition to be treated. In some cases, a practitioner of Chinese medicine will design a specific formulation for an individual patient, which might be changed frequently over a course of treatment. In other cases, one or more formulas already prepared for ingestion without modification are selected for use. The outcome is monitored, and the determination of whether to continue the current formula, change to another, or discontinue use is made on the basis of actual versus desired outcomes and the obvious or subtle effects of using
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Geographic Spice Index Geographic Spice Index Bottom In this index, you will find spices ordered according to the region they probably stem from. Since spice trade is nearly as old as humanity itself, we cannot reconstruct the natural occurrence of spice plants in all cases. For every region, I have included the most important spices used in present-day local cuisine. Of course, this information cannot be exhaustive, in part because spice usage may differ even in relatively small regions and in part because since I have not travelled to all these places, I rely on second-hand information, which is rather sparse about some topics. You may find that this index is rather Asia-centered; although certainly true, I claim that this is not due to my personal interest in Indian and South-East Asian cooking, but rather due to the fact that nearly all spices important in our days are of Asian origin (exclude allspice , vanilla and chile from this statement). Therefore, it seemed convenient to split up the Asian section of this index in several parts, while only one section deals with African or American spices, respectively. This index contains short hints about more than 60 herbs and spices that are not treated on my pages. Some of these spices are very obscure, have highly specialized (often non-culinary) applications, are only used in a small region or are merely of historic interest. Some others are quite interesting and deserve a fuller treatment, but I do not know enough about them to write a full article. Whenever that changes (maybe because of your help?), I will gladly write more about these spices. Central and Northern Europe Surprisingly few spices actually stem from Europe, although many have been imported. The Romans brought many of their Mediterranean spices to the countries north of the Alps, and some of them found the climate acceptable and were easy to cultivate; some even spread over the new habitat and became part of the local flora. The following plants are commonly believed to be of European origin, although you might find different opinion expressed in some literature. Water cress (Nasturtium officinale) Today, Europe’s local cuisines use a lot of herbs from the Mediterranean, of general importance are bay leaf , marjoram , oregano , rosemary , savoury and thyme , most of which can be grown in cool temperate climate (in our days, though, they get mostly imported because of cost and quality considerations). Since ancient times, onion and garlic are cultivated in Europe. However, because of its strong odour, garlic is less appreciated especially in North Europe, where excessive garlic consumption seems to be regarded as a kind of social crime. Onion is more used as a vegetable. Hungary is well-known for its paprika (bell pepper) and its variety of diverse chiles (a gift from the New World). In other European countries, hot chiles are less enjoyed, although they do play some rôle in South East Europe (Balkan peninsular) and in some of the Mediterranean states. Tropic spices are usually not essential ingredients in traditional European cuisine – with the exception of black pepper , which is held in high esteem all over the world. Cinnamon and cloves find their main applications in sweet dishes, ginger and nutmeg are used even less. Although cardamom is nearly unknown in most of Europe, Scandinavians are very fond of it and use it to flavour bread and pastries. There are more European plants that get used culinarily, though in most cases use is rare, or restricted to a small area; others are mainly of historical interest. In the first place, there are truffles (black or Périgord truffle, Tuber melanosporum, and white or Alba truffle, Tuber magnatum), whose absence from this page can only be regarded as a serious demerit. They played an eminent rôle in French cuisine of the 18.th century, and still have much importance despite their high price. Angelica (Angelica archangelica, Apiaceae ) is distributed over Northern Eurasia. All plant parts have a strong and penetrating odour and are occasionally used for cooking,
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The Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) was the wife of which European leader?
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1000+ images about Empress Eugenie on Pinterest | Napoleon, The empress and Franz xaver winterhalter Learn more at en.wikipedia.org Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox-Portocarrero de Guzmán y Kirkpatrick, 16th Countess of Teba and 15th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo, was the last Empress consort of the French from 1853 to 1871 as the wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French. More
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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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Bagram Airbase Videos at ABC News Video Archive at abcnews.com Taliban Suicide Bomber Kills 4, Injures 17 in Attack on Bagram Airfield Sat, 12 Nov 2016 Four people were killed and 17 others were injured in a deadly Taliban suicide bomb attack inside Bagram Airfield, the large U.S. military base in Afghanistan. "I am deeply saddened to learn that an explosion early this morning at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan has resulted in U.S. casualties," Army Removed Dallas Shooter's Weapons During Afghanistan Deployment Wed, 17 Aug 2016 According to newly released Army documents, Micah Johnson, who killed five Dallas police officers in July, had his weapons taken away by commanders during a 2014 deployment to Afghanistan after a female soldier in his unit complained that he had sexually harassed her and stolen her underwear. A Army Rangers Release Memorial Day Song From Afghanistan Sun, 29 May 2016 Maybe it was bound to happen: After 15 years of war, two talented soldiers cross paths and discover a mutual love of music. That’s exactly what occurred for First Lt. Andrew Yacovone and First Lt. Justin Wright, Army rangers writing and producing country songs on deployment in Afghanistan. The pair US Air Force F-16 Crashes in Afghanistan , Pilot Safely Ejects Tue, 29 Mar 2016 A U.S. Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed on takeoff near Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan this morning. The Pentagon said the pilot ejected safely and is being medically evaluated. "Coalition forces are securing the crash site," said Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook. Bagram Air Field is located A Look at the 6 Soldiers Who Died in Afghanistan Suicide Attack Wed, 23 Dec 2015 Communities across the country are mourning the loss of six American airmen killed Monday when a suicide bomber on a motorbike attacked their patrol near Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Here's a look at those who were killed: Adrianna Vorderbruggen Major Adrianna Vorderbruggen, 36, of Plymouth, Americans Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Attack Identified Tue, 22 Dec 2015 The six airmen killed in a suicide blast in Afghanistan were identified by military officials Tuesday. Two of those killed were from New York, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Lemm, 45, from The Bronx, who was also a veteran NYPD detective, and Staff Sgt. Louis Bonacasa, 31, of Coram. Both were assigned to 6 Americans Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Attack Mon, 21 Dec 2015 Six American service members -- including an NYPD detective -- were killed in a suicide bomb attack today on a joint U.S. and Afghan patrol outside Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. Two other American service members and a U.S. contractor were also injured in the blast. Defense Secretary Ash Carter NYPD Detective Among 6 Americans Killed in Afghanistan Suicide Bombing Mon, 21 Dec 2015 An veteran NYPD detective was among the six members of the military killed in Afghanistan, the department said in a statement Monday night. Det. Joseph Lemm, a member of the Air National Guard, was a 15-year member of the department and a father of two. "Earlier today, we lost one of our Finest in Taliban Bomber Strikes Joint US-Afghan Patrol, Killing 6 Mon, 21 Dec 2015 A man believed to be riding a motorcycle attacked the joint patrol near Bagram Airfield in the Parwan province of Afghanistan.
