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Which Scottish ballerina made her international debut in 1941, married Ludovic Kennedy in 1950, appeared in films from 1948 to 1960, and died in 2006?
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moira shearer | biography (1926-2006) | gallery | mailing address ------------------------------------------------------------- Facts Isn't life strange? I mean, what do most of us remember Moira Shearer for? What secures her place in the pantheon of the great and the good? Her role as the ballerina in the Powell-Pressburger classic movie, The Red Shoes (1948), made when she was 22. And yet she came to loath the movie (as she did with another of Michael Powell's movies, Peeping Tom , in which she appeared in 1960). She felt she was forced into the The Red Shoes, and because of it met prejudice against her ballet career from audiences, critics and other dancers. Moira Shearer King was born in Dunfermline, Fife, in 1926. When her family moved to Northern Rhodesia she received her first dancing lessons. However, her main professional training came later in London, first with Flora Fairbairn and then at The Nicholas Legat Studio and Sadler�s Wells schools. At just 15, she made her stage debut in 1941 with the newly formed International Ballet. In 1942, she joined Sadler�s Wells Ballet and during her first season with that company she danced her first leading role, in Les Sylphides. Over the next ten years, she danced all the major classic roles, touring with the company after the war throughout Britain, France, Belgium and later Germany. During that period, she was acclaimed as one of the best ballerinas of her generation. The flame-haired beauty was described as the porcelain doll of the ballet. But she had wanted to make her mark entirely by her ability as a dancer, and was unhappy at being singled out often for her exceptionally beautiful face and, of course, her striking red hair. She was therefore somewhat doubtful about accepting an invitation to star in the 1948 film, The Red Shoes, the Hans-Christian Andersen tale of the girl who can't stop dancing after slipping on a pair of red shoes, in which she dazzles audiences around the world. But she was persuaded by the Sadler Wells Ballet director Ninette de Valois that any success she achieved in this would be to the benefit of the company as a whole. In the event, the award-winning film achieved a fame beyond all expectations and her performance as the ballerina, acting as well as dancing, brought her international renown. But during her years with the company in the 1940s, she struggled against the favourtism shown to Margot Fonteyn by the choreographer Frederick Ashton and de Valois. Following her formal retirement from ballet at the age of 27, she embarked on a glamourous film and stage career, starring in plays such as I Am A Camera, Major Barbara, The Cherry Orchard and Hay Fever. Her other films included Tales of Hoffmann, Story of Three Loves, The Man Who Loved Redheads, Peeping Tom (for which she received a salary of �2,000 for six days work) and Black Tights. She met the author Ludovic Kennedy at a fancy dress ball. The couple married in February 1950 at the Chapel Royal in Hampton Court Palace, London. Shearer put her career on hold to look after her four children, Alastair, Ailsa, Rachel and Fiona. But even after her retirement she remained active as a writer, radio presenter and lecturer in the U.S. and the UK on the history of ballet. She regularly reviewed books for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph and wrote two books: Balletmaster: A Dancer's View of George Balanchine (1986), and a biography of Ellen Terry (1998). In 1973 she became a council member of the Arts Council of Great Britain and the General Advisory Council of the BBC. In 1994, her husband was knighted. She died at the John Ratcliffe Hospital in Oxford on Tuesday 31st January 2006. She is survived by her husband, and by her four children. ------------------------------------------------------------- { D E A T H } Moira Shearer has died aged 80. The Scottish ballet dancer, best known today for her role in the Powell-Pressburger classic movie, The Red Shoes (1948), died at the John Ratcliffe Hospital in Oxford on Tuesday, 31st January 2006. Her broa
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What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was th - Pastebin.com In what country can one find 40 species of lemurs? A: Madagascar. RAW Paste Data What famous sauce is manufactured by McIlhenny & Co? Tabasco What year was the first motor race held that was classed as Formula 1? 1950 In the wild west, how was Henry McCarty better known? Billy The Kid How many stories did each of the World Trade Towers have? 110 What is the name of the cafe in Coronation Street? Roy's Rolls According to the BBC how many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace? 775 What is the busiest single-runway airport in the world? London Gatwick By number of films made, which country has the largest film industry? India Who lit the Olympic flame at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics? Muhammad Ali On what day of the year is St George's day held? 23rd of April The scientific unit lumen is used in the measurement of what? Light Which Apollo moon mission was the first to carry a lunar rover vehicle? Apollo 15 Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? Stephenie Meyer What is the capital of India? New Delhi Who wrote the poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat'? Edward Lear Which country had a secret police force known as the Tonton Macoute? Haiti In which city is the European Parliament based? Strasbourg Gala, Jonagold and Pink Lady are varieties of which fruit? Apple Which organ of the body is affected by Bright's Disease? Kidney What is the boiling point of water in Kelvin? 373 K What was the 1st human invention that broke the sound barrier? The whip What name was given to the Samurai code of honour? Bushido What colour is the bullseye on a standard dartboard? Red What song does the main character wake up to every morning in Groundhog Day? I Got You Babe What is the only Central American country in which baseball, not soccer, is the people's favourite sport? Nicaragua What is the largest fresh water lake in North America? Lake Superior Which South American country was named after the Italian city of Venice? Venezuela How many rounds are there in an olympic boxing match? 4 The highest temperature ever recorded outside in the shade was recorded in Azizah, in Africa. In which country is this city located? Libya Which Hasbro `action figure` got its name from a Robert Mitchum film? G.I. Joe In which country is the highest mountain in South America? Argentina How many emirates make up the United Arab Emirates? 7 If you were putting numbers on new changing room lockers to be numbered from 1 to 100, how many times would you use the number 9? 20 Which famous group performed the first ever song on Top Of The Pops in 1964? The Rolling Stones Who wrote the novel Revolutionary Road, which was made into a successful feature film? Richard Yates Which supermodel is seen pole dancing in the White Stripes video for the song `I Just Don`t Know What To Do With Myself`? Kate Moss Which band has released albums titled `Word Gets Around`, `Just Enough Education To Perform` and `Pull The Pin`? Stereophonics In the Adrian Mole Diaries, what is the surname of his girlfriend? Braiwaithe Charlotte Edwards led England`s women to World Cup glory in which sport in March 2009? Cricket What is sake made from? Rice Affenpinscher, Keeshond and Leonberger are all types of what? Dog Who won the 2009 Rugby World Sevens Cup? Wales Who is the only player to win a Champion`s League medal, the Premiership and the FA Cup, and to be relegated from the Premiership without going on to play in the Championship? Kanu With which club did David Beckham make his football league debut? Preston North End Who is the host of the TV show Q.I.? Stephen Fry Anyone Can Fall In Love was a chart hit set to the theme tune of which TV show? EastEnders Who is the only character to appear in the first ever Coronation Street who is still in the show at 2009? Ken Barlow The film `Black Hawk Down` was loosely based on a true incident that took place in 1993 in which country? Somalia What word does the bird constantly repeat in Edgar Allan Poe`s classic poem `The Raven`? Nevermore In the board game `Risk`, what c
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What is the nationality of playwright Henrik Ibsen?
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Henrik Ibsen Biography - Childhood, Life Achievements & Timeline Writers Henrik Ibsen Biography Henrik Ibsen was a famous Norwegian playwright and poet who wrote many famous plays. Read more about âthe father of modern theaterâ in the following article. Quick Facts Playwright, Theatre Director, and Poet. Nationality Hedvig,Christian Cornelius Paus(half-brother), Christopher Blom Paus (half-brother), Henrik Johan Paus (half-brother) Spouse/Partner: Suzannah Thoresen Image Credit http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Kunst_og_kultur/Litteratur/Norsk_litteratur/F%C3%B8r_1914/Henrik_Ibsen A famous Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet, Henrik Ibsen is often considered as âthe fatherâ of modern theater and one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. Ibsen is often ranked as one of the greatest playwrights in the European literature, also perhaps the greatest playwright since Shakespeare. When European theatres were expected to show strict mores of family life and propriety, his plays were considered scandalous as they revealed the reality that was hidden behind many facades. At the young age, Ibsen was greatly influenced by the famous Norwegian poet and playwright, Henrik Wergeland and other Norwegian folk tales particularly collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jorgen Moe. His important works include, Brand (1865), Peer Gynt (1867), Emperor and Galilean (1873), A Doll's House(1879), Ghosts(1881), An Enemy of the People (1882),The Wild Duck (1884), Hedda Gabler (1890) and The Master Builder (1892). Henrik Ibsen Childhood & Early Life Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828 in Skien, Norway. His parents were Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg. Ibsen was a descendant of some of the oldest and most distinguished families of Norway. Shortly after his birth, the financial condition of his family dwindled down. His father went in the state of depression whereas his mother took solace in spirituality. Ibsen was fifteen when he was forced to leave the school. He moved to the small town of Grimstad, took an apprentice job at a pharmacist and began writing plays. When he was 18, a liaison with a servant produced him an illegitimate child. Ibsen had to pay for the child’s upbringing till the boy grew into his teens, although Ibsen never saw him. In 1850, Ibsen went to Christiania (now Oslo) intending to matriculate at the university. But his earlier attempts of entering the university were failed as he couldn’t clear the entrance exams. As a result, he dropped the idea of matriculation at the university and committed himself to writing. The same year, he published his first play, the tragedy Catiline under the pseudonym “Brynjolf Bjarme”. His first staged play was “The Burial Mound” (1850) which didn’t receive much attention. Despite of numerous unsuccessful plays, Ibsen remained determined to be a playwright. When Ibsen was young, Norwegian author Henrik Wergeland was the most acclaimed, and widely read Norwegian poet and playwright. Wergeland, along with other Norwegian folk tales, particularly collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, inspired Ibsen to write more plays. Career and Writings For the next several years, Ibsen worked at Det norske Theater (Bergen), where he was involved in the production of more than 145 plays as a writer, director, and producer. No individual plays came from him during this period. His failures to achieve success gave him immense experience at the Norwegian Theater, which proved to be very helpful for him in the future. In 1858, he returned to Christiania and became the creative director of the Christiania Theatre. On 18th June 1858, he married Suzannah Thoresen. The couple had a son, Sigurd born on December 23, 1859. They had to face poor financial circumstances, which made Ibsen disillusioned with his life in Norway. He left Christiania in 1864 and went to Sorrento in Italy. His play, “Brand” (1865) brought Ibsen critical acclaim, along with considerable amount of financial success. The success of Brand was followed by another successful play, “Peer Gynt” (1867). The f
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London 2012: Faster, higher stranger – quirky offcuts of the Olympics | Sport | The Guardian London 2012: Faster, higher stranger – quirky offcuts of the Olympics A sideways look at reaction to the London Olympic Games Kenneth Branagh, top left, starring as Isambard Kingdom Brunel, starring as Abraham Lincoln at the London Olympics opening ceremony. Photo: Paul Gilham/Getty Images Observer Sport staff Saturday 28 July 2012 12.09 EDT First published on Saturday 28 July 2012 12.09 EDT Close THE CEREMONY: BEST INSTANT REACTIONS US viewers reacting on Twitter to Kenneth Branagh's Isambard Kingdom Brunel: "The Olympics lost me ... why is Abraham Lincoln dancing?"; "Is that Abraham Lincoln speaking right now?"; "Why is abraham lincoln at the olympics?" BEST PACE CHANGE NBC – the American broadcaster getting the most out of the ceremony by showing it on delay, chopping it up for ad breaks and replacing the far-too-downbeat segment featuring the "memorial wall" tribute to the dead and Abide with Me with an upbeat Ryan Seacrest interview. BEST COMEBACK Aidan Burley MP, sacked by David Cameron last year for "offensive" behaviour during a Nazi-themed stag party, apologising for his Twitter verdict on the ceremony ("leftie multi-cultural crap"): "Seems my tweet has been misunderstood." THE BIG FIGURES The biggest ever British TV audiences: ■ 32.3m: 1966 World Cup final. ■ 32.1m: Diana's funeral, 1997 ■ 30.69m: Royal Family documentary, 1969 ■ 30.15m: EastEnders (Den v Angie), 1986; ■ 28.6m: Apollo 13, 1970 ■ 28.49m: 1970 FA Cup final replay (Chelsea v Leeds) ■ 28.4m: Wedding of Charles and Diana, 1981 ■ 27.6m: Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, 1973 ■ 27m: Olympic opening ceremony, 2012 PLUS: THE CEREMONY'S UNANSWERED QUESTIONS 1. Just how big is Trevor Nelson's family? 2. Who would have rung the bell at the start if Bradley Wiggins had not won in the Tour? 3. Does Danny Boyle get knighted now or in the New Year? 4. What acting projects does the Queen have lined up next? LAST WEEK'S OTHER HIGHLIGHTS Thursday: Five Live's Nicky Campbell asked listeners: "Do you have the Olympic tingle?", then unwittingly read out a tweet from a spoof account in the name of Twenty Twelve character Siobhan Sharpe: "Like totes, for real." DRIVER OF THE WEEK Wednesday, 6pm: a driver on the Victoria line near Kings Cross provoking groans by telling delay-weary London Underground passengers: "Ladies and gentlemen, some Olympic news." Then he told them: "In women's football, Great Britain have beaten New Zealand 1-0!" GUIDE OF THE WEEK CNN – talking American visitors through how to fit in to life in London. "The secret to blending in with locals lies solely in the use of one word: 'innit' – a colloquial abbreviation of 'isn't it?' Confusingly, although 'innit' implies a query, this uniquely London method of punctuating sentences is a purely rhetorical device. Thus, 'Time for drink, innit?' is wrong but 'I've had four pints and no dinner, innit' is grammatically perfect." Plus: "In some bars you may see something called 'Pork Scratchings' for sale. These are not for you." BEST PUBLICITY MACHINE Boris Johnson: operating in full calculated buffoon mode. Earned some headlines on Thursday with his defence of sponsor McDonald's. "This is bourgeois snobbery … classic liberal hysteria about very nutritious, delicious, food – extremely good for you I'm told. Not that I eat a lot of it myself." APOLOGY OF THE WEEK The Westfield Stratford shopping centre: "sincerely sorry" for creating Arabic welcome banners that were "pretty much unintelligible" to speakers of the language. The error also appeared on staff uniforms. The Council for Advancing Arab-British Relations said the banners were the equivalent of signs supposed to read "WELCOME TO LONDON" being printed: "N O D N O L O T E M O C L E W." NAME OF THE WEEK Australian eventing horse Allofasudden: called up to the team as a surprise last-minute replacement, and withdrawn injured again days before the competition. WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THE DRUNKEN SAILOR? The South Korea Sailing Federation apologising on Fri
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Which of Agatha Christie’s novels was the first to feature Miss Marple?
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Miss Marple series by Agatha Christie Miss Marple series 43 works, 13 primary works Mystery series in order of publication. Miss Marple is introduced in The Murder at the Vicarage but the books can be read in any order. Mixed short story collections are included if some are Marple, often have horror, supernatural, maybe detective Poirot, Pyne, or Quin. Note that "Nemesis" should be read AFTER "A Caribbean Holiday"
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles : Agatha Christie : 9781479321575 The Mysterious Affair at Styles Paperback We can notify you when this item is back in stock Notify me Try AbeBooks Description In the midst of World War I, the residents of Styles wake one morning to find Emily Inglethorpe fatally poisoned. Captain Hastings, staying with the family, enlists the help of his old friend, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. With the evidence mounting against one member of the family, Poirot uses his unique deductive technique to prove who really killed Emily. show more Product details 152 x 226 x 18mm | 381.02g Publication date Crime About Agatha Christie Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Miller; 15 September 1890 - 12 January 1976) was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and more than 15 short story collections, most of which revolve around the investigations of such characters as Hercule Poirot, Miss Jane Marple and Tommy and Tuppence. Born to a wealthy upper middle-class family in Torquay, Devon, Christie served in a hospital during the First World War before settling into married life with her first child in London. Although initially unsuccessfull at getting her work published, in 1920, The Bodley Head press published her novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring the character of Poirot. This launched her literary career. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly four billion copies, and her estate claims that her works rank third, after those of William Shakespeare and the Bible, as the world's most widely published books. According to Index Translationum, Christie is the most translated individual author, and her books have been translated into at least 103 languages. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time. In 1971, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Christie's stage play The Mousetrap holds the record for the longest initial run: it opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on 25 November 1952 and as of 2012 is still running after more than 24,600 performances. In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honour, the Grand Master Award, and in the same year Witness for the Prosecution was given an Edgar Award by the MWA for Best Play. Many of her books and short stories have been filmed, and many have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics. show more Follow us
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Which member of 'Girls Aloud' is from Northern Ireland?
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Girls Aloud 2005 (What Will The Neighbours Say?! Tour DVD) - YouTube Girls Aloud 2005 (What Will The Neighbours Say?! Tour DVD) 7,550 views Last updated on Mar 7, 2016 In 2005 British Girl Group Girls Aloud embarked on their first tour. From May 4th to June 2nd the girls went from England to Northern Ireland ( Member Nadine Coyle's home country), To Scotland, to Wales and all over the UK. The shows on May 28th and 29th at London's Hammersmith Apollo were taped and turned into the "What Will The Neighbours Say?" Live In Concert DVD. Since it was their first tour it was in Halls and theaters, small venues not the big extravaganzas we would see from the girls later on. But whatever the size of the venues GA look and sound great and put on a very entertaining show. Please note the performances of "Another Brick In The Wall (cover) and No Good Advice have been blocked for copyright reasons in my area so I couldn't put them in the playlist. Enjoy (: less In 2005 British Girl Group Girls Aloud embarked on their first tour. From May 4th to June 2nd the girls went from England to Northern Ireland ( Member Nadine Coyle's home country), To Scotland, to Wales and all over the UK. The shows on May 28... more
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: 4th November The Questions Macclesfield Pub Quiz League Set by The Lamb Inn ART & ENTERTAINMENT 1. Q. Offenbach’s barcarolle from ‘The Tales of Hoffman’ is a famous piece of music, but what is a barcarolle ? A. A BOATING SONG (Accept any reference to boats). 2. Q. Which Gilbert & Sullivan operetta contains the song generally known as ‘A Policeman’s lot is not a happy one’ ? A. THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE. 3. Q. Which TV presenter is the daughter of Newspaper Editor and Columnist Eve Pollard ? A. CLAUDIA WINKELMAN. 4. Q. Who created the statue of ‘St.Michael’s victory over the Devil’ on Coventry Cathedral ? A. JACOB EPSTEIN. 5. Q. Which artist painted the work entitled ‘Guernica’ ? A. PABLO PICASSO. 6. Q. In the TV series ‘Inspector Morse’, who wrote the theme tune ? A. BARRINGTON PHELOUNG 7. Q. Mark McManus of ‘Taggart’ fame had a famous singing half-brother. Who is he ? A. BRIAN CONNOLLY (Lead singer of The Sweet). 8. Q. Who composed the music for the films ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ and ‘The Mission’ ? A. ENNIO MORRICONE. (a) Q. Which piece of music preceded TV’s ‘The Lone Ranger’ ? A. THE WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (Giaochino Rossini) (b) Q. Who is the mother of actress Joely Richardson ? A. VANESSA REDGRAVE. (c) Q. In which play does Mrs. Malaprop appear ? A. THE RIVALS (by Sheridan) 1) What is the capital of Croatia ? (A) Zagreb 2) Which river runs through Leicester ? (A) Soar 3) What is described as : a U-shaped body of water that forms when a wide meander from the main river is cut off, creating a free-standing body of water ? (A) Ox Bow Lake 4) What is the largest lake in Europe ? (A) Lake Lagoda (14th largest in the world.) 5) What is a line on a map or chart joining points of equal height or depth called ? (A) Contour 6) Which city is the capital of Canada ? (A) Ottawa 7) Which river runs through Ipswich ? (A) Orwell 8) Yosemite National Park is in which US State ? (A) California SUPPLEMENTARIES (a) Greenland belongs to which country ? (A) Denmark. (b) In which country are the largest waterfalls measured by flow-rate in Europe ? (A) Switzerland (Rhine falls) 1. Q. Which statesman married Miss Clementine Hosier in 1908 ? A. WINSTON CHURCHILL. 2. Q. Who founded The National Viewers & Listeners Association in 1965 ? A. MARY WHITEHOUSE. 3. Q. In which year did the first human heart transplant take place ? A. 1967 (allow 1966-1968). 4. Q. Where was Princess Elizabeth staying when she was given the news of her accession to the throne in 1558 ? A. HATFIELD HOUSE in Hertfordshire. 5. Q. Give a year in the life of Ivan the Terrible. A. 1530 – 1584 6. Q. The Rolls Royce ‘Thrust Measuring Rig’ developed in the 1950’s took off vertically, but what was its nickname ? A. THE FLYING BEDSTEAD. 7. Q. Whose London monument by Edward Bailey is guarded by Edwin Landseer’s lions? A. NELSON 8. Q. What, infamously, happened at Yekaterinburg on July 17th 1918 ? A. THE ASSASINATION OF THE RUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY (THE ROMANOVS) (a) Q. What was the code-name for planned German invasion of Britain ? A. OPERATION SEA LION. (b) Q. What is the connection between a large fish-eating bird and Drake’s ship ? A. PELICAN (Name of Drakes ship before becoming The Golden Hind). SCIENCE 1. Q. What is the tradename of the Du Pont synthetic fibre of high-tensile strength used mainly in rubber products, notably tyres and bullet-proof vests ? A. KEVLAR. 2. Q. In astronomy, where would you find the ‘Cassini Division’ ? A. SATURNS RINGS. 3. Q. As a percentage, what is the average salinity of sea water ? A. 3.5% (accept 3% to 4%) 4. Q. What name is given to static discharges visible on aircraft wing tips and the tops of ships masts ? A. ST. ELMO’S FIRE. 5. Q. In what device in the home would you find a magnetron ? A. MICROWAVE OVEN. 6. Q. Traditionally, how have teachers always used sticks of calcium sulphate ? A. BLACKBOARD CHALK. 7. Q. Why is sodium carbonate sometimes added to a water supply ? A. TO REDUCE NATURAL HARDNESS. 8. Q. Which element is common to all acids ? A. HYDROGEN. (a) Q. By what name is deuterium oxide also kn
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What group sacked Baghdad in 1258, ending the Islamic Golden Age?
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Siege of Baghdad (1258) | Military Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Siege of Baghdad (1258) Part of the Mongol invasions Hulagu's army conducting a siege on Baghdad walls Date January 29 – February 10, 1258 Location 1,000 Chinese bombardiers and engineers Turkic and Persian soldiers Cavalry Infantry Strength 120,000 [3] -150,000 [4] 50,000 Casualties and losses Unknown but believed to be minimal 50,000 soldiers, Levant The Siege of Baghdad, occurring from January 29 until February 10, 1258, entailed the investment , capture, and sacking of Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, by Ilkhanate Mongol forces and allied troops. The Mongols were under the command of Hulagu Khan , brother of the khagan Möngke Khan , and had intended to further extend their rule into Mesopotamia but not to directly overthrow the Caliphate. Möngke, however, had instructed Hulagu to attack Baghdad if the Caliph Al-Musta'sim refused Mongol demands for his continued submission to the khagan and the payment of tribute in the form of military support for Mongol forces in Iran. Hulagu had begun his campaign in Iran with several offensives against Nizari groups, including the Assassins , whose stronghold of Alamut his forces seized. He then marched on Baghdad, demanding that Al-Musta'sim accede to the terms imposed by Möngke on the Abbasids. Although the Abbasids had failed to prepare for the invasion, the Caliph believed that Baghdad could not fall to invading forces and refused to surrender. Hulagu subsequently besieged the city, which surrendered on February 10. During the next week, the Mongols sacked Baghdad, committing numerous atrocities and destroying the Abbasids' vast libraries, including the House of Wisdom . The Mongols executed Al-Musta'sim and massacred many residents of the city, which was left greatly depopulated. The siege is considered to mark the end of the Islamic Golden Age , during which the caliphates had extended their rule from the Iberian Peninsula to Sindh, and which was also marked by many cultural achievements. [7] Contents Edit Baghdad had for centuries been the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate, the third caliphate and whose rulers were descendants of Abbas , uncle of Muhammad . In 751, the Abbasids had overthrown the Umayyads, and had moved the Caliph's seat from Damascus to Baghdad. At the city's peak, it was populated by approximately one million people and was defended by an army of 60,000 soldiers. By the middle of the 13th century, however, the power of the Abbasids had declined and Turkic and Mamluk warlords often held power over the Caliphs. The city still retained much symbolic significance, however, and it remained a rich and cultured city. The Caliphs of the 12th and 13th centuries had begun to ally with the expanding Mongol Empire in the east, and Caliph an-Nasir li-dini'llah , who reigned from 1180-1225, may have attempted to ally with Genghis Khan when Muhammad II of Khwarezm threatened to attack the Abbasids. [8] It has been rumored [9] that some Crusader captives may have been sent as tribute to the Mongol khagan. According to The Secret History of the Mongols , Genghis and his successor, Ögedei Khan , ordered their general Chormaqan to attack Baghdad. [10] In 1236, Chormaqan led a division of the Mongol army to Irbil , [11] which remained under Abbasid rule. Further raids on Irbil and other regions of the caliphate became nearly annual occurrences. [12] Some raids were alleged to have reached Baghdad itself, [13] but these Mongol incursions were not always successful, with Abbasid forces defeating the invaders in 1238 [14] and 1245. [15] Despite their successes, the Abbasids hoped to come to terms with the Mongols and by 1241 they had adopted the practice of sending annual tribute to the court of the khagan. [13] Envoys from the Caliph were present at the coronation of Güyük Khan as khagan in 1246 [16] and that of Möngke Khan in 1251. [17] During his brief reign, Güyük insisted that the Caliph Al-Musta'sim fully submit to Mongol rule and come personally to Karakorum . Blame for the Caliph's refusal a
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Mongols. A history of the Mongols (Monguls) From the first explosion of Mongol military might from the steppes of central Asia in the early decades of the 13th century to the death of Timur in 1405, the nomads of central Asia made a last, stunning return to center stage in world history. Mongol invasions ended or interrupted many of the great empires of the postclassical period, while also extending the world network that had increasingly defined the period. Under Chinggis Khan - who united his own Mongol tribesmen and numerous nomadic neighbors into the mightiest war machine the world had seen to that time - central Asia, northern China, and eastern Persia were brought under Mongol rule. Under Chinggis Khan's sons and grandsons, the rest of China, Tibet, Persia, Iraq, much of Asia Minor, and all of southern Russia were added to the vast Mongol imperium. Though the empire was divided between Chinggis Khan's sons after his death in 1227, the four khanates or kingdoms -which emerged in the struggles for succession -dominated most of Asia for the next one and one-half centuries. The Mongol conquests and the empires they produced represented the most formidable nomadic challenge to the growing global dominance of the sedentary peoples of the civilized cores since the great nomadic migrations in the first centuries A.D. Except for Timur's devastating but short-lived grab for power at the end of the 14th century, nomadic peoples would never again mount a challenge as massive and sweeping as that of the Mongols. In most histories, the Mongol conquests have been depicted as a savage assault by backward and barbaric peoples on many of the most ancient and developed centers of human civilization. Much is made of the ferocity of Mongol warriors in battle, their destruction of great cities, such as Baghdad, in reprisal for resistance to Mongol armies, and their mass slaughters of defeated enemies. Depending on the civilization from whose city walls a historian recorded the coming of the Mongol "hordes," they were depicted as the scourge of Islam, devils bent on the destruction of Christianity, persecutors of the Buddhists, or defilers of the Confucian traditions of China. Though they were indeed fierce fighters and capable of terrible acts of retribution against those who dared to defy them, the Mongols' conquests brought much more than death and devastation. At the peak of their power, the domains of the Mongol khans, or rulers, made up a vast realm in which once-hostile peoples lived together in peace and virtually all religions were tolerated. From the Khanate of Persia in the west to the empire of the fabled Kubilai Khan in the east, the law code first promulgated by Chinggis Khan ordered human interaction. The result was an important new stage in international contact. From eastern Europe to southern China, merchants and travelers could move across the well-policed Mongol domains without fear for their lives or property. The great swath of Mongol territory that covered or connected most of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East served as a bridge between the civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere. The caravans and embassies that crossed the Mongol lands transmitted new foods, inventions, and ideas from one civilized pool to the others and from civilized pools to the nomadic peoples who served as intermediaries. Like the Islamic expansion that preceded it, the Mongol explosion did much to lay the foundations for more human interaction on a global scale, extending and intensifying the world network that had been building since the classical age. This section will explore the sources of the Mongol drive for a world empire and the course of Mongol expansion. Particular attention will be given to the nomadic basis of the Mongol war machine and the long-standing patterns of nomadic-sedentary interaction that shaped the character, direction, and impact of Mongol expansion. After a discussion of the career and campaigns of Chinggis Khan, separate sections of this
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View All Critic Reviews (115) Audience Reviews for Captain Corelli's Mandolin [font=Arial][color=darkred]Guy Madden you sly dog. I don't know how you do it but somehow you manage to get an accredited actress to take off her clothes for you. In your film Shakespeare in Love it was Gwyneth Paltrow going topless (which she also won an Oscar for, dare I say, in no coincidence), and thank God you didn't get Dame Judi Dench to try it out with the previous film Mrs. Brown. And now with the horrifically titled Captain Corelli's Mandolin you have coaxed the beautiful Penelope Cruz into baring her breasts as well, no doubt in hopes of winning some of that coveted Oscar gold. And although I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to see the lovely Cruz minus a stitch above the waist, frankly, Corelli ain't no Shakespeare.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred][/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred][/color][/font][font=Arial][color=darkred]We open on an island on the offshoot of Greece in the start of the 1940s. The waters are blue, the sand is white, the people are happily ethnic, and it's basically a postcard. The island is overpopulated with idyllic beauties and friendly people and then evil evil war had to come and steal the innocence. Cruz plays a woman who has a first name that I have no clue of or remotely how to pronounce it, but I am certain it began with a P. Cruz is studying to be a doctor under the tutelage of her wise old customed father (John Hurt). She's engaged to be wed to hunky fisherman Mandras (Christian Bale) until the war threatens their peaceful isolated world. Mandras feels the patriotic urge to go to war and thwart the advancing Italians and Cruz pines for his safe return writing letter after letter with no answer to only fear the worst.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]As the war continues the Italians do advance further and take occupation of the Greek island. Captain Antonio Corelli (Nicolas Cage) is amongst the divisions assembled to this Mediterranean isle. He is agreed to stay in Cruz's home and, as always, begins to develop feelings for Cruz. She feels some as well but is torn on what her actions should be. Corelli, it turns out, is far more a singer than a fighter. He has a battalion of men he dubs his "opera" and they break into frequent song and an overall zeal for life. They run around drinking and singing on the beaches complete with topless women making this Italian occupation seem like summer camp.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]The good times don't last of course and the war rages closer and closer. Soon the Italian army surrenders and then the Germans come in to retake occupation of the Greek island. Corelli must decide to go home or help fight amongst the guerrillas and native people to keep their beautiful land away from Nazi hands.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Penelope Cruz seems to be heavily pushed on me by Hollywood. They keep casting her in movies and telling me I like her, when in fact, I have seen nothing of hers to prove so. Corelli may be the finest American work she's done, but hell, what is that saying? She is too mute at times and the emotions that we should see tearing her up are simply dampened by her staring downcast or biting her lip. Well . . . at least she looks partially Greek.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]Cage is an Italian-American, and yet his Italian accent is atrociously comical. His performance is like the Joker doing an Italian accent. He also kisses like he is trying to swallow poor Penelope's tiny head. Somehow beyond my reasoning the talented Christian Bale got in this movie. He's about as convincing as a Greek as Laurence Olivier was as a Moor. The rest of the cast is filled with Greek people portraying Greek people.[/color][/font] [font=Arial][color=darkred]The love story of Captain Corelli's Mandolin is a mish-mash of uninvolving war violence and a cloying romance that never gets into the proper gear. There are elements of guilt and affection, but they aren't transcendent of any reality. The fi
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1988 Academy Awards® Winners and History Working Girl (1988) Actor: DUSTIN HOFFMAN in "Rain Man", Gene Hackman in "Mississippi Burning", Tom Hanks in "Big", Edward James Olmos in "Stand and Deliver", Max von Sydow in "Pelle the Conqueror" Actress: JODIE FOSTER in "The Accused", Glenn Close in "Dangerous Liaisons", Melanie Griffith in "Working Girl", Meryl Streep in "A Cry in the Dark", Sigourney Weaver in "Gorillas in the Mist" Supporting Actor: KEVIN KLINE in "A Fish Called Wanda", Alec Guinness in "Little Dorritt", Martin Landau in "Tucker: the Man and His Dream", River Phoenix in "Running on Empty", Dean Stockwell in "Married to the Mob" Supporting Actress: GEENA DAVIS in "The Accidental Tourist", Joan Cusack in "Working Girl", Frances McDormand in "Mississippi Burning", Michelle Pfeiffer in "Dangerous Liaisons", Sigourney Weaver in "Working Girl" Director: BARRY LEVINSON for "Rain Man", Charles Crichton for "A Fish Called Wanda", Mike Nichols for "Working Girl", Alan Parker for "Mississippi Burning", Martin Scorsese for "The Last Temptation of Christ" Beginning this year, the trademark phrase: "and the winner is..." was substituted with "and the Oscar goes to..." Director Barry Levinson's critically and financially-successful Rain Man was the major Oscar winner in 1988. It was the buddy-road saga of the human relationship that gradually develops between two sibling brothers: the elder one a TV-obsessed, institutionalized adult autistic (Hoffman), the other an ambitious, hotshot money-maker/car salesman and hustler (Cruise). The autistic savant's kidnapping from an asylum by his fast-talking brother is with the intent to swindle him of his inheritance, but during a cross-country road trip, a loving relationship develops between the brothers with strong blood ties. Rain Man had a total of eight nominations and four wins - for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay (by Ronald Bass and Barry Morrow). It was the year's highest-grossing picture as well, taking in $173 million (domestic). The other Best Picture nominees included the following: director Lawrence Kasdan's adaptation of Anne Tyler's novel, the psychological drama The Accidental Tourist (with four nominations and one win - Best Supporting Actress), with two co-stars - Kathleen Turner and William Hurt - that Kasdan had teamed together in an earlier film - Body Heat (1981) British director Steven Frears' first American feature film, the lush, pre-Revolutionary France costume drama of competitive sexual seduction Dangerous Liaisons (with seven nominations and three wins - Best Screenplay, Best Art/Set Direction, and Best Costume Design) director Alan Parker's propagandist account of the investigation of the disappearance of three civil rights activists in 1964 in the social drama Mississippi Burning (with seven nominations and only one win - Best Cinematography) director Mike Nichols' sophisticated romantic comedy about 80s corporate ladder-climbing and office politics in Working Girl (with six nominations and one win - Best Song by Carly Simon: "Let the River Run") Two of the five directors of Best Picture nominees were not included in the list of Best Director nominees. The tw
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Liguria Italy - Essential Facts You'd Like to Know Liguria Italy Liguria Italy is that magical narrow strip of coastline stretching from the French border all the way to the top of Tuscany. The area has been attracting travellers for centuries with its resorts and beautiful beaches, favoured by its balmy weather and turquoise waters. There are picturesque little fishing villages, small resort towns and historic port towns to admire and explore as well as the charming hillsides fragrant with the scent of lemon, olive and pine trees. Liguria boasts some 340km of coastline which is known as the Italian Riviera and is characterised by both continuous line of long beaches as well as high cliffs and spectacular coves. Genova is the capital of Liguria and is one of Italy’s most historic places. The city has a glorious past as one of history’s great maritime powers (Christopher Columbus was born here too), and an ancient center of commerce. It is Genova that marks the Ligurian coastline into two distinct parts: Riviera di Ponente (Shore of the Setting Sun) lies on the west between the French border and Genova. This stretch is more resort-oriented and is marked with succession of long sandy beaches. It starts from France with the so-called Riviera dei Fiori (Riviera of Flowers) taking its name from the extensive flower cultivation in this area. One of the best loved spots here is the town of Sanremo, famed as the Italy’s flower capital as well as for its music festival Festival della Canzone. The Riviera di Ponente has many important historical centers to explore from the town of Albenga to Noli and Alassio on the Riviera delle Palme ( Riviera of Palms). On this part of the Liguria coast also lie the enchanting cities like Cervo, a medieval town dominated by its great Baroque church, and Bordighera, the most exotic town of the Riviera di Ponente. The coastline that stretches from Genova towards Tuscany is called Riviera di Levante (Shore of the Rising Sun) and its landscape is rockier with high cliffs hanging over the clear blue waters. Here you have the chance to discover the charm of many colourful fishing villages including the picturesque hamlets of Cinque Terre and small resorts, the likes of Lerici and Portovenere . Just east of Genova, clinging to the shores of the Monte Portofino Promontory you will find four of the coast's most appealing towns situated within a few kilometres of one another: Camogli , Santa Margherita Ligure, Rapallo, and the famous Portofino ... Liguria Italy Basic Facts
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1. In which city did gangster Al Capone operate? - Liverpool Echo 1. In which city did gangster Al Capone operate? 2. Who had a number one hit in 1974 called Billy Don't Be A Hero? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. Who had a number one hit in 1974 called Billy Don't Be A Hero? 3. In 2003, the American Film Institute compiled a list of the top 50 movie villains – which character from a 1991 film was voted number one? 4. Which fictional hero, created by Baroness Orczy, takes his name from the small red flower with which he signs his messages? 5. Who played Hans Gruber in the film Die Hard? 6. What is the minimum number of darts a person needs to throw to complete a leg from 501? 7. Which was the first British football team to win the European Cup? 8. How many players make up a netball team? 9. In the Olympic Games, what five sports make up the modern pentathlon? 10. What is the maximum no of match points that can be held at one time in a tennis match at Wimbledon? 1. Chicago; 2. Paper Lace; 3. Hannibal Lecter; 4. The Scarlet Pimpernel; 5. Alan Rickman; 6. 9; 7. Celtic; 8. 7; 9. Running, fencing, swimming, horse riding and shooting; 10. 6 (when leading 6-0 in a tie-break) Like us on Facebook Most Read Most Recent
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In 1991, two men in England named Doug Bower and Dave Chorley revealed that they had been making these 'Signs' using planks, rope, hats and wire and thus exposed what hitherto unexplained phenomenon as a hoax?
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Mysterious Phenomena - Haunted Yorkshire Haunted Yorkshire Weeping Statue Auras As living, energy-emitting, spiritual creatures, there is essentially no doubt that we all have a personal aura that can be seen and possibly photographed. Religious photographs depicting a supernatural glow around the subject are classic examples of the existence and the importance of our own personal auras, and every life form has an aura - be it human, animal, or plant. Each person's aura is uniquely individual, much like a fingerprint, and interpretation of the fluctuations in intensity and color can give us meaningful insight into the thoughts, feelings, and even the health of ourselves or those around us. Though most of us can't see the auras of ourselves or others, some people apparently can, and their reports are what we must depend on to understand the significance of the colour of the aura, how far the aura emanates out from the body, and how we can use this data to reveal more about ourselves or others. Unlike the religious pictures mentioned above, which usually portray the subject with a white or golden aura, auras actually cover the spectrum of colour, and the colours and intensity of the aura change constantly along with our moods, thoughts, and levels of energy. Science has not embraced the concept of auras, though they do acknowledge that each living creature emits gasses, radiation, and energy. Scientific testing has been inconclusive, as would be expected when trying to test an ever-changing, highly variable phenomena such as auras, but photography techniques are being tried all the time in an effort to produce consistent results, and as technology advances, it is almost a certainty that someone will stumble upon a way to get consistent photographs depicting auras. Despite the scientific scepticism of auras, this concept has been around since the beginning of time, and there is a lot of data pertaining to them from all over the world that is in basic agreement on the meanings of the colours, the intensity of individual auras, and ways to become more sensitive to their existence. It is this data that we will compile and use in this section to try to give an accurate depiction of auras and how they can be used as a vehicle by which we can understand our thoughts, moods, and even our very existences more clearly. Astral Projection Astral projection (also astral travel or AP for short) refers to a supernatural interpretation of episodes of out-of-body experiences which posits the existence of an astral body that separates from the physical body and travels to one or more astral planes or the physical world. Astral projection is experienced as being "out of the body".Unlike dreaming or near death experiences, astral projection may also be practiced deliberately. Descriptions of such experiences are found in major religious and accounts of the afterlife, with the soul's travels being described in such terms as an 'out-of-body experience' where the spiritual traveler leaves the physical body and travels with his/her spirit body (or astral body) into ‘other’ realms. Modern psychology has identified a neural basis for some aspects of out-of-body experience, reducing the need for supernatural explanations of it. Although there have been a limited number of paranormal investigations directly examining the validity of the astral projection hypothesis and the perception during it, more typically reports of such experiences are problematically subjective and anecdotal, and the more quantitative of such studies not reproducible by independent investigation. Nevertheless, the belief that one has had an out-of-body experience, whether spoken of as "astral projection" or not, is common. Surveys have reported percentages ranging from 8% (as much as 50% in certain groups of respondents) who state they have had such an experience. Beliefs Astral projection or travel denotes the astral body or double leaving the physical body to travel in the astral plane. According to classical, medieval, renaissance Neo-Platonist, later Theosophist and
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Don't Make a Wave Committee members and Greenpeace founders (from left) Jim Bohlen, Paul Cote, and Irving Stowe. Bob Hunter 1941–2005 He was a relentless visionary and a mystic storyteller – the Canadian Bob Hunter infused the young Greenpeace with a magic that lasts to the present day. From day one, the long-haired, beardy journalist, who introduced the Cree Indian myth of the “Warriors of the Rainbow”, forced those around him to think big – and then go one step further. For Hunter, the limits of the practical or the probable didn’t count: Nothing was ever impossible. Combining creativity with strategic thinking and a hard-nosed journalistic sense for a good story, he helped to shape – perhaps like no other founding member – what would come be known, around the world, as a “Greenpeace action”. Fascinated by media theory, the often audacious Hunter wanted to change the world with “media mindbombs” – consciousness-changing sounds and images that would blast around the world in the guise of news. The approach worked brilliantly. Greenpeace quickly became a media household name around the world. Hunter’s spirit of courage, defiance and media-savviness continues to define Greenpeace up to the present day. The organisation he co-founded and shaped in a way few others have, will always be blessed with his spirit. Bob Hunter died of prostate cancer on 2 May 2005, aged 63. David McTaggart 1932–2001 He was pragmatic, driven and famously ruthless – David McTaggart took Greenpeace’s free-spirited founding ethos and translated it into an international organisation. Responding to a newspaper ad placed by a newly-founded group called Greenpeace, the Canadian-born former entrepreneur promptly renamed his sailing boat “Greenpeace III” and set sail to confront a French nuclear weapon test. It was what would become known as “classic Greenpeace” – a tiny boat challenged one of the greatest military forces on Earth. McTaggart’s pragmatism and shamelessly entrepreneurial approach built the organisation Greenpeace. Soon after joining, he began drumming up new support throughout Europe, and in 1979 forged a new international alliance, uniting the organisation’s separate factions: Greenpeace International was born. The founding ethos has been framed long before McTaggart came on board, but the relentless Canadian defined the growing movement’s structure and its methods like no other. By 1985 the organisation that started life on a small fishing boat had three ships and 50 campaigns around the world. Today, Greenpeace’s integrated structure means that global problems can be addressed at a global level. The foundations for this were laid by the man who sailed off on a whim – only to end up dedicating his entire life to environmental issues. David McTaggart died in a car accident on 23 March 2001 near his home in Italy. Dorothy Stowe Irving Stowe 1915–1974 As committed pacifists and life-long activists, Dorothy and Irving Stowe didn’t have to think twice when the idea came up to sail a boat into a nuclear test zone. Their tolerance united the Don’t Make A Wave Committee that discussed the plan; their experience inspired it. Their peaceful, committed spirit became the group’s. And that group became Greenpeace. “It is amazing,” Dorothy Stowe would later recall, “what a few people sitting around their kitchen table can achieve.” It was here that the disarmament movement got to know its nascent ecology counterpart – and it was the charismatic Quaker couple that hosted the meetings that held the loose, often disparate alliance of dreamers together. The Stowes brought ideas to the table that would become an essential part of the Greenpeace founding ethos. “Bearing witness”, they explained to the group, was a sort of passive resistance: You go to the scene of an objectionable activity to register your opposition by your presence. From the example of Gandhi, the Stowes believed that citizens acting with integrity and courage could defeat powerful forces. To this day, Greenpeace is “bearing witness” and “speaking truth to power”. Irving Stowe died of pancr
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Alexander Pope - Alexander Pope Poems - Poem Hunter Alexander Pope - Alexander Pope Poems - Poem Hunter Do you like this poet? Alexander Pope Poems Ode On Solitude Happy the man, whose wish and care A few ... Summer See what delights in sylvan scenes appear! ... Sound And Sense True ease in writing comes from art, not ... An Essay On Criticism Part I INTRODUCTION. That it is as ... Essay On Man The First Epistle Awake, my ST. JOHN!(1)... Eloisa To Abelard In these deep solitudes and awful cells, ... All poems of Alexander Pope » Search in the poems of Alexander Pope: Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, after Shakespeare and Tennyson. Pope's use of the heroic couplet is famous. Life Early Life Pope was born in London to Alexander Pope (senior, a linen merchant) and Edith Pope (née Turner), who were both Catholics. Pope's education was affected by the penal law in force at the time upholding the status of the established Church of England, which banned Catholics from teaching on pain of perpetual imprisonment. Pope was taught to read by his aunt, then went to Twyford ... more » Click here to add this poet to your My Favorite Poets. Quotations more quotations » ''So vast is art, so narrow human wit.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. Essay on Criticism (Fr. I). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990) O... ''For fools rush in where angels fear to tread.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. Essay on Criticism (Fr. III). . . Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; repr. 1990)... ''Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. An Essay on Criticism, l. 625 (1711). ''The worst of madmen is a saint run mad.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British satirical poet. Imitations of Horace, bk. 1, epistle 6, "To Mr. Murray," l. 27 (1738). ''An honest man's the noblest work of God.'' Alexander Pope (1688-1744), British poet. An Essay on Man (Fr. Epistle IV). SeCePo. Poetical Works [Alexander Pope]. Herbert Davis, ed. (1978; rep...
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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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"What name meaning ""to hide away"" is given to the books that provide an appendix to the Old Testament in some versions of the Bible?"
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Apocryphal literature - definition of Apocryphal literature by The Free Dictionary Apocryphal literature - definition of Apocryphal literature by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Apocryphal+literature Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . A·poc·ry·pha (ə-pŏk′rə-fə) n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. The biblical books included in the Septuagint and accepted in the Roman Catholic and Orthodox canon but considered noncanonical by Protestants because they are not part of the Hebrew Scriptures. See Table at Bible . 2. Various early Christian writings proposed as additions to the New Testament but rejected by the major canons. 3. apocrypha Writings or statements of questionable authorship or authenticity. [Middle English apocripha, not authentic, from Late Latin Apocrypha, the Apocrypha, from Greek Apokrupha, neuter pl. of apokruphos, secret, hidden, from apokruptein, to hide away : apo-, apo- + kruptein, kruph-, to hide.] Apocrypha (əˈpɒkrɪfə) n (functioning as singular or plural) 1. (Bible) the 14 books included as an appendix to the Old Testament in the Septuagint and the Vulgate but not included in the Hebrew canon. They are not printed in Protestant versions of the Bible 2. (Bible) RC Church another name for the Pseudepigrapha [C14: via Late Latin apocrypha (scripta) hidden (writings), from Greek, from apokruptein to hide away] a•poc•ry•pha (əˈpɒk rə fə) n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) 1. (cap.) a group of books not found in Jewish or Protestant versions of the Old Testament but included in the Septuagint and in Roman Catholic editions of the Bible. 2. various religious writings of uncertain origin. 3. writings or statements of doubtful authenticity. Ben Sira , Ecclesiasticus , Sirach , Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach - an Apocryphal book mainly of maxims (resembling Proverbs in that respect) Wisdom of Solomon , Wisdom - an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC 1 Maccabees , I Maccabees - an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus 2 Maccabees , II Maccabees - an Apocryphal book describing the life of Judas Maccabaeus Judith - Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes Holofernes - (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith Translations
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4. The Historical Books | Bible.org 4. The Historical Books Introduction As previously mentioned, the Old Testament can be divided into four basic sections with each providing a specific focus with regard to the person to Christ. With Joshua through Esther, we come to the second group of twelve books that deals with the history of the nation of Israel. These books cover the life of the nation from their possession of the land down to the two deportations and loss of the land because of unbelief and disobedience. Covering about 800 years of Israel’s history, these twelve books tell about the conquering and possession of Canaan, the reigns of the judges, the establishment of kings, the division of Israel into the northern and Southern Kingdoms, the fall of the Northern Kingdom to Assyria, the exile of the Southern Kingdom into Babylon, and the return to Jerusalem under the leadership of men like Nehemiah and Ezra. As these books prepare us for the coming of Christ, the Messiah, they can be seen as follows: Historical Books: The Preparation for Christ 4 Joshua the possession of the land by the nation the oppression of the nation The Theocracy: These books cover the period when Israel was ruled by God (1405-1043 B.C.). 1 Samuel the stabilization of the nation the expansion of the nation the glorification of the nation the division of the nation the deterioration of the Northern Kingdom the deportation of the Southern Kingdom the preparation of the Temple the destruction of the Temple The Monarchy: These books trace the history of Israel’s monarchy from its establishment to its destruction in 586 B.C. Ezra the restoration of the Temple the reconstruction of the city the protection of the nation’s people The Restoration: These books describe the return of a remnant to the land after 70 years of captivity (605-536 B.C.). JOSHUA (Possession and Conquest) 1400-1370 B.C. Title of the Book: Unlike the first five books of the Old Testament, this book appropriately takes its name from the chief human personality of the book, Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses’ servant. Joshua’s original name was Hoshea (Num. 13:8; Deut. 32:44) which means “salvation.” But during the wilderness wanderings Moses changed his name to Yehoshua, meaning “Yahweh is salvation” or “Save, Yahweh” (Num. 13:16). Joshua is a contracted form of Yehoshua. This amounted to a prophetic anticipation and reminder to Joshua, to the spies, and the people that victory over the enemies and possession of the land would be by the power of the Lord rather than by human skill or wisdom or power. This book is given the name Joshua because, though Joshua was one of the world’s greatest military strategist of history, his wisdom and military achievements came from the Lord who alone is our Salvation. It was the Lord Himself who brought about victory for Israel and vanquished Israel’s enemies giving them possession of the land. Theme and Purpose: Possessing, conquering, and dividing of the promised land is the theme and purpose of Joshua. The book of Joshua is designed to show God’s faithfulness to His promises, doing for Israel exactly as He had promised (cf. Gen. 15:18 with Josh. 1:2-6 and 21:43-45). The events recorded in Joshua are selective to set forth God’s special intervention on behalf of His people against all kinds of tremendous odds. The fulfillment of God’s promises, as so evident in the birth of Isaac to Abraham and Sarah and in possessing the land with its fortified cities, is the work of God and that which man could never do no matter how hard he might try (see Rom. 4). Key Words: Possession, conquest, victory, dividing the land. Key Verses: 1:3 Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses. [In this regard, Joshua compares to Ephesians 1:3 in the New Testament, “… blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies.”] 1:8-9 This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will
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"Which item was advertised with the slogan ""Gives a Meal Man Appeal""?"
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1950's Commercials Here is a selection of popular commercials from the 1950's Click picture for video The first commercial shown on TV in Britain was for Gibbs S R Toothpaste and was transmitted at 8.12 pm on Sept 22 1955 during a variety show hosted by Jack Jackson. Viewers saw a tube of toothpaste embedded in a block of ice and a woman called Meg Smith brushing her teeth in the approved manner, "up and down and round the gums". The immaculate tones of Alex Macintosh delivered the newly-minted slogan: "It's tingling fresh. It's fresh as ice. It's Gibbs SR toothpaste." The commercial owed its prime placing to chance. The Gibbs advertisement had come first in a lottery drawn with 23 other advertisements, including those for Guinness, Surf, National Benzole, Brown & Polson Custard and Summer County Margarine. Click picture for video Which do you prefer? Margarine is said to be better for you, but butter is so delicious! So it's a difficult choice to make: do we think about our health and pocketbook and eat margarine, or do we enjoy the guilty flavour of real butter? The first night of commercial television included these advertisements: Guinness, Surf, National Benzole,Brown & Polson custard, Lux, Summer County margarine, Batchelor's Peas and Brillo. Other commercials from the 1950's: Sooty promoted Oxo and we were told 'Don't say brown, say Hovis' and 'You'll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent'. In 1957 we were told that 'the Esso sign means happy motoring' and that Fairy Snow gives 'washday white without washday red' - a dig at powders which caused skin rashes. Norman Hackforth intoned, 'Ah, Woodbine - a great little cigarette'. Also featured was a new type of programme called an Admag of which 'Jim's Inn' was the first. 1958 introduced us to the long running Oxo series starring 'Katie' and 'Philip'. The first 'Katie' was Mary Holland and the first 'Philip' was Richard Clarke, followed by Peter Moynihan. Everything revolved around dinner as Katie informed Philip that Oxo has nine good ingredients and 'gives a meal man appeal'. Also in this year we were told by Bernard Miles that Mackeson 'looks good, tastes good and, by golly, it does you good' . Fry's Turkish Delight (jingle by Cliff Adams) showed a male slave unrolling a carpet containing a glamorous female captive in front of an Eastern ruler who began feeding him lumps of Turkish Delight which was said to be 'Full of Eastern promise'. 1959 saw the soap powder war hot up as the White Tide Man faced Mrs. Bradshaw. White Tide was claimed to 'get your clothes clean. Not only clean but deep-down clean' while Surf featured Mrs. Bradshaw with her pile of washing who would declare 'Hold it up to the light. Not a stain and shining bright!'. We could be sure of Shell . Domestos was busy 'killing all known germs in one hour' and the question of the year was 'Can you tell Stork from butter?' White Tide featuring Hughie Green TV Times, Rice Krispies, Double Diamond and Player's Anchor Cigarettes audio clip Why not take a trip down memory lane and look at some of the classic tv ads of the 1950's to the present day, click on any of the links to re-live some of those classic moments. The Advertising Archives - the largest and most comprehensive resource of its kind in Europe. Our collection comprises over 1 million catalogued images 50,000 of which are searchable online, including British TV stills dating from the very first transmitted advert to the latest campaigns.
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UK television adverts 1955-1985 Breads, spreads, biscuits, crackers, cakes Anchor Butter (1): c.1970 There’s an Anchor sign on Britain’s favourite butter, It’s the Anchor sign that tells you it’s the best. If you like your bread and butter, There’s no other word you’ll utter ’Cos you’ll always want the butter With the Anchor sign! (A little butter sailor singing and dancing to a hornpipe tune) Anchor Butter (2): 1982 Didn’t we have a lov-er-ly time Those far off days with Anchor? Salmon and cucumber butties for you Something cheesy — ain’t it breezy? Somebody’s seen the butler machine! Kiss-me-quick and donkeys So far away — and I Anchor today For those days gone by. You’ve got to Anchor for the real taste of butter! Tune: “Didn’t we have a lovely time the day we went to Bangor”] Anchor Butter (3) There’s an anchor sign on Britain’s favourite butter, It’s the anchor sign that tells you it’s the best. If you want your bread and butter there’s no other name you’ll utter ’Cos Britain’s favourite butter has the Anchor sign Everybody loves it ’cos it tastes so nice, Housewives like it for the lovely price. If you want your bread and butter there’s no other name you’ll utter ’Cos Britain’s favourite butter has the Anchor sign! Big T bread: 1970s Big T, Big T Roll, Big T, Big T in a ba-ag! (The wrapping was one of the first plastic bag types, which eventually almost replaced wax paper) Blue Band Margarine It’s a good good feeling! Breakaway chocolate biscuit: c.1972 With Eric Idle’s “nudge nudge” advert adapted from Monty Python Breakaway. The milk chocolate suggestive biscuit. Burton’s Bingo caramel bar Sung by Joe Brown in a cockney accent in skiffle style, to the tune of "What a crazy world we’re living in." Burton’s made a biscuit, Favver said "By jingo!" "Muvva’s played a blinder son, she’s gone and bought some Bingo". Sister can’t resist ’em, with all that Ca-Ra-Mel When ’er boyfriend asks for some she says “You go and buy yer own!” Joe: So do your mouth a favour, and listen you yer ma, Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar Sister: With lovely chocolate! Joe: Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar Father: With crispy wafer! Joe: Buy a Burton’s Bingo Caramel Bar And give us anuvver muvver! Butter (1): 1950s Lady (giving man a sandwich): Here you are. It’s butter too. Real butter. Man: Mmmm: wonderful! Lady: Only butter tastes like butter. Voiceover: Buy some extra butter this week. Butter (2): 1960s With Arthur Lowe and John Le Mesurier AL: What are you doing with that teacake? JLM: Nothing; nothing at all really. AL: You are looking to see if it has got butter in it, aren't you? Well, has it? JLM: It's rather difficult to say. AL: Well, don't keep staring at it. Taste it. That's the only way to tell if there's butter in it JLM: Mmmm. Beautiful butter. AL: Thank goodness for that. Voiceover: Butter tastes so much better. Cadbury’s Chocolate Biscuits: 1950s Good to eat and good for you … Cadbury’s Chocolate Biscuits. Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (1): 1960s They’re singular, they’re fingular, They’re biscuits without any bends, They’re long and little, they start at the middle And come to a stop at the ends. They’re long and thin With a chocolate skin — Like sticks in chocolate silk But the most singular thing In a finger is … Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (2) Well I got these chocolate fingers now And I know they’re gonna please, They sure taste good, well I knew they would, ’Cos they’re made by Cadbury’s. Well those fingers sure go quickly, And I tell you kids they should, ’Cos when Cadbury’s make the chocolate, It sure makes those fingers good So the next time you buy fingers, Make sure they’re just like these, ’Cos the chocolate makes the fingers, And the chocolate’s Cadbury’s! Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (3) [Child trying to fit Cadbury’s chocolate fingers between his own fingers bites the end off to make it fit]: Why are you so clever, Brian? Cadbury’s Chocolate Fingers (4) Brian (counting chocolate fingers in a box): “Firty-one, firty-two …. Younger friend: Wha’ ya doin’ Brian? Brian: I'm counting Cadburys chocolate fin
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The Russian seaport Novorossiysk lies on which body of water?
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Shipping with Russia Shipping with Russia Submitted by blogger on Mon, 2014/02/17 - 12:47pm Russia is emerging as a growing nation involved in international trade. Those shippers involved in international freight shipping should take notice of Russia and their growing role in the global market. In 2012, Russia finally entered the World Trade Organization (WTO). Since then, Russia has become a top 10 trading nation with export shipping. In terms of ocean freight shipping , Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port, located on the Black Sea, is Russia’s largest seaport. Spanning 11 different time zones, Russia’s largest ocean border is the Arctic Ocean. Very few ports are on the Arctic Ocean. The Northern Sea Route for shipping is through the Arctic Ocean, and the vessels there have to navigate through this cold and icy body of water. The lead export market and import market for Russia is the European Union. In recent years, trade between the US and Russia has developed. Trade talks emerged after the end of the Cold War. In 2012, talks between US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev improved trade. Currently, the US imports more than we export from Russia. This used to be a trade imbalance of a 4-1 deficit, and now it is getting closer to 2-1. In 2013, the US import total from Russia was $26,961,500. The export total that year was $11,164,000, which is a new record. For businesses that are interested in shipping to the expanded market of Russia, speaking to a trusted freight forwarder can help. They can provide advice and rates to help improve your shipping plans with Russia.
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Mediterranean Sea - a sea in Atlantic Ocean Mediterranean Sea Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean Sea is a part of Atlantic sea that is bounded by the Mediterranean region and is connected to the Atlantic Ocean. Occasionally it is called as the Eurafrican Mediterranean Sea or the European Mediterranean Sea. The sea is almost wholly enclosed by land on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by the Levant. Geography The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by the Strait of Gibraltar on the west, and to the Sea of Marmara by the Dardanelles and to the Black Sea by the Bosporus respectively, on the east. The Sea of Marmara is usually considered as a portion of the Mediterranean Sea and the artificial man-made Suez Canal in the southeast (163 km) bonds the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. It covers a rough area of about 2.5 million km² (965,000 sq mi), but the connection to the Atlantic sea is only 14 km (9 mi) wide. The average depth of the sea is approximately 1,500 meters (4,920 ft) and the maximum deep point is about 5,267 meters (about 3.27 miles) in the Ionian Sea. It was an important route for merchants and travelers of ancient times that allowed for trade and cultural exchange between emergent peoples of the region - the Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Phoenician, Carthaginian, Greek, Illyrian, Levantine, Roman, Moorish, Slavic and Turkish cultures. Naming: The sea name is derived from the Latin word mediterraneanus which means "inland" or "in the middle of the earth" (from medius, "middle" and terra, "earth"). Cyprus, Crete, Euboea, Rhodes, Lesbos, Chios, Kefalonia, Corfu, Naxos and Andros in the eastern Mediterranean are the large islands that lie in the Mediterranean. Climate: The climate is a typically hot and dry in summers, and mild and rainy in winters. Olives, grapes, oranges, tangerines, and cork are the common crops of the region.
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How old was Dodi Fayed at the time of his death in 1997?
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CNN - Princess Diana killed in Paris car crash - August 31, 1997 Princess Diana killed in Paris car crash Prince Charles to accompany body to Britain August 31, 1997 Web posted at: 11:35 a.m. EDT (1535 GMT) PARIS (CNN) -- Britain's Princess Diana died early Sunday after suffering massive internal injuries in a high-speed car crash, reportedly after being chased by photographers who were trying to snap photographs of the princess. Her companion and rumored lover, Dodi Fayed , and their chauffeur also died when the Mercedes crashed shortly after midnight in a tunnel along the Seine River at the Pont de l'Alma bridge, less than a half mile north of the Eiffel Tower. A fourth person in the car, a bodyguard of the princess, was also seriously injured. The 36-year-old princess died from internal bleeding stemming from major chest, lung and head injuries, doctors said at a 6 a.m. news conference. "Diana's body arrived at the hospital in a condition of serious hemorrhage and shock. Shortly thereafter, she went into cardiac arrest," said Dr. Bruno Riou, an anesthesiologist at Paris Hospital de la Petie Salpetriere. "An urgent surgery showed a severe wound to the left pulmonary vein. Despite the closure of this wound and the two-hour external and internal cardiac massage, no official respiratory circulation could be established and she died at 4 a.m. Paris time," he said. Prince Charles heads to France Diana's body was to arrive in London around 7 p.m. (2 p.m. EDT) Sunday, French police said. Prince Charles left Scotland early Sunday afternoon for Paris. From there he will accompany the body of his former wife on its return to Britain. Charles will also visit the hospital where Diana died to thank doctors for having tried to save her life. Fayed's body was to return to Britain Sunday according to a Harrods spokesman. No further details are available. The Prince of Wales woke their children, Princes William, 15, and Harry, 12, and informed them of their mother's death at Balmoral Castle, Scotland, where they were spending the summer. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Charles said in statements early Sunday that they were "deeply shocked and distressed by this terrible news." British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, "I feel like everyone else in this country: utterly devastated. ... She was a wonderful, warm human being." 7 photographers detained Diana's car was traveling at 80 to 85 mph (128 to 136 kph) when the car slammed into a concrete abutment in the narrow tunnel , careened into a wall and was crushed like an accordion, police said. According to witnesses, Paparazzi -- the commercial photographers who constantly followed Diana -- were pursuing the car on motorcycles. Authorities said seven photographers -- six reported to be French and one Macedonian -- were in custody, and a criminal investigation was under way. Police seized two motorcycles and a motor scooter believed used in the chase. France Info radio said at least some of the photographers took pictures before help arrived -- and that one of the photographers was beaten at the scene by horrified witnesses. Harrods spokesperson Michael Cole relates Dodi's feelings for Diana 264 K/24 sec. AIFF or WAV sound "Serious questions will need to be asked as to whether the aggressive intrusion into her privacy has contributed to this tragedy," said British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook. Mourners gather at Kensington Palace In London, people began gathering outside Diana's Kensington Palace residence before dawn. Some sat with their heads in their hands and wept. Flowers from mourners adorned the palace gate . One man lit two candles at Kensington Palace. "I just feel disbelief more than shock," said student Fiona von Schank, 24, who brought two roses. "It's amazing that this woman who finally seemed to have just about found some happiness has now died so tragically." Diana and Fayed, the 42-year-old son of the billionaire Egyptian owner of London's prestigious Harrods department store, had arrived in Paris on Saturday afternoon on a private visit
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OBITUARY: Ellis Peters | The Independent OBITUARY: Ellis Peters Sunday 15 October 1995 23:02 BST Click to follow The Independent Online Ellis Peters wrote "Mystoricals". More than any other writer of the past half-century, British or American, Peters - or rather Edith Pargeter, under her best-known pseudonym - popularised this, one of the most enthralling of all of detective fiction's many sub-genres: the mystery set in historical times. While not the form's creator (that honour must go to the late Lillian de la Torre, the American crime-writer who cleverly transformed Dr Johnson and Boswell into an 18th-century Holmes and Watson, during the course of over 30 highly ingenious short stories), Pargeter was still hugely successful, and this success not only propelled many other writers into trying their hand at similar scenarios, but actually influenced the commercial direction taken by her last publisher. For a period, in the early 1990s, the crime list of Headline was almost entirely devoted to "Mystoricals" set in one era or another. At a time (the 1970s) when there was a strong vogue for Victorian sleuths, early or late (from Ben Healey's rumbustious Bow Street Runner Jeremy Sturrock to Peter Lovesey's Sergeant Cribb or Donald Thomas's Sergeant Verity), Pargeter deliberately, almost defiantly, went her own way, setting a tale of murder and mystery a full 700 years before then, during the bloody civil war between Stephen and Maud: a fearsome era when, as the ancient chronicler so tellingly put it, "Christ and all his angels slept". This was her 1977 novel A Morbid Taste For Bones (Pargeter had a genius for a clever or arresting title; three others of note being Black is the Colour of My True-Love's Heart, Mourning Raga and A Nice Derangement of Epitaphs). This, as she termed it, "Medieval whodunnit", written at an age (63) when most women of her generation were just starting to enjoy their retirement, attracted attention and gained enthusiastic reviews. Others followed, all featuring the tough, compassionate but immensely pragmatic (because ex-man-of-blood) Brother Cadfael (pronounced Cad-vile). All were set in or around Shrewsbury, creating in the end, via 20 or so books published over a period of nearly two decades, a minor tourist industry; that part of Shropshire being inevitably dubbed "Brother Cadfael" country, in much the same way that Tyneside is "Catherine Cookson" and the Yorkshire Dales "James Herriot" country. In making her monkish sleuth (whose specialist knowledge of herbs and simples proved the undoing of many a wolfish wight) an inhabitant of Shrewsbury's Benedictine Abbey of Saints Peter and Paul, Edith Pargeter did not stray far from her roots. She was born, in 1913, in the shadow of the Wrekin, to the east of Shrewsbury in the tiny hamlet of Horsehay, now virtually submerged into the inelegant sprawl of Telford New Town - in which, on a brand-new and pleasantly landscaped estate, Pargeter resided in Cadfael- donated comfort during her latter days. She was something of a polymath (musicologist, historian, an authority on the Czech language) yet largely self-educated; she never attended university. Instead she spent seven years (1933-40) as a chemist's assistant and wrote in her spare time - successfully, almost from the start. Nineteen thirty-six was Edith Pargeter's year of miracles. During its course, she appeared in the downmarket 20-Story Magazine and at the same time the thumpingly upmarket Good Housekeeping. She also published two novels, one of which was her first historical, Hortensius, Friend of Nero. At this time the publishers Herbert Jenkins, an industrious supplier of popular, entertaining but essentially undemanding dross to the library trade, unintentionally acted as a kind of nursery for tiro writers. The adventure novelist Ralph Hammond Innes largely taught himself to write, producing cheap thrillers for Jenkins, and Pargeter followed the same path, turning out, as "Jolyon Carr", a number of mainly woman-in-peril suspensers. Here, working for the chemist paid off, giving her (like Agath
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The failed Mau Mau uprising of the 1950s preceded eventual independence from British colonial rule of what nation in 1963?