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What is a French street that means regret In English?
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rue - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com Random Word rue To rue is to feel regret or remorse for something. If that position at the deli ended up involving a reality TV show that made everyone famous, you may rue the day you turned down the job. Rue comes from the Old English word hreowan, meaning "to make sorry," and rue can still sum up a lot of sorrow in one small syllable. Rue is a modern verb that often looks back on the past. Shakespeare made famous the phrase "rue the day," meaning you bitterly regret a moment. For example, you might rue the day you had your first coffee if you become hopelessly addicted to it.
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General Knowledge #5 - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. General Knowledge #5 What does the legal term �caveat emptor� mean? Let the buyer beware Which Russian author wrote the novel A Month in the Country? Ivan Turgenev What do the initials UNICEF stand for? United Nations International Children�s Emergency Fund. Who was the last king of Rome? Tarquin the Proud. Which opera was composed by Verdi for the opening of the Suez Canal? Aida Which important religious building contains the Kaaba? Great Mosque at Mecca Which French dramatist wrote Tartuffe and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme? Moli�re By what name was William Joyce known in World War II? Lord Haw-Haw A covey is the group name for what type of bird? Partridge Which English poet lived with his sister at Dove Cottage, Grasmere in the English Lake District? Wordsworth What is the medical name for short-sightedness? Myopia What name is given to the magical beliefs and practices associated particularly with Haiti? Voodoo Which fortified palace on a rocky hill in Granada is an outstanding example of Moorish architecture? Alhambra Which female aviator established records with solo flights to Australia, Tokyo and the Cape of Good Hope in the 1930s? Amy Johnson, In which year did Hillary and Tenzing become the first mountaineers to reach the summit of Mount Everest? 1953 What is the English name for the movement in French cinema called �nouvelle vague�? New Wave Who was the first president of the French Fifth Republic? Charles De Gaulle From which country did Iceland win total independence in June 1944? Denmark Which North American aquatic rodent is also known as a musquash? Muskrat What was the name of the raft used by Thor Heyerdahl on his 1947 expedition? Kon-tiki, Who sailed around the world in the yacht Gipsy Moth IV? Sir Francis Chichester In which Middle Eastern country is the Roman city of Jerash? Jordan On which mountain in Ireland (also known as The Reek) did St Patrick fast for 40 days and nights in 441AD? Croagh Patrick On which island is the poet Rupert Brooke buried? Skyros In which US state is the Spurr Volcano? Alaska Who was the first British-born astronaut to walk in space? Dr Michael Foale Which is the world�s second largest desert? Australian Desert, Which flower has the Latin name Bellis perennis? Common daisy, The Ligurian Sea is an arm of which body of water? Mediterranean Sea Mossad is the secret service of which country? Israel In Greek mythology, who was the giant watchman with one hundred eyes? Argos Orly airport serves which city? Paris What �R� is the active form of vitamin A found in margarines, oily fish and dairy fats? Retinol Which South African surgeon performed the world�s first successful heart transplant? Dr Christiaan Barnard. In which 1981 film do Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep say farewell? The French Lieutenant�s Woman, Named after a town in north-east India, which high quality tea with a delicate taste is known as the �Champagne of teas�? Squid What is the name of the dish, originating from North Africa, that consists of steamed semolina? Couscous Which great circle may be terrestrial or celestial? The Equator, What meat-derived foodstuff did Kenneth Daigneau famously give a name to in 1937 Spam What name is given to members of the United Society of Believers in Christ�s Second Appearing? The Shakers Which Roman historian wrote a history of Rome in 142 volumes? Livy, Lake Taupo is the largest lake in which country? New Zealand Of which republic in the Caribbean is Port au Prince the capital? Haiti, Who succeeded James A Garfield as US president in 1881? Chester A Arthur, In which year was Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius? 79AD Which studio album by Queen first featured the song We Will Rock You? News of the World, Which is the second largest mountain system in North America? Appalachians, Which is the only seal that feeds on penguins? Leopard seal Which creature of Australia and New Guinea is also called a spiny anteater? Echidna Guernsey, Jersey and Sark are pa
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'Doris Karloff' helps homeless | The Independent News 'Doris Karloff' helps homeless Fellow MPs tremble before Ann Widdecombe's wrath. But to young 'rough sleepers' the Tory battleaxe is a kind friend Sunday 10 January 1999 00:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online SHE HAS been dubbed Doris Karloff, and ridiculed for her unbending political views. But privately, Ann Widdecombe, the Tory health spokeswoman, has a softer side; she feeds the homeless near the House of Commons and helps them to leave the streets. Miss Widdecombe has been secretly taking rough sleepers to McDonald's for Big Macs and coffee after church on Sunday, putting them in touch with night shelters and counsellors and using her knowledge of policy to tell them about their social security entitlement. The Tory MP, now a cult figure at Westminster for her honesty and plain- speaking, has been secretly helping rough-sleepers around Westminster Cathedral for months. She is particularly worried about young people sleeping on the pavement in the winter and offers extra help to new arrivals on the street. After attending evening Mass at Westminster Cathedral, she asks them if they want to sit in the neighbouring McDonald's for a meal and chat. Churchgoers have often seen her on cold evenings wearing leggings and a casual coat handing out coffee in polystyrene cups to young people bedding down in doorways. She says she never gives them money but will listen to their problems. "I go up to them and offer help," she told the Independent on Sunday. "I take them to McDonald's from time to time and I occasionally sit down and have a chat with them. Sometimes I go and get them a coffee or food. It's when I see new people: I was last there a couple of weeks ago." But she insisted: "It's a private and personal thing - I don't really want to talk about it." Some of the homeless around the cathedral, who sleep in shop doorways off Victoria Street, have not eaten properly or washed for days. Many are alcoholics and have sad personal stories of abuse and violent homes. Some may have no idea that the woman handing out coffee and offering advice is a former minister and one of the most outspoken politicians in the country. Neither did staff at McDonald's, next door to the cathedral, notice Miss Widdecombe performing such acts of charity. One young rough-sleeper said: "Most of them from Westminster Cathedral don't help us. They think we are begging and stay away from us, but we are not. Some people do help and buy us food. That's nice. It's pretty cold here." Westminster Cathedral, a lavish, Victorian byzantine building minutes from the House of Commons, is where Cardinal Hume, the head of England's Catholic Church, celebrates Mass. The congregation is made up of wealthy Catholics and local families, many of whom are from Ireland. Miss Widdecombe, a recent convert to Catholicism from Anglicanism, advises the homeless about a nearby night shelter and drop-in centre where they can get hot food, take a shower, and can do their laundry. The Passage, linked to the Cathedral, also offers counselling on housing, alcoholism, women's issues and drugs, and has a nurse and doctor available. The MP for Maidstone and The Weald has also secretly helped the day centre raise money in her spare time. Next week she will take time out from front-bench duties to talk to local businesses about the need to help the homeless in Westminster. Staff at The Passage spoke warmly of Miss Widdecombe's help. "She is a great supporter of our work but she does that all very privately," said Sister Bridie Dowd. "Her work is a personal matter. The people here need a listening ear; they need someone to talk to. It's very sobering to sit and talk and listen to people who once did very responsible jobs. It could be any one of us at any time. We have had university lecturers, people from all walks of life." Miss Widdecombe, who, while prisons minister, was caught up in the row over chaining pregnant prisoners to their beds, has a fearsome reputation at Westminster as a sharp-witted debater and formidable pol
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BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs - Presenters Desert Island Discs Presenters Roy Plomley Roy Plomley, the programme's creator, presented the programme for 43 years. Starting out as a stage and film actor, he began working in radio in 1936 as an announcer on Radio Normandy. Following a stint with International Radio, broadcasting from Paris and London, he began to freelance for the BBC in 1940. Although he also wrote plays, and presented other programmes such as One Minute, Please, he will be forever associated with Desert Island Discs. He wrote several books about the programme: Desert Island Discs (1975), Desert Island Picks (1982) and Desert Island Lists (1984, with his producer then, Derek Drescher). Michael Parkinson Michael Parkinson was asked to take the chair following Roy Plomley's death in May 1985. His first castaway, on 5th January 1986, was the film director Alan Parker. Parkinson, widely celebrated for his successful TV chat-show, had already himself appeared as a castaway on 19th Feb 1972. Between 1986 and 1988, he presented nearly 100 programmes but by the end of 1987 he'd decided to move on. On 13th March 1988 he interviewed his final castaway - athlete Brendan Foster Sue Lawley Sue Lawley was well-known as a TV reporter, newsreader and presenter & had appeared as a castaway on 8th November 1987, interviewed by Michael Parkinson. Her first guest was Lord Hailsham (Quintin Hogg), who was castaway on 27th March 1988. Describing the role as “one of the best jobs in broadcasting”, Sue went on to interview a further 771 people from all aspects of public life including politics, entertainment, science and sport. On 27th August 2006, her final castaway was the actress Dame Joan Plowright, Sir Laurence Olivier’s widow. Kirsty Young Journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Young opened her tenure as presenter by interviewing the illustrator Quentin Blake on 1st October 2006. Among her guests have been musicians Morrissey, Sir Tom Jones, Alice Cooper, and Barry Manilow, politicians Nick Clegg, Alex Salmond and Alan Johnson, actors Sir Michael Caine, Kathy Burke and June Spencer. In addition to Desert Island Discs, since 2008 she has been the presenter of Crimewatch on BBC One and has also presented the documentary series The British Family and The British at Work. Other Desert Island Discs presenters Two other people have presented editions of Desert Island Discs - Leslie Perowne, Head of Popular Record Programmes at the BBC, who interviewed Roy Plomley the first time he appeared as a castaway in May 1942. On the second occasion Plomley was castaway, in May 1958, he was interviewed by Eamonn Andrews. Strictly speaking, therefore, six people have presented Desert Island Discs over its sixty years, although only Roy Plomley, Michael Parkinson, Sue Lawley and Kirsty Young can genuinely be called 'Desert Island Discs presenters' in the accepted sense.