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Mau Mau - The Full Wiki The Full Wiki More info on Mau Mau Wikis Advertisements Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . Related top topics (Redirected to Mau Mau Uprising article) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Mau Mau" redirects here. For other uses, see Mau Mau (disambiguation) . Mau Mau Uprising British military victory and eventual Kenyan independence Belligerents General Sir George Erskine * Sir Kenneth O'Connor (Chief Justice) Strength Unknown 10,000 regular troops (Africans and Europeans) 21,000 police, 25,000 home guard [1] Casualties and losses 10,527 killed in action; [2] 2,633 captured in action; Security forces killed: Africans 534, Asians 3, Europeans 63; Security forces wounded: Africans 465, Asians 12, Europeans 102; Civilians killed: Africans 1,826 recorded, best estimates suggest a total of 50,000; [3] Asians 26; Europeans 32; Civilians wounded: Africans 918, Asians 36, Europeans 26. [1] Map of Kenya The Mau Mau Uprising of 1952 to 1960 was an insurgency by Kenyans against British colonial rule. The core of the resistance was formed by members of the Kikuyu ethnic group , along with smaller numbers of Embu and Meru . The uprising failed militarily, though it hastened Kenyan independence and motivated Africans in other countries to fight against colonial rule. It created a rift between the white colonial community in Kenya and the Home Office in London that set the stage for Kenyan independence in 1963. It is sometimes called the Mau Mau Rebellion or the Mau Mau Revolt, and, in official documents, the Kenya Emergency. The origin of the name Mau Mau for the rebel movement has never been determined. It was not coined by the movement itself — they called themselves Muingi ("The Movement"), Muigwithania ("The Understanding"), Muma wa Uiguano ("The Oath of Unity") or simply "The KCA", after the Kikuyu Central Association that created the impetus for the insurgency. Veterans of the independence movement referred to themselves as the "Land and Freedom Army" in English. Contents Origins of the Mau Mau uprising Advertisements Economic deprivation of the Kikuyu For several decades prior to the eruption of conflict, the grabbing of land by European settlers was an increasingly bitter point of contention. Most of the land appropriated was in the central highlands of Kenya , which had a cool climate compared to the rest of the country and was inhabited primarily by the Kikuyu people. Repeated, peaceful attempts by local populations to address this land appropriation were ignored or ridiculed. Professor Michael S. Coray notes that The [colonial] administration's refusal to develop mechanisms whereby African grievances against non-Africans might be resolved on terms of equity, moreover, served to accelerate a growing disaffection with colonial rule. The investigations of the Kenya Land Commission of 1932-1934 are a case study in such lack of foresight, for the findings and recommendations of this commission, particularly those regarding the claims of the Kikuyu of Kiambu, would serve to exacerbate other grievances and nurture the seeds of a growing African nationalism in Kenya. [4] David Anderson concurs, writing that the Morris-Carter Land Commission report of 1934 was "the stone upon which moderate African politics was broken... Militant nationalism was conceived in Kikuyu reaction to the report of the Kenya Land Commission... Opposition to the Land Commission's findings fed militancy all the more over the next twenty years as the pressures upon land within the Kikuyu reserve became greater and the settler stranglehold on the political economy of the colony tightened." [5] By 1948, 1,250,000 Kikuyu were restricted to 2000 square miles (5,200 km²), while 30,000 British settlers occupied 12,000 square miles (31,000 km²). The most desirable agricultural land was almost entirely in the hands of European settlers.[citation needed] During the course of
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Exam 3- Southeast Asia - Geography 101 with Connor at University of Tennessee - Knoxville - StudyBlue Good to have you back! If you've signed in to StudyBlue with Facebook in the past, please do that again. Exam 3- Southeast Asia What are the two geographic sub-regions of Southeast Asia? Mainland and Maritime In 1962, General Ne Win led a coup d'etat against the elected government of Burma (Myanmar) and established a _____. military junta Who was the elected leader of the National League for Democracy? Aung San Suu Kyi What happened to Aung San Suu Kyi? Placed under house arrest In 2008, what was the name of the worst natural disaster in the history of the country which created a massive humanitarian crisis? Tropical Cyclone Nargis What is Laos's capital and largest city? Vientiane What is the longest and most important river in Southeast Asia? Makong River Which European nation-state controlled Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia until 1954? France Who was the Communist leader in North Vietnam? Ho Chi Minh What is the capital city of Vietnam? Hanoi What is the largest city in Vietnam? Ho Chi Minh City What is Cambodia's capital and largest city? Phnom Penh ***What is the name of the large Hindu/Buddhist temple complex IN CAMBODIA (symbol on their flag)? Angkor Wat * Who was the communist leader of the Khmer rouge which ruled Cambodia from 1975-79? Pol Pot What was the name given to the Genocide committed by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge? The Killing Fields When did the Khmer Rouge Tribunal officially begin? 2006 Thailand was the only Southeastern Asian nation to not be colonized by the Europeans - what was its historic name? Siam What is Thailand's capital and largest city? Bangkok What is the name of the Buddhist temple attached to the Thai Royal Palace located in Bangkok? Wat Po In Thailand (and the rest of SE Asia), what is the most common type of market where most people go to buy and sell their goods? Floating markets What natural disaster destroyed the Thai resort community of Phuket as well as many other areas in SE Asia on December 26, 2004 (6th deadliest natural disaster in recorded human history)? Tsunami Two distinct landmasses that Malaysia is divided into by the South China Sea? 1. Peninsular Malaysia (Western) What is the capital and largest city in Malaysia? Kuala Lumpur What are the landmark 'twin' towers called, located in Kuala Lumpur? Petronas Towers What is Singapore's capital and largest city? Singapore What is the name of the body of water that separates Indonesia from the Malay Peninsula? Strait of Malacca Indonesia is the ____ largest nation-state in the world based on population (after China, India, & USA) (238 million). 4th ***Indonesia has the largest _ population in the world? Muslim What are the 3 most important of these islands? Sumatra
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A Catholic Jew Pontificates: Apollo and his Nine Muses and the Jewish Mystical Tradition Apollo and his Nine Muses and the Jewish Mystical Tradition Rebbe Nachman of Breslov wrote of the mysteries of the 10 stringed lyre [1] and the music, song, dance and melody pulsating through all creation [2] and often hidden in the depths of the stories, folktales and sciences of the nations. The master storyteller was seen by him as the Master of Prayer [3] a kind of spiritual troubadour. Rebbe Nachman was a true romantic [4] who embraced the Hasidic most-moved Mover [5] as the God of Israel rather than the dry intellectual concept of the Unmoved First Mover of Greek philosophy. The concept of the ten-stringed lyre or harp is at the heart of his Hasidic and kabbalistic understanding of reality. The Greek Mythological concept of the Nine Muses of inspiration reaches into the primeval wisdom (Sophia) of the Greeks. [6] Behind the masculine mask of the intellectualism of Greek Philosophy is hidden the ever burning wildness of the feminine Greek Mythology of the wild, dancing, singing, leaping world of the creative muses. Homer the earliest of the Greek writers tells of these muses set in a world that has little in common with the male-dominated cultures of the Mediterranean but of the Goddess dominated northern cultures of Europe descended from the lost Tribes of Israel. At the core of the Greek understanding of the nine muses is the concept of the lyre just as it is in the mystical tradition of Israel and of King David. As the words lyric and lyre suggest, in the ancient world lyric poetry and storytelling would be accompanied by the musical instrument of the lyre. [7] This goddess is the Matronita and Holy Wisdom of Biblical and Jewish tradition who has been transformed into the Greek Sophia. This Sophia is embodied in the nine muses. The ten strings of the Davidic lyre represent the sefirot of Jewish mysticism seen in the feminine mirror of the Tree of Life. The Davidic Messiah or Bridegroom of the Song of Songs and Psalm 19 becomes the Apollo of Greek mythology. The Davidic Queen-Mother and Bride is the Sophia of Greek wisdom. Sophia is also Aphrodite the Goddess of Love and desire. The Greek origin of the term muses comes from the word for desire (mosis). This has a link to Moses and his sister Miriam who led the women in the spiral circle dance at the Red Sea. The circle dance of the nine Muses alludes to this mystical and spiral dance at the heart of all wisdom. This is feminine wisdom –the wisdom of the mother and the Goddess as the one who dances according to the music of the lyre played under Divine Inspiration which is the Divine Will or Desire for Creation. Apollo or the Davidic Messiah is this Sun of the Divine Will who is the Muse-Leader- the one who leads us to join the rounds or spiral circles of Living and Dancing in the Divine Will. This is the source of all man’s wisdom, learning, knowledge, creativity and inspiration. Miriam and the women in the circle spiral dance Joseph Campbell’s understanding of the monomyth as the common pattern that lies hidden within the great mythologies of man can be useful in helping to understand the role of the nine muses in this great mythological wisdom tradition underlining all cultures. This is the music and melody of the mystical lyre of Apollo and David. Campbell also in his writings writes about the nine muses. He states: “…so are the Muses-clothed in the garments of this world-not opposed to the unclothed Graces, but in triple rhythm (3 times 3) the earthly heralds of their paradisial dance. And they are nine because (as Dante tells of his own Muse, Beatrice) their root (the square root of nine being three) is in the trinity above. Beyond the frightening visage of all-consuming time, the arts-the Muses-initiate us to the enduring harmony of the universe, the planes or aspects of which are controlled by the planets and their spheres…” [8] The three primordial muses that embody the nine Muses were Aoide (song or tune), Melete (practice or occasion) and Mneme (remember) as the
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Project MUSE - Janacek and His World Janacek and His World Michael Beckerman Publication Year: 2011 Once thought to be a provincial composer of only passing interest to eccentrics, Leos Janácek (1854-1928) is now widely acknowledged as one of the most powerful and original creative figures of his time. Banned for all purposes from the Prague stage until the age of 62, and unable to make it even out of the provincial capital of Brno, his operas are now performed in dynamic productions throughout the globe. This volume brings together some of the world's foremost Janácek scholars to look closely at a broad range of issues surrounding his life and work. Representing the latest in Janácek scholarship, the essays are accompanied by newly translated writings by the composer himself. The collection opens with an essay by Leon Botstein who clarifies and amplifies how Max Brod contributed to Janácek 's international success by serving as "point man" between Czechs and Germans, Jews and non-Jews. John Tyrrell, the dean of Janácek scholars, distills more than thirty years of research in "How Janácek Composed Operas," while Diane Paige considers Janácek's liason with a married woman and the question of the artist's muse. Geoffrey Chew places the idea of the adulterous muse in the larger context of Czech fin de siècle decadence in his thoroughgoing consideration of Janácek's problematic opera Osud. Derek Katz examines the problems encountered by Janácek's satirically patriotic "Excursions of Mr. Broucek" in the post-World War I era of Czechoslovak nationalism, while Paul Wingfield mounts a defense of Janácek against allegations of cruelty in his wife's memoirs. In the final essay, Michael Beckerman asks how much true history can be culled from one of Janácek's business cards. The book then turns to writings by Janácek previously unpublished in English. These not only include fascinating essays on Naturalism, opera direction, and Tristan and Isolde, but four impressionistic chronicles of the "speech melodies" of daily life. They provide insight into Janácek's revolutionary method of composition, and give us the closest thing we will ever have to the "heard" record of a Czech pre-war past-or any past, for that matter. Download PDF pp. ix-xii To all my wonderful colleagues at UC Santa Barbara for their encouragement over the years and especially Paul Berkowitz, William Prizer, Alejandro Planchart, Pieter van den Toorn, and Dolores Hsu. To Lee Rothfarb for his friendship and encouragement. Thanks also to the... Introduction: Janáček and Our World Michael Beckerman Download PDF pp. 1-10 In the 1970s and '80s in Brno, we Janáček scholars had a marvelous and well kept secret. There, in this provincial capital, enormous conference/festivals took place that were entirely dedicated to our man. Indeed, one cannot imagine how in the so-called "dark days" they managed so... Part I: Essays The Cultural Politics of Language and Music: Max Brod and Leoš Janáček Leon Botstein Download PDF pp. 13-54 History is rarely kind to personalities in literature and music with talent, industry, influence, and visibility whose achievements seem, posthumously, to lack some lasting quality of genius or originality. The result is that our sense of the past becomes distorted. Aesthetic judgments... How Janáček Composed Operas Download PDF pp. 55-78 It was exactly halfway through Janacek's middle opera—number five out of nine—that he hit upon a method of writing operas that sustained him for the remaining eleven years of his life. It meant that in these eleven years he was able to write four and a half operas; the previous... Janáček and the Captured Muse Dlane M. Paigs Download PDF pp. 79-98 Leos Janacek's relationship to Kamila Stosslova, a woman nearly four decades his junior, has become an essential part of the composer's biography. Relations between the two are generally treated as a titillating aspect of the composer's personal life, and there is a general assumption... Reinterpreting Janáček and Kamila: Dangerous Liaisons in Czech Fin-de-Siècle Music and Liter
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2013 Route - Sporting aspects, stage cities - Tour de France 2013 Distinctive aspects of the race First up Corsica... then nothing but the French mainland Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse were the only two departments in metropolitan France that had never before hosted the Tour. The Grand Départ of 2013 will put an end to that. Once back on the mainland, the race will continue entirely within France and not take in any foreign countries – a concept last applied in 2003. IndividuaL and team time-trials The 4th stage, contested at Nice across 25 km, will represent the team time trial challenge, last carried out in 2011. Two individual time trials are also scheduled over a distance of 33 km between Avranches and Mont-Saint-Michel on stage 11, then over 32 km between Embrun and Chorges, on stage 17. Alpe-d’Huez 1 and 2 The most significant change and, without a shadow of a doubt one of the highlights of this 100th edition: the Alpe-d’Huez will be climbed twice on the 18th stage. The first passage at the top of Alpe-d’Huez 1 will take place 50 kilometres before the finish at Alpe-d’Huez 2. Three further summit finishes are planned: Ax 3 Domaines, Mont Ventoux and Annecy-Semnoz, a new venue on the Tour map. 10 first-time city stages
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In 1981, in a move that met with considerable controversy, the Agriculture Department in the US proposed classifying pickle relish and what other condiment as vegetables in order to save money on school lunch programs?
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Thinking Thinking: Reasoning, Problem-Solving, Judgment, and Decision-Making Learning, perceiving, and remembering require more than forming associations between stimuli and responses, extracting information from environmental stimuli, and reproducing information stored in memory traces. Rather, the person is actively attempting to predict and control the environment by constructing mental representations of objects and events in the present world, and reconstructing episodes of past personal experience. Learning is a process of generating and testing hypotheses, in which the person tries to figure out what predicts what, and what controls what, in the environment. Perception is a constructive process, in which the person tries to figure out what is out there, where it is, what it is doing -- and, ultimately, what it means. Memory is a reconstructive process, by which the person tries to figure out what happened in the past, where, when, and to whom -- and, again, what it means. Thus, the basic functions of perceiving, learning, and remembering depend intimately on reasoning, inference, problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making -- in short, on thinking. The term "thinking" covers a variety of mental activities, from the daydreaming of a high-school student in study hall to the kind of problem-solving that brought the astronauts of Apollo 11 safely back to Earth. McKellar (1957) distinguished between two general kinds of thinking: Autistic thinking is the sort of thing we do when we are daydreaming. It's not to be confused with autism as a mental illness. Everyone engages in autistic thinking. Imaginative thinking involves the mental manipulation of symbolic representations that is aimed toward solving a particular problem or achieving a particular goal. Just as memory frees behavior from control by the immediately present stimulus environment, and thinking performs much the same kind of function. For Piaget, thinking allows us to create a model of the world in our minds; for Vygotsky, thinking allows us to restructure that model mentally to figure out ways that things could be different -- other than the way they are. Thinking takes a variety of forms, including reasoning, problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making. Often, thinking ends up in a choice to engage in one action or another. Thinking both acts on and creates mental representations of ourselves and the objects and events we encounter in the world around us. These mental representations can be based on perception of the current environment, or memories of the past, or our imagination. Bruner (1957) noted that representations come in three basic forms: Enactive representations are closely tied to motor activities. Iconic representations come in the form of visual and other mental images. Symbolic representations exist in the form of words, and can represent both concrete objects and events (such as tigers and running) and abstract ideas (such as freedom and justice). The doctrine of normative rationality serves as a backdrop for this discussion. According to this doctrine, human beings are rational creatures, and rational creatures think according to the rules of logic and make decisions according to a principle of rational choice.This is a classical philosopher's view of human thought, promoted from Aristotle to Descartes and beyond -- a sort of philosopher's prescription for how people should think. But psychology is an empirical science, not
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The Golden Compass is of the Devil END Satan's Bid for Your Child The Scholastic publishing company is partnering with New Line Cinema and promoting this film, and the books, heavily in public schools. Scholastic, � the world�s largest publisher and distributor of children�s books ,� is by far the top source of reading materials for American schools. Even though the books are strongly anti-God and anti-church, they�re getting a strong push in the godless public school system as curriculum resources. First the God-hating Communists introduced the lies of Evolution into the public school system. Then they kicked God's Word and prayer out of the public schools in 1962 and 1963 . Now they want to teach our children homosexuality and witchcraft. Please encourage your local schools not to use this demonic material. Make Some Noise! True or False: Separation of church and state means public schools won�t teach your child about hating the church and killing God. FALSE! Separation of church and state is one of the most misunderstood, misapplied and abused laws ever created. Evolution is in fact a religion, as is humanism, witchcraft and Satanism. It requires faith to believe Evolution because there is NO proof, or even evidences to permit study. It is tragic that young people today are being taught a theory that has NO proof whatsoever. In sharp contrast, the Word of God is supported by an overwhelming abundance of scientific, historical, archeological and astronomical evidence. Public school children are being taught religion; but it's the religions of Humanism (i.e., man is his own god), Evolution, New Age and now Demonism. Public school children today are frequently shown movies at school, or are taken to the theatre. Tragically, they are being taken to see movies like Harry Potter and The Golden Compass. Some evil people in this world are desperate for our children to be influenced by Satan. We read in Revelation 12:12 concerning Satan during the Tribulation Period, "Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time." With the rise of the New World Order since the 911 attacks, it is obvious that we are nearer to the return of the Lord Jesus Christ than ever before (i.e., the Pretribulation Rapture of the Church). Surely Satan is already panicking, knowing that he must accomplish much in a very short time frame. This explains why we see a flood of demonism, witchcraft and apostasy sweeping the world in an effort to destroy Christianity. Have you heard about the new FLY Pentop COMPUTER for kids, which features witchcraft? Did you know that Toys-R-Us sells a VooDooz doll for children? It comes complete with a spell book, and pins to stab your VooDooz doll with. I was at Barnes and Noble bookstore and saw a Teenage Witchcraft Kit . Doesn't anyone love God anymore? You can't love God without loving Jesus, because He is Almighty God (John 10:33; 1st Timothy 3:16; Colossians 2:9; Revelation 1:8). And you can't love Jesus without loving the Bible, because Jesus is the Living Word (John 1:1-3; Revelation 19:13). The Bible condemns all forms of witchcraft�Voodoo, charms, spells, divination, incantations, palm readings, Ouija boards, psychics, witchery, sorcery, wizards, magic, potions, good luck charms, astrology, necromancy, spiritism, magic candles, mesmerism, hypnosis, astral projection, levitation, and anything else that invokes the power of Satan. Instead of presenting the trailer on the homepage, The Golden Compass website uses audio to introduce the characters of the film and their respective demons, and then provides a prompt to "Meet Your Demon." Twenty questions are presented which promise to reveal "your true character and the form of your demon." Once you complete the questionnaire, you can send your resulting demon to your friends, presumably to build a community of yo
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"Which town in the Cotswolds is known as the 'Little Venice of the Cotswolds""?"
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Bourton on the Water Tourist Information and Travel Guide Cotswolds UK A walk from Bourton-on-the-Water to Lower Slaughter (1½ miles – 40 minutes approx) Please note that there are no public toilets along this route. From the village green, walk along the High Street towards the Parish Church. Turn right to walk through the church gates and continue through the churchyard, passing close to the church tower. After leaving the churchyard walk straight ahead along a footpath between two hedges, passing two schools on the left. After 400 yards, you arrive at a road. Turn left and walk to the junction with the A429. Cross the A429 at the traffic lights, turn right and walk for 30 yards. Turn left to pass through a gate into a field. Note the footpath sign. Follow the path over two fields to Lower Slaughter. The village lies on your left so walk a short distance upstream along the river. The best way to return to Bourton-on-the-Water is to retrace your steps. See Lower Slaughter for walk to the village of Upper Slaughter. A circular walk from Bourton-on-the-Water to include river and lakes (3½ miles – 2 hours approx) From the village green walk along the Little Rissington road. Immediately after passing a car park on the right, turn right along a narrow tarmac road marked by a no through road sign. Remain on this road for ¾ mile. When the road becomes a stony track, continue ahead. When you reach a solitary house partly hidden by trees, turn left along another track. In 400 yard, where the track makes a sharp right turn, walk ahead and go over a stile into a field. Walk along the edge of two fields with a woodland on your left. In the second field, at the end of the woodland, go over a stile on your left. Cross the river on a long wooden bridge. When you see a lake in front, bear to the left to pass the lake on your right. Follow the footpath sign and re-cross the river using another wooden bridge. Go through two metal gates that are close to each other. Walk through a narrow strip of woodland with the river and a large lake on your right. At the end of the wood, turn right to re-cross the river using a wide wooden bridge. Follow the track with the lake still on your right and in 150 yard climb the stile on your right. Walk through the field with the track and a hedge on your left. Climb a stile, rejoin the track and walk to the road. Turn left and return to Bourton-on-the-Water. Pencil Sketch of River Scene at Bourton-on-the-Water by Richard Grassi Ink Sketch of riverside houses in Bourton-on-the-Water by Richard Grassi
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY CUP AND PLATE QUESTIONS FOR TUESDAY 28TH JANUARY Questions set by the Waters Green Lemmings and the Bate Horntails. ROUND ONE: Q1: The characters Vladimir and Estragon appear? A: Waiting for Godot. Q2: What relation was Pliny the Younger to Pliny the Elder? A: Nephew. Q3: Which member of the Royal Family is nicknamed “Princess Pushy”? A: Princess Michael of Kent. Q4: What was the name of Perry Mason’s secretary? A: Della Street. Q5: What famous French film production/newsreel brand, established in 1896, was the first major movie corporation? A: Pathé (Pathé Frères - Pathé Brothers) Q6: Which King conferred the title “Royal and Ancient” on the Golf Club at St. Andrews? A: William IV. Q7: In which U.S. state is the vast majority of Yellowstone National Park? A: Wyoming. Q8: Which was the last British group to win the Eurovision Song Contest? A: Katrina and the Waves (in 1997 with Love Shine A Light). Q9: In October 2013, Sebastian Vettel won the F1 Driver’s Championship for the 4th consecutive time, but how many other people have achieved this feat? A: Three: (Juan Manuel Fangio; Alain Prost; Michael Schumacher). Q10: Which country finished third in the 1966 World Cup? A: Portugal. Q11: What was the surname of Art Historian and nun, Sister Wendy? A: Becket. Q12: What is the capital of Tajikistan? A: Dushanbe. Q13: Which Beatles album followed Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band? A: Magical Mystery Tour. Q14: Which detective was created by W J Burley? A: Wycliffe. Q15: Which of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five owned Timmy the Dog? A: George. Q16: In which prison was the television series “Porridge” set? Slade. Q17: Where in the human body is the radius? A: The forearm (accept arm). Q18: To which country do the islands of Spitzbergen belong? A: Norway. Q19: In which year was the Festival of Britain? A: 1951. Q20: In whose shop window did Bagpuss sit? A: Emily’s. Q1: At which English racecourse would you find Devil’s Dyke? A: Newmarket. Q2: Which is the largest moon in the Solar System? A: Ganymede. Q3: How many Nobel Prizes are usually awarded each year? A: Six: (Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace and Economics). Q4: Who was the last King of Italy?
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Atomium in Brussels Looks like there's not enough activity around Atomium to show here today. The #Atomium plays hide & seek in #Brussels. #Repost inti_rock. #morning #bruxelles #bruss… http://t.co/VFDwP0e8kv http://t.co/KCoteGEaIW Posted by The Hotel Brussels - 2 years ago L'Atomium, now. #Bruxelles ❄️❄️ http://t.co/MFXe76QPFL Posted by Baptiste T. - 2 years ago #Brussels #Atomium by #night , unit cell of #ironcrystal - Europe's most bizarre building according to CNN. #arch... http://t.co/OEc77mSmV1 Posted by Gavriil Papadiotis - 2 years ago Building of the Atomium in Brussels(via http://t.co/ZaopYz2uxS) http://t.co/3sglwEpQiw Posted by Tilo Jung - 2 years ago Killer image. And for once some tags: #brussels #expo58 #atomium http://t.co/aGS0nFHmOF Posted by Guillaume Kayacan - 2 years ago Showing the skyline to freetherobots #brussels #highoutput #atomium http://t.co/5dArByyYvU Posted by lefto. - 2 years ago See image Always welcome in Belgium! Feat Stunning @Tesla_Europe #ModelS & #Atomium #Tesla #EV #Brussels http://t.co/fZ0ghQs6wO http://t.co/GrV9Vws9sx Posted by Tesla Club Belgium - 2 years ago Atomium in Brussels, Belgium. wasdesigned to open the world exhibition in 1958. #travel http://t.co/WUlHbCf4N5 Posted by sobore - 2 years ago The extraordinary #Atomium in Brussels represents the relationship between modern science and man. #WidenYourWorld http://t.co/OW8SM0WDIK Posted by Turkish Airlines - 3 years ago Awesome!! Protest for Europe’s dolphins attracts hundredshttp://t.co/pcwiqpbonF#Brussels #Atomium #Tweet4Dolphins http://t.co/5ggCMEZpdY Posted by clicks n' whistles - 3 years ago See image Join demo 'Close #dolphinaria in #Europe' 6/28 @ Atomium in Brussels! #CaptivityKills close all European dolphinaria! http://t.co/R10LotDC8H Posted by WDC - 3 years ago See image Dear People of Belgium: Come to our live podcast at the Brussels Atomium this Saturday! Details below http://t.co/aMQnIO6Ywx Posted by NoSuchThingAsAFish - 2 years ago Day in Brussels with my princess @paubea8ser👸, first stop: Atomium 👭 http://t.co/6GFoFg9IXd Posted by Loading . . . - 2 years ago #designexhibitions #Brussels @atomium | "Intersections #3 Belgian Design" http://t.co/xGFSVxVhOw Posted by Centre Documentació - 2 years ago See image #Brussels #Cycling Classic on Saturday 6 September (Cinquantenaire-Atomium): http://t.co/VObqb1A904 Posted by City of Brussels - 2 years ago See image Our #Wingseat solution: Brussels! You can see the @atomium clearly. Well done to those who knew. http://t.co/lFt6YNXrcZ Posted by bmi regional - 3 years ago @NiallOfficial the atomium in Brussels turned very niall-ish for your birthday!! http://t.co/5qnQF3qW5o Posted by lindsay - 2 years ago Ruskin in Brussels: First blossoms around the Atomium http://t.co/IdVlVmDZCD Posted by Botanic Garden Meise - 2 years ago Little view after work ✨💫 #atomium #brussels #belgium https://t.co/VLXrnY0982 Posted by Ann-Sophie Ickroth - 2 years ago I have arrived at Atomium ! The biggest Atom in the world ! #Belgium #ImAHugeNerd @neiltyson would love this http://t.co/3xdLYF7zYw Posted by CarChen - 2 years ago Whoa! The 9 round balls represents the 9 regions of Kingdon of Belgium ;) #Atomium #Brussels #Belgium… https://t.co/vj6DzZtQMi Posted by FramesGermanottaJore - 2 years ago MGM Café: Party at the foot of the atomium in Bruparck, just a stone's throw from Kinepolis and publ... http://t.co/iYyBp0nyqb #Brussels Posted by discoverbrussels - 2 years ago See image Incredible photo of the "Atomium" under construction, World's Fair, Brussels, 1958 (and what it looks like today.) http://t.co/kheEVmMXhs Posted by Pablo Maurer - 2 years ago Spiky red sculpture installed beneath the Atomium monument in Brussels: http://t.co/4tiXFYbGTI http://t.co/DLJPAzX39u Posted by Dezeen - 3 years ago The Atom #brussels #belgium @ Atomium Parc https://t.co/l6wvW9UL22 Posted by Frederick Gaghauna - 2 years ago Lunch at the #atomium in #Brussels with great American #meetingplanners #visitflanders #steigenberger http://t.co/WPH3tNY7KW Posted by Meet in Flanders - 2 years ago Photo of the Day: Brussels, Be
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General Knowledge Quiz - By Zarbo84 The fictional character John Clayton is better known by what name? La Paz is the administrative capital of which South American country? Actor Charles Buchinsky was better known by what name? The medical condition ‘aphonia’ is the inability to do what? In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was the king of which Island? Who played the title role in the 1953 film ‘The Glenn Miller Story’? A third wedding anniversary is traditionally represented by which material? In the Bible, what sign did God give Noah that the earth would not be flooded again? In August 2011 NASA announced that photographic evidence had been captured of possible liquid water of which planet in our solar system? The restored tomb of which dramatist was unveiled in Paris in November 2011, after being ruined by lipstick smears left by thousands of kisses? What was the name of the hurricane which hit the East Coast of America in August 2011? On 11th March 2011 a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of which country? Convict George Joseph Smith was known as the ‘Brides in the ‘what’ murderer’? In the human body, Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis is commonly known by what name? A peregrine is what type of bird? What is the name of the highly toxic protein obtained from the pressed seeds of the castor oil plant? Which British pop musician/actor was actress Sadie Frost’s first husband? British singer Gaynor Hopkins is better known by what name? Who played Ron Kovic in the 1989 film ‘Born on the Fourth of July’? Ben Gurion International Airport is in which country? Which basketball star is kidnapped by cartoon characters in the 1996 film ‘Space Jam’? In the tv series The A Team, what does B.A. stand for in the name B.A. Baracus? In medicine, metritis is the inflammation of which part of the body? In which year was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in the USA? In the human body, where is the atrium? The OK Corral is in which US town? In Greek mythology, Amphitrite, queen of the sea, was the wife of which god? Which British boxer bought one of the original ‘Only Fools and Horses’ Reliant Robins in 2004? Actor Roy Harold Scherer was better known by what name? Anna Gordy was the first wife of which late soul singer? Who played Heinrich Himmler in the 1976 film ‘The Eagle Has Landed’? Which is the fastest rotating planet in our solar system? Which country was invaded by Iraq in 1990? Cobalt, Cyan and Cerulean are shades of which colour? In 1936, Joseph Bowers was the first inmate to attempt an escape from which prison? In the 18th Century, the British Royal Navy ordered limes and lemons to be carried on board ships as a remedy for which disease? In which US state were the 1692 Witch Trials held? Question Who was the father of English monarch Edward VI? Vermicide is a substance used for killing which creatures? Miss Gatsby and Miss Tibbs were two elderly residents in which UK tv sitcom? Who was US actor Mickey Rooney’s first wife? The resort town of Sliema is on which Mediterranean island? In the Bible, what is the Decalogue more commonly known as? In Greek mythology, Hypnos was the god of what? Which real-life couple starred in the 1994 remake of the film ‘The Getaway’? American 1940′s murder victim Elizabeth Short was known by what posthumous nickname? British monarch Henry VIII married which of his wives in 1540? In February 1983 which US writer choked to death on the cap from a bottle of eye drops? Which US gangster was released from Alcatraz prison in November 1939? Who built the Roman wall which divided England and Scotland? In the human body, the hallux is more commonly known by what name? The liqueur Maraschino is flavoured with which fruit? Which famous US outlaw shot the cashier of a savings bank in Gallatin Missouri in 1869? Kathmandu is the capital of which country? TAP is the chief airline of which European country? In November 2002, which member of the British royal family was convicted and fined for violating the Dangerous Dogs Act? Tommy Lee plays which instrument in the band Motley Crue? The Wang River i
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Zoroastrianism - Religion of the Persian Empire Zoroastrianism - Religion of the Persian Empire MB Faith ^ | 6/25/05 | MB Faith Posted on 06/25/2005 8:31:30 PM PDT by freedom44 During the 7th and 6th centuries BC the ancient polytheistic religion of the Iranians was reformed and given new dimensions by the prophet Zoroaster (or Zarathusthra). Zoroaster's life dates have been traditionally given as (c. 628 - 551 BC), but many scholars argue for earlier dates. Linguistic evidence suggests that he was born in northeastern Iran, but the prophet's message was to spread throughout the Persian Empire. Adopted as the faith of the Persian kings, Zoroastrianism became the official religion of the Achaemenid empire and flourished under its successors, the Parthian and Sassanian empires. Its theology and cosmology may have influenced the development of Greek, later Jewish, Christian, and Muslim thought. The Muslim conquest of the 7th century AD marked the beginning of a steady decline of Zoroastrianism. Persecution resulted in the migration (about the 10th century) of the majority of Zoroastrians to India, where the Parsis of Bombay are their modern descendants. The religion of ancient Iran was derived from that of the ancient Indo Europeans, or Aryans. The language of the earliest Zoroastrian writings is close to that of the Indian Vedas, and much of the mythology is recognizably the same. Two groups of gods were worshiped, the ahuras and the daevas. The worship of the ahuras (lords) may have reflected the practice of the pastoral upper classes, and tradition holds that Zoroaster was born into a family that worshiped only the ahuras. The message of the prophet, however, was that Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord, was the sole creator and lord of the world and that the worship of the daevas was the worship of evil. In Zoroaster's theology the Amesha Spentas, or Bountiful Immortals, were divine beings who acted essentially as agents of the power of Ahura Mazda; they were traditionally seven in number: Bounteous Spirit, Good Mind, Truth, Rightmindedness, Dominion, Health, and Life. The first of these, Spenta Mainyu, is of special importance in that he is paired with a "twin," Angra Mainyu, or Hostile Spirit. When given a choice between good and evil, or truth and the lie, Bounteous Spirit chose truth and Hostile Spirit the lie. Creation becomes a battleground, with the demoted ahuras invoked for the doing of good and the daevas enlisted by Angra Mainyu in the doing of evil. Nevertheless, Ahura Mazda has decreed that truth will triumph, and the old world will be destroyed by fire and a new creation instituted. In the period following Zoroaster, for which little evidence remains, Zoroastrianism consolidated its position and spread throughout Iran. The rise of the southern Persians and Medes seems to have been accompanied by the reinstatement of many of the ahuras, although Ahura Mazda is still recognized as supreme god. Among the most important figures to revive at this time were Mithra (Mithraism), usually associated with the sun, and Anahita, associated with the waters and fertility. Ahura Mazda (who becomes Ormazd) becomes identified with Spenta Mainyu, and Angra Mainyu (Ahriman) remains his antagonist. Ahura Mazda has relinquished some of his absolute supremacy and appears to need the assistance of the lesser ahuras, particularly Mithra, who appears as mediator and protector of the created world. This dualist view eventually became the orthodox position. Its development may have owed much to the Magi, a hereditary priestly caste, although their role is unclear. From them, however, the Greco Roman world learned much of what it knew of the religion. An important reform movement, however, arose within Zoroastrianism - the movement around Zurvan. The Zurvanites posited a supreme god, Zurvan (Infinite Time), who had sacrificed for 1,000 years in order to gain offspring. At the end of that time he experienced momentary doubt, and from that doubt arose Ahriman; at the same time, Ormazd came into being because of the efficacy of the sacrifices. A
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Ahuramazda - Livius Ahuramazda Ahuramazda: the "wise lord", the supreme god of the ancient Iranians, whose cult was propagated by the legendary prophet Zarathustra , the founder of Zoroastrianism. Zarathustra's teachings: the Gâthâs Zoroastrian fire altar from Samarkand The Avesta is the holy book of the adherents of Zarathustra, the Zoroastrians or - as they call themselves today - Parsis. The Avesta was codified c.600 CE, but this library of sacred texts contains older material, such as the Gâthâs . These hymns were perhaps written in the fourteenth or thirteenth century BCE, almost two millennia before the codification of the Avesta, and most scholars think that they were composed by the prophet Zarathustra himself. In a vision ( more... ), Zarathustra was ordered by a spirit named Good Thought to start preaching against the bloody sacrifices of the traditional Iranian cults and to give aid to the poor. Gradually, the prophet began to understand that Good Thought had been sent by the supreme god Ahuramazda, a name that can be translated as Wise Lord. Zarathustra sometimes addresses his god as Ahura, lord, and as Mazda, wisdom. From the Gâthâs, we learn that Zarathustra started to preach that Ahuramazda had created "the world, mankind and all good things in it" through his holy spirit, Spenta Mainyu. The rest of the universe was created by six other spirits, the Amesha Spentas ("holy immortals"). However, the order of this sevenfold creation was threatened by The Lie; good spirits and evil demons (daeva) were fighting and mankind had to support the good spirits in order to speed up the inevitable victory of Ahuramazda. The believer could side with Ahuramazda by avoiding lies, supporting the poor, several kinds of sacrifices, the cult of fire, et cetera. A snake amulet from Sokh in Uzbekistan, believed to be one of the first representations of a dualist world view Zarathustra also warned the people that there would be a Last Judgment. At the end of times, angels were to lead all men and women across a narrow bridge, where they would be judged by Spenta Manyu (which is described as a beautiful maiden); the friends of The Lie would fall into a large chasm of fire called Worst Existence, but the followers of Zarathustra were to reach Paradise, which goes under the name of House of Best Purpose. It is impossible to establish how much of this is original. Zarathustra says in the Gâthâs that the innovative aspect was the demand for social reform, which brought the prophet into conflict with representants of the established cult, the priests of the god Mithra and the goddess Anahita. What strikes us is the radical dualism; Zarathustra demands that the pious choose for the good and against evil, and promises that they will be rewarded at the Last Judgment ( text... ). Angra Mainyu, demons, and gods The defeated Parthian king Artabanus (left) and the personification of evil, Ahriman (center), on the investiture relief of Ardashir I in Naqš-e Rustam The Gâthâs are only a small part of the Avesta , and it is possible to distinguish (on linguistic grounds) between old and young texts. The most important innovation by Zarathustra's disciples is the personalization of evil. According to Zarathustra, the enemy of the divine order had been The Lie, an abstract concept. There are several texts, written in the same language as the Gâthâs, which give evil its name: Angra Mainyu, "the hostile spirit". He is described as the leader of the demons. It may be doubted whether Angra Mainyu has ever figured in Zarathustra's own thoughts. The fact that he does not mention this demon in the Gâthâs is significant; there are seventeen Gâthâs and they are of a considerable length, so it may be argued that Zarathustra had sufficient opportunity to mention Ahuramazda's opponent. Instead, he speaks consistently of The Lie. On the other hand, the name Angra Mainyu is very old. It is, therefore, either a very early innovation, or it was a very common name which Zarathustra sought to replace by the more abstract concept of The Lie, which implied a greater
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Unforgiven (Film) - TV Tropes Badass Grandpa : While not technically a grandfather, William Munny is more than old enough to be one. Little Bill, who's even older than Munny. Just watch him when he stares down the barrel of Munny's shotgun and calmly tells his men to kill Munny after he's dead. No matter what you think of him, the man has incredible balls. Band of Brothels : When one of theirs is maimed by a bad john, the working girls pool their resources and put a bounty on the wrongdoers' heads, kicking off the action. Being Evil Sucks : Since it's not necessarily obvious: The Schofield Kid has this one pretty bad right before the final showdown Where It All Began . Being Good Sucks : Kind of. It's noticeable that during his period of trying to be good, Munny is an unsuccessful pig farmer eking out a wretched existence, is wracked by guilt, and comes across as kind of pathetic (note how often he falls off his horse, his beating by Little Bill). After returning to his old ways, he becomes a scarily effective gunfighter and the epilogue indicates he became financially successful. Not to mention that things don't turn out well for Ned after he admits he's lost his stomach for killing and tries to return home. Bittersweet Ending : Munny goes back to his old ways and Ned is murdered, but Munny avenges him. And with the money he earns from the bounty on the two cowboys, he's able to move on and make a better life for himself—rumored to be San Francisco, where he prospered in dry goods. Closing narration: ...And there was nothing on the marker to explain to Mrs. Feathers why her only daughter had married a known thief and murderer, a man of notoriously vicious and intemperate disposition. Death Is Such an Odd Thing : The Schofield Kid feels that way after his first kill. It don't seem real... how he ain't gonna never breathe again, ever... how he's dead. And the other one too. All on account of pulling a trigger. Deconstruction : Of Western movies. Munny himself is a Deconstructed Character Archetype of the kinds of characters Clint Eastwood played in the 60s and 70s. One aspect of this is how the movie shows Munny dealing with his re-submersion into the violent, dangerous environment he left behind before he became a family man. He doesn't become a more heroic figure, rising to the occasion. Instead, he degrades, with his layers of civility being stripped away until at the end, he's the cold-blooded killer he once was. Eastwood�s trademark squint was subject to this too: the Schofield Kid is almost constantly squinting, but it�s just because of his poor eyesight and doesn�t look badass in the least. The final showdown deconstructs Conservation of Ninjutsu . Will kills almost all Little Bill's deputies because none of them has a killer instinct despite their numbers. Honor Before Reason is also deconstructed. Consider the title. The prostitutes can't forgive Quick Mike for cutting Delilah. Little Bill can't forgive the prostitutes for putting a hit on the Cowboys. The Schofield Kid can't forgive himself for actually killing a man, and finally Will Munny can't forgive Little Bill for killing Ned. As a result, most of these characters are either dead, dying or emotionally broken at the end of the movie. Deliberate Values Dissonance : A major part of the film's goal of de-romanticizing the West: racism (whether against Englishmen, "Chinamen" or "injuns") is rampant, prostitutes are seen as the scum of the earth (Skinny refers to the cut-up prostitute as "damaged property") and an exchange of goods is seen as acceptable punishment for slicing them up. Unfortunately, all of this period-appropriate realism makes the fact that Ned's skin color is not even remarked upon, never mind serving as a plot point, extremely jarring. This was heavily criticized by the film's detractors (Ned was presumably not written with Morgan Freeman in mind). Dime Novel : W.W. Beauchamp writes these. One example is "The Duke of Death", about English Bob. Little Bill insists on calling it "The Duck of Death". Dirty Coward : Little Bill repeatedly ac
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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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Which automobile brand was officially adopted in 1900 after the Spanish name of racing entrepreneur Emil Jellinek's daughter?
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Emil Jellinek | Autopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia Edit Jellinek was born in Leipzig, Germany, the son of Dr Adolf Jellinek (sometimes known also as Aaron Jellinek). His father was a well-known Czech-Hungarian rabbi and intellectual in the Jewish collective around Leipzig and Vienna. Jellinek's mother Rosalie Bettelheim (born 1832 in Budapest, died 1892 in Baden bei Wien) was an active rebbitzen. He had two brothers, both of whom achieved fame: Max Hermann Jellinek as a linguist, and Georg Jellinek as an international law teacher. His sisters were Charlotte and Pauline. The family moved, shortly after Jellinek's birth, to Vienna. He found paying attention to school work difficult and dropped out of several schools including Sonderhausen. His parents were displeased with his performance, while Jellinek began to indulge in practical jokes. In 1870, when he was 17, his parents found him a job as a clerk in a Moravian railway company, Rot-Koestelec North-Western. Jellinek lasted two years at this company before being sacked when the management discovered that he had been organising train races late at night. The diplomat and businessman (1872 to 1893) Edit In 1872, when 19 years old, he moved to France. There, through his father's connections, Schmidl, the Austro-Hungarian Consul in Morocco, requested his services getting Jellinek diplomatic posts at Tangier and Tetouan successively. In Tetouan he met Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert an African born lady of French-Sepharadi descent. In 1874 he was called up for military service in Vienna but was declared unfit. He resumed his diplomatic career as Austrian vice-consul at Oran, Algeria and also began trading Algerian grown tobacco to Europe in partnership with Rachel's father. He also worked as an inspector for the French Aigle insurance company and traveled to Vienna briefly in 1881 at the age of 28 to open one of its branch offices. Returning to Oran, he finally married Rachel, and their first two sons Adolph and Fernand were born there. Mercedes Adrienne Manuela Ramona Jellinek Two years later in 1884, Jellinek joined the insurance company full-time and moved with the family to Baden bei Wien, Austria, where they lived in the house of a wine dealer named Hanni. In Baden in 1889 his first daughter, Mércédès Adrienne Manuela Ramona Jellinek , was born on September 16, the name Mercédès meaning "gifts" or "favors" in Spanish. Rachel died 4 years after the birth of her daughter. Even so, Jellinek came to believe the name Mercedes brought good fortune and called all his properties after it. One of his sons wrote: “He was as superstitious as the ancient Romans.” Emil Jellinek, a successful Austrian dealer and racing driver on the French Riviera who greatly admired Maybach's work, promised to buy a shipment of 36 automobiles for 550,000 goldmarks if Maybach could design a great race car for him following his specifications. The prototype was finished in December 1900 and, in 1901 went on to have a string of racing successes. Its engine was baptized Daimler-Mercedes (Spanish for mercy) after Mercedes Jellinek, Emil's 10–year–old daughter. Jellinek's insurance business and stock-market trading became very successful, and they started to spend the winters in Nice on the fashionable French Riviera, eventually moving there and establishing links with both international business people and the local aristocracy. It was in Nice that Jellinek became enthralled by the automobile, studying any information that he could gather about it and purchasing successively: a De Dion-Bouton , a Léon-Bollée Voiturette , both tricycles, and a four-seat Benz motorized-coach. Helped by his diplomatic career, he became the Austrian Consul General in Nice, Jellinek began selling automobiles, mainly French makes, to European aristocrats spending winter vacations in the region. Associated with the automobile business were Leon Desjoyeaux , from Nice, and C. L. “Charley” Lehmann , from Paris. He acquired a large mansion which he named Villa Mercedes to run the business from and by 1897 he was selling about 140 cars
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General Motors History Country: William Crapo Durant General Motors may never have happened had David Dunbar Buick stuck to making bathtubs and U-bends for a living, instead of trying to make money out of the horseless carriage. For, in less than a year, the Buick company, founded in 1903, had become an utter financial failure, and the worried investors were seeking a miracle man who could pull the seemingly doomed company back on to a profitable basis. Their choice was a 44-year-old Michigan carriage builder, who had little idea of how a car was built and even less of what made it run; it was an inspired decision. The man they selected, William Crapo Durant, was one of that select group of natural entrepreneurs who were to transform America from an agricultural to an industrial nation. Durant, who was born in 1860, came from a family whose fortunes were large enough for him to have lived a life of idleness had he so wished, but young Billy had all the right 'go-getting' instincts and started out to make his own career when he was sixteen years old. By the turn of the century, Billy Durant had become the head of the biggest cart and carriage makers in Flint, Michigan, America's carriage capital, in partnership with one J. Dallas Dort. He was a natural salesman, and proved it when he took over Buick by selling US$500,000 of company stock in a day. Within three years, the Buick company had an annual production of over 8000 cars in its new home in Flint, and was one of the big four of the infant American motor industry. Durant, however, had bigger ideas still. He felt that the individual motor company offering a single model line was at the mercy of the buying public and, if they failed to buy sufficient of its products in a given year, that could spell disaster. He reasoned that a consortium of major producers could support each other in times of crisis, as well as organising their own parts-manufacturing companies to ensure that they always had an adequate supply of the right components in the right place at the right time, and at the right price. So Billy called a meeting of the four leading manufacturers - himself, Benjamin Briscoe of Maxwell-Briscoe, Ransome Eli Olds of Reo, and Henry Ford. It looked as though Durant's proposals for a merger between the four companies was well on the way to fruition when Henry Ford suddenly scuppered the scheme by asking for the $3 million agreed value of the Ford Motor Company in cash; this triggered Olds to ask for payments in gold, too. Of course, Durant, who had envisaged the merger as a gentlemanly exchange of share certificates, could not raise $6 million in real money, and the deal was off. There was, apparently, a second attempt to buy Ford in 1909 but, by then, the price had risen to $8 million cash, even further out of Durant's reach. However, Billy had already decided that he could achieve his dream of dominating the American motor industry without the help of the other big four companies, and by 1908 he had floated the General Motors Corporation of New Jersey, which absorbed Buick by an exchange of stock. It was the first step in a breathtaking essay at empire-building. Oldsmobile Next, Durant took over the ailing Oldsmobile company, once the biggest of America's car makers, ' whose sales had plummeted from 6500 in 1905 to 1055 in 1908; then he acquired the Oakland Motor Company, founded less than two years previously. There followed, with bewildering rapidity, the takeover of a further twenty companies, including Elmore, Rainier, Rapid Cartercar, Welch, Reliance, Randolph, Welch-Detroit and Cadillac. That bearded patriarch, Walter Leland, of Cadillac had no intention of trading his company for a mass of share certificates and, like Ford, insisted on cash. The price was $3.5 million, and Durant was given ten days to raise it. When he returned, six months later, the price was up to $4,125,000; by the time the sale had gone through, Cadillac cost $4.5 million. Durant's madcap spending spree, acquiring companies for their availability rather than their earning potential, could
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"More saving. More doing." is the current advertising slogan for what home improvement behemoth?
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Home Depot Gets a Slogan Makeover Home Depot Gets a Slogan Makeover April 10, 2009 by Susan Gunelius For more than half a decade, Home Depot has been the leader of the do-it-yourself, cheap home improvement retail industry (and the second largest retailer overall behind Walmart ). To hammer that message home to consumers, the company used a simple slogan, “You can do it. We can help.” It was inspirational. During a time when everyone and their brother was watching HGTV and more home remodeling and redecorating programs on television than any sane person had time for, the slogan worked very well. Consumers heard it and said to themselves, “you know what? I can do it! I’m going to Home Depot.” Usher in 2009, a time when the economy is no where near turning around, unemployment is up, and remodeling your kitchen is at the bottom of the priority list. Time for a new slogan for Home Depot ! The new Home Depot tagline is just as simple as the previous iteration but it focuses more on saving money and less on inspiration. What is the new slogan? Drum roll please… “More saving. More doing.” Frankly, as a consumer, I like the “more saving” part, but I don’t like the “more doing” part. Just because the economy is in the toilet doesn’t mean I want to do more work. How about, “More saving. Easier doing”? I don’t like that either, but at least it combines my two biggest motivators these days — leaving more money in my wallet, and giving me more time to do far more important things than install laminate flooring. What do you think about the new Home Depot tagline? Will it get the job done and motivate consumers to go buy some crown molding? Image: HomeDepot.com
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The 20 Most Suggestive Brand Slogans of All Time The 20 Most Suggestive Brand Slogans of All Time SumoMe Does your mind go straight to the gutter at the mention of anything remotely suggestive? Yeah, mine too. I can’t keep these slogans PG- or G-rated in my head. I just can’t. It’s too hard! (See what I mean? Even that was kind of suggestive). Let’s just get to my picks for the 20 most suggestive brand slogans of all time, shall we? Here they are, in no particular order: “Where’s the cream filling?” Really, Hostess? I don’t even need to comment on this one. Chevy’s “Like a rock” slogan was everywhere in the 1990s, and Bob Seger’s song still plays in my head when I see it. But that doesn’t make it any less suggestive to me as an adult… “You can do it. We can help.” Thanks for the encouragement, Home Depot, but no thanks. I’m good. Gatorade’s “Is it in you?” is the dirtiest one on my list, by far. Call me immature all you want, but COME ON. McDonald’s ditched their previous slogan, “We love to see you smile,” with the somewhat vague and mildly suggestive “I’m lovin’ it.” It covers a lot of ground. I’m pretty sure the use of the pronoun “it” has been responsible for a fair number of slogan misinterpretations, and KFC’s “It’s finger lickin’ good” is one of those. Don’t get me wrong, Haagen-Dazs is delicious! However, “Pleasure is the path to joy” sounds like a cookie fortune from an adult book shop. “Reach out and touch someone” should be 100% clean, but somehow it’s not. Especially when you ask yourself why AT&T would advise customers to do a thing like that. Who do they think they are, Depeche Mode? “It’s all inside” may be perfectly PG to those of you with unsoiled minds, but the rest of you get it. JCPenney’s simple slogan could be risque if you think about it. Again, the lack of pronouns in “Melts in your mouth, not in your hand” gives it a racier tone than it deserves. Although, we’d all be lying if we denied giggling at this slogan at least once in our lives, right? When Burger King told you to “Have it your way” during a commercial, you thought of burgers. But if you saw the slogan by itself? Gutter. Yeah, Timex’s “It takes a licking and keeps on ticking” made my list as well. My reasoning was: The slogan certainly applies to watches, but the question is, what else does it apply to? To be quite honest, I had no idea what the “Where’s the beef?” slogan meant when I was a kid, so this one by Wendy’s remained innocent until I became an adult. No longer… Maxwell House’s “Good to the last drop!” is only as racy as you make it. That’s all I’ll say. The Almond Joy and Mounds debate isn’t over. Not by a long shot! “Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t” was one of those instantly catchy slogans that everyone still remembers — suggestively or not. When I saw “Pleasing people the world over” for the first time, I didn’t know which brand it was for. Then, I learned it was Holiday Inn’s slogan. No further comments needed… Yellow Pages still uses the “Let your fingers do the walking” slogan, and my mind still enters the gutter when I see it. How about you? “Isn’t life juicy?” Starburst asked, unwrapping the waxy paper with his fingers. Okay, I’ll admit, “Eat fresh” is kind of a stretch. Subway probably never anticipated this slogan being racy, but that doesn’t mean we can’t think about it anyway. I saved one of the best for last: Nike’s classic “Just do it.” Yeah, ’nuff said. – Which brand slogans are the most suggestive to you? Did I miss any racy, lewd, or colorful taglines that you’d like to point out? Anything else to say? Leave a comment below! Images owned and copyrighted by their respective companies. All rights reserved. You might also like:
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55th Birthday of Britain’s first motorway which opened in Preston in 1958 | Blog Preston 55th Birthday of Britain’s first motorway which opened in Preston in 1958 Posted on - 5th December, 2013 - 7:00am | Author - Paul D. Swarbrick | Posted in - History , Transport This granite plaque marking the occasion of the M6 By-pass was erected at the Samlesbury interchange and remains there to this day. Today, 5th December 2013, is the 55th birthday of the first British motorway which was opened in Preston in 1958 by The Rt. Hon. Harold Macmillan, M.P., the current Prime Minister of the time. As well as being officially the M6 this eight and one quarter mile stretch was originally known as the M6 Preston By-pass. This was the beginning of a new era of motoring in Britain and hailed as the answer to the traffic congestion which Preston had been suffering from for quite some time Advertisement The by-pass was inaugurated by the Rt. Hon. Hugh Molson, M.P., joint parliamentary secretary of the Ministry of Transport and aviation on the 12th June 1956. However, before the construction of the by-pass could commence, a great deal of preparatory work was required, such as damage limitation to the environment and assessment of the various terranean conditions. It was truly amazing then that in the full length of the by-pass only one farmhouse and three other dwellings were directly affected. At the Inauguration ceremony Mr. Fred Hackett drove his bulldozer and ceremoniously demolished a hedge to indicate the start of the construction Early stage excavation on the new Preston By-pass. View looking south from the base of Red Scar towards the Samlesbury interchange. (Courtesy of David Eaves) The construction of the motorway had not been without its difficulties though, and in due course solutions had to be found for ensuing problems. One of the main setbacks was the continuous rainfall in the autumn of 1956 when the land conditions of sandy clay sub-soil made it virtually impossible for the contractors to use the heavy earth moving machinery. Consequently all major earthworks were postponed until the following spring of 1957. Following a spell of good weather the heavy rains came again and washed away a great amount of the excavated material which would have normally been used to create necessary embankments. The result was that it all had to be tipped away and new material was imported to complete the job. Aerial view of Samlesbury Interchange near Preston. This view is looking south during the period when the bridge piers were being sunk. The main interchange at Samlesbury was to be the only one at that time between the two extremes of the by-pass. It was decided that a single bridge spanning the River Ribble was to carry both directions of traffic being the full 112 feet width of the by-pass. In the above image of the interchange, the east roundabout is seen to the left and the west to the right and at that time traffic joining the by-pass to travel south and exit the by-pass from the north used the east roundabout and the opposite applied at the west roundabout. Through traffic on the by-pass would proceed along the bridge which spans the river and the A59. The new bridge carrying the Preston-Longridge line to Red Scar works The full stretch of the by-pass had twenty-two bridges in all; one of those bridges was for carrying the Preston-Longridge railway to Red Scar. Originally the line crossed the land which now was occupied by the by-pass and at that time the line was used regularly and almost daily to transport goods and coal to the Courtaulds works and to Longridge, therefore it was necessary to build a bridge across the by-pass which would carry the heavy load of the trains to cross it. This task was to be undertaken by sub-contractors, Leonard Fairclough Ltd., of Adlington as accepted by the British Transport Commission. This bridge has now been replaced with a foot and cycle bridge as part of the Guild Wheel. It had been decided from the beginning of the planning stage of the by-pass bridges that they would be of various designs a
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Neville Chamberlain - Prime Minister, Government Official, Mayor - Biography.com Neville Chamberlain Neville Chamberlain was the British prime minister as Great Britain entered World War II. He is known for his policy of "appeasement" toward Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. IN THESE GROUPS “I believe it is peace for our time ... peace with honour.” Neville Chamberlain Synopsis Neville Chamberlain was born on March 18, 1869, in Birmingham, England. He served as British prime minister from 1937 to 1940, and is best known for his policy of "appeasement" toward Adolf Hitler's Germany. He signed the Munich Agreement in 1938, relinquishing a region of Czechoslovakia to the Nazis. In 1939, Britain declared war on Germany. Chamberlain, who had lost political support, resigned in 1940 and died a few months later. Early Life Born in Birmingham, England, on March 18, 1869, Arthur Neville Chamberlain served as his country's leader in the years leading up to World War II and the early days of the war itself, and is best remembered for his policy of appeasement with Nazi Germany. His father, Joseph Chamberlain, was a successful businessman who held several government posts, including as mayor of Birmingham for a time. Neville Chamberlain had three sisters, Ethel, Ida and Hilda, as well as two older half-siblings, Beatrice and Austen, from his father's first marriage. He attended the Rugby School and then Mason College (now University of Birmingham). At the age of 21, Chamberlain went to the Bahamas to manage an estate there for several years. That business venture ultimately failed, but he had proven himself as a talented manager and businessman. Chamberlain found success in business after returning to England. Leading Political Figure In 1911, Neville Chamberlain won election to the Birmingham City Council—his first political post. He married Anne Vere Cole that same year, and the couple eventually had two children together, Dorothy and Francis. Chamberlain became Birmingham's lord mayor in 1915. Before long, he became a figure on the national political scene. Chamberlain won election to the House of Commons in 1918 as a member of the Conservative Party. He went on to serve as postmaster general and minister of health. In the mid-1920s, Chamberlain and his half-brother, Austen, both served on Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's cabinet. In 1930, during a period of infighting among members of the Conservative Party, Chamberlain briefly became party chairman, until Stanley Baldwin regained control. He then used his talents for economics and business matters as chancellor of the exchequer. For six years, Chamberlain oversaw the country's financial policies. British Prime Minister Chamberlain became Britain's prime minister in 1937. Some of his early efforts focused on improving the lives of workers. The Factories Act of 1937 restricted the number of hours that children and women worked. The following year, Chamberlain supported the Holiday with Pay Act, which gave workers a week off with pay. However, his work on the domestic front was quickly overshadowed by growing foreign relations issues. Rather than challenge acts of aggression by Nazi Germany, Chamberlain sought ways to pacify Adolf Hitler. Chamberlain signed the Munich Pact in 1938, which gave parts of Czechoslovakia to Germany. Some have speculated that his desire to keep the peace was somewhat driven by Britain being outmatched by Germany's military at the time. Chamberlain seemed to have underestimated Hitler's ambitions. In March 1939, Hitler violated the Munich Pact by invading Czechoslovakia. Britain and France agreed to protect Poland later that month. After Hitler's forces entered Poland that September, Chamberlain officially declared war on Germany; this declaration came shortly after the invasion, but his slight delay in making this announcement negatively impacted Chamberlain's popularity. While he saw Britain through the early days of the war, Chamberlain found himself on the political decline. He resigned on May 10, 1940, and was succeeded by Winston Churchill as prime min
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On this day in MUSIC - Page 223 - Historum - History Forums On this day in MUSIC User Name Need help with the website? Contact Us anytime. Art and Cultural History Art and Cultural History Forum - Music, Literature, Mythology, Visual Arts, Sports, Popular Culture Page 223 of 370 From: On a mountain top in Costa Rica. yeah...I win!! Posts: 15,056 in 1686 - Johann Quirsfeld, composer, dies at 43. in 1723 - Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer is born. in 1726 - Michel-Richard Delalande, composer, dies at 68. in 1744 - Augustin Holler, composer is born. in 1757 - Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, composer is born. in 1780 - Michael Henkel, composer is born. in 1799 - Johann Andre, composer, dies at 58. in 1820 - Martin Andreas Udbye, composer is born. in 1821 - Opera "Der Freischutz" is produced (Berlin). in 1822 - Henry David Leslie, composer is born. in 1850 - Richard Heuberger, composer is born. in 1850 - Antoni Weinert, composer, dies at 99. in 1859 - Joseph Hartmann Stuntz, composer, dies at 65. in 1876 - August Rockel, composer, dies at 61. in 1892 - Edward Steuermann, composer is born. in 1901 - Jimmy Dale, Bronx NYC, orchestra leader (Sonny and Cher) is born. in 1903 - Jeanette MacDonald (American American soprano and actress) is born at Philadelphia. She started a career as a chorus girl and model in N.Y. (1920) and unexpectedly won encomia for her starring role in the musical The Magic Ring (1923). She then attained wide recognition as a singing actress via 29 films, especially those in which she paired with Nelson Eddy: Naughty Marietta (1935), Rose Marie (1936), Maytime (1937), The Girl of the Golden West (1938), Sweethearts (1939), New Moon (1940), Bittersweet (1940), and I Married an Angel (1942). She made a belated operatic debut as Juliette in Montreal (May 1944); she also sang in Chicago, but her voice was too small to meet the demands of the large opera halls. - Died at Houston, Jan. 14,1965. in 1904 - Manuel Rosenthal, Paris France, composer (Bootleggers) is born. in 1905 - Eduard Tubin (Estonian composer) is born. in 1906 - Kay Kyser, Rocky Mount NC, orch leader (Kay Kyser's Kollege) is born. in 1907 - Benny Payne, Phila, pianist (Billy Daniels Show) is born. in 1909 - Learmont Drysdale, composer, dies at 42. in 1910 - Ray McKinley (US jazz drummer, singer, bandleader; Dorsey Brothers/Glenn Miller) is born. in 1911 - Franjo Zaver Kuhac, composer, dies at 76. in 1913 - Sammy Cahn (Samuel Cohen), (US award winning lyricist, songwriter and musician) is born at N.Y, June 18,1913; Remarkably prolific, in a career lasting more than 50 years—from the 1930s to the 1980s—Cahn wrote lyrics for songs used in at least 137 motion pictures. He maintained long-running collaborations with composers Saul Chaplin, Jule Styne, and James Van Heusen, but also worked with many others. He earned 26 Academy Award nominations for Best Song, far more than any other songwriter, and he won four Oscars, for 'Three Coins in the Fountain/' "All the Way/' "High Hopes/7 and "Call Me Irresponsible/' Among his other major hits were "I've Heard That Song Before," "It's Been a Long, Long Time," and "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" He enjoyed a special relationship with Frank Sinatra, who recorded many more of his songs than those of any other lyricist. Though Cahn prided himself on being a professional able to turn out lyrics on demand, he was also a craftsman noted for intricate internal rhymes, and an unabashed romantic whose songs were mostly devoted to hopeful declarations of love. Cahn was the son of Polish immigrants Abraham and Elka Riss Cohen; his father ran a restaurant. Cahn took violin lessons as a child, and as a teenager he joined the group Frankie Miggs and His Pals of Harmony. He wrote both music and lyrics to his first published song, "Shake Your Head from Side to Side," but soon entered into a songwriting partnership with the group's pianist, Saul Kaplan, whom he persuaded to change his name to Chaplin. (Cahn changed his own name from Cohen to Kahn to avoid confusion with a comedian named Sammy Cohen, then altered the spelling to Cahn
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Songwriters Hall of Fame - Stephen Sondheim Exhibit Home Hal Leonard Sondheim - the name be-speaks theatrical excitement and applause. He is one of the singularly gifted within the ranks of the Broadway musical elite, a man who has spent his entire career making wonderful music. While Stephen Sondheim may be best known in the public view as a Broadway composer, his musical skills actually go far beyond that rather limited sphere. Sondheim has written prolifically and profusely for motion pictures, television dramas, and background songs and scores for legitimate theater, in addition to his extensive catalog of Broadway scores. In fact, Sondheim is one of the very few tunesmiths to have garnered both Tony awards and Oscars for his multi-directional output, not to mention literally countless other accolades for his unique talents. Stephen Sondheim was born in 1930 and raised in New York City. He graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, MA, where he began a lifetime of award winning, taking down the renowned Hutchinson Prize for Music Composition, following which he studied theory and composition with Milton Babbitt. Sondheim's creativity came into play soon after departing from college when he wrote lyrics for such highly skilled composers as Leonard Bernstein ("West Side Story") and Jule Styne ("Gypsy") within the two year span of 1957 to 1959. Soon thereafter, in 1962, came one of Sondheim's most notable successes, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," in which he created both the music and lyrics. Two years later, a virtually unending series of successful musicals featuring both music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, began their collective run extending well into the 1990s. Beginning in 1964 with "Anyone Can Whistle," the list includes "Follies," "A Little Night Music," "The Frogs," "Pacific Overtures," "Sweeney Todd," "Merrily We Roll Along," "Sunday in the Park with George," "Into the Woods," "Assassins," "Passion" and "Company." During the 30-year run, which features a major Broadway entry approximately once every three years, he was also the lyricist for "Do I Hear a Waltz" and "Candide" and organized revue-style anthologies of his works for such Broadway presentations as �Side by Side by Sondheim�, �Marry Me a Little�, �You�re Gonna Love Tomorrow� and �Putting it Together�. Again, during the same immensely productive 30-year span, Sondheim addressed the motion picture field, composing scores for "Stavisky" and "Reds" and songs for "Dick Tracy," one of which, "Sooner or Later" won the Academy Award in 1990 for Best Song. For television, he wrote songs for "Evening Primrose," co-authored the film, "The Last of Sheila" and provided incidental music for the plays "The Girls of Summer," "Invitation to a March" and "Twigs." Sondheim is the owner of five Tony Awards (Best Score for a Musical) for "Into the Woods,� Sweeney Todd," "A Little Night Music," "Follies" and "Company." All these shows also won New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, as did "Pacific Overtures" and "Sunday in the Park with George," the latter also receiving the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1985, with music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by James Lapine. Stephen Sondheim has served on the CounciI of the Dramatists Guild, the National Association of Playwrights, Composers and Lyricists, and served as its president from 1973 to 1981. In 1983, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and in 1990, he was appointed the first visiting professor of Contemporary Theater at Oxford University. In 1993, he was the recipient of the prestigious Kennedy Center honors.