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Cariibean Fruits Source: http://wiwords.com/word/almond Avocadoes (Aguacates, Alligator Pear, Avocado Pear, Zaboca) Avocadoe is a pear shaped tropical fruit with green, reddish-purple or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed. The skin itself can sometimes be speckled with tiny yellow dots, it may be smooth or pebbled, glossy or dull, thin or leathery, pliable or granular and brittle. The single seed is round in shape, hard and heavy. An avocado is really ripe when you can hear the seed rattle if you shake the fruit. The avocado tree usually grow to 30 ft (9 m) but sometimes grow to 60 ft (18 m) or more. The avocado was first cultivated in Jamaica in 1696 before making it ways to the rest of the Caribbean. Note: To speed the ripening process, place the avocado in a paper/plastic bag, and store at room temperature until ready to eat (usually two to five days). Balata (Ausubo) A large tree bearing medium sized, purple/yellow skinned fruits, about two inches across, bearing many similarities to the sapodilla and taste similar to Star Apple Banana (Bougament - Small Bananas, Figs) A major income earner in the Caribbean, bananas are also a favourite food in the region. Green bananas are boiled and eaten as a staple food, while the ripe fruit are eaten raw or incorporated into several tasty recipes such as banana cake, and fritters. Banga (Grugru Bef) Banga is a tree that grows like a palm tree with a lot of sharp torns covering the area where the a hard shell is found at the flap of tree bark. When yuh take off the hard shell you find the edible flesh part and below that is a hard nut like a coconut. Barbadine (Granadilla, Parcha) Barbadine is a fast growing vine, arising from a fleshy root that enlarges with age, and can climb to a height of 33 to 50 ft (10-15 m). The flesh of the ripe fruit, with the inner skin removed can be used as a vegetable or when cooked with sugar, eaten as an dessert, or be made into a jelly from the unpeeled flesh boiled for 2 hours and the pulp simmered separately. The juice strained from both is combined and, with added sugar and lemon juice, is boiled until it jells. The young, unripe fruit may be steamed or boiled and served as a vegetable, or may be cut up, breaded and cooked in butter with milk, pepper and nutmeg. Breadfruit The Breadfruit was originally grown in the South Seas - being a native of Polynesia. The breadfruit is a large tree that grows widely in Jamaica, but was unknown here before 1793. Its arrival is one of Jamaica�s romantic stories. The first attempt to introduce the breadfruit was made at a time when many slaves were dying of starvation. Brazil Nut The Brazil nut is a large tree, reaching 50 m (160 ft) tall and with a trunk 1 to 2 m (3.3 to 6.6 ft) in diameter, making it among the largest of trees in the Amazon rainforests. The stem is straight and commonly without branches for well over half the tree's height, with a large emergent crown of long branches above the surrounding canopy of other trees. The bark is grayish and smooth. The leaves are dry-season deciduous, alternate, simple, entire or crenate, oblong, 20�35 cm (7.9�13.8 in) long and 10�15 cm (3.9�5.9 in) broad. The flowers are small, greenish-white, in panicles 5�10 cm (2.0�3.9 in) long; each flower has a two-parted, deciduous calyx, six unequal cream-colored petals, and numerous stamens united into a broad, hood-shaped mass. Source (edited): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_nut Calabash (Huingo, Kalebas, Krabasi) Calabash Tree is a small evergreen tropical tree which can grow up to a height of 25 feet and produce fruits up to 25 cm in diameter. It has simple leaves and the bark of the tree is rough. The fruit is large, hard and green in color and takes about six months to ripen. They cannot be eaten but can be used for various ornamental purposes. The fruits are pollinated by bats and they develop from the trunk of the tree. The seeds of the fruit are flat, small and are embedded in the pulp. Source: http://www.fruitsinfo.com/calabash-tree-tropical-fruits.php Cara
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Silvergate Prep Jeopardy Template 100 Princess Peach In video gaming, what is the name of the princess whom Mario repeatedly stops Bowser from kidnapping? 100 What does Woody from Toy Story have in his boot? 100 We just set a goal, talkin' matchin' Lambos 100 what is the hottest planet 100 Who was the second president of the United States? 200 What Nintendo system was released after the N64 and before the Wii 200 What animals portray surfer dudes in Finding Nemo? 200 Chains Nick jonas I gave all my heart but she won't heal my soul She tasted a break and I can't get more 200 All land-dwelling living things depend upon what source of energy 200 Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? 300 What color is the ring of death on an Xbox that signifies a hardware failure? 300 Which Princess is in the Disney classic Aladdin? 300 Drake best i ever had Cause she hold me down every time I hit her up When I get right I promise that we gone live it up 300 The only planet that has a day longer than its year is ... 300 What did "prohibition" outlaw in the early 1900s? 400 In Mortal Kombat, what phrase is heard when scorpion uses his spear. 400 Which film does Eddie Murphy do the voice-over for a red Chinese dragon? 400 Beyonce irreplaceable Because you was untrue Rollin' her around in the car that I bought you Baby drop them keys Hurry up before your taxi leaves 400 Who was the first American to Orbit the Earth 400 Who allied with America during the Revolutionary war 500 The legend of Zelda Which 1986 Nintendo game is set in the fantasy land of Hyrule, and centres on a boy named Link? 500 Name the rock on which Simba will stand as King in Lion King 500 I want it that way Backstreet Boys Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a heartache Tell me why Ain't nothin' but a mistake Tell me why
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England travel guide - Wikitravel Cities[ edit ] England has many large cities. Listed below are nine of the most popular: London — largest metropolitan area in Western Europe, and a global capital of finance, fashion and culture. Birmingham — the UK's second largest city (by population) in the industrial heartland. Bristol — vibrant music and art scene, lovely historic buildings, an attractive waterfront and a laid back, friendly, amiable, mellow atmosphere in the West Country's largest city. Brighton — regency seaside resort and university town with quirky shopping, good eating, rich culture and vibrant gay nightlife. Liverpool — "The home of the Beatles", a booming cosmopolitan city famous for its vibrant nightlife, rich cultural heritage, magnificent waterfront, superb architecture, and excellence in music and sport. Manchester — third most visited city in the UK, a cultural, sporting, entertainment, shopping and media hub. Nottingham — "Queen of the Midlands", home of Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest and Nottingham Castle. Newcastle upon Tyne — a thriving northern city with world-famous nightlife. York — ancient capital of Yorkshire, with Roman, Viking and Medieval remains. Other destinations[ edit ] England has many outstanding landmarks and sites of interest. Listed below are nine of the most notable: Hadrian's Wall — the Romans built this 87 mile wall to protect their English outpost from northern raiders. Isles of Scilly — magical archipelago of tiny islands off the south western coast of Cornwall. Lake District National Park — glorious mountains, lakes and woodlands; the land of Wordsworth. New Forest National Park — one of the few remnants of the great oak and hornbeam woodland that once covered southern England. North York Moors National Park — with heather-clad hills, woodlands, impressive sea cliffs and secluded beaches, this area is one of the true English gems. Peak District National Park — rugged moors and hills which form the northern spine of England. Understand[ edit ] Don't confuse "England" with the the larger "Britain" or "United Kingdom"; see the United Kingdom article for details. Climate[ edit ] England has been stereotyped as being cold, grey and rainy since the ancient Romans wrote home, but this is not an entirely accurate picture. Temperatures rarely get very cold or very hot, and while the country certainly gets rain, it's really not as wet as rumour has it. London alone has lower annual rainfall than Paris, New York and Sydney, and it's not uncommon for parts of the country to go without rain for weeks. Parts of southern England often have summer water restrictions due to a lack of adequate rainfall during the previous winter. There is some scope for leaving your raincoat at home, but make sure you've got one. Northern and western parts are usually wetter than the rest of England due to the prevailing wind from the north west bringing down cold moist air from the North Atlantic, and the sunniest and warmest areas are in the far south and south east. Winter and autumn are usually the wettest seasons where the weather is often very changeable and at times quite windy, especially in the north and west, where cold Arctic winds arrive. Spring conditions are very changeable: a day of hot sunshine is likely as not to be followed by a week of cold wind and rain; and vice-versa. Occasional snow even as late as May is not unheard of in northern England, but it will melt quickly. Snow is particularly rare in the south east. Summer is generally warm in the south with average highs usually ranging from 18-23°C, but be prepared for unsettled weather at any time of the year and make sure to check a weather forecast if you plan to be outdoors. Hot spells of weather can occur from May to September where temperatures may reach 30°C in the warmest areas of England, typically London and parts of the South East. Central Europe has very hot summers and very cold winters, but England is both less extreme (surrounded by water) and milder in the winter (influenced by the warmth of the North Atlantic Drift). If i
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Look: 50 heroes of Coventry and Warwickshire - Coventry Telegraph Look: 50 heroes of Coventry and Warwickshire Do you agree with our home-grown roster of famous achievers? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe View gallery If you’re looking for local heroes, Coventry and Warwickshire has them by the bucketful. Our home-grown roster of famous achievers have all made their mark in life, from the world of sport and the arts to industry and politics. They include pioneers and record-breakers, actors and film-makers. Athletes, writers, bands and singers also feature in our list, while footballers, rugby players, boxers and cricketers all make the podium. These dedicated individuals, both past and present, have all put Coventry and Warwickshire on the map with their outstanding achievements. Here we present 50 of our local heroes - but do you agree? Email letters@coventrytelegraph.net and tell us who or what makes you proud of Coventry and Warwickshire. #PrideofCov William Shakespeare: Born in Stratford in 1564 and widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, his work has appealed to all classes of society and continues to be popular nearly 400 years after his death. George Eliot: Novelist Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was born in Nuneaton and was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels include Middlemarch and Mill on the Floss and she has a hospital, hospice and school named after her in her home town. James Starley: English inventor and father of the bicycle industry. As one of the most innovative and successful builders of bicycles and tricycles – he invented the penny-farthing – his factory helped Coventry become the centre of the British bicycle industry. Ken Loach Lady Godiva: 11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend rode naked through the streets of Coventry to overturn the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband, Leofric, the Earl of Mercia, on his tenants. Ken Loach: Award-winning film and television director born in Nuneaton who is known for his naturalistic directing style and for his treatment of social issues. His films include Kes, The Wind That Shakes The Barley, and Looking For Eric. He turned down an OBE. Mo Mowlam: Popular Labour MP whose time as Northern Ireland Secretary saw the signing of the historic Good Friday Peace Agreement in 1998. She grew up in Coventry and was head girl at Coundon Court School. She died of a brain tumour in 2005. Debbie Isitt: Comic writer and film director who grew up in Coventry. Her film work includes her hit Christmas comedy Nativity trilogy, Confetti and the ITV series Love and Marriage. Philip Larkin: Poet, writer and librarian born in Coventry in 1922. He attended King Henry VIII School and went on to read English at Oxford. His many honours include the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry and he was offered, but declined, the position of Poet Laureate in 1984. Clive Owen: Coventry-born actor who attended Binley Park Comprehensive School. Came to prominence in ITV series Chancer, his films include The Bourne Identity, Closer, Children of Men, Sin City, and Inside Man and was once rumoured to be the next James Bond before Daniel Craig stepped into 007’s shoes. Clive Owen Andy Green OBE: RAF fighter pilot and World Land Speed Record holder who was born in Atherstone. On September 25, 1997 in Thrust SSC he beat the previous record in Black Rock Desert, USA, reaching a speed of 714.144mph. On October 15, 1997 Green reached 763.035mph, the first supersonic record. Nitin Ganatra: Kenyan-born actor who grew up in Coventry and went to Coundon Court School. Best known for playing Masood Ahmed in EastEnders since 2007. Graham Joyce: Fantasy fiction writer born in Keresley, Coventry, who has won the British Fantasy Award six times. His books include Dreamside, Do The Creepy Thing, The Silent Land and Some Kind of Fairy Tale. He also played in goal for the England Writers football team. He died from cancer in 2014, aged 59. Carmen Silvera: Actress who moved to Coventry with her family whe
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Fabric Stain Remover-Slogans | Slogans, Catch lines and Tag lines The stain remover section of any major store is filled with different formulas designed to remove stains from your laundry. Stain removers can be a great asset to your cleaning solutions, tackling everything from avocado to white out stains. World over, there are several brands in this product, with features. Vanish is a great brad in this category and the slogan is just simple and effective. Trust Pink, forget stains.