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What name is given to the yellow fluid that surrounds and lubricates cartilages in joints?
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Ligaments and Joints of the Vertebral Column Ligaments and Joints of the Vertebral Column Advertisements help pay for this website. Thank you for your support. Last updated 30 March 2006 Joints of the Vertebral Column The vertebrae from C2 to S1 articulate with one another at joints between their bodies and between their articular processes. Joints of the Vertebral Bodies (pp. 342-7) The anterior intervertebral joints are secondary cartilaginous joints (symphysis) which are designed for strength and weight bearing. The articulating surfaces of the adjacent vertebrae are covered with hyaline cartilage and are connected by a fibrocartilaginous intervertebral disc and ligaments. The intervertebral discs provide the strongest attachment between the bodies of the vertebrae. In addition to these discs, strong anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments unite the bodies. In the cervical and lumbar regions, the discs are thick anteriorly making them wedge shaped. This structure of the discs is related to the normal curvatures in these regions. The anterior longitudinal ligament (p. 342) This is a strong, broad fibrous band that covers and connects the anterior aspects of the bodies of the vertebrae and intervertebral discs. This ligament is thickest when opposite the discs. It extends from the pelvic surface of the sacrum to the anterior tubercle of C1 (atlas) and the occipital bone of the skull, anterior to the foramen magnum. The fibres of this ligament firmly attach to the intervertebral discs and the periosteum of the vertebral bodies. This strong ligament helps to maintain the stability of the joints between the vertebral bodies and helps prevent hyperextension of the vertebral column. The posterior longitudinal ligament (p. 342) This is a narrower, weaker band than the anterior longitudinal ligament. It runs along the posterior aspect of the vertebral bodies, within the vertebral canal. It is broadest superiorly where it is continuous with the tectorial membrane, which is attached to the occipital bone on the interior aspect of the foramen magnum. It is attached to the intervertebral discs and the posterior edges of the vertebral bodies from the axis (C2) to the sacrum. The posterior longitudinal ligament also helps to prevent hyperflexion of the vertebral column and posterior protrusion of the nucleus pulposus of the disc. The Intervertebral Discs (p. 342) These are plates of fibrocartilage corresponding to the shape to the articular surfaces of the vertebral bodies. The discs play a leading role in weight bearing and a lesser role in movement. Each disc is composed of an external anulus fibrosus, which surrounds the internal gelatinous nucleus pulposus. The anuli fibrosi insert into the smooth, rounded rims on the articular surfaces of the vertebral bodies. The nuclei pulposi contact the hyaline cartilage plates, which are attached to the rough articular surfaces of the vertebral bodies. There is no disc between C1 (atlas) and C2 (axis). The most inferior functional disc is between L5 and S1. The Anulus Fibrosus (p. 342) This is the fibrous ring of the intervertebral disc. It is composed of concentric lamellae of fibrocartilage, which run obliquely from one vertebra to another. Some fibres in one lamella are at right angles to those in the adjacent ones. This arrangement, while allowing movement between vertebrae, provides a very strong bond between them. The lamellae are thinner and less numerous posteriorly than they are anteriorly or laterally. The Nucleus Pulposus (pp. 342, 347) This is the central core of the intervertebral disc. It is more cartilaginous than fibrous and is normally highly elastic. It is located more posteriorly th
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General Knowledge Questions and Answers - Quiz General Knowledge Questions and Answers What was Mohammad Ali`s birth name? Cassius Clay Who is the presenter of the Weakest Link? Anne Robinson How many dots are there in total on a pair of dice? 42 Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese In a game of chess, what is the only piece able to jump over other pieces? Knight At which racecourse is the Derby and the Oaks traditionally run? Epsom Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John A.A. Milne is most famous for creating which Bear? Winnie the Pooh `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? Fifteen-to-one Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and Black Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J K Rowling The name of which football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid In the TV show `Fawlty Towers` from which city does the waiter Manuel hail? Barcelona What is the furthest planet from the sun? Pluto How many red balls are used in a game of snooker? 15 How many sides has an octagon? Eight What is the name of the coloured part of an eye? The iris In which famous film would first have come across the character of Dorothy Gale? The Wizard Of Oz Who played Jerry in the film `Jerry McGuire`? Tom Cruise How many strings are on a violin? 4 Who was the lead singer in The Police? Sting (Gordon Sumner) Which part of the body would be treated by a chiropodist? Feet What was the hunchback of Notre Dame`s name? Quasimodo Which animal is associated with the beginning of an MGM film? A lion In snooker, what colour is the ball that begins a game in the centre of the table? Blue In which month of 1929 did the St Valentines Day massacre take place? February Which actress played the title role in the 1990 film `Pretty Woman`? Julia Roberts How many legs does an insect have? Six What is the chemical symbol for Hydrogen? H In the Australian TV series, what type of animal was `Skippy`? Kangaroo Which famous person in history rode a horse called Black Bess? Dick Turpin What is the name of the city in which The Simpsons live? Springfield Who had a number one in 1960 called `Only The Lonely`? Roy Orbison What is the longest river in the world? The Nile What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair? Full house Which cartoon show included characters called Thelma and Shaggy? Scooby Doo What colour is the circle on the Japanese flag? Red Who played the title role in the 1960 film `Spartacus`? Kirk Douglas What is the normal colour of the gem sapphire? Red, Green or Blue? Blue Who had a number one hit in 1984 with `Hello`? Lionel Richie What was snow whites coffin made of ? Glass Which ear did vincent Van Gogh partially cut off ? Left Which animal provides the blood for black pudding ? Pig What was the last UK no1 for the super group Abba ? Super Trooper Which lagers name is translated as lions brew ? Lowenbrau What colour is the car on monopolys free parking space ? Red What combines with a tia maria to make a Tia Moo Moo ? Milk Was shirley temple 21 25 or 29 when she made her last film in 1949 ? 21 Which 2 of the 7 dwarfs names do not end witn the letter Y Doc and Bashful What was Mrs Fawltys Christian name in the TV series fawlty towers ? Sybil What is the name of Cluedos colonel ? Mustard What group had their first uk hit with three times a lady ? Commodores What in horse racing terms are a jockeys hat and shirt called? Silks Who did monica marry in the tv series friends ? Chandler Muriel Bing What colour is the center stripe on the german flag, Red, Black or Gold ? Red Who taught Eliza Dolittle to be a lady ? Professor Henry Higgins Which is the closet planet to the sun to have a moon ? Earth Who were the 2 British prime ministers of the 1970s ? Wilson and Heath Where sitting on his suitcase was Paddington bear found ? Paddington station What is the perdominant colour of a harrods carrier bag ? Green W
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Quark- German Fresh Cheese- Recipe and Where to Buy By Jennifer McGavin Updated July 27, 2016. Quark is a soured milk, fresh cheese product which is gaining popularity in the US because of its versatility. It is found all over Germany, Poland, and Austria. You can eat it straight like cottage cheese , as a spread on bread , for dessert and you can bake with it. Quark requires the same bacteria that is used in making buttermilk . Make sure the buttermilk you buy has live cultures in it, or you will get the wrong kind of bacterial growth. You might also want to buy the freeze dried bacterial culture to make it. This is useful because not all supermarkets carry unpasteurized buttermilk and the freeze dried culture keeps in your freezer for several months with little loss of activity. Here is my method for making quark . For two more off-site methods to your own quark from milk, and buttermilk these recipes will work: Quark 2 asks for rennet in addition to buttermilk. Also, check out this video . It shows you how to make creme fraiche , but quark is made in much the same way, except it is drained afterward. continue reading below our video How to Sharpen a Knife Like a Professional Fake Quark Recipe To make an approximation of quark , which I find to be a good substitute for non-baked foods follow these directions. Yogurt cheese : Pour 1 quart of yogurt into a colander lined with several layers of cheesecloth . Fold cheesecloth over the top of yogurt, place a plate on top of that which fits inside the colander and a weight on top of that (such as a mug of water). Place colander in or over a bowl and allow to drain two hours or overnight in the refrigerator. (Yogurt should not contain gelatin or the whey will not drain.) You will end up with about half the amount you started. Online ordering information
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Part of the Computing fundamentals glossary: A quark is one of two currently recognized groups of fundamental particles, which are subatomic, indivisible (at least as far as we know today) particles that represent the smallest known units of matter . Twelve fundamental particles - six quarks and six leptons (the other type) - are the basic building blocks for everything in the universe. Both quarks and leptons are distinguished in terms of flavors . as a way to distinguish them from each other. The six quark flavors are: up, down, top, bottom, strange, and charm. Everything in our readily observable world seems to be made up of just the up quark, the down quark, and the electron (which is the most famous flavor of lepton). Murray Gell-Mann named the quark in 1964. Independently of each other, Gell-Mann and another physicist, George Zweig, theorized that the differences between protons, neutrons, and newly discovered particles could be explained by the existence of these still smaller particles. Gell-Mann won the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work with fundamental particles. It is entirely possible that quarks and leptons may turn out to be made up of smaller particles. The atom , after all, was once thought to be the smallest possible unit of matter. However, as we now know, the nuclei of atoms are made up of protons and neutrons which are, in turn, made up of quarks and leptons. This was last updated in September 2005 Contributor(s): Vincent Martinez
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The annual music festival 'Lollapalooza' was conceived and created in 1991 by singer Perry Farrell of which band as a farewell tour for his band?
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Lollapalooza Music Festivals - Eventful Lollapalooza Photos Lollapalooza Videos Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. It has also provided a platform for non-profit and political groups. Lollapalooza has featured a diverse range of bands and has helped expose and popularize alternative groups such as Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Hole. Conceived and created in 1991 by Jane's Addiction singer Perry Farrell as a farewell tour for his band, Lollapalooza ran annually until 1997, and was revived in 2003. From its inception through 1997, and its revival in 2003, the festival toured North America. In 2004, the festival organizers decided to expand the dates to two days per city, however poor ticket sales forced the 2004 tour to be cancelled. In 2005, Farrell and the William Morris Agency partnered up with Austin, Texas-based company Capital Sports Entertainment and retooled it into its current format as a weekend destination festival in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois. Lollapalooza News
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The Everly Brothers' 20 Biggest Hot 100 Hits | Billboard The Everly Brothers' 20 Biggest Hot 100 Hits (Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) The Everly Brothers perform at the Ed Sullivan Theater, June 30, 1957 In honor of the Everly Brothers, following the passing yesterday (Jan. 3) of Phil Everly , Billboard has ranked the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame duo's 20 biggest Billboard Hot 100 chart hits. PHOTOS: The Everly Brothers The Everly Brothers charted 31 singles on the Hot 100, including 12 top 10 hits, from the tally's 1958 inception through 1984. This past summer, Billboard ranked the pair as the No. 66 biggest act in the Hot 100's 55-year history. The Everly Brothers are the chart's third-biggest duo ever, following Daryl Hall & John Oates and the Carpenters. The Everlys' influence, meanwhile, has been incredibly wide-ranging. Just last month, Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones teamed up for an Everly Brothers tribute album, "Foreverly," which bowed on the Billboard 200 chart at No. 40. "The Everly Brothers go way back far as I can remember hearing music," Armstrong tweeted early this morning. "Those harmonies live on forever. We're gonna miss you Phil. Gratitude." Here are the Everly Brothers' 20 biggest Billboard Hot 100 hits. (Note that because their career predates the Hot 100's 1958 launch, some of their best-known earlier hits aren't on the list, including 1957's "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie" and 1958's "All I Have to Do Is Dream.") Photos: Gone But Not Forgotten - Music Stars We Lost in 2013 The Everly Brothers' 20 Biggest Hot 100 Hits chart is based on actual performance on the weekly Billboard Hot 100. Songs are ranked using an inverse point system, with weeks at No. 1 earning the greatest value and weeks at No. 100 earning the least. 1 "Cathy's Clown" Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 (five weeks), Year: 1960 2 "Bird Dog" Hot 100 Peak: No. 2, Year: 1958 3 "('Til) I Kissed You" Hot 100 Peak: No. 4, Year: 1959 4 "Problems" Hot 100 Peak: No. 2, Year: 1958 5 "Crying in the Rain" Hot 100 Peak: No. 6, Year: 1962 6 "So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)" Hot 100 Peak: No. 7, Year: 1960 7 "Let It Be Me" Hot 100 Peak: No. 7, Year: 1960 8 "Walk Right Back" Hot 100 Peak: No. 7, Year: 1961 9 "Ebony Eyes" Hot 100 Peak: No. 8, Year: 1961 10 "When Will I Be Loved" Hot 100 Peak: No. 8, Year: 1960 12 "That's Old Fashioned (That's the Way Love Should Be)" Hot 100 Peak: No. 9, Year: 1962 13 "Take A Message To Mary" Hot 100 Peak: No. 16, year: 1959 14 "Lucille" Hot 100 Peak: No. 21, Year: 1960 15 "Poor Jenny" Hot 100 Peak: No. 22, Year: 1959 16 "Don't Blame Me" Hot 100 Peak: No. 20, Year: 1961 17 "Like Strangers" Hot 100 Peak: No. 22, Year: 1960 18 "Gone, Gone, Gone" Hot 100 Peak: No. 31, Year: 1964 19 "Temptation" Hot 100 Peak: No. 27, Year: 1961 20
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Quiz Link 4 1. Who founded the Tamla Motown record label? Berry Gordy 2. What folksy British singer-songwriting guitarist was famous also for his whistling? Roger Whittaker 3. What was Hugo Montenegro's instrumental hit, composed by Ennio Morricone for the film of the same name? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 4. Tom Parker managed which huge star? Elvis Presley 5. Who won (barefoot) the British Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on String? Sandie Shaw 6. Who originally fronted Herman's Hermits? Peter Noone 7. Which jazz singer, whose career actually spanned the 1930s-90s, was known as the First Lady of Song? Ella Fitzgerald 8. Which singer played Alfie's girlfriend Siddie in the 1966 film? Millicent Martin 9. What name was given to the 1950-60s mainstream country music style of artists including Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Jim Reeves, and Charlie Rich? Nashville Sound 10.What Canadian-born teen idol of the 1950s-60s wrote the lyrics to Sinatra's song My Way? Paul Anka 11.Which harmonica-paying frontman of Manfred Man sang on their early hits and later became a successful radio presenter? Paul Jones 12.What group became famous in the 1960s for their parody impressions of other hit songs? The Barron Knights 13.Peter Potter in the USA and David Jacobs in the UK presented which pop music TV show? Juke Box Jury 14.What was the 1962 space-age instrumental hit by the Tornados? Telstar 15.Who wrote and sang the novelty hit Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, about Camp Granada? Allan Sherman ~
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Hank Aaron Biography - ESPN Hank Aaron Biography Legacy Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron is a former Major League Baseball player who retired as the all-time leader in career home runs after playing from 1954 to 1976 with the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and the Milwaukee Brewers. Over that period he collected more RBI and more extra base hits than anyone in history. For 21 straight years he was named an All-Star and for 20 consecutive years he slugged at least 20 home runs or more. Fourteen times he hit over .300 in a major league season and eight times he hit 40 home runs or more. On April 8, 1974, he conquered Babe Ruth and one of the most hallowed records in sports by knocking his 715th home run. He ended his career with a .305 batting average, 755 home runs, 3,771 hits, 2,297 RBI, three Gold Gloves, a World Series championship and an MVP award. Aaron's home run record has since been broken by Barry Bonds, but he remains one of just three members of the 700-home run club. Early Years Henry Louis Aaron was born February 5, 1934, in Down the Bay (a section of Mobile), Alabama. He was the third child of Estella and Herbert Aaron. When the family welcomed three more children into the family they were forced to relocate to a bigger home in Toulminville. While the home lacked electricity, windows and indoor plumbing, the rural area allowed the family to live off the land. Hank had jobs such as mowing lawns, picking potatoes and delivering ice. Hank's love for the game came from watching his father's local team, formed out of the tavern he opened next to the family home -- the Black Cat Inn. His uncle Bubba also taught him the intricacies of the game. Hank played with the local kids in the wide open fields of Toulminville, but, because baseballs were too expensive, Hank fashioned his own out of nylon panty hose wrapped around golf balls. Throughout his grade school years Aaron didn't play in organized ball. Segregation was rampant and only white students had high school baseball teams, so Aaron played on a fast-pitch softball team. He did however, play for the school's football team and was named to the all-city squad. Fearing he might hurt himself playing football and jeopardize his baseball dreams, he quit the team and sacrificed his chances at a college scholarship. After informing the school of his decision he was chased down the hallway by a cane-waving principal. In his junior year he was expelled after repeatedly skipping class to listen to the Dodgers games and the exploits of their young second baseman of Jackie Robinson. The following fall he enrolled at the Josephine Allen Institute. Playing with locals at Carver Park, Aaron was noticed by Ed Scott, a manager of the Mobile Black Bears -- an all-black semipro team who promptly brought Aaron in. As a shortstop for the Black Bears, Aaron showed so much promise that Scott contacted his friend McKinley "Bunny" Downs of the Negro American League's Indianapolis Clowns. After Aaron turned 18 he was given a contract by the Clowns. On the Clowns, Hank revealed himself as such a serious prospect that Clowns owner Syd Pollock contacted the minor league director of the Boston Braves, knowing that he could get serious money for such a talent. On May 25, Braves scout Dewey Griggs showed up to a doubleheader against the Memphis Red Sox in Buffalo, New York. In Griggs' scouting report he wrote, "This boy could be the answer." Professional Career Minor Leagues Aaron finished the 1952 season with the Eau Claire Bears of the Northern League. Playing on his first integrated team, Aaron actually grew more confident. During that first season he was selected to the Northern League All-Star game and named Rookie of the Year after hitting .336 with nine home runs in 87 games. After the season's end, he returned to help the Indianapolis Clowns win the Negro League World Series by hitting over .400 with five home runs. The next season he was assigned to the Class A Jacksonville Tars and became one of the first players to integrate the South Atlantic League. Despite playing in a segregated South, he bat
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Pilots and Brewers Together – only in ’69 | Uni Watch A 1969 Program Cover Oddity By Leo Strawn, Jr. I just saw this program cover and noticed it has the Milwaukee Brewers beer barrel man, but in red and blue. Oddly, it also has the Seattle Pilots logo amongst the rest of the AL club logos. The American League grew to 12 teams with Seattle and Kansas City in 1969. The Pilots were purchased by Bud Selig after one year in Seattle and promptly moved to Milwaukee for the 1970 season. The minor league Brewers played their final season in Milwaukee in 1952 and had moved on to Toledo when the Braves, who later vacated the city for Atlanta in 1966, moved in from Boston in 1953. Thus, those two teams, Brewers and Pilots, never existed at the same time. In 1968, the season prior to the second expansion (Seattle/K.C.), Selig had an agreement with the Chicago White Sox to play a handful of home games in Milwaukee’s now-vacant stadium, one v. each team, for a total of 9 games, from which nearly 1/3 of the Sox attendance totals for that season came. The Pale Hose understandably were happy to agree to a similar arrangement the following year. Apparently this was a program cover for one of the 11 games the Chicago White Sox played in Milwaukee during the ’69 season, which impressively accounted for over 1/3 of the Chisox total attendance that year. Selig is reported to have had an agreement to purchase a majority share of the White Sox with the intention of moving the team to Milwaukee full time, but the AL was reluctant to surrender Chicago to the National League and the owners wouldn’t agree to the sale. The name he was using to lure a team at that time was a minor league tradition for the locals: Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club. The color scheme he used was the traditional red and blue on a barrel man logo that had been used, at least since the 1940s … … by the American Association team. So even though there wasn’t a “team” in Milwaukee, Selig was working hard in 1968 and ’69 to lure someone, if not the Sox, to Wisconsin, and whatever team that turned out to be was destined to be called the “Milwaukee Brewers” . Expansion in ’69 offered Selig a chance at luring the Pilots or Royals to his home also, and when the league wouldn’t allow the Chisox sale to him, he pushed through a quick purchase of Seattle from bankruptcy and moved them to Milwaukee in a rush (about a week before opening day), including (as I’m certain I’ve seen on Uni Watch) even recycling the Pilots uniforms to reflect the new name, thus changing the barrel man from red and blue to yellow and blue , which had been the Pilots’ color scheme. Seattle, of course sued and, 7 years later, were granted another expansion club, the Mariners, which also used the same color scheme. The rest, as they say, is history. . . . . . Thanks, Leo — great little bit of uni/team history there (and yes, some of you probably knew all of this — but it’s interesting to see that 1969 program juxtaposing the Brewers and the Pilots.) Only in 1969. + + + + + + + + + + + Meanwhile: Paul has a new ESPN column today, and it should be a crowd-pleaser — you’ll get to vote on whether you prefer the white uni or the colored uni for all 30 NHL teams. Check it out here . NHL to Seattle? This is an interesting development. Got an e-mail last night from today’s lede article author Leo, and it goes like this: “Hey Phil, Someone on Facebook posted this shield and the following: Is the #NHL coming to Seattle? Expansion to 32 teams is believed to be all but fact for the 2015-16 team, along with a complete overhaul of the affiliate #AHL & #ECHL teams, and Seattle is serious about re-joining the league! Would-be Seattle #Sonics owner Chris Hansen has signed a “non-binding” agreement with prospective NHL owner Victor Coleman from Vancouver, B.C., regarding the proposed arena in Seattle’s Sodo neighbourhood. Coleman, who has had extensive meetings with Commissionaire Gary Bettman since May, heads one of the groups bidding for a potential NHL team. Coleman says “I think the demographic base in Seattle and the desire o
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"Who began directing with ""Grand Theft Auto"" (1977) and won his first Best Director Oscar for ""A Beautiful Mind"" (2001)?"
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Ron Howard - Biography - IMDb Ron Howard Biography Showing all 74 items Jump to: Overview (3) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (6) | Trivia (41) | Personal Quotes (19) | Salary (3) Overview (3) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation's most popular directors. From the critically acclaimed dramas A Beautiful Mind and Apollo 13 to the hit comedies Parenthood and Splash, he has created some of Hollywood's most memorable films. Howard directed and produced "Cinderella Man" starring Oscar winner Russell Crowe, with whom he previously collaborated on "A Beautiful Mind", for which Howard earned an Oscar for Best Director and which also won awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress. The film garnered four Golden Globes as well, including the award for Best Motion Picture Drama. Additionally, Howard won Best Director of the Year from the Directors Guild of America. Howard and producer Brian Grazer received the first annual Awareness Award from the National Mental Health Awareness Campaign for their work on the film. Howard's skill as a director has long been recognized. In 1995, he received his first Best Director of the Year award from the DGA for "Apollo 13". The true-life drama also garnered nine Academy Award nominations, winning Oscars for Best Film Editing and Best Sound. It also received Best Ensemble Cast and Best Supporting Actor awards from the Screen Actor's Guild. Many of Howard's past films have received nods from the Academy, including the popular hits "Backdraft", "Parenthood" and "Cocoon", the last of which took home two Oscars. Howard was honored by the Museum of Moving Images in December 2005, and by the American Cinema Editors in February 2006. Howard and his creative partner Brian Grazer, were honored by the Producers Guild of America with the Milestone Award in January 2009, NYU's Tisch School of Cinematic Arts with the Big Apple Award in November 2009 and by the Simon Wiesenthal Center with their Humanitarian Award in May 2010. In June 2010, Howard was honored by the Chicago Film Festival with their Gold Hugo - Career Achievement Award. In March 2013, Howard was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. In December 2015, Howard was honored with a star in the Motion Pictures category, making him one of the very few to have been recognized with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Recently, Howard directed "Inferno", the third installment of Dan Brown's Robert Langdon franchise and "8 Days A Week-The Touring Years", a documentary about the rock legends The Beatles. He is also producing second season of "Breakthrough", "Mars", and is directing the first episode of The Genius Series based on the life of Einstein, all for NatGeo. Howard's recent films include the critically acclaimed drama "Rush", staring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brüel, written by Peter Morgan; and "Made In America", a music documentary he directed staring Jay Z for Showtime. Howard also produced and directed the film adaptation of Peter Morgan's critically acclaimed play "Frost / Nixon". The film, which was released in December 2009, was nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture, and was also nominated for The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures by the PGA. Howard's portfolio includes some of the most popular films of the past 20 years. In 1991, Howard created the acclaimed drama "Backdraft", starring Robert De Niro, Kurt Russell and William Baldwin. He followed it with the historical epic "Far and Away", starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Howard directed Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise and Delroy Lindo in the 1996 suspense thriller "Ransom". Howard worked with Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Ed Harris, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise and Kathleen Quinlan on "Apollo 13", which was re-released recently in the IMAX format. Howard's other films include "In The Heart of the Sea", based on the true story that inspired Moby Dick; his adaptation of Dan Brown's best-selling novels "Angels & Demons", and
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1981 Academy Awards® Winners and History Reds (1981) Actor: HENRY FONDA in "On Golden Pond", Warren Beatty in "Reds", Burt Lancaster in "Atlantic City", Dudley Moore in "Arthur", Paul Newman in "Absence of Malice" Actress: KATHARINE HEPBURN in "On Golden Pond", Diane Keaton in "Reds", Marsha Mason in "Only When I Laugh", Susan Sarandon in "Atlantic City", Meryl Streep in "The French Lieutenant's Woman" Supporting Actor: JOHN GIELGUD in "Arthur", James Coco in "Only When I Laugh", Ian Holm in "Chariots of Fire", Jack Nicholson in "Reds", Howard E. Rollins, Jr. in "Ragtime" Supporting Actress: MAUREEN STAPLETON in "Reds", Melinda Dillon in "Absence of Malice", Jane Fonda in "On Golden Pond", Joan Hackett in "Only When I Laugh", Elizabeth McGovern in "Ragtime" Director: WARREN BEATTY for "Reds", Hugh Hudson for "Chariots of Fire", Louis Malle for "Atlantic City", Mark Rydell for "On Golden Pond", Steven Spielberg for "Raiders of the Lost Ark" The Best Picture winner this year was a surprise and major upset win for British producer David Puttnam's low-budget Chariots of Fire, directed by Hugh Hudson, with seven nominations and four wins. It also took top honors for Best Screenplay (Colin Welland), Best Original Score (Vangelis' rich electronic, throbbing score, especially during the iconic opening credits sequence) and Best Costume Design. The win signaled the start of another mini-British renaissance of film awards for this year and the next - with Gandhi (1982) soon breaking all British film Oscar records. (It had been 13 years since another British-made film had won Best Picture, Oliver! (1968)) Chariots of Fire was also the second sports film to win Best Picture (the first was Rocky (1976) ). It also marked the first of four biopics to win the top award during the 80s, joining Gandhi (1982), Amadeus (1984), and The Last Emperor (1987). Of the top five competitors for Best Picture, two were historical epics, two were about senior-citizens, and one was a throwback to the action/adventure films of the past: Chariots of Fire was the inspirational story of the 1924 Olympics running event in Paris and the motivations of two of Britain's runners, Cambridge University students - English Jew Harold Abrahams (Ben Cross) and Scottish Christian missionary Eric Liddell (Ian Charleson). The film, which contained an anti-Semitism subplot, soon became the most-successful foreign film in US box-office history Warren Beatty's $35 million, three-hour long American epic masterpiece and front-runner in the competition, Reds (with twelve nominations and three wins) including Best Director (Warren Beatty), Best Supporting Actress (Maureen Stapleton), and Best Cinematography (Vittorio Storaro, the winner of the same award for Apocalypse Now (1979) .) Reds was the film biography of American communist and romantic figure John Reed, a left-wing radical journalist and author of Ten Days That Shook the World, who journeyed from Oregon to Greenwich Village and then to Russia to cover first-hand the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution on the streets of Petrograd [Beatty received simultaneous nominations as producer, director, co-writer (with English dramatist
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Alchemy | Define Alchemy at Dictionary.com alchemy noun, plural alchemies for 2. 1. a form of chemistry and speculative philosophy practiced in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance and concerned principally with discovering methods for transmuting baser metals into gold and with finding a universal solvent and an elixir of life. 2. any magical power or process of transmuting a common substance, usually of little value, into a substance of great value. Origin of alchemy Greek 1325-1375 1325-1375; earlier alchimie < Old French alquemie < Medieval Latin alchymia < Arabic al the + kīmiyā' < Greek kēmeía transmutation; replacing Middle English alconomye, equivalent to alk(imie) + (astr)onomye astronomy Related forms [al-kem-ik] /ælˈkɛm ɪk/ (Show IPA), alchemical, alchemistic [al-kuh-mis-tik] /ˌæl kəˈmɪs tɪk/ (Show IPA), alchemistical, adjective alchemically, adverb Examples from the Web for alchemy Expand Contemporary Examples There is a sort of alchemy of the masala in some ways, and that journey is parallel to the emotional journey he takes. Obama Style on Martha's Vineyard Elizabeth Gates August 11, 2009 Historical Examples I should lack the alchemy by which I now infuse into my world light, colour, and the Protean spark. Over the Teacups Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. The language employed by Dr. Priestley carries us back to the time when chemistry was beginning to emerge from alchemy. British Dictionary definitions for alchemy Expand noun (pl) -mies 1. the pseudoscientific predecessor of chemistry that sought a method of transmuting base metals into gold, an elixir to prolong life indefinitely, a panacea or universal remedy, and an alkahest or universal solvent 2. a power like that of alchemy: her beauty had a potent alchemy Derived Forms alchemic (ælˈkɛmɪk), alchemical, alchemistic, adjective Word Origin C14 alkamye, via Old French from Medieval Latin alchimia, from Arabic al-kīmiyā', from al the + kīmiyā' transmutation, from Late Greek khēmeia the art of transmutation Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for alchemy Expand n. mid-14c., from Old French alchimie (14c.), alquemie (13c.), from Medieval Latin alkimia, from Arabic al-kimiya, from Greek khemeioa (found c.300 C.E. in a decree of Diocletian against "the old writings of the Egyptians"), all meaning "alchemy." Perhaps from an old name for Egypt (Khemia, literally "land of black earth," found in Plutarch), or from Greek khymatos "that which is poured out," from khein "to pour," related to khymos "juice, sap" [Klein, citing W. Muss-Arnolt, calls this folk etymology]. The word seems to have elements of both origins. Mahn ... concludes, after an elaborate investigation, that Gr. khymeia was probably the original, being first applied to pharmaceutical chemistry, which was chiefly concerned with juices or infusions of plants; that the pursuits of the Alexandrian alchemists were a subsequent development of chemical study, and that the notoriety of these may have caused the name of the art to be popularly associated with the ancient name of Egypt. [OED] The al- is the Arabic definite article, "the." The art and the name were adopted by the Arabs from Alexandrians and thence returned to Europe via Spain. Alchemy was the "chemistry" of the Middle Ages and early modern times; since c.1600 the word has been applied distinctively to the pursuit of the transmutation of baser metals into gold, which, along with the search for the universal solvent and the panacea, were the chief occupations of early chemistry. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper alchemy (āl'kə-mē) A medieval philosophy and early form of chemistry whose aims were the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of a cure for all diseases, and the preparation of a potion that gives eternal youth. The imagined substance capable of turning other metals into gold was called the philosophers' stone. Our Living Languag
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The Parts of the Periodic Table Elements named after countries, states, or other geographical features: Californium: state (and University) of California Francium: France Gallium: Latin word for France, Gallia Germanium: Latin word for Germany, Germania Hassium: German state of Hesse, where the GSI is located Magnesium: named after Magnesia, a district in Thessaly in central Greece Polonium: named for Marie Curie's native country of Poland Rhenium: named after the Latin word for the Rhine River, Rhenus Ruthenium: named after the Latin word for Russia, Ruthenia Scandium: named after the Latin word for Scandinavia, Scandia Thulium: named after the ancient word for Scandinavia, Thule Elements named after cities: Berkelium: Berkeley, California, home of the University of California, where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Darmstadtium: Darmstadt, Germany, home of the Laboratory for Heavy Ion Research (GSI, Gesellschaft f�r Schwerionenforschung) where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Dubnium: Dubna, Russia, home of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, Объединённый институт ядерных исследований, ОИЯИ), where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium, Yttrium: all named after the Swedish village of Ytterby (near Vaxholm), where these elements were first isolated (as well as Holmium, Scandium, and Tantalum) Hafnium: Copenhagen (Hafnia), Denmark Fermium: Enrico Fermi, the inventor of the first nuclear reactor Lawrencium: Ernest O. Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron Meitnerium: Lise Meitner, one of the first scientists to recognize that uranium could undergo nuclear fission Mendelevium: Dimitri Mendelev, the deviser of the Periodic Table of the Elements Nobelium: Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize Roentgenium: Wilhelm R�ntgen, the discoverer of X-rays Rutherfordium: Ernest Rutherford, discoverer of the atomic nucleus, and a pioneer in the study of nuclear physics Seaborgium: Glenn T. Seaborg, who discovered/synthesized a number of transuranium elements Most of the rest of the names of the elements are derived from various chemical or physical properties: Actinium: Greek: aktinos, "ray" (because it glows with a blue light in the dark) Antimony: Greek: anti + monos, "not alone" (because it was never found uncombined with another element) Argon: Greek: argos, "idle" (because of its unreactivity) Astatine: Greek: astatos, "unstable" (because it is) Barium: Greek: barys, "heavy" (in reference to the high density of some barium minerals) Bromine: Greek: bromos, "stench" (elemental bromine has a terrible smell) Cobalt: German: kobold, "goblin" (because of the toxic fumes of arsenic that were produced when silver miners heated the arsenic-containing ore smaltite, mistaking it for silver ore) Dysprosium: Greek: dysprositos, "hard to get at" (because the first isolation of the element required a tedious separation sequence) Fluorine: Latin: fluere, "to flow" Hydrogen" Greek: hydro + genes, "water forming" Krypton: Greek: kryptos, "hidden" (since it had been "hidden" in a sample of argon) Lanthanum: Greek: lanthanein, "to be hidden" (because the element was discovered "hidden" as an impurity in ores of cerium) Manganese: Latin: magnes, "magnet" (because it can be made to be ferromagnetic with the right treatment) Neodymium: Greek: neos + didymos, "new twin" Neon" Greek: neos, "new" Nickel: German: kupfernickel, "Old Nick's copper" (i.e., copper of the devil, or false copper, because it was frequently mistaken for copper) Nitrogen: Latin: nitron + genes, "nitre [potassium nitrate] forming" Osmium: Greek: osme, "odor" (because of its nasty smell, which is actually caused by osmium tetroxide) Oxygen: Latin: oxy + genes, "acid forming" Phosphorus: Greek: phos + phoros, "light bringing" (because it glows in the dark, and spontaneou
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Batman: The Movie (1966) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error The Dynamic Duo faces four supervillains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of a secret invention that instantly dehydrates people. Director: Bob Kane (character created by: Batman), Lorenzo Semple Jr. Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 23 titles created 11 Apr 2011 a list of 25 titles created 01 Aug 2012 a list of 21 titles created 17 Aug 2012 a list of 24 titles created 25 Nov 2012 a list of 33 titles created 18 Nov 2014 Title: Batman: The Movie (1966) 6.5/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The Caped Crusader battles evildoers in Gotham City in a bombastic 1960s parody of the comic book hero's exploits. Stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier The Dynamic Duo battles crime in Gotham City. Stars: Casey Kasem, Ted Knight, Olan Soule Directors: Eric Radomski, Bruce Timm, and 4 more credits » Stars: Kevin Conroy, Dana Delany, Hart Bochner The Man of Steel fights crime with help from his friends at the Daily Planet. Stars: George Reeves, Noel Neill, John Hamilton Edit Storyline The arch-villains of the United Underworld - the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler and the Catwoman - combine forces to dispose of Batman and Robin as they launch their fantastic plot to control the entire world. From his submarine, Penguin and his cohorts hijack a yacht containing a dehydrator, which can extract all moisture from humans and reduce them to particles of dust. The evildoers turn the nine Security Council members in the United World Building into nine vials of multicolored crystals! Batman and Robin track the villains in their Batboat and use Batcharge missiles to force the submarine to surface. Written by Aaron Handy III <ah07@gnofn.org> See All (103) » Taglines: FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE MOTION PICTURE SCREEN IN COLOR! Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin together with all their fantastic derring-do and their dastardly villains, too! See more » Genres: 26 October 1966 (Italy) See more » Also Known As: Batman: The Movie See more » Filming Locations: Did You Know? Trivia In Spain wasn't a theatrical release until 1979, 13 years later. Also was a re-release in 2015 only in Barcelona (Phenomena) for 2 days in subtitled version. See more » Goofs As the Batcopter approaches a yacht, Robin takes a device to get a bearing on the vessel, in the interior copter scenes. But in exterior shots during the same sequence, Robin is obviously not holding the device. See more » Quotes [first lines] Narrator : This yacht is bringing a revolutionary scientific invention to Gotham City. On a peaceful afternoon motor ride, millionaire Bruce Wayne and his youthful ward Dick Grayson have been summoned back to Wayne Manor by an urgent but anonymous call for help; the invention *and* its custodian are reported in grave danger aboard the yacht! Never ones to shirk responsibility, Bruce and Dick, with characteristic speed and resolve, descend promptly into The Batcave, and then, as they have done... The film ends with THE END, then it suddenly changes to THE LIVING END.....? See more » Connections (Australia) – See all my reviews A wise man once said "The 60s Batman movie is the greatest ever." I should know, because I was that wise man. OK, it might not be the greatest movie, but it is one of the awesomest movies ever. Only in 'Batman' could intelligent writers come up with some of the most illogical situations and cheesiest dialog committed to screen. A Yacht disappears in Gotham Harbour ("How can a yacht simply disappear... unless, it was never really there!"). On board was a 'superdehydrator', a machine that can extract the moisture from any living being, and in of the most logical displays of logic ever, Batman and friends logically come to the (correct) c
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Jerry Lewis - IMDb IMDb Actor | Writer | Director Jerry Lewis (born March 16, 1926) is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis. In addition to the duo's popular nightclub work, ... See full bio » Born: a list of 43 people created 08 May 2012 a list of 26 people created 10 Aug 2013 a list of 40 people created 08 Sep 2014 a list of 32 people created 19 Nov 2014 a list of 36 people created 03 Jan 2016 Do you have a demo reel? Add it to your IMDbPage How much of Jerry Lewis's work have you seen? User Polls Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 15 nominations. See more awards » Known For The Nutty Professor Prof. Julius Kelp / Buddy Love (1963) 1987 Fight for Life (TV Movie) Dr. Bernard Abrams 1965 Ben Casey (TV Series) Dr. Dennis Green 1961 The Ladies Man (written by) 1960 Cinderfella (story - uncredited) 1992 How Are the Kids? (Documentary) (segment "Boy") 1991 Good Grief (TV Series) (1 episode) 1966 Three on a Couch (lyrics: "A Now and a Later Love") 1964 The Patsy (performer: "I Lost My Heart in a Drive-In Movie") 1963 The Jerry Lewis Show (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode) - Episode #1.11 (1963) ... (performer: "When the Red, Red, Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along", "Birth of the Blues", "Nessun Dorma") 1963 The Nutty Professor (performer: "That Old Black Magic" (uncredited), "We've Got a World That Swings", "I'm in the Mood for Love" (uncredited)) 1961 The Ladies Man (performer: "Bang Tail") 1960 Cinderfella (performer: "Let Me Be a People (Plain Old Me)", "The Other Fella (A Soliloquy)", "The Princess Waltz (Once Upon A Time)", "Somebody") 1960 Raymie (performer: "Raymie") 1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby (performer: "Dormi-Dormi-Dormi (Sleep-Sleep-Sleep)", "The Land of La-La-La", "Love Is a Lonely Thing", "Rock-a-Bye Baby") 1957 The Delicate Delinquent (performer: "By Myself") 1956 Pardners (performer: "Buckskin Beauty", "Pardners") 1955 Artists and Models ("Artists and Models") / (performer: "When You Pretend") 1954 3 Ring Circus (performer: "Time to Shave" - uncredited) 1954 Living It Up (performer: "Ev'ry Street's a Boulevard in Old New York") 1953 Money from Home (performer: "Be Careful Song") 1953 The Caddy (performer: "The Gay Continental", "(It Takes A Lot Of Little Likes To Make) One Big Love", "That's Amoré (That's Love)", "What Wouldcha Do Without Me?") 1953 Scared Stiff (performer: "Bongo Bingo", "Enchiladas") 1952 Jumping Jacks (performer: "I CAN'T RESIST A BOY IN A UNIFORM", "KEEP A LITTLE DREAM HANDY")
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Texas Hold'em Poker Rules & Strategy - PokerVIP Texas Hold'em Poker Rules & Strategy Texas Hold'em Poker Rules & Strategy Adam Jones • 4,855 Views • 0 Comments • on 18/5/15 Texas Hold'em is by far the most popular format of poker played all over the World. This article will teach you how to play Texas Hold'em. History The general consensus is that Texas Hold'em had its origins in Texas in the early 1900s. It was first introduced to Las Vegas in 1967 where it was modified from its original form so that Aces were now high instead of low. It became the main event of the newly established World Series of Poker in 1972 where there were 8 entrants. By 1982 there were over 100 entrants, and by 1991 over 200. The popularity of NLHE continued to grow after the inception of online poker in 1998. However, one event singlehandedly initiated the biggest explosion of poker, often named “the poker boom”. It occurred in 2003 when an unknown online qualifier by the name of Chris Moneymaker won the WSOP. By 2004 interest in the Series had tripled. Regular every-day people now saw it was possible to make it big if they had just a few dollars in their online account. To date, Texas no-limit hold'em remains the most popular poker variant, although admittedly the “Texas” part is often omitted these days. Generally if someone tells us they are playing poker we should assume they are referring to No Limit Hold'em. The majority of films with poker scenes depict no-limit hold'em, whereas older movies would typically show stud or draw games. The 1998 cult classic “Rounders” also played a big role in boosting the popularity of poker as we know it. "Poker boom" started after an online qualifier, Chris Moneymaker, won WSOP Main Event in 2003 Texas Holdem Poker Rules Keeping Score Similar to all other variants of poker each player starts with a number of “chips”. These are small circular bits of plastic or clay used for betting and keeping score. Generally these chips can be traded in for their monetary value after the game is over. The objective of any poker game – to win your opponents chips. In a poker tournament, you win by accumulating all of the chips on the table. Blinds/Position A poker table can consist of anywhere between 2 and 10 players, with one player being the dealer. The dealer will have a button indicator beside him, which is a plastic disc marked “dealer”. This moves round the table clockwise after every hand to indicate whose turn it is to deal. In a home game the player with the dealer button will generally shuffle and deal the cards, although in a casino this job is performed solely by a designated dealer. The dealer button will still be used in such cases to indicate the various positions players occupy at the table. To create a starting “pot”, certain players must make mandatory blind payments before any cards are dealt. These players are located immediately to the left of the dealer button: firstly, the “small-blind” (SB) position, and to the left of the SB is the “big-blind” (BB). Both these players must make the mandatory blind payments. In most games the BB blind be will be twice as much as the SB blind is, although this can vary depending on the casino. The best position at the table is generally considered to be the BTN, while the worst is considered to be either the SB or UTG Immediately to the right of the “button” (BTN), is the “cut-off” (CO), followed by “middle position” MP, and “under-the-gun” (UTG). Specifically on a 9 or 10 handed table, the position directly to the right of the CO may be referred to as the “hi-jack”, while the position to the right of the “hijack” may be referred to as the “lo-jack”. Generally the main difference between a 6-handed table and a 10-handed table is that the 10-handed table will have 3 middle positions and 3 under-the-gun positions whereas a 6-handed table has only one of each. Position is very important in NLHE because it determines the order of betting. The best position at the table is generally considered to be the BTN, while the worst is considered to be either the SB or UTG.
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Game Show NewsNet - Cash Cab: After Dark Destination: Chat 'n Chew, 16th West and Union Square Blocks: 27. First strike here... $50: The National Weather Service uses the slogan "Turn around, don't drown" to warn people about what specific type of flood? They think about "flash flood"... No follow-through, though. "Tsunami" gives them the first strike with $100. $50: Nicknamed "the Human Horse", what man-powered mode of transportation was banned from the streets of Calcutta in 2007? "Bicycles?" Strike two! It was a rickshaw. They get $200 with eight to go. $100: Also called a running knot, what specific type of knot is beloved by Boy Scouts, sailors, and hangmen? Teena & Joel use their Mobile Shoutout. Calling Will. "A slipknot." Correct for $300 on the successful Shoutout. Next question... $100: Thanks to poor roads and great distances, what US state has approximately one airplane pilot for every 78 residents? They go with Wyoming. Sorry, the correct answer, with half a block remaining, is GET OUT OF MY CAB! It was Alaska! Next, a couple of dudes... Passengers: Colin & Beezy Destination: 29th & Second, Paddy O'Reilly's Blocks: 25 The guy sweep the lower tier. Beezy needs to stop for this... $100: Putting computer users at the controls of a jet, what Microsoft videogame has flown off shelves since 1982? Street Shoutout coming in Murray Hill. "Flight Simulator." This coming from a woman who actually was LOOKING for the Cash Cab. But hey, someone wins $100 from it. The guys are up to $300. The guys end up winning $500, but will they take it and run or risk it on a Video Bonus? Beezy wants to drink until he can't feel feelings anymore. He can do that with $500, so off they go. Next up, a threesome... Destination: 12 East 12th. Blocks: 29 The three sweep the first tier for $200. They have $300 at a red light with four blocks to go, which means... RED LIGHT CHALLENGE: originating in a remote region of Europe, Spanish is now on the tip of everyone's tongue. Name six of the eight nations with the largest Spanish-speaking populations. Spain, Argentina, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, and Chile do it for $550. Final question... Gotten! They win $650! But will they put it at risk for double? Nope. They take the money and run. Starting the second half of the night shift with... Passenger: Amy & Jazz Destination: 52nd between Fifth & Sixth; the 21 Club Blocks: 41. First three are gotten. The fourth... $50: Attempting to anger its diminutive leader, the US banned the sale of iPods, Marlboros, and Segways to what country in 2006? They go with Cuba... Strike one! It was North Korea. "Diminutive" means short, or Kim Jong-Il. $100: Reemerging every 17 years, what noisy locust-like bugs can serve as a high-protein snack that tastes like asparagus? Locusts... are wrong. It was "cicada". Strike two. First $200 question... $200: Named for the gynecologist who invented them, what exercises for the pelvic muscles were originally developed to combat incontinence? Street Shoutout! "Kegel"... correct for $650! With one block to go, we have a red light... RED LIGHT CHALLENGE: Used by US military websites, .mil is one of the seven original Internet domains introduced in 1985. Name five of the remaining six. .gov, .edu, .com, .net, and .org are right for $900! The final one: .int. The ladies get one more question with two strikes... $200: In the world's darkest children's rhyme, what disturbed daughter gives her mother 40 whacks with an axe? "Annie ... something..." We're here, so this is for everything. "Annie"... is wrong. It was Lizzy Borden. All together now... Lizzy Borden had an axe, Gave her mother 40 whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father 41. It's 20 after 1 on a Saturday morning. Streets are still filled with people. People like this... Passengers: Monica, Drew & Levi Destination: 50th & Broadway; Caroline's Blocks: 27 They sweep the first tier for $200 and the second for another $400. They get one more $200 question for $800 and a perfect game! Will THEY play the Video? We're playing the
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Toubkal for the weekend: Climbing Northern Africa's highest mountain : Trip Reports : SummitPost Late night Dinner in Imlil Riad Atlas Toubkal in Imlil When we arrived in Marrakech our Taxi driver was already waiting for us. He had a big sign with my name on it, well not entirely, but something that looked similar. He was happy seeing us and we went out of the airport to his car. The first thing I noticed when walking out of the airport was the heat. It must have been about 35 degrees Centigrade, although it was already 8PM and getting dark. We arranged that Abdul would take us from the airport to Imlil, which is located at the base of Jbel Toubkal. Imlil is situated in the Atlas mountains at an altitude of 1900 meters. It was important for our acclimatization to go to Imlil directly to spend our first night at a higher altitude, especially since we had to sleep at 3200meters the upcoming night. When the sun had set, all mosques started to come alive. The imam started his prayers who we could hear through all the speakers surrounding the mosques. This was a sign for the people; they could finally eat. What I forgot to mention is that it was Ramadan in Morocco at the time of our visit. Abdul parked the car, opened up his bag with food and drinks and asked if it was okay to eat and drink something. He did not eat and drink since 4 or 5 AM this morning. Of course it was… At the same time I wondered how he did it: It was in the middle of summer and temperatures tend reach to over 40 degrees C. during the day. The heat here is intense, how does he cope without drinking a single drop of water all day? While wondering about this, we got back in the car and drove off. It is a 60 mile drive from Marrakech to Imlil. In past days, this trip would cost you a day, but in recent years the road has been improved, shortening the travel time to an hour and a half. It was entirely dark soon after we left and Abdou was driving crazy fast, but I guess that’s normal here. Anyway, one hour and 15 minutes later we arrived in Imlil. Abdou dropped us off at our Riad (more or less a hotel). The hotel owner, also named Abdou, welcomed us and showed us to our room. It was like walking into the fairytale of ‘’1001 nights’’: Flying carpets on the floors, large curtains in all colors dressing up each room and so on. We felt at home immediately. Abdou prepared dinner and shortly afterwards we went to sleep …tomorrow was going to be a long day. Riad Atlas Toubkal in Imlil Breakfast! in Imlil Imlil Sign Passing through Imlil was great. There were Roosters crowing, women cleaning clothes on the river banks and local men trying to sell all sorts of things on the streets. I remember thinking ‘’ this is the closest place to home I’ve been where the world is so completely different compared to ours.’’ After buying a large typical Moroccan scarf to protect us from the sun and gathering directions we arrived at the starting point of the trail towards Toubkal. After crossing a forest we entered the tree line quite fast. At this point, we had some amazing views towards the idyllic village called Aremd. Aremd lies at almost 2000meters and is built on the steep hillslopes of the valley. At this point on the trail we met the first local salesmen selling all kinds of stuff from a small shop he owned along the trail. I told him I already bought a scarf back in Imlil and was waiting for him to convince me into buying some other stuff from his shop. I was quite amazed when he didn’t. He just said, ‘’no worries my friend, how are you and where are you from?’’ I told him about coming from the Netherlands and soon we were debating about Dutch Football players like Robben, van Persie and his idol from his youth: van Basten. After a nice chat we left again. While proceeding on the trail I was thinking about how nice and respectful the local people are. I expected the people to more like I experienced in for example Turkey, were they were almost dragging me into their store trying to sell stuff. I hated that, so this was a nice, unexpected experience. Sun protection Ma
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1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? - Jade Wright - Liverpool Echo 1. If Mercury is 1, and Venus is 2, what is 6? 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email 2. If William Hartnell is 1, and Patrick Troughton is 2, who is 4? 3. If Alpha is 1, and Beta is 2, what is 6? 4. If Tony Blackburn won in 2002, Phil Tuffnell won in 2003, and Kerry Katona won in 2004, who won in 2007? 5. If David Lloyd George is 1, Andrew Bonal Law is 2, and Stanley Baldwin is 3, who is 4? 6. If Liverpool won in 2006, and Chelsea won in 2007, who won in 2008? 7. How many pints does a 10- gallon hat hold? 8. Who was murdered by Fitzurse, de Tracy, de Morville and Le Breton? 9. Who presents Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer? 10. From what ancient activity does the word ‘crestfallen’ come? 11. What non-mechanical sport achieves the highest speeds? 12. What major city is on an island in the St Lawrence river? 13. Who succeeded Alf Ramsey to become caretaker manger for the English national football team in 1974? 14. What did Britain’s roads first acquire in 1914? 15. Which former Liverpool player held the record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring 3 goals in less than 5 minutes? 16. Myleen Klass (pictured) now presents 10 Years Younger on Channel 4, but what was the name of the pop band that gave her success in 2001? 17. Who was the presenter of Out Of Town in the 1960s who went on to appear on the children’s TV programme How? 18. Whose autobiography is called Dear Fatty? 19. Who were Tom and Barbara’s neighbours in The Good Life? 20. In Cockney rhyming slang what are your ‘Daisy Roots’? 21. What is the surname of the twin brothers who compiled the Guinness Book of Records together between 1955 and 1975? 22. Which actor played Columbo? 23. Does the Bactrian camel have one hump, or two? 24. Where is the world's largest four-faced chiming clock? 25. Concerned about the impact of uncontrolled development and industrialisation, what National Charity was founded in 1895 by three Victorian philanthropists, Miss Octavia Hill, Sir Robert Hunter and Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley? 26. What famous make of motorcycle was Lawrence of Arabia riding when he was tragically killed in Dorset in 1936? 27. What colour of flag should a ship fly to show it is in quarantine? 28. Purple Brittlegill, Velvet Shank and Orange Milkcap are three types of what? 29. What is the name of the flats where the Trotters lived in Only Fools And Horses? 30. In computing, what does the abbreviation USB stand for? ANSWERS: 1. Saturn; 2. Tom Baker (Doctor Who actors); 3. Zeta; 4. Christopher Biggins. (I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. Joe Pasquale 04, Carol Thatcher 05, Matt Willis 06, and Joe Swash 08); 5. Ramsay MacDonald (Prime Ministers post WW1); 6. Portsmouth (FA Cup); 7. 6; 8. Thomas Becket; 9. Kirstie Allsopp; 10. Cockfighting; 11. Sky-diving; 12. Montreal; 13. Joe Mercer; 14. White Lines; 15. Robbie Fowler; 16. Hearsay; 17. Jack Hargreaves; 18. Dawn French; 19. Margo and Jerry Leadbetter; 20. Boots; 21. McWhirter (Ross and Norris); 22. Peter Falk; 23. Two; 24. The Clock Tower on the Palace of Westminster in London (Big Ben is the nickname for the bell); 25. The National Trust; 26. Brough Superior; 27. Yellow; 28. Fungi; 29. Nelson Mandela House; 30. Universal Serial Bus Like us on Facebook
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Quote/Counterquote: “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet The popular saying created by line 525 of Pope’s poem An Essay on Criticism , Part II (1711) In the original poem, as published in 1711, the line is given as “To err is humane; to forgive, divine.” This is not because Pope erred in his spelling or believed that making a mistake was a compassionate thing to do. At the time, humane was the common spelling used for the word human. An Essay on Criticism was Pope’s first major work. Although the title calls it an “essay” it’s actually written as a poem, in the rhyming heroic couplet format. “To err is human; to forgive, divine” is one of three well-known quotes from the poem. The others are “a little learning is a dangerous thing” and “fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Pope didn’t create the phrase “to err is human.” That’s the traditional English translation of the ancient Latin proverb “Errare humanum est.” However, by adding “to forgive, divine” he did create the longer saying that is still commonly used and adapted for both serious and humorous purposes. The usual meaning ascribed to Pope’s version is that every human can make a mistake, so we should forgive those that do, just as God is said to show his divine mercy in forgiving sinners. The line comes at the end of a stanza in the poem that discusses (in an amazingly obtuse and flowery way) how writers sometimes overly praise or harshly criticize other writers. THE ETHICALLY-CHALLENGED POLITICIAN VARIATION:
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Greatest Film Misquotes Greatest Film Misquotes Greatest Movie Misquotes (Part 2) Greatest Movie Mis-Quotes: Some of the most classic film lines or scenes are really only legendary and/or apocryphal, or they are merely movie misquotes, but after many years of repetition and being misquoted in subsequent films, they have become part of the filmgoing public's consciousness. Many of these examples are film quotes that were either commonly attributed wrongly, or in fact were never actually spoken. The top 10 most misquoted film lines are marked with an icon Rhett Butler's (Clark Gable) scandalous, swear-word farewell to Scarlett (Vivien Leigh) in Gone With the Wind (1939) did not include Scarlett's name. It was: "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." (long version) It was NOT: "Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn." The misquote was heard in Clue (1985), when Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren) begged Wadsworth (Tim Curry) to forgive her for trying to shoot him: Scarlet: "Wadsworth. Don't hate me for trying to shoot you." Wadsworth: "Frankly, Scarlet, I don't give a damn." Play clip from Clue (1985): And in The Mask (1994), the Mask/Stanley Ipkiss (Jim Carrey) spoofed the line (along with other semi-familiar lines) after being shot: - "Tell Scarlett I do give a damn." Play clip from The Mask (1994): The other lines were referential: - "Hold me closer, Ed." Flo (Esther Muir): "I want to be near you. I want you to hold me. Hold me closer! Closer! Closer!" Dr. Hackenbush (Groucho Marx): "If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of ya!" Referencing both The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Old Yeller (1957). - "Tell Tiny Tim I won't be comin' home this Christmas." Referencing A Christmas Carol. - "Thank you, You love me, you really love me." This line misquoted the end of Sally Field's Oscar acceptance speech in 1985 for her performance in Places in the Heart (1984): "...The first time, I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now. You like me!" Play end of Sally Field's speech: Contrary to popular opinion, Gone With the Wind (1939) was not the first use of the word 'damn' in a film. It reportedly was said a few times in Glorifying the American Girl (1929) and in Pygmalion (1938, UK). Also, the phrase "March and sweat the whole damned day" appeared on a dialogue card in the silent epic war film The Big Parade (1925) . In Only Angels Have Wings (1939) , Cary Grant said the name 'Judy' numerous times to costar Rita Hayworth (playing a character named Judith McPherson), such as: "Hello, Judy" - but never repeated her name in rapid succession. "Helly, Judy." Play clip from Only Angels Have Wings (1939) : "Judy...Judy...Judy" - was falsely attributed to Cary Grant. Cary Grant vaguely recalled that at a party he attended, someone introduced Judy Garland by saying, "Judy, Judy, Judy" and the phrase was attributed to him. A 1960 New Yorker ad for several Judy Garland albums ("Judy! Judy! Judy!") reinforced the incorrect quote. The most beloved family film, The Wizard of Oz (1939) has had problems with one of its most famous lines spoken by Judy Garland (as Dorothy Gale) to her dog Toto: "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore." Play clip from The Wizard of Oz (1939) : It's generally misquoted as: "Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" or "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto." A misquote was heard in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), when the two Szalinski siblings, Amy (Amy O'Neill) and Nick (Robert Oliveri) realized that they had been miniaturized and trapped in a plastic garbage bag in their backya
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History - 1970s - The Championships, Wimbledon 2017 - Official Site by IBM READ MORE 1970: Margaret Court v Billie Jean King: Margaret Court and Billie Jean King contested one of the great Wimbledon finals in 1970. As veteran commentator John Barrett has said, "It produced one of the most dramatic finals ever seen at Wimbledon." The fact it was televised in colour rather than black and white added to the spectacle while also underlining the changing times of a sport that only two years earlier had turned professional. 1970: John Newcombe v Ken Rosewall: John Newcombe defeated his Australian countryman Ken Rosewall and a partisan crowd 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 to win the men’s singles for a second time. From the start the elegant Rosewall, the underdog, had the Centre Court crowd behind for everyone hoped that this, his third appearance in a final, would be his year having previously been the gallant runner-up in 1954 and 1956. The 16-year gap set a record-breaking span between his first and this year’s final, one that was so appreciated by the crowd that it led Newcombe to ask ‘why do they hate me?’ With a nine-year age gap between the two, it was always going to be difficult for the 35-year-old Rosewall to outlast the younger former champion and his play proved patchy as Newcombe exploited his weaknesses with his power and guile to level and take a two-sets-to-one lead. Rosewall recovered in the fourth, helped by Newcombe’s brief loss of concentration and the clear favouritism being shown to the older player, but regained his composure to inflict a quick coup de grace over his tiring compatriot in the fifth. 1971: Evonne Goolagong v Margaret Court: The highlight of the Ladies’ singles was the final clash between Margaret Court and Evonne Goolagong, an all-Australian encounter, which will be perceived as the end of one era and the start of another. Goolagong, at 19, had captured the tennis world’s hearts on her second appearance at The Championships with her breezy, easy-going style and sunny smile, which contrasted greatly with the quiet and dignified defending champion Court. While the Aussie teenager arrived in the final having taken out the previous year’s runner-up, Billie Jean King, in three sets, no one expected her to also get the better of the big-hitting defending champion. The die was cast from the opening exchanges as Court surprisingly, showed more nerves than her challenger who immediately raced to a 4-0 lead with ultimate ease. However, Court drew on her experience and clawed her way back to 3-4 but in the eighth game, with Goolagong 15-40 down, she was unable to capitalise and level as the teenager struck three searing winners to completely deflate the champion. Goolagong showed no anxiety in her free-flowing shots to claim six successive games and take the title 6-4 6-1 to become only the fourth teenager to win the women’s singles since the war. 1971: Ken Rosewall: Classic or epic matches are measured by the numbers watching a struggle to the death and the Ken Rosewall v Cliff Ritchie clash at the quarter-final stage of the 1971 Championships falls firmly into that category. Australia’s Rosewall and Ritchie of the US battled it out for 3hrs 59mins before Rosewall captured the semi-final place at stake, 6-8, 5-7, 6-4, 9-7, 7-5, recovering from two sets down and trailing 2-4 and 0-30 in the third. As the scoreline suggests, Richie the hustler from America, had the match well in hand but failed to maintain his supremacy as Rosewall’s doggedness started to pay dividends. From a near hopeless position, Rosewall levelled and went on to score an excellent victory with one of his trademark backhands, passing an attacking Ritchie attempting to stave off a fifth match point. While the victory was popular, the crowd rose in appreciation to acclaim both protagonists’ efforts. 1972: Stan Smith v Ilie Nastase Rain, the first of the fortnight, washed out Saturday play and for the first time in the history of The Championships, the men’s final was played out on the Sunday to the dismay of traditionalists. Stan Smith, th
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Ranking the Greatest Champions in Wimbledon History | Bleacher Report Ranking the Greatest Champions in Wimbledon History By Jake Curtis , Featured Columnist Jul 1, 2015 Use your ← → (arrow) keys to browse the slideshow Pool/Getty Images Bjorn Borg, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Rod Laver 12.9K 47 Comments Roger Federer is shooting for his eighth Wimbledon title this year. Serena Williams is going for her sixth. With those credentials, they belong in the discussion regarding the greatest Wimbledon champions. But does either rank at the very top? In our ranking of the greatest champions in Wimbledon history, we considered only players who won Wimbledon titles in the Open Era (since 1968). However, we included two players who won Wimbledon titles in both the pre-Open Era and the Open Era. This excludes pre-Open Era stars such as Helen Wills (eight Wimbledon singles titles), Suzanne Lenglen (who never lost a completed Wimbledon singles match) and Bill Tilden (who won his last Wimbledon title at age 37). The rankings are based primarily on the number of Wimbledon singles titles won, although consideration also was given to the quality of the opposition, the dominance the player demonstrated at Wimbledon and the player's overall fame as measured by the Tennis Channel's 2012 rankings of the 100 greatest players of all time. In some cases, factors that made a player's accomplishment special were included in the evaluation. We pared the candidates down to a dozen then ranked the 12 greatest champions in Wimbledon history. Getty Images/Getty Images Wimbledon titles: Three (1974, 1976, 1981) Chris Evert was almost unbeatable on clay during her prime years, but she had the misfortune of playing in an era occupied by perhaps the best women's grass-court player in history, Martina Navratilova. Evert reached the Wimbledon final 10 times but won only three titles, losing to Navratilova all five times the two met in the tournament's climax. However, Evert did beat Navratilova in the 1976 semifinals before taking out Evonne Goolagong Cawley in the final for her second Wimbledon crown. Evert was only 21 at the time, but she would win Wimbledon on just one more occasion. Evert's run through the 1981 tournament was by far her most impressive. She did not lose a set during the tournament and lost no more than four games in any of her final four matches. She took apart Hana Mandlikova 6-2, 6-2 in the final. Mandlikova had already done Evert a favor by beating Navratilova in the semifinals. Although grass was Evert's least favorite surface, she was able to challenge for the title virtually every year, and she was clearly among tennis' all-time greats. She was placed No. 9 on the Tennis Channel's rankings of the top 100 players in history. DAVE CAULKIN/Associated Press Wimbledon titles: Three (1985, 1986, 1989) Boris Becker won two Wimbledon titles before he reached his 19th birthday, suggesting he might rule the All England Club like nobody in history. His powerful serve, excellent volley and ability to dive and bounce around the grass court made it appear he would dominate Wimbledon for years to come. He won his third Wimbledon title in 1989, still at the tender age of 21, but never won it again. Becker's most dramatic Wimbledon title was his first, when, at age 17, he became the youngest male to win Wimbledon and the first unseeded player to do it. He did it with a flamboyant style that made him a spectator's delight. His second and third Wimbledon titles were more impressive from a tennis standpoint. Becker knocked off No. 1-seeded Ivan Lendl in straight sets in the 1986 final and defeated No. 1-seeded Lendl and No. 2-seeded Stefan Edberg in his final two matches in 1989, the latter in straight sets. Becker's flair was nearly as important as his results in earning him a spot on this list. Adam Stoltman/Associated Press Wimbledon titles: Three (1981, 1983, 1984) Considering the way John McEnroe dominated the 1984 Wimbledon tournament at the age of 25, it's hard to believe he never won the event again. In fact, McEnroe never won any Grand Sla
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Hairspray (1988) - 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 'pleasantly plump' teenager teaches 1962 Baltimore a thing or two about integration after landing a spot on a local TV dance show. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 21 titles created 06 Sep 2011 a list of 35 titles created 09 Jul 2012 a list of 45 titles created 19 May 2014 a list of 31 titles created 21 Jun 2015 a list of 44 titles created 3 months ago Search for " Hairspray " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Edit Storyline 'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net> The world was in a mess... but their hair was perfect!! See more » Genres: 26 February 1988 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Did You Know? Trivia The principal's office that Tracy Turnblad was sent to was a real principal's office. See more » Goofs When the two kids in the red car pull to the curb, two boys in blue pants walk by twice. See more » Quotes See more » Crazy Credits During the ending credits, there are footsteps moving to the beat of the song playing in the background. See more » Connections (Marietta, GA, USA) – See all my reviews After an abomination like 'Pink Flamingos' it was a surprise for me to learn that this guy had talent. Like Spike Lee or Oliver Stone, you've got to admit that John Waters, like him or not, is a born moviemaker. Also like those two (and ultimately all great directors) he knows how to speak with his own voice and translate his vision to the screen. His writing is most impressive here as he manages to point up the evils of racism and segregation while not abandoning his wacked-out comedic style. And his eye for period detail is uncanny (as long as the period wasn't too long ago!) 'Hairspray' is great entertainment, fun to watch and edifying, too. Who would have thought that? 22 of 36 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
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Which organ removes excess water, salts, uric acids, and chemicals from the blood? the kidneys, the lungs, the sweat glands, or the pharynx ? You have new items in your feed. Click to view. Question and answer Which organ removes excess water, salts, uric acids, and chemicals from the blood? the kidneys, the lungs, the sweat glands, or the pharynx ? The organ that is responsible for all of these removals is the kidney Expert answered| Ashnicole49 |Points 70| Which organ removes excess water, salts, uric acids, and chemicals from the blood? the kidneys, the lungs, the sweat glands, or the pharynx ? New answers There are no new answers. Comments Log in or sign up first. Questions asked by the same visitor Weegy: The correct answer is decreases. (More) Question Asked 12/3/2012 8:20:08 PM 0 Answers/Comments Weegy: Distribution systems: allocate endless goods and services. (More) Question Asked 12/3/2012 8:22:56 PM 0 Answers/Comments Why is the majority of Earth's freshwater not readily available for our use? It is in the atmosphere. ? It is locked up in glaciers and ice caps. ? It is in rivers far from major human population centers. ? or It is in the ground. ? Weegy: The answer to your questions , The majority of Earth's freshwater not readily available for our use because out of all the water on Earth, only 2.75 percent is freshwater, which includes 2.05 percent frozen in glaciers. [ This leaves a very small amount of non salt water. Most is locked up in glaciers and icecaps in Greenland and Antarctica, in saline inland seas or in the atmosphere, and is not readily available for consumptive use. ] (More) Question Asked 12/3/2012 8:29:42 PM 0 Answers/Comments Weegy: Surface processes that work to break down rock are called weathering. (More) Question Asked 12/3/2012 8:58:25 PM 0 Answers/Comments On a global basis, which of the following is the largest reservoir of carbon? ANS: atmosphere. The important reservoirs are: Atmosphere: contains at present 750 GtC. In pre-industrial times it contained only about 570 GtC, this change corresponds to the variation in the abundance from 280 ppmv in pre-industrial times to 370 ppmv at present. Vegetation and soils in the land: these contain about 2200 GtC, in the form of all the mass of plants in the Earth and all the organic litter contained in the soil, which has a lot of carbon. surface ocean: contains 1000 GtC. Carbon dioxide is dissolved in the water. Most of the live organisms that carry out photosynthesis in the ocean are near the surface, they can absorb the dissolved carbon dioxide and release it when they die. The surface ocean can rapidly exchange carbon dioxide with the atmosphere. deep ocean: contains 39000 GtC. This contains much more carbon than all the reservoirs above, but it can only exchange carbon with the atmosphere very slowly. lithosphere and mantle: contains about one hundred million GtC. This is by far the largest reservoir. The carbon dioxide is stored in the interior of the Earth in the form of carbonate rocks, such as limestone, dolomites, and chalk. However, carbon from this reservoir is exchanged extremely slowly with the carbon in the ocean and atmosphere. Among this large reservoir there are also about 4000 GtC in the form of fossil fuels (oil, coal and natural gas). These fossil fuels have been buried for hundreds of millions of years and are now being extracted and burned by humans. Added 12/3/2012 9:28:23 PM
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Tennis’ Elusive Grand Slam - History in the Headlines Tennis’ Elusive Grand Slam July 2, 2015 By Sarah Pruitt Share this: Google The record-setting heat wave in London this week isn’t the only sizzling story at the All-England Club this year. All eyes are on Serena Williams, the top-ranked female tennis player in the world, as she goes for her sixth straight Wimbledon title, her third straight major title of the year—and the 21st major championship of her career. If Williams wins Wimbledon, she will also be three-quarters of the way to one of the most elusive tennis achievements: winning all four of the major tournaments (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open) in one calendar year, an achievement only five singles tennis players in history can claim. Take a look back at the men and women who have made Grand Slam history. Don Budge – 1938 Growing up in Oakland, California, the young Budge loved football and soccer before focusing on tennis. He played for the U.S. Davis Cup team from 1935-38, winning 25 of 29 matches, and in 1937 led the team to its first title since 1926. After Fred Perry, the reigning king of amateur tennis, turned pro in 1937, Budge began his domination of the all-important Grand Slam tournaments, which at the time were open only to amateur players. (Journalists began using the card-playing term “Grand Slam” to describe winning all four major tennis titles in one year in the early 1930s.) Taller (at 6’ 2”) and stronger than many of his opponents, Budge was the “big man” of tennis at the time, and became the first player to use his backhand as an offensive weapon. In 1937, he won Wimbledon and the U.S. championships; he repeated the same feat in 1938, adding the Australian and French titles to clinch the first-ever Grand Slam. After a total of 14 Grand Slam titles (six in singles, four in doubles and four in mixed doubles), Budge turned pro in 1938. He amassed a winning record before enlisting in the Army Air Force in 1942, when an injury to his right shoulder during training hurt his future play. Maureen Connolly – 1953 A native of San Diego, Connolly began playing tennis at the age of 10, and by 15 had won more than 50 tournaments. In 1951, she won her first U.S. Open championship, at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, Queens, just before her 17th birthday. The press dubbed Connolly “Little Mo,” a reference to the World War II battleship USS Missouri, which was known as “Big Mo.” After winning Wimbledon and a second U.S. title in 1952, she hired Australian Davis Cup captain Harry Hopman as a coach, and benefited from his emphasis on physical fitness. In 1953, Connolly made her only trip to the Australian Open, which at the time (when amateur players didn’t earn any money) attracted fewer players; she defeated Julie Sampson Haywood, a fellow Californian, in the final, then went on to beat Doris Hart of Missouri in the finals of the French, Wimbledon and U.S. championships, becoming the first woman to win a Grand Slam. In 1954, the 19-year-old Connolly was riding her horse back in San Diego when they crashed into a cement-mixing truck, crushing her right leg. From 1951 until her accident, Connolly had played in nine Grand Slam singles tournaments and won all nine, with a 50-0 record. Though she hoped to resume her tennis career after her recovery, the injury was more serious than originally thought and she announced her retirement in 1955. After marrying Norman Brinker, she had two children and worked as a tennis instructor; she died of cancer in 1969, at the age of 34. Rod Laver – 1962 and 1969 Laver, the son of two lawn tennis players, grew up playing in the Australian outback before attracting the attention of Harry Hopman, captain of Australia’s Davis Cup team. He scored his first Grand Slam tournament wins in doubles (Australia) and mixed doubles (Wimbledon) in 1959, and triumphed in singles for the first time in Australia the following year. In addition to winning his first Grand Slam in 1962, he racked up a string of additional titles, including the German and Italian champ
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French Open French Open US Open Tournoi de Roland-Garros, commonly known as the French Open, is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks between mid-May and early June in Paris , France , at the Stade de Roland Garros. It is the second of the Grand Slam tournaments on the annual tennis calendar and the premier clay court tennis tournament in the world. It is one of the most prestigious events in tennis and it benefits of the widest worldwide broadcasting and audience of all events in this sport,. Because of the slow playing surface and the five-set men's singles matches without a tiebreak in the final set, the event is considered to be the most physically demanding tennis tournament in the world. History Officially named the Les Internationaux de France de Roland Garros or Tournoi de Roland-Garros (the "Tennis French Internationals of Roland Garros" or "Roland Garros Tournament" in English), the tournament is often referred to as the "French Open," and sometimes simply as "Roland Garros." The event is named after its stadium, which is in turn named after the World War I pilot Roland Garros. The event began as a national tournament in 1891 as the Championat de France International de Tennis. The first women's tournament was held in 1897 . In 1912, the French tournament was held with a different surface (at the time all tennis played was lawn tennis), a red clay (" terre battue") clay, made up from the crushed wastes of red brick. The tournament was open only to tennis players who were licensed in France up until 1924 . In 1925 , the French Championships opened itself to international competitors with the event held on a grass surface alternately between the Racing Club de France and the Stade Français . After the famous Mousquetaires or Philadelphia Four ( René Lacoste, Jean Borotra, Henri Cochet, and Jacques Brugnon) shocked the US tennis establishment by winning the Davis Cup on American soil in 1927 , the defense of the title on French soil was in rigueur. Suzanne Lenglen Court at Roland Garros. For the 1928 Davis Cup challenge, a new tennis stadium was built at Porte d’Auteuil, after the Stade de France offered the tennis authorities 3 hectares with one condition. The new stadium had to be named after the World War I hero, Roland Garros. The new Stade de Roland Garros, and its brand new Centre Court, which was named Court Philippe Chatrier in 1988 , hosted the Davis Cup challenge and ever since, the tournament has gained prestige. In 1968 , the French Championships became the first Grand Slam tournament to go " open," allowing both amateurs and professionals to compete. Since 1981, new prizes have been presented Prix Orange (the most fair-play and the most press friendly player), Prix Citron (the player with the strongest character, personality) and Prix Bourgeon (the tennis player revelation of the year). Another novelty, since 2006 the tournament has begun on a Sunday, featuring 12 singles matches played on the three main courts. Additionally, on the eve of the tournament's opening, the traditional Benny Berthet exhibition day takes place, where the profits go to different charity associations. In March 2007, it was announced that the event will provide equal prize money for both men and women in all rounds for the first time ever. Surface characteristics Clay courts slow down the ball and produce a high bounce when compared to grass courts or hard courts. Just as grass courts have players whose skills are suited to its surface, clay court specialists have evolved who often succeed here while many higher ranked players struggle. Pete Sampras , who won fourteen Grand Slam singles titles, Roger Federer , the current World No. 1, and Jimmy Connors have won every other Grand Slam singles tournament but never the French Open. On the other hand, clay court specialists like Rafael Nadal, Gustavo Kuerten, Juan Carlos Ferrero and others have never won Grand Slams other than the French Open. As of 2007, the last eight French Open men's singles championships were won by men who did not win any other Grand Slam tournament,
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James Joyce (Author of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) Fiction , Poetry Influences edit data James Joyce, Irish novelist, noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Joyce's technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions. James Joyce was born in Dublin, on February 2, 1882, as the son of John Stanislaus Joyce, an impoverished gentleman, who had failed in a distillery business and tried all kinds of professions, including politics and tax collecting. Joyce's mother, Mary Jane Murray, was ten years younger than her husband. She was an accomplished pianist, whose lif James Joyce, Irish novelist, noted for his experimental use of language in such works as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Joyce's technical innovations in the art of the novel include an extensive use of interior monologue; he used a complex network of symbolic parallels drawn from the mythology, history, and literature, and created a unique language of invented words, puns, and allusions. James Joyce was born in Dublin, on February 2, 1882, as the son of John Stanislaus Joyce, an impoverished gentleman, who had failed in a distillery business and tried all kinds of professions, including politics and tax collecting. Joyce's mother, Mary Jane Murray, was ten years younger than her husband. She was an accomplished pianist, whose life was dominated by the Roman Catholic Church. In spite of their poverty, the family struggled to maintain a solid middle-class facade. From the age of six Joyce, was educated by Jesuits at Clongowes Wood College, at Clane, and then at Belvedere College in Dublin (1893-97). In 1898 he entered the University College, Dublin. Joyce's first publication was an essay on Ibsen's play When We Dead Awaken. It appeared in the Fortnightly Review in 1900. At this time he also began writing lyric poems. After graduation in 1902 the twenty-year-old Joyce went to Paris, where he worked as a journalist, teacher and in other occupations under difficult financial conditions. He spent a year in France, returning when a telegram arrived saying his mother was dying. Not long after her death, Joyce was traveling again. He left Dublin in 1904 with Nora Barnacle, a chambermaid who he married in 1931. Joyce published Dubliners in 1914, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in 1916, a play Exiles in 1918 and Ulysses in 1922. In 1907 Joyce had published a collection of poems, Chamber Music. At the outset of the First World War, Joyce moved with his family to Zürich. In Zürich Joyce started to develop the early chapters of Ulysses, which was first published in France because of censorship troubles in the Great Britain and the United States, where the book became legally available only in 1933. In March 1923 Joyce started in Paris his second major work, Finnegans Wake, suffering at the same time chronic eye troubles caused by glaucoma. The first segment of the novel appeared in Ford Madox Ford's transatlantic review in April 1924, as part of what Joyce called Work in Progress. The final version was published in 1939. Some critics considered the work a masterpiece, though many readers found it incomprehensible. After the fall of France in WWII, Joyce returned to Zürich, where he died on January 13, 1941, still disappointed with the reception of Finnegans Wake. ...more
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SparkNotes: Dubliners: Context SparkNotes Table of Contents Plot Overview James Joyce was born into a middle-class, Catholic family in Rathgar, a suburb of Dublin, on February 2, 1882. The family’s prosperity dwindled soon after Joyce’s birth, forcing them to move from their comfortable home to the unfashionable and impoverished area of North Dublin. Nonetheless, Joyce attended a prestigious Jesuit school and went on to study philosophy and languages at University College, Dublin. He moved to Paris after graduation in 1902 to pursue medical school, but instead he turned his attention to writing. In 1903 he returned to Dublin, where he met his future wife, Nora Barnacle, the following year. From then on, Joyce made his home in other countries. From 1905 to 1915 he and Nora lived in Rome and Trieste, Italy, and from 1915 to 1919 they lived in Zurich, Switzerland. Between World War I and World War II, they lived in Paris. They returned to Zurich in 1940, where Joyce died in 1941. In 1907, at the age of twenty-five, Joyce published Chamber Music, a collection of poetry. Previously, he’d also written a short-story collection, Dubliners, which was published in 1914. Though Joyce had written the book years earlier, the stories contained characters and events that were alarmingly similar to real people and places, raising concerns about libel. Joyce indeed based many of the characters in Dubliners on real people, and such suggestive details, coupled with the book’s historical and geographical precision and piercing examination of relationships, flustered anxious publishers. Joyce’s autobiographical novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man followed Dubliners in 1916, and a play, Exiles, followed in 1918. Joyce is most famous for his later experimental novels, Ulysses (1922), which maps the Dublin wanderings of its protagonist in a single day, and Finnegans Wake (1939). These two works emblematize his signature stream-of-consciousness prose style, which mirrors characters’ thoughts without the limitations of traditional narrative, a style he didn’t use in Dubliners. Ireland permeates all of Joyce’s writing, especially Ireland during the tumultuous early twentieth century. The political scene at that time was uncertain but hopeful, as Ireland sought independence from Great Britain. The nationalist Charles Stewart Parnell, who became active in the 1870s, had reinvigorated Irish politics with his proposed Home Rule Bill, which aimed to give Ireland a greater voice in British government. Parnell, dubbed the “Uncrowned King of Ireland,” was hugely popular in Ireland, both for his anti-English views and his support of land ownership for farmers. In 1889, however, his political career collapsed when his adulterous affair with the married Kitty O’Shea was made public. Kitty’s husband had known for years about the affair, but instead of making it public, he attempted to use it to his political and financial advantage. He waited until he filed for divorce to expose the affair. Both Ireland and England were scandalized, Parnell refused to resign, and his career never recovered. Parnell died in 1891, when Joyce was nine years old. In the last part of the nineteenth century, after Parnell’s death, Ireland underwent a dramatic cultural revival. Irish citizens struggled to define what it meant to be Irish, and a movement began to reinvigorate Irish language and culture. The movement celebrated Irish literature and encouraged people to learn the Irish language, which many people were forgoing in favor of the more modern English language. Ultimately, the cultural revival of the late nineteenth century gave the Irish a greater sense of pride in their identity. Despite the cultural revival, the bitter publicity surrounding Parnell’s affair, and later his death, dashed all hopes of Irish independence and unity. Ireland splintered into factions of Protestants and Catholics, Conservatives and Nationalists. Such social forces form a complex context for Joyce’s writing, which repeatedly taps into political and religious matters. Since Joyce spent l
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The Magnificent Seven | All The Tropes Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia All The Tropes Wiki Note: This is about the film. For the ensemble/plot, see The Magnificent Seven Samurai . Vin: I guess right about now you kinda wish you'd given your crops to Calvera, huh? Hilario: Yes. And no. Both at the same time. Yes, when I think of what he might do. No, when I remember the feeling in my chest this morning as I saw him running away -- from us. That's a feeling worth dying for. Have you ever... felt something like that? Vin: Not for a long, long time. I, uh, I envy you. Mexican villagers, plagued by a band of bandits, send a few of their number north to the border, to buy guns so they can defend themselves. They end up hiring seven gunmen to help them instead. The Magnificent Seven is a western retelling (in both senses of the term) of The Seven Samurai (with a brilliant and memorable score , to boot). This film has so much testosterone that a girl risks getting pregnant just by watching it . It is widely considered one of the last great westerns. Tropes used in The Magnificent Seven include: Accidental Aiming Skills -- Britt kills a bandit fleeing on horseback with a single rifle shot from a long distance. When Chico praises it as the best shot he's ever seen, Britt replies that it was the worst - he was aiming for the horse. Also subverted, because the reason that he was aiming at the horse is that they wanted to take one of the bandits alive so they could question him about how strong the bandit force really was. Action Film Quiet Drama Scene -- Vin and Hilario having the page quote conversation in the middle of a firefight. Also Lee's scene in which he wakes from a nightmare and talks about losing his nerve. Adaptation Distillation -- Akira Kurosawa was so pleased with the result, he gave the director, John Sturges, a samurai sword. Adaptation Expansion -- Regarding Calvera, given that the bandits' leader is given zero characterization in Seven Samurai , and only gets about five minutes of total screen time. Affably Evil -- Calvera. Although maybe Faux Affably Evil , its hard to tell. All-Star Cast -- Quite possibly the coolest in the history of cinema: Yul Brynner , Steve McQueen , Charles Bronson , Robert Vaughn , James Coburn , Brad Dexter, and Horst Buchholz are the Seven, and at least five of them went on to become A-list stars, in part thanks to this movie. ( Eli Wallach is no-one to sneeze at, either.) Horst Bucholz didn't become an A-list star in America, but he did become exceptionally popular in European cinema, meaning poor Brad Dexter was the only member of the main cast who didn't become a big star in some way. Anyone Can Die -- It's a western based on a movie by Akira Kurosawa . What'd you expect? Boomerang Bigot -- Chico really hates farmers. This is directly taken from The Seven Samurai film from which The Magnificent Seven was based. There it explains why the seventh member tries so hard to be a Samurai, constantly boasting and showing off before tearfully admitting he came from a family of selfish farmers. Call to Agriculture -- Chico, in spite of explicitly stating in an earlier scene that he had no intention of settling down. Catapult Nightmare -- Lee scrambles across the room in a panic when he awakens from a nightmare. Changed My Mind, Kid -- A couple of times during the Avengers Assemble section, but the best example of the trope is Harry returning for the Final Battle . Chekhov's Gun -- Subverted with Britt's knife-throwing. In the final gunfight he draws the blade -- and is killed before he can throw it. Composite Character -- Chico, whose character combines those of Katsushiro and Kikuchiyo from the original film. The Notable Numeral -- Guess which? Pyrrhic Victory -- Lampshaded, as with the original film, with the whole "only the farmers won" speech. The Quiet One -- Two of them. James Coburn's character 'Britt' (the knife-thrower), with 11 lines total during the 128 minute-long film; and Robert Vaughn's 'Lee' (the gambler), who has a whopping 16 lines. Britt's lines also tend to be short. In his
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Jim's Quizzer | Free quizzes for ever | Page 6 Free quizzes for ever The first of an occasional “themed” quiz for you. The Film Quiz 1 1 “Nobody Does It Better” is the theme from which of the Bond films? 2 In what type of book shop did Hugh Grant’s character work in Notting Hill? 3 What was the name of the forest planet in the film Avatar? 4 Who played Dr Who in the 1965 film Doctor Who & the Daleks? 5 Apart from Earth, which other planet features in the Schwarzenegger film Total Recall? 6 Who was Whoopie Goldberg hiding from in Sister Act? 7 Which film was the first to feature the Sensurround special effect in cinemas? 8 Which of the Marx Brothers played the piano? 9 In which 1992 film did Sharon Stone show Michael Douglas that she wasn’t wearing underwear? 10 Which comedian played Billy Bones in A Muppet Treasure Island in 1996? 11 Which Marilyn Monroe film shares its name with a 1966 hit by the Hollies? 12 Tom Dick & Harry were the 3 tunnels in The Great Escape but which one did they escape from? 13 Which country’s bobsleigh team features in the film Cool Runnings? 14 What was the first name of Macauley Culkin’s character in Home Alone? 15 The animated film Tangled features which fairy tale character? Answers 1 The Spy Who Loved Me 2 Travel 1 Which hat is named after a city in Morocco? 2 What was the price on the Mad Hatter’s hat in Alice in Wonderland? 3 Which military headgear is also the surname of a famous football manager? 4 The name of which hat is part of the title of a classic F Scott Fitzgerald book? 5 Who had a top 10 hit in 1975 with All Around My Hat? Precious Stones 6 America & Love on the Rocks by Neil Diamond feature on the soundtrack of which 1980 film? 7 Beryl the Peril featured in which comic? 8 In which year was Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee? 9 The end theme to which TV series was a song called “Aqua Marina” (which is nearly a precious stone)? 10 What were the names of Alf Garnett’s wife, daughter & son-in-law in Till Death Us Do Part? Sex Scandals 11 What was the name of the White House intern who didn’t have sex with Bill Clinton (he said)? 12 Who was given 4 years in prison for perjury after an encounter with Monica Coghlan in Mayfair in 1987? 13 What was the name of the assistant that David Beckham was supposed to have had an affair with? 14 Which singer was arrested for a lewd act in the restroom of the Will Rogers Memorial Park, Beverley Hills in 1998? 15 Who resigned from MacMillan’s government as a result of an affair with Christine Keeler & what was he Minister for? Eighties 16 In 1984, which hotel in Brighton was bombed by the IRA in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher? 17 What was the name of the budget trans-Atlantic service operated by Laker Airways which went bust in 1982? 18 Who was minister of Health who caused a panic about salmonella in eggs in 1988? 19 At which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his 1st Gold Medal? 20 What was the name of the volcano that erupted in the USA in 1980 & in which US State is it? General Knowledge 21 Which current BBC TV series is based on books written by Winston Graham? 22 What is the last US State alphabetically? 23 Who played Millie in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie? 24 Caroline Lucas is joint leader of which British political party? 25 How many sides does a heptagon have? 26 The main character says “Good luck, everyone” & blows a whistle at the end of which TV series? 27 Guernica by Picasso was painted in response to bombings during which war? 28 Which of his senses did Stevie Wonder lose in a car accident in 19
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The wines Latour and Margaux are produced in which region of France?
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Wine Facts Online: Kinds of Wine: Wine By Region: Europe: France: Bordeaux: Left Bank: Medoc: Margaux The Château Palmer is one of the leading Margaux estates. This photo is in the public domain. An impressive 21 out of 61 out of the Médoc's classified wines are in Margaux. Margaux has only one of the 1ers crus, but supports itself with five 2ers crus, no less than ten 3ers crus, three 4ers crus, and two 5ers crus. As a result, even the most snobbish wine aristocrats will find at least one wine to buy here, and average wine drinkers will be able to find reasonably priced wine. Commonly cited examples of great wines outside the classification include châteaux Labegorce-Zede and Siran. One of the five 1ers crus in Médoc is from Margaux. Château Margaux: This 800-year-old estate has been among the top Margaux producers since it started making wine. Thomas Jefferson, on a trip to Bordeaux, cited it as a particularly good manufacturer of wine. The quality of the wine suffered from instability in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Then a change of ownership brought the wine's old reputation back. Although the gap between the château and its lower-rated competitors is nowhere near as large as the classification would lead one to believe, it is usually considered the top estate in its appellation. This wine is a fixture in the cellars of all serious Bordeaux collectors. Pure, silky tannins, a velvety texture, and a diversity of powerful but smooth flavors make Margaux what it is. Although the 2005 vintage is especially acclaimed, vintages such as 2004 are also highly subtle and feature layered aromas and flavors. Wines from this château generally cost $200 at the least, range up to $600 or so for good vintages, and are between $1,000 and $2,000 for the 2005. Five of the 14 2ers crus are in Margaux: Château Brane-Cantenac: This château was owned by a devoted baron who named the winery after himself (Brane) and the commune it was listed under (Cantenac.) Despite the long history, quality has been up and down, but since showing a strong revival in the 1990s and 2000s, the wine showcases noble flavors and a good compromise between elegance and complexity. Prices have charted the wine's increase in popularity, rising to consistently $70, so this château will rarely be a place to find a bargain. Château Durfort-Vivens: This winery is now owned by the same people that own Brane-Cantenac. If history repeats itself, this affordable wine is soon to increase greatly in quality...and price. Right now, the wines are obscure and are hard to find even at superstores, but are well-priced at less than $50. Château Lascombes: Just like several of the other 2ers crus in Margaux, Lascombes had a long history of great wine, was classified highly in 1855, continued to make great wine, and then suddenly turned around and ran up a bad reputation in the 1950s and 1960s, possibly due to a change of ownership. The wine improved somewhat, but it has really gotten better since being acquired by an American firm in 2001, which has modernized the château's technique and brought its reputation back up to spec. Highly structured but opulent and aromatic, the wine now showcases typical Margaux flavors. Par prices are at $70 now, but are likely to be on the rise soon. Château Rauzan-Gassies: This wine sank into obscurity after a long, colorful history. Powerful but as refined as any Margaux, the wines are not unlikely to make a comeback. Right now, prices (around $40) are hard to resist considering the prestigious appellation. For bargain hunters wanting to add a Margaux to their collection, this is a wine to look at for sure. Château Rauzan-Ségla: Much more prominent than the other Rauzan, Rauzan-Ségla has optimized its land and gained a solid critical pedigree. These wines tend towards being a little fuller than your average Margaux, but underneath strong tannins they have the same refined flavors. Overall an elegant style is the norm. The highly praised 2005 vintage costs $130, but other vintages are usually much more affordable. A majority—10—of the 14 3ers crus ar
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French wines and wine regions of France South-west Alsace Situated on the lower eastern slopes of the Vosges mountains, in the Rhine valley between Strasbourg and Mulhouse, the Alsace vineyard is rather different from any other French wine growing area. Like the region of Alsace itself, the wine culture here is steeped in a Germanic tradition, producing mostly dry or fruity white wines, the most popular being Riesling, Sylvaner and the very fruity Gewurztraminer. The rules of Appellation contrôlée - and more recently of Appellation Protégée (AOP) are not applied in the same way in Alsace as in the rest of France. In Alsace, wines are produced under a simple "Alsace" appellation, after which the next most important element to be indicated, and the most visible word on the label, is the grape variety or "cépage", Sylvaner, Riesling, Gewurztraminer, Edelzwicker, Pinot or a few others. Smaller areas do not have their own appellations, though with many Alsace wines, the name of the village or vineyard from which it comes will also be indicated. See also Vendanges tardives. Lorraine, also in north east France, produces mostly Vin de pays white wines, in the Meuse and the Moselle. Price list outside a top-class wine merchant in the Bordeaux region. Note the price of a bottle of Petrus 1982.... at 6720 €. Not for ordinary mortals. Bordeaux Wine, and wine growing region. With Burgundy and Champagne, the Bordeaux region of Aquitaine is one of the three most famous French wine-producing regions. Historically, its fame is at least in part due to the fact that of these three big grape-growing areas, the Bordeaux vineyard is the only one with immediate access to the sea, an advantage that has enabled it to be France's major wine exporting region for many centuries. In 1152, when queen Eleanor of Aquitaine married the English king Henry II, the Aquitaine region became economically integrated into the Anglo-Norman world, the Bordeaux region becoming the main supplier of wine for England. This historic wine exporting tradition helped Bordeaux to develop far stronger commercial links in the ensuing centuries, firmly establishing Bordeaux wines, often referred to generically in English as "clarets", on the international market. The Bordeaux vineyard is centered round the port city of Bordeaux , along the estuary of the Gironde, and the rivers Garonne and Dordogne. It is a large vineyard, and the geo-specific appellation "Bordeaux" covers an area stretching some 100 km both north-south and east-west. While the appellation contrôlée covers wines of medium quality from all over this region, many if not most of the top quality clarets grown in the overall area benefit from more specific and distinctive area appellations, such as Médoc , Graves or Saint Emilion, and even more local appellations such as Pauillac, Graves and Saint-Estèphe. Unlike other French wine-growing areas, the Bordeaux area operates classifications of many of its top wines, notably those from the Médoc and Saint Emilion vineyards. The best estates in these areas have the right to sell wines designated as grand cru. Below the grand crus come other high quality wines designated as cru bourgeois. Tip: 2009 is said to be an exceptionally good vintage year. Médoc Among the Bordeaux vineyards, Médoc deserves a special mention. The Médoc, an area south of the Gironde estuary to the north west of Bordeaux, is the home of many of the most prestigious French wines. Among the famous appellations produced in this area are Saint Estèphe, Margaux, Saint Julien and Pauillac. It was in 1855 that the wine producers of the Medoc region classified their 61 best wines according to a league table of "grands crus", ranking from "Premier Cru" to "Cinquième Cru". These grands crus are generally reputed to be the greatest of all French wines, and naturally their prices generally reflect this status. Obviously, if you buy an estate bottled wine from a chateau with grand cru status, (and of course they are all estate bottled), you can be pretty sure of getting a top quality wine. But take care! E
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What was the very Greek middle name of Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis?
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Aristotle Onassis - Biography - IMDb Aristotle Onassis Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trivia (10) | Personal Quotes (3) Overview (4) Ari Mini Bio (1) Aristole Onassis was an ethnic Greek born in Smyrna in the Ottoman Empire in what is now Turkey, who became a billionaire shipping tycoon when the number of billionaires could be counted on one hand. He is known to history as the second husband of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. He was the son of Socrates Onassis, a ship owner with a modest fleet of 10 ships manned by 40 sailors. The relative wealth of his father got the young Ari a good education, and he became fluent in English, Spanish and Turkish. In the aftermath of World War One, when the Ottoman Empire was broken up by the victorious Allies and modern Turkey was created by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk , many ethnic Greeks were expelled from the new country. The Onassis family fled to Greece as refugees. Aristotle Onassis emigrated to Argentina in 1923 with 60 dollars (approximately $800 in 2011 dollars, when factored for inflation). He became an importer of Turkish tobacco and eventually became an owner of ships. Eventually, he held Argentine and Greek passports and dual citizenship. Onassis switched to transporting oil for the major petroleum companies, who could save money by not owning their own fleets. It was the introduction of the supertanker to transport Middle Eastern oil that made Onassis one of the richest men in the world. A supertanker could be paid for with one six-month lease, meaning that the majority of the 20-year life-span of a tanker could result in extraordinary profits. Onassis invested his vast fortune wisely, including in the petroleum industry itself, transportation, and other businesses. Outside of the business world, Aristole Onassis was little known, and if he was known at all, it was for his romance with the opera singer Maria Callas . However, his 1968 marriage to the widow of the late President John F. Kennedy made him a world-wide figure whose life was chronicled in newspapers around the globe. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jon C. Hopwood Spouse (2) ( 28 December 1946 - 1960) (divorced) (2 children) Trivia (10) After her divorce from Onassis, Athina married John Spencer-Churchill . After their divorce, she married her sister's widower - Onassis's arch shipping rival - Stavros Niarchos . She was the daughter of another Greek shipping magnate, Stavros Livanos. Children: Alexander Socrates (April 30, 1948 - January 23, 1973) and Christina Onassis . Ended his affair with opera diva Maria Callas to marry Jacqueline Kennedy . Founder (1956) of Olympic Airways of Greece. In 1954, the FBI investigated Onassis for Fraud Against the Government. He was charged with violating the citizenship provision of the shipping laws which requires that all ships displaying the American flag be owned by United States citizens. Onassis pled guilty and paid $7 million to the United States Government. According to "Greek Fire: The Story Of Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis" by Nicholas Gage , Callas's and Onassis's child, a boy, was born and died on 30 March 1960. Portrayed by Frank Vincent , Raul Julia , Joss Ackland , Thom Christopher , Robert Lindsay , and Philip Baker Hall . Anthony Quinn played a character based on Onassis in The Greek Tycoon (1978). Partnered with Arthur G. Cohen to build Olympic Tower (1971), 51-story a residential/commercial building across from St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York City). Hergé 's Tintin book "Flight 714" depicts a tycoon named Laszlo Carreidas. In one scene, Carreidas is talking on the phone to an associate in New York who is attending an auction. When Carreidas hears that Onassis is trying to buy some paintings, he instantly orders the associate to buy the paintings, no matter the cost. Personal Quotes (3)
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"Masterminds" - Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), December 27, 2014 | Online Research Library: Questia Read preview Article excerpt 1. Which actor starred as detective Magnum PI? 2. Which town in Cornwall has become famous for the number of artists who are based there because of its light? 3. Which Manx rider won five stages in the 2010 tour de France? 4. Which comedian created the characters Stavros, Tory Boy and Loadsamoney? 5. Which famous TV chef played football for Glasgow Rangers FC? 6. In the Thunderbirds TV series, which son piloted Thunderbird Two and dressed in yellow? 7. In the TV series Diagnoses Murder, who plays Dr Mark Sloan? 8. Where is the Royal Regatta held each year on the River Thames? 9. Who was the captain of the 2010 European Ryder cup team? 10. Who won 18 this year's Strictly Come Dancing final? 11. What was the name of her partner? 12. What is the capital city of Spain? 13. What is a Samoyed? 14. How many inches make a yard? 15. Which tree grows the tallest? 16. Where is Angel Falls? 17. What was once known as a love apple? 23 18. What is Cher's real name? 19. What was the name of Lou Reed's band? 20. Who invented the lightning conductor? 21. Where in England according to Bram Stoker did Dracula first set ashore? 22. Which TV detective had a secretary called Miss Lemon? 23. In which film does British rock star David Bowie star as a goblin king? 24. How was entertainer Nicolai Poliakoff better known? 25. True or False: the Kingdom of Bahrain is an island nation? … Subscribe to Questia and enjoy: Full access to this article and over 10 million more from academic journals, magazines, and newspapers Over 83,000 books Access to powerful writing and research tools Article details Newspapers Encyclopedia
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Who had a hit single with 'Werewolves Of London'?
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Warren Zevon - Werewolves of London Lyrics | SongMeanings Warren Zevon Werewolves of London is found on the album Excitable Boy . Found on more albums: A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon Stand in the Fire I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) Spooky Tunes & Scary Melodies Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon Stand in the Fire [Bonus Tracks] Excitable Boy [Bonus Tracks] Learning to Flinch [Limited Edition] Karaoke: Classic Rock, Vol. 1 [30 Tracks] I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein Aaoooooo! If you hear him howling around your kitchen door Better not let him in Little old lady got mutilated late last night Werewolves of London again He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair Better stay away from him He'll rip your lungs out, Jim I'd like to meet his tailor Aaoooooo! Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen Doing the Werewolves of London I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen Doing the Werewolves of London I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's And his hair was perfect Aaoooooo!
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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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The last pair of which extinct flightless birds were killed in 1844? (Two words.)
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The Day in History: Last Pair of Great Auks Killed (1844) The Day in History: Last Pair of Great Auks Killed (1844) The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis, formerly Alca impennis) is an extinct bird. It was the only species in the genus Pinguinus, flightless giant auks from the Atlantic, to survive until recent times, but is extinct today. It was also known as garefowl (from the Old Norse geirfugl, meaning "spear-bird", a reference to the shape of its beak), or penguin (see etymology below). In the past, the Great Auk was found in great numbers on islands off eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Great Britain, but it was eventually hunted to extinction. Remains found in Floridan middens suggest that at least occasionally, birds ventured that far south in winter as recently as in the 14th century (Weigel 1958, Brodkorb 1960). Characteristics Mounted specimen, Natural History Museum, LondonStanding about 75 centimetres or 30-34 inches high and weighing around 5 kg (Livezey 1988), the flightless Great Auk was the largest of the auks. It had white and glossy black feathers. The longest wing feathers were only 4 inches long. Its feet and claws were black. The webbed skin between the toes was brown/black. The beak was black with white transverse grooves. There was an area of white feathers on both sides of the head between the beak and each eye. It had a reddish/brown iris. Juvenile birds had less prominent grooves in their beaks and had mottled white and black necks. Ecology They were excellent swimmers, using their wings to swim underwater. Their main food was fish, usually between 12 and 20 cm, but occasionally up to half the bird's own length; based on remains associated with Great Auk bones on Funk Island and ecological and morphological considerations, it seems that Atlantic menhaden and capelin were favored prey items (Olson et al. 1979). Great Auks walked slowly and sometimes used their wings to help them traverse rough terrain. They had few natural predators, mainly large marine mammals and birds of prey, and had no innate fear of humans. Their flightlessness and awkwardness on land compounded their vulnerability to humans, who hunted them for food, feathers, and also for specimen collection for museums and private collections. Egg, Ipswich Museum, Suffolk The Great Auk laid only one egg each year, which it incubated on bare ground, with hatching in June. The eggs were yellowish white to light ochre with a varying pattern of black, brown or greyish spots and lines which often congregated on the large end, and quite large (110-140 x 70-84 mm). ExtinctionThe Great Auk was hunted on a significant scale for food, eggs and down from at least the 8th century. Previous to that, hunting by local natives can be documented from Late Stone Age Scandinavia and Eastern North America (Greenway 1967), and from early 5th century AD Labrador (Jordan & Olson 1982) where the bird only seems to have occurred as a straggler. A person buried at the Maritime Archaic site at Port au Choix, Newfoundland, dating to about 2000 BC, seems to have been interred clothed in a suit made from more than 200 Great Auk skins, with the heads left attached as decoration (Tuck 1976). The little ice age may have reduced their numbers, but massive exploitation for their down eventually reduced the population. Specimens of the Great Auk and its eggs became collectible and highly prized, and collecting of the eggs contributed to the demise of the species. On Stac an Armin, St Kilda, Scotland, in July, 1840, the last great auk seen in the British Isles was killed by two St Kildans residents. Haswell-Smith claims that this was because they thought it was a witch. The last population lived on an island of Geirfuglasker ("The Great Auk Rock") off Iceland. The island was a volcanic rock surrounded by cliffs, which made it inaccessible to humans, but in 1830 this rock submerged and the birds moved to a nearby island of Eldey which was accessible from a single side. The last pair, found incubating an egg, were killed there on 3 July 1844 by Jon Brand
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Extinct Birds - Aves - Ornithology - Conservation - Birding in India Extinct Birds - Ornithology Haast's Eagle attacking New Zealand Moa Since 1600, over 100 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all now-extinct species originally lived. Other areas, such as Guam, have also been hard hit; Guam has lost over 60% of its native species in the last 30 years, many of them to imported snakes. There are today about 10,000 species of birds , and 1186 of them are considered to be under threat of extinction. Island species in general, and flightless island species in particular are most at risk. The disproportionate number of rails in the list reflects the tendency of that family to lose the ability to fly when geographically isolated. List of extinct species: Ratites Aepyornis (Aepyornis maximus) Moa (Dinornithiformes) Large flightless birds in New Zealand. They were probably already extinct in 1642 when Europeans landed there. The extinction of the moa and its main predator, the Harpagornis, is attributed to the arrival of human settlers around 1000 AD. Very early European arrivals, ca 1830-40, described seeing birds that might have been the last of the moa but the sightings have never been reliably confirmed. New Zealand has no significant indigenous mammal life. The entire animal ecology consisted of birds, with the moa filling the niche of deer or cattle, and the harpagornis filling the niche of the wolf or tiger. There were ten species. Amongst them were Slender Moa (Dinornis robustus), Great Broad-billed Moa (Euryapteryx gravis) and Lesser Megalapteryx, (Megalapteryx didinus). It has been long suspected that the species of moa described as Euryapteryx curtus / E. exilis, E. huttonii/ E. crassus, and Pachyornis septentrionalis / P. mappini constituted males and females, respectively. This has been confirmed by analysis for sex-specific genetic markers of DNA extracted from bone material. More interestingly, the former three species of Dinornis: D. giganteus = robustus, D. novaezealandiae and D. struthioides have turned out to be males (struthioides) and females of only two species, one each formerly occurring on New Zealands North Island (D. novaezealandiae) and South Island (D. robustus). Moa females were larger than males, being up to 150% of the male's size and 280% of their weight. This phenomenon - reverse size dimorphism, is not uncommon amongst ratites, being most pronounced in moa and kiwis. On a side note, the plural form of moa is also moa, as Maori words do not feature plurals. King Island Emu (Dromaius ater) - Australia 1850 Kangaroo Island Emu (Dromaius baudinianus) - Australia 1827 Ducks, geese and swans Korean Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata) Officially critically endangered due to recent unconfirmed reports. Last confirmed record in 1964. R�union Shelduck (Alopochen kervazoi) - Mascarenes 1674 Mauritian Shelduck (Alopochen mauritianus) - Mascarenes 1698 Amsterdam Island Duck (Anas marecula) - Amsterdam Island 1800 Mauritian Duck (Anas theodori) - Mascarenes 1710 Pink-headed Duck (Netta caryophyllacea). Officially critically endangered, but probably extinct. The only area in which it might reasonably still exist is Northern Myanmar due to its remoteness. Reports of Pink-headed Duck continue to be received from this area, but searches have been inconclusive. Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata) Officially critically endangered, but probably extinct: only one, a semi-captive bird at Antananarivo Botanic Gardens, seen alive since 1991, this bird dying in 1992. Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius). This eider-like sea duck was never very common. Although it has been hunted for food, it probably died out because of decline of mussels and shellfish due to pollution. The last one was seen at Elmira, New York, in 1878. Auckland Islands Merganser (Mergus australis) - Auckland Islands 1902 Nēnē-nui (Branta hylobadistes) Branta (new species), Hawaiian Giant Goose Chendytes lawi,
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Stendhal - definition of Stendhal by The Free Dictionary Stendhal - definition of Stendhal by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Stendhal Also found in: Thesaurus , Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . Sten·dhal (stĕn-däl′, stăn-, stäN-) Pen name of Marie Henri Beyle. 1783-1842. French writer who influenced the development of the modern novel with his psychologically penetrating romances, such as The Red and the Black (1830). Stendhal (French stɛ̃dal) n (Biography) original name Marie Henri Beyle. 1783–1842, French writer, who anticipated later novelists in his psychological analysis of character. His two chief novels are Le Rouge et le noir (1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839) Sten•dhal (Marie Henri Beyle), 1783–1842, French novelist and critic. ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: Noun 1. 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: novelist References in periodicals archive ? The City of Derry Jazz is also nominated in the Best Small Festival category as is Glasgowbury, naturally, the Sea Sessions in Bundoran, Limavaday's Stendhal Festival of Art, Sunflower Fest in the Ards Peninsula and the Tanglewood Festival at Narrow Water. LET'S NEIL AT FEET OF GENUIS I would, however, like to mention an odd phenomenon which, as far as I know, occurs in only one contemporary biography, and that is in Jonathan Keates's recent Stendhal,12 where the star of the show is not Stendhal but his biographer Provision of Furniture You'll learn about a French author named Stendhal, who spoke of a psychosomatic experience which lead to rapid heartbeats, dizziness and euphoria after experiencing art. Copyright © 2003-2017 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 9 Which science-fiction writer coined the term "cyberspace"? William Gibson What is a male swan known as? Cob What is a female swan known as? Pen Which giant screen film projection system, which gives an enhanced visual impact, has its origins in Montreal's Expo 67? IMAX Which actress was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, in 1908? Joan Crawford Which military leader poisoned himself in Bithynia in Asia Minor in around 182BCE? Hannibal What is the branch of astronomy that is concerned solely with the moon called? Selenology The mouflon, native to Corsica and Sardinia, is a small, wild form of which animal? Sheep Which religion, founded in 3rdC CE Persia, at its 3rd-7thC height one of the world's biggest, taught an elaborate dualistic cosmology describing the struggle between a good, spiritual world of light, and an evil, material world of darkness? Manichaeism The Loyalty Islands in the Pacific are part of which territory? New Caledonia Which orchestral march by William Walton was first performed at the coronation of King George VI, and was used as the recessional music at the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton in 2011? Crown Imperial What was the real name of 'Dr Seuss'? Theodore Geisel The sixth labour of Hercules involved defeating what sort of creatures who were destroying the countryside around Lake Stymphalia? Birds The address of which constituent college of the University of London is: Houghton Street, London, WC2A 2AE? London School of Economics Extending from 500 to 10,000 kilometres above the earth’s surface, what is the uppermost layer of the earth’s atmosphere called – beyond which there is only outer space? Exosphere Which species of cat, with scientific name Acinonyx jubatus, is found in much of Africa, can be known as the hunting leopard, and is unusual among cats in having claws which are not fully retractable? Cheetah At the Academy Awards held in February 2015, Ida became the first film from which nation to win the award for Best Foreign Language Film? Poland What shrub gave its name to the revolution which saw Zine El Abidine Ben Ali overthrown as President of Tunisia in 2011? Jasmine Which musical features numbers including "Gee, Officer Krupke" and "I Feel Pretty"? West Side Story What flower gave its name to the revolution which saw Askar Akayev overthrown as President of Kyrgyzstan in 2005? Tulip What name is given to the Persian language in Afghanistan? Dari How was the Amu Darya river known in Ancient times? Oxus Which mountain range divides the Amu Darya and Indus valleys? Hindu Kush Give a year in the rule of the Achaemenid Empire. 550-330BCE Which large snake-like lake monster said to live in Lake Seljord in Seljord, Telemark, Norway? Selma Which parliament is located in Karasjok, Norway? Sami parliament Which Norwegian figure skater and film star was a three-time Olympic Champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in Ladies' Singles, a ten-time World Champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European Champion (1931–1936)? Sonja Henie Johann Koss of Norway won four Winter Olympic golds at what sporting event? Speed skating Who won a total of 29 medals in the Olympics and World Championships in the period between 1991 and 1999, making him the most successful cross-country skier in history? Bjorn Daehlie Which Dutch city is the home of Rabobank? Utrecht The bulk of the Great Pyramids at Giza are constructed in which stone? Limestone Which Theban king reunited Egypt after the First Intermediate Period and started the Middle Kingdom? Mentuhotep II Which group of "foreign princes" ruled a part of Northern Egypt during the latter Middle Kingdom at the Second Intermediate Period, from their capital at Avaris? Hyksos Which Egyptian deity was god of the afterlife, the underworld and the dead? Osiris What two-word term indicated the "life-force" in Ancient Egypt that would be reunited with the soul by the process of mummification? Ka Hatshepshut was the widow of which Egyptian king who preceded her as ruler? Tuthmosis II In which century was Tutankhamun's rule of Egypt? F
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1974 Wherever Love Takes Me (From the film Gold) | Don Black February 7, 2013 Gold Maureen McGovern sang this love theme song for the 1974 disaster movie Gold, which was based on a novel by Best Selling UK Author Wilbur Smith called Gold Mine. 1974 Wherever Love Takes Me (From the film Gold) 1974 saw Don’s fourth Oscar nomination in another Roger Moore film, ‘Gold’. Wisely, Don and Elmer Bernstein decided not to write a literal translation of the movies international gold markets theme and came up instead with a number called ‘Wherever Love Takes Me’ which took them back to the Academy Awards where they unfortunately lost out to ‘We May Never Love Like This Again’ (From the movie “The Towering Inferno”).
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Cole Porter / Songs in Films "They All Fall in Love" Beaches (1988) "I've Still Got My Health" - Bette Midler Because You're Mine (1952) "You Do Something to Me" - Mario Lanza Being Julia (2004) "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra Blazing Saddles (1974) "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Cleavon Little Born to Dance (1936) Original film score (more info) The Boys in the Band (1970) "Anything Goes" - Harpers Bizarre "It All Belongs to You" (more info) Breakfast on Pluto (2005) "Why Am I So Gone About That Gal" - Mitzi Gaynor and Gene Kelly Broadway Melody of 1940 (1939) Original film score (more info) Buena Vista Social Club (1999) "Begin the Beguine" "Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson and his Commanders Can-Can (1960) Film adaptation of stage show (more info) Castle on the Hudson (1940) "Begin the Beguine" (instrumental) Children of the Revolution (1996) "Begin the Beguine" - The Paul Grabowsky Orchestra "I Get a Kick Out of You" "Just One of Those Things" - Louis Armstrong "You're the Top" - Louis Armstrong Chocolate com Pimenta (2003) "Night and Day" - Ella Fitzgerald "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Steve Tyrell "Toda vez que eu digo adeus (Ev'ry Time You Say Goodbye)" - C�ssia Eller Chopper (2000) "Don't Fence Me In" - Frankie Laine Confetti (2006) "Night and Day" - Ella Fitzgerald De-Lovely (2004) Film with an interpolated Porter score (more info) Deconstructing Harry (1997) "Rosalie" - The Savoy Hotel Orpheans The Desk Set (1957) "Begin the Beguine" - Katherine Hepburn Divine Inspiration (2002) "I've Got You Under My Skin" - John Gunnery "It's Alright With Me" - John Gunnery "Why Can't You Behave?" - Patrica Watson "I Concentrate on You" - Celia Wells "You're the Top" - Celia Wells and John Gunnery Don't Fence Me In (1945) "Don't Fence Me In" - Roy Rogers Dream for an Insomniac (1998) "Night and Day" - Frank Sinatra Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) Film adaptation of stage show (more info) Earthly Possessions (1999) "Begin the Beguine" - Rick Hardeman Easy to Love (1953) "Easy to Love" - Tony Martin The Eddie Duchin Story (1956) "Just One of Those Things" - Carmen Cavallaro "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Leo Reisman and His Orchestra Edward II (1991) "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" - Annie Lennox Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) "Love for Sale" - Julie London Entertaining the Troops (1994) "Night and Day" - Dinah Shore Everyone Says I Love You (1996) "Looking at You" - Alan Alda Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Sex (1972) "Let's Misbehave" - Irving Aaronson and His Commanders Evil Under the Sun (1982) Film with an interpolated Porter score (more info) Eye for an Eye (1996) "Anything Goes" - Mitzi Gaynor Film adaptation of stage show (more info) Forget Paris (1995) "Just One of Those Things" Frantic (1988) "I Love Paris" - Harrison Ford Frauds (1993) "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Marcia Hines with the Bob Cousins Big Band "It's DeLovely" - Bob Cousins Big Band Freaky Friday (2003) "I've Got You Under My Skin" French Kiss (1995) "I Love Paris" - Toots Thielemans "I Love Paris" - Ella Fitzgerald The Gay Divorcee (1934) Film adaptation of stage show (more info) Grand Slam (1933) "Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love)" A Grande Arte (1991) "I Get a Kick Out of You" - Sarah Chrétien Great Expectations (1998) The Great White Hype (1996) "I've Got You Under My Skin" - Lou Rawls and Biz Markie Hannah and Her Sisters (1996) "I'm in Love Again" - Bobby Short The Hard Way (1943) "I Get a Kick Out of You" (instrumental) "Night and Day" (instrumental) "I Get a Kick Out of You" (instrumental) High Society (1956) Original film score (more info) Hollywood Canteen (1944) "Don't Fence Me In" (more info) Hollywood Handicap (1938) "Rosalie" - The Original Sing Band Honeymoon for Three (1941) The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" "You Do Something to Me" - Peg La Centra "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Peg La Centra Husbands and Wives (1992) "What is This Thing Called Love?" - Leo Reisman & His Orchestra I Dood It (1943) "Swingin' the Jinx Away" - Eleanor Powell (film footage fro
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Persephone, Queen of the Underworld - Greeka.com Myths Persephone, Queen of the Underworld The story of Persephone, the sweet daughter of goddess Demeter who was kidnapped by Hades and later became the Queen of the Underworld, is known all over the world. It is actually the way of the ancient Greeks to explain the change of the seasons, the eternal cycle of the Nature's death and rebirth. Persephone is understood in people's mind as a naive little girl who flows between the protection of the mother and the love of her husband. The myth of Persephone was very popular in the ancient times and it is said that her story was represented in the Eleusinian Mysteries, the great private and secret celebrations of ancient Greece. Want to discover more myths? Discover the myth of Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld The abduction from Hades According to Greek Mythology, Persephone, the queen of the underworld, was the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, the goddess of harvest and fertility. She was also called Kore, which means "maiden" and grew up to be a lovely girl attracting the attention of many gods. However, Demeter had an obsessed love for her only daughter and kept all men away from her. The most persisting suitor of Persephone was Hades, the god of the Underworld. He was a hard, middle-aged man, living in the dark, among the shadows of the Dead. But his heart softened when he saw Persephone and was amazed by his youth, beauty and freshness. When he asked Demeter to marry her daughter, Demeter got furious and said there wasn't the slightest chance for that to happen. Hades was heart-broken and decided to get Persephone no matter what. One day, while the young girl was playing and picking flowers along with her friends in a valley, she beheld the most enchanting narcissus she had ever seen. As she stooped down to pick the flower, the earth beneath her feet suddenly cleaved open and through the gap Hades himself came out on his chariot with black horses. Hades grabbed the lovely maiden before she could scream for help and descended into his underworld kingdom while the gap in the earth closed after them. Desperately looking for Persephone The other girls had not seen anything because everything happened very quickly. They didn't have a clue for the sudden disappearance of Persephone. The whole incident, however, had been witnessed by Zeus, father of the maiden and brother of the abductor, as well as by Helios, god of the Sun. Zeus decided to keep silent about the whole thing to prevent a fight with his brother while Helios wisely thought it better not to get involved in anything that didn't concern him. A distraught and heartbroken Demeter wandered the earth looking for her daughter until her good friend Hecate, goddess of wilderness and childbirth, advised her to seek for the help of Helios, the all-seeing Sun god, in order to find her daughter. Helios felt sorry for Demeter, who was crying and pleading him to help her. Thus she revealed her that Persephone had been kidnapped by Hades. When she heard that, Demeter got angry and wanted to take revenge but Helios suggested that it was not such a bad thing for Persephone to be the wife of Hades and queen of the dead. Trying to find a solution Demeter, however, could not let it gone. She was furious at this insult and deeply believed that Hades, who after all had only dead people for company, was not the right husband for her sweet daughter. She also got angry at Zeus for not having revealed this to her. To punish gods and to grief, Demeter decided to take a long and indefinite leave from her duties as the goddess of harvest and fertility, with devastating consequences. The earth began to dry up,harvests failed, plants lost their fruitfulness, animals were dying for lack of food and famine spread to the whole earth, resulting in untold misery. The cries of the people who were suffering reached Olympus and the divine ears of Zeus. The mighty god finally realized that if he wouldn't do something about his wife's wrath, all humanity would disappear. Thus he tried to find another solu
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The Olympics | EDSITEment The Olympics “Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.” —Baron Pierre de Coubertin, father of the modern Olympics. As the world turns its eyes this July to London, England, the site of the 2012 Summer Olympics, it will be fun to take the longer view by examining the historical and philosophical significance of the Games in Ancient Greece. In doing so, we should ask: What was it like to compete in or attend the ancient Olympics? This EDSITEment feature transports us back to Classical civilization and the flourishing of small city-states in order to examine the values and cultural assumptions about human excellence and competition that dominated this distant but familiar culture. Poetry has always played a central role in the Olympic Games. Return to the present to see how, in 2012, the chosen host city for the Summer Olympics, London, is shining a special light on this connection. Also learn about London’s distinguished relationship with the Olympics. The Ancient Olympics The recurrence of the Olympic Games every four years reminds us that the kinds of events that a society honors tell us a great deal about the values and assumptions of that particular society. The Ancient Olympics Special Exhibit , available from EDSITEment-reviewed and NEH-supported Perseus Digital Library Project , allows students to compare ancient and modern Olympic sports, tour Olympia as it looks today, explore the context of the Games and the Olympic spirit , and read Olympic athletes' stories . We must be careful, however, to remember that the ancient Olympics were different than the modern Games in many ways. The athletes were part of a major religious festival honoring Zeus, the chief Greek god. There were fewer events, only free men who spoke Greek could compete, and ancient athletes competed as individuals, not on national teams, as in the modern Games. Like our Olympics, though, winning athletes were heroes who put their home towns on the map. In Live from Ancient Olympia! , students write and perform a TV news style “live interview” with ancient Olympic heroes. These interviews will clarify students’ understanding of the attitudes and ideals underpinning the significance of the Olympics in ancient Greek culture. Their ability to achieve legendary status through public competition was related to the Greek ideal of excellence, called arête. Aristocratic men who attained this ideal of arête, through their outstanding words or deeds, won permanent glory and fame. Those who failed to measure up to this code feared public shame and disgrace. As is still true, not all ancient Olympic athletes lived up to this code of excellence. Through the concept of aretê, the ancient Greeks created a competitive athletic culture in which winning was valued not for its own sake but for the moral virtues that contribute to victory. The Victor's Virtue: A Cultural History of Sport explores the twofold meaning of aretê focusing on the ways in which the concept bridges the gap between philosophy and sport. For further discussion of the question: Do the modern Olympics represent true continuity with an ancient tradition, or a mostly new phenomenon with an ancient name? See the EDSITEment feature: When the Games Were Held at Olympia. Poetry at the Olympics In addition to athletics, the busy schedule of the early Olympics included religious ceremonies, speeches by well-known philosophers, parades, even poetry recitals. In fact, poetry with its deep connection to religion and the gods was considered a major component to the ancient Games. When we think about the Olympics, we don’t often pause to consider the role that poetry played, and continues to play, in the Olympic ceremonies. In ancient times, Olympic poetry was performed for spectators; it offered audience members another lens through which to view the art of competition and new words through which to capture and describe arête. In modern times, a highly acclaimed poet is selected to write and recite a poem that captures the spirit of the Games before a large audience of spectator
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"Who was the painter of the work The Treachery of Images, which includes the words ""Ceci n'est pas une pipe""?"
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Ceci n’est pas une pipe | museum-exhibitions.com by Paula Terán New York, from 28. September 2013 to 12 January 2014 René Magritte (1898-1967) is probably the most famous Belgian artist of the 20th century, whose works have been massively used, adapted or imitated in advertisements, posters, albums or book covers, decorative objects etc., so that some of them have become authentic icons of the last century. As the Warhol’s prints of Marilyn or the Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Le faux miroir (The False Mirror), 1929, René Magritte. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. He is considered as a Surrealist painter who usually represented a collection of ordinary objects in an unusual context or space (like a train coming out of a chimney, or a glass of water placed on an unbrella), giving new meanings to familiar things, and challenging the viewer preconditioned perceptions of reality and the ‘real world’ itself, in his words. He would paint a simple object like a pipe or an apple and then write below ‘‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’’ or ‘‘Ceci n’est pas une pomme’’ (‘‘This is not a pipe’’ or ‘‘This is not an apple’’), denying what was obvious to be seen. Only an apparent contradiction as indeed, he was pointing out that no matter how realistic the object represented seemed to be, the painting could never catch the pipe or the apple itself. Magritte’s would describe his art as “visible images which conceal nothing; they evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, ‘What does that mean?’. It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.” La trahison des images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe) (The Treachery of Images [This is Not a Pipe]), 1929, René Magritte. Oil on canvas. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California. The Museum of Modern Art of New York, MoMA, will be presenting the exhibition ‘‘Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary, 1926-1938’’. It has been organized in collaboration with the Menil Collection in Houston and the Art Institute of Chicago, where it will be shown as well (at The Menil Collection between 14th February – 1st June, 2014, and at The Art Institute of Chicago between 29th of June -12th October 2014). The retrospective is focused on Magritte’s essential works from the 1920’s and 1930‘s, and shows over 80 paintings, collages, drawings, and objects, along with a selection of photographs, periodicals, and early commercial work, exploring and tracing his development as a definitive Surrealist painter. In addition to works from MoMA’s collection, the exhibitions includes many loans from public and private collections all over the world. L’assassin menacé (The Menaced Assassin), 1927, René Magritte. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York. The retrospective begins in 1926, with the paintings and collages that Magritted created in Brussels which, in his own words, “challenged the real world”, and that would gained him recognition as a Surrealist painter. It also follows Magritte to Paris, where he lived from 1927 to 1930, essential years where he met Surrealists like André Breton, Salvador Dalí, and Joan Miró, and created his first word-image paintings. At that moment, his art was at times violent and disturbing. He started then using methods that included the misnaming of objects, doubling, repetition and mirroning. Some of Magritte’s most radical and famous works are from that period in Paris. Paintings like ‘’The Lovers’’ (1928) where he invokes de cliché of a close-up kiss, but radically changing the voyeuristic side of the image by covering the faces with a cloth. Or ‘’The Treachery of Images ‘’(1929) representing the ‘‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’’ pipe, or the female nude ‘‘The Eternally Obvious’’ (1930). These paintings will be shown together in this exhibition for the first time since 1931. Les amants (The Lovers), 1928, René Magritte. Oil on canvas. Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 1930 he returned to Brussels where he continued searching for new forms of image making and created paintings that depic
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Mural Clients About Mural A mural is any piece of art work painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture. Some wall paintings are painted on large canvases, which are then attached to the wall (e.g., with marouflage). Whether these works can be accurately called "Murals" is a subject of some controversy in the art world, but the technique has been in common use since the late 19th century. History Murals of sorts date to Upper Paleolithic times such as the paintings in the Chauvet Cave in Ardèche department of southern France (around 30,000 BC). Many ancient murals have survived in Egyptian tombs (around 3150 BC), the Minoan palaces(Middle period III of the Neopalatial period, 1700-1600 BC) and in Pompeii (around 100 BC - AD 79). During the Middle Ages murals were usually executed on dry plaster (secco). In Italy, circa 1300, the technique of painting of frescos on wet plaster was reintroduced and led to a significant increase in the quality of mural painting. In modern times, the term became more well-known with the Mexican "muralista" art movement (Diego Rivera, David Siqueiros, or José Orozco). There are many different styles and techniques. The best-known is probably fresco, which uses water-soluble paints with a damp lime wash, a rapid use of the resulting mixture over a large surface, and often in parts (but with a sense of the whole). The colors lighten as they dry. The marouflage method has also been used for millennia. Murals today are painted in a variety of ways, using oil or water-based media. The styles can vary from abstract to trompe-l'œil(a French term for "fool" or "trick the eye"). Initiated by the works of mural artists like Graham Rust or Rainer Maria Latzke in the 1980s, trompe-l'oeil painting has experienced a renaissance in private and public buildings in Europe. Today, the beauty of a wall mural has become much more widely available with a technique whereby a painting or photographic image is transferred to poster paper or canvas which is then pasted to a wall surface (see wallpaper,Frescography) to give the effect of either a hand-painted mural or realistic scene. Copyright | Jai Helps Art Developed By Waltons Technology
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Sabra - definition of sabra by The Free Dictionary Sabra - definition of sabra by The Free Dictionary http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sabra Also found in: Thesaurus , Acronyms , Wikipedia . sa·bra n. A native-born Israeli Jew. [Perhaps Yiddish sabre, member of the first group of Jewish immigrants to arrive in Palestine beginning in the 19th century, descendant of this group, probably from Palestinian Arabic ṣab(i)ra, prickly pear (Opuntia ficus-indica, which thrives in the drier parts of the Levant), singulative of ṣab(i)r, prickly pear (also the source of Modern Israeli Hebrew ṣābār, prickly pear, sabra); akin to Arabic ṣabir, ṣabr, aloe; see ṣbr in the Appendix of Semitic roots.] sabra
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Is there any relation in etymology between the words Ashkenazi and Nazi? - Quora Quora You were redirected because this question was merged with Do Ashkenazi and Nazi share the same roots? Answer Wiki No. The full name of Adolf Hitler's party was Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party). The shorthand Nazi was formed from the first two syllables of the German pronunciation of the word "national". Ashkenaz is a Hebrew name appearing as early as Genesis 10:3. Here, the -i suffix makes it into something that describes a nationality, ethnicity, or some particular class of people (like Israel-->Israeli). Written Feb 15, 2015 There is no etymological connection at all. Ashkenazi is a derivation of Ashkenaz , the son of Japheth and grandson of Noah in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Nazi is a contraction of Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei , the full name of the Nazi Party. There was never any such organisation as Nazi’s or a Nazi Party The National Socialists (N.S.D.A.P. Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei) never referred to themselves as “Nazi’s.” It was, as it still is today, a political slogan used as a repressive weapon for the purposes of ‘stifling dissent’ – the very thing everyone wants to accuse “evil Nazis” of having done. It’s time to debunk the “Nazi” epithet and to learn where it came from, who invented it and why. The fact is, that the term “Nazi” was created by the enemies of the National Socialists (the NSDAP). It was a pejorative term; an insult or a slur. The Germans, not even Hitler nor any other top party officials ever called themselves “Nazis”! They called themselves “National Socialists” and nothing else. Those who can read German and have studied any of the original documents and speeches know this already, but most don’t. The term “Nazi” (along with “Nazism”) is a political epithet invented by Konrad Heiden during the 1920’s as a means of denigrating the NSDAP and National Socialism. Heiden was a journalist and member of the Social Democratic Party. The term “Nazi” is a variation of the nickname that was used in reference to members of Heidens’ SDP at the time, “Sozi” (short for Sozialisten). “Nazi” was a political pun, based upon the Austro-Bavarian slang word for “simpleton” or “country bumpkin” and derived from the fairly common name Ignatz. It would be like saying “nutsy.” So, if for no other reason, one should easily understand why the term was regarded as derogatory by the National Socialists and why they would never use it to describe themselves. One should also see why it would be used and popularised by the Marxist-Bolshevik agitators and understand how it was seized upon by various other political opponents and subversive types, both within Germany and abroad, including the international media and political leaders of the western powers. It should immediately become apparent that, if there is no such thing as a “Nazi,” except in the propaganda which was invented and spewed by this man, then it follows logically, that there is also no such thing as a “Neo-Nazi” either. Those who would describe themselves as such are as ignorant as those who say they hate “Nazis” – they are equally deceived. Further, again, if there was no such thing as a “Nazi,” (or of the conspiratorial suggestion of the purported etymology of ‘Na-Zi’) then there was no political party merger between the National Socialists and the Zionists, as suggested by those who believe everything is a ‘Conspiracy’ – they have also been deceived by the “Alternate Media’s” intentional confusion… Co-intel created to keep us misdirected and divided, thus paralysed from direction and action.