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Bounty Now Promises a Competent Clean - The New York Times The New York Times Media |Bounty Now Promises a Competent Clean Search Continue reading the main story A year after changing campaigns for Bounty paper towels, Procter & Gamble is refocusing the brand’s advertising again. Bounty had for decades been called “the quicker picker upper” or, in a more recent variant, “the quilted quicker picker upper.” In February 2009, Procter switched approaches, introducing a theme, “Bring it,” to reflect that absorbency — picking up spills as soon as they happen — was perhaps no longer the be-all and end-all it once may have been. Although “Bring it” remains part of pitches for Bounty, it has been supplanted in importance by paeans to the benefits of a “Bounty clean.” Now Bounty ads end with proclamations that it is “the clean picker upper.” (Yes, a campaign for paper towels devoted to how they clean. What next, a campaign for bread devoted to how eating it keeps away hunger pangs?) Continue reading the main story The concept the campaign seeks to get across is that a single sheet of Bounty is strong and absorbent enough to get surfaces clean. The subtext is, of course, the economy, and how frugal shoppers are watching how many paper towels they use each time there is a mess to be mopped up in the kitchen. Advertisement Continue reading the main story Procter, the nation’s largest advertiser, has been zigging and zagging during the last couple of years as consumers changed their buying habits to cope with the financial crisis and the recession. The company has increased some ad budgets, slashed prices of some products and rolled out campaigns that promote some brands as values compared with cheaper competitors. Recent commercials for Bounty have touted it as superior to an unnamed “bargain brand,” and that approach has been worked into the new campaign. “With one sheet of new Bounty,” an announcer says in one commercial, “you’ll have confidence in your clean.” There is also a demonstration that pits Bounty against an unidentified “bargain towel,” which of course concludes with Bounty’s triumph. “Super durable, super absorbent, super clean,” the announcer declares. “New Bounty, the clean picker upper.” The commercials are running on television and on the brand’s Web site. To underscore the shift in slogans, the Web address has been changed to bountytowels.com from quickerpickerupper.com ; if you type the latter U.R.L. into your browser, you will be directed to the former. Bounty packaging also has been changed. The words “One sheet keeps cleaning” now appear under the brand name on the front of the wrapper. On the back, a block of type says “thick and absorbent Bounty helps you clean up quickly and easily, so you can get more out of each day.” The campaign also has a presence in social media in the form of a Facebook page ( facebook.com/bounty ). Advertisement Continue reading the main story And there is a cause marketing element, too, called Make a Clean Difference, which encourages volunteers to help clean up 30 public schools in 10 cities like Cincinnati, the home of Procter; Los Angeles; Miami; and New York. For the cause marketing program, Procter is teaming up with the Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation — the name comes from a founder, Joseph (Rev. Run) Simmons of Run D.M.C. — and an organization known as the Hands On Network, part of the Points of Light Institute. The campaign, which began in April, is from the Bounty creative agency, Publicis USA in New York, part of the Publicis Worldwide division of the Publicis Groupe. Photo The Facebook page for the new ad campaign. A public relations effort is being handled by MS&L North America in New York, part of the MS&L Group unit of the Publicis Groupe. Although the budget for the campaign is not being disclosed, Procter spent $46.9 million to advertise Bounty last year, according to the Kantar Media unit of WPP, compared with $55.8 million in 2008 and $53.3 million in 2007. The campaign begins amid a burst of marketing activity for household cleaning products as consumer
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Scoville Scale Organoleptic Test Scoville Scale Organoleptic Test Scoville Scale Organoleptic Test Scoville Organoleptic Test Naga Jolokia peppers are extremely hot, with a heat of over one million Scoville units. Gannon anjo, public domain By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D. Updated August 14, 2015. The Scoville scale is a measure of the pungency or spicy heat of chili peppers and other chemicals. Here is how the scale is determined and what it means. Origin of the Scoville Scale The Scoville scale is named for American pharmacist Wilbur Scoville, who devised the Scoville Organoleptic Test in 1912 as a measure of the amount of capsaicin in hot peppers. Capsaicin is the chemical responsible for most of the spicy heat of peppers and certain other foods. Scoville Organoleptic Test or Scoville Scale To perform the Scoville Organoleptic Test, an alcohol extract of capsaicin oil from a dried pepper is mixed with a solution of water and sugar to the point where a panel of taste-testers can barely detect the heat of the pepper. The pepper is assigned Scoville units based on how much the oil was diluted with water in order to reach this point. As an example, if a pepper has a Scoville rating of 50,000, that means capsaicin oil from that pepper was diluted 50,000 times before the testers could just barely detect the heat. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World The higher the Scoville rating, the hotter the pepper. Tasters on the panel taste one sample per session, so that they results from one sample don't interfere with subsequent testing. Even so, the test is subjective because it relies on human taste, so it is inherently imprecise. Scoville ratings for peppers also change according to a type of pepper's growing conditions (especially humidity and soil), maturity, seed lineage and other factors. The Scoville rating for a type of pepper may vary naturally by a factor of 10 or more. Scoville Scale and Chemicals The hottest hot pepper on the Scoville scale probably is the Trinidad Moruga Scorpion pepper, with a Scoville rating of around 1.6 million Scoville units (compared with 16 million Scoville units for pure capsaicin). Other extremely hot and pungent peppers include the naga jolokia or bhut jolokia and its cultivars, the Ghost chili and Dorset naga. However, other plants produce spicy hot chemicals which can be measured using the Scoville scale, including piperine from black pepper and gingerol from ginger. The 'hottest' chemical is resiniferatoxin, which comes from a species of resin spurge, a cactus-like plant found in Morocco. Resiniferatoxin has a Scoville rating a thousand times hotter than pure capsaicin from hot peppers, or over 16 billion Scoville units! ASTA Pungency Units Because the Scoville test is subjective, the American Spice Trade Association (ASTA) uses high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) to accurately measure the concentration of spice-producing chemicals. The value is expressed in ASTA Pungency Units, where different chemicals are mathematically weighted according to their capacity to produce a sensation of heat. The conversion for ASTA Pungency Units to Scoville heat units is that ASTA pungency units are multiplied by 15 to give equivalent Scoville units (1 ASTA pungency unit = 15 Scoville units). Even though HPLC gives an accurate measurement of the chemical concentration, the conversion to Scoville units is a little 'off', since converting ASTA Pungency Units to Scoville Units yields a value from 20-50% lower than the value from the original Scoville Organoleptic Test.
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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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What Hindi song composed by A. R. Rahman & Gulzar won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song for a Motion Picture in 2008?