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King Henry VIII | Britroyals Children: Three legitimate who survived infancy; Mary, Elizabeth and Edward, and at least one illegitimate child Henry Fitzroy. Died: January 28, 1547 at Whitehall Palace, London, aged 55 years, 7 months, Buried at: Windsor Reigned for: 37 years, 9 months, and 7 days Succeeded by: his son Edward VI King of England from 1509, when he succeeded his father Henry VII and married Catherine of Aragon, the widow of his elder brother Arthur. During the period 1513�29 Henry pursued an active foreign policy, largely under the guidance of his Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, who shared Henry's desire to make England stronger. Wolsey was replaced by Thomas More in 1529 for failing to persuade the Pope to grant Henry a divorce. By this time Henry's policy had become dominated by his desire to divorce Catherine because she was too old to give him an heir and he was determined to marry Anne Boleyn. At first there seemed a possibility that the divorce might be granted. The papal legate journeyed to England to hear the case, but Catherine appealed direct to the pope and the court was adjourned. The position was complicated by the fact that Charles V, Catherine's nephew, controlled Rome. Henry then proceeded to act through Parliament, and had the entire body of the clergy in England declared guilty of treason in 1531. The clergy were suitably cowed and agreed to repudiate papal supremacy and recognize Henry as supreme head of the church in England. The English ecclesiastical courts then pronounced his marriage to Catherine null and void and he married Anne Boleyn in 1533 Henry through Thomas Cromwell continued his attack on the church with the suppression of the monasteries (1536�39); their lands were confiscated and granted to his supporters. However, although he laid the ground for the English Reformation by the separation from Rome, he had little sympathy with Protestant dogmas. As early as 1521 a pamphlet which he had written against Lutheranism had won him the title of Fidei Defensor from the Pope, and Henry's own religious views are quite clearly expressed in the Statute of Six Articles in 1539 which instituted the orthodox Catholic tenets as necessary conditions for Christian belief. As a result Protestants were being burnt for heresy even while Catholics were being executed for refusing to take the oath of supremacy. Anne Boleyn was beheaded in 1536, ostensibly for adultery. Henry's third wife, Jane Seymour, died in 1537. He married Anne of Cleves in 1540 in pursuance of Thomas Cromwell's policy of allying with the German Protestants, but rapidly abandoned this policy, divorced Anne, and beheaded Cromwell. His fifth wife, Catherine Howard, was beheaded in 1542, and the following year he married Catherine Parr, who survived him. Henry ended his reign with the reputation of a tyrant, despite the promise of his earlier years � in 1536 the rebellion known as the Pilgrimage of Grace was viciously suppressed, and advisers of the calibre of More and Bishop John Fisher had died rather than sacrifice their own principles to Henry's will. But the power of the crown had been considerably strengthened by Henry's ecclesiastical policy, and the monastic confiscations gave impetus to the rise of a new nobility which was to become influential in succeeding reigns. King Henry VIII's Signature Quotes: �We are, by the sufferance of God, King of England; and the Kings of England in times past never had any superior but God� � Henry VIII 'If a man shall take his brother's wife it is an unclean thing... they shall be childless' � King Henry VIII (quoting The Bible, Leviticus, XX,21, as justification for seeking divorce from Catherine of Aragon who had previously been married to his brother Prince Arthur) �...to wish myself (specially an evening) in my sweetheart's arms, whose pretty ducks [breasts] I trust shortly to kiss�� - King Henry VIII (love letter to Ann Boleyn) �You have sent me a Flanders mare!� - King Henry VIII (on first meeting Anne of Cleves who was about to become his 4th wife) Timeline for King Henry VIII
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Blackadder - Wikiquote Blackadder Jump to: navigation , search Blackadder ( 1983 , 1986 – 89 , 1999 ) is a television show which originally aired on BBC1 written by Richard Curtis , Ben Elton , and Rowan Atkinson . It traces members of the Blackadder dynasty and their associates through different periods of history. The Foretelling [ edit ] Opening narration: History has known many great liars. Copernicus . Goebbels . St. Ralph the Liar. [he is shown holding a sign which reads "St. Benedict the Liar"] But there have been none quite so vile as the Tudor King Henry VII . It was he who rewrote history to portray his predecessor, Richard III , as a deformed maniac who killed his nephews in the Tower . But the real truth is that Richard was a kind and thoughtful man who cherished his young wards, in particular Richard, Duke of York , who grew into a big, strong boy. Henry also claimed he won the Battle of Bosworth Field and killed Richard III. Again, the truth is very different; for it was Richard, Duke of York, who became king after Bosworth Field, and reigned for thirteen glorious years. As for who really killed Richard III and how the defeated Henry Tudor escaped with his life, all is revealed in this, the first chapter of a history never before told: the history of... the Black Adder! Edmund : Ah, Percy, you see how the King picks me out for special greeting? Percy : No, my lord. Baldrick : I saw it, my lord. Edmund: And what is your name, little fellow? Baldrick: My name is Baldrick, my lord. Edmund: Then I shall call you... Baldrick. Baldrick: And I shall call you "my lord," my lord. Born to Be King [ edit ] [King Richard IV is about to set out on a crusade against the Turks] Richard IV : As the good Lord said: "Love thy neighbour as thyself, unless he's Turkish, in which case, kill the bastard!" Dougal McAngus: I hope life doesn't get too boring now you can't pass laws over Scotland. Edmund: [Laughs feebly then mutters under his breath] I wouldn't pass water over Scotland. King Richard IV : [to Edmund] Don't be mistaken about this appointment, Edward. I've always despised you. Edmund: Well, you are my father. I mean, you're biased. King Richard IV: You, compared to your beloved brother Harry, are as excrement as compared to cream! Harry: Oh, father, you flatter me! Edmund: And me, also! King Richard IV: So now, my boy, when I have at last found a use for you, don't try to get out of it! King Richard IV: [to Edmund] If I needed someone who believed in God, I'd have chosen Harry, not an embarrassing little weed like you. Messenger: My lord, good news! The Swiss have invaded France! King : Excellent! Wessex, while they're away, take ten thousand troops and pillage Geneva! Chiswick: But the Swiss are our allies, my lord. King: Oh, yes. [to Lord Wessex] Well, get them to dress up as Germans, would you? Chiswick, remind me to send flowers to the king of France in sympathy for the death of his son. Chiswick: The one you had murdered, my lord? King: [absentmindedly] Yes, yes, that's the fellow. King: Chiswick, take this to the Queen of Naples. [holds up an urn] Chiswick: What is it, my lord? King: The King of Naples! Witchsmeller Pursuivant [ edit ] Witchsmeller: [talking about ordeal by axe] The suspect has his head placed upon a block, and an axe aimed at his neck. If the man is guilty, the axe will bounce off his neck — so we burn him. If the man is not guilty, the axe will simply slice his head off. Percy : Look, look, I just can't take the pressure of all these omens any more! Edmund : Percy... Percy: No, no, really, I'm serious! Only this morning in the courtyard I saw a horse with two heads and two bodies! Edmund: Two horses standing next to each other? Percy: Yes, I suppose it could have been. Friar Bellows: Perhaps a motto for our enterprise? "Blessed are the meek..." [The rest grumble in disagreement.] Friar Bellows: "... for they shall be slaughtered!" [The rest cheer and rush for the door.] Edmund: But the plan! You've forgotten the plan! Sir Wilfred Death: I thought that was the plan! Sean, the Irish Bastard: Let'
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Although courted by his political opponent, Stephen Douglas, Mary Todd chose to marry which future American president?
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Stephen A. Douglas - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Stephen A. Douglas A+E Networks Introduction Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861) was a U.S. politician, leader of the Democratic Party, and orator who espoused the cause of popular sovereignty in relation to the issue of slavery in the territories before the American Civil War (1861-1865). He was re-elected senator from Illinois in 1858 after a series of eloquent debates with the Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, who defeated him in the presidential race two years later. Lincoln's War Machine 4min ‹ › Born in Vermont , Douglas studied law in Canandaigua, New York , before moving to Illinois in 1833, where he became involved in politics. As a youth he had been captivated by Andrew Jackson , and it was as a Jacksonian that he built his career. He played an important part in the organization of the Democratic party in Illinois, introducing such new devices as party committees and nominating conventions and pushing for party regularity and discipline. He enjoyed a lasting popularity among the small farmers of the state, many of whom had migrated from the border South, and he used his popularity to establish a tightly knit Democratic organization. Did You Know? After moving to Illinois in the 1830s, Stephen A. Douglas briefly courted Mary Todd, who went on to marry his future rival, Abraham Lincoln. After holding several state offices, Douglas ran for Congress in 1837, losing by the narrow margin of thirty-five votes. Six years later, he was elected to the House of Representatives, where he sat for two terms. In 1847, he was elected U.S. senator, a position he held until his death in 1861. Douglas was involved in every major issue to come before the nation during his years in Washington . As chairman of the House and Senate Committees on Territories, he developed a strong interest in the West. One of his first legislative proposals was a program that included territorial expansion, the construction of a Pacific railroad, a free land (homestead) policy, and the organization of territorial governments. ‘You cannot fix bounds to the onward march of this great and growing country,’ he declared. He believed in America’s unique mission and manifest destiny, was a leading proponent of Texas annexation, demanded the acquisition of Oregon , and supported the war with Mexico . A man of great energy and persuasive power, standing only five feet four inches tall, Douglas became known as the Little Giant. When slavery became a divisive political issue during the Mexican War, Douglas’s romantic nationalism faced a new challenge. Fearing that the issue might disrupt the Republic, he argued for the doctrine of popular sovereignty-the right of the people of a state or territory to decide the slavery question for themselves-as a Union-saving formula. He led the fight in Congress for the Compromise of 1850 . Four years later, he incorporated the doctrine in the Kansas- Nebraska Act, thus repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Douglas’s hopes for the country suffered a setback when the act aroused bitter opposition from northern antislavery elements, who eventually formed the Republican party. During the 1850s, he continued to fight for popular sovereignty in Congress and in Illinois, where the state election campaign of 1858 was highlighted by his famous debates with Abraham Lincoln . He blamed the agitation over slavery on abolitionists in the North and disunionists in the South, trying to find a middle way that would preserve the Union. Slavery, he believed, must be treated impartially as a question of public policy, although he privately thought it was wrong and hoped it would be eliminated some day. At the same time, he saw in popular sovereignty an extension of local self-government and states’ rights and charged his opposition with seeking a consolidation of power on the national level that would restrict individual liberty and endanger the Union. Douglas’s popularity waned as the party system foundered on the slavery question. Proposed as the Democratic candidate for president in 185
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Mount Rushmore Audio Tour Mount Rushmore National Memorial is one of the country's most recognizable landmarks, attracting more than two million people each year. This huge sculpture features the carved faces of four beloved U.S. presidents approximately sixty feet in height. The four presidents from left to right are George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. These four distinguished leaders were chosen by the lead sculptor of the project because of their role in preserving the country and expanding it. George Washington George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, and is most famous for being the first President of the United States. His role as commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War prior to his presidency was also key in obtaining independence from the British. With George Washington's incredible influence in the formation of the country, he is referred to with much affection as the "Father" of the country. One of his most notable quotes is, "It is better to be alone than in bad company." Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, and served as the third President of the United States. He is also well known as being the main author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. His visions of what America should be have made him one of the most influential of the Founding Fathers. Major accomplishments during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He is known for many philosophical statements, including, "A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine." Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, and is well known for his energetic persona and his cowboy image. He served as the twenty-sixth President of the United States, and was a key figure in the Republican Party during his political career. He is also known for inviting the press into the White House for daily briefings, which later became a tradition, and for adding on to the Monroe Doctrine, and passing the Pure Food and Drug Act. Theodore Roosevelt was known to have said, "A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards." Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, and served as the 16th President of the United States. Although his presidential term was cut short when he was assassinated in 1865, he led the country through the Civil War and was successful in ending slavery in the country. His Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 abolished slavery, and he also promoted passage of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution. In speaking of the Civil War, Lincoln stated, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." Mount Rushmore Grand Legends Tour You can learn more about Mount Rushmore and the many other attractions in the area with the nine hour Mount Rushmore Grand Legends Tour. This comprehensive guided tour begins with a visit to Mount Rushmore, and then moves on to Custer State Park , the Iron Mountain Road, Sylvan Lake , and the Crazy Horse Memorial . The final leg of this great experience takes you on the 1880 Train , a vintage train that travels across the Black Hills .
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Polytetrafluoroethylene You can view the 3D image of PPO by clicking here or just click on the image itself. Be sure to close the new window that opens up when you are ready to come back here. For polytetrafluoroethylene at a glance, click here ! Polytetrafluoroethylene is better known by the trade name Teflon®. It's used to make non-stick cooking pans, and anything else that needs to be slippery or non-stick. PTFE is also used to treat carpets and fabrics to make them stain resistant. What's more, it's also very useful in medical applications. Because human bodies rarely reject it, it can be used for making artificial body parts. Polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE, is made of a carbon backbone chain, and each carbon has two fluorine atoms attached to it. It's usually drawn like the picture at the top of the page, but it may be easier to think of it as it's drawn in the picture below, with the chain of carbon atoms being thousands of atoms long. PTFE is a vinyl polymer , and its structure, if not its behavior, is similar to polyethylene . Polytetrafluoroethylene is made from the monomer tetrafluoroethylene by free radical vinyl polymerization . And for those of you who are wondering, the monomer tetrafluoroethylene looks like this: You can view the 3D image of TFE by clicking here or just click on the image itself. Be sure to close the new window that opens up when you are ready to come back here. Fluorine is a very strange element. When it's part of a molecule, it doesn't like to be around other molecules or even the fluorine atoms on other molecules. But it likes other kinds of molecules even less. So a molecule of PTFE, being just chock full of fluorine atoms as it is, would like to be as far away from other molecules as it can get. For this reason, the molecules at the surface of a piece of PTFE will repel the molecules of just about anything that tries to come close to it. This is why nothing sticks to PTFE. Because it's non-stick, PTFE means you can fry things without grease or butter. This means less fat and cholesterol, for a healthier heart. The Big Question... The question remains then: If nothing will stick to this stuff, how does it stick to the surface of the frying pan? DuPont knows, but they're not telling! So, a while back we had a "What do you think?" section here, and we asked: "If you were designing frying pans, and you had to make non-stick PTFE stick to frying pans, how would you do it?" We received a bunch of neat ideas from nice smart people just like you. You can read some of the ideas and our input, too, right here . Before you go there, though - think about it first - how would you get PTFE to stick to the pan? (And here's a hint: melting PTFE doesn't help. First, because you'd have to heat it to over 300 o to melt it, which is impractical for making something cheap like frying pans. Second, melting PTFE doesn't make it stickier. It just turns form a solid that nothing sticks to into a molten goo that nothing sticks to. And a third hint, roughening the surface of the pan won't help, either, because that only increases the area of the two surfaces which will repel each other, increasing the repulsive force.) How to be Inert PTFE is more than just slippery. It's also useful because it won't react with anything. Why, you ask? First of all, if it repels everything, then no molecule can get near it to react with it! PTFE is kind of like a sad person who tries protect him or herself from emotional pain by never opening up to anyone. Then there's the fact that the bond between the fluorine atom and the carbon atom is just really, really strong. The bond is almost bullet proof! It's so stable that nothing will react with it. Even when it gets as hot as a frying pan, not even oxygen will react with it! Whoops! Polytetrafluoroethylene is another of those amazing accidental discoveries of science. In the late 1930s, when PTFE was discovered in DuPont's laboratories, DuPont was not at all concerned with nonstick frying pans or artificial heart valves. What they were really interested in was refrig
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Passable Literature Trivia Quiz In which book would you find a Heffalump? Which detective had a landlady called Mrs. Hudson? Who wrote the Booker Prize winning novel The Life of Pi? Which of Alexandre Dumas' 'Three Musketeers' real identity is Comte de la Fère? In which language did Vladimir Nabokov write Lolita? Which 1949 novel begins 'It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen?' How many lines are there in a sonnet? Don Diego de la Vega is the secret identity of which hero? In which novel does an alien invasion commence in Woking, England? In the title of a Shakespeare play, who are Valentine and Proteus? In which George Bernard Shaw play are Professor Henry Higgins and Eliza Doolittle central characters? Which fictional Count's real name is Edmond Dantès? What was the name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's novel? Which poet wrote the Canterbury Tales? Who was Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased partner in 'A Christmas Carol?' Question Who created the fictional town of Middlemarch? In which novel would you find the exceedingly strong drink called the 'Pan-galactic Gargle Blaster?' In which Jane Austen novel do the Bennet family appear? Who is the title hobbit in 'The Hobbit?' Which author used the pseudonyms Isaac Bickerstaffe and Lemuel Gulliver among others? What is the name of the sequel to John Milton's 'Paradise Lost?' In which novel does the character Major Major Major Major appear? Who went on a circumnavigation of the world from the Reform Club as the result of a bet? Which Ray Bradbury novel opens 'It was a pleasure to burn?' Which novel was subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus?' Who wrote the short story 'I, Robot' in 1950? In the Harry Potter novels, as whom did Tom Riddle become infamous? Which novel takes place in the Year of Our Ford 632? Who taught children to fly using 'lovely thoughts' and fairy dust? Which John Steinbeck novel centers on the characters George and Lennie? Who wrote the Twilight series of novels? How are the sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy collectively known? Which mythological figure 'Shrugged' in the title of an Ayn Rand novel? How many syllables are there in a haiku? 'Workers of the world, unite!' is the last line of which work? What real-life Soviet organisation is James Bond's nemesis in the early novels? In which fictional country is the castle of Zenda to be found? Who is the chief protagonist in John Buchan's The 39 Steps? How is David John Cornwell better known? What is the name of Long John Silver’s parrot? At what age do Adrian Mole's diaries start? Who lived the last few years of his life in Paris under the pseudonym 'Sebastian Melmoth'? Who created Noddy?
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Story of Our Lady of Lourdes, France and Saint Bernadette The Apparitions of Our Lady of Lourdes, France 159th Apparition Anniversary and Feast Day, February 11, 2017 Pictures of Lourdes and Bernadette at bottom of this page. Incorrupt body of Saint Bernadette Live Webcam from the Grotto in Lourdes >>> http://en.lourdes-france.org/tv-lourdes/ Story of Saint Bernadette & Our Lady of Lourdes Written by Victor Cembellin Lourdes is a village in France where Our Blessed Mother appeared eighteen times to Bernadette Soubirous in 1858. Her messages to Bernadette are ageless and apply to all of us today. Bernadette Soubirous was born on January 7, 1844. She was the first child of Francois Soubirous and Louise Soubirous (Casterot). Her father was a miller who provided a comfortable living for his family. Bernadette had six brothers and two sisters. Only three of her siblings lived beyond the age of ten. These loses bonded the family together in strength and love. Bernadette once said that she had never heard her parents quarrel. The family was always at peace. This solid family foundation left Bernadette emotionally balanced in times of trouble and when faced with poverty and illnesses which were to come. A series of events which began in 1854 changed their lives. Bernadette's father was falsely accused of stealing two sacks of flour and was imprisoned for many days. There was a drought which lasted for two years and drastically affected the wheat harvest and work at the mill. And finally, the steam mills that resulted from the Industrial Revolution put Francois' mill out of business, and he was out of work. The family was reduced to living in a one-room dwelling called the Cachot, which was formerly used as a jail. During this same period Bernadette contracted cholera. The high fevers caused her to suffer physically the rest of her life. She suffered emotionally also. She felt the heart ache of being excluded as people pointed to her family as the ones who live in the Cachot. Her physical illnesses prevented her from going to school. At age 14 she spoke only the dialect of Lourdes. She was unable to read or write or speak French, and the Catechism was taught in French only. She went to Mass, but she was not allowed to receive Holy Communion with her friends. Sometimes Bernadette's only comfort was her mother's love. Later, Fr. Pomian prepared Bernadette for First Holy Communion. There was something about Bernadette that moved the Hosts of Heavenly Hearts. She was blessed with eighteen divine apparitions, and the world is forever changed and will never forget Bernadette. The First Apparition - Thursday, February 11, 1858: After dinner on the Thursday before Ash Wednesday, Bernadette's mother told her children that there was no more wood in the house. Bernadette and her sister, Toinette, and a neighbor friend, Jeanne Abadie, went to the river Gave to gather wood. They had to cross a canal of cold water. Fearing that she would have an asthma attack, Bernadette stayed on the bank, and the other two girls crossed the stream and picked up wood under the grotto until they disappeared along the Gave. Bernadette heard a great noise like the sound of a storm, but nothing was moving. She was frightened and stood straight up, loosing all power of speech and thought. She turned her head towards the Grotto of Massabieille and saw in the opening of the rock a rosebush, one only, moving as if it were very windy. Almost at the same time, there came out of the interior of the grotto a golden-colored cloud, and soon afterwards, a Lady, young and beautiful --exceedingly beautiful -- the likes of whom she had never seen, came and placed herself at the entrance of the opening above the rosebush. She looked at Bernadette and immediately smiled and signaled her to advance, in a way that a mother motions her child to come near. Bernadette took out her rosary and knelt before the Lady, who also had a rosary on her right arm. When Bernadette tried to begin saying the rosary by making the sign of the
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The Baldwin Project: The Story of Old France by H. A. Guerber THE PATRON SAINT OF FRANCE [38] ALTHOUGH widely scattered by persecution, the remaining Christians in Gaul proved true to their faith. When the persecution was over, some came back to Lyons, where they began to preach again, and won many converts; for many people, who had hesitated until them, could not help believing in a religion which gave old men and delicate girls as much courage, even under torture, as any soldier had ever shown on the field of battle. A new preacher, Ireneus, bishop of Lyons, was so good and holy that even during his lifetime he was called a saint, and as he was very learned too, he is known as the "Light of the West," and is considered one of the Fathers of the Church. Ireneus taught until he perished in the second persecution, which took place about twenty-five years after the first. Another early bishop was St. Denis (sānt de*#774;n'is, or săN de-nee') who went to Paris, then only a very small city on an island in the Seine (san). St. Denis preached so successfully here, that when the second persecution began, he was head of a thriving church, built on the very spot where Notre Dame (nō'tr'däm) now stands, and where Jupiter's temple had once been erected. Three hundred of his disciples bravely suffered great tortures with him, andthem were beheaded on a hill which now forms part of the city and which is still known as the Martyrs' Hill (Montmartre). A good woman is said to have buried the holy bishop's remains where the church of St. Denis now stands. A wonderful legend soon arose about him, tot he effect that, when his head was struck off, he arose and picked it up [39] and walked some distance away with it! For this reason he is often shown in paintings and sculptures with his severed head in his hands. St. Denis is the patron saint of France, and his name was the watchword for French soldiers for many centuries; so his burial place has always been greatly honored, his bones regarded as sacred relics, and his real life and death are often represented in art, [40] although not so frequently as the queer legend which you have just heard. There were ten awful persecutions in Gaul in about two hundred and fifty years. During that time many martyrs in different places were persecuted, and if you were to hear all they endured, you would see how very brave they were, and why so many people hold their names in such great honor. One of the most noted converts of the fourth century was the man since known as St. Martin. It seems that he was a handsome and rich young Roman officer, who was almost ready to accept the Christian faith, when the following adventure happened to him in Gaul. One cold night, on riding home from a feast, wrapped in a fine new cavalry cloak, he saw a poor beggar shivering with the cold. They young officer, who had a very feeling heart, quickly drew his sword, and cutting his big cape in two, gave half of it to the beggar to keep warm. Than night, in a dream, Martin saw Jesus wearing the half cloak he had given the beggar, and heard him tell the angels that his servant Martin, although not baptized, had nevertheless obeyed his command to clothe the naked. When Martin awoke, he asked to be baptized; soon after, he left the army, and entering the Church, became bishop of tours. He preached to such good purpose that there were soon no heathen left in Gaul, and he and his disciples destroyed all the old pagan temples and altars left there. The place where St. Martin was buried became holy, and for many years no criminal could be touched as long as he was within the sacred inclosure at Tours. Unlike [41] St. Denis, St. Martin died a natural death, for Christian persecutions came to an end when one of the Roman Emperors became a Christian.
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Salt/Halite | Minerals Education Coalition conchoidal Description Halite, commonly known as table salt or rock salt, is composed of sodium chloride (NaCl). It is essential for life of humans and animals. Salt is used in food preparation across the globe. Relation to Mining Rock Salt Mining: Many rock salt mines use the room-and-pillar method of underground mining in which the resource is extracted, leaving ‘pillars’ of the material untouched, which creates ‘rooms.’ Solution Mining: Solution mining involves injecting a solvent to dissolve and recover underground soluble salt minerals. The saturated brine is pumped to the surface for recovery via solar evaporation and further processing. Seawater Evaporation: Seawater is collected and allowed to evaporate in specially constructed concentration and evaporation ponds. The initial step concentrates the brine to raise the salinity and to allow various calcium, magnesium, and iron compounds to precipitate from solution. The brine circulates among a network of interconnecting gravity-fed ponds, with salinity increasing with each transfer. It takes approximately 2 to 5 years from the time seawater is initially introduced before the first salt is ready for harvest. Inland Solar Evaporation: The principles of solar salt concentration and production are similar to those along coastal margins except that salinity of inland lakes usually is greater than that of seawater and a yearly crop of salt can be harvested. As water flows over or beneath the surface, it dissolves minerals from underlying soils and rocks. The salt lakes are topographically lower than most of the surrounding areas and, therefore, become excellent sumps for mineral accumulation. Uses Over 40% of salt is used in the chemical industry (mainly for the preparation of sodium hydroxide, soda ash, hydrochloric acid, chlorine and metallic sodium) and another 40% as a de-icer on roads in winter. The remaining is consumed in several sectors, including manufacture of rubber and other goods, agriculture, and food processing including table salt.
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Ions: Atoms with an Electrical Charge - dummies Ions: Atoms with an Electrical Charge Ions: Atoms with an Electrical Charge Ions: Atoms with an Electrical Charge Atoms (or groups of atoms) in which there are unequal numbers of protons and electrons are called ions. Usually, the number of protons and electrons in atoms are equal. But there are cases in which an atom can acquire an electrical charge. An ion example For example, in the compound sodium chloride — table salt — the sodium atom has a positive charge and the chlorine atom has a negative charge. The neutral sodium atom has 11 protons and 11 electrons, which means it has 11 positive charges and 11 negative charges. Overall, the sodium atom is neutral, and it’s represented like this: Na. But the sodium ion contains one more positive charge than negative charge, so it’s represented like this: This unequal number of negative and positive charges can occur in one of two ways: An atom can gain a proton (a positive charge) or lose an electron (a negative charge). Cations and anions So which process is more likely to occur? In general, it’s easy to gain or lose electrons but very difficult to gain or lose protons. So atoms become ions by gaining or losing electrons. And ions that have a positive charge are called cations. The progression goes like this: The sodium ion shown above is formed from the loss of one electron. Because it lost an electron, it has more protons than electrons, or more positive charges than negative charges, which means it’s now called the: Likewise, when the neutral magnesium atom loses two electrons, it forms the: Now consider the chlorine atom in sodium chloride. The neutral chlorine atom has acquired a negative charge by gaining an electron. Because it has unequal numbers of protons and electrons, it’s now an ion. And because ions that have a negative charge are called anions, it’s now called the: Other details about ions Here are some extra tidbits about ions: You can write electron configurations and energy level diagrams for ions. The neutral sodium atom (11 protons) has an electron configuration of: The sodium cation has lost an electron — the valence electron, which is farthest away from the nucleus (the 3s electron, in this case). The electron configuration of the sodium ion is: The electron configuration of the chloride ion is: This is the same electron configuration as the neutral Argon atom. If two chemical species have the same electron configuration, they’re said to be isoelectronic. The preceding examples are all monoatomic (one atom) ions. But polyatomic (many atom) ions do exist. The ammonium ion is a polyatomic ion, or, specifically, a polyatomic cation. It is written as: The nitrate ion, is also a polyatomic ion, or, specifically, a polyatomic anion. It is written as Ions are commonly found in a class of compounds called salts, or ionic solids. Salts, when melted or dissolved in water, yield solutions that conduct electricity. A substance that conducts electricity when melted or dissolved in water is called an electrolyte. Table salt — sodium chloride — is a good example. On the other hand, when table sugar (sucrose) is dissolved in water, it becomes a solution that doesn’t conduct electricity. So sucrose is a nonelectrolyte. Whether a substance is an electrolyte or a nonelectrolyte gives clues to the type of bonding in the compound. If the substance is an electrolyte, the compound is probably ionically bonded. If it’s a nonelectrolyte, it’s probably covalently bonded.
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What does Stamina mean? Definitions for Staminaˈstæm ə nə This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word Stamina Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: stamina, staying power, toughness(noun) GCIDE(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: Stamina(n. pl.) Hence: The power of endurance; the ability to withstand fatigue, disease, deprivation, etc., and continue working. Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: stamina(Noun) The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc. stamina(Noun) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities. Origin: From stamina, plural of stamen. Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Stamina see Stamen Stamina the fixed, firm part of a body, which supports it or gives it strength and solidity; as, the bones are the stamina of animal bodies; the ligneous parts of trees are the stamina which constitute their strength Stamina whatever constitutes the principal strength or support of anything; power of endurance; backbone; vigor; as, the stamina of a constitution or of life; the stamina of a State The numerical value of Stamina in Chaldean Numerology is: 1 Pythagorean Numerology
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Interesting Facts about Culture & Language Six fundamental ideas that commonly undergird moral systems: care, fairness, liberty, loyalty, authority and sanctity. The Cultural Sector in Canada employs more people than forestry and banking combined. In 2008, Canadians spent more than twice as much on live performing arts (theatre, music, dance) than on sporting events. There are currently 40 theatres that make up the area generally considered as "Broadway." Broadway brings 14 times more revenue to NY than all sports teams combined. Michael Jackson did not invent the moon-walk. Bill Bailey, a tap dancer and brother of singer Pearl Bailey, invented a step called the "back slide," which Jackson then adapted. The "high five" originated with two baseball players for the L.A. Dodgers, who congratulated each other that way in 1977. The gesture soon made its way into popular culture. In 2005, Canada's Rideau Canal skateway in Ottawa was added to the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest, naturally-frozen ice rink in the world. It also earned it a UNESCO World Hertage Site designation in 2007. In an article in American Scholar, Ralph Keyes says, Soon after they arrived in America, British settlers got busy with an important task: reinventing their language. This called for repurposing old words and coining new ones. Colonists called the plump, smelly rodents they encountered in swamps muske rats. Other forms of wildlife were named katydids, bobcats, catfish, and whippoorwills. To these settlers, sleigh improved on sledge, and the help reflected their values better than servants. A contronym is a word that can be its own opposite, for example, left can mean both to depart and to remain. The plural of octopus is octopuses, because you can't put a Latin ending ( i) on a word derived from Greek. The English language has a mysterious rule of adjective order, seldom taught in schools. According to linguist Mark Forsyth, the order goes opinion-size-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose Noun. Read the larger explanation at: http://tinyurl.com/h7qzwep Habeas corpus is a writ ordering that a person be brought before a judge, especially to decide whether a prisoners detention is lawful. Defenestrate was coined in 1618 from the Latin prefix de (down or away from) and fenestra, which means window. It originates from two incidents in Prague, known as the Defenestrations of Prague. In 1419 several town officials were thrown from the windows of the town hall. Then, in 1618, two imperial governors and their secretaries were tossed from Prague Castle. This event began the 30 Years War. Wreckage that sinks to the ocean floor and has no hope of recovery is called derelict; this word traces its origins in English to the 1640s and is derived from the Latin derelictus for solitary and deserted. Its meaning of an abandoned vessel may be traced back to the 1660s. Flotsam denotes that wreckage from a ship that is later found floating on the seas surface. The word traces its roots to the early 1600s and the Anglo-French floteson, which derived from the Old French flotaison (meaning a floating.) The word in English was spelled flotsen until the mid-1800s, when it took on its modern variant. Jetsam, first seen in the mid-1500s, is the stuff that was purposely thrown off a ship by its crew to lighten its load (usually during troubling times), and is washed ashore. The word is a modification and contraction of the Middle English jetteson, itself from the Anglo-French getteson and Old French getaison (meaning a throwing.) When a plane or ship captain uses the word Mayday, he's following a procedure which originated in 1923. Frederick Stanley Mockford, a senior radio officer at Croydon Airport in London, was asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood by all pil
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2010 Ryder Cup Points Team Standings (as of 08/01/10) 2010 Ryder Cup Points Team Standings (as of 08/01/10) By Series: Published: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 | 4:34 p.m. Eight U.S. Team members will be determined following the 92nd PGA Championship, Aug. 15, at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wis.; U.S. Ryder Cup Team Captain Corey Pavin will make his four remaining selections on Sept. 7. U. S. Ryder Cup Qualifications (Captain Corey Pavin) The United States points system will determine the top eight players for the 2010 United States Ryder Cup Team. In addition, Captain Corey Pavin will have four selections on a date to be determined to complete the United States team. Points are based upon the following: Prize money earned in the 2009 major championships (Masters, U.S. Open, British Open and PGA Championship): One point is awarded for every $1,000 earned; all U.S. players making the cut will earn points. Prize money earned in 2010 "Official" events from Jan. 1 through Aug.15: One point is awarded for every $1,000 earned, excluding the major championships, events played opposite major championships and events played opposite World Golf Championships; all U.S. players making the cut will earn points. Prize money earned for the 2010 major championships: (Masters, U.S. Open, British Open, and the PGA Championship). Two points are awarded for every $1,000 earned; all U.S. players making the cut will earn points. Prize money earned in 2010 events played opposite the major championships and opposite World Golf Championship events between Jan. 1 and the PGA Championship, Aug. 16 - one-half point will be awarded for every $1,000 earned; all U.S. players making the cut will earn points. 2010 U.S. RYDER CUP Team Standings Through the Greenbrier Classic (8/1/10) 1. Phil MICKELSON 5,768.74900 18. Bo VAN PELT 2,156.33400 19. Sean O'HAIR 2,122.57468 European Ryder Cup Team Qualifications (Captain Colin Montgomerie) The European Team will be selected employing the following criteria: The leading four players on The Ryder Cup World Points List (1) as of Sunday, August 29, 2010, or at the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, whichever is the latter. In the event of a tie (equal number of points accumulated), placings will be decided by the player with the higher ranking on the Official World Golf Ranking as of Monday, August 23, 2010. The leading five players, not otherwise qualified (having selected the four players from The Ryder Cup World Points List) from The Ryder Cup European Points List (2) as of Sunday, August 29, 2010, or at the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, whichever is the latter. In the event of a tie (equal number of points accumulated), placings will be decided by the player with the higher ranking on The 2010 Race to Dubai as of August 29, 2010, or at the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, whichever is the latter. The Captain, Colin Montgomerie, will choose the remaining three players on Sunday August 29, 2010 following the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. The Ryder Cup World Points List is comprised of World Ranking Points won by a European Tour Member from each tournament in which he participates between September 3, 2009 and August 22, 2010 and thereafter in the 2010 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. World Ranking Points are allocated to all officially sanctioned tournaments (on any Federated Tour) by the Official World Golf Ranking and are allocated according to the Event Rating of the tournament. The Ryder Cup European Points List is comprised of points (1 point = 1 Euro) earned by a European Tour Member from all officially sanctioned European Tour tournaments on The Race to Dubai between September 3, 2009 and August 29, 2010 or the conclusion of the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, whichever is the latter. 2010 EUROPEAN RYDER CUP Team Standings Ryder Cup World Points (Through 8/1/2010) 1. Lee WESTWOOD (ENG) 422.01 2. Rory MCILROY (NIR) 272.45 3. Graeme MCDOWELL (NIR) 245.51 4. Luke DONALD (ENG) 2
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Ryder Cup: The greatest moment as voted for by you - BBC Sport BBC Sport Ryder Cup: The greatest moment as voted for by you 18 Sep 2014 The biennial tussle between Europe and the USA has a back catalogue of classic moments and BBC Sport selected 10 of the greatest. Ahead of next week's contest at Gleneagles, we asked you to choose the best from our shortlist. Find out how you voted below and click here to listen to the BBC Radio 5 live debate. 1st (47%) - Poulter's five straight birdies provide spark for Europe's "Miracle at Medinah" - 2012 The scene: Holders Europe, containing four of the top five players in the world, were heading for the kind of defeat they had not experienced for more than 30 years. Media playback is not supported on this device 2012: Poulter sparks Miracle at Medinah At 10-4 down on Saturday afternoon, they were at least boosted by a one-hole win for Sergio Garcia and Luke Donald over Tiger Woods and Steve Stricker. However, Ian Poulter and Rory McIlroy were two down on Jason Dufner and Dustin Johnson with six to play. The moment: Not so much one moment but five of them as Poulter, a European talisman with 10 victories in his previous 13 matches, hit the hottest of putting streaks. In birdieing each of the final five holes, Poulter charged to a one-hole win, sealing victory with a nerveless 10-footer in the gloom of the 18th. His wide-eyed, fist-pumping roar was a sign of visiting defiance. "We have a pulse," he later told his team-mates. What followed was the greatest European comeback in the history of the Cup. Eight-and-a-half points taken from the singles might have been the Miracle of Medinah, but Europe would have been too far back had it not been for Poulter's heroics. Poulter: "You know what, these might be my majors. If they are, that's fine. If this is it, I'm a happy man. I've got more pride and passion to give in the Ryder Cup than I feel to win a major." 2nd (22%) - Clarke's emotional reception on the first tee following the death of his wife - 2006 The scene: Europe not only defended the Cup in 2004, but handed out an 18½-9½ thrashing at Oakland Hills. That, though, seemed irrelevant in the build-up to 2006 at the K Club in Ireland. Media playback is not supported on this device 2006: Clarke gets emotional reception at the K Club Darren Clarke's wife Heather died of cancer shortly after that year's Open, with Clarke subsequently halting all his playing commitments. Clarke would need a wildcard selection from captain Ian Woosnam and, when it was offered, Clarke accepted in accordance with the dying wish of his wife. The moment: Clarke was partnered with Lee Westwood in the final fourball match on a crisp, clear first morning in Dublin. As the pair left the putting green, Westwood went on ahead to "work the crowd" and when the Northern Irishman strode into the arena around the first tee he was hit with what he later described as a "tsunami of noise". With lumps in every throat, and Westwood and Clarke's caddie Billy Foster in tears, Clarke belted a 300-yard drive down the middle and birdied the first. The Europeans beat Phil Mickelson and Chris DiMarco one up, and Clarke went on to win the other two matches he played, as Europe recorded another 18½-9½ win. Clarke: "When Woosie dedicated the Ryder Cup to Heather, I doubt there was a dry eye in the house. Heather had wanted me to play and I'd done my bit. I knew she would have been proud." 3rd (11%) - The Concession. Nicklaus offers Jacklin a half to tie the match - 1969 The scene: Great Britain had won only three times in 42 years and were thrashed in 1967. Media playback is not supported on this device 1969: Jack Nicklaus concedes to Tony Jacklin But in perhaps the closest Ryder Cup in history, 17 of the 32 matches at Royal Birkdale went to the final hole. With only one pair left on the course, the contest was level at 15½-15½. The moment: The Cup came down to the final match between America's then seven-time major winner Jack Nicklaus and 25-year-old Englishman Tony Jacklin, that year's Open Champion. After Jacklin eagled the 17th, the
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Poll: Who Should Play Lara Croft in the 'Tomb Raider' Reboot? | Collider SHARE TWEET 0 A new Tomb Raider movie is in the works with Norwegian thriller director Roar Uthaug set to direct and screenwriter Geneva Robertson-Dworet giving the script its latest once-over. The biggest piece of the puzzle that remains is the casting of the title character, the video game heroine and archaeological adventurer Lara Croft. The role was famously brought to life by Angelina Jolie in two feature films, but now that a franchise reboot looks to take audiences back to Croft’s origins, a new face will most likely be taking on the part. We’ve put together a list of leading actresses that we think would do a great job as Lara Croft. They range from leading ladies with action movie experience like Emily Blunt, Keira Knightley, and Priyanka Chopra, to TV stars like Lauren Cohan, Summer Glau, and Nicole Beharie, to Lara Croft’s video game voice and motion-capture actor, Camilla Luddington herself. There’s quite the variety in this list, but if you don’t find your favorite for the lead, be sure to click the “Someone Else” button and let us know who you’d like to see in the comments section. Vote for the new Lara Croft below! Related Content
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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: October 2014 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League & Harrington ‘B’ What well-known product was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, who at that time was addicted to morphine and was looking to find a less harmful substitute? Coca-Cola The entrepreneur Donald F Duncan introduced which toy in 1929, often thought to be based on a weapon used by 16th Century Filipino hunters? Yo-Yo Who was the Greek God of time? Chronos Which English King was the son of Edward, The Black Prince Richard II Who succeeded Richard II as King in 1399? Henry IV What name is given to the notorious tidal current in the Lofoten islands off Norway? Maelstrom Which hit song from July 1979 was inspired by the doings of one Brenda Spencer on 29th January that year? I Don’t Like Mondays (by The Boomtown Rats) Which motor manufacturer produces the model which has the best-selling car name of all time (the model has undergone at least eleven redesigns from 1966 to date)? Toyota (the Corolla is the model in question) What was Fanny Cradock’s real Christian name? Phyllis (Born as Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey) What is the collective name for the handmaidens of Odin who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live? Valkyries Illustrated on its logo, the product Marmite is named after a French word for what? Cooking Pot Which Nintendo game first introduced the character of Mario? Donkey Kong (in 1981…pre-dating Super Mario Bros. by 4 years) Which song was the Labour Party’s theme in its Election campaign of 1997? Things can only get better (by D:Ream) Who is the only woman to have been French Prime Minister? Edith Cresson Who designed the first Blue Peter badge as well as the “Ship” logo used by the programme? Tony Hart Born in Ulverston in 1890, by what name was Arthur Stanley Jefferson better known? Stan Laurel Of which actress did Groucho Marx say “I knew her before she became a virgin”? Doris Day Who wrote and composed the Opera ‘Oedipus Rex’? Stravinsky Who was the first “First Minister of Scotland”? Donald Dewar Who was the first Secretary General of The United Nations? Trygve Lie Against the people of which city did the Romans fight the Punic Wars? Carthage Josip Broz was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman, serving in various roles from 1943 until his death in 1980. By what name is he better known? Tito Which famous Independent day and Boarding School in Derbyshire was founded by Sir John Port in 1557? Repton School Buddy Holly had a posthumous hit with the song "It doesn’t matter any more". Which singer / songwriter of the time wrote it? Paul Anka An alibi is a form of defence used in criminal proceedings where the accused attempts to prove their innocence. What does the Latin word alibi literally mean? Elsewhere (The accused attempts to prove they were somewhere else at the time of the offence) Who said in a speech in 1968 “As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see 'the River Tiber foaming with much blood'”? Enoch Powell In a famous 1871 poem, the wedding feast consisted of “mince and quince eaten with a runcible spoon“. Name either of the parties supposedly getting married. Owl or Pussycat (in the Edward Lear poem) Who was the last King of France before the First French Republic was established in 1792? Louis XVI (the Sixteenth) Which modern Japanese martial art is descended from swordsmanship and uses a weapon called a Shinai Kendo Who wrote the book ‘Whisky Galore’? Compton Mackenzie Which fictional pirate captain went to his death murmuring the words ‘Floreat Etona’? Captain Hook In which London restaurant did Boris Becker have his famously brief, but expensive, 'affair' in a broom cupboard with model Angela Ermakova? Nobu Who was the US President throughout the period of World War I? Woodrow Wilson Who was the UK Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I? Asquith Gruinard Island is an uninhabited Scottish island which was used as the scene for experiments on which bacterium during the 20th century? Anthrax Jihad is an Islamic term referring to a religious duty of Muslims. Wha
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Nereid and Triton are satellites of which planet?
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ASTRONOMY (SATELLITES OF NEPTUNE) TRITON FACTS ABOUT THE SATELLITES OF NEPTUNE (NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "Voyager at Neptune: 1989," JPL 400-353, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., March 1989, pp. 9,10.) Triton and Nereid * Neptune has eight known satellites, Triton, Nereid and six others. Neither Triton nor Nereid travels in the plane of the planet's equator; Triton's orbital plane is at an angle of about 20 degrees to Neptune's equator, while Nereid's is at an angle of about 30 degrees. * Triton completes one rotation on its axis in the same amount of time that it takes to circle Neptune, 5.88 Earth days. Because the rotation rate is synchronized with its orbital period, the same hemisphere always faces Neptune. (Similarly, Earth's Moon is also in synchronous rotation, keeping the same face toward Earth.) * At an average distance of 354,600 kilometers (220,300 miles) from the center of its planet, Triton is nearly as far from Neptune as the Moon is from Earth. Triton is the only large moon in the solar system with a retrograde orbit; that is, it travels in the direction opposite the planet's rotation. Because of its retrograde orbit, Triton is spiraling slowly toward Neptune. * Triton is roughly the size of Earth's Moon. Estimates of Triton's diameter range from 2,200 to 4,000 kilometers (1,400 to 2,500 miles). * If Triton is small�perhaps about 2,200 kilometers (1,400 miles) in diameter�scientists expect to find only a very thin atmosphere. If, on the other hand, Triton is larger�perhaps about 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) in diameter�then it is expected to have a lower surface temperature and could have a thicker atmosphere (which otherwise would have escaped to space long ago), and Voyager's cameras may not be able to see the surface. * Because Triton's size is uncertain, the Voyager flight team has prepared primary and alternative designs for some observations. This strategy will allow a critical decision just a few days before the encounter, based on the latest information available: if Triton is large and has a thick atmosphere, observations will be concentrated on the atmosphere; if Triton is smaller and the atmosphere thin, observations instead will be concentrated on the surface. The best Voyager images of Triton are expected to show features smaller than one mile. * Scientists hope that Voyager 2's cameras will be able to see through Triton's atmosphere to the surface, where there is methane frost or ice and solid or liquid nitrogen. Small quantities of methane may also be dissolved in ponds of liquid nitrogen. * On the dark side of Triton, Voyager 2 will look for temperature differences that may indicate the existence of liquid bodies. (Since liquids cool more slowly than fine-grained solids, warmer areas on the dark side might be liquid.) * Triton's seasonal cycle is complex and extreme because of the combined effects of its orbit and its rotation. * Each of Triton's poles spends long periods in darkness, where temperatures are extremely low and most molecules are frozen. * Where the Sun is directly overhead on Triton, the temperature is near the freezing point of liquid nitrogen (63 kelvins or -346�F). The southern hemisphere of Triton is now approaching summer, and sunlight currently strikes directly at about 40 degrees south latitude. As this hemisphere warms, some liquids and solids vaporize quickly. However, as Triton rotates, this hemisphere is plunged alternately into darkness and daylight, and this too affects the freezing, melting, and vaporization of the nitrogen and methane. * Voyager 2 is slated to pass through a narrow area behind Triton where both the Sun and Earth will be hidden from view for about 4 minutes. During this time, the ultraviolet spectrometer on board the spacecraft will study the satellite's atmosphere by viewing the Sun shining through Triton's atmosphere, while at the same time the spacecraft's radio beams will probe the atmosphere to determine temperature and pressure levels. Just days before closest approach, navigators
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Mary Todd was the wife of which US President?
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Mary Todd Lincoln | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Ann Todd Lincoln was the wife of the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. She served as First Lady from 1861 until his assassination in 1865 at Ford's Theatre. As a girlhood companion remembered her, Mary Todd was vivacious and impulsive, with an interesting personality--but "she now and then could not restrain a witty, sarcastic speech that cut deeper than she intended...." A young lawyer summed her up in 1840: "the very creature of excitement." All of these attributes marked her life, bringing her both happiness and tragedy. Daughter of Eliza Parker and Robert Smith Todd, pioneer settlers of Kentucky, Mary lost her mother before the age of seven. Her father remarried; and Mary remembered her childhood as "desolate" although she belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington, with high-spirited social life and a sound private education. Just 5 feet 2 inches at maturity, Mary had clear blue eyes, long lashes, light-brown hair with glints of bronze, and a lovely complexion. She danced gracefully, she loved finery, and her crisp intelligence polished the wiles of a Southern coquette. Nearly 21, she went to Springfield, Illinois, to live with her sister Mrs. Ninian Edwards. Here she met Abraham Lincoln--in his own words, "a poor nobody then." Three years later, after a stormy courtship and broken engagement, they were married. Though opposites in background and temperament, they were united by an enduring love--by Mary's confidence in her husband's ability and his gentle consideration of her excitable ways. Their years in Springfield brought hard work, a family of boys, and reduced circumstances to the pleasure-loving girl who had never felt responsibility before. Lincoln's single term in Congress, for 1847-1849, gave Mary and the boys a winter in Washington, but scant opportunity for social life. Finally her unwavering faith in her husband won ample justification with his election as President in 1860. Though her position fulfilled her high social ambitions, Mrs. Lincoln's years in the White House mingled misery with triumph. An orgy of spending stirred resentful comment. While the Civil War dragged on, Southerners scorned her as a traitor to her birth, and citizens loyal to the Union suspected her of treason. When she entertained, critics accused her of unpatriotic extravagance. When, utterly distraught, she curtailed her entertaining after her son Willie's death in 1862, they accused her of shirking her social duties. Yet Lincoln, watching her put her guests at ease during a White House reception, could say happily: "My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out." Her husband's assassination in 1865 shattered Mary Todd Lincoln. The next 17 years held nothing but sorrow. With her son "Tad" she traveled abroad in search of health, tortured by distorted ideas of her financial situation. After Tad died in 1871, she slipped into a world of illusion where poverty and murder pursued her. A misunderstood and tragic figure, she passed away in 1882 at her sister's home in Springfield--the same house from which she had walked as the bride of Abraham Lincoln, 40 years before. The biographies of the First Ladies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The First Ladies of the United States of America,” by Allida Black. Copyright 2009 by the White House Historical Association. Learn more about Mary Todd Lincoln's spouse, Abraham Lincoln .
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The 1993 Inauguration The 1993 Inauguration Help Site Map Text Only An aerial view of the "Reunion on the Mall" held as part of the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. With tents stretching from the Capitol to the Washington Monument, it was reported to be the largest festival ever held on the Mall. This photo was taken from a U.S. Park Police helicopter hovering so the top of the Monument is in the foreground of the picture. A dramatic night photo of the Washington Monument covered by lights during the ceremonies marking the opening of the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. The Lincoln Memorial and a bank of spotlights are in the background. This photo was taken from the top of the clock tower on the Smithsonian Castle building on the Mall. Hillary Clinton greets visitors and shakes hands along a fence on the Mall in Washington during her visit to "The Reunion on the Mall" held as part of the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. An aerial view of the Lincoln Memorial during the "Call for Reunion," a two-hour outdoor concert kicking off the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. Hundreds of thousands of people crowded onto the Mall for the free concert which featured such entertainers as Aretha Franklin, Michael Bolton, Tony Bennett, Bob Dylan, Diana Ross and rapper L-L Cool J. The Clintons and the Gores wave to the crowd at the opening to the "Call for Reunion" a two-hour outdoor concert kicking off the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. Hundreds of thousands of people crowded onto the Mall for the free concert. Bill Clinton, with the statue of Lincoln behind him , addresses the hundreds of thousands of people who crowded onto the Mall for the "Call for Reunion" a two-hour outdoor concert kicking off the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. Singer Diana Ross, on stage at the Lincoln Memorial giving it her all in her finale for the "Call To Reunion", which kicked off the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. Hundreds of thousands of people crowded onto the Mall for the free two-hour outdoor concert. The Clintons and the Gores lead a procession of thousands across the Memorial Bridge from the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington Virginia on their way to the Bell Ringing Ceremony which was part of the kick off of the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. The procession and bell ringing followed a Call To Reunion concert at the Lincoln Memorial. While the Clintons and Gores watch, Chelsea Clinton rings a replica of the Liberty Bell during festivities kicking off the Clinton/Gore Inaugural At the stroke of 6 p.m., Clinton and Gore grasped the red rope attached to the bell and led the nation in a bell ringing ceremony. Clinton's daughter, Chelsea, kept up the ringing long after her father let go of the rope. (~15K). (~16K) Bill Clinton holds up an American Flag passed to him by someone in the crowd at the Bell Ringing Ceremony which was part of the kick off for the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. One of the most spectacular fireworks displays ever seen in Washington caps the day's events which kicked off the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. This photograph was taken from the Virginia side of the Potomac River. The Lincoln Memorial, to the left, is almost hidden by the bursts. A spectacular red, white and blue burst of fireworks , seen from the unique perspective from the top of the Washington Monument, cap the day's events which kicked off the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. Looking down from the Monument, in addition to the fireworks, the Lincoln Memorial, and bridges over the Potomac Rover to Virginia can be seen. President-elect Bill Clinton waves to the waiting crowd as he, Vice President-elect Al Gore, and their wives leave a meeting of introduction with diplomats at Georgetown University. Perhaps the most spectacular fireworks ever seen in Washington burst over the Potomac River during the kick off to the Clinton/Gore Inaugural. Behind the red, white and blue bursts, three of D.C.'s most distinct landmarks - the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument and U.S. Capitol can be se
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RENAULT Kadjar BIK rates - Company car tax 2017 - Next Green Car Next 10 ► RENAULT Kadjar BIK rates Finding an RENAULT Kadjar with a low BIK rate will mean lower company car tax payable. As the BIK rate is linked to the fuel type and official CO2 emissions, an RENAULT Kadjar model with low BIK rate will most likely mean reduced fuel bills as well as less impact on the environment. To find company car tax payable for a specific RENAULT Kadjar model click on the record in the list or use the company car tax calculator .
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World's Best Car Designers World's Best Car Designers More info Peter Schreyer is a German automobile designer widely known for his design contributions to the Audi TT. In 2006, Car Design News called the Audi TT one of "the most influential automotive design in recent time” earning Schreyer the “Man of the Year 2012” title by Automobile Magazine.
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Eleanor Rigby's statue Let me take you down to Eleanor Rigby's statue Why? Because the Eleanor Rigby is a monument by the Liverpudlians to "all the lonely people", as Paul's song reflected. It's also conveniently placed close to Mathew Street , so you shouldn't miss the chance of paying her a visit. Where? The statue is placed in Stanley Street, a couple of blocks from Mathew Street, and you'll see it on one of the sidewalks. As always, you can take a look at the map . What You Should Know The statue was sculptured in 1982 by pop singer Tommy Steele, as a tribute to the Beatles. A plaque next to the monument dedicates it 'To All The Lonely People' Of course, Eleanor Rigby is a fictional character, although a grave was found near St Peter's Church in Woolton (where Paul met John) with the name Eleanor Rigby on it. Miscellanea Inside the bronze sculpture are a four leaf clover representing Nature a page of the Bible representing Spiritual Matters a football sock representing Leisure a 'Dandy' and 'Beano' comic representing Comedy four sonnets representing Romance.
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Library books defaced by prankster playwright Joe Orton go on show | Stage | The Guardian Joe Orton Library books defaced by prankster playwright Joe Orton go on show Orton and his boyfriend, Kenneth Halliwell, went to jail for adding surreal gags to dustjackets in guerrilla protest One of the library book covers defaced by Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell – this one with the addition of a picture of a baboon. Photograph: Felix Clay for the Guardian Tuesday 11 October 2011 12.53 EDT First published on Tuesday 11 October 2011 12.53 EDT Close This article is 5 years old As crimes go it was not the most heinous of offences, but Islington council's principal law clerk, Sidney Porrett, made it his mission to nab the perpetrators. "I had to catch these two monkeys," he said. "They were a couple of darlings, make no mistake." The darlings in question were the playwright Joe Orton and his boyfriend – later murderer – Kenneth Halliwell, and the crimes were taking library books and returning them with comedy collages on the dustjackets. After a fruitless investigation that involved undercover librarians, Porrett eventually caught the pair in an elaborate sting operation and they went down for six months each. From Friday, the story of their crimes will be retold by the council, which is putting on display 40 of the 72 dustjackets that the pair defaced. Islington's local history manager, Mark Aston, said it was the first time the jackets – "they're of international interest I'd say" – had gone on show in this number in the same place, and they shined a light on two fascinating lives and characters. The crimes stemmed from Halliwell and Orton's unhappiness at the books on offer at Essex Road library. "They were appalled by what they found," said Aston, stressing that things had much changed since then. "It was endless shelves of rubbish, as they saw it." Fuming at the selection, the pair decided on a guerrilla protest by systematically stealing books and then doctoring the book cover. So a biography of John Betjeman now has a picture of an elderly tattooed man in trunks; Collins Guide to Roses has a baboon on it; and Corbett H Thigpen and Hervey M Cleckley's The Three Faces of Eve has an adorable kitten. In their surrealism some of the gags bring to mind Monty Python and The Goodies, both of which came much later: giant cats, for example, on the cover of an Agatha Christie novel. The pair were clearly out to shock whoever might happen upon their handiwork, with new titles sometimes applied. What would a librarygoer in 1960 think in picking up The Collected Plays of Emlyn Williams and finding they were about to read plays called Knickers Must Fall and Fucked by Monty? They also altered the blurbs for the books in a less than tasteful fashion. Dorothy L Sayers's Gaudy Nights, for example, was the writer "at her most awe inspiring. At her most queer, and needless to say, at her most crude!" Readers of another of her Lord Peter Wimsey books, Clouds of Witness, are advised to read behind closed doors "and have a good shit while you are reading!" The pair would sneak the book back on to a shelf and then wait for someone to pick it up so they could watch the reaction. Orton and Halliwell also, surely much more unacceptably, cut out pages and plates from art books with which to plaster the walls of their flat. "It was library wallpaper," said Aston. "Quite well done actually." When the library authorities cottoned on to what was happening, they brought in undercover staff from other libraries to try to catch whomever was doing it, and when that failed Porrett had the idea of writing to his number one suspects, Halliwell and Orton. He wrote alleging an illegally parked car, provoking an incandescent reply from Halliwell lambasting the petty-mindedness of the council and pointing out that they did not have a car. "Porrett got what he wanted," said Aston. "He got a typed letter which matched the typeface of text on the book jackets." Soon the police were knocking on the door of their flat in Noel Road and they quickly found book jackets in the
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Tuna | Species | WWF Species e Habitats Oceans If fish were like cars, tuna would be the Ferraris of the ocean—sleek, powerful, and made for speed. Their torpedo-shaped bodies streamline their movement through water, and their special swimming muscles enable them to cruise the ocean highways with great efficiency. Tuna are remarkable and impressive wild animals. The Atlantic bluefin can reach ten feet in length and weigh as much as 1500 pounds (more than a horse). Their specialized body shape, fins and scales enable some species of tuna to swim as fast as 43 miles per hour. Tuna swim incredible distances as they migrate. Some tuna are born in the Gulf of Mexico, cross the entire Atlantic Ocean to feed off coast of Europe, and then swim all the way back to the Gulf to breed. These extraordinary marine animals are also integral to the diet of millions and are one of the most commercially valuable fish. The majority of the market is made up of four species: skipjack, yellowfin, bigeye and albacore. As the methods of catching tuna have improved over the years, the conservation and management of tuna has not evolved as quickly. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, most tuna stocks are fully exploited (meaning there is no room for fishery expansion) and some are already overexploited (there is a risk of stock collapse). Some tuna can swim as fast as 43 miles per hour Places Are We Buying the Fish We Think We’re Buying? WWF is urging the US government to establish regulations, including the proposal of a national traceability program to track seafood from the point where it is caught to its entry into the US, under which all species of fish are eventually covered. Skipjack Tuna Why They Matter Tuna are among the most commercially valuable fish on the planet. The Atlantic bluefin is a highly sought-after delicacy for sushi and sashimi in Asia—a single fish has sold for over $700,000! Driven by such high prices, fishermen use even more refined techniques to catch tuna. And the fish are disappearing as a result. Although tuna do provide food and livelihoods for people, they are more than just seafood. Tuna are a top predator in the marine food chain, maintaining a balance in the ocean environment. Threats The tuna oceanic highways have turned into gauntlets lined with giant nets and endless lines of fishing boats. Fishermen have resorted to high-tech ways to catch tuna, including devices that draw the fish into bunches so that fishermen can catch more of them at once. Many of the world’s valuable tuna species face a number of urgent yet common threats to their continued existence such as significant population declines, poor international conservation management, and high levels of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (pirate) fishing. Illegal fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna is a big problem and the fishery has been plagued by lack of enforcement and control. What WWF Is Doing WWF focuses on transforming the global tuna fisheries market and improving the way tuna fisheries are managed and governed. Our approach is for tuna stocks to be managed as integral parts of the entire marine ecosystem. WWF works on seven tuna populations with the highest market value and therefore most vulnerable to overfishing: the Atlantic, Southern and Pacific bluefin, bigeye, yellowfin, albacore and skipjack tuna. We work with other organizations as well as the fishing, processing and retailing sector to transform tuna fishing into a sustainable business. Our goal is to achieve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for healthy and well-managed tuna populations. Stopping Overfishing In the Mediterranean, WWF has been working for over 10 years to protect Atlantic bluefin tuna. We work to stop overfishing and ensure recovery of the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean stock. WWF has been very influential in most of the decisions made by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), the body that regulates the fisheries. Tuna Tagging Since 2008, WWF has been tagging Atlantic bluefin tuna i
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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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Where is Sodor, home of Thomas the Tank Engine? - BBC News BBC News Where is Sodor, home of Thomas the Tank Engine? By Trevor Timpson BBC News 4 July 2011 Close share panel Image caption Thomas the Tank Engine harks back to the age of steam Thomas the Tank Engine creator WV Awdry, born 100 years ago, set his railway engine stories in a sort of British Atlantis called Sodor. But where is it? In Sodor they are celebrating, according to the latest book in the Railway Series of stories started by the Reverend Wilbert (WV) Awdry in 1945. In the book written by WV Awdry's son Christopher and marking the centenary of his birth, the engines - after the usual crop of mishaps - transport a bust of their creator to the main station of Sodor where the Fat Controller supervises its unveiling. But how do you get to Sodor, home of Thomas the Tank Engine and the other locomotives, the Fat Controller and the Troublesome Trucks? According to WV Awdry, who died in 1997, it's easy. The Jubilee Bridge at Barrow in Furness actually goes there, he and his brother George wrote in their 1987 book The Island of Sodor. However, ordinary maps say it goes only to Walney Island. So when you have crossed the bridge, instead of Vickerstown on Walney, you are in "Vicarstown" - gateway to Sodor. But Awdry himself admitted that Sodor was an afterthought. In 1950, he writes in The Island of Sodor, after his first four Railway Series books had been written, that he was poring over maps to "find a suitable location for the Fat Controller's Railway and map it... standardise the scenery at any given spot, and so avoid troublesome questions". A preaching engagement on the Isle of Man made him aware that its bishop is officially Bishop of Sodor and Man - Sodor being an old name for the Hebrides whose ecclesiastical link to Man had long lapsed. So was born the new Sodor, stretching almost from Furness to Man and described with gentle wit and in enormous detail by the Awdrys in their 1987 book. But to go there, you need not cross the bridge at Barrow and hope that it will miraculously materialise like a British Atlantis. All over Britain, you find parts of Sodor. The Talyllyn Railway The narrow-gauge former slate railway running inland from Tywyn in mid-Wales was the world's first preserved line, its society being formed in 1951. WV Awdry was one of its earliest members. Image caption WV Awdry, his son Christopher and grandson Richard on the Talyllyn Railway, 1982 "He came and volunteered for the first time in '52. He and his family had a fortnight's holiday in Tywyn and he worked as a guard," says David Mitchell, the line's former managing director. "And that of course was the famous occasion when they left the tea lady behind, which got written into one of the stories. "He used to come and oil fishplates and work on the track and things like that in his younger days. And when he died he left us the contents of his study which we have recreated here." The Talyllyn Railway and its engines are the basis for the Skarloey narrow-gauge railway in WV Awdry's books - the first ever railway in Sodor. Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Image caption Sodor scene? Small engines on the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway The scenic narrow-gauge line which carries visitors in open carriages from the Cumbrian coast to the slopes of Scafell Pike inspired the Arlesdale Railway in the Awdry series. WV Awdry's first book on the line, Small Railway Engines, includes a visit by the Thin Clergyman (himself) and the Fat Clergyman (his friend the Rev Teddy Boston, who had a railway running round the grounds of his Leicestershire rectory). Three of the Arlesdale engines - Rex, Bert and Mike - are named after the Ravenglass and Eskdale engines River Esk, River Irt and River Mite. "It is not difficult to this day to still identify most pages with various sites on the line," says the railway's general manager, Trevor Stockton. A second book in the series, written by Christopher Awdry, is about Jock the New Engine - based on the line's fourth locomotive, Northern Rock. The Brighton connection Awdry
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Britain and the World 1988 Australia's bicentennial anniversary-parade of tall ships in Sydney Harbour Feb17 Lieutenant Colonel William Higgins, an American officer serving with a United Nations truce monitoring group, was kidnapped in southern Lebanon (he was later slain by his captors). Feb21 The grave of Boadicea, the warrior queen who fought the Romans almost 2,000 years ago, was located by archaeologists under Platform 8 at King's Cross railway station. Feb23 The fifteenth Winter Olympic Games opened in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Feb25 Sinner and US TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart is suspended by the elders of the church for his descent into immorality Feb29 Nazi document implicates Kurt Waldheim in WW II deportations. He is also accused of criminal involvement in the execution of seven British Commandos Mar6 Three IRA terrorists were shot dead by SAS men in Gibraltar. The circumstances surrounding their deaths formed the basis of a controversial TV documentary "Death On The Rock" Mar11 The one pound note (introduced 12th March 1797) ceased to be legal tender, and was replaced by the pound coin. Apr4 The ITV soap opera Crossroads ended after 24 years and 4510 episodes Apr10 The world's longest double-decker bridge opened to traffic,carrying cars and trains. The 7-9 mile long 'Great Seto Bridge' crossed the Inland Sea and liked the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. It had taken 10 years to build and cost �4.9 billion. Apr16 PLO military chief Khalil Wazir (Abu Jihad) is gunned down by Israeli commandos in Tunisia. Apr18 Israeli court convicted John Demjanjuk of Nazi war crimes, saying he was the gas chamber operator "Ivan The Terrible" at the Treblinka death camp in World War 11 May15 Soviet troops began leaving Afghanistan after eight years of occupation Jun2 In Canberra, the High Court unanimously rejected Britain's bid to ban further publication in Australia of the "Spycatcher" memoirs of former secret agent Peter Wright. Jun6 The Queen stripped imprisoned jockey Lester Piggott of his OBE. He was jailed earlier for repeated tax evasion Jul3 American warship Vincennes shot down an Iran Airbus A300 over the Gulf in the last weeks of the Iran-Iraq war, killing all 290 aboard. Jul6 167 men die in an explosion on the Piper Alpha oil rig in the North Sea. Aug19 Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their eight year-old war Oct19 British government banned broadcast interviews with groups which expressed support for violence in Northern Ireland, provoking opposition charges it was handing a propaganda coup to the outlawed Irish Republican Army. Nov8 George Bush (Republican) beats Mike Dukakis (Democrat) for Presidency of the USA Dec1 Benazir Bhutto named first female Prime Minister of a Moslem country (Pakistan) Dec6
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Lonelygirl15: how one mysterious vlogger changed the internet | Technology | The Guardian The Guardian Lonelygirl15: how one mysterious vlogger changed the internet Bree was a funny, friendly 16-year-old video blogger with a strange family. But all was not what it seemed. Ten years on, we revisit YouTube’s first viral sensation Lonelygirl15: how one mysterious vlogger changed the internet Thursday 16 June 2016 04.00 EDT Share on Messenger Close In June 2006, a 16-year-old girl began a video blog on YouTube . Her name was Bree, she’d been lurking in the burgeoning community for a while. She was a self-described dork, she thought her hometown was really boring – “Maybe that’s why I spend so much time on my computer …” She was funny, friendly, had great eyebrows. Her first few videos were relatable and cute, introducing her friend Daniel and complaining about being home-schooled and having to do homework in June. It soon became clear she was pretty lonely, which was probably why her username was Lonelygirl15. Pinterest Bree was one of a slowly-growing community on YouTube of confessional video bloggers. They poured their lives into their webcams, not yet an automatic feature on laptops as they are today. Their follower bases grew slowly but steadily, with regular, and often grainy, videos about their day-to-day lives. They were largely ignored by the mainstream media, who at the time dismissed YouTube as just a repository for cat videos. Lonelygirl15 changed all that. Her followers quickly ballooned and she became one of the young site’s most popular stars. The New York Times had a recurring blog about her. She had her own forum. Hundreds of people wanted to be her friend on Myspace . The thing is, Bree wasn’t real. Lonelygirl15 actually had a small team of writers. Bree and her best friend Daniel were played by actors. YouTubers and the media had been duped. Yet this was no mere flash in the pan hoax – this was YouTube’s first web series. This was the first time someone proved you could actually make money on YouTube. And that changed everything. Remember Lonely Island’s “Lazy Sunday” video? It was the one where Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell rapped about a Sunday getting cupcakes and going to the movies. Miles Beckett does. Because that’s the video that began his obsession with YouTube. Pinterest “Someone posted it on Myspace, I think it was in December 2005?” he says. “And that’s how I found out about YouTube.” Back then, YouTube was just getting started. It wasn’t yet a year old, but it was growing quickly. The next summer it would be one of the fastest growing sites on the internet and would go on to be bought by Google for $1.65bn. Then a doctor, Beckett was among the millions of visitors to the site in its infancy, following the community and learning from it. One of the most-viewed videos from the pre-Lonelygirl15 era of YouTube was of two guys lipsyncing to the Pokemon theme songs. It was all filmed on their webcam and netted them about 24 million views before it was removed. Beckett had a thought. How could you really tell what was real and what was fake on YouTube? Anyone could buy a webcam or cameraphone and upload what they wanted. So how easy would it be to create an entirely fictitious YouTuber? “I thought it would be really cool if there was a video blogger and you told the story just like you would a TV show,” he said. He sat on this idea for a while. Then, one evening at a karaoke bar in LA, he met Mesh Flinders. The two hit it off so well, Beckett took a chance. He told Flinders about this new medium and his idea for a new story on it. Within a matter of days, they began writing the script. Within two weeks, they had the entire plot points for the first three months of videos. The story goes like so: our protagonist, Bree, is a homeschooled 16-year-old who doesn’t have a lot in the way of friends. Her days are spent on the internet, doing homework or hanging out with her one friend Daniel. She seems like a happy-go-lucky teenager, curious about science and history … except her parents are part of some str
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Rugby Movies The Internet is a wonderful thing. With just a few clicks of the mouse, from home, you can now access all sorts of information. While still more useful for pop culture types of information rather than information in detail - you must still rely on a library for that - the technology has revolutionized the way we gain facts and knowledge. The Internet Movie Database is a resource I find myself using all the time, and one uneventful afternoon, while wondering what else I could add to this web site, it occurred to me that I didn't know what, if any, movies on the subject of rugby were available. Sure, the silver screen is lousy with films about basketball, baseball and football, but where are the rugby films? A quick search on the IMDB listed these, a few of which have I seen. You can go to the IMDB entry by clicking on the movie title. Forever Strong - Starring Gary Cole and Sean Astin; set at Highland High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. Larry Gelwix, whom I once interviewed , is portrayed in this. I believe this is the first movie by Americans about American rugby. Anyway, thanks to Bob, my Old Boy friend with a DVD, I finally saw it. It was excellent. Oh, it had a lot of the usual sports film tropes, but at least this time it was about rugby, which was novel. A nit: At one point, just before the match, the coach puts a kid who usually plays winger into the hooker position. No responsible high school rugby coach would do this. Front row positions require training and practice, and hooker, as it happens, is the position where one is most likely to receive a grievous spine injury . (At least in the U.S.) As one hooker friend described it to me, "the scrum position feels a lot like being crucified." The coach who is highlighted in this production, Larry Gelwix, wouldn't do that. Another nit: At one point Highland High is shown playing during a thunder and lightning storm. Any USA Rugby certified referee would end the match. But this is still a wonderful film - it doesn't overstay its welcome, moves right along, has a compelling plot and cast and, best of all, promotes rugby. Well done. Go Dragons! - A Rugby Story - A 45 minute documentary about a gay men's rugby club in Chicago. I liked it because the situations are recognizable to just about any men's rugby club, gay or straight, and it's well-directed. Borstal Boy - A movie about the Irish writer Brendan Behan as a sixteen year-old, when he served time in a British juvenile detention center (a borstal) for attempting to smuggle explosives. There's a scene where the "Army XV" plays the teenage prisoners. It's fairly well photographed and paced, but it doesn't last for long. Warbrick - From an Internet correspondent: "There is a new NZ short film called "Warbrick" that is based on the 1888/1889 NZ Natives rugby team. They went on a tour of 107 matches and were the first to wear the black jersey and silver fern. They were also the first team to perform the haka. The short film touches on the origins of these things which was the NZ Natives although not many people know about their story. There is a trailer on youtube - type in Warbrick and you will see a short trailer." I added the link above - the film is 12 minutes long. Alive (1993): Of course. Probably the rugby-related movie everyone thinks about. So well-covered I've given it its own section on this site! Nando Parrado, a member of the original Uruguayan team, stated in an interview , "If we had been soccer players, we would have died." Later in the interview, this, "...he (Parrado) and the other surviving rugby players have nothing but praise for Marshall's movie: 'He went to the mountain with us, he lived with us, and he treated the story very, very accurately. We wouldn't change a thing.'" I've seen it; it's a good film. I found the crash landing sequence to be much more unsettling than the brief scenes of people eating human meat. (I'm sure I'll think of this film whenever I board a plane.) One wouldn't assume a film that has cannibalism as one of its themes would be something Disney (Touchstone) would
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Inigo Jones facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Inigo Jones COPYRIGHT 2004 The Gale Group Inc. Inigo Jones The English architect and designer Inigo Jones (1573-1652) was the most talented native artist in England in the first half of the 17th century. He was responsible for introducing Italian Renaissance architecture into England. Inigo Jones was born in London on July 15, 1573. Little is known of his early life and education, but between 1596/1597 and 1605 he traveled on the Continent and spent some years in Italy. In and around Venice and Vicenza he observed the buildings of Andrea Palladio, one of the major architects of the Late Renaissance, whose theories and designs had a profound effect on him. During this period Jones may have worked for a time for King Christian of Denmark. In 1609 Jones traveled in France, and in 1613-1614 he toured the Continent, spending most of the time in Italy. During this Italian sojourn Jones undertook a professional study of Palladio's architecture and architectural theories. In 1615 James I appointed Jones surveyor of the King's works, an important position, which was essentially that of chief architect to the Crown. He also held this position under Charles I until 1642, when the outbreak of the civil war disrupted court life. Court Masques During the reigns of both monarchs Jones designed and produced court masques, elaborate theatrical festivals which were common at courts on the Continent, especially in Italy. Ben Jonson often wrote scripts for the masques, and between 1605 and 1640 Jones worked on at least 25 of these productions. James l's queen, Anne of Denmark, was devoted to lavish entertainment and to the masques, and the tradition was continued in the reign of Charles I. The masques, in which the sovereigns and courtiers participated, were dazzling spectacles organized around allegorical or mythological themes; they involved music, ballet, and spoken parts and required fantastic costumes, complex stage machinery, and brilliant stage settings. Hundreds of Jones's drawings for the costumes and stage designs are extant, none of which would have been possible without his knowledge of Italian art and draftsmanship. The masques allowed him to exercise an imaginative fantasy which rarely appears in the sobriety of his architectural designs. His Architecture Jones was the first professional architect in England in the modern sense of the term, and he turned English architecture from its essentially medieval Gothic and Tudor traditions into the mainstream of the Italian Renaissance manner. He designed many architectural projects, some of them vast in scale; but of the buildings actually executed from his designs only seven remain, most of them in an altered or restored state. The earliest of Jones's surviving buildings is the Queen's House at Greenwich, a project he undertook for Queen Anne in 1616. The lower floor was completed at the time the Queen died in 1619. Work then stopped but was resumed in 1630 for Queen Henrietta Maria, Charles l's wife, and was completed in 1635. The building is marked by a symmetrical plan, simplicity of classical detail, harmonious proportions, and severe purity of line, all elements that reflected Italian Renaissance sources and constituted an architectural revelation to the English. The building now most associated with Jones is the Banqueting House at Whitehall (1619-1622). Intended to serve as a setting for state functions, it is a sophisticated manipulation of Italian classical elements and owes much to Palladio. The main facade consists of seven bays and two stories gracefully unified in an elegant, rational pattern of classical columns and pilasters, lightly rusticated stone, discreetly carved ornamentation, and a delicate contrast of textures. The interior is one large double-cube room; its classical severity contrasts dramatically with the richly baroque ceiling containing paintings by Peter Paul Rubens that were installed in 1635. The Queen's Chapel, Marlborough Gate, completed in 1627, has a coffered barrel vault
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Banqueting House | building, London, United Kingdom | Britannica.com Banqueting House building, London, United Kingdom THIS IS A DIRECTORY PAGE. Britannica does not currently have an article on this topic. Banqueting House, an example of Jacobean architecture, in Whitehall, London; designed by Inigo Jones and built in 1619–22. ChrisO Interior of the Banqueting House at Whitehall Palace, London; designed by Inigo Jones. © Adam Woolfitt/Corbis Learn about this topic in these articles: in Inigo Jones In 1619 the Banqueting House at Whitehall was destroyed by fire; and between that year and 1622 Jones replaced it with what has always been regarded as his greatest achievement. The Banqueting House consists of one great chamber, raised on a vaulted basement. It was conceived internally as a basilica on the Vitruvian model but without aisles, the superimposed columns being set against the... in building construction: Revival of Roman technics and materials ...after they had cooled and were cut into rectangular shapes. The first record of crown glass windows is their installation in double-hung counterweighted sliding-sash frames, at Inigo Jones’s Banqueting House in London in 1685. Large areas of such glass became common in the 1700s, pointing the way toward the great glass and iron buildings of the 19th century.
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Polymers and plastics: a chemical introduction The physical properties of a polymer such as its strength and flexibility depend on: chain length - in general, the longer the chains the stronger the polymer; side groups - polar side groups (including those that lead to hydrogen bonding) give stronger attraction between polymer chains, making the polymer stronger; branching - straight, unbranched chains can pack together more closely than highly branched chains, giving polymers that have higher density, are more crystalline and therefore stronger; cross-linking - if polymer chains are linked together extensively by covalent bonds, the polymer is harder and more difficult to melt. Amorphous and crystalline polymers The crystalline parts of this polymer are shown in blue. [ source ] For a very understandable discussion of polymer crystallinity, see this Macrogalleria page . The spaghetti-like entanglements of polymer molecules tend to produce amorphous solids, but it often happens that some parts can become sufficiently aligned to produce a region exhibiting crystal-like order, so it is not uncommon for some polymeric solids to consist of a random mixture of amorphous and crystalline regions. As might be expected, shorter and less-branched polymer chains can more easily organize themselves into ordered layers than can long chains. Hydrogen-bonding between adjacent chains also helps, and is very important in fiber-forming polymers both synthetic (Nylon 6.6) and natural (cotton cellulose). Thermal properties: thermoplastics and thermosets Pure crystalline solids have definite melting points, but polymers, if they melt at all, exhibit a more complex behavior. At low temperatures, the tangled polymer chains tend to behave as rigid glasses. For example, the natural polymer that we call rubber becomes hard and brittle when cooled to liquid nitrogen temperature. Many synthetic polymers remain in this state to well above room temperature. The melting of a crystalline compound corresponds to a sudden loss of long-range order; this is the fundamental reason that such solids exhibit definite melting points, and it is why there is no intermediate form between the liquid and the solid states. In amorphous solids there is no long-range order, so there is no melting point in the usual sense. Such solids simply become less and less viscous as the temperature is raised. In some polymers (known as thermoplastics ) there is a fairly definite softening point that is observed when the thermal kinetic energy becomes high enough to allow internal rotation to occur within the bonds and to allow the individual molecules to slide independently of their neighbors, thus rendering them more flexible and deformable. This defines the glass transition temperature tg . See here for a more complete definition of the glass transition temperature. Depending on the degree of crystallinity, there will be a higher temperature, the melting point tm , at which the crystalline regions come apart and the material becomes a viscous liquid. Such liquids can easily be injected into molds to manufacture objects of various shapes, or extruded into sheets or fibers. Other polymers (generally those that are highly cross-linked) do not melt at all; these are known as thermosets . If they are to be made into molded objects, the polymerization reaction must take place within the molds — a far more complicated process. About 20% of the commercially-produced polymers are thermosets; the remainder are thermoplastics. 2 Thermoplastic polymer structures Homopolymers and heteropolymers Copolymerization is an invaluable tool for "tuning" polymers so that they have the right combination of properties for an application. For example, homopolymeric polystyrene is a rigid and very brittle transparent thermoplastic with a glass transition temperature of 97°C. Copolymerizing it with acrylonitrile yields an altenating "SAN" copolymer in which tg is raised to 107°, making it useable for transparent drink containers. A polymer that is composed of identical monomeric units (as is polyethyle
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The Parts of the Periodic Table Elements named after countries, states, or other geographical features: Californium: state (and University) of California Francium: France Gallium: Latin word for France, Gallia Germanium: Latin word for Germany, Germania Hassium: German state of Hesse, where the GSI is located Magnesium: named after Magnesia, a district in Thessaly in central Greece Polonium: named for Marie Curie's native country of Poland Rhenium: named after the Latin word for the Rhine River, Rhenus Ruthenium: named after the Latin word for Russia, Ruthenia Scandium: named after the Latin word for Scandinavia, Scandia Thulium: named after the ancient word for Scandinavia, Thule Elements named after cities: Berkelium: Berkeley, California, home of the University of California, where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Darmstadtium: Darmstadt, Germany, home of the Laboratory for Heavy Ion Research (GSI, Gesellschaft f�r Schwerionenforschung) where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Dubnium: Dubna, Russia, home of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR, Объединённый институт ядерных исследований, ОИЯИ), where a number of synthetic elements have been produced Erbium, Terbium, Ytterbium, Yttrium: all named after the Swedish village of Ytterby (near Vaxholm), where these elements were first isolated (as well as Holmium, Scandium, and Tantalum) Hafnium: Copenhagen (Hafnia), Denmark Fermium: Enrico Fermi, the inventor of the first nuclear reactor Lawrencium: Ernest O. Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron Meitnerium: Lise Meitner, one of the first scientists to recognize that uranium could undergo nuclear fission Mendelevium: Dimitri Mendelev, the deviser of the Periodic Table of the Elements Nobelium: Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and founder of the Nobel Prize Roentgenium: Wilhelm R�ntgen, the discoverer of X-rays Rutherfordium: Ernest Rutherford, discoverer of the atomic nucleus, and a pioneer in the study of nuclear physics Seaborgium: Glenn T. Seaborg, who discovered/synthesized a number of transuranium elements Most of the rest of the names of the elements are derived from various chemical or physical properties: Actinium: Greek: aktinos, "ray" (because it glows with a blue light in the dark) Antimony: Greek: anti + monos, "not alone" (because it was never found uncombined with another element) Argon: Greek: argos, "idle" (because of its unreactivity) Astatine: Greek: astatos, "unstable" (because it is) Barium: Greek: barys, "heavy" (in reference to the high density of some barium minerals) Bromine: Greek: bromos, "stench" (elemental bromine has a terrible smell) Cobalt: German: kobold, "goblin" (because of the toxic fumes of arsenic that were produced when silver miners heated the arsenic-containing ore smaltite, mistaking it for silver ore) Dysprosium: Greek: dysprositos, "hard to get at" (because the first isolation of the element required a tedious separation sequence) Fluorine: Latin: fluere, "to flow" Hydrogen" Greek: hydro + genes, "water forming" Krypton: Greek: kryptos, "hidden" (since it had been "hidden" in a sample of argon) Lanthanum: Greek: lanthanein, "to be hidden" (because the element was discovered "hidden" as an impurity in ores of cerium) Manganese: Latin: magnes, "magnet" (because it can be made to be ferromagnetic with the right treatment) Neodymium: Greek: neos + didymos, "new twin" Neon" Greek: neos, "new" Nickel: German: kupfernickel, "Old Nick's copper" (i.e., copper of the devil, or false copper, because it was frequently mistaken for copper) Nitrogen: Latin: nitron + genes, "nitre [potassium nitrate] forming" Osmium: Greek: osme, "odor" (because of its nasty smell, which is actually caused by osmium tetroxide) Oxygen: Latin: oxy + genes, "acid forming" Phosphorus: Greek: phos + phoros, "light bringing" (because it glows in the dark, and spontaneou
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Morrisons to take over rival Safeway | Daily Mail Online Next Morrisons to take over rival Safeway Supermarket group Safeway has agreed to be taken over by rival Morrisons in a £2.9 billion deal, it was announced today. The pair said the move would create a "dynamic national supermarket group" valued at £5.5 billion, with combined sales of more than £12.6 billion and a market share of 16.1%. The group would have 598 stores with selling space of more than 14 million square feet. The deal brings together the UK's fourth and fifth biggest supermarket groups. Morrisons, based in Bradford, is the UK's fifth largest food retailer, with 119 stores mainly in the northern half of England, while Safeway, based in Hayes in Middlesex, is the fourth largest with 479 stores. David Webster, chairman of Safeway said: "In the last three years Safeway has turned around, adding 1.5 million customers and rebuilding profits. "As our market place becomes increasingly competitive a merger with Morrisons offers the best means of accelerating growth and delivering greater value for customers and shareholders." Safeway chief executive Carlos Criado Perez said: "This merger provides a fast route through the next stage of our strategy to increase the profitability of the portfolio." Sir Kenneth Morrison, executive chairman of Morrisons, said: "Merging with Safeway will allow Morrisons to accelerate the roll-out of its successful retail franchise across the UK, providing consumers with a distinctive offering and unlocking the benefits of scale for our combined shareholders." He said he was not expecting there to be job cuts among the group's store staff, but the group would be closing the Safeway head office which employs 1,200 people. Asked whether there would be job cuts, he said: "It will be quite the reverse - we are expecting to open a number of new stores which would probably create 3,000 to 4,000 jobs in shops." "But we will be closing Safeway's head office, and that is expected to incur some job losses." He said the office - in Hayes, Middlesex - would be "run down" rather than immediately shut. Safeway also has an administrative centre near Tyneside, employing 300 to 350 staff, which will be "under review", he said. The takeover will create a firm employing about 140,000 staff in total. Morrisons employs 45,000 staff while Safeway employs 95,000 people. Morrisons is also planning to rename the bulk of the Safeway stores under its own brand. Mr Morrison said he would keep the Safeway name only on the group's smaller stores, which number just over 100. The remainder would be renamed, he said. The deal has been recommended by Safeway's board but still has to be passed by shareholders. Safeway said that, following the deal, Morrisons shareholders would own 53% of the firm while Safeway would own 47%. Safeway shareholders would receive 1.32 new Morrisons share for each Safeway share held. The offer values each Safeway share at 277.5p. Shares in Safeway soared nearly 30% to 275p in early trading while Morrisons shares fell 7% to 195p. Mr Morrison said he did not foresee any problems with competition authorities because there was minimal geographical overlap between the stores. He said the pair had been in talks for the last few weeks and the deal was completed around midnight last night. Both Safeway's chief executive and chairman will leave the firm following the deal, while two Safeway directors, Lawrence Chistensen and Jack Sinclair, have been invited to join the board of the enlarged group. The deal is expected to be completed by the end of June.
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Breakfast cereal mascots: Beloved and bizarre - Photo 1 - Pictures - CBS News Breakfast cereal mascots: Beloved and bizarre Next A 2011 article in Pediatrics magazine found that children who had been asked to taste a "new" cereal reported liking the same cereal more if there were a popular character depicted on the box. "The use of media characters on food packaging affects children's subjective taste assessment," the study concluded. Little surprise, given the long history of breakfast cereal manufacturers marketing their wares with the help of colorful cartoon characters or figures already familiar from TV, movies and comic books. The following gallery shows some of the more famous (and infamous) breakfast cereal mascots. Left: Quisp, introduced in 1965 by Quaker Oats, was discontinued in the 1970s, but in recent years has returned to Earth via online outlets. By CBSNews.com senior editor David Morgan Credit: CBS News In 1952 one of Kellogg's iconic products -- sugar-frosted flakes -- was introduced with a roar by Tony the Tiger ("They're grrrrrrrrreat!"). Credit: CBS News By 1933 the elves "Snap, Crackle and Pop" had become the official spokespersons of Kellogg's Rice Krispies. Credit: CBS News In 1971 General Mills introduced two cereals featuring monsters: Count Chocula (a chocolate-flavored cereal, with chocolate-flavored marshmallow bits), and the strawberry-flavored Franken Berry. The following year saw the entry of Boo Berry. Although all three cereals are still produced to this day, another monster cereal did not fare so well: Fruit Brute, which was discontinued in the 1980s. Credit: CBS News Fruit Brute was succeeded by Fruity Yummy Mummy, a fruit flavor-frosted cereal with vanilla flavor "monster mallows." Like Fruit Brute, Fruity Yummy Mummy did not stalk grocery store aisles for long. Credit: CBS News The Quaker Oats Man dates back to 1877, and was the first registered trademark for a cereal. Credit: CBS News In 1972 Ralston launched Freakies, a presweetened cereal that was "grown" at the site of the legendary Freakies Tree. Helping youngsters dig into their Freakies were seven freaky creatures named BossMoss, Cowmumble, Gargle, Grumble, Goody-Goody, Hamhose and Snorkeldorf. Credit: CBS News Cocoa Puffs (similar to General Mills' Kix, but with chocolate) was introduced in 1958. A few years later Sonny the Cuckoo Bird was created as its mascot ("I'm cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs!"). Credit: CBS News In the 1960s So-Hi (named as such because he was, well, only "so high") was the Oriental advertising icon for Post's Sugar Sparkled Rice Krinkles. So Hi was one of several Post cereal mascots that were developed by General Foods and the Ed Graham advertising agency. In 1964 the various characters were grouped into a TV series, "Linus the Lionhearted," featuring such vocal talents as Sheldon Leonard, Sterling Holloway, Carl Reiner, Ruth Buzzi, Jesse White and Jonathan Winters. The series ran on CBS and ABC for five years. Credit: John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History, Duke University When King Vitamin was introduced in 1970, Quaker Oats used as its mascot a cartoon character designed by Jay Ward, the creator of the immortal "Rocky & Bullwinkle." King Vitamin's voice was that of Joe Flynn of "McHale's Navy." The cartoon character was soon replaced by a very flesh-and-blood King Vitamin, who ruled until 2000. Then, the royal scepter was handed over to a new, redesigned cartoon figure. Credit: CBS News The precursor to Sugar Bear, which hawked Post's Sugar Crisp cereal, was a trio of bears, named Dandy, Handy and Candy. The three bears are probably the only breakfast mascots to be immortalized in song by Rosemary Clooney, for Columbia Records in 1951. Credit: CBS News In 1990 a cereal combining rice, corn, wheat and oats was marketed as Bigg Mixx. Its mascot was a creature similarly conjured up from sundry sources, sporting a rooster's head, moose antlers, a pig's snout, and a wolf's fur. Neither the stalking hulk of Bigg Mixx nor its cereal namesake were around for long. Credit: CBS News In
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Why is the marathon distance set to 42.195 km? Why is the marathon distance set to 42.195 km? February 13, 2009 20:09 History The official distance for a marathon is 42.195 km. But why is it so? Credit : Martineric Most of the non marathon runners I ask the question answer that this weird number must be due to the conversion from imperial units to the metric system (or the other way round). It is not. The distance in miles is 26 miles and 385 yards, commonly rounded to 26.2. So why was this distance chosen? Let’s get back to the origins of the marathon race. The origin of the marathon In the year 490 B.C., Miltiade a Greek general from Athens inflicted a serious defeat on the Persians in the plains of Marathon, a small village in the northwest of Athens. In order the convey the news of the victory, a Greek soldier, Phidippides, ran at a stretch from the battlefield to Athens. After delivering the news, he collapsed and died. What distance did he actually run? We certainly don’t know the exact distance, because we don’t know the route he followed. I made a little test. I went to the Google maps web site and asked for the direction from Marathon to Athens.With the modern road system, the distance is 42.3 km. Isn’t that amazing? But most historians assume that the distance ran by Phidippides was around 40 km. Modern marathon As legendary and fictitious as this story seems, it lead to the creation of the modern marathon race. When Pierre de Coubertin gave birth to the modern Olympic games, the first marathon was set to 40 kilometers. But during the early Olympic games, the distance of the marathon varied a lot. It went from 40 km to 42.75. City 42.195 26.22 The definitive distance for the marathon race was determined in 1921 by the International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF). The distance chosen was the one ran in London in 1908 : 26 miles 385 yards or 42.195 km. The london race in 1908 It is commonly said that the distance was set to 26 miles 385 yards because of the Royal family. During the preparation of the summer Olympiads, it had been agreed that the organizers would include a marathon of about 40 km or 25 miles. The British officials, desirous to accommodate the King of England, started the race at Windsor Castle and finished at the Royal box in the Olympic Stadium—a distance of precisely 26 miles 385 yards. But that only explains why the London marathon’s distance was 42. 195 km. It doesn’t tell us why this distance was chosen as the definitive marathon distance. A dramatic event The London race became famous because of the so called ‘London affair’. Dorando Pietri, an Italian runner, leading the race was staggering badly when he entered the Olympic Stadium. He collapsed several times on the track. The crowd in the stadium thought he was going to die. A compassionate official, finally helped the semiconscious runner across the finish line. After the event, the story was on the media for days. Some even reported Pietri had died in the hospital after the race. This sensational finish helped the marathon fix itself in the imagination of the crowds as THE endurance race, even though it was dangerous to run. This helped spread the word about marathon running more than anything else. Unfortunately, because of the help he had received, the Italian runner was disqualified and Johnnie Hayes was declared winner. The IAAF never officially explained why they had chosen 26 miles and 385 yards as the official distance for the marathon in 1921. But I’m a strong believer that it is due to the enormous emotion generated by the London race. Latest Interviews
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The Great Race (1965) - 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 When a popular daredevil proposes an automobile race across three continents, his arch rival vows to beat him, while an ambitious female reporter has her own plans for victory. Director: From $2.00 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 48 titles created 16 Sep 2013 a list of 44 titles created 26 Dec 2014 a list of 37 titles created 23 Mar 2015 a list of 30 titles created 05 Oct 2015 a list of 27 titles created 4 months ago Title: The Great Race (1965) 7.2/10 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 1 win & 14 nominations. See more awards » Videos Edit Storyline Professional daredevil and white-suited hero, The Great Leslie, convinces turn-of-the-century auto makers that a race from New York to Paris (westward across America, the Bering Straight and Russia) will help to promote automobile sales. Leslie's arch-rival, the mustached and black-attired Professor Fate vows to beat Leslie to the finish line in a car of Fate's own invention. The Blake Edwards style of slapstick and song originated with this movie. A dedication to Laurel and Hardy appears at the beginning of the film. Edwards' tribute to Stan and Ollie can be seen most clearly in the interaction between Professor Fate and his cohort Max, as well as in the operatic Pottsdorf pie fight. Written by Jeanne Baker <jbaker@erim.org> The movie with 20,000-mile or one-million-laughs guarantee! See more » Genres: 1 July 1965 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Blake Edwards' The Great Race See more » Filming Locations: Stereo (RCA Sound System)| 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia When Prof. Fate, Max and Maggie DuBois drive into the Russian town, Maggie repeats to the professor what she had already argued in her first interview with The Great Leslie, that she speaks French, Russian and Arabic. She then speaks a full sentence to the townspeople in Russian. Natalie Wood , who plays Maggie DuBois, was of Russian descent (her real name is Natasha Gurdin) and spoke fluent Russian. See more » Goofs The American flag displayed near the beginning of the race has 48 stars. In 1908, when this movie supposedly takes place, there were only 46 states (New Mexico and Arizona were admitted in 1912, and Alaska and Hawaii were admitted in 1959). See more » Quotes Max : Red sky. Gonna be a storm. Professor Fate : What are you babbling about? Max : Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning. Professor Fate : Why, you simple-headed gherkin, do you know the chances of a storm in this part of the world at this time of the year? Professor Fate : Hundred to one. [a great thunderclap; it begins to pour rain] Max : Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning! See more » Crazy Credits Starts with the dedication "For Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy". Opening credits are in the form of a turn of the century slide show, beginning with "Ladies kindly remove your hats". The WB logo is drawn on the hood of a car. When the main characters are introduced, Jack Lemmon is jeered (and sticks out his tongue in reply), Tony Curtis cheered and Natalie Wood gets dog whistles. There are various hiccups along the way: a fly is shooed off by a stick, the lights go out and a (real) hand with a match comes on. Other slides have to be adjusted by hand. When one of them starts to burn, "One moment please" is interjected. The producers' credit is upside down. The last slide turns into the opening shot of the movie. See more » Connections (Biloxi, Mississippi) – See all my reviews THE GREAT RACE may not be a masterpiece--but it is a perfect choice for a cold and rainy night: stylish, frothy, and often flatly hilarious, it makes for "comfort viewing" at its best. One of the movie's several charms
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Bullseye - UKGameshows Bullseye Marti Caine (1988 christmas special) (hostess) Broadcast ATV for ITV, 28 September to 21 December 1981 (13 episodes in 1 series) Central for ITV, 10 October 1982 to 8 July 1995 Produced in association with Granada and Thames for ITV1, 22 October 2005 ( Gameshow Marathon one-off) Granada Yorkshire for Challenge, 17 April to 22 September 2006 (30 episodes in 1 series) ITV Productions and TalkbackThames for ITV1, 19 May 2007 ( Gameshow Marathon one-off) Synopsis Super, smashing, great On Sunday evenings through the winter months, Bullseye stopped being a game-show and began to be an institution. Club comedian Jim Bowen 's style and catchphrases such as "super, smashing, great" spawned a large number of mickey-takes (not to mention the odd notable out-take on It'll be Alright on the Night). Three pairs of contestants, an amateur dart player and a non-dart player, would compete in three rounds. What's the bet the taller one's the darts player? Take aim... In Round 1, the dart player would aim for one of ten segments on a specifically constructed board. Money was won depending on how close the dart came to hitting the bullseye - but only if the dart landed in the category nominated by the non-dart player. More money could be won by the non-dart player answering a question on the category associated with the segment. Once a category had gone, the dart player had to avoid it otherwise no money could be won in subsequent throws. Jim Bowen interviews the contestants. The Round 1 dartboard can be seen in the background. After each player had thrown one dart three times, the couple with the least amount of money retired. (This final rule was changed in series eight so that two teams were eliminated at the end of Round 2 to give the lagging team a chance to catch up.) The consolation prize was a "bendy Bully", a toy version of the show's portly bovine mascot. Oh, and some darts and tankards - and in the early shows, before the Bendy Bullies, chalk-holders (don't ask!) Jim Bowen doles out the consolation prizes - Bendy Bullies In Round 2, a standard dart board was used. Each dart-player threw three darts. The highest scoring dart player would win the right for his partner to answer a question, the reward being the dart player's score in (British) pounds. What's Bully got in store tonight? After an interlude where a professional darts player (or sometimes a celebrity from the world of showbiz, who was always given a 60-point head start) tries to throw for money for a charity (known as "Bronze Bully Time", because the professional who scored the most at the end of the series got to hold a large Bully trophy made from bronze for the year - nine darts with pounds for points going to charity, doubled if they made 301 or more), the highest scoring team went through to Bully's Prize Board, another specially constructed dart board containing eight quite narrow red segments (which claimed prizes), quite large black segments (which did nothing) and a fairly large bullseye. Hitting a red segment corresponded with claiming one of eight prizes, and hitting the bullseye claimed Bully's Special Prize. Bully, the show's mascot, hangs onto a flying dart during the title sequence One jeopardy, which happened quite a lot more than you might think, occurred when a dart hit the same red segment or the bullseye twice. This caused the prize to be lost or, as the host infamously put it, "Keep out of the black and in to the red, There's nothing in this game for two in a bed". Are they going to gamble? Once the prizes had been won, the team had the option of gambling their prizes (and, in later series, all the money they had won in the earlier part of the show as well). To win the gamble, both members of the team had to throw three darts at a standard dart board, the non-dart player throwing first, with their combined score totalling 101 or more. If the winning couple decided not to gamble for the star prize, then they were sent on their way with a round of applause and the previous second-placed couple were then invited out to
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Puzzles - Coffeetime Triv (Sat) 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? 7: In which film did Roy Scheider play a sheriff and Richard Dreyfus a marine biologist? 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? 1: Who played Basil Fawlty in `Fawlty Towers`? John Cleese 2: Who had a hit single with `Crocodile Rock` in 1972? Elton John 3: Who is the author of the `Harry Potter` books? J.K.Rowling 4: What is the name of the clockwork device used by musicians to measure time? A metronome 6: Which two colours are Dennis the Menace`s jumper? Red and black 8: The name of which (non-UK) football club is an anagram of `Red Admiral`? Real Madrid Wow! I got a footie and an anagram question. I'm going to need to lie down! 9: In 2004, Fathers 4 Justice campaigner Jason Hatch caused an embarrassing security breach at Buckingham Palace dressed as who? Batman? 10: The Colosseum is located in the capital city of which country? Italy 5: `Question or Nominate` was a phrase commonly heard on which UK TV quiz show? 15 to 1 Patience, so you did. Well done all three of you only one missing is 7: and 'Marine Biologist' (the new wannabe career for Britain's 6th-formers) might have given it to you - the fiilm was Jaws
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Rugby Stretching�.. We want flexibility from our stretching. The stretch should be for 20 seconds or more and should never be painful to do.� Body position for stretching is important for it to be effective. It is better to stretch for shorter periods more frequently, than to stretch for long periods, but seldom. THE NECK With you right hand pull your head to the right shoulder, standing upright. Perform the same stretch with the left. Next, push your head towards your chest, with your hands on the back of your head. Finally, put your hands on your forehead and push forward with your head, using your hands as resistance. SHOULDERS Keep your upper arm parallel to the ground, forearm vertical. Hold the right elbow with the left hand and pull it across to the opposite shoulder. Reverse the stretch.� Next, with a straight right arm, have your thumb point downwards. With your left hand pull the right (straight) arm down towards the left hip. Reverse the stretch. BICEPS Hold onto the post or a player beside you. Keep your thumb down and turn your body away from the arm, letting your shoulder roll in.� It sounds complicated, but do it against the edge of a door and you will see how easy it is. Reverse arms. TRICEPS Put your hand behind your head and with the opposite hand pull the elbow behind the head. Switch arms. PECTORALS Put your hands up in the fashion of someone holding you up at gunpoint.� Have a friend behind you gentle pull your arms backwards by the elbows. Make sure this stretch is not painful. If it is, you are stretching it too much. WRIST AND FOREARMS Place your arm down by your side. Twist it so that your palm is facing outwards. With the opposite hand reach across and pull upwards on the back of the hand. Switch arms. Next, with your arm out straight in front of you, elbow locked, reach with the opposite hand and grasp the palm of the extended hand.� Pull the hand towards your body until you feel the stretch in your forearm. BACK EXTENSORS Lie on the ground, pulling your knees up to your chest with your arms curling up into a ball like a hedgehog. LATISSIMUS DORSI On the ground sitting in your heels, bring the torso forward by stretching your right arm forward, right hand on the ground in front of you, keeping your hips up but still sitting on your heels.� Place your left hand over the right hand, turning your hips to the right (the side you are stretching). You should feel the stretch from your shoulder blade to your armpit. ABDOMINALS Lie on the ground and extend your arms downwards, with your palms on the ground.� Keeping your arms straight and your hips on the ground, lift your upper body to look like a cobra before it strikes. QUADRICEPS Lie on your stomach and with your right hand pull your left foot up to your buttock. Switch sides. CALF Standing with one leg forward, keeping the back straight, lunge forward over your forward leg, both knees bent and both feet flat on the ground.� Switch legs. Perform the stretch again, but the second time keep the back leg straight. GROIN Sit on the ground with bent legs in front of you with the soles of your feet touching each other.� Place your hands on your ankles and try to brings your elbows to your knees, pushing downwards on your knees if possible. HAMSTRINGS Lie on your back, one leg in the air, knee straight. Have a friend hold the heel of your raised foot and push gently towards your body. Perform this stretch with your toe pointed, and pulled towards you. Also, have your friend provide resistance from the left and right sides while you push against his or her hand. Switch legs. TENSOR FASCIA LATA/ILIO-LIBAL BAND (The muscles running up the side of your leg from the knee to over your hip bone.) Stand up straight. Take your left leg and step behind your right, keeping the left straight (stretching the right). Allow the right knee to relax, rotate, and bend away from your body. Switch legs. BUTTOCK Sit on the ground with both buttocks on the ground and your back straight.� Lift
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BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Laws & Equipment | What is a line-out? What is a line-out? The line-out is another awesome sight in rugby union. It is a way of restarting play after the ball has been knocked or kicked out of play past the touch line. The line-out consists of three to eight players from each side, up to 16 in total, and is taken where the ball went out of play. The aim of each player is simply to get their hands on the ball for their team. So how does it work? The advantage is with the team throwing in. They get the ball because they were not the team who last touched the ball before it went out. They also get to decide how many players will make up the line-out. FORMING A LINE-OUT The eight forwards and the scrum-half are the players who make up the line-out. The most important players are the hooker, the two second rows and scrum-half. They are responsible for getting the ball out to the backs or for the rest of the forwards. That does not mean the other players have nothing to do. Far from it. The line-out must be formed past the five-metre line and no more than 15m in from the touchline, and both teams must have a one metre gap between them. If the referee decides one team has purposely closed the gap, a penalty will be awarded to the other team. LINE-OUT THROWS The hooker is usually the player with the job throwing the ball into a line-out. Their aim is to find the "jumpers", usually the two second rowers. But this is not easy. The other team also want the ball, so they'll be doing all they can to upset the hooker's throw. The hooker gets a call from one of the jumpers or the scrum half, usually in a code no-one except your team understands, on who to aim the throw at. They must stand behind the touch line when they make their throw. And the throw must be deadly straight, otherwise the referee will have the line-out taken again, but this time the opposition get the throw in. RETAKEN THROWS The line-out may look very simple, but it has plenty of laws every player must follow: The ball must be thrown straight All players not in the line-out must be 10m behind the last man in the line No player can use a one of the opposition to use as support when they are jumping No player is allowed to push, charge or hold another player in the line-out No player can be lifted before the ball is thrown No jumper can use the outside of their arm to catch or deflect the ball Depending on how serious the offence is, the referee will either award a penalty or free-kick to the team who did not make the offence.
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Auto Service Tips for Your Car's Cooling System | Motorist Antifreeze/Coolant The main function of the Cooling System is to carry heat away from the engine and maintain the desired operating temperature. This is accomplished by circulating antifreeze/coolant through the engine, where heat is generated, and carrying it to the radiator to be cooled. Modern automobiles operate in a wide variety of ambient temperatures, from well below freezing to well over 100 F. The fluid used to cool the engine must have a very low freezing point, a high boiling point, and it must have the ability to transfer heat. An adequate amount of an antifreeze/coolant and water mixture is necessary to reduce the possibility of engine overheating and freezing, and contain additives to prevent rust and corrosion in the cooling system. Water is one of the most effective fluids for holding heat, but water freezes at too high a temperature to be used in automobile engines alone. The fluid used in most vehicles is a mixture of water and ethylene glycol, also known as "antifreeze" or "coolant". By adding antifreeze to water, the boiling and freezing points are improved significantly. The temperature of the coolant can sometimes reach 250 to 275 F (121 to 135 C). Even with antifreeze added, these temperatures would boil the coolant. To prevent this, the cooling system is pressurized, which further raises the boiling point of the coolant. Most systems have around 14 to 15 pounds per square inch (psi), which raises the boiling point approximately 45 F so the coolant can endure the high temperatures produced in the engine. Coolant Hoses The radiator hoses and heater hoses are easily inspected by opening the hood and looking. You want to be sure that the hoses have no cracking or splitting and that there is no bulging or swelling at the ends. If there are any signs of problems, the hose should be replaced with the correct part number for the year, make, model and engine of the vehicle. Never use a universal hose unless it is an emergency and a proper molded hose is not available. For either the radiator hoses or the heater hoses, make sure that you route the replacement hose in the same way that the original hose was running. Position the hose away from any obstruction that can possibly damage it and always use new hose clamps. After the cooling system is refilled with the proper coolant mixture, a pressure test should be performed to ensure that there are no leaks. Belts On most older vehicles, the water pump is driven by either a V belt or serpentine belt on the front of the engine that is also responsible for driving the alternator, power steering pump and air conditioner compressor. These types of belts are easy to inspect and replace if they are worn. Check for dry cracking on the inside surface of the belt. On newer vehicles, the water pump is often driven by the timing belt. This belt usually has a specific life expectancy at which time it must be replaced to insure that it does not fail. Since the timing belt is inside the engine and will require partial engine disassembly to inspect, it is very important to replace the timing belt at the scheduled interval.
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Don't Get Me Started with Linda Sharp: I'll Drink To That! Say what you will about the state of our healthcare system - use descriptors like "abysmal", "lags behind the rest of the industrialized nations", sucks the sweat off a dead man's teabags"....whatever... Be as colorful as you like, I really won't argue with you (although I may appropriate some of the more vivid descriptions for future use - you people ARE an insanely creative bunch - especially you, Lori). Healthcare, as a "system" is a pretty rag tag, moth eaten, lopsided affair in this country. Even if you have good insurance (which I do), I still come away from an unexpected sewing together of my daughter's chin with hundreds of dollars coming out of my own pocket. Thankfully, I can cover our copays, deductibles, and "amounts not covered", but receiving a statement, even one reduced by insurance coverage, makes me truly sick for the millions who don't have a blue cross OR a blue shield standing between them and injury. But, as much as I hold the "system" in disdain, I am constantly humbled by stories of the individuals in the medical profession - all around the world - who use their years of training, finely honed skills, and ingenuity to lessen pain, fix what may have seem unfixable, and in many cases, save lives. Which brings me to today's topic - join me in a mental trip to Australia, won't you, mate? An Italian tourist was recently rushed to the Mackay Base Hospital in north Queensland after ingesting a large amount of the poisonous substance typically found in antifreeze - ethylene glycol. (No word on what precipitated his suicide attempt. But I think it's safe to assume he was not merely bereft at a lack of kangaroos or shrimp-on-the-barbie.) Now, ethylene glycol, while making for a happy automobile engine, does little for a human being's transmission, typically resulting in renal failure, overheating, sluggishness, "a banging noise under the hood", and then death. To use an Australian slangism - the bloke was crook. Enter some pretty creative doctors - Dr Pascal Gelperowicz and Dr Todd Fraser - ridgy didge, both (the genuine article). Knowing that the accepted "antidote" to this type of poisoning is pharmaceutical-grade alcohol (100%), they immediately began pumping the man full via IV. Round after round was "poured" into his system, but soon they had depleted the pharmacy bar's stock. What to do? Hit the nearest liquor store and purchase a case of Absolut, of course. For the next three days, the man was literally fed shots of vodka - three an hour - through a naso-gastric tube. I get tipsy just thinking about that... But while that much continuous alcohol would make for one lampshade-wearing-Linda (ok, ok - THAT much alcohol would render me as lifeless as a garage sale lamp), it proved to be just what the doctor ordered for the tourist - even though he was as "pissed as a family fart" (very drunk). He made a complete, albeit hungover, recovery. (Personally, I would wake up feeling like I got the "rough end of the pineapple" (a bad deal). (No word on his mental state right now, but he is alive, and that's a pretty dinki-di place to start. After all, let's face it, in Australian terms, whatever led him to drink the anti-freeze was as "funny as a fart in an elevator" (not funny at all). G'day. mate. Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2007 at 06:51 AM | Permalink | Comments (6) | Lsharp03@aol.com And while you're in a giving mood - Sandy in NC has this link for us! http://karenneuburger.com Simply enter your email address and they'll donate a dollar to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (up to $15,000). You can even honor a survivor by giving a first name! You guys have been "baking" up a storm all day, and those dollars are quickly building up at the Cupcake site. I know you can do the same for this one! (Yes, I know it involves putting down the airplane...you can do it...back AWAY from the airplane... and don't EVEN get me started on that damned monkey...) Posted on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 08:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (10) | COULTER: Y
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Google buys travel software company ITA & enters the travel business - Google, Alphabet Inc., Finance, Govt, Policy and Business Issues forum at WebmasterWorld - WebmasterWorld Message Too Old, No Replies Google buys travel software company ITA & enters the travel business 10:29 pm on Jul 1, 2010 (gmt 0) posts:490 votes: 0 Today, almost half of all airline tickets are sold online. But for many people, finding the right flight at the best price is a frustrating experience; pricing and availability change constantly, and even a simple two city itinerary involves literally thousands of different options. We�d like to make that search much easier, which is why I�m pleased to announce that today we have signed an agreement to acquire ITA, a Boston-based software company specializing in organizing airline data, including flight times, availability and prices.Official Google blog: [ googleblog.blogspot.com ...] Facts about Google's acquisition of ITA Software: [ google.com ] Time to think again if you don't consider Google a potential competitor. Google said on Thursday that it had agreed to buy privately-owned ITA Software, in a move that Google said would allow it to improve the way consumers find flight and fare information online. "What we're going to do is build new flight search tools that focus on end-users," Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said in a conference call with analysts and members of the press on Thursday. He said that Google had no plans to sell airline tickets to consumers and that Google planned to honor all existing agreements that ITA has with its partners. The deal should allow Google to match innovations made by Microsoft Corp, whose recently re-launched Bing search engine has gained share by focusing on a handful of specific search categories like travel and shopping. [ reuters.com ...] [edited by: Brett_Tabke at 1:36 am (utc) on Jul 2, 2010] [edit reason] added link [/edit] 1:37 am on July 2, 2010 (gmt 0) posts:38066 votes: 15 I knew it was only a matter of time before Google got into the travel market. Bing had been doing such great stuff with Farecast. (not too mention Expedia and Hotels.com). ...may you live in interesting times. 7:05 am on July 2, 2010 (gmt 0) posts:3072 votes: 27 So are meta search travel companies most at risk ? Indeed , are meta search sites at risk overall ? 7:26 am on July 2, 2010 (gmt 0) posts:1097 votes: 7 Over the past month I have written several posts about the likelyhood of Google looking to dominate the travel marketplace. I decided the posts were little more than speculative rants and never sent them. Little was I to know .... Anyone who operates in the online travel sector, from the small mom & pop operator getting a few bucks as an affiliate, through to the million dollar operators, needs to understand that Google can, and it seems likely now that they probably will, drive online travel to their own door for their own commercial gain. Google is driven by the need to grow their stock value in the interests of their stock holders. Period. They use our intellectual property to do that and while Google provided an opportunity for our sites to reach the target audience, with an Adsense sweetener thrown in, it was generally accepted as an equitable win-win arrangement. However, "Dont be evil" morphed into "Greed is good" a long time ago and once companies get on that share price treadmill they can't get off. We are now seeing how Adwords on SERP's have slowly but surely neutered organic search results to the verge of making them irrelevant. Win-win scenarios can't co-exist with share holder profit. Their cash cow is Adwords, but that presumably has to reach market saturation, and despite its huge success, it is essentially a one trick pony. So what other aspect of online ecommerce can Google dominate to their own end? Travel is a multi-billion dollar industry and Google have the resources and the money to control it. That was always going to be just too inviting to resist. Look for horrendous collateral damage in the next year or so.... but hey, that s
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Super Squad Jeopardy 2 Jeopardy Template What group sang "Runaway Train" 100 What's the team name of the baseball team that plays in Miami, FL? 100 What is "Barbie's" full name? 100 Which state's nickname is The "Pine Tree State?" 100 "Wojo", "Yemana", "Fish" and "Levitt" were the names of characters from this sitcom? 200 What artist sang the song "Bette Davis Eyes" 200 The Pittsburgh Pirates belong to which league and which division? 200 A unit of time for 1/100th of a second is often referred as? 200 Dover is the Capital of which state? 200 James Buchanan High School In the sitcom Welcome back Kotter what was the name of the high school that Mr. Kotter taught at? 300 What group sang "Black hole Sun" 300 Rogers Centre is home to which MLB team? 300 In the Cosby Show Sitcom...what was Venessa's finance's first name? 400 What artist sang "Rock the cradle of love" 400 17-0 and Don Shula In 1972, the Miami Dolphins captured a perfect record season..how many games did they win and who was the head coach at the time? 400 The Speaker of the House In England, which member of Parliament/House of Commons is not allowed to speak? 400 "Just Do It" What famous 3-word ad line of an apparel company was coined by Dan Wieden who got it from the final words of executed murderer Gary Gilmore? 400 The chair used by this character in what sitcom is currently in the Smithsonian? 500 Which group sang "Friday I'm in Love" 500 Ten players: a goalkeeper, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attackmen. How many players make up a team in Lacrosse? 500 10 inches of snow melts down to about an inch of liquid rain. On the average, one inch of rain is equivalent to how many inches of snow? 500 Cuba and North Korea In June 2012, Coca-Cola announced plans to commence operations in Burma/Myanmar after a gap of 60 years leaving what two countries as the only places where it does not do business? 500 Leland University In the sitcom Family Ties what University does Alex attend be fore taking a job on Wall Street?
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'Abbey Road' vs. 'Let It Be': Which Was the Beatles' Last Album? - Rolling Stone The 100 Greatest Beatles Songs It's a grey area what counts as a Beatles album and what's merely a Beatles project. (In the 1970s, fans argued over whether Hey Jude and Hollywood Bowl were official Beatles albums. Nobody argues about that anymore.) Capitol, for obvious reasons, would probably like to err on the side of counting projects as albums, although they still show heroic restraint and taste when it comes to respecting the core canon. (Like, they count Magical Mystery Tour as an official album, but they know better than to make claims for The Beatles' Reel Music.) Anyone would have to agree Let It Be is in the grey area, but from my fan perspective, it's on the Hey Jude side of the line, along with Yellow Submarine. If you want to claim the Beatles made 11 studio albums, I can see that, and if you want to claim the Beatles made 13 studio albums, counting Let It Be and Yellow Submarine, I can see that too. I can even see stretching it to 14 with Hey Jude. (That one was a Capitol hodgepodge from early 1970.) Magical Mystery Tour is in the grey area – the Beatles released it as a 6-song U.K. EP, but it got padded into a U.S.-only 1967 album, so it's about as legit as Hey Jude. But it's been a long time since I've heard anyone try to read it out of the canon, and it's a case where sheer quality makes a difference. (Not even a strict-constructionist hardliner would claim the EP is better because it leaves out "Strawberry Fields Forever.") If someone tried to argue the Beatles only made 10 albums, because Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine and Let It Be are mere footnotes, I would basically assume they were an idiot, regardless of whether or not it's a valid point. (All idiots have a valid point, right? Not having a valid point doesn't make you an "idiot," just a "rock critic.") So let's put it this way. Let It Be is the final Beatles album, not Abbey Road. . . but only if it's a Beatles album. Can you argue that Let It Be is a Beatles album, yet not the Beatles' final album? No, not really, because it includes a tiny amount of music they made in 1970. So here's my reluctant conclusion, at least as of today. I like Abbey Road better. Sentimentally, for me, it's the one I think of as the end. However, unfortunately, Let It Be is the last Beatles album. I would love it if you could change my mind about that. Don’t Miss a Story Sign up for our newsletter to receive breaking news directly in your inbox. We may use your e-mail address to send you the newsletter and offers that may interest you, on behalf of Rolling Stone and its partners. For more information please read our Privacy Policy How we use your email address Trending Ranked on a scale from 1 to 10, the trending score reflects the number of users reading a story in real time. What is this?
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News Archive - Yellow Submarine Yellow Submarine "hated" by The Beatles The Beatles hated the animated film "Yellow Submarine" and its catchy theme song, according to their record producer at the time, George Martin. "The song was for Ringo, just a throwaway," said Martin, who is conducting an orchestral programme of Beatles music at the Hollywood Bowl. "The film was something contracted by Brian Epstein and The Beatles hated the idea. When it became a huge success, of course, The Beatles started acting like it was a great film." As taken from BBC News, June 25, 1999 Apple Statement on "Hey Bulldog" Apple released the following statement today regarding the confusion over a new Beatles single mentioned in the press several weeks ago:- In order to prevent confusion over conflicitng reports that a new Beatles single may be issued from the forthcoming "Yellow Submarine" release, media are advised of the following: In researching the "Yellow Submarine" projects, Apples Corps has discovered previously-unknown footage of The Beatles recording at Abbey Road Studios. It is believed to be the last unseen footage of The Beatles recording. The footage captures The Beatles recording "Hey Bulldog," a lesser-known song from the "Yellow Submarine" sessions in 1968. The footage was discovered after the screening of "The Beatles Anthology" in 1995. If it had been discovered before, it would have been included in the "Anthology." The Beatles' recording of "Hey Bulldog" will be issued as a video around the time of the launch of the new "Yellow Submarine" album, home video and DVD in the autumn. EMI Records recently considered issuing "Hey Bulldog" as a new single, but it has now been decided to release the historic footage as a video instead. From Matt Hurwitz, Publisher Good Day Sunshine Magazine No "Yellow Submarine" Beatles fans will be disappointed to discover that the surviving "Fab Three" are not after all getting together for a "Yellow Submarine" TV special. Recent gossip suggested that Ringo, Paul and George would reform for the celebrations in Liverpool at August to mark the re-release of the "Yellow Submarine" film. But a spokesman for Apple Corps has now quashed these rumours. "There was a big thing in "The New York Post" on Monday (July 12) which was inspired by a gossip column item in a British Sunday tabloid, "The People", the day before," said Apple's Geoff Baker from the "London HQ today" (Tuesday, July 13). "I can confidently say there's no truth in it, more confidently than the writer of the original piece. Let's face it, if he truly believed there was anything in it they would have splashed it across the front page, rather than give it a couple of paragraphs on Page 11." News dated : July 14, 1999 Yellow Submarine heads for Paris Former Beatles Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison are to splash out more than 100,000 pounds to give a Eurostar train a Yellow Submarine-style makeover. The transformation of a train on the busy London to Paris route is to mark the autumn relaunch of the 1968 Beatles animated fantasy film of the same name.Hundreds of metres of plastic panels will be used to cover 18 carriages of the train. These will then be decorated with 400 metres of psychedelic cartoons. A spokeswoman said: "It is a very interesting and exciting venture which will see a train transformed into a Yellow Submarine travelling under the Channel." The "submarine" is not expected to make its first cross-Channel journey until after the Merseyside debut of the film, which has been digitally-enhanced for the relaunch. Probably the train would make its first journey on September 8 from London to Paris via the Channel tunnel. The yellow train is the latest of the group's ideas to promote the re-worked film, as well as a remix of the album that accompanied it. Both will be the centrepieces of a special millennium tribute to the Fab Four. The film will include scenes that were edited out of the original. The album features new mixes of songs such as With A Little Help From My Friends and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.
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Behind the French Menu: Moutarde – Mustard and Dijon Mustard in French cuisine. Moutarde – Mustard and Dijon Mustard in French cuisine. from Photograph courtesy of RC Designer Travel through France from April through June and you will see fields covered in yellow flowers. You may think, as I originally did, that the yellow was mustard flowers, but ask a few questions and you quickly discover that most of the fields are covered with Rape Seed flowers, Colza in French. Mustard Seeds and Rape Seeds are very close family members and their flowers look practically the same. The mustard seed produces mustard oil and the Rape Seed produces cooking oil; sold in North America and the UK under the name Canola, Canola oil provides about 30% of the Western world’s cooking oil. Trying to sell Rape Seed oil under the same name would be a marketing manager’s nightmare! Additionally, I discovered that France imports nearly 90% of the mustard seeds used for the French production of mustard from Canada; the local mustard seeds are too expensive. Time to blame the Romans again. The earliest cookbook authors with published recipes for mustard were the Greeks and the Romans. They have left us recipes on how to use mustard seeds including some that are not too different to those we use today; the Romans also gave us the origin for the name mustard. To make mustard the Romans mixed newly pressed grape juice, called mustum, with spices that included mustard seeds. This hot sauce was called mustum ardens, mustarden for short, and from this came the name mustard. N.B. Still today freshly pressed grape juice is called must. The Romans and Greeks loved their sauces and while the most traditional Roman sauce was fish based and called Garum there were types of Garum that did include mustard. Other sauces, including varieties of mustard, were also on the table when the Greeks and Romans dined. When the Romans colonized present day Spain in 261 BCE, they quickly realized that to be comfortable they had to import a great deal from home. They brought trees, vegetables, grape vines, snail farming, aqueducts, roads and recipes for sauces including mustard. When 100 years later the Romans colonized France they already knew they had to bring all the requirements for a home away from home. More trees, plants, vegetables, amphitheaters, and sauces, etc. Mustard and Dijon. The sauce called mustard may not have been created in France; however, as early as the 8th century, Emperor Charlemagne is said to have ordered the planting of mustard seeds around monasteries in France and so we know that mustard was part of early French cuisine. A few hundred years later the city of Dijon was recognized as the go-to place for the best mustard in France and from the 14th century, Dijon and its manufacture of mustard were governed by a decree; no second rate ingredients were permitted in the mustard, that was a criminal act. In 1634 the Guild of Mustard Makers of Dijon had articles of association drawn up to regulate their craft; that ensured high standards and by the way kept competitors out. Finally, in the 18th-century improvements in the milling of mustard seed were patented and the creation of the mustard known as Moutarde de Dijon, the Mustard of Dijon was well established. Moutarde de Dijon, Dijon Mustard, is no longer made in Dijon! Today, most diners and purchasers of “Dijon Mustard” do not realize that along with the many other different types of mustard with the name Dijon on the label none are made in Dijon. Over the last 70 years, economics have pushed mustard out of Dijon. Some mustards have left Dijon and almost completely left France as well, and that includes France’s famous “Grey Poupon” mustard. Some Grey Poupon may still be made in France for the French market; however, its place of manufacture is well hidden and I found none in any supermarkets. How one modern Dijon mustard is made. Dijon is the capital of Burgundy and a center for Burgundian cuisine and wines. During a week that a colleague and I were working in Burgun
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Jelly Roll Morton’s Biography — Free listening, videos, concerts, stats and photos at Last.fm Jelly-Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer who started his career in New Orleans, Louisiana. Widely recognized as a pivotal figure in early jazz, Morton is perhaps most notable as jazz's first arranger, proving that a genre rooted in improvisation could retain its essential spirit and characteristics when notated. His composition "Jelly Roll Blues" was the first published jazz composition, in 1915. Morton is also notable for naming and popularizing the "Spanish tinge" (habanera rhythm and tresillo), and for writing such standards as "Wolverine Blues", "Black Bottom Stomp", and "I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say", the latter a tribute to New Orleans personalities from the turn of the 19th century to 20th century. Reputed for his arrogance and self-promotion as often as recognized in his day for his musical talents, Morton claimed to have invented jazz outright in 1902 — much to the derision of later musicians and critics. The jazz historian, musician, and composer Gunther Schuller says of Morton's "hyperbolic assertions" that there is "no proof to the contrary" and that Morton's "considerable accomplishments in themselves provide reasonable substantiation". However, the scholar Katy Martin has argued that Morton's bragging was exaggerated by Alan Lomax in the book Mister Jelly Roll, and this portrayal has influenced public opinion and scholarship on Morton since. Morton was born into a Creole of Color community in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana. A baptismal certificate issued in 1894 lists his date of birth as October 20, 1890; however Morton himself and his half-sisters claimed the September 20, 1885, date is correct. His World War I draft registration card showed September 13, 1884 but his California death certificate listed his birth as September 20, 1889. He was born to F. P. Lamothe and Louise Monette (written as Lemott and Monett on his baptismal certificate). Eulaley Haco (Eulalie Hécaud) was the godparent. Eulalie helped him to be christened with the name Ferdinand. Ferdinand’s parents were in a common-law marriage and not legally married. No birth certificate has been found to date. He took the name "Morton" by anglicizing the name of his stepfather, Mouton. New Orleans Morton was, along with Tony Jackson, one of the best regarded pianists in the Storyville District early in the 20th century. At the age of fourteen, he began working as a piano player in a brothel (or as it was referred to then, a sporting house.) While working there, he was living with his religious church-going great-grandmother and had her convinced that he worked as a night watchman in a barrel factory. In that atmosphere, he often sang smutty lyrics and it was at this time that he took the nickname "Jelly Roll", which was black slang for both male and female genitalia. Morton's grandmother eventually found out that he was playing jazz in a local brothel, and subsequently kicked him out of her house. "When my grandmother found out that I was playing jazz in one of the sporting houses in the District, she told me that I had disgraced the family and forbade me to live at the house… She told me that devil music would surely bring about my downfall, but I just couldn't put it behind me." Tony Jackson, also a pianist at brothels and an accomplished guitar player, was a major influence on his music; according to Morton, Jackson was the only pianist better than himself. Around 1904, Morton started wandering the American South, working with minstrel shows, gambling and composing. His works "Jelly Roll Blues", "New Orleans Blues", "Frog-I-More Rag", "Animule Dance", and "King Porter Stomp" were composed during this period. He got to Chicago in 1910 and New York City in 1911, where future stride greats James P. Johnson and Willie "The Lion" Smith caugh
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Marilyn Monroe - Biography - IMDb Marilyn Monroe Biography Showing all 282 items Jump to: Overview (5) | Mini Bio (2) | Spouse (3) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (133) | Personal Quotes (116) | Salary (19) Overview (5) 5' 5½" (1.66 m) Mini Bio (2) Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson at the Los Angeles County Hospital on June 1, 1926. Her mother Gladys Pearl Baker was a film-cutter at Consolidated Film Industries. Marilyn's father's identity was never known. Because Gladys was mentally and financially unable to care for young Marilyn, Gladys placed her in the care of a foster family, The Bolenders. Although the Bolender family wanted to adopt Marilyn, Gladys was eventually able to stabilize her lifestyle and took Marilyn back in her care when Marilyn was 7 years old. However, shortly after regaining custody of Marilyn, Gladys had a complete mental breakdown and was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic and was committed to a state mental hospital. Gladys spent the rest of her life going in and out of hospitals and did not have contact with Marilyn ever again. Gladys outlived her daughter, dying in 1984. Marilyn was then taken in by Gladys' best friend Grace Goddard, who, after a series of foster homes, placed Marilyn into the Los Angeles Orphan's Home in 1935. Marilyn was traumatized by her experience there despite the Orphan's Home being an adequate living facility. Grace Goddard eventually took Marilyn back to live with her in 1937 although this stay did not last long as Grace's husband began molesting Marilyn. Marilyn went to live with Grace's Aunt Ana after this incident, although due to Aunt Ana's advanced age she could not care properly for Marilyn. Marilyn once again for the third time had to return to live with the Goddard's. The Goddard's planned to relocated and according to law, could not take Marilyn with them. She only had two choices: return to the orphanage or get married. Marilyn was only 16 years old. She decided to marry a neighborhood friend named James Dougherty; he went into the military, she modeled, they divorced in 1946. She owned 200 books (including Tolstoy, Whitman, Milton), listened to Beethoven records, studied acting at the Actors' lab in Hollywood, and took literature courses at UCLA downtown. 20th Century Fox gave her a contract but let it lapse a year later. In 1948, Columbia gave her a six-month contract, turned her over to coach Natasha Lytess and featured her in the B movie Ladies of the Chorus (1948) in which she sang three numbers : "Every Baby Needs a Da Da Daddy", "Anyone Can Tell I Love You" and "The Ladies of the Chorus" with Adele Jergens (dubbed by Virginia Rees) and others. Joseph L. Mankiewicz saw her in a small part in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and put her in All About Eve (1950), resulting in 20th Century re-signing her to a seven-year contract. Niagara (1953) and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) launched her as a sex symbol superstar. When she went to a supper honoring her in the The Seven Year Itch (1955), she arrived in a red chiffon gown borrowed from the studio (she had never owned a gown). That same year, she married and divorced baseball great Joe DiMaggio (their wedding night was spent in Paso Robles, California). After The Seven Year Itch (1955), she wanted serious acting to replace the sexpot image and went to New York's Actors Studio. She worked with director Lee Strasberg and also underwent psychoanalysis to learn more about herself. Critics praised her transformation in Bus Stop (1956) and the press was stunned by her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller . True to form, she had no veil to match her beige wedding dress so she dyed one in coffee; he wore one of the two suits he owned. They went to England that fall where she made The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) with Laurence Olivier , fighting with him and falling further prey to alcohol and pills. Two miscarriages and gynecological surgery followed. So did an affair with Yves Montand . Work on her last picture The Misfits (1961), written for her by departing husband Miller was interrupted by exhaust
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Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio: The End of a Marriage, 1954 SHARE On the 60th anniversary of their wedding, pictures from the day Marilyn Monroe announced she was seeking a divorce from Joe DiMaggio on grounds of "mental cruelty." Marilyn Monroe and baseball legend Joe DiMaggio wed in 1954 (second marriages for both), and were divorced nine months later. That the union was doomed from the beginning was, perhaps, easy to foresee. But even if the marriage was not a happy one for either of the two famous partners, there seems to be little doubt that there really was genuine affection there at the start — and at the end. In fact, after Monroe’s divorce from her third husband, the playwright Arthur Miller , was finalized in 1961, DiMaggio came back into her life and, by all accounts, desperately tried to bring some stability and calm to an existence that was veering dangerously out of control. He tried to get her away from people who, to his mind, were nothing but trouble (including, it seems, the Kennedys), and even proposed to her, asking her to marry him again. It’s awful, now, to think that if Marilyn had been given a little more time, DiMaggio could have been just the person to pull her back from the brink — of depression, drugs, disastrous affairs with married men. In other words, he might have saved her life. But a year and a half after her marriage to Miller ended, Marilyn — all of 36 years old — was dead. DiMaggio, it seems, could not protect her from whatever demons drove her. He was only in his 40s when Marilyn died on August 5, 1962, but he never married again. Here, LIFE.com presents pictures from October 6, 1954, when Marilyn stepped out of the house on North Palm Drive in Beverly Hills to announce she was seeking a divorce from DiMaggio on the grounds of “mental cruelty.” DiMaggio had initially been drawn (like a few hundred million other men) to Marilyn’s “sex goddess” persona — but he was never comfortable with her flaunting it, and was something of a self-admitted control freak. Neither DiMaggio nor Monroe could possibly have been content or satisfied in a marriage in which two such divergent personalities held sway. The photographs here are not pleasant. They’re not easy to look at. There’s real pain in Marilyn’s face, posture and demeanor — the pain of a young woman who knows she’s doing the right thing, but who wishes all the same that there was some way, any way, that she could avoid doing it. Still, these pictures tell one small but integral part of the Marilyn Monroe story, and capture the star at a pivotal point in her fraught life. She would marry again. She would make more movies in the coming years, including several classics. But deeper and more enduring pain was also in her future, and an especially discerning eye might see in these photographs something in Marilyn’s attitude that suggests she herself was aware of the gathering, ill-defined storm, and was bracing for it. Of the October 1954 divorce filing, meanwhile, LIFE told its readers: Even for Hollywood, where unhappy endings for the real love stories come with almost unseemly haste, this ending seemed abrupt. It was only last January that the press was mobbing the San Francisco city hall, waiting for Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe to emerge as newlywed man and wife. Now the press was gathered again in front of the DiMaggio home in Beverly Hills, waiting for Joe and Marilyn to come out as newly-separated man and wife. Nobody had been surprised when they got married — they had been going with each other for two years. Nobody doubted their love — they had smiled happily through their married life. And almost nobody professed surprised when they broke up — the conflict in their two careers seemed inevitable.