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Jai Ho - Hindi song from Slumdog Millionaire.flv - YouTube Jai Ho - Hindi song from Slumdog Millionaire.flv Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Jul 3, 2011 "Jai Ho" is a Hindi song composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Gulzar, for the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire. It accompanies a choreographed dance sequence at the end credits of the film. The song also features vocals by Mahalakshmi Iyer, Tanvi Shah, Vijay Prakash, and Sukhwinder Singh, who is the main vocalist.[1] The song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song and a Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media. Category
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And the most reliable used car is... - Telegraph Motoring News And the most reliable used car is... Japanese manufacturers make up eight of the top 10 places in a used car reliability survey, but which is number one? Cars such as the Civic have helped Honda to take top spot when it comes to reliability Comments If you're in the market for a used car and crave reliability above all else then seek out a model from Honda, Toyota or Lexus. That's the advice of an annual survey carried out by What Car? and Warranty Direct, which carried out research based on 50,000 Warranty Direct policies on cars between three and 10 years old. Honda took the top spot for the seventh year running and was one of eight Japanese manufacturers in the top 10, while premium car makers including Audi, Jaguar and Mercedes-Benz finished much further down the list, in 26th, 27th and 29th places respectively. The worst performing manufacturer was Land Rover, with 71 per cent of the vehicles whose owners have taken out a Warranty Direct policy breaking down at least once a year. In total, the top 10 is made up of Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Suzuki, Subaru, Hyundai, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Chevrolet and Nissan. Chas Hallett, editor in chief of What Car?, said: "Reliability is so important to motorists, especially when times are tough. Japanese car makers really do deliver on reliability and Honda is exceptionally good at this. Related Articles
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ASIMO by Honda | The World's Most Advanced Humanoid Robot Asimo, The World's Most Advanced Humanoid Robot You need to upgrade your Flash Player This is replaced by the Flash content. Place your alternate content here and users without the Flash plugin or with Javascript turned off will see this. Content here allows you to leave out noscript tags. Include a link to bypass the detection if you wish. Build your very own ASIMO Papercraft model Get an inside look at the technology behind ASIMO Check out Honda's mobility prototypes empowered with ASIMO-derived technology Check out the latest videos of ASIMO running and more EXPLORE
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Aegir and Ran - Norse Mythology for Smart People Norse Mythology for Smart People Aegir and Ran “Ran” by Johannes Gehrts (1901) Aegir (pronounced “EYE-geer;” Old Norse Ægir) and Ran (pronounced “RAN;” Old Norse Rán) are two of the most often-mentioned giants in Norse mythology. Unfortunately, as fragmentary as the sources for our knowledge of Norse mythology are, that doesn’t come out to a particularly large number of mentions. Still, some of the most general characteristics attributed to Aegir and Ran by the pre-Christian Norse can be discerned. Aegir and Ran are, respectively, husband and wife. They dwell in a magnificent hall beneath the ocean, and can be seen as the animating powers of the ocean and its varying qualities. Aegir (“Ocean”), who is often portrayed as a gracious host, seems to correspond to its more benevolent aspects. Ran (“Robber”[1]) seems to correspond to its more sinister aspects; in Old Norse poetry, she’s usually mentioned in the context of drowning unfortunate seafarers and dragging them down to dwell in her underwater abode. While the relationship between the Aesir gods and the giants is ambivalent at best, and often marked by considerable strife, Aegir and Ran enjoy an overwhelmingly friendly relationship with the gods. The gods are apparently regular guests at Aegir’s magnificent feasts. Together the couple has nine daughters, who are usually interpreted as being spirits of the waves. Looking for more great information on Norse mythology and religion? While this site provides the ultimate online introduction to the topic, my book The Viking Spirit provides the ultimate introduction to Norse mythology and religion period. I’ve also written a popular list of The 10 Best Norse Mythology Books , which you’ll probably find helpful in your pursuit. References:
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The Death of Baldur - Norse Mythology for Smart People Norse Mythology for Smart People The Death of Baldur “Baldur’s Death” by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1817) Baldur was one of the most beloved of all the gods. The son of Odin , the chief of the gods, and the benevolent sorceress goddess Frigg , Baldur was a generous, joyful, and courageous character who gladdened the hearts of all who spent time with him. When, therefore, he began to have ominous dreams of some grave misfortune befalling him, the fearful gods appointed Odin to discover their meaning. Baldur’s father wasted no time in mounting his steed, Sleipnir , and riding to the underworld to consult a dead seeress whom he knew to be especially wise in such matters. When, in one of his countless disguises, he reached the cold and misty underworld, he found the halls arrayed in splendor, as if some magnificent feast were about to occur. Odin woke the seeress and questioned her concerning this festivity, and she responded that the guest of honor was to be none other than Baldur. She merrily recounted how the god would meet his doom, stopping only when she realized, from the desperate nature of Odin’s entreaties, who this disguised wanderer truly was. And, indeed, all that she prophesied would come to pass. Odin returned in sorrow to Asgard , the gods’ celestial stronghold, and told his comrades what he had been told. Frigg, yearning for any chance of saving her treasured son, however remote, went to every thing in the cosmos and obtained oaths to not harm Baldur. After these oaths were secured, the gods made a sport out of the situation. They threw sticks, rocks, and anything else on hand at Baldur, and everyone laughed as these things bounced off and left the shining god unharmed. The wily and disloyal Loki sensed an opportunity for mischief. In disguise, he went to Frigg and asked her, “Did all things swear oaths to spare Baldur from harm?” “Oh, yes,” the goddess replied, “everything except the mistletoe. But the mistletoe is so small and innocent a thing that I felt it superfluous to ask it for an oath. What harm could it do to my son?” Immediately upon hearing this, Loki departed, located the mistletoe, and brought it to where the gods were playing their new favorite game. He approached the blind god Hodr ( Old Norse Höðr, “Slayer”) and said, “You must feel quite left out, having to sit back here away from the merriment, not being given a chance to show Baldur the honor of proving his invincibility.” The blind god concurred. “Here,” said Loki, handing him the shaft of mistletoe. “I will point your hand in the direction where Baldur stands, and you throw this branch at him.” So Hod threw the mistletoe. It pierced the god straight through, and he fell down dead on the spot. The gods found themselves unable to speak as they trembled with anguish and fear. They knew that this event was the first presage of