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For which newspaper does Clark Kent work in Superman?
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Clark Kent | Superman Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Clark Kent is Superman's secret identity. Contents [ show ] Overview Clark Kent's name is a combination of the names of actors, Clark Gable and Kent Taylor. His physical design is believed to be modeled after science fiction fan Walter Dennis, who sent Joe Shuster his photograph. Through the popularity of his Superman alter ego, the personality, concept, and name of Clark Kent have become ingrained in popular culture as well, becoming synonymous with secret identities and innocuous fronts for ulterior motives and activities. First written in the earliest Superman comics, Clark Kent's primary purpose was to fulfill the perceived dramatic requirement that a costumed superhero cannot stay on-duty twenty-four hours a day, or throughout the entirety of a comic book series. As such, Kent acted as little more than a front for Superman's activities. Although his name and history were taken from his early life with his adoptive Earth parents, everything about Kent was staged for the benefit of his alternate identity he acquired a job as a reporter for the Daily Planet for the convenience of receiving late-breaking news before the general public, providing an excuse for being present at crime scenes and having an occupation where his whereabouts do not have to be strictly accounted for as long as he makes his story deadlines. However, in order to draw attention away from the correlation between Kent and Superman, Clark Kent adopted a largely passive and introverted personality, applying conservative mannerisms, a higher-pitched voice, and a slight slouch. This personality is typically described as "mild-mannered," perhaps most famously by the opening narration of Max Fleischer's Superman animated theatrical shorts . These traits extended into Kent's wardrobe, which typically consists of a softly-colored business suit, a red necktie, black-rimmed glasses, combed-back hair and, occasionally, a fedora. Kent wears his Superman costume underneath his street clothes, which lends itself to easy transference between the two personalities. However, the purpose of this convention outside of fiction is largely dramatic, allowing Kent to rip open his shirt and reveal the familiar "S" insignia when called into action. When in action, Superman usually stores his Clark Kent clothing shrunken down inside a secret pouch hidden inside of his cape, though some stories have shown him leaving his clothes in some covert location (usually places like phone booths) for later retrieval. In addition with the Pre-Crisis comic book title, Superman Family , Kent is featured in a series of stories called "The Private Life of Clark Kent," where he solves problems subtly without changing into Superman. In the wake of John Byrne 's The Man of Steel reboot of Superman continuity, many traditional aspects of Clark Kent were dropped in favor of giving him a more aggressive and extroverted personality, including such aspects as making Kent a top football player in high school, along with being a successful author. Recently, some aspects of this change have been dropped, in favor of bringing back elements of the earlier, "mild-mannered" version of Kent. Feeling that Clark is the real person and that Clark is not afraid to be himself in his civilian identity, John Byrne has stated in interviews that he took inspiration for this portrayal from the George Reeves version of Superman. Adopted by Jonathan Kent and his wife Martha Kent of Smallville , USA, Clark (and thus Superman) was raised with the values of a typical small, rural American town. Most continuities state that the Kents had been unable to have biological children. In the traditional versions of his origin, after the Kents retrieved Clark from his rocket, they brought him to the Smallville Orphanage, and returned a few days later to formally adopt the orphan, giving him as a first name Martha's maiden name, "Clark." In John Byrne's 1986 origin version The Man of Steel, instead of an orphanage, the Kents passed Clark off as their biologically-born son (after
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Baptist preacher Fred Phelps: Anti-LDS and anti-GLBT activist IMPORTANT NOTES FROM THE ANTI-PHELPS UNDERGROUND PLEASE MAKE 10 COPIES OF THIS FILE AND GIVE THEM TO THOSE WHO FIND THE ACTIVITIES OF FRED PHELPS UNCONSCIONABLE. On June 29, 1994 Jon Michael Bell, a former reporter hired to investigate Fred Phelps and Westboro Baptist Church by Stauffer Communications, Inc., filed a lawsuit in Shawnee County District Court in Topeka, Kansas against Stauffer Communications alleging the Topeka Capital-Journal owed him compensation for overtime and to clarify ownership of his notes and work product. The work product in question, "Addicted to Hate" chronicling the life and times of Fred Phelps, was attached to the lawsuit as Exhibit A making it, therefore, a public document. Learning of the suit, members of Topeka's anti-Phelps underground delivered a certified copy of the lawsuit to a copy shop near the courthouse. Within 48 hours, Stauffer Communications had written all area media outlets and issued veiled warnings about using the information contained in "Addicted to Hate". A rival Topeka newspaper, the Metro News, announced it was considering publishing the lawsuit in it entirety. The Kansas City Star abided by Stauffer Communication's wishes, but several other media outlets aired or printed portions of the manuscript. Within 48 hours of the filing, Stauffer Communications persuaded a judge to seal the suit so the Clerk of the District Court could no longer make copies for the public. No matter - no such order was issued to the copy shop or to the hundreds of citizens that already had copies. On July 8 the Capital-Journal, which had deep-sixed the Phelps project and fired the publisher who authorized it when it was completed last fall, suddenly began its watered-down, copyrighted series on Phelps that they had earlier claimed they wouldn't print. Bell also withdrew his suit the same day. By this time, however, TV networks, wire services, and eastern newspapers had obtained copies of the manuscript, and Stauffer's unprecedented attempt to suppress media discussion of the document attracted the interest of several major East Coast newspapers on First Amendment grounds. Phelps, a self-proclaimed advocate of the First Amendment, whose 'free speech activities include libel, slander defamation of character, intimidation, obscene language, battery, promptly denounced Stauffer Communications and denied the allegations of child abuse, spouse abuse, and other illegal activities. Anyone familiar with Phelps and his children who remain loyal to him, however, can clearly see these adult children and his wife suffer from the grotesque and obvious behaviors symptomatic of severe, long-term abuse. Where and how the twisted saga of Fred Phelps will end is anyone's guess. DISCLAIMER The volunteer distributors of this file wish to emphatically state that Jon Michael Bell did not suggest, encourage, or take part in the transfer or distribution of his typewritten manuscript (Exhibit A) to ASCII format. Volunteer distributors make no guarantees either expressed or implied and cannot be responsible in the use of this file. Jon Michael Bell, one of the authors of "Addicted to Hate", seeks no compensation for his work. If, however, after reading "Addicted to Hate", you would like to make a contribution in his name to organizations in Topeka assisting AIDS victims, abused children and battered women, please send your donations to: 1. Hospice for AIDS Victims c/o Topeka AIDS Project 1915 S. W. 6th Street Topeka, Kansas 66606 2. Project Safe Talk 200 S.E. 7th Street Topeka, Kansas 66603 3. Battered Women Task Force 225 S.W. 12th Street Topeka, Kansas 66612 Let the word go forth that the overwhelmingly vast majority of Topekans and Kansans DO NOT support Westboro Baptist Cult and Fred Phelps' hate campaigns against all who disagree with him. The District Attorney in Shawnee County (Topeka) has filed several criminal cases against members of the Westboro Cult ranging from disorderly conduct and battery to felony charges of aggravated intimidation
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What language is 'Jeg elsker dig' ?
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jeg elsker dig - English translation - bab.la Danish-English dictionary Context sentences Context sentences for "jeg elsker dig" in English These sentences come from external sources and may not be accurate. bab.la is not responsible for their content. Read more here . fordi du er dyrebar for mig har Værd og jeg elsker dig; jeg giver Mennesker for dig og Folkefærd for din Sjæl. Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. Alle dem jeg elsker dem revser og tugter jeg; vær derfor nidkær og omvend dig! As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent! Derfor siger jeg dig: Hendes mange Synder ere hende forladte eftersom hun elskede meget; men den hvem lidet forlades elsker lidet. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. idet jeg sagde: Ak HERRE Himmelens Gud du store frygtelige Gud som tager Vare på Pagten og Miskundheden mod dem der elsker dig og holder dine Bud! And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:! Og jeg bad til HERREN min Gud bekendte og sagde: "Ak Herre du store forfærdelige Gud som holder fast ved Pagten og Miskundheden mod dem der elsker dig og holder dine Bud! And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;! Suggest new Danish to English translation Is the Danish to English translation you were looking for missing? Are you aware of any additional translations? Use the entry fields below to suggest new entries for Danish to English. DanishDanish Latest word suggestions by users: flyer, drinking bout, internal, crusade, the apple does not fall far from the tree Similar words
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Casablanca (1942): Play it Sam, Play As Time Goes By. Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Sinatra sings - YouTube Casablanca (1942): Play it Sam, Play As Time Goes By. Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Sinatra sings 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 17, 2011 Casablanca (1942): Play it Sam, Play As Time Goes By, Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra sings, Ilsa: Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake. Sam: I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa. Ilsa: [whispered] Play it, Sam. Play As Time Goes By. Sam: Why, I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it. Ilsa: I'll hum it for you. [Ilsa hums two bars. Sam starts to play] Sing it, Sam. Sam: [singing] You must remember this A kiss is just a kiss A sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply As Time Goes By (A kiss is just a kiss) lyrics You must remember this A kiss is still a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh The fundamental things apply And when two lovers woo They still say, "I love you" On that you can rely No matter what the future brings As time goes by And man must have his mate That no one can deny it's still the same old story A fight for love and glory A case of do or die The world will always welcome lovers As time goes by And man must have his mate That no one can deny it's still the same old story A fight for love and glory A case of do or die The world will always welcome lovers As time goes by ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ilsa spots Sam and asks him to "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake." When he feigns ignorance, she responds, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" Later that night, alone with Sam, Rick says, "You played it for her and you can play it for me," and "If she can stand it, I can! Play it!" ---------------------------------------------------------------- Famous quotes One of the lines most closely associated with the film — "Play it again, Sam" — is a misquotation. When Ilsa first enters the Café Americain, she spots Sam and asks him to "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake." When he feigns ignorance, she responds, "Play it, Sam. Play 'As Time Goes By.'" Later that night, alone with Sam, Rick says, "You played it for her and you can play it for me," and "If she can stand it, I can! Play it!" Rick's remark to Ilsa, "Here's looking at you, kid," is not in the draft screenplays, but has been attributed to something Bogart said to Bergman as he taught her poker between takes. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in the words of one character, love and virtue. He must choose between his love for a woman and helping her and her Czech Resistance leader husband escape from the Vichy-controlled Moroccan city of Casablanca to continue his fight against the Nazis. Although it was an A-list film, with established stars and first-rate writers—Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein and Howard Koch received credit for the screenplay—no one involved with its production expected Casablanca to be anything out of the ordinary;[1] it was just one of dozens of pictures produced by Hollywood every year. The film was a solid, if unspectacular, success in its initial run, rushed into release to take advantage of the publicity from the Allied invasion of North Africa a few weeks earlier.[2] Despite a changing assortment of screenwriters frantically adapting an unstaged play and barely keeping ahead of production, and Bogart attempting his first romantic lead role, Casablanca won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Its characters, dialogue, and music have become iconic, and Ca
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Quick Games – Reversi, also known as, Othello! | Tame The Board Game Tame The Board Game Home Quick Games – Reversi, also known as, Othello! Quick Games – Reversi, also known as, Othello! Creator(s): John W. Mollett , Lewis Waterman (Designers) and Kinetic (Artist) Othello is a great game; for anyone that knows it, they’ll know how much fun it is, and for anyone who doesn’t, it’s quick and easy to learn and it keeps you on your toes as the table can turn at literally any point in the game. You can be winning right up until the last few pieces are laid and then find yourself the loser! It’s definitely not as quick as Fanarona , but can still easily be played in less than half an hour. The pictures in this post are larger than they have been in previous posts, due to the shape of the board and the angle that we had the camera at. There are also less photos, as the game is not very complicated and we felt that filling the post with pictures would just be throwing images at you that you didn’t need, or, probably, want. Othello starting position History and Things: The game was invented at the end of the 19th century; both Lewis Waterman and John W. Mollett (two Englishmen) claimed to be the inventors of the game. The first ever versions of the game were produced in 1882 by Waterman and Mollett themselves. It was patented in 1888 and published under the name Reversi in 1898. Reversi was based on a game invented by Mollett in 1870 called The Game of Annexation (or Annex for short), the only known difference between this game and Reversi is that Annex is played on a board shaped like a cross. So instead of the 8×8 – essentially a chess board – that Reversi/Othello is played on Annex was played on an 10×4 cross. In 1880, in a publication of The Queen, Waterman proposed a new version of Annex, called Reversi, to be played on a conventional Chess Board, and named himself inventor, he registered the name in 1887. In 1886 Mollett published the same game with the name Annex, a game of reverses. Mollett was initially not allowed to use the word ‘reverses’, so he appealed, won and the word ‘Reversi’ was freed. Whilst the Waterman release of Reversi was not sold with a board – the box stated that you had to play it on a chess board – the Mollett version was sold with a cheap paper 8×8 board and carried the Annex, or Annexation name. From reading all this it’s clear that Mollett was the primary creator of the game, he was responsible for the original rules and game pieces, where Waterman is responsible for the board shape, size, and the name Reversi. Jumping forward almost 100 years to 1971. Goro Hasegawa reinvented the game, naming it Othello with the rule set currently used on the international tournament stage; the Japanese games company Tsukada Original published it. (I managed to make ten points this time!!) Othello was chosen as a name for many reasons – all of them deriving from Shakespeare’s play. I’ve put a few in here; Iago makes a direct reference to how he is “two faced” in the play, which accounts for the double-sided black-and-white playing pieces which are continually flipped throughout the game. There is also the conflict between black Othello and Desdemona who is white to be considered. For those who have an interest in Shakespeare, the similarities continue – reread Othello and see how many you can find! Game Play! In Othello players take it in turns to place pieces and black always moves first. When placing pieces you must be able to “take” the other players pieces. To take pieces you must be able to trap their pieces between two of your own on a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line, doing this means that you flip all the pieces on that line to your colour. there are occasions when you can place a piece that completes two or more lines, this means you can flip every piece of the other colour that is on a line you’ve just created. If you cannot place a piece anywhere that allows you to take, or flip, your opponents pieces, you forfeit your turn and your opponent continues to place pieces until a move becomes avail
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The Most Expensive Properties in Versions of Monopoly Around the World | The Basement Geographer The Most Expensive Properties in Versions of Monopoly Around the World by kuschk Ever since Charles Darrow took the board game concept based around land taxes originally developed by Lizzie Magie in 1903 (and populated in the early 1930s with Atlantic City landmarks, a year or two before Darrow learned the game) and sold it to the Parker Brothers company in 1934, millions of people around the world have been alternately enthralled and frustrated with Monopoly . Thanks to the game, countless people have learned about the geography of Atlantic City, New Jersey, or at the very least, have learned about street names in Atlantic City – even if they haven’t realised it. For most people, Atlantic City’s Boardwalk is more famous as being the most expensive piece of property in Monopoly – the last purple-coloured space on the game board – than it is for being the longest ocean-front boardwalk in the world . Within a year of purchasing the rights to the game, Parker Brothers were already licensing the game abroad through Waddington Games . Selling the game abroad meant replacing the landmarks of Atlantic City (even the misspelled ones) with locations more familiar to players in their respective countries. Since then, dozens of country-specific editions of the game – both licensed and unlicensed, as the legal status of the game is forever murky due to its origins – have featured their own most valuable and most famous properties. For simplicity’s sake, we’ll stick to the regular licensed versions (and national versions, since dozens of locations have their own city-specific versions as well) as we present a list of the most expensive properties in various Monopoly versions from around the world. Argentina: Obelisk of Buenos Aires . The great obelisk that rises above the city centre. Australia: Kings Avenue , Canberra. The wide avenue that connects Parliament House across Lake Burley Griffin to the Australian American War Memorial in the suburb of Russell . Austria: Rheinstraße, Bregenz . Bregenz, on the shore the Rhine where it empties in Lake Constance in the extreme west of Austria, is the capital of the state of Vorarlberg . Rheinstraße is the road that bridges the river and leads to adjacent Switzerland. Belgium: Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat . As with most things in Belgium, there are separate editions of Monopoly to service each of the country’s three regions: Brussels (bilingual), Flanders (Dutch), and Wallonia (French). No matter the edition, however, the most expensive street is Rue Neuve/Nieuwstraat, a pedestrian mall with some of the highest rental rates in Europe (€1 600/m2). Brazil: Brooklin , Sao Paulo. A major financial centre of Sao Paulo. Canada (1982): Douglas Street , Victoria. Most famous as the street along which the Trans Canada Highway starts, the street named for the first governor of British Columbia is the main north-south road in the city. Canada (2000): Robson Street , Vancouver. Victoria was dropped entirely from the 2000 version in favour of a second Vancouver street, Robson. The most expensive retail rental space in Canada is found here (as well as one of the world’s densest agglomerations of Starbucks Coffee cafes). The street gamed infamy in 1994 and 2011 for hosting destructive riots in the wake of losses by the Vancouver Canucks ice hockey club in the Stanley Cup finals. China: Shanghai. Interestingly, the luxury ‘China Wall’ edition is only sold in Hong Kong. The board uses city names rather than streets. Croatia: Ilica , Zagreb. The longest street leading into the centre of Zagreb from the west and third-longest in the city, Ilica is the most expensive residential street in Croatia’s capital. Ilica, Zagreb. Source: M. Fajt, http://www.flickr.com/photos/croacia_/4684668959 . Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) licence. Czech Republic: Wenceslas Square ( Václavské náměstí ), Prague. Most famous to foreigners as the major location for demonstrations during
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Paddington Bear: 13 things you didn't know - Telegraph Film news Paddington Bear: 13 things you didn't know As Paddington Bear prepares for his big-screen debut, we find out why there's more to him than marmalade and duffle coats Paddington: the children's literary favourite has a well-publicised marmalade habit By Alice Vincent , Entertainment Writer 8:00AM BST 10 Jun 2014 1. You'll never be able to find Paddington's address Windsor Gardens in west London: the disappointing real deal (Google) Paddington's address, 32 Windsor Gardens in Notting Hill, does not exist in real life. Author Michael Bond amalgamated his parents' address at Winser Drive, Reading, with his own in Arundel Gardens. Tourists who descend upon the real-life Windsor Gardens in west London are often disappointed to find a street of council flats and no number 32. 2. Paddington might never have existed if Michael Bond had done his Christmas shopping earlier Before his fictional version appeared on page, Paddington existed as a real teddy bear. Bond saw it "left on a shelf in a London shop and felt sorry for it" on Christmas Eve 1956, and took it home as a present for his wife Brenda. The couple were living near Paddington Station at the time, so Bond named the bear Paddington and started to write stories about it, "more for fun than with the idea of having them published. After 10 days I found that I had a book on my hands. It wasn’t written specifically for children, but I think I put into it the kind of things I liked reading about when I was young." Related Articles 10 Jun 2014 3. Paddington only arrived in England with his hat Although most will associate the bear with his sensible uniform of hat, coat and boots, the latter two garments arrived in England after he did. Paddington was given his blue duffle coat by The Browns shortly after they took him home from Paddington Station, and he received the boots for Christmas in the 1964 book Paddington Marches On. As for his old bush hat, that belonged to Paddington's uncle Pastuzo. 4. Jeremy Clarkson was the first person to have a Paddington Bear toy Jeremy Clarkson's childhood home in Doncaster, where the Paddington Bears were first created (Jackson Stopps & Staff) Aside from the original, of course. Clarkson's parents, Shirley and Eddie, ran a small design business called Gabrielle Designs. In 1972, Shirley made a prototype for the first Paddington Bear stuffed toy in the house pictured above and gave it to Jeremy, then 12, and his sister Joanna for Christmas. These early bears are now considered collectors' items as all of them were handmade in a small factory, latterly known as the Bear Garden, in Doncaster. However, hardcore Paddington fans may want to go a step further and buy the house in which the toys were first created - it's currently on the market . 5. The demand for Paddington Bears was too much for Wellington boot producers to handle The earliest Paddington Bear toys were dressed in childrens' Dunlop wellies to ensure they stood up straight. However, Gabrielle designs had to produce their own boots - complete with paw prints moulded into the soles - after Dunlop struggled to keep up. By 1978, Gabrielle Designs were reaching the peak of their demand, having sold 87,000 in that year alone. 6. Paddington Bear is based on the Spectacled Bear The Spectacled Bear - why Paddington hails from Peru It's surprising that the earnest little chap wasn't given glasses. Bond wanted to Paddington to have "travelled all the way from darkest Africa", but was advised by his agent to change his country of origin due to the lack of bears in Africa. Instead, he picked Peru - home to the Spectacled Bear. Paddington later reveals that his Peruvian name is Pastuso, although he was relucant to reveal this at first for fear that nobody would be able to pronounce it. 7. Paddington has always been a fan of cultural exchange In 1994, a Paddington Bear stuffed toy was chosen by English tunnellers as the first item to pass through the Channel Tunnel to their French counterparts when the two sides were linked up. 8. P
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Jim's Quizzer | Free quizzes for ever | Page 6 Free quizzes for ever The first of an occasional “themed” quiz for you. The Film Quiz 1 1 “Nobody Does It Better” is the theme from which of the Bond films? 2 In what type of book shop did Hugh Grant’s character work in Notting Hill? 3 What was the name of the forest planet in the film Avatar? 4 Who played Dr Who in the 1965 film Doctor Who & the Daleks? 5 Apart from Earth, which other planet features in the Schwarzenegger film Total Recall? 6 Who was Whoopie Goldberg hiding from in Sister Act? 7 Which film was the first to feature the Sensurround special effect in cinemas? 8 Which of the Marx Brothers played the piano? 9 In which 1992 film did Sharon Stone show Michael Douglas that she wasn’t wearing underwear? 10 Which comedian played Billy Bones in A Muppet Treasure Island in 1996? 11 Which Marilyn Monroe film shares its name with a 1966 hit by the Hollies? 12 Tom Dick & Harry were the 3 tunnels in The Great Escape but which one did they escape from? 13 Which country’s bobsleigh team features in the film Cool Runnings? 14 What was the first name of Macauley Culkin’s character in Home Alone? 15 The animated film Tangled features which fairy tale character? Answers 1 The Spy Who Loved Me 2 Travel 1 Which hat is named after a city in Morocco? 2 What was the price on the Mad Hatter’s hat in Alice in Wonderland? 3 Which military headgear is also the surname of a famous football manager? 4 The name of which hat is part of the title of a classic F Scott Fitzgerald book? 5 Who had a top 10 hit in 1975 with All Around My Hat? Precious Stones 6 America & Love on the Rocks by Neil Diamond feature on the soundtrack of which 1980 film? 7 Beryl the Peril featured in which comic? 8 In which year was Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee? 9 The end theme to which TV series was a song called “Aqua Marina” (which is nearly a precious stone)? 10 What were the names of Alf Garnett’s wife, daughter & son-in-law in Till Death Us Do Part? Sex Scandals 11 What was the name of the White House intern who didn’t have sex with Bill Clinton (he said)? 12 Who was given 4 years in prison for perjury after an encounter with Monica Coghlan in Mayfair in 1987? 13 What was the name of the assistant that David Beckham was supposed to have had an affair with? 14 Which singer was arrested for a lewd act in the restroom of the Will Rogers Memorial Park, Beverley Hills in 1998? 15 Who resigned from MacMillan’s government as a result of an affair with Christine Keeler & what was he Minister for? Eighties 16 In 1984, which hotel in Brighton was bombed by the IRA in an attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher? 17 What was the name of the budget trans-Atlantic service operated by Laker Airways which went bust in 1982? 18 Who was minister of Health who caused a panic about salmonella in eggs in 1988? 19 At which Olympics did Steve Redgrave win his 1st Gold Medal? 20 What was the name of the volcano that erupted in the USA in 1980 & in which US State is it? General Knowledge 21 Which current BBC TV series is based on books written by Winston Graham? 22 What is the last US State alphabetically? 23 Who played Millie in the film Thoroughly Modern Millie? 24 Caroline Lucas is joint leader of which British political party? 25 How many sides does a heptagon have? 26 The main character says “Good luck, everyone” & blows a whistle at the end of which TV series? 27 Guernica by Picasso was painted in response to bombings during which war? 28 Which of his senses did Stevie Wonder lose in a car accident in 19
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Ham (2) Definition and Meaning - Bible Dictionary ham (cham; Cham): 1. The Youngest Son of Noah: The youngest son of Noah, from whom sprang the western and southwestern nations known to the Hebrews. His name first occurs in Genesis 5:32 , where, as in 6:10 and elsewhere, it occupies the second place. In Genesis 9:18 Ham is described as "the father of Canaan," to prepare the reader for 9:25-27, where Noah, cursing Ham for having told Shem and Japheth of his nakedness, refers to him as Canaan. On account of this, it has been suggested that "Canaan" stood originally in all the passages where the three brothers are spoken of, and that this was later changed to "Ham," except in the verses containing the curse. It seems more likely, however, that the name "Canaan" is inserted prophetically, as Noah would not desire to curse his son, but only one branch of that son's descendants, who were later the principal adversaries of the Hebrews. 2. Ham as a Nationality: The name given, in Psalms 105:23,17 ; 106:22 (compare 78:51), to Egypt as a descendant of Ham, son of Noah. As Shem means "dusky," or the like, and Japheth "fair," it has been supposed that Ham meant, as is not improbable, "black." This is supported by the evidence of Hebrew and Arabic, in which the word chamam means "to be hot" and "to be black," the latter signification being derived from the former. 3. Meaning of the Word: That Ham is connected with the native name of Egypt, Kem, or, in full pa ta' en Kem, "the land of Egypt," in Bashmurian Coptic Kheme, is unlikely, as this form is probably of a much later date than the composition of Gen, and, moreover, as the Arabic shows, the guttural is not a true kh, but the hard breathing h, which are both represented by the Hebrew cheth. 4. The Nations Descending from Ham: Of the nationalities regarded as descending from Ham, none can be described as really black. First on the list, as being the darkest, is Cush or Ethiopia ( Genesis 10:6 ), after which comes Mitsrayim, or Egypt, then PuT or Libyia, and Canaan last. The sons or descendants of each of these are then taken in turn, and it is noteworthy that some of them, like the Ethiopians and the Canaanites, spoke Semitic, and not Hamitic, languages--Seba (if connected with the Sabeans), Havilah (Yemen), and Sheba, whose queen visited Solomon. Professor Sayce, moreover, has pointed out that Caphtor is the original home of the Phoenicians, who spoke a Semitic language. The explanation of this probably is that other tongues were forced upon these nationalities in consequence of their migrations, or because they fell under the dominion of nationalities alien to them. The non-Sem Babylonians, described as descendants of Nimrod (Merodach), as is welI known, spoke Sumerian, and adopted Semitic Babylonian only on account of mingling with the Semites whom they found there. Another explanation is that the nationalities described as Hamitic--a parallel to those of the Semitic section--were so called because they fell under Egyptian dominion. This would make the original Hamitic race to have been Egyptian and account for Ham as a (poetical) designation of that nationality. Professor F. L. Griffith has pointed out that the Egyptian Priapic god of Panopolis (Akhmim), sometimes called Menu, but also apparently known as Khem, may have been identified with the ancestor of the Hamitic race--he was worshipped from the coast of the Red Sea to Coptos, and must have been well known to Egypt's eastern neighbors. He regards the characteristics of Menu as being in accord with the shamelessness of Ham as recorded in Genesis 9:20 . See JAPHETH; SHEM; TABLE OF NATIONS. T. G. Pinches HAM (2) (ham): (1) A place East of the Jordan named between Ashteroth-karnaim and Shaveh-kiriathaim, in which Chedorlaomer smote the Zu-zim ( Genesis 14:5 ). No name resembling this has been recovered. Septuagint reads bahem "with them," instead of beham, "in Ham." Some have thought that "Ham" may be a corruption from "Ammon"; or that it may be the ancient name of Rabbath-ammon itself. (2) A poetical appellation of Egypt: "th
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Apostles Tax collectors: Saint Mathew. Saint James the Lesser. Also known as James the Just, he was the author of the first Catholic Epistle and first Bishop of Jerusalem. His mother was a close relative of the Virgin Mary and James is often referred to as the Cousin of Jesus. James was martyred in 62AD, stoned to death after being thrown from the pinnacle of a temple. His feast day is the 3rd of May. He is the Patron Saint of apothecaries, hatmakers, the dying and fullers. The spoon shows him holding a fullers club. Saint Bartholomew. Mentioned in the Gospels and Acts as an Apostle, and a close friend of Saint Philip who introduced him to Jesus. He preached in India, Asia Minor, Ethiopia and Greater Armenia, where he was flayed alive and beheaded. His feast day is the 24th of August. He is the Patron Saint of butchers, leatherworkers and shoemakers. The spoon shows him holding a butchers knife. Saint Peter. Brother of Saint Andrew and born with the name of Simon. Jesus named him 'Peter' and told him "To you I will give the keys to the kingdom of Heaven". He was either martyred and crucified upside down or, says another legend, he was beheaded in a forest so that other Christians could not find and venerate his bones. His feast day is the 29th of June. He is the Patron Saint of fishermen, clockmakers and locksmiths. The spoon shows him holding a key. Saint Philip. A disciple of John the Baptist, born in Galilee and a confidant of Jesus. He preached in Asia Minor and Greece, where he was crucified upside down in 80AD by the Emperor Domitian. His feast day is the 3rd of May. He is the Patron Saint of Luxembourg and Uraguay. The spoon shows him holding a staff with a cross in the 't'. Saint James the Greater. Son of Zebedee, brother of Saint John. He is termed 'The Greater' as he became an Apostle before the younger James the Lesser. James was a close friend of Jesus and was present at many of the miracles. He preached in Spain and Judea and was the first Apostle to be martyred. He was killed in 44AD, stabbed with a sword by King Herod Agrippa. His feast day is the 25th of July. He is the Patron Saint of blacksmiths, labourers and pilgrims. The spoon shows him holding a pilgrims staff. Saint Jude of Thaddaeus. Brother of Saint james the Lesser and a blood relative of Jesus, being the nephew of Mary and Joseph. He preached in Judea, Syria, Mesopotamia, Libya and Persia, where he was beaten to death and beheaded. His feast day is the 28th of October. He is the Patron Saint of lost or desperate causes, hospital and health workers. This is because of his New Testment letter which calls upon the faithful to persevere in adversity. The spoon shows him holding a large cross. The Savior or Master. The spoon shows Jesus holding an orb and sceptre. Saint John. Son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of Saint James the Greater. He became so close to Jesus that he was known as "the beloved disciple". He founded many churches in Asia Minor but spent most of his time in Jerusalem. He died of old age at Ephesus in 101AD, having survived all his fellow Apostles. His feast day is the 27th of December. He is the Patron Saint of authors, booksellers, engravers and painters. He is also Patron against burns and poisons. The spoon shows him holding a chalice or "the cup of sorrow". Saint Thomas. Also known as "doubting Thomas", as he doubted the other Apostles account of the Resurrection. It was eight days later on Christs second rising that he was allowed to convince himself by touching the wounds. He went to preach in Parthia and India where, in 72AD, he was stabbed to death with a spear. His feast day is the 3rd of July. He is the Patron Saint of arc
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Simon Legree Simon Legree Bookmark this page Manage My Reading List If Tom is the book's Christ-figure and George Harris its revolutionary Romantic hero, Simon Legree is without a doubt its anti-Christ, its arch-villain, or — as Cassy describes him — its vampire. If Tom's bearing and behavior show that he is among the elect, Legree's show quite definitely that he is not. In several ways, as a character, Legree is indeed Tom's antithesis. We know nothing of Tom's past except that, as Shelby tells Haley in the first scene, he "got religion" at a camp meeting four years before the book opens. Of Legree we are told that, after he had spent some years at sea living a dissolute life, he was "almost persuaded" by his mother's prayers to reform but instead chose sin. (In both cases, according to traditional Calvinist doctrine, the apparent choice was really only an outward sign of the condition of the men's souls; however, Stowe's narrator describes Legree's critical moment as a genuine conflict between good and evil in which evil triumphs — just as, in Tom's moment of near despair, love and hope win the "victory.") Now, whereas everyone whose life Tom touches is lifted and helped, Legree affects everyone near him for the worse. He has no family, only the artificial and perverse "family" he forces his slaves to enact: Cassy his "wife," whom he has used until nearly all of her actions (except those inspired by Tom) are hateful reactions against Legree; Emmeline his "daughter" whom he stole from her own mother and now wishes to force into an incestuous relationship (the nature of which Cassy senses, in her protection of the girl); Sambo and Quimbo his "brothers" (or "sons"), whom he uses as companions and henchmen, alternately punishes and rewards, and has turned into tools for draining the life and dignity from the field workers. Like all of Tom's owners and like the book's other profiteers from the business of slavery, Legree is a materialist who sees human beings as nothing but material that can be used for profit. Like them all, with his reduction of slaves to the status of things, he has necessarily reduced himself to the same status — for part of what this book teaches is that to objectify others is to objectify oneself. But whereas Haley — probably genuinely — sees the nature of what he does only dimly (he has lied to himself successfully for so long that he believes he truly is a "man of humanity"), and whereas both Augustine St. Clare and Tom Loker, in different ways, are still capable of the "change of heart" that might save them (although in St. Clare's case it saves no one but him), Legree not only sees clearly what he is and what he does to others but also revels in it. He may tell the men in the riverboat bar that he uses slaves up and buys new ones for economic reasons, and he may pretend to Cassy (and even at times to himself) that he is concerned to keep Tom more or less healthy, or at least alive, in order to realize Tom's cost to him. But in truth, what he really wants is to exercise the absolute power of life and death — and more, the power of moral destruction — over these people. Just as Legree uses alcohol "cautiously," so he exercises his power over his slaves as cautiously as he can, knowing that his real impulse is to go too far — for he hungers, perhaps even literally, for their blood. He reveals what he truly is in his jealousy of Tom, whose power to give hope and humanity to the other slaves cannot hurt Legree economically. What Legree wants, finally, is worship and fear; he has gone beyond capitalism and the profit motive and come out the other side.
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The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis Stevenson - Read Online About Reviews From the Publisher Robert Louis Stevenson's classic historical adventure novel 'The Master of Ballantrae: A Winter's Tale' has been enjoyed around the world for over 120 years. The story follows two Scottish noblemen brothers whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745. Published: AUK Classics on Jun 21, 2012 ISBN: 9781781668894
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The Chameleon Kid: Interview with Hetty Wainthropp Investigates' Dominic Monaghan | TMR The Chameleon Kid: Interview with Hetty Wainthropp Investigates' Dominic Monaghan February 08, 2014 By Steve Eramo , Contributor Actor Dominic Monaghan Actor, singer, teacher — those are the career paths Dominic Monaghan considered while growing up. “My dad has been a huge influence in my life, and he’s also a teacher, so as a child I always contemplated the idea of becoming a teacher, perhaps a drama teacher,” he says. “I’m a big music fan as well and for a long time I was interested in pursuing a singing career. However, since the age of 10 or 11 my true passion has been acting. My favorite part of the school year was being involved in the annual play. I played sports and enjoyed other aspects of school, but the thing I really excelled at was drama class. I’ve always enjoyed the artistic tug-of-war that goes on where you grab hold of a character, own him for a while, and then let go and grab hold of the next role.” On TV, Monaghan is probably best known for his role of castaway Charlie Pace in J.J. Abrams’ cryptic long-running TV drama Lost, while on the big screen he brought Meriadoc “Merry” Brandybuck to life in The Lord of the Rings movie franchise. Prior to both these high-profile roles, though, the affable actor garnered plenty of experience in front of the camera playing budding private eye Geoffrey Shawcross opposite veteran British actress Patricia Routledge in the popular BBC detective series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. On February 11, Acorn Media is releasing Hetty Wainthropp Investigates: The Complete Series on DVD in North America. “I was at college in Manchester [England] studying English literature, geography and drama,” recalls Monaghan. “I was also involved with the local youth theaters and had been in a few plays. One of my friends’ fathers worked for a production company called Granada, and he gave me a list of names and addresses of all the TV/theatrical agents in town. I sent letters off to them basically explaining who I was and that I had done some theater work. A couple of agents came to see me perform onstage and offered to represent me. I eventually signed with one agency but didn’t think much about it at the time because I was still focusing on my studies. “One day, my agent phoned to say he had organized an audition for me for a TV show. Pretty much every young actor I knew at the time in Manchester was trying out for the part [of Geoffrey] and I thought, ‘No way am I going to get this job, so I’ll just give it my best shot and have fun.’ When I went in to read I met a woman who has become a really good friend of mine, Carol Parks [Hetty Wainthropp Investigates producer]. We spoke for half an hour and I think she found it refreshing that I wasn’t a professional actor. I had five more auditions, including those that required me to go down to London and meet with the writers as well as the director at the time. It was after that that they offered me the part. I had to leave college for six months and film the first series, and then went back to school for another six months before leaving again to do the second season, etc. It just so happened that the thing I was trying to achieve through education actually landed in front of me. I was very lucky.” Based on characters from the David Cook novel Missing Persons, Hetty Wainthropp Investigates follows the exploits of a Lancashire housewife-turned-sleuth (Patricia Routledge of Keeping Up Appearances fame) and her young business partner Geoffrey Shawcross (Monaghan). In the series’ premiere, “The Bearded Lady,” Hetty suspects a young couple of fraud and decides to investigate. She enlists the help of Geoffrey, a 17-year-old who she catches shoplifting. Together they crack the case and become overnight celebrities. With her husband Robert’s (Derek Benfield) encouragement, Hetty opens her own detective agency. It’s not long before she and Geoffrey are hired to probe the mysterious death of a professor. Although this episode was shot many years ago, Monagahn stil
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" Partners in Crime " "Voyage of the Damned" is an episode of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who . First broadcast on 25 December 2007, it is 72 minutes long and the third Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. The narrative continues from the final scenes of both " Last of the Time Lords " and the mini-episode " Time Crash ", when a luxury space liner called the Titanic, a pastiche of the historical ocean liner , breached the walls of the TARDIS . The ship's captain, Hardaker ( Geoffrey Palmer ), sabotages the ship shortly after the Titanic's collision with the TARDIS. The Doctor ( David Tennant ) works with a waitress named Astrid Peth ( Kylie Minogue ) to prevent an imminent collision with Earth. The episode features the only performance in Doctor Who by the Australian singer and actress Kylie Minogue . Executive producer and writer Russell T Davies described her casting as a "very exceptional case", having written the part of Astrid specifically for Minogue. On its original airdate, "Voyage of the Damned" was watched by 13.31 million viewers, the highest viewing figure for Doctor Who since the 1979 serial City of Death and as of December 2015 it still has the highest viewership of any episode since the show's revival. It was the second most-watched programme of 2007, beaten only by the episode of EastEnders which aired immediately after it. Critical opinion about the episode was divided; the writing and Minogue's performance were both praised and criticised. Plot The episode opens immediately following the events of " Time Crash ", with the bow of the Titanic crashing into the TARDIS . The Doctor repairs the damage before landing the TARDIS on the ship. He discovers it's not the famed RMS Titanic , but instead is a starliner hailing from the planet Sto . The Titanic is orbiting present day Earth to observe the traditions of primitive cultures, specifically Christmas. The Doctor dons a tuxedo and joins the reception on board, meeting waitress Astrid Peth. The Doctor convinces Astrid to join him on a brief excursion to the surface of Earth. They are accompanied by married couple Morvin and Foon Van Hoff, a Zocci named Bannakaffalatta, and historian and guide Mr. Copper. While on Earth, specifically a commercial district of London, the Doctor notes that London seems abandoned, and questions a man in a newspaper stand about it. The man, Wilfred Mott , tells the Doctor that most people have left London because of the previous two years of alien activity in London on Christmas (" The Christmas Invasion " and " The Runaway Bride "). Back on the Titanic, Captain Hardaker dismisses the ship's officers from the bridge. Citing regulations, that require at least two officers remain on the bridge at all times, Midshipman Alonso Frame stays. After the group returns from their excursion, Hardaker drops the vessel's protective shielding and magnetises the hull. This causes nearby meteors to be pulled toward the ship on a collision course. Midshipman Frame attempts to reactivate the shields but is shot by Hardaker as the meteors collide with the ship. The collision causes hull breaches, most of the 2,000 passengers and staff are killed, and the vessel begins plunging toward the Earth. The Doctor makes contact with the wounded Midshipman Frame, who stabilises and maintains the power from the damaged engines. The Doctor and the rest of the excursion party attempt to reach the bridge but are repeatedly attacked by the ship's Angel Hosts, androids resembling angels who were programmed to supply information but are now eliminating all passengers and crew. Morvin falls off of a ledge into the ship's engine, and the rest of the group are surrounded by Angel Hosts. Bannakaffalatta reveals that he is a cyborg, and uses his internal EMP device to disable the Hosts. The EMP burst drains the Zocci's power cells and he dies. Mr. Copper takes the EMP device, saying that if they can manage to recharge it, they can use it against the Hosts again. A lone Angel Host attacks them again, and Foon ties herself to it
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Esso : Happy Motoring (1950's) - YouTube Esso : Happy Motoring (1950's) 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. The interactive transcript could not be loaded. Loading... Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on Oct 30, 2010 In this legendary animated UK advert, the message is clear : whether you're in England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, Esso Extra petrol means happy motoring! Special thanks to Mark Roberts for the source footage. Category
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Motoring Firsts - The National Motor Museum Trust The National Motor Museum Trust Home > Story of Motoring > Motoring Firsts Motoring Firsts Among the questions we are most frequently asked are the various motoring firsts. Listed below are some of the most common questions that have been answered by our Motoring Research Service. Questions What were the first motor cars? The motor car was developed over many years by a number of talented individuals but Karl Benz of Mannheim in Germany is normally credited as the Inventor of the Motor Car. In the autumn of 1885, his three-wheeled vehicle became the first successful petrol-engined car. He was awarded a patent for it on 29 January 1886, and became the first motor manufacturer in 1888 with his Modell 3 Benz. In 1886, Gottlieb Daimler and his protégé Wilhelm Maybach built the first successful four-wheeled petrol-driven car at Bad Cannstatt. The Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft was established four years later in 1890. On 1 July 1926 Benz and Daimler merged to become Daimler-Benz AG and its products Mercedes-Benz. Fredrick William Bremer, a plumber and gas fitter, built the first British four-wheeled petrol-engined motor car. Starting work in 1892, when he was 20, the still incomplete car made its first run on a public highway in December 1894. What was the first motor car to run on the British Highway? There are a number of claims and counter claims for the first motor car to appear on the road in Britain. Frederick William Bremer of Walthamstow is believed to have had a four-wheeled car running in late 1894. Both he and James D. Roots may have independently built motorised tricycles as early as 1892. Roots certainly had one powered by an oil engine running on the road in early 1896. Another theory is that the first motor car to run on the British highway was a 2hp Benz Velo imported by Henry Hewetson in November 1894, although some believe this may have actually been in 1895. The Hon. Evelyn Ellis certainly imported a Panhard et Levassor into Britain in June 1895. By the end of 1895, following further importations, it was estimated that there were 14 or 15 cars on Britain’s roads, a figure which had increased dramatically by 1900 to approximately seven or eight hundred! The million mark for private cars was reached in Britain in 1930, with 10 million in 1967. John Henry Knight of Farnham, Surrey was an engineer and enthusiastic inventor with a keen interest in photography and locomotion. With the help of engineer George Parfitt, in 1895 he created the first purpose-built, petrol-driven, three-wheeled car to be run on the roads of Britain. In order to improve stability a fourth wheel was added the following year. This pioneering British car is on display at the National Motor Museum. Cycle makers Charles and Walter Santler of Malvern Link, Worcestershire built a steam car in 1889 which was subsequently fitted with a single cylinder gas engine and then rebuilt again with a single cylinder ‘petrol’ engine in 1894. Santlers went on to build several other cars between 1897 and 1913 when they launched a range of light cars for general sale. Frederick Lanchester started work on a four-wheeled petrol car in 1895 which was successfully tested on the road in early 1896. The Lanchester Engine Co. commenced building production cars in 1899. When was the word petrol first used? The term petrol was not used until 1896, when it was patented by Messrs Carless, Capel & Leonard of Hackney Wick. When were windscreen wipers first used? There are various claims for the first windscreen wipers. Some sources say that they were first used in France in 1907. British photographer Gladstone Adams is said to have had the idea for wipers whilst driving his Daracq home to Newcastle after watching the 1908 FA Cup Final at Crystal Palace (his team Newcastle United had lost 3 – 1 to Wolverhampton Wanderers). He patented his design in 1911. Various motoring magazine pictures show Prince Henry of Prussia in a car with simple up and down squeegee type wiper fitted to the windscreen in 1909. In 1919 (some sources
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Keith Jackson & Friends: PNG ATTITUDE : 41 posts from February 2010 41 posts from February 2010 27 February 2010 Here's the story the Post-Courier refuses to run BY KEITH JACKSON OBSERVERS OF the media in PNG are scratching their heads and wondering what the link is between carbon trader Kirk Roberts and the Post-Courier newspaper. It’s not just that the Post-Courier runs stories favourable to Mr Roberts’ activities. Of real concern is the newspaper’s apparent refusal to publish stories that question his activities, even when they are backed up by the PNG Government. PNG Attitude has been told by a reliable source that a Post-Courier editor has been quizzed on this seeming lack of fairness and balance in its coverage, but brusquely fobbed off questions and criticism of what seems like a badly flawed editorial policy. Earlier this week the PNG Forest Authority placed an advertisement in the Post-Courier which announced that Roberts’ ‘carbon trading’ activities were under investigation. Just two days later the Post-Courier ran another uncritical front-page story, which one reader described as “a ridiculous and nonsensical pro-Roberts piece”. Anyway, thanks to Sky News which did manage to pick up the story, here it is: 'Carbon cowboy' in PNG legal spat Australia 's self-proclaimed 'carbon kingpin' Kirk Roberts is being investigated by a PNG government agency for allegedly misleading villagers in deals he hopes will net millions. Mr Roberts, a former disqualified Australian horse trainer who also ran a Philippines cock-fighting business, once said he was 'the most beneficial foreigner' for PNG and has travelled across the country promoting carbon trading. Mr Roberts shrugs off widespread criticisms and is adamant he represents numerous landowner groups who want lucrative carbon projects developed under a voluntary system. But PNG authorities are worried Mr Roberts is undermining existing forestry laws, possibly misleading landowners in remote areas all while exploiting PNG's lack of national carbon trade legislation and policy. East Pangia, in PNG's rugged Southern Highlands region, is the latest focus of various conflicting opinions that have flared as Mr Roberts promises what many villagers call 'sky money' - because he appears to be selling air. PNG's Forest Authority managing director, Kanawi Pouru, has taken out a newspaper advertisement reminding Mr Roberts and landowners that East Pangia has already been allocated for logging. Mr Pouru told AAP the Forest Management Agreement was one of 10 agreed projects identified for development by PNG's government in 2002. 'Roberts' operation obviously raises concerns for us,' he said. 'Our lawyers believe we have grounds to proceed against any moves that prevent an already existing forest plan. 'A commercial agreement with landowners has been entered. 'They can't sign rights away then reassign them to someone else like Roberts. 'We are not against carbon trading but we are being cautious because there is still a very high risk involved and so many rules that have not been sorted out. 'We need to understand the business first.' The East Pangia FMA still existed and the logging operation would commence as soon as the agreement was executed next month, Mr Pouru said. '(Mr Roberts) is being investigated and will be dealt with accordingly,' he said. Last week Mr Roberts was in East Pangia mapping out a carbon project. He did not answer (emailed) questions regarding the landowner's sudden switch from forestry to carbon trading, or the scientific credibility of his team. Kuson Waku, a local landowner representative, told PNG's Post Courier newspaper: 'I want to benefit from all the forest.' The story, supporting Mr Roberts' carbon trading plan, was accompanied by a photo of two locals each holding dead bush rats and tree kangaroos, with a possible implication that wildlife was under threat from logging. PNG's Department of Environment and Conservation, Environment Ministry, NGOs and the environmental-law community have all raised concerns about Mr Roberts. But Mr Roberts is no strange
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BBC Sport - Rugby Union - Namibia rugby: Out of Boks' shadow Namibia rugby: Out of Boks' shadow By Sean Davies Rugby songs: Land of the brave Nick name: Biltongboere, Welwitschias The First World War brought rugby to Namibia, the game introduced by South African soldiers when they invaded the German-run colony in 1915. Full record: Wales v Namibia The South African influence would continue, Namibia's team competing in the Currie Cup as South West Africa until the country gained its independence in 1990. The British and Irish Lions played games in South West Africa in 1962, 1968, 1974 and 1980 and, until independence, Namibian players were also eligible to represent the Springboks, the likes of Jan Ellis and Percy Montgomery taking that route. The Namibia Rugby Union was formed in March 1990 and immediately joined the International Rugby Board. They had gained their best-ever Currie Cup finish of third in 1989, so presented a tough challenge to Ron Waldron's Neath-dominated Wales side when they toured in 1990. Kevin Phillips captained Wales on the tour, fellow Welsh All Blacks Glyn Llewellyn and Chris Bridges winning their maiden caps in the first Test in Windhoek. Bridges scored the crucial try on his Wales debut against Namibia in 1990 It was men from Neath who contributed all the Welsh points, Paul Thorburn scoring 14 while Bridges got the crucial try that took Wales from a worrying 9-9 scoreline to an 18-9 win. Namibia full-back Andre Stoop - who was later to make a name for himself in rugby league in the north of England - was sent off by referee Fred Howard for head-butting Steve Ford. Waldron's men stayed in Windhoek for the second Test a week later, where Owain Williams was given his only Wales cap. The flanker scored a try, while Thorburn's 15 points and a long Anthony Clement drop-goal took the tourists to a 30-15 advantage. But the fragilities in Waldron's team were exposed as Namibia fought back to level at 30-30, Wales needing Arthur Emyr to score his second try to sneak the win. The following year was perhaps the finest for Namibian rugby as they won all 10 of their Tests, including two victories over Ireland and two in another home series against Italy. Their introduction to the international scene had been too late to give the fledgling side the chance to qualify for the 1991 World Cup, though. Wales were back in Windhoek in 1993 under coach Alan Davies - and again they had to battle for their win. The tourists were behind 20-19 after 60 minutes in a match that saw the lead change five times. Namibia full-back Jaco Coetzee contributed 18 points, but two tries from Emyr Lewis helped Wales to a 38-23 success. The Welwitschias missed out on qualification for the 1995 World Cup, but reached rugby's ultimate stage in 1999, 2003 and 2007. Limited player numbers and the difficulties of finding regular, challenging fixtures have restricted their impact, though. Namibia have never won a World Cup game and suffered a record 142-0 defeat against Australia in 2003. The Welwitschias will be very much the underdogs in New Zealand in 2011 as they prepare for group games against Wales, South Africa, Fiji and Samoa. Bookmark with:
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Timeline of the Kings & Queens of England There have been 66 monarchs of England and Britain spread over a period of 1500 years. SAXON KINGS EGBERT 827 - 839 Egbert (Ecgherht) was the first monarch to establish a stable and extensive rule over all of Anglo-Saxon England. After returning from exile at the court of Charlemagne in 802, he regained his kingdom of Wessex. Following his conquest of Mercia in 827, he controlled all of England south of the Humber. After further victories in Northumberland and North Wales, he is recognised by the title Bretwalda ( Anglo-Saxon , "ruler of the British". A year before he died aged almost 70, he defeated a combined force of Danes and Cornish at Hingston Down in Cornwall. He is buried at Winchester in Hampshire. AETHELWULF 839-856 King of Wessex , son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. In 851 Aethelwulf defeated a Danish army at the battle of Oakley while his eldest son Althelstan fought and beat the Danes at sea off the coast of Kent , in what is believed to be the first naval battle. A highly religous man, Athelwulf travelled to Rome with his son Alfred to see the Pope in 855. AETHELBALD 856 - 860 The eldest son of Aethelwulf, Æthelbald was born around 834. He was crowned at Kingston-upon-Thames in southwest London, after forcing his father to abdicate upon his return from pilgrimage to Rome. Following his fathers death in 858, he married his widowed stepmother Judith, but under pressure from the church the marriage was annulled after only a year. He is buried at Sherbourne Abbey in Dorset . AETHELBERT 860 - 866 Became king following the death of his brother Æthelbald. Like his brother and his father, Aethelbert (pictured to the right) was crowned at Kingston-Upon-Thames. Shortly after his succession a Danish army landed and sacked Winchester before being defeated by the Saxons. In 865 the Viking Great Heathen Army landed in East Anglia and swept across England. He is buried at Sherborne Abbey. AETHELRED I 866 - 871 Aethelred succeeded his brother Aethelbert. His reign was one long struggle with the Danes who had occupied York in 866, establishing the Viking kingdom of Yorvik . When the Danish Army moved south Wessex itself was threatened, and so together with his brother Alfred, they fought several battles with the Vikings at Reading, Ashdown and Basing. Aethelred suffered serious injuries during the next major battle at Meretun in Hampshire; he died of his wounds shortly after at Witchampton in Dorset, where he was buried. ALFRED THE GREAT 871 - 899 - son of AETHELWULF Born at Wantage in Berkshire around 849, Alfred was well educated and is said to have visited Rome on two occasions. He had proven himself to be a strong leader in many battles, and as a wise ruler managed to secure five uneasy years of peace with the Danes, before they attacked Wessex again in 877. Alfred was forced to retreat to a small island in the Somerset Levels and it was from here that he masterminded his comeback, perhaps ' burning the cakes ' as a consequence. With major victories at Edington, Rochester and London, Alfred established Saxon Christian rule over first Wessex, and then on to most of England. To secure his hard won boundaries Alfred founded a permanent army and an embryonic Royal Navy. To secure his place in history, he began the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles. EDWARD (The Elder) 899 - 924 Succeeded his father Alfred the Great. Edward retook southeast England and the Midlands from the Danes. Following the the death of his sister Aethelflaed of Mercia , Edward unites the kingdoms of Wessex and Mercia. In 923, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles record that the Scottish King Constantine II recognises Edward as "father and lord". The following year, Edward is killed in a battle against the Welsh near Chester . His body is returned to Winchester for burial. ATHELSTAN 924 - 939 Son of Edward the Elder, Athelstan extended the boundaries of his kingdom at the Battle of Brunanburh in 937. In what is said to be one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on British soil, Athelstan defeated a combined army of Scots
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The Legendary King Arthur | King Arthur & The Knights of the Round Table Name. The name Arthur may be (and according to K. H. Jackson certainly is) a form of Artorius, a Roman gens name, but, according to J. D. Bruce, it is possibly of Celtic origin, coming from artos viros (bear man) - see The Marriage of King Arthur and Guinevere. Welsh arth gwyr (T. R. Davies). Bruce also suggests the possibility of a connection with Irish art (stone). Life. An outline of the hero's life is given by Geoffrey of Monmouth (twelfth century) in his Historia Regum Brittaniae - History of the Kings of Britain. Just how much of this life was Geoffrey's invention and how much was culled from traditional material is uncertain. He tells us that King Arthur was the son of Uther and defeated the barbarians in a dozen battles. Subsequently, he conquered a wide empire and eventually went to war with the Romans. He returned home on learning that his nephew Mordred had raised the standard of rebellion and taken Guinevere, the queen. After landing, his final battle took place. The saga built up over the centuries and Celtic traditions of Arthur reached the Continent via Brittany. Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur would become what many considered the standard 'history' of Arthur. In this, we are told of Arthur's conception when Uther approached Igraine who was made, by Merlin's sorcery, to resemble her husband. The child was given to Ector to be raised in secret. After Uther's death there was no king ruling all England. Merlin had placed a sword in a stone, saying that whoever drew it out would be king. Arthur did so and Merlin had him crowned. This led to a rebellion be eleven rulers which Arthur put down. He married Guinevere whose father gave him the Round Table as a dowry; it became the place where his knights sat, to avoid quarrels over precedence. A magnificent reign followed, Arthur's court becoming the focus for many heroes. In the war against the Romans, Arthur defeated the Emperor Lucius and became emperor himself. However, his most illustrious knight, Lancelot, became enamoured of Guinevere. The Quest for the Holy Grial began and Lancelot's intrigue with the Queen came to light. Lancelot fled and Guinevere was sentenced to death. Lancelot rescued her and took her to him realm. This led Arthur to crossing the channel and making war on his former knight. While away from Britain, he left Mordred in charge. Mordred rebelled and Arthur returned to quell him. This led to Arthur's last battle on Salisbury Plain, where he slew Mordred, but was himself gravely wounded. Arthur was then carried off in a barge, saying he was heading for the vale of Avalon. Some said he never died, but would one day return. However, his grave was supposedly discovered at Glastonbury in the reign of Henry II (1154-89). � 1993, Illustrated Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends - Claremont Books. King Arthur
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Esau and Jacob | Genesis 25-27 | Bible Storyteller Bible Storyteller Esau and Jacob Based on Genesis 25-27 Isaac's wife Rebekah gives birth to twin sons, Esau and Jacob. As the first born it should be Esau who inherits God's promise of a land and many descendants, but Esau swaps his birthright for a bowl of stew and Jacob tricks Isaac into giving him the blessing that will put him in charge of the land when his father dies. Copyright Gavin Owen 2005 Way back near the beginning of Bible times, lived a man called Abraham and his wife Sarah. They were very special people because God had made them two promises. He'd promised to give them a land of their own. Can you imagine having your own country to live in? And he'd promised to give them a family that one day would be so large it would be like the stars in the sky, too many to count. God was quick to keep the promise about the special land – he took them to a beautiful place called Canaan and they settled down to live there. But the promise about the family, well, that took a bit longer! You see, it wasn't until Abraham was one hundred years old and Sarah was ninety that she finally gave birth to a beautiful baby boy and they called him Isaac. Now when Isaac grew up he married a girl called Rebekah and they had to wait a long time to have children too. But when the time came they were fortunate, they had two babies at once – twins. The first little baby boy was born covered from head to foot in hair. Can you imagine having a hairy baby? So they called the little boy Esau, because the name Esau means “hairy”. Think of his first day at school – “What's your name?” the teacher would ask him, “Hairy,” he would reply, “Oh come on! What's your name?” “Hairy!” The second little boy was born straight after the first, he just popped right out because the Bible says he was holding on to his brother's ankle. So they called this boy Jacob, because the name Jacob means “holding the heel”. As the two boys grew up it soon became obvious that they didn't just look different, they were different kinds of people. Esau was more your outdoors sort of boy, if you'd asked him he would have said,“I like to be in the fields with the animals, I like running and fishing and most of all I like hunting!” But Jacob was more your indoors sort of boy, if you'd asked him he would have said, “I like mathematics and cookery and organising things, but most of all I like to stay at home with mumsy!” Isaac's favourite son was Esau because he loved to hear his stories about hunting and eat the fresh meat that he brought back with him. But Rebekah's favourite son was Jacob because he always stayed at home and kept her company. Everybody knew that when Isaac died Esau would become head of the family and the whole land of Canaan because he had been born first. But everybody also knew that Jacob would be much better at the job. But there was nothing that could be done about it ... or so they thought. One day, years later, Jacob was in the kitchen making a big pot of stew when along came his brother, Esau. Esau had been away hunting, he'd been gone for days and he was tired and thirsty, but most of all he was hungry. Esau sniffed the air: “Mmmmm! What's that lovely smell?” he asked. “I'm making some stew” Jacob replied. “Would you like some? “Yes, please!” So Jacob picked up a bowl and he was about to fill it with stew when suddenly he had an idea. “I say brother, what will you give me in return for this bowl of stew?” “I don't know, what do you want?” “I want,” Jacob declared, quick as a flash, “to be head of the family and the land of Canaan when father dies”. Let's face it, only a complete dummy would swap a whole country for a bowl of stew. But luckily for Jacob, Esau was a complete dummy! “If I don't eat something soon I'll starve to death and I won't be head of the family and the land then, so I don't suppose it makes any difference. You be in charge, it's fine with me.” “Do you promise?” asked Jacob. “You have my word” said Esau and he took his bowl of stew and left. Jacob hurried off to tell
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The Story Of The Three Kings Home The Story Of The Three Kings [The Story Of The Three Kings] [Some Twelfth Night Customs] [St. Nicholas In England] [Father Christmas And His Family] [Pantomime In The Past And Present] [Saint Nicholas In Europe] [Saint Nicholas In America] [All About Yule Tide] [More Christmas Articles] ( Originally Published 1909 ) In the Latin countries, that is to say, in Italy and the southernmost edge of France, Switzerland and Austria, our good old friend Santa Klaus rarely acts as the bearer of gifts at the Christmas season. Even Russia, though she has adopted Saint Nicholas as her patron saint, and celebrates his day in her own way, gives him no special place in the festivities that attend the birthday of Christ. Indeed in all these countries it is not Christmas but the Epiphany, not December 25th but January 6th, which is the day on which presents are exchanged among friends and relations. Epiphany, best known among English-speaking peoples as Twelfth Day, is the feast of the Three Kings, who figure in the New Testament story as the Magi or Wise Men of the East. You will undoubtedly remember how these Wise Men were warned of the birth of Christ by the appearance of a strange star in the heavens, and how, by following its guidance they arrived at the stable in Bethlehem where the Savior had been born. They brought with them gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh which they presented to the Holy Child. It was in memory of the gift-bearing kings that Epiphany among the Latin and Russian peoples is celebrated as the season for exchanging presents. Little is said in the New Testament about these wise men. Popular legend has greatly filled out the Biblical story. It makes them three rich and powerful monarchs:-Caspar, King of Tarsus, the land of myrrh; Melchior, King of Arabia, where the land is ruddy with gold, and Balthasar, King of Saba, where frankincense flows from the trees. According to some authors these kings were of the race of Balaam, the Old Testament prophet, who had prepared the Gentiles for the coming of Christ into the world. He had foretold that a new star should appear in that part of the sky under which lay the land of Judea, and had warned his descendants that when they saw the star they should follow it and should go to adore a great king who would be born somewhere in Judea and be Lord of the Universe. Even from the time of Balaam, it is added, sentinels had been posted upon a mountain towards the east, in order that as soon as the star rose into view they should give notice of it to the lords of the country, that the latter might go without delay to pay reverence to the new king. This notice, as it happened, was not necessary in the case of Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar. Being very wise and learned kings they were under the special care of the Holy Spirit, who informed them in person of the appearance of the star. Each of them at once gathered together a retinue of servants, as well as troops of horses, camels and dromedaries, all of which were laden with the choicest products of their respective countries. Then they started out in search of the new born king. They looked up to the star as their guide, for it moved forward as they moved, and they well knew that it had been sent to show them the way. Where the three kings met is not told, but they arrived in Jerusalem together. As soon as they had entered the city gates the star which had guided them disappeared. Now this was in accordance with the will of God,that on the failure of their starry guide the kings might make inquiries in the capital of Judea, and by these means publish abroad the birth of the Son of God. Hence Herod and the Jews in general could have no excuse for ignoring this great event, and "the care and diligence of the Magi would reprove their negligence and indifference, because having Christ so near them, they did not seek Him, while these strangers came from distant countries for this cause alone." And in fact the three kings, as they rode through the streets of Jerusalem, asked of every o
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Iconic brands of the 20th and 21st centuries - oi oi Iconic brands of the 20th and 21st centuries University of Washington Show all results sharing this subject: Marketing Show Summary Details Quick Reference The 20th century witnessed the phenomenon of brand building on a global scale. Although multiple elements of marketing were used to build and develop brands, the major instrument of the 20th century was the advertising campaign, initially in print but later in broadcast media. Towards the end of the 20th century, however, we see the phenomenon of brands being built to global scale and recognition whose primary instrument of brand building is the internet and its multi media applications. This gives a selection of some of the more iconic brands of the 20th and early 21st century. It is a representative selection rather than an exhaustive or definitive selection. Understanding the development of these brands, and the campaigns that enabled their development will assist in an understanding of modern marketing and its application. The selection is presented below in various categories: Automotive and Petroleum Industry Throughout the 20th century, the automotive industry has been in the vanguard of global brand building. The industry has also been one of the higher spenders on advertising, which has resulted in many memorable brand development and advertising campaigns. Here are a few successful car brands: BMW Http://www.bmw.com/ BMW—Bayerische Motoren Werke—is a fine example of a powerful brand whose core value is the driving performance of its range of vehicles. Its enduring brand slogan is aligned, and in tune, with its core value of high performance engineering. The company that led to the creation of BMW was established as an aircraft engine manufacturer in October 1913 by Karl Rapp in Munich and known as ‘Rapp Motoren Werke’. In 1916, it merged with Gustav Otto's nearby company to form Bayerische Flugzeug-Werke or BFW (Bavarian Aircraft Works). In March 1916 it was then changed to Bayerische Motoren Werke and was taken over by Popp with chief engineer Max Friz. The first engines were used in biplanes and sold to the German government in the last year of the First World War. After the war, with the prohibition on military aircraft as part of the Versailles Treaty, BMW turned to other types of transport engine: tractors, trucks, boats, cars, motorbikes. By the 1930s BMW was established as a car manufacturer. Under Hitler, BMW resumed making aircraft engines, both for civilian and military use. During the Second World War, BMW stepped up its manufacture of fighter aircraft engines for the Luftwaffe and also produced military motorcycles for the Wehrmacht. During the war the company started to manufacture jet engines and rockets for military use. By the end of the war, however, the majority of BMW factories had either been bombed into ruins or dismantled by the Allies and a three-year ban on all military engine production was imposed. BMW in the post-war period was confined to motorcycles, in which it became a world leader. In 1951 the company resumed car production; by 1956, it was manufacturing sports cars in West Germany. The new director, Paul G Hahnemann introduced a marketing strategy to segment the market for BMW products and started to restructure the company around market niches both within Germany and internationally. Under his leadership, BMW undertook a systematic expansion into markets outside Germany—increasing the range of car and motorbike models throughout the 1960s and '70s. BMW gradually started to dominate the market for luxury high performance cars. To reinforce their image, BMW also became a major sponsor of Formula 1 and started to compete which deepened their knowledge of high performance engine design. In the 1980s BMW started to make Formula 1 engines and to sponsor leading racing teams. In 1994, it bought out the Rover group and increased the number of brands under its management, notably the Mini. Campaign BMW's iconic campaign from which its famous strapline emerged started in 1975: The U
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Did you know? Did you know? More boys than girls are born during the day; more girls are born at night. Most alcoholic beverages contain all 13 minerals necessary to sustain life. Reindeer milk has more fat than cow milk. To sell your home faster and for more money, paint it yellow. Daphne du Maurier, best known for Rebecca, wrote the story upon which Alfred Hitchcock based his 1963 suspense film The Birds. Scarlett O�Hara�s real first name was Katie . Actor Sylvester Stallone once had a job as a lion cage cleaner. The average house cat spends approximately 10,950 hours purring in a lifetime. The word �queue� is the only word in English that is pronounced the same way when the last four letters are removed. Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads for dating are already married. If a frog�s mouth is held open too long the frog will suffocate. In Disney�s fantasia, the Sorcerer name is Yensid which is Disney spelled backwards. Tablecloths meant to be served as towels with which dinner guests could wipe their hands and faces after eating. When glass breaks, the cracks move faster than 3,000 miles per hour. To photograph the event, a camera must shoot at a millionth of a second. Before settling on the name of Tiny Tim for his character in �A Christmas Carol,� three other alliterative names were considered by Charles Dickens. They were Little Larry, Puny Pete, and Small Sam. Around 1900, the Addis Brush Company started producing the first artificial Christmas tree. It was made from the same material that they used for their toilet brushes. Hallmark introduced its first Christmas cards in 1915, five years after the founding of the company. Sources: funfunnyfacts.com, trivia country.com, alltrivia.net. qsl.net, strangefacts.com, funtrivia.com, corsinet.com. December 6, 2013
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Best (& Worst) Christmas Songs of the Seventies Best (& Worst) Christmas Songs of the Seventies Updated on August 18, 2015 Source Hits UK: Christmas Songs of the 1970s For many years, the record industry in Great Britain has rightfully looked to the run up to the Christmas period as a time when huge sales of records (or CDs and downloads nowadays) can be made. The industry geared itself up to either promote a new artist's song or to cash in on the seasonal cheer by having an established singer or band record and release a Christmas themed song. The intent was to see if that particular song could achieve the coveted position of No.1 on the charts over Christmas. The competition became so intense over the years that even the bookies were taking bets as to which record would eventually climb to the summit of the Top 40. While there had been plenty of Christmas songs before the 1970s, not many of them had been aimed at those all important younger record buyers. And so it was that around 1972, singers and bands that appealed to the 13-30 age group started to release contemporary Christmas ditties, that have continued to be popular to the present day. So, here is a rundown of those songs that appeared on the British Singles Chart during the 1970s, although many of them never achieved that much sought after No.1 spot. Christmas: 1969, 1970 & 1971 The Number 1 Christmas song of 1969, Two Little Boys by Rolf Harris, was evidence that the Christmas offerings for the early years of the 1970s were going to be either novelty songs or sugar-coated syrupy goop (but really nothing to do with Christmas). 1970 saw the release of Grandad by Clive Dunn, an actor best known for his role as Private Jones on the BBC sitcom, Dad's Army. The single sold by the truckload on the back of seasonal sentimentality, but unfortunately for Dunn, never quite made it to the top of the charts for Christmas. It stalled at Number 2, allowing Dave Edmunds' I Hear You Knockin' to remain at the summit over the Christmas period. However, better news for the song came in January of 1971, when it finally topped the charts for three weeks. It came as no surprise then (although it was for some) that one of the most popular entertainers of the time, Benny Hill, would see his innuendo-laden comedy song Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) top the charts for Christmas 1971. Originally featured in one of his television shows, a new filmed sequence was produced to accompany the single, with Henry McGee starring as Ernie's arch rival, Two-Ton Ted from Teddington. The song stayed at Number 1 for four weeks. John Lennon John Lennon / Yoko Ono: Happy Xmas (War is Over) - Christmas: 1972 The contemporary Christmas single continued to be a rare entry on the UK charts, but 1972 produced one which resonated the world over, and continues to be played and bought to this day. Originally recorded and released in the US in 1971, Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon and Yoko Ono was conceived as a protest song over the continuing US involvement in the Vietnam War. It followed a poster campaign initiated by the pair in the late 1960s. While the song hit the US Billboard Top 5 in December 1971, its UK release was delayed by a publishing dispute until the following Christmas. During December 1972, the single peaked at Number 4 on the British Chart. Immediately following Lennon's death at the end of 1980, the single was re-released (along with much of his back catalogue) and peaked at No.2 early in January 1981. The actual Christmas No.1 for 1972 was Long Haired Lover From Liverpool by Little Jimmy Osmond. Slade
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Christmas-Themed Quiz Christmas-Themed Quiz Author Topic: Christmas-Themed Quiz (Read 29232 times) 0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic. « Reply #200 on: December 13, 2011, 05:05:21 PM » 1. cheesy 6. What was Girls Aloud's 2002 UK Christmas number one single? 7. pv 9. Quaid-e-Azam's Birthday is a 25th December celebration in which country? 10. sf 11. What was the cyclone named that hit Darwin, Australia, in Christmas 1974? 12. biggles 19. Complete the famous rhyming line which follows: "At Christmas play and make good cheer, ... ? 20. tw 22. What was the title of the first Christmas TV special Peanuts cartoon? 23. biggles 24. Which two states in the US have towns called Christmas? 25. biggles 26. What animal is the Scandinavian Christmas Julbock symbol? 27. Christmas Crackers was the first Christmas edition of which popular UK comedy series? 28. What song topped the UK charts at Christmas in 1957 and in a medley version in 1978? 29. Which hugely popular actor was born on Christmas day 1899? 30. pv 31. What was Queen's 1984 Christmas single called? 32. tw 33. Jackie Wilson's re-issued song Reet Petite became the 1986 UK Christmas number one after helping to advertise what brand? 34. biggles 52. mel 53. biggles 54. In which country is it a tradition to hide all brooms in the house on Christmas Eve? 55. Who wrote the songs for the 1954 film White Christmas? 56. sf « Reply #201 on: December 13, 2011, 05:27:52 PM » 28. "I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Clause" If this is correct I remember it the first time around. Logged �I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.� « Reply #202 on: December 13, 2011, 06:09:03 PM » Do keep up Mel, I put that the other day! I also remember it 1st time around! Logged Do keep up Mel, I put that the other day! I also remember it 1st time around! for being too clever. The only other one I can remember from that time around Christmas would have been "Alphabet Christmas" but that's about it really. I was only 11 years old in 1957 No TV, No Record Player in my house in those days. No wonder I don't know the answer. Logged �I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.� biggles « Reply #204 on: December 13, 2011, 07:34:29 PM » 29 Charlie Chaplin ? « Reply #205 on: December 13, 2011, 08:26:19 PM » No He was the first one I tried! Logged « Reply #207 on: December 13, 2011, 10:35:53 PM » 29 Clark Gable - always fancied him!! Logged « Reply #208 on: December 13, 2011, 10:50:57 PM » Already said him too, Do keep up! Logged « Reply #209 on: December 14, 2011, 03:43:24 PM » will i give answers? And remember, no matter where you go, there you are. biggles « Reply #210 on: December 14, 2011, 05:40:09 PM » Fine by me, Peter. « Reply #211 on: December 14, 2011, 06:01:20 PM » 1. What is the chemical formula of snow? H2O 2. US President Franklin Pierce introduced what to White House Christmas tradition in 1856?Christmas tree 3. Which charity in 1949 was the first to produce a Christmas card? UNICEF (originally the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, now called United Nations Children's Fund) 4. What red-blooming Christmas plant came originally from Mexico? Poinsettia (Euphorbia Pulcherrima) 5. Brandy is made from distilling what? Wine 6. What was Girls Aloud's 2002 UK Christmas number one single? Sound of the Underground 7. Which famous comedy double-act partner made the first ever UK mobile phone call, New Year's Day, 1985? Ernie Wise 8. White Christmas, a cake made of coconut, crisped rice and dried fruit, is popular in which country? Australia 9. Quaid-e-Azam's Birthday is a 25th December celebration in which country? Pakistan (also known as Muhammad Ali Jinnah he is considered the country's founder) 10. Who is the narrator in the 2000 film The Grinch Who Stole Christmas? Anthony Hopkins 11. What was the cyclone named that hit Darwin, Australia, in Christmas 1974? Tracy 12. Pi
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Augustus - Ancient History - HISTORY.com Google Augustus: Birth and Inheritance Of Augustus’ many names and honorifics, historians favor three of them, each for a different phase in the emperor’s life. From his birth in 63 B.C. he was Octavius; after his adoption was announced in 44 B.C., Octavian; and beginning in 26 B.C. the Roman Senate conferred on him the name Augustus, the august or exalted one. He was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus in Velletri, 20 miles from Rome. His father was a senator and governor in the Roman Republic. His mother Atai was Caesar’s niece, and the young Octavius was raised in part by his grandmother Julia Ceasaris, Caesar’s sister. Did You Know? In 8 B.C. Augustus had the Roman month of Sextilius renamed after himself—as his great-uncle and predecessor Julius Caesar had done with July. August was the month of several of the emperor's greatest victories, including the defeat and suicide of Antony and Cleopatra. He did not increase the month's length, which had been 31 days since the establishment of the Julian calendar in 45 B.C. Octavius donned the toga, the Roman sign of manhood, at age 16, and began taking on responsibilities through his family connections. In 47 B.C. he went to Hispania (modern-day Spain) to fight alongside Caesar. He was shipwrecked along the way, and had to cross enemy territory to reach his great-uncle—an act that impressed Caesar enough to name Octavius his heir and successor in his will. Augustus: The Path to Power The 17-year-old Octavius was at Apollonia (in present-day Albania) when the news of Caesar’s death and his own inheritance arrived. The dead ruler’s allies, including many in the senate, rallied around Octavian against their powerful rival Mark Antony . But after Octavian’s troops defeated Antony’s army in northern Italy, the future emperor refused an all-out pursuit of Antony, preferring an uneasy alliance with his rival. In 43 B.C. Octavian, Antony and Marcus Aemilus Lepidus established the Second Triumvirate, a power-sharing agreement that divided up Rome’s territories among them, with Antony given the East, Lepidus Africa and Octavian the West. In 41 B.C. Antony began a romantic and political alliance with Cleopatra , queen of Egypt, which continued even after a Senatorial decree forced his marriage to Octavian’s sister Octavia Minor. Lepidus remained a minor figure until Octavian finally had him ousted after the triumvirate’s renewal in 37 B.C. Antony’s affair with Cleopatra continued, and in 32 B.C. he divorced Octavia. In retaliation, Octavian declared war on Cleopatra. In the naval battle of Actium a year later, Octavian’s fleet, under his admiral Agrippa, cornered and defeated Antony’s ships. Cleopatra’s navy raced to aid her ally, but in the end the two lovers barely escaped. They returned to Egypt and committed suicide, leaving Octavian as Rome’s undisputed ruler. Augustus: Emperor in All but Name Historians date the start of Octavian’s monarchy to either 31 B.C. (the victory at Actium) or 27 B.C., when he was granted the name Augustus. In that four-year span, Octavian secured his rule on multiple fronts. Cleopatra’s seized treasure allowed him to pay his soldiers, securing their loyalty. To mollify Rome’s Senate and ruling classes, he passed laws harkening back—at least on the surface—to the traditions of the Roman Republic. And to win over the people, he worked to improve and beautify the city of Rome. During his 40-years reign, Augustus nearly doubled the size of the empire, adding territories in Europe and Asia Minor and securing alliances that gave him effective rule from Britain to India. He spent much of his time outside of Rome, consolidating power in the provinces and instituting a system of censuses and taxation that integrated the empire’s furthest reaches. He expanded the Roman network of roads, founded the Praetorian Guard and the Roman postal service and remade Rome with both grand (a new forum) and practical gestures (police and fire departments). Augustus: Family and Succession Augustus married three times, although his first union, t
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Juvenal - Ancient Rome - Classical Literature Back to Top of Page Juvenal was a Roman poet of the Silver Age of Latin literature, the last and most powerful of all the Roman satirical poets. His biting �Satires� could be read as a brutal critique of pagan Rome, although their exaggerated, comedic mode of expression makes such an assumption at best debatable. Biography Back to Top of Page Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (known in English as Juvenal) was born in Aquino, a small town in the Lazio region of Italy, either the son or the adopted son of a rich freedman (freed slave). Trustworthy biographical information is extremely sparse. Some sources place his date of birth at 55 CE, and other traditions have him surviving for some time past the year of Hadrian's death (138 CE), but these dates are at best imprecise. As he did not dedicate his work, it is usually assumed that he did not have a patron and so may have been independently wealthy, although for a time it seems that he was also very poor and dependent on the charity of the rich people of Rome. He became an officer in the army as a first step to a career in the administrative service of the Emperor Domitian, but grew embittered when he failed to obtain promotion. Most biographers have him living out a period of exile in Egypt, possibly due to a satire he wrote declaring that court favourites had undue influence in the promotion of military officers, or possibly due to an insult to an actor with a high level of court influence. It is not clear whether the banishing emperor was Trajan or Domitian, nor whether he died in exile or was recalled to Rome before his death (the latter seems the most likely). Writings Back to Top of Page Juvenal is credited with sixteen numbered poems, the last unfinished or at least poorly preserved, divided into five books. They are all in the Roman genre of �satura� or satire, wide-ranging discussions of society and social mores in dactylic hexameter. Book One, containing "Satires 1 - 5", which describe in retrospect some of the horrors of Emperor Domitian�s tyrannical reign, was probably issued between 100 and 110 CE. The remaining books were published at various intervals up to an estimated date for Book 5 of about 130 CE, although firm dates are not known. Technically, Juvenal�s poetry is very fine, clearly structured and full of expressive effects in which the sound and rhythm mimic and enhance the sense, with many trenchant phrases and memorable epigrams. His poems attack both the corruption of society in the city of Rome and the follies and brutalities of mankind in general, and show a wrathful scorn towards all representatives of what Roman society of the time thought of as social deviance and vice. Satire VI, for example, more than 600 lines long, is a ruthless and vitriolic denunciation of the folly, arrogance, cruelty and sexual depravity of Roman women. Juvenal�s "Satires" are the source of many well-known maxims, including �panem et circenses� (�bread and circuses�, with the implication that these are all that the common people are interested in), �mens sana in corpore sano� (�a sound mind in a sound body�), �rara avis� (�rare bird�, referring to a perfect wife) and �quis custodiet ipsos custodes?� (�who will guard the guardians themselves?� or �who will watch the watchers?�). The originator of the genre of verse satires is usually deemed to have been Lucilius (who was famed for his vitriolic manner), and Horace and Persius were also well-known proponents of the style, but Juvenal is generally considered to have taken the tradition to its height. However, he was clearly not that well known in Roman literary circles of the period, being all but unmentioned by his contemporary poets (with the exception of Martial) and completely excluded from Quintilian's 1st Century CE history of satire. In fact, it was not until Servius, in the late 4th Century CE, that Juvenal received some belated recognition. Major Works
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Ezra Loomis Pound facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about Ezra Loomis Pound COPYRIGHT 2004 The Gale Group Inc. Ezra Loomis Pound Ezra Loomis Pound (1885-1972), American poet, translator, editor, critic, and esthetic propagandist whose life was surrounded by controversy, is best known for his Cantos (1925-1960), an epic version of the history of civilization. Pound founded the imagist movement in American poetry and was an influential poet. He was the first to promote and publish T.S. Eliot's poetry. Recently it was discovered that Pound's suggested revisions for Eliot's The Waste Land (1922) were adopted in the final version of the work, revealing Pound as a sort of invisible "co-author" of one of the 20th century's most influential poems. Unfortunately, Pound's positive role as a teacher and promoter of modernist poets and poetics and as a translator of Oriental and Anglo-Saxon verse has been largely overshadowed by the spectacle of the vehemently reactionary anti-Semite and racist who actively supported the Fascists during World War II, was indicted for treason following the war, and was declared legally insane in 1945. Ezra Loomis Pound was born on Oct. 30, 1885, in Hailey, Idaho, but spent most of his youth in Pennsylvania. In 1901 he began attending the University of Pennsylvania and then, two years later, transferred to Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, from which he graduated in 1905. He received a master of arts degree from Pennsylvania in 1906, where he taught while engaged in his studies. Among his pupils was poet William Carlos Williams. After teaching French and Spanish at Wabash College, Indiana, Pound left for London in 1908 on a cattle boat, where he lived until 1920. Imagist Movement A Lume Spento (1908), Pound's first published volume, was followed in 1909 by Personae of Ezra Pound and Exultations of Ezra Pound. Most of his early work was late romantic in style, heavily imitative of Robert Browning, and probably influenced as well by his study of Provençal chansons. The "credo" Pound stated in 1917, calling for a new "imagist" poetry of austerity, directness, and emotional freedom, a poetry "nearer the bone, " was realized in the poem Portrait d'une femme, published in Ripostes (1912), which was probably inspired by Henry James's novel Portrait of a Lady and which may have influenced T.S. Eliot's later poem of the same name. Pound founded and edited the revolutionary literary magazine Blast in 1914 and later became the European editor of Harriet Monroe's Chicago Poetry, using his influence to promote and encourage Eliot. Harriet Monroe later said, "It was due more to Ezra Pound than to any other person that 'the revolution' was on." Pound effectively preached the gospel of modernism during this period, but his own poetry for the most part did not live up to his teachings. He developed his own voice as a poet much more slowly than did Eliot, who by the time he left Harvard had already developed his mature style. Through his "creative translations" of Chinese poems in Cathay (1915) and his "Homage to Sextus Propertius" (1918 and 1919) Pound's characteristic mature style gradually emerged. By the time Hugh Selwyn Mauberley appeared in 1920, with its echoes of Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, " Pound had achieved his artistic maturity. In 1918 Pound began investigating the causes of World War I, the earliest evidence of his lifelong obsession with economic and political theory, to explain the failures of modern democratic society. From 1920 to 1924 Pound lived in Paris, where he was associated with Gertrude Stein and her brilliant circle of American expatriates. He dominated the avant-garde literary movements of the period. He moved to Italy in 1924, where he spent most of the rest of his life. The first of the Cantos, his magnum opus, appeared in 1925. In the years before World War II he published, in addition to his poetry, books on economics, art, and Oriental literature and lectured at the Bocconi University in Milan on Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van Buren. In
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Lord Byron: The Demons of Calvinism - Gary Sloan - Eclectica Magazine v6n3 Lord Byron: The Demons of Calvinism by Gary Sloan George Noel Gordon, better known as Lord Byron (1788-1824), was once the most celebrated poet in Europe. Handsome and charismatic, he was the darling of polite society, the cynosure of salons, a pacesetter in fashion and mannerism, the observed of all observers. Smitten debutantes, madams, and maidservants vied for the attention of the dashing peer of the realm. Men envied him. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, published when the poet was twenty-four, captivated the romantic imagination of a continent. "I awoke one day," said Byron, "and found myself famous." Despite his demurrals, readers fused him with Childe Harold�a brooding, enigmatic pariah haunted by a dark past and nameless guilt. Though he cloned Childe Harold several times, Byron was no one-trick pony (or poet). Don Juan, his epic masterpiece, is, as he said, "a little quietly facetious on everything." It bristles with trenchant quips on the eternal human comedy: "Life's a poor player"�then play out the play, Ye villains! And above all keep a sharp eye Much less on what you do than what you say: Be hypocritical, be cautious, be Not what you seem, but always what you see. All present life is but an interjection, An "Oh!" or "Ah!" of joy or misery, Or a "Ha! Ha!" Or "Bah!"�a yawn or "Pooh!" Of which perhaps the latter is most true. Bryon was a master of the ingenious rhyme: Christians have burnt each other, quite persuaded That all the Apostles would have done as they did. And: But�Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-pecked you all? Even his wife, no fan, conceded his verbal brilliance: "He is the absolute monarch of words." When he died of a fever in Missolonghi, where he was aiding the Greeks in their struggle for independence from the Ottoman Empire, newspapers called him and Napolean the greatest men of the era. Goethe, the reigning monarch of belles lettres, hailed him as "a personality of such eminence as has never been and is not likely to come again." "Eminence" played better on the Continent than in England. There, long before his death, Byron's fame had mutated to infamy. In separation papers, Lady Annabella Milbanke, his wife and the mother of his infant daughter, Ada, accused him of psychological and physical abuse, including attempted rape. Soon, his private history, sordid and profligate, became public. One report had him and some Cambridge cronies, dressed as monks and using skulls for bowls, keeping wassail at his abbey. Gossip sheets sizzled with lurid tales of homoeroticism, pederasty, whoremongering, adultery, and an incestuous liaison with his half-sister, Augusta Leigh. Throughout England, the clergy thundered "on his head pious libels by no means few." Ostracized in London, where he was then living, Byron fled England in April 1816. He never returned. He spent his final eight years in Italy, Switzerland, and Greece. Reviled at home, he was feted abroad. Caroline Lamb, a blue blood who hounded Byron into an affair, said he was "mad, bad, and dangerous to know" (her kind of guy, apparently). George Ticknor, a literary acquaintance, described him as "gentle, mannerly, natural, affectionate, and modest." Both were right. Byron was an amalgam of disparate traits: cruelty and kindness; misanthropy and philanthropy; cynicism and idealism; affectation and sincerity; arrogance and self-mockery; pettiness and magnanimity; intemperance and asceticism; self-pity and courage. On balance, the virtues trumped the vices: "For all his flashes of vulgarity, his unworthy intrigues, his intellectual caprices," biographer Ethel Mayne concluded, "Byron was a man of daring, tenderness, and candor, and one of the most generous spirits of his age." His vices were aggravated by indoctrination to Calvinism, which he could never quite shake despite "an early dislike to the persuasion." Of his first grammar school, in Aberdeen, Scotland, he reminisced: "I learned little there�except to repea
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Singers.com - Welsh choral groups - celtic, choral and folk music from Wales | Ralph Vaughn Williams London Welsh Chorale : A Century of Welsh Music Review: The London Welsh Chorale's second CD: Cennin Aur - A Century of Welsh Music charts the progress of choral music in Wales over the last hundred years. The most recent work being In My Craft by Geraint Lewis, a commission to celebrate the life of Dylan Thomas whose daughter Aeronwy was one of the Chorale's vice presidents for many years. Songlist: Efe A Ddaw, Gweddi Y Pechadur, Yr Arglwydd Yw Fy Mugail, Dyn A Aned O Wraig, Gwel Uwchlaw Cymylau Amser, Dyrchafaf Fy Llygaid, Laudamus, Molwch Yr Arglwydd, Y Mae Afon, Cennin Aur, Cadwyn, Magnificat & Numc Dimittis, In My Craft Or Sullen Art 6207c | 1 CD | $12.95 | Men Aloud : Live From Wales Review: Fresh off their Platinum album debut, and on the heels of their stunning victory on BBC's television smash hit show, Last Choir Standing , Britain's favorite choir MEN ALOUD is set to bring their unique music making to North America. The choir, led by Tim Rhys-Evans, features 20 tremendous vocal talents from across Wales. In addition, Men Aloud is also a recent winner of the Classical Brit Album of the Year award for their second album, Band of Brothers. The program was produced in association with the BBC and was filmed in the Wales Millennium Center with featured performances by opera star Bryn Terfel, John Owen Jones (leading man of Broadway and London's West End's Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera & Showboat) and pop icon, Bonnie Tyler. Men Aloud was formed in 2000 by Tim Rhys-Evans. Tim s primary aim was to encourage young men to get involved with one of Wales oldest and best loved traditions, male voice singing. The group are unafraid to tackle music not normally associated with male voice choirs, and their repertoire ranges from the 17th Century to the present day. Songlist: O Verona, It Ain't Necessarily So, Don't Rain on My Parade, Macarthur Park, Bridge Over Troubled Water, All by Myself, Bui-Doi, Sit Down You'Re Rocking the Boat, Rhythm of Life, Cwm Rhondda, Gwahoddiad, Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau 20801c | 1 CD | $15.95 | Rhos Orpheus Male Choir : Carols at Christmas Review: The Village of RHOSLLANNERCHRUGOG ("Rhos") is situated some 4 miles south west of Wrexham in North Wales, which itself is 12 miles south of the historic Roman city of Chester. lt is a former mining village, but the last remaining pit closed in 1987. Once known as the largest village in Wales, it has a long history of producing talented performers in all areas of the arts. Over the years, it has been home to two male voice choirs, a ladies' choir, a girls' choir, a mixed choir and a championship quality Silver Band. Rhos has been the birthplace of many top class musicians, actors and singers who have made significant contributions to Welsh culture not only as performers, but also as writers and composers. Here the male choir sings some holiday favorites. Songlist: The First Nowell, While Shepards Watched, Deck The Halls, Away In A Manger, The Coventry Carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, The Holly And The Ivy, Hark The Herald Angels Sing, O Come All Ye Faithful, In The Bleak Midwinter, Ding-Dong Merrily On High, We Three Kings, O, Little Town Of Bethlehem, Once In Royal David's City, It Came Upon The Midnight Clear, Silent Night 8357c | 1 CD | $15.98 | Serendipity : Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam Review: Serendipity is one of the best of the new breed of Welsh choirs; young, vibrant, have great panache with an identifiable sound as well as exhibiting impeccable intonation, phrasing and musicianship under their musical director Tim Rhys-Evans. I first heard them at the finals of the 2003 C�r Cymru competition and the performance was hugely impressive; so much so that I invited them to perform at my 60th birthday celebrations at the Royal Festival Hall the following year as well as singing, under Tim's direction, the choral parts of my Requiem released on EMI Classics. It's been a privilege to have this association with the choir that I hope will c
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Wynne Evans: Life as an advertising legend - Wales Online Lifestyle Wynne Evans: Life as an advertising legend After singing at opera houses across Europe, Wynne Evans is making a name for himself as a fictional Italian tenor on those TV adverts. Share PREVIEW: Wynne Evans in The Abduction From The Seraglio Share Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again laterInvalid Email After singing at opera houses across Europe, Wynne Evans is making a name for himself as a fictional Italian tenor on those TV adverts. As he returns to the stage with Welsh National Opera, he tells Karen Price why comedy is the way forward for him HE may have been a successful opera star for many years, but the last six months has seen Wynne Evans’ career go into orbit. And it’s all thanks to a flamboyant Italian tenor known as Gio Compario. For Evans is the man behind the now infamous TV adverts, with the annoyingly catchy tune, for Newport-based insurance comparison website Go Compare. Without his fake moustache and wig, he may bare little resemblance to his alter-ego but he is often recognised these days as Gio. “It’s crazy,” he smiles, as we meet for a chat in a bar at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff. “I was travelling to London the other day and was standing in a queue at Cardiff Central station for tickets when a complete stranger came up close to my face and shouted, ‘Go Compare’ and then just walked off. And my children just love it – they sing the song all the time.” For the next few weeks, while the rest of us are all still humming along to Go Compare, Evans will be going back to his “original job” – performing with Welsh National Opera. He is among the cast in the spring season opener, The Abduction From The Seraglio. The production reunites him with conductor Rinaldo Alessandrini, with whom he worked when he made his professional debut with WNO in The Coronation of Poppea in 1997. Evans sings Pedrillo, a comic role which he wants to do more of in future. “It’s something I’ve moved into now and something that I’m comfortable with,” says the Carmarthen-born singer. “With some people like Gwyn Hughes Jones and Dennis O’Neill, it really suits their psyche to be a lyric tenor and they do it very well. “When every singer starts out in their career they want to be a lyric tenor. “A couple of years down the line I thought, ‘What do I excel at and enjoy doing the most?’ It’s comedy really. I know I can do it at a very high level and do it well, as opposed to doing lyric roles at a lesser level.” Set on the Orient Express in the ’20s en-route from Paris to Istanbul, the piece – co-production by Houston Grand Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Opera Colorado, Lyric Opera of Kansas City, Minnesota Opera and Opera Pacific – is regarded as one of Mozart’s wittiest operas. “The sets are gorgeous,” says Evans. “Director, James Robinson, is very talented and allows us to explore the entire opera really while guiding us at the same time. It’s a very funny opera.” The 38-year-old, who trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and the National Opera Studio, was brought up surrounded by music. His mother, Elizabeth, devoted her spare time to setting up Carmarthen Youth Opera and campaigning to redevelop the town’s Lyric Theatre. While his elder brother Huw went on to carve out a career as a barrister, both himself and his middle brother Mark ended up working in opera. “We used to go to the Grand Theatre (in Swansea) and watch the opera. Last year I performed there and I had a moment when I thought, ‘Wow, now I’m stood on stage here as a tenor’,” he says. After Elizabeth died from pneumonia in 2004 at the age of 60, her family was determined to keep her memory alive by founding the Elizabeth Evans Trust to support young people started out careers in performing arts. “She worked tirelessly to get the theatre refurbished,” says Evans of his mother. Since graduating, the singer – who lives with music teacher wife Tanwen and their children, eight-year-old Ismay and five-year-old Taliesin
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Charlie Chaplin Blog Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was a British-born actor, considered to be one of the pivotal stars of Hollywood `s early days. He was often associated with his popular Little Tramp character, with a toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, cane, and funny walk. An early career start Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in London, England, on April 16, 1889. His parents were stage actors and singers. His father was Charlie Chaplin Sr. and his mother was Hannah Harriette Hill, stage name: Lily Harley. His father died when Charlie was 10 years old, and his mother suffered from bouts of severe mental illness. As a result, Charlie and his half-brother, Sydney, moved in and out of charity homes and workhouses. The brothers inherited talent from their parents and took to the stage. Charlie made his professional debut at the age of eight as a member of The Eight Lancashire Lads, and became an outstanding tap dancer. When Charlie was 18, he began to tour with Fred Karno`s vaudeville troupe, and traveled with it to the United States in 1910. In 1913, he joined the Keystone Film Company; his weekly salary was $150. Given his virtually overnight success, Charlie initiated negotiations for his services from other producers. At the end of his contract with Keystone, he signed with the Essanay Company in 1915, with a large salary increase. Sydney moved over from England and took Charlie�s old place at Keystone. A career flourishes In 1916, Chaplin signed with Mutual Film Corporation for an even larger salary, to make 12 two-reel comedies. Some of them were The Vagabond, One A.M., in which he was virtually the only character for the entire two reels; and Easy Street, considered to be his greatest production up to that time. Chaplin entered an agreement with First National Studios in 1917, to build Chaplin Studios. His first film under the new deal was A Dog�s Life. He then turned his attention to a national tour on behalf of the World War I effort, followed by a film, The Bond, which he made for the U.S. government to popularize the Liberty Loan drive. In 1919, Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks , Mary Pickford , and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists (UA). Chaplin was obligated to complete his contract with First National before he could take on responsibilities with United Artists. He came out with The Kid (1921), a six-reel masterpiece that introduced Jackie Coogan, one of the world`s greatest child actors. Under his agreement with United Artists, Chaplin created eight full-feature films from 1923 to 1966. Woman of Paris was the first (1923). Chaplin only had a cameo role, but wrote, directed, and produced that film. In 1940, he played a dual role and talked for the first time on screen in The Great Dictator, a parody of Adolf Hitler . In 1947, a new Charlie emerged without his mustache, baggy pants and wobbly cane in Monsieur Verdoux. In 1966, he produced A Countess from Hong Kong, his last picture, starring Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando . Under scrutiny Chaplin resided in the United States from 1914 to 1952, but retained his British nationality. Like other Hollywood personalities, he became a suspected communist, and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover initiated what became an extensive file on the actor. When Chaplin left on a trip to England, Hoover negotiated with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to revoke his re-entry permit. Chaplin and his family then took up residency in Vevey, Switzerland. He briefly returned to the States in 1972, to receive an honorary Oscar for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century." Queen Elizabeth II bestowed a knighthood upon Chaplin on March 4, 1975. The veteran actor/producer displayed other talents, including musical scores he composed for many of his films. He also wrote two books, My Autobiography in 1964, and My Life in Pictures in 1974. A tumultuous private life Chaplin was married four times and had 11 children. His first marriage was to Mildred Harris in 1918. She was 12 years younger than he. The union produced one son who d
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D.W. Griffith Biography (Filmmaker) Best known as: Ground-breaking director of Birth of a Nation Name at birth: David Wark Griffith D.W. Griffith was an American filmmaker who is considered by many to be the most influential figure in the history of cinema. He began his career as a stage actor and writer in the first part of the 20th century. He took his stories to the early movie studios, landing at the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company in 1908. Until 1913 Griffith oversaw the production of almost all of Biograph's movies, more than 450 films. He joined Reliance-Majestic's studios, taking most of his regular actors and technicians, including his best cameraman, G.W. "Billy" Blitzer. The quality of Griffith's productions was generally considered superior to his contemporaries, and his projects became more ambitious than the standard one-reel films. His three-hour feature The Birth of a Nation (1915) was a stunning success and is considered the most important film in the development of cinema as an art. Its racism -- the protagonists are members of the Ku Klux Klan -- keeps it from being enjoyed as a cinematic experience, but as an item of historical interest it includes all of Griffith's innovations in the language of cinema: cross-cutting, close-ups, parallel narratives, camera movement and more restrained acting. His next film, Intolerance (released in 1916), was equally ambitious but a financial disaster. In 1915 he joined with Mack Sennett and Thomas Ince to form the Triangle Corporation, but the venture failed and Griffith left in 1917. He continued making movies, having success especially with Way Down East (1920), but most of his films during the '20s lost money, including those he made with United Artists, the studio he co-founded with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin . As silent movies were replaced by talkies, Griffith's position in the film industry waned. His last feature, The Struggle (1931), was a failure. Although he was no longer making movies, he was honored in 1935 with a special Oscar. His other films include Broken Blossoms (1919), Orphans of the Storm (1922) and Abraham Lincoln (1930). Extra credit: Griffith had a long working relationship with actress Lillian Gish . Copyright © 1998-2017 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Black Gate » Articles » Sax Rohmer’s The Adventures of Nayland Smith Sax Rohmer’s The Adventures of Nayland Smith Friday, September 7th, 2012 | Posted by William Patrick Maynard Sir Denis Nayland Smith is the largely unsung protagonist of all of Sax Rohmer’s novels and stories featuring the notorious Dr. Fu Manchu. The brilliant Chinese criminal genius constantly overshadowed the stalwart British subject who did his best to route his megalomaniacal schemes over the course of thirteen novels and four shorter works published between 1912 and 1959. The legendary villain overshadowed Sir Denis to such a degree that many readers were unaware that the author showcased Smith without his customary nemesis in three short stories published between 1920 and 1932. When Rohmer created the character a century ago, Smith was depicted as a colonial administrator, stationed in Burma and granted a roving commission by the Home Office to bring Dr. Fu Manchu to justice. His childhood friend, Dr. Petrie, played Watson to Smith’s Holmes, chronicling his adventures for posterity and ably assisting him wherever possible. Petrie’s job was made easy in as much as Smith rarely did any actual detecting. The duo generally reacted to Fu Manchu’s latest atrocity and then spent the rest of the book trying to anticipate his next move, check him, be captured, escape, and inevitably lead a daring raid that would end in something less than a complete success. Despite it all, Smith and Petrie persevered and when Rohmer ended the initial run of the series in 1917, readers likely expected they had heard the last of Nayland Smith’s exploits. Rohmer, however, was too fond of the character to let him retire peacefully. “The Blue Monkey” was one of two original stories that appeared in the author’s first collection of short fiction, The Haunting of Low Fennel, published in the UK in 1920 by C. Arthur Pearson. It was the only title in the collection not subsequently published in the US by Doubleday in 1933 as part of Tales of East and West. The story finds Smith and Petrie on holiday in Dartmoor just after the Fu Manchu business has concluded, when they become embroiled in a murder investigation. Smith is holidaying under the assumed identity of Mr. East. Their neighbor, Sir Jeffrey Baird, is the murder victim. The duo reluctantly responds to the call of duty when Sir Jeffrey’s daughter, Olive, finds her father’s body at Black Gap on the moors. The story is a slight one and Rohmer wastes no time casting suspicion on Sir Jeffrey’s Greek secretary, Mr. Damopolon, whose Mediterranean blood is reason enough for Dr. Petrie to suspect him. Sir Jeffrey was returning from Sotheby’s auction house when he met his fate. He was bearing the latest acquisition for his collection of curios, a blue porcelain ape of Burmese origin. He was passing by Black Gap, the opening to an ancient Roman mine, when he was murdered. Petrie examines the dead man and concludes he was struck violently on the head, but died of strangulation. The only tracks are curiously those of a small child and they move away from the body rather than following the same path. Oddly enough, there is no sign of Sir Jeffrey’s prized porcelain monkey. Petrie is initially convinced that the footprints were left by the monkey, which somehow came to life. He is shocked when Smith retrieves the blue monkey, buried in the moor. Together, they confront Mr. Damopolon. Smith points out that the blue monkey is actually a worthless curio and that he concluded the killer carefully walked in Sir Jeffrey’s tracks before retracing his steps backwards to escape the scene of the crime, while carefully using the porcelain monkey to leave retreating footprints behind. Smith offers damning evidence that it was Damopolon who murdered his employer and concealed the blue monkey in the moor. The secretary confesses and reveals that he and Olive had been secretly married and that he had reason to hate her disapproving father, as well as a desperate need for Olive’s inheritance. Before Smith and Petrie can stop him, the Greek draws a pistol
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The notorious John Dillinger -- Chicago Tribune The notorious John Dillinger Nov. 14, 2013 John Herbert Dillinger was a Depression-era bank robber from Indiana who's reign of illegal activity lasted only one year. From September 1933 until July 1934, he and his violent gang terrorized the Midwest, killing 10 men, wounding 7 others, robbing banks and police arsenals, and staging 3 jail breaks. In June 1934, Dillinger was named America's first Public Enemy Number One by the FBI. On July 22, 1934, Dillinger was shot and killed by the FBI as he walked out of the Biograph Theater on Chicago's north side. Anna Sage, his friend, had betrayed him to the FBI in return for not getting deported to her home country of Romania. Sage became known as the "Woman in Red" for her choice of clothing that day. Next ▶ Buy this photo John Dillinger, center, is handcuffed to Deputy Sheriff R. M. Pierce, left, during Dillinger's court hearing in Crown Point, Indiana during the first weeks of February 1934. Dillinger was charged with killing police officer William O'Malley, 43, during a bank robbery in East Chicago, Indiana on Jan. 15, 1934. His trail date was set for March 12, 1934. Dillinger would break out of the Crown Point, Indiana jail on March 3, 1934. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo Sgt. Edward A. Grim of the North Robey Street police station with a Dubuque, Iowa newspaper found in John Dillinger's stolen and abandoned automobile on May 2, 1934. The bloodstained getaway car, found at 3338 N. Leavitt Street in Chicago, had a surgical kit, matches from the Little Bohemia Resort, and the newspaper dated April 23, 1934 with the headline "Dillinger On Rampage." — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo Indiana state police surround the house where two of the convicts were supposed to have been from the Michigan City prison break, circa Oct. 1933. On Sept. 26, 1933, ten convicts, lead by John 'Red' Hamilton, broke out of the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City, Indiana, using guns smuggled to them by John Dillinger. In the coming days after the prison break, the Chicago Tribune reported over "500 vigilantes, police and deputy sherriffs" searched the farming districts near Michigan City for the felons. Dillinger, who was in a jail cell in Lima, Ohio, engineered the escape of the ten convicts, who became known as Dillinger's gang. Less than a month after they escaped from Michigan City, several of Dillinger's gang broke him out of the jail in Lima, Ohio. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo John Dillinger, center, is led through the Crown Point, Indiana court building on Jan. 31, 1934 to be viewed by witnesses from the First National Bank robbery that occurred on Jan. 15, 1934 in East Chicago, Indiana. Dillinger had been caught in Arizona and flown back to Indiana to be tried for the murder of patrolman William O'Malley, 43. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo John Dillinger arrived back at the county jail at Crown Point, Indiana on Jan. 30, 1934 after being caught in Arizona five days earlier. Authorities were fearful that Dillinger's gang would try to rescue their leader, so heavily armed guards surrounded the court house and jail. Dillinger was charged with killing police officer William O'Malley, 43, during a bank robbery in East Chicago, Indiana on Jan. 15, 1934. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo John Dillinger is handcuffed and guarded as he smokes during a court recess while Deputy Sheriff R. M. Pierce, left, looks on during Dillinger's hearing at Crown Point, Indiana in the first weeks of February 1934. Dillinger was charged with killing police officer William O'Malley, 43, during a bank robbery in East Chicago, Indiana on Jan. 15, 1934. His trail date was set for March 12, 1934. Dillinger would break out of the Crown Point, Indiana jail on March 3, 1934. — Chicago Tribune historical photo ◀ Previous Next ▶ Buy this photo John Dillinger arrived at the county jail at
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What Candles and Wicks Are Made Of The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. - Carl Jung All About Candles > What Candles and Wicks Are Made Of What Candles and Wicks Are Made Of What Candles Are Made Of: PARAFFIN CANDLES Paraffin development began in 1830, but manufactured paraffin was not introduced until 1850. It provided an alternative to tallow which gave off an unpleasant odor when burned. In 1854 paraffin and stearin (the solid form of fat) were combined to create stronger candles, very similar to those we use today. BEESWAX CANDLES Most honey and bees wax is collected from July to September. It can come from the pollination of canola, sweet clover or sunflowers. Generally these plants result in a lighter scent and lighter colored beeswax. There are two types, solid beeswax and honeycomb wax. The solid bees wax candle is created by pouring liquid wax into a candle mold. The result is a smooth, dense candle which burns for an extremely long time. Honeycomb beeswax candles are created by rolling honeycomb textured sheets. The honeycomb candle is less dense and burns faster. Beeswax candles produce a bright flame, do not drip, do not smoke or sputter, and produce a fragrant honey odor while being burned. CRYSTAL WAX CANDLES These are also called wax tarts or wax potpourri. They are made with an all-natural candle wax that holds twice as much fragrance as paraffin wax candles, making them suitable for highly scented candles. They are used with a potpourri warmer (without any water). The fragrance emerges when the candle starts to melt. GEL CANDLES Gel candles have a new and unique look. They give off a beautiful illumination and a wonderful aroma. And they burn three times as long as wax candles. But be careful. Gel candles produce a higher burning flame and they burn much hotter. Too much heat can shatter a glass candleholder or container which can ignite nearby combustibles, resulting in a room fire. To be safe, never burn a gel candle more than four hours. SOY CANDLES Soy wax candles are made from soy beans. They are non-toxic, non-carcinogenic and bio-degradable. They burn up to 40% longer than paraffin candles and burn evenly which means there is no tunneling effect. However, it is not recommended to burn more than four hours at a time. Soy candles are very sensitive to temperature and light. They should be stored away from sunlight, fluorescent lighting and other sources of heat. WHAT WICKS ARE MADE OF TODAY Most wicks manufactured in the US are made of 100% cotton or some paper-cotton combination. They are either square or flat braided. Some candles made in the US contain metal wicks. These metal wicks are typically made of zinc or have a tin-core. They are known to be safe and non-toxic. Zinc core wicks are most commonly used for gel candles because of their rigidity while the candle is being made and during the burning. However, some gel candle are made with cotton and paper core wicks. Be aware that some imported candles, mostly from China, have been found to contain lead wicks. Fortunately, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has proposed the banning of lead wicks in all candles sold in the United States If you are concerned that your candle may have a lead wick, there is an easy way to test it. Take a normal piece of white paper. Rub the paper on the tip of an un-burnt candle's wick. If it leaves a light gray pencil like mark, you know it is using a lead core. All About Candles > What Candles and Wicks Are Made Of
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Click on a region in the picture to color it in with the selected color. Click on a color swatch in the palette to select a new color. The currently selected color in the palette is indicated by a black rectangle drawn around it. When you click, the point that you're clicking on is at the tip of the arrow or the tip of the pointing finger. The Silkworm (Bombyx mori) is the caterpillar of a moth whose cocoon is used to make silk; it is not a worm at all. This insect is also called the silkworm-moth and the mulberry silkworm. It is native to Northern China . Silk: The silk from the silkworm's cocoon is a single, continuous thread. It is made of a protein that is secreted from two salivary glands in the caterpillar's head. The Chinese have harvested silk from silkworm cocoons for thousands of years . To harvest silk, the silkworm is allowed to spin its cocoon and it is then put in boiling water to kill the pupa and help unravel the thread. Each cocoon contains a single silk thread that is about 300 to 900 meters long. The silkworm has been domesticated to the point where it could no longer survive in the wild. The adult moth cannot eat or fly; it has a fat body and small wings. Lifecycle: The tiny Silkworm larva hatches from a tiny black egg. The larva eats mulberry (Morus alba) leaves almost constantly for 4 to 6 weeks until it is 2 3/4 inches long. The white caterpillar molts its skin many times during this stage. The caterpillar then pupates; it spins a white silk cocoon around itself (in a process taking 3 or more days). The silk covers a hard brown-shelled pupa. In roughly three weeks, the adult moth emerges. This white moth cannot fly; it reproduces and dies within about five days (the female lays from 200 to 500 lemon-yellow eggs that eventually turn black). Classification: Class Insecta (insects), Order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), Suborder Ditrysia (Moths, Butterflies, Skippers), Superfamily Bombycoidea, Family Bombycidae, Genus Bombyx, Species B. mori.
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UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site - Bern Tourism » City of Fountains Old Town Not only is the City of Bern the capital of Switzerland, it’s also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the heart of Bern is its beautiful Old Town with six kilometers of arcades that offer shelter or shade to visitors strolling through the city. Besides these unique arcades, Bern’s historical townscape, dating back to 1191, is characterized by the Clock Tower (Zytglogge), the Prison Tower (Käfigturm), the sculptural fountains from the Renaissance, the Cathedral (Münster), and the well-kept sandstone facades. Visitors can discover bars, cultural venues, and specialty shops in countless converted cellars. The Old Town of Bern is encircled by the Aare River. The river is not just a stretch of water for Bern’s inhabitants; it’s also the place for summer recreational activities, like swimming and boating in the Aare. And since Bern was built on a peninsula, everything is close together and easy to reach by foot, tram, or bus. Bern Tourism offers tours through the Old Town of Bern, where visitors will hear interesting anecdotes and learn everything worth knowing about the heart of the Swiss capital.
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UEFA Champions League 2008/09 - History - BATE-Juventus – UEFA.com Published: Tuesday 30 September 2008, 2.50CET Likhtarovich's promise to BATE faithful FC BATE Borisov captain Dmitri Likhtarovich's biggest hope before their first UEFA Champions League home game against Juventus is "not to disappoint the fans" in a 40,000 sell-out crowd at Minsk's Dinamo Stadium. FC BATE Borisov captain Dmitri Likhtarovich's biggest hope ahead of their first-ever UEFA Champions League home game against Juventus is "not to disappoint the supporters" in a 40,000 sell-out crowd at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. Realistic BATE usually play at their Gradski Stadium in Borisov but, having come through three qualifying rounds, they will bring UEFA Champions League football to Belarus for the first time at the capital's main venue – while much of the country's population watch at home. Likhtarovich may be playing in his 42nd UEFA competition match, following his group-stage debut in the 2-0 defeat at Real Madrid CF a fortnight ago, yet he is realistic about BATE's chances against the two-time European champions. "Whatever happens, we hope not to disappoint our supporters," Likhtarovich told uefa.com. "Every team plans to get points, but some gain them while others do not." Juve strength Juventus are missing David Trezeguet and Gianluigi Buffon, and have Nicola Legrottaglie doubtful with a thigh problem, but they beat FC Zenit St. Petersburg 1-0 in their Group H opener and Likhtarovich recognises their strength in depth. "Juve are a club with no irreplaceable players," the 30-year-old midfielder said. "So our task will not be any easier. Juventus still have [Alessandro] Del Piero, the true leader of the team. He may not be the same Del Piero we knew seven or eight years ago, but he still scores regularly and makes assists. Then they have [Mauro] Camoranesi, [Pavel] Nedvěd, and their attack is strong enough even without Trezeguet." Star status Mixing it with the likes of Juventus, Madrid and Zenit is a major step up for BATE, who in their modern incarnation since 1996 have collected four Belarussian league titles. Likhtarovich is not feeling superstar status quite yet, however. "I don't notice any special attention," he said. "I can feel the interest, but we are not really recognised in the streets much – certainly not the way it is at leading European clubs." Respect Del Piero, who should be partnered up front by Amauri on Tuesday, is another for whom this BATE side remain an unknown quantity. "Sorry, but I don't know the BATE players by name," admitted the 33-year-old Bianconeri captain. "However, we have watched videos of them and we know something about them. They are a very young team who have achieved a lot, so I respect them very much. I think it will be a good game." ©UEFA.com 1998-2011. All rights reserved. Last updated: 30/09/08 22.04CET
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AgustaWestland, Bell, Oboronprom and Sikorsky are notable makers of?
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Helicopter Manufacturers Worldwide - Turbine OEMs - Helicopter Manufacturer Helicopter Manufacturers (Turbine OEM Helicopter Manufacturers) Please scroll down to view by continent, worldwide, over 60 turbine OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) commercial and military helicopter manufacturers' unique websites. This web page lists turbine light, medium, super-medium and heavy-lift helicopters, and tilt-rotor aircraft certified for passenger use. (Exceptions to this rule are companies in the process of this certification and Piasecki Aircraft Corporation which is a rotary-wing research and development company.) Helicopter Links has over 3,000 links to helicopter businesses and services in 71 categories —a worldwide directory of helicopter information. In 2015, we had 98,737 visits to our website which is over three times the amount of people who attended Heli-Expo 2015. We connect buyers to sellers—online. See our Site Map for all categories. Americas
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The biggest passenger airplanes in the world - Aerospace Technology The A340-500 aircraft obtained EASA certification in 2002. The biggest passenger airplanes in the world Airbus and Boeing currently build the biggest passenger airplanes in the world, with the mighty Airbus A380-800 and its rival the Boeing 777-300, while Russia's Ilyushin also stands out as the only other company to make the list. Aerospace-technology.com lists the top ten biggest passenger airplanes in the world, ranked by seating capacity. Airbus A380-800 - the biggest passenger airplane in the world The A380-800 from Airbus tops the list, with a massive seating capacity of 853 passengers. Rightly dubbed as the Superjumbo, it accommodates 525 passengers in a three-class configuration. The cabin consists of main and upper decks. The main cabin deck is 49.90m long and 6.54m wide, while the upper deck is slightly narrower with a length of 44.93m and width of 5.80m. The A380-800 was launched in December 2000 and made its first flight at Blagnac Airport, Toulouse, in April 2005. The first A380-800 was delivered to launch customer Singapore Airlines in October 2007. The power plant of the world's biggest passenger aircraft includes either four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines or four Engine Alliance GP7200 engines. Cruising at a speed of 587mph (945km/h) or Mach 0.89, it can reach a range of up to 8,477nm (15,700km). Boeing 777-300 - the second biggest passenger aircraft Boeing 777-300 offers a maximum seating capacity for 550 passengers, ranking as the world's second biggest airplane in the passenger aircraft category. It offers 368 seats in a three-class configuration. The production of Boeing 777-300 aircraft was approved in June 1995, and the first aircraft was delivered in June 1998 to Cathay Pacific. The aircraft is the latest derivative of the Boeing 777 programme, which was initiated in October 1990. The 777-300 can cruise at a speed of Mach 0.84 (892km/h) at 35,000ft altitude. The twin-engine aircraft is available with three engine options, including Pratt & Whitney 4098 with a thrust of 98,000lb, Rolls-Royce Trent 892 with a thrust of 90,000lb and General Electric 90-94B, with a thrust of 93,700lb. Boeing 747-400 Boeing 747-400 is the most favourite aircraft in the Boeing 747 family worldwide. It features a seating capacity of 524 in typical two-class configuration and 416 in a three-class configuration. The cabin is spacious with an interior width of 6.1m. Boeing 747-400 was incorporated with major aerodynamic improvements over its previous 747 models. The aircraft completed maiden flight in April 1988 and first entered into service with Northwest Airlines in 1989. The aircraft is powered by four General Electric GE CF6-80C2B5F engines rated at 62,100lb each. The maximum cruising speed of the aircraft is 567mph (913km/h) and the service ceiling is 35,000ft. Airbus A340-600 The A340-600 developed by Airbus has a seating capacity of 475 passengers. It can accommodate 380 passengers in typical a three-class configuration. The maximum length and width of the cabin are 60.98m and 5.28m respectively. The A340-600 has the longest-fuselage among the A340 Family aircraft. The first flight of the aircraft was completed in April 2001. Virgin Atlantic Airways was the launch customer, which received the first A34-600 aircraft from Airbus in August 2002. The aircraft is powered by four Rolls-Royce Trent 556 engines, which can develop a thrust of 53,000lb to 56,000lb. The maximum cruising speed of the aircraft is 543mph (881km/h) at Mach 0.83. The range is 7,900nm (14,600km) and the service ceiling is 41,000ft. Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I) accommodates a maximum of 467 passengers in three-class configuration. It has a maximum cabin width of 6.1m. It is the largest passenger aircraft version in the 747 series. The maiden flight of the aircraft took place in March 2011. The aircraft entered into service with the launch customer Lufthansa in June 2012. The passenger airplane has a maximum range of 8,000nm (14,815km). It is
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How Does Marmalade Differ From Jelly? How Does Marmalade Differ From Jelly? How Does Marmalade Differ From Jelly? Marmalade. © 2008 Peggy Trowbridge Filippone Question: What is marmalade? How does marmalade differ from jelly or jam? Answer: Orange marmalade has long been a favorite spread for bread and toast. You may be surprised to learn that marmalade was originally made from a completely different fruit, one not even in the citrus family. Marmalades are used not only as a sweet spread, but also as the main ingredient in a variety of bread and desserts as well as in sweet and savory sauces for meat, poultry, and vegetables. The definition of marmalade has evolved over the centuries. Originally, it was a sweet spread made from the quince fruit . The term marmalade has conflicting origins. One account holds that marmalade was created by a doctor treating Mary, Queen of Scots, for seasickness by mixing crushed sugar with oranges. The story infers the term marmalade is a derivation of "Marie est malade," a French phrase roughly meaning "Mary's illness." However, most historians scoff at this explanation and believe the term came from the Portuguese marmelo for quince, from which original marmelada was made. Marmalade first appears in English print in 1524. By the 18th century, the Seville orange (a bitter variety) had replaced the quince in marmalade popularity. Today, the general definition for marmalade is a sweet jelly in which pieces of fruit and rind are suspended. The key is the rind, which gives lends a bitterness to delightfully balance the sweetness of the jelly. Most marmalades have a citrus base, either orange (preferably Seville orange), lime , lemon, grapefruit, or kumquat. To this general base, many other fruits can be added to pique the palate. Some cooks use the terms marmalade and fruit preserves interchangeably. To further confound the issue, many chefs are creating new gourmet recipes with savory vegetables reduced to a spread they term a marmalade, such as Roasted Eggplant Marmalade . More about Marmalade and Marmalade Recipes:
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Untitled Page Latin is abolished in the English courts. Government England passes the Molasses Act, which places heavy taxes on molasses, rum and sugar imported to the colonies. Government James Oglethorpe (1696-1785) founds the last of the 13 colonies, named Georgia in honor of King George II; he also founds the city of Savannah. Medicine Epidemic: The first serious outbreak of influenza sweeps through New York City and Philadelphia; about three-fourths of the population is affected. Inventions John Kay (1704-c.1764) patents a flying shuttle loom. Inventions Chester Moor Hall (1703-1771) invents the achromatic lens refracting telescope. Education Charter schools for Protestants only are founded in Ireland. Arts and Letters Essay: Alexander Pope (1688-1744) writes his "Essay on Man," including the words, “Hope springs eternal in the human breast.” Ideas Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire’s (1694-1778) "Letters Concerning the English Nation" is written, helping to define the liberal spirit of the Enlightenment. Daily Life The Society of Freemasons establishes its first American lodge in Boston. Daily Life The first polar bear is exhibited in America, in Boston. Daily Life Newspapers: The New York "Weekly Journal" is published by John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), opposing policies of the colonial government. Religion The Corporation for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England is founded. Religion First Great Awakening: Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) preaches on “The Great Awakening” in New England—a religious revival that emphasizes man’s sinful nature. 1734 Presidents: John Adams (1735-1826), 2nd President of the U.S., is born on October 30, in Massachusetts. Science Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), Swedish botanist, devises a classification method for plants and animals. Inventions George Hadley (1685-1768), English meteorologist, invents the Hadley Cell, a model of the Earth’s wind circulation. Arts and Letters Opera: The first opera performed in the colonies, “Flora,” opens in Charleston, South Carolina. Daily Life Newspapers: The “Evening Post” begins publishing in Boston. Daily Life Women’s status in the colonies changes due to increasing wealth. Newspapers tell of runaway wives and elopements. Daily Life Newspapers: John Peter Zenger (1697-1746), printer and publisher of the "New York Weekly Journal," is acquitted of seditious libel in a landmark trial for freedom of the press. Religion John Wesley (1702-1791) writes his “Journals.” Religion The first Moravian (United Brethern) community is established at Savannah, Ga. Reform Temperance Movement: The sale of spirits (liquor) is prohibited in Georgia (until 1742). 1736 English statutes against witchcraft are repealed. Science Anders Celsius (1701-1744) shows that the Earth’s poles are somewhat flat. Medicine The first accurate and detailed description of scarlet fever is given. Medicine Claudius Aymand (1660-1740) performs the first successful operation for appendicitis. Arts and Letters Charles Theodore Pachelbel (1690-1750) gives organ concerts in New York City, brings the Bach tradition to the New World. Economics French engraver and type founder Pierre-Simon Fournier (1712-1768) sets up a foundry in Paris. Economics Transportation: Regular stagecoach line service begins between Boston and Newport, RI. Religion Pope Clement XII (1652-1740) condemns Freemasonry. Religion The first Protestant missions are established at the Cape Colony in South Africa. Social Issues Maria Agnesi (1718-1799), publishes essays on science and philosophy. Science Joseph Breintnall, a member of Franklin's Library Company, describes the aurora borealis. Science Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782) examines fluid flow in "Hydrodynamica." Medicine John Lining (1708-1760) records daily weather observations and theorizes that weather affects—and may cause—certain diseases. Medicine Epidemic: A smallpox epdemic begins in South Carolina. Inventions The bottle opener is invented. Arts and Letters Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) writes the "B minor Mass." Ideas Voltaire (1694-1778) brings the ideas of
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What is the more common name for the plant viscum album?
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Viscum album (mistletoe) | Plants & Fungi At Kew Discover more Geography and distribution Mistletoe ranges from North Africa to southern England and southern Scandinavia, across Central Europe to southwest and east Asia to Japan. In Europe three subspecies (ssps.), which grow on different species of host trees, have been recognised. Viscum album ssp. album grows on hardwoods, V. album ssp. abietis on fir trees (Abies) and V. album ssp. laxum grows on pines and spruce. Further east there are well-known forms of V.album which have coloured fruits. In the UK V. album occurs from east Devon to Yorkshire, and is particularly common in central and southern England and around London. Viscum album bush Habitat Mistletoe is partially parasitic, growing on several woody hosts (trees and shrubs) in a variety of wooded habitats, extending from the tropics (typical V. album is recorded from the Chin Hills in Burma) into temperate regions. Across its geographical range, it can be found growing on gymnosperms as well as broadleaved trees. In the UK, poplar, lime, apple and hawthorn are common hosts. Mistletoes on native European oaks are rare. Description Viscum album is a small woody shrub, frequently globular in shape and can reach over 1 m in diameter. It grows on the branches of other trees, to which it is attached by a swelling called a haustorium. In common with all mistletoes, it is hemiparasitic which means that although it depends on its host for water and mineral nutrients, it is able to photosynthesise (create its own carbohydrates using sunlight) because it has green leaves and stems. The stems of the mistletoe appear characteristically forked, (pseudo-dichotomously branched) and it is possible to estimate the age of a mistletoe bush simply by counting the number of times that the branches fork and adding two years (since often one fork is produced in each year from the third year after germination). V. album is dioecious, which means that male and female flowers are produced on separate plants. The small, easily overlooked flowers are produced in a short inflorescence of three to five flowers in the forks of the branches. Although small, the flowers are reported to be insect-pollinated and they are said to be sweetly scented and to produce nectar. The white berries appear from about October until May. Inside they contain a single green seed which lacks a seed coat but is surrounded by a sticky pulp. An apple tree killed by mistletoe Other common names German: Mistel, Vogelmistel, Leimmistel, Affolter, Bocksfutter, Drudenfua, Elfklatte, Geiakrut, Guomol, Hexenbesen, Immergrune, Kluster, Marenklatte, Marentaken, Mischgle, Mischgelt, Misple, Nistle, Uomol, Vogelchrut, VogelKlab, Vogellim, Wespe, Wintergrun, Wispen, Wasp. French: gui, gui commun, gui de druides Italian: vischio, visco, vescovaggine, guatrice, pania, scoaggine Spanish: muerdago Threats and conservation Viscum album is locally common in the UK. The most recent survey (1993-6) showed that, in its stronghold in the former apple orchard areas of the Welsh borders, the populations had fallen in numbers as a direct consequence of the decline of the orchards. In spite of this, the plant was still much more common in the counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, when compared with what are probably more natural frequencies found elsewhere. Infestations of mistletoe are detrimental to the host tree, and large infestations can eventually lead to the host's death, particularly during prolonged periods of dry weather. As mistletoe reduces the productivity of commercial fruit trees it is often pruned out to try and stop its spread. Uses Male plant Mistletoe has had a long history of use in folk medicine. Druids (members of a priestly class active in Gaul during pre-Christian times) regarded mistletoe growing on oak as superior. Some of the constituent compounds of mistletoe affect the immune, circulatory and cardiac systems. Mistletoe has been used as an antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, digestive and diuretic, and, among the many ailments it has b
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The Virginian was a western tv series which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. It was the first western to air in 90-minute installments each week (75 minutes excluding commercial breaks). Loosely based on the Owen Wister novel, the series revolved around a ranch hand, played by James Drury,who went by the name The Virginian; his real name was never revealed in the nine years the show was on the air.The series took place in Medicine Bow,Wyoming, and revolved around The Virginian's quest to maintain an orderly lifestyle for the ranch he worked on, which was called Shiloh Ranch.Other key characters included Trampas (played by Doug McClure) and Steve Hill (played by Gary Clarke).The main horse played was named Joe The ranch had four owners throughout its run: Judge Garth (played by Lee J. Cobb), the Grainger brothers (played by Charles Bickford and John McIntire) and Colonel Alan McKenzie (played by Stewart Granger; the Graingers were replaced by a Granger who didn't play a Grainger). The theme song was titled "Lonesome Tree" and was written by Percy Faith and conducted by Revue musical director, Stanley Wilson. In the final year, when Col. McKenzie took over Shiloh Ranch, the name of the program was changed to The Men from Shiloh, and the look of the series was completely redesigned, with much broader brims and higher crowns on the hats, beards and moustaches, and jauntier and more imaginative costumes for the characters. Unfortunately, however, after nine years the series was near the end of its run and the improvements could not save it. Film Set of Medicine Bow while Filming The Virginian
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