Ragnarok , the downfall and death, not just of themselves, but of the very cosmos they maintained. At last, Frigg composed herself enough to ask if there were any among them who were brave and compassionate enough to journey to the land of the dead and offer Hel , the death-goddess, a ransom for Baldur’s release. Hermod , an obscure son of Odin, offered to undertake this mission. Odin instructed Sleipnir to bear Hermod to the underworld, and off he went. The gods arranged a lavish funeral for their fallen friend. They turned Baldur’s ship, Hringhorni, into a pyre fitting for a great king. When the time came to launch the ship out to sea, however, the gods found the ship stuck in the sand and themselves unable to force it to budge. After many failed attempts they summoned the brawniest being in the cosmos, a certain giantess named Hyrrokkin (“Withered by Fire”). Hyrrokkin arrived in Asgard riding a wolf and using poisonous snakes for reins. She dismounted, walked to the prow of the ship, and gave it such a mighty push that the land quaked as Hringhorni was freed from the strand. As Baldur’s body was carried onto the ship, his wife, Nanna, was overcome with such
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Four of football's shortest managerial reigns | Football | The Guardian Soccer Four of football's shortest managerial reigns Internazionale have sacked Gian Piero Gasperini after five competitive games in charge. Here are four other managers whose reigns were brief Brian Clough (left) was manager of Leeds United for just 44 days in 1974. Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty Images Owen Rawlings Wednesday 21 September 2011 10.23 EDT First published on Wednesday 21 September 2011 10.23 EDT Close Brian Clough – Leeds United In 1974, Brian Clough famously endured 44 dismal days as Leeds manager, an episode now recorded on the page and screen . Clough was a surprise appointment at Elland Road; he was already an unpopular figure, having lambasted Don Revie's "dirty" Leeds side for their physical approach in previous years. Clough failed to win over a dressing room fiercely loyal to Revie and was eventually forced out after only one win in six games. Steve Coppell – Manchester City and Bristol City Steve Coppell twice walked out early on clubs during his managerial career. In 1996, Coppell left Manchester City after 33 days in the job, citing stress as the reason for his sudden departure. Fourteen years later, Coppell, who was appointed Crystal Palace manager on four separate occasions, announced his resignation at Bristol City – only three months after taking charge. Coppell explained that he no longer had the requisite passion for the job and announced he would retire from management altogether. Kevin Cullis – Swansea City In 1996, Kevin Cullis was appointed manager of Swansea City, despite never having played professionally and only ever having coached non-league Cradley Town's youth team. Cullis's shortcomings were soon realised by the players and he left the Vetch Field after seven days and two defeats. The players claimed that they had taken control of team matters at half-time of the Swans' 4-0 loss at Blackpool, Cullis's last game in charge Leroy Rosenior – Torquay United Leroy Rosenior lasted only 10 minutes as Torquay manager in 2007. Moments after he had agreed to return to Plainmoor for his second spell at the club, the Gulls were taken over by a local consortium. The new owners decided that they wanted their own man at the club and immediately sacked Rosenior, though they did agree to pay him compensation.
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1994 95 in english football : definition of 1994 95 in english football and synonyms of 1994 95 in english football (English) Overview Premiership Blackburn Rovers ended their 81-year wait for the league title thanks to the strike partnership of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton which scored a total of more than 50 league goals. Manchester United would have made it three league titles in a row if they had been able to turn a 1-1 draw with West Ham United into a win on the final day of the season. Newly promoted Nottingham Forest finished third and qualified for the UEFA Cup along with fourth placed Liverpool (also League Cup winners) and fifth placed Leeds United . After this season the Premier League would be reduced to 20 clubs, so there would be four relegation places this time round. They were occupied by Crystal Palace , Norwich City (who had narrowly missed out on the league title two years earlier), Leicester City and Ipswich Town . Division One The streamlining of the Premier League meant that just two clubs would be promoted from Division One in 1995. Middlesbrough won the Division One title in their first season under Bryan Robson , while Reading were the club that were to fail to win promotion despite finishing second in the table. Instead, they competed in the playoffs , losing to Bolton Wanderers in the final, who achieved their second promotion in three years under Bruce Rioch - as well as being League Cup runners-up. 1995 saw four clubs relegated from Division One - Swindon Town (relegated for the second straight season), Burnley , Bristol City and Notts County . Sunderland narrowly avoided the drop following the arrival of enthusiastic new manager Peter Reid , who over the next few years would bring dramatic improvements to the Wearsiders. Division Two There would only be two promotion places in Division Two for 1994-95. They were occupied by champions Birmingham City and playoff winners Huddersfield Town , both enjoying success after seasons of disappointment. Going down were Cambridge United , Plymouth Argyle , Cardiff City , Chester City and Leyton Orient Division Three This season saw three clubs go up from Division Three instead of four clubs. They were champions Carlisle United , runners-up Walsall and playoff winners Chesterfield . Exeter City , who almost went out of business in mid-season, finished bottom of Division Three but kept their league status because Conference champions Macclesfield Town were unable to meet the league's stadium capacity requirements. Successful players Alan Shearer was the English league's top scorer with 34 Premiership goals for champions Blackburn Rovers. 20-year-old Robbie Fowler collected a League Cup winner's medal with Liverpool as well as the PFA Young Player of the Year award, following another season of strong goalscoring, and team mate Steve McManaman capped the cup final with a man of the match display in a season where he charted 20 assists in the league. Peter Schmeichel established himself as a world-class goalkeeper by conceding just 4 goals in 18 home Premiership fixtures with Manchester United . Stan Collymore scored 22 Premiership goals for Nottingham Forest and was soon on his way to Liverpool for an English record fee of £8.4million. Experienced Scottish striker John Hendrie was the driving force in Middlesbrough's return to the Premiership after a two-year absence. 36-year-old Tranmere Rovers striker John Aldridge was Division One's leading goalscorer with 24 league goals. Bolton Wanderers midfielder Jason McAteer established himself as one of the most exciting young talents in England and would soon be on his way to Liverpool . Wrexham striker Gary Bennett scored a staggering 39 goals in all competitions. Huddersfield Town striker Andy Booth who scored an impressive 30 goals during this season as well as make international honours with the England Under 21 squad . Walsall wingers Scott Houghton and Martin O'Connor almost single handedly earned their club's promotion to Division Two. Successful managers Kenny Dalglish become only the third